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y HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
y HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. A Frenchman once said of the poor of his country, That green grass their food was, of which they might eat. Judge Williams tells Welshmen they swarm like the locusts, And thus he French hist'ry in Wales doth repeat. For locusts, while Judges devour loaves and fishes, Muat put up with grass as the best of their dishes. Yet no Judge, I suppose, Would much relish the woes That would make the French parallel true and complete. London. CARL MORGANWG.
.. LOCAL GOSSIP.
LOCAL GOSSIP. The London Echo continues to take an interest in General Grenfell. This is what it has now to say General Sir Francis Grenfell, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, has come to the end of his Welsh tour. He has keen feted, to his heart's content. Now he returns to Egypt to assist at the feting of the Prince of Wales, for it 's decided that H.R.H. shall visit the Nile, and perhaps climb the Pyramid of Cheops. General Dormer will, of course, do the honours for the English Army of Occupa- tion, which he commands. The English Sirdar will do the same for the fellaheen warriors. Sir Francis left Swansea on Monday, en route for the East. Sir Francis Grenfell is about as popular in the Egyptian Army as Sir Evelyn Wood himself was. The mantle of Sir Evelyn has fallen upon him. Sir Evelyn Wood, while a. strict disciplinarian, never spared any trouble to ascertain the wants and wishes of the men whom he was appointed to train. He had a wonderful knack of putting his men on their honour, so to speak. He took care not to °ve^w.(', them. He saw that they were properly housed ana iea, and paid regularly. Wood and Grenfell between them have succeeded in getting the fellah soldier to regard tne lIervice of defending his country as an honourable and desirable calling. Like Mr. Lockwood, Q C-, General Grenfell is a good pen-and-ink caricaturist. General Sir Evelyn Wood, now cora»afding the troops at Aldershot, will proceed to Indi^ nftxt year, to assume command of the Forces in ornbay Presi- dency, vice the Duke of Connaught, who returns to England to take over the command of the Aldershot Division. The Mumbles Local Board is in a dilemma, and a sad one, too. Some few years ago it conceived the idea of following the example of Ilfracombe and other watering- places in the matter ot progress, and at once decided to carry out a drainage scheme at a cost of about £5,000, and a road over the cliffs to Bracelet Bay. So far, so good The public expressed its admiration at the pro- gressive spirit shown by the Board but what has been the result 9 The drainage scheme was started, and also the new road, but neither is finished, although the time in which it was agreed to complete them has long ex- pired, and. judging from present appearances, the work is not Jikely to be completed for some time to come. The Local Board antj the contractors are at loggerheads. Mr. James Dickson, the contractor for the new road, has issued a writ against the Board for the recovery of cer- tain money which he alleges is due to him and Jenkins Bros., the drainage contractors, have already threatened the Board with legal proceedings. The action brought by 1¥Ir. Dickson will, we understand, come on at the next Assizes. The position of the Mumbles Board IS by no means an enviable one, and no doubt, we shall soon hear some loud complaints about law expenses. At the last meeting of fc?e ?oaid Mr. R W. Beor suggested a way out of the difficulty, or, at least, out of the law courts. He said that even if the Board won, the cost would be very heavy, and he thought the wisest plan to adopt would be to refer the disuute with Jenkins Bros. to arbitration. Here is a hint, or rather a reminder, for the Swansea Improvements and Tramways Company. The Manchester Tramcar Company havt. adopted an invention which is likely to cause an immense saving in the wear and tear of horseflesh, and to relieve the animals of much unnecesiry strain and fatigue. The apparatus is described as being about the size of a hat-box. This contains an arrange- ment of springs, and is attached to the axles. The action of arresting the vehicle compresses the spring, and when the brake is taken off the power of the spring will forward the vehicle to a distance of from ten to thirty feet and thus relieve the horses of the strain necessary to overcome the inertia of the vehicle. How great this strain is has been shown by experiments made on the Blackpool tram cars, which are worked by electnci y, having been found that as much electricity is expended in starting as would carry them a quarter of a mile when onceln motion. This invention is so small, and so easily applied that it should come into general use for all omnibuses and tram cars. Now that the facilities of the Telephone have been so lar^lv extended to Swansea and its district, the following rhymed advice may be timely Speak softly through the Telephone, Just modulate your tongue; A soft clear voice is better far Than" Stentor's" brazen lung. I Don't hollow through the Telephone, And rage and shriek and roar, You'll hurt yourself and do no good; I Oblige by speaking lower. From a copy of The Samoa, Tunes, dated August 17th, which has just reached Swansea, and has been handed to ■us by Mr. Turpie, the West Pier Light-keeper, we learn that the mission barque, "John Williams," ieft for Tutuna, on the prevjcms Tuesdoy, taking as passengers all the Ministers of the London Mission with the ex- ception of the Rev. Mr. Clarke." The Rev. T. Rogers, B.A„ vicar of St. Andrew's, Llwynypia, hning been cited before the bishop on an alleged charge of drunkenness, the Nonconformists held a public meeting at the Tonvpandy Schoolroom to show their sympathy with him. The chair was t iken by Mr. David Davies, Clydach V«K There was a good attendance of Nonconformists, and vigorous addresses were given in favour of the vicar, whose courteous de- meanour and uniformly good relations with the other denominations had wen their hearts. A resolution was moved by the iter. Daniel Davies, Baptist minister, to the effect that the meeting sympathised with the Rev. T. Rogers, B.A., with reference to the charges brought against him, and praying the bishop not to allow his removal on a petition which bad been signed by only o"2 persons.—Mr. Dyer, Clydach Yale; Mr. John Williams, checkweigher Mr. Loveday, Mr. Norman, and others supported the resolu tion, which was carried. The church itself has, it is said, sent a petition to the bishop with 250 signatures appended. On Tuesday the Lord Bishop of St. David's commenced his triennial visitation by an address to the clergy of his diocese at Haverfordwest. Lord Vivian, Sir John Kirk, and Mr. Wvlde have been apnointed to represent England on the forth coming con- fidence on the Slave Trade. The nrebendal stall in Exeter Cathedral, vacant by the Lf +U, Vm R H Barnes, has been offered to and accepted Hayne,, Buckland Monachorum Devon. Mr. Evan Griffiths, sui fe/or and architect, of Abtrlare, father of Dr. P. H.Rhys Griffiths, Cardiff, died suddenly in the Rhondda Fach Valley on Saturday while on his way to catch a train. y CufaiK Eglirusirj announces that the post of organis- ing secretary tor the Church Temperance Society for the Diocese of St. Asaph is now vacant. The commencing stipend js£150 and expenses. At the Seamen's Congress at Cardiff, on Saturday, Glasgow and Liverpool were put in nomination as places for the next anlinai meeting. On being put to the vote, Glasgow \Vas selected by 29 votes to 11. u T,h,e appointed t7 collect funds for the building of a new c £ F ^eat at Llandaff Yard have accepted the desig,18ofiMessrs Kempson andFowler, architects^Llandaff « £ °h £ ?Sructed them to carry out the out tbe WOI Major Thornhall, for three years in *unreme command of theSalv»t,<.» A,n.y» ir. ft»m «*»' organisation, { gailed {or America to become a clernyman the Reformed Episcopal Church there. Lord George » meeting I Lord George » meeting of.'the North Wales UD1 arra e of December. A series of meetin0 Amongst tif' one which .ill be held at_ «"> Mr. Stanley LeiSh«„, & Evan Moiris. On Monday a fatal accident took place at PercVs "P" .bofeZ shot-fir?n 1Da^" a charge, which failed The Uq fortunate 'm went back 8ee wLa.t WaS fcbe Matter, and ^MUten^edintrvinS to Put la a nfW fuaa charge explod|d- being killed on the spot, and Owen badly i0ju'red' The deceased leaves a family. Mr. H. L. TTTpr-at-law, now residing in South Wales, ^riV^n'to the Wel*h PaPers denying the report that hi8 father Hlr J»stice «tePhe") ha.