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EGYPT.
EGYPT. Tib- rsj«c> of t.h» EsrvpHan MinisC Fmance has to <;w .i days jT m conse- qu.eJa.ee of the execution levied on t\0I:,°nnt of the arrears of salary due by the Egyptian er*imcnt.
.THE CROPS AND TIIE C0i"lN…
.THE CROPS AND TIIE C0i"lN TRADi ¡tX- The Mark-Lane Express says :—The pheerf :pecta.tii">ns caused by the bright seazoiiable wefc. ;at Chria"mas were speedily #isappoin?f;ed. Thro •out the {. reater parfc of last week tke weatheW tbeen as to have exercised a detrs mental c ■Upon the quality of freshly-.thrashed grain. ■] year just.ended has fceeu ;tke third m succe^-j •decidedly tdverse to n^frioultmrists. With refpS' t<a .hu)", aufi in some districts turnips, the cC-_ Wve yielded a poor for farmers' indu^e Dofektiesp a dch harvest wag Ieapeci during -s early par of last year by the fortunate passes^ of Russian wheat, which was then gcarce and,, good demand, &?nsequent mpon tll€ blockade of I d Black Sea ports. The ho^erer, that s. ff\e deal of South Russian wheat round its way to Baltic ports speedily effected reduction in pne-j. while the America*?, crop, being' be largest e) £ grown, and of excellent quality, to incre^ our supplies so enortiously that pnce6 m,lst h/ still further doclined but for the unu8^ally English crop and the influence of politic^ afffiy Aifiresent, steadiness prevails m the wlieat tral •toi little material alteration can be expected unS J,1, course of the Government with iW the Has; is definitely kno^.
SIR W. V. HARCOURT ON THE…
SIR W. V. HARCOURT ON THE CRISIS. A new hall, intended for the meetings of the Liberals of Oxford, was opened on Wednesday with an address from Sir William Harcourt, M.P., who said the occasion was not only one of great local interest, but there were circumstances which he thought rendered this particular Moment on§ also of great importance to the Liberal party. Much of the future depended upon the prudence, cour- age, and firmness exhibited by Liberals, not only with relation to the domestic interests of England, but even with regard to the peace of Europe. He hoped from the news he had read that morning, that, for the present at least, we had escaped war, but no one could tell how near we had been to it, and he confessed that he felt like the man who, crossing one of those dangerous glacier passes, had just got over a crevasse, or who, after coasting along some dangerous crag, held his breath for a minute while the danger was imminent, and seemed only to live again when his peril was over. He concluded by saying the Liberal party in Oxford was never in better trim, discipline, or better or- ganisation, or more fit to fight and win, than at the present moment. In the evening a dinner took place at the Corn Exchange, at which about 700 persons sat down. Sir William Harcourt, in responding to the toast of his health, said he was not fond of discussing foreign politics from the platform, but it became his duty to say something about the great affairs now agitating Europe. He should assume there was no greater crime that could be committed by a government or a nation than to engage in an unjust and unnecessary war; and yet they were threatened with it every c ay, though now, it was true, by the responsible advisers of the Crown, who in their latest utterances had given assurances of neutrality and peace. What should be done in this matter was to appeal to the well- informed judgment of an enlightened people. There was the sovereign remedy which they applied in a free country, and the charm seemed to be acting now. The Government had two courses open to them-one was to bind Turkey to reform, and protect her; and the other to leave her to reform herself and then abandon her. They had chosen the second course, and he was not prepared to say it was not the best, as it would be far easier to abandon Turkey than to reform her. Sir W. Har.-ourt expressed the opinion that at the present moment it was not Russia's wish to quarrel with England. He trusted the war might end in the autonomy of Bulgaria. In reference to the Dar- danelles, he said he believed the Russians had more to fear from seeing the fleets of Europe in the Black Sea than Europe would have at seeing the Russian fleet in the "Mediterranean. The English Government had had the opportunity of taking a leadiug position in the settlement of the Eastern question, but they had lost it, and were now isolated from the rest of Europe, and bitterly they regretted it. What they had to do was to dis- courage any expectation on the part of Turkey of help from this country. The duty of the Liberal party was to stand by neutrality and to maintain peace.
PUBLIC FEELING ON THE CRISIS.
