Rhyl Journal

ST. ASAPH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The fortnightly meeting of the St. Asaph Board of Guardians was held on Thursday.— Mr R LI. Jones (Chairman) presided. There were also present Messrs Gwilym Parry (Vice- Chairman), Thomas Evans, John Kerfoot, John Roberts, Abergele Robert Davies, J T Parry, Bettws Pierce Hughes, Denbigh W S Roberts, Bodfary Edwin Morgan, Tre- meirchion John Lloyd, William Williams, Henllan G F Gunner, S Perks, Rhyl Rice J Williams, Dyserth John Williams, Cwm Thomas Lloyd, Trefnant; Robert Davies, Prestatyn J D Jones, St. George T Howes Roberts, Miss Bennett, St. Asaph and Mr Charles Grimsley, (Clerk) The Master's Report. The Master reported that the number of inmates on the last board day was 127 admit- ted since 4 discharged 14 remaining in the house this day 117, corresponding date last year, 133—a decrease of 16. Vagrants relieved during the past fortnight 77, corresponding period last year 79—increase two. Music for the Inmates. Mr Jones further reported that on Saturday, March 22nd, the Rhyl Town Band drove to the house in a brake, and, under the conductorship of Mr David Owen, discharged a programme of music for the enjoyment of inmates and officers. The music was thoroughly enjoyed and the inmates desired to convey their thanks to the Conductor and the Band for the treat. He (the Master) added that if the Chairman would pardon him saying he thought that that gentle- man had had a hand in bringing the band to the Workhouse. The Vioe-Chairman moved a vote of thanks to the hand, the conductor, and the chairman for their united kindness. This was seconded and unanimously carried. The Chairman in returning thanks said that he had very little to do in the matter. He happened to be at a concert some short time ago where the band were performing. They expressed a desire to come to the House to give a musical treat to the inmates, and were prepared to pay for their own conveyance. In reply he said that the Guardians and all would be glad of their kindness. The Meat Contract. -The Contract Committee Impugned. Mr J D Jones, said that before the business of the Board was proceeded with, he would like to ask for a little explanation, as to the circum- stances under which the tender for the supply of meat had been accepted at the previous meeting. The contract committee had sat previous to the meeting of the last Board to consider the tenders. He believed, at any rate he had been told, that the committee first recommended the acceptance of the tender by a butcher from St Asaph at 5^d per lb. But a member of the Board sent a telegram to a Denbigh butcher who was the old contractor to ask if he would reduce his price from 6d to ojd. The Denbigh butcher telegraphed back that be would, and the contract was let to him. If that was so, it was a shame and a dis(frace to the contract committee. He would°like some information on the matter. Mr Robert Davies said that this was a very seiious charge, and it ought to be investigated. The Chairman said that in one respect Mr Jones was wrong. He did not admit that he was right in other respects regarding this question. As a matter of fact the committee had not in the first instance recommended the acceptance of the St Asaph bntcher at but that of the Denbigh butcher at 6d, as he was the original contractor. Mr G F Gunner There was a reason for recommending that the tender of the Denbigh butcher should be accepted. It was stated that the St Asaph butcher could not deliver the meat at the proper time. Mr J D Jones I understood that the lowest tender had been recommended. The Vice-Chairman said that all he did-for they all knew that it was he who had sent the telegram was to save a farthing in the lb. to the ratepayers. Thecommittee had accepted Mr Davies tender at M per lb already. But as he had heard some complaints that the highest tender had been accepted, he (. telegraphed on his own initiative to Mr Davies asking if he would accept oifd. Mr Davies telegraphed back Ves." Th;tt was after the committee accepted his tender for (id per lb. Mr J D Jones said he begged to thank Mr Parry for his explanation. His information, which was from hearsay, was evidently wrong. Mr Thomas Evans thought that too little time was given to the consideration of tenders. A day ought to be devoted to the business. The Chairman said that the committee had had considerable experience in these matters. They sometimes found that when a lower price was quoted, the article supplied was not so good. In this case it had been stated that Friday was Market day in St. Asaph, and Wednesday in Denbigh. Now they would not like to have meat sent in to them that had been hanging a week in the summer months. Mr T Howes Roberts having ascertained who the Saint Asaph Butcher was said that Mr Henry Jones supplied meat every day in St. Asaph, as the customers wanted it. Mr Rice J Williams hoped this incident would be a lesson. They all knew that some times there was a difference of Is 4d a Ib in the quality of meat. In this case he thought it had been decided to accept Mr Henry Jones' tender subject to his being able to supply the meat at the required time to the House. He hoped there would be no repetition of this sort of thing, otherwise it would be no use tendering for no new contractor would have a chance. The matter then dropped. The Proposed New infirmary. A letter was read from the Local Government Board acknowledging an intimation from the Board that Col. Hughes was prepared to selll land subject to the usual conditions for the' proposed new infirmary in connection with the Workhouse at E80 per acre. The Board above desired to know what the usual conditions," were and how much land the Board proposed purchasing. It was decided that two acres be purchased. Resignation of the Cook. A letter was read from the cook, resigning her position in the House, as she had accepted a situation in Liverpool. It was decided to accept the resignation, and to advertise for another cook. Laid on the Table. A letter from the Town Clerk of Gateshead in reference to the Rating of Machinery Bill, was ordered to be laid on the table, as was also another from the Inebriates Reformation Asso- ciation, enclosing a copy letter from the Home Secretary in reference to the power of Guardians to contribute towards the maintenance of poor inebriates.

