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^dtxiaxjcs sua gntfcs. BIRTHS. Jones—May 12, the wife of Mr Richard Jones, Ivor House, Connah's Quay, of a daughter. Roberts—May 12, the wife of Mr John H. Roberts, of Dinas, Carnarvon, of a son. Wllliams-March 9, the wife of Mr David Wil- liams, Ty Newydd, Garn Dolbenmaen, of twins, two sons. MARRIAGES. Griffith — Griffith—May 14, at the Cyssegr Chapel, Llanddeiniolen, by the Rev William Herbert, assisted by the Rev R. W. Griffith, Bethel, and Mr W. R. Whiteside, Mr John John Griffith, Parc-v-wern, to Miss Jane Elizabeth Griffith, Gorphwysfa, >aron,—both of Llanddeiniolen. Hllghes-Rughes-May 12, at Dinas Chapel, C, Llangefni, by the Rev J. Donne, Mr Henry Hughes, Cae-wian, Llandrygarn, to Miss Mary Hughes, Farmers Arms, Bodedern. Jones—Jones—May 17. at the Registrar's Office, Carnarvon, by Mr W. R. Whiteside, Mr John Jones, Tyddyn-y berth, to Miss Elizabeth Jone?, Penrhos, Bethel, -both of Llanddeiniolen. Jones—Jones—May 14, at the Registrar's Office, Carnarvon, by Mr W. L. Ellis, Mr Thomas Jones, Bush, Llanfairisgaer, to Miss Jane Jones, Tre'r-dryw-bach, Llanidan. Jones—Jones—May 14, at the Registrar's Office, Carnarvon, by Mr W. R. Whiteside, Mr John Jones, formerly of Gongl-ddu, Saron, Llan- ddeiniolen, to Miss Catherine Jones, Groealon Newydd, Llanrug. Jones-Jones-May 18, at St Cybi Church, Holy- head, Mr Joseph Jones to Ann Jones,-both of Holyhead. Jones-Parry-May 5, at Bryn'rodyn Chapel, near Carnarvon, by the Rev John Jones, Mr J. R. Jones, Dinas Slate Works, Port Dinorwig, to Miss M. Parry, 17, Craig-y-don Parade, Llan. dudno. Lloyd—Jones- May 17, at St David's Welsh Church, Brownlow. hill, Liverpool, by the Rev E. T. Davies, Mr Joseph Lloyd to Elizabeth Jones. Lloyd—Jones—May 13, at the City-road Presby- terian Church, Chester, by the Rev Owen Tho- mas, D.D., Mr Thomas Llojd Jones, of Liver- pool, to Elizabeth, widow of the late Mr William Owen Jones, solicitor, of Llangollen. Owens—Hughes—May 14, at Dinas Chapel, Llan gefni, by the Rev J. Donne, Mr David Owens, Talybont, Llanllechid, to Miss Margaret Hughes, Tyddynod Mawr, Llandyfrydog. Owens-Hughes-May 18, at Dinas Chapel, Llan- gefni, by the Rev J. Donne, Mr Thomas Owens; Bryntirion, Penrhosllugwy, to Jane Hughes, Cocyn-Newydd, Llanallgo. Owens—Jones—May 15, at Llanmg Chapel, by the Rev J. E. Jones and Mr W. R. Whiteside, Mr Evan John Owens, Llaingro, to Miss Jane Jones, Glan Sciont,-both of Llanrug. Richards—Jones—May 18, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Cheater, by the Rev W. Durban, B.A., astisted by the Rev Professor Davies, of Llan. gollen, the Rev Richard Richards, of Walton, to Annetta, second daughter of Mr W. C. Jones, of Chester. Roberts—Morris—Slay 17, at Ebenezer Chapel, Carnarvon, by the Rev J. H. Evans, minister, the Rev John Roberta, Wesleyan Minister, Aberffraw, Anglesey, to Miss Louisa Anne Mor- ris, eldest daughter of the late Mr Henry Mor- ris, law-writer, Segontium-terrace, Carnarvon. Roberts—Owen—May 12, at St David's Welsh Church, Brownlow-hill, Liverpool, by the Rev E T. Davies, Mr Daniel Roberts to Ellen Owen Thomas-Jones-May 14, by license, at Bethel, Helyhead, by the Rev R. Thomas and the Rev W. Lloyd, Mr Lewis Thomas, Field-street, to Miss Ellen Jones, Llanfawr Arms,—both of Holyhead. Wûliams-Griffith-May 10, at Dinas Chapel, Llangefai, by lie! use, by the Rev J. Donne, Mr Richard Williams, Amlwch Port, to Miss Mar- garet Griffith, Mona-terrace, Amlwch. Wiliiams-Lewis-May 14, at Dinas Chapel, Llan- gefni, by license, by the Revs J. Donne and T. Frimatone, Mr Hugh Humphrey Williams, T) ddyn Isa', Pentraeth, to Miss Ann Lewis, Vron Goch, Llaneugrad. Williams—Parry—May 14, by license, at Bont- newydd Chapel, near Carnarvon, by the Rev Richard Humphreys, Mr Owen Williams, Ty- helig, to Miss Ann Parry, Cefn-y-coed, Llan- faglan. "Williams—Parry—May 18, at the New Tabernacle, Holyhead, by the Rev William Lloyd, Mr Grif- fith Williams to Mary Parry,—both of Holy- head. Williams—Williams—May 19, at St Cybi Church, Holyhead, Mr John Williams, Holyhead, to Mary Williams, Llangefni. DEATHS. Oharles—May 10, at Swarthdale, TTlverstone, the residence of hi- son, aged 77, David Charles, of Carmarthen, Calvinistic Metholist Minister, son of the late Davicl Charles, of the same town, and nephew of the late Rev Thomas Charles, of Bala. Darbishire—May 13, at Pendyffryn, Conway, aged 75, Mary, widow of Mr S. D. Darbishire, of Pendyffryn. Ellis-May 3, at King's Head, Bodedern, aged 82, Mr John Hughes Ellis, formerly of Tai Croesiou, Llechylched, Anglesey. Ellis—May 10, after long and severe illness, Capt. W. Ellis, Maes, Nefyn, aged 65. Gower-blay 11, at Castle Malgwyn, Pembroke- shire, Lillias Miller, the wife of Mr Roberts Fre- deric Gower, of Gland' ran und Castle Malgwyn. Hope-May 16, at Weston-super-Mare, Maria Jane Florence, only daughter of Mr Samuel Pearce Hope, Marcbwiel Hall, Wrexham. Hughes -May 12, aged 69, Mr William Hughes, Jnys-y-llyn, Coed-ana, Llanerchymedd. Jones-May 10, after short illness, aged 68, Mary, Mr Richard Jones, confectioner, High-street, Llanerchymedd. Jones-May 19, after severe illness, aged 32, Mrs Jones, the beloved wife of Captain R. Jones, schooner Ferry, Port Dinorwic. Mci •ris—Way 12, at 6, Beatrice-street, Liverpool, aged 54-, Sarah, the wife of Mr Edward Morris. Owen—May 7, aged 58, Mr Robert Owen, shoe- maker, Bodedern, Atiglcey. Owen—May 17, at Denbigh, in her 32nd year, Sophia, widow of Mr Joseph R. Owen, Denbigh. Parry—May 14, at Menai Bridge, aged 25, Mr William Rowlands Parry, solicitor, only son of Mr Hobert Parry, cf 2, Menai Ville-terrace, Menai Bridge, formerly of Blue Peris, Dinorwic, Llanberis. Parry-May 10, at the Adelphi Vaults, Amlwcb Pert, in her 78th year, Maiy, widow of Mr Owen Parry. Prince—May 15, aged four months, Dorothy Georgina, the first-born of Thomas and Ellen Prince, Tarporley, Cheshire. Roberts-May 16, at his residence, Amlwch, Anglesey, aged 50, Mr William Roberts, only son of the late Rev William Roberts. Warren-May 11, at 99, Albion-road, Dalston, in her 68th year, Eliza, the wife of Mr Francis Warren, of (Greenfield, Holywell. Williams May 4, at sea, homeward bound from Baltimore, America, aged 26, Mr John Wil- liams, third engineer on board the steamship Donati, and eldest son of Mr John Williams, 18, Blackfield-street, Liverpool. Williams—May 13, Mrs Jane Williams, wife of the late Mr Robert Williams, Glan-clwyd, Llan. tiiaiadr, near Denbigh, aged 64. WUiams-May 8, after short but severe illness, aged 27. Mrs Williams, the beloved wife of Mr Hugh Williams, Prince of Wales Inn, Bodedern, Anglesey, and only daughter of Mrs Owens, Limia Inn, of the same plice.
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THE LIBERAL VICTORY IN CARNARVONSHIRE-
THE LIBERAL VICTORY IN CARNARVONSHIRE- The Liberals of Carnarvonshire on Tuesday last celebrated the return of the representatives of the county and boroughs by entertaining them at a banquet in this town. The proceedings, which are referred to in another column, were of the most enthusiastic character, and the addresses of the members, delivered as they were on the eve of the assembling of Parliament, were listened to with the deepest interest by the company present. In 1868 the Liberal party in the county secured the representation under less brilliant auspices than the victory which was now celebrated. Of course, that occasion was a grand achievement to the party, considering that the seat for many years previously had been a Conservative one; and on which side enormous wealth and social standing have always been. The Liberal candidate then was Mr Love Jones-Parry, of Madryn, who defeated his opponent, the late member, by 148 votes. In 1874, however, the Con- servative party with its vast resources and admirable organisation proved too much for the then apathetic and scattered ranks of the Liberals. Mr Douglas Pennant won back the seat from Mr Jones-Parry with a majority of 432. It need hardly be said the result in 1874 placed the Tories, as they thought, in unassailable possession of the seat, and likewise the Liberals were hopeless of ever regaining possession of the seat after such an enormous defeat. But since 1874 public opinion has undergone a most unprecedented change, and the body of the electors have become not only educated on the great principles of politics, bat have thoroughly understood the formalities of modern elections, and conscious of the pro- tection of the ballot they went to the poll thoroughly prepared to pronounce on the issues of the contest. At the time when the dissolution was an- nounced Mr Jones Parry, the nominee of the Liberal party was suffering from severe illness, and the leaders were called together to hear the unexpected news of his inability to enter upon so enormous a labour as an electoral contest. An excellent substitute was found in the person of Mr Watkin Williams, who retired from the representa- tion of the Denbigh Boroughs, whose name was received with the greatest enthusiasm in every part of the county. The incidents of the contest are too recent and too fresh in the memories of our readers to need refer- ence here, but it is only just now, when the turmoil and excitement is over that a fair review can be taken of the effects which led up to the glorious victory. Still the Liberals should refrain from excessive re- joicing in the hour of success; it must not be supposed the defeat, great as it was, necessarily points to the annihilation of Toryism in the county. The change be- tween 1868 and 1874 was considerable, and the unexpected result of the election last month proves that this is a county of great changes. The rank and file of the party must not slacken hands; it is as essential their organisation should be permanently in a state of efficiency and