PUBLIC FEELING ON THE CRISIS. Expressions of the feeling of the country in favour of neutrality have been made during the week. Meetings were held at Bangor, Bath, and other towns; and at an assembly of ministers and others, representing forty Nonconformist congre- gations, at Sunderland, a resolution was unani- mously passed lamenting the continuance of the war, and expressing the conviction that this country ought to pursue a policy of absolute neu- trality. The Kendal Chamber of Commerce adopted a memorial to Lord Derby, thanking him for his expressions in favour of strict neutrality, and, as representing a body established to protect com- mercial interests, entreating the Government neither by word nor deed to encourage the belli- gerents in continuing the war. Resolutions advo- cating neutrality, and declaring that British interests are by no means imperilled, were also passed at meetings representing the Methodist bodies at Merionethshire At the annual Exchange dinner at Hanley, on Wednesday night, Sir Charles B. Adderley, refer- ring to the present crisis, asked where we should be now if we had madly rushed into the bag and baggage policy of the ex-Premier, or had listened to the wisdom of an ex-Minister, who would have us to introduce English or even American institu- tions into an Oriental Empire like India. He be- lieved her Majesty's advisers had the confidence of the nation (applause). They might as Englishmen feel proud of their dignified position of neutrality, which had led to their being asked to be a medium of the first overtures of peace. He was so far connected with the Government that it would be impossible for him to express a private opinion as to what the Ministry might be doing at this im- portant crisis. This, however, he might say, that her Majesty had been well advised at such a turn- ing point to call the council of the nation together. That would enable the Ministry to speak not only with their own voice, but with the voice of the nation (applause). At a town's meeting at Bath on Wednesday night, a lel, was read from the Marquis of Bath arguing in favour of the constituencies declaring in favour of neutrality, as such expressions of opinion most valuable at the present time. Resolutions in favour of neutrality were passed. At a meeting the Calvinisiic Meil o ists of the county of Anglesey, held atMenai Bridge on Mon- day, it was resolved-" That, regarding the early meeting of Parliament, viewed in the light of the previous utterances of the Prime Minister, and the uncertainty which exists as to the intentions of her Majesty's Government with respect to the Eastern question, this meeting feels that it is incumbent upon it to protest against any action on the part of the Government which may embroil the country in war in support of the Otl oman Power; and, believing that no British interest has been, or is likely to be, endangered, urges on Government a strict neutrality in the struggle now raging in the East; and that a copy of this resolution be sent to Lord Derby."
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(From the Gazette of Ttwtday night.) PETITIONS FOR LIQU, IVATION BY ARRANGEMENT. W. Twist, Newport, }folimout shire, china and J. J^if,eGl £ coed, Mo#°^shire, publican. J. Forrester, late of street .Swan.sea, draper; now of Greenfi^ > Skettv, bwan- T.8\\ril!iaS,elPontvpridd, Ucensed victualler and I,To^Td~tre Y^> Rhondda, TimofhyDavies, of Brentu^^L^ngadoc, Car- marthenshire, draper S. Lewis, Lambston, Pe-btOke, tea and hop dealer. U. Williams, Cae Coch, L^ }u Cmmerch, ttS*Cinmercli, E. Evans, Caregypemll, 1< .adr, Clllrnerch, fli°"'hire' to-keepcr. Guilder, and contractor. J
" FKAKCS-
FKAKCS- In assuming the preside»f^e° the rMnJ'0^ Centre party in the CIlf,m{leijvered an Lirf 8" day. MP Leon Rf^^llie, which Sf1083' U"!u,'h he said that t P existed now Xl,ste(i fact for severa_ narselves," he adrh.ri "A v' "he ani,i1i;c js cap^le of ryrnr,' must pf'.ve that the Rep j prosperity « ?nri8 tin, country the ble*M £ rf frafcefej Peace"" The Journal fe° <)f the Chamber nf^0Uncea )lie v;,orks will Deputies rchase money fixed b> the bill ainounts tQ "l? £ ZT*V™ «f £ 41 proceedings ave already been ordered ag^st some °g *■ »r offences which have been blight to ligl)t by th, Committee of Inquiry into ^Uoral abuses. V\.o president of the Committ an interview «n Wednesday with M. Duf aire. it. Gambetta, while at MarseiU > de a speech, ■a which he. said that althoug ^y had been gained it behoved the Repub1^ to act with '*ution, and to strengthen their P n. A year *<-Uee they would have a majoJ^ 1 the Sea-ate, •' r.d then they might confidently *«ch to new '"Uquests.
IT AL Y.
IT AL Y. A telegram from Roiiiestliestbgt ar(linalman- s-uff has been authorised by the Vf-'rt. f" with ,Jie British Government with re# tto the re- ^tablishment of the Roman Ca 110 c e iscop. ate in Gotland, and to make such a coirf^^ a* e expedient, difficulties having ltrlsen In the The Archbishop of Florence h^cfhas^pub" r*ouncement declaring that Father'/ V1 P Hshed his last work in defiance of tke ^hblsll0P^ order to submit the same to him, I1img the laitliful against it. It is stated th* v^l1- d copies of the book were ordered at Vatican, und that a commission is now sitting on
SPAIS.
SPAIS. A rumour is current at Faris of °f Carriage between the Princess of the' nas ancl a Prince of the Ilolienzollern family
AMERICA.
AMERICA. The Cabinet has determined that r Sherman the Secretary of the Treasury, shall ltS sson as Practicable invite further subscription. to a public loan of four per cents., and so corUlf that Persons in all parts of the United StateS shall have free and easy opportunity of subscribiag to bonds of anv amount the law authorises. d Mr Montgomery Blair has introd;1 a 111 e* fiorial in the Maryland Legislate Prayiag Congitess for legislation for thc purpose Of ascer- p tai^i^g judicially who was elwted ei1.t of the U'Hited States so as to give effect f e o;f the people.r„ A Wasliington despatch published that the United States Consul at af -011' Jamaiea, had warned American subj "5lnst shipping guano from the Island on Mo$, *{"*• It sta-tes on the contrary that the COnSLIIJeluaitded that the shipment should be allowed V>, f, c„e^' and officially igrotested against the ac^0 ° British corvette Blanche.
