Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

MERIONETHSHIRE LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. Mil. T. E. ELLIS ON WELSH REFORMS. Speaking on Thursday afternoon at the annual meeting of the Merionethshire Liberal Association, presided over by Mr. Samuel Pope, Q.C., Mr. Thomas E. Ellis, M.P., junior Liberal whip, referring to the Parliamentary session just ended, said it was un- precedented in the number of its sittings, the difficulties Liberals had surmounted, and in the splendid courage and leadership-of Mr. Gladstone. -(Cheers). Pessimists were "cocksure" in their predictions of failure, but all such predictions had been falsified by the results. On November 2nd Parliament would sit again to pass the Parish and District Councils Bill and the Employers' Liability Bill. The House of Lords had completely spoilt the Sites for Places of Worship Bill, which con- sequently had to be abandoned as worse than useless. -(Shame.) It had also hacked the London County Council Bill by striking out the betterment clauses, and further-especially its ultra-clerical faction-it had done its utmost to mutile Welsh schemes for University, secondary, and technical education Lord Sandfurd, the fugleman of the Church School Society, and the Bishop of Bangor had tried to effect the rejection of the Carnarvoni-hire inter- mediate education scheme, but had been shamed out of their opposition. They defeat d the charter for the creation of a University of Wales because Lampeter College was not included—a semi- theological Church of England college mainly supported out of tithes, with the Bishop of Sc. David's as its governing body. It had a school as sectarian as itself attached to it, and the joint educational committee of Cardigan had refused to allow scholarships paid out of the county rate to be tenable at the school. Because this college, with its ridiculous government and its religious tests. was not included, the Lords tried hard to delay, if not to destroy, the charter, and because the school was not allowed to receive money out of the couuty rate the whole provision for enabling boys and girls to proceed from primary schools to inter- mediate and technical schools, and thence to the University Colleges, was ruthles-ly cut out.— (Shame.) In the Merionethshire scheme a clause was inserted to guarantee that school maintained out of public funds should be undenominational, and that particular religious instruction should only be given under the regulations made by the county governing body. That clause was maimed and mutilated. The House of Lords committed those mutilations at the bidding of a border bishop. In the Middle Ages the lords marcher used their irresponsible power to despoil Welshmen of freedom, laws, and lands; but the castles of the lords marcher were now in ruins and their tyranny broken. Now a bishop marcher—(laughter)—by means of his irresponsible power played the game of open and veiled hostility to Welsh national movements. -(Shame.) They bore mutilations of Welsh schemes with tolerable equanimity, because they knew the democratic forces were steadily and inevitably moulding events so as to make the influence of border bishops upon Welsh national progress as dead as that of the lords marcher.— (Cheers.) Those antics of the House of Lords enabled them to realise their hostility to the hopes of Ireland. When the time came for pronouncing a verdict on this assembly of obstructives Wales would take a leading part.-(Cheers.) The House of Lords was bitterly hostile to every aspiration and hope of Wales. In a few months Wales would be face to face with the House of Lords, and would know from experience Ireland's bitter grief at the dashing of the cup from its lips by irresponsible peers and bishops. He had said at Liverpool in January last that the session would see the decks cleared for Welsh di-establisbment. Well, Home Rule had passed. The second pledge given by the Liberal party was Wel, dis,.stablisbment.- (Cheers.) As the session advanced th.3 Welsh members felt the necessity, alike in the interests of Wales and of the Liberal party, of pressing strongly for the fulfilment of this pledge. He joined and co-operated heartily and enthusiastically in the policy mainly traced out by his fellow-member, Mr. Lloyd George—(cheers).—in the correspondence with Mr. Gladstone. That correspondence had to his knowledge done most substantial service to the cause of Wales.