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SguMic (KtmtpaimB. &c. he SUBSCRIPTION LIST opened on Monday, tha 24th July, and will Close TO-DAY (WEDNESDAY), the 26th July, for London, and TO-MORROW (THURSDAY) for the Country. These Mines, being situated in Portugal, will not be subject to the heavy rates and taxes proposed to be levied on mines in Spain. copper mine, developed as shown on the sketch plan enclosed with prospectus, ore from which Bold in Liverpool averaged over 21 per cent, of copper, the richest parcel yielding as much as 36J per cent, copper. (See reports and account sales). Labour is very cheap and skilled labourers plentiful, and water and timber are readily obtainable for all purposes. Transit of the ore from mines to smelting works in England averages 14 days only. mHE ARDILLA COPPER MINES I (LIMITED). <• Registered under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1898. Capital, EI20,000, divided into 120,000 shares of ZI each, of which 68,000 will be allotted as fully-paid to the vendors in part payment. 52^00 SHARES are now offered for subseription. Payabie :— 2s 6d on application, 7s 6d on allotment, 5s Od one month after allotment, 15s Od And the balance as or when required. The directors will mot proceed to allotment unless It least 12,000 shares are subscribed for providing working capital, a sum which the engineers to the company consider amply sufficient for the require- ments of the company. DIRECTORS. AOBERT H. CROWDEN, Esq. (Governing Director. Crowden and Garrod, Limited), 62, Southwark-i street, London, S.E. (Director Golden Link Con-i solidated Gold Mines, Limited). #, RICHARDSON FRANCIS, Esq., J.P., Swansea (Director English Crown Spelter Company, Limi- ted). JIajor H. SLANE FLEMING (Chairman Chaffers Extended, Limited), Park House, Ingrave, Brent- wood. 5. B. HOLLAND, Esq., J.P. (late Manager of the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company, Limi- ted), 8, Thicket-road, Anerley, S.E. CONSULTING ENGINEERS.—Messrs BAINBRIDGE, J SEYMOUR, and CO., U, St. Helen's-place, London, E C AGENTS IN PORTUGAL.—Messrs EDWARD PINTO BASTO, Lisbon. BAmmns.-The MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL DISTRICT BANKING CO. (LIMITED). 75, Corn- Mil, London, E.C. BOLICITOBS.—Fcr the Company: Messrs GIBSON, WELDON, and BILBROUGH, 27, Chancery-lane. W.C. For the Vendors: Messrs HURRELL, CHRISTOPHER, and CO., 33, Cornhill, E.C. AUDITORS.—Messrs WELTON, JONES, and CO., 5, Moorgate-street, E.C. anommm.-Londo-n: Messrs WILDY and CO., 3, Threadneedle-street, and Stock Exchange, E.C. Manchester Messrs STAVEACRK and WALTON, 26, Brown-street, and Stock Exchange. Glasgow DOUGLAS CAIRNEY, Esq., 141, West George- street, and Stock Exchange. ^BCRBTAEY AND Opnc-s.-W. COOPER. 20 and 2L Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, E.C. HE ARDILLA COPPER MINES (LIMITED). ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed to acquire eleven mining concessions situated on the River Ardilla, in the Department of Barrancos, Province of Alemtejo, In the Kingdom of Portugal, each measuring about 1,000 metres by 500 metres. The first seven hereinafter mentioned are connected, and have a total area of ubottt 847 acres the next two are connected, and have an area of about 242 acres and the last two are detached concessions, and have likewise an area of about 242 acres. The whole of the properties to be acquired contain, therefore, a total area of about L331 acres. These concessions are held direct from the Govern- ment of Portugal, and six of them. forming two mining centres, being held under definitive concessions, are subject to the following liabilities only :-A fixed tax of 25 milreis per concession (about five guineas) and a royalty of 2 per cent, on the value of the ore won, both payable to the Government; in addition to which a sum equal to one-third of such tax and royalty is payable to the landowner. The other five concessions are held under denun- cios, and are subject to an annual payment of about s per concession, but can at any time be converted into definitive concessions on payment of about jE21 each. One of such last-named concessionsis at the present moment undergoing such conversion, and will be so converted by and 3,ij the expense of the vendor. The company's solicitor in Lisbon his procured and forwarded to the company's solicitors in London the necessary official: certificates that the titles to the property are in order. Huinbria de Ferrerias is the central of six conces- sions, and has been developed as shown on the sketch plan enclosed with prospectus. A shaft 170ft. deep has been sunk, and crosscuts were made at 31ft., at 120ft., and 165ft., in each case cutting the lode, which has been driven upon in the 120ft. level for 55ft., and in the lower level for 170ft. It will be seen from the mine manager's report, enclosed herewith, that the drives are throughout in the lode, which was found to be richly mineralised all through, too ore taken therefrom yielding on the average 15 per cent. to 20 per cent. of copper. He also states In an old working over 400 yards distant from the shaft the lode can be seen quite 10ft. in width. From the formation of the lode jmd the side walls we can now be assured that we possess a rich and constant lode, as the ore has been proved to continue rich at depth, and the ran on the ancient workings upon it extends for more than 500 metres." HE ARDILLA COPPER MINES! (Limited). Messrs Bainbridge, Seymour, and Co. have reported on the various concessions, and their three reports accompany this prospectus. In their first report (6th February, 1897) they state that:— The most promising work yet, undertaken is that in the Humbria daa Ferrerias, where the existence of a lode from 2ft. to 5ft. wide has been proved imme- diately below certain old workings, and carrying copper of such quality that, if it continues, should be highly payable to work. This lode is well defined, and, judging from the existence of old workings along its course, in the Cerro da Batefa, would appear to be o £ a permanent nature and of consider- able extent. It is most desirable to contiaue sinking the shaft on this mine. so as to prove the ore at a lower level, and we would recommend that prospecting operations should be concentrated at present at this point. We consider the general appearance