The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

THE BANGOR AND BEAUMARIS UNION EXPENDITURE. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir.-A ques.ion that is often asked uy rate-payers it the above Union is, Where the money goes 1" I heard it asserted, more than once, that the poor does not get half the money collected as poor-rates—that the best share rinds its way to the pockets of the officers. Know- ing this to be a wrong impression, I attempted to remove it by a letter you kindly published in your journal of the 6th inst. My facts and ligures were drawn from the Union's "statements of accounts," which asserts among other things that ill, 129 5s. 7Jd. was expended in relief to a,tî,j5 paupers outside the Workhouse. I ad- mitted that I was unable to ascertain whether this was correct or not, although I was guardian during the year it was expended. I am able to know that the said sum was intrusted to the relieving officers, and that they assert that the money was duly paid to the paupers; but I am unable to examine and to find out that the 3,655 paupers received the exact amount put against their names in the Union books, and I defy any guardian or ex-guardian to do it, that has to work 12 hours perdiena for 6 days in the week. An assertion to the contrary Ï8 all humbug." I am not aware of the extent of the district No. 1, Carnarvonshire," and if Llanfairfechan and Aberis not included in it, as I thought they were, I am truly sorry that I asserted in my last that the medical officer received X68 15s. lOd. in fees. I pray the forgiveness of the learned gentleman. I have no grudge against any officer of the Union; when I was guardian the demeanour of the clerk and the master waa everything that I could have wished, all far as my experience went; but I firmly believe that it is unjust towards the public, and morally wrong, that any clerk should hold the clerkship of two Unions, such as Bangor and Beaumaris and the Carnarvon Union! are. In my humble opinion it is what is condemned in the Scripture as "Cydio maes wrth faes a thy wrth dy hyd oni byddo ehiau Ile." If, when I was guardian, the clerk had addressed the Board and say that he did con- sider it right that he should continue to hold two offices, while he well knew that there were so many able gentle- men that could not get one office, and that therefore he would resign one office which they should prefer, I would have been very glad to hear that, and would have proposed that he should resign the Carnarvon clerkship, and retain that of the Bangor and Beaumaris one. I was asked why, while I complain of the salaries advanc- ing mania, I seconded a motion that the clerk's salary, as clerk to the Assessment Committee, should be C40 t Well, I seconded this to save the Union £30; as the honorable chairman and the vice-chairman said at the meeting that we could not give less than t70. An anonymous writer in your last impression leads the public to think that the master of Workhouse told the guardians that the wool I sent to be picked by the pau- pers in the workhouse was a wreck refuse, and that the price I offered for the work was not enough. I da not believe that Mr. Owen ever uttered such an untruth. The facts are these-after my year of guardianship was over, I asked the Board if they would like to have thoee in the workhouse, that could not be better employed, to be employed in picking wool ? If so, I could send wool to the workhouse and pay for its picking. The Board acquiesced and told me to send few pounds on trial; this I did, and engaged to pay 3d. per lb. for the picking. This wool is German fleece wool, which cost me lDid. per lb. at Liverpool, and for picking which sort they pay in England from 3 farthings to a penny per lb. I am sorry of being "humbugged to write so much that concerns the public so little the question is, can the expenditure of the Union be justly reduced I I be- lieve it could, and ought to be done. It is shameful to contemplate that the poor-rates are ten times higher in some of the Anglesey parishes than they are generally in Ireland. I wonder that so little interest is taken by some of the Anglesey landowners in this question. Their land is depreciated in value fully one fourth by the ex- cess of poor-rates levied on the same, as compared with other lands. There are two sides to every question. We, the rate- payers, complain of the rates; well, the valuers of land* and tenements, Assessment Committees and magistrates, have good cause to complain of the dishonesty displayed by us in general against submitting to be fairly rated, to our houses and land being properly valued. We try all means, legal and illegal, to get the property we occupy to be undervalued. Every one of us know the lettable value of the tenements we hold. We may ask the in- ward man for what sum we would let the property we hold, if it should be ours. Let us compare the answer by the sum put against it in the rate book, and if it doee not agree, let us appeal against the valuation when it il too low as well as when it is too high. We may by ex- ample make other men honest—our senators would soon enact that all mines and woodlands should be rated, and that all parishes in a Union should be rated the same. Our Poor Law Board would let free trade to settle the fee and salaries, and not let them to be monopolised as at present; this would save our Utiioii E150 annually in salaries alone. Our Board of Guardians would also administer relief without favour or affection-they would not put the workhouse test to one or two individuals from revenge, while they give liberal out-door relief to scores of others exactly in the same condition thereby souring the fellings of the poor, and make them desperate and un- happy. Assessment Committees would not put a high price on some tenements from mere whim, while they lower another by favour or friendship. These gentle- men would also give timely notice to the public of any alteration in the law that greatly affects the mode of appealing against poor rates, as the A ssessment Com- mittee Amendment Act" that came to force the firit inst. does. Yes, when we, the rate-payers, shall become honest, Relieving officers dare not recei ve pay for paupers that had been dead 18 months, nor to curse from their presence the honest poor, and give liberal relief to strumpets. Really, gentlemen, it would pay us well to prepare honest things before all men. I am. &c., yours, I JOHN MORGAN. Cadnant, August IStb, 1864. JOHN MORGAN.

