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HOME HINTS. Good Recipes for Soups and Sweets. With the advent of cold weather, the thoughts of the housewife turn naturally to the preparation of hot. nourishing- soups— the dish par excellence for lunch or dinner after a momingr's out-of-door amusement or work. The recipes I now give are for some of the best winter soups, and are universal favourites: Mushroom Soul).-M ash rooms are either more plentiful this year or are being brought into the market more freely in some quar- ters than formerly, so that those who favour savoury dishes and rich "meaty" flavours can 'have their tastes gratified. Dried mush- rooms serve very well for many purposes, such as this soup, and com-e in very handy when fresh ones are not to be had. Take I lb. musrooms. or the stalks and trimmings of a larger quantity; see that they are cleaai. Into a large saucepan put 2ozs. butter and I lb. sliced onions. Allow these to heat for about 10 minutes. then add the mushrooms and i lb. tomatoes cut up. The commonest cooking tomatoes will do for this, or even tinned ones if fresh are not to be had. Add also a stick of -celery cut up. some whole white and Jamaica pepper, a blade of mace, and salt to taste. also two large cupfuls lJOil- ing water. Allow to simmer very gently for one hour. then drain. Pour enough addi- tional boiling water through the sieve to make up quantity required, but if a clear brown soup is wanted do not, press through any of the pulp. Make quite hot. see that seasoning is all all right. Serve with dice of fried or toasted bread. Scotch Haggis.—Take It cupful fine oatmeal. and toast nicely in the oven or in from of the fire. 1 cupful crumbs made from crusts and bits cf brown bread dried in the oven and rolled down, and 1 cupful flour. Put in a basin with salt, white and Jamaica pepper, and, if liked, a little herb or celery flavour- ing. Melt 6 ounces butter in a saucepan, shred dewn an onion into it. add about three tea< upfuls water or stock from haricot beans. etc.. and pour into a basin to moisten con- tents. M;ix thoroughly. (One or two eggs beaten til) may be added, but are quite un- necessary. Grease a pudding-basin or stea- mer. and pour in the mixture, which should be rather moist. Cover with steamer lid or greased paper, and steam for two or three hours. Turn out on very hot dish. and serve with vegetables and some suitable sauce. Bramble and iferingue.—vSteW to. gefher lib. blackberries and' the quan- tity of apples, with sugar and flavvouring to taste. Pulp throug-h a sieve. Beat up the yolks of two eggs and mix with the fruit pulp. Whip up the whites till quite -siiff. mix in quickly and lightly 2 ounces castor sugar, and put! this meringue over the fruit cus- tard. Place in the oven to set till crisp ouiy, not bard or brown. Sprinkle with pink sugar and serve hot or cold. Superior Treacle Pudding.—Two ounces of bread crumbs, 2 ounces flour, 2 ounces suet. 1 ounce Demerara sugar. 1 ounce currants. one tablespoonful treacle or goldeu syrup, one lemon, one egg. half saltspoonful grated nutmeg, half tablespoonful baking powder, a pinch of salt, and enough sweet milk to moisten. Cbop the suet finely, grate the bread crumbs, and mix with the ffour in a basin, add the salt and baking-powder; wipe the lemon and grate off the yellow rind. beat the egg. strain the lemon juice, and mix thoroughly. Add a little milk. adding more till the mixture is of a consistency to drop from a spoon. Pour in a greased mould, cover with greased paper, and steam for two and a half hours, or longer. Variegated Blanc. Mange.—A pint and a. half of miik, four tablespoonfuls of M'orn- flower, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, three eggs, vanilla- flavouring. Mix the cornflour ^ith eold milk to the -consistency of cream, boil the remainder of the' milk and add to the mixed cornflour, and boil for ten min- ,)e.s: add the sugar and yolks of the eggs c M stir wen together, then add the whites, the ?lliPped. and put it on the fire till on the point of boiling, when it must be taken off,and into two basins in equal parts. 11 ,I-- ninut Vanilla flavouring to each part and 1 °^Li°?U a nice pink with cochineal. Now L f°i fil1 the mould by putting layers Mini colours until the mould is 0 -I tI t "I thtJ bottom, and the nalterriate out.Let it' until quite cold, and turn ont. Chicken _ancl liico.—l>ut the chicken in a ste\\ pan wIth tll, giblet". with water--or pre- feiabiv stoc'^v—sufficient to cover. When biought- to boding point .;u]d ;i little parsley, tl'vme. laurel, and an onion stuck with cloves. Stew gently, uncovered. It. wm take abnut an hour and a halt to cook. Wash a pound to the stock from the fowl in the proportion of three times as much stock as rice. Cook gently, covered. When hj0St of the stock ")e(!n t;,ken Up j,v tj|C ri(-e. add a- little more ainl_ an ounce of butter. Stir jv. as to keep the grains of r»ce sepavate. (.took till tender. Serve f.bo loov surrounded ljy the Apricot Oolite' ti)-o small sponge takes, two ounces 0f butter, cream. Cut. the sponge cakes m rounds, fry them brown in the butter: open the tin of apricots, take out -the fruit, and strain off Hie juice. Put half an apriVot on each eroute, boil down, the. juice with a little sugar_ and when cold pour it over the apricots. piect put a little, cream. cc:

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NUMEROUS MEETINGS OF PROTEST. Mr. Brynmor Jones' Speech at Morriston. A meeting of Morriston Nonconformists was held in the Taberiiacle Chapel on Satur- day evening, the avowed object being^ to protest against the Education Bill. There were about 1,000 people present. They were quiet, orderly, complaisant, none-en- tbusiastic. The remark of the chairman (Mr. Wm. Williams, Maesvgwernen) that he "didn't know anything that had caused such feeling in so short a time as this Bill had done," met with scarce a plaudit. That feeling did not appear to exist at Morriston. The chairman also told them that "a resolu- tion, similar to those carried in other parts of the country would fee submitted," and concluded by saying the Bill might be the occasion of -,lie downfall of the Government, but. sadly added, "I'm afraid it doesn't look -is if they're going to be thrown out now." Apology was offered