The North Wales Express

THURSDAY EVENING. THE REPRESENTATION OF CAR- NARVONSHIRE. Owing to the indisposition of Mr Love J ones ■ Parry, Madryn, which was notified at a meeting of the Liberal Association, held in this town this afternoon, it has been decided to invite Mr Wat- kin Williams, Q.C., M.P., to contest the seat, and we are further informed that the hon. gentleman has placed himself at the disposal of the Liberals. « ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. The Right Bon. A. Ayrton has retired from the representation of Northampton, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave has retired from Shoreham through ill-health. Mr Loder will be the second Conservative candidate. Mr J. A. Campbell will stand as a Conservative candidate for Glasgow aud Aberdeen Universities in place of the Lord Advo- cate. Colonel Deedes will not stand for East Kent. The Conservatives will select another candidate on Saturday. Mr Bradiaugh has issued his address to the'Northampton electors to-day. Colonel Bridgman, son of the Earl of Bradford, is mentioned as the second Conservative candidate for Bolton. Mr John Rice will offer himself as a tenant farmer candidate for Cork County. Mr Wa ter fflate will stand in the Conservative interest for Longford. Mr E. S. Robinson is mentioned as the third Liberal candidate for Bristol. He condemns Home Bule. Mr Twemlow is the second Liberal candidate for North Staffordshire, and Mr James Markin the second Conservative candidate for Stoke. Mr Tritton, banker, has been requested to be- come third Liberal candidate for the City of London. It is stated that Major General Crealock will contest the Borough of Bradford as a Conserva- tive. Mr Worthington is selected as Mr Bass' col- league for Tamworth. Mr O'Connor Power has issued address in the County of Mayo. Sir Rainald Knightly, Conservative, has issued an address at South Northamptonshire. MR GLADSTONE AND THE LEEVS REPRESENTATION- A letter has been received from Mr Gladstone stating that he has not consented to stand for Leeds, that he has not authorised anyone to make use of his name in connection with the representa- tion of the borough, and that he has no intention of accepting a seat from Leeds.

PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. In to-day's Commons Mr Cowen gave notice to oppose the Provision in Parliamentary Elections and Corrupt Practices Bill, which legalized pay mentfor conveyance of'voters to the poll. Mr stan- hope said that the Government had no information that a battery of six pounder guns, with harness, and 2000 smooth-bore rifles, had been presented by the Indian Government to the Governor of Candahar. In reply to Mr Mundella, Colonel Stanley said he was not able to state the exact cost of bringing the Indian troops to Europe in 1878. A discussion ensued, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the cause of delay in pre- senting the report was owing to some mistake in the account, and although the exact amount could not be given, his honourable friend would state an approximate amount of costs. Mr Stanhope then stated that the approximate cost was about £ 470,000. The Consolidated Fund, No. 1 Bill, passed the committee. The report of supply brought up and received. The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to make his financial statement at a quarter to 6. He commenced by pointing out the inconvenience of bringing forward the budget befoie the close of the financial year. He pointed out that last year his estimate was Y,83,055,000, and assuming every thing was paid, as was proposed, there would have been a deficit of L3,356,000, and this was in- creased by supplementing votes, which would have brought the deficit up to S5,000,000 if all the money had been spent. Such happily was-not the case. Referring to the cost of the Zulu war he said the amount that had been set down for that amounted to L,5,138,000, that had all been spent except Y,177,000 but with respect to the cost of the expedition against Se- coeceni that had.been set down at £ 380,000.

