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WORKMEN'S TOPICS. - i
WORKMEN'S TOPICS. i BY MABON. COLLIERY SPECIAL RULES. In addition to the general rules in force at our tollieries for the regulation thereof in accordance with the Mines Act. certain special rules are also established in every mine. These special rules are designed to be for the conduct and guidance of the persons acting in the management of the mine, or employed in or about. They are to be tltcb as under the particular state and circum Stances of the mine may appear best calculated to prevent dangerous accidents, and to provide tor the safety, convenience, and proper discipline 3f the persons employed in and about the mine. They are, when established, to have the ttme force M if they had been expressly enacted in the statute, and are to be Sbservtd in the mine and in every extension .( thereof. In case of their breach by any person I' whomsoever who is bound to observe them, the ■ Owner, agent, and manager of the mine are each to be under the same liability as for breach of the general rules. The special rules which have been Established under the present Act are to continue In force until superseded by new rules. With regard to the establishment of new Special rules for any mine, in the first instance it •Was enacted that the owner, agent, or manager of IVery mine is to frame and transmit the same to the inspector of the district, for approval by the Secretary of State, within three months after the Sormnencement of any working for. opening a toew mine or renewing an old on*, if the latter be subsequent to the Act. The proposed special rules for establishment at Iny n.ine are, during not less than two weeks Before the rules are transmitted to the inspector if the district, to be posted up, in legible letters, in some conspicuous place at or near the mine, where they may be conveniently read by the persons employed. If the rules are not objected to by the Secretary of State within four days after their receipt by the inspector, they are to be established for the mine in question without further formality. Together with this printed Copy of the special rules, a printed notice is to be put up in the same way and the same place, specifying that any objection to them on the ground of anything contained in or omitted from them may be sent by any of the persons employed in the mine to the said inspector. The objection of the workmen also is to be sent to the inspector within the 14 days before mentionad. The Secretary of State may, within 40 days after the rules are received by the inspector, object to them, or any of them, on the ground that they do not sufficiently provide for the pre- vention of dangerous accidents in the mine, or for the safety or convenience of the persons em- ployed in or about it or that they are unreason- able, and he may propose to the owner or manager, in writing, any modification in rules, by way either of omission, alteration, substitu- tion, or addition. Should he do so. the rules so modified are to be the special rules unless the owner, agent, or manager ■ jobject in writing within twenty days after the receipt. ei th* iieeseiiwry-of &tate'a modifications. If he object, the matter is to be settled by arbitra- ttoa, M specified by the Act. Special rules may be made, altered, or amended, either by the owner, agent, or manager of the mine, or by the Secretary of State, at any time, fcy process similar to the one specified above, and which is requirect% ,or their establishment in the first place. With respect to the establishment of special tnle generally, it is provided that mines of a different character will, to a certain extent, necessarily require different special rules but, in the absence of any reason to the contrary, it is convenient that mines of the same character in the same district should have the same JlpeoiaJ rules. In every case, however, the process prescribed in the statute has to be followed. Underit the initiative rests with the owner of the individual mine, who submits to the Secretary of State the rules that appear to him suitable to the particular state of his mine. And the Secretary of State, in proposing any modification of the same, has to have regard to the same circum- stances, and which wo understand he has strictly followed in presenting the new code of modifica- tions to the rules at present established in the South Wales mines under the inspectorship of Mr Robson. The Home Secretary undoubtedly, under the persistent advise of the inspector, has deemed it necessary to issue a newcodeoi special rule for Mr Robson's division, containing several substitutions and alterations in the rules at present in force in these colleries. Of his intention to do this we have been made aware for some weeks, though we reoei7ed no official copy of the proposed new rules till some few days ngo. Knowing, however, of the intention to enforce them, we diligently watched their issue, and found out in time that they had not been posted up at the collieries as our colleagues and ourselves thought they should be. We further interfered in the matter and found that employers, solicitors, and inspectors had overlooked the important fact that special rules, when altered or amended, even by th e Secretary of State, as well as by the owner, agent, or manager of a mine, would have, with the accompanying printed notice specifying my objection to them, on the ground of anything contained in or omitted from them. may be sent by any of the persons employed in the mine to the inspector of the district during not less than two weeks before the rules were to be transmitted to the inspector, to undergo a similar of ¡mblteatÏlmH2] that required for the establishment thereof at the commence- tnent. In fairtless to the delinquent parties be it said, however, that as soon as their error was (by our colleagues) pointed out to them, they at once rectifipdthe same though the incident did not terminate altogether in that harmonious way in which it is best that all matters of identical interest to employers and employers should. Both parties held separate meetings to frame thfir objections to the proposed new special rules where the same, in accordance with thsir opinion, should be objected to, and also to accept such As could be accepted. Ultimately it may, how- ever, be found that each of these parties will hold as strong differential opinions upon what is now proposed, as each will also, for their own reasons, *pon many goints differ witlj the inspector's vie^,
WHERE MUSIC DID NOT CHARM.
WHERE MUSIC DID NOT CHARM. ftfAMKA (enthusiastically): How I wish we Aonld afford to send Nellie abroad for a few finishing touches to htr musical education ? PAPA (no ear for music): If I could buy the Snish without tho touch as I'd pawn th. furniture.
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NOT ONE or THEM !—She was a spinster from 'he country, come to London to see the sights, %nd ad she watched the hundreds of the opposite £ x hurrying about the City on business intent, 'he stood lost in wonderment. "Well, well!" ..he said at length, drawing a deep breath, and JjUing wistfully around, "to think there should ,1;)e all these men in tho world and yet; I can't get One of 'em for a husband It is a mistake to suppose that the market is over-bnrdened with autumn poetry. The waste so much of it that but very little fit gets on the market.
Parliamentary History of Radnor.
