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SELECTION OF COUNTY COUNCIL…
SELECTION OF COUNTY COUNCIL CANDIDATES AT DOLGELLEY. THE final meeting for the selection of two can- didates for the urban district of Dolgelley in connection with the County Council was held on Tuesday night. Mr. William Williams, timber merchant, presided, and was well supported. The attendance was large, and there were two or three ladies present. The Chairman very happily introduced the proceedings by pointing out that the electors had now a splendid opportunity of enforcing their will. In the past there had been oppression,and privilege had ruled the money with a rod of iron. Liberalism in Wales had known what it was to bleed for its principles. Now the centre of authority had changed. It was for the electors of Dolgelley that night to select as candidates men who would take a brave and worthy part in future county legislation men who would not quail before the "great ones;" who would further the cause of the people (loud applause). Mr. Wm. Hughes, the Dydd, moved that the County Council election be fought on political lines. He pointed out that this was not only expedient but essential. The Tory magisterial majority in Merioneth did just what they choose; the few Liberal magistrates on the bench was powerless. Where else than in Merioneth did the clerk uf the peace, who netted an income of hundreds of pounds a year, live out of the county ? Thousands of pounds—rate- payers'money—had year after year been spent out of Merioneth which ought to have been spent in Merioneth (loud applause). The North TVales Chronicle, a Tory paper published at Bangor was made by the Tory magistrates of Merioneth and their lieges a medium of advertising circulation. To Me; ioneth the North Wales Chronicle was as strange an organ as Patagonia. Ought not one of the Merioneth papers havethiapatronage as a simple matter of justice. The police clothing was also got from other parts of the country. Were there no tailors in Merioneth who could do this work? (applause). Change was needed, and if the electors did their duty next January there would be new and sweeping and beneficial departures (luud applause). Mr. Richard Wynne Williams seconded tl e resolution. If the comirg battle was not made political the county would still remain enslaved. What did thecTory justices at Merioneth and Denbigh do last quarter sessions? Made ftppoint- ments which should unquestionably have I ijon left to the County Councils. Now the ratepayers would hu,ve to pay the piper." He was not a publisher, so he could not say reach personally about the printing which v a sent to foreign firms. But there were chemicals which could be gvt near home (loud laughter and applause). Mr. Hugh Owen supported the resolution, and it was passed. Mr. m. W. Evans, Goleuad, moved that the selection that night be by ballot (applause). Mr. E. P. Williams seconded the resolution.- Agreed to.' A letter was read by If r. Tones, Cemlyn House (secretary of tha Liberal Association), from Mr. Mo-ris Jones, J.P., Plasucha', expressing his very great regret that he was unable to be pre- sent that evening owing to the decease of a near relative. Rev. Mr. James (English Congregational minister): Is there any truth in the remark that Mr. Pritchard Morgau has been selected for Barmouth ? From more than one quarter the rejoinder came that the statement was true. Rev. Mr, James: If he was selected here wouid he sit for both places on the County- CounoU—here and at Barmouth? The Chairman Certainly not. Mr. Ellis Hoyd. who is a workman of Mr. Pritchard Morgau, and was one of his advocates from Dolgelley at Merthyr election, said that Mr. Pritchard Morgan had not consented to stand for Barmouth. Mr Jones said that he had been told by a gentleman from Barmouth that Mr. P.ritchard Morgan had consented to stand at Barmouth. Mr. Ellis Lloyd (with emphasis): He has not. That is the fact, he has not. The question was asked what Mr. Pritchard Morgan's candidature at Barmouth had to do with this meeting. Dr. Jones suggested that the country electors present—(he was glad to see them)-shoufd stnnd aside at the voting. Eventually the meeting resolved that each ratepayer should go to the table for the voting paper, then write the names of his two selections, and bring it back to the table. This was done. The papers were gathered together, and taken by the six scrutineers to the reeding-room and counted. On returning to the hall, it was an- nounced that there had been sixteen names mentioned. They stood in point of number of votes thus :-86, 75,17, 14, 12, 11, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, and five had one vote each (laughter). Mr. Owen thought that meeting had better accept the two highest as selections at once (the 86 and 75). Mr. Meyrick Jones seconded. Mr. Owen It will only wound feelings to go into further particulars. Mr. John Edwards, saddler, differed from this policy. Unless there was a second vote those who had vjted for those other than the two first would have no voice in the tinal selection (applause). It was important that what was done should be final, and in perfect harmony. It was resolved that the names of the persons who were the -six highest at the voting should be read to the meeting. They were— Dr. Edward Jones 86 Mr. Edward Griffith 7.5 Mr. Morris Jones 17 Mr. W, Williams (the chairman) 14 Mr. R. Wynne Williams 12 Mr. W. Hughes, Dydd 11 (Mr. Hughes: "Bravo," and much laughter" A suggestion by Mr. Edward Williams printer, that these now should be re-voted on was adopted, and there was a re-vote. After a scrutiny the figures were announced to the meetid Dr. Edward Jones 98 Mr. E. Griffith 82 Mr. Hughes, Dyrtd 18 Mr. R. Wynne Williams 17 Mr. W. Williams (chairman) 17 Mr. Morris Jones 13 The result was greeted with cheers, and Dr. Edward Jones and Mr. Griffith were elected. Mr. Hughes, Dydd, at once rose and proposed that the ratepayers present pledge themselves to unitedly support the candidature of Dr. Jones and Mr. E. Griffith at the County Council elec- tion (loud applause). It was pointed out that Mr. Edward Griffith, the second highest, was a clear majority of 17 over the other candidates. Mr. R. Wynne Williams cordially seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Dr. Edward Jones, in returning thanks for the honour conferred upon him, said that he would do in the future ss he had done in the past-do his duty conscientiously (loud ap- plause). He certainly would as a representa- tive of the ratepayers in that Liberal and Nonce nformist and Welsh county do his best to have as officials men who could