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| CRICKET. • ) POP.TMADOC v. PWLLHEILI. This match was played: on the Recreation Ground, Pwllheli, on Saturday. Portmadoc, winning the toss, were not dismissed before they had made 119. Of these, D. Williams scored 38 not out, and D. Breese 24. Pwllheli were got rid of on the stroke of time, the last marl being bowled by the last ball which could be sent down. I Portmadoc: D. Breese, c Parry, b C. Lloyd 6 R. Li. Evans, c Lloyd 4 I). Morris, c W. A. Hughes, b Walters 0 D. Roberts, b Lloyd 6 D. Jones, b Walters 8 R. H. Williams, b D. H. Williams. 10 T. Jones, c Walters, b Lloyd 5 0. P. Griffith, b D. H. Williams 7 D. Williams, not out. 38 T. Llovd, b Lloyd 9 D. LI. Hughes, c Walters, b Lloyd 1 Extras 13 Total 119 Pwllheli: J. W. Evans, b D. Jones 3 W. A. Hughes, b D. Jones 13 C. Llovd, b D. Jones 14' D. H. Williams, run out 0 W. C. Davies, b D. Jones 15 j A. Ivor Parry, run out 5 E. Freeman, b D. Jones 6 E. T. Waters, c and b D. Roberts 7 F. E. Young, b D. Jones 3 H. A. Jones, not out 0 Linton Jones, c R. Ll. Evans, b R. H. Wil- hams 7 Extras 14 | Total 87 LLANDUDNO v. LLANRWST. The fixture between the above clubs was played at Llandudno on Saturday. On the whole, the weather was very favourable, but the spectators on the ground were few and far between. The game was a drawn one, but on first innings' play there could not be much doubt as to the success of the local team if time would allow for playing out. Dr Mure took three wickets for two runs, and Mr Bolton six for 28 runs. The score of 96 by Dr Mure (not out), included 17 fours, one threes, three two's, and 15 singles. The third wicket fell for 101 runs. Llandudno's total for three wickets was 221 as against 67 for the eleven wickets of the visiting team. The following are particulars of the scoring:— Llanrwst: H. Wood, b Bolton 5 C. Popham, b Bolton 0 j F. J. Byrne, c Sub, b Conolly 4 Paul Knight, not out 31 J. Jenkins, b Bolton 14 J. C Cosens, b Bolton 0 T. Owen, c Woodhead, b Bolton 3 B. Hayes, b Bolton 4 J. II. Jones, b Mure 0 n. Williams, b Mure 2 E. Davies Jones, b Mure 0 Extras 4 Total 67 Llandudno: W. H. Rollason, b Knight 65 A. Halstead, b Jenking 14! Captain Kelly, b Knight 20 J. C. F. Conolly, not out 31 Dr Mure, not out 96 T. Hughes, F. E. Woodhead, ) G H. Wood, F. Y. Walker, I did not bat. E. Jones, and Bolton J Extras 5 I Total for three wickets 221

I LLANDUDNO SCHOOL BOARD. I THE EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF THE TOWN. AX INTERESTING DISCUSSION. WEDNESDAY.—Present: Mr T. W. Grif- fith (presiding), Mr J. S. James, Mr Roger Wil- liams. Mr John Roberts, Mr E. E. Bone, and Mr R. Bellis (clerk). THE CRAIGYDON SCHOOL.-A letter was read from Mr H. Parker stating that Mr G. H. Humphreys the architect of the above school, was away on his holidays, and that it would be better to leave the plans of the new school until his return, when he would speak to him about arranging for a special meeting.-—The Chair- I, his return, when he would speak to him about arranging for a special meeting.-The, Chair- man Mr Beliis will bear in mind that a special meeting is to be called.—The Clerk: Yes.—Mr J. Spinther James called attention to the fact that- the structural alterations yet to be carried out at the board schools should be completed; during: the holidays.—The other members con- curred. and the clerk was directed to speak to I the architect on the subjct. THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL ON THE ORME.—The cierk submitted the correspond- ence between the board and the Education De- parment- with regard to the proposed new schools on the Great Orme. They were approved, and on the motion of Mr J. Spinther James, printed on the motion of Mr J. Spinther James, printed copies were ordered to be sent- to the Duke of Devonshire. Sir John Gorst. M.P., Mr William Jones. M.P., and Mr Samuel Smith, Jf.r. Mr Bone asked what they were for. Are Jiev to be asked for a subscription, or something (laughter).—The Chairman: Mr Bone is only joking.—The Clerk Why not send copies to all the Welsh members.—Mr James: It would not be a bad i-dea,The suggestion was adopted. AN APPLICATION FOR AN ADVANCE OF SALARY.—A letter was read from Miss Evelvu Jones, an assistant in the boys' depart- ment, stating that she had made an application for an advance of salary, through the chairman in March, but had yet not received a i-epiv — The application was adjourned until the hk'. meeting, on the motion of Mr Joan Roberts, seconded by Mr IC. E. Bone. COUNTY SCHOLARSHIPS.—A letter was read from Mr J. Archer Thompson, M,A., stating that the annual examinations would take place soon. Hitherto, they had been held at Conway, but he believed that if the board were to offer the use of their big room, thev would be held at Llandudno.—Several of the members pointed out that. they had had plenty of holi- days already during the year.—Ultimately, the matter was referred to a. committee with power to act. ( THE EDUCATION STATUS OF THE TOWN.—The Chairman observed that it was a great pity that their children did not iake more j delight in the scholarships examination. They had all read the stringent remarks of the Rev H. Barrow Williams at the education conference at Conway. He maintained that ;fie parents of children did not push them on as they should. —Mr J. S. James All the objects of the parents, it would appear, is to get the children out of school.