Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

THE REPORT OF THE LAND COMMISSION. CHEAT MEETING AT BARMOUTH. SPEECH BY MR THOMAS ELLIS, M.P. On Thursday last, a.t the Assembly-rooms, Barmouth, a meeting of the farmers of Ar- dudwy and) the surrounding districts of the town was addressed by Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P., on iJie report of the Welsh Land Commission- ers. Thd meeting had been organised through the spontaneous action of the farmers uf this district, headed by thei Rev Gwynoro Davies. There was a very good attendance when Mr Robert Jones, Y strung worn, by die unani- mous vote of those present, took -the chair, and briefly opened the meeting. Mr Ellis, who was received with great en- thusiasm, and who appeared more robust than lve has for the past three- or four years, said he did not think it wise, when the Land Com- missioner^' Report was first issued, to say anythng abor};, it imm,c-dia)te!ly, ur^t/il the country Iiad had some lixle time to consider it. It was a very long report, it was very intricate, and was in English, so that the monoglot Welsh farmer had not yet had the chance of (thoroughly lindenstanding and digesting it. Xot only there were five vol- umes of evidence, but! 1000 witnesses gave their evidence (before the Commissioners. As far as he knew. this was the first confer- ence held to consider the report, and it might be proper for him to say what he thought of the circumstances- connected with the report and Tlhe recommendations contained therein. The farmers and the progressive party in Wales 11<1,d for many years felt that the land question in the Principality should be treated in Parliament, and that Parliament should tako hold of the question of having better Land Laws dealing with the holding and tho treatment of land in Wales (applause). He did not know that one session went by from 1387 up to the present without some notice being called to the question in Parliament. As far as W ales was concerned, they did net want an inquiry, they rather asked for a land bill (applause). The farmers of Wales knew very well what they wanted. The Welsh members did their best, especially in the dis- cussion '>f the 17th March, 1892, to put the ca-se of Wales in the best and most convinc- ing manner before the House of Commons. But after all, although the great majority of the Welsh members had voted for the second reading of the land bill for* Wales, yet the. leader cf the Liberal party, Mr Gladstone, said that the House could not go ahead to make great changes in the Land La,ws without full inquiry by a Royal Commission. As Parliament said they would not pass any laws in connection with the land only after such an inquiry., the Welsh members told them they were quite ready for that if they sent a fair and representative Commission b) Wales. Thus the meeting would remember that they had asked their simple rights of Parliament, and the latter had refused to consider their claims only after a full inquiry. And now that the inquiry had been held, he hoped they would take a fresh hold on the land move- ment in order to get what they considered was right and just fur the landholders (ap- plause). Not only were the farmers and the Welslr members ready for an inquiry, but, the landlords of North Wales a few months before (he believed) the discussion .of the 17th March, 1892, or perhaps shortly Afterwards, passed a resolution in favour of having a Royal Commission Do inquire into the land question. The Government which was in power then would not grant an inquiry. Then came the 1392 election, When the mtensejiews of the feeling in Wales on this question wow shown in an unmistakable manner. Farmers came like o flood to vote for those who had been faithful to the land question, and as they knew Colonel Cornwalbs West, Ruthin Castle, was the only one with the name of a Liberal who got up to say a word against the proposal fofr a land act for Wales, ajidi what was the result ? No one ever had such a check as he had' after that. Although he- -w-n.. the Lord-lieutenant of Denbighshire, and hiad represented a pare of the county for 10 years, yet he was simply swept off the board with a majority of over two thousand—the Yale of Clwyd farmers would have- none of him. So they saw they could not wish for a Ll more striking proof of how the Denbighshire farmers, as any rate, looked upon the atti- tude of Co-lonel Cornwallis West (loud ap- plause). TIi Commission was appointed, There were nine of them, four consisting, great landlords. If anybody had had reason to complain of the constitution of that Com- mission it was the farming community, for four landlords were placed on tihe Cciivmi*- .sioners to only two farmers. Not one of the leaders or the land movement in Wa'L)-, were placed on Ir. There were plenty of com- plaints about tliLs at the time, that such vet- erans as Mr Gee should have been overlooked. But after a J the landowners of North Wales did all in their power to discredit as much as possible the Commission, constituted even as it was, although they themselves had asked for :m inquiry. As soon as the Commission began its work, the landowners said they would net give evidence; but within two days afterwards they found it, was high time for them to come forth with evidence. The tenants had no strong organisation, they had jit, iiiid league nor .anything of the kind in W aJes, no officials to collate and arrange theii evidence, but as to the landlords they had every possible machinery in that direction and they had plenty of money to spend and a barrister to wabch 'their interests. And that barrister not only had a newspaper of his- own but wa>s also the Welsh correspondent of the 'Times. He was in court all day, and cross- examined the witnesses, and put thousands of questions to them. He chose what landlords he would call «tto give evidence, and at the close of the day he wrote articles to the "Times," and the bent of the "Times" articles ha.d been to discredit the proceedings of the Land Commissioners. As soon as the Land Commissioners' report wa^out, this special counsel of the "Times" and the landlords pub- lished a big volume with the object of peck- ing holes in the Commissioners' ceport. He