The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

ALIER Y&T W Y TH HOPE- LESSNESS OVER and over again we have been com- pelled to call attention to the filth and rats and rlltg- and pigs on the1 road from the old limekiins, in Trefechan to the other >ide of tlie-bridge over the Ystwylh. With the exception of a pig or two/which may have been removed in the ordinary pro- cess; towards baconi nothing has been done; The responsible officials, if there are any* responsible officials, are evidently jnakitained in their attitude of indifference by the Town Council. We do not blame the officials. They may have received edal "instructions to see that there is a strong odour of pigsty all over the district and that rats are protected and multiplied as cheap and efficient scavengers. We have done our best to avoid discussing -tfre.se glaring violations of sanitary law during the summer months, but no attempt has been made by the Council to remove the evils which ought never to have been ajlpwed to come into existence. In the Issue of this paper for April 14th we p Called particular attention to the filthy State-of the slipway which is one mass of ,filth. We pointed out the dangerous con- dition of the road, which is still unre- paired. « We dealt with the pigs and other things, but need not repeat all the dis- gusting details hqre. We assure the Town Council and the ratepayers gener- ally that unless the disgusting condition of this rat and pig colony is altered we will deal with it every week during the summer season let the consequences be what thev may. Aberystwyth has plenty of rivals, and to give them this handle is idiotic. We have plenty of other work and ought not to have to act as the town's impaici. sanitary inspector. Something must be done and it must be idohe soon. If the officials are to do just as they please, let the- ratepayers be told so. If the members of the Council are helpless. let them, admit the fact. It is monstrous that hundreds of pounds should be spent in salaries and that nothing whatever should be obtained for the money. The Council and the Council alone, must bear the blame. We mean "either to obtain reform or to get to know why reform is not obtainable. Why should the regular inhabitants of the town be subjected to a plague of rats ?

FIGHTING CONSUMPTION. THE West Wales Sanatorium at Allty- mynyddy near Llanybytherf is intended to Enable a strong fight to be made in West Wales agarnst consumption. Colonel DAVIES-EVANS has taken great interest in this institution which, like others of its kind, will "have to contend with a good deal of unbelief arising out of prejudice And ignorance. Nobody pretends that *2very case of co/isumption can be cured, but it is now generally admitted that con- sumption can be prevented and can also cured, whefi taken early enough. Car- diganshire ig a district where consump- tion largely nrevails, and it is to be hoped that the Alltymynydd Sanatorium will be the means, by direct and indirect effort, of bringing about a decrease of that scourge. What is needed is greater cleanliness; freer ventilation, more self- control, and strict temperance. In Car- diganshire and elsewhere there is almost; incredible fear-of ventilation and also titter disregard Of collective cleanliness. Wherever there are houses in Cardigan- j shire, it may almost always be taken for granted that the adjoining roadside, "gi,tters will be filled with green and yellow slime. Sir WILLIAM BROADBENT and Sir JAMES CRICHTON BROWNE have recently-spoken on the best ways of fight- ing consumption. The former dealt with the present-day re-action against the .sanatorium or open-air treatment, and said that he ascribed this re-action to the usual exaggerated anticipations of the public over every new thing in medicine, and to the difficulties experienced by medical officers of sanatoria in securing that only suitable cases should be sent to ^em. u "\Ve sometimes almost despair of seeing any great improvement in the public health. As Dr. HUGH jOXES, the earnest and unwearied medical officer of Doi- gelley, said the other day, the Council of that town neglects to insist upon the enforcing of the. bylaws. Dolgelley is not by any means worse than other towns -indeed, we think it is better than many -but Dr JONES clearly sees the dire con- sequences of neglect and deeply. feels their sadness. There is need all over the dis- trict of greater regard for health. Con- sumption slays a large number of people in this district every year, and at the risk of being charged with fanaticism we per- sist in urging thfc saving powers of muni- cipal and individual cleanliness and the benefits of sunlight and fresh air. The Alltymyriydd Sanatorium cannot be effi- ciently maintained without generous help from the whole district. We look ■ for- ward to the great indirect benefits of the mstitution rather than to the direct cures effected, for consumption is one of those *nsidious diseases which deludes its ^victims into a sense of fnlse sreuritv f^id .^consequent neglect of precautions. The .¡:<,¡,j.y:rt1;. t absolute terror manifested by the people of free ventilation in houses, places of public meeting, and railway trains, is most extraordinary. At the London -meeting one of the speakers said that the 'National Association for the Prevention ,of Consumption existed indirectly to awaken thehéJth conscience of the "people. "rhis is a work that greatly nccds t" he done in this district and we ueiic*. e the Sanatorium near IJanvbythe: have beneficial influences in that :di; ection.