—Mr J. Roberts Working men cannot pay the high fees prevalent.—Mr J. S. James But there are scholarships, Mr Roberts. -A-li- E. E. Bone There are many working men who can afford to pay JB5 3s a term.—Mr John Roberts Not many.—The Chairman At Aber- gele and other places, I find that tyqe fees for the term are only JB1 10s.-)fr J. Roberts That is half what they are at Llandudno.— Mr J. S. James Don't you think that Liandudno people shouiu take more active interest in educational matters ?—Mr Bone pointed out that some of them had taken land or else they would not have had a County School at all.—Mr Chamberlain All our Elementary Schools are very backward in that respect.—Air J. S. James They have no ambition in that way.—Mr Bone That is what Mr Barrow Williams stated.—The Chair- man I believe that he made the same obser- vations from his pulpit on a Sunday evening. —Mr E. E. Bone All our schools pass well, but the scholars do not go ou.Mr J. S. James That is the question—to go n. Take the num- ber they had in their fifth standards.—Mr John; Roberts Llandudno is a place where great temptations are offered to children.—A Mem- ber Yes, if a child is offered a few shillings a week, he is immediately taken out of school.— j Mr-J. S. James: That is the evil. Poor dis- j tricts are more forward in education than any. That is .he reason why Cardiganshire turns out so many scholars.—The Chairman They turn out many parsons there. I believe.—Mr J. S. James Yes parsons of all "sorts.—-When Mr ] W. M. Jones (the headmaster of the boys' de- partmentj came into the room with his report, h? was asked by the chairman how many boys ha' rained scholarships from his school.—Mr s W. M, Jones: Three, I believe.—Mr J. S. 1 James There were two last year, were there ( not?—Mr W. M. Jones: Yes, sir.-The Chair- < man Any going in for scholarships this year ? I' —Mr Jones: One.-The Chairman: What is the cause of the difference, Mr Jones?—Mr s Jones They will not work.—Replying to the -< chairman, the Headmistress of the g'irls' depart- ment (Miss Jones) stated that girls did not care i for the scholarship examinations .—The matter 1 then droppe

jSOKTIi WALES TEACHERS' UNION. ANNUAL MEETINGS AT DENBIGH. THE NEW EDUCATIONAL COMPROMISE. The annual meetings of the North Wales Dis- trict Union of Teachers were held at Denbigh, on Saturday. In the forenoon the teachers' con- ference took place. Mr H. A. Tilby, of Rhyl, presided at the opening of the meeting, in the absence of Mr Bumell, of Criccieth, the retiring- president, from whom a telegram was read. Mr T. Thomas submitted revised standing orders, which were agreed to. Mr Tilby then formally installed Mr J. Cadwaldr, headmaster of the Slate Quarries Board School. Blaenau Festiniog, in the chair as president of the Union for the ensuing year. The Mayor of Denbigh (Coun- cillor A. Lloyd Jones), and the Town Clerk (Mr J. Parry Jones) attended as a, deputation from the Denbigh Town Council, and the Mayor gave the Union a, very cordial welcome to the town. On the proposition of the President, seconded by Mr Roberts, of Holyhead, thanks were accorded to Mr Burnell for his services as president in the past year. The President, in his presidential address, said thc-y met on the threshold of a new educational er" Thanks to the noble Union of which they were members and to such enlightened education- ists as Messrs Yoxall and Gray, Sir G. Kekewich, and Sir J. Gorst, the period of em- ancipation had arrived, and they had now in operation a Code of deliverance (applause). He wns sure they rejoiced to think that at last the teacher's vocation was regarded as a noble art; and was not the teacher himself, under proper conditions, the noblest of artists, for he worked on surfaces infinitely more delicate than canvas or the photographic plate? (applause). The changes now about to take place imposed in- creased responsibilities. Now that the teacher was free and trusted it was his duty to rise to the level of the occasion and demonstrate that he possessed that broadmindedness and originality essential to the new condition of things, so that in future the schools of the country might serve their legitimate purpose. Education and not teaching was the chief work of the schoolmaster. Training a pupil to find out one fact in such a way that he thereby gained the desire, as well as the power, to obtain more was a better result than teaching facts for the purposes of examina- tion. Technical skill was absolutely necessary, but more culture was needed, and that from the very start, and they were pleased that the educational authorities in many localities in Wales were awake to the necessity of this cul- ture, and were at present striving to evolve schemes for the adequate instruction of pupil teacher candidates in the county schools (ap- plause). It was not too much to expect the future candidate to remain in the county school until he was at least 16 years of age, by which time he would have passed, or be prepared to pass, either the senior examination of the Central Board or the Welsh maaiculation examination, and in his opinion no one should be articled as a, pupil-teacher until he had passed one of these examinations. He should then be attached to an elementary school for two years, with the object of receiving instruction in the science and art of his profession. The weakness of the schemes already in