Parliamentary History of Radnor. [BY MR WILLIAMS, SOLICITOR, CARMARTHEN.] The Harleys, of Brampton, returned four of their name to Westminster for the borough of New Radnor, and by their influence seated a fifth member, connected with them by marriage, and, furthermore, had the honour of sending a future Prime Minister to Parliament (see 1690), the only one ever elected by a Welsh constituency. The Harpton family supplied several mem- ber. including the talented Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Palmerston, while another distinguished member was the present Duke of Devonshire, long known as Lord Hartington. Radnor, was at times noted for its ¡ peculiar contests, inasmuch as petitions were generally presented after them. Thus there were contests and petitions in 1679, 1689, 1690, H'L5, 1727, 1734, and 1741 a double return 1680, 1761, 1768, 1774, and 1784 and also contests in 1790, 1812. 1820, 1874, and 1880. The number of voters on the register was 500 in 1857, in 1874, and 947 in 1884. The Radnor District included Radnor, Cefn-Llys, Knighton, Knucklas, Rhayader, and Prcsteign, and Browne Willis, in his Notitia Parliamentary, 1750, stated that the member of Parliament was chosen by the burgesses that I are sworn and pay Scot and Lot" (1) and returned by the Bailiff of Radnor. The electors were then about 600 in number. The returns for the borough of Radnor appear to be in a rather defective state as far as the earliest Parliaments arc concerned, inasmuch ns none can be found in the Blue Book for Dec., 1541, Oct., 1547, Feb. and Sept., 1553, Oct., 1554, and Oct., 1555, but Nicholas gives Rhys Lewis as the member 1547aud 1553. Robert Vaughan, Of Winforton, who was High Sheriff 1 f Radnor- shire 1566 and 1571 (being then described of Presteign) was elected March, 1554, while Resuis Lewes generosus (who, of course, was the same as Rhys Lewis, 1547), was chosen 1558, and Robert Vaughan was re-elected 1559. Then corrw the names of Morgan Price, 1562 (and according to Nicholas, Rhys Lewis, of Gladestry, High Sheriff 1582, was returned 1571, though this seems an error), Watkyn Vaughan, 1572, Hugh Davyes, of Radnor, 1584 and 1586, James Walter, 1588, and Thomas Crompton, 1593. He seems to have been a man of some influence, as h" was M.P., Shaftesbury, 1588; Radnor, 1593; Leominster and Beverley, 1597; Newport (Isle of Wight), 1601; and Staffordshire, 1620-4. Stephen Price (quaere of Pilletb, and son of the member for 1555), was the mepiber in 1597 (according to Nicholas), and 1601, while Sir Robert Harley, Knt., of Brampton, Co. Hereford, was chosen 1603 and 1614. x e family of Harley can be traced to a period antecedent to the Conquest, and its rank was then so exalted that the eminent housa of Barbi, in Franco, deduces its origin from the Harleys of England. Sir Robert de Harley acquired a graat estate and the seat of Brampton Castle by his marriage with tho daughter of Brian do Brampton, and this has continued ever Brian do Brampton, and this has continued ever I since the chief residence of his descendants" (Burke). Sir Robert Harley was the only sur- viving son of Thomas Harley, of Brampton Castle, whom he succeeded in the family estates 1631. He was born about 1570, called to the bar at the Middle Temple, and was created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of James I., July, 1603, married (1) Anne, daughter of Charles Barret, of Belhouse, Essex; (2) Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Newport, of Hiph Ercall, Salop; and (3) July, 1623, Brilliana, second daughter of Edward Viscount Conway. Sir Robert was M.P. Radnor 1603, 1614, and Co. Hereford 1624, 1626, 1640-53, and had a grant, September 1626, of the office of Master and'Worker of the Mint and of all moneys to be coined in tho Tower of London during his life, ^i*h a salary "of £ 4,000 a year; bvifcafter the taurder of the King, refusing to coin with any other than the die of the deceased monarch, he was removed by Parliament." Sir Robort died November, 1656. Lady Brilliana Harley was celebrated for the gallant defence of Bramp- ton Castle, during the civil wars, when inveeted in 1643 by the rebels, whom she forced to raise the siege, after seven weeks of unavailing hostility. Her ladyship dying on the October following, however, the besiegers returned to the castle, which, after a second gallant resistance, being forced to surrender, was burnt to the ground." (Burke.) 1620.—Charle3 Price, who was re-elected 1624, 1625, 1626, and 1628, and sat for the county 1640 till his death, 1647. 1640, April.—Richard Jones, of Trewerne, pre- viously member for the county, 1628. 1640, Oct.-Philip Warwick, who was disabled to sit for his loyalty, 1647. He had been also re- turned for New Romney (Kent) Oct., 1640, but preferred sitting for Radnor. 1647, May.—Robert Harley vice Warwick, dis- abled to sit, younger son ot Sir Robert Harley, M.P., 1603, and brother to Col. Sir Edward Harley, Governor of Dunkirk (and M.P. Co. Hereford 1646, and Radnor 1661). (To be continued.)
The Household. ..
The Household. Passing Troubles. To-day's troubles look large, but a. week hence they will be forgotten and buried out of sight. If you would keep a book, and every day put down the things that worry you, and see what becomts of them, it would be a benefit to you. You allow a thing to annoy you, just as you allow a fly to settle on you and plague you, and you lose your temper, and you justify yourselves for being thrown off your balance by causes which you do not trace out. But if you would s«» what it was that threw you off your balance before breakfast, and put it down in a little book, and follow it out, and ascertain what became of it, you would see how foolish you wero in the matter. The art of forgetting is a blessed art, but the art of overlooking is quite as im- portant. And if we should tak<» to writing down the origin, the progress and outcome of a. few of our troubles, it would make us so ashamed of th-j fuss we make over them that we would be glad to drop such things and bury them at ones in eternal forgetfulness. Life is too short to be worn out in petty worries, frettings, hatreds, and vexations. Leb U.3 think only on whatsoever things are pure, and lovely, and gentle, and of good report. Diphtheria. During the prevalence of diphtheria it is quite as important to look after these who ar" well as those who are ill especially needful itbocomM if one is exposed to the disease. The obser- vance of a few precautions in this disease, as well as in others, is of great value in preventing their P'rst, never go into the presence of dtSdisft with 'An empty Stomach. fett a tfcod nfeftl if possible if not able to procilte thrs, drink a cup of coff«e, a cup of hot tea, a glass of milk. or, if there is nothing better, watef. PXftiiustJed. Befor* doing into the room where diphtheria ts, gargle the throat with diluted alcrhol—onn-third alcohol, two-thirds water; stronger if the throat will bear it. All the mem- bers of the family in the house with a case of this disease- should gargle their throats three times a day at least with the same preparation.J Hints. WELSH CAKK.—Take one cup of sugar, thr'T eggs, and one tab1"dpconful of milk. Cream together, and add gradually half a pound of flour, in which there is a little baking powder. Greaso some plates, and spread the mixture on th"m about an inch thick, and bake in a quick oven. Then prepare a cream by mixing two ouncos of white sugar and ono ounce of ccrnflcur with one egg. Add to these half a pint of milk, nearly boiling, and stir until thick, flavouring when almost cold with orange-flower-water. Put this between layers of the cakf, arranging almonds, blanched and cut, on the topmost layer. TUB CAusa OF BILIOUSNESS. — Biliousuess always m^ans bad or ever diet. If a man is bilious it m;ans that he has abused his stomach, and a dilattd stomach is very common among dyspep- tics. It is a stretching of the stomach in conse- quence of overloading it; but it is curable bv temperance, by giving up all food which 1.sds to gas in tha stomach, such as bakers' bread, aerated waters, acids lika vinegar, sugar, and sweets of all kinds. WELSH RABBIT AU GRATIS.—Mix halfa. piritof moist cheese, grated, quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, four tablespoonfuls of milk, and one-third of a tablespoonful of mustard, mixed smooth with a teaspoonful of water. Spread thij on four or five slices of buttarcd toast, and place in a. pan. Pat the pan in a hot oven for ten cr twelve minutes to melt tho cheese. Servo at onco on a hot dish. If the chcvse be liked tough and stripgy, omit the -Hills.
IWELSH GLEANINGS.
