The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-10 00:00:00

A DISGRACE TO THE TOWN.

LIVERPOOL may justly boast of many charitable
institutions nobly supported, and worked with
efficiency and success. Some of these, indeed,
Might fairly be held tip to the world as models of
princely munificence and of perfection in manage-
ment. The Mayors of Liverpool have always
distinguished themselves by the large amount of
countenance and support they have given to our
local charities ; but the public are especially
indebted to the present Mayor) S. It. GItAVES,
Esq., for having so earnestly, energetically, and
generously stepped forward, as he did the other
day, when presidittg over the annual meeting of
the Liverpool Lying-in Hospital,• to point out
that the present state of that institution is such as
to require a most strenuous and immediate effort
to redeem it from the character of being, as he
then pronounced it to be, " a disgrace to the
town." Following the example of his Worship,
we would take care to accompany this statement
with the explanation that no reflection is thereby
meant to be cast upon the management,
whose zeal and assiduity are beyond all praise.
Indeed, the labours of the ladies' committee to
increase the subscriptions have been something
wonderful, and not without great success, com-
paratively speaking. Still a decided public
effort, on a scale far above anything yet attempted,
is evidently necessary to put the hospital upon a
footing anything like adequate to the necessities
of the town, or worthy of a community so wealthy
and so benevolent as that of Liverpool. We
believe that such an appeal will not be made in
vain. The great point to be achieved, in order
order to secure all the Money- that is needed, is
the very simple, but very necessary one, of
making the public really, truly, and fully aware
of the actually present . condition of the only
hospital of the kind in this great centre of
population. Mayor GRAVES himself supplied the
best evidence of the fact that the public
desiderate information, when he stated frankly
that he had passed the hospital many times,
but that really, until this week, he had
never for a moment imagined that so limited
and ill-situated building was the only one of- the
sort in Liverpool; he had always believed that it
could only be a branch establishment for the par-
ticular district in which it stands. We venture
to go a step further, and remark that but for the
accident of residence in a particular direction, it
is more than probable that Mr. GRAVES would
have had to confess to the meeting that he had
then no knowledge even of this supposed branch.
Or to state the same thing in other words, we
fear that the great body of our Liverpool mer-
chants, ready as they are at all times to respond
to the calls of charity, are entirely ignorant, not
merely of the stunted condition of this much-
needed hospital, but even of its very existence as
a local institution. Thanks to the present Mayor
this disgrace to the towß promises to be speedily
and effectually remedied.

We are indebted to his Worship for having
judiciously contrasted the good done by such an
institution in another place (Dublin) far less
populous than this, and not to be compared with
Liverpool as to resources. The Liverpool Lying-
in Hospital received only 171 patients last year.
The Dublin Hospital had upwards of '2,000 !
But this is not all. The small house pre-
sently occupied by the institution is fright-
fully defective. The report states that " the
urgency of the case is very great, arising
from want of proper accommodation for patients
and nurses, and from bad ventilation. The
nurses have not proper sleeping accommodation ;
and in cases of death there is no place to which

