The Cardiff Times

A VICAR AND HIS PARISHONEES. A good deal of acrimonious feeling has been en- gendered in the village of Worleston by the action of the Rev. W. Yates, rector, in dismissing from the parish school the child of John Humphreys, station-master at Worleston. Humphreys alleges that he, being a Nonconformist, declined to per- mit his child to attend the parish school because it was a part of the school routine that the chil- dren should attend divine service at the parish church. He admits that in his letter to the school- mistress requesting her not to take the child to church he said that he did not wish him to listen to "the tomfoolery next door, but he says that he and the Nonconformists were aggravated to make such remarks by reason of the circumstance that the rector described the Methodist Chapel in the village as a barn, and said that all those who attended it would go to hell." Humphreys has received two communi- cations from the Education Department, which satisfactorily settle the matter as far as he is concerned. The first simply states that it did not fall within the duties of the Department to express any opinion on the tone of the corres- pondence between. him and the Kev. W. Yates. The second is to the following effect "Education Department, Whitehall, Decem- ber 19th, 1832.-Rev. Sir,-Ad verting to your letter of the 1st instant, and to the copy of the time-table enclosed, my Lords understand that 4 there is a rule at present in force in this school that a short service m church shall form part of the religious instruction which is given to the children.' I am directed to state that such an arrangement is not authorised in the time-table approved* by her Majesty's inspector, nor by the code. The rule should be rescinded, and in the event of this requirement not being complied with, annual grants will be refused to this school. My Lords are of opinion that the boy Robert Humphreys should at once be re- admitted to the school.—I have the honour to be, rev. sir, your obedient servant (Signed) P. CUMIN," The contents of these letters have afforded the Nonconformists of Cheshire much gratification,

THE GRAIN TRADE. [PROM MONBAT'S MABK-I.ANK BXPBKSS.'T The heavy rainfall which has occurred during the past week in all English counties, with the exception of those in the extreme north, has caused a recurrence of disastrous floods in almost all the river valley districts subject to flood-water. The early sown wheats look fairly well, but they do not cover more than one-third of the acreage of last year's crop, the remaining acreage being either in a feeble, sickly, and irregular condition, or unsown. The London and provincial markets have been very quiet during the past week. Whilst values have been nominally unchanged, buyers have had the advantage. All native offer- ioirs have been more or lsss out of condition. Trade has been of a holiday character, and, as a rale, business has been insufficient to test actual values. Spring corn and pulse remain unchanged. The trade for foreign wheat off stands in London has been quite on a retail scale during the holiday week. Buyers have offered lees. Md where sales were effected some concessions have had to be made. Flour dull, with prices against sellers. Maize irregular in value, and comwou oats 3d cheaper.

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TWO MEDICAL MEN FINED II AT SWANSEA. I At the Swansea police-oourt, on Monday, be- fore the stipendiary (Mr Fowler) and a full bench of magistrates,T. J. Brewen, surgeon, Penclawdd, and Steward Jenkins, surgeon, Gower-road, were charged on an adjourned summons with drunken j ness, riotous conduct, and assaulting two police- constables in tl»e execution of their duty on the 2ord of last month.—Mr Edwards, the deputy town clerk, prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr Woodward defended.—The evidence for the prosecution,<ri ven by P.C. Coker, P.C. Hullen, ev Mr Hewitt, the landlord of the Uplands Hotel, Swansea, and Mr Arthur Wellesley Stockwood, went to shew that on the evening of the day named the two defendants, in the company of a Mr White, an accountant in the service of Messrs Goodhart and Company, Penclawdd, and David Collins, a smelter, drew up at the Uplands Hotel in a cab, driven by a man nam,id Vincent. Mr Brewen and Mr White went into the hotel, leaving Mr Jenkins and Collins out- side and Brewen asked the barmaid to t-uppiv I him with sherry. She called the proprietor, who declined to serve Brewen, telling him that he had I already taken sufficient and it appeared from the statement of the that as a m.tb;r of fact, Brewen »aj very much under the influence c: liquor. Upon being refused, addresi-ing the landlord, he said, Serve me, you old or I'll come over the counter to you." He made an at- tempt to get ovsr the counter, whereupon the landlord appealed to P.C. Coker, who with P.C. Hullen was in the bar, both officers being in plain clothes and off duty, to get the man out of the house. Coker told Mr Brewen that he was a policeman, and asked him to leave the premises to which he replied: Oh, you are a —— bobby, are you?" and at the same time aimed a blow at the officer, but did not succeed in striking him. White then took Brewen out of the house, and endeavoured to get him into the cab, but he refused to enter, and said, Let me go back and have a smack at them." Coker, the policeman, appealed to Brewen to get inside the cab, and as he refused, requested his name and address. He declined to give it, as also did White, after which Brewen struck him (the officer) a blow upon the chest, and kicked him upon the groin. Coker called upon Hullen to take him into custody for this assauit, whereupon the other defendant, Jenkins, who was also drunk, reached out of the cab, and saying "You struck Hullen upon the chest, at the same time taking hold of Brewen's arm. They then all got into the cab, which thus contained the two officers, Brewen, Jenkins, and Collins, with White on the box, and drove off to the police- station, in the course of which journey Brewen was very excited, and several times seized Hullen by the throat. At the station house Brewen was very violent, but Jenkins was not so bad. Mr Woodward referred to some remarks re- cently made by the stipendiary upon the treat- ment of inebriated persons, remarking that the learaed magistrate had stated that the police had no right to interfere with drunken persons whose friends or relatives would take them away. Mr Fowler, interposing, said that if Mr Wood- ward quoted his remarks he should give them correctly. He was quite prepared to endorse what he really did say, but be had not uttered the words which Mr Woodward had put into his mouth. Mr Woodward: I have not the shorthand writer's notes, but I read what you stated, sir, and I was in court at the time. Mr Fowler I should not be likely to say that if a drunken person's friends came to his assist- ance the police would have no right to pursue a case. Mr Woodward I did not say pursue the case;" I stated "take them in charge." The friends of this defendant had offered to take care of him. Mr Fowler Yes, and the constable gave them every opportunity to do so. Witnesses for the defence were then called, they being Henry White, David Collins, and Vincent, the cabdriver. According to their version of the affair the constables were not assaulted at all, but it was admitted that both Brewen and Jen kins were druuk. White and Collins said that they did not know Hullen and Coker were police- men until some time after their interference; and all three witnesses declared that Hullen was the worse for drink. Mri White asserted that the police officers would not allow him to get bis friend quietly away, although he appealed to them to leftvo him in his hands. Coker, in reply to a question from the stipen- diary, denied that Hullen was the worse for liquor,and Hullen himself stated that he had had only one glass of beer and a blue that day. Mr Fowler said that the bench were unani- mously of opinion that the two defendants were drunk, and that they assaulted the constables, who, having declared themselves, were acting in the execution of their duty. It was incumbent upon them to take these two men to the police- station, and they would have sliirked their duty had they not done øo. He fined the defendants £5 8Mb, and costs, with the alternative of two months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Mr Jenkins gave a cheque in payment of both fines and costs, which amounted in the aggregate to about :£14.

SUDDEN DEATHS IN FOOT BALL FIELDS. In the course of a match on the Turton Club's ground, near Bolton, on Saturday, Mr 0. Duck- worth, who was officiating as umpire, fell down, and on Drs. Cosgrave and ILorrocks arriving they found that the gentleman was dead, the cause of death, it a supposed, being heart disease accelerated by excitement. During a football match at the grounds at the Greyhound Hotel, Dulwich, on Saturday, between the Old Blues of Dulwich and the Roslyn Park, Norwood, Mr Sydney F. Welsh, the captain of the Old Bluea. whilst running after the ball was seen to stumble and fall to the ground. A medical stu- dent at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, who was playing for the Roslyn Park Club, went to his assistance, and recommended that a medical gen- tleman should be sent for. Dr. Rayn promptly attended, and deci&ied that life was-extinct. The deceased, who was only twenty-three years of age, was a muscular and fine young gentleman, standing upwards of six feet high.

THE AFFRAY ON DARTMOOR. At Tavistock on Monday, 12 navvies were charged with attacking two policemen and rescuing a prisoner on Dartmoor on Wednesday last. One was sentenced to six months' imprison- ¡ ment two to four months one to three months, and six to two months.

