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WORKMEN'S TOPICS, BY MABON, M.P. MR CHAPLIN'S SMALL HOLDINGS. rhe Agricultural Labourer's Interest Neglected. We doubt very much whether any measure "W been watched with more general and interest than the Small Agricultural ^foldings Bill. So much was expected from it that in some parts of the country Jnny people were prepared to almost shout lth joy at the advent of its introduction the House of Commons. The whole hing, however, has in some respects turned out almost as good as a farce to those who have studied interests of the rural labourers, who «jQ°w their needs, who have sympathy with and who are intimate with the con ons under which they have lived. True Chaplin, like another worthy, has been °&drously translated. He, we are told, quite recently been convinced that the who have been lucky enough to get .^iiicnts, though even in some cases at high figure of £ 3, £ 4, or £ 5 an acre, fn tenant farmers were paying r the same land 15s to £ 1, with ini ^ave managed them exceed- Co well. And by way of emphasising this conversion he goes on to mould a great ^sure for the purpose of outdoing allot- I e^s and to restore the labourer to the land him the chance to buy the Jj1"* The chance to buy the land should e welllIlarked. «lr Chapl in's Bill, as we understand it, is a ,ernP°wer the County Councils, in lieu of etter authority—say district or parish £ Un5jlls—to raise money by a penny rate to sirn°i 86 ^an^» which is to be re-sold in fee- R P'6 to the labourers on the deposit by one-fourth df the purchase money re^ er ^ourt^ is t° be secured by a rent leemable at will, and the other half is to repaid by instalments within fifty years— bnf r ^ich, 35 Mr Chaplin unnecessarily, k ^aively adds, the owner can do what ^Ses Now, this looks Hiea gly We^ on PaPer—<luite a niodel Diif S"fe' an< 43 one speaker excellently *»!• ".w^h a kind of dim, benevolent *hd° f ^^g round its business provisions is attested that it has gained the h0»?Ur of all parties in Parliament as an Ql move in the right direction. Even Mr aJ/teton.e himself, if we remember rightly, Old fn^th i^ea. Good and Honest an, ^iady—still we question whether it is' ttu °?es^ attempt. It is an attempt it is chari' when we come to consider the' elices of the labourer to reap any benefit *tte the right to call it an honest; 8ojjInPt at replacing the labourer on the f on the part of a gentleman that pro- t° know that labourer's present i^jj^rished position is very questionable T °* the discussion on the' tjj/°^iction of this Bill, as well as on 8ecoud reading thereof, which was, by dj- carried without division, or even. g4rjer\t, for fear, we suppose, of being re- H0b A as unfriendly to the rural labourers, cUla seetned to have any word in parti- qUR5 ^ay against it. This seems rather *» u ,r» still it is true. The doctrine that that a is better than no bread," and We should be thankful for the t- mercics so prevailed at pAd" true that such was the case. And con- 3 g that this measure, based as it is on r ^keral principle, but meted out Fory shop, the wonder is that it is Beth■as i8* that as it may, it will Operative duty of the Liberal party ,L ey are next in power to place this Other Liberal measures passed, not by a Tory pOVernment, but at the time when a pJ>ernnient was in power—on their bt0p r footing, and give them fair and v iris-F to have the principles under- cooked out to their full and logical 4S.^e have already said, almost all the second1118 that Were made were merely on 5ai7 and unimportant points, which iUi Chaplin professed himself perfectly i 149 to consider in Committee. Some also it js i Very strong in favour of compulsion, hut Mr Chaplin and his friends °&Iy voluntary agreements would not 8ugjc Justify the experiment, but would thfo carry the thing successfully 'fidej? the second reading, hav » the happy family" wouid 0ver ee^ all delightfully illustrated to j.again had not Mr Balfour chosen *ej»arjlsPute with Mr Gladstone with $Upe 3 to French agriculture being Q^to English, and to make out that he had °ne spoken generally when 4ppj~r most carefully guarded himself by *e^arV^ remarks to smaM agriculture, § ^arge farms in France were g ^Uch the same as English ones. But as usua^> and undaunted by Mr t° ne'8 trenchant explanation, went on of to prove that the condition Ve^y 6 french peasant proprietor was; rjv,4 mIserable as miserable as our Hot o apricultural labourer, which was ^Uch f veiT surprising, but rather too Mtho, House of Commons to receive the dissent. It is very remarkable in tor} ^tory of the French peasant proprie- they ? matter however hard they work hol^jj. ° so on their own bit of land or a goodPv atl^ w^en necessary they can find Unent of g°ld to put into the Govern-1 < A stocking when a loan is needed. ^»as tb f r sore point to the Government SOJUQ 4 Gladstone was anxions to see J f and°^e ^avour giyen in the Bill to leaseholds, and in his remarks hi^ the larger question, whether from is desirable to create a new \tallt ,landlords at all; and that what is fl18- a^R°lute security for improve- lty tenure, and fair rent. Un- ^our v, the way of a becoming a purchaser of land pre- r emaelves to his mind, though for i e*it eason or other he did not give them ^0l. P°n that occasion. But from the gal., the remarks delivered, however, ^°lld would favour a Bill which the ,ave made it possible for such ^\°tment-holders as had already s g°od qualties to increase their become in a greater measure outs^e lahour. Thatweare JJ. to believe would have been in his « e practical, more hopeful, and in to t] lkely to bring about the most bene- isinu 1 public as well as improving and Bm?, tone of rural life. Rightful as was the apparent unani- m regard to the Bill, there are, we ■fc>°ved difficulties and rocks to be re- hof ave been left untouched by this te„]°1*'e the general public will reap v s tft„c benefit from its provisions. For su°h a ,whenever you have advanced to 80 as to enable a man in any .a farmer—that is, to proceed v^yQ 0? ideas of rotation of crops, and so ave absolutely made it out of his °Ht for8 48 be7ond his interest, to ,a large farmer, for this simple C moment when the large k^e tftnants the small holder at the \ylrient wants to be on his own hold- even allotments in Rf 6en thS !iave given ri80 to bad feeling ti t vanuer and labourer on this very so with some of the very large ?LCertain districts in Suffolk and XNow', supposing that a small i\ farmer has worked up a patch of holding so as to give him fair hope of growing barley to advantage, and has sown an acre or two, or some other crop that wants to be harvested perfectly dry and suppose, also, that the season has been a somewhat wet one, then both the large fanner and the small holder will, at one and the same time, want to save his crop. Thus you are at once con- fronted with two great difficulties—(1) that the true aim of the small holder should be, and must be in all cases, to be thoroughly and absolutely independent of labour on the large firms. (2) That not one out of five hundred agricultural labourers, if even one out of every thousaud of them, is in a position to put down the one- fourth of the purchase money for such a holding as would make him absolutely in- dependent of other employment. Without that independence his small holding may bring him more trouble than ease, and in- stead of bringing him increased comfort bring him increased anxiety and pain.

