The South Wales Star

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. BY ARTHUR J. WILLIAMS. M.P. INTRODUCTORY. Tin- Star is welcome to any Parliamentary v Notes I may be able from time to time to jot down. But I cannot promise regular contributions, afid whatever I send will have my name attached. THE LABOUR COMMISSION. The Leader of the House when he was asked to direct that the proceedings of the Commission should be public, very properly said that the question was one for the Commission itself, and that they must decide whether they would sit with closed or open doors. As a rule Royal Commissions do not admit the public. Indeed, the Welsh Sunday Closing Commission was one of the very rare cases.. in which the proceedings were publicly held. There can be no dotfbt that this publicity did invaluable service in that case. The witnesses knew that what they said would be at once submitted to pub- lic criticism. A full opportunity was afforded to all sides to meet and sift statements of fact. Even the commissioners themselves did their work all the better in the fresh wholesome light of day. and with the consciousness that all Wales was watch- ing with eager interest every step that was taken. Lord Hartington will do wisely if he follows the example of Lord Balfour. Of course it would be simply idle. to expect a report which will help us much. But a public "in- quiry even before this ramshackle Commission may produce some very important materials for .our use when we come into power. Mabon. Mr. Burt, and the real friends of the working man will be greatly helped if the press is allowed from day to day to record what is doing. OUR LIQUOR TRAFFIC VETO nILL. Mr. Bowen Rowlands, after careful consideration in consultation with the leaders of the temperance party, has decided to keep putting his Bill down from week to week. In this way it may be reached some night. But even if it is reached it will be strongly opposed in committee. If fortune favours us, however. I think we shall be able to make a good fight There is one curious oversight. We are now so used to consider Monmouthshire part of Wales, —as it really is—that it is not included by name in the Bill. B at this can be remedied by an amend- ment in committee. OUR CHAPEL SITES. There will be another field day for Wales next Wednesday, when Mr. S. T. Evans' Bill for enfranchising chapel sites stands first in the orders of the day. English Nonconformists, however, are distinctly interested in the Bill. for it applies to England as well as Walts. What it proposes is so moderate and reasonable, that I should not be surprised to find it supported by a certain number of fair-minded and independent Conservatives. It only asks that we may be allowed to buy the land on which our chapels are built on reasonable terms. If a very moderate number of Conserva- tives can be induced to vote for it. and the English. Scotch, and Irish Liberals and Nationalists can be induced to attend, it is quite possible that the Bill will be carried. An earnest appeal will be made to them to do so. THE IRISH LAND PURCHASE BILL. Mr. Labouchere's speech on Friday was full of pith, sense, and humorous sarcasm. Even the Conservatives themselves could not help laughing heartily at his quotations from the speeches and addresses of ML Chamberlain and other Tories and Dissentients, who in 1886 declared they never would consent to a guarantee by this country for money advanced to buy out the Irish landlords. His quotations from Lord Selborne, backing himself up" with Solomon's proverb, He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it," was very happy. But there was. as he also showed, a very serious side to the question. If the 30 millions were to be applied for the real good of Ireland, it would be well spent. But they will prove to be a curse. A number of Irish landlords will get them-will walk off with them—and leave behind inequality and discontent which will increase the difficulty of a final settlement. FALLEN! Mr. Parnell put in an appearance for the com- mittee stage of the Land Purchase Bill. The same strange, absorbed. far-off look in his face. But it is not so impassive as it used to be. There is a certain uneasy self-consciousness. The glamour which he exercised is gone, because the sense of ° power is gone. He could not heip feeling as he stalked through the corridors that the wonderful ascendency which he silently, scornfully, impe- riously exercised has left him. His kingship has departed from him. He is an ordinary, a very ordinary, human being to-day a sombre, stern. melancholy face, brooding over all that he might have been, if only steadfastly and honourably acted up to the great part he had assumed

ACCIDENT TO MR, R. T. BASSETT, At the last meeting of the G-lamorgan foxhounds, at Cowbridge, an unfortunate accident happened, the master. Mr. R. T. Bassett. after the find. having his leg broken from a kick of a horse in Caercady- lane. Mr. Bassett was at once conveyed home in Mr. S. Gihbon's dog-cart, and his injuries at- tended I w. F

FIVE BYE-ELECTIONS. Since Parliament re-assembled at the end of January seven members have died. viz.. Mr. Bradlaugh. Mr. G. Macdonald. Mr. Kynoch, Mr. T. C. Baring. Mr. Cavendish-Bentinck. Col. liambro. and Mr. Tapling. In the course of the next fort- night there will be no fewer than" five bye-elec- tions—viz.. in the Woodstock division of Oxford- shire (where a vacancy has been caused by the appointment of Mr. F. W. Maclean. Q.C.. as Master in Lunacy) and in Whitehaven, the City of Lon- don. South Dorset, and the Harborough division of Leicestershire, where vacancies have arisen through death. It is a singular circumstance that the five seats were held by supporters of the Government -four by Conservatives and one by an Unionist (Mr. Maclean).