—(Cheers.) Since Mr. Gladstone's letter of the 8th August had been written, two events bad happened which cleared up doubtful points-first, Home Rule had passed the Commons, and Irish Nationalists were anxious to help in forwarding British legislation, and, secondly, there was the determination of the Government to ask their followers to sacrifice leisure and holiday to hold winter sittings to pass useful measures such as the Local Government Bill.—(Applause.) The Local Government Bill would democratise boards of guardians, local boards, rural sanitary authorities, and parish vestries, and enable working men to obtain greater control of affairs directly relating to the poor, such as charities, education, public hea th, land, and the improvement of town and village life. Some people were aghast at the idea that the best way to clear the decks for disestablishment was to secure winter sittings for the Employers' Liability and similar bills, but for his own part he had no doubt or hesitation but that Welsh disestablishment would be the leading measure of next session.— 'r (Loud cheers.) During last session the unity of the Welsh party had been threatened. As their representative he opposed on the one band the policy of letting their great question drift and take its chance on the other hand he could not support the proposal for complete severance from the Liberal party, before that party had had Parlia- mentary opportunity to fulfil its pledges to Wales. -(Hear, hear.) Next session the opportunity would be afforded, and his conviction was strong that Wales would have ample justification for its reliance on the good faith of the Liberal party.— (Cheers.) Concluding, Mr. Ellis said This session, though monopolised by the urgency of the Irish question, has not been fruitless for Wales. It has been a great satisfaction to help in getting the quarries of Wales placed under the special pro- visions of the Factory and Workshops Act, in securing a committee to experts to frame rules and regulations for the safe working of quarries, in securing the removal of an English-speaking judge and the appointment of a very able Welsh-speaking lawyer, in helping forward Welsh intermediate schemes, in obtaining a charter for the creation of a University of Wales, in adapting the Primary School Code to the needs and circumstances of Wales, in rendering some assistance to the friends w e<^uc^ion in various districts in North and Mid Wales in their struggles for good schools under elective control, and above all in appointing the Welsh Land Commission.—(Loud cheers.) In its immediate and its prospective effects this great inquiry will exercise a far-reaching influence.- (Hear, hear.) It is throwing a strong light upon many dark corners of Welsh rural life. It is exposing with quite dramatic force deeds of wrong perpetrated under cover of law. It is giving heart and hope to the peasantry. It is the certain fore- runner of a Welsh Land Act and a Welsh Housing of Labourers Act, which will give fair conditions of labour, secure homes, and enlarge opportunities to the tillers of the soil of Wales.—(Loud cheers.) Before the conference terminated the Rev. S. Owen, C.M., Tangygaisiau, moved—"That this meeting most emphatically protests against the injustice done to the youth of this county by the action of the House of Lords in praying that Her Majestry should withhold her consent to certain sections of the Merionethshire intermediate and technical education scheme, thereby indefinitely postponing a scheme already too long delayed and we further wish to express our deep conviction that the sections objected to are the only fair solution of the question of religious instruction in tha boarding-houses of the county schools."—The resolution was carried. On the motion of Mr. Morris Thomas, it was resolved" That this Council heartily congratulates the Government on the pa,sing of the Home Rule Bill through the House of Commons and protests against its rejection by the Hou-e of Lords, and considers that a House of hereditary legislators whose continued opposition to the will of the people constitu ionally expressed is a grievous hindrance to good government ought to be abolished." It was decided to hold the next meeting of the Association at Towyn.