I WELSH GLEANINGS. By Rhydyhaeinwr. The Welsh University. The Wel,-Ii University is no longer a visionary ideal, but un fait accompli. The Welsh educa- tional ladder is now complete, at least in theory, ranging from the lower or elementary schools through the middle or intermediate schools to the Welsh University. The chief defect in the Welsh system now lies in the intermediate stage; a gap remains between the elementary schools and the University Colleges, which is only partially filled by a few efficient public schools and by private adventure schools, which can hardly be called efficient. In theory, at any rate,'we have now a completely organised scheme of national educa- tion and tha establishment of its coping stone by the recent issue of a charter for a Welsh Uni- versity is hailed with acclamation by the Welsh papers this week. It is true that the charter does not satisfy all classes, such as those who advocated the claims of the private stu- dent, and those who believed that a degree-granting institution like Lampeter College ought to be amalgamated with the new University. But a provision has been made for the future inclusion of othsr colleges, so that it may be safely predicted that one of the first acts of a Conservative Government will be to estab- lish Lampeter as one of the constituent colleges. This seems to be hinted at by the Church papers and by the Celt. Syllydd y Llan" in the Llan says:—"The friends of Limpeter did well to refrain from opposing the charter for the three- college University any further than by trying to amend it. As the mysteries of charter laws were expounded to me by a learned counsel, it would have been perfectly easy to obstruct the charter entirely in the House of Lords, had that been desired. The\ Shrewsbury chartists lost a good opportunity for advancing towards a 'welded Wales' in education. The responsibility lies with them. I wish God-speed to their three-college University. I hope the Welsh element within them will be strengthened, and that less Wels money will be distributed among students from English colleges." The Buncr is extremely jubilant in a leader on the charter, in which it is said By this charter successful students in arts, in law. in music, and in any other branches determined upon by the authorities, may obtain degrees without going from old Wales and we hope that in time the Welsh University degrees will be considered inferior to no other University. Divinity is pot to be one of the subjects taught in the con- stituent colleges, but those who have graduated in other subjects may proceed, after residing in a theological college, to a theological degree. Provision is made for University Extension courses, attendance at which will partly exempt from residence in one of the three colleges. The Privy Council retains its authority to declare any other college or colleges as part of the University. Ladies are eligible for all the degrees, and for every office pertaining to the University. It is, indeed, one of the most democratic Universities in existence, and for it we have to thank especially Dr. Isambard Owen, Mr Brynmor Jones, Mr Viriamu Jones, and Mr Cadwaladr Davies." TEe Celt expresses its belief that the qualifying clause about the constituent colleges will mean the inclusion of Lampeter, and re- joices in the privileges granted to women. Ere long," says the Celt, in its characteristic style, "John Jones's daughter will not be behind John Bull's daughter, or Pat's or Sandy's." The Tyst declares that the charter is far from being everything that we could wish we have from the first differed from the academic element, and see no reason to change our views. But. now that it is too late to obtain any amendments, we rejoice that the nation's desire has at last been accom- plished." The Herald Cymracg, the Gcnedl Gymraeg, the Cularo, Gwalia, and the Goleuad, also refer to the subject, while the Tarian re- marks that the nation had nearly lost patience at the tardiness with which the movement pro- gressed. The Late Myfyr Emlyn." The Baptists in Wales have sustained a severe loss in the death of one of their distinguished members, the Rev. Benjamin Thomas, Narberth, particulars of whose life have already appeared in the South Wales Daily News. His loss has evoked the most genuine regret all over Wales, and nowhere is this more eloquently expressed than in the organ of the Welsh Biptists-Seren OY'flU'u -which he edited for many years until his death. In a long leader in that paper, J.A.M." writes —" He had a princely appearance, and might be taken for a noble old Druid. He was as brave as a lion, as gentle as a lamb, and as innocent- as a dove. There was a combination of angelic tenderness and of child-like simplicity in his con- stitution. There are many men in Wales who have read more than he but he was a natural genius. He was singularly witty, and this quality was sometimes a temptation for him in the pulpit. He was celebrated as a bard, as an author, and as a preacher. Over 15,000 of his 'Dafydd Ifans, Ffynonbenry' have been sold, and he was the only Welshman who was selected to write to the Pulpit Commentary' (edited by Canon Spence). If some Methodist bad had this honour, all England, Wales, and Llanrwst would have heard of it. But he excelled chiefly as a Welsh writer. His articles to Seren Cyniru-those contributed by him-were models for such compositions. His death, at the comparatively early age of 57, is a loss to the literature of Wales in genfral, and to the literature of the Baptists in particular." "Lector," an old correspondent of Seren Cymru, gives some personal reminiscences of the deceased editor. The sketch is enthusiastic, and is some- what inclined to exaggeration' when it is remarked that II perhapshewasmoreohtrue ohild of genius than any of his contemporaries: and, as geniuses generally are, he was misjudged by his contemporaries." "Leotor" goes on; "Be proved a faithful and brave leader in many a battle. A more zealous patriot was not often to be met with, one who pleaded more eloquently for his country. As he sang of another, it might be said Fod ei galon fach yn Nghymru, A Chyuiru ynddi hi. He was a thorough Liberal^ nob ope for liberty I for himself, but fifcer^sy for all others. t £ e bought bravely and manfully, but wittr perfect; faTrness. Proofs were plentiful that he was a zealous and Baptist. ( He understood the principles of this sect' thoroughly, and fearlessly advocated them. He needed no committee, union, or cymanfa to enlighten bin: on the principles of the New Testament." Glanmor Canton," who con- tributes some Cardiff notes to the Seren, bemoans the loss of the late editor:—"The denomination fjossesses no man so versatile as he. His death will be a loss to Seren Cymru; but let us all do our best. I hope that a man of learning, culture, and talent will undertake the editorship." Many other papers pay a tribute of respect to "Myfyr Emlyn," the Tyst devoting a sym- pathetic leader, in which it says of his editorial work, "Though in this work he did not, any more than any other editor, satisfy everybody, yet it is generally acknowledged that the Seren under his editorship flourished more than it ever did previoasly. His death makes a :?rtat gap in the nation's life, and is a strong incentive to us all to do our best while our day lasts." The Cymro gives a sketch of Myfyr's magnum opus, the biography of "Dafydd Ifans, Ffynonhenry."
Why Carl Was Cold.
Why Carl Was Cold. "I am not personally acquainted with you, Mr Schurz, but-1 recognise, yoy'' said .JAa^ettef McGinnis, on meeting him on Broadway. How vas it dot you recognise me 2" asked Carl. "I recognise ysu by your resemblance to ycur caricatures," replied Hostctter. As the caricatures of Mr Schtirz usually repre- sent him with a mouth like a catfish, and the general expression of a burglar, it is no wonder that Mr Schurz failed to return the greeting of few any degree of enthusiasm.
WELSH EMIGRANTS. .
