The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter

LAST Saturdaj'' was the forty-sixth anniversary of the opening of the railway at Carmarthen. ARRIVALS.—The S.s. Tivysids arrived from A. VON mouth on Fridav, Septemh-z-i' lGth, and the Mcrthvr from Bristol on Saturday and Wednes- day, September 17th and 21st, fov Mr J B Arthur, aie.-chrnt. Success.—We are pleased to l^arn that Master David Morgan Hopkins, son of Mi It Hopkins, '^urwcn House, The Avenue, ano a pupil at the Pei.trej<oth Board School, has yist succeeded in securing a scholarship at the Carmarthen Grammar School LAST Saturday was the forty-sixth anniversary of the opening of the railway at Carmarthen. &ItRIVALS.-Thp 8.8. Tivysids arrived from A. VON mouth on Fridav, Septemh-z-i' lGth, and the Mcrthvr from Bristol on Saturday and Wednes- day, September 17th and 21st, fov Mr J B Arthur, aie.-chrnt. Success.—We are pleased to ]"am that Master David Morgan Hopkins, son of MI It Hopkins, 'U! wen House, The Avenue, ano a pupil at the PeLtepoth Board School, has yist succeeded in securing a scholarship at the Carmarthen Grammar School I (Mr Howell Howells) begs respectfully to acknowledge the following :—Flowets from Mr John .'Tiller, Parade, and Mr Richard M James, Biia^e-strtet; apples from Mr J \V Potter, The Gro^e, Iilanstephan. Ax AMBULANCE CLASS is being formed ir. Car.Tiaithen, and will be started in October. All those \\ho intend joining are requested to send in their names to Mr J II Phillips, Model School, or I CARMARTHEN SHIRE INFIRMARY.—The Secretary attend the preliminary meeting, at St, Da'iu's Guild on Thursday next, 29th inst. MARKETS, Saturday.—A much better supply, both quantity and quality, was shown at our Market to-day. Prices opened high, but flattened before the close. Wo quote no change in price.— Cheese: Again only very few lots on offer Demand also slow. Price paid, 20s to 23s per cwt. KKVISION COURT.—Mr W Denham Benson sat at the Shire-hall on Tuesday to revise the list of voters t. r the parishes of St Peter's, Abergwiii, i-dangain, Llangunnor, Llanstephan, Llangunnock, Llandilo-Abercowin, Merthyr, and Newchurch. Mr Evan Jones and Mr James John represented the Un-t-niiati; and Mr H Anthony Thomas, the Radicals. LAMMAS-STREET INDEPENDENT CHURCH, CAR- MARTHEN.—The half-yearly meetings in connection with r,h s church were held this week. On Sunday morning and ever.ing the sermons were delivered to lar.se congregations by the R, v E Richards, ro-jy;;andy. fheie was also a g(}C; attendance at the meeting on Monday evening, < Elections were taker ui; at all the services on beh-dr of the debt on I the schoolroom. Mi< ROWLAND PHILLIPS, ot th? North British Store., Lammas-street, made a lar;o and tasteful disc !->y of th, many specialities of Messrs Lever on Wednesday This so ondid piece of ^in^w-dresring was afterwards photographed by flur Henry Howeli in order that it », ght be entered for tO competition conducted by Messrs Lever Broth jrs, PFCNUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, CARMARTHEN. The anniv-rsjry services in connection with this church Was jsold on Sunday and Monday. The attendances at iU services were uiiiieually The Rev O G:fuiis, Rhymney, pr-ached at all t,JHl three on fuuday, as Well as at mat on Monday. Messrs D J Lewis, D Williams, and the Revs Robe: t James and William Hughes introduced the Bfirvices The collections have been very good ones. the sum already amouuting to nearly L40. MARTHA DAVIES, one of Swansea's "famous women (she has been convicted 43 times), was before thr Dench again on Monday. Let me go home to Car carthenshire," said she, and I shall stay there tb: reiminder of my and be happy wish i he only sister of my por'r d('ur mother, near Conwil." She was sent to the workhouse, end her country Hunts opinion on IEr pro; o ed arra ge- aunt will never be known.Il(iil. GAZKTTE NEWS. —Friday night's Gazette contains 'he following -Bankruptcy Acts, 1883 anl 1800— Receiving Orders Thomas Griffiths, of Pant- feillionen, Penbryn, Cardiganshire, farmer John H Jones, of Glanamman, Bettws, Carmarthenshire, grocer —Tuesday night's Gazette Daniel Davies, of New Cross, Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, licensed victualler and farm labourer Hector D I M'lntyre. of Putney, Surrey, trading as the Glanamman Colliery Company, at Glanamman, Carmarthenshire, colliery proprietor and electrical engineer. CARMARTHEN FOOTP.ALL CLUJ:. A committee meeting of this club was held at the Nelson Hotel on Wednesday evening. The Picton Rovers were acoepted as the second team for tne town. A great many fixtures were arranged, including those cf South Wales Borderers, Lampeter College, v Haverfordwest, Hospital Rangers (Llanelly), Llandiio, and others, while it is very provable that 33en Davies, Llanelly, will captain a scratch team to play Carmarthen durjng the season. There are a few open dates, which the Secretaries would like to arrange for. DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS FOR CARMARTHENSHIRE. -The Lord-lieutenant of Carmarthenshire (Sir jaL Drumtnond) has appointed the following g, eenti ^UJea deputy-lieutenants, viz. The Rieht i**04 Viscount Emlyn, Golden Grove; the Hon Will '<4cri Fitz-Uryan Rice, D'/nevor Cistle big H,-UOU,r -fudge J(IIID Bishop, D,)Iygarrcg Mr Francis Dudib Williams-Drummond, Portiscliffe Colonel wiiHnm (Jwynne-Hughes, Glancothi Arthcr Howell «*ooe8' Pen™ Llandyssul THE «• EIFFFI TO-• M TOP NOTE.—Miss Yevv t.'np '« £ who is now singing ftt the nrnm voca. 'n London, can boast of pM8esfdn» fi? i!- }' known. Miss Svbil Sani iVTCe pott! introduced >ou Sandersons Eiffel Tower j { n wth such effect in » Esclarmo 14 phenoSSed iby nCarly fiTe f"U "t cording to teording to Pienomenai upper register is, a ri-aogemtnt medical research, due to an abnormal A w}jo can r the vocal chords. The list of siog&r^. 