The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

BALA AND DOLOBLLRY R.HI.WAY.I'he half-yearly meeting was held on Thursday, the 2,' h ult.,at Great Malvern; Mr.. Lewis iu the chair. '['he Report stated that about three-fourths of the land required for the line had been purchased, aud was in die possession of the company, and arrrangements were also in progress ¡ for the ojnstruction of the railway without delay. The report was adopted, and vote* of thanks brought th* proceedings to a close.

BEAUMARIS. I MR. BCTTKRWOHTH'S CHRISTY MINSTKELS.—On Mon- daY evening the aoou-named Minstrels gave a concert in the Town Hall. The company having made a former visit, and given great satisfaction, the rootii on Monday last was well filled by a highly respectable audience indeed, many parties desiring ticketi for the reserved seats had to leave on account of the want of room; wliile the number of those in want of shilling tickets, and i"r whom no room could be obtained, was unusually great. The singing was very good, and the performance in other respects was excellent. The eccentricities were capitally acted, and created roars of laughter. We are elad to hear that their visit is to be soon repeated, when we wish them even still greater success.

CONWAY. I PETTY SESSIONS, Saturday, Aug. 21 tli -Before Richd. Davie" Ksq. Mary Handlq, 22, a well dressed young female, who stated that she was a native of Chester, but refined to cive her full address, was brought up on remand, charg- ed by Walter Worledger, a detective officer iu the em- ploy "of the London and North Western Railway Com- pany, with attempting to pick a lady's pocket at the Llandudno Railway .Station, on Thursday last. The evidence in this case went to shew that the officer had watched the prisoner for some time, and had seen her making four previous attempts, but in this instance he actually caught her hand in the lady's pocket. Prisoner wa» committed for 2 months, with hard la- bour. Mr. W. Jones, Conway, appeared on behalf of the Railway Company. George Ruttock, 24, George Edwards, 20, and John Mallev, three ragged looking fellows, were brought up in cuatodt'charKcd with breakit? into the home of Elias Jones, Heady, Caerhnn. on the 25th August, ?nd steal ing th#refrom a black cloth coat and veht,anda pair of boots, nearly new, one silk handkerchief, one linen jac- ket, and half a pound of butter. It was shewn in evidence that two of the prisoners had gone from the turnpike road for the purpose of begging at several houses in the neighbourhood, ar.d j also called at Hendy, but on finding that all the family had left the house an I premises, they got in through the back kitchen window, and helped themselves with what they thought proper, and shortly after left the bouse and made their way towards Conway. The offence was soon discovered, and til- thieves pur- sued by the prosecutor, and %vl,.t i) they w-iv thev were given into the custody of PC. Griffith Thomas. ih.' pri?'.net? Huttock and iwu ?.s were to-,ml wear-  Nv,lt, wet,?- ing the ,(olen property, but Valley had none tb" pro- perty on him, neither was he seen near the premises he was consequently dis -h-o ^l, and the other two were committed f r trial at the Ses-ions. It is evident that the prisoner Mallev was in company with the other two coming down from Trefriw toPorth- Uwd. near Talybont but he did not take any hand in the robbery, as he went along the road for two miles, and then waited for his companions. IJOOUN'S Cinrts.—1This celebrated company of eques- trians and acrobats visited Conway on Saturday last, and pitched their tent upon the Morfa. They gave two per- formances, one in the afternoon and another in the even- ing, but both were but thinly attended. In the evening there was a stiff breeze blowing, which endangered the safety of the marquee, and materially interfered with the performance, as the canvass could not be raised to its proper height. On Monday morning some of the performers •' skeedaddled" somewhat abruptly, and quite forgot to pay for their board and lodgings—by no means a very "extraordinary" feat. THE DROUOHT.—For the last month or so, and up to the last few days, the scarcity of water has been greater in Conway than at any preceding time within the me- mory of the oldest inhabitant." Many good wells were dried up. and the water from the pumps was almost be- coming brackish, and in every respect was very bad in- deed. Children and others had to wander for miles amongst the mountains to obtain a can full of clear wa- ter and in some instances parties had to send carts to Pentnaeiib ich for a supply. If the drought, however, shall lrive convinced the town authorities of the neces- sity of erecting Water Works, it will prove an ultimate blessing to the inhabitants.