readiness to meet any emergency yhich may arise. The banquet on Tuesday was not only a cele- bration of the victory in the county of Car- narvon, but served as a fitting tribute of appreciation of the worth of Mr Bulkeley Hughes, who has sat in Parliament for nearly forty years. The county owes the venerable gentleman a debt which it can never repay, for not only has he been for such a long period the faithful and consistent representative of his constituents in the councils of the nation, but there is scarcely a man in the princi- pality who has laboured more to further the pality who has laboured more to further the local and national interests of his country. He has likewise from time to time lent a helping hand to hundreds of men from this county, who by his encourage- ment and assistance have been enabled to push forward to important stations in life. Beyond doubt there is not a man in the kingdom who is more universally respected by the whole of his constituents as Mr Bulkeley Hughes, who in his eightieth year C) .1 attended the banquet on Tuesday as hale and active as a youth of twenty-one. The member for the county entertained his'sup- porters with a speech in which he reviewed the legislative prospects of the session, but his remarks were more particularly devoted to the events of the contest. Speaking of the accusation of perjury which had been made towards the constituency, the hon. gentleman expressed his opinion that such a charge was utterly unfounded but even had there been broken promises, which he would not for a moment admit, the party which extorted those promises were certainly more to blame for coercing people under peril to promise to vote contrary to their in- most convictions. The event, unusual as it was in this'district, passed off very suc- cessfully, and was the fitting augury of a new period in the political history of this county.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
NOTES OF THE WEEK. The fine weather of the past week has favoured the customary festivities of Whit- suntide, which have been very frequent throughout the principality. Excursions and club anniversaries were the order of the day on Monday. And in counties nearer the Border, tea parties, which are more common than in mountainous districts, were very numerous. The neighbourhood of Carnarvon was cast in gloom by the occurrence of a series of distressing events. On Saturday evening, a young man was killed near the railway station, by falling under an engine. On the day previous, a young gentleman met his death in a sudden and painful manner by falling over a wall. On Monday morning, a quarryman from Ebenezer committed suicide by drowning in the Menai Straits, at Llanfair, and on the same day, the news reached the town of the death, under circumstances unknown, of Mr John W. Lewis, commercial traveller, which took place at Llandovery in South Wales, where he was pursuing, his business during last week. + During this week the inhabitants of Angleseyhave been demonstrating their rever- ence to the memory of the gallant Marquis of Anglesey of Peninsular War fame, by celebrating the visit of a descendant, who has lately succeeded to the title. The island has known very little of the family for many years, though there is a considerable portion of the family property situate in the county. The present Marquis, whose reception we chronicle in another column, had never previously visited the principality, and the noble Lord must have been agreeably suprised at the warmth with which he was everywhere received. At Amlwch, the same as at Menai Bridge, the population had turned out en masse to participate heartily in greeting the new Marquis of Anglesey. ♦- Although it was not in ancient times deemed a part of the work of the Eistedd- fod to encourage the development of fine arts, every one who believes in the National Eisteddfod as a popular means of educating and refining the masses will hear with pleasure the nature of a proposal made by Mr Sorton Parry to the committee of the Carnarvon Eisteddfod. In addition to a prize of £10 for choral singing, Mr Parry, with a desire to establish a competition sus- ceptible of lasting good, has also offered a prize of £ 10 for the best model group in clay or plaster of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. The statuette must be 18 inches high, and the work of a native of the Principality. In offering this prize it is Mr Parry's hope to bring to the front Welsh talent which might be latent, and only waiting for an oppor- tunity to assert itself. Since the time when the immortal Gibson went over to the majority, a Welsh sculptor of eminence has not, we believe, been known in Rome. There is no reason for believing that the country which gave birth to a Gibson can not again produce a sculptor worthy to be his successor. We trust that it is reserved for the National Eisteddfod at Carnarvon to