under- stand Welsh (applause). It was for the electors at the poll to faithfully ratify the decision of that night's meeting (applause). He had served the public in the county thirty years. In the year 1836, when he was born, Mr. Richards, of Caerynwch, and Sir Williams Wynn were both trying to sit for Merioneth. The electors then were only 690 in all. The majority of Richards over Wynn was 350. The next election was in 1859. He did what Jhe could then. Mr. David Williams came out against Mr. Wynne, and Mr. Williams conquered with a majority of forty. The next election was that of 1865. Mr. David Williams and Mr. W. R. M. Wynne were the contestants. Mr. Williams was returned by a majority of thirty-one. Next came the election of 1868. That was the year after the extension of the franchise. The electorate was greatty in- creased. The boroughs had the household fran- chise, and the county qualification was reduced to £12. Mr. Wynne felt hopeless and retired, and Mr. David Williams was returned un- opposed. In 1869 Mr. Williams died, and in 1870 there was an election. Mr. Holland came out as the Liberal candidate, and Colonel Totten- ham for the Tories. Col. Tottenham was beaten by a majority of 900. In 1874 Mr. Holland was returned unopposed. The Tories of Merioneth that year were gnashing their teeth because Mr. Holland had gone in unchallenged. They thought that if they had fougllfc it would have been found that the Tory wave of reaction had reached Merioneth. He did not think so. In 1880 there was another election. Mr. Dunlop came out as a Conservative against Mr. Holland (by this time he was glad to note that Mr. Dunlop was a Liberal). Mr. Dunlop was beaten by Mr. Holland with a majority of 786. In 1885, thanks to Liberal organisation, Mr. Robertson, a Scotchman, who did not understand a word of Welsh,beat Mr. Wynne,of Peniarth, a man from the county, and also floored Mr. Mor- gan Lloyd, a "Liberal" (applause). In 1886 they made the selection of the man whom they were all proud of, and whose services they hoped to retain for many years-Thomas Ellis (loud applause). That was a brief epitome of the political features which pertained to Mer- ioneth during his public life (loud applause). Mr. Edward Griffith, Springfield, also spoke. He said that he too was grateful to the meeting. They had always been kind to him, whatever public office he had sought at their hands- guardians, local board, &c.—they had invariably granted him (applause). He trusted that he ] had by his actions fortified this confidence (loud applause), which had been extended to him for thirty years. If they desired him to serve them in a public capacity again for another ten years he would be willing to do so (applause). After that period—should he be spared—he purposed consecrating the rest of his life to other work. There were some friends who seemed to have doubted his Liberalism, who thought him halt- ing, just as some Methodists regarded him as an unrobust member of the connexion. He could, however, say this with perfect sincerity, that he had no reason to bend his head in reflecting on any act of his public life (loud applause). Still, in view of these vague views as to his political thoroughness, he thought it right to tell to that meeting something which they did not know (laughter). Thirty years ago he had penned down on paper a series of resolutions as to what should be the lines of his conduct in public life. They were the outcome of much thought, and no human eye had seen them except his own. To these resolutions he had since endeavoured to keep. There were seven in all; five of them- dealt with matters of a sacred and absolutely private nature.and these would not see publicity. But the other two bore upon that aspect of his life which concerned the public, and these he purposed reading to them that night, so that they might read his conduct and methods by that light. They were formally entitled Hints or Suggestions as to conduct. One wasNever to be narrow towards men or organisations—to be strong in the advocacy of truth and right principles—uphold them under all circumstances (loud applause). The other rule was—Never to harm anyone, not to revenge upon anyone; to behave towards everybody respectfully and gentlemanly. If I should have to oppose anybody, I would try to do it in the best temper and most gentlemanly spirit (renewed applause). Those had been the guiding and governing lines of his career as a public man, and their rigid observance might, maybe, account for the doubt felt in some minds as to his Liberal zeal (applause). He asked the Liberals and Nonconformists of the district to come man- fully forward to buttress the position of the Liberal candidates (applause). A few days ago he had beea at Llanfachreth attending the funeral of Griffith Jones,—a htaunch and God-fearing man, whom arbitrary power had failed to cow into disloyalty to conscience at any time in his long, and useful, and upright career. Mr. Yaughan had once come to him and asked him to vote for Mr Vaughan. The reply of Griffith Jones was: 'No, I have always been a Nonconformist, and I intend always to remain one. I will not leave my people, I will trust to Providence; and I shall, I hope, be buried with Nonconformist people." Buried with them he was, and the loss of his old and dear friend has been to him (Mr. Griffith) a keen severance. Llanfachreth has suffered. Nonconformists there had to face hardships which were yet far from having been outlived. People had been afraid to go to the chapels to worship, though their hearts were yearning to go there. They strolled out- side, and listened to the preachers at the chapel windows. To go in would have been to court persecution. A man was once seen by children in the chapel at the chapel window hearkening to some one preaching, and a child called out his name." The news travelled to Nannau and the man had to suffer. He (Mr. Griffith) felt for these men and he would tell them this (and he had thought of the matter since Saturday, so that this was no hasty decision) that if the people of LI, anfachreth Llanelltyd, and Garllwyd had no other selection for the County Council and wished him to fight for the seat, and if the Liberals of the town concurred and promised him their aid, he would accept the invitation and fight their battle (great and protracted cheering). The meeting came to a close with thanks to the chairman for his able work a the chair, and announcement that the Dolgelley rural district ratepayers would meet at the Town Hall, Dol- gelley, next Saturday, whilst the Llanfachreth folk would also hold a meeting there on fair day—the 22nd.
