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THE BENEFICES BILL. Welsh Parishes and Welsh speaking Clergymen. THE SALE OF ADVOWSONS. The House of Commons on Monday, pro- ceeded to the consideration of the Benefices (No. 2) Bill, as amended by the Standing Committee. Mr Bryn Roberts moved the following new clause -In the case the bishop proposes to collate or institute on his own nomination to a benefice situate in a parish in Wales in which the Welsh language is spoken, it shall be lawful within the said period for three parishioners of full age, who have re- sided in the parish for one year, or for two beneficed clergymen in Wales, having given security for costs in the prescribed manner, to apply to the court to restrain the bishop from collating or instituting on the ground that the person proposed to be collated or instituted has not a thorough and familiar knowledge of the Welsh language, and the court shall have jurisdiction to grant an in- junction on such ground, and from its deci- sion there shall be no appeal.™ Mr J. G. Lawson opposed the clause. The clause provided that no clergyman who did not know Welsh should be instituted in a parish where the Welsh language was spoken. Several attempts have been made to discover the number of people who did not speak English in Wales, and in one return babies who could not speak any language had been included among those unable to speak Eng- lish. He hoped that return would not be used in deciding the parishes in which the Welsh language was spoken. Who was to decide as to the clergyman's knowledge of Welsh ? The court to be constituted under the Act was to consist of the Archbishop and the judge. Who was to examine them as to their knowledge of Welsh ? He could not vote for such a clause- Mr Humphreys Owen said that the hon. member had made a good old Torv speech against the Welsh language. He had thought that view no longer existed in the House, though he knew it was causing considerable unrest in Wales, especially in North Wales, owing to recent episcopal action. He looked upon a knowledge of a second language as a distinct advantage to any person, even in secular matters, and still more was it the case in spiritual and ecclesiastical matters. A long experience of the Welsh people made him know that the Welsh Bible appealed to them in a way which the English Bible never could. Then the Welsh were as critical as the French as to accent. The monoglot Welsh were one-third of the 1,700,000 people in the Principality. As to the appointment of the Archdeacon, it must be remembered that the Archdeacon had to deliver charges to the churchwardens and to swear them in. It was a mistake to say the Welsh would not learn English. The monoglot Welsh were dying out, but the bi-lingual Welshmen wanted Welsh for their home and for their religion. In the interests of the Church in Wales he thought the clause should be agreed to by the House. Mr A. J. Balfour said that no speaker had alleged that the bishops were insensible to the duty thrown upon them by Act of Par- liament'in reference to this matter. Mr Bryn Roberts: I quoted two instances. Mr Balfour said he had not had time to inquire into these particular cases, but he had taken some pains to inquire into the general condition of affairs in Wales, and he had certainly arrived at the conclusion that no abuse existed which called for any excep- tional legislative treatment either in the bill before the House or in any other-measure. If the discretion of a bishop were to be sub- ject to an appeal in one particular then there might equally well be an appeal given in every case. In that case those who thought there should be such an appeal should vote for a clause of which Mr Gedge had given notice, which was general in its character. If, however, they were to deal with this ques- tion of Welsh-speaking clergymen the terms of the clause were far too rigid. It would never work in the interests of Christian chari- ty and local harmony that two or three per- sons speaking Welsh should in a parish where the vast majority where perhaps monoglot English-speaking persons, have power, when they might be very little interested in the welfare cf the Church, to raise all the diffi- culties and scandals inseparable, he was sorry to say, from such questions. Therefore, if he were disposed-which he was not-to ad- mit the principle of the clause, it was mani- fest that it would have to be very sharply modified in detail before it became a work- able scheme. Sir W. Harcourt was glad that the First Lord of the Treasury had given no encourage- ment to the language held by Mr J. G. Law- son, who started by saying that the great object ought to be to discourage in Wales the learning of the Welsh language, and quoting the fact that the great educational authorities pursued that course. He (Sir W. Harcourt) was sorry to hear that they did, because any- one who was acquainted with Wales knew the passionate attachment there was to the language of Wales (hear, hear). Mr J. G. Lawson said what he mentioned was that in 1894, when the right hon. gentle- man was in office, that was the rule. He did not know what it was now. Sir W. Harcourt thought that it was, a very bad rule. Anyone who had frequowted the Highlands of Scotland must know that where the people talked the Gaelic language there were two services, a Gaelic and an Eng- lish service. That was the practice in Scot- land, and a very right and just practice it was.' He remembered becoming acquainted with the fact himself when visiting Inverary. He went to a service there, and he thought that the minister was speaking rather indis- tinctly, and he did not understand what he was saying. The person who officiated as sexton came up to him and said that perhaps he was not aware that he was attending a Gaelic service, and that was so (laughter). He did not think that there was anything of the same kind done in Wales, and he thought tne minister should be capable of holding a Welsh and an English service. They sent parsons to Wales and eTsewhere who had spent a great many of the best years of their lives acquiring the Greek language. That was less useful in Wales than a knowledge of Welsh should be (hear, hear). He thought a man ought to know the language of the people among whom he was called to work. That was all that was demanded by this amendment, and he should certainly support it. Mr Boscawen said the right hon. gentle- man had not shown any ereat knowledge of Wales or the Church of Wales, or he would have known that there was not v parish where Welsh was spoken where there was not Welsh and English services. Therefore, hon. gentle- men opposite were asking for something that was already in existence. Mr Howell felt that he would be untrue to his convictions if be did not say that he ab- solutely agreed with this amendment. He did not tnink Mr J. G. Lawson was serious in what he said, or his remarks were attri- buted to ignorance of the condition of affairs in Wales (hear, hear). He put it to his hon. friends who opposed the amendment if they would like a Welshman appointed to their parish who would appoint a Welsh curate to look after the welfare of the English people in the parish. If there was a substantial- majority of Welsh people in a parish there ou¡;ht to be a Welshman placed in the posi- tion of vicar (hear. hear). The House divided- For the clause 99 Against. 185 0- 4 Majority against 86 RIGHT OF APPEAL AGAINST A BISHOP Mr Gedge moved a new clause giving a right of appeal against an appointment by a bishop to a living in his own presentation. Mr A. Balfour said the proposal seemed plausible at first sight, but he could not ad- mit that it was accurate to put a bishop on the same level as any lay patron. The bishop was selected for his special fitness to exer- cise the governmental functions of the Church. The clause, too, ran counter to the general framework of the Bill, for it would give an appeal against the appoint- ment of unfit persons by bishops, but not against appointments, by lay patrons. A logical extension of the proposal would be to leave the ap- pointments entirely in the hands of the parish He did not believe any such abuse as the clause aimed at existed or could exist,because no bishop would have the courage to face public opinion after making a scandalous mis- use of his patronage. Mr Lloyd George held that the parishioners had as much interest in the parish as the bishop cr the patron, and that it was a dangerous practice to increase the power of any one man in a parish too much, be he bishop, archdeacon, or private patron. The First Lord of. the Treasury knew well what the state of affairs was in the diocese of St. Asaph, where, owing to the kind of patron- age exercised by the bishop, something in the nature of a scandal had been created. The bishop had promoted his own friend. those who flattered him and those who had no knowledge of the Welsh language. Eighty or ninety of the clergy of the diocese had presented a memorial to the bishop protest- ing against the way in which he had exercised his rights of patronage, and when his lord- ship tried to enlist the sympathy of laymen he met with small support. He submitted that these facts formed a powerful argument in favour of inserting this clause in the bill. In the diocese of Llandaff the Marquis of Abergavenny instituted a clergyman who did not understand the Welsh language, and the Bishop of Llandaff refused to induct on that- ground, and that it was contrary to law. In his opinion no right ought to be given to the bishop without some sort of appeal on behalf of the parishioners. It was stated that no bishop would face public opinion by appoint- ing an objectionable person, but the Bishop of St. Asaph had faced, not merely public opinion in Wales, but public opinion in his own Church, and had not taken that opinion into account in any way. Mr H.