The Cardiff Times

MR GLADSTONE'S VIEW OF DIS- ESTABLISHMENT. 1IrR GLADSTONE has written an important etter on the present aspect of Disestablish- ment in Scotland, and the state of his mind uPon the question generally. He also sets forth in tolerably distinct terms, although 'ii-octly, Tvliot Tin tliinVs s'lnnM Tir> tTin Policy of the Liberal party upon the same ^"ostion. The letter will stand a great deal 1}f careful reading, and it is exceedingly in- L restillg because it gives the public a clearer ■^sight than they hitherto possessed into the great statesman's opinion on what to ally politicians is already a 11 biirn- ng question." Mr GLADSTONE has during "G last few years expressed his opinions on tate churches frequently, and with j^Uch amplification; he now presents III the brief and handy form of a friendly epistle, what position he holds Awards that section of the State Church "\thich lies in Scotland, and which, by com- l11'H1 consent, is to be the first put upon its ^l'ial. Mr GLADSTONE, during a discussion lIon the English Church, and the justice of ^"dntaining it, delivered a famous speech, in 1fliich he compared it to a gigantic and ven- dible tree, whose roots went down so deep l,»to the earth, penetrated in so many di- rections, and clung to such numerous and \"aricd objects for support, that the work of ^Proofing it would be of an herculean 'ellaracter' Yet he admitted that it could be onc, and went on to say what Mr DISRAELI llilllseli said not long afterwards, and what tOrd HAETINGTON told the Scotch people about two years ago, that if the nation pronounced emphatically for Disestablish- ment, the Church would have to sub- tllit. But, the EX-PREMIER said, he should think once, twice, and thrice before I e ventured to engage in a task of such for- midable dimensions. Now it would almost seem from his letter to Principal RAINY, that Mr GLADSTONE has already thought once, if not twice, and that he only awaits the signal to think thrice, and then raise aloft the axe which is destined to bring down the Upas tree of the Establishment in Scotland. He reminds us-for he speaks through his I' correspondent to the nation-that he does not occupy the position of a man who is pledged not to touch the question of Dis- establishment. On the contrary, he is un- pledged either way. His mind is free, and so is his will. I have received," he says, the letter in which you express an apprehension lest the leaders of the Liberal party should give a virtual pledge that they will not touch the question of Disestablishment during next Parliament. I do not fall within the dis- cription of a leader of the party but for one, I have never at any time given such a pledge, to my knowledge, in regard to any question before the public, of whatever kind." Under these circumstances what are Mr GLADSTONE'S leanings, what his mental attitude towards the Church of Scotlancl ? Well, he admits frankly that in the present position of Imperial politics, it does not occupy the first, or nearly the first, position in his mind. There are other great ques- tions, riper and more pressing. There is the new Spread-Eagleism of Imperial policy to put down the policy of peace and non- intervention must be proclaimed anew rigid economy must be exercised, and I- our finances brought into a business- like condition the county franchise must be extended, and this latter may indeed have an important bearing upon the possi- bility of disestablishing the Church. Mr GLADSTONE does not say all this, but we suppose he means it. Still, although Dises- tablishment is not the first or nearly the first question" in his mind, he believes it will receive careful and dispassionate con- sideration when it does arise. He adheres, he says, to the declaration of Lord lIAR- TINGTON, and that declaration was that when the Scotch people asked for Disestablish- ment, their request would be considered by the Liberal party. It is not his business, Mr GLADSTONE says, to urge the question forward or keep it backward. A calm and deliberate review of these expressions must lead anyone to believe that Mr GLADSTONE and the Liberal party only await the gnal of the Scottish people to lead an assault upon the Scottish Church. To HSo- the words of BUCKLE, "All reforms are a matter of time, and the for- mation of public opinion." BURKE once said that it was not the business of the Government to oppose the will of the peo- ple. If the people cried out it was for the Government, acting like a physician, to give the people relief from the evils under which they suffered. The Liberal leaders now tell us that if the Scotch people complain of the Scotch Church, they are prepared to effect a remedy. And Mr GLADSTONE is not inclined to be over nice as to the manner and method, the time and circumstances under which the opinion of the Scotch people is expressed, provided it is intelligible and distinct." The fear of some of Mr GLAD- STONE'S correspondents is "that the organi- sation of the Liberal party may be employed to procure or favour the return to Parliament of persons friendly to that measure, and their desire is that the question should not be raised by the party until the Scottish people shall have had it presented to them, as a substantive or main issue, and not merely as a side issue, or one mixed up with other issues of a more pressing character." Mr GLADSTONE argues that the question should not be raised by the Liberal party until the Scotch people have pronounced upon it in a manner which is intelligiblel and distinct," but he does not like the phrases main issue" and side issue," and he contends that if a distinct and intelligible e expression of opinion be given it does not matter under what circumstances. For instance, at the next general election. Disestablishment may or may not be pre- sented to the Scotch constituencies as a substantive or main issue the great issue may be the foreign policy and the uncon- stitutional procedure of the Government, but at the same time, the constituencies iiiixy v&avt fiuai lliutr oandivluttiS a pledge on the Disestablishment question, and this, we take it, Mr GLADSTONE would accept as an expression of opinion so "distinct and intelligible that the Liberal party could act upon it, without going to the country on the special question at a future date. In other words, the Liberal party, if returned to power, and supported by a majority of Scotch members pledged to Disestablish- ment, would feel themselves fully com- petent to deal with the Scottish Church during their term of office, without going to the country again upon that particular matter. A distinct and intelligible ex- pression is all for which Mr GLADSTONE and his correspondents would stipulate, never mind under what circumstances it was given. We cannot but feel, after reading this letter that the time for dealing with the Scotch Church is rapidly drawing nigh. The opinions of the Scotch people are well known, and Mr GLADSTONE must know them as well as anybody, and those opinions, undoubtedly, are such as will lead before long to the fall of the second branch of the Established Church in these Islands.