Thomas Cooper, the Chartist. HIS INTERVIEW WITH WORDSWORTH. Thomas Cooper, the veteran Chartist, who has just received a grant of £200 from the Civil List, had on one occasion, says the Pall Mall Gazette, a very interesting interview with Wordsworth at Rydal Mount. Cooper had been at Carlisle, and started on a walk through the Lake country, and an account of his tour and of the interview appeared in Cooper's Journal in 1850, and was afterwards incorporated in the Autobiography." It was on the third day after leaving Car- lisle that Cooper arrived at Rydal Lake. He was very anxious to see Wordsworth and have a talk with him, bntjnot knowing the poet and having vo intro- duction, was rather doubtful as to what the nature of his reception might be. But, sum- moning all the courage at his command, he boldly strode up to the paet's door and knocked. In reply to an inquiry he was told that Words- was at home so he wrote on a slip of paper, T h om a s Cooper, author of The Purga- tory of Suicides,' de- sires to pay his devout regards to Wordsworth." In a very few minutes he was in the presence of the majestic old man," and was bowing with deep and heart-felt homage when Wordsworth seized his hand and welcomed him with such a hearty How, do you do ? I am very happy to see you," that Cooper: says the tears stood in his eyes for joy. Nothing struck Cooper so much in Words- worth's conversation as his remark concerning Chartisra--after-the subject of Cooper's imprison- ment had been touched upon. "You were right," Wordsworth said, "I have always said the people were-right in what they asked but you went the wrong way to get it. There is nothing unreasonable in your charter. It is the foolish attempt at physical fcrce for which many of you have been blameable," By and by the con- versation drifted to other subje cts There was but one occasion (says Cooper) on which I disoeroed the feeling of jealousy in him, it was when I mentioned Byron. "If there were a time," he said, "I could show you how Lord ..Byron was not so great a poet as you think him to Ibe-but never mind that now." I had just been •classing his own sonnets and" Childe Harold vtogether as the noblest. poetry since Paradise t," but did not reassert ùatJ I said. "I am pleased to find," M said, while talking about Byron; "that you preserve your muse chaste and free from rank and corrupt passion. Lord Byron degraded poetry in that respect. Men's hearts are bad enough. Poetry should refine and purify their natures; not make them worse." Wordsworth's opinion on Tennyson is interest- ing. Cooper asked the poet what his opinion was of the poetry of the day:- There is little that can be called high poetry," Wordsworth said. "Mr Tennyson affords the richest promise. He will do great things yet, and ought to have done greater things by this time." "His sense of music," I observed, "seems more perfect than that of any of the new race of poets." "Yes," Wordsworth replied; "the perception of harmony lies in the vary essence of the poet's nature; and Mr Tennyson gives magnificent proofs that he is endowed with it." Wordsworth spoke of Southey in the highest terms, and again reverted to politics. "There will be great changes on the Continent," he said, "when the present King of the French dies. But not while he lives. The difEereut Govern. ments will have to give Constitutions to their people, for knowledge is spreading, and Consti- tutional liberty is sure to follow." Wordsworth also alluded to the spread of freedom in England, and descanted with animation on the growth of mechanics and similar institutions:— "The people are sure to have the franchise," he said with emphasis, "as knowledge increases; but you will not get all you seek at once—and you must never seek it again by physical force," he added, turning to me with a smile, "it will only make you longer about it." Much of the conversation between Cooper and Wordsworth took place while they were walking on the terrace outside his house. The poet's sister was being drawn about the courtyard on a wheeled chair, and he introduced Cooper to her as a poet, and bung over *her infirmity with the kindest affection." When Cooper left, Words- worth walked with him to the gate," pressing my hand," says Cooper, "repeatedly smiling upon me so benevolently, and uttering so many good wishes for my happiness and usefulness that I almost felt unable to thank him. I left him," adds Cooper," with a more intense feeling of having been in the presence of a good and great intelligence than I had ever felt in any other moments of my life."

A CROWNING MISFORTUNE. EXCITED INDIVIDUAL Officer, I have been robbed. I left a paper parcel, containing five:, poems, on that seat, and now it's gone. OFFICER: Well, you can write "em over ag'in, can't you ?j EXCITED INDIVIDUAL Yes; but there was a, sandwich in the parcel, too

CRABS ARE FIGHTERS. w-Crabs particularly are fighting animals. In fact. they will fight any- thing. I have seen a crab in conlfict with a* lobster, catch the latter over the fore part of the head, where the shell is hardest, and crush it in j by one effort. And it rather bears out my idea that the claws of these-creatures are particularly weapons of war—that the moment one of them receives severe injury in a claw it drops it off by voluntary amputation, Severing its connection with the body at the shoulder by an act of its'- own will. It seems to me probable that if the claw were necessary for feeding, nature would, rather seek to cure an injury to it than let the animal discard it altogether. The species of crab which is most conspicuously a fighter is the, hermit crab. Its first idea of independent life is-, to eat a harmless whelk and occupy its shell; its next notion is to give battle to every oraboi the same persuasion as itself that it comes across. Altogether, the hermit crabs are undoubtedly th,6 most quarrel creatures in existence. NOT-, THAT KIND OF A KNOT.—At a social- gathering in Harlem the following convereation, took place;—"So your nephew is going to get married ?" Yes, ma'am, next Saturday the< knot will be tied." Little Johnny, who has been listening with open mouth, says, "I say, ma, on the last day they let the poor fellow eat anythincr i he wants to,.don't they-fl., -<

WELSH GLEANINGS. I By Lloffwr. 1 Mr W. V. Morgan. Mr Walter Vaughan Morgan, brother of Mr O. V. Morgan, M.P., who is the latest addition to the roll of London aldermen, is of Welsh extrac- tion. He was born in the year 1831 at Glasbury, Breconshire, both his parents being of Welsh nationality. When but nine years of age, he was entered as a scholar at Christ's Hospital, where he remained until the year 1846, so that he received the wboleof his education at the grand old institu- tion of which he is now the treasurer. On leaving the school, Mr Morgan, who was then but 15 years of age, obtained an appointment in the National Provincial Bank of England. In 1855, indeed when 24 years of age, he left the service of the Bank and joined his brothers, who at that time were founding the now famous firm of Morgan Bros., Cannon-street. The partnership thus commenced has continued without break or intermission until the present day. At the outset the firm consisted of six brothers, who continued together for the long period of 30,years, when death removed the eldest of the upmber, Mr Thomas Vaughan Morgan. The alderman- elect has visited in the course of his career nearly every part of the world. Messrs Morgan Bros., it may be of interest to note, were the founders and are still the proprietors of the Ironmonger and the Chemist and Druggist-two periodicals which probably stand at the very top of the tree as far as trade journalism is concerned. Friday, 3rd proximo, is the date fixed for the dinner party that the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will give at the Mansion House in honour of the alderman-elect. Refusing a Deanery. "A Graduate" writes:—In reply to "Cymro," allow me to remind him that it is a matter of opinion whether it is extremely amusing read- ing" or not to state that Mr Herber Evans has refused a deanery but that it is a matter of fact that to announce the presence of Mr Evans in any town in England or Wales means a building full of people, and that it is very doubtful if one of the Welsh deans can command more than the average attendanco, in spite of their so-called 11 cnlttu-od oratory and depth of reading." It is also very doubtful if more than one of the Welsh deans aaan lay any claim whatsoever to be called an orator, and they have yet to show the Welsh people that the depth of their reading exceeds that of an average preacher. I admit that they are graduates, but Welsh Nonconformity possesses graduates yea, more distinguished graduates than any of the Welsh deans-who would consider it 'extremely amusing reading' to seo it stated that they were superior te Mr Evans in cultured oratory and depth of reading. One of the most prominent Conservatives in Carnarvon, who is also a Churchman, told me a few years ago that Mr Evans possessed the best library in the district-and there are deans in the district—and that it was impossible to mention any book in it that Mr Evans was not perfectly conversant with its contents." Daniel Rowlands. The fine statue erected near the Methodist Chapel at Uangeitho in memory of the saintly Daniel Rowlands is visited by scores of people during the summer months. The memorial, which can be distinctly seen by the visitor for a considerable distance, consists of a life-size figure of the divine in marble upon a granite basis. The right arm is raised heavenwards, and the left band rests on a copy of the sacred volume. The following Welsh inscription is on the base :— DANIEL ROWLANDS. Ganwyd 1713, marw 1790. 0 nefoedd, nefoedd, nefoedd, Buasai dy gonglau yn ddigon Gwag oni buasai Sion Yn inagu plant i Ti ar y ddaear." The Dafydd ap Gwilym Society. Misfortunes are falling thick and fast on the members of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society. Professor Rhys, the president, is far from being- well, while the secretary for this term (Mr J. H. Davies, Lincoln College) has been called away by the sudden death of his father, Mr R. J. Davies, J.P., Cwrtmawr, a member of the Cardiganshire County Council. Two other members of the Society arc away from Oxford just now, Mr J. Young Evans, M.A., of Corpus, having geno to Brittany to prepare in quiet seclusion for his final examination in June, while Mr Lewis J. Roberts, of Exeter College, has been inopportunely struck down by influenza at Aberayron a few weeks before his final examination. Owing to these absences and illnesses no meeting of the Society has been held in the first three weeks of this term, but Mr Edward Anwyl, B. A., of Mans- 1ild. is arranging for a meeting, on Saturday.; night. The Welsh Quarrymen. Sir John Gorst, M.P., who was the principal speaker at the great demonstration of quarrymen at Carnarvon last week, has taken away with him most agreeable impressions of his visit to Wales. The sight in the Pavilion as the 10,000 quarrymen rose and sang the Welsh hymn "O Arglwydd Dduw rhagluniaeth," was a striking one, and. impressed Sir John considerably, both as spectacle and as proof of the vocal-abilities of4 thr. famous Welsh quarrymen, vhose tremendous, bass and clear and resonant tsnor voices rang through the huge Pavilion with marvellous effect, i Welsh-speaking inspectors. The appointment of Mr Biroham to succeed Mr Murray Browne in, the Local Government Board inspectorship for North Wales has created dis- satisfaction, it being alleged that the authorities < at Whitehall have ignored the petitions; forwarded to them 'by the guardians and the several unions praying that Mr Browne's "successor should be a man possessing a knowledge of Welsh. Already the Carnarvon Union and the Bangor and Beaumaris Union have passed resolutions strongly disapproving of and protest- ing against Mr Bircham's appointment, andt example is likely to be generally followed. Et Csetera, Of the six candidates selected to compete for the post of Cathedral organist at Bangor, the; names of the five have been made public. The sixth is not named. The five known are Mr W. Bennett Jones, organist, St. James's. Bangor; Mr J. Williams, organist, Christ Church, Garoar- ? >on; Bfr T. Westlake Morgan, South Wales,; Mr' Martin, assistant organist, Edinburgh; vmdmr.) Brewer, Coventry. Mr Robert Davids, father ot the late Mr 1i.. (5. j 'Davies, was a man whose memory is stillgreenl 4n the minds of many of the inhabitants of Aberyetwyth. He was.formany y forelDOStJ deacon in the Calvinistic Methodist body. It was in his house in Great Darkgate-street, now. ow, occupied by Mr David Jenhin, that Confession of Faith of the (k>nn€?cioa waa com- piled. Mr W. H. Evans, ofMambtAw, dignant letter to the Celt, protesting against the Rev Pan JonW scoffing article on Mr Gladstqn»x which disfignred that journftl a week ago. Professor Llewellyn Ivor Evans, the'Bew Pro-^ rfessorof Hebrew and Old Testamept lixegeeis ati > Bala College, arrived by the ab Liverpool^ from America on Sunday week, and was warmly welcomed when he appeared at the College to; commence hiscluties. fessor ardent Welsh -Nationalist. L -=.