NORTH WALES PRIZE HORSE SHOW AND SALES. The September show and sales in the North Wales Horse Repository, Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Wrexham, were held last week, commencing on Tuesday and continuing for four days. The catalogue contained 1,300 entries, and of those about 120 had won priz s at the leading shows. The horses shown and sold on Tuesday were hunters and harness horses, to the number of nearly 300. The judges appointed to award the prizes given by the auctioneer, Mr. Frank Lloyd, were Mr. P. P. Pratt, of Bryn Llithrig Hall, St. Asapb, and Mr. T. Harveyson, of Finchley, London, but the competition in the various classes was so great that two other gentlemen—Mr. Ashley Graves, of Speke Hall, Liverpool, and Mr. Baddeley, of Ilarts-hili, Stoke-on-Trent were chosen to assist them. Their awards were as follows :—Mares and geldings exceeding 15 2 1. Mr. Richard Hull, Edleston Farm. Nantwich r.n., Mr. F. Heafield, Bath; v.b.c., Mr. John Jones, Whitegate Farm, Wrexham; h.c., Mr. Henry Willing, Latchford, Warrington Mr. Chas. Frank, West Felton and Messrs. T. and I. Watkin, Berriew, Montgomeryshire. Mares and geldings not exceeding 15 2 1 and r.n., Mr. John Jones, Whitegate Farm. Wrexham v.h.c., Mr. H. Willing. Latchford h.c., Mr. Wm. T. Pownall, Yarwood Heath, Altrincham Mr. H. Willis, Tarporley; and Mr. James Griffiths, Hawarden. Four-year-old mares and geldings, 15 hands or over: 1, Mr. John Jones, Whitegate Farm, Wrexham r.n. and h.c., Mr. Henry Willis, Ridley Farm, Tarporley; v.h.c., Mr. William T. Pownall, Altrincham he.. Mr. John Pattinson, Rhosrhedyn, Wrexham. Three-year-old mares and geldings 1, Mr. R. V. Eardley, Bellaport Old Hall, Market Drayton; r.n., Mr. Jones, Peckforton, Tarporley v.h.c., Mr. D. White way. Woodchurch Farm, Birkenhead; h.c., Mr. A. Wood, Llanfair, Welshpool, and Mr. S. Sherwin, Stapleford, Tarporley. The highest price realised this day was 120 gns., which was paid by Mr. Webster, of London, for the chesnut gelding Jimcrack, a well-known local hunter, belonging to Mr. P. P. Pratt, of Bryn Llithrig Hall, St. Asaph. On Wednesday, 360 hacks, cobs, harness horses, and ponies were shown and offered for sale. The judges decisions were as follows :-Mares or geldings over 14 hands and not 15 hands 1, Mr. John Jones, Whitegate Farm. Wrexham 2, Dr. A. O. Davies, Machynlleth; v.h.c., Mr. R. V. Eardley. Market Drayton. Mares or geldings over 13 hands, and not exceeding 14 hands: 1. Mr. W. Mah"r, Upton, Chester 2. Mr. E. S. Clark, Llay Hall, Wrexham v.h.c., Mr. Jones, Wrexham. Ponies over 12 1 and not exceeding 13 hands 1, Mr. Milton, Raby Hall, Chester; 2, Dr. S. II. Munroe, Nantwich v.h.c., Mr. T. Welsby, Southport. Ponies not exceeding 12 1: 1, Mr. John Jones, Wrexham 2, Mr. T. H. Williams, Oswestry v.h.c., Mr. T. G. Boscawen, Whitchurch. The highest price realised during the day was 63 guineas, which was given by Mr. James Willis, of Malvern, for a chesnut cob, six year old, sent up by Dr. A. O. Davies, of Machynlletb. On the third day, Thursday, 140 powerful waggon mares and geldings, and about the same number of mares and geldings suitable for light lurry work, were shown and brought under the hammer. A number of prizes were again offered, and the judges —Mr. E. Wynne, The Limes, Stratford-on-Avon, and Mr. John Chambers, Llangefni, Anglesey-gave their awards as follows :-Pair of waggon mares or geldings, the property of a farmer or tradesman, and having been in his possession at least six weeks 1, Mr. W. H. Cureton, Hordley, Ellesmpre 2. Mr. Robert Morris, Hendref, Rhuddlan; v.h.c., Mr. Edwin Pritchard, Croesymab, Wrexham. Best waggon mare or gelding shown, for town work 1 and 2, Mr. W. Thompson, Leeswood, Mold h.c., Mr. Thomas Green. Pool Quay, Welshpool. Light lurry or strong van horse 1, Mrs. John Griffiths, Dearnford Hall, Whitchurch 2, Mr. Robert Morris, Hendref, Rhuddlan v.h.c., Mr. Samuel Pierpoint, Malpas. Cart geldings and fillies, foaled in 1890, 1, the Broughton Farming Company, Wrexhim 2, Mr. J. D. Owen, Ellesmere v.h.c., Mr. R. Daniel, Bryn yr Owen, Wrexham. There was an increased attendance of buyers and a marked improvement in the sales. The highest price realised was 100 guineas, which was paid by Mr. Gracey, of Birken- head (who was buying for Alderman Singleton, of the same town), for the winner of the prize offered for the best mare or gelding shown, a bay gelding standing 16 3, the property of Mr. William Thompson, of Leeswood. The show and sales was concluded on Friday, the judges were Mr. E. Wynne, The Limes, Stratford-on- Avon Mr. John Barrs, Nailstone Stud Farm, Hinckley; Mr. Thomas Chettle, Manor Farm. Reading; Mr. W. Conwy Bell, Rhuddlan and Mr. John Bourne, Rectory Farm, Muckleston. Their awards were as follows :—Shire mares or fillies, over three years old, eligible for the stud book: 1, Mr. W. Meredith, Borras, Wrexham; 2, Mr. Thomas Smith, Chester v.h.c., Mr. J. Sproston, Sandbach Cheshire. Shire mares or geldings, foaled in 1891 1, Mr. Morris