South Wales Daily News

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1875. LLANDILO SECTARIANS AND SUITABLE" EDUCATION. As appears from a paragraph in yesterday's South Wales Daily News, the clerical and Church party in the pleasant Carmarthenshire town of Llandilo, under a simulated horror of School Board educa- tion, which, in reality, resolves itself into a too unreasoning love for sectarian teaching, are making exceptional efforts to build a sectarian school, and thus, as they think, to effectually checkmate the formation of a School Board. The Education Department has intimated that there is a deficiency of school accommodation in Llandilo, and unless that deficiency be supplied within the statutable period a School Board will be per- emptorily jformed. This intimation has fluttered the sectaries in Llandilo, and a vestry meeting has been held, under the presidency of the VICAR, "to consider what steps might be taken to avoid the impending calamity of a more efficient system of national education than has heretofore obtained in Llandilo. To cynical observers, it might afford a test for grave and by no means complimentary re- flection, that there should, within the very shadow of Golden Grove and Dynevor Castle, be an absolute deficiency of even school accommodation. Surely the twin Earls of CAWDOR and DYNEVOR have never been warned of the possible danger to sectarian teaching supremacy, in the chosen seat of their power, which this school deficiency was occasioning, otherwise they would never have permitted Llandilo to be threat- ened with the disgrace of having a School Board enforced upon it in consequence of educational neglect. Failing the, action of the two Earls, the VIOAR has rushed to the breach, supported by Sir JOHN MANSELL and Mr DAVID PUGH, and at the vestry meeting referred to, it was resolved to form a committee to raise funds to build a new sectarian school, land thus, as they fondly hoped, avert a School Board invasion into that Boeotia of Carmarthenshire Toryism-the Vale of Towy. It may not be considerate, perhaps, while it may nevertheless be kind, to disturb thelhaleyon day .dreams of these Llandilo sectarians, and to assure them that the mere fact of their providing a sufficiency of school accommodation will not necessarily prevent the formation of a School Board in their town. A superfluity of worth- less talk and writing is expended by persons who know nothing of the clauses and the reach of the Education Act on this question of school accommodation and the sectarians are urged, to provide a sufficiency of their own sectarian schools, and by that means the formation of a School Board will be rendered impossible. In Cardiff, during the recent School Board election, and more especially during the contest for School Boards in Canton and Roath, the Tory paper luxuriated in fantasies of this kind, and Ritualistic clergymen in Roath aad Canton are providing with all speed sectarian school accommodation to prevent the coming of the dreaded School Board. Mr DAVID PUGH was not privileged to represent Carmarthenshire during the passing of the Education Act of 1870—he having, two years before, given way to Mr SAITTORIS ;-other- wise he might have -told the Llandilo sectarians in vestry assembled that merely supplying the educational deficiency of Llandilo will not destroy the possibility of a School Board. There must not only be a sufficiency of school accommodation, but the education given must be efficient and suitable. The fifth clause of the Education Act is very plain and intelligible on this head. There must be "a sufficient amount of accommodation in public elementary schools for all the children resident in the district," and this education must be, as the clause affirms, both "efficient and suitable." Had Mr DAVID PUGH heen in the House in 1870, he would have had the advantage of hearing the auther of the Bill, Mr FORSTBli himself, interpret the intention and mean- ing of the clause. On moving the first reading of the C, Bill, Mr FORSTKR said, "By sufficient, I mean that there are enough schools by efficient, I mean schools which give a reasonable amount of secular education; and by suitable, I mean schools to which, from the absence of religious or. other