VALE OF GLAMORGAN POSTAL NOTICE. A Stmday delivery of letters has been extended to Fairwater and St. Fagan's. and a collection of letters for despatch to Cardiff will be made on Sundays from St. Fagan's sub-office at !».:>() a.m.. and Fairwater wall box at 10 a.m. Commencing on Monday next. the l;hh instant, the following extensions of the free house-to-house delivery of letters will take effect :-Cyntwell delivery, ex- tended to Ballas Farm. Wenvoe. extended to Alps Farm. Cory's Lodge. X orthcliffe, Lidmoor Farm and Mill: St. Nicholas, to Great Hampston Farm. Brook Farm. Wall Cottages. Homri. Helvaes. Coed- riglan Gardens, Vianshill, Towith. and St. Lvthan's Down Bonvilstone. to Redland and Blackland. Two persons will be employed to deliver letters at St. Nicholas, and two at Bonvil- ton. instead of one as heretofore, with a view to accelerate the deliveries as much as possible.

COXGL Y CYMRY. [DAX OLYGIAETH LLWYDFRYX.] A fydd yr hen iaith byw ? Dyna destyn ysgrif Morienyny l!V.vfer/f am cldydd Mawrth di- weddaf. Dywedai yr hen Daliesin :— Eu hiaith a gad want, Eu Xer a. foiant. Eu gwlad a gollant, Ond gwyllt Walia." A saif y broffwydoliaeth yn wir am amser eto Dywed Morien na wnaiff. ond y bydd y Gymraeg fel Groeg a Lladin a Sanskrit cyn pen haner can' mlynedd. Os hyn yw cwrs naturiol yr iaith. ofer yw i neb dreio rhwystro y dynged. Mae y drych- feddwl o farwolaeth yr hen iaith yn un a bar i lawer Cymro cenedlgarol i lwfrhau. Dywed Morien. maen'r wir. y bydd i'r hen iaith i fyw ar ol haner canrif. ond byw a wnaiff fel iaith y dysg- edigion. yn rhywbeth i ieithwyr i'w dysgu. Caiff ei chadw fel y cedwir y mummy yn yr Aipht ac yn ein innxruin*. Bydd y ffurf ar gael. bydd yr agwedd allanol yr un. ond corph marw fydd y -Lz! corph bydd y gwreichionyn byw wedi rhedeg o hono am byth. Ai dyma ddiwedd yr hen iaitk a a ymladdodd ein tadau gvmaint drosti! Ai i fod yn addurn yn llyfrgell y dysgedigion yw diben bywyd y Gymraeg Ai am hyn y mae y Cymry yn ymladd yn awr Xi chredaf fi hyn. beth bynag. Os mai breuddwydio 'rwyf. g-adewch i'm freuddwydio hyd y diwedd breuddwyd meius yw. Nid oes fawr argoel y bydd yr hen iaith farw. fel y dywed .Morien. Mae safie y Gymraeg wedi newid llawer er's ugain mlynedd. Ar yr amser hyny yr oedd Anghydffurfwyr mewn mawr bryder rhag ofn y bu&sai yr hen iaith farw. ac na fuasai ganddynt ddigon o gapeli Seisnig i'r Anghydffurfwyr na allent siarad Cymraeg. A dyma hwy yn dechreu adeiladu capeli Seisnig ar hyd a lied y wlad a beth yw'r canlyniad Xis gwn i fy hun am nemawr un sydd wedi gwneyd cvmaint a feddylid iddo gwneyd. Nid Cymry sydd yn eu llanw, ond j Saeson na fedrant Gymraeg. 'Rwyf yn gwyboe. W am rai capeli Saesneg na ellid eu llanw o gwbl ond drwy ymdrechion y capeli Cymreig. Y mae nifer o aelodau yn cael eu dethol o'r capel Cymreig i fyned i'r capel Seisnig ac y maent yn gorfod cael eu newid 'nawr ac yn y man. Nid yw'r Cymry yn foddlon byw yn hir heb addoli yn eu hiaith eu hunain. Ar gais yr eglwys y maent yn myned i'r addoliad Seisnig. ac y maent yn edrych arno fel rhyw fath o groeshoelio cig a gwaed. Yr oedd yr Eglwys Sefydledig raor sicr o fuan farwolaeth yr hen iaith fel na fu iddi adeiladu eglwysi Cymreig lie 'roedd eglwysi Seisnig ond erbyn heddyw y mae wedi gweled y camsynied. Mynai y Cymry addoli'n Gymraeg: a chyn byw heb addoliad yn iaith eu tadau aent i gapeli Ymneillduol lie 'roedd v gwasanaeth yn Gymraeg i gyd. Ac yn awr