the dead body can be removed. The attention of
the health officers has been directed to the state
of the drainage of the present hospital. Their
report is unfavourable, and they add that there
is a great want of ventilation, and the situation is
bad, being entirely surrounded by ashpits at the
back.'' Can any one read these statements and
doubt the accuracy and propriety of the Mayor's
well-timed and emphatic declaration that such a
state of matters is a disgrace to Liverpool? We
cannot agree with the somewhat taunting obserta-
tion of the report; that " the committee feel per-
Suaded that if the object they have Ili view Were
appreciated as it Might to be" the present appeal
*mild have been Unnecessary. On the contrary,
we feel assured that the public only wait for an
opportunity of proving that they fully appreciate
the benevolent object of this institution ; and we
are equally certain that his Worship the Mayor
will demonstrate the truth of this assertion before
hiS yeiir of office etpireSl No* thdt the real
state of the case has been fully brought under his
notice, he generously and enthusiastically declared
that "there was no duty connected with the office
he had the honour to fill which was more agree-
able than that of assisting in promoting and
maintaining such iristittitions as they Were 41.ssein-
bled in that day; and the more he was brought
into contact with those institutions, the more he
was convinced of their extreme value and great
importance to the destitute poor of this town."
Again; he unhesitatingly gate it as his.opinion
that "he did tint lirio* of aiiy ifistitiitiori iri this
town which had stronger Claims, or which was
likely to be of greater benefit to the destitute
poor; than this iiistitittion was." And in edneiii-
Sion, Its Worship stated find " if th 6 ccirnriiittee
decided to go to the public for the attotint
required to build a tiew institution; it would
afford him gtetit pleasure to co-operate and assist
in every Way in his power; nOthing Would giVe
Mill greater pleasure than, during his Yeoi otoiiice,
to see the foundation stone of their new institution
laid." We believe that the response which the
people of all classes will make to such an appeal
will prove the Mayor's utterancesp to have been
truly propheti6;
§rirely we do iiot heed to offer any apology to
odr readers for thus prominently intrddlichig the
claims of this hospital to their notice: Neither,
We trust; is it heeeSsait for us to atteiript and*
More direct appeal to their sympathies in behalf
of a charity of such a character. If the poor and
the needy deserve any of our care and contribu-
tions, what class of them is so well entitled to our
tenderest consideration and utmost liberality .fts
that, to meet whose care this hospital is founded?
A moment's reflection will convince all sound,-
hearted nien of its pre-eriiinent claims on their
generosity: To the ladies, of course, not a Word
is necessary. To all we would say, in conclusion,
let us see to it; that Within the current year the
requisite funds are fortheorifing to enable the coin,
mittee to place the Liverpool Lying-in hospital
on a footing which shall render it no longer " a
disgrace to the town."

DISTRESS IN LIVERPOOL.-REPORTED
FAMINE AND RIOTS.-FALSE ALARM.

The entire town was seated from its usual propriety
yesterday, in consequence of a report that got afloat that
an immense mob of persons had collected at the north
end of the town, and that bakers' and provision shops
had been gutted of their contents. The alarm became
general, no matter how propagated, and about twelve
o'clock the bakers and provision dealers in Scot-
land and Vauxhall roads, Tithebarn-street, White-
chapel; and all the adjacent districts—in a manner very
unaccountable, commenced to put up their shop shutters
and close their establishments. This foolish act in itself
caused ten times more consternation than the alleged
outbreak—for in fact there was no outbreak, nor out-
rage of any description. People wondered why shops
should he closed in the middle of the day, and crowds
collected to ascertain what it was all about. All sorts
of false rumours spread with rapidity, and the police
were at once despatched in the direction of the supposed
outbreak. Major Greig was in immediate attendance,
and a hasty meeting of magistrates was assembled at
the Town-hall, to adopt measures to suppress any out-
rage that might take place. Happily there was no
necessity for extreme measures. Sufficient bodies of
police were sent off to the localities where it was feared
outrage or violence might take place. Up to five o'clock,
however, nothing happened beyond the collection of large
crowds, who were assembled together out of curiosity
,to see what was going on. We have heard the con-
duct of the bakers and others, who closed their shops
so very abruptly and without any cause, freely censured
by the Magistrates and police, for creating a false alarm,
and it was stated that this course of proceeding on the
part of the shopkeepers was nearly the sole cause of the
consternation. One of our reporters was amongst the
people all day, and he certainly say! nothing that could
lead to anything like a riot or outrage: No doubt much
distress prevails, but the poor people who are really
pinched never join in any unlawful demonstration.
When there is teal wants thaak God there is plenty of
public and private charity in Liverpool td Meet it, It
has been stated that there are at present more breadstuffs
in Liverpool than at any former corresponding period
for many years. We have also heard that the rise in
the price of bread this week was quite unnecessary, and
the subject is spoken of freely ; but we do not enter
into that question at present. We have now had three
weeks of frost, and other trades arid callings besides the
building trades have of course suffered very greatly ftom
it. There were very hopeful indications of a thaw lest
night, and their realisation would be the best of all reme-
dies. Meanwhile, two soup kitchens have already been
opened—one in Pickop-street, at the north, and the other
in Flint-street, at the south, end of the town, to be fol-
lowed by the establishment of others in localities where
they shall be most needed and required. The Stran-
gers' Friend Society, and our other local charities,
are also extending assistance to the utmost
limit of their resources; and the Provident Society,
which deservedly enjoys the confidence and support of
all classes of the Liverpool community, in announcing
that their relief fund is completely exhausted, is making
an earnest appeal fot additional funds to enable its com-
mittee to continue the temporary aid which they have
administered since the commencement of the present
distress. We have no doubt that this appeal will be
most liberally responded to ; but, at the same time, it is
hoped that, should the frost continue, the committee
will not shrink, if necessary, from initiating the neces-
sary measures for having a public meeting of the
inhabitants convoked, in order to deal with the case
seasonably, and in its largest aspects.

