Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

Y RHYFEL YN AFFkICA. Ddydd Sadwrn, caed bysbysrwydd fod y Cyruol De Lisle wedi ymosod ar De Wet ugain milldir i'r de o Heilbron, gan belenu ei fyddin yn drwrn, Yn cidiweddaraeb caed hysbysrwydd fod De Wet. wedi troi i'r dwyrain oddiwrth y rheiltlordd, gan fod trenau arfog yn ei rwystro groesi. Cyfrifid fod ganddo o 300 i 1500 o ddynion gydag of, a chredir fod rbagor, dan Van Niekerk, wedi ymuno ag ef. Mewn neges o Johannesberg ddydd Sadwrn, dywed Lord Kitchener fod y Cadlridog Bruce Ham- ilton yn gyru o Ermelo i ddweyd fod milwyr wedi eu hanfon oddiyno nos Wener, tan y Cyrnol Wing. a'u bod weui rbutbro foreu Sadwrn ar wersyll Boeraidd yn Boschman's Kraal, rhyw-20 milltir o Ermelo. Daliwyd 42 o garcharorion, tri swyddog yn eu plith, Bu Arglwydd Milner yn siarad yn Johannesberg ddydd Slercher. Mae adroddiadau o'raraeth wedi cyrhaedd bellach. Danghosant fod Milrer erbyn hyn wedi ei roi ar waith i geisio gwrlhweithio'r teimlad yn erbyn y LIywodraeth sy'n ymledu yn y wlad. hon, canys y mae o'n adnewyddu'r son am ym- ostyngiad diammodol, er fod amryw o aelodau'r Llywodraeth yn ddiweddar wedi dweyd y gwran- .on:7rl .:Jo • ,1.:10, U Rr.o.r;;rf m hprlilw{-.}, J"7:1' .J Gwariwyd 13,000,000p am feirch i Dde Affrig er dechreuad y rbyfe!. Anfonwyd 145,000 o borthladd New Orleans yn unij. Sonir eto am heddwch yn mhlith y Boeriaid. Dywedir fod Mr K; uger wedi anfon i ymoiyn barn a theimlad yr arweinwyr ar faes y gwaed. Ond cedwir y cyfan yn ddiigel. Y mae yr Annibynwyr a'r Bedyddwyr ar fedr ymweled a Mr Brodrick, gweinidog Swyddfa Rhyfel. Eisiau penodi capleniaid perthynol i'r ddau enwad i'r fyddin sydd arnynt. Y mae --an yr Esgobaetbwyr, Pabyddion, Wesleyaid, a Phresbyt- eriaid gapleniaid eisoes. ♦

