Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

Camarwro & gmbiglt iieraltl — —' FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1895. CARNARVON COMMUNISM. Certain people are spoken of by the wise king as saving to each atfliex: "Let us all have one puitse," and he admonishes hols son to refiflain his foot, from their patih, foic ijiieiir feet run to evil." It see/ms to us tihat the members of the Oairtnaiiiron Boaird at GniiandiJaiis irould do well to bake tlhe Itxsgon I' to hewrt. Tlrey have always dispen&ed out- door relief with ind'isorimrjnate and recklesa prodigality, and recej>tily the' policy lias been. puiSthed to such an extreme as to result fet a grave fi-ivajioLal aiisjs. The details are gitvan in our report in anxjtlieir column, and need not be repeated h-etre. Suffice it to seV thA the union will sooai ba bankrupt if the ex. pecn4kure conitinuas to increase at the present raitio. The scandalous dlieuraoter of the Car- nturvon system has been so glairinig as, to attract the atfeejiition of many wrJJteirs on poor taw admiini^trafoiion. For indtaoioe, MT (jularler. Booth (wliose laborious mveetagjaliiipns in)to tlie cotnidiluo'ii of the aged poor, 'have won for him the foreunusb place among sitiaffli&te), draws poinited a}iltenitilon to the Carnaivon tJintOtn. in his recency-pub lushed yolusme. He observes: Out-relief is freely given; paupers, not being looked down upon, keep up a good standard of self-respect. Mkny vote for die election of those who grant them relief. Several receiving oartxreiief pay for sieaitis in cliaped." Those ejre very seatoue allegations; and if they axe not true, they 5houilrl be uilsipruvexl. Whofc can the over- seers be do'ng in allowing the registers bo remain so defetdbive ? How can free churches swhmiJt to be mlldbwed' at the expense of the ujNjon ? We sfliould be glBkt to betieve that Mr jjoidbli's alll-egiiitcc-titti are unfounded, but there seame to be only too good a foundLCiiori for tliom. We M'e credibly intformed. tha-t t!he<re are oaeffl of persons WTttth banking aocounte, and of others whose ohMren am well ailile to suppoatt the<m, receiving out- d)ctor r&td.. Aoaardiing to am outspoken mtettnibea" of the boaiid of guaadiiana out-retfi'ef <6 hajwikod' albemt in exchange for votes." It is dilhcuilft to find words sufficiently sinang bo »tr)gmjafciise the turpltnide of sudh a pro- ceeding. SOIIIO people aaiy: It is quita rwh)t to njiake the liillh help the poor." Of oounsiei tihe decerning poor ought to be helped by those who have been successful in ilia, end nuoslt people wil note wJth saltiisfiatettibn thjalfc the guaiidLams are engaged in reforming the wonkhouise. But wihat every man of sense and principle wnU oonidemn is the on- couragement given to lazy and vjcooua wasireils to lire at the expense of the haxd- wwking and' tlirtfby. Tlie guardians sliould remeanber that the buJk of the raitepayers a-re not ridh, and ohiait are hundlreds of untDeseuPvinig rascals ana'ous to live on their neighbours if pcrnutiwL It is a grim cam- metiiiary upon tflie policy of tihe guaxdiians i tJia/t while they were dfifacuesitag the erisia, about 150 defaulting mtetpayeis had to appear befare, the niag^^i'iAt'es. Do the guarfdiiams intend to ei»t<aMi^i a sysitenn of oomin<un&m in the Cainairron Uiiioiii ? If not, it is time they turned r'.gfht albout.

