Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

Courtesy. The essence of all fine breeding is the gift of conciliation. A man who possesses every other title to our respect except that of courtesy is in danger of forfeiting them all. A rude manner renders its owner always liable to affront. He is never without dignity who avoids wounding the dignity of others. LORD LYTTON.

w Friendship.] Friendship is the cordial of life, the lenitive of our sorrows, and the multiplier of our joys; the source equally of animation and repose. He who is destitute of this blessing, amidst the greatest crowd and pressure of society, is doomed to solitude and however surrounded with flatterers and admirers,—however armed with power, and rich in the endowments of nature and of fortune, has no resting place. The most elevated station in life affords no exemption from those agitations and disquietudes, which can be laid to rest only on the bosom of a friend. ROBERT HALL. «.

Politics. Gold and iron are good To buy iron and gold; All earth's fleece and food For their like are sold. Hinted Merlin wise, Proved Napoleon great, Nor kind nor coinage buys Aught above its rate. Fear, Craft, and Avarice Cannot rear a State. EMERSON.

Nothing to Do. Nothing to do I in a world like this, With thousands round us dying; Nothing to do when at every turn Children for bread are crying. 'Nothing to do! while widows weep O'er those now past returning With helpless little lives to keep, Too little to be earning. Nothing to do I while men can dare To spill the blood of brothers And on battle plains lie wounded boys Of broken-hearted mothers. Nothing to do while the drunken fool Reels back to bis cheerless home, And smites the face which once he kissed, And in murder seals his doom. Nothing to do! while banks do break, And thieves are great and high; And the simple souls who trusted them In penury weep and die. Nothing to do 1 are men so weak As not to feel their blindness 1 As not to bless the hand that seeks To do a deed of kindness? < Nothing to do oh, basest lie Which blasts the lips with a curse; For he who these evils passeth by Himself shall suffer worse. Nothing to do! say, wilt thou dare, With the judgment-throne in view, To utter these words of guilt and shame, 0 God, I bad nothing to do REV. W. J. MATHAMS. — +

The most nutritious. I EPPS'S COCOA: Grateful and comforting EPPS'S COCOA For breakfast and supper. EPPS'S COCOA Business Notices. THE DOVEY PHARMACY, ABERDOVEY, (Branch AT CHELSEA, LONDON). Patronised by all the leading Physicians, Surgeons, and the Elite of the neighbourhood, and' recognised as the only Chemist Establishment at Aberdovey, legally conckccted according to Acts of Parliament. Depot for Mineral, JErated and Medicated Waters Sole Agent for IDRIS JERATED TABLE WATERS In Syphons and Bottles. A Large and Varied Stock of Invalids, Nursery, and Toilet Requisites. Homcepathic and Patent Medicines. Photographic Accessories for Amateurs, COMPLETE DARK ROOM ON HIRE. High-Class GROCERIES and Italian Goods. PROPRIETOR: ISAAC T. LLOYD, M.P.S., CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, MANAGER: JOHN EVANS, M.P.S. A WORD IN SEASON. TRY MORGAN'S Pectoral Linseed Balsam Certain Cure for Coughs, Colds, Influenza, and all affections of the Chest, Throat, and Lungs. ——— HAS CURED OTHERS. WILL CURE YOU. Prepared only by R. MORGAN, PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST, ABERYSTWYTH. Sold in Is. & 2s. bottles WONDERFUL RESULTS. OWENS BROS., 31, NORTHGATE STREET ABERYSTWYTH, n BUILDERS, JOINERS, UNDERTAKERS, &c; Estimates given for every description of work WORKSHOP -PORTLAND LANE. JOHN JONES, JGUILDING MATERIAL JUERCHANT, MONUMENTAL YARD, T REGARON, SOUTH WALES. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES OF ALL SIZES IN STOCK. ACCOUNT BOOKS OF EVERY KIND. TO SUIT ALL REQUIREMENTS. SPECIALLY RULED. PLAIN OR PRINTED HEADLINES. STRONGLY AND NEATLY BOUND. At Moderate Prices. „ FROM THE "WEUSH GAZETTE" OFFICE, ABERYSTWYTH. TO THE INHABITANTS OFJ ABERYSTWYTH AND DISTRICT ISAAC SAMUEL Begs to announce that he has OPENED BUSINESS IN Grocery and Provisions AT NORTH END STORES -RAILWAY TERRACE. ALADDIN'S!I MAGIC TEA I- ■■ ■ ■« '■■ > :p f C" | t THE BEST IN THE MARKET w ILLIAM "y^TILLIAMS & 0OMPANY Q B UTTON STREET, L IVERPOO D. JONES,4 HIGH-CLASS TAILOR, 5, QHALYBEATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. w NTLEMEN'S JJUNTING & SHOOTING SUITS. BREECHES A SPECIALITY. L IVERIES, JJTGH-GLA5& IL ADIES'T AILOR-MADE QOSTUMES Made by Experienced Workmen on the premiers Dentistry. ESTABLISHED 40 YEARS. MESSRS MURPHY & ROWLEY, SURGEON DENTISTS, Honorary Dentists to the Aberystwyth Infirmary and Cardiganshire General HospitaL ADDRESS— fJVERRACE J^OAD, ^^BEHYSTWYTH MR. ROWLEY begs to announce that he is nrw able to undertake Gold and all other Fillings Crowns, Bridge-work and all the latest improvements in Modern Dentistry. Artificial Teeth in the latest English and America* Styles. TEETH EXTRACTED PAINLESSLY UNDER GAS. Mr R. visits Machynlleth, Towyn, Aberayron, Tre- garon and Lampeter. Patients can be attended to any day at Aber- ystwyth. J J | All at the most Moderate Charges. Full particulars on application. — Educational. A IQ L4'rn ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY SCHOOL HEADMASTER M2* DAVID SAMUEL, M.A., (Cantab). SENIOR MISTRESS:' MISS JUDITH M. EWART, M.A., (Vict) ASSISTANT MASTERS AND MISTRESS im R. T HOMAS QWENS, I MR- J. H. HWEU*»{^f (Lond.) MR N.. Ho THO-NIAS, B.A., (Oxon). MISS S. E. THOMAs, DHAWIITO MR. J. H. APPLETON, Cert. Art Master. School re-opens September 18th. 1900. Pupils requiring Railway Season Tickets will please apply to me forthwith. JOHN EVANS, 6, Portland Street, Clerk Aberystwyth '——— Business Notices. JACK EDWARDS. (LATE E. EDWARDS,) JGOOKSELLER AND ^TTATIONER, 13, GREAT DARKGATE ST. :A BERYSTWYTH. OUR MOTTO- GOOD VALUE FOR MODERATE PRICES H. P. EDWARDS, BEEF, MUTTON AND PORK BUTCHER, S GREAT J^AREGATE STREET A BERYSTWYTH BEST QUALITY MEAT ONLY SUPPLIED HOME-MADE SAUSAGES AND PURE LARD. HOME-CURED HAMS AND BACON, CORNED BEEF, AND PICKLED TONGUES. JOHN GRIFFITHS CABINET MAKER, AKD COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHER, 7 MARKET STREET, BERYSTWYTH DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, DINING-ROOM SUITES, BEDROOM SUITES. SUMMER FASHIONS. C. M. WILLIAMS BEGS respectfully to announce that h« is now showing a good selection of NEW GOODS SUITABLE FOR THE PRESENT GSEASONS NEW HATS AND BONNETS. NEW MILLINERY. NEW FEATHERS AND FLOWERS NEW RIBBONS AND LACES. NEW DRESS MATERIALS. NEW GOWNS AND SILK SCARFS. NEW SILK UMBRELLAS, &c NOTED HOUSE FOR STYLISH HATS AND BONNETS. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MOURNING ORDERS. GENTS' NEWEST SHAPES IN HATS AND CAPS, TIES, SCARFS COLLARS. CUFFS. &C. Inspection respectfully invited. C. M. WILLIAMS, GENERAL D RAPERY ESTABLISHMENT 1 10, PIER STREET. ABERYSTWYTH. -4- I Business Notices. PLANTING AND SOWING SEASON, 1900 I EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN, FARM, 4 ESTATB Do not place any orders before knowing OUR prices. 200 ACRES OF NURSERY STOCK. Very many thou- sands of trees to select from of the BESf AND MOST POPULAR SORTS OF EVERY KIND OF FRUIT TREE trained, bush, and standard. HANDSOME SHRUBS' ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING isd DECIDUOUS TREES AKD SHRUBS in endless variety and every size. COVERT A,YD HEDGE PLANTS any size required. AUCUBAS. E.N LAURELS, LILACS, RHODODENDRONS, ROSES, HOLLIES, etc. WE INVITE INSPECTION. PRIVET-2 to 2 ft., 8s. 100; 2 to 3 ft., 10s. and 12s. 6d. 100 3 to 4 ft., 15s. 100 4 to 5 ft., 208. 100. Chrysanthemum Catalogue, containing this year's Novelties now ready. Write os stating your wants, and ask for Printed Cata- logues—Post Free. WE GROW WHAT WE SELL. SEEDS! SEEDS!! SEEDS St-TV,e.r £ lieSCription for Garden and Farm. Our stock ARE i; .yAiiLE- none l>eingsent out until THOROUGHLY and NATURALLY tested. See list of Novelties for coming Season's showing. Many Testimonials from Prizewinners of Vegetables and Flowers. Our Catalogue contains useful information for Profee- "jonaJ and Amateur, and is posted Free 011 application, also FARM SEED LIST. LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Plans by Landscape Artist. Estimates, Specifications, and advice on laying out or remodelling grounds. Implt^ meats of every description. M CLIBRANS', AltrinchamJ D MANCHESTER- BRAKCHES 10, Market Street, Manchester (for seeds, etc.), jBangor and Principality Nursery, Llandudno. WARD & CO's AJBERYSTWYTH | íiilI ;d; -= ;< BAZAAR Is the Noted Shop for TOYS And Every Description of FANCY ARTICLES BEST HOUSE IN THE TRADE FO SMOKERS' REQUISITES i 8 GREAT DARKGATE STREET HUGHE S'S PECTORAL COUGH BALSAM (From the Original Prescription of a Leading West End Physician), CUBES COUGHS, COLDS, INFLUENZA* AND ALL CHEST AND THROAT AFFECTIONS. PRICE, 1/- AND 2/6 POST FREE. PREPARED ONLY BY E. DAVIES HUGHES, M.P.S. (Late of J. G. Gould & Co., Oxford Street, London, W.) The Pharmacy, TOWYN. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFECTIONER. AGENT FOR BAEEEIT'S LONDON CONFECTIONERY FINEST SELECTION OF NOVELTIES FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE FROM THE LEADING IKMS. GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR* CYCLISTS Most Central Place in Town, V "r7*- *•- ■ f■% | NOTE THE ADDRESS:—- MORGANS' fiigb-class Confcctioncrp stores, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. t T ea Rooms and Refreshments. BUY YOUR MEDICINES FROM DAVIES BROS., THE HIARMACY,: LAMPETER ALL DRUGS AND CHEMICALS 0, GUARANTEED PURITY. FOR HIGH-CLASS OUTFITS GO TO TOM JONES, COLLEGE STREET, LAMPETER LATEST STYLE IN TAILORING COM- BINED WITH MODERATE CHARGES. Waterloo Buildings SHAVING SALOON BATH STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. F. PADDEN, LATE OF CLARKSON, LONDON, AND JOINSON, ABERYSTWYTH, BEGS to inform the public in general that he has taken the above Premises, and