Two lone, lorn Buffalo women, wfcex^they.^ reached bome after a lecture one night they had forgotten their latch-key. So thttrraog^ ■> the belL They waited and waited, and ram& again. After fifteen minutes of waiting and beg- < rmgihg, the girl opened the door. on earth have you kept us waiting Didnt^ you hear me ring?" cried one of the women.: Yes, ma'am," cried Katie, witn an air of soma confusion; bnt I t'ought it was me young mMi, ma'am, an' me an' him had ft fallm out lastfe Boone 'a aW tongit I'd learn hIm alessoo,:r! ma'am." JUST THE THING.—" YOU know Misw Grimsby.- appeared a« a fountain at the ball the other night. I thought it was particularly appropriate." Why so *dao. '■ r' v

Peers of Glamorgan. o IV—LORD TREDEGAR. It is impossible within the compass of this brief article to depict in a, manner commensurate with its dignity the full and exhausti ve lineage of this noble and ancient house. That were, indeed, to dive into the remote regions of antiquity, for the Morgans, of Tredegar, have been for many centuries large landowners not only in Glamor- ganshire, but in the adjoining shires of Brecknock and Monmouth, where in fact their interests have chiefly lain. Starting, therefore, in 1547 the name of Sir Thomas Morgan, Kut., appears as member for Monmouthshire, and is probably the same person as the High Sheriff of 1550. His son, Thomas Morgan, of Tredegar, was M.P. for the county of Monmouth 1538-9, while Sir William Morgan, Kt.,was High Sheriff in 1612 and member in 1625. William Morgan, of Dderw, was M.P. for Breconshire in 1640, and his daughter, Blanche, married William Morgan, of Machen, eldest son of Thomas Morgan, of Machen, who was M.P. for the county of Mon- mouth 1654-5, and who himself sat for that county from 1659 till his death in 1680, being at that time seated at Tredegar. This eldest son, Thomas Morgan, of Tredegar, which was now become the principal seat of the family, was M.P. for Breconshire 1689-90, High Sheriff for the county of Monmouth in 1689, and member from 1690 till his death from small-pox ten years after- wards, when his estate, which was then estimated at £7,000 a year, devolved upon bis brother, John Morgan, who served as Sheriff in 1697. Having married Martha, the only daughter of Gwvri Vaughan, of Trebarried, Breconshire, and being now the head of the family, his influence was such that in 1715 he was appointed Lord- Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the counties of Brecknock and Monmouth, which important positions had hitherto been always filled by noblemen, and sat as member for county Monmouth 1701 till his death in 1720. He left two sons, William and Thomas, both men of standing and influence. William married Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of the Duke of Devonshire; succeeded his father as Lord-Lieutenant of the counties of Brecknock and Monmouth, was made Steward of the King's Lordship of Penkelby in Brecoushire, and was created one of the Knights of the Most Honour- able order of the Bath by George II., in 1725, at which period—so different to the present day— there were only about 25 Knights of the Order, and creations were limited to the number of vacancies existing from time to time. He was elected member for Brecon (1722), and also at the same general election returned for Monmouth- shire, for which latter constituency he preferred to sit, and, being again returned 1727, held the seat till his death in four years' time. Sir William was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, William Morgan, of Tredegar, who was then under age, but who afterwards sat for County Monmouth, 1747, till his death, without issue, July, 1763, when his landed estate devolved upon his uncle, Thomas Morgan, of Dderw, who now became in turn the head of the family. He was elected for Brecon 1723, in succession to his brother, Sir William, and sat till 1734, when his nephew, being in his minority, he wa.s elected for County Monmouth, which seat he yielded up to his nephew in 1747, and from that ■ date till his death, 22 years afterwards, he represented Breconshire in Parliament, being altogether a member of the House for tha long period of 45 years without interruption. He held the oflice of Judge Advocate-General and Judge Martial of all his Majesty's forces for 27 years till he resigned in 1768, a year before bis death, and was Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum, and Brigadier-General of the Militia for the counties of Brecknock and Monmoth in 1731-69, and in Parliament he voted for the Excise Bill' in 1733 and for the Convention in 1739. His country seats were Tredegar, Mori., Ruperra, Glam., Dderw, Breocnshire, and Brickendonbury, Harts. By his marriage wi th Jane, daughterand heiress I' of Col. Maynard Colchester, M.P., of Wesfcbury- on Severn, be had three sons, Thomas, Charles, and John, and two daughters. Thomas Morgan, jun., of Ruperra was a captain and afterwards lieutenant-colonel in the Monmouthshire Militia, M.P. Brecon, 1854-63, and Co. Monmouth, 1763- 71; succeeded his father in the estates andasLord Lieutenant and Cus. Rot. of but died (s. p.) two years afterwards, when he was succeeded in his estates IIond in his office of Lord Lieutenant by his next brother, Charles Morgan, of Dderw, who had been for some .time a lieutenant in the Foot Guards, and who ifwas M.P. Brecon, 1763-9, and Breconshire 1769) till his death (s.pj, 12 years afterwards, being seated at Tredegar, Ruperra, Brickendon- bury, and Treago, Herefordshire. Then the third and youngest son, John Morgan, of Tredegar, inherited the estates. He was M.P., Brecon 1769-71, and co-Monmouth 1771-92, and married, late in life, Louise, daughter of C. Pym Burt, of .London, and niece of William Matthew Burt, Governor of the Leeward Islands, but died (s.p.) June, 1792. The Gentleman's Magazine for that date says:—"Mr Morgan was in the South of Wales pretty much what Sir Watkin Williams Wynn is in the North. One of his ancestors is celebrated in Wales for having dis- played the riches of his couutry in going to St. James's drawn by a set of horses shod with silver; and Mr Morgan was one of the two brothèrs who found so much money in the house 'of their immediate ancestor that it was divided, not by tale, but by shovels full. By Mr Morgan's death his sister, Lady Gould, comes to an estate of nearly £30,000 per annum." The influence of the family at this time may be gathered from the manner in which so many of its members enjoyed seats in Parlia- ment. From 1722 to 1734 and 1754 to 1796 they represented Brecon; from 1747 to 1806, Brecon- shire; and 1734 to 1792 and 1796 to 1831, Mon- mouthshire without interruption, circumstance of a father and two of his sons hav- ing seats in the House at the same time-occurred r,1763-9, and the still rarer event of three brothers being members athe same period happened in .this family, 1769-71. As to Brecon, the three brothers-were;successively its members, 1754-71, •only to be followed by their two brothers-in-law, 1771-87, and these united circumstances are- ^believed to be unequalled in the history ofJ Parliament. (To be concluded next week.) ..d..