6lng Mozart's Angel d'inferno ant^ fh« p capace," which introduce again raid in alto, is a short one, and this note is ne, rlj octave lower than Miss Yew's E in altfsBimo. ZION PRESBYTERIAN CUURCH, The anniversary services in connectioll, with tins thurch — ivhich had been widely ad'-verrk'sed—had to be postponed at the last moment » QI .telegram "Was received to the effect that owing, laxir sudden ^tnesfe, the medical adviser of Rev H/ias f^lwards, M.A., Vice-president of Baoigw thought it would be impossibleforthy revg-antlemazi o ^eeP hia engagement. Rsv W. S. Jones, p&stof of Pt nuel, kindly consented to fill t>»e vacancy J*1 the pulpit, and created a very favoa: able impres.-aon by his sermons in the morning AHO eveninz. The Monday meeting was, of coarsa, at>a—doned. ThEl anniversary services will be h(ilddi, a date which has noi yet been fixed. DEATH OF MR. JAMES MORRIS, — We regret to announce the deaih of Mr James Morris, carpenter "Jid Tjilder, which took plica at his residence in nion-s:reet on Tuesday. D»;eased, who had been .u* -°r some time, was af5;cted iy a paralytic when working at. the !fnfirmt»ry on Wednes- day week, and was ioonediately conveyed home. He scarcely, however, reciwered consciousness but m spi'^o of all care and attention, gradually sank jintil the time of hi% death. M r Morris was well- nown and respected in Carmarthen, where he had g^ate* Part of his life, although he was Pembroke at H. M. Dockyard at of /ion Pr«h ,aa.been for man y years a member | of Zion Presbyterian Church The greatest sympa-.hy is felt with his "Sow, five sons, and | four daughters in their sad afHictiJa.. The funeral I tskes place on Saturday at Xjlanliwcl v at 2 30 p.m. I Public for men only. 1 SALVATION ARMY,—On Sunday* ths harvest j thanksgiving serviaes were held at the Salvation Army Citadel. The interior of the ibuilding was j nicely decorated, thanks to the Itamours of the I Members.—On Mjp.day evening a concert was held at the same placQ.. The chair was occupied by the iayor (Mr H li White). There was an excellent Attendance. Tne following progcamcoe was well i gone through :—Part I Chairman's address ■overture, La Souveraine," Meaetrs Jones' Band «olo, "XUe Toilers," Miss Pollv solo. "If ^ith ail K,ur Hearts," Mr A Arthur; solo, "The ^hUdrew-qHome," Mr D J Jeremy recitation, f}T J -Vlfred Jones solo, Thou sball break i&r D N Jones t solo, It 8noU8h;I. Mr | Evans; instrumental selections, Messrs r^"80 ?lnd quartette, TheVillage Blacksmith, I, ISS'S Lott'eLloyd and Polly Jones, Messrs D J Je. 'emy^uid D N Jones. Part II Selection, Messrs Jon "JjI -B--d dueb, Brin,, me the Bowl" (by Qesir, lolly Jones and Mr D J Jeremy solo, "I'll E?ng9 of Araby," Mr A Arthur; solo. «^ooawin Sands," v!r j) J Joremy Ifcitat \QID, Mr Hodge! pianoforte solo. Mr A J Hodges H solo, Ora pro Nobis," Miss Polly Jones; duet, » Ihie two Patriots; Messrn D N Jon?s aud D J Jer aaiy solo, 'Vhy d) the iSfations ? Mr T Conwil lEvaw. Mr A J Hodges acted as accompt moot in a highly satisfactory manner. THE EMOPRESS AUSTRIA—At the ENGLISH Bapciet( Tiiurch last Sunday eveniug the Rev A Puller M li'jS-delivered an impressive sermon to a large oi legation from Deliver us from bloodgail tiiies«?" and also Exodus xx., 13, and Matthew *r" —He said that of late striking J Stents hau followed one another in such quick ) Accession hr. t one hardly knew whether to touch J^Pon, or pe a» £ i^em ^5' ^ith the contempt bred ot Ity- Th 0 slaughter of thousands of savages the Souc'5 tan. A*"1"5 the assassination of the Empress •AD JUSV Y TERXED PUBLLC througl:out the CIVilised wi arid. j. "n, woman, and children had Ul?xted in &i i (0ut'au««t °* horror against the poor soiaina1, PF rihaps a man.iac- ^VHEN doing uiet ubrer wnnber tfce expansion of the Mosaic I,fcy Christ. Jn o«r land respectable r their prosperity through dnving ~Li V^ite Slaves of Jintam to their daily toil 8a^i„n-1ch Crushed out of them the very life, to ?heT« ^8 their capacity for hapless At C H • i r would not these stand at the bar ot God w^Jisi he! in conclusion, Mr Mills that if fe^erinon caused one to be more cave, t of his feeling towards his fellow men, he ould not r spret-having gucktfJl on tho gruesome subject of » ^Lardsr." PRIORY-STREET BOYS' SCHOOL.—Master W iilie Davies, son of P.C. Thomas Davies, Richmond- terrace, has grined an entrance tcholarehip into the Carmarthen Grammar School. Towx COUNCILA meeting of the Carmarthen Town Council was held at the Council Chamber at the Guildhall on Thursday, under the presidency of the Mayor (Mr H. Brunei White). A full report of the proceedings will appear in our next issue. NEW MAGISTRATES FOR CARMARTHENSHIRE. j — Official information reached Llanelly on Friday that Mr J Allen Wiiliams, editor and proprietor of the Llanclln Guardian, and Mr Robert Margrave had been elevated to a position on the commission of the peace for the couuty of Carmarthen. The honour conferred upon these gentlemen, who are very enthusiastic Llanellyites, has proved as popular as it is merited, and both J.P.'a will receive the congratulations of their numefous friends. 1ST Y.B, THE WELSH REGIMENT H COMPANY. -Orders for the week ending Saturday, October 1st, 1898. Officer for the week, 2nd Lieut. James John, Company orderlies, Sergeant J W Davies and Corporal Thomas Davies. Orderly bugler, C L T Jones. Parades, &c. Company Drill on Monday, at 7 30 p.m. plain clothes. Class firing Monday, Friday, and Saturday, from 2 pm. Recruits' drill on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 7 30 p m. Club Shoot on Thursday commencing at 2 p.m. Parade for non-commissioned officers on Wednesday at, 7.30 p m. By order (signed), A E 0 NORTON, Lieut. Commanding H Company. I THE WIDE WOULD MAGAZINE (Gd) for September —Messrs George Newnes, Limited—contains the continuation of the narrative of that extraordinary man, Louis de Rougemont, besides besides other remarkable adventures and thrilling narratives. The contents ib as follows :—Frontis- piece, I Overbalanced, and, my Rifle going off, descended in a heap on the top of the Ti^: Souie Curiosities of Tiger Hunting A Lt"p nf a hundred and twenty feet Muishkin's Mission Picturesque Petroleum A Race for a Gold Mine I Humours of Monntain-Climbing In the Bat- Caves with a Camera The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Forest Fires How our Baby was stolen by Baboons A Zulu Wedding Bnvlf-.y No. 416 The Romance of the Mission Fi' ld Cradles The Arab's llaee for Life Odds and Ends. The Arab's llaee for Life Odds and Ends. ASYLUMS MAINTENANCE.