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. It is the Prime Minister's favourite axiom that it is the unexpected that always happens. His private career has been a remarkable instance of the truth of this saying, and the policy of his Government gives it a wider bearing. The pre- sent Ministry has doue many things to astonish the world, but there are few surprises more genuine or more startling than that reserved for the House of Commons yesterday. I had the opportunity on Tuesday night of talking with manv prominent members on the Ministerial side of the House, including one minister who it is reasonable to suppose knows something of the in- tentions of his colleagues. We talked about the Irish University Bill, and I was naturally interested in knowing what course the Government proposed to bke. The assurance given, without any varia- tion, save in emphasis, was that, as a matter of course, the Government would oppose the Bill. The spoken utterances of the Mirristry bore out this impression. In the debate which took place on the day when the O'Conor Don moved the second reading of his Bill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer found an opportunity to point out in- <1iŒcnHips in its way. The chances of the Bill, or of the object to further which it was designed, were regarded by those most nearly concerned as absolutely hopeless. It wae reckoned that, supposing a division were taken. the utmost number in favour of the Bill would be a hundred, and that the ranks of its opponents would be recruited from all parts of the House. including the front benches. The intention of the Government, as privately announced on Tuesday hight, has been kent to the letter. They have opposed the measure of the O'Conor Don, but they have undertaken them- selves to bring in a Bill which shall seek the same object. They admit that there are hardships, chiefly geographical, connected with University education 118 at present established in Ireland, and in their Bill they propose to deal with them. It is in fact a. determination for which a Government mighthvell claim general approval. But what is questionable, if not unprecedented, is the sub- terraneous manner in which the Ministry have approached this issue. They have hoodn-inked not only the country and the House of Commons, but, as I can personally testify, their own followers. JNO one was more surprised than hon. gentlemen below the gangway on the Ministerial side when, at the close of the debate yesterday, Mr Cross rose and electrified the House with his announce- ment Jof what Sir William Harcourt pointedly suggested was a 10 minutes' Bill. The mode of introducing the measure h peculiarly characteristic of what may be called the doiging policy of the Government, and seems to indicate that they have no honest purpose in the matter. It is not usual to introduce a Bill of a momentous character like this in the House of Lords. The choice of that means of introduction by the Government indi- cates the tentative character of the under- taking. With a Conservative Government, the peers are a more malleable instrument than the Commons. It was felt that something must be done-done speedily, and done without incur- I ring a dangerous amount of responsibility. All those conditions are fulfilled in the arrangement whereby the Bili has been introduced in the Lords. If it is found convenient, the attempt can -be abandoned on excuses not difficult to find, and the failure will not meet with the scorching criticism that would be found in the freer and stronger atmosphere of the Commons. If the Prince Imperial had deliberately proposed to himself a scheme whereby he should do a great thing for Bonapartism, lie could not have improved upon the tragedy at the name- less spot in South Africa where he met his death. There was a disposition in some quarters on the arrival of the news to say that Imperialism was dead. On the contrary, I ven- ture to think that Imperialism has received in the incidence of the death of its young head a powerful impetus, which will be felt in France certainly through the next quarier of a century, The young Napoleon, who gaily rode to his death in the South African bush, is already a hero in France, without a rival save in the founder of his race. The French are constitutionally an emotional peeple. The death of the Prince Im- perial has filled with emotion, not only France, but the whole world, and Frenchmen, of what- ever politics, are proud of the gallant lad who has thus succeeded in winning the admiration, and even the personal affection of foreigners. Since the time of the First Napoleon the Bonapartes have been lacking in those personal qualities which peculiarly attract French people. Deri- ving their right to reign by reason of war, they have not distinguished themselves in any field. Kinglake's criticism upon the personal courage of Napoleon III is estimated at its true value out of France but in France, and more particularly in Paris, where they hate Napoleon III a3 they hate all men set in authority over them, this shaft went home, and the Parisians revenged them- selves for such strange government by telling each other that Napoleon III was laches. The young Prince Louis has changed all that. He has retrieved the personal reputation of the Bonapartes, and he will live for ever in French history and in French hearts as a spotless hero, who died in the cause of England only because he might not fight for France. In the meantime, the public mind in France is turning with much interest towards the house in the Avenue Montaigne, where the heir of the Empire lives in the seclusion to which hir father has been driven. According to arrangement made in the lifetime of Napoleon III., his cousin Jerome Napoleon, generally known as Prince Napoleon, was nominate 1 successor to the throne in the event of the Emperor dying childless. But Prince Napoleon has not commended him- self to the suffrages of the Bonapartes. He is a man'of singular ability, even of genius. Amongst other remarkable traits is his singular resemblance to the First Napoleon. He is almost startlingly like him, and does not shriuk from further establish- ing the likeness by his dress. He never got on very well with his cousin, and still less with the Empress. She was a very devout woman, perhaps a little prone to be priest-ridden. Prince Napoleon is a Freethinker, and has a very marked antipathy to priests. He has never succeeded in making himself accepted to any party,or even any section of a party, The cousin of an emperor, and himself revestionally heir to an empire, he has always delighted to dally with democracy, and has more than once drawn down on himself the reproof of his cousin. The Empress, and, following her lead, the Prince Imperial, have quite broken with him, and two years alyo they prevented his re- election as member for Corsica by nominating M. Hausmann as Imperial candidate. Since this the Prince Napoleon has retired almost in obscurity. It was, I think. only three weeks ago I was writing about him, and of his house in the Avenue Montaigne. You will remember I told you about his pictures, his busts of Napoleon I, and his cherished museum of souvenirs of his great"uncle. I think I did not mention the correspondencn of Napoleon I, of which his nephew has a mngnificent edition. He always has one of these volumes open beside his favourite seat, and reads a portion every day, as others read the Bible. If he comes across a passage that particularly attracts him or seems to have some special bearing on current events, he copies it out and sends it to his sons. Of these there are two—Victor, to whom the Prince Imperial has bequeathel the yet shadowy Empire, and Louis, who is two years younger. There is also a daughter, Marie.who is just 13. She lives with her mother, who resides at Monca- lieri, a lively place not far from Turin. It is seven years now since Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde agreed to separate. The event took place immediately on the action of M. Thiers, who in 1872 expelled Prince Napoleon from Paris. The Prin- cess Clotilde was then in Paris with her husband, but she has never since set foot in France. It was arranged that she should have the daughter, and her husband the two boys. Once or twice in the year Prince Napoleon takes the lads to Mon- calieri, when the temporarily united family Sl end a fortnight together. Otherwise they do not see their mother. When the Empire fell in 1871, and Prince Napoleon was driven out of his magnficen Palais Eoyale, he placed his boys at school at Yannes. Only last year he moved them to Paris, where they went to the Lycee Charlemagna, living- with a tutor. Next year, as I mentioned in an earlier letter, Prince Victor is to enter at Saint Cyr, the famous French military school, and he will shortly after be joined by his brother Louis. Victor, the Emperor that is to be, is more like the House of Savoy than the House of Bona- parte. lie is vervilke his mother, and is an un- commonly big lad for his age. He is a promising youth, and has made most of the opportunities for education which has been sedulously put in his way. But of the two, I think the greater man will be found in the younger brother. Louis re- produces once more the remarkable likeness to the Great Emperor with which his father astonished the world. He is like him in face, and, as far as it is developed, in form. But he carries the simi- larity further. He is grave, thoughtful, silent, and self-contained, a manner noted in the Great Emperor when he was a student at Brienne. A very remarkable youth this, of whom the world will hear more if he is spared to grow to man's estate. It is refreshing to find that the silly fashionable furore for Mdlle. Sarah Bernhardt has received a sudden check, and is visibly declining. There were brave men before Agamemnon, and there have been not undeserving actresses before this star of the Comedie Francaise. Rut the thing was very well worked. It became the fashion to go to French plays, and the passion to sing, and rave about the lady who is familiarly known as Sarah. To do her justice, she made the most of this weakness. Her engagement by Mr Holling- shed was not lacking in pecuniary munificence. But Madamoiselle had heard that the English were rich, and as her visit was transitory she evidently intended to imitate the historic example, and spoil the Egyptians. Not content with her work at the theatre, she undertook to give private performances at the houues of people in society who were willing to pay Eloo for the entertainment, and as there were some leaders of fashion who were not deterred by these terms, Sarah made a good thing of it. She also brought over her pictures and her sculpture, very second-rate works of art, and made it known she was willing to part with specimens for a consideration. All this was a matter about which people might talk, but with respect to which no one had any right to enter a protest, so long as the lady's public engagements were kept. In this, however, she has failed. She 18 a woman of infinite spirit, and highly-strung erves. Physically she is a mere wreck of umanity; is dying of consumption, the ravages of which are hastened by her restless tempera- ment. On Saturday afternoon she found herself physically incapable of fulfilling her engagement at the Gaiety, and the crowd who had secured soata m expectation of seeing her had the poor satisfaction of receiving their money back. This has proved a fatal blow to the lady's career in London, and I should not be surprised any dav to hear that she has packed un her things and peremptorily left for Parig. She will certainly do that if she find her private engagements and her chances of making money are at an end,

NEW MAGISTRATES FOR THE COUMi OF GLAMORGAN. We imderstand that the Lord Jjieufeuant. Mr C. R. Hansel laloot M.P., has ilist addeJ a number of names to the commission of the ueace [or the county of Glamorgan. Amonest the list we the following S-Dr Edwards, Mr John Cory, Mr Charles Thompson, and Mr William Vac,iell.

At Barnsley, on Mondiv <, ■> • three local Wesleyan mini^eV,, Was paet iS' had a very narrow escape. pset. xaey DR. D1!: JONGIÙ; LIGInBnOWN CoD LIVLIR OlLD-iT'sDUNKWALL!» C°D LlVliR writesFor many w°f-tlloC^st' Ventnor, exclusively prescribed the c.vi r I°,Prirate practice, from a large and intimate l'llcof Dr de aa a remedial agent in an,)n[,n ■o £ lts superiority Liver Oils ignorantly lauded on ™ ,case.s otll.er ttod parative tastelessnesa and lio-htiiB- ;ol"i their com- cently I have had, in the v Xi%° -co]o,ur- More re" Consumption here, an opnortiinifJ *f?spital for extensive and systematic commrkmi'1^ T i" a mo" vinced myself that in Tubcreular and I, con" of Strumous Disease, Dr de Liver Oil possesses greater theritiptitu-,»«] Brown Cod other Cod Liver Oil with which T am -ii ll any especially noted, in a larce numhpi' the indents protected the? i .lmbel )f cases in which tne puienis protected Miey had never been able to retain or digest other Cod L,ver Oil, that Dr de Jongh's o 1 was not only tolerated, but takpn marked benefit. Dr. de Jongh's Oil is now the only Cod Liver Oil used in the Royal National Hospital for Con- sumption and Diseases of the Chest." Dr, de Jone-h^ Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in capsuled im perial half-pints, 2s 6d pints, 4s 9d quarts, 9s by all chemists. Sole Consignees, Ansar, Harford, and Co 77 Strand. London, '» "»

THE FREE LIBRARY QUESTION. To the Editor of the CARDIFF TIMES. J SIR,-In reverting to this question, it has oc- curred tome that there in be some important reasons for rejecting both the Mayor's and Mr Peter Price's schemes, which certain members of the Corporation and 1 ree Library Committee have not publicly made known. They may have winked and nudged them to each other, or let them drop sotto voce between pulls at their long clays, but not in the ears of the public audibly spoken them. Now, sir, if these private opinions and criticisms are relevant and pertinent, the public interest demands that they should be spoken out. If, on the other hand, they are irreLvant and imperti- nent, they had better be put into the weed," and the ashe3 knocked out on the sawdust. We know that there are architects and archi- tects, and certain of them aN doubtless repre- sented by friends and backers in the Council, insomuch that the opinions that we may hear from Sarey Gamp," the councillor, may be really not hers, but those of her professional friend, Mrs Harris. It may be that the fault found is not with the scheme itself, but with its author, so that were confession to be made on some Ash Wednesday we should hear the avowal that had the scheme been fathered by Brown, Jones, or even Robinson, it could be accepted bat being what it is, they will not have it at any price, with a big P. It was Archbishop Whately's opinion that a great ¡ number of people went wrong simply through a little mental confusion, therefore I desire to point out that the object to be sought is not the selection ot an architect, but the selection of a plan. If any gentlemen think otherwise, let them resolve themslves into a society for helping private friends out of public funds, and appeal to the public for subscriptions, when I may or may not be able to answer them satisfactorily but then it will be necessary to appoint another committee tor the selection of a plan. It matters not to a railway company whether the design of a bridge was really Brunei's or Brunei's assisted by a navvy of Brindley's breed, to whom he talked as he sauntered about the work the vital question is, Will it span the gulf and carry the load ? The question for the Cor- poration is, What scheme will be adequate to meet the exigencies of a town growing with unpre. cedented rapidity ? What scheme will give to our artizans, labourers, clerks, shopmen, and the "rising" youth of all classes, means of the best employment of leisure time, and open to those who latently possess special faculties, a door of hepe and a career of greater usefulness ? It has been suggested to me that Alderman Jones may also have fallen into a temporary con- fusion of ideas in dealing with this question. I yield to none in my admiration of the way in which that gentleman carricd through the Cardiff Improvement Bill, but the improvement of Car- diff being his object, and the collateral benefits of the improvements of property standing in the way, and the improvement of the building trade having been accomplished, it is to be feared the worthy Alderman has lost sight of another idea- the improvement of the people. Some of my friends maintain he has not lost siylit of it, and in proof thereof adduce his discreet immobility in reference to enlarging the scope of the Free Library and Schools. But, sir, I am confused myself upon this question. We all remember thA trenchant manner in which Alderman Jones dealt with those candidates for the School Boards who desired to sit upon it in order that they might retard its action, and narrow its scope. Does he require to be told that Board Schools and Free Libraries, and Classes affiliated to South Kensington, are all things of intrinsically the same character, not diverse, but similar and complementary ? And that sitting in the Town Council we should ex- pect him to set an example t) those candidates for the School Board whose portraits he sketched in a manner less flattering than firm ? There is no doubt, however, about a real con- fusion existing in the minds of the Council gener- ally, whenever t) iis stibj ect is brought up for consider- ation. Like those magic syllables pronounced by witches, which in the fairy tales work such wonders, no sooner is the word Free Library" uttered than the Town Council becomes transformed into a board of guar bans, and this public institution is metamorphosed into a pauper. The board of guardians scans the claims of the pauper severely-" What can be said in its recom- mendation?" "Ought it not to go to the In- firmary ?" May it not be allowed a night's shalter in a deserted chapel ?—And the guardians lay their heads together to consider for how little they can just manage to keep the thing alive. Now here is a striking instance of confusion of thought. A pauper is of no benefit to a community, but a pub- lic library is. Instead, therefore, of being starved with a pittance, it ought to be endowed" and en. riched in the interests of the ratepayers, to whom its benefits are free. I must once ogai'n address you in a few lines, endeavouring to show that this pauper is entitled to the full benefit of a penn,- and, in the meantime—I am, &c., HENHY DEACON Cardiff, June 2Gth, 1879.

