The North Wales Express

a ■" — —- — OUT OF T WO WfRLDS: OR THE PiI>CE83 MO THE t. t ), Ö \1 PKOFESSOR. BY "CARMEN SYLVA" (ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ROUMANIA). [By the grariouci permission of her Majesty the Queen of R-juroania -"v2 publish to-day the first instalment ûf: her Maj isty's n' v.;l •' Oat of Two Worlds," a novei which displays Carmen iylvi's" prcfoand'y p>etic geaius to the best advantage. The story, it is believed, describes an incident in the Q-ieenls own life and was written with the object of representing the social-democratic and the aristocratic classes 01 Ro-umania and the Continent. The novel is in the forra of a correspondence, a mode of writing adopted w th marvellous success by Richardson, the father of.English novelists," and also bv Walter Scott, and others.-Ed. N. W. 0. & E.], I. RiucLensfrsin Palace, "Feb. 16th, 1863, REVERED PROFESSOR,—I am impelled to tell you personally and directly, whatideep, indescrib- able pleasure your splendid book has given me, and I feel sure that you will not tik- it amiss for one who is a complete stranger to you to give expression to her gteat joy. How very near a sympathetic book makes us feei to its author: we are almost led to believe that we are personally acquainted with him, that we have alwayslived with him. I have for weeks been immersed in your thoughts, and have been dwe ling in a world conjured up before my eyes by your imagination. Verily stataes were endued with life, temples arose and bent their lolty arches over my head, the southern sky glistened with a golden huo, lifeless names became flesh And blood and walked about, rejoiced and snffered Lke ordinary humanity. Ab, I thank you with my whole heart for the delight of having been so completely translated into the region of the beautiful, so that my own world appeared transformed, as it were glorified and spiritualized. Commo&places be- came poetry, .the daily routine of life had new attractions, what was meau became great and received a new significance. And even now, after having at length closed the book, I walk upon clouds, and celestial light illuminates my sight. This must be the experience of all who have walked under your guidance, and -each one will feAl convinced that after ail the earth is not a vale of tears, seeing there is so much that is beautiful, and that there aTe also good men in it who neither deny nor forget that they are created in the image of God. How I do pity those who no longer see the beautiful, who harden their hearts against a loving Creator, for having other. wise ordained their destinies than what they desired, because they possess no geniality. -I? it not enough happiness to be able to com- prehend the geniality of another, and to be per- mitted to ecjoy it ? He, however, who possesses the creative faculty, has no right to complain, for he attains to the highest and noblest of what earth can give. Whilst thanking you once more for the extreme pleasure with which you have provided not oaly me, but so many, many more, I remain, ex pressing my most sincere admiration,—Yours obediently, ULRIKE, Princess atrHorst Rancbenstein. IT. Greifswald, 20th Sept. 1863. NOBLE MAECENAS,—How gracious, how supreme- ly, gracious! To thank me personally "-not by any chance by a secretary or a lady of the court- directly," not by any chance by means of a very laudable .ministry which might, I suppose, decree me their approval. -And why ? Because I have increased the number of your Royal Highness's yawns behind the artistically fashioned fan during her leisure hours! Aeother thing that astonished me is the high value you place upon creative power that it was not your pleasure to give me in a postscript an order for a painting on ivory so that the poor fellow might have a pecuniary evidence of the gracious approval vouchsafed him. For what do yon take the word artist to mean but a person who is capable of tastefully decorating your surroundings ? But how to good- ness didmy Thoughts-concerning the History of Art"- :fln arrogant title for the impressions of a I pilgrimage through Greece, made under hot skies in early youth—how, to goodness, I say, did they sJiad their way into the boudoir of one of Royal birth? .Iduppcse your meaning was that art was -an appanage of the court, because it also bows to ■form- r I gracious madam; but to an ever- lasting form, not to the form without limit, to the word without reason, to the progeny of what is transitory! However, I do not feel that I was intended to -ba a preacher in the wilderness. -Yon have walked under my gnidance have you;? 'Fortunate, dust-borp, guide that I am. It is by this sentence—pardon me, phrase—that I recognized the woman, before I reached the cleverly invented name (really clever ? Is it not so, of and at Horst-Ranchenstein). Does there exist in a woman so much as one single thought whith is not bound to the-hand which penned it, and tc the head which gave it birth ? Added to this the gentle murmur over the wicked world, whioh dies between [the 'lines, which the attentive ears ofras men can nevertheless catch. What can there be of evil for you in the world ? Does your noble .husband driak or hunt too much ? Has he perchance tender passions — or is the young princely .cousin perhaps more attentive to the pretty maid than to my lady ? Ah, the world, the wicked <wodd—which for such as you is bounded by your own blessed .self, for what does it trouble you whether or not thousands