DENBIGH. I VALE OF CLWYD RAILWAY. I The 17th half-vearly meeting of the shareholders of the Vale of Clwyd Kailway was held on Saturday last, at the company's office, Denbigh station. Directors present:— J. Bancroft, chairman; T. Main- wariti- Esq., M.P.; H. R. Saiiilb,Lch, Fsq.; H. C. Beloe, Esq., and J. Spier Hughes, Esq. Shareholders- Mr. Williams, tr..J. X orman Simon, Dr. Roberts, and Mr. M. Smith, secretary. The following was submitted to the meeting, and un-* sainic,usly approved:- REPOHT OF THE DIRECTORS. I The accounts having been made up and audited, exhibit the following reitilts:- £ s. d. Income from all sources, including the I receipt under the agreement with the I London and North Wetern Railway 5221 14 5 Expenditure 2085 8 3 £ 2536 6 2 The i-urplua balance on 3ht December was 244 5 3 X2780 11 5 out of which the charges for interest an" preferential dividend amounted to 1270 15 10 I.eavii." an available balance of £ 1501*15 7 The directors recommend a dividend of £5 per cent per aunum on the ordinary share capital, to be paid on the 1st proximo, leaving a balance of X9 15s. 7(1. to be carried forward to the credit of the current half vear. The revenue account has suffered during the past half roar from the traffic at the Foryd Pier having been sus- pended during the execution of the works required by the extension, whilo, at the same time, it has been charged with interest on the unproductive outlay. These works are now completed, and the goods traffic has been already commenced and shows promising re- Suits. The directors expect to open the line for passen- ger traffic very shortly. The capital authorised by the Foryd Extension Act, 1S02, has not yet been raised; the funds necessary for the works having been provided out of the ordinary resour- ces of the company. It is proposed that the powers un- der the Act should now be exercised, and the general Meeting will accordingly be made special, and a resolu- tion submitted to create preference capital on the same terms and conditions as before, to the extent of £ 10,000, by which measure the borrowing powers will also be in- During the past session of Parliament, the London and Xorth Western Railway Company have, with the assent of vour directors, obtained an Act to confer additional powers for nuking arrangements with this Company, and to confirm the agreements al- ready existing. The difficulty of obtaining water at Denbigh for the engines, before referred to, has been to some extent ob- viated :-the Denbigh water works, though only partial- ly completed, having provided a considerable supply. the tanks, water cranes, &c., rendered needful at the Denbigh station, are almost constructed, and it is be- lieved the position of the company in this important respect will be hereafter much more satisfactory. The stat!on accommodation at Denbigh has also been materially extended, and arrangements made with traders using the line which are likely to be mutually advantageous. Messrs. Bancroft, Mainwaring, and Sandbach are the directors who go out of office by rotation at the ensuing general meeting; they are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. Mr. Halliday, the retiring auditor, also offers himself for re-election. JAMES BANCROFT, Chairman. MARTIN SMITH, Secretary. Denbigh, August 18th, 1864. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. THE WATER WORKS COMPANY. The second yearly meetirtg of the shareholder); of the above company was held at the Town Hall, on Tnestlay Lu t. Present-A. E. Tumour, Esq., M.D., chairman of the directors; J. V. W. Edwards, Esq,, vice-chairman; Thomas Gold Edwards, Esq.; K. Lloyd Williams, William Parry, Esq.; M. Smith, Esq., Pyiacantha House; H. Williams, Esq., Town Clerk; I'. H. Cliatu- toea, Esq.; Rev. L. Lewis Messrs. Evans, Gas Works, Rhyl; J. H. Evans, Park-street; It. Foulkes, draper; William Vaughan Jones John Norman Sillioll; J. W. Lloyd, Brook house; Thomas Roberts, provision dealer; and W. Burton, secretary. The secretary read the following REPORT or THE DIRECTORS. The directors, in submitting to the shareholders their tftOood annual report, and statement of accounts, regret that it ia not in their power to acquaint them with the. completion of all works, M they had fully hoped to do by this tiyiie. The works of the principle reservoir are very nearly finished, and the directors expect that in a very few weeks they will by in operation. All the main pipes have been laid from Ty mawr to the town, and likewise throughout the tO%N'D, with the excf'ptiou of a small portion in Park-lane, which will speedily be done. Services have been laid to about sixty customers, includ- ing some large consumers; and from the applications already received, there is no doubt that the water will be generally taken, and the expectations of the board realised. The delay in the completion of the works has arisen in consequence of the contractor for the reservoirs not having proceeded with his work according to his enn- tracts and the directors have felt called upon to take the necessary steps to insure early completion of the undertaking, and for protecting the interests of the shareholders. The directors have peculiar satisfaction in stating that notwithstanding the long and unusual drought of the last summer the quantity of water is very little dimi- nished and such being the cas", it is firmly believed that when the scheme is completed, there will be an ample supply for the town. Ul) to the time of printing this the engineers report had not been received. The directors retiring by rotation are Mr. Gold Ed- warns, and Air. Lloyd Williams, but who arc eligible tor re-election. ( The auditor retiring by rotation j, Mr. Thomas Jones, but who abo is eligible for re-election. A. E. TriiNTOUi!, Chairman. J. C. WYXXE EDWARDS, Vice-Chairman. WALTEU BUKTON, Secretary. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report., said he could not hell; tlxiireisiiig his regret verlwlly that the directors wore n«»t in a position to announce the c>ui))Ktion of th>i work-4. I)t-IY had arisen from several quarters. The directors had bmi involved in great difficulty in consequence of the contrartoj-s failing to proceed with the reservoirs at Love-lane and Ty miwr iu accordance with thu ternn and specification* of the contract. "r, Kichardsous, the engineer of tIt" w >rks, bein» awav from the spot, aU» occasioned much delay; and he ivgretted tostato that the e»gin«w h*d shewn givater ayiilmtliy with the-contractors than with thi* director*, who employed him. Having the interest of the company at heart, the directors consulted all eminent engineer from Liverpool, Mr. Dunkan, hr his ivport th'\v had been fortiiie<t i:i their views nf i.i.e s'.ovc:j!y't?teof the works..Mr. Richardson hd t lL'1l a little 4LI111 he d,?t..) '<iy he had f* right to <1 », but the directors felt bound t > tak.' the eonioe adapted btit tii(? felt 1)t)lllt?l t til ha 1 endeavoured to do their duty to the shareh^ld^r^. (Hear, hear.) Although th'? d»hy had ha; pe.i-d, tln-y had perfect confidence in the concern and th-v had 1¡o dounfc lkitt,, v, I- it would he a highly renmnrrative pro- perty in a veai- nv t' (1h"u" h»-ar.) Mr. Conner Wynne l^lwards .con Vd the adoption of the ivp >rt The Chairman said that owing to the absence front; home of statement of arcouuts had not been audited, and it would therefore lie necessary to adjourn the meeting to consider the p-issing of the accounts. lir. J. I J. Evans moved that the consideration of the report and accounts be postponed, in order to allow the shareholders an opportunity to peruse them minutely. The state of affairs, in his opinion, was anything but sa- tisfactory nearly all the capital of the company had been expended, but the works were not yet com- pleted. ;\1 r. Hubert Foulkes, draper, seconded the amend- ment. A rather sharp discussion then followed; eventually, however, amicable feelings possessed all parties. Mr. Evans withdrew his amendment, and the report was unanimously passed. The meeting for considering the passing of the ac- counts was fixed for October 31st. Mr. Richardson's report having been received since the printing of the director's report, was read by the secretary. Mr. liiehardson considering his situation to be unpleasant and disagreeable tendered his resignation as engineer of the works. Mr. Duncan's report was also read by the secretary, in which it was stated that the work at the Luvelane and Ty inawr reservoirs had not been skilfully and carefully done. An additional sum of i;: IOu was also recommended to be spent in erecting a roof over the Love-lane reservoirs which was favoura- bly considered by the meeting.

LLA.NDUDN0. COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. I On Monday last the usual monthly meeting of the Improvement Commissioners was held at the Estate Office, at ten o'clock in the morning, when the following members were preeieut :Ilr. Thomas Parry (in the chair); Messrs. W. F. Chapman, T. Hollick, C. S. Lemon, James Williams, Thomas Jones, William Jones, Jos. Jones, F. Madryn, and W. Prichard. The Clerk, Mr. John Williams, Bodafon, tn. also present. The Clerk read the minutes of the two previous meet- ings, which referred chiefly to the town and highway rates. It appeared from these minutes that the rate- able value of the property in the town amounts to X20,500 that the estimated expenditure of the current year is ze 181)5 19s. Sd. and that the rate of 2s. in the pound will produee£2,05\ The expenses of attending to the Btreets was put down at £ 150; and a rate of 2d. in the pound, as a highway rate, will produce just X172. Mr. James Williams then proposed, and Mr. Prichard seconded, that a town rate of 2s. in the pound be allowed which was carried nem. con. Mr. James Williams also moved that a highway rate of 2d. in the pouud be granted, which was seconded by Mr. Chapman. Carried unanimously. The monthly Oiltn.—The Clerk announced that the finance committee had examined bills for the month, which amounted to t21 18.. 7d. which they recommen- ded to be paid. The several bills were then read over and checked, AA-lieii oiclers were given for them to be paid. Chtii,iiizin read i let- jYuinancci in Ty i,,a Roatt.-Tlie Chairman read a let- ter which had been received from Mr. John Griffiths, -No. 1, Ty isa Cottage. The writer begged to call the attention of the Commissioners to the state of the street before and near his house. Straw and all sorts of rub- bish were allowed to accumulate, he .said, upon the road there, so that when it rained, they were washed upon the grating which became choked up. On Tuesday last there was a thunder storm, with heavy rain, so that as the grating was covered with the debris on the street, the water ran over into his yard, from thence into the kitchen, and afterwards into his parlour upon the carpet, the water being two inches deep In consequence of this, two female lodgers had left, and altogether he had sustained damage to the extent of X4. He concluded by hoping that his ease would be considered as one which had some claim upon their consideration, and that some steps would be taken to prevent such a recur- rence in the future. Mr. Chapman—Am I to iinaci-itaiitl that the man makes a claim upon the Board for the sum of £4? The Clitiriiiaii--Oii, no he merely "claims our at- teutiou, so that such a thing may not happen again. I saw the house myself, and it was a very great pity to see it, the water being two inches deep upon the carpet in the parlour. As for the grating, it would be quite sufficient to carry off all the water had it not been co- vered with the rubbish which was from the street. The streets ought to be kept in good order, and looked after dilil v. Mr. Prichard thought it would be desirable to make some arrangement with some old men to sweep the streets, and to clear away the straw, &c. Mr. Chapman said it would be better to emply Some disinterestsd parties, during the season, to sweep the streets; and to clear all the rubbish away every morning. During heavy rains, the streets, in some places, were impassable. On the Tuesday night in question, lie knew of a party who was staying at the Queen's Hotel, but who lodged in a house opposite, and he gave a man half- a-crown to carry him over the street, the man being nearly un to his knees in water (laughter1, and all this because the grating near there had been stopped up by the rubbish which was upon the street. He was sorry to say that manv -shopkeepers were in the habit of sweeping out their shops every morning into the open street, -straw, paper, &c.