A LUCKY GUESS. Dr MAyO; the well-known author of K&loo- lah," tells the following story :—. Some years ago he was acting as surgeon on board the United States ship-of-war Cyane. The vessel was in mid-ecean, when-a-craft in full sail, but so low down the horizon as to be scarcely visible with the naked eye, was descried. Trying to make out the stranger with lais spy-glass, the captain said :— I wonder what that vessel can be ?" Dr Mayo, who was one of a group of officers about the captain, spoke up and said :— "•■Oh, that's the J osiab Qaincy, of Boston. The captain turned, looked at the doctor in an astonished sort of way. and then proceeded once more to gaze through 'his spy-glass, while the pothers went below to the wardrooms. I say, doctor," said a senior lieutenant, '"you'll find it's a mistake to guy our commander. Hebas no more notion of humour than a billy- .goat, and he doesn't approve of jokes." Dr Mayo only smiled, but he felt a little 'nervous about it himself, for, of course, ho no ,:tnore knew the name of the vessel sighted than he rdid that of the man in the-moon. Anbourlater the stranger was approached al- jjnosfc vri$bin hailing distance. She was barque- rigged, and evidently loaded heavily with some, &ina of merchandise. But as the Gyane-passed •her sbe went off on a fresh tack, and the-captain'] tcoutd'xead'ber name through his glass on hers t.etIem.. It-was Josiah Quincy, of Boston. ^JycJones and waterspouts .1" exclaimed tbe| fnntoDffehed commander. Then, turning to thef ^doctor, he said-: "How ou earth ogold youi knowf I ""Merely by theseut'ofther*jib, sir;" replied'Dr* SC^fcyo, calmly oind hedidn't even admit in thai 'Wara^oom thatlii8.gue33 had been merely the:firsf {namethat cameinto hismind. Since that timehe, ;nas firmly believed that nothings too strange toil Jb^iWerred^t^as a, coincidence. f

t A-gentleman who was travelling throughsone-of! •the most insalubrious districts of India, found ■living *bere an Irishman of very contented appear-t ;a1\06. "Tdtxn't see bdw you can live in a place," «aid\the*traveller, "where people die so thick and- tfasK" "TeUme the place, sorr," said the man, wherepayple niver»die—tell me themlaoe, and! I'll go there meself to end ine-days !"| A EVOBALTRIBUTB. A latly remarked to a New3 -Yorkflorist reoently, "I quite envy you, Mr yonhave such a delightful profession."1 "Ah," replied the florist with a long sigfa,; Madam, when you come to know them, ffrniecg^ ^.jttstwdi^stipg^

I FARM AND GARDEN. Dairy Farming Notes. In respect of the influence of food on the milk- yield of cows, the following theses may be con- sidered to be well established :—Tho quantity and quality of a cow's milk is a question depend- ing more on breed than on food, and increase of food sustained both as to quantity and quality, increases the yield of milk, and to some small extent the proportion of solids in it, but an increase of fat in the food bears no special rela- tion to the proportion of fat in the milk, though it will almost always increase the yield fat, indeed, is needed in the food to keep up the heat of the cow's body, and will to a considerable ex- 1 tent be used for this end but an increase of albuminoids in the food finds a more ready re- sponse in the quantity and quality of the milk. The component elements of the solids in milk are' not generally and materially affected by changes in the composition of the food, but to this rule some cows afford striking exceptions. There is a natural limit to all cows' capacity for yielding milk, and when a cow is fed up to this limit, increased or improved food cannot ex- tend it. It follows, therefore, that while a superior cow is seldom fed up to the limit, an inferior cow may easily be fed beyond it. The practical inferences from the- experiments are that the idisosyncrasies of each cow should be studied and met, and that scien- tific feeding, while valuable as a guide and as a study, is followed by results so varying that no absolute rule can be laid down to suit all cases. In the case of a boiler, the quantity of coal and water required to produce a given volume of steam may be calculated to a nicety; but there is no such correspondence—applicable to cows' generally—between what a cow eats and the milk she will yield or the flesh she will elaborate. The feeding of cows, therefore, is an art, but not a science. So, indeed, is agriculture in most of its bearings. Watering. How common it is to see a gardener using a watering pot in a haphazard fashion, without the faintestnotionofwhat quantity of water is actually required. As a matter of fact, nothing is easier than to imitate a light or heavy fall of rain as the occasion requires. An inch of rain is equal to the supply of 22,400 gallons per acre, so as there are 4,840 square yards in an acre, it follows that about 4% gallons of water per square yard would be equivalent to this rainfall. But an inch of rain does not fall all at once-, therefore we must distribute the above quantity over a greater area, or apply it in small does at a time. As this latter method would require a good deal of time and labour, the inadequate system of drenching the ground is followed, and the results are often more harmful than bene- ficial. The best plan is, therefore, to sprinkle lightly about a large spac^of ground, and con- tinue at intervals until, the proper quantity of water has been. supplied. Vegetabie Garden. Harden off tomatoes in cold pits, but cover up at night with mats for the present. Not a plant should be set out before the end of the month. A frosted plant is not of much use afterwards. Tomatoes swelling fruits in pots under glass must have stimulating food. When the tomatoes which are intended to fruit in pots or boxes are set out keep them well down, so that there may be room for a top-dressing later on it is sure to be required. Rub off all side shoots when small. It v is a good plan to stop the leader when threeptrusses of blossoms have been made—the Sowec-s set better; later on another. leader will -brokk -away. Early potatoes where not protected have been cut by frost-in many gardens. They will start again, but they will not be so favourably placed for producing, a crop as if a little protection had been used. It seems useless to plant very early potatoes outside if something cannot be done to shelter the young tops when they burst through the ground. Draw- ing a little of the dry surface soil over them is better than nothing, but some better means of pro- tection ought to be improvised for the very earliest crop on the warm border. Strong Hessian cloth may be bought cheaply, and if taken care of will last for years. Prick out Brussels sprouts, early broccoli, &c., from the crowded seed-beds to get strong for setting out later on. Prepare sites for vegetable marrows and ridge cucumbers. If seeds are relied upon they may soon be planted. Cover with inverted flower-pots till growth is in pro- gress. Take off the pots on bright sunny days to get the ground warm. Vegetable marrows are very tender the least frost will destroy them. Beet, chicory, and salsafy may yet be sown. Keep the hoe going in bright weather for the treble purpose of killing weeds and pushing., on growth and disturbing insects. 1 Window Gardening. Plants intended for outside window-boxes should be shifted into larger pots to get strong so that some effect may be created at once. Perlargoniums of the scarlet and ivy-leaved section, white and yellow marguerites, lobelias, and calceolarias, are among the plants most frequently met with in outside boxes, and are probably used more largely than other plants, because they bloom continuously. > 'Fuchsias have gone out of fashion, and are not so well adapted for town culture as are Geraniums and Marguerites. Everybody pur- chases some one or other of the various kinds of hard-wooded plants, such as Heaths, Azaleas, or •Genistas, and lose them through neglect after flowering. If any of these plants require repot- ting now is the time to do it. Azaleas and Heaths should have peat and sand, and be potted* very firm. Genistas are hardier, and will do in loam and leaf-mould. Keep indoors and give< careful-attention till the new growth is getting^ firm. Gardening illustrated. Unheated Greenhouse. Any plants of a tender nature that one may wish to grow for the summer may be purchased now with the certainty that they will do well, and in the case of new houses just erected that are waiting to be furnished with plants, a few good tea roses to train over the roof may be pur- chased- in pots, and planted out in a well-prepared- border, of which loam should form the staple, old manure to the extent of one-third being added. A Md-house devoted to tea and Noisette roses would always be an agreeable feature, the free- growing varieties to be trained to walls and the roof, etc,, especially now the buds are unfolding, and anyone who desires to tum an honest penny (and may do it out of their gardens now), will find tea roses pay if well cared for, especially in the matter of ventilation, watering, etc.