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^firirnltural. x There is really nothing to be said in re-rtltO ay variation in the prices of wheat. The ir*> reST>eet regard to the intentions of the Premier i" Week. to peace or war has increased during tjd were I he chances are, if the Earl of Beaconsrorrow to declane war in favour of the Turks to'^g 6cL that the value of wheat would not increase, t' the a quarter, or if it did advance to that eks ofi price could not be maintained. The year ■' 'wheat at ten principal ports at the end of qUar. "Were 1,54>000 quarters, as against 1,346,Of1 tofcaj ters at the end of last year. Taking t, the imports of last year—and this iiotv,ithstitn eater Southern pcrts of Russia were closed the O 000 part of the year—the imports were 123, y'ear. cwt., or 7,460,000 in excess of the previoparts Then taking .the cargoes en passage 'from alf from of the wodd, nine-tenths of them art and America. Tius proves that Russia, AustCd in the Danubiau provinces aa-e greatly interef but the Bosphor&e being a free-passage for sliijf! are are but little interested, for unless buy allowed free .entrance into the Black fcea, Lce. and fetch corn, we can do next year aaid ?eise. forward as we have done this year, viz,, gLrest '"where. The nation which has the greatest ifgsia iin the Dardanelles-being.a free passage ic %sl; ■Next comes the Danubian 'Provinces, the if 'Provinces, and Austria. It is not too nraeh' ^g that we, of all the nations in Eur ope,.n in .Ioa.ft interest, from a commercial point of virt]ie ,fleedom of commerce between the East o the Mccl'terranean and the Black
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The iiA-h'">at '>f the Albert and Edwurd steam* r 1 pi<;hed up m the North Sea eontaiiin- two de'i'15jK"lies- nA11 han suPP°sed to be ]0gt two de.i u large ncvy steamer. J' The veS1"
THE CARNAliVON PAVILION.
THE CARNAliVON PAVILION. SIR,-It is well known that every good move- ment in our country has to pass through three stages. It must first submit to be ridiculed, it must then expect to be opposed and snapped at in all possible ways. Anonymous letter writers and various other species of the genus cur will vie with each other in attempting to bark it down. Finally it succeeds, as a rule, and then how wonderfully unanimous people are in their expressions. All say they knew it would be sure to do so and they ha.d always said that it would." In common with all promoters of good causes, the directors of the Pavilion Company are passing through these stages. Through the first they have come triumphantly. When they first broached the idea of erectic g the Pavilion how they were jeered and scoffed at. Many were the men that could prove logically that the thing was impossible. In the first place, the building could never be erected in the time, and if it were possible to do so, no one could never make himself heard in it. Supported by a few of the townspeople, the directors persevered with their work. Days and weeks went by, and when the 21st of August dawned on the opening of the Eis- teddfod of 1877, the croakers and scoffers were put to shame. The Pavilion was ready, and everyone speaker, singer, and listener alike-acknow- ledged its acoustic properties to be perfect. This time of humiliation and bitterness changed many of the scoffers and ridiculers into violent opponents of the movement. Hfiving prophesied its failure they are now doing their utmost to have their pro- phecies fulfilled. In two of your contemporaries for last week direct attacks are made upon the Pavilion Company; in another an insidiously- worded paragraph appears evidently intended to injure it. One of the direct assailants, writing under a nom de plume, bewails the folly of the quarrymen in attending the Pavilion concerts, and pathetically appeals to them to stay at home where they can hear "better things." This sort of twaddle reminds one of an owl frightened out of its nest at mid-day. Perched on a branch he sits blinking, and with portentous notes of warning would have all its neighbours believe that the sun- light was injurious to them because he could not enjoy it himself. I do not think our owl-like friend was in a happyvein when he uttered his liooj; against the Pavilion. A glance at the programme of Satur- day's concert there will prove to all that the quarrymen can never hope to get "better things at home. When Mr Mapleson's Company will come down to a village school-room it will be time for our owl to hoot; in the meantime the best place for him will be some darksome cave, where in his congenial gloom he will not be troubled by a sight of anything beyond his limited comprehen- sion. The attack of your other contemporary being actuated, no doubt, by a little bitterness of feeling existing in local circles, I shall pass without noticing. The paragraph before referred to is one of the most dastardly things ever seen. It is such a cunningly devised tissue of truth and falsehood that to attempt to refute it would be doing the Pavilion Company an injury. One cannot touch pitch without being defiled. The remarkable feature in the case is that any shareholder should have so far forgotten himself as to send to any newspaper a report of a private meeting of share.. holders. I can only suppose that it is the act of some ignorant person actuated by personal spite against some one or more of the directors. As no one but shareholders were present, it must be the act of one of them, and to anyone moderately well-up in the events of the past year, it is not a very difficult riddle to guess his name. His iden- tity once fixed the sore point is easily discovered. I would warn the directors to beware of "snakes in the grass." In addition to these public onslaughts, I fear that the Pavilion is just now suffering from insi- dious opposition in other ways. It would be perhaps exacting too much from human nature to expect a certain class of people to be partisans -of any movement