A GENTLEMAN SHOT BY HIS BROTHER. Two young gentlemen, brothers, named Came, were out shooting near ot Coluub, Cornwall, on Monday,when one of them shot through a hedge,not j percei viug that hia brother was on tne other wdo. The charge lodged in bhe b other's bend and iaco Mid be is sariaualy iaiuraL

DEATH OF M. GAM- BETTA. DIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. PARIS, Monday, 5.10 a.m.—A despatch from Ville D'Auray announces that M. Gambetta died at midnight. The doctors who attended M. Gam- betta state that death was due to blood- poisoning caused by suppressed erysipelas. A clot of blood formed in the heart and suffocated the deceased. A plaster cast of the face was taken to-day. An autopsy of the body will take place to-morrow. It is expected that the remains will have a State fnnersL M. Gambetta grew gradually worse during the night, and at eleven o'clock the death agony began, lasting about an hour. The face of the corpse looks peaceful, with no traces of pain. Dr. Fienzal was present at the death. The sensation here is tremendous, and newspapers are bought up with the greatest eagerness. Much disappointment is felt, however, that they give no details, merely recording the bare fact of the decease. President Grevy held a reception at the j Elysee to-day. Replying to the congratulations of the presidents of the two Chambers, he expressed very deep regret at the death of M. Gambetta. LONDON, Monday Evening.—The "Press Asso- ciation says :—The news of the death of M. Gambetta caused a deep sensation in the metropo- lis to-day. Although it had been conjectured from the latest report that the end was not far off, surprise appeared the prevailing sensation, mingled with much regret. The fact was first an- nounced about eight in the morning, in the second I editions of most of the morning papers, and these were rapidly sold. The news reached j the French Embassy, Albert Gate, at an early hour, creating a painful impression amongst the personnel of the Embassy, in- cluding M. Tissot, the ambassador, who has been unwell for some days, and who has not yet sufficiently recovered to attend to his diplomatic duties. About the same time as the sad intelli- gence reached cue French Embassy, a. telegram to the same purport was received at the Foreign Office over the private wire, and this was imme- diately sent to Earl Gran ville,Mr Gladstone, and other heads of the Government. The Prince of Wales, who has been assiduous in inquiring after the condition of the deceased statesman through- out his fatal illness, was made acquainted with the end through Viscount Lyons, direct from Paris. In Leicester-square and the neighbour- hood, where a great number of persons re- side of French extraction, many of whom are political refugees, groups of Frenchmen having crape tied round their left arm, were to be seen conversing about the latest news, the cafes, Of which there are many in this. district, being a great centre of attraction. The information re- ceived at the French Embassy during the day was very meagre, but this was supplemented by special telegrams from Paris, which ap- peared in the second edition of the Times, and in various evening papers. The Times Paris correspondent states tbat M. Gambetta died without recovering his senses I after the death agony had once begun, but that in the afternoon he exclaimed, "Je I!IH".3 perdu; il est inutile de dissimvier; maii ni temtsoujfert que ce sera une delivrance.' (I am lost—it is useless to disguise it; but I have suffered so much that it will be a relief.] The Press Association is indebted to the courtesy of the editor of the Standard for the Zoliowing details attending the death of M. Gambetta. Telegraphing on Monday night, the correspondent says :—M. Gambetta was yester- day decidedly better, and he had but few friends with him, when, at about 8 o'clock, bis breathing became difficult, and he complained of great pain. He is reported to have said 1 feel as if I wereonnre inside. Let me havcwater; lam begin- ning to lose confidence." His friends immedia- tely sent messengers to his d x:, r" in Paris. Dr. Lannelongue went up by a train at half-past nine, aud when he saw the patient he told his friends there was no longer any hope, and that science cuuld only f'a.1'6 the final moments of the illustrious patient. The doctor came back to Paris a little before midnight, and a number of friends went up to the Ville dAvray. As to the final scene, which only few witnessed, reports do not concur. According to one account, Gambetta, who had felt free from pain all day, was allowed about six o'clock to partake of a boiled egg. He said he felt hungry, and enjoyed it. Two hours later he complained of excruci- ating pain, and piteously asked for water. His breathing became stentorious; but he retained his consciousness, aud asked, Can nothing be done to relieve me?" C est trop soujrrir." lie then fell into a comatose state, from which he after- wards rallied slightly, and Dr Lannelongue came up. He recognised him, and said, Cestjini, docteur, mais je tow suit bien rcconnaisseait." Then the clouds of death gathered round him, his breath grew heavy and laboured, both breath and pulse grew weaker and weaker, and he passed imperceptibly away, exactly five minutes before midnight. This account of M. Gambetta's last moments, which is derived from an authentic source, I believe to be substantially correct. There are other accounts to the effect that M. Gambetta retained his consciousness to the last, but these accounts are evidently written up from imperfect information, obtained from outside sources. The medical men are of opinion that death was caused by blood-poisioning. A post- mortem examination ia to be performed to-morrow. M. Gambetta was professedly Materialist, and therefore the consolations of religion were denied him; but he had loving and friendly hands to grasp his own before he was released from earthly troubles. I hear that M. Gambetta ha* directed, by his will, that he shall be buried at Nice; but there is no doubt that wherever his remains are ultimately buried, be will have a State funeral in Paris. After the post-mortem examination, tiie body of M. Gambetta will be brought to the Rue St. Didier. The same correspondent telegraphins, on Mon- day afternoon from Ville d' Avray, says he visited the chamber of death. The body of M. Gambett^ lay on a simple French bedstead in the middle of a long room of inconsiderable width and height. Upon high pillows rests the head, thrown back. and so affording a full view of the fine head, with its delicately chiselled features. The hair it brushed back from the brows, and the eyelt are open. An expression of tranquility ia borne by every feature, and around the mouth seems the beginning of the happy smile. The covering of the bed is completely hidden by beautiful wreaths and bouquets. A meeting of Anglo-Frenchmen was held in London on Monday to express sympathy with their fellow-countrymen at the irreparable loss j France had sustained by the death of M. Gam- betta. Addresses, eulogizing M. Gambetta's Itte and work, were delivered, and resolutions of sympathy were unanimously adopted. A Times second edition telegram, dated Paris, Monday, says:—Gambetta's wish was to be buried j at Nice, but, a State funeral being decided OD, he will probably be interred at Paris. The Globe Paris correspondent says: — M. Gambetta's death is generally deplored throughout France. The grief of his friends is almost indescribable. A man .-fHing copies of the Communist journal, Le Radical, containing a scurrilous article insulting the memory of M. Gambetta, was roughly handled this (Monday) morning by a crowd on the Boulevard. His papers were torn from him and destroyed, and the police experienced great diffi- culty in rescuing him from the crowd. No nation of Europe receives aliens with such i open arms as France, and. in return, no nation has been so handsomely rewarded by the devotion and eminent service of aliens and their descen- dants. Irish, Scottish, Polish, German, and Swiss names thickly stud the pages of her pic- turesque annals but Italians, from contiguity, similarity of temperament, and affinity of lan- guage, naturally contribute more than others tAt the glory of the land of their adoption. Indeed, in the southern provinces the two peoples meet, mingle, and unite," and it is only wnen a man arrives at an eminence sufficient to interest the world in his ancestry that the distinction is noted. To such eminence no French citizen had a better claim than the subject of this brief sketch-LOOn Michel Gambetta. HIS JtABLT TJlAM. Young Ldon first saw the light at Cahors, in the Department of the Lot, on the 2nd of April, 1838. His parents were of Genoese extraction, occupying what in this country would be termed a middle-class position in life, the elder Gambetta being a bustling oil merchant in his little town. A man of good sense and more than average in- telligence, he imparted to his boy what was better than wealth-a sound education, a dauntless spirit, and habits of energy and matchless re- source. His youth may be safely assumed to have been blamelessly spent, for all the vials of Bona- partist and Clerical wrath have at one time or other been poured on his head and a character that can emerge unscathed from such an ordeal is entitled to be regarded as sheathed in the very steel of virtue. Paul de Caa- sagnac and Louis Veuillot are not opponents that stick at trifles when defamation of a political adversary will serve their ends. The sum total of their efforts to distort the great Republican's reputation has merely been to create a sort of II Gambettist legend." Nor is this altogether to be wondered at. There is much in the career of the ex-Dictator of Tours well calculated to un- ] press the imagination. A great nation, which claims to be—and not without some