- D. Greene (Shrewsbury) said that he had yet to learn that the bishops were in- fallible or less liable to make mistakes than other people. Mr S. Evans desired to see this measure made a very much wider one. He would desire that the parishioners should have the right in every case to represent to the bishop what their views were with reference to the fitness of a particular clergyman for a parti- cular parish. There might be an excellent man who was perfectly fitted for one parish, but not so well fitted for another, and under this bill there would be perpetuated the monstrous injustice to the parishioners of a private patron or a bishop having the right to say who should be the clergyman of their parish. Mr Herbert Lewis held that the appoint- ment of bishops was not on such a sure foundation that they could give them un- limited power. He was a Nonconformist, but he was bound to take an interest in this question, for, he represented Churchmen and clergymen as well as Nonconformists, .and he. knew what the opinions of these Churchmen and clergymen wère, for he re- ceived communications on the subject, in- cluding some from clergymen whose character and position were as .high as those of any in the Church. These correspondents said they dreaded and detested the bill, and one said he would rather see the Church disestablished and disendowed than the bill passed. The Speaker said that the hon. member was now discussing the whole merits of the bill. The only question before the House was the rig of appeal by. parishioners.^ Mr Lewis went on to say that in Wales there was a very strong feeling among the clergy that the principle of this new clause should be carried into law. He was glad to see so many Conservative and Unionist mem- bers vote for Mr Bryn Roberts's clause. The Speaker said it was out of order to discuss the last amendment. Mr H. Lewis said he was trying to follow Mr Balfour's advice. Mr Balfour: That was not my advice (laughter).. Mr Lewis concluded by saying that Non- conformists had the appointment of their ministers entirely in their own hands, and that if the members of the EstablishedChurch could not have that right they ought at any rate to have the right to object to one who was to be their spiritual pastor, and who was about to get a freehold of a living. The House divided- For the clause 117 Against 204 Majority aviinst 87 1111 'WT11:1"O -#1 On clause 1 Mr Carvell Williams moved an amendment providing that a transfer of the right of presentation should be invalid if made for a monetary consideration. This would, he said, prevent being down whole- sale that which the bill prohibited retail, viz., the sale of the next presentation. Sir R. Finlay objected to the amendment on the ground that it would produce stagna- tion in regard to advowsons, which, when the estate was sold, would remain in the hands of those who had entirely ceased to have an interest in a particular iocality. Such an alteration of the law would only be made pos- sible if it was made part of a larger scheme for entirely abolishing patronage in the Church of England. There was a great difference between the sale of adow sons and that of the next presentation. Mr J. B. Roberts was amazed at the utter- ly low tone of morality that obtained in ec- clesiastical as compared with other affairs (cheers). Imagine this traffic in connection with legal preferment (cheers). Mr Lloyd George expressed his desire to produce a "stagnation" in the sale of advow- sons. He objected altogether to the sale of livings (cheers). It had been constantly said that the Nonconformists objected to the removal of abuses in the Church, but he sub- mitted that on this bill, as in connection with the Clergy Discipline Bill, the aim had been to strengthen the hands of these who sought to remove abuses (cheers). Mr J. H. Lewis was astonished that hen. members opposite should remain silent, in spite of the fact that so many earnest Church- men were onposed to this traffic in livings (cheers). It was long =ince purchase was abolished in the army, but ecclesiastical pur- chase was apparently to be continued, al- though an opportunity now presented itself of putting an end to the greatest scandals in connection with the Church (cheers). There was not a word from beginning to end of the New Testament, he submitted, that would I justif- the continuance of this practice in connection with the Church of Christ (cheers). Mr S. Evans declared that members on the Ministerial side professed to desire the re- form cf the Church, but they had not the courage of their convictions. Every