COT THE UNIVERITY COLLEGE OF WALES, LETTER FROM PROFESSOR GRIMLEY To the Editor of the C'AI:DTF TnIEs. SIR.- The article in your contemporary of to-day, with the signature "Welshman at its foot, contains several inaccuracies, which I ask you to kindly allow me to correct in your columns, 1. The writer states that in autumn last my resignation was demanded. Tills is not correct, I received at the close of July from the secretary to the Council an official communication containing a notice to terminate my connection with the College. This, the secretary stated in most cour- teous terms, was necessitated by the fact that the Council had resolved that the Professorsliin of Mathematics,Natural Philosophy, and Astronomy, and the Professorship of Geology,Botany,Zoology, Comparative Ana'omy, Physiology, and Physical Geography, be merged into one." The secretary added In making this communication to you, I beg to assure you of the full confidence and sincere regard which the Council cherish towards you, and ot their great regret that the exigencies of the College should call for the severance of their official connection with you." 2. "Welshman" also states that I begged the Council to submit my professorial work to the test of examination before a final decision as to my retention on the staff of the College, or my dis- missal, should be arrived it. This, too, is incor- rect. What I did was this I called attention to the fact that my work had been tested. I stated that not a single student who had gone up from the College to attend any University or other exami- nation for degree or diploma had failed in mathe- matics, or in any of my subjects. I asked that the unvarying success of mv College pupils should be taken into consideration, and that at their next meeting they would review their late resolution in the light of the continuous success to which I called their attention. The first intimation I received that a special test examination had been decided upon was at the close of a public meeting, held at the College in October last. I was not present at the meet- ing. It had been hastily arranged for, and I had received no notice of it. I was informed that the President] had announced that the resolutions affecting others and myself had been rescinded. This statement from one in authority was con- firmed by the reports of the President's address which speedily appeared in the newspapers, and by the editorial comments on the same. To the examination of which I was thus informed I never entertained or expressed the slightest objection. 3. "Welshman "also asserts that the professors of the College signed their names to a "protest." The Principal, at the Council meeting on Thurs- day last, explained that the use of the word "pro- test in a document containing objections to incidental features' of the examination had been inserted by himself, and that lie had made a mistake in so inserting it. It is a matter of regret to myself and others of my colleagues that the objections were sent to the Council before they had been put into a form which we could approve of. The objections. I may say were based upon what proved to be a well. grounded fear that only two examiners would be selected to test the progress of the students in a vi ide range of subjects, and upon what seemed to us a strange and unaccountable delay on the part of the gentleman to whom had been entrusted the official control of the examination in putting the examiners into communication with the Senate. In replying to the inaccurate statements of a Welshman," I think I have a right to demand that one who claims to speak with a voice inspired by authority should, to a communication of such a nature as that which he has given to the public respecting the attainments of a large group of university men, append his own name, so that the people of Wales may judge as to whether he is one who has earned a right to attack in so trenchant a, manner the professorial adminis- tration of the affairs of a University College—I am, &c., wsM H. N G-».T\rr^v Aberystwith, June 25, 1879. To the Editor of the CATTOIFF TIMES. SIn,-I am not going to follow your correspon- dent "Celt" through the vituperation and malignity so strikingly manifest in his letters in thi3 day's South Wales Daily JSTeivs. His nom de plume" appears to be very ill chosen, for the spirit that pervades his whole letter seems to point him out as an enemy to the University College of Wales, and therefore to the Welsh people. The course he propounds and recommends with such an air of superior authority, such a total absence of that conciliatory advice which would, as it seems to me, naturally come from a true "Celt." will, if unfortunately carried out, inevitably suc- c- ceed in ruining theWelsh College, to the rehabilita- tion and triumph of the Ecclesiastica1 Colle re at Lampeter, a consummation which I could al not imagine was the real hope and motive of "Celt in writing his venomous and snlenetic letter. Whence comes the so-called rebellion of the students ? Why did they refuse to submit to the proposed independent examination determine I on by the Council? The students'position was plainly set forth in the resolutions passed by them at a meeting of the entire body and the first resolution That no official notice whatever has been given of such examination," is quite sufficient to absolve them from the charge of rebellion. The students of such a College as Aberystwitli cannot be treated no so many school boys and if they keep firm in their attitude of n.on-compliance with the absurd and insane desires of the Council-nr rather a portion of it—the rigid carrying out of the Coun- cil's proposals will probably end in the secession ¡ of the whole of the students from the College. Its best friends in Wales regard the attitude of the Council as entirely derogatory to its interests as a College, and do not hesitate to declare their belief that the College would vervquickly degenerate into a high-class boys' school if the Council succeed in carrying their project at the forthcoming meeting, on the 30th inst. Could the Council then claim the sympathy and support of the Welsh people? Would they receive it? I believe not. The students as a body, with the professors at their head, are arraved on one side. and tho Council— r not unanimous we are told—on the other. That the people of Wales will support the students and senate is universally believed, except by such wolves in sheep's clothing as I take rour corres- pondent "Celt" to be. The result of the meeting of the Council is awaited with much anxiety, for on it depends the continued progress, or the ulti- mate rum, of a young and rising institution. The Welsh people have, by house-to-house and chapel collections, contributed something like £ 3,000 a year to the support of the College; if the Council are obstinately determined on carrying their ill- are obstinately determined on carrying their ill- advised scheme of reform—not progressive reform, however, but reform in a backward direction- they m y rely upon it that they will plead in vain to Welsh patriotism.—I am, &c., June 26th. EQUITY.

PONTYPRIDD BOARD OF GUARDIANS. THE ABSCONDING RELIEVING OFFICER. On Wednesday the above board held their fortnightly meeting. There were present Rev D. W. Williams (chairman). Messrs Evan Davie?, William Davies, Elias H. Davies, William Jeffreys, Thomas Jones, Aaron Cule, Charles N. Gray, Thomas Edwards, Evan Evans, Thomas Williams, Richard Jenkins, William Williams, James Richards, Evan John, Thomas Morgan, Edward Hid wards, Henry Anthony, Moses Cule. —The Clerk said that he had examined the books of the absconded relieving officer, and the deficiency was C129 5s up to March 25th but, in addition to that, the shopkeepers in the Rhondda Valley had a claim against the board, which amounted to nearly £100, for provisions supplied according to instruction received in writing and on printed forms, adopted by the board, and signed in the usual way by the relieving officer. Mr William Phillips, provision merchant, Tre- orkey, andtmr David John Owens, grocer, Bristol House, Pentre, were amongst those who had claims against the board, and they appeared and asked what was to be done.— The Chairman said that all these claims would have the consideration of the board at their next meeting.—An elderly man named John Powell, wheelwright, of Treherbert, appeared, and asked for aid. He said that he was 08 years of age, and had brought up five children, who, though well-to-do, would not support him in his old age. One of them was a Calvinistic Methodist preacher, worth at least JE800. another a black- smith and fitter-up, another a clerk to a solicitor at Newport, and the other two were doing well. —The hoard Dromised to take the matter in hand.

Y GOLOFN GYIREIG. a Dymunir i'n gohebwyr Cymreig gvfeirio eu gohebiaethau, llyfrau i\v liadolygu, &c., fel y canlyn :— DAFYDD MORGANWG, rwain, Abcrdare. Nid ydym yn gyfrifol am olygiadau ein gohebwyr.