show of rea- lon-the home of civilisation and refinement, lies prostrate before an invader, who has struck her down as with the hammer of Thor. Her stoutest- hearted sons are stunned, distracted, hopeless. The calamity seems irreparable. Even honour has been lost. Historic France is in the agonies of impending dissolution. Suddenly a young man, who has never been in office, whoee fame is chiefly Parisian, and resting on the sandy foundation of half a dozen irreconcilable" speeches—the fort furieux" of M. Thiers—de- scends from the clouds in a balloon, and, like an- other Orrtnd Monarque, tells France: L'etat e'ett mai/" More astonishing still, everybody obeys him. He raises armies as if by magic, ana money as if he had the Cap of Fortunatus or had discovered the philosopher's stone. Like the first Napoleon, he makes generals out of mud even wins battles: and though he cannot achieve the impossible, be saves the honour of France, rehabilitating her in self-respect and in the ayiaoatiiy of other DeQQUw 0a8 tftioq. at all events, he makes irresistibly clear, viz., that the era of great individualities is not yet past. te age of Agamemnon has no monopoly of heroes. It was only after the Dictator had ceased to be Dictator, and resumed his place as a private in the democratic rank, that people began to ask seriously," Who is this Gambetta? Whence? Who his parents ?" The wits of Paris said he was his own father, and provincial clericals were half disposed to believe it. Blind of eye, the ex- Dictntor was, rierhtly or wrongly, declared to be the author of his own blindness. The story of his one-eyed state is thus told, and, true or false, is admirably illustrative of his iron will and innate detestation of despotic authority :—When a lad, his father sent him to a boarding-school, taught by Jesuit Fathers. The discipline was not to young Leon's mind, nor the doctrines. Accor- dingly he wrote to Gambetta pere, begging that he might be removed to some less obscurantist and more congenial seminary. The father took no notice of his complaint, thinking that time would reconcile the youth to the ways of the establishment. Thereupon Leon wrote again, in- timating that if he were not withdrawn from the priestly tuition by a given day he should put out the light of one of liis,eves. Still the parent was inexorable. Presently, however, a letter from the principal of the school arrived, conveying the shocking intelligence that Léon, as good as his word, had wilfully and irremediably injured one of his eyes, and that he had threatened to deal with the other in a similar manner at an early date. Needless to say, the father had Loon at once removed to more agreeable educational quarters. GAMBETTA'S CHARACTER. Unlike the great Republicans of France, liv- ing and dead, Gambetta, though a substantial scholar and a well-informed man, was not eminent as a man of letters. He was not a great poet, like Hugo an historian, like Miclielet; a philo- sopher, like Simon a publicist, like Laboulaye or an economist, like Say. In a word, he was not a bookish man the process of ratiocination being too slow for his ardent mind, lightning-like appre- hension, and strong bias towards the strictly practical. He preferred conversation to reading, speaking to writing. Nevertheless, as a rough and ready journalist he had few rivals. His organ, the lUpuhliqu-c Fravgaise, is a model of for- cible, but withal discreet writing and successful management. It is to the capital of France what the New York Tribune was, under Horace Greeley, to New England in the most critical days of the Secession struggle. But if M. Gambetta was not a great literary artist, he had almost no superior as a speaker. He was one of the few men who might be said to speak urbi et orbi. It was in the tribune where the true genius of the man shone forth in all its splendour. If poets are born, not made," so likewise are great orators. The English people have a just suspicion of mere glibness of speech, oust in nvecotif \fr florlrlfl hoc the obligation of silence" in more than a dozen volumes. The power and value of real eloquence are consequently greatly underrated in England. But it is obvious that a speech may be good or it may be bad, as a book may be good or bad. It is none the less unreasonable to pen works in advocacy of silence than to speak ore rotundo in favour of silence. The factdtas loquendi and the facultas scribendi are so closely allied as means of influencing opinion, of moulding the destinies of individuals and nations, that the advent of a true orator or writer ought ever to be regarded as an occasion for rejoicing and hope. M. Gambetta was an almost unique instance in modern times of what may be effected by the unaided power of the tongue. He had neither birth, wealth, nor literary eminence to recommend him to the atten- tion of his countrymen, but he could say the word which France was waiting to hear, and he said it. He seized the right opportunity for declaring that Louis Napoleon like a footpad had waylaia France on the Second of December, and left her senseless. The conscience of the country re- sponded That is so!" and from that hour the fate of the Second Empire was sealed. This was in December, 1868, and in less than two years' time the Man of December had "fallen like Lucifer from his high estate, never to hope again," and Leon Gambetta, the unknown, brief- less, well-nigh penniless barrister, was virtually ruling in his stead. CALLED TO THE BAR. On leaving school, M. Gambetta had betaken himself to the study of law, and in 1859, in his twenty-first year, he was duly called to the Paris Bar. A careful training in English law has a marked tendency to produce a Conservative habit of thought in the student. The traditions of the English Bar are likewise in favour of con- servatism but it is different with French jurisprudence and jurisprudents. Drawing so much more directly from the law of ancient Rome, with its doctrines of natural right and human equality, the .French avocat becomes a Radical almost as unconsciously as an English barrister becomes a Conservative or a Whig. Robespierre was a lawyer, and scores of other Revolutionists of the deepest dye have been mem- bers of the Paris Bar. There was nothing, how- ever, in the turn of M. Gambetta's mind to show that he had at any time been much under the in- fluence of speculative opinions, whether derived from the law of Rome or elsewhere. He had al- ways had a keen eye for the main party chance. His Republic was the possible Republic," stig- matised by the Ultras as the commonwealth of "Opportunism." There was nothing in his speeches which betrayed the legal habit of thought, and clients probably showed their wisdom in putting their every-day causes into safer hands. At twenty-eight he was still briefless, but confident of his own powers as any "man of the pavement" could be. He frequented the Café Procope in those days, and was Hail, feuow-well met!" with the motley crew of thirsty Bohemians who were wont to take their ease in that historic rendezvous of poli- tical martyrs and social pariahs. They believed in him, and were the first to recognise his talents. HIS FIRST SUCCESS. Everything," it has been said, comes to him that waits," and M. Gambetta found it so. Poli- tical prosecutions began to fall thick and fast among the known friends of liberty, and with one consent M. Gambetta was selected as counsel for the defence wherever the Government was certain to press for a conviction. A great demonstration of Republicans had taken place at the cemetery of Montmartre in honour of the memory of Charles Baudin, a youthful deputy, who perished on the 3rd of December, 1851, on a barricade in the Faubourg Saint Antoine, while gallantly leading a forlorn hope against the authors of the coup d'état. The aged apostle of freedom, Delescluze, the editor of the Heveil, was, almost as a matter of course, among the number of those implicated in the insurrectionary mani- festations at Montmartre, and M. Gambetta was retained as his counsel. "The hour bad come, and the man He forgot his client, but he over- whelmed the empire with an irresistible torrent of invective. Addressing himself to the bench, as charged with the duty of making justice re- spected, he aaked: Could one ever break tbelaw and Lrettt its criminals those who, like Baudin, de- fended itRaising his tone, he continued The Act of the 2nd of December shook the public con- .