operation was that no pro- vision made for continuing the pupil- te" oner's academic instruction at the county school (hear. hear). All this worked to the dis- advantage of the pupil-teacher, and often pro- duced adverse criticism of the system, when re- sults are reviewed. It was hardly fair for them severely to criticise and condemn a system, which was necessarily imperfect and in its experimental stages (applause). Rather let them give the secondary school a fair chance in the matter by insisting that the pupil-teacher should receive all his academic instruction at the county school. There should be no division of responsibility or break of continuity. It was only in this way that the pupil-teacher should continue his educa- tion and "utilise his two years' apprenticeship in the best possible manner, by preparing for his intermediate examination. He would thus be able to enter college on the strength of his qualifying examination, namely, the senior certificate of the Central Board, or the matricula- tion examination of the Welsh University, and to complete his degree during his residence as a normal student (applause). Having thus laid the foundation they might justly look to the colleges to provide n, more liberal course of train- ing than had been the case in the past, especially in the subject of education. They would then be able to trust less to the haphazard training of experience and environment, without at the same time providing for sound, special training in the problems and processes involved in education. This was necessary in order to avoid useless ex- periments and false theories. Without it the teacher could not enter upon his profession with a definite conception of the true aims and pro- blems of education (applause). In presenting the .seventh annual report, Mr W Tegarty, hon. secretary, congratulated the District Union on its continued increase in num- bers. Last year there were twelve associations with a membership of 495. This year there were 14 associations with a membership of 566 (applause). The council were sorry to note that very little interest was taken in the election of teachers' representatives upon the senate of the North Wales University College under the new regulations. This was shown by the fact that there were no candidates in one county, and only two counties had lady candidates. It was hoped that when the next election took place each county would have a full complement of repre- sentatives. Having referred to the conferences in Carnarvonshire and other counties with re- ference to the training of pupil-teachers, the report expressed the hope that all members would closely watch the development of the schemes and guard the interests of the pupil- teachers, and the profession generally. It was again to be deplored that the executive election had gone by without the North Wales candidate being returned upon that body, and it was hoped that before long one-membered constituencies would be the order of the day, and then the executive would be the richer by a, member from North Wales (applause). Mr Tilby submitted the financial statement, showing a small balance in hand, and the ac- counts and report were adopted by the meeting. Mr Tegarty moved the following resolution in support of a, petition to the Board of Education instituted by Mr Marshall Jackman, the pre- sident of the National Union :—"This meeting views with extreme satisfaction the opinion ex- pressed by Sir John Gorst, in the debate on the Education Estimates that the capricious and un- justifiable dismissal of teachers engaged in State- aided schools may be prevented by a. Minute of the Board of Education. As the widespread prevalence of insecurity of teachers' tenure of office seriously militates against the efficiency of the schools and the educational interests of chil- dren, and the evil having been accentuated by the establishment of a. compulsory superannua- tion scheme for the teachers, the Government are earnestly urged to issue at the earliest op- j portunity a minute dealing with the question" (applause). The motion was unanimously adopted. Mr 0. Roberts, headmaster of the Park Board School. Holyhead, was elected vice-president, and Messrs Tilby and Tegarty were re-elected treasurer and hon. secretary respectively. Mr H. Bedford, of Abergele, and Mr Fred Rees, Trefnant, were appointed hon. auditors. It was unanimously agreed that next year's annual meetings should be heltl at Cohvyn Bay. Mr J. H. Yoxall, M.P., in the course of an address to the conference, urge1 that the mem- bers should, if they honoured their profession, support as well as they could the benevolent and orphan funds of the Union. As to the power of the Union in assisting members to resist in- justice, he referred to the case of the Birkdale schoolmaster who W11", by a majority of one, lismissed. A member of the Union was tempted to resign his membership aius to take the dis- charged headmaster'* place, a plum in the pro- fession. All the other teachers resigned in a body, and the board we l e now in the position of being unable to carry on the school while they retained the services of the teacher who had been :empted to take that course (applause). The dis- missed headmaster sickened and died, but the remainder of his lift was supported by the Cnion, and his widow and orphans had received n generous measure pecuniary support from the Union (applause). He hoped that in Wales school boards would not put themselves against :he great organisation of teachers without just jause — (applause), — for the Union never championed an unjust case. In this Parliament. ivhiie other forces were practically at a stand- dill, the teaching profession had made great strides, as was instanced by the Superannuation ict, the Voluntary Schools Act, and the Indigent school Boards Act. There was nothing in eason the profession could not obtain from the Board of Education and Parliari ,t if they were strong, united, and wise (appliuse).