discover a genius upon whose shoulders the mantle of Gibson may eventually fall. t Local readers-whether Liberals or Con- servatives in politics-will readily endorse a sentiment expressed by Mr Jones-Parry at the Liberal Banquet this week, in propos- ing the toast of The Royal Family." Mr Parry referred in graceful terms to the Heir Apparent, and expressed a hope that the efforts made to secure the attendance of His Royal Highness at the forthcoming Car- narvon Eisteddfod would be crowned with success. We are unwilling to believe that His Royal Highness would not decline to accede to such a request, if represented to him in a proper manner. We find that the Queen has already granted her patronage to the Leeds Festival, which at best is but a local event; let us hope the Prince of Wales will follow the precedent by patronizing the National Festival of his Principality. ♦ Mr Morgan Lloyd's crusade against can- vassing will probably receive an impetus from a quarter where he little expected. The Bishop of Manchester, who is rather more advanced than his brother prelates in political and social matters, in the course of a sermon on Sunday last, drew a contrast between the English and American election systems in regard to canvassing, and ex- pressed a wish that we could take a leaf out of America's book in that respect. He said he believed that nearly all the vice that accompanied a political election came of that wretched canvassing." When the injustice of the system is so thoroughly denounced by such impartial minds no- thing, we trust, can interpose to prevent the prohibition of the practice which goes against the spirit of the Ballot. And the renewal of the Ballot system will probably be linked with the measure of the member for Anglesey Boroughs, whereby our electoral system will be in a fair way of becoming fair and perfect. There are many people who doubt the expediency of the militia system, and who say it is made up in most cases of a "motley band of illiterates, who are neither a credit nor ornament to the British army." We do not generally share this view with regard to the militia, which on the score of usefulness and efficiency is second to the volunteer system; but with regard to the yeomanry cavalry, we fail to see that there is any benefit derived to the State from keeping up such an expensive and useless body. As to utility in a military sense it has none, and the only benefit it affords is that to its own members of being able to keep a horse free of duty, and of enjoying a week's holiday in the most luxuriant manner at the expense of the State. Would the country loose anything by the abolition of this useless force ? Assuredly not, when the members have become so thoroughly indifferent to their drill that they will never attend unless attracted with a dinner or some feasting of the kind. The other day Captain Whalley, M.P., travelled all the way from London to meet the A Troop, and found only ten men assembled; and Captain McCalmot came over from Dublin for the same purpose, and ordered a dinner to be provided for the B Troop, and only met a dozen, several of whom were non- commissioned officers. —♦ The Right Hon. G. Osborne Morgan, Q.C., M.P., having been returned unopposed on Thursday last on his appointment to the post of Judge Advocate General, visited several parts of the county on that and fol- lowing days, and was most enthusiastically received by his constituents. He spoke at Llangollen and Glynceiriog on Thursday, and in the course of a speech at the latter place he referred to the charges of hypo- crisy and deceit which had been brought against Welsh constituents during the re- cent elections. He said if a man were to meet him on a lonely road, put a pistol to his head, and say, If you do not send me ten pounds to-morrow I will shoot you," and he promised to send the ten pounds, he did not believe that either man or God would holcfhim guilty of falsehood if he should not keep his word. Something of the same sort took place when some great magnate told a poor tenant whose livelihood depended on his farm, Unless you vote as I tell you, you will leave that farm." He thought that the man who extorted that promise committed a far greater wrong than a the man who failed to keep it. To his mind to act a lie was far worse than to speak a lie. The man who voted against his con- science. acted a lie. He would tell them what was worse and more cowardly even than acting or speaking a lie, and that was making another man act a lie. Both political parties would alike deplore ruffianism during an election, but in the best regulated constituencies it is difficult to control thoroughly any outburst of electoral warmth. Until now the world was unaware that the people of Corwen had displayed symptoms of rowdyism similar to that from which the Bethesda Tories and the Llan- ddeiniolen Radicals suffered during the contest. But it