The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

J ST. DAVIDS DAY CE, tEBIta-I TION. ABERYSTWYTH Oil the evening of St. David's Day fit Aberystwyth tfee annual dinner was given at the Talbot Hotel, to which a fair number sat down, but not so many as on former occasions. "The r.hair wma ahlv filled hv Cautain Bonsall (who was sup- ported by Dr Harries, mayor of Aberystwyth, Major Bonsall, Galltllan), and-the vice-ch&ir by Mr J. D. Perrott, N.P. Bank. Among others present were Mr D. M. Davies, New-street; Mr Hugh Hughes, solicitor Mr J. R. Rees, N. and S. W. Bank Mr R. K. Jenkins, Mr Robert Jones, Sunnyhill Mr J. Hughes Jones, solicitor the Rev T. A. Penry, Mr T. Powell, Mr S. Glitheroe, Mr Roderick Richardes, Mr G. F. Roberts, The Green Mr John Morgan, Laura-place Mr R. J. Jones, Mr A. T. Evans, Banlc Mr W. A. Richardes, Mr Percy.Lobb, Lieutenant Stephens, Mr Thomas Griffiths, Mr R. Jones, Graiggoch Mr H. Pugh, Bank; Bandmaster Wright, Mr Morgan, printer Mr J. Richards, Market-st., e Mr R. Morgan, Great Darkgate-street. Mr W. Morgan, Laura-place Mr H. Mathews, Great Darkgate-street Mr Wm. Thomas, Railway-terrace Mr E. Morcom, Queen's- road, and others. Mr and Mrs Jones, the host and hostess, provided a splendid dinner of early season viands of which the following was the menu SOUPS. Clear Turtle. FISH. Boiled Salmon. Parsley feauce. Fried Fillets of Soles. Anchovy Sauce. v ENTREES. Larded Sweetbreads and Mushrooms. Lobster Patties. JOINTS. Roast Lamb. Roast Beef. Boiled Turkeys. Tongues. Ham. Boildd Leg of Mutton. Ducklings. Saddles of Mutton. GAME. Pheasants. Leverets. Wild Duck. SWEETS. St. Clair Puddings. Rhubarb Tarts. Custards. Fruit Jellies. Raspberry Creams. French Pastry. Compote of Fruits. Ice Puddings. DESSERT. After the removal of the cloth, the PRESIDENT give the loyal toasts which were honoured by singing the National Anthem and God Bless the Prince of Wales. Mr JOHN MORGAN, J.P., (who was loudly cheered aj he came to the dinner somewhat late) having sung Ofr to Philadelphia in the Morning," the VICE-PRESIDENT gave the health of the Lord Lieutenant of the County (Colonel Davies- £ vans), who made an excellent representative of her Majesty in the county. The toast was drunk with musical honours as were nearly e/ery one of the others wnicn followed. The PRESIDENT gave one of the best songs of the evening, Private Toufay Atkins," and afterward proceeded to propose the bishop ani clergy and ministers of all denormna- tions, expressing the pleasure he felt m seeing the Rev Mi Peary present. He only wished that the rest of their spiritual advisers had followed Mr Penry's example. •Jong, Mr R. J. Jones, Mentra Gwen." The Rev T A. PENRY, responding, believed thatthe welfare, of the body ecclesiastic lay deeply in the heartof Welsamen. In faet, he believed that the welfare of nobody Jay so near to the heart of the people generally as that of tn body represented by the bishop, clergy, and mimsters of denominations. Speaking apart from any personal relaYon •hip to that honourable body, he thought it the good work done in the past, the good work it was doing t Present, and the good work it hoped to do in the future. (Hear, W Though Tt was not a body which contnbuted to the productive prosperity of the country,yetit tn i&t+Tltb that which underlay that P^^tion and J? \lfUSe those Principles which alone, fx»«ed » f»tJon ain at the same time tn nromote the well-being ot societj as large. (Cheers). But though the body ecclesiastic had b_ n very good form in time past he was sorry ^,y jje fear^Tfent time was not in the S of fevers Doctors red it was suffering from some kind ol t v what- many were considering its case and were ever might be the right potion would be disco> t do it would arise in newness of stre g Heaf) hear) great and glorious work for the coun y. welfare at the Whilst all were bent upon c°n/^d?""fLir:ngs 0f that kind *?ese.nt tiime, he thought it well that gatherand that should bring them m closer accord with°n ,icft or wiiful- J^ey should not be hasty in egressions Christian charity »ess, but should think of one another withCbnswa t hope that one and all, w!v>tever their p> esjastie and for Jfesired to do their best both for the body ec the welfare of the nation. (Cheers).