CONWAY. SAUIOIf Fraamo is TEIN CoswaY.—We are glad to leani that the quantity of salmon in the river Conway this year is unusually large, as indeed it is said, upon good authority, to be "swarming with fisb," In conse- quence of the brightnees of the weather and the lowneaa of the water, no sport worth speaking of can be had with the rod and line: but the fishermen, who uee nets, are reaping a rich harvest, each of them realising in one day some jC7 or no. It would really seem, then, that the destruction of the stake traps at the mouth of the river has done more good than harm even to the fisher- men themselves. Should there be a down fall of rain, the fly fishing in this river would be splendid. COUSTY MAGHTKATBS.—Our correspondent writes I am sorry to say that great inconvenience often arises in this town by reason of the very few magistrates which live in Conway and its immediate neighbourhood. Mr. J. Lloyd Jones, of Dyganwy, is about one of the most active of the few which there are; but he, I understand, will shortly leave the neighbourhood. As it is, the public, to say nothing of the police, are very often put to much trouble and expense on this account; for in- stance, on Monday last, a prisoner had to be taken to Llandudno before he could be even remanded, and the witnesses had to lose time and incur expenses to go from Conway there, solely because there was no magistrate who would or could act in Conway. It is clear, therefore, that cither a stipendarj magistrate should be appointed or the present numtier should be aug- mented. THE VISITORS.—Our correspondent writes The present season promises to be a very aucoessful one to the little town of Conway, at least so far as it relates to the number of tourists who visit it. Though not puffed up to any great extent in either guide books or news- papers, people arc beginning to discover that it possesses attractions of no secondary order, and what is more that it has a greater variety than any other town on the coast. It has a noble river, and it is close to the sea; it boasts a snJwniun bridge, and a tubular bridge it is admirably sli.-ltered it has its craggy eminences like its giant neighbour Llandudno, and it likewise has its sylvaii gtens, purling rivulets, and umbrageous woods, which Llandudno has not. Within a mile of the old cagtle walls, anv one, if he feel so disused— Mav sit on rocks, and muse o'er flood and fell, And slowly watch the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ue'er, or rarely been; May climb the trackless mountain all unse>-n With the wild flock that never needs a fold Alone o'er steejm and forming falls may lean. Within the old town itself, too, and independent of the castle, which is well known to be its crown and glory, there are many tilings to interest the historian and the antiquary. Its antiquity is so great that its origin eannot be traced; but it must have been a place of some importance ■ ■ r.: > i in the time. of the Homans, for it was mentioned by Tacitus, the ,,oman author. It was to Conway Castle that the head of the unfortunate Prince Llewelyn was brought to King Edward the Kirst after the former had been traitorousl y slain in South Wales, and when high holiday was kept within its now crumbling walls. It is not very often that a visitor from England, or elsewhere, can meet with a well-kept old public house, which can show on its front the year "1589" ai the date of its erection—that is, about a cen- tury after America was discovered by Columbus, and just one year after Queen Bess had, by her fleet, destroyed the "Invincible Spanish Armada;" yet if any of your English friends choose to pay a passing visit to the Black Lion Inn, in Castle-street, he will assuredly find one in Conway. Near to the present churchyard may be seen the remains, slight they may be, of its once celebrated Abbey, in which Llewelyn the Great was buried, but whose coffin, 49 years afterwards, was removed to Llanrwst. There is another very interesting structure also of the Elizabethan age and order, called Plas mawr, and which is well worthy of more than a cursory glance as a person saunters down High-street on his way, it may be. to the Castle Hotel. The old parish church is not by any means a modern erection, for its beautiful font is said to have been the gift of Llewelyn the Great, and it also contains a stone figure in memory of the mother of Archbishop Williams, aud she died in the year 1585 just 4 years before the Black Lion was built Whether, therefore, we look at Conway with f ference to it< great natuial and Taried attractions, its historical remiuiscenes, or interesting antiquities, it is a town deserving of more attention than it seems to have received of late years, but which, I trust, it will meet with in years to come. An idea appears to have been entertained that the accommodation is so very limited that it is impossible to be obtained. Now, this is an entire mistake, although I should be very glad, for thp, sake of the old town itself, if steps were at once taken to have it greatly extended, and with a little well- directed energy, this could, and it certainly should, be done. We hear and read of parties by the score being compelled to leave Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan because there is literally no room for them; whilst in Conway, which possesses much greater accommodation, in some things, than either of them, and which for salubrity and varied scenery cannot be surpassed has "room enough, and to spare," and yet visitors pass it by. Such has been, at least, the state of affairs; but I am happy to say that a glimmering of the truth seems to have beamed upon tourists, and that Conway is now being more extensively patronized. A DESPERATE KOKFIAN.