The Aberdare Times

TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. WHITE, CWMDARE.—Your letter should have been addressed to the editor and not to a private individual. From our report of the meeting referred to you will see that you hav c misunderstood the remarks of the gentleman you mention. We cannot insert anonymous letters. The real name and address mu3t be forwarded, not neces- sarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We cannot undertake to return rejected manu- scripts. All communications to the Editor must be sent in by Wednesday. We shall be glad to receive notices of all meetings. &c.. of local interest, and if correspondents will be kind enough to send us intelligible information relative to these matters, they may rely upon proper reports appearing in dee course.

J0 £ al JitUUigetm. COUNTY COUBT.-We understand that the Aberdare County Court Offices will be closed on the 24th and 26th instant, and also during the first week in January. CRISTXAS HOLIDAYS. — Special passengers trains will be run on the Great Western Railway between Aberdare and Merthyr on Monday next. Full particulars will be found in our ad- vertising columns. THE GRAPHIC.—We have received the Christ- mas number of this comparatively new illustra- ted paper, and have much pleasure in recom- mending it to the notice of our readers. The whole of the illustrations are fine specimens of art, and the letter-preas will be found to be highly instructive and entertaining. The large wood engraving presented with this number, entitled The Empty Chair, Gad'a-hill, June, 1870," should be in the posseittion of every admirer of the late gifted and popular author, Mr Charles Dickens. See advertisement. THE LATB AHD PRESENT EARL DSRBT ON THE LUXEMBOURG QUESTION.—In the Debate in the House of Commons, in 1867, on the Luxembourg question,. Mr Labouehere and Mr Aytoun protest- ed against the Government involving this country in a guarantee, and asked, in case the Territory of Lexembourg should be violated, whether this country was beund to interfere by force of arms. .Lord Stanley, the Foreign Secretary, replied- All that the Government had now dene was to guarantee the neutrality and possession of the eountry by the King of Holland; and that guarantee was a collective one, which was euentially different from a separate guarantee. It was a case ot 'limited liability,' which had rather the character of a moral sanction than a Contingent liability to go to war." in the House .of Lord", a few days later, Lord Houghton asked rfor some further explanation of the nature of the guarantee. The Earl ef Derby (Prime Minister), replied that "the difference between a collective and an Individual guarantee was well known. By the former, if there was a difference of opinion between the parties to the guarantee, no one perty was called upon to undertake the duty of enforcing it. It depended on the union of all partie Surely Great Britain has bad sufficient experience of the folly, danger and valueless character of collective treaties and fvreign "guarantees" BOABD OF GUARDIAMS.—The weekly meeting of this board was held on Saturday. Present, Mr G..T Ctark in the chair. The Rev. J. Griffiths, Messrs. T. Williams, J. W. Gould, J. Smith, D. E. Williams, Jenkin Matthews, W. L. Daniel, E. Lewis, H. Jenkins, L. Rhys, J. W. Jones, Edwards, H. Kirkhouse, G. Martin, Jenkin Rhys, Jr. B. Allen, and R. Williams. The master reported the number in the bouae to be 314 corresponding week last year, 340. An application was read from Mr David for an increase of salary. His salary at present was jElOO as relieving officer for the Aberdare district, and it was unanimously agreed to raise the same to £ 115,in consequence of the able way in which the duties of his office were discharged.—Mr Thomas Williams gave notice that he should move the appointment of a committee at a convenient day, to inquire into the recent case of Sister Caroline. The matter will Ofthe before the board this day three weeks. The tuoal Christmas dinner to theinmates was ordered. W & A GILBBT'S SToRBs.-The Standard of last Friday, in a long account of Messrs W & A Gilbey's New Stores at Camden Town, gives some interesting detail. It appears that the Storea in question have a oellarage and floorage space of upwards of five acres, and were formerly used as theDrincipal Goods Station of the London and North Western Railway. Connected with those Stores by canal are Bonded Cellars cover- ing several acres, in which the various Wines and ftpirits as they arrive from Xeres, Oporto, Bordeaux, Cognac, &c. are stored under bond. Upward# of 300 hands are employed, principally en piecework, and an average of 3,000 dozens or about 100 tons weight of Wines and Spirits is sent out daily, in addition to which every day, from 30,000 to 40,000 bottles are washed by steam. fhe business here carried on, according to the Government Returns, amounts to about one-twentieth part of the entire Wine trade; while from the fact of this firm having agents in almost every town and village of the United Kingdom, their fgoods can be obtained every- where at the same prioe, and their position in the trade affords a guarantee of uniform quality and good commercial value. Thus each one of their 1,500 agents, instead of supplying his customers from some two or three varieties bottled and purchased on hia own judgment, holds in reality the hy to a stock embracing more than 200 rarieties.j The Standard points out that the position selected for these Stores oombines the advantages very difficult to obtain in London of road, rail, and water carriage, and concludes its remarks as follows:— 44 Altogether this Establishment is well worth inspection; and to visitors to London, with whom a day at the Docks has alwaya represented one of the standing sights, we can only say that they will find a visit to these Stores of perhaps greater interest, as here they will see all the various processes of bottling, packing, &c., on such a scale as certainly cannot be seen else- where, not even in the wine-producing coun- tries. "-Standard, 16th December, 1870.

