The Cardiff Times

SOME WELSH EMIGRANTS. Ata recent meetingof theChpsterWelsb Society, the Rev. Thomas Frimston (Tudur Clwydd), of Llangefni, Anglesey, read a paper on "Distin- guished Welshmen Abroad." Mr Frimston, after quoting Tacitus to the effect that the Cimbri are a nation, few in number, but of great renown," said that devastation of wars, revolu- tion of parties, and removal of landmarks had utterly failed to erase the vital energy inherent in that wonderful people, the Kymry. Welsh genius had exercised an enormous power, and bad played an indispensable part in the annals of the world. The Kymry, from time immemorial, had had their own code of laws, manners, and customs. So far as Britain was concerned, the Welsh national standard had been hoisted and lowered alternately, but never captured, and it should be borne in mind that what was generally considered to be the subjugation of the Kymry was effected by way of compromise rather than by unreserved victory. It would be but just, and worthy of English honour, to have the Welsh national emblem reinstated on both the flag and coin of the United Kingdom, as being repre- sentative of a most devoted people who, on account of their fidelity in war, their loyalty to the throne, and their standing amongst the ancient records of the realm, had a legal as well as a national right to be so repreeented. His object, however, was not to dwell upon the Kymric people in general, but to notice the lead. ing features of Welsh genius, as manifested in countries foreign to WILD WALES. Much information might no doubt be gathered from the ransacking of ancient Welsh county records, official reports, &c., of early British settlers in India and Australia and the proceed- ings at the Chicago Eisteddfod had shown that immense treasure might be discovered by con- sulting the archives of certain families in America as well as by searching the contents of the public American libraries. He now propesed to give the names and to touch upon the chief points in the lives of Welshmen who had attained distinction abroad. These he divided into 22 classes. History, he said, furnished the names of more than a thousand Welshmen who in foreign countries had attained a high position in one or more of the departments he intended to deal with. No country on the globe could be pointod out into which the Welshman had not penetrated. He had made his way along the banks of the Missouri and Mississippi, Hudson, Thames, Tiber, Nile, Ganges, and other rivers. He had travelled a.nd had mixed company with the Red Indian, the Saxon, the Italian, the Soudanese, and even the dwarfs of Central Africa. Moreover, places bearing pure Welsh names were to-day found in Jamaica, such as Llandovery, Pantri- pant, Mona, Llan. Bryn, and Nant; and even negroes were there styled Morgan, Jones, Davis, and Williams. DEALING WITH AUTHORS, he mentioned Abel Morgan (1730), of Alltgoch, Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, who emigrated to America and published the first Welsh Biblical concordance, seven years before that of Oruden was issued Francis Hopkins (1737-1790), author of the national air, Hail, Columbia;" Rev. Edward Jones, who produced a work on short- hand in 1859 Iorthryn Gwynedd, author of the history of the Welsh in America; Dr. Rhys Jones, expositor Rev. D. T. Phillips, essayist; and others. Of explorers he referred to Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd (1170). Captain John Jones Cwm Neath, Glamorganshire, who discovered Davis Straits; John Evans, of Waen Vawr Carnarvonshire David Thomas, Castell Neath, Glamorganshire; T. H. WiUjamSj of Mold, who went to California, and in four years amassed four million dollars; Joseph, David, and William Richards, the founders of Knoxville, Tennessee and the well-know* Henry Morton Stanley, who "was born at Denbigh in 1841, passed his childhood at St. Asaph, and sailed as a cabin boy to New Orleans, where he was adopted by a Mr Stanley, his original name being John Rowlands." The names of six supervisors were given, including those of Thomas Goff, a native of Rhuddlan, who represented Messrs Brassey and Co., of Birken- head, in Paris, Canada, and Denmark; Thomas Da vies, J.P., of Bootle, a native of Rhuddlan, who went as the representative of a Liverpool company to-Egypt, where in a very short period he amassed a fortune Samuel Job, of Beaufort, Breconshire Mr Davies, a native of Llansamlet, Glamorganshire and John Morris, of Rhymney, Monmouthshire. Several Welsh capitalists in America were enumerated, and in the LIST OF BARDS appeared the names of Josiah Jones, of Llan. brynmair, Montgomeryshire, a bard, musician, compiler, author, and hymn writer; Gwilym Canoldref, third son of Richard Middleton, of Castell-y-Waen (Chirk Castle): Goronwy Owam, Llanfairmathafarneithaf, Anglesey, an Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin scholar; Maria. James; a.nd the Rev. H. Cefni Parry, D.D., of Anglesey. The hst of missionaries was a somewhat long one, and included Morgan Jones (1660), of Monmouthshire, who went to America; John Thomas, the first who visited Bengal, Carey's colleague and predecessor; John Rowe, the first European missionary to Jamaica Mrs Coultart, of Breconshire, the first lady missionary to Jamaica John A. Davies, founder of many Welsh Congregational churches in America; John Williams, who settled in New Zealand; Mrs Knibb, of Pontypool, wife of William Knibb, the emancipator of the Jamaica staves the Rev. H. J. Ellis, a Wesleyan pioneer in Western Africa. ( To be continue)

His Choice. A planter, riding along a road one Sunday, cameupou old Simon sitting with his back against a tree. Why, look here, Simon, why ain't you at church this bright and praiseworthy day ?" One dey is ez praiseworvy terme ez ernudder. I ain' got nothin' at stake." You'-ve got your soul at stake, haven't you V' Wall, sah, I dunno 'bout dat. I uster think so, but now I's jest on dat slippery place whar er man changes his mine." You are not becoming an infidel, are you 2" I'd be mighty tempted ter be one, sah, ef I thought that it would pay better den de diffunt samples o' 'ligion dat I has tried, an' it 'pear like I dun tried 'em all. I started out ter be er mighty 'ligious pusson, an' I woulder been till yit ef bad luck hadn't er kep on grabbin' me an' t'arin' my garments. Some time ergo I started out ter be er Meferdis'. I prayed in de Meferdis' way, and shouted in de Meferdis' fashion, an' thought dat I wuz gittin' erJong all right, when a ca'f dat I wuz almos' in lub wid ups and dies. Den I says, I did, dis 'ligion ain' gwine do; I batter change.' I changed, an' de fust thing de folks knowed I wuz ez rank er Baptist ez you wanter see. I had merse'f soused in de bayouf and I dldn' run wid nobody but Baptis' folks. Den what yon reckon happened 1 Mule took an' run erway wid er plough and tore it all ter preoes, an' it cos* me or dollar an' ^r ha'f t#r git infixed. Den I says dis 'ligion ain't gwine do, nuther,' so I sorter looked erroun', I did, an' 'cided ter be er Preserterian, VV&ll,, I jin^4 dfc chijrch» merse'f sprinkled all ober, an' gunter trot wid nobody but de Preserterian folks. I done putty well till my ole sow she jumped in de back-water an' drown herse'f Den I jined de Free Will Church—jined it yistidy—an' now, here I ist 'spectin' ebery minite ter yere dat suthin' hab dun went wraung. an' ef it is, w'y, den, I'seout wid de churches, sho' nuff." Just then a boy came running up. "Unk Simon, ob, Unk Simon he exclaimed, Yo' wife dun runned erway wid dat yaller man from ober de creek." Look yere, chile, doan come projiokin' wid me. I's tellin' de truf, sah; cross my heart, I is." "Sho nuff, now ?" Yas, sah. Ain't you dun seed me crosB my heart ?" De lady dun gone ?" Yas, sab, dun gone." Wid de yaller man frum ober de oreekf Yas, sab, wid dat berry man." The old fellow turned to the planter and said,— 41 Look yere, colonel, I gwine ter stick ter dis Free Will 'ligion. I's dun struck my gait now. Dat Free Will 'ligion fits me like one deze yere knit shirts."

