The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-09 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

SIR WILLIAM DON, BART., AND LADY DON.
Last night " Nicholas'Nickleby" was performed most
successfully before an excellent audience. Lady Don's
Smike was most admirable, and Sir William's Newman
Noggs was irresistible. We think few could fail to
appreciate Mr. Neville's Mantilla. " A Rough Dia-
Mond" and " Kenilworth " went off with eclat.
To-night will be presented the " Pilot," (in which Sir
William will personate Long Tom Coffin,) ‘, Peggy
Green," and

CANADIAN MAILS.—The steam-ship North American
will sail from Liverpool this (Thursday) afternoon. The
letter-box for this despatch will close at 1.30 p.m. on
that day, via Londonderry at 9 30 p.m., with a late fee
of.ld. at 10 p.m., with a late fee of 3d. at 10.15 p.m.
THE ASSIZE SERMON.—The usual assize sermon will
be preached at St. George's Church, on Sunday next, by
the Rev. Mr. Turner, of Lancaster, the chaplain to the
High Sheriff. The Mayor and a number of the mem-
bers of the Corporation in attendance on the
judges on the occasion.
YACHTING MATCH.—Those who enjoy the fresh
breeze of the river, and can enter with any spirit into
the quiet and peaceful contests of our Birkenhead Model
Yacht Club, will have a rich treat on Saturday next,
when the closing match for the season comes off. On
board the steamer accompanying the yachts, an excellent
view of the match may be obtained; and all creature
comforts are carefully provided for. We can recom-
mend it as one of the best. healthiest, and most delight-
ful " outs" easily within the reach of our townsmen.
If the weather be at all suitable, we expect an exciting
and most pleasurable afternoon's sport, and a numerous,
as well as fashionable, attendance of both sexes.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meet-
ing of this board was held yesterday, at the board-room,
Mill-lane, Everton,—Mr. Hayes presided. The other
guardians present were —Messrs. Pilling, Roscoe, and
Wareham. From the report of the governor it appeared
that the number of paupers in the Workhouse, last
week, was 306; since then 15 had been,admitted, 9 dis-
charged, and 1 death. The number in the Workhouse
thi4 week was 311. The number in the hospital was,
last week, 47, admitted 1, discharged 6, and dead 1. In
the hospital, this week, 41 ; corresponding week last
year, 73. Cheques to the amount of £173 were voted
for out-door relief. On the motion of Mr. Pilling,
seconded by Mr. Wareham, the. following 'guardians
were elected a committee for the purpose of visiting the
Lunatic Asylums to ascertain the treatment and number
of pauper lunatics connected with that union. There
was no further business transacted, and the board
adjourned. _

