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«. HOW TO SECURE A SUPPLY OF GOOD PEDIGREE STOCK. A LESSON FOR OUR LOCAL FARMERS. A somewhat remarkable proposal, but one that it is by no means clear would not tend greatly to the benefit of our herds, has been made in Canada. It is proposed to put a tax on every bull or sire that is used publicly that is not registered in some authorised herd or stud book. The Canadians only propose to impose a tax. We think that this would be but a partial remedy; if the State is to inter- fere at all, it should interfere promptly and effectually. It should not say, H we will allow bad stock to be bred as long as we get a revenue from it." It should take higher ground, and say, we will not allow bad stock to be bred at all, whether we get a revenue from it or not. We are concerned with seeinsr that the stock of the country is the best possible, and we will do our best to make it so." There are very great difficulties in carrying out such a plan, but we do not think they are at all insuperable. The only ques- tion is, has the breeding of our horses and herds yet reached that point at which it is for the public good for the State to step in and to try and secure the best article for the English farmer ? On this we confess to have some doubts. It must also be borne in mind that the prominence of English cattle has to a oreat degree been brought about by the system of mixed breeding. While admitting the truth of this, the answer appears to be that the pro- posal by no means would restrict breeding in-and-in or out-crossing. All it would do would be to secure that public sires were were good animals. It would get rid of worthless and infirm sires, whether Short- horns or Welsh, Hereford, or Devon, but it would not in any way affect the case of a man who wanted to cross, and he would be free to cross as much as he liked, the only difference being that he would get a good instead of an indifferent sire wherewith to try his cross, and so it is much more likely that some good result would be produced. To us there appears much to be said for the de- velopment of the Canadian proposal. It cr0cs further than the Commission on Horse- breeding recommended, and might be said to compete with their system, but that is ad- mittedly only an experiment. We are far I from certain, if the idea of registered qualified sires was tried, it would not prove a <>reat success.—Land and Water. °

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THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—Referring to the interesting correspondence that is going on in your columns on the above important subject, and without occupying too ranch of your valuable space, I should like to add that if any of your readers would like to look further into the matter for themselves, they will find that the vegetarian system of diet is at once cheaper, healthier and pleasanter than the ordinary mixed diet, and to help them to do this, I shall be pleased to forward a few explanatory papers on receipt of request.—I am, yours faithfully" JOSEPH KNIGHT, Secretary of the Vegetarian Society. 75, Princess-street, Manchester, April 6, 1891.

IS THEATRE-GOING A SIN? TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—As a continuation of the controversy on this subject, which was started some time ago in The Cwnbrian, I ask you t) insert the following short extract from The Era of the present week :— "THE PULPIT AND THE STAGE.—We suppose that it was inevitable that the opening of the new theatre at Ipswich should have evoked an attack on theatres generally from the pulpit. A certain: Canon Garratt has, it seems, had the audacity to say that attempts to reform the stage had always failed. How much more sensible are the remarks on the subject of ancther clergyman, the Rev. J. W. Horsley, who says :—' The theatre is a national institution for good it is, therefore, the duty of the Church to regulate, not to condemn, the amuse- ments of the people. Her attitude with regard to amusements and dramatic representations must be that of a kind guide, philosopher and friend, and not that of a narrow-minded bigot.' The influence of the Church of England and other religious bodies is of weight with large numbers of the population. As it is, however, the clergy fulminate in vain, because their attack is fanatical, injudicious, and indiscriminate. And thus they force the friends of the stage into an altitude of equal hostility." These remarks quite express my sentiments on the subject of theatre-going. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, YOUNG STAGER. Swansea, April 6th, 1891.