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I PROMINENT PREACHERS, I PROFESSOR SHUTTLEWORTH. The Professsor of Pastoral Theology at King's College is one of the most interesting personali- ties in the Anglicau ministry. Though generally labelled as a High Churchman, and known to be a regular contributor to the Church Times, he goes a long way beyond most Broad Churchmen in his assertion of natural sanctities. He advocates the throwing open of the pulpits of the Church to any Christian laymen with the necessary intellectual and moral qualifications he has taken an active part in the working ot the National Sunday League he is a founder of the Church and Stage Guild; he protests as boldly as Charles Kiugsley ever did that this world |is God's world, and not the devil's and that nothing that is not wicked is unclean and he is an unflinching democrat, and not merely" democratjbut a Socialist. He is not of those who try t) blind themselves to the estrangement that Exists between the Church of England and the working classes. With his instinct of seeing things as they are, he recognises that his Church has lost the confi- dence of the toilers, lowing mainly, as he believes, to the circuihstance that ne clergy, from causes which claim charitable judpnent, have, for the most part, reserved their rebukes and exhorta- tions for the "free seats," and their sympathy for the "front pew." Bis hope is that they are now awakedKng to their melancholy mis- take. He is even able to conceive the time when it jnay be necessary for them to guard themseWes against the other extreme. ,1 of having nothing but smooth things to prophesy to the triumphant masses. Probably it will be some time before the clergy generally have to set themselves to prayer and fasting to overcome this temptation but it is well that enthusiastic champions of the democracy like Professor Shuttleworth should remind themselves of the danger that besets them of speaking as though the people could do no wrong. The recognition of this peril is but one of many points of con- tact between him and Dr. Clifford, the most democratic of Baptist ministers. That he should have so much in common with one who is pretty nearly at the opposite theological pole, might be surprising to anyone else, but is the veriest com- monplace in him. The truth is that he has about him so much of the natural man—such instinctive sympathy with everything that is rr.anly and humanly good, and such openness of mind to see things that are lovely and of good report wherever they exist—that there must be a vast tract of common ground between him and men who have no religious belief at all. It is no exaggeration to say that a convinced secularist might feel very much at home at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey. If he did not, it would be because of his own lack of tolerance, and not because he would be looked at askance and treated as an interloper. The Professor, indeed, has a frank sympathy with young people who, without any definite religious beliefs or any par- ticularly lofty aspirations, have just the ordinary human need for healthy recreation and pleasant companionship. "The religious young man," he has said, in his own direct, down-right fashion, is welcome at Exeter-hall or Ludgate-circus or his local guild but the young fellow who doesn't label himself. who is touched by the spirit of modern inquiry, who has no settled religious convictions, or who if he has them hesitates to declare them the man who, not unreasonably, desires more freedom than most of these institutions allow him; the man who wants a quiet place to play a game of billiards and smoke his pipe after his day's work is done— Wfaat is there for him and for others like him, except the somewhat frigid and unsocial insti- or the Only other resort open to him, the public-house! Esau surely had a soul to be saved, no less than his p:ous brother and it may be that he needs help and sympathy even more than just Jacob." These views are no recent discovery of his. Even at the begin- ning of his clerical career, when he was curate of St. Barnabas, Oxford, he showed himself a disciple of the muscular school of Christianity, the cricket nnd football elevens which he got up I in association with his church being the best in the city. And as soon as he had been preferred to his present charge he began to cast about to see how he could give effect to his faith in the gospel of rational amusement and sympathetic fellow- ship. The result was that in 1889 be started the St. Nicholas Club in a warehouse in Queen j Victoria-street on lines of which it is a smail. thing to say that they are novel. The St. Nicholas Club is a combination of the social club, the institute, and the dancing-class. Men and women are admitted to it on equal terms. There is no religious test, and the members belong to many different religious bodies and to none. There is a refreshment-bar, at which intoxicating drinks may be got, there is no embargo on tobacco, there are billiard- tables, and cards may be played, though not for money. The club is open on Sundays, when indeed it is most used. All sorts of country and athletic amusements are provided, and while there are reading circles, lectures, and classes in various branches of learning, there are also Cinderella dances, smoking concerts, tourna- ments of billiards, whist, and chess, &c. And as the club has gone to John Ball for its motto— Fellowship is heaven the lack of fellowship is hell Who can help admiring the courage that could make this daring experiment ? And how has it turned out ? An unqualified success. The free communication between the sexes has never brought about the smallest difficulty, and the sale of stimulants is so inconsiderable that it scarcely pays. This, however, is but to say that the club has led to no abuses. If proof is desired that the institution is a means of grace, it is only necessary to repair some Sunday, to St. Nicholas Cole-Abbey. This, it must be remembered, is a City church, and all the world knows what the attendance of City churches in many or most cases is—the clergy and choir sometimes out- numbering the congregation. But at the Church in Queen Victoria-street the visitor will see a congregation which regularly fills the structure, spacious as it is, to the very doors, so that chairs have to be placed down the aisles, and sometimes many have to stand throughout the service. And about five-sixths of those who come are in about equal parts, young men and women, many of whom engage in the service with obvious devout- ness and earnestness, while all follow the preacher attentively, and with evident sympathy and appreciation. Anything more different from average Anglican preaching than Mr Shuttleworth's it would be impossible to imagine. He uses no MS., nor even notes, avoids all the conventional pulpit locutions, and makes no attempt at style. He simply speaks as a naturally fluent man might talk to acquaintance or friend. One of the most clear-minded of men, he always knows his own meaning, and never fails to express it. I don't profess to be a great orator," he once said, "but I have mastered Josh Billings's recipe for suc- cessful speaking—and there is no better Fill yourself full of the subject, and then take out the bung, This precisely desoribes his methsd. He does not even disdain an occasional pungency of allusion which brings a smile to the up-turned fAoes beneath him, and sometimes the smile, like that which the present Lord Cross once heard in the House of Commons, becomes audible. Even laughter, it would seem, is not among the things that the professor would exorcise. His rapid and unfaltering fluency is the least of his qualities as a preacher. Sometimes, indeed, he speaks with uncommon impressiveness. The mouth has all the mobility of the born orator's and not seldom an effect of pathos and solemnity is pro- duced which many might envy who fancy they have acquired a style, when they are only stilted. There are lighted candles at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, but there is no elaborate ceremonial, and one may suspect that the rector is a Ritualist in the aesthetic rather than in the symbolic sense of the term. In this, as in so many things else, he shows his superiority to the traditional and con- ventional. If, to mention a very small thing, an open window is causing a draught, he does not consider it beneath his clerical dignity to go and close it himself. Music enters largely into the servica, but it is not music for the choir alone, the congregation generally joining in it with uncommon heartiness. The choir, numbering sixty voices, of both sexss, have often proved themselves equal to the per- formance of the great classical mastepieces, rendered on Sunday afternoons when there is no lecture to be given on some social or political subject. As there is no chancel, they sit in the body of the church, in front of the congregation, facing sideways for musical convenience. The church is well worth a visit on its own account. One of the very happiest of Wren's achievements, its proportions are so symmetrical, and its tones so harmonious, that those who have a strong preference for the Gothic may well take delight in it. It is kept in admirable condition, and is fitted with the electric light, which may be regarded as symbolising the modernity, the actuality that marks Professor Shuttleworth's niind. During the sermon all the lights are extinguished except the one that shines down upon the preacher, and this again is significant both of the artistic sense and of the business-like attention to detail which characterise his methods. He is strongly opposed to the destruction of City churches, and points to his own experience as an indication of the use to which they might be put. His argument would have more weight if it did not assume, in the excess of modesty, that he is but as another clergyman, so that what he has done others may do. As if he had not the energy and initiative and resource of a score of ordinary parsons There is only space to add a few biographical details of a singularly interesting man, of whom there is much more that might be said. He was born forty-three years ago, the son of the late Canon Shuttleworth, of Egloshayle, Cornwall. In 1868, while a chorister at a school affiliated with King's College, he took the prize given by the oollege annually to the best pupil, and not long afterwards won the Dyke scholarship at St. Mary Hall, Oxford, graduating from Christ Church with high honours in the theological school in 1873, and being ordained the same year to the ctiracy ^f St. B&mtbas, Oxford. Coming to St. Paul's as minor carton inI876—this explains how it is that he is sometimes, by what possibly is only an anticipation of fact, spoken of as Canon Shuttleworth-he quickly made his mark there, as, with his abnormal energy and striking individuality, he would do anywhere, arranging for lectures, social gatherings, and special services for young people, pre- siding over the St. Paul's Ecclesiolo- gical Society, founded for their benefit, and giving up his Saturday after- noons to taking parties of working men and others over the Cathedral. He received his present incumbency from the Chapter, who must have folt that they had never bestowed prefer- ment where it was more richly merited. At St. Paul's he left behind him not merely a record of activity and energy which may well have become a tradition, but also, in the three hours' service on Good Friday, an institution which has taken root in Ritualistic circles all over the country. How. with the temperament of a humanist, he has come to be classed as a High Churchman, it is not, happily, the business of the present writer to explain. It may be that, apart from terminology, there is little difference between his reputed High Churchism and the Broad Church- ism of the late F. D. Maurice. But the world is well content to take him as it finds him, and perhaps likes him all the better for the piquant contrast which it fancies it sees in him between his creed and his nature. H. The subjeob of the next article will be:- DR. HORTON.