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THE FORMATION OF A SCHOOL BOARD AT ABERDARE. OB Tuesday morning a second vestry meeting was held at Aberdare, for the purpose of passing the requisite resolution under the 12th section of the Elementary Educatiou Act, 1870, calling upon the overseers to apply to the Education De- partment for an order for the formation of a school district and the election of a School Board. There was, as on the previous occasion, a numer- ous and Influential attendance. The Rev. Canon Jenkins, vicar of the parish, took the chair. The Chairman having read the notice convening the meeting, which had been duly advertised, aaid it was for the purpose of carrying a legal resolu- tion that was morally passed at the earlier vestry, and any person was at liberty to put forth his sentiments or move a resolution in accordance with the subject. Mr R. H. Rhys: I am not going to raise any objection to what was done before, but I ap- prehend that it is quite competent for any man to move any resolution he thinks proper on .the subject. Chairman: Quite. Mr Rhys He is not bound to move a resolu- tion in accordance with that passed last time, The vestry is quite open. Dr Price said he rose to propose substantially the same resolution tlat was carried at the former meeting, and that would open up the who e question to the vestry. It was an open vestry, and any ratepayer might say what he Jiked; but the resolution which he had to pro- po e would bo submitted for legal form's sake, more than aoything else, and he should not make a long spcesh. Be had no intention of making I any lengthy remarks after what he had before said, but one or two matters ha'V arisen out of ths proceedings at the former meeting which he desired to correct. The figures given there were given after a very careful examination a great deal of care- had been taken in getting them to- gether by friends interested in the subject of education. In taking the measurement of school buildings he should state that there was nothing at all in the Act directly bearing upon that- point; and they were obliged to take as a guide the declaration of the Education Department in the various minutes issued during the last twenty-live years and according to those min- utes it used to be taken for granted that the amount of accommodation afforded by a school building was to be calculated at 80 cubic feet of space for each child. Since then they had had from time to time directions that that was not the only matter of consideration. The council would not accept merely 80 cubic feet of space, but some regard must be had to the superficial area of the room-the shape of the room itself- the position of the doors and fireplaces-eo that ultimately, instead of 80 cubic feet per child, they came down to eight square feet for each child. That would make a considerable differ- eace, which might be illustrated in this way the 80 cubic feet of space would do very well in a low room, but it would not do in a building like the church in Maesydre and an instance was afforded in the town not long ago. A branch- of the Trecynon schools was held in the Taber- nacle schoolroom, near the station. According to the 80 cubic feet^atandard, that room was cal- culated to accommodate 183 children, but the last time the inspector was there he knocked off 13, reported that the children were packed like pigs in a pen there, and the room was unfit for more than 150. Mr Rhys It depends upon the height Jofj the room. Dr Price said that was what he was going to point out. With regard to the statistics given by him in his speech at the last vestry, and which had been called into question by correspondents in the newspapers, he should state that in that state- ment he excluded the Duffryn Schools at Moun- tain Ash for the reaoon that though the buildings were erected in the parish of Aberdare, yet the great mass of the scholars attending them re- sided in the parish of Llanwonno, and he pre- sumed that the inhabitants of the district of St. Margaret's would establish a School Board of their own—at least that was what he should project if he were a Mountain Ashman. The omission of those schools would account for a large portion of the difference, but the measurement of the clasa rooms, which he had given at the meeting, did not appear in the reports of his speech, though he could not understand it, as the press, as a rule were exceedingly accurate in theirtreport(ol pro- ceedings in this neighbourhood. But after taking the accommodation of all the schools in the parish-except the Duffrya —according to the measurements of the overseers whether they al- lowed 80 cubic feet to each child, or the actual eight feet of superficial area, they were still de- ficient of accommodation for 2,282 children. With respect of the 80 cubicallfeet standard, practical teachers told him that it was a matter of impossibility to work a large school at that measurement, and they must come down to the answer given by the Department to; the Mayor of Newport-nothing less than eight superficial feet will do. But even were tlu re no deficency, even if they had plenty of room, and more than enough, he contended that they should require the vestry to establish a School Board—(hear)— on the same principle as he would require them to establish a Local Board of Health, or a Burial Board, or Water Works-it would have been a matter of rejoicing to him had such Boards been established *15 years earlier than they were (hear, hear) it would consolidate all| the |schools>f'.the parish, and give them a system of "education better than any one which they enjoyed at pre- sent, and by and by he hoped they would have a degree of compulsory power to exert upon parents to induce them to profit by the expenditure of the ratepayers. He therefore moved a resolution in accordance with the 12th section of the* Act re- questing the overseers to applylto the Education Department for an order for the election of a School Board for the parish of Aberdare. Mr R. H. Rhys seconded the ^motion "with great pleasure. He felt|that a School Board for Aberdare was