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Jfaxts b An igsKvramus was rieictiliiip,, a learticd man offeis great Uge. ",I,n ass," replied the learned man, "is older at twentg? than a man at sixty." "I wish to state," writes a provident minister, "that I have procured an alarm clock that will wCtke up the <20Dj?regation as soda as the service is over." Some philosopher has said-" Sttnd me the dresses a. Hainan has worn, and I will write her biograi ihy. If a 1 'society belle wers to forward him her wardrobe, tfle-e I would be very Ifetle left of her for him to v rite about. A young m&n who went to the late war began his first II Setter to his -s-o,-eetheart after this faslron "My fen- -Julia, whenever I am tempted to do wrong I think of you and say, "tret thee behind me Satir--i., That -fetter I was answered in these words, Go to tLe front, lovs, and don't return until you are sbc-i -dead." An English otficer lost his kg at the battle of Vltc.oria, and, after^salTering amputation with thegreatest ccarage, thus addressed his servant, who was crying, or pretend- ing to cry, in one corner of the rot m, "None cf your fcypocritiosd tears, you idle dog yov know you •s-e very glad, for**ow you will only have one boot to clean instead of two.>: I Fcroata are always -essociated with nursemaids, and nursemaids are generally^ ssooiated with soldiers. In the park last s-ir.rirner, two Ladies were for the littte daughter of 116, of a group of baby-carriages. "Do you see hirtiaske-6 the friend of the mother. "Hiin'2 I am 2'"king fm-tir.er nurse." j Hermurse" Yes, aS children i.<ok alii: I know the > Qarse, and I can find the child test in that wjfjr." Well, •••id'-tae other, "I think all mrsse* look "How- "doyou find yours, then! Ofc, I know tibe soldier who is her sweetheart." BKSFEKBED A POTT.—Charles }I,falmoe Young, the traidgedian, tells in ikis menwirs that os.ce, when the ^ueen was about to be confined, the Prince Consort said to-one of his little bays, "I think it Tgi-y likely. rfty ■dear, that your mamma will soon present :y,;u with a little ta,o' ber or sister vibieb WoU7 d you rather haveTr.e little boy paused a'Koment, s.nd then retried, Weil, if St'e the same to rnemma, I 3uld prefer* i. pony." is is under date July^SS, '1849, *:o the little'joy must have the Prince of Wales; the Duke*i Edinburgh. THE MAN IN* TBNNESSSE.—The famous American iPresident, AmireVi" Jackseu. was the author of a )ry How classical in the .uuaiut, strenw ns literature of -American controversy »feoet a man in Tennessee. "Dpwn :in Tennessee ,rid the s-Lurdy old Oarrickfergus thief dagistrate to an obstinate seuatoa, persistent with "*>bstrusive adviec, down ;n Tennessee I knew a-man 'who made a great fortune. He was an extraordaiiary craan. He made his fortur.e in asingubr way." Why, this is mo*t inteersting,taid the sentior, Y es,r' said the President, that IlIaD in Tennesee made his fortune -by minding hre own business." We ferow some people in the Cambrian Tkws district who tn%ht make a-decent living in this way, even fi they could*.rot make a. fortune. living in this way, even fi they (',(lUhi',r:ot make a. fortune. A Boy's EJ.-SAY OK .A Cow.-B>a:'ker's "Studies of Elementary School Life" includes the following brilliant essay on The Cow, "1,b-y Tom, the »■ n of ? c&i'e meat tnan. The c;;iv is i noble quadrerped, though not so noble as the hoese, me;1 less the fearing liou- Sit has four short legs, a big het/i for its aizt, ^nd a thick body. Its back laffs ft:? hent, and there's tw, big bones lacking out just above. Its tail is more noble than the donkey' but nothin to curn upt-c that of the uceborse. TLe cow gives us milk- and ni-?ed beef, scu l shoolether. How thankful should child: en be to this tame qieadrerped. The reason why beef is so dear is tfost. cows coat so much, and the earth i-i getting full of pew) 1c. I allwscrs have beef to my-dinner on Snedays on other days bpsad and dripping or bread and "lard, sometitr.eu trestele. '-Vlother says that if £ em hungry on my runr.ds, I can eat a bit of cat's meat if'it does'nfr.smell, but I r„u»n't eat the liver, she says. HOT.- thankful ought we to be to th-o cow for: nice hot beef. Pertatsas grow they are not on the cow. The four tUiiig-a which-you see utide. the cow's btlly are what the railk comes through. H«v.7 thankful t?kould we j be. The cow .makes-eeilk from grace. God teaches the cow how to de it. A cow's feet ia split in two like sheep's they are called hooves. Little cwv.s are calleifi carves. Carves are the-stupidist of all tam-s quadrupeds, except pigs and dorfeej-s. Wien you drive a carf, nev«r piick its behind but push it- gently with your fiat hand, lien are crewel to.carves OGZ they can't draw milk them. You can geuly iind in-asiiroomk; iR cuw's. fields, but you musn't go in it there's a board How wolld you:. mothers like be called Trespass V PHRASES (X A SHAEJESPEAREAN O-tIGI-The -po,.Yer ij-" Shakespeare over the, public is shown by the extent tc", which his plarases have been incorporated inourlauguage. In this point, indeed/ tie is uneqiiatiad. Amoui^these ars bag and ba £ ga^e"dead as a <Soor nail," •• proud" bag and as a «bor nail," )roud. > ,è: me's humiftty, hit-ci miss," ve is blind,r' setlia^ for a song." .w-ide w(;t'Id," cut copies," fast and loosed nnconsidersc!. trifles," Westward ho," "f&niiliaricy breeds contempt," patching' up excuses." rniseiy makes strange bedfellows," to beet" (in a trade), "-eboTy, and long of it,' "«conib your- hair with ft three-legged stool," dancing attendance," "getting even," {revensjt, birds of a feather." "that's flat." "tag-rag," "Greek to me" (unintelligible), 4 send one packing," as the Q&.y is long, packing a:>jcrj%" motier wit," "kill wkh kindness," mem," (for o-,ilcnce),- ill wind fchit blower o good," "wild .f!C1(]88 di- ase, "scare crow," iygga^i. row of pins" ia- a inarl: of value); viya, voce," gi-e and take," f>óli.<" (in the way of a" joke), your caka if. dough." The git-l who playfully ealls some youth a milksop" is also uijconuciously quoting Shakspe:»-. a, 7 and even ■"loggerhead" is of the same origin. Extempore" tirst found in Shakspaare, and so Are almanacs." The eiu; and vine'' (as a figure) juay ialso be mentiened. Shakspeare is i.he first author thit tspeaks of the ruan in the moon, or mentions the potato, or uses the term eyesore'' for annoys nee. Another -■'often-quoted ctterance may be here mentioned, simpiy '"because it is generally mist:nderstr>oc:. One touch of mature makes the whole world kin," which is supposed to <« £ press the power of sympathy, whereas it soley referred -to the wides^ead operation-of selfihf 358.
