Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

MR. VAUGHAN DAVIDS AS PANIC-MONGER. MB, Vaughan Davies, having proved a dis- mal failure as Member of Parliament, now essays to shine as local magistrate. Having failed to do any constructive work, he now tries his hand at some jobs in the opposite direction. But if he cannot do better than he did at Llanilar on Friday, his career in this line also is a forlorn hope. Air. Vaughan Davies has a marvellous capacity for talking galore on matters he knows nothing about. He fully maintained his reputation in this respect, and even excelled himself, at Llanilar Petty Sessions last week, when he created something like a mild sensation by his virulent attack on the county police in general and the chief officers in particular. Mr, Vaughan Davies' ill-tempered speech served a purpose he little meant it should it showed how poor is his grasp, and how stupendous is his ignorance of local public affairs. Small wonder that he is such a hopeless disap- pointment as a Member of Parliament! There is a species of public men who, being unable to accomplish any piece of good work themselves, take pride in ridiculing and rending that of others. These men, 'not having sufficient ability to become true critics, speedily degenerate into panic- mongers, hnd it was in the quality of a panic-monger that Mr. Vaughan Davies distinguished himself at Llanilar Sessions on Friday. What good purpose could Mr. Vaughan Davies hope to serve by attacking the police in the cowardly manner he did; and by libelling the fair fame and name of the county. We readily agree that there is too much drunkenness and too much vagrancy in this and every other county. But it is not true that there is more drunkenness than ever in the county, as Mr. Vaughan Davies said and it is not true that there is a larger number of tramps than ever in the county, as Mr. Vaughan Davies said. The fact is that there has been a marked decrease of late years in tho number of cases of drunken-, ness and in the number of tramps in the county. But Mr. Vaughan Davies is not entitled to any thanks for this gratifying improvement. What has he ever done on behalf of temperance? And what has he ever done to abate the tramp nuisance ? While others have been working diligently and quietly for years, for the removal of both these evils, it is only now that Mr. Vaughan Davies is beginning to open his eyes to their exist- ence We would recommend Mr. Vaughan Davies to read more and talk less. Had he consulted the Blue Books he would have found that there has been a most gratifying decrease in the cases of drunkenness and vagrancy in the county; and the official returns show :a still more remarkable de- crease in the number of tramps prowling about the county. In the year 1905 the number of tramps relieved in all the Unions in the county was 12,179. In 1906 the number had come down, to 8,421—a de- crease of 3,758. The returns for the cur- rent year will, we believe, show a further decrease of over 2,000, giving a total de- crease within the past few years of over six thousand! Yet, in the face of this, Mr. Vaughan Davies has the audacity to assert that the number is increasing It may in- terest Mr. Vaughan Davies to know that copies of the Return of Tramps is sent to every Board of Guardians in the county and that this was first done by and at the instance of the Chief Constable. So Mr. Vaughan Dalies had better seek a more be- nighted county than Cardiganshire if he wishes to play thelpart of a panic-monger with success. Mr. Vaughan Davies said that the police were not doing their duty. But the Blue Books prove that they do. The official statistics, show a great diminu- tion in the number of crimes of vagrancy and drunkenness during the post few years and the returns for the present year are more favourable than ever. It may be too much to ask Mr. Vaughan Davies to with- draw or to substantiate his reckless charges; but we trust the Police Committee will take cognisance of some of the statements he made. Mr. Vaughan Davies' astounding ignor- ance of local affairs may be gathered from the fact that he impudently asserted that the Chief Constable could not speak the Welsh language. Mr. Vaughan Davies oughtsto have known as a member of the County Council that it was stipulated in the public advertisement that candidates for the post of Chief Constableship should possess a knowledge of the Welsh language." lr, Vaughan Davies should avail himself of the first opportunity to make amends to the Chief Constable for this stupid misrepresentation. To say that the Chief Constable of Cardiganshire cannot speak Welsh is a gross insult to the intelligence of the members of the Standing Joint Police Committee. The Chief Con- stable of Cardiganshire can epeak freely with the people in their own language. But can Mr. Vaughan Davies do so ? Who ever heard Mr. Vaughan Davies addressing the morioglot Welshmen of the rural dist- ricts of Cardiganshire in their own language? We do not know whether Mr. Vaughan Davies' ignorance of the proceedings of the County Council should be attributed to for- getfwlness or to lack of interest. Mr. Vaughan Davies complained that the police were engaged at sheep-dipping. We know they are. But Mr. Vaughan Davies evi- dently does not know that they do the work in accordance with the instructions of the County Council. We may also add that the Cardiganshire police, unlike the police of some other counties, do this extra duty without any extra pay, and so save the county the cost of special officials which would mean an expenditure of fully X400 a year. Mr Vaughan Davies thinks it a disgrace to the county that an outsider like Mr Willis-Bund should be Chairman of the Quarter Sessions. Be that as it may, it is, we feel sure, a far greater disgrace to the county that it should be represented in Parliament by a man like Mr. Vaughan Davies.

