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THOMAS DAVIS.
THOMAS DAVIS. [BY ALIQUIS]. (To the Young Wales Society of Harry T dedicate this sketch.') In a story that I wrote a month or two ago for the South Wales Star, entitled a Daughter of the Geraldines." I tried to interest the readers of the South Wales Star in the sister Celtic Nationality of Ireland by showing them at least one scene in her hour of suffering and agony, when the banner of the triumphant nationalism that Grattan raised in 1782 sank in a sea of treachery and blood. I propose on the present occasion to present a later scene in the history of the most distressful country," but I have now no intention to resort to fiction. The story of Thomas Da. vis is as romantic and pathetic as that of Romeo and Juliet or of the Bride of Lammermoor, and ic has what those stories have not a real and true moral for us who live to-day. and especially ton those of us who live in Wales. To Young Wales their noblest com- patriot who learnt the great lesson that many Welshmen of to-day have yet to learn, the lesson of unselfish devotion to a high ideal, speaks still above the bray of discordant sects and the shrieks of self-interested partisans, and calls on Wales, the land of his fathers, to remember that national- ism" has been advocated too exclusively by narrow appeals to economy, and sought by means which Deither conciliated nor frightened its opponents He bids us take a nobler stand, and tells us if we take it we shall succeed by arraying the deep strong passions of men's hearts in favour of our cause." Thomas Davits was born at Mallow, near Cork, in 1814. His father, in his own words, was "a gentleman of Welsh blood," while his mother, the -daughter of an Anglo-Irish-Xorman family, traced back her line to the great Norman house of Howard—and what Davis loved better to remem- ber, to the great Celtic house of O'Sullivan Beare (Duffy's Life of Davis, p. 3). At an early age Davis went with his family to live at Dublin, but one of his earliest ballads, on the Bride of Mallow. shows that-he never forgot the scenes of his boyhood. The Dublin that he saw as a youth was the Dublin of Burke-yet with a difference. In Burke's youth, as in Davis's, Protestant ascen- dancy reigned supreme but while in Burke's day there was hope and there was patriotism, in Davis's youth all hope seemed to have passed away. Ireland a nation had been tried in the days of Grattan, and the experiment had collapsed, so men said, in revolution and blood. The gentry of Ireland had ceased to be patriots. They had for- gotten the traditions of Swift, of Molyneux, of Lucas, and of Grattan, and had sunk, some into the role of an English garrison force, while the majority were absentee spendthrifts. A Church more fiercely alien than ever to the nation-for the broad and liberal Churchmanship of Grattan had yielded to a narrow and persecuting Evangelicism --drew from the country larger endowments than any other Church in Europe, and ministered to not a twelfth of the nation. Although the Roman Catholics had received the franchise from Grattan's Parliament, they were ineligible for election, and all offices of trust and emolument were in the hands of the Protestant oligarchy; while, as the years rolled on, the peasantry saw their lot become more and more hopeless, as the extortioner, now more than ever an absentee, robbed them of the fruit of generations of toil in the name of rent. and turned them from the lands that they had tilled to starve on the roadside. And yet things were no longer peaceful. The dream of a united Ireland free to work out her own salvation had, it was true, passed away but the famished peasantry were no longer passive serfs. They were organised for rebellion, and in Daniel O'Connel they had found a leader. But the new movement could only raise the gloomiest fears in the patriotic heart. It was true that a bigotry, as fierce, as stern, as narrow, as that of the dominant class was now arrayed against them, but there was little prospect of anything to arise from this war of factions, except an eternity of misery for the unhappy country which they might in turn oppress. And yet. amid this wild scene of strife and turmoil the young Thomas Davis, at school and college, could yet dream dreams of a. brighter and happier future for the distressed land. In youth he cared little for the ordinary sports of the school boy at college he won little distinction in the ordinary academic grooves. And yet, like Edmund Burke, he studied and he dreamt. Of his boyhood's dreams he has said, What thoughts were mine in early youth Like some old Irish song, Brimful of love, and life, and truta, My spirit gushed along. I hoped to right my native isle, I hoped a soldier's fame, I hoped to rest in woman's smile, And win a minstrel's name. And from that day through wildest woe, That hope has shone a far light; Nor could life's brightest summer glow Outshine that solemn starlight. It seemed to watch above my head In forum field and fane; Its angel voice sang round my bed A nation once again While," says his biographer, the young men about him were dreaming, as the goal of life, to win the great seal or episcopal lawn, this silent student had a rarer and more daring ambition. He resolved to be the servant of his country, as the great men of old, who had touched his heart, had been. If he devoured history, and the historical romance and drama which light up the past, and pondered on the codes, annals, and memoirs, the speculations of economists and moralists, who dis- closed the laws which govern human conduct, tt was that he might not be an unprofitable servant." At Trinity, Dublin, he, however, found congenial friends. However aristocratic a University may be in constitution, it must, nevertheless, mirror, better than any other organised body in a country, its higher life and, what is of even greater im- portance, it will show most clearly the ideal to which the nation tends. It was at Aberystwith College that Cymru Fydd was born. Trinity, Dublin, gave birth not only to the Young Ireland movement, but also to the Volunteers of '82, and to the United Irishmen. The spirit of Trinity, Dublin, like that of con- temporary Oxford, was in fierce revolt against the dominant spirit of the age. The age of the forties was an age of materialism. Louis Philippe, in France, was the citizen king. The Liberal policy of England was Man can live by bread alone." The fact was that the old idea of the eighteenth oentury laissez faire in politics (which had for its concomitant, classicism in art) continued to be the policy of the governing classes throughout Europe. True it was that a better and nobler ideal had been given to the world by the philosophy of Burke, and the pictured page of Scott, by the patriotic life of the German statesman Stein, and by the martyrdon of Hoffer, the peasant patriot of the Tyrol. Men had learnt from such writings and such lives the higher ideal of patriotism and duty, but though the governing classes had been all too willing to turn such feelings to their own ends as weapons to strike the soulless despotism of a Napoleon, but in their policy and their minds where their own subjects Were concerned such a consideration had no place. Modern Anglicism" wrote Davies to a friend, i.e. Utilitarianism the creed of Russell and Peel, as well as of the Radicals, this thing call it Yankeeism or Englishism, which measures pros- perity by exchangeable value, measures duty by gain, and limits desires to food, clothes and re- spectability—this thing has come into Ireland Under the Whigs, and is equally the favourite of the Peel Tories. It is believed in the political assemblies in our cities, preached from our pulpits, it is the very Apostles creed of the professions, and threatens to corrupt the lower classes who are still faithful and romantic." Materialism spells seltishness. individualism that preaches all for self, that jeers at everything that the present cannot turn to pounds, shillings, and pence, is the antithesis of nationalism. To Religious men and to patriots the doctrines of the Manchester School were loathsome. Oxford gave its great protest in the Tractarian movement. Trinity, Dublin, gave it in the" Nation." Im- partial German critics see that both the protests against materialism and selfishness came from the same sourcetha-t they were both logically descended from Burke's philosophic vindication of historic National life against the levellers of the day, who thought that the destructive obstructions of French Philosophy would suffer for the politics of