The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

MR RAVENHILL v. PERRY WINKLE, Sirt,—I waited until to day's issue of the Cambrian News to see what Perry Winkle would say after the "sharp ifeproof that Mr Ravenhill felt called upon to administer to him at the dinner held on St. David's Day at Aberyst- nyth. However, I, and I have no doubt a great m i--y more, have bfpn doomed to disappointment, aud lie has made UM t", ft el in his great age that he talk3 about, he -too smiling down serenely upon it all, and says no- thing. Seeing then, Mr Editor, that he says nothing about Jww, he feel." after the "sharp leproof" that wasadministered to him, perhaps you will allow me to teU your readers bow We; guests felt during it* administration. From what I could learn afterwards the majority of us wished that we were anywhere but around %tr Jones's hospitable table, in fact, underneath it would h3.ve been preferable, but there wa no escaping the awkward dilemma we were placed in, and as necessity is the mother of invention, we did the next best tiling we could do, cheer lustily untl Mr Ravenhill performed his ill-limed and self-imposed task. Distress was on every countenaace, and, as tae ex-Mayor told us afterwards that he had a little respect for himself, it was plain enough to the meanest capacity that he was anything at all but gratified at being made a scapegoat for Mr Itavenhill t) air his own grievance. He (illr Ravenbill) told us he did not c-ire fur all the Winkles in the world. Of course be knew we did not believe him. The fact of his speech VJ such an occasion being neither more nor less than an attack on Perry Winkle, demonstrated clearly that he not only did care, but that he cared most intensely. .Now, sir, I atn not going to defend the article that Perry Winkle wrote, and which supplied Mr Ravenhill with a sub; ct for an after-dinner speech. A great many people think it was one of the best articles he ever wrote. I my- self think he went raiher t)o far, and it is"just possible that he has over-stopped the bounds of fair criticism for onel, but what is that to the great good he has achieved in the town an:! neighbourhood of Aberystwyth ? There has been no improvement, no reform (from the salvation of a Harbour to the cleaning of a pig-sty) but what the name of Perry Winkle has been associated with it, And as a witness that he had no ill-feeling towards the ex-Mayor, he was al- most, if not entirely, the means of saying the Harbour, in which the ex-Mayor has, of all men in town, the greatest interest at stake, and in which he (Perry Winkle) had no interest whatever, saving the good that would accrue from its retention to the general community. Apologizing for taking up so much of your space to defend a correspondent who 13 able enough to defend himself, and who perhaps will not thank me for writing in his favour, I alL, &c., NO WHITEWASH.

ABERYSTWYTH AND ITS MUSIC. Sia, Gorinf)d o bwdin a daga gi" is an old proverb which may be well applied to the musical doings of your town. In reading the account of the concert held at the Temperance Hill last week I could hardly repress a smile at the poverty of your selections. Is it due to in- capability, or want of appreciation on the part of your choirs, that with the exception of this usual dose of Judas and the Messiah, no other work of the great masters has been performed for years. How many times hare we heard (generally by the same soloists) "'Tis liberty," "Lovely i,eace," How vain is," "Arm, arm, ye brave," But Thou did it not leave," "He shall feed His flock," "Thou shalt break tlient," and their accompalying choruses— when the works of Mendelssohn, Mozart. Havdn. Rossini. Verdi. Beethoven, Costa, Bennett, Bach, and other works of Han- del, are left entirely out in the cold. Will your conductors take the hint ? Now, as regards the soloists. There is no concealing the fact, and the truth is best boldly to be made known-there is not sufficient attention paid to the proper Tendering of this class of masic by amateurs as a rule. Let your conductors be resolute-having in view merit, not friendship. It may be very well that certain aspirants should, air their talents occasionally, but it should not be done merely for the sake of gratifying a member who mav h^ve a crotchet on the br.iin, but who in regard t) execu- tion is a demi seini quaver. Let all my musical young frier.ds adopt a rigorous course of study tor the three fol- lowing essentials to true and proper interpretations of music—vocalisation, articulation, and expreseion and in order to attain this individual excellence, I would recom- mend for sopranos, altos, and tenors, Lablaehe's, or Con- cone's studies for bass, Nava's Method for Baritone, edited by Mr Charles Santley. Each work may be had for 2s. üd., 33. GJ., and 10s. (id. respectively. I need make no comment in regard to the result which will be evident in three months if well attended to. I would suggest that your choirs would take in hand, say, Mendelssohn's Walpurgis Night," one chorus (" Come with torches "), through which our .-iouth Wales champions gained such fame at the Crystal Palace last year. It might be combined with" Acis and Galatea," or Ha.y another combination—Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise," and Beethoven's Mass in C," or Ros- SNI3 Stabat Mater." I shad be pleased, as an old Aberystwithian, to tind that these suggestions have been taken kindly, and that a new era will open in your musical productions.—I am, &c., SILVANUS WILLIAMS. Kheidol Villa, Derby.

NANT RHYS AND POISON I am a sheep-dog- -my master, who is a shepherd, three, and pays taxes for Mag, Muss, and myself. I atu called Jerry. We have hard times of it, what with nuaaing our master's sheep, and hunting away stray ones. We have little rest, or pleasure; in fact, I don't remem- ber having had a good laugh for a long time. I used to he amused listening to my master reading Mr Perry "VVickie's notes in your paper, but now, alas it's alt. ei.iang,,d I am reallv trembling ?A1 the time he Is reading it. The reason is, that fellc,w (calling himaejf 3ant llhy3 ") advising the people t,o poison us I I wisk he was p iisoued himself! I coul 4 almost go mad and bite him. Mag was very nearly poisoned \ast week, but my m^ter gather two pounds of butter, t' aree pounds of lard, and a •jiiiit of new nsilk, and sho „0t sick aud vomited the P'^on, and got be tter. Th jn my master went Oown to Lhys's house, and co^ him he would give up his berth unless Xant Rh.v „ promiSed to atop his nasty Jf'1 °r Poisoning us poor 'i()CTa Then "Nant Rhys" said he would if he could, niv°he might just as well tell him hs u''Js not aeeountabl' f i,:3 action3, as he suffered from a cmplaint which hf 'Liiej melancholia"—whatever thit ra; 'when the comea on him he must kill some- °7 py it » Sunday) he said, •• I tod with Hand I pr ."WW dog belonging to "Hen Gym.ro, but I p '» t {beer and talked with 'St .rA35»^ i?»» poisoned I wil' do," said be "if any of your dogs are bi woolly o i give you another. I gave j our mate that bv° mistake M he has instead oue that was poisoned wu.-kand) belonging to him last week. So go to your ter a pint et In be friends And then he gave my mas- hVin wnat of beer, and while master was drinking it he told now thr good fii 'nds himself and "Hen Gymro were if „ ,iitrh he did poison his dog T %,k,ro iid, ''Xow, to show you what good friends we are He' the letter in the Cambrian News last week signed a to,, I Gymro, and got him to sign it." And then he said he of nice thine* to' master, bat master said it was no use -wo would not make friends with him! A pint of beer th ild not buy him, if it would buy "Hen Gymro so Busier no wonder if a pint of beer bought "Hen Gy iuro" as before he came here, many a time (when I tised t: g-y to town with master) I saw him standing at the town ci-, in your town looking out for a chance to kill a cooi: as these fellows call it. And now he talks about JIM belief of the nature of the Acts ot Parliament passed, &c. If he has got his knowledge of law from "Kant Rhys," I would not attach much value to the opinion (,f that individual, thouga I believe i > a barrUtor--at least I heard it said he "ates his tLi'a.s," which I don't wonder at seeing he "ate his own worvis in the Fidd lately. Co Hoping ynu will kiudly find space in your valuable paper fy this, AND oblige, VIEUX CIIIE.II JERRY. CvvnA'stwyth, Huh March, 1874.

