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SELECTED INITIALS D. E., Tycapel, Felinfach. T. 0. M., Penybont, Borth. T. H., Bridge-street, Pontrhydfen- digaid. R. H. G., 23, Portland-road, Aber- ystwyth. A. G., Brecon-terrace, Cardigan.

NEW KNIGHTS. The "Court Circular" stat-ee that his Majesty h" conferred the honour of knight- hood upon Mr. George Buohanan, his Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Dul garia. The King also rcoetived Sir Frede- rick Treves, and invested him with the insignia of Knigfhit Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. z._

1 LONDON LETTER. i A COLUMN OF INTEREST TO ALL OUR READERS LONDON, Thursday. It is rumoured that an effort will be made to settle the education ques- tion in Wales by means of the Bishop of St. Asaph's Local Option Bill. This measure was read a second time in the House of Lords last session, after it had been conditionally accepted by the Government, and after it had received much criticism from the Bishop of St. David's. The manner of its reception did not encourage his lordship to pro-! ceed with it, and the Bill has been pigeon-holed ever since. The suggestion now is that the Bill shall be introduced in the Commons. Mr. Lloyd-George will not, it is thought, offer it any opposition, as it will enable him to effect a diplomatic retreat from what is becoming an impos- 1 '0' sible position. The Government will view the Bill more favourably than heretofore, although on the point of re-entry, upon which the teachers feel strongly, some difficulty may be experienced. NEfvV FIRST LORD. NÐW FIRST LORD. The appointment of the Earl of Cawdor as First Lord of the Admiralty has given widespread satisfaction. Members on both sides express great pleasure at the selection, and no dissentient voice is raised against Mr. Balfour's choice. There are many members of Parliament who remember the high opinion which the late Lord Salisbury had of Lord Cawdor. They have not forgotten the graceful compliment which the late Prime Minister paid his lordship when he first took his seat in the Upper j House. It is not against his appoint-! g ment that he has had no official expe- rience. What is required at the Admiralty is a man of sound business acumen; and no one who has followed Lord Cawdor's career as chairman of the Great Western Railway Company for the past ten years can have any but the highest opinions of his commercial abili- ties. The appointment is regarded as introducing an entirely new principle into political life, and as a striking testimony of the realisation of the importance of business men in managing the affairs of tate., MR. WYNDHAM'S RESIGNATION. State. MR. WYNDHAM'S RESIGNATION. The Prime Minister has announced with deep regret that Mr. George Wynd- ham had tendered his resignation as Chief Secretary for Ireland. After last week's debate no other course was possible. Strong pressure was brought to bear upon him to withdraw the resignation, but not only on the ground of health, but also on that of policy, Mr. Wyndham felt that his continued tenure of the Irish Office was impossible. It is customary for a. Minister who resigns to make his own statement, and to give the grounds which actuated him in the step taken. Mr. Wyndham is, however, in very poor health, and has had to defer his explanation to another, if less opportune, moment. Mr. Balfours announcement occasioned no surprise. Mr. Wyndham is personally popular with all classes. He has done extremely fine work in the Irish Office, and his retire- ment under these unfortunate circum- stances is much regretted. It is difficult to say what effect his resignation will have upon the position of the Govern- ment. If, as is reported, either Mr. Gerald Balfour or Mr. Walter Long is transferred to the office, the difficulties of the situation may be bridged over; but these constant resignations must of necessity have a weakening influence. The Radicals say they are insuperable, and are 'again forecasting an early dissolution. In this, as in other cases, the wish is father to the thought. The Prime Minister has weathered far worse storms than that which this resignation has precipitated, and if his followers only give him that loyal support which they are pledged to do this storm should also be of a temporary character, It, as is believed, Sir Antony MacDonnell returns to his duties in India on the resignation of Lord Dudley next month, the situation will be considerably improved. MR. WYNDHAM'S SUCCESSOR. Mr. George Wyndham's successor at the Irish Ottice will be selected from a. member of the Government. It is; not considered advisable at this moment to select a Ministerialist unacquainted with official work, and Mr. I Walter Long has been offered the post. Should he accept the position the appointment would be very popular. The Chief