The South Wales Star

ROUND THE TOWNS. Every child at the Board Schools in Barry costs the ratepayers 18s. 2 ,'d. There are over 50 seamen's homes in Barry and one common lodging-house. Mr. William Saunders says he would not trust Sir Morgan Morgan with a wheelbarrow. Mr. Jones Lloyd did not sing a song or play his banjo at the Buffalo dinner, much to the regret of those present. Our reporter is thinking of presenting elemen- tary grammar books to several public speakers in the Barry district. The number of members to be elected for the Barry School Board at the next election will be nine instead of seven. ♦ It is hoped, in the interest of those who attend the next Buffalo dinner, that more waiters will be engaged, or that the crush will be less. ♦ At a meeting held lately at Cadoxton one of the speakers said that the Tories were taken to the poll like lambs to the slaughter-house The result of a consultation of physicians states there is no existing medical reason why Mr. Gladstone should not live two hundred years. Mr. Smith-Jones is the first member of the Barry Chamber of Trade called to order for speak- ing more than once without permission of the chairman. Mr. John Gunn, the Conservative Candidate for Cardiff, telegraphed to the Barry Dock Buffalo Club dinner his regrets at not being present, and wishing every success to the club. There are 2,745 names on the registers of the Board Schools of Barry. The present accommoda- tion is for 2,376 children, and the average atten- dance in the month of June was 1,970. ¡ 1 Dean Owen, of St. Asaph, to whom Theodore Dodd wrote an open letter a few weeks since is mentioned as the probable successor of Archdeacon Edmondes as Principal of St. David's College. Poor Mr. Barstow's Gas and Water Company's claims at the Penarth Police-court were adjourned, and that worthy townsman went away with the impression that the magistrates saw him coming. Some of the Buffaloes have not quite forgotten their animal instincts, as was evidenced by the roars that resounded round the room on Monday night whilst the animals were waiting between the courses. The Barry Local Board have postponed applying to the Lord Chancellor for the establishment of a county court at Barry, bec.mse Lord Halsbury's teuure of office will probably terminate with the present election. » The donkey of the baked potato man. opposite the Victoria, Barry Dock, lives upon the paper used for wrapping up the penn'orths of baked-potatoes, which he masticates as comfortably as his owner's customers do the fried spuds. One of the speakers at the Liberal meeting at Dinas Powis on Friday mght said that every con- sistent Tory ought to pay 5d. for his South Walt* Star, because Tories consistently opposed the repeal of the stamp and paper duties. ♦ Mr. Barstow has made up his mind to be hen- pecked no longer. He surprised the Barry Local Board the other day by turning round to the usual aggressor, and asking in a most Christianlike way," Allow me, Sir, if you please." # # When the Tory candidate was enrolled a member of the genial order of Buffaloes, a Cadoxton mem- ber slapped him on the shoulder, And was over- heard to say, This is a good day's work for you it is worth 200 votes." Local ministers, please note. Mr. R. W. Perks is pretty sure of being returned to Parliament for a division of Lincolnshire. He was once a director of the Barry Dock Company, ind is a large shareholder in the South 1 Yale* Star Company. A local paper says Mr. Perks is the future Chancellor of the Exchequer. » What we want," said a Free Lance," at a Cadox- ;on meeting the other night, is not direct veto, out a bridle on the brewers. The brewers ought 11M to be allowed to use anything tut malt and isops in brewing beer, and then a man could drink b-eerall day without getting drunk." Ar bill-poster putting up on Holton-road Sir Morgan's ''directions to the elector how to vote," was asked by a bystander what it was about. 4 Oh says the bill-sticker, giving the poster a rindictive daub," That's the way he want's 'em to rote, if he gets anybody mug enough." The Rev. Mr. Worthington, who has just been appointed to the Wesleyan Circuit of this district, iddressed a meeting at the Holton-road Wesleyan Chapel on Monday evening. His remarks were listened to with much interest, and there is no lonbt he will be able to accomplish good work in She circuit. « By the resignation of Mr. Blackmore the Barry School Board has lost one of the most efficient members, as will be seen from the report of Mr. Blackmore' speech on tbe question of Roman 3atholio Schools published in another column. Everyone will be glad to hear that Mr. Blackmore ttas been re-elected. In a bye-street at Barry Dock two men com- menced fighting, and a friend ran on and en- leavoured to make peace, asking the cause of the luarrel. "Nothing," says one, only a difference )f opinion." Dear me," says the peacemaker, •what is the argument. "Oh! he says he's a better man than me ♦ # Persons sending fruit by rail should see that it s well secured. A few evenings since a rather youthful railway man was seen at a local station :o take a handful of fruit from one of a number of baskets, and hand it to a female acquaintance in a jrain, observing, as he did so. that it was not up >0 much." That young porter did not think of whom was looking at him. 4r The latest novelty in the way of church, con- tributions was the other day given at the Barry Dock Church Mission. It was a pawn-ticket. A few Sundays ago a local professional man who :lidn't:happen to have any money about him wrote )n a slip of paper I.O.U. 2s. and put it in- the bag. ro the credit of human nature be it said: that he has loyally paid his debt of honour. What is the relatijwis of pigs to paupers 1 That is a question that was raised at the ifcst meeting of the Barry sne; Cadoxton Local Board. Mr. William Thomas said that a man, nam$d Kelly, who was exempted fr-QIl paying rates qa the ground that he was a louper, could not be a pauper be- cause he kept pig8. There would be but few paupers in the rural pasts of Wales and oi Ireland if MIl William Thoiaas, of Barry, was r*ht. A sad case came out at the- Jast meeting of ehe Barry Looal Board. The pcand-keeper, it sterns, lives aboat a quarter of a mile away front, the pound-we beg Mr. Barstoiw's pardon, it is 425 yards $ feet 3 inches. Tfcae other day a lll@. took some cattle to the pound., and could not iiuditbe key. He left the cattle, for a few mint&es to go and find the pound-keeper. He pr<?aently re- tuin&ed with the pc^nd-keeper and round the t cattle gone. | Those young levies who stroll .lpng. Penartfc cliffs on Sunday afternoon, who from, the geniality of the happy heart; allow thei~ pretty mouths to express the good humour within, had better reserve their mirth for the more unfrequented paths, as they would hardly be pleased with the remark made of two very nice girls who passed, on last Sunday, one of the group of aristocratic hod- carrfera that lie about on the grass. 44 Oh, Lord. did you see her smile, like a vailway tunnel ? I < A laughable atory was told by the Rev, S. R. Jones, the vicar of Glyntaff. at the last meeting of the Burial Board. •• A member of the Local Board."he said, "'met a member of the Burial Boara, and remarked,'You have had your exten- tion. it seems r Yes,' replied the Burial Board man. Well, how do you account for the fact that you had your extension so soon whilst we are still waiting V • Oh,' was the quick retort, I cannot say unless we have a superior clerk.' v We need not add that all the Burial Board members laughed heartily at the joke. At the meeting of the Barry and Cadoxton Local Board great curiosity was evinced as to the colours of the ties worn by the members. The officials- wore white ties as emblems of purity and freedom from partizanship. Mr. John Robinson wore a black tie—an emblem that he was a free lance Dr. Treharne wore a blue tie: and red ties were worn by Mr. Barstow and one of the reporters. It is confidently asserted that Inspector Lsyshon doesn't wear a tie, and there are grave doubts as to whether the late Sage of Palmerstown is in the habit of wearing one. However, it is a case of non-provea." The term; gentleman seems to have sunk to the very deepest spot in the mire of snobbery. At the Penarth Police-court on Monday, one of four prisoners whilst asking a witness a question pointed to a fellow prisoner, who had distinguished1 him- self by drunkenness and assaulting the police, and said. Did you not see the policeman first strike this gentleman A. little later another witness, pointing to the prisoner, referred to him as that gentleman." On Sunday afternoon last two respeetable girls were walking on the beach at Barry Island. Several young fellows approached and used very j obnoxious language. The girls took no notice, and were walking on, when one of the fellows, dressed as a midshipman, struck one of the girls across the face with, his- hand. No police were on the sands at the time. It is cer- tainly time that something should be done to check the rowdyism that so frequently occurs on the Island, and we would suggest to the Barry Chamber of Trade the first-rate opportunity which here presents itself for them to take the matter in hand. t. The development and protection of Barry Island" would sound well in their programme. # • No wonder General Lee at the Barry School Board meeting commiserated the-tale of the poor parents who have to send their children regularly to school. The School Board man," as one poor fellow remarked, is terribly down on us," and the excuses made are many and ingenious. After a bit, however, they get monotonous. This is the order-first a child is in delicate health then its shoe pinches then it has toothache, or earache, or -headache. When none of these will go- down without a medical certificate as a dernier resort they fall foul of the poor teachers. One of the parents last Monday had turned to go out, com- pletely non-plussed, when a brightid-ea occurred to him,and, turning back. he said By-the-bye. this is all them teachers'faults. I tell you, the first day I catch that 'ere teacher I'll make it as hot for him as he does for my boy A The uninitiated would have been surprised at the indignation of the Sage of Palmerstown at the last meeting of the Barry Local Board. The secret of it all was this. Mr. Benjamin Lewis has been advocating the appointment of a com- mittee to inspect public works. The wicked Public Works Committee, taking him at his word, appointed Mr. Lewis and Mr. William Thomas (Barry) to inspect the works. The committee, however, could not appoint, but only recommend, to the Board the appointment of these gentlemen to inspect. However, on the agenda of the last meet- ing there was printed. to consider the report of Mr. B. Lewis and Mr. William Thomas as inspectors of public works. It was a treat to hear the Sage thunder out words of majestic eloquence in stately rhythm,denouncing the unconstitutional procedure of the Public Works Committee,who had usurped the functions of the Board, showing from the state of his subterranean cellar the need of inspection of public works, and disclaiming with all the powers of sarcasm, wit, and invective against those who sneered at him and his proposal. It was a lesson in oratory which will not be forgotten by those, who heard him, and when he sat down a silence like that of the grave fell on the assembly and it was only when Mr. W. Thomas (Barry) made a few common-place remarks that the Board breathed again.

CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF WALES. ANNUAL MEETrjsO, AT FERNDALE. The 21st annual meetings cf the above Union were commenced at Fei-ndalg, at the Tabernacle Chapel on Monday evening. The nynvher of visitors were not many, owing, no dou.fc.% .to th« general election. The meeting was appointed: ftuv the purpose of hearing, addresses on tempea})d was to be presided ovct;, by Mr. Edward Lloyd, of Liverpool. A telegram was received, saying that unable to attend. Rev. Josiah Jones, MaqhynUleth, chairman of the. Union, was appointed in. his stead. Addresses were, delivered by th&.Rcv. E>; Williams, Maenclochog, on., Temperance, al, tlj$- Family by Dr. W. Jo. Morris, Portma,doc, on Temperance and Educational Institutions and by. rtoe Rev. D. S. Davies, Carl"- marthen, on," Temperance and Positions of RespGifcji- bility." The three addresses were very well received, and were,, frequently cheered and applauded. On Tuesday mqrning tiig.T £ iuon Committee met to ifeatifc- act business of a. stuii-private character at.. Tre Rhodda, Chapel. On Tuesday afternoon the, first conference of the t'ttw'-im was held at the same by which iime a. great iudSax of visitors had arrived, and the conference was. a.a enthusiastic one. Rei^ijeoces were made to the se-vere illness of Dr. John Th&mas, Liverpool, and a m^viion was carried sympathising with the zev. gentlemaa, all the congregation sta^jjfog lip. Nc*t years meetings will be held at I £ otywell, th jg being the o,nky place that applied for Union. R.ev. Dr. Herber Evans, Carnarvon; Dr.-i*. Davies, Carnarvon: R. Thomas, Llandore; MatJyBfcfeh Rees, IPenygroes; Mr. C. R. Jones, J.P., Llafifyllin: and Alderman Phillips. Tredegar, were appoised to repre- sent the Congregational Union on the .tioaoonformist Union of \Vka5es. The reposi of the committee was hofe read, which' shewed thai the Union is in a very ^wishing condi- tion, both, as regards numbers and :-sijiimcially. The report cisated a good deal of innoQeni chaff before being adtepted. The following w^re- appointed as officers ifrtr the ensuing year :—Cijsirt»an, D. Ayron Jones, Manordilo: financial seei^tar-y, Rev. D. A. GrifHi-hA, Troedrhiwdalar; juni<*a,secretary, Rev. H. M. Bisgl les, Liverpool; treasuvjr.- Alderman J. Wil- liam#, J.P., Gwaelodvgarth. Thfc.following resolution, hearing upon the General Election, was unanimously,- j*cU>pted:— '• That this conference, roallting the exceeding h&- uortance of the present general election, impresses, in the most solemn manner upon. the electors in all parts of Wales acting from a of responsibility to God, to vote for those candidates, whose character as v;vjll as their principles are purest,, especially having regard to the fact that so many ijmpo^tant subjects will oall for attention in the nexfc Parliament, such as ^tice to Ireland, control of the liquor traffic, peaca between kingdoms, and especially the Disestablishment and Disendowment of >h £ Church in Wales." In the evening ih.& Union sermons \»ere delivered at the Ti e Rhcjodda, Chapel to an overawing audienoe by the Rev. 4- Williams, aAd Rev. R. Thomas. Glandwr. Both sermons were., ex- ceedingly powerful. It must be, *zid td the cr%#t of the local secretaries that the arrangement^ fox the entertainment visitors, wex* admirably carried and ?.vexyt^ngl M farx has feeeij quite a iecc^