THE MARKETS. LONDON CATTLE MARKET.-There were in to- day's market 730 beasts, 250 foreign, dull, 4s to 58 8d. 4060 sheep, quiet, 4s 6d to 6a lOd. 90 calves, 5s 6d to 6s 8d per eight lbs. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—A very small supply of English wheat, which realised the out- side prices of the previous week. A quiet trade at about last week's prices for red and good white American wheats, but inferior descriptions of Californian were Is per quarter cheaper. AWFUL EXPLOSION AT TREDEGAR- An explosion occurred last night in Bedwelly Pits, Tredegar, killing four men and injuring several others. Fortunately there were only few 'men in the pit at the time. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE The Oxford crew arrived at Putney this after- noon from Taplow, and took up their quarters at the Fox and Hounds as usual. The Oxonians used their old boat, the new one having been severely damaged. The Cambridge crew rowed over the course to- day, but eased twice on the journey. They did some good rowing on their return. MR GLADSTONE ON IRISH AFFAIRS- In his speech at St Andrew's Hall, Newmau- street, London, to-morrow afternoon. Mr Glad- stone will deal particularly with the references in Lord Beaconsfield's letter to Irish affairs. BRIGANDS IN LARISSA. A Central News telegram dated Jumna, March 10th, says that brigands continue rampant. A bey of Larissa has been seized by brigands and carried, and a large ransom is demanded for his restoration. A rich Wallach has been murdered in open day at a village six miles from Larissa. TAY BRIDGE ACCIDENT- The body of George Taylor Mason was recovered from the wreck of the Tay Bridge to-day and bx^ught ashoxe At Dundee.

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THE DISSOLUTION. When the first bare intelligence flew over the country on Monday evening that Minis- ters intended to advise Her Majesty to dis- solve Parliament at Easter most people were both surprised at the apparently sudden determination, and puzzled regarding the particular motives or objects which had prompted the step. The Parliament having met for its seventh and necessarily last ses- sioir without any formal remonstrance from the Liberal party as to any straining of the constitution, and the work of the session having been fairly entered upon, there seemed no reason for any break-up until the Autumn recess arrived. Lord Beaconsfield must, therefore, have sprung one of his dramatic surprises upon the Peers, when he got up in their midst and rather curtly informed them of the intention of his Cabinet, without offering any explanation as to the reason for the step. It is true that in the Commons Sir Stafford Northcote was some- what more explicit; for he alleged the necessity of making provision for Irish distress as the reason why Parliament was not dissolved before the commencement of the session, and the successful completion of that business as offering a favourable op- portunity for an appeal to the country. It might be inferred from this that Ministers were inclined to appeal to the constituencies of Ireland while their gratitude was still warm in regard to considerate attention paid to the needs of that country. But it was not till Lord Beaconsfield's manifesto appeared in the newspapers on Tuesday morning that it was really understood what hand Ministers meant to play in the politic- al game upon which they had entered. This manifesto took the form of a letter to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; but the fact that it dealt with matters far beyond the scope of local Irish government, and also the publication of it in the newspapers, gave it very much the character of a proclamation. In it the Premier, in spite of some obscurity of style and argument, gave to the world the information which had withheld from the House of Lords respecting the position which Ministers intended to take up in dissolving. With regard to Ireland, appeal]) was not only made to the grateful appreciation by Irishmen of the recent Ministerial action on their behalf, but also to the jealous apprehension of English. men and Scotchmen respecting a projected disruption of the United Kingdom. It required Lord Beaconsfield's intellect to devise this double method of making capital out of combined distress and dis- affection in Ireland, which had excited the Liberal party in Great Britain both to sympathy and to the consideration of remedial legislation. The issue in Ireland will, therefore, be put thus to the electors —"will you vote for the party that has given your people bread in their need, or for that which merely holds out illusive promises of impracticable legislation?" At the same time, the Irish constituencies are reminded of the good feeling evinced by the Conservative party towards Ireland in the matter of educational measures. Altogether, the opportunity has been deftly taken to appeal to Irish electors, though Lord Beaconsfield must suppose Irishmen to be particularly thankful for small mercies, if he expects them to ignore the fact that Liberal sympathy for Irish grievances is used to influence English and Scottish electors against his lordship's political opponents. But Lord Beacons- field is not satisfied with posing to Irish- men as the friend and benefactor of their land, and to the people of Great Britain as the upholder of the integrity of the United Kingdom for he also puts himself forward as the guardian of the peace of Europe—we had almost written guardian angel, in allusion to a now hardly remem- bered declaration of the noble lord about his being on the side of the angels. Ire- land, then, is asked for gratitude in respect to benefits received, and the whole United Kingdom for confidence and support in behalf of its own integral existence and of European peace and order. The platform, as the Americans would say, is a showy, but it may also prove a shaky, one. If the influence of our Ministers has been weakened in European counsels, as now seems to be professed, that may appear to electors a reason for withdrawing, instead of confirming, their confidence in Lord Beaconsfield's Government; an the attempt to bribe Ireland may be as bor- tive as that to hoodwink Great Britain.