Secretaryship was offered Mr. Long in 1895, but as it did not then carry Cabinet rank Mr. Long did not feel able to accept it. In this event Mr. Bonar Law may go to the Local Government Board, it is rumoured that Lord Hugh Cecil was offered the Irish Office, but this I doubt. Certainly, his appoint- ment would add to the gaiety of nations and infuse new and welcome light into the somewhat dull proceedings of Parlia- ment. MR. LEIF JONES TAKES HIS SEAT. Mr. Leif Jones, the new member for Appleby, introduced by his brother, Mr. Brynmor Jones, and Sir Wilfrid Lawson, had an enthusiastic reception j when he took the oath and his seat. His victory reduces the nominal majority of the Government to about 80. In the present fluid condition of politics it is, however, almost impossible to accurately gauge the real strength of the Government. Many Free Traders who will continue to receive Treasury whips render but indifferent support, as do others who have seceded. Amongst the latter are Mr. Ritchie, Lord G. Hamilton, Mr. Beckett, Lord H. Cecil, Sir J. Gorst, Mr. Goschen, Sir Barring- ton Simeon, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Greville, and Mr. Crawford Smith, all of whom voted last year in favour of Mr. Morley's amendment. Mr. Gibson Bowles is still on the Ministerial books, as are Sir Dickson Poynder, Mr. Arthur Elliot, Mr. Austin Taylor, Mr. Lambton, Mr. C. H. Seely, Mr. Cameron Corbett, Mr. Richard Cavendish, Mr. H. Hobhouse, and Mr. Tritton; yet he' would be a bold man who would depend upon any one of them. The twelve Free Fooders who have crossed the floor and who now accept Opposition whips are Mr. Winston Churchill, Sir Michael Foster, Mr. Guest, Mr. Hain, Mr. Hatch, Colonel Kemp, Mr. E. Mitchell, Mr. Russell, Major Seely, Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. J. W. Wilson, and Mr. Wood. THE GOVERNMENT'S "WAY OUT." The Government found a con- venient way out of the difficulty created by Mr. Churchill's preferential motion by moving the previous question. The first time this ingenious method was used was on March 20, 1888, and the device was adopted because the old form of words, That the question be now put," was held to be identical with the closure motion. In the words of Sir Erskine May, "the object of the previous question is to withhold from the decision of the House a motion that has been proposed from the Chair by a motion, which compels the House to decide, in the first instance, whether the original motion shall or shall not be submitted to the vote of the House." In the Com- mons the words of the motion are, That that question be not now put," and 'if this be resolved in the affinnative the Speaker is prevented from putting the main question, as the House has thus refused to allow it to be put. If the previous question be negatived i the original question on which it was moved must be put forthwith, no amend- ment, debate, 01 motion for adjournment being allowed, because, as the House has decided against the proposal that the question be not now put," the ques- tion must at once be put to the vote. AGAINST THE TEA DUTY. A new organisation of a. non-political character has just been called into exist- ence. It is called the Anti-Tea Duty League, and its only object is to obtain a reduction of the tea duty. The tea- League, and its only object is to obtain a reduction of the tea duty. The tea- planters of India and Ceylon are subsi- dising the movement, and they have com- menced their campaign by posting a startling series of pictures all over London. Education by poster is no new thing, but the Anti-Tea Duty League has certainly hit upon a novel method of pro- moting its tenets, and large crowds gather round its attractive posters. These are eight in number, and more than 8,000 of them are being posted through- out London this week.

GEN. EYRE CRABBE DEAD. General Eyre Crabbe, chief of the adminis- trative staff of the Aldershot Army Corps, died suddenly on Wednesday. He arrived at the headquaj-ters offices art, nine o'clock, and at ten o'clock he was found lying in the lavatory uncomsoioua He was immediaitely romojed to his room and medical assistance summoned, but it was found that he was already dead. Profound regret was every- where expressed at his sudden death. The deceased officer, who formerly belonged to tho Grenadier Guards, served in the Egyptian War in 1882, and in the Nile Expedition two years later. He also I served in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, and was twice eeverely wounded. For his ser- vices in South. Africa he was mentioned in dispatches, received his C.B. and the medal with five claeps, as well as the King's medal with two clasps. At the inquest medical evidence was given that death was duelto heart failure. A ver- dict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.