THE NEW COUNCILS. We publish to-day reports of the meetings of the newly-elected County Councils of Car- narvonshire. Anglesey, Merionethshire, and Flintshire. In Carnarvonshire, for the first time, a Conservative has been elected to the chair. The election was partly due to the magnanimity of the Liberal party and partly to the sterling merits (apart from politics) of Colonel Sackville West. The election of aldermen was chiefly noteworthy for the sub- stitution of the Hon. Henry Mostyn and Mr Menzies for Mr J. E. Greaves and Mr John Davies (Gwvneddon). Thus we have two Conservatives, more or leas extreme, for two Liberals, more or less moder- ate. In Merionethshire and Anglesey there was no compromise, the chair- men, vice-chairmen, and aldermen being Liberals to a man. Apart from politics, we congratulate Merionethshire on having select- ed so capable a man as Mr Thomas Jones, Biynmelyn, to till the chair; and Anglesey may well be proud of having honoured Mr McKillop, the brave Seoto- Welshman who has so valiantly fought the battle of the platelayers. The cause of the oppressed Welshmen still attracts the attention of the country. Both the Flinshire and Carnarvon- shire Councils protested against the action of the railway company, though the latter declined to commit itself to the bold project of the Anglesey Council. The question of the asylum, it may be taken for granted, will soon reach the deciding point. The Anglesey Council is being frightened by the enormous expense incurred at Denbigh. The controversy has evolved a tremendous lot of fog. When it has cleared off, it will be seen: that what is wanted is preservation of the union of the counties; and the building of a supplementary asylum in a position which # will be convenient for Carnarvonshire, Aug- lesey, and the western portion of Merioneth- shire.

TORYISM AT BANGOR. It was very gwd of Loud Pendhyn to ex- plain at the recent Bangor meeting that lie Was not laiugliing at, or oabting the slightest refiaotiion urpon Welsh Natdonial senrtwnnent, when criticising the Cymfru Fydd 'movement, For our pant we aTe inollinad to think tihialt if wild clerios (supposed to be Welahtnen) would laive off sneering at WaZts, as, a "pjaliiiry Principality," his Lotdbhip would soon die- veJlop inlto a very creditable Weilah NatriiorM- 'r i&t. He would find Pioteseor Hughee a miudi bettier coach as to what is likely to be acceptable with the eleohn-s Uia-ii tfeo fierce Festinlog figlilting-man who has never I heard "tJhdj it's an ill bird that fouis Jts own iretsit." Mr Young, mianti^ger of the BetJhesdla qTxaaiiies, woulld perhaps be a still better meinitor—but tihoit is only by the way, Pro- feeisioir Hughes being on the look out. for a proiga'aimmtei—wflrelUhjeir ^uitBiiorised or unau- tharLsed dbes not <a])p war—knonrs veiy wall tliai in these demoara'tic days Welishnieai dta not beijOTo so impi'dMy as they did in per- feet wisdom and justice of London official's, aind thait they dIo not d!js!trufeit the good sense and infeegfji'tty of thy?r c/wn. countrvnneni. Hence, flilev aire not in the least frightened by Home Rule. Nor are they {lightened, tlioug/h a gf>od many of tliean m'ay deeply res>ent the unconsitifcuiti'unal initerference of aristocrafts and plutocrats in popular eleeWons. The peers who inteufere wlieret they have rio rigliit to interfere, and tine moneyed mtin wlik) try to make it impajfiible for poor men to enter Parfoment, may depennl UpOIl if. thalt a. day of strict reckoning will come sooner or late; Thay may affect to mis- undersitland! Salr Getorge Osiborne Morgan's piOttest, but tiny wiJil not bilk the dvamx-mqy.

It is. understood that the negotiations with Lord Stanley of Alderley for the erection of a new post-office in Holyhead have fallen through, owing to the refusal of the postal authorities to guarantee such a length of tenancy as the construction, of so important, a building might be fairly considered to warrant. His lordship, upon being ap- proaehed by our excellent postmistress, Misa Siddorn, at once expressed his desire to do all in his power to provide the postal and telegraphic facilities that a town of the peculiar situation and importance of Holy- head imperatively requires, and though hampered by certain legal disabilities, he offered to pull down same of his property and to build a handsome edifice upon the best and most valuable site in the town. Lord Stanley was naturally desirous of ob- taining some assurance both as to the ten- ancv and period within which he might calculate upon the bare return of his outlay, but it is believed that upon neither of these reasonable points could he obtain satisfaction, It is well that the public should understand that this is not the first time upon which the illiberal policy of the postal authorities has deprived the town of opportunities for obtaining a. fine building, and the mean and niggardly spirit evinced by the Department is unfortunately calculated to deter gentle- men like Lord Stanley who would be glad to assist in a work of public improvement if they were met in a fair and conciliatory manner. The senseless arrangements made by the Government authorities ;\a to the provision of premises, their want of ordinary business principles in the conduct- of nego- tiations, and their excessive parsimony, fre- quently defeat their own object, and retards the provision of those improvements that they themselves profess no diligently to desire. One of the first acts of our new council should unquestionably be a strong expression of its disappointment at the failure of the scheme and hopes that it might be again revived.