had had every fair play in the "Times" to condemn the whole proceeding. So thev saw that from the first they had had to face the same difficulties asi Ireland had had to face in the past, -namely, that they had to fight these forces which helped to -taint English public opinion at its very source. But if anyone thought they could put an end to the unrighteousness, they were making the great- est mistake they ever made (loud applause). He did not intend to go into the report in detail, but he did want them to consider the proposal' that a Welsh translation sho-u'd be prepared of those sections of the report which had to do with the holding of land in Wales, and let it be published a,t a fair price which would be within the reaih of all Welsh farm- ers. With regard to the report itself, it was interesting new to look back upon Lord, Pon- rhyn's evidence. Lord Penrbyn was put forward not to give evidence about his own estate hut as representative and chtef fugle- man of landlordism in North Wales. His chief thesis was that -the land question in "fäles was the outcome of artificial agitation, got up by journalists toO make their papers pay. The foundation of th-vt was a, «erics cf quotations culled out cf seven of eight years' issues of 18 or 20 vernacular p ipers. HOtW puerile and squalid this argument of Lord Penrhvn appeared in face of the chanter o £ historical retrospect included n the. Commis- sioners' report referring to the sufferings, of Welsh farmers in 1809 fas evidenc-'d bv a, Government official) of tho Rebeeoa Riot's in 1843, of the political ev:ct;o.riv f 1859 o,1111 1868, and of the enorm-oo.« n,1 PTfT^r,rr-i;T,orr lise in rents amounting in Ancrlo ^y t 147 per cent, between 1815 and J.892. and 66 ner cent. throughJout the wh'de of W;des during the same period Tt wn* no won dor that even the minority of fhf" fl-vmimiW'-r» ar?. consisting ef two creat hndburds .1"d, +h0 strictest cf political economists^ should vr commend the most. drastic a*n'rtd:r,r^+ J,r)- M Agricultural Holdings Act, the ioigioal ynb CCJMO of which would be legislation on^thp line of the Welsh Land Bill, the dib-r.. ell tire second reading of which led to the "11- paiaitmieait of the Commission (loud1 applause). Brief speeches were afterwards delivered by Messrs Roberts, Plas Pensam; C. Ro- berts, Arthcg; Alderman L. Lewis, and the Rev John Davies, Dyliiyn, -and resolutions were adopted calling for a Welsh trailsla>tiion of those clauses of the report which dealt with the holding of land, for the Government to pass the reeommendatioiis of thø Commis- sioners at the next session, and thirdly a resiolutron was unanimously passed in favour of instituting a land oourt.

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ANGLESEY AXT) CARNARVONSHIRE AGRIOUfLTURAIL SOCIETy.-rrhe annual meeting of members was held on Friday, at Bangor, Mr Jones (Bodfeirig) presiding. There were no protests for consideration, and the list of judges was agreed to. It was ar- ranged that the annual show should be hold at Bangor in September. The secretary (Mr J. Pritchard) reported that the financial state of the society was satisfactory, there being a good balance in hand. VALE OF CLWYD MONTHLY MEET- ING.—Tho unearthly meeting of the Calrin- istie Methodists of the Yallo of Clwyd. district was held at Rhyl 011 Thursday, under the I' presidency of Mr G. O..Tones', Prestatyn. The officers of the Ciwyd-strect Church, Rhyl, Submitted an interesting report upon the progress of tho work. The following delegates -were appointed! to the Quarterly Associations:—The Revs Mr" Benjamin. CaeTwys, ,and E. Jonei3, Preisnrtyn, and ^fle-'sMs' P. Rhberttf, Sti. Asaph, and H. Williams. Pbs-yn-Ward. To the General Assembly: The Revs F. Jone=, Abergele, r-nd W. Liovd, Rliuallt. and Messrs "Wil- b'ams, Abergele, and! D. Jones-, Ruthin. Mr R. Rowlands. Portmadoe, delivered an inter- esting' address- ore behalf of the Forward M ovement in South Wai-es. It was ronoTted that a, Rhyl lady (a member of the Clwyd- ""•Ti^et Church) had promised a donation ;If "100 towards thel Foreign Missionary Society.

ALLEGED CLERICAL IM- POSTOK. ACCUSATIONS OF FALSE PRETENCES. CHARGE OF FORGING ORDINATION CERTIFICATES. TO-DAYS PROCEEDINGS. A special police court was held at Penrhyn- deudraeth cm Friday, when Chief-Inspector Marshall, of the Criminal Department, Scot- land Yard, charged James James, of -A,it- glas, near Aberystwyth, with procuring .hrough fraud the sum of C3 from Mrs Roberts, High-street, Penrhyndeudraeth. There were said to be many other charges pending against him. Mr Lloyd Carter (Messrs Carter, Mos- tyn Roberts, and Co.), prosecuted. The prisoner was bruuglit from Carnarvon prison in the m-ccuing. He had a clerical hat, and his whiskers and moustache were dressed in the usual cierieal fashion. During the pro- ceedings lie never raised his eyes. When the magistrates' clerk (Mr J. Jones-Morris) put -some questions to him, he a.nswered in the commonest Cardiganshire Welsh dialect. The magistrates on the bench were A. Osmond Williams, Esq., and Dr Jones Morris. Mr Lloyd-Carter stated that the prisoner would be prosecuted, not only for fals-e pretences, but also for forgery, obtaining certificates of ordination by fraud, and obtaining situation by false representations. The Chairman said they would confine themselves that day to local charges. Mr Lloyd-Carter acquiesced. Prisoner, he said, went about the county stating that he was a clergyman. He remained in Car- narvon. From there the prisoner went to Portmadoc, and afterwards to Penrhyndeu- draeth. Mr Lloyd-Carter next read the depositions of Inspector Marshall- which were as follow Henry Marshall, chief inspector in the Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard, London, deposed that he had been for some weeks past, at the instance of the Director of Public Prosecutions, making inquiries about the matter now brought be- fore the court. On the 8th inst. he received from Inspector Morgans, Festiniog, a war- rant, produced, that bad been granted by the justices of his district for the arrest of a personnamed James James. He bad the war- rant duly backed by a magisrate for the county of Essex, and on the 9th went to Inworth Hall