LLANDYSILIO DEATH OF Ma T. DAVIES.- On Friday, March 13th, the news of the sudden death of Mr Thomas Davies, Church House Farm, Llandysilio, after a few days' illness, was received here with great regret. Mr Davies was highly rfspected by his friends and neighbours and all who knew him. He was a kind and good neighbour, and many will sustain a loss by his death.

LLANFYLLIN INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Friday, March 13th, on the body of John Edward Jones, the infant child of Mrs Jones, Upper Boar Inn, before R. D. Harrison, Esq, coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr D. H. Evans was foreman,-M,iria Jones deposed: I am a widow, and live at the IJpper Boar Inn, Llanfvllin. The deceased was my child, and was four years old. On Wednesday night last he appeared in his usual health, and ate his supper before going to bed a little before eleven o'clock. Sometime be- tween one and two o'clock in the morning he awoke and cried rather furiously. I did not give him the bottle then, as I considered it too soon after his supper. He soon fell asleep. I awoke again about live o'clock and he was on my arm in bed, and felt cold. I at once lit a candle and sent for the doctor, but he was dead before the doctor cam?.— The jury examined the body, and thought, from the exter- nal marks, that the child must have died from convulsions, and returned a verdict of Death by the visitation of God." BOARD OF GUARDIANS, THURSDAY, MARH 12TH. -Present the Rev. Edward Evans in the chair, Mr J. Jones, ljlanfyllin, Mr Rogers, Mr C. Jones, Mr Bowen, Mr Edward Roberts, Mr Evan Griffiths, Mr E. C. Tudor, Mr Humphrey Hughes, Mr W. A. Pughe, clerk. Relief. —Indoor, first week of the fortnight, 89 inmates of tiie workiiouse, against 93 in the corresponding week last year second week, 85 against 91 last year. Outdoor. Mr Jones, Llanfyllin, 215 recipients at a weekly cost of 118 14s. Gd. against 224 at £10 16s. OJ. last year Mr Davies, Guilsfield, 306 at X25 7s. 3d. against 313 at £ 29 lis. 8,1.; Mr Jones, Llanrhaiadr, reported havin^ in the fortnight relieved 256 at a cost of £ 47 9<. 2d.—A circular was laid on the table regarding the extellt and cost of pauperism for the year ending Lady-day, 1873, in the district under the care of Mr Uvedale Corbett, which embraces Shropshire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire, and portions, at least, of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Worcestershire and Leicestershire. By this, it appeared, as was remarked from the chairman, that the Llanfyllin Union maintained its indoor paupers more cheaply than any other of the unions in the district. In Llanfyllin the average weekly cost per heal for the half-year ending Michaelmas 1872, was 2s. 7h 1. for necessaries and provisions, and 3.\d. for clothing, and for the half-year ending Lady-day, 1873, the same, Warrington Union coming next with 2s. 71.1. and 4d, for first half, and 2s. 9d. and 6d. for second. In Forden Union the cost for the first half-year was 4". 8J 1. for pro- visions and necessaries, and 4Jtd. for clothing and in the second, 4s. 4.à. for the former, and 2gd. for the latter 2 in Oswestry for first half-year, 3s. 31-d. for provisions and 2 necessaries, and (; 1. for clothing, and for the second, 3, 91. for the one, and 41. for the latter Ellesmere, tirst half- year, 4s. 2d. and 4^. second, 4s. 7d. and 4i Wem, first, os. 7:/T. and 3Ad. second, 4s. Id. and 5^). • Whit- church, first, 3s. Sid, and 61,1. second, 4s. llli, and i.; 2 average for whole district, first, 3s. 6d. and 4i-d.; second' 3s. 10.1. and 4 VI In the Llanfyllin Union o 7 of the population were relieved from the rates; Forden, 5 0- Oswestry, 2 3 Ellesmere, 2'7 Wem, 3'5 Whitchurch' 2-8; average for district, 3'0 the rate in the £ for outrs'- lief and maintenance on the ratable value of the property being at Llanfyllin, 10d, Forden, 8^d.; Oswestry, 5'1J.; Ellesmere, 4.Vd Wem, 5| i.; Whitchurch, Ti.f. Increase of Senary.—The Clerk having, in accordance with the resolution of the Guardians, communicated to the Loccd Government Board their desire to raise the salary of Mr J. L. Jones, relieving officer, Llanrhaiadr district, from I £ 50 to £ 55. A letter was read from the Board, in reply, approving of the increase and directing that it should be paid to him. The School Fee Question.— Mr John Jones said he under- stood that the relieving officers were quite at set, and needed instruc'.lou upon the question of the education of pauper children.—The Clerk remarked that they had had instructions that where paupers did not send their children to school they must be brought before the Board. Mr Jones replied that whether this was to be done or not was a question, as iL was enacted that the relief given to parents for the purpose of educating their children was to be in addition t ) the relief already given to them. It did not follow that the money should be given to the parents but it must appear in that form on the books. Mr Jones said that the Llanfuir relieving officer would be applying for the pay- ment of the education of pauper children from the he- ginning of the year,and what course should the Board adopt when there was no report as to attendance or anything.— The Clerk s.iid that the fees should be allowed if they did not exceed a farthing a-head for each attendance. It was, after all, discretionary whether the money should be paid in addition to the relief a'ready given. —Mr Jones said it must appear on the books as relief added to that. already given, although the fees might be paid by the relieving officer to t ic schoolmaster direct.—The Cleik repiiert that itia ma; Av' a pauper was already in receipt of relief which, in the opinion of the Guardians, was sufficient both for maintenance and the education of his children, there would be no necessity to make any alter- aticn, — afr Jones thought, however that might be, the relief mu-t appear as relief in addiiion to that alrealy given,-The portion of the Act ordering that paupers shou'd only receive continuous relief condition- ally upon sending their children to school having been read, the Clerk remarked that the only I thing about which he saw any difficulty was to prevent the auditor surcharging. He then read again a report lately presented respecting the school attendance ef children of parents in receipt of relief. The Board was recommended to accept as a minimum eight attendances weekly for each ) child, subject to the exceptions enumerated in the Act I The relieving officers had been requested to furnish a state- ment of fees charged in each elementary school in the dis- tric', upon the production of which the Board might heebie to judge where it would be best to send the children, and forms of recording school attendance had been prepared, which it was recommended should be fiiled up and laid by the relieving officers before the Board at each meeting. The Clerk added that so far as any recommendation with re- gard to the payment of fees .vent the report was most com- plete.—Mr JoneR supposed that tha Guardians wonld now be justified in allowing, without any inquiry into attend- ance, the amount asked for by the relieving cfficer.- Th Clerk said all the Board must look to just now was that no one got out relief without his children being at school.—Mr Jones remarked that one could not tell whether the children atteoded school or not, unless lists of attendince were pre- sented fortnightly but eventually, after some further con- versation, how the question was to be settled in future was left to the committee again.—The Board then proceeded to dispose of the relief cases. hJu'imary,Boa!'d-~A meeting of the Sanitary Board was Mr F i?eT'iateiy afterwird,s. It was decided to re-,yni,oint consider n► „ ? sai«tary inspector tor the district, and to qalarw A meet,ng his application for an increase of IwTl' WLas read the Local Government S XDg aPP°intment of Mr W. W. Evans as medical officer of health, at a salary of £20 a year. In his fortnightly report Mr Llov.i m. 1 .1, t u 1 u t a. • 2 ,°ya mentioned that scarlet fever had broken out in two houses at Llansantffraid in a very mild form and that a case of typhoid fever had also occurred in that village. He had taken all possible pre- cautions to prevent the spread of disease. Ther* ™ a, *■ ucic Wits no other business of interest.