LOCALANDDIhiTRICT. The ltev Jolliai Wliilitans, I)i uoiiwijc, has ro- signed the paisltonalte of the CailvJiiist-ic Metlio- dfifelt C'hurdh tliore. ■SI}I- Tfoei'-daret Maittun has been, very seriously ill, but he is beibbeT, and is becoming con- valescent, tihoujg!h slowly. Mr Hmnipihreiyis-Owan, M.P., is so much beltrtter tlhiait hie was alble 'i() go out for a short tiime cn Monday, anld again on We<kiesiduy. Lord HaaiJeuh has given £ 100 to the St. Asaplh Dilooesan, Ohuicli Exfcensjon Society -tJuxjuglx the Osweetry rur'-decajial- organisa- lion. Mr D-avild RandlJl, the represenibaitiive of W«alies on thet uffuemjCoyed inquiiy," in safd to be preparing w'jbh Mr Hsuyiiie a, minlciiiity iTepoi.t. Mr Ben Davies has received from, the Queen a veiry fine inikstan'd aind an antograplli Idtber in, appreeilaition of hi." sii;g:ii.g to her Majesty. Lord Bute has signed a }>et'tion :11 favour of tihte femoval of the ecclesiastical' impedi- meats in the way of the education of Roman Catholics at Oxford Cambridge. Th,e ID,"gli Sheriff of Anglesey (Mr Chad- wiick) has appointed Mr J. S. Laurie as his under shjeriff, andi tihe Rev T. Lloyd1 Kyffisi, M.A., rector of LliamfacB, as l)i,s chaplafn. The hea'liiih of Mr T. P. Lcwijs. M.P., who has been for somje months confined to lu's iesi- d'oiice at Upper Bangor, is so far improved that- he iis able to take out-door exercise. On Monday anid Tuesdity tlie manitlily m'eelt3ngs of the Oai'lvknistic' MethocKsts of Anigila^ey were held1 at Gilead Chaj>el, near Luadiigefsii, uncu'er the presidency of the Rev H. Jones, Bryndu. ■ —— — — — Mr Justice Vaugtoaui \v 611,3iiihs Itas inade a oomipuOdory order for the wiiiclaig-up of the 'WtCislh Malniulfbldtuxting and Wool Stapling Company, _t mited. The order was made on a oijedibar's pieitBtion. A wide cimclle of fi £ /enldis will learn with I mUQh regrlefc of the dleaiilh of Dr 0. LI. Evaais, of Hawairfdfcin, after a vauy J^lnort il'hi'ess. Dr E\iains, iwja)s oniy 41 yeairs of <iige. He 1-eaves a wiid'ow Mild, six cMMiren. The FlHnlt and Denfbigh Hounids will meeit on Mandiay, Manx-ill lStli, at Ha-fodunos on Wedbefcadlav, Mla.rdli 20th, at Gl;jn-y-wem Top I>o;l]gie; aind on Salthwd'ay, Mairoh 23rd, at Llan'rfiaiiiad/r, at 12 o'clock. The new Lord Abendiairei has been ain active worker for the Chnidli. ATnongs" oth-er tihiiigs, he has for several years acted as bco. secretary and t'i'tnsmrer of the Clergy WicJows' rtud Oiplhans' Fund of this dSMbrndt. Uipoii the nomiination of the Lord-Lieu- teniarut of Anglfesiey (M!r R. Davids), Dr Evan Wl&mis, Lkmgofni, has been placed on the oamimtlesioiii of the peace for Anglesey. He is a OonsteimiiiiVfe trnd a Gburolwuaai. ——————————————————- The AmgUesey Hattttietrs will meett on Mon- day, 13th Marcdi, at Neua^l'd, C« /ecTan-a, at 11.30; on Wetfinieisclay, 20th March, at LkaiiTdhymeUd, at 11 and on Saturd&y, 23;:d! Mlarch, at Petnlgyrniisiiog, at 11.30. Thie' Mbtrquib of Anglesey's Hair timers will me-m on Tdeodlatv, Mia/uoh lOtlh (if wet, on Wetflinet^d'ayV at Pkils- Peniniiynydd', and on Ma!taiiiVto.y, Ma<rdh 23r'd!, at Plas Gwyn, near Lliflifaffr, alti 12.30, tio finish the season. j 7-. The Rev Dr S. Newth, late principal of New College, Londtoin, has foanvajded to the Rev Dr Herb&r Evans, for thie new library of th'e Blalh-iBangor