The South Wales Daily Post

MARRIAGE. On the 7th inst., at Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel, Swansea, by the Rev. T. H. Ingram, Howard Benjamin Davies, of the South Wales Daily Post office, son of Mr. Benjamin Davies, printer, to Edith, daughter of the late Edwin Slocombe, both of Swansea.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1893. AN UNFAIR OPPONENT. Mr. W. Brace is no student of human nature, or he would never have dared to act as he has been acting during the last few days. If Mr. Brace is doing himself or the cause of the Miners' Federation any good among the colliers of South Wales, we have greatly overestimated the collier's love of fairplay and straight dealing. All decent men will be disgusted at the callousness and the irresponsible recklessness of the man, and we may well shudder to think that it may be that the fate of the Welsh coal trade will at some future time be placed in his keeping. It is only when we compare Mabon with men such as Mr. Brace that we begin to realise the invaluable services of the Welsh labour leader, his strength of character, his masterfulness, his wise moderation, and his far-sighted states- manship. Granted that the Sliding scale principle is the wrong principle, and- that its usefulness is come to an end, no one will deny that it has been of incalculable benefit to Wales, and that its adoption has saved Welsh industry from the overwhelming consequences of disastrous strikes during the last 15 years. We believe that the days of the Sliding-sealc are numbered, but its end is not yet. Welsh col- liers will not be so foolish as to join the Miners' Federation when they have nothing to gain and everything to lose by it. The Federa- tionists may say what they please of the 47 per cent. reduction in the wages of miners working under the Sliding-scale arrangement, but the fact remains that the rate of wages in South Wales is higher than it is in Federation districts. At the same time, we have reached bottom, and the Ii per cent. rise which has lately been declared is the herald of better days. By sticking to the Sliding-scale Welsh miners are certain of a great and speedy increase in their wages, and they would be worse than dullards if they deserted the scale at the very moment when it is turning in their favour. The hauliers in thei Rhondda are demanding 20 per cent. increase. We believe that within a year every collier in South Wales will be in receipt of that increase —not because the Federation demands it, but because the coal trade is beginning to improve. Having failed to induce the canny miners to come over and join the Federation, Mr. W. Brace continues to play the part of indepen- dent friend and adviser. He poaches shame- lessly on the preserves of his friend Mabon, and he continues to make those statements which brought down upon him the wrath of a Welsh jury last week, Mr. Brace glories in the fact that he cannot pay the damages which were awarded to Mr. Abraham for a gross and foundationless libel. Not only that, but Mr. Brace asserts that the jury was prejudiced and partial, and that the verdict was directly con- trary to the summing up of the Judge.. We do not know what ground X Brace has for saying that the Judge was iu ,1, favour; we can only take the unanimous opinion of all who heard Mr. Justice Wills' summing up, and who say that, though strictly fair and impartial, the Judge was plainly of the same opinion as the jury. Not content with casting aspersions on the jury and mis- representing the Judge's attitude, Mr. Brace, in the impunity of his poverty, repeats the libel. Speaking at Aberkenfig yesterday, Mr. Brace said that he defied any man to be inde- pendent of the coalowners in such circum- stances as surrounded the payment of Mr. Abraham's salary. But the most extraordinary statement of all was that made by a Mr. Cowey, President of the Yorkshire Miners' Federation. Alluding to the result of the recent libel action, which he described as nothing but a "muzzling order," he said, "it was the best advertisement for Mr. Brace and the Federation that Mr. Abraham could have given them. The suit was the subject of discussion by miners all over the country, and of discussion not dis- advantageous to Mr. Brace. When two Labour leaders got into a warm dispute it was cer- tainly not fair that om of them should run cncay and seek-rtfuge in the law courts. (Applause.) This is really the most extraordinary statement that we have ever heard. Here. are two Labour leaders, one in possession and the other in anticipation; one with, a position, a character, and probably a material interest at stake, the other with his spurs to win, a position to make, and with nothing to lose. The younger man attacks the older with weapons legitimate and illegitimate; ie attacks the system with which the older is identified, and he attacks the man through the system. In the vigour and heat of his criticism he transcended the bounds of honourable attack, and^a jury Asi his countrymen mulcted him in £ 500 damages. But this Mr. Cowey, df York- ,shire, says that Mr. Abraham's conduct --was not fair! Presumably, ML Abraham jought to have allowed Mr. Braee < to-continue j Isto insinuate the vilest charges against him ,withoutproted,.and certainly withoutrecomse- fcto-tho 4aTC*courts £ o dear lib chsc&cteB. Mr.; r" Cowey, no doubt, thinks that Mabon ought to have looked calmly on while his character was being traduced, his position undermined, his influence demolished by the groundless oharges of Mr. Brace. Mabon can well leave Mr. Brace alone now; the sting has been taken out of his utterances at the law courts. But had not Mabon taken effectual measures to show the miners that Mr. Brace's charges were only gross libels, even Mr. Brace might have been invested with a temporary importance. As it is, however, we may take it for granted that "the suit is the subject of discussion by miners all over the country," and if the miners are the fair and honest and straightforward men we would believe them to be, the discussion will not be disadvantageous to Mabon.