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WEEK BY WEEK* LIGHTER SIDE OF CURRENT EVENTS. Ridges of snow still cling to the between Blaenavon and Waenavon Stations The latter, which is about 1.300ft. high, is the highest railway station in Wales. Lord Cawdor is the first Welshman sine* the late Lord Aberdare to have a seat in tb. Cabinet. Mr. Lloyd-George may be the next. The Archbishop of Canterbury has sent an invitation to a. distinguished Welsh clergyman to Lambeth Palace with a view to learn frotn M'ii the rite and progress, methods a.nd results of the Welsh revival. The archbiabiop is deeply interested in the movement. Messrs. Davies-Bryaut, the enterprising Welsh drapers in Cairo and Alexandria, a not allowing any opportunities to slip by them. They have opened a big shop in KhaJ" toum. Their shop in Cairo is one of tbll largest and finest in the place. With reference to the statement in a Lon* don paper that the Marquess of Bute and Miss Bellingham will be married in July we have authority for saying that at present tbe date i. uncertain. The marriage, however* will take place at Castle Bellingham, I Lord Tredegar is not narrow in his oharity. ( He has just given an acre of land to Bethel Baptist Oiiapel at Bassaleg for an extension of the burial ground. Similar gifts have been given to the Congregational Chapel at RiÜW" derya and Moriali Baptist onapel, Risca. A curious custom prevails at Tregarod Parish Church, which, although adopted io some English towns, is rare in Wales, via., allocating seats for males on one side and females on the other. Are there any other churches in Wales where this pla<n is ill v.ogue? Acoording to the Registrar General" statistics for 1903, the lowest county death* race was tha.t of Surrey (12.1), and the highee-t that of Cardiga.n (18.1). It ia curious to think that the deatn-rata of Cardiganshire was hignest in the country-higher even thaO London, with 15.2. Forty years as a schoolmaster is a. record of which one may feel proud. Mr. AsweU* the masteir a.t the Neyiand Board School, ha6 juiat completed his term, and for 39 years b.e was never once absent from his post. Amofli his present day pupils are several grand* children of his early scholars. It is a coincidence that the first incumbency in his own gift which the late Bishop ot Llandaff had to fill after he became bishop in 1S35 was Llantrisant, and he appointed the Rev. Pritchard Hughes, who will nov* step from the Llantrisant Vicarage to thl Bishop's Palace in Llandaff. Brevity as the soul of wit was illustrated by a doctor in the Swansea Valley -who wad j called upon to propose the health of the hostess. This is his speeeh:—"Gentlemen, We have had a jolly good dinner; we ar; jolly good fellows; drink Mrs. 'e joUt good health." Two Nantyglo boys, Profeesor Witboa Davies, of Bangor, and Mr. Beriah Evans, o* Carnarvon, are having a discussion in the press on the Welsh Lights." Dr. Davied holds that the connecting of these lighta with the revival is foolish and injurioua to the revival itself. A speaker at tho Welsh dinner in BirminZ' ham alluded to the Rov- Hartwell Jones as the "Welsh Cicero." Mr. Hartwell Jones, who was Latin master at Llandovery and Latin professor at Cardiff, is the only living Welshman who gained the chancellor's pri*^ for the Latin essay at Oxford. Mr. James Jones, Penpombren, Aberystj wyth, who has just died, was the father of six Welsh clergymen, viz., the Revs. W. Eo Jones, Llanllypri; James Jones, Llandinatn; J. S. Jones, Cathedine; Owen Jones, Carmar- then; Robert Jones, Holyhead; and R. Parker Jones, Llanidloes. Can this record of e1* sons labouring in the Church in Wales bØ beaten? It is pointed out that the full name of Mr. | Leif Jones, the new Liberal member for the ( Appleby Division of Westmorland, is Leif* child Stratten Jones. He thus bears the names of three great Nonconformist —Dr. Leifchild, of Craven Cihapel; the Re^' James Stratten, of Padding ton Chapel, an» his father, the Rev. Thomas Jones, oa Swansea. Who invented Black Glamorganth* phrase, not the county? Judge Gwilym Wil- liains has been under suspicion for a lonl time, but he vigorously pleaded n<?» guilty. The judge, however, seems to recoSf" nise that he is something like an accessor? before the fact, for he admits that h» famous speech boiled down came to DleaJI "Black Glamorgan." A teetotaler once said tha.t R.eo}w..bitel don't die so often as other people." There is something in it. judging by the mortali" of the South Monmouth District of Recn^ bites, whieh at the annual meeting of body held a-t Newport on Monday was to be only 4.87 per 1,000 dnriae their ninttet"8 years' existence. The juvenile death-rate wa/ even more remarkable—only 2.55 per 1,(# during the period. Welsh etymologists sometimes put theil foot in it" nicely in attempting to explain certain Welsh place-names. In Angles^ there is a farmhouse called Treban. Now; any Welshman would derive it from tre or tref and ban," a high residence," ° high town." But it is nothing of the kind. The name was written at one time Tr Foihion, and Treban is a pretty form at those two words squeezed down. Two prominent Welsh scientists, natives 01 the joint (but discordant) boroughs of Car* marthen and Llanelly, both authors of tes books on physics and old students of ystwyth, happen to be next-door | at Edgbaston, Birmingham. These are Mr. E. Jones, B.Sc., his Majesty's inspector ° secondary schools in the Midlands, and )1r. Lionel M. Jones, B.Se., headmaster of Suffol*' street Technical Schools. Daniel and tn* lions' den! The practical interest that working JX1ø take in the religious cause which appeals v¡ them is shown by their readiness for sel- sacrifice. At Trinant, a village near CruTfl; lip. the erection of a Wesleyan chapel soxnø time ago induced several men to devote considerable part of their earnings syste^ atically to help on the work, and in two of them lent sums of £ 25 each whicn they had saved, and refused to accept a.n1 interest for the loan. FOil" several months the