of this lode to be very promising, and think there is every prospect of its turning out well." In accordance with Messrs Bainbridge, Seymour and Co: advice, sinking was continued, and on the 14th Jnne, 1897. they further report that at their request Mr B. J. Allen had visited the work and stated :_U I find that the lode intersected in the 50 metre level is from 1.30 to 2 metres wide, and caui ies very good ore. They have driven a gallery in the south-westerly direction on the lode for over 5 metres, and it continues to improve both in quality and quantity, and no doubt the face of the drive will very soon be altogether fronted in good ore. The lode carries at present over 30 centimetres of good mineral, which, with very little selecting, will give over 20 per cent. The other part of the lode is spotted all over with copper pyrites and this, with more care in selection, will produce a good bit of ore per metre. In resndct to the work executed in the first and second levels, I need not say anything, as you have seen these bnt the lode, having now been proved in three levels, in each of which good mineral was found, and the old wortinps, which extend for over Balf a mile, I think that this mine is of a very pro- mising character. At the present depth there is no fear of again breaking into old workings, and work can be carried on without interruption. Messrs Bainbridge, Seymour, and Co. add, by way of comment: It will be evident from the foregoing that the lode at this lower level in fully as strong as it was when seen by ml, and the quality of the min- eral is improved. and under the circumstances we consider that no time should be lost in inaugurating a vigorous system of development." Since these reports were made the developments in the 50 metre level were continued on the lode for several metres, and a satisfactory supplemental re- port was made by Messrs Bainbridge. Seymour, and Co. on the 3rd May, 1899, a copy of which accompanies the prospectus. THE ARDILLA COPPER MINES (LIMITED).—Cerro da Butefa, Cova des Mal- hoes, and Pardeciros adjoin the Humbria de Ferre- rias, and the main lode and several cross lodes can be traced through them. Piramide de Butefa and Malhada a Ronha, also adjoining, contain a cross lode, which outcrops in two places 100 yards apart, whilst Barrancaes, also adjoin- ing, has several lodes appearing on surface. Pioneiras and Velta das Juntas form a separate group; a shaft has been sunk on the former, cutting the lode at 55 feet. It is a strong lode of quartz and calcite impregnated with copper. Zapatao and Vallos Largos are detached conces- sions, some distance from the others, and no work has been done upon them. Twelve consignments of ore, taken from different parts of the gallery as the work of opening advanced. have been sold in Liverpool, yielding from lli per cent, to 36? per cent, copper, being an average of21& per cent., as per copy of account sales from Messrs Matheson and Co., to whom the ore was shipped. The average price obtained for the first-class ore was M 16s per ton. The second-class ore yielded 7 per cent. (This latter is the third parcel referred to in the full copy of account ;ales with prospectus.) The cost of transit, insurance, and selling the ore was only .£116s per ton, and the cost of mining and sorting the ore is estimated at S2 per ton. When the above-mentioned sales were made the market price of copper was less than "per ton, and the profit on shipments equalled £ 6 per ton at the present price-spy, t75 per ton—the profit on similar ore would exceed 910 per ton. Taking copper at a medium price of £60 per ton, the result from each 1,000 tons sold would be: 1,000 tono 21 per cut. ore, at lis 6d per unit. £ 12,075 Lega ,)st of getting, transit, and selling, at inS 16s per ton 3.800 Estimated gross profit £ 8,275 Labour is cheap and plentiful, the vicinity of the Rio Tinto. Tharsis. San Domingo, and other large Spanish and Portuguese mines having created a large mining copulation. Water for all narposes, includ- ing motive power, is available, and timber for fuel and mine purposes is readily procured. The railway to Bareiro. the port of Lisbon, passes within 20 miles of the mines, the ore being conveyed to it in mule carts, an inexpensive mode of transit, costing only about 10a per ton. Moreover, every hundred pounds sterling remitted to Portugal is at the present time equivalent to about JE160 in the currency of that country. THE ARDILLA COPPER MINES (LIMITED).—The vendor, who is selling at a Srofit, undertakes the payment of all expenses pre- minary or incidental to the formation of the com- pany up to the first general allotment of shares, and he has fixed the purchase-price for the eleven con- cessions to be acquired by the company, and all plant, tools, and stores now on the mines, at £ 96,000, payable as to 166.000 in fully-paid shares in the com- pany, and as to the balance of M8,000 in cash or in fully-paid shares of the company in the proportions hereinafter mentioned, thus leaving 24,000 shares available for providing working capital. The proportion of the said balance of RAOOO to be payable in cash is to be ascertained in tho following manner:— Of the present issue of 52,000 shares the proceeds of the first 12,000 shares are to be allocated to pro- viding working capital, as is also 20 per cent. of the proceeds of anv further shares which may be sub- scribed and allotted, and the remaining proceeds of such last-mentioned shares (if any) is to be paid to the vendor in cash, in :payment, or part payment, of «uch balance of £ 28,000. The original reports of Messrs Bainbridge, Seymour, and Co,, and of Mr Pulido (together with the translation of the latter), and the account sales rf the ore sold in Liverpool through Messrs Matheson and Co.. on which all the statements con- tained in the prospectns are based, together with the agreements therein, and a print 01 the memorandum and articles of association can be inspected at the offices ot the solicitors of the company up to the time of the first allotment of shares. Copies of these reports on the mines by Messrs Bainbridge, Seymour, and Co., and Mr Pulido, and on the account sales of Messrs Matheson and Co., are enclosed with the prospectus. Applications for shares should be made on the form below, and be forwarded with the amount of the deposit to the bankers of the company. It no allotment is made the deposit will be returned Is full, and when the number of shares allotted is less than the number applied for, the balance of the deposit will be credited towards payment of the amount due on allotment, and any excess will be re- tamed to the applicant. Failure to pay any inrtat- iiMnk when due will render previous ptkjneste Halite to tostsiture. A SBccbU settlement will be ibpptlad fu (m UIe Stock r public (Kumpatms, vvr. Prospectuses, with form!? of application for shares, can be obtained at the offices of the company, or from their bankers, brokers, or auditors. London, 22nd July, 1899. This form to be filled up and forwarded, with the deposit, to the company's bankers, the Manchester andLiverpool District Banking Company (Limited), 75. Cornhill, London, E.C. THE ARDILLA COPPER MINES (LIMITED). Capital, £ 120,000, divided into 120,000 shares of El each. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Ardilla Copper Mines (Limited). Gentlemen,—Laving paid to your Bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of 2s 6d per share on shares of £ 1 each in the above-named com- pany, I request you to allot me that number of shares, upon the terms of the company's prospectus, dated the 22nd day of July. 1899, and memorandum and articles of association, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any smaller number of shares that may be allotted to me upon these terms, and to pay the sum of 7s 6d per share due on allotment, and the balance of 10s per share as provided by the said Prospectus, and I authorise you to place my name on the register of members in respect of the shares allotted to me. And I agree with the Company (as trustee for the directors and other persons liable) to waive any claim I may have against them for not more fully complying in the said Prospectus with the require- ments of Section 38 of the Companies Act, 1S67. 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THE ILLEGALITIES AT CARDIFF. WHOLESALE DISREGARD OF THE LAW. A well-informed correspondent writes :-It is interesting to know that the Bishop of Llandaif had the satisfaction of being able to state when filling in the form sent to him by her Majesty's Government that there is no confessional box used in his diocese. While negative knowledge of this description is obtainable by his Lordship, it is sad that knowledge of what in done seems to be beyond his reach. The statement a,s to Ritualis- tic practices in the Cardiff churches, which have appeared in the columns of the local papers, are capable of the strongest proof, and yet the clergy who are guilty of these illegal practices pursue the even tenor of their way without, so far as outward appearances indicate, the administration of the wholesome guidance and discipline which the bishop s;crcok implies. We have amongst us clergy- men who are endeavouring to introduce into the ritual and teaching of our Protestant National Church the complete propaganda Of the Church of Home, and inculcate doctrines which are dia- metrically opposed to the teaching of the Thirty-nine Articles to which they have solemnly vowed their assent. What shall we say of men who have declared therr assent to the statement that the sacrifices of masses were blasphemous fables ani danger- ous conceits that the Romish doctrine con- cerning Purgatory, pardons and the in- vocation of saints is repugnant to the Word of God;" that the Body of Úinist is only given in theSapper after a heavenly and spiritual manner and only received by faith," and yet these celebrate the mass every Sunday, offer prayer and masses for the dead, advocate the invocation of saints, and place in the hands of the children manuals and catechisms which clearly teach that the bread and wine are con- verted into the Body and Blood of Christ at the moment of consecration. It is true that many of these clergymen are of exemplary lives, and of undoubted devotion and self-sacrifice. We ad- mire these characteristics, but also demand honesty and truthfulueas. While we appreciate earnestness and zeal, we require that these be rightly directed. When we discover that there ii in our midat a conspiracy to undermine Pro- testantism in our National Church by illegitimate and treacherous means; when servants of a Protestant nation endea- vour by sly and artful subterfuge to win back a frôe people to the bondage of priest- craft and Papal domination, it is time for those who love honour ana truth to assert with all the emphasis of which their nroud imperial race is capable—that he who is false to a cause to which he has pledged his fidelity is unworthy of the sacred trust committed to his charge, and is a traitor to the highest interests of the community in which he labours. This anti- Ritualistic movement is prompted by no spirit of bigotry nd intolerance, but by that love of fidelity to principle and hatred ot treachery, which is supposed to be a characfcer- icflc of our race. The object ox to-night's great demonstration is to protest—not against the teaching of the Church of Rome, but against the introduction of that teaching into the Protestant Chmch of England. The Bishop of Llandaff knows that no con- fessional box is to be found in any church in Cardiff. Does he know that the following practices and ornaments are to be found there ? 1. The Stations of tho Cross in eight churches. 2. Lighted candles on the altar in 14 churches. 3. Incense ceremonially used In live churches. 4. The chasuble worn in 10 churches. 5. The elevation of the Host in 19 churches. 6. The mixed chalice in 14 cli-tirches. 1 7. Kneeling before tfcc consecrated elements in 19 churches. 8. That in many of them the Communion is Hoinetimss celebrated without anyone comuni- cAting exceps the qplebrant. 9. That in some no opportunity is afforded for tho congregation to communicate. 10. That notices of times when confessions may be heard, requests for prayers for the dead, I and notices of "Solemn Mass "are sometimes piven bv the curate. The bishop will doubtless be aware that all I these things have been declared illegal in the courts of this land. His Lordship has taken steps to stop illegal practices in the church at Llantarnam. xhe people of Cardiff now wait to see whether nil the churches in the diocese will be similarly dealt with.
"PRIMITIVE v. CATHOLIC."