NOTES ON NEWS. J A correspondent of the A M A R B' s Western Mail hab alighted NEST. on a mare's nest. Mr. Lloyd George in his New- port speech cited the case of a Nonconformist who was denied burial in the same grave as his child be- cause he wished the service to be conducted by a Nonconformist. A Mr. Alfred Wilkins then wrote to the Bishop of St. Asaph asking if he knew of the matter. This is signifi- cant of the estimation in which the fighting Bishop is held by Churchmen. Once let a tale be told of ecelesiastiep.1 tyranny, and it is im- mediately concluded that the Bishop of St. Asaph has a finger in the pie. However, this time the Bishop was blameless and ignorant, for the incident occurred in the diocese of Bangor. His Lordship, therefore, suggested to Mr. Wilkins that he had better write to Mr. Lloyd George for information. This Mr. Wilkins did, but has received no answer from Mr. Lloyd George. Worse than all, Mr. Wilkins enclosed a stamped addressed envelope, which also has not been returned. The truth of the matter is that Mr. George has as great a dislike to letter writing as ever Mr. Parnell had, and has on several occasions given on public platforms the name of the parish in which the scandal took place. Messrs. E. Morewood and Till WELSH Company, proprietors of TIN-PLATE TRADE. the South Wales Tin-plate Works, Llanelly, have given notice to their workmen at Llanelly to terminate contracts at the expiration of 28 days. A similar notice has been posted up at the Barry Works, Llanelly, and also at the Cwmbwrla Works, which are owned by the same firm. Messrs. Morewood and Co. have also given notice or their intention to permanently close the tin- house department of their Cwmbwrla Works at the expiration of one month.—Such is the sad news that the daily papers have brought us this morning. Messrs. Morewood are about the largest manufacturers in the Welsh tin-plate trade, and employ about three thousand hands. The reasons for their present action are supposed to be the financial crisis in the United States and the uncertain state of the coal trade. Anything that affects the credit of the American money market of course affects intimately the Welsh tin-plato trade, for the States are our largest customers. Messrs. Morewood may, therefore, have decided to stop their works only till things right them- selves in America, and till the home coal trade is in smoother water. On the other hand, it is kiown that the firm has recently erected large works in the United States, and there appears to be a fear that the McKinley tarifl, which was specially framed to kill the Welsh tin- plgle trade, and encourage the establishment of the industry in the States, has tempted Messrs. Morewood to transfer their undertaking to the other side of the Atlantic. The non- success which has attended the attempt of the Americans to make their own tin-plates might be thought a sufficient answer to their fears. But there is the fact of the works which Messrs. Morewood have erected to be taken into account, and that, together with the sudden notice to all their Welsh workmen, does make it look as if emigration was contemplated. It would be a thousand pities if it were so, just at the time when the McKinley tariff has been tried and.has been found wanting. a—■u—aKS—g———