Vicar of (Newport), the Rev. D. E. Llewellyn-Jone^ has been recruiting his health at Mentor He writes home to his parishioners to sa..1 tha.t he has greatly improved. His voice much better, the choking irritation 1n tlie throat has almost ceased, and he is abIØ to converse without fatigue. His know led? of the Welsh revival movement has be.tØ chiefly derived from the French newspaper- Le Matin." A correspondent points out that if any has a right to complain of "dumping" it I Birmingham. One Welshman is the princiP** eye specialist, another the principal surgeon. anotner the principal dentist, another the headmaster of the biggest municipal sccoP* dary school, and it is, no doubt, a matter 0 course that the biggest draper is a Welshman- No wonder the Chamberlain of calls for Protection. It retaliates by 6tello" ing Welsh water. A London contemporary observes that Ðø.r1 Cawdor to be appreciated must be known 10 h's own home—he has two houses in and one in Sootland-and he haal been described as the most perfect of fathers. interest he takes in every detail of his cb1 dren's life, his consideration for his servant^ and his sympathetic treatment of his ten an are .unusual in these days. He is very of music—his is a familiar figure at Paul's on Sunday afternoon—rides well,J practical agriculturist, and a. devcrt^ Churchman. A reproach is levelled by the Westmin6^ Gazette" against the Cymrio enthasias 0 celebrating St. David's Day who omitted tn note the felicitous coincidence that Mr. Job- 0 Thomas, the King's harpist, was born March 1. 1826. Mr. Thomas, who is a natI't of Glamorgan, was an infant prodigy." f he played the piccolo when four years of ag and as a boy of twelve- won the 1 local eisteddfod. He was sent to the ROYs Academy of Music by the Countess of ,« lace, the daughter of Byron, and the "Ada of "Childe Harold." It looks as if the old Welsh prophecy ab0^ the "bees coming back to the old hive' approaching fulfilment—in America, at rate. The Congregational Church in Brookfteld, Massachusetts, has changed faith by a unanimous vote, and has unit^ with the Episcopal Church, Diocese of Wcs^ Massachusetts. Following the vote of four hundred members of the Churoh, a tion favouring union was sent to the stflJ*^ ing oommittee of the diocese, and was gran^~ £ by that committee. The society owns a 1^^ and handsome church building and is from debt. This is believed to be the time in the States that so large a Church has jlian ged ite faith without division it3 members. > When was it that the Welsh jury's yerd became famous? Was it during the t the Rebecca Riots? A copy of the P^ct?^jji Times" for 1843 contains an exc*11 0( example. It is given under the headinr o1J" "Llanelly," a.nd reads as follows:—" On 1d tJlØ day an inquest was held OIII. the body of fl. murdered toll-gate keeper, Sarah wfcen. notwithstanding the evidence of 0t having been caused by a gunshot wound (9 being found in the lungs and in the the following verdict was returned:—^ the deceased died from the effusion of blol into the chest, which occasioned suffocati but from what cause ia to this jury known. Commentary on this ordinary verdict," adds the paper, in i

LAST WEEK'S CLAIMS. To each of the following a cheque for £1 has been sent;- Griffith Griffiths, Ccfnesgerfawr, Tre- garon. Richard Elias, 4, Mill-terraoe, Maesllyn. Lewis Mason, New Cottage, Devil's Bridge. John Rees, 32, Queen-street, Aber- ystwyth. John Jones, Parcpwll, Cross Inn, Llan- dyssul.

.r, iiixi inbw ijisjtiur. After a period of waiting of about six weeks the Prime Minister has now nominated a successor to the late Bishop Lewis in the See of Llandaff. Like his predecessor in office, he is a Welshman, acquainted with the language, and is in sympathy with national ideas and aspira- tions, a trait in his character which he has inherited, no doubt, from his father, the late Bishop of St. -a -ih Asaph, the first Welsh-speaking bishop appointed to a Welsh bishopric for a period of about a hundred and fifty years. It is but right that a man acquainted with the language should be appointed to Llandaff, where at least half the population make use of Welsh in their daily intercourse, if not in their religious services. That Welsh Dissent is strong in the diocese is, of course, a patent fact, but one which a class of Churchmen are too prone to overlook or ignore. The new bishop is the Vicar of Llantrisant, an admirable man in all respects. Born in 1847, and a man in the enjoyment of his health and strength, he cannot be said to be too old for the post. He has been very successful as a parish clergyman, and has as good a record to his credit as any clergyman in the Diocese of Llandaff. He has built about half-a-dozen churches, besides mission chapels and other institutions, chiefly for the use of young people, a class to whose needs he has always paid special atten- tion. In fact, the Rev. J. Pritchard Hughes has done in Llantrisant what Canon Lewie has done in Ystradyfodwg and the Rev. Benjamin Lloyd, now of Newport, at Mountain Ash when he was vicar of that parish. The new bishop is an excellent preacher in both languages, though he uses English with greater power and effect. His Welsh is above reproach, and is racy of the soil. An enthusiastic temperance man, his position as head of the Church in Llandaff will give a powerful impetus to the cause of sobriety in the diocese. He is a Church- man of broad sympathies, and his mode- rate views on ritual and doctrine ought to make for peace and concord. There are some extreme men both among the clergy and laity in the diocese, and to these the vicar as future bishop is not a persona grata. It is to be hoped, however, that they will have the good sense to give him a cordial welcome. There are reasons for believing that his rule -will be impartial and his policy liberal. "Office," an old saying has it, "shows the man," and the Vicar of Llantrisant as prelate may appear a far better man to those who differ from him on p^nts of dogma and discipline than as a parish priest.

NATIONAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. Another claimant for the Treasury grant for the proposed Welsh National Library and Museum has now entered the field, so that we are going to have a four- cornered fight over the question of site. This new claimant is Carnarvon, which states in its appeal for funds that it will be satisfied if only the museum is located in its midst. The town council bases its claim upon the fact that the town is the custodian of a famous castle, which con- tains the germ or nucleus of a museum, and that it is the centre of a district which is supposed to be more distinctively Welsh in speech and sympathy than other parts of Wales. With regard to the small collection of curiosities placed in the castle, the less said the better; and as to the other contention, it is not worth a moment's consideration. A museum exists for the people, and should be placed within reach of the greatest number of men and women who will be capable of appreciating and making use of it. The Carnarvon people, in common with those of North Wales generallv, do not seem to realise that fully one-half of the popula- tion of Wales live within the borders of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Nor do they care to remember, much less to admit, that the town of Cardiff alone has done more for Welsh literature and learn- ing and nationality during the last ten years than the whole of the rest of Wales put together. They forget, also, that the museum which Cardiff has provided and maintained hitherto at its own expense is richer and more comprehensive than all similar institutions in Wales combined.

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APPOINTMENT OF THE REV. J. P. HUGHES, VICAR OF LLANTRISANT. The Rev. Joiiua Pntchard Hughes, M.A., vioar of Lla.ntrLsa.nt, has been offered the vacant bishropric of Lla-ndaff, a.nd we have the rev. gentleman's authority to Bay that he has signified his acceptance of it. The rule is that a new bishop is appointed from outside the diocese, but in the present I instance it has been deviated from. So it would have been in the cage of Arohdeaecn Edmondes bad he accepted the offer that reached him a few weeks ago. The Vioar of Llantrisant has spent the whole of his ministerial career in Llandaff, where he first worked with the late Arch- deacon Griffiths as cura.te of Neath—an old friend of the new bishop's father, the late Bishop Hughes, of St. Asaph. In the Rector of Neath the curate must have eeen much that he admired and emulated as a parish priest, a preacher, an organiser, and a man of arrca-t er^rgry. In all t.he*e respeets the future Bishop of Llandaff excels, as is abundantly proved t\y the splendid work which he did as Vicar of Newcastle, ajid hoaa done at Llantrisant. He went to Llantrisant just when a man of his activity was wanted there. His pre- decessor— that estimable man, tho late Canon Powell Jones—had reached the sere and yellow leaf, and much remained to be done. Soon after his apfeintment the new vicar had an interview with Bishop Lewis on the subject of Church extension. A map of the parish of Llantrisant lay spread before them on a table. "We must have a church built here, and here, and here, and here," said the new vicar, pointing to new and populous districts in the parish. "Very well," said the Bishop, "set about it, and my blessing and help are with you." At those spots indicated by the vicar co-L-imodio-us churches now stand. Every district, indeed, has been provided with a church except one, viz., Miekin, and steps axe being taken to erect a church there. j The Rev. JOSHUA PKITCHARD HUGHES, M.A. CNew Bishop of Llandaff). in his uniform as Ohaplain to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment. Whilst engaged in brick and mortar work I he neglected none of his duties a« parish. • priest, whether in the work of viaiting his parishioners or in preparing for the pulpit. He is a welcome visitor in every house in his parrish. Nonconformists as well as Clhuroh- men claim him as their pastor and friend. In the pulpit he is & decided power, and has inherited, in English aA least, some of that gift of eloquence for which hiis father was eo Just-ly- It is no secret tha.t the Vicar of Llantrisant is a strenuous advocate of the temperance cafuse. He has done much to promote sober habits among his people, both young and old. The young, indeed, have received special attention at his hands, ae testify the useful institutions he has provided for their recrea- tion. and improvement. With the Vicar of Llandaff. be is one of tnl" two mainstays of the diocesan branch of the Church Temper-! ance fckxueiy, and his ele\a.tion to the epis- copal bench will give the cause he has so near bis heart a powerful impetus. A decided educationist, he has striven hard to retain and maintain the two volun-1 tary schools in his parish, and that in the fare of dfficnlties that would have made many a. clergyman lose heart. Believing, how- ever, ill n.<; neetssit. and value of religious instruction on Church lines, and ever mind- ful of the trust reposed in him, Vicar Hughes dun* ■ i h hnildosr tenacity to his schools. In all probability had he been Vicar of Llan- trisant when the Cymmer schools were sur- rendered they would still be Church of Eng- land schools. The new bishop's Ohurohmanship is of a type which it is difficult to define-he is no party man, his views are known to be mode- rate and in accordance with the teaching of the Churoh in the Prayer Book, and as expounded by its great divines. Some would, I probably, call him a Low Churchman, or an LLANTRISANT CHURCH. I Evangelical, but if his work and life at Llan- trisant are any indication of his future policy, it will bo one of moderation and charity, and an effort to heal rather than accentuate differences. His parishioners hold him in reverence, and his colleagues have always found him an ideal vicar—easy to get on with, and the kindest and most charitable of men. He is a man who knows his own mind, and has the courage of his convictions.