THE QUINTA SUNDAY SCHOOL.—The anniversary of the Quinta Con- gregational Sunday School was held on Sunday and Monday, the 8"h and 9th of March. On Sunday two excellent sermons were preached by the Rev M. Simon, of Woollerton, in the morning on the narrative of Ziecheus in the evening from the words, A good soldier of Jesus Christ," more especially addressed to the youn4. After the services collections were made in aid of the school funds, and amounted to over thirteen guineas. On Monday a tea meeting was held in the schoolrooms, Lodge, when a goodly number sat down to the social cup. Mr and Mrs Broughall were the caterers for the meeting, and we believe gave every satisfaction. After tea a public meeting was held in the school, presided over by Mr T. Barnes, and addresses were delivered by several gentlemen. Iu the un- avoidable absence of the secretary, the Rev T. Davison read the report, which represented the school as being in a very prosperous state. The Chairman then called upon the various gentlemen who occupied the platform to address the meeting. The addresses were excellent, and gave great satisfaction, which was shown by the applause of the audience. What greatly enhanced the evening's enjoyment was a selection of music given by the church choir. The playing on the piano and the singing were excellent, and everything passed off well. The proceedings were brought to a close by a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman, the speakers, the ladies, and other friends who had arranged the decorations. The National Anthem was sang, and the assembly dispersed.

THE FIELD DOG CONTROVERSY. grp —A correspondent in your paper of la. week signed H "'Cymro says that the correspondent in the Field, si -t^d "Scotch Farmer," charges the Welsh with whole- sal- Hheep steal in-. *• Scotch Farmer" actually said that a certain number of sheep had gone amissmg between cer- + d-te3 ard refers the readers of your paper interested "tC^Fcdd of Jan. ord, Jan. 24th, Feb. 7th and 21st, as to what he said there.. "J.nt Rhv." threw the first stone by making an un- warranted and statement about a Scotch tarmer in the district, which as one of the only two such, lex talionis, I felt b'jtn<\ to contradict and try to put the saddle on the right horse, otherwise "Xant Rhys" might have raved and written about supervisois and excisemen, eva- sbii of doR tax, sheep worrying dogs, dogs their own exe- cutt.nery, dog» sleeping and awake, dogs in the air, and dj everywhere, in in" f 1,1. thrOUSfh all eten.tv, before I had meddled with him. "Xant Rhys" I and "lien C) lIlro" had better let sleeping Scotch dogs be or they may get sorely bitten in return. As to poison, your contributor pro bono publico, Mr Perry Winkle, to IIiY kuowleu^e, has got facts ta go upon. It is a fact, figuratively speaking, that poison has been sown broad- ca.t in the gloomy region of Cwsnystwyth the cap seems to lit "Hell Cymro, let him wear it. From the idioms used 1)\- hiin in his letter I could almost take my oath that he t otne h.tif crazed amateur barrister to compose it f°I aik'' IC-n (Jyinro the following question Supposing a lird steward had a young horse of his own, and was ste-Vu-'his meter's corn an hav, and rearm- up that y.vj'r*" horse—oil the sly—m one of Ins master's outlying jiiif.i party poisoned that hay and corn, and in event of the steward's suing the third party,'would'a jury be doing right in returning a ver- diet uf Sirvefl hin* rigbfc c C*'> T 04 « SCOTCH L'AKMI-R IX^HELU OF JAN. 24TH.

o QUERIES. Piu — 1. J. it hwful for the master of a workliotue to keep seven e'iildr.'t ? 2. I- i lawful f,;r !;in b deal in the working of mines ? L:¡; lav, tin ¡or lain to be from his duties days and days ? 4. Is it Luvful for hi.n to be unkind and cruel to the pool am, &<?., p (^>. CV* e I' lil i thtllk if the seven children are his own it is lawtu. tiiat the master of the v/orkhowso should be com- pell to keep them. Respecting the other cpiestions theie cas --Lps. C. N.]

TilE GROWTH OF TREES. Si.,—Perhaps you will allow m to m_ke some remarks which corroborate the ktatements made by you in your lead- ing article published laatweek on "the growth of trees in Cardiganshire." Someywrs a 501 was a far met under one of the land owners in the northern part of thi8 county aud retired from that business in consequence of the absence of security for capital expended in improving the land. What I want to say now is that during the years I occupied my farm it was impossible to get any timber to make gates or to repair fences. On my land there were several p-tches which were useless for purposes of general cultivation, but which would have- crown e.xe_-lle.r.t I.rch and I recom- mended my landlord to plant 100 or 200 trees on thin and similar places, so that the tenants could get timber necessary for repairs, on the understanding that for every trr Ib.;y cut down they planted another. By these means not only would the tenant farmer have been able to keep fences in repair, but the landlord himself would have been able to ob- tain timber necessary fr eDclo..ing plantations and doing other work on his estate. It, is perhap3 needless to say that my advice was not taken and the patches ot barnn ground are still uareinuiierative.-I am, &c., PLANTATION.

THE EDUCATION MEETING AT BORTH. SIR, -In your last issue remarks under this heading ap- peared from one who styles himself A Ratepayer." He assumes to contradict a fctatemeut made by the Rev. W. Williams concerning some practices taught at the National Schoo'. If '• Ratepaver" was present it the meeting to which he refers, he must have known that the verity of the statement was not disproved either by the verity of the statement was not disproved either by the vicar or the curate, neither did they attempt to do so. Both tried to ignore its importance, but not to deny its truth. As to the coloured ribbons and the shouting, it was W. Jones. Esq., of Brynowen, that referred to these. He thought that as such incidents have a tendency to provoke parents, they might have been the causes of the removal of children from the school of which the curate complained. The result of the inquiry, as given in the last vestry, has verified this statement. What took place in open daylight and in the presence of so many spectators needs no proof. A wado hyn aed a Li A gwaded i'n haul godi." Ratepayer" seems to have great faith in the "grounds" on which Scripture tratbs are taught in his school. If by these "grounds" he means the cause of the Rev, W. Williams's complaint, they are grounds never trodden by Dissenters' children, except in h:if school. It Ratepayer's" school will net produce better results in good conduct than what some of his party exhibited in the late vestries, for the sake of civility and not disturb- ance at public meetings, and respect and not insults to men of unblemished character, the sooner the better his school is transferred to the Board.—I am, &c., LEBRTMAN".