THE WEATHER AND THBCROPS. The chief country markets have been well' supplied with English wheat during the past week, but markets have within the last twoi days become languid, and if grain is pressed on., sale next week Is decline appears almost "inP-Vitable. Millers like the English wheat samples offering, but they are being taken m therearfey the. vast supplies .of American flour, and with this menace to their position they dare notaccnuj^j^Q.. menace to their position they dare notamumulme- wheat in their mills..Foreign wheat'is^Gd lower on the week, owing, in the main, tcv improved reports of American winter wheat. Ifhe springs corn trade has been weathered by t Czar revoking his new Ukase on the export of >xaaize andoats. But for this news the week's .record wouid have been Of a ¥eIleral 6d pert ^quarter advance on spring corn,, for the back- ■ iward state of pastures and other causes have led ?to an increased inquiry, and Wer*! feelings ^their way to a slight but general iittnig of values. >LiverpooI,on Friday, was6d <juarter dearer- S^or maize, but oats were dull in ppps^quence of J ^Russian news of t&e surplus <" Maize in Russia is insignificant, bet not 80 with re-4 vspect-tooate; -Mark-lane Express. vspect-tooate; -Mark-lane Express. NOT qN.A UtrRpy.Ah' I saw YOu4a.k.e' Pull out of that bottle," said a, gentleman to the*

NOT HURRY.—" Ah 8aJ"[1 y°u>4»ke,arf .pull out of that bottle," said a, gentleman to the* little son of a prohibitionist, wio was staggering under the weight of a large botHe of whisky. f'"I don't care if you did,' responded the boy:. the less there is-in the bottle the longer it takes •' dad to get tight. He licks me as soon as he gets« x"tight, bo I want to have my trtalpuo on as long as possible. I'm in no horry f^ "eking, »*and' *he took another hearty poll the bottle. HANDIOAPPKD.—Father Howean YOPQ expects jto marry this yonng man w«en «e has donej gnothiug so far to show that he ean support you_ £ But you most remember, father, that' gM^ias been employed the best itttWof. bis life^ ^•iHPe»to4iie<h\s

Andrew Fletcher, of Saltoun, in a letter to the Marquis of Montrose, wrote :—I know a very wise in an that believed that if a man ware permitted to make all the ballads he need not care who shoultl •aake the laws of the nation." CASTLTBUILDING. What are you building, darling I asked of my girlie fair, As she quietly sat on the hearth-rug, Piling her blocks with care, While the ruddy glow of the firelighfr Danced in her golden hair. "I am building a castle, mother," My little maid replied "These are the walls around it, And here is the gateway wid And this is the winding stair To climb up by the side." So the busy, flitting fingers Went on with her pretty play, And the castle walls were rising In the fading winter day, Wben-a sudden luckless motion And all in ruins lay. Ah, merry little builder, The years with stealthy feet May brinp full many a vision Of castles rare and sweet, That end like your baby pastime In ruin sad and fleet. Yes, laugh o'er the toy walls fallen, For sunshine follows rain, And we may smile looking backward At ruined shrine and fane, While the heart has shattered temples It may not build again.

LOVE AND SORROW. Love and Sorrow met in May Crowned with rue and bawthora-spray, And Sorrow smiled. Scarce a bird of all the spring Durst between them pass and sing, And scarce a child. Love put forth his hand to take Sorrow's wreath for sorrow's sake, Her crown of rue. Sorrow cast before her down Even for love's sa.ke Love's own crown, Crowned with dew. Winter breathed again, and spring Cowered and shrank with wounded wing Down out of sight. May, with all her loves laid low, Saw no flowers but flowers of snow That mocked her flight. Love rose up with crownless head Smiling down on springtime dead, On wintry May. Sorrow, like a cloud that flies, Like a cloud in clearing skies, Passed away. (SWINBUKNE) from the "Sisters, Tragedy."

THE HOUSEHOLD, ORANGE Sxow (with com-Sour).—A pint of boiling water, two tablespoonfuls of corn-flour, the juice of two and a half oranges, half a lemon, a cupful of sugar. Remove when cooked thick, and add three whites of eggs when a little cold. BOILED RICE.—Wash a cupful of rice, put in half a gallon of boiling water, add a teaapconful of salt, and let boil rapidly; keep covered. When done, drain and set on the back of the stove to dry out; take up carefully in a heated dish. RICK BREAD.—Beat three eggs very light, and add to a pint and a half of milk; then add two cupfuls of corn-flour, a teaspoonful of salt, 1 oz. of melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking- powder, and a teacupful of cold boiled rice mix well grease a shallow pan, pour in the mixture, and bake quickly. CODFISH WITH CKKAM.—Pick out carefully in flakes all the flesh from the remnants of some boiled codfish; melt a piece ot butter in a sauce- pan, and add to it a large pinch of flour and a gill of milk or cream, with pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg to taste, also the least bit of cayenne stir well; put in the fish, and gently shake it in this sauce until quite warm. If the composition be too dry, add a little milk or cream then add, off the fire, the yolks of two eggs, beaten up with a little milk, and serve. EEGKST'S SAUCE.—This is a useful home-made sauce. Well corked it will keep any time. Infuse 6 shallots, 4 cloves, and 1 oz. of cayenne in a bottle with a quart of vioegsu: for ten days, shaluug the bottle well every day. Strain the liquid, and mix thoroughly with it pint of soy, pint of mushroom ketchup, and a teaspoonful of the essence of anchovy. Put the essence into small bottles, and cork securely. RHCBAIIB JAM.—To every pound of rhubarb allow a pound of good preserving sugar, and to every three pounds of rhubarb allow the juice and rind of a large lemon. Skin the rhubarb and cut it in small pieces, let it be on the fire for a few minutes until the juice flows freely, then add the sugar and lemou3. Now bring it as quickly as possible to boil, and skim well. Let it boil until it turns a reddish colour, which will be in about an hour or an hour and a half according to the season. Put into jars, and tie down with thick brown paper. RHUBARB JELLY.—Skin and cut up the rhu- barb, and set it in a covered jar in the oven. When the juice flows freely, strain it off; and to every pint add a pound of preserving sugar. Boil and skim until a little put on a plate in a cold place jellies. Then pour into small pots or glasses, and cover down for storing. A little of this dissolved in hot water makes a most refresh- ing drink in summer. SAVOURY DUMPLINGS. -Five tablespoonfals of suet, 4 tablespoonfuls of bread-crumbs, 3 of flour, salt, pepper, and half a teaspoonful of fine dried herbs (mixed) or thyme. Make into balls, and boil fast for three-quarters of an hour. Eat with roast beef gravy. A NICE SWEET. —Cook a cupful of rice in a covered dish to keep it white. When soft, add a cupful of cream, a little salt, the beaten whites of two eggs. and a cupful of sugar. Flavour with vanilla when cool, and put in a glass dish. Dot with jelly, Serve with cream and sugar.