LONDON LETTER MONDAY EVENING. The pace is beginning to tell on the legislators to whom legislation is a pastime more than a business; and reform is all the better off from their languor. But it was on Mr Balfour that the brunt of the consequence of tardy arrival at the House to-day fell, MAKING PROGRESS. The fault, suggested the Speaker, was the result of a misapprehension as to the, new rule for beginning questions a quarter of an hour earlier than heretofore. But Mr. Balfour's lapse was quite another story, for his much-anticipated proposal to omit clause 9 from the Home Rule Bill, and to substitute an- other excluding the Irish from Parliament, except as temporary visitors in the event of some amend-e ment of the Government of Ireland Act being afoot, had the first place en the paper. it large hopes were based by the Opposition, thus it came to pass that when, preliminary busii being over, the Speaker called on the leaaer of Opposition all eyes were turned with expectatio the seat he usually occupied. But Mr. JEeel ca in vain, the Liberals were amazed and amused, the Unionists were dumbfounded. BAUTLEY TO THS BKEACH. When the stern fact could no longer be hi, that Mr. Balfour's seat was an aching toi there was a hero ready to leap into the gu the person of Mr. Bartley, who doubtle^ alised that the hour having arriveR: man was also forthcoming. A happy ovn had brought within Mr. Bartley's reach tPw tinguished position for which Nature ha^^ himi but of which he has hitherto been d^ by that malignity of fate which dogs thothi steps of unappreciated genius. fie] occasion with a. confidence which W hidden under an attitude of coy But, alas, the Speaker did not ta.ke view of the situation. He decliveJ to member for Islington to lay approp ':t upon Mr. Batfour'B motion. The i-* prived-of the-ecstacy of Being Mr. -B a L- L t to the,atl.ackthegentlemen of Yuglaiid Uisteraand .Brummagem allies. A-STRONG MAN IN -COMMAND. Butithis was only the first drop.ofth: hustlecLabout the heads of the disconce ists. Around dozen of clauses that^ fain have inserted in the Bill the Speaker's remorseless sc Heneage. Sir Julian Goldtl Wolmer, and others saw the obj affections unsparingly massacre. Smith had several sad-inomont&vf paigh before ho realised that a proposal ope appoinmaut of boundary com. to. rearrange the new Irish (öea was the sole ssrvivor amid jHeronpontherefollowed aJtusser^ on the jerrymandering iniquitiet^ jment, while Ministers-held firmti -their proposals, the. regulation (ation by population, snd soore view IõAD "THK^HO1 A very«tr<mg feeling has-feer • 3side»<jfthe House in regard aeats tor the Ladies* "Goflwi A tickets are distributed by ballot, and m& mem- bers who have taken part in the ballot evy time this scasonhave been unsuccessful in gettin, single admission. To remedy this a petition being numerously signed asking that the orderor the Ladies' Gallery should be equally diibuted I among members at the beginning of eaclession. If that course be adopted, it is estimate that it will give each member four admissions r their lady friends during the session.

