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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. I SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. I +- <? J I.; 'I I ¡ I I s 8 1 i 5 s S a Is 3 I I z E :ii g% Thurs- /"Morning 28 19 23 I 16 123 day, < Evenin g 1 .32 3711 62 1 ,D564 Nov.22. Height 29 4 26 79 0129 )0 lo 6 F'-dav /-Morning TzT 4 13 .5 7 2 26 26 « Sri-(, H 2 Evening 3-3 ?43 3 3712 571 2 4 25? ?°?-?'( H"iht 30 3 262309508 )90 Satur- ^Moru'eg 4 23 3 12 4 6 3 26 324 day cMorn'nt?4M?312<6326.i2'i ,1. H?,iRht 19 296 ? 3 3t8?0 ,S, und, ay l f Morni'g S 15$5 4 ^8 4 !91 4 1 N,)v. dy i.Momi'g 1 5410 51 30437 52 1 35 3 2,671 34 4 2 44 1 ,4 47  B,eni 5 40 4 32 5 26 4 44 I 4 47 '25 H,,gi?, 331 33 7 32 61220 /Morni'g 6 45 7 5 55 8 69 Mond.yt???. ¡ 2 I I ill 3 I ',I, .d2y 6 H.igh? 1,337 307 3? i 33 0 22 8 CMomi'g 6 47 i 5 42 i 6 36 ?5? 5 53 TnMdy(?'????''j??? 1 6 16 ?°??<.H.i?t g 1 36 40 305 7 ?4?33th20 Wodnes (MOrn¡'¡¡-¡ 72/16 23 i 7 19 I 5 52 I 50 ttM,?E??7"6644 17 jB16 5 1z 16 16 "c;, 26 l:tg J I 4: I 3 I 1: 2 i iioath Basin East Dook Sill :Alexalldra. Doot .1 5Dock Sil

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS, ?p,d?d cu.u? -f the bitromem? readings | fO:4¡'øa.d\d:r'F4ht :a= I ?ed \t the t?t<rn MaiL OSce. Cardiff. The instrument is 33ft. above sea level.

WEATHER FORECAST. I YESTBEDAT'S Foa" I" R,=;UI>AV S WKATBBP.. North • westerly winds, North westerly winds, Y'l? -'t"ly ?i. I li?ht or moderate .i uuc colder. geuemUy; ?,.Id??. |J The fareoMt of the weather thr??gh ?-t Ih..1 .1 ?.?l?.d ..d South W.I.? for 1. -d (h" fallows:—Southerly gales or strong ,,i,?d?; unsettled;

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. -p. I ±Sh-U- PB^ RUNULL. ?"- M'? Min. Mean ?*??' Thursday 15 j 58 46 52-0 0* ?5 Friday 16 57 47 520 0'09 Saturday 17 6 49 52'0 000 Sunday 18 i ?6 48 62 0 0100 Monday 19 57 49 53.0 000 Tuesday 20 68 51 54-5 008 W????lM 42 ,3 8, -pera;- epreseuta extreme realiln of the thnnomAwr for 24 hours ended 9 a.m., takn in the .,b d. &t 0.?1-y-Vil, P. rth- Tb?]?i?,f.11 .1 C.rt-y-Vit P,?-th, f, th 124 hot1r ended 9 a.m.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS FOXHOUNDS. CHEPSTOW.—Thursdjv, November 22, Lion Lodge, Piercefield—10.45 a.m. GLAMORGANSHIRE.—Firday, November23, Wcuvoe Monday, November 26, Llantwit-Major Friday, November 30, Mi*kiu Village—10.45. LORD /}'IlIWEGJ.R'8. Thursday, November 22, Grosllanfio—11. ?n?t?f.-Friday. NoMnAar 23, The Talbot Tuesday, Novembor 27, Rrynccthyn Friday, Novem- ber 30, Cross VRne-U.30 a.m. LLANGIBHY.—Tuesday, November 27. Grai Harris 11; &iturday, December 1, Lodge Wood-10.30. M@.NMOEITH@HIRF,Ihurt.day, November 22, P?dy —11.15 a.m. Llwynpia ¡_11.1S a.m. 23, HiUside, Llwynpia -9a,m, HARRIERS. CRICKHOWELL.—Saturday, November 24, Llwner? Farm Monday, November 26, Lhingouney Village. Saturday, December 1, Cwmdn Vill.g.-ll a.m¡ (wM? ?nnittins). ("r;,n!Frid.y, November 23, GI.i. Tuesday, November 27, Tho Lodge, Killybebyll ,T,r?, ,L7,;ove@bei- 50 R os, near Llanelly—11a.m.