are.starving, "for of course, *>hay are used to it." Should it ba I who have taught.you that "good men 'I, exist. Thucder!" That just remintb me that the college poster informs me that in the whole of this learned establishment there is not aaingle copy of the Goths Almanack." You, so-called Princes, Ulricke of aod at;(if you ptease do not.omit the at); -Save, I suppose, previously bought,them up? "There is—I may as well confess it—in your piece of writing an accent of-such touching truth- xulness, that I was almost, at any rate,very nearly, aaystified. Bat Ithe M good man you rejy upon tave decided me. Added to this I saw the brown child-like eyes wfeich sailed at me bewitcningly. And as for the whole of that sentimental nonsense about feeling! Try for once to be honest in.deal- lng with yourself. I do not even ask you to be ihonesttowards othesrs if Ithenew fashions.beeome you, if your parrot is not ailing, if your husband is obedient, and if your cousin did not looik more bea»ti- fulthanyou did at the last Court Ball in Paris; then the world sa all snnshiae an4 goodness. Should your toilet, however, be a failure, should a horse—; it is mostly called Diana—have fallen, or should Edgar have become engaged, the world becomes a vale of tebrs" and good men can onlv be a verv indirect source of consolation. In any case I am grateful to the chance which permitted a book of mine, through the irony of fate, to fall into your hands in such a mood; I can not however promise that f shall next time again hand a piece so well adapted to the literary tastesof youth; for I am now writing—yet why should I unnecessarily shock you at the close of my letter And now, most gracio. Princess, I remain Your Royal Highnesa's most obedient and grateful ser- vant, DB BRTXKO HALLMUTH, Senior Professor at the University I of Greifswald, III. Ranchenstein, February 23, 1863. The*, honoured Professor, not only are you a I £ reat savant and, by the grace of God, a poet, but I a still theater psychologist and student of manknd i who immediately perceives the mystification, | instead of going like a iamb to the slaughter, j My admiration for you has naturally increased in 1 the same measure as 1 recognised your power of I divination. Only in one particular ycu are î assuming a little too much why do you imagine me to be a young, beautiful, titled lady ? Perhaps I I am a poor student, who by the light of tallow- I candle in a fireless rcom was warming himself by the fire of this harmless bit of fun, and selected a well sounding old name so that his epistlo might not wander unread into the waste-paper-basket. Perhaps I might be a young officer, who has broken his leg in a furious gallop, and is condeained to lie still, and who has, may be for the first time for years, laid his hands upon a book. Why should you make, out that I yawned when I exerted myself to the extent of writing a letter, an occupation, to which, ten to one, I am unaccus- tomed, and which is very Irksome to DB. Heace also my somewhat stiff, perpendicular handwriting, which has surely nothing womanly about it. Perhaps, however-perhaps, oh, terror-1 am a consumptively inclined old lady, who sits bebiud the screen, in an arm chair by the fire place, with her feet in a closely fitting fout warmer-cushion, made for me on my birthday, by an elderly ladies' companion, and which my lap-dog is in the act of gnawing and dragging to pieces, and which in addition to my feet further contains a hot-water bottle. Gloves adorn the wrinkled hands on which a pair of worn-out riogs rattle, and my chin is held fast by the strings of my dress cap, Jesc it should collapse. Perhaps the much desp'sed sin of your youth has once more rejuvenated me, and since you are already an elderly man of experience and know the world inside out, we should probably very well understand each other. You call the flunkeys names because you c&nnot digest them, and I rave at the Social Democrats, which lie heavy upon my digestive organs; thus we are at one with the universal groan of com- plaint against the hard times and the earthly vale of tears. You might easily have observed from these expressions that I am an old lady, instead of attributing to me all kinds of stories about Edgar and Edward and my idiotic husband. Perhaps at one time I have goce through all this sort of thing, and perhaps not, which is worse still, and which consequently embittered my nature, Lk3 your nature became embittered through the want of orders of merit and distinctions. You really deserve that I should procure an order for you; for who kaows whether or not I am an influential old gentleman, a minister or a general in active service, or some other sWf'legged stiff necked excellency, whose thin straggling hairs are care- fully brushed over an almost bald pate. Or may be I am one of the heaps of some department of the state, a little king in my duchy or a man in honour and position and can persecute you to the bitter end. You have really not been quite care- ful, and so superior a spirit as you are ought not to be so spiteful, as our peasants say, instead of affable, and speak as others who never felt the heat of a southern sun. Nevertheless, this time you shall be graciously pardoned, in consideration of your necessity of now and then working off the bile which has collected in you against the rich. Besides you are quite Biblical in this respect. The rich have been now condemned to hell for centuries, there therefore, remains nothing else for them than to enjoy their existence while yet upon earth. As I have said before, I am magnanimous, although the gout plagues me once again severely and might put me in a bad humour.