Songs for the People. Andrew Fletcher, 01 Salteun, In a letter to the Marquis of Montrose. wrote :—" I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads he need not care whe should make the laws of the nation." A DREAMER. A dreamer dropp'd a random thought; 'Twas old, and yet 'twas new— A simple fancy of the brain, But strong in being true. It shone upon a genial mind, And to its light became A lamp of life—a beacon ray— A monitory flame. The thought was small, its issue great, A watch-fire on the hill, It shed its radiance far adown, And cheers the valley still. A nameless man, amid a crowd That thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love Unstudied from the heart. A whisper on the tumult thrown, A transitory breath, It raised a brother from the dust, It saved a soul from death. CHARLES MACKAY.

TWO MOTHERS. (FROM THE FRENCH). Sleep, precious one 'tis sweet to feel anew Thy little hand along my "bare back gliding, Thy little forehead in my bosom hiding; Sleep, precious one I am thy mother, too Lay thy soft hand upon my neck anew Sleep, precious one I am thy mother, too Given into my tender care, it seems. How comes it then, dear. that thine innocent lips Call forth my sighs, and that my spirit slips t Backward, allured by long-forgotten dreams Awake, my own I know not what I fear: Too fond, too close, the little hands are gliding. Too warm the head within my bosom hiding For I am not thy mother, 0 my dear! Awake! thy light touch from my neck remove For I am not my mother, O my love 1 But no the Father of the fatherless Is not so cruel, will not thus ensnare His exiled handmaid in this garden fair, Ruth's God and Rachel's in her dire distress. Sleep on, my love? once more 'tis sweet to feel Thy little hand along my bare neck gliding, Thy little forehead in my bosom hiding Sleep on, my child I am thy mother still

The Household. Choosing a Sweetheart. Choose your sweetheart carefully, wisely, and tenderly, my dear girls. Remember he is to be more than even this to you some day—be is to be your husband, for surely you are not one of the girls who have a sweetheart here, and one there, and give a little love to this one and a little to that one, until when the real one appears the perfect bloom is gone from the peach, and she cannot give him what he offers her.—You girls know very quickly when a mau means more than ordinary friendship for you. You, have an instinct that tells you that this big, good-looking fellow has come sweet- hearting, and that that is the time for you to study him a little bit.—Think out if his temper and yours are certain to agree well together; think out if his tastes and yours are alike, or if they can grow to be so, for you know, little woman, if you want to be happy in your married life, you must learn the great and wonderful virtue of adaptability.—You must choose your sweetheart as you do a new gown, so that he will wear well but you want him for longer than a winter he must last through the long summer days and through the winter ones, and before you put your hand in his and tell him that you are willing to fight out the battle of life together, think it aU over well, and remember that you are choosing your sweetheart not for a. day or for a year, but for all through life, and, please God, if you love each other enough, for after death. Water as a Medicine. Persons but little accustomed to drinking water are liable to have poisons in the body formed faster than they are removed. People accustomed to rise in the morning weak and languid will find the cause in the imperfect secretion of wastes, which many times may be remedied by drinking a full tumbler of water before retiring. This very materially assists in the process during the night, and leaves the tissues fresh and strong, ready for the active work of the day. Hot water is one of our best remedial agents. A hot bath on going to bed, even in the hot nights of summer, is a better reliever of insomnia than many drugs. Iuflamed parts will subside under the continual poulticing of real hot water. Very hot water, as we all know, is a prompt checker of bleeding, and besides, if it is clean, as it should be, it aids in sterilising the wound. Hints, DEVONSHIRE PIE.—Cover a pie-dish with a good short pie-crust, and at the bottom of it put a layer of apples—pared, cored, and cut into slices — then a layer of mutton steaks, cut from the loin (well peppered and salted), and also some thin slices of onion, partially boiled. Repeat till the dish is full, pour in a pint of water, and cover the top with pie-crust; make a hole in the I centre, and bako tor one hour and a quarter. A pound and a half to two pounds of meat makes a fairly good-sized dish. DUCKS A LA FRANCAISK.—Put two dozen pec-ied chestnuts into a pint of gravy, with a few leaves of thyme, two onions, a little whole pepper, and some ginger. Lard a duck and half roast it, and put it into the gravy, stew it for fifteen minutes, and add thereto a pmt of port. When done, take the duck out, boil the gravy till it is thick, skim it clean. lay the duck in a dish, pour the sauce over it, and send it to table garnished with lemon. JOSEPHINE PUDDING.—Put three tablespoonfuls of desiccated cocoanut in a pint of warm milk and set it on the stove to keep warm without get- ting hot, for a couple of hours, then beat up three eggs, add to them two ounces of castor sugar and a few almonds blanched and chopped up, stir this to the milk and cocoanut, and stir over the fire till hot, then pour the mixture into a buttered pie-dish, and bake for about three- quarters of an hour. Turn it out and decorate with tiny heaps of red currant jelly, and stew with some of the desiccated cocoanut. RICE CHARLOTTE.—Cook five tablespoonfuls of rioe in slightly salted boiling water until tender; drain it in a sieve. Line a well buttered mould with thin slices of bread, spread the inside with strawberry, peach, or any preferred jam, then fill with the following mixture :—Boil together one pint of milk, a small piece of cinnamon, and one cupful of granulated sugar. Add three well- beaten eggs and one drop essence of lemon; strain this over the rice and pour the mixture in the mould. Twist buttered paper over it, stand in a stewpan with water half-way up the mould, and let boil steadily for one hour. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of the jam in the same quantity of boiling water, turn the charlotte on a hot dish, pour the boiling jam over it and serve.