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Thursday, November 22.-Cooke in G hymn, 266. Friday, November 23.—Russell in A; anthem, 411 will arise" (Creyghton). Saturday. November 24. Stanford in B flat; anthem, "O taste and see" (Goes).

EDITORIAL COMMENTS. I The time HAS oomo to ereot a monument to Ltywelyn, the last native Prtnoe of Wales, MID, judging by the encouragement that has been given to the movement in various quarters, the money, too, would seem to be, on the point of coming. The next question that will engage the attention of the executive will be that of site. One enthusiastic sub- scriber advocates a peak of the Snowdon Range, another London, and the Marquess of Bute, from ;yitdquarian and historical motives probably, advocates Cwm Hir, in Radnorshire, where a Cistercian Abbey was built in 1143, and sacked by Owea Glymlvvr some two hundred and fifty odd years later. There is a third party who believe in the wisdom of placing the monument in London, simply because there ;:re more people there tlian in any other town. Now, none of these three suggestions appears to us to meet the caee. Snowdon, Owm Hir, and Cofny- bedd are too outlandish. The monument would simply hide its light under a bushel in either of those localities. London is not Wales. It may be more populous than any sublunar oity, may contain thirty or forty thousand Welshmen, but it is not Wales or in Wales, and national sentiment demands the statue to be allocated in Llywelyn's oountry. After A careful consideration of the claims of ALL places hitherto mentioned, we can find no more suitable plaoe than Cardiff, which is the capital of Wales and by far the most important and populous town in the Principality. Here, within an hour's travelling, more than half the population of Wales could oongregate and re-call the thril- ling and touching story of their great dead Prince. It is a codnuidence that just as we were going to press we reoeived a letter from so good A patriot as MJr, T. H. 'rhomas, advocating the same view as we have expressed above. The letter lends confirmation to the reasonableness of our contention.

It would seem as thongh the Tinplate Workmen's Union are engaged in the amusing, but desultory, operation of "sitting on the fence" with regard to the position just arrived at at Llanelly. If they lead or partioipete they will have to support the men on trike, and if they advise them to go in their advice will probably be regarded with suspicion, and will not be accepted, or, if accepted, will involve the whole trade in similar çonce..osions. But it surely is the province of the men's organisation both to lead and to advise. Probably they con- scientiouslybelieve that the men should participate in the present unexampled depres- sion and low remuneration, and, if they do, they ought to say so. All people who believe in the real principles of Trades Unionism would commend them for it. But they stay their haoo I The masters told the men's delegates distinctly, "The respon- sibility rests with you," and the Union officials in effect re-echo these words to the Llanelly workmen, without giving them advice one way or the other. Both masters and men at Llanelly are indifferent Unionists neither have supported to the full their respective organisations. This has given rise to an impression among the men that the district has, through some unexplained manoeuvring, been, made the scene of a struggle which should really be borne by the whole trade. We fail to see how the men's officials could possibly have forced such a thing on the men without connivance with the .plycr-d surely the employers would be the last to concert means to punish the MEN for want of unity. W lmve the solutwn of this to better hea tilau -oum, but in THE MEAUTIMA it is wt? too much to expect that some JDder. standing should be oome to between the whole trade as to whether reductions are really demanded by the present state of trade, and, if they are, the men should stick to their promise to share in the inevitable depression.