"L. NOTES AND COMMENTS At. Llanbadarn Petty Sessions on Thurs- day, a London motorist was fined JE20, and costs, or three months' imprisonment, and his license cancelled, for furious driving. It was stated that the car knocked down a young man, and dragged him thirteen yards, and as a result he was in hospital for a week. 1/ At a conference of school attendance officers at Llandudno on Saturday, it was stated that in some districts high averages of school attendance were obtained by striking off the registers children who were in or had been absent a fortnight and re- I storing their names when next they came to school. One member stated that an attend- ance of 93 per cent. for a year could not be; honest. V Many of the Boards of Guardians of public vaccinators in this district have fail- ed to come to terms over the revised scale of fees for vaccinating. The Guardians are evidently in a disposition to take full ad- vantage of Mr. John Burn's new Order on the cost of vaccination. The Order, which has met with the disapprobation of most medical practitioners, but singularly enough was made with the almost unanimous appro- bation of medical gentlemen in the House of Commons, makes possible considerable re- duction in the fees payable to public vacci- nators. ( MU Sft—— Alderman Morrall, Bridgnorth, presided -it the autumnal meetings of the Council of the Licensed! Victuallers Defence League, at I Carnarvon last week. On Thursday the Executive recommended that, with a view to organising opposition to the legislation Which was apparently to be brought in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, each asso- ciation should arrange local meetings, and thus prepare for the holding of mass meet- ings at appointed centres immdOiately the details of the Bill were made known. Each association should also appoint a deputation to wait. upon the Parliamentary representa- tives of the district. The statement was ap- proved, and it was decided1 to print it and circulate it among the district associations. < a The report of the Commissioners of 1 Prisons and the Directors of Convict Prisons in England and Wales for the year ending last March presfents several satisfactory j features. It indicates not only that there I has been a decrease of crime in the aggre- ] gate of offences, but also a marked decrease 1 in drunkenness and juvenile delinquency. i With regard to juvenile delinquency, the re- { port bhows that the decrease during the ( past ten years has been "almost marvellous." f In 1906-7 only four children under 12 years s of age were sent to prison, as against three f the previous year; and 724 between the ages of 12 and 16, as against 1,029. « The Wt''sh Church Commission resumed ) f its sittings. this week. We should get Dis- i establishment long before it completes its < task, at the rate it is now going on. -1/- Mr. Bell, M.P. addressing a crowded meeting of railway men at Leicester on 1 Sunday protested against any assumption ( that the moderation of his speech was a i sign of weakness. He and his Ext/mtive j had done, and would do, all they could re.. prevent a strike, but they were none the less determined to secure recognition. dscues- ing what recognition meant, he repeated that they had no desire to interfere in any way with the management of railways or to destroy discipline. —n— A renewed demand for Wel&h Disestab- lishment is being made by all the leading Nonconformist denominations. Speaking to a resolution on the subject at the Baptist Union in Liverpoo I this week, the Rev. Gwynne Owen, of Birmingham emphasised the power of Nonconformists, and said: "We must not be the tame spaniels of the Liberal party in this matter. Let us convince this Government, as the Catholics and the Labour party have done, that the Nonconformist vote has its price—that the price is i.ot one of advantage, privilege, vested interest, or [ monopoly, but the price of justice to the Free Churches. ff Mr. G. K. Chesterton speaking at a meet- ing in London in connection with the fo Jrth exhibition, of the Clarion Guild of Handi- craft said that nobody with any sort of com- mo nsense believed that the present rela- tions between wealth and poverty could possibly last. It was not necessary to be a Socialist, it was only necessary to be a sane man to think this It was not merely on account of the vast dis- parity between poverty and wealth There was something deeper. Never had there been such ignoble wealth or such ignoble poverty in the history of the, world. There never was a time when poor men were so tainted with the evils of civilisation. Cer- tainly there never was a period when rich men were so lacking in dignity. His ow-n solution—no doubt the world would laugh at him for it, but he did not mind that-1ras that we