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CHURCH AND TEMPERANCE INTERESTING DISCUSSION AT THE CHURCH CONGRESS. As is customary on the last day of its sittings, the Church Congress occupied Friday forenoon in devotional meetings. The after- noon was spent at one section in discussing the question of the liquor traffic, and at another in considering the best means of retaining the young under religious influences. At the Corn Exchange, with the Bishop of Chichester in the chair, Mr. Arthur Sherwell, a. well-known writer on temperance, contributed a paper which, owing to his absence from indisposition, had tc be read for him, on "Constructive Temperance Reform An Appeal to First Principles." Apart from flagrant and manifest excess in drinking, he called atten- tion to the serious economic danger that resulted from the present average expenditure upon alcohol. It would hardly, he said, be suggested that the diet of an indoor pauper was an extravagant standard to adopt for a. healthy unskilled labourer. On the contrary, that was clearly insufficient, and yet it could be shown that it was impossible foi' the average unskilled labourer to feed himself and his family upon this pauper standard so long as he spent the average amount of his class upon alcoholic drink. No proposition in politics or society was more absolutely incon- testable than that reforms were needed which would bring about a substantial reduction in the present consumption of alcohol. We required a new conception of temperance legislation. At present the force and effect of our licensing arrangements were directly opposed to the ends that our licensing laws were framed to meet. He believed Local Option to be impracticable. It was his deliberate conviction, however, founded upon careful examination of the facts, that a complete and satisfactory reform of the liqne-r traffic was impossible so long as it was organised and conducted from motives of private gain, and he believed it to be an essential condition of progress that permissive powers should be given to com- munities which would enable them to bring the whole of the local liquor traffic under effective nublic management and control. Out of the profits of the traffic there should be established and maintained efficient counter- attractions to the public-house. Preliminary to all this he would have a declaratory Act passed which would finally determine the notice to be given to existing holders. (Ap- plause.) Mr. E. Stafford Howard, C.B., read a paper. in which he argued that restrictive legislation is a necessary adjunct of all other forces making for temperance reform. Schemes like Lord Grey's Public-house Trust, could, he said, for a very long time to come only touch the fringe of the question. Lord Peel's Report had united the great mass of temperance workers as they had never been united before. He submitted that, in spite of what many people were saying, there Dever was a time when the prospects of getting effective legislation were more hope- ful, provided that the members of the Church of Eagland no longer held aloof from this movement. He was c mazed and indignant at the attitude of a large number of clergymen and tile) majority of the laitv on this ques- tion. There was only one parish out of every nx in the country where there was any organised temperance work being done. Miss Weston (Portsmouth) described tempe- rance work in the Navy. The Dean of Hereford, after repudiating the idea that he and his friends were extremists or faddists, argued that it would be a dan- gerous precedent it, under Lord Grey's Public- house Trust proposal, they were to establish public-houses in areas which as yet bad none in order to compete with the existing public- homes whose licences they could not get sur- rendered. Miss Do:'othy "Beaton (Brighton) announced to t1:13 surprised meeting that a medicine had been discovered which, if taken hourly and regularly with an honest desire to be cured, would reclaim drunkards. The Rev- W. F.dwn rcla, Llandyfodwg, Bridg- end, recommended that there should be a three- fold Local Option—to leave the trade alone or to abolish it, or to place it under some form of public management, trusting to the local com- munity to elaborate details. He urged tem- perance reformers to appeal less to emotion and more to reason. (Hear, hear.) Other speakers followed. For the retention of the young under religious influences some speakers recom- mended more careful organisation and improved teaching in Sunday Schools, while another advocated the support of boys' bri- gades under Church management.

GLAMORGAN COUNTRY CLUB The members of the Glamorgan Country Club held a gymkhana and general meeting on their club grounds on Saturday afternoon. Showers of rain prevented the whole of the programme being carried out. In the ladies' driving competition the competitors were Mrs. Lewis, Greenmeadow; Miss Mabel Jones, Miss Adale do Lucovich (who drove for Mr. Mor- gans, King's-road, Canton), Mrs. Orlebar, and Jiiss Hilda Vachell. For th is compe- tition a perfectly-broken animal that goes straight and can be guided with the greatest accuracy is essential. Miss Mabel Jones's little showyard stepper won the prize, gaining for its mistress a silver- mounted scent bottle, presented by Captain Orlebar, Royal Marines. The following were competitors in the lemon-cutting competition: —Captain Orlebar, Royal Marines; Lieutenant Rupert Lewis, Glamorgan Yeomanry; Ser- geant-instructor J. H. Bennett, Corporals A. E. Smithson and G. C. Rooney, Royal Gloucester- shire Hussars; Messrs. L. Lindsay, Bert Fisher, and Colour-sergeant Winks, 3rd Vol. Batt. Welsh Regiment. This event was won by Colour-sergeant Winks m fine style. If. as it is said, this young soldiers is about to join the Glamorgan Yeomanry, we may before long hear of him representing our county regiment at the Agricultural-liall. In the jumping com- petition the competitors were Captain Orle- bar, Lieutenant Rupert Lewis, Corporal G. C. Rooney, and Messrs. L. Lindsay and Oscar de Lucovich (who rode for Mr. Quinlan). The course was well nego- tiated by all five competitors. Cor- poral Rooney, on his blood bay charger, which was declared the winner, jumped the eight fences faultlessly, clearing 15ft. without an effort at the open water. We would like to see both horse and rider transferred from the Gloucester Yeomanry to serve under Colonel Wyndham-Quin in their own county. Colonel H. O. Fisher acted as j'ldge for all the events. The band of the 3rd Vol. Batt. Welsh, under the leadership of their bandmaster (Mr. A. Johnson), played selections during the afternoon, and contributed greatly to a most enjoyable entertainment. After tea in the pavilion a general meeting of the club was held, in which matters conoerning the future ,of the club were discussed.