inevitable, and 'therefore it was much the best course to elect onel voluntarily than to wait until they were coerced. He was not going to enter into a controversy with Dr. Price over hia figures-but: he thought as Dr. Price had omitted the Duffryn School from his calculation, so also he ought to have omitted that part of the population of Mountain Ash resident in the parish of Aberdare. There must be about 2000 of the inhabitants of that place:in Aberdare parish. He merely wished to put the doctor right (laughter). With :reference:to the gross population of Aberdare again—he be- lieved the doctor had made a slight 'mistake. The number of houses in the parish was 7,100, but he believed it would be found that instead of giving five and a half persons Zto each chouse a census would show that the average was five and an eighth as in li6I. That would give a gross population of about 36,500, and he did not think they would be found to exceed that popu- lation when* the next cengue0was taken. He iuite agieed with the general opinion of Dr 'rice on the subject, and cordially seconded the resolution. The resolution was put and carried unani- mously. Mr Rhys suggested that the vicar, as chair- man, should certify that the meeting was duly convened and advertised, which was agreed to. Mr. D. Davis, Maesyffynon, said he should like to say just one word, and it was this, that as soon as they knew from the Education Depaitment the number of member they were to elect he hoped they would meet and'endeavour to elect a School Board without a contest (hear hear). A Gentleman asked whether any person present had seen the return made. The chairman said no, but there was beyond all doubt a deficiency of accommodation more or less than what Dr Price had stated. Mr Rhys said they had scarcely an aption in the matter, for if they refused a School Board to- day to-morrow any school in debt might shut its doors and refuse to continue operations without the aid of a School Board. Mr J. Johns moved a resolution calling upon the overseers to state in their application to the Education Department that in the opinion of that meeting the population of Aberdare was so scatter- ed that to secura an adequate representation of all the inhabitants it was desirable that the Depart- ment should order the Board to consist of as many members as possible, if possible the maximum fifteen prescribed by the Act. He had no doubt himself that the Act would ba productive of immense benefit, and that whatever additional rates bad to be paid would be more than counter- balanced by the general improvements, of the public mind and morals. It would be exceedingly desirable in his opinion to have each centre of population directly represented. The Rev. J.J. George dissented from theviews of Mr Johns on representation. It was not localities that they wanted to have represented so much as the various tones of thought. It was desirable that the Board should be a faithful reflex of the various shades of moral and religious thought in the parish. According to Mr John's system, they might get a Board of one class of per- sons and one tone of thought, and in assigning a member to a district how did th y know that there was a man in the district capable of acting efficiently on sueh a Board ? (Laughter.) Mr Morgan Edwards seconded the resolution, which was carried The Rtv. D. Price, Siloa, moved a resolution to the effect that it was desirable as soon as the number of the Board was known to have a meet- ing and eodeavour to elect a Board without a contest (hear, hear). A contest would be pro- ductive of personal feeling besides being expensive and full of turmoil. It would also rouse a feeling of denominationalism, and he jcished that to be entirely sunk. They should .forget the sects in their regard for the general objects of the move- ment, and elect members for fitness alone (hear). For his own part he would not care if a man were a Turk so that, he was capable of becoming a good member of the School Board (bear, hear). Mr David Jones seconded the resolution, which was carried by a large majority, a few hands only being held up against it. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings.

ABERDARE POLICE COURT. TUESDAY.—(Before J. C. Fowler, R. H. Rhys, J. Lewis, D. E. IVilliams, and D. Davis, Esqrs.) DRUNKENNESS, &c.-William Rees was charged with being drunk and indecent in Monk-street, on the 11th inst. P.O. Cross proved the offence, Fined 6a. and coats.'—Joseph XJoyd was charged j with being drunk and riotous in Navigation-rond, Mountain Ash, on the 19th inst. P C. Cassle proved the case. Fined 10s. and costs.—John Morris was charged with a similar offmee on the 10th inst. P.C. Robins saw him drunk and challenging to fight, at 1 o'clock at night. Fined 10s. and costs.—John Jones and John Thomas were charged with being drunk and ffghting in Merthyr-road, Llwydcoed, on the 10th iust. P.C. Hopkins proved the offence. Fined 10s. and costs each.—Thomas Jenkins and John Rogers were charged with a similar offence at the same place. P C. Hopkins proved the case. Fined in a like sum.—David Hopkins was charged with a similar offence in Hirwain-road, Trecynon. P.C. Powney proved the case. Fined lOci. and co.its.-Rees Thomas and George Griffiths were charged with a similar offence in High street, on the 18th inst. P.C. Poynts aav them at the tap of Canon- street, at half-past 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, drunk and creating a great disturbance. He heard them a great distance of. Fined 10s. aud costs each.—John Richards was charged with a similar offence on the 6th inst, at teu minutes past 12 o'clock at night. P.C. Cross saw the defendant and another man fighting. Defendant was drunk, and struck one blow. The other man was brought up last wetk. Defendant said lie was going home quietly, being neither drunk nor sober," when a drunken man came up to him and struck him without any provocation. He only pushed the man away with his open hand, and the constable oame up. The Bench did not think the charge of riotous conduct made out, and dismissed the case.