PUBLIC MEETING. In the afternoon, a public meeting was held, < at which the Bishop of St. Asaph presided. There was a large attendance of teachers and the general public. The Bishop of St. Asaph, in an opening ad- dress, said he recognised with pleasure and thankfulness how much had been done for the position of the elementary teacher by the exist- ence of that Union (applause). It was a matter of thankfulness to^-see the duties, the respon- siuilities, and the position of the teachers in the elementary schools Clearly defined, to enable them to secure that independence which ought to be accorded to every profession, and these results the teaching profession owed to the Union, which now probably exercised greater power than ever before in elementary education in England (applause). It was a very great thing that a profession of their importance should have the stmiegth which came with cohesion. Managers were not always wise or considerate, and it. was well they should know that there was a power which would call them to book (applause). Then it was certainly ad- vantageous to the Board of Education that in framing their codes and regulations, thev should have upon them the expert eye of the National Union of Teachers. Hence it was not too much, to say that the Union was an awe to the mana- gers and a guide to the Department itself (ap- plause). Dr Edwards went on to remark that, as an old schoolmaster himself, he could not but feel that in many respects the elementary schoolmaster of to-day was in a better posi- tion than the teacher in public schools. They had the Union to stand by them, and they had drawn their pen through all examinations (ap- plause and laughter). He had never known the power of the Union misused, except perhaps in one instance—he did not refer to anything in that neighbourhood,—but he would say, with all friendliness to the Union, "Take ca.re you do not misuse you power" (applause). If they threw their arm of protection over a. bad case, they might save the particluar man, but they would do irreparable harm to the Union. The people of England were tremendously independ- ent. but if they felt that the Union was doing what was not just, they would rise up, and when they rose up they meant business (applause). As a multi-manager, and as a friend of the Voluntary Schools, and a believer in their work, his great desire was to see them in the van of educational efficiency (applause). He would be very sorry indeed to be a supporter of schools which were in any way a drag upon the educa- tional efficiency of the country at large (ap- plause). Any help which would make the Vol- untarv Schools more efficient from that point of view would, he was sure, be welcomed by their best friends (loud applause). Mr W. S. Roberts, Bodfari, moved, "That this meeting views with regret the unsatisfactory state of the attendance in the elementary schools ot North Wales, and calls upon the Government to remodel the law, dispensing with the present authorities, appointing new, ones and stipen- diary magistrates to try the worst cases." Mr T. Thomas (Llanrwst) seconded the mo- tion, which was carried. Mr C. Dodd (Wrexham) moved, "That this meeting heartily approving of the system of 'block grants,' regards the reduction to schools that have previously received more than 22s a head from the Board of Education as a retro- grade step. It is also oj opinion that in places where it is inadvisable to establish higher ele- mentary schools, managers of existing schools should pave the privilege of forming tiieir upper standards into an upper section, to receive grants at, the same rate as higher elementary schools, should the numbers in those standards admit of such a. course." Having been seconded by Mr 0. Roberts (Holyhead). this proposition also was carried unanimously. Mr J. H. Yoxall, M.P., who was received with cheers, said the meeting would join him in thanking the Bishop of St. Asaph for his pre- sence and wise words. His criticism was wel- would say the Union recognised that while it comed and appreciated. In reply he Cj 1 wa.s excellent to have a giant's strength it was tyrannous to use it like a giant (applause). The officials of the Union sought to secure the maxi- mum of justice and beneficence with the mini- mum of friction a.nd error (applause), üe was glad to be upon the platform with Mr Clement Edwards, who had rendered inestimable service in the cause of education itf general, and in arousing the country to the abominable condL tion of the half-timer in Lancashire and York- tion of the half-timer in Lancashire and York- shire in paritcr^ar (applause).The speaker also ¡ alluded to the presence on the platform of Mr L. J. Roberts, her Majesty's inspector of schools, whose selection for that district three years ago had been amply justified (applause). In politics a