BIBLES FOR THE MILLION. A society has been
formed in London for organising a plan for reading the
Scriptures aloud in the open air throughout the metro-
polis and suburbs, and for selling Bibles, Testaments,
The
and small portions of the Scriptures at cost price.
treasurer;
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Benjamin
jsaiimptofst
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„Ctregcleittotne,
hwahltiohaercitesiihas;
the Rev. W. Arthur, of the Wesleyan Centenary Hal;
the lIOn. and Rev. Baptist N'oel, and many other gen-
tlemen and ministers well known for their interestin the
advancement of religion amongst the people.
LORD BROUGHAM AND THE SLAVERY QUESTION.--
" Strange to say," says the Bury and Norwich Post,
"Lord Brougham, the eldest living champion of the
nen°, in declining to attend the Boston Conven-
tion' on the anniversary of the death of Captain
Brown, states that the decision, that 'as soon as
isa
.
slave sets foot on English ground he free,'-
erroneously ascribed to the English courts under
Lord Mansfield, and was really made by the judges
in Scotland. The great case of the negro Somerset
was brought before Lord Mansfield, assisted by Judges
Ashton, Willes, and Ashurst, in 1772, and after three
sittings the law was declared as above stated. The
veteran lord's mistake is the more singular, that in the
Edinburgh Review of 1808, with which he was so
nearly connected, we find this case referred to, with the
remark—Among the heroes and sages of British story we
can think of few whom we should feel a greater glow of
honest pride in claiming as an ancester, than the man
(Granville Sharp) to whom we owe the power of
repeating with truth—
" Slaves cannot breathe in England : if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free,' " &c.
How A LITTLE PRINCESS BECAME A GREAT QUEEN.
—THE LITTLE PRINCESS'S SWEETHEART.—They say
the little Princess who had written the fine letter about
the herrors of war—a beautiful letter, without a single
blot, for which she was to be rewarded like the heroine
of the old spelling-book story—was at play one day with
some of her young companions in the gardens of Strelitz,
and that the young ladies' conversation was, strange to
say, about husbands. "Who'll take such a poor little
princess as me ?" Charlotte said to her friend Ida von Bulow,
and at that very moment the postman's horn sounded, and
Ida said, "Princess ! there is the sweetheart !" As she
said, so it actually turned out. The postman brought
letters from the splendid young King of all England,
who said " Princess! because you have written such a
beautiful letter, which does credit to your head and
heart, come and be Queen of Great Britain, France, and
Ireland, and the true wife of your most obedient servant,
George!" So she jumped for joy; and went upstairs
and packed all her little trunks ; and set off straight-
way for her kingdom in a beautiful yacht, with a harp-
sichord on board for her to play upon, and around her
a beautiful fleet, all covered with flags and streamers,
and the distinguished Madame Auerbach complimented
her with an ode, a translation of which may be read in
the " Gentleman's Magazine" to the present day.—
Thackeray' s " Four Georges."

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Jan. 8, 1861.

The following is stated to be the exact terms of
the understanding come to between the French
and Sardinian Governments on the subject of
Gaeta. France proposes to the King of Sardinia
to suspend hostilities and the siege works till the
19th January ; and to Francis 11., to cease firing
on the besiegers: In this interval of tNtelve days
the besieged and the besiegers will hate time to
come to an agreement; if so disposed, upon the con:-
ditiotis of the surrender of the fortresi and the
departfire of the King of Naples;, in regard to
which France impos6 nd 6ofiditioni riCi 14s
down any restliCtions. The King of Sardinid i§
expected to accede to" this arrangement, and in
that case France will instantly withdraw her fleet,
leaving only a single vessel, which will leave on
the 19th whatever may happen in the meantime.