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. THE NEW DIOCESAN'S LIFE AND WORK. Those who know the new bishop best are his parishioners, and their admiration of the man ripens with growing acquaintance. "Beloved of his people" he Is in the true' sense of the term, and their affection is such that '.vhen I conveyed the news of his eleva- tion to many of them on Wednesday (writes one of our representatives), they could only repress their delight by professing that they had foreseen and predicted the event long ago. Churchmen and Nonconformists alike <).re conscious of something in the nature of renected glory, the Rev. Joshua Pritchard Hughes being regarded by them as essen- tially Our Vicar," and not The Vicar." Carmarthen is the county that can claim him as one of its many brilliant sons, he having been born in the vicarage at Llan- dovery in 1847. His father at that time was the vicar of Llandovery. In the days of his. boyhood the future bisihop attended Llanr dovery School, the warden at that time being the Rev. E. 0. Phillips, who afterwards became vicar of Aberystwyth and dean of St. David's. After a course of seven years, he left in 1857, and for the next period of seven years was a student at Shrewsbury School under Dr. Kennedy. As a youth the bishop gave promise of his subsequent brilliant scholastic career by winning first place at Llandovery School, and afterwards by win- ning the Powis Exhibition at Shrewsbury, latter prize being' open to all the Welsh I dioceses and tenable at any college in Oxford or Cambridge. From Shrewsbury he went up to Balliol College, Oxford, where Dr. Scott was then in power, and was succeeded by Dr. Jowett. Bishop Hughes wound up his colle- giate career by taking honours in modera- tions and final classics, and took hits degree in 1870. ,In the following year he was ordained by his late father, who was at that time Bishop of St. Asaph, by letters dimissory for the Bishop of Llandaff to the curacy of Neath, under the late Archdeacon Griffiths, who was then rector of Neath. After a curacy of six years at Nea.th. Mr. Hughes went to Newcastle (Bridgend), suc- ceeding the late Dean Biosse as vicar of that parish, which at that time was a. consolidated benefice embracing Newcastle, Laleston, Tythegstone, and Bettws. He remained there until 18S4, when he was offered and accepted the incumbency of Llan- trisant, vacant by the death of the late Rev. Can-on Powell Jones. While he was appointed to Newcastle (Bridgend) by Bishop Oliivant he was placed at Llantrisant by Bishop Lewis. From 1884 up to the present time he has laboured successfully at Llaji- tri&arjt. Since 1876 ho has been chaplain to the 2nd V.B. Welsh Regiment, and, being an enthusiastic volunteer, he has gone to camp regularly with the regiment. He was aleo chaplain to his father for some years before he died in'1889, and during the last few years acted in a similar capacity to the la.te Bishop Lewis, of Llandaff. In the Llandaff Diocese Bishop Hughes has established an abiding reputation as a great Church builder. His predilection in this branch of praotioal Church extension work manifested iiteelf usT-rs,! PIo om TT S-.minD siq 8uunp Churoh being restored while he was there, i acid a working men's club established, of ¡ which he was secretary for some years. Then a.gain. while at Bridgend, he built two mission-rooms in the Garw Valley—one at I Pontycymnxer and the other at Pontyrhyl. During the 21 yea.ra of his life at Llam- triseunt he has built six new churohee and two mission rooms, and renovated the Parish Church. The popula,tion of the parish when he v.-ent there in 1884 was 13,000, amd finding that in a short time it had increased to 19,000 a district at Cymmer, with a population of 4,COO, was cut off. Still, the population went on increasing until it totalled 19,000 again, and then new districts were formed at Dinas and Penygraig, and acoording to the fig-ures: in the last census the population of Llantri- eant was 11,204. The churches Mr. Hugihes has built are those of Cymmer, Penygraig, Williamstown, Hafod, Dinas, Ponityolun, and Tonyrefail. He has also restored Llan- trisant Parish Church, extended the National Schools iu Llantrisant and Pootyclun, and has taken over two chapels, one at Pen y coed- cae and the other at Bedd.an. Services and: Sunday schools are held in these pJaoes by a lay-reader. Two other places were marked on the map. but vicars of neighbouring parishes built churches there—Coedpenmaen, Pontypridd, and Croesfaen, in the parish of Pentyrch. The only place left is Miskin, and this will soon be built. He had a few years igo, before the parish waa divided, seven curates and two lay-readers. Though his father was a. Pembrokeehiire Welshimam, and though his birth-place was Llandovery, the bishop is not quite a Cymro o waed coch cyfan (a pure-blooded Welsh- man), his mother being an Irish lady—the da-ughter of Sir Thomas M'Kcnna, once Lord Mayor of Dublin. His brother is Mr. T. M'Kenna Hughes, professor of geology at Cambridge, amd hie hias several sisters. itr. Hughes was married in 1886 to Mies Blanche Campbell, a daughter of the 7,a,t.e Mr. Archibald Gampbell, of Souchey, Stirling- shire, an.d they have three children living. I The vicarage at Llantrisiant