Liberal and a. Nonconformist of the fourth generation, the speaker had! cocne down on that occasion to North Wales to plead for a better treatment of the Voluntary Schools, and to urge that the time was ripe for a new com- promise upon the question of elementarv education (applause). In this country, they had started to build the edifice of secondary and technical education at the garret. Such schools were useless unless a regular supply of students who could and would take advantage of them could be secured. The whole scheme of educa- tion, as compared with that of Germany, was keyed down a full octave, with the result that the chiidren were badly prepared. The reason was (1) irregluar attendance while at school (2) the children's short school life, and (3), the fact the-v could' nofc depend in any given part of the country upon having a thoroughly sat- isfactory elementary school. War, conquest, ^tension of power, were in the air. tf7TSLinSUlar TTit oi the An&lo-Saxon and £ I1,™' °r g°°d 0r for m' ceasing to be, and the man in the street in the future ■would hear and think a great rW more about foreign ajfairs, Ld than his grandfather dij He foresaw grave dangers ahead for the ueonle of Po»-eCr°u"a extension ft M-lmoZt! consciousness of power. It +1 than ever important, therefore that the democracy, who, in the last resirt decidel the democracy, who, in the last resirt decidel pOiH.1Ca questions and policies, should be able in it dlscreet and -i-xS61 ner, and that, therefore, thev should reconsider the position and condition of their svstem of elementary schools (applause). If under the tTKTTro°f 18?'° ,h?'V COuM to get a proper education that would lead to T1 secondarv education, wiser rvl gni'SP' a ,per knowl<>dge, and a i e[. oeciMon upon these L're^t and trrave questions- that the democracv of the future and indeed of the present, had to solve. then'that compromise was out of date. Surely, then. the wisdom or the people of this country, whose ZtSrn*ki 7 in compromise, could arrive at an allocable workable agreement, upon the new condition of things, if they would take the trouble to do so (applause). It would have to be a compromise. A wholly clerical system of education would never be allowed to obtain in tnis land, while, on the other hand, they might e perfectly certain that no political power would ever extirpate in this land the idea of denominational education. The case of France proved that, and as a Liberal and Nonconform- 1st he would infinitely prefer the condition of things m this country to that in either France or Belgium. The amazing success of the British races was due to their special capacity for ar- riving at working arrangements. Why not apply tnat habit and that tendency towards the question now before them? (applause). The condition of Voluntary Schools was a tottering one. It gave the greatest anxiety to their friends, caused the greatest an- noyance to their teachers, and the schools were inefficient in many cases from lack of funds. If rate aid were to be given to those schools it must be in return for adequate representation upon > the managing committees of the body which gave the aid, and thace must be a proper public audit of the accounts of the schools to see that all money in aid was spent upon the] schools and nothing else. What were the diffi- < culties which seemed to spoil the whole thing? One was that of the head teacher's religion. i As to that, he felt that owing to the prepon- i derance of Church of England schools and train- ) ing colleges in the past, the bulk of certificated masters and mistresses would be, for another 1 generation or two, members of the Church of ] England. If anybody would suffer in this matter it would not be the clergy but the | teachers themselves", but he felt that to obtain I a new compromise, and better conditions for ( the Voluntary Schools, the teachers would sacri- 1 fice their own views upon the point very largely, 1 and would take their share in the compromise, f (applause). The clergyman who was an auto- crat in his school must give way, and the Board School supporter who had hitherto refused to allow public money to go to denominational schools, would have to give way also. He felt that 0 five or six picked and typical men could, sitting y round a table, evolve a, workable scheme for a ° new compromise, which would meet the demands of the time (loud applause). J + Mr Clement Edwards, the Liberal candidate for the Denbigh Boroughs, delivered an interest- ing address upon the work of the Union, and upon some pressing educational problems, such as that of child labour. In opening, he raised a cheer from the highly-amused audience by re- marking that as the Bishop would probably be exercising an effective veto upon some of his proposals in another place in the sweet by and by, he did not desire now to anticipate that veto in his lordship's capacity as chairman of that meeting. Later ors, Mr Edwards observed that, being in a kind of chrysalis state, he had not touched upon the more controversal aspects of the education questions, but he would have the opportunity of doing so when he became a full blown politician butterfly (laughter;. He recog- nised the seriousness and importance of educa- tion upon wise lines, in order to counteract that absence of thoughtful, reassuring, and careful judgment, which was to some extent now seen (loud applause). Mr