Papurau Newydd Cymru
Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru
15 erthygl ar y dudalen hon
Family Notices
fiirtijs. aalr Bsatijrs. I BIRTHS. Brown—Jane is. :1t., Cybi-pla.ee. Holyhead, the,, wife of Mr W. H Brown, of « son. Davie?■—Jnlv 2. the wife of MrD.W. Dhviea,bookveller, Bridec-strect. Carnarvon, of a dauhfpr Eiisrhi-- .7 imp 30. at G-vrnons-street., Oavr.a.'voa, the wife of Mr Hugh Hujyhow. Mason, of a daughter. Jonei—Tune '26. at 31, M«».*fcyn-s»treet, Llandudno, the wite of Mr John Tones, junior, butcher, ft a son. Jonp, » ily 1. at -ton Fana, near Flint, the wife at' Mr F.hn .Tom's of a sou. jonc-3 30. at Tulargoch Cottage, Melidon, Rhyl. the wife of Richard Jones, late of Liverpool, of a son. Oweu- lufie thewiîc, of Mr Josepk Owen, butcher, Banw. of a twin- m aad daughter. Roberts—Julr 2, the wife of Mr William Roberts, KLlt L Carnarvon. of a son. MAURI AGES. Catrwraole—Owens—uily 1. at Llaubcbbg Parish "IrnitrvoTi. bv the Rev Will curate, J. R. Hashes Cat te>-mole. eldest sen of the late John Cr.tceraiole. of Lon ion, to Catherine Jones Owens, daughter of Hash Jouea Owens, of Pencraig, Llaa- SR Iwu, Angleicy. Edwaias-Lewis—Tune 23, at the Registrar's Office, Cinvtrvon. by Mr W. R. Whjt.o-.ide, Mr William JMwards. Tanybwleh. to Miss Aim Lewis, Clwtybonf, both of Llanddeiniolen. Evan.-„-M >r<ran—Tune 25. at the Oalvinistic IMethod- ist- Chapel, Bilt, bv the Rev. Lew-is Edwards, D D., file Rev. Evan Jones Ev.:iiis, Sonthport, to Miss AM" Elizabeth, "Ideat daughter of Mr Morgan, eurriep. Bala. Hamc-r- -Tailor—June 27. at the St. Jude's, South Ken- fllrurton, London, br f.he IW R. W. Forrest. D.D., vicar, assisted by the Rev Owen Lechmere Tudor. BLA., brother of the bride. Mr John Parry Hatner. ef Glaavrafou, Shropshire. bo Sarah Margaret, third daughter of Mr Owe:* Dairies Tudor, of 2, Colling- ham-road. South Kensington, and of Bronhaulog jLodsre, D(tTit,igii-ilire. Jones—Griiffths— Tulv 1, nt Dinos chapel, Llangefni, by license, bv the'Rev James Donne, Mr Edward 'Hill Jones, Rose Hill Cottage, to Miii Jane Griffith.- l'),),th of Amlwch P,,r' JO!r Tune q, by licenf<. at the Registrar's I Office, Carnarvon. Mr Robert William Jones, Douglas i^Hill, Llaurug, to Miss Mary Hughe?., liendai, near GI rai'rafonfawr. ( Jo,i, T is Txine 2t. at Dhias Chapel, Llangefni, the Rey J. Donue, rr Oweu Jones, to Miss Ann I b Oewi-. both of Gwedog Is,V, Llanerchymedd. Picton (irav-.Tiily 3. at St. ScirioFs Church, Holy- head. by the Rev J. Lloyd Jones. M A. curate, Thomas Picton. London and North Western Rail- w-iv Van!, to Macfrie (imy, both of Holyhead. 3>obe»t- Lewis-June i.», ai; Dinas Chapel, Ljangcfni, >t:n;"e, bv tlw H,y ,T. Dcmué, Mr Ituerh Jloberta, Bodawen, Llanfaethlu. to Miss Margaret Lewis, Bodiey-street. Liverpool. 2q, at Narit Chapel, Lleyn, by tv Rev Willhrn Jones. M.A., Mr Griffith Rowlands, Uwvnon, to Miss Elizabeth Davies, Nanhoron. Thomas—Griiffths -Tun« 29. at the registrar's office, Carnarvon, by Mr W. R. Whiteside, Mr William Thomas Ebenezer. to Miss Grace Griffiths, Erw Wen, -%oth of Llanddeiniolen. DEATHS. lilovd- June 28. aged 78. Mrs Arm Lloyd, the wife Of Mr William Lloyd, Tv Capel, Waenfawr. Oworc-J aill) agod 42, Mrs ElizabethOweu,Peurhyn- fado. Rhosoolyn, Anglesey. O.WOII- -JIlDt, 2(5. a ore 1 78, Mrs Ellen Owens, Nebo, §'-mother of Mr R. Owe u Penygroes. fflliams- June 22, aee i 8?, after a long illness, Miss ADa Williams, youngest daughter of Mrs Mary Wil- liams. 7. Tithebarn-street. Carnarvon, aud sister to Cantahv Williams, Pareiau, Criecieth, and Mr WilliainrfVilliams, Hour dealer, Pool-street, Carnar- von.