trusts by careful attention to all orders to receive a fair share of their esteemed patronage. W igs, Fringes, Tails of Hair and Combings made up on the Premises on the shortest notice. Old Tails re-made and dyed at moderate charges. JOHN LLOYD & SONS, TOWX CRIERS, BILL POSTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, HAVE the largest number of most prominent Posting Stations in all parts of Aberystwyth and District. Having lately purchased the business and stations of Aberystwyth Advertising and General Bill Posting Stations, they are able to take large contracts of every description. Over 100 Stations in the Town and District. Official Bill Posters to the Town and County Coun- cils, G.W.R. Co., Cambrian Railway Co., all the Auctioneers of the Town and District, and other Public Bodies3 Business Notices. ESTABLISHED 1835. D. R. JONES" AND SON, LADIES', GENTLEMEN'S & CHILDREN'S BOOT -&- SHOE Af A KTR, 7, BRIDGE STREET, ^^BERYSTWYTB A large assortment of Children's Boots and Shoe* c„ T) „ always in Stock. Sand Boots in Great Variety. Repairs neatly and promptly executed. AGENT FOR HEECCLBS NOBILITY AND THB HOLDFAST BBAND. Lampeter Hand-sewn Boots always in Stock. J. WALTER EVANS, 19, GREAT DARKGATE STREET ABERYSTWYTH. Is now showing a Splendid Selection of NEW GOODS In all Departments. BOYS' &- MEX'S SUITS IN A GREAT VARIETY. NEW DRESSES, FURNISHING GOODS, &c. HAIBDRESSING. BUY YOUR ORNAMENTAL HAIR DIRECT FROM THE MAKER. A LABGE ASSORTMENT OF TRESSES OF HAIR, CYCLIST FRINGES, WIGS, SCALPS, PARTINGS, FRONTS, HAIR DYES, RESTORERS, and all kinds of TOILET REQUISITES. LADIES' HAIR COMBINGS TASTEFULLY MADE uP. A. JOINSON, 14, TRIER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH RICHARD MORGAN GENERAL GROCER, CORX & FLOCR MERCHANT, GREAT ARE GATE STREET, A BERYSTWYTH. COUGH MIXTURE FOR WINTER COUGH AND BRONCHITIS TRY ROBERT ELLIS'S COUGH MIXTURE AXD CHEST TOIa. 10 £ d. and 2s. 3d. per bottle, post free: WM. RICHARDS, GROCER AND PROVISION MERCHANT Begs to Inform the public that he HAS REA lOVED To more Commodious Premises, lately carried on as the Gwalia Temperance Hotel, J. GWILYM EVANS, Family Grocer & Provision Merchant, THE STORES, HIGH STREET AND STATION ROAD, TOWYN. NOTED HOUSE FOR TEA. BEST IN PURITY AND FLAVOUR. I. AND G. LLOYD, COACHBUILDERS, ALFRED PLACE,- ABERYSTWYTH. Carriages made to order on the shortest notice. Experienced Men kept for all Branches CARRIAGES FOR SALE. HARFORD SQUARE, LAMPETER. w ALTEeT DAYIES Is now making a Grand Display of the LATEST NOVELTIES Mantles, Capes, Jackets, Mackintosh Cloaks, Furs, Costumes, etc., PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS FABRICS. P S. Goods not in Stock procured at Shortest Notice I by Parcels arriving daily from London and other centre. JACK EDWARDS, BOOKSELLER, Great Darkgate Street, ABERYSTWYTH TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, 13. pIER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH DAVID JAMES. Suitings, Coatings, Trouserings, &c., in the best fasliion and at reasonable prices. Cricketing and Boating Suits made to order on the Shortest Notice. W. H. Tllt-USCOTT, WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER, LAPIDARY AND OPTICIAN, 0*7 f I TERRACE ¥3 OAD, (OPPOSITE THB 9 Y _I_ JLL; POST OFFICE). A lagre assortment of Wedding, Diamond and Gent Rings.

