The North Wales Weekly News

St. Asaph Board of Guardians. ONE AUTHORITY FOR EVERYTHING." The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held on Friday, NIT. Edwin Morgan presiding. The following members were also present: — Messrs. J. Frimston (Vice-Chairman), Mrs. Ro- bert Jones, Mrs. Howell Gee, Miss Owen Jones, Messrs. Isaac Ratho. W. S. Roberts, J. RobeTts- Jones, John Lothian, Owen Rees, Thomas Salus- bury, William Jones, Llew. B. Evans, J. Francis Jones, T. Pennant Williams, J. R. Ellis, John Roberts, J. Ellis Jones, William Williams, G. F. Gunner, Robert Lloyd, Edward Williams, George Williams, William Morris, John Jones (Waen) with the Clerk (Mr. Charles Grimsley), the Master (Mr. Robert Jones), and other officials. GUESTS AND CALLERS. The Master repofted that the number of pau. pers in the House that day was 173, as against 162 on the corresponding day of last year. Dur- ing the past fortnight 164 vagrants were relieved, a decrease of 24 on the corresponding period ot the -previous year. THE CLERIC'S RECOVERY. The Chairman said the members of the Board, like himself, were no doubt glad to see Mr. Grimsley back again, and enjoying improved health. (Hear, hear.) They were glad to see him restored to health, and he (the Chairman) hoped the Clerk would continue in good health to discharge his future duties, which had been carried on so well in the past. When Mr. Grimsley was absent, he felt that the Board was very much like a ship without a captain. (Hear, hear.) The Clerk briefly acknowledged the kind feel- ings shown towards him by the members of the Board. PAUPER LUNATICS. A return from Denbigh Asylum was submitted by the Clerk, showing that the number of pau- per lunatics chargeable to the Union was 70. AN UNEXPECTED LOAN. The Clerk reported the completion, of the audit of the accounts of the Union, for the last half year. lIe also called attention to an un- expected balance of £ 103, in connection with the infirmary loans, and asked for the instruc- tions of the Board thereon. The money was lying idle in the bank, and instead of their get- ting any interest on it, they still had to pay interest on it. He had been in communication with- the Company from whom they borrowed the money, and apparently they would take the money back. Mr. Giunner moved, and Mr. Batho seconded, tjiiat the money be paid back to the lenders. Mr. J. Ellis Jones mentioned that there were certain work lira which the money might be spent, and the Clerk said that some time ago the question of the vagrant ward was raised, but no action was taken in regard to that matter. Un- less they had any immediate puipo-se for the money, it would be better to return it, if they could. The Chairman I don't think it, is advisable to look out for anything on which to spend the money. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mir. Gunner's motion was agreed to. CALLS IN ARREAR. The following Calls, due on the 2nd Decem- ber, were stated to be in arrears :-Bodfari, £ 39, Cwm, £ 47; Ll-anfair, ^14 (balance un- paid) Meliden, £ §7, and Rhyl, £ 1,283. The Vice-Chairman stated that so little time was allowed to pass between the receipt of the precept and the day upon which the Call became due that it was impossible to get the money in. No sooner was one Call made, than another be- came due. The Chairman Your remarks will apply to other parishes as well as Rhyl. The Vice-Chairman Yes, I suppose. The Clerk said he gave all information to the Assistant Overseers as early as possible. That was done in September, and this left a month or fi VB weeks within which to collect the money. The Chairman: I am afraid, Mr. Frimston, that you cannot get out of it. (Laughter.) The Clerk was instructed to write, to the Assistant Overseers of the defaulting parishes. PROPOSED ALTERATION OF TIME OF MEETING. Mr. J. R. Ellis asked whether it would not be possible to arrange for the meetings of the Rural District Councils o precede that of the Board. Such an arrangement, he thought, would be much mare convenient to several members who were Guardians only. Chairman thought there would be no difficulty in making the change suggested, but of course it was a matter for the Board to de- cide. The Vi ce-Chairman Do you think it advis- able to make a change in view of the fact that the Government is going to exterminate us? (Laughter.) The Chairman: There is something in the wind, I believe, and this Board is likely to come to an end before long. M!r. Gunner: What are they proposing in- stead ? The Chairman One authority for everything the County Council possibly. MT. J. R. Ellis gave notice of motion for the next meeting with the view of effecting the change suggested. £