—On last Saturday evening last, Conway was the scene of a terrible sbindy caused by the atrocious, vagaries of one of its ruffianly celebri- ties, one Robert Jones, a fisherman, but who is better known in the town and neighbourhood as "Robyn Caddy," and who isalsowell-knownin Carnarvon jail. The following are the facts as detailed by the several witnes- ses. About five o'clock in the evening, Captain Richard Owen, two sawyers, and a man with a wooden leg, named John HLighei, were quietly chatting down at the quay, sitting down, when "Robyn" made his appearance in front of them, and accosted Captain Owen with "Oh! you are too much of a gentleman, are you, to bring my coat from Liverpool ?" (The coat, it seems, is in a pawnshop there, and sometime ago Captain Owen refused to get it out of pawn for him as he was above having anything to do with pawnshops.) The captain smilingly replied that he really was so. The defendant, without more ado, hit him a tremendous blow with his fist, which he repeated a number of times. At last, the dastardly ruffian saw a piece of iron, used by sawyers, and instantly got hold of it and made an attempt to strike Owen with the dangerous instrument; but the lawyers, perceiving the danger, got hold of his arms, and for a moment checked him. In the struggle the iron slipped out of his hand and hit Hughes, the one- legged man, who instantly fetched the brute a sharp blow on the side of the head with his stick, which had the effect of sobering him a little. In the meanwhile Owen had run away at full speed, and went to Mr. Hughes' office for a summons. Robyn, being thus far master of the walk, proceeded up Rose Hill, elated with what be hid achieved, and ready to further test his prowess. When about half way up Rose Hill-street he met Mr. Fullwell, the custodian of the suspension bridge, who was wheeling a hand-cart. Without saying a word, the infuriated brute hit Fullwell a blow in the face, and followed it up by kicking him between the legs. Just at this time, P.O. Griffith Thomas came on the scene and attempted to take him into custody. He went peaceably enough until he got opposite the Vicarage, when he violently assailed the policeman both with his fiats and his feet, and in the most determined and savage manner. Thomas then used his staff and gave a sharp rap or two on his nob, but this only had the effect of making him more furious, and he pulled out a pocket knife, and said he would stick the Srst person who touched him. There were several men looking on, but they rendered no assistance; but at last Thomas managed to get the knife from him. Just at this juncture Sir Richard Bulkeley, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, with his son, who were temporally staying at the Erskin Arms Hotel, came up, when Sir Richard at once collared him, and some others then MMted and Sd hold of him on the other side. Caddy," who was for a moment flabbergasted at the sudden appearance of Sir Richard, soon recovered himself, and attempted to kick with all his might (and he is adept at this manly art), but he was too skilfully handled just then to do any further mischief; and so he was literally carried by the arua4 and legj to the lock-up in Lancaster-square which, fortunately, was not more than one hundred yarde distant. When lie was liberated, in the lock up, his fury became doubly furious and the kicking process was recommenced in fine style, as Inspector Evans, of whom lie stands greatly in fear, did not happen to be at home. Before lie could be put into the cell, P.C. Thomas wished to fasten the back kitchen door, and to do this be foolishly P"t his staff under his arm. Robyn, m an imtant, wbn his back was turned, clutched the staff, and hit him two smart blows on the head with it-thus returning the compliment which he himself had received a few minutes before. At last he was safely secured, and the crowds which had collected during the row ?nersed Had it not been for the spirited conduct of S_ Ri (h. r d Bu))?y, it is impos.ible to say what .er- ioun results might not have happened, for the bystanders acted in the most cowardly manner, and the man was ch?Ytoo much for the policeman unassisted. On the to Itl he was visited by his mother, whom he directed to keep a sharp !o"k for those evidence against him, as he 'i'n? ?e :wordwit? them when he came back from prison. On he was taken to Llandudno by train from the Junction station, as tw mag!sWates could not be had m Conway,  Rev. J. Morgan and J. Lloyd JonM, Esq., Dryg,,Iy, when he was ch?ed with b?ig  _parate _ult-, víz., on Captain Owen, Mr. Fullwell, and the polie?meer, and a number of wltnes were examined to prove the offences. ffitimately he was remanded to the Conway petty sessions on Friday last (jwterday).

I DENBIGH. ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BENEFIT or THB DEIFGFDA- SHIRE INTIRMARY.-Profeasor Ewart ga, a grand enter- tainment for the benefit of the Denbighshire Infirmary, on Monday evening last, at the Town Hall, Under the immediate patronage of his worship the Mayor IIInd bo- rough magistrates. The reserved and' first claw seats were fully occupied by the elite of the neighbourhood. The Denbigh Stringed Band was in attendance. Mr. Ewart on this occasion displayed unwonted ability as a ventriloquist, magician, dramatist, tragedian, and trans- former. Garibaldi was most strikingly personified by the Professor, which created intense excitement for the moment, breaking forth in an outburst of cheers for the noble general, the Stringed Band at the same time play- ing See the conquering hero come with great effect. This part of the performance, we doubt not, will be equally pleasing to an audience in any part of the Princi- pality.