for the absence of 'Ma- bon" and Colonel Ivor Herbert, who, with Mr. Brynmor Jones, had been billed for the occasion. Local ministers filled the set fawr. "0 Fryman Caersalem." This was rendered with heartiness, the audience hav- ing at last discovered something if could be in earnest about. The resolution moved by Rev. W. Sculley (Cwmrhydyceirw) called on the Government to withdraw the Bill or appeal to the coun- try upon it ,also asking the borough and County Councils to frustrate its operation. In a long address by Rev. Emlyn Jones, the only statement which aroused interest was a. protest against the use of Anglican or Roman Church catechisms in rate-supported schools. The father of the Education Bill, he said, was Joseph Chamberlain, the grea- test traitor of the 19th century, and the grea- test political scoundrel the world ever saw (Loud applause.) Rev. J. Gimblett wanted the country kept from the power of the priesthood. Mr. II. Clement said the Government had been made the tools, if not the cat's-paw of the High Church party. The Bill reversed the Education Act of 1870. which made edu- cation the care of the State and not of any religious body. It was opposed to one of the most vital principles of our national life —that there should be no taxation without representation. (Applause.) He feared the Bill would not be withdrawn or amended. Mr. Brynmor Jones, K.C.. M.P., had ap- plause on entering the pulpit, but no more for at least a quarter of an hour. He went on determinedly, as if addressing a jury. The Bill tampered, he said, with the liber- ties for which our forefathers shed their blood. This Bill was nothing except a re- endowment of the Church of England. Their cause was that of religious and civil equity— the cause which Oliver Cromwell upheld. They had no doubt that the general sense of the community was against this Bill. (Si- lence.) He spoke as one who had done his best by putting down amendments to delay and if possible defeat the measure. (Cheers.) It was important that every one of them should carry away the impression that this Bill was a bad Bill, and one that ought to be defeated. The Government believed the op- position to the Bill was only a poor Noncon- formist tuppenny 'apenny kind of opposition. "But, if he mistook not, the feeling of the country was really aroused on this matter (A pause, then "hear, hear," and applause.) He thought the result would be the downfall of this Government. (Cheers.) There was no Free Church Council that had not gone against the Bill. (Cheers.) Another thing never mentioned was the labour opposition. He would like Wales to be exempted from the operation of the Bill. So far as se- condary education is concerned, the Bill was by no means a bad Bill. But it violated the principle of civil and religious equality. It was demanded they should pay to support teaching they did not believe in. (Hear, hear.) There were men he knew who would decline to do that—(hear, hear)—and repre- sentative bodies would decline to carry out the Act. (Cheers.) The resolution and votes of thanks were carried.

Gower Meeting-: Local Members Speak. A nublic meeting, convened by the Free Churchmen of North Gower, to protest against the Bill, was held at the Gospel Tem- ple Congregational Chapel, Gowerton, on Saturday evening. Rev. W. D. Williams presided. The chief speakers were Mr. Abel Thomas, K.C., M.P., and Mr. J. Aeron Thomas, member for the Gower Division; Dr. Garrod Thomas, and Mr. LI. Williams, barrister-at-law, were also to have addressed the meeting, but they were unable to put in an appearance. In the course of his address, Mr. Abel Thomas observed that whatever the merits of the Bill might be, they recog- nised right through it the hands of the High Church clerical party in the House of Com- mons and in the House of Lords. Such men as Lord Hugh Cecil and Mr. A. J. Balfour, and the Archbishop of Canterbury were the men who were promoting the meausre in the interests solely of the Church of England. He emphasised what lie termed the great significance of the recent declaration of Car- dinal Vaughan, who had advised the Catho- lics of Ireland and England to support the Bill, and in conclusion exhorted his hearers to do their utmost to oppose it in every pos- sible way, and thus make the voice of that meeting at Gowerton felt in high quarters. (Applause.)—Mr .Aeron Thomas said that Mr. Balfour had often referred to the "mili- tant Nonconformist." Now the "militant Toii Nonconformist" was a meek and mdld person, unless there was some grievance, or some grave injustice to be done away with. (Hear, hear.) It was a blessed thing for the country that there were some "militant Nonconfor- mists" to watch and safeguard their rights and privileges. The Gower representative went on to find fault with the Bill, going over the now well-worn grounds of com- plaint, and making much oratorical capital out of the old,, old story of the alleged "wicked designs of the scheming High Church paftv j' Then ,of course, there was also a lot said with reference to the making of the people pay for school- over which there w t,, It) "popular control, and in this connecvoa the speaker did not forget to drag into Lii dis- cussion that mysterious and infallible person the "Man in the Street," who was defined as one "who looks upon the question from a business point of view, and with an open mind. "If we allow this Bill to be passed," k-oiteltid,ed Mr. Thomas, "we shall not 1 ave schools where NonoL.ntjnnit-y will prosper and make progress as it does now. But I hope the people of this country will not per- init the Government to take such a retro- grade step."—A resolution expressing the meeting's opinion of the Bill, and "demand- ing" that it shall be withdrawn by the Gov- ernment, was passed, on the motion of Mr. S. J. Jones (Penclawdd), seconded by Mr. Tennant Thomas ;whilst on the proposition of Mr. Be van, seconded by Mr. Tlios. Thomas (Loughor) another resolution thank- ing the Parliamentary representatives for their vigorous opposition to the Bill. and asking them to continue the same, and also expressing their .teteni.mi'.i )n, should the measure be passed, to offer their continuous resistance as a matier of conscience," was resistance as a matier of conscience," was carried unanimously.