^ atlj auxiliary Mr R. J JONES, proposing the Army aadN^^y opinion forces, thought he should but be expres 0{ ^e of all in saying that they were proud of the sheets ot^ toast. He coupled with it the name3of Bandmaster ^nsall, Lieutenant Stephens. Dr Harries, and i>anaui» Song, Dr Harries, Three Jolly P°s^°?a' pres{,jent Band- Major Bonsall, Lieutenant Stephen. th r BONSAIX toaster Wright, and Dr Harries responded. Major jwinsa said the Auxiliary Forces were the Army. Therefore it was the duty of thei country io *«v that force up. If the ironclads were driven back the dete of the country would fall upon the [^ll that Aber- glad to find from remarks made in thei Council t ystwyth seemed inclined to have the Mihtia back aga (Hear, hear). The field the Authorities were nef°"^nLck could not be got, but nevertheless he hoped to get the to Aberystwyth again. (Cheers). Armv being a Lieutenant STEPHENS said that though the Army voluntary one, was necessarily numeiically that of other nations, it had always been able to • It had met with reverses, but very few, and thuugh it^ as now composed of many young soldiers, he be +• the future it would always be able to maintain the prestige of the British nation. (Cheers). • j it. The PRESIDENT, who was pressed to respond, sairt the Militia was formerly considered an inefficient force, but was now recognized by the authorities as efficient, and every officer was now expected to pass a course at Woolwich before being alloyed to remain in the force. In time of active service the Militia would be called to man the forts at Malta <tud Gibraltar in place of the regular army, and then the shores of England would have to be defended by their gallant volunteers. (Cheers). Bandmaster WRIGHT having expressed the pleasure he experienced at being coupled with the toast with his superior officers, Dr HARRIES, who was called upon to speak and complained that they would not leave him alone, ridiculed the idea that the ironclads of Britain would ever be driven back. It was Britain's first line of defence and had never yet been broken through. The army shot down men, and had thousands of miles to go to the next town. The navy sunk ships, drowned the crews, and then refloated the ships like the Japanese had done. As long as England had a navy the people could sleep in peace, and the splendid name which Nelson gave to the navy would never be lost as long as he (Dr Harries) belonged to it. (Laughter and cheers.) Sang, Bandmaster Wright, The Powder Monkey." Mr HUGH HUGHES, solicitor, proposed the health of Mr Bowen Rowlands, the member for the county, and said he had pleasure in doing so, though politically he and Mr Bowen Rowlands were as far asunder as the poles. (Mr Morgan, J.P., "Hear, hear.") He however, respected Mr Rowlands. He had known him for many years, and he knew him long ,enough to respect him. He was not only a man of great abilities and great talent, but a thorough Englishman or Welshman. He was sorry the county was about to lose his services. He only hoped he had prosperity before him in his future career, and that his successor would only be half as good a man and half as good a member as he had been. vMusical honours and cheers for Mrs Bowen Rowlands and the family. Mr Roderick Richardes added And one more ior Mr Harford," but the President called "Order.') Recitation by Lieut. Stephens, How Bill Evans won the Battle of Waterloo." T The VICE-PRESIDENT (Mr Perrott) proposing the Immortal memory of St. David," gave the following outline of his life and doings St. Dwid or Dewi, archbishop, confessor and Patron of Wales, was the grandson of the King of Ceretica, now Cardiganshire. He was educated at Hen iyny w, or old Menevia. His whole time was spent in religious studies and he found his vocation in the sacred ministry and having passed through the minor orders, at length reached the priesthood. Soon after that he retired to the Isle of Vecta and there-embraced the ascetic life under the guidance of St. £ auhnus. After spending a long time in study and seclusion •bt Dewi set out to preach the gospel to the Britons. On his Van;? » own c°untiy he founded a monastery m the with afterward8 called Rhos. Although he met Warnf ~^posit,ion' St. Dewi persevered so that his house austerity faFr,and near for sanctity and the Britain- AND in MO" Pelagian heresy was then rife in clergy met at 8Xno<l of Welsh bishops, abbots and of this synod w2l°C^ctica^ condemn it The fathers and in spite of hi* vLi i. sPense with St. Dewi's presence, its deliberations ^atlce i10 was forced to take part in of the Roman Catkolic HK made a noble defence inclined to the heresi falth and convinced many who were Synod the aged Archbish™ c ^lus; At the close of favour of St. Dewi who was co^Sfe? ?on resigned his see m hut not wishing to quit his ,e<i accept the dignity, from Caerleon to Menevia which hn» remoYed the„sef after him, St. David's..(Appla^8 ever "nee been called Selection of modern airs on the piano K„ M ™ who also accompanied all the songs. Morgan, Mr W. HUGHES J ONES, proposing THE countv magistrates, said they were as essential in +v.U« borough preserve peace and order as the army and navy were Sen" tial in the kingdom. They performed their dutiw witS fear, favour, or affectioD, and always acted conscientiously and tlietefore right. Song by Mr A. T. Evans, The Morning Hunt." Major Bonsall, Mr John Morgan, J.P-» Mr Thos. Griffiths Mr Perrott, and Dr Harries, whose names were couple with 1 the toast, responded, saying that justice was administered without prejudice, though Mr Griffiths admagis- trates had sometimes to be hunted up at ^^ei^twyth that they fined offenders half a crown when tney ought to be fined double, and sometimes baffled Justice y including costs in a small fine, notwithstanding the loss to tne borough *Srag by Mr W. Hughes Jones, Hen WM fjVNha<J*u." The Rev T. A. PENRY next proposed the Mayor and Cor- poration of Aberystwyth, and said they were al +0~?