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Notable People of Flintshire and Denbighshire. TO THE EDITOR. IR,-I venture to hope that some of your readers may be interested in a few notes on some of the notable people that have been connected Umes Counties of Flint and Denbigh in past Ainongst the eminent scholars of Tudor times we san* ho names of William Salesbury, of Llan- v° £ aTa1d Llanrwst. the translator of the Welsh AsaDh esf ame.nt; ^'chard Davies, Bishop of St WnSam m SlatCi }he WeIsh Prayer Book William Morgan, Bishop of St Asaph, translated edited thp „ ft,e '■ ^'°hard Parry, another Bishop, in whi^ Ll °r,Sed Wel8h versi™ of the Bible John I)av?JaS by hia brother-in-law, Dr Welsh Dicfinna t^erres» author of a Latin- bury, of DolbelidT, author ry SalC3' Humphrey Llwyd, of Foxhall, Denbigh, Tho represented the borough in I™ j" ?• History of Wale^y'L^doi'of" /,|T' 'if David Powell, Vicar of Ruabon in 'i f to Sir Henry Sidney, the Lord of the' completed Humphrey Llwyd's History of Wales and wrote Annotations of Giraldus Cambren,io'" Gabriel Goodman (1528-1601), Dean of Wes't minster, founder of Christ's Hospital and of the Grammar School at Ruthin, where so many of our most distinguished scholars have been educated, and his nephew, Godfrey Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester, who contributed to their endowment. The Salusburys are a noted Denbighshire family Sir Thomas SaJsbri greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Blackheath, and was knighted by Henry VII. (died 1504) his grandson, Sir John Salsbri, Knt, Constable of Denbigh Castle in 1530, and afterwards Chancellor and Chamberlain of Denbighshire, M.P. for County Denbigh in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Mary, [died 1578; he had two sons—John, M.P. for Denbigh in 1554, who married Catherine de Beren Roger, married Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Clough, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who married her cousin, John Salsbri, of Bachymbyd, and was mother of that stalwart Royalist, Colonel William Salabri, who held the Castle of Denbigh for Charles 1. two months longer than any other fortress in the kingdom in 1641 he was known as Salsbri'r Hosanau Gleision (blue stockings). His son Charles built the present house at Bachymbyd in 1666, inherited by his daughter Jane, who married Sir Walter Bagot, of Blithfield. Richard Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh Castle in the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, whose monumental brass is in Denbigh Church, had celebrated sons William, sea captain and poet, under Lord Thomas Howard saved the English fleet from destruction by his skill and prowess in the Azores in 1549 he published a Welsh metrical version of the Psalms in 1603, and the" Barddoniaeth," or Art of Welsh Poetry in 1593. Thomas, fourth son, became Lord Mayor of London, and purchased Chirk Castle. Charles, fifth son, succeeded his father as Governor of Denbigh. Hugh, sixth son, was the most eminent. He brought the New River from Anwell to London 1 to supply it with water. This great work, which has been of lasting benefit to London, ruined its Jprojector; all the recompense he received being the honour of being attended at its opening by King James and his Court and Corporation of London, among whom was his brother, the Lord Mayor Elect, Sir Thomas. Sir Hugh was M P for Denbigh in 1603-14-20-23-25-28, and presented silver cups to the Corporations of Denbigh and Ruthin, being a burgess of both towns. Sir Thomas Myddelton, of Chirk, left a son, Sir t Myddelton, who fought for the Parliament and besieged his own Castle of Chirk when it was held for the King in 1664. Catherine, daughter of Tudor ap Robert of Berain, the beautiful heiress, a cousin and ward of Queen Elizabeth, is another well-known name. She left so many descendants that she is called "MamCymru." She married- I.—John Salsbri, of Lleweni, M.P. for Denbigh in 1554, by whom she had I.—Thomas Salsbri, beheaded 1,587-Mar. garet, d. of Morris Wynn ol Gwydir. II.—Sir John Salsbri, Knt., the Strong M.P. for Denbigh 1600, d. 1613— Ursula, d. of Hen., 4th E. of Derby. III. -Elizabeth- Owen Brereton of Bore- sham, Sh. of Denbigh 1581-8. II.—Sir Richard Clough of Plas Clough, and Maenan Abbey, a native of Denbigh, who rose to such eminence that as rich as a Clough," passed into a proverb. He with Sir T Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in London. IV.—Mary Clough of Maenan Abbey- W Wynn of Melai (ancestor of Lord Newboroueh). V.—Anne Clough-Roger Salsbri of Bache. graig, from whom Mrs Piozzi, and Sir S Cotton, Lord Combermere, were des- cended. III.—Morris Wynn of Gwydir (as his third wife), whose son by another wife was the well-known Sir John Wynn, the Antiquarian. VI.—Edward Wynn of Astrad-Blanch, d. of John Van, of Blaen y coed. VII.—Jane Wynn—Simon Thellwall of Plasyward (from whom Sir W W Wynn is descended). IV.