restriction, parents cannot reasonably object." A sectarian school which teaches the Church Cate- chism, for instance, would not be a "suitable" school for the children of Dissenters and Noncon- formists and would not be considered" suitable" by the Education Department itself if Dissenting parents object to it. Perhaps this may serve to moderate the denominational zealotry of High Church and other sectarian educationists, who imagine that if they only erect schools after their own pattern they will prevent a School Board from being formed. This might be a pleasing de. lusion to them while it lasts, but it is ajdelusion, nevertheless. Some parts of the Education Act- although other parts of it are specially faulty-are conceived in a more liberal and tolerant spirit than they seem to imagine, and protect the rights of parents in the very direction in which those rights ought to be protected. A rich landowner, or two or three rich landowners, may own nearly all the land in a parish in which nine-tenths of the in- habitants are Dissenters. These landowners may erect school-houses in which the doctrines of their own Churches, either Roman Catholic or Church of England, shall be taught. Of course, there must, in public elementary schools, be a con- science clause. But it is well known that the con- science clause is onlyadelusionanda snare and that Roman Catholicism or Ritualism, or any other i8m, can be tauglit apart from the formal repeating of I catechisms and creeds. Would it not be intoler- able if these two or three rich landowners were to be empowered to say to these Dissenters forming nine-tenths of the parish, "We will compel you to send your children to our Church of England or Roman Catholic schools, for by providing a sufficiency of school accommodation we have pre- vented the formation of a School Board for the parish?" The Marquis of BUTE for instance, is the owner of a large portion of Car- dift. He is a wealthy;Peer, and an ardent, some people say an intolerant, Roman Catholic. Sup- pose that Lord BUTE had erected a number of Roman Catholic Schools in Cardiff, enough to supply the educational deficiency of the Borough, would the mere erection of the Schools be suffi- cient to prevent the formation of a School Board ? Equity and reason alike say it ought not to be sufficient and the Education Act and the Educa- tion Department say it shall not be sufficient. The Act says that there shall not only be a sufficiency of school accommodation, but that the education given shall be u efficient and SUITABLE. ] Even in the case of schools giving efficient elemen- tary education, it has been held that the school shall form no part of the available school pro- vision of the district if it be "in excess of the wants of the denomination to which the school belongs." If any doubt heretofore remained on this matter, the case of Wrentham, just decided by the Education Department, will set that doubt at rest for ever. At Wrentham the sectarians had provided a suffici-eney of school accommodation, but as Wrentham contains a largo number of Dis- senters, it was contended by them that these sect- arian schools did not provide for their children a suitable education, such as the Education Act re- quires. After a lengthened correspondence, the Education Department has just sanctioned the formation of a School Board for Wrentham, not- withstanding there was already a sufficiency of School Board accommodation. And in sanctioning the School Board, it is said In any parish or district where the inhabitants generally are dis- satisfied with the nature or quality of the education provided for them, they can obtain a School Board, and take the matter into their own hands. The clergyman cannot prevent it. The fact that there is a school already cannot prevent it. The inhabitants can ask for and obtain a Board. This action of the Education Department is only carrying both the letter and spirit of the Education Act into practice, and the Llandilo sectaries, and educational sectaries generally, will do well to understand that the mere building of schools will not prevent the formation of School Boards if the inhabitants decide that the education given at these sectarian schools is not suitable for their children.

SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF AN M.P. The Hour says that considerable excitement has been prevalent in Leeds for the last day or two, owing to the ,sudden disappearance of the senior member for the borough. It is a fortnight since the funeral of his wife took place, but his most intimate friends are in the dark as to the causes which have led to his sudden departure from Leeds.

NEW ACTS. The new Act on Friendly Societies has been printed. It will take effect on the 1st January next, with the ex- ception of three provisions, the 10th, 37th, and 38th, which have immediate operation. These sections relate to the registry office, the payment of salaries, &c., by the Treasury from money provided by I'arliament, and the regulations to be made by the Treasury for carrying out the new law. The other part of the Act relates to the duties and obligations of societies and their various de- tails, and were much discussed in Parliament. The Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the public health in England has been issued. It is a formidable statute, containing as may as 343 sections. The new law, which repeals a number of Acts, isjdivided into eleven parts, having reference to the public health. The forms to be used are set out, and the Act is not to extend to the metropolis, save as expressly provided.

THE PERILS OF TRAVELLING. Gratitude for the preservation of the Queen from the unforeseen perils of a collision in the Solent will be min- gled in the minds of all her subjects with the shock and pain of the news. It is distressing to discover that not even the anxious and vigilant care by which her Majesty's movements are attended can altogether secure her against' danger. Nor., is it less unpleasant to reflect that the Queen had been involved in an accident attended by fatal consequences, and that, though neither her Majesty personally nor the officers of the Royal yacht were responsible for the unfortunate event, it cannot fail to be impressed deeply upon her imagination. To witness sudden destruction borne down upon unprepared and unwarned victims is a trial to any one. To a Queen and a woman, powerless to save the unhappy people whom their own recklessness and the blunder of a sailing-master tiung under the bows of the Royal vessel, the trial must have been peculiarly painful. There is no use in moralising over the sad cir- cumstances of the accident, but it would probably never have occured if it were not for the habit of mobbing dis- tinguished people, in which all classes of Englishmen and Englishwomen indul,e.-Pall Mall Gazette,

LORD COLERIDGE AND THE DENBIGH •MAGISTRATES. Mr Watkin Williams, M.P., writes to the Times :— As one of the magistrates who served upon the grand jury at the last assizes for the county of Denbigh, I read with distress the letter of Mr TowBshend Mainwaring to Lord Coleridge, published in the Times of the 12th inst. Mr Townshend Mainwaring is the very last man to in- tentionally convey an erroneous impression of facts but when he writes to Lord Coleridge, referring to his having declined his lordship's invitation to dinner, and express- ing his belief 4 that our loid-lieutenant subsequently told you that he had undertaken to inform you why he and the other magistrates had determined to follow my Ixample,' I cannot let such language pass in public without stating that it does convey an erroneous impression, by implying that the other magistrates had, in fact, determined to follow his example. The facts are shortly these. 'After the grand jury-iiad concluded their business, and had been formally discharged by the judge, some of the magistrates returned to the grand jury room. Mr Townshend Mainwaring then produced a small slip torn out of some newspaper, containing a very small portion of the report of a recent trial at Chester, from which it appeared that Lord Coleridge hae! made some general observations reflecting upon the character of the Denbighshire niagistrates as a body. He then saia that he wished to move a resolution to the enect that the magistrates declined to dine wit tne judge. A general conversation followed the mag tes were not unanimous. One of them strongly condemned tha proposed motion, pointing out that the frag ent of the report produced was obviously unperfect. and most probably inaccurate. No resolution was adopted, but a suggestion that some of the leading magistrates should call upon Lord Coleridge and inquire of him whether there was any foundation for the story as reported was acted upon, and, as might havo been expected, with the result of satisfying every reasonable person that the whole story was an exaggeration and {perversion of the real' truth, aud the whole afito ended by those magi- strates who were able to do so dining with the judge as usual."

BREAKFAST.- Erra'S COCOA.GI'ATEI'UL AND COM- FOKTINO.—" By a thorough_kr>owiedu'P of tuc nzttura). laws which govern the operations of digcsi><;<i tiutrition, and by a care- ful application of the fin e properties of well-selected cocoa Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delecaielv fla- voured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills It is by the jiuticious use of such articles of diet th?.t a constitu- tion may be gradually buiit tl;) until strong enough to resist tion, may be gradually buiit u;> until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around lid re .dy t > nttacK whcrever there is a weak pointl We nIliV escape .W,' a f't Ll sh.-tft by keeping ourselves wel ijitilied \y:w..puie "i<.md pmt.t-vlv nourished frame. — Citi. Scroice (f-tzett >;•. i<- winply wish Coring Water or Milk.— SuM by niCC rs ii, Packets on!v, JAMES ERRS & Co. j Homwftpatbic Cl.smijii. 6. Rnl 179 Picca dilly; Worus, Eustoii LoMl aud CbmdeL To" u, London-" 1*277

