The Aberystwyth Times Cardiganshire Chronicle and Merionethshire News

A FIRE ENGINE FOR DOLGELLEY. SIR,-In your paper of the 20th instant I observe the notice of another fire in Dolgelley, the second within a month. When we consider that Dolgelley is the county town of Merioneth, and that it must be the interest of the greater portion of the inhabitants to preserve their property, it appears almost incredible that we have actually reached the year 1869 without any means of extinguishing a fire in the county, beyond a few pails and buckets Within the last five years a lodging house for the poor, near the Aran bridge, was burnt to the ground, and numerous families were placed in circumstances of great distress. Not two years ago the Post-office was also imperilled by the out- break of a fire. The ruins of Dolynu and Bryntirion will speak for the losses which the gentry of the county have sustained. I must confess that the absence of any means to avert these calamities seems a disgrace to Merioneth, and the sooner it is rectified the better. I would therefore pro- pose that a subscription be at once opened for the purpose of procuring a proper fire engine for the use of the town and neighbourhood, and that a few picked men in the police force should be instructed as to its proper use. I shall be happy to contribute R10 towards this object, and have no doubt that the intelligent inhabitants of Dolgelley and its neighbourhood, fully alive to their now dangerous position, will come forward in support of an object so desirable to all. I remain, sir, yours faithfully, MARY EDWARDS, of Dolserau. Dolserau, 24th November.

THE CLERGY AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY. SIR,—The letter by a "A Layman "in your paper of the 13th instant should not be allowed to pass unnoticed, because it charges the committee of the Penllyn Auxiliary with discourteous conduct to the clergy, and misrepresents the relation of the clergy to this society. A Layman says, I feel sure that the clergy would have attended at Bala, and I know some who would have done so, if the committee had had the courtesy to ask them, or give them some intimation that their presence would be welcome." The clergymen always receive due consideration, in fact leaning (owing to their conduct) to over-attention, and I am iiformed that this year, as usual, the committee nominated two clergymen in due time to speak at the public meeting, who were written to by the secretaries with that intent. I believe no apology for ab- sence was received, and neither attended, nor was any other clergyman of the Church of England present in the meeting. Invitations from the committee from year to year have been similarly dealt with by the clergy. In the proceedings of the committee towards the clergy there has been no change; it is not so on the part of the clergy, who neither attend committees of which they are members- ex-officio-or the annual meetings. It cannot be supposed that the clergy were ignorant of the meeting, which was as usual placarded throughout the district, and why should they as a class be specially in- vited to attend, or as your correspondent suggests receive some intimation that their presence would be welcome," more than their Nonconformist brethren ? The idea of no welcome of which your correspondent speaks is a phantasy which breathes an unworthy spirit of bigotry and self-esteem co-existent with the narrow view of the objects of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge —which would inculcate that because they support this society, having the same objects in view, and which allows grants of Bibles and other religious books for the use of their churches and schools," they are to withhold their support from the Bible Society. If they believe and agree in the object and spirit in which the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge was established, rather than the sectional and part character which it has assumed through some of its supporters, they would hail the co-operation of any other society tending in the same direction and especially one established for the circula- tion of the Word of God over the wide, wide, world, which is the most direct means of promoting the extension of Christian knowledge. Their keeping aloof from a society directed to this purpose is inexplicable, and leads one to suppose that their profession of regard and concern for the welfare of the Society for the Promotion of Chris- tian Knowledge is but superficial and shallow. Surely, these two societies are not antagonistic—your correspon- dent says they have the same object in view "-and sup- porting the one does not disqualify or unfit a person to support the other; and this is the lame excuse brought forward for the conduct of the clergy. ° In conclusion, I would quote the words of Dean Howson lately delivered at Chester, "who ventured, confidently, to say that it was not a generous thing for a clergyman of the Church of England to deprecate the importance of the Bible Society. The Bible was published by the Bible So- ciety in twenty-six out of the thirty-three languages in which the two great missionary societies of the Church of England carried on their operations." This is only a just and honourable tribute paid by the Very Rev. Dean to some of the methods in which the Church of England is liberally assisted by the British and Foreign Bible Society, and it is only right to rebuke the treatment the society receives at the hands of some of the clergy of the Church of England. VERITAS.

A collier at Aberdare has been sent to prison for a month for having a tobacco pipe in his possession while at work. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.—On the first of January next an entirely new machinery will be brought into operation for the supply of telegraphic news throughout the United Kingdom. Hitherto such news has been furnished as well to newspapers as to exchanges, clubs, and news-rooms by the existing Telegraph Companies. On the transfer of the telegraphs to the Government, the newspapers of this country, following the example of their American contem- poraries, will take the matter into their own hands. For some time past the Press Association, a body formed on the co-operative principle, of the proprietors of all the leading provincial newspapers of the three kingdoms, has been engaged in bringing into existence an organisation whose ramifications will extend over the civilised world. It has purchased the exclusive right to supply Reuter's Tele- grams throughout the United Kingdom, London alone excepted. It has engaged an efficient Parliamentary, City, and general editorial and reporting staff for London. It has made arrangements to supply all the sporting news of the country. It is now appointing duly accredited agents to telegraph news, general and commercial, from the remotest parts of England, Ireland, Scotland, and the Principality, either from town to town in the provinces, or to the Central Offices in Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, for redistribution throughout the country, as may be deemed most expeditious. There can be little doubt, we think, that the news supplies of the associa- tion, owing to the extent and efficiency of its organisation, will show a considerable improvement upon those with which the public have hitherto been furnished: and, what- ever may be the difficulties at first attendant upon the launch- ing of an undertaking at once so novel and so extensive, we have every reason to believe that, in future, the supplies of telegraph news will diminish in cost as they increase in intrinsic value. The association, it should be added, undertakes to supply its news not only to newspapers, but to exchanges, clubs, news rooms, and to private subscri- bers.