—During the year dod March 31st, 1897, all the County Asylums in the Principality thowed a receipt balance on maintenance accounts over expenditure. Thui- I Re; pts, Rec'pts. xp c; over Expen. Glamorgan, Cardiff, and £ £ Swansea 31,732 i,Ih>7 Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke .oO" 13,221 1,059 Denbigh, Anglesey,Car- narvon, Flint, and Merioneth 15,952 14,900 1,052 The Monmouth County Asylum, on the other hend, had an excess of expenditure over receipt?, as f,,)Ilows Receipts. 421,417 expenditure, £ 23,145 or 11,728 on the wrong side. PRISON MISSION WOPK. Au eight-days' Mission has just been conducted in Maidstone Prison by Captain Davey, the senior Prison Missioner of the Church Army. The Governor and the Chaplain have reported that the Mission has been eminently successful Captain Davey, from the beginning, won the sympathy and confidence of the prisoners." Similar Missions are to be con- ducted during the n°xt three months in Dartmoor, Portland, Hull. Lancaster, Kuutsford, Bristol, Birmingham, Ipswich, Winchester, Bodmin, Warwick, Dsvizes, Nottingham, Northallerton, and other Prisons. These Prison Missions of the Church Army have the warm approval of the Prison Commissiorers. and the Missioners invariably receive the greatest kindness and help from all the officers of the Prison. His UNLUCKY DAY.—Probably the rrost wonderful story of a man's unlucky day that has over been told appears in the Lancet. A patient, at the ftg- of ten years, fractured his righ index finger. It happened on August 2Gth. When thirteen years old he fractured his left leg below the knee, through falling from horse-back, also on August 2G.h. When fourteen years of age he fractured both bones of the left forearm by stumbling, his arm striking the edge of a brick (August 2Gth) In another year, oa August 26th, when fifteen years of age, he had a compound fracture of both legs through a pit accident. After this he did not work on August 26th for twenty- eight years, but in the year 1890 he forgot his fateful day and went to work, with the result that he sustained a compound fracture of the left leg. After this he has studiously avoided working on August 26th. BRECON CONGREGATIONAL COLLEGE. This week a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Brecon Memorial Congregational College is to tf;) held to consider further the question of the appointment of a principal for the college in succession to the late Rev Dr J Morris. The sub- committee appointed at the last annual meeting of the executive recommend that the post of principal be offered to the Rev David Rowlands, B.A. (Dewi Mon), who has filled the post of vice-principal at Brecon for over a quarter of a century. The meeting this week will have another important question to consider, namely, that of the appoint- ment of a third member of the teaching staff, for which the following names have been mentioned Rev D W Vaughan, M.A., of Kentish Town, London; Mr John Thomas Miles, M.A., of Mansfield College, Oxford the Rev John Evans, B.A., of Brecon the Rev J Lloyd Williams, B.A,, of Tenby and Mr Wm Charles, M.A., of Treorky. A SPLENDID TABLE GAME —Messrs Raphael Tnck and Sons, the well-known fine art publishers, Coleman-street, City, London, have just issued a little novelty, entitled The Game of Fable Cricket," which we have no doubt will be much called for both by young and old. It is an excellent medium for young beginners to become acquainted with the rules of the national game, of w hich it is the exact indoor counterpart. Table Cricket will be found quite a pleasant pastime to the enthusiast and amateur alike, more particularly in the winter months when "out-of-door" cricket cannot be indulged in. Despite the multifarious articles of which the game is composed, comprising as it does fifteen well- pi-inted figures, fifty balls, plan of the field, scoring Sheets, rules, etc., the price has been fixed at the tow limit of one shilling, which figure will deubtless ensure its lasting popularity. CHRIST CHURCH, CARMARTHEN.—The harvest thanksgiving services were held at this Church on Tuesday. The Rev W H A Walters, Treffgarn, preached in the morning; and the Rev C F Harrison, Haverfordwest, in the evening. The musical portion of the service included Marbecke's Communion Service. At the evening service Mr E Colby Evans rendered in excellent style the solo I of \Vhy do the nations rage" (Handel). Messrs Jones' string band added greatly to the musical portion of the service. The decorations were carried out by the following Miss Hancocke, Mrs James Davies, Mrs Brunker, Mrs James John, Miss Rogers; Mrs John Jones (Nott-square), Mrs Colby Evans, Mrs B A .Lewis, Miss Evans (Francis- terrace), Miss Gwladys Evans, Miss Pooley, Mr E Collier, Miss Hearder, Mr, Mrs and Master Wilford, the Misses George, Miss Reed, Miss Agnes Reed, Mr W Griffiths the Misses Rogers, Sergt and Mrs Larkin, Miss Harries (Llanelly). OfferingR were sent by the following -Miss Lewis, (20, Picton- terrace), Mrs T D Lewis, Mr T Bland Davies, Mrs King, Mr James Davies, Mr D N Evans (Picton- place), Mrs Bushel, Miss Jones (Morley-street), Mrs John Jones (Nott-square), Miss Evans (Picton- terrace), Mrs Bowen-Jones, Mrs Thomas, (Castle Hill Cottage), Mrs Thomas (Lammas-street), Mr and Mrs David Thomas, Miss Jones (Abercothi), Mrs Brunker, Miss Olive (Boar's Head), Mrs B A Lewis, Mr J D Evans, and Mrs Hughes (Mason's- yard).