v mae'r Eglwys wedi dyhuno i'r ffaith. Nid oes mwyach son am ddraifon y Cymry i'r Eglwysi Seisnig ond ym mhob lie y mae cynhulliad o Gymry. y mae yna ymgais hefyd i gael Eglwys Gymreig. Yn ddiweddar. sefydlwyd Eglwys Gymreig yng Nghaerdvdd; ac y maent yn ym- egnio i gael rhai cyffelyb yn Llundain, yn Barry, ac mewn lleoedd ereill. Nid yw hyn yn edrych fel pe bai yr hen iaith ar drengu. Beth bynag. os marw sydd yn eu haros. bydd farw, fel y dywedai Llawdden yn Eisteddfod Wrexham, ar ei gliniau. Yng ngwasanaeth Duw. yn y gymanfa a'r sassiwn. yn y cwrdd gweddi a'r ddyledswydd deuluaidd, y clywir ei swn olaf hi. .¡ Os boddi wna hi fodd), yn ymyl Salem Ian." Ond fel y dywedes. nid wyf yn credu y bydd farw am amser maith. Y mae yna adfywiad cenedlaethol wedi cymeryd lie yn ddiweddar. ac un o effeithiau hyny yw fod mwy o siarad a sgrifenu a dysgu yr hen iaith nag a fu erioed o'r blaen. Ysgrifenai Gwallter Mechain at Davies, Tutor" ac S. R. yn y fiwyddyn 1824 fel yma :— •• Sonier a fyner am ragoroldeb y dyddiau gynt, blvnyddoedd yr hen oesoedd. ni bu y iaith Gymraeg erioed dan y fath feithriniaeth ag vdyw yn brcsenol. Yr ydwyf yn cofio yr amser nad oedd ond ambell un yma a thraw ar led y wlad yn deall nemawr ar gystrawiad ein hiaith; ond bellach bydd. yn ol pob disgwyliad. Cymreigyddion cyfar- wydd. ym Mon ac yn Llanerch-y-medd.yn Lleyn. a thrwy holl W ynedd." Os oedd Gwallter Mechain yn synu fod cymaint o astudio ar ein hiaith er's tri ugain mlynedd yn ol. beth ddywedai 'nawr pan mae beirdd a llenorion cyn amled yng Xghymru a physg yn y mor. pan mae yn eithriad os na fydd Cymro yn gallu darllen. os nad sgrifeni, ei iaith. a phan mae y Llywodraeth wedi cyfreithloni dysgu Cymraeg yn ein hysgolion dyddiol X a. mae bywyd yn gryf yn yr hen iaith. ac erys prophwyd- oliaeth Taliesin yn hir etc. Ac nid lies byehan i'r Cymro fydd hyn. Y mae y ffaith fod y Gymraeg yn cael ei siarad yng Nghymru heddyw yn un o'r rhagorfreintiau penaf a all ein cenedl gael. Y mae y Saeson yn dioddef yn fawr oherwydd y golled. Ar y Cyfandir mae dwy iaith yn cael eu dysgu yn agos ym mhob ysgol, a hawdd gall hyny fod, gan y siaredir dwy iaith ar gyffiniau pob gwlad yno. Siaredir Ffrancaeg a'r Almanaeg yn Alsace a Lorraine, ac ar gyifiniau y ddwy wlad. Siaredir Ffrancaeg. Almanaeg. a'r Italian yng ngwlad y Sir!xx. Siaredir Almanaeg a'r Magyar yn Hungary, a'r Almanaeg a iaith eu hun gan Czechs Bohemia. Ond mae gagendor mawr. fel pe bae. wedi ei osod rhwng Lloegr a r byd. Y mae r mor. a ymgeleddodd Lloegr rhag- llawer perygl a thywydd blin. yn ymladd yn ei herbyn yn hyn. Niddysgir Ffrancaeg gystled yn ysgolion Lloegr ag y gwneir yn yr Aimaen, am y rheswm nad yw'r Sais yn gyffredin yn cael un mentais i glywed yr iaith yn cael ei siarad. Ond os na all y Cymro, fel Sais. ddysgu Ffrancaeg yn iawn. y mae ganddo gyflc i ddysgu dwy iairh ac i glywed dwy iaith yn cael ei siarad. Y mae Cymraeg a Saesneg yn cael eu siarad ymysg bryniau Cymru. Nid wyf yn dweyd nac yn meddwl fod gwybodaeth o Gymraeg mor fanteisiol, mewn ystyr arianol. ag yw gwyb- odaeth o Ffrancaeg neu Almanaeg. Ond dyvvedaf yn ddibetrus fod gwybodaeth o Gymraeg. fel modd o addysg, mor werthfawr ac mot. fanteisiol a gwybodaeth o unrhyw iaith ardl. A ddiystyrwn ni hi, gan hyny, am ei bed 3-11 agos.' A anwy- byddwn ni ein braint am ei bod yn rliad ] Na deifroed Cymru mewn pryd, a chymered afael yn ei braint. Yr ym, fel cenedl, wedi gwneyd llawer