Cymro a'r Celt Llundain

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the duty of Mr. St. John Francis Williams to learn the Welsh language, and then he will be able to follow the Welsh witnesses correctly. WELSH Nonconformity is certainly grow- ing at Cardiff. A new and handsome Welsh Independent Chapel is being erected at Splott, an industrial portion of the City. There are two other Welsh chapels in Splott, and both are exceedingly progressive. WELSHMEN are more numerously repre- sented at the Royal Academy than has been the case for years. The London Observer pays a particularly high compliment to Mr. Harvard Thomas, who is a native of Pem- brokeshire, for his marble bust of Mrs. Asher Wertheimer. It is described as a masterpiece of extraordinary and unrivalled beauty of execution. The modelling is executed with admirable subtlety, and the surface of the marble is made to yield the quality of skin and flesh. Royal Academy portraiture has nothing to show this year that can be placed within measurable dis- tance of Mr. Thomas's bust." THE total grants now made to the three University Colleges of Wales, viz., Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Bangor, is only equal to the annual grant proposed to be made to Galway, the smallest of the colleges to be included in the new Irish University scheme! WHILST the religious bodies in the country are squabbling as to whether religious sub- jects should be taught in the schools or not, secularism is making progress. The other Sunday evening, for instance, the largest public hall at Aberdare was filled with an audience listening to a London secularist lecturer ridiculing the fact that there was a Heaven and Hell, and expressing his dis- belief that Christ ever existed. Twenty years ago such a lecture would have created a sensation in South Wales, but on this occasion it was treated as an ordinary event; and, judging from the demeanour of the audience they practically all agreed with the lecturer! IT is very regrettable that Wales is practi- cally non-represented at the Franco-British Exhibition in London. Ireland, on the other hand, is well represented. One might have thought that some of our Welsh M.P.'s would have taken an interest in the subject. THE Rev. R. R. Roberts, B.A., who delivered the Davies Lecture," at the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Conference, at Liverpool, last Tuesday, is the pastor of the Cathedral Road Presbyterian Church, Cardiff —a handsome edifice erected a few years ago. Mr. Roberts, who is a native of Llanfair- fechan, North Wales, is a very eloquent preacher in Eaglish. A SHORT time ago, according to a Swansea journal, a clergyman, reading out a well- known hymn, in a small church, gave it, to the astonishment of the congregation, as follows:— Art. thou we-Ary, ditto languid, Ditto sore distressed ? In the Standal-ti's Church Notes" appears the following:—" The proceedings of the Welsh Church Commission are likely to acquire fresh interest when the Bishop3 of the Welsh Sees appear as witnesses, and are subjected to cross-examination. It is said that each Bishop is being carefully coached' by an expert. This, however, should be unnecessary. Certainly, the familiarity of the Bishop of St. David's with even the smallest details of Church work in his five counties is well known." CARDIFF has now the strongest Cymmro- dorion Society in the world. It has actually a membership of over 1,200. And, what is more to the point, 'the Cardiff Society has done, and is doing, solid work on behalf of Welsh national interests. IF Socialism is making progress in South Wales, so is Conservatism. Twenty years ago, there were probably not more than a couple of hundred Conservatives in the Rhondda Valley. To-day, there are several thousands. There are also hundreds of Liberals who will rather vote for a Con- servative than a Socialist. MR. IVOR GWYNNE is strongly favoured as an eligible Labour candidate for Swansea. THE moment we start on Protection, we shall open a door that can never be shut. One of the latest requests is that, Irish tobacco should be protected, and when we begin to grow another kind in England, we shall need a tax on the Irish one in order to protect our home growth, so that the possi- bilities are endless. ALL the four Welsh Bishops have been appointed to their respective sees, not because of their general learning, but because of their knowledge of Welsh. Yet all the four are doing all they can to Anglicisa the Church in Wales. It will be interesting to hear how they explain this anomaly before the Church Commission. KING EDWARD VII, then Prince of Wales, was present at the National Eisteddfod of 1887. Sir John Puleston, who was presi- dent on the day of the Royal visit, received his Knighthood on the occasion. The adjudication on the poem to John.Penry was delivered in the presence of the Prince and Cadfan, who was declared the winner, received the medal from the prince himself, and was heartily congratulated by his High- ness on his success. THE chief choral contest at the National Eisteddfod of 1887 occupied over four hours. Soon after mid-day the choirs began to get ready for the fray, and it was not until a few minutes to six o'clock that Sir George Macfarren was ready to deliver his adjudi- cation. The first prize of £ 200 was divided between Huddersfield Choir (J. North), and Penrhyn Choir (Dr. Rogers), and the second prize was awarded to the Swansea choir, under Eos Morlais. ACCORDING to Mr. Asquith the whole of our electoral system will have to be reformed but as yet the details are not disclosed. There have been many demands for reforms and for re-distribution of seats, and it will be interesting to know if Mr. Asquith in- tends to satisfy all parties—the women included. ACCORDING to an Aberystwyth Town Councillor the students at that university town are a howling lot of idiots." THE Romance of a Welsh Diocese is, what the Western Mail terms, the voluminous proof submitted by Bishop Owen this week to the Welsh Commission. Verily an un- kind cut at the Bishop's figures and facts, from one of his chief supporters! THE Rev. Morgan J. Gibbon makes some smart observations at the Church Commis- sion at times. Last Tuesday, Bishop Owen said that the standard of examination in the diocese was high, and that Archdeacon Evans was one of the examiners. We, who have heard the Archdeacon's questions here," remarked Mr. Gibbon, amid much laughter, can quite understand that."