;ttdLt£fJXCCt
;ttdLt£fJXCCt POET OK CAENAKVON.—Arrived—Solon, Neilscu, New Richmond; King Tft Ja (tt. ft.). Jones, Liverpool; Seven Brothers, Wili:ams, Brav Azoreau. T, cudbright; Ann and Catherine, Williams, Nev/ry, Fal- con. Richards, Newry. Pa'led.—King Ja Ja (S.S1 Tones, Liverpool; Dumhendrr, F.Tries, Porfcmadoc; King Ja .Jones, f,iwrpo,,t; Goruer, Howells. Chester; %Vak Mxss SVaudless, Kilts, Newcastle; Seotia, Williams. Belfast; Tixen, Jones, Liverpool; Flying Dutchman, William =>, Portdinorwic. The Samh J-:vah» of Carnarvon passed the Lizard east- ward on Tnes lay.
THEFIJKT BOROUGHS ELECTION.…
THEFIJKT BOROUGHS ELECTION. FT Within a few hours of the time this number of the Express will have reached the haRds of ttp readers, the oleeH^r. of a member for the boroughs will be over, and halHluility will prevail over the sceae of one of the most ex- citing contests .of modern electoral warfare. And it is a contest the issue of which is of more than ordinary importance. Both parties have resorted to the very utmost of their contending power, though each side seems to agree as to the result. The Tories do not expect to win the Liberals are conscious of their power, and have not the shadow of reason to suspect that the electors, who have so manfully held the seat for the Liberals, would become faithless of their own priuciples at this moment. Their oppo- nents, after going to the trouble to organise a grand and systematic association, are too plucky a body to withdraw -it this juncture, and. they g to the poll for the purpose of testing their strength. They entered the lists at the outset in. tin: liopc a split would have been caused on the Liberal side, in whiah case they could possibly have slipped in their can- didjiie. They wore, fortunately, not gratified in this, and they consequently have more floomy forebodings. The state of the poll on 'riaay night will be the signal whether the Tories have a glimmer of a hope ever to be able to set down a foot in Flintshire. A little latitude must, cf course, be allowed upon an occasion when the public mind .f1.as to undergo the excitement of a conflict; and as the result of the present struggle, has an intere st of more than an ordinary impor- tance upon which the fate of a certain section assuredly hangs, a more sympathetic or lenient view must be taken of many indiscreet things that are said or done. Feeling runs very high in the boroughs, and many gentlemen of posi- tion their heads" and are led to commit themselves in acts"vhich in a more pacific sea- son they would certainly not be guilty of. This is the case to a certain extent with the Liberals as well as the rampant Jingo section but as it is a matter ot life or death for the Conservative cause in the borOUgli-3, a little more tolerance must be shown townr<V< theoi in the heat of their frenzy, and hence the comparative un- concern of the Liberals at the unfounded inventions of the opposite party. But the line must be drawn somewhere. An attempt was made to frighten the Liberal working iueii, thai great bugbear was being thrust upon them; that the Liberal party were designing a reign of tyranny over the iunoci.-ut Welsh Lisseuter, It was trumpeted over the country that Mr Roberts was the chosen of a cliquft, that he belonged to a par- ticular sect, and that it was the imaginary* screw of the seiat" which brought Mr Roberts to the front. The inventors of this absifrd cry must uo really greater idiots than they them- selves estimated the electors to be, if they thiughc such: nonsense as this could alienate the Liberal# from Mr Roberts' side. A grower falsehood never was perpetrated. A candidate for parliamentary honours •aiust b'e content to be %ialigned and to have all manner of disagreeable things said of hiu. "Wuutcvor may be said of Mr Roberts' ambition may be said of Mr Pennant also; if he is a stranger, then Mr Pennant must be a frr stranger, -as Air Roberts is known to the electors much more than Mr Pennant; if lie does belong to a pariculac' sect, Mr Pennant belongs to a less numerous sect,—a sect which is antagonistic to every sect, while all the sects are -uiia amon* with regard to Mr Roberts. He contests the seat iu t-'n■ interests anu at the bidding of the whole Liberal party, and no one can to any advantage whatever • having fceen taken n hi: interet. The Rev. Mr Hooke, of Mold, his done the cause a good service in ftk-isvinr th J a very stn vll c'nntirjgent indeed of those present at the Flirtt conference were Methodists, while the hulk of the- meeting were of the other sects, and Mr Roberts' leading supporters are not Methodists. That Mr Muspratt has been iU-treated Mr Muspratt himself disproves, an 1 this like ail other absurd inventions of the Tory party tend more to diminish the respect and the confidence in their own side, than they do to injure the case of Mr John Roberts. No man in North Wales has done more for the cause of Liberalism than he has done, and it is a compliment which he has well deserved the electors of the Liberal constituency of Flint desire to pay him. Of the display of oratory which has been in- dulged in on Mr Roberts' behalf we give a con- siderable space to in this number. But Capt. Pennant has not been backward in this neither. Mr Pulestoil, M. P. for Devonport, has contri- buted his little into Mr Pennant's lot, as has also Mr Knowles, M.P., and of this gentleman we will state Mr Pennant would have been no loser had Mr K. saved himself his railway fare. The names of insignificant M.P',s who are not known in Wales, can avail nothing. It would have been better for them to have headed their placards "under the patronage of Lord Beacons field, and St. Jingo." The hon. gentle- men who have stumped Flintshire, together with the county magistrates who can tool their fast looking drags through the uncooth crowd have come to waste their milk-and-water eloquence—extolling the spirited policy of the Government, and maligning Mr Gladstone and the Liberal party. They have scattered their effusions of the virtues of Conservatism over the uncultivated youth of the boroughs, and we iaiagine all this pageantry and tall-talk will only be borne home by the boys for the amuse- in ?nt of their parents. Naturally the wealthy landowners wao support Mr Pennant utilise every possible means in their reach to influence the working population, and the tenants. It is known scores of men who are of a decidedly