WELSH COUNTY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION. CORRESPONDED E WITH THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. A meeting of the Wel3h County Schools Association was held at Shrewsbury on Satur- day, Mr. William Lewis, Llaneily, presiding over a large attendance.—On the proposition of the President, seconded by Mr. W. Phillips, it was decided to forward a vote of condolence to the widow of the late Principal Viriamu Jones.—The Hon. Secretary (Mr. Trevor Owen, Carnarvon) reported that he had forwarded the following communication to the Duke of Devonshire, President of the CoLincilc- "Your Grace,-I write on behalf of the Welsh County Schools Association (composed of the headmasters and headmistresses of schools under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act) to ask certain questions on points arising out of the directory of the Board of Education, South Kensington, just issued, and which affect the Welsh Intermediate Schools. Early in the year my association passed the follow- ing resolution:—'That we deprecate the attempts made to maintain or perpetu- ate in the Principality such higher grade schools as give secondary education, and thus provide another system of secondary education in aefdition to that which has been sanctioned by Parliament and approved of by the country.' It would,' therefore, greatly assist my association in undsrstanding the present situation if your grace would cause replies to be sent on the following points:- 1. As th3 words 'a school board' are now eliminated from 'Clause 7. b. and from p. 66 of the Directory, may be assume that the Board of Education will from this date refuse to recognise and give grants to schools of tscience (in higher grade schools) conducted by school boards? 2. May we take it that a schoo' of science is hereby declared to be one typ& of a. secondary school, since the last para- graph of Clause 55 of the Directory places them under the scope of page 1, which describes tha method of inspection of secondary schools '? 3. This being so, may we conclude that the Board of Education will refuse to inspect, under the conditions men- tioned on page 1 of the Directory, any school called a higher grade elementary school con- trolled by elementary school managers, since the terms elementary and secondary are mutually exclusive? Your grace will perceive that the object of this letter is merely to assist in achieving the end proposed by the resolu- tion of this association, which is directed to put an end to the conflict between two rival systems of schools, which not only overlap, but are necessarily placed in antagonism. We trust that this conflict, so far as the Board of Education is concerned, is now ended by the terms of the new Directory on which the above questions are based. If not, may we respect- fully urge that some authoritative definition and interpretation will be required as to the respective functions of intermediate (secon- dary) schools and of higher grade (elementary secondary) schools? We are emboldened to address your grace personajlv with these ques- tions because of your emphatic reply to the deputation of members of Parliament a few days ago. You encouraged us then by your statement that the Bill now before the House would finally limit the scope of elementary education and define that of secondary educa- tion." He (Mr. Trevor Owen) had received the fol- lowing reply The Board of Education, Secon- dary Branch, South Kensington, wrote:- "In reply to the, inquiries in your communica- tion of the 11th ult., I am directed by the President of the Board to state as follows--f-) The Beard of Education will refuse to recog- nise new schools of science to be conducted by a school board. lender the new Education Act, 1901, existing schools of science conducted by school boards may, with the consent of the county authority, continue for a year; (2) a school of science is, as you surmise, regarded by the Board of Education as one type of a secondary school; t3) the Board of Education, under the Board of Education Act, 1899, Sec- tion 3. will only inspect schools winch are not elementary schools. Should, however, the con- tinuance of a school of science, as explained under (1) above, be sanctioned, the Board would be prepared to inspect it, under the conditions of the Directory, but such inspec- tion would be strictly confined to the school of science." The pension scheme of the Central Welsh Board was very carefully considered by the association, and after considerable discussion on all its main details, among other resolu- tions, it was decided to forward the following to the Central Welsh Board:—"That this association tenders its thanks to the Central Welsh Board for the time and trouble they have devoted to the pensions scheme, which it accepts in its main principles as a generous and business-like settlement of this difficult question, and pledges itself to use every effort to secure its acceptance by all classes of teachers."

BARRY CAPTAIN'S FIND. Captain T. Evans, of the ship Lady Cairns, has sent as a catting from an Algoa Bay newspaper, from which we extract the fol- lowing:—"In latitude 43.44 N., 11.32 W. (off the coast of Portugal), the ship Lady Cairns, from Barry to Algoa Bay. picked up thirteen pigeons all marked from Bournemouth, Leeds, Hull. Wakefield, Silsden, and Bradford. They were apparently very tired. They were detained on board one week, being fed on maize. Then they were released to proceed on their journey, but four only availed them- selves of the privilege, the remaining nine refusing to leave, preferring to remain on board the Lady Cairns. There are on board the Lady Cairns two pigeon fanciers, who vouch that they are prize birds and very valu- able. The accompanying is the description and the name of the owner of the nine birds: —Silver, number on ring, N.U. 9.9, A. 73, C. Dean, Faith-street, South Kirby, Wakefield; silver, no number, no name; silver, number on ring. N.U. 9.9, D. 56, no name; blue, marked Jersey and Bournemouth on wing, C. Berryman, 28. Derringham-street, Hull; blue, number on wing. 119.4153.7735. A. Thorton, Son and Co., Brighthouse Railway Wire- works Company; blue, no number, no name; blue, no number, name not distinct; blue, number on ring N.U., P.P.. A.F.. 2G1, Ita name; blue, number on ring, N.U., P.P.. A.B., 302. red 5 on wing, A. Wcodhead, Charlotte-street, Wakefield."

CARDIFF NATURALISTS' SOCIETY. Despite the wet, a party of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society spent a pleasant and profitable field day on Saturday at Peterston and Marshfield. The excursionists were con- veyed thither in break. The old churches just named were inspected and described by Mr. Edwin Seward, Mr. T. H. Thomas, and the Vicar of Marshfield (the Rev. H. G. Stanley). There is nothing of special interest at Marsh- field Church, except a curious moulding in the porch, which some believe to be a representa- tion of our Saviour's crown of thorns. Peters- tcn is a much large-- and more pretentious edifico, especially considering" the sparse popu- lation in present times. There is a handsome set of arches on either side the nave, and what is described as the first peal of bells in South Wales. The crosses in th3 above churches were demolished by Oliver Cromwell. The first mention of the churches occurs in the twelfth century, when the advowsons of both were presented to a monastery at Bristol. Tea was provided at Marshfield by the retiring presi- dent (Mr. Neale), to whom and the guides of the day cordial thanks were presented, on the motion of the President-elect (Mr. C. H. James).

BOOT AND SHOE DEALER'S FAILURE AT NEWPORT. A first meeting of creditors of the estate of Harriet Hosking, wife of Jamea Hosking, of 21, Commercial-road, Newport, carrying on business there and in Dock-street and High- street as a boot and shoe dealer, was held at the office of the Official Receiver, Newport, on Friday. Tho gross liabilities were set down at zCI,423 19s. a(L; liabilities expected to rank for divi- dend at Ct.)37 9s. Id.; assets, 4:832 18s. 2d.— deficiency. C404 10s. lid. The debtor commenced business, in 1898, with a capita] of i',105. She stated that she opened a business at Cwmcarn. and traded there also until August last. She personally superin- tended the business, with the assistance of her husband, who !eft Newport on August 8 last. and she had no seen him or heard of him since them. She attributed her failure to bad trade. The debtor was adjudicated a bankrupt. Mr H. W. Freshwater, of Bristol, was appointed trustee, with a committee of inspection.