A THEATRICAL TRIUMI IN SWANSEA. A ROYAL DIVORCE" ATTIIE NEW THEATRE. When our forefathers were in theindles the name of Napoleon Bonaparte was hly men- tioned save with a shudder, but to-dave go and see a drama that has for its theme the ids of the master of Europe and we depart v slttlsfled. The intervening years have hushed t he 1 delirium of a eeutury ago, ard now we regathe great conqueror, with eyes devoid of feats one of those heroes whose inmost eliaracfcuust ever remain hidden beneath his herculeaersonality. The historical drama has two functi. It must interest and it must have no hesitation in saying that the ience who had assembled in the New fiatre last evening wended their wa; to their several houses with an amc of real historical knowledge that a e bevy of industrious pedagogues could nevIvO instilled. It is to Mr. W. G. Wills and Miss ae Hawthorn that the world is indebted for treally superb drama, and though the student 4story may be inclined to inveigh against the it altering of the STORY OF THE LON(' -SUFFEp,JOSAPHINE, the lover of the picturesque dr will see at a glance that the prolonging of tffe by a space of some few years is an essenttrlbute to the unity of the play. To attend pourtray the personality of the great Napols a tremendous task, and yet we must conf an inability to adversely criticise Mr. G. Pckburn in any great degree. In the fireace the actor's massive features and expanorowenable him to hit off the great warrior'srRl'd appearance in a marked degree, while hisQanding presence and military gait are greailis favour. It is plain to anyone who knows ling of the char- acter of the Emperor twr. Cockburn has made it a matter of anti thoughtful study. In his pe,rface last night he showed us Napoleorern manner, his undaunted courage, his temper, his un- bridled ambition, his comcontrol of even the smallest details of his eatH, his willingness to sacrifice all for his one aJ!1g passion, his small reverence for human lifor(-,n.iorseless cruelty, and he showed us, too.bard and stubborn nature towards the gent*- This is the THEME 0 for though we may leav our minus impressed most by the stirring trX. of tne fourth act, there can be no doubt" 18 in the scenes be- tween the divorced ell and her hard master that we hear tho dran in their happiest vein. Space will not perm1 recapitulation of the story here. It is ent'g and it is enchantingj and it owes a great p1*-8 popularity to the in- and it owes a great pitS popularity to the in tensely picturesque eg 01 its scenes and acts. And with this ceromanticism there is a complete harmony;ien its every detail. Everything savours"6 Prance in its palmy days. The esprit ds of the young marshals, the courtly obsequi's of the artful Talleyrand, the sprightly Of the ladies-in-waiting, were all eSlentiapslan. Skilfully blended with all thifere is the under- tone of sadnent by that splendid type of woma the queenly Josephine -through all hortnne8,. "empress still." Miss B. Willis pillS part with exquisite grace and pathos. lJeler llUeSL effort was that in wlaielisheisvis;her successor, the haughty Marie Louise, ) ONE LIST^.HE THRILLING PERIODS in which iine shames her Royal visitor the forios of the representative of the proud r Hapsburg grow dim before the pure and womaulineKS of the divorced queen. Not*1 ^merscene is the Old Sun iiu the great warrior gathers vrii^bosen leaders on the night when the of revelry was heard in Brussels 15 miles away. This scene leads up]1* climax, in which the awful rea'* warfare are depicted with wonderful In the first of these tableaux is seen th leaYer on bis white war-horse, with the a "esperate despair upon his face, the moon is peacefully- arising c P. ot Genappe and Quatre Bras, aimi8"v leader is seen standing mutely ,e serriei ranks of the grande armee, °5 e time face to face w even he is but a man, aiu. > mu*t learn the lesson that mh;oint, to 1Vltich when men aspire, Trle headlong down." There 16 Bcene more, and it is that on the eve ofm s departure into banishment. All 1 his gl< e burst as an empty bubble, and 4 i ONLY TRtTE POSSESSION left fhe' Iov« fa^hful Josephine, who him through all, I and ,offf.rS. herself to comfort I and !1S declining days. But the decree of 1 the .°.we,r9 it, and Napoleon de- c par'8 dal\°°the ro?ky ishind on whose skof the wild billows °f the Atlantic, and Jo)emams but for a short period, and then ,4 aononrs to the world again, her biessed 5!iven, and slept in peace." To say u iellcc were enthralled, would be rI little, and Mr. Meiviile is to b, congratulated on getting such a splen- dny to SWansea. Of the individual If several actors, notably Messrs. Gray- «tor, W itcoinb, and Ritchie, and Misses Tviin, Edith I-larcourt, M. Watson and would feign speak, but space forbids. ging ot the piece ill perfect, and ictit is due to Messrs. J. A. Johnstone, $°T<r ,'1 Whlteombe> and last, but not least, N. Kelly, for the admirable way in which is produced. Last night the theatre was indeed, it is doubtful if such a huee has ever before gathered within its walls -I

OVELOCK WLLSON',S COSTS, an iehimber of the Cardiff friends of Air J. tbck Wilson, M.P., have already contributed niwards the fund being raised by a committee jpibcrs of Parliament and trade union leaders jiemnify the hon. member for the costs of his it libel actions.