MERIONETH AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
MERIONETH AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL. COR WEN. A MEETING of the Liberal electors of Edeyrnion was held on Friday evening. A large number attended, and it was decided to take steps in case the election is fought on political lines. Several speakers referred to the difficulty of avoiding such an issue. It appears that Corweu has to elect three representatives, and at the first election, owing to the want of a proper register for each electoral district, the three will be elected together. The following gentlemen weie nominated to select three from their number at a future meeting to be held at Corwen :—Messrs. R. D. Roberts, of Glandwr; L. Ll. John, solicitor; E. Jones, of Park; R. Roberts, quarry manager, Glyndyfrdwy Godfrey Parry, of Llansantffraid W. Ffoulkes Jones, timber merchant; 0. Lloyd, draper, of Corwen; and Rev. R. Williams, M.A. Other names were mentioned but were with- drawn, as they declined to stand. It is not known whether all uf these are willing to stand, as some of them were nominated in their absence.
BARMOUTH AND TIE COUNTY COUNCILI
BARMOUTH AND TIE COUNTY COUNCIL SPEECH BY MR. PRITCHARD MORGAN. SELECTION OF CANDIDATES. Last Friday night the Rev. Z. Mather pre- sided at the Assembly-rooms, Barmouth, over a public meeting called to consider the provisions of the new Local Government Act. He was well supported, and amongst those present was Air. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., Bryntirion, who lives withiu the area of County Council contest here. The Chairman delivered an interesting address, and the Rev. T. J. Humphreys also spoke with much effect. He pointed out how the magis- trates now held the rivers in check. Working men were prohibited from benefitting by the fisheries, and indeed the fishery vocation was ruined by these territorial aggressions upon rights (applause). It was necessary in what the voters under the new Act now aid to change the existing order of things (applause).—Mr. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., spoke upon the Act with the view of trying to make plain some of its provisions. There was, he thought,too much of the ''You may do this instead of "You shall do this in the Act (applause). The ex-officio element was, he argued, an incompetent one in county affairs. The Act must be utilised and made conducive to the interests of the country at large (hear, hear) —Rev. David Evans, in a strong Radical address, urged that (as Mr. Pritchard Morgan had also asserted) the County Council election must be fought on political lines. There was no shirking the issue. Better have a Liberal if he was a Liberal, even though he was not as powerful as they could wish,than a Tory member ot the County Council.—Others delivered addresses, including Mr. Adams and Mr. Griffith Griffiths, who exhibited great acute- ress in his grasp of some of the vital provisions of the Act.
THE LIBERAL SELECTION. — MR.…
THE LIBERAL SELECTION. — MR. PRITCHARD MORGAN A CANDIDATE. Afterwards, the Liberal electors met, under the presidency of Mr. Lewis Lewis. Mr. Prit- chard Morgan, M.P., was adopted as a Liberal candidate, to oppose in the rural district Dr. Charles Williams, the Tory candidate.—The Chairman (Mr. Lewis Lewis) was selected to fight the urban (town) battle against Mr. John Da vies, of the Corsygedol Hotel, the Tory selection.
TOWYN.
TOWYN. Mr. Wynne, of Peniarth, it is understood, will not come forward as a County Council candidate. Mr. John Evms, Gwastadfryn, a Welshman, Liberal and Nonconformist, will probably be returned unopposed.
MR. ELLIS NAUNEY AND HIS MER10NCTHJTENA3T.
MR. ELLIS NAUNEY AND HIS MER10NCTHJTENA3T. MR. DAVID EVANS. Cae Einion, Dolgelley, will, after all, leave his farm. He is a tenant of Mr. Ellis Nanney. Mr. Evans is a leading Noncon- formist, and has been 35 years on his farm. He has taken a prominent part in connection with the Welsh Land League—which has hitherto been moving on Anti-tithe League. Recently, the farm was revalued. Mr. Evans will not pay the increased rental. The following letter, written by Mr. Ellis Nanney's agent, Mr. Walter B. C. Jones, Criccieth, to Mr. David Evans, Cae Einion, speaks for itself:— Estate Office, Criceieth, North Wales, "February ht, 1888. "My Dear Sir,—I think I was to write if I bad good news to send you about the fence. It is quite impossible for any landowner to spend money in the face of the Welsh Land League. started by Mr. Gee, of Denbigh, and I fear it will do an immense amount of harm. You will have received the new agreement, and if you will consider it carefully and with an imbiassed mind, I am sure you will say it is fair, and more than fair. When they are signed I will see what can be done, but tenants will have to chose which they will have as their friends,—their laadlords or the Welsh Land League; they cannot ride both.—Yours truly, "WALTER B. C. JONES." The farm sale took place on Thursday (to- day).—Particulars will appear in our next issue. Mr. Parry, of Llanarmon, and Mr. T. E. Ellis, M.P.. were expected to be present, and the whole district for miles around expressed their deepest sympathy with Mr. Evans.