all time, a vindication which Sir Walter Scott made Poetry, and which forms the explanation of one of the great movements in the politics of to-day. In academic Oxford the protest took a religious form, and attacked the sham Liberalism of the hour on its religious side. In the academic society °f academic Dublin, where men had only to look t'Oland them to see That never lived a nation yet could rule another well," the. utilitarian philosophy of the English Whigs, ch meant, in plain English, landlord robbery and alien misrule, called into existence a band of students who hated the sham Liberalism of Eng- ird as much as Newman and Pusey abhored Jt* hut who were patriots rather than theologians, "flC|noerat8, rather thap sacerdotaluta. Among these young men there arose the idea of a national'newspaper, which should appeal to the Irish nation in the name of morality and patriotism, which should tell the youth of the country that they had still a country to live for, as had their fathers in the old days—Hugh O'Neill, Sarsfield, and Grattan. How the idea took shape, let Sir Charles Gavan Duffy say :— It was at this time, in the autumn of 1841, that I made Davis's acquaintance at the Repeal Association, and Dillon's (the father of the present Mr. John Dillon) at the Register Office, where I had preceded him in an acquaintance to journalism. I was in town only for a few days, to keep terms at the King's Inn, and had no opportunity of culti- vating their acquaintance before returning to Belfast, where I then edited a bi-weekly newspaper. But they were so unlike all I had previously seen of Irish journalists that I was eager to know more of them. On returning to Dublin in the spring of 1842 I met them in the hall of the four Courts, and they put off their gowns and walked out with me to the Phoenix Park, to have a frank talk about Irish affairs. We soon found that our purpose was the same-to raise up Ireland socially, morally, and politically. and to put the sceptre of self-government into her hands. I proposed that we should establish and conduct a weekly paper as an organ of the opinions we held in common. Seated under a noble elm in the Park, facing Kilmainham ('the Bastille of Ireland '), we debated the project and agreed on the general plan. I was to find funds and under- take the editorship, and we were to recruit con- tributors among our friends. We separated on an agreement to meet again in the summer and launch the journal in the autumn." (lh be continu!'tl.)
IA UNIVERSAL GRIEVANCE.
I A UNIVERSAL GRIEVANCE. I [BY SILVEBPEN.] Flesh and blood can stand it no longer Driver to the verge of insanity, I will confide my case tc the public, as from the public feeling alone I can hope for redress of my long-continued grievance, which, by-the-bye. is a lodger's, and an universal I one withal. Tailored man, seedy, and out-at- elbows, can get his integuments brushed up or fine-drawn, until fortune presents him with a new suit: but, sempstressed man cannot get even a button put on his shirt in these days. No not if he were to crack his heart-strings in the asking. z' Driven, as I before remarked, to the verge of dis- traction by my landlady's negligence in this par- ticular, I feel compelled to turn social reformer, and may my particular misfortune be the little seed from which shall spring a birch-tree, big enough to whip all feminine creation into the path of duty. Like most other reformers, my mind has been led to a consideration of the magnitude of the general, aye universal, evil, by having had a pretty bitter taste of it in my individual lot. Now, understand me, good reader, I do not say but that my landlady is an excellent little woman, and is very much attached to me. As I am a great politician, she takes an interest in politics, and enters into all my views, and it is simply charming to see the passion she will get into whenever my speeches in the Tonypandy Public-hall are badly reported. Yes, I do not deny but that my landlady does her duty thoroughly in many respects, especially towards her "dear little children"; but-she does not sew on my shirt buttons. I can neither coax nor scold her into remembering the matter at the right time. She always says, Well I never heard of a man. at least a lodger, who pulls his buttons off at the rate you do. It must be done on purpose." It was only last week that I was to go down upon an important affair to Pontypridd to meet a man at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and was to J decide upon a piece of business which, if made in time, would secure me a neat hundred." I was called at eight. Everything I wanted was ready to my hand, and all the minutiae were there. "Good creature she is," thougrht I. She rp.fI.llv 1'" her weight in gold," and I was far gone in a medi- tation on the economy and convenience of lodgings when I came to a sudden halt—" a change came o*er the spirit of my dream." My right hand held between its thumb and forefinger the buttonless waistband of the left sleeve. Dismayed, I seized the other waistband. There was a button, indeed but in the last stage, clinging on, and would not survive a thrust through its destined hole. 1 made a desperate dash at my throat, and (crowning point of misery ') my fingers grasped a wretched button, and hung by a thread, which they actually lost the power to snap. You might have knocked me down with the button. As I threw myself on a chair my eye' fell on the watch. Five minutes to nine! Mighty shades of Taliesin, hear I stamped the floor furiously. I demanded a landlady, with needle, cotton, and buttons im- mediately. Yes, sir did I not want breakfast ?" No I no no I Buttons, and a being that can sew them on." Whole centuries did it seem to me while that landlady kept we waiting. She came at last, and whole decades did it seem while she was operating upon my luckless shirt with her clumsy fingers. I sat like a martyr. Solemnly do I protest that I do not know whether that voune- woman was pretty or not; though in sewing the final button on the collar, her face was close enough for me to see (near sighted as I am) that there was a lurking devil of fun in her eye. Once she gave me a slight prick with her needle • and when I started she begged my pardon, adding' that it was a ill-conveniency to have the buttons sewed after a gentleman had put on his shirt." I groaned it was ten minutes past nine. In vain I rushed like the north wind to Dinas station but I was too late, and a more punctuous fellow got my bargain. Since then my landlady has never been allowed to forget that d6100 lost: and she does seem a little ashamed. I told the story to a young friend of mine, who is about getting married. and whom I warned at the beginning of his matri- monial career as to the importance of buttons to his shirts. As 1 have not yet learned to take the want of a button quietly, and as it is the only source of discord between the landlady and myself I am determined to try and remove it. Private' remonstrance is unavailing, the thing occurred again this morning, and now I am resolved to effect a radical reform all over the country. My present object is, to form an Anti-buttonhole Shirt League, and to agitate the question in every legal way. We will have monster lodger meetings at the Tonypandy Public-hall (when it is ready), and the landladies of Mid-Rhondda will be addressed by Mrs. B-- on the subject. It shall be proved to them that it is a just demand we make. We merely ask, at first, A fair amount of buttons for a day shirt." Afterwards we will assert our right to a due number for our "nightly wearing." In fact, dear reader, this is a question that ought tl become national, and should secure a place-yep. a foremost place- in Mr. Alfred Thomas's Welsh National Institu- tion's Bill, which, if he did, he would immortalise himself in the mind of every conscientious heaven-born lodger, because I honestly believe it comes home to every man's bosom. I am so con- vinced of the prevalence of this great evil, and the strong feeling of discontent which it has produced, that I entertain no doubt that these few words, feeble as they are to reach the height of this great argument," will be like the little match which fires the train of gunpowder. I am not a song composer myself, but I dare say some one at leastf of the great army of lodgers, to which I have the honour to belong, will set his fertile brain to work, and then we may adopt some national song, in hope that it may be sung at all the popular meetings of the Anti-buttonhole Shirt League, and, with this hope, I bid a long adieu to°the Tonypandy public.