that was likely to withdraw from their clutch any portion of the quarryman's support. They have always been accustomed to think of the quarryman's Ilay as justly their due, —have always expected to hear its mellifluous jingle in their tills as the pay-days came round and they now fear to lose it. If the quarryman, attracted by a treat of high-class Mwsic, comes down to the Carnarvon Pavilion for Ms amusement, who knows but what he may make other dis- coveries. He may find that other things may be had in Carnarvon better and cheaper than at home. Fearing such a catastrophe their opposition is not to be wondered at. That they who live entirely and literally upon the quarryman and his earnings, should inveigh against the] Pavilion Company for inviting his occasional support is, however, rather amusing. They add to the ab- surdity of the thing by bringing their accusation against the directors, as if it were a cunningly- devised dodge which, by dint of almost supernatural sagacity, they had succeeded in unmasking. The facts are simple and patent to all. At the very outset of the undertaking the directors declared their intention of organising a series of high-class concerts and entertainments, and intimated their hope of gaining the support of all classes, quarry- men amongst the rest. Evidence of this can be found in the prospectus of the company. In addi- tion to that, the arrangements always made for special trains to suit the convenience of country visitors, and the size of the building, are glaringly open proofs that the directors expected the pre- fJence of persons other than the townfolks. If it were mot so, why should they erect a permanent build- ing large enough to contain all the adult population of Carnarvon twice-told? To try to make out- after all these candid admissions—that the direc- tors, in a designing, underhanded, surreptitious way, tried to inveigle the quarrymen into attending their meetings, is simply childish. The principle that the directors have hitherto acted upon is plain and business-like. Their reasoning amounts to soniething|like this: "We have a hall that will hold some seven or eight thousand people to make it pay a dividend to the shareholders, we must have several meetings there in the year. We cannot make it profitable unless we can bid for the support of the district around us. How can we obtain that? The only possible answer is this. By securing the services -of artistes of the very first rank, and giving the people a chance of hearing them at prices within the reach o f, ;L 1 1 This determination the directors have-up to the present—carried out consistently, despite the fact that they have not met with as much encourage- ment as they had justly a right te expect. When I look over the already long list o€ artistes engaged by them, including amongst others, Edith Wynne, Alwina Vall-eria, Antoinette Sterling, Edward Lloyd, Del Puente, Maybrick, andt Foli, I must say that they have 'rigorously adhered to their de- termination .of engaging none but artistes of the first rank." When it is seen that the tickets for their next concert are sold for three shillings, two shillings, and -a shilling, I feel equally constrained to admit that the prices are "within the reach of :all." To hear the self-si.me artistet; ere this, persons now living in Carnarvon have hfcd to pay Lalf-a-guinea. If the Welsh nation is as music- lejcng as it has always been represented te be, the directors ought to reap the reward of their enter- prise and toil. That they deserve to do so, :&ll will admit If the Welshman is not the musical man he has been pictured, then the directors will have to utilise the building in other ways, which still Z, I remain open to them. The present, clouds will pavs away, and the sunshine -will be the more pleasant for being preceded by rain. I cannot think that a building erected for a national purpose and inaugurated by the most successful Eisteddfod ever held, can become a failure for the lacjc of help from Welshmen worthy of the name.—Yours i r-Lily, Vox POPULI.
EISEDDFODW ADJUDICATORS. !
EISEDDFODW ADJUDICATORS. J°n kindly allow me space in. your + a columns t° say a few words with regard o is eddfodau. Everyone knows that such meet- mgs are held for the purpose of raising to a higher standard the literature of our country, and more especially to bring to light the talent which lie hidden among the masses of our people. We, as Welshmen, are proud of our Eisteddfodau, and heartily wish them" God speed;" but of this we are certain—they will never be a success in the highest sense (we do not mean financially) until more care is shown in the selection of adjudicators. An adjudicator in this case, as in every other, ought not only to be a thorough master of his subject, but one well known and appreciated as such; and above all, his judgment ought to be marked by fairness and impartiality, a careful weighing of the excellencies and errors of all parties, in which neither acquaintance with, nor offers of bribery by any of the parties, should have the slightest weight whatever. Orcatdissahs- faction was shown at a Welsh Eisteddfod held on Christmas Day, on account of the adjudications pronounced upon the musical part of the pro- ceedings. One of the successful competitors could scarcely be prevailed upon to accept the prize he had fairly earned, knowing that another who had as fairly earned it, was entirely excluded, /-here were other singers present, quite as competent as the adjudicator, and some more so, and yet the general feeling was not at all with him. Does not this look like unfairness, occasioned by some feel- ing, perhaps better known to others than to our- solves? Now, as long as such a state of things exists, Eisteddfodau, we fear, will do more harm than good, and our glorious institution, of which we are eo proud, will again sink into a state of lethargy, worse than the one from which it has so lately revived.—Yours truly, IMPARTIALITY.