II AT EIN GOHEBWYR. "A. Thomas."—Mae'r englynion hyn yn gywir, a lied dda lieiyd yr hyn sydd yn peri i mi dybio fod yr awdwr wedi gwella yn l^iyfeddol yn ddi- weddar, neu fod rhywbeth gwaeth yn y fusnes. "Darostyngiad Crist. Y mae'r penillion hyn i raddau yn emjmol, ac yn well na llawer o'r emynau a genir yn fynych. Ceisied yr awdwr ochelyd yr arddull emynol wrth gyfansoddi ar gyfer colofn mewn papur newydd, oblegyd y mae cyhoeddiad crefyddol yn fwy addas cyfrwng i gyhoeddi emynau na nowyddiadur, Y Tafod."—Y gair crock yn unig sydd heb fod yn swnio yn dda yn hwn. Ymddengys. "Y Llvgad," "Y Gath," Yr Ysgol Sab- bothol,"—Y mae amryw waiJau cynghaneddol yn y rhai hyn. Nid oes cynghanedd yn— Gwiw burlwys berlyn ydyw—y liygad." Buasai yn gywir fel hyn— Hyuodawl berlyn ydyw. Eto, Tarddiad gwelediad ydyw." Nid yn unig y mae y gynghanedd yn ddiffygiol, ond y mae'r gair ydyw yn brif-oal ddwywaith yn yr englyn, yr hyn sydd wallue. Rhaid ail-foldio y rhai hyn. Camfa'r Fynwent Hen." — Testyn gwych iawn, ac y mae'r cyfieithad yn lied dda, er fod yma ambell linell yn lied anystwyth. "Y Lloer."—Trueni na fuasai odliad y darn hwn yn fwy celfydd a dylasai fod, gan fod yr awdwr yn deall y grefft. "YNos."—Diolch am y rhai hyn. Bydd yn dda genym eich cael i blith ein gohebwyr. Ysgol Farddol,"—Da iawn genyf eich bod wedi dysgu cyfansoddi mor gywir, a hyny mewn amser mor fyr ac yr ydym yn dymuno diolch i chwi am yr englynion; ond gwell gsnym gael ein hesgusodi am beidio eu cyhoeddi, gan fod y cysylltiad mor agos rhwng yr athraw a'r "Ysgol." Ar destun arall, frawd.

HEN WALIA. (Y miwsig gall Grwilym Brython.) Hen Walia a anwylwn, Ei gwrol feib a garwn, Mawrygwn hon yn rhydd Hen fryniau hon a freiniwyd Gan anian, ac eneiniwyd Ei dolau blodau blydd I rywiog feib yr awen— Gwyr odiaeth hen Geridwen— Swyn Eden ynddi sydd. Rhai iesin drwy yr oesau Yw breiniol wyr y bryniau, A'i doniau sydd yn dàn. Ein barddas a'n lien burddoeth, Ac hufon cerdd yw'n gwinfaetn, A'n cyfoeth yn ein can, Mae agwedd a edmygir Yn brwydo moes ein brodir, Molienir Gwalia Iân. Hen wlad y gan oludog Mewn rhinwedd mae'n wir enwog Dihalog yw Duw hon Rhai difvvlch yn Ngair Dofvdd A chryfion gyda chrefydd, Yw naws ei lluaws lIon; Tywyned Duw ei wenau, A'i rinion, uwch ein bryniau Tra dawnsia haul ar don. CADIFOR.

Y GWYNT. CIywch swn y gwynt yn chwyth « Gail gludo mwg a tliartb, Gwna et pan mae yn codi Greu dychryn yn inhob parth o ffroenau megin anian Daw allau gyda nerth, Fel pe am siglo'r cyfan i Trwy'r greadigaeth ferth, Oer ana 11 anian ydyw, A gwywdra yn ei go], Y blodau lieirdd amrylyw Sy'n marw ar ei ol; Mae dyn yn medru clywed uerthol wynt, Ond nis gall ef ei weled Yn myn'd a dod ar hynt. Mae'n sylwedd anweledig, Sydd wrth ei waith o hydr Ac un o ddarparedig Elfenau Crewr byd Gogleisia'r gwynt y goedwigr A thyner awel f vyn, A'r swn fel peraidd fiwsig Yn chwareu yn luhob llwyn, Hirwain. r Y DRYW.

BEDDAUGRAFF I Mr WILLIAM GRIFFITHS, Ynysowen. (Bnddugol yn Eisteddfod Ynysowen, Merthyr-Tydfil, y Groglith, 1876.) Griffiths yn odiaeth fu'n gwasnaethu Yr liyfvvyn Geidwad, ora fu'n gwaedu; O'i waith i'w fouwes e' aeth i fynu, Ar alwad cenad claer wlad y canu Seinia 'i gan i'w gU-hêb ddiwedd, Nid oes bedd yuo i'w dyhysbyddu. CADIFOB.

Y BEDD. 0 unig, oLd drigfan I huno yw y bedd, Mae delw angen'i liunan Yn eglur ar ei wedd Tevrnara nine tawelwclJ. Ar yr ystafell ocr, A'i drymaidd dew dywyliwch Orchuddia'r haul a'r lloer. Rhyw derfyn-gylch fachluda Haul bywyd dysglaer y w, Ac ynddo ef diflana Gogoniant dynolryw; Yn hwn y mae y brenin, Fu'n llywodraethu'r byd, Yn gydradd S'r cardotyn, Ar waelod oeraidd gryd. Areithwyr llawn o fawredd, Fu gynt yn synu'r byd A'u galiu a'n hyawdledd, A geir yn hwn yn fud Mae'r doniau byw a'r tafod, Fu'n ysgwyd gwlad a thref, Dan gloion oer mudandod, Pan ar ei waelod ef. Ar draethell mor marwolaeth Mae'n garchar "Brenin braw I gadw y ddynoliaeth Ar fin y byd a ddaw. Bn lesu ynddo dridiau, t Yn rhwym gan angeu llym. Ond drylliodd ei gadwynauj. Yspeiliodd ef o'i rym. Am hyny p'am yr ofnaf ? Mi welaf m wy, trwy ffydd, Mai'r bedd yw'r porth agosaf I wlad y bythol ddydd A gwelaf ddydd yn dyfod, Dydd rhyfedd, rhyfedd Duw, Pan gyll ei lioll awdurdod, Pan gwyd y meirw'n fyw. Coed-duon. PEREIDDIOG.

CARTREF Y GWEITHIWR. Mewn bwthyn bach, o swn y byd, Mae cartref clyd y gweithiiwr, Yn nghanol pob awenol ddawn, Yn ddedwydd iawn ei gyflwr; Ei ardd o'i gwmpas sydd yn wyrdd, A blodau fyrdd i'w swyno, A'r gwenyn man bob blwyddyn sy* Yn talu'r rent am dano. O'i gylch mae deildai'r adar man, O'i fewn mae can llawenydd, Ac ni ddaw gelyn at y ddor, I lanerch lonydd; Mae natur yma'n aros i Roi bythol fri i'r bwthyn, A'i wisgo mewn prydferthweh maith Rhyw bedair ewaith y flwyddyn/ 0 seler iscn y gralg geruw, Heb dreth le ddaw ei ddiod, Ac arlwy'i fwrdd yw'r ffrwythau sy* o gylch ei dy i'w canfod Ac felly mae goneetrwydd pur Yn fur o nawdd i'w anedd, Ac yntau yn ei dawel fro Yn trigo mewn tangnefedd. Ei ddoirefn ef, os nad y'nt ddrud, Fel drychau'i gyd sydd loyw, Lie gwel glanweithdra yn ei llys Hudolus swyn ei delw; Ac yn yr hwyr, pan adref daw, Mae croesaw'n barod iddo,' Ei anwyl wraig a'i blant bob tu Sy'n siriol arno. Trwy ddiwyd lafur hyd y dydd, Ei gartef sydd felffynon, O'r hon y tardd dedwyddweh gwiw Yn helaeth i'w anwylion A thrwy gynilder yn ei thy, Mae'r wraig yn trefnu'r eiddo, I gael yn nghyd mewn cwlwlU tyn Ddau pen y lliny* iddo. I Y bwthyn gwyn, o swn y byd, Mor lion a chlyd ei aelwyd, Trwy serch a chariad diwahan Ei deulu glan gylymwyd; Palasau gwych, a'u llawnder hwy, Ni feddant fwy o swynion Na chartre'r gweithiwr sydd yn by Yn heddwch Duw a dynion. Rhiw Syr Dafydd. ITHEL VrcHAIT.

Y CREFYDDWR FFYDDLAWF; 1 Rhyw seren yw'r ffyddlawn crefyddol Lewyrcha yn llachar o hyd Wrth droi ogylch Haul y fro nefol, Ei llewyrch siriola'r holl fyd 1Ni ddiffydd ei dysglaer ysplander- Ond pery yn ddysglaer a chun, Oblegid ffynonell ei cheinder Yw Haul y Cyfiawnder ei hun. Pren ydyw a'i gangau yn plygu i Dan lwyth a chweg aeron y nef 'Y gwlaw a'r gwlith nefol sy'n gweini Yn rhyfedd o hyd iddo ef Ei wraidd sydd o'r golwg yn lledu, A'i gangau yn wyrddion i gyd, A'i ffrwythau o hyd sy'n persawru Yn hyfryd wrth ffroenau y byd. Mor chwim mae'r ochenaid o'i galon Yn 'hedeg i'r orsedd wen fawr, Nes tynu i'w enaidfendithion O'r nefol Baradwys i lawr Ni feiddia'r hen ddraig, er ei hyfder, Ei luddias tra'n cario ei bwn Pa beth ydyw cuddiad ei gryfder? Ffyddlondeb crefyddol yw hwn, Gwirionedd yw gwregys ei Iwynati, Dwyfroneg cyfiawnder a rydd Am dano, a'r tanllyd bicellau Ddiffodda & tharian y ftydd; Fe wisg holl arfogaeth Jehofah, .Sir euro v oralvn o'r tir j £1' cymaint yw'r pwys d lyoddefa, C.iiff goron y bywyd cyn hir. Cwmbwrla. PABELL >■ TS-ON.

