The London Welshman

Home News. ANGLESEY. Mr. Pierpont Morgan has added to his artistic treasures the rock-crystal, silver-mounted ewer, formerly belonging to the Marquis of Anglesey, which fetched 4,000 guineas at Christie's recently. Letters were submitted at the last County Council meeting from Cardiff, Swansea, and Carnarvon, asking the Council to support their respective claims for the National Library and Museum, and it was unanimously decided to support the claim of Carnarvon. The remains of the late Marquis of Anglesey were interred at Llanedwen Church, Anglesey, last week, in the presence of about 200 people, chiefly farmers and tenants. The principal mourners were the new Marquis of Anglesey, and his brother-in- law, Lord Ingestre. Owing to the very low tides of last week many people visited Moelfra, on the east coast of Angle- sey, to see the remains of the wreck of the Royal Charter," which was driven ashore there in Octo- ber, 1859. One of the converts at a revival meet- ing held at Moelfra a few days ago was Thomas Hughes, who, it is stated, was the first to go to the rescue at this memorable wreck. CARDIGAN. Aberystwyth Town Council last week decided to take steps for acquiring the undertaking of the Gas Company. Mr. J. E. Rogers, Abermeurig, has served as a magistrate for Cardiganshire for fifty years, having qualified on the 3rd of March, 1855. The Rev. G. Eyre Evans has presented to the Aberystwyth Town Council the original black and white sketches used in the production of his work on the Aberystwyth Court Leet. Since the death of Mr. Mortimer Green, and pending the appointment of his successor, Pro- fessor J. Mortimer Angus is acting as the registrar of the University College, Aberystwyth. The schooner "Eastward," of Aberystwyth, bound from Portmadoc for Poole, was abandoned on Friday in a sinking condition sixty miles south- west of St. Anne's Head. The crew have been landed at Milford Haven. Mr. Evan Hugh James, of Crugian, Inear Aberystwyth, Cardigan, tanner and currier, for- merly of Chalybeate Terrace, Aberystwyth, who died on the 14th January last, left estate of the gross value of £ 4,668 16s. lid. The funeral of Mrs. Basil Jones, widow of the late Bishop of St. David's, took place at Llangy- felin Church and Cemetery, North Cardiganshire, on Tuesday last week. The funeral was private, but from the church to the cemetery the public joined. The Cambrian Railway Company intend to run during the summer months a new train to leave Aberystwyth at half-past six on Monday mornings, arriving in the Midlands about half-past eleven, for the convenience of business men who spend the week-end at Aberystwyth. CARMARTHEN. Sir Arthur Stepney, Bart., has made another valuable presentation of books to Llanelly Public Library. Mr. Richard Thomas, Llanelly, has been selected one of the tenors for the concerts in con- nection with the Mountain Ash National Eistedd- fod. Evan Roberts, the Welsh Revivalist, left his home at Loughor, on Tuesday, and arrived at Liverpool the same night to conduct his promised mission. Mr. Griffith Morris Williams, of Gellygath, Cenarth, Carmarthen, farmer and landowner, who died on the 23rd January last, left estate of the gross value of £6,979 3s. 4d. During a storm, on Tuesday, a pilot named Richard Thomas, of Burryport, endeavouring to get .on board the ketch Atlas," of Wicklow, in Car- marthen Bay, fell into the sea and was drowned. T. Elias, one of the Llandovery College boys, has just been elected to an open exhibition for history at Keble College, Oxford. This makes the sixth university honour won by this school since last September On Wednesday last week at the Western Tin- plate Works, Llanelly, Benjamin Davies had his foot crushed under a flywheel weighing 40 tons. He was pinned to the ground for 20 minutes, and subsequently conveyed home in a cab. CARNARVON. The Pwllheli Free Church Council are taking the necessary steps to elicit the feelings of the town in regard to the establishment there of a free library. A three-masted schooner, launched from the Portmadoc Docks, had the name Diwygiad" on her bows. The shipbuilder has not yet sold the vessel, so that the name must be regarded as temporary. Bangor College gets £ 235 annually from the County Council for agricultural education, and it is suggested that this should be increased to enable the college authorities to experiment in growing beet with a view, as stated, to create a sugar in- dustry. The Committee of the North Wales Music Institute, of which Lord Mostyn is the president, have accepted the offer of Mr. George Barker, of Liverpool and Llandudno, of a plot of land for the erection of a new building at Llandudno Junction at a nominal annual rental. Next to that at Wrexham the Carnarvon Council School is the largest in North Wales, and conse- quently more than the usual amount of interest is taken in the appointment of a successor to Mr. J. T. Jones as headmaster. Numerous applications were before the Staff Committee of the County Education Committee last week, and the following short list was agreed upon :—Walter Pierce, head- master of Llanfair Caereinion School; W. J. Williams, headmaster of Bontnewydd and Evans, headmaster at Dinorwic. DENBIGH. When the house of a man named David Jones, of Llangollen, was searched, the man was found dead. There was a tobacco box packed with sovereigns under the bed, and hanging near was a life-preserver. Jones lived as a recluse. At a recent wedding at Llangollen John Jones married Elizabeth Jones. The best man was a Jones, and so was the bridesmaid. The bride was given away by another representative of the Jones family, and practically every man, woman and child in the chapel was a Jones. The Denbighshire County Council have ap- pointed Mr. Douglas Wiles, of Norwich, as their architect and surveyor. The final voting was between Mr. Wiles and Mr. Vincent Morgan (Car- marthen), the former securing five votes over Mr. Morgan's total. The salary is £ 650 and