Independent Colilege, 66 volumes of th-edlogrical a:nd philosiopHcaJ works. Dr R. H. Mills Roberts, F.R.C.S., of Llan- batis, wlio is the SKXTI of Mr R. Roberts, v.Mwger of the Oafk-efliev Quarries, Bfetetti- m Feeiafailog, foaa been elected a Follow; of | the Rjoyal Mediaall and Chiamtrgioal Society of London. -Sir WdSEliUm Thloanas Le^vpis is itoiteresited in mnYiiilng opena/i/anis on two opposite sides of the earth. He i&, of course, tUie bulkJetafc figure in the WeMi coal ttroole, and he is now i'litenesitiing Mmsetf ib the devedopmienti of the t?a'm|e busiiniess in Auetnaild'a, The rawHiioy in the list of the Prose Adijudi- caitons of the Llaneilly NOOiona.1 Eis-teddfod of 1895, caused by tine deatili of the Rev J. Wyinqillhiajm Lewffs, of Carmartllien, has been fified by the appointment of the Rev W. R. JiumeB (Goileufryai), Caiiiiarroai.. No less than 16 Welsih picts of ;.il sizes and degrees, from Tudino <lowii, sing eliegiiiac verses to Cltw^idlfairdld" in the St. David's Day speeikia numibar of the "Geniilnien." Not. one of these pcxats atlremdeld the Shrews- bury meeltiiig to appoint a success" to the Arclhldruid. The Cbn(giflegiatix>n]al Union .of Glamorgan- rihire aind1 ^tomlaifthiensihdre voted a suan of L10 out of fundls to the defence fund of the Rev W. I. Morris, of Ponltypridd. The dhai i man of this union for blÚ ye-ar is the Rev J. A. Jenkins, B.A., of the Richmond-road C'hurch, Clamdliff. The Rev. Jolhn Wiiliauns, Biynsiencvn, on Sunday, occupied the puipit of the "Welsh Calviinfe'tic M-etlhodH'st Ohurndh at Prince's-rc\id, LiVeirpooil, for the first time since he accepted the call to the patetomte. 'Mr Williiams will coiminience liils miiiiiafceitfcul diu'ttieH lihere on the first Sunday in April1. It is definiiMy announced tliat Mr BralIld is about to retire from the chain- of the House of Commons. Announciiing the fact 011 Satur- day, %e "Tknies" remarked tliat Mr Raith^- bcane wouW miake am excellent speaketi' cnliv that he has announced his intention of re- tiring from Parliament ——— ——————————————— Large bequests have been made to Black- burn charities and schools under the will of Mr Frederick Pickop-Dutton, of Plas Newvdd, Trefnant, Denbigh, and formerly of Ivy Bank, Blackburn, and of Glassei House, Aberdare. The gross value of the personal estate has been entered at £93,311. The Idris ChloaM >Soaiiety, DolgeDl-ea-, is go-lug to give a pettSolPmanioe of the late Mr J. Ambrosle Lloyd's beauitdifuil cantata, "Gweddi Hrjbalcuo" eaiiiy in May. It has beeai effiiciien% scooted for full orchestra by his sctn, Mr C. Francis Lloy-dl, Mus. Bac., who has piloanfised to conduct the parfornnance. Mr R. Jones-Morris, of Tycerig, Tal- sarnau, Merionetlishiie, a. brother of Dr Jones-Morris, of Portmadoc, and of Mr T. E. Morris, of the North Wales circuit, has been appointed] organising secretary for the diocese of Bangor of the Archbishop of Canterburv's WeJsh Church Defence As- sociation. WialleB fe dfeeiply indebted to Professor whose dealtfh is just recorded. It was mjaiinlly thtfomglh hiis inHtruaruericulitv thalt the C'eflltdlc dhair was fouaiidledi at Oxfocd. He rt-warv's took unbaurxdled jniterast ini die licston- anld Uitaralbure of the Celtic peopilie, and prob- aby wjais the dikDo&ileisit patriot ever born noifeii of the Tweied. It iis