MR. PRITCHARD MORGAN'S RETURN…
MR. PRITCHARD MORGAN'S RETURN HOME. DEMONSTRATION AT DOLGELLEY. SPEECH BY MR. MORGAN. MR. W. PRITCHARD MORGAN, the newly-elected member for Mertbyr, returned home to Dolgelley on Thursday evening. There was a good deal of excitement on the occasion. The Ship Hotel was ablaze with coloured lights, and Mr.Armfield's shop windows were also lighted up by means of small lamps and candles. Devices were affixed around the pillars of the Ship with the words Success to our Gold King," P. M. M.P. and others of similar import. A large crowd of tradesmen and workmen, &c., met the Great Western train as it steamed into the Dol- gelley Railway Station. Mr. Morgan was ac- companied by several members of his family, and cordially reciprocated the greetings of those of his chief Merthyr election friends, his agent and chairman, Mr. John Vaughan. solicitor, Merthyr, and Mr. Joseph Owen, Taff Vale House, Merthyr, and others. He was escorted to a close carriage (drawn by workmen, &c.). round the town, a local band playing, and flaming torchlights in front. The remarkable cavalcade made a final halt at the porch of the Sbip," and in a few minutes Mr. Morgan and a number of his friends and several local tradesmen made their appear- ance on the balcony amid loud cheering from a large throng in front of the premises. Mr. William Williams, timber merchant, said that they desired to congratulate Mr. Morgan on his election success at Merthyr (applause). A few months ago Mr. Morgan had championed at the assembly room reform in Government methods of dealing with mining enterprise. He was now occupying a far more influential posi- tion and would be able in the House of Commons to further the industrial welfare of the county (applause). The Liberal Club in Dolgelley desired to present Mr. Morgan with an address, and he called upon Mr. William Jones, the secretary, to read it (applause). Mr. William Jones then read the address. It was signed by about a score of persons, ''on behalf," as was stated, of the "inhabitants of Dolgelley and neighbourhood." Mr. Morgan was congratulated in the address on the honourable position which he had attained as a member of the British House of Commons." They all knew of his great energy, perseverance, and ability, by the way in which he had developed the goldiield of the neighbourhood. These qualities were brought into yet greater pro- minence by the way in which he had fought in the Merthyr contest," out of which," said the address, you came so triumphantly." We feel confident," proceeded the address, that you will sustain in the House of Commons the reputation which you have already gained in the political history of this country. We have every hope that you will soon be able to effect a settlement of the vexed question affecting the royalties on mines in the locality" (applause) and redressing the other "points" referred to in his Merthyr address. Mr. Morgan ought to feel proud "of being the representative in Parliament of the largest constituency in the United King- dom (hear. hear). The interests of Merthyr and his own interest in Merioneth were very identic il. They heartily and sincerely hoped that Mr. Morgan would long continue a member of Parliament and that he would truly further the national aspirations of the Principality of which he was proud to be one of the sons, and that he would do all in his power to remedy the grievances of the Welsh people. Mr. Pritchard Morgan, in coming forward to acknowledge the receipt of the address, WRS met with loud cheers, the cheering being again and again renewed in the course of his subsequent remarks. He said I can sincerely tell you that I am, and ought to be, the proudest man in the Principality. I have worked hard during the last two months. 1 had behind me true and sturdy men—men who, I am glad to say, have come down to see Dolgelley, and see the wel- come I have received at the place which I have made my home in Wales. I refer, I need not say, to my friend Mr. Vaughan, who was the first man to take the chair for me when I went down to Merthyr. I assure you that the win- ning of the seat for Merthyr was to me a greater triumph even than to find gold in the Principality of Wales. It was laughed at when I said that I would find gold in this dis- trict that I would find it in payable quantities, and that I would find it in such a way as to give employment to a large number of men. I wag laughed at when I went to Merthyr Tylvil to fight for a seat there. But I had some friends -friends never. dreamt of — friends who were but little known. Our good friend Mr. Millard does not atjree with me in politics, although I hope to convert him. I knew him to be a native of Merthyr. I may tell you that I am a man of action. I go upon the moment- upon the spur of the moment. I was on my way from Dolgelley to London to attend to my business when I saw that there was a vacancy at Merthyr. Mr. Morgan went on to say that he further observed that the late Ilamented member for Merthvr—Mr. Henry Richard—was to be buried the' next day. He sat in thought upon the matter for several moments. In the same carriage was a friend a man who had been a main instrument in aiding him to promote the gold industry in Dolgelley. His friend was a rank Tory, but he (Ur. Morgan) did not think that politics ought to be mixed up with business any more than religion ought tø •be mixed up with politics. He told his friend, I have made up my mind to contest the seat for Merthyr." His friend rejoined, "You are mad." He replied That was wha t you said when two years ago I told you that I was going to find gold in Wales. You said exactly the same thing. I am going to Merthyr." He (Mr. Morgan) then telegraphed to Mr. Millard, who was a very excellent lawyer, and looked after his (the speaker's) interest in that district to his satisfaction. He did not want to hurt Mr. Mil- lard. He directed Mr. Millard to go to Merthyr as soon as possible to see whether his (Mr. Morgan's) name would be received as a possible candidate; Mr. Millard went. He (Mr. Morgan) had subsequently had to fight very hard against that fact, because Mr. Millard was a Conserva- tive. Mr. Morgan continued: During the first four or five meetings