CYDWYBOD KGOG. Dial cydwybod eung, Fydd yn drist lkb Grist a'i grog Dim ond lawn y Cytiawn cu A ddichon ei heddychu. Hi iuapan ddechreuir, Wyraw i'r gau lwybr o'r gwir; A chulwg wisg a cholyn, YIl ei dig i boeni dyn Y dynged erwin dellgys, Aruthr bla am bortiii'r blys, Mae ei lle;n "Anathema" 'N ysig gledd i fynwes gla', Er dwys waedd eclirydus hon, Ai llidus faith drallodion Trwj''i meithion fygythion gwir, A niawr ryfyg ymrwyfir, Hi dawa yn y diwedd, Er hyn saif ar ei hiawn sedJ; Wed'yn, aiff am ychydig, him d ys, ond yn Jlawn dig. A'r aflau, druan, am dro YIl ei flaen yn ddiflino, Yll awr, gwna bob anwiredd, Yn ei fryd o hyd bydd hedd Er hyn, ni vvvr yr envd, Eto daw'n gyffraw i gyd Gwna traed biin brenin braw, O'i diffr .vy th gwsg ei deffraw, Yn y ddu awr sy'n d iihedd, Yn llawn o llin ddigllonedd, Rhydd waelà, Mae'n rhy ddiweQdar Am gymod am bechod bar." Er hunaw am ran o oes, Ni huna mewn ail einioes Yn y dudew bydew bydd, A'i dirfawr wae nis derfydd. Forth Field, TBODTNFAB.

CAN Ar enec.,gaet.h Evan John Samuel, mab Cadifor, Cwmbwrla, ger Abertawe. = (Ton—" Glan meddwdod mwyn.") Blodeued y ddaear-blodeuodd y nef Ar aelwyd Cadifor—mewn bri y cawn ef, Yn gwenu yn ngwyneb y rhosyn tlws cu, A blanodd bio Jeuyn y nef yn ei dy Yn nghanwyll ei lygad mae delwedd ei dad, A chalon mam dyner geir ar ei rudd fad, Yn euro sirioldeb yn ngwawl y mwynhld, Angylion y nefoeJd, tra gwyliant ei gryd, Drydauant serchiadau 'i berth'nasau i gyd, Ac yno cydunant i'w siglo yn lion, A'i fagu yn debyg i "Athraw'r Ford Gron;" Rnagorion Ap Elli, Alawydd y A'i enw anwylir gan ddaear a ne'. Mae tlyswawr barddoaiaeth mewn gwrla 'Ss eirudd, A'i lygai I ddvsgleiriant fel dwy seren ddydd, Prydferthwcli a chwery ar ael Evan Johr A'i galon farddonol sy'n fy v dan ei fron, Fel calon Alawydd, Ap Elli, a'i dad, Ac ni byddant feirw tra'r bychan difrad Yn tyfu yn nadianol edmygedd ei wla-d, Ar aelwyd Cadifor cynydded E. John, Addurned rhagorion anfarwol ei fron, Trys)red wiriouedd, doed cyfoeth i'w ran, Nefoler ei ysbryd—caed nerth lie mae'n wan, Boe i borei gymdeithas, boed rhinwedd a hodd Yn harddu'i gymeriad cyn myned i'r bedd, Dysgleiriod dedwyddwch dros byth yn ei wedd. Hoiro DDU. Brawd Cadifor. f Ei dad.

Y GAWOD WLAW* Wel, wel beth sy'n bod, Neu'n hytrach ar ddod, 'Does darfod ar edrych i fyny, Taw, 'r ffolyn, taw, ta v, Ond edrych am wlaw, Oni wvddost fod anian ar drengu, Gwel, coched ei gra'n, Ei grudd sydd ar dan, A'i thafod (yr afon) fel "tepyn," Ei gwallt sydd yn wyn, 00 a 'n mlaen fel hyn, Bydd farw o eisiau dyferyn, Oud dacw y brain! Clyw f wstwr y rhai'n, A asynod yn brefi; Wel, 'nawr ynte am (Os oes coel i fy mam), Byddwn siwr o wlaw cyn yfory. Ond aros, fy ffrynd, Yn wir paid a myn'd, 'Rwy'n werà black eye an y wybren. Rhyfeddod mawr, mawr, w Os na wyla 111 11 awr—Ust Mae'n dechreu, mi ddala ti sofren. )- Disgyna mor five, Nes gyru'r decline 0 galon y rhosyn a'r liii, A'r blod'yn bach teg Yn agor ei geg, Ac yfei nes ydyw ar hollti. Daeth bywyd yn ol I fynwes y ddol, Mewn winciad newidiodd ei gwasgod Addfedu mae'r grawn, Pob ffynon sy'n Wel, wel, y fath rin sydd mewn cawod. Fy nghyfaill, rho'th law, A rhedwn 0'1' gwlaw, On'te awn yn wlypach testyn; Oud—penill dros ben! Paid agor dy ben. Cei haner y wobr a'r cwdyn. Treboeth. DANIEL TANYPARC, Mr Go!—Gan mai y rhai hyn sydd i fod yn oreu, vr un man eu cyhoeddi cyn y gystadleu- aeth.—D.T.

WEIiSHlmSlcl^TLOXDON. On Wednesday evening Mr R. S. Hughes, the Welsh composer and pianist, gave his first London concert, at the Langham Had, Great Portland- street. He was assisted by Mesdames Mary Davies, Maggie Jones, Th. Rosa, Martha Harries, Messrs Sauvage and Finley, Mr Sydney Smith, the well-known English pianist; Herr Polonaski, the violinist Fraulein Bondy, and an efficient company of other instrumentalisti, Herr Ehren- fechter conducting. The programme was a highly ambitious one, more so than is usually the case at the majority of Welsh concerts, for it is not often Welsh concert-givers will set before his patrons such fare as Bach's Sonata in C. Major, for two violins and piano (which was capitally played by Messrs R. S. Hughes, Polonaski. and Gatehouse) Mendelssohn s "Capriccio," for piano, with string qumtett accompaniment (in which the beneficiaire showed to good advantage), Choppin's Polonaise Lia gaiete, for piano and violoncello (Messrs Hughes and Trust), Beethoven's Sonata Op 81 (a) (capably played by Fraulein Bondy) and Chopin's Marche Funebre," played by Herr Ehrenfechter. in sad memory of the late Prince Imperial." Mr Sydney Smith contributed, in his well-known manner, a "Cantilena" and "Grand Polonaise," of his own composition. In the second part, prominence was given to Mr R. S. Hughes' own compositions, of which we may briefly men- tion the violin solo, "Souvenir de Galies," written expressly for Herr Polonaski, and played at this concert for the first time. with piano and string accompaniments, in which Herr Polonaski and his co-artistes made a decided success, fully meriting the hearty applause bestowed on them the priz? quintett of the Wrexham eisteddfod, so highly commended by Sir Julius Benedict: a vocal quartett, being a very effective setting of William Leighton's" Baby died to-day," sung somewhat inditferent'y and a new song, called "The Angel and the Child (with violin obligato), well sung by Madame Rosa. Miss Mary Davies sang, with her usual grace, songs by Rubinstein and Stern- dale Bennett; Miss Martha Harries, the well-known South Wales contralto, gave a highly artistic rendering of Trova un Sol," ana "Never again (Cowenh Miss Maggie Jones did well with Benedict's "I'm alone," and Mr Sauvage, notwithstanding some misapprehension on the part of his accompanist, did excellently with his test piece" Liete Voce," and gained a well-merited encore for a capital rendering of "0 holy man (replaced by Glyndwr "). Mr Duncan Finley sang "Iary of Argyle," and the concert closed with the National Anthem. The hall was well filled, but Mr Hughes deserves stronger support from his countrymen. He is, however, to be complimented on having made his first concert in London an undoubted success.

r •1 MEMORIAL TO WILLIAM TYN- DALE. In the Jerusalem Chambers, Westminster, on Wednesday, a meeting v. as held, under the pre- sidency of Dean Stanley, in furtherance of the movement for the erection of a memorial statue to William Tyndale, on the Thames Embankment, where a site had been granted by the Metropoli- tan Board of Works. The Hon. and Rev. W. H. Freemantle, M.A., read an address, from which it appeared that William Tyndale was born about 1484, it was supposed at Nibley, in Gloucester- shire, but no monument has hitherto been erected to him in London, which was the first city to benefit by his work. The present moment, when the companies for revision of the authorised ver- sion were about to complete their labours, was thought singularly opportune for such a move- ment. Mr Boehm, the sculptor of the Bunyan statue, at Bedford, had been asked to prepare a design, and it was hoped a sufficient amount would poon be sent in to complete the work. Tyndall studied at both Oxford and Cambridge, under Colet and Erasmus. He devoted his whole life to the translation of the Bible, which in his day was a work of danger. He was compelled to leave England, and his first edition of the English New Testament was printed at Worms, in 1526. He continued for ten years sending forth fresh editions of this book, and translations of various portions of the Old Testament, until his martyr- dom at Vilvorde, in Belgium, on the 6th October. 1536. The following year his translation was issued in England by Royal authority, and a column was subsequently raised to his honour. —The Dean of Westminster said that there were many reasons why a monument to Tyndale should occupy an exceptional place among those of the men of the English Reformation. One was be- cause he had supplied to the history of the Refor- mation an element which would otherwise be wanting. The English Reformation was unlike the Reformation in countries on the Continent, where it was associated with single individuals, with Luther in Germany, and Calvin in Switzer- land but although the Reformation in England was due to a national movement, there was one man who stood out as celebrated, and that man was William lyndale. One of the chief qualifi- cations of Tyndale, which entitled him to com- memoration was his vastly superior scholarship I to that of the men of his time. But above all, what he did to make his memory dear to Englishmen, and which made it desirable to erect a statue in his honour, was the fact that it was to him that the English nation were indebted for its first translation of the Bible from its original tongue. Dr Butler, of Harrow, moved, and Lord Harrowbv seconded, the follow- ing resolution :—" That this meeting desires to give its earnest support to the committee for the erection of a memorial to William Tyndale, who was the first translator of the Scriptures into English from the original, and who willingly died as a martyr for the cause of Christ." The motion i was carried.