Tramps as Thermometers. *MV8 chilly, the theajnometer is below 58,"said a gentleman to a friend as they passed through City Hall Park late the other night. I don't believe it is that bad," smiled his com- pamon, dubiously. "u I'd like to bet you that the mercury is below 58," continued the first, stopping and extending his hand, and I assure you I haven't seen a thermometer to-night." His friend paused a moment, and then said he would venture a cigar that the temperature was at least above 60. They went over to Perry's and the mercury stood at 52. How did you know it ?" demanded the loser. Why, that's easy enough." replied the win- ner, as he clinched the fragrant Havana between his eeeth. You didn't see any tramps asleep on the benches out there, did you ?" No, but there are several ot them in the park." Well, that's it; you can always bet your last dollar that the temperature is between 58 when everyone of those fellows are awake. They can sleep at exactly 58 and anywhere above it, but at 57 they are as active as ants."

At the Club. Gas Snobberly: What o'clock is it ? It will be daylight in about an hour," replied Pete Amsterdam, with whom he was playing poker. Great Scott! bow time nies I promised my wife I'd be home to dinner yesterday."

I say, Benedict, can't you help me out of this ? In trying to describe my heroine's dress. I've put a strip of fur on the bottom of her gown. and now I don't know what in blazes to call it." —Benedict: Call it ? By Jove. Ah why, fur- below, of course. That's the sort of umbrella that people appro- priate," said a gentleman to a companion one morning, showing him a very handsome one. Yes," rejoined his companion, quietly; I jo when. pw

Welsh Tit-Bits. Neu Wreichion Oddiar yr Eingion. [BY CADRAWD.] The Life and Characteristics of lolo Morganwg. In his preface to his first volume of Poems, Lyric and Pastoral," the old Bard tells us that in the General Election of 1791 he was supplied with an occasion to scribble some trifles which introduced his verses into some notice, and that he was encouraged to publish them by subscrip- tion. And he further remarks, I thus became supplied with every would-be literary fool's apology for exposing 11 myself to public ridicule, the advice of friends." It was the election of 1791 that brought out the ballad The Champion of Liberty "-which was promised our readers last week. The contest would appear to have been between Wyndham and Windsor. 'Tis in history shown What deeds of renown Were achieved by the great and the good But no annals relate Things equally great, As when Wyndham for Liberty stood, My Brave Boys! As when Wyndham for Liberty stood. When Slavery's vile band, On Glamorgan's fair land, Had assembled their infamous brood They found themselves fooled. And their courage soon cooled, When Wyndham for Liberty stood, &c. • • t Great Lords are well know, All Knaves in a row, Met together and swore by the rood; That Glainoigan should yield, And fly from the field, But Wyndham for Liberty stood, &c. They brought Windsor, the Tar, From Old Nick knows how far, It was thought he could ne'er be subdued; But his ardour was quailed, And his blustering failed When Wyndham for Liberty stood, &c. Duke Beaufort, they say. Was forced to give way, And Sawney was lost in the wood; Dick Aubrey and Birt Fell into the dirt, When Wyndham for Liberty stood, &a. All Cardiff's vile crew To their smuggling withdrew, By such flitching they earn all their food; Not a wretch of that place, Like a man showed his face, When Wyndham for Liberty stood, &e. Gabriel Powell appeared Where our standard was reared, And slavery nipped in the bud. Williams, Lewis, and Rice Took Reason's advice, And with Wyndharr for Liberty stood, &c Landeg, Lucas, and Rous Valued Lords not a sous But lashed them with infamy's rod; Bassett, joining the chase, Preferred Death to disgrace," And with Wyndham for Liberty stood, &c. Such heroes were those, They conquered our foes, Undaunted as famed Robin Hood And Wyndham we find Was the man to their mind When he nobly for Liberty stood. My brave boys! When he nobly for Liberty stood. NOTES.—Verse 5: Windsor, the Tar." was Captain Windsor, cousin to Lord Bute. Verse 6 Sawney "—the Marquis of Bute Dick, Aubre, and Birt" they were upset in their carriage. At another election which took place subse- quent to the one above mentioned, it seems that Iolo's bardic fire broke out again, as did also that of his friend Mr Elijah Waring, though un- fortunately they took opposite sides. Mr Waring thus speaks of this political episode In his Recollections of the Bard "When the seat in Parliament became vacant by tho death of Mr Wyndham, a contested election threw the county into a ferment. The bard, espousing what he considered to be the cause of independence, emerged from his habitual quietude and dashed into an electioneering campaign, launching missiles of squibs and invective against the opposite party. On this occasion he stood opposed to many of his best friends in the county, but his own convictions of rectitude yielded to no compromise or qualificaton, while his fervid zeal was prone to betray him into the too prevalent intemperance of tongue and pen. If any kind friends were irreconcileably offended with him on this account, I can only lament their imperfect estimate of his character. It so happened that on this occasion we were tintagonistic, and fired off our paper grenades in each others faces without singeing a whisker on either side. He was particularly indignant at some of the unwise sayings of the old county party, attaching an unreasonable degree of importance to high birth or gentle lineage. On my attempting to prove that high birth might oft 3D produce a. valuable influence upon a man's character, his reply was eminently original. My dear sir, I can trace my own pedigree for several generations. I can prove that many of my ancestors were men of rank, wealth, and power, and I am determined to print the whole for the mere purpose of showing that the highest in rank were out of all proportion the greatest scoundrels. Recollections of lolo Morganwg." Iolo himself says in a letter to Owen Myfyr, under date 1798—"The MSS. of the late Mr Richards, of Coychurch, are at Tregoes; but though I formerly could have access easily to them, I fear I cannot now, as my political opinions have highly offended that high Tory family. I will try, however." There is another election song of Iolo's, and thoughit bears no date, it must have been produced upon one of the elections at which Hall was a candidate. Mr Jenner, of Wenfce, was the opponent in the fight, the one which the old bard seems to favour but it seems that Jenner did not go to the poll, and nothing is known now of his candidature beyond the song produced on his ehalf. We may as well this week close our Tit-Bits with this old Glamorgan Election Song- Ye sons of Glamorgan your voices all raise, And join in full chorus to sing Jenner's praise He's a man of our heart, then by him stand or fall. And disclaim every Hall boys, but Liberty TIall J Ye sons of true freedom, let this be your plan- Be constant and ready, Steady boys, steady, For Jenner is worthy and he is the man. To his cell let the chaste Monk of Llandaff repair, Let him sigh for the mitre he never will wear, And advise Slender Ben his ambition to check, Lest by soaring too high he might break his long neck. Then ye true Sons of Freedom, &c., &c, Should mushrooms be greedy of public applause, Let injured Glamorgan disown their vile cause, And send them to Newport their vassals to court, Whose coal trade monopoly needs their support. Then ye true Sons of Freedom, &c., &c. Then join heart and hand for the man of Wenvoe, He's the friend of the County and Hall is its foe, Hold fast to your Jenner, by him stand or fall, For at Wenvoe you'll always find Liberty Hali. Then ye true friends of Freedom, let this be your plan, Be constant and ready, Steady, boys, steady, For Jenner is worthy, and he is the man.