ABERYSTWYTH. [This paper may be obtained at Aberystwyth c.f Mr J. Gibson, 3, Queen's Koar1, Mr J. Morgan, 80, Pier-street, Mr E. Ed- wards, Great Darkgate-street, Mr Williams, printer, and Messrs W. H. Smith and Sou, RailwaY Station 1 COUNTY COURT.- On Tuesday, March 17th, a County Court was held at Aberystwyth, but there were no cases of public interest, and the proceedings were very brief. PROPERTY FùR SALE, OUf readers will see from an advertisement in another column that a number of new leasehold houses are for sale in the town. The houses belong to the Building Society, which we regret to say is now being wound up. BURIAL BOARD, FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH.-Present: C'ipt. Bassett Lewis (chairman), Alderman Roberts, Mr John Rees, Mr Peter Jones, The Rev. J. Williams, Mr Szlumper, and Mr L. O. Daviea Mr A. J. Hughes, clerk. The Balance.- The Clerk said the balance in hand was £ .30(5, but this sum would be reduced by about 2150 after all charges were paid. The Sinking Fund.-Tbe Chaiman said something should be done towards making arrangements for the sink- ing fund. He should be sorry to spread the sum to be paid over fifty years, as by that time the cemetery might be full. The Rulcs.-The Board then discussed and passed the new rules, which had been drawn up by a committee. The Ccmetery Keeper's Hoitse.-There was some conver- sation as to a suggested alteration in the keeper's house by which he should be enabled to use the present board room. a a kitchen, the kitchon in future being used as the board rooin.-It was understood that the members would visit and inspect the house. Miscella)icous.-The Chairman said it was quite time the hay which had been sold should be paid for, and it was resolved that Mr G. T. Smith, the auctioneer, should be written to respecting the sum for which it had been sold, as he was responsible, and not tb purchaser.—The Chair- man said that some of the surplus trees had been sold.— Several bills were examined and paeed.-There was a con- versation respecting the ugly kind of headstones used in the cemetery, but no resolution was arrived at respecting them. SCHOOL BOARD, FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH.-Present: Mr W. H. Thomas (in the chair), the Rev. John Williams, Mr Peter Jones. Mr J. J. Atwood; Mr J. W. Thomas, di rk Mr Aldwinckle, architect. By-Laws.—The Clerk said he did not think they could decide on the by-laws at that meeting, and it was under- stood that their consideration would be postponed until there was a fuller attendance of members. Heating Apparatus, <tc. —The architect said, as they knew, it would be dangerous to place open tire places in the infant schools, and it was part of the plajj to erect a "heating apparatus for that school. —The Chairman asked where they were to get the money.—The Architect said they had provided t75 for heating apparatus in the esti- mates and now, owing to the increase of pric2s they wanted permission to spend 247 more.—In answer to a question it was stated that 27.5 was provitled far in tho contract, and Mr Atwood said the contractor would have to allow the £ 75.—The Chairman asked bow the money was to 00 obtained.—Mr Atwood said the amount of the loan was £ 5,705, and Mr-Peter Jones said there was a certain amount of that sum pat down for fittings. -The Architect said it would be will to set lists and prices of furniture which simply consisted of benciies, desks, blackboards, cup- boards, &,c.-The Clerk said the site was C750. the build- ing altogether k4,615, which left £ 650 for internal fittings. &c., and the architect considered t'aat the fittings would not cost more than -V"Tbe Chairman said b- thought if they went to the Education Jjepartment for more money they would have to give an account of every penny they asked for. The Architect said the Department would oive them permission fov almost anything they deemed desirable if estimates were supplied. The only pressing matter then was tfre JE47 for the infant school heating ap- paratus.—It was agreed unanimously on the motion of Mr Atwood that the architect Rhould be authorized to erect the hot water apparatus at an extra cost of £47. The Clerk.—Mr J. W. Thomas, the Clerk to the Board, is about to go to London to finish his articles. Mr Atwood said he had promised to perform Mr J. W. Thomas's duties as clerk to the Board during his absence in London at the same handsome remuneration—nothing a year-if the Board would accept his services on those terms.— It was understood that Mr Atwood would act for Mr Thomas. A Dec,]. -The deed for the transference of the site was laid on the table, having bt-en returned from Africa where it had been necessary to send it for the signature of one of the trustees. Memorial Tablet.-It was agreed that a memorial tablet should be erected in the Infants' School-room, and that it should have upon it the names of the members of the Board, the clerk, architect, and builder. Miscellaneous. Mr Atwood said it would be necessary to get a safe in which to put deeds such as that just returned from Africa. —The Clerk said they would have to prepare for the payment of the interest which would be due in May, and Mr Peter Jones said E400 had been provided for the School Board in the present rate.—It was intimated that if the money was not forthcoming soon, steps would have -o be taken to accelerate somebody's movements. It was stated that the time had come when they ought to adver- tize for a schoolmaster, or, as the chairman said, they would have an expensive building standing empty very soon. There was no other business. TOWN COUNCIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH.—Present Philip Williams, Esq,, (Mayor), Mr Thomas Jones, (Ex-Mayor), Aldermen Roberts and Watkins Council- lors Richard Morris, John Rees, John James, Peter Jones, George Green, Jonathan Pell, J. B. Balconll)e, Mr David Roberts, Mr John Jones, Bridge End, Mr H, E. Taylor, AIr Edward Ellis, Mr W. H. Thma-,clerk, Mr J. J. Atwood. corporation solicitor, Mr Vaughan. Sur- veyor, Mr Hugh Hughes, borough treasurer, Z)phar Humphreys, inspector of nuisances. LIGHT AND DARKNESS. Mr BALCOMBE called attention, to the fact that tho lamps on the Terrace were lighted at tm o'clock (.n Monday morniDg. The TOWN CLERK said it did not matter to the Cor poration if the lamps were lighted all day, as it was the Gas Company who would be the losers. The MAYOR said the lamps were put out in some parts of the town very early on Sunday night—by about half-past ten, and it was inconveniently dark in conse- quence. MORK WAYS THAN MEANS. xhe ouRvFrvon said he should like the Council to provide the sum of U0 for curbstones, or he would be under the necessity of stopping the work. It was stated that the town was already a long wav on the wrong side of its banking accounts, and many claims were being held over. The ASSISTANT CLERK said he was keeping back a con- siderable number of bills-Ill fact all but the wages ac- count—because there were no funds to pay thPID. Mr BAi.coiiiiE proposed that a cheque should be given for the £ 'J0 and their bankers would cash it. REPOKTS. Mr PELL read the following report respecting a piece of land required by Mr James for a tan yard, and the erection of urinals and closets on the Castle grounds :— A meeting wa3 convened for four p.m. on the 3rd of Match, at the Tanyard of Mr James, to consider the ques- tion of a site for an additional yard required by Mr Evan •lames. Present: Mr Green, Alderman Jones, Mr H. E. J. Pell, Mr Abraham James, Mr Evan Jarnes, ana ivir dames, jun. Part of garden in the possession of the Ga, COrnPany, held from Sir Pryse Pryse, Bart who new tanyard, and the same is herebv recommended iu preference to .he land oppos.te th« public .Whter house '• Your committee met the Chairman and other nv f of the Gas Company on Wednesday, the 4th March at the Gasworks, and viewd the^iound, which wiil be bounded on the south by the present tanyard, on the west by the old mill leet, on the north by the gasworks, and on the east by the outfall sewer. and it was suggested to exchange an equal area of the garden for land belonging to the Cor- poration now held for part of a term of seven years by the Messrs Owen, and bounded by the public roadway I leading to the Smithfield. Your committee are informed that Mr Evan James will be prepared to treat for a lease for seventy-five years of the proposed s»it^. andv iii sell the land at Midway at a fair valuation to the Cof portion." Mr PELL, having read the report, said the matter res- pecting the land required by Mr James was now under the consideration of t, Gas Company, and the committee had done all they could. Mr Alderman ROBERTS said that they h id already got the Gasworks and one ianyard near the chapel (i'a'>eiiiacle), and he really thought they ought not to have anotherfoiced tip-In them. Mr PETER JONES said he had been told the sm 11 from the proposed addit cn would be ten times worse thau it wai then. Mr RICHARD MORRIS said the smell from the new works would be very heavy indeed. Mr L'ELL did not think it would smell worse at all, and thought gentlemen were under a misapprehension as to the mature cf the work to be carried on. Mr PETER JONES was not sure about the misapprehension, but he was of opinion that there would be great objection to having the tanyard at the rear of the Ferraco. Mr GKKKN said the committee had done all they could to act in the best interests of the town, and had given reasons in their report for the course they l;ad recommended, one of which was that it would ue better to keep the tanyards together. Mr PETER said that because there were two nuisances in Mill-street already that was no reason for mul- tiplying them, but latiier the reverse. Mr JOHN JAMES said he always thought the best place for the Gasworks was at the far end of Morfa Mawr, and he thought it would be well to take the tanyard there now in the hope that the Gasworks would follow, and then gas could be brought to town in large pipes. Mr PELL explained the position in which Mr James was placed respecting this tanyard, and snid, notwithstanding the notice which had been served upon him, he would have to go on with the necessary works unless something was done, as he could not wait. Mr DAVID ROBERTS said the tanyard Mr Hugh James intended to erect would be much more unpleasant than the present one, as it was necessary to use very