IS WALES READY1 Ere this every part of the Principality has realised the fact of the Dissolution, and the rival political parties are busily buckling on their armour eager for the fray. It re- quired two or three days of recoil after the thunderbolt of Monday evening last; but there is a danger yet for parties in country constituencies to act precipitately, and to confuse themselves by the multiplicity of candidates. Especially is this the case with regard to the Liberals, and whether it arises from the unflxedness of political parties upon the candidates brought forward for their adoption, or from the ambition and meddlesomeness of aspiring politicians, it behoves all who have any desire for the success of their cause at once to concentra e their strength in the interests of the best candidate, and to thwart the efforts of in- truders, pushed forward by a few busy- bodies against the wish of the general voice of the party. With the Conservatives throughout Wales there is perfect unity and organisation, but, as yet, the Liberals are scarcely so unanimous. In more than one con- stituency there are several names before the electors, and it is to be hoped that after a few days of cool deliberation the friends of peace and progress will beat from the track all except those individual candidates who will best serve their interests and out the best figure in the fight. Until this is done, there will be no united effort to contest the constituencies upon the prin- ciples which are to decide the fate of the Empire, and Welsh representations may be hoodwinked by the dodges of Tory candi- dates, who will construe their :policy so as to mislead the electors.-aid catch their votes. r In Anglesey, it is said that'Gapt.Prichard Rayner is to contest the seat now filled by Mr Richard Da vies. The elector&know the creed of the present member, who polled more than two to one over his Opponent, Capt. Bulkeley at the last contest; but what will be professed by Capt. Prichard Rayner is as yet unknown. He comes out "—(which by no means indicates his intention to go to the poll) as a Liberal-Conservative, or a kind of political mongrel, who will promise to support anything you please, and try and demonstrate to the innocent farmers of Anglesey there is not a pin to choose be- tween him and Mr Richard Davies. It has often been said that Capt. Rayner will be well supported because he is very popu- lar and very charitable." We venture to predict that there is sufficient intelligence among the rural population of Mona to dis- cern that they are not called upon to pro- nounce a verdict upon the social standing of candidates. They know that principle is the first consideration, and, after that, personal fitness and integrity to represent those prin- ciples. Mr R. Davies polled on the last occasion 1636 votes against Capt. Bulkeley's 793, and there is no tangible reason for be- lieving that the Anglesey electors have any obligations to Spirited Foreign Policy so as to diminish their decided allegiance to Liberalism. In the boroughs there are a number of gentlemen who are anxious to enjoy the sensation which two others experienced at the last General Election. Mr Morgan Lloyd polled 943 votes against 397 for Colonel Hampton Lewis (C.), and 238 for Capt Verney (L.). Mr Lloyd is still the nominee of the Liberal Association, and it is improbable that Mr J. W. Platt, of Bodior, or Mr Marcus Louis, of Ruthin, will stand any chance of placing themselves in the van of the Liberal party. A split would probably induce Colonel Hampton Lewis, the present mayor of Beaumaris, to contest the seat in the Conservative interest; but the Anglesey boroughs are confirmed Liberal, and the returning of a Tory is next to impossible. In Carnarvonshire the Liberals have everything to win, and if their assurance can be taken as in any way indicative of the result, they will succeed in ousting the Hon. G. Douglas Pennant, who polled at the last election 2750 votes, over Mr Jones- Parry's 2318. The present member has issued his address, in which he says the electors will be called upon to decide whether they are prepared to support the policy which has received the sanction of all moderate Liberals! So, Mr Douglas Pennant, you change your colours; do you also change your politics ? You certainly have gone into the same lobby as such arrant Jingoes as Mr Cowen, and a few others who call themselves Liberals, but the electors of Carnarvonshire