THE ELECTION IN THE OGMORE…
THE ELECTION IN THE OGMORE VALLEY. ALLEGED BOYCOTTING OF LOCAL TRADESMEN. Our Bridgend reporter writes :-Despite the fact that the issue of the above contest is already decided, much excitement prevails at Nantymoel, more especially as to the rumour of certain allega- tions of the boycotting of tradesmen in the place. Demonstrations in favour of the unsuccessful can- didate are frequent, and street scenes, at which exciting crowds gather, have nearly brought prominent persons into trouble. Itespectin- other allegations of boycotting certain local tradesmen because they had the courage to pronounce their opinion, enquiry was made of the tradesmen themselves, and it is to be deplored that there is a great amount of truth in the allegations. Instances were sub- mitted, and no other reason can possibly be suggested. It is well known that the persons who promoted the candidature of Mr. Jenkins, as well as the greater amount of his supporters, reside in Nantymoel, and these now endeavour by divers means to strike terror into the hearts of the small minority of opponents. One man has already had his window broken, and is losing a lot of his custom. One of the officials of the Ocean Colliery, in a subsequent talk, when attention was called to these instances, said it was only a bit of fun," but the tradesmen fail to see where the, fun comes in. It is rumoured, also, that police-court prosecutions will be instituted, which, if true, will rob them of the jocular side of the action. However, it is a pity that persons cannot remain satisfied with the result, and remember that Ofer dadl wedi bam."
CONGL Y CYMRY.
CONGL Y CYMRY. [DAN OLYGIAETH LLWYDFEYN.] ADGOFION HIRAETHLAWN Am fy mam-ynghyfraith, sef Mrs. LEWIS, anwyl briod Mr. Jenkin Lewis, gaffer yr Ocean, Barry Dock, yr hon a fu farwar y 5ed o Chwefror, a.c a gladdvvyd ar y 9fecl, 1892, yn Llanharran. Y sawl sydd yn byw gyda ni sydd yn feddiannol ar y fantais oreu i'n harlnabod, fel mai tystiolaeth un felly yn myned yn bur bell i brofi gwir natur y cyiner- iad, onidyw? Anfonodd yr anfarwol John Jones, o Dalysarn. pan ar wely marw, ei fab at ei fam er cael ei syniad hi am clano, am fod y fam yn gyfarwydd iawn a holl ymwneyd mwyaf dirgelaidd ei fywyd, ac wedi ffurfio syniad am dano, fel nad oedd perygl iddi gyfeil- iorni yn rhyw bell iawn o'i lie. Yr hyn ydyw dyn yn y ty as yn y dirgel ydyw mewn gwirionedd. 0 berthynas i'r chwaer ymadawedig, bum yn byw yn yr un ty n- hi am ddeudde*: rulynedd, heb gymaint a gair croes cydrhyngom o gwbl o dan unrhyw amgylchiadau, fel yr oedd fy syniad yn hyiiod nchcl am dani. Cas peth ganddi drwy ei bywyd oedd geiriau annymunol ar yr aelwyd, am ei bod yn edrveh ar hon fel math o nefoedd ar y ddaear. Yr oedd wedi meistroli ei thymer mor drwyadl fel yr oedd hynr.wsedd yn nodweddu ei hysbryd. Yr oedd yn gallael llywodraethu ei hysbryd mor dda fel na welais hi yn cael ei ciiynhvrfu gan ddim am ystod maith o udeuddeg mlynedd, sef o'r ad eg y daethum ati nes fy myned oddiwrthi. Yr oedd yn un o'r rhai tyneraf a mwyaf gofalus a welais erioed yn ol ei gallu. Pan yn dweyd yn ol ei gallu, y mae ystyr neillduol iddo, am ei bod yn wael iawn ac yn feth- iantus am flynyddoedd, fel nad oedd yn gallu myned i unman o'r ty, ac yn gyfyngedig weithiau i'w gwely. Er hyny, ni welais eisiau mam er y cefais gyfleusdra i'w chael hi yn fam-ynghyfraith. Os yn waal-ac fe fum felly am wythnosau—ni fu yr un bugail yn ffyddlonacti nag y bu hi i mi yr adeg hono, er yr holl anfanteision personol. Os b)rddai rny wbeth ar fy mhlant bach, yr oedd yn gwylltu yn Ian. Oes, mae genyf adgof bendigedig am dani yn ystod y deuddeg mlynedd rhag grybwylledig ym Mhcnarth. Oh! fel yr oedd ei gofal am i mi fyned i'r cwrdd yn wastadol. Yr oedd hi, druan, wedi methu er'sblynyddoedd cyn ei marw ond vr oedd ei srofal vn fawr am i bawb a allai on i fyned yiio gyda chysondeb. Diamheu ci bed yn fyw i'r golled o'i bod yn methu myned yn bersonol. Os byddai rhai o'r plant bach yn analluog i fyned gan gystudd, byddai rhaid i ni fyned i'r cwrdd, am y byddai eu mamgu yn warcheidwad o'r fath dyneraf ar y rhai claf, er yn methu symud ar y pryd ei hun, efallai. Yr oeddwn yn byw mewn perffaith ryddid am y deuddeg mlynedd hapus hyn. Yr oedd ei chariad a i hollder at ddarllen llyfrau' o nodwedd grefyddol yn fawr, yn enwedig blynyddoedd