The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS BIRTHS. THOMAS,—On the 2nd instant, the wife of J. G. Thomas, of Cathedral-road, Cardiff, of a son. 323 THOMAS.—On Thursday, the 5th instant, at 47, Rich- mond-road, Cardiff, the wife of E. Franklin Thomas, of a son. 549 WILLIAMS.—On the 4th instant, ao Croome, Newport, Mon., the wife of R. P. Williams, of a daughter. 558 MARRIAGE. YORATH-HOPKINS.—On the 4th inst, at St. John's Church, by the Rev C. J. Thompson, Vicar, William Loughor, son of William Yorath, Esq., Cardiff, to Lily, only daughter of the late William Hopkins, Esq., Cardiff. No cards. 439 DEATHS. BEDDOE.—January 30th, at Penygraig, Gwenllian, the wife of Thomas Beddoe, aged 56. DAVID.—On January 30th, Thomas Essile David (Dewi Wyn O' Essyllt), at Pencoedcae, Pontypridd, sud- denly, in the 70th year of his age. DAVIES.—February 5th, at 2, Brighton-street, Sea- combe, Cheshire, Mary Davies, widow of the late Rev D. Davies, Glantaf, aged 80 years. 618 Ev ANs.-February 5th, at Tonyrefail, the Rev William Evans, Calvinistic Methodist Minister, aged 96 years, Funeral on Tuesday next. FERGUSON,-At 17, Partridge-road, Cardiff, Februarv 5th, 1891, Lilian Constance Stuart, daughter of Ernest Stuart Ferguson, aged 5 months. 552 GRANT.-At Pencoed, January 30th, Willie, second beloved son of the late Captain Donald Grant, age 23. Deeply lamented. GRIFFITHS.—On January 27th, after a short illness. Hannah Griffiths, of the firm of H. Griffiths and Sons, Newport, aged 60. JAMBS. At Commercial, near Narberth, 31st January, Lewis James, of Cardiff, formerly of Bristol, aged 81. 398 HOULSON.— February Lst, at 18, Morlais-street, Dow- lais, George Houlson, in his 81st year. 383 JONES.—On January 29th, T. M. Jones, aged 34, eldest son of Rev. D. Jones, B.A., Clifton Villa, Swansea. 9121 MABE -On the 29th January, at his residence, Temple- ton, Ernest William Mabe, aged 31 years. PRICHARD.—January 29th, Mary Gwladys Prichard the beloved daughter of William and Mary Prichard,' Clydach Vale, aged four years and eight months. SLAY.—On the 3rd February, at Penygraig, Maiiidee Charles J. Slay, Railway Contractor, age 32 528 IN MEMORIAM. HILEY,-In loving memory of Jane Hiley, of this town, who entered into rest February 6th, 1886 a loving mother deeply mourned. 548

THE ARREST OF MR PATRICK O'BRIEN AT CARDIFF. We understand that Mr Joseph Henry Jones, solicitor, of Cardiff, received instructions on Thursday to prepare and serve the necessary statutory notices prior toissuing a!wnt upon Head Constable William Mackenzie, of Cardiff, the Head Constable of Liverpool, and P.C. Stracey, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, in connection with the arrest of Mr Patrick O'Brien, M.P., at Cardiff.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1891. — *»"" A BLACK WEEK. THE past week may well be characterized as a black week in the history of South Wales. Seldom has the country been deprived within so short a space of time of three such prominent figures as BASIL JAYNE, DEWI WYN o ESSYLLT, fand EVANS, Tonyrevail. i Each in his own circle was a man of note, and each has left his mark upon his country's history. Their circles were, it is true, widely different in character, and barely intersected each other, and each was a distinct type. Mr BASIL JAYNE will be remembered chiefly for his public work in Breconshire, where, notwithstanding his family connections, he retained to the end his active Liberalism, and proved himself a valuable supporter of the party. It is true his Liberalism was not of a very advanced type, and lacked in that active sympathy with Welsh nationalism which distinguishes che rising race of politicians and the future leaders of Welsh public opinion. But when we remember the surroundings amidst which he lived this is not so much to be wondered at. Breconshire has been largely Anglicized, not perhaps to the same extent as Radnorshire, but still as a whole quite enough to make it lose that active touch with Welsh life which gives the Radicalism of, we will say, Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, and Merionethshire such robustness. Brecon- shire will surely feel the loss when called upon again to meet the enemy in pitched battle. DEWI WYN o ESSYLLT was a name known wherever the Welsh language is spoken. Of, perhaps, the class of bards, and certainly the generation of bards, which he represented, no man was more dis- tinguished than the Bard of Essyllt. Few eisteddvodau of note passed but that his name figured either as adjudicator or as prizewinner. As the ackAowledged champion of a type now passing away he figured prominently in the contro- versy between the two great schools of Welsh bards some years ago, a controversy which unfortunately tended somewhat to embitter his relations with a section of the bardic fraternity. As to his genius and its prolific productions there will be no two opinions, and the vacancy he has left will have to remain long unfilled. As to EVANS, Tony- evail, he has for years past, owing to the infirmities of age, been little more than a pleasant memory in the land through whose length and breadth his voice had often sounded. He might almost be regarded as the last of a race of men who figure largely in the history of the Principality, those simple preachers who knew Wales before the railroads wove their iron net- work over the face of the country and brought the strangers in shoals to change the simple habits of a primitive race. It is to the work performed by the class whom EVANS, Tonyrevail, represented that Wales has to-day to thank that, notwithstanding the English invasion, the simple faith and religious habits of the people remains to so large an extent unchanged. Long may that influence remain, and while it does so the memory of the simple-minded but devout men of GOD who moulded the religious life of the 7nation will remain green in the land. Each of the three may be said to have lived to see the dawn- ing of a new day. Wales is entering upon a new era and a new life in politics, in n literature, and perhaps in religious thought. As regards the first two few will be inclined to doubt that the new era will be brighter and more brilliant than that now passing away. As to the third, grave doubts are entertained by many whose devotion to their country is undoubted. With the barrier of the language broken down, with monoglot Gwalia becoming bilingual Wales, the sluice gates will be thrown open to the pernicious English literature from which the simple Welsh hearths have hitherto been so largely pro- tected. It has been the boast of religious God-fearing Wales that its native press has issued not a single infidel work. The prayer of her more earnest children is that the new school of native literature now being created may by its strength supply the counter-attrac- tion, and by its purity the antidote, to the poison which the English press is scattering broadcast, over the land, and that the new theology may hold fast to the great truths which made the preachers of the past the lights as well as the heroes of their country.