should all break up eventually into the small communities from which Eiirope was made It is significant that the Bishop of Nor- wich, in his presidential address at the Church Congress this week should discuss the question of disestablishment under different aspects. On this subject he thought him- self as competent to form an impartial judg- ment, he said, as most persons. For thirty- four years a beneficed clergyman, he had held both town and country livings. He had been for fourteen years the bishop of the iargest See in England, mainly rural but also containing some large towns. For up- wards of six years he ministered in a colon- ial unestablished and unendowed church to it free and democratic people. He ought, therefore, to be able to take a Taroad and unprejudiced view Looking first at the visible palpable changes which would result from disestab- lishment, they would find, he believed, tl-at they would not be so startling as, "a priori," many would have supposed. The distinc- tive privileges of the National Church would come to an end, but this, except so far as it would impair their spiritual and moral use- fulness, ought not to trouble them. The bishops would no longer have seats in the House of Lords. They would no longer be appointed by the Crown, virtually by the Prime Minister.. As a sign that there would no longer be a National Church to exhibit the religious side of the nation's life, it would no longer be an established ?-ule that the Sovereign should be consecrated by the chief bishop, of the Church, but he supposed each Sovereign at his accession would have the power, like the President of the United States, of nominating the minister of re- ligion who should officiate at his coronation. m The Bishop went to on to say that if ever disestablishment came it would be accom- panied by a nieasure of more or less sweep- ing spoliation. To his mind, whoever were the losers they would not be the parochial clergy; in fact, in a monetary point of view they would be gainers. Voluntary support- ed churches in large towns would remain much as they are, while the claims upon the clergy would be mucn less. What about the future P There would soon be a great scarcity of clergy. Yet clergy would be needed as before, and Church people would have to support their clergy, as all members of voluntary bodies did now. The result would be that the clergy would be better off in a wordly point of view than they are now. In the United States the clergy of the Episcopal Church received on the average better stipends than their own. He asked them to look also at the great Nonconformist bodies, which, with regard1 to the wealth of their individual members were far less wealthy than the Church. Unpala- table truths must sometimes be spoken, and the fact was that the Church of Einglaid had hitherto failed in calling forth the liberality of her laymen. He brought no charge of meanness against them. Their layman were ilberal in charitable and philanthropic mat- ters, but he supposed that in proportion to their means the laymen of no Christian oom- munion gaare so inadequately to their Church, and especially to the support of their min- isters, as the laymen, of the Church of Eng- land.

S. L. H. ON HIS i Experience in Wales. Writing in his well-known column, Sub Rosa," in the "Morning Leader" for Tuea- day, Mr. Spencer Leigh Hughes gives an interesting account of his holiday in Wales. I cannot give any adequate record (he states) of all I saw, and did and heard in, Wales. No pen is equal to the theme-the witchery of Welsh scenery is as far beyond my powers of description as is the language of the 1.440ple. And let me say about the language that those, people who think that it is dis- appearing, and is only kept alive by philolo- gists and cranks, know nothing about the question. In Cardiganshire, and Merioneth, and also in Montgomeryshire, Welsh is the ordinary everyday language of the people— the language in which the transactions of business are carried oai, the language of gossip and of conversation. I was particularly struck with this when attending a sale by auction of sheep up among the hills of Cardiganshire. The auctioneer at first spoke in English, and so far as the mere common-places of his orator- ical duties were concerned, he stuck to English. But when the bidding flagged1 a.nd languished. when the auctioneer wished to rouse his hearers, and in this way to raise his prices, I noticed, that he poured out a torrent of Welsh. Even the sheep seemed II! aRPre°iate the difference, and I am sure the dogs could understand every syllable, Indeed, there is something quite uncanny about the intelligence of those Welsh sheep-I iug3' used to suspect some of the tales that were- told about them as being concoc- tions, but after some of the things I have seen done bv those dogs, I am prepared to believe anything about them. Some of them are said to kno-w nil about the New Theologv and the Fiscal question they can draw inferences as well as round up sheep; arid they are infallible thought- readers. When I tried to make it appear that I knew something about sheep I notic- ed that all tPP dogs laughed, and they were quite right. This was not one r.f their most sinking illustrations of intelligence how- ever, as even the sheep recognised mv lack of acquaintance with the subject. 