L. J. Roberts, who was very cordially greeted, moved, and Mr Tilby seconded, a vote of thanks to the Bishop and speakers, which was carried by acclamation. In the course of his remarks Mr Tilby expressed disappointment that the Bishop had not been able to make the pronouncement that in the diocese of St. Asaph, at any rate, the diocesan examination should be a thing of the past (loud applause). The Bishop of St. Asaph, in responding, said he was sure Mr Clement Edawrds would forgive him if he did not follow him in his political re- ferences. However, while he believed that every butterfly had been a chrysalis, he did not know that every chrysalis became a. butterfly (laughter). He had never heard the important- question dealt with by Mr Yoxall approached in a more admirable spirit, or from a wider point of view (applause). He could say cordially that he had never heard. anything which had filled him with greater hope for the education future than had the words of Mr Yoxall that afternoon. The Voluntary Schools were working under the greatest difficulties, and the National Society asked the people to increase their subscriptions. He did not think that increase could come (ap- plause). These things hit Church- people in two ways. In a parish where there were Board Schools the Churchman had to subscribe to his Voluntary School and pay his school board rate. That was hard as between man and man (ap- plause). If the Churchman was living in a parish where there was no school board he had to subscribe to the National Schools justly, generously, and continuously, and other people than he, much better off, in the parish did not give a penny. That, again, was not fair (hear, hear). In the parish where there was only a. National School—there were a great many of them-he had always felt that the parishioner who did not like some of the teaching in the National School had a grievance—(applause)— and he considered that if he asked for the re- moval of his grievance he must to be ready to remove his neighbour's grievance (applause). The Voluntary Schools must have more money, and if they had that those who found the money must have representation (loud applause). Per- sonally he was ready to welcome representation —he had always been so (applause). As to the religious difficulty, he franlily felt that it was very much exaggerated (applause). They would have to dispense with the manager who looked upon the schoolmaster as his "gwas bach"—(ap- lause),—and also with the man on the country school board who considered that because a. man was a Churchman he naa no right to have a con- science (loud applausej. They must be ready to meet this question in a broad spirit, and he be- lieved Mr Yoxall would find a very much larger body of opinion in favour of compromising in the Church of England than without, and that the time was ripe for a fresh compromise. Mr Tilby had thrown two or three flies, but he (Dr Edwards) dia not think that he ought to rise to them that afternoon (laughter and applause).

HE LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. On the 17th March, 1899, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a guest of the Windsor Hotel, in the city of New York, walked though the great parlour on his way to the front of the room, where he hoped to get a view of a procession which was passing. Taking a cigarette from his pocket, he lighted it, and threw the still burning match carelessly from him. It fell into the lace curtains of a large bow window and Get them in flames in- stantly. In less than an hour the roof collapsed, and by five o'clock the magnificent building was a heap of ruins, many lives perishing with it. Now this is only a prelude to a little story, and how well it fits we shall see presently. The man whom it concerns tells it himself—straight awav he tells it, without ornament ore specula- tionj It was in the spring of 1887," he saysj" that I began to feel dull, heavy, and tired. The life and snap were gone out of me. I had a bad taste in the mouth, my appetite was poor, and I tended to retch and throw up what I ate. After meals—small meals though they were—I had an awful pain and weight at the chest. I soon became weak and emaciated. Often when I got half way to my work I felt so weak and trembly that I turned about and went home again. After two years of this sort of thing, I gave up work altogether. I could hardly fÂp or rest, and every morsel I swallowed hurt me. I sufferefl so badly with palpitation of the heart that I thought I should die. My breath- ing was so Bhort they ha.d to pron me up with pillows for fear I might suffocate. I "Then, dropsy set in, and my legs, feet and body were so much swollen I had to have my clothing let out. I was unable to wash or dress myself, and had to be helped in and out of bed. For three years I passed most of my time in bed, and for over five years I could just make out to crawl across the room. As month after month went slowly and miserably by (that is, to me), I only got weaker and gave up all hopes of being well again. I was so wretched that I often wished I were dead. All my relatives and friends thought I was in a consumption, and, therefore, surely booked for the other world. Doctor after doctor treated me, and dosed me liberally with cod liver oil, but I was no whit the better tor it. I went to the Guinea. Street Hospital, and the doctors there said there was no hope for