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LONDON GOSSIP. TThe joinad "V anderbilt wealth amousts to 54,80,()Q{L ond the estimated incoaio froas it per oKimm is 2,772,880;. 1«Jo other single family .in the world is telievod to be &o riob. If kept :iataci th,- total fortune will at the esi of-tv/enty-tive yesrs ttinaosfc reach 200,090,GOOJ, and this aeablt will be attained-by the simple arithmetical pro- gression of compound interest. The late Crown Prince Rudolph -most have thrown moaey about broadcast. He had an allowance of 80,DOCK, and a-private income of-CP,0002- Yet he left 4,000,001' 'florins of debts I ahot S20..009?.) A Berlin correspondent isays that there is an ugly rumour about tfcat he paid nc Hess than 64,000?. to a certain cousctess wbc procured him facilities for carrying on hi« love affairs. j Of,all the ''incriminated1' persocages in the Parnell in- j «uiry>.Mi- Michael liavitt'is the most rognlaar in attendance ] Se has .never yet missed a day. He i* pacctual in his placemen the solicitors' bench, right in front of their lord- sbips—rfive or six miusutes before tha court tfpens. He im, in -.fact,; so fvery good a cross-«Xft*niner that &ae habitant of tke, CIDurtoften say he -woulfiiiave made his fcortune at the Bar. l-ø our,-Climate chaa^ring ? Profew-or Cloualand Abbe writes on this question In an American magsi ine. After referring tontecords of ternpew.ture a«d rainfajl, the dates of earlyand;late frosts, the freezing .of rivers, .the periods of eolU .winters and hoc summers, the opening-of naviga- tion, And the temperatusse of :fehe earj £ p, he says, "The study >of each, and all of these ,phenomena ha« failed t<; oats-IMah that there has been any Ben»U.le chaise in the climate at any point of tbw ewth's .&tirfam coring the past SjQQO yeae-?. I hew that aji intimati-sn has be conveyaS in the proper qsarter that the Duefeess af Marlborough may be fresented at o*.e of the (or £ h«oomio^ Drawixi^-roome. [itherto,' |he Queen has laid dowji an wtexible w:le that she will uot. in acy way countenance parties who have, in whateveripersonsLly blameless manner, -been connected with divocoe,su:tfe. Under fchie rule the Duchess would have been .prevented from appeasing at ,(Jourt, very awkward,pr.edicament for on-e in her position. Bot the Queen has .relented, and the bcide, who at. lea-« t is innocent-of.-Y Pait or lor, in the (iomc-stit scand&ls of her husband, .will make her turteey at the Drawing- room.
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i1: NORTH WALES LIBERAL FEDERATION. • This fedecatios met at Chester on Safeurday, Mr A. 11 .Humphreys (txiyen pt.esiding. There w.M a large attendance. On the nrotiou of Oa-ptwn ■Verney, Mr jHumphreys Owen wa, re,elected Chairman of the -,Executive CoixiidDtee. A letter was read iroin the 'Liberation Society, asking the Federation to receive a Reputation to ctnfer <n the quests-on of Welsh ^Disestablishment. the Secretary was instructed to reply that he would lse glad to arrange tor a suitable time an? £ place of meeting. It wat- further resolved that the following resolutions, adopted at the amsual meeting of the federation, r&ould be forwarded to the Whips est" the Welch National ParKameritt.ry Party That the Council, having regaixl to feiij fact that the Clwirch iEstaklishment had been decid-ediv cond^wmxi bv the Welsh people, is of opinion that the time has arrived for putting a stop t" the creation of n'sw vested interests in its revenues, :tnd therefore calls on the Welsh member .< -to take the earliest opporsuaity of snoving au address to be Crow-,n, praying feat ny perso appoint-ed Iwreaftec to anyvWelsh :ee or Becefifle_ shall be entitled to com- pensation ior any loss of in-eaoao by reason of the dis- esttablishpasnt of the Chssrch.
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— <G¡ ——■' — CARDIGANSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. The folloWioff gentlemen have been nominated for seats an the County Council for Cardigan rendared vacant by I the election of tldermen frorzi within the Council. ,*n" ABERTSTWYTK.—Mr I).- C. Roberts, timber merchant, Bridge-street, proposed by Messrs Williain Thomas and Robert Ellis an* supjjorted by John Evans, Daniel Thomas, T. W. Powell, J. Walter Eyas?, Rowland Morgan, JTohn Tkornas, William Jenkins and Davsd Owen. In the second nouiinatiMn, Mr BoberU was pro- posed by Messrs Thou as Thoirnfi,&nd,J. H. iEd wards and supported by William/Jones, W. Richards, David Lloyd, rhoroag Poweil, J. Paprj' Jones, Edward Evans, Jlobert ■Bickerstaff and John Davies. TALTBONT.—The Rev Jahn Davies. B,.ileh, TREGARON,—Mr D. J. Williams, Pencefn «ad Mr R. Rowlands, (C), Ystead. ^trATA Fi.oi!ii)A.—The Ihpv John Jones. Ystrad Meurig School. (C), Mr David Jenkins, Black Lkc (L), Al £ T* aughan Davies, Tanybwlch, .retired last week. T ^ANTCWNLLK.— Mr Jsha Jones. Cilpill; and Mr W. +<loyd, Trefynor.