Liberal turn of mind are working for the Tories, simply because the employers or landlords are at the front. This is dishonest warfare, and the Conservatives are bound to admit the Liberal hands are clean on this score. It is on the part of the Liberals a fair fight, but the other side cannot say this of themselves. Failing in fairness is cowardice, and cowardice could never win. The electors are sufficiently intelligent to discern the dust which the Jingoes are trying to casi in their eyes, and knowing the secrecy of the ballot will be guided by their own censciences and teach their friends a valuable lesson. But very soon, as we said, all will be over, and people will cool down to their ordinary temperature. Friend- ship will find its equilibrium, and the one side will sympathise with the other. This really has begun already, for the Tories say even if they are defeated they will not be ashamed of it; it will be an honourable defeat. Well, anybody will grant them that consolation, but it is fortunate they are trying to realise that feeling beforehand, so that the shock will not be too great for Mr Pennant's nerves after the declaration* of the poll. It is quite new for us to know that the Tories could imagine such a thing as a defeat! As they think the defeat will be such a glorious one, what think they of the honour of a suc- cess ? It would be something to be covetted. At the time when Mr Kenyon Lad such a narrow escape from getting to Parliament in Denbigh five years ago, his friends had gone so far as to have about a hundred pounds worth of fireworks and gunpowder, and Indian fire deposited in the corners of the streets to await the electric flash of Mr Kenyon's victory. But it was saved that night, and was used on the occasion a few months after, of Mr Kenyon's feelings being soothed with a handsome present- ation in Cofn Park. We trust the Flint Tories will learn a lesson from that occasion, and not become the laughing stock of all England. Mr Roberts's party, even with their prospects would not be so rash as this.
FPiENCH CRITICS ON ENGLISH…
FPiENCH CRITICS ON ENGLISH POLICY. If it is not very instructive, it is at least in- teresting to observe the opinions of foreign critics as to the probable results of the present Congress. The French press has been rather hard upon English policy 8f late, and the re- marks ever since the terms of the Anglo- Russian agreement were made known have been anything but complimentary. We are not amongst those who regard foreign criticism as equal in value to the judgment of posterity. So much ignorance is oftentimes displayed, and as much palpable prejudice, that we are justi- fied in withholding our faith in this source of political prophecy. The French journals see a great difference in England's bark and her bite. She was valiant enough, it is said, when stand- ing afar off from her opponent, but no sooner was she brought into close contact than her bravery vanished, and with it the role she had allotted to herself of being the champion of European justice. A moment's renection, how- ever, would have shown the sapient writers in question that in the settlement of matters of general interest anything like personal or in- dividual prestiye could have little weight. If England is not likely to achieve a material conquest for herself, she will have won a moral one in having compelled Russia to bow to the judgment of Europe, and we shall be much surprised if the results of the Congress do not show that the combined action which this country was the means of producing, will lead to a satisfactory and lasting peace. What else is needed C, Would France have been satisfied if England had carried everything before her ? Would the chances of peace have been greater if Russia had been humiliated to the extent of obtaining no territory whatever, and no in- d enmity for the losses she sustained in the war ? If this be the judgment of posterity as revealed in contemporary foreign opinion, we have little to say for historical wisdom. The cession of Batoum and Kars to Russia. seems to French journalists a huge mistake. But our faith in this condemna- tion would be stronger if the documents were based on the ground of nationality rather than of strategy. If there be a mistake in the ces- sion, it lies in the fact that the districts in which these places are situated, are peopled by races entirely opp jsed to the government and charac- ter of Russia. But England of all countries in the world could not urge this as an insuperable objection. It was, no doubt, a rock to steer elear of, if possible, but in the presence of greater difficulties, it could scarcely claim 'un- divided attention. Our French friends imagine that Russian prestige will be largely increased by these acquisitions, and the only answer is, that it was as difficult as it was undesirable to prevent a conquering power from realizing some fruits of victory. Enough that one grand principle has been thoroughly established, the principle of European combination as opposed to the liberty, or. rather, licence of Russia. This of itself will be sufficient to check intrigue and cupidity for many a year to come. Even if she obtain not a few solid advantages from the war of 1877, Russia will not feel disposed to risk the anxieties and humiliations of another European jury. Compromise was the word t which every member of tbv Congress had on his lips when he entered on his duties. We are not 1 aware that M. Waddington or his colleagues proposd any other, nor does it appear that they have expressed themselves in any way dissatisfied with the decisions already come to. Their experience may be deemed more valuable than the precept of an irresponsible Press.
NOTES OF THE AVEEK.
NOTES OF THE AVEEK. The Quarter Sessions for the county of Car- narvon were held yesterday, when the business was of a formal nature. An appeal for petition to the Afongoch river at Llanberis was jefused. The only other business was the hearing of an appeal against owners of certain dwellings in n In, Colwyn Bay, who had, it was alleged, persisted in erecting certain house, contrary to the bye- laws of the Urban Sanitary Aathority. This case was adjourned till Saturday. ♦
[No title]
A most distressing boating accident at Aber- ystwyth is announced in this issue, by which three lives were lost. Several cases of drowning are reported from various parts during this week.