me. A physician from Bedminster told me he was sorry to say I would never di any more work. He was wrong, but he prophesied according to his lights. In this condition—half in the world and half out of it—I went on until May, 1894. "Then my brother-in-law, Mr Ford, of Clut- ton, visited me, and made a strong point of my trying Mother Seigel's Syrup. I had no faith in that or in anything else, but, to please him, I got this medicine from Hodder's Stores, and began taking it. In a few days I felt decided relief, which gave me some confidence in it. I kept on using it, and was soon able to eat well with no trouble to follow. "From this time I slowly but surely gained strength, and looked straight ahead—never once behind me. Of course my final recovery was gradual—I was so complete a wreck. In a little time the dropsy disappeared, and did not return, I grew stronger daily, and was at length able to get about for the first time in eight years. I am now in the best of health, and in my business as traveller often walk twenty miles in a day. I can eat anything, and my stomach has not a word to say against it. I tell my wondering friends and neighbours that I was cured by Mother Seigel's Syrup, and but for that I should be under the turf. The proprietors of this great and powerful remedy are at liberty to publish my statement, and I will freely reply to any inquiries as to my case." Luke Wride, 8, Bristol Place, Bryant Hill, St. Georgo, Bristol, December 20th, 1898. Why did the Windsor Hotel burn so quickly when so diminutive a thing as a flaming match touched the window lurtains? Because it was 1 tinder box, a dried and combustible death- trap Why did Mr Wride have so many ail- ments and come so near dissolution from the small symptoms which first appeared ? Because ais blood was already poisoned by the products jf chronic indigestion. Moral:—Let us build fire-proof houses to live n, and keep our bodies clean and strong by the frequent use of Mother Seigel's Syrup.

n CRITICISM OF WELSH BISHOPS. A REMARKABLE LETTER. The "Western Mail" publishes a remarkable letter, written by a Welsh clergyman to Lord Salisbury, protesting against the policy of ap- pointing Welshmen to Welsh Sees. The name of the writer is not published, but the "1ail" says it has proof that the letter is a, genuine one, and that the writer is a Welsh beneficed clergy- man. Lord Salisbury, through his secretary, has simply acknowledged the receipt of the com- munication. In the course of the letter the writer says — "My Lord,—I humbly beg your Lordship to allow me to call your attention to a subject 01 great importance to the Church in Wales and to the Welsh people generally. Among the W els.h inhabitants of the Principality there has always existed a, warm sentiment in favour of retaining the Welsh language as the exclusive language of the people. This sentiment, unfortunately, has not remained in a state of inactivity, but it has brought forth an abundant crop oi fruit, which has proved to be most disastrous in more ways than one to the Welsh people themselves. I wish to confine my present remarks to the disaster it has-brought upon the Welsh Church. The late Mr Gladstone knew well of the ex- istence of this sentiment in Wales, and the first occasion he was called upon as Prime Minister to appoint a bishop over a Welsh diocese he ap- pointed the late Bishop Hughes to the See of St. Asaph. Succeeding Prime Ministers have only too faithfully followed the example then given by Mr Gladstone, so that they also have ap- pointed Welshmen to the bishoprics of the Principality. I desire at present to prove .0 your Lordship, by two most substantial and solid reasons, that the appointment of ordinary local Welshmen over the four Welsh dioceses is a cruel injustice to Wales generally and to the clergy of Wales particularly. "My first reason in proof of the above allega- tion is connected with scholarship. When we turn our eyes behind to look a short distance to the past we find that the four bishops of the Welsh Sees were liigldy distinguished men- profound thinkers, celebrated scholars, eminent divines, grand theologians—in fact, the brighest intellects of Oxford and Cambridge. The bis- hops reflected their lustre upon the Principality. and made it famous in the sight of the whole kingdom. There were giants in Wales as bis- hops in those days, men of renown, distinguished sons of our great- universities. But how stands the case now? Since Mr Gladstone, in a moment of weakness, hearkened to the voice of Welsh sentiment and appointed ordinary Welsh- men—the first of them was an alumnus of Lam- moment of weakness, hearkened to the voice of Welsh sentiment and appointed ordinary Welsh- men-the first of them was an alumnus of Lam- peter College bishops have deteriorated in a most wonderful degree. Our bishops at present are only ordinary men—mere pigmies in com- parison with the giants of old. Many of the clergy in the Principality are in every- way superior to our present bishops. We have greater divines, more illustrious scholars, and more distinguished orators, both within and out- side the Established Church. The clergy receive glory no longer from their connection with the men who have been raised above them to the chief offices of the Church. If this were all it would have been bad enough, but instead of the connection between the clergy and their bishops bringing honour and glory