CAME HOME TO HIM. In an old house, long ago deserted bylegitimate occupants, a young woman lay dead. The county judge, a cold, indifferent man, sent several men to bury the body. When the men entered the desolate room, a little girl, in touching supplica- tion, was kneeling on the straw, the deathbed of her mother. In respect for the little one's grief, they moved softly round the room, and eased the rude coffin to the floor. At first the child paid no attention to the grim visitors. Ob, mamma," she saad, "please get up.' She was too young to understand the meaning of, death, I'll be good. You won't have to whip' me any more. Please get up," and with her trembling fingers she tried to open the woman's eyes. Your mother is dead, little girl," said one of i •jthe men. No, she ain't. I was bad and cried, and wouldn't hush when she told me to, and now she's gone to sleep and won't wake up. Please wake, mamma, and I'll always be good. If you'll only get up I won't cry for anything to eat. I ain't hungry now; please get up." "Little girl, we most take your mother away. Move aside, please, and let us lift her up." No, no, you shan't. You want to put her out of the house. Take your hands away," she -shrieked. "Little girl, your mother will never get up again." She looked up in alarm. Oh, yes, she will. You go away and I will wake her. 0, mamma, tell them to go away." What a pity it is," said one of the men,' that she cannot understand. Poor little thing. .1 wish I had not undertaken this work. Let us. lift your mother, little girl. Move the "coffin near here. Bill." "Move the what?'she said quicWy. How. eagerly her ears caught the sound. The word- death was unknown to her the pallid face- and the immovable eyelids did not rtrike her with their true meaning, but the word word of all others the most suggestive, the fullest of a thought appalliQg-stirred her sense of some- thing horrible. Oh, take it away," shesoreamed. Don't you put my mamma in it. She'll smother; go away," and she threw herself across the corpse. s Dead," she repeated. She is dead;" and 'burying her face in the straw, she wildly sobbed;1 and moaned in that intensity of grief which is nowhere stronger, and never so genuine as in kchildbood. "Bill," said one of the men, step over and tell4 the old judge to come here," ana unable longer to endure the bight of the dead face, iie covered; dt with an old apron. Presently the judge came. "Havrrt vou fellows got the firmness to dok yourduty when you are paid for it ? You act as; though it's a thankee job. Of coaae, we feel: .sorry, but«be got to be buried all the same. Come, gefc>«way, girl," and he took hold of tiecj ,-ann, Oh, please don't." "1Jome away and he lifted her from tbe] ftoor. In her struggles she caught the apron and ;pulled it from her mother's face. Hoe judge %azed in a wild stare, and fell heavily on the* oor. The woman was his daughter.

A GOOD RBASON.—" Didn't I see you away UP^ in the gallery ?" asked Gus De Smith of Mose Schaumburg, theday after "Stuncsl of Posen" was given in Austin. I dink so. ven you saw me, ash I vas in dot blacp." What did you go 'way up there for ?' Percause der vas no sheeper "b and I wanted to make a half of a-fcoflar," responded Mose, making an appropriate gesture rwith his upturned itching palm. SUSCKXB OOTFIT.—Mother: Joyful news! Clara is provided for this summer. Father: What do you man? Mother: I find she has grown sp thst her brofcber'B«lQtbes just fit her.

ECHOES FROM THE CALENDAR. MAY. 22. SUNDAY.—Fifth Sunday after Easter. 23. MONDAY.—Mark Lemon died, 1870. 24. TUESDAY.—Queen Victoria born, 1819. I 25. WEDNESDAY.—K. W. Emerson born, 1803. 26. THURSDAY.—Ascension Day. Holy Thursday. ,27. FRIDAY.—John Calvin died, 156". 28. SATURDAY.—Earl Russell died, 1878. I First Creation of Baronets. The 22nd May, 1611, is memorable for the first creation of baronets. It is believed to have been done through the advice of the Earl of Salisbury to his master, King James L, as a means of rais- ing money for his Majesty's service, the plan being to create 200 on a payment of £1,000 each. On the King expressing a fear that such a step might offend the great body of the gentry, Salisbury is said to have replied, Tush, sire; you want the money-it will do you good the honour will do the gentry very little harm." At the same time care was professedly taken that they should all be men of a least a thousand a .year and the object held out was to raise a band for the amelioration of the province of Ulster-to build towns and churches in that Irish province, and be ready to hazard life in preventing rebellion in its native chiefs, each maintaining thirty soldiers for that purpose. The Iron Crown of Italy. On the 23rd May, 1885, when the Emperor Napoleon 1. was crowned King of Italy at Milan, 1. -be, with his own hands, placed the ancient iron 'crown of Lombardy on his head, saying, God has given it to me; let him beware who would -touch it," thus assuming, as Sir Walter Scott observes, the haughty motto attached to the antique diadem by its early possessors. This celebrated crown is composed of a broad circle of gold, set with large rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, on a ground of blue and gold enamel. The jewels and embossed gold exhibit a very close resemblance to the workmanship of an enamelled gold crnament, inscribed with the name of King Alfred the Great, which was found in the Isle of Athelney, in Somersetshire, about the close of the 17th century, and is now carefully preserved in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. But the most important part of the iron crown, from which which indeed it derives its name, is a narrow band of iron, about three eights of an inch broad, and one tenth of an in thickness, attached to the inner circumference of the circlet. This inner band of sacred iron is said to have been made out of one of the nails used at the crucifixion, given by the Empress Helena, the alleged discoverer of the cross, to her son Constantine, as a miraculous protection from the dangers of the battle-field. The ecclesiastics who exhibit the crown point out as a permanent miracle" that there is not a single speck of rust upon the iron, though it has now been exposed more than fifteen hundred years. The earliest quasi historical notice of the iron crown is, that it was used at the coronation of Agilulfus, King of Normandy, in the year 591. Bonaparte, after his coronation at Milan instituted a new order of knighthood for Italy, entitled the Iron Crown, on the same prin- ciples as that of the Legion of Honour for France. Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American poet and prose writer, was born at Boston in 1803. He graduated at Harvard in 1821, for five years he taught in a school, and in 1829 became minister to a Uniterian Church in Boston, but in 1832resigned his charge. He spent the greater part of 1833 in Europe, and on his return began his career as a lecturer on various subjects, in which capacity he acted for a long series of years. He was one of the original editors of the Dial, a transcendental magazine begun in 1840. Two volumes of his essays were published in 1841 and 1844, and his poems in 1846. He visited England in 1847, and was welcomed by It large circle of admirers. He died April 27lb, 1832. Emerson showed certain similarities with Carlyle, of whom he was a friend and correspondent. He was one of the most original and influential writers that the United States has produced. Calvin. John Calvin, reformer and Protestant theological writer, was born atNoyon, in Picardy, 1509, and died at Geneva 1564. He was dedicated to the Church, and presented with a benefice at the age of 12. The income derived from this nominal office enabled him: to proceed to Paris and enter on a course of regular study. He was soon led to entertain doubts respecting the priest- hood, and became dissatisfied with the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, in consequence he gave up his cure, and took to the study of the law in Orleans. In 1532 he returned to Paris adecided convert to the reformed faith, and was soon com- pelled to fly, when, after various wanderings, he found a protector in Margaret of Navarre. At Basel he completed and published Iris great work, The Institutes of the Christian Religion." He went to Geneva where reform had been estab- lished. In 1541 he laid before the Council the draft of his ordinances respecting church disci- pline, which were immediately accepted and published. His college of pastors and doctors, .and his consistorial court of discipline, formed a theocracy, with himself at the head of it, which aimed virtually at the management of all muni- cipal matters, and the control of the social and individual life of the people, His energy and industry were enormous; he preached almost daily, delivered theological lectures three times a week, attended all the deliberations of the con- sistory, all the sittings of the association of ministers, and was the soul of the councils. Calvin retained his personal influence to the last.