—John Hughes was charged with being drunk and obstructing the thoroughfare, in Commercial-street, Mountain Ash, on the 3rd instant. P.C. Williams stated that on Saturday night, while the streets were crowded, the defendant oame up to him and told him not to be too fast. as he knew the law b<tter than he (witness) did. A large crowd collected, and the thoroughfare was eomplgtely blocked up. Defendant remained there 10 minutes, and was af terwards taken to the station. Defendant said it was his first offencc. Fined 10s. and costs.—James Stanfield was charged with being drunk and fight- ing in Navigation-road, Mountain Ash. P.C. Jen- kins proved the offence. Fined 10s. and costs.- Evan Spencer was charged with being drunk and riotous in Duffryn-road, Mountain Ash, on Satur- day night week. P.S. Hodgson proved the case. Fined 10s. and costs.—John Pask was charged with a similar offence at Mountain Ash. P.C. Jenkins was asked to put the defendant out of the Allen's Arms, in consequence of his quarrelling with last defendant. He was drunk, and creating a disturbance. Fined 10s. and costs. — Mary Ann Thomas was charged with being drunk on the 11th instant, in Pembroke-street. P.C. Evans found the defendant at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, lying on her back in the middle of the street helplessly drunk. There was a crowd of people around. She had to be carried to the station. Fined 5s. and eosts. A MISERABLE OBJECT.—Thomas Howells, a dirty, ragged looking man, was brought up on suspicion of having stolen some money, a pair of trousers, shirt, Ac., the property of some person unknown. Mr Superintendent Thomas said he should offer no evidence in the case. The pri- soner was found asleep near Cwmbacb, with six- teen half sovereigns in his pocket, and refused to give any account of himself. He had since ascer- tained that prisoner came from Neath, where his friends lived. He was known to have had money in the bank, but was too miserly to provide him- self with sufficient food to keep him from starving. -The Bench ordered that the prisoner be sent back to Neath, and that the train fare be deducted from the money found in his possession ILLBGAI. HOURS.—William Rees, Thomas Jones, Thomas Lewis, David Harries, Benjamin Evans, and David Davies were charged with being in the Prince of Wales, Hirwain, during the time the house ought to have been abut up, on Saturday night, Dec. 3rd. Harries and Evans did not ap- pear. P.C. Poyntz went to the house at half- past 11 o'clock on the night in question, and found the defendants there sitting down with pint vessels containing beer before them. The land- lord was convicted of the offence. The Bench said as it was not long after time, and the land- lord ought to turn them ont, they were not so much to blame. If they paid the costs of the summons, 3s. 6d: each, they might go. The money was paid. INFEINQEMENT OF LICENSE.-Robert Jones, iandlord of the Six Bells, Trecynon, was charged with selling beer before ha If-past 12 o'clock on Sunday. The landlady appeared. P.8 Thorney visited the house at 17 minutes past 12 o'clock on Sunday week. Before he got to the bouse he saw the :seryant girl standing in the doorway, and when she saw him she ran in. He went a little distance round and returned. On coming to the front door he found it locked. The landlady opened it, and, in a back room, he found a man in the act of hiding a pint vessel behind some things on the mantlepiece. He took the pint down and it was nearly full of beer newly drawn. The floor was wet and the room was full of tobacco smoke. The landlady said the man was a lodger. This, however, was an error. The man lived at No. 7, Albert-street, within 100 yards of the house. The landlady, in defence, said the man had been a lodger, and went down to town for a doctor that day, a little girl whom she had adopted being very ill. P.S. Thorney was ordered to make en- quiries as the truth of her statement. Witness afterwards stated that he had seen Dr. Jones but he (Dr. Jones) did not think the child was on the list so far back. Dr. Leigh also had no re- collection of the man coming there that day. The Bench adjourned the case for the attendance of the defendant himself. They could not hear a defence from the wife. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.—Mary Ann Williams was charged with an assault upon her mother, Margaret Williams. Complainant stated that the defendant struck her on the head with a stone and pulled her by the hair. A witness was called, who stated that the mother commenced the at- tack. Dismissed. ALLEGED THEVT 0" A WATCH.—James James was charged with stealing a silver watch, the property'of Benjamin Powell. Prosecutor said he was a platelayer, living at Mountain Ash. On Saturday, the 10th instant, he was drinking at the Bruce Arms, Mountain Ash. Left at "stop tap" time, at 12 or half-past 12 o'clock. He was so drunk that he did not know whether any one left with him. He bad a watch at the time in his waistcoat pocket. Saw it some time before leaving. It was of the value ofjE7 10a. Missed it about 7 o'clock the following morning at his ho/ne, Did not remember having seen prisoner that night. Knew prisoner by sight. A person told him that the prisoner had his watch- He spoke to prisoner about it on Mon- day night, and he replied that he had net seen him on Saturday night. William Evans, ooliier, said he lived at the Mountain Ash Inn, and was a nephew of the landlord. On the night in question, between L2 and 1 o'clock, he saw the prisoner and prosecutor at the top of Fountain street. They were both drunk, prosecutor being most gone in drink. Prisoner was taking the guard off prosecutor's neck, and had the watch in his hand. He said to prosecutor in Welsh, I am going to take your watch come home with me." Prosecutor was then on the ground, and drunk. He left them there. -—P.S. Hodgson arrested prisoner at half-past 11 o'clock on Mon- day night, at Mountain Ash, and charged him with stealing the watch. He replied that he had not done so, and knew nothing about it. The watch had not been found.-Prisoner was re- manded for a week to Swansea Gaol.