'Nov sheen (plite so simole as some people appear to think. They have their feelings anrl emotions, and I am certain thut one lot v h'ch was sold at between 24s. rnd 25,4. each looked down upon some others which fetched only about 17s., even as the squiie s J iatiy regutts T-,he wire oi the tradesmau in a country town. And, oi course, tilo dogs recognised these dittexences in JJ.u were far more respeetriu iii their attentions to the highly-priced tlian to the (,ieap On various occasions 1 have explained that in regard to the capital of W-Alos A have an open mind. My views vary with my sur- roundings, and when I am III Cardiff I plump :or Cardiff—but wb in Swansea 1 tavour the claims of tbf>^ important centre. places have received my suppoit, but until my itoent vusit I fear I have over- locked the undoubted claims of Ateryst- wyth. l<'Q.r that neglect I apologise, and I beg to state in the most emphatic maitaer that Aberystwyth has quite as good a claim to be considered the Welsh capital as muuv other places. Is not the Welsh University there?. That fact alone gives the town a status all its own. It is a vigorous municipality, as any- one who -eads the reported debates of its town council must. know. There are many other claims that could be advanced on te- I half of Aberystwyth, but the one which in my opinion transcends all others is Jhe fact that it is the terminus of the Vale of Rheidol Railway. That line, 12 miles in •ength, leading; from Aberystwyth up to the hills in the neighbourhood of tho Devil's Bridge is my pet railway. I prefer it to all the great trunk lines. I feel at home on the little 2ft. gauge, its rolling-stock makes me think of my boy- hood, when I and others used to play at trains. Yet the little locomotives liave by no means an easy task in hauling the trains up the steep ascent and round sharp curves. Up and up it climbs, until at. length you find yourself in the neighbourhood of the bridge, which for some reason or ot'ier has been named after the Eivil One, and in the midst of scenery which George Borrow ad- mitted was beyond his powers of descrip- tion. And where he failed I am not iikely to succeed.

CARDIGAN St. Mary's School.—This school has been closed for the present week by reason of the extensive structural alterations that are being carried out there. It is intended that the school shall re-open on Monday next. St. Mary's Managers.—A meeting of the Managers of St. Mary's non-provided school was held on Monday, there being present Mr. H. Evans, presiding, Messrs O. Beynon Evans, R,. W. Woolcock, LI. Davies (head- master), the Rev. J. Bankes Evans and the Hev. J. D. Evans (correspondent).—Two applications were received for the post of male uncertificated teacher, viz., from David Morris James, Boncath, and Samuel Luke, Penyparc.—The former was appointed at the salary of E25 per annum for the first year, by agreement with the Education Com- mittee.—With regard to the bill for 8s. 9d. for cleaning drains, and materials, the Vicar said he submitted it to the District Educa- tion a second time, and it was returned again. He thereupon wrote to the Board oi Education on the matter, and in their reply, a copy of which they had forwarded i 0 the County Education Committee, it w*as stated that ill matt-ei-s of cleaning fell with- in the province of the local authority, as inseparable from the proper maintenance of the school, but, on the other hand, every- thing in the nature of repairs was for the managers. The bill which had been sub- mitted and returned was for "cleaning drains and cost of material." The Vicar said ho had met Mr. S. Thomas, who did the work, and he asked him how much the ''material" represented, and he replied that Gd. would cover it. The Vicar said it would be seen that managers were not trying to make the Committee pay for anything for which they themselves were liable.