WRECKERS OK REFORMERS WHATEVER else was revealed the meeting of the Welsh University Court on Thursday, it was made perfectly clear that the scheme of University Reform brought forward, and that was adjourned for discussion at Shrewsbury on Friday, June gth, was not formulated by Sir MARCHANT WILLIAMS, and certainly ought not to have been dragged by him into the newspapers where he was made to pose, let us charitably hope against, his /own wishes, as the Welsh University's only tree reformer. It was not he who had dis- covered the need for certain administra- tive changes and who had devised a scheme to meet them, but the other members of the Executive Committee. It> seems to us that the chief defect of the whole scheme is that it was devised without his active assistance, owing to the fact that he has formed far too exalted a notion of his own powers and of the part he pliys in the life of the WIelsh University. We do not think there; can now be any shadow of doubt that the aim of Sir MARCHANT WILLIAMS is to discredit the other members of the University Court by sheer bluff and to carry a scheme of his own, or of somebody else's which he is evidently prepared to adopt. His position is one that Wales cannot too soon or too thoroughly understand- He is a member of the University Court and he has dragged this subject into the street, where it will be freely discussed, both before and after the gth of June. Who is he that he should discredit a scheme of administrative reform before it is produced and should pose as the University reformer when he has done absolutely nothing whatever to deserve that position? • We are not going to attempt to dis- cuss the proposals Brought up on the iSth for the improved administration of the University- They will keep until June, or longer if nece-ssary. What it is neces- sary should now be thoroughly under- stood by Wales is that she is told with bombastic solemnity that if Sir MARCHANT WILLIAMS does not have his way in this matter a separate University will be established at Cardiff. This is not the first time the impracticable project of a University at Cardiff has been mooted, as will be remembered by those who have followed the recent course of educational development in Wales. It would be just as reasonable to suggest that a Univer- sity should be established at Barry, or Tonypandy, or Rhosymedre! A Univer- sity at Cardiff is impossible for the simple reasons that the.place is too small, that it is already part of the Welsh University, and that it could not raise a tithe of the money required for its endowment. Still the threat is significant and shows what is intended.. The Welsh University Wreckers may succeed In the shady business of dis- paraging" that comparatively young in- stitution, of which the KING is Protector, and His Royal Highness the PRINCE OF WALES is Chancellor, but Wales will doubtless have a good deal to say about the whole subject long before a new University is established at Cardiff. We are not at present going to attempt to defend the Welsh University. It requires no defence except from the attacks of those who are untrue to the position they hold in the University Court, and who have been the means of dragging into the newspapers a discussion which unques- tionably should have been carried on in the University Court. We can well understand the reluctance of Sir ISAMBARD OWÊN, Principal GRIFFITHS, Principal ROBERTS, Dr. R. D. ROBERTS, Principal REICHEL, and others to compete with Sir MARCHANT WILLIAMS in his very doubtful methods. They said nothing about the way he told Sir ALFRED THOMAS that he did not know everything, or the way he told Principal GRIFFITHS that he was simply interrupting They did not even attempt to defend themselves, as to have done so would have appeared unseemly, remembering who are heads of the Welsh University. It is not for us to say that it was not wise to allow the blusterer to reveal himself, but there Is a limit beyond which that sort of tolerance becomes closely allied to feebleness- There is a good deal to be said for not turning the public meetings of the University Court into a fighting arena, but it is perfectly obvious that Sir MARCHANT WILLIAMS, who could not get all his own way in the Committee of which he is a member, has come into the street where he hopes by the sort of tactics he pursued at Newport to force his views upon the University, Court and upon Wales- The presumption is ridiculous on the part of Sir MARCHANT WILLIAMS that he knows everything—more than all the other members of the Court put together —and that his scheme, if he has one be- yond the threatened University at Car- diff, is superior to the scheme carefully prepared by the members of the Court. Why did he not set forth his amendments to the scheme produced at the meeting. The answer is that he has no amendments there is to be a new University at Car- diff This is the sort of frothy presump- tion—to say nothing of the nature of his questionable tactics—that ought not to deceive Wales for a single moment, but bounce goes a long way as he well knows. The simple question for Wales, and for every member of. the University Court, is whether the Welsh University is to be wrecked or even imperilled in the least degree on any personal ground whatever? Whether the University when first estab- lished was laid down on lines as broad as they wisely might have been, is not now the question. Nor is the duestibn whether the proposed administrative changes are the best that could be con- ceived if pecuniary out-lav were not a material consideration. The question Is, whether under all existing circumstances the suggested scheme is not all that is possible at the present time. Sir MAR- CHANT WILLIAMS, with the recklessness and indifference of irresponsibility, may be willing to throw the Welsh University into the melting pot in the hope that sooner or later will emerge a brand new Cardiff Universitv with his own jriorified self as founder and maker, but Wales will not be with him in the senseless project. We do not think that Wales is pre- pared to throw her University into the melting oot at the bidding of Sir MAR- CHANT. WrLLiAMS. whose sole claim, as far as we know, is that he has never done anvthing for, the University except dis- parage Its degrees and its management. It was- a great achievement for Wales, to obtain a L niversitv, and to secure the' KINQ., when Prince of Wales, to be Chancellor, ensured success. It is also a great thing that the PRINCE OF WALES is the present ChgjTcellor, Great national "tptitutipns are not to be .tossed about as if ihcy were playthings, and we trust that the leading men and women of the Prin- cipality will see that the Welsh Univer- ¡iy is not used in any way whatever, to forward the insolentpretciJsions of any i, in dividual or of any place.- We GO not -care a brass farthing -whether' Cardiff has a separate Univer- sity or not. Cardiff is not Wales and can never represent Wales. The Welsh :University will continue to exist and will be broadened and strengthened as time goes on. The first step is to make those administrative changes which time and experience have shown to be ncccssirv. Those changes'must be madegradllally qnå in the right, way, and by the respon- sible authorities- They cannot be made at a street corner by some irresponsible person who ignores all questions of out- lay and to whom all difficulties arising out of existing conditions are as shadowy and as unreal as the threatened new Car- diff University.