THE WELSH NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

DENBIGH, August 7, 1860.
The great national meeting of Welsh bards took plcae
on Tuesday, at the ancient castle of Denbigh. At
ten a.m. the members of the committee assembled at
the Town-hall, when the bards, minstrels, and other
friends of the Eisteddfod joined the procession, consisting
of the president, the vice-presidents, and committee,
preceded by a band of music, towards the Castle, where
the Gorsedd of Gwynedd was opened by the publication
of the following proclamation, which was read by Tal-
haiarn and Clwydfardd, the bards of the Eisteddfod :
"Y GWIR YN EROYN Y BYD.—Yn y fl wyddyn un mil
wyth cant a thriugain, pan yw yr huan yn nesilu at
Alban Elfed, yn awr anterth, ar y 7fed dydd o fix Awst,
wedi cyhoeddiad teilwng o un dydd a blwyddyn, agorir
yr Orsedd hon yn Nghastell Caledfryn-yn-Rhos (a
elwir yn awr Dinbych), yn Ngwynedd, i roddi gwys a
gwahawdd i bawb a gyrchont yma, lle nad oes noeth art
yn eu herbyn, ac y cyhoeddir barn Gorsedd ar bob
awenydd a barddoni a roddir dan ystyriaeth, yngwyneb
haul—llygad goleuni.—Y gwir yn erbyn y byd."
"THE TRUTH AGAINST THE WORLD.—In the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty, the sun approaching
the autumnal equinox, at the hour of noon, on the 7th
day of August, after due proclamation of a year and a
day, this Gorsedd is opened within the castle of
Caledfryn-yn-Rhos (now called Denbigh), in Gwynedd,
with invitation to all who may assemble here, where no
weapon is unsheathed against them, and judgment will
be pronounced upon all works of genius submitted for
adjudication, in the face of the sun—the eye of light.—
The truth against the world."
The procession having arrived, Sir Hugh Williams,
Bart., consented to preside, owing to an unexpected
detention in London on Parliamentary business of the
president of the Eisteddfod, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart.
The weather was rather unpropitious, consequently
the meeting was not so well attended by the general
public as it was expected it would be. However, the
attendance was on the whole pretty large. Among the
audience was a greater number of the elite of the
neighbourhood, and men, mostly competitors, from every
nook of Wales. The tents were decorated tastefully
with flags and mottoes,—" Welcome to Sir Watkin
Williams Wynne, Bart., M.P. ;" " Calon wrth galon,"
(Heart to heart) ; "Oh ! lean na'd gamwaith ;" " Oes
y byd i'r laith Cymraeg," (The world's permanence to
the Welsh tongue) ; "A noddo a noddir," (Who
patronises will be patronised) ; "Dew a phob dai-
oni," (God and all goodness) ; "Cymru fu, Cymru
fydd," (Wales she ever was, Wales she will remain) ;
" Tra Dior tra Brython," (Whilst the sea remains so
long will Cambria).; " Y gwir yn erbyn y byd," (Truth
against all the world) ; " A laddo a leddir," (Who kills
will be killed) ; "Ein iaith, ein gwlad, a'n cenedl,"
(Our language, our country, and our nation).
The meeting was commenced about eleven o'clock.
Among the distinguished persons present were Lady
Willoughby de Brook, Colonel Clive, Colonel Heaton,
Sir Bridges and Lady Hanaker, Lord Kenyon, the Hon.
Miss Kenyon, Messrs. W. Ambrose, W. Morris, (Swan-
sea,) Talhaiarn, Professor Rushton of Queen's College,
Cork, the Rev. John Williams, and the Rev. T.
M'Lauchlin.

Sir Hugh Williams. Bart., having taken the chair,
made a practical speech, and commented at some length
on the history of Eisteddfodau, which, he remarked, in
the earliest ages were the political councils of the
Welsh nation. Ultimately they partook of the bardic
element, and now they contributed to the education
of the country. He touched upon the persecutions
which the bards were said to have experienced at the
hands of the first Edward of England, and concladed by
announcing, amidst much cheering and laughter, that
like all his ancestors, who were descended from Gomer,
son of Japhet, son of Noah, he should always extend his
support to the National Eisteddfod.

Talhaiarn was selected to conduct the business of the
meeting ; and after a few original remarks, he introduced
Mr. John Owen (the well-known 0 wain Alaw), who
sang the Eisteddfod national song, in which he was
accompanied on the. harp by Mr. Ellis Roberts, harpist
to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The
audience joined in the Welsh chorus of the song, and
the effect was very impressive. The first and second
verses of the song, which is named " 0, Let the kind
Minstrel," is as follows :

Oh, let the kind minstrel attune his soft lay,
And welcome with rapture this thrice happy day;
Let nought but sweet harmony strike oh the ear,
When Cymry united, delighted, appear.
Contented or wretehe 4, injured 01 free,
Still Cambria to Cymry most awry! must be.
Though far from her mount ins and valleys we roam,
Still she is our mother, still she is our heme.
Oh, never let discord, ambition, or pride,
Tbe undeb of Cymry unwisely divide ;
Nor let us, whatever our fortunes may be,
Dear Cambria, be ever unmindful of thee.

After the eons, poetical addresses were delivered by
Rhydderch o Fon, Cabbleth, 11lynyddawc, loan ap Rh ys,
Clwydfan, and others.

