Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

Life is but a comma in the vast volume of eternity. „ HUGH CONWAY. Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. RICHTER. The advantages of living does not consist in length of days, but in the right improvement of them. MONTAIGNE. » Like driftwood spars, which meet and pass Upon the boundless ocean-plain, So, on the Sea of Life, alas ? Man meets man—meets and quits again. —MATTHEW ARNOLD. ♦

A Contented Mind. I weigh not Fortune's frown or smile, I joy not much in earthly joys: I seek not state, I reck not style, I am not fond of fancy's toys; I rest so pleas'd with what I have, I wish no more, no more I crave. I quake not at the thunder's crack, I tremble not at noise of war, I swoon not at the news of wrack, I shrink not at a blazing star; I fear not loss, I hope not gain; I envy none, I none disdain. I see ambition never pleased, I see some Tantals starved in store i I see gold's dropsy seldom eased, I see e'en Midas gape for more. I neither want, nor yet abound: Enough's a feast; content is crown'd. I feign not friendship where I hate, I fawn not on the great in show, I prize, I praise a mean estate, Neither too lofty nor too low This, this is all my choice, my cheer, A mind content, a conscience clear, -J. SYLVESTER. I

Destiny. Strange that Destiny should often come thus, creeping like a child to our very doors; we hardly notice it, or send it away with a laugh it comes so naturally, so simply, so accidentally, as it were, that we recognise it not. We cannot believe that the baby intruder is in reality the king of our for- tunes, the ruler of our lives. But so it is con- tinually and since it is, it must be right. —MRS. CRAIK.

Strength in Silence. Fixed resolves need short professions. A Spartan brevity, as of a man with his lips tightly locked together, is fitting for such purposes. It is the waverers, who have more than one end in view, or the feeble-willed who try to brace tbem- selves up by talking, making a fence of words around them, who are profuse in their vows. The sober temperament that measures difficulties and knows the tenactiy as well as the gravity of its determination, keeps its breath for the struggle, and does not waste it on blowing the trumpet beforehand. If we are quite resolved that our life's business is to be seeking God's face, we shall for the most part say little about it. A. MACLAREN. ■■■ ■»

Beaten, yet Victorious. L J sing the hymn of the conquered who fell in the battle of life. The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife, The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart, Who stroved and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part. They only the victory win Who have fought the good fight, and have van- quished the demon that tempts us within, Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight, if need be to die. Speak. history I Who are life's victors ? Unroll! thy long annals and say I Are they those whom the world calls the victors Who won the success of a day ? The martyrs or Nero? His judges or Socrates? Pilate or Christ?

Innocence and Guilt. The boldness of innocence, and the timidity of guilt, so often observed by moralist and poets, may be thus easily accounted for. The virtuous man is conscious of deserving nothing but reward whom, then, should he fear ? The guilty man is conscious of desert of punishment, and is aware that every one who knows of his offence desires to punish him and as he is never certain but that every one knows it, whom can he trust ? And still more, there is with the feeling of desert of punishment, a disposition to submit to punishment, arising from .our own self-disapprobation and remorse. This depresses the spirit, and humbles the courage of p I the offender, far more than even the external circumstances by which he is surrounded. Thus says Solomon: "The wicked flee when no man puraueth but the righteous are as bold as a lion." What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? "Thrice is he armed who has his quarrel just, And he but naked though locked up in steel Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted. —Wayland's Moral Science.

Death the Leveller. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things 'There is no armour against fate Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, .And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. iSome men with swords may reap the field; And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still; Early or late They stoop to fate. And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow; Then boast no more your mighty deeds I lJpon Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds 1 Your heads must come To the cold tomb:— Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust, --J. SHIRLEY. ,¿

yi N ational Sorrow and Conflict What think you of our country—its miseries and prospects-the blind strivings of anguish and selfishness ? Taking the most, dispassionate view, its state seems alarming—wretchedness on a large scale is always an indication of wickedness some- where. Is theie not something sublime in the manner in which God suffers man's conduct to work itself out—to discover its principles and fully develop their effects' He has given to man the great and wonderful gift of liberty, and its action Whall be unfettered; yet, whichever of all possible modes of action men select. God's arrangements are so far-reaching and comprehensive, that His designs shall be ultimately and gloriously secured. It is a grand thought. Was if there be celestial students now training under the Great Being for wonderful and, to us, unknown agencies and this world is to them the great theatre of moral experiment—earth the place, we the subjects of their studies! The whole of world-history is a dark enigma to the atheist, a fearful one to the Deist, a half-explained but glorious wonder to the Christian. T. T. LYNCH.