"PRIMITIVE v. CATHOLIC." TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Every Protestant in Cardiff must feel extremely grateful to you for the thorough way iu which you have opened your columns to the exposure of the Popish practices so general in the Cardiff churches. The article in to-day's paper forma cne of the most terrible Indictments of the Cardiff clergy that has appeared in the columns of a responsible journal. While thanking you for your noble stand on behalf of the Protestant faith of a Protestant people, may I crave space to make a few matters public which have recently eomo to my knowledge ? Last week I came into pos&ession of one 6f the papers of the Confraternity of Blessed BHcrament of the Body and Blood of Christ." At the top of this document I find fhe name of the local ward to be the, Holy Redeemer, Roath." This, I may explain, is tho name of the branch of the secret society which meets in connection with St. German's Chnrch, Cardiff. The booklet itself is a sort of prayer manual, there being a different petition for every day of the month. Ataong the many matters for which special prayer is asked I may mention that on the third day of the month the special prayer reads — That faithful and Catholic-minded bishops and priests may be appointed to vacant sees and benefices." One can well understand the anxiety of the members of the Confraternity to get" faithful and Catholic-minded bishops and priests appointed to vacant sees and benefices, such appointments being the Bread of Life to the Ritualists. The next petition reads-" That the attack upon the Church schools may be overruled for good, and grace and guidance vouchsafed to our rulers in Church and State in dealing with the subject of education." The petition foe the eighth day reads—" That the primitive and Catholic practice of fa.sting communion by priests and people may be generally recognised, and that obstacles to fasting com- munion may ba removed." In the light of recent revelations one can easily understand the eager- ness of the Cardiff clergy to introduce what they call the primitive and Catholic practice of fasting communion." As though this were not enough, the petition for the 11th day reads That there may be due preparation for confirmation, first communion, and confession." Thus in t.5fls petition yon have confirmation, communion, and confession linked together,.while immediately following, the peti- tion for the 12th day reads That priests may have the guidance, of the Holy Spirit in their difficulties in teaching and maintaining the Catholic faith." The petition for the 15th day is rather interest- ing, and reads thus "That the preface inserted in 1877 in the Irish Prayer Book may be with- drawn, and what has bsen lost touching the Catholic faith may be restored." This wakens the inquiry—why seek to get rid of the present preface, and to bring back the old one ? One can only presume that the members of the confra- ternity believe that the old wine is better." In the petition for the 16th day, confession is again referred to, also in the lTth, which I quote That there may be &'due use of and preparation for sacramental confession, in view of the Holy Eucharist." For the 21st there is a special prayer for the revival of Catholic doctrine and practice, espe- cially as regards the Blessed Sacrament," The petition for the 25th reads That there may be a more widespread belief in the Catholic doctrine of the Real Presence and of the Eucharistic soorifice and that these doctrines may be folly and intelligently taught and accepted." The one for the 26th prays that Evening Communion may cease a.nd that for the 27th that obstacles to the duo and reverent reserva- tion of the Blessed Sacrament for the Sick .may be removed, and that the use of the Sacrament of Holy Unction may be restored throughout the Anglican Church." That for the 29th is tho very essence of Romanising. It reads thus :-Tha.t the Holy Eucharist may be more frequently offered for the J repose of the souls of the faithful departed." This petition is followed by the letters R.I.P. and the words for eleven priests," whose initials are given. I do not want to trouble you further, but will simply quote the last page but one of the book- let The anneal conference (open to associates only) will be held in the Holborn Town Hall, Grav's Inu-road, on Thursday, June 8th, at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7.30 p.m. Associates will be required to show their medals at the door to procure a,dmission.I am, &c., W. T. LEE. July 25. P.S.—May I add that at a recent service at St. Agnes Church the Hail, Mary was repeated 15 times ?
!PROTESTANTS TO SIGN THE ELEC|…
PROTESTANTS TO SIGN THE ELEC- TORAL ROLL. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—In connection with the great Protestant demonstration to be held in the Eisteddfod pavilion to-morrow, may I point out that such gatherings, if they are to be really effective, must do two things—first, they must influence public opinion and secondly, they must influence Par- liament. All those attending the demonstration who desire to create a strong Protestant party, quite independent of any political patty or Church, able to hold its own against its opponents, and ready to vote straight on Protestant questions, should therefore make a point of signing the Pro- testant electoral rolls as they leave the pavilion at the close of the meeting.—I am, &c., PATRICK WHITE, Organising Secretary Imperial Protestant Federation, Cardiff, 24th July, J.899.
KENSITITES ROUGHLY! HANDLED.
KENSITITES ROUGHLY HANDLED. The son of Mr John Kensit and a colleague have been undergoing very rough treatment in West Cumberland, where they are on a preach- ing tour. On Monday they appeared in White- haven, where they were attacked by the crowd in the main street, one of the two preachers fall- ing to the ground. Extra police have been drafted into the town owing to further distur- bances being threatened.
WELSH SETTLERS IN PATAGONIA.
WELSH SETTLERS IN PATAGONIA. ARRESTS OF LEADERS. QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr Brynmor Jones asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr David R. Evans and the secretary of the Council of the Welsh settlers in the Chupat Valley in Pata- gonia were in January last arrested by the officers of the Argentine Government on a charge of high treason; whether he could inform the House what were the grounds for the said charge and had they been tried, and, if so, by what Court and with what result, and, if not, were they still in custody; and whether he proposed to take any steps to protect British subjects in the Chupat Valley from such conduct of officers supposed to act under the authority of the Argentine Govern- ment. Mr Brodrick Tho only information in our possession relative to the arrest of Messrs W. and D. R. Evans was that communicated to the Foreign Office by the hon. member. Her Majesty's Government ate not aware whether the persons in question are British subjects or not, but if they were born in the colony they would be Argentine citizens according to Argen- tine law (at least, while within the Republic). Her Majesty's Minister at Buen03 Ayrea has been instructed to report fully on the existing con- ditions of the settlement, and to endeavour to ensuro to British settlers the most-favoured nation treatment to which they are entitled by treaty. That report has, however, not yet been received.
--------THE LICENSING ACT.