olaf ei hoes. Yr oedd yn ym- ddangos i mi yn eglur aeddfedu i'r gogoniant. Er hyny, nid oedd yr un llyfr yn cael cymaint o'i sylw a'r Beibl. Pan byddai yn mcthu darllen ei hun gan fawredd ei chystudd, byddai yn rhaid i aelodau y ty i ddarllen iddi. Bron na ddywedwn fod yr wythfed benod o Rhufeiniaid wedi cael ei darllen filoedd o weithiau ganddi. Yn wir, o hon yr oedd yn tynu ei chysur penaf yn ei chystudd blin. Mynych y cefais gyfeillach grefyddol o'r fath oreu yn ei chymdeithas y misoedd diweddaf y bu byw. Cofiaf yn dda i mi ei hadgofio un Sabbath ei bod yn gymundeb yn y capel y noson hono, pan yn ddisymwth y torodd allan mewn math o deimlad gorfoleddus mai cymundeb a Christ oedd y pwysicaf o bobpeth, ac mai dyna oedd ei chwbl hi, am fod pobpeth arall yn darfod, tra yr oedd hwn i barhau, ac y mae hithau er's rhai misoedd erbyn hyn wedi myned i fwynhau ei gymdeithas felus yn gyflawn a. dilen yn ngwlad y gogoniant tragwyddol. Wrth weled ei phriod yn wylo un adeg yn arbenig, adroddodd hanesyn bach oedd wedi ddarllen yn y Tywysydd. Breuddwyd ydoedd, os wyf yn cofio yn dda—yngweled un yn dyfod o'r nef a lamp yn ei law, a phafwyaf agos oedd yn d'od i'r ddacar yr oedd y goleuni yn myned yn wanach, nes yn y diwedd ei fod wedi llwyr ddiffodd a phan y gofynwyd y paham. yr ateb oedd mai eu dagrau hwy ar y ddaear a wnaeth hyny. Cymhwyswyd y casgliad ar unwaith. Wedi symud i lawr o Benarth i Barry, ar ben y deuddeg blynedd o'm bywyd priod- asol, priododd ei merch ieuengaf, ac aethum inau oddi- wrthi i fyw i dy fy hun. Cofiaf yn dda, a hyny am amser maith, am ei hymweliad a ni yn ein cartref newydd. Yr umg waith y bu ydoedd hwnw, am nad aeth allan o'i thy draehefn, ond yn ei harch, yn cael ei chario gan bedwav, y boreu du ei claddwyd, i beidio dychwelyd yn ei hoi mwy. Yr oedddem yn wylo fel plant pan ddaeth i'n ty yr adeg hono, a wylo a wnaethom tra y bu yno, ar gyfrif dyeithriweh y profiad o fyw ar wahan am y waith gyntaf erioed i rai o'r teulu, ac i minan er's deuddeg mlynedd. Credem ni a hithau mai dyma y waith olaf am byth y caem ei gweled c yn ein ty, ac felly y bu ni ddaeth allan mwy, er mor agos oeddem yn byw at ein gilydd. O! yr oedd yn brofiad rhyfedd a dyeithr o bobtu, yn wir. Yr oedd ein plant bach ynmyne J i waetd eu granny bob dydd, ac nid oeddent yn dyfod oddiwrthi unwaith o'r adeg yr ymadawsant a hi heb ei bod yn eu cynghwri yri ddi- frifol i fod yn blant da, ufydd i'w rhieni, ac i garu Iesu Grist, ltC, yn benaf oil, i ddarllen 11awer ar Air Duw. Yr ydwyf wedi awgrymu yn barod fod ganddi ei phrif benod. Yr un modd y gallwn ddweyd fod ganddi ei phrif emyn yn ogystal; a hwnw ydoedd- 0 fryniau Caersalem ceir gweled Holl tiaith vr anialwch i trvd." oJ _01 Byddai yn ceisio genym ganu yn ami, a byddai hithau yn rhedeg drosti ei hunan yn ami iawn yn y dydd. Yr oedd yr emyn hwn yn nodweddiadol iawn o honi, fel nad oedd yn rhyfedd yn y byd ei bod yu gymaint ffryndiau a'u gilydd, am ei bod wedi gweled ami a blin gystuddiau yn y bywyd yma; ond y-mae'r cwbl wedi darfod am byth erbyn heddyw, fel y mae yn gallael edrych i lawr dros ganllawiau euraidd y gogoniant, a gweled pobpeth yn cydweithio er daioni," wedi dech- reu ar foreu gorfoleddus. ac yn gallael dal tragywyddol bwys gogoniant. Pob blinder, pob cystudd; mewn gair, pobpeth annymunol, wedi terfynu yn wir. Yr oedd ganddi amry w blant, ac yr oedd yn liynod hoff o honvnt i gyd, ond yr oedd un o'r enw Dafydd yn arbenig felly ar gyfrif ei fod ychydig yn wlvhanol i'r lleill. Dafydd, y bachgen, fel yr arferai ei alw. Yn wir, yr oedd yn agosach at ei meddwl na'r un o'r lleill. Mae yn fachgen hynaws, caredig, galluog, a chyflym ei gyrhaeddiadau efallai yn fwy felly na'r un o'r plant, ond yn bur wyllt ac awyddus am y ddiod. Gobeithiaf yn fawr y daw i weled ei gamsynied mewn pryd. Mae rhyw ddafad ddu gysylltiedig a phob teulu, a Dafydd anwyl ei fam ydyw hwnw i'r teulu dan sylw. -1 Y brophwydoliaeth a dtiysgodd ei fam iddo." Yr oedd Dafydd yn dyner ac yn anwyl yngolwg ei fam mewn gwirionedd. Edrychai arno fel Absolom, y bachgen drwg, ond ni thueddwyd hi am foment i wadu ei pherthynas famol a Dafydd, er hyny. Edrychai arno fel Manaseh anystyriol; er hyny gweddiod gannoedd, os nad miloedd, o weithiau drosto am iddo droi a d'od yn fachgen da; ond ni chafodd weled hyn yn ei bywyd, ond gobeithio y caiff achos i lawenychu yng ngwydd