appears Mrs Charles Wynn of Rug, together with her coachman had a providential escape from being killed from the horse taking fright during an election row. Everybody would have deplored such a result, which would have been due as much to both parties who engaged in such a row. But the Hon Charles Wynn, son of Lord Newborough, has decided in con- sequence of this henceforth to cease taking an interest in the amusements of the people of Corwen. The Corwen Cricket Club sent to the hon. gentleman the other dayt to solicit his usual support, but in reply he wrote as follows :— Rug, Corwen, April 29th, 1880. Sir,-In reply to your letter respecting Corwen Cricket Club, I cannot help you; and after the disgraceful wayMrsWynn and myself were treated by many of the inhabitants of Corwen on our re- turn from the last Conservative meeting, it can be hardly wondered at that I must cease for the pre- sent to take much interest respecting the amuse- ments of the inhabitants of Corwen. I do not say that the members of the Corwen Cricket Club took part in the disturbance, yet I cannot help feeling that the members, or many of them, of the Football and Cricket Club, might have done much to prevent the rowdyism which might have caused the death of Evan Davies and Mis Wynn, on account of the horse taking fright at the dis- graceful riot.—I am, yours faithfully, C. H. Wvm The hon. gentleman visits the sins-if there were sins-of the Corwen mob upon the town Cricket Club, which has no political distinction, and whilst admitting they had nothing to do with the disturbance,—which was not created in order to kill MrsWynn or her coachman-he says they might have pre- vented it. It might have been thought Mr Wynn would like the other members of his party, have set an example by forgetting the tumult of the election and to engender the good feeling of his neighbours, but this letter indicates Mr Wynn does not desire to forget unpleasant matters so easily. The demonstration at the Crystal Palace to celebrate the Liberal victories in Wales promises to be a grand affair. The arrange- ments, are being carried out by a central committee of which Mr Lewis Morris is the chairman, and it is expected the attendance will include in addition to the twenty-eight Liberal members of Wales, a good number of prominent members of the party. It is hoped that some of the Liberal leaders will be present and deliver speeches on the occasion. There will doubtless be a great number of visitors from the principality, and the committee will aim to keup up through- out the distinctively Welsh character of the demonstration. — ♦ The Conservatives are everywhere exul- tant over the defeat of Sir William Harcourt at Oxford as if that event decided the fate of the new Administration. But considering the manner in which the election was con- ducted by Mr Hall and his friends, and the liquid character of the contest, the rejection of the Home Secretary is by no means surprising. It is now beyond doubt there are the best grounds on which to found a petition when it may be proved that the election was bought by means of beer. But it is questionable whether Sir William Harcourt can afford to await the issue, as he may accept one of the many seats which are offered him, his presence in the house being almost indispensable. From one point of view, success, however gained, may be thought to have justified Mr Hall's proceedings, and that point is sufficient for all practical purposes, since you cannot appeal to the chivalry or courtesy of the Oxford Tories, these being qualities which they do not possess. The real loss falls upon Oxford, which, instead of being represented by one of the chief statesmen of the day, will now speak-partially at least -in Parliament through the mouth of a local person who pells beer-truly a fitting representative for the most ancient seat of learning in the kingdom iI But if the Tories were so jubilant over Oxford, how much more so shall we hear them chuckle over Deal and Wigtown ? The former place, though represented by a Liberal, was not contested at the General Election, a fact which is remarkable con- sidering the predominance of Conservatism in the South-eastern counties and boroughs. In this contest the election has turned on the popularity of the candidates, and the result proves nothing, as it cannot be shown the cause of Toryism has progressed since the recent elections. Wigtown has just afforded to Scotland its seventh Conservative member out of 60 which sit in Parliament. Mr McLaren, the Lord Advocate, gained his seat in April by a majority of 12 only over Mr Stewart at the last election, a by no means decisive majority, and he loses his seat now by only 23 votes. It is re- markable that two of the Law Officers of the Crown should thus be defeated through what may be termed purely accidental majorities, and the success of the Con- servatives, under the