How do you manage to get rid of bores ?' asked Snodgrass as he came in and took a seat by the busy man's desk. Oh, easiiv enough, replied the busy man. "I begin to tell them stories about my smart youngster. Now only the other day he said, What! must you go ? Well, good morning. THE Bor KNEW THE MEN.—"Johnny," said his teacher, "if your father can do a piece of work in seven days, and your uncle George can do it in nine days, how long would it take both of them to do it ?"—" They'd never get it done," said said Johnny; they'd sit down and tell fiah •twits. ia

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j WELSH GLEANINGS. I By Rhydycheinwr. ( Professor Jowett's Sucoessor. The Welsh papers have lately made several IIbdeavours to keep abreast with modern Journalism. Their horizon was formerly very Wited religion, politics, and parochial matters -crossed their attention. Now they have their Scientific columns, musical columns, and London Correspondents. Education is a favourite subject, I \lid academic interests are followed with keen Merest. Professor Jowett's death was much Patented in Wales, as elsewhere and' many of the Welsh papers refer now to the filling of the hro appointments left vacant by his death, the Professorship of Greek in the University of Oxford, and the Mastership of Balliol College. Gweledydd," of the Bamr-it is under this aaom dethat the Rev. Griffith Ellis, M.A., old Balliol man, contributes a weekly column io the Batter—says Mr Ingram Bywater, H.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, has been ap- pointed by the Crown as successor to Professor towett as Regius Professor of Greek; and the appointment has given universal satisfaction." ifr Bywater is the most distinguished Aristotelian of the day: he is an indefatigable worker, Ind is one of those who believes in burning the Midnight oil. For eight terms I occupied rooms larunediately above those of Mr Bywater at Oxford, and have good reason to remember his nocturnal studies. Of Prof&ssor Caird, who has been ap- pointed Master of Balliol, "Gwelodydd" says: H He is a philosopher, and a prolific author. I read recently his lectures on 'The Evolution of Religionand, it is obvious from these, that he very far from being what is generally considered Is orthodox. If he were orthodox it is not likely Ihat he would to-day be filling the highest post in àaUiol College. But he is a man of a gigantic Kind, and there is no doubt that under him Kalliol will maintain its high position, and that t will also have the same liberal spirit as in the lays of Professor Jowett." In the editorial notes if the Baner we read: Professor Caird is an old Balliol man, and as a high authority on Kant and fiegel has won a wide fame." It may be interest- *cg to note here that in well-informed educational circles it is considered likely that Professor Saird's post in Glasgow will be filled by a Welsh- man, Professor Henry Jones, M.A., now of St. Andrew's University, and formerly Professor at Aberystwyth and Bangor. The Welsh Nonconformist Congress. One of the characteristic features of the present ace is the various attempts at religious re-union khat are being made. The evils of Polychurch- 4ft are regretted on all hands and the gulf 'hat exists between various denominations which differ only in unessential secondary matters is believed to be not impassable. The Noncon. formists of Wales recently held a congress at Aberystwyth to consider the prospect of re- union; the meetings are discussed in nearly all Wie Welsh papers. Yr Eryr," in the Llan, Javerely.animadvorts on the narrowmindedness IhOWD towards the Established Church in the Songress. One preacher said," writes he, that they could not admit the Church as long as it "as establisned, but when once it were freed htom its bowls it would work hand-in-hand with the Nonconformists. Another preacher said that, after Disestablishment the Church would go to the Papists. Which of the two are we to -believe ?" The Baner devotes its front page to the congress, on which its chief promoter (Owen Owen, Oswestry), has written three columns. Mr Owen explains: This is our Idea-that it is an indubitable advantage for Protestant denominations iu Wales to meet together on one platform to discuss questions which pertain to our prosperity. Public opinion will be ripened, and we can move together on parallel lines." The Cymro, in a leader signed G. believes that there were hopeful signs in the meetings, and maintains that if Noncon- formity wishes to keep its hold on Wales, it should not neglect the national spirit. The fJenedl points out the need of bringing the various denominations nearer to one another, end thinks that the best means of doing so will be to enlighten them on those principles which they have in common. Gioalia is of opinion that "the aiost wonderful thing said at the meetings was the Rev. Job Miles' statement, that the Church Would, after being disestablished, go over to the Church of Rome. The chief object of those present seems to have been to excel one another in eulogising Nonconformity and abusing the Church." The Tyst maintains that the mission of Nonconformity is not merely to protest against the connection of the Church with -he State, but we have the work of withstanding the attempt to bring oor nation under the Papal yoke." To identify the Established Church with the Church of Rome, or to prophecy that it will loin the Church of Rome in the distant future, seems to point that some of the speakers must have been conscious of a paucity of arguments. The Appointment of Magistrates. The question of redressing the balance in the proportion between Conservative and Liberal magistrates has been for some time occupying the attention of the Welsh newspapers. The result of the deputation to the Lord Chancellor is variously estimated according to the standpoint from which it is viewed. The Llan, for instance, is charmed with the result:—"The deputation Was stupendously disappointed when they under- stood that the Lord Chancellor had an opinion of his own, and was determined to carry it out without any external interference. The deputa- tion attempted to blame the. appointments made by the lord-lieutenants, but the Lord Chancellor praised them." Gwalia is equally glad "The Lord Chancellor refused to make appointments without a thorough investigation as to the character And attainments of the persons recommended; but our Democrats imagined that he would appoint them in droves on the mere ground that they were Radicals." The Liberal papers are far from gratified. The Baner says that the members of the deputation are highly incensed with Lord Herschell, and will now bring the matter directly before the Government. Seren Cymru does not blame the Lord Chancellor for investigating the qualification of those recommended by members of Parliament, but why should he admit those Recommended by the lord-lieutenants ? Gwleid- yddwr," of the Tyst, says Lord Herschell's ipeech was defiant and self-defending and no wonder that in consequence it was exceedingly disappointing. To talk of resigning rather than do what he was told is too much for us to bear these days and if Herschell was only keen- sighted and observant enough, he would soon understand that it would afford great satisfaction to many if he carried out his threat." The Cel- lays: The reply was a feeble one. The good man will not be guided by the opinions of nsemf I bersof Parliament, and has no time to investigate I every case himself. He has already too much work, and. moreover, is not a Radical. The Rev. Vyrnwy Morgan, in his London Letter to the Gelt, opines that many Liberals have no faith in Lord Herschell.

Was This Judge Duffy ? A New York police judge who has never Carried proposed to a Harlem widow. I feel very much honoured—but I cannot re- turn your love," replied the widow. "Have you anything else to say in your defence ?" asked the Judge, forgetting that he was ttot on the bench. "No, your honour, there are no mitigating cir- cumstances," she replied, laughing.