FOG ALL THE WAY. [ARROW ESCAPE OF AN ATLANTIC LINER. remarkable narrow escape of the Guion liBer ka is chronicled by the Central News Queens- correspondent, The steamer arrived from York at half-past five last night after en- tering nothing but fog during the entire Lge. For four successive days and rights the tie and foghorn were keft sounding, but DK calculated to cause snrions nia»«m -A.a.LAV,UJ..J.t::iU -ostntil half-past ten yesterday morning, when the siessel narrowly avoided running on the extreme tfest coast of Ireland. The weather was densely thick, and but for the fact that the Alaska was only steaming at quarter-speed she must have struck a .gigantic rock towards which she had got so near Jthat it could be seen through the haze. The j engines were at onee reversed, and the steamer backed out of danger. She then proceeded cautiously, and two hours later the Fastnet was sighted. At Browhead, however, the fog was so thick that the Alaska was not observed passing. She carried 260 passengers, and had on board 259 sacks of mails.

Patriek Bradley, aged 14, whilst playing in a Stockportmill yesterday, fell a distance of 70 feet and was killed, The butter -producers of New South Wales antioipate'that they will shortly be able to exporb lOjOOOjOOOIb, of buttor annually. Photographer, Temple-street Stodro, Swantea. Business oarried on as usual during extonsivo ttltorfttionsk Open on Bank Holi. day. August 7th,—Advt. IN Orz" or RSJMOVA&.—MP. W. W. EVAnB, Dentist, has amoved from Ho, 5, BryK-y-Mor Terrace, to Lynn Houie, No, 60 at. Belen8 Road, near tho General Hospital,— GAS STOVES,—JOHN S. JlROWN. KITCHEN RAKQES,=^OUN" a. JJROW14, ra Mae lea Cheh', their omQM

THE POST BAG. — —. Mr. Deffett Francis, of Swaaaea, was one of the founders of the Savage Club. I "Blessed truth" is the Liverpool Courier's translation of Gwalia Wen." Miss Cissie Loftus, the latest rage of London Music Halls, is only 14 years old. St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight, is the smallest church in England. It is only 16 feet square. „tn?»ifcady-Swanse# wi]1 Sive an "At ilome next Thursday at Singleton Abbey. The loss in natural wealth during the past 30 years through the destruction of plant food in polluted streams and sewage works is estimated at five hundred million pounds. Dr. Arthur Davies appeared yesterday to give evidence in a case which was tried before Mr. Jus- ice Wills. Dr. Davies is also his Lordship's medical adviser when at Swansea. *+ Wllllams> M.P., was an interested listener at tne Civil court when the "Glasbrook Case" Was being heard. He was constantly asked for his version of the celebrated "We fight." The tower of the Parish Church at Llangvfelach is a separate structure, standing several feet from the church itself. A writer in a Cardiff paper ex- plains this architectural phenomen, by saying that the architec-t must haTO forgotten insert the tower in his plan. reswylvdd y Gareg," writing to a North. Wales paper, says that a farm in this country at present is only of about two two-thirds the value it was 30 years ago, owing to the reduction in our agricul- tural produce, which is the result of the importa- tion of so much foreign produce. An amusing ineident occurred the other day during the hearing of the IIolTlIton outrage trial. Mr. Ivor Bowen in his impassioned address to the jury perpetrated a lapsus linguae which formed a delicious bit of double entendre keenly relished by those members of the junior bar present. IGdweIly Cnstle, yesterday, was the scene of a pretty Slower Show and an JEisteddfod. That ancient pile, we are told, was lent for the occasion by Earl Cawdor. It is high time our castles and other venerable monuments became the property of the people who hold flower shows, eistedd- fodau, and other public gatherings. • ,f.f!Sh the phrase for cutting or mowing hav 18 8wailV' literally killing hay." But the word lladd up to a few centuries ago had the meaning of to cut," and is an instance how words in proessa of time undergo a change of meaning Readers of the Mabinogiorimust haveeome across the expression "lladd ei ben," "to cut off his head." Immediately after Mr. Gladstone had finished his speech at Islington, quite a theatrical episode was played on the