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WAR MEDALS PRESENTED AT NEWPORT. INTERESTING SPEECH BY LORD TREDEGAR, Lord Tredegar, the lord-lieutenant of the county 01 Monmouth, rode to the Newport Football Ground on Saturday, in full uniform and wearing his own Crimean War medal, to present the war medals issued to the Volun- teers of the 2nd, 3rd. and 4lh Battalions of the South Wales Borderers who have returned from active service in South Africa. The scene was one of brilliance and enthusiasm. Beside his lordship. Colonel the Hon. F. C. Morgan, M.P., and the high sheriff (Mr. Wil- liam Llewellyn) attended in full regalia of ollice. as well as a number of deputy-lieutenants and a whole host of patst and present Volunteer officers from all parts of the country. Whilst the football match, Newport v Old Merchant Taylors, was being played, the Volunteers from the three batta- j lions formed up in quarter column on the new cricket ground adjoining, and after the foot- j ball game was over marched to the central ground The troops were under the command of Colonel J. A. Bradney, the colonel com- manding the 3rd Battalion, who acted as bri- gather, the other commanding officers being Colonel Mansel of the 2nd Battalion, and Colonel Goss of the 4th Battalion. Lord Tre- degar was received with a general salute, and then the active service men, about 70 in all, were marched to the front and were decorated by hie lordship. The first to receive the medal was Captain Marsh (Abergavenny), who, going out with the Glamorgan Company of the Imperial Yeo- manry, became an officer. lIe was also an officer in the-South Wales Borderers. After- wards came Captains Kemmis and Dawson. The full list of those entitled to the decora- tion is as follows:- 2nd BATTALION. Captain Ll. J. Phillips; Captain F. G. Daw- son, Sergeant Quinton, Privates J. Ellis, H. Jones, R. Lewis, R. T. Reeves, and J. Flower, A Company, Chepstow; Sergeant M. & Thomas. Privates E. J. Davies, T. Hadden, G. R Rylands, W. Bradford, W. H. Mills, C. Pop- joy, J. Davies, and F. J. Summers, Newport detachment; Privates E. Taylor, J. Turner. C. Willis, F. Morris (who has joined Baden- Powell's Police), and R. Price, F Company, Tredegar; Corporal A. J. Osmond, Privates E. H. Howell, F. Love, and C. Thomas, G Com- pany. Pontymieter; Privates T. Lewis and T. Strange, H Company, Blackwood; Privates W. Davies, E. Fletcher, W. J. Jones, and T. Baker, I Company, RDgerstone; and Private D. J. Davies, of Pontymieter (deceased). 3rd BATTALION. Sergeant Alfred Search, A Company, Ponty- pool; Sergeant Leonard H. Sketch. C Com- pany, Pontnewydd; Lance-corporal James Evans, Privates Wilfred Harris, Charles E. James, Thomas E. Preston, Charles K Richards, and Thomas Robotham, A Com pany, Pontypool; Privates Samuel Miles and Walter Webb, B Company. Garndiffaith; Cor- porals Charles H. Butcher and John Butcher, Privates William J. AHBOPP, and Robert H Hurley, C Company. Pontnewydd; SeireanL William J. Davies, D Company, Ebbw Va!e; Lance-corporals John Evaii3 and John Lloyd, F Company, Sirhowy; Private Mark Rice, H Company, Abertillcry; and *Private John Lyons, C Company. Pontnewydd. Since joined the South African Police. 4th BATTALION. Lance-sergeant A. H. Pennymore, Pri- vates T. Brown and A. Winstone, A Company, B'.aenavon; Sergeant W. Truman, B Company, Pontypool; Captain H. G. Kemmis, Ser- geants P. J. Pritchard and D. I. Jones, Corporal S. E. Porter, Lance-corporals T. Browning and W. Cook, Bugler W. M. Porter, Privates T. Adams, W. J. Daviee, C. Davies, A. D. Davies, G. Hillman, A. R. Niblett, D. J. Whelan, and H. Jones (deceased), New- port detachment; Lance-sergeant C. P. Thomas, Corporal T. II. Lewis, Private W. Sweet, G Company, Usk; Lance-corporal Powell, Privates Storey, Joseph Shaw, J. H White, John Williams, T. Jones, C. Wil- liams, and E. Gibbons (deceased), H and I Companies, Abergavenny; and Corporal R. Pullin, Privates Kimber and Allaway, K Company, Monmouth. As each recipient went up to his lordship to receive the medal he was greeted with a few words of kindly welcome. Addressing the whole company, his Lordship said:—"I have never done a more pleasing duty than hand- ing medals to those men who have served their country in the time of war. All have done their duty to their county and their country. I have no doubt that, like most brave men, you had rather these medals had been presented to you quietly in your own homes. That is the natural modesty of brave men; but when it was suggested to me I said No.' Men who volunteered for service at a time of great danger and distress, when the country was at war, everyone should know and I congratulate. All their fellow-citizens able to do so should come to hear their names read out pTid see them decorated. It is said that war brings forth kingly men, and those who have been on foreign service will feel t,i cy have soon out there kingly men whom tip,' l1f1.d no idea before w?ro kingly m?' The very fact of being on active service brings out their best qualities. I have had the honour of presenting medals to men belonging to bat- talions who have done very well in the pro- nortion they sent on foreign service. I nm quite sure the county of which I have the honour of being lord-lieutenant has sent forth as many men to do yeoman service in the war as any other county in England. It has given me great pleasure to present the medals and to shake hands with all. May you long live to wear these medals with credit to your country, so that everyone who sees you with them on may know you have done your duty to the best of your ability. I thank you for the honour you have brought upon the connty." Colonel Bradney having thanked his lord- ship- the battalions marched past, and a notable demonstration thus ended.

