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THE WELSH PRESS [By GrWTLIEDYDD."] WELSH CONGREGATIONALISM. The proceedings of the annual meetings at Cardiff of the Welsh Congregationalists (or Independents, as they are better known* contain valuable material for the student of "Cymru Fydd." There were perceptible about the meetings and the men who attended them elements of of life and vigour that must leave their influence upon the future of the Principality. The majority of the delegates present are men who have risen from the lowest ranks of society by the force of their own talents, and they are conscious of their strength. Very few of them show any evidence of culture, but there is about them a sturdiness of character and a resolute- ness of will which convinced the onlooker that they would make their mark on the future of Welsh life. They can scarcely be called a religious organisation, for they have no constitution or confession of faith. Every congregation is independent, and the minister may preach any doctrine he likes. Theology takes a subordinate place among them, and social and political questions take the lead. "D. S. D. of the "Celt"—one of the lead- ing ministers writes thus of the OardM meeting:—"Everything passed off satisfac- torily. I was delighted with the fact that everything was done in Welsh. The subjects discussed were: The Liberal Ministry, the House of Commons, the Ho-use of Lords, Home Rule, disestablishment and disendow- ment, Local Option, county councils, parish councils, and all the questions of the day- and all in pure Welsh. The laity are, behind the ministers in their interest in public matters. The democratic spirit was uni- versal in every speech and every sermon. The old people have ceased to be leaders- that rotten and sickly practice has dis- appeared. Young men formed four-iifths of the meetings." The "Tyst" devotes the whole of its pages to a report of the pro- ceedings, and expresses its pleasure at the interest and unanimity shown in relation to the great questions of the day. It admits, however, that there was a difference of opinion on the education question. There are a few educated men .among the ministers who dread the secularising tendencies of the denomination. Professor Tyssil Evans, M.A., who presided over the education meet- ing, expressed himself in terms which must have been unpalatable to the majority of his hearers. He said:—"Education divorced from religion is a. curse instead of a buessmg I would have you feel, if I coul; that sound religious teaching is more needed now than ever. I am not satisfied with the religious standard in our colleges. The college is too often looked upon as a stepping-stone to a good Church instead of a place to train the mind for the great work of the ministry. I say without faltering that I would rather make religion a Dart of the teaching in our public schools than allow our young people to grow up in ignorance of it. There is reason to fear that there are thousands of persons in Wales ignorant of religious things, and that slight is the knowledge of the rnaJo- r'ity of the great, questions which our fore- fathers considered all important." The way way in which the vernacular papers treat the great meeting at Cardiff is strongly illustrative of the absence of homogeneity among the Welsh people. Whilst the Inde- pendents throughout the Principality were absorbed in the meetings of their Union, the other denominations took no interest m them. Indeed, the Baptist and Wesleyan organs ignored them altogether, and the Methodist "Goleuad" printed only a short, common- place article, which bears a strong family resemblance to the one which appears :n the "Tarian. The only question on which Welsh Nonconformists agree is hostility to tine Established Church, although the Church is co-extensive with the Principality, and has been interwoven with the nation for eighteen hundred years. WELSH WEglEYANISM. Whilst the Independents were holding their annual meeting at Cardiff the Welsh Wesleyans were absorbed in their conference at Birmingham. The "Gwyliedydd," tne Welsh organ of the denomination, is full of reports of Weslevan matters, itS if religious Wales were all Weslevan. It is characteris- tic of the organs of the Welsh denominations to ignore each other, and yet they talk Dig about united Wales and Welsh Home Rule. The Wesleyans are a small and weak body in Wales, and, in order to keep matters together, they imitate the other denomina- tions in their services and more of action. No Welsh paper, for instance, is more bitter against the Church than the "Gwyliedydd, and its politics are Radical in the extreme. It takes the part of the democratic party in the conference, and condemns the action of Dr. Eigg and the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes in relation to Weslevan reform. It also expresses approval of the admission of women as members of the conference. One of its correspondents says that Dr. Rigg is not over popular, but