be!" who voted svjniri^t the amendment v, ouM be ¡ vot.1 ii- for the continuance of this abuse (cheers). The amendment having, at the suggestion of Mr J. Herbert Lewis, been amended by the substitution of the word "valuable" for "monetary," The House divided— For the amendment 78 Against 182 Majority against 106 Mr J. Herbert Lewis moved an amend- ment depriving the bishops of power to ex- tend the time beyond two months, except under special circumstances, of registering the transfer of patronage rights. The Solicitor General objected. The debate was continued by Mr Lloyd George and Mr D. B. Jones. On a division the amendment was rejected by 163 to 52 majority against, 111. Mr H. S. Foster moved an amendment to omit the sub-section which provided that a transfer of a right of patronage should not be valid unless it transferred the "whole in- terest in the right," While the hon. mem- ber was speaking, Mr W. Allen moved a count, but The Speaker said that he had recently sat- isfied himself that there were more than forty members within the precincts of the House. The discussion was continued by Mr Cald- well, whose remarks were interrupted by Dr Tanner also moving a count. The Speaker said he had just stated that he had satisfied himself that there were more than forty members in attendance. Dr Tanner again rising, deliberately re- peated his demand for a. count. The Speaker I must ask the hon. member to sit down, and not interrupt the business of the House. Dr Tanner: I am calling your attention to the fact that there are net forty members [ present (cries of "Order.") The Speaker: I must call upon the hon. member to resume his seat or leave the House. Dr Tanner: I can always do that (cries of "Order.") The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr H. S. Foster moved the deletion of the sub-section which provided that a transfer should not be valid unless more than twelve months had elapsed since the last institution or admission to the benefice. The amendment was withdrawn. Mr J. H. Lewis moved to omit a sub-sec'ion providing, "It shall not be lawful to offer for sale by public auction any right of patronage save in the case of advowson to be sold in conjunction with any manor or heredita- ment." It it were so bad as had been re- presented he did not see why this practice should be permitted at all. The Solicitor General defended the pro- vision. After some remarks by Mr Mess (who ad- dressed the House for the first time), Col. Milward, Mr Maclaren. Mr R. Wallace (Edinburgh), Mr J. W. Philipps, and Mr J. C. Williams, The amendment was rejected by 192 to 09 magcrity againt, 123. An amendment proposed by Mr Lloyd George preventing the making of agreements after a certain time in favour of another per- son holding a benefice was accepted by the Solicitor General, and added to the bill. Mr Lloyd George, on behalf of Mr J. H. Lewis, moved that before the declaration was taken sections 1 and 2 of the Clergy Resign- ation Bonds Act should be read to the person making the declaration. The Solicitor General thought that the House would be of opinion that if this matter were to be dealt with at all, it should be dealt with by rules. Mr Lewis, Mr Hobhouse, and Mr S. Evans, continued the discussion. The amendment -was rejected by 202 to 82; majority against, 120. Mr Lloyd George moved the omission of words protecting in a mortgage the reserva- tion of a right of redemption. He argued that this sub-section contemplated the pos- sibility of mortgaging a living for the purpose say, of raising money at an exhorbitant rate of interest for the sake of some impecunious squire. The Attorney General maintained that there might be mortgages for perfectly de- fensible purposes, suhc as the repair of the parsonage or the improvement of the living. Mr Robson protested against patrons being permitted to borrow money on advowsons. On a division the amendment was rejected by 209 to 83: majority against, 126. Mr D. B. Jones moved the rejection of Clause 2, which gives the bishop power to re- fuse to institute a presentee to a benefice if at the date of his presentation not more than one year had elapsed since a transfer of the right of patronage of the benefice, unless the transfer was not effected in view of the pro- bability of a vacancy within such year, or on the ground that at the date of presenta- tion not more than five years had elapsed since the presentee was ordained deacon, or that the presentee was unfit for the discharg- ing of the duties of the benefice, or had been a party to any transaction which was invalid under the Act. The hon. member was speaking at twelve o'clock, when the debate was adjourned unde o'clock, when the debate was adjourned under the Standing Orders.