The Principality. THE MURDER IN CARMARTHENSHIRE.-There was a further and final examination on Wednesday, before the Carmarthenshire magistrates, of the man David Davies, who, it was alleged, murdered his sister-in-law, Esther Davies, on the 4th instant. After a number of additional witnesses had been examined, the presiding magistrate, Sir James Hamilton, expressed it as the opinion of the Court that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant the committal of the prisoner, who was accordingly dis- charged from custody, PIKE t'. NICHOLAS.-This case has been before the Lord Chancellor and Lord Justice Giffard m the form of an appeal, and the arguments lasted several days. The facts were shortly as follows The plaintrff, Mr Pike, was a barrister and author. The defendant, Dr. Nicholas, described himself as having devoted the greater portion of his life to literature and education, and particu ar y to Welsh and Celtic literature. The plaintiff was the aut or of a work called The English and their Ongm, and the suit was instituted to restrain the publication of portions of the defendant's work, called" The Pedigree of the English People," on the ground that such portions were piratically copied from the plaintiff's book, so as to amount to an infringement of his copyright. Both books arose Wit of a competition for a prize of 100 guineas offered by the Welsh National Eisteddfod m 1865 and 1866, on The Origin of the English Nation, with reference to the question how far that nation is descended from the ancient Britons." The plaintiff sent in an essay m I860, and although no prize was awarded the arbitrators strongly recommended the publication of his essay, which he ac- cordingly brought out in April, 1866. The defendant competed for the prize in 1865, and again m 1866, when (as in 1865) the prize was not awarded, but special atten- tion was called, in the judgment of the arbitrator, to the defendant's essay. The defendant, after submitting his manuscript to various scientific persons, and adopting their suggestions, published his book in March, 1867. The bill alleged that this work was, in a considerable portion of it, a mere copy of the plaintiff's work, especially having regard to the peculiar theory advanced by the plaintiff, the arguments by which it was supported, and the authorities referred to, all of which were reproduced in paraphrased language by the defendant, who, it was alleged, had altered his views after seeing the plaintiff s book, re-written his essay, and adopted the plaintiff s theory, and quoted his authors without consulting them for himself. The defendant, on the other hand, denied having made any unfair use of the plaintiff's work. In the court below it was held that the defendant's work was, in the parts complained of, a palpable crib from the plaintiff's book, and an injunction was granted. The defendant appealed. The Lord Chancellor said, that after a careful review of the whole case, he could not come to the conclusion that there had been such copying from the plaintiff's work as to justify an injunction. Many of the similarities complained of were well accounted for when they considered that there was a common subject propounded, and one common source of reference open to both authors. The plaintiff, however, had been unhand- somely dealt with, there not having been a proper recogni- tion by the defendant of suggestions evidently taken from the plaintiff's work. Under all the circumstances, he was of opinion the bill should be dismissed, but with- out costs. --Lord Justice Giffard concurred, and said the defendant had not been altogether truthful in his answers, and he (the learned judge) was glad the Court could mark its reprobation of such conduct by refusing costs. MR W. H. GLADSTONE ON THE CHURCH IN WALES.— At a meeting, convened by the Ven. Archdeacon Wickham, in the National Schoolroom, Mold, to con- sider what action shall be taken on the resolution passed at the Church Conference held at St. Asaph in July last," Mr W. H. Gladstone, M.P., moved "That the circum- stances of the Established Church at the present time, and the peculiar difficulties under which the Church labours in Wales, call for more frequent opportunities for counsel and co-operation between the clergy and the laity." Mr Gladstone said there could be no doubt that there were circumstances and difficulties in the Established Church of England which did call for this increased counsel and co-operation. They all knew that there were great divergences of practice as to the mode in which the services of the Church were conducted, and it seemed to him that the best solution of such questions was to be found not so much in alteration of rubrics and legal definitions as in securing a better understanding and better co-operation between the clergy and congregations—in other words, between the clergy and the laity. (Applause.) They all knew that in Wales Nonconformists greatly out- numbered the members of the Established Church, and they feared that Dissenting ministers also competed with the ministers of the Established Church, not only in num- ber, but in quality. (Applause.) He was disposed to take a hopeful view of the Established Church in Wales —(hear, hear) and he thought there was very great force in the observations which were addressed by the Bishop of St. David's in his charge to his clergy this year. (Hear, hear, and applause.) At the same time, they must all feel it incumbent upon them to do whatever might be in their power to strengthen their position. (Hear.) They saw that in Ireland the instinct of self- preservation had induced the clergy and laity to come together and act together for the first time; and he thought the same instinct ought to animate them, not in view of disestablishment, but in order to avert that possible danger. If they pulled together in this matter, and availed themselves of the opportunities in their reach, the Church of England might recover a considerable portion of the ground she had lost in Wales.—The Rev. Canon Williams seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously.-A resolution was then moved appointing a committee, three laymen being named for each clergy- man.—The Rev. T. R. Lloyd, Llanfynydd, moved (in a long speech condemnatory of the proposed organization) an amendment, that instead of that committee, the four canons of St. Asaph should resign, and in their place be appointed four unbeneficed clergy to assist the parochial clergy whenever and wherever they might be required. There being no seconder to this amendment it fell to the ground, and the original motion was carried, church- wardens being added, at the suggestion of the Rev. Canon Williams, to the lay portion of the committee.

THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH. Some people seem to think that Bishops are fair game for any sort of attack, however unjust and uncalled for. There is the Bishop of St. ASAPH, for instance. A week or two back some busy body, with whom the wish was father to the report, set afloat the statement that Dr SHORT was about to resign, and thereupon great jubila- tions arose, and meetings were called to promote the ap- pointment of a Welsh successor. In our last issue we were authorized to contradict the report, and now no lan- guage seems to be too offensive to throw at the Bishop for not keeping the promise which some of his opponents had made on his behalf! We should be the last in the world to defend Dr SHORT for retaining his see when, in the natural course of things, old age must have unfitted him for the vigorous discharge of its duties; and it would afford us very great satisfaction to announce that he had grace- fully retired from the position which he has, not unwor- thily, occupied for so many years but we cannot con- demn too severely the tone of the following extract from a Liberal contemporary :—" For ourselves we own that the intelligence [of the resignation] produced in our mind mingled feelings of hope and surprise-hope that at last a door was about to be opened through which justice might enter in, but surprise that any conditions of mind or body, any power in heaven or earth, could have induced Dr SHORT that hero of so many campaigns, in which his lordship achieved a sort of ignoble victory by entrenching himself behind a rampart of silence-to determine to let another take his bishopric, and to himself retire, with reduced emoluments, into the circumscribed sphere of superannuation." We shall say nothing of the coarseness and unkindness of this attack upon an old gentleman of eighty, and with respect to its fairness we will only repeat a fact which the writer ought to have known—that Dr. SHORT, so far from being a man who clings to his emolu- ments, has, throughout his long episcopal career, only kept for his own use as much of his revenues as was necessary to enable him to live a life which, for his station, is cer- tainly plain and unostentatious. The rest of our contem- porary's remarks are couched in even worse taste, and we do not care to transfer them to our columns. We do not know, and we are afraid we could not defend, the motives which induce Dr. SHORT to withhold his resigna- tion but we are quite sure that the cause neither of the Christian Church nor the Principality can be served by unfair and indecent attacks upon a Bishop. -oswcstry Advertiser.

TRAFFIC RETURNS. 1869. Great Western £ 76,735 West Midland > 1868. South Wales ) £ 74,785 1869. London and North Western £ 129,529 Shrewsbury and Hereford > 1868. Shropshire Union J £ 125,214 For the week ending November 21st. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS (178 miles open).—Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, El, 597 mer- chandise, minerals, and cattle, 21,284. Total for the week, £ 2,881. Aggregate, to this date, 269,501. Corre- sponding week in last year (176 miles open).—Passengers, &c., £ 1,465; merchandise, &c., 91,288; total £2,753; aggregate, to this date, 266,037. For the week ending November 14th. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY (60f miles open).- Passengers, parcels, &c., 9143 6s. 7d. goods and live stock, £ 91114s. 7d.; total, j31,055 Is. 2d.; 217 7s. 4d. per mile per week. Corresponding week last year (59J miles open).—Passengers, &c., £ 133 2s. 10d.; goods, &c. P,869 15s. 6d.; total, E100218s. 4d.; 216 17s. Id. per mile per week. Increase, R52 2s. lOd. Aggregate from 1st July, 1869, 222,316 lis. 5d.; ditto 1st July, 1868, £18,299 9s. 6d. In- crease, 24,017 Is. lid.