angelion Duw am fod y Dafydd oedd mor agos at ei chalon wedi edifarhau, ac wedi cael ei achub. Bydded i ni ddysgwyl am i'w gweddiau i gael eu hateb ar ei ran. Gwelais hi, pan wedi myned yn rhy wan i weddio ar ei ran, yn wylo yn hidi dros Dafydd. Yr oedd wedi gollwng ei gafael yn Ilwyr o'r byd hwn fisoedd cyn ei myned i fyd arall. Yr oedd yn aedd- fedu i fyned i'r gogoniant rai misoedd cyn ei marw. 0, fel y cynghorai ei phriod a'i pherthynasau i beidio wylo ar ei hoi. Pan yn terfynu hyn o linellau, yr wyf mewn hiraeth dwys, am na chaf weled ei gwyneb mwy. Buost dyner iawn i mi a'm heiddo. Cwsg hyd foreu caniad udgorn Duw. Ymgysurwn oil yn awr, Gwawria'r adgyfodiad mawr, Pan agorir beddau'r bedd, Gauir 'nawr o bryd i bryd; Teimlir cynhwrf drwy y fro, 'Radgyfodiad rodda dro; Anfarwoldeb ddaw ar hynt, Adsain bywyd gan y gwynt; Cloion yn dadfolltio bydd Tywyll nos yn oleu ddydd; Bro marwolion ddaw yn fyw, Codant oil wrth udgorn Duw Cenir hwn ar ael y nen, Cenedlaethau gwyd eu pen Mynwent ar ol mynwent sydd, Carcharorion ddaw yn rhydd Calon wag a fydd ar ol, Heb un marw yn ei chol; Llwchyn at ei lwchyn ddaw 0 diriogaeth brenin braw; Ni thrig ewin ar ei daith Yng nghilfachan'r ddaear faith Er chwilio, angeu 'nawr nid yw Llwch oesoedd fydd yn fodau byw. Barry Dock. W. LEWIS. — BARDDONIAETH. TUCHANGERDD (BUDDUGOL) I'R BOGUS WORKING MEN'S CLUB." Y Working Men's Bogus Club! diolch i chwi, Fel pwyllgor, bentrefwyr deallus, Am roddi'r cyfleusdra amserol i fi I ddadgan rhinweddau ein bogus: A chyn byddwyf haner dibenu fy nghan Bydd pob dyn rhesymol, 'rwy'n gwybod, Yn bloeddio'n frwdfrydig, a'i fynwes ar dan, "Proposwch fi, da chwi, yn aelod." Mcddyliodd penboethiaid y cawsent eu gwyn Wrth gan y tafarndai y Suliau, Ond druain o'r ffyliaid! daeth Bacchus pryd hyny I'n harwain i goncwest neu angeu Gwyr hyd nod yr hwn gadd ei fagu dan dwb (" Mwyafrif,crefyddwyr o lawer) Mai brawdol arwyddair pobaelod o'r clwb Yw "Rhyddid i allwedd y seler." A diolch i'r duwiau, ar weitha'r police, Dylanwad y nwlpud, a'r Senedd, Mae'r seler ar agor, wrth wregys duw'r blys Crog allwedd y tap, drwy drngaredd; Y Working J feu's Boglls Club godwyd i ni Rhag cyfraith yn hoff ddina.s noddfa Ddyngarwyr sychedig, i'r "noddföt" a chwi, A chewch, pryd y mynoch, lon'd bola I Enwogion cymdeithas yn unig y sy' Yn uno a'n clwb anrhydeddus, Fel Johnny Goodfighter a Fred Jollyspree, Tom Poacher a Fowlstealing Dennis, A Chymry rhinweddol, fel Die Curo'rwraig, A Sam Dimaibyth-Ap D (i) Ogi; Mae'n rhaid i bob aelod fod gymaint 'sgolaig Bob tamaid a'r chwaer Ellen Sweeney. Yn awr, dyna Spurgeon neu Plenydd, gwnaf lw, Os mynweh, ar wyneb y counter Pe gwyddent y caffent dderbyniad, y nhw Ymunenta ni gyda. phleaer; Hwy gaffent dderbyniad, a. phob un o'r clique Dirwestolo ddawn a dylanwad, Pe na bai'n rheolau mor anras o sfrick— Rhaid iddynt wrth ddyn o gymeriad. Atolwg, gyfeillion, ymunwch a ni, Tair ceiniog un yn free member Mae n fyrddiwn yn rnatach ac hawsach i chwi Na myned yn bona jtde tm,ler; Cewch dtwydded i gamblo faint fynwcli bob un A tosso nes eloch yn bengam Cewch sobri a meddwi o Sadwrn hyd Llun, Gwaith nid oes stop-tap ar ein programme A chofiwch mai fi ydyw'r landlord a'r boss, Ac felly, wrth gwrs, bia'r elw Ond manager wyf danoch chwi, gwyddoch, os Byth dygwydd i'r bobby i alw Rhaid cadw ein llygaid ar agor bob dydd Os am i'r Sechinah i aros, Mae Ustus y Rhondda a "Plisman Caerdydd A'u bwriad ar sychu yr achos Gwna rhyw Sunday Closing dirwestol ei ryw Ein dilyn, fel cortiy farwola'th, Heb Working Man a Bogus Club barn fyddai by w Yng Nghymru baganaidd y tSabbath Cyfrifir ni'r Cymry-a. hyny yn deg— Yn genedl ddifoes, anwybodus Pa ryfedd, tra gwell gyda naw o bob deg 0 honomyr Eglwys na'r Bogus, Chwi wyddoch mai ber ydyw oes yn ei hyd Os ydyw ynfi-r, boed yn llawen Am hyny, gwnawn droi ein heglwysiigyd Yn demlau bogusaidd i'r gasgen Ac yna y llewpart rinwidia ei groen, Ein plant dyf i fyny'n angylion Bydd Satan yn rhodio o amgylch fel oen, A'r nefoedd yn orlawn o feddwon 0, Gymru grefyddol! ai cysgn wyt ti, A gadael gwehilion cymdeithas I ddwyn dy Sabbothau, er pylu dyfri, A damnio dy feibion cyweithas ? A gaiff hi fod felly ? N a., na, meddai llu Ysbrydion yr hen Burit;miaid; Mac'1' wawr wcdi tori, pob Bogus a ffy' Wi! Gymru, a agoraist dy l'ygaid ? Blaengarw. GWYROSYDD.
PENCOED AND DISTRICT -JOTTINGS.