Mr. Griffiths, harper to Lord Llanover, Llanover Court,
Abergavenny, performed an admirable solo on the harp,
which was rapturously applauded, as was also another
by Mr. Williams, of Rhyl.
The prizes for literary compositions were then pro-
ceeded with, and the decision of the judges announced.
A prize of £2 2s. had been offered for the six best
englynion (lines peculiar to Wales) on the late Thomas
Edwards (Twin o'r Nant). Twenty-four persons com-
peted. The lines of Horace (Mr. William Jones, of
Dolgellau) were considered the most deserving, and he
was invested with the prize. The adjudicators were
Mr. G. Thomas (Eben Fardd), the Rev. J. Hughes
(Carp Ingli), and the Rev. R. Ellis (Cynddelw).
The adjudication of Mr. J. Owen (Owain Alaw) and
Mr. J. A. Lloyd was read on the best musical composi-
tion on Welsh psalm metre. The prize amounted to two
guineas, Thirty-one compositions had been received.
The successful competitor did not answer to the recital
of his nom de plume.
The Rev. John Griffiths, M.A., of Neath, Glam or-
ganshire, was called upon in the next place to deliver
an English oration. Having apologised for appearing
before the audience withouthaving prepared his oration,
he proceeded in a humorous manner to relate the
history and show the .beauty and the compre-
hensiveness of the Welsh language, the magnifi-
cence of the Welsh mountain scenery, and 'the
utility of the Welsh Eisteddfodau, dwelling par-
ticularly on the efforts which were being made to pre-
serve the language of the ancient Briton. He told
them, as he told his friends at home, the decay of the
Welsh language would bring about the decay of the
Welsh Church; and he considered that whilst the
language was loved and spoken by the people, the clergy
should make it the language of the Welsh pulpit.
The adjudication of Eben Fardd, the Rev. W.
Ambrose, and Mr. T. David, on seven satirical poems
on the " Traitor." sent in for composition, was read in
English and Welsh. Of these compositions Bone was
deemed worthy the prize.
Miss Wynne diverted the meeting with the Welsh
melody called " Clychau Aberdyti," " The Bells of
Aberdyfi." This lady has a sweet voice, which has
been appreciated in Liverpool, where she at present
resides. _ _

The.Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and the Caer-
narvon Militia bands competed for a prize, which the
latter 1,1111.

For the prize of five guineas for the best lists of
English and Welsh scientific terms there were no com-
petitors.

Glen Alma read the adjudication by the Rev. W.
Jones, the Rev. W. Roberts, and Glan Alun, on three
essays on female education, written by three females of
the Principality. He remarked that the subject was
one of the most interesting ones of the day. Being on
female education ladies only were allowed to compete
for the prize. And why should they not become even
presidents of Eisteddfodau ? Referring to Mrs.
Hemans, he said that Wales had produced a female
poet, who, for strength and beauty of language, was
unsurpassed. Still, as women always had their hands
full of work, they could overlook slight faults in their
literary compositions. As, therefore, neither of the
three essays sent in were of any great merit, he proposed
to divide the prize equally between the competitors, who
were Mrs. Mary Emmanuel (Lady Llanover's amanu-
ensis), Miss Mary Roberts, and another, who did not
answer to her name. - The prize was £5 ss. -
William Williams was awarded a prize for the best of
three pairs of boots, sent in for competition. -

Llew Llwyfo, who was crowned with a silver crown,
delivered an extempore and amusing oration, which set
the audience roaring with laughter.
Talhaiarn announced that at five o'clock in the even-
ing a meeting of bards would take place in the Town-
hall.

It was announced that Dr. James's adjudication on
the essays on Druidism had not been completed.
Eben Fardd was called upon to deliver his adjudica-
tion upon " Elegies on the late Mr. William Owen, of
Tanygirt, near Denbigh." The prize was ten guineas.
Sevea compositions had been received, four being without
any merit. The elegy of Ebrsvyild contained a few good
lines, but it was not sufficiently comprehensive. The
production of Gruffydd Hiractliog was ,pretty good;
sometimes the ideas were_ poor, without being very
faulty. Hiraethoes elegy was witbont a fault. The
bard was evidently a master of the Welsh language. The flights of his imagination were not sublime, ,but
appropriate, indicating feeling and taste. The
prize
was presented to Hiraethog by Lady Wynne.