I THE LADIES' COLUMN, [B Y GWENDOLINE.] DEiSSS. It has been truthfully said that the fashions rea^y introduce notuiug new when oae: comes tc look into the matter. They simply go the round, like "horses in a mill;" what was worn 10. 15, 20, or 30 years ago, is worn now, and will be in vogue some years hence. The fashions this se-.sou, with a few exceptions, are but a revival of those which reigned supreme some five or six years years ago. According to the latest Parisian gossip concerning bodices, there are three about equally fashionable styles first, Princess fashion, and looped up in paniers over the hips then falling in loose draperies over the train secondly, the bodice mada apart from the skirt, and coming down into two deep peaks in front; in this case the front or tablier of the skirt is very much trimmed; there are superposed paniers at the sides, and a pleated train at the back; and, thirdly, the casaquin bodice, of a different material to the skirt, and of a contrasting colour, unless it is with either a black or a very light-coloured dress, when it is made of the same material and literally covered with embroidery, either in jet or coloured crystal Leads—a most effective style. Either of these bodices can be male lo.v for full dress, or high for elegant visiting or reception toilettes. Tne ca-;aquin bodice has a lleep close-fitting basque, and does not admit of paniers.For evening toilette it is worn with a profu- sion of flowers on one side only of the skirt. As for the waistcoat bodice, it is now much less fashion- able than at the commencement of the season and it is far less frequently made with very dressv toilettes. It is still in favour, however, for walk- ing and indoor dresses of a detni toilette descrip- tion. For the promenade, mantel >ts are the favourite articles of wear. With these, as with the bouices tnere are three styles, in which these de- lightful cool and comfortable articles are made nameh, the scarf, pelerins, and fichu shape. Some of the latest models are extremely elegant, They may be made of the same as or a different material to the dress. Black Sicilienne is one of tne most tashionable materials in which the mantelets can be made, and cerhinlY looks far better than does a mantelet of the same colour as the dre?s. The favourite, and at the same time most novel, fringe for mantelets is wide, untwisted cnenule. In materials for mourning costumes there are Borne charming novelties, among which I may mention Chuddah cashmeres, Cassamarine. loute laine, and Voile de Veune, The last is a barege, remarkable for durability and power to withstand the attacks f wind and weather. CHILDREN'S COSTCMES. The Princesse costumes, which have until lately been the "rage," are now abandoned in ail but children's dresses, for which they still maintain their popularity. A Paris correspondent states that variations of the Princesse style are the uni- versal patterns for very young children as they get older, jackets, tunics, and skirts replace these or the long polonaise turned back only a few inches from the edge of the skirt, after the laveuse fashion, modified by the panier style, for instead of the piece in front forming a straight line it meets in a point, and has a cluster of bow's to make it more picturesque. As the draping of tunics, &c., is becoming more and more elaborate for washing-dresses, recourse is had to drawing- strings, by which means they are ironed out fiat and when re-arranged fall in more natural folds' For dresses which are likely to be much packed, it is quite worth while to apply the drawing- strings; they are not suitable for silk. Some ffocks are « hite pique or cambric, with silJc fronts, under-skirts, and trimmings gathered plastrons from the neck to the hem are much used. It is more fashionable to fasten frock, at the back than the front. Jackets and paletot are to be worn by children but mantelettes to match the frocks are newer. Pinafores are more like frocks now-a-days, and in the nursery many carefiu nurses allow pinafores to replace frocks while pretty silk ones, trimmed with lace slipped on in a minute when visitors are sn- nojnced, make children quickly presentable for Tl>ese shouid >>e made in the soft twilleu suks, and bordered with bauds of lace insertion, edged wuh lace. They can be cut high or low. For more useful wear brown holland and print are use.1. but are trimmed with work and embroidery, in red and blue outlining and braid- mg. Very high boots are worn, and are consid- ered a good 0 support and protection for the ankles. BONNETS AND HATS. We frequently hear it said that a lady's nation- ality is indicated by the bonnet she wears. There may be a diversity of opinion upon this point, but that a lady's personal appearance depends to a great exte'nt upon her selection of the indispens- able articles of dress is a fact admitting no dis- pute. No matter how costly and elegant the general attire may be, tha whole effect is spoiled unless the head-coverinsr is in perfect h-^ronv with the remainder of the costume. It. is interest ingto trace the almost innumerable freaks of fashion in the matter of Chateau? from the period of the Revolution down to the present time. The revolu- tionary epoch witnessed the introduction of those frightful monstrosities termed military bonnets, at which we have, many of us. laughed and mar- velled. To us modern folks it seems almost in- credible that a woman could so disguise the fairest portion of the Great Creator's handiwork as to clon such an abomination as the Chajua-i a La Belle poull, which is described as an immense structure, representing a vessel of war, with all its appur- tenances, including even the guns TIc art of bonnet-making has, by common consent, been ever regarded _as an industrial branch which" is peculiarly Parisian property, and it is undeniable that nearly all the inventions for protecting, beautifying, and disfiguring the human head have emanated from the gay French Capital. The lJirec oire period was especially celebrated for the introduction of novelties in bonnets and hats. Les &$.€! veilleiLses those would be clever women whose follies and foibles Moliere so delighted to ridicule—introduced a great number of eccentric modes, all of which were finally abandoned" in favour of straw bonnets, which have, more or less, maintained their ponularity ever since. The latter are very fashionable this season, more so than they have been for a long while past. One of the prettiest I have seen is the Fatanitza bon- net. This is of white Belgian straw, the trimming being a charming combination of pivoine satin and flowers, which may be of any hue to suit the taste and complexion of the wearer. The brim of the bonnet is also lined with satin, either plain or puffed, the latter, however, being preferable. For very young ladies the MerveiUeusc bonnet is be- coming. It consists of a plain Belgian straw shape, fastened at the side with plain black Trplitl string-so the only ornamentation being a thint u?owers around, and the same ■Sr !brim of the bomiet< Great care wis»fidd varieties. For those lad,es to whom hats are more becoming than bonnets, there is provided thl Mousque.'airc Chapeau, which is one of the most daintily piquant specimens of Parisian skill. This hat is of Italian straw. The brim is turned up on the left side, the front falling low on the forehead and forming a very desirable protection from sun- spots. In front and on the left side are placed bows of straw-coloured ribbon, the brim being lined with a bullions of straw-coloured faille. A long straw-coloured feather is placed over the crown, and allowed to droop gracefully on the left side. .TAPANTSE CRSTOLIS. Mr Reed, M.P. for the Pembroke Boroutrhs, last week delivered a most interesting address on the cultivation of poetry in the Principality and Japan. Among other things, he said that every refined Japanese home had two tents, one in which tea was dispensed in a most elegant fashion and another which the head of the household usod for the purpose of composing poetry, Our climate naturally forbids the use of tents except during a brief period of summer. Still the idea is not by any means a bad one. But there are other thines in which we might advantageously take a hint from the Japanese. In the matter of dress, for instance, there are many lessens to be learnt from the modes 'adopted by the ladies who in- habit the land of the lily, The dress of the Japanese ladies is a charming combination of simplicity and grace. Their promenade custume is a simple loose-fitting, high-necked robe. just touching the ground. A rich shawl tied behind, sash fashion, keeps the dress in its place. In their choice of tints, too, the Japanese ladies an very tasteful. A Japanese lady would be horrifiel not the notion of appearing in public attired in such a conglomeration of colours, as too frequently characterises the dress of our own country women. The favourite tints among the .Japanese are black, blue, and grey for the robes, and crimson for the shawls, the latter tint contrasting beauti- fully with the jet black hair of the women, which is further enriched by having a quantity of airy I crape of the same hue judiciously arranged among it. ° "ENGLISH GIRLS. THEIR PLACE, AND POWER." An interesting book under this title has just t been issued from the 1 en of Mrs Reany. a lady authoress. The subjoined passages will illustrate her style, and the general tendency of the book :— The English girl's conversation bears the stamp of thought, and without any pretence at formality- is vigorous and full of life. Her language is the gentle, flowing speech of her mother tongue. She admits no 'slang' into her phraseology, not even should she have excuse in the possession of a dozen brothers nor does she plough up the even pastures of thought by unauthorised abbreviations and quotations borrowed from a foreign tongue. In this, as in all else, she seeks to be true, earnest, and thorough. Eschewing the biting satire or flippant jest, she at times speaks plain truths, and laughsfwith innocent freedom at the foibles of the would-be wise or great. Thus Ella '—who has cultivated the habit of dropping her r's, and who. with her head a little on one side, disclaims all knowledge of facts with which every woman should be more or less familiar, asserting that 'she could not darn a stocking to save her life,' and 'as to any ideas of cooking, why she supposes that chickens have to be soaked to get their feathers off, and wabbits are skinned after they have been boiled, but that is all she knows about it—Eila finds her match in the out-spoken true-hearted English girl, and decides, after mature delibera- ation, that ignorance is not always bliss, and that one may get tired of even so clever an accom- plishment as^that of substituting w for r. The young English pirl in society is surrounded by variety, but the principle which governs her life is a part of herself, and where she is there her principle is sure to declare itself. What she is in the morning call, the evening party, in her friend- ships, such we find her in her recreations of life generally. Amusement' is not the business of her life. but, as it is meant to be. its re-creation. John Wesle.v's mother, in one of her letters to him, you judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasures, of the innocence or malignity of actions ? Take this rule Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual thing's in short, whatever increases the strength and authority or your body over your mind, that thing is sin to ) vou. however innooent it mav be in itself i LIME JUICE —UNWASHED VEGETABLE FOOD. The Lancet has thoughtfully been drawing at- tention to the qualities of lime juice versus alcohol. In the coffee tavern and other movements the Lancet sees feasible signs that alcohol as s beverage r is not likeiy in the future to gee its own way. liie Lancet justifies the use of lime i dee. and ex- > presses pleasure at its growing popularity, adding that there are with this, as with other liquids) pure and adulterated varieties, and as to thia matter persons must, of course, use their own judgment. But they may be assured that, -as a luie, lime juice is, particularly dunngthesummer, a far more wholesome drink than any form of a'cohol, an 1 that. say, an ounce or two of the pure juice in a tumbler of really cold water, seetened to taste, is about the pleasautest he^eiage that can br taken when the thermometer is over G5 degrees or 70 degiees F. The Lancet recommends the purchase of the best West India L.me Juice, as more wholesome than any mixture c mtaining other ingredients. Concerning vegetable food the same journal remarks that whatever ad- vantages, real or imaginary, may attend the con- sumption of raw vegetables, it i: abundantly evident that peril must beset the use of this description of food, unless the articles eaten are most thoroughly cleansed. Fur ex unple, water-cresses grow in shallow streams or ditcher and are ant to be fouled by which are &n<M ti to be commonly infested with intestinal vermin. If the cresses so !>r<>duced are not scrupulously washed—and nothing less than the most painstaking brushing under water can cleanse them—they are more than likdv to con- vey into the stomach, entangled in the;r leaves or attached to the stems, ova of tapoworms and other parasites. This is a distasteful and disgust- ing reflection, but it is one that needs to be made, because there cuinot be any reasonable doubt that cresses, salads, and fruit, growing low on the ground, are exposed to every form of contamin- ation, sud some, at least, of the impurities with which they maybe defile 1 will probably act a8 vehicles for the transnds-ion of parasite diseases, j not merely disgusting, but dangerous. Had any journal but die Lancet spoken in this way, these decidedly alarming statements might not have had so much weight, but such unmistake.1ble warnings coming izoin so reliable a source arc worthy of the most careful consideration of those housewives whose duty it is to prepare these dishes for the table.