IdR W. PEARCE JONES. "A MODERN DICK WHITTIXGTON." We cull from "Answers" the following in- teresting sketch of Mr W. P. Jones, son of the late Mr Owen Jones, pork butcher, Car- narvon, and brother of the late Mr J. W. Jones, Plasybryn near Carnarvon:- One day a budding draper from Wales walked to the premises of Messrs Jones Brothers, Holloway, and, on seeing Mr W. P. Jones, informed him that he had heard a good deal about his firm, and as he had just come to London and wanted an engagement, he thought being a Welshman he would give Mr Jones "the first chance" of securing his valuable services. The offer was not accepted. The young man had evidently not heard Mr Jones's life- story, or he would have been aware that it was not by that method that one of the larg- est businesses in London was built up (kbi nothing. True, MR JONES WAS A WELSHMAN, as all Joneses are but there the kinship of the two men ended. Mr W. Pearce Jones, the sole proprietor of the huge business in the Holloway road, was born in 1841. He came to London in 1862, and his capital consisted of a stock of Welsh words, which were mainly a, hindrance to him. Three years later he commenced business on his own account in a small shop with one assistant. To-day his premises are to be measured by the acre, and his em- ployees number nearly 1000. When he came to town his own possessions were few. Now he can supply everybody with all they need, from the cradle to the grave. He was apprenticed more than once-first of all to the ironmongery, and subsequently to the drapery. —e and his masters differed on various points as to where the drapery business began and where it ended. Hence the number of his apprenticeships. His dislike to the ironmongery business arose from the fact that seven years' apprentice- ship was demanded. After gaining experience in Carnarvon, Mr Jones went to Denbigh, where, at an early age, his cousin, Mr T. J. Williams, who had recently bought an old business, employed him, and put him over the whole staff. Some of the older men objected, and, things being a little unpleasant, the young Welshman decided suddenly one af- ternoon to take himself to -ondon. Five minutes settled the matter, and if a train had been running he would have been in London that night. It was Thursday. Friday saw Mr J ones in London for the first time. He had no superstition about un- lucky Fridays. On Saturday he got a situa- tion, and on Monday he entered upon it. The small draper's shop to which he went was in what is now -mown as Porchester ter- race. There he stayed three or four years, in which time he showed much nimbleness of wit. At this time Mr Whiteley was just starting in Westboume Grove, in a small shop with one or two hands. Mr Jones's Welsh words were valuable to him, but his Welsh blood was invaluable. From the very i.rst his independent Welsh spirit decided that he would not be a servant long. Taffy would be his own master. Al- though HIS SALARY WAS SMALL, he managed to save something each year-as was his custom even during his apprentice- ship—and at the .end of three years in Lon- don he opened a small shop with one assist- ant in Victoria terrace-now called Fairfax road-South Hampstead. His capital was but a hundred pounds or two, but in three or four years he had made a substantial sum, with which he started the palatial buildings now in Holloway road. This step, which Mr Jones took against the advice of all his friends, led to a hand- some fortune. He opene'd a very small shop in what is called now the Holloway road. Then it was No. 2, Pear Tree terrace. The nature of the Holloway road at the time mav be gathered from the fact that the pear- tree from which the house took its name was growing by the house. At the back were meadows, and beyond the Nag's Head were other meadows and market-gardens. The road had a special reputation for its failures in business. One of the wholesale houses with which Mr Jones dealt sent a special representative to him urging him not to start tnere, as it meant certain failure. But Mr Jones went and watched the road in the morning, afternoon, and at night. He saw crowds of people and no one to serve them. So he determined to start a shop there, and to put his brother in charge. Since then property in the neighbourhood has more than doubled itself, and the popu- lation Has increased threefold. The takings of the first day were t3 7s— that was on October 30th, 1867. To-day, M has been said, the firm HAS NEARLY 1000 EMPLOYEES, which is not a bad record for thirty years in t business which was said to be doomed to failure at the outset. It is always of interest to hear the reasons wlckh a successful man gives for his success. Mr Jones attributes his to sheer hard work and perseverance. He worked early and late when he began. He was a total ab- stainer for many years, ant. did not smoke until he was over forty. "The best thing a young man can do who