—Edward Thellwall of Plas y ward (as his third wife), Catherine died 27th Aug., and was buried at Llannefydd, 1591. The Mostyns of Mostyn and Talacre are another famous family frequently mentioned in our history. Henry Earl of Richmond when conspiring to over throw the house of York, was concealed by Richard ap Howell of Mostyn, and once narrowly escaped capture by a party attached to Richard III, which came to Mostyn to take him prisoner, w, y and he only escaped through a small window which is still called the "King's hole." Richard ap Howell joined Henry at the battle of Bosworth, and after the victory received from Henry VII, the belt and sword he wore on that day, which were long preserved at Mostyn. He married Catherine, d. of Sir Thomas Salsbri of Lleweni, and had two sons, from whom are des- cended the two families of Mostyn of Mostyn and Mostyn of Talacre. Another remarkable family are the Dolbens, of Segroit. Segrwyd Park, which lies in the commote of Cinmerch, in the Lordship of Denbigh, was given by Henry VII, after the battle of Blackheath to Robert Dolben for his service at Blackheath and his voyage to Exeter with two noblemen upon his own cost with horses, a gaunt of certain lands in Seroyth"; his grandson, Robert Dolben of Segroyd, was Recorder and Steward of the Lord- ship of Denbigh under Sir Thomas Salusbury of Denbigh, and was father of David Dolben, Bp. of Bangor. Archbp. Dolben also belonged to this family. I send tnese notes hoping that some of your readers may have portraits or relics of these people io their possession which they would be willing to lend to the" Flintshire and Denbighshire Histori- cal Exhibition," to be held in the Town Hall at Rhyl on April 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 1902. MARY WILLIAMS Bodelwyddan. (Organising Secretary).

THE r l EDUCATION BILL EXPOUNDED. (From the Manchester Guardian.") Mr Balfour's speech did not do justice to the text of the Education Bill. It almost seems as though his brief was drawn up for him upon some earlier draft of the measure. He left out reference to the deputising and delegating ar- rangements necessary for the scheme to work. He did not inform the House of Commons that the accounts of Voluntary schools were to re- ceive public audit, or that the Voluntary school aid grant, now allotted bv committees of clergy and churchwardens mainly, is under the bill to go to the local authorities. He overstated the power of highly denominational parents to obtain a highly denominational new school. The fol- lowing abstract of the effect of the salient and principal clauses in the bill will enable the reader to gain a coherent and adequate conception of the proposals of what is a complex and far-reaching measure Clause I.-The Council of every county and of every county borough is to be the local educa- tion authority for higher (and if it pleases) for elementary education. The council of a borough of over 10,000 or of an urban district of over 20,000 population shall be the local education authority for elementary education. N.B. Either this is out of harmony with Mr Balfour's speech or it is an error in drafting. As it stands it means that while a county borough council "may" become the elementary school authority and absorb the school board, the council of such a non-county borough or urban district must," and possesses no such option. Clause 2.—The local education authority may apply the whisky money, and rate, money to not more than 2d in the pound (or more on the con- sent of the Local Government Board), to supplying or aiding education other than elementary- that is, evening school, organised science school, technical school, grammar school, and polytechnic work. Clause 3.—The council of a non-county borough or urban district (of the size already mentioned) may also spend on similar purposes up to a penny rate. Clause 4.—A council shall not require that any particular form of religious instruction shall or shall not be taught or practised in any school or college which it provides or aids. But in such school or college a (non-boarding) day or evening scholar shall not be required to attend or abstain from attending any Sunday school, place of religious worship, religious observance, or in- struction in religious subjects in the school or college or elsewhere, :and the times for religious worship or any lesson on a religious worship or any lesson on a religious subject shall be conven- iently arranged for the withdrawal of any scholar therefrom. Clause 5.—By resolution a council which is a local education authority may decide to assume the control and the duties of providing elementary education. (The resolution must be adopted at a meeting of the council held after one calendar month's notice of the motion.—Schedule 1.) Clause 6.—Where this is done school boards (and school attendance committees will be abolished. Clause 7.—All schools (Board Schools) provided by the local education authority shall be managed by managers appointed by that authority (as is now the case with board schools in London and Nottingham), and schools not provided by the authority (Voluntary schools) shall be managed by their committees as amended by the bill. Clause 8.-(1) The authority shall maintain and keep efficient all public elementary schools (Board and voluntary) within their area which are necessary (so that an unnecessary school may be discontinued). In the case of Voluntary schools the following conditions are made (a) The managers shall carry out any directions by the authority as to the seculiar instruction in the -,chool. (b) The authority shall have power to inspect the school and audit the managers' accounts. (c) The managers shall not appoint teachers from whom the authority witholds its approval, but its approval shall only be withheld on educa- tional grounds. (d) The managers shall out of private funds (not State aid or rate aid) keep the school fabric in good repair and make alterations and improvements reasonably required by the authority. (e) The authority may appoint such persons as they think fit to be additional managers, so that the persons thus appointed if more than one, do not exceed one third of the whole. (2) Any dispute on the above provisions between the authority and the managers to be decided by the Board of Education. (3.) The aid grant now payable to managing com- mittees of Voluntary schools to be paid to the authority in aid of the expenses incurred by them under this part of the Act." Clause 9.