-clerlL-P it was then that there ranged themselves ro,od a pretender men devoid of honour, of welita, men steeped in debt and crime, men who are ui every epoch the accomplices of tyiariay. Of whom one might repeat what (,.»sar himself said of those who conspired against him, Internal enemies of regular WK-ietv Then after speaking of Paris as quiet and submissive "uly when assassinated, he con- timied :—" KcotUez, voild dix-sept ans que vous Stes ■ et »uiitret absulus diser&ionnaires de la France- thl" term is your own. Well, you have never dared to say we celebrate as a national annivei- Mury tiu- 2nd of December. If you did so, the universal conscience would scout it." Bench, oar, una audience were speu-oounu. ine judge lost his bead, and failed to do his duty by the cor- rupt power for which he virtually held a brief. The daring advocate proceeded withoutinterruption to the end of his scathing impeachment of the Government and when at last he sat down, ex- hausted and dishevelled, it was felt by all that a, new and incalculable force had been introduced into the politics of France. Here manifestly was incarnated the opposition to the empire. Next morning the editor of the Cafi Procope was no longer unknown to fame. Destiny had clearly marked him out for a statesman of mark. I toid you so was on every Bohemian lip. HIS STYLE or OKATOKT. It may be well, at this point, to say something of the style and quality of M. Gambetta's oratory, to which he and his country owed so much, no was anything but a finished speaker, in the sense in which Demosthenes was an orator, Cicero an orator, or, to come nearer home, Burke was, and Bright is, an illustrious exempier of that melli- fluent art which conceals itself so exquisitely in all he utters. His periods were often rugged, but the thought was always masculine and per- spicuous. He is said never eqm to have com- mitted a peroration to writing, but having first saturated his memory with the facts and ideas of his subject, to trust to the inspiration of the moment, for the "winged words' which never failed to entrance his audience. inside or outside the Chamber. In the British House of Commons, where a conversational style of public speaking is I encouraged, M. Gambetta would probably have found himself shorn of half hi* strength Uiough of living French statesmen his habit of thought was most English. He would often aocuaeci of the Shakespearian offence of M tearing a paesiou to tatters." In the tribune he ntartd and stamped and flagellated with tempestuous violence that it has been said ot him that a deaf man must needs conclude that lie was a dangerous Bedlamite at large. By M. Thiers, who lived to revise his hasty judgment, he wati, as we have already said, at one stag* in his career pronounced a fou fitricux hot fr»a*id and foe at last came to acknowledge that there was a very perceptible "method in his madness, Frank, sincere, patriotie, and unspoiled t; adversity or prosperity, he was to his couatryinen the very incarnation of the Republican id«* which the most illustrious Frenchman latterly came to re- gard as the true saviour of a society torn by dynastic feuds and distracted by revolutionary passions. The headlong torrent of M. Gambetta s eloquence rushed along the channel of public safety and ad vantage; and to this it was owing, rather than to any more iccrult cause, that it swept before it the imposintf but rotten fabric of the Second Em- pire, and the hardly less menacing clerical mar- shalate which .suught to establish itself on the ruins. When Robespierre made his first appearance in the Assembly he was generally derided but Mirabeau, more discerning, observed, That man will go a long wziy-he believes every word he says.' The Republican of the dawn and the Republican of the eve have almost nothing in common but the strength of their convictions; but both have gone a long way." AGITATION roK A MtPUBUC. Quum nocem absolvitor, judex damnatur. In the Small Court of Correctional Police M. Gambetta, in defending the Rtveii, had impeached the Emperor. Needless to say, tiw judge the Emperor. Needless to say, the judge convicted the editor and acquitted his imperial I master. But the ball of freedom had been set rolling, and day by day it increased in volume. On tne 23rd of May, 1869, the general elections of deputies commaaoed. All France, as well as Paris, was stirred with the quickening breath of now life. The people bad for some time dis- played great reeUeseoeex, aad the Democratic Opposition had never appeared so energatio aad hopeful. On the second day the returas of BtnoaL Gramtattfc Pioank MM* JUIM Simon announced :!lr,jd the acclamations of immenss i multitude* tit" t lii.u the streets and the boulevards, i of the Republican candi- dates were also elected for the provinces. Gam- betta was elected for Marseilles, and chose it in preference to Paris. In his election address he had declared that he would accept no mandate but le 7nandat d'unc opposition irricoruiliablc," and from the moment he entered the Chamber he was as good as his word. In 1870 the Emperor, floundering on towards ruin, tried the experiment of a Liberal Empire," with the renegade Republican OHivier at his head. We accept you and your constitu- tionalism," thundered Gambetta at the astonished minister, "as a bridge to the Republic, but nothing more In the debate on the proposal of the minister to proceed against M. Henri Roche- fort. then one of the deputies for Paris, for an alleged treasonable article in the Marseillaise, he again warned the Imperialists that their day of grace was drawing to a close, and that the Repub- lic would shortly be the lawful government of the country, established by the will of the people without force of arms. Neither he nor any one of his party divined that the Emperor would have recourse to the criminal expedient of a des- perate foreign war, in order to re-establish the shattered domestic credit of the dynasty. The plot, however, thickened rapidly. On the 7th of February, 1870, lie had protested against the arrest of Rochefort. In the following April came the notorious plebiscite, the prelude to the Franco-German war and the terrible year." On that occasion he essayed the impossible task of convincing a Chamber profouudlv reactionary a,1 ft'n.: f-h.lf iu i> -& able to every other form of Government, and that I in the perils on which the dynasty was rushing I the adoption of a Republic could alone save the i State from imminent ruin. He spoke for three hours, and though he, of course, failed to con- vince the Chamber, he entranced the members by the fervour of his eloquence, the vigour of his logic, and the breadth of his reasoning. His own party were delighted. He signed the manifesto of the Left, calling on the electors to vote Non" to the plebiscite, and opposed to tho last, almost single-handed, the mad declaration of war with Germany. On the first rumours of military disaster, M. Gambetta sternly tore off the lying disguises with which the Government sought to conceal from the people the terrible truth. On the 14th of August he rose and read from the L' Espérance de Nancy :— Yesterday (Friday, 12th August), at three in the afternoon—date mournful for us and our child- ren—four Prussian soldiers took possession of the city of Nancy, the ancient capital of Lor- raine, and chief town in the Department of the Meurtlie." The extract produced a profound sensation, first of sheer stupefaction, then indig- nation and rage against the lncapaules," as M. Gambetta called them, who had left the country naked to the enemy. THK FRAKCO GERMAN WAR. When, the 4th of September, the catastrophe of Sedan became known, motions-introduced in the Chamber by Jules Favre and M. Thiers -for constituting a Commission of Government and of National Defence" were voted urgent. While I the members retired to deliberate on tne appoint- ment of the Commission, a surging crowd of citi- zens, National Guards, and fraternising soldiers collected, and on the resumption of the sitting re- ceived the Deputies with deafening cries of Vive La Bepublique I La JM- chiance f La iHcheance A scene of intense excitement followed. M. Schneider, pale and gTeatly agitated, was standing in front of the pre- sidential chair M. Cremieux, in the tribune, was vainly struggling to make his voice audible through the din ana uproar of a thousand voices shouting "La Dech&wice J Vive La JRepuHiqtie' M. Gam- betta mounted beside Cremieux, and besought the people to respect the deliberations of the Cham- ber. M. Schneider joined in his opportunities, and in doing so lauded the great Republican as "one of the most patriotic men of the country." Here the President's voice was drowned in the clamour, and, taking up his hat, he suspended the sitting till three in the afternoon. When the Chamber resumed, the disorder inside and out was greater than ever, and M. Schneider again vacated the presidential chair, to resume it no more. On his departure the tribune was cleared for M. Gambetta, who ascended, and, in a firm voice, read as follows :—" Whereas the country is in danger, and time enough has been given to the representatives of the people to decree the depo- sition of the dynasty; and whereas we are and constitute the regular authority, the issue of uni- versal suffrage, we hereby declare that Louis Napoleon and his dvnasty have for ever ceased to reign over France fT The announcement wa? re- ceived with vociferous cheering and the roll of drums. At five in the afternoon the down- fall of the empire was a fully accomplished fact, when M. Gambetta proclaimed from i the balcony of the Hotel de Ville the ] formation of a Government of National f Defence, consisting of all the Paris Deputies. In this Government M. Gambetta was Minister of the Interior. I THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. I On the 7th of October he was appointed one of i the delegates of the Provisional Government at ( Tours, and quitted Paris in a balloon for the scene of his ever-memorable labours. Touching ground near Montdidier, in the Department of I the Somme, he found provincial France stupefied 1 and helpless-the sheep without a shepherd. i Without a moment's hesitation he took on himself 1 the supreme direction of affairs, uniting in his own j person the Ministries of War, of Finance, and of the Interior. For four months he was Dictator of all France outside the fortifications of Paris. Fight to-day, discuss to-morrow," was the go- verning principle of his policy. Instinctively men < of all parties recognised that if the country was to i be rescued from the grasp of the invader, M. i Gambetta must be obeyed, and right loyally was i he served. His patriotic proclamations vibrated i in every heart. His strong faith, magical voice, i and dauntless courage aroused the people to the 1 most heroic efforts, and for a brief space it i seemed not improbable that the tide of invasion 1 would be rolled back. I With the unaccountable fall of Metz, however, ] followed by the capitulation of Paris, the whole J complexion of affairs was changed. His be- 1 sieged colleagues concluded an armistice with the ] enemy, and he was obliged to submit. AU previ- < ous attempts to treat with the Germans he had characterised as culpable aud frivolous; "and l even when Jules Simon arrived to announce