offensive mate- rial in preparing the skins. Mr FELL said Mr James was willing to be bound in his lease not to create a nuisance. Mr BALCOMBE said if Mr James created a nuisance he would be amenable to law. Iu order that they might have something definite before them and make some pro- gress, he would move that the cjmmittee's report should be adopted. Mr GREEN seconded this. ALDERMAN ROBERTS moved, and Mr John James seconded as an amendment, that the report should not be adopted. The amendment was carried by a large majority, and the report was consequently referred back to the committee. Mr PELL then read the following report "On Satuiday, the 7th Afarch, a committee was con- vened at the Castle, to consider the proposed urinals at the castle. Present—Mr H. E. Taylor, Mr George Green, Mr J. Pell, and Nlr Vau,-Lau,sufveyr. The site for urinals recommended, is upon the east side of the castle grounds, conveniently si-utte(i for connection with sewer in Sea-View Place, and with the consent of the lessee of such land, can be made available for the numerous class of persons frequenting Tanycae. The site is also accessible from the churchyard. The closets proposed by your committee to be con- structed on the south of the castle grounds, out of view (except from the beach), are to be dry earth closets, with a ti tt root, covered with grass to avoid notice, and two closets for each sex, can be so built without in- fringing the privacy of either, and the cost of these will yot be more than S20. Messrs Ellis and Owen having been seen, now tender for the construction of the three urinals on the east side of the castle, for the sum of R8 10j. this does not include a screen wall which Mr Vaughan should be instructed to build." The EX-MAYOR proposed that the report should be re- ceived. This was seconded and carried. The MAYOR said it was one thing to adopt a report, and agree to a course of action, and another thing to carry the ceived. This was seconded and carried. The MAYOR said it was one thing to adopt a report, and agree to a course of action, and another thing to carry the work out. Mr PELL said that the urinals would be commenced at j once, and at the next council meeting, in three weeks' time, the estimates for the closets would be brought forward. THE JIKAT MARKET. Mr PELL then read the following report:— At a committee held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 7th, 1874, at the Meat, Market, St. James's-square, present —Philip Williams, Esq., Mayor, Alderman Roberts, and Mr Jonathan Pell-the lessee of the market explained the alterations needed to convert the market for the general purposes proposed :— 1st. To carry an IBin. board from pillar to pillar on both sides the central area, so that poultry and vegetable sellers may have space for their goods. 2nd. To require the butchers to use their stalls, placing their tables back to back in a line with the front of the stalls. This arrangement is evidently the original intention of the designer of the market, and will convert it into a convenient place for business, at an expense of less than £ 50. Your committee recommend the alterations to be made at once, and the Market Hall cleaned and whitened, and the pillars painted, The above is iucluded in the £;")0. Tha late lessee (No, 1) agreed to continue to be tenant at the same rate to the Corporation, from the termination of his lease, in February, to the letting of the same." Having read the report, Mr PELL said it would rest with the ('ouucil whether the work was carried out or not. Mr BAV.COMBE proposed, Mr David Roberts seconded, and it was agreed that the report should be adopted. NUISANCE INSPECTOR'S REPORT. The INSPECTOR read the following- report;- 11 Aberystwyth, 17th March, 1874. Gentlemen,—Some time ago I reported having called I the attention of several property holders in Trefechan to attach to their houses ample privy accommodation, which is pre -minelltly iicces-i;y for the comfort, of all fami- lies. The only pirties that have hitherto taken the hint and complied with the orders are Mr Spackman, Mrs General Womys's agent, a ad Mr Roberts, timber merchant. Their contractors are busily engaged, making excavations to tie the closet drains with the main sewer, and as the clays are now lengthening, no time will be lost by them in pushing forward a work which will eventually be the means of opening a new era in the history of thi3 place. Time and effort combined will make this much neglected neighbourhood a creditable portion of the borough. "So far as I have proceeded with my inspection of High- s-treet, I have only come into contact with two houses re- quiring the consideration of the Board. The owner is the Rev. Mr Evans, Llangwyryfon. The first is occupied by David Beynon, tailor (number in family, ten). It consists of two rooms on the ground floor, and the upper rooms are of equal dimensions. There is no back yard whatever, and the privy accommodation is, unfortunately, the harbour. The second house is in the joint occupation of Evan Jones, sawyer, and Richard James. The lower rooms are sublet to Evan Jones, front room bdn({ u"ed for a kitchen, and the back room contains three beds, pretty well jammed together. As the sleeping rooln is considerably too small for such a family in a sanitary snse, I summoned the ten- ant Evan Jones before the magistrates on the lltb inst., for overcrowding, and the Bench decided in favour of a re- distribution of the beds for the iime b-.it), there being no other course to adopt under the circumstances. I hope to remove the nuisance at the corner of Chalybeate Terracc, facing the School Board school-house, before long. I have pointed to the owners what I want doing, but nothing de- finite has yet been arrived at.—I have the honour, &c., ZOPHAR HUMPHREYS." There was a long conversation aboutsthe nuisances referred to intherepoit, and it was stated they were not in a fit condition for habitation. Mr BALCOMBE said he always thought cleanliness wai next to Godliness. The Council was very tender-hearted respecting nuisanees, but he hoperl the rev. gentleman who owned the houses would do something, and he (Mr Balcombe) would move that Mr Evans should be served with another notice, to the effect tha; if earth closets were not erected in fourteen days the houses would be blocked as unfit for habi.aUoii.^ g,v-j jj. wou|j be best to close houses Which did not po-.sess the accommodation requisite to make them habitable. Mr Balcombe's proposition was seconded and carried. TIn: PROVISIONAL OKDBK. The printed provisional order signed by the Right Hon. G. Sclatpr Booth, president, countersigned by Clare Sewell Read, Fi(I.. s cretary, ordering the Improvement Act Districts should be be dissolved, and transferring and vesiing al! jui isdicticmthereun.ltrtothe Town Council was putonthe table by the Town Clerk, who stated that three mouths would probably pass before the Act would be passed. It would be well to appoint a special committee to make arrange- ments for p iving off the mortgages, &e. The following gentlemen were appointed as a committee for doing this work—The Mayor, tin ex-Mayor, Mr Balcombe, Mr Pell, Mr John James, nod Mr Peter Jones. TilS CASTLE KEEPER. There were six rebellionsf rt,teofhoe of Castle-grounds Keeper, namely, Ellis Williams, 6, Skinner-street, jOi. per week David Morgin, 12 Allen, tO i., Robert Rees 9, John E I wards, Pophv-row, 123., fhonias Griffiths, 25, Pier-street, 12s. The election was by ballot, and on the names being read ovef it wag found that Ellis Williams re- ceived thirteen votes, George Allen two votes. It was then proposed, seconded, carried unanimously, that Ellis Williams should have the appointment at 103. a week, to commence from next Monday. THE TANYARD AGAIN. This quest ion came up in another phase, and there was a long discus-ion ns to whether the tanyard was a nui- sance or not, and ultimately ih was agreed that a piece of land in the field opposite the slaughter-house—half an acre in extent—should be L-ased to Mr James at a rent of £ 10 a year, it being understood that Mr James would make aii agreement with the tenant as to possession. Several members thought the rent was far too low, hut Mr .Jarae3 thought, it too high, but at last the question was disposed of, efi.erplens had. been produced to shew that a great sa,criiica was being made by letting the land in question for the c.rpctjt)¡J of a tanyard. T.FLTTINO T.AND AND THE MEAT MABKFTT. The titst; piece of l<nd put up was 2 roods and 2S perches of garden ground on Morfa Ma'.vr. Thi" was secured by Mr David Jones tor an aiiijuil, retit of £ v) lo;. Lut 2 the picce of land formerly used a3 town manure yard, and was knocked down to i\'r II. J. Taylor at a rent of £ 4 a year. Tiie m ,.rk,lt; vras then put up and knocked down to Mr Edgar Atwoo I for £ '■>>. Mr Edgar Atwood was acting for :\11 John James. THE BOROUOH TliEASTIRER REMOX3TKATHS. Mr HUGT-I HDQH-S > a;d hn WAS not disposed to find any more money for the town without some sort of an under- standing. He was providing first one sum and then ano- ther, and a limit must be fixed and security of some sort must be given as he really could not go on in the present way any longer. He was the borough treasurer, an office for which he' did not receive a farthing, and his duties seemed to be to provide money for the town whenever it was wanted without any arrangement whatever being made. 0 The TOWN CLERK f-aid a good deal of money had been spent m gr, tings and curbstones, which would be repaid in a very short time. F It was understood that the treasurer was to go on provi- ding money until an arrangement could be made at the next Council meeting. WAYS AND NO IEÅNS. As the gentlemen were leaving the room they were called back to pass a resolution with a view of taking steps to compel the overseers to pay the JE400 which had been nro- vided for in the last rate. Mr ELLIS moved, Mr JOHN JAMES seconded, and it was passed, That the Town Clerk should at once take the necessary legal steps to force the overseers to pay over the B400 required." MORE WAYS. Mr PELL said a wall had fallen in the Corporation-yard, Newfoundland street, and it ought to be rebuilt. Several members asked where the money was to come from. It being understood that the cost would not be great and that the work ought really to be done, Mr Yaughan was ordered to rebuild the wall. The meeting then separated.