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Archdeacon Madden at Colwyn Bay. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING IN THE C'HUROH ROOM. THE WORKING MAN AND HIS BEER. The principal speaker at a temperance meet- ing, held in- the Church Room, under the aus- pices of the Colwyn Bay Branch of the Church of England Temperance Society, on Thursday evening, was the Venerable v\,rchdeacon Madden:, Vicar of St. Lobe's, Liverpool. Mr. J. 'Llewelyn Jones occupied the chair, and upon the platform were the Vicar, the Rev. 'Canon 'Hugh Roberts, Churchwardens Edward Allen and W. R. Hands, Rev. J. Pritchard, Dr. •Russell, and Dr. Lloyd Roberts. The Chairman, in his opening remarks, spoke of intemperance as a prolific source of poverty. Archdeacon Madden', who was warmly re- ceived by a large audience, said that the subject of temperance was a favourrte Topic of his. The country as a whole was alive to the question-. The very fact that a strong Government had passed a. Bill in the House otf 'Commons by a large majority indicated that strong feeling in the coiuntxy in favour of temperance, reform and temperance legislation. They should thank God for an aroused feeling that made it possible to introduce such a measure. No Government would introduce such a measure unless there was a great feeling behind it. He did not say that the Bill was a perfect Bill. No Bill made by human hands was. It was gratifying to learn that none of the lenders of the Hofuse of Commons disagreed as to the evils of intemper- ance. MT. Peat, a Liverpool magistrate and a Poor Law Guardian for twenty years, stated, when he resigned his position some time ago, that there could not be found in the Workho-use of Browniow Hill a single man or woman who had been in life outside that Union a total ab- -staine,r, and no pledged abstainer had sought the refuge of the Workhouse. He (the speaker) did not mean to say that all poverty was produced by drink. There was misfortune, bad times, and failing health, but intemper,ance was the great chief cause. The country was passing through a great crisis as to its conditions. Mr. John B,2n-i,s had informed a deputation that there was imore tonnage of shipping during the past year turned out of the Clyde than in the ,shlip yards of Europe and Japan. And yet there was £ 2,000,000 spent in drink in that district, which had applied for 20,000 for relief works. Mir. John Bairns was whetre he was because he was a total abstainer. The speaker, in referring to Local Option, argued that the working man was anxious to be robbed of his beer. He quoted Lord Sefton, who- had prohibited the establishment of public houses on a certain es- tate in .Liverpool, and the people there were re- spectable and happy. If we want the doran-K we can walk for it was what those men said in effect. There was a lot of rubbish talked about the working man and his. beer. The working mafn was bound, in time, to have his privilege of Local Option. If the rich man could say I will have no public houses built an my land," why could not the working man have a voice -as to whether a public bouse should be placed in his district or not? Many of the worst men we have would be thankful to God for de- liverance. Liverpool spent 2*4 millions in strong drink last year. If only the temperance friends had the half million they could keep the whole of the unemployed in the citv. Intemperance produced -v,ce, crime, and lunacy. They were building prisons and asylucms whilst they ought to get at the root off the evil. Philanthropy was not enough; they must get at the originating causes of the evil. They were told by their brewer friends tOo think of all the poor people that would be put out of work, and the widows -,a paithetic subject. (Laughter.) He would r-ecorn-mond the advice of Samuel Wellez to. his son Beware of th-e widows." (Laughter.) Amd he would say to the brewers: Don't bring them an." There was no trade that made so much money and ispentt so little on wages as that of the brewer. Take the coal mining, for every £ 100 producoo by labour 55 per oernt. was paid in wages; shipbuilding 40 per cent. rail- ways, 31 per cent. agriculture and farming, 27 Per cent. cotton, 27 per cent. clothing, 22 per cent., and the brewing, 714 per cent. And yet we heard such a lot about so many poor people being put out of work. 