IRONMAKING BY MACHINERY IX NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The adaptation of rotary puddling to the making of finished iron has been strikingly successful in North Staffordshire. At the Ravensdale Works of Mr Robert Heath, ten Danks' furnaces are in use, producing heavy plates of a quality much superior to those obtained f"om the same material by hand labour and at less cost. ►• ome practical ironmakers had feared that the system was not applicable to the making of the smaller sizes of finish ed iron. Small squares, narrow hoop?, and even nail rods have, however, been now produced by the Danks' p^- cess, solely from North Staffordshire pig iron, of a quality equal to that got by hand puddling from pig iron ye;'v much higher in price. The hot and cold tests to which the iron has been subjected leave results which should largely stimulate the well-directed employment of machine puddling. The iron and bteel Institute, at their forthcoming autumnal meeting in Manchester, will give a day to North Staffordshire, devoting their atten- tion mainly to what is being done there by the Danks' machinery.

ABERDARE BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual fortnightly meeting of this Eoard was held on Thursday, Mr II H. Rhys in the chair. There were also present-the Rev. Dr. Price. J. Snape, I. Thomas, and T. Phillips. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Inspector of Nuisances reported six fresh cases of typhoid fever during the last fortnight., be- ing an increase of four as compared with the previous fortnight, and one death, an increase of one. Also one Ll e' case of scarlet fever, no death having occurred. The rest of the report referred to nuisances arising out cf the want of proper sanitary arrangements, also several eises of overcrowding in Bute-street, and David Price- street, all of which were ordered to be looked to. Mr Snape drew attention to the fact that the main pipes now being laid in connection with the Water Works were all cast horizontally, and not vertically. The Chairman thanked Mr Snape for drawing attention to this matter, inasmuch as the cost of pipes cast horizontally wc-re of less value, and the contractors should make allowance for the same. Mr Snape undertook to see the contractors on the subject. A letter was read from the Secretary of the Local Government Board, calling attention to a recent report from Maior Tullock to the want of a pre per system of main drainage in the district. The Clerk was directed to reply to the communication referring to a re- cent correspondence on the subject, and to state that im- mediately upon the completion of the waterworks, now being constructed, the matter should receive the attention of the Board. The Surveyor's report was read, but it contained nothing of public interest.

DEATH OF AN EMINENT WELSHMAN. It is with deep and sincere regret that we have to an- nounce the death of the Rev. Robert Ellis (Cynddelw) Baptist minister of Carnarvon, which took place at Oswestry at half past one on Tuesday last. Mr Ellis was 02 years old, and until lately had been a very hale aud hearty man. His life had been one of constant, usef-jr and assiduous labour both as a minister and a Wekil scholar. He was a minister of high standing, and one of the most popular with the Baptist denomination. He was a most fluent orator, and as a Welsh antiquarian he was probably the greatest authority in the Principality. Ke was also classed amongst the best of the Welsh bards, having won the Chair" and some Bcores of prizes during his younger days. In conjunction with others he had edited a great manv books, and was himself the author of several standard works in Welsh literature. Some of them are now bein^ issued, whilst he had.in preparation a volume of his own poetical works, which he intended publishing under the name of "Mwyar Berwyn." During the last two months Mr Ellis bad suffered from a slight illness, but nothing to cause anxiety to his family. However, as he did not improve, the church at Carnarvon asked him to take a month's rest, and he started for South Wales to fulfil some engagements. A slight cold which he took at Llanarth, Cardiganshire, increased his illness, so that he was unable to continue the journey further than Oswes- try, where he was staying with some friends at a farm- house, and where he, died. In his death the Baptists lose one of their brightest stars and Welsh literature a profound scholar and an eminent author.