Further Orating at Pontardulais. A well-attended meeting was held at the Pontardulais Pubtic Hall on Saturday even- nig. Aid. Jlees Harries presided, and sup- porting him on the platform were Messrs. Abel ihoioas, K.C., M.P.. J. Aeron Thomas, M.X., .nomas Davies, Bivchgrove, J. LI. Thomas Llewelyn, C.C.. and the Revs. lJ. Woyd Morgan. K. W. Davies, O. Jones Morgan, C.C. (Ystradgynlais), G. W W Jenkins, Swansea, etc. Mr. W. T. ,s opened the proceedings with a spirited rendering of "Baner em Gwlad." -Ir. Abel iliomas. M.P., said the coun- try was in the throes of a great social revolu- tion, a revolution probably the greatest within the memory of any One present, and which meant the uprooting of the education of the country. it they consulted the last education addresses of the present members of the ministry, not a single word would they find about the education question. Tories were fond of talking of their virtues and honour —no Radical Government had ever done such a mean thing as they were now doing. This Bill was hated by Churchmen as well as by Nonconformists. If he thought the Govern- ment held the true education of the people as their motive he would heartily support the Bill. The great need in education was I the encouragement of clever children of poor parents. The neglect of tke boy of genius was a loss to the State. In America, Swit- zerland, Germany and Belgium, education was free from clerical influence, and the re- su'.t was that these nations were leaving us behind in commercial matters As the Bishop of Hereford had said the general truths of religion could still be taught in the seliools. NLational Schools were started in 1812 "to promote the education of the poor in the principles of the Established Church." Between that period and 1870-when no other system was in vogue—Nonconformity had quadrupled. "V oluntary" School was a misnomer, as only about 3s. in the £ was col- lected from subscribers. There was seating capacity in Church Schools for 6,700,000, and in Board Schools there was only accommoda- tion for 2,700,000. They had to pay for the education of those 3,700,000 children in Church principles, which the speaker thought was a burning shame. (Cheers.) The con- science clause was inoperative in many re- spects. By the provisions of this new Bill four of the managers of National Schools would be churchmen. Every schoolmaster must be a churchman and day by day a church atmosphere would be created in the c" schools. The Church of England had 31 col- leges with 2,780 students the Roman Catho- lics, 3 colleges with 271 students; Wesleyans, 2 colleges with 231 students; Free Schools, 8 colleges with 802 students, and the clever church boy or girl a chance to get in with those 802. It was the Church and not the Conservative party which was really forc- ing the Bill through.——A lengthy resolution wa1- moved by Mr- Thomas Davies, Birch- grove, chairman of Llandilo-Talvbont School Board: and seconded by Mr. J. LI. Thomas, C.C chairman of the Llanedy School Board. It urged all persons who conscientiously ob- jected to the proposed rate to offer it passive resistance by submitting only to destraining of their goods. Mr. W. C- Jenkins (Swansea) next spoke. The N.U.T., he said- by its persistent in- consistence in this matter had put itself as much out of court as Mr. Chamberlain him- self. In those 8,000 parishes which Mr. Abel Thomas had spoken about, there were 14,592 schools, all ruled by teachers who were, of a necessity Churchmen and Churt -h women, He wtts opposed to it on educational a,nd not on sectarian grounds. He thought it was a bad Bill -educationally, and that it was only a big conspiracy to deprive the child of the working man of proper scholastic facilities for the full development of his mental capacities. The Romanising section of the Church had crossed their borders, and it was their duty to repel the invaders. (Loud applause.)—Mr. J. Aeron Thomas, > said a letter had been sent him bv the Rev. l^ewelyn Edwards, B.A., curate of Llanduo-Talybont. The rev. gentleman could not be present at the meet- ing. so he enclosed a number of questions for replies bv Mr. Thomas. As an earnest seeker after truth," Mr- Edwaras said, "he wanted more light, but less b^t., with regard to this education question. TIe curate's catechism was replied to by -^r- j,He quoted the national decade we or Spain as the result of the priest-rule in that country. The resolution was caineu. votes of thanks followed.