1 T -g- THE LEISURE HOUR. 1 NOTICE.—This column is devoted to better thou ght for quiet moments. Can the wiles of Art, the grasp of Power, Snatch the rich relics of a well-spent hour ? These, when the trembling spirit wings her flight, Pour round her path a stream of living light. ROGERS.

Life has nobler uses than regret, All past words retracing, One by one, Does not help effacing What is done." A. A. PROCTER. ♦

August. August had not gone by, though now was stored In the sweet-smelling granaries all the hoard Of golden corn the land had made her gain, And winter should howl round her doors in vain. But o'er the same fields grey now and forlorn The old men sat and heard the swineherd's horn, Far off across the stubble, when the day At end of harvest-tide was sad and grey And rain was in the wind's voice as it swept Along the hedges where the lone quail crept, Beneath the chattering of the restless pie. The fruit-hung branches moved, and suddenly The trembling apples smote the dewless grass, .And all the year to autumn-tide did pass. WILLIAM MORRIS.

Knowledge. The knowledge we acquire in this world I am apt to think extends not beyond the limits of this life. The beatific vision of the other life needs not the help of this dim twilight; but be that as it 'will, I am sure the principal end why we are to get knowledge here is to make use of it for the benefit of ourselves and others in this world; but if by gaining it we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands and if by harassing our bodies (though with a design to ren- der ourselves more useful), we deprive ourselves of the abilities and opportunities of doing that good we might have done with a meaner talent, which God thought sufficient for us, by having denied us the strength to improve it to that pitch which men of stronger constitutions can attain to, we rob God of so much service, and our neighbour of all that help, which, in a state of health, with moderate knowledge, we might have been able to perform. He that sinks his vessel by overloading it, though 'it be with gold and silver and precious stones, will give his owner but an ill account of his voyage. LOCKE. .+

A Fixed Purpose. It is the fatallest form of error in English youths to hide their hardihood till it fades for lack of sunshine, and to act in disdain of purpose, till all purpose is vain. It is not by deliberate, but by careless selfishness; not by compromise with evil, but by dull following of good, that the weight of national evil increases upon us daily. Break through at last this pretence of existence; deter- mine what you will be, and what you would win. You will not decide wrongly if you will resolve to decide at all. Were evdn the choice between law- less pleasure and loyal suffering you would not, I believe, choose basely. But your trial i. not so sharp. It is between drifting in confused wreck .among the cast-aways of Fortune, who condemns to assured ruin those who know not either how to resist her, or obey; between this, I say, and the taking of your appointed part in the heroism of Rest; the resolving to share in the victory which is to the weak rather than the strong; and the binding yourselves by that law which, thought on through lingering night and labouring day, makes a man's life to be as a tree planted by the water- side, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season." RUSKIN.