—and which had afterwards to be cleared ofl' again by men employed by the board. They also put empty casks right upon the footpaths, and unloaded them there. The Chairman said he did not think that any trades- man had a right to sweep out his shop into the street, and they ought to be cautioned about it iu the first in- stance.. Mr. Thomas Jones then instanced a similar nuisance which existed in Llewelyn-street. Ultimately the further consideration of the subject was deferred. Overckitr/iing visitors ly mbmen.—A cab driver named Richard R-.U'rts (No. 76) came into the room for the purpose of defending himself against a charge of attempting to charge a lady more than the usual fare for driving he to Bodscallen and back-the case having been partially heard at a previous meeting, P.S. Henry Jones being the informant. He received an order, lie went OIl to say, to take a cill) to a certain house, which he Aid. A.lady and gentleman got into it, and there was a lot (4 luggage, and he was told to drive to the railway st itvm. The geiiUnuan and the luggag» went M by the train but the Udy told him to drive on to i Bod'eca\1;¡e, which he dio. He was away altogether one bout ant» quarter. Whim ha- returned; M asked but she refused to give it, when he offered to take Is. to save any dispute. The charge to the station was Is. 6d.; and it was three miles to Bodscallen, which, at Is. a mile for going, and (kl. for returning, would be 4s. (id., and he ottered to take 4s. He maintained that the order to go to Bodscallen was a new order— a re-engagement, and he had only chafged her the usual fare. Several of the Commissioners, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Hollick, the Chairman, and others, said they did not see how it could have been a new agreement, as, by his own showing, he had been merely sent for to the house, and the party had a right to order him to drive anywhere where they might think proper, as there was no engage- ment in the first instance. 0 Roberts proceeded to say, lie told her to go and ask the drive's of the other cabs what the usual charge was, but instead of doing that she went to P.S. Henry Jones, who said that 3s. was the proper fare. This he refused to take. P.S. Henry Jones was then called in, and said it wasall nonsense for Roberts to talk about a re-engageinent, as it was all one journey. Beside, his carriage was only a second class one, and yet he charged Is. üd. for going to the railway station. When he (Jones) interfered, Roberts said that he had nothing whatever to do with hini or his carriage, and was very saucy. lie told the lady not to pay more than 3s., as that was the proper fare, and she paid the money over to him (Jones), and fie fiad got it then in his hand. They (the cab drivers) did not care what they sai 1 or did to the visitors. Vl 1 they cared for was titemoney,and if parties did not give them something extra they very often insulted and abused them. Tln-y treated the visitors as if they were nobody, and showed them no respect at all. Only the night, before a party went to the cabstand, and he could not get anybody to go at. all unless he paid 2<. fid. p. r hour, whereas the caaige was only Is. li .berts said it was all my fault, and he w..nt anJ blackguarded all the drivers because they told me what the prop-r charge was Mr. Hollick said it was clearly an and it was the plain duty of the Commissioners to pro- teat the visitors so that they may not be imposed upon ia that manner. Mr. Madryn observed that a party staying at his overchaged, and from the description of the carriage, he was certain, was the man. Of course, he was aware that that charg>- had nothing to do with the present case. Nothing was decided in this case; but the money was h :nds of the board, for which he can A re?.);t'!).e.it.'eu?a'),na'ne) Mr. KUvard Carver, oi' N'tun-am, brought a eiiaive against Mr. JSurwell, a bring a i action if he !i!;cs. t, g ;t c lb propr.i tor, of asking more of him than the It'aI C;l r jit a'-viT stated that on a particular day lie wished t,tlliil ti)(,e, ;iil,l lie a car for tli i purpose, lie ha-l with him a table of the faivs, e aieh had bet-u published by Mr. John Williams, from whie'i h saw that the charge was 2s. per hour. \\)}"\1 he engaged the car he asked the driver how long he .should be going to Bodscallen, and he said it would take two hours. He (Mr. Carver) asked him could he not do it ill less time, when lie replied that he could not. Nothing was said about what the fare was, but he un- derstood it was 2s. an hour. They were away 2 hours within 5 minutes according to both their watches. When lie returned, the driver said the fare was 6s., as that was the regular fare to Bodscallen, and this he re- fused to pay. A young man (Mr. Burwell's son) came up, and when he offered him 4s., he refused to receive it. It was not the money which he cared about, but he did not see why he should be charged more than the regular fare which had been agreed upon, printed, and distributed. Mr. Bui-well, in replying, said that the regular fare to Bodscallen was 6s., and nobody ever charged less. They had to go up a hill, and nobody would go there bv the hour, l'hat was the rule, and he should abide by it. The Chairman—But who makes the rule ? Mr. Ijurwell Every one has done so. Then turning to Mr. Carver, lie said—You must be a mean, aorfc