South Wales Daily News

-=_ BIRTHS, MAKKIAGJKS, DEATH ¡ yotices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths' are chart/ at the rate of Is jor the first Twenty Words, and (la .if every additional Ten words, and must be I'liEPAlli. 1 all cases the notice must oe ftut.hc1Hicatá (lY tit., ion" and tiiirfreag Qithe writer BIRTXL JENKINS.—Jnly 10th, the wife of D. W. Jenkins, Bvo Dawel, Cierleon, of a daughter. 6317 MARRIAGE. BEDLINGTO, ,V ATKD¡S,Oll the 8th inst., at the Parish Church. Usk, by 'be Rev .S. C. Baker, vie ir, John Christopher, youngest son of the late H. C. Bedlington, Esq., Mining Engineer, Bryn^fus, Whit- church, near Oardilf, to Elizabeth Emily, third daughter of the l ite Thomas Watkius, Esq., High- j niead, near Abergavenny. 1>EATH. JOSEPH.—Julv 10, at Fair Lawn, Pontvnridd, in his 72iid year, jflr Thomas Joseph, J.P., (,.Ill. 5293 I The. SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS may be obtained in LONDON each morning, immediately after the arrival of the 10.45 G.W.R. train, at our office, 150, Fleet- street Smith and Son's Bookstall, Paddington Station; Messrs Everett and Son, 13a, Salisbury- square; and Messrs Everett and ,Son, 17, Royal j Exchange

.1. -41 MONDAY, JULY 14, im. I THE LATE MR DAVID PUGH, M.P. 7 THE intimation of the death of Mr DAVID PTJGH, the member fur East Carmarthen- I shire, cannot have bean a surprise to his countrymen. The stats of his health had for some time been anything but satisfac- tory, and at his advanced age it necessarily excited fears of a fatÛ termination. We) have elsewhere given his biography, and those who knew him only in his later years cannot fail to see that he was a man far above the average in scholarship and general i accomplishments, and also possessed those qualities which commend men to ths esteem and good-will of their neighbours, During hia later years there was, no d?ubt, j considerable dissatisfaction because of his 'frequent absence from his place in F-arlit- ment, but there can be little doubt that these absences were due rather to thai: burden of years and general feebleness of health than to any lack of interest in his constituents. When a man from whom public service has been exacted passes away, liis neighbours and his countrymen, generally, are more inclined to look for indications of merit and of good service rendered than for something to carp at. In the case of the late Mr PUGH, it would \))y no means be difficult to show that on se-veral occasions ho rendered valuable service to the Liberal party, and no one can justly forget that he stood in the van of Liberalism even when the principles of Liberalism were most severely tried, and when some of its most powerful supporters deserted the -ranks and went over to the side ef the enemy. Mr PUGH was no deserter. He 'stood by his friends to the last. When ^younger men fainted and failed, he proved himself equal to the occasion. No one needs anything better than this as a testimony of political honesty, of fidelity to party, and of mental vigour which retained to the end a powerful grasp of the situation as it pro- ceeded from stage to stage. At the same time it may be doubted whether it is alto- gether wise to make it a practice to return men to Parliament after they hvo ceased to be physically equal to its burdensome duties. In these times constituencies can ill afford to be unrepresented when there is a division on some great public question. It j ought to be remembered that while there is much to admire in returning a member to Parliament who has rendered many years of service to the party, but has for years been physically unequal to the task, the younger members of the constituency cannot but feel that they are placed at a great disadvantage. It is impos- sible for them to have the same regard and reverence as their fathers had for a repre- sentative advanced in years and no longer able to fight the battle in which he may have distinguished himself in his younger days. Consequently the younger con- stituents naturally grumble and find fault when they miss the name of their repre- sentative from the division list, and they lay all the responsibility on their representative instead of blaming those who returned him to Parliament long after he was equal to the discharge of the duties expected and exacted. In the case of Mr DAVID PUGH, there will, however, be many who will ea&ily be able to speak of his younger days, II and of his gallant support of the cause of Liberalism at a time when most men of his rank and position in Wales were thorough- going Tories. Now that there is a vacancy to be filled, it is to be hoped that the party will select such a man as will be able and willing to make common cause with the advanced Radical party in Parliament. It is not for us to suggest names, but we must express the hope that the constituency, or at least the Liberal party which commands an immense majority of its voting strength, will be united in their selection of a candi- date, and that, having selected one, they will return him with an overwhelming majority, were it only to show their poli- tical opponents that they need not attempt to squeeze even the thin end of the wedge into the East Division of the County of Carmarthen.