THE SECULARISTS' CATSPAW. I The latest move of the Liberationist party with regard to our Church schools in Wales has been promptly exposed by the ener- getic correspondent of the "Church- Times and Welsh and English Churdimen must bestir themselves if they do not wish the education of their children to become purely secular. Too attempt is all the more insidious becaMe a religious gentleman is to be stuck by the secularists in the front of the fray. The ?culari?ts and undenomi- nationalists have so influenced Mr. J. Her- bert Lewis, the representative ot the Flint Boroughs, that he has pro- mised to approach the Vice..Pr<osident of the Council to induce him to withdraw the Government grant from the denominational schools in Wales. As true Nationalists, we would humbly implore Mr. Herbert Lewis to wake up in time to what he is doiag. A Liberal Calvinistic Methodist, he is coolly proposing to inflict a piece of cruelty on the parents of the Church children from which the reactionary Cardinal Vaughan shrinks with horror, and Which all Continental and Colonial EXPERIENCE conclusively condemn. Is this T&ampkwi of Cymru Fyddso absolutely illogical as with one breach to rail againat the injustice of the Churrfi demanding tithes from Nonconformist farmers, and wilth the next to .\8k that Christian PARANTFI may be pemlised because they refuse to send their children to schools where T/HE teachers may probably be appointed and the religI1)1)t instruction defined by such gentlemen as wrote the "Welsh Pulpit" ? No one who knows Mr. Lewlis can for a moment believe that he would allow his children to attend such schools, and yet he is willing to drive his poorer constituents' children to them, AND all to oblige the pagans of the Liberationist Society imd the spite only of the lwser souls in Nonconformist preacherdom. The general growth of secularism is, everyone knows save he who floats like Mr. Lewis in the aerated madhines of the political Nonconformist conscience, the most serious danger of tho time, and now that secularism jind iiii(lo?)iimttioned pagaidsm are rife in Welsh p(oliti?%l and edumtional omtr(?s the question bears a mom serious aspect than it did in the old days, when Welsh Noncon- formity \(18 stern and rigid in its ortho- doxy. To work to make such A state of things in Wales as terrifies the most cynical observer in iYance and Australia is, to say the least, unworthy of the heir of the traditions of Howell Harris and Thomas Charles. If the mad and sacrilegious crusade is to be attempted, let Mr. Lewis leave it to the Julian the Apostate of the Church of his fathers, the baronet who represients East Denbigh.

COMMERCIAL EDUCATION. I The Cardiff Chamber of Commerce yesterday had under discussion a very important ques- tion—that of ooiiunurcial education. In a town like Cardiff, which owes its existence and its prosperity to commerce, upon which also depends its future progress, it is a matter of great regret that the chamber has defrayed the question so lung, and not attempted to do something with the view of introducing some means by which commercial education could have been promoted. In this respect the town has been sadly neglected, and our youths have been seriously handicapped in the race of life. In the past education was left much to private adven- turers, who established schools and conducted them as it eeemed best to their wisdom and knowledge. Few studied tho n.eOO6 and requirements of the particular localities in which they were situate, but cut their curri- culum according to an old-world polan, which had been practised by pedagogues from time immemorial. The aim and end of the educa- tion imparted were mainly classical, with an infusion of the elements of mathematics and a smattoring of English, mostly confined to grammar and hifitory, so called. Such was the plan adopted in the average endowed grammar school of the past, and the private adventure school followed suit as a matter of course. Now, happily, a more intelligent regime obtains at nearly all schools. Private or public, the fierce light of competition beats upon them one and all, and, like the tree in the Gospel, every school nowadays is judged by its fruits. Speaking more directly of Wales, the dawn of a brighter day has now broken upon us, and our new intermediate establishments mark an era in our educational history. Much though we expect from them, however, they will always more or less suffer from one obvious disadvantage- their connection with the Government. Their curriculum will ever be shaped m a cast- iron mould, and the individuality of teacher and pupil will not be given full play, as would be the case if the school were left untrammelled by officialdom and the require- ments of the Intermediate Education Act. But this much must be said, the Government will insist upon these schools adapting them- selves to the special requirements of their respective localities. This principle has already been introduced in the elementary Code, and we may fairly expect that it will be developed More and more in future, especially in our intermediate schools. It is in this direction that the public may expect THE greatest results, directly at least. In -all well-conducted schools at present there is a modern side-a. term whichtaesm much the saam as commercial education. Thie is the oaso at Llandovery and Brecon, and-the successes which sudh schools have scored justify the innovation and prove the need that existed for it. In future all schools will havo to adapt tfcemselvies to modern require- ments, for on this depends much of THE future of our oountry. But the most difficult part of the question Li, how best to improve matters in populous places like Oudiff. Newport, Swansea, Llanelly, Neath, and other places. So much of the life of these towns depends upon their commercial relations that to neglect such education as will enable their youths to compete with those of other nationalities in the world's market is simply ruinous and suioidal. Important centres like Cardiff and Swansea ought to be provided with ample means of instruction in all that these ports and towns require. It is absurd that parents should be compelled to send their children to some distant, or even foreigu, institution in order to be equipped for the particular profession or line of business for which they may be intended. Say, for instance, that commercial French or German is required to be taught in order to qualify for a particular examination or post. Is there any reason why parents should be compelled by the poverty of our educa- tional provisions in Cardiff to send their children to some town in FranceorGermany to acquire that desideratum, which by a little public outlay might be provided in their own town? In those two countries, especially Germany, commercial education, and, indeed, education of every kind, has reached A very efficient pitch, and parents are never obliged to send their children out of the country in order to obtain advantages which are denied to them at home. When every wheel in our educational MACHINERY -wiil .gwper plaoe, thia, doubtless, will be the case in England' and Wales. Hitherto our system has been a moet erroneous and DEFICIENT one in very material respects, and lost us untold opportunities and advantages. Fortunately for tho credit of Great Britain, Scotland for genera- tions—since the Reformation really-ha. taken a premier position in education, com- mercial and otherwise; and Scots- men have, in consequence, won a name and fame as business men which is equal to a national fortune and a recommendation everywhere. It is not for us to indicate any line of action to be taken by the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce or by any other authority in the town, our object being solely to emphasise the need that exists I for such means of education as must be pro- vided if we mean to keep abreast of the times. There will appear from time to time men of commercial genius who will force their way to the front, education OR no educa tion. Such men were the late Mr. David Davies, the founder of Barry Dock, and the late Sir George Elliot, who climbed from the lowest rung of the ladder to the proud posi- tion of a millionaire. But such geniuses in future will be very few, and some Smiles of the twentieth century will find the greatest difficulty in collecting materials for such a volume as "Self-help." Education is the order of the day, and, as "life" is brief and "art" growing more and more complex and vuied, education in the future must be so conducted that the particular needs of pupils intended for particular trades or professions must be kept rigidly ill view.