School, Inworth, in that county, accompanied by Superintendent Gillis, of that force. He saw the prisoner there, dressed as a clergyman, and acting as a master of the school. Witness told him who they were, and asked accused what was his name. He said James -the Rev James." Addressing the schoolmistress witness said By what name is this gentleman known here." .She replied, The Rev J. A. or J. T. James, I am not sure which. He is my headmaster, and came to me from Alphamstone, where he was a curate." Witness said to him, You are not a clergyman at all, and your correct name is James James." He said, "Yes." Witness then said, "Well, I have a warrant for your arrest." Accused said, "What for, can I see it?" Witness said, "Yes; and I will read it to you." He said, Oh t I meant to pay Mrs Roberts back her money at Christmas, with £1 interest. Can I do it now?" He said, "No, I have nothing to do with that, it is alleged you obtained it by fraud, which is a criminal matter, and you must go before the justices for them to deal with it as they see fit." Witness further said, There are other charges against you. You have obtained from the Bishop of Worcester by fraud and forgery a certificate of the ordination of the Rev (J. A. James, of Doddington Rectory, and obtained a curacy in that name with the Rev Mr Earle at Alphamstone, and carried out the duties of a clergyman there. You also attempted to obtain from the Bishop of Ossory a certifoite of the ordination of the Rev J. T. Jamos, of Valley. End Rectory, Cobham, Surrey, all by forgery and fraud, and it is my duty to tell you that these charges may be pre- ferred against you as well as that of defrauding Mrs Roberts." The accused said, I haven't done anyone out of a place by it or harm." Witness took possession of a large number of papers which there had not been time to fully examine, but a cursory glance went to show many relate to the charges he had named, and amongst them he foune, the certificate obtained from the Bishop of Worcester. Before he left he took possession of a large tin box and a brown hatbox which the accused admitted belonged to him, and subsequently witness made a careful inspection of the boxes in the pre- sence of Mr Carter, the prosecuting solicitor. In the hatbox he found a cap, clerical bats and collars. In the box amongst other articles of clothing were black cassock, two wbite surplices, and a graduate's hood, and a stole, clerical coat and vest, black gown on which is written in the inside Rev J. Tbos. ,James. He (witness) also found a great number of documents and letters which he initialled and divided as follows :—A bundle of testimonials purporting to come from clergymen in Cardiganshire, testifying as to the fitness of one James James, Alltglas, in the parish of Llangorwen. A bundle of letters addressed Rev J. James, B.A., Bris. lington College, 5, Uxbridge-square, Carnar- von; also a receipt and invoice for an adver- tisement from the Welsh National Press Com- pany and cutting of advertisement. Letters addressed to the Rev J. T. James, Alphamstone Rectory, Bures, Colchester. A bundle of letters addressed Rev J. T. James, sometimes M.A., B.D., and other letters, without any degree, Inworth College, Kelvedon, Essex. Letters pur- porting to be written by the Bishops of Manchester and Llandaff, and the late Archbishop of Canterbury's chaplin. A letter addressed Rev J. T. James, M.A., High-street, Penrhyndeudraeth, North Wales. Letter addressed Rev J. T. James, B.A., 14, East-avenue, Portmadoe, a letter dated 26th October, 1896, signed Annie G. Davies, four printed leaves of Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1887, an office copy baptismal certificate dated 19th April, 1895, of James James. A letter dated 23rd October, 1896, from Diocesan .Registry Worcester, and signed John H. Hooper, addressed to the Rev J. T. James, with office extra from the Registrar of Ordination, Diocese of Worcester, referring to the ordination of James Thomas James, B A., Jesus College, Oxford, bcth as a deacon and a priest by the Bishop of Worcester, an envelope containing a number of documents, amongst others particulars for instruction for candidates in holy orders in the dioceses of Oxford and Liverpool, and candidates for foreign mission, and lastly a bundle of church papers. Margaret Roberts deposed that she lived at the Temperance, High-street, Peorhyn- deuiraeth. A strange man came to her house in October last, and she could recog- nise him if she saw him again. He said hr- was a parson, and that his name was James A. James, that he he had been in India, and had just returned. His home he said was at Berth, Aberystwyth, and he would take a night school here if he would succeed in starting one. He appeared to be a very religious man, and therefore she gave him food and lodgings. He stayed with her for 9 days. He had said that he had had a place as parson the other side of London the morn- ing of the day he left. He said Dear Mrs Roberts, I do not know what to do, I have premised to go to my situation by Sunday, aod I have no money to go there. Will you lend two or three pounds to me ? Illd,ve plenty of money in London. I am Dot poc", and I will return them to you on Sunday morning through the post." She gave him three pounds, and he said he would sonal four pounds back to her. She gave him the money because she thought be was a parson and was anxious he should do good. She had never received the money, or anything for the lodging. Annie Gwen Davies, wai tress at the Sports- man Hotel, Portmadoc, deposed that she was staying with her aunt, Mrs M. Roberts, at Penrhyndeudraeth, during September and October last. She knew the accused. He came on Friday, October 2nd, at 10.45 p.m. to her aunt's house. A man brought him there. She did not know the man. Her aunt took in lodgers. The accused begged very hard for her aunt to give him a nighi's lodging. He said he bad come from India, and had travelled all that day. He was dressed in clerical attire, white round collar, &c. Her aunt said he might stay the night. They believed him to be a clergyman. He told them he had just returned from India, that he had come that day from London, and had been in India 16 years. The next day she