EXPORTS AXD IMPORTS AT BARRY DOCK. be found full particulars as to the ex ports and imports at Barry for the week ending July 2nd, 1892. It will be seen from the table tha.t already this year there Have been shipped 2,166,42&tons 0 cwt., against 2,120,832 tons 5 cwt. at the corresponding period last year, being an increase of 45,532 tons l&cvvt.:— IMPORTS:— Week ended Corresponding July 2, 1832. week ended Jv%4, 1891. Tons cwt. Tons cwt. Pitwood ————— ————— Timber 1,101 0 ———— Rails .ft. ————— ———— Silver Sand ————— ————— I Iron andiron Ore. — ———— —-———— Building Materials 235 0 306 0 General merchandise 610 10 ———— Total 1,946 10 300 0 Increase 1,640 10 Total to June 30, 1832. v. 42,703 0 42,878. C Decrease 167 0 Total for 2 days to 2nd July 105 0 ————— EXPORTS :-s- Coal 86,643 10 67-218- 2: Coke. 2,058 13 1.641 13 Rails.„ ———— ——— Iron and Iron Ore. ———— 14- Qi General merchandise 606 0 ———— Total 89,308 3 -82,656 g; Increase 6,651 15 Total to June 30, 183Etw 2,166,425 0 2,120,832 5 Increase 45,592 15 Total for 2-days to 2nd July 25,260 3 55,127 1A REPORT OF SHIPPING:— t Number. Tonnage.. Steamers anived 35 39,4-11 Steamers sailed 30 37,936' Sailing Vessels arrived 17 18,8fl?' Sailing Vessels sailed 17 13,963- Sailing Vessels arrived. 17 18,807 Sailing Vessels sailed 17 13.963 Steamers in?X)oek this day 18 22.784 Sailing Vessels in Dock this day 33 40,766 Total. 51 63,550 VesselsinDcokas per last report 46 56,65S' Increase 5 6.895 Decrease Vessels in Dock, corresponding week, 1891 39 43,23€> Accountant's Office, Barry Dock, June 4th, 1892. I

There is no remedy in the world equal to LEWIS-' I PECTORAL BALSAM for Coughs, Colds, and all Dis orders of the Lnngs.ls. lid. and 2s. 9d. per bottle. ¡ ADVICB TO ,MOTHERS :-Are you broken INJOAWT by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth* Go at cace to a chemist and get a bottle of Mas. WINSLOW?S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve.- poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly hnrn)!^ aud pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet alsep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherab awakes as bright as a button." It soothes tha^vhild^ it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves^wind» regulates- the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysaatery and diarrhoea, whether arising fromjteeth- ing or other causes. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing, Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at. per bottle. per bottle.

