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THE CAMBRIAN NEWS, Merionethshire Standard and Welsh Farmers' Gkt&e&e. THE LEADING JOURNAL for an EXTENSIVE DISTRICT IN NORTH AND SOUTH WALES. THE CAMBRIAN NEWS is sold by AGENTS in the folio wing places:— ABERYSTWYTH (A Î Mr J. Gibson, 12, Chaly- Municipal Boiough, a yea- beate-terrace (Publish- and one of the ing Office of the Oorm- lavourite watering places brian News). of the Kingdom. In the Messrs Smith and Son, neighbourhood are a I Railway Bookstail, number of important j Mr. E. Edwards, Great mines. The University j- darkgate-street. College of Wales is situ- Mr W. Jenkins, do. ated here. Aberystwyth lVIrs Stephens, Bridge. is the terminus of the I Street. Cambrian Railway and Mr J. E. J Lloyd, Sta- the Manchester and Mil- tioner, &c., Terrace-road ford Railway.) Mr Edw. EdwardB. guard. J Mr Evan Joseph, gpazd. ABERAERON (Watering t Mr J. M. Howcli, 3, place and seapor c.) ) Market street. ABERARTK. ) Mr John Williams, coach- i) builder. BORTH ( Mr W. R. Roberta, newe- agent. BOW STREET Sola in the Village. CAPEL BANGOR Mr Black well, Post office. CARDIGAN (Assizetovra, Mr D. Lloyd, saddler, &c., Municipal Borough, and ( 14, Peniire. seaport.) I CELLAN Mr T. Davies, Penteefelin. CWMSYMLOG Mr Morgan, P.O. DIHEWID Mr James Williams, draper GLANDOVEY Mr J. Andrew. LLANARTH Mr J. C. Jones, grooer. LAMPETER (Municipal j Mr. J. W. Evans, M«dicad Borough. St. David's V Hall. College is here.) J Mr. D. Rees, draper. LLANDDEWI BREFI. ) Mr William Jenkute, Voel- allt Arms LLANBADARN FAWR Mr Simon, Post Office LLANFIHANGEL ) Mr Gough, Llanfihangel GENEU'RGLYN 5 LLANGEITHO Mr. Stephen Jones, pwtur framer LLANILAR Mr Tnoinas Evans. LLANON Mr. Daniel Jones, eoeer. LLANFARIAN MrJ. W. Jones, P. Olfice LLANYBYTHER MrJ.E. Evans, Llaawenog LLANGYBI ) Mr W. Piitchard, Derry | Ormond Arms LLANDYSSUL < Mr T. Evans, Tregroee ) B vard School. MYDROILYN Mr J). J. Evans,Post Office NEW QUAY Mr James Williams, grocer J PENTRE BRUNANT ) Mr Abraham Oliver, Post f Office. PONTERWYD (Water- Mr. William Claridge falls and lead mines in j- Gogerddan Arms, neighbourhood.) .) PONTRHYDFENDIGAID Mr John James, grooer. PENCADER MrT.T. Davies, PoetOffice SWYDDFFYNNON Mr John Jenkins. TALIESIN (Lead mines) Mr A. Pughe, Post Office TALYBONT (Lead mines) Mr John Pritchard. TREGARON (A market j Mr. Evans, chemist. town where large fairs >- are held.) J STRAD Mr. D. Jones, Felinfach. BANGOR Messrs. W. H. Smith aftd Son, Railway Bookstall. CRICCIETH (A pleasant^ Mr J. W. Bowen, book watering place, with fine V seller and stationer, mountain views.) J PORTMADOC (TerminusX Mr D. Lloyd (Publishing •f the Festiniog Railway j Office of the Cambrian An important shipping I News.) port; a growing town. VMr R. G. Humphreys, book> I seller, Tue Repository. I Messrs W. H. Smith and Son, bookstall. PWLLHELI ( Mr R. Owen, stationer, High-6treet. ABERDOVEY (A seaport ( Mr W. Williams, Caprera and watering place.) ) House. A B E R GANOLW YNi Mr Edwards, grr and (Great slate quarries in V draper. the neighbourhood.) J BALA (The Calvinistic Mr T. F. Pugh, Higfa- and Independent Col- J- street (Publishing Office leges are situated here.) J of the Cambrian Newt.) BARMOUTH (One of the Mr John Evans, grooer, favourite watering places Glanymor House, of Wales.) I Messr» W. H. Swith and J Son, Bookstall. CORRIS j Mr D. Hor Jonee. Mr Evan Edwards, Glany- J don. CORWEN (A market Messrs W. H. Smith and town.) f Son, Bookstall. D I N A S MAWDDWY i Messrs Evans and Son. (Terminus of the Maw- J- ddwy Railway.) J DOLGELLEY (Assize and\ Mr H. Morris, chemist. Quarter Sessions held | Mr George Arnfield, Glyn here. One of the head B dwr House. quarters of Tourists, a Mr E. Ylltyr Williams. Manufacture — Welsh MrE Owen Rees, printer Tweeds.) j and hookseller. 