Wayside Notes. BY "PHILIP SIDNEY." Aberystwyth has every prospect of a vigorous, active, and healthy municipal year. Signs are not wanting that the Town Council, under the invigor- ating and trusted leadership of his worship the Mayor, has the confidence of the ratepayers, and can be trusted to lose no proper opportunity of promoting the town's best welfare. Those who remember the wretched houses which went by the name of workmen's dwellings a quarter of a century since, are confident that strides, and rapid ones too, have been made since then to pro- vide far more healthy and convenient houses for the great army of weekly wage earners. Aberystwyth may possibly have moved at a slower pace in this matter than some other places, but now that it is fully alive to the necessity of new houses—roomy, airy, and of moderate rentals-is determined to see they are provided. The Mayor's clear and lucid statement at the recent Government Enquiry has evidently been appreciated by his fellow townsmen. He was not afraid to lift the veil and let us have some light upon the subject. In the face of his serious statement that practi- cally out of 1.800 houses we have 540 with no more than four rooms in them, and that in many of those houses (so called) seven, eight, or nine persons had to live on account of the scarcity of dwellings, who with any self respect will be brave enough to say that workmen's dwellings are not an absolute necessity in our midst ? The Bala District Council had the question of public lighting again before it, at the last meeting, when notice was given by a member of motion to call a meeting of the inhabitants before the end of February to consider the matter. This is as it should be, Constant dripping wears away the stone,' so too does pegging away at any matter in the right spirit bring due success. It is evidently not a question as to the desira- bility and necessity of lighting, but as to the better means of carrying it out. Electricity v. Gas which will win? Machynlleth will do well to look after the state of its streets. It is too progressive a towu not to take heed and mend its ways. It is fervently to be hoped that the new laboratory of its County School will be completed, so as to allow of practical work being carried on in it during the coming session. The prospect that no senior certificates can be endorsed in science, unless on examination in practical work should cause the contractor to lose no time in completing the work. Llanybyther sorely needs light as well as water, We were forcibly struck with the miserably dark state of its streets on a recent stormy night. If it cannot yet see its way to a few electric lighte, the everfaithful Tivey waits to furnish the motive power-surely it could put up some brilliant. but temporary oil lamps, similar to those on the railway platform. Anything would be almost better than the present gloom. Talybont is another place where practical expres- sion is being given to the utility of reading rooms in small places. It is rapidly gaining in popu- larity. This is as it should be. Before long every hamlet however remote will find that it cannot afford to be without its reading room and library. Times move. and we must move on with them. Dolgelley Free Library has been highly favoured, a gift of the recently published Encyclopaedia Britannica would be welcomed and appreciated in many other places as well. Surely those who are in authority will lose no time in making the public library a living, moving power for good in their midst. It can be done, it must be done, will it be done ? The recent decision of the Guardians to con- sider Mrs. Casson's paper goes a long way to prove that surely, if. slowly, Ithe conviction is growing that the whole system of Poor Law relief requires overhauling, especially with a view to a more adequate treatment of the aged poor, the sick poor, the deserving poor, and the juvenile poor. In a recent article in the Seedsower," a spirited Birmingham monthly, the Rev. Joseph Wood opens a scathing fire on the old system. He says, inter alia, Of the need of Poor Law Reform, the old Boards of Guardians seem not to have had the slightest perception, while on the problem of the unemployed, on home colonisation, and kindred matters, their minds appear to have been a blank." A Guardian of the Poor is not first of all a Guardian of the Rates. It is his duty to study economy, but it is his first duty to be a friend and caretaker of the less fortunate members of the com- munity. No more honourable title, no more Christian office could be found, if the words were properly understood, than Guardian of the Poor." It is surely unnecessary for us to say that we heartily re-echo these timely words. To them we will again return ere long. Here is another quaint extract from the Gazeteer of 1759 The most Part [of Cardiganshire] has Pasture for breeding Flocks of Sheep, and great Herds of Cattle, of which this County, is so full as to be call'd the Nursery of Cattle for all England South of Trent, for 'tis to be Noted Mountains and Moors will breed tbo' not fatten Cattle."