in Merthyr, I could not find a chairman. I said Well, I will fight the battle in my own way. I have no chairman, [ want no man to propose a resolution in my favour; I am here on my own merits. Mr. Morgan then went to recount the alleged inci- dents of the contest. No man, he said, ought on that occasion to be so proud of being a Welsh- man—of being a Parliamentary representative as Pritchard Morgan Arranged against him at Merthyr were 500 Liberal gentle- men who were members of an Associa- tion, who were very good men in their way. who thought they were doing their duty. He fought these men and 200 chapels—against 200 preachers. Eight members of Parliament came down to support his opponent. He had no one to speak for him. a poor, miserable Welsh- man, except four of his own sturdy workmen and Ellis Lloyd. These workmen came to Merthyr and said what he (Mr. Morgan) had done for the Principality. Ellis Lloyd told Merthyr that if he (Mr. Morgan) was not re- turned to the House of Commons Wales ought to be ashamed of itself in not giving honour to a man who had done so much for it. He need not tell them all that followed. All the women in the district were in his favour. One woman went to the booth to try to vote for Pritchard Morgan," The returning officer told her she could not, and told her her husband must come. She said No, he is going to vote against Pritchard Morgan, and I have locked him up in a room." A cripple was carried to the poll "to vote for Pritchard Morgan so were twelve others of invalided limbs. A woman gave birth to a child at the very moment the poll was c'eclared. It was christened Pritchard Morgan Gold (the parents' name was Gold). He went next day to see the woman, and said "Some children are born with silver spoons; this one is born with a gold spoon- a Welsh gold spoon." The child had. he regretted to say, since died; he hoped it was not a bad omen for the memb-rfor Merthyr. He impeached the Merthyr Liberal Association as non-representative; several of those identified with it were not even voters. After complimenting the sagacity of his agent, Mr. Vaughan, a man who had risen from the people to be the head of one of the most lucra- tive legal practices in South Wales, Mr. Morgan said that yesterday" be was introduced to Mrs. Gladstone. She said, I must compliment you, Mr. Morgan"on being returned by such an overwhelming majority for Merthyr." The fact that he had bAen returned by that majority shewed, Mrs. Gladstone said, that he was the proper person to represent the constituency. That very morning he had been personally introdued to Mr. Gladstone, and he had also a chat with him. Mr. Gladstone complimented him and said, I think Wales is almost unani- mous upon the question of Home Rule for Ire- land." He replied, Yes sir, I think it is almost unanimous, and if it is not unanimous in Wales, then Pritchaad Morgan will never leave a stone unturned until Wales is unanimous (cheers were here called for and given to Mr Gladstone). Mr. Morgan resumed: I can assure you that being as I am intimately associated with the northern portion of the Principality, and with my political interest in the southern portion of I the Principality, I hope to be a repre- sentative Welshman worthy of occupying I the seat of Mr. Henry Richard. I trust I shall feel the great responsibility which neces- sarily must fall upon my shoulders I hope to be a representative not of the North, not of the South, but of the whole of the Principality of Wales. Although I am not able to speak my mother tongue, I am essentially a Welshman. There is no Welsh sentiment that does not beat thoroughly in the heart of Pritchard Morgan." His children, said Mr. Morgan, though born 15,000 miles from Wales, were succeeding in learning Welsh, and he hoped they would be spared to fight in the interests of the women of Wales. He desired, too, to see returned to Par- liament an overwhelming majority of people who would represent the masses and not the classes. Although he had been fortunate in his sphere of life he would never forget the fact that he have been a working man—" one of you." If the masses could not be raised in any other way than by dropping the classes down a peg or two. then the classes ought to be brought down a peg or two in order that the people might be one people. Having remarked that the circum- stances of his being associated with Tories in business had nothing to do with his politics. Mr. Morgan said that Home Rule had for many years been his great platform. Each province of the Empire ought to be allowed to govern its own domestic affairs. He had some of the timber from the old Parliament House of Dolgelley, and he trusted that it might in some future day be again applied to a reconstruction of such a legislative edifice in the town. He was willing to pledge himself as he had said at Merthyr.to Mr. Gladstone's policy of to-day, but he had and did refuse to bind himself to follow Mr. Gladstone's future development of policy whatever they might be. He must first know what they were. He dwelt on the satisfactory operation of the principle of self-government in the British colonies, and added that he should never forget whilst in Parliament that he represented the interests of mining in the Parlia- ment of England. There ought to be a reduc- tion in the royalties. They might depend upon it that when he went into the House that matter would not be allowed to rest. They must excuse him from further lengthened speech. Down in Merthyr they said that there is one man who can compete with the Grand Old Man in that respect, and that is—Pritchard Morgan." He wanted to get into the House of Commons first for the purpose of getting for Ireland Home Rule, and also for the purpose of building up a grent Welsh party, which would help to secure justice too for Wales and Scotland and England. Mr. Vaughan and Mr. 0 Hen afterwards spoke, and the crowd, later on, dispersed. I
MR. PRITCHARD MORGAN TAKES…
MR. PRITCHARD MORGAN TAKES THE OATH. On Tuesday, Mr. Pritchard Morgan took the oath and his seat for Merthyr Tydfil in the room of Mr. H. Richard, deceased. The honourable gentleman was cheered as he walked up the House, introduced by Mr. Osborne Morgan and Mr. Arnold Morley.