Evans, Berriew, Montgomeryshire 2, Mr. W. Parker, Handley v.h.c., Mr. J. Hartshorn, Eccleston. Chester. Shire colts, mares, or geldings, foaled in 1892 1, Mr. Mullock, Poulton, Wrexham 2, Mr. Morris Evans, Berriew, Montgomeryshire; v.h.c., Mr. Chalton, Eccleston, Cheshire. Mares or geldings, foaled in 1891 or 1892, suitable for hunting or harness purposes: 1, Mr. T. B. Entwistle, Frodsham; 2, Mr. M. Phillips, Hafodybwch. Wrex- ham v.h.c., Mr. Hughes, Worthenbury. Cart colt foals 1, Mr. T. J. Dutton, Saltney 2, Mr. Morris Evans, Berriew, Montgomeryshire; v.b.c., Mr. Ledsome, Penley, Ellesmere. Cart filly foals 1, Mr. Jones, Rhosnessney, Wrexham 2, Mr. H. Dove, Dovgrey Hall, Bangorisycoed v.h.c., Mr. S. Morris, Lower Berse, Wrexham. Foals for hunting or harness purposes: 1, Mr. Bellis, Llwyn Onn, Wrexham; 2, Mr. F. H. Cruttenden, Borras, Wrexham v.h.c., Mr. Henry Dove, Dovgrey, Bangorisycoed. Youngsters for the main part occupying attention on Friday very high figures were not expected, but, as a matter of fact, some exceptionally good prices were realised. The highest was 62 guineas, which was paid by Mr. Williams, Cherry Orchard, Chester, for a two-year- old shire filly, bred by Mr. Morris Evans, of Berriew, Montgomeryshire.

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THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER. [A TRANSLATION FROM" CWltS Y BYD."1 Every dog has its day, and it is surprising how every dog succeeds so well in barking in its day. That was a gre at barking that the dog STANLEY made some years since. He barked in every piper, on every platform. aud in every chapel; but there was such moaning and smell of blood around it that I would have preferred seeing a leopard in the holy place. I would have always d clared that it was only the ign 'ran', persons devoid ,.f judgment, who admired him, but then I remember-d that many of my friend# were half worshipping Stanley. His days passed away, and when he was known he wss not so much admirtd. GORDO NT was a dog of the "ame brood, but a nearer relative to the chameleon, which made him. more contemptuous. He went out amongst the Soudanees without a sword or bayonet, in the name of the Redeamer, but when he found he could not have his way he ap- peared in his own colour and said, We must smash the Mahdi" If he had had his way he would have disgraced the name of ihe Leader of Nazareth. His day was short. Noisy little dogs in the Principality during last winter were the COOKERY CLASSES. Their placard.i were to be een in every street At 2 p.m., on Monday, Madam Gretchen will give a lesson on how to cook a nsh on Wednesday, at 3 p.m., Lady Loffel will give a les-on on how to cook a bare on Friday, at 4 p.m.. Miss IIeidenknape will give a lesson on how to cook a fowl. And that con- tinually every week. When the men came home from work no victuals bad b -en provided for them, their wives being at school. At last the men began to bark and to appeal to their wives to put the new movement into practice. One answered that if she could get a fish her husband should soon see what she could do. Anoth- r said, if she could get a hare, or a fowl, that her husband would have a feast. One day the first husband caught a hare, the second a fish, and the third a fowl. Poor things! When the feast was about to be enjoyed, the police made their appearance and summoned them before the magis- trates, where they were fined 20s. and costs, or four- teen days imprisonment The three were sent to prison for giving their wives an opportunity to dis- play the learning they had been infused with at the Cookery Class. The lessons that were taught in the Cookery School were not within the sphere of the working man. They were not taught there how best to broil a red herring, to boil porridge, or to make broth. Moreover, the barking day of the Cookery Schools is at an end. THE BUTTER FACTORY has been barking very loudly in the agricultural di tricts, and with such persistency that one thought every farmer would very soon make his fortune. They were to make four times as much butter from the milk of one cow as they did under the old mode. The butter was to be m;ide in less rimp. and was to command an advance of two penc.i in the pound labour was to be saved, and where four servants were kept, they could do with one under the new dispensation. All that was required was to send the milk in the morning, and call for the money in a month's time. The Factory Dog is getting quiet; it does not pay, and it is to be surprised that men of experience ever dreamt it would pay in this country. Its day