PLUCK REWARDED. I wooed a girl the other eve, She said she'd be my sister; With breaking heart I turned to leave, And "brotherly "-I kissed her She did not shriek, she squeezed my hand I (That kiss had saved my life.) %he said, I like your spirit, and I think I'll be your wile

Parliamentary History of Brecon. [BY MR WILLIAMS, SOLICITOR, CARMARTHEN.] 1866, Oct.—From this date till the political extinction of the borough in 1885, every election at Brecon was contested with the greatest spirit on both sides. Mr Howel Gwyn, of Duffryn, Glamorgan, was now returned by a majority of 26 over Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill (who was the brother-in-law of the last member, Lord Camden), the votes being—Gwyn 128, Churchill 102. Mr Gwyn was the eldest surviving son of William Gwyn, of Abercrave, Neath, was born 1806, graduated at Trinity College, Oxford, B.A., 1829, M.A. 183—, and married in 1851 Ellen Elizabeth, the only daughter of John Moore, of Plymouth. He was an active J.P. and D.L. for Glamorgan, where he was high sheriff 1837 and tor Carmarthenshire, where he was sheriff 1838 and he likewise had the honour of serving as sheriff of Breconshire in 1844, having been appointed « J.P. for that county in April. 1838. Thus he was within eight years sheriff of three counties. Mr Gwyn had a varied Parlia- mentary career, for he was member for Penryn and Falmouth, 1847-57, being defeated there 1841 and 1859, and sat for Brecon, 1866-9, when he was unseated on petition. He also unsuccess- fully contested the County of Brecknock in 1875. This worthy gentleman died at an advanced age a few years ago. At the general election of 1868, being the first after the Reform Act of the previous year, the poll closed :—Howel Gwyn, 372; H. Powell Price, of Castle Madoc, —; but on petition this election was declared void, and in April, 1869, a fresh contest occurred, when Ed- ward Hyde Villiers, commonly called Lord Hyde, defeated Lord Claud John Hamilton (brother to the present Duke of Abercorn) by 391 to 328 votes. Lord Hyde was the eldest son of the then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. George, Earl of Clarendon, K.G., was born February, 1846, educated at Harrow, and graduated at Trin. Coll., Camb., B.A. 1867, M.A. 187-. and at the age of 23 was returned member for Brecon, but in June, 1870, was called to the House of Lords as the fifth Earl of Clarendon on his father's death, and at the same time also succ. him as a Count of the Kingdom of Prussia. His lordship m., Sept., 1876, Lady Caroline Elizabeth Agar Ellis, eldest dau. of James Charles, Earl of Normanton, and was app. Lieut.-Col, of the Herts Yeomanry Cavalry, July, 1879. He is a J.P. and D.L. for Warwickshire and a J.P. for Berkshire, 1870, July.—James Price William Gwynne. Holford, of Buckland, vice Lord Hyde called to the Upper House born 1833, the eldest son of Col. James Price Gwynne-Holford, of Buckland he was educe at Eton, was some time a cornet in the 16th Lancers, was made a justice of the peace for Breconshire Aug., 1856, served as high sheriff of the county the following year, and was afterwards made a deputy-lieutenant, and has also been for many years a J.P. for Carmarthenshire. Mr Gwynne-Holford, who sat for Brecon 1870-80, when he was' defeated, married in 1891 Miss Gordon Canning, and has been since 1889 the county councillor for the Talybont Electoral Division on the Breconshire County Council, to which position be was re- elected without opposition in March, 1892. In 1870 he defeated Mr Powell Price, of Castle Madoc, by 372 to 338, and also vanquished Major William Vaughan Morgan, in 1874, by 374 to 353, but m his turn was defeated in April, 1880, by Cyril Flower, of Aston, Clinton, Tring, Hertford- shire, by 438 to 379 votes. The last Member for the Town of Brecon and Borough of Llywel was the eldest son of Philip Wm. Flower, of Furze Down, Streatham, Surrey, was born August, 1843, educ. at Harrow and graduated B.A. 1867, M.A. 1870. at Trin. Coll., Camb., and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple April, 1870, having entered him- self as »student tijere April, 1867. Mr Ftower m. November, 1877, Constance, eldest dau. of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, Bart., and served as a lieutenant in the Bucks Yeomanry 1876-83, was made a Commissioner of Lieutenancy (W. J. P.) for the City of London, and sat for Brecon 1880- 5, and for South (or Luton Division of) Bedford- shire 1885 to 1892, when he was raised to the Peerage as Lord Battersea and Overstrand. His lordship held office as a Junior Lord of the Treasury (£1,000 per annum) February to July, 1886, and served as one of the Whips of his party 1886-92. On the dissolution of Parliament in November, 1885, the Borough of Brecon ceased to have a separate Parliamentary exist- ence, and became merged in the County, and its many heated contests and petitions became things of the past.

ALBERT CHEVALIER ON MUStO- HALLS. Mr Albert Chevalier, the costers' laureate as he has be«m called, has achieved so brilliant a success since he forsook the theatre for the music-hall that it is no wonder the announcemsnt of a lecture by him on the amusements of the present day at the gathering of the Playgoers' Club, in the banqueting room of the St. J ames's Restaur- ant, attracted an altogether exceptional attendance. The meeting was presided over by Mr Edward Rose, who, as the author of Agatha Tylden" and other works, and as perhaps the best second gravedigger in Hamlet the present generation of playgoers has seen, represented the theatre, in the dual capacity of dramatist and actor. A few minutes after the time announced for the gathering, Mr Chevalier made his appearance, almost unrecognised. In- stead of the rollicking coster in the wonderful waistcoat with the wholly un- necessary profusion of buttons and the coat of many seams, a thin, rather short, clean-shaven, grave-looking man, attired in a faultless even- mg suit, stepped on to the platform and was warmly received. Without much ado, he stood up at a reading-desk, with a manuscipt book in his hand, and began a neatly-written apology for his calling as a music-hall "artiste." Although the address necessarily had not the spontaneity of an extemporaneous oration, the speaker's training as a public entertainer stood him in good stead, and he delivered his points with remarkable effect, emphasising a phrase now and then as he does a verse of one of his songs with a peculiar uplifting of the eyebrow and a merry twinkle of the eye. In his remarks Mr Chevalier showed that he was much concerned at a remark made by somebody to the effect that the music-hall is a pothouse. For himself, at all events, he can dance like Goldsmith's bear to the genteelest of tunes, for he quoted in little more than an hour uch authorities as Rnbelais, Shakespeare, Sir John Vanbrugh, Sheridan, Mozart, and Wagner. Substantially bis position was this that the music-hall is what the public, who are the dictators, make it, and that people go there for entertainment, not for drInk. At one music-hall lately, out of a JB100 odd, the nightly receipts, only £18 odd was for dnnka a.nd cigars. He thinks, however, that managers should bar drinks in the body of the hall. and that refreshments of all kinds should only be obtainable in a promenade at the bit™* He has a lively recollection of singing a vereeof his Old Dutch to a stentorian waiter's accompaniment, and this was the result :— £ ^6T>ja\n 6 alady livin' in the land „v,r As 1 d change for my dear old—" bitter, sir. As for the people "all blue spectacle and fore- head, who would turn the theatre into the Thea. tre Royal Dissecting Room, all he has to say in reply to them is that the public go to a place of amusement to be amused and not to see a piece that is all moral and no point. At the same time, he admits that there is room for im- provement ac the music-halls, and he instances the insufficiency of rehearsals. There should be a stage manager, in his opinion, but not an auto- crat like the stage manager of the theatres, who does his best to crush all individuality or originality out of the actor. Mr David Christie Murray was amongst those who in the discussion that followed found themselves in perfect agree- ment with the champion of the music-halls.