PRESENTATIONS AT SWANSEA. THE 2nd V.B. MEN REWARDED. On Saturday afternoon the men of the right half battalion of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment who served in South Africa received their war medals at the hands of the high-sheriff, Mr. Griff. Thomas. in the Victoria Park, Swansea. Men from nine comnanies of the regiment, viz., Taibach, Port Talbot, Neath, Hafod, and Swansea, marched to the field, the officers present lpinp Lieutenant-colonel Trick. Majors David, Green, Sinclair, and Stevens, Captain and Adjutant Bailiff, Cantain Hunter, and Lieutenants Taylor, L1. David, E. Tennant, and Ivor Bowen. At the park were the High-sheriff of Glamor- gan (Mr. Griff. Thomas), the Mayor of Swan- sea, (Councillor W. Watkins). Sir Robert Morris, Colonel Homfray, Bridgend, Ac. Colonel Homfray introduced the high-sheriff in a brief speech, and that gentleman pre- sented the medals to the following men:- Swansea and Hafod Detachments.—Sergeant E. J. Benallick, and Privates A. M. Francis, W H. Morgan, D. J. Davies. and J. Williams. Neath Detachments.—Privates D. Wng<3taffe, J. Jones, H. D. Jones, E. H. Daws, and W. H. Jones, and Drummer Long. The High-sheriff, after pinning on the medals, observed that it afforded him the greatest pleasure to distribute those medals to the men by whom they had been so well earned. They had done their duty in South Africa most nobly in difficult circumstances. One thing in this protracted war must have struck the whole of Europe, and that was the way their Volunteers had come forward when they were in difficulties. The Mayor of Swansea, added a few words, and said that never had he known a time when the hearts of the people of this country had so gone out to those who were fighting their battles as during this war. The men of the battalion were afterwards put through some evolutions, and treated to refreshments.

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RAIL WAYMEN'S CONGRESS. I SWANSEA SELECTED FOR NEXT YEAR'S MEETING. The fourth and final day's sitting of the annual conference of the Amalgamated j Society of Railway Servants was held in Exeter-hall, London, on Friday, when Mr. George Thraxton (chairman) again presided. Mr. Nicholas (Barry) moved, and Mr. Blox- ham (Birmingham) seconded, the following resolution, which was carried:—"That this congress deeply regrets the number of railwaymen killed and injured in the United Kingdom during last year, which gives cause for grave alarm at a time when the Board of Trade have been given tha responsibility of supervision of occupa- tions determined dangerous on our railways, I and the discretionary power of making rules for the prevention of so great a waste of human life, as expressly notified by the Royal Commission of Inquiry, and affirmed by iegis- lation of the House of Commons in the session of 19C0. that even a lower percentage of killed and injured was an unnecessary sacrifice. We emphasise our general secretary's declarations in the House during the last session that need- less and unprovoked delay is being caused by the companies and lack of interest by the State departments in giving effect to the deci- sion and intention of the Legislature on this question." Mr. Prescott (Cardiff) moved, "That, having adopted the principle of arbitration and con- ciliation, this congress gives its hearty acquies- cence to the action of our general secretary in the introduction of his Bill embodying the above principle, and, recognising the approval that has been given to the question by the branches, this congress requests the general secretary be asked to re-introduce it in the next session of Parliament." Mr. Prescott said the district he came from was the cockpit of strikes and lock-cuts, and had this Act been in force a great amount of misery and distress would have been avoiaed.Ilr. Campbell (Motherwell) seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. Shaw (York) moved, "That this congress deprecates any retrograde step being taken in regard to the facilities which are now avail- able for higher education in elementary and evening continuation schools, and that the delegates here assembled are of opinion that some special authority should be appointed in each district or area to have control over the whole educational system of such dis- trict or area, and that such authority should be elected specially for the purpose; further, until this can be accomplished it be urged upon the Government to pass an Act of Par- liament to legalise the present system of education in the schools abovenampd. and to permit of its extension." Mr. Shaw said the recent act of the Government was a most flagrant instance of misdirected ingenuity. He looked upon evening continuation schools and the like as the half-way house to the univer- sities for the children of working men.—Mr. Charles (Quakers' Yard) seconded, and said the remark of Lord Salisbury that Trades Unions were crael organisations, the remark of Mr. Chamberlain that working men M.P's were like fish out of water, and the Oockerton iud;ment-all three, taken with the Taff Vale decision, was a blow at the labouring classes in all directions. (Hear, hear.)-The resolution was carried. The election of president was next con- sidered. and, after a lengthy discussion in pri- vate. the retiring president (Mr. Thaxton, of Leeds) declined to allow himself to be nomi- nated. Mr. Loraine, of West Hartlepool, was then elected president for the ensuing year by a considerable majority over the four other candidates. A deputation was heard from the General Federation of Trades Unions, and afterwards the congress recommended the executive committee to consider the advisa- bility of afhliati .1. Liverpool's request for the appointment of a totally independent committee to inquire fully into the conduct of the recent Taff Vale move- ment was passed over without discussion. No one was found to move the resolution of Cardiff No. 2 Branch, asking the congress to instruct the executive to explain to the branch why the movements in South Wales were allowed to be conducted in such a loose way by the general secretary, and why the- organising secretary for South -Wales had been allowed to issue circulars without the society's heading. A similar fate befel a resolution of Cardiff No. 1 Branch, protesting against the remarks which appeared in the issue of th3 "Railway Review" of August 2, and asking- that the settlement of the Taff Vale dispute be fully investigated. Mr. Holmes, the organising secretary for South Waks, withdrew a request that steps should be taken to comnel the Aberdare Branch to withdraw the alleged libel on him, published in the public press, or give him per- mission to er.ter an action for slander. Mr Holmes applied for permission and assistance to stand at the next general elec- tion or at a bye-election for a seat in Parlia- ment, providing a suitable constituency was willing to adopt him as a democratic candi- date. By 2) vote3 to n the request was rejected. In the course of the rather heated discussion krr. E. Charles (Quakers- lard) said that lfr. irolm?s had not ¡;hüwn that discretion :n his work in South Wales which would entitle him to a seat in Parliament.-Mr. Holmes's request to reply to Mr. Charles was allowed by a majority. He challenged Mr. Charles on his statement, and he was, he said, prepared to resign his position of organising secretary if Mr. Charles really represented the feeling in his constituency. He was aware there were one or two who would like to see him out of it. If Mr. Charles had information against his conduct in the Taff Vale strike ho could have raised the matter on the resolutions from Liverpool and Cardiff. He was prepared to defend all he had done in connection with the strike, which, he held, he was not directly or indirectly responsible for. He did all in his power to prevent the notices being sent out, but Aberdare refused to carry out his instructions. A conspiracy, he alleged, had been worked up to lay charges which wne absolutely unfounded against him. There v,as no complaint an to his conduct from "^ir.n'.ng- ham or the West of England. The ch:'ige came from Aberdare. but a branch that raised a resolution asking the Taff Vale directors to forgive them for having the manliness to come out on strike was not a branch he cared for, whether it was for or .ij'i'nst him. In conclusion, he protested against, what he termed the unfair attack of the Quakers' Yard representative.— Mr. Charles explained that he intended to raise the question on the resolution which Mr. Holmes had withdrawn, and he had taken the earliest opportunity afterwards. He yielded to no man in his admiration for Mr. Holmes's energy and ability, but it was his opinion and the opinion of those he repre- sented that in critic-al times Mr. Holmes's judgment left him, and he did things which really did a lot of harm. The speech Mr. Holmes made at Birmingham 1 < Mr. Charles's view, of a fiery and in r 1 iture. Mr. Nicholas (Barry) repeated ation he overheard between Mr. Mo and Mr. Holmeq regarding the Ta ..(!' • rike, which was to the effect that wI. t; M; holmes asked that the notices be helci hack iveek at least Mr. Jones replied ti ould deliver the message, but he did. thn men would act upon it.—The Pr J.eed we pursue the matter furthe. J'Jr'-o. of "No.")—The matter then dropp Mr. James Williams (Pontypo V a large majority re-elected audito Both Leicester and Swansea, t, ur-^r r lav- ing the support of Pontypool, in- od ihc .ml- gress to meet in their respective w-wm uext year. A vote was taken, and I o.v vas selected by 29 votes to 23.

