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Notes and News. A NATIONAL Conference, to further the movement for securing a Minister and a National Council for Wales, will be held at Cardiff on the 25th of this month. ALTHOUGH this is a non-party question, it is announced that the four Welsh Bishops will not attend. This is not surprising to us, because whenever Wales desires to assert her nationality,the Bishops invariably become traitors. IT is not generally known that the late Queen Victoria was a believer in Welsh Nationalism. Writing to the then Lord Lansdowne, in March, 1849, she said "The Queen thinks that Welsh should be taught in Wales, as well as English." MR. VICTOR GRAYSON, M.P., intends to be present at the opening of the next Session of Parliament, and probably will create more trouble over the question of unemployment. The unfortunate part of the affair is that Mr. Grayson himself cannot suggest a better method of dealing with the problem than that practised by the Government. IN the last Session of Parliament, 87 Bills were passed, out of which 13 were specially for Ireland, and seven for Scotland but Wales had to be content with being included in general English Measures. Had we a Minister for Wales, things would look some- what different. MR. ROBERT BIRD, J.P., of Cardiff, died on Sunday last, after a long illness. Born near Bristol, he spent the greater part of his life at Cardiff, and took a leading part in all public affairs. SIR S. T. EVANS, K.C., gave a dinner, on Saturday last, to all the old folks at Skewen —his native village. Over 450 persons were present and a most enjoyable evening was spent. A concert followed the feast, at which Sir Samuel, as well as his son, Horace Evans, took part. A MOVEMENT is on foot to revive the old Society, Cymreigyddion y Fenni," which did such eminent work on behalf of Welsh literature and language during the early half of the nineteenth century. A meeting will be held early in the spring to inaugurate the new Society, at which all the leading nation- alists around Abergavenny will be present. BLACKBERRIES were gathered at Towyn on New Year's Eve. The weather is very mild this week in Wales. CAPT. OWENS, the master of the Cardiff steamer, Afonwen," which was at Messina during the terrible earthquake, is a native of Amlwch. The Captain and his crew behaved in a very heroic manner in rescuing people from the ruins of the buildings. So plentiful are foxes in some parts of Mid and North Cardiganshire that they may often be seen prowling about the farmsteads in broad daylight. ONE of the principal questions asked in South Wales just now is: "Will Mr. Lloyd George tax land values ? This question is of special interest to South Wales. STRAWBERRIES were picked at Castell Flemish, Cardiganshire, in Christmas week. EVIDENCES show that the Christmastide CwrddAdloniadol" is as popular as ever in rural Wales. Indeed, if anything, these interesting minature eisteddfodau are on the increase. They bring the boys and girls out of their shells and often reveal a good deal of latent talent. THE Rev. Evan Jones, of Carnarvon, is probably the handsomest Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister occupying the pulpit to- day. There is something very fascinating in his appearance when he preaches. THE Western Mail, in its Tuesday's issue, referred to this journal as the ably-con- ducted CYMRO A'R CELT." The Editor blushed a vivid red when he noticed that. BY the way, it is remarkable how popular the Western Mail is with Welsh Noncon- formists. Despite its unbending Conserva- tism, the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, in particular, swear by its nationalism, although they feel inclined at other times to swear at its Conservatism. SCORES of sheep were buried under the snow during the recent storm in Mid-Cardi- ganshire, and many perished. MR. JOHN BALLINGER was the recipient of several handsome testimonials from his friends at Cardiff on the occasion of his departure for Aberystwyth to take up the important post of librarian at the Welsh National Library. IT is expected that the statue of Lord Tredegar will be erected this year. It will be on a site opposite the City Hall at Cardiff. HELA CALENNIG was as popular as ever this year, particularly among the children of the rural districts of Wales. There is no doubt that on present form the Swansea Football Club is the finest Rugby team in the world. HERE is another particularly interesting remark attributed to Lord Tredegar, which we cull from Mr. Fred. J. Harris's biography of his Lordship— I have not been educated in a college (said Viscount Tredegar at a University College meeting at Cardiff). I have not been educated in the low cunning of algebra. I am not at all certain that I had not once drunk to Newtons and to the confusion of mathematics. But circumstances have altered. Early in life I saw living in Wales the desire of Wales for education of some sort or other. Professor Fmdlay, the other day, alluded to the great desire for educa- tion which sprang up in England ten years ago. But he was just twenty years out with regard to Wales. More than thirty years ago that great revolution, that great desire and determination to have colleges and schools arose in Wales long before they even thought of it in England or turned their Lands to it at all." Lord Tredegar is, undoubtedly, a good C, Welshman, and a firm believer in the country's future.

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