THE LICENSING ACT. A CARDIFF INFRINGEMENT. At the Cardiff Police Court (before the Stipen- diary, Mr T. W. Lewis) on Tuesday Patrick Barry, of the Antelope Hotel, Bute-street, Cardiff, was charged with permitting drunkenness on licensed premises on the 10th inst. Mr Hadloran appeared for the prosecution, and Mr T, H. Belcher defended. P.C. James Day deposed that on July 10th, at 7.30 p.m., he was called into the Antelope Hotel. He saw the landlady inside, and she pointed out a man who, she said, had called for drinks and had refused to pay for them. He advised her to proceed against him by summons. He saw a woman, Elizabeth Fletcher, in the next compart- ment very drunk; she was leaning against the counter, and had a glass before her containing a little beer. He drew the landlady's attention to the woman's condition. The landlady replied, I knew she was in here, but I did not serve her." The woman staggered to the door, and in conse- gueDce of her state he took her into custody, and ihe next morning; ahe was fined for chrankenness. Fifteen minutes prior to entering the house he had the Antelope under his supervision, and during that time the woman Elizabeth Fletcher did not enter. She did not enter until 5.45, and then she was slightly under the influence of drink. Tho defendant came up to him the same evening, and said that the man had now paid for the drintts, adding, Here is something for your- self," at the same time offering a piece of money. He asked defendant if his wife had told him that he (the constable) intended to report the house. Defendant said she had, and he again offered him the money, which he refused to take. Cross-examined by Mr Belcher Defendant skid, while offering tho money, that it was for helping them in tho afternoon with the man who refused to pay for his drink. This was the a&se for the prosecution, and Mr Belcher addressed the Court for the defence, con. tending that the fact of the constable, being sent for by the landlady was conclusive proof that the woman Fletcher had not been sheltered for an unnecessary length of time on the premises. There was no suggestion (hat the drunken woman had been served at the Antelope, and the land- lady would inform the Bench that the woman simply passed through the house, entering by one door and leaving by another. Jane Barry, the landlady, deposed that on several occasions daring the day the woman Fletcher entered the house, but no drink was served to her. Witness each time ordered her out of the house. The Stipendiary: You have heard the constable swear that when he passed through the house the woman Fletcher was on the premises ? Witness I heard him say so, but it is not true. The Stipendiary was fully convinced that the charge had been proved, and he would fine defen- dant zES and costs, or in default- one month's im- prisonment. The licence would not be endorsed. OFFENCE AT HIRWAIN. At the Aberdare Police Court on Tuesday William Thomas, landlordi,'of the Lamb Inn, Hirwain, was fined C2 and coste for keeping his house open for the sale of beer on Sunday, the 16th inst. P.C. Isaac Davies proved the case.
- -----_--AN EX-SOLDIER ARRESTED…
AN EX-SOLDIER ARRESTED AT YNYSYBWL. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. Francis Sydney Wellman, an ex-3oldier, hail- ing from Yeovil, was arrested on Monday even- ing at Ynysybwl upon a cdarge of obtaining L-12 by false pretences. The circumstances attending the arrest are stated to be Of a somewhat remark- able character. Wellman is a smart young man, about 26 year3 of age, of good address, and mili- tary appearance. He had for soma years served as a private in the 11th Hussars, but was invalided home from India about two years ago. Subsequently he was for some months in Ireland. Since then he has lived with two of his sisters at Ynycybwl, where his sociable dis- position seoured for him new found acquaintances, of whom he is stated to have borrowed money on I the strength of certain cheques. He will be brought before the magistrates at Mountain Ash to-day (Wednesday).
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AN UNEMPLOYED JUDGE IN SOUTH WALES. In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr Cog- hill asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the proposal of the Govern- ment to appoint [a new judge, he was aware that on the South Wales Circuit the only work from the 7th July to the 20th July that could be found for the judge of Assize was the releasing of a little boy on his own recognisances; and whether one of the judges of the Queen s Bench Division could be transferred permanently to the Division could be transferred permanently to the Chancery DivJsion. Mr Balfour aid he had no information as to I facts mentioned in the first paragraph of the question. He was informed that in the working of our judicial system there was an occasional Waste of judicial time which it was almost iro- possible to avoid. As regarded the second para- graph, be i,,Vus,LOIZI tilat it was inexpedient and impracticable to diminish the existing strength of the Queen's Bench Division.
._------THEFT OF PHEASANTS.
THEFT OF PHEASANTS. Between the hoars of 12 and 1 last Saturday night someone forced open some coops on the Stradey preserves, behind the residence of Mr Collwyn Morgan, Pembrey-road, and made away with no fewer than 60 young pheasants, Altogether about 1,000 birds were there. How it was that the thief was not seen and that no cine has yet been obtained may appear strange, seeing that the keepers were maintaining a look-oat, aad the reason is attributed to the loud noise from exceptional tra,ffic on the highway. It is not thought that the person guilty bad any malicious or felonious intent, but that the act was committed out of mischief. The birds that are missing were of no good to anyone who has not a preserve, as they were altogether unfit for the table. But whatever be the nature of the offence a. serious view is taken by Mr Mansel Lewis, and his agent (Mr George F. Blake) has offered a reward of JE5 for such information as will lead to the conviction of the thieves.
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WELSH GOSSIP.