—The conscious MAECENUs. IV. Greifswald, Feb. 24th, 1863. Lo and behold, my little friend from Rauchen- stein is getting. q aite excited. She has hardly began on her career when she already shews the metal she is made of. She talks about "admira- tion for me and of my gift of divination, and at the same time almost splits her blue blooded little sides between her corset. Of course we imagine that a learned house like this sinks, meta- phorically speaking, upon its knees when tickled by flatterers and afterwards snaps like the frog at flies. But, my nhild, you must never judge others solely from your own point of view, and this for two reasons: if the other people are better, we have fallen into a trap, if they are worse,we are betrayed. "Why should we be a beautiful, young, titled lady?" A German professor can only answer such a question methodically; that is a property he has in common with the parsons, who always commence their sermons with a list of headings. Weil then-ad- young (ad is a word borrowed from Latin, therefore from a source inaccessible to you therefore, we, big wigs keep it in out stock-in-trade, instead of the freshly grown Ger- man, my favourite flower-scent). "We" are "young" because our style is young, because "we "—ah, I thank you—have written a pile (f ad- jectives, and talked about "golden light." For mortals at my age, the light is strong," because it shows all the wrinkles. 2. Ad "beautiful." "We" are beautiful-yes, if you had not called me a psychologist in your female "spite." I should have said despite all logic because you can feel what is beautiful: no glass can contain a bottle But perhaps we had better leave "beautiful" alone, it is a dangerous topic for a professor of aestheticifim. 3. Ad "titled." You are titled because yoa approached me so modestly, so reverentially. Reverence belongs only to those of high rank. Besides, your handwriting is deli- ciously aristocratic. Do we, however, both mean the same thing by "aristocratic?'' And now, ad Woman. Yes, you are a woman although the spelling mistakes were wanting. But I can see beyond this want from your fulness of ideal enthusiasm which always ends in personal love! Impertinent am I not. But my age permits this. I can alsodetermine yourjage, without much risk. If I underrate it-well, then, female nature will condone myfault. You are between 24 and 26 years, in which a woman feels for the first time that she cannot always remain young, it is then that she looks for the object about which to range her new "impersonal" feelings. A girl would not have addressed a-man with such charming nerve in order to tell him that the world is a vale of tears and that he is good. That wasabouimy decision after your first epistle. What is concealed by the word ",about" a clever daughter of Eve will be able to fathom, who talks to me about our peasants in order to mislead me. but I will not allow, myself to be misled. No lady of high rank possesses the sparkling wit of your second letter, none could have the hilmour to con- tinue the correspondence with a hedgehog, and no Serene Highness would write such correct German, there would be no doing without such words as well-affectioned," "chensb;y "regret," &c. But atill, I beg of you raise the mask, before the mail, which travels about as fast as the traction-railway onithe Ryk Mountain, brings me the red almanac, and I pull it off for you. Ye Gods And this creature ventures to threaten a free professor in the free University of Greifswald (the only one in German soil which maintains itself on its owe means, and her rector has princely rank.) A minister af state ia-quito a servant by the side of nobles like ourselves. To be sore the holidays of the professors are sometimes, so said ene of my predecessors, disturbed by the college councils, but belive-Kie it happens very seldom., So much in defence of m7 rank. I do not speak of my "social democratic person, otherwise I could perhaps reverse the spear and ask, Whence do you know that I belongSo the poorer class ? Riches are in the hands of plebeians and .Jews-peroopa I am both You makt game of orders! Man, woman, or ehild, whatever t.hou mayeat be, respect orders, they are tha reflection of human slavishnesa Let us, however, as on t £ e stage before the gallows- scene, drop the black cu rtain over it. Besides, I have not yet given anyone the right to "distin- guish me; I, to be sui e, can eonfer distinction upon others; no one, however, can confer one upon < me Alas, now the social ^democrat is almost concluding seriously. Pardon him, The wind rages about the old house in v.-hich Wallenstein once dwelt, before the seige of S.tralsajod. He is my exemplar. The unattainable alone possesses attractions for me. Nevertheless, I am at the feet of my n>uch feared Excellency with light hair, black eyes, and the well known little dumpling figure.