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tnm the gamers. British) scfeooner Mabel, of Carnarvon, was totally wrecked on the 12th instant off Mazagan. The captain ami three seamen were drowned. 'Dr Mason, dentist and oculist, of Leicester, shot him- through'like bead on Saturday evening all the Craven Arms Hotel, Leicester. The report of a pi-stol being heard, search was made, and the deceased was found en a bed quite dead, with a bullet wound in the head. EbtnMJ: Jenkins, aged twenty, an artist, was indicted Pot. Snney Assizes on Thursday for the murder of Eiuilv-*oy, his sweetheart, at Godalming. A verdict of Gwllty was retoned, and the prisoner was sentenced to death.. The feath is annennced of Mr James Jenkins, Luan- gadock. which took place at his residence, lAangadoek, on F r i (-' i, Tfio deceased was an overseer, riember,' of tVie'tilangadock School Board, md a taember of the'-j Carrp^ rthensbire Oountv Council for the iLitiagadock Division. His efcxth will be deeply lamented try a largx-, i cirotp of friends. Onnon AtkicBen, vicar and TUFal dem of Bnlton, ims arranged for Mr George Harwood, M.A., to eubmit t'ae subjoined rest^ution^to the ruri-decanal conference at BcJtori held yesterday (Tiuirsdsy) That the operfng, of iree iiOmrfes on Sunday afternoone and evenings for 't £ e use of rhe people is not incompatible with the •observance df the Lord's day." In the Qncfln's Bench Division, London, on Morjay, ,tnO Mr Justice Manifty struck off 'the rolls Mr Joseph Dodds, solicitor, of StocktOK and 'formerty asstnber of Parliament fojo that borough the allegatk»n'being that bad -embezaled £ 13,8&0, the property of Mrs Mtvfuell an aged client. At Leicester assizes on SViday a young man, named Wilsoa, ■formerly a-ssociutl>ed with the Salvation Army was chaspid with bi^ramy. He,wismarried to hisfii'st wife in 1855, axd desertel her. Presenting himself soon after to a yotmg woman ntiiried iFilby, whom he courted for two years as a shig!*e. mas and married last September. Justice Stephens told him he had committed rape by fraud,send sentenced him to five years' penal servitude. A EM fatality occurred on Saturday at Oxford. After the elusion of the Second Division -DniversiS y Torpid Races a large number of undet-gradus tee crowded into a puut to cross to the other side of the liver. A« the boat reached mid rtteam if. suddr-nlv sarik. Sevtval of the of the persoas immersed were -rescued with great difficulty, bnt two or three -.viio were unable be swim were JeftflKruggling in the water. Mr tL L. Johnson, of St. Jote's was drowned. His body was recovered some hours afterwards. Deceased wtr,-a native of Becke-nham. A carriage aecidept, resulting in the death of a lady, and severe injuries to three occupants, occurred near Bwnmawr ore Sunday. Mr Hen1'' Harris, of Clydach lipase, was drw'-ing to chapel with hit: wife, three cM^dren, and a niece, when the horse bolted,and smashed the carriage t.o pieces. Strs Harris was billed ou the spot. Mr Harris was terribly injured, and is in a very critical condition, and a daughter and a niece each scstained a. broken arm. An exciting scene took place at Bay of Nigg, near Aberdeen, on Monday afternoon. Two-ytung girls went fax to the rwck to!gc.ther"dult!e" at low-water, and before were aware, the roek OE which they stood was r- irroiinded by -tho risirtf,* tide. A passing tug-boat saw the signals of distress made by means of shawls, and a liishing yawl the harbour succeeded in reaching the .st -ig y c. pot in time to resxao the girls from their perilous position. In aiiew minutes the waves would have washed !• ;heni from the rock into deep water. At the annual meeting of the Bristol and West of Eng- land Woman's'Suffrage Society, held at Clifton, on Mon- day evening, fes Committee reported that an important impetus had been given to their cause' by recent speeches of the Prime Minister, in which he referred to the importance of granting the franchise to women. A resolution wae<aaopted recording the'ociety's grateful acknowledgment-to-Lord Salisbury fottiB recent favour- able expreuaiftiis towards, the women's suffrage cause, and trusting '.i),it,tbe Governn-iont iniglit grant facilities for the s*vbirnsaH:.a of the Parliamentary Franchise Extension to Women's Bill in this Sesaion the judgment of Parliament. The I\.iisv;im papers are publishing- various statements according to "which 'the Russian branch of the English family Lesley has recently inherited ia England a legacy of some £ i8, £ f(K),00Q'€ter!ing. The legatees are, however according te the papers, requested*, to become British subject liofore the aw-ounb is paia to them. One of theui, General Lesley, whe onlv a short ttme zgo was appointed chief of the brigade at Verni, in Asia,'has just arrived at Kielf. Ho Ms told some friends that it would not be convenient for him&s a Russian military officer to become a British -s&bject, but that there is a fair hope that 27,000,009 roubles nrfll be jpaid witbeut the obligation being enforced. Margaret Kavanagh, of 'Shramore, county Wicklow, died on Wednesday week at the extraordinary age 108 years. She was born in H81, and she had reached her seventeenth yeûrwben the horrors cf ninety-eight were let loose upon her native county. had a full re- collection ewn to tk-a last >cf ail tha events which made Wicklow famous in that dreadful period. She used to tell her f-rkisds that she -brought provisions to Michael Dwyc-r. and four oF'Tier own uncles in their hiding places in the mountains, Her mother was driven mad by the Ir inteHigenee '(If ,the'ft\te I)f ,he¡' father, Michael Robinson, who was shai in-one of the encounters. She had countless incidents of that historic time, which- f he used to relate. She died