has always been the centre of a. never-failing charity, and the people who will feel most keenly the loss of their kind-hearted vicar and his equally benevolent lady are the poor of Llantrisant. It is proverbial throughout the parish tha.t the vioar gave away more money in oh&rity tham he received in (stipend. Other ot his many virtues axe his breadth of sympathy and tolerance. While a strong advocate of temperance, no one could ever accuse him of bigotry or anaticdsm. Though a Chorrohman of the evangelical school, he is moderate in his views, and has never made himself a party p a° has always been a supporter of the a*toral Aid Society and other societies ae well In the "revival movement he is deeply ill,t,ereew. and, while recognising in it great TCssiDuities 0f goc<|j ajso realises thiat neo-e ore some dingers in connection with ne movement, in his opinion, is one that inquires great care in dealing .with it. His nuorm kindness to Churchmen, Noncon- iornusts, a.nd even to people who do not make "Y Profession of religion at all, has ma<le ham the counsellor and friend of every- body in the pariah. Not so lon.g ago he took au active pa.rt in the burial of a Methodist deaoon at Llantrisant, and in the perform- S<x>d deeds sectarianism has no ooi! si deration. ^is^0Pric reached him on Saturday, and in the meantime he htas con- sulted his friends, seen the Prime Minister in «"«• <* Bishop Hughes is thoroughly Welsh in senti- ment, sympathy, and speech, and his ability to speak and preach in the vernacular is accountable to some extent. at any rate, for his great popularity. He preaches two sermons every Sunday e- eninp-the first in English a/nd the second in Welsh Noncon- formists, after leaving their places of wor. ship, have been in the habit of flocking to the church to hear the vicar preach His elevation to the episcopal bench has only extended his parish, and the great Diocese of Llandaff may reasonably rejoice in having him at the head of its eccloeiaetioal affairs.

NEWS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN FROM HOME. CAPE TOWN. DISTINCTIONS IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. Two Welshmen have recently distinguished themselves in public examinations here. Mr. B. J. Williams, B.Sc. (with Mr. Wynne Roberta, waterworks enginear), son of the Rev. R. Wil. liams, Pwllheli, late of Bottwnog, was the second of the candidates who passed the Government surveyor's examinations (theory). About 200 candidates eat, but only 52 were suc- cessful. Another Carnarvonshire man, Mr. D. Williams, Rhostryfan, headed the list in the same examination last year, and also of the Government surveyor's (practical) examina- tio-n. All wishing to practise as Government surveyors in South Africa have to pats these examinations. Another successful candidate is Mr. J. O. Parry, of the City Engineers' Department, late of Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, who headed the list of those who passed the sani- tary institute examinations held here. ADDRESS ON THE WELSH REVIVAL. An English address at the Welsh Church on the "Revival in Wales" was delivered by the Rev. Gwynfryn. Jones. Interesting remarks wera listened to by an appreciative audience. He traced the history of the different revivals in Wales and their effect. Ha specially men- tioned what a fair and correct account cf the meetings were given in the "Western Mail" a,nd other papers. Much interest is taken in the revival at the Cape by people of all denominations, and all accounts are eagerly read. A WELSHMAN'S DEPARTURE. Much regret is foft by the Welsh community at the removal from Cape Town of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Parry. Mr. Parry has been a member of the Cambrian Society from the time it was started, and has been an active member, holding the office of secretary several times. Ho will also be much miss-ed at the Welsh Church and Sunday school, of which he was superintendent. At a meeting of members of the former he was presented with a gold spectacle case, a.s a token of esteem. Mrs. Parry's hospitality to lon,aly young Welsh men and women was widely extended during the years of her sojourn in Cape Town, and many expressions of regret are heard on all sides. Mr. Parry retires on a pension, and contemplate? residing in the homeland after a holiday up country., ABERYSTWYTH MAN'S WEDDING. The marriage took place on January 26, by special licence, of Mr. James (of the firm of Messrs. James and Williams, grocers) and Miss Nan Davies, both of Aberystwyth. Mrs. James is a niece of the late Rev. W. R. Jones (Goleu- fryn), Holyhead. Many handsome presents were received from friend3 at home and at the Cape. SUCCESSES AT A MUSICAL FESTIVAL. At the musical festival held at the Exhibition in Capetown Mr. Parry Williams won the first prize for the tenor solo, My Pretty Jane." Mr. Parry Williams, who comes from Ruthin, North Wales, is the organist of the Welsh Church. In the pianoforte solo competition Miss Elsie Richards won the second prize, gaining 90 ouit of 100 marks. Miss Richards is the daughter of Mr. Richards, of the drainage department, who went out recently from Cardiff. The family, who are all musical, are a great acquisition to the Cambrian Society, and last week the monthly concert wa.s arranged by Mr. Richards, who is himself a clever banjo player. Miss Phyllis, the youngest daughter, a sweet litt'e maid of eleven, has a lovely voice, and is in much request at musical gatherings. The death has occurred suddenly of an old resident of the Colony, Mr. John Pugh, Late of Pwllheli. He had been in South Africa I for very many years, but only recently came to Capetown.