Llith o Llandssil. Ma Nansi'n wath na'r Boried yn deg, ma hi fel nhwnte yn pallu'n deg a rhoi fyny a dos dim fowr o argol fod y rhyfel naws nes iddibenu nawr nag odd hi ar y dacbre. Ma un peth yn well arna i nag ar bobl y wlad hon, wath rw i'n eitba shwr na wedes i ddim un gaer ma'n edifar gen i am dano fe o gwbwl Fel y gwyddoch chi ma pwer yn gweyd ma Kruger a Mr Chamberlain achosodd rhyfel mowr Deheudir Affrica drw'r sharad cas^a'r ysbryd cas fuodd rhyng y ddou am lawer iawn o flynydde. Dos fowr iawn o ddal ar beth ma'r papure'n weyd wrth gwrs, ond ma pobun yn cytuno yn hyn y gallse'r ddou ddyn hyn fod dipyn bach yn fwy gwyliadwrus ar'u tafode pan o nhw'n gwbod y gallse'u geire nhw fod yn achos rhyfel rhwng gwlad fowr yn wmla am oruch- afieth a gwlad fach yn wmla am 'i bowyd. Ma arna i ofan y daw'r Wlad 'ma lawr yn garlibwns rw ddiwarnod os ceitb dynion afel ar our a diamonds miwn gwledydd pell yn bilongo i ddynion tebyg i'r Boried 'ma 'to. Fuodd dim ariod gymint o frawl a berw yn y wlad gwlei, a nawr ariod, fuodd y Toried ariod yn gryfach yn y senedd, a ma nhw wedi bod ar 'u gore'n treio setlo'r Boried ond ffeili ma nhw. Falle buse'n well iddi nbw weyd gildo, a gadel i'r Bliws i dreio'u Haw ar y gwaith, ond dyna be sy waetha, ma nhw'n gweyd nad os dim parti Bliws i gal nawr. Ma'r dwymyn wedi cydio yn y Bliws i gyd drw'r wlad yr un dwymyn yw hi a'r dwymyn laddodd parti Bliws Llandyssil. Bliw ne Red odd hi os u-,Yen mlyne nol, a rodd hi'n ddigon haw' gwbod pwy odd pwy, ond heddy ma Bliws Mowr a Bliws Bach i gal, ma short-horns a long- horns i gal, a wyr neb yn y byd pwy yw pwy a pheth yw peth. Dos dim mwy o ran ar barti Bliws Llandyssil nawr na sy ar iar a'r glaw. Felny ma hi yn y wlad i gyd dyst—yn enwedig yn Lloeger, a ma Scotland yn rhedeg i fod yn Doriaid. Dw i ddim am weyd dim byd am fechgyn yr Ynys Werdd-ma hi'n ano iawn 'u nabod nbw, ond fe wn i un peth am dani nhw—ma nhw'n debyg iawn i'r Wen gi 'ny weles i lun e yn y 4 Cyfaill Eglwysig; ne rwle, slawer dy. Pun fwya rof i ti mwyaf wyt am odd hanes Carlo y ci—felny ma beeb- n y ly Gwyddclod 'ma; dos dim diwedd ar i screchen nhw. Falle helpyth C Bannerman Lord Rosebery i sychu slat a wedyn lwc out' fydd hi. Dyna ddigon nawr ar hynaond ma cymint o gawdel yn y wlad fel bydd raid i bob dyn neyd rhwbetb i dreio dadrys y dryswch cyn bo bir. A gweyd y gwir yn onest wrtbocb chi dw i'n synu dim at fethiant 'n harweinwyr ni. Rw i wedi ffeili gneyd na phen na chynffon o Nan-i sach gwledydd cyfain. Rw i wedi treio nes mod i wedi larn'n deg. Rw i wedi bod yn trafaeli i'r Cnwc yn amlach nawr na phan odd Nansi a fine yn son am briodi ddwy' flyne nol, ond mi ath y los gron yb gynllwn pwy noswetb. Ma nhw'n cal y Gazette yn gycon yn y Cnwc nawr wedi i'r fet-ch bena leo (idacbre codi 'i gwallt. Nid yw hi ddim yn rhw ddarllenraig fowr iawn, ond ma hi yn darllen y Marriages i gyd a phob rhester o bresante sy'n cal 'u rhoi yn y priodasc da iawn 'ma drw'r wlad i gyd-ma gwr y Cnwc wedi prynu dryll dwbwl-faril yn ddiweddar i seithi pw bena' ddalith e o gylcb y ty wedi nos. Ma hi a Nansi'n darllen y llith a fe welson nhw stori'r dyn salw yno fe. Gyda mod i'n cnoco nos Wener dwetha dyma Nansi'n gofyn fel arter, "Pwy sy' 'na"? 11 Wion Bach," mynte fine. Wele'r cymhorth anwl," mynte Nansi, rown i wedi clwed fod dyn salw o Merica wedi dy seithi di ar ben rhipyn Wesle.' Phwdes i ddim ond mi wedes wrthi, Dyna, wel di, dw i ddim mor salwed a ot ti'n meddwl." Rw i wedi clwed fod Nansi wedi difaru gweyd beth wedodd hi, a ma son mas fod y rhyfel ar ddibeni rhwng Nansi a fine. Rw i'n myn'd i dreio 'to yr wthnos hyn. Ma Calan Hen dy' LIun nesa', a ma Nansi mor hen ffashwn na feddylie hi byth am fynd lawr i'r Calan Hen heb fod gyda hi addewid am h sponer." Ma consert mawreddog yn y nos a ma Nansi'n cal whech 'da merch y Cnwc nawr am aros iddi hi, a wedyn fe geith whech da fine am aros i fine. Ma hi'n bwrw'r cining heddi drw'r dy-a dreny ma'r 'steddfod ysgolion yn Eglwys Sant Tyssul. WION BACH.

Cross Inn, ger Ceinewydd. CYMDEITHAS DDIWYLLIADOL Y BOBL IKUAINC. —Cynbaliodd y gymdeithas hon ei cbyfarfod yn ol y rhaglen, nos Iau, Ionawr 9fed, am baner awr wedi saith, yn Ysgoldy y Bwrdd, Cross Inn, o dan lywyddiaeth Mr J G Thomas (Glanarthog), Blaen- dyffryn. Wedi caelaraeth alluog gan y cadeirydd, deuwyd at waitb y noson. Y mater ger bron oedd, Pa un ai bywyd gwledig neu fywyd trefol sydd fwyaf manteisiol 1" Darllenwyd papyr da iawn dros fywyd gwledig gan Mr J Davies, Allen View. Dywedodd ei fod yn fwy manteisiol i iechyd, bod llai o brofedigaethau yn perthyn iddo nag i fywyd trefol mai yn y wlad y gellid gweled prydferthwch arddunol natur,: y tyfir ffrwythau, &c, i breswylwyr y dre ac mai dynion mwyaf craffus a gweithgar y dref yw y sawl fagwyd yn Ysgol Natur y wlad. Ar ol y papyr hwn, dadleu- wyd dros fywyd trefol gan Mr E James, Blaen- waun, a chafwyd ganddo araeth rhagorol o'r frsst fel y dywedir, Dywedodd fod bywyd trefol yn fwy manteisiol i weled rhyfeddodau megys tai gorwych, &c, dysgu boneddigeiddrwydd ymddygiad mewn cymdeitbas angenrbeidiau y corff yn fwy cyfleus wrth law oblegyd amldra mas- nachdai yn fwy manteisiol i enill arian manteis- ion addysg gwell cyfleusderau crefyddol yn llios- ocach a mwy o le yn y dref i wneud daioni gan fod yno fwy o annuwioldeb. Cafwyd awgrymiad- au rhagorol gan y ddau frawd. Yna siaradwyd ar bapyr y naill ac ar araeth y llall gan y Mri G Ivor Davies, C.M., Cross Inn, W Morgan, C.C., Jacob Evans, Cross Inn T Rees, Penrhiwgaled J S Evans, C.M., Brynhyfryd a'r Parch E J Edwards. Gwelwyd yn bresenol ddau frawd oeddent ar ym- weliad a bro eu genedigaeth, sef y Mri T Evans, Brynhyfryd, a D Jenkins, Waunfach a cbafwyd ychydig eiriau gan yr olaf dros fywyd gwledig. Cafwyd cyfarfod dyddorol o'r dechreu i'r diwedd. Gwna rbai aelodau aberth mawr erbod yn bresenol yn mhob cyfarfod haeddant ganmoliaeth. Da genym fod y gymdeithas hon yn dechreu cynyddu yn nifer ei haelodau, Cynhelir y cyfarfod nesaf yn yr un lle nos lau, Ionawr y 23ain, pryd y darllenir papyr gan Mr W Morgan ar I- Rhwymedigaetb dyn ieuanc i'w wlad."