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BANER AND AMSEKAV CYMBU," JAN. 9, 1878 — Welsh Doctors of Divinity.—A racy correspondent bearing the classical name of John Jones wields his pen with considerable force to satirise (?) the present mania for "D.D." prevailing among Welsh preachers. Alluding to the late Conway Association, and noting the great care taken by the secretary to attack their titles to the names of the several newfangled Doctors of Divinity when- ever their names were to be mentioned, John Jones says :—"There was no need for the secretary of the Gymanfa to take so much trouble to make known what was already so well known. He might have taken it for granted that every Methodist, alas knew that Mr Owen Thomas had become degraded to the title of 'doctor. In a subse- quent letter, John Jones says:—"I hasten to order you (the editor) to return or destroy the short letter which I was tempted by the Evil One to send to your office the day before yesterday. To-day, I received a letter from America informing me that the world-renowned University of Laodicea had sent me a D.D.' as a Now Year's gift. This university is looked upon as the most honourable in America. It is known that thence the eminent Dr. Forward obtained -his title. I can conscien- tiously testify (believe me or not) that there is no other university in America from which I would deem it worth receiving the title of. D.D.' from. In condemning American titles in my former letter, I had fully intended to remind the reader that any condemnatory observations weie not, of course, to be applied to the honourable university of Laodicea but, as my darling baby happened to make a "screech at the moment, the exception escaped my memory. For the sake of the Welsh people, and for the sake of the Corph (the Metho- dist connection), and especially for the sake of the fashionable church which I have the honour to be the pastor of. I rejoice that the university of Laodicea has conferred upon me this lonour. And I am not ashamed to confess that I imbibed considerable pleasure from the consciousness that my name had reached into distant AmerIca, and that my Welsh theological works are better unaer- stood, and more highly valued by American ho have no knowledge of the Welsh langu^o; n by the Welsh of my own country. ve .° greater could have been the joy of Jacob when nis name was converted into Israel, than was mine when I heard a voice from America saying unto me, "Thou shalt not hereafter be called Mr but Dr." Peradvcnture you will upbraid me, saying, How was it that one like you, who had almost refused Ph.D. from Germania, consented at last to accept D.D. from America." It is more costly, str. or instance, I yea, even I! w0"ld h.ave been obliged to pay £ 16 for an Ph.D. an at would have had to pay 14 more, besides under- going a mock examination, to save appearances. But in America, the title of D.D. is as cheafl as even salvation itself cheaper in fact, inasm s a man can secure it without even seeking It with his own hands! Now, what would it have benefited a covetous man like myself to expend i.15 there for being made a doctor, and I knowing that in America they make doctors grat,is?" It cannot be denied that there is more value in a degree given than a degree bought, and, douDtless, one has greater cause for self congratulation for a gift than for a purchase! I am sir, yours, &c., JOHN JONES, D.D. P.S. Mr Editor, How much would you charge for printing five hundred cards, with the name "The Reverend John Jones, D.D." thereon? An immediate reply would oblige. Yours, JOHN JONES, D.D. P.S.—Mr Editor. I have to be at Denbigh soon. Is the man who an- nounces coming preachers possessed of a good memory ? If he is not I would feel exceedingly thankful to you if you would take care to make him in the mean time, perfectly conversant with my name, and all my attributes, by saying unto him every time you both meet, 'The Reverend John Jones, D.D., is to be here soon, is he not?' Or thus: By-the-bye, whea did you cry that the Reverend Dr John Jones was to be here?' If I became aware that my name had not been pro- perly announced, my spirit, perchance, would be vexed within me; and, sure, it would be unreason- able in you to expect me to be in my best trim if you had ruled me. You will perceive, therefore, that it is the good of the people of Denbigh, and not my own glory, that I have in view! Yours, &c., JOHN JONES, D.D. P.S.—I thought I had something else to say; but it seems that I have not. Yours, &c, John Jones, Doctor of Divinity thGENEDL GYMREIG, JAN. 10TH.-In an editorial on the present aspect of affairs between masters and men at Bethesda, we find the following timely remarks: "Sylwedydd," in another column, lays a heavy hand on the workmen becanse of their conduct towards the rules (a new set of rules pro- jected by the managers of the Penrhyn Quarry). As far as he exhort the quarrymen of Bethesda to be wise and deliberate, and to abstain from exhibit- ing ultra-daring and obstinate feelings, he has our sympathy; but we fail to agree with him in his opinion that .they as workmen have nothing to do with having a voice in formation of the new rules." That is drawing the string too tight; and if our readers are like those unto whom was en- trusted the great and important transaction a few years back, there are there men of judgment and discretion, who will not be governed by neither passion nor prejudice, and if it falls into their lot to review the new rules, there needs be no fear of the consequences. It ought to be borne in mind that labour is but an article of trade-the workman being the seller and the master the buyer; and we fail to perceive anything in the present circum- strnces that ought to prevent the one as well as the other, in the spirit of judgment and charity, to agree upon a series of rules of discipline and government in their trade transactions with one another. Vain it is for the workman to close his eyes to the fact that the master has his rights as well as his duties, and there are facts to prove the unreasonableness of going too far on the path in- dicated. The constituent parts of human society are such as to give unto each thereof, as in a machine, its own and proper work. If one part neglects its special function, such a neglect is bound to injuriously affect the other parts. Each part has its Work, and each work its purpose. By applying these observations to the present state of the working class in Wales, it will be seen how important it is that the characters who compose that honourable class should understand their close s,e relation with those who use or buy their labour, and that those, again, should correctly estimate and duly respect the rights of labourers. A kind and gentle conduct goes further than law. If, at the present time, a small cloud hangs above this quarry it is naught but what will be swiftly dispersed, if only both parties will exercise a little deliberation and wisdom in the transaction, and if that is not done, the consequences may be disas- trous indeed.