To the Electors of the South I Glamorgan Parliamentary Di^ion. QiEXTLEMEN,— Just six years ago you returned m&aL second time to Parliament with a majority of 1:3ro, more than doubling the substantial majority of close upon 600 with which you first elected m& I now for the third time, at the unanimous request of thie Liberal Three Hundred of the BJvasion. ask yon to send me back as your representative. Like LAbe rest of Wales, you were in 1886, tsae to your national instincts, your national aspirations, and your sense of justice. You did not -m.V'er when aor illustrious leader, Mr. Gladstone, proposed that great act of reparation, which will give- to Ireland a legislative body for the management of her own affairs, under the control of the Imperial Parlia- ment, and which will create a rea^ and enduring Union. The hesitation of England has., deferred Home Rule for six yaars. But the ti¡pe. has not been wasted so far a# Wales is concerned-. During that period her Litoral members, by a^T«is» and patriotic policy of concerted, determined;, and judicious action, hav^ obtained evsa. from a Con- servative Government, legislation for Wales and a recognition of her grievances and needs, of which the liberal party i-i, WaLes may well be proud. W^een that Govenypewt* in spite of its repeated ^somises, had foe. Session after Session neglected* to bring in a Bill- for giving Wales a proper system of Intermediate Education, the Welsh members brought in- a Bill of their own. By thei> protests and 5.$E$istent appeals to public opinion they compelled, the- Government to allow ¡ that Bill to be read, a, secotfcd time. Their united; ¡: efforts, well conside«?d; in, many conferences, and; successfully carried; into, effect by the ability, energy, and resouaee of individual members, pi»- verjsed the administration of Lord Salisbury frosa msjeing alterations, which under the disguise of amendments, would have-rendered our Bill wwsc t'aan useless, liy, depriving the Joint Edumtion committee of its. representative character, vMoh would have excluded- Monmouthshire frcvoa its blessings, anj;w,hichi would have greatly narrowed its scope anj^value in other ways. In the same way the Welsh Liberal members forced the. Tory and dissentient Liberal party, with a great majority at its back, to. withdraw ignolqiwoqsly two Tithe Bills and to x*odify their third "eithe Bill,, whilst they obtained in the in- terest of Wales -important amendwnts of the Loc&J) Government Bill and of otlfce-r Bills. And lastly they have brought the question of Welsh Bisestablishment and Disendowmeat so effectively before the Country, that it has been accepted as second only to Home Rule for Ireland, on tbla programme of the Liberal party. I have been amply rewarded for such part I have been able to, take in this important and responsible work, by finding that these years of trial and anxiety have only strengthened your faith in my earncatness and sincerity, a.nd have tmly increased »\vtual symp^^f regard, I therefore repeat the significant words with which I concluded my address six years ago. I am sure you will send me back with a still larger majority, to assist Mr. Gladstone in Completing the noble work of Justice to Ireland which he has begun. When that? is done we may fairly put forward an irresistible demand for justice to Wales, for religious equity, and a broad alld com- prehensive measure of ioeal government, which will enable us to managw our own .affairs in accordance with our National wants and wis heir.* I am, Gentlemenr Your faithfuf Servant, ARTHUR A- WILLIAMS. Coedymwstwr. 321

To the Colliers and Wurkiing-men of the South Glamorgan Di-Viqioa, MY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS,— I address YOU SPKCIALLY, becaufeS I am afraid that my voice cannot reach many Of yon before the close of this, my third contest. For more than SEVEN years I worked as Secre- tary to the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines. During those years I explored with the Commissioners almost every colliery in England, Wales, and Scotland, in which a great e:s:pl, s*on had taken place and assisted as Secretary to thff' best of my ability in the long and laborious duty of taking evidence, making thousands of exptri- ments with coal dusts and safety lamps, and' drawing up the Report which led to the passing of the Mine*' Regulation Act of 1887. When that Report was presented I had become your Member. And when this Tory Government brought in the Mines' Regulation Bill, which had been chiefly prepared by Mr. Gladstone's Government, I acted with the Liberal party, led by the Miners' members -by MABCN, BURT, FEXWICK, PICKAKD, and CRAWFORD, in resisting the Tory members when they had to make many alterations which were AGAINST THE 3NDEPEKDENCE AND FAIR INTEKEHLS of the Collier. For nearly MVEN years I have faithfully and honestly tried to do my duty as YOUR MEiiiiER in support of the cause of labour. I have put forward in speech and writing your just claims For the TAXATION OF ROYALTIES and GROUND RENTS, so that a large share, at toJl events, of the vast sum drawn yearly from your district may be applied to useful public purposes* For the DISESTABLISHMENT and DISCSDOW- MEXT OF THE CHURCH IN WALES, and the ap- plication of the Tithe for the common good. For HOME RULE :.the great principle of National Self-government. For LOCAL OPTION, which will give you the power to free your district from the curse of unrestricted Liquor Traffic. For an EIGHT "!IOURS' WORKING DAY FOR MINERS. For a just Land Law. For one man one Vote." For Paying a Fair Salary to Members, and Paying the Expenses of Elections, so that the working man and the poor man may not be prevented from being sent to Parliament. I have tried to do my duty without thrusting myself unduly forward, but I hope and believe that you have watched my work and come to think of me, not as a mere member, but as a Friend aud Fellow Worker in our great cause of FreedoDJy"- Equality, and Progress,- For a Third Time the Tories are trying to put in a member, who, if returned, would vote against all the great reforms on which our hearts are set—for which we have so long workel and suffered. He will, of course, be rejected as the others were. I ask EVERY ONE of you to record his vote and to reject him with a crushing ma jority. Your faithfttl Servant, ARTHUR WILLIAMS. C, edy.-nw.-twr. June, 1892. [341

I PARLIAMENTARY. ELECTION, 1892. To the Eleefeors of the Southern Division; of the County of Glamorgan. EXILEMEN— QENTLEMEN,— The Unionist Parliament election in 188S has now comes to an end. During its existence the country has been most i, prosperous. t Our trade and commerce have greatly improved, l taxation has been reduced, and. thanks to Lord Salisbury's splendid Foreign Policy, we have no wars or rumours of wars. Ireland is now peacefiAanS prosperous. It is for the purpose of supporting the party which has proved itself: so competent to manage the affairs of our great oountry that I offer myself as a candidate for your suffrages. Should you honour me with your confidence I will do all in my power to. promote the interest of my constituents and of the United Kingdom, to which we are proud to be&mg. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your obedisnt servant, MORGAN MORGAN. 320]