♦ IMPORTANT KIGHT-OF-WAI CASE…
♦ IMPORTANT KIGHT-OF-WAI CASE AT DOLGELLEY. IN the High Court of Justice, on Saturday, be- fore Mr. Justice Field was heard the case of ¡ Jones and others v. Jones. This was a right-of- way case tried before his Lordship at the last Merioneth Assizes at Dolgelley. It arose in con- sequence of a severance of the Plas-yn-Penrhyn estate. This estate had until the year 1876 been entirely owned by the Huddart family, whose representatives were the present plaintiffs. In that year a building lease for a long term of years had been granted of a portion of the land, upon which Plas Canol had been built, and this lease, in the year 1880, was purchased by a Mr Haigh. In 1886. the Plas-yn-Penrhyn estate was put up for sale, and certain portions of it surrouding Plas Canol had also been purchased by Mr. Haigh. The defendant took possession of them as his tenant in March, 1887, but the formal conveyance was not executed till October, 1887. The question in the case was whether upon the above-mentioned severances of the estate an express or implied grant to use the main drive running through the Plas-yn-Pen- rhyn estate had been made. His Lordship put three questions to the jury:—1. Was the drive at the time of the granting of the lease of June 1st, 1876, a way visibly and apparently necessary for the reasonable enjoyment of Plas Canol (the defendant's house), with the house and buildings thereon ? Answer: Yes. 2. Was the way visibly and apparently necessary for the reasonable enjoyment of the lands sold to Haigh (who demised to the de- fendant) either at the time of the contract or on the 25th ot March, 1887, or of the conveyance in October, 1887 ? Answer: Yes. 3. Was it at any of these periods a road to and used with or for the benefit of the lands sold to Haigh, or any of them? Answer: Yes. This, which was practi- cally a verdict for the defendant, his Lordship said was eminently unsatisfactory, as the jury would not listen to anything he bad said, eicher to the evidence or the arguments. They bad decided apparently on a view of the place itself. The action is one of trespass, to recover damages for using a drive across the grounds and farm- yard of the plaintiff's house at Plas-yn-Penrhyn, and claiming an injunction to restrain the de- fendant from so using the drive in future. The defendant justified the acts under a right of way, and he alternatively paid £5 Is. into Court in respect of any possible damage accruing. The defendant claimed as lessee of Haigh, from whom he held Plas Canol on an agreement for a year, and then from year to year, and claimed the right to use the drive through the plaintiff's farmyard and grounds behind the house. Mr. Clement Higgins.Q.C., and Mr. F. Marshall argued for the plaintiffs; Mr. J. E. Bankes and Mr. Douglas appeared for the defendant. Mr. Higgins, in arguing, cited the followin cases :—" Water v. Kelsey" (" L.R."6, Ch., 166), Langley v. Hammond (" L.R." 3, Exch., 161), Thomson v. Waterlow (6 L.R. Eq., 364), "Kay v. Oxley" (10 Q.B.. 360), "Brown v. Alabaster" (37 Ch. Div., 490), Beddington v. Atlee" (35 Ch. Div., 317) Pheysey et ux. v. Vicary" (16 M. and W. 484). Barkshire v. Grubb (18 Ch. Div., 616), Bayley v. the Great Western Railway Company (26 Ch. Div., 434), and Thomas v. Owen (20 Q.B.D., 225). Mr. Marshall called attention to the Convey- ancing Act of 1881 (44 and 45 Vic., cap. 41, section 2, subsection 5, and section 6, subsection 1), and said the defendant could only claim as tenant and not as landlord. The evidence of user had been very slight, as the road, it was alleged, had at one time been closed for three years. After Mr. Bankes had argued in favour of the defendant's right of way, Mr. Justice Field said Plas Canol was the domi- nant tenement, in two portions, of the house and the severed fields. But he did not think there was a formed road in existence at the time of the grant to and from Plas Canol for its apparent use. There was no evidence, in bis opinion, to warrant the findings of the jury; and thus there would be a verdict for the plaintiffs, with 40s. beyond the £5 Is. paid into Court, and judgment with costs. The question was a very difficult one, but he now entertained a clear opinion upon it. He spoke as one who had unsuccessfully argued "Kay v. Oxley" (supra) and Worthington v. Grimson" (2 E. and E. 618). The defendant claimed under a lease of 1876, and under a deed of October 22nd, 1887. Now, when a man sought to charge land with the onerous burden of a right of way for cattle, carts, and all other purposes he should take care to see that, as owner, he had clearly been grafted it. Here there were no such express words. He regretted that the doctrine of implied grants had been carried to such lengths as it had. This road had not been made for the purpose of the severed fields or for Plas Canol, but for the enjoyment and convenience and pleasure of the owner. His Lordship referred to the old case of "James v. Plant" (4 "Ad. and Ell. 749), and said" he could not distinguish this casej-from Langley v. Hammond" (supra). There was here no such defined road to and from and for the apparent use of the dominant tenement such as would give the defendant the right-of-way contended for. Mr. Bankes asked for a certificate for a special jury, as the action WBS brought to try a right, and his Lordship granted it.
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MR. T. E. ELLIS, M.P., ON THE I CROWN LANDS IN WALES. IMPORTANT SPEECH. LAST Friday evening, in the House of Commons, Mr. Thomas E. Ellis, M.P., in strongly support- ing Mr. Labouchere's proposal to appoint a select committee to inquire into the whole administra- tion of the office of Woods and Forests, delivered a telling speech, which met with most gratify- ing attention. Mr. Ellis said that he had, m perusing from year to year the annual reports of the office, been surprised at numerous items of expenditure, more especially the annual grant of some thousands of pounds of public money to the Church of England. But he desired par- ticularly to direct attention to the administra- tion of Crown lands in Wales. The record of this administration in Wales for generations has been disgraceful. When it was not scandalous it was stupid, and in either case injurious to the public interest. At one time these Crown lands in Wales were jobbed away to court and party favourites, at another parcelled out among land- owners by means of Inclosure Acts. Then numerous manors ol the Crown were privately sold for an old song to neighbouring landlords, with the encroachments and homes