The Glen-Spey Distillery, situ: -he finest Whisky-producing DistrIct 01. i8 the property of W. i: A. Gilbey. 1. y is made entirely from home-grown r cv id is kept absolutelv unbleuded m Ij 's Bonded Warehouses to mature, s )v W. A A. Gilbey's agent3 in every to • a ? d. per bottle. T-Al DFRS.-Ladders for Builderi r r. 1. Plasterers, Fanners, Private Use, e &t Cottrell's old-eefcafcliehed Itaaefiu ?> street, Bristol, I

HOTEL NAMES IN CARD YE OLDE BLACK LION TO BE CHANGED. The traditional old houses of St. Mary-stre^ —with the names affixed as our fathers liae(j thern—are disappearing one after another, & palatial business premises, with new-fanS1 names, are re-placing the old haunts. seems that Yj Olds Black Lion is doomed be improved On Monday at Cardjf polIC court (before Alderman W. Sanders and I\{:;¡ D. Duncan) Mr. Harry Cousins (solicitor) Mr. Joseph Stanfield (accountant) appeared 0 behalf of Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., ™ Frederick William Wigan, and MessrS. Richardson (Soathwark1. Mr. Cousins, who was armed with volumiO0 1 icfl' documents and plans, said he had an aI)pJicd tion to make in respect of one of thc licne houses in St. Mary-street, viz., the Black Ll?Il Hotel. The application was, first, for approval of the justices to change the nc,,¡J13 of the Black Lion to the SandriO" ham Hotel and Restaurant." Upon tb. failure of a gentleman somewhat r--cc-,r, for a large sum, the property l-*1^ into the hands of Sir William Wigun. Mr. Fredor:ck William Wigan, and tO Messrs. Richardson. He applied for them on behalf ot the licensee, asked approval Of 1,; c the plans submitted to the head-c-onstabie, ill,I volving certain alterations lie proceeded to explain. A largo restaurant trade had beef developed at the Bla--k Lion, and it was to foS{ and cultivate that trade in every po-sible 0 that the present application was made. T j plans had been prepared upon the lines ° those of the London restaurants of lie,s"s f Slater, probably weil known to at least one 0 the magistrates on the bench. It was prod posed to do away with the engine house aU Ii brewery and boilers, and the lavatory other offices on the ground floor it was in con- templation to remove to the basement. TbeY were objectionable in the highest degree, bcitl" practically a part or the hotel premises. T" entrance to the hotel on the south side it t proposed to put on the north side, so tl1;}g there should be one entrance to what \'f,t called the public bar and an absolutely privf entrance to the liot-sl. The 25 bedrooms not let satisfactorily because tho smell can3 up there of the cooking that went, on. > Mr. Duncan (intervening) said it was necessary to go at any length into the matte j He presumed the bye-laws would be complie with. Mr. Cousins: We are bound to conform. Mr. Duncan: It is a distinct im^roved6^ from a sanitary point of view, but why the name? I don't like these old names disappear. C, f Mr. Cousins: We thought the GrojvenoT the Sandringham should be substituted '° the old Black Lion, which has not been a for, tunate name so far as monetary success Oesl The Head-constable (Ill reply to the trates) had not the slightest objection. 1fl 1< understood it was proposed to give up brewery at the back and utilise some port1 of the space for restaurant purposes. Mr. Cousius: 1 tnink it will meet with approval of tiie head-constable if the is done away with. There are boilers tfc'oj land othf"- things, and fir3 at any time and cause destruction of proper; Mr. Duncan asked if the scheme had be submitted to the local authorities. Mr. Cousins: Not yet. Of course, the aP* cation is made to you first. Alderman Sanders agreed that there wa^ need to labour the case. There were fert'T0. points which must be looked to, but the P posals seemed to be proper. Mr. Duncan: Except as to the name. That a matter of taste. the Mr. Cousins: The present owners think 1 time really has arrived when there should a change of name. Alderman Sanders: That is a matter for yo —<not for us-so far as I can see.