'He was stuxe no one ever met a procession of brewers going to the Workhouse. (Laughter.) What would happen if we reduced ourr drink bill? The speaker quoted from the Local Government Journal," which stated that although our revenue from Gllink was 632,000,000 pet annum, it cost the local authorities more than, that in maintaining its social wreckage. He wished they couild "11mb it in the people of the country the millions they spent on maintaining institutions that owed their indirect origin to the ravages of idrinik. If the country wa.s a temperate one they would not need so many of the magistrates, the police, the woi&fhauses, and the asylums. The lurking devil off drink brought disaster upon our people and rumination to OUT country. As to the remedy, theycould not effect it by simply talking. People who could say I know what is good," should help to bring it about by work. The strong should help the weak. He had never said it was a sini to take a glass of beer. He had never said it was a sin to. take a gla- of wine. But in the face of the difficulties of weaker brethren, and if it offended the brother, they could easily give it up iand set an example. The- age of chivalry amongst men had not gone. n -n The tyranny of the drinlk was greater than, that of the .Saracens.. Men must fight the evil for the very goodness of the souls of -men and the true womanhood of the nation. They mUSlt fight the- forces that produced poverty, vice, and sin, which degra;d.ed all that was pure in man and woman. They must be on the side of those who were fighting with this burden on their souls. He would call them all to the New Crusade, the new fight. They must rise to the occasion and drive the damning influence of in- temperance from their midst. Cod had given them a wonderful Empire and an open Bible. They had read of powers in history crumbling in the du.st because their ,cities were filled with corruption. Let them begin the New Year by an in the membership of the Temper- ance Society, their Bands of 'Hope, and their Women's T-emperanice Society. The Archdeacon I delivered an eloquenrt: and impressive peroration upon the picture of Christ's death upon Calvary and what it -meant for them. Canon Roberts 11hanked Archdeacon Madden for his excellent and stirring address, which was bound to do good, and lie hoped many would sign the pledge.

Church Pastoral Aid Society. lJLANDUDNiO DRAWING ROOM MEETING. A meeting in aid of the funds of the Church Pastoral Aid Society was held in the large and handsome hall of th§i Imperial Hotel, Llandud- no, on Thursday afternoon. There was a good attendance of clergy and a preponderance of ladies. In the absence of Calomel the Hon. Henry Mo'Styn., who was urn-able to be present, Church- warden Mr. Joseph Winter occupied the chair. The Vicar of Llanrhos. the Rev. Francis J. Reece, read letters of apology from the follow- ing for non-atteiidaince:-I-ady Augusta Mos- tyn, Mrs. Walsh, with cheque for 65 Mrs. Wil- son, xos. 6d. Miss Barker, Mrs. Anderson,, Mrs. Cardncr, land Mrs. Perrin, all of whom en- closed donations. EGLWYSRHO-S SUPPORT. The Chairman said the Parish of Eglwysrhos owed a deibt of gratitude to too Pastoral A'd Society. Without that help, because they had no endowments, excepting the -Llanrhos Church, they would not be able to find means to hoild the services in the three Churches. The Society granted thelm £75 per annum, and in return it asked that collections be made at the Churches in aid of the Society. They had collected abourt £3.5 towards that, and he had no doubt but that they would clear that off thai: day. THE CHUIRGH AND THE PEOPLE. I The Venerable Archdeacon Madden, Vicar of St. Luke's, Liverpool, who was received with applause, said that he had been at many a meet- ing where letters of apology were read for non- attendance but he had not been at a meeting where it was so pleasant to hear them read as that day, because they contained something for the object within them. They could all sernd letters of apology if they sent cheques with ^5 each, and then he would not trouble them with that meeting. (Laughter.) He did not that afternoon desire to' take a parochial view of the work of the Society, on whose behalf he was speaking, and they must remember it was a na- tional movement. The Church Pastoral Aid Soci-ety was a national society touching the na- tion's religious life, and reaching the people of varied characters and dispositions. No living Church could oontinme to live without adapting itself to the life of the .people to whom she ministered. Therefore the ChuTch had a great privilege. It was the Church of the people and of the wation. If she, could not justify her exist- ence then she wasi noi more a living Church. She had to come, face to face, with the new attitude of the world towards, religion and poli- tics, and she must justify hetrself to the people, and the Church must get at the people and tell them that she had a. message from God. One of the greatest difficulties she had to contend with was the unprecedented