It is announced that the Fishery Commission will sit at Chester on December 7th. The English riflemen carried off nearly all the long range | prizes at the recent competition at Liege. We hope that Belgium's grief at this defeat will not be great enough to j make her drop the National Tir.Fuit.

THE AhhK Y ST W ¥ TH CONFERENCE. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. (From the Daily News.) The need of some such organization as that which has been called into existence is proved by the attitude of a few Liberal landlords, who are landlords in the first place and Liberals in the second. Mr W. Owen Stanley, the mem- ber for the Anglesey Boroughs, announces that "long experience has convinced him that it is far better to let the cure work out itself." Long experience has convinced most people that the cure win not work out itself. Mr Owen Stanley's proposition, to which it is gratuitous to attribute a meaning, might be predicated as truly of every evil that ever existed. If cures would work outthemselves, doctors and medicines might be dispensed with. In the face of notorious facts, to warn men who are anxious to abate a great wrong against setting coercing landlord and coerced tenant at variance would be hypocritical, if it were not imbecile. The feeling which exists among many landlords that they have a moral, if not a legal, right to the tenants' votes, is a sufficient answer to Mr Stanley's suggestion that the trouble and reproach which evic- tions," if actually carried out, and intimidation of all sorts, bring on those who are guilty of them, will abate the nuisance. Sir John Hanmer, the member for the Flintshire Boroughs, is unwilling that Wales should be held up as peculiarly the scene of abuses which were as common in Yorkshire. But the question is not of expos- ing, but of curing; and as to the matter of fact, it is not to be denied that the political and religious differences between landlord and tenant in Wales are wider and deeper than those which divide landlord and tenant in England, and that the coercion was stronger and more direct in the Principality. Sir T. D. Llovd, who sits for the Cardigan Boroughs, is anxious to skin and film the ulcerous place. He had hoped that with Mr Richard's motion in the House of Commons the irritating subject of political evictions had closed." So, doubtless, did the Tory landlords. The interests of landlords and tenants, he says, are identical. Does Sir T. D. Lloyd mean to argue that the landlord ought, therefore, to guide the tenant's vote in the direction of their common interest. If the interest is identical, the opinion and feeling which interpret it may be different. While the Conservative landlords of Wales take as their maxim the Duke of New- castle's claim to do what he liked with his own, some of the Liberals are too prone, like the late Lord Grey, to stand by their order, right or wrong. They would not coerce, but they think it a very graceful thing in the tenant to defer to the superior intelligence of his landlord and without approving the wrong-doer, they do not like to see him too rudely interfered with. All this proves the necessity of a radical change of sentiment and actil n; and the movement which has been set on foot at Aberystwyth, in abating a local disorder, may be the beginning of a general reform. (From the Standard.) Although the conference of sympathy was in the heart of Cardiganshire, the parliamentary representative of the boroughs declined to attend it, and declared that after the failure of Mr Richard's motion in the House of Commons the question should have been considered as settled. If there be a part of the kingdom happy in its freedom from crime, in the very slight.degree of government under which it suffers, in its want of grievances, and in its simple tranquillity, surely no other can claim precedence of Wales. It did a few years ago awake to a public feeling when the white daughters of Rebecca went through the shadows of the night, and in the name of all humanity pulled down the turnpike bars. It has now and then evinced bardic propensities of another kind by the enjoy- ment of Eisteddfod, which did not deserve the ridicule lavished upon them by critics who can appreciate nothing lower than Greek or Roman rhythm. But in the matter of these alleged evictions a tendency is encouraged by some forward friends of the nationality to unsettle entirely the popular notions of property, and to make the tenant believe that the landlord is his natural enemy; that in his holding he has not a farm to cultivate, so much as a fortress to protect from the very man who receives rent from him. Possibly in some instances electoral objects have prompted the displacement of occupiers, but they render their countrymen a very bad service who excite ill- blood and suspicion between class and class, who promote a struggle for possession and title to the soil, who bring Irish passion among the honest and peaceful homesteads of a country ever loyal and content, and which has never been a source of embarrassment to the Empire. Several strong resolutiens have been passed at Aberystwyth yet they all resolve themselves into one, which is that twenty thousand pounds are to be collected and distributed among the evicted farmers. It will not fail to be remarked that, with one exception, those whose assertions were loudest were those who had least connec- tion with the Principality. Its representative men, Mr Owen Stanley, Sir John Hanmer, and Sir Thomas Lloyd, denied the general existence of the wrong in question they only saw in the effort a purpose of pauperising the tenant farmers and they strenuously denied the right of any set of men to hold up the landlords and tenants of Wales, as peculiarly distinguished on the one side by despotism, and on the other by suffering. Martyrdom is a large word, and demagogic orators are too fond of filling their mouths with it. But the Welsh nationality may wisely be convinced that those who seek the creation in its midst of a social warfare are not its most earnest friends. There are individuals everywhere in whom the possession of property breeds a sense of pride almost equi- valent to a contempt of their fellow creatures, and who recognise no responsibility for the use made by them of hereditary influence and fortune. By taking the aggre- gate of the kingdom, and the testimony of those—the very best judges--whose opinions were communicated to the meeting at Aberystwyth, there are certainly no grounds for believing that any such harshness or disrespect of con- science is characteristic of the proprietary classes.

Shipping Intelligence. ABERYSTWYTH. ARRIVED.—Express (s.s.), Jones, from Liverpool; Credo, Brown, from Quebec; My Lady, Bithell, from Chester; Henry E. Taylor (s.s.), Lewis, from Bristol; Primrose, Jones, from Chester. SAILED.—Henry E. Taylor (s.s.), Lewis, for Bristol; Velocity, Davies, for Portmadoc; Express (s.s.), Jones, for Liverpool; Maria, Hewitt, for Flint; My Lady, Bithell, for Flint. ABERDOVEY. ARRIVED.—Hope, from Newport; Samuel Dickson, Wexford; Wave of Live (s), Portmadoc; Seven Brothers, from Liverpool. SAILED.—Glenalvon, for Pensacola Koh-i-noor, for Ramelton; John James, for Glo'ster; Catherine, for Portsmouth; Sarah and Mary, for Glo'ster; Mountain Maid, for Swansea; Midas, for Swansea; Jane and Mary, for Pwllheli; New Diligence, for Glo'ster; Ystwytn, for Belfast; Ann and Betsy, for Swansea. PORTMADOC. ARRIVED.—Eliza Wolesley, Williams; Ann, Roberts; Charlotte 'Ann, Davies; John and Margaret, Jones; Ann Davies, Davies; Honora, Roberts; Arctura, Richards; William and Mary, Richards; Jane Owen, Evans; Laura Griffiths, Williams; Prosperity, Richards; Luther, Williams; Margaret Davies, Morris; Debora, Lloyd; Albert Baltzer, Morris; Jannet and Alice, Lloyd Ellen, Williams; Mary Lloyd-, Lloyd; Ann and Maria; Rebecca (s.s.), Williams; Hannah Jones, Jones; Leonard Hollis, Jones; Ebenezer, Jones; New Dove, Jones; Miss Madock, Jones; Voelas, Evans. SAILED.—Emulation, Jones; Ellen Roberts, Roberts; Alert, Griffith; Great Britain, Owen; Dispatch, Owen; Severn, Owen; Wells Maria, Roberts; Two Sisters Laura, Roberts; Anne, Hughes; Francis, Evans; Energy, Thomas; Ann and Jane; Stranger, Parry; William, Cadwaladr; Hugh and Ann, Roberts; Sarah Ann, Jones; William Keith, Dedwith; Ellen, Williams;lGlynn, Richards; Jane Gwyn, Thomas; Eliza Jones, Morris; Lark, Ellis; Love, Jones; Margaret Jones, Rogers; Voelas, Evans; Ocean, Davies.