the cessation of hostilities, be stoutly protested in ] favour of a war A outrance, and resistance to the 1 point of complete exhaustion." He subsequently i retired from the Government of National De- fence, and at the close of the war was elected de- puty for six departments. The first work of the 1 Assembly was to ratify the treaty of peace, by which Alsace-Lorraine became German soil. M. < Gambetta protested vehemently, but unavailingly, and then for a short time retired to Spain, to re- i cruit his exhausted energies, having compressed into a few brief months of herculean effort the work of many lives. HIS CAREER AS A STATESMAN. With phenomenal suddenness he had bounded from complete obscurity into the first rank of French statesmen. Except Thiers, the country I possessed no politician of greater eminence. Could 1 he sustain the weight of such a character? Could i the Bohemian of the Cafi Procope exhibit the 1 habitual restraint and caution requisite in a great i party leader ? The best seaman in a hurricane is i not always the best in calm weather. Very soon ] his discretion was put to a severe test. In the reactionary assembly, in which he again took his I seat in July, 1871, the whole vials of Bonapartist rage and clerical hate were poured out on his head. Every enemy i of progress, every foe to the Republic, felt that the ex-Dictator of Tours was the creat obstacle to the realisation of his schemes, t: vary act of his public life was distorted and vilified. Almost as poor as when he was yet a briefless avooat, he was accused of boundleea corruption and innumer- able peculations. Men who had overwhelmed the country with unheard-of disasters stigmatised him as unpatriotic and a self-seeker. He evinced his patriotism by silence. An infuriated Bon- apartist even struck him publicly in the face, but he took no notice of the insult, treating all personal attacks as of small account while tbe country remaioed in peril. The acknowledged leader of the convinced Republicans, he recog- nised the great difficulties of M. Thiers' position as head of the State, and on all but rare occa- sions accorded him loyal support. The two strong men soon came to understand each other, and to interpret aright each others conduct. From the enforced resignation of M. Thiers down to the death of that eminent statesman on the eve of the memorable electoral straggle in October, 1877, the two were the joint pillars on which leaned the fabric of liberty, daily threatened with destruc- tion by governments of combat" and of moral order. t The greatest effort of the reactionaries commenced with the sudden and insulting dis- missal by Marshal Macinahon of the Simon Ministry in May, 1877. The Bonapartists, Or leanists, and Legitimists had all contrived tempor- arily to sink their differencies for the purpose of overthrowing the Republic. The Chamber was dis- solved, and all the worst features of official can- didatures revived and intensified fivefold. The marshal-president undertook to answer for order," and many believed that another coup cretat was at hand. In this desperate constitu- tional cribis M. Gambetta renewed the prodigies of activity which he had displayed at Tours. He was the soul of the Central Electoral Committee, which counterworkooaod countermined the nefa- rious coercive measures everywhere practised by the Government. At the dissolution the Repub- licans in the Chamber were 3M strong out of a totfdofSM. "Send back the 363, was the sagacious advice tendered by Gambetta to the Republican party, and in spite of soldier, prieet, and prefect, the people responded to his call by returning an immense Republican majority, which compelled the Marshal to dismiss hIs evil advisers, and replace them by tried friends ef liberty and the Republic. Be- fore the election M. Gambetta, in his address to his constituents at Belleville, had warned the marshal that he had transformed himself into a plebiscitary candidate, and that the alternatives 11 before him were to "snbmit or resign." The minions of moral otder" professed to regard this terse dofinition of the situation as' treasonable, and steps were actually taken to convict the author. Needless to say, the prosecution was dropped very unceremoniously as soon as the re- sults of the October elections were known. M. Gambetta did not go to gaol, and Marshal MacMahon did resign, in the beginning of 1878 the Republic was saved. M. Grevy was made President, but M. Gambetta was universally re- garded as the saviour of Republican France. After the great Royalist conspiracy had been foiled, and the Republic was secured, M, Gam- betta towered head and shoulders above all other politicians as the most influential of French statesmen. He declined to take office, preferring to make and unmake Cabinets rather than to sit in them. His career after that crowning triumph of his electoral campaign has been chequered. He never ceased to be the most influential statesman in France, but his influence in French politics was uncertain and fitful. His refusal to take office led to many unpleasant episodes. The most plausible excuse for his re- luctance to accept the responsibilities of his posi- tion was his oaaviction that no strong Govern- ment was possible ia France until tcnUm de list* superseded terutm cFarrtmdisemerU. His ewamiss did not hmitat« to uuuute more un. fiT-ifTa—i worthy motived, find the persistent i L I Extremists ultimately cost him much M. larity in Belleville. It was chiefly due i- iufluence that the Chambers returned to l'a. and he alone was able to sec-tire the pieuarf amnesty for the Communists, who in return never amnested him. The memorable occasion ot which he finally broke with his advanced sup porters at Belie ville will be fresh in the meinoiy of all. One of the most curious incident* u his carcer was his duel with M. de FourtoB, In the course of a debate in 1177 he called the. ex Minister a liar, and a duel took place with I)istole, in which, as usual on such occasions, no >ne ws* hurt. He secured a period of temporary and par tial retirement by the acceptance of the Presidencj of the 'Chamber, a post which he held till the close of 1880, when he left the Presidential Cliam- ber to undertake the formation of a Ministry. Towards the close of the year 1880, the Ferry Ministry was discredited by the mismanage- ment of the Tunis expedition, and the expectation that M. Gambetta must assuina the Premiership became general. In the meau- time, however, he had mysteriously disappeared, and a report was spread that he had gone to Gar many to have a secret interview with Prim* Bismark. This report was subsequently de:iia< by Prince Bismarck himself. When the AssemMj opened on October 23th, 18S0, M. Gauibetta, in order to test the strength of his majority, agaia became a candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber, and obtained 317 votes out of 364. The speedy fall of the Ferry Ministry from thai time regarded ;is inevitable. 3d. lerry kimsell brought about the crisis, by making on Novem ber 5th a statement about the Tunis campaig«| which led to a general and somewhat coufuiwa discussion. After the debate had lasted foua days, M. Gambetta proposed, in order that it should not wind up with an avowal of impo- tence," a perfectly neutral order of the day, merely stating that the Chamber was resolved oa the integral execution of the Bardo Treaty. This was adopted by 379 to 71, and the result was that on November 10th M. Ferry resigned, and M. Gambetta was summoned by Presi- dent Grevy to form a Ministry. it was some days before he succeeded in this task M. Leon Say, M. de Freycinet, and most of the practised statesmen to whom he applied declining to join the new Cabinet, which, whem the list was issued, was found to contain only twe members of the retiring Cabinet, and none whe had ever held high office before. One of the appointments which created most surprise was that of M. Paul Bert as Minister of Education and Public Worship, M. Bert having only a few weeks before declared in a lecture that nation* receded from religion in proportion as they advanced in morality. The history of M. Gambetta's short-lived administration is well known. The Chamber became distrustful of the new Premier, who, it was feared, wished to establish a virtual dictator- ship. The faults of the subordinates were at visited upon the head of the Ministry, and whei M. Gambetta produced, in January, 1682, hii scheme for the revision of the Constitution, tbf Chamber, after several days' debates. January 26th rejected the scrutin de liste proposal by 301 to 110, and M. Gambetta at once resigned, aftet retaining office barely three moiiths. Since that tims be has not taken a very promi- nent part in public affairs. As chairman of the military committee he made one noteworthy speech, urging that all classes should alike be liable to military service, and he took part is some of the debates on the Egyptian question. The accident which led to his death occurred o* Monday, the 27th November. He was hand- ling a revolver at his residence at Ville d'Avray, when the weapon accidentally went off, and the bullet entered the palm of the hand, and came out at the wrist. For some time, no serious consequences were anticipated and rumours of an unfavourable character were, on the 3rd of December, contradicted in a medical bulletin, which stated that six doctors had ex- amined the patient, and had found his condition to be most satisfaetory. On the 13th he was re- ported convalescent but a few days afterwards rumours that M. Gambetta's illness bad taken M unfavourable turn were revived, and were again contradicted by his friends. Last week, how- ever, it became known that complications had arisen which rendered the case more serious thaa had been supposed, but it was not until a te. hours before his death that a fatal rosr.lt wt0 anticipated.