supposed that in eairly Batiltislh days ±-he<i-e was here an abundance of gold, whiCih was worked up cibriefly in oauiaanenfts for the person. Ajnemrin inanitions in his poetm on Tlie Battle of Catona^eth thiaft no )ess than 300 of tflie BiWiblh who feU thetre had th-ailr rjecks wreaithdd1 wi/dli tfliie gotldleti torque- dhiaibs or collatfe. News has just .beeti received from Cairo stating tftiat H/hie Rev E. Recess, the weffl-known W tewd Dyifed1, coildnoted' a. Weidh serrvice in one of the AmaiUcan Mobs on Rooms on JiLS way to Pauesltoikiie. The congregation in- dludJed a^numibier of soldiers belonging to the South Wales Borderers, who are at preserut Staying at Ctiiro. Nll, Patíar Willlijalinis-, oawe one of the most pramiiaienA figunets in Meattlhy-r, and a man of silnjguiliair albuHty, is saitlauslly ill!! at his resi- dence in SumiaxHeitHplttoe. As an x old joumlailiiist, M(r Pettelr Wiffiiaims will be long reniiamlbared for hiiis gallant figfht against the truck syistttim in thie indufetmial centres of Soulth WaHes and McoMoultiliisihira Mr Edwaad Fourkas, of Llainlbeiris, thui'ks tliat Wior^is'wortth, in his kite rusting poem, Wo Are Seven," wlluem. he made use of the mamie Oanlway in the folowdng-ii'.ne, Two of us alt Comwuy dweilS," utilic^ied it merely foi the purj>osie of euphony. Wordsworth him- se/if says, The lifttlie gM1 wtho is the heroine I met witl.iin thie area, of Goodiridi CasitCe." The iiiiewor r of thie liaite Master of BaHliiol wiCll long be dhetri^hieid in Wades. A gire.jfc i adimiirer of Weilah sceneay, Dr Joweift lovedi its iiA'aibifcainitij, atid aliwjays took a keen intorest in thlair anbienit H3teim.tu.re. iSpetaikiing of llhe villages, 'lie once reimia»rked, I always like to go to Wales. In aveiy iltitle villliage there is a baird, anld1 I thDnik iihalt is a veay hiopeful sign." Mrs Williams -Jonas -Parry, of Madryn, who is wJniteiuug in Egypt, was among the guests 3It tllie Elvadlve's baJIIl on the. 23id ult., and wtis aiso present at the wedding of His High- sisten ait Ivoutbbeh PaJa>ee on the 6th inst. A very limited number of European ladies wewe invited, to "he Hareni on this ocoaiioni, but H.H. the Kihedirvail-Motiher, a'Lwiayfs graciously dlfeltinguaslhes our country- woman. When tine late Lord Abeidare wa6 chaifomian of the Royall Coninuission on Iteforaiatoiie^ auid Industrial Schools, which lasted for abooit a yeair, in 1882-3, a. sdioolina»;jer told the camlmisisiiioai thalt for lesser offenlees the bays iieceived "paikniiies." Lord. Abendlarte diid not! know this desicriptaon of punishment on the hand, and sa £ d a-sirde to Sifr Obaiies Dairy- nrpfc, It throws quite a- new light on the wards Ptuitmain qui meruit ferat.' A nuniber of leading Iitishinfen inltlemd holding a grahd eisteddfotl at Dublin at not a very distant dlute. A strong commiltbee has been formed under the prefcidentqv of Dr "Vairier Stanford, anict lliae for iits secretary Miss Annie W. Patteulson, Doctor of Music I Ly examinialiion, and! examinier iin the Royal Univemsiity, Duibliiin.. Bis objects are to foslterr Irish song and minstrelsy, and to present to the wond the niafljive airs of Etah ih their vir- gin purity. be- ouilte Dru'dique stili exists in aexiMn 't paIibs of France—in the mountainous regions beiwieen Autun, Sauiliieu, and