UNITED STATES. I CARDIGANSHIRE MAN'S MINING PROPER- TIES. A native of Goginan, near Aberystwyth, has dried at Ida.bo Sprir,??. Clear Creek County, in I the person of Mr. William Vaughan Edwards (" Oreigydd "). The Edwards family to which he belonged is a very old one in Cardigan- shire. His grandfather, John Edwards, and I his father, William Edwards, were both natives of Aberystwyth. His mother bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Vaughan, and her father, Jenkin Vaughan, wa.s born in Wales, but was of Scotch ancestry. Mr. Edwards's father died in Wales, but his mother, aftar his death, moved to Colorado. The birth of William Edwards took place in 1839. He was but ten years old when he began working in the mines, though at intervals he attended school. In 1857 he went away from home to the northern part of Wales, and took a posd- tion in a. stamp-mill, where gold-bearing ore I was handled. In 1870 he went across the ocean, a.nd locating in Wilkesbarne, Ba., engaged in contracting, sinking shafts, and si.milar work. Seven years later ho went to Colorado, and going to Freeland, began work- ing as timberman in the Free!and Mine." Subsequently he embarked in mining on his own account, and prospered in his endeavours. He mined and pfroepected m both Summit an-d Clear Creek Counties, and discovered and developed many valuable properties. He located the Cardigan Mine; located, worked, and owned the Monte Christo group on Spanish Bar; helped to develop the Salisbury, and owned part interest in the Bellevue- Hudson in Lawson, and BUver Link in Free- land, and -in partnership with his wife owned the Stanton Mine on Spanish Bar. The Monte Christo, a very successful enterprise, was sold by him to the Quaker Mining Company. In 1833 Mr. Edwards built a pleasant and comfortable home in Colorado-street, in Idaho Springs. He was married to Miss Wini- fred Evans, who was born in North Wales. Fraternally he was associated with the Order of Foresters. Religiously he was a Presby- terian, a.nd for years had been a membar of the board of trustees of the church, and for a period was president. A WELSH NONAGENARIAN. At the age of 90 there passed away in Kittanning, Pa., Mr. David Davies, who, although born in Bristol, was closely connected with Wales. Mr. Davies's mother lived at Rhymney, and he himself worked for some time at Pontmorlais. His second wife was Miss Mary Davies, Swansea. Mr. Davies some time after arriving in America, left for Australia, -were he remained for twenty years, eventually returning to the States. DIED WHILE AT WORK. The death took place very suddenly of Mrs. Margaret Ellen Hughes, daughter of the late Mr. Edward Jones, Minersviile, Pa. She was born in Capcoojf Glamorgan, in 1876. Her death took plaostunder tragic circumstances. She wa.s engaged in "her work when suddenly she fell to the ground and died soon after. A WELL-KNOWN WELSHMAN. One of the best-known Welshmen in New Haven, Conn.—Mr. William J. Jones, Portsea- street-diOO a few days ago. He went to America in 1857, being a, native of Talybomt, near Bangor. After some years he returned to Wales and married Miss Elizabeth Hughes, Rhuddlan. He, however, again left for America, and later on bought the Eagle Hotel, New York. Subsequently, he arrived in New Haven, where he settled down as the representative of a New York firm. PROMINENT MERCHANT'S DEATH. The Welsh people of Wilkssbarre, Pa., are mourning the death of Mr. Johh Evans, who was a prominent merchant in the town and in Warrior Run. Mr. Evans was born in Goginan, Cardiganshire, in 1844, and was educated in Penllwyn School, where the master was the Rev. W. Sylvanus Williams, and the assistant masters Dr. J. CynddyLan Jones and Dr. John Rhys. He crossed over to America in 1869.