ALLEGED ASSAULT XT FELLLLYSIDE. CURIOUS AFFAIR IN AN HOTEL. At Carmarthen county petty-sessions, 01 Saturday, before Messrs Grismond Philipps, IS M. Davies, and G. G. Philipps, Elizabeth She son, wife of Thomas Sanson, of the White Ltoa Hotel, Ferryside, charged Owen Davies, tattet and draper, Stepney-street, Llanelly, with ai assault on the 14th December. There was ai* another summone against Davies for a kitnilai offence committed upon Alfred Burrows, i brother-in-law of )1rs Sanson, at present staying at the White Lion, and a cross-summons issued by Davies against Burrows charged the latte. with an assault on the same occasion. Air H. B White, Carmarthen, represented Mrs Sanson and Burrows and Mr W. Howell, Llanelly, de fended Davies. Some cons ersation having taken place respect inir a settlement, which could not be arrived at, Mr H. B. White, in opening the case, said tliaf 3n the 13th December Mrs Sanson whose husbanC ivas then in London) received a telegram, purport mg to come from a. man named Howell at Cm marthen, to this effect:—" Get luncheon ready j" three by four. Game if you have it." Mrs 6.ni son prepared accordingly, but the parties did II ■. turn up at four nor at five, but at P50 p, i. rhen luncheon or supper was served t. ;hem in an upstairs room. The part* con listed of Mr Baker, postmaster, of Llanelly » Mrs Howells, of Llanelly; a Mr Lloyd, and Mrs Kerr (the widow of Mr Kerr, who former!) .ived at Carmarthen), and who was introduced tc Mrs Sanson as Mrs Baker. Whether that WM ;rue or not, he (Mr White), did not care. Ily Mr Howells: We emphatically deny the state* nent. Mr White continuing, said the party was very aoisy, and Mrs Sanson several times remonstrates with them, because Mrs Burrow x. her sister, wtt ill in the house. About one o'clock on the L4th, they called for 'cliainpague, and Mm Sanson supplied them with a pint bottle, and told them she could give them no more, as hot husband was away, and there was not aaotliei case opened. The defendan' made use of a familiar expression, and said, I will come down md open a case, my dear." Mrs Sanson declined this otter, saying that she did not want his com- pany. The party continued to be very noisy, and used the beiis so frequently that Mrs banmm muffled them. They then commenced kicking at the doors and making otlier noises. Later on ia the morning Mrs Sanson heard foot- steps in a passage over the ba* leading to Mr Burrows's bedroom, and foot steps leading to a bedroom occupied by Mr Sanson's sister. She went upstairs, and met defendant and Mrs Kerr on the landing. 8tK fcsked him what he was doing there, Mid he re- plied, asking her what right she had to inter fori with him. He had (he said) a right to do as 1M liked in that house, and he was a gentleman. Mrs Sanson said he was no gentleman to go inU Ladies' bedrooms and defendant, making use ol II. filthy expression towards her, caught her by the arms and threatened te throw her downstairs. Mr Burrow then appeared upon the scene, and, coming out aC his bedroom, said it was time for him to laterter^ and threatened to serve the defendant iu the same manner as he had threatened Mrs Sanson. Met Kerr threw herself between Burrows and the (10 fondant, and said, Do not hit him (the defen- dant) for my sake." Mrs Sanson went down stairs and sent for the policeman, who, however did not arrive in time. Subsequently, as Davtat and the others were going away in the carriage « which they eame, the defendant struck Mr Bur- rows across the eye with a walking stick, M» White produced the butt end of tbe stick, which was rather heavy and square shaped. It had bee* picked up, he said, by one of the witnesses of th6 assault, and had been broken by Mr Burrows foi convenience of carrying in the pocket. Elizabeth Sanson was called and sworn. Sht said that m consequence of receiving the teiegrant produced, she prepared the dinner on the 13th December, ana served it about 8.30, when the party (consisting of the defendant, Mrs Kerr, Mt Baker, Mr Howell, and Mr Lloyd) arrived. They were very noisy and the disturbance lasted till 3.30 a.m. on the 14th. About 1.30 the defen- dant asked for champagne, and she produced a pint bottle, and said they could uot have any more as she had no case opened. The defendant said, I will open it for you, my dear," but site declined hie offer. Subsequently, she hoard foot- steps in the passage over the bar, She want upstairs, met the defendant, and asked him what he was doing there. He asked her what right she had to interfere with him, m he was a gentleman and could do as he liked. She said lie had no right to go into ladies' bed- rooms. Defendant said he had not been in the bedrooms, but both the ladies called out and said he had been there. He called her "a d-- b- caught her by the two arms, and threatened te throw her over the stairs. She did nothing ex- oept try to twist her arm out of his grasp..SI* had marks on her arms in consequence." HI Burrows then came upon the ReaM, and she left. Cross-examined by Mr Howells: I was paid my bill afterwards. It was £2 5s. That was foe fire people's dinners. They had only one pint of champagne, but a lot of hot brandies and whiskiM. I should not like to say how many—a dozen, 4 perhaps two dozen. All went through my iiandg but I did not serve them all. 1 wa* in the same state tbea that I am ROW. t bad not been drinking that day. I atti in the habit of drinking, but I do not take more than if good for me. 1 had taken one or two glasses el beer that day, but no whiskey or wine. Previow to this aftlloir there had been a dog fight in tbfl house, and in separating the dogs my hand bitted, but not severely. Mr Baker, birs KeM Lloyd, aud Howells were present wheu 1 ew oountered the defendant. Mr Burrows cane to mv assistance. He did not catch hold ef the fendant, nor did he strike him. I did not wo rather rough language. I did not call the defen- dant "a devS," "a young devil," or • devil of any sort. I ordered him o«*l of the house after he had threatened to throw me ovor the banisters, I persist is swearing that he threatened to throw UM "ver im stairs, and that he laid hands upon me. He had no right to go to a bedroom, for he had not taken one. He should have asked for a bedroom Unless he took a bedroom, he had no right tt enter one. Afterwards, when he got downstaif% the defendant told me he had been shows to a bedroom to wash his bauds, ami left his coat and stick there. Tbeii earriage was detained till 5.30, and the driver wSft waiting outside a long time. i did not detain the carriage after I was paid. The defendant did ndl have to send for a jiolicemaii in onler to 94 tttt carriage. 1 sent for a l'ülic8maa. Another OOllsultation horu t^nik ;<* » to* settlement, and eventually it wa* agrood tM defeudaut should pay the oosta of the «ruuuiu>!vJ«% aad the whole ot the omm wore ttuw struct out.

PROBABLE PEERAGE FOR MR SAMUEL MORLEY. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says -.—The statement by the chairman of the Liberal "Five Hundred" of Bristol that Mr Samuel Morley could not oontest tlte city of Bristol at any future parliamentary election has given rise to a very definite impression that Mr Morley is to be raised to the peerage at the close of this Parliament. It has long been rumoured that some sort of promise has been made that his name will then be submitted to the Queen for suoh an honour, and the language of the chair- man, implying that under any circumstances Mr Morley oould not be a eandidate, it held to convey i some confirmation. The omission of Mr Morley s name from the recent creation of baronets, and i the offer of a Lordahip of the Treasury te his son, t Mr Arnold Morley, M.P. for Nottingham, are construed in the same direction, and it is believed > that, like Mr Stratt, of Nottingham, who became Lord Belper. Mr Morley will 09 raited to (be i i>eerA £ 0»

I Y GOLOFN GYMREIG Dymunir i'n gohebwyr Gynireig gyfeirio eu goheb- iaethau, Hyfrau i'w liadolygu, &c., fel y canlyn: Dafydd Mo-rga-n.ieg, Morganwg Mouse, Liarrtwit- street, Cardiff. p

AT EIN GOHEBWYR. It I gofio am danaf fi.Desg-if-g&n ardderch- og-yu Hawn o'r tynerweh mwyaf teimladol. Cain"—" Y Rhosyn Unig." — Cymeradwy iawn. "Cwyu y Fun Siomedig."—Peanillion yn cyn- wys cryn lawer o daimlad gofidus a siomedig. "Bethlehem."—Cynaeradwy. Byddai yn dda genym gael ychwaneg o yd o'r un ffetan. Cartref "—"Buandra Bywyd"—"YGwyddel" —" YDychymyg."—Ymddangosant yn eu tro, a'r lleill allan o'u tro, ond odid. Yr Adeg GarwriaethoL"—Cywir a da. Colo men Noah."—Yr ailenglyn yn dda iawn, ond y cyntafyn burwallua. Da chwi, meiøtrolwch, y cynghaneddion. Profiad Will Hopkin with ymadael ag Anne Madog."—Os gallwa raewn modd yn y byd gYWIrO y rhai nyn, cant ymddangos. Y waent yn hynod walius yn breseuol, ac etc y mae'r ddwy lineil olaf yn dda iawn. Pryddest ar y Wyrth o Droi'r Dwfr yn Win." BarddoDol iawn diolch am dani.