and unparalleled growth of population during the last fifty years. In spite of emigration, the, growth was more in proportion to other large countries. There was an increase in the growith at the rate of one thou- sand per day. The .increase in the' population was amongst the working classes, not in the slums, but amongst the artisan classes. In the middle classes the birth rate was below that. And next came the submerged tenth." It must be the artisan and lower cla.sses that they would deal with as a nation, or the nation would rue the day that she had neglected them. The movements of populations was a terrible diffi- culty with them. People mug rated to our large cities, and our country parishes were denuded. In the County of Durham there were 1,000,000 miners; in (Stafford x, 100,000 people; in York, 3,2^0,000 Lancashire, 4,000,000, and in Greater London, 6,500,000, so that in those five centres they had half the population of England. In Liverpool, they had one Church to 20,000 people, and therefore it was no surprise that people lapsed into indifference. LIFE IN LARGE TOWNS. He did not know what, was going to be done with this, population question, but there was a cry for getting the people back to the land. Well, if they got them back to the land, he did not know what they were going to do. He did not know that they would all be capable of farming. Friends of his who had spent their lives in farming, had said that it took them all their time to imake ends meet, and they were off opinion that farming won't pay. He would be very glad to get these people back to the land, as it was now being tried. In many a pLace in our large cities the life of a man was but the life of an alnimal, struggling to keep body and soul together. These poor people could not, under such conditions, think of the higher things of life; they were put aside by their hunger, want of clothing, and sleep. He would be glad, if these people could be swept out into the country from the squalor of their cities. A great deal of our philanthropy meant getting rid of the thing." Money was not enough. They wanted heart, as well as money. They wanted sympathy, and with that only would they be able to stand in the right light. They were apt to be living in a fool's garadise, as to. what was going on in this country. The whole political power -of the land was in the hands of the working classes, and unless the Church grappled with the democracy and satu- rated it with the principles of truth and right- eousness, the Church would lose. They must let the people know that the Church spoke the voice of the living God, which led the people to the paths "that exalted a nation. They did not so much want money as men. Spain's glory was corrupted by its wealth, and it had lost its character and become effeminate. And it had once been said that on the French Empire the sun. neVPT set. Look at her to-day! It was not the gold of India or the diamonds of South Africa that would keep England's greatness. The speaker went on to speak of England's greatness, -and to the rich in their sins he wo ana say Take caire. 'Remember the French Re- volution." And as to the sins of the rich God would tmaloe a-a inquisition into those things. They must improve a nation's character. It was clearly imperative that they should do so. Un- less they improved the conditions of the people, he would say woe unto them. The C.P.S. dealt with character. There would be pandemonium in the slums only for the Church of God. The richer people lived in the suburbs., and they must ask those to help the poorer left in the parishes of the cities. They wanted living churches that touched the sympathies of the lyeaple. He ap pearled to them that day to do their best for the cause. (Applause.) A very bright address was delivered by Miss Plumtre, Secretary of the Recruits' Branch of the Society, upon the work of women in, con- nection with the Society. Whilst in 1840, Bishop Wilson did not encourage the help of women, they had now 138 women workers of the Society. The clergy of England and Wales were now realising that women could do, a lot by their influence, sympathy, and prayer. (Ap- plause.) The Venerable Airchdea.con of St. Asaph, who said it was 52 years ago since he was ordained by Bishop Short, also made an interesting speech. A collection was made during the singing of a hymn, and the sum realised was over £ 20. Votes of thaniks were passed to all the speakers, and to Mr. and Mrs. Chantrey for the use of the beautiful hotel, and for the splendid tea provided to follow the meeting. After Archdeacon Evans had pronounced the Benediction, tea was served. Mr. L. H. Sum- merfield presided at the piano.