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DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS. PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL OF GRANTS. GOVERNMENT TO BE APPROACHED. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO INJURE THE CHURCH. A SEVERE BLOW TO EDUCATION. It is stated on good authority that a strenuous attempt will be made at an early date to induce the Government to assume a change of front in regard to all denominational schools. Mr. Herbert Lewis, M.P. for the Flint Boroughs, proposes to approach the Vioe-president of the Council with a view to induce that functionary to withdraw all Government grants from the denominational schools, which include Church of England, British, Wesleyan, and Roman Catholic schools.

WELSH TITHE WAR. ANOTHER VISIT TO PENBRYN. BAILIFF PROTECTED BY A FORCE OF 25 POLICEMEN. A SUCCESSFUL DISTRAINT. RESISTANCE AND FAILURE IN ANOTHER CASE. Proceedings for the recovery of tithe were resumed in the parish of Penbryn, Cardigan- shire, on Wednesday, the bailiff, Mr. Robert Lewis, being eaoorted by the chief-constable and 25 men. The first place visited was Blaeny- waun, the farm on which the war party was beaten off on the last occasion. A sale was effected of a spriue cart which had been levied upon, and the vehicle was afterwards removed to Newcastle-Emlyn. An entry was effected at Cnwcyfedwen, where the crowd raised a teohnioal objection and offered a moet deter- mined resistance, and, after considerable dis- OTsaion, the chief-constable and others advised a withdrawal, and the party aocordinsly returned to Newcastle-Emlyn.

THE LATE MR. W. SMYTH, MERTHYR. I VOTE OF CONDOLENCE. At -tig f THE .um-il f the Meri?hv, Chamber of Trade on &f :u":lr D. J. Evans, the p?esiiont, referred to the d?th of MT. W. Ci1,e;W° t&at he would be missed, lot only in the town, BUT THROUGHOUT the. Wiah. He wae a kiud friend M Z true @ti7kD. He WAS OAE OF the otiginstorg of the chamber, and in its early history he did a very mat deal of work for the beœlit of the community.—Mr. W. T,. Darnel, the vioe^prwident, said he knew Mr. Smyth inti. tJ,f,? 3? 3ed he ,ms bound to ?y bha* there wm very much his character which was to be greatly i mired. Mr, Smyth had MARVELLOUS pluck, ilid he WAS not afraid to be in the minority. Ile enjoyed the oonfiderioe and re,ped o! hi, ft-Uow-citixens, aod, whilst holding STRONG opinions hinwelf, WES always JIWjt willing to aooord to otihenl the right. to form a judg- ment of their own. He identified himsei ivi'th most, if not wll, of the movements eon- ,sd for the improvement of the town, such 0' the adoption, of the Free Libraries Act and the question ot the incorporation of the town.-Nir. W. Meredith, Mr. RO^ER Edwards, a-nd Mr A. Edmonds also spoke, and a vote of condolence with the widow and famaly WAA pac. the whole of the members present rmng to their feet when the vote was put. The council of the Merthyr Chamber of Trade on Tuesday night also passed a vote of con- dolence. A similar vote was passed on the same evening by the committee 8f tbe Merthyr Con. stitational Club.