LLANGEITHO. MINSTREL ENTERTAINMENT.—On Wednesday night in last week, the Lampeter Minstrels visited Llaugeitho, and gave a performance in the Jubilee Hall. The following programme was gone throughOverture, "Plantation March,/ Band; song, I- Kingdom coming," Tambo; song, I. Old England," Mr. O. S. Davies; song, The Plumber," Mr. J. Berrow; song, Kathleen," Mr. J. S. Jones; song, Teaching Mac to Dance," Mr. W. Honey; chorus, Row, Boatman. Row," Troupe; song, "ijunK a aooaie i ao, mr. ii,. r. iones song, The Golden Ring," J. R. Davies song, Little Fat Grey Man," A. E. Edwards snr I'm think- ing of Home to-night," D. B. Williams; song, "The Water Melon Party," D. J. Buwen song, "Come and have a Tiddley," T. E. Davies; song, "Emancipation Day," Bones; song, Matrimonial Escapade," D. J. Bowen; melodeon duet, Welsh Airs," J. S. Jones, and J. Berrow; step dance, Honey; stump speech, D. J. Bowen; song, D. B. Williams; clog dance, J- Berrow; war song, A. E. Edwards; finale, God Save the Queen." LAMPKTBR CHBISTY MINSTRELS. -Tliis troupe, con- sisting of seventeen deeply coloured and loudly dressed gentlemen, gave an entertainment in the Jubilee Hall last Wednesday evening. Visits of niggers to this village are very rare, this being the second such event during the nineteenth century. The audience was not large, but it was boisterously appreciative, and gave a hearty welcome to the singers. Several of the minstrels possessed good voices, and with suitable care and wise training they may develop into fine performers. The troupe was rich in bass, but rather weak in tenor, which militated cousiderably against the proper effect of the chorus. Messrs. D. B. Williams, A. E. Edwards, O. S. Davies, J. R. Davies, and lJ. J. cowen, sang well. Mr. Berrow, though not possessing what we might call a rich and powerful voice, still has that which may make him a very useful member of the party. I would suggest that Mr. Berrow's little pathetic effort "The Plumber" should be left out of future programmes, and another song of less questionable sentiments inserted in its place. It would be a distinct loss to the troupe to lose the services of Mr. Berrows, but by providing another song for him, his winning smile may be retained and the distilled sweetness of his honied voice is sure to win him favour wherever lie goes. The" Plumber" and Stump Speech should bear in mind that to be truly amusing it is not absolutely necessary to approach dangerously near tho limits of good taste. Mr O. S. Davies' rendering of "Old England" was well received; Mr. J. S. Jones' "Kathleen" took very well; Mr. J. R. Davies' "Goldem Ring" was much appreciated, but un- doubtedly the song of the evening was Mr D. B. Williams' "I'm thinking of Home to-night." The chorus is a very effective one, but its beauty was somewhat marred by the tenor part, Tambo and Bones have not yet reached perfection. A clear voice and distinct enunciation are essentials of success in their departments. The melodeon duett by Messrs. J. S. Jones and J. Berrow was sweet and pretty. Taking the whole performance it was a good rehearsal. Should the tenors be strengthened, then there will be material to make a first-class minstrel troupe. PRINTING of every kind done neatly and cheaply at the "Welsh Gazette" Offices, Bridge street Aberystwyth. Memorial cards of the newest designs i printed at the shortest notice.