There was a rumour on the Bourse of Mar-
seilles; that M. Cavour had died of apoplexy;
and as it spredd ith. great rapidity; and was
generally credited on account of its being knOtrt
that he was very ill, the Sardinian Consul in
that city hastened to enquire of his Government,
by telegraph, Whether the report was correct,
and received for answer, to his own surprise as
well as to that of the public, that M. de Cavour
was -Woildeittilly Well, and, in fact, was not in
the least ill !

The idea, which was so well received in motie-
tary circles, of the sale of Venetia being agreed
to by Austria seems no longer to be believed in.
The Bank has become quite sceptical on the point,
sitiee the speech of Victor Emmanuel on New
Teat's pat and; indeed; every expectation of an
amicable solution of this einestion appears to have
departed: In Paris the anticipations of a war in
the spring are now joined to the apprehensions of
a edrnthercial panic; caused chiefly by the critical
state a American affairs ; and as if to give
additional stfefigth to such fearsi it is
announced that it is intended shortly to
call out the reserve: warlike atinainents both
for naval and military purposes being carried on
With alifidst unexampled activity. It is also
repprted that an eminent French engineer officer
is now engaged in Italy in mailing a survey of
the country, with a view of ascertaining and re-
porting on its strategical capabilities.
Bente is getting lower and lower, and it
will be difficult fot seine time to come to arrest
the downward movement; but this is a state of
things which was not unexpected.

ITALY:
(FROM OUR SPECIAL colutEsfciSniiT.)

TURIN, Jan. j.

The organisation of the Italian navy in the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies has been suspended
until the arrival of Prince Carignan,—the Prince
having expressed a wish to superintend the pro-
gress of the contemplated measures in person.
According to the terms of a decree lately issued
by the Government, the whole of Italy is to be
divided into three great maritime departments,
Naples being the head-quarters of the southern.

Letters from the coast of the Adriatic state that
a second floating battery has been erected along
the Venetian lagunes for the defence of the great
pass of the Lido. This enormous vessel is of the
same site vtith one of a similar description which
protects the entrance of the harbour of Malamocco,
viz., 51 metres in length, and 11 in breadth. It
is armed with 32 eighty-pounders, and has a
crew of 300 men. It was built at Pola, the prin-
cipal Austrian port in the Adriatic.
A photographic drawing having appeared, in
which the residence of Garibaldi and the wild
rocky shingle by which it is surrounded are
plainly and painfully depicted, that a strong feel-
ing has been created on the Tart of the Pied-
montese to present the ex-Dictator with a suitable
estate and residence, to be purchased with funds
to be raised by public subscription. It is very
doubtful, however, whether the General will
accept such a gift. The Turin subscription for
this purposs is set on foot by Senators Notta and
Plezzy and the mernbers of the Chamber now dis-
solved, MM. Senio, Farina, and Agostino. The
hero receives frequent visits in his modest dwell-
ing. Quite lately, as lam informed, a nephew
of Lord John Russell arrived off Caprera, and
sent an invitation to Garibaldi to do him the
honour of dining with him on board his yacht.
The invitation was accepted, and on his arrival
on board the ex-Dictator received a royal salute
of twenty-one guns, and the same honours
were paid to him on leaving. On this occasion
Garibaldi learnt that an English deputation was
on its way to wait upon him, and Lord John
Russell's relative is said to have given him also to
understand that, in commemoration of the visit
with which he had been honoured, the yacht
would, on its return to England, be placed in one
of the London docks, there to remain as a
souvenir of the interesting event
Garibaldi has likewise lately received visits
front his two lieutenants—Bixio and Medici, but
General Turr still remains at Milan, from which
city he has written and published a letter, in
which, with a view of not compromising Count
Teleky, he has declared that he is not engaged in
enrolling volunteers, and that he has given no
commission to any other person to do so.

At the reception on New Year's Day, the King
made a very important announcement on the sub-
ject of Venetia. His Majesty stated plainly that
he counted very little, indeed, on the success of
any efforts of accommodation with Austria, and,
in fact, that no official step of any kind with that
view had yet been taken.