in within-tight of Holt's home, at the fort of Djouce, a e rel .also within view of Rnockraheeny, where she was born. It ic a remarkable fact that her grand- father, who, when her father was shot, had to care for the famiiv during her mother's derangement, lived to the age of 113. Consequent on a vwte in the French Chamber on Thurs- day, the Floqv.et, Ministry-has resigned. The question submitted by the Government was to discuss a Bill for the Revision-of-the constitution. A-rmotion to adjourn the debate for a week was negatived by & large majority. Thereupon M. de. Dowville Maillefen. moved tho adjourn- ment of the die. He argued that the change in the, method of pxptllar voting ju.t made by tne Legislature rendered an immediate disso'ution imperative The Government opposed tho Motion, bsit it was carried by 307 votes against 21'8, a majority of 89- Thereupon the Ministers left the House, M. llpquet remarking that they would place their resignations In--the hands of the President. rtJ debate was characterised by great excitement and after the adjournment ot the House to Monday, githered in the lobbies and discussed the situation. The general impression wan that an early dissolution was inevitable. General Boulanger bus issued an address in the name of the National Republican Party, in which he claims the result of the day'sjiroceed- iegs as a justification of the position which the party which he leads has assumed. Ac extraordinary incident has occurred at Blackpill. It appears that on Thursday week a young woman, hail- frorn the neighbourhood of calleti at Blackpill on her way to the farm in'Eisbopston, where she proposed remaining for a me nth or so to give birth to a baby. After let- ving het friend's 'h(l'Ue at:Blekpillshe walked ,up the road to Maya-Is, and when near Brynni. the house t. recently occupied by Mr Cory Yoe, she was taken suddenly ill, and, going to the side>f the road, gave birth • to a child in the ditc?a. The girl, it appears, had suf- ^ficient strength to lift the baby up and carry it to an adjacent house, where she asked for the loan of a shawl. *The people did not have a shawl, but offered to lend her si basket, and in this ehe carried rfche baby from near Rrymin to the farm wfeere she vras going. On arriving there medical assistance was sent for, and the doctor who tMune quickly, did wfeat was necessary, and left the we' Wurman doing well. On coming downstairs, he isaquired, "'Why where is the child*' 'Then the people turned their attention to the backet, which was standing on the flear, and there they found a fine boy bawting lustily. 1.- rote of no confidence carried at, Greenock at a meeting of the electors suKwnoned under the auspices of MrThomas Sutherland, th-e sitting member, is the most important political event that has taken pbLced in Ecot- laud-.«ince the Goran election. Seme time before the autnsv.n recess, I mentioned in this,column a conversation I had with a friend who sits as a dissentient Liberal for one-cfl-the Scotch boroughs. He frankly adrrntted/as She resultsi careful enquiry made in the councils of Lord Hartington, that when the general ,e.1ection came there were only five seats that the I-IFu,tingtoniarr, had any rcasontfcle hope ta keep, and feat they were certain of only twc. One of these two was Greenock •; and the electors of Greenock, finding au informal opportunity of declaring their opinions, have paused a vote of no con- fidence in Mr Sutherland. Mr Sutherland when he Lirst contested'the seat in 1884 stood as a Liberal, and won by a inljci-ity 1;100 votes. At the last -election he ca-cne out ns a dissentient Liberal, when his majority was reduced to a trifle under 700. But that was after a keen ccntest, and seemed to give him a fixity of tenure. He is a very able msa, -popular in his manner, shrewd and successful in business relations, just the man to make a useful member, 'But beyond these personal qualifications, be is chairman ,@f the P. and O. Company, and -has actually done for Greenock what Sir John Pender promised to do for the men on -the Clyde. Since Mr Sutherland sat for Greenock a number of splendid ships have been built there for tiie 1". and O. Company. Last year the sister ships Peninsular and Oriental were launched. Among Ifi" constituents Jie is a member not lightly to be parted w&th but GreQnoék seems to ha.ve made up its mind.
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-_p" NORTH CARiDIGANSHIRE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. A special meeting of the abore Association was held on Saturday, the 9th Fehrnary. <at the Boar,: Schoois. Aberystwyth, for the purpose of taking the poll of the Association for the election of members of the executive of the ir.U.E.T., and for the traduction of other busi- oesF. or,, Iy.g to the weather tioi other ctaqc-k, the attendance was not KO good as reigfrt have been ex- pacled. The poll resulted as follow^, viz. :-T. Tolan, Liwynpia. 12 votte; Jenkins, Swindou, — Muscott, oxford, 7 H. J. Walker, Bristol, 3 G. Ccliins, 2 — GraveB, 2 Grimes, 2. At the same meeting tbe followIng resolutions were passed unani- mously and ordered to he comiaanicsted to the press -1. That Vfales should be entitled to iiiree menibera on the executive, and that there should be a separate ekesion foi the tame, the candidatea and voters to be confined (0 memlJoers of the Union from Wales." 2. i That Association greatly deprecate? the proposed now tHu of the Union recommended by the .Executive, sa the proposed title would not thereby include the ^•oherg of Wales, and further, that the new title be Tht; National Union of the Teachers of England and Wnies.
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SOUTH WALES LIBERAL FEDERATION.