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. (From the Mark Lane Express.) Great changes in the temperature and weather have again ruled. After commencing with rain, which was welcome to the country, a brilliant Tuesday was followed by a dense fog, and then we relapsed into the ordinary course. But still greater variations have occurred in Northern Europe, with a severe frost in Germany, and so much wet in Belgium as to prevent the completion of wheat-sowing. Nothing, however, of a serious kind has transpired; and so our course of prices, with continued heavy imports, has ruled downwards to the extent of fully Is. per qr. As the public are being loused by these successive reductions to a consideration of the price of bread, we think it fair to all parties to state a few facts. The sack of flour, weighing 2801b, contains 70 quarterns of flour, and may be made into about ninety 41b loaves. Fine country flour, at 35s., can therefore be sold at 6id. per quartern, which just leaves the baker ?,d. profit. If bread be sold for 6d., he gets 10s. for kneading, baking, yeast, delivery, and the credit he gives, as we think he well deserves this for his pains. The higher-class flour made by London millers, and now reduced to 43s. per sack, is chiefly from of fine old Dantzic wheat, costing 56s. to 58s. even now, and most difficult to procure, while fine new English only brings about 48s. This flour then costs the baker nearly nd. per quartern, and with d. profit he can sell at 8d., and the bread at about 7Jd. per quartern. As to the lion's share, which is said to fall to the millers, we think these customers would like to find it; for if they buy their extra fine wheat at 58s., and 5 qrs. make but 7 sacks, the sack costs them 41s. 6d., and all they get for their toil and risk is the bran, pollard, and offaL We are not for high prices at any time; but Fair play is a jewel," is an adage well worthy the attention of those who walk on stilts to find out the peccadilloes of every business but their own. The present weight upon the trade is the extraordinary imports. For the first quarter we have been going on at the rate of 12,000,000 qrs. a-year, when, by calculation, only 10 are wanted, and these imports, coming in at the wrong end of the year, make the pressure extreme. It does not follow, however, that they either will or could be continued; and we think a farther fall of 5s. would turn the tables; and though there is no likeli- hood of this taking place suddenly, the present lingering process may bring it about. Foreign prices show more resistance to decline than our own. The Baltic differs but little from last reports; and Dantzic is even firm, but France and the near countries are lower, as well as Ame- rica.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT PREVENTED.—"Not many weeks ago, a box of matches was left accidentally in a barn'in this parish (St. Minver), and ere it was remembered, the machine was put in motion and the matches were scattered in every direction. Some probably found their way into the straw house, and others a resting place in the stable or the ox chall; had they been of the old material, such a fire would have occurred as would have destroyed property to the amount of 91,000, but being Bryant and May's Patent Safety Matches, which light only on the box, |. no evil resulted." r. rJx