LORD BRAMWELL ON THE INTOLER- ANCE INHERENT IN ROMAN CATHOLICISM. TO THE EDITOR OF "THB CAMBRIAN." SIR,—The question has ten thousand times been discussed whether our fellow-creatures and fellow- subjects who are born in, or who have embraced, the Roman Catholic system of theology and Church Government can be as impartial, as fair-minded, as wide-hearted, or as tolerant as educated Pro- testants in general are- And ten thousand times has it been shown in theory, in argument, and above all in daily life and in history that they cannot be. They are, in fact, fettered by their system. They may be as god-fearing, as devoted, as self-sacrificing as exemplary, as charitable, as kindly and as estimable in all other things, but they must not be so tolerant as other denomina- tions may be. This is the candid and calm opinion held by Lord Bramwell, for instance, who, in the letter to The Times some time days ago, referrimg to the danger, nay, the inevitable disaster, of granting Home Rule, in the Irish sense of that phrase, to Ireland, says:— Mr. Clayden says that the fears entertained for Irish Protestantism are idle, as is shown by this— that the same outcry was made when it was proposed to relieve English Nonconformists from disabilities Are the cases anything alike ? The relief of Dissenters did not give them the government of the country. Home Rule as demanded would give the Roman Catholics the government of Ireland. And, if they are true to their opinions, supremacy, with a relative depression of Pro- testants, would be a duty in them." This, tir, it the dangerous aide of Romanism, j wherever it has developed itself; and thitia the cer- tain prognostication of disaster whenever it la allowed to develop itself. Itllogical aid necessary outcome is intolerance of all other theological tenets, and, consequently, tyranny over the other- wise more or less free-ranging thought of man. From this stand-point, such discussions a. have appeared in the columns of The Cambrian during the last couple of months are unqualifiedly jmpor- tant. The boast and the bane of our good friend, the Romanists i. that they are the sole repositories of «'God's truth" in whole and undiluted. This claim to the scientific and philosophic mind, must ever 'stand as the lIIolt tremendous, the most audacious assumption ever made by the human race while, to the impartial mind, it must ever appear as :i stone of stumbling, a rock of offence, and a sinister threat of unmitigable tyranny over the hearts and minds of faith-loving, yet fearlessly far-thinking mankind.—Yours &c, A FBIKND OF ROMANISTS BUT NOT OF ROMANISM. London, March, 1891.

"RELIGIOUS" VERSUS "SECULAR" EDUCATION AT THE MUMBLES. AN ALLEGATION OF INTOLERANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—The Mumbles has ever been noted for its caste: for its petty jealousies and mean disputes, and for the and swallowing- a camel" propensities of its inhabitants. Caste has been an abomination and a curse in our village. Caste has struck the death-note of many a well-devised and deserving movement. It is caste which runs rampant in almost every muni- cipal election, and chokes all attempts to bring about equity and good feeling between the vari- ous sections of the people. I could give many an illustration to what extent this caste is prac- tised. But. sir, I am sorry to say that this caste is leading to other shortcomings of human nature, that it has, during the past few years, been productive of boycotting of the most virulent character. Aye, boycotting I am not referring to Ireland, but to our own Mumbles. And this boycotting is practised by people who ought to know better, if they don't. A few weeks ago a discussion cropped up at a meeting of the Mum- bles School Board about the statements which had been freely circulated throughout the village against the school-that it was a "Godless School therefore an unfit place for mothers to send their darling offspring. It was stated at the meeting that this "sort of thing" was not of recent birth, but that it had been going on ever since the Board Schools were built. I have it on most reliable authority that the way certain Mumbles people have endeavoured to get people to send their children to the Church National ] Schools is simply shameful, and must leave a bad impression upon the minds of the middle-class as ] to the virtues of those a few degrees above them, < in the matter of worldly goods, of course. Here's r an instance of what I speak of. A family in the 1 Mumbles were in somewhat low circumstances. t A lady noted for her generosity toward all who were her way of thinking in matters religious, heard of this. She went to the mother, and after ( nromising to do what she could for her, asked h« what school her children attended. The J woman replied-" the Board Schools." In that case said the would-be good Samaritan, I can- 1 not assist you. unless you send your children to the National Schools." In spite of the pressure brought to bear upon her, the woman refused to give way, and she thus lost the assistance which was so near hers, and which she was so much in need of. Instances, somewhat different in cha- racter, but still boycotting, could be given which would'show that tbe people of the Mumbles, espe- cially the upper ten," have much to learn from the "lower hundred." I think it high time that the whole business should be exposed. ( Thanking you in anticipation, I remain, yours, &c., Mumbles, April 8th, 1891. OYSTERMOUTH. WEBBER AND SOX FOR CLOCKS AND WATCHES. jElO 12s. 6d. per lb. for tea. This tea was purchased by the Mazawattee Ceylon Tea Co., London. 68