of a gentleman to refuse to pay the regular fare, that you must. The Chairman—You are very wrong in saying so, Mr. BAirwell, and I must tell you that such conduct won't do in this room, sir. The Secretary—Suppose he had offered to have gone by the hour, what would you have done ? Mr. Burwell --I should not have gone. The Chairman—Would not have gone ? Mr. Burwell—No! I won't go The Chairman—Then let me tell you that unless you will go, you won't go upon the standing ground, I can assure you. Mr. Burwell-I don't care for the money-I don t want money, and you can give it away to the poor, if you like. He also denied that the Commissioners had any right to interfere with him as to his charges when he took parties beyond their jurisdiction. He then left the mom. Mr. Hollick remarked that it was high time to put a stop to such a system of extortion as this, otherwise vi- sitors would leave the town altogether. For his part he was very glad that Mr. Carver had taken the trouble to bring the matter to their notice. Other Commissioners likewise expressed their thanks. Mr. JameaWilliams thought it would have been better had the matter been taken before the magistrates to be decided upon by them. It was then proposed that the license of Mr. Burwell should be suspended on account "f his attempt to over- charge, and likewise for his insulting language; but as this was his first offence, and as Mr. Carver did not wish to pre-s the matter, the Clerk was directed to write to him, and to state that if he offended again in a similar manner, his license would be suspended. The Chairman also wished it to be understood by the public that P.S. Henry Jones was acting as their officer, and on their behalf, and that proper respect to him would be enforced inasmuch as he represented the board. This officer was then thanked for his condnct by se- veral of the Commissioners. The New R(tte.-It was then resolved that the collec- tor be instructed to issue the demand papers to the ratepayers at once. and that he begin to collect at the end ,C 14 days after. It was also decided to have the whole collected in oy the 1st of December next. # A lengthened conversation then took place, when, in order to ensure this being done, the board decided to give the collector formal notice, that, unleMfe> collected the whole of the rate in by that date, he tttBH be dis- missed from the office. It would seem that some 4C40 or so reiiiaii)s of the rate which was assessed in June, 1863, and which has not bee?) got in. The Sea lfaH.The Chairman called the attention of the board to the fact that a portion of the outer defence d the sea wall had sunk down so low that the water dashed wer it. It had only been just completed, and he should like to know who was to be called upon to repair it? Eventually, Mr. Brookes, the surveyor, was called in, who gave it as his opinion that it had better be left alone for a time until the soil had become firmei, as there was no particular danger to the w all at pre- sent. Cle,tring the streeti.-A desultory conversation tl)ei) took place in reference to sweeping the streets, and the best wav of keeping them clean. Mr. Hollick and Mr. Chapman suggested that tenders be advertised for a man and a cart to be employed by contract to go round the town every morning but ow- itig to the lateness of the season, it was finally resolved to defer this step until the beginning of the next season but Mr. Brookes was directed to caution tradesmen against sweeping the rubbish out of their shops into the streets, which is a breach of the general Improvement of Towns Act. His attention was likewise directed by Mr. Chapman to a shocking nuisance near to Mr. Farrant's Olfiee, and which was most otlensive. Refractory Cabmni ttyain.-P.S. Henry Jones then came again into the room, and said he wished to ask the Commissioners a question. Certain parts of the tow n were marked out upon which cabs were to stand, and it there were too many for one place, they ought to go to another. Now, there were generally too many in Moslyn-street, but when he ordered them to go to ano- ther place, they refuse 1, and would not go He wished to know what lie was to do under the circum- stances. The Chairman, having read the Act, in which it states that parties plying for hirp otherwise than in places appointed by the Commissioners could be indicted and the poliee-oiiieer was instructed to summon all persons, and at once, who placed their cabs out of the marked boundary, and he was particularly enjoined to be very strict in the matter. Maddock--sti-eet.-Tlie Chairman addressing the sur- veyor, told him that more complaints had been made re." pecting the dirty condition of Maddock-street, which was crowded with carts and other vehicles, and was co- vered with straw and other debrh. The Surveyor admitted that this was' so to a great extent, and promised to look more sharply after it in future. A porter's badge (No. 6) was granted to a young man I named Oeorgo Jones. This concluded the business of the meeting. TEMPERANCE MEE TING IN THE PAVILLION. On Saturday afternoon last, a temperance meeting in I Connection with the National TeiapinticeLoagnowasheld in the Kitfteddfod Paviliioi), the chief spjakers adver- tised beiug Mr. S. Rowley, the president of the League, Mr. Georgs Cruikshank, the celebrated caricaturist painter, Mf. W, H. Darby, of Bryrnbo, near Wrexham, and the KeV. Jolm Griffith, rector of Neath, in South Wales. The attendance vtrt. exceedingly thin, the chairs in front of the first-class 8m,S not being half occupied, the majority of the audience bsing ladies. On the motion of Dr Pritebard, of Llangollen, Hugh Owen, Esq., Loudon, was appointed to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, remarked that the company which had assembled there that day, though perhaps not containing many who practised total abstinence, yet, were not immoderate drinkers and the object of the speakers would not be, in conseq uence, to convert them from