~ in the gentleman who presided over the affairs o:' inter! and with regard to the members personally' they v' -ested in their "welfare and wished them well, fhe M J their best wishes and especially on that Particular S When even those who differed from him would s point and wish him many happy returns of the day. I • The inhabitants followed the reports of the m»m. Council with very keen interest. Tn the hands of the was entrusted the interests of the town, lhe which had been done by the Council redounded to the cr of Aberystwyth and he rejoiced iu thinking that there no finality m their work. (Cheers). He was glad to see that, they were intent upon undertaking various matters which vrnuld coudni»i> i i.. i. and reDUte Ot Abeiystwyth as a fashionable resort. They were especially indebted to the Mavor f,,r the initiation of good works con- nected with the town. CApp3au.«e) There were men who disputed the crec.it due'to him with regard to the water supply but personally lu> (Mr p,;(Jry) was convinced that they were indei)te<l to huu for that excellent supply of water which had contributed more than anything else to the good repute of Aberystwyth. (Hear, hear) Now again the Mayor was on the Council, they had had another move. Of course he was not single hantied. He was well supported. They bad the electric li¡.lJt, tzid there were other uutiertalcinffs the lull merits of which thin- aloae would" reveal. The Mayor had spirit enough to undertake those things and set them Soing, and he (Mi- Peary) was snre he had the interest of the ??Wu at heart, (iitar, hvar). They ought also to recognise with regard to the 1Jorpjratiou, as the Corporation was nf Tias reputation of 1 he town. Far away people judged or Aherystwyt' -!i': V.y the doings of the Council, and by em would the people of Aberystwyth be regarded as a body On nen had some life in th-'iu or otherwise. (Hear, hear). thn??u °rtwo occasions lie had felt that in another way— hanlSrl rePljta-U'>n of the town h:i<l not been exactly en- memhl IV' i-e'ifS which and taken place among the theius-iives. He fho.il.l be much delighted if ""l iiu.t Wits a.'u J 1'1 "■ t ill p ;alty, but to the reputation of the town. (Hear,,?ood however, were only occasional scenes, he trusted. With good management and a firm curb upon the members by the Mayor he hoped in future such scenes would not occur and that ail the discussions and all the work accomplished would redound to the reputation of the tpwn and make it attractiye far an wide as a summer resort. (Applause).. He coupled witu t^. toast the names of the Mayor (Dr Harries) and of Mr 1 nomas Griffiths, and the toast was received with musical honours, Q""N K,, luv n M RIAVIOA Heln one another, boys." The MAYOR, responding, made a rei fof»n received birthday, and said from the way the toast ponfirlenCe he felt that the Mayor and Corporation had their confidence. He did not see why that confidence should not P. than them. Their duties were arduous, varied, ana nlanaee a in other places of the size. They not only A. t tjje town large corporate estate, but they had to see that the .town was n»t surpassed in the keen compe town among watering places. They not only had to put tne town in the forefront but to prove it He ^bought they had already proved it to a S ghourtl wake up. town woke up in 1880, and it rapi(j, strides had been Since then, if the strides had not Pon the boards for 40 made. The water scheme Jivhic Abervstwyth had the finest years was completed in l^0' ^h r x Tne town, unfortunately, water supply « worW. C which he might call did not profit fully bj the o „ tho 0ther memb?rs. He his own though he was bac tFumpet, but when ho got into was not going made to supply all the people of the office again an attempt a mpt succeeded, and last year town «lth water equally. ^That^emp^s c^ eqlia)]y there was not a better supp y the council borrowed money distributed. (Applau- )■ Mtalnof £ 19,000 the town had paid off at 3| per cent, out °f tl ew;^uction of the per centage on £ 9,000. (Cheers). } a ]arge 8aving was effected. The borrowed capital fr(?1'13J J the leases. The Council had to next question was that concerning Richard jame8. They fiffht that questio Mr James conquered. He was fought the battle wrong. Last year more people had nght «d he (Dr Uarnes;^ 8fnce the time 0f their departed taken up jame8 (Cheers). There was little left to be friend, Mr B^ard ja^f-th^^ewe/age of the town, but latterly