SOUTH WALES INDUSTRIES. STRIKES—THEIR EVILS AND THEIR LESSONS. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—Although tbe late strike at the Cardiff Ducks began by the blocking, or boycotting, of the Glen Gelder" by unionists, owing to tbe vessel having non-unionists on board, the dispute was but an offshoot of the wider and more comprehensive campaign, originated by the Amalgamated Sailors' and Firemen's Union, by which that particularly aggressive organisation sought to coerce the ship- owners into the employment of no other men but those who belonged to it. The mandate went forth from the United Labour Council of the Port of London on the 5th of December last, directing all shipworkers to boycott certain Hues of ships until the owners gave an undertaking that, for the future, they would engage none but members of the Amalgamated Sailors' and Firemen's Union. The issue thus raised was simple enough. It was this: Whether a man was to be debarred from get- ting an honest living because he did not think proper to join a certain union. This was the only principle at stake. All the rest was so much undergrowth, forced up in order to choke and con- fuse the real issue. How bewildering this issue became at Cardiff is too well known. It stands to the discredit of all who, like the cuttle-fish, helped to muddy the in- dustrial stream. He who beclouds the issue in a matter of universal moment, as this is, may be set down as the common enemy—he who strives to make it clear, tbe common friend. But there is a false leading that is not wilful, and false lights that are not purposely exposed. i I will give one illustration out of many to show how the men are mis-led by these unintentional sophistries, that go to the very root of the evil. Mr. Abraham, M.P., speaking daring the strike, said that the miners were unanimous in being pre- pared to back up the Sailors' and Firemen's Union in their refusal to take the Federation ticket, and in their demand that competent seamen should be employed; but they were not prepared to aid tbem in deliberately refusing to sail with non-union men." Now, I have a very great respect for "Mabon." I have scrutinised his public conduct with interest in the House of Commons-as indeed, I have that of the whole of the Welsh members—but that of "Mabon" particularly, and this on account of auld lang syne—and I have a high appreciation of his sterling sincerity and good faith in all he undertakes. On the basis of this knowledge, from the years I have known him, I am perfectly certain he would not willingly mill- lead anyone; but I will show clearly that tbe speech to which I have referred raised an utterly false issue, and in regard to the strike was as mis- chievous in its tendency as those false lights were which the wreckers of old hoisted to lare the incautious mariner to his ruin. I have a copy of tbe now famous registration ticket, issued by the Shipping Federation, lying before me as I write. The rules, which are printed at the back, provide that the ticket shall be issued to every com- petent sea-going person, of whatever capacity, making application for it," that the Federation official shall, before granting a certificate, make all reasonable enquiries as to the competence of the applicant," and that every seaman, taking out a certificate, "pledges ;himself to carry out his agreement in accordance with the Merchant Ship- ping Acts, and to proceed to sea in any vessel in which he signs articles, notwithstanding that other members of the crew may or may not be members of any Seamen's Unioc." Now, let us see the position in which this very clear statement of fact places 1\13001." and all the other leaders who took their stand with him on the same ricketty platform. The miners were unani- mous in backing up the Sailors' and Firemen's Union in their refusal to take the Federation ticket, and in their demand that competent men I should be employed but they were not prepared to aid the strikers in refusing to sail with non- union men. Why, the two latter points were the only two things worth mentioning that the certificate insisted upon — competence and neutrality. These were the very essence of the document—and yet Mabon" urged the miners to back up the seamen in their refusal to accept a certificate that insisted on the very things being done which the miners were not prepared to sup- port the seamen in opposing. The certificate insisted npon competence. This was what the miners were unanimous in backing up the seamen to obtain. The certificate insisted upon neutrality as to unionism and non-unionism. This was what t. Mabo4" said the miners would never help in op- posing, being distinctly in favour of it. The certificate insisted upon men carrying out their agreement in accordance with the Merchant Ship- ping Acts. This was what every strike leader all through the piece said the men were willing to do. Then why, in the name of everything that is reasonable, should the miners be unanimous in J backing up the seamen to refuse the Fedeiation ticket, thus not only prolonging the strike, but