I HOLYHEAD. • I OLD HARBOUR. In consequence of the rapidly-increasing passenger and goods-traffic at Holyhead, the London and North- Western Railway (Chester and Holyhead Branch) have thought it necessary to excavate the Old Harbour, in order that a broad and deep channel, permitting con- stant business, at all states of the tide, might be af- forded. On that side of the channel, nearest the town, a strong and high quay, with a commodious good, shed and offi- ces, is to be erected, which will permit a water frontage of about three-quarters of a mile. The wall is in pro- cess of erection; about one-third being already com- j pleted,—hundreds of workmen being employed. Above the Railway Station, and between it and that part of the town called Loudon Road. are built two bridges one, joining the high road above the Station, is intern led to do away with tiie crossing below the Sta- ti Ill. and fo permit its being extended the other, a foot bridge, irntrtutiat 1. below tha other; botliot' litem are handsome structures and nearly complete. II", Riilway Company's yard is also beinJ enlarged; extensive stone building arc in process of erection, to serve as offices, boiler and carpenter shop, with sheds for a sawing machine, and largo shears, to permit their vessels being entirely repaired here, instead of, as at pre- sent, in Liverpool. Lower down the Harbour, past the coffer-dam, and below the present Go i l's Shell, where, not long since, stood the Admiralty Jetty, important alterations are being carried forward. One jetty-the Admiralty, has b en entirely removed, and the quay widened at that part. On this, room are being erected to serve as refresh- ment-room, waiting-rooms, &c. The Lighthouse, which, until the erection of the Great Eastern Jetty, stood at the end of the Harbour, has been found to be unserviceable, where it is at present; consequent! a suiaH iron light-house has been Sft at the end of the Jetty but the retlligbt, throwing on I' some dangerous rocks in the vicinity, is retained in the old building. The Breakwater, in the Outer Harbour, ;has been car- ried out as far as intended the Lightship which stood there has been removed, and a temporary woodeu light erected, until the completion of the proper building. All tilo,c improvements, will undoubtedly affect the town. New streets willspringup, theoldth itched houses will disappear, business increase, and the "small fishing village of Holyhead (as it was styled not long ago by one of the Metropolitan papers) take its proper stand, as one of the most important of the seaports of Great Britain. PETTY SESSIONS.—Before Capt. Roberts. W, J ones, labourer, Haugoed, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Committed for seven days. Ann Roberts and Elizabeth Jones, unfortunates," were charged with being drunk, and soliciting prostitu- tion. Each committed for 14 days. George White, vagrant was charged with being drunk and riotous. Fined 5s. and costs. Mary Anne Brown, an Irish vagrant, was charged with bein drunk and riotous. The Magistrate ordered her to be sent over to Ire- laud.

I RHYL. MONTHLY MEETING OF THE COMMIS- SIONERS. The first month'y meeting of the Improvement Commissioners of the new year was held on Friday, the 12th instant. Eighteen Commissioner were present. ELECTION Of CHAIRMAN, The first business transacted was the election of chairman for the ensuing year, a subject which has oc. cupied much attention since it was known that Mr. Chnrton had fully resolved to resign the chairmanship which he honourably held for four successive years, with untiring zeal and energy. The first candidate proposed was Mr. Thomas Healing, —the proposer being Mr. John Roberts, who made some glowing observations on the liberality and general charac- ter of Mr. Healing. The motion was seconded by Mr. Thomas tvo- berts. Ni r. E. Powell Jones said he had great pleasure in proposing the Rev. Hugh Morgan, a gentleman well known to them all; and he felt sure if he was elected he would uphold the dignity of the chair, and would act cautiously and impartially. Mr. William Morris, builder, seconded the mo- tion. Mr. James Taylor begged leave to propose Mr. Hil- ditch. He had not the slightest objection to Mr. Healing or to Mr. Morgan, further than he thought they were less competent to fill the duties of the chair than Mr. Hilditch. With a perfectly charitable feeling he had advised Mr. Healing to become a candidate for the office. He (Mr. Healing) was a gentleman that did as much good as anyone to the town of Rhyl, but being of an excitable temperament he did not think him a proper person to take the chair. (A laugh.) As regard- ed Mr. Morgan, he always held that ministers were out of place when occupying public positions for the control of temporal matters; ministers, in fact, as a rule, were the worse business men in the world; there were, of course, some exceptions. Besides, he was of opinion that Mr. Morgan was not in a position to be thoroughly independent in the fulfilment of the duties of chairman at that board. He did not make these observations from any whim or ill feeling,-he was merely expressing the sincere convictions of his heart. (Hear, hear.) Then, with reference to his own candi- date, he would not hesitate in stating that Mr. Hilditch was, m every respect, fitted to be the chairman of the board,—no person in that room better understood the requirements of the town than he did. (Hear.) Mr. Taylor's proposition was seconded by Mr. Edw. Roberts. Result of the voting as follows:—For Mr. Hilditch,, 4 (his own vote being one); Mr. Morgan, 9; and NJ r. Healing, 2. Mr. Morgan was duly elected, amid signs of much ap- probation. Mr, Morgan, having taken the chair, said-I thank you, gentlemen, for the compliment you have paid me in electing me your chairman for this year, and I trust that my conduct in the chair will be such as, in some measure at all events, to deserve the confidence placed in me (Hear, hear.) It is not a position that I at all coveted or wished for; I should have very much wished, as far as my own personal feelings are concerned, if my friend Mr. Churton whould have consented to go on for another year, or that some other commissioner had been selected by the majority of your votes. But I will say this,—it is a position I feel proud of, because it evinces the confidence reposed in me by my fellow- townsmen, which certainly is valuable and of service to me; and I sincerely trust my conduct, by word or by deed, wih not cause you to repent giving me your sup- port on this occasion. (Hear, hear.) I shall endeavour to discharge my duties in this chair faithfully and im- partially; I will extend every liberty to the commission- ers to express their opinions, and if ever I am compelled to enforce any of the bye-laws and regulations of the commission, I only trust you will fairly support me. ( ear, hear.) The dispatch of business is the greatest duty I have to perform here; and although my friend, Mr. Taylor, has gently hinted that ministers, ,as a rule, are not men of business, I hope, by the end of the year, that he will find an exception in me. (Applause.) A vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. Powell Jones, and seconded by Mr. Morgan, was unanimously accorded to Mr Churton, for his impartial conduct in the chair during the past year, and high encomiums were passed on him for the important services he had rendered to the town at all times. Mr. Churton acknowledged the compliment. The routine business was then transacted.