WELSHPOOL- [This paper may be obtained here of Messrs W. H. Smith and Son, Bookstall ] ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE PEOPLE —Another of these entertainments took place in the Congregational school- room, New-street, on Friday, March 6. The chair, in the absence of the Rev T. Evans, was occupied by Councillor T. Pugh Jones. Mr R. E. Edmunds presided at the bar. monium. and a programme, in which the Choir, Mr Wilde, Mr Garbutt, Mr H. Baines, Mr Tyrer, Mr T. Evans, and Mr Roberts took part, was gone through. A comic dialogue entitled Who'd be a bachelor created great amusement, and the whole programme gave much satisfaction. THE "BUILDER" AND THE BOROUClf SURVEYORSHIP. The Buille)- has the following:—"Welshpool Borough Survey or.- Complaints are made that candidate who is a plumber, painter, and glazier has been appointed borough surveyor for Welshpool. One peculiarly innocent corres- pondent inquires of us whether the properly-educated sur- veyors who spent money in replying to advertisements, sending drawings, &c., could not recover comDensation for their loss ?" -L-

FORDEN BOARD OF au ARDrANS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11TH. —Present Messrs W. H. Whitaker, in the chair, W. Withy, in the vice-chair, John Humphreys. Thomas Williams, Richard Bright, John Sbuker, John Hotchkiss, John Jones, Samuel Miller, Robert Groves, John Ben- nett, Samuel Powell, Thomas Jebb, Mr W. Wilding, clerk. Belief.—Mr R. Jones, Welshpool, £42 0s. 10d" to 263 recipients. Mr J Oliver, Worthen, JE31 lis. 2d. to 186. Mr R. Tomley, Montgomery, L34 14s. 8d., to 213. The Workhouse Repairs.— Mr Davies, of Newtown, the contractor, applied for a further instalment of his money, but no corresponding certificate of work done having been I received from Mr Bidlake, the architect, some conversation took place with regard to the application. It was stated that of the original estimated cost zC4,400, with extras 2300, making £ 4,700, the contractor had received 23,700 leaving £1,000 yet due, and it was decided that a cheque for half this sum should be issued at once, to be paid over when the certificate was forthcoming. Mr Davies having sent in a tender to renovate the chapel as required for k25, and the wash-house for £ 2310s., it was decided to accept the offers. This was all the business of importance.

GUILSFIELD PARISH CHURCH.—On Sunday, March 15th. the Rev. J. Hill vicar of Welshpool preached an impressive sermon from Job the v. and verse 7 in aid of the Welshpool dispen. sary. The collections amounted to 27 14s. 7d. CONCERT.—A concert took place at the Independent Chapel Groesllwyd on Tuesday, March 10th, when the fol- lowing programme was gone through very successfully Thanksgiving Anthem," the choir; Home Sweet Home" Mrs Jones, Groes; (encored) "Anerels welcome." Miss Davies and Mr David Rogers "Dedication anthem," choir;" Your Mission," Mr David Rogers s My sabbath song," choir "Over the river." Mrs Jones and Mr David Rogers Our victory," choir Mentra Gwen," Mr Evans We'll wait till Je3U3 comes," choir; "Woodman spare the tree," Mr Edmund Jones, Groes Come yejblessed," Miss E. Davies, Rose of Wynnstay," Miss Kate Jones; Speak the truth" choir; Maggie May," Mrs Arthur Becket, Garth Hall: Nil Desperandum," Mr Pver, Welshpool; The village fair," Mr Thomas Evans; (encored), "The house upon th* rock,"ch iir; "Doxology." The Rev. Mr Goodall was in the chair, and Mr Garbutt presided at the harmonium. The chairman proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Thomas Evans, and Mr David Rogers for their activity in getting the con- cert up. In reply Mr Evans said it gave him great pleasure to come to Groes, as he had very little trouble in teaching them to sing anything, and considered that this evening's entertainment had turned out q'lite a success.

CORWEN- FAIR.-This fair was held on March 12th. Low prices offered for good horses. The day was favourable, and many people were present. SPECIAL SESSIONS, SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH.—Before the Hon. C. H. Wynn and Capt. Taylor. Unlawful Wourding. -Joseph Price, a hawker, hailing from Wrexham, was charged with having unlawfully wounded James McManus, at the Crown Hotel, Corwen, at March fair. Several witnesses were called in support of the charge, and Dr Walker's testimony was taken as to the seriousness of the wound. —Defendant admitted the charge, but said he had done it in self defence. He pro- duced no evidence.—Their Worships considered the case as having been proved, and fined tLe defendant 24, or in de- fault six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. Passing Counterfeit Coin.-Jane Davis, a servant at Tynantllwyn, Llangwm, who was in custody the previous night, was charged with this offence, which had been com- mitted on Corwen March Fair. -Witnesses were called who proved that the defendant tried to pass a coin with the r words lo Hanover" on it, at the Eagles Inn, on the night of the 12th March, in place of a sovereign. —The Justices granted a remand to the defendant until M&rch 27th, and was allowed bail. COUNTY COURT, MARCH 13TH.-Before J. M. Davies, Esq., Deputy-Judge. One adjourned case, one judgment summons, and 66 plaints, werp entered for hearing, most of which were dis- posed of by Mr Evan James, the Registrar. Attorneys in court were—Mr Llewelyn Adams,of Ruthin, Mr. Marcus Louis, ivuthin, Mr T. H. Clough, Ruthin, Mr W. O. Jones, Llangollen, and Mr J. Hughes, Corwen. Llewelyn Adams, Trustee of Mr J. Hughes, v. John Owens.—This was an action to recover iC50 for professiona services rendered.—Mr Hughes proved that in July, 1872, Mrs Owen came to him and asked him to act professionally for her. He agreed, saying, ••Your "t1 is tit) ulvar tbnt, if I do not get a verdict for you, I will only charge you my costs out of pocket." He got a verdict for C30. His bill was £ 58.—Defendant's wife said, I went to Mr Hughes who said he would charge me nothing if he did not carry the case for me. I knew nothing of Mr Hughes before. Mr Roberts was present when I saw Mr Hughes,"—His Honour gave a verdict for the amount claimed, with the usual costs. Mori-is v. Arthur.-This was a claim of 21 93. OJ. for trespass done by sheep on land.—Judgment for plaintiff for 15s. and two witnesses. John Roberts v. J. Jones. -This was a claim for JE24 9s. 3d. money lent, and goods sold and delivered which had been referred to Mr Evan James, solicitor, who produced his award of £14 17s. 4d. to the plaintiff, and the usual costs.