WELSH GOSSIP. Dr. Walford, the Cardiff medical officer of health, is, we regret to learn, confined to bed by an attack of influenza. At Merthyr's inadequately-sized Police Court ¡ on Monday there were no fewer than 82 cases ? and the court holds but 60 people. Surely here is cause for complaint. Hallam," the writer of one of the chair ode? at the Cardiff Eisteddfod and the best praised of the number sent in, turns out to be the Rev Cynwyd Thomas, Cardiff. It is reported that the Rev. J. Owen Thomas, M.A., of Aberdovey, has been offered, and has declined, the secretaryship of the Bala College, rendered vacant by the dearth of the Rev. R. H. Morgan, M.A. Principal Edwards, speaking at the breakfast on Saturday upon the union between Lord Windsor and the Goraedd, reminded those present, much to their amusement, that court- ship was bliss, but marriage was bliss-ter I" The Rev. T. Sinclair Phillips, of the English Congregational Chapel, Kisca. has had a unani- mous call to the Tabernacle Congregational Church, Bristol, where the Rsv. Pedr Williams laboured for so many years. Mr Phillips is the son of Mr John Phillips, of St. Clear's, an octo- genarian, who took an important part in the Rebecca riots. Father Hayde, of St. Peter's, when he cam-- to Wales and concluded to learn Welsh, tackled the business with much earnestness. He states that for months he read mare Welsh newspapers, magazines, and books than any Welshman in Wales, and he says it made him 11 very hsppy I" Three months ago the rev. father started on tha 14 Oirish." and his idoa is that in six months' time he will not only be able to make a speeoh, but do more—" sing an Oiriah song I do not know that it much matters," writes a correspondent in a Manchester contemporary, but I question on grounds of expediency the wisdom of making Irish-Gaelic, one of the least spoken of the Celtic tongues, the official vehicle of such a society as the Pan-Celtic. If it means to be practical, as well as sentimental (and if it is not going to be practical it has no real reason for being), the association will find Irish a difficult and inconvenient instrument for its ends." Why not adopt the Welsh, which is the only living and flourishing language in all Celtia ? One of the msot pleasing, but apparently over- looked, achievements of our young competitors at the National Eisteddfod last week was the triumph of Miss Maria Williams, daughter of Gwilym Taf, Maesteg, who secured the prize of L3 and gold medal in the open pianoforte com- petition. Miss William's has had a wonderful run of success, and the prize under notice brings up the total of first prizes secured to the 100, an achievement which is all the more noteworthy when it is recalled that the young pianist is only 16 years of age. Included in her century of prizes are three National wins, i.e., at Carnarvon, BJaenau Festiniog, and now at Cardiff. Miss Williams is now under the tuition of Madame Clara Novello Daviea, who is coaching her for Academical honours. North Wales was not by any means well repre- sented in the chief musical competitions at the Cardiff Eisteddod. Not a single choir from this part of the Principality, (remarks the North Wales Express) took .part in the chief ciiorat contest, and we believe that such has been the case at previous Eisteddfodau held in South Wales. On the other hand the South Wales choirs invariably put in au appearance at the Eisteddfodau held in the North. Why the North Wales choirs should keep aloof from the national festivals held in the South we cannot under- stand. The argument that the journey is too far will not suffice. It is no more fatiguing for the North Wales singers to go to the South than it ia for the South Wales choralists to come to the North. Can it be that the North Waliana lack courage to meet a foe on foreign soil P"
A BALLOON MYSTERY OFF THE…
A BALLOON MYSTERY OFF THE GOWER COAST. SENSATIONAL STATEMENT. Mr Aubrey Colquhoun, in an interview with tha representative of a Swansea contemporary, says that on Wednesday afternoon he and two friends took a walk, sexoaa the murius from Oxwich to Porteynon, and noticed a spec in the clouds, which gradually becama bigger and bigger, making straight for the sea. They watched it with considerable interest for some time until they were able to discern that it was a balloon, and that there were persons in the car. It suddenly," he said, began to descend rapidly, and would probably have grounded somewhere near ourselves, but when about half a mile from ns the air became cloudy, and the view of the balloon was obscured. This we found was caused by the occupants discharging the sand ballast to lighten the aerial ship. It SQemed to us that the occupants were ralising the danger of approaching the sea, and all At once the balloon started on an upward e-oiirst, and it ascended until we could scarcely see it. It continued a seaward course, however, and then it recommenced a downward course. There was a vessel out in the deep water, and the balloon sanl* some distance from it. The ship was observed to make for the direction in which the balloon feU into the water. Nohting further was seen of the balloon, and it was not long before the vessel sailed out of sight."
-------THE DEATH OF THE REV.…
THE DEATH OF THE REV. MORRIS DAVIES. INQUEST AT SWANSEA. On Tuesday at the, Swansea Hospital Mr Edward Strick held an inquiry into the circum- stancss attending the death of the Rev. David Morris Davies, aged 91, of Talgarth, which took place at Swansea on Sunday under circumstances already reported. Mr W. Smith appeared for the Mumbles Railway Company. Dr. Chadborn, the house surgeon, said there were two nasty cuts on the head, several ribe were broken, and both feet were terribly muti- lated, one having to be amputated, On Sunday the patient appeared to be progressing favourably, and witness was under the Impresswn he would have survived but for the broken ribs. At 10.30 on Sunday night, however, death supervened, the immediate cause being pneumonia. Margaret Davies, the deceased's housekeeper, said deceased was exceptionally active and ap. peared to be not more than 60, although 91 years of age. He was in the habit of rambling about unaccompanied. He left home on Sunday to spend a Week at the seaside. • Llewellyn "Lloyd, a guard, said he saw deceased near the railway crossing at the North-Western Railway approach. He made an effort to cross over the line, but witness, acting under instruc- tions to prevent pedestrians from using the line, stopped him. Deceased, however, made a second attempt, with the result that he was knocked down and run over. Albert Mock said the proper precautions wort taken while the shunting went au, and that the accident was due to no negligence. Arthur Waterman said when deceased made hit; second attempt to cross the line he shouted 11. him and then made an effort to catch hold of deceased, but he failed, and then the fataiuj occurred. After hearing further evidence the jury retired, and on returning found a veraicc ot Accidental death," and exonerated the company's servants from blame. They, however, advised that arrangements should be made whereby there should be obviated the blocking up of the entrance of the North-Western Station by Mumbles Railway carriages while shunting went on.