CARDIFF NATURALIST? SOCIETY ANNUAL FIELD MEETING. The field meeting of the Cardiil Naturalists Society, for 1879, took place on Thursday, aud then arrangements were made for an excursion by train via Tiutern and the Wye Valley to Symond's Vat, a lofty pricipice 550 feot above the level of the Wye and Goodrich Castle. Special carriages were attached to the at the Great Western Railway Station, Cardiff. The party, nearly 100 in number, included Mr F, Shackell, Mrs and Miss Shaclcell, Mr and Mrs Dyer, Miss J. Williams, Mr J. Wilson, Mra Wilson, Miss Wilson. Air and Miss Turnbull, V^!ss John Christie, Miss Christie, Miss Strong, Mrs Chas. Haymond, Mrs Hay, mond, Mr Trounce, Mrs Trounce, Mr T. Gibson, Mrs Gibson. Ivli-s Bye, Mr and Mrs Schiaffino- Mr Calaminus,Mr Krieger,Mrs K ireger, M rSmith, Mr and Mrs Ronnfeldt. Mr R. W. Southern, Mist Southern, Miss A. Southern. Mr E. W. and Mrs Wait. Dr and Mrs Vachell and Miss Yachell, Rev. G.A.Jones, Mr Blessley. Mr Arthur Evans! Dr. O. Moxon, Mr Lewis, Typhir, Mr J. W Thomas, Mr A. Thomas, Mr Ciiaries Evans, 111 W. Adams, Mr BickerUm Pratt,Mr F. G. Evans, Mrs Evans, Mr J. T. Williams, Mr and Mra Kirkhouse, Mrs and Miss Annie Robinson, Mr T, W. H, Plain, Mr A. Piain. 1\1:s< Gordon, Miss Plain, Miss 1(. Plain, Mrs Krieper, Mr and Mn Moore, Mr Henry Heywood, Cilas, Hevwood, Mr Herbert Kirk house, Mrs H. Kirkhouse. Miss Kirkhouse (Maesmelin), Miss Williams (Giog), etc., etc. Symonà's Yat or gate, which means the entrance to the forest, is one of the most pic- turesque parts of the River Wye. ImmNh¡1teJy beiow the lofty Yat is a kind of summer resort foi visitors, and here, under an extended portico, a first rate luncheon had been provided by Mr Chalk, of the Mercantile Club, Docks, under the direction of the committee of thesociety. When the luncheon was concluded the sun shone out, and the scene around was one of the most charming that had been visited by the society. Among t'he curiosities to which Mr Adams, who conducted the party, directed attention was an immence boulder stone of the Pennant series about 33 tons in weight, lyinz on almost the highest portion of the summit. It consisted" of & block of stone totally different in character from the rocks 1:1 the neighbourhood, and how it came tnere was a question which scientific men could only conjecture, COODTUCH CASTLE. The chief event of the day was the visit which the members paid to the ruins of an old castle formerly belonging to the Talbots, and which stands on a lofty hill about six miles from Mon* mouth. Goodrich Cast! is one of the most vener- able ruins of the kind in England, The original Castle, cf which probably now only some of the earthworks remain, is supposed by some to have been founded by one of the later Icings of West Mercia during the time of the Heptarchy, and at a time when the Anglo-Saxon towns and cities consisted of little more than wattled h¡¡t," The Dame" Goodr-icus Dux" appears as a witness to two charters or grants made by Canute, and as Goodricus would become easily transmuted into Goounch. this name is associated with the Castle. There is, however, no mention of the Castle in the Doomsday Book which was compiled in the latter part of the eleventh century, and the Castle could not then have been any abode of im- portance. The styles of f.rehi'-?ctare visible in the ruins plainly indicate three distinct periods in is history when it un derwent considerable modi- fication and enlargement. Tiie remains of the keep this is doubtless a portion of tlie earliest structure found with masonry, though another of less durable material may have preceded it, and this conjecture is supported by the remains of earthworks upon which the existing buildings were erected. In 1204, King John gave Lord Marshall liberty to hold fairs 0:1 Thursdays at Goodrich, and this would prove that the Castle was at that time the property of the Crown. It is thought probable that the Nxman tower was built during the rein of Stephen, about 1140. In the reign of Henry II. a great destruction of castles took place, but Marshall being a friend of the king it is probable that Goodrich Castle was saved from the destruction which was meted out to the others. The Marshalls held possession of it until the time of Henry III., when the king bestowed it as a gift on Lord Valence. The occupiers of the Castle were then in the heyday of prosperity, and the building was one of the most attractive baronial residences in the country. The widow of Lord Valence lived there in great splendour, attended by an immense retinue of servants, and surrounded with numerous friends. From the De Valence family the Castle passed by marriage to Lord Richard Talbot, the ancestor of the Shrewsbury family, in whose possession it remained for several centuries. In 1616 it passed also by marriage to the Earl of Kent, thence to Charles I, who entrustellt to the custody of Sir Henry Lingen, from whom it was taken in IG) by the Parliamentary forces undet Colonel Birch, who dismantled it, and it has re- mained a ruin ever since. On the restoration 01 the monarchy it returned to the possession of xienrv Grey, Earl of Kent, in whose family it con- tinued until the death of Henry, the last of the then Dukes of Kent, in 1740. When the estates ol tne Duke of Kent were sold, the Castle and gr.>unrls were purchased by Admiral Griffin, and in 1876. Mrs Marriott, his giand-daughter. trans. ferred it by gIft, as well as the manor of Good- rich. to Edmund Iletcher Bosanquet, Esq., on his marriage with her daughter. The poet" Words- worth, it is said, when on a tour down the Wye in 1798, visited the castle, and meeting v. ith a child among the ruins, made the circumstance the foundation of his beautiful poem, We are seven." The general 'outline of the Castle is that of a parallelogram, with a round tower at each angle. It had evidently a square keep on the south-west side, to which tradition eives the name of the Macbeth Tower, and it is alleged that it was built by one Macbeth, an Irishman, taken prisoner.a.s a ransom for himself and his son. Tiiis must have occurred at a very early period, as the keep was Norman architecture, it lias undergone several alterations, as the doorway is of later design. The outer walls appear to have been the work of the 13th century. On the left of the entrance, and parallel with it, are still visible the remains of a chapel, and adjoining the chapel are the ruins of a tall octagonal tower, doubtless used as a watch tower, and which, rising above the remain- ing portion of the building, commanded an exten- sive view of the countiy around. From this tower a covered passage Tappears to have run along the wall leading to the upper part of the garrison tower, the walls of which are eight feet thick, and the external diameter 3G feet. On the sides of the windows there are traces of pome curious sculptured figures, supposed to be of the time of Richard II. The tower and keep are now much dilapidated, and the extending wails are in complete ruin. The walls around the keep, which are built of Forest of Dean stone, show signs of having been done by skilful Norman workmen. The keep probably consisted of three rooms one over the other. At the bottom a"e traces of a dungeon, which had evidently not even a loop-hole for light or air, nor any mode of communication from the floor above, but was connected by a narrow passage with anotfierand smaller dungeon situated beneath the platform of the entrance steps to the Castle, and this had onlv a small opening for the admission of light and air. The Castle was used as a prison during the reign of Edward III., and the rude carvings on the internal surf ice are supposed to have been done by the prisoners con. fined there. The round towers at the angles are said to have been built from the stone dug out from the quarry below, which extended round the Castle, and this was excavated in such a manner as to form a deep moat round the fortress. The portions of the Castle forming the entrance prove that it was a building of great strength, and also fitted with every appli- ance then known to resist au attack. The gleeo declivity in front was one of tiie natural sources of protection. Then the entrance was protected by a diawbridge, guarded by loop-holes or arrow slits, and places for pike-points to be pushed through. The room over the gateway was i roha- bly the guard-room. About 11 f^et within the entrance remains the groove tor n massive gate to descend. About six feet further inwards is another groove for a portcullis, and seven feet further inwards another groove, evidently for a second portcullis, the spaces between containing loop-holes and machiolations in the masonry for pouring melted lead on the assailants. Altogether the old Castle is op of the mo-t interesting ruin; et visiteol by the mem hers of the society, although its historical associations are confined to the period between the Norman Conquest and the reisrn of Charles r, and it is supposed that in the reign of Edward III. it was changed into a castellated mansion, and still further modified in the form of a mansion in the 15th century. Mr W. ADAMS, C.E.. read an excellent t>.v>er on the geological features of the district through which they had passed on tneir way from Cnep- stow to Kyne Bridge, Tea was served in the ancient dining 11(,11 of the Castle, and after a pleasant evening the party returned by special traiu through llouwoutb, oa Pontvx>ool-road to GardiE