To the Electors of the Parliamentary Division of East Glamorgan. G ENTLEMF-N,- The period fonwtfeich you elected IRe your Representative has expired, and I respectfully solicit a renewal of yoisr confidence. During the time I have had the honour to repre- sent you in Parliament I have endeavoured to uphold those great Liberal principles upon which you first elected me;. and I have supported all measures which appfjaaed to me to be in the interest of the general well-being of the people. With Mr. Gladstone in power the Disestablish- ment and Disendo-WHfceait of the Church in Wales will at once be takea in hand, and I ask you te show by your support that a just. settlement of this great questi.,m is dear to the heart of the electors of East Glamorgan. My fullest sympathies are with the industrial population, and na. I have in the past steadfastly supported all rj#asares for the improvement of their condition,. so in the future I will aid all movements for -Ae greater comfort, freedom, and happiness of thfct class upon wham our national prosperity depends. I am in favour of an Eight Hoars Working Day for Miners, antitaeomplete reform of our Electoral System andimll support in its entirety the New- castle Programme, along with other great Reforms already dawning on the political horizon. I shall also continue to advocate a thorough reform of our Poor-lavs^ and strive to stop the fountain which feecU.tae stream of pauperism. I shall alto pursue my efforts for the attain- ment of tbmwkte aspirations for self-government ardently leaded for by every patriotic Welshman, and I bel;$%e the day is at haiatd when our just de- mands wRB he recognised. And it. TtiiiH be my constant; endeavour to secure the greater peace, prosperity, and security of our Empire Icemain, Gentlemen, Your obedieat servant, ALERED THOMAS. Buerawydd, Cardiff, 27th june, 1892. 1.321

BARRY RAILWA Y—TRAFFIC RECEIPT& Week ending 2nd July, 1892 £ 6,775. Accountant's Office, Barry Dock, 6th July, 1892.

SIR E. «>. REED AND MR. A. J. WILLIAMS AT i COWBRIDGE. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. Sir Edward Reed and Mr. A. J. Williams ad- dressed a meeting of electors iirt the Town-hall, Cow bridge, on Monday evening. There was a large audience, which was presided over by Mr. Daniel Evans, chairman of the CowbridJje Liberal Association, and amongst those present were :— Aldermen, Thomas Rees, Edwacdi Jbhn, and W. A. James. Councillors Williams, Thomas John, Thomas Thomas, J. W. Hall, and Llewellyn Councillor Ramsdale, of Cardiff; Messrs. Wynn, of. Cardiff Alfred James, E. Davies, W.. T. Gwyn, Philip Griffiths, E. W. Mil»& and. the Rev. — Lockhort. The Chairman having opened: the meeting, Alderman Edward John,, who remarked that Mr. Gunn had committed political suicide, moved r— That this meeting of electors of the contributory borough of Cow bridge and of the Southern Division of the county of Glamorgan, declares, its unqualified approval of the splendid services to. the Liberal cause rendered by Sir Edward J! Reed and Mr. A. J. Williams in and out of Parliament,, and pledges its enthusiastic support to. secure at this election their return to Parliament by trium.phant majorities. (Applause.) Alderman James seconded the resolution, which was supported by Councillor Williams, Councillor Ramsdale (Cardiff), and Mr. Wynn. The resolution was carried amid much cheering, there being only three dissentients. Sir Edward Reed, on rising to speak, was cheered again and again. In the course of a brief address he said the Conservatives in the constituency must be very sick indeed, after the many beatings they had got, when they could not get a candidate from amongst themselves, but had to put up a man with such miserable political professions as Mr. Gunn. (Hear, hear.) He literally didn't understand the situation. (Laughter.) He had heard that the Conservatives were to win—(laughter)—but they might prophesy as much as they liked, for they had done the same before and invariably lost. (Laugh- ter.) What amaxed him was that people should be so gulled. Mr. Gunn must have lost his head to have entered into such a contest. On what pretext or position was Mr. Gunn to win ? Mr. Gunn could not come to the platform on the following night and speak the truth in the face of that town and say he holds to the same opinions he held before, or deny that he had changed his opinion, and was changing his opinions to win votes from a party who did not even believe in him. (Hear, hear.) When a man became a very Judas Iscariot to his own nature what could life, politics, or Parliament be to him ? What could Parliament give a man in exchange for the respect of his fellow men, and their good opinionHe could not help feeling that when, after Friday morning, Mr. Gunn had to go about the town a defeated oian, having attempted a work that was no credit to him, and in which he had failed, he (Sir Edward) was of opinion that the gentleman would give almost anything he possessed to get back to where he stood—a respected and trusted citizen of the place. (Applause.) After a stirring speech from Mr. Arthur Williams, brimful of confidence and fight, a vote of thanks to the chairman brought the meeting to a close.