A Llanelly Coachman in Trouble. At the Llanelly Police Court on Wednesday a young man named Palmer, a coachman in the employ of Mr W. J. Buckley, of Penyfai, was charged with the theft of a bridle, two horse cloths, and two rollers, value £6, the property of his employer. Mr Martin 11. liichards prosecuted, and stated that prisoner went away on Saturday without giving notice. He took with him all his belongings and the articles mentioned, and booked to Paddington Station. The theft being discovered, a warrant was issued, and Palmer was arrested in Swansea on Tuesday. P.S. Harries, to whom prisoner was handed by the Swansea Police said that when told of the charge the prisoner asked, Did Mr Buckley do that. 1" On being cautioned he proceeded, Well there is "nothing to be done." The officer found in his pocket-book a cloakroojii ticket for a tin-box, hamper, and portmanteau. The ticket was presented to the manager of the cloakroom, and the articles mentioned were received, after which Palmer was locked up. Daniel Phillips, a groom at Penyfai, identified the articles, and the prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next.

PENYGROES, LLANDEBIE. j PRESENTATION. Mr William Williams, the headmaster of Penygroes School, has just been presented with a set of pictures on the occasion of his marriage to Miss Caroline I b ine Llewellyn, of Brynhyfryd, Swansea. The presentation was made by Miss Painter, head mistt ess of the infants' department on behalf uf the teachers and scholars. The chair was ably filled by Captain Thomas, the brother of the Mayor of Swansea,