platform. A young Syrian ascended the rostrum, and, placing a hand on en either side of Mr. Gladstone's head, kissed the right hon. gentleman on the forehead. Mr. Glad- stone was startled at this proceeding, and strongly protested, but the audience cheered. Another injustice to Wales! It is announced that a revising barristership in North Wales vacant by the resignation of Mr. Marshall, Q.C.' has been conferred upon a Mr. D. A. V. Colt Williams. The district which the appointment covers comprises Merionethshire, and it might be KakAi. il..i Tir 1 • ugub mat vveisn speaking would be an essential qualification. But the post has bee* conferred upon one who does not know Welsh. Mr. Ellis Jones Griffiths, one of the candidates for the Montgomery Boroughs, is the son of an Anglesea farmer. After a brilliant University career at Cambridge—where he won a Law Fellow- ship and filled the office of President of the Union —Mr. Griffiths migrated to London, was called to the Bar,and for a time shared rooms with Mr. Tom, Ellis at Westminster. In '91 he was married to Mis. Mary Owen, the well-known London.soprano. The majesty of the law was publicly illustrated in the Crown Court on Saturday last. His lord ship was deeply occupied in taking evidence in the Morriston case when a local magnate, opening I .he door beh. t d the Judge, handed in a .note in- bended for his Lordship, Turning round sharply lis Lordship ignored the proferred missive, and peremptorily ordered the door to be closed, and lis face plainly showed that such interruptions vere most unreasonable, and met with his itrongest displeasure. ( ery appropriately has the grave been called the land of forgetfulness," but little did one think that even all the waters of Lethe could wipe out the rancour and hatred engendered by a County Council election. Such, however, has been the case at Briton Ferry. Yesterday, at a certain funeral which took place at that town, a respected County Councillor and his opponent at the last election might have been seen walking arm in arm in the friendliest of manner. Surely the millennium dawn i. about to break through the gloom of Briton Ferry and the regions round about the Red Jacket and Port Tal bot. Those who have wielded a scythe will tell you that the operation of mowing hay, an operation which often commences in Dyfed at three or four in the morning, and is followed up to a latehourin the day, is by no means an easy task. In the neighbourhood of Llanybydder, in Cardiganshire there is a veteran who has been engaged in this particular work for 80 summers. He is John Jones, of Neuadd, his age is 93, and this year you might have seen him swinging his brawny arms at the head of a number of sturdy yokels on a meadow beloaging to Gwrdymawr in that neighbourhood. The fact probably is unique in the history of agri- culture in this country, and is worthy of record among the short and simple annals of the poor. A Bristol correspondent, writing of the Ponty- pridd Eisteddfod. say.: It was sneeringly said a long time ago- We have, heard of Ap Jenkins, Ap Tones, and Ap Shales; But whoever heard of Ap-ollo in Wales?' The god of music was in evidence in the Princi- pality now, and the number of competitors for some of the prizes in the vocal contests was enormous. Pushed as to a comparison of ite7 choirs in the Principality with those in great festival centres in England, Dr. Mackenzie, the Principal of the Royal Academy, said it would be unfair to compare them. The festival choirs could not do what the Welsh choirs did; thav would not even care to do it. They could not afford to spend three months over a couple of nttmbers; but on the other hand the Welsh choirs could not do festival work, they did not read sufficiently well. A correiipondent suggests that a Society for the Modification of Names should be formed. He com- plains that the monotony of Welsh names is an obstacle and 1L piece of foolery. Everyone is a Jones, a Davies, a Williams, or an Evans. This now light suggests we should adopt the name* of places, and drop oar saper- omlnal tails, Thus, inBtead of John Jonea we should havo John Carn&rTon, Instead of William Davies, William Qangyfelach, inntead ofThomai Evans we should have Thomas Cwmbwrla, instead of Richard Williams we should Riehard Cwmrhydyowrw. Other pretty UftTnss might bo drafted into the service flueh as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. After 011, thlp is pet iio absurd as it appears at first slgM, anil is aaly a revival of a custom which obtained in Wales at onO timn, as the names Jfeslyn, Mft4egaj?,^yiln, Ballabiffy, Glyn, and a ftest ef ethers shew, Ja4eed a large number of C-amish surawmes were formed in the game way ANwk Xi^varthen^ Ptmheaialai^ &e, 7