-------THE CARDIFF SEAMEN'S…
THE CARDIFF SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL. £4,000 STILL WANTED. In spite of the zeal exhibited in the cause of the Seamen's Hospital by the Mayor of Cardiff (Sit Thomas Morel) the fund has not increased as it should do, and as it nowstands it does little credit to a town of tbo size of Cardiff, fjord Bute's offer to double his subscription of £ 5,000 provided the subscriptions of the town, which at that time stood at 17,000, were raised to £ 11,000 by July 26th apparently has not been accepted by the town, for at present the fund is £ 4,00Q short of the amount specified by Lord Bute befoM, he will increase his 5,OOO subscription to £ 10,000. There remains the big baza-ar in December, by which it is hoped to raise a considerable sum, aub it is a question now whether Lord Bute will ex tend the time stated in his original offer. It it not- at all creditable to the town that so poor t response should have been made.
WEDNESDAY. JULY 26, 1899.…
WEDNESDAY. JULY 26, 1899. THE ANTI.RITUALISTIC MEETING TO-NIGHT. THE meeting to be held in Cardiff to-night at the Cathays Park Pavilion, which will be presided over by Lord WIMBQRNE, is likely to be a record gathering if Rumour with her hundred tongues even approxi- mates accuracy in her forecasts. It is most desirable, therefore, that those who attend the meeting should definitely apprehend the real issue in debate, and that those who discuss the question should not wander into by-paths, more or less remote, but should rigidly limit themselve x •to those vital topics which are inherent in and pertinent to the issue. The question is not the rule of Rome, but the rule of the 'priest, for there are priests not a few out- side the pale of Rome. With these priests, and with these priests only, the meeting will have to deal, even when showing that .their ultimate terminus and resting-place is Rome The two questions for discussion are, What does Ritualism-not Ritual, but Ritualism—mean, and are Anglican cleri- cals who practise that Ritualism violating their Ordination vows or not ? In a sermon .preached on Sunday night last in the Church of the Holy Cross, Cardiff—the Church of the Holy Cross is one of the churches under the ecclesiastical concrol of the Reverend F. J. BECK, Vicar of Roath—the preacher, the Curate-in-charge, said, In the churches that were called Ritualistic they did not have Ritual because *they liked it, or because they thought it pretty, and far less because .thereby people would be saved, but merely because it was the kind of service which the English part of the Catholic Church ordered that her people should have. Ritual was not a matter of Church faith, but of Church order." Is this really so ? If it be true, what mean all these grave disputes and strifes which are rending the, English State Church to its lowest foundations, and which will shatter it into ruin presently unless wiser counsels pre- vail ? If Ritualism be a. mere return to some old-world usages ordered in the Prayer Book-we are not oblivious of the fad that the Reverend Mr FILMER "said, ordered by the Church if it possesses no religious significance whatever, and has no religious symbolis^i attached to it if it be not a matter of religious faith at ajl, but only a matter of Church order, as Mr FILMER asserts, then Ritualism is a matter of small moment—we are almost about to write of utmost indifference to the great mass of thoughtful and intelli- gent men. Without question, all the services of religion should be conducted decently and in order; but so long as order prevails, a discussion about this form of order or that form of order should be adopted is almost too trivial to engage the serious thought of sensible men. But is the Reverend Mr FILMBR sure that he has grasped the question with sufficient comprehension of its far-reaching issues ? If Ritualism only means the following of usage and custom in the reign of EDWARD VI., in accordance with the words found in the Book of Common Prayer," as Mr FUMER affirms; if it has neither religious significance nor symbolism, but is mferely a matter of Church order and not of Church faith, then what did Mr FILMER mean by requesting those who objected to the doctrine underlying Ritual to try to understand it and get accustomed to it ? What did he mean by telling his hearers that kneeling, of genuflection," f as be called it, was a piece of Ritualism that taught the great doctrine that after the consecration of the bread and wine they became for us the body and blood of CHRIST ? What did he mean by affirming that the signification (of burning lights on the altar, so called, in the day- time) was that CHRIST was the Light of the world ? The beautiful symbolism of lighted candles, he said, was just that." Mr FILMER is self-contradictory to a fault but we have cited sufficient from his sermon to show that Ritualism is some- thing more than mere order in Church worship or a mere return to earlier forms of service which Mr FILMER says are in accordance with the Prayer Book, and that it symbolises some mysterious and some incomprehensible dogmas which must exert a momentous influence for evil or for good—which is it ?—upon the well-being and the salvation of men. Canon GORE stated in a recent article in the Contemporary Review that something more than the wearing of priestly vestments and mere Ritual ornamentation was behind this question of Ritualism. What is that something more ? And the Reverend VERNON STANLEY, in that widely-circulated Ritualistic Book, The Catholic Religion," with preface by the Reverend Canon CARTER, of Christ Church, writes By ceremonial and accessories the Church bears witness to the truths of the Real Presence in Eucharistic Sacraments "— that is, in the LORD'S Supper. Ritualism, therefore, is something more than a matter of Church order, something more than the mere external of religion," as the Reverend Mr FILMER in another portion of his sermon styles it. Ritualism is some- thing more than a mere childish craving for gorgeous ceremonial in religious worship it is something more than a hankering after man millinery and varied coloured dresses in Bishops and priests, something more than vestments, or incense burning, or the name of the Communion Table, or the position of the priest. It is designed, of deliberate purpose, to sym- bolise and to inculcate the efficacy of Sacraments and the existence and the power of a sacrificial priesthood. It there- fore cuts sheer to the very roots of the religious life and involves the very essence of religion itself. It represents an alto- gether different conception of religion from that which Protestants' hold and from that which the New Testament reveals and teaches. In fact, Ritualism represents the Bible—GOD'S message to man—as useless and worthless and even mischievous, and sets up the Church—that is, the Ritualistic clergy —in its stead. Mr FILSIER in his sermon last Sunday night repeated several times that Ritualists practised certain observances because the Church ordered them—not because the Bible ordered them. In the law laid down