circumstances, is attained at the cost of violating parlia- mentary etiquette and causing inconvenience to the Government. It is, however, too early to say the tide is turning, and these trifling incidents are no criteria as to the sense of the country. ♦ The Liberals were blamed of doing ever so many unfair things, but certafnly during the past elections caEQ; of deception and fighting under false colours were more characteristic of their opponents, as it was -0 very common to hear of Tories calling themselves" Liberal-Conservative," and pronouncing themselves in favour of every important measure which it may be assumed is professed by the Liberal party. But in order to gain a big point by this decep- tion the Tories tried to foist upon the Poet- Laureate a political partisanship to which be is scrupulously averse. He was put forward by the Conservatives as a candidate for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University; but he was not told that he would be opposed by Mr Bright on the part of the Liberals, but was led to believe he was unanimously called by the constituents of the College. The Laureate has now written to notify that he declines to stand. This is what everybody was expecting. There was something in the announcement that Mr Tennyson was to be run as a political candidate in opposition to Mr Bright which seemed to those acquainted with his antecedents exceedingly im- probable and, happily for Mr Tennyson's reputation, it turns out to be quite incorrect. The Poet-Laureate is common property, and is understood and appre- ciated at least as much by the Liberal part of the community as by the Conservative. According to Mr Ter.nyson's own statement, he was informed by the deputation which waited on him that his nomination was supported by a large majority, if not a totality, of the students of Glasgow. He has already declined to stand for the Lord Rectorship as the nominee of the Liberals, and he now declines to stand as a Conserva- tive. But if he is ever proposed by any non-political section of the students, or by a united body of Liberals and Conservatives willing to forego the excitement of a political contest and the formalities of an installation, he is still willing to be put forward. Sir William Harcourt is doomed. He is to be followed wherever he goes by the con- centrated strength of the Conservative paryt, who owe him something more than a single beating. Mr Plimsoll has now resolved to retire from the representation of Derby in favour of the Home Secretary, who it is understood will take up Mr Plimsoll's work respecting the grievances of sailors. No Z!) sooner was this made known on Wednesday evening than it was announced that Sir Robert Peel, the political chameleon who retired from his safe seat two months ago, as if giving up parliamentary life, is the champion who is to face Sir W. Harcourt at Derby. The cost of the election will be provided, but with what hopes of success the" Apostle Paul" will enter the list it is not easy to imagine. Derby has returned a Tory only twice since 1832, and on the last occasion in which there was a contest the Liberal candidate polled over eight thousand votes, whilst the Tory secured just one- fourth that number. Derby then, we imagine, is a pretty safe seat. 0 It is interesting to watch the extraordinary fluctuations of popular opinion. At inter- vals strong appeals are heard for "civil and religious equality but from certain events which have lately transpired it does seem very questionable whether all who are in favour of religious equality are aware of the full meaning of that phrase. We fear that a great number of Protestants who shout for "religious liberty" simply un- derstand that to mean that all Protestants should be placed on an equal footing in matters ecclesiastical. We are induced to think this in consequence of the howl of execration which several Protestant bodies have givon vent to upon the appointment of Lord Ripon to the vice-royalty of India. Mr Gladstone, unquestionably, gave a practical illustra- tion of the meaning of it religious equality when he made that important appointment. If the Premier were to obey the mandates of the Religious Tract Society and other bodies who view religious equality" from o sectarian joint of view he would only be dealing a blow at that religious liberty in favour of which Liberal Pro- testants have been the first to speak. Moreover, Mr Gladstone has elected Lord Ripon to a post in which his religion has but little room to assert itself. Nominally ruler over millions of Mahomedans and Buddhists his religion is to them. infidelity, pure and simple. They recognise neither Protestantism nor Roman Catholicism as the true faith. ♦ — Lord Beaconsfield was lionised at a grand banquet given to the Conservative Party" on Wednesday, and to which all the defeated Conservative candidates at the last election were invited. The