HISTORY OF GLAMORGANSHIRE. Gower's Vicissitudes Under English Rule. Chapter IX. of the "History of Glamorgan- shire." written by the late Rev. Ezekiel Thomas, Swansea, and translated by the R-ey. D. Evans. Bridgend, from the au ho M.S.S., deals with the experiences and rulers under which (jower passed. He writ -For a period of three hundred years Gower passed from hand to hand, and sometimes it was in four hands simultaneously, rivers of blood being shed in the warfare thus engendered. The Earl of Warwick to Henry II.. who presented it to lorwert.h ap BleddYll; again to Hywel ap Gronow and the third time to Newburgh. Kin;,r John made it over to the Breosians, Lords of Brecon; and ,oil through marriage it came to the possession of the Mowbra.ys; and a to the op- pressor called "Crooked "l." In 1211 his son. Bishop Giles, claimed pos- session, and took up arDls a»ainst King John for it. But the Bishop died in Gloucester in 1215, so that Gower passed into the nands of bis brother Reginald, wliese name is pre- served in Revnoldston. Henry fiT transferred Jt to the of Kent; Walter de Pederston claimed it in 1300. addressing his petitnn to Edward I. from Swansea Castle-. In Edward II.'s.reign. Mowbray, the Evi of Hereford, Mortunei, and I)e Spencer dis- puted the ownership- Gruffydd ap Rhys mar- ried the daughter of Le Breos, and thus based a, elann to Gower. Bieos pledged Gower to several noblemen for large sums of InOne), without their mu- tual knowledge; and lastly, to please Edward 11.. he presented it to Hugh De Spencer. This inflamed the nobleman against Breos. De Spencer, and the King. and the face of Gower in consequence was ma.d.e an Aceldama. In 1315 Gower came into the hands of Gilbert de Clare, afterwards to Earl Beau- ehamp, and subs-equen b to the Nevilles. In the meantime Rl'.vs al> Griffith seized Loughor Castle, slaying 'ts^ guaids, and razed it to the ground, and it 'was never restored the castle of Llandil'J" utlybout receiving a like treatment. Upon the accession of Edward in. Gower Was presented to Mowbray who, from the Gower people, recruited the King's Army and replenished his 8 ores- I he King's guards consisted of GoWcr men. Edward IV. placed Gower in the h<md;s. °t W^bam, the Earl of Pembroke. After t ia it was presented by Henry IV. (the gfeat enemy of Wales) to the Mown rays. f„ Meanwhile Owen G e^ciw"f" morched through the country filling dU Britain, with ter- es"5 ror. On the accession ol Henry VIII. to the Uiitish throne Gower given to his uncle, Joseph Tudor. Duke of Bedford, who died leaving no issue- (Henry the Welsh- man- oni Britain s on, account of his wisdom, called t: Elglih 4Solomon." and his grand-child- tuiward VI., on the ground; of his piet>r' %ras given, the name of "the English Isaia'1- ) Gower, becomhvS P'ession of Heniy VHI.. was given- to Kin.g to Lis son, r-dward VI., who son e lai-ger part- of it to WiHiam Herbert', a,ld ,e ^m Earl of Pem- btroke; his father, JjUihartf Herbert, of G\ven'HWviittrth o ^Vll. being married to the heiress of Sir a lew Cradock, Swan- ^ea- Gower was subsequently giy0n by Jamet- I- to the Duke of Beaufort m 16Q8 a^d Her_ bert married the duughtRr of Edward Somer- set- the Earl of wh,, Was cr0ated Duke of Beaufort- bj h-sll.. and who. from want of a- descendant, was sue e ded in 1^45 bv his brother. vlz*' Charles Xi-el. the ancestor of the I)re,st'lit Duke During the Protectorate of Oliver Lr*mvell, the Com- monwealth PariiameIf. Presented Gower to Cromwell and after tns u-at], j.t returned- to the possession of the Duky (,f Beaufort. (To he contained.) Chapter X. will g>ve « lengthy survey «f .'CCll tJr?' the Kcelesi.w ical perseentio1KS jn t'i, ,.„u!i!y.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Swansea Wollan Cuts Her Throat Saturday was in very hut,lt a day of dismal ^.ieed^. Following on th. other miserable events, a Mj,. Margf et;'a!)e Thome. Argvle- sfreet, Swansea, 01 S-i'le-s Tltorne. tit- tempted to commit suicute bv cutting her throat with a large bread knif't, on Saturday night. She was c'>r'?U f!(> tbe hospital im- niediately in a c;tb h} -t lbiweii. and the woimd was dressed n.r -James. The cut was found, fortunately to )j-. n, sufficientlv dangerous to waiTiint her detention at the in- firmary. and she was altered* allowed to return home with her husband.

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OPPOSITION TO MR. AERON THOMAS. Labour Candidate Against Him, A meeting of the Western District of the Milkers' Federation took place at the Hotel Metropole on -Mtonday. It was unanimously decided to nominate and to run Mr. John Williams as Labour representative for Parlia- ment at the next general eektion for the Gower Division, which seat is now occupied by Mr. John Aeron Thomas. M.P.

IMPORTANT COALOWNERS MEETING. Committee Appointed for Further Discussion. The South Wales and Monmouthshire coal- owners met at Cardiff on Saturday, and had oetore tnem tne proposals of the miners tor a new agreement- to succeed that of the Sliding Scale. The following resolution was unani- mously passed —"That for the purpose of dis- cussing with the workmen's representatives an arrangement to regulate the wages as and from December 31st, 1902, the association ap- points a committee consisting of 20 owners' representatives, of whom the 16 owners' re- pre sen tali ves LOW dealing with Sliding Scalt- j matters shall form part," Of the four addi- tional members appointed to bring the num- ber up to 20 appears the name of Mr. J. Cletves, Gwauu-cae-gurwen Collieries Co., Swansea. Pessimism prevails in some quar- ters as to the ultimate results of the confer- ence. but, says a contemporary, too much im- portance must not be attached to the state- ment that the workmen's proposals cannot bee naceded, for such a declaration, at the opening^ of negotiations, might be expected, 'llie attitude of non possumus in regard to the extinction of the Scale agreement is aban- doned, and so long as the owners are pre- pared, as they have now declared, to continue negotiations, po much easier will be the way to a settlement.