CETEWAYO AND HIS WIVES. There is an amusing glimpse of Cetewayo in Lord Wolseley's conversation with the inter- -viewer of "The Strand Magazine." For six I weeks the British Commander-in-Chief had been trying in vain to capture our old enemy, who was«v«ntually betrayed by his Prime Minister. It appears that for some reason Lord Wolseley .always refused to speak to Cetewayo, but he retains a vivid impression of his appearance 'when "walking into camp, very dignified, very fat, and very kindly, in appearance." "When I took him (Lord Wolseley continues) he was accompanied by several hundred wives. I gave -him three out of these, and shipped him away in a man-of-war to an island in Table Bay. He was continually asking for more wives, a request I never granted but at last, when he heard I was returning to England, he sent me a message to the effect that ',if I wouldn't give him any more, would I exchange the three he had for three others

TELLING HIM THE WORST. Hra -UHCLE'S .HF.TO Doctor, tell me the worst. DOCTOB ffeelingly): Yoor uncle will,get well.

8M NSGLKCTKD HER Duw.-Jim Blumbottle is the most unfeeling husband in Austin. He came home intoxicated a few nights ago at a very MatR hoar, and his agonised wife, whom he had 4vDly married a few weeks ago, met him at the Moor. "Here yon come at last. I have just woi-ned myself to death over your absence,she "exclaimed. Worried yeiself half to death. just or all the world; you only half way do things. I rely on you to do things up properly. GBOUNDLESS',FEAB.S.-It is not so long since a flady living in Harlem rushed into the house of votfecf the most fashionable families, and said to. ( thelady of the lidtwe. "I have just heard that jour eon has been doing something terrible." Merciful heavens 1 What is it V' He is," accused of forging a cheque." Ob, is that all ?. yen soared me I was afraid he-had been* eato>g~-ineat during tbe lenteji eeneon J"

Men and Movements of | the Day. [BY SALES.] No. 13.-Rev BENJAMIN WAUGH and the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Although there is a tendency amongst a certain set of thinkers and politicians to cry out against grandmotherly legislation and deplore the interference of the State with the individual, no one can surely complain about the interference of the State and the National Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children in their endeavour to prevent cruelty to helpless children and to punish the inhuman monsters, whether parents" or guardians, who take advan- tage of the helplessness of the children in their power to wreak their vengeance or spite upon them. No, in many departments the State leaves too much for voluntary effort and philanthropy to do, particularly, for instance, in the matter of lifeboats and lif e-saving apparatus along the dangerous coasts of these islands. Until a few years ago, the children had little or no protection by the law against cruel parents or guardians, and further there was no public II institution to help them and bring their suffer- ings to light. There had been in existence for I years that admirable Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals before any real public effort was made to protect children from cruelty. The Rev Benjamin Waugh is the honorary director of the Na- tional Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which was founded eight years ago. In its early days it was called the Lon. don Society, and con- fined its operations mainly to the Metro- polis, but it was found necessary to extend its work to the Provinces, and to change its title to the National Society. Its growth has been very rapid, and it has now 80 aid committees in the three kingdoms, including those at Cardiff and Swansea. It keeps constantly employed some 60 resident inspectors, and in connection with some of these aid committees are shelters where children who have been ill-treated find a tem- porary home and food and rest. The society in its action is solicitor, chief constable, and public prosecutor for every child-the smallest and the poorest in the land." As giving some further indication of the rapid growth of this humane society, it should be mentioned that when it began it had an income of £1,000 a year to-day it reaches L19,000 a year. Its first year's work dealt with 95 cases of cruelty in 1890-91 it had 6,413. The founder and the life of the society is Mr Benjamin Waugh. His love of children and hatred of cruelty possesses him completely, and his whole life is given to the work of the instiution. Benjamin Waugh is a Yorkshireman, and was born of Puritan parents. He is a prince of organisers, and an authority on the law re- lating to children. He is a many-sided man, being a poet, and an editor as well as a philan- thropist. He first made his mark as an Inde- pendent minister at Newbury (Berks), and then at Greenwich. At the latter place he founded -a Waste-paper and Blacking Brigade, and in- tsrested himself in other philanthropic work. He was selected by four trades unions of the borough to stand for the first School Board for London, and he was elected though opposed by Mr Henry Broadhurst (now M.P. for Notting- ham). His health gave way and he retired from his duties, under an imperative order from his medical adviser. On his retirement he was pre- sented with an illuminated address by his fellow- members, and a present of five hundred guineas for his devotion to the interests of neglected chil- dren. He also received a letter from the Educa- tion Department regretting the termination of his services on the Board. His first book he issued anonymously-a plea for the abolition of juvenile imprisonment. He edits the Sunday Magazine, and while it has been under his direction it has been a helper and patron of all movements which have for their object the welfare of children. Mr Waugh has worked hard for the improvement of the law re- lating to the protection of children. One of his first successes was the abolition of the rule which bound magistrates to refuse evidence where witnesses were too young to understand the nature of an oath. The exclusive right of Poor- law Guardians to prosecute for starvation he was the means of getting abolished. The Guardians only prosecuted where the neglected and starved children became charge- .able to the Union, but since the alteration of the law the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has dealt with 5,000 cases of starvation. His greatest work was "The Children's Charter "—the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to and the Better Protection of Children (52 and 53 Vie., chap. 44). By his tact Mr Waugh has succeeded in gaining the confi- dence of the police authorities, and be is assisted by the Scotland Yard authorities in the work, as indeed arc the resident inspectors of the Society recognised and helped by the provincial police. Can there still be any doubt as to the necessity for the existence of the Society and its work. Since its foundation in 1884 it has dealt with over 16,000 complaints, more than 10,000 of which proved to be true. These cases affected the wel- fare of the enormous total of 34,168 children. Of these 6,374 were warned, and 1,800 prose- cuted, of which 1,540 were convicted. The total period of imprisonmeut inflicted is 376 years; the amount of fines, £ 567. The cruelties were -General ill-treatment, 2,203 assaults, 1,955 neglect and starvation, 7,636 abandon- ment, 434; begging, 1,281 exposure, 810 cruel immortality, 720 other wrongs, 867. In 8,691 cases, warnings, more or less formal and stern, were given, followed by supervision. In 2,225 there were prosecutions, and such is the care and ) skill of the Society that 92 per cent. of this ter- rible total were convicted. It should be remembered that these particulars refer to less than one-fourth of the oountry, nothing having been done by the Society in more than three-fourths of the country. Let us quote from the Society's report :— Child disabilities have at length been cleared away, and whatever theoretic right a child may have had to identical legal protection with grown- up people, has by the Society, in the Act it has secured, been carried into the facts of the law, the practices of courts, and the life of the land. 1. A child had even no right of law to be treated reasonably, nor even to be fed. That is altered. 2. The nature of an oath had to be understood before the statement could be received, which was not possible to a young ohild. That is altered. 3. An innocent parant (often the only witness of a child's wrongs) could not give evidence on its behalf against the guilty one. That is altered. 4. Uniuss it had money, however horribly guilty a wretch Its parental owner might be, there was no authority which could give a child a new guardian. That is altered. 5. If a child were being tormented in its owner's house, or locked up thereto pine, neglected and alone, though in a manner likely to prove fatal, it was in nobody's power to give authority to get at it and rescue it. That is altered. 6. Information had to be laid on its behalf. It was nobody's business to get it up or lay it. That is altered. By these changes, in the standing of children and their cases in court, you have made their citizenship real. There is no need .to pursue the horrors of child cruelty, they have been very much before the country quite recently in the reports of the criminal courts, but those who wish to become more familiar with the society and its work should write to Mr Waugh, at the Society's Office, 7, Harper-street, Bloomsbury, London, W.C. Mr Waugh is doing a great, a humane, and a national work, and he has earned the good wishes of all who have been fortunate enough to come in contact with him or who know his life work. By his energy, his skill, and his love-of children, and hatred of cruelty, together with his zeal for reform, he has accomplished an enormous amount of good work and his best en- j deavours,his life infactare being given to what Mr Justice Hawkins when on a recent circuit was compelled to describe as A Noble Society." NEXT WEEK i PROFESSOR STUART and The University Extension Movement