NEWTOWN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. On Tuesday evening, March 10th, a public meeting was held in the Public Hall, Newtown, for the purpose of sub- mitting the names of four gentlemen for approval to repre- sent the Nonconformists in the United School Board for Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn. It was suggested that in order to avoid a contest, the Nonconformists should elect four members, and the Church party the other three. Mr E. HALL occupied the chair, and in opening the pro- ceedings explained the objects for which they had met that eveniug. He said it was the duty of all who had to do the work set forth by the Education Act, and of all whom that work affected, to take an active part in carrying it out; and there was no one, who was under English law, who was not interested in those matters, and consequently there were none among those present who had not an interest in them, so that it was for them to deal with those matters which were to be carried out for the good of those among whom they lived. This should cause nothing like sectarian »r denominational feeling. (Loud cheers.) It was a question which affected deeply the working men of this country, and also one which would greatly affect the coming men of England, and it depended upon them what the coming generations would be, and what the future inhabitants of 0 these realms would be when they were pagsed away. (Cheers.) Mr COOKE, who was received with cheers, gave a statement of the expenditure and work of two boards since their elec- tion. It was as follows:—Llanllwchaiarn School Board elected without a contest, March 28th, 1871. Newtown School Board elected 17th June, 1871. On the 1st of April, 1871, there were in the parish of Llanllwchaiarn (as shown by the census) 464 children between the ages of five and thir- teen, or one-fifth of the population of the parish. New- town, according to the same proportion, would at that time contain 706, thus making a total for the two parishes of 1,170. by adopting Dr Farr's basis of calculation, and de- ducting one-seventh for those belonging to tba classes whose children do not attend public elementary schools, there would be a nett number of 1,003 requiring school ac- commodation, or one-sixth of the population. When these calculations and returns were made by the Board to the Education Department, there was public school accommo- dation in the two parishes for 588 children, distributed as follows: -Newtown National, 217; Llanllwchaiarn National, 177; Newtown British, 194; thus leaving deficiency of accommodation to be provided for 415 child- ren. Finding that the managers of the existing schools would not entertain the question of transferring their schools, the Board appointed a committee to select and re- port on suitable sites fori the erection of a Board School. During the delay consequent upon this, an enlargement of the National School was made providing additional ac- commodation for about 230 or 40 children, thus reducing the actual accommodation required to be provided by the Board to 108 children. Her Majesty's Inspector the Rev. Robert Temple visited the town, and held an inquiry, and as the result of this, strongly recommended My Lords to sanction the building of separate school rooms for girli and infants in the parish of Newtown sufficiently commo- dious to accommodate 150 of the former and 120 of the latter. TDe Boarcig again renewea tuen cuuns io secure a suitable site, they being desirous, if possible, to obtain one in a central locality, and so as not to be too close to the ex- isting schools. Month after month passed away without any progress being made, sometimes the owner was unwill. ing to sell, at other times the sight selected wa8 too con- tracted to obtain the sanction.of the Education Department to its purchase. At last the site m New Church-street was selected; the £ "s^ M,?gaiTn Y131ted and reported thereon, and finally My Lords gave their sanc- tion for its °n ,the condition that Llan- llwchaiarn British school should be enlarged so as to accommodate nfty 0r sixty more children. The British Sen 01 bad already been transferred to the Board, and a schoo. for girls and infants had, under the sanction of the Education Department, been opened in the Wesleyan School-room, under a most efficient mistress. Mr Cooke then proceeded to give a statement of the ex- penditure of the Boards during their period of office. Taken together, the expenditure amounted to RI,547 13s. 2J. Of this 24-50 had been paid on account of building new school room, and R272 15s. 81. had been expended in build- nig class-room, closets, alterations, and repair, at Llan- Ilwehaiarn. The total receipts amounted to £1,123 1!J9. 7d., and there was thus owing to the banker JE423 13.. 7d. Of the above-named amount 2500 would be repaid when they rectived the loan from the Government. And now he would a^k, what had they for the money ? They had a most c >m- modious school, with play grounds and class-rooms, well furnished, with all necessary conveniences; and if the British School had not been transferre,i-and the managers had no need to transfer it-he might say there would have been an additional expenditure of about 22,500. (Cheers.) Besides that they had had a most efficient mistress, and sewing mistress, and the best services he himself could render. (Applause.) There were this very day 150 children more in average attendance than when the School Bi.ard was elected--(bear, hear, and cheers)— -,iese chiLlren were receiving an education which won" F eiii to fin a higher and better position than mauy of *i'«'»jer- ns he then saw before him, which he tboughr. was nite a sufficient retum, even if they had nothinv After a few ren.arks from Mr Richard Lloya, i 1_. li JOHN HALL rose amid great applause to move the adoption of Mr Cooke's statement. He ref— •• -•; r,, the harmony which for fweEty years had existed bet^ei the late rector and his Dixaeuting neighbours. Proyi iei^n had th ua-ht fit to remove—it was awfully sudden- ne r^tor from among them, hl),1 he believed there was noi ",1:<; who did not regret tha., removal. (Hear, hear.) He w re- m<>. »d, and his plxce had been supplied. He Li fob .a word to say against tbe gentleman who now ocos.v.d his plac- he did not vvisn to say anything offensiv. 1 he was glad to see that the rev. gentleman wa» pie.ent. (Laughter and cheers.) But a great deal of unnecessary trouble had been caused to the School Board by iucr- .sing the accommodation of the national schools for at ;he time o* the formation of t he School Board the average a* dance was only 115, while the accommodation at the time was sufficient for about 220 children. The school ]-1 been widely, and no doubt well conducted. He hai a ivord to say against the schowl; but they, as Dissenter, held the right to say they would be done by as others ,iict wish them to do—(cheers)—and they had a right to « out th- provisions of in supplying accommo,: for the children whom they had among them, without strata- gem, or anything which was ungentlemanly being resorted to, in order to prevent them. (Loud cheers ) hey knew the difficulties with which the Board had had to r itend and he assured them that the members of the Hoard had confronted those difficulties with the hearts of lions and overcome them. (Laughter.) After some further -i..arks Mr Hall went on to chow that the Compulsory K illation Act was not a hardship to poor people, as, if they --re too poor, the Board would pay the fees; and in Sion moved that the report read by Mr Cooke be n>- .