had better decide whether they can reconcile this with sound Liberal policy. The electors will also notice a remark- able change of ground on the part of Mr Pennant in regard to the Sunday Closing (Wales) Bill, which he says he is ready to support. Both parties are hard at work, but as yet no meetings have been held on either side. It will be hoped that Mr Bulkeley Hughes will have a walk over, as on the last occasion but there are some disturbers who do not scruple to show their ingratitude of a long parliamentary career, and considerable public usefulness, by dis- turbing the worthy veteran, who is the oldest and one of the most honoured mem- bers of the House. It would be nothing inconsistent on the part of the Tories to bring out Mr Nanney, whose name is mentioned as a probable candidate; but to endanger the seat by bringing out Mr Sorton Parry to split the cause, would be sheer madness. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the senior, and Conservative member for Denbighshire, is allowed to return unopposed, and he will keep in check those panderers who desire to put Mr Osborne Morgan to the test; so that the latter has to thank Sir Watkin for his unopposed return. In the Boroughs there will be a violent contest, and Sir Robert Cunliffe will have to put on armour to take up the cause resigned by Mr Watkin Williams. Denbigh and Ruthin are staunch Liberal strongholds, but in Wrexham, the hotbed of Toryism, Sir Ro- bert Cunliffe will have the advantage, not possessed by his predecessor, of being in- timately connected and of high social stand- ing in the neighbourhood. Sir Robert has already sat in Parliament, and Mr Kenyon's heart yearns for the similar honour. At the last election in these boroughs, Mr Williams polled 1258, and Mr Kenyon 1208,but on that oocasion the cry in Wrex- ham was" beer," and the Tory majority in that town was obtained by crying down Lord Aberdare's Licensing Bill. Things are different in the present case, and the vile epithets hurled at Mr Watkin Williams cannot be applied to prejudice the cause of Sir Robert, whose return is most probable. The return of Lord Richard Grosvenor in Flintshire is threatened by Mr Llewelyn Neville Mostyn, the young grandson of Lord Mostyn, and the son of the Hen. Edward Mostyn who represented Flintshire in the Liberal interest prior to Lord R. Grosvenor. The House of Mostyn has al- ways been proverbially Liberal, and this young gentleman's father and grandfather have long served that party and fought its battles against the Glynnes, the Warrens, and the Peels. But whilst the veteran Lord is still living and watching with deep in- terest for the return to power of the party to which through a life of over four-score years he has been attached, this grandson of his essays to dispute the seat of a worthy repre- sentative of the house of Grosvenor. There has been no contest in the constituency since the first return of Lord Grosvenor, when he defeated Mr H. R. Hughes, of Kinmel, by over 300 votes. The Tories in the Boroughs are trying to raise the wind in favour of Capt Pennant, who was defeated by Mr John Roberts with 1636 against 1511 votes. On the last occasion there was some disaffection in the Liberal ranks, a small section being dissatisfied that their nominee was not put forward. But Mr Roberts has proved himself a worthy member, and if the Liberals can keep well together and remove all apathy in the neighbourhood of Flint, it is probable Mr John Roberts may retain his majority, with something to spare. The Irish vote in the bye-election went entirely to the Tories in accordance with the word breathed to that effect by the Earl of Den- bigh, but after the course of the Govern- ment in regard to Ireland, it is questionable whether Capt. Pennant can count upon much support from that section of the electors. In Montgomeryshire Mr Stuart Rendel will make a bold dash at the seat so long held by Mr Charles Wynn, a member whose chief qualification is that he is a cousin to Sir Watkin and in the boroughs the Tories will retaliate by putting up Mr Pryce Jones, a dealer in Welsh woollens, to oppose the Hon F. Tracy. The present Liberal member when elected on the ele- vation of his brother, polled 1447 votes against Viscount Castlereagh's 1118. Mr Samuel Holland, M.P., seeks re-election for Merionethshire, but it is expected that the Conservatives will bring out Mr W. R. M. Wynne, of Peniarth, to oppose him.