An authority on newspapers says that a well managed local paper is ploughed steadily through just as the horses plough the fields, and every furrow of type conscientiously followed from end to end, adver- tisements and all. The brewer's, the grocer's, the draper's^ the ironmonger's, the chemist's advertise- ments (market-town tradesmen) which have beenthero month after mctfh. are all read, and the slightest change immediately

NOTES FROM LONDON The working-men of Nottingham West have had their revenge on Mr. Broadhurst because he felt himself unable to meet their views on the Eight Hour Question. It is simply lamentable that the Liberals should come to such absurd decisions as this, which merely play into the enemy's hands. They have returned Col. Seeiy, and he has promised to do anything which lies in his power for them on the Eight-hour Question but how much can he do ? Why, nothing at all, as he very well knows. The result of this actiow, then, is to leave out of Parliament the ablest Labour member it contained, and to send in his place a man belong to the masters' class, who will support a party composed of the born enemies of the working man. At tne uauy ssews orace, in neet-street, a large canvas was put up, with any oxy-hpdrogen light behind, and as the results of the various polls came in they were put on the canvas for the waiting thousands to see. With the constant changes, it was a sort of moving panorama, and until nearly two o'clock each morning this week excited crowds have looked earnestly on. At the National Liberal Club, on the Embankment, a similar plan was adopted with similar success. The cheering in Fleet-street on Monday night was something to remember when news came that the two divisions of West Ham, such purely working-class constituencies, had shaken off their chains and returned, the one a real working-man by a huge majority, and the other a thorough- going Radical. That cock -a-whoop championof the Church and its privileges, and abuses, under the false im- pression that he is a '• defender of the faith "— Mr. Byron Reed, has been beaten on his own ground by Mr. W. S. Caine—handsomely beaten, too. This testimonial of the opinion Bradford East holds of Mr. Reed should make him a wiser if a sadder man. It was very condescending of the Queen's son-in- law, the Marquis of Lome, to go down and contest Central Bradford as a Liberal Unionist, and he will doubtless consider the Bradford people much wanting in common sense and courtesy in respect- fully declining his services. They must surely have forgotten that. in addition to being the husband of a Royal Princess, this gentleman has the much higher distinction of being the great Duke of Argyll's son. Mr. Chamberlain will have to visit Bradford, and explain to the people how it is to be connected with dukes and duchesses. This is the way in which the Tories mix up politics with the conferring of legal appointments. The other day the Lord Chancellor appointed thirteen new magistrates for Southampton, of which ten were Conservatives, two Liberal Unionists, and our Liberal. The same proportion held good also in Cardiff. It is impossible to help admiring a Lord Chancellor who so unblushingly degrades his office to the lowest political uses. Here is another gem from the crown of honour and consistency which Mr. Chamberlain is now busily making for himself, and which he will assuredly have to wear long after this election is over. Speaking at the Queen's Theatre. Birming- ham, he said :—" For all useful domestic legisla- tion in recent years the people are indebted to Conservative Governments." And yet this right honourable gentleman calls himself a Liberal! Some deeply interesting information, respecting several European monarchs has just been made public, and will doubtless add to the respect in which they are held. The Czar, we are told, is the biggest eater of these monarchs—but that is only proper, because he is the biggest man. Oar favourite, the German Emperor, comes next, and it is said of him that he is practically ahcajix eat- ing. For instance, before going to the theatre, he dined mphrudif. and yet there have to be sent to him at the theatre, from the Imperial kitchen, fourgons with a fully-prepared supper, which he devours'T in one of the private rooms of the theatre between the acts. If a working-man did this he would, be called an unbridled glutton. But of course it is all right in an Emperor. Mr. Labouehere is not regarded as a thin-skinned gentleman, but I fear he. will be sadly shocked to hear that he is not held in very high esteem by such a distinguished politician and such a polished gentleman as Mr. Wootton Isaacson, of Stepney. At one of his. meetings that gentleman said I have sat opposite Mr. Labouchere, and have watched and studied him. I believe him to be one of the- emptiest, and certainly one of the moat mischievous,, politicians who ever sat in the House of Commons." That is delightful, and all I want now to' make me thoroughly happy is, Mr. Labouchere's opinion ofi Mr. Wootton Isaacson. It is deplorable how some of our leading politicians- have; during the election contest, stooped' to the grossest and most offensive per- sonalities—not political, simply personal. The other day Mr. Balfour was passing through H uddersfield.. and.: hie admirers wished him to say a few words from the- carriage window. He re- fused, in. these words Gentlemen, under other circumstances I should be pleased to addless you!, but neither in, this-nor in any other particular am I anxious to imitate the methods of a very dis- tinguished. statesman." This remark is not political, but simply personal impertinence, and it is astounding that Air.. jaitlfour- should stØOPI to- such language. Of course Mr. Chamfeerloia has taught tts not to be surprised at anything he says, so i-t was simply takenas another specimen of his later style when the other night he said, Gladstonians are willing to. set aside the prospects of further usesul legislation in. order to gratify the vanity of an old man. Ever since Mr. Chamberlain mixed with the hupper suckles," he has spoken in. this elegant and respectful way of Mr. Gladstone. In fact, the remark itself is not really genuine. It was Lord. Randolph Churchill, whose delicate and refined, mind, first hit upon the idea of calling Mr. Gladstone an old. m-n in a hurry." The Daily Craph.k- has hit on a ingenious and amusing: way of depicting the results of each day's polling throughout the countiy. There are two tall ladders,.up, which are climbing Mr. Gladstone and the Marquis of Salisbury. The state of the poll each, morning; has been shewn by the relative height to which each has climbed. The new half- penny Jtmrwi-mj; Leader, in a similar way, gives blocks of two. pedestrians engaged in a contest, the Prime Minister and Mr. Gladstone again being the principals. JEr. Bichard Chamberlain and Mr. Stanley were the only candidates who allowed their wives to appear on the platforms to utter extravagant personal eulogies more fitted for the home circle than the public platform and the result of this styla of political warfare has been that both these gentlemen have been defeated. rerb, sap. Mrs. Stanley told the electors of South Lambeth that Mr. Stanley was the greatest man in England The North Lambeth electors, however, are too modest to monopolise the services of such a great man. It would be a pity to localise a genius so cosmopolitan as to embrace continents, not. mere boroughs. So the North Lambeth people have accepted the humbler but more practical services of Alderman Coldwells. There has been among the privileged classes a greater incentive even than hatred of Home Rule to make every effort to defeat the Liberals. They care comparatively little about any purely political question such as Home Rule, but they know full well that as soon as the next Liberal Government comes into power there will commence that cam- paign against privilege, pension, imposture, incom- petency, and titled humbug, which are their hereditary possessions. So no wonder they have fought hard. John Burns, who got in as a working man for Battersea on Wednesday, is a mighty independent sort of a man, and will stand no sort of patronising. The other day a London newspaper proprietor kindly offered to subscribe £ 1,000— £ 2t)0 per annum for five years,^tfojissist in Mr. Burns's ex- penses as a Member of Parliament. No," said John, if I am to represent the working-men, the working men must pay me. If I took mousy from others, I should not be the working. men's repre- sentative." Right, John-yiiite right. They say there has not been an elootor in the kingdom more excited about the election than her Majesty. The wire to the castle has been in full go every night, and until two in the morning, about which time the latest returns have arrived. It is to be hoped these late hours will not militate against her Majesty's health. It is pleasing to hear that our Sovereign takes such a vivid interest in the people's politics, and what I have stated is absolutely correct. +-