of the tenants. The purchasers were then left to deal according to their sweet will with the en- croachers, who, thus placed at the mercy of landlords, had to become mere tenants-at-will, paying a rack-rent for the houses which they had built and the waste which they had labour- iously tilled. In the administration of what remained to be dealt with the Crown in Wales showed to conspicuous disadvantage. It was capricious, for it often refused to sell to a peasant owner the freehold of an encroachment on the ground of possible mineral wealth beneath the surface, while it sold whole mountain sides for a trifling figure to large landowners, including in one case the royalties of one of the finest and richest quarries in North Wales. Gradually landlords were enabled to obtain rents for these mountain sheep walks which were the immemorial and ought to be the inalienable possession of the people. The administration was only obscure and secret. There were no maps of the land published, no surveys, no public notices of sales, &c., and it was impossible even to obtain what rent Wales had paid for these lands during the last fifty years. When he (Mr Ellis) had moved for a return shewing the annual income from Welsh Crown Lands for the last tfty years under var- ious heads, the Secretary to the Treasury, no doubt at the instruction of the office of Woods and Forests said it would involve too much labour and expense. Butthehon. member for Wolverhampton (Mr. H. H.Fowler) had to-night, as chairman of the committee on public accounts, pointed out that.this plea of expense was the hollowest of pretences. It is true that for the last few years the figure of the Welsh rents has been published. It averages annually about £13,000. Taking even £10,000 as the average figure for the last fifty years, it will be seen that the Crown has extracted from Wales during that time fully half-a-million of money. Lord Fred- erick Cavendish some years ago admitted that £137,000 had been in less than fifty years realised from the sale of Crown Lands in Wales. And what has Wales received in return for this £500,000 during the last half century. Nothing, not even a two-paged Parliamentary return once in fifty years showing the rent extracted from it year by year. The Crown had not lifted a finger to make its ownership of these lands of any benefit or advantage to the Welsh people. There are, it is true, in the reports items frosa year to year, for Stipends to ministers, dona- tions to hospitals, universities and schools in Wales," but it would be interesting to know where in Wales these favoured institutions exist. Peahaps the Secretary to the Treasury can throw some light on these mysterious items. The Crown tipont nothing in reclaiming land in the estuaries of rivers, never spent a penny in inquir- ing into and developing the mineral resources of Wales, while it placed obstacles in the way of enterprising men who endeavouied to do so; it gave no facilities for quarrymen to have plots I for building their homes or for labourers to have allotments; and worse than all, it has not planted a tree on any Welsh hillside Wales aforetime was a land of forest. Though denuded generation after generation, yet last century its splendid oaks were the great resource for the building of the British navy. For the purpose £55,000 worth of timber was in one year floated down the Conway. Hundreds of acres of waste land all over Wales could be planted with enormous advantage to Wales, its agriculture, and its revenue. But not a copper farthing has the Crown, out of the £13,000 which it annually extracts from Wales, devoted to the planting < f a square yard of Welsh ground. In parts of Wales landlords have cheaply bought Crown lands, planted them, and are receiving ample repayment. By this cause the people lose their common rights of pasturage while they have no ownership in the plantations, but have to pay competitive prices for the thinnings and the timber. This grossly unfair policy must cease, and Wales will insist that a fair share of the revenue derived from its Crown lands shall be devoted to planting its hillsides and establish- ing a Welsh school of forestry. Prior to this, however, there must be an overhauling of the administration of the office. Over £18,000 a year is spent on salaries, and over £6000 on the legal branch. Yet, last year £1067 18s. lOd. was charged by this office for leases and con- veyances in Wales alone. That is a monstrous tax upon industry. Another item of interest is that upon the modest su;n of £121 5s. realised last year on the sale of certain farm rents and encroachments in Wales, the modest proportion of £99 14s. 6d. was paid as commission upon the rates. It was abundantly clear that the Crown lands in Wales should be handed over to the County Councils of Wales or to a general council for Wales. These Crown lands are the national demesne of the Welsh people, and if properly managed and administered their re- venue and their utility to the community would be doubled (loud applause). Later on in the debate during the discussion upon the royalties on gold, Mr. Ellis pointed out that this question affected not only the gold industry of Wales but still more its lead and slate industries. A sliding scale of royalties instead of a fixed royalty or gross profits with heavy fines and heavy law-charges would help to set the lead mining industry of Cardiganshire on its legs again, and would help to develop the quarrying industry in Merionethshire and Carnarvonshire. As long as the Crown extracts the uttermost farthing in rents and royalties, while it never spends a penny in planting trees or reproductive works, it will be considered .and deservedly considered, the worst and, in effect, the most absentee landlord in Wales (loud applause).
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THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY AND HER FARM TENANTS. A RENT ROOF AND ROTTEN BEDROOM FLOOR. AT the monthly meeting of the Towyn and Aberdovey Local Board, held last Friday, the inspector reported as follows with regard to Breichiauycaeaufarm. The Marchioness of Lon- donderry is the owner, and the tenant is David Jones" The house is:in a very unsatisfactory state. There are large rents and holes in the roof. The bedroom floors are rotten and dan- gerous for anyone to tread upon. The windows also are entirely rotten, and the house damp all through. The pigstye is built against the hack wall of the house on a higher level."—Mr. Gillart, the agent to the estate, was ordered to be written to, and requested to repair the roof.