'GOSSIPS' CORNER. The Pembrokeshire Times says the outbreak of small-pox can't be so bad after all, or the "Special Commissioner would have got it by this time. The Law Courts will be closed on Wednesday, the 25th inst., the day which is appointed to be observed as her Majesty's Birthday. It is expected that about thirty English Con- servative members will go to Belfast to witness the proceedings at the Unionist Convention cn the 17th of June. The cremation of Lord Bramwell's remains at Woking occupied about three hours. Lady Bramwell's remains were cremated at the same place about three years ago. The eldest daughter of Dr Hoarder, medical superintendent of the Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen, sailed this week for West Australia, where she is to be married. Mr Lloyd-George, who is guitty of the atrocious crime of being a young man, is systematically described by Gwalia, the Welsh Conservative organ, as "the Boy M.P." We learn with regret that the Rev Dr Dale, of Birmingham, is again laid aside from active work. The old complaint, from which he recovered only quite recently, has once more laid hold of him, necessitating complete rest. Mr Hanson, of London, is the architect of the proposed new Roman Catholic Church at Merthyr. The total cost of the edifice is expected to reach £ 7,000 or £ 8,000; but the building of the tower will not be proceeded with at once. Lucky family the Lindsays Under the will of the late Mr Holford, of Park-lane, Mr David Lindsay, son of Colonel Lindsay, benefits to the tune of £ 1,000. He is the agent to the Gloucester- shire estate. Dr Herber Evans is the first Welsh preacher ministering in Wales to occupy the chair of the Congregational Union. The late Dr Rees, of Swansea, was elected to the post, but died before he was able to fill the chair. By the Elizabethan law of 1589, four acres of land were to be annexed to every new labourer's cottage, and only one family was to be allowed to live in each tenement. There is nothing new under the sun-not even three acres and a cow. A Bridgend backer of racehorses, referring to the result of the Jubilee Stakes, said it presented a proposition in Euclid which he had, unfortun- ately, been unable to solve with mathematical precision. There are twenty claimants for the reward of 2100 offered by the Victorian Government for the capture of the Windsor murderer. A board has been appointed to apportion the amount amongst the parties entitled. The people of Pontypridd are murmuring at the miserable telegraphic facilities afforded them. At present the telegraph office is closed to the public at 8 p.m., while there are scores of other places with only half the population of Ponty- pridd where the wires can be used up to 9 p.m. Mr Rudyard Kipling's contributions to the Times, the first of which was so frequently men- tioned in the copyright action of Walter v. Steinkopff in the Chancery Division, are being paid for at the rate of about thirty guineas letter. It was stated at a licensing court in Greenock the other day that the names and addresses entered in the hotel books by Sabbath drinkena are frequently false. The last entry in that of an Inverkip hotet WIll W. E. Gladstone, Hawarden." The justices cautioned the hotel- keeper. Mrs David Evans, Llangennech Park, has accepted the invitation of the Council of the Welsh Union of the Women's Liberal Federation to be one of its vice-presidents. Miss Bessie Evans, The Park, and Miss Bessie Thomas. Llanelly, have also been appointed to attend the meetings of the Federation in London. The energetic manager of the weighing machine at the Ebbw Vale Bazaar prevailed on Lord Tredegar to test his weight. The record credited his lordship with 10 stone 7 lbs. This was when he'went out. But what did he weigh when he entered the room ? During his stay Lord Tredegar's pockets were certainly lightened. The will of Mr Robert Stayner Holford, late of Dorchester House, Park-lane, and Weston Birt House, Gloucester, has been proved, with per- sonalty of the net value of £ 411,793, by his son, Captain George Lindsay Holford, of the 1st Life Guards, equerry to the late Duke of Clarence, and the Earl of Morley, the testator's son-in-law. Mr D. H. Evans, the well-known draper, of Oxford-street, London, is once again about giving point to his generosity and support to the Bap- tist cause. It appears that with the object of signalising the presidential year of the Rev W. Harries, Heol-y-felin (father-in-law of Mr Evans), he intends inviting the delegates at the annual meetings in autumn of the Welsh Baptist Union at Carnarvon to a sumptuous banquet. Mr Samuel Storey, M.P., who has been deliver- ing invigorating political addresses at Carmarthen and Llaneliy, is a fearless and uncompromising Liberal. Among the working classes in tbeNortfc of England he has great influence, and enjoys considerable personal popularity. Mr Storey has been successively schoolmaster, commercial traveller, timber merchant, and newspaper pro- prietor. He is 51, Superintendent Hughes, of Dolgelley, the new Chief Constable of Montgomeryshire, is a son of ex-Superintendent Hughes, Corwen, one of the most respected laymen with the Calvinistic Methodists in Merionethshire. In former years be was in the Metropolitan Police force, and was a detective in Scotland Yard. He was subse- quently appointed inspector in the Merioneth- shire force, and when the superintendentship became vacant he was promoted to that post. One of the Mahatma mysteries has been solved. At the annual Theosophical Convention whick has just been concluded at Chicagi, a lady asked why outsiders were always told that the Mahatma sages are beyond the Himalaya Moun- tains. Mr Judge, who is now head of the American Theosophists, replied that it was foi seclusion. If they were anywhere in the United States, be said, they would be pestered and interviewed by reporters. The Rev Principal Edwards, Bala, well remembers the late Mr R. J. Davies, J.P., Cwrt- mawr, attending a course of lectures at tha London University, where he concluded his educational caresr with the specific object of pre- paring himself to occupy a position of a deacon amongst the Calvinistic Methodists, and no on- fulfilled the duties which appertain to this posi- tion with m::l'f; credit and honour to the cause and to himself than the late lamented squire of Cwrtmawr.

A SATURDAY SERMON. Looking at points of unity, we might say there is but one religion under many forms, whose essential creed is—the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man--disizuised by corrup- tions, symbolised by mythologies, ennobled by virtuos, degraded by vices, but still the same. Or if, passing to a closer analysis, we observe the shades of difference, we shall End in these varying faiths the several instruments which perform what Cudworth calls The Symphony of Religions." To say that different races worship different gods, is like saying that they are warmed by different suns. The names differ, but the sun is the same, and so is God. As there is but one source of light and warmth, so there is but one source of religion. To this all nations testify alke. We have yet but a part of our Holy Bible. The time will come when, as in the middle ages, all pious ooks will be called sacred scripture-Scripture Sacra. From tbe most re- mote portions of the earth, from the Vedas and the Sagas, from Plato, and Zoroaster, Confucius and Mohammed, from the Emperor Marcus Anto- ninus and the slave Epictetus, from the learned Alexandrians and the ignorant Galla Negroes, there will be gathered hymns and prayers and maxims in which every religious soul may unite —The Magnificent Liturgy of the Human Raco. XHQXAS WSNTWOBTH HieamaQK.