wants to succeed," says Mr Jones, "is to think more of work than pleasure. The pre- sent generation seems to think of nothing but pleasure. But to get on you must stick to your work and save your money. I should never have been able to start for my- self if I had not done so. "People to-day live far beyond their means, and therefore cannot save. Indeed, they spend their money before they get it. "No. To be successful, you must be sober, industrious, and hard-working. My pro- verbial success before I started business on my own account was in this that I did things without being told. The average young man is content to do just what he is told to do, and no more. He is afraid to work and to initiate things. "Another thing is this. Many young men are content just to know about their own department, and to take no interest in others. I always wanted to know about everything, and almost regarded the busi- ness with which I was connected as my own." One of the most remarkable things Mr Jones mentioned was the fact that it is so difficult to get men who are to be relied on —managers and men who can create. He can get scores and hundreds of men who are not worth more than t50 to tlOO; but men who are worth t,300 and upwards are rare. This is not only Mr Jones's experience, but he declares that many of his fellow-mer- chants experience the same difficulty. It is the old story-no room at the bottom of the ladder; plenty of room at the top. Mr Jones is convinced hat if a man will only master his business, and if he is only reliable, success and fortune await him. He does not believe that his own success was due to the particular time at which he started, and he refers to several firms who have succeeded quite recently to show what was dene in the past can be done again to- dpy if men go to work in the right way.. It must not be supposed that Mr Jones does not, have amusement and leisure. He l does, and Lis done as icwh as any man in

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London to secure early dosing and recrea- tion for his assistants. He has provided them with a recreation ground which they can reach U..ree minutes after leaving busi- ness. It is surrounded by fine old trees, now in the;r beauty. At first Mr Jones was ë. believer "in volun- tary early closing. But as after twenty to thirty years' work nothing had really prac- tically been achieved, he became an ardent advocate of COMPULSORY EARLY CLOSING. He gave evidence before the House ct Commons Select Committee on this matter. "Seventy-four hours a week," he said, "was too long for a shop assistant." This evid- ence was given in 1886, and incidentally Mr Jones mentioned that at that time his assist- ants served 18,000 customers a week. So enthusiastic was Mr Jones about hit early-closing movement that he spent even- ing after evening in the capacity of chair- man of the Shop Hours League, which is now infused with the Early-Closing Association of which he is treasurer, during the agita- tion, ill attending meetings and speaking and canvassing for the Bill. g Mr Jones knows where the shoe pinches for when he was a young man he often had to work from seven to ten or twelve o'clock. -lany a time he has been in the shon f li Sunday morning. P tl]1 "We were not born to be slaves," he gov. The strain on many neonl* k • y enough for anyone I belW 3X6 for people who^not "IST*™ jority do abuse it." Ut tHe ma- Mr Jones used tn n z j. He has also been "«".to. able Artillery Comnanr „ ? honour- member of that corns t'o 1" Wa-8 e first Military Toumam?n( r° pn?8 «"» Regulars, this civiC took K1th tilting^t the rimr secon^L f ? .for and fourth for cleaving the a ride mth One day he was with the Collindale Stag- W Af t 6ast made an attempt to escape but Mr Jones was a little too quick for him' as he cleverly r^d the thong of his rid' mg-whip over his head and helcl hin^on! !f u a /P alTed- But not befpre the stag had dragged him some distance. Mr Jones is a very modest man, and wears his success and good fortune as modestly as the daughters of Wales used to wear their owenng hats. He dislikes all that seeSI WtMor showy. Though he still Korto hard, he BEARS HIS BURDENS EASILY. At the close of the day he drives home to "lgHtful home, the Manor House Fmchley—once the home of one of Crom- manS This is a most charming manor-house surrounded at the back by trees which have stood the winds of centur- Mr Jones has a large family, many of whom are now taking prominent parts in the conduct of the business. When was chairman of the Linen and Woollen Drapers' Institution-which helps those drapers who have not had such good fortune as Mr Jones -be made another record, because he put the same spirit into the work as he has done in his own business. His dinner lists amounted to over £7000, as compared with £ 4000 the year before.