NOTES OF THE WEEK. Many will have observed with pleasure that the Honourable Society of Cymmrodor- ion intend to take up at an early meeting the question of the re-formation of the National Eisteddfod Council. We have received from a correspondent a copy of a paper upon this subject, which, had it not been for the extreme pressure upon our space, we should have been pleased to insert. The writer, alter dealing generally upon Eisteddfodau, points out the rock whereon the former council struck; and it will be the primary question for the promoters of the proposed new council to guard against a recurrence of this evil. It is the clash- ing of local against national interests. If it is desirable that the time-honoured institu- tion should be perpetuated and its usefulness developed, steps should be taken at once to establish its scope upon a broad, compre- hensive basis, and to assimilate in every particular the mode of carrying it out. There is, verily, much of the ludicrous still retained in these annual institutions; and the Eisteddfod would benefit as much by purging out much of the ridiculous as it would by retaining all that is good. The operations of the council would at once tend to prevent the frequency of minor Eis- teddfodau, which only diminish the at- traction of one from another. In South Wales, the Eisteddfod has deteriorated into the shape of musical shows, and much of the excellent result of the original institution is lost. We trust the question now broached will be fully ven- tilated, and that steps will at once be taken to place the time-honoured institution upon a permanent and effective footing. — The Denbighshire and Flintshire Agri- cultural Society has held a meeting during this week, and passed a resolution to amal- gamate their show for this year with that to be held at Chester. Feeling upon this point was divided, as farmers in one part of the district were averse to the arrangement on account of Chester being so far distant from them. A central place is decidedly preferable for gatherings of this kind but when the conveniences of transit, and the excellent local facilities of Chester are con- sidered, the decision of the society is a wise one. Chester has railway communication with every part of North Wales, and doubtless the railway companies will afford such encouragement to the movement as will ensure a successful meeting. ♦ Rumour has it that the customary creation of a batch of new peers at the dis- solution of Parliament will necessitate the appointment of a new Speaker to the House of Commons; and Mr Cecil Raikes, the member for Chester, and present Chairman of Committees, will, in < ase the Tories return to,power, be chosen to fill the chair. Mr Raikes is one of the leading props of the Conservative party; and there is every probability this rumour will prove true. The honourable gentleman is a native of Flintshire and it is not improbable he will be formally, but unexpectedly, nominated for the representation of that county; so that in case of his defeat at Chester he will go to the poll against Lord Richard Gros- venor. In any case, the Tories can ill-afford to lose Mr Raikes, and a little arrangement of this sort is by no means to be wondered at; but it would appear Mr Raikes' con- fidence in the electors of Chester is a little shaken. ♦— The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have just issued their report, which details be- quests that have been made to support livings in the dioceses. In the diocese of St. Asaph, Llangadwaladr Vicarage had annexed tithe-rent charge of 178 19s 7d. Temporary grants of Y,60, with a similar amount in benefactions, have been made to Flint Rectory, Gwersyllt Vicarage, Holy- well Vicarage, Llangollen Vicarage, Minera Vicarage, Mold Vicarage, Pontblyddyn Vicarage and Rhosymedre Vicarage. Brymbo Vicarage, Rhosllanerchrugog Vi- carage, and Wrexham Vicarage received benefactions of Y,120 and grants of £120. The patronage of Rhyl Vicarage has been transferred from the Vicar of Rhuddlan to the Bishop of St. Asaph. In the diocese of Bangor, grants of JE60, with benefactions, havébeen temporarily made for the main- tenance of assistant curates in Amlwch Vicarage, Festiniog Rectory with Maen- twrog Curacy, Christ Church Vicarage, Glanogwen Llanberis Rectory, Llanfair-is- gaer Vicarage, Llanllyfni Rectory, Llanrug Rectory, and Llanwnda Vicarage with Ilanfaglan Curacy. During this week a contest of unusual interest has taken place at Llanddeiniolen to elect seven members upon the school board. The result of the poll, which is given in another column, shows the victory to have turned entirely in favour of the Nonconformists. ♦ At the Denbigh Petty Sessions on Wed- nesday another case of gross infringement of the Licensing Act came before the magis- trates when William Williams, a farmer residing at a farmhouse called Tyddyn-y- ciw, who held a license for selling beer off the premises, was summoned for supplying drink to a number of men in his house on the 4th inst. The offence was cleverly de- tected by Sergeant Vaughan, and the justices imposed upon the offender a penalty of £ 10 and ordered his license to be en- dorsed. Mr Wynn Griffith, the chairman, commented severely upon such licences, and reprimanded Williams severely for his offence. '♦ Again the County Magistrates of Car- narvon have had a brute from the neigh- bourhood of Ebenezer before them for a cruel assault upon another man, and