WELSH EMIGRANTS. At a recent meeting of the Chester Welsh Society, the Rev. Thomas Frimston (Tudor Clwydd), of LIangffni, Anglesey, read a paper on "Distinguished Welshmen Abroad," the first portion of which we gave last week. The .following formed what was called the Montgomeryshire group of WELSH MISSIONARIES :— John Davies, Llanfihangel, who went to Tahiti, 1800. Thomas Jones, ot Berriew, to the Khassia Hills, 1840 Jacob Davies, Newtown, to Csvlon, 1804 Williams, of Machynlleth, to Sierra Leone, 1880; George Hughes, Llanfair Caereinion, to IndIa, 1390; and David Cadwalladr, of Bwlcli-y-cibau, MeifotI, the first Wesleyan missionary to Gallio Co., Ohio. First in the list of musicians came Dr. Joseph Parry, Professor of Music at the Cardiff University College, who made his debut in Pennsylvania, whence he came over to England and studied at the Royal Academy; then Professor Prothoroe, a noted American musician, who was born at Ystradgynlais, near Swansea; Professor G. M. Evans, of Pennsylvania, born at Maestcg, Glamorganshire; Dr, J. J. Mason, born in Mon- mouth, who succeeded Dr. Parry at D;>nv )|e J. H. Gower, M.D., Oxon who secured his degree at a younger age than anyone before or since. Two sculptors were referred to, viz., David Richards, of Talyllyn, Merionethshire, and Thomas Jones. Amongst THE INrENTORS mentioned were John Williams, of Eivionydd, Carnarvonshire, who invented the American Post-Electric and Philip Richards, a native of Newport. A list of statesmen followed, the principal being Admiral Penn, a descendant of an Anglesey family; Samuel Adams; Button Guinett, of North Wales, President of the State of Georgia; John Moretun, one of the committee which reported the articles of Confederation Benjamin Harrison, chairman of the committee which reported the Declaration of Independence; Thomas Jefferson, whose family came from the foot of Snowdon William Floyd, Francis Lewis, and Lewis Morris, three representatives of New York at the Continental Congress in 1766; General Lee; President W. H. Harrison, the Hon. T. M. Boiven, &c. It was pointed out as a remarkable tact that in the list of tho first public officers of Pennsylvania from 1681-93, all, with one exception, were Welshmen. The essayial also gave an interesting list of WELSHMEN WHO HAD BKCOME FAMOUS as capitalists, philanthropists, editors, buc- caneers, antiquaries, linguists, McroM, soldiers and sailors, pliysicians, colonists, magistrates, and engineers. The linguists included Sir William Jones, of an Anglesey family; the well-known Eliliu Biirritt; and Major E. B. Evans, of Rhuddlan, who acted as interpreter and chief of tho Intelligence Department with Hicks Pasha's nrmy, and was killed in the Soudan. Amongst the literary characters said to be of Welsh origin were mentioned Moody, the evangelist, and Henry Ward Beechsr. In the. military department the names were given of It American Welsh generals, seven colonels, and four captains. The magistrates inclnded Lloyd of Dolobran, who was recognised as President at Pennsylvania in 1632.1760; David LloYd, of the same family, secretary of ths pe&ce for Philadelphia Co. and" the magistrate of Ragged Island," who hailed from Welshpool. Amongst the engineers mentioned were Captain Williams, who served during the American War of Independence Oliver Evans, inventor of the first steam carriage and steamboat 10 Alexander D. Bache, of Llangollen origin John Jones, of St. Asaph, the constructor of great bridges in Canada, India, and Australia John Evans, of Cwni, St. Asaph and John Jones Ty-Cornel, Penybont, Rhuddlan, both large Australian railway contractors. In concluding Mr Frimston said that the sneer that the Welsh had produced no genius was but the outcome of sheer ignorance, alike disparaging to an honour- able race and condemned by ali the facts of1 history. To say the least, they stood on atfvet with either or all of the civilised nations, whether from a scientific, political, social, or religions point of view. The Welsh were now more numerous than they had ever beet) in the world's i mpdern history, whether at homo or abroad. THEIR LANGUAGE W43 to-day the Gc»vemu»ent tongue of Patagonia, Was beinft 'studied 1n the day schools of the Principality, encouraged iS the three Welsh University Colleges, adhered to with undying love and taught in thousands of Welsh families in England, Scotland, and Ireland, cherished in the principal colleges of Europe, and instead of being spoken by about 600,000 people, as was the case in the Middle and Dark Ages, was, according to a reliable census, now current among ovor 200,000 people in the United States, to say nothing of the thousands of Welsh descendants in various terri- tories and towns. According to Dr. Ravenstein, Welsh was spoken in the United Kingdom by some 1,000,300 persons. Without counting Lon- don. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrews- bury, Chester, Manchester, and other great centres of population and industry where Welsh nationality and customs had taken deep root, Liverpool alone numbered amongst its citizens 4,000 Joneses (not reckoning their wives and children), above 20 Welsh chapels and preaching stations, and no less than 13.000 Welsh-speaking communicants. These were signs not of declension but of progress against formid- able opposition. They did not claim that the Welsh people were the best^ in the world, or desire to discredit the achievements of other nations, or calculate that the Welsh would ever be predominant in commerce, but theYbolieved that Wales would ever be a strong centre of religious activity and worship. The Romans had entered into their fortresses, the Danes had navi- gated their waters, thn Saxons had cut down their forests, and the Normans had built some 400 castles in the Principality. These towers, however, were now in ruins—monuments of their undying possession of the land and in the British Parliament, where sat the most august assembly in the world, Wales had already and repeatedly won her laurels of victory. (Cheers.)
Songs for the People. .
Songs for the People. Andrew Fletcher, ot Saltoun, in a letter to the Marquis of Montrose, wrote :1 knew a. very wist man that believed that if a man wero permitted t. aiake all the ballads he need not car* wh. Ç8uH the laws of tha nation."
THE.HUMAN HEART.
THE.HUMAN HEART. There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where sefds of love and truth might irror And flow'rs of gen'rous virtue blow To plan, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, this our care. And sweet it is the growth to trace Of worth, of intellect, of grace, In bosoms where our labours first Bid the young seed of spring-time burst, And lead it cn from hour to hour To ripen into perfect flow'r. The heart of man 's a soil which breeds Or sweetest flow'rs or vilest weeds Flowers, lovfly as the morning's light Weaijs, deadly as the aconite Jusfc jw his boart is trained to bear The poisonous weed or flow'ret fair. BOWBISG.
THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.
THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. Hsw happy is ho born and taught That sarvoth not anotlnr's will, Whose armour ia his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill Who! passions not his masters are, Whos>s soul is rtill prepar'd for death Untied unto world by «« Of public .fame QS P»*at6b bBeathv> =™' Who envies none that cbanca doth raise, Nor vice hat;b. evor understood How deepest wownd*>»r»!givei» by praise, Nor rules of stat% but rules of pood. Who hath his life from rumours fre«d, Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose stato can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great. Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than giftito lend, And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile hands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. SIR HENRY WOTTON, b, 1568, d. 1639.