[ WELSH PRESS. [BY CAKADOU,] THE IjOEDS and NONCONFORMISTS. Once again says the Genedl, in a short but pithy leader, "the House of Lords has shown the spirit of tyranny and persecution which possesses it. Some time ago a small Bill was sent up from the Commons providing an improved way of procuring land on which to build or enlarge chapels. It was passed in the Commons by a large majority. Its chief opponent in the Lower House was Lord Cranborne, the Marquess of Salisbury's son. When the Bill came before the Lords, instead ot throwing it -out, thereby creatine I [ a bad impression abroad against tliêm: they adopted a 'cuter but equally effective means to attain their object. They decided to pass the measure but only to render it useless; they kept letter but denied the spirit, they extended NonconfornlÎsts the expected privilege on the one hand, but withheld it on the other. Ihey preserved every clause which favoured the landlord, but cancelled everything that benefitted Dissenters. For instance, while allowing any denomination the right to demand laad for build- ing, they so hedge in the right with such strict and expensive conditions that it is not likely any denomination will ever endeavour to purchase 4- land under the measure as it stands. If a plot of land, of the value Say oE £ 20 or £ 30, is required, he Lords compel the chapel trustees to appeal for a Parliamentary Provisional Order, which costs £400. In addition to all this, all the,costs of the case may fall on the appellants." A WORD FOR THE PREACHERS." Such is the heading of an article written in the 1 avian m reply to some remarks on preachers which appeared in a Cardiff daily some time ago The article is evidently written by a clerical gen- en- tleman, and he docs notal together make abad caseof it. '-It is a degrading and narrow thought," says the writer, to speak of expense in connection with moral and spiritual benefit, Had a preacher, during a ministry of 40 years, not succeeded in saving more than one soul, orkesping more than one person from everlasting destruction, he would have more than repaid the cost. Are we not told that one soul is more precious than the whole world, and that by One who knows the value of both ? But we are afraid that a soul's value is not a ruling sentiment in many a .ewspaper office. There they have some idea of the value of land, of railway shares and bank share.; they know a little, possibly, of the value of knowledge and talent, but next to nothing of a spirit which is to live for ever.' I A WELSHWOMAN- AT THE WORLD'S FAIR forms the subject of a chatty article from the pea of the Rev. Dr. Fred Evans (Ednyfad) in the Seren Dr. Evans is one of the mosfc popular of Welsh Baptist ministers in the States, and a great friend of the Rev. Dr. J. Gomer Lewis. Among other objects which Ednyfed saw at the World'. Fair was the Welsh corner in which sat Miss Adams, from Llangeler. She reigns supreme in that corner. inot far from her there is another little Welsh lady, at least in outward form, but she speaks not a word, walks not a step s»iles not, laughs not, sings not, and frown, not' She was made of wood and wax, and clothed in » flannel dress manufactured by Messrs. Parry and ftoew. But she is lifeless and soul-less, totally unlike Miss Adams. Miss Adams is a native of Drefach, Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, and she became a member of the same ehurch as the Rev. J. Gomer Lewis, Drefach is the home of weavers." ISNIS ULLURCH IN WALEG | The Bauer publishes the second instalment of [the Rev. Lewis Hughes's pamphlet JSfi.nl little Wales and the Church of £ iig!and." The, writer this time deals with the presentnondition of the Church in Wales, which is, he savs, deprived of the presence of the Spirit. He