THE bDUCATlOJN REVOLT. THE Education Revolt is spreading and deepening and ill-feeling is intensifying in every direction. The Roman Catholic, the Jew, the Conformist, the Nonconfor- mist, the Secularist, is each going his as if there were no other pos- sible right than his, and it is not by any means certain that any one of them has ever. seriously asked himself what each of the' others thinks. We are told by Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE that the issue must be fought out to a finish, anq we believe t11,sistrue; but what will the finish be ? Greek, or Latin, or grammar, or logic, or Euclid, or geography, or mathematics, or engineering, may be taught without dealing with ^religion, but you cannot teach right and wrong, or duty, or an- swer problems of existence, or of des- tiny, or explain relationships or history without dealing with religion,, and ele- mentary education is mainlv made up of instruction in subjects that have theories of life and behaviour—religion—behind them. The various bodies of Nonconformists in Wales, although they do not differ on the main points in the religion of Christ, could not agree on a form of religious instruction in elementary schools, and the consequence was that they resolved on an impossible condition., namely, that no religious instruction should be given in elementary schools. Roman Catholics differ essentially from Conformists and Nonconformists in their opinions on religion and also in their views of religious instruction. Those differences are so radical that it is impossible for Roman Catholics ever to agree either to the exclusion of reli- gious teaching from elementary schools or to the acceptance of teachers in day schools who are not Roman Catholics. What is true of the Catholic is also true of the Jew and of the Secularist, and in a slighter degree, of Conformists. The great battle now in progress in Wales is due to Conformists who want the spirit of their dogmas to pervade schools to which Nonconformists are compelled by law to send their children. The injustice of this attitude may be seen at a. glance. Suppose there were In many parts of rural Wales only Roman Catholic Schools to which members of the Church of England were forced to send their children. Would members of the Church of England be satisfied with an arrangement of that kind? Certainly •not • We think that Nonconformists in Wales have hitherto not made the of their advantages in that they have neglected to form a syllabus of religious instruction for day schools based on their common religion, leaving out ques- tions of church government, and dogmas such as predestination, eternal punish- ments, final perseverance, and other matters that might be well left to the ministers and Sunday School teachers. What can children make of the question of the Trinity, and yet even the Trinity might be taught without doing violence to the opinions of any Nonconformists except Unitarians. As far as we can see there is only one possible way-of settlement. First, that all school teachers shall be Civil Ser- vants. Second, that the grants shall be adequate for the efficient maintenance of schools. Third, that the hours of tuition shall be shortened and that the schools shall be open at fixed times for denomin- ational religious teaching. Fourth, that it shall not be presumed that all the children in Wales whose parents do not particularise the denominational teach- ing they wish their children to be taught are, therefore, to be taught the doctrines of the Church of England. This-is the presumption that lies at the back of a great deal of the discontent in Noncon- formist Wales. At present we see no approach towards any sort of final issue. The Welsh Nonconformists have been provided with their long-desired occasion and will be supported in their battle by the Free Churches of England. Ireland. of course, in the main, is favour of denominational teaching, and all that is necessary there is to see that Catholics do not press their dogmas on the children of those who do not belong to that de- nomination, as the dogmas of the Church of England are pressed upon the children of Nonconformists in Wales. What we want to make clear to our readers is the fact that Conformists, Nonconformists, Secularists, Jews, and Roman Catholics, have each views on religion that with varying degrees of in- tensity they desire to have taught in the elementary schools which their children attend. The spirit of these views will find its wav into the teaching- of ethics, and a great deal of elementary instruction is necessarily instruction in ethics and in the bases of religion. The present Education Revolt is really a conflict in protest, against the ascen- dancv of the Church of England in Wales and the compulsory enforcement of its dogmas upon the children of the Noncon- formist majority. We see no possible end to the fight until Disestablishment has been secured, and even then the battleground will only have been cleared. The real difficulty in its most intractable form is found among Roman Catholics. We could conceive Conformists and Non- conformists coming to some sort of set- tlement, if the Establishment were out of the wav, but we cannot see any way in which Roman Catholics could surren- der what we may call the spiritual con- trol of their elementary schools, anymore than we could conceive Jews, if they were numerous enough, making an agreement with Conformists or Nonconformists for the religious instruction of their children. Conformists want to have national taxes and local rates for the maintenance of their schools. They also want to con- trol the schools nnd yet Nonconformist children are to be forced into those schools. This is what has given.rise to the existing revolt and what will embitter t it more and more the longer if continues. 