(1 appointed him Clerk ^size on the Northern Circuit in place of the late simfi-lpwnrtb, ail<^ he adds that he has good ™rbh £ K?th«t he will not be appointed. At any rate he faas ilitention of taking any such place. e e as no 1 A sad accident occur^fa Rhondda Valley on Saturday. Two <«ed David Jones, and Thomas Griffiths, with W Ev were at work in a heading *t the!standard 'Colllery> Y hi wheu a of stone, weighing about lo t0ns> fell from the r0of, and crushed them uedt leaves a wife and eight children, all girls- G as unmarried. t Miss Caroline piL0- 4, Vicarage Gatf, Jjondon, neice of the late member for Cardiff, and sister of Mr. Arthur »uiiatUs, M p^ pa-d> on Monday, to the University Coi ge of South Wales and Monmouthshire, JE1,000 on the to lowing trust: That the Oloney be devoted to foundation scholarships tenable by girl or women students, who shall reside at Aberdare Wall, or any other hall of residence tor women students, ^hich may be hereafter founded connection with Uuiversity College, South Wales and Monmouthshire. The scholarships will be called the Caroline Williams Scholarships. Canon Daniel Evans, of Bangor, died on Saturday afternoon, after prolonged illness. It is rumoured in London that Mr. George Miiller, of the Bristol Orphanages, has decided to spend the rest of his days in Australia, and will take up his abode in Sydney. Canon Wilberforce, accompanied by Wilberforce, starts for India on November 8th, the object of his journey being mainly thestuidy o ithe ^opi,u}™ question and the licensed liquor traffic m the country. The Rev. Owen Jones, .one o"f the oldest of Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, ministers died on Thursday night r i J l S3. He had been in the ministry 64 •• u»°Boed' M;ld' Manchester, and Llandudno. He was known as a his- torian and antiquary, and was either author, editor or Gf more than forty books. For many years rans a e(]itor to Messrs. Blackie and Son, aud superintended the publication of some important Welsh works. Inasmuch as there have been chloroform accidents in Swansea, as elsewhere, it may be interesting to note that in France, if a patient who is under chloroform shows any sign of heart failure, those in attendance hold him head downwards till he is restored. This method is sa.id never to fail; and so convinced are some surgeons of its efficacy that they have operating tables made in such a fashion that one end can be elevated at a moment's notice, and the patient be practically made to stand on his head for an instant or two. Our divorce laws have now had a trial extending over thirty years. Down to the close of last year the total number of petitions filed was 14,794—representing 29,000 persons who for some reason had not found happi- ness in the married state Divorce is a much simpler and less expensive luxury than it used to be. Yet the official fees alone paid last year to the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes amounted to £6,103; which, on the principle of ex pede Horculem," gives an im- posing notion of the lawyers bills. Few people understand the proper way of rolling music, periodicals, and pamphlets, and a hint on the subject may be found useful. It certainly is something of an annoyance after removing the wrapper from a periodical, to be compelled to roll it in the opposite direction two or three times before the leaves are in a favourable condition for reading. 's nuisance may be obviated by rolling the package so that the title-page shall be on the outside, instead of on the inside, as is generally the case. When thus rolled, the piper adapts itself to the table, and its tendency is to become perfectly flat whereas if rolled the other way the edges are inclined to roll up. The idea of treating dipsomania as a disease is not a new One. It was stated by Wirtzung, in a book published in 1617. He puts drunkenness next to the plague in the catalogue of diseases, and recommends a treatment similar to that in vogue at the present dav. In earlier days, however, this view did not prevail. An early Dutch method with female inebriates was to suspend them by a pulley and duck them three times in the nearest horsepond. Charlemagne's method was af a still more heroic kind. For the first offence the drunkard was tortured privately. A second was punished by a public torture. If this did not effect a cure, and a third relapse occurred, the offender was executed. The Bishop of St. Asaph has offered the vacant canonry of St. Asaph Cathedral to the Rev. T Richardson, M.A., vicar of Rhyl and vicar-elect ofNorthop, Flintshire, by whom it has been accepted. The rev. gentleman will shortly leave Rhyl for Northop, which has been occupied for a short time by the Rev. D. Edwards, who has been promoted to Bala. The new canon of St. Asaph was ordained in 1S49 by the bishop of St. David's. He was subsequently presented by Lord Chancellor Chelmsford to the living of BayviI-cum-Moylgrove, and later by the Church Patronage Trustees to the Vicarage of Aberdovey. At a recent meeting of the Forden (Montgomery) Board of Guardians the chairman, in producing a small sealed box. said the contents were the property of a man named Roberta, who, some years ago, was sent to the asylum from Forden. Certain things were found upon him, and they were placed in that box and sealed in his (the chairman's) presence. Their late clerk took possess- ion of the box, and his successor was anxious that they should open it. The box was opened, and found to contain a deposit receipt from the North and South Wales Bank for £90 and a bank pass-book which showed that Roberts had a balance at the bank of jg82 17s. 4d. There were also two small leather bags, one of which contained £12 in gold, and the other 14s. in silver and a silver watch and chain. There is still a great deal of money to be made by a "leader "of the South Wales Circuit. Probate of the will, dated 19th August last, of his Honour the late -dSueas John M'lutvre, Q.C., of the Middle Temple, and of the Hagg, Mirfield, Yorks who died on the 19th ult., aged 68 years, was formerly M.P., for Worcester, and was appointed at the end of last year County Court Judge of Circuit No. 12, has been granted to the executors, his wife, Mrs. Eleanor M'lntyrp, and his son, Mr. George Milward M'lntyrf, barrister-at-law. The personalty is sworn as being £44,785. The late Mr. M'lntyre has followed the example of the late Lord Justice Thesiger and Mr. Justice Quain and others by making a provision for his clerks. Not having mentioned them in his will, he made a death-bed request that the amount should be what family should think fit. The sum will be, in the case of the senior clerk, at least a thousand pound*, says the Law Jouviial. Dr. Vaughan, Dean of Llandaff, is one of the grand old men of the Church of England. He was born seveuty- three years ago. He comes of a clerical family, his father having been Vicar of St. Martin's, Leicester. Dr. Vaughan went to school at Rugby, from which he pro- ceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he passed a singularly brilliant career, graduating in 1838 as senior classic and Chancellor's medallist. He was made head- master of Harrow, but resigned his post after fifteen year*. To Dr. Vaughau that great school owed its re- birth, for before his office, it had fallen to a low ebb. Dr. Vaughan has more than once refused a bishopric. He appears to be as much attached to the Mastership of the Temple as Dean Stanley was to Westminster. Public men are becoming more and more pronounced as "faddists." The Whitehaven Board of Guardians have decided by 10 votes to nine that" the boys in the Workhouse School be taught