THE SKELETON AT THE FEAST. !THE sudden termination to the mayoral banquet at Cardiff on Wednesday was not only a disappointment to guest and host, but was a serious loss to the latter. The Drill Hall had been most lavishly decorated for the occasion, the walls lined with tapestry, and the roof entirely hidden with festocms of paper roses, Chinese lanterns, and evergreens. When about half through the dinner, one of the lanterns caught fire, and in a. very few minutes the roof was a sheet of flame. Whether this mishap occurred through the deficient in- sulation of wire attached to the electric light, whicif was largely used for illumination purposes, or from the gas, it is difficult to determine, but there is little question that the place would have been burnt down had it not been for the fact that a detachment of firemen was on duty in the building. Fortunately there was no panic, and, if anything, the guests remained too long, for the firemen stayed operations for fear of drenching them. When they got to work the fire was speedily put out, but not before it had scorched the wooden roof, and destroyed some valuable historical pictures which had been brought from the Castle tc grace the walLy There is said to be a skele- ton at every feast, and PHILIP of Macedon used to employ a slave to remind him in his gayest moments that he was but mortal. Little, probably, did his Lord- ship's visitors imagine that the pre- sence of a portion of the fire-brigade was anything more than part of the civic festivity, and little did they dream that the hundreds of lamps glowing in such a bower of beauty would, ere long, become veritable demons to drive them forth as if with veritable scourges. When the lamps were brought in at night the ancient Greeks used to salute them with the words, "Hail, "friendly light, and anyone who saw the soft charm-yet the brilliant radiance-of the electric light shining from a mass of colour, could not have helped greeting it with some similar exclamation to that of the Greeks. A scene where, if a God had cast his sight, A God might gaze and wonder with delight. But fire and water soon changed the aspect of this gay revelry. HELIOGABALUS, the Roman Emperor, we are told, was most prodigal in his feasts, and on one occasion he scattered so many rose leaves over his guests as to smother some of them. Sixteen hundred years later history nearly repeated itself at Cardiff'. From the roof of the Drill Hall were hanging quite thirty thousand paper roses, and the smok;) which arose from them almost suffocated some of the more tardy of the diners who, be it recorded to their credit, tarried in order to save his lordship's pictures. Not that there is much comparison between the Roman Emperor and the Marquis of BUTE except that both had large fortunes. On the con- trary, the former would have considered it a good joke to have killed some of his guests, and, if in the mood, would have carried out his intention. But the Mayor of CARDIFF is to be com- miserated with upon the result of his banquet. He took the office to become better acquainted with his fellow-townsmen, and now that he is endeavouring to associate with them the fates are against him. This function was postponed owing to the death of his solicitor, and then when it does take place the roof is burnt over his head. The pecuniary loss may be nothing to his lord- ship, but nevertheless the loss of the pictures, which no money can replace, must be a. severe blow. Pos- sibly there is some cause for congratula- tion that no lives were sacrificed. If the occasion had been that of the ball the con- sequences must have proved serious, for that blazing stuff could not have fallen among ladies' dresses without causing a terrible holocaust. It is to be hoped that this fire will teach people the folly of asso- ciating combustible material with illumina- tion. The slightest spark falling upon that 9 z;1 wealth of paper would have ignited it, and once on fire it would spread as rapidly as a train of gunpowder. The guests thought that the lantern which was first noticed to have caught would have burnt itself out, but in a minute the flame was over the whole roof and down the walls. These Chinese lanterns may be very picturesque, but they are very dangerous unless they are isolated, so that if one does ignite it can burn itself out without much damage being done.