I RUTHIN. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.-A company of American minstrels gave an entertainment in the County Hall, on Wednesday evening, to a select audience. RFXT AUDIT.—Lord Bagot's half-yearly rent audit WM held on Monday last, at the Assembly Room, Lion Hotel. A sumptuous dinner was provided to 120 te- nants, presided over by M. Turner, Esq., agent of the Estate CRICKET MATCH.—Major Rowley's Eleven v. The Ruthin Grammar School.-On Thursday, the 11th inst., a spirited and interesting cricket-match took place be- tween the above clubs, in the Castle Park, in the pre- sence of a numerous party of spectators- PI&YW9 bquu at one p.tfl., And vvaa continued until II late hour. Major Howle)", Eleven scored 98 id the first Innings, and the Grammar School 42. The latter entered the second innings; and stored 68, but before the match could be played onity the shades of evening compelled the con- tending parties to retire. According to the laws of cricket, Major Itooley's Blevea having accored the high- est in the first innings, were declared the rictors. The Grammar School, unwilling to loose the palm, challeng- ed their opponents to play a return match. The chal- lenge was freely accepted, atnd the lay fixed for Satur- day last, on the same ground. After a Well-fought battle, the Grammar School redeemed their lost glory, and won the match by a majority of 5. The scores appear thus: Major Rowley's Eleven—-1st innings, 61; 2nd ditto. 36; total, 97. Grammar School—1st innings, 52; 2nd ditto, 50;: total, 102. Major Rowley's Eleven con- sisted of the following Lord Langford, Messrs. W. Rowley, Wm. Green, juti., John Morris, North and South Wales Bank, Wm. Lloyd jun., W. V. Jones, G. Adams, S. Windell, C. J. Maurace, Pierman, and C. D, Jones. The Grammar School Eleven were—Messrs. T. Lloyd, W. Roberta, T Davieg, T. Owen, D. Edwards, D. Challoner, D. Da vies, Fitzgerald, Evans, F. Barnwell, and Tudor Owen. At the interval between the innings, the parties adjourned to the Lion Hotel to partake of a grand luncheon at the expense of the Rev. Mr. Barn- well, head master of the Grammar School. I COUNTY PKTTV SESSIONS, Monday, Aug. 15.-Before James Maurice, Gabriel Roberts, R. G. Johuson, and R. F. F. Birch, Esqrs. Obtaining Money under Palse Prclenccs.—David Wil- liams, a native of Henllan, was charged with having, on the 12th of July, obtain the sum of as. from Mr. Wm Williams, of the Three Pigeons, Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd, under false pretences. The prisoner,it appeared, had seated to the prosecutor that he was the sonot Rowland Edwards, an old frieil (I of his, who died a few year ago that he had lost a pony, for which he had been searching, in Oswestry, Wrexham, &c., and in order to proceed in his search, he requested the loan of os. Prosecutor believing the repre- sentation to he true, advanced the money, being assured that it wouVl he repai'l in a s hort time. Bt.iH2; after- wards satisfied that he had been duped, ha gave informa- tion to the police, who apprehended the prisoner at Fro". near Pont Cysyllte Prisoner denied the offence, stating that he had nqver received 5s. from pro^euutor, and ha,1 nut been in his house on the 12tii of -flily. Committed to the Quarter Sessions. Asfuitll. -John Evans, of Nant IV.iaf, Qyffyliog, charged Robert Lloyd with assaulting him, on the 8th inst. Fined C3 anil costs. David David Davis* also charged John Koulkes with a similar offence. This case was dismissed, in consequence of the non- appearance of com plain,nit. Vagranry.—Mr. Isaac Williams, ralievitig-offlcer, charged one John Parry with begging. Discharged with a caution. Bo/kill) OF OUAnoraNS.—The fortnightly meeting of the Guardians was held on Monday last. Present— James Maurice, Esq., chairman Jos. Peers, Esq., vice- chairman; Rev. E. J Owen J. J. Bancroft, Esq,, Mr. John Lloyd, Efenechtyd R. G. Johnson, Esq.; John Barber. Esq., Plas Ashpool Mr. Richard Lloyd, !.Ian. gynhafel; Wm. Lloyd, Esq, solicitor; Mr. John Jones, Oaklauds; Rev. !). Roberts; Mr. Evan Davies, Llan- ynys Mr. Thomas Jones, Lbnelidan; Gabriel Roberta, Esq. Rev. J. Oement Davies; John Jenkins, Esq Mr. Hugh Hughes, Llanfvvrog; and Mr. John Davies, Llainweu. Having gone through the routine business, the Board proceeded, at Eleven o'clock to The Election of a Schoolmistress for the Workhottse.- The appointment became vacant by the resignation of Miss Roberts. There were four candidates, each producing testimo- nials of the highest character. Miss Ellin Jones, late pupil teacher at the Ruthin British School, obtained 10 votes, and was declaredduly elected. No other business of public interest was brought be- fore the board. Out-relief expended during the past fortnight, X189 16s. 6d.; amount of cheques drawn for ensuing fort- night, £190, Number of paupers in the Workhouse, 84; corresponding period last year, 86. Vagrants re- lieved since last Board day, 18.