done in the completion oi done80"that it was now a district the Tanycas s ° impunity, it being one of the best f r-C t town seeing that it &ei the south. (Cheers), districts of the lighting, the Mayor said a gentleman came Speaking o' elertric^ugiwng^i t dyay8 with walking the down to e y- y however, pooh-poohed over that streets. He (the Major; Council again the matter of scheme, but when he got mto ,^embryo bufc fn a 1Qe88. It had electric li^hti oufc q{ the mes3i placed in other hands, and since been t wouid i,e carried out to perfection. (Cheers), before the sumrn ff d during the past 18 months had been ^iSTn aV^ monTh, fn the history of Aberystwyth. A S PiUthant in the Pier which would have a pavilion elephant in thei riw t<> the towll> they would what was a paving attraction in other parts, a lift up Con- wni as well as the csonversion of the Llanbadarn Flats into^a part with ornamental waters. (Cheers). The financial Of the town had never been better and in the Council he intended introdticitit %scheme for the still further reduction of interest by which it would be better still -(Cheers). J&jor BoslS^oposing thrown and trade of Aberystwyth, Miniiihts the projects which were being carried out would prove an additionaf aStion to the town He also thought the r-amhrian Railway Company was doing its utmost to give a first c'ass summer service. The names of Messrs T. Powell, Thomas Griffiths, and John Morgan, J.P., were compled with tlMr°ToHN MORGAN, J.P., when called upon to respond. «aid his trade was a foreign trade. If the Council wanted any of his commodity they went out to a councillor of the county for it. Consequently he received no interest or benefit from the town and for the world he could not see why his name had been coupled with the toast. He had not been a recipient of a single mite from the trade of Aberyst- wvth and therefore he withdrew his name from the toast. If they wanted anything they went to their own clique and procured everything themselves and not from an honest man. (Laughter and cheers.) The PRESIDENT said that Mr Morgan must withdraw that remark and Mr RODERICK RICHARDES added that he had been attending those dinners for 23 years, and wanted to know whether it was a meeting for personal argument or a dinner for pleasure? He had never been in such a dinnsr, striking against one another. Let them- have a pleasant dinner and no argument. (Cheers.) The PR£SIDENT- I quite agree with you in every way. Mr JOHN MORGAN, J.P.—I may be tolerated this far-I can state facts. T Mr RODERICK RICHARDES—The fact is then that I am going. Mr JOHN MORGAN-You may go as soon as you like. The PRESIDENT said there was always a calm after a storm, and Mr W. HUGHES JONES suggested that there should be a recitation. Mr THOMAS GRIFFITHS, who observed that he was called Town and Trade," then proposed Prosperity to the Town and Trade of Abervstwyth." He observed that a great many improvements had been effected during the past forty years, but a great many more were still required to make Aberyst- wyth the leading watering place of the Principality. He would not say anything about the water and the whisky of the town. They were both good. As for trade, it was bad all over the country. At Aberystwyth there was a better spirit at present than he had known for the past 30 years. There was a spirit of enterprise in building, and people of 50 and 60 were applying for extension of leases for 75 years. (Laughter and cneers.) Mr PERROTT also responded saying he felt warmly int- erested in the welfare of Aberystwyth.. Recitation by Lieutenant Stephens, A Local Poet." Be. fore he went on with the recitation, Lieutenant STEPHKNS re- marked there had been some personal remarks made that evening. It was not what he had been accustomed to at dinners of that kind and was not what was in accordance with what was right and wrong. They ought not to have those personal remarks. At dinners of that kind they ought to drop all those things and indulge in harmony. (Cheers.) Mr RODERICK RICHARDES (who had come back into the room) got up and was understood to propose success to the agricultural and mining interest. Mining, he said, was dead and gone and the loss of it affected everybody in the town. What did visitors bring into the town in comparison with what mining used to bring into the (town ? WhereisX20,000 or X30,000 was formerly brought into Aberystwyth each month by mining he did not think £ 1,000 was now spent in a month in mining. Mr Richardes added that he might have been hasty in what he said just now, and if he had caused displeasure be was very sorry. (Hear, hear.) Proceeding, he thought they ought to have something new at those meetings. What, he asked, was the town without the country ? He was interested in the town, and the biggest swells in the country had property in the town and what was the town if the country people did