-If a local authority or set of private persons propose to provide a new public elementary school they shall give public notice of the proposal. The managers of any existing school or the autho- rity themselves (when not making the said pro- sal) or any ten ratepayers in the area for which the school is proposed may, within three months of the giving of the notice, object to the Board of Educa- tion that the school is not required or that a local authority school or a denominational school would be better suited to the wants of the district than the school proposed. If the Board of Education decide against the proposed school and it is never t,he less provided it is to be treated as unneces- sary "—that is, it would get no grant. Clause 10.—In determining whether a school is necessary or not, and in deciding upon an appeal in case of a proposed new school, the Board of Elucation shall have regard to (a) the interest of secular instruction (b) the wishes of pareuts as to the education of their children (c) the economy of the rates. But a school actually in existence should not be considered unnecessary if the chil- dren in average attendance number not less than thirty. Clause I].-The Board of Education may cause a defaulting local authority to carry out its duties (by means of a mandamus). Clause 12.—A council as local authority may itself alone raise a rate or borrow money for school purposes, but as local authority in other respects must act through a committee. This committee must be instituted according to a scheme proposed by the council and approved by the Board of Education. Any such scheme should provide- (a.) That at least a majority of the members of such committee shall be selected and appointed by the council and (b) For the appointment by the council, on the nomination (where it appears desirable) of other bodies, of persons of experience in education and of persons acquainted with the needs of the various local kind? of schools. A scheme may provide for a separate education committee for any area within the county, or for a joint education committee for any area formed by a combination of counties, boroughs, or urban dis- tricts or parts thereof. If a scheme has not been framed and approved within tv/elve months after the passing of the Act the Board of Education may make a provisional order for such a scheme. Clause 12.-(6) In Wales and Monmouthshire any county governing body under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act, 1889, shall be the education committee under this Act unless any other scheme is proposed by the council for a county or county borough. Clause 13.-The expenses of a council under this Act shall be paid (in a county) out of the county fund, and (in a borough) out of the borough fund or rate, and (in an urban district) as expenses under the Public Health Acts. Provided that- (a) The council may charge expenses in con- nection with a secondary school or college on the district served by the institution and (c) Charge any capital expenditure on elemen- tary school on the parish or parishes served by it; aud (d) Raise any expenses to meet the liability of a transferred school board on the rates of that school board district. Clause 13.-(2) All receipts of a school (Board or voluntary) except voluntary contributions to the cost of the fabric are to be paid to the local autho- ri tv-that is, the grants by Government to Voluntary schools are to go to the education committee. Clause 15. -The authority may depute any of its powers in respect cf the control or manage- ment of any school or college to the council of a county borough, or of a borough, or a district, or a parish by arrangement with it. A non-county borough or urban district authority may at any time after the passing of this Act relinquish its powers under this Act to the council of a county. Clause 18.—Elementary school shall not include an evening school under the regulations of the Board of Education. Elementary instruction, with certain statutory exceptions now existing, shall be limited to schooling given under the Education Code up to 15 years of age. Clause 18.-(5)-An authority may make pro- vison for the supply of non-elementary education through institution outside their own area lause 20.-The Act does not apply to Scotland, Ireland, or London. It shall come into operation on different days to be appointed by the Board of Education for different areas and different pur- poses, but not before March 26, 1903, or not later than twelve months after that. 8chedule 2.-Provision is made for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities of prior existiDg authorities and for transfer of officers to the new authority or compensation to an officer whose office is abolished. There is a long schedule of Acts or parts of Acts to be repealed. to be repealed.