indulging to excess in intoxicating drinks. That was not their object. The National Tem- perance League were now seeking to abolish the drinking habits of the people, not by appealing directly to the drunkards themselves, but by appeals to those persons who possessed influence with those around them, and whose good example would exercise a beneficial effect, and who could exercise influence oil society. At that time there were assembled in Llandudno persons of iu- fluence from all parts of England and Wales, and it was deemed a good opportunity to expound to them tlis principles of temperance, and to ask them to assist in establishing them amongst the great mass of the popu- lation—by practising total abstinence themselves, and inculcating the principles in others. During the past veal- the efforts of the League had been directed to par- ticular classes—Christian ministers and others who were iikclv to have au influence on society generally, They had held meeting in Oxford and Cambridge amongst the students there, and he was glad to pay with very marked success, and of tIlq m isf gratifying kind. They had also visited the Training Colleges to induce tileI students to adopt the principles of temperance, and in thosfc which were e luneetel wit'.t the Kstahlished Church of Kngland as well as Dissenters. They had likewise held meetings in large towns, and had tried to win over to the cause Mayors and members of the several Cor- j porations. In addition, they had he)d conferences with ) the schools in London -National and British--and en-I deavoured to induce the teacher- the duty II{ impeding upon their scholars the principles of total abstinence. Thev had even been enabled to hold in letings in the private mansions of wealthy and influential people, jn [ their tlrawiug-roouis, where the friends of the family met parties belonging to their own class in s .ci-ty, and- lie was proud to say that in this reject they had met with a ai-ja-ss beyond their expectation. Tli -y must all admit that the subject was one of great importance, and he felt sure that if the intelligent and influential classes could only be induced to take an interest in the matter, if they would only set the eximple themselves, that in a short time the lower classes would follow, and the drinking habits of the country, which led t-v all manner of crime, vice, and immorality, would be done away with It was not his object then, he said, to de- tain tlnun with any lengthened observations of his own, as that would be best done by his friead Mi. Samuel ISowley, a veteran abstainer, and who had come down from London that day for the purpose; and also by Mr. George Crnikshank —gentlemen who took a deep in- terest in the question, anl who had travelled thoiKiuds of miles at their own expense, to check the evils of in- temperance. lie hadgTeat pleasure in calling upon Mr Samuel Bowley, of London, to address them. Mr. BOWLEY, on stepping forward on the platform' was received with considerable cheering. He then spoke to the following effect — I le did not feel, he said, that it was a very easy matter to address so many empty benches; and he must certainly say that the room was rather c»ol. It would, however, amply repay him if he could succeed in persuading even two or three influential persons to join them in attempting to check the vice of dmnkentless. II e felt persuaded of this, that unless the higher classes of society and the aristocracy would do what they could to assist, it would be useless to think of their doing away with the drinking habits of the masses. You can only reduce drunkenness by set- ting your face against the habit of drinking, publicly and in their families, lie assumed that there were no immoderate drinkers amongst that company, that they never drank to excess; but it was their example in drinking intoxicating drinks at all which was at the root of all the mischief. Had he thought that drunkenness could liave been put an end to by any other means, it was very probable that he himself should never have been a total abstainer; but it was because he felt cer- tain that it could not, that the habits and customs of the lower classes are based upon those of .the higher classes, and that whilst the rich continued to drink wine in moderation the poor would continue to drink to excess; it was this which determined him, as a duty which he owed to God and man, to become a total ab- stainer. The few converts, which they had compara- tively made to total abstinence, proved to him conclu- sively that the middle and higher classes did not really understand the question—that they had not paid close and proper attention to it. All Christian people, all good people, agreed to support temperance; all equally deprecated drunkenness; but they did not all seem to equally understand that if there were no drinking cus- toms there could be no drunkenness. But many good and pious people would say—oh I but this is an extreme remedy, and we cannot go with you so far as that; why should I and the members of my family be debarred from partaking of a glass of wine after dinner because it may be that others drink to excess ? Well, in his opinion, it was the duty of all men, but more particularly of Christian people, to set an example to others, to sacri- fice something for the good of their fellow human beings. Let them for one moment just think of the evils—the crime, the pauperism, the loss of life even, which ensues from the pernicious custom so universally prevalent in the country, of imbibing intoxicating drinks. Only to think that no less than 60,000 persons are annually des- troyed in England and Wales by the use of strong drinks! Our prisons are filled, our workhouses crowded, thousands of homes are made miserable and desolate from the effects of this wide-spread and seductive vice. It was a vice which was not confined to the poorer classes—it pervaded more or less all grad-'S of society. lie knew for a fact that there were habitual drunkards