—The headmaster was granted permission to open school at 9.30 in the mornings from the be- ginning of November to the end of February. —Sundry repairs to school furniture, etc., were sanctioned, at a cost not to exceed 5s. -On the proposition of the chairman a vote of condolence was passed with Mr. T. H. Williams, one of the managers, on his con- tinued illness. CARDIGAN POLICE COURT. A sitting of the Cardigan Borough Bench \Ï magistrates was held at the Old Council Chamber at the Guildhall on Monday, the magistrates present being the Mayor (Mr. E. Bowen), Messrs. W. Woodward, R. W. Picton Evans, and A. Clougher. When Neighbours Disagree. Lottie Davies, Greenfield-square, Cardi- gan, was summoned by Margaret Evans, Greenfield-row, Cardigan, both married women, for having assaulted and beat com- plainant at Greenfield-square, on September 21st.-Complainant appeared in Court with her arm in a sling. The Court was crowded, principally" by those who lived in the same neighbourhood as the contending parties, an appeared to follow the Proceedings with evident relish. From the complainant's story it appeared that she and defendant were having words, when the latter invited complainant to come down to her doorstep, and she would give her as good a thrashing as she ever had in her life. Complainant went and stood outside defendant's door- step, and defied defendant to touch her, saying that the high-road was free. De- fendant then tucked up her sleeves and gave complainant a push in the chest. Com- plainant tried to push her back, and de- fendant then gave her a slap in the face. Defendant also pulled her down by the heir and doubled her up, screwing her finger against the doorstep. She had been medi- cally attended for her injuries, she said, and put in a doctor's certificate, which was found to be dated September 28th.— Mrs. Wheeler, Greenfield-square, said she wit- nessed the assault, and heard complainant call out that if somebody did not go to her assistance defendant would kill her. Wit- ness thereupon ran up and loosened defend- ant's hand from complainant's hair.—Ada Jeremiah, Greenfield-square, also gave evi- dence that she was an eye-witness of the affray.—Mary Elizabeth Jones, Upper Mwl- dan, also gave corroborative evidence.— De- fendant said that on the date of the alleged offence she was standing at her own door- step ,when complainant called out to her. Complainant then came to her doorstep and made use of an offensive expression regard- ing the state of defendant's house. De- fendant took hold of complainant's arm and pushed her, and then each caught hold of the other's hair. Defendant was on her knees, while complainant was standing on the step.—The Bench consulted in private, after which the Chairman said that defend- ant would be bound over to keep the peace for six months in the sum of £5 in her own i-L-cognisances. The complainant would have her costs remitted, and she was cautioned to be careful of her utterances. Drunk and Disorderly. Hannah Lloyd, Quay-street, Cardigan, was summoned for being drunk and disorder- ly .a^, Quay-street on the 23rd itist.— Defendant pleaded guilty.-P.S. Davies raid that at 11 p.m. on the date named he -as on duty in Quay-street and saw the defend- ant drunk and screaming at the top of her voice. He told her to go home, and she did so at onoe, but afterwards another complaint reached him from the neighbours that they had to get out of bed owing to the disturb- ance made by defendant and others. There was a crowd of people round the defendant. -Defendant said she tried to be sober for a !L ja? ? niarks all over hor1 body inflicted by her husband owing to his jeal- ousy, and that was why she went "nut to drink. She had asked her husband to oome there that day and take her part. but he would not do so. She did not know what to do with her husband, she would not, live with him any longer, and she was going to ask for a separation because of his conduct towards her.In answer to the Bench she s-ijct she got 4d. worth of whisky, of which ihe drank half in her temper and the other halt she took home. Her husband beat her for taking home the 2d worth of whisky, and ai neighbour told her husband not to ii t ?r a8&in- She said her husband com- pelled her to drink.—The Bench bound de- fendant over to be of good behaviour for six mwiths, and to come up for judgment, if called upon. She was warned that if brought up again she would be given the full penalty the Bench could inflict.

ST. DOGMELLS. School Managers^—A meeting of the managers of the St. Dogmell's Non-provided School was held at the schoolroom on Friday evening. There were present Messrs. H. rvVrS, (Presiding)» D. Ladd Davies, and D. T. Volk (aprrespondent). Mr. R W Picton Evans arrived after the business had been transacted. The only business of im- portance was the opening of tenders for the vork to be done to the school buildings and ^it-offices Six tenders were received, and thato Messrs. H. 0. Davies and John Bow- <111. ,ioinUy, was accepted, the amount being f Mr. D. Ijadd Davies was appointed tr check the register for the ensuing thrpe months.