accused him of being either a parson or Wesleyan minister, and he replied that he was a pagan. On the following Monday and Tuesday, several letters arrived at her aunt's house addressed to the Rev J. T. James, M.A., and the Rev J. A. James, B.A. Accused also wrote several letters. When witness saw the letters arriving, shd told him he had been telling an untruth that he was a "pagan," and he only laughed. He said she was plaguing him too much, and that he would have to leave on Thursday. When Thurs- day arrived he showed her a letter from Alphamstone asking him to defer his visit until the next day, as there was a school treat, and they would meet him at the station. On Friday morning, he said to a Mr McKay, who was lodging at the house, that he would like to have the loan of a JE1. Mr McKay said he would lend him one only he had not got a sovereign. When her aunt went up to make the beds, the accused followed her, and it was then he had the lean of the C3. He said he was sorry to leave. He then showed witness a printed list of clergymen's names. He showed her what he said was his name, viz., J. T. James, M.A., Jesus College, Oxford. She took the list from him, and wanted to keep it, but he would not let her have it as he wanted it. On the following Monday, at the request of her aunt, she wrote him a very sharp letter, threatening to put the police on his track, and then she received two letters. She thoroughly believed he was a clergy- man. Mr Pearson, chief inspector, Euston Station, deposed that no complaint had been received there from anyono of the name of James, in respect of any missing box. Constance Earle, the daughter of the Rev Wm. Earle, the vicar of Alphamstone, said she acted as her father's secretary, and con- ducted his correspondence for him. Ou the 14th August last her father inserted an advertisement in the Church Times," of which she produced a copy. It was answered by a person styling himself the Rev J. A. James. Witness replied in her father's name, and said he could not be taken with- out the permission of the Bishop, where- upon she received a number of letters from accused. At last, accused was engaged on a month's trial, and they promised to pay his fare one way. She quite believed he was a duly-quaiified minister, and didn't write to any of his supposed references. Accused arrived in their parish on the 10th, and in conversation he informed them that he was an Oxford M.A., a Clerk in Holy Orders, and entitled to wear the M.A. hood of Oxford, the M.A. hood of Dublin, and B.A. of Lam- peter. He said the hood he was using was M.A., Dublin, which was of black silk lined throughout with violet silk. She knew this was wrong, as the Dublin hood is pale blue, but did not correct him as he was a stranger and thought that he had made a mistake. Witness afterwards noticed two postcards to clerical out-fitters in London. She thought one was aderessed to Seary, Burness street, asking that hoods be sent, but none arrived. Kro crbT-p"<l in li £ LT7<i a. yoa«. with board, residence, &c. She paid him 22s, his fare from North Wales. On the first Sunday, the 11th, he assisted in the morning services, reading the second part of prayers from the third collect, and aided her father in the. celebration of the Holy Communion. In the afternoon, he in- toned the first part of the prayers, and took the baptism of Gertrude Maude Tuffin, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Tuffin, a labourer of Alphamstone. On Sunday, the 18th, he read the second part of the prayers from the third collect, and preached, but broke down, and witness's father sent him away the next morning. He wore cassock, surplice, hood, and stole. A layman must not wear a stole, but provided be has a degree he can wear a hood. Prisoner thoroughly deceived witness and her father. She thought he was in communication with the Bishop of Worcester, and he said it was about his copies of orders as lie had lost the originals. Laura Evans, 5, Uxbridge-square, Car- narvon, stated she lived at the above address, and on the 1st of August a man came to her house for lodgings. He said he was Rev James. He was dressed flS a. clergy- man, and spoke of having been abroad. He took two rooms in her house at 9s per week. He complained of being unwell in con- sequence of travelling at sea. Dr Edward Williams attended him for nearly a month. He said he was the Rev J. A. James. He stayed about five weeks, and then dis- appeared, owing her 30s or more, and pay- ing Dr Williams nothing. She quite believed he was a clergyman ax he stated and from his dress. She had not seen him nor heard of him since. His letters were re-addressed to the Rev J. A. James. John Hardie Thorpe, Worcester, secretary to the Bishop of Worcester, said that on the 16th October he received from the Bishop's son, Mr Perowne, of Hartlebury Castle, a letter purporting to be from the Rev J. T. James, Alphamstone, asking to be supplied with a duplicate of his ordination certificate, as he had lost the original. Witness replied direct to James stating the fee and asking for farther particulars. James answered, sending the fee of 7s 6d. Witness supplied the certificate, believing the applicant to be the Rev J. T. James, whom the Bishop ordained in 1877, as stated in letters of application produced. It was on the 25th October that he sent the duplicate certificate to Alphamstone rectory, and he had not seen it since. Watkin J. Roberts proved that the prisoner while at Carnarvon had inserted an advertisement in a paper published by the Welsh National Press Co. Georgina Jones, attendant at the Carnar- von Free Library, proved that defendant had called at the library in the month of September, and borrowed Crockford's Clerical Directory. When the book was returned certain pages were found to have been cut out—those in which the entries under J were printed. It being alleged that the prisoner had pre- tended to be the Rev J. A. James, Dodding- ton Rectory, and at other times the Rov J. T. James, Valley End Rectory, Cobham, Surrey, these gentlamen gave evidence to prove the falseness of the pretence. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was committed to take his trial at the assizes on the local charge.