SOUTH WALES LIBERAL FEDERATION. ';the Council of the Sooth Wales Liberal Federation held its annual Conference in Swansea on Monday. The meeting as attended by delegates from the Liberal associations of all the southern counties of the Principality. Among those also present were Sir Hussey Vivian, M.P., Sir Dillwyn, M.P., Mr Pritchard Morgan, M.P., Mr Tom Ellis, M.P., Mr Fuller Maitland, M.P., Mr A. J. Williams, M.P., Mr D. A. Thomas M.P., and Mr D. A. Randell, M.P. The president of the morning Conference was the Rev Dr Saunders, who in bis address, reviewed the subjects which would demand the attention of the delegates during the morning sitting, The County Council elections, he thought indicated, particularly in Wales, the continued growth of the spirit of the sturdy Liberalism. The Welsh he considered a nation of Nonconformists, for Nonconformity alone had attended to the spiritual wants, while the clergy did little but devise methods of persecution. It was time tho Church was moved from their avidgt, and he appealed to English friends across the border to assist in its disestablishment. Following the address of the president came a resolution urging the Liberal leaders to consider disestablishment and dieud0WlNent as only second in importance to the Irish question, and to briug in a measure devoting all tithes to national purposes. This was proposed by the Rev W. Thomas of Whitland, and seconded in a Welsh speech by the Rev A. J. Parry of Carmarthen, who blamed the Church of England for fostering the religious differences which continually dis- turbed'-ihe harmony of School Board--Ilr Dillwyn, M.P., supported the resolution, and promised that every effort should be made on his part to raise the question in the House of Commons during the coming session. The resolution was carried unanimously. The conference 'then considered the report of the Education Commission, and while welcoming the official recognition of the Welsh language as a subject in elementary schools con- demned the other proposals of the -majority of the Coni- itdst'.ion as a violation of the compromise of 1870 as reaction- ary in character, and as calculated to retard the progress of national education. The establishment of technical schools also urged. The subject was upoken to by Professor: Rowlands (of Brecon) and Mr Win. Morgan (of Swansea). A batch oi iimportant measure* were next considered—the better housitig of the working classes, the extension of the Factory Act, leasehold enfranchisement, the amendment of ahe Allotment Acts, and the question of ground rents and Values andvf mining of royalties. Mr Ramtdale (Cardiif) moved that the immediate attention ■ of Parliament should be directed to these measures, and Mr Pritchard Morgan, in secondissgithe resolution, announced his resolve to call attention of Pai-liament at an early date to the subject of, royalties, and the opening up and development of the Crown lands in Wales. He expressed a hope that his Parliamentary colleagues vriho were present would support him in his endeavour to -open up the mineral resources of his native land. He also pronawed to move for the appointment of a Minister of Minea, which in a mining country like ours was essential.—Dr Parr, of Cardiff, was opposed to the introduction of the leasehold enfranchisement on the ground that it would convert small capitalists into Conservatives by making them owners of pseperty. Dr Parr appeared to have this idea all to himself, f&r'the Conference did not treat it seriously and an amendment which the Doctor proposed, that leasehold enfranchisement be omitted from the pro- gramme, failed to find n seconder.—Mr Lewis "Williams, Cardiff, supported Mr Pritchard Morgan's view with regard to mining and royalties, and expressed in favour of a tax on £ r.>ad rents. The treatm ent which the Government had meted out to Mr W. O'Brien and Mr Harwnrgton called forth indignaitt protests from the Conference, the diev Mr Harris, contending that the from the Conference, the diev Mr Harris, contending that the coercion of a nation whicl had sons like O'Brien and Harrin- ton was an impossibility.—Mr Allen Upward, a Cardiff barrister, said the G-werrment was resorting to the rueasures of a Stuart Government.iind would be probably punished if it had applied to it the neanediet of a Stuart Parlium-ent.-An adjournment for lunehem, wtB then made. The afternoon Conference was under the presidency of the Rev Emlyn Jones, of bi-criiston, who addressing himself to the subject of Couaty Councils, thought they should have had the power to control the'liquor traffic and the regulation of the public-houses, towhich people resorted on Sabbath days for the purpose of quenching the thirst of the previous day. He saw in the Local Government Act the begicning of the end. A dissolution waw-not far distant, and the Tories hoped that before it came one hoary head-one .of the most illustrious figures that,&ver appeared on a political stage— would disappear.—Mr Sonley Johnson (Cardiff) moved a resolution expressing^ff&tification at the result ef the County Council elections in Wales, and expressing an .opinion that the entire control of tt.v.,police and of all licensing questions should be in the hands of the County Councils, that the County Councils should take advantage of the powers given by Section 81 of the Local Government Act for the formation of a General Councii fvr Wales, to which should be entrusted the management of Welsh affairs, including education, endowments, Cacwn Hands, and public worts.—The Rev B. Thomas, Narberth, seconded this in a humorous and telling speech, and an amendment was adopted, favouring direct veto in the matter of licences.—Mr T. Ellis, M.P., advocated the establishment of a National Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, and thought he did not' desire to pro- pound a cut and dricti-scheme, he believed that a Council of 102 members, representing the fourteen County Councils of Wales, together with the thirty-four members of Parliament sitting as aldermen, would be able to do some good work, and would lay the foundation of an institution which would mark an epoch in the history of the nation.—Speeches were also delivered by M? 'kristoeke, J.P., (Cardigan, Alderman Warren, (Tenby), Mr William Howell (Llaneliy), and Sir Hussey Vivian, M.P.who expressed himself in favour of the selection of aldermct from among the ranks of Councillors. Sir Hussey doubted whether the Local Government Act really embraced Heme Rule for Wales. It gave power to two Councils, or a Council and Quarter Sessions, to combine, but he doubted whether it gave the power at present. How- ever when a Libera: Government came next ic power they might be sure that tkcre would be no longer any doubt about the meaning of the measure as amended by them.—The Right Hon. J. StanSfeld, M.P., supporting the resolution, paid an eloquent tribute to- the moral courage of Mr Gladstone. Speaking of the •Leesti&overnment Act, he said -the Act had its defects, but it was, on the whole a good measure, for it recognised and enforced the principle of a simple democratic suffrage, and the resiilt of the elections throughout England and Wales had been an indication of an awakening of the spirit of Liberalism. When Mr Ritchie introduced a Bill to the House he made;a direct appeal to Mr Gladstone for sympathy and support, and he got both. Speiking of the resolution, he said IL-, cordially agreed with the fitst part, but with regamd to the second, as to the appointments a general council for Wales, he found that there was a doubt about it. 1311t other claus-ellause 10 for instance—authorised the formation of combined councils. They had so mach unity in that Principality th-,e., he did not think it would be difficult if Wales united for a general council for any Gowrnment to deny it. He did not -think a Tory Government wauld deny it. He knew Mr Ritchie -would not if he could have his way. Even the aid of the Liberal Unionists would not last for ever for they were now -simply playing the Septennial Act against th, life of one man. At the end of that time they would have to go to the country. The right hon. geafteinan was loudly cheered U)fo'on resuming his seat. After a brief dis- cussion the resolution was passed, and the conference closed. In the evening a cwuvded public meeting was bild in the conference building. The meeting was presided o^ tr by Sir Hussey Vivian, and he was surrounded on the platform by a number of Welsh members of Parliament and a large repre- sentative gathering of-the leading/Liberals of South Wales. —Mr Stansfeld, im a wpiech of more than an hour's duration, dealt exhaustively with the political questions of .the day. He pointed out that by the third section of the Local Govern- ment Act council* were "empowered to establish and main- tain or contribute to the cost of reformatory schools; and they had only to amend the act by the words intermediate and technical schools:" Thus the whole thing the .Welsh people required with reinject to education was within their grasp and mark how far easier it was for the Welsh them- selves to do that than fct a party because of the national character they had e. cdeness of view and absoluteness of determination which did-not belong to P. party. He took it that their County Councils.might be absolutely united in the ■demand for intermediate -education for Wales, so iif they r themselves showed a imicm of feeling and of purpose he did mot believe it would fee possible for any Government or .party 'for any length of time to -refuse the extention of the law in 'the direction proposed. Speaking on Home Rule he said the 'Liberal party were for a subordinate Parliament which the Irish people would accept.JgThcy would delegate to -the 'ti"ish powers they beliewed they could safely exercise con- sistently with the unity of this United Kingdom. (Cheers).