THE CARDIFF TRAMWAYS EMPLOYEES. Mr Preston, the general secretary of the Cardiff Tramwaymen's Association, states that if the action of the local manager, Mr Goodyer, who to- day dismissed a conductor named Bendall for "low takings," was approved by the directorate a strike would surely take place. A meeting of the men will be held on Sunday afternoon next, when the case of this man will be fully inquired into. The men believe that the manager is getting rid of the old hands with all speed, and by taking on what, they contemptuously term "youngsters" aifecting a considerable saving to the company. Deputation to the Manager, Something like a crisis has at length been reached in connection with the grievances of the Cardiff Tramways Company's employes, and much depends upon the attitude adopted by Mr Goodyer (the manager) as to whether the friction shall be intensified or removed. Mr Goodyer has written to Mr Preston (the secretary of the men's union) expressing a willingness to receive a deputation representing the Cardiff Trades Council, for the purpose of a friendly discussion of the situation. Meanwhile, a notice has been drawn up, and signed by 26 men employed as mechanics in what is known as the factory, and, as stated above, very much turns on the result of the interview. The mechanics set forth in their joint notice that certain men in the factory have broken the rules of the association, that they are constantly insult- ing the signatories (who are members), and that unless the persons complained of are discharged the 26 members will leavein a week from the date of handing in the notice. Itis believed that when the interview — which is fixed for Monday — takes place some basis will be established which will prove acceptable to both sides. Should the meeting fail in the object sought to be attained by the employees, it is not too much to predict another rupture in the relationship between the company and the men, and consequently another dislocation of traffic with its serious loss to both sides and inconvenience to the travelling public.

THE WEEK'S HEALTH BILL. The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last, 31st January, shows that the rates of mortality in the several towns, arranged in order from the lowest, were as fol- Nottingham-r 13'2 London Derby 13*6 Cardiff.. Hull 161 Norwich f* Portsmouth 18-0 Oldham Wolverhampton 18'6 Newcastle-on-Tync • ■ gj* ° Bradford 19*3 Bristol Huddersfield 19.6 Bolton. Brighton 20*4 Birmingham ,,r(- Liveiriool 20-8 Plymouth 25-6 Blackburn 21T Birkenhead Leeds 21-3 Salford f 0 Sheffield 2T4 Manchester Sunderland 21'4 Halifax Leicester 21-7 Preston

THE COST OF THE SCOTCH RAILWAY STRIKE. The traffic receipts on the three principal Scotch railways, issued on W ednesda)',showth £ 'total loss caused by the strike. The Caledonian Com- pany for the week shows an increase ott a the Glasgow and South-Western of £ 885 while the North British is down £ 10,921- The gg o « loss on both passengers and goods y companies from the beginning g ^^f the strike amounts to ±/13o,y4f. £ 90,439 has been lost by the Norith 1Bnlash, £ 36,14-2 by the Caledonian, and ±,9,3bbbythe Glasgow and South-Western.

==- The wise man looks for happiness beyond the narrow ken of personal interest^ after A STRANGER arriving at down s absenceof a few years and Gl.^t Weste Mary-street on his way from the street Qn Station would hardly recogru stone bui]d- every side handsome and *J b have taken the place of sinall and^mean shops and clothiers, drapers, and iron thrived in modest establishments have expanded into gigantic plate-glass fronts. By no means the largest, but certainly one of the most ttiactive ana tastefully-dressed windows, is that of Messrs Watkins and Son, of Golden Sunlight Ale cele- brity, whose speciality has taken such hold upon public favour that it is noW sold for family use (m casks from 4% gallons upwards, and in screw- I stoppered pint bottles) by 15 wholesale Agents in Cardiff and suburbs, besides 30 grocers and wine merchants in other parts of Wales. 13409—1132

v. L WELSH ECHOES t-ROM LONDON. By Our Special Correspondent. j POLITICAL—LITERARY—SOCIAL. WALES IN PARLIAMENT. The fight over the Tithe Bill-at least in its committee stage-is over. The spoils remain to a great extent where they were, but the honours of battle undoubtedly belong to the Welsh Liberal party. Not that we should glory overmuch in our prowess, for after all we have only fought once, as we ought always to fight. The di*cussi ?n was resumed on Thursday night. Welsh members bravely tackled the Government in sight of many interested spectators above and below the clock. Most attentive among them sat the Dean of St, Asaph, his militant Churchisni tempered by ardent patriotism. It was pleasant to see the genial Mabon, after oratorically belabouring the Establishment, finding a seat for one of its fight- ing deans in the coveted corner under the gallery, and to hear the dean cordially complimenting so sturdy a Nonconformist as Mabon on the excellence of his attack." Mr S. T. Evans was again much to the fore on Thurs- day night. Throughout the discussion he has r maintained his position with unflagging zeal and ready resource. His co-teller and henchman, Mr Lloyd George, found his opportunity on Monday night, when he fired of several rattling speeches against the bill. A divergence or two in the direction of Disestablishment and away from tithes brought him under the ban of Mr Courtney, but will hardly prejudice him in the eyes of his constituents or of Welsh Liberals. We shall, doubtless, hear more of the Carnarvonshire Tithe sales when the member for the Carnarvon Boroughs comes to add his quota to the speeches in favour of Mr Pritchard Morgan's Disestablish- ment resolution. By the way, it is supremely ridiculous of the North