MARKETS FOR THE WEEK CORI^. LIVERPOOL.—FRTOA?. [By Telegraph.] Wheat opens quiet and steady at Ad to Id under Tuesday; Californian, 7s 2d to 7s 3d; spring, 6s 9d to 7s Od Kansas, 6s 3d to 6s 7d. Beans 3d under Tuesday Saidi, 25s 9d to 26s. Peas firm at 4s 5d, being id under Tuesday. Oats qu'eo and unchanged new, white, 2s 6d to 2s Sd; yellow and black, 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Maize, moderate trade: mixed. 2s 10rl tr> 9* mir? -¿- Flour, unchanged. MANCHESTER.—THURSDAY. Althouga trade has been duh throughout the past w eek, values have not given way, and a rather better feeling now prevails. English wheat is neglected, and foreign also being dull and unchanged. Flour 6d per sack cheaper. Oats, peas, and beans repeat late quotations, but barley is id per bushel, and.Indian corn 4d per cental down on the week. CHESTER.-SATURDAY. Wheat was in small supply, and prices showed a reduction of Id to 2d per 751b. Oats and barley were also not so well sold, the market for all articles generally being quiet. Indian corn was about 6dper 2401b lower than the previous Saturday. Quotations :-Wheat, white 5s Od to Os Od per 751b; ditto, red, 4s 8d to 4s lOd per 751b; malting barley, 3s 6d per 601b grmding barley, 2s 6d to 2s lOd per 641b oats, new, 2s 3d to 2s 8d per 461b; ditto, old, 2s 9d to 38 3d per 461bs; beans, old, 5s 6d to Os new, Os to 4s 6d per 801b; Indian corn, 7s 9d to 8s per 2401b. HAY AND STRAW. LONDON .—THURSDAY. Good supplies and trade dull at the following pricesGood to prime hay, 60s to 88s Od; inferior to fair ditto, 36s to 55s; good to prime clover, 70a to 96s Od inferior to fair ditto, 40i to 66s; mixture and sanfoin, 50s Od to 85s Od; straw, 20s to 38s per load. CATTLE. SALFORD.—TUESDAY. Cattle trade rather slow; sheep met with rather dull trade; prices for calves not main- tained. Quotations Cattle. 5d to 7^-d; sheep, 6d to 8Jd; lambs, Od to Od calves, 5d to 7id per lb. At market: Cattle, 3875; sheep, 8869 calves, 154. LONDON.—THURSDAY. The beast trade was slow at a decline of fully 4d per 8 lbs. The sheep trade was firm at an advance. The calf trade was slow, but rates were firmer. There was rather more demand for pigs. Prices Beef, 2s 8d to 4s 8d mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 8d; veal,,3s 8d to 5s Od; pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od per 81bs. At market :-Cattle, 170; sheep, 3940; calves, 35; pigs, 135. BIRMIN GHAM.—THURSDAY. A fair supply, and business fairly brisk. Beef, 5d to 61d; Hereford, 61d; mutton, 5d to 8d; lamb, 7d to 8d; veal, Od to Od per lb. Bacon pigs, 6s 9d to 7s Od; porkets, 8s Od to 8s 6d; sows, 5s 6d per score. DUBLIN.—THURSDAY. Prime heifer and ox beef, 50s Od to 53s Od; stall feds, 54s Od to 57s 6d; second quality, 45s to 47s 6d inferior, 40s Od to 44s Od. Prime wether mutton, 5id to 61d; fancy, Od; ewe, 5d to 5Jd coarse sheep, 4id to 5d; hoggets: heavy, 42s to 55s; medium ditto, 26s to 38s. Veal: Choice, ..Bel to 9d; inferior, 4 £ d to 6d. DEAD MEAT. LONDON.—TnuRSDAY. Short supplies and trade very firm at the following prices: — English beef, 3s 8d to 4s 2d; Scotch long sides, 4s Od to 4s 4d; ditto, shorts, 4s 6d to 5s Od; American, 2s 4d to 3s lOd. British mutton, 4s 2d to 4s 8d; foreign ditto, 2s 8d to 3s 4d lamb, Os to Os Od veal, 3s Od to 5s Od; pork, 2s 8d to 3s 6d per 81bs. WOOL. BRADFORD.—THURSDAY. Business continues very quiet, and raw material is purchased only for immediate re- quirements, but stocks are small, and holders can get current prices. The London sales has had no effect on mohair here. In yarns the export trade is still slow, and orders are small. There is little doing in mohair and alpaca yarns. The piece trade is inactive, but the American outlook is rather better. BUTTER. CORK.—THURSDAY. Primest salt, —s prime, —s. First, 108s seconds, 97s; thirds, Ws; fourths, 57s; fifths —s. iiegs Hirst, -8; secuuaa, —a tiiiiao 77s fourths, —s; Rfths, —. Tlild-cured firkins: Choicest, —s choice, —s; superfine, 112s; fine mild, 108s; mild, 87s. Choicest boxes, 112a; choice boxes, —s. In market: 35 firkins, 2 keg, 49 mild. and 6 boxes.