past and present representatives of Welsh Conservatives were conspicuous by their absence. The ex-Premier made a great speech and looked cheerful. Of course the first point in his speech was to explain away his defeat, and his theory was a novel one. The ex-Premier who has so flippantly ignored even the existence of a Liberal "party, now attributed his defeat to the superior organization of the Liberals as a party and also to the disorganization of iris own beloved partisans. Not an incon- venient version this, and it seems to have suited the palates of the many defeated candidates. Ilis lordship denied that he had any intention of retiring from the leadership of the party, and, with the usual flourish of fireworks, sent his hearers home under the impression that the present Government is already on the eve of disin- tegration, and that the return of the Tories to place and power is only a question of a very short time. It were vain to anticipate that Lord Boaconsfield would discourage his followers by anything short of the most bristling prospects, and on such an occasion he may be excused for a slight indulgence in prophecy. No doubt the wish may be father of the thought. But the return of a party to power does not depend on the personal wish of its head, but upon tho opinion of the country.
AMUSEMENTSTOR THE PEOPLE.
AMUSEMENTSTOR THE PEOPLE. The Whitsun Bank Holiday this yeai* was, fortunately, not a downpour, as last year. A dry day, though cold and blustery, gave our workers a chance of an outing which they were not slow to avail them- selves of. But, after all is said and done, an Englishman's holiday is at best but a dreary affair. The art of cheap amusements, like that of serving light refreshments, is one which the solid beef-fed Briton is too apt to treat with contempt. In this we have much to learn from our neighbours, the French. Our literary and scientific Conversaziones with the usual show of micro- scopes, photographs, a toy symphony, and other such interludes of a semi-scientific, semi-artistic character, are at best lame imitations of the French salon. We have the Conversazione without the conversation, which is like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet's part left out by particular desire. It is the inimitable ssprit and verve of French talking, in which they leave behind the best of our diners out, that gives the Parisian salon its peculiar charm. For the matter of that, there is not a dull provincial town in France which has not some centre of this kind to which the best spirits rally and a cercle in France is for social purposes as superior to an English club as the upholstery and fixtures of the Club are more gaudy and showy than those of the cercle. But it is when we go down a stage lower in the social scale that our shortcomings in the way of cheap amusements for the people become most painfully apparent. Our Peel Parks are well-intentioned efforts in the right direc- tion; but for want of allowing games in these parks they are, as a rule, as dreary solitudes as our Mechanics' Institutes, which started so well some forty years ago, and, generally speaking, have ended so ill as drowsy reading rooms with a little chess and backgammon on the sly. What is wanted in this country is a class of cheap amusements like the ginguette or ginger-bread fair which goes on the summer through in nearly all the Parisian suburbs. In London the Crystal Palace and Alexandra Palace with their humbler provincial imitations do not hit the mark, as is evident from their want of financial success. To begin with, the cost of admission, including, as it does in most cases, a railway journey, is too high for a mechanic and his family. What he wants is a recreation ground like Battersea-Park.for instance, not too artistically laid out or stuck over with geological reconstructions of extinct sauria, at which he can only stare and gasp. The Britsh Museum turned out of doors is not at all to his taste; and when to this is added the shilling charge for admission, we need ask no more why the Crystal Palace is a failure in spite of its concerts and fireworks-the only successful departments of the whole concern. In Paris they manage these things much better. In the Champs Ely sees, which is for West-End- ers, they have all kinds of open-air theatres and spectacles from the humble peep-show and pistol gallery at a sou a shot up to the opera louffc. At the Barriere des Frdne, o which is at the East-End of Paris, there is a gingerbread fair with merry-go-round and other diversions of the Bartholomew-fair order, which pays dividends which would make the directors of the Crystal Palace sigh and envy. Can nothing be done in this direction ? Coffee Palaces and Music Halls minus the drink are improvements on the old Pig and Whistle; but we have ye much to learn, and might go to Paris to study the art of cheap amusements for the people.