is, without question, the ablest administrator in the connexion. Oi the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes he writes — "He is very quick, and herein lies his strength as a debater. He is^ stronger m attack than in defence." Special attention is paid bv the crwyliedvod to the Rhondda Valley and Lancashire Missions. The repre- sentative of the latter gives a painful descrip- tion of the Welsh people who left North Wales for that oountv. showing the very superficial training of the young men among the Welsh Nonconformists. Like the majo- rity of the vernacular papers, the "Gwyl- iedydcf' exercises verv little control over its correspondence. The two last numbers ¡ contain attacks on the Rev. D. Young s new and valuable work on the history of Wesleyanism in Wales. THE" BANER" ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS. Th" LBaner," as my readers are aware, is considered the leading vernacular newspaper in the Principality. It is printed on better paper than its contemporaries, and sold at double the price. There are sixteen pages, the two first and the two last serving as a wrapper to the contents. The third page is devoted to the discussion of imortant public questions, and is supposed to be under the immediate inspiration of Mr. Thomas Gee himself. A perusal of this page is an interesting study, for it illustrates in a special manner the idiosyncrasies of tne official Welsh journalist. The writer of the special article in the "Baner is com- pletely absorbed in his subject, and wrues as -if he were the embodiment of wisdom and justice. The last article deals with the next o-eneral election, upon the issues of which the fate of Christendom seems to depena. The style of the Denbigh oracle is after that of the Hebrew prophets during the captivity. The following extracts are illustrations: "Is the Kingdom of Christ in Britain to be free 1 We must have an end for ever to the wicked and un-Scriotural system which inter- feres with the Divine right of the .Redeemer to free His kingdom and disciples from the fetters and tyranny of the world. Neither Home Rule for Ireland nor any other ques- tion—nor all other questions put together- count the weight of a feather in the scale against it. Are we prepared for the battle ? The situation is gravely. important, for if we are not true when the time arrives we shall lose the opportunity to give (a deadly blow to the monster of an Estab- lished Church that will not occur again for many years, and we shall be covered with disgrace in the sight of the civilised world. THE BUDGET. The RacEca.1 and Nonooinformist papers are delighted with the Budget of the C'han- celloir of the Exchequer. Everything that tends to bring the aristocracy and the Churdh into disrepute is hailed with satisfaction, and every attack upon the established institu- tions of this country is applauded. "ihe Lords," says the "Baner," "hate the Budget with perfect hatred." Two columns are de- voted to a consideration of whether the l.ords would venture to throw out "the greatest Budget of the century." The "Celt" says: "The aristocracy caused the large expendi- ture upon ship's of war, and Sir William Harcourt has arranged in his Budget that they shall pay for it. They grumble over the high death duties, but they have few sympathisers." "The Budget is the fairest and most liberal ever introduced into Par- liament," is the statement of the "Seren." "Hitherto," says the "Tarian," "the poor have paid the taxes, but the rich are now to bear their share." THE CELT" ON THE PRIME MINISTER. The following appears in large type in the editorial column of the "Celt" —"The most important news of late is that Ladas, Lord Rosebery's horse, has lost a race Isinglass is now the god of the gamblers. The natural consequence will be that the Tories will be in power after the next elec- tion. Rosebery, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, was present, and it is said that he looked broken-hearted on leaving the race- course. When Harcourt stated in the House of Commons that many a gentleman (?) lost ten thousand pounds during one afterncsn a member called out 'Rosebery.' Is it not painful to think that this is the sort of chief the Liberal party has, and that such a, person is the Premier of the greatest Empire in the world? People in the country have no idea of the extent and evil of gambling in society And yet we see the Prime Minister of Great Britain one of the leaders of this devilish set, who damn themselves and damn others also. But when Rosebery visits Car- diff we shall see ministers of religion, teacher's in Sunday Schools, and religious men of every sect doing him homage. They will meet him at the railway station, present him with addresses, and thank him for con- descending to visit Wales, and for the im- mortal honour conferred upon Cardiff by the visit of a person of the position, character, and imluence of Lord Rosebery." MISCELLANEOUS. The ^"Carnarvon Herald" has the follow- ing "We have