shorthand." The dis- cussion that arose on the resolution was entertaining. One member (Mi. Braithwaite) did not approve of the proposal, fearing that they would be asked to introduce music-masters and pianos next Mr. Musgrave, another member, confessed that he had tried his hand at shorthand; he had learnt to write it, but could never learn to read it. Amid laughter be added that "many of the ratepavers could not write longhand. Jet alone shorthand, and yet they had to pay the rates." The mover of the resolution held that a knowledge of shorthand would be of the greatest service to the boys. The culture of the blackberry is a subject which might receive in Swansea-where the Wild fruit is so plentiful—the same attention which is being devoted to SPVO °ther P'aces. The Rural iVei' 1 orker has devoted varfet "trated pages of descriptions of new me .t onlf ^e berry no fewer than 20 of which are 5 as tho, oi thrt clustsrs ,lra>Vn1 I™"? "I''1''6 nhow fruit e Minnewaski, Erie, and j_.arly v'nS Snnh v Onoarently as are mulberries are m this Ct that flT oa t!le Enc, blackberry is to the nkkh-ig wereohf'- a of ground 30 to 35 quarts the bushes continued"t tIlree times a weut> anU 4 k p*a^eration • for a long time. This may »rown, and as some of th^^ £ r0Ps are undoubtedly »»;'• eIght tu 10 »»:'• ceeding.y protitaDie- The following quaint verse is to be fouu(1 j Cfa h belfry at Moretonhampstead in DevonSe "Who overturns a bell make SUro Threepence he shall pay therefor Whoever in this place shall swear Sixpence he shall pay therefor. He that rings here m his hat Threepence he shall pay for that; Who smokes a pipe, or yet cigar, Or tells a lie, or threatens war, Shall not go free with no pretence But threepence pay for each offence. Who will not well these rules obey. Within this belfry shall not stay. A remarkable scene occurred in the Ruthin Police Court, on Monday. Thomas Davies was charged with attempting to kiss Jane Beach, wife of a weU-knpwn farmer at Unfair. The matter had been enquired into bv the deacons of the chapel, and the Rev. Ambrose Jones was called in support of complainant s case. When Mr Jones was requested to take the Book to be sworn in the ordinary way, he said he could not speak English, and declined to be sworn except in Welsh. ■? held the English language in the utmost contempt.ana abhorrence, and vehemently added, I want to make 1 abhorrence, and vehemently added, I want to make It quite impossible for magistrates who cannot understand our language to sit on the Bench in Wales."—The Bencn said they knew witness could speak English, and they emphatically declined to swear him in Welsh.—"very WeH," said the rev. gentleman, then I decline to be sworn at all. I detest the English language."—After further heated altercation, the Bench said they had no ^1 rnnative but to adjourn the case.—The rev. gentleman fnth acquIesced in this arrangement, but to show his his har ?ontettipt for the Saxon Bench in Wales, put on out t In the middle of the Cuurt, and then marched Th Scotland"'3 h.0,1^0?8' ,St[ike' ^hich fir§t °ut. even tn exte&ded to other parts of tne country, verv trivial *njea- Here, however, the break out was STHYT oVa^en^nboy'ireefly frightened at the strike has been s^'ww* master Wlth f Th° p.inliff fnr Burr*ewhat serious in oth?r towns, in U nS'n" to 4e aT' whe:e boys studies in the afternoYn'?^ National School, where^Thevdi T/T K scholars to join them! tL ? 68 lnduce,tl?e drive them away, but the vonn 2 endeavoured to began to smash the wiudov/s tdf th "r immediately then they marched victors from thp flS,? ,and and if t-o u Ue field. Such conduct is intolerable, and yet it has been allowed to spread It u an abject upon the i'rt of the authorities, to allege that they were incapable of pre- venting these outbreaks and they ought to be rated as soundly as the boys are birched for their incapacity and helplessness. I If the dictum of Mr. Kennedy, the nagistrate at Greenwich police court, could by any neans be im- pressed upon the minds of a cera.tin class of women in Swansea, the number of trumpery cases- of abusive language that come before our local Stipmdiary, who has before now expressed himself in somevhat simiilar terms, would be very considerably reduced Mr. Ken- nedy, in trying' a case of abusive language "could not understand why defendant objected to be .a.Iled a cow, which was a very nice animal. In Englaid it was no insult to call a woman a cow, but it was in France; whilst in France it was no insult to call a jerson a pig. but it was in England. It was only & question of country." The good people of the Rhondda district seetn to be most anxious to put the Welsh Intermediate Education Act into operation as soon as possible. A special meeting of the Ystrad School Board was held on Monday to consider the question of taking steps to press the claims of the Rhondda for the establishment of an inter- mediate school in the district. The following nsotution was unanimously adopted: "Considering the pro- portionate population of the Rhondda Parliamentary Division aud the rateable value of the same, together with the combined fact that under our school board we have 11,000 names of children on our books and that we have made a great sacrifice to maintain a higher grade school in the parish for many years at a heavy pecuniary loss, and that this is the only intermediate schoo) in the district, we firmly believe that we are entitled to one of the intermediate schools to be established in the county of Glamorgan, and in view of pressing our claim upon the committee, we instruct our clerk to prepare4 petition fully stating our case, and that we respectfully ask the member for the division, together with all the dderuaen and councillors of the same, to form a deputation, with power to add to their number, to present the petition and enforce its claims upon the committee and, further, that we invite the co-operation of all interested in education throughout the parish, suggesting the desirability of at once holding meetings in eveij part to support the action of the School Board."
♦-— GENERAL JOTTINGS.
♦- — GENERAL JOTTINGS. Parliament will probably reassemble on Thursday, 6th February. Dr. Talmage's Tabernacle at Brooklyn was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. :jfilf* The electric light on the Eiffel Tower, Paris, is reported to be visible at Orleans, 69^ miles distant. Mr. Gladstone read both lessons on Sunday morning the parish church, Hawardea. He afterwards walked through the village with L idy F. Cavendish. A curious epidemic known as red water caused the deaths of 119 heads of cattle out of 770, on board the steamer Oxenholme, at Liverpool, from Boston. On Monday the jury in tbe case of the Earl of Galloway, charged at Dumfries with indecently assaulting a. K)ri named Gibson, returned into court with an UEaoinious verdict of not guilty. Sister Emma, the nurse whose skill au^ Tcare are credited with the restoration to health of Lord J-eunyS0D) recently published an interesting volume entitled "Recollections of a Nurse." The French Cabinet decided on Saturday that the Paris Exhibition should not remain open beyond the six months fixed by the law, and it will therefore be closed on November 6. It is seated that nine additional arrests have been made in connection with the Cronin murder casa, as tiie result of the efforts of two bailiffs, and six ot the jury on behalf of the men already in custody. **it A sculling match for £200 a side between Bllbear, of Hammersmith, and Matterson, the Australian, wls r0\Ved on Monday over the course from Putney to -Vlortlake Matterson led from the commencement, and wen easily by six or eight lengths. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Q.C., M.P. for the borough of Derby, who formerly served as Solicitor- General, Home Secretary, and Chancellor pf the Exchequer under Mr. Gladstone's various. Aa^ini8tra- tions, was born on Oct. 14, 1827, Monday being therefore in his 62nd birthday. T- The American Indians are said to be very .successful in their treatment ot small pox. They keep their patieuts in dark rooms, and allow a current of air t con- tinually over the body. They also administer a decoction of some herb, hut the nature of this they keep secret # Lord Dufferin wan on Saturday afternoon Presented with the freedom of Kirkcaldy, the ticket being enclosed in a silver casket. His lordship, in reply, expressed the pleasure he had iu being associated with a town which was the birthplace of Adam Smith, and in whIch Carlyle had passed many years. From ten to twelve ounces a day is £ he &osount of meat required for a healthy adult who takes an ordinary amount of work and exercise. As a rule women eat loss than this, and delude themselves with the idea that they r don't require as much food as men, even when they wor|j as hard. Hence it is that so many women diift into invalidism ia middle age. Though the name of Dauit-i Lambert has become a synonym for obesity, very few people know bow l11uch he weighed. When he died in 1809, at the age of forty, his weight was 52st. lllb. The coffin, Wit IS ody in it could not be brought down ths stairs or t en se jn wj1jct1 died, and the wall at the sides of the win o had to be broken away to permit of his being taKen ou A youth named Walter George .Brown on Saturday met with a horrible death at the Sum ery Ironworks Wolverhampton. He was working at a piurof powerful steam-driven shears used to cut ir°n' when he wa8 caught by the leather banding ^a,^n 'uto lhe machinery. He was terribly mang • nd qU;te dead when extricated. ## A sudden death occurred during Dijine service at St. Peer's Church, Colchester, on Sunday >sight. WhUe tbe Vicar, the Rev. H. Caddell, was reading the second lesson a young woman, named Parfl°"s> ? 'iolently, and immediately fell forward, blood g g from her mouth and nostrils. Sbe was carrIed to t vestry, but died just as she entered it. She had been ate for Bervice, and had hurried up the hill. One of the largest bars of go^ in the world was turm-d out at the Unite ^-ssay Office, at Helens, Montana, recently. S d oyer 5001b., and is worth a little over 100,000 •, e 'argest however, was shipped by the North Jiloonifaeia Comp Qf Nevada City, some years ago, at 814,000 dols. Its weight was 511 £ lb-; length, 162In.; width, 6^in.; and height, 7in. 4 Mr. Robert Adair, one of °ewspaper men in England, drnd at Maryport on Saturday. He £ a(J ei hty. seven years of age, and was for a long p»riod proprietor of the Maryport Advertiser. • A<dair Was the oldest stamp-distributor in the United lvingdonj, navine been appointed sixty years ago by the poet WordsWortb when the latter was head of that department for that country. Statistics published by the United States Post Office go to show that in 18SG there passed through the Dosts of the whole world 5,864 million letters, i)07? p t. cards, 4,610 million enclosures of priute(j matter 104 milion sumnles. This makes the total of 11 655000000 articles. The figures are considerably iu excess 'f t^ose which are recently published by a German statistician. They Rive an average of more than eight articles bv P°st in a year to every inhabitant of the gl0be We learn from the same source that there are 154 qqq ffices in the world and that nearly half a pe0Dle ate employed to do their work. #*# Lady Halle (perhaps better known as Madame Norman- Nernrta) began her career at an exceptionally early age even among musicians. See wasjusc entering upon her teens when she hrst played in this country That waS forty years ago. A long lme It seems but then, as we have said, the new prodigy was a child. She was born at Brunn, in Moravia where her father was cathedral organist. After her first performance in London she travelled on the Continent, visiting Rugsia several tiooes. The Russians were enthusiastic about her. In 1864 she took Paris captive. Ever since 1869 she has returned to London regularly for the winter and spring concerts, the l'hilarmonic, the Monday Popular, and Crystal P#lace Coucerts, and others. His Honour Judje Hughes, Q.C., attended a the Young Meu's Friendly Society in the Town-'ia^' Je"e, on Saturday night, and delivered an address 0B imn^"011, Honour said he considered that a.n sports^11'' Par^ t^le W0I"k of education was any y' Athletics were au exceptionally fine thing there fellow, provided they were not overdone, "l1 conuect^8 a wor^ warning which he wished to offer ?n referenc ? with their athletic exercises, and that evil it would4!}6 evil of hettinS- If theJ" indulged in 'tb f names whiVu very much to neutralise the goon. were so poDui W(?uld otherwise be so healthy, and on theii gamesrt>ln En*land- (Applause.) If they ™ them, and he tfewould tak(! a11 the away,/ set their faces most i-? sincerely trusted they woul £ betting in conneCH8tluctly a?aiusfc auy aPProf and games. Iu order to °-w,th tbeir athlet,c BPorjSJ 0f young men, he thi lutellectual 8tand»rcI books and the bes? lLthat they iead the best library Lerature they could find in t116 ary, whlC^h°Cdeceasedqmln"Pecfed^y'^fter*Tshort illness. The deceased minister wag uuJtii the last tew years one of the Prominent officials in tbe Wesleyan Conference. He enteied the ministry in 1847, and proceeded to spending twenty-three years at different stations in Ceylon and four in Continental India. He obtained a thorough mastery 0 f Tamil, which enabled him to render invaluable service in 'the work of translation, both for the British and Foreign Bible Society, as well as for that or which he was a leading figure. As a missionary he was highly successful, both in founding mission churches ana schools and in training native agents. On his return from India. he was extensively employed by the Missionary Society as one of their most eloquent advocates, and filled many of the important offices of the Connexion,
GENERAL GRENFELL'¡;; GRAND…
GENERAL GRENFELL'¡;; GRAND RECEP- TION AT SWANSEA. Never since the visit of tne Fnnce and Princess of Wales in 1S81 has Swansea beer. the scene of such a spontaneous and enthusiastic demonstmtion as took place on Saturday, to celebrate the home,coming Sirdar of the Egyptian Armies and his lady to Swansea. The weather was all that could be desired—warm and sunny, and scarcely marred at all by the few light showers that fell. The programme of proceedings, which we published in extensolast week was strictly adhered to, and the whole of the demonstration passed off satisfactorily. The General and his party had been staying with his widowed sister, Mrs. Griffith Llewellyn, at Baglan. and the good folk of Bntonferry, following the example previously set at Aberavon, gave him a hearty reception. The town on Saturday was gay with bunting, and when the Baglan party arrived at the railway station for the journey to Swansea, the Genera! was met with cheers and the roar of cannon. Mr. Gower, chairman of the Briton- ferry Local Bourd, presented him, on behalf of the town of Britonferry, with an address of welcome. Mr. F. H. Clarke, architect, read tne aduress, which was signed by the Rev. Dr-vid Lewis, vicar of Britonferry; Mr. Hemy Gower, chairman of the local board Mr Je„kin Hill, chairman of the school board, Mr. W. Peddle Sfcruve, member of the Glamorgan County Council for Briton- ferry and Messrs. W. H Braine and J Williams, hon. secretaries The General cordially thanked the inhabi- tants of Britonferry for the kind reception they had accorded him. Three cheers were again given the General and Lady Grenfell and Mrs. LJewellyn by the thousands present. The company ms tlien joined by Sir Alexander Wood, deputy-chairman of the Great Western Railway, who had just arrived by the down tram. Swansea was reached in a saloon carriage at 3.45, and the High-street station was thronged to do honour to the occasion The whole of the arrangements were admir- ably carried out under the experienced direction of Superintendent Langdon of the Company's Police Department Amongst those on the platform awaiting the arrival were Sir John Jones and Lady Jenkins, Miss Grenfell, Miss Kate Grenfell, Miss Kate Mansel and Mrs Trotter. Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Morgan, K.L. Mr. J Crow Richardson, the Rev. Canon and Mrs. Smith, Mr. F. S Bishop and Mrs. Bishop, the Mayor (Alderman James Jones), the town-clerk (Mr. J no. Thomas), Aldermen L Tulloch, E. R. Daniel, and John Lewis, Councillors H. Maliphant, W. H. Edwards W. Richards, F Rocke. J. Glasbrook, H. Monger, Walter Lewis, David Thomas, W. Thomas, H. A. Chapman, J. A. Thomas and A. Francis, Messrs. D. Bevan Davies (mayor of Neath), Edward Strick, W. Monger, C. H. Glascodine, J Wyrill &c., &c. The 3rd G.R.V. formed a guard of honour on the platform, under the command of Captain Langdon and, as the train swept into the station the band struck up "See the Conquering Hero Comes." General Grenfell, who was in civilian dress, first alighted, and was followed by the rest of his party, which included his sisters Mrs. G. Llewellyn, Baglan, and Miss Grenfell, ,e Maestec House, his brothers, Mr. Pascoe Grenfell and Mr. Arthur R. Grenfell, with Mr. Claud Grenfell, Mr. Church Grenfell, Sir Alexander Wood (vice-chairman of the Great Western Railway Company) and Miss Wood, &c. The town's address of wecome was then read by the Town Clerk, and presented by the Mayor, in due form, and the General read a written reply. The party then moved towards the carriages, and the procession was formed in the following order:- Mounted Poliee. Mounted Escort. Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers. Artillerv Volunteers. 2nd V.B. Welsh. 3rd Glamorganshire Kifle Volunteers. Fire Brigade. Members of Corporation. Mace Bearers. "Major-General Sir Francis and Lady Grenfell, accompanied by the Mayor and Tdwn Clerk. The Press. Carriage of Sir John Jones Jenkins. Friends of Major-General Sir Francis and Lady Grenfell. Mounted Escort. The mounted escort consisted of Col. L. L. Dillwyn, M.P. Lieutenant-Colonel J. Crow Richardson, Major W. Pike' Mij"r M°ck, and Sur^eon-M-ijor J. G. Hall, all of the Third Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers, and Major Trick, of the 2nd V.B. (Vivian's old corps). The Volunteers turned out m great numbers and looked remarkably smart, consisting of large contingents of the Naval Volunteer Brigade, the 1st Glamorgan Artillery, the 2nd Volunteer Battalion and the 3rd G.R.V., under their respective officers. The whole of the chief streets were lavishly decorated with bunting, and the route was crowded with the populace, all business being practically suspended several hours. On reaching the Guildhall the olunteers opened out into two lines, and the procession passed through to the enclosure in front of the hall, where a large platform had been erected. Here several cotllplimentary speeches were delivered, and the freedom if Borough was presented, the General signing the Corporation roll in due form and with a firm hand ° The certificate of the freedom was enclosed in a handsome silver casket of Elkington manufacture, and covered by a case "ilded leather. On behalf of the Royal Institution of South Wales, Mr. Hort. Huxham read, and Sir John Jones Jenkins "i nf- t Coke FOP- r presented, an address and certifi- cate of iife'-membevship. During ^ese proceedings numerous cheers were given for Sir Fratcis and for Lady Grenfell. The procession was then re-formed, and wended its way to St. T somas. DECEPTION AT ST. THOMAS. The I)repalations on the eastern side of the Tawe, the borne of the Grenfells, were on an extensive scale, and distinct f.om those at Swansea. The line of route from the bridge to the entrance to Maesteg grounds was spanned with streamers of bunting, while the engineering departments and the shipping in the Prince 0f Wales Dock were gay with the flags of various nations. Near the bridge there was erected a fine trinmohal arch. It was designed by Councillor Walter I wis C.E., and erected by the inhabitants of St. s oB the whole width of the road, presenting a very t -ikin" and pleasing appearance. Facing Swansea was V mo°to," Welcome to our General," and underneath the names of Kilvey, St. Thomas, Pentrechwyth, and On the St. Thomas's side was the motto, Long life and happiness to Sir Francis and Lady Grenfe" .an^ under"eath the names of the victories of Suakim> Ginnis, and Toski, intertwined with laurel and banners- At; this spot the workmen awaited the arrival from tbe YU1 2 ,and on appearance of the Gener»>, a shout of welcome was raised, and the horses were at *^5 out- In the meantime Dr. Evans, accompanied by Councillor Walter Lewis and the Com- mittee representing the East Side, approached the carriage a Presented the following address of wel- come To Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell, K.C.B., Sirdar of the Eyyptian Army. 0,1 b!I>lLnlI!'e1 "llxa,bitants of Kilvey, Pentrechwyth, St. Thorn11 •• », u"d district, we beg to offer you our most liea:' V disUninish^T8 V!Pou y°m' reoent brilliant victories in BgyP''8 Jed as they were by admirable strategic skill an J ^vntuin ,?Ur Part. combined with the utmost bravery arid de the part of the forces under your command. We .A) ^10se successes have been followed hy ^e.^nn at tho hands of your Queen and country. We offe'y same time, our affectionate heartfelt welcome °" r,f -pmi,. lif n Vour old home. Having spent the earlier y0a^ velr* r« 1 at"ongst us, and your family having for so maIvh,mi1 thmr lere> and made the welfare of this neigh- 'l1)! thP 'f'a 1 eonsidcrati°' 1, we have naturally watched W1;iitarv carepv infest your long, varied, and most brilliant ■f11.' r rpnfofi ? are K'ad to welcome once more among us ,v.vr 811 s'neerelv wish that you may botli be spared ^ol Yfais, under the blessing of God, to realize and enjoy £ T.85 and Prosperity. Dated St. Thomas, 12th October, 18S9. V n v Signed, T w VANS> Chairman. •ur 1LI'IAMS, Vicar of Kilvey. EVANS, Vicar of St. Thomas. ALD.' JOHN\KWIS, I Churchwardens of Kilvey ? P^uK™8' | Churchwardens of St. Thomas. ■R. D. BURNIE, ) THOMAS V County Councillors. WALTER LEWIS, j I1. S. BISHOP. A. P. STEEDS. R.DGWYXNK. J. WYNNE. STEPHEN THOMAS. GEORGE NANCARROW, n Hon. Secretary. wnerdl Grenfell replied in brief terms, referring with feelings 0f pieasilre to his old associations with the place, and ex|)ressjng the gratification it afforded him in being once more amongst them. the procession was then re-formed for Maesteg House, the carriage being drawn by 60 Middle Bank men in the fu* ?? of the Grenfell Copper Company, and headed by the Fife and Drum Band. The General and Lady /^n "were accompanied by Dr. E. B. Evans and Mr. Walter Lewis. On arriving half-way up the Jrlvethe house, which was lined with the children of the different schools, under the guidance of Mr. R. ^wynne> Lady Grenfell was presented by the girls of £ -llvey and St. Thomas's Schools with a charming Donquet) which was very graciously received and generally admired. The General was also the recipient 01 a button-hole from Miss Ethel Evans, daughter of Dr. Evans. On arrival at the entrance to the house, another address was presented by Mr. F. S. Bishop, on behalf of \e. eniP'oyees of Messrs. Pascoe Grenfell and Sons. Tne a less was as follows :— %aj°r-General Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell, tsro "?