I THE VALLEY. I CRICKET MATCH. A match was played at the Valley, on Friday, the 12th inst., between the Anglesey Collegiate School, and Holyhead; the School winning in one innings, with 54 runs to spare. scnoot.. First Innings. Dr. Waymouth b Cunnah 16 Tompson run out 2 Naylor b Hughos ••• 0 Jones b Cunuah 33 J. Conry run out 13 Christie a Harmer b Massingbird 1 Leathley run out 1 W, Conry b Massingbird. 15 Worthington c Harmer b Hughes 0 Warburton not out 4 A. Naylor a Harmer b Hughes 1 Byes 2 88 HOLYHEAD 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. Mc Coy b W. Conry 2-b Tompaon 0 Tully b Dr. Waymouth 2—hitwtbdo 5 Dr. Nugent c Tompson b Dr. Waymoutb. 0—b ditto I Hughes b ditto O-c and b ditto 1 Cnnnab b ditto 2-c and b W. Conry. 4 Hughes b ditto O-c R Jones b ditto 2 Harmer bditto 3-0 Tompson b ditto. 0 J, W. Jones b W. Conry 0—c ditto b ditto 0 Thomas c Tompsou b W. Conry 1-c R. Jones bditto 4 Blilock not out 6-b Tompson 2 Massingbird b Dr. Way- mouth I-not out 0 Byes 1 18 16 First Innings 18 Total 34

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, have left Melbourne for Sydney, en route for California. A movement is on foot for the purpose of converting Birmingham into an assize town. The high hills on the west coast of Scotland, were last week covered with snow, The Earl of Cavan has been preaching to large num- bers in the North of Scotland. A priest living in Naples has been committed for trial for falsely denouncing certain parties in that city as im- plicated in a Bourbonic plot. A young man in France was choked the other day, whilst foolishly attempting to swallow a flsh for a wager of lof. Crinoline has been abolished at the Opera in Paris under the penalty of a fine. Other managers are expect- ed to follow the example. Strenuous efforts are now being made to raise sub- scriptions towards erecting a statue to Shakespeare in Melbourne. On Friday evening, while the Rev. Mr. hdmonds, Vicar of St. Michal's, Southampton, was in conversa- tion with his family, he fell dead upon the drawing- room floor. Mr. J. D. Taylor, a person of considerable property, living in the neighbourhood of London, has been con- victed of barbarous treatment of a pony, and fined 40s. and costs. Great suffering prevails amongst the cattle in the ex- treme southern parts of Eng'iiid Iwhere there is a shorter supply of water than has been experienced for the past 40 years. An edifice is about to be erected at DreHden, by the European Academy of Fashion, for a superior school to teach the art relatiug to dross. Messrs. Pearson, Kuowles, and party (four guns) kill- ed 124 brace of grouse and nine hares, on the Kinloch and Tarrich moors, on the 12th. The birds were healthy aud strong, Mr. P. G. Booth, said to be a magistrate for Bedford, has been arrested for obtaining food and lodging at Tho- mas's Hotel, St. James's, London, to the amount of £ 54, under pretence that he was a member of the Jumor United Service Club. It is understood that the Bishop of Arches has com- menced proceedings in the Arches Court, against the Rev C. Drury, rector of Claydon, Suffolk, for having officiated in the monastery established by brother Ig- natius at Norwich. The shooting season on the Yorkshire moors promises to be the most successful that has occurred for many years. The birds are numerous and in fine condition, but rather wild and strong on the wing A Mrs, Niven died in Kraserburg, Scotland last week, who had not allowed herself the liece-isaries of life. Yet after her disease, E 1700 in cash was found in her house, and other property worth C300 or E400, all of which she left to a first cousin. At the conclusion of a temperance festival at the Crystal Palace, a few days since, 1500 copies of the New Testament were presented to as many members of the Band of Hope, through the liberality of Mr. J. Cruik- shank, and a few other friends of tha total abstinence cause.

In tMs department as a ftill and free expression of opinion of accoWled to correnporaentj, the Editor wishes It to be nis- tinctly order-itood,that he holds himself responsible for none. All letters should be ancotripsnied by the name and address 01 the writer, not necessarily for publication, but II a guarantee of good faith.)