1 Mr W. Hughes, Dysgedydd | Office. M* ssrs W. H. Smith and J Son, Bootetall. DYFFRYN Mr Williams, postmaster. FESTINIOG (The great\ Mr Ellis Roberts, book- slate district of Wales j seller, Four Crosses. Terminus of the Festin- j Mr R. J. Thomas, book. iog Railway. A very f seller, New Market- populous place.) f place, Four Crosses. Messrs Jones and Roberta, Rhedegydd Office. i Mr D. Roberts, Pcniel- < terrace, Festiniog. t Messrs W. H. Smith and Son. Bookstall. HARLECH Mr L.T. Ed wards, stationer LLANBEDR Messrs Evans and Sons. LLANDDERFEL ) Mrs E. M. Davies, China I Shop. LLANEGRYN Mr Hugh Pugh,Post Office LLANUWCHLLYN Mr J. M. Jones, Caergai. LLWYNGWRIL Mr T. Griffiths, Post Office MAENTWROG JMr Thos. Roberts, draper ) and grocer. PENNAL. Mr E. Rowlands, Shop. PENRHYNDEUDRAETH Mr H. Hughes, Post-office TALSARN Mr D. Davies. Brynhyfryd. TALSARNAU ) Mr John Jones, grocer, Trefor-place. TOWYN (Favourite wa-l Mr R. W. Jones, book- tering place.) ) seller. CEMMES. Mr D. Evans, draper. LLANIDLOES Mr J. H. Mills. LLANBRYNMAIR Mr J. Edwards, Post Office. MACHYNLLETR (Mar- Messrs Smith and Son, ket town. In the neigh- Railway Bookstall. bourhood are several i Mr E. Jones, bookseller. mines.) J NEWTOWN Messrs Smith and Son. WELSHPOOL ) Messrs Smith and &In, 5 Railway Bookstall. NEWCASTLE EMLYN ) Mr D. J. Davies, Castle ) Street. TREORCHY ) Mr Isaac Austin, book. S seller, &c. "ON PENTRE I Mr Llewellyn Phillips, bookseller, Church road TYPRIDD Mr W. H. Key, bookseller SHIR ) Mr William Ellis Jones. ) Ynyehir Road. PANDY ) Mr W. Williams, Wrex. ham House. "RT TOWN | Mr David Davies, Weston | House. iDILO j Mr Timothy Pagh.Penlan, ) Pumpeaint. HOG Mrs Jones, Post Office. ,TRAD MEURIG Mr David Jones, Post- messenger, OSWESTRY.. „ Messrs Smith and Son. J- Messrs Askew Roberta,Woodafl J and VenabJes. LIVERPOOL Messrs Ficulkee and Er ) 29, Dale-street r Me ssrs W. H. Smith aDd J 61, Dale street LONDON Messrs Davies and Co., Fi I lane, C. rnhill. Mr W. Jcnes, 14, Park-stceefc Southwark. Mr Parker, 215, Upper Hen ington-lane. {"Messrs W. H. Everett and SOD 13a, Salisbury-square, Fleet- street, E.C. I Mr D. Morgan, 1, Little ColJege-street, Westminster ) SoW. CARMARTHEN Messrs Smith and Son, Rail- way Bookstall. MANCHESTER Mr J. Garside 2, Old Mil Gate. BIRMINGHAM 1 Messrs Smith and SaD, Great f Western Bookstall, Snowhill. LLANDRINDOD WELLS Messrs W. H. Smith and Son, Bookstall. ADVERTISEMENTS and other communications, in Welsh and English, should be sent not later than Thursday morning to the Pnblishing Offices-at the residences of J GIBSON, 25, Chatybeate-terrace, Aberystwyth T. PUOH, High-street, Bala D. LLOYD, Porlmadoc; EVAJf MM, MaengwyN-street. Maehynlleth, @usmcs-G ¿lbbtC£t6CS. YOU NEED NOT SUFFER LONG OR SUFFER MUCH. BECAUSE you have taken COLD and have a BAD COUGH. BECAUSE you hare INFLUENZA, or a very sore throat. BECAUSE you have SHORTNESS OF BREATH or TIGHTNESS on the Chest. BECAUSE you have ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, or PLEURISY. BECAUSE you have LUNG Inflammation or Congestion. I is Balsam 1 t', OF > j LINSEED & HONEY] t Has relieved and cured Thousands, and it most certainly WILL CURE YOU, 7 Take it in time, Nip the Cold in the Bud ? Resist the very first symptoms 1 Take Francis's Balsam of linseed and Honey at once ? Don't allow a day to go without attending it. BRONCHITIS is immediately relieved and promptly cured by FRANCIS'S BALSAM of LINSEED and HONEY. Its effects upon the Bronchial Tubes is soothing and healing. The inflammation and Cough rapidly subside, and every trace of the disease soon disappears. SOLD IN- 1/- AND 2/6 BOTTLES BY ALL CHEMISTS &c. E. R. GYDE, PHOTOGRAPHER, CHELTENHAM HOUSE, PIER STREET. MR. WM. ROWLANDS, AUCTIONEER AND VALUER; TOWYN, R.S.O. Business strictly attended to. BEFORE BUYING' A WATCH ANY- WHERE write for "the Illustrated Pamphlet,' sent free on application by the LARGEST WATCH MANUFACTURER." FIRM FOUNDED 1745. WATCHES, £1 to £ 1,000. Send your WATCH and JEWELLERY REPAIRS by post, Registered, which will be given only to Skil workmen. Estimates sent for doing the Work, and I take Risk and Cost of Carriage back. T. R. RUSSEL (Maker to the Queenl. Cathedra works, 18, Church-street, Liverpool. ff75 MADE WITH BOILING WATER. 10012h EPPS'S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. 00% in COOOA MADE WITH BOILING MILK. CAUTION. SOME of our customers have been enquiring whether we are going to move into, or open a New Shop in Aberystwyth. We beg to inform them and the public generally that we have only the one shop in the same old place, 12, Great Darkgate Street, and are not going to open any other premises. We have been at No. 12 for the last 21 years, and have no interest and are not going to have any interest in any other shop whatever, although premises may be opened in the same name under which we have been trading. DICK'S (G.W. MORTON, PROPRIETORS) 12, GREAT DARKGATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. R. BICKERSTAFF, MAIU«K. P.S.-Shops in most of the principal towns in EHg- [and and Wales. The shops in the district :—Cardigan, Lampeter, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Dolgelley, Barmouth, Festiniog, Pwllheli, Carnarvon, Bangor,. lI,ud Holyhead. it IMPORTANT NOTICE. GREAT SALE OF GENERAL DRAPERY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, &cM &e. DANIEL THOMAS, BEGS RESPECTFULLY to inform his JL) Customers, and the public generally, that his ELEVENTH ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE OF THE ABOVE GOODS WILL COMMENCE On AFONDA Y, FEB. 11th, 1889, AND WILL CONTINUE FOR ONE MONTH. The Goods will be offered at a great sacrifice in order to make room for Spring Goods. S3T NOTE CHE ADDRESS DANIEL THOMAS, 22 & 24 LITTLE DARKGATE ST., ABERYSTWYTH. (KEEP ORV1 BUBS! BEETLES! CRICKETSSg HARDEMAN'S B LONDON n-rr-ril 9- LM POW AND UNIVERSAL INSECT DESTROYER. |||j IKON-POISONOUS. (REGISTERED) NGN-POISONOus. k PaokeU of 84* 84., la., Is. ad., go. ad., 6s. gift NOTIci OF REMOVAL. MESSRS MURPHY AND ROWLEY, Surgeon Dentists, Aberystwyth, (Established in 1857), REMOVED from 37, Terrace-road to the Premises lately known as the WELSH HARP HOTEL, in Terrace-road and Corporation-street. Mr Rowley will visit Machynlleth the first and third Wednesday in each month, attendance from 2 to 5 o'clock at Mr Hughes, Dovey View; Lampeter, the first and third Friday in each month Aberayron, the second and fourth Wednesday in each month Towyn, the second and fourth Friday in each month, attend- ance from 2 till 5 o'clock at Mra Jones, 43, High-street, near the Railway Station. Consultations Free. Welsh spoken. [h60. W. JONES THOMAS, Auctioneer, Valuer, Public Accountant, and VAuditor, 1, BAKER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. Freehold and Household Mortgages arranged on reasonable terms. WALL PAPERS, SPRING STOCK. T. THOMAS, 20, GREAT DARKGATE STREET. PAINTS, COLOURS, OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS, &c., &c., PICTURE MOULDINGS AND PICTURES FRAMED. W I L L S ENAMEL PAINTS, 9d. TINS. [hl58 I TELL YOU, AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!! THAT D. J. AND E. DAVIES ARE now supplying the best and cheapest SEWING MACHINES, Knittiag Machines, Machine Oils, Washing and Wringing Machines, Pianos, Harmoniums, American Organs, Mechanical Instruments, Baby Chairs, Watches, Clocks, &c., &c. And will get SPECIAL GOODS at CHEAP- EST RATES for any of their Customers. Sole Agents for the celebrated Warwick Machines. ADDEWHS—II, PRINCESS ST. & ST. JAMES'S Sq.' ABERYSTWYTH. Wholesale and Retail. [hl50 ► j$3uttlix iiotias. THE Treasurer of Moriah Chapel, Aber- JL ystwyth, begs to acknowledge with sincere thanks the receipt of f2 2s. towards the restoration funds from the proprietors of "Trade, Finance and Recreation." [hl86. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS. STEAMSHIP SERVICE BETWEEN ABERDOVEY AND WATERFORD. In consequence of a difficulty which has arisen in obtaining a suitable Vessel in place of the S. S. Magnetic," which leaves the station on the 1st proximo, the Waterford and Aberdovey Steamship Company have decided to suspend the Service, pend- ing the completion of arrangements now in progress for building Steamers specially adapted for the trade between Aberdovey and Waterford. J. CONACHER, Secretary. Oswestry, November, 1888. fg946 Justness Jlbtesscs. SERENDIR SERENDIB. REGISTERED BRAND PORE CEYLON TEA. s ERENDIB Is guaranteed pure. ERE, NDIB Is not blended with Teas other SERENDIB Is not blended with Teas other than Ceylon in order to reduce cost SERENDIB Has a flavour of unusual rich- ness and strength. SERENDIB Should be tried by all lovers of' k3 good Tea. s ERENDIB Is perfection. In lead packets, lib.; ilb. and ilb. Prices, 2/0, 2/6, and 3/0 per lb. SOLE AGENTS FOR ABERYSTWYTH: HOPKINS & CO., TEA AND COFFEE MERCHANTS GREAT DARKGATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. LOCAL AGENTS: Aberystwyth Hopkins and Cc Dolgelley Richard Jones Abergele W. Williams and Oo Rhyl.. W. Williams and Co Colwyn w. Williaws and Co Colwyn Baj w. Williams and Co Llandudno W. Williams and Co Llanrwst w. Williams and Co Conway W. Williams and Co Denbigh w williamisandco Ruthin W. Williams aBd Co Rhuddlan W. Williams and Co* Bethesda E. Jones, Carneddi' Oswestry Davies & Edwards' Wrexham J. Brunt. Baugor R. Jones, Bradford Honse* Carnarvon.. H J Fonlkes, Pool-Street, ditto R. Jones-Hughes, Rhostryfani Llandudno j. Littler" Penmaenmawr H. Roberts! Holyhead The' Welsh Co-operative Society' Blaenau Festiniog H. Roberts and Co. Flint. J. W. M. Evans' Builth w. Price and Co' Ebenezer.. W. W. Owen' Llanberis R. D. Jones] It is only a very few years ago the discovery was made that the Island of Ceylon possessed peculiar advantages for growing Tea, the soil producing kinds superior in most respects to either China or Indian Teas. Packets bearing the SERENDIB BRAND are GUARANTEED to contain PURE CEYLON TEA ONLY. EVERYBODY SHOULD GIVE IT A TRIAL. EEnBiiBBB [g735 THE FINEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLO FOTf La ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, Hooping Cough, Colds, Coughs, Hoarseness, &c., is CONGREVE'S BALSAMIC ELIXIR In Bottles, 1/1 J, 2/9, 4/6. Sold "by -all Medicine Houses. Mr. G. T. Congreve's Book on Consumption & all Chest Diseases, with Appendix, contains many remarkable cases. Post free for Is. from Coombe Lodge, Peckham. REES REES, BILL POSTER, LITTLE DARKGATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTF S. N. COOKE'S LADIES AND CHILDREN'S OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT, AND BERLIN WOOL AND FANCY DEPOT. S.N.C. is showing a beautiful variety of NEW GOODS in all Departments. S. N. COOKE'S NOTED CORSETS, 2s. 61d. 2s. lld. 3s. 9d. M W 4* lid. 5s. 6d. I 6s. 6d. 7s. lid, 8s. lid. Mm to i5s. per pair. PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. ALL THE NEWEST SHAPES IN STOCK, HOSIERY AND VESTS, Same Prices as Sold at S. N. COOKE'S well-known Warehouse in BIRMINGHAM. S. N. COOKE, 12, PIER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH.