LLANRHYSTYlJ. PERSONAL.-His numerous friends will be glad to learn that Mr James James, J.P., of Ffynon- howel, thanks to the care of Dr Harries, is now getting better in health, and hopes to be about again when the weather becomes finer.

I CORRESPONDENCE. I All letters must be written on one side of the paper and accompanied ty the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, bul as a guarantee of good faith. are urgently requested to send I their ietters to the office as early as possible. I-

THE LLAXGEITHO EISTEDDFOD.—" Y GWIR YN ERBYN Y BYD." Si i, ks usual the L'angeitho Eisteddfod has been at'ended with an aftermath of dissatisfaction anion: the unsuccessful competitors particularly in the silver cup competition, and knowing that your paper has a very wide circulation in the districts more especially concerned, I venture to trespass on your valuable space to vindicate the honourable and stia'gbti'orward modttJ operandi of the Com- mittee and Adjudicator. Mr Singleton, the musical adjudicator in his opening remarks stated that he bud come to Llangeitbo to speak the truth, the wi ole j ruth and nothing but the truth, whether t I)at truth be palatable tolhe many or not. It came to pass also that the competitors in the silver cup competition were not of nearly sufficient merit to be awarded the particularly fine silver cnp pro- VIded wllkh wa. of the value of almot three i-otini.s, and Mr Singleton found to his great regret u at he was unable to award the same. However, at the request of the Committee he awarded a ten shilling consolation prize to the best singer who was as is usually the case satisfied but those who were probably far below him in merits are dis- satisfied ;d think the silver cupshould be awarded. But they even go further than this and insinuate that the Committee have had a hand in the matter, and that it was their particular wish that the silver cup be reLained. This childish reason can easily be seen to be a manufactured one, which in the absence of a better one must natuially suffice. It is wonderful how great philosophers these grumblers always are. When they lose they always become very wise and far-seeing statesmen. So in this case also, but the Llangeitbo Eisteddfod Committee do not consider such things ought to be passed unnoticed, and they challenge ?ny one to prove either in the columns of this paper or any- where else the existence of any foul play in this competition or any other competition. I remain, yours &c., JUSTITIA. AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATION. [To the Editor of the Welsh Gazette."] Dear Si!It is with pleasure that I notice that farmers in tbe neighbourhood of Trega on A-e f-ik- ing the important matter of Co-ope-ation into band. Let us hope that they will bii-g it to a successful issue. As everybody knows this is one of the chief things that Wa'es takes a back teat in. How can she errpeci to compete with other countries in produce, &c., without this important factor. Pem- brokeshire is now rapidly coming to the fore. The farmers have .l cd a Co-operative Society and have also pti, elased the crcame-ies in I he neigh- bourhood of Carmarthen, and are rapidly pushing forward so as to be ready for the spring. Could not the farmers in Tre -,a- in and neighbourhood start Co-operative Cteatrencs ? I tirnk tbere are few in the vicinity owned by a private individual. Could they not try and purchase these, no doubt they would be di po. ed 01 at a iar marked value. I hope the fatmers will do their utmo: t to t,y and get Mr Brigstocke to give them a lecture or two upon this subject, as be has been the means of starting several. My firm belief is that Wales will be covered with these Co-operative croa*neries ere long, and she will be ab'e to hold her own against any country. I should like to tee ome fu.Jher correspondence on this matter in your valuable paper. Perhaps Professor D D Williams will let us know a little more about this society. SUPPORTER.

Llanfihangel-y-Creuadyn. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.-On Tuesday week last there was an unive'j?l gatbe-in of the poor people of the above parL J at the loard School to accept the yearly beneficence of the Cro-swood family. This year the recipients received iom the young Eat 1 of Lisburne a good blanket each. As is well known, this noble family has always been renowued for its charity to the poor of this parish, as well as several adjoining paiisbes. It is very encouraging to obsei ve how keenly the young Earl takes so much interest in the poor, which augurs well for the futme. Many were the heartfelt blessings showered on the youthful donor and her Ladyship, his mother, a-; well as her sister, Countess Amherst, for their timely consideration.