TREBOETH COLLIER'S DEATH. Fireman Away from His Place: Inspector's Remarks. Mr. F. H. Glynn Price conducted an in- quest at the Police Station. Treboeth, on Monday evening respecting the death of Dd Rhys Jenkins, which occurred on Friday at Copper Pit. Morriston. Mr. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, was present, and Mr. W. E. Morgan, the miners' agent, also watched the proceedings.—John Morgan Jones said on Friday morning they were driving a head- ing, and after a shot had been fired. Jenkins volunteered to go round through old work- ings and tap the other side judge whether they were through. They heard him knock about an hour later, but witness never saw him alive aaa,in.-Replving to Mr. Robson, witness said that they heard a shout follow- ing the knock but could not distinguish what was said. Deceased was not expected back for under three-quarters of an hour, because the road was awkward. Jones said deceased wa: warned that there was gas in the place.— Thomas Scott, Plasmarl, said they found him lying on his back in the "hole." Deceased's lamp was burning on the level.—By Mr. Rob- q son: Witness was looking for the firemen when they met. He had passed the lamp station without waiting for the latter to find out whether the place he was going was safe or not.Alr. Robson pointed out that Scott had committed a breach of the Mines Act and warned him to be more careful in future.- John Williams, fireman, said after the shot was fired, they thought they were nearly through. Deceased volunteered. Witness told him to take care of the gas. As Jen- kins did not return, witness went in search of him, and met Scott about 100 yards from where the body was subsequently found. The object of driving through was to clear the gas.-—Mr. T. Richards, manager^ said he looked over the fireman's report on the 9th inst., and saw that there was gas in the Lpper Cryndu district. Mr. Jones, the un- der manager, told him he intended getting a hole made through from the old working. Gas was again reported on the following day. Mr. Robson contended that the fire- man ought not to have been away from his prcper duties unless another man had been put' in his place.—A verdict of "Accidental suffocation" was returned.

SWANSEA RURAL COUNCIL. Llangyfelach Committee Alters its Name. Llangyfelach Rural District Council met on Tuesday, Mr. F. H. Glynn Price presiding:, Dr. Trafford Mitchell ijepoited three cases of scarlet fever had been notified during Sep- tember in Gorseinon. and one eaedi at Fforest- fadl, Waunarlwydd, and Mynydd Lliw.— Mr. F. F. Richards moved the desirability of the appointment of a permanent inspector, and was seconded by the chairman.—Mr. Dd. Lewis suggested that the matter be deferred till later.—lie v. J. T. Harries advLSedjoii- mlieration before the appointment. "Where was the money coming from?" He sa.id it ought to be investigated.—Mr. Thos. George moved an amendment that the question be deferred for six months, and Rev. J. T. Harries seconded.—A discussion arose on the points at issue, several me in be rw speaking, after which, on a vote being taken, the amend- ment was carried by seven votes to five.-The question of changing the name of the Council to "the Swansea Rural District Council" was then discussed, and the Chairman moved "That the Council do, in pursuance of Section 55, Sub-section 2. of the Local Government Act, 1894, forthwith change their name from the Llangyfelach District Council to the R-Liral District Council, and the name of their district from the Llajigyfelaeli Rural District to the Swansea Rural District, and that such change be published by adver- tisement- in the daily Cardiff and Swansea papers, in the "Cambrian,' and by circulars issued to all persons with whom the Council have been in correspondence, as well as spe- cial notification to the Local Government Board and the other Government offices. as directed by the Glamorgan County Council." —The resolution was carried nem- con.—The advisability of adopting a site for a perman- ent isolation hospital was on the agenda, and a letter was read from the Glamorgan County Council.Sir J. T. D. Llewelynlspoke empha- tically in favour of moving in the matter at once, pointing out the really urgent necessity of combating infectious diseases. He hoped the Council would at once decide. He moved that the site, of the temporary small-pox hos- pital be adopted for the permanent hospitak The Chairman supported, and explained that the provision of a small-pox hospital dur- in gthe scare kid rat'her involved the question, which had been fully discussed b-'fore. D. Williams suggested that a. freehold site be obtained at Llangyfelaiclh. The Chairman moved that the whole matter be defenvd to a, committee of t-he whole Council, to meet on November 11th, and this was agreed The appointment, of officers to niry^o"- .L!1" spetioiis under the Housing of the 'Working Classes Act. 1885, was then discufc.^ed. and Rev. J. Alban Davies moved that the medical officers under the Board be instructed to visit "ipsy vans. etc. The motion was carried. The various reports of the Water Committee were then gone into, as were highway mat- ters, and the discussion on these points finished: the business of the Council. Dr. Bice Morgan'» report for Clase the fol- lowing particulars:—31 births (37.6 per ON).-i2 deaths (13.2 ner 1.000); 6 mfe/tim,s cases: 1 scarlet, fever. There had ixvn 2 I eases oil small-pox at Llansamh't-.— Dr. Mor- I gan «tid that though the cases of small-pox j weie removed at once to Swansea and every precaution taken to prevent the spread of the di>«ise. owing to the wilful ignorance of some people, t-lie disease has again appeared iu j Llansanilet within 200 yards of the last case. I The woman, who had been constantly in the house of the case of the ifrst mentioned would j ii-it be re-vji.ecitinted, i;,bd would not be. cor- vinced of the danger she wa<s in nn.ming the children and being in vontact with the case for davs. and she had now contracted ihe disease.