An Undesirable Acquaintance. A stranger in New York, while seeing the sights, made the acquaintance of a very nice gentleman. They took a great mutual hking to each other. They visited a number of saloons, and had a very pleasant time. About two o'clock in the morning, when the stranger wanted to return to his boarding house, he discovered that he had lost his latch key, whereupon his newly- made friend said— "Don't let that worry you. I'll see that you gits in all right. I've got me jimmy an me skeleton keys wid me—see ?"

ADVANTAGES OF MATRIMONY.—Friend: Did you lose anything in theBustall Bank ?"—Deposi- tor; Not a cent!"—Friend: Well, well, if you knew the thing was going wrong, why didn't you say so ?"—Depositor I didn't know. I had to go off on business, so I left m, wife some blank cheques. She went shpppiuff.,

FARM AND GARDEN. Providing for Stock. The following hints by Mr Henry Simmons are from the last part of the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England HORSRs.-Wheat chaff with some oab or barley straw, cut fine, mixed with three bushels of the following mixture for each horse per week, adding a little salt :-One bushel of brewers' grains and two bushels of maize, Egyptian beans and oats in equal proportions. Estimated cost, 8s per week. In feeding horses I have found malt dust, well soaked in water, a valuable material; a pro- portion of roots or potatoes may be added and less corn given. MILKING Cows.-A small allowance of hay with oat or barley straw chuffed, add one bushel of bran, half-bushel of toppings (or sharps), one bushel of oatmeal, with a, small quantity of grains and salt. Estimated cost per week about 7s 6d. Decorticated otton cake may be preferred by some to toppings. In feeding cows the rations will be altered according as the object is to pro- duce milk or butter. I may say the above is for butter a greater proportion of grains would be used, with roots and less corn, if for milk. FAT CATTLE.-Stall feeding will be almost impracticable, there being nothing with which to make dung, which is often the chief end to be attained. Instead of our usual fat Christmas beasts we must carry the animals on through the winter as best we can, rather as stores, and make beef when the early green crops and grasses come in, leaving other districts -where the meadows are good enough to feed beasts fat with the aid of artificial foods-to supply our Christmas requirements. Sheep. If we only get rain enough to carry on the present growth of green crops and late sown turnips to perfection, less difficulty may be experienced in wintering the flock than may at first sight appear. A dry flock, with plenty of roots, a little cotton cake, or an equivalent in corn or malt dust, will store well, and even fatten with a little extra time given, and additional corn, which, at the present low value, and in view of the favourable terms upon which sheep at the early fairs were purchased, will leave a margin for profit. Vegetable Garden. Frost, if severe, will injure most of our winter vegetables. Carrots left in the ground soon decay after being frozen. Potatoes, of course, everybody is aware, soon become a putrid mass after being frozen. Cauliflowers are destroyed by a few h6urs' sharp frost. So it is with most of our autumn and winter vegetables, which are usable in winter. Hence it behoves all cultivators to be prepared with some means of affording shelter. Carrot?, beet, and turnips should be lifted and pitted, or packed away with some sand strewn among the roots in a dry cellar. Turnips will be quite safe if pulled up, and the bulbs, still retaining their tops, buried in a trench under three or four inches of soil. Cauliflowers laid in a trench and covered with ^nats or litter will be quite safe, but keep off the covering till it is required. Celery will need protection when the frost comes. A couple of thin boards nailed together and laid along the ridge will throw off the wet and keep out a good deal of frost. Do not be afraid to trench up vacant land, and lay it up rough so as to expose as large a surface to the weather as possibie. Lime may be advanta- geously applied to most soils. Fruit Garden. The season in the fruit garden has been a good deal out of joint. In July strawberries were quite roasted up in many— I might say, most— gardens, and I think the strawberry season was about the shortest on record but the autumn has, to a certain extent, made amends, for in many instances the crop has been heavy, and the flavour good. It will be advisable to help those plants which have produced later crops in rather an extra way this season. Strawberries are surface-rooting plants, and a heavy top- dressing of manure or manurial compost, will put new life and vigour into the plants. Straw. berries will make roots all the winter if not freez- ing and if the mulch is put on now the plants will get the benefit of it during the next threenyonths. This is the month to plant fruit trees and bushes. Never mind what Is said about a glut. All who have gardens should plant fruit for home use. Look upon fruit more as food, and, if possible, secure a supply for as long a period as possible. Red currants will keep on north walls for a long time past the usual season, if protected from birds and wasps by covering with fine netting or muslin. I have often had as good a crop of raspberries in October and November as is generally obtained in summer, simply by planting autumn-bearing varieties, one of the best of which is Merveille des Quatre Saisons. These autumn-bearing raspberries are cut down to the ground annually, and conse- quently bear on the young wood. Flower Garden. Growers of chrysanthemums have had a fairly good season for the open-air flowers for. where- ever the plants have received anything like fair treatment, the blooms have been numerous and good. But when plants are left in a hot, dry border year after year, without re-planting or a bit of mulch, or even a dose of liquid manure, the wonder is that any blooms are produced at all. I don't suppose it would be desirable to take all the pains with outdoor plants which are given to those intended for the conservatory, but I think something more might be done. At any rate, the old plants might be pulled to pieces in spring and healthy young plants substituted for the old roots, and more nourishment might be given. I have no doubt that very good blooms might be obtained from Elaine and other October-lfowering sorts in the open air, if more pains were taken in dis- budding and watering when required. Those who have small, well-sheltered town gardens might see what could be done with the early autumn chrysanthemums, treating them alto- gether as open-air plants. The past season has been very unfortunate for newly-planted trees and shrubs, especially evergreens. Some of these losses probably have been due to neglect in water- ing, but more losses have resulted from the craving for cheapness now so common everywhere. -Cottage Gardening. The Weather and the Crops. The average price of English wheat at country markets has been very stationary, and there has been no pressure of home-grown grain in sale. Foreign wheat during the past week has been what is called a drug in the market. Indian wheat has declined Is per quarter for Calcutta IIttd 6d lot1 Bombay, and Rutraohee ted winter wheat has fallen 6d.. Russian wheat was irregu- larly lower, but on the whole the decline has not exoecdsd 6d. Australasian whettt; the turn in buyers' favour. The decline in other sorts of wheat appears to have been confined to the cargo trade, and has not actually affected the grain in stores. The spring corn trade shows out of 30 leading markets, 20 firm for barley, 17 for oats, the same number for maize, and fiva for beans, the imports of maize having been quite 30 per cent. under consumptive inquiry. Spot value tends to appreciate, though the new crops will soon be in motion both in America and Eastern Europe. There has been a good retail sale for oats, which recent imports have scarcely satisfied, hence, the trade is firm. Barley, though a good trade recently, now shows signs of weakness.

A Liberal Reward will be Given To the young man who doesn't think all the girls are dying after him. To the writer on the Press who never described his article as "just dashed off." To the woman of over thirty who never had an offer. To the married woman who does not sometimes wonder how ever she came to say "Yes." To the man who exchanged umbrellas and took a. worse one than his own. To the doctor who has the hardihood to tell a wealthy patient that nothing ails him. To the boy of eighteen who does not know more than his parents.