1 After Disestablishtrin Wales has been secured Conformists will find themselves largely in the' position that Nonconfor- mists at present occupy, namely, that the spirit in the publIcly-managed, rural ele- mentary schools will be Nonconformist instead of Conformist- In towns of fifteen or twenty thousand inhabitants the religious difficulties can be easily ar- 'ranged. There will be a Roman Catholic School, a'Church of England School, and a Nonconformist School, but In the riiral districts of Wales the difficulty will be as great after Disestablishment as now, only the circumstances will be changed.. In districts where there is only one school, for the children of all denomina- tions the Church of England will no more be allowed to give the school its spirit than Roman Catholics or Jews would be allowed to give ,the school its spirit. Members of the Church of England have great difficulty inT realizing the ob- jection" of Nonconformists to allowing their children to attend Church schools. This difficulty- would be less if Confor- mists would Only ask themselves vhat theirfelings would be If they were com- pelled to send their children to Roman Catholic or Nonconformist schools. The Revolt spreads and feeling is intensifving, but it seems'to Us that the strife will only end in putting the. members of the Church of fingland into the unsatisfactory posi- tion now occupied by Nonconformists, This will suit Nonconformists^ 'but it will not be a settlement of the relig-iousdiffi- culty. The wrong may be shifted, but it will not be removed. Of course in the days to come Conformistsnvill be able to withdraw their children from any reli- gious teaching that may be. given, but what about the prevailing spirit of the schools? ■. r

LAMPETER, NEW QUAY, ANDABERAYRON KAILWAY AT an enthusiastic meeting held at Lam- peter on Friday night and presided over by Mr. J. C. HARFORD, Falcondale, the people unanimously pledged themselves to support the local railway scheme. We are glad to say that at this meeting there was no hajf-heartedness, no leaving of the drudgery to the other person, but a clear realization that if the line is to be made, and we believe it will be made, the people in the. whole district must do their part liberally and ungrudgingly. The services of Mr. HARFORD were frankly recognized, and whatever may be the final fate of the project something considerable has been gained by the working together of the people for a common object under the leadership of a man who, we have always contended has the welfare of the whole district at heart. All the county on this occasion should unquestionably help Lampeter, Aberayron, Llandilo, and New Quay. The whole of Cardiganshire has stood by Aberystwyth in the matter of the Welsh National Library. There are a hundred ways in which a large county like Cardigan can be helped- WThat is required is that there should be local leaders who, apart from political, denom- inational, and social differencoe, will work together so as to make progress not only possible, but easy. We believe the line will be made from Lampeter to New Quay and Aberayron. Then it will be the task of Aberystwyth and of Mr. GRIFRSON, the Manager of the Manchester and Mil- ford Railway, to attract Lampeter to that town in preference to Carmarthen. There is, of course, always the bogey of local rates, but every thousand pounds of rates wisely spent ought to return very good interest. Cardiganshire is very rich in natural beauty, which is almost unknown even to the residents themselves. If the railway scheme is to be carried out there must be no cessation of individual or municipal ort, and no shirking of pecu- niary and other responsibilities. We do not believe in miserable talk about the upper and lower end of the county. Car- digan is one, and whatever is good for a part of it should be striven for as advan- tageous for the whole. Once in five or six years there may be a political or a de- nominational strife that will send the people to their different camps, but the in- dustrial, social, and intellectual life of the county is with us every day and can only be developed and elevated by co- operative and unceasing endeavour.

EDITORIAL, NOTES No decision has yet been given by the Privy Council Committee in reference to the sites of the Welsh Natkmal LibriJy ^nd Museum. < It is said that EVAN ROBERTS is going to visit London in September. All sorts of; statements are made without warrant respect- ing his intentions.. It has been suggested, on behalf of LiberaL ism, that a leaflet should be issued setting forth all the schemes which Mr. CHAMBERLAIN had dropped. The. list could hardly be com- pressed into a. leaflet. if It is a sorry political figure that 1fr. LLEW- ELYN WILLIAMS cuts in the Carmarthen Bor- oughs. He is not much heard of now in Car- diganshire. We prefer one ALFRED DAIES LLEWELYN WILLIAMSES. It has been decided at a meeting of the Wigan Gas Committee to hand over out; of the gas profitin,aid of the general district rate. Aber5rstwyth pays more than £1,000 a year for public lighting, and is very badly lighted for. that. The town ougnt to own the gas works. Barmouth is seeking additional representa- tion on the County Council. The ground given for additional "representation is that the population of the town has greatly increased since 1888. The request of Barmouth ia reasonable and it is to be hoped will be granted. It is stated that the directors of the National Provincial Bank have, through their Carnarvon branch, promised a donation of £100 towards the. Welsh Museum provided it bo established in that town. Perhaps the directors of the three banks at Aberystwyth will do likewise on behalf of that town. We, suppose they will be afforded an opportunity. The standing orders of the Pwllheli Town Council are to be translated into Welsh. The MAYOR said the tusk would be a difficult one, but another