ABERYSTWYTH. PETTY SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY.—Before the Mayor (J. Matthews, Esq.), and J. Davies, Esq. LitrCtWs —Elizabeth AnU Hughes, servant, was chttfgBd with Stealing a dress, bonnet, crinoline, and several other articles of wearing apparel, the property of Mrs JtA^vns, No 10 Market-street.—Sarah Jane Evans, wife ox Wm. Evkns,' saddler, stated that prisoner had been in her ser- vice, and left seven weeks ago. AbóuttI, fortnight since witness was looking for a dress which she had put in a drawer but it was gone. She also missed an antimacassar. The dress produced belonged to witness, and when new- cost 45s. it Would at present be <vorth about £ 1. Ine bonnet proceed was made of the same material as one she had, bet she could not sweat to it; the shape of the bonnet hati been altered.-P.C. Thomas stated that he apprehfctttled prisoner on Monday. She admitted having stolen the crinoline, dress, bonnet, and other articles in the bundle produced.—Mr Theodore Hughes stated that he had been requested to attend oil behalf of the prisoner, and mention that sho was very young, and this being her first offence, he hoped t&eir worships would deal leniently with her.-The Bench took into consideration the pri- soner's age and previous good character, and inflicted the slightest punishment possible, fourteen days imprison- ment, with hard labour. „ n Chimney on Fire.—David Jones, tailor, Littae Darkgate- stteet, was charged with allowing his chimney to be on •fire on the 12tl-. inst.-The case was proved by P.C. James. -DefenOant's wife appeared, and stated that she could not account for its being on fire. -De"endalit was -fined Is., andcosts. Cart on the Street.-Evin Davies, farm servant, was charged with leaving a horse and cart on the street, so as to be an obstruction on the 17th NOT.7 thp stated that he saw the horse and cart standin0 in tne middle of the street in Trefechain whilst the defendant was in the Fountain Inn.-Defendant said the cart was not on the street longer than three minutes. The officer mentioned that a carriage came tip while the cart was on the street, and it was impossible for the carriage to pass. -T))efendant was fined 2s. Gd., and costs. Drv.r l- Again.-Stepben Kenna and his wife Margaret Kennfe were charged with being drunk and creating a dis- turbance in Queen-street, on the 17th instant.-P.C. Herbert stated that he saw both defendants very drunk during the afternoon of the 17th instant. The female defendant had collared" her husband and was trying to take him into the house. A crowd of children had col- lected around the defendants, and there was quite a disturbance.—Stephen Kenna: The police are continueJy watchingme. I don't know why they cannot leave meato-ce. —The Clerk Why do you get drunk then 9-Defende, nt I was not drunk it is my wife's tongue that is rather 1'eng.—Mrs Kenna I be hanged, sir, if I was drunk.— Mr Kenna: I never saw her drunk. _11 Kenna You hush; please your worships I wish to call a 'witness to prove that I was not drunk.-The Clerk: What's his name?—Mrs Kenna: John Tanbwlch; he is not here I want a summons for him.-The Bench You should have seen to that before.-P.C. Robet-ts The male defendant had a bottle of rum with him at-the time of the disturbance.—Defendant to officer: You are drink- ing in the public-house oftener than I am. -P, C Jones, who was with Herbert on the 17th, stated that both defendants were drunk. the female defendant «ad been drinking heavily and was anxious to get her husband. in the house; when the officers interfered she threw a teacup- ful of some liquid into witness's face; the female de- fendant also struck M). little girl who was standing by at the time.—Kenna .That was on account of their having thrown stones at our door.—The Mayor You be silent, sir, until the officer- has given his evidence.—This being the case against the defendants, Kenna said he was not drunk and had not. been out of the house- for five days, having been laid up with a cold which he had caught whilst attending tthe fairs.—The Clerk I believe, Herbert, you said Kenna was in his shirt sleeves.—Herbert: Yes, he was at the time I saw him.—The Clerk to Kenna: Is that the way you cure your cold. (Laughter.) Kenna (pointing to P. C. Herbert) I gave this fellow a tumbler of rum out of ithe house. -This was the fourth time for Kenna to appear before their worships since September last, and the second appearance of his better half.-The Bench stated that they had repeatedly dealt in a lenient manner with Kenna, but as that appeared to have no effect he would this time be required to ,find two sureties that he would -of good behaviour for three months, and pay the costs in default of finding sureties he would be incarcerated in Cardigan Gaol for three months. As a caution once more to the female defendant she would be fined 10s., and.costs. The Bench also stated that if the defendants or anyone else could substantiate a charge of drunkenness against the police, they should deal with the case accordingly, but they would not listen to parties who made such statements with a view to lighten any charge that might be brought against themselves. N,on-I)a!iiiz-ewt cf Rates.-The following parties were sum- moned by Mr James, collector, for refusing to pay the improvement -rate:—Owen Jones, JB1 9s. 7d.; David Roberts, Corporation-street, 6s.; John Morgan,Baker- street, 9s.; William Williams, Chalybeate-terrace, 7s.; John Cole, Chalybeate-terrace, £ 112s. 3d. John Thomas, Chalybeate-terrace, £ 5 5s.; David Davies, Great Dark- gate-street, 21-2 14s. Cornelius Roberts, Great Dark- gate-street, £ 115s. ltd. Catherine Lewis, High-street, 5s. 6d. T. Haller, Rail way-terrace, 9s. Isaac Jones, Mary,street, JE2 10s. 9d. Hugh Pugh, Portland-street, 10s. 9cL and Mrs Edwards, Portland-street, RI 12s. 4d. -In each case- an order was made to the, effect that the persons summoned pay their respective amount at once; in default, distress warrants would be issued. COMMISSIONERS' MEETING, TUKSIW.Y.—Present: Messrs J. J. Atwood (in the chair), 'J. P. Jones, C. Hackney, Philip Williams, W. Julian, J. Pell, and Dr C. Rice Williams Mr D. Lloyd, assistant-clerk. The minutes of the last meeting were read and con- firmed. Mr HACKNEY commenced the proceedings with a pro- posal that a deputation should be formed to wait upon Mr Arnold Taylor when he arrived, and conduct him to the Queen's Hotel. The CHAIRMAN said he would not consent to such a proposal; it would be a great insult to Mr Taylor. Dr RICE WILLIAMS agreed with the Chairman, and as no one else -seemed to take the matter up the subject dropped. LIGHTING OF THE LAMPS. Mr J. P. JONES said he noticed a member of the Lights Committee present, .and. perhaps he could explain how it was the lamps were not lighted on Sunday night. Mr B. HUGHES said it was very inconvenient, and he had been speaking to Mr Siviter on the subject. Dr RICE WITLIAlkIS-Is not the Board in dehtfto tbe Gas Company? Mr J. P. JONES—They have been paid since May last. The inconvenience not only occurred last Sunday, but several times before. The moon being at the full might be given as an excuse, but if persons waited to go to places of worship by moonlight, they would not be abte.to reach there, especially on a night like Sunday last. The CLERK suggested that the evil could be removed by the Board appointing a lamplighter, instead of leaving it to the Gas Company. The present lamplighter was not under the control of the Board. Mr PHILIP WILLIAMS stated -that the lamps were not lighted on Monday night week, which was fair night, when there were a great many carts about the streets. MrB. HUGHES moved that the Lighting Committee meet, and report to the Board with reference to the matter. Mr C. HACKNEY seconded the proposition, stating that Dr James told him a few nights ago he (Dr James) was out between one and two o'clock in the morning, and the lamps were extinguished,; it was a very dark night, and if he had not been well acquainted with the town, it would have been impossible for him to have fo\md his way. He (Mr Hackney) thought the matter should be seen into at ,once. Mr PHILIP WILLIAMS suggested that a convener should :-be appointed. The CHAIRMAN thought it was only necessary for the -clerk to write to one of the members of the committee and enelose a copy of the resolution. Mr JULIAN—I believe the Light Committee were author- ized .to attend to the new lamps in Newfoundland-street, but they never met. Has that work been done? Mr HUGHEs-I believe not, for the people in that part .of the town are complaining sadly. Mr J. P. J ONES asked if the Light Committee had visited Xing-street. He thought the committee could save one lamp there by removing the one at the corner of Mrs Trubshaw's to the opposite side of the street. Mr PHILIP WILLIAMS said the lamp now at the eorner of Mrs Trubshaw's was removed from the opposite side of the street some years ago, so as to light Laura-place and Kmg-stree. Mr J. P. JONES thought it would answer quite as well if tlte lamp was fixed on the Castle-building •; it would then light Laura-place and King-street, and save a new lamp. It was agreed that the Light Committee should meet on Tuesday evening to consider the matter. A COMPLAINT. Mr HUGHES, Queen's-road, complained of the state of the footpath opposite his house. The surveyor had been repairing the footpath and had left a space of open ground between the flagging-and the curbing in front of his (Mr Hughes's) house. Mr J. P. JONES said he had noticed the place com- plained of, and it was very bad both for passengers and the persons living in the adjoining houses. 0 Mr PHILIP WILLIAMS thought it would be well if Mr Vaughan the surveyor explained the matter to the Board. Mr B. HUGHES suggested that the matter should be re- ferred to the Street Committee, This was eventually proposed by Mr J. P. JONES, Seconded by Mr B. HUGHES, and carried. Mr PHILIP WILLIAMS called the attention of the Board to the state of Bridge-street. Mr J. P. JONES said he believed Mr Vaughan was at- tending to the different streets. He had seen that morn- ing the men engaged repairing. AN APPLICATION. Mr HUGHES, the contractor who is building the new houses in Chalybeate-terrace, applied to the Board for curbing stones to be placed on the footpath, and also wished to know if the Board were willing to pay part of the expense. Mr PELL said it had been the rule that the parties should at the commencement put the footpath in proper repair and afterwards pay half of the repair of the same nder the by-laws parties building were only required Properly to construct the footpath and the Board would seep tlie same in repair afterwards. MR TAYLOR'S PROPOSED VISIT. In answer to Mr Julian, the CLERK stated that Mr laylor's court of enquiry would commence at eleven o'clock Oil Monday next. As Monday was considered an inconvenient day for a ttu^her of interested persons to attend, it was agreed that such should be stated to Mr Taylor when he opened his court on Monday next, and a request made for the court 5° be adjourned until the following day, Tuesday I A NUISANCE. Mr PHILIP WILLIAMS called the attention of the Board to the nuisance caused by the stench arising from what was known as the town Domen," Dr RICE WILLIAMS said no one would buy the refuse. Mr PHILIP WILLIAMS—Give it away then. Mr J. P. JONES proposed that it should be put up by auction as in other places* Mr FELL said there was no accumulation there some time .ago, and he was under the impression that the refuse was removed as fast as it was deposited there. Dr RICE WILLIAMS thought some other place should be found for the refuse. Mr PELL suggested a place at the back of the harbour, but as this did not appear to meet with the approval of the Board the subject dropped, and the meeting ad- journed.