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The writer cf an article in the Woman's Herald was criticising Mr Besant's view that the highest destiny of women is marriage," or, as tho writer tersely puts it, that the out-of-work woman should at once cast eyes upon the neighbouring eligibles," and sha stated what she took to b9 Mr Besant's position (viz., that womin ought never to work/)r wages ior fear of incon- veniencing men), algebraically as follows:—" If there are only æ situations (he says), and II: men together with y women compete for them, then what is to become of the y men who will be put out, if younfr ^ortieti' ar^ f put in ?" On this the printer "used his own judgment," and tho copy cami out in proof with the following delightful results, whioh, wa think, even out- Begants Mr Besant:—"If thero are only Christian situations (hs says), and Christian men, together with young women, compete far them, thvn what is to become of the young men who will be put oat, if the young women are pall bat"
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PROMINENT PREACHERS. .v i DR. HORTON. (Fi-om h photo, by Mr. R. H. Macey, Rosslyn-hill Siudio, Hamp £ •, atenrl.1 The pastor of Lyfldhurst-roal Church, Hamp- stead, is one of the;niost scholarly ministers of a denomination that lfos always set due store upon a highly-educated ministry. Born in London in 1855, the son of tha R'3v. T. G. Horton, he was educated at Shrewsbury and at New College, Oxford, where ha had a brilliant career, winning several distinctions, and, in 1879, being ek-ckd Fellow. Until 18?$he was resident lecturer, and ifcwas only his Nonconformist principles that prevented hun froth gaining a professorship at his university. It ii? impassible to give a pleasant look to the circumstance that his conscientious convictions should jhave caused him to miss one of the prizes of university life and even those who bold that inability to conform ought to be treated as a disqualification for certain offices must regret: that so accomplished and amiable a man should have iccm-red the-disqualification. Yet we are ndt sure that he is not even more admirably fitted for the pastoral than for the professional office. With all his intellectual dis- tinction, we should hesitate to say that be has intellectual genius, whereas he does appear to have what one may be allowed, speakmg not without reflection, to call spiritual genius. It may be. therefore, that, though lie may' have somewhat less. honour among men as the pastor of a leading Congregational Church than be would have had as an Oxford professor, yet his large and various gifts find for themselves a more perfect use than they would have done had he obtained I the prize of his aoademical calling. Dr.,Horton has attracted some notice by his candid treatment of the Scriptures on the Jines of Professor Driver's criticism. His position, while it may not have been reached by precisely the same path, is very similar to Dr. Clifford's, though he has not, to our knowledge, been sub- jected to the violent attacks from co-religionists that the Baptist divine has had to endnre. Both bold that it has become tho imperative duty of ministers frankly to admit that the Sacred Writings are not free from error, either scientific or historic. It may well be supposed that it gives neither of them pleasure to appear, even to prejudiced and hostile judges, to bo assailing the Book which is to them both inexpressibly precious. But in their view, the time is come for a candid recognition of fact?. The assump- tion that the Bible is infallible, so that every statement in it has the same authority as every other, is now, as they believe, discredited, and has became a snare to many who have learnt what the Bible is not-that It is not infallible-bub have not been taught what it is—have not been led to lay themselves open to the impression it will make upon them if they come to it with no preconceptions as to its character and authority. The strength of Dr. Horton's faith in the Scriptures as the record of a spiritual revelation may be judged from this readiness to leave it to be its own witness and do its own unaided work. It is quite possible," he says, in the later of his two works on this subject, that a man may read the opening chapter of the Bible and be turned to God by the sublimity and force of the truth which it delivers but if you insist that it is a scientific account of the creation, which is meant to over-ride the truth which science has revealed, you at cnce seal the mind of an educated man against its influence. It is quite possible that the Book of Jonah may by its obvious-inspiration reach the conscience of a reader and turn him to God but if you start with the demand that the episode of the fish is a matter of faith, you at onoe close the book and its message to the modern mind. And so on throughout." Left to itself, he goes on to say, the Bible is its own best interpreter the theories about it, and the buttresses constructed to sup- port it, are generally but hindrances to its work. He claims to have shown that the Scripture? are they which testify of Christ, but that when they are placed before men as the authority that guarantees Christ, we dishonour Him. and by a false reverence to thim we endanger their other- ppMtion." Wh#t we havo done, he insist), is to exalt the Scriptures above our Lord, so as to make Him Bims?lf sesm to be dependent upon them with a mistaken zsal wa have given them tha very title, namely, the Word of God, which is His own ineffable Name. It is from this dangerous and in the laat rcsori idolatrous perversion of Christianity that tho line of argument pursued in the foregoing pajra is intended to deliver us." And in another place he declares that" if the infallibility of the New Testament in a minute and verbal sense is to be surrendered, it is only that wo may realise moro keenly the Uncticn of the Holy One, which is given not only to the writers of Scriptura, but to all who will in humility and faith receive it. If we are left with our eyes in some degree averted from the Book, it is only that they may be the more (concentrated cn the Peipon." It js not the duty of the present writer to express an opinion R9 between Dr. Horton and those who hold to ths traditional views prevailing in Protestant Churches. But the candid reader, even if ho kiiow nothing of Dr. Horton*but what he can gather from these sentences, mu*t surely see that while not wanting'in courage and frankness, he is at any rate, be he right or wrong, no teacher of barren negations, but one who ia seeking to do a great wcrk of reconstruction, to which ho brings quite uncommon gifts of insight and sympathy. To impute to Dr. H-Jrton anything of the spirit of the iconoclast is, indeed, a mistake only to be explained by blank ignorance of the man L,nd of his work. The truth is that with him spiritual things are so much matter of con- sciousness, so independent of merely intellectual processes, that his teaching is apt sometimes to be a little irritating to those who are in doubt, or who have committed themselves to denial. It may not be a reasonable irritation, and, indeed, is no-, though a preacher who, by his intelligence and his candour, has becomo an attraction to many who have th" questioning temperament should have a care not to "offend those of little or no faith Ly a too free disclosure of the greatness cf his own. To those, however, who have once taken the leap from reason to faith, this assumption of a certitude transcending all merely intellectual criteria must be one of the charms of his ministry. Another attraction, appealing to all alike, is his rare faculty of exposition. With him, is we might expect from the college lecturer, this is a favourite exercise. He will taka up some new book, such as Principal Fairbairn's "Place of Christ in Modern Theology," and, with many side-lights from the stores of his own memory and his own meditation, will elicit its meaning with a skill such B.S is not given to inaiy. Before all things, indeed, Dr. IIorton is the Teacher. It would be easy among his brethren to name men with more brilliant oratory, but there is no one, probably, who can make a moro lucid or a more engaging presenta- tion of what it is desired to teach. The voice, belonging to what may be called the baritone order, is not of extensive compass, and it is modulated with no special skill; but it is pleasant to the ear, nor is it wanting in power. The manner for the most part is quiet and subdued. The preacher, using scanty notes, and to a great extent, though precisely how far it is impossible to say, finding his language, pure and choice as it is, as he goes along, not seldom closes his eyes, and appears rather to be thinking aloud than to be addressing a large congregation. But at intervals he rises into genuine though never profuse eloquence, the voice gives proof of unsuspected volume, and the effect is heightened by a sufficiency of emphatic gesture. W ifch such culture and spirituality and winningness as his it is not grange that he should have a large follow- ing from the mercantile and professional classes, or that the service at Lyndhurst-road should be in every feature-and here it is impossible not to give a thought to the church, which was built for him a few years ago, and is a singularly effective mixture of the Gothic and the classical—agreeable to a cultivated taste. It is less a matter of course, unhappily, that with his bent towards the amenities and refinements and with a crowd of disciples belonging to the higher ranks of Non- conformity, he should have gone out cf his way to gain the ear and the confidence of the working- classes. His success in this aim is to be traced to his bold but considerate and judicial treatment, not merely of intellectual questions, such as the authority of the Scriptures and the grounds of religious faith, but even more, perhaps, of the social and economic problems now pressing for solution. Something, too, he owes to the circumstances that in dealing with these perplexing and highly controversial things he has the wisdom to play the part of the fellow-student rather than of the dogmatic teacher. There are abundant opportunities of free discussion in the lecture-hall at Lyndhurst-road, and these must be particularly valuable to one with a- genius for teaching, since they show him to what points it behoves him specially to address himself. Dr. Horton has not yet risen to the full measure of his influence as preacher and teacher; and it is not to be doubted that sooner or later-therú is no hurry, for he is still on the right side of forty-he will be called to the chair ct the Congregational Union. He has already taken rank among the most suggestive and luminous writers of his denomination and we may confidently expect from him something even more considerable m f this kind than he has yet preduced. That his fame is already widely diffused is shown by the fact that. young as he is, he has taken his place among the Lyir.an Abbott lecturers at Yale. It is eminently characteristic of the man that, speaking to preachers of the future about preaching, he should have occupied himself almost entirely with the spiritual and mental equipment of the preacher, condensing what he had to say about the mechanics of public speaking into a single lecture at the end of the course. And what he did say under this head was admirable enough. Thus, treating of elocution, he observes that if the preacher does not take a proper elocutionary course he should at least practice distinctness of enunciation, and try to be rid of any mannerisms or solecisms of speech which would leave an unpleasant impression on cultivated ears. A candid friend, wno will not shrink from pointing out these defects, or these menaces of habit, may be among the mcst useful preceptors of a young preacher." With a dry- ness which those who know him will recognif-c, he goes on to remark that he has heard it said that to secure such a. friend it is worth while for a minister to get married. But the suggestion is far-fetched, for most men only woo women who admire their faults, and to marry a wife who will note and correct an ugly mode of speech or an affected way of delivery would require a courage which is seldom found on this side of forty," What again could be more judicious than ths lecturer's protest-in which he so clearly sets forth his own praebice-against the tendency of the present day to colloquial iso the language of (he pulpit—to rob it both of its purity and 6f its dignity in order the more Srtftily to- gain ths vulgar ear? "Though populus and vulgus," he says, sound like synonyms, popularity and vulgarity are by no means identicak The vernacular of the people is not the fca*k>- language of tiro street, any more than worn and fretted coins ara the coinage of the realm. But the true vernacular in which nion are to bo approached, especially on high and momentous themes, is that puro well of English undefiled which even common minds, when they hear it, recogniso as their real mother tongue, and welcome with gratitude as an ennobling relief from the debased linpro and th" nickel slang with which they are too familiar." This recalls Dr. Dale's still more eloquent pica, when delivering the same lecturc some years ag-), for a diction which shall not do despite to th" tongue of Chaucer and Milton and Shak.ispeare. It is reassuring to know that the Yale lectures are road extensively on both sides of tbe Atlantic. II. THE SUBJECT OF THE NEXT ARTICLE WILL BE MR THOMAS SPURGEON.