•' Sirdar of the Egyptian Army. mil 111 we'coming you to-day, on your return to the noma round which so many of your Earliest and happiest recollec- rrpnf I,'i'Ust gather, we. the employes of Messrs. Pascoe f! and So"8, desire to offer to you, to Lady fa mil an<^ t° various members of your respected pp'J. °"r *nost hearty congratulations on your recent sue- country1 gypt' and 011 their due recognition by our Queen and 'ejoice to see you once more at Maesteg, a house 1 ret^ to us all by the sacred memories of the past, and the „ '1 LWork °f the present. The honours you have obtained r,i«ri "K outcome of the home-life you enjoyed there, and ln. our minds at leatt, a further halo of glory around the h »ts late master, your revered and beloved father, to «ni » •a" looked up with unbounded respect, confidence, still ction, and whose spirit you and we feel to be with us, ,,en;0ur 'Kin}; us to emulate him in continued efforts for the Ynn 0Ur Iellow-men. thor1 iW0r'J Egypt has been no less philanthropic and h-Qtr -i. I ttlan his was here. During your residence in that nil am nd y°u have done much to develop the self-reliance Tioev: e,lcy of her soldiers, and by your splendid success at ;;F|1' yf>u have not only made this manifest to her T.mwi ,tan<1 the world, but you have ensured to them a duration Peace £ ul Pl'°8ress, which we hope may be e £ long watch your future career with the same interest_ as hereto,ore and wherever vou go, and especially when yo are again in that sultry clime, and amongst that copper- coloured people, we trust you will always fee I that you have the constant thoughts and good wishes of the copper and spelter workers in the equally warm, but more smoky atmos- phere of Middle and Upper Bank. Signed 011 behalf of the employes, FREDERIC S. BISHOP. October 12th, 1889, General Grenfell, in replying to the address, evidently received this one with more interest than tbe others, and, in acknowledging it, spoke very feelingly of his oh-i association with the employes of the district, and very heartily thanked them for the kind sentiments contained in the address. At this point there was a large gathering of the wives and inhabitants of St. Thomas and Kilvey, and the gallant General and his lady were cheered to the echo. At Maesteg House M.ss Grenfell had an At Home," and a numerous party had gathered together to give the General a hearty greeting on his airival at Swansea. Among those present, in addition to the family were several of the leading residents of the town and 'neigh- bourhood, including the High Sheriff and hdv Sir Alexander Wood, L<dy Wood, and Wood, General and Mrs. Benson, Mr. W. Graham Vivian and Miss Vivian, Mrs. J. T. D. LL-w. Jyn, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Webber, Mr. J. Coke Fowler, the Vic Ir of Swaasca and Mrs. Smith, Rev. Eli Cla ke and Mrs. Clarke, Hev. T. Williams, Kilvey Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bishop, flIr. ani Mrs. E. Rice Daniel, Alderman J. Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. Evans, Mr. Dyke, Mr. Councillor Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. Jabez Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Nancarrow, Mr. and Miss Edith Wynne, Councillor Monger, Mr. R. Gwynne, Mr. J. B. Gwynne, Miss Mills, &c. THE BANQUET. In the evening, at 7.30, there was a grand subscription banquet held at the Royal Hotel, High-street ar which about 200 of the leading residents of the district sat down. The entrance hall was lined by a guard of honour com- posed of the 2nd V.B., under command of Major Trick. The dinner hall was most artistically decorated by Messrs. B. Evans and Co.. the details of the ornamentation being specially appropriate to the occasion. At the cross table sat, on the right hand of the Mayor, Sir Fiancis W. Grenfell, Colonel Dillwyn, M.P., Mr. X. Cory, Major Knight; and on the left Sir John Jones Jenkins. Mr. Pascoe St. L. Grenfell, Mr. Arthur Grenfell, and Capt. Lindsay. The Rev. Canon Smith, vicar, and the Rav. W. Lewis, Ebenezer Welsh Cuapel, represented the Established and the Free Churches. Among the other guests present were:—Messrs. Claud Go"enfell, F. S. Bishop, C. H. Glascodine, Alderman Tulloch, G. G Sutherland, Councillor Thomas (Lw), Daniel Edwards, W. B. Jones, W. Taylor, R. Morgan, David Jones. T. N. T. Strick, C. James, John Wynne, Herbert Monger. D. lllhers Meager, Harry Thomas (Neath), Frederic Edwards, H. A. Ludlow, Lewis Mock, Robert Jones, S. Lippmann, David Glasbrrok, Isaac Butler, W. H. Edwards, F. C. Cole, John Williams, David Roberts, T. Yorath, David Thomas, R Thomas, .James Fox, H. Maliphant, Alderman Daniel, W. W. Masters, Dr. Ebenezer Davies, Dr. J .btz Thomas, Dr. Lttimer, Dr. A. D. Davidson, Major Mock, Major Pike, Colonel Morgan, R.E., Major Lewis, Surgeon-.Maj >r Hall, Captiins W. D. Rees, Langdon, and T. W. Jones, and Lieutenants Carlyle, Lewis, and Mitchell, J. Thorns (Town Clerk), E. Strick, Roger Beck, John Dixon, S. P. Shaddick (Turkish Consul, in uniform), M. J. Edwards, J. Down, C. Down, J. Oakden (postmaster), M jor Trick J. C Vye-Parminter, W. Thomas, W. Mansel 'The Cambria*j, E. Roberts, B. Evans, George White, K. Gwynne, John Borlase Gwynne, George Nancarrow, Councillor W. Lewis, Dr. E. B. Evans, Mr. Joseph Hall, Dr. G. Padley" Dr. E. Jones, Captains W. M. Jones and J. W. Williams' Lieutenant Matt. Jones, Sub-Lieutenaut V. Leeder] Lieutenants Sinclair, F. W. Kendall, and H. B. Pricey Commander Thompson, R.X., Captain Morice, Sub- Lieutenants Madge and J. W. Sunpson, A. P. Steeds, Nicholl Morgan, T. R. Davison. S. Horn■>, D. R. Knoyle, Thomas Ashton. Councillor Tutton, H. J. Besaut, J. Wyrill, J. Ivor Evans, John Dyer, J. F. Harvey, W, W. Storr, S. C. Gamwell, J. R. Davies, J. M. Smith (Mayor of Aberavon), M. Tennant (Town Clerk. Aberavon), tne Rev. H. Morris (Vic ir of Aberavon), W. W. Moore, P. Shuttlewood, G. W. Hall, T. P. Martin, C. Wilson. F. M. Cotton, H. A. Chapman, D. C. Johns, E. F. Daniel, T. W. Islay Young, George M. Young,F. E. Williams, J. Taliesin Dxvies (Neath), E. H. Leeder, J. Aeron Thomas, Captain Jenkins (Neath), J. Bevan Davies (Mayor of Neath), F. C. Purchase, S. R. Down, F. Cory Yeo, T. N. Ritson, W. G. Davies, Captain Symona, J. Jordan, David Thomas, W. Batchelor, Morgan Bevan, C. Rowland, W. Walter, H. R. Beynon, W. Richards, G. H. Meager, T. T. Pascoe, W. Westlake, E. G. Protheroe, Alderman John Lewis, W. H. Forester, D. F. Sugrue, F. Smith, 1" E. Rowse, A. L. Kyle, E. H. Oakden, J. Dowle Jones, N. Merriman, W. R. Jenkins, Rosser Rosser, M. Hennessy, Dr.D. Howell Thomas, Dr. JohnEvans, Capt .,in Ryding (Neath), Captain A. L. Gardner, Captain Green, C&ptain C. Richards, Captain Howell, Lieutenant Cox, &c &c. General Grenfell was decorated with the order of K.u.B.aud wore several Egyptian decorations. All the officers present wore uniform.—After dinner, the Mayor gave the loyal toasts.—Mr. Bishop gave the toast of The Bishop, Clergy, and Ministers of all Denominations," which was resp0nded to by the Vicar of Swansea and the Rev. W. James. Ebenezer.—Mr. C. H. Glascodine gave the toast of The Army, Navy, and Auxiliary Forces," coupling the toast with the names of the distinguished gnest, Major-General Grenfell, Capt. Dickenson, and Colonel Dillwyn, M.P.—Major- General Grenfell, on rising, was received with prolonged cheers. He said that whilst he had been in Egypt several British regiments had passed through his hands, but undoubtedly one of the finest of all, and one which he was verj pioud of, was the 41st or Welsh Regiment. (Loud cheeks.) He could answer for it that there was no finer regiment in the British Army than the 41st. The men were well-seasoned, the officers were good sportsmen, and he could not conceive any better example of a line regiment. (Loud cheers.) Captain and Adjutant Dickenson and Colonel Dillwyn, M.P., having also replied, Mr. Roger Beck proposed The Health of the County and Borough I\IeUlbers.Colund Dillwyu, M.P., in reply, expressed his great pleasure at being present to do honour, as all Swansea had done that day, to General Grenfell, whom he had known frow bis boy. bood, aud wbo had done bis duty gaIlautly since he £ >ad entered the Army.-Mr. Thomas Cory proposed the toast of The Swansea Corporation."—The Mayor (who was, unfortunately, over-worked and over-worried with the events of day, and, therefore, in a state of indisposi- tion) replied, and then proposed Our Guest," which was received with ringing cheers and" three times three."