— Youv gaoat obedient servant, L BBUNO HALLMU?9, J ql_ V. Rauchenstein Palace, Feb. 28th, 1863. Justura ac lenacem propoiits virum A-on civium ardor prava jubentium. JVecvultiis instantistyranni Mente qmtit sohda-that means in German It is not fair to intimidate If then I were a fcirl, it would be most improper on my part to write to a strange gentleman, whereas on the other hand it is permissible for married women ? I do not com- prehend that. Of course, I have not hitherto had much experience, I have never aa yet attended a ball, and have not read a single syllable of a novel, otherwise I might perhaps understand it. I have been almost completely educated by men, and accustomed to freedom, and since I am already nineteen years of age-really only nineteen and not an old maid-my father allows me everything except novel reading and female companions. I have several male friends with grey hairs upon their heads. You have grey hairs, have you not ? I am only fond of men with grey hairs, young men are often so idiotic that I do not at all know what to do with them, and at the same time they pre- tend to be so wise, because they read Sallust and Homer in the original Greek. This, however, I am unfortunately unable to do, but even in Ger- man I find him so lovely, as simple and clear as the wood. And then they talk to me about Lenau! To him I even prefer the clumsy hexameters of Yoss Do you know, that it is not at all gallant on your part, Sir Squire, to want to intimidate me and to remind me of the fact that I am terribly forward, and rob you of your precious time. It was you yourself that drew me into a corres- pondence, which I had no intention of commenc- ing. I only wanted -to give vent to the exeitbment, which the yearning after so much that is beautiful produces in me. You are, however, so bold-almost as if you were young—that it satisfies my scruples to some extent as regards my persistency. Now you appropriate the words "good men;' to yourself, whereas I was speaking of Praxi- teles and Parrsanias I am not in the least aware whether you are good or not, although it is, to say the least of it, amiable on your part to joke with a child. Now ad, or ratter at beauty, I do not happen to be beautiful at all, I am much too tall, much too broad-shouldered, much too thin, in order to remind you in the least of ancient ideas respecting beauty. "Brown eyes!" Old German nobility and brown eyes B!ue, of course; that is, they ought by right to have been violet-blue, like my father's magnificent eyes; they have, however, degenerated into gray-I will say departed from their original splendour; at times they look green and sometimes even black, so they say. I have, however, never yet seen this; for that only takes place when I am greatly excited, and then I do not look into the looking-glass. Of course, my face is long, my forehead too high, the mane, which ought to have been red, has fortunately turned into brown, with red threads amongst it, but can however be controlled neither by comb nor pin I ride and swim and hunt and march and have red cheeks like a pt3asant girl, and as for my nose, a!as, my uose has not the least Grecian bend about it! You poor, unfortunate devotee of the beauti- ful! And love is to be the upshot of all my feel- ings." Oh, that you had only heard the laughter that shook me in reading that sentence As yet I am not in the least acquainted with the nature of love, nor have I the least desire of gaining such kaowledge. For it would separate me from the only love I have upon earth, from my father, the very thought of which makes my eyes fill with tears. The other day was my birthday on that occasion he said "In two years you will reach your majority." I felt something quite uncom- fortable, strange, and asked In what way will I be different from now ?" Well, for instance, in this, that you can marry without my consent." I closed his mouth with my cheeks aud kissed bis hands and said that it was most unkind of him even to imagine such a thing! I have no intention of getting married, for never can a man be half so good as my father, even were he a Greek demi- god There, now you have my opinion of love at it was love a^ain. Now at Grammar. You are again denouncing my caste in talking about "regretting" and "affecting," &s. I do not be- long to the Confederation of the Rhine, nor does my father, and—whatever the cause may have been-nor did my grandfather. We were pain- fully German, stock German for generations, and now in spite of everything our liue is doomed to extinction; for I am, alas, a girl and the only child This is, however, the only anxiety which I think I inflict upon my much-loyed father. The wind is raging round your house, which Wallen- stein inhabited? In the first place, the wind always < delights me; he is my best friend; why mv nick- name is Hurricane," the wild Ulla," "Vixen," &c. If it, however, rages round an old house, I love it even better. Ranchenstein iø a tenth- century building, stands on a high rock with pinnacles and turrets, surrounded by a mighty forest of beeches, covered with ivy, as thick as a tree, with those well known thin, dark, pointed leaves. I sit in my room in the tower where the tempest rages the loudest, and write, and read, and dream and sing far louder than the storm, when I am not wanted by my father, to whom I read aloud, with whom I play tric-trac," or else make long tours on foot, and ride with him when he visits the distant parts of the estate. Some day I will de- scribe one of these vieits to you, if I do not weary you. You seem to have formed a strange idea of the life of the upper class; I know none like those you describe, and yet I have rather an extensive range of acquaintances, crowds of cousins, quite a heap of aunts, young and old Pardon,- oh please pardon my great want of modesty, and favour me with an answer!—Your obedient ULRIKE, At Horst Rauchenstein.