WELSH CHURCHES AT CHESTER.
WELSH CHURCHES AT CHESTER. On Wednesday last a meeting was held in the Town Hall, Chester, in the interests of the Welsh Churches of Chester. There was a good attend- ance, and several clergy adorned the platform,' in their midst being the Dean of Bangor. The Lord Bishop occupied the chair, and in his opening speech he said it was computed that there were .7000 Welsh residents in the city of Chester. They were, he was sorry to say, continually reminded how very much the Church of England had lost her hold upon the Principality compared with that which she used to have. It was, therefore, their obvious duty to their Welsh brothers and sisters who had come to settle amongst them to provide them with the means of grace in their own language (applause). If the Church of England had not the hold upon the Principality she used to have, she was bound to remember how, in conjunction with the State, she had dealt with it. It was very well known that from the time of the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1558 to the accession of George I., 156 years after, there were 43 native Welsh bishops appointed; and, singularly enough, for the next 156 years there had not been one single diocese in Wales which had been entrusted to a Welsh bishop. That usage was broken into by the appointment of the present Bishop of St. Asaph (applause). They had now a church (St. Martin's) set apart for Welsh services; and, although the number of the congregation was only 70, it com- prised, he believed, 4U communicants (applause). The Dean of Bangor said he hoped to convince his audience, and also a large number of English people in the district, that Welshmen in Chester had a claim upon their sympathy and assistance, and that when they came forward to ask the English people in Chester and neighbourhood to help the poor struggling Welsh church they did so not to ask any great favour but what was really and j ustly and truly due to them as Welshmen. The character of the Welsh people must be well known in Chester. The strongest characteristic of his countrymen was perhaps their deep religious feel- ing, and that had been their characteristic in every age of their history. The bishop had already in- formed them that the Welsh people had not received fair treatment from the governing body of this country. That injustice could not be denied; and while no one had a greater admiration for the English character than himself, he was sure the English people would pardon him for saying that they had their defects and shortcomings. He ventured to think that one defect in the English character was that they were not very capable at all times of entering into the feelings and appre- ciating the susceptibilities of other and more emotional races. That defect, he thought, was attributable to the fact that in the government of the Church England had not dealt successfully with the Celtic population in Cornwall, Ireland, Scot- land, or Wales. The fact was that this injustice had existed long before the time mentioned by the bishop, and what was the result ? Down to 1700 the Welsh people remained faithful to the Church, and the teachers in whom they had confidence were the clergy and bishops of this country. In 1700 there were only 36 Nonconformist chapels. Soon after that year, owing probably to the Jacobite sympathy of the Welsh squires, the Government sent into the country bishops in- capable of speaking the language or ministering to the education of the people, and this was done simply for a political purpose. The Welsh Church was ruined in the day when its 1 mission was ignored to accomplish a pur- pose for statecraft. The consequence of that was, as they all knew, that Howell Harries and Daniel Rowlands, men gifted with great earnest- ness and zeal, rose to teach their fellow-country- men and in 1800 probably the number of chapels had reached more than 1000. But the lesson which the English Government should have learnt was not taken to heart; and the same policy jvhich was mining the Church was still pursued for another 70 years. The language used by the Welsh princes in the twelfth century might seem to be strong but he thought lie was able to prove that since the year 1800 acts had been committed by dignitaries of the Church in Wales that would fully justify language as strong as that used in the twelfth century. Motives had been attributed to the Welsh clergy of aggrandisement; but he pointed to the fact that Mr Arthur Johnes, a late county court judge, had given statistics which showed that whereas the great tithes were taken by people out- side the Church, the Welsh clergy were paid miserable pittances. As they perhaps knew, the diocese of Bangor was a very poor one, and was net one that ought to have been robbed; but what was the fact? Four of the poorest parishe3 in the diocese were robbed for centuries of £ 1100 a year in order to maintain the bishopric of Lichfield. He (the speaker) was for some years, by the favour of the Bishop of Chester, the vicar of Llanbeblig (Carnarvon), a parish containing 11,000 inhabi- tants, and, according to Mr Johnes, X560 a year was taken from it to enrich the diocese of Chester (laughter). The result of all this was that the Church in Wales had been depressed, and that the care of many parishes had been handed over to curates with a salary of £18 or Y,20 per annum. Alluding to a recent article in the Times, which stated that the Welsh people were the most back- ward in the empire, the Dean said the statement was a little unfair. If Weshmen were backward in influencing those outside the country, they were behind simply because the language excluded them from the power of making themselves properly known. That isolation had undoubtedly kept them back, but he maintained that with all this that the Welsh peasantry were as intelligent, law- abiding, and virtuous, and more capable of reading the Holy Scriptures in their own language than any other portion of the population of the British Isles (applause). But