SERVING THE NATION. !
SERVING THE NATION. THE question how Welshmen can best serve ] Wales is one that may receive many different j kinds of answers. To answer the question wisely it would be necessary to ascertain the needs of Wales, and careful inquiry in this ] direction would certainly reveal numerous con- dieting opinions. We are anxious in this matter not to provoke discussion by touching i upon doubtful service, and will therefore 1 confine ourselves to what we believe ] will be generally admitted as real service and its opposites. He undoubtedly serves Wales who opens up her great and valuable < natural resources. To add in any measure to the secondary employments of Wales is to increase the comfort of the people and to remove further back that extreme poverty, and all its attendant miseries, out of which grows the dangerous discontent that puzzles statesmen and disheartens social reformers. The mill, the factory, the quarry, the mine, the forge, have a familiar material side, but they have also moral, social, and spiritual sides. The man who not only prevents destitution in a district, but makes home comforts and social intercourse possible to a considerable number of people is a true servant of the nation. His example is worthy of emulation and his labours deserve those rewards which not unfrequently fall to the lot of the shrewd man of business. Wales has too often been the happy hunting ground of the unscrupulous speculator, who has caused temporary, unhealthy, and unreal prosperity. He who protests against the unscrupulous speculator is not less a servant of the nation than the honest worker in mine or quarry. Agriculture is, of course, the primary occupation of the people, but the land is not able to main- tain an ever increasing population as is seen in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and every other country, and consequently the person who establishes or discovers profitable secondary employment for the surplus population in thsir own land not only increases the prosperity or the people, but enables them to emigrate to other lands with surer prospects of success. There is room in Wales for considerable industrial development, and Welshmen anxious to serve their nation may wisely look for beneficial service in this direction. Far too often it is presumed that members of Parlia- ment are the principal, if not the only servants of the nation. The unobtrusive teacher, in whatever department he may work, is too often lost sight of, but he is none the less a valuable servant of the nation, because other men reap the fruit of his labours, and he rarely comes to honour or renown in the land. The task of beating down prejudice, of extending freedom, of purifying public life, of upholding high standards of commercial, private, and public duty are not less honourable, or less necessary, or less useful than the task of making laws. In obscure and lonely places there are national servants toiling without hope of recognition or reward. They build up the national character and in the end drop silently into unvisited graves. There is in Wales a wide field for national servants of this kind, but competition is not great for places where work, however useful, leaves those engaged in it poor and obscure. There is in Wales, as elsewhere, a considerable number of blatant, ostentatious pretentious servants of the nation who have no object in view but their own advancement. They flatter the national vanity, encourage national prejudice, and pander to national pride. These false servants are always ready to urge forward a bastard patriotism that cares more for the scum and husks of things than for the things themselves. We do not so much wish the true servants of the nation to be recognized as we are anxious that selfseekers should be detected and exposed. Nations are like gardens. You can do little in gardens to promote the growth of valuable plants except to pull out and destroy the weeds. Just so in nations. If false teachers are marked, known, and avoided right knowledge will grow and spread. True service always demands sacrifice, the false servant may, as a rule, be detected because he avoids sacrifice and gathers to himself much dubious reputation and many shady honours. In the field of Welsh politics there is special need for constant, watchfulness. It is there unworthy servants are moat numerous and are least easily detected. Parliament gives men a platform. The coveted prizes are so great and numerous that it is difficult to distinguish between the false and the true political servant. They profess the same principles and appear to have the same ends in view. It is not until they have reached the House of Commons that the difference between them is distinctly revealed. What we feel is that there is great need for caution, and that national servants who carefully seize first place are open to strong suspicion as self-seekers.