PENCOED AND DISTRICT JOTTINGS. [BY ROVEE.] -— » THE EASTER MEETINGS. A brief reference was made to the Easter Meetings held at the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel en the 18th and 19th inst. in these notes last week, but I was not then able to say anything with res- pect to the collections made towards liquidating the debt of the beautiful edifice which was opened tor public worship some three years ago. I am. however, glad to add to-day that the collections amounted to the handsome sum of £ 50. This is all the more gratifying when it is taken into con- sideration that no pressure whatever was brought to bear upon anyone t° dip deeply into his purse. All must be attributed i u-yr eicyllus dda, and with such good will no debt can long remain upon Salem-the premier church of the Vale. THE PREJUDICES OF THE OLD. il •710U' Sentle reader, should venerate the old. They have borne the brunt and the heat of the day, and ;when they disappear into the bourne from which they will never return, we shall miss themjnuch. I for one, however, have no great love for their prejudices, and somehow prejudices are characteristic of the old. They want the world to keep on in the same old rxt, and when they see it marking out a new course occasionally they raise their arms and open their eyes in holy horror, and almost give up the ghost. Such w4F the case at Pencoed during the Easter Meetings when an organ was introduced, for the first time, for the purpose of assisting the songregational singing. An old man, for whose grey hairs I have every respect, but whose taste and gentleness must go for nought, rushed on into the big seat in a most unseemly manner to shut the organ up in front of the young lady who had been asked to kindly preside at it during the day. The old man was not then at all events under the spirit of the Master he professes to follow, and I sincerely hope he has seen that himself ere now. Is it not strange that those who clamour most against the introduction of musical instruments into public worship are the very men who never did anything in their lives to assist the singing, and also the very men who I hope to have eternal homes I- yn ardal lonrdd vr aur delyiiau." Goodness knows Perhaps they will want to chuck out the golden harps. THE PENPBISK BAPTISTS. Our friends, the Baptists, at Pencoed are doing excellent work, and are making steady progrtss. In connection with the cause they have a good singing school and a flourishing Sunday school, and never yet have I seen the cause withering and languishing where those schools flourish. The members of the Sunday School had their annual treat and entertainment on Saturday last. Though there, I have not the particulars by me. I can however, say that the tea, cake, &c. were really first rate, and that the entertainment, which con- sisted of singing, recitations, dialogues. &c. was I edifying and interesting throughout. HOW TO MAKE BUTTER AND CHEESE. Mr. Walter Hogg attended Pencoed on Saturday last in his capacity of representative of the Tech- nical Education Committee of the Glamorgan County Council. He delivered a very interesting address at the vestry-room of the Methodist Chapef on dairy-work, and it is to be hoped that our local farmers' wives and daughters will profit by it. No one, I am sure, will think that I insinuate that the butter and cheese of this neighbourhood are inferior articles, but still as the Welsh proverb says, a Nid da lie gellir gwell."
TYNEWYDD ECHOES.
TYNEWYDD ECHOES. [BY LEO.] HE WAXETH SCRIPTURAL. Tell it not in Gatli. How the mighty have fallen! Yonder wood waves above them her budding green leaves, which are bathed by nature's teardrops, lamenting over the unreturned. In the space of three short summers Tynewydd has vanquished the craggy village in the end of the world. Oh, Tynewydd why art thou eo cruel and covetous ? Why not share the coveted honours ? But there, thou knowest thy reasons for the cause thou hast so nobly and victoriously laboured. Full of hope and ardour, the Nantymoelians, armed with powers, began its work, and knew not when to stop, but made the most sweeping changes. A golden age was at hand, a brighter day had dawned, but thou wast hailed as the Morning star of nations, lifting high The beacon-blaze of young democracy. HE DESCRIBETH THE BATTLE. The great day of battle came. It was an ideal April morning. The sun was obscured by a hazy mist, but this gradually cleared away towards mid-day, yet to be followed by more mist and finally dewy rain. The greater portion of the day passed off quietly, Groups of loiterers could be seen here and there discussing the merits and demerits, the chances and mischances, of the respective candi- didates. This monotony was livened now and again by a vehicle full of voters going to record their precious vote in favour of the man of their adopted choice. The day was gradually wearing away, and the streets in the two thriving villages began to present a scene of animation, which which reached its meridian from now to mid-night. The poll was expected to be declared the same night at about 11.30, and the greater portion of the in- terested inhabitants remained indoors, eagerly awaiting that great hour; but, to the surprise of everyone, the result was declared at 10.30 p m as follows :— Mr. William Llewellyn, Tynewydd. 543 Mr. William Jenkins, Ystradfechan 510 Majority for Llewellyn 33 The excitement now became intense, and speeches were delivered by the new councillor, Alderman Williams, Rev. Charles Williams, Messrs. R. G. Pugh, Tom Prothero, T. Thomas, W. Williams Tom Williams, and J. Hodgson. Fireworks were displayed and guns discharged in honour of the noble victory. HE DESCRIHETH A TRIUMPHANT PROCESSION. The next day a demonstration was held at Ty- newydd, and Nantymoel-row displayed a magnifi- cent show of bunting. Flags were suspended from nearly every house, and many spanned the streets. One very conspicuous banner had the high-sounding motto — Home Rule for the Ogmore. Councillor Llewellyn, in company with Alderman Williams and his chief supporters, were drawn in a carriage through the chief streets of Tynewydd, and as far as Nantymoel-row, but it was deemed prudent not to add insult to defeat (by hurting the sensitive nature of Nantymoelians) by parading the chief streets of Nantymoel. HE WEEPETH OVER OXION8. One regrettable incident I have to record, and that is that some evil-disposed person or persons broke the window panes of the residence of Mr. J. T. Onions. This gentleman had been nominated as a candidate for the vacancy, but had to with- draw his candidature owing to some technical infringement of electioneering. He then deter- mined to throw in his lot with Mr. Jenkins to ensure his return. This roused thp ire of his neighbours, and he had to bear some caustic remarks anent^his conduct. Conspicuous to an observer, amongst the banners was an onion sus- pended to each one. The short account which appeared in your valuable paper of last week, Mr. Editor, is wholly misleading. Mr. Onions did not I seek the suffrages of the electors as a working man. He is a colliery manager, and I don't believe he at any time was a member of the Federation. More, he is a Conservative in politics, and there- fore his views are contrary to those of the working- men of the Valley. I trust that the perpetrators of the dastardly act will meet their due reward. HE HAILETH THE VICTOR. Bravo. Gwalia You are a noble electioneering- hand. You have fought a desperate battle, yea, against grsat odds but you had the masses if not the classes on your side. I congratulate you on the achievement of such a noble victory, trusting that the height to whifeh you have been advanced will not make you giddy, or that you will not become dizzy by looking down with contempt upon those beneath. We expect to hear much of you in the future let your voice be heard in the Council Chamber. Show your enemies that your political opinions are not those of your grandmother or grandfather, and we believe you will be heard at Thursday's meet- ine of the County Council. The greater the difficulty, the more glory there is in surmounting it: skilful pilots g-ain their reputation from storms and tempests, and you have won fame and glory in this stormy tempestuous contest—"Excelsior." HE DEFINETH AN IDEAL WIPE. The lady th.it I shall marrv. said a man once, must have three qualifications. She must be rich. handsome. and a fool. Explain yourself, said a friend. I do not understand. It is very simple was the reply. She must be handsome and rich or I will not have her she must be a fool or else she will not take me. Young men, study the character of your intended better half. Some husbands after marriage feel like Jacob of old, that had courted one person and married another. We know the ancient conn mdrum. Why are ladies like bells ? Because you never know wha. metal they are made of until you ring them. Now, lads, prove that marriage is not a failure like vours truly.