MACHYNLLETH COUNTY SCHOOL GOVERNORS, 'I ilio monthly meeting 01 tilo governors ot the County sc-nool uaa aeid oil r iuaay aALOr- iioon last, when there were present _ar. 1. h. Morgan (in the cnair;, ivu'. Vv. -u.. JOIICS, Jir. jLUciiara Kees, Vr..0. Davies, iiLr. L. t iusons, j-xr. Edward llees; WHlt ajLr. ia. i-x. .v-Loyler (headn^oua), Mr. Jcun itovviaiiaa (ciiiii), ana L. Ii. Clay n>n (assistant* eleiKj. communication from the Central Welsh Board asking v, n^tuer the governors had. any suggestions to iuaiie as to the proposal r. liolct tne examinations oi the isoard at an cvirile; date than at present was again disr- eusried.—The lieadmaster said h& could not. discover any argument weighty enough, to alter a system which now scemeo" to work :,atlsfatoply .Mr. Richard Kees said by holding the examination as at present an hardship was imposed on pupil teachers in elementary schools, because the results were .s > late before being announced. He thought if the examination was held three weeks earlier it would meet the case.-The Headmaster said he did not see why the veoondary school system should be altered to meet the convenience of a few pupil teachers in each district.—Dr. Davies proposed that a reply be sent that the governors did. not think it desirable that a change be made in the time of the examination.—Mr. T. Parsons seconded.—Mr. Richard Rees moved as an amendment that they recom- mend that the examination be held a fort- night earlier.—Mr. W. M. Jones seconded. —On a division, the proposition was carried. It was reported that the cost of insuring the staff of the school, exclusive of the Head- master, was 14s. 8d. per annum. The Clerk reported that nine applications, for bursaries had been received.—It was agreed to consider these at the next meet- inov "O* A letter was read from, the Higher Edu- cation Committee in reference to the pro- posal to give agricultural instruction in County Schools, and the Committee asked for the views of the managers on the appli- cation for grant. It was proposed by the Committee to incite the Chairman of the managers and the Headmaster to a prelimin- ary conference, at which the matter might be discussed.—Mr. Richard Rees proposed, that the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and the Headmaster be appointed to attend the con- ference.-Dr. Davies seconded, and this was carried. A communication was read from Mr. Daniel Owen enclosing a cheque for J65 in respect of Mr. Wititringhant 3tables scholarship. URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Tuesday. Present—Messrs. H. Lewis, pre- siding, J. Pugh, J. Evans, J. M. Breese, il,div. Jones and E. Humphreys, with M. J. Rowlands (clerk), Dr. Davies (medical officer), and Mr. Thomas (inspector and surveyor). The County Council wrote stating that, the application of the Council for additional re- presentation on the County Council had been, considered, and the request had not b^en granted.—The Clerk reported that meet- ings of several Committees had been con- vened, but there were not sufficient number of members present to form a quorum.-The Collector of general district. rates reported having collected £ 60 17s. lid. during the month, leaving £ 97 out-standing.—The Clerk reported that the conveyance of the land for the sewerage works had been completed, and that the mortgage by the Public Worka- Loan Board for £ 4,325 was ready for ex- ecution by the Council. It was resolved to execute the mortgage.—The application of the sewerage works contractor for water for tisting the pipes was considered, and it was iesolved to make a charge of £ 3.—The Medi- I c-al Officer called attention to the need for- filter beds in connection with the watr sup- ply, and it was resolved to consider the matter at the next meeting.—A special meeting was fixed for Wednesday next to consider the question of the purchase of the Town Hall, and that the ratepayers be asked to attend to give expression to their views as to whether the Council should or should. not make an offer for the same.