The Anglo-Vmerican Alliance. [BY LADY COOK, nee TENNESSEE C. CLAFLIN.] The ancient poets tell us there was once a time when the great god Saturn reigned in Italy, and bestowed happiness and tran- quility over all the earth. The husbandman gathered in peace- the fruits of his labour, and the fields smiled with plentous harvests. The liberal arts were sedulously cultivated and every home was the abode of innocence. Comparing this blissful state with their own degenerate rule of blood and iron, in which all the vices had supplanted virtue, they have handed it down to us as The Golden Age," which, they deplored, could never come again. This retrospective fable, however, of Pagan writers, the Hebrew Prophet saw as a future reality. In his vision, the God of Peace was to take the place of the heathen diety, and to teach us of His ways. And he shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." It is possible that this glowing prophecy of Isaiah, although delivered twenty-six c( nturics iUay yet be f:i!f<ilec\ but not, a he imagined, through rdigiou influence. No more potential frsonalit} than Jesus Christ his evei appeared, • yd nineteen eentune-> lEo; teachinc hove done little or nothifj to suppress wai. even among His professed foMowc; Ar'>: after ige the earth hr-c been drenched with the blood of Christian^, slain L; thc,r brcihien and those vi1.'1 a, times been jji-jimaf. d by the .;alrtds and-erocity of heathen s.ivagcs. The incica'eo 'ntellisence a fid accumuiatec knowledge ;• the most Clvilisc^ nations l,ave oet-n exercised in developing gieat- means Gf destruction, and ti'1^"nso^ ?vcfy industry and the lives of ap,(..v^milho 1S iiavt. i;en squandered in wa.°" 0i_ ;:utdiess wars. At the present mon, pe is an armed camp ready for slaugi f her sixty million men twelve million. rained soldiers. And the New World i ecently entered on the fatal career of t Old. But a remote and com- paratively insignificant contest is sufficient to dislocate the delicate social machinery of every civilized state, and a dilatory contest carries famine to the hearths of the poor, thousands of miles from the conflict. In various countries in both hemispheres, starv- ing men and women are rioting for bread; what they really want is peace. Can nothing be done, then, to make war more difficult ? Is the Golden Age to be merely a poetic dream, never to be in any degree realized ? We trust not. For, if we mistake not, the first faint streak of the brighter dawn is breaking. In both the Old and the New World men of clear heads and generous hearts are looking forward to a confederation of the English-speaking peoples. And the slightest consideration of the matter must convince every unprejudiced mind that the speedy accomplishment of an Anglo-American Alliance, based upon sound, equitable, and permanent principles, will lay. the foundation of a new era, one which, perchance, may be crowned by universal and perennial peace. America is only a younger England, moving in a wider range with a freer step. Excepting the immigrants of alien tongues, her people have the same blood and tradi- tions, the same literature and habits, the same proud history and aims, as the mother country. In religion, in political and muni- cipal freedom, in inventive genius and com- mercial and industrial eagerness, they are alike. Great Britain's purchases from the 30th April, 1897, to 30th April, 1898, amounted to 18,000,000, or nearly one- half of the total American exports, in other words, almost as much as was purchased by all the rest of the world. Her Colonies and India purchased in the preceeding year II per cent. Thus about 60 per cent. of all their exports were bought by Great Britain and other parts of the British Empire. As the balance of trade is very largely in their favour, the difference provides them with the means of making cash investments in any part of the world, and of purchasing in other countries, if need be, beyond the amount of their exports to them. Thus their immense commerce and vast wealth, distributed throughout the earth, give England and the United States a common aim—the welfare and prosperity of all nations. They are, therefore, eminently qualified to become the joint depositaries of peace and the guarantors of the world's best interests. Great Britain and the United States possess together one-half of the whole habitable part of the globe, and nearly one-third of all its inhabitants. Of the latter about one hundred and ten millions ire of European blood, and of a hundred millions of these the English language is their mother tongue. Their commercial shipping greatly exceeds that of all the rest of the world together. Their ships of war amount to 477 (of which 379 are British), and exceed by 69 the united navies of France, Russia, Germany, and Italy. It will thus be evident that, united, no power would venture to attack them, and that they would probably prove irresistible. to any possible combination of powers, seeing that their conbined resources are well-nigh inexhaustible. But it is notorious that they are the least military and least aggressive nations on the earth, if we compare their extent, their wealth, and population. Their great ruling motives are the material and intellectual advancement of the people. Both these are incompatible with war, and flourish during peace. It is to these incentives alone, therefore, that we must look for a revival of the golden age. And Providence has so placed it in the power of the Anglo-Saxon race, to lead the way in this grand work, that it would he criminal, if not fatal, to refuse it. It is always unsafe to prophesy, neverthe- less we may venture to forecast the probable outcome of an Anglo-American Alliance, instituted for mutual defence, and to keep the world's peace. In the first place, every country whose intelligence enables it to perceive that its interests also are best promoted by repressing warfare, will desire to share in the advantages of such an alliance. France and Germany would bury their animosities, and compete with each other, and with ourselves, in friendly rivalries only. Anstria, Italy, and the minor states would follow. One power alone might have cause to regard this International policy with hatred, since it would arrest her career of conquest, and destroy her hope of universal domination. By a long course of cruelty, perfidy, treachery, and the lowest political arts, and through the resources of a great military despotism, she has advanced east and west from the Baltic to Behring's Straits, in a solid and unbroken line, and is slowly but surely creeping southward, overshadowing Europe and Asia, and menacing the independence of its peoples and the cause of freedom. Whilst we sympathise with her amiable and inoffensive people, and wish them God speed we shall do well to check the pernicious ambition of her feudal and military chiefs, which is ever aggressive and unscrupulous. Since the time of Peter the Great she has been the chief disturbing element in Europe, and has set the example of those vast armaments which are ruining almost all the nations, and which keep Russia itself in perpetuaf poverty. Therefore, if the Anglo-American Alliance did nothing beyond curbing her aggressiveness, it would deserve well of mankind. But Japan, also, where, for the first time in history, liberty has recently been born in an Asiatic country, would naturally welcome the Alliance with open arms. This interest- ing countiy appears destined to play a distinguished part among the nations, and already ranks among the highest powers. The continuance of her freedom and prosperity demands that she should be pro- tected from the pressure of Russian intrigues. In fact, regard it in any light we will, whether for the advantage of the con- tracting powers, or for the general welfare of the world, no moment could be more propitious than this for the Anglo-Saxon race to join hands. Europe is armed ready for fight. The Balkans, the hot-bed of Russian Plots, are in a ferment, and the flames of war may burst forth at any moment. But England and America united, self- ZD I sustaining, and capable of protecting them- selves against all foes, could exercise a powerful and unique influence in preventing a conflagration, or of quenching that already begun. The turbulent republics of South America might also be restrained from their interminable civil wars, and their wealthy industries be again revived under more settled governments. Thus every part of the globe would participate in the blessings of our coalition. The greatest statesmen of England and America have already perceived its ad- vantages, and are seeking the means of hastening its advent. Let us all assist according to our power. Let every citizen and every statesman give a hearty co- operation. "e appeal to our sisters in both countries, upon whom the miseries of war and want fall most bitterly, to join their voices with ours. Then should we succeed, it may be that the coming century will be the commencement of a better era for the world, when nation shall no longer make war against nation, but all participate again in a golden age, so far as human frailty will permit.