MAJOR JONES AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. FORTHCOMING VISIT TO LLANELLY AND CARMARTHEN. Major Jones will add- his constituents at Llanelly on Wednesday next. He will be sup- ported by Mr. Henry Broadhuwt, M.P., and Mr. J. H, Wilson. M.P., who are expected to dehTer in'port<mt speeohes. On e,¡;: day the ma j or will pmeeed to Carmarthen, where he will have Mr. T. EUIB, M.P., for a support.

The saile of the "Evening Express" io going up. Some Ccnservati:ves are bt>ginning to take it. THE DOTTtE SFCRPT Method ot Fitting Teeth, by S. B. Bouiton, Dental Surgeon, I, Newpert-read, C?,diff, 8M,Hirro«M<~4ul, Lcnaoa; aod High* tferthyr. Greatly surpasses all other fyateaa aad 18 the greatest advancement ever bees Bade in dea- tiftry. Cannot be obtained elsewhere. Misfitted .d. -ftte& No d?me in pri? Te4b S'* IN. ? M<. to M lure m sibm .?f

LONDON l LETTER. I LFltOK OUR LiNDeN COERI8PONDENT6.J I LONDON, VVEDHEBDil. I LABADISTS AND THE GOVERNMENT. .1 The Cabinet had to-day to con*IU« verv serious crisis which ha* arisen in the f?r?uu,?, of it. party. ?<- crisis is more acu?than..pp<-?onthefac<.ofit. To the open success of the opposition is now TO be added a possible defection from within. I have reason to believe that Mr. Labouchere IMD those who act with him are on the verge of revolt. A vicious attack on the Govern- ment in to-day's "Truth" gives colour to this suggestion. It is understood that the Labadiste are forming themselves into a separate group, and are prepared to take independent action. They are quite ready to vote out the present Government. If the Ooposition would consent to join with them in demanding from the (Wrnment an explicit statement of its intentions with regard to the House of Lords Ministers would be thrown out on the Addres: Enu if Mini?teN are willing to give an explicit statement, I doubt whether they have yet decided w!?t th<Mr intent?ns shall be. LORD SALISBURY AND THE HOUSE OF I LORDS. I There is no need for concealment ot tne Tory policv. Lord Salisbury will certainly not hold back his views in the article he has written for the December "National Review." He will, no doubt, devote his trenchant pen to criticism rather than con- struction. Yet I cannot but think thtft our chief will reveal somewhat of the method on which he would reform the House of Lords. He will, I imagine, make it plain that any po?Me?)teMtiocoft)t('Lordt.'win only tend to strengdMn that august body in its :'ttr:lgtl;d¡;. aUdbodllib:r has always held the view that to reform the Lords is desirable. It will be interesting to all of us to be shown how he proposes to do it. THE SCHOOL BOABD ELECTIONS. Not tiinee school boaods were ESTABLISHED has there been so much interest taken in th« London ejections M this week. Usually THE ratepa.yers take little interest in thest elections. A podl of one-third of the regis- tered voters is a. phewlDOOIllly heavy one. Naturally, there will be a heavier poll than usui this time. The Progressives claim that the heavier poll will be in their favour. I ani not CERTAIN on THAT point, because it ■has always hitherto been the fact in London local elections that the abstention oi Tories, or "Moderates," AS they are c-Iled for local P-1-? has given the victory to the Pro- gm,ive t,, ladical, are called. This yeGA? the "¡tuation is oompHcated by the virulent attack made by the Progressives on the religious principles of some of the Church candidates, and also by the action of the Boman Catholics in running live or six candidates of their own. Of course, if the .Humanists aie elected they will be on the side of too present majority, who favour fairplay to voluntary scJJools and fair Bible teaohing in the board schools. 'llie Catholic attitude on this question was aptly put in 'he four R's of Cardinal Vaughan, who pro- nounced for reading, riting, rithinetic, and religion. TIler" lire several "Independent Labourers" in the field, who demand free food, free clothes, AI-D free holidays in the country. The Moderates have divided their voting powi-r AS evenly as possible in the eleven electoral divisions into which the Metropolis is divided. They have also worked energetically in (,,<ii!lva.8ing during the last few days, and many devoted workers have BEEN out as late as ten o'clock at night. GeaeraJly, the Ritualists have fallen into M?e wMt Moderate Churchmen to fight iwfl?acn- ingly ti?e-M. enemy. Eut