CWMRHEIDOL. Y RHEIDIOL MINES.—Yn sydyn ac annkwyl- iadwy gyda therfyniad yr wythnos ddiweddaf (Ion 11), attaliwyd 15 o weithwyr y mwnfeydd uchod. Cyfrifer hyn gyda'r 29 eraill attaliwyd beth amser ol, a gwneir bwlch go fawr yn nghyfan- rif y rhai cyflogedig, yn ogysl-1 a pheri colled a di- flastod yn y cymydogaethau cyfa^os. Nid bai y manager—Mr F De Bal yw yr attaliad presenol; oblegid ymdden- s iddo ymdrechu cadw y 15 hyn i weithio yn mlaen, a byny ar draul colledu ei hunan. Rhaid iddo ef, wrth gwrs, gario allan y cyfarwyddiau anfonir iddo o'r head quarteis. Hen reol yn y mwnfeydd yn Sir Aberteifi ydoedd atal y rhai olaf a gyflogwyd, pan fyddai attaliad yn digwydd; ond nid yw y rheol hon wedi ei chadw yn mhob achos heb wneud eithriad iddi. Bu Mr De Bal yn ddigon rhesymol a doeth i gadw at y rheol, fel nad oes gan neb le i achwyn arno. Ac heblaw hyny, bu yn ddigon cymwynajjar i sicrbau addewid am waith i'r 15 attaliwyd ganddo i weithio (os dewisant) ar y Rheidol Railway,mewn man cy- fieus. Gofidiai efe am ei fod yn gorfod gwneyd ymaith a'i weithwyr fel hyn, ac y mae yn ddiameu y bydd yn awyddus i weled yr adeg iddo allu eu derbyn yn ol. Digonyw dweyd iddo ymddwyn yn foneddwr yn yr achos hwn, fel yn ei ymdriniaeth gyffredinol tuag at ei weithwyr. Y mae y gweith- wyr sydd yn aros yn y Rheidol Mines i barhau i yru leflau i'w ha jor; a dymuniad pawb yw y bydd y dyfodol yn ddysglaer a llwyddianus, nid yn unig i'r cymydogaethau cyfagos, ond hefyd i'r cwmni anturiaetbus. 41

LLANDDEWI BREFI. CYFARFOD GWEDBI.—Yr wythnos gyntaf o'r flwyddyn cynhaliwyd cyfres o gyfarfodydd gweddi yn nghapel Bethesda dan lywyddiaeth y Parchedig Rhys Morgan, y gweii?idog. Cafwyd cyfarfodydd rhagorol. Casglwyd ynddynt y swm o 6p tuag at y symudiad ymosodol pa uu sydd yn gwneud gwaith ardderchog yn Nghymru. CYFARFOD DAU FISOL.—Cynhaliwyd y cyfarfod dos- barth diweddaf yn y lie uchod yr ail Sabbath o'r mis presenol dan lywyddiaeth Mr John W Edwards, pryd yr oedd yn breseuol Mri Rhys Evans, Tregaron; David Jones, Peniel; Sam Davies, Soar; EvanEvans, Llwynpiod; Wm Evans, Llanio. Cynhaliwyd y cy- farfod cyntaf am ddeg. Dechreuwyd y cyfarfod gan Mr Thos Davies. Areithiwyd gau Mr John Jones, Peniel, ar y "Pwysigrwydd o wneud cymeriad da pan yn Ieuanc." Mr Thos Davies, Llwynpiod, ar "Nodweddion gwahaniaethol Efengyl loan." Cafwyd anerchiad rhagorol hefyd gan y Parch Rhys Morgan. Yn ganlynol arhosodd y cynrychiolwyr yn nghyda'r athrawon a'r athrawesau ar ol i fyned drwy waith y dosbarth. Darllenwyd cofnodion y cyfarfod blaen- orol a cbadarnhawyd hwynt. Derbyniwyd y cyfrifon o'r gwahanol ysgolion. Derbyniwyd dau yn athrawon a dwy yn athrawes o'r newydd Cafwyd cyfrif o bresenoldeb yr ath- rawon am y deuddedg mis diweddaf; yr oedd rhai yn dangos ffyddlondeb mawr, tra yr oedd amgylchiadau wedi lluddio eraill i fod mor ffyddlon ag arfer, tra yr oedd ambell un yn ddigon gonest i gyladdef fod yna ychydig esgeulusdra o'u tu hwy. Yn ysgrifenydd etliolwyd yr un, sef, Mr David Evans, Peniel. Tref- nwyd yr arholiad dosbarthiadol fel y canlyn :—Sab- bath cyntaf yn Mawrth Blaencaron am 10; Tregaron 2 3ydd Sabbath o'r un mis Llwynpiod am 10; Peniel 2; Pcdwerydd Sabboth Dewi Brefi am 2, Llanio am 6; Sabbath olaf o'r mis Soar am 10. Yr arholwyr ydynt Mri Thos Evans, Tregaron, a Thos Evans, Peniel. Y gwahanol ysgolion i anfon at yr ys- grifenydd sirol am bapurauy gwahanol ddosbarth- ladau yn yr arholiad sirol o hyn i ddechreuChwefror. Y cyfarfod nesaf i fod yn Tregaron vr ail Sabbath yn Mawrth. Am 2 o'r gloch arholwyd Ysgol Sul Dewi Brefi a'i changhenau gan y Parch Rhys Morgan. Cafwyd holi ac ateb rhagorol. Ar ol hyn darfu i Morgan bree-ethu vn nerthol i ffrnulleidfa Itinsnir. Y cynrychiolwyr am y flwyddyn ddyfodol ydynt,—Mri Jenkyn Lloyd, Dewi Brefi; Rhys Evans, Tregaron; Sam Davies, Soar; David James, Peniel; David Morris, Llwynpiod; David James, Blaencaron Llanio heb ethol hyd yn hyn.