—Major-General Grenfell expressed his gratifica- tion with the honour conferred on him during the (lay. and proceeded to say that he had had a slip of papei forwarded him which considerably enlightened him an to the privileges conferred by the freedom of toe borough. He was a native of Swansea, and Swansea was one of the oldest boroughs in the country. It. first charter was granted by De Breos, a follower of William the Conqueror. Among the privileges accorded by that charter to a freeman was the right to cut down enough timber to build four great ships and as many boats as they will for the annual payment of 12 pence." He begged to tender to the Mayor bis shilling for this year—(loud laughter)—and he trusted that one of these boats would shortly be completed for the conveyance of himself and his wife to Egypt. He trusted he should not prove tedious if he referred to a subject which was very near to his heart- that of Egypt. In the olden days he should have hardly dared to refer to the subject, but now times were changed. He saw around him many brothers-in-arms, and be felt sure that any remarks be made would be received by them, at any rate, in a spirit of fraternity and friendship. He owed nearly everything to Egypt. His career there had given him his rank, the honours and decorations which he wore, and, lastly, his wife. (Loud cheers.) He wished to say a word or two with regard to the early organisation of the Egyptian Army. When he first joined the Egyptian Army perhaps it was a little awkward. Although Tel-el-Kebir had been represented as an easy victory, he could assure them the Egyptian troops fought well and in an assault and hand-to-hand hght showed excellent qualities. He went round the battlefield after- wards, ana distinguished in the trenches the bodies of nearly 2,000 dead. Well, if they had tied so precipitately or if it had been a walk over" for the English forces, as was said, that would nut have been the case. He was talking only the other day to a distinguished Dahl offieer who was at the bombardment of Alexandria, and he said that the Egyptian artillerymen, under a heavy, destructive fire, stood manfully to tueir guns after their officers had left. Well, shortly after Tel-el-Kebir the re-organisation of the Egyptian Army began. The military authorities resolved to commence de novo, and shortly after the arrival of the English troops in Cairo a beginning was made. The re-organisation was commenced by his dear friend and brother-officer. Sir Evelyn ood, and he (the speaker) was deeply gratified when bir Evelj 11 asked him to join his force as commander of the English brigade. The conscription had been in force there, but was very badly carried out. the sons of nch men never being called to arms. Many others had to be brought up in chains. He was enlightened as to the general policy of Egyptian colonels when he went there. The first principle of an Egyptian commander had been to keep as few men RS he could and draw as much money as he could whilst out of, say, 700 men on the roll of a regiment the real strength would be 500—200 or 300 of which would often be working on the estates of the officer in command. (Laughter.) The men were in a lament- able state, all hope, apparently, having been lost to them. They were kept in the ranks till they were too old to earn their living afterwards. This had been changed the Egyptian service was now fixed at six years in the Army, five in the police, and four in the reserve. In the old days a volunteer for the Egyptian Army was un- known. Now they had many, and the same remark applied to re-enlistments after discharge. n r he new regime they began to treat them as they did their own soldiers—fraternised with them, invented games for them—tugs of war and so on an nends of the Egyptian officers. The men received their pay with regularity: they knew they were being justly treated, and very soon they began to n C?!lse m Army. It was urged by some that under these circumstances they would look well on parade, but they would never fight; but that had prored to be wrong. After the first Nile campaign they gave furloughs to all the men they could spare, and »ome of them returned to their homyeswith £ l6, £ 17" or £ 18 in their pockets. When j the dervishes came on in force they (the general's troops) were holding a position south of Wady Haifa, and it was by no means a good position. That was the first tune they saw the troops in action, and they behaved re- markably well. He reminded them that unless there was considerable loss of life, the Government did no recognise actions as being anything but slight; but a was by no means the right criterion. They had no opportunity of facing the foe again till the action or Suakin. He was perfectly prepared, with the assistance of the English cavalry, to fight that action, but it was con- sidered advisable that he should be supposed by a brigade of British troops. Bnt the whole brunt of the fig ingwas borne by Egyptian Army. In that action they had the full flank of the enemy upon them, and in hand to hand fighting the Egyptian Army proved better than they could possibly expect. (.Cheers.) After that time people did not talk quite so much of the worthless Egyptian soldier. In the next action he (the general) was allowed a free hand, the uovern- ment having perfect confidence in his officers and men. Intelligence came of an invading army headed by Mjumi, a man of great prestige in the Soudan, who had broken up Hick's Pasha's expedition and killed Gordon. He had led his troops well and fed and watered them under incredible circumstances. He (the speaker) felt it his duty before attacking to giv»-that gallant man another chance. He sent him a pnrfkima- tion, giving him his life and the lives of his souKrs if he would surrender. They mig-ht remember his reply. — that he was not going to take Egypt only, but the whole world (laughter) which was rather a lame programme. Still, there was great anxiety in Egypt. He had often been asked why he let the enemy come so far. Well, for one thing he was afraid the troops were insufficient; but he also wished to get the enemy as far as possible into the country. On the day of the action he rode out with a reconnaisance of cavalry, but e had no idea ot fighting that day. Directly he advanced in front of Njumi's camp the latter sent forward his riflemen. He (the general) retired. Then the dervish formed the whole of his fighting men against them, and the Egyptian cavalry retired, taking up successive positions upon the infantry. Tnen the insurgents thought the first act on their large programme had taken place. (Laughter.) When they. had got them well into the country, however, their forces were enfiladed, their troops decimated, and when the Egyptian troops, with great dash and vigour, drove their strongest force hand to hand from an awkward position-from that moment the enemy were in full retreat. The wounded prisoners were put on camels and brought into the camp. and fed and attended to. ihey found that there were 2,000 dead, and 3,000 taken prisoners. In conclusion, the gallant general remarked that whatever further honours, if any, might be con- ferred on him, he should never wish to be known by any better name than that of a. Swansea boy. (Loud cheers.) ine company then rose to their feet and sang" Auld Lang Syne. — Mr.^ Pascoe Grenfell, in the absence of Sir Alexander Wood (who stayed away because of the dying condition of Sir Daniel Gooch), proposed The Town and Trade of Swansea," and said that the many kindnesses re- ceived by the fami!y of Grenfell at Swansea had culminated that day in qch a magnificent reception as had hardly ever been equalled in the town. He compared the Swansea ot to-day with the Swansea of his earliest remembrance, and remarked upeti the splendid progress which had taken place.—Sir John Jones Jenkins, whose name was coupled with the toa, replied.—Alderman Daniel gave The Visitors," which was responded to most humourously by Mr. Claud Grenfell aud Mr. Arthur Grenfell.—The proceedings, which had been en- livened during the evening by the straius of Mr. Hulley's band, concluded with the salutation of '• Good night" from the Mayor. During the speech-uiakmg Lady Grenfell, Mrs. Llewelyn, Miss Grenfell, Miss Wood, and others, had seats in the room, and were cheered on entering and retiring. There was a irreat crowd in the street to cheer the General as he left tbe hotel. PRESENTATION TO MAJOK-GENEKAL SIR FRAXCIS GRENFELL, K.C.B., AND LADY GRENFELL. On Saturday afternoon tha members of the St. Thomas Adult Bible-Class, presided over by ML-s Grentell, were favoured with tne presence of Sir Francis and Lady Grenfell, Sir Alexander, Lady and Miss Wood. On the arrival of the above-mentioned party, the Secretary, Mr. Stephan Drew, on behalf of the members of St. Thomas Bible Class, a Idressiug the General, said We have met together this afternoon to join in the wel- come home to Sir Francis and Ltdy Grenfell, 8Gd rejoiceto know that those brilliant victories so rec.