GROSS PARENTAL NEGLECT- Jane Ann Shaw, wife of a labolIre living at 21, Atlas-road, was summoned Cardiff Police-court on Friday for neglectil"- her infant male child in such a manner as be likely to cau?e it unnecessary suffering. Mr. Halloran. for the prosecution, paid tB' on Tuesday, the 1st inst., at 9.45 in the i.ag. Police-constable Davies was on duty Atlas-road, and saw defendant drunk and disorderly, and she had in her arms the 11a!J; wl: ch was seven months old. Th3 consta.c took the child from her and convcyed woman to the police-station. The little 0 was in a very dirty condition and smelt o»e sively. It had the appearance of having be badly neglected, and weighed only > whereas it should have weighed 131b. at lea" The child, in fact, was quite a skeleton. t" Police-constable William Davies spoke as the woman's state when he saw her in road. It was a rery wet night, and. the bitb having no shawl or other cover about it. WSO taken care of by another woman. 'ld. Chief-inspector Dnrston described the ChI d. as being in -iieli a terrible state that he B to send it to the union. ] Dr. Campbell Jenkins, resident mea- officer at Cardiff Workhouse, said the was so bad on admission that it could not Ii bathed. It was more or less in a moribu conditic^i. The infant was very seriously and the lower parts of the body had the < pearance of not having been washed for M. or four days. The clothing, also, was cient. The normal weight of a child age was 13|lh. 0t The Deputy-stipendiary asked if 9ib. was y the ordinary weight at birth. Dr. Jenkins: Some are born at that ^eLZj, and some at 7 £ lb.. This child was and I do not think it had been fed for so* time. It was now better, and seemed ol than stated. t 9, The Deputy-stipendiary, after looking i certificate previously given by another Inedle man, said, "You are quite right, doctor. The child is nine months old." "e Dr. Jenkins: Then the weight should B been 16ilb. or 171b. The police records showed that prisoner f been previously up for stealing, and once drnnkenness. of The Deputy-stipendiary passed sentence one month, with hard labour. Defendant, who denied the neglect, below protesting and crying.

SEQUEL TO ATTT,rPTED .CIDV AT PONTYPOOL. ,ioif At Pontypool Police-court on Satnr^ David Godwin, Star Inn, Abersychan, f. summoned for selling beer to a driiniiPl1 son.-A man named Hunt stated that hc 6;1' another man, of teh name of Dowle, the house and supplied with a pint of hy the landlord. Dowle was then under of influence of drink, and put a quantity 11" oxalic acid in iis beer and drank it- 1,0 afterwards walked home.—Dr. Mulligan, was called to see Dowle shortly after he }J iti taken the poison, said that he was a condition dangerous both to himself the community. He could not have sober half an hour previously.—For defence several witnesses were called, e!l" stated that Dowie walked straight, spoke sonably, and did not present the slightest dence of intoxication.—Fined 10s.

ABERYSTWITH TOWN COUXø. h oor A special meeting of the Aberystvrit for poration was held on Saturday aftero^ ^ote the appointment of harbourmaster-, 1,0 than usual interest was centred in\}de*' appointment owing to the fact that be]" man Thomas Doughton, one of their nlJl tltÐ was amongst the six candidates B€*k^l0{ post, which became vacant on the de*™ late Captain John Thomas.—The ejt« considered in committee, and it sub0e<1 9e^e\ transpired that the voting was eigh1 in favour of Oa-tain ,a Alderman Donarhton, wbo is also fled master mariner, holding the flcate of the Board of Trade,— I phreys was formally appointed to tho At « salary of 970.

Great Britain raises 64 million pounds' worth of coal a year, the United States 43 millions. and Germany 35! millions' worth. The first man in Wales to deal with the subject of ventilation of dwellings was the late Bishop Thirlwall, of St. David's. Some forty years ago that learned prelate published a small pamphlet in Welsh entitled "Awyriad Anneddaa," which, like many other good things, has disappeared from sight. A few days ago a speaker at a pro-Boer meeting at Merthyr was telling the Socia- listic element about the troubles in which the Government had landed the people. "The Post Office Savings Bank." he said, "is in a state of bankruptcy." Next morning it is said that twenty-five colliers withdrew their savings. If anything were wished to encourage sub- scriptionis to the Cardiff and District Branch of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Nursine Insti- tute it would be a bare statement of their record. Last year the ten nurses had 1,125 cases, and paid 32.635 visits; costing 14s. 2id. per case. and 61t4. per visit. This charity is iheap enough to begin at every home. There still exist proofs in the pipe-rolls and other Government documents that the army of Edward I. in that Monarch's campaigns both against the Welsh and the Scots partly con- sisted of Welshmen drawn from Monmouth- shire and Breconshire. Those Welshmen were the first to use longbows in war. Those bows were made of yew, and it is an interesting fact that there are still more yew trees in the counties inst mentioned than in any other parts of Wales. Welsh place-names have frequently a. geo- graphical signification, and they also tell a tale which bears directly on the subject of consumption. A glance at the list of farm- houses in the Principality will show that hun- dreds of such dwellings have been erected in dingles or hollows where very little air and sunshine can penetrate, and where the smoke of peat and wood only with difficulty screws its way upwaras. It will be an interesting exercise for any Welsh student to count the aiames of dwellings in which is contained tLe word pant," or "dyffryn," or "cwm" in one form or another. A very us?f-a' discussion will be intro- duced into the Geninen at the begin- ning of next year. The editor ("Eifi- onydd ") has asked the question, Are old Welsh customs and manners worth preserving?" The first to enter tho lists will be a South Wales man, and he is under- stood to be in favour of an affirmative view. If this be th c,a,se, it is to be hoped that even in the pages of an orthodox Welsh magazine there may be an opportunity to defend "modern" games and sports, on the ground that they are the degenerate descendants of some of the "Pedair camp ar hugain," or Twenty-four games," of Mediaeval Wales. A RECIPE FOR PROMOTING CONSUMPTION. A tip to those who would breed consumption, Here is the pith of it. Never remember to open the window, Never forget to pit! Air and cleanliness kill consumption. Carefully both omit. Not for a second unfasten the window, Never forget to spit! Same in the train; no matter the feelings Of those who with you have the honour to sit. Btick to your rule about shutting the window, Never forget to spit! In the street you cannot close windows- That should rile you a bit. Make it up in the other direction- Never forget to spit! Never yon mind the ladies' dresses— Fashion! you mustn't encourage it.! Let 'em skip if they'd save their clothing. Don't be afraid to spit! JJoctors? Fools with an air of knowledge. Piling up bills on the strength of it. Let 'em prate. But you close the window, And never forget to spit! Forward, then, salubrious army, Whomsoever the cap doth fit. TJp whj] the cause of the tight-shut window! Never forget to spit! IDRIS. A humble and an aged bard from Lancashire ha.s become chargeable to the Cardiff Union, and the authorities took the necessary steps for his removal to his own county. The Lancashire