MR HENRY RICHARD, M.P., AT MOUN- TAIN ASH. On Wednesday evening last, Mr Richard, our excellent senior borough member, addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting of his constituents at the Workman's Hall, Mountain Ash. The hon. mftsber on entering the hall was greeted with loud and hearty cheers. He was accom- panied by Mrs Richard, D. Davis, E3q J.P., Maesyilynon, and inlra Davis, who oocupied seat3 on the platform. 011 the motion of the Rev T. Llowellyn, Mr Davis, Maesflynon, was voted to the chair. The Chairman, after a few suitable remarks, called upon Mr Richard to aldrsss the meeting. Mr Richard then oame forward amidst bud applause, and,after a few oreli.niuary remarks in Welsa, ipuke to the following effect. He ad- dressed them as "fellow countrymen." He had come there ouce more to meet them in order to give some account of his stewardship as their representative in the House of Commons, or, as he might perhaps put it in a manner more in harmony with thei^. feelings, to confer together on matters in which all were interested, and more or less affected our prosperity and well- being as a nation. It would be no exaggeration or arrogance to say that what was done in the British Parliament exercised an influence either for go >d or evil in all p irts of the earth. (Cheers). Well, they had been very diligently occupied during the last session of Parliament, aud had passed some 112 new laws. They had talked oceans of talk—good, bad, and indiffer- ent-and some of the matters that had been finally, settled were of great importance to the well-being of the country. He would refer briefly to some of the minor matters that had engaged their attention, and on which he had given his vote, he believed, in accordance with the opinions of the great majority of his constitu- ents. He supported by his vote a measure pro- posing to relieve the right reverend fathers in God-the bishops—from attending in the House of Lords, so as to enable them to devote them- selves more entirely to matters relating to their dioceses as overseers of the Church and he also voted in support of a bill brought in by Mr Peter Taylor for the total abolition of thi Game Laws. There were several measures relating to those laws brought into Parliament during last ses- aion, all more or less agreeing that something ought to be done to modify those laws but looking at theiu as he did, and at the evils en- gendered thereby, through fostering cri ne by putting temptation in the way of poor men, as well as the injustice inflicted upon farmers, he proposed to make a clean sweep of them. (Cheers). He voted also for a motion that was brought forward to enable clergymen of the Church of England to uncloth" themselves of their clerioal character and become men -(laugh- ter)-for they knew that one of the superstitions that clung to the Churoh of England was" once a clergyman, always a clergyman j" so that every man brought up in the Church, although pos- sessing no qualification for the sacred office, and who desired to apply himself to some other position, had no power to do so but they passed a law by which a clergyman by giving six months' notice might throw off the cloth and sit amongst them as representative of any con- stituency of the United Kingdom. He voted also on a number of questions relating to women. He was sorry there were no women from vloun- tain Ash present that night, because he thsught of obtaining their approval for having voted in their behalf. (Cheers). He voted for a measure to protect married women's property. A hard-working, industrious woman, who had a worthless, drunken, and profligate husband, might earn by her labour sufficient to support herself and children, and this worthless scamp of a hus- band who had deserted her might at any time step in and take every penny from her. But that was so no longer; a woman could keep what she earned, and no one could take it away from her. (Applause.) Then again he voted to re- move what was called the Electoral Disabilities of Womeu." That meant that women who were in the occupation of their own houses, and paid rates and taxes, should have a right to vote in political elections. When that bill passes, ;e will expect the women of Mountain Ash to vote for him. (Laughter and cheers.) They had another measure before them of very great im- portance, which was one of the two great mea- sures of the session. That was the lriuh Land Bill, the object of which was to regulate between masters, landowners, and their tenants. Until the passing of the Act, the landlords had the most arbitrary power over their tenants. They could raise the rent at any moment, and turn the ten- ants out at six months' notice without giving any compensation for tha labour expended during perhaps twenty years on the soil and the nuilding of out-houses; but this could be done no longer. Now the landlord must pay the tenants the value of the improvements made in the soil and if a terant is turned out by the landlord without sufficient reason, he will have to pay not only the value of the improvements, but for the loss sustained in being wantonly deprived of the means of existence. Another measure- brougil forward was the Burials Bill, which would give to Noncouformists a right to oonduct religious services in parish churchyards. Although they were national property, only one section, and that a small section in Wales, had a right to have services conducted by their own minister. That Bill was under the charge of a very able and distinguished countryman of ours, Mr. Osborne Morgan—one of the best men Wales had sent into the House of Commons. It was carried by a large majority, and referred to a select com- mittee. He (llr Richard) sat ou that comrniteo, and although the gentlomeu who represented tiu church party, one being the member for tlv University of Oxford and the other for Cam- bridge, he was bound to say they met them in the discussion in a calm and liberal spirit. Their late distinguished member, Mr Bruce, was in the chair, and -when it came to a vote, the votes being equal, he was happy to state the chairman gave his casting vote in favour of the Bill. (Loud cheers.) It came out of committee in a much better state than it went in, and when it came back to the house it was defeated by mere factious opposition. It would, of course, be introduced again by Mr Morgan next session, when he hoped it would meet with a better fate. Another measure brought in by Mr A or- gan was The Sites for Places of Worship Bill," the object of which was to give power to Dissenters or Churchmen to acquire land for the erection of scuools or chapels. The Bill was adopted by the Government with regard to schools, and embodied in the Educational Bill. The other part referring to chapela remained as before, but Mr Morgnn iutenAed to introduce the Bill again next session. There were one or two other matters he would refer to in which they were interested, one being the Ballot. He thought he might now say the Ballot was safe. (Applaus .) No measure, how- ever, was passed last session in reference to the Ballot, but the Government will be obliged to bring forward a Bill for the purpose of pro- viding secret voting for members of Parliament, and they all knew that the elections of School Boards for the city of London were taken by Ballot. (Cheers.) He had no doubt this-was intended as an experiment; indeed, Mr Forster told him so. When he went to Mr Forster with respeot to the Educational* measure lu (Mr Richard) was asked how he thought the Ballot would work in Wales. His answer was that he thought it would work well if there were perfect freedom of election; but