diligently read the columns of our contemporaries during the past few days, but have not come across any explana- tion or defence of the hopeless apathy of the Welsh members in reference to the drop- ping of the Disestablishment Bill. So tar, therefore, we are entitled to repeat, as we do repeat, that the Welsh members, by their inexplicable want of unity and vigour, have allowed their country's cause to be 'side- tracked.' The "Llan" states that Mr. Acland's circu- lar to the managers of national schools is likely to stir up the clergy to take a more active interest in their schools than thev have been in the habit of doing. It admits thau the school's in many places have oeen neglected by the clergy. The "Goleuad" says that the last number of "Cymru" is very Methodistic—more than half the writers being Methodists—and that it is a very interesting number. One of the contributors to "Cymro" says that most of the "awdlau" of the "last quarter of a century are not worth the paper on which they are written, and that ^'Eben Fardd's" on "Dinystr Jerusalem" is worth the lot. A Welsh paper in North Wales, referring to the Primrose League, describes it as "Primros Lig." The "Genedl" states that Professor John Morris Jones, of the Bangor College, was so disgusted with the vanity of the Eistedd- fod that he went to the wood near Bramt River to meditate on the pomp of the world and the servility of certain people. "Methodist" condemrs in strong terms n "Yr Herald Cymraeg" the conduct of the English congregation of Welsh Methodists at Carnarvon having a sacred concert in their chapel on Sunday, a,nd says:—"Imagine the Apostles holding a concert in the tempi:; on a Sunday, with Stephen, Philip, Nicanor, and others selling tickets at the doors, and Rhl)d':I, 8Bd Veronica singing the solos inside." The "Baner" says that it would Le a national calamity if Mr. Lloyd-George re- tired from the House of Commons, and calls upon the Radical's of Carnarvon Boroughs to pay his expenses. !Ø.J:l

ANFIESEA'S NEW CHIEF CONSTABLE. The post of- chief-constable of Anglesea has been offered to Mr. Lewis Protheroe, police- inspector of Bangor. Mr. Protheroe is a native of Llindilc, Carmarthenshire, and was born in 1841. He joined the police force in 1861, when he was just twenty years of age, and was for some; time stationed at Beddgeiert. While there four prisoners escaped from Car- narvon Gaol, and defied all attempts to capture them. Mr. Protheroe came across the four at Nantmor, and watched them going into a stable to sleep. Single-handed he effected their captura lie was soon after made clerk to the chief-constable. In 1854 he was made a ser- geant, and three years later he was raised to an inspectorship. In 1869 he was made junior superintendent, and shortly after deputy chief- constable. In 1873 Mr. Protheroe again dis- tinguifhed himself by a clever and single- handed capture of a notorious rcbber who had infested the county and had committed num- berless crimes with impunity. In 1883, how- ever, Mr. Protheroe was degraded to the rank of inspector and removed to Portmadoo on account of his connection with certain criti- cisms of the late chief-constable of Carnarvon. While at Portm-adoc Mr. Protheroe again dis- tinguished himself by capturing a notorious housebreaker, and, after nine years of active wc.rk, he was transferred to Bangor, where he has remained till now. Mr. Protheroe is a Welsh-speaking Welshman and a Nonconfor- mist. =-

p ATlIETIC LETTER OF A SUICIDE. At Hammersmith on Monday Mr. Drew (coroner) held an inquiry with reference to the death of Edward Herbert Dalton, aged 29 years, a coffee-house keeper, lately residing at 26, Blythe-road, West Kensington, who committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver on Thursday. Subsequently, in his bedroom was found the following letter, addressed to his wife, who was from home owing to illness:- 26, Blythe-road, Hammersmith. My darling Wife,—I can stand this life no longer. To be called a murderer and to be accused of trying to cause your death has upset me, and the thought is more than I can tolerate. However, your father may alter his opinion now, for a more loving and true fausba-nd never lived. You, I (know, can speak different. Your people have done all they could for us. Everything on the premises I leave to you, my darling wife, Alice Dalton. I should like to be buried with my brother Charlie- that is, if Arthur does not mind. If he says no, put me as near as possible to. our dear little daughter at Ku'.ibpad. Tf you marry again do not part with your wedding ring. You will say I am out of my mind, but it is not so. May you have a life of prosperity.—Your loving husband, TED. The widow, who appeared greatly affected, said there was no truth in the statements in the deceased's letter. He was a kind husband, and had been greatly worried by her long ill- ness, and it was at his wish that she went away to get better. A verdict of "Suicide whilst tem- porarily insane" was returned.