LORD ABERDARE AND THE UNIVERSITY…
LORD ABERDARE AND THE UNI- VERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES. In the course of a speech detweved by Lord Aberdare at lie ^Trirrersity College of Wales, Cardiff, last week, Lord Aberdare said:—An eraellent letter had appeared from a gentleman named Jenkins, who «tated that he had been at Aberystwyth, and he certainly assumed that a great deal 4 the .remarkable success achieved ky Aberystwyth was due to the authorities giving gTe6tera-ttesd;ion to the tutorial system. Pressor Roberts had come from Aberystwyth, and he stated thalyjin his opinion the tutorial supervision was as great in Cardiff: as there. They were compared frequently with Aber- ystwyth, and always to their disadvantage. Well, he was the lirst president of the College at Aberystwyth, and had remained president ever sinee. (Applause). He had worked there with his old friend. Sir Hugh Owen, and they would therefore not suppose for one moment that he desired to derogate from the remarkable success Aberystwyth had achieved and was acheiving. The nuaaber of students at Aberystwyth in the last session was stated to be 177, as against 54 when the inquiry was made in 1881, when the College fead been nine years in existence. The College at Aberystwyth was founded in 187^—17 years ago—whereas the College at Cardiff was founded in 1883, or leas than five years and a half-ago. Therefore Aberystwyth had the advantage of a very much longer experience, and this was a great point. The students at Aberystwyth numbered 177 as against 149 at Cardiff. Aberystwyth was, in the minds of many people, considered ar especially a Welsh College, for the reason that it was situate in Cardiganshire, in the very middle of Wales. Cardiff wa" dose to the Englisn border, and the large towns in the district, Cardiff included, were frequented by a large population dra wn from England Scotland, and Ireland. Well, last year, Aberystwyth drew 36 pupils from North Wales, 73 from South Wales, making a total of 109, and 68 from England and it*, dependencies. Cardiff drew 122 from South Wales, 5 from North Wales, making a total of 127 Welshmen as against 109 at Aberystwyth, although Aberystwyth had more pupils in the aggregate, and 22 from England "and its .dependencies, as against 68 at Aberystwyth. (Applause). The proportion of Welshmen in the College, instead of de- creasing, appeared to be increasing. Last year the number was 121, as compared with 127 this year, and 2-4 from England, as against 22. Another fact they would hear with great interest was that whilst at Aberystwyth there were 40 lady stmients, there were 58 lady students'at Cardiff. These were general statistical facts which it was as well to bear in mind. It was an advantage, too, to have to deal with young students. Aberystwyth was favoured in this respect. Out of the 14!) students at Cardiff, 66, including both sexes, were 20 years of age and under, and the remaining 83 were over 20 years. Taking the men alone, they found that out of 91 male students there were only 30 who were 20 years of a¡;c and under. Aberystwyth, on the other hand, had 109 students of 20 years and under, and only 58 as compared with 83 in Cardiff who were over 20 years of age. They could see there- fore most distinctly, for reasons which he was not then going to enter upon, Aberystwyth did its students more largely from the younger people than Cardiff did. One reason was that they admitted students at 15 years of age, whereas Cardiff admitted them at 16. At Aberystwyth they got their vou men to the College and kept them, but at Cardiff a large proportion of the students remained for only one or two years. The total number of students at the College during the last session was 130, and of these. 26 had attended one course 1 two courses, and 103 three or more courses. At any rate, summing the matter up, they were drawing their students from a different class than that at Aberystwyth. It due in part to the fact that some of the theological Colleges sent students for education in arts as apart from theology. This was an admirable means of obtaining an enlightened body of ministers of religion, but it was not a means towards obtaining academical honours. All these things they had to bear in mind when they approached the consideration of the matter. They might look for definite improvement to some other source.
