Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times

VENEZUELAN PIRACY. The following facts quoted from ,the Parliamen- tary return will help to explain the reasons for the action of the British Government iri using coercive measures against Venezuela:— January, 1901.A British boar, ladan with cocoa and passengers for Port of Spam (Trinidad) wait- ing at Patos Island for the tide, was seized by a Venezualan guuboat; cargo and part of passengers and crew were forcibly removed, others baing left-, on the island without food, water, or .the meaus of getting away. Representations of British minister were ignored. SI >0 > Mai ia, Theresa, belonging to a British sub- ject, was seized by a Venezuelan war vessel, and burned. The Venezu lanGovernment alleged that the owner and master of the si' op had been assist- ing the revolutionists. The British Government foreboret) press this matter in view of these statements, although tbete Was no proof in support of then). February, 1901.—John Cra.it, of Trinidad, Brit- ish subject, fishing near Pat os, landed on (he island, which is Biitish territory. A Venezuelan coastguard ve s.d iandei armed nun, who fire I on faig's crew, se:z i<l his boat, and left them on the 1 an(i without food or water. ] 1901.—A. Venezuelan sloop, the Pastor, eft Triuidad on, it is believe 1, a smuggling ven- She was seized in a: os Bay by a Vene- tian revenue boar, who rem rved h >r goods, and ^ubsequenily fired on her while in British waters. 1:1 t-'ie subsequent correspondence the Venezuelan overament stated that Patos Inland was their own 'ssesaion, and declined to diseuss the question of any violation of British territory. 8 a^ua'y, 1902—British sloop, "Indiana," was Wa>e r'e"a*n 'u River Barima, whose th«6^ aii6 ^Pea t0 navigation of all ations by va«a i glo-Veneza. 1 -n Boundary Award. The Waat canT,ng only empty corn barrels, and Testil91Zaf 0u.the cha'«e of smuggling without a GovJf ° evi'lenc>- Bep-esenratioiiB of British w "tignored. on inu 19^'7B,i i"h vesiel' In Time," was fired gun-bolt '1 ,enaIes br » Venozu-lan an^ nrov T'd' Up md 8,mk. without y Provocation or justificatii n. » this oocasien, the Venezuelan Government replied that the British expostulations were "in- admissible." June, 1902.-The Briish ship, Queen," while on a voyage in ballast from Grenada to Tiinidad, was seized by the Vanezuelan gnn boat, Re- stfurajdor," on the high seas, towed into a Vene- zuelan port, stripped of her sail-) and papers, and confiscated on a mere suspicion of having carried arms to Venezuela. The c.evv were put on shore and left destitute September, 1902.—The British sloop, Racer," ,trading with Trinidad, was dismasted in a squall, and drifted towaids the Venezuelan coast. Boats put off from the shore with armed men, robbed the crew of all th iir belongings, including X37 in the captain's trunk, and the ShirJherself was seized by men from the Cuptoms at the PI rt q,Carupano. I lu addition to the foregoing acts of piracy, the. Venezuelan consul at T. in'dè¡dhas nctually assumed the unwarranted authority of col!e tins; Venezuelan customs.du^a in Ill, British island of Trinidad, has exacted improper fees and charges, and placed every sort of hindrance to the dispatch of ves-els, thus seriously affecting the trade of British sub- jects. Communications < o the V' n^ zuelm Goveru- me1 t on this score htte been simply-ignored. There also exi t largo e'aims against the Vene- zuelan Government on the part of British subjects and British companies. As a set-off, the Venezuelan Government have pretended that th1, r 'ply of the British Government, in January- and M,trch la t, respecting the iusurgent steamer, Bari-Righ (or Libeitador") was un. satisfactory, this r, pi v b.ing that the vessel was stated by the Colombian minister in London to be in the service of his Government, tdat she was fly- ing the Colombian fhg, and that al> hout>h vve could tike no action aghinst bet-w ieli w,.uld constitute. an act of war against Colombia, she would hot be allowed to use a British port as a base of hostile ( operations against Venezuela, nor would she be allowed to co d. Finally, the British Legation in Venezuela had become, for di| l una1 ic purpose", q aite impractic- able, as all i epresentatiOos, protests and remon- strances remain disregarded and unacknowledged." After perusing the foregoing outlines of onr case, nobody will be surprised thit Lnrd Lansdowne has at last felt compelled to prescribe naval instead of diplomatic persuasions for President Castro. Nor, we fancy, will anybody be surprised to learn that Mr Leonard Courtney and Mr Edmund Robertson, M.P., should have promptly reap- peared in their well-known role of friends of every country but their own"— the former ^characterising the British actions as "offensive to every modern sentiment," and the latter duclaring himself a pro-Venezuela 1." He "knew of no reason" (so he told the .New Reform Club on December 12th) "which justified us in sinking ships, and, he supposed, killing men in that part of the world In those few wo; ds Mr Robertson has admirably defined the Little Engl inder's.creed. He never does know of any leason, be neyer troubles to ascertain facts, and he is always perfectly certain that under every conceivable circumstance his own country 'must be in the wrong.