Mi«s Mabel (in a tearful burst of confidence): Mamma, I'm so disappointed in Horace You can't think !—Mamma What's the matter now, dear ? Have you quarrelled ?—Miss Mabel No, but when I told him my birthday came December 25th, he said, "Dearest, let us ba married that day I" I do believe he was thinking how much money he would save in making presents if aU OUT v

GOSSIPS' CORNER. Not content with promoting railway scheme* and other projects, the Llandudno Commis- sioners now contemplate erecting new municipal buildings. A Belfast builder named Rea, who dieo recently worth considerably over £100,000. has by his will left almost the entire amount to local charities. M. de Giers, after a prolonged absence, necessi. tated by the state of his health, has returned te his official residence at the Foreign Office, St. Petersburg. Her Majesty's battleship Dreadnought has left Malta for Port Said, to be present during the inauguration by the Khedive of the new railway from Port Said to Ismail ia. Mr Henry West, Q. C., of the Northern Citcuit, Attorney-general for the Duchy of Lancaster. anc recorder of Manchester, died at his London resi- dence, 15, Cadogan-place, at noon on Saturday. Statistics show that on the last day of the firsi week of this month there were in the Metropolic no fewer than 101,009 paupers in the receipt oi parish relief. The number in the corresponding period of last year was 93,797. Whilst, acoording to official statements, th* number of acres in the United States cultivated during the years 1874 to 1889 increased annuall3 by 10% millions, being a total of 54,800,000, tht increase in the last four years from 1889 to 189J amounted to only 500,000 acres per annum. From a financial point of view. Sir J. WeW Ridgeway's promotion from Dublin Castle tt Government House, Isle of Man, leaves him muot where he was. The salary of the Irish Secretary. ship is £ 2,000. That of the Governor of the Isit -of Man is £ 1,800, but the latter appointment .includes free quarters. Mr J. H. A. Murray has come in his great dictionary to the word grey," and he findt usage quite divided between the spellings "grey ( and "gray." He has written to the Academy* asking readers to send him, without premedita tion, their own usual spelling of the word to hilt on a postcard. Parson Tuckwell, of Stockton, Warwickshire, has just been presented with the Crown living of Waltham, near Grimsby, which is worth JB500 < year and a house. Stockton was only worth J6170. Mr Tuckwell, some few years ago, cut up his gleb< farm into allotments for the benefit of the labourers, an experiment which the Rev. C. W, Stubbs had already successfully tried at Granborough, Bucks. Recalling some of his Bohemian memories, HI Hatton says that in the days of Leigh and Halliday, James Albery made the Savage Club his home. One day a stranger, in a state of excitement that defied punctuation, met Albery at the door of the club. I beg your pardon, but is there a gentleman in the club with one eye named Hougtton?" "I will find out," said Albery, if .you can tell me the name of the other eye." A curious coincidence took place at the opening of Aboey's Theatre. New York, by Mr Henry Irving on the 8th inst. Before the audience came Mr Abbey's agent thought it would be well to place on record the name of the first man who presented a ticket for admission. The agent accordingly statioued himself at the door, and when the first man came asked him if he would mind telling his name. Certainly not," was the reply; "I am Mr Adorn." The name was spelled with an "0," out, phonetically, the coin- cidence was almost complete. A lady correspondent writes — Now that Ohristmas is so near, I think I can't do bettel than give a very good recipe for a plum pudding, for you know it is all the better for being mad. and mixed some time beforehand. Take three* quarters of a pound of flour, two ounces of Bor. wick's baking-powder, two ounces of bread. crumbs, one and a half pounds of suet, twe pounds of raisins, one pound of currants, tea ounces of sugar, two ounces of almonds, one pound of mixed candied peel, salt and spice to taste. Mix the ingredients well together, and six eggs, well beaten, aud three-quarters of a pint of milk; divide in two. and boil eight hours. Last week the united ages of the four peers of the great house of Grosvenor amounted to 261 years the Duke of Westminster being 68, tht Ea.rl of Wilton 54, Lord Stalbridge 56, and Lord Ebury 91. The luck of the Grosvenon dates from 1676, when Sir Richard Grosvenoc married the heiress of the rich Mr Davies, who is the only person buried in the churchyard ot Westminster Abbey. Davies-street, Mayfair, was named after him. He lived in Botudot; House, the old yarded red-brick house still stand- ing in Davies-street. It was then a manor-hooet —a fact which the Grosvenors, who are great on traditions, commemorate in the rustic names o( certain Mayfair streets. The death is announced of Mr Willing Courtney, one of the oldest surviving servants of the "Old John Company (East India Civil Service) at the age of 84. His life in India began on January 1st, 1829, and from that date to the beginning of 1855 he held various responsible posts in the civil administration of the country. In 1845 he was Postmaster-General of Bombay^ and afterwards collector and magistrate oi Poonah, and Revenue Commissioner of th< southern division. He retired from the service on January 3rd, 1855, after resigning an appoint ment as Chief Secretary to the Government it the Political and Secret Departments. It is now asserted, in well-informed quarter* that Prince Alexander of Battenberg has left no memoirs, notwithstanding reports to the contrarj effect freely circulated immediately after bit death. On the other hand, he does bequeath U posterity a mass of correspondence duly arranged by himself for publication. Among these lettett there is said to be found one from the late Emperor Frederick, wherein he gives his oonsenf to a marriage between Princess Victoria ol Prussia and the young sovereign of Bulgaria. This is followed after an interval of 24 hours by a telegram from Prince Bismarck stating that from political considerations all thoughts of such M alliance must be abandoned. What's the matter ?" indignantly cried Joht Lee, labourer, as a policeman touched him on th< shoulder and suggested that the baby's bassinetU which he was calmly wheeling alongthe pavemenf in Canning Town had been taken away from a shop-door without the preliminary operational payment. Well, what aboht tliat ?' siml John. What was it standing at the door for Wasn't it meant to be taken away Of oouree it was. There it was, standin' pavement. I nearly felt over it, so I jwtf wheeled it away to prevent any other person stumbling against it. It was all done in the public interest, I do assure you." Probably the six basins found inside it, which he had also stolen, were taken in the public interest as well At all events, the man's career as a popular reformer has landed him in disaster, for tht magistrate at West Ham sent him to do » month's hard labour.—Daily Telegraph.

A SATURDAY SERMON. We cannot doubt that in hearts apparently tbi most dried up and hardened there is concealed if the last fold some affection-to themselves un. known—which seems to hide itself away alDonJ, passions and vices, like a mysterious witness and future avenger. One mighttbinkitwas there forth. purpose of some day making suffering known to crime. It awaits its hour in silence. The wicked man carries it in his bosom, and does not feel it, because none of the ordinary trials of human nature are strong enough to penetrate the thick bark of selfishness and wickedness which envelop it., But let one of the rarer and veritable troubles of lif. present itself unexpectedly, this hidden affec- tion plunges itself into the gulf of this soul like a sword-blade, and pierce I its depths. Hitherto unknown, it unveils itself to the wrotched man so much the moro violently as it has been ignored ( so much the more painfully for having been till now unfolt, because the spur of misfortune h., necessarily pricked the heart all the m')re deeply topmetafttei*. YIOXOM KWA.