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THE CHAPELRY OF ST ANN'S. NEW DISTRICT FORMED. The following Order in Council" has just been published Whereas the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have in pursuance of the Act of the eighth and ninth years of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter seventy of the Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her said late Majesty, chapter ninety-seven and of the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of Her said late Majesty, chapter fifty-five; duly prepared and laid before His Majesty in Council a representation, bearing date the sixteenth day of January in the year one thou- sand nine hundred and two in the words and figures following that is to say :— We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for En- gland, in pursuance of the Act of the eighth and ninth years of Her late Majesty Queen Victora, chapter seventy, of the Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her said late Majesty, chapter ninety-seven, and of the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of Her said late Majesty, chapter fifty-five, have prepared and now humbly lay before your Majesty in Council the following re- presentation as to the assignment of a consolidated chapelry to the- consecrated church of Saint Ann Rhyl, situate within the new parish (sometime dis- trict chapelry) of Rhyl in the county of Flint and in the diocese of Saint Asaph. Whereas at certain extremities of the said new parish of Rhyl and the parish of Rhuddlan in the said county and diocese which said extremities lie contiguous one to another, and are described in the Schedule hereunder written, there is collected to- gether a population which is situate at a distance from the several churches of such new parish and parish respectively. And whereas it appears to us to be expedient that certam contiguous portions (being the portions containing the population aforesaid) of the said new parish of Rhyl and the said parish of Rhudd- lan should be formed into a consolidated chapelry for all ecclesiastical purposes and that the same should be assigned to the said church of Saint Ann Rhyl situate as aforesaid. Now, therefore, with the consent of the Right Reverend Alfred George Bishop of Saint Asaph as such Bishop and also as the patron in right of his See of the vicarage of the said new parish of Rhyl and of the vicarage of the said parish of Rhuddlan (in testimony whereof he hath signed and sealed this representation) we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, humbly represent, that it would, in our opinion, be ex- pedient that all those contiguous portions of the said new parish of Rhyl and the said parish of Rhuddlan which are described in the Schedule hereunder written, all which portions together with the boundaries thereof are delineated and set forth on the map or plan hereunto annexed, should be united and formed into one consolidated chapelry for the said church of Saint Ann Rhyl situate as aforesaid and that the same should be named The Consolidated Chapelry of Saint Ann Rhvl.' We, therefore humbly pray that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to take the premises in- to your Royal consideration, and to make such Order in respect thereto as to your Majesty in Your Royal wisdom shall seem meet. "The SCHEDULE to which the foregoing Representation has reference. The Consolidated Chapelry of Saint Ann Rhyl co.-nprising 11 1. All that portion of the new parish (some- time district chapelry) of Rhyl in the County of Flint and in the diocese of S'lint Asaph which is bounded upon the east, upon the south-east and upon the south by the parish of Rhuddlan in the game county and diocese of Saint Asaph, upon the south-west, by the parish of Abergele in the county of Denbigh and in the said diocese of Saint Asaph, and upon Lhe remaining side that is to say upon the north-west by an imaginary line com- mencing upon the boundary which divides the said parish of Abergele from the new parish of Rhyl aforesaid at the centre of the bridge which carries the Chester and Holyhead Branch Line of the London and North Western Railway over the river Clwyd and extending thence north-eastward along the middle of the said line of railway for a distance of two miles and a half or thereabouts to the boundary which divides the said new parish of Rhyl from the parish of Rhuddlan aforesaid. 11. And also all that contiguous portion of the .J 'I parisn ot Khuddlan which is bounded upon the west by the said new parish of Rhyl upon the north by the Irish Sea. upon the east by the parish of Dyserth in the said county of Flint and in the said diocese of Saint Asaph and upon the remain- ng side that is to say upon the south by an imaginary line commencing at the point where the footpath leading from the house called Pydew to the house called Rhydorddwy-fawr leaves the boundary which divides the said parish of Dyserth from the said parish of Rhuddlan and extending thence south-westward along the middle of the said footpath for a distance of fifteen chains o? thereabouts to its junction opposite the said house called Rhydorddwy-fawr with the road leading from Dyserth to Rhyl aud extending thence generally westward along the middle of the last- mentioned road for a distance of fifty-three chains or thereabouts to the point where it meets the boundary which divides the said parish of Rhudd- ° ^he new parish of Rhyl aforesaid." And whereas the said representation has been approved by his Majesty in Council Now, there- r 18 by and with the advice of Hj8 said Council, i8 pleased hereby to ratify the said representation, and to Order and direct that the same and every part thereof shall be effectual in law immediately from and after the time when this Order shall have been duly published in the London Gazette pursuant to the said Acts and His Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased hereby to direct that this Order be forth- with registered by the Registrar of the said diocese of Saint Asaph. A. W. FitzRov,