there are one or two oonspiouotB exceptions, such AS Pre- beudMy Eyton in Chelsea, who is standing selfishly alone, <100 thereby risks one of the Moderate seats. PROMISING FOR THE CHURCH PARTY. Doubts as to the success of the Moderates or Christian party in the school board elec- tions are being removed. My latest infor- mation to-night is that victory all along the line MAY be anticipated. Churchmen AND Christians of all denominations are rallying to the defence, and there will be certainly a heavy poll. On the other hand, dispirited Progressives are discounting their anticipate^ defeat by announcing that their usua supporters will abstain from voting. I WORK ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. I I.,? heard people com nate the oticij:v:mi; poe;;pie .:=¡:s t wavs. An com p assion founded cn the ¡e thahe ?n p:nroujrt J:Ckt: the enervating atmosphere of the underground lines IS quite misplaced. Themendonotwork round the clock, and the atmosphere is not at all bad in the I!te,t,i<ons, I asked one of the officials how it was that so many were able to attend A concert given in the Albert- hall the other night for the benefit of the benevolent fund on the District Railway. He obligingly explained to me that half of the men are always able to go to the annual con- cert in winter and half to the annual sports in summer. The lines, it seems, are worked by double shifts. The first shift comes on at five in the morning and leaves off at three in the afternoon. The second shift gets away about one in the morning, so that each shift works about ten how,, including meal-tllne.< On Sundays only half the ?,tff is on, and t? v er man gets an alternate t::d;' o. anerlym::<tghn sh r. worked bi-weekly, so that every aJtem&te week a man has his day to himself after threeintha afternoon. THE INDEPENDENT THEATRE. The directors of the Independent Theatre inform me that the opening of the season will take place in January, when the new four-act play. "Thyrza Fleming." by Miss Dorothy Leighton, will be performed for ix nights only. This late date is necessitated by the unavoidable absence from town of by le authoress, who is thereby prevented from superintending the rehearsals. Miss Esther Palliser. who is A personal friend of Miss Leighton'E, has been prevailed upon to create the title role, which is a strong sympathetic part. Owing to Miss Palliser's numerous engagements, the exact date of production cannot be yet announced. I A SUCCESSFUL WAR BOOK. Among the readers and admirers of Mr. William Le Queux's war story, "The Great War of 1897." to now to be numbered the German Emperor. His Imperial Majesty recently took a copy of THE book aboard the Hohenzollern, and read it during hia cruise. He was so impressed with the work that he ordered it to be placed in the Imperial library, and also advised & number of officers to obtain the book and read it for themselves. Besides the German Emperor, the King of Italy, the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Wolseley, Mr. Gladstone, and the Marquess of Salis- bury have expressed their approval of the book. The practical result of its popu- larity is that six editions have been sold, and the seventh is now disappearing.

I MR- MACLEAN AT CARDIFF. TWO CONSERVATIVE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. Mr. J. M. Maclean, the Unionist candidate for Cardiff, will deliver two add, at Cardiff next week, one in Cathays Ward and the other in the Park Ward. A meeting has been called for Wednesday night at the Crwys-road Board School, when Councillor Henry White will pre- side. and for Thursday niffht at the Albany- road Board School, when Mr. Henry Gibbon. (Conservative candidate at the recent elections, will be the chairman.

I FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. E. H. WATTS, JUN. The fnneral ef the late Mr. E, H. Watts, jun., will be a strictly private one. The mournful cortege will leave The Friars, Newport, at eleven o'clock on Friday morning for Bassaleg Churchyard, where the relatives will be pleased to see any friends of the deceased gentleman. At the montbly meeting of the Cardiff Cham, ber of Commerce on Wednesday, the Chairman (Mr. J. B. Ferrier) moved that a vote of sympathy and condolence be passed with the wife and family of the late Mr. E. H. Watts, of the arm of Watts, Ward, and Co., of Cardiff and Newport.—The vote was passed in silence.