he had given it to Lon- don, where it was least needed, aud not given it to Wales, where it was most needed.. Mr Forster replied that if they would wait till next September they were sure to get the Ballot. He would tell them a little incident :—The Govern- ment did attempt to bring the Ballot into the election of School Boards but when the olause enacting it was brought before the House of Commons, the Tories made a most determined resistance. The House sat from half-past three o'clock in the afternoon till half-past five the next mornmg. They voted no less than fourteen times upon the Ballot clause. Members of Parliament had power to obstruct the passage of any measure or any clause in a bill in this way one mem- ber would get up and say, I move the adjourn- ment of the debate," and if there were only two or three people of similar views present they could carry itto a division, and a division took from 20 to twenty-five minutes' time. Well then they would go back, and another man on another bench would say, "I beg to move the adjournment of tha House." Then came another division, which would take twenty-five minutes. Then a third man would get up and make a similar motion and so on, till on that day they h id fourteen di- visions. At last, one gentleman, got up and proposed, in order to economise the expenditure of the country, that the gas be put out. (Laugh ter). The clause in the favour of the Ballot was carried, but unfortunately the Hms.; of Lords threw it out. Me then came to the Education Bill, and some of them were aware that he took rather a a prominent part is the discussion of that Bill. He thought, as a NTon-conior:nist, th-it if they ac- cepted a measure which recommended the right of the State to teach religion by public education, their church friends would turn round and say, Here you take money in your public schools to teach children, how can you refus- to pay money to teach religionin churches?'' and therefore he moved that Government should simply provide elementary education such as reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, history, grammar, &o., but let them leave re- ligious teachi: g to the churshes, the chapels, the Sunday schools, and the parents of the children themselves (Cheers ) Perhaps they would expect him to say something of the future. He lookod forward with no great pleasure to the next session of Parliament. He did look for- ward with great pleasure to the two last sessions because there were great measures of national importance likely to be brought forward, ami were brought before theta and carried. In the first session the question of the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church engaged their attention, and in the fast session the Irish Laud Bill, and the Education Bill, and other great measures were brought forward hut he was afraid the time of the next session would be absorbed in one great discussion, and that was War" and warlike armaments. He looked forward with no pleasure at that. The military party have raised a panic, and under cover of that panic are raising a demand for increasing the ex- penditure of the army. navy, and militia Now, he wished to have an expression of opinion from the people of Mountain Ash, the same as he obtained at Dowlais and Merthyr, whether they were in favour of such an expenditure. He believed there never was a more unnecessary outcry than the present. Looking to the continent we see two of the greatest military powers of Europe engaged in a death struggle, exhausting their men and money. Was it likely, then, they would invade our shores ? France was generally our bugbear, and drew the attention of alarmists. He bad seen four or five panics got up merely for the sake of taking money from our pockets, and whenever our finances were in a prosperous condition and when Government was r. ady to relieve the bur- dan of taxation, these military people got up a panic in order to lay their hinds upon the sur- plus (Shame.) The first panic he referred to was in 1848, when Louis Philippe was on the throne of France, It was stated that he meditated the in vasion of England, and, under cover of that, a large addition to the expenditure was made but what became of the p,anic ? Louis Philippe did invade England, not, though, with a large army, but in a little cock-boat, and under the name of Mr John Smith." (Laughter), And when Louis Napoleon ascended the throne there was another panic, at a time when he was en- deavouring to make his position secure, and en- deavouring to win the good opinion of England. Another panic occurred during the time the bte lamented Mr Cobden was engaged in effecting a treaty of commeroe between Franoeaud England, which increased our commerce with France four- fold, Lord Palmerston, at that time, got up in the House of Commons and proposed a large vote of money in order to build fortifications on our coast for fear of our neighbours. The Em- peror said to Mr Cobden, It is no use eMgying ou this treaty of commerce, your minist^pdoes not want it, otherwise why do they charge us in this way ?" Mr Cobden told him (Mr Richard) and be would say this to the honour of the late emperor that had it not been for him the French government would have thrown it up and a great benefit would have been lost to the country. (Cheers.) Well, then they would try to make large additions to the army and navy. Government iJIcceeded in reducing the cost of tho army and navy about two mil- lions but in" consequence of the military class, and there were about 230 in the House of Com- mons, they rose such a elamour about the defence of Belgium that the Government, in an evil moment, came down to the House and pro- posed a vote of two millions, thussweeping away the economy of two years. Th,re were only seven men who had the courage to oppose that vote, and, he was happy to say, he was one, (Loud applause.) Well, they would want more armaments, and more money, and something besides—they wanted us to adopt the Prussian system, viz., that every young man on attaining the age of 18, it did not matter what his position or prospects in life were, would be compelled by law to enter the army for seven years. (Shame.) He would be obliged to learn the trade of blood, and, till he was forty years of age, would be liable to be called upon to engage in military pursuits. He wished to receive an expression of their opinion upon that point—were they willing to accept such a system? (Loud cric-s of No, no.") Very well then, he should expect them to support him as one man in the House of Commons who would resist such a proposal. (Loud cheers.) The hon. gentleman afterwards addressed the meeting in Welsh- At the close questions were put to the hon. member in reference to the sub-inspectorship of mines, and the proposed dowry to the Princess Louise, to both of whioh full and satisfactory replies were given. The Rev T. Llewellyn proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Richard for the time and attention lie had paid to his parliamentary duties during the past, aud also a vote of confidence in him for the future. This was seconded by Mr Thomas Edwards in "W-el-di, and supported by "Mr George Wilkinson. J The resolution was unanimously carried. A vote of thai;.ks to tho chairman brought the proceedings, which were throughout of a most interesting character, to a close. MEETING AT THE TEMPERANCE HALL. On Thursday evening, Mr 'Richard addressed his constituents at the Temperance Halfy in this town, Mr Davis, Maesyffynon, in the chii%t The hall was crowded in every part, and the pifoceed- ings were of a most enthusiastic and satisfactory character.