THE LATEST RHYL MANIFESTO. THE sooner the North and South Wales Liberal Federations have a conference with the National Liberal Federation through the agency of well-selected delegates the better. The meeting held at Rhyl last Saturday did not hesitate to express strong dissatisfaction with Mr GLADSTONE'S latest utterances on the question of Welsh Disestablishment, contained in the reply to Mr GEE, of Denbigh. Having very re- cently published that reply, and commented at some length upon it, it will be unneces- sary to reproduce it here, but we still think it unreasonable to endeavour to put undue pressure on ths veteran Liberal chief to pledge himself to an undertaking which he regards as beyond his grasp, and not likely to come up for settlement until his life's work is done. This is to Mr GLADSTONE'S followers a most painful view to take, but the Liberal party feel themselves bound to have some consideration for the chief who has so bravely and so constantly led them on. But while feeling bound to show the utmost consideration for Mr GLADSTONE and his long and splendid services, it is not to be expected that the other leaders of the Liberal party will be so tenderly dealt with by Nonconformist Wales. Ihe error, if there be an error, on the side of those whom Mr GEE represents, is that they are perhaps too exacting with Mr GLADSTONE. Mr GLADSTONE reckons up his years and calculates 011 certain probabilities sug- gested by encroaching infirmities which even his splendid physique cannot wholly conceal, and he returns a most guarded and cautious answer to Mr GEE. But tht-re is 110 reason why the Liberal Federation should not, so to speak, take the bull by the horns, give Welsh disestablish- ment its due position of prominence, and satisfy Welsh Nonconformists that their claim for priority is only just. Something of this kind is due to Wales, and we also think that it is still further due to Wales that the Liberal members who represent the Principality in Parliament should con- sider how far they can urge this view of the case upon Mr GLADSTONE'S colleagues. Whatever they do will necessarily carry weight, because there cannot or, at least, ought not to be any un- certainty whatever as to their representative character. As to the propriety of Mr GEE'S letter, we have already expressed a doubt, and we find that the Liberal Federation of North Wales adopt somewhat the same opinion, though they have not given formal or official ex- pression to it. We must wait to see what comes of next Iliursday's Conference in London. A company of earnest, reasonable men discussing all the points at issue can hardly separate without discovering some practical settlement on which all parties will cordially unite.

SOUTH WALES NOTES. [BY COSMOS. J COLOURS FOR GLAMORGANSITIKE. MOST cricketers will admit that Glamorgan- shire did very well against such a strong j county as Warwickshire. When the game was left drawn it was anybody's game. On Friday and Saturday week Somersetshire is due in Cardiff, and although the Welsh county will be represented by nearly its full strength, it can scarcely expect to cope suc- cessfully with such a strong team as the I western county can put into the field. Both S. M. J. Woods and Hediey played last week for the Gentlemen v. Players, and the former is second 011 the list of first class bowling averages. Again, Hewitt ought to have been included in the Gentlemen, for no amateur has shown more consistent form. Moreover, Somerset- shire has other batsmen wlio are quite the equal of W, D. Llewelyn, who must be regarded as Glamorganshire's best bat. Somersetshire also professionals who are by no means to be despised. However, Somersetshire finds it as difficult to play its strength as dosa this county so when the day comes round it is not at all im- probable that its great men will have gone to play fm- some club or another, and left their county in the lurch. On Saturday the committeeof the Glamorganshire County Club had under discussion the question of colours, The first thing required is a cap, which only those who play for the county will be allowed to wear. It was decided that the cap should hav" the red dragon npsu it, but the colour of the cap has not been determined. I suggest white, but the objection against white is that it gets so dirty. The second thing is the colours of the club, which all members will be per- mitted to don in the shape of caps, neck- ties, ribbons, and blazers. The committee solicit ideas. GLAMORGANSHIRE HUNT CLUB. AT the meeting cf the Glamorganshire Hunt Club 011 Saturday, the principal subject of debate was the vexed question of subscrip- tions. It was mentioned by the secretary that one gentleman who hunts regularly on Fridays was asked for a donation, and actually had the conscience to forward 10s 6d The secretary returned this, with the intimation that such small amounts were not accepted, but on the following Friday tho gentleman was out aaÚn looking none .tho worse, but half-a-guinoa to the gyod. Then it was pointed out that several gentle- men who do not hunt themselves are in the habit, during the Christmas holidays, I of sending their children out with a groom, aw towards the £ ltn„CTe nothm0 children an^ °r three increase the si;. ( c '° ing that all of t* 1 «*»! and perfectly ij. noran o they may