From the Banks of the Dovey. Here, as elsewhere, the martial spirit is strongly in evidence as the alarm of battle swells." Every youth in the place carries himself as though he were in direct communication with the War Office, and was only waiting for his suit of Khaki and other accoutrements to be off to the front. There is just a wee bit of what one may call safe volunteer- ing, an ardent desire to get at the enemy right away, double him up and finish him. Of course our young fire-eaters are not aware, how should they be? that there is'nt the slightest probability of any member of the Machynlleth company being accepted for active service, as there are in the country thousands of more or less efficient volun- teers who have served for a much longer period than the Machynlleth Company has been in existence. My advice to the young bloods of the town, and of other towns too, is, let those who have not joined the Volunteers do so at once, throw themselves heart and soul into the work of training, become dead shots, learn to endure hardships and exposure, and thus be ready to a man to throw themselves into the breach for Queen and country, when next the envious Frenchman Shall come down, And march his men on London Town." The war will not have been an unmixed evil if the enthusiasm it has engendered shall result in a deeper and more healthy interest in the Volunteer movement, or any other that will induce people to take part in wholesome out-of-door exercise. In many towns and villages in England we may certainly look for the formation of rifle clubs, which should be specially attractive to old fogies like myself, who have not the time to devote to the acquirement of drill. Why not a rifle club at Machynlleth ? We could have a splendid range on the Common (until that builder appears !), and the difficulties connected with the question of expense would speedily vanish; for such a club would soon hare accumulated, by members'subscription, a sufficient sum to meet all the initial cost. If the right men came forward, I feel confident the thing could be done. Alas I the difficulty in Machynlleth is not in starting a movement, but in maintaining it and keeping it going when reaction after the first out- burst of enthusiasm has set in. What has become of the football club which but yesterday was flourishing like unto the green bay tree ? Is the parallel to be even surpassed so speedily 1 I asked this question of a friend the other day, and was informed that the energy and attention which should have been bestowed upon the football club had been transferred to a nigger minstrel troupe I Far be it from me to disparage the dear delights of a nigger troupe. Such things are occasionally popular on the beach or promenade of our sea-side resorts, and they certainly are very useful in attract- ing precisely that element which does not make for enjdyment or quietness-or allow a jaded pater- familias to make for them either. But I fail to understand what claims it has to supersede a local football club, or what possible relation there can be between the one and the other. The team was doing very well. Did some of its organisers and officials expect it to thrash Aston Villa right away ? Or is it merely the destiny of this little p.ace that movements like this should be started and then causelessly abandoned by people who have'nt sufficient force of character to carry anything through. Query, How can one spot' the Machynlleth resident in the streets of any town from Carnarvon to Carmarthen?" Reply, "Because he cannot keep on the pavement." He cannot possibly keep on the pavement in his own dear native town for a very good and sufficient reason, unnecessary to dwell upon. He tries bravely, starting from the L. & P. Bank, but gradually, serenely-unobtrusively, he slides off on to the road-not that dodging vans and vehicles—cattle and cyclists affords him un- mixed delight, but simply from that law of nature which prefers known