member, Mr. W. S. JONES, said, Never mind. Coming generations will "remember us through this." In what way coming generations would tebenefited by being put in "possession of the standing orders of Pwllheli Town Council in Welsh was not stated. < In a reoent discussion in London as to the I position of women in municipal life, one of the speakers said that one way of getting their suggestions adopted was to let men think that the suggestions originated with themselves, and not, as was often the fact, with the women members. This is a very simple device. Almost the only way in which we ever get reforms carried out is by letting certain people think that they have originated i them and that we are opposed to them -t,lng ul) iiq.sullllllc for visitors. -suppose -the <basen*eiit of the municipal unci eglioia,buildil-kgs will be utilised as freshwRter hathsj 'It In the House of Common^ on Monday night there was great uproar arising out of- the PRIME MINISTER'S curious attitude in refer-, eiiee to the, proposed colonial conference on fKscal matters. THE -P P. was ambiguous. Mr LLOYD-GEOITCE took effective part in the scene rs the leader of the Opposi- tidn's unofficial" lieutenant. i <• .•• -J J It is.stated that Mr. J. D. ROCKEFELLER is a&oufc to establish a fund 'of ten million dollars' for the benefit of superannuated min- isters and missionaries.1 This is" rather a heavy bid-for heaven>: Tho C&\vspapevs also stated that 'ROCRRFHLLER'SSon, is retiring from his father's business because he does not like his methods. Will he leave all his mil- li'pns behind him and start Œ world afresh with the proverbial half-crown? !i:: ■Mr. K £ IR HARDIE, one of the Welsh mem- bers, has been writing rubbish about a mini- mum wage. Wo think the thing- can be put in a sentence. If an employer is compelled to give, a minimum wage td workmen, he will take good care not to employ anybody who is not worth it, and the incapables will con- sequently get no wage at all. Even Mr KElR HARDIE might see as much as this, for nobody can compel employers to give wcrk to people who are not worth the minimum wage. < In the House of Commons oii Mondav, in answer, to a- question by Mr. HERBERT' ROBERTS, it was stated by Mr PPoDRrcK -that.' the deaths from plague in India from January 1st to April 1st numbered 471,744, and for the four,weeks ending April 29th, 215,961! And yet' there has Not even been so much as a prayer meeting in this country. Just try to think of it., half a million of deaths from plague in four months and nobody cares! We are very queer, people. And yet why should the people of this oountry carednore than GOD ca rei,- y-t -y* ••-fc.v .<1 ,?• The weather has been mixed this. week. There has been a little rain—very little, a good deal of cold wind—very cold at times, some hot days—scorching hot occasionally,, and in towns unlimited dust.. Farmers want more rain. Growth is checked partly by the dryness and partly by the cold. Some parts of the country have fared fir worse than this. Snow fell in Northamptonshire on Monday and heavy showers of snow and hail are reported from NeWcastle-on-Tyne. We have not got that far. Visitors are increas- ing in number. The Welsh Education Revolt is goihg steadily forward. The revolutionary forces I are being carefully organized and the whole of Nonconformist Wales is ready to do what- ever is necessary to protest against being forced to send their children to rate-aided de- nominational schools. There is no hurry, no turning bqcli, and in change in tactics, except as far as is rendered necessary by variations in the policy of the Education Department. Our readers must not expect dramatic mani- festations. Wales is now engaged in a very difficult task. • Hostilities between Russia and Japan are still mainly in suspense. A skirmish is re- ported now and then, but the armies are holding off. The two fleets have not yet met. As usual there are many rumours and very few facts. It is said, for instance, that the Russian admiral, RODJESTVENSKY is dead, and that his body has been buried at sea. It would be wise not to believe this state- ment. Very little is now said about peace. Another rumour says that the Japanese have begun the offensive along the whole line. This is most likely only a guess. The Western Mail," which is still making dirty money out of the sale of the foul libel it published about EVAN ROBERTS, seems to be somewhat .uneasy about its position and has recently had the impudence to assert that EVAN ROBERTS has said that he himself re- ceived blessings" from this cowardly pub- lication of what PETER PRICE wrote. We can understand shabbiness, but this sort of thing is too mean for description. We do not believe that EVAN ROBERTS has expressed approval of the PETER PRICE letter, or of its publication. That the "Western Mail" should go on publishing the libel is scandal- ous. That it should defend the continued publication is worse than scandalous. In the House of Commons on Tuesday night, Mr BALFOUR in his grandest style said that he would give opportunities for a debate, on a proposed vofe of censure on the Govern- ment in reference to fiscal matters 'f some undertaking were given that the debate would take place under ordinary conditions of de- cency and fair play. In a moment Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE, amid ringing cheers, asked Mr. BALFOUR if he, as Prime Minister, would give that undertaking himself. No answer was accorded to the alert member for the Carnarvon Boroughs. By the WdY how very sad it will be for Mr. NAYLOR after all his expenditure in the Carnarvon Boroughs it that constituency is wiped out under a Con- servative Redistribution Bill. Xif-. f (iM ■■■ ;■ O It is a pitiful thing, we think, that month after month we should be compelled to plead in these columns for the orderly management of the Aberystwyth Cemetery. One