Wales Observer to blame the junior member for Merthyr for not calling attention to the Barmouth scandal. Mr Pritchard Morgan has no more call to deal with the ecclesiastical vargaries of the Rev Mr Hughes, than has Mr Lloyd George, for example, to deal with the political vagaries of the correspon dents of the Observer. Mr Randell's amendments on Monday night closely touched important principles, and led to a weighty discussion. The member for Gower presented his views to the House in a cogent speech. Mr Bowen Rowlands supported his pro- position from a legal point of view most con- vincinly. Mabon delivered another of his "attacks," and the debate throughout was pointed and clear. The Government majority, however, was impervious, and only Mr Sidney Gedge's blundering self-consciousness permitted the bill from going through committee. THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND. In aiew days Professor Rhys's important work on The Arthurian Legend will be issued to the public from the Clarendon Press. The author's object is to make Welsh literature help to shed light on the Arthurian Legend, a term construed loosely so as to include other legends more or less closely associated with Arthur. The work arose from Professor Rhys's researches in Celtic Heathendom for the Hibbort lectures of 1886. In a short preface the author explains that as a consequence of that origin, his book takes for granted the same views in the main as to Aryan mythology. He quaintly defends himself for continuing to use some of the terms of the solar myth theory, because" they are so convenient," and, whatever may eventually happen to that theory, nothing has yet been found exactly to take its place. Professor Rhys thinks we are possibly on the eve of a mythological revolution. He finds indications of it in Mr Frazer's "Golden Bough," but meanwhile we are content to follow him through the mysteries of the Arthurian cycle. We shall meet with new views and strange; the Arthur of our dreams will probably vanish, and it is not at all unlikely that we shall feel less satisfied with the Culture Heru — or is it the Celtic Zeuss who is to take his place ? But those, of us who tread tho way with Professor Rhys as a guide, will add much to our stock of knowledge, and may come mayhap somewhsre nearer the truth concerning Arthur and his Knights, t.he Table Round, and the Holy Grail. JOTTINGS. Mr J. Arthur Price, the talented young "Con- stitutionalist" of our Conservative contemporary, has just baen sleeted a member cf the National Liberal Club. Mr Nugent C. Simner, a grandson of a well- known London Welshman, Mr Abel Simner, has been appointed an assistant-master of the City of London School. On Thursday last Mr A. M. Dunlop presided at a concert given in support of the choir fund of the Welsh Church Mission ..lOt All Saints, Margaret-street.

TRADE RETURNS FOR 1890. Welsh Staples. [BY CHEVIOT.] Just one week after the close of the year the "Express" edition of the Nation's Accounts is published. This is sharp work, and ought to go far to wipe out the "circumlocution" stigma which Dickens fastened upon all Government offices. Here is a little volume, 127 pages, stuffed full of figures relating to all sorts of trades, made up and printed ill. London, published there on the 7th, and down in Cardiff on the 8th day after the accounts are closed at about 100 Custom Houses in different parts of the king-dom. This is a lesson in accounts to some firms, and no doubt they will take "firm" hold of the fact. The totals of values were published in the Echo of the 7th instant, but the full details were not there. That is, bullion-which is a commodity—and the exports of foreign and colonial produce were not given. The case stands thus:— 1890. 1889. Inc. or Dee. Milns. Milns. Milns. String. String. String. Imports 420-3 427-5 6*7 Dec. Bullion 33-9 27-0 6'9 Inc. Total 454-7 454'5 '2 Inc. Exports- British and Irish 263"5 248 "9 14'6 Inc. Exports- Foreign and Colonial ,64 3 64 9 -6 Dec. Bullion 25-1 25-1 — 352-9 338-9 14'0 Inc. Grand Total ..807-6 793-4 14-2 Inc. 'Just consider this: Eight hundred millions in value carried to and fro by means of our ships in one year It is more than the National Debt, and about one-twelfth of the property value of the whole United Kingdom. At least it seems so; actually it is not so because of the double carriage and other deductions. But, to say the least of it, it is a tremendous sum to be trusted to the hungry waves in oneshorttwelve months. Moreover, it is the largest sum ever attained in this statistic previously, and is a telling fact that the "prosperity period has not yet set in. The wealth and enterprise of this country has no better earmark than this gigantic sum. In the month's account-December of 1890 against 1889-there is an increase on the total of nearly a million sterling, so that the year closed well. In quantities there is a million of tons register increase. That is, the vessels carrying cargo were returned as follows :— Foreign Trade Entered. Cleared. TotaL + 33'9 =* 62'8 million tons. 1889 28'5 + 33-0 = 61-5 Increase 1-3 Coasting 1890 28-5 + 27-4 = £ 5-9 1889 28-7 + 27-5 = 56-2 Decrease. -3 It Net Increase 1-0 What lies nearest the heart of Wales? Why, I coal to be sure. Well, the coal sent oversea was as under I r'll cargo (all fuels) Value. Bunkers (foreign:) 1890.30)130)°27 tons £ 19,019,989 3,096,405 tons 1889 .28,956,445 „ £ 14,781,990 7,736,794 „ 1888 .26,970,536 „ £ 11,345,299 7,121,393 „ 1889 .28,956,445 „ £ 14,781,990 7,736,794 „ cargo (all fuels) Value. Bunkers (foreign:) 1890.30)130)°27 tons £ 19,019,989 3,096,405 tons 1889 .28,956,445 „ £ 14,781,990 7,736,794 „ 1888 .26,970,536 „ £ 11,345,299 7,121,393 „ nere there is an increase of over a million and a half tons (cargo and bunkers). The increase in value is enormous, indicating clearly the very prosperous chpracter of the trade last year. May it continue The iron and steel exported^ amounted itiva.lue to:— 1890 31-5 millions sterling. 