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A Question of Cslour. IC My dear, don't you intend to invite •• Mr and Mrs Green to your party ?" Certainly not." Why not ? They ara good friends of ours and will feel hurt." I can't help it if they are hurt. I am going to invite Mr and Mrs Brown." Well, why can't you invite the Greens as well ?" You shook me with your bad taste. Brown and Green in my parlour together ? Never. Why. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to have you asking me next to wear blue and yellow. Have you no idea of harmony whatever ?"
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A PROPOSED EPITAPH.—" Wanamaker is going to have a mausoleum built, I see." What's to be tho inscription- Out of the Frying Pan into tho Fire' V
FARM AND GARDEN.;
FARM AND GARDEN.; Work for the Month. The last month of the year-" the dull month before Christmas "—is undoubtedly the easiest of the twelve in the arable farmer's calendar. Seed which is deposited in the soil during December is apt to rot owing to the low temperature which generally prevails at this period. Men and horses are therefore set to work in clearing off old scores, so that December may not inaptly be styled the month of odd jobs." What th-ese jobs will be must depend, to a very great extent, upon the weather. In the course of a few days the land may be either locked so firmly by the ac- tion of frost that no implements can pierce the hurfaco, or covered with water in such a manner as to resembl* an inland sea. Under such condi- tions the farmer's choice is limited, and in cases where the bulk of the threshing is already done, it may be difficult to arrange employment for more than the regular stock hands. But, given a firm surface to permit of the passage of carts, it is possible to do many things ev?n in December provided the land is visible. Taking field work first, there may be mentioned the ploughing of stubbles where not already finished, and clover- leys for spring corn crops carting manure from the yards or lime from the kilns also compost heaps for temporary or permanent pastures. Wherever meadows are situated, either on mixed or pastoral farms, and farmyard dung ia avail- able, now is the time to get it cleared out and spread. In fact, the fold-yards should be kept as bare of manure as possible during the early part of the winter, not because the yards are the neater for the extra attention, but in crder that the land may be able to show the effect of tho dressing at the earliest possible moment.-Farm and Horns. Pouitry Notes. The thoughtful poultry-keeper should now be making his plans for next season, no matter whether he be merely the ownt>r of a. small yard or the proprietor of a. largo concern where hundreds of chickens are hatched every year. Many people postpone making their arrangements until March at the earliest, and then meet with a double disappointmsnt. In the first place, th&y find it difficult as well as costly to buy birds at that season for breeding, because most of those who own such birds are accustomed to get rid of them at the end of the year, in order to make room for chickens and secondly, even should they be fortunate enough to secure what they are cn the look-out for, it will only be at a high price, and the best part ot the season will have passed before they can hope to get any chickens hatched. It is now an easy matter to buy cockerels or pullets of any breed, and at ^^onable prices, because their breeders prefer to sell their stock fcr breeding purposes rather than keep them for the table and sell them at less money. Iu buying breeding stock do not be induced to take birds which are unsuit- able for yqpr locality and accommodation. It may be possible to make delicate fowls live in very exposed situations, but if so, the trouble will be enormous, and altogether out of proportion to the profits obtained. As soon as the birds art bought the breeding pens should be got ready, and the birds mated. There will then be a prob- ability that the hens will be in full lay by the end of February and the beginning of March, thus laying the foundation for a batch of pullets to come into profit next autumn. Do not be tempted to use, immature hens or cocks, nor over- crowd the pens. Three or four hens in a limited space will do better than twice as many. To those who have fowls to dispose cf I would sell at once, unless you have a promising cockerel or two which will find customers in the breeding season. It will not pay to keep a large stock about at this time of year, for they cost a lot to keep, and eggs get cheaper after the new year oomes in. j Fruit Garden. Though we have had several frosty nights lately, the leaves on apple trees are hanging longer than usual this autumn, and though in planting one need not wait for the last leaf to fall, it is not quite so well to do pruning till the leaves are down. There is no mystary about needful pruning. At the beginning of the tree's life we prune to obtain wood, afterwards we prune for fruit; thus a younpr tree is headed back to get the base well furnished with branches, and when this has been accomplished, hard pruning should ccase. Any thoughtful person on looking into a tree should be able after consideration to tell whether the sunshine and air have free access to the centre of the tree. To ensure rapid and free circulation the bark must be kept clean and bright and free from moss. If the branches of the trees ara thin enough for the sun's rays to penetrate them, the warmth and dryness of the atmosphere will' check the production of moss, and with an occa- sional dash of lime on a damp morning the trees will improve in health and vigour. If Pyramid apples and pears are planted, do not shorten overmuch. If plenty of fruit is wanted, thin out and shorten back soft unripe leaders little; but it is a ruinous system to stump back the leading shoots of trees where there is plenty of spase. Vegetable Garden. There is always plenty of work in a garden for those who care to do it and desire to see their crops thrive. There is, no doubt, land naturally rich and fertile where the crops come fairly good with but little trouble, but this is an exception. It is so ordained, and wisely I think, that without labour and care results are not good or perhaps a better way of stating it would be to say results are in proportion to the efforts brought to bear not only upon the crops when planted, but upon the iand before planting. Vacant land trenched now will be in good condition for planting with- out much labour in spring. Leave it as rough as possible for the frost and the wind to act upon it. But in trenching land, if the subsoil is being broken up for the first time, leave it in the bottom of thr. trench after breaking it. It is a remarkable, fact that most of the land in this country is not cultivated more than six inches deep, and even under the spade a great deal of the land is not broken up a foot in depth. Greenhouse. It is pleasant now on wet cold days to enter the greenhouse and overhaul the cuttings or other plants which need attention. It i? one of tho greatest mistakes to let the plants remain long in one position. Dead leaves accumulate on chry. santhemums, zonal, and other pelargoniums, and not only will their removal add to th" general tidiness, but the plants thrive better when cleared of dead or dccayiag wauer. Couaye Gardening. "TfieWeather and the Crops. News from South Australia, where the whea hawast begins about now, pointo to ft fcril a>weaf t quantity yield, an<f to quality above the average. From Victoria wo hear that the crop is regardod as 10 per cent. better than that of 1892 and 1893. With regard to trade, the English wheat average for November is 27s 3d per qr., against 27s 7d in October, and 26s in September. A year. ago 27s 10d was quoted, and in November, 1891, a mean prico of 37s lid was made. Farmers cannot be blamed for the decline. They bavo not flooded the market with grain, and they have resisted reaction in value until foreign wlmat began to penetrate into mcst rural inland dis- tricts. The extraordinary cheapness of foreign wheat is due this season to competition between Russia and the United States. Th* spring ctru trade shows 21 markets out of 30 firm for barley, 15 for oats, nin- for maize, and Cve for pulse. Barley is still strong trade for good malting qualities, and maize is maintained on spot, but large shipments promised for Deo»mb'.r make futures weak. Both oats snd puld •- ara a dull trad?.