I THE RAINFALL. I To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,—I concur in the suggestion of your Correspond- ent from the Vale of Festiniog, W. H. F, and I send you an account of the rainfall at this place for the last seven mouthg January, 119 in.; February, 1.50 in March, 3'67 in April, 1.30 in.; May, 2*17 in.; June, 2-39 in.; July, 1'88 in. I am, Sir, Yours respectfully, y K. b. I Llanfairfechan, 16th August, 1804. &k

I TALK ABOUT WALES AND THE WELSH, BY AN OLD MOUNTAINEER. MOUNTAINEER DISCOURSES OF NAMES, AND GIVES THE ESGLISa: AND THE VISITORS TO WALKS, GENERALLY, SOME VEItV BAD AND UOLY IJES, DESCANTS, LKAUNED- LY, OX THE RK«ISTRAH'S HTURN OF NAMES Foil ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, AND SHEWS WHY THERE ARE S,) FEW SURNAMES IN WALKS. TALKS ABOUT AND GIVES SOME SOUSD ADVICE ON TUii SUBJECT, WHICH HE IS CERTAIN WILL net BE .FOLIO,WED. TAKES A PUHMATUBB PKKP AT THE LLAN- DUDNO EISTEDDFOD, AND HOPES THIS ENGLISH WONT MINI) BEING RUN DOWN A LITTLE AND CONCLUDES BY EXHORTING THE COUNCIL TO PUBLISH A ti.VLANCB SHEET, WHICH HE THINKS THEY WILL BE WISE liNOUGJI TO 1)U. O.tar E,Iitor, -The other day a friend of mine kindly sent me a copy tlie Original Llandudno Directory —the most curious kind of a newspaper which ever I came across. As a rule, people look for some kind of news in a newspaper but this medley of a tiling is composed for the most part of name and not news, and in justice it ought to be called The Llandudno, Conway and Piiumaeumawr .Vu/m'*paper"! I presume, however,.that Jon fill,1 something pretty iteriiilg "ill a naim*" or you would not goto the tronble of printing so many, and fur nothing in the first instance, too, as I am toM. Why, the lodging honse keepers ought to come out downright handsome and present you with a piece of plate or something of that kind —that they ought. Talk abnut advertising quacks sending you a bonk to cure yon of the Kplecn, &e. gratis, indeed Why it is something to advertise all the houses in Llandudno and tlie coast, towns, free of experwe, with all their lodger- visitors in tlie bargain. You beatthe" Retired Gentle- iii-,ili iliti) fiti Well, sir, I looked ovHr the Directory pretty care- fully, and as liters was nothing much else for me to read but names, I read them. But in the name of Jone, and Smith, what odd names many of tileiii were, to lie People must have been outright iusano before they would ever have adopted them in the firititi.,iL-iiiee -that they mtjst, Would you not like very much to be intro- duced to" Mr. Thromcol," of Liverpool or '• F. Hagon- bach, Esq." What sort of a man is the Rev. (i. W. Biffs" of Dublin, I wonder, or Mr. Lidgett, of Black- heath" 1 Mil Ei-seil, of Great Malvern," may be a respectable old lady for ought I know, and she may nive coals and blankets away to the poor at Christinas but nothing shall ever persuade me that Ben Shelmerdine, of Eccles," can be anything but a young (or au old) scamp-patronizeõ prize fights, and bets oil horse races His very name is dead against him. Then again what a nice thing it is for a retiued young lady to be called Miss Sparkes," or more ominous still Miss Spurnin," especially should there be a "gentleman in the case. Should you not like, sir, to possess the autograph of Miss Zhan, with that of Mr. Dewhirst written under it ? A great number of the names are too indelicate to be noticed by me in this place, and must make the owners blush to their very ears every time they pronounce them, I should think. I cannot pass over, however, a happy and prolific family of" Coxsheads -eightin number, and each having a line in the paper to himself. I also remarked a large class of depreciatory names, which astonished me a good deal, I can assure you. Why should a man be compelled to put himself on a level with Hopps-eh ? Is it a desirable thing to present a card with "Mr. Snook" lithographed upon it—or Stuckey, or Brasiey, or Gunn, or Ace (a safe card is Ace), or Daul. ber-is it? Why should a decent man be called Dyke, or worse still. Gammon ? I am aware that Miss Cash would be welcome in any society but how about Mr. Green, or Miss Stains ? Mrs. Potter would be proper enough if she kept a public house; but how would it sound were she the Proprietress of a Temperance Hotel! Miss Grimes too uearly approaches guilt and dirt for my taste, and I should scarcely rejoice in the name of Digger or Slater-both awfully plebeian I wonder how it came to pass that Lieut. H. Gosling," was so called, or why a fat old dame of forty should have been reduced to Wick ?" Mrs. Hodsod, though she hails from West Derby, must be of the earth, earthy if her person and her name at all correspond; and Mrs. Hitch." -well, I must stop now, as I see I am treading upon ticklish ground, and my intention is not to give offence. We are told to call people by their "right names," but in this particular instance I prefer being excused. Now there has been a good deal of grumbling, in cer- tain quarters, about our Welsh names, and young snobs from over the border affect to sneer at poor John Jones, Evan Evans, Morgan Morgan, Wm. Davies, Evan Roberts, Wm. Williams, Edwd. Parry, Wm. Lloyd, to say nothing of Isaiah Jones, Habbakuk Evans,Ebenezer Morgan, Methusalah Davies, &c. &c. The above names, I {rant yon, are nothing to boast of, when they are to be di'ided amongst 1-100,000 Welshmen but I rejoice to sar, and I assert it triumphantly, that we have not one Jtiin Gosling" nor Wm." Green "in the whole of Wiles. Our Sparkes are fast young men, and not modest young ladies, nor are we disgraced with Hod- soils" It is said that in England and Wales, there are no less than 250,000 Smiths," and that Scotland num- beia 45,000; that is, if you meet with 73 persons in Eng- land one is sure to be a Smith, and one in 68 in Scotland. It is stated that in England there are 8. 