have wisely inflicted upon him a month's hard labour. No doubt a little more severity towards offenders of this class may tend to diminish the frequent cases of violence which we have so often had to report from this district. —+ Some local School Boards have recently shown a disposition to economise by lower- ing their teachers' salaries. The practice of economy by School Boards is to be com- mended but when it is done at the ex- pense of efficiency, it is the reverse of good policy, and ought not to be countenanced by the ratepayers. After the passing of the Education Act, teachers were scarce, and salaries naturally increased; the lowering of salaries by School Boards now would seem to indicate that teachers are plentiful. So they are, of a certain sort. Since the 1st of May, 1871, certificates have been granted, without examination, to 1176 male and 1655 female teachers, oA whose schools the inspectors have reported favourably; while provi- sional certificates have been granted to 445 male and 2325 female ex-pupil teachers, qualifying them to take charge of small schools, with less than sixty child- ren in average attendance. The last Report of the Education Department says:—Looking at the large number of qualified candidates for certificates who yearly enter the profession through other channels, recognised by the Code we see no reason to doubt that, even taking into ac- count the extent to which certificated as- sistants are now employed, the supply of teachers will very shortly be found sufficient fully to meet the requirements of the country. It is not so at the present." Of the 12,065 masters employed in schools re- portedon 1877-8, 3151, or 26-12 per cent. had not been trained to the profession; and of the 15,259 mistresses, 6,501 or 42 6 per cent. had not been trained. At the 1878 Christmas examination 3,694 teachers obtained certificates; of these 666 males and 797 females were 2nd year training college students; the rest 609 males and 1622 females, were acting teachers." We quote these facts in order to show School Boards and School managers-many of whom are probably ignorant of the loop- holes whereby really incompetent teachers have entered the profession- that the sup- ply of properly trained teachers is limited. The average salary of 10,097 certificated masters in 1876-77 was £ 112 2s Id; of 7622 mistresses, JE66 18s 2d; and of 4283 infant mistresses, P,66 19 7d. In 1877-8, the average salary of 10,694 masters was 1115 7s 2d; of 8371 mistresses, t68 16s; and of 4732 infant mistresses, 169 9s 4d. In 1078-9, the average salary of 11,595 masters was £ 118 18s 3d; and of 14,651 mistresses, £ 71 2s 2d. We thus find that whilst the number of certificated masters and mistresses has year by year increased, the salaries have also increased. p The inglorious death of the Prince Im- perial, surrounded by a glamour of false sentimentality, has been looked at by the ffmj public in an altogether wrong light- Imperial lad has been regarded as a who has perished while heroically en, in an enterprise which should redound the glory of the country of his adop^ j The widowed Empress was the f universal sympathy. By a freak of fo^^> she was reduced from one of the hig^jj pinnacles of earthly greatness, and eomp6^ to seek refuge in England, there to live & her ill-fated husband, the Emperor, in parative obscurity. The Emperor died, her son was all she had left. Bent on establishing the Napoleonic dynasty £ France, this ambitious youth directed ™ studies to the arts of war. He military education, and resolved to put. the test in Zululand his knowledge of fare. His rashness led to his untimely Viewed from a calm and dispassiofl^ standpoint, his conduct offers nothing to "J emulated. It was that of an ambiti° scion of a faded and fallen Imperialist and it is certain that his expedition to ZulJ; and was prompted by selfish motives. P; lied at the hands of Zulus defending tbeit country from invasion, and a pathetic and generous nation off their sincere condolences to sorrowing mother. If the ma had rested here no one would have had right to complain. There are those, ho*' ever, in existence who are at all times reaw .T.I and eager to exalt anyone, or anythiff appertaining to royalty and so a proposil tioh was set on loot to put a monument i the Prince in Westminster Abbey. Thetf is no earthly reason to justify this step Westminster Abbey has been the last re ing place of England's most illustrio^' dead and it is a piece of the grossest bJ taste to propose that a monument should W set up therein in memory of a Prince never did anything to merit the honour, whose life was a standing menace to tbt stability of a neighbouring and friendl/ | Republic. Many eminent philosopher I men distinguished in literature, and the arts, have recorded their prote". against this unwarrantable innovation in memorial to Dean Stanley, asking him withdraw his permission for the erection the monument. Mr Thomas Carlyle, tb* venerable Chelsea philosopher, was among the rest, but their wishes have been totaltf disregarded by Dean Stanley, who intimate** to a deputation by whom he was last week on the question, that his decision is irrevocable. The monument will therfl* fore be erected, and Dean Stanley will sild* considerably in the estimation of those who are jealous of the bestowal of an honout which has only been hitherto accorded V the remains of the most distinguished of out countrymen.