LAMPETER. ATHLETIC SPORTS. Thursday last was quite a gala day in Lampeter on account of the atheletic sports in connection with St. David's College. A committee formed for carrying out the sports comprised the following gentleynen:- The Very Rev. the Dean of St. Davids (president); the Rev. Canon Perowne, B. D. the Rev. C. G. Edmondes, M.A. the Rev. It. D. M. Spence, M.A. Messrs Frank Jones; J. Jenkins; E. E. Jones, B.A. A. G. Lewis Mr W. E. T. Morgan, hon. sec. Thanks to the exertions of these gentlemen, a capital programme was issued, and carried out to the satisfaction of all. The sports included throwing the cricket ball, foot races, Steeplechases, jump- ing; pole-leaping, &c. Prizes were given in cups, &c., the 'Challenge cup-which has to be won three years successively to entitle final possession—-being valued at 213. The morning opened fine and irosty, and by the time fixed for the commencement the ground was in ex- cellent order for the carrying out of the sports. By eleven o'clock a large number of spectators had arrived, amongst whom were several of the leading families in the neigh- bourhood — Captain Vaughan, Brynog, officiated as judge, and gave entire satisfaction; Mr H. D. Evans, Highmead, as starter and Mr D. Long Price, was most energetic as clerk of the course. The following gentlemen officiated as stewards :—J. B. flerford, Esq., Falcondale J. Johnes, Esq., Dolaucotliy; J. N. Newall, Esq., Derry-ormond; Colonel Lewes, Llanlear; J. P. V. Pryse, Esq., Bwlchbychan; and R. D. Jenkins, Esq., Cardigan. The day's proceedings commenced with throwing the cricket ball, the prizes for which were-lst, a bat; 2nd, a ball. Fivejeompetitors were entered, and the first prize was won by W. E. T. Morgan, distance 90 yards; the second being carried off by T, Williams, distance 81 yards. The following is a correct list of the winners of the different sports. 400 Yards Race Challenge cup value £ 13.—1st, W. J. Doughton (58 sec.); 2nd, C. H. Bradham. Three nn. Long Jump: 1st prize, a cup 2nd, a pewtsr.—1st, A. G. Lewis (18ft.) 2nd, E. Price (17ft.). Six competitors. A Race of 250 Yards 1st prize, a cup; 2nd, a pewter.— 1st, W. J. Drought (2SJ sec.); 2nd, A. J..Lewis. Six ran. High Jump.: 1st. prize, a cup 2nd, a pewtar.-1st, E. Price (4ft. 10in.) 2nd, W. Rees (4ft. 8in.). Five com- petitors. Hurdle Race, 120 Yards; Ten Flights, 3ft,: 1st prize, a ■ cup; 2nd, a pewter.—First heat: 1st, W. 'J. Drought; 2nd, J. T. Powell. Second heat: 1st, W. E. T. Morgan; 2nd, I. D. Lewis. Third heat: 1st, E. Price 2nd, A. G. Lewis. Final heat: 1st, W. J. Drought.2nd, E. Price. —This race was evidently the best, being well contested up to the last, Drought and Price were nearly head and head to withiai a. few yards of the judge,at which point Drought madeanextra effort and won by about half a yard. Pole Leaping.: 1st prize a cup second, a pewter.—1st, 1. D. Lewis (8ft.); 2nd, J. T. Powell (7ft. lOin.) Four competitors.—The leaping of the winner was greatly admired, he being the smallest of the competitors, and at the conclusion he was loudly cheered. Mile Race-: 1st prize, a cup; 2nd, a'flask.—1st, T. D. Lewis {5 min..20 sec.); 2nd, D. H. Francis. Eight ran.— There were nine competitors in this race, but Drought, who had won previously, retired. This race was very well contested, and the winner, Mr Lewis, was loudly cheered at the conclusion, having come in several yards before the others. Francis strove hard for second place, and came in about half a yard before R. P. Llewellyn, who was third. Putting .the stone (15 lbs.): 1st, a field glass; 2nd, an album. I-st, W. J. Drought (34ft.); 2nd, S. Jones. Four competitors. Race of,100 yards 1st prize, a cup 2nd, a pewter.— 1st, W. J. Drought; 2nd, A. G. Lewis. Four com- petitors. A steeple chase was also run, but we are unrble to say who was the successful competitor, as our parcel left before the sports terminated' As this was the first time for these sports to be held in Lampeter, we may say that they proved a decided success, and it is hoped by many that the gentlemen who have exerted themselves to provide such a treat will not be discouraged, and that the sports may become an annual event. MR E. M. RICHARDS AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Mr E. M. Richards, the member for Cardiganshire, has during the past week been addressing his constituents at Llangeitho, Tregaron, Cardigan, Aberayron, and other places. The time appointed for holding the meeting at Lampeter was seven p.m., but long before the stated time the hall steps were crowded, and much excitement pre- vailed. One or two feeble attempts to interrupt the sub- sequent proceedings took place but the intruder was quickly silenced by the member. No doubt Lampeter can boast 00 staunch Liberal supporters, as the success of the meeting on Tuesday night proves, and whoever the Conservative intruder was, he had not sufficient courage to step on the platform and deny-any of the statements made by the speaker. The proceedings commenced shortly after seven o'clock, and Mr Richards on entering the room was loudly cheered. On the proposition of Mr Simpson, T. Hughes, Esq., Castell-du, occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he felt happy in occupying the chair on that occasion. He had also occupied the chair on also c a former occasion when he had the pleasing duty of intro- ducing Mr Richards to them as a candidate for the honour of representing them in Parliament. He (the chairman) was also glad to think that Mr Richards had proved him- self a worthy member, and he (the chairman) stood before them that evening without a blush on his countenance, or fear for anything he might have said in favour of Mr Richards twelve months since and he had no hesitation in saying that Mr Richards whilst representing them had done his duty. (Cheers.) He (the chairman) was not going to occupy-their time with a speech, for they were all anxious to hear what Mr Richards had to say, and he would at once call upon Mr Richards to .address them. Mr RICHARDS, who on rising was loudly cheered, said- Twelve months to-night they all felt anxious as to what would be the result of the election on the following Thursday. It was looked forward to by some with much anxiety, and some of them looked forward to the result with courage. (Cheers.) It gave him great pleasure to come to Lampeter to thank the friends who had voted both for him and themselves on the occasien of his elec- tion. He said themselves, for he considered that the battle of 1868 was one in which the people were princi- pally interested. (Hear, hear.) It was not ambition that led him to seek their support twelve months ago.; for he felt that something beyond personal gratification would have to be aimed at by the person representing them in Parliament—the great battle of religious liberty had to be fought, and the great point was whether Mr Gladstone should do justice to Ireland or whether the reins of the Government should still be held by Mr Disraeli. (Hear, hear.) Cardiganshire spoke out, and the whole Princi- pality spoke out, and men were returned to Parliament who ware determined as far as in them lay to support Mr Gladstone in his efforts for disestablishing and disendowing the Irish Church. (Cheers.) He told them some fifteen months ago that he went into Parliament not to pull down the Welsh Church or the Irish Church, but to give Mr P' Gladstone support, with a full and liberal regard to nil existing interests. (Hear, hear.) He believed that Mr Gladstone fully recognized those principles, and he (the speaker) stood before them believing that those principles were fully maintained by Mr Gladstone in the measure brought forward by him with regard to the Irish Church. (Cheers.) He was not there that evening to tell them all that had been done in Parliament during the past months, as they had their papers and could see what was going on. He told them twelve months ago that the Irish Church was doomed, and when he went into the House of Com- mons he was fully convinced as to what would be the result; all that was wanted was for Mr Gladstone to bury what was already dead It was buried, and he hoped that the measures passed with reference to the Irish Church would prove beneficial to all. (Cheers.) With reference to endowed schools they most likelv all knew that a large_ number of endowed schools existed in England, and the intention of the founders had to a great extent been defeated in schools in which it was intended that boys should be educated, and where large sums had been paid for their education, the moneys had in many instances been misappropriated. This being the ease, it was felt that something must be done, and a Bill was brought in by Mr Forster. He believed