not support it ? He was only a small landed proprietor outside the town, but he did his best to support the town. He bought what he wanted in the town. (Cheers.) He did not go away to Liverpool, Manchester, or London, hut he bought what he wanted in the town. No doubt he had to pay double. (General cries of No by the tradesmen, and Dr Harries Oh, Roderick.") He might be wrong in saying double—(" Yes ")--and if he did not get money from the I town where was he-in the workhouse. (Laughter and cheers.) Every year, they had town and trade at those dinners and why the Devil did they not have something new? It was a damn lot of bosh. They had not an inch of land inside the town and without the land in the country the town would be nowhere. He might tell them as an infant in the matter (A Voice A very old one and laughter.) The PRESIDENT asked Mr Richardes to kindly say what was the subject of his toast, to which Mr RICHARDES replied that he was called upon at once.—The PRESIDENT supposed that Mr Richardes intended to propose something otherwise he would not have made a speech.—Mr RICHARDES replied Well I propose your brother. I believe he is here."—The President still wanting to know what was the toast, Mr RICHARDES said it was that of the agricultural and mining interest.-The PRESIDENT observing that Mr Richardes had never touched upon the subject, Mr RICHARDES excused himself by saying he had been called upon to speak without n<Major BONSALL, responding to the toast, «aid that agriculture was very much on the mend, aud the farmer was having a nry good time of it now. Things were improving thoroughly. If anyone said No," he would say that the farming interest was improving rapidly. He only trusted it would go on. Yearling cattle and two-year old cattle had been selling for £ 4 10s. a head, hut were now selling from £ 8 to £ 10 ft head. The price of sheep was also very high, and the price of mutton in Aberystwyth was high. (A Voice Very high.") It naturally ought to be. Mining, as Mr Richardes said, was very much on the down grade. The town had not suffered, perhaps, to the extent of the mining villages, which had gone to the dogs. (Cheers). Dr HARRIES said that thouah his name was not coupled with the toast he might eay that an attempt would shortly be made to restart mining in the district. He added that he had obtained take-notes over four places which he named. One of them was Mr RODERICK RICIIARWSS lumped up, and declared that Droicoll ^Dr^HARRiES, however, said he had the take-note from the Crown He intended investing in it as a spec, and was not o-ointr to ask Mr Richardes or anybody else for his support. Mr Richardes had a little cot and a sheep-walk there, which ofno use to him. He said he woulf be down on him for p'°p"M, S.E toMS1bottle O, D, tiered by th. **ml otttew.l.h National Anthem, health of the Chairman who was a Dr HARRIKS proposed. the heaitn orpine from the Dic, member of one of the best, co y ha(1 conducted everything, and affectionate manner in the p0St. He (Dr Harries) they could not find a better twenty-five years, and had n^ver^o^fi^eKSter than under the auepiees of Captain Bonsall that night. (Mustod hO"0" • a; had The PRESIDENT, acknowledging twQ renlarlcg which he did not passed off verv nicely except one ,-ti 0 guch occasion*, approve of. There should be no as friend., (Dr Harries Hear, hear). Tbey camexn^ outeide> but and not as enemies. They DersonaliUes. (Dr Harries at that dinner there should be pe j^gon why dinners Hear, hear). He disapproved of COunty gentry was the at Aberystwyth were not patroinsed by the coumj K- introduction of insinuations f.nd.Pa^h 'v could not meet one be dropped. What was Christianity ^f^^t personalities another with friendly feeling ? He was sorry i ( had been introduced. Otherwise he had spent a verj pleasant evening as he trusted the company also ha^on ;AtJDiauS8) that Pleasure repeated on a future occasion. ( PP Jfhe VicE-pRssmBS'T, acknowledging a toast to h J*? been ttt watering plaoes on the eas't coast down 8: i j «n<* nothing to equal Aberystwyth. He had h dudno for live years where though man had t equal to Aberystwyth in natural attractions. (Che_ ). Lieutenant Sthprvcr nrnnoKed the toast of the Press, ana Mr THOMAB GRIKPJTHS HosTss"; and the company brofce up about a quarter to one in the morning. ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE, LAMPETER. T £ ? c,jst01?iary Welsh service with Welsh sermon was held on St. David's Day when the Rev James Rowland, Llan- 'L- bediog. iwuiien, preached. The Lessons were reau uy mi D. R. Jones, Llanou, the Welsh scholar. At one o clock the College Board, students, and a few guests from the imme- diate" neighbourhood dined together at the School Hall, the number of invitations having to be limited owing to the students numbering 130, the highest register on record at the College on St. 1'avid s Day. Principal Owen presided and was xupported by the Preacher of the morning, Vice-Princi- ml l)avey, and the V icar of Lampeter. The toast to the health of the Royal Family having been triveu from the chair, Vice-Principal DAVEY proposed the vionlth'of the bishops and clergy of Wales, who, he said, were stillWrving on and that increasingly and with higher efforts the minv good works for God among their people "for which thev had been so solemnly called and set apart. (Cheers.) That looking at things as they really were was no slight iliat, 1001 g Another year of doubt and difficulty, m conimenoati -titm an(j misrepresentation, had passed u,&n3+i nfr heads and what did they find? That the bishops over then hea. 1()st beart or given way, hut had added und cleigy Tnerits the great grace of perseverance and to their other out the work that lay before them hopefulness in c.irrji » Notwithstanding all the among their n 1 forecast of political threatening worry«Rg perplexities tn « a lo^ )iaUu.iilly brou;?ht witb it and disturbance n changes or interruption in the with regard to W P Church in the future, they had been onward course of tllc V1,if„(.iv uninterrupteillv dnin« iiiufitii, e„fevo„r. in" more or less faithfully to carry out the Churchs work entrusted to them in there several spheres. No diocesan work had been allowed to lapse, no parochial undertaking had been suffered to slalcen from the thought of external dihiurbances or future possible eouiplicatious. The advance of past years had been carried on continuously step by step further (Cheers.) The record of the past year had been a bright record of progress—of labours more abundant for the welfare of God's people, and hardly a week had passed with- out some record of churches enlarged and multiplied, of schools improved, of missions extended and carried on suc- cessfully. (Applause.) The Rev J. ROWLAND, who said that was the year of jubilee 'of his connection with the College, responded. There were he said, 85 students in his time, very few of whom were now live. He had known Principal Owen from boyhood, and had watched his career with the deepest interest. Referring to Lleyn, the speaker said it had turned out as many good men as any part of the Principality. The old Grammar School, however, had been changed by the leaving out of the curriculum the teaching of Greek and other subjects, and he did not expect any great men to be produced by Lleyn in future. Professor SCOTT, proposing the toast of the health of the past and present students, said it was very strange that on the very St. David's Day when the Welsh Disestablishment Rill had been read the first time, the College should have the largest number of studtnts on record. It showed, at all events, that they were not afraid of the future of the Welsh Church. (Applause). They were approaching the June examinations, and all their relations were extremely happy, except that the frost had closed the chemical laboratory, and there had been a slight mishap in skating experiences. (Laughter), The Rev MEREDITH WILLIAMS, Llanarth, acknowledging the toast, said he bad no fear for the future of the Church. The present agitation he compared to a ground sea which disturbs the margin of the ocean after a storm had passed away. The reason for the disturbance had passed away, and the present noise in Parliament was the result of the past when there were reasons for complaining of the Church. There had been idle men in the Church, negligence, ignor- ance and the need of stirring up of strife but at present all those things had been altered and the noise of the present day was but ground sea. (Hear, hear). He did not disrespect those who did not worship as he did, but he was a Welshman and had respect for his own kindred, and he should be sorry to see this country reduced to that state when there would be no learned body to preach the Gospel in every parish, and when there wouH be no men respected by all. Woe be to the country # when there would be no men towering above the parishioners owing to their attain- ments. Then the Gospel would be despised. He was, however, convinced, whatever happened, that the Church was built on the foundation of the prophets and the apostles, and that the Church would remain as long as there was any people. That God had preserved the Church in the past was a proof that he would preserve her in future. The Church would not be effected by the endowments. She would work the same, and the gates of hell would not prevail against her (Applause). Mr J. C. JONES, who comes from Swansea, also responded in a lengthy speech mainly on the advantages of a residential system of education. He spoke with ease and pleasant effect and was listened to attentively for about a quarter of an hour, the duration of his speech. A system of residential educa- tion, he thought, gave complete education and strengthened and ennobled