authorities sent for him, but the poet refuses to go. and he put his refusal in ttda form If I go back to Lancashire, As you would me advise, I will have to tell my friends there A lot 02 wilfull lies. I told them that my sisters here, Unless they all were dead. Would surely give their brother Tom A little bit of bread. I sa-.d they'll see I cannot worke. For I can hardly crawl. The little food that I shall want I'll get amongst them all; Though two as you but three is left, And these I'm pleased to see, Although they wish to drive ma back To nought but misery. Now, how can I go back to them And sing my sister's prz ise, While in the workhouse I must be And end my latter days. Amongst the dead and dyin' there, To hear their groans and cries, Against such dreadful seens as that I wish to close my eyes. I'd climb the steepest mounting here, And there I'd dwell alone, Before I'd ask a child of mine To give their dad a home. I'd end my wretched life on earth, I'd chance what is to come, Before I'll go to Lancashire, Or live in Hankerton. ni have to live with Bessie James Unti- she turns me out, And that she'll do before 'tis long, I've not a single doubt. So now good-bye my sister dear, I'll do the best I can. But not go back to Lancashire, No. not for mortal man. lhe miner get3 as wages an average of 2s. 7d. per ton of coal raised. Mr. Beriah Evans is bringing out a book which is intended to be a psychological and biographical study of Howell Harris, "tne Methodist mystic." No doubt, the Rev. J. Morgan Jones is putting new nibs in his holder ready for the fray. Is the Church more popular as a profession in Wales than in England? Across the border they are complaining of a dearth of candidates for the ministry, while in Wales some 60 new candidates have passed their examination for admission into Lampeter College this term. Miss Beatrice Edwards, of Cardiff, took the leading vocal character in the new musical comedy, "The Chinese Honeymoon," produced on Saturday night at the Strand Theatre, Lon- don. There is also something Welsh in the name of Mr. E. Boyd-Jones, another of the artistes. Something novel in the annals of banK- ruptcy: A 0aer3ws man attended at the New- ruptcy: A CLersws man attended at the New- town Court for his public examination. The plaintiff in a recent breach of promise case, who obtained a verdict for L400 damages ano costs, was the only creditor. The debtor stated that he would have paid her if he could, but he had no means except through his father. Here is a coincidence which it would be difficult to ma.ch. The Rev. D. W. Davies, vicar of Llangerniew, is a native of Llangybi, a Cardiganshire parish which is surrounded by three other parishes of the name of Bettws, Llanddewi, and Llanfair. The curious part is that Mr. Davies's present sphere of labour is surrounded by parishes bearing the same three names. Criticism of the Hon. Odo Vivian's unfortu- nate declaration that he wanted nothing but gentlemen for his "Devil's Own" Yeomanry troop still runs rife, and the "Sunday Chronicle" suggests that "the troop should be taken on a show tour round the country." But why all this fuss? We learn from Scrip- ture that it is easier for a camel to go through the eya of a needle than for the rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. They must, there- fore, necessarily be the "Devil's Own." The expulsion of religious Orders from France is having its effect this side the Channel. About a hundred more Jesuit students are expected to arrive at St. David's CoLege, Mold, from Lyons. This building they previously occupied about four years ago. The college is for the training of Jesuit priests, doctors, solicitors, and other profes- sional men, and is connected with a much larger college of the sane character in the South of England. On Friday there arrived at Holywell a community of Dominican nuns. They have taken up their abode at The Vron, the residence of the late Mr. R. Sankey, whose sister, Miss SaJlkey, has placed the house at their disposal. The nuns, who are all French- speaking, earn a livelihood by the embroider- ing of churcIF vestments. The current number of the "Observatory" has the following announcement:—"We are informed that Dr. Isaac Roberts, F.R.S., the well-known astronomer, is shortly to marry Mdlle. Dorothea Klumpke, late of the Paris Observatory, to both of whom we wish all happiness." Mdlle. Klumpke is one of the most eminent of living lady astronomers, and readers will scarcely need reminding that Dr. Isaac Roberts is a Welshman, one of the greatest scientific men that the Principality has produced..Though he is now settled in Sussex, where he secured his splendid photographs of the heavens. Dr. Roberts has by no means forgotten the land of his birth. To mention but one fact out of many, he has presented the Astronomical Society of Wales (of which he is an Associate) with his two magnificent volumes of celestial photographs. The story of the Merthyr girl who worked in the pits as a collier boy reminds a. cor- respondent that it is not the first instance of the kind. In the Chartist days one of the miners became so prominent a ringleader that a warrant was out for his arrest. Fortu- nately he had a warning, and escaped into the wilds of North Wales. His wife, with several children, became destitute, so the plucky woman resorted to a bold expedient. She cropped her hair, put on some old clothes of her husband, and. getting a friendly woman to look after the children, got work at a mine level, and regularly tramped to and fro like a man for months. It may be suspected that some of the miners were in the secret, but they did not disclose it. The woman wa" hard-featured and of masculine build, and kept herself and family comfortably until the rioter was able to return. Then the man resumed his ealling and the woman returned to her duty of looking after the babies. A geological correspondent of ours asks leave to retain his scepticism about the value of the new coalfield in Kent until the evidence is exact and complete. He says:—"A good deal of random writing appears in relation to it. One writer states that for some time sinking has been going on through carboni- ferous rock. If by rock the carboniferous limestone is meant, prospects of coal are scanty, as the limestone is the cradle of the coal measures. Carbonaceous shale, probably. is meant. Then we are told that in the coal brought up the known plants of the coal measures are to be seen. In Wales the fossil plants occur in the shale, but are not, as a rule, detected in coal, though some writers maintain that most of our coal is derived from the lepidodendron.' Anyway, it will be a very long time before the Dover district will be independent of Welsh coal. Even when coal is won there are faults to be negotiated, as the Welsh coalowners of the western dis- tricts have found to their cost." They have been honouring the late Vicar of Doncaster, Canon Tebbutt, who in his speech of gratitude spoke thus of Dean Vaughan: "He had a high ideal of Doncaster. That ideal had been set by its former famous vicar, Dr. Vaughan and now he bad left that ideal rose higher than ever, and he felt sorry that he could not have risen to a truer conception of it when he was here. One thing, he could honestly look them in the face and say he tried to give them the very best preaching in his power. He had striven to follow the footsteps of his great predecessors in that respect, and he trusted that the pulp't of Don- caster would never be degraded below the high level with