LLEDROD. DEATHS.—The death of Richard Griffiths, black- smith, Bwlchygraig, took place on Thursday last. He was the only remaining son and sole support of Thomas and Elizabeth Griffiths-all their four child- ren having died. The deceased was an industrious young man and of a quiet and kind disposition. He was highly respected by all, and his premature death at 30 years of age is deeply regretted, and much sym- pathy is expressed with the bereaved parents. The funeral took place yesterday when the interment was made at the parish churchyard. The Rev John Evans (C.M.), the deceased's pastor, and the Vicar officiated.-The death also took place on Friday of John Thomas, shoemaker, at the advanced age of 79 years. He is survived by three sons and two daughters-all grown up. One of the sons is in America in the boot trade, where he has a large establishment. He was one of the oldest and most faithful members at the C.M. chapel. He will be buried at Llanilar to-day.

THIS ANT. EISTEDDFOD.—At a well-attended meeting of the members of Salem, Wesley Chapel, Mynyddbacb, Devils Bridge, held on Saturday last, it was unan- imously decided to hold the annual Eisteddfod this year again on Friday. March 28th (Good Friday). 1 ar, iculars v>ith je^aid to uboral MrlfcetiGiu, solo. &c, chosen for competition, will appear in the meantime. CYF.UlF0ÜUJl) — in ul ein hatferiau yn y lie hwn cynhaliwyd cyfarfodydd gweddi yr wythnos gyntaf o'r flwyddyn. Hen arferiad cla a chrefvddol ydyw yn ddi-m. a. chefnogir ef yn fawr yn y rhanbar*h y:_nr. c> -rlac! Cafwyd cyfarfodydd da, lluosog ag eneirsiedig. Chwith oedd gweled lie y Parch Gwmryn Jones yn wag yma eleni. Yn y cyfarfod nos Sadwrn cawsom wasanaeth gwerth- fawr yr bwn oedd yn y daith yn pregethu y Sul, sef Mr Rheidiol Davies o Goleg Trcfncca. Efe ddeobrcuod.d y cyfarfod, a deallodd y craffus wrth ei glywed yn darllen a gweddio fod I Sabbath dedwydd yn ein haros, ac ni chawsom ein siomi. Pregethodd dair gwaith rhwng Trisant a Iihiwfeleij, JiJ nerthol, elleiLhiol a dylanwadol iawn nes peri i lawer yma brophwydo fod dyfodol disglaeryn aros hwn os caif; fywyd ac iechyd. Y mae llawer o bethau yn gwneud hwn yn bregethwr ar gyfer y dyfodol,—ysgolhaig da, cyfansoddwr (lesiltis a cbryno, a Ilais peraidd, swynol a nerihol.

