Cymro a'r Celt Llundain

Notes and News. The three new Welsh Knights are Sir. G. Osmond Williams, Sir. D. Duncan, and Sir G. A. Riddell. Several new ministerial appointments are about to be made, and it is rumoured that two Welsh M.P.'s will be promoted. Since their escapade at the Welsh Eis- teddfod, the suffragettes have not had a hearing in any place in Wales. Sir Marchant Williams has written in eulogistic terms of Sir Ivor Herbert's Welsh speech at the Eisteddfod. Sir Marchant says: The meeting this year was made remark- able by the admirable Welsh speech of Sir Ivor Herbert, M.P. Lord Tredegar spoke at the meeting in his usual happy style, and Mr. McKenna's speech was singularly effec- tive but the speech that held us all captive was that of Sir Ivor—the Welsh was classical and was glistening with happy phrases, and the delivery was as clear as it was fluent." j Trade in South Wales, this week," writes our correspondent, "is practically paralysed, owing to the possibilities of a lock-out in the Welsh coalfield. Glamorganshire and West and North Monmouth practically exist upon coal; and a lock out will mean financial ruin to hundreds of tradesmen, and starva- tion to thousands of families." Mr. David Davies, M.P., was among a number of motorists who were caught in a police trap on the Holyhead Road, and was fined £ 7. Sir Hudson Kearly, M.P., was another-but absentee defendant—and he wrote stating that the police in Wales were unable to set proper traps." Mr. J. Owen is relinquishing the post- mastership of the important town of Crewe, after more than 40 years' service. Mr. Owen is a Welshman. The tenth annual Welsh National Christian Endeavour Convention was held at Ponty- pool this week. In the course of an address, the vicar of St. Silas's Church, Bristol, said that their faces should show their enthusiasm for the service, and they should be sunbeams carrying sunshine wherever they went. They should be prepared, too, to go wherever the Master sent them; if necessary, to distant lands, or to the slums of the big towns, and perhaps it might be back to their daily round. In any case they should not hesitate. The Peace Conference at Cardiff this week was a decided success. The reading of a letter from Mr. Lloyd George evoked much applause. It was as follows:—" I greatly regret that owing to the committee stige of the Finance Bill, which demands my presence in the House of Commons on Monday next, I am unable to attend the meeting of the National Peace Congress. You know how deeply I am in sympathy with the objects of the Congress The cause of peace is the cause of progress, and all who have that cause at heart must look with gratitude on the splendid work which the Congress is achieving SIR G. OSMOND WILLIAMS. Wales is poorly represented in the honours list issued last week. Three persons having connection with the Principality are in- cluded, and of these only one is a Welshman. The second is a Scot, but the third is a Riddell! Mr. Albert Bruce-Joy, the famous sculptor, was an interested spectator at the Gorsedd gathering in Hyde Park the other day. Mr. Bruce-Joy is a Celt of Celts, being descended from an illustrious Donegal family in Ulster. Moreover, he can trace his family descent through his maternal great-grandfather from Princess Margaret Bruce, daughter of King Robert Bruce. Also a branch of the family is descended from the Princes of North and South Wales through Walter de Windsor- Governor of Windsor during the entire reign of William the Conqueror and Gladys, the Princess of North Wales. Mr. Bruce-Joy has executed many famons statues, including those of Gladstone, John Bright (in the House of Commons), Marquis of Salisbury, Matthew Arnold, &c., and at present is working upon a statue of the King, which will be exhibited shortly. WHOM MARCHANT LOVETH HE CHASTENETH. Since Marchant now unto us doth confess That when he chasteneth he means to bless, Let not despair our weakling hearts allure: Machreth and Morris Jones cf heaven are sure. And thus to urge his peace without alloy His axe he sharpens-to prolong their joy, Whilst they, forgetting every pang of woe, Must take the kicks and let the cussing go. The London illustrated weeklies did not do justice to the Welsh National Eisteddfod. Some of them did not publish a single picture of the great Welsh festival. Ascot is more in their line. The picture of a horse appeals more to the editor of the London weekly illustrated papers than a musical competition. Mr. Tom Bonnell bad a splendid "wel- come home" on his return to the Rhondda from the Welsh National Eisteddfod in London. He was "chaired" from the railway station to his home amidst cheering from a vast crowd. Mr. Bonnell up to the present time has won no less than 12 cups at various com- petitions, in addition to his present success in London. He has a pure sweet voice of splendid register, and there is no doubt that he is destined for a high position in the musical world. He is a collier by occupa- tion, and has studied music in his leisure hours. Mr. T. P. O'Connor has written a very appreciative article on the Welsh National Eisteddfod Mr. O'Connor thinks the sing- ing of Welsh choirs to be really excellent. He pays a compliment to the non-political and non-religious tone of the Eisteddfod, commenting on the fact that on the Eistedd- fod platform the men of all political creeds and religious beliefs can meet.