is drawing nigh to a close. PASTEUR, OF PARIS, who could cure the bites of mad dogs-his barks were heard all over the civilised world. He was an unfailing physician. Great were the numbers of the people that crowded to his surgery. He made his fortune, and his barking has ceased. His day came to an end. KOCH, OF BERLIN. who could cure consumption—who did not hear the barking of this dog ? The small at.d the great, the poor and the rich likened. Money was flowing into Berlin, and after a fortune had been made all became very quiet. There is no more ta!k of Koch now than of any other man. BOOTH has been a great barker. il Darkest Eagland," and his farm beyond the sea to transport poverty from this country, to dry the fountain of sorrow, to restore the wanderer, and to bring order out of chaos. He paid Stead for barking for him. He collected thou- sands of pounds, but, poor fellow how cm charity prevent misery from overflowing the country, more than Bob, the shoemaker, can stop the swelling tide with his awl. If the charities of Booth and Bar- nardo were used to put the people on the way to better them^elv^s there would be some hope of improvement. The time of barking is the time to make money. THE GOLD WORKS OF GWYNFYXYDD was the greatest barker in Wales during the present century. I hardly expected a Welsh dog to bark so loudly. The gold was in every ditch, in all stones,, in every wall gold in the walls of the pigstyes gold in all the stones u-ed to repair roads: gold in every heap of stones seen along the Selds gold sparkled in every rivulet, and at the feet of the ploughman as he laboured in the fields. After obtaining its object the Gold of Gwynfynydd was calmed. THE SUMMER THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL. This school barked iast year in Oxford, and great were the wonders that were to follow-" such advan- tages for poor ministers." It meant per-ons that had entered the ministry without the advantages of education. Young people would have the bene- fit of spending ten or twelve pounds on a month or two of University Lectures. Of course these poor ministers (?) had money enough t) procure such blessings. The Summer School barks from Llandrin- dod these days, but Llandrindod has its hour. FOOTBALL is the cur that holds out to bark longest. It barks in the chapels, and creates such a disturbance there that some of the saints are hissing at it and others threatening it. It continues to bark because it pays so well. So long as it gathers the crowds and pockets the sixpenses and shillings its no wonder the barking is kept on. If people were to remain at home instead of paying the shillings the Foot- ball's day would soon come to an end. Welshmen, beware of dogs. There is no good where there is too much barking. When you see a book praised in every paper, and in many places in the same paper, always remember that they are engaged dogs. When you see a person, such as a poet, preacher, or singer, idolized, you can be almost certain it is a dog barking for gain. Works pay- ing, inventions paying, and speculations paying. Reader, beware of dogs ♦ ■ — For SPECTACLES, EYEGLASSES, &c. to suit all sights, go to H. JOUES'S "Advertiser" Office, Llangollen. Two boys named Collinge and Crabtree on (Wednes- day mysteriously disappeared from their homes at Heywood, and at three o'clock on Thursday morning Crabtree was found in a wood on the outskirts of the town in a most pitiable condition. He could give no intelligible account of what had happened, but subsequently the dead body of Collinge was found in the river. It is believed the boys were decoyed into the wood and maltreated. BEATTYS PIANOS AND ORGANS. Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, the great Organ and Piano manu- facturer, is building and shipping more Organs and Pianos than ever. In 1870 Mr. Beatty left home a penniless plow-boy,, and by his indomitable will he has worked his way up so as to sell so far nearly 100 000 of Beatty's Organs and Pianos since ISiO. Nothing seems to dishearten him obstacles laid in his way. that would have wrecked any ordinary man for ever, be turns to an advertisement and comes out of it brighter than ever. His instruments as is well known, are very popular and are to be found in all parts of the world. We are informed that during the next ten years he intends to sell 200,000 more of his make, that means a business of 20,000,000 dols. if we average them at lou dols. each. It is already the largest business of the kind in existence-send to D. F. Beatty Washington. New Jersey or catalogue. (3552)