[No title]
The name of the Conservative candidate for Anglesey has at length oosed out! he is Captain Hampton Lewis' who contested the last election with M" Morgan Lloyd. We do not suppose the hon. member will fear much from this. It is also stated now that Sir R. R. W. Bulkeley intends to come forward to contest the seat for the county, now so well and so firmly occupied by Mr Richard Davies. +
[No title]
It is said that the Prince of Wales, who has taken a deep interest in the Paris Exhibition, on hearing that Mr Leslie's choir had decided to compete in the International choral contest, gave a handsome donation of five hundred pounds towards the expenses. It is to he hoped the Scotch and Welsh choirs will not be dis- couraged by this gigantic favour. Their ex- penses will be about double what those of a London choir would have been, and it would be a commendable act on the part of some of our nobility could they arrange to have the case represented to His Royal Highness. Unto those that have more shall be given."
[No title]
-+- A case involving considerable interest was heardatthe Carnarvon county court on Saturday last, when Mr Humphreys, formerly auditor to the North Wales Quarrymen's Union, sought to recover from that body the sum of 115, bulance of wages said to have been due to him. The claim was disputed on the ground that plaintiff had neglected his duties owing to his indulging in drink. «
[No title]
The committee of representatives from the various Sunday Schools in Carnarvon made the first canvass last Sunday and were on the whole successful. It would be well if the owners of lailfl and farmeis around the town would take steps t<f prohibit trespass over their land, for it is in Bambling aeross the fields the Sabbath breakers chiefly indulge in. The public should be called to assist in this. a. r-\J
FLINT ELECTION NOTES.
FLINT ELECTION NOTES. We were sorry to hear that Mr Suthard and Mr Wilson, both gentlemen to whom we made reference last week feel very much hurt. We appended his profession to his name in describ- ing him. The rather significant term of mongrels has also been a great sore. Of the latter we need say nothing, but we must confess our surprise to hear Mr S. not only has denied his politics, but wishes apparently to deny his trade. We always like to call a spade a spade, and there can be in our opinion no dis- honour attaching to the manufacture of wooden shoes. The snobbish part of it, verily, is in trying to disown one's legitimate occupation. Mr Puleston, M.P., must have considered that a very smart stroke that he made with regard to the Burials Bill in speaking at Holywell on Wednesday. He tried to show that the general conference of Presbyterians at Aberystwith lately were favourable to the Burial Service of the Church of England. The conference did net express that opinion it was simply a remark made by Dr. Edwards. Though many will be found of the same opinion at the worthy doctor, it is not the service but the principle which is the grievance. Mr Puleston thought there was no occasion to pass the Burials Bill if this feeling became general. # If the waste of paper and printers' ink in the boroughs were a criterion of the power of parties, we are disposed to think the Conserva- tives have the best of it; as there has been con- siderable wastefulness in this election on their part. There is scarcely a house in Holywell and Flint that does not form a temporary posting station, and flags and arches cross the streets without number. Even that sombre- looking figure, the Red Lion in Holywell, is made to peer at the passing mob through a deep blue mantle. # # That was a significant bit of information which was communicated to the Roman Catholic Electors of Holywell, from the Earl of Denbigh. This body have always been Liberal to a man. On this occasion, however, they have been told that his lordship does not desire to press anyone how he should vote, but for their "information," his lordship desired it to be known that he was favourable to Captain Pennant. This is another bit of what the blues are pleased to call" legitimate war- fare." # # A certain gentleman has put up a long pole close TO the copper works in Greenfield with a slab at the top bearing the name of Pennant," whilst another one for Roberts is fixed near the bottom. We wonder whether the gentle- men who erected this will change the names— if the result is for Roberts for the information of those whom he is trying to mislead. A prison would be a curious place for a man to go and spend twenty thousand pounds, and even if one did such a curious thing, we fail to see the political import of it. A gentleman of "position who has been wasting his horse in riding about the boroughs told his hearers one day that he had spent just that littip sum in a gaol not very far from Liverpool. This same individual, whose mental equilibrium is upset, has been prating about shop fronts, and doors of public houses, to blabber over the virtues of Mr Pennant. It is a pity to see a man display- ing his weaknesses even during an election. To the gentleman who was good enough to volunteer to us a bit of good advice not to say a word disparaging to the cause of his master, else they would crush up the Express," we will have a word or two to say next week, as well as to the rash fellow who, after abusing a respectable woman, assaulted her husband in tho most cruel and unprovoked manner.
| Our øn¡¡JJn Qhrrr£p'Onøel1t.