ANOTHER CARNARVONSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY IN DIFFICULTIES.—The frauds in connection with the Nant Padarn Building Society at Llanberis have caused carefal inquiries to be made into the financial position of other building societies in the district. The result has been that on Wednesday the secretary was called upon to deposit his books and securities for investigation by Mr W. J. Williams, accountant, Carnarvon. It is alleged that money has been advanced upon securities which are practically valueless, there being no charge of dishonesty against any of the officials. ;The secretary of this society holds a similar posi- tion in connection with another local society, and is also the collector of rates for the parish. No further step has besn taken with reference to the Nant Padarn Society, Mr R. O. Roberts, the legal adviser of the director, not having completed his examination of the securities. THANKSGIVING, SERVICES ,IN ANGLESEY CHURCHES.—Harvest thanksgiving services were held on Wednesday at the Amlwch Church, the Rev T. Lloyd, vicar of St. Asaph, and local clergymen officiating. The Church was nicely decorated by Mrs and Miss Fanny Evans, Mrs and Miss Paynter, Mrs Lloyd Jones, and others.—At the thanksgiving services held last week at Llan- badrig and Ceraaes Churches, the Bet; B. Roberts, Iilanfechell, preached in English, and the Revs E. B. JThomaa, B.A., Heneglwys, and E. Davies, Llapllechid, in Welsfc, the Rev T Pritchard, M.A., vicar, reading the lecson. The English services' wera :fttK choral, and the church was tastefully decorated by Miss Croasby, and the young dadies from the jFirs; and thedhurch of Llanbadrig was nicely decorated by Mrs sPritchard, the Vicarage. INDUCTION SERVICES AT CAPEL Cocu.-The services for,the induction of Ahe Rev R. Hughes, Newborougb, as pastor of the churches at Ty Mawr and Caetaatem were held last week, at which the Rava .J. Williams, JLlangefni, and W. .Jones, Newborough, representing the Anglesey Monthly Meeting, and the following ministers alsT iffook part: the Revs X. Roberts, Taihen; Rooert Thomas, Llanerchyma<id; Owen Hughes, Llan- gefpi; and Ridbard Williams, Llangwyllog. Preaching meetings were held at Ty Mawr and Caerealom on Tuesday evening, and at Ty Mawr on Wednesday, the induction services taking place on Wednesday afternoon. The Rev J. Williams delivered the charge t-Q the church, and the Rev W. Jones the charge to tiffl minister. The meetings wer? good and well attended through. oat,

THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION. I The autumnal meetings of the Congregational Union of England and Wales opened at Swansea on Monday, the attendance of members being I larger than at any former autumnal meeting of this body. At half-past four- the members were received and welcomed to the town by the Mayor (Alderman Freeman). Sir Hussey Vivian, M.P., supported the mayor, and said that had it not been I for the efforts of the Congregationaiists and the great Nonconformist churches he could not conceive what would have been the position of the people of Wales. At half past six the Walters- road chapel was crowded, when the Rev Chariea A. Berry, of Wolverhampton, preached the annual sermon. Trie Rev Guinness Rogers (London) preached at an overflow service. At eight a public meeting was held in the Albert Hail under the auspices of the Congregational Total Abstinence Association, the Mayor of Swansea presiding. The Rev Burford Hooke (secretary) read a statement which showed that in 1871 there was no organised temperance work for the Congregational Church of England aud Wales. but at the present day there was a large majority of the church ministers who were total abstainers. Last year eighty-eight entered their ministry, seventy-four of whom were total abstainers. The returns from their colleges were most cheering. In Great Britain, of 382 students, 341 were total abstainers. To Scot and fell the honour, for the college professors and all the students were total abstainers. Wales came next, for out of ninety- five students seventy-eight were abstainers. Among thosa who addressed an enthusiastic assembly were the Rev G E. Thorn (London), Mr W. P. Williams (London), and Mr James Cregan (Belfast). The last named, alluding to the recent licensing question, held that much more work would have been done if the church had not been assisting the devil in the drink traffic during six days in the week; and preaching against that traffic on the Sunday. The meetings were resumed on Tuesday, when the Rev Thomas Green delivered his presidental address, in which he argued that the introduction of the secular element to Church life, with the contention that the Church organisation was in- complete without it, bad the effect of remitting the)logy, including doctrinal teaching, to a subordinate place, and often to entire extinction. Interesting papers, among others, were read on the progress oi Congregationalism. Speakers in sup- porting a resolution in favour of international ar- bitration, expressed appreciation of the Govern- ment's foreign 'policy. and decided to co- operate with the Presbyterian