EPITOME OF NEWS. H.M.S. Condor is overdue at Honolulu. I Mr. Miirooni has left Montreal for England. Berlin bus adopted the London system of controlling street traffic. As pilli on of the institution, the King hns pre- sented X50 to the Royal Naval School. The projected railway line between Pekin and Kjaehta lists been abandoned. Hnecleiieh House, It chniond, hils been offered for sale to the corporation of Richmond by Sir John Whittaker Ellis. Germany, said Count von Buelow, bad emerged from the disturbance iu Chiiin un- weakened and with high honour." Yarmouth golf caddies have been playing the game for prizes, one of which was a pair of trousers presented by the mayor. For the first time since its arrival from Malaya in 1893, tbe giant orchid in the tropical house at Kcw Gardens is in bloom. It is stated that a syndicate has purchased Romano's Restuarant in the Strand, and that it will eventually be turned into a company. At Skegness, Lincolnshire, only 25 deaths occurred last year in a population of over 2,500. To a man, the whole of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of tbe Gloucester Regiment have offered themselves for active service at the front. A souvenir of Lord Roberts, in the shape of a helmet he wore when a colonel, is to be offered for sale at Stevens's auction rooms, Covent Garden. M. Rolin Jaequemyns, a former member of the Belgian Government, who has been Prime Minister of Siam since 1892, has died at Brussels. Six hundred Chilian sailors have left Colon for Southampton to take over two destrovers now being built in England for the Chilian Navy. The Rev. Dr. Killeo, the oldest cleryman in Ireland, has died at Belfast, aged ninety-six. He had been in the ministry over seventy years. As a grateful acknowledgment of the care with which he was treated for a fracture at Halifax Dispensary, a gentleman has just pre- sented £1,000 to the institution. London took practically one-half of the ice imported by this country during 1901, the total for 51 ports of the United Kingdom being 460,946 tons, valued at £ 269,897. For declining to honour the toast of "The Killg" on two separate occaRions at club festi- vals the Stoke Cycling Club haa expelled one of its members. The People's Bank of Painesville, Ohio, has closed, owing to the suspension of the Euclid Ave nuc Trust and Savings Company of Cleveland. According to a despatch from Monte Video, President Cuestas, of Gruguay, who has been indisposed, is now attending to public business ax usual. Lupus patients in Dundee are to be treated with the aid of the Finsen lamp, one of which has been presented to the Royal infirmary in the town. At Staines, Marlow, and elsewhere on the river, the presence of numerous otters has been noted of late, and one baa been killed near Marsh Lock, Henley. Among six prisoners acquitted last week by a Parisian jury were two indicted for murder, one for attempted murder, two for uttering base coin, and one for theft of public funds. Kensington's memorial to the late Queen Victoria is to take the form of a clock-tower, to he placed in the centre of Kensington High Street, opposite St. Marv Abbot's Church. Phenomenally milll winter is being experi- enced in Russia. At Kiev the trees are bud- ding, the River Dnieper is clear of ice, while at Warsaw violets are flowering. Lieutenant Tbieine, who recently shot and killed a stude nt named Held in a duel at Jena, has been sentenced to two and a-quarter years' in a fortress. A workmen, a clerk, and a student, named respectively Giraldi, Cosetti, and Pittoni, have been arrested at Trieste on a charge of carry- On an Anarchist agitation. The King has sent 93 to the Rev. E. N. Tom, Rector of St. Peter's, Northampton, for Mrs. Smith, Green Street, Northampton, who gave birth to triplets in December. A girl-iiils- iust completed ten vears* attend- 1. Is. j" r- w since at the Board school of Brompton, near Scarborough, and has been present on every occasion that the school was open, 4,139 times. She was never once late. Tbe Rev. Pierrepont Edwards, the "Fight- ing Parson," who joined the Essex Imperial Yeomanry as a trooper, has been thrown from his bicycle near Colchester and severely injured. A Bill proposing that every President of the United States should receive a pension of £ 5.000 a year on his retirement from office has been introduced in the House of Representatives at Washington. Eleven schemes for the provision of old age pensions, including that propounded by Mr. Chamberlain, will he ditieur-seti at a conference which meets in London towards the end of the month. Creditors are seeking to attack the 94,000 awarded to M. Henri Duniont by the Nobel Prize Committee. The i debts wee contmeted din ing M. Dumont's Red Cross campaign, which cost him iiis rorttitio. All tho Indics of the diplomatic body in Pekin are to at reception given by the Empress Dowager, and by her Majesty's special request their children will also be present. Admiralty officials just now are testing the two-inch armour plates intended for use in protecti ve deck- and to form splinter screens behind the gnns in the central battery of the new 16 ,5')0 ton battleships. The results, so far, ha* helHl satisfactory. Mammy, one of the male elephants in Lord George Hanger's menagerie at the World's Fair, Islington, has been shot for bad behaviour. He l;nocUed down nn attendant and a man who went to the latler's assistance, bruising them both with bis tusk*. A deputation from the Benimsra tribe in Morocco has nia.de a sacrifice ol bullocks be- fore the Sultan's commander-in-chief as a token of obedience. This'-will probably be followed by tlle of tlle Spitilisli ell-ptives ill tiieir possession. A splendidly-equipped- sallatoi-;tii)i-tile origin of which is due t<> tln> I)III(E of Portland's phil- anthropic efforts—designed for combating the d.sease of consumption in Nottinghamshire, will be opened shortly in Sherwood Forest. Ti Dtilce presented the site. Lloyd's agent at Cuxhaven reports that the German steam trawler Heoundant, Captain Eisenhardt, is ashore at Kobbenplatto and will be a total loss. Part of the erew was picked up by the Government vesel Ncuwerk, and seven of the crew were drowned. After rising from office-boy to manager in the same firm and making a fortune by specu- lations in which his turnover amounted to £ 20,400,000, a Frenchman met with ve verses and'embezzled £ 53.560. He has been sentenced to two years' pentLi servitude at the Doubs IlSsizí1s. It is asserted that the Portuguese Colonel d'Albuquerque committed suicide because ha was in disgrace. Wnen the Crown Prince, whose tutor he was, visited the provinces under his care, his reception of the peopic made a very bad impression, and the colonel felt t,ic re- buke of the Court very keenly. The estimate of the cost of constructing the electric railway between Brighton and Lon- don is in round figures £ 7,338,403. Toe stations will cost £ 330,000, and accommoda- tion bridges and viaducts £ 1,198,361, no leas than £ 2,408,720 is to be speut 011 tunnels.