AT EIN GOHEBWYH A'N DARLLEN- WYR. BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA I CHWI. Wrth ganu yn iach i'r hen fiwyddyn, a chroes- awi y newydd, gan ddymuno iddi fod yn Fiwyddyn Newydd Dda i'n holl obebwyr a dar- llenwyr, y mae yn naturiol i ni daflu riaywgipolwg dros fywyd yr ben ar ei hymadawiad oddiwrthym am byth. Y mae'r fiwyddyn 1882 wedi myned beibio, ond J y mae ei heffaith yu aros. Y mae blwyddyn yn j debyg iawn i 'storm—y mae'r 'storm yn myned heibio, a thawelwch yn canlyn, ond y mae dylan- wad difrodawl y 'storm yn aros, ac yn ganfydd- adwv ar bob llaw ar ol iddi hi huno yn dawel yn ei Heches guddiedig. Y mae'r fiwyddyn ddi- weddaf wedi esgor ar luaws o ddygwyddiadau hynod bwysig a gwerth eu cofnodi.. Tua dechreu y fiwyddyn, yn mis Ionawr dechreuwyd dyrchafu y dyn rhyfedd Arabi Pasha yn yr Aipht, drwy ei benodi yn Is- Y sgrifaoydd Rbyfel, yr hyn a arweiniodd yr unfed bla ar ddeg i ymweled &'r wlad antfodos bono. Ar y 26aia o'r un mis, dacw gorwynt uerthol, disymwth yn ruthro ar uehel fanau Firaingc, gan chwythu Gambetta yn deilchiol-yr hwn, ychydig amser cyn hyny a addolid braidd gan yr holl genedl; ond wele yntau, ar ddiwrnod olaf y flwydayn, yn marw, yn 44 oed. Yn mis Chwefror darfu i hen elyn y glowyr ffrwydro yn ei gell dan-ddaiarol yn nglofa Trim- don Grange, yn swvdd Durham, ganhyrddio 70 o fywydau o'r byd, neb drugaredd na rhybydd. Ar yr ail o Fawrth bu agos i'r Frenhi ues golli ei bywyd trwy i Roderick .lli..1/- >>hu au yn V1yniyl gorsaf WlrfCyn diwedd y mis hwnvr Cjwhyrlv. yr Holl wlad, ar draul llogell P. T. Barnum, llenwid celofnau holl bipur&u y devroas, a gwnaed y rhialtwch mwyai Barnumiaaiad, yn nglyn a'r ffaith fod poor Jumbo yn myned ar tor- daith i America 1 Ond tra yr oedd ef yn parotoi i bentyru ariau trwy gellwair, cafodd Amerig a Lloegr achos galaru wrth golli Heiirv*Wads worth Longfellow, y bardd Americanaidd, ar y 24ain o'r mis, yn 75 oed. Yn y mis hwn hefyd y bu farw William Bulkeley Hugbas, A.S. dros Qaernarfon, a "thad Ty y Cyffredin," yn 83 oed. Yr untg ddigwyddiad a gofnodwn am "fit y ffyliaid" yw priodas y Tywysog Leopold, Due Albany, a'r py wysages Helen o Waldeck Pyr- mont. Digwyddiad cyffrous iawn a gymerodd Ie ar v 6fed o Fai, oedd brad-Iofruddiaeth Arglwydd F. Cavendish a Mr T. A. Burke, yn y Pare yn Dublin, a'r llofruddion yn dianc Mehefin, ar y 3ydd o r mis hwn hongianwyd y gloch fawr Great Paul," yn nglilochdy St. Paul, Lhmdain. Y mae'r gloch hon yn pwyso dwy-ar- bymthtg o dunelli!—Ar yr wythfed o'r mis y claddwyd yn ngladdfa dawel Caprera, y gwlad- garwr byd-en wog Joseph Garibaldi dyu ag y bu yr holl fyd gw&reiddiedig yn sefyll ar flaenau ei draed i edrych ar ei wrhydri; a bloeddid ei glod o begwn i begwn. Ie, dyna ryddhswr Itali o lyfetiieiriau oesol gormes llys y Pab, wedi ei rifo yn mhlith y meirw, ond y mae ei waith yn fyw. Ar y 30ain, y crogwyd y brad- lofrudd Charles Guiteau. yn Washington, ac y mae ei enw yn ddrewdod yn ffroenau eymdeithas. Y mis Awst, fiwyddyn ddiweddaf, y glanipdd y brenin Cetewayo yn y wlad hon, ac ar y 14eg o'r mia bu yn dal ymgom a Breninss Prydain a dadleuodd ei hawliau mor ddeheuig, fel y rho- ddwyd yn ol iddo ei deyrnas a'i awdurdod. Nid oes ainheuaetli yn ein meddwl nad yw yn well dyn, agwell llywodraethwr fil o weithiau, na John Dunn. Medi.—Hir gofir am y lOfed o'r mishwn ar gyfrif Ihvyr orchfvgiad Arabi Pasha yn Tel el- Kobir; ac y dygwyd- i derfvn lawer o ymryson Aiphtaidd.—Ar yr un dyda hefyd y bu farw y l'&rch Edward Bouverie Pussy, D.D., a adna- bvduid yn well v. rt.; y>- ■■■■an syml Dr. Posey, tad Puseyaeth, ac uchel Eglwysyddiaeth. valoda oes faith o 82 mlwydd, a gwalodd Ifrwyth ei lafur yn helaeth, yn helaeth iawn. Gwnaed byichau mawrion yn muria.u yr Eg- lwys yn mis Rhagfyr hefyd. trwy farwolaeth y Gwir Parchedig Archibald CampbeU Tait, D.D., Archeagob Canterbury, allywydd Eglwysig Lloegr, ar y 3ydd, yn 71 oed: ac hefyd trwy farwolaeth y Gwir Barchedig Alfred Ollivant, D.D., Esgob Llandaf, ar y 15fed. Amgylcbiad hynod bwysig mewn cyssylltiad a Chymru, a gymerodd Ie y fiwyddyn diweddaf oedd cai y tafarnau ar y Sul; ao y mae'r ben- dithion deilliedig^n rhy ami i'w henwi. Cyn gadael yr hen fiwyddyn, dymunwn hys- bysu mai blin oedd genym weled Y G-wladgurwr yn trengu ynddi. Credwn mai ei feddygon a'i lladdodd, ac aid ei elynion. Wrth orphen byn o anerchiad, dymunwn hya bysu ein darllenwyr, fod ychydig gyfnewidiad i fod yn y Golofn y flwyddyn hon, sef cael ambell ddarn rhyddiaethol byr yn awr ac eilwa.ith ar destynau dyddorua a bwriadwn iddynt fod yn ddarnau cymhwys i'w hadrodd mewn cyrddau llenyddol. &c. Y mae rhy fach o'r cyfryw genym, a gobeithio y llwyddwn I gael rhai teilwng at yr ychydig sydd genym eisioes. Blwyddyn newydd rlua i chwi oil.

r BARDDONIAETH. YR AWYREN. Awyren fel y wenol—heini ft Yn ei hynt gywreiniol, Fry bron i'r fro wybrenol, A dyn a wna'i dwyn yn oL Trebooth. ALFBTN.