Lessons from London. BY "PHILIP SIDNEY." At no previous time in its history has London seen so many changes and improvements, than at present. On all sides great strides are being made, and one has but to walk about with open eyes to be assured that all that modern knowledge and experience can do is being done to ensure the comfort, the safety, and the enjoyment of the people. This being so, it is only natural that one who comes up at fairly regular intervals should keep on he constant look out for various things, which in a smaller, but none the less important way, come before us in Aberystwyth. No one can grumble if I just jot down here a few odds and ends, which may give us food for thought; and, on some of which, possibly, we may act, when the time is ripe for action. Open air life is becoming a great factor in London's method of existence. Old and disused burial grounds are now spots of sylvan beauty, often to be found, in the most unexpected places, especially midst the city warehouses.,and business places. On all sides, seats of every variety of comfort and restfulness are to be seen; with no stinted hand art they supplied long benches, all with backs fold- ing, light and graceful chairs, meet the eye in all directions, and invite you to use them. NOT ONE IS PAINTED RED, no where does the colour favoured on our Terrace, catch the eye, every thing is green, nature's own colour. In reply to a question, one who knows Brighton and its sea air well, told me that red is not necess- ary, and that green, properly used, will stand equally as well. Now no one will deny that our Terrace, unsurpassed in so many ways, is open to improvement in this direction we hardly dare to think what agreeable comfort there would be even in this one direction. Could not the Corporation, always open to study the best interests of our town, try this change from red to green, for one year? I venturejto say there would be no return to red at the end. Then it would be good policy to introduce say five hundred chairs, of a pattern similar to those used in the gardens of St Paul's Cathedral place them on the Terrace and the Castle Grounds, and after the season, carefully store them for another year. It is the small things, which so largely add to the comfort of life, hence we might see a dozen or two of little green boxes, placed in public corners, bear- ing the words For waste paper and rummage," visitors and others would speedily learn to use them. They are cleared early in the morning, are we above learning this lesson in Aberystwyth 1 Shelters; yes, I know our feelings about them, we must have them by some means or another. One wrinkle I get from the shelter in the 'Post- man's Park why not put up a hanging glass roof all along the wall by the side of the Hostel, and with one long seat, running the entire length, and two light graceful pillars, we should get one shelter at least, close to the end of the Terrace, and in a position where it could not possibly obstruct any view. Then again, why not roof over the recess where the public convenience cannot possibly be put, with any sense of propriety and decency, behind the Hall of Residence 1 This would give us another large shelter, and at the same time obstruct no view, and be in no ones way. Any objections to these suggestions can be 11 offered by the critics who are so able to find faults, and so rarely ready with any feasible alternatives. Public, sanitary conveniences must be built on the underground system. Of that I feel more and more convinced. London is fast abolishing the visible, slate and iron structures, and with surpris- ing ingenuity, its architects are adapting themselves to use the most unlikely places, for these necessary requirements in our modern life. All you see is an upright, ornamental iron railing (never painted red) with the words, Men" and Women," at the separate down flights of steps; a label on the nearest lamp post directs you to the convenience. Now why should we let another winter pass without building one or two similar structures in Aberystwyth 1 You ask me where I'd place them ? Well, are there any feasible or reasonable objections to sinking one under the plot of ground, between the end of the Town Hall and the first house in Queen's- road 1 Here it would be in a central place, and all that need be seen would be the railing, round which could be grouped a bed of shrubs and flowering plants. Again I offer this suggestion to our critics, all I say is that, at any rate, the plan I plead for, would be infinitely less objectionable to the eye than a certain structure which adorns the base of our Town Clock. Here, too, I'd sink another convenience, there is ample place below for it, and surely the resi- dents in the neighbourhood would welcome the change. Who says" No;" wbo says What bosh ? Cab stands, too, are rapidly improving in the Metropolis. A pitched drain running down the middle seems to be the invariable rule; this is freely flushed daily, and, so far as I could hear, no