which it had always been asso- ciated. His successor (the Bishop of Sheffield) he knew would maintain the highest standard of spiritual experimental preaching to tJifi people committed to his charge." In connection with this paragraph it is re-calbd that Canon Tebbutt was a visitor to Cardiff when the Church Congress was held there, and stayed at Penarth with Mr. S. A. ::1rair., J.P. There ie a feature of life at Aberystwith which is causing some of the residents much heart-searching. The matter is adequately referred to in one of the local papers as fol- lows:—"At the Aberystwith Railway Station there is a heavy truck used for moving lug- gage about the platforms. It is a ponderous thing, and awkward. Sometimes it is used- to take parcels to shopkeepers. There is one youth—the attention of the police does not seem to have been called to him—who takes I goods into Pier-street. Then he gets th's track to the top of Great Darkgate-st.reet and cornea down with the noise of a mail train, the speed of a runaway horse, and the impetus of several tons The shopkeepers watch his descent with admiring terror, for every day they expect him—or somebody elee—to be smashed to bits. I saw the performance last Monday evening after dark. It was very awe- inspiring. The whole street was up except the police office. There were some four or five youths on the truck. The leader was in front steering. He could not stop the truck, or get off. or modify its pace. It came thundering down the street with all the weight of its own impetus, and, as luck would have it. nothing happened. The sensation, no doubt, is grand, but at the inqueet-there is sure to be an inquest sooner or later—the verdict can hardly be accidental death. What a pity it is that the attention of the police is not called to this matter." Mr. Charles Henry Glaacodine, the well- known barrister seia all our correspondents right on the subject of Arthur's Stone. "Arthur's Stone," writes Mr. Glascodine, stands on Cefn Bryn, which is at that spot 432ft. high (not 1,328ft.), near the village of Reynoldstone, which is twelve miles (not lght) from Swansea. Arthur's Stone is not 3ft. long, 4ft. to 5ft. wide, and over 3ft. thick, but 13ft. 4in. long, 6ft. 8in. wide, and 7ft. 5in. high-in its greatest dimensions. It is an irregular mass, varying in every dimension. It is not correct to say that a large piece has broken off from each end, perhaps 5ft. long; but one piece lies apparently having broken off from its western side, the dimen- sions of which are 7ft. 3in. x 6ft. 9in. x 3ft. 2in. There is no appearance, either on Arthur's Stone itself or the large stone, about 9ft. long. lying to the south of it, that this ever formed put of it. It is true that the stone now rests on four pillars, and there are seven others (five standing and two fallen). These cannot all have been supporters at the same time, but probably formed the sides of mortuary chambers without actually sup- porting the capstone. The large stone to the south may also, lying on its side, have closed the southern mortuary chamber. The space under the stone is nothing like 4ft. from the 7,round-childrer can not run under it. Mr. D. T. Hutchins, of Barry, born in the parish of Penrice, and whose boyhood was passed within a mile of that prehistoric mystery,* says that at that remote period the stone was entire. Now we know, to within a century or two. when it fell in two. It was adored by the Pagans, and Dewi Sant smote it with a sword and split it. to prove to them that there was no divinity in it. The part that he sliced off-it is a clean cut-is there to-day, in proof of the fact. If Mr. D. J. Hutchins was a contemporary of Dewi Sant, what a lot he can tell us. if he will! if only he will make just a fragment of an effort' to toer- petuate other reminiscences of so observant. so remote, a boyhood! But he does not seem to recollect any 'supports' other than the four on which the stone rests. Yet there are nine stones still ere.1t and two recumbent to-day. Sir Gardner Wilkinson wrote about Arthur's Stone and the cairns in its neighbourhood in a paper published in Arch. Camb. for 1870. p.p. 23 and 117. The measurements given above were taken by Colonel Morgan and myeelf in the summer of 1896." The biggest room in Cardiff is the room for improvement. A pipe and pottery works at Morriston is almost unique in that it has had no labour disputes for over a quarter of a century. If twelve persons can be found wishful to learn Welsh at Newport a class to teach the language will be started at the technical school. Mr. Drane is to contribute a special account of the life and labours of the late John Storrie to the transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society. The task could scarcely have been entrusted to more capable hands. Mr. J. E. Morris in his new work on the Welsh wars of Edward the First-a work of permanent interest to Welsh students—gives an account of the siege of Emlyn. There was a. "new castle" there at that time. Edward captured the castle by means of a big engine, by the help of which he had demolished Dryslwyn Castle some time previously. The engine was taken by way of St. Clears to Cardigan, then up along the right side of the Teify to Emlyn. Mr. Morris does not state where it was posted, but possibly it was on the Cardiganshire side of the river, opposite the castle Edward's headquarters is supposed by some historians to have been a little out ot the town in a meadow called since Dol-y- Brenin," or the King's Meadow. A pleasant literary gossiper in "Harper's Weekly" has something interesting to say about an old religious novel associated with South Viz alee. "Recently," he writes, stu- dents of the religious no -el-a form of fiction which we are told stands next ou the rota of popularity—may like to make a note of some remarks dropped by Mr. James Macarthur, the pleasant literary gossiper of 'Harper's Weekly.' Mr. liacarthur says:- "Recently I had occasion to remark the dis- tinction which 'Robert Elsmere' and 'John Inglesant' gained, in their time, as religious novels. I wonder if, half a century hence, they will be as entirely forgotten as is Miss Jewsbury's 'Zoe,' or' 'The Two Lives,' which had its little day 50 years ago, and long since ceased to be. 'Zoe' was not only the precursor of Froude's'Nemesis of Faith,' published three years after it in 1343, but of 'Robert Elsmere.' It is of some importance to re-call the appear- ance of this work, for in modern English fic- tion 'Zoe' was the first novel in which the hero's career is made dependent on the victory of modern scepticism over ancient and ortho- dox belief. Like Robert Elsmere, be renounces religious orders and hierarchical distinction, and, burning with the desire to serve his fellow- men. devotes himself to humanise a half- savage people in one of the wildest iron dis- tricts of South Wales. His unwearied efforts are beginning to reap some reward when Mira- beau, on the eve of the French Revolution, arrives in England, and makes fierce love to the heroine, and a Methodist revival also reaches the village in which the hero has been labouring. The irony and tragic force of the closing chapters are very striking. The career of Miss Jewsbury's hero ends in his being cast forth from the village as an emissary of Satan. amid the storm provoked by a rude and igno- rant Methodist ranter. Although, like Robert Elsmere, he also is cut off by premature death, it must be said that the close of 'Zoe' is far 1638 commonplace than that of Mrs. Humphry Ward's novel."