NANTYMOEL PARS.
NANTYMOEL PARS. [BYTYRT^EUS.] Mr. Editor. my first par." will be self-defence, and I deserve a little space to do so. You allowed mighty Drofsed to roll up his sleeves please .v.llow me the same privilege. Indirectly. Mr. Drofsed has flattered poor lame Tyrteus. I am admirably suited to produce yards of poetry." Isn't he kind, bestowing on the readers of the Star the result of his Mahatma researches. I think, Mr. Editor, you agree with me, that one capable of producing poetry is. of a sequence, fit to write prose if he fO desires so Mr. Drofsed has erred, according to his statements; and to err is human as well as asinine. For his edification I would state that I nave not yet commenced my proper element," which he. with his wonderful keenness, has booked for me: but, nevertheless. I am deeply grateful for advice from an experienced person who invoked the aid of the coy muse last winter. The tone of his note points to an envious turn of mind as regards "flowery" (his is muddy). I prefer en- deavouring to write prosy prose (he's been study- in- tautology as well as grammar) to inditin"- a, mashed-up heap of personalities. The fact thitt it requires a deal to kill eels caused me to despair of silencing his majesty. Why did not his pen pierce me last week ? Because he anticipated my appear- ance the same week, and it is well known that he fears an active foe but Tvrtajus did not appear. Mr. Drofsed. therefore, the following week attacked yours humbly because he thought that I had quitted the lists. What bravado he is capable of on such occasions. Although Leo'' has trodden on his toes twice, no retaliation fol- lows, because he devoutly remembers Blessed are the meek." &c„ "Leo" happening, from appearances, to be his equal, and perhaps superior. Sorry to trespass so far, Mr. Editor, but dirty linen must be washed before you can starch them. Drofsed, are you going to bury the hatchet ? Don't think you'll frighten me with a consignment of cheap talk. Everything comes sooner or later to an end but the talk re County Council has not yet, despite the fact that the election is over, and Mr. Llewellyn has been victorious. When the result of the poll arrived here. many would not credit it. and many were sanguine tyat it was but an idle rumour. Shouts of "'Llewellyn," or "Jenkins for ever" rent the air to the discomforture of some and jubilation of other. Jiantymoel has acted traitor- ously to its promises, and though, for obvious reasons, people shouted on the principle of the thinsr it was all for a purpose. What principle could be attached to the thing when both candi- dates were Liberals, and neither the superior of the other as regards suitability for Council honours. Therefore, in spite of denials from the lower part, it was a fight between Nantymoel and Tynewydd. and this was evident on Friday when the sup- porters of the successful aspirant went to the trouble of parading up to Nantymoel with colours flving. &.e.. with no other evident reason but taunt. Nantymoel pledged itself to support Mr. Jenkins, then acted at the poll quit-! contrary because the wily tongues of a certain few had dinned into their ears nonsense about officialism" and principle." From their talk it seemed that the County Council has functions similar to those of the Local Board. instead of having the jurisdiction of the whole county. Next time I honestly hope Nantymoel will act more honourable to true principles. Nothing remains now but to bow with a good grace to the victor, and hope that he will be able to give a good account of his stewardship at the termina- tion of office. Saturday night last brought some strange sights and doings. The tradesmen who had leaned towards Tynewyddism" were slio,vn the cold shoulder by ardent Jenkinites, and their trade appeared on the wane. This was hardly hon curable; people have opinions; let them act accordingly. This is applicable to Tynewydd as well, as regards the treatment given to a supporter of Mr. Jenkins living there. Whoever has the management of the register of voters in the place ought to be awakened. Some persons had their names on the two registers— others, old inhabitants, were not mentioned, and, therefore, the numbers for each candidate did not exactly reflect the feeling of the ward. Let us have a reform in this direction it has been badly needed for years. There is nothing like variety, soinow for a change from political matters to amorous ditto. Appended is a love letter, written by whom, to whom, when and where being not necessary to the under- standing. I'll omit them. Perhaps somebody here lost it—perhaps not; I shall leave you to surmise. Here it is :—My dere darling Mari anwyl,—I take my pen in hand to rite you thes fue lines hoping you are quite wel as it leeves me at preasant. I realy do hopes your stat of helth is good. I had your letter. I was hav it esterday safe and sound and nice and big. Ure letter was verry nice, nicer than jam and oh your shape you did send was luvly. Where did you pull it, it is so like you Mari showing your flat nose and squint eye famous. I was eat a bit of your letter, it was like lumpses of skware wite sugar from Pegler's, and Mari I did ate the postage stamp, for I was know your sweat lips had been there. Mi breth rose up and down like blaksmith's bellos, and mi hart was jump up and rock against my ribs like a lyon in the menahjerrie at Tynewydd. I do luv you mari with my hole art and sole. I do send you my fotegraph to remember your dere John. I did make some poetree for him, mi bruther was laff. but he no nowing no bettar, he cant make poetry run smooth like I cpn. This it was :— Dere I know send you my fotegraph, Dont laugh." I hope your toothache was bettar, you must have some gruel and me to come there and kiss you and boil him and take him before you go to bed, and keep your feetses warm. My brother sends his love without her knowing to ure. sister tell her. I wood like you 1 o name the day soon bekause I am neerly breaking my hart in lodgins you now I am a poor orfan, my only living relashuns been my father, mi brother, and the uncle that was drownded last year. I got no more telling you. I have marked this letter on the outside with a blue blacklead, and if the postman wont give it to you tell him it is the one with the bloo blacklead mark. Mine and write back by turn of post and tell me if you wont get this letter, and I was tell postmaster general in Lundon.—I remane, your triewJy lover, JOHN.
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BRIDGEND POLICE COURT.