CORRESPONDENCE, QNE WHO WANTS TO KNOW.—.There are three Lord Mayor's In the United KiyAgloril-of London, York, and Dublin. Belfast has QQ Lord Mayor.

THE ,I BARRY DISTRICT TEMPERANCE COUNCIL. AX APPEAL 'FO THE ELECTORS OF CADOXTOX, BARRY DOCK, AND BARRY. DEAlt FRIENDS,—We are called on Friday next to discharge a most sacred and important duty. Remem- ber that the present election affords us an opportunity not only to give Liberal and just measures to the whole of the British Empire, irrespective ot Rationalities, but also to say whether or not we shall allow the liquor traffic, which according to the ju lges of the country, is the source of most of the poverty, immorality, and crime, to continue to tarnish the fair nuiwe of this Christian land of ours. While this traffic is permitted to go on unchecked, and even bolstered by one party, which is largely interested in the trade, it is in vain that working men labour for real, social, and moral advancement. The prospects of temperance reforms have never been brighter than just now. The late Government was twice defeated in their efforts to endow a traffic which, in' the words of Mr. Gladstone, has succeeded in destroying more human lives than war, pestilence, and famine. The Liberal party has repeatedly en- dorsed the principle of direct local veto, which means giving to the inhabitants of a particular town or locality the power of controlling the liquor traffic. In addition to this, the great Liberal leader declared most emphatically in his Chester speech on Saturday week, that this had been adopted by them as one of their foremost1 plank?.- For the sake, therefbreT of sobriety, morality, and religion, we most earnestly urge the electors of this district to vote for Mr. Arthur Williams. On behalf of the Council, L. TON EVAXS, Hon. Sec.

I RESULT OF THE MERTHYR TYDVIL ELECTION- The result of the election at Merthyr Tydvil- the first contested election in Wales-is just to hand, and is a happy augury for the success of the Liberals at the poll :— D. A. Thomas (L.). 11,948 W. Prltchard Morgan (L.). 11.756 B. Francis Williams (C.).». 2.304 Majority 9,644