-vu as a satisfactory explanation that the trust reposed iu tiie Board hai not been abused. (Caeers.) Mr THOS. JONES seconded the motion. He believed the School Board had done their best to further the aims which the ratepayers had in view. Education could not be ear- ried on unless there was accommodation for it, and as most of them were not Churchmen they felt that they ou-ht to have schools of their own. There had, of course, bUn a great deal of money expended but they must rern ember that this would not have to be spent again, for after tbe schools were once erected, there would only theOrdi- nary current expenses. He hoped that at the c-rtiiii^ elec- tion they would select the right men, who would do their best, and not be bound by any sect or system. He had great pleasure in seconding the motion, for 1 c thought they Had not expended a single pound uselessly or extra- vagantly. (Cheers.) The Rev. J. WILLIAMS, Rector of Newtown. "'lid he was exceedingly sorry to have to take objection to Mr John Hall's speech. He had spoken very kindly of the N^t'onal Schools, and had not spaken severely of himself. t qear, her.) He might first of all tell Mr Hall that the late Rector was dead when the School Board was for™ ..j) an(j that he (Mr Williams) was the Rector of the parish when the meeting was held, and at that time he made certain suggestions to those gentlemen which were taken no ;coti-ce of. (Applause.) Gentlemen were elected, ar > tl" next thing he heard of it was a notice to the managers to hand over the schools but the managers were not quite green enough to do that. He had no opposition to that School Board but he thought the people of Newtown ought to be thankful to the managers of the National Hehools for saving them some 22,000 or 23,000. He thought Mr Hall said that the accommodation in the schools was for 250 children but the alterations in the school were completed before the School Board schools werecommenceu. (Cheers and counter cheers.) The schools were in efficient working order before the School Board was formed, aud the only thing which the School Board could show as the result of their expenditure of 21,000 wa, the Wesleyan school, and he believed they were able to present to her Majesty's In. spector eighteen children, and these children hao cost the ratepayers C57 each. (Laughter, cheers, and hissing.) Of course he did not mean to say that these eighteen children represented all the children in the school: but he had never been able to find more than forty in the scnoc-I at any time. That was all they had to show for the £ 1,000, and not a penny of it had gone to the new schools in New Church-street; that would cost more than £ 3,000, and would have to be borrowed. (Sensation.) He supposed they were very fond of the parish church, or why should they come so near to its gates. (Laughter.) As far as he was concerned, he looked upon them with the kindest feel- ing, and should be glad to do all he could for them. (Cheers.) Being the largest ratepayer, he supoosed he should have the most to do with it—(laughtar)— and he did hope it would be carried on in the spirit of the Act. He had a very strong objection to banishing the Bihle from the schools. He thought it a terrible thing that the Bible should not be read or taught by the teachers in those schools, and if he was a Wesleyan he was sure he should say, teach the children the Bible by all means. (Loud cheers.) With regard to the compulsory pow..r of the School Board, he thought they should be very careful in these matters, for he thought it was a terrible thing to bring parents before the magistrates for not sending their children to school. Before that was done he thought per- suasive powers ought to be exhausted. He ha.d had many oompUinta of hard -of the School Board -,I had said Well, I sympathize with you, and if our school will be any use to you send them there without any fee whatever." (Loud cheers.) He was sure he was anxious to help the Board in every possible way, and honed they would be able to work amicably together. (Appl-use.) Mr JOHN HALL said that if his statement was incorreet it was made unconsciously. He thought the Rector had caused a great deal of trouble by the enlargement of the school. They acted from principle; it was a principle which was dear to them, and they would carry it out fear- less of expanse, and would do it notwithstanding that the preliminary expenses were considerable. (Loud and pro- longed cheers, hisses, &c.) After the preliminary "utlaY the rate would not be mure than 3d. in the pound and sub- sequently it would not be half that. (Laughter and cheers.) (A. Voice: Has it not been more than that already?'') i ne expense had been tar two parishes. The RECTOR said that was perfectly correal, but he called attention to the fact that the Inspector ir Di. report stated that the overcrowding was unhealthy. Why the School Board should have brought their school so close to his he could not say, unless it was to draw the infants away—(laughter)—but he thought that by and by they would find it necessary to build one for them on the other side of the river. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr LLOYD said he hoped to be able to reply to some of the remarks of the Rector. He had enlarged Mr Cooke's figures by 287, making it into 21,000, and had s'1,ic1 that for that they had only 18 children, ignoring the fact that there was a school at Penygloddfa. He must have made this error knowingly and willingly, he could not say less for the statement was entirely without foundation. (Cheers ) They had seen it in print that the School Board hal built these schools from pure opposition, and he thought they could not but know that that was untrue. He had been on the School Board since its commencement, and he must say that he had been as careful over the expenditure as though it had been his own money. (Cheers.) Mr Lloyd then referred to the difficulty the Board had experienced in obtaining sites, and, speaking of the transfer question, said he would maintain that the Rector's statement that the Board hai sent him a summons to surrender was in- correct, for he was at the School Board when the resolu- tion was come to, to ask all managers of schools if they were willing to turn over their schools to the Board. They all refused, and what were they to do? He thought thevhad done the best they could. (Cheers.) They had all their feelings, and the Rector had been trying to ":ouch their feelings. He had said they should deal tenderly with the poor parents and he assured them that they had tried to do so, and no parent had been summoned until they had had several notices—(cheers)—and they bad been told that if they could not afford to pay the school fees the Board would do it for them. (Hear, hear, and applatise.) They went to the Rector and complained, and be said « Send tv, T?h°°]' and 1 wil1 Pay the fees* myself alt Hough the Board were prepared to educate them free. (Cheers.) As to the religious teaching, he contended that the Dissenters of Newtown were not en^mie* to the Bible. They had a Bible Society meetin' once a year, and ne asked how often was the Rector~fhere? Tha gentlemen on the School Board had worked in the public interest, and had done what the public wished. The schools would belong to the ratepayers and would be what they made them. It had been stated— and he thought It was by the Rector again—(lau^hter)-" that the new schools would cost about £ 3,000. The cost of the schools in !New Church-street, with boundary v-all aod all complete, would cost £2,533, which sum the Kiln rati00 Department had sanctioned the borrowing of f"offi tše Public Loan Commissioners, at 3J per cent, ext^ndinc oVet fifty years, or at £ 4 5s. 3d. percent to pay off princip8'' and interest in the same time. This would make r.'i iao^ payment of 2110, which, taken upon the rating of both Par ishes would produce a rate of about lid. in the pound. This was for the building and working expenses. Now the eX" penses of the working of the two schools when completfl would be about £ 420 per year, including evervthm Tb6 income from the same (including school fees and Gover ment grants, provided the schools were moo .y at' tended) would be £338, leaving a deficiency ts be up by the rates of zES2 per year. This, added to the" £ 1 ;'o reP» £ ment to Loan Commissioners, would make a total of £$* per year. A rate of 2-Jd. in the pound would produ-^ abou{ £ 213, being about £ 21 more than would be actually quired for the repayment and working expenses. f^heersJ Seeing that the rates would be so low, and that tbe child" ren would b3 receiving an education, he did not think they could grumble, and he did not think the poo—sc J)1 would complain at having to pay 15d. a yea the education of the children of Newtown. (Lotlj Cheers.) The motion was put to the meeting, and carric-1 wth oie dissentient. The Rev. T. W. THOJIASON briefly returned thanks to tho electors for the confidence which they had reposed in hi111 as their representative; informing them that ll wag his intention again to stand, as he found the do. db ving upon him as a Christian minister demanded"? 11 time and attention. He had pleasure in pro^os-nf names of Messrs Richard Lloyd, jun., Geor-^ Lewis Lewis, and J. C. Gittins as proper pe j to present them at the School Board, and four bet ..•entK men he did not think they would find in Newtov- ll0*1 applause.) Mr ROWLANDS in an amusing speech seconded tbe J urging them to settle the matter amicably for ^-v 0 t wanted four, and would allow the Church party K' > if they were not content with that they would 'li-M to death, and have all they could get. Th 3 motion was carded with enthusiasm. I A vote of thahks to the CHAIEITAN brought the proc^ mgs to a close. 8 1