in the House of Commons and in the House of Lords; -,and even ministers, Christian ministers, were sometimes known to drink to excess. If their drinking customs were sanctioned by the rich and the high born, if they were tacitly sanctioned by ministers of the Gospel and Christian people, how couid it be expected that the poor, whose temptations were far greater than the rich, and who to obtain drink must resort to public houses, and there to meet with vicious companions to urge them on to have another glass," how could it be reasonably ex- pected that drunkenness should be eradicated out of the land ? Their society did not deal with drunkards- drunkards did not belong to them; they belonged to the moderate drinkers, without whose example it was probable very little drunkenness would exist. Was it right, was it just, then, to keep up a custom which was so prej udicial, so pernicious to all around them ? But you may say,—but why, and for what reason are we ex- pected to become total abstainers, we, who never drink to excess ? Well what would you say of a man who chose to walk along a track on the edge of a precipitous rock, he at the same time well knowing that he could manage to pass it in safety, and when by his example he was inducing other people more ignorant or less ex- pert than himself to travel along it too, and when some of them would be sure to slip, fall down, and perish— what would be thought and said of the conduct of such a man ? Yet this was precisely the conduct of the moderate drinker—the respectable and intelligent classes of society—in reference to the poorer classes. It is said that a moderate amount of stimulant is necessary to health—to enjoyment. He (the speaker) knew better, and he knew it, too, from experience. He himself had been a total abstainer for 27 years, and during that time he not only had enjoyed good health, but every other rational pleasure, even more than lie did before. But are we, as Christians, to do nothing for the good of our neighbour ? He (the speaker) would not give a fig for man's religion or his patriotism unless he were prepared to "Ive up something, some selfish object, for the good of his neighbour ? But really there was no sacrifice in the matter, and he would appeal to the experience of the (iUJ total abstainers who are ministers of the Church of England whether it be so or not. They are better pre- pared and adapted for their work, and he knew of one clergyman who was enabled to preach one more sermon each week since he totally refrained from drinking wine. What the temperance cause wanted was their cxamiile. Temperance did not unfit a man for the active duties of life, nor did it tend to make a man less liberal. Could not a banker do his duty as well, or better ? or the railway manager, or the merchant 1 lIe then referred to an Insurance Society, in which it was proved that those who were total abstainers had profits of 17 per cent. more than the moderate drinking section of it. After referring to the subject of health, lie went on to urge the necessity of making drinking unfashionable. Once do that and the victory would lie won. If mat- ters were come to this that a young lady, on coming home from a party at which wine had been placed on the table at dinner, were to -ay- (.)It mamma, why, the people were 1 have bren visiting were so ruh/'fr as to have wine on the table,"—if things were come to that, drunkenness would soon die out of itself. Cus- toms descend from above, they do not rise up from below. What would be the use of a scullery girl put- ting on those ugly hoops (much laughter), who could we suppose would follow her example. He then instanced several cases in which young men, of rlJ1ecbb1e parents and-good position in life, who through the example set them by moderate drinkers had gradually f,:Jeu, until they were con?Iete)y ruined, ,o"ially awl morally. lie then made an urgent and an eloquent ap?al to all I mothers present to do all in their power, as. mothers and Christian women, to check this vice by utvkt, allowing j either their children or their Bervmnu to touch intoxi- I cating drinks, but to baniRh tiJm entirely from their bouses. Drunkenness was the the land; and tiou.'e.4. 1 ) 1-1111, he trusted that some one or two answer tn his appe.?.tudMsi'ttiu inducing othery to be total ab- ftt.uneM, and for God's sake; and then ?A?(ttt!) meet toother at last in one happy family, "w)tet?<ffawicM cease from troubling, and the weary are at J'«t.. (.I'fo- longed applause.) Air. Gro. CRCIKSHASK, on rising to address the Meet- ing, was loudly cheered. He said he considered it ail- most useless for him til make any remarks after the eloquent address of his friend W r. liowley. Indeed his it certain Nvort h y position strongly reminded him of a certain worthy member in one of the Australian Legislatures—a very worthy good sort of a man enough in his way, but who was 3 remarkably silent member, and was never known to make a speech hi his life. ÚII one particlllar occa- sion, however, a very clever man had addressed the Parliament with much eloquence, and at its conclusion the silent mall was so excited that he stood on his feet and said with great earnestness—"Them's my opinions!" (Laughter.) This he thought would be the best course for him to pursue; but probably it would be as well if he made a few observations, as he supposed he was ex- pected to do so. That was not the first time he had been in the Principality, and had g:izsd upon the sc.'uery of their beautiful country. 