to them it rather brings humiliation and disgrace. The clergy are made to suffer from the inferiority of their bis- hops. There are at preserjt men of eminently scholastic attainments among the Nonconform- ist bodies, and the clergy are frequently reminded by their Nonconformist friends that many of their ministers and adherents are better scholars than our bishops. This fact they are bound to admit, for such is, undoubtedly, the case. Practically, the knowledge of the vernacular is no longer required by our bishops. I do not mean to deny that there are not a few parishes in which Wales predominates, but this is no reason why the bishops should know Welsh, for there is a Welsh suffragan, and there could be more, which could satisfy every requirement of the kind. It is simply ridiculous to appoint in- ferior Welshmen as bishops for the sake of con- firming a few dozen men and women in the Welsh language. "My second reason for not appointing loottl Welshmen as bishops in Wales is connected with patronage. It would, be impossible for Prime Ministers to have any special "knowledge of the rectors and vicars of the Welsh Church there- fore, in order to save themselves trouble, they would look for eligible candidates among our schoolmasters, naturally thinking that men in their position as teachers would have obtained some distinction as scholars. I have not a word to say against schoolmasters as schoolmasters, but there could not have been a greater mistake than to imagine that, schoolmasters would make successful bishops. They have not had any ex- perience as parish priests. They know nothing about the trials and the difficulties of the ordinary clergyman. They cannot enter into the feelings, nor offer any encouragement, nor give any kind of consolation to the man performing ministerial work. Schoolmasters spend most of their lives among young men and boys, and as such they are called upon almost daily to correct, to censure, to exercise discipline, and to punish their pupils. Schoolmasters have been so long accustomed to this kind of work that it has be- come a part of their very nature. When, there- fore, a schoolmaster is elevated to a bishopric his ignorance of the work is almost complete, and he must either depend upon the advice of other irresponsible, and frequently, if not generally, unscrupulous persons or commit mistakes every day of his life. When a bishop who was pre- viously a schoolmaster comes in contact with his clergy, many of them exactly as he treated his late pupils, as mere schoolboys, and his presence among them often becomes extremely ridiculous and contemptible. I should like to state, in the most emphatic manner possible, my opinion, which has been arrived at gradually, and has gained strength by degrees, and confirmed by the experience of half a lifetime in the ministry, that schoolmasters, of all men, are the most unfit to superintend a diocese." After describing the competition for episcopal appointments in Wales and the conduct of the successful can- didat-e., the writer proceeds:—"This, my Lord, is not far from being a correct picture of the Church in Wales in the present day, and this state of things is, undoubtedly, the reason that respectable young men do not seek Holy Orders at present as in the past. There is a clique in the Principality, the members of which are men of influence, who do their utmost to get their friends appointed to the Welsh sees, and whose chief object is to reduce the Welsh clergy to one dead level of absolute slavery. This clique has been successful in the past, much too successful for the good of the Church, and it is to be hoped that the schemes of this clique will not succeed in the future. The chief power in the hands of r the bishops is the power of patronage. It is freely acknowledged by ail men conversant with the subject that the present system of patronage is rotten to its very foundation. It has become a scandal to the Church, and it is greatly to be feared, unless prevented by a speedy reform, that it will bring about the destruction of the Church I as by law established. It is to be sincerely hoped that your Lordship, under the guidance of Divine Providence, will be the glorious in- strument to bring about a thorough reform in the Church and establish representative boards of patronage in every diocese, and I venture to predict that future generations of Churchmen will ever call you blessed. "Your Lordship would naturally draw a con- clusion from this letter that the writer is an Englishman residing in Wales and a hat-er of Welshmen and their language, but I beer to anticipate this conclusion by stating that I am myself a Welshman, have the care and am rector of a Welsh parish, and preach every Sunday in the W elsh language. However, I freelv confess that I am thoroughly disgusted with" the ap- pointments of ordinary Welshmen as bishops, and from long experience I ought to be able to form a correct opinion, and my undoubted opinion is that the Welsh Church will never flourish under rulers like those we have at pre- sent. I wrote to your Lordship once. to thank you for the appointment of a certain bishop. I beg to withdraw those thanks entirely at pre- sent. I was under the impression at the time that the selection was one,.of the best under the circumstances, but from wnat I have seen since [ am afraid that the said appointment will prove 1 calamity for the Church."