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AN UNCLOSED BREACH. Rosebery's Relations "with Campbell-Bannerman. Mr. A. Black, M.P. for Banffshire, wrote on the 4th inst to Lord Roseberv lespectiiig the relations between the Earl aud Sir Henry Campl>eJ>Lannsniiam. and iitiiiiatiiii, that he was unabie to a-ccept an invitation to Lord Rosebery's Edinburgh meeting m consequence of the latter s declared severance from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerm-m. Lord Rose- bery in his reply says it would give him oreat pleasure to declare that the "definite separa- tion" referred to only applied to a pha;"e of the -controversy now gone by. He adhered to the policy of his Chesterfield speech, md Henry banned and condemned that policy, There, was no question of supporting him. but of his policy. "At any rate, Icannot be ol his policy. "At any rate, I cannot he

WALES AND CATHOLICISM. Share in Founding Religious Orders. Interesting- Lecture in the Free Library. "It is a commonplace of history that the Reformation was not popular in Wales." So IIr. W. Llevelj-ij Williams at t-lie Free L1- brarv on Saturday iidght-. His subject wao, 1 "Welsh Catholics on the Continent." and se- veral persons in the audience expressed curw- sity as to the existence of such people. That- was before the lecture. Protestantism, said the lecturer, was only popular in Harry the Eighth's time among a- few time-serving law- yens and llh. The ancient faith of Catholi- cism was firm within them, and the custom of "Mart Lwyd" that survives to-day indi- cates the presence of the in3ueai.ee of the- Catholic rites and beliefs held then as sacred, in Wales as by the Catholics to-day. Dewi Sant was then a reaJ symbol, ilinosl, I person- ality of their faith, a fact of which they were daily reminded by the stately raomiments of those days left us in the ruined abbeys of I native Wales. When the time of persecution came, in 1568. parties of students and priests fled to the Continent- rather than read the "Book of Common Prayer. One settlement made was at Douay. the other in Rome. At I Rome the students were housed i:1 what had 'been the old palace of King C-adwailader. and Dr. Owen Lewis, of Anglesey, became princi- paL Here ddscord arose between the Welsh and English students, the latter being greatly outnumbered. Undue favouritism was al- leged as being extended by Dr. Lewi" (¡o hi owin. countrymen, and the upshot of it. was that the English, finding things becoming un- bearable. went to another religious house in Heme, which chanced to be in the charge of the Jesuits. The influence of tha.t cleavage was responsible for the formation of two Catholic bodies, the Celtics and the Afflglo- Saxons. the latter controlled by the Jesuits. (An interesting point delivered by the lecturer was that lie had himself seen a letter written wholly in Welsh from Dr. Griffith Roberts. Bishop of Milan, to John Ce il in the time of Henry VIII. This proved that the founder of the Cecils, the ancestors of Lord Salis- bury. were undeniably Celtic in origin.) At the time of the Armacb, the split between the two pirt-ie-s of Continental British Cat-ho- lies became more pronounced. The Welsh desired to see a Tudor on the throne, and the f-thers regirded the claims of Philip to the throne of En-gland, as a Catholic monarch, perfectly justified. Three yoamg Welsh priests, seeing in the cleavage a danger to the Catholic faith, made seaxxih for the only sur- viving member of the centuries-dormant but ancient Benedictine order, and the old maIl, when found, instructed them in the tenets I of that day, and-, ultimately they went to I Dcuay. where was found.ed the nucleus of the present famous Benedictine establishment. "The names of tlie three young Welshmen were Fathers Leander (whose real mime John Jones), William Lord (afterwards Archbishop), and W. Augustine Baker, and." said the lecturer, "whatever our creed, what ever our belief, we cannot, must not- with- hold our admiration for the courage and un- swerving tenacity to which they and the othei's who pweded them cJung to the faith they so devoutly believed in." At the con- clusion of an exceedingly brilliant lecture-- here but briefly outlined—a. vote of thanks ivLiN passed with great acclamation, l-lie v, i>h being generally expressed for Mr. \Yilli,\li\¡"" early return.

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REV. SELDON MORGAN'S NEW CHARGE. Accepts the Living of Holy Trinity, Swansea. His Career at the Universities. Our leaders will be interested and pleased to learn that the Rev. William Seldon-Mor- gan, M.A.. curate-in-cha-rge. of St. James's Church, Waiter-road, Swansea, has been offered the important liviug of Holy Trinity, Swansea, and that he has definitely accepted the charge. The rev. gentleman" succeeded the Rev. J. A. Harriss, M.A., who has been promoted the living of High Wycombe. The churchpeople of Swansea will receive the news o the Rev. W. Seldon-Morgan's acceptance of the call with great satisfactiunr inasmuch as the rev. gentleman is an earnest and strenuous Christian, worker, a. splendid ex- tempore preacher, and ,1 gentleman of bril- liant scholastic parts. )1r. Seldon-Morgan is a native of Newport, Pembrokeshire, and re- ceived his early education at the old Cardigan Collegiate School, under the Rev. D. H. Davies. From Cardigan the future vicar of Holy Trinity proceeded to Llandovery Col- ie-zv of tt-hich at the time the present Bishop of St. David's was principal. His scholastic '.ai'eer at Llandovery was in all respects suc- < ess fid, the rev. gentleman displaying ihos diligent inclinations for studentship which have marked his subsequent educational .courses. He was at Llandovery for four years, and Le then entered Queen^s College. Cambridge, as an open classical scholar, and won many valuable prizes there. From Cam- bridge 3ttr. Seldon-!Morgan served as classical master colleges at Belfast and elsewhere, ( and returned to Wicliffe Hall, Oxford, where he served as a master for two years under the present Bishop Chavasse, of Liverpool. He took his B.A. degree in 1895, and his M.A. in 1897. and was ordained in 1897 by ) Bishop Ryle. of Liverpool, to the important curacy of Southport. In 1898 the siiiie saintly bishop ordained him priest.. Two years after- wards the rev. gentleman was offered b,- the Bev Chan vllor Smith. M.A.. the St. ^lary s. Swansea, which he accepted, and six months ago Chancellor Smith promoted him to the curacy in charge of St. James's, where liis ministrations have been the means of st the religious iiiV and zed (,1 the p:1111].