LIFE AT TROUVILLE. Between the little pier of Trouville and the Hotel des Roches Noires t'ne life of the place may be said to be concentrated. Within this space are the canvas bathing- houses whence issue, at high water, the ladies in bloomer costumes and broad straw hats, who are so careful not to let either their faces or their locks come in contact with the salt water,, who swim (after the marcer, indeed, of many of our countrywomen) with one foot on the bottom, and who never bathe without a strong escort of male friends. Close beside the pier, too, are a line of wooden tenements used as cafes, shooting-galleries, or lotteries, and immediately after -these establishment are passed com- mences the boarded walk on the sands which terminates at Madame de Gallifet's house, just beyond the Roches Noires Hotel. Along this promenade-which is, by the way, an excellent idea, easily carried out, for avoiding heavy walking through sand-saunter and sit the people of all nations and name who make Trouville a miniature Babel. Frenchmen in light blue suits, with white boots, and small barometers fastened to their hat-bands, as if they wished to test the atmospheric pressure of the sea breezes on the brain ciommcux from the Boulevards in light frock coats and straw hats, Enrfishmen in alarming chess-board suits, small Russians in top boots, red sashes' and white duck jackets, Germans in tight trousers^ Swedes, Turks, Ameiicans,(Italians, Negroes, Cubans-~ in short, citizens of every country in both hemispheres. Nor is the fairer sex in less number and variety muslin, lace, gold and silver embroidered jackets, low shoes, silk stockings, high heels, and every imaginable colour are massed together on the Trouville mile." Here families and their friends prefer to sit on long lines of chairs, criticising and greeting the passers-by, while the children dig on the somewhat dirty sands beyond or dabble in the water. Some few take up their posi- tion on the beach and watch the bathers but this is tedious work, and the gay crowd behind the bath houses has more attractions than the dripping damsels who hurry to their cabins in peignoirs or the gentlemen who are conscious that a tight striped costume is not always the most becoming dress. Just behind the largest bath- ing establishment is the Casino, where balls, theatrical representations, and other amusements are held daily. In front is a backed terrace, which is crowded w,th loungers from midday till midnight and at one end is a small room, where, under the name CourselJ de Salon, both sexes indulge in what may be termed limited gambling.

RAILWAY GYMNASTICS. Very clever feats are performed on the Underground Railway. The grace with which the guards enter their vans and the apparent ease with which it is done, take away anything like dread from the mind of the admiring spectators, though it must be, decidedly unpleasant to most people to witness the apparition of a guard, who has failed to take time by the forelock, passing, hand over hand, along the narrow footboard of the carriages to his van, with the certainty of one false step conducting him to a premature and blood?grave. There are wonder- fullv few accidents to this class of officials, nevertheless, althou-h shop and other boys who attempt en- terin2 or leaving trains m motion frequently come to erief. Neither practice is attempted to be Rt-onned although when the hasty passenger comes down heavily on the platform from any cause,his name is taken, in order, probably, to an anticipatory prosecution should he think of going to law with the company. A simple-minded correspondent of The Times records the pushing by a porter successively of a stout old lady and a slender girl into a carriage leaving the Edgware Road Station at considerable speed, the same sort of thing oc- curring at two subsequent stations, and he seemed vexed at not being unable to identify the porter. He may rest satisfied and if he travels for a week regularly along that line in the busy time of the day, he may occasionally see people bundled in in that way when the compartment contains five or six more people than it is seated for. When the human mass is so large to be scarcely compressible, the latest arrivals are in considerable danger; but the porter generally succeeds, even under this disadvantage, in packing in the additional bale. Whether or not there is any bye-law of the com- pany allowing their servants to countenance this practice, forbidden on all other lines, of entering or leaving car- riages in motion, goodness knows; but it is a practice which is observed on the Underground, as is the equally offensive one of packing a carriage with more passengers than it is seated for, which is forbidden to omnibus and tramway companies under heavy penalties, and is a fraud and imposition on the people who use the railway, and who, when they take a ticket, purchase the exclusive right to a tenth part of the compartment—which is none too much for their comfortable accommodation.

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