J S L W Y N. (PKTDDBST CYn FUDDUGOI. GLANFFRWD.) V.—Y BARDD. Ah fel dy fynydd, lslwyn-fynydd enwog,— Nis gallwn edrych arnat ti'n unchrog; Rhaid ini edrych arno ef a thithau Fel gallom wcl'd eich hamryw wynebweddau; Mae golygf» dd dy fynydd yn amrywio Yn fawr, fe: teithiwn amgylch ogylch iddo; Ac mae dy fywyd dithau'n llawn amrywiaoth. Pale 'roet iwyaf ? Ai'n dy dduwinyddiaeth ? Pa le 'roet harddaf ? Ai pan gnydiai'r awen Nes gwneyd y Glynfel cartref gwanwvn 11awen 1a Gwell peidio ateb; ond 'roedd Cyrnru n hoffi Ei Hislwyn am ei fod yn per farddoni. Edrychem tua'r Glyn fel am yr eos, Sy'n dod a'i cherdd i ddwys gysegru'r ddunos; Ac nid melusach cerdd yr eos unig, Yn nyfnder nos o ddeilog gwyrdd y goedwig, Na cherddi Islwyn, er fod rhai o'r nodau Yn ddigon pruddaidd ac wylofus weithiau. Ond plentyn aniaa, bardd naturiol ydoedd, Ac ar ei awen santaidd wlith y nefoedd. Bu dda i'w awen gwmni awen arall, A da i'w fonwes gwmni cyfaill diwall; Da ganddo roi ei law yn Haw Aneurin 6 Ond 'roedd y nef yn nwch na hyny wedi'n; Ni wnai Aneurin ond ei gyiaorthwyo, Lledu ei aden, yna gadael iddo Ehedeg fry, a hoew ymhyfrydn. A cheisio gwrando'r cerub goreu'n cauu. Mor foreu coda'i ar ei aden hoew Goruwch y bryniau, trwy y nefoedd loew, Iwel'd yr 011-" yr oil yn gysegredig,—" Barddoniaeth yn corom r bryniau unJS- Yn arlif pur a llawn o ysbrydoliaeth, Fel Helicon, a wyrddai'r greadigaeth. Ei awen ef a gasglai ar y banau Gymunrodd o adgofion per ein tadau'; A throai i addoli ar y mynydd Oedd iddo ef yn allor, lie ystormydd Offrymid fyrdd i Dduw,—gweddiau aniaa A'i hanadliadau hi at Dduw ei hunaa Pa le v'th hoffem fwyaf ? ai ar y bryniau pell Ac uchel, lie y syllit ar fydoedd gwynion gwell ? Neu ynteu pan ddisgynitat dy gartrefol fryn, I wrando sisial Hy wi, a gweFd ei bwrlym gwyn. NiiljlaUwn ddweud yn groew, oblegyd hoffi 'ry'm Ajurywiaeth mawr ei awen ei thlysni hi a'i grym; Yr ym yn hoffi'r daran yn rhuo yn y net, Yr ym yn hoffi'r cwmwl ar ben yr Wyddfa gref, Yr ym yn hoffi's stormydd, a charu 'rym y obwa; A goleu huan tanbaid a chysgod hwyrnos dda{ Afc felly'r hoffem Islwyn pan li ei awen ef 0 fryn i fryn yn nghwmni ystorm echryslon gref; Pan ddruigai uwca y cymll. i ben y Wyddfa fawr, I wel'd ei wlad ei bunan, a gwlad sydd uwch y llawr. Pangodiayn eryraidd i drothwy gwswrddydd dlos, Nea pan ddisgyDai-n araf i raodir ddwys y Nou 0, cydnaws iawn a'i awen, a'i ysbryd oedd yr hwyr, Dydd ydoedd yn datguddio y nefoedd idde yn llwyr; 0, carai'r falmaidd nos, yr adeg dawel, Pan nad yw twrf y byd yn daearoli'r awel." Y nos y canal Natur bereiddiaf am ei Thad, Y nos ddaogosai hefyd danbeidiach, gloeVach gwlad, Wahoddai'i fyfyrdodau ef at y ser i KYd, I weled Duw yn edrych yn santaidd ar y byd 1 Y D08 a'i dygai hefyd yn agos at y nef, Fynegai iddo yn ami gyfrinion aniaa gref; A ddystfa'i awen grwydo a'i thraed mewn perlog wlith, Y ser yn siarad acw, ac yma'r blodau britb. Dangosodd hefyd iddo yn well na goleu'r dydd, Aur-riwiau y cerubiaid, anamlwg ond i ffydd A chlywodd arnytit sisial yn eglur dd'wedyd, a j^i Yn mlaeo, a driog, cei Gadair i orphwys gan Y NOI. A chafodd hi, gorphwysodd, anadlodd ynddi'n rhydd, T Not a drodd ei fywyd barddoaol ef ynddydd; At breiohian Cynuru ydoedd cryf freiobiau'r Gadair boo, A bioi. wlad a welid mewn 'snodea ar ei frøa Ac wed'yn daeth poaiau yr Ardd fal offrwm chweg I'w awen, rodd i'r blodau bob atoaer ohwareu teg; A than ei lwyth o flodau a pheraroglau'r ardd. Ovnfvddai vu vr vmyl ei luwadilt casl ei olaf gadair, olrheitii.ai'r nefoedd bur, Ei e&ataidd fanau hyfryd tudraw i gyrhaedd cur Ei glesm oddiallan, ei Her a'i gloewder can, A'r Orsedd Ddwyfol welodd eihunan yn y man. Pelydrau'r nef arhosent i chwareu yn ei wen j Ddydd y Nadolighwnw, pan wrth eiu Deifion lien, Arwoiuid af i'w gadair, a braidd na chlywem iii Yr engyl yuo'ù sisial, "Caiff gadair genym ni Lle treiddiai ei ddychymyg, lls'r ai ei gadarn ffydd, Lie gloewai'i fyfyrdodau, fel ffrwyth yn ngholeu'r dydd, Y nefoedd ddygodd iddo ei gadair wrth y bedd, O'r gadair lioso dringodd i ga.3airGwlad yr Hedd. Ei awen a drawsblanwyd, yn saith-a-deugain oed, I'r wlad lie awen engyl farddona'n bur erioed Lie nad oes dim i rwystro ei gynydd ef a'i ddawn Mewn awyr ddigon. loew i ga.el dadblygiad llawn. Beth fydd ei awen beraidd ef? Fath fydd ei awdlan yn y naf ? Ust 1 nst I ui pherthyn ddim i ni Ei ddilyn yn ei nefol fri. Acw lenem ef fal Bardd y Glyn, Yn dotio fyth ar wedd ei fryu Yn lluuio pryddest, awdl, a chAn, yn mhur dawelwch anian liu Unigaf fan, yn mhell o'r dref, Oedd ysbrydolaf iddo ef, Lie cwj'iiai'rgwynt rhwng breichiau'r derw, A welsant genheldaetbau'n marw Lie suai ffynon fechan unig Ei halaw bruddaidd yn y goedwig; Gerllaw chwareudai corau'r coedydd, Yn ngolwg codfan yr uchedydd, Yr hoffai fyw, yr hoffai ganu, Yr hotfa farw a chael ei gladdu. Ie, awen yw unigedd llwyr, Meudwyoi awen garai'r hwyr, A'i chysgod llwyd, a'i seiniau pmdd. Yn fwy na chyffro mawr y dydd. Gwledd i'w fyfyrdod, lawer noo, ] Yn murmur lleddf ei Hywi dlo% Fu gwylio'r bydoedd uwch y nen, A'r "lloer yn ceisio gloewach nen." Yr oedd unigrwydd pell y lloer, Ei gwelw dreai, a'i gwyneb oer, Fel yn gwahodd ei g:Uun ef I dywalJt allan ffrydlif gref Ei niraeth-ddawn, a'i otid am Nad allai godi ar un cam Nad allai godi ar un cam Uwch law y bedd, uwcblaw y byd, j Uwchlaw y ser, tanbeidia'i tryd. l^ddal jrn feddiant iddo'i hun Yr AnfaiTvoldeb, welai'n cun Ddisgleirio fel pelydryu pell Ar frig rhyw fryn o'r Ganaan Weill Po uchaf nesaf at y nef, Yn fynych pruddaf canai ef; Fel un ar gopa noeth rbyw frya Yn gwe1'd o bell ei gartref gwjm Ac am nad allai i gwb 1 fwynhaa Yn athrist wylo a phruddbaul Ond cadwodd ef ei awen bur Ya ngbanol prudd-der, poen, a chur, Yn loew ni ddiwydrwyd boa Gan wendid corph, nac unrhyw don 0 lygredd ni fradychwyd hi I ddewis testyn nad oedd bri Oi' gylch, fel liolfai'r gloewaf angel, Gael treio arno'i ddoniau uchel! Ymgrytr.* CymiM wrth y fan Lie deui di o'th gw £ .g i'r lan, Ymgryma 'nawr! maÙb ysbryd di, Ein bardd, yn gwel'd e dagrau hi Fel dagrau Mair ar feda eibrawd le^ Cymru fach, nid Cymru dlawd Sy'n wylo^cwyno—dewyf mae Dan effaith hiraeth dwys a gwao A dyma'i chais, a dyma ei gweddiau, A dyma hefyd ydyw iaitb ei dagrau :— Cadw'n iaith, 0 Dduw er troion anfwyn, A chadw bytb i'n weithiau awen Lslwyn. GLANFFKWD.