His Curiosity Excited.
His Curiosity Excited. Gus De Smith (who is a woman hater): It is amusing to sea rich women once poor try to walk on the h-ads of their betters. Billy Vanderchump Yes, that must be very amusing. Say, where can this greatest show on earth be seen, and what's the price of reserved srats ?
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A TEA TABLE PmMSOMNB.—Bobby (who has accidentally up-set the dish of apple sauce): Now, isn't that. I ncky !-Mamn-ta What do you mean, you naughty boy ?—Bobby; Lucky I don't like Apple sauce.
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Welsh Tit-Bits. Neu Wreichion Oddiar yr Eingion. (BY CADBAWD.J The Life and Characteristics of lolo Morganwg. It is only natural for us to believe that the vehemence of the old bard which is displayed in his electioneering sones was much appreciated by those on his own side, and he was persuaded by those friends to publish his poetical productions in the English language. He did so, and it seems that be succeeded in obtaining a list of sub* scribsrs greater by far than be ever anticipated. Among their number we find such eminent men as General Washington, Wilberforce, whom he calls Humanity Wilberforce." These poems were published in two volumes in London in the year 1794, and dedicated to H.R.H. Prince George of Wales. His extreme notions with regard to politics, and his aquaintance with Paine, also his mamfes attachment to the cause of the French Revolution made him many enemies. By his frequent contribu- tions to the "Gentleman's Magazine he came to be acquainted with Robert Southey, and we find that lolo is respectfully mentioned by that poet in his poem Madoc," and on the tablet which was placed some years ago to the memory of Mr Edward Williams (Iclo Morganwg) in Fleming- stone parish church is to be seen the following: epitaph, which was written by Southey :— loto, old lolo, he who knows The virtues of all herbs of mount or vals, Of greenwood shade or quiet brooklet's bed, Whatever luve of science, or of song, Sages and bards have handed down. Southey also makes mention of him in several of his letters. In a letter to Coleridge he says "Bard Williams communicated to me some fine arcana of bardic mythology, quite new to t'ce world, which you will find in Madoc. In another letter to Mrs Southey, dated Palace Yard, May 10th, 1814, he say! Bard Williams is in town. I shall shake one honest man by the hand, whom I did not expect to see." Southey always called him "the good old bard." It seems also that he was intimately acquainted with the distinguished English poet Cowper, Mons. Talleyrand, Mr David Wiiliams, .author of the history of Monmouthshire; Messrs Gilbert Wakefield. Barbauld, Horne Took*; George Ellis, the friend of Canning; Lord Stanhope, Benj. Franklin, Dr. Aitken, and Bishop Percy. He bad occasion to appear twice before Pitt, the "heaven-born Minister," as he was wont to call him. The second time he was summoned before Mr Pitt was not ex- actly as he wished it. Some spy had com- plained of lolo being a traitor, and that he was ever wri tinr songs, &c., with the object of influencing tho people of this country to raise a disturbance. His papers were seized upon, and every scrap of manuscript that could be found at bis dwelling was taken to the Prime Minister, but were found to contain nothing disloyal, only a song, entitled "The Newgate Stanzas." This was considered to be a little suggestive of the evil spirit prevaihng at the time in certain quarters. Before dismissing th" old bard Mr Pitt addressed him in the following words:—"Now, Mr Wil- liams, you may carry home all your papers, and make yourself perfectly at ease." This did not exactly please him, and he told the Prime Minis- ter that the papers wera brought there not at his request, and certainly he should expeot them to be returned by the same hands which brought them thare. This was considered reasonable, and Mr Pitt sent the papers back again to Iolo's house in London. It seems extraordinary that a person having such political notions, and one who was such a pronounced Republican, could ever think of soliciting an introduction to a King, and sing his praise. However, such was tit" case. On or about the year 1794 he was introduced to George IV., who at the time was Prince of Wales. Mr Waring says that when the Prince married lolo composed an epithalanium to him and his lady. When he bad word informing him that he was to be introduced to his Majesty, he made some very original preparations, quite character- istic of himself. He dressed in his best working clothes, put on a new white leather apron, carrying a new trowel in his hand; thus he appeared before his Majesty the King, and presented to him his song, God, Save tho King." He was received in a most cordial manner, and heartily thanked by th* illustrious Prince for the kind wishes expressed in his verses, and hoped that his reign would be such as he had predicted. We will give in next week's issue Iolo's Epithalanium to his Prince. The Book of Baglan. LLANFAIR GILGOKD. David ap Howell ab Madoc, Jenkin ab Dafydd- Ryne, second sone to Dafydd ap Howell. John ab Jenkin of Cilloucb, Esqr., GwiUim ab John ab Jenkin. Anes, da. and heir, ma. Hoel. Dafydd Thomas, bye whome the said Howell had Cillouch. John Hughes, Watkin Hughes, Charles Hughes, William Hughes, now living (1600). Howell ab Ryne, of Tregair. Lln. ab Ryne. Gwetcllian (da. ot Howell ab Ryne)<m*. Howell Glim. Jenkin, of Llanarth. Jsnkin, Gwillim, Dafydd, Howell, Thomae, Dafydd, John, Dafydd. William, John Jones, of Tre Owen. Dafydd, sone of Lln. ab Ryne bad Ddafydd the father of Jenkin, and Richard. Wm. ab Jenkin, the father of Phillip Jenkins, of Gloucester, now living. Thomac, sone of Richard ab Dafydd, married Isabtll, da. to Howell ab Ma'c., of Llanavell. Jonett, thAir da. and heir, ma. Jevan Thos. ab Jenkin Herbert, of Llangattock avell. LLASGATTOCK VIBONAVELL. Ievan Thos. ab Jenkin ab John GUm. Herbert ma. Jonett, da. and heir to Thos. ab Pricherd, ad Dd. ab Lln. ab Ryne ab Dd. ab Howell ab Madock, who decendoth paternallye of Aythau aji Gwaithford, Lo. of Cardigan. Thomas Evans ma. Eliza. Pye, 2nd da. to Walter Pye, of Mynde, Esqr. Wm. Evans, bagler of Lawe, canon of Heref., Llandaff, and Exeter, chancelor and treasurer of Llandaff, justice of psace of Monmouth and Glamorganshire. Jauyes Evans ma. Eliza., daughter and hath issue 3 son*s. John Evans ma. da. to Dd. Brewer. Had issue 5 soned and 3 da. His "On!! was John Evans, priest, vicare of LlanvihanRell Cwmddey, master of artM, -id p. sone of Cúytllh Huyh Evans, ma. Blanche, da. to Jno. Jones, of Treowen, Esq. —ma. Hugh Rogers, and had issuo one sone and one da. After, she ma. Wm. Cox, coroner of Mo. shire, and issued 8 sones and one da. Catherine Erans, ma. Harrie Mathews, of Llandaff, Esq., and had issue Jxne ft*. Wat Jno. BaKer, fifCWfci- carfau, and had issue 5 Sones and 4 daughters. Isabell, ma. Howell Jenkin Wm. Vaughan, of I fti&rin (?), and hnd issue 3 soncs wAd dftlufettHk a
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CorifTRT VISITOR (after reading noHce): Hands off Wi ll I should say thoy wuz, 'an lrjrs off, too. I wonder who the dumed cutter is. anylio* I
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A French lady of very svelte and elepat figure was recently asked why she always ltad such enormously stout servants. Her answer was characterlstlc. To provent their wearing my nlothes when I am awav from home."