travelling expenses. The interment has taken place at Corwen of Anthony Appleton, who had the distinction of having conducted the first train over the Egyptian Railway half-a-century ago. He returned to England, and entered the service of the Great Western Railway, having charge of the passenger service between Ruabon and Dolgelly, a distance of about 45 miles. For forty years Appleton covered the journey daily, totalling over a million miles. FLINT. Margaret Jones (87), who had been bedridden for more than a year, was burnt to death in her house, near Mold, on Wednesday morning. The Duke of Westminster has headed a sub- scription list for paying off a debt of £ 3,000 on the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl, with cheque of £ 1,000. The Life Saving Society's certificate on vellum has been presented to Walter Maddocks, aged 11 years, of Bettisfield, Flint, who tried to rescue companions who fell through the ice. Five of them were drowned. Walking by the side of a cow Mrs. Richards, one of the oldest inhabitants of Bangor, Flintshire, was seized with a fainting fit. She fell underneath the animal, which kicked her, fracturing two ribs. Death ensued within half an hour. GLAMORGAN. Bridgend is a remarkable place for centenarians. There is in the workhouse an old woman reported to be 102, while an old pedlar, who goes out on his daily rounds, asserts he is 104. Alderman R. Hughes, Mayor of Cardiff, has sub- scribed £ 500 to the Cardiff fund for the acquisition of the Welsh National Library and Museum. The fund now totals over £ 30,000. The fault recently reported at the Swansea Cor- poration Cray Waterworks will necessitate an ex- penditure of from £ 5,000 to £10,000 to put right, and the delay of the work by some weeks. The Rev. J. T. Pearce, of Cardiff, has accepted the unanimous invitation of the Loughborough Park Congregational Church, Coldharbour Lane, .S.E., and will commence his ministry there Sun- day, June 4th. The will of the late Bishop of Llandaff, the Right Rev. Dr. Lewis, was proved on Tuesday at the Probate Office, Llandaff. The gross estate was proved to be £ 112,567, the net personalty being £ 16,855. The Tablet is authorised to state that no com- promise has been arrived at between the Bishop of Newport and Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., in regard to the Roman Catholic school at Barry Dock, as has been reported. Mr. W. H. Lewis, one of the best known solicitors in South Wales, has been found dead on the beach at high-water mark near Barry. Deceased was a prominent member of the Glamorgan Hunt and the County Clubs. Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the Clydach Vale explosion should be forwarded to the Central Fund Committee, which will shortly be formed in connection with the South Wales Miners' Federation. Mr. William Jones, the solicitor to the Cardiff Infirmary, has received from Mrs. Evans, of North- lands, Maindy, Cardiff, the legacy of fsoo, free from duty, bequeathed to the Infirmary by her late husband, Mr. Evan Evans. At Swansea Police Court on- Friday, Captain Colquhoun (head constable), on behalf of the borough force, presented ex-Sergeant Lloyd with a marble clock and a pair of bronze ornaments on the occasion of his retirement after serving 28 years. The death is announced at Cardiff of the mother of David Shepherd, the city official who was sentenced for fraud recently. She was ill at the time of the arrest the evil news was kept from her, and she died without hearing of her son's disgrace. The veteran Dowlais choral conductor, Mr. John Evans (Eos Myrddin), has received news of the death of his third son, Mr. John Haydn Evans, of Homestead, Pa., U.S.A. The news was communi- cated by cable to deceased's brother, Mr. Harry Evans, F.R.C.O. Deceased, who succumbed to an attack of pneumonia, was 30 years of age. Fire broke out on Sunday in the central block of stalls in Swansea market, gutting several stalls, causing great damage to the roof. The damage is estimated at £ 10,000. The fire brigade worked several hours before they got the conflagration under, at one time the whole market being threatened. The falling glass from the roof con- siderably hampered the men, their hose-pipes being cut. No one was injured. MERIONETH. The estate passing under the will of Mr. R. E. Lloyd Richards, of Caernynwch, Dolgelly, has been valued for probate at £ 94,515. To the extreme regret of his congregation at the Dolgelly Congregational Church, the Rev. H. N. Henderson has announced his intention of accept- ing the unanimous call he has received from the English Congregational Church, Upper Bangor. MONMOUTH. John Rees, 65, while working in the Tredegar Ironworks was run over by some trucks, and his legs were se.iously injured. He was conveyed to the Cottage Hospital where he expired the next day. The question of the call which the Rev. H. Elwyn Thomas, the pastor of Victoria Road Congregational Church, Newport, has received to Holloway Church, London, was considered at a special meeting of the former church on Friday night, and in the result it was decided that Mr. Thomas is to remain at Newport. MONTGOMERY. At the last meeting of the Newtown and Llan- idloes Board of Guardians a letter was read from Mr. T. Rees, Canal Shop, Newtown, stating that since his contract for sugar in October the price of sugar had increased in consequence of the Sugar Convention, and asking the Guardians to allow him the difference. The difference was £ 2 2s. The amount was not allowed, the Chair- man remarking that if it had been the other way Mr. Rees would have been very quiet. RADNOR. The revival has been felt very strongly in Radnorshire, especially the northern part of it, every Church having had an awakening, and a large number of additions have been made. The Baptist Church under the pastorate of the Rev. D. Davies has had a remarkable experience, Mr. Davies having baptised in the river by immersion at Maesyrhellem and elsewhere no less than 128 persons.