The general elections appointed for the 27th of
February, together with the assembly of deputies
from the whole of the annexed portions of Italy,
are likely to be followed by important results as
regards the composition of the Ministry of Count
Cavour, for an opposition to his Government
is in course of formation, to which Italy
has for many fong years been a stranger.
The deputies from twenty-two millions of
Italians will be assembled at Turin by the
middle of February. The municipal authorities
are making preparations for giving some brilliant
fetes to their new guests, and a committee has
been appointed to deliberate upon the best means
of dispensing the hospitality of the city to so
many distinguished strangers. In addition to
these public fetes, there will be several private
receptions held, especially one:in the Hall of the
Philharmonic Academy.
With the view of putting an end to the
difficulties which are encountered in the settle-
ment of affairs in Southern Italy, an entirely new
set of adminstrators have been appointed. The
Prince de Carignan has accepted the office of
Viceroy, and he leaves this on Tuesday for Naples
to establish his viceregal court in that city. He
is accompanied by S. Constantine Nigra, a pupil
of M. Cavour, an able but youthful diplomatist,
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several other gentlemen who have already given
satisfactory proofs of administrative capacity.
General Marmora has positively accepted the
direction of the operations 'against Gaeta, in
the room of General Cialdini.

CAPTAIN STYLES OR SCHMIDT, THE
ENGLISH AGENT OF THE ANGLO-
GARIBALDIAN LEGION.

The following additional particulars are given
by the Naples correspondent of the Standard,
respecting the arrest of this individual, and the
court of inquiry held on his case :
I concluded my last letter with the information that
Captain Styles, alias Stieghel, alias Schmidt, deserter
from the Fusilier Guards, had been arrested on a charge
of having retained a sum of money, little short of £7OO,
paid to him in sums of £7O to £5 by the officers and men
of the British Legion, on account of the Italian Fund.
Styles was arrested on the morning of the 31st, and
managed to escape on the same night, some say by the aid
of a certain Countess, whose name is constantly in the
mouths of the public; she is accused of giving the two
sentries a sleeping draught, in the shape of strong brandy
punch. I do not go the length to indicate that the
officer in charge of the prisoner was disposed of in a
similar manner; but certain it is he, too, slept on his
post, though he had taken the precaution of placing his
prisoner's boots under his pillow. The public may be
curious to know how it was that a person in Styles's po-
sition of life should have been selected, and charged with
the getting together the British excursionists. In conse-
quence of a proposition made to General Garibaldi, in
July last, by Colonel Forbes (better known as the Colonel
Forbes who followed Garibaldi in his celebrated retreat
from Rome), that a small British force should be raised,
there being at the time very few English with the revo-
lutionary army assembled in Sicily, Garibaldi assented,
and directed Colonel Forbes to select an officer who
could be entrusted with so delicate a mission. The gen-

tleman first chosen was in every way unexceptionable
an officer holding a commission in the British army, and
was employing his time, during the leave of absence
which had been granted him, in fighting for the cause of
liberty. This gentleman at first accepted the offer made
to him, but on maturer consideration, he refused to under-
take the task, in consequence of the position he held in
our army. Colonel Dunn was then applied to for an
English officer, all the English being with his regiment;
be recommended Lieutenant Styles as a suitable person.
Lieutenant Styles was promoted to the rank of captain,
and, at the request of Colonel Forbes, Garibaldi wrote
the following authority in Italian, of which I send the
translation :

" Melazto, 26th July, 1860

"Captain Edward Styles goes to England, with my
authorisatior„.l to collect and bring Volunteers to fight
fot the libqty of this people. The noble end braid
lieliaviout of the English who have shared with us the
dangers and glbileYt of this campaign has urged Me tb
the above resolution. Signed) G.,Gi.urnALOr."
The instructions given with this td
were, that he should be wholly guided by the fialieß
Committee, which Messrs. Ashurst, Lawrence, and
others were requested to form.
With these documents Captain Styles received from
Colonel Dtinn 260 f. for his expenses, and a free passport
to Genoa, Under the impression that Styles had not
received any money, Captain de Eolithn tool{ him to the
Treasury, where 300 f. more were handed to him, Styles
concealing that he had been paid any money.
In the month of August Styles arrived in London,
and presented his credentials to the gentlemen forming
the Italian committee, and took up his quarters at
Anderton's Hotel, in Fleet-street. A short paragraph
appeared announcing his whereabouts and the object of
his tisit. This announcement soon brought to the
standard which bad been raised numbers of officers, some
serving, with others an the half-pay list of her Majesty's
service, and men more than, as it afterwards appeared,
there were sufficient funds to prolidc fa}. To some of
the gentlemen it was adroitly hinted that if they were
nominated to commissions they would be expected to
contribute to the Italian fund. This was quite suffi-
! cient, Money began to flow into his coffers, not alone
from the officers, but from gentlemen who took their
places hi the rants. In this way £7OO, it has been
ascertained, was subscribed, none of which appears to
have found its way to the committee. Styles repre-
sented himself as having been originally a private in
• the Fusilier Guards ; afterwards, passing through the
diderent non-commissioned grades of that corps, he
obtained an officer's commission in one of the colonial
regiments. Ile equipped himself in a Garibaldian
uniform, and wore the Crimean medal and clasps, and
also the Turkish one.