WELSH MARKETS. BANGOR —(TO-DAY) FRIDAY. Fresh butter, 15jd to Is 4d per lb; salt, ditto, Od to 0s; eggs, 0 to 10 for Is; fowls, 3s Od to 4s 6d per couple ducks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d each; rabbits, Is 2d each; beef, Gd to 8d per lb; mutton, 6d to 8d; pork, 6d toSd; veal, 6d to 8d; lamb, Od to Od; small pigs, Os to 03 each; fat pigs, 3d per lb potatoes, Os Od tc Os per sack; geese, 5s Od to 8s Od each. CARNARVON.—SATURDAY. Fresh butter, 15d to Is 5d per lb.; salt, 13d to 13Jd per lb.; eggs, 10 to 12 for Is; fowls, 2s 6d to 3s Od per couple ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od each geese, 4s 6d to 5s 6d each beef, 2M to 9d per lb.; mutton, 6d to 8d per lb.; veal" 5d to 8d per lb.; pork, 5d to 8d; lamb, Od to Od per lb.; potatoes, old, 6s to Os Od per sack. ABERY STWYTH.—MONDAY. Wheat, 5s 6d to 6s Od per 65 lbs barley, 3s ad to 3s 9d per 56 lbs; oat« (white). 2s 9d to 3s Od per 651bs; black, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per 401b; eggs, 9s 6d to 10s per 100; butter, salt, lid to Is per lb fresh, 12d to 14d per Ib; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per couple chickens, 3s Od to 3s 6d per couple; ducks, 5s Od to 6s Od per couple geese, 4s Od to 6s Od each; potatoes, Os Od to 2s 6d per cwt. LLANGEFNI.—THURSDAY. Butter, 15d to Od per lb; eggs, 10 to 12 for Is; small pigs, 12s to 15s Od each fat pigs, 2 £ d to 3d per Ib; 11 fowls, 3s 6d to 3s 9d per couple ducks, 2s Od to Os Od each; beef, 7d to 9d; mutton, 8d to lOd; veal, Od to Od; lamb, Od to Od; pork, Gid to 9d per Ib; potatoes, old, 4s 6d to Os per sack. LLANRWSi'.—TUESDAY. Fresh butter, Is 4d to Is 6d per lb; eggs, 8 to 9 for Is; ducks, 3s 3d to 3s 6d per couple fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 3d per couple hens, 4s 9d to 5s per couple; small pigs, 14s 6d to 16s each. BENBIGR,- WEDNESDAY. Wheat, Os Od to Os per hobbet; grinding barley, 0s; ditto, malting, 0s; oats, 0s Od to 0s Od; old oats, 0s to 0s beans, 0s to 0s Od. Fresh butter, 16d to Od per Ib; ditto, salt, lid to Is per lb; fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 9d per couple ducks, 4s Od to 5s per couple; beef, 6d to 9d per lb veal, 7d to 8d mutton, 7d to 8d; geese, 6d to 8d per lb.; lamb, 7d to 8d per lb eggs, 0 to 12 for Is; bacon pigs, Od per lb stores, Od. O SWE STRY. w EDNESDAY. Fresh butter, 15d to 16d per Ib; eggs, 9 to 10 for ls; fowls, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; ducks, 5s 6d to 6s per couple rabbits, 2s 3d to 2s 4d per couple potatoes, 0s Od to 3s per measure beef, 7d to 8d per lb; mutton, 7d to 8 £ d veal, 7d to 8d pork 6d to 8d; lamb, 7d to 9d. PWLLHELI.- WEDNESDAY. Beef, 5d to 9d pork, 6d to 7d mutton, 7d tc lod veal, 7d to 8d lamb, 8d to lOd per lb eggs, Os to 10s per 120; fresh butter, 13d to 14d per lb: pot do, lid per Ib; turkeys, 6s Od to 7s 6d each; fowls, 3s Od to 3s 6d per couple; ducks, 4s Od to 4s 6d per couple; rabbits, Is 6d to Is 10d per couple; pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d per brace; geese, 4s 6d to 5s each potatoes, 2s 9d to 3s per cwt.; pigs (young), lis to 13s Od each hares, 2s 6d to 3s each partridges, Is 9d to 2s per brace. RUTHIN.—MONDAY. Wheat, l's Od to lis Od per hobbet; barley. 6s 6d to 9s; oats, 6s Od to 7s Od fresh butter, 15d to 16d per lb fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per couple ducks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per couple eggs, 9 to 10 for Is. SHREWSBURY (Corn).—SATURDAY. White wheat, 4s lOd to 5s Od; red, ditto, 4" 6d to 4s lOd per 751b; barley, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 70]b: new oats, 12s Od to 13s 6d; old, ditto, 03 Od to Os Od per 2251b; peas, lis 6d to 12 Od per 2251b; new beans, 13s to 14s Od. WREXHAM (Cattle).—MONDAY. There was a large supply of fat stock at to- day's market, and good prices were realised. Best beef made 7d per lb., mutton 7d to 8d, and veal 6M to ga. Fat Scotch wethers made up to 54s each, and fat Welsh wethers up to 55s each. There was a splendid clearance.

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AGBICULTCUE IX NORTH WALKS. I read the brief .aiuusmcewusat in the *'Hera L! 0:1 Saturday, that Cour mi-mix-, is Intend to raise the question of the report of the Land Commissioners on the dwbato on the Queen's Speech. It w^iild. in my judg- ment, be ail advantage for them to initiate that discussion down here among their con- s:i:uent.s. Our Parliamentary representa- tives are exceedingly quiet and modest, on tihe land question. Are they waiting for seme one TO give them a friendly lead The press WLJ. be taking the "business cut of tiheir hands if they do not hurry forward. After the foregoing wa^ sent to the "Herald" Office, I heard that Mr Ellis was to speak on the land question at Barmouth. Tnere is little doing in the agricultural liVc-rld, and aniens there is something mere important; io write about than. I find to-day I shall ask you to kindly excuse IDt) siext ■weak, wh^n we shall all be a-holidaying over the great Christian festlrral. The weather on Sa;:urday was only-a continuation cf our previous experiences, but on Simday There •was a salutary change. The rain stopped, the wind blew in the' gentlest of zephyrs, and the sun came out brilliacitly and alto- gether i: was very pleasant. Fat stocks sales are ever everywhere. At St. Asaph, Mr Frank Lloyd realised some remarkable, prices for stock fruro Air Pratt, of Brvnllithrig. A buyer who represented the Prince of Wales gave between E40 and £ 50 for several animals which came under the hammer of this enterprising auctioneer. At Meld, where Mr J. E. Davies held his ^fteenth annual cattle show and sale, the en-tries comprised 120 cattle, 600 sheep, 450 pigs, and. 35 calves. Thehilkling was brisk, and the whole uf the stock changed hands at highly sati-factory prices. Cattle sales are becoming highly popular with farmers and butchers, and it is same- •whatt surprising that with the exception of St. Asaph, Meld, Wrexham, and Rosseitb, there an pear to be no other sales