Our øn¡¡JJn Qhrrr£p'Onøel1t. It niay be only a piece of mere gossip of the Momieur, but things look this way. It was re- ported from Berlin at last, in the French official organ, that the reason for the recent complacency of England to Russia is because she had obtained her own terms, and that, in fact, the whole scheme of a parallel occupation of Turkey had been virtually agreed on. We are to be given what amounts to a protectorate over the whole of Asia Minor together with the occupation of the Island of Candia, in return for consenting to the Russian annexation of Batoum. As for Austria, her occu- pation of Bosnia and Herzegoviim is not only settled on, but the orders have been sent to the troops to march on,, and it will be complete in a few days. As for the Turks, they caa only mutter kimet and curse their own obstinacy in standing 1 out against terms far more moderate at the Con- stantinople Conference, in 187(5. They now "ee how thev have gone further and fared ^rorse. The Globe mystery has, as we might expect, turned up in Parliament, and questions have been asked in both Houses which it is much easier to ask than to answer. The Foreign office, in past, looks foolish in the whole affair, as the one of the ministerial organs was for some days to throw the blame of this scandal on perfidious Russia. Now there is no such excuse forthcoming, they have no one to blame but their own earelessness, and it amounts to this: if treaties of European import- aiiee are to be handed over to mere scriveners called in to write at tcnpence an hour, we shall soon see' an end of secret diplomacy altogether. The truth is that the upper classes are too fine gentlemen, as a rule, to do copying work, and, this being the case, why cannot the Foreign office do as other establishments, and keep a copying govern by which copies of private and confidential documents may be conveniently multiplied without the risk of entrusting them*to copym g clerks ? The Emperor of Germany is going to Babels- berg, one of his seats near Potadam. The rumours are still repeated that he intends to abdicate but I have reasou to think that they are all premature. Bishops are flocking to town, and it is difficult to avoid knocking up against these colonials, who have been irreverently described as returned empties," High Church Bishops flock to this Pan-Anglican Synod because they believe in Synods of the Episcopal order. Low-Church Bishops attend it because they do not, but at the same time think it prudent to attend, to see that no harm is done during their absence and, lastly, the Broad-Church Bishops turn up because the whole thing is harmless and a good excuse for a holiday. Dr Lee, of All Saints, Lambeth, who hns got himself into some litigation in connection with his church spire, which his parishioners will not help him to repair, has seiyed the occasion of this Pan-Anglican Synod to advocate something like Corporate Reunion with Rome. As Dr Let is also a great champion of the Church Defence Society, I do not see how he can reconcile these conflicting claims ef the royal supremacy and that of the Pope, but perhaps he sees a modus rivendi where no one else can detect any. Mr Edward Jenkins has brought out another squib, but I must say that it is a damp one. The title of the new satire is "Haverholme or the Apothesis of Jingos." As we might expect, Lord Ben Jingo plays a prominent part, and it contains sketches of many political and ecclesiastical notabilities of the day. It is not given to every one to draw Ulysses' bow, or, to vary the expression, to lash with the flail of Dean Swift. Speaking of the Dean of St. Patrick's, those who wish to under- stand that happy genius should go to the Kensington Museum, to see the profile likeness of him in John Foster's collection of pictures. It is the strongest profile I ever noticed, and there is insanity in every line of it. It is, in fact, only half a head, with the cerebellums or back part of the cranium flat- tened in, and the eyes protruding as if the brain had suffered some displacement in infancy. Alto- gether, it is one of the most unpleasing yet striking profile I ever looked upon. There h a good deal of twaddle talked on the subject of the education of the lower classes, but perhaps Mr Bartley was right. When at the recent Congress on Domestic Economy, he declared that household thrift ought to be enforced by direct teaching amongst the artizan and labouring classes. The thing has been done in some places with the best results. Not far from one of the largest manufacturing towns in the country there is a village which only a few years ago was a proverb of uncleanliness, roughness, and insobriety. A titled lady well-known in the philanthropic world coming into possession of estates comprising the greater part of the village was shocked at the state of affairs, and hired two or three persons with the gift of the gab to enforce the principles of economy and household management in public and in private, in season and out of season. In two or three years the hamlet was transmitted into the most thrifty, cleanly, and prosperous in the neigh- bourhood. The advent of the Australians this year makes an era in the history of cricket. Cricket is an art, and all arts are progressive; but it is not unfair to remark that the standard of English cricket has somewhat declined during the last few years. The public had begun to get just a little bored by the endless jargon of the tented field. A select circle, of course, continued to be enthusiastic supporters of this pre-eminently British sport, the general public TOre contented with a general sense of security that the All England Eleven could "whip creation." But the coming of the Australians has changed-our tune. Every news- paper reader in England has followed with surprise and involuntary admiration the marvellous and almost unbroken series of brilliant victories, won by our Antipodean cousins. The muscularity natural to men who live much in the open air accounts perhaps in part for the undoubted supe- riority of the Australian ctickc^ers. It is to be hoped that the coming International Exhibition at Sydney will afford opportunity for a series of return matches by picked representatives of this country. The two principal Beauties of the season, after having their portraits exhibited at Burlington House and their photographs displayed in every shop-window, are at last published in the pro- vinces in twin possession of a page of the Graphic. I would as soon be married for any money as for any face," says one of tke heroines of Disraeli's "Sybil," which he wrote not long after having married a very wealthy lady, much his own senior In these days, there must be some gentlemen who find their wife's reputation for comeliness an in- tolerable nuisance. They must be puisued by their wives' effigies everywhere. They confront them in a thousand shop-windows and innumer- able extraneous albums. Commend me rather to Xantippe than the Pnloiuea del Tobuso of select society when.it is mine to make a matrimonial venture. If one only might deal with cases before the courts which are in course of hearing For ex- ample, there is in re Somerset, an infant," a case heard before the Master of the Rolls, on Saturday In this case, which was a petition by Lady. Henrv Somerset, under the Infants' Custody Act, asking for an order that the petitioner might be at liberty to obtain possession of her infant sou." Mr Chitty, Q.C., complained of some statements which had appeared in the publication called Truth. I have not seen those statements, but I know something of the affair which they traversed mid-to leap at once to the conclusion of my brief remarks—the Somerset case is one of the causes celebrcs of the London Season to which I allude:! with "bated breath" some weeks since. Will it be heard in open court ? For once, our weather forecasts have been cor- rect. It was predicted a few days ago that from the 1st to the 4th of July, there would be a baro- metrical depression with storms and rain from across the Atlantic. It has come as we were told it would, and now the weather in London is as chilly as before it was sultry. It is amusing how ¡' unprepared we are for these sudden changes. Last week, men were getting ready their topees and puggaries, and were pleasantly bantering each other for not knowing how to eat, drink, and dress. Now it is the other way. The old-fashioned folk wito- stick to their Mack coats and chimney pot-z have the laugh on their side, and even the oldest of old Indians would fearedv dare to k out of the Oriental Club in the undress which he so be- comingly put on in the former part of last week.