to unknown evils. Really fine effects can be obtained by any unsuspicious wayfarer who attempts to follow what we will euphoniously term the side walk," from, let us say, the Blue Bell Inn, to the Station. And the Cottage Hospital is close by. Now everybody sidles, I've watched them—I do it myself, and if, for our sins, we are still in- definitely condemned to steer our toes and our Benjamin of corns over cobble stones and intrusive door steps, to enjoy impromptu footbaths of muddy water, and graze our long-suffering shins over tradesmens' litter-if, I say, this penance must continue-need we do it in the dark ? Ah, we will, with your kind permission, avoid a painful subject, and merely inquire why such street illumination as we possess should come to an abrupt and ominous end at the Police Station. Is it allegorical ? To indicate the ultimate bourne of the unhappy pedestrian ? Could not the lamps possibly be extended even as far as the Rectory-if only for the sake of pointing a better moral. Matchinerlleth I Oh, that's the silly little Sabbatarian place where they made such an absurd fuss over the Volunteer Band on Sunday." Manifestly unfair? Of course. But it is only one of many and more bitter remarks on this question. Nothing is to be gained by any renewal of this once fierce controversy, and we do not intend to waste time on it. Yet, in self-defence, a few facts should be stated as to our present degree of Sabbatarianism." Now Sunday in Machynlleth, has a certain character, a very peaceful and pleasant character, of its own. Six days of the week we pursue Mammon, and one we set aside for God. (It looks bad—put bluntly-but Sabbatarians may go far). Public worship and religious instructio9 absorb one day, together with our meals. There is an unwritten law forbidding country walks till the Temple has been visited, and we set our faces very resolutely against cycling (except for specific and missionary reasons), out-of-door games, noisy amusements, and every approach to indecent levity. After all, could one do less ? To insist upon regular attendance at public worship is an excel- lent rule. The danger is of confounding the means with the end. But that such a habit is but the very outermost husk of religion, that if devotion is a garden wherein grow flowers for delight, and herbs of healing, public-worship is but a hinge of the gate giving entrance to this garden. Well, you will find it all 'very adequately set forth by one Law-William Henry. Such matters are not newspaper topics, but one point must not be for- gotten. Every year some of our boys and girls leave the home haven to enter upon independent careers. It is hard to send them out--we know- we elders, how many and insidious are the trials and temptations they will have to face, perhaps alone in a big city, and far from all home in- fluences. It is then that training tells. Our children will find it difficult to lounge away Sun- days in bed, even with sporting papers, or a new style of hair-dressing to study, difficult to spend that day in the various ways popular in large towns —even to make one of a jolly party, bent on ex- cursion and amusement. No harm, perhaps, but"- Perhaps we are a trifle narrow-we of Machyn- lleth are proud of that But." Rightly viewed, the question of Sunday observance is a national, and not an individual concern. Are the large towns better or worse for the tide of fresh healthy, religiously-trained youth which continually pours in ? Let us continue to teach our children to keep holy one day of the week;—in time they will in- clude the other six-let us not fail to impress on them the one great fundamental Truth which we fortunate country-folk see proclaimed on all sides in Nature's own unmistakable language-very visibly, just as you leave the station and descend thab slight declivity. If you raise your eyes, you will behold it blazoned forth beyond all possibility of error, and it is this—" Domini est terra. MAGPIE."