NEWS IN BRIEF. a A.Dalziel's telegram from Rome on Saturday says:—The death is announced to-day of Cardinal Ledochowski at Lucerne, where he has been dangerously ill for some time past. On Friday a small vertical boiler, used for driving a cutting machine at Messrs. Cochrane's- ironworks, Dudley, exploded and injured six men, two so seriously that their lives are despaired of. A fatal fire occurred on Sunday in Jubilee- street, Whitecliapel, London, in a house occu- pied by several lodgers. A child named Edward Slat-ern, aged three and a half years, was burnt to death. A Dalziel's telegram from New York says: — A telegram from Austin, Texas, says that a terrible conflagration is raging in the lower part of the town, and that property amounting to over one million dollars in value has already been destroyed. The Press Association learns that the Princess of Wales, together with the Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales, will, at the special invita- tion of the Czar and Czarina, leave London on Tuesday next for Russia to be present at the wedding of the Grand Duchess Xinia, which takes place on August 6. Thomas Maple, belonging to Birmingham, was remanded at Liverpool Police-court on Fri- day for attempting to pass base coin. Prisoner offered a spurious half-crown when purchasing some tobacco, and when told it was bad he ran away, but was captured. He had 29 bad half-crowns on him James Francis Hellay, 34, was at Leeds Assizes on Friday fined z625 for unlawfully detaining a letter. Accused, the postmaster at Tadcaster, had delayed the transmission of a letter containing a cheque, being a remittance to the Postmaster-General, to get time to cover the payment. The West Sussex County Council at Horsham on Friday passed bye-laws dealing with acts of indecency and fixing a penalty not exceeding £ 5 in the case of any person in a public place or highway singing or reciting any pro- fane or indecent song or ballad or using profane or obscene language. Mr. Joseph Thomson, the African explorer, is under medical orders to go back to the Cape. Mr. Thomson has been living during the sum- mer at his native village in Scotland, and he was on his way to act as groomsman to his friend, Mr. J. M. Barrie, when African fever seized him en route, and he had to lie up at Edinburgh. Patrick Andrew Tulip, a medical student, 24 years of age, residing at 10, Cromwell-street, Edinburgh, was-found dead in bed on Friday. A bottle containing prussic acid was found at the bed-side and it was evident that deceased had partaken of the poison. No reason can be assigned for the act. Deceased was well con- nected. A Iteuter's telegram from Paris on Friday says :-In consequence of a violent article at- tacking M. Deschanel, published on Thursday by M. Clemenceau in the Justice, a duel with swords was fought this morning between the two politicia.ns at Boulogne. At the second engage- ment M. Deschanel was wounded in the righ cheek. John Burton, 64, hawker, belonging to Sheffield, was arrested in Glasgow on Friday on suspicion of causing the death of Catherine Campbell or Stewart, with whom he cohabited, at 31, Lyon-street, Glasgow. Deceased, who is alleged to be a female ex-convict, was found dead in bed bearing marks of recent kicks or other violence. The Bishop of Marlborough on Saturday consecrated St. Peter's Church, Staines, erected at the sole expense of Sir Edward Clarke, from the designs of Mr. Prynne, of Plymouth, and capable of accommodating 700 worshippers. The cost of the church is expected to reach £ 10.000, and the endowment was £ 6,000. In addition, Lady Clarke gave the altar and altar furniture. A Central News telegram from New York on Friday says: The severe drain on the gold reserves in this country is becoming more accentuated. It is announced that to-day's and to-morrow's steamers will carry the substantial total of 5,000,000dols. of gold to Europe. This withdrawal will bring the reserves down to 58,500,000dols., which is the lowest point on record. Patrick Lixford, son of a Kirkintilloch barber, died on Friday from sliockir" injuries sustained on Tuesday. While playing on the wall of the Orchard Burying Ground, lie slipped and fell on to spiked railings below. Four spikes entered his body, the abdomen and right lung being pierced). The lad's grandmother witnessed the accident, and lifted him off the spikes. The misfeasance summons against the direc- tors and certain officers of the London General 'n Bank was further heard before Justice Williams on Friday. Defendants are accused of pay- ing dividends when there were no funds pro- perly available, and of making improper advances, chiefly to the Balfour group of com- panies.