granted that they were backward, what was it to be attributed to ? To the laws separating the low r from the upper classes. The class that led them in the past were the clergy; but the clergy, from their inability to understand the language, were not able to lead the people onward, and the consequence was that the church was suffering at the present time. The native teachers, he admitted, had done a great deal, and he could not ignore the great service done to the Welsh people by the voluntary efforts of the Nonconformist people, under whose influ- ence the people fell when the church neglected its duty. No doubt the language of the Welsh nation had been the means of isolating them but, as the bishop had told them, the Welsh people clung to their own language, and while he hoped that the time would never come when every Welshman throughout the length and breadth of the land would be unable to use the Welsh lan- guage, still no one who was a sincere patriot could but express the hope that the day could not come too soon when the English language would be used throughout Wales. The language, how- ever, had a very strong hold on the people, 'and to show its vitality, he mentioned that there were eleven newspapers, and 17 monthly publications issued in Welsh. Next to the reasons which he had given, he believed that the greatest cause which had led to nonconformity was the inelas- ticity of the parochial system, and while heartily agreeing with the recent speech of Mr Forster on the benefits of that system, he could not help thinking that the parochial system in Wales had been too rigid and too inelastic—that parishes had been handed over to the absolute autocracy of the clergyman, so that it had been impossible to have a service of the Church of England without his consent. The result was that the vast number of the people were alienated not from the doctrines, but from the worship of the Church of England and it was utterly untrue to suppose that the Welsh people were separated from the church by strong religious convictions agaiust her doctrines and her orders (applause) The -greatest evil ?W, afflicted the Welsh people to-.ia;. the a divisions which were pn v..ieuc. wt-> <i;v, <i into five religious bodies, and tl,, result wa-s every town and place was divid e agairifT- it" In conclusion, the Dean besought the sympaih.- s of the English for the Welsh church, and genera iy hoped for peace, harmony, and good will in matters of religion among the Welsh people. Several other addresses were delivered, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the bishop for presiding.
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EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL DURING 1877.— The authorities at Liverpool have issued the emi- gration returns for the month just closed, which state that during that period 2109 persons took their departure from that port in 69 vessels. The nationalities were-1172 English, 12 Scotch, 220 Irish, 571 foreigners, and 194 unknown. When the above returns are compared with the previous month there is a decrease of 932 but when com- pared with December, 1S76, there is an excess of 306. Statisticts compiled of the number of emi- grants who left Liverpool during last year, show that the number of vessels which sailed was 762, having on board no less than 54,873 persons of the following nationalities:—32,467 English, 425 Scotch, 5021 Irish, 14,288 foreigners, and 2672 ot recorded. 379 ships went to the United States, conveying 43,674 passengers; 107 to British North America, with 7405 passengers; 33 to Australia, with 684; 63 to South America, with 1094; 32 to the West Indies, with 180; 67 to the East Indies, with 1129; 26 to China, with 750; and 55 to Africa, with 557 passengers.
THE WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP.
THE WELSH ASSOCIATION CUP. The second ties between the Oswestry and Wrediam clubs came off on Sa- ucday at Oswestry, ami resulted in favour of Wrexham by two goals to n i .e. Some excellent play was displayed on boia sides, and the match was witnessed by about a thousand spectators. A match stands arranged between these teams for the 19th January, on the same ground, when they will decide the odd trick, each having now won a match. The names and positions of the players were:— WREXHAM. Goal, Phenna; backs, C. Murless (captain), and E. T. W. Davies half backs, E. Evans, sen., A. E. Cross, and A. Davies; right side, C. Edwards and James Davies left side, J. Loxham and E. Evans, jun.; centre, J. Pryce. OSWESTRY. Goal, T. F. Williams; back, G. G. Higham; half-backs, J. Groves, M. Jones, and John Davies; right side, W. W. Shone and C. Dyke left side, G. Savin and W. D. Owen; centre, W. H. Davies (captain), and R. Hamer; umpires, Messrs Jewett and A Jones referee, Mr Burgess, Wrexham. FoOTBALI.-Mold v. Foresters (Gwersyllt).— Played at Mold on Saturday last, in unpleasant weather, which naturally militated against the number of spectators. It wi l be remembered the Foresters won the former match by two goals to none, but this time their opponents had their revenge, winning by three goals to none. Mr W. B. Marston obtained two of them after two fine runs down the ground, and Mr S. Roberts the third after a fine exhibition of passing by the for- wards. The game was well contested throughout, but the home teams' backs were enabled to resist all the onslaughts of their opponents without troubling the goal keeper who enjoyed himself as best he could considering he never touched the ball throughout the game. Sides: Foresters- S. Lovatt (goal); R. Whitehouse and R. Williams (backs); T. H. Clayton (captain); and W. Tudor, (half backs); T. H. Ellis and E. Lloyd (right wing) S. Williams and E. Griffiths (left wing) L. Richards and E. Williams (centres). Mold :— J. Lavender (goal); S. Smith (captain) and G. Bolliver (backs); T. L. Hughes and H. Johnson (half backs); W. B. Marston and J. Marston (left wing) W. Webb and R. Roberts (right wing); P. Dykins and S. Roberts (centres).