of the objectionable features in the middle of the Cemetery is the builder's yard, where bricks, sand, mortar, buckets, spades, and other things are left year after year. Here is Rule 12 from the Rules and Regulations for the management. of the Cemetery: "No hewing or dressing of stones will be permitted within the Cemetery walls, and all materials for vaults, graves, monuments, and memorials shall be conveyed into the Ceme- tery by hand, or in such manner, and under the direction of the superintendent, as will "avoid the cutting up of the grounds and walks, and the owners of such vaults, or graves, shall cause to be removed in like. "manner all refuse, soil, rubbish, and materials." According to this rule the builders' yard, and every heap of sods, sand, bricks, mortar, and all planks and other materials lying about the place are violations of the rule. What ia to be done to enforce the rules? In the King's (Bench Division on Monday a very important case to lodging-house keepers was .settled. The powers of board- ing-house keepers over the luggage of their boarders came under the consideration of the Court upon the hearing of an appeal from a judgment in a county court case. The judge in the Court below had found that it was an established custom that where no luggage was brought by the lodger, rent was demanded and paid in advance; that the lodging-house keeper and the lodgers regarded luggage as implied security for the payment of rent and on which credit was given. He. however, also held that on the law as derided the alleged custom could not prevail and that the defendant therefore wrongfully detained the plaintiff's chattels. This decision was upheld by the judges of the High Court" and it is, therefore, not legal for boarding-house keepers to retain the luggage of lodgers. Inn- keepers have that privilege because they can- not refuse to receive lodgers, as one of the jttdges pointed out. 'L' Farmers in the district of To ai-es to be killiijg the volunteer- encampments bv excessive Charges. A representative' com- mittee has "been appointed to consider the .whole subject. ■ -•AiijiS In the House of ^Commons, on Tuesday, cme 2tv-, Cme of the Ministerialists shouted" across the floor: .of the House o_f Commons to Mr. LLCYD- .GEeRGE Xou are not the leader, of the Oppo- sition." Well, we are not >0 sure or that. 'He is eertainly one of them; Ea is eertainly one of them; The Council .of -the Senate of Cambridge r'; University have*„appointed Mr H.* Oiter- FITRS, D.Sc.of --Sidiley ^Sussex) College.; Principal of the University College cf tecuth' Wales, Cardiff, to be a governor of Christ College, Brecon, for five years. We wonder,^ if Cambridge Univeniity consulted Sir MAR- CHANT WILLIAMS before making this appoint- ment.' Probably hot. ;H:f,: Last week-over a hundred medical raen of Welsh nationality dined together in London.. One of the toasts was the Welsh Univer- I sity.M Sir JoTHN WiLMAMS, who has so;, valiantly stood up for Aberystwyth 'as the site for the Welsh National Library, said that the Welsh University had sprung into 'being owiiig to the efforts of the poor Welsh pea- sants. Some regretted it had no traditions,- but he thought their absence was a matter for congratulation. Our readers know that just at present an attempt is being made by the Cardiff section to wreck the Welsh Uni- versity. The wreckers are not likely to sue-, ceed. It is not an easy thing to provide people, with comforts and conveniences to which they are unaccustomed. The other day Mr ROBERT MILLAR, general manager of the Caledonian Railway Company, gave evidence before the House of Commons Cormtiittee" which is considering the question of workmen's trains, and produced a record of a normal five weeks' damage done to the carnages in which workmen were conveyed. It included seventy-three window straps cut and. removed, fifty-seven check straps cut and .removed, thirty-six window glasses smashed. He also j produced a two days' collection for the inspec- tion of the Committee of carriage-door top rails, panel headings, and window straps which had been found cut and smashed in workmen's trains. This is the sort of thing that goes on in certain cottages and free places of public resort. The men who- are discontented with the way the Co-Operative Quarries at Bethesda are managed have issued in pamphlet form all the correspondence which' so fully justifies Lord PENRHYN and shows that even the co-operators were not equal to meeting the demands made upon Lord PENRHYN. It is said that the Co- Operative Quarries are doing better as fresh capifal" is coming in. Where is Mr. KEIR HARDIE and all the other wild-cat Socialists that they do not protest against this accumu- lation of capital? Is not capital the curse of tliQ working man? Is it' not the chief crime of Lord PENRHYN that he is a capitalist ? It is not often that anyone lives to be as fully and dramatically vindicated from every charge made against him as Lord PENRHYN has been. Just think of Mr. HENRY JONES and Mr. W. J. PARRY doing this work. We enjoy the spectacle immensely. The Pwllheli Town Council at their last meeting discussed the question of removing gravel from the beach.. Alderman ANTHONY and Mr. A. IVOR PARRY required some gravel from the beach and they asked for permission from the Council. This permission meant payment for the gravel. It transpired that there is a charge of fourpenoe a load to be prid to the Board of Trade and that all sorts of people take gravel without paying. One of the members, Mr. R. MASON JONES, said that if you removed a hundred tons of shingle from the beach the next tide will furnish another hundred in its place. This is one of the dangerous fictions which has not even a base of truth. One of the greatest dangers to places like Pwllheli is the denudation of the beach. At any rate, Pwllheli is incurring grave