they had one in- stance in Cardiganshire, Lledrid schools, which were afterwards removed to Swyddelfynnon, to which the funds were eventually applied. He believed that the Bill brought in by Mr Forster would meet the requirements of the case and do away with the present existing difficulty. After noticing the recent alteration in the legislature with reference to the Bankruptcy Act, the speaker said the next Bill he had to notice was one which affected Cardigan- shire as much as any other county. They were all aware that they were not entirely free from the depredations committed by thieves. With respect to the Bill brought into Parliament for the punishment of Habitual Criminals it was deemed advisable that such ctringent measures should be adopted as would place such persons under the supervision of the police, and he believed it would have a very good effect. He also thought that something would be done this Session with respect to vagrants, as well as known thieves; the problem as to what was to be done with such men was very difficult, but he hoped that they were on the road to the solution of that problem, and that Government would shortly bring in a Bill which would have the desired effect with respect to the vagrant class of the community. (Hear, hear.) They were troubled with vagrants everywhere, and as the country increased in prosperity so the vagrants tended to increase. He pro- mised his support to any measure that might be brought before Parliament for putting a stop to the grievance. He then referred to the Beerhouse Act, stating that he thought it would be of great advantage to the country at large, and he felt certain that if a person requiring a beer- house licence feared to go through the preliminaries re- quired by the recent Act of Parliament, such person was not fit to have a licence. (Hear, hear.) He told them when he last addressed them that if Mr Gladstone got into power be would reduce the expenditure, It was a most important question as to how a country was to be properly governed and at the same time the expenditure y kept down. (Hear, hear.) Mr Gladstone had, however, made a commencement by making a reduction of 21,000,000 in the Army, and £1,000,000 in the Navy-(cheers)-makmg a total of £ 2,000,000, which was about Is. 4d. per head, or supposing there were five persons in one family it would be a reduction of 6s. 8d. for that family. (Cheers.) Some time ago he endeavoured to point out to them the way in which Englishmen and Welshmen paid taxation, which was direct and indirect. People were too often in the habit of forgetting.the indirect taxation and grumbling at the direct taxation; indirect taxation was the most dangerous of the two, and he hoped to see the day when what is called indirect taxation would come to be direct taxation-he should like to see indirect taxation done away with. One member of Mr Gladstone's government was Mr Bright. -(Cheers.) Some time ago Mr Bright said he hoped to see the time when Englishmen could sit down to a free breakfast table. By the repeal of the corn laws they now had bread free from taxation; but he (Mr Richards.) hoped to see the time when tea would be un- taxed, and sugar untaxed, which would be a great com- fort to the poorer classes of the community. (Cheers.) [A voice: "And tobacco untaxed !"] (Laughter.) Those who want tobacco must pay for it. (Laughter.) The aim of the present Government was to reduce indirect taxation. He was not going to tell them that the present Govern- ment was going to do away with taxation, but what he meant to say was, let them have more direct taxation and do away with the indirect. (Cheers.) They all knew what talk there had been about the Abyssinian war. No doubt they all felt that it was not right that brother Englishmen should be allowed to remain in prison, and therefore the Conservative government had consented to go to war with King Theodore. At the time the matter was before Parliament they were told that the cost would be something like £ 3,000,000,; soon after he went into the House of Commons he heard amongst other facts that they should want £ 9,000,000 'to pay the cost of the Abys- sinian war. (Cries of "Shame !") They all knew that in this county, as well as other counties, something was being done towards providing education; the annual cost of that to Government was R900,000, which was grumbled at, though it was for a matter which was absolutely neces- sary yet they spent R9,000, 000 over a war. (" Shame.") He did not mean to say that the Liberals were not to blame-they were certainly to blame for allowing such things. If the evil could not be remedied, they could do something by finding out who were the parties to blame, and he was happy to say that a gentleman-'Mr Candlish —was endeavouring to sift the matter. They would then have the satisfaction of knowing who had spent the money and who were to blame. (Cheers.) He thought it would show a want of proper feeling on his part if he did not .mention a matter which had been brought before the house by one of the Welsh members, viz., the political evictions in this country. (Cheers.) He had found Mr Henry Richard (loud and continued cheering) to be a great friend; and even if he were -not a great friend of his (Mr Richards's) he should still ^tand up and state that Mr Henry Richard was a credit to Cardiganshire, and the whole Principality. (Cheers.) Notwithstanding the sneer that had been passed upon Mr Henry Richard by the Standard and other Tory papers, the statements made by him in the House of Commons were still uncon- tradicted..(Cheers.) Men were suffering on account of the way in which they voted at the last election. (Cries of Shame.") Mr Richard had put the matter before the House in a stronger manner than he (the speaker) could have done, and in such a way that men in the House ad- mitted that great blame lay somewhere. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He would be a bold man who would stand on that platform and deny what Mr Henry Richard had said. He (the speaker) need not go twenty miles from Lampeter to point out men that were turned out of their farms, and ministers who were obliged to give up their chapels, on account of the last election. (Cries of Shame.") He could not be blamed for making such statements—(" no")- and he believed that much good had resulted from what Mr Henry Richard had said; it was all very well to read letters in the newspapers signed "Anti humbug," and anti-this and that—(cheers and laughter)—but there was truth in what Mr Henry Richard had stated. (Much cheering.) There was truth in the old Welsh proverb that a country is stronger than a lord," and what he saw in Aberystwyth last week was a proof beyond doubt that the people of Wales had -only got to be true to their principles to gain support from their own countrymen, and from all parts of the kingdom. (Great cheering.) After dwelling at some length further on this subject, the speaker stated that he had ventured to bring the matter of benefit societies before the House; and he advised per- sons having anything to do with such societies to see that the funds were valued every five years, which would in a great measure meet the difficulties that had caused insol- vency in so many friendly societies. He also cautioned them to be careful in their dealings with burial societies; for it had recently been shewn by an enquiry into the affairs of one of those societies in Liverpool, that the greater portion of the'funds went into the pockets of the managing men, and not for the use of the members. The speaker concluded this topic by stating that he did not think what little he had said in the House would be a dis- grace to those who -sent him there. (Great cheering.) — Mr Richards, in contemplating the future, said he thought the principal subject for the next session to consider would be the Irish Land question. He had great confidence in Mr Gladstone, and believed that when the Bill was brought before the House it would be fairly considered. He also said he thought a Land Bill was required for Wales-,(hear, hear); whenever the question came before the House the Bill should receive his support. (Cheers.) Twelve months' schooling in the House of Commons had taught him thatthe Ballot was indispensable. (Cheers.) There must be some means of secret voting, and this, he thought, was supplied by the Ballot. After some further remarks, the speaker concluded his address, which lasted for nearly an hour, by referring to education, which he thought was a subject that required the immediate attention of the Government.—Mr Richards sat down amid immense cheering. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and Mr Richards ter- minated the meeting.