1889 29-1 !■ 1888 26*4 A continuous rise for two years;! Out of the I above amount were sent away of tin plates and sheets :— I 1890 418,725 tons, vaJue jc:6,561,878 I 1889 430,650 „ „ j26,030,005 4 1888 391,361 £ 5.546.228 1 A fall in quantity a rise in value We are beginning something in the export of cottons at Cardiff, but dare not meddle with its manufacture. COTTON MANUFACTURES EXPORTED. 1890 62-0 millions sterling. 1889 ..58-7 1888 60-3 „ This simply means a sixth in value of'the whole' export trade of the country. An increase of three millions indicates that the business is in a healthy state. Turn now to the imports. The Welsh ports I deal largely in iron ore. The increase in that import is nearly half a million tons and ditto in sterling. The case stands thus 1890 4,469,390 tons £ 3,586,456 1889 4,023,620 „ 3,121,25? 1888 3,552,403 „ 2,462,231 The Welsh ports import about a. fourth of the I whole quantity. Cardiff is proud of being the fourth port for the import of timber. Last year I there was a falUncr oS,.aod no wonder; 1889 was ihe most extraordinary year ever known for this innni'f TToro nr>o tlia firrtmw Hewn. ° Sawn. Total. Million loads. Million loads. Millions loads. 1890 2-3 4-7 7-0 1889 2-3 5-3 7*6 1888 1-9 4-3 6-2 i [t is still a large year, and shows a considerable ) nerea.se over 1888, so that there is a good hope of Cardiff touching the third place. Some Cardiff men are going in heavily for oil. rhey want to "strike ile." Petroleum is the favourite. The sums were:— L890 104 million gallons—value 2"3 million sterling. 1889 102 „ „ 2-5 „ „ 1888. 94 „ „ 2-5 l'he quantities are going up the value is going down. How is that? Can anyone strike a light ? Lastly, there is the staff of life. As we grow in numbers (let us hope in grace, too) we want more bread. That is very evident. CORN IMPORTED IN JlII.JJONS OF CWTS, 1890. 1389. 1888. Wheat 60-4 58-6 57-2 Wheat, meal & flour 15-7 14'0 16-9 Barley 16*6 17'4 21'2 Oats 12-7 15'9 18'7 Make 43-4 36'2 25-3 Peas and beans 5-1 5'0 5-4 Total, 153-9 147,7 144'7 Value 85-7 81*8 82-lmiH..sten. The greatest increase is in maize, which is amazing, considering the high wages and the fondness of Englishmen for a good wheat loaf. There was an increase of 310,000 tons of grain last year. What do we do with it ? We are a con- suming people, to be sure. Out of this increase Cardiff's total will only bo about half. Surely more could be done in that way with such port facilities Why don't the young men turn up their sleeves'!

THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. Interesting Meeting at Cardiff. A meeting under the auspices of the Cardiff Committee of the National Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children was held on Thursday afternoon, in the Assembly-room of the Town-hall. The announcement that the Mar- chioness of Bute would be present and hold a reception attracted a very large number of ladies, but this formality was dispensed with, and the proceedings took the form of a number of ad- dresses in furtherance of the objects of the society. Mr Lewis Williams, J.P., presided, and among those by whom he was supported on the platform oy were the Marchioness of Bute, Lady Wimborne, Miss Clarke, the Rev C. J. Thompson (Vicar of St John's), Fathers Hayde and Cormack (St Peter's), A. Tilly, and W. E. Winks, Rev Benjamin Waugh (secretary of the parent society, London), Alderman Sanders (ex-mayor). Alderman R. Cory, Mr Vivian Cory, Mr Henry White, and Mr Donald Maclean (local secretary). At the outset Mr Maclean stated that an apology had been received from Lord Bute, who was prevented from being present to occupy the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he much regretted that they were not favoured with the presence of Lord Bute, especially after the disappointment of the previous evening, which was shared throughout the town to such a degree that he had heard a wish expressed that some practical measure should be adopted for the purpose of evincing public sympathy with Lord Bute. (Hear, hear.) In reference to the society in whose interest that meeting had been convened, one of the most pleasing signs of the times was the in- creasing care for children in the literature and social work of the Christian churches. He re- garded as the thermometer of any nation the evidence that was forthcoming of the interest taken in the welfare of its children. Happily, it had been declared in their own time that every child should be educated, and by means of school boards the State had made ample provision for giving effect to the law. How little was done for children a century ago as compai ed with the present time, when the literature for children alone would fill a large library, and in some quarters even a daily paper for children was talked of. With regard to Great Britain, they had been bestirring them- selves to see that children were in no way neglected, and they should rejoice in the exis- tence of such a society as they had assembled to support, and in the work that it had done. (Hear, hear.) Cardiff was spending between JS800 and JB900 for the maintenance of children in industrial schools, and in his opinion no money was more wisely spent, as they were helping those children in such a manner as would enable them to earn an honest livelihood in time to come. (Hear, hear.) It had been found that the neglect of children in four-fifths of the cases was due to drink, and if they could only grapple with that evil much of the work of tho society could be dispensed with. (Hear, hear.) The society was not a persecuting nor a prosecuting society but they had dealt with 143 cases