LECTURES FOR THE PEOPLE. The last of these lectures was delivered by Professor R W Phillip3, M.A., of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, in the Town Hall on Thursday, March 27th, on The Vegeta- tion of the Sea," the chair being taken by Mr R LI Jones, C.C. The Chairman said he did not intend making a formal speech, and as Professor Phillips was the first of the University Professors to lecture in connection with the course he needed no introduction. Mr Jones thought the lantern views a great help in following the lectures, and would have been glad if they could have been introduced all throughout. He then went on to say that the site of the North Wales College had been decided, and Bangor would retain the College. The L-cture Committee were in hopes that next year, with the suitable building which would by then be avail- able, they could invite as lecturers both Professor Ball and Dr Dallinger. Professor Phillips, in a most interesting lecture, drew attention to the fact that the marine vegetation on shore was quite in- capable of supporting the animal life in the sea, and that no vegetation could exist at a depth of 2,000 feet below the surface. An expedition had been sent from Germany with a view of finding out what existed on the surface of the sea, with the result that myriads of minute plants and animals had been found, which formed the food of small marine creatures, which in turn constituted the food of many fishes, which became the prey of more voracious fishes. Speaking on the relation of animal life to vegetable life the Lecturer said the prosperity of a country depended upon its vegeta- tion, and anyone examining the great productive areas would find they were regions of the most luxuriant vegetation. Certain marine vegetation which started on shore could continue to grow and survive generally after the stem or stalk had be- come detached, and they were drifted about on the surface of the ocean, such as the Gulfweed of the Sargasso Sea. A series of slides showed the wonderful adaptations of nature to keep the marine plants and animals floating in mid-ocean. Another important point was that marine plants contain that important green matter which converts mineral matter into organic living matter, and build up new organic substance. Upon these marine animal life large and small must ultimately depend for substance. To the Lecturer, Mr R Bromley proposed, and Mr Brodie Griffiths seconded, a hearty vote of thanks. Professor Phillips proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

EPITOl\I E OF NE\VS. Marseilles? is now in pnl"rpct. telephonic com- munication with London mid Manchester. All aiiniiiil dinner lins IIpPII established at the National Liberal Club to commemorate the name and work of Mr. W. E. Gladstone. Three Vatican officials charged with stealing £ 16,000 from the Pupsil Treasury are now being tried before the Tribunal of Rome. Mr. Marconi lias signed a. COil tract with the Canadian Government in connection with his operations in Transatlantic wireless telegraphy. As a memorial of their royal mistress, 600 set-. vants of the late Queen Victoria's household have endowed a bed in (Jlewer ConvMleHcent Hospital. At the Nice lawn tennis tournament Mr. Burke, of Nice, beat Mr. Fleming, of the Queeu's Club, London, and won the £ 100 prize. One of the late Lord Farnham's bequests to liis feklest son was the arrears of rent on his Irish estate. Christian De Wet, alias John Brown, has been sentenced to seven days' liurd labour at Stock- port for begging. "Alice Roosevelt is the name with which the German gnardship D2 has just been rechristened by the Kaiser. Eight howitzer batteries of the latest pattern are to be made at Krupp's Works for the Rou- manian Government. Nearly 1,300 fine mullet were taken at one haul by a Dover fisherman. Most of the catch was sent to London. Fifteen people. 10,000 sheep, 5,000 cattle, and 600 horses perished in the storm which recently swept over North Dakota. Sixty-eight cases of plague have occurred at Sydney since the outbreak of the disease. Eighteen have proved fatal. M. Santos Dumont's airship which was wrecked last month at Monaco is being repaired, and will be exhibited in London on Easter Monday. King George of Greece, it is stated, is exerting all his influence to prevent the establishment of a gambling casino on the island of Corfu. Mr. Richard Croker continues, by means of frequent letters from Wantage, to keep active political control of the, New York Democratic organisation. The King has telegraphed to Professor Vambery congratulating the distinguished Hungarian pub- licist on the attainment of his seventieth birth- day. Six ex-convicts, whose sentonceF4 together amount to 190 years' penal servitude, are at present inmates of the Salvation Army Home at Killg's Cross, London. Brussels and Marseilles, 760 miles apart, will shortly be in regular telephonic communication with each other. Antwerp is to be included in the service. Six men have been drowned by a rush of water in the Cardigan Mine, at Ballarat. Three other miners, who dived and reached the shaft, were saved. Some 400 rifles, for which £6 apiece will he paid, are to be surrendered to the Americans by General Guerana, the Filipino insurgent leader in Samar. Colonel Grimm, the Russian officer now under arrest at Warsaw for espionage, has attempted to commit suicide. He is to be sent under escort to St. Petersburg. The cable steamer Anglia, engaged in laying the Pacific cable, has reached Doubtless Bay, thus completing the laying of the Australia-New Zealand section of the line. After stupendous effort, extending over20 years, and the raising of nearly EIOO,000, the restoration of the fabric of Peterborough Cathedral has now reached its final stage. The King will commence his cruise in the Vic- toria and Albert towards the end of next week, spending his time on the southern coast. She first few days will be spent at Cowes. A linife wound in a young French soldier's heart was sewn up with three stitches, and the complete recovery of the patient has now been reported to the French Academy of Science. Simultaneously with the meeting of the great durbar in June next a magnificent exhibition of the art products of the Indian Empire will be opened at Delhi. The steward of Fuad Pasha's household at Constantinople has been sentenced to 15 years' hard labour, and two other servants of the mar- shal to 10 years. A telegram from Buda Pesth Rays that Professor Vembery has received from King Edward a tele- gram congratulating him on the seventieth anni- versary of his birthday. A glassworker, of Stourbldge, jumped from the parapet of a Great Western Railway bridge and was killed. It is stated that for two years he had suffered from lead poisoning. The convention concluded on February 6th last between the Somali Coast Protectorate and the Imperial Ethiopian Railway Company has been ratified by the French Chamber. Instead of giving a banquet to the leading citi- zens on Coronation Day, as proposed, the Glas. gow Town Council has decided to entertain 120,000 children in the public parks, and dine 1,200 poor persons. A Royal Commission has been appointed to in- quire illto the charge against Mr. Dunsmuir, Premier of British Columbia, of misusing his offi- cial position in connection with the extension of the Canadian Northern Railway, I Germany's oldest army veteran has just cele- brated his 100th birthday at his home near Osna- hruck. He is a muster builder named Wellmayer, and joined the 13th ( Westphalian) Infantry Regi- ment; in 1822. A sealed envelope, containing an impeachment of Count Wacbtmeister, the Swedish Minister of Finance, was banded the President of the Second Chamber of the Riksdag by Herr Adolf Hedin, a Liberal member. A scarlet double-breasted "contpe." with silver epaulettes embroidered with the City badge, will replace the old single-breasted tunic in the new uniform prescribed for the lieutenants of theCity of London appointed after January 1st next. Germany's first lady student of pharmacy is Fi aulein Dora T'iescliel. After passing her final examination she intends serving an apprenticeship to a chemist before setting up in business for her- self.