LLANDDEWI BREFI WATER SUPPLY.
LLANDDEWI BREFI WATER SUPPLY. IN another column we publish a strong plea for an immediate supply of pure water to Llan- ddewi Brefi, one of the prettiest and most picturesque little places in Cardiganshire. Our correspondent puts his case so strongly and clearly that we refer our readers to his letter. We are disposed to think that the Medical Officer, Dr ROWLAND, must have some sub- stantial reason for urging delay, partly because Dr ROWLAND has himself always been in favour of improved sanitation, and partly because medical officers of sanitary districts are generally opposed to delay. The distance the pipes have to be laid is so inconsiderable, only 440 yards, that the work might be carried out in a week. That a place like Llanddewi Brefi should not be supplied with pure water is deplorable seeing how abundant water is on every hand. The necessary work has been agreed upon by the Rural Sanitary Authority and has met with the approval of the parishioners, and we trust there will be no unreasonable or unnecessary delay in supplying the place with pure water.
o CHAMBERLAIN WANTS TOI RETURN.
o CHAMBERLAIN WANTS TO RETURN. THE collapse of the case the suicide of I PLGOTT the vindication of Mr PARNELL and his colleagues have all combined to dishearten the Conservatives and to weaken the Govern- ment. Mr JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN sees that the game is played out and he is prepared to leave the sinking Conservative ship like any other political rat. The Liberal party does not want Mr CHAMBERLAIN at any price, and he is perfectly welcome to temain with the Tories who, un- fortunately for him, are not very proud of him, and only use him to keep the Liberals out of office, having no disposition or intention either to adopt his policy or to accept him as a leader. The proof that the alleged PARNELL letters were forged has hit Mr CHAMBERLAIN as hard as anybody. He has made as complete a bungle of his political life as could well be conceived, and is as hopelessly wrong to-day as he was three years ago. This is fortunate for the Liberal party. Mr CHAMBERLAIN, however, still thinks he is an essential person. It is true his schemes and organizations have been still- born, but nevertheless he speaks as one in authority, and probably even yet imagines that 1 he would be welcomed back to the Liberal fold and be restored to his old place in the Liberal souncils. This is impossible. Nobody trusts him, or believes in him, or has confidence in his judgment or foresight. If Mr CHAMBERLAIN were a man of deep epiritual insight; if he admitted his error frankly, and came back, loyally and without expectations, then there might be a future for him.. But he will do nothing of the kind. He is spiritually without insight. He is ill-tempered, ambitious, over- bearing and inconceivably conceited. He will never accept the situation, but will continue to tight forces altogether too strong for him and will be beaten all the while. He has over- estimated his own strength and importance, and has not understood the nature of the I English people. He thought he was more [ essential than Mr GLADSTONE, and has proved j to be weaker than Lord HARTINGTOX, Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, or Mr GOSCHEN. Mr GLADSTONE was right when he pointed in scorn J to Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S score or more of abortive j schemes, not one of which has taken the slightest hold of the public mind. The Irish Home Rule movement has made steady progress since the general election in S 1886, in spite of all the Paper Unionists r could do. In 1885 Mr CHAIBERLAIN, next to Mr GLADSTONE, WM, however un- t deservedly, the most popular man in ""Ingland. I To-day where is he in pnblie estimation? Mr i GLADSTONE wields all and more than all his I former power. Mr JOHIT MORLEY stands next to Mr GLADSTONE, but Mr CHAMBERLAIN I has receded year by year until he now literally t does not coant either as a friend or fee. Fifty j years a.go a statesman might have followed the course Mr CHAMBERLAIN has followed and have retraced without disaster his steps when he discovered his mistake. In these days public opinion is quickly and intelligently formed. Besides, in these days the public man is pressed on every side by competitors as able as himself, and the least slip and his place is occupied and he cannot regain it any more. The Times has fallen by its own hand at surely as PIGOTT fell by his own kand. Other papers will take the place the Times once held. Sir CHARLES DILKJJ had to retire from publie life, and his place was quickly filled. Public opinion followed him, and rightly or wrongly decided against him. This is Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S case. He tried & Ml with Mr GLADSTONE and lost. He appealed in a manner to the people, and the people declared against him. The career once open to him is closed. Mr CHAMBERLAIN may return to the Liberal ranks, but he will not return as a leader. He has forfeited that position, and in these days a political position forfeited once is lost always.