responsibilities by allowing people to take away gravel from the beach. ¡ The attempt of lr. LLOYD-GEORCE and Bishop HEDLEY to reach a settlement as to St. Helen's Catholic School, Barry, has failed and the issue is to be fought out there and elsewhere to the end. Ir. LLOYD- GEORGE in his letter says:—" It would serve no useful purpose now to narrate the vari- ous suggestions made by one side or the "other. It was generally found that principle intervened and interposed otsta- "eloo in the way of their acceptance. It is "quite clear that the issue must be fought "out at Barry and elsewhere to the end. Whilst I regret being driven to this con- iL elusion, I have no doubt as to the result. I would warn the Council nof to trust the innumerable speculations published from time to time as to proposals made. They are inconsistent, both with each other and with the truth." We have never from the first seen anything for it but a fight to the finish. Roman Catholics will never consent to what is called undenominational teaching in their elementary schools, nor will they ever consent to teachers who are not Roman Catholics. c——— ———-——— =*

BARMOUTH PETTY SESSIONS, Friday, May 19t~h.— Before W. J. Morris, chairman; Lewis Lewis. John Evans. H. W. Wright, I.Virs. School Attendance.—Rd. Williams, Penr dwnen, was summoned by J. P. Lewis, schcro- attendance officer, for neglecting to S'-nd his child to school.—Defendant did not upj- I' The Attendance Officer said the sensed H:d been opened forty times and the child h ni been absent twenty-four times.—The Clci-k I stated that defendant had been fined in 1902 for the same offence and the fine h;.d not been paid.—The case was adjourned to al'cw the first decision of the Bench to be enforced.. Move On.—Edward Price. Glasfryn Kcuse. was charged by Sergeant Owen vith having obstructed High-street by standing that on and refusing to move on when requested.—A letter was read from defendant j.ski'ig that the case should be adjourned as t.e would not be able to attend,that day.—The request was not acceded to.—Sergeant Owen that. about eleven p.m. on May 6th :,e was on duty outside the Post Office when he saw a crowd of young men proceeding towards Jubilee-road. From the noise created, he gathered that a bout of fisticuffs was about to take place and on arriving there ordered the crowd awav. They complied -with his re- quest with the exception of defendant, who claimed to have as much right to the roao as the witness had. He proceeded a little distance when defendant called after limi, stating that because he wore the King's uniform he thought he could do what he liked. Some time afterward the crowd re- assembled and drew defendant away.— Fined 10s. and costs. Excise.—William Jones. Wave Crest, Arthog, was charged by P.C. T. Parry. Llwyngwril with having kept a dog without I a licence.—Defendant appeared and admitted the offence, stating that he had no intention of wilfully defrauding the excise.—Fined -if,. 6d. and costs. Vamin,fion.-rnie Rev. Morgan William Griffith appeared before the Bench and applied for an exemption order from the vaccination of his child! He conscientiously believed that vae^ vination would be prejudicial to the health of his child.—The Chairman: Is the child deVici-.te?—Applicant: No sir, ouite a strcag child.—The application was granted.—John. Ledbrook. Fairbonrne, made 3. similar appli- cation. but as the child was stated to be aged six weeks only, the Bench adjourned the application, stating that applicant had amule time to apply in future. "Fire Kindler for Better Times."—George Dickson, Leicester, a well-dressed man cf about sixty-eight years of age, appeared be- Dickson, Leicester, a. well-dressed man cf about sixty-eight years of age, appeared bc- Ov.cn uitlr hav^n^ cfbtcmecl Qerfaitci sums of IL, olie flse- pretehwsJ—S&" .-feiHthrie Jones, soli^ltbTV ..P^Tgelie-y, who Vpro^lit&l for the pöF. isi** his- opening £ tate*rttf n £ "es- pl^pd that Ditfcscrf ;oomrmen-oed~ at Aberystwyth duped s^rera!" jper«nris'$ii that place,"3ftfrtrisrd proceeding- td 'Ab^fl dovey and w^ffeng the towns along CP^T ICCFUDMV^DO'LGELLEY,. HE: ;-EPTR .himself"td be "a circuit- "p'ertc liihed at T^itfcster. The 'had times experi- enced during"t"^b n tr -j iclen. and he "nam^d • the imaginary' Dicksolfs Grand 'Rational and Fh^? KineSc* for .Better Tfttfes. He had made "-himeeff aoquTiinted with the of the Ixl'gva?!?- honse keepers -tif the different- plswfr; 7 £ ii<l made if his busihesS to call ifpon t:"haom fa advertisements for 'apartment-?, tor which hfc charged" from Is. to 2s: &1.. apcGvdiiKa: to the Ëp tfequif^d.v'He- proceeded to where he wa?. suspected by P.C. J.M. -Jdiieflfc who applied for-'a warrant and arretsfced Bick- sori at DySiyri 011 Mav 11th.-—Dicksou suc- ceeded in collecting £7 Is 6d. Mr Guthrie Jones added that there-were several eh«i-gep that could be brdcuglit defendft-nt, he only intended to deal -with one that of obtaining the sum -of Is. 6d. from- Mrs Meirion House, Dyffryn. Oil May 8tli, feiSdant upon Mi-.s, Evans and sgiedj.-rf she int-ended 'letting apart-ments ijc-r the summer. Mrs Evans said slie 1tRn(¥1 do so a.nd defendaiit asked her if-.she wouid advertise in -his circular. lie lars of the circular and said it woiuld.bd lished in Leicester and Di&tiict- in abfiiit t,hr weeks time. She saw the. circular _sad..ijoeiog the names of several, peonie she li'uew. thought the circular to be genuine and paia defendant is. 6d,, for, which defendant gave a receipt. The receipt showed tliat-, 20.000 drci'lai's wenilltended to be published, Mr Jones asked their worships to bear l mind the number, because evidence wc>il3" b4 called to show that defendant could, not pub- lish that nnmber at the price he reejnd for a; 11-8 .'Jane. Evans, MeinqH House. Dyffryn, -ulio- was tlie' first •w'itnes&, said that defendant called at hor hor^e cti May 8th andaSed if she was going to^et apartments. She replied in the affirmative, whereupon defendant said had ecnie 170 ccEect advertisements for 11 circular, to M published in Leioe^er and district. 