THE MAliKETS. I ABERYSTWYTH—JIOXDAY, JA>\ 12th. Wheat 6s 0d to 6< 6 pc-r 65 lbs; bailey, 5s 9d to 4-s 6J do; oat. (white), 3s 0d do; oats (black). 2» Sd to 3s Od do; eggs, 9s 6d to 10s Od do; butter (suit), 0; lid to Is Üi1 per lb; do (fresh) Is Od to Is Id do: fowls, 3s 6d to 4s Od per Couple; ducks. 5s 6d to 6s Od do; geese, 10s Od to 12s Od do; turkeys, 12s Od to 16s Od do; potatoes, 3s Od to os 3s per cwt. MEAT. London, Monday.—Only moderate supplies, but tra(1e close very quickly.—Englixh beef, 3s 10d to 4s 2d Scotch sides, 4s to 4s' 4d shorts, 4s 4d to 4s 8cl American, 3s 6d to 3" lOd inferior, 2s to 2s 8d Brinish mutton, 3s 8,1 to 4s 4d foreign, 3 4<1 to 3, 10d; veal, 4s to 4s lOd pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81b. BUTTER. Carmarthen, Saturday.—Fresh, Is to Is 2d per It. Cork, Saturday.—Ordinary—Seconds, 94s; thirds, 84s.; fine mild, i05s. In market—40. Fresh-A, 104s; B, 89s. CHEESE. Carmarthen, Saturday.—Tbe cheese market has changed its tone for the best. Farmers very firm at irom jUs to jjs bd per cwt., and all best cheese soon changed hands. CATTLE. Doncaster, Jan. lltb.—Market poorly attended and supplies soiall, with only a few inquiry. Trade chiefly in young stores, which made from £14 to L7; bullocks, from £10 to £17; milch beasts, £14 to £ 22. No sheep ana few pigs. Pork pigs, 6s 6d to 7s per stone. METALS. London, Monday.—Soft foreign prompt paid at £10 8s 9d to IZIO 10s; English, £10 15s nearest value. Spelter quit. G.O.B. quoted £ 16 10s to £16 12s 6d, and special brands £17. CORN. Cardifl, Saturday.—English and foreign wheat firm at an advance of 6d per qr. Flour firm and advancing. Maize, 6d cheaper. Beans and peas unaltered. Barley and oats firm. Gloucester, Saturday. English wheat —reds, 3s 7d; whites. 3s 9d per bushel. Foreign wheat held for 3d advance-Plates, 30s to 30s 9d Russians, 29s 6d to 30s 6d. Round maize, 23s to 26s Od. Grinding barley, 18s 6d to 19s Od per quarter. Weather wet. PRODUCE. London, Saturday.—Sugar: Home refined steady, but generally quiet. Cane sorts dull; foreign cubes slow—Meyer's January-March, sellers, 11s lid; Says' January-April, 11s 3d; German granulated steady and quiet-Glantzic ready sold at 8s Hid; Z.H., lls 10id. Beet firm, but quiet-March sold at 7s 4Jd. Tea and cocoa unchanged. Spice mar- ker slow at about rates. Rice steady and un- changed. Hemp neglected. Turpentine—spot, 26s 10id to 27s. FISH' Cardiff, Saturday.—There was a short supply ef fish this morning, and it was sold out sharp Small plaice realised 3s 7d; headless whitings, 3s 1; and ays, 3s per stone. Welsh rabbits from 12s to 12s 3d per dozen. Giimsby, Saturday. About 38 vessels; very moderate supply; brisk demand. Soles Is 2d to Is 4d; turbot, lOd to Is 2d brills, 8d; lobsters, Is 7d per lb; plaice, 5s to 7s 6d; lemons, 118 6d whitches, 6s; live cod, 6s to 8s; dead, 4s to 6s; live skate, 6s 6d; dead, 4s 6d each dead coalfisb, 30s; roker, 30s per score; kit haddocks, 18s to 24s; fibbed, 26s to 34s; live dabs, 20s to 24s; dead, 16s to 20s; dead codlings, 16s to 20s per box. POTATOES. London, Saturday.—There were heavy supplies, and, with no increase in the demand, business again ruled slow. Quotations—Best Lincoln up-to-dates, 60s to 70s; Blackland ditto, 45s to 50s; Wisbech ditto, 55s to 60s; Scotch Maincrops, 75s; Lincoln ditto, 80s to 85s Reading Giants, 45s to 50s; Snow- drops, 60s to 70s; BlacklandtGarton, 45s per ton. HAY AND STRAW. Lonaon, ftturday.-Fair supplies met a steady trade at the following pricesGood to prime hay, J 00s to 115s; inferior to fair do, 80s to 95s; good to prime clover, 95s to 110s; inferior to fair do, 80s to 90s; mixture and sainfoin, 90s to 100s; straw, 28s to 40s tier load.

Births. Warriaaes and Deaths. BIRTHS. THOMAS—On the 4th inst., at Napier-st., Cardigan, tne wife of Mr John Thomas, moulder, of a son. MARRIAGES. DAVIES-DAVIEs-On the 7th inst., at Bethania Bap- tist chapel, Cardigan, by the Rev J. Price, Ver- wick, Mr Evan Davies, Penfeidr, Verwick, to Miss Sarah Davies, Rockland, St. Mary's, Cardigan. DEATHS. ELLIS.—January 11th, at Glascoed, near, Aberys- twyt. Anne, daughter of the late John Ellis, lime merchant, aged 3 years. GRIFFITHS.—January 9th, at Bwlchygraig, Uedrod, Richard Griffiths, blacksmith, aged 30 years. THOMAS—January 10th, at Lledrod, John Thomas, shoemaker, aged 79 years. LEWIs-January 10th, at the Small-pox Hospital, London, John Lloyd Lewis, chemist, of Aberayron. HUMPHREYS—January 8th, at Penrallt-street, Mach- ynlleth, Mary, widow of David Humphreys, carrier, aged 49 years. JONES—January 8th, at Tynyceunant Farm. Upper Corris, John Jones, farmer, aged 78 years. — —