established in North Wales—aD leas)- I can call no other yardn to mind. Mr Frank Lkvo. has re- cently extended operations to C'rewe, where ha has held a) series of highly successful sal-es in a commodious yard adjoining the railway station. Your readers may be interested to learn the opinion of the "Fie-J.d" on tho Welsh Nt'c-ck at the Smitlifield Club Show, in London. In says;—The Welsh cattle are steadily advancing in their early maturing capabilities, and this week's collection was one of very high merit, the exhibits being all of a good marketable description. Col. H. Plaits was, as usual, very (successful, taking first in both the steer classes. Fur steers not exceeding threS" years lie led with Will, -who headed his class ati Birmingham, and, scaling 15c wt. Oqr. 3lb., gave a daily gain cf 1.931b. He was true in shape and won- derfully ripe. Mr W. E. Oakeley again came second with a smart steer of good quality. showing little waste, and giving a daily return of 1.891b., while the Hon. F. G. Wynn's, third winner, added 1.831b. daily, and weighed 16|cwt. Col. Plato's winner in tho class for oxen under four years was the fine bullock Dick, that headed the Butchers' Class in Bingley Had- Weighing 18cwt. 3qr. 41b. at 3 years 1 month 19 days—1.831b. daily— It e was •wonduiully accurate in shap? w::h abrupt p.l.eTiim-c-na' depth of rib and quarters, and an excellent covering of firm meat. He easily won "he ofed cup. Tli-3 second, a.so a good! three-ye&r-old, but exactly 4cwt. lighter, came from the same herd, while Mr R. Hughes received the reserve oaffd. Two of three exhibits in the cow or heifer class* came from Mr R. M. Greaves'a herd, and they left, only the reserve card for Mr Hughes's useful heifer. The leader was. a very prott.Y-heifer. nicely rounded in her rib, and creditably finished. Sea.ling 41b. over T6cwt., she had added 1.751b. per day, and was rightly placed reserve for the breed cup. A smart, eow filled the second place. The check which .the rise in the price of wheat, after continuing unintemtptedly, for 13 weeks, received a week ago, has been ac- centuated, and the fall of &1 per imperial qr. in the official average for England and Wales in the first, week of December has "been followed by a further decline of 6d in the second1 week, the result being tliat at 32s 2d per qr. the average has fallen back to that < f mid-November. After so prolonged an advance, a moderate fall, amounting to la 2d per qr. for the last fortnight, may (says the ''Times'') fairly be regarded as a healthy reaction. The quantity of Ehflish wheat which, has been returned as sold at the 196 scheduled markets of England and Wales sijice the new crop hegan; to come forward for sale now exceeds a million quarters.

LIBERALISM IN ARVON. MR HERBERT LEWIS, M.P., OX HOMiK RULE ALL ROUND. On Wednesday eveiling, a meeting of Liberals was held at Clwtyboail, 'and was well attended. Tire chair was token, by the Rev D. H. Williams, and among those pre- sent were Mr Herbert Lewis, the (member for the Elint boroughs, and Mr William Jones, the member for Can a r vo; i.siu re.—The Chairman having opened the proceedings with a brief address, Mr Herbert Lewis followed, and was ac- corded a veory hearty reception. He dwelt at some length on the impotence of Parlia- ment owing to the overpreasure of work. Let them look facts fairly in the face. They hoped and believed, notwithstanding the enormous power which vested interests wielded in this country, that at the next election the present majority of 150 would be replaced by a majority strong enough to put a Liberal Government in power but that Government would soill be dependent upon the votes of 80 Nationalists, and1 that would mean the introduction of '3. Home Rule scheme. If that W{oS carried through the House of Commons, the L^rds would cer- tainly throw it out. The Liberal party could not again pursue the policy uf "ploughing the sands" it would have to apneal to the country against the L-crds. Assuming them to be successful in that appeal, which would mean another general election, the country must authorise the- Libel/al party to abolish the veto uf the House of Lorcls-ct House which did not contain one English or Welsh Nonconformist or one representative of the working classes. But they should remember that this would be no eajsy task. The two questions he had mentioned—Heme Rule for Ireland and the House of Lords—.were t.wo of the most importaait that had ever been raised! in the history of the country. They wo-uld not be detemnine,d quickly—not with- out yeara of conflict. Some appeared to be of opinion that when those two questions lrad been settled the progress of Liberal fetgi si allien wOIuildi be ;cc tmpUra 'ive-ilNI easy. But what would the position of Wales be? Liberal measures could no lcciger be mas- sacred and mutilated in the House of Lords but Wales was only a small portion of the British Empire, and undeii the present system of legislation they had only one Parliament to supervise the interests of the Empire and to legislate far every portion elf the United Kingdom. The consequence was that, owing to lack of time, it would be im- possible under the- present system to obtain for a very long time to come legislation upon the questions in wtbioh Wales was vit.ally in- teres'ted. He did not blame any political partv; he simply blamed the system which overloaded tire Imperial Parliament with legislative and administrative work. The re- medy lay in a large measure of devolution (applause). The first question of the next! Parliament would he Home Rule. None of tho three jKcrties into which Nationalist Irishmen were unfo>ramately divided would give, QT could afford to give, the first place to any measure prior to a .measure of Home Rule for Ireland. And they were quite right. But it was well that they should dis- cuss in good 'time how the difficulties insepar- able from the measure of Home Rule for I Ireland alone were to he overcome. Soane i attempt was made in. the measure of 1892 to J get over them, but the English electorate re- jected the plan. One of the' three courses must be taken—either the ^exelu-sion of Irish members for all purposes cr their inclusion for all purposes, or an "in and out" system, which wo,uld admit theim for certain nurposes and exclude them for ethers. The first j system was condemned on the ground that it would lead to separation; the second, be- cause it would be unfair to allow Ireland to interfere in British business while Great Britain would have no:'right to meddle with Irish business the third plan was dismissed as impracticable .and as leading to endless confusion. 