I embittering the situation by raising false issues on an utterly misleading foundation. Here were men, ] with their wives and families wanting bread— t plenty of work for them to do, and well paid for 1 doing it-refusing the labour that came to their I hand. Here were more men—the miners—ex- 1 horted by their leader, a member of Parliament, te I back up tbe idlers in their wilful abstention from 1 work-and for what ? To aid them in refusing to ] accept a certificate, the printed rules at the back of which absolutely and emphatically insut;d upon the very conditions which the men said was all they wanted I That is what I mean by false leading" and false lights," by means of which the legions are led astray. I do not say it is done wilfully in all cases, though I know it to be so done in many. What wonder, then, that the workmen are so ( often beaten, after struggling in such forlorn and j illogical hopes as those of which the late shipping I strike at Cardiff was a fair representative ex- 1 ample? Wrong issues are raised, false arguments I are based upon them, the men grow bewildered, ex- 1 cited, drift on unthinkingly, and only come to their t senses when the ruin is wrought, which ruin they I might easily have avoided if they had only thought i for themselves, and taken an accurate view of the i conditions by which the crisis might have been s controlled. 4 It is now, I suppose, a settled thing that union- II ists and non-unionists may work together without ffar of contamination. It was a wild proposition T even to argue to the contrary, and those who do so, T as the Amalgamated Sailors' and Firemen's Union i have done, only make clear one of two things— t either that they are ignorant of the true laws II which govern the rights and best interests of man- i hood, or that they know their badly-constructed industrial machinery is too ricketty to wrestle with D the demands of a wider wisdom, a clearer insight A into things, and a more comprehensive grasp of the J, requirements of Labour. It would be better, I should think, for them to study the broader, the J aappier, the truer aspect, and to at once dissociate 8 their methods from all that is illegal and unjust. S rheir unity for good would then be legitimate, ;heir fedeiation useful and enduring, profitable to ,hemselves, and beneficial to mankind. Such be- J wildering and misleading contentions as those for vhich the strikes at the ports of London and I „ Cardiff have made themselves famous, are simply. ;he hidden and treacherous rocks on which Labour I will be certain to split, if those who lead the egions persevere in them.—Yours truly, J. C. MANNING. London, April 7tb. i

— t DEATH OF THE REV. PRECENTOR WOOD, ] VrCAR OF PENMARK.—The death is announced £ at the house of his son-in-law, Mr. Hannen ( Clarke, Gloucester, of the Rev. Precentor ( Wood, vicar of Penmark, in his eighty-second 1 year. The deceased gentleman had been 1 vicar of Penmark for over 40 years, and was f made Precentor of Llandaff Cathedral by the } late Bishop Ollivant. He was one of the very 1 few old type of clergymen to be found in the i < district, was possessed of a most gentlemanly 1 bearing, and was highly respected, not only in 1 his own parish, but also by frionds and ac- quaintances. The funeral took place at Penmark on Saturday afternoon. i

PROTESTANTISM AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM. IS THEOLOGICAL HATRED LESS FIERCE THAN IT WAS f TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—I sincerely congratulate you on The Camb?nan,s new departure," and I trust it will fulfil your hopes and anticipations. I would like, if you can kindly allow me a little space, to reply somewhat to Mr. Hopkins's letter in your issue of the 6th ult., not altogether to gain- say what he has written, but in some measure to uphold it. For my own part, I have very little sympathy with what he terms Puritan Protestantism," or with Roman Catholicism," with either Estab- lished Churches or Dissenting Chapels; but I am not going to deny that all and each of them have done even much good in their own peculiar way as moral teachers and deterrents of evil. While each of these has been in turn crying out for Liberty T' "Liberty!" "Liberty of conscience, tongue and action for-well, themselves, of course!—they have been about equally anxious for the rest not to have it, and, when in power, to assert it they have all shown the same old spirit of persecution, more or less, and have always tried their best to defame the others, and make their work inoperative. They don't fight so openly and so fiercely ns formerly there are no fires in Smitbfield, nor drownings at tHe stake on the seashore no St. Bartholomew massacres, nor bloody retaliatioi a they are content (they are obliged to be) with small cant behind doors, and the smirching of each other's characters and systems and so the dear, èe- lightful thing goes on yea, and ever will go cn until the Prince of Peace shall come in power ai d destroy all the synagogues of Satan, and scatter to the winds every refage of lies. Mr. Hopkins alludes to our higher civilisation than Roman Catholicism formerly had. This is tree but which has tended most to bring this about ? Has it been Protestantism, with its free and open BibJe, or Roman Catholicism, which denies its free use to the people ? Pr otestantism has