'He pre- duced a spécimèil copy of the éjr-Jr. See- ing that persons she knew had given ETdve'r- tisements. glv-- g-i-c- him Is. 6d. for an adviw*- tisement an^,was given a receipt- in The receipt, gave defendant's acraress i Tr46, fechan, Aberystwyth.—On being ♦ aisked fey lite Clerk if he had any question to a,sir, de- fendant repled. Oh no. none at all."—'Wil* liam Jones, printer, Barmouth, ftaid defend dant called upon him on April 22nd and asked him to advertise in a lie -htwed., Defendant said he was going to have ijO.OOO copies printed on art paper. flio CTCUIST would also contain interesting reading, matter. Defendant Said he was very ansmuj to have one printer in the circular,' but wit- ness refused to a<]verti?e in it. Witness estimated the cost. of printing 20.000 circu- lars of the kind produoed at £ 20.—DefendajaS: The statements are deliberate fatsehootis. I could have the circular printed on oonimop paper at Leicester for £ 12.—In reply to the Chairman, witness -stated that. the circular!? oouldbe produced on common per for the price mentioned by defendant.-P.C. J. M. Jon es, Dyffryn said that on May 11th he arrested defendant at Minygwera, Dyffryn, where he was lodging. In reply to the charge defendant said 1" Not guu.t.y. No* the slight,est Owen corro- borated P.C. Jones's; evidence. When searched, a sum of JS7 Is. 6d. was found upon defendant. Made enquiries and, found no cir- cular of the. nap. given by defendajit was known in Leicester, Defendant was fojinerly employed by a firm of advertisement agents in Leicester, but the engagement had been ter- minated some years azo.-This was the case for the prosecution, Mr Guthrie sta- ting that there were several similar charge,, that could be brought against defendant if the 'Bench -.vished.-The Bench retired and aft-er a short deliberation stated that the one charge would be sufficient.-Defondart pleaded not guilty," and in his evidence stated that in the train to Barmouth, in company with the. warder, he read in a paper that there were over 700 unemployed people in London at the present time and Be in- tended going to London to ask Lord BaJfotlr to find work for them. Lord Balfour was talking about building workhouses, but wit- ness was opposed to that. Statistics shewed that one-third of Britain's population did not attend a place of worship. If the money was expended in building churches, work would be found for tlie unemploy^, and G; dfesire would be kindlecf in the hearts of the people to attend places of worship. Defendant con- c!uded by stating that he intend-ed printing the circular.—The Bench retired and uft&r a shore deliberation sentenced defendstnt ro one month's imprisonment. "Yf

NEWOA8TIB EMLYN Town Improvements.—.4 meetiiig cf the Committee was held last. Thursday, there be- ing present, Messrs. F. D. Beck, E. E. Mathias, D. T. George, Janies Davies, John Davies, and John Phillips. Mr J. H. Evans having resigned the chairmanship. Mr E. E Mathias was elected in his place, on the pro- positi-on of Mr John Davies, seconded bv Mr George, Mr James Davies proposed that the money should be used in purchasing a water ing cart. This'was seconded by Mr Beck and agreed to.—Mr -Johii If we get a watering cart I suppose the Urban Council will supply the horse. If was understood that the cart was to be used only as far as the middle of the bridge. The Secretary was ic- structed to invite tenders for the cart. ati well as a urinal. The-Coamiittee met on Saturday to decide for suitable places for the teats. t

Mr Lloyd-George, M.P., in disclaiming &n account of an interview with him which ap- pears in this month's Pall Mall Magazine," which has been quoted in ma.ny newspapers, states fba+- it, does not at all hir. opinions and he accepts no responsibility "For such a version of his, views. An inquest was opened on Wednesday at Llangollen on the unknown decomposed body discovered in anHninhabited house in Oajk- street. Tho body wi;S in a mysterions truifli, which was unlocked and it contained the de- cayed remains of a child which was r-'rppoaed to have been dead for four veurs. The coil- tents of the trunk were ascertained the reoms were being prepared to be opened a6 an architect's omce..

jUhlctics CRICKET. ::■< PORTMADOO v. PW-LLHELL, At Portmadoc on Saturday in lovely weather. It was the. first- match, cf the season for both clubs. The game proved mcst interesting. Portmadoc, who were second to bat, just scraped home, their fire last wicliet-s faui iig for five runs. Arthur Hughes for Portmadoc. took five wickets for thirteen runs And R. W. Roberts for Pwll- helij four wickets for ten runs. Soorep; Pwllheli. W. Smalley, c Andrewes, b W. B. ZJ'' Griffiths 7 J. L. M. Owen, run out ,vi.; 0 W. R. Thomas, b Griffiths 1 F. Wheeler, b Griffiths 0 R. J. Addie, b Griffiths 0 R. W. Roberts, b A. Hughes .1, 2 E. H. Beck, c and b A. Hughes .tl>v. £ 20 G. H. Thomas, l.b.w, b A Hughes Anthony, not out 4 <1- F. Danes, b A Hughes .>?*»,# 0 T. L.oyd, b A Hughes V..11 0 Extras 7 '°' Total Portmadoc E. Andrewes, b W. Smalley 12 G. Davies. b R. W. Roberts 4 D. Roberts, b W. Smalley — ,.19 Dr H. R. Griffith, b R. W. Roberts 3 A. Hughes, run out 0 I).. Breese, c and b R. W. Rofcert3 1 Dr Pieroo Jones, b W. Smalley i W. H. Griffith, b R. W. Roberts 0 E. J. PMwards, not out n D. E. Griffiths b W. Smalley 1' 2 E. Davies, b W. Smalley 2 Extras 4 Total 48 GOLF. — A rcrtch between -M>ervit^th v 1inrth plnvea on Mnv 20th. S'-or^s • — 0. ECI- 1 0 F. M. Williams F L jjtritb 1 1 J; C Ttea v. H..Tam^ • 0 1 • • M A. cnot-t V. W. D. JnripK 0 T.S- ^rierhouse v O. H. Feilden 0 0 D, Morgan Lewie V. "W. J. 1 3 ? The game ended fh a dra^-