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FOOTBALL NOTES. Great Surprise at Stradey. Fourteen-point Defeat for the Scarlets. Forward Ordered off the Field. (BY" OBSERVER.") The football in South Wales on Saturday last wa3 brimful of interest., both in the East and in the West. At St-radey Llaneily en- tertained their old rivals from St. Helen's, and the re"ult simply "staggered humanity." Swansea romping home winners by a goal and three tritrf to nothing. At Aberavon, Bryce's little lot defeated Neath by two goals and a try to a couple of trie*, and tiie home team deserved ali they got. At Cardiff Yoikshire met and were defeated by a Glamorgan team that uniy contained two first-class players, and at Newport, Gloucester went down to the tune 01 1wo sroals, two tries to iove. Car- 1cliti looi-z an indifferent team to Moseley, and trie jLalartd.rs were lucky to win by a penalty t'° nothing. Thus the records went wal- t?P\ anci .only first-class teams in South is,l8s' "•vbich remain unbeaten at tne present time are Swansea and Newport. 1 iiese old rivals meet in three i week's time 'm tile bank* of the "(;.4; and if neither are beaten in the meantime, won't there be a gatuermg of the clans to see the game! At present I tancy the All Whites, and tney ar. ce.'tain to take ali thf- h at~ri^ the best can give them. There was a- vast difference in the feelini'^ of the two set.- of partisans, prior to the match at Slraxiey. Llaneily people -were brimful of confidence, and no amount of persuading wculd conYin'¡;,e tildll that Swansea had any chance of winning. On the other hand, the I excursionists from Swansea were quiet and without being confident of winning, they feit tliat tlie visitors would render a- good account of tiienLselves. But if anvone had ventured to prtclict tliat the Ail Whites were going to to prtclict that the An Whites were going to wm by a goal and three tries to nothing, they would have been tr id that there was a. vacant y for them at Bridgend. Such a finish was never dreamt, of. as the previous form of the two team. Wits "uch that it seemed bound to be a doe finish. For once in 1 way the prophets were ail -niong. aim down the line tLy fell into the ffial error of over-rating themselves.. Far J.etT" to a team the impression that they a re going t o lose, than that they are going to win. It incites the j.lavers to play hardtT if they think they are going to be beaten, and there is no doubt- that the adver.se criticism that was levelled against t.he Swansea, for- wards was- the means of stimulating them to try and rise to the occasion. Experience has taught me that- the. Swansea pack do badiv when everybody thinks they are gome to do weii, and vice-versa. c Llaneily in the first half had the advantage of the wind and slope, ajid at the outset tlx Scarlets pressed with great vigour. Tiny penned Swansea- clown in the corner, and twice Arnold was within reasonable distance of scoring. lie was brought- down on the line after clever run, and it was as much as the Whites could do to keep their opponents from -scoring. The.n after fifteen minutes' play the game underwent a complete change, and after David Thomas had dribbled half the length of the field, Serine p'c-ked up in the loose and nearly scored. Swansea now had a took-in. and tried to Swansea now had a took-in. and tried to bring off those rounds of passing which have made the backs so famous throughout the country. But the Llaneily threequarters were too íimart for them. and they paid pai- ticular at-tenth n to Jowett, who wa-s grassed almost as soon as lie had the ball. Aicwyn Jones eventually raised the siege by interecyt- ing and kicking to the other end. and for a tiu'e matters- weie of the give and take order. ¿:,nd as even a-< pos-ible. Then a blunder by the Llaneily bneks gave Dan ltees a chance, and like a fla<li he we-- through, with Jow--tt in attendance.. Bob Richards waited for ihe pair o1' them. hUL no full back in an open field can cope with two opponents, and neediest to say Rees feinted 'uid then scored an un- converted try. At the interval Swansea, weie a try to no- tfilng. and with the wind and slopi in their favour ir ffh-i slight où,J", on the visiturs main- taining the lead, although then form had not been Rich :I.- to suggest that they were going to pile on three more tries. But the unexpec- ted happened, and in the whoie of the s-cond half it- way. a, case, of Swansea attacking Llaneily defending. Try as they would, Llan- eily could never get going, and were let down continually by the slowness of their inside half, who could not get the ball away sharp enough. By excellent- judgment Fred Serine cored two tine tiict*. and the rounds of cheei- iiig b\ the Swansea, partisans had scarcely subsided before Dicky Owen wa- seen wrig- gling through the Llaneily back*. For the fust time for two years ht' crossed the IIIJt, with a try. and -,is lie said afterwards. he t hcip .scoring." Towards the end Llancllv wokt. up and made desperate effnrt. to notch a point. but it wasn't to be llone. and when the whistle went. play was at the cen- t I tre. It was not by any means a prettv game to watch, and the play for the greater part of the time was confined to the forwards. The defence, right up to the middle of the second half. was superior to the attack, but. after Swansea scored their second try, Llaneily seemed to lose heart, and never rallied, Of the two packs of forwards, Llaneily were su- perior in getting possesssion of the ball in the scrums, and in heeling out. but in open foot- work and at the line out Swansea were seen tu better advantage than against Aberavon the previous week. Before the Scarlets can I hope for perfect combination behind the scrums, they will be forced to get a younger plaver than Morgan, who has seen his best days. Ben Davies seemed to lack his usual confidence, and took liberties which were risky. His foot .which was injured early in the game, also t-old against him. and under th* circumstances it was very plucky of him to have stayed till the end. I Arnold was the pick of the three-quarters. and when properly fed this youngster is very smart. He is quick to utilise his chances, and as he possesses a. good turn of speed and dodging powers, he should be given as many openings as possible. Gabe never got going, and was well-marked, and Aicwyn Jones was at times brliliant and at others erratic. D. M. Davies had to find his own work. and never got a. decent pass throughout the game. Bob Richards was safe, and without being quite