Business Notices. WINTER FASHIONS. -tJ C. M. WILLIAMS. GENERAL DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT, 10, PIERJJSTREET ABERYSTWYTH, Is now showing a Good Selection of NEW GOODS IN A I £ L DE PAR T I E NT S NOTED HOUSE FOR STYLISH HATS AND BONNETS. ——— THOMAS & JONES (Formerly Wm. Thomas), GENERAL MERCHANTS, ABERYSTWYTH. THOMAS & JONES, COAL AND LIME ABERYSTWYTH. BEST COAL AND LIME ALWAYS IN STOCK. ALSO BRICKS, PIPES, SLATES AND CEMENT. ACCOUNT BOOKS i OF EVERY KIND. TO SUIT ALL REQUIREMENTS. FROM THE 'WELSH GAZETTE' OFFICE. ABERYSTWYTH. t Business Notices. M ILLIXE11 Y ESTABLIS11MENT. 1, < UMIKGATE STREET, AEEKYSTYYYXH. MRS. J. W. THOMAS, ■a inter Goods Winter Goods, Hals and Bonnets Cleaned and Altered. CENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Groups Taken. Charges Moderate. R. SAYCELLT FISH, GAME, AND POULTRY DE-A-LEI-lt, GREAT DARKGATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. HOPPER'S CLOTTED CREAM AXD CREAM CHEESE, FRESH DULY 0 SOLE AGENT FOR Palethorpe s celebrated Cambridge Sausages in the district TELIEGuApnic ADDPESS:SAYCELL, ABERYSTWYTH.TELEPHONE .-NO. 6. Hotels. G W A L I A HOTEL, Ltd., LLANDRINDOD WELLS. THE origin of the Llandrindod "GWALIA" is th well-known "GWALIA" OF UPPER WOBURN PLACE ™ ,sru,ese possible, perfect STOtl"west °Utl°°''r °0mraMldi"g tbe view Be^apparatus 4Pl/of a°d ch"^K- LECTKIC LIGHT. PASSENGERS' LIFT. BILLIARD TABLE. I AM) "GWALIA" UPPER Manager. AND" GWALIA" UPPER WOBURN PLACE, THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. Table D'Hote, 7.30. Boarding l-erms from 3 Guineas per Week, or 12s. Gd. per day. JL Drawing Ki»SfScreatira itajm, "ubrl^v *PBmX3' and Dining Rooms, Ladie Bedrooms. Having a frontage of 150 feet. th*> T>nHr Rooms, and about one hundred Lighted by Electricity. alJ the ^h110 and Pn™te Sitting Rooms face the sea and are W. H. PALMER. Proprietor. BELLE VUE HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. (Facing the Sea and close to the Pier.) m^LE1DStT°6lorT^ble and C°mfor'Famiiy Commercial Hotels in Wales. ^pSion'^K^r 24 QuiM*8 weel- 9'- "• •» T~ W. H. PALMER, Proprietor. TERMINUS HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. Modem convenience and is lighted ™d U n«w replete with every T. E. SALMON, PROPRIETOR. REAL WELSH TWEEDS & HOMESPUNS. -N,So BEAT THE WORLD FOR HARD WEAR. DIRECT FROM THE MILLS. ROYAL EISTEDDFOD PRIZE MEDALS. ESTABLISHED OYER A CENTURY AND A HALF. Patronised by H.M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA. Also Nobility, Clergy and Gentry throughout the United Kingdom. Also HER MAJESTY THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA. Guaranteed Hand-Spun and ^so Welsh Flannels, Blan- MILLS— Hand-woven from pure Mount- Shirtings, Skirtings, Shawls, IDKIS Mn t ain Wool Only. The only Camage and Travelling Rugs. 'ORIS MILLS AND Reliable Materials for Cycling, ASTOUNDING VALUE. F&ONQOCH MILLS. Golfing, Travelling, Fishing, High-Class Tailoring. ohootmg, Walking, and General Wear: Beautifully Ta,lor-made Costumes a Speciality FACTORIES— Soft, Durable and Warm— All Parcels Carriage Paid. Perfect I ,N- CROR|RR suitable for Ladies' and Gents' Guaranteed. Patterns, Wfiar anil all c„„ Prize Lists, and Measurement Forms and n ear and all. Seasons and Post free, with anv range desired. Climates. Postal & P.O. Orders, Cheques—made MEYRICK STREET. payable to J. Meyrick Jones, Limited. ADDRESS— J. MEYRICK JONES, LTD.. ROYAL WELSH WOOLLEN WAREHOUSE, DOLGELLEY. N. W- ;L CARDIGANSHIRE CARRIAGE; W.ORKS J. G. WILLIAMS, PRACTICAL CARRIAGE BUILDER, CHALYBEATE STREET, (Near Railway Station), ABERYSTWYTH NEW CARRIAGES of own manufacture on hand, of Best Material and Finest Work- manship throughout. Rubber Tyres fitted to all Vehicles ifi required. J. G. WILLIAMS invites inspection of works, which is the largest and best-equipped in the county. PRIVATE ADDRESS-13, BAKER STREET. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFECTIONER. AGENT FOR BARRETT'S LONDON CONFECTIONERY FINEST SELECTION OF NOTELTIES FILLEB WITH CHOCOLATE FROM THIS LEADING 1RMS. GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR CYCLISTS Most Central Place in Town NOTE THE ADDRESS MORGANS' fiigb-class Conrtctiontrp Stores. I OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. Tea Rooms and Refreshments. BLACK LION HOTEL. STRATA FLORIDA. FIRST-CLASS Family & Commercial Hotel (Private House adjoining for Visitors). HEARSE AND FUNERAL CARRIAGES KEPT ON THE PREMISES. TERMS MODERATE. TERMS MODERATE. PROPRIETOR— D. JENKINS. • « » REWARD & PRIZE BOOKS. ALL PRICES A visit is respectfully solicited. Orders by Post strictly adhered to. NEW FANCY STATIONERY 6d. and Is. CABINETS. W. JENKINS. I 23 I Great Darkgate St. And 13, BRIDGE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. GRANITE; MARBLE AND STONE WORKS MACHYNLLETH. JOPITTONES, MONUMENTAL SCULPTOR, &c. Estimates given for every description of Monuments, Memorial Tablets, Headstones, Crosses, Tombs, etc. Specimens to be seen at Smithdown-road, Liver- pool Birkenhead, and Newtown Cemeteries, New- town, Llanllwchaiarn. Machynlleth, Dinas Mawddwy Eglwysfacb, Towyn, Aberystwyth, Carno, and Dylife Churchyards FINEST Pew Zealand = Butter Bacon and Cheese, Of the Finest Quality of XOM REES' STORES, NEW MARKET HALL, ABERYSTWYTH. Edwin Peters The Castle Boot & Shoe Warehouse, 51, Great Darkgate-st. ABERYSTWYTH VERY MODERATE PRICES