by the Council of Trent it is enacted :— If anyone without a. licence presumes to read or keep by him the Bible, he shall be dis- qualified to receive the absolution of his sins till he deliver it up to the Ordinary. Let not the reader suppose that this prohibition of the Bible is an old and obsolete command of the Roman Catholic Church. Our modern Ritualists equally prohibit the independent reading and interpretation of the Bible. In that Ritualistic work, A Book for the Children of GOD," published by KNOTT, it is asserted— The Bible is the Book GOD has given to His Church alone, and not to any Dissenting sect. No one but a Catholic fa Ritualist] can safely raad the Bible, and no Catholic [Ritualist] can read it safely who does not read it in the Church's way. The Church knows what the Bible means. Remember this; and if it ever should happen when toe are reading the Bible that ø. thought comes into your mind which seems to go against the Catholic [Ritualistic] faith put that thought away at once. Don't stop to argue about it. Don't say it is in the Bible. The Bible is the Book of the Church. grand motto that the Bible and the Bible alone is the religion of Protestants finds no place or sympathy amongst the Ritualists of to-day. But then they are not Protestants. They denounce and revile the very name of Protestant, and are making the most strenuous efforts to rivet the shackles of a freedom-destroying and soul-debasing PrieStism upon the mind and thought of the British people. The degradation of the national life and of the national intellect would be a sure and inevitable result of the wide and successful spread of Ritualism. Bishop WHELDON said at the Bradford Church Congress that no decadent or dying nation in the world was Protestant." The future of the world, he contended, belonged to the Protestant nations. There is a grand underlying truth in this view. The Ritualists would blot out this Protestantism if they could, and that would place this great nation of ours on the downward plane which leads to national decay and ruin. They are doing their utmost to accomplish this by destroying the independent authority of the Bible as GOD'S guide to men, and putting the Church—that is, the priests, the Ritualistic clericals—in its place. Cardinal VAUGHAN, referring to this Ritualistic movement in the English State Church, said of the Ritualists :— They are doing our [the Roman Catholic] work better than we ourselves could do it. They are sowing the seed while we, with folded hands, are standing by waiting to reap the harvest." What do British Protestants think of these avowed enemies to Protestantism being sheltered and fostered within their once Protestant State Church ?
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WELSH AliTIST LIBELLED. HEAVY DAMAGES. On Tuesday (before Mr Justice Brace and a jury) at Chester Assizes Henry Percy Hain Friswell, portrait painter, and member of the British Society ot Artists, who has a studio in the Vale of Conway, sued Miss Susan Jane Bent- ley, another portrait painter, residing in the same locality, for damages for slander. At the house where Miss Bentley and her brother (another portrait painter) resides, there was av gervant named Mary Jones, who had posed for them, first draped and subsequently in the nude. Following a conversation with Miss Bentley, Mr Friswell had invited the girl Jcnes to his studio as model for a course of studies, which he was giv- ing to Mr W. R. Griffith, of Bangor University College. Jones complained to Miss Bentley of specific acts of indecency, which she said were committed by Mr Friswell when he spoke taher in Miss Bentley's sitting-room, and also when he accidentally met her near a stile. Miss Bentley. repeated these accusations to Mrs Butler; wife of Major Butler, and Miss Codrington Jones, her eister, both of whom lived in the same locality. The slander went about for some months while Mr and Mrs Friswell were holidaying in the South of England. On their return they looked into the matter, and instituted proceedings. The jury, after retirement, returned into court with a verdict for plaintiff with £500 damages, and an expression that he would leave the court without a stain upon his character. Another action of a similar character was on tered against Mr Charles E. Bentley, brother of the above defendant, but the parties agreed to a. for- mal verdict of £25.
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TO NIGHT'S DEMONSTRA- TION IN CARDIFF. IMMENSE GATHERING EXPECTED. EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND FOR TICKETS. The promoters of the Protestant demonstra- tion to be held in CardiG this evening in the Eis- teddfod Pavilion have been overwhelmed with applications for tickets and although they have issued sufficient to fill the huge building to its utmost capacity, they have not been able to supply one-third of the demand. Not only from Cardiff, but from all quarters of the county and Monmouthshire have come applications and the tone in which many of these were couched shows how deep is the interest taken in the subject matter to be dealt with. The writers beg to be supplied, but in the circumstances it is impossible to accede to their request. No more tickets can be issued. Upon the platform will be many of the leaders in the great movement for restoring the Church of England to its true evangelical character. As we stated on Tuesday, Lord Kinnaird will come down, Mrs Arbuthnot (president of the Women's Protestant Union), Mr T. A. Denny, and very many other prominent leaders in the movement from all parts of the country will be present, while there will also be in attendance a strong contingent of ministers of religion. The celebrated Treorky Male Voice Choir will bo reinforced, and will givo a selection prior to the opening of the proceedings and for the hymns that will be 3ung during the gathering a, combined choir from the chapels of the town will be formed. A feature of the musical portion of the demonstration will be a specially composed song dealing with the main object of the gathering. This is from the pen of Principal Edwards, D.D., principal of the Welsh Baptist College, Cardiff, and it will be sung to the stirring strains of The Men of Harlech."
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LLANELLY HARBOUR AND LIGHTHOUSE. A meeting of the Docks Committee of thfr Llanelly Harbour Commissioners was held 011 Monday. The harbonr engineer reported that with regard to the No. 1 Junction with the G.W.R, near the dock a. reduction in the original cost had been made of £ 318. and the consulting engineer (Sir Alexander Rendel) and himsolf recommended that they should now go on witii the work. The recommendation was agreed to. In reply to Mr Coombs, the Harbour Engines* thought that if the fairway buov was a gas one it would be all right, but he did not think it woultt be advisable to put a light on the Burry Holmes and do away with the Whitford Lighthouse. The time during which there was a light in the light- house indicated when vessels could cross the bar The matter was left over indefinitely.