Cymro a'r Celt Llundain

Notes and News. CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. S. T. Evans on -his appointment to the important office of Solicitor-General. t IT was in 1890 that Mr. Evans commenced his Parliamentary career, and he has proved himself one of the ablest debaters in the House of Commons. PARLIAMENT was opened in State on Wednesday last, and the King had a hearty reception from the crowd who witnessed the picturesque procession. Now that Parliament is opened, it will be interesting to watch the attitude of the Welsh members towards the Government on their postponement of the Disestablishment question. COMPENSATION to publicans has turned out to be a very good thing after all to "the trade." A large number of licences have been surrendered in the London area lately, for which over Y,350,000 has been given in compensation. CARNARVON is desirous of imitating Cardiff. A movement is on foot in the Northern Capital to present the freedom of the borough to the President of the Board of Trade. DURING the next few days, arrangements will be made to hold another sitting of the Welsh Church Commission. It is not certain, however, that the Report will be completed in time to be presented during the life of the present Parliament. SOME of the footballers present at Cardiff last Saturday maintain that the Right Hon. D. Lloyd-George would have scored a dis- tinct success on the football field had he turned his attention in that direction earlier in his life. THE Small Holdings Act seems to be very popular in Wales. Carnarvonshire is already reaping many benefits from the Act, and it is now rumoured that Radnorshire is on the Doint of making a very decided adoption of it. A Welsh handbook on the Act has been written by Mr. E. Davies Jones, of Llanrwst, and it ought to prove of very great use. In the current nnmber of the Sunday Strand, Principal Edwards, of Cardiff, has an exceedingly interesting article on "The Results of the Revival in Wales." In the course of the article he gives a very signi- ficant statistical table, which shows that the net increase in church membership during the revival was 74,438. The true signifi- cance of the revival, however, can never be ascertained by statistical inquiry. MABON seems to regret the decided Socialist move of the I.L.P. Congress at Hull the other day, and he fears that it may mean the entire wreck of the Labour Party. There still remains a good deal of the Conservative in "Mabon in spite of his popularity with the miner, and he may not be aware of the tremendous power of the Socialist movement in Wales at the present time. THE attitude of the House of Lords on Ministerialist measures during the coming session will of course determine the duration of the present Parliament. Mr. Lucy, who is an old Parliamentary hand, declares in the Observer that the Education Bill will be hurried on, and should sacrilegious hands once more be laid on the Ark of Noncon- formity, battle will straightway be given. The Bill will be dropped, a short measure limiting the veto of the Lords will be passed through the Commons, will doubtless be thrown out by the Peers, and straightway appeal will be made to the country. Mr. Lucy suggests that it is quite possible the crisis will have come before the end of the present Session. WE understand that a play, written by a young Welshman, and dealing with Welsh history, has been offered to a very well- known manager, and that further than this, it stands a good chance of being put on the stage at a West End theatre in the near future. Those who have read the play, speak very highly of its artistic merits. AT the National Liberal Club, last Tues- day evening, the Lord Bishop of Norwich delivered an address on Disestablishment. It is not often that the occupant of an Episcopal chair speaks out so fearlessly and clearly. Naturally the Welsh attitude, which is the Nationalist attitude towards the Establishment, had not been understood by the learned Bishop. THE Board of Trade has appointed Mr. Wynne Roberts, M. Inst. C.E., F.R.San. Inst., of 5, Victoria Street, London, to be sole arbitrator to settle several disputes between the Middlesex County Council and the District Councils of Finchley, Friern v ✓ Barnet and Hendon, which are important public authorities in London. Mr. Wynne Roberts is well known in Wales, having been associated with many movements among the Welsh people at home and abroad. GREAT dissatisfaction exists in regard to the invitations sent out on the occasion of the Cardiff Cymmrodorion Society's recep- tion to Mr. Lloyd- George. People who had never any sympathy with Welsh nationality, and never will, were invited, whilst many patriotic Welshmen were absolutely ignored. This is not the way to further Welsh unity. A GREAT asset of Mr. Lloyd-George is modesty. Despite the great triumphs he has achieved his head has not been turned, for he is as unassuming as ever. No doubt he can distinguish between genuine admira- tion and soft soap." OUR South Wales correspondent who witnessed Mr. Lloyd-George "kick off" at the Cardiff v. Blackheath football match on Saturday says that it was not a bad shot at all considering that the Honourable Member had, probably, never kicked a football be- fore. By the way the football in question has been presented to Mr. Lloyd-George as a memento of the occasion. It has been suitably inscribed. A STRIKING story of a dog's fidelity is narrated from South Wales. It appears that while walking along the Brecon and Merthyr Railway at Aberbargoed one day last week, a signalman came across the body of a man with a dog crouching upon it. The dog would not let him interfere, and it took four men to get it away. The man was then found to be dead. He was a collier, and from the injuries to the head and shoulder it is evident he was knocked down by a train. Apropos of Carnarvon's intention to pre- sent the freedom of their ancient Borough to Mr. Lloyd-George,. it is interesting to note that Carnarvon Castle, according to Pennant, appears at present in its external state, nearly as when Queen Eleanor first entered the stupendous gateway so many centuries ago. The walls are studded with defensive angular towers; they have two principal gates, the east facing the Snowdon moun- tains, the west commanding the Menai. One of the portals of Carnarvon Castle is still, according to the tradition of the district, called Queen Eleanor's Gate."