ABERDOVEY. SyrippiNG.The fine barque The Glenalvon was on Saturday taken out of this port by the steam tug, The Wave of Life" ofPortmadoe, en route for Pensacola, U.S.A., for a consignment of pitch-pine, for her owners, Messrs Jones and Griffiths, timber merchants, Machyn- lleth. A WRECK IN THE BAY.—On Friday, the 19th inst., the Wave of Life tug boat was off the bar displaying a signal at half mast, and likwise firing a gun at intervals for assistance to a large barque seen to the northward apparently in a disabled state. The pilot boat attempted to go out in answer to the signals of the tug, but owing to the heavy sea on the bar, it had to return after being nearly swamped in the attempt. The Royal Berkshire Life Boat was then immediately manned and taken through the broken sea that nearly engulphed the other boat. Towed by the tug boat the life boat soon reached the vessel, which was found in a sinking state and settling down fast. Her crew, it appears, had previously taken to their boat and landed at Barmouth. Every effort made by the tug boat and the life boat to save her either by bringing her to harbour or beaching proved ineffectual. After drifting considerably to the southward she went down near the Patches. The vessel proves to be the Medoc of Bordeaux, from Havannah to Liverpool with sugar.—It will be remembered that we briefly recorded this wreck last week.

PORTMADOC. ERRATUM. —In the case of Davies v. Thomas, reported in our last, an error occurred. We stated that defendant made a counter claim for E45 5s. 5d. We should have said that he disputed 215.of that amount, a»d had a set-off of R29.

MACHYNLLETH. TEA TREAT.—On Wednesday, the 17th inst., the Countess Vane gave a tea to the children, adult members, and teachers of the Church Sunday school, and also to the Church choir. At three o'clock the children, with their teachers and friends, assembled at the National Schools, whence, having formed in procession, they marched through the town, and also through the Plas grounds, and past the mansion, finishing the round at the Vane Hall, where an excellent spread Was awaiting them- -bountiful in sup- ply as it was good in quality. There were present the following ladiaf and gentlemen, most of whom were busily engaged in Serving at the different tables :-The Right Hon. Countess Vane, Lady Averina, and some of the younger members of the Plâs family Mrs Col. Stewart and family; the Rev. Mr Griffiths, Mrs Griffiths, and the Misses Griffiths, the Rectory Mrs Jones, (Fron-y-gdg), the Misses Jones, and Miss Kerr Miss C. Hughes, Plas Cottage Mr and Mrs Gillart; the Misses Edwards; Miss Wells; Miss Banister; the Rev. J. M. Jones; Miss Jones, Infant Schools Miss Jones, Herbert Arms; the Misses Reese; Mr Williams; Mr and Mrs Jones, the Schools, &c. After tea the children sang a selection of their Sunday school hymns in a manner which elicited commendation from the audience. A party from the choir also sang some glees very prettily. Before dismissal the Rector delivered a suitable address to the children. He praised them for their good behaviour on that day, and urged them to be regular in their attendance at the Sun- day school, and to conduct themselves at all times con- sistently with the teaching which they received there. He also reminded them how highly they were indebted to their benefactress, Lady Vane, for her many kindnesses to them. At seven o'clock the same evening a supper was served at the Vane Hall to those members of the choir who were unable to avail themselves of the tea. The Rev. G. Griffiths, and about fifteen sat down. Supper over, the guests drank the health of the Countess Vane, and in the course of the evening some good songs were sung by Messrs Lewis Edwards, David Lewis, and others.

RUABON. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE STATION. On Thursday week an inquest was held at the Court House, Ruabon, before B. H. Thelwall, Esq., upon the body of John Rutter, railway porter, aged 28 years. The following gentlemen composed the jury:—Mr Thomas Yardley, foreman Messrs Kenrick Kenrick, Chas. Prince, Robert Pemberton, Richard Miller, Edward Morris, Gomer Roberts, George Powell, Robert Roberts, Lloyd Jones, John Roberts, William Morris, David Jones, John Row- land Jones.—John Davies said he was engine driver of the goods train which left, on the 17th instant, Wolver- hampton at 12.28 a.m., and arrived at Ruabon at 4.20. He saw the deceased on an empty waggon.—The guard of the train, Charles Bennett, said they were to leave three waggons at Ruabon station, and to take up two loaded and three empty ones. While they were shunting towards Plasmadoc to couple some waggons the deceased was in a waggon, and he saw him falling out.—The pointsman's evidence having been given, Mr R. C. Roberts, surgeon, said he attended the deceased after the accident till the time of his death, which took place in twenty minutes. The deceased had stated before he died that he was jerked out of the waggon, and that the wheels went over him. The evidence of the surgeon, however, went to prove that such was not the case. He died from internal hcemorrhage caused by a blow.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died from internal hcemorrhage caused by a blow. How he was jerked out of the waggon, or by what means he received the injury, there was no evi- dence to show.

CORRECTION. Sip.Will you kindly allow me to correct a statement made by the Aberystwyth correspondent of the Western Mail. He says that Mr T. H. Davies is known by his friends as "Dr Davies," which I am sorry to say is not the case. I have no such honour, and must be content with subscribing myself, T. H. DAVIES, Liberal Registration Agent.