'But the Liberals of Scotland, and he believed of Wales ahe, thought till ere wa.s a more excellent way—namely, that one general principle should be applied "all rOllwl." Ireland had earned the right to the first, place, but he believed that. Ireland would find it infinitely easier to ohhiuthe measure she desired bv to tihe Q-enoral ap- plication of the principle of Homo Rule. TInt. at all events, was the only chance thev had of carrying Welsh reforms within a reasonable time. Scotland was eager for Home Rule. Mr John MorJey's election turned upon it, and he declared it to be "the question of questions. Lord Roseiberv had made at Cardiff an emphatic pronounce- ment in favour of Homo Rule for Scotland and Wales. After the defeat of 1886. Mr Glad-'Vue r.iro us hint<: in the same direction, but Wales did not see the importance of their bearing. Some charge in the present legis- lative system was bound to take place. The Pnriia.mentn.rr woifc of the Empire was car- Tiod fin by the machinery which was in use a century ago. During that space of time the Ffmpire had anermsed cnnrmious-lv in me. and the United! Kingdom in population, and the Legislature came every year into closer touch with the social life, of the pemde. I More was expected of Parliament now than in the paist, but the power of Parliament to keep mce with those demands was decreas- intr. Tho present Parliamentary system in- flicted gr-nt and continuous; hardships on W ales. Not only was ehe unable to obtain the legislation on which she had sett her heart, but measures that were hateful to her were being forced upon her. Their duty, therefore, was to oppose such measures to the uttermost, and. while doing m, to tatke every opportunity in nnd out of Parliament to emphasise the rationality of Wales, so t that, when the time came to make the in- evitable change, in the Parliamentary system, Wales would obfiin the rierht of settling her own domestic afF-ib^ (applause). Mr W..Tones also spoke, and, a, vote- of confidence in him was unanimously passed. confidence in him was unanimously passed.

THE PENltHYN DISPUTE. The dat3 for the proposed conference be- tween Lord Peirrhvn and a deputation re- presenting the -workmen has not yet been fixed, and inquiries have failed to show that any -arrangements have been completed. It is difficult to say upen whom the re- sponsibility for placing the facets before the Labour Department of the Board of Trade rests. Mr E. A. Young, the chief manager, clainia tint he was in no way to be held responsible, ncr was Lord Penrhyn, who is for a time away ifrom Penrhyn Oil ,I visit to some friends. A concert in aid of the relief fund was held at Carnarvon c Saturday night, under the presidency of Mr Owen Jones, Green Bank. In the IPicton (Lecture Hiati, William Brown-street, Liverpool, 011 Saturday eve- ning, a benefit concert was also given. There was -a, very large attendance. A contingent e'f the famous Penrhyn 'Male Voice Party (prize-winners at the World's Fair, Chicago), rendered several choruses, glees, and songs. Tenorydd Infryn, Tenorydd y Bryniau, Mist? Annie Hughes, Mr John Henry, R.A.'M., Madame Einilie Mowll, Mi^s Kate Meredith, Miss Ivatie Williams, illiss Maggie Evans, and Mr Syb Owens, also took part—all gra- tuitously. Mr Llew Wynne was the acting manager. A concert was given at the M'oss Skh' Schoolroom, Manchester, on Monday night and was a great success. The Bethesd* MaJ Voice Party were in good form, and can several part songs to the entire satisfactio of those present. jilus S. Ellis also contr buted solos, and nvas equally successful. TI- Rev AV. occupied the cha.ir, and r marked that the lairge audience in front him testified to t'lie stare of public opinic regarding the strike. A gratifying feature the meeting was the impromptu collectio: I which resulted in the sum of JB15 ben raised. This, with other contributions whi are expected to foLow, and the sale of t kets, will probahf.v b0 increased to R30. All over the country, the demand slates lead- to "(1w' opening of old quarri A Pembrokeshire eorrejJiponden'ji writes Slafte quarries Oil an extensive scale h< receiuiwy been re-c-per.ed on the north side Voel Dvrch, one of the hills forming i Prewelly range, in Penubro-kesbire. 1: colour of the '.slatesi is silver grey, and th quality is said by experts to be "cihc 1J ever known." The detmand already i.!? ormous, and the Tyrch quarries lidd fair become the most noted slate quarries in Prinicitpa-iity. Tlw oh!'ef manafger is Thiaman D'avic^. Ll-niclycliwen, Whitlac We understand -hat 500 or 600 men in a, weeks will be constantly employed.

THE LATEST XgWS. X'Jtbing has transpired durisig the w towards tha setrlement of this dispute, from inquiries made as we were going press, it seems •everything is at a, stand: waiting for the- initiative cf the Board Trade. DEATH OF JlK W. f TAYLOK MORGAN. The death took place, on Monday, at narvon, of Mr W. F. Taylur Morgan, so: Dr^Iaylor Alorga.n, J.P., who 'practised ■suhofeji' at Pei-Jhrrc, Woiee;itc;rsiiQne.. The funeral, which -was private, took j: <•11 '1 intrsday. The ohicf mourners were Taylor Morgan (hnher), Dr H. T. Ma and Mr G. T. Morg.in (broJiers"), Sir L elvii Turner, Me-srs George and! Wil Farren, C. A. J. H. Bodvei-Rob A. Bodve-i-Robeits, P. Pieten Jones, Rev J. W. Wynne- .Tun-?s (vicar). Rev I ely-n Williams. Dr .T. Williams. The ui 'inkers were Messrs Morris and Davies.

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