aberth er mwyn addysgu'n plant. Y mae yn gofus genvf am lawer tad a mam dlawd sydd wedi abertnu llawer o'u cysuron er mwyn danfon eu mhab i'r coleg. A ddiystyrwn ni. ynte. yr hyn na raid i ni wneyd aberth er ei gael.' Na feddylied neb mai byehan yw'r mantais o wybod dwy iaith. Y bobl ddwy-ieithog ar y Cyfandir yw'r bobl fwyaf ddeallgar. A dywed y dysg- awdwr Mahaffy yn ei lyfryn ar The Art of Coit- rrrx/itio/i." fel yma:—"The chief cause of the talking or social abilities of some peasantries over others is the fact that their proximate ancestors were a bilingual people. Thus the great majority of the West Irish and Xorth Scotch peasants are descended from grandfathers whose talk oscillated between Celtic and English, and who were. therefore, constantly educated in intelligence by the problem of translating ideas from one language into another, not to mention the distinct inherit- ance of the special ideas peculiar to each and every langoage. Y mae Mr. Mahalfy wedi dweyd yn Seisneg yr hyn yr oeddwn i yn ceisio ei ddweyd yn Gymraeg. Y mae yn addysg," meddai. i gyf- ieithu drychfeddyliau o un iaith i'r Hall, heblaw cyfrif yr etifeddiaeth arbenig o'r drychfeddyliau neilldeuol i bob iaith." Y mae hyn mor wir am Gymraeg ag y mae am un iaith arall. Cymerwch, Gymraeg ag y mae am un iaith arall. Cymerwch, fel engraifft. weithiau Ceiriog. A all un dyn gyf- ieichu Myfanwy Fychan i'r Saesneg A all un iaith arall wneyd cyfiawnder ft "Alun Mabon" Y maent yn llawn barddoniaeth byw yn Gymraeg. ond cyfieithwch hwy i'r Saesneg. a braidd na ellid dweyd mai ffclineb ydynt. Xeu cymerwch hymnau Cymru fel engraifft. Bydd myrdd o ryfeddodau Ar doriad boreu wawr. Pan ddelo plant y tonau Yn iach o'r cystudd mawr." Pwy all gyfieithuplant tuna 11 ? The children of the ai e! Ond ni rydd v cyfieithiad yr un syniad i m'i. er fod y geiriau yn gyfystyr. Neu cymerwch engraifft arall. Yr ydym yn siarad yn fynych am liw gwawr-goch." Beth yw gwawr- goch" o'i gyfieithu 1 Rather red." meddweh o nage—" the dawn of red." ynte Pwy glywodd son am Sais yn siarad am the dawn of red" Ond y mae barddoniaeth yng ngeiriau v Gymraeg. ac ni wyr y rhai a'u defnyddiant yn fynych ddim am dano. Os collwn ein hiaith. ni a gollwn ar yr un pryd ein hetifeddiaeth o lenyddiaeth a neilldu- olion y Gymraeg. Trueni mawr, serch hyny. fod y iaith yn cael en harfer mor ddiofal ag y mae ac yn hyn yr wyf yn cydfyned a Morien i'r eithaf. Ac y mae yn rhai dyweyd fod pregethwyr Cymru i'w beio i raddau helaeth am hyn. Dywed Morien ei fod wedi (ac yr ym yn cofio ein hun) elywed pregethwyr yn dweyd PI'I'I'/I!/f/ti¡'I' ein Duw yn maddeu pechod." Xid ym yn credu y dylid Cym- reigeiddio pobpeth. Xid ym yn credu mewn galw (Iroeer yn Felusionydd," fel ei gelwid ym mhapyr y Cyfrifiad yn 1851. Nid jrdym chwaith yn meddwl mai da yw galw'r tren yn gerbydres, na steshon yn orsaf. na thelegram yn bellebyr. Gwell genyf fi ddefnyddio gair Seisneg cyn creu gair Cymraeg, gan fy mod yn gwybod fod y gair a grewyd yn fwy dieithr ac aflan a hyll na gair wedi ei lygru o'r Seisneg. Ond os oes gair Cymraeg clasurol i'w gael. nid oes un esgus am beidio gwneyd defnydd o hono. Paham. ynte, Prerojta- tire" ac nid Uchelfraint, gan mae'r un ystyr sydd i'r ddau.' Y inae llawer o wir yn yr hyn a ddywed Morien. fod gwirionedd wrth wraidd Wil Brydydcl y Coed." Gadewch i ni gadw ein hiaith yn fyw ac yn bur. +.