Church, United States, in memorialising to various Governments to resort to international arbitration. Papers were read on The Strength and Progress of Congre- gationalism Dependent on Practical Fidelity to the Congregation System," by the Revs T. Simon, Leicester, and J. Lewis Pearse, Sheffield. The third day's proceedings were opened on Wednesday. The Albert Hall was crowded, when some > interesting pipers were read on the religious and social problems of modern times I and the signs of the spread of Christian leaven in national life. The writer of the latter paper, the Rev Dr Mackennal, of Bowdon, stated that one proof of this was that even the foreign policy of the present Government had been profoundly affected by the necessity of regarding the Christian sentiment of the people. An excellent paper on Disestablishment by the Rev Dr J. Thomas caused much enthusiasm. Its reading was followed by a speech from the Rev Guinness Rogers on the necessity of English Non- conformists helping the Welsh brethren in their battle. Dr Herber Evans gave a vivid description of the persecution farmers had suffered through tithe distrainta. Referring to the secession of Nonconformists, Dr Evans said too much had been spoken about seceders to the Church. He thought it was a blessing they had gone ovet, if they could not stand the proof, and he was glad there was a Church of England to pitch them into (laughter and cheers). The consideration of the report of the special committee appointed to consider how the work of the churches can be made more efficient was adjourned. There are 43 Welsh Congregational Churches in England, including nine at Liverpool and Birken- head, six in London, nine in Lancashire, six in the North of England, aud others scattered through- out other parts of England, including Birming- ham, Bristol Chester, Shrewsbury, and other towns. In addition to this some of the most eminent English churches beyond the borders have of late years largely recruited their pulpits from the ranks cf Welsh ministers. Typical instances of this are afforded in the persons of the brothers Ossiac and Eynon Davies, of Bourne- mouth and Finsbury Park respectively; OgmJre Davies, of Blackburn; Jansen Davies, of Cleck- heaton; Morlais Jones, of Lewisham; J. Gibbon (late of Swansea), London; Pedr Williams, Lon- don; the two Thomas Evanses, London Owen Thomas, Poole; El vtt Lewis, Hull; T. NicholsoB. and Seys Howell, Southampton; Elwyn :Thomas. Cynon Lewis, and Husband Davies, of London, and others whose names will readily suggest themselves. As there are among these some of the most popular preachers and powerful platform men of the day, some surprise has been expressed that at the meetings held this week at Swansea only'one repreeentativelof this large and influential section in the English Congregational ministry has been selected to take part in the proceedings. It is also worthy of note that on this occasion of the visit of the Union to Wales, net a single min- ister of an English congregation in the Principality appears on the list of speakers. It is rumoured that this has already been made the subject of criticism in the committee, as it is largely of com- ment in unofficial circles. The South Wales Daily News, which gave a splendid report of the meetings of the Congrega- tional Union at Swansea, published on Wednesday a series of ten biographical sketches, with por- traits, of the most eminent preachers of the con- nexion, the place of honour being given to the Rev E. Herber Evans, D.D The preacher to whom the soubriqmt of the Welsh Spurgeon' has been given (says the S. W. Daily News) resembles the pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in varions points. Theologically and as evangelists Mr Spurgeon and Mr Evans throw their weight and in- fluence into the scale of orthodox faith and ag- gressive godliness. Scarcely a nook or corner exists in Wales where Mr Evans's lectures have not gathered crowds and opened purse-strings. Thousands and thousands of pounds have been thus raised in the principality, and sunk again as the fixed capital of Independency. Lecturing always thrice, and sometimes five times a week- preaching, sometimes daily, in the great open-air 'Cymanfau,' or county camp meetings, and in chapels all over the country-editing for ten years the Dysgedydd, the principal magazine of the Welsh Independents, besides being pastor of one of the largest and most energetic of the churches Mr Evans crowded into a decade the work of a life- time. The chapel debts were paid almost as fast as they were incurred by the erection of new buildings, and poor Wales, with her scattered population, has done for herself what Londoners still seem unable to attempt; but the price has been the consecrated gifts and lives of her noblest sons, and Mr Evans s own personal part of this price was the complete nervous prostration which laid him aside for two years. Mr Evans was born near Newcastle-Emlyn, in Carmarthenshire, in 1836, and is therefore two years younger than Mr Spurgeon. His first years of manhood were spant in business at Liverpool, and there he began to preach in connection with