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I RHUDDLAN. HANES YR HEN BOBL. Y XXVIII.—Syr, disgynodd fy llygaid ar y sylwadan canlynol, a draddodwyd Dydd Gwyl Dewi, yn St. David's. Liverpool, gau y Parch T Edwin Jones, Ficer St. Mary's, Bangor. Y mae yn debyg mai yn Gymraeg y traddodwyd hwy; ond yn yr iaith fain y darllenais i hwy What was their duty in relation to the Church ? They had an example iu their Patron Saint, who ptood out as the embodiment of the liberty and freedom of the Church of Wales. There was a time when the Church in Wales was a free and independent Chur h, embracing the whole of the people, and in etitir,) sytupathv the one with the other. This fret-iom was the breath of life to the Church, which, deprived of it, lost its power and influence. When W iles be-ame united to England the Welsh Church lost liberty. Attempts were made to clothe the Welsh in English garments church appointments were made to Englishmen the Government succeeded in imparting to the Welsh Church an English complexion, but at the expense of driving the people into Nonconformit where they codld retain the distinctive gar' race. Nonconformity had fiqnri..1 beoaase it had liberty to develoj vordiiij; to 4,n.-i spirit and temper of the peo < Toc*hU f"be (lovornment ,xw its inistalce, aL i-hop- ki ti es, the first WeNh Bishop for "l years," wr- appointed in 1870. The chal) pJlicy dueed had not yet sncceedet the nation the garments were tho E* .y, t 'b a voice was that of Jacob. The or P,,er ir Welshman should be to obta r th<> Churca of Wales the freedom, indt let ce, and self g'overnment which belonged t. i 8t David e time. Then would the Churc • Dot of i^e rich and great alone, but alsc .iie poor udJ hwly, und Wales would returr Ue inns of tbe Mother Church, And the Chu, in the hearts of the people." WI; i gvvro yua, ar y dde a'r aswy, yr wyf yn c J yn fay nion* gyrchol at yr i^glwys yn R; 'in. ot yr hanes sydd o fy mlaen, mae h) 1. i lavu--yo ol ein cyfrif ni felly-yn mynec ()1 i r Iwrdd^n 1250. 0 byny byd yn awr yi f n I. d yma chwech ueu saith ar u !di bod v gweinidognethu yma, a'i hwy fu yws oed.{ y Parch Thomas Wynne Edwar -k.-ism ,.n ag08 i haner can mlynecV.. Fe > ?!ir 03i bod lair blynedd ar ddeg ar hu 8iD o yr 8d.. v caweom, fel cenedl,iici. twyll ztn Edward r Cyntaf, yn yr hen E-iraament y Yr (,.jdw I, y dydd o'r blaen, yn darllen h vaiweiiai' y Prince of Wales a Manchester ciid ye dd* genyf weled y dprb,-i' k,' a gaf an jz a,QC y Whitworth Hall~ ^ii«j.d aid t vi hanes. Mi fnm yn l^eddwl—fe y u^eVuieddwl mor wibiog- pe buasa; y Tyw dyfod Rhuddlan i weled yr Iwghenaf, ,v-d ar fr hen fyrddin lie y catodd „ henafUid •„„t! mae ef ru ei wisgo yn awr: mi -yni,i yn ft vr with wsied y lie, a phe ba yn dig- ydd dyfod rr byn i:a d,J¡. wydd, mae yn debyg) mi fydde yr olwg ar e yn ddigon i greu amheuu-i i yn é f, ddw a gys* merodd yr hanes sydd am ( iao le yrua ai Yr wyf braidd yn sicr k amnair y buasai ef yn galw ( n w-th fy .le» dd d o Gaemarfon, y bydde 'i^y.v yabrya -hyfedd /n ein meddiannu am ysguba brwsi1 ,(-°/laah;iu* rhoi ein tai mewn trefn. G id wael -wi, y trat ei debyg yn tynu at ei d, I!, ac fell id Us yjia 0 r aristocrats '—gyda u i yn y t' yi v dosbaIth hwnw. Os digjv;, Id i ch i. 4 fawr, i berswadio y Tywysog i aros fl ryw ychydig (os byw fyd Lf) mi wnaf v -v. i gael golwg arno: y ma "jyr ldd" u hono, gan ei fod yn ymc1 gos yn detvg Ud Brenin rhagorol-oi byd! '.do fyw i w yr adeg hono pan y gelwir ef orsedd, One ofier, uid wyf am tagritbio,- f yn barnn yjgyd- wybodol fod llawer gorrr > goatau yn myned befo llawer o deuluoedd >allai fod y pethaa a wyddom yn well nag y 