— DIC-SHON-DAFYDDION CYMRU. [GAN lAGO GELE;] MR. GOL.,—Y mae tipyn 0 brofiad yn dysgu llawer i bobl yn y byd yma, ac yn peri i ni ddeall fod llawer iawn o wahanol fathau o honom yn y byd ynm-rhai yn wyn, rhai yn ddu, lhai yn goeii, rhai yn felyn, rhai yn fawr, rhai yn fach, rhai yn alluog, rhai yn analluog, rhai yn dda. lhai yn ddrwg, rhai yn dduwiol, rhai yn annuwiol, rhai yn egwyddoroi, a rhai yn dthegvvyddor ac or affirywiol ddosparthiadau yma, y mwyaf anriiixid- efol a dirinygedig o'r oil ydyw y diegwyddor. Y mae bod yn wyn neu ddu, yn goch nen felyn, mawr neu fach. &c., yn eithaf naturiol i'r rhai sydd felly, ac y mae byw yn dduwiol mor naturiol i'r dyn duwiol ag ydyw i'r pysgodyn chwareu yn y dwfr, ac y mae byw yn annuwiol i'r dyn annuwiol diailenedig lawn mor naturiol a hyny cyhyd ag y bydd yn y cyflwr hwnw, ac felly yr ydym yn gallu dvgymod a llawer o bethau annyimmol mewn dynion cyhyd ag y byddont yn gyson a hwy eu hunain. Ond y mae pawb yn hwtio ac yn ffieiddio y diegwyddor, y twyilwr, y bradwr, a'r rhag- rithiwr, ac y mae y liaith fy mod yn defnyddio y termau uchod o dan y penawd hwn yn golygu fy mod yn ystyried fod y sawl sydd yn ddigon diegwyddor i wadu ei iaith yn cael ei lywociraethu gan yr egwyddor- ion sydd yn cynyrchu pob un o'r pethau uchott. Y mae yn ddigon naturiol a dymunol i bawb wneyd eu goreu 0 r byd hwn a'i bethau i wella eu hunain o ntn en hamgylchiadau, iVc., a rhwydd hynt iddynt wneyd hyny, os gallant wneyd hyny luewn íÏonlù onest ac an- rhydeddus; ac, o r ochr arall, os bydd i ddynion fethu yn eu hamgylchiadan wedi gwneyd eu goreu i ddef- nyddio y byd heb ei gam-ddefnyddio, nis gellir eu beio, ac nid ydyw yn un dianrliydedd i'r cyfryw eu bod wedi methu, ac anglienfil o ddyn fuasai yn ilweyd gair yn fach am y cyfryw. Ond peth armaturiol iawn ac an- nyoddefol i w gweled dyn, am ei fed wedi llwvddo tipyn yn y byd ac am fed Rhagluniaeth wedi gwcnu arno yn ei amgylchiadau, yn ymfalchio ac yn yni- chwyddo i'r fath raddau nes y teiinla ei bod yn ddi- anrhydedd iddo ef siarad Cymraeg mwyach—yn tlist/riice i ddyn o'i safle ef i siarad Cymraeg yr hen iaith sydd mor anwyl a chysegredig gan bob Cymro teilwng o'r enw hen iaith ag y mae ein tadau wedi ymladd hyd at waed trosti; hen iaith ag y mae Duw wedi ddefnyddio yn gyfrwng i achub miloedd i fywyd tragwyddol trwyddi hen iaith ag sydd wedi bod yn gyfrwng i danio Cymru benbaladr a sain can a moliant i Dduw ein tadau a'n mhamau. Ond y mae Dic-Shon- Dafydd wedi esgyn uwchlaw siarad hon—yr iaith ag y mae y teulu breuiiinol yn ystyried yn werth myned i dralierth i ddysgu brawddeg o houi; yr iaith ag y mae mawrion y byd yn ei theimlo yn anrhydedd arnynt eu bod yn gallu ei siarad aÏ deall y iaith a gyfaddeiir gan brif dilysgedigion y byd i fod yn un o'r ieit'ioedd rhagoraf a chytlawnaf mewn bod yr iaith sydd wcui dal holl ryfcrthwy bradwrus a iiehell- gar Dic-Saon-Dafyddion yr oesau ac hefyd sydd yn favy byw heddyw nag erioed. (I'/r harhan.) GAIR 0 GYDYMDEIMLAD. AT OLYGYDD SEREN Y DE." Mr. GOL..—Gwelaf eich bod wedi bod yn nod i saethaii eich gelynion, ond mi a hyderaf eich bod uwchlaw gwneyd svlw o honynt. (xellid gymeryd cysur yn y liaith eich bod i fyny yn rliyw le, neu ni buaisent yn gwneyd sylw o honoch, o herwycld i fyny y mae cenfigen yn saethu ))ob a;ser. Os bydd i chwi arlwyo y bwrdd fel ag yr ydych wedi gwneyd hyd yma, bydd y SEKEX yn sicr o gael cviehreciiad helaeth. Rhodder chwareu teg i bawb i wneyd y goreu o'r byd. Parhaed brawdgarweh. CYMRO.