the Welsh Tabernacle. He was for a time at the Normal College, Swan. sea, and then entered Brecon Independent College as a theological student. He had only been there one year when he received a call from the church at Morriston, bit Mr Evans was wise enough to refuse to relinquish his college course, and the Morrieton church, then the most important Welsh church in South Wales, waited for him three years. Two years after his settlement at Libanus Mr Evana had the satisfaction of announcing that the chapel debt was cleared. At the jubilee services held on that occasion a gold watch and a library of theological books were presented to the paster. Demands for his services in every part of Wales now multiplied to such an extent that there was Ult-aulair gathering troa, HclyL-ai to Cardiff at which Mr Evans was not a prominent figure. Mr Evans began his English preaching at Aber- ystwyth, and sboitly afterwards he preached the anniversary seiuaens at B-shopsgatf street chapel, London. TL, fat i'cfl (,f thli AlmsioD iiou.30 irs t always &pp»>.cativ^ of p111pit talent, unmed'a^y secured Mr Evan* tc spe^k at Exeter hall, a ad to preach the sermons at West- minster chapel, Siaoe then Mr Evans has often appeared at Exeter hail and on the Union platform. Mr Evaos Lr-s revived calls at various times from Haie Court, Westminster; Walter- road, Senses; eevjral S,gl sh church^ ^t owiog to h:a family and other connections with Carnarvon, he refused them. In Q„t bdr next Dr Herber Evaus will close his twenty-five years' ministry in the t.wc of Carnarvon. His con- gregation has resolved to complete by then much needed iterations in extending their chap-j, susu'"i classrooms, Fit the expanse of sonic, if?2u?0. Tje memoes'& i tjo cor^jregation have already promised sev^rpl hundred' pounds tjwards the expenses nf the a^rat'oru;

———————t-—————— HOLY HEAD. A STLAMEJI A.CFIOUE.—About three o'clock on Sunday mere in. riuiicg a very dense tog, the steamer Columbian (Ctôpt Parry) struck on a rock at Poith Pwl:, -jH' Tywyn Capi!. She was safely brought round. COLLISION WITH A LIVERPOOL STEAMER.- On Sunday the Norwegian Ixvque Draupner put into Holyhead, and reported ttiat she bad been in collision with a steamer whose name was unknown to her. There is ao donbt that the steamer with which the Dranpner was in collision with was the Bulgarian, one of Messrs Leyland's steamers, and is bound to Boston. SOCIAL TEA MEETING. A social tea meeting was held on Thnrsday afternoon at the English Baptist chape!, of winch the Rev S. Roberts is pastor. The tea meeting was in connection with the sewing clashes at the place. A v2ry pleasant afternoon was spent. Mrs Harry Owen, Newry- street; Mrs C!iirke, Newry-street: and several other ladies presided at the tables. DISTRICT CHURCH MEETING.—The Calvinistic Methodist District Churcb meeting was held last week at the Valley, the Rev R. M. Jones, M.A., in the chair, when the subject "Religious faithful- ness" was < peued by the Rev W. R. Jones. It was decided that a public meeting be held at Hyfrydle, Holyhead, on the 13th inst. in connec- tion with the jubilee of the mission. The Rev Griffith Ellis, M A., Bootle, ift expected to address the meeting on behalf of the committee of the mission, and the Rev R. H. Morgan. M.A., Menai Bridge, on behalf of the Monthly Meeting. ANNUAL MISSION MEETING.—The annual missionary meetings of the Bethel Baptist church were held on Monday evening and Tuesday, when the Revs Abe! J. Parry. Cefn Mawr; H. T Morris Dolgelley (late of Utica); and Dan Davies,' Bangor, offL'Mted the Rev O. Waldo James Rhosllanerchrugcg, being absent through indis- position. Tiie preaching was powerful, and there were good attendances. The same ministers efficiated at a meeting at Siloh, Llaingoch, on Wednesday. INDUCTION SERYICEs.-The induction took place on Wednesday evening of the Rev Richard Lloyd, late of Beaumaris,as pastor of the Calvin- jstie Methcdistj Church, at Kmgsland, Holyhead. The meeting was opened by the Rev O. Gaianydd WilJiams; and the chairman (Mr Owen Jones, Ty Mawr), then gave a short history of the cause at the place since its commencement in 1813. Mr Lewis Morris, who represented the Beaumaris District Church Meeting, and the Anglesey Monthly Meeting, in introducing Mr Lloyd. spoke in very i igh terms of him as a man, as a minister, a f.-i-nd, and one in whom every con- fidence might be placed. The Rev J. Williams, Brynsiencyn, a>so attended on behalf of the Monthly Meeting, and in the course of his remarks said chat the better acquainted he became with Mr Lloyd the more he though: of him. The Revs W. R. Jones, J. Hughes Parry, R. Morgan Jones, M.A., and W. Price (R ), Holyhead; the Rev Mr Roberts, Chester; M^SSWJ John Moses, William Thomas, T. Forcer Evans, J.P., and H. Williams, Admiralty House, also addressed the meeting, all of whom spoke very highly of Mr Lloyd, and he acknowledged the remaiks in a short address. Mr Lewis Morris Llso introduced Mrs Lloyd, and Mr H. Williams gave her a hearty welcome, on behalf of the English church at Holyhead. The meeting which was very good throughout, was closed with prayer by the Rev W. Price (B.).