write, strongly also on the inequality of clerical stipends, the attack on Church property, and loaves and fishes in the Chnrch. "The election cry," says Mr. Hughes, "often is 'The Church in danger.' as if "f n"o-n tl,() f(t(1 TUfV-l. TT,+;] it, i. purified and reformed and Christianised, in deed and in truth, it must be in danger. Her supporters look for help here, there, and everywhere. Conferences must be formed, holy or other- wise, it matters not at all what. Mammon must be pressed to the service, so as to gi\e.Jesus ruir p lay. xiow cruel i is noL tnis a betrayal ? Not a stone is left unturned in order to makethecase lookasplausible as poaaible before the electorate, and, if necessary, the results of the last I general election must be changed." It is hardly necessary to remind the reader that Mr. Hughes is the senior curate of St. Luke s, Camberwell London. THE PARLIAMENTARY FIGHT. Several of the Welsh papers comment upon'the squabble which occurred in the House. ''Nothing of the kind," the Tyst thinks, haa happened in our time, if ever before. It must be ad. mitted that it is a wonder the Irish members have restrained themselves from re- taliating on those who so shamlessly attacked them. They restrained from blows until this Thursday night, and it is some consolation to think that the first to strike were the Tories. Chamberlain himself it is stated, wax, the real cause of the affray. It was Irs unpardonable speech that made people call him "Judas." It would have been better not to have applied the name to him. Some think the name is too bad to be applied to him, others are of opiaion that to compare the Iscariot to Chamber- lai. is unjust to the former, for the former was honourable enough to go to his own place after fulfilling the measure of his iniquity,"

ABERA YON. POI,)TRALT, CLUB.-The following is the list of oincials for the ensuing year Presideut Mr. S. H. Byass, J.P.; vice-president, Mr. F. J. Jenkins; hon. sec., Mr. P. W. Baller; assistant secretary, Mr. H. Leyshon; captain, Mr. Ivor Griffiths vice- captain, Mr. D. H. James captain "A team, Mr. Thomas Phillips Committee, Messrs, P. Roberts J. Nicholas, W. R. Davies, J. W. Harries, H. Lev- shod, M. Rees, T. Griffiths, and W. H. Jones.

r MORRISTON. nopic CH I&L TEA MFETING.-The annual tea t meeting of Btope Baptlst Chapel 8«nday held on Saturday at Park Llewelyn T younn assembled together at the "chfipel and marched td Rarir, headed by a band. r tea, various gaines e indulged in b the .children, and a mq&t happy time was gpoxdjjr They came back to Mofinstnn ~Yi rnHrBri** hf f, "ftl 0 y Wifijoy alTTtr e it. JJl rT FLOWKR SERVICELAT ST. first of what is hoped will bS an annuaf iSS^r was held af St. David's hurch on 8 y afternoon. The yowng children eing t P, with aim; abundance of pretty And fragrjpt Sobers and different kinds of fruik Morgan gave a very imbressiy »ddr8SSj COh'fining his remarks to the subject 0; flowg,rSj &c. ATI theU&wer8 and fruitV^r- £ £ £ 1 to thCjEuPweca Hospitafaen Monday ''PJWflPfro LLAH'WU'V/?^ JVorktfefffemployed' by I%f ersrl'. Walters and Contractors, failing to rucceofully negotis, the railway coippany to run arf excursion irf™< suitable date,'deter- mined tor abandon thZ1 fyi the masoas deter- mined on an outing./ •>: ti# |ay this took plaoe when th^y selecte4*s Gir r«i Jezvous the pretty little town OF Llaiiii Thither they were iionvcye# ln brakfes, and almo,* neediest "to sa hey.spent a jo y time. Visits were paid to t various historical places which abound i. ma. ng landiIo note INTJrlt]CST.r PRESENTATION. It is nothing strange to tb £ f» wbo know the rejected leader of the Zion cM^ir, Mr. Davies, that \he has become popular ip ^so short a time among Mor- ri.toniansf -for a more courteops and kind- hearted i*an. ean seldom be met in a'day 's journey. On SM mMr. and Mrs. Davies wtre the reci- pients off thip» portraits (in crayon), tnounted and framedr in massive oik frame,. Th8e were the ift8 f the jBiembers of the choir, andtwero tokens u ^oiakon of the success which hfcd attended ^r« Davies when competing at ajsloddfodaq, he having won on each occasion «,hia jhoir had oompetod, They also made «se of the opportunity to present him with the silver crown j tvoa recan cly at if loedo eisafwSSaro.