nuisance is experienced, even in the recent hot weather. Cab and carriage drivers soon acquire the knack of keeping their surroundings clean and sweet; and I have yet to learn that my Aber- ystwyth neighbours and Jehus are one wit behind their London mates in this cleanly habit. Then again, in the all-important matter of trees and flowers, London is making gigantic strides; practically, wherever it is possible to plant a tree, there London plants one, and there as a rule it grows and flourishes. Much as we have done in Aberystwyth of late to place flowers on the Terrace, I take it that our work is but beginning in this direction. Trees and green shrubs we want on all sides. Some wiseacre will be sure to say that the sea air is too strong for certain trees; quite so, wise- acre mine, then let us find out what will grow, and go in for its cultivation. Was it not Sir Philip Sidney himself who said it was an Englishman's duty to plant twelve trees during his life ? Truly good advice. I can only Lay claim to having planted fifteen trees-two of them being yews-but this I can ..claim, that they have all flourished, and in years to come will be of stately beauty in the places where they are set. Let us plant where possible in Aberystwyth, even if we have our failures. Why, 'tis better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all; and experience surely teaches us that all our tree planting in Aberystwyth is by no means unsuccess- ful. Then too the time cannot be far off when we must make a radical turn over in the arrangements and lequipents of our Reading Room. The present unsightly and confusing method of daily and weekly papers all laid on one table must give place to the separate stand plan. It is quite impossible, in the present way, to keep all parts of the different papers together, and as for the magazines, who will be so bold as to say that ours are not often buried under layers of papers ? To say nothing of such arrangements as hold sway in the palatial Guild Hall, we can take a lesson from many a London suburban reading room; a very small expenditure would turn our chaos into order, and give readers a real sense of comfort and ease; more especially if our Library Committee could see its way to transfer the reading room for a permanency to the com- paratively unoccupied and larger room behind the library. The magazine racks as used at Wimbledon, e.g., are models we might well copy, and adopt, even in our present close and confined quarters. Sunbonnets for horses, and neck wear for the backs of policemen's helmets and caps have evidently como to stay, and must be a source of real relief to beast and to man in the sultry weather. And so one might go on telling of many things more, but enough is as good as a feast," and if only we could manage to get two things done this winter,—say, an underground convenience, and one shelter—then in very truth we might congratulate ourselves.

The House of PeterwelL AN OLD TIME STORY. CHAPTER III. -• ITS FALL. When the cat's away, the mice will play." Old Adage. This act of Sir Herbert's, in giving evidence in favour of Shon Britsh Coch," was so much appre- ciated by his tenants, and other Cardis, that for the last two or three years of his life, he never could enter Lampeter, much less drive or walk through its quaint, narrow streets, without their being practically lined by the inhabitants, who stood caps in hand, and touching their forelocks whilst the Peterwell Baronet passed through the ranks. One who has had this scene described to him by an eye witness of it says that words would probably fail to accurately record it, so profound was the butward obeisance, so servile was the reception. There the old men and the young ones, too, stood waiting the passing by of the master of Peterwell. Now it would be in his lumbering travelling coach, in which he performed his journies to and from St. Stephens; again it would be in early morning, as he walked abroad to give eye to his numerous possessions; or perchance, rare and welcome sight then as now to country yokels' he would be seen in pink, on his high bred hunter, about to join the hounds. Think what such a scene would be like; no pavements then such as we are accustomed to tread, but cobbled paths, described cnce to the writer by an elderly dame, as baked kidneys," paths which have long since gone out of fashion, but samples of which may still be seen in paved courts, in various parts of the county. Like thatching, and flailing, and sickle reaping, the art of putting down a cobble path is fast becoming a lost one. The roadway too bad none of that smooth surface to which we are more or less accustomed to-day. It can best be I described as a system of small kopjes, or earth waves, one following the other in orderly fashion, so that transit in a lumbering springless coach, without even rubber tyres, was far from being a pleasant experience. Old time Lampeter had numerous specimens of black-and-white houses, with over-hanging eaves, quaint gables, and