A coroner's jury AT MANCHESTER on Wednes- day rebum ad A verdict of wilful murder net a Mrs. Mooney, who on Monday threw herself and child into the canal, the child being drowned. If von wish to woafw the dingers ttfit THREATEN your Health from the Storms of Winter take a course of Gwilym Ev?'.i Quinine BiWn. The Ve ta9b)T tJ:U>¡Q E; Qin.i'9d.bnJei: M. e&oK M2?2 The ula of th. "Eveorog Exptea" is ng up. Sme Cooserv'lMi- aM bojin? to take it* v.

WALES DAY BY DAY. A sailor, who denied that he was drunk, but urged that he was only three sheets in th., wind, was fined 5s. per sheet. A man at the Docks say, that the moramg after he has been drunk he feels as if every hacr on his head has rheumatism. Lord Bute wants the Llewelyn memorial fixed up in Cwm Hir Valley; Mr. Grant Alien favours the Eryri Range or els" London. A Swansea woman indi|?n:uitlv deirrd :0 the county-court that her hushand had a ¡. u of B20 a. year. "He only getc 25 a quarts, she said. A serious-looking handbill of a down line SIQ announces that "at the same time will be offend the office fittings and fireproof safe, ou the docks, lately occupied by Mr. Blank. At a meeting- of a Welsh company ihe other day two directors were re-eleoted on the mJ r\ anel for "general pur '-00 ran In" nrJ\¡" Whit are the general purposes for which directors can I* utilised? The author of "A History of Banks. Bankers, and Hanking in Northumberland, Durham, ami Yorkshire," which has just been publifhei lIv a London firm, is Mr. Maberiey Phillips, wh.) comes of an old Pembrokeshire family. One hundred and sixteen mOVl\ment8 of the barber's hand used to be enough when lil. Abel Tliomas only shaved his chili; now the move, ments are never less than three thousand four hundred and fifty-five. And all for twopence! A man who writes to a London paper to show how familiarly one poet now refers to another refers to the way Heywood speaks of Tom Nash. Tom Watson. On the same principle (says the "Globe") Ileywood would call Mr. Lewis Morrn Lew." Not far from Carmarthen there is a bit, of low-lying land called Gorsgiddymoor. The "Welshman" wants to know the derivation of the word. A reader of Dean Swift sug(Rst< that in old day., when it was a bllg one Kitty Moor, from the Green Isle, must have squattsd there. The picture of Harlech Castle in 'Beautiful Britain, writes a correspon- dent, "would be oheap at half.arcro.ll. I have been there frequently and know the place well, and amongst a host of photographs have never seen one to equal that in 'Beautiful Britain.' It has been seriously suggested that our chief should be asked to become the Archdruid. "Heddwch," it is said, would then prevail, as Mr. Carr is the'only man in whose favour "Morien" would abdicate. "Mcrien has even promised to teach his chief how to con- struct an englyn. The belief of old writers that 80me of our wells had a subterranean connection with ths sea is held by many of the Welsh peasantry at the present day. There is a well on the Precelly range of mountains in Pembrokeshire th;* water in which is said to rise when the hie comes in at Newport in that county, and to fall wheu the same tide ebbs. When a Cardiganshire minister recently gavs out a hymn in the 8.6 metre the choir leader's deputy, lion-plussed for a moment, struck up the tune of "Auld Lang Syne." The congrega- tion heartily joined, but when they re.-ilised the rollicking character of the tune they ccascd singing OII after the other, and no repetition of the last coup1e of lines was insisted upon. Whe" the representative of the British and Foreign Bible Society went to Po-;hcr,v the other night lie was assailed with eümp11i1l" It was pointed out that Welshmen were com- pelled to sing English hymns through the lack of Welsh h) mnsin the «ooiety's leaflet- At the deo. of the meeting the hymn. "0 atror fy Uygaid i weled," wa sung with much fœhng. Probably no county in Wales ha* given birth to more great men than Cardiganshire. Amongst those who have made the name of Card land famous are Dafydd ab Gwitym "Ieuan Fardd ac Offeiriad, commonly called "Ieuan Brydvdd Hir," Lewis Morris, of Uan. badarn—"Llewelyn Ddu o Yon"-(it was in Cardiganshire