Yesterday, a court of inquiry assembled to inquire into
the charges brought against Styles ; it was clearly proved
by officers, who had paid their money to him, that he
had received it. Captain de Rohan produced Styles's
written confession that he had made use of the funds
paid to him on account of the committee for his own
purposes, leaving no doubt in the minds of the commit-
tee of the truth of the accusations. Styles has disap-
peared. The public will ask, Why was not Styles
brtAight to justice sooner? The officer commanding the
regiment will perhaps condescend to answer this ques-
tion.

Styles's reputed brother is WA' in prison, charged with
complicity in aii these transactions, and permitting him
to pass as his brother, kp.owing, as he must, there was
no connection between them. AiNd Styles remains to
be disposed of. Edwards, the other office; of Styles's
company, is said to be a deserter from the ftopi
Artillery. He bas levanted ; and so ends the drama,
as far as your correspondent knows.
As we before remarked on this case, the details are
given entirely on the responsibility of the narrator of
them.

MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES.

CERRIG-Y-DRUIDION,

The above secluded, but interesting village, was on
the Ist inst. the scene of great mirth and enjoyment, on
the occasion of the celebration of the nuptials of Miss
Mary Jones, the youngest daughter of the venerable and
greatly esteemed hostess of the Lion, with Mr. William
Jones, son of the late Mr. Jones, of Itavod, near Corwen.
This spot, usually so quiet, was the scene of great bustle
and excitement, from a comparatively early hour; and
when the bridal party emerged from the far-famed
hostel, the interest became intense, and many were the
blessings poured upon the youthful pair by the throngs
of old and young who lined the walk to the church.
The happy couple were received with still more enthu-
siastic manifestations of rejoicing on their return, after
the conclusion of the marriage ceremony, which was
performed by the Rev. John Lloyd, the rector of the
parish.

A large company assembled at breakfast at the far-
famed Lion, so celebrated alike for its good cheer and
real comfort, and for the kindness and urbanity of its
hostess. The health of the bride and bridegroom was
proposed by the worthy Rector in feeling and affectionate
terms. There were also various other toasts, including
the parents of both parties, all of which were feelingly
proposed and appropriately responded to, Mr. David
Jones and Mr. William Jones, Jun., being the chief
speakers. After a delightful repast, preparations were
made for the departure of the happy couple, and a hand-
some chaise, with a pair of white horses and postilion,
whisked them off to Llangollen-road Station en route to
London, amidst the cheers and tears of their numerous
friends and neighbours. The party then adjourned to
the school-room, where all the villagers and neighbours
were assembled, and a liberal distribution of beer and
money took place. The assembly was addressed by the
Rector at considerable length in Welsh, on the subject
of their ♦arious duties and responsibilities. He also
adverted to the interesting ceremony which had taken
place that morning, and spoke in very flattering terms
of Mrs. Jones and her excellent family.
Mr. William Jones, jun., of Liverpool, followed,
dwelling on the blessings of education, and its advan-
tages, with reference to the poorer classes of the Welsh.
He said he could not allow that opportunity to pass
without alluding to the splendid gift of the uncle of Mr.
William Jones of Liverpool, of an estate in that neigh-
bourhood, for the endowment of a school in Cerrig-y-
Druidion. Every one who knew his uncle was aware of
the deep interest he took in that his native parish, and
this last crowning gift was an earnest of his serious
anxiety for the welfare and education of the poor in that
parish.

Three cheers were given for the Rector, Mr. William
Jones, and others. The company continued to enjoy
themselves in various ways throughout the day. The
bells rang merry peals at intervals, and in "the memory
of the oldest inhabitant," a day of such rejoicing has
not been witnessed in this charming spot.