LEY JOHN JONES.]

ST. DAVID. It is remarkable how people in different par# of the country meet to celebrate the memory of St. David, as if they knew all and something besides about the history of that worthy. It" variably, the form which this homage takes a public dinner, with a little conviviality after' wards, but in many cases the votaries do mudJ more justice to their own gormandising pro" pensities than they do to any patron saint ot anybody else, and the festive board of thefirst of March is surrounded, not by patriotic Welsh' men, but by a lot of stragglers of another na- tionality, or no nationality at all. There is nO particular harm in conviviality, but I do not exactly agree with the custom of this indul" gence under the cloak of doing honour to the memory of St. David. Was there ever such • being as St. David in the sense he is regarded at these gatherings ? Was there ever such being as could perform the wondrous deeds ato tributed to this imaginary saint, such as turning water into wine and other astonishing miracles ? » don't believe it, else there would not be such sparcity of testimony as to his existence. There are many versions given about st. David which put down his existence at different periods, ranging from the 6th to the 8th cen- turies; they give versions of every nature aS to his fame and peculiarities. The Tory can- didate for a Welsh constituency believes he waS a staunch Conservative, and a publican! Sen- sible Welshmen do not appreciate such non- sense, and he is in error who thinks he pays compliment to Wales in attending such feast. THE DISSOLUTION. For the next few weeks all will be bustle and excitement, and everybody will be somebody of importance. You shall see every petty shop- keeper scratching the back of his rich customer and every menial will be bowing the knee to his superiors. The main duty of all sensible men, of whatever party, ought.to be to teach people to think for themselves, and not to be iumpted for minor considerations to pin their political allegiance according to the directions of political touts. There will be ample time for all to think soberly over the questions at issue, and to determine to give their votes to the men who, to the best of their judgment re- present the policy by which the country would be best governe.. <4* 6 HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES. Welsh electors would do well to ask the can- didates brought before them to give their views on the question of Higher Education for Wales. Though the present Government evaded the matter in a very ungenerous manner, it is very probable we may hear of some Con- servative candidates promising their close con- sideration of the matter. This question should be brought prominently forward in every con- stituency, and in every instance a pledge to support Mr Hussey-Vivian should be insisted upon. EISTEDDFODIC COMPETITORS. The enthusiasm of Welshmen as competitors for eisteddfodic honours is unbounded, as the number of competitions sent in for small prizes amply testifies. True, the honour of carry- ing off a prize is worth something, and must be calculated in valuing the prize, but such honours are so easily won that they do not live —they are only a nine days' wonder for the more immediate friends of the recipient. In the programme of an eisteddfod to be held next summer, we find that one of the subjects for competition stands thus: "For the best poem -not to exceed 600 lines-on Hope,' X4 and an oak chair." Aspiring poets are apt to go quite up to the limits of the competition, and there will probably Le. several goniuseb Dtll