CONWAY.
CONWAY. BAGS AT LARGE.—By wrder of the Mayor (Mr A. Wood), the usual notices, eampeiling dog& to be muzzled, have been issued here, in consequence of several persotis having been bittan. CORPORATION MEETING., The monthly meeting of the Conway Corporation was held on Wednesday afternoon, at the-Guild Hall, when there were present- Messrs. Albert Wood (mayor), in the chair W. Jones (deputy mayor), Alder- man Edward Jones, and Councillors W. Davies, W. Jones (ironmonger), and J. Edwards. Mr Thomas E- Parry (clerk) was alrns present. I The Market Si'a'ls.—The market tolls, leviable by the council, and which were coiulrmed by the Local Government Beard, were discussed, and it was resolved that a charge of threepence be made on each street stall. The Water Works Question.—A comimuTaicatiou was received from the Local Governmens Board, dated the 14tli of June, in reference to the appli- cation of the council for the Local Government Board's sanction to purchase the works of the Conway Water Works.. and to borrow th-s s^m of • £ -i2r>0. The letter stated that, owing try an ob- jeetion by their inspector (Mr Smith), the board could not sanction the piwchase of the works.— The matter was deferred until further communica- tion would be received respecting the town wells. The Foreshore.—In acknowledgment of a letter of the tth ult., a communication was recived from Mr Trevur. of the Board of Trade, forwarding to-the council a copy of the further communication re- specting the council's claim of the foreshore. The board regretted the difference which appeared to- have arisen, but they did not consider they couid properly sanction the loan for the proposed sewerage works until the ccnserat. of the Board of Trade had been obtained to the execution of that portion of the work which would be below higft water mark.—Mr Perks (one of the council's soli- citors) wrote to say that he was of opinion that the council could not do better than adopt the sugges- tion iu the preceding letter respecting the final clauses. The T'sisn Mountain Lease.—A letter was read frorallr I. Anwell, of Liverpool, acknowledging the receipt of the resolution of the council, past at the last meeting, with rogsird to his appli- cation for a new lease on the Penmacn Bach Quarries. In that resolution, he said, they had asked him to forego a most important privilege, and which, in a large measure, constituted the value of the quarry, viz., the sole- right of sending stones to Liverpool. This right, lie most certainly declined to forego and he would prefer working out the existing lease, but not on the extensive scale lie had intended, the time being too short to justify the expenditure. He had already extended the pier and stage a distance of 225-feet into the sea, and in a very short time he will have expended £ 1000. Therefore, he respectfully asked the board to reconsider his application, and to grant him a full lease of 60 years, upon the terms of the ex- isting lease.—Mr Simon, agent to Mr Anwell, inquired if they would give the refusal of the whole mountain, or, on what terms would they grant it.—The Mayor observed that they could not possibly increase the lease, as requested to 60 years.—The matter then dropped. The Town Cl&tA- -Application was made to the council urging them to make certain improve- ments on the town clock.—The matter was referred t,) a committee, which would inspect the clock, with a view o-f providing a case for the same for its protection from dust, &c. /Salld Banks.—It was reported that sand and mud were accumulating of the harbour to the depth of about two or three feet, and on the north, four or five feet, making an average depth of three and a half feet. The matter was discussed but no decision was gome to.
LLANDUDNO.