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THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COM- PANY. HALF YEARLY MEETING ON TUESDAY. The fvi'iieth halr-yyyuly ordinary meeting of the proprietors -of the (Simbrian Kavlways Company was held at the Queen's. Hotel, Manchester, '"in Tuesday morning. There were present Mr J. V. Bucklev. Lord Henry Vase Tempest, the Hon. 11. C. HerbeTt, Messrs \V. Bailey Hawkins, A. 1'. Hum* phwfs Owen, J. 3Iaclure, M.F., R. D. Piyce and H. F. hlafter> directors Mess:*s W. O. Ixettie, S. Smitlr., E. Jones, Granville Lodge-. T. Slellor. G. B. Bryan, ,olin G. R. Gwttitli, Geo. ,Williui,ton. J. F. Cheethain, H. Calvert, R. CMvert, Evqia Morris, F. G Whitwhaiy, ITEV W. H. Haaties, Nessrs W. R M. \ri'ynne, Joseph Lees, W. Abi". rcrombie, H. Cawley, F. Cawley, W. S. Mainpricfe, James Bancroft, l. H. brooks, Joseph Cleg; John BoJ.-ian K,rr, G. S. Woollen, and T. Oliver; Mr Couacher. secretary, Mr CortieM, solicit* r, Mr Geo. Owen., engineer, ilr 'O\ Ashton. lccrmotive S'lperin- tendent. The Secretary read tibe r.:0n()e Convening the meeting, and the register was saalc-d by the OlIai, The CHMRMAN, in moving That the reyort of the directors and statement of account to 31st Decemljer last be and are hereby received an'1 a.T.ont«d," said—Gentlemen, in moving the adoption of the report which is in your hands, I have to remark that the reason giren in ft he second paragrBoh why we cannot give you the usmal comparisons is the same as that which I had to explain at the last meeting, namely, that owing to the taking over of the working of the Mia-Wales Company we cannot give an exact comparison. It may interest you to know that- the traffic receipts in 'the accounts now submitted are j £ 2.03S more than '-chose of fthe combined companies in the corresponding half of 1887. The increase is,! I consider, fairly satisfactory,' not, only because it is all increase upon successive increases in previous years of late, also because the weather in July and the beginning of August was such as to pre- vent our Wgianing to tarn anything wntil six weeks, after the commencement- of the half-year. In fact, in those six weeks we experience.! a decrease of something like £1,000, and this was the-more regrettable '2", we had arranged a greatly improved service of trains, and to run them during that period, of course without any benefit. We expected n larger traffi8 throughout the wbole of the tourist season, in fact, but owing to thst bad start we did not realize the expectations we had formed. And then again-and I see this has been alluded-to at other railway meetings—in the: half-year we had two less working ti'ays, on account of Christmas Day and an additional Sunday, and last year wai prejudiced to fee extent of a further £1,000 by that fact. The increase in receipts has arisen in all descriptions of traffic, except minerals, and the reastti why there has n<fe been an increase in th branch is, I think, to be accounted for under two heads owing to the lateness of harvest and to the wet weather which prevailed about the time the farmers did not use as iiiu-ii as usual {(Or the improvement of their land and the mild winter has discouraged acofl- sumption d coal. 1 will give you the particulars of the increase isi passengers there was an increase of £ 1,2(16, in parcels £ 124, in mails £ P2X, in merchandise £ 943, and in live stock £ 295, wherfcas in minerals we have a decrease of £ £ 33, leaving the net increase, as I have said, £ 2,038. As I have said, euv coal traffic is almost entirely for household purptses, and -the.effect of'the depression of that traffic may be -esti- mated in this way in December as d January we carried 00 less than four ttiousand tons of caal less than in the same months a year ago. In fact. it-is satisfactory to know lhat the general increase in when it did commence it the middle-of August was maintained throughout the half*ear subject only to the reduction in c: '.1, and I think it bids fair to continue throughout the current half-year. The e^mmses of the half-year compared with those of the two companies for the corresponding period ot' :lIé:7, are some £55H higher. One.item which I may as well allude to now is in connection with the subject mentioned in paragraph (> of the repeat. It has cost ue no'little expense to comply with the provisions Of the Railway and Ca-iLl Traffic Act. The revised schedule and classiifcation of merchandise has had to be prepared at very great trouble, and after-many conferences with .other railway eompanies: it was submitted to the Board sf "Trade within thespecified-sbime, and that is one thing whiei- has c(ist ui a certain amosnt of trouble and expense. Further than that, at the commencement of our wor&iag of the Mid-Wales Railway we thought it advisable the first-year (0 expend what we saved in the way of working exfKttis.es, more particularly in putting the line in a good and safe State I cannot tay it was quite in as-satisfactory a state when we took hold of it as it might have been or as it is at preseiii. We I)ad to overliaulths bridges, we had to line with new brick- work some tunnels, and we had to put down at If:at :lUfJOO new sleepers befar.3 we considered the road in a perfeC&y: safe and satisfactory cendition. We have done all this without relaxing in the slightest our efforts to improve the ouality and the-condition of our own-rolling stock. The the Company—Lthe Cambrian proper—are kept up to as .high a standard of eir.c-ieney as ever they have been since I knW'the line. There are several other paragraphs in the report, which, perhaiis, it may ire convenient that I should now allr.de to. You wSl see we have deemed it advisable to lodge ai-dll in Parliament for the purpose of authorising-we have rat-got that power now—us to own steamships for working across the Irish Channel between certain ports, which are nailed, in the Bill. As you know, we have for some time past been: im- proving and doing what we can to stimulate a trade art Aber- dovey, a sort .of Irish trainc, ami this, of course, is another step in that direction. We have had some little experience, but everything we have done.up to the present time lia, been done at some disadvantage owing to the circumstance tkat we ihad no absolute powers. Ve are now, in order to improve your property, I believe, seeking for those powers.' It certainly beeoii-es our duty to look around in every direction -fer--scrue if sources of increased traffic. As you all know in North ^VVales itself, or at least the portion that belongs to us, there*: but very little traffic-arising. There is a little tourist traffic into the country in summer, but there is no element of great traffic in the district. We therefore End it (lesiral;ie-tc' look for other sources of traffic. W,. made, as you knc>w, .Sonle •efforts to get foreign traffic at- Aberuovey, that is seine little corn traffic from America and also the cattle traffic from Ireland. This Bill has for its object the legalizing and parting into M'hape of our powers in that respect. As you hen we acquired the foreshore at Aberdovey and the rigit to -charge, dues and sa on, a few years ago, we took the-step whier, was then the only one we could take of legalizing tolls and Of applying a certain amount of money to the improve- ment-wf the pier. We find it will be much better if this/thing :is going.to open ojit into anything of a large kind—and Tmay gL say W: have haÚ communications wfoh people at one or two of the Iriih ports, svith a railway with Harbour Com- missioners, and ot hers interested in promoting a trade by this short route, we have had communications which ideuce us'to pet ourselves in* a position to deal with large traffic if it should be brought to us. Of course we intend to be rv-ry cautious in the matter, and to'-feel our way gradually. We have-tvo interests Fit Aberdovey. we have the Pier interest, a small matter of a few thousand pounds subscribed to safeke the start-and we have the general Cambrian interest. The Cam}¡ria11 Railways Company are the people who win haw to ,owe. --the -steamships if ever there are any, and it is dash-able, tl, we thiik.