in Cardiff during the past year, and they did not prosecute until they found warnings were of no avail. He was glad, however, to be able to state that the number of destitute, ragged children in Cardiff had perceptibly diminished since the branch of the society was inaugurated. (Applause.) Mr MACLEAN explained that that was not the annual meeting, but was held because of Lady Bute having consented to attend in order to awaken a deeper interest in the work of the society. (Applause.) Since the end of March last they had dealt with 143 cases in Cardiff affecting the welfare of 367 children, and in only six cases were the complaints found to be ground- less. It was only when they came into contact with the children themselves that they could realise the brutal misery and pain that were inflicted upon them. He appealed to those present to help the society in its work. The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the Rev Benjamin Waugh, remarked upon the excellent work that was being done for children in such institutions as Nazareth House, Cardiff, and Dr Miiller's Home at Bristol, and said that there were now 20 Cardiff children being well trained at such places who would have been destitute but for tha society. (Hear, hear.) The Rev B. WAUGH deli vered a long address on Child Life in England," in the course of which he remarked that 60 years ago a society was founded for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and it had an income of J652,000 per year but it was only two years since Parliament raised chil- dren to the level of dogs and cats, and thus be- came a Christian land. The society had dealt under the Act of Parliament with 8.717 cases but those operations only covered two-ninths of the country, the other seven-ninths, owing to lack of enthusiasm, having so far failed to awaken to the importance of putting the law in force. Alto- gether 16,703 children were affected by the cases which the society had dealt with or brought before the courts. People talked of infant marriages in India, but it was a virtue as com- pared with the vices that they had seen in con- nection with child life in Britain. Taking the two-ninths of the country covered as evidence of what might be done, the society calculated that there were 70,000 cases requiring attention. The causes of the illtreatment of children were drunkenness and immorality, savagery and brutality, wicked selfishness, and idle- ness and those vices were found in a serious percentage of homes. Such cruelties as had been investigated were not the outcome of families being so large that proper provision could not be made for them, as the average number of children per family in the cases dealt with by the society was less than two. It had been found that warnings from the society to parents who ill-treated or neglected their children were successful in six out of every seven cases, and that the society was justified in its course of action was shown by the fact that in London 94 convictions were obtained out of every 100 cases taken into court. He appealed for further efforts on behalf of the society in South Wales; for an evil upon which a well-known peer spoke to him some years ago still remained unredressed in Wales; and whilst they were singing their psalms on Sundays it was being perpetrated in the dark places of their towns and villages. He proceeded to state the changes that had been effected in the law as affecting children, more particularly in allowing a child to give evidence in a court against its parents or guardians with- out lmderstanding such theological points as judgment, hell, and eternity. If a person stole a silver spoon, and the owner sus- pected it was in that person's house, a search warrant was promptly issued, and so far as regarded ill-treatment or neglect, the legislature had raised a child to the level of a silver spoon, and to-day the society could enter what had been described as the Englishman's castle. (Applause.) But more yet remained to be done before the law could be considered com- plete. There were 12 millions of children in the kingdom, and what was wanted was a Minister of Minors. (Hear, hear.) The society, in order to carry on its operations successfully, required £15,000 per year and as there was a debt of £3,700 hanging over. it, he trusted that Cardiff and other towns in South Wales would recognise the importance of funds in such a work. (Ap- plause). The Rev C. J. THOMPSON proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the Marchioness of Bute, Lady Wimborne, and Miss Clarke for their presence to cheer the local committee in its work and further efforts to ensure success, and at the same time to show how strong was the sympathy which linked together the occupants of Cardiff Castle and the inhabitants of Cardiff. Alderman SANDERS seconded the motion, and it was carried with acclamation. In tendering the thanks to the ladies named, the CHAIRMAN remarked that Lord and Lady Bute had always displayed deep interest in the welfare of children, and had two or three homes in Scotland in which the waas and strays of Glasgow and ^other large towns were trained and educated and, from what he knew, nothing had aroused Lord and Lady Bute's interest to a greater degree than the waifs and strays of Cardiff. (Applause.) The Marchioness of BUTE, in reply, said that she and Lady Wimborne and Miss Clarke were very glad to have been able to attend the meet- ing; and added a hope that great good would result to the society from that gathering. A cordial vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, on the motion of the Rev A. Tilly, seconded by Alderman Cory; after which the proceedings closed. Lady Bute left a cheque for B20 towards the funds of the society, and a collection at the door realised another substantial sum.