A BODY ^WA^SD--ASHORE. On Tuesday morning, Mr R. O. Jones, cc-.roner,, Blaetau Festiniog, he!d an inquest at the hotel, Llwyngwril, torching the dea. h of an unknown sailor whose body had been picked up on the shore near to the village. Mr Willinn Williams, of Pentjfach, was the foreman o f, the jury. Evidence as to the finding of the body was niiren and it was stated that there were no papers or auything ontÜe clothes to assist in iipntincation. The deceased seemed by his appearance and dress to have baen a Breton and was ab, ut 25 years of age. The jury returned a verdict of "Pound drowned." During the rec.ent heavy weitherin the Cardigan Bay it was peraistently rumoured in Aberystwyth that a body was seen .floating about under the pier. The drift of the current b ing to .the north it is a fair d^luciiou to suppose that the body of the sailor was the one seen at Aberystwyth. By per .1'. ion of the Home Secretary, the body of Bar >neas von Langenau, the well-known Austrian philanthropist, who died a' Batig ir in August la t after bathing in" Menai Straits, was yesterday ex- hum;d at Bangor Come ery for reinterment at Vienna. The exhumation was carried out in tha presence of the representative of the Austro- Hutiarai ian Consulate General at Liverpool, and the coffin, to which was attached the Imperial and Royal seal, will to-day be removed. The deceased was the widow of the former Austrian Ambassador &t St. Petersburg.

MAKKET8 WILSBFOOI, GENERAL, Monday.—\Vho[esa!eprioa Batter, Is 2d to Is 3d per !b eg-gs, 8 to 9 for Is rowle, 4s 0d to 4s 9d; chickens, 4s Od to 5s Od ducks, 5s 6d to 5s 9d rabbits, Is 6d per c-oapie geese, 7d to 8d per lb. NEWTOWN GENERAL, TDESDAY. —Eggs 9 to 10 for 1 s; butter 18 2d to Os Od per lb; fowls 3s Od to 4s 6d chickens 48 Od to 5s Od ducklings, 0.. Od toOsOd rabbits, Is 4d to Os Od per couple. LIVERPOOL CORN, TDESDAY.— Wheat, quiet trade, Tuesday's prices to the turn dearer. 1 Herd Manitoba, 6s 6id to 6s 61d 1 Northern Manitoba, 6s 5id to 6s 5Ad. Beans, Saidi, 3is 3d to 31s 6d. Peas, Calcutta, 6s 6d.0&ts, new white, 2s 5d to 2s 7d; yellow and black,2s 4d to 2s 6d. Maizt*, fair inquiry, River Plate, 58 Id to 5s lid old mixed, 5s 41d to 5s 4 £ d new, 4s lli i. Flour, 6d dearer. BIRMINGHAM CATTLE, T'UERDAV. The closing market of the year was as usual very quiet and supplies were short. Prices ruled as foi)ow:—Boef,Herefot-d.s,OtM 7d; shorthorns, 64-d to 6|d; bulls and cows, 4 £ d to 6d; calves, 6d to 8d wether sheep, 7 £ d to 8^ 1 ewes au;i i ams] 51d to 6iyd lambs, 7d to 7^1 per 11). Bacon pigs. 98 6d te 9s 8d porkets. 10 oj 61 to lis 01 so ws, Os Od to 8s Od par iuore. SALFORD CATTLE, TUESDAV. — At market: Cattle, 1,637, demand gcod and price maintained; sheep, 5,641, brisk demand; calves, 94, pric-swell up. Quotations C .tt!e, 5d to 7^d sheep, 6d to 91d calvee, 6d to 8fd per lb. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MONUA v.—Numbers: Beasts, 1,136; sheep, 2,3.9. Quotations Best beasts, 61d to 7d; secouds, 5j i to 61; thirds, 5d to 5Jd best sheep, Od to 8^ 1 other sorts, 6d to 7Jd per Ih. The supply >! cittle was larger than 2 aRt week, showing au in crease of 45 cattle, and a decrase of 877 shaep. Demand firmer all roulld for cattle; better demand for shsep at about hte rates. Thirty-five dairy cows at market fair demand, prices ranging from P,16 10 £25. cl LONDON HAY AND STRAW, TUMSUAY.—prices Good to prime hay, 75s to 95s Od inferior to fair, 60s to 70s good to prime clover, 85s to 1003; inferior to fair ditto, 70" Od to 80s niistuje and sainfoin, 75s to 85s Od straw, 28s to 38s per K.ad. CORK BUTTER, Thursday.— Primest, —t prili,e -s; firsts, 92s; seconds 78s kegs.