Pouillly-en- Auxoris. The people are descnibtrl as very peaoeabte, veiy inoffenisive, but very firm." They take pains to h.de their practices, and appear much attached to the Christian re- ligion. Thiey do not ra'osialytase, but the be- liefs and rites and traditions of their worship are preserved wSth ext-iomie. care, and they oriiy minrry akmongst themselves. Early in 1866 an did lady from Caernarvon- ¡.jhire ca/me to visit her mariied dlau^hlfier in N-eiaAili, amid diuiftng her visrit slie declared that tlie moon ün Neaitlh was 11¡Ot tlie same as that in C^rriatrvonwhiire, for slhe had been iki Neaitlh for the HJluole of Febtniitty and had never seen a full mtoion. Our intformaiiit adds: "On in, qnky, I find (there was no full moon dui'tog the jt momth, though Januiaay and Marndh had eaidh two full nioons. This is such a rare tliimg tihat it wil'l not occur again for two ■miHion years." Lord Windsor, it is sltalted, is making ar- natnlgamlenlts to have a pilblib-house owned by hiim, thie Plynnoiutlli, Anns, at St Fagw s, Gk-amlaHglanBlhDre, managed on the lines of the GoHftnedbung system. A .maaiiagetr is to be placed in cliaige, who will receive n'o profits nvflifaStaver from tlhie saflie of intoxiicante, but "1M liave an inrtereist in pushing tea and coti'ete, aId njoai-iailtoxiicainits geniettfliLy. The piiaoe is to be miadJe an inn, iin. the old-fatfii- ionedl s'enwe of the tenm. and not mearely a place for the saie of drink. t I — Ollerrgiy, says the" Itooorld," sifoouiid really be careful about iJhe. banns of manniages. A few Su<wf/(ys a>sfo Ifiie rector of a faslliii'ajiabie churoli forgot to publish tlnem after a second lesson. To nine iiiedi'ef of the expectant couples he re- 'initmiibareid the (*nii's^V,.<n in time to tiake th,e baimis book with luiin to tlie pulpit. Het 'annloii'iiieed the bamnt>. The last couple were- -vrxVlonrer, and Elizabeth ■s] urnisitei. He followed up tJhest1- naaues by giving out the text:' Now the last sba-Ce of that man is worse iihaui the fiist." Graiv and Sir Walter Scott were. among tiii(.,se who appreciated much of Welsh poeiky and the fa>si'in!altian of Walsh li.,torv. Warcfe- wurth was charmed with our country, so was Leigh Hunt, who frankly confessed his failure to understand W ales until lie had come- to* wander lon titte poet's land," and: who told how, now that he had seen it, and had heard, The htirp. still leaping in thy halls, yuenichktss as the waterfalls I know thee fuil of ptide as strong As the s^eas most ancient song, --Vr.rt of a sympathy as wide. If we have no paintings of on: old bards iiainded d.«\vn we have some graphic dcscrip- tiiiwibv. Dafvtld ap Gwilym, for instance., is tlms j>en-riiniiic.vl:—"The bard was tail and of ^eiwk-r make, with yellow hair flowing about bus >u:guldens ki beaut.i'ful ringlets his- dlress wv.s .gi'ceab.t-i to the maiwiier of the age » long :riK..is, close jacket tied lound witib 1a saslh ^u.spui);lwig a swutjil, and over the- wluotie a loorfe, Ilu d ng gown tii'inmed w'/Hh fur, ",¡¡¡t!¡ a i;,unid cap or boiin-tfc on his head." Thtte, '^Hvs tlie Wedbaim Miaii/1," is a. wrwikle for our b:ir,Is at fubiine eiisteddfodau. Dr Davits, of Hawerfoiidw^st, for mWlllY years prinoLpai of the liapliist College, Havet- | ford/west, die'd' ratUitir suddenly un Sundiav ni!om,:ai!g. The rev. geantieni'n, who was m i ¡hi: 84dh yi; had biu-tn an failing hæM,h for IH 1 ',lg but nothing of a aeukous. niatuire was aippAiht'Jiidtltl until a few hours jbe?.