. CONSERVATIVE COUNTY COUNCILLORS.
CONSERVATIVE COUNTY COUNCILLORS. AT the last meeting of the Merionethshire County Council Mr W. R. M. WYNNE, who was nominated to serve on the Finance Com- mittee, at first declined to act on the ground that the majority against him was so great that he would be outvoted on every question. Mr WYNNE ultimately consented to be nominated, and we have no doubt he will be a valuable member. Conservative members have been outvoted in the County Council elections, and owing to tha sh%mefal departure of Liberals from their principles defeated Liberal candidates have not only been pitchforked into the County Councils, but have been made aldermen with a six-year term, while elected councillors have to face the electors again in three years. Great responsibility now rests upon Conser- vative members of County Councils in the posi- tion of Mr W. R. M. WYNNIL They have it in their power to show the people that they do not look upon county business as a party matter, and by their skill and knowledge pf county business they are in a position to pave the way for the introduction of the better sort of county magistrates to the County Councils. Lords Lieutenant in Welsh counties are in great measure responsible for the re- jection of county magistrates at the recent County Councils elections Tnke the case of Merionethshire. The Lord Lieutenant for reasons which are, of course, sufficient for him, does not, put on the Commission certain gentle- men whom the public wish to see placed on the Commission. This is a mistake. Trade is no longer either a crime or a reason for social ostracism. We could easily name a dozen Liberals in Merionethshire who have as good a claim to be county magistrates as any who now occupy that position. Mr W. R. M. WYNNE, and other Liberal-minded Conservatives in different parts of the Principality, will discover that many of the elected county councillors are not distinguishable from real old Tory land- owners in education and general culture. The present LORD LIEUTENANT of Cardigan- shire has not yet added any names to the Commission. We believe he is a fair-minded man, and we look forward to his first nominations with considerable interest. If men who by their labours and character have won the confidence of the public are ignored by Lords Lieutenant then it may be expected at County Council elections the public will retaliate by rejecting county magistrates in favour of men who in their opinion have been slighted. The proceedings at the last meeting of the Merionethshire County Council show how little danger there is of any strong political feel- ing. or of any desire to do more than vindicate national claims which unfortunately are supposed to be assailed when no attack whatever is intended. One thing is certain, Conservative members of County Councils ought not to show any disinclination to take part in the business because they are in a minority.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NOTES.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NOTES. In the House of Lords the other evening Lord COLVILLE of Cr-LRosa urged that all public vehicles should be compelled to carry Ia.mpa after dark. ThiB is a most necessary reform and one that would prevent many deplorable accidents. The reckless way vehicles ave driven in tha dark, especially in country districts, renders some action on the part of the authorities imperative. • People" who hara iron coal plates on footpaths will be interested in a case heard last week in the Queen's Bench Division. The plaintiff, a commission agent, when walking along Piccadilly, trod upon the coal- plate opposite No. 14, when it gave way his leg went down the hole, and waa considerably injured. A ver- dict was given for £9. These coal-plates are very dangarous, and are not always carefully fastened. ♦ The Free Libraries Act is applicable to Bmall country villages, a fact that School Boards in Wales onght to renlizs. Elementary education would be rendered easier and less burdensome to the rates if each Board School poaaesged a library open to all the people. Erery parish is able to adopt the Free Libraries Act, and the Act ehould undoabtedly be adopted. The Conservative newspapers aaem to have had quite enough of the Parnell Commission. They think the inquiry should be brought as quickly as possible to an end. It is insinuated thst if the inquiry is pushed any further the Parnelliteo may have cause to rue. Mr PARNELL'S occasion has now come. The complicity of the Government with the T'imes in its attempt to drag down the Parnellites must be proved, and the oountry must give ito verdict on the whole scandalous trans- action. The National Liberal Club was to have been mined by the seceasion of the Paper Unionists. After deducting the number of members who seceded with Mr CHAMBERLAIN and Lord HARTINGTOK, the Club has a.n accession of 700 members as compared with this period last year. Mr CHAMBERLAIN sees that the PIGOTT business has destroyed the causa of Dissentient Liberals and he would like to come back as successor to Mr GLADSTONE, but nobody wants him in any capacity. Let him stick to the Tories and play second fiddle to Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.