SELECTED POETRY, GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE. When wil* thou save the people? o God of mercy, when ? Not kings and lords, but nations Not thrones and crowns, but men Flowers of thy heart, 0 God, are they Let them not pass, like weeds away, Their heritage a sunless day. God save the people Shall crime bring crime for ever, Strength aiding still the strong ? Is it thy will, 0 Father, That man shall toil for wrong ? "No," say Thy mountains, No," Thy skies; Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise, And songs ascend instead of sighs. God save the people When wilt thou save the people ? 0 God of mercy, when ? The people, Lord, the people, I Xot thrones and crowns, but men God save the people Thine they are, Thy children, as Thine Angels fair From vice, oppression, and despair. Go'd save the people EBENEZER ELLIOTT.

MY FIRST TRIUMPH. AN ELECTION SKETCH.. [BY ADONIS.] It was in the spring of 18— and I was quite a young man. My friends, relations, and neigh- bours imagined they discovered in me a talent for public life. I was consequently pressed upon to become the candidate for the forthcoming Local Board Election at Ebargoviant. Great dissatisfac- tion prevailed amongst the populace, owing to the careless way in which the retiring members had performed their duties. After due deliberation I decided to contest one of the seats. Great was the consternation of my enemies, for they saw in the chosen candidate a foe to all their misdeeds and a man who would dare oppose and give publicity to their wrong doings. The following notice, com- posed by my chief supporter, therefore, appeared in due course. Adonis,' who seeks the suffrages of the electors of Ebargoviant. is a man of the greatest abilities and integrity. His estate is large and extensive his wants are supplied by the oil of his tongue he made an oath against work when in his youth, and has never been known to break it. No candi- date has more right to the votes of the people than he, and we feel bound in honour to support him and do all in our power to return hint." This was posted on the walls, printed on leaflets, and scattered broadcast everywhere in the town. As it ,c, happened, I had fallen in love a few weeks pre- viously with the sweetest girl on earth. She saw the notice, and when next I called upon her she asked. Is is true that you are a candidate for elec- tion Of course it is," I replied. Then," she said with a smile, it is my bounden duty to do all I can in your favour. You must address a meeting of the electors as soon as pos- sible. and lay your views before them. I shall come there and speak." My darling." I cried. "you have always been my guardian angel, and I am sure your support will greatly help me." A meeting was therefore arranged to be held. I knew what I had to do. jLlice had told me that I must please the heaviest ratepayers, and these were Mr. J. Norant. Mr. J. Conseet, and Mr. W. De Flash. The meeting was held. On the platform we had a number of the greatest men in town, and among them was my Alice, fresh as a rose, and as beautiful. The Chairman, in a few well chosen remarks, introduced me to the meeting, which, after clear- ing my throat, I addressed as follows :— 41 Gentlemen,—I am heartily glad to see so great a number of my friends attend so early on this great and important occasion. If I should be so happy as to be the object of your choice, depend upon it that your great requests shall be my sole study, both asleep and awake."—I was hear inter- rupted by a bag of flour which fell on my head and covered me all over. The chairman called for order and I continued. I am determined," I said, at the same time endeavouring to clear my mouth of a large quantity of flour which had been de- posited therein. I am determined to oppose Mr. Noodle in every measure he proposes and that my electors shall have porter at threepence a pot." 4i Hear, hear," resounded through the room, while the applause which followed was simply deafening. I think it is immoral that any Government should exist on the proceeds of a tax on alcohol. and am therefore in favour of the abolition of all duties on beer and spirits. (Deafening applause.) I advocate also the limitation of the hours of work to four hours a day, and the workman should be paid a full day's wages for that time. (Cheers.) Education should not only be free, but children, since they are compelled by law to go to school, should be paid for devoting their young lives to the arduous work of education, (Loud applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, our present social and political system is rotten to the core and I am therefore, 111 favour of reform all round. (Loud and continued cheering, during which I sat down.) I was not surprised to find that I had won everybody over to my