The London Welshman

Home News. BRECON. One of the oldest visitors to Builth Wells is the Rev. D. P. Davies, Penmaenmawr, and formerly pastor of Horeb Congregational Church, Builth Wells. Although 28 years have elapsed since Mr. Davies left the town, he is still very popular and much beloved by the inhabitants. Mr. Davies's visit is as sure as the swallows. Having been in the ministry over 50 years, he remembers the late Llew Buallt as a boy singing lustily in the gallery of Horeb Chapel, and it was about that time he predicted for him a notable musical career. Mr. Davies has always a fund of humour, and he tells with delight how on one occasion he (accompanied by Kilsby Jones) walked across from Builth to Kington. Passing Hundred House they saw a woman with child in arms. What's it's name ?" queried Kilsby. Isaiah," was the reply. "Well, well," added Kilsby, who would' have thought of seeing a prophet at Hundred House ?" CARDIGAN. It is said that herring fishing in Cardigan Bay is sadly neglected by local men. Twenty years ago Aberystwyth possessed a body of men who followed this vocation pretty closely, and it is recorded that catches worth £ 50 have been made in a night by one boat. Latterly herring fishing has dwindled almost to vanishing point. Instead of going out with 40 or 50 nets, the men only go out in an open boat with five or six nets, and the catches as a rule are small and unprofitable. CARMARTHEN. A tragic incident occurred at Llanelly on Friday. Among those awaiting the arrival of the passenger steamer "Normandy" for the trip to Tenby was Mrs. Davies, an elderly woman of the New Dock dis- trict, who had relatives aboard. Soon after the vessel arrived Mrs. Davies was seized with illness, and was removed to a friend's house close by, where she died in a few minutes. CARNARVON. The new rector of Penmachno (the Rev. Ben Jones) presided at the Wesleyan Bazaar at Pen- machno last week. A legacy of £200 was left to the Clio Train- ing Ship, Bangor, by the late Mr. John Ramsden, the proprietor of the Chester Courant." The bazaar recently held in Conway Castle in aid of the diocesan schools fund realised £440 in gross receipts and £ 407 net as the result of the united efforts of the four neighbouring parishes of Llangelynin, Gyffin, Penmaenmawr, and Conway. Miss Kneeshaw, Penmaenmawr, was the president. DENBIGH. A married woman named Sarah Rogers, the wife of a collier living at Hall Street, Penycae, near Ruabon, met with a terrible death on Saturday night. Mrs. Rogers was found lying at the foot of the stairs dead. A broken paraffin lamp was underneath her, and portions of her body were very badly burnt. She had been upstairs putting one of her four children to bed, and one of them heard her fall as she was going down. There was no cry, however, and the child went to sleep, being awakened afterwards by the smoke which filled the house. The unfortunate woman must have been stunned by the fall, and the exploding lamp, which she had carried in her hand, had set fire to her clothing. She was 37 years of age. GLAMORGAN. Sir John Jones Jenkins and Mr. James Living- stone are members of the deputation of the Associated Chambers of Commerce who are visiting Liege this week. They represent Swansea. The appointment of a successor to Mr. W. Jenkyn Thomas, M.A., as headmaster of the Aberdare County School, was considered by the Governors on Tuesday. Out of the 49 applicants four appeared before the Board, and Mr. W. C. Cox, senior assistant-master at the Aberdare County School, was finally appointed. While gathering wild flowers, for which he had a passion, Mr. George Edward Wilson, aged 23, disappeared over the cliff at Penarth, on Monday, and fell upon his head upon the rocks fifty feet below, and died within an hour. The deceased was the son of Mr. Thomas Wilson, of the firm of Adams and Wilson, coal agents, Cardiff, and while at the School of Mines, Birmingham, under Pro- fessor Redmayne, gave promise of a brilliant career as a mining engineer. A short time since the Rev. E. John, minister of Canaan Congregational Church, St. Michael's Road, Maesteg, applied to Mr. Carnegie for a donation towards defraying the cost of an organ to be