1 le had visited it about half a century ago, aud at that time he managed to pick up a little of their language, but he was afraid he had quite forgotten it all now. He was staying with some respected friends in Denbighshire. He then made some remarks about shaving, whidl, he said, was all operation not much practised now but in those days evervbo-.ly shaved; and he remembertd on one occasion when he went into the Opera, he was quizzed by the Dons there because he wore his whiskers just in the same fashion; which they saw them then. When he looked into the glass the other morning lie was not ashamed to say that he went do-.vn on his knees, and thanked God that lie had given him such health and strength for 72 years; and he could assure them that he had struggled hard and worked hard in the world. Well, for 18 years he had been a teetotaller, and for 7 yari he had given it, the vulgar habit of smoking. Sine, then he could honestly tell them that he had had a greater enjoyment of life than he ever experienced before When he came to Wales 50 years ago it took him 4 days on the road in a stage coach, but now the journey occupies but a few hours. Well, you may say, but what has your c miing to Wales iu a coach or in a railway otrriage, to do with temperance, and with the objects of the fact is, lie remembered that the driver of th > cndl was a drunken fellow, and he managed to nearly kill him (the speaker) by tumbling a part, of the luigage up iu his back and if it had not been for his brother ih lui:ht then have be-n destioyed, and all b' v means of drunkenness. He theu related an a-iec lute,which occurred at. the house which he visited in Denbighshire. The family was a noble family in the truest and highest sense of the word, and they were friends of his dear mother. Well, tue eldest sou had a commission in the Local Vilitia, and on one occasion he wetitto (litip with the otlicersat the me is. He drank freely, and on returning he lay bareheaded'on the ground, and sad to say, he had a sunstroke, anil he became a raving maniac. Ilia mother was so grieved tiiat she soon died, allil the whole family soon after either died or were dis- persed and all tills misery w H the effect of sir >ug drink He then went Oll to say that it wa< no part of their object to save the drunkard—to put him straight and to pick him up out of the gutter — uo that was the busine.s.s of the moderate drinkers, and not theirs. Their business was simply to prevent drunkenness. (Hear, hear.) He remembered once being at a police-stotion, his object, being to save from notoriety the case of a son fit" frieti-I. Who had attempted tcommit suicide whilst in it state of drunkenness. lIe had to wait there in the station for two hours and a half, and he could assure them that what he SilW there more resembled a farce than anything else and, as they may guess, he was ac- customed to look very minutely into people's characters. Every case which was brought forward during that time was for drunkeuness, and one was very suggestive of a farce. A poor woman was brought up charged by a landlord with being disorderly and refusing to quit his house. It appeared that she had been drinking there, and that when she had spent all her money the land- lord ordered her to go away, and on her refusing, he summoned her, and there was nothing to do but for the magistrates to fine the poor woman, and in default she was sent to prison for 14 days. Now, in his opinion, it was the landlord who should have been sent to prison, and not the woman, for if he had not sold her the liquor she could not have got drunk. He then referred to what are called .Saturday night" cases by the police, which means that mothers drink on that night, and then smother their children when asleep; and these cases, he was informed by a policeman, were so common that scarcely any notice was taken of them, and they were very rarely reported in the newspapers. He would ask the moderate drinkers what they thought of such cases as those—mothers smothering their infant child- ren whilst in a state of druukenneBs-ought not such a vice to be put a stop to ? He next referred to the awful poverty, misery, vice, and filthiness which abound in some parts of London—where human beings are living in a state of utter beastliness; and what was more ter- rible still, their minds were even more filthy than their bodies. Their language could not be even hinted at, and all this arose almost solely from the effects of strong drink. Such a state of things was a disgrace to a Christian country and to Christian people and he felt sure that if the religious people of England were to know the fact, and could trace the effect to its cause, that they would become total abstainers, and use all their influence to induce others to become ;;11 too but he was afraid they did not see it in that light. The speaker then proceeded to point out, in detail, instances of the evil effects of strong drink in individual cases, aud concluded by beseeching all moderate drinkers to become total abstainers, for the love of God, and the duty which they owe to their erring fellow-creatures. He desired the good of his fellow-man, and the motto of the temperance advocates was To do good, and to prevent evil." (Loud eheers ) The meeting was then addressed, in an eloquent and impassioned manner, by the Rev. J. Griffith, of Neath, who particularly called upon all Christian mothers to exercise tfieir influence to banish strong drinks from their houses, and in every other way to promote the spread of temperance principles. Mr. W. H. DABB., in a brief, but appropri ate spsech, moved a vote of thanks to the Trustees <5f the Pavillion for kindly allowing them the use of the building. It was erected for a patriotic purpose and he considered that a meeting for the promotion of temperance was a most appropriate termination to the great national ga- thering of the Welsh people. Mr. CHARLES HUGHES, publisher, Wrexham, se- conded the resolution; which, on being put to the meet- ing from the chair, was carried with acclamation. Mr. W. LESTEH (Penygelli, near Wrexham), in a neat speech then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. II. Owen, for his kindness in presiding, and for his disinterested efforts, at all times to aid and further the cause of tem- perance. The motion was put by the Rev. J. GtitFfmr, of Neath, and was carried with applause. Mr. H. OWEX returned thanks, and the meeting broke up.