Shocking Snieide near Llandilo. MR. J. J. DAVIES, AUCTIONEER, ENDS HIS LIFE. Mr. Jonathan John Davies, a well-known auctioneer, residing at Llancrwys, near Llandilo, ended his life in a shocking manner on Monday. The facts were detailed at an inquest held by Mr R. Shipley Lewis at the Feather Inn, Llanwrda, about six miles from Llandovery, on Tuesday evening. It appears from the evidence that the deceased on Monday was driving his mother in a horse and trap from Gelly to Wernelli Farm, Llangadock, where, as he had been suffering from insomnia, he intended staying for a few days in the hope of improving his health. His brother, Mr Benjamin Davies, and his aunt, Mrs James, of Wernelli, were following some distance behind in another trap. When nearing the Feather Inn the deceased suddenly jumped out of the trap and ran in front. The horse was startled, and swerved right round before Mrs Davies could get the reins. She then proceeded back to Gelly, and met the deceased's brother, whom she informed of deceased's conduct. Mr Benjamin Davies went at full speed after his brother, only to find him lying at full length across the road, with his throat cut nearly from ear to ear. He was quite dead. Under the body he found a small pocket-knife, covered with blood. With this the deed was, no doubt, committed. The jury, without retiring, re- turned a verdict that the deceased com- mitted suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity." Mr Davies, who was thirty-six years of age and unmarried, was a most respectable and inoffensive person. His father is a J.P. for the county, and the un- fortunate man himself had served on the Carmarthenshire County Council.

Carmarthen Chamber of Commerce A meeting of the Council of this Chamber was held on Thursday evening week, over which Mr T. E. Brigstocke piesided. There were also present Messrs T. Bland Davies, H. F. Pritchard, Thomas Thomas (Disgwylfa), D. Griffiths, R. Browne, W. Spurrell, E. R. Evans, Rees Davies, James Davies, and the Secretary (Mr J. Saer). It was reported to the meeting that the L. &: N.W.R. Company had decided to con- tinue running during the winter the market train on Saturday from Llandilo to Carmar- then, an arrangement which the Council considered most satisfactory. It was also mentioned that this railway company had decided to continue during the winter months the late train from Llandilo, arriving in Car- marthen at 9.10 p.m., and the i o'clock train from Carmarthen to I-landilo. The following members were elected on the Joint Committee, to be appointed by the Town Council and Chamber of Commerce, to carry out arrangements for the Welsh Industries Exhibition to be held in the Market-place on the 3rd of November next —Messrs T. Bland Davies, James Davies, Thomas Thomas (Disgwylfa), Rees Davies, and H. Portnell.

I, L A N F Y N Y D D SUCCESS OF A "LLANFVNYDD BOY."— Mr David T. Oliver, who is a member of the South Wales Circuit, has been awarded a gold medal for distinguished merit at the recent examination for the LL.D. degree of the Royal University of Ireland. We under- stand that this is the first occasion on record on which a medal has been awarded in connection with the LL.D. examination, and that owing to the absence of any stand- ing rule directing the grant of such a mark of distinction whenever the authorities see tit to do s), the present award had to be made the subject of a special vote on the part of the Senate. In his previous academic career at the Royal University Dr Oliver passed all his examinations with high 0 honours. He was placed in the first class in his B.A. examination, being also awarded an exhibition of J..5°. After taking his M.A. in the second class (but with first place in history and political science) he passed his LL.B. in the first class, and was awarded a prize of J. 2 5 for being second on the list. He is also a LL.B. (first-class honours) of the London University. Dr Oliver, who is an old pupil of Caterham School, comes of a well-known Nonconformist family, settled at l.lanfynydd, where he hi nself also spent some of his earlier years. His father, the Rev Henry Oliver, B.A., of Bristol, formerly of Pontypridd, and then of Newport, himself the eldest of four sons who entered the ministry, will be remembered by many as being, while in the vigour of his manhood, one of the foremost preachers of the day among the Congregationalists of Wales. Another son of his, Mr John Penry Oliver, is also at the Bar, being a member of the Oxford Circuit. -#

KILLED BY A WAST.—A boy named Ford, aged fourteen, son of the superintendent of the Prudential Assurauce Company at Esher, was on Thursday week stung in the mouth by a wasp, whilst drinking gingerbeer. Death ensued from suffocation.

Gnn Accident at Pembroke Dock. A LOADED BLANK CARTRIDGE. 3 On Monday a rifle, supposed to be loaded with blank cartridge, was being tested in the armoury of the Defensible Barracks,Pembroke Dock, but when it was discharged a bullet entered the doorway of the room adjoining striking two artillerymen—one in the ankle and leg, and the other in the heel. Corporal Lesser, -No. 27 Company, and Gunner Stewart the injured men, were conveyed to the military hospital hut encampment, where it was found they were both seriously hurt. It is expected that Stewart will have his foot taken off. The accident has caused great consternation in the barracks, and, naturally, an attempt was made to keep the affair secret. A court of inquiry will be held.