BRIDGEND POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. Before Mr. R. W. Llewellyn (chair- man), Colonel Franklen, and Messrs. R. L. Knight, R. K. Prichard, and Major David. A TRUMPERY CASE.-David Williams, Joseph Griffiths, and Morgan James, three young men belonging to Taibach, were charged with assaulting David Williams, a break-driver at Port Talbot, on I the 16th inst. Mr. T. J. Hughes appeared for the defence.—After a lengthy hearing, in which -3 evidence or the most conflicting nature was adduced, the Bench decided to dismiss the case. GAME TRESPASS.—Daniel Davies, Portman- row, Nantyfyllon, Maesteg, was charged with this this offence on the 16th inst.-William Beynon, watchman under Mr. A. P. Vivian, said that on the previous Monday, about 5 or 5.30, he saw three men shooting in a wood on Havod Farm. Defen- dant had a gun and a setter dog* with him, and witness saw three shots fired. Witness followed defendants round to Maesteg, and got the police to meet tnom, but in Nantvfvllon they lost 8ight of them for a time. After a time he saw them near a farmhouse on the tips, and witness saw them running into a farm called White Farm. Samuel Davies went back to the same farmhouse, and the police ultimately got his name. The dog was then with him, and there was hare's fur in his large poacher's pocket— Police-constable Charles Griffin also gave evidence, I an<^defendant was fined £ ,2 inclusive of costs, or 10 days imprisonment with hard labour. THEFT OF GLASSES.—David Williams, timber- man. Blaengarw, was brought up charged with stealing two glasses, the property of Mr. Thomas Bevan, landlord of the Blaengarw Hotel. Com- plain.uit said he was the landlord of the Blaengarw Hotel, and about 11 o'clock on the previous Tuesday night he was clearing the house out. Defendant and others vryte drinking in the coffee- room, and came out towards the front door. As he was going out witness stopped him, and asked him what he had in his pockets. Defendant said, Nothing." Witness said, You have." and witness told him to give hi;n that glass he had in his pocket, and he took it out Witness then sent for the police, and he was taken into custody. As the policeman cime into the smoke-room defendant taok another glass out of his pocket. They were worth 2}d, each. Witness said he was continually losing pints, glasses, and pewter measures, and he had caught several, who had been let off by paying something towards the fund at the collier,y.-Police-comtable Hall said he was called into the Blaengarw Hotel shortly after 11 o'clock on the night in question. Mr. Bevan com- plained to him that defendant had stolen a glass when asked why he took it. defendant said it was only a joke. Witness then asked him if he had taken any more, Lnd, on being searched, another glass was found in his left coat pocket. Defendant. on being charged. said he only took one.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sent to gaol for seven days. EJECTMENT ORDER.—On the application of 1fr.. Rbys D. Morgan (Maesteg), a warrant for eject- ment was issued against Michael Bowen. who held a cottage at 23, Park-road, Aberkenfig. under the Maesteg Building Society. AFFILIATION. Jane Stevens, single woman, Maesteg, applied against Benjamin Thomas, collier, Blaengarw, to show cause, &c._Complainant and Thomas Hewitt gave evidence, and an order was niiWie for the incnti of 3s. a week and costs, amounting to A,1 2s. 8d. and £ 1 lis. for expenses. Hannah Jones, lonna-road. Maesteg. applied for a similar order againsb David Griffiths. 52, Metcalf- street, Spelters, collier. Complainant said defend- ant had courted her for 12 years, and had wromised to marry her many times. Police-sergeant Hill said defendant wanted to make some arrangement regarding the keeping of the child. An order for Bs. fid. a week was also made in this case, and £ 1 5s. 6d. costs. I ASSACLT.-Daniel Williams, blacksmith, Bridg- end, was charged by Henry Davies, black- smith, of Oddfellow's-row. Bridgend, for assault. Complainant said that on Good Friday last, after coining home about 10 o'clock in the evening, defendant was sitting opposite him in the same lodg- ings, and, after some talking about supper, defend- ant hit him on the head with a stick. He had been working for defendant previously, but would not go to him again, Fined £1 including costs.
ALLEGED UNLAWFUL WOUNDING…
ALLEGED UNLAWFUL WOUNDING AT BLAENGARW. Wm. Evans (19), collier, Blaengarw, was charged ON remand from the previous Monday, with un- lawfully wounding Mr. Henry Walters, grocer, Blaengarw, on the previous Saturday niifht.—Mr. R. J. Rhys (Morgan and Rhys. Pontypridd) ap- peared for the prosecution, and pressed for the case to be sent for trial. inasmuch as the practice of hobble-de-hoys at that place had been to catch hold of tradesmen's horse's heads and slew the wheels on Saturday nights, Heluy Waiters, grocer, Blaengarw, who bore marks of violence on the forehead, said that on the previous Saturday, 16th inst.. about nine o'clock in the evening he was driving his cart out with goods, when he saw defendant and another boy coming towards him. Defendant walked straight towards him, and caught hold of the head of the horse. The horse was walking going down a steep hill. Witness told him to loose the horse's head or he would get down and show him the way to do. Defendant said nothing but walked on for a short distance further. De- fendant's companion tried to pull him away, but defendant came then towards the splashboard, and, catching hold of it, used threatening language towards witness and wanted to fight him. Witness told him to get off, and doubled up the reins as if to strike him. but he did not do so. Defendant let 'I go me splasnooard, and then followed the trap for a distance of about eighty yards, cursing and swearing the whole of the way, and wanting witness to fight. At the bottom of the hill defend' ant picked up a stone, and witness jumped out and asked defendant what he wanted with a stone. Defendant said he would hit his brains out, and, after a little remonstrance, witness asked for his name, but defendant told his companion not to give his name or he would kill him. Witness turned towards his trap and went on for about ten or fifteen yards. He saw defendant following him, and, turning towards him, witness received a blow with a stone, enclosed in defendant's fist, over the left eye, which knocked witness down. Witness got up sharply, when defendant, who was about four feet away, let go the stone at him, which cut the brim of his bowler hat and hit him in the middle of the forehead. He became in- sensible in consequence, and remained so for about five or ten minutes. He was taken home after giving information to the police, and a doctor was sent for. He could not say that he had seen de- fendant before.—Cross-examined by defendant: Witness did not offer him two blows.—William Evans (13), living at 31, Blaengarw-road, and Dd. Christopher (13), 13, Railway-terrace, Blaengarw, the companion who was with defendant at the time, gave corroborative evidence.—Dr. J. L. Thomas, Blaengarw, said he examined defendant at his own honse about ten o'clock on the evening in question, and found him suffering from two wounds on the forehead, and one on the mose. The wound on the forehead was a breakage of the skin, accompanied by very much bruising. It was not a deep wound, and might have been caused by a man hitting another with a stone in his hand. The other was a jagged wound, two inches long, cut down to the bone by the bridge of the nose, and it bled very freely when he saw it. It had to be stitched. There was also a superficial cut of about half-an-inch in length on the nose itself. They very probably would have been caused by a stone used with very considerable force. The deep wound was in a. very dangerous position, and might have caused inflammation of the brain. The wound is doing well, and may probably heal in a fortnight.—Police-constable Hurford confirmed his previous evidence as to the arrest, and subsequent identification by the boy Christopher and prosecutor.-Defendant admitted the offence, and expressed sorrow. He produced the hat as given to him by prosecutor.—Defendant was then charged, and in answer said nothing, and he was formally committed to take his trial at the forthcoming Quarter Sessions, bail being allowed.
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