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The Radical Rector. ROUSING SPEECH AT COLWYN BAY. THE BISHOPS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS WELSH NATIONALISM. YOUNG WALES AND THE CIVIL SERVICE. On Friday evering, in, En.gedi Welsh C.M. Chapel Schoolroom, the Rev. W. A. Edwards, M.A., Rector of Aberffraw, delivered a most in- teresting lecture on Welsh Nationalism." The Rev. Thomas Parry, J.P., presided over a good attendance, and briefly introduced the lecturer, who was warmly received. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Cblwym Bay and District Liberal Associa- tion, whose President is Sir J: Herbert Roberts, Bart., M.P. l Mr. Edwards said that before discussing Welsh Nationalism they must answer the im- portant questioar Is Wales a nation? It was generally admitted now among educated and. r,easoinabla people that W,alles had made its claim to be considered a nation. It was pleasant to observe that nowadays more of the Welsh bishops spoke of the Welsh nation, although they could not always see their way to support the national aspirations of Wales. However, all things must have a beginning, and they would hope that the time would come when his own branch of the Church in Wales would be Cl thoroughly -nation,ali.st-(-hea,r, hear),-an;d the many ardent nationalists wathin its boarder9 would leaven its sentiments altogether. It was a very shallow view to make, nationality depen- dent Uipon the existence of a separate govern- ment. Wales had been a nation in that sense, and its union with the great English people had not destroyed its nationality. (Applause.) The Welsh people lhad all the marks, of a nation in sentiment, language, character, country, and also, in the sense that at was becoming more and more recognised as a separate unit for adminis- trative purposes. Their national University, Library, Mluseum, educational machinery, and many other features of Welsh organisation were all evidence that the national claims of Wales were receiving more recognition, and that the Welsh nation was feeling its way towards the acquisition of that reasonable measure of auto- nomy which would enable the Wales of the future to fulfill its ideals with full loyalty to the United Kingdom and the great British Em- pire. (Hear, hear.) It was a happy feature of Welsh nationalism that it was quite free from any se:para,tilt tendencies. Wales wanted elbow room for its own life and growth, but it had no wish whatever to. withdraw from partnership in the great firm of John Biull A Co. (Applause.) It was very desirable that the PRINCIPLE OF HOME RULE should be worked'out in practical politics, not for Ireland alone, but as a reasonable scheme of devolution for England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in .relation to local affairs, combined with a full acceptance of the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament. England should rejoice in the persistence of the individuality of the other nationalities, and indeed the pressure of circum- stances due to the overloading of their Parlia- mentary machine would now ixsmpel a recogni- tion of the principle of autonomy. It was just as much a misftakB for Welshmen to try to be ,me,re copies of Englishmen as it would be for Englishmen to merely copy another nationality. Each nationality should aim at realisin.g the. best possibilities of its own character. The Welsh people had a very definite national character, and, like every character, individual or national, in this imperfect world it bad elements of strength ain,d of weakness-. The Welsh character had an intense aspiration towards that which was spiritual and a real love of religion in the noblest sense of that much-abused term. (Hear, hear.) Welsh people wew also full of intellectual enthusiasm, and it was greatly to the credit of the Welsh nation that its educational system, of which they had so much reason to be proud, had been buiilitup by the efforts of the whole coimmnniiity. There had been, and stilil were, rich contributors who had given splendid help, but for all that it remained true that the Welsh educational system had beien largely created by THE PENCE OF THE PEOPLE. (Hear, hear.) Wales should make every effort to turn to the best advantage the immense force of young educated life which was being pro- duced by modern educational facilities. It was necessary that young Welsh people should be guided and helped to. direct their energies into the best channels and to maike the most useful career for themselves. The Civil Servioe and many cither avenues offered