side. I promised to look after everybody's interests a road should be made to one voter's house, another would be granted a theatre license, and all the rates should be reduced to a minimum. My strongest opponent was a military man. who told his audience how he had travelled through the wilds of Africa, how he had encountered wild beasts, breakfasted and toasted muffins at the mouth of a volcano, how hunger had compelled him to banquet on the carcase of a dead alligator, and how lie had lived on terms of the strictest intimacy with the savage tribes of the Dark Continent. Well. to go on with my story, the day of election was fast approaching, Alice and I canvassed together. Happily, we both possessed a number of engaging, familiar, and condescending qualities, as witness the following :— "Silall I help you, my friend," said I to a railway porter, whom I knew to be an opponent. Yes, doar." added Alice, carry the box for the poor tired man. he seems so weary." Thank you, ma'am thank you, sir," said the poor man. while Alice smiled her sweetest. From that day that porter was one of my chief supporters. Oh we got on swimmingly. We visited almost everybody, shook hands with fisher- men. pulled off my hat to the organ grinder's wife. went round the various clubs, drank pailfuls of all kinds of liquors, and generally became prime favourites. Really. I never, before or since, had a better view of human nature in its basest attire riot and drunkenness were the order of the day, and bribery and perjury walked hand in hand. I herewith cull a few notes from my diary regarding my expenses Laid out in victuals at the George Inn, 4 To expenses of a dinner to my supporters (24 in number), 30 6. To tobacco and drinks, 2, 6. That will do. Those will serve as specimens of the expense I incurred. But there was Alice. She had laid out a considerable amount of money for ribbons and flowers, and dances, l\:C., &c. And the bill came one day. Oh dear. I shall never forget the sensation. Twenty-five pounds in- clusive One morning, it was election day/, I was accosted in the street by a man of doubtful ap- pearance. who addressed me as follows :— My dear sir. I have done my best for you. Canvassed for you. spoken in your favour, bribed for you, stood drinks for you. and I am sure you will get in." Thank you. my man. thank you. Is there anything more I can do to secure your retLLri-i he asked. Tears stood in my eyes as I observed the de- votion of this faithful follower, and I replied in the negative. •' Well, then, sir." he added, ''I suppose the flitch of bacon will be ready to-nght." What do you mean I asked in wonder. "Don't you know," he interrogated, that the most faithful follower of the successful candidate can claim a flitch of bacon if he has not quarrelled with his vrife during election time." This was a surprise indeed, but in order to amuse myself, I asked. And how did you manage not to quarrel once ? Oh! easily enough." be replied a knowing wink. I have not been at home for a fortnight." The election was over. At the top of the poll stood I. long ahead of my nearest opponent, and great indeed was the jubilation of my sturdy supporters. It was but a matter of a few hours before we were one and all safe in the arms of Bacchus, and I awoke in the morning to find another formidable bill My head ached, my limbs were stiff, my mouth was parched, as I lay in a dark room scented with flowers. But a fairer flower than all the rest stood by my bed when I awoke some days after, for the great excitement had thrown me into a fever, through which I was tended with the utmost care by the one who had so sturdily aided me in my last trial, Li-e still, dear," she said. you are not yet out of danger. Here is a letter for you." I opened it. It was a notification that a petition had been lodged against my return for alleged bribery and corruption. I lost my seat, but I won my Alice. It is now years ago, but I have not since sought the most sweet voices of the enlightened electors of Ebargoviant. I leave it to others to to make promises that they cannot fulfil: I leave to others the delirious joy of making platform speeches and breathing the maddening incense of popular applause others may have the pleasure of shaking workmen's horny hands, or kissing their children's greasy faces others may talk of the rights of man, and of the working man in especial: others may inveigh againt the oppression of the poor, and the selfishness of the rich. I am contend- to sit in my cosy armchair with my pipe and grog, and look at Alice preparing for her charitable excursions among the sick and needy, to aid her in packing her calf's-foot jelly and her little tit- bits. and sometimes do a little silent good myself, which no one but the recipient and God knows of, and for which I get and expect no credit.