The Welsh Colleges, INTERESTING COMPARISONS. Some interesting comparisons are suggested by the figures given in the returns as to University Colleges contained in the Government Blue zn Book just issued. Take, for example, the amount paid to professors at the three Welsh University Colleges. The Aberystwyth College paid last year £ 6,410 in this way, or about £17 iSs id per student Bangor paid £ 7,270 9s 5d, or about £ 28 os lid per student; Cardiff paid 4 £ 9,028 143 8d, exclusive of technical school fees, c-c., or about Z,20 19s 5d per student. In proportion Bangor appears to be expensively worked compared with Aber- ystwyth. The individual salaries, again, are worth noting. Principal Yiriamu Jones gets £ 1,100 as principal and professor, and he gets extra fees also Principal Reichel, £850 12s 3d; and Principal Roberts, -700. Bangor has six professors whose salaries are between £400 and £500, while Cardiff has none over £ 400 except the principal, and Aberystwyth has only one. —•—

The Agony Column in n Australia. SOME MATRIMONIAL AGENCY NOTICES. The advertisement column of our Australian contemporaries throw a curious side-light on the life of our Colonial cousins. Their ways are not our ways, or their thoughts our thoughts. When, for instance, we contemplate marriage, says a contem- porary, we have usually set our hearts upon a suitable match, and forthwith put up the banns or publish the requisite notice on the church door, the registry office, or other place appointed by law. Then either our spiritual adviser or the registrar will officiate and tie the knot there is difficulty in untying. We regard matrimonial advertisements with suspicion and more frequently as frauds than otherwise. In Australia it is just the other way. The matrimonial advertisement is freely resorted to, and the matrimonial agent is trusted more fully than the pawnbroker. Comparatively few advertisers prefer to make their own arrangements with the desirable spinster or bachelor, though now and again the young ladies who danced so well at Thursday's ball" are invited through the "agony column" to send their names and addresses to a certain office. But the bulk of the business is done through agents, many of whom keep a fully ordained minister on the premises. Here are the advantages of one of the numerous agencies Ladies, gentlemen, every station in life, contemplating matrimony, immediately consult Proprietor, Matrimonial Chambers, opposite cemetery, especially erected by proprietors for introductions and marriages. Introductions privately arranged between eligible partners, either sex, with view to matrimony." The offices, we are told, were erected at gre: t cost. What is that compared with the convenience indicated in the very next advertisement ? Marriages celebrated by ordained clergy- men, any denomination (with due solemnity), in strictest privacy, matrimonial agency, or elsewhere from 10 a.m. till 9. p.m. daily, Saturdays included (no notice required Fees, 1 os 6d cr marriage, with guaranteed gold wedding-ring and necessary witnesses D provided, £ 1 is. P.S.—No other charges whatever." There is nothing like a lump sum to cover everything. But even the modest single guinea can be improved upon. A legally qualified clergyman announces his willingness to perform the complete ceremony for the usual fees. Experience however teaches people that ready-made love and courtship do not conduce to happy marriages, and in the very next group of advertisements we find private detectives proclaiming their skill in conducting secret inquiries and collecting evidence for divorce cases, of which Australia has more than her share. Australians make more use of the advertisement columns of newspaper? than perhaps any other people. If there is a funeral they widely announce the hour at which the procession will move from the house of the deceased, and the undertaker's name and qualifications are duly set forth at the foot, A birth, or marriage, or death receives five or six insertions instead of one, and In Memoriam notices occupy a daily half-column of small type in all the principal papers. Some of these are unique. Take this, for instance, from the leading Melbourne journal :— We miss thee from oar home, dear Tommie, We miss thee from our liorle And in our aching hearts we kt.ow We have no little Tommie row This, it is needless to say, is original. Here is another which speaks much foi Colonial poets 'Tis three years ago to-day, Since your Saviour called for thee, To take i-cu up to heaven above, An Angel for to be." The verse from the foot of the next In Memoriam" advertisement is so popular that it is doubdess kept ready in type. It is used every day, and sometimes half-a-dozen times a day :— A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is stil'ed, A plitce is vacint in our honne, Which never can be filled." Must advertisers are satisfied with this, but some, owing to a deeper duty to the departed, will add two or three other verses of similar poetic loveliness. Few of them speak of the defunct as having died, the common euphemism being "left his home" on such a such a date, never to return." Then comts a special block of Bereave- ment notices," in which Mr Smith thanks his friends for their sympathy during his illness, and in announcing his complete recovery remind them that he will carry on his bread-baking and millinery business at th? same premises as formerly. Mrs Jones thanks the friends of her late husband for their sympathy and floral tributes, which latter Mr Brown in the next line announces were grown and woven at his celebrated nursery gardens.

RICHER THAN KLONDIKE-GOLD DISCOVERIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.—New York, Monday.— A telegram has been received from Tacoma, British Columbia, reporting that during the last few days important discoveries of gold have been made in the Altin district. The British Columbia officials declare that the neighbourhood is considerably richer in gold-bearing properties than Klondike,- Central Noes.