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LONDON COBRESPONDENCE, • y The society gossips are still bent upon marrying: our English dukes to American beauties. It is now denied that the Duke of Norfolk is engaged to Mias M'Taviflh, and he is now allotted to Miss Mabel Hoyt. Meanwhile the duke has gone on a pilgrim- age to Lourdes with the young Earl of Arundel, who some time ago was dangerously ill, but hai now somewhat recovered. Christmas will soon be upon us, and already the shops are decked out most attractively for the festive season. There are already a goodly crop of Christ- mas Numbers and Annuals published, Hood's this year being unusually good, with contributions from the pens of G. R. Sims, G. M. Fenn, Paul Meritt, and Sullivan in fact, I don't think Messrs. Dalziel ever issued a brighter, more readable, or better all- round Annual. S Speculation is already busy with the appointment of the successor of Sir Charles Warreu but the Home Secretary will not come to a decision on the point for some days. One point may be regarded as settled, and that is that the new Commissioner will be a civilian. Among the names mentioned are Mr. Munro, the late Assistant-Commissioner Mr. Malcolm Wood, the Chief Constable of Manchester and Mr. Farndale, who fills the same position at Birmingham. » J £ y the way, one result of the Presidential election is that Mr. Phelps's stay among us is likely to be brief. He will probably go out with President Cleveland. He will be missed from London. When he was appointed successor to Mr. Russell Lowell, people rather pitied him because it was so very difficult to stand the comparison. But Mr. Phelps soon showed high qualities of oratory, and he won his way excellently. He is not re- sponsible for the Sackville incident, and he has laboured hard to keep the two nations on good terms. If General Harrison wants to get back the kindlytfeeling lost through the Sackville incident, he will reappoint Mr. Lowell, who would probably accept the post. There is still a good deal of conversation on the Subject of the Mansion House speeches. Amidst the remarks passed on the various incidents of the banquet none are more frequent than comments on the admirable taste and skill that marked the atti- tude both of the Lord Mayor and of Lord Salisbury towards their respective differences on political matters. It is a curious thing, and has long since been the subject of more or less wonder, that Lord Mayors should somehow almost always be able to speak well and preside at great meetings, both with dignity and tact. They have not much training for this sort of thing before their term of office, and yet, on the very day they have to confront an ordeal as trying as any of the sort could be, almost always; come off with flying colours. W Last week the Globe announced the sale to Sii Edward Guinness of Lord Aileebury's great Wilt- ehire estate, and three days afterwards inserted a contradiction to its own report. Now the Estates Gazett-e announces by authority that this vast pro- perty, which lately had a rent-roll of more than £40,000 a year, is in the hands of a firm of auctioneers, by whom it is being prepared for sale in the usual way. If the property is to be sold in one lot, the sale must be practically by private con- tract. There are not many people who lounge intc the auction mart with £íOO,OOO of ready money for investment in land. This sale is promoted partly by the Settled Land Act, and the estate will pass again into strict settlement. This act has not operated in liberating land from settlement, but principally in passing land from one settlement into another. I have met with a little incident that illustrates the wide and strong hold that these recent horrible crimes have acquired upon the public imagination, A very well-known and respedable shopkeeper in the Strand perceiving one night at the time the shutters of his shop were being put up that a some- what, as he thought, strange looking individual wae standing outside the shop, he at once decided that this must be the Whitechapel murderer, although the unfortunate man was behaving in a perfectly innocent, and, as far as I could hear from the shop- keeper himself, in a perfectly normal way. However, simply because he had "fierce" eyes, he must needs be denounced to Sir Charles Warren and a detective sent down. So great was the effect of this most groundless scare on a news woman, whose pitch lay next door to the shop, that she must needs at once pick up her things and flee to return more. t Lord Tennyson's illness is rather painful than dangerous. It might become dangerous. The rheumatism of an octogenarian is never without its perils, but the feverish symptoms have abated, and the only circumstance which prolongs the anxiety is the fact that we are oaiy on the eve of a long winter. Lord Tennyson hau already been advised to winter in the south of Europ and it would have been better for him perhaps had he gone off earlier in the year. He has discovered lata in life what it is though ill at ease, within this region to sub- sist, where spirits falter in the mist. He has a right now to say — I seek a warmer sky, And I will see before 1 uie. The paJms and temples of the South. In Naples he would probably soon rid himself 01 his rheumatism. Sir C. Warren is not a man to work in harness. This is his seventh threat of resignation. He has resigned more frequently than M. Thiers, who re- signed and then retained the presidency of the French Republic. For him Mr. Matthews took Mr. Monro away from Scotland Yard, and consented to a change amounting almost to a clearing out of the Police Department. For his sake concessions were made all round. But when Sir Charles Warren published an apology in the press without consultation with his chief, the Home Secretary made ic pretty plain, that the brptch of the ordinary rules of the Civil Service ir. :*t not recur. I understand that the censure >, ua not conveyed in such terms as necessitated lac resig- nation of the Chief Commissioner, bn' it w.i. felt *one the less keenly. Sir Charles \Ya:run linnf up his post. It will be seen that the White° chapel murders have nothing to do with an event the political importance of which is derived rather from certain political combinations than from its owe real significance. During the past two years the Tall Mall Gazctt* has lost no opportunity of making petty personal attacks upon Mr. Lucy. There is no apparent reason for these iu the gentleman's personal relations either with the propriewr or the editorial statf. I believe the only communication Mr. Lucy ever had with Mr. Stead was when the latter, just released from prison, wrote a letter warmly thanking Mr. Lucy for the more generous tone towards the Fall Mall Gazette which marked his editorship of the Daily IS civs. Following the habit of the London Press, Mr. Lucy has hitherto ignored attacks coming from this particular quarter, but a paragraph prominently published iu the PallllIall Gazette, explaining Mr. Lucy's resignation of the editorship of the Daily Xews by the statement that he was ''sent back to the gallery by Mr. Robinson," has decided Mr. Lucy to depart from his previous policy of forbearance. It is impossible to conceive a more damaging statement. Mr. Lucy has placed the matter in the hands of Mr. George Lewis, with instructions to enter an action for libel claiming substantial damages. • » The Duke of Cambridge spoke in a very patriotic uianner at the opening of the new drill-hall of tbe :ud London Rifles, and he seized the occasion to give a flat contradiction to various sinister rumours prevailing on the opinions of his Royal Highness concerning the part that Volunteers play in the noble art of warlike defence. The Duke's tactics in shouldering the Volunteers off Wimbledon have not been considered very friendly by the majo- rity of the Volunteers, but our citizen soldiers are apprised that the Duke is staggered to hear that he is antagonistic to the Volunteers. Such faults as he has pointed out have been brought into the relief of observation for the public interest and the good of the Volunteers themselves, and we are further assured that the Volunteers" have arrived at a state of efficiency as high as any man eould desire to attain." Notwithstanding this en- comium there are very few practically connected with Volunteer corps who could not indicate methods by which the Volunteer service could be stimulated in efficiency.