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SECOND EDITION. DEATH OF REV WM. EVANS, TONYREFAIL j Biographical Sketch, j The announcement ot the death of the V ener- able Rev William Evans, of Tonyrefail. which took place early on Thursday morning, will be received with regret throughout Wales. Mr Evans had attained to the patriarchal age cf 96 years, and was the oldest minister in the Cal- vinistic Methodist. Connexion. He was honoured and beloved wherever known, and leaves behind him after his long ear thly pilgrimage the fragrant memory of a life well spent and abundantly blessed. Mr Evans had spent his entire life in his native village, and from his preaching tours in the Principality the name of Tonyrefail be- came classic among Welshmen. The funeral has been fixed for Tuesday next, when there wiil doubtless be a representative assemblage to pay a last tribute of respect to the veteran minister. b The deceased gentleman was born at Garth- j' raban Farm, Tonyrefail, in April, 1795. His T parents' names were David and Elizabeth Evans, and he was their youngest son. After receiving the rudiments of education at Lbn- trisant, he wen*; to school atCowbridge, where he remained for some time. He was married m the month of April, 1814, to Margaret Cadogan, daughter of a neighbouring farmer. From an early age he had been brought under the holy influences of religion, and soon after his marriage he and his young wife were received into the fellowship of the Calvinistic Methodist Church at Tonyrefail, a cause even in those early f days was prosperous and blessed of God. It soon became manifest that the young man had special U gifts for the ministry, and he was frequently I urged to undertake the work. He actually com- I menced to preach in the year 1818, being then 25 | years of age. His first text was verse 7 of the 19th Psalm, The law of the Lord is perfect, con- i verting the soul." He soon became a popular Y preacher, and his services were in great demand I in the county of Glamorgan. After preaching I for the usual term of probation he was duly re- | ceived as a member of the association at a meeting held at Caerphilly. In August, 1325, he was fully ordained as minister of the con- nexion, the Charge on the occasion being de- livered by the Rev David Charles, Carmarthen, brother of Charles o'r Bala." From this tim# forward, Mr Evans devoted himself with singular zeal and fidelity to the service of Calvinistic Methodism. He was ever ready to spend and be spent in the service of the Lord.' As early as the year 1825 he made a considerable tour in North Wales. He paid several subsequent visits to that part or the Principality, and also on several occasions proceeded to London and | Bristol to encourage the faithful there with his inspir ting words and genial presence. He paid i his first visit to London in 1826—at a date when 1 a journey to the metropolis was a most formidable < undertaking. In the year 1829 he was appointed p, assistant secretary of the Glamorganshire monthly meeting, and after the death of Mr Bassett, solicitor, Llantwit Major, performed th^ whole duties of that office. ■c3 I Mr Evans was one of the ministers appointed to collect the funds for establishing Trefecca College, which was opened in 1842. At the August association of 1846, held at Llandovery, he delivered the ordination charge, discharging a similar function at the August association of J850, held at Llangeitho, and als:) at the August association of 1868, held at Cardigan. He was moderator of the Association of South Wales during the year 1867-68, and was frequently called upon to preach at the large assemblies of the con- nexion. The first time he preached at an associa- tion was at Aberystwyth, in 1824. and the last time that he preached at an association was at Talgarth in 1871. The deceased was literally a connecting link r between the Calvinistic Methodism ef to-day and f that of two generations agj. He had como I into close contact with some of the | best known ministers in the history of I the connexion, notably John Elias, Ebenezer Moms, John Evans (New Inn), Ebenezer Richard (father of the even better known and equally honoured Apostle of Peace), Thomas Richard, and other celebrities. As a result of the raro t privilege of association with such eminent Method- I ist fathers, Mr Evans possessed a rich store of L reminiscences, and it was a highly-prized privi- | lege to spend an hour or two in his company, and to hear him recount some,of his experiences. 111 may be noted that his favourite preacher was Ebenezer Morris. < As a preacher, the rev. gentleman was, in his time, one of the most acceptable of his class. Be had the gift of it most sonorous voice, and was known throughout tho northern portion of the h Principality as "the silver bell of South Wales." j He was a clear and distinct speaker, and his method of treating his subject was thoroughly j scriptural. His discourses were pointed and con- vincing, and he was the spiritual father of many souls. A visit of his to Anglesey in the year 1^29 is memorable to this day by reason of the extra* J ordinary success of his exhortations, which caused, a profound impression, and were the means of _:t bringing many to the Saviour. The incidents of that visit are still related by the i descendants of those whose privilege it wa5 F to listen to him on that memorable occasion. A5 T a minister he was a good, all-round man. lie evinced deep interest in Sabbath-school work, and was always ready with a kind word and » pleasant smile to encourage the young folk. ge k attached great importance to the proper adminis- m tration of the ordinances, and it will not be all I exaggeration to say that during his lengthy r n career he baptised many thousands of children For many years, being the only minister of th' "i connexion in the district of Tonyrefail, he was fre* 1 quently called upon to preach funeral sermons, j he had a special aptitude for that delicate I somewhat trying duty. As a man, he wfl9 j always pleasant, and affectionate, and much be- 1 loved, not only in his own church at home, throughout the whole connexion. It in^Y be added also that he was one of the first of Welsh ministers to take the temperance pledge» 1 and that at a time when temperance principle' j were moro laughed at than advocated. A copy if his first temperance speech, delivered in 1837, i* 0 preserved to this day among his manuscripts. 