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GOSStPS' CORNER. The estimated expenses of the City of London police establishment for the year 1894 are put at £130,153 3s lid. M. Loyson, better known as Pare Hyacinthe, has now formally identified himself with the Pro- testant communion at Paris. The most marked social effect of the Earl ot Warwick's death will be to make the beaming Lady Brooke Countess of Warwick. The greatest depth recorded of Lake Micbigai is 870 feet, or about one-sixth of a mile. The mean depth is about 325 feet, or one-sixteenth Of a mile. • >H The Jowett Memorial Committee hope to raise a fund of at least £20,000. This should not be difficult considering the wealth and position ot certain past members of the college. The Welsh inhabitants of Sydney, in Australia, are preparing to hold a National Eisteddtoctill thit city. It is to be hoped its results will ix devoid of the bitter wranglinjs so frequeatlj experienced in the mother country. Are the women of Wales (asks the CMfHtmfj preparing to lay hold of the work which Will to them when the Parish Councils Bill is passed « It is probable they will not only be called upon to vtoe, but also to elect members from amongst themselves. In addition to the pictures already promised by Mr G. F. Watts, R.A., in his deed of gift tt s the nation, will be portraits of Lord Rote. bery, Mr J. Passmore Edwards, the lata Sir Andrew Clark, and Mr George Meredith, tfc novelist. Strong remonstrances are being made by English Quakers against the deposition froic ministerial office in the United States of Frieadt there who decline to subscribe to the Declara- tion of Faith adopted by one or two bodies at American Friends. The Incorporated Law Society has been tery active this term, something like a dozen solicitors having been either suspended or struck off tlw roll. It is rumoured that the name of a Cardiff practitioner will shortly be brought under thf notice of the society. A reporter of a morning paper went round te sundry London churches to see what the semnom were about, and ascribed the following text to the preacher at St. Botolph's, Bishupsgate. Th, sermon was from the text Mark ii., 27—"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose." There will be four eclipses next year—two pi the sun and two of the moon, besides a transit o( the planet Mercury over the disc of the sun. Of these the partial eclipse of the moon on .the 21at of March, the annular eclipse of the sub on the 6th of April, and the total eclipse of the sun on the 29th of September, will not be visible in tttif part of the world The vice of intemperate drinking is much or Cj the increase in the United States. "FamiUet < entirely abstemious ten yiears ago," says at f, American paper, "now think nothing of having wine at dinner. This custom, which seemed at one time to have died out almost entirely, hat been generally revived, at least in the Northece States. The saloon evil has also grown to tre- mendous proportions." After an interval of ten years another Waftstet will this week in seen .wielding the con4triMMI> biton. On December 5tb young Siegfried Wagae^ i the son of the great musical zevolutionist by jiit marriage with Corcina von Biilow, daughtelr ot the Abbe Liszt, is to make his debut as leader of an orchestra at a concert given by the Lmct- Vereiu of Lipzig. The programme will coaMt entirely of works either of his father or his grant}" father. A book of great loca interest about to 1st published by Mr Elliot Stock, in which as account is given 01 the" earliest University* ta Wales." The title of the book will be Llantwit- Major, a Fifth Century University," by A. Ç1. Fryer. A tradition exists that from Llan twit Stf. Patrick (whose original Welsh name was Maaa$;v; was forcibly conveyed by Irish marauders, wfee sacked the place of its valuables, to Ireland, '3 which island he became the patron saint of. 1 An amusing game has just been invented by f gentleman residing at Watford. It has beef christened "Parliamentary skittles." The on which the game is played is something like a small billiard-table, and is divided into "Irish Party," "Ministry," "Commons," Opposition,' Lords," At the four corners are W.E.G "L.R. "L.S. A.J.B." The game is played very much in the mauner of ordinary skittles^ each party overthrown scoring a certain num^iffc Mr and Mrs Gladstone will spend the^ Christ mas holidays at Cannes, as the guests of M{ Stuart Rendel, who has recently purchase^ to# well-known Chateau de Florence, which is ctnp <tt the finest villas on the Riviera, from the DowagJM Duchess of Montrose. The house has beeti £ tt- A- larged and redecorated during the last 'twe months, and the electric light has been duced, and it is now being refurnished. Tbi Chateau deFlorenct is surrounded by beautify grounds, and it has a very largo terrace, front which there are a variety of charming views." Few revelations that can with propriety,bt made as to the character and habits of -Tamst L are likely to provoke surprise or scepticisjB. Still, the president of the College of Surgeons, in his speech at the Dental Hospital s dinner on Saturday, certainly succeeded in throwing a new light on ttu, tastes of the wisest fool in Christendom." Mi Hulke avers, on unimpeachable authority, that his Majesty actually paid for the privilege ei being allowed to extract his subjects' teeth and he is recorded, inspite of his well-known JMVSK mony, to have expended several shillings for tb, pleasure of bleeding a person. It was on tho 1st of June, 1861, thai Bfopdiot then in the prime of life, first visited JhtgMrf & and astonished visitors to the Crystal Palace by his feats on the high rope. Two years previously he had conceived and executed the bold idea at crossing the Niagara Falls on a rope 170 feet above the water level, the distance traversed being 1,100 feet. He afterwards performed th? still more wonderful feat of walking the topt across the Falls on stilts, carrying a man on hit back. At the Crystal Palaco the rope waa stretched from end to *nd of the great central transept, at a height of 100 fftt from the ground r floor. Blondin, who will complete his 70th year 1 owthelmfttfey otFebfwxty nmk will I bow the Crystal Palace on Boxing Day-aoxt, and will repeat his performances every evpnisg during t. l Christmas holidays.
A SATURDAY SERMON.
A SATURDAY SERMON. ,0.,) What though the close of this epoch in tlx <■} history of tho solar orb shculd he accompanied j —as some with a. strange fondness have ttHaginfee -by the dissolution and disappearance of fli s these shining spheres. Then woutdtheuntveMx not have failed in its functions, but only bee* gathered up and rolled away—thesj formations fj being complete. That gorgeous material "frame, if work wherewith the Eternal Truth adorned âa4 varied the abysses of spaco is only an instruftNnt j by which the myriads of spirits lorce upon its orbs may be told of thoir origin and educated for more exalted being, and a time mfcj come when tb" veil can be drawn when spirit shall converse directly WIth ..prit, and the creature gaze without hindrane: on the effulgent face of its Creator; but even then, no, not in that manhood at tnl] maturity of being, will cur fritte(I vaulfc be for- gotten or its pure inhabitants permitted 't;, drop away. Their roality may have- passed, but tlml remembrance will live for .V>¡T. The warm reiv J tionships cf dependent childhood aro only tJat tenderer and more hallowed that the grave bat enclosed an 2 embalmed their objects, and height of excellence, no extent cf future gwett,. ness, will ever obscure the vivi-inees of that frail tut lovely infancy in which, as now wo walkeC upcn the beauteous earth, and fondly gazed itpca those far-off orbs, deeming that tLey whispo t from their bright abodes the welcome tiding* Tt j Plan's iminortal destiny. j PBOFSSSOR Nicnoits. J