given tbe Bible to every known language under the heavens; and now what is the outcome of it all over the world ? It claims for itself to be The perfect law of liberty." Jesus has taught us in it His mission was to set the captiTe free." How was it with the religious and political captives of Italy—tbe very home of the Papacy, Roman Catholicism—when the noble Garibaldi arose with his red-shirted warriors against the priestly domination in Rome ? Aye, sir the Pope and all his priestly myrmidons he overthrew them all, and opened the jail doors of Italy. Does Mr. Hopkins remember how, in some of these jails, prisoners were found who had been nailed alive to tbe walls, and left there until their bowels dropped out and their flesh fell off their bones? Was ever such work as this seen where Puritan Protestantism" has reigned ? Had it not bees for the Puritanical desire (if Mr. Hopkins likes to call it so) of Protestantism, and its determination to a end the Bible all over the world, and through all opposition when it did, it seems to me very likely that the very tolerant I charity" of "Roman Catholicism," in regard to such things, would still have existed in that splendid country. The priests had things all their own way then all over that land, and no poor person dare have a copy of the Bible in his hoase. Protestants could not have a charch or chapel built, nor hold a religious meeting iu their own bouse, without running the risk of prosecution by the priests. Now they can build such anywhere they can get the land and hold religious meetings freely anywhere, as we allow the Papists to do in England, and as they w ere soallowed to do then. How is it that Popery never yields these liberties nntil she is forced ?—and, when forced, bow very kind and considerate she is, to be sure, at all times for freedom and right. Now, sir, I fully admit that there have always been as good and true-hearted men and women Roman Catholics, and even some—aye, many— priests as liberal-minded and conscientious as there have been Protestants as there were Gentiles, Pagans, as good as Jews in regard to all these things Jong be/ore Christ. The questioa ia 1.Iot as to individuals, whether pries" or people, but with the systems as bearing on national life and ad. vancement towards the regeneration of the world ind is it not a fact that Protestantism has led the ran, and does now lead it, in every country on the earth where it is professed, and that Popish countries only doggedly follow as they are forced ? Popery is forced to belie its own claims and teachings all along the line. She cannot help it, because she is founded on a most tremendous error. What is the error ? Wby this, sir, viz. As soon as Constantine, the first ruler of the Roman Empire, who was a Christian (so termed by courtesy, if nothing more), bad broken up the old Pagan rule, and allowed Christianity to have its meetings, then the Church at Rome sent np A tbout that now the Kingdom of Christ was really come, and it set up a Priesthood as the Saints who irere to rule the world, and, according as the Bible teaches, the saints shall do, when the rightful King comes, rule it by force, and put down and de- itroy all opposition. The priests, of course, were the saints and they have canonised after death tome of the most questionable creatures that ever trod the earth. He that hath an ear to hear, let liira hear," and he that can read and understand let him read and well digest the 12th chapter Revelations. John foresaw an foretold a great political event which would arise eventually oat of the political events which he, himself, had heretofore been a witness of. The Apostle said that in his day the mystery of iniquity doth already work," and the time had come when it should te fully manifested. The man of sin" wa8 revealed, and another profes- lional priesthood was set up but what had pro- fessional priesthoods to do with the religion cf the inmble Nazarene and his poor fishermen followers 'I What possible connection is there, or can thtre be )etween them of any sort, or kind, or sect soever Che true Church of God, with whom dwell-) THE ;rue light of His mysteries, fled into the wilder- less-the lonely and quiet places of the earth, and 8 to be found now only in such places a few ndividuals here and there, often quite alone, and lometimes two or three gather together," as best hey may, to cail upon His name, and to brighten md build up each other. Then the kingly, aristocratic and priestly power issumed simply a new shape. The tyrannical ind idolatrous power of Pagan Rome, IN i t5 mperial form, gave up its place and power to a biog of tbe same nature, but with a Christian latne. What's in a name ? Verily, the question mpliea much. I do not wish to be hard beyond truth, and the ecessity to show it forth. We all have to learn nd we are inevitablly naughty until we have sarnt. Rome has thought herself right, and nany worthy sons have upheld her in doing wrong ike Paul, when he held the clothes of those who toned Stephen. Paul was blinded to make him ee he became a fool in order to become vise." When shall we, sir, AS a people, priests, parsons II.n4i all in like manner, become blind" IInd •fools," so that we may "see" and fcerome wisp," and be saved in tbe time of the great com- ng trouble ?—I am, sir, yours, &c., CCTLAS. Swarsca, April 1st, 1891.