Sirffe '^arrnges, and BIRTHS. Edwards—September 16, wife of Mr Edwards, Llainwen Trawsifynydd, of a son. Lloyd-September 16, wife of Mr Robert Lloyd. Maen- offeren, Blaenau Ffestiniog, of a son Williams-September 24, wife of Mr William Williams 6, Victoria-street, Carnarvon, of a son. MARRIAGES. Davies-Jarvis September 24, at the Radnor stree Chapel, Chelsea, London, by the Rev J. Rowlands, Mr 1 homas Davies, Irvona, Llanwrtyd, to Miss Elizabeth Jarvis, Hengwm, Machynlleth Goodman — Griffiths — September 26, at the Pendref Chapel, Rutbin, by the Rev Owen Davies, Grai>?- fechan, Mr W. Goodman, shop, Graigfechan, to Miss Sophia Griffiths, Colomendy House, Ruthin. Hughes-Thomas-September 30, at Groeswen (South w u oeV Tawelfryn Thomas, the Rev Dayid Hughes, Congrcgationa1 minister, Llangattwg, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Thomas, daughter of Mr Thomas, post office, Nantgarw. rwlr P0rria September 22, at the Caersalem 'rr?arnarv°Q' Lby the Rev Owen Davies, Mr Hugh Thomas Hughes, 15, New-street, to Sarah, °t\ Morris, foreman of the engineers at Messrs De Winfcon and Co, 's Foundry. Jones-Thomas-September 26, at Dinas Chapel, Llan iestyn, by the Rev John Moses Jones, and in the presence of Mr Edmunds-Jones, registrar, MlI Robert Jones, Bronheulog, Ceidio (youngest son of Mr Wit liam Jones, Tymawr, Llanwnda). to Martha „ av Mr Thaophitas ddermoJen, to Miss Mary Owens^RhosbaSh, Llan- 0HOLYHE°ADTB^STHEER^VJAM«S &T ST' CYBI'8 CHURC&> i y tne Kev James Jones, curate, Mr Hurh Richard Owen» tailor, Porthyfelin, to Misa Anna D6?' 4' Br,&htoa-terrace—both of Holyhead Roberts-Roberts-September 27. by license at Registrar s Office, Carnarvon, Mr Owen Roberts tn square, n eDS u~ SePtemb€r 22, at the Jerusalem Chapel, Llanerchymedd, by Mr Owen Prytherch registrar, Mr John Roberts, Bethesda-street, Amlwch nr ?i- TQe Owen. Tanyfelin, Llanerchymedd. to Mta Jon; T''»~ f&zs" SR • LIS?- 542^ pork '» Ruth ifoSboto of Amlwch. DEATHS. E^raTSfuPt!inber.,26' at Caellenor, Rhyl, aged 53 r* ?hzabeth. the wife of Mr John Arthur Evans y Griffiths-September 22, aged 72, Mr R. Griffiths, Court Llanddaniel, Anglesey. u", Hughes—September 24, at Bone, Gareglefn, a?nH ca years, Mrs Ellen Hughes. g Hughes-September 27, aged 41 years, after a long and painful illness, Mrs Hughes, wIfe of Mr Tbomas !61 n. u Hughes, Chapel-street, Carnarvon Thomas Wiin«- terrace, Blaenau Festiniog y yn^wyn~ s9' shireii»»- Mrs Catherine Rthertphiweptf m^6r 18, aged twelve months, Gwladys Pen'rallt?C°arn^onnd R°beit Roberts' 23' Nortli WThomarw°frember 15' after a Ion& illnee3> ^ed 35, Mr CSAG:CERLUU £ GMRDAVID WILLIAMS' *ARK Prmtod (tor the WELSH NATIONAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, LIMITED,) by D. W. DAVIES & Co., at their office, Balaclava-road, New Harbour Carnarvon, Oct. 3, 1890. ^wuur^