first-class, he is nevertheless a useful back. Watkins, Walters, and Stacev were the pick of a hard-working set of forwards. One can have nothing but. praise for the winners, who played a tiuly grand game. Serine, Parker, and Joseph were in great form. and even if more conspicuous than tne others in the open, yet their conlreres did equally as well In the scrums and loose rushes, At half the nimble Owens was here, there, and everywhere, and, notwithstanding the rough handling he got. came up smiling every time. His partner. Dick Jones, took an ilIl- mense amount of holding.and used great judg- ment in making openings. i ):m stood out head and shoulders above every three- quarer on the ground, and his try was the result of a remarkably clever run. It will he difficult to keep this player out of the Welsh team if he continues in his present form. Gordon played as usual, cool and collected, and difficult to stop when he got under weigh, and his partner. Trew. did all that came his way verv neatlv. Jowett was well watched, but he nevertheless made several clinking runs. and thoroughly dcscrveu tne try \\JHcn was disallowed. At full-back Swansea had a good man. and Bancroft wasn't missed, al- though the general opinion is that the vet'ee;m should be given tiie preference for this posi- tion. Next Saturday Swansea are due at Gloster, an-1 no doubt the Whites will manage to win this game, as the 'Cestrians are not over strong this season. With the exception of Aubrey Smith for Joseph, the team will be the Mine as last. week. Let us hope the Gioster team will a gentlemanly game, and not indulge in such rough tactics as was the case last season and the year before. The meeting of the old rivals Neath and Aberavon on the ground of the latter, was as I usual a scrappy, rough game, in which the foi wards bore the brunt of the fight. Aber- a von won by two goals and a try to two tries, and. their forwards were better than Neath, Both teams, however, are very poor exponents oi the passing game, and suffer from lack of good backs. A couple of clever three-quar- | ters would be a god-send to both crabs at the present time. The game between Yorkshire and Glamor- gao at Cardiff, was better than the ordinary run of county matches, and the through- où'. was of a high older. Glamorgan won by tne superiority of their back division, and the three men who had the most to do were Freear, Gwyn Nichoiis. and D. J Lewis, of Swansea- For once in a way Freear had the pleasure of playing outside a centre who could ieed him, and the result was that the Irishman scored three grand tries. V\ ner, Freear played for Swansea, he was always "starved, and pec-pie are beginning to ask why he isn't given a, trial with Swansea. Probably he will be given a, chance later on, and outside men like Rees and Gordon he couldn't fail to come off. The "Druid" writes :—The game between I;c utarduiais and Ammanford, played at the latter place on Saturday, was mot keenly contested, and the score of a goal each about represents the merits of the play. Jack Evans, the visiting captain, did not turn up. an the back division had once more to under- go a re-arrangement. At forward, the home- sters. led by the Evanses, and Pontardulais by Pugh and Cole. They were very evenly matched, though the visitors were much the lighter lot. Da.i Hughes, the visiting custo- dian. placed a sound defensive gams. Next Saturday there will probably be no match at Pentarciulais. St. John's, Llaneily, having disbanded. Mr. Secretary Pugh is doing his best, however, to get the vacant date tilled. Our Llandovery Correspondent write; "Old Stager," in his notes on the Swansea v. Llaneily match, which appeared in Mon- day evening's "Echo." stated that Harry Wat- kins was one of the most prominent forwards in the Llaneily pack. In a conversation, which I had with Watkins on the game, he admitted that the Scarlets defeat must be at- tributed to the weakness of the half-backs, and to the excellent defence of George Davies -as custodian—who tackled Arnold- on three occasions when ors the verge. of crossing. He prophesied a different result when the teams play the return hxture at St. Helen's. LLANDOVERY COLLEGE v. MR. IFOR KVAXSS TEAM. These teams met on the college ground on Wednesday last. The Collegians were op- posed to a fairly strong team, consist.ing of I Harry Watkins (the Llanellyite). S. H. Lock- yer (Oxford), Powis, Newton, and M. H. Nichols. Reed set the ball roiling, and play waged in the visitors' 25. Clever footwork by the visitors, however, took the game inside the home quarters, where Trevor Roberts dodged through the Collegians. Powis con- verted with a. fine kick. Un the restart the Collegians were outclassed in every depart- ment. tries being successively scored by ci Lockyer (3), W. Rees. and T: S .P. Griffith (2). Half-time score: Mr. Ifor Jones's XV.. 1 goal 6 tries; Llandovery College, Nil. On the resumption of hostilities, the play v,-a« of a more even character, the collegiate forwards dribbling with rare js-kill. Harry Watkins ultimately obtained "possession in his own 25. and, making a powerful run, notched a capital try. which W. Rees major- i,ed- Harry Watkins again almost got over Mostyn Davies tackling him on the line. Lcckver added another try. which ]for Jones converted. The school now assumed the ag- gressive. and successive tries were scored by Langmann and LidbuiT. one of which was improved upon by. Reed. Just on the call of time. Lockyer again crossed, Watkins, with a capital kick, adding on the extra two points. Final score:—Mr. Her Jones's leam.—4 goats 6 tries :LlandoveTy College. 1 goal 1 try:

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Alleged Frauds from Neath Tradesman. The Neatly County justices have just re- niaiiaed on bui] a voung woman named JV. art ha homas, who is ( barged with attempting to obtain goods by false pretences in the name of Messrs. Glass and Roberts, the well-known Aeath drapers and milliners, from Messrs. yvce and Sons, Ltd., oi London. Miss lhomas was formerly a milliner in a Neath establishment, and now she is said to be re- siding at Briton Ferry. It is alleged that the modus operandi w,, to send to the firm named asking for certain goods to be de- livered at the Grandison Hotel. Briton Ferry, with the result that- Messrs. Glass and Rob- erts received all invoice for the goods they had never ordered. Miss Thomas never really received the goods, hence the charge "attempting to obtain." which will be inves- tigated next Friday morning JY the county justices.