—Mr. Layton, one of the directors, said he objected to loans to the Balfour companies, and asked his co-directors to limit these loans. He then had no reasou to doubt Jabez Balfour's integrity. On Friday, at Lloyd's, the deputy-chair- man of Lloyd's, on behalf of the underwriters interested in the Trafalgar, presented to Mr. William Shotton a, set of navigation instru- ments and a sum of about £ 250. Mr. Shotton, whilst an apprentice on board the Trafalgar, navigated that vessel successfully from Batavia to her destination, Melbourne, in the latter part of last year, after the death from fever of the capt,ain and other navigating officers. Mr. Shotton has already received Lloyd's medal for meritorious services. The Congress of the British Institute of Public Health was resumed at King's College on Friday, when a conference was held on the subject of the housing of the working classes. The Bishop of London pre- sided, and on the motion of Cardi- nal Vaughan, a resolution was carried that while provision of block dwellings is being made in London and other large towns every effort should be made to increase the number of cottage dwellings in the suburbs, especially in connection with the railways system. At Westminster County-court on Saturday an order was made committing the Rev. Mr. Evans, a South Shields clergyman, to prison failing payment within a month of £ 2 2s. for an atlas supplied by Messrs. Bacon, London pub- lishers. Accordidg to the Clergy List defen- dant's income was X540 per annum, but he wrote stating that the net income was only £ 200.—The Judge, in making the commitment order, said a man with an income of only £ 200 should not have ordered such an expensive book. In the Queen's Bench Division on Saturday t,he case of Queen v. Silverlock was heard. Silverlock advertised for a housekeeper in the Midlands and obtained C5 from an applicant for a situation. The case was tried at Worcester- shire Quarter Sessions, where it was objected that the indictment was bad as no definite per- son was named as the person to whom the false pretences was made. There was also an objec- tion to the identification of the handwriting by the solicitors.—The judges on Saturday affirmed the sentence of twelve months' hard labour. A Manchester paper having lately pub- lished a statement that at a recent private conference of Unionists Mr. Chamberlain dealt at length with the estrange- ment between Gladstoniaris and Liberal Unionists, and pointed to a. possibility of recon- ciliation, Mr. Wild, the president of the Hey- wood Liberal Unionist Association, called the right hon. gentleman's attention to the state- ment, and has received the following reply :— The statement referred to is absolutely in- accurate, and there is not the slightest founda- tion for it." A Dalziel's telegram from Toulon on Friday says :—The large forest fire on the hill district round Sixtours is still raging. Over 2,000 troops have been called out to extinguish the flames, which threatened to destroy several mountain batteries erected on the side of the hill. Great trouble was experienced in pre- serving the battery at Peyras, mounting four- teen guns, and with a magazine full of powder but by the hurried erection of a bank of sand the soldiers managed to keep the flames off, but it was necessary for them to make preparations for fighting the flames all night. A remarkable tcene occurred on Thursday afternoon at the close of the ceremony at St. Clement Dane's Church in the Strand, where Sm Hon. Mr.,Smith was married to Lady Esther Gore, when Lord Salisbury left the chsrch to walk to his carriage, which for