4 persons to a surname, or 12 surnames to 100 persons; whilst in Scot- land the per centage is 6-5, or 15 persons upon an aver- age to 100 persons. Taking the List of Visitors in your Directory, there must be an awful mistake, although drawn up by Mr. Stork (what a fowl name!) of the Scottish Registry Office, and the Registrar General. As for Wales I do not believe that we have more than SO real surnames altogether, which is a great pity! The cause of this is easy to be explained. Children in former times, and indeed up to a recent period, did not take the surname of their fathers, but the Christian name. For instance David the son of Howell Jones, wouldb e called David Ap Howell, or David the son of Howell,and this through generation and generation. Many of the common modern Welsh surnames are mere- ly Christian name, with the ,-ip prefixed, but abbre- viated. For instance, Prichard, really signifies, Ap Richard Powell, Ap Howell; and so on and the re- sult is a great paucity in names. Perhaps the most ex- traordinary proof of the tenacity of the Welsh the old names is the multitude of "J ohn Jones's" for which are to be found in every part of the conntry, so that John Jones has ceased to be a distinguishing name at all. I once knew a friendly society not far from the village of Chirk, and which numbered about 300 members, in which there were no less than 45 John Jones's on the register, and 4 resided in a small hamlet in that Parish the whole four being colliers too Of course, all this is droll, and "John Jones" has be- come a standing butt to our good neighbours the Eng- lish but sometimes it is really very awkward and in- venient. John Jones versus "John Jones," does not ¡ sound pretty in a Court of Justice, nor in a County Court (mind, I dont mean to say that a County Court is not a Court of Justice); but I've seen it puzzle and mis- lead a judge, advocates, and witnesses altogether, who I could not easily tell 11 who was who "—the plaintiff or the defendant. I do not know how a reform in this mat- ter could be brougllt about norwllose place it is to move in the matter but it is clear that something ought to be done. The Smiths, together with the Browns and Robinsons, are spread over a very large area; whilst the Jones's and Davies'a occupy a more circumscribed ter- ritory. If, however, parents cannot alter their surnames, they could certainly give their children sonic distinguish- ing Christian, other than John, William, Evan, or Robert. They ought to do so, I say but I do not believe they will, for—" What's in a name ?" I suppose you will be very busy next week at the Eisteddfod, reporting the speeches and all their sayings and doings, and praising everybody and everything, as is the custon at all Eisteddfodau. Everything will be coleur deJRose (I am not certain as to the spelling, as I cannot park voits but a very little) of course, because the grumbling and the quarrelling does not commence un- til after the affair is over, at least that is the rule. I wonder will that gentleman from South Wales be there to laud the Welsh, and to run down the English accord- ing to his stereotyped custom, and which he did last year at Swansea, in very excellent English, and to the extreme gratification of himself, if of nobody else? If he does, 1 hope the English wont mind him, because he is a sort of privileged person, something like a clown in a circus, whose province it is to crack jokes, and to make I peorle laugh. The poor man does not mean exactly what he says himself, and so I hope no offence will be taken should he denounce the hateful "Saxon at Llandudno, as he is wont elsewhere. I am told, and I hope it is tow, that th* Council have "• 1: ft { a: > ir..« • tiken tfc# tfftrrr entirely in their own hands, and that they will see Hot otoly that tile money subscribed be properly and judfioSotily 8pent; but that it also be pub- licly accounted for. That is the rock upon whiph most of the Eisteddfod Committees have split, and which has lowered them so seriously in the estimation of the re- flecting part of their countrymen. As a business man (at least I was formerly one) I do not approve of the present system adopted to obtain subscriptions, because it places too much power in the hands of one man, which every one knows is not a wise thing to do. There can be no efficient check upon the present collector unless a detailed account of the subscriptions be afterwards published; and if this be not done, then depend upon it, sir, Eiteddfodau will in a few years, go to the dogs, for want of funds. Yours, &c. I August 16th, 1864. A MOUNTA:?EEB. August 16th, 1861.

A lady named Thacker, was a few days ago burnt to death at Brighton, where she was staying for the bene- fit of her health. The accident is attributed to crino- line. The Queen has directed that the Roya) Horticuiturat Gardens, South Kensington, shall be opened freely to the public on the anniversary of the birthday of the late Prince Consort The fireman of the locomotive engine which exploded at Camden Station on Tuesday, died during the follow- ing night. A specimen of the thresher or fox shark, measuring five feet and three quarters of an inch in length, was recently caught at Auchincairn, on the shores of the Solway. A large body of the London (took labourers are on strike, owing to a disagreement with their employers about wages. An American paper states that there is in St Louie young lady of 18, who has done nothing but eat ari sleep since she was four years of age. She is awake for a few minutes twice in the 24 hours, and then talks and eats. A retired and wealthy Jewish merchant named Bra. ham, who resided at Doughty-street, London, has com- mitted suicide by hanging. The unfortunate gentleman laboured constantly under the imprewou that he WM doomed to pmo?y. Ji