dormer windows-their roofs were either of tiles or thatch, warm in winter and cool in summer. Down spouts to carry off the rain were the exception and not the rule, and the glazing was of that peculiar bottle-bottom glass, of which, we fancy, one specimen, bearing the word Lloyd" may yet be seen in private hands in Lampeter. The posting inns were often the ren- dezvous of Sir Herbert Lloyd, where he would meet the mail coaches on their arrival, about twice weekly. At such times these inn yards were gay and lively places; in winter the benumbed pas- sengers called loudly for hot coflee, and posset- (i.e., hot milk curdled with wine)—for spiced ale and for punch, that beverage loved of all old coachmen, in which the five ingredients of spirit, water (not too much), sugar, lemon juice, and spices held sway. The guard would bring the latest news from far-off town, the driver would chatter of incidents on the road, and the passen- gers would stare at the native women in their quaint hats. The Vicarage of that day stood at the lower end of the road leading to the church, and on the left side, opposite the present School Buildings. Between the house and the road was a neat and well kept garden with its path lined on one side with a row of gooseberry bushes, while the other side was allotted to some old fashioned flowers, and medicinal herbs. The house, known for long from its situation at the foot of the hill, as Penrhiw" was a straw-thatched white-washed building quaint with picturesque gables. There was no College then to call for their attention, and it was not for more than 60 years afterwards that the old Town Hall was erected (1818) by Mr. Hart Davis, who had acquired Peterwell and its appurtenances by purchase from Colonel Baily Wallis, son of Mr Albany Wallis, a London attorney. So surely as the afternoon's shadow lengthened on the sundial in Lampeter Churchyard did Sir Herbert Lloyd's gambling and betting propensities increase, more especially during the last two years of his life. These mad passions, then as now, grow on one night after night the magnificent hall of Peterwell was the scene of drunken orgies. Was it to be wondered at, then, that "Ichabod" was being written on the walls of stately Peterwell? Slowly but surely Nemesis was over- taking Sir Herbert, who, playing propriety one Sunday by attending divine service in Lampeter Church, beard the death knell of an immoral man's life rung in a sermon preached by the Vicar from those terribly true words:—"Be not deceived; God is not mocked whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." It was too late, however, to be of any practical use, Sir Herbert was too far gone to benefit by the old man's utterances —to the flesh the baronet had sown, and from the flesh was he now reaping corruption. The very walls of Peterwell were cursing him; bad they not amongst their stones some from ill-fated Maesy- felin 1 Sir Herbert's frequent visits to London were never regretted by the servants at Peterwell; nor, if truth must be told, were the inhabitants of Lampeter ever sorry when his periodical absences came round. For a time the eye of the thieving hawk was blinked, and they felt that they could go in peace without being watched by the tyrant, who was ever ready to bring down the whip on their shoulders, and to acquire possession of any coveted Naboth's vineyard." One day, about the end of July, 1769, the great- travelling coach was drawn up before the Peterwell mansion to receive its lord and master, and by easy stages convey him to the "Black Bull" in Holborn. Ostensibly Sir Herbert was going to London on Parliamentary business; really he was due there to take part in a more than usually riotous and blackguardly meeting cf a gambling club, of which he was one of the most prominent and knavish members. Little did his servants think, as they heard the wheels of the heavy vehicle crunch over the gravel, and pass through the gates, that it took the baronet away for the last time, never to return alive to Peterwell, and that ere many weeks were over, Lampeter was to be witness of such a scene as never before nor since has taken place within its sedate and orderly borders. [To be continued]

SOME OLD RECORDS OF CARDIGANSHIRE. A.D. 1668. Mayor of Aberystwyth.-Thomas Prise. „ Cardigan.—Reignald Jenkins. Tregaron.—Thomas Jones. Portreeve of Lampeter.-Lodovicus Lewis. „ Atpar.—John Lloyd. Coroner of Cardigan.—Thomas Lewis. „ Aberystwyth.-Thomas Jenkins. Burgesses of „ f Thomas Griffiths, Abraham Peters. Constables of Llanbadarn Vawr ( James Jenkins. Owen Morgan. Penarth.— f John Williams, John James. A.D. 1669. Mayor of Cardigan.—Matthew Griffith, arm. „ Aberystwyth.-Richard Pryse, arm. „ Tregaron.—Oliver Howell, gen. Coroner of Cardigan.—Robert Lloyd, gen. Aberystwyth.—John Richard, gen. Portreeve of Lampeter.—Ludovicus Lewis, gen. „ Atpar.—John Lloyd, gen. f Thomas Mor- (Thomas Mor- gan, gen. John Richards, gen. J John Richards, L gen. w Penarth j John Evan Morris, gen. William Jenkin, gen/