REVIEWS OF PUBLICATIONS, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORTER. (Is.) — The frontispiece to the April number is an excellent re- production by the Woodbury Type Company of the Hoar Frost study, A winter's morning" by Mr. T. S. Mansell, L.D.S., which was contributed to the Amateur I'lioto;/ rajther "Snow and Hoar Frost" competition, and which was awarded the first prize. The magazine is replete with charming photo- graphs of "Foot of Aber Fall," "All on a frosty morning." Hoar Frost in Bolney Woods," and A Christmas Visitor." A good word is given to some Welsh amateur photo- graphers, among whom we notice the names of Mr. A. L. M. Brown, of Barry, for his And it was wintry weather," and Mrs. Cleasby's (Brecon) Study in black and white." Mr. Webster writes a readable account iof A visit to Algiers and Morocco, with the Camera," and Photographic Yarn" in verse from Mr. Martin Dickins. The magazine is well printed on good paper, and the general get up is excellent. [London, Hazell. Watson, and Viney, Limited, 1, Creed-lane, E.C.] THE CARDIFF CONGREGATIONAL MAGAZINE. The April number contains a deal of interesting matter which all members of the denomination should peruse. Papers on The Qualifications of a Teacher," by Lewis Jones and M. M. Jones, occupy the premier position in the number. The Con- gregational Hero" this month, is Richard Firz. the founder Of the first Congregational Church, about wh6m, however, little or nothing is known. The editor, the Rev. J. A. Jenkins, B.A., is to be con- gratulated on the compilation of the news of local churches. (Roberts Bros., Docks, Cardiff.) HYMNAIT A THONAU I'R YSGOL SABBOTHOL. The second part of the Hymns and Tunes for the Sunday School, which are published under the patronage of the committee of the Methodist Union, is to hand, and contains some bright hymn- tunes suitable for children. Welsh musicians are well represented by Alaw Ddu, Thos. Davies, Llan- trissant Ieuan Gwyllt. Mrs. Watts Hughes, and L. J. Roberts, Aberayron. The latter gentleman, who is at present an undergraduate at Oxford, is still a young man. and great things may be ex- pected of him in Welsh music and literature. (Carnarvon W. Gwylym Evans.)

LLANTWIT-MAIOR NOTES. The local members of the Primrose League held a field night at the Town Hall. Llantwit-Major, on Wednesday, the 8th inst. The chief attraction of the evening was a certain Mr. Greenwood Hartley, from the Grand Council of the Primrose League, with a magic lantern, and the oft-told tale of Irish- men's shortcomings. The speaker was blessed with a real Irish brogue, and gifted with an Irishman's native wit, which, together with a talent for buffoonery, added greatly to the amusement of the children and .young people pre- sent. If logic and argument were not in his repertoire, his vocabulary was well stowed with slang phrases and smart liighly-spicsd music-hall gag, which gave the impression to the audience that a new venture in the political arena was started—namely, that of a political cheap jack. Mr. Hartley was announced to speak on current topics. But so ignorant was the speeches on the questions of the day. that he spoke of the allot- ments question as an exploded fallacy, forgetting that the party he professes to support has adopted the question, passed one Bill with the aid of their Unionist friends, and are now about to pass an amendment to that Act. For the last fourteen days lie appears to have been suffering from somnambulism, as he boldly asserted that under our present Government wars and rumours of wars were unknown. The disaster to our forces in India, he was. judging from his statement, in total ignorance of. Would to God that the friends of the massacred Indian officers and the country at large could wake and fined it all a dream but alas facts are stubborn things, and we find the Tories of to-day, as of old. rushing into expeditions, the end of which no human power can foesee. The town of Portsmouth he held up as a model town of intelligence, blessed with its free libraries and other advantages, where working men would not know a Gladstonian from a wild beast escaped from a travelling menagerie. Well. save us, in this benighted country district, from such advantages, if their effect is to be such utter igno- rance of the affairs of our country and of the men who aspire to rule us. The eight hours question he treated as a myth, oblivious of the fact that, as the straw shows the way the wind blows, so we find the Conservative members who happen to sit for industrial centres showing us which way the land lies with the Conservative party on that question. For his enlightenment I would advise him to read the speeches of Messrs. Dugdale and Muntz, mem- bers for North Warwickshire. Mr. Hartley's lime-light views' of an Irish eviction scene was a highly-coloured picture, in which the poor evicted tenant was shewn as a hardened ruffian, while the officers of the Royal Irish constabulary were made to shine as models of long-suffering, injured innocence. This special defence of the Irish policemen reminded me of a celebrated Old Bailey criminal advocate, with this difference, that Mr. Hartley seemed to have a more intimate acquaintance with the vagaries of an Irish policeman. The performance concluded with a portrait of our gracious Majesty the Queen, when we were all asked for her sake to return Sir Morgan to St. Stephen's, to assist in maintaining her dominions intact. The taste that introduced Her Majesty's name into a political controversy was quite in conformity with the speaker's previous remarks, and was a fitting epilogue to a speech as offensive as it was devoid of political argument. PELAGIUS.

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