11 na wyddom. Y mae yn naturiol i ni f..dt-I ,an fod yr Eglwya ywa mor hen, ei bod wed; "jd trwy amryw o gyfnewidiadau, a phe bae y muriau yma yn gallu dweyd ei hanes, y byddat ganddynt gyfrolau o hanes dyddorol. Y mae yma hen furiau cedyrn, wedi eu sylsaenn ar glai soled unwaith yn fy oes i mae hi wedi myned drwy adgyweiriad trwyadl: te gafodd y to ei ddidoi, a'r llawr ei ostwng, a hyny tua'r flwyddyn 1868-9. Tro ffol, yn ot fy meddwl i, oedd gostwng y llawr; yr wyf wedi bod mewn llawer o lefyod i addoli yn fy oes, a i tynu ris neu ddwy y byddid yn arfer mvned ond yma i lawr ddwy ris. A dyma beth arall hefyd- i foddloni mympwy rhywrai, fechwalwyd llawer o lwcb ac esgyrn y saiut, y rhai oedd Redi eu rboi i orwedd mewn diogel obaith hyd yr Adgyfodiad; formed o beth oedd hyny, ond yr oedd y bobol litvvr yn gallu gwneud y peth a fynont mown lie fel hwn, heb neb yn dweyd gair yn eo herbyn. Os oedd roof newydd yn cael ei roi, a'r hen un yn rhy isel, yn ol fy mam ostyngedig i, ae yn bytrach nag ailonyddu ar lwch y saiut, gwell fuasai codi'r muriau ryw lathen. 0 ran byny, ooedd y roof ddim yn ryw isel; 'rwyf yn cofio amryw Coat of Arms' i amryw yn hongian wrth y roof, a golwg urddasol arnynt; y mae y rhai'n yn mhlith y pethau a fu, fel llawer o bethau it allwn eu henwi. Cof genyf glywed banes Gwyddel yn byw mewn ty lie yr oedd ei beft yn taro y to, a beth wnaeth o ond sincio y llawr, a dweyd fod yn baws myned i lawr nag i fynu. Wn i ddim ai felly yr oedd hi yma oi peidio; ond i ddweyd y gwir, yn fy meddwl i yr oedd yr hen tfasiwn yn well i addoli o lawer: eisteddleoedd cyfforddus, a phwlpud braf o hen dderw y wlad, a fienestri a'r haul yn cael taflu ei belydrau drwyddynt i sirioli yr addolwyr- nid fel y rhai sydd yma yn awr, na welwch chwi mo'r haul, ond Uuniau rhyw saint dychymygot wedi eu gorchuddio, ac oherwydd hyn yn gvineud y lie yn drymllyd i addoli. A ddaw y daillenydd yn ol hefo fi droa driugain mlynedd ? Mi wn fod amryw yn fyw a all dystio i'r pethau a ddywedaf: cof genyf i fy mam fyned a mi yn grwtyn i'r ysgol newydd, fel y byddid yn ei galw-a newydd oedd hi y pryd byny-a tbueddol fyddaf i'w galw felly eto. Peth rhyfedd yw arferiad. Mae golwg henafol iawn arni yn awr, yn enwedig ar asgwrn ei chefn. Un Mr Thomas Jones oedd yr athraw dyn a golwg difrifol yn ymylu at fod yn sarag nid wyf yn cofio i mi weled gwen ar ei wyneb, ac yr oedd yn geryddwr llym yn y fargen ond chware teg iddo, yr un fath oedd hefo'i blant ei bun hefyd, os nad gwaeth. Yr oedd yma bump dosparth, ac yn cael en rhifo yn wahanol i'r drefn bresennol; i'r ffiffty y cefais i fyned i ddechreu, ar ryw faingc fechan. Ysgol rad y byddai yn cael ei galw, er fod ceiniog i'r rhai lleiaf i dala bob dydd Llun. Yr oedd yma amryw yn talu wrth j chwarter: y rheiny fydde, wrth reswm, yn cael sylw fwyaf yr athraw o lawer, a ryw hogift fydde ein hathrawon ni.-(l'w barhau.)

THE MOST NUTR:T;C>us. E PPS'S GRATE FU L-COM FORTI NG. COCOA BREAKFAST AND supper. Death of Cecil Rhodes. At IRst, my task is over At last, my work is done. I close my eyes in slumber For I my course hare run. On the burning sands of Afric, On the wilrl and dreary plain, How many they who've gone before ?J Their toil was not in vain. My country's glory was my aim Formanyalonslongday; But I must lay my armour down E're peace has come to stay. Methinks I see the opening skies A future bright and fair, To help my country when in need, I think I did my share. Through all the gloom the flag I see Of England brave and free, Untarnished in the bitter strife The thought brings peace to me. Belmont, Rhy M. JONES,

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