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The last contingent of French from the Bay of Tunis to the Porte were shipped on Monday for Constantinople. A fire broke out late' on Saturday night, in Charles-street, Kensington-square, London, during which a lady named Golding, who occupied apart- ments in the house, was burnt to death. The cause of the disaster is unknown. The receipts on account of revenue from the 1st April, 1877, when there was a balance of 988,650, to Jan. 5 were X54,731,307, against Y,54,810,026 in the corresponding period of the preceding financial year, which began with a balance of £ 5,119,587. The net expenditure was £ 61,534,272, against X60,938,820 to the same date in the previous year. The Treasury balances on Jan. 5 amounted to £ 1,126,056, and at the same date in 1876 to £ 1,372,110. Ou Wednesday, at the Widnes Sessions, a Dr" Blackier applied to the magistrates for a summons against a police constable, but refused to give his information on oath.-The Clerk: On what grounds do you object to swear ?—The Doctor: Ou Christ- ian grounds, as a follower of Jesus Christ, who bade us swear not at all.—The Clerk So you deal in Christian as well as professional scruples ?— The Doctor: I do (a laugh).—The Clerk: Very well, then state your case without swearing it.- The applicant was proceeding to make his state- ment on affirmation, when the clerk bethought himself to ask for the usual payment for the snm- mons, whereupon the doctor appeared to be troubled with pecuniary as well as other scruples, and quitted the court amid considerable merriment. THE FENIAN PlUtiONEILS. -Only two of the soldiers convicted of offences connected with Fenianism have been released-Colour-Sergeti-it McCarthy and Private John O'Brien, who have both arrived in London and arc staying with their friends. A. telegram has been received from the Woking In- valid Prison, announcing that Corporal Chambers, who is detained there, will be set at liberty next week. The warrant of release is a simple ticket of leave, no conditions as to leaving the kingdom being made. No action has been taken by the Government in the case of any but the three military prisoners named. The warrants of release are dated the 2nd inst., and were received at the prisons on Thursday morning last, when the prison- ers were informed of the fact, each receiving £1 19s. lid. and a suit of clothes on their discharge. VETERAN TOTAL ABSTAINERS. — The Leicester Journal reports that Mr Thomas Cook, the excur- sion manager, recently invited a number of his veteran temperance friends to his residence at Leicester. About thirty attended, representing 801 years of teetotalism, an average of above thirty years each. After tea Mr Cook said he had in- vited them because he felt he was not so young as he used to be, and as he travelled a good deal he was not able to attend so many temperance meet- ings as he used to do, although his heart was as much as ever in the cause. He had been a teeto- taller for forty years, and had travelled thirty-seven years, and wherever he had gone he had always tried to say a word for temperance. TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OF GAB.-A terrible explo- sion of gas took place shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday morning, at the resid- nee of Dr Lang, Hoghton-street, Southport, resulting in the in- stantaneous death of that gentleman. A servant had gone to the billiard room for the purpose of lighting the fire, and perceiving a strong smell of gas, returned and informed Dr. Lang. He then proceeded to the room, but before entermg he turned off the gas at the meter, and knocked out some panes of glass in the windows of a room below. Having obtained some matches, he got upon the billiard table and held the ligt t to the chandelier, when a most terrific explosion took place, the report of which was heard a long distance off. The roof fell in a mass, and portions of the walls also gave way. The m lin beam struck the doctor on the back of the head with such force as to kill him on the spot. The cook was also much injured about the head, face, and arms and three of the children have received injuries from the broken glass, &c. ALPHABETICAL CURIOSITIES. -The protean nature of the vowel sounds is familiar to all. A few amusing examples will show that the consonants are nearly as bad—B makes a road broad, turns the ear to a bear, and Tom into a tomb. C makes limb climb, hanged changed, a lever clever, and transports a lover to eldver. D turns a bear to beards, a crow to crowd, and makes anger danger. F turns lower regions to flower regions. H changes eight to height. K makes now know. L trans- forms a pear into pearl. N turns a line into linen, a crow to a crown, and makes one none. P met- amorphoses lumber into plumber. Q of itself has no significance. S turns even to seven, makes hove shave, and word a sword, a pear a spear, makes slaughter of laughter, and curiously changes having a hoe to shaving a shoe. T makes a bough bought, turns here to there, alters one to tone, and transforms the phrase allow his own" to "tallow this town." W does well, e.g., hose are whose, are become ware, on won, omen women, so sow, vie view it makes arm warm, and turns a hat into- what ? Y turns fur into fury, a man to many, to to a toy, a rub to a ruby, ours to yours, and a lad to a la(ly.-New York Commercial Advertiser. According to the Printers' Register there are now published in the United Kingdom 151 daily news- papers, as against 149 at the same period last year. The number is made up thus:—London, 20 the provinces, 89; Wales, 2; Ireland, 19; Jersey, 1. Of these, 83 are issued in the morning, and 68 in the evening all the latter, except seven, being halfpenny papers. In politics 67 are returned as Liberal, 41 as Conservative, 29 as Independent, and 14 of no politics."