1* W, would be superfluous to add that he remained faithful to his pledge to the end. k A special honour was conferred upon IVlc ■ Evans by the General Assembly of the connexion In which was held at Liverpool iir the year 1887, j| which was held at Liverpool iir the year 1887. t when, though he was never a moderator of the General Assembly, it was determined that the connexional magazine for the following year should have in its first number a portrait of the divine of Tonyrefail, a distinction conferred as » rule only on the moderators of the assembly. It ought to be remarked, however, that l the General Assembly was instituted only in I 1864, by which time Mr Evans was so advanced in life that he could not devote himself to the work of the courts of the connexion. In the j year 1868, when he attained his jubilee as a I preacher of the Gospel, he was presented with a I full-size portrait of himself, executed by the lata I Signor Paggi. The presentation was formally made at a large meeting held at TonyrefaiJ*ij. Chapel on the 17th of September of that yeitfV Y'■ held under the presidency of Mr Thomas Phillips* Ja/ of Swansea; and the proceedings were mos* IV enthusiastic. Subsequently, when he attained j* jubilee of his ordination to the ministry, he wa5 11 presented, at the association held in Pontypridd I in 1875, with an address and a handsomely-bound copy of the scriptures, as a token of regard and; esteem from the members of the Glamorgan Monthly Meeting. The deceased was the fathet of the Methodist Church. His successor in tha* 'A distinction is the Rev R. Brown. 0 Llanidloes, who was crdained in 18;)8,. thirteen years after Mr Evans's ordinatioH" It is three or four years since Mr Evans gaV? j over preaching, but he had been able to attef^ f religious services up to a comparatively period, and occasionally took part in them, qusntly with singular vigour and fcrce. Mr Evans was father ef eight children, five fj* whom pre-deceased him. His surviving childre*jT v are Mr David Evans, Tonyrefail House, Oakfiel^ T street, Cardiff; Mr Wm. Evans, Tyfry andM** Edwards, Pyle. He had grandchildren, I grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildrcJ" i the latter being tie children of Mr E. D. Trtf^ f man, Cymmer, who were both baptised by tbe>t j venerable ancestor. A grandson of the I has risen to eminence in tka connexion to whi^ I t-.o was himself so devotedly attached. Wc rzif ,*■ to the Rev Wm. Evans, M. A., ef Pembroke Do0^ j We should have added that the deceased I twice married. His first wife died in September* I 1861, and he remarried in 1870, his second ,n being the relict of the Rev D. Roberts, Co^' y bridge, who has proved for nearly 26 years 'V most faithful and excellent helpmeet. i | It may be noticed that the subject of 014i$ sketch took a profound interest in educatioD*r £ work, and previously to the formation of HRs school board in the district he was one of most liberal subscribers towards the maintenao^ij'l of a British School at Tonyrefail. While he not take a prominent part in politics, Mr 't was an ardent Liberal and had great admirati^Tm^ for Mr Gladstone. <SK\ f-

A SHOCKING OUTRAGE. |[ BLOIS (LOIRE ET CHER), Feb. 6.. A feeling of intense horror has been evoked this city by the news that a terrible case patricide occurred yesterday in the suburb ot V"il' lejoin, the victim being- an eld gentleman in hf 78th year, named Sanle, a member of the muni' cipal council of Blois. To add to the appalling nature of the crime the assassin is the daughto^ of the murdered man, and his nearest relative^ are accused of being her accomplices. There hao? been disputes between the woman and her father* whom she accused of having been at the bottofl* of the serious quarrel which she had with he* husband, and which had culminated in pro*$^p ceeclings for a divorce. Yesterday niorni she presented herself at the residence of M. Saule, who was still m bed, and having forced her way into his room poured forth a torrent of abus?, which provoked harsh rejoinders from the old man. At length, wharf the discussion had reached the highest pitch of acrimony, the daughter1 oreif; forth a revolver and fired point bla 1 1*. I. her father, who fell hack m< iitf f" wounded, the ball liaviug peru;tra':e« tltl throat. Not content m her ungovernable rage wit' having slain her victim she threw herself the body, which had fallen from the bed on to tM floor, and fired shot after shot into the corpse unt" everychambefoftherevolverwasentptied. murderess having finished her horrible work left b the house and went straight to the polieo-staiioB» jl where she gave herself tip to tho commissary* 1' Being subsequently confronted wi th the body 0* i her victim, in accordance with the rules ot J French criminal procedure, she manifested n0 t shock of feeling and expressed no regret. Ia French criminal procedure, she manifested n0 t shock of feeling and expressed no regret. Ia consequence of certain facts which had been •brought to light by the inquiries of the policy i some suspicion has fallen upon the wife of m Saule and also upon his .:ori, and tiiev have be** j arrested as accessories to the crime, f k