—s; ttjird 72s kegs -s fourths — B; fifths —s choices; —s, choice —R superfine 87s kegs —s fine mild 82" mild 78s choicest boxes 85s choice boxes, 83s; 1^2 cwt of fresh butter A, 85s to 82s B, 73 s. tc, 71s factory seconds. —. Total number of firkinil 218. OSWESTRY CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. — Thb follewing were tbe quotations:—White wheat (u!d) 4s Od to 4s 2d white wheat (new), 0s 0u to 0s Od per 75lbs red wheat (old), 4s Od to 43 2d red wheat (new), Os Od to Os Od per 7blbs old oats, 16s Od to 178 Od new oats, 10s 6 J to lis 6d pel 2001 bs; malting barley, 16,0.1 to 19, Od trrindlne barley, 13, 6) to 14s Od o-jr [).-i new be ins 13s Od to 13s 6d per 2401bs. OSWJBSTBY GENERAL AIAKKKT. WKUNBSDAV.- ci to "9 "T01- 18 P"»t^er, i'iS A linuWi, vv 9d lamb, 9d to 10d veal, 7d to 8d (owls, 4s 61 to 5s Oel ducks, 7s Od to 8 > 0-i rabbits, 2s Od to 2s 2 i per couple; geese, dressed, 9d to 91d, undressed, 6jd; turkeys, dressed, lljd to Is, un- dressed, 9d per lb carrots, lid per bunch onions, Id per bunch; cabbages, 2d cauli- flowers, 3d to 4d each cucumbers. 3d te 6 I potatoes, 201bs for Is watercress, Id per bunch kidney beane 2d to 3d per lb; honey, Is per jar apples, 2S to 3s 6d per 100 celery, 3d to 5d per stick; damsons, 5d to 6d ^er quart; filberts, 6d cob nuts, 4d hedge nuts, l|d to 2d per quart walnuts, 6d to 7d per 100 shallots, lid to 2d per lb; Brussels sprouts, 2d to 2gd per lb. 2 OSWESTRY WEEKLY CATTL K FAIR.—The above as usual proved a very small fair, owiug to the targe clearances at the Christmas market last weak. Pilees obtained were only average ones. Messrs W('it-field & Sons sold 60 cattle and calves, and 400 sheep and pigs. Messrs Wm Hall, Wareridue & Owen soid 44 fat cattle and a numbet of theep Messrs Whit- field and Rogers, and Me T Whitfield, Junr. had their usual saleR. Prices ruled as follows Beef, 61d to 6?rd per ib; veai 7<1 to 8d per lb; mutton, 7^d to 8d lamb, 7d to 9d pei lb i;ork p;gs, 9s Od to 10s Od bacon pigs, 9s 01 to 9s 6 1 per score. MLLKSMEKE, TUESDAV. ioi.a'.ions as toiiowa Wheat (new) 12., Od t< 12-: 6 pei 225 Hi?,, ,ma!ti/ig ^barley, 17- Od to 19s 0d per 280 lb= <mts (new), 10s 6d to lis 0d pei 200 lbs but er. 1, 1 1.; 3 i per lb eggs, 8 • o 10 i or 1 s i ■ > w i^, 4 C•1 .> 5-s 0d ducks, 6s 01 to8s0d; ,-oibii < b8 1101 per couple turkeys (in feathtr), 8d to lOd 1 lu. W JIITOH t RON, i. 10, 4 0 per 75 lbs barley 3s 9 1 4 3: lo a, 2s6d to 2s 9d per 50 lbs egtr. 7 8 ■ l-; ■ iM.ei Is 2d Lo ls.4l per 16 ;>z f.i.v >. 5-0 -<>6 0 'lucks, 6::> 0 j to 7", 0 ¡ our ••• 7d to 8d per 20lbs he,»f. 6,i 9 .'i jj, 6-1 .u8d. lal:liJ, Bd to 9 j 7 ) d \> -iii, 7.1 '-o 7J i i> m ib 0 ) 2 ) ■■■, 2 (geese, 9d turkeys, Is a es, 1 j i o 2 I p L>. Ti>e Bishop of St Al!>& .3 ( Dr P t i, -vho has ■been ill for some tip s -lij i o- Su in.- eve 1- ing at half-past s x o'clcck. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS —Ap.ir x -a remu of ,traffic receipts for the week ending Dc en ber 28th, 19C2. Miles open, 250. Passengers, -nve.'s, horses carriages, dogs and mails, £ 2 537; merchandise, minerals, and live stock, 1,912 lotal tor th.- week' £ 4.449; aggregate from commencement "t ttaif-%ear| £ 175,960. Actual traffic receipts for the conrespond- ing week of last year Miles open, 250. i'as8en«.rs, parcels, <fcc., £ 2,442; merchandiss, miuerais, &o., £ 1,6^2; total for the week, £ 4,09 4; irom commencement of half )eal', £ 179,370. 'increase for the week, passengers, 'parcels,' &c., £ 95; increase,- merchandise, num-raX-' A- ^.oj ..tal increase for.the week, £ 355; a^n gat- -crease passengers, parcels &c., £ 1,895 avixreg-tte duel-ease merchandise, minerals, &c., £15)5; 'g^regat.e. de- j crease fro-si coMmencemeBt of half-year. 1.3,410.

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