TTPHOID FEVER IN NORTH WALES.—The nvestigation into the circumstances attending he outbreak of typhoid fever at Nant-y. flint, in Flintshire, reveals a remarkably dis- graceful condition of things. The villao-e comprises only a few cottages, occupied by solliers and miners engaged at neighbouring (Forks. The house in which the fever ori«-iI lated consists of two rooms only—a kitchen md a bedroom. The upper room is just four fards square, and in that confined apartment t has been ascertained that no fewer than ?igbt persons have been accustomed to sleep nightly. Add to that the fact that a cow had been buried under six inches Of soil, from which a terrible stench arose, close to the cottage, and the origin of the outbreak ad- mits of a very simple explanation

FORGIVING" AND "RETAINING" SINS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. "THE WORSHIP OF THE TRINITY OF L. S. D. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." I am glad to see that a Cuui chman in your last issue, signing himself "Cwmbwrla," has taken the Rev C. H. Waiuwright to task fur the inobt untenable position that be has taken up, in abusing the Ritualistic section of tbe Church of England, whilst he himself is partaking of the loaves and fishes, and wearing the plush of the State Church. Surely he and everyone else ocght to know by now that before be can enjoy the emoluments and position of the State Church, every clergyman has to swear that he believes in every word of the Book of Common Prayer, ipso facto as it is written, not putting his own private interpretation or judgment on the matter, and although I hate priests, as such, and priestcraft with every drop of blood iu my veins, and look upon it as the cause of all the misery and iniquity in this world, yet I have always considered and said that the extreme Ritualistic party are by far the most honest and sincere of this happy family, whose only bond of Ubion is the worship of the Trinity £ s. d. Think of this so-called Protestant, Mr Wain- woght, having the audacity to tell bis audience that he certainly had the words, 'Receive the Holy Ghost' for the office and work of a Priest in the Church of God now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive they are forgiven, and whose sins thou dost retain they are retained" read to him, when he must have known that he believed that he had teceived the Holy Ghost as it trickled through the fingers of the Right Rev Father in God who ordained him! It has always struck me as a melancholy circum- stance that Nonconformist ministers enjoying their freedom from State subserviency can be found to countenance such juggling with words on such a serious subject; but perhaps they do so, so as not to be dubbed "political dissenters but, as Mr. •^purgeon said sume yours ago, they only ge^ suubbtdtfor their pains by the very party they wish to propitiate." riting in the Steord and Trovxl some years ago, Mr. Spurgeon (before he bad the misfortune to join the soul destroying Unionist party) wrote as follows of these gentlemen :—" A Dissenter who is godly and humble, and knows his duty to his betters, and walks in a lowly and reverential manner to them, and is never political, is styled pious, and held up to admiration at meetings of the Church Defence Association, though at other places, seeing that with all his piety he j¡s.. still a dissenter, he is duly snubbed by the same parish priests who so much admiie him. If a Dissenter would have a good report of those within the established pale, he must toady to all Rectors, Vicars and Curates ;ihe muse" Lless God for raising up such a bulwark for our Protestant liberties as the Church of England, as by law established cr, at leiist, he must be contentedly silent under his wrongs, and never open his mouth to obtain his rights. Cease to be a mHn, and you will be a piois Dissenter but speak out, and shew the slightest independence of mind, and yol], will be an odious political Dissenter. Be thankful for the toleration which you enjoy and eat your humble pie in a corner, and the rector will condescend to meet you at the Bible Society's meetings but dare call your soul your own, and you shall be put into the black books, among those dreadful emissaries of Mr. Miali. I should advise all Nonconformists to