-ntly achieved under your command, have won the admiration of your Queen snd country, and that she has been pleased to bestow upon you marks of her Royal f.ivo.ir. The Khedive of Egypt having preseuted you with a sword of honour, we bes; your acceptance of the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God." R-joicing as we do tha t these victuric's, in some degree, are due to the prayers of our teacher (Miss Grenfell), and members of this class. it would be uut of place un tlÙ" occasiun if I omitted one word respecting (Jur beloved teacher, for the name of Grenfell is written in letters of love upon our hearts, many of us having been the recipients of your bounty at various se is ms of the year. It may interest you to know that many members of our Bible- class are railway men, cariog for the lives of those placed under their charge. In conclusion, lee me add that our prayers wid continue to follow you, and that G Hi may bless the members of your f, mily. I beg ro present you, on behalf of theCiass, with this bible as & small token of respect. Inspector Jones, G.W.R., then presented to Lidy Grenfell a beautiful Church Service, and. in doina; so, said he fully endorsed all that the Secretary (Mr. Drew} had stated, and tha1; he (Inspector Jones) believ8,1 the General's recent success was partly due to the practical support and sympathy of Lady Grenfell, and asked her ladyship to accept the Church Service as a small token. of respect for the esteem in which she is held. Mrs. Walters then presented Lady Grenfell with a. handsome hymn-book, on behalf of the Mother's Meeting, beld on Mondays. General Grenfell suitably responded, saying that he valued the prayers and the kindness shewn to him by the St. Thomas Bible Class, and promised that the bible presented to him that day should be his companion when on his travels. Lidy Grenfell also feelingly thanked the class for the suitable present. Sir Alexander Wood said he was glad to iind himself amongst railway men that afternoon, and could bear testimony to the hardships and difficulties under which. General Grenfell had laboured in Egypt. He (Sir Alexander) having served as Under-Secretary of War, knew the anxiety placed upon those in comm -.nd a~R'l felt the warm sympathy shown by all preseut had greatly cheered him. Sir Alexander regretted the General's early departure, as he bad hoped to have secured his presence at it meeting of the Great Western Railway Temperance Union, which has been inaugurated for the benefit of the employees, and is doing goud work amoug8t Great Western men. The meeting closed alter singing hymn Xo. 491 (Sacred Songs and Solos), God be with you till we meet acain."
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We have sometimes been inclined to regard rep&rts of We have sometimes been inclined to regard reports of institutions as rather dry reading but one would wade through many wearisome pages to come across such asem as the following, quoted from the last report of Torbay Hospital:—"By the death of the late secretary, Mr. Pepprell, the hospital has lost an old aud useful servant. It is satisfactory to report that his accounts were in order, and that, as far as is known, the hospibl has sustained no loss through him. This ingenuous surprise at discovering an honest man in their midst scarcely speaks well fOt thegeneral character of his contemporaries. — The Hospital. MR. RUSSKLL LOWELL ON "WOULD" and SHOULD.:1 —A pupil in a quiet boarding-school iu Pennsylvania displayed some time since no small degree of industry iu collecting autographs of distinguished liteiati. James Russell LoweU was one of the number addressed. The addrass to him was substantially: I would be very much obliged for your autograph." The response contained a lesson that many besides the ambitious pupil have not learned :Pray do not say hereafter I would be obliged,' If you would be obliged, be obliged and be done with it. hay I should be obliged,' and oblige yours truly, JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL." THE RUSKIN MUSEUM AT SHEFFIELD.—We learned the other day, on paying a passing visit to Mr. Ruskii/'s celebrated museum of art conferred on an (apparently) rather ungrateful Sheffield, that the museum is to be removed from its present site to one within the town, experience having proved that the working population will not walk two or three miles out of town, mostly up steep hills, to look at a collection of objects of ancient art. The whole story is an amusing comment 011 the want of practical common sense which has vitiated so n:any of Mr. Ruskin's efforts to artistically e^ingelise the masses. This museum (why bestowed on Sheffield in particular wa have never been able tj discover) was, it was supposed, specially intended to extend and embellish the perceptions and lives of the men who were condemned to work iu Sheffield factories. But as Mr. Ruskin could never do anything like ordinary people, and in a simple and unaffected manner, the collection was planted not among the class of people who were to profit by *nd enjoy it, but on a site which is a half-crown cab drive from the Midland Station, the neighbourhood most inhabited by factory population. The consequence is that, as the custodian frankly admitted, the working classes never came near it. There is nothing in the collection that is not wonh locking at, though it is a curiously old and illogical assortment of things having no relation to one another but there is a melancholy deserted look about the small room and its valuable but incoherent collection, and it is to be hoped thtt the transference to a more central position may bring a little more life to it. The catalogue to the museum, compiled by the band of "The Master," is a characteristic curiosity in its way; it is full of excellent moral reflec- tions, but it is next to impossible to find the information you want in it, the arrangement being as devoid of system as the collection itself.— Builder. THE LATE DR. JOULE.—The death is announced of Dr. James Prescott Joule, one of the most celebrated scientist of the day, who died on Friday evenmg.at his residence at Sale, near Manchester. Dr. Joule was born in 1818. Owing to delicacy in youth, he was educated entirely at home, and his earliest experiment were carried out in a large yard III Salford, and afterwards in a private laboratory bullt for him by his father, who was a wealthy brewer. The grea.t dynamical law cf heat, second olllr ln importance to the law of gravitation discovered by Sir Isaac Newton, was demonstrated by Dr. Joule when residing at Broom Hill, Pendlebury. These experiments were diligently continued, and in course of time Dr. Joule obtained high recognition. He received both the highest awards the Royal Society, London, could grant—the Royal Medal in 1852 aud tke Copley Medal m 1860.. The Prince of Wales in 1S80 presented Dr. Joule with the Royal Albert Medal ou behalf of the Society.of Arts. Dr. Joule was a member ot no fewer than 36 learned societies in Europe and America.. His great and valuable discovery in the determination of the mechauical equivalent of heat rendered vast service by bringing the doctrine of forces from out the mazes of theory and placing the science on a. Bound practical basis. How this has revolutionised the wo: Id of machinery requires no techuical knowledge to be able to comprehend. The laws concerning the conservation of energy seem to have been the Nature's riddle that Professor Joule had set himself to read for his many other notable discoveries all tend in this direction. The evolution of heat, the induction of magnetism by electric current, and the Kinetic theory of gases, bear on the subject, aud his researches have proved of inestimable value. In 1872 Dr. Joule wu elected president of the British Association, which in that year held its meeting at Bradford, but before the meeting his health broke down, and he wat unable to attend and deliver the custonsary inaugural addMSB. Since that date he has been almost entirely an invalid, quietly pursuing his studies as far as bis health permitted. His wife died in 1854, leaving behind her a son and a daughter, both of whom are still living.