LLANDUDNO. THE LIBJIlltAL CONFERENCE AT CA-RNARVOX.— Llandudno, was represented at the conference, on Tuesday, by the following gentlemen:—Rev. Spinther James, Thomas Parry (Catwg), John Jones, Gloddaeth Cresent; Moms Pritchard, T. Rowlands, Elias Jones, Thomas Roberts, and T. W. Griffith. PIER ATTRACTIONS.—This week, the celebrated duettists, Mr and Mrs Fielding, have been per- forming some of their musical sketches at the pier and their imitations on the organ-ophonicon of the bag-pipes were admirably rendered. DRAMATIC READINGS.—On Friday evening, at the Masonic Hall, Mr Thornton Beaumount, gave dramatic readings from "Julius Ctesar," "Mer- chant of Venice," Sea Dreams," by Tennyson, "Virginia" (Macaulav), &c. THE PKOI-OSED ROAD BY THE HAPPK VALLEY.— In reply to a petition signed by 249 of the inhabi- tants, Mr St. John Charlton has written to Mr R Evans, Brynteg, saying, that in accordance with the the requisition not to allow the road to be made from the quarries above the Happy Valley,past the rink to the town, and expressing a hope that either the present quarry road should be allowed to be used, or another substituted by making a tunnel through the rock at Brondinas, he begged to state that for the present, at any rate, the existing quarry road would be used, and for the future he would see how fay It would be possible to provide another road. THE COMMISSIONERS.—The annuaL election of members to the Llandudno Board of Commis- sioners being nigh, it is only fair that the rate- payers should know of their representatives' atten- dances during the year. The following is a list of attendances:—William Bevan, 4; H. Careless, 11; B. R. Dailies, 28; William Evans, 33; J. B. Evans, 23 William B. Hughes, 14; John Hughes, 15 Thorua Hughes, 22 J. S. James, 17; John Jones, 32; E. Moore, 13; Thomas Parry, 16 R. M. Preston, 9: Morris Pritchard, 25; L. Raw, 13; J. Ridge. 28; A. Roberts, &•; J. L. Thursby, 4; E. H. Williams, 20 M. Williams, 24; W. Woodley, 28. POLICE INTFLT.IGE.NCF.-Oll Friday, the 28th ult., before Major Thursby, Jane Griffith (alias Shian Bontnewydd), Carnarvon, was charged with sleeping in an outhouse on the previous night. P.C. 18 stated that he saw defendant at about four o'clock in the morning, at Tanyffridd stables.— She was sent to gaol for one calendar month. Drunk and Disorclet-Iy. -George Spencer was charged by P.C. 41 with being drunk and disorderly in East-parade on Thursday night, for which offence he was fined 5s and costs, or seven days.—Another charge was preferred against him, viz., with wil- fully damaging a glass door, the property of Mr Joseph Hughes, 1,East-parade, on the same night. The damage done was valued at 12s 6d. Defen- dant, in default of payment, was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. A Pleasant Sleeping Rendezvous I—Thomas Jones (alias Tommy Toiii Tom) was summoned by P.C. 18 for sleeping in onu of the bathing machines jarly on Friday morn- ing. He was dismissed with caution. LANCASHIRE BRUTES.—On Saturday, before Dr Nicol and Mr J. R. L. Hazledine, George Walton, Altrincham, near Manchester; Allen Bagnell, do. and Thomas Shaw, do., excursionists, were charged with assaulting William Owen, Penymynydd, on that day.—Complainant said that at about noon on Saturday, as he was carrying hay in a tield, he ob- served the three prisoners going over the fence which protected the field. He called on them to turn back, but they refused. He and his two workmen went up to them but no sooner had he approached them than he was struck by George Walton on the head (the wound bled while lie gave his evidence). Complainant then received a kick in the leg, which was also bruised. In the meantime, Edwin Jones, one of complainant's servants, came up, and while he was approaching, one of the defendants attempted to strike him. In self-defence he struck Walton on the leg with the handle of a pitchfork. Prisoner then struck him, threw him on thegrouncLandillrisinghewaskicked j on the left temple, which caused a "black eye." Jone,s was also struck in the face by one of the other defendant?.—James Stone, another servant in the employ of complainant, stated that as he | ws;. goin < down to defendant's, he perceived Shaw had two la?0e ,stones in his hand, and he attempted j to strike witness, several times, who had come within about a yard to them.—The bench fined the first prisoner to 41s and costs ( £ 2 14s) Thomas Shaw, 10s and costs. Allen Bagr>ell was dis- charged.' SPECIAL PETTY' SESSIONS.—HUeping* 01lt. — Monday, before Dr Nicol, John Wiiliam«, butcher, Denbigh, was charged by P.C. 41 with sleeping in the open air, to wit, by a hay stack, on Saturday night. He was scfftf to gaol for 14 days.—William; 0'He.ra, an old soldier from Ireland, vfts also, charged with the same offence by P.C. 47" Im- prisoned for 14 days-. Thompson, of Liverpool, was charged by ivC. 41 with I>:tiig drunk on Sunday afternoon. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and said-' he was very sorry. Pined ;ýt and costs. A LIM'JOCS HAWKER.—At the police court on Tivasday, before Mr Haaledine, Sarah Price, htjwker,, of Wrexham, wa& brought up by Sergeant Hughes for disorderly conduct. The officer staied; that shortly after eight? o'clock on Monday night, he saw defendant, accompanied by a man- and woman. He had tried to- strike- the former' with a half-pint pewter. Tho1 officer requested' prisoner to go home quietly. She started, but ultimately returned, and made use of obscene language. The sergeant again told hsr she would be locked up if she persisted in being disorderly, upon which she replied, "Do, them" She then attempted to get hold of his face with her two hands. Subsequently a carriage was procured, and she was-driven to the police station. She was very disorderly in the (--ull.-Prisoiicr was fined 10s 6d and coats. POLICE COURT, THURSDAY.—Yesterday, before Dr Nicol and Major Thursby, J-ames- Jones, labourer, Pydew, was brought up charged with being drunk and refusing to quit tho- Railway Inn, Llandudno-, on Wednesday; with; assaulting Hugh Hu ghes, barman; wilfully damaging a door, the property of Mr William Price, the- Railway Inn, and with wilfully damaging a window grating I I and seven squares of rough plate glass, property of the county of Carnarvon.—Prisoner, in a- peni- tent manner, pleaded guilty to all the charges for which he was fined 40s and costs, and 6d. for damage done, the whole amount being X5 13s 6d.
