The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-24 00:00:00

THE EISTEDDFOD AT LLANDUDNO.

LLANDUDNO, Tumour.
The great national assemblage of the bards and
utinstrela of the principality commenced here to-day.
Hider the moat favourable auspices. The town was pro
viously very full of viaitors, but cheap trips from all parts
of the principality, as well as from Liverpool, Ithochester,
Birmingham. sod other towns, have today brought thou-
sands more to throng the streets. So fez, all are sanguine
that the most complete motes will attend the Fithedeed.
The object of the festival is to theorems sod promote the
study and cultivation of the poetry, music, and general
literature of the Crmry, to preserve the Welsh language,
to encourage native arts and manufactures, and to meth
from soiled any of the seta:Peal wages which, without
sack gatherings, might be in danger of falling into obli-
vice. Greet satisfactiou today was very generally ex-
premed at the encouragement which has this year been
given to art, and einommt the exhibitors is Yr. David
Davies, a very talented Wive of the principality, sow re-
sident in the metropolis. Auoupt other works by this
artist is his " Study from the Antique," for which he ob-
tained the first silver medal in the biennial competition of
the Society of Arts. This sculptor has also sent his
" Alexander," said to have bees executed during the hat
spring, as a challenge to Westiusesth who--st all events
in the estimation of Welshmen—must henceforth look to
his Lunde. The work is half life rice, and is intended as
illustrating the well-known lines L "Alexander's Feast :"

The Princes applaud with a 'urine. Joy,
And the Ling seined a flambeau with seal to destroy.
There is much spirit in the easeatios, and it has been
greatly admired here to-day. se it was is the exhibitioe of
the Royal Academy. Mr. William Davies, a brother of the
last-named gentleman, has also done much to excite the
patriotic enthusiasm of his countrymen, by eoetribating
some of his basks of entices& Welsbmea, which were sub-
jects of admiration at the Cernarvoa and Swansea Naiad-
fodan. A very iothaveting case of " Photographs of Welsh
Celebrities," is exhibited by Tydain, a well-known native
artist. There is also a small, bat very valuable and choioe,
colleetios of paintings, and the council have show* them-
selves throughout mat anxious to encourage contributors to
this departmeut.
The proosedmis to-day othamecthed with as assembly of
the committees, bayds, orates, druids, minstrels, sad other
. .

promoters of the Eisteddfod at the nuireissitniere bond-
room, whence they marched in nonunion to the " Gareedd,'
which was duly opened with the customary amemosy ;
the providing bend (Gwalehnsal) reading the usual pro.
clatnatioo, and the approved candidates for ben& and
other honours being introduced and their various
conferred upon them. At the close of theproceed[ p
connected with the " Gonedd," the procession wee re.
formed and retuned to the oommimionere rooms,
whence, with the presidmit for the day (Mr. William
Bulkeley Hughes, of Magoon), the party wet toe mon-
ster pavilion, end Mr. Hughes wee there duly installed in
"the chair of Fowls." The Eisteddfod proceedings new
oommeoced with an addling to the mouldiest, who fol-
lowed with his address inaugurating the teetivaL Poeti-
cal addressee were delivered by the bards. and, after
en Eisteddfod song had be.. song, prises were adjudi-
cated for various literary and musical performanoss.
Amongst these was a prize of five guinea gives by Mr.
F,.. Lander. of Birmingham, for a Wein haughtiest of
" Hamlet," in commemoration of the tereenentery of
the immortal filiakespeana There wee only one
competitor, David Griffiths, printer, Holy wen, who re-
ceived the prise ; and a very high compliment was
paid him by the adjudicators. They stand that
the translation was so well done that the traealator
wee worthy of a prize four or five sham the moon of
that given. It was ale° mated that a gentleman from
London had promised to give 200 gnkseag for the manu-
script, if it answers his expectation. The prize of one
goings and a volume of Bnoley Richards's vocal works
offered to the best female ginger of "The Harp of Wales"
was awarded to Mho Margaret Evans, Cwm-y-glo, Omar-
von. The morning nesting was brought to a don shortly
before 3 o'clock, after a vote of thanks to the president,
aid the singing of the Prince of Wales's Anthem in Welsh.
—Miuschater Guardian.

A scandalous incident which has just occurred
at &these (observes &arousal) proves that antetitutional
liberty is there understood in a ingular moaner. The re.-
presentative of the IJaivenity of Athens, a mesa distin-
guished for his lieroieg, was assanitod is the public streets
on his way house from the Member, after a Miring in which
he had made an eloquent epoch he Wear of order and the
retorts to tninquillity,
TUB POW-OFFICE AND VIZ PACIFIC Sisex NATl-
°Arrow Comarr.—'rbe isms of the ciontrae4 jest dew
eluded between the Yeekodies and the Pada' Stem Nevi-
ption doaspay of Liverpool fora fortnightly servile each
way between Panama. sod Valparaiso have ben pablebed.
The time to be occupied respectively between the two
points is MO hours, exclusive at stoppages for delivery sad
remotion of mails, and the ports to be celled at en Guay-
aquil. Payer. Callao, Meehan. Pine, Islay, Arta,
lquiqtre. Cobi* Caldera, and Coquimbo. The subsidy
is to be 18,2501. pro seam, and the agremsest M 10 orms-
memo ea the le at April, 1865. and to s*tinue la faros
for wen yeses, when it is to tomaisate, if two yams' pee-
vious =Nee to tbst effort shall hove bees es.. by the
pretwatee. The penalties tee deer, or we
comprise a payment al SW. tee every twelve rlaiii=
contrast tins free Passes to Valpuelso, sad • weed
of 2001. for every balm in reaching Palma from=
in time for the outgoing packet of the Royal M
Company from Colon to Southampton.