MOUNTAIN ASH LOCAL BOARD. The ordinary iiothnghtty meeting of the above Board was held on Monday, when the following members were present: G. Wilkinson, (chair- man), D. Morgan, J. Griffiths, D. Coleman, T. Edwards, T. Jones, Llewelyn Lleweiyn, J. Gray, E. Thomas, and the Revs. D. Jones and J W. Williams. The minutesjof the last meeting were read and confirmed. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. The following report of the Surv yor was read To the Mountain Ash Local Board. Gentlemen.-In compliance with orders made at your last meeting, I have examined the hous s. numbered 23, 24, 25, 2G, 27, and 28, situate at the top of Phillip-street, Caegarw, with respect to the drainage of the said premises. These houses, the property of Mesrs Nixon & Co. are without any drait.s, and at present there are not any ireans of draining the said houses, It would be necessary according to the 49th clause of the Public Health Act, 1848," to construct a sewer to within 100ft. of the premises. At present there does not exist any sewer within a distance of about 400ft. from the said premise., so that the present sewer would re- quire lengthening a distance of 300ff before you could give the owners notice to drain the said pre- mises. Under the circumstances I think it would not be advisable to carry out the work requited at present. I beg to report I have examined the drains and sewers at the back of Glyngwyn-street and Bailey- street, Miskin, and find the nuisance complained of, viz., the flooding of the Baileys-Arms, and Mr J. Yyilliams's property, arises in consequence of the drains being too small to carry away flood waters, which now from the mountain side- To remedy this nuisance it vvould be necessary to construct a sewer from the Miskin-road to the top end of Bailey-street, a distance of 93 yards, which would cost £ 25 lis. 6d. I would recommend you order the said work to be carried out. I beg leave to lay before you estimates of the proportion of private improvements to the property of the Independent Chapel, Caegarw, and the Primit ve Methodist Chapel, Bruc street. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. S. O. HARPUB, Surveyor. Dec. 19th, 1870. THE PUILI.IP STEEET NUISANCE. The Chirman asked if anything temporary could not be done to get rid of the nuisance in Phillip-street- The Clerk stated that the Medical Officer at- tributed four cases of fever to the bad state of the drainage, two of which proved fatal. Mr Williams thought they were placed in an awkward position for the next six months, having no funds at their disposal. The Chairman sdid tne large outlay in Oxford- street had liD doubt deceived them all The matter was allowed to stfid over. DRhIN IN BAILEY-STREET. Mr Griixiuis proposed, and Mr T. Jones, lie- conded, that the Surveyor's recommendations" in reference to the above street be carried out. This was agreefjjo, and a committee was appointed to receive teiurers from the local contractors for the work. PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS. The Surveyor's estimate for private improve- ments carried out by the trust es of the In- dependent and Private Methodist Chapels, was adopted; and it was ordered that the money be repaid as soon as the funds would allow. The Clerk read several notices from owners of property in Allen-street and Duffryn-road, who had completed their private improvements to the satisfaction of the Surveyor, objecting to pay the extra chirns made upon them by the Board. Mr Willliams, and other members thought it a hard case that parties should be called upon a second time. The Surveyor explained that the charges were made out according to th;! lineal frontage. Mr Edwards thought the be^t plan to have the matter settled would be to take a caae before a court ofjustice. The Clerk said several cases had been tried in Merthyr. In only one case the Board lost io cons quenee of the notice having gone wrong. I The owners ought to have come to an understand- ing between themselves to complete the work, as they were responsible for the whole street. Mr Williams asked if that was stated in the notice. The Clerk said it was. On the motion of the Chairman the matter was ordered to stand over till the next meeting. FINANCE. The Finance Committee's report was adopted. Bills amounting to 15s. 7d. were ordered to be paid, leaving a balance of £ 10 12s. 5d. in the treasurer's hands. This concluded the business.