-re the end_caun/e. Akliough Dr IXwies. i retailed his ]>c,-iJtuon as co-pastur of the Bap- tisit (Jlhnrcli ail Havaifordlwe-st uuirbill very re- cei»tlA, a(lv;mre:\ng age and phyy eal infirniitty lit d compelled limn to give up preaching, and he had not, tbeivfune, appeared in public for a cunsiidierablie time. line latest of Lt>i!d Ros'ebeiy's experiiBnices in coninedti'xm wiflh tilie singing of Welsih hymns at tire g.reia't Canton meeting, wthieh he dlesL'ttbed as tliLjc of a huge tr^'ured choir, is aii.jt g^iaijra'.ly kiLown.. Speaking to Mr Heir- oeiIlJ lfeberrtw, M.P., the Premii'er recemlfctv tleelteiied that t'houglli it had been hris privilege to Msten to the clap's'iic musilc of Garman and ope.t-a.s, nioaue, he enupQiai'ioaClljy aslsailred In. fcenufc, bad left tihe in/de'iible i'nipi«fcvron on his miind wli oh Uhe sili;oi'liug of B\xld nmnild o n-f erlidodlan and other hyinn tunes djd! on tSiteufc mieimoftialble nighJt. Whwn liiM R3chai'<l moved from the old Oross Keys (owuned by the late Lord Ahelr- dlame) to tihe. Riiisiiig Sum, now the Central Hotel, two We'll-knlaw.n Ab-,i.i(!xL- houses of caifl, he applied to the sitipen(;i]iaay magistrate (aiftunwaMs Loifrl1 Abeidare) for a sprit, 'licemsje. Mr Bruce said, in Moomtaun Ash W-efldh, Wiiilibm RiScQit.ttL Jolhn, your house is too small! fdv a fu!Jl license." "No, sir," said the applicant, "i1t is too large." "How do you make that out,, WiSliiajm Richaird John. r asked tihe mtgci-ftnate. Berjanse it is ntever fun, sir," was the repSy. He got the- Ubeinisie. Mr Vipers Stanford, :n ;,t recent paper on Nation Kit Musiic," observes :—"There aro two -liistuict schools, the Saxon and the C'eiE- tile; and- four distinct styles, EngilTSth, WeMi, Scotch, anld Iritsth. The Engliisih is strong, solid, and staaigJitiforwuid; the. Welsh full of i da?1i and go; llhe Sootoh a mixture of humorous and poetic, full of strongly-marked rhythms, diiy and caustic at times, full of the quality whiclh nuight be tcinmed iUIt;' tbe Irjslh i's the mo-sit re-mtarki.tble liltetratoure of folk musiic in the wodel, theiie is no euro!lion with which it does not cieal succeesifuliy, and nojue has more powrer of patilvois and fire." Sir George Osborne Morgan, as repre- senting the Welsh Parliamentary party, has- addressed a strong protest to Mr Shaw- Lefevre, as Chairman of the Royal Com- mission on Agriculture, against the taking of evidence on the Welsh land question on points already exhaustively thrashed out by the Commission specifically appointed to inquire into every aspect of the land question in Wales. The dilatory motion promoted by the Welsh landlords is directly calculated to raise a conflict between the two commis- sions, and, if possible, to discredit the con- elusions which the Land Commission for Wales have already formulated and will shoitly report upon. John Murray, the famous publisher, in his ni'emiair, A Publisher and His Farjeawfe," paw II a visit to Wiales in 1829, and wroite of his travels in these entihusiWtric terms —" I have been perfectly asiton'.ished and perfedflH- fi'Jl'eld with adlmira'tlion and. delight. a¡J the l-.thntess, spliendi