character. The students, he added, looked for- ward with hope and some degree of confidence to the future that lay before them, a future great on account of the vast responsibilities of the work, for they believed that of all the forms of active life that of serving God and one's fellow-man was the very noblest. (Loud applause). The Rev DANIEL JONES, vicar of Lampeter, proposed Prosperity to St. David's College," and said that whatever the destiny of the Church, Wales would always require the existence of that College. The latest achievement of the College had been to win the blue ribbon in the University of Oxford. (Applause). The citizens of Lampeter, the Vicar added, with the Mayor at their head, intended making Lam- peter, by perfect drainage, paving, and other things, an attractive place of residence. It would become the Athens of Wales and a pattern to every county town in the Princi- pality. (Applause). The PRINCIPAL, whose name was coupled with the toast rose to respond, and was received with loud and prolonged cheering. He observed that he was glad to be able to say that the number of students was greater than on any St. David's Day sin^e the foundation of the College and one of the penalties of that greatness was the necessity to confine their invitations to be present on that occasion to the im- mediate neighbourhood. Referring to athletics and study he thought the ideal to be aimed at was to think of nothing but books when at their books, and nothing but play when they were at play. Referring to the Senior Scholar's speech, the Principal said he had listened to a great many interesting speeches on St. David's Day, but not often did a speech interest him more for very many admirable qualities than that made by Mr Jones. (Applause). No doubt it was part of the merits of the residential system, that, with good feeling all round, it was capable of producing results which no other system could produce. (Hear, hear). Proceeding, the Principal said there were four interesting features in the present aspect of the College. It stood first of any college in Wales in the matter of football and in that connection he should like to see the Captain of St. David's College team challenging a combination team representing the new Welsh University. (Laughter). A suggestion "had borne good fruit. The College now had the history of the Welsh Church taken in the examination for the ordinary degree. He expected a great deal of advantage to the College and to the country to arise from that fact, and he ventured to think if the hisforv nf th« Welsh Church had been taueht. at that College and elllewbere as well as in parishes for the past twenty-flve years, a Welsh rtinm tablishment Bill would not have been read for the first ti«u> in the House of Commons last night. (Hear, hear, and cheers) Another movement in connection with the College which was interestinir was the movement to promote foreign missions. (Hoar hparl If he understood the history of the Welsh Church, the social feature of its early times was its missionary zeal. (Cheers) There was still another movement which gave him great encourage- ment. The life of St. David was in many way lived in obscurity but though there no actual historical" information to that effect, he thought it was pretty well established that Dewi Sant was a total abstainer. (Laughter and cheers). There was, he was pleased to be able to say, a large number of the students of that College determined to emulate their Patron Saint in that way. (Applause). After referring to the co-operation of the Vicar of the parish, and saying he should like Sir George Osborne Morgan to see the con- gregations at Lampeter Church when he said the Welsh Church was the Church of the rich, the Principal ventured to think there was hope even of the extreniest promoter of Welsh Disestablish. ment as long as Welsh people continued to regard a Welsh bishop as their model Welshman. Many years ago he was present at an educational conference at Shrewsbury when an intelligent man- Mr Humphreys-Owen, the member for Montgomcryshie-re. proached St. David's College as a Church college because it bore the name of St. David. (Shame), it occurred to him to-day that Mr Humphreys-Owen did not remember what it was to be hoped he now remembered that St. David was a Churchman. In London on the previous day, continued the Principal, St. David's Eve was celebrated in London in two different ways. In St. Paul's Cathedral there was an immense congregation of Welshmen listening to a Welsh sermon and taking part in a Welsh service. In the House of Commons a number of Welsh members thought that St. David's Eve was the proper time to read a Bill for the disestablishment of the Welsh Church. (Shame). In reading the papers that morning he saw that the Welsh members had nor. a syllable to say on the subject of Welsh Disestablishment. A South Wales paper