[No title]
John Price, a collier, whilst asleep near tli fire place of the boilers at the Deep Pit, Haniiy, on Sunday, was literally boiled to death. The boiler was" tapped" for cleaning, and the body was afterwards found floating in boiling water; The Court of Exchequer at Dublin has refused to grant a special subpoena to bring over Mr Prsscott Hewitt from London in. the breach of promisa case of Miss Fitzgerald. against Captain Gubbina, in which the damages are laid at £ 25,000. The Prince andPHncss^of Wales have iiitim--Aed with regret that they will be unable to accept: the invitation conveyed to-them to attend the approach- ing musical festival at Norwich, as they will be occupied at the time with other important engags- ments. A sad accident happened on Sunday at the Royal Hotel. Portree, which is in course of enlargement and improvement. A long chimney stalk fell suddenly and broke in through the kitchen, killing Mrs Ross of the hotel and a Mrs Mackenzie, who was visiting. About an hour elapsed before the debris was cleared, and' when the bodies were found life was extinct. ^ILONSEWHIPINA A Wire.—Thomas Herrity,. a cattle dealer, pleaded guilty before the Stockport magistrates, on Saturday, to a charge of assaulting his wife on the 27th ultimo. It appeared that he knocked her down, kicked her on the head, and beat her on the arms, and neck with a horsewhip, The woman's neck bwre strong evidence of the whipping, being severely cut and marked. Never<- theless, Mrs Herrity appealed to the bench to deal leniently with her husband for the sake of their children. The Mayor said if the complainant had not interceded on her husband's behalf the court would have sentenced him to six months' im- prisonment. He must pay' £ 5 and costs, or go ta- gaol for two months. POWERFUL CEMRNTS.—The cement commonly used is plaster of Paris; but this is porous and quickly penetrated by the kerosene. Another cement is highly recoramended which has not this defect; it is made with three parts of resin, one of caustic soda, and five of water. This composition is mixed with half its weight of plaster of Paris. It sets firmly in about three-quarters of an hour. It is said to be of great adhesive power, not per- meable to kerosene, a low conductor of heat, and but superficially attacked by hot water. Zinc white, white lead, or precipitated chalk may be- substituted for the plaster, but they harden more slowly. -Ergineer. A SIMPLE METHOD (¡:.p CURING -INDIGEITIO-The editor of a new literary magazine, Burlington HOlUtI, who had suffered severely from dyspepsia des- cribes the following method of cure: "I)octora- said that vegetable acids would aggravate my com- plaint, as I was suffering from acidity, but I should take carbonate of soda and ammonia— alkalis. My inclination for vegetable acids was so strong that at last I took lemon juice with every meal, a total of from one to two ounces daily. I'a three months I was cured of my dyspepsia. Being anxious to make my remedy useful, I tried it on a. few fellow-sufferers, and give results." After re- cording several remarkable instances of cure he adds Citric acid, the concentrated preparation of lemon juice, is cheaper, more portable, and equally efficacious as fresh lemon juice, and pleasanter than preserved juice. When using the lemons, skin them before they are squeezed. Avoid dilett- ing with water or eating sugar with the lemon juice, for the saccharine matter exhausts the strength of the digestive acids of the stomach. The introduction of citric acid into the body pro- bably favours the development of the gastric juice. Citric acid and pepsine are ferments not of the hurtful nature of yeast, but such as the body re- quires. Hence the folly of neutralising the acids of the body with alkali, for the body requites free acids for the proper digestion of the food. Tn the cases given the sufferers genera]y adopted* a farinaceous, fmgivorous, and vegetable diet, as twice the quantity of lemon was required on the flesh diet they were accustomed to. The. essential oil of lemons contained in the skin is injurious." LoitD CARNARVON ON HIS DEFECTION FROM THE CAUINET.—The Earl of Carnarvon, speaking on Saturday at the dinner of the Company of Tin- plate and Wire Workers, at the Crystal Palace, said there were times when a public man was bound to remember that he had not only to serve his party, but also to think of his country. As for himself, he never for a moment doubted the course which he had felt it his duty to pursue, and never since had he had a doubt of its having been the right course. Subsequent events had fully con- firmed his view of that course, and he never had nor never should regret it. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Saturday, at the Diss (Suffolk) divisional petty sessions, Henry Matholie, a carpenter, of was charged with attempt- ing to murder Samuel Pickering. a master builder, of the same place. The prosecutor was unable to appear. The prisoner and Pickering lived next door to each other, and had been unfriendly for some time. Pickering had erected a high fence, dividing prisoner's garden from his own. On Friday, prisoner went out with a chopper, saying he would chop down the fence. Pickering, hear- ing this, went out into the garden, and received a severe blow on the head with the chopper. A violent quarrel ensued, and suddenly, as the men wcre-struggling for the possession of the chopper, prisoner drew a long clasp knife, plr.nging it into the body of Pickering. He fell, and when picked up it was discovered that the knife had penetrated the ribs, and nearly touched the heart. His case is considered to be hopeless. The bench, in re- manding the accused, told him the charge next time might be of a more serious nature.