^btt0rial Cffrresjjffitfreuce. TO THE EDITOR OF THR "ABERDARE TIMES." ti SIR,— Kvery right-minded Christian must de- plore the party and irreligious spirit which has been evok-d by (he Educational Act of last session of Parliament. The Union of Christen- dom which many persons hoped to be fairly be. gun is in danger of being rendered hopelessly impossible. The friends of education are forming themstdves into two cainps, and arming them- selves for deadly warfare. 0;1 tbe olle side is the religious party, containing those who wish to force their own peculiar theological dogmas upon their neighbours' children. On the other side are the unsectarians or those who wish to respect every man's opinions, and to instruct-children who attend public schools in what are generally termed secular subjects, adding the principles of sound morality, leaving theology and dogmas to the parents and their various religious teachers. This scheme is described by the self-styled re- ligious party" as irreligious, infidel, and other opprobrious and offensive naices. A special in- stance of this religious abuse was displayed in some perniciously scurrilous letters, referring to the University College for Wales, which appeared a week or two ago in yocr contemporary, the Western Mail, and bearing the signature of Henry T. Edwards, vicar of Carnarvon. These epistles are full of grossly foul misrepresentations, and I am surprised that none of your talented correspondents have not drawn attention to them He asks a series of questions about the projected University College for Wales. I shall only notice them so far as they slander all denomina- tions but his own. He insinuates that the sixth, seventh, aud eighth commandments will be re- garded as obsolete obligations" among the students of an unsectarian university college. Of course, his ideas are formed from the charac- ter of his college confreres. He asks" are the religious principles dominant in the domestic life of the college to be those of the Church, or of Wesleyanism, or of Congregatibpalism, or of Unitarianism, or of Deism?" If he had only added Mahommedanism and Paganism the jum- ble would have been complete. But what is the Church? Does he mean that monstrous Par- liamentary structure whose foundations were laid upon plunder by the very pious defender of the faith, Henry VIII and which has thrived upon plunder ever since? Will he inform us what religious principles pervade his Establishment, which ia so devot d to peace, charity, and good. will towards men, and especially towards its own members, as may be seen continually in the Ecclesiastical Court. Are th,'y the religious principles of pxoudo catho'ics, like Wilberforce and Maehonochif, or those of Voysey, or those of the Schoolmaster Temple, or of the Bishop Tem- ple, or those of the Shaftesbury clique, that contiibute to form such a happy family in the Establishment. Did it not look like blasphemy, one might :say that the Saviour had them in view when he said, "I come to send a sword." Again, he asks, Are they," the students, "to adore the God of the Christian Church as revealed in the incarnation, according to the definitions of the Nicene Creed, or the (iod of the Unitarians, or the unknown god of Professor Huxley P" The writer would have done well had he been more explicit, And told us which is the Christian Church. Not many persons need be told in what church God is adored according to defi- nitions" rather than "in spirit and in truth." It is commonly jenowri that a former resident of Aberdare publudy talked of his belief of the real presence of Chritit in the holy sacrament, and of his willingness to die rather than give it up; and that i. must. b- either a Catholic or a Uni- tarian, but who evidently has not the honesty to be openly one or tho other. What God does that man adore who, while prufe^ing such views as those just referred to, remains in a church wh.ch by the Act of Uniformity and its articles endeavours to exclude both from its pale ? Is not his God the fIlld of emoluments ? Surely H. T. E. should east the beam out of his own eye before slandering men whose aims, lives and characters are as pure as his own. Hosava Unsectarian education means education apart from the knowledge of the Revealed God." If the God of 11. T. E. is at all revealed through him, welt mi,ht Welshmen pray to heaven to keep them in ignorance. The pious writer "pro- tests against the attempt which is now beiug made to commit the Welsh middle classes to the acceptance of this infidel scheaie." He ought to know that unsectarian colleges are not unknown to England and Wales. Will he have the hardi- hood to denounce Owen's College, Manchester, as an infidel college, in which the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments are regarded as "obsolete obligations ?" or, to put it into plainer language, in which theft, adultery, and murder are constituent parts of the students' principles ? There is another commandment which he may do well to" read and ill warily digest "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Yet there may be hope even of this tall, inflated writer, for he evideutly relents after writing his abusive nonsense and throws a sop for the very persons whom he has so dastardly attacked: To make a Parliamentary grant in aid of an institution, thejinuer life of which must of neces- sity be abhorent to the religious feelings of the people of Wales, will be a gross misapplication of public money. Better would it be a thousand times to endow the Dissenting colleges of Bala, Trefeoca, Pontypool, and Brecon, which retain some definite portions of the Chris. tian faith in various degrees, which I can- not presume to determine." Observe, readers, your colleges have some portion of th" Christian laith, in various degrees." How sad that he cannot determine" in what "degrees" you may see your almost godless condition. Think you not your colleges and churches have as much ",religious faith" as those colleges and that church which contains sectarianism and un- sectarianism more than all diasening churches together, and which is the great renxltavous for ihe unfaithful and apostates from all churches, who, to savd their pockts aud their respectability, "conformr" Again, we are piously informed that at the same time all intelligent Welshmen must sympathise with the promoters of this move- ment in their desire to obtain ampler means of high education for the middle classes of Waleg whose comparative poverty excludes them from the advantages of Oxford and Cambridge." Per- haps this is the ablest statement in the string of tall stuff that I have before me. Their" com- parative poverty excludes them from Oxford and Cambridge. Nay, it is the audacious usurpation of the people s property by one sect that "excludes them. Ihose ancient universities are the peo- ple s property, but by pious robbery have been kept from them, but at a not far distant day they will be restored. E T. H.

WAR AND RELIGION. Er dweyd paderau didawl Ni cheir Duw o ochr y d-l." David Davies, Castell Momel. Vile Hypocrite Are these thy:pranks Y First murder men, then give God thanks Ob Hypocrite, proceed no further, The Lord accepts no thanks for marther. Anon. Yr heretic aflan afraslawnidy ry w", Lladd dynion yn gyntaf, a diolch i Dduw Ragrithiwr c'wilyddus ni dderbyn Duw'th fawl, Na'th ddiolch cableddus am weithred i Dd-l. JSdmard Evan, Tonoech. You murder oM-the gallows is your fate You murder many-and you serve the state A robber if some small misdeed you do, Commit gigantic crimes—a hero you I Tell me, ye moralists of exalted station Where, where4beginsithe transformation ? J.B. Os Heddi tlli-i'r grogbren y cai fyn'd, Os Heddi fil-yr wyt i'th wlad yn ffrynd A lleidr vryt ti os trosedd bach a wnai, Gwa drosadd mawr, a thi yn wron ai I Dy weiiwch foesddysgawdwyr, uchel alwad, Pa le, pa bryd, dechreua'r oyfnewidiad ? S.N. S.

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