I The Proposed Carmaitlien I k-isteddfod. To the Editor of thr Carmarthen Tl eelily Repottu SIR,—I am utterly surprised at the Com- mittee only offering £ 50 for the chief choral competition, and 1-25 for male voice choirs. It was announced at Cardigan Eisteddfod £ 100 for the chief choral, and £ 4° f°r niale competition and there is reasonable- ness in these prizes. The eisteddfodau that have been held of late years in Carmarthen have not been successful owing to the small- ness cf the prizes given, and, therefore, not enticing enough to bring choirs from a distance here to compete. I trust the Committee will re-consider their decision, and will offer substantial prizes, so that we can hear the best choirs in South Wales, Could not the Committee offer say £ 6o for male choirs ? By so doing, we could then ensure the attendance of the best choirs in South Wales, or even North Wales. Another thing that will go towards making the Eisteddfod a grand success is the appoint- ment of a good secretary, one who has been in the work before, and is acquainted with all the conductors and choirs of North and Sonth Wales, and can bring pressure upon them to compete. I know of no one more capable in this direction than Mr J. R. Lewis, Priory-street. As I should like our Eisteddfod to be a thorough success, would it not be advisable to have the opinions of musical people out- side the committee in your coluiiins Yours, &c, A WELL-WISHER TO THE EISTEDDFOD. [The decisions which our correspondent speaks about have only been arrived at by a sub-committee, whose arrangements must be confirmed by the general committee. This committee, however, consists of some of the leading musicians in the town, and their recommendations will, doubtless, receive the approval of the general com- mittee. With regard to the announcement b made at the Cardigan eisteddfod, it was totally unauthorised, as the committee had I not even met at the time, and, therefore, could not have decided on offering ,Cloo and £ 40 prizes in the competitions named. We understand that the sub-committee (of which Mr J. R. Lewis is a member) recom- mends that the secretarial duties be per- formed by the Mayor (Mr Brunei White) and Mr T. E. Brigstocke, President of the Chamber of Commerce, with Mr G. J. Hodges as assistant-secretary. These gentle- men's capabilities are well-known, and there- fore we do not think our correspondent need have any fear in that direction. The General Committee meets this (Friday) evening.—ED., C. IF./?.]

COFFINS AT A HALFPENNY EACH —It was stated at the Edmonton Board of Guardians on Thursday that the master of the workhouse is in habir, of sending postcards to relatives in case of an inmate's death, adding that if they wanted a private funeral, M was the undertaker. This was I done, it was stated, for the benefit of the union. Contractors for paupers' funerals naturally expected to get the private ones, and what they made out of the latter enabled thL'rn to cut prices, some even supplying coffins at halfpenny each. THE (3 LDE: T MAGISTRATE I.V BKITAIN.—Ths death is announced of Major-General li. G. Hughes, of Llynon Hall, Anglesey. lIe had arrived at the ripe age of OS years, and, having been nominated to the Anglesey Bench in 1817, was consideied tne oldest magistrate in tie kingdom. He was the elder brothir of the late Mr W. Bulkeley IIugs, for many years Liberal member for the Carnarvon Boroughs, And the father of the late Captain Bulkeley Hughes, formerly chit;f c mstahle ot Augle-ey. SUNDAY CYCLING — Ihe Nonconformist ministers end deacons in the Va'e of Llangollen issued a public manifes'o against the desecration of the Sabbath day which they asseit took place on the occasion of a church cycle parade on Sunday at Llantyssilio Cnurch. Dining his sermon the vicar, the Rev J S Jones, said the parade was not & desecration of th3 Sv-bath, but lather the reverse. Cycle parades had taken such a string hold on the country that it was useless to preach against them. Wlsoom lay rither in welcoming cyclists to God's house. THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN.—LORD WOLSELET AND A BEREAVED PARE-VX.L'<rd Wols?ley his written the following letter to Mr Luke Doyle, of Nenagh, whoss son was kiiied at 0.xdur:nan :— Dear Doyle,-l have just read of the dea!h of Corporal I)\>y!e, ot the'Northumberland Fusiliers, in the paperp. His L S3 will, I know, be a sau blow to his old and gallant father, but I hope these few linei may assure you of my heartfelt sympathy at this trying moment. That God in His inliuite mercy may assuage your grief is the prayer of yours faithfully, YW>I.SELFY." Mr. Luke Doyle served through the Indian Mutiny at Cawnpore, and saved the life of Lord Wolseley, then Eneign Woseley. A NOVEL TIUKE: SWAXSEA WORKHOUSE INMATES LEAVE A IIELIGIOUS SERVICE—"A novelty in stiikes," says the Swansea Daily Li oiler, has ju-t been experienced at Swansea Workhouse, the inmates of which have revolted agc-inst attc dance at religious service on Sunday evening. The morning and afternoon services were taken by a clergyman or proper'y ordained minister, whilst the evening meetings are conducted by a layman Tiio administratorAS of the latter seem not to have been accep'able to some of the inmates, and they fostered a spirit of I revolt, with the result that on Sunday week, when ayouns lay preacher eought to expound theGospe. his audience rose in a body and left the room.

LIRTll. DUCKFIELD -Septer-.b(r ISch, at Spilman-street, Carmarthen, the wife of Mr Alfred Duckfield, ostler at the Ivy Bush Hotel, of a u n. MARRIAGE. GEOUGE-LEWIS-At the New Congregational Church, Laugharne, en the lith lost, by the Rev Dr G wynne Jones, late pastor of the Church, and the llev Owen Thomas, M.A. of Londo 1. uncle of the bride, Frank, the eon ot Mr James George, of Brook-mill, to Maitha JEne the second surviving daughter of Mt D. Lewis, ot Bronwast Farm. DEATH*. ,)er 21st, at Pentwyn- »«r, Xew- biidgc. near Newp >;t, Mon, Mrs Èli'l; b 'h JontS, wife of Mr Da\id Jones (and eld"t daughter of the late P.S. Ltwis Hughes, Carmarthen), aged 34 years.<.■ T] DAVIES.—September 17th, at Bridge-En.. gunnor. Carmarthen, Phyllis, irfsnt da ip e Mr Thomas Davies, Cmporation eteam iol e. driver, ag< d I year and 3 months._ MoJiRis.—September 20tli, at I,mon-strret, Ga manhen, Mr Jamfs Moms, ca-pen'er aud builder.

I take legal proceedings against the Corporation and its officials for trespass, or for wilful damage.