MR HEN RY IUCHARD AN D THE THE IRISH UNIVERSITY BILL. The following is a full report of the speech de- livered by Mr H. Richard, in the House of Com- mons, on Wednesday, on the O'Conor Dan's Bill :—Mr Richard said it appeared to hiin that the speech of his hon. friend the member for Huddersfield was one in favour of denominational education and concurrent endowment; and lie did not see how, on the principles he laid do vn, his hon. friend could resist a proposal to take the remnant of the revenues of the Disestablished Church and apply them to the endowment of the Catholic priesthood. His hon, friend had attemp- ted to justify the reluctance which the Roman Catholics had to send their children to the Queen's University by the alleged experience of the Nonconformists in English Universities. His hon, friend had said that the results of Noncon- formists sending their sons to the University had been that the faith of their fathers had been un- dermined. He altogether denied the accuracy of that statement; he believed that the immense majority of the young Nonconformists who had been sent to the Universities had bravely held their own in religious matters. (Hear, hear.) If they could not do so and could not resist the arguments that were brought to bear upon their religion, why then let Nonconformity go. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe in the virtue that shrank from being tested. He therefore regretted to hear our Romah Catholic felloe -subjects declaring that they would not avail themselves of the advantages of mixed education because they were afraid that if they did their young men would no longer adhere to their faith. He wished that he could convince his Roman Catholic friends from Ireland how sincere was his reluctance and almost pain to oppose them on a matter of this kind, upon which it was evident that they had set their hearts. To any proposal which they had made which he could by any pos- sibility have accepted he would have lent them a willing and an indulgent hearing, in the hope that this difficult and perplexing question might have been finally settled. He could not accept this measure, however, without repudiating principles which he had professed and maintained throughout his life. What was the principle upon which Non- conformists had acted in relation to these ques- tions? In the words of the right hon. member for Birmingham, Nonconformists objected to any public funds being expended on teachers of reli- gion, whether they belonged either to the Non. conformists or to any of the Established Churches. That was the principle upon which the Non- conformists took their stand. He could assure his hon. friends from Ireland that the course he and other Nonconformist hon. members were about to take with regard to this Bill was not dictated by "No Popery" feeling nor by any bigotted hos- tillity to the Roman Catholic Church. (Hear. hear.) No doubt the Nonconformists were the furthest removed from the Roman Catholics on many points of doctrine which he esteemed to be of the highest importance, but they had always maintained that whatever might be the differences between themselves and the Roman Catholics, the latter were entitled to the most perfect equality as regarded their civil and political rights. When the question of Roman Catholic emancipation was raised, the Nonconformists had stood loyally by their Roman Catholic fellow subjects, and had contributed in no slight dezree to their success- ful assertion of their rights." (Hear.) The Non- conformists, however, lia l never anticipated that the money accruing from the disendowment of the Irish Protestant Church was to be handed over to another denomination. (Hear, hear.) His reason for opposing this measure was to be found in the course he had pursued with regard to the English and Scotch Educational Bills when before the House, when he had done his best to prevent public funds from being "appropriated to denominational purposes. His objection to the present measure was not that the money was to be applied to Roman Catholic pnrpose" but that it was to be appropriated to sectarian education, and he should have opposed it equally had it proposed to apply the funds to the "purposes of the Church of Eng- land or of the Nonconformists themselves. The Nonconformists had always acted consistently on this question, and it was for the hon. members opposite who had supported the application of public funds for denominational education to show on what ground they could now refuse this demand on the part of the Irish Roman Catholics. The Nonconformists might say. "Let the g.vl'e 1 jade wince, our wthers are ull\Yrung," (Hear, hear.) The whole tendency of lectnt legislation had been to unsectarianise education at our colleges and universities, and to make it less denominational and more national. It had been urged that the object of this Bill was not to render o lucation denominational; but it could not be denied that the money asked for would go to educational purposes of the most pronounced sec- tarian character. (Hear.) Fees were to be paid, lecturers appointed, and museums provided, and after that to say that these institutions were not to be endowed out of public money was to make a demand on his simplicity or credulity which he could not yield to. And the grant made to them was to be final and absolute. It was guarded by no conscience clause it was not to be within the power or control of Parliament, it was not even coupled with the right of inspection, without which no money had ever been given to an educational institution. It was suggested that the State would pay only for the secular instruc- tion given but would any Roman Catholic say that? The whole gist of the contention of the Roman Catholics was that there ought not to be any separate secular instruction at all, that all secular learning ought to be saturated with religi- ous teaching;—(hear, hear)—and they could not reconcile it with their own consciences to say that wl they would be paid only for the secular learning imparted. He was willing to give them every- thing he would consent to accept for himself. Nonconformists had many denominational in- stitutions at which they taug-ht their own theologi- cal and ecclesiastical peculiarities, but they sun- ported these out of their own pockets they would be ashamed to ask the House to subsidize them on the plea that along with ecclesiastical and theological some amount of secular learning was also imparted and if any Government were to propose to endow them out of the public funds remonstrance would soon come from the Noncon- formists of the constituencies. Apart from these objections, which he ursred on the special ground ofhistrinciplesasa Nonconformist, there were other objections which he entertained, and in the statement of which he i mplicated no one else. He objected to placing the education of the youth of Ireland under priestly influence, deriving its In- spiration from an alien and a foreign source. -No one could have studied the question without find- ing that the difficulty had always been here. If the Irish people were let alone, they had no objec- -1 u cl tion to avail themselves of the mixed educa- tion offered them by 'the State. When Mr Stanley, afterwards Lord Derby, brought his scheme of national education before this House leading Catholic representatives, including O'Con- nell, Shaw, and Wise, accepted it with satisfac- tion and gratitude; and he believed that the Queen's Colleges would have been accepted by all, as they now were by some, were it not that a dead set had been made against these institutions by the Roman Catholic priesthood. That the oppo- sition sprung from an alien and a foreign source was clear, from the distinct utterances of the Roman" Catholic prelates themselves. In 1866. the Rector of the Catholic University, writing in reference to the proposed affiliation with the Queen's University, said it was a mistake to sup- pose the Bishops would entertain the thought of affiliation with the Queen's University as then constituted, and the line must be drawn so as to give the Catholic University the position she was entitled to as the head of Catholic education in Ireland less than that the Sovereign Pon- tiff would not sanction. And the Bishop of Derrv had said in a pastoral that nothing ap- peared to alarm the Holy Father more than the false principle on which it was sought to found educational systems that he saw a conspiracy organised to withdraw the education of youth from the hands of the Catholic Church that he expressly enjoined the clergy to use their best efforts to keep youths away from the colleges objected to and finally, parents, guardians, and young men who offended the Head of the Church in this matter were not to be admitted to the sacrament of the E icharist. Far be it from him to say anything disrespectful of the Head of the C itholic Church but in that House they did not owe him any allegence,and he did not relish the idea of their legislation being controlled or dictated by a foreign power. {Hear, hear.) He was very willing to make concessions, but they must be mutual, and at present the attitude of the Roman Catholic hierarchy was one of undeviating and uncompromising exaction. Again and again had efforts been made to found a system of superior education but they had objected peremptorily to all those efforts. Nothing would satisfy them but a system endowed by the nation and controlled by the priesthood, and against such a system he for one would earnestly protest. (Hear, hear.)

ooviju.'al ]iap;:iii03.?. If tlsat feeling is one, we shall probably hear more ^iuii EVA.NS. I A CHILD-HEROINE. is n■ >t, confined to men and women, is often manifested by children, who thouh naturally, and on ordinary occasions, ti.:jitl enough, yet in the facc of danger ^'Uice an annnr.it of courage anu presence of lllll delightful to witness. Who would .Ulag:ne that a child of nine years would plunge a running watercourse to save a younger from drowning ? Yet this noble deed I a* done at ilriton Ferry by a child in Ul"ib!<3 life named MARGAIIET JONES. We told th it on Friday afternoon some |irl.s were playing near the watercourse at JE Tinworks, Briton Ferry, MARIAN OXE, aged eight years, fell into he water. In a moment MARGARET JONES, Med nine years, the daughter of Mr JONES r-ynalaw) leapt in after her, and saved her O'h death. The next day the following wa^ sent by the widow to Mrs JONES I hope you were not angry with MAR- your daughter, because she wet her- so much yesterday evening. Everyone \Ill that my child would be drowned in a '?ry short time if she had not jumped in ■RFTEI- her.—ELIZA JONES, 43, Church-street." jlp mother of the rescued child was a 1Yidow, and poor, yet out of her poverty :'e sent a shilling to the child-heroine. If of heroism are measured by the true '•andard of courage, MARGARET JONES de- erves a more substantial record of having "aved a life.