convenience had been stationed outside the Temple Station on the Embankment. His lordship had not proceeded far across the Strand towards Arun- del-street when the crowd recognised and closed round his lordship, waving their hate and' handkerchiefs and cheering him. He was im- mediately escorted by a sergeant of police at, a quick pace down Arundel-street, the crowd cheering him into his carriage. Lord Salis- bury frequently bowed his acknowledgments. At the Old Bailey on Monday, Susannah Kaezu, acquitted on Saturday of complicity in the Shaftesburv-avenue murdar. was charged with stealing property belosging to Mrs. Rasch. the victim of that tragedy. The Crown Counsel said he proposed to offer no evidence, and the Judge directed the mturn of a verdict of not guilty. This was done, and prisoner was discharged. A Rome Renter's telegraca on Saturday says —The trial of the directors 4>f the Banca Romana and other persons connected with that insti- tution was concluded to-day. All the accused were acquitted. fhe trial of the persons who are alleged to have been concerned in the fobstraction of docu- ments connected with the trial will be begun immediately. Among those who will figure in the prelimiuary inquiry are Signor Telzani, formerly CMef of the Rome Police; Signor Mainetti, inspector of police; Judge Capdilo, Signor GioSitti, the ex-Premier, and Signor Roasno, formerly Under-Secretary of State for the Interior.

THE AFFAIRS OF MB. LLOYD LOUGHEB. Mr. Daniel Lloyd Lougher was publiclj examined at Cardiff Bankruptcy-court on Tuesday by Mr. T. H. Stephens, official receiver^' (before Mr. Registrar Langley).—Debtor stated; that he bad started life as a miller with his; father. He was in that business about twenty; years, during which time over a million ofi money had passed through his hands. When hai gave up the business of miller he had ma.de suffi-i cient to live retired. After that he went into a colliery speculation, and in that' undertaking he lost all his money, and also that of his brother. The books were in London having been taken there in connection with a case in the Chancery Division which had bee e going on for six or seven years. He had lo that action for reasons which he would not likq to explain.—Mr. Scott. (Messrs. Morgan and Scott) applied that the examination be closed^ and, the Official Receiver agreeing, the applh cation was acceded to.

AFFAIRS OF A LOCAL COAL AGENT. The public examination of J. Hier Lloyd, who traded as J. Hier Lloyd and Co., coal merchants and agents, of Cardiff Docks and elsewhere, took place (before Mr. Registrar Langley) at Cardiff Bankruptcy court on Tuesday.—In answer to Mr. T. H. Stephens, the Official jceiver, debtor said he had been sales agent to the Rudry Merthvr Colliery Company under a five years' agreement. He had also been agent to the Bargoed Col. ') 2e' liery Company, and came into possession of it through advancing cash for payment of colliers' wages amounting to £ 1.200, and there was a balance which he paid them by cheque* and bill. His father, to whom he had handed the lease, was now working the colliery with his own means. He gave the Rudry Company accom- modation bills for over £1,000 in respect of a promise they had not fulfilled. The company still owed him the money, but as they had dis- counted the bills the City of Gloucester Bank had got them, and had proved for them. His private liabilities amounted to about £ 200.— The examination was adjourned to enable the debtor to file certain additional particulars.

STRANGE ACT OF A SOLDIEB. The Central News Rome correspon lent, telegraphing on Tuesday morning, Days A remarkable incident is reported to- day from Milan, where military manoeuvres are in progress. A soldier, who was hidden in a wood near the spot where the manoeuvres were taking place, fired his rifle at his com*' rades, wounding ane man, and repeated tW act four times, until an officer and four pri- vates were wounded. Eventually the quarte* whence the shots proceeded was discovered,, and, on a picket being sent to arrest the con*' cealed enemy the man committed suicide. 'J'¡¡ao.: J

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