-inthe interests of the general body that thcyshan Id AClluirethe power, and in doing --so we think the terms put j-Into the Hill are suefc. that the Cumbrian Company will'-be practicsiUy gainers. A sxnall addition of £ 20,000 to the. A Debenture Stock, which is ccntejnplated will be practical^ a perfect flea-bite, and when you come to consider that ifce rnajor port,ion of that sum will not be expended, except for the general good of the undertaking, and that we shall able toTaii&e the money "hy soiling the stock at a figure nct very farfrc m £ 120, perhaps you will see it will he very lifcfie burden on the undertaking, and that a greater advantage wHi accrue to the general body of shareholders by the adoption of the course-we recommend. I may say that the forms of as- you have all no do.v.' i received, have been very largely responded to, a very brxe proportion of shareholders am1, debenture hciders have taken our view of the matter, and hapeeent in a large number of assents. I do not think wf:j shall fail to &otain what is necessary. but a Company in OUJJ position has to go through more than the routine which is all that is necessary for Companies paying dividends oni their ordinary shares. We have to apply to each party for anl assent, a regulation which is imposed upon us bj- the Stand-; ingOrders of 'Parliament, and we cannot go into it in such ani, off-hand way ¡ô< the. larger Companies, on account of our VD-or position. With regard to the second Bill, it is one we recoID-\ mead you to approve. The powers contained in it are en", tirely permissive- They art to enable the Companies named; in the schedule to form a i-hrough route whenever it may; seem expedient, and to join in appointing a committee t(): quote through rases from North to South. There is an im-: mense amount cf traffic originating in the coal district of Cardiff and Swaa, a very large amount of mineral traffic is carried from those parts to the North, and in return no doubt there it considerable traiffc southwards. This Bill proposes to enable a number of companies, of which ycctr lint) forms the longest Sink, to coirbine and carry the traffic, to quote rates, and to secure and.canyass for the traffic at each end, or at either t/id, embraced in the proposal. Lord ll. VAKn-TKMFEST seconded the riotied, which, after some discussion, was carried -unanimously. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr BAILET HAWKINS, it was resolved "That a dividend at the rate of five per cent. be and is hereby dechred upon-tii, Pier Stock for the year ending 31*.t Decembei last, payable,on Sth March next." On the iiiotion of the CH.AiHM.vN-, seconded by Mr HUMPHKETS-OWEN, Mr J. W. JMaclure was re-elected a director; aaad on the ;motion oMlI:e CH.UR)fAX, "cü!lded by Mr SLATTEBY, Mr R. D. Pryce was re-elected. On the motion of Mr MAXXPBICA seconded by Mr WHIT- WHAM. Mr T. Kennedy, <rf Old Jewry Chambers, London, was elected auditor at a salary of fifty guineas per anns-m. The Special General Meeting was then held, and the CHAIR- MAN proposed "That the Bill now-read, entitled, A Bill to authorise the Cambrian Railways Company to provide or build, work, let and use steam vessels in on with their system be and the sasne is hereby approved, .subject to such addition^, alterations aad variations sus Parlia- ment may think fat to make therein." Mr in seconding the;t>.otion, said that one or two of the proprietors who appeared to hesitate-about giving the directors the powers they asked were under a slight misconception. He was certain, he knew fm.m his own knowledge, that the scheme would be greatly beaeftcial to the Comp;1Y, and they knew how advantageous tlw pos- session of steamers had been -to other Companies. It was a necessity that the Cambrian should have an independent access for the important traffic that could be brought fpsan Ireland, and to develop the system of th* Cambrian Rail- ways, which. -tnted extrfucoui they cjaSd get to develop it into a successful undertaking. The motion was carried unanimously. The CHAIRIU.V rnoved That the 'Bill new read entitlecl a Bill to authorize agreements between the Vale Rail- way Company, Barry Dock and Kailwars Cwnpanv, Alex- ander (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company, Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction., Neath and brecon, Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport, Swansea and Mumbles, Cambrian, Wrexham and Ellesmere, Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay, Manchester. Sheffield and Lincoln- ■shire^Cheshiro Lines Committee. Wirral, Sea coml»? Hoylake nd Deeside, Mersey, Liverpool, Scvuthport and Preston Junction, Southport and Cheshire Lines Extensien, We,st Lancashire Blackpool Railway Companies, or some of them, for the purpose of through traffic to authorize the | appointment of a Joint Committee and fer other purposes be, and the same is hereby approved subject to sueh addi- tions. alterations and variations, as Pariiiment may think fit to make therein." Mr HUMPRUIKYS-OWEX in seconding the motion said he felt qg.rlte confident that the undertaking would be most advantageous 1;<) the Company. As one knowing the district he felt confident it would greatly strengthen the nosition of the Company, and tend to enlarge that local tros'dc" of which his friend Mr Evan Morris seemed not to think too highly, if the Cambrian were made a line of through communication between fe own agricultural districts an i the great centres of population in Lancashire and South Wales. The motion was carried unanimously. tniii, usl7, On the motion of Mr WYNNE, seconded by Mr STEPHEN SMITH, the best thanks of the meeting were given to Mr Buckley and the directors for their attention to the interest? of the Company and the CHAIRMAN, in replying, said the position of the Company certainly was improving a little and slowly, but he thought he might congratulate them on the fact that their property was to-day sounder and in a better position than ever it had been before. Progress might be slow, but, it was certain and sure. The e e n g. then terminated.