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district, unless the School Board fails to supply sufficient accommodation for the children, no sectarian school shall be allowed to exist. (2) The infidel and the secularist," it is said, 14 because they do not believe in religious in- struction at all, are satisfied with unsectarian schools the religious man is placed at a disadvantage, because he wishes his children to have definite religious instruction." We place no impediment in his way by refusing to pay for that religious instruction out of the public funds. We claim to be as anxious for the spiritual nurture of our countrymen as any but we do not, on that account, believe that the teachers of religion, either in Church or in school, should be paid out of the public funds. Religion is a personal matter, and the expenses in connection with it should be voluntarily borne by its professors. (3) The next and most insidious argument is that the establishment of a sec- tarian school will be a saving to the ratepayers. To thoroughly comprehend this argu- ment, it will be necessary to explain how the income of a School Board is made up. This is made up of three items, a Government grant for efficiency, a grant from the Government under the Free Education Act in lieu of the old school pence, and a certain sum per child from the rates. The Government grant varies from 17s. fid to 20s., the new grant is 10s., and at Barry each child costs the rates 18s. 2jd. The local rates and the Imperial 4 Exchequer will be saved in the following way. according to the sectarian educationalists. While a child in a Board School can earn a grant of 20s., no child in a sectarian school can earn more than 17s. Cd. Here then is a possible saving to the Imperial Exchequer of 2s.v fid. per head. While each child in a Board School costs the rates 18s. 2fd., he will cost nothing to the rates 4 if .he is educated in a sectarian school. There is therefore, a clearing saving of over !1 per head by establishing sectarian schools. In this way. the friends of sectarian education contend, not only will religion be advanced, but the rate- payers' pockets will be saved. What was de- clared to be impossible once is possible now, and the ratepayers are shown an easy and a pleasant way of serving God and Mammon. When, however, this comes to be exa- mined, the picture is not so ideal as it at first seems to be. The 18s. 2-id. 4 which comes out of the rates for each child in the Board School, does not wholly go for the child's education. A considerable part of it goes in payment of interest on loans which I have been contracted for the purpose of provid- ing school buildings. The interest will still have to be paid whether the schools are full or -empty. Another part of it goes to the payment of salaries. These salaries will have to be still paid whether the teacher has 40 or 30 children in the class. Therefore the establishment of Sectarian schools, while leaving the expenses in connection with Board Schools the same, will decrease the Government grant. Every child taken away from a Board School means a loss of 27s. fid. per annum. This loss will have to be met in one way or another either the effic:ency of the school will have to be lowered by the employment of less qualified teachers at smaller salaries, or the loss of grant will have to be met by an increase in the rates. What the poor ratepayer will save in one way, he will have to pay for to a great extent in another. Let us grant, however, that to some extent [ the pocket of the ratepayer is saved by the establishment of sectarian schools but let us be honest in the matter. Let us clearly understand what we give away in return for these few pounds, shillings, and pence. In the first place we will be giving away the con- trol of institutions maintained out of the public funds. It is a mere quibble to differentiate be- tween Imperial and local funds in this matter. Both Imperial and local funds are public funds, and the public ought to have some voice in the management of the institutions maintained by them. In the second place, we will be giving away the principle for which JWales has fought and suffered, of religious equality. Why should the religious tenets of some Churches be taught at the public expense, while those of others are not? The Wesleyans are the strongest religious body at Barry then comes the Church of England then the Congregationalists then the Methodists and then the Baptists. Why should one sect be favoured more than the other ? It may be said that there is perfect liberty for all to establish state-aided denomi- national schools. To this we reply that there is no such liberty. Once the Educational Department is satisfied that there is sufficient accommodation provided for all the children,, it will refuse to give a Government grant to a sectarian school. It is obvious therefore that some denominations, if they wished to have denominational schools, will never receive a Government grant. And why should one denomination be favoured above the other ? In the next place, another time-honoured principle of Welsh Nonconformists will be given away-that the State is a secular institution, and as such should not interfere in matters of religion. To our mind that man is not consis- tent who denies the right of the State to pay for religious teaching in the pulpit, and admits its right to pay for religious teaching in the school. If the Liberals and Nonconformists of Barry are prepared to barter their principles and their consistency for a saving of a few pounds in the rates, let them do so with their eyes open and with a full knowledge of the value of their bargain. HOME RULE AND DISESTABLISH- MENT. I AM quite sure," said Mr. GLADSTONE on Tuesday, in one of the great speeches he has lately been delivering, that true, genuine, legitimate spirit of Nationalism in Scotland, and the determination to yield no jot or tittle of the just claims of Scotland is as strong at this moment as ever it was in any period of her history." Substitute Wales" for" Scotland," and the great statesman's words will be found to be as applicable to our own country as to Scotland. It is instructive to note the deduc- tions which Mr. GLADSTONE draws from this statement of fact, and those halting Liberals "who have hitherto looked askance at the grow- ing demands of the Young Wales party, should be ghamed out of their attitude of distrust and suspicion. If Scotland deliberately and upon consideration," said Mr. GLADSTONE, thinks it her duty to demand that measure (of Scotch Home Rule), I have not the least doubt it would he given." It is for Scotland herself to make up her mind on the question. If, after mature reflection, she thinks it her duty to demand the measure," the Liberal party is pledged by its leader to grant her. wish. This, we have .all along contended, is the only logical outcome of the Home Rule policy. It was possible, by not retaining the Irish members in Westminster, to avoid granting Home Rule to Scotland and Wales. Mr. GLADSTONE, however, has distinctly given up that clause. in the Home Rule Bill of 188(5. Irish representa- tives will not only sit in a Parliament of their own at Dublin but they will continue to sit at St. Stephen's. It would be obviously unfair that, while Englishmen and Scotchmen and Welshmen would have no voice in the local affairs of Ireland, the Irish members should have the right to interfere with the domestic concerns of the United Kingdom. It is futile to talk of differentiating between local and Imperial matters in the House. The system, if tried, would soon be found to be irksome and impracticable The only way out of the diffi- culty will be to give to Scotland and Wales and England local parliaments to deal with local affairs, and leave to the Imperial Parlia- ment only those questions which affect Imperial interests. We have always insisted that the Disestab- lishment question is part of the Home Rule question. The Welsh nation have for two generations protested against the anomaly of the continuance of the Establishment in Wales. The vast majority of the nation have entered their protest in the only Constitutional way open to them—by returning members to Parlia- ment who are pledged to the Disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales. We are no believers in the principle of an Establishment. We are convinced in our own minds that the Church in every country w ould be better and purer were it freed from the bonds which tie it to the State, and which tend to deprive its teaching of the character of a gospel of peace and good will among men. But we have never urged the claims of Wales to Disestablishment solely on the ground of abstract right. We have insisted that the Church of England in Wales should be disestablished, because the majority of the Welsh nation do not believe in the Establish- ment, and demand the severance of the connec- tion'with the State. "Establishment," as Mr. GLADSTONE said, Ii is a local question." It is a question of Home Rule. The Welsh people and the Scotch people have {decided against its continuance the connection between Church and State should therefore be severed in Scot- land and Wales. If England still wishes to retain the Establishment, neither Wales nor Scotland has any right to interfere. It is a local question, and should be determined by the votes of the English members themselves. SOUTH GLAMORGAN ELECTION. COMPARED with 188(5, the results of the General Election which are known at the time of going to press (Thursday afternoon) show a Liberal gain of 38 seats as against a Tory gain of 1 I. The net Liberal gains hitherto are therefore 17. Including the unopposed returns, 243 members have been already returned,, and the list is made up as follows :—Tories,. 124 Unionists, 19-total 143. Liberals, 97 Irish Nationalists, o—total, 102. The Conservatives are still 43 ahead of the Liberals but, when; it is considered that there were about 30 Conserva- tives returned unopposed, and that the results- are those of the borough elections, where the Unionists are strongest,, it will be seen that the Liberal position is most satisfactory. The elec- tion in South Glamorgan on Friday will be about the, first county election contested.. We sincerely trust that the electors will be alive to the responsibility which rests on. them,, and that they will send back Mr. ARTHUR. WM,MAMS to Parliament with such an overwhelming majority that new courage and hope will be given to those Liberals who are fighting the good cause in less promising constituencies than South Glamorgan.