scope which had not been fully utilised. It would be a very good thing to have a national association for giving guidance and help to young Welsh people in their careers. Another admirable feature in the Welsh character was its brotherly and demo- cratic feeling. There were snobs in Wales as in all countries, but for all that the idea of the Welsh nation as one family had a very strong hold in Welsh life, and perhaps Wales shared with Norway and Switzerland the distinction of being one of the most det-nocratlic communities in Europe. (Applause.) Their National Eis- teddfod was not only a great intellectual and moral stimulus, but furnished a delightful illus- tratiiof1 of the social and brotherly spirit of Welsh life. It had been said that the Welsh character was too emotionar and wanting m truthfulness and perseverance. These charges could not be substantiated. (Hear, hear.) The emoltiÍan of the Welsh people was combined with a large amount of practical sagacity, and had it not been for the tenacity of the Welsh character the nation would never have sUirvived all the vicissitudes of its romantic and remarkable his- tory. Again, when Welsh, people were accused of being indifferent to truth, the idea often arose from their extreme politeness and good feeling, which prevented them from calling a spade a spade with the same bluntness as the Saxon. (Applause and laughter.) The Welshman might soften things down a little on.t of regard to the feelings of others, but he really had a profound severance for truth, oo wlas mindful of the noble national motto, Y gwir yn erbyn y byd" (" The truth against the world ( Hear, hear.) Wales -had A SPLENDID FUTURE if its people were true to the noblest elements of their national character. The highest standard of national greatness was spiritual, not material, and Wales should aim at the greatest possible moral aind intellectual excellence. (Hear, hear.) The modern revival of Welsh national feeling had a religious root, and it would only atta,in. its best results if thenatiol1 achieved its task in a spirit of consecration. Their great country- man, Mr. Lloyd George'—'(cheers)—was a noble and notable example of what young Wales could do—{bear, hear),—and there were many others who encouraged them to hope, that the sons and daughters of Wales would excel in varied fieldis of high endeavour. Wales should love and maintain its own noble language, but should also nemembefr that the grand English tongue was a world-wide speech, and it was absolutely necessary that Welsh people snould not neglect a language of such viital importance to their practical success in life. It was most desirable that Welsh people should study and take a pride in their own history and literature. Far too little attention had been paid to Welsh history, and it had not held the nlace it ought in Welsh education but, thanks to the admirable labours of Owen Edwiards—{hear, hear]—and many otju<sr scholars, Welsh historical study now promised to take its proper place. (Hear, hear.) The present was a most important period in the history of the Welsh nation, and happily the sons and daughterrs of Wales seemed to be rising to the measure of their opportunities and possi- iblities. The Welsh national platform should be wide enough to hold all Welsh people who love Wales, a-nd however much they might differ on .specific questions,, they should strive to think kindly of one another and to remember that they were all children of Wales. (Hear, hear.) There were many practical questions—'the Church, the land, education, and others—whjich must be settled in accordance with the overwhelming convictions of the Welsh nation, ere they could have that unity and hatinoriy which were so essential to the welfare of a small nationality. (Cheers.) An. interesting discussion followed, in which the speakers included Messrs. T. Roberts (Glan- wydden), R. Thomson, J.P., J. Ciromptoin, S. Gil yarns- Jones, B.A., and L. M. Bunnell, and the point dealt with at greatest length was the fact that so few appointments in the higher grades of the Civil Service were held by Welshmen. The Rector, replying to the vote of. thanks, said he had never listened to a more interesting discussion. He then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and said he was delighted to sit under a brother minister. (Applause.) He hoped that the time would come when it woiuld be possible for them to exchange pulpits, so that Mr. Parry could address the people of Aberffraw, and he could speak to' Mr. Parry's congregation at Colwyn Bay. (Laughter and applause.) -=-