allow the Broad, Low and High Church parties to enjoy their quarrels until they accept Disestablishment, or the Evangelical party come out like their brethren did in 1CG2, and to have Bothing to do with their internal squabbles. Compare the utterances of Mr. Wainwright with those of a clergyman in this district, who is personally a friend of mine, because I consider him thoroughly conscientious, and I believe he gives me credit for being the same. When I asked him some time ago, if he believed that he had the power to retain my sins, or to forgive them, he replied, Most certainly I do I believe I am a Priest, ordained of God himself, and if I did not believe this and other things I have vowed to believe, I would take off my clerical dress and trample under my feet here in the street." My reply was" That's all right; but how about this other gentleman, referring to an Evangelical clergyman who had fey this time joined us, as you have all sworn to the same thing ?" Needless to say, the other had not the courage of my friend, but I, however, could not help telling the Ritualistic clergyman that if he would only preach these doctrines openly, and let it be known that such was the teaching of the Church of England as by law established, the connection between the State and the Church would be swept away with a whirlwind of indignation by the people. Of course, as long as the State in its ecclesiastical capacity recognises and encourages such assumptions on the part of its paid officials, is it any wonder that they go further and have the impertinence to put such notices in their parish magazines as that which appears in that of St. Andrew's of Worthing, which says, Dissent has strong claims to be the Devil himself," and asserts that Baptist ministers have been known to steal tbe spoors where they visit." as if all the clergy were ignorant of tbe inside of H.M. gaols. b. Hug your chains, gentlemen, but do not blame- the thoughtful and working-classes for putting the- tongue of scorn into the cheek of derision, and refusing to be led any longer by such blind leaders of the blind Yours faithfully, STEPHEN P. WILLS.

THE OLD HAT AND THE NEW. A SWANSEA COMIC SONG OF THE YEAR 1875. JW"hen these lines were written, viz.. in the year 1875. the tramway*, which have since been so use- ful to Swansea people, and also the Prince of Wales Dock were not far advanced towards com- pletion.] (^■inger supposed to have an old hat on.) When this old hat was new, my boys, a king was on the tbrone; The Tichborne trial had not begun, and railways were unknown No one ever paid his rent, and rates were not invented, And though the landlords weren't content, the tenants were contented. CHORUS. When this old hat was new, my boys, When this old hat was new 'Tis avpry, very, very) very long time ago Since this old hat was new America was still unknown, when this old hat was- new, I The sea was always placid, and the sky was always bine The butchers sold their meat so cheap, that bakers were not needed, And thus it was that in those days incomes were not exceeded. When this old hat, &c. Politicians always honest were when this old ha And policemen always on their beats if what I'm told is true. The Swansea streets were Ii always clean, and rained there then so seldrm. That Ro one bought umbrellas, as no one there upheld em- when this old hat, &c. (The singer is now supposed to put on n ne»: lwt)- When this new bat is old, my boys, what wonders The Tramwiy^will be finished, and the docks wil finished be; Balloons will iong have cut out steam for mdividua tr^vcllinR) And everyone will quite aB*i there'll be att- end of cavilling- When this new hat is oM, my beYR, When tbi« new hat is old, We .<.h,<H al) of us b*0 "ur fortunes made, And our pockets full of gold. M. ROWED.

TRAP ACCIDENT AT BLACKFILL.—On Satur- day morning, Mrs Gwynne, wife of a gardener at Bishopston, when driving into Swansea to attend the MarKet was thrown out of her trap at Blackpill and sustained several ugly injuries bv coming into contact with a wire fence. Her face was severely cut. She was picked up in a pitiable state and taken to a neighbouring house and attended to. COCOA.—" A Cocoa possessing valuable flesh-forming '111" htlps. and Imparting strength and staying power." —llcaUh [7-i