said that surprising silence was due to the strategy of the Chief Liberal Whip. For the credit of all concerned, he preferred thinking it was due to a spell exercised by the memory of Dewi Sant. (Cheers). A new doctrine had lately been put forward that a man in order to be a Welsh nationalist, must entertain the opinion that a national recognition of religion in Wales was a wrong thing. He was always in favour of putting the broadest construction possible oa the word Welshman. (Hear, hear). He was of opinion that any resident in Wales who worked honestly for the welfare of Wale8 was a Welshman and a Welsh patriot. It was very difficult to know how to define a Welshman strictly, If they insisted upan Welsh extraction, that required minute investigation of pedigrees not always possible and nit always convenient, perhaps, to the most pronounced patriot. (Laughter). If they insisted on a knowledge of the Welsh language it would be found that the majority of the Welsh members in Parliament could not sav a single word of Welsh, though many of them were of Welsh extraction. (Shame). Well, it would be a Rhame to ostracize such .nen of light and learning out of the pale of Welsh patriotism. (Laughter). But ho did protest? against the absurdity of requiring a particular set of politiol opihions as the shibboleth of Welsh patriotism. (Cheers). That kind of thing had been tried in the past in matters at religion and- had met with signal failure, and it was a great mistake for any section of Welshmen to claim for themselves a tronopoly of patriotism because they happen to hold opinions which he was sure would make Dewi Sant exdomniunicate them promptly. (Laughter, and cheers). Now a great deal had leen said and written about compromise in that matter of disestablish- ment. He took that first opportunity of saying that Welsh Churchmen would be disgraced for ever 'if at the first shot fired in the House of Commons they were to run away from theircoloursand betray their trust. (Applause). Nothing but strong conscientious convir-tion on either side would have justified the conflict which had been carried on, and whoever compromised the principles for which they had been standing up would be stultifying themselves and losing that moral weight which always got its consistency from moral conviction. (Hear, hear). Therfore he did not consider compromise a question arguable for a moment. (Cheers). The Church had nailed its colours to the mast. She stood, in the first place, to the; principle of national religion. In the second piacc—uui.1 m" ■" piaue—gne stood by tne principle of maintaining the endowments for religious purposes. (Cheers). That was not the occasion for urging arguments in favour of those principles but those who differed must admit that they were large and broad principles which had been held by Noncon- formists as well as Churchman for the past fifty years. (Applause). He would leave that subject after making two remarks. In the first place it was very hopeful that Welshmen in all parts of the Principality were learning that they were a nation. He was glad of that because he hoped that by and by they would proceed and learn what a nation was. A nation was not a caucus not a machine to manufacture secular animosities not a joint-stock company but an organisation to realise unity in variety. He had no reason to think that the Welsh people to-day were less alive to the importance of religion than their forefathers and it anywhere there ought to be a national recognition of religion in order that the nation might be true to each section of it that nation was Wales. Therefore the proposal to secularise Welsh national life—for that was what disestablishment came to-waq most inopportune as to place and time. (Applause). He had emphasised his opposition to compromise he desired to emphasise another matter. They saw in the newspapers references to moderate men. But who and what were moderate men? Moderate men were not, men given to compromise upon first principles but men who knew how both parties could stand firmly hy their own conscientious convictions, and yet give to others the same liberty of conviction and opinion which they claimed for them- selves. It was as important for both sides in that controversy to learn to respect each other's motives ag to'be true to their own convictions, for in that, as in everything else, firm faith meant large charity. (Loud applausfc). The company then separated. In the evening a concert wai given in the Hall under the auspices of the College Musicial Society when the following took part in the programme Miss Gwen Cosslett (Llinos Elian), Miss Minnie Frislcer (Telynores Gwalia), Mr Arthur Castings, principal tenor, Hereford Cathedral Mr David Hughes, London Captain Tudor Lloyd-Harties, and the St. David's College Male Voice Party, conducted by Mr James Thomas, and accompanied by Miss Evans.