Proposed Welsh County Schools Cadet Corps. At a meeting of the Carmarthenshire County Governing Body held on Wednesday week, Prin- cipal Evans (Presbyterian College) presiding, Mrs Lloyd, Llanelly. speaking on behalf of Miss Bessie Thomas, Llanelly, who was unable to be present, drew the attention of the Governors to the desir- ability of instituting a cadet corps in connection with each of the intermediate schools in the coun- try. With a citizen army our men might remain at home, follow their own pursuits, and thereby add to the riches of the nation and yet be ready at any moment to obey duty's call on behalf of their country. The Boers had shown us clearly that a citizen army was not a whit less in value than a professional army. We should do well to emulate their example, and give our boys a chance of learning how to defend themselves and their country.—Major Buckley Roderick, commanding the 1st V.B. Welsh Regiment at Llanelly, approved of the suggestion.—Sir Lewis Mipris suggested 119 that a recommendation should be made to Board schools also.—The Chairman then moved-" That it is desirable that a cadet corps should be insti- tuted in connection with each of our county boys' school, and that a committee be appointed to pre- pare a scheme after communication with the Charity Commissioners." The resolution was passed unanimously, and a committee to further the scheme formed.

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All diet arrangements under the special supervision and advice of Dr. Bowen Davis. Personal superintendence. Terms on application. MR. IFC MRS. JEFFREY JONES, PROPRIETORS. GWALIA HOTEL, Ltd., LLANDRINDOD WELLS. THE origin of the Llandrindod "GWALIA is the well-known "GWALIA" OF UPPER WO BURN" PLACE LONDON. It was started 1889 by the season of the following year, extensive additions had to b« made to meet a rapid increasing business these extensions have culminated in tho NEW PREMISES, whioh was opened last year (July 27th, 1898,) The situation of the "GWALIA" is unrivalled. Beautiful outlook, commanding the finest views ossible, perfect South-West aspect, close to Park and Mineral Springs-Saline, Sulphure, and Chalybeate. Heating apparatus, good supply of Radiators on balconies and corridors. ELECTRIC LIGHT. PASSENGERS' LIFT. BILLIARD TABLE. EDWARD JENKINS, Manager. AND "GWALIA" UPPER wOnCRX PLACE, LONDON. THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. Table D'Hote, 7.30. Boarding Terms frem 3 Guineas per Week, or 12s. 6d. per day. THIS Hotel is replete with every modern appliance, and contains Coffee and Dininc Rooms, Ladies Drawing Room, Recreation Room, Library, Billiard, and Smoking Rooms, and about one hundred Bedrooms. Having a frontEge of 150 feet, all the Public and Private Sitting Rooms face the sea and are Lighted by Electricity. W. H. PALMER, Proprietor. BELLE VUE HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. i(Facing the Sea and close to the Pier.) Is one of the most reasonable and comfortable Family and Commercial Hotels in Wales. TABLE D'Hote, 6-30. Boarding Terms from 2^ Guineas per week, or 9s. per day. 'Bus meets all Trains. Tariff on Application to the Manageress. W. H. PALMER, Proprietor. WHITE HORSE HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. CLOSE TO SEA AND RAILWAY STATION. TERMS MODERATE. Proprietress: M. A. REA. WATERLOO HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH, High-Cla s Family and Commercial Private Hotel and Boarding Establishment, uatei in the best part of the Town, facing the Sea, recently much enlarged and re-furnished, being now one of the Largest and Most Comfortable"Hotels on the Welsh Coast. PERFECT SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS. EVERY MODERN COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE. BATHS, BILLIARDS, and ELECTRIC LIGHT. PRIVATE SITTING ROOMS. INCLUSIVE BOARD TERMS FROM X2: 2: 0 PER WEEK. BUS MEETS ALL TRAINS. A. E. & A. MORRIS, Proprietresses. TERMINUS HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. THE Hotel is now under new management. It is situate close to the Station and is the most convenient JL Hotel in Town for Travellers and others. It has recently been enlarged and is now replete with every modern convenience and is lighted throughout with the Electric Light. T. E. SALMON, PitOHUEIOK. PENYPONT HOTEL, TALYLLYN. POSTAL ADDRESS-CORRIS, R.S.O. TELEGRAPHIC AIDDRESS-ABERGYNOLWYN This Hotel, whick is situate at the west end of the far-famed Lake. Tourists, Visitors, and Cyclists will find every accommodation and comfort at moderate charges. Gaides for Cader Idris. Posting. Lake and River fishing free to Visitors at the Hotel. THOMAS LLOYD, Proprietor. RED LION INN, ABERAYRON. BY DAVID EVANS. AGENT FOR WORTHINGTON & Co.'S, BURTON ALES, GUI-NESSEL STOUT, SCHWEPPS' MINERAL WATERS, PONIES FOR HIRE QUIET TO RIDE AND DRIVE. THOMAS POWELL & CO., MARKET STREET, ABERlrSTWYTH. HOME CURED BACON, SMOKED AND PALE DRIED ENGLISH CURERS OF HOME CURED BAcm AND HAMS, STILTON, GLO'STER, AND AMERICAN CHEESE, FRESH MADE SAUSAGES. H. W. GRIFFITH, BOOT AND SHOE WAREHOUSE, 7, COLLEGE GREEN, TOWYN, IER. Agent for the noted K" and Cinderella Boots. E. L. ROWLANDS, fAMILY AN U GENERAL GROCER, LIVERPOOL HOUSE, ABERDOVEY. Cheice Selection of General Provisions and Italian Goods, etc., always in Stock. i —————————— Good, Cheap, V AND Quick Printing EXECUTED AT THE Welsl) = = Gazette" Printeries, p ES ON APPLICATION, Posters. Handbills. Memorial Card. Orders by Post receivc prompt and careful attention. ESTIMATES FREE jgNGLISH AND WELSH "TORK BY RELIABLE AND COMPETENT MEN. TRANSLATIONS ON EASY TERMS ——— — — ■ t THE Ulelsb Gazette Circulates largely through- out the Counties of CARDIGAN, MERIONETH AND MONTGOMERY. PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION QUICKLY AND EATLY 11) O-NE AT THE "Wlsb Gazette" PRINTERIES JGRIDCE ST. & G RAY'S IX: IV ABEIRYSTWYTHI