he wrote his best essays), and "Daniel Ddu o Geredigioi)." A law ought td be passed for the better regu- lation of street bands. Last night at the meet- ing held in Cardiff Town-hall in favour of lady candidates for the board of guardians Canon Thompson (who presided) said he appeared in a new role, that of being a lady, supporting the candidature of the ladies clustered around him. Just then an outside f)and furiously struck up 'E dunno where 'e are. It was at a Newport supper-table. A jar of pickles \a. present, and a young lady ws asked if she would partake. Glancing timidly at a young gentleman from Cardiff, she murmured, "Are you going to have some, Jack?" "1—aw— think not," he answered, with a meaning look, and she blushinly passed them 01" saying. "PerhaflS, I lietter hadn't, either.' And vet they wonder why everybody laughed! A Penarth man who has been tramping ths globe says he met a Welshman beyond tb" Rooky Mountains. "Where are you from?' the traveller a^ked in Welsh. "GIW1Ol'l1::tn," was the reply. "How long have you been h ?" "Nearly ten years." "Well, how is it you haven't made enough money tohave an hotel of your own?" "Oh," said the exile. "the boss is a Glamorgan man, too." In the palmy days when the annual vestry meetings at Merthyr were characterised by stoinis and breezes, and particularly on the occasion of the heated Protestantism I- Ritualism d(,bat?, Ir. Wolt??r Smyth wa' always in the forefront of the wordy battle?, and, being short of stature, invariably mouu, a chair in order the more forcibly to drive home his arguments, protests, and contentions. A compliment to Wales-that is the form of reference made to the fact that Mr. Edward Evans has been appointed to succeed "Boss Schnadhorst. It is the kind of compliment ladled out to Wales just now. If any Welsh politician becomes troublesome, give him fBace and responsibility—in other words, draw hi, teeth—of such is the policy of the official Liberalism of England; and it is a policy that is justified in its success. A new society will shortly be formed at Car- u' then, to be called "The Three C's." or the Carmarthen Cork Club. Each member will r.ceive a cork whm made, and must produce that cork to another member when called upon to do so at any tune. Should he fail to do so he will be fined. The meetings will be of » judge and jury style, and all fines will go towards having a pic-nic in the sun™^ Further particul&rs will appear later on. Good L3 ar. sec. Whoever see, a palTrey now? This was the name given to the small, hady WLI-11 horses which formed the cavalry of Walw during ite wars of independence. The palfreys were light and active, and many a time crowed, the fens and swamps in safety. luring the heavy dragoons of the invarlerft to their fate. A regiment of foreign heavy cavalry whioh King Edward took into Wales waa engulphH in "Cors >■ Saeson" and destroyed. In modern times heavy horse-Hhoea have been taken from thr Cors. The value of a palfrey WM 13s. 4,1. The following copy of a bill made out in Gower in the year 1757 is given in the Svant^a "Post"Mr. N. Dawkina Killavwrough. to Mat, Smllh. June 1757. To making a HJte of close for Mr. S. HI v, 3s. 6d. August 26. For 4 <1:1\ work to myeelf, 2." and 3 dsy* to .Tame., 1#.—3#. Sept. 32. For a dav *o nt\ self. 6d.. for 2oz of thread for QU iltimT 8d,- Is. 2d. Oct" 1. For day to yslf. 6a.. for srmi" Mu-qfl-nV eon, 2d.&{.. 18. For 10 days to myself. 5f., and 10 day. to James. 3s. 4d.a.. 4d. For tape to Molly Nichol's close, Id. Feb. For 2 davs to my. self. Is., and 3d. thread-I.. 3d. larch. For a day to myself, 6d. May 4. For 3 days to myself, and 3 to William. 3.. May 12 For 6 days to myself and 6 to William, 6s. i and 3 days to Thomas Harry and 2 days to Jame8. 2e. 2d. May 24. For 3 day. to my- eelf and 3 days to William, 3a. June 1. For 1 day to myself, 6d. June 6. For a day to myself and a day to Will.m, la, July. For a day to myself, 6d. July 2. For a qr. of powder by Evan. 4<1. For the mourning waa 000 day and a night to myself, and half a day and a night to William David, and half 11 dar aDd a night to Jazneet 2s. 22 Zs. Od. July 2JKL received tha above bY Mat Smith*"