fiiT, and magnificeorace of the soil and soenlery ^VliMi I have passed through- oil my way from Obe!Jc't¡lw, through Here- fordshire through LVi in golden to tili/is place (Ctorwen), and I cannot refrain from t hinkrimg of th e thousands of tlie wealthy, nlwble, aird aix-oinplii'.sh.tid of this nation wiho, after having visited ailniiost eveiy other part of this | iworM; Ifti.ve at length passed into the world to t'ome witliout knowing anything of their own country." The an'iioimeeni'ent of the death of Dr Dalle, of B:ilm4ng:ham, wjiibh took plpoa- on Wednesday, wll ba received wiiith much regret at Manbedtr ami other places an. tlie MerionetHliisihiire coast, where Dr Dade and inembeiiis of his family were frequent visitors, *uld had1 became wufl kn/uwn. Tire doctor to'ok a sv-iupatlhetic interefft. in the affairs of his Walsh nealglilxmrs, and' wiiate some in- to'ew'tinig iuipHetsisiooris" of Wales and the peojill'e, which appealed in our ooltUtinms sioane i.fiflnc ago. It was ruimouired tlnait Dr Dale hald' ,'R'quii!:ied a oourijpetedt kinowledge of the WefMn 'language-, butt tH's he denfied, with tttve charaCteiibibijc comaneot fhatti a glance into W'ellWh gftiimimafi' hadi conviniciad him that it wias niolt a. suitable subject for (study on the wet mo rtniiigs of a holidlay. A miivemeait 1W'Si been started at Shreiws- bury by Mr J. WooidQuause in favour of itm- proving the package, condition, and quality of Slh'riopslliilre and WelHih butter. At a moot- ing hleild on Wcdne^tliy, at Slirerwsbury, to dv.'scuss tlie subject, Mr Woodihouse, who presided, read L'ettaite fluill MT HumphtreyR- Owen, M.P., Mr R. Jones, Mr J. M. Dug- dale, and other gtin^anien-, who offieired va- rious suggegltilons for meettiing the difficulty, The Chlaliinman estoniaf-jed fhatt if siuMa/ble muiiins of picking quantifies of butter, rang- ing from 14 to 56 pounds, could be decided upmn, ? wouM enaibl-e tihe local faisneirs to (Main aai adwince in price of about 3d per pufund. 'AScer some d»sousaion, it was die- c.i.d)cr.} to sdlSeit subadniptioiis with the view of oflWing prizes ait idi-e niext SliTopethfllre and W est. Midkm'l NlhJow for the best packages for 28 and 56 puunldls. of butter, sudh pack- ages to be at a piVce wn»cfh would allow of tluilr being givoii iLiA-kv with the sale of the outer. MANCHESTER WELSH NATIONAL SOCIETY.—Tlie 1 Mvsit meeting for the present sesH?om of thife society was held' on Friday oveniing at the Cent rail Hall, when an interest! ing paper was read by Mr John Wiliiiairiis 1 (Iioriaiwiiyn Ddb) Oil Eminent Manchested? Wyifllnmien."—Mr John Edwards occupied the chair.—Dr Emiirysi Janes (the president of thie society) regretted having to announce the great loss whidli the socdaty had sustained by the death of two of r1:s meimbers, namely, Mr Jonikins and Mr J. W. Jones. Rookwood, Sale and proposed that the society's sincere coawMeln'ces and beslt sympathy be conveyed to the faimfiles of the deceased gentlemen. He aldo proposed tliait the Society's hearty oon- graitutiAions be conveyed to Professor John Rliivs upon lids appointment to the Principail- KV/P of Jieisus CoiUJege, Oxfoid.—The motions Were seconded! by Mr Evan Rolberts, and carried unl;iin:m!ouisC.y.—In the course of tha rmeefting several! iteitfitionK. were given by Mr W. Owen Willliaiine.