PENBOYR. Marwolaeth. Gyda dwfn alar yr ydym yn cotnodi am farwolaeth Margaret Williams merch fechan William a Hannah Williams, Spring Cottage, yr hyn a gynic-i-odd le boreu- tlydd Mawrth wythnos i'r diweddaf, or darfodedigaeth. Claddwycl) gweddillion y feich fechan ac anwyl yn Mynwent Pen- boyr y dydd Gwener canlynol. Gwasanaeth wyd yn y ty gan y Parch. J. G. Ovven (A.), Soar, ac ar Ian y bedd gan y Rheithor. Cydymdeimlir yn fawr a'r rhieni a'r perth- ynasau yn ei dwfn alar, ar ol colli un oedd mor anwyl ganddynt. "Heddwch i'w llwch" hyd foreu mawr y codi pan y— "Bydd dorau beddau'r byd Ar un gair yn agorid." Y Fynwent.-Y mae y gwaith hwn ja aiaf gytfro. Y mae y tir-haner erw-wcdi ei fesur, a'i brisio, £27, ac y mae casglwyc yn dechreu crynhoi yr arian sydd wedi tuL haddaw. Hydeffr y bydd y contract ailaa yn fuan. CJnghor Plwyf.—Nos Wener diweddaf, yn \sgpldy Felindre, cynhaliwyd cyfarfod ar- benig o'r CyngliSr uchod. Yn mhlith peth- au ereill dewiswyd y Cadeirydd-Mr D Jones Goitre, a Mr J Evans, Maesllan, i fyned i "Gymdeithas y Trethdalwyr" yn Caerfyr- ddin. fel cynrychiofwyr dros y plwyf hwn. Penderfynwyd gwneyd ad-daliad i'r C-lerm o'r treuliau oedd wedi myned arno yn nghyloh sylfaenu y gymdeithas uchod (fel y gwyddis, Cynghor Plwyf Penboyr s.vdd wedi rhpdai bodolaeth i Gymdeithas v Treth- dalwyr yn y Sir hon). Arwyddwya y llyfp aelodaeth gan yr aelod newydd—Mr. W. Hindes—yr hwn gafodd ei ddewis i lanw lie M- D Williams, Gilwendeg. Gwasunaethau Diolchgarwch. — Cynhali- wyd gwasanaethau diolchgarwch am y cvn- hauaf yn Penboyr a St. Barnabas noa Fawrth, a dydd Mercher diweddaf, prvd y cafwyd pregethau rhagorol gan y Parchn. Einon Hughes, Bettws Evan, D Ambrose Jones, Manordeifr, a D. Jenkyn Evans, Pont- faen. Gweinyddwyd y Cymin Bedigaid yn St. Barnabas am 8 o'r gloch bcreu dydd Mercher.

b. --¡:=.. FELINDRE. Ffynon Becca. Y mae yn ymddangoe i mi fel i lawer ereill v dylid gwneyd rhyw- beth i'r ffvnon rinweddol ^uchod, ond hyd yn hyn nid oes dim wedi ei wneyd. Y mae llawer o ymwelwyr wedi bod yma yn ystod v wythnosau diweddaf, ac yr oedd cyfran lleitl dda o honynt wedi dod i ddrachtio o ddyfr- oedd iaehus y ffynon enwog. Paham na chymmer trigolion Felindre y peth i ystyri- aeth? Gwir, yr elai ychydig gost. ond byddent ar eu henill yn y pen draw".

MERIONETH LIBER ALS. ————— MAGISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS IN WALES. T -P10 annual meeting of the Merioneth Liberal Association was held on Saturday at> Cor wen. Mr. William Owen, Plaswennydd. the president, occupied the chair. Mr. Osmond Williams, the county member, in addressing the meeting said there was one personal matter which had occupied a lot of his attention, he might almost say caused him anxiety. It was the question of magis- trates. It appeared to be thought that he could get appointed all the men he liked as magistrates. He must tell them clearly that he could not. At the beginning of the pre- sent Government's existence he went to see the Lord Chancellor, with whom he was intimate, on' the matter. The Lord Chan- cellor advised him to see the Lord Lieuten- ant of the county in the first place. He then nominated nine for the office of magis- trate, and the list was accepted by Mr. Wynne the Lord Lieutenant, without de- mur, but he might add that Mr. Wynne put- on several magistrates on his own nomina- tion, soino of whom were Conservatives and almost strangers to the county. On Men- tioning these appointments to the Lordfc chancellor he said he could not interfere, remarking that he (Mr. Williams) should be content with the acceptance of his nine nominees. Since then he had sent Mr. Wynne more lists. They probably knew the result. He menti6ned to the Lord Chan- cellor that some of the names on these lists had been ignored, but he declined to inter- fere, observing that he thought Merioneth compared with other counties fared well in I.iteral magistrates. Proceeding, Mr. Williams said he was op- posed to the principle of putting on tne Commission of the Peace strange English- men who came to the district, and he had spoken quite openly on the subject to his Conservative friends in the county. He considered it was monstrous to pass over men who had lived all their lives in the ccunty and who had taken a leading part in its public life for Englishmen who hid rnly been in the county three or four years- (Applause).