erected at the chapel at a cost of ^400. On Sunday at the close of the service, Mr. John read a letter from the millionaire, in which he expressed his willingness to contribute £ 200 towards the object, provided the members and congregation would subscribe the first £200. During revival services at Resolven, Neath, the Rev. Evan Roberts Lewis, Baptist minister, of Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, in a conversation with Mr. Evan Roberts, received from him a message to convey to his people in Yorkshire, which was Bring down the power." On his return, Mr. Lewis recounted his experiences among the re- vivalists, and communicated Mr. Roberts's message to an immense and expectant audience. The result was phenomenal. With surprising spontaneity and intensity this Yorkshire audience, in truly Welsh style, burst forth into praise, and prayer, and testimony. The services were continued for three months with great fervour and remarkable results, nearly 300 persons passing into the inquiry-room. MERIONETH. At the Dolgelley Board of Guardians, on Satur- day, Mr. Hugh Evans, Barmouth, presiding, the matter of expensive medicines was again under consideration. The chairman had prepared a report showing the sums expended on expensive medicines in the different unions Kate per Extra fees. 1' pauper. £ s. d. Paupers. s. d. Festiniog 20 o o 1,232 o 4 Aberystwyth 13 o o 648 o 5 Corwen 38 9 3 463 1 7 Wrexham 38 3 1 1-335 o 7 Bala 10 o o 170 1 2 Ruthin 3 14 4 492 o 2 Carnarvon 20 o o 1,550 o 3 Dolgelley. 92 10 o 598 3 11 At the Llanrwst, Llanerchymedd, St. Asaph, Holy- well, and Hawarden unions no payments were to medical officers in respect of expensive medicines. Several members strongly urged that steps should be taken to reduce the expenditure, as the sum paid by the union for expensive medicines was much higher than in any other union. MONMOUTH. Castle Street Congregational Chapel, Tredegar, has been broken into and a portion of the com- munion plate stolen. At a meeting of the Newport Trades Council on Monday, Mr. Dean presiding, a communication was received from the Labour Representation Committee enclosing a copy of the rules. It was decided to affiliate with the L.R.C. and to hold a meeting of delegates to elect officials and consider the rules. Communications were also read from the Labourers' Union, the Carpenters' and Joiners' Society, the Postmen's Federation, and the Engineers' Society favouring the return to the Corporation at the next municipal election of as many Labour candidates as possible. The threatened removal of the Monmouthshire Assizes from Monmouth to Newport, will, of course, be strenuously resisted by the ancient little county town. Monmouth is far in the north-east corner of the county on a very inaccessible branch line from all parts of the county and from Gloucester, the next circuit town. Newport, on the other hand, though nearly in the opposite corner, is a populous town and seaport, with excellent railway connection with all parts. The Corporation are prepared to spend £ 10,000 on the erection of assize courts. Yet Monmouth is dear to the legal memory. The trial of the Chartists, John Frost and others, for high treason took place in the diminutive Shire Hall there before a special commission, and Chief Justice Tindal's charge on that occasion is still the best statement of the law of treason by levying war." PEMBROKE. To the great regret of the inhabitants of New- port, Pembrokeshire (why not call it Newport in Nevern ?), Sir Augustus Oakes, C.B., librarian of the Foreign Office, who has for 21 years resided part of every summer in his leased house at Parrog, has just vacated his connection with that place. RADNOR. In the "Sunday Strand" for September there appears an interesting account of a Wesleyan chapel built some years ago at the expense of Parson Lloyd," vicar of Llanbister, Radnorshire, who was much respected by all who knew him as a devout Christian. When he found some Wesleyans in his parish without a chapel to worship in, he offered to build one for their sole use. They grate- fully accepted the offer in the same spirit as it was made, and the chapel to-day stands as a memorial to the vicar.