Juse* that the parents obvwua privilege/ One «<«ily for the cap be taken round fr, tiie difficulties in regai^= ^ay' evident and the advantifAtl are, S? it is not worth my wilful* that them. Moreover, a p?e^ like the Glamorganshire 3 dignity, and such devices be left to pot hun c or fox-hunters who d7 themselves. Nevertheless, re3Pec was only by one vote. P031'10^1 which was carried, to the dmen subscriptions be received urn18' n° not much forward the matterf' man who, after having his s?en e~ turned, will put in an aj?n following week, must be rous( f I '1 11S apathy by something tions. The only way to get to intimate to them that 13 contribute a reasonable sum will be given to the public as but allow others to bear the exp £ ? burden. In fact, it was a very that the secretary did not at th J nN give the name of the 103 6d g 0 pour encourager les autres. THREE DAYS A WEEK DHCHXEf THE advocation of an assistant secre. the Cardiff side of the county was a the right direction, for it is impossii, the secretary to attend all the meets the Welsh metropolis, and, moreover, not likely to identify men who only spasmodically, and under this pretence fuse to open their pockets. At the s time I cannot congratulate the meml upon the lucidity with which they deba the desirability of hunting the county thi days a week. The whole discussion res»lv*. itself into the financial instead of the agi cultural. But it is decidedly not a questioi of ways and means, but of the wishes of tht farmers. From my knowledge of the agri- culturists on the Cardiff side of the county, I am prepared to affirm that the majority of them have quite enough hunting without any addition. The meeting rejected tha motion, and acted very wisely in so doing. A DOG SHOW FOR CARDIFF. CAItDIFF-Iast week laid claim aoain to the attribute cheerful. What with flower shows, sports, cricket, and trips by sea, the pleasure-seeking toiler was almost be- wildered. Nobody can affirm that there ia not a sturdy sporting spirit abroad among the inhabitants of this town, and the news now comes that a dog show worthy of the place is to be held in the autumn. The committee have been in correspondence with the Marquis of Bute seeking permission to use the Drill-hall, and c&nsent was received last week. In this building there is room for a large number rf dogs, and why should not Cardiff take the place which Warwick filled ? The sleepy eld midland borough had the best show in the provinces, but an absence of support and population killed it. Here there are both, and, with energetic men, the fixture should soon become famous. SPORTS AND LITERATURE. THE Cardiff Harlequins Football Club, not being content with fame in the athletic field, is, I believe,the first club to embellish a pro- gramme of sports with quotations. Wa learn on the title page, after the mention of the Sophia Gardens Park. that Bishop Hail has written This field is so spacious, and it were easy for a man to lose himself in it." Under the list of committee comes Byron's well- known lines upon the pleasure of seeing one s name in print, and the starter, judges, and secretary and treasurer are favoured with suitable lines from Shakespeare. The last-mentioned official is rather felicitously labelled— And how his audit stands who knows save Hoaven ? And this sort of thing is continued through- out, each event putting one poet or another under contribution. THE SWANSEA SKETCHING CLUB. SENTINEL" writes :—On Thursday the sun shone out brightly (a rarity of late), illumin- ating the landscape and revealing the subtleties of the charming scenery of Oxwich to the Swansea sketchers, who came down masse, with easels and stools, canvases large and small • some ambitiously confining themselves to c-i], others indulging in the fascination of water cslour, others again, less pretentious, contenting them- selves with black and white, but all in- tent on doing wo>rk—for it is a peculiarity of this club that loafers are not allowed. However ardent an admirer, however liberal a patron of art one may be, if he is not a worker there is no place for him in the Swansea Sketching Club. The chosen scene of operation was tho village of Oxwich, whither the members drove in brakes—at least as near to it as Miss Talbot (through her agent MrjjKssery) would permit, for their application to be allowed to thrive through Penrice was point blankly refused. However, the walk down the lane did the members no harm. After a day's work had been completed, the results of which the public may expect to see at the next annual exhibition, refreshments were sought and speechifying indulged in, THE eUIEP CONSTABLE FOR CARDIGANSHIRE. THE choice of the Cardiganshire Joint Standing Committee for Chief Constable has fallen upon a man of long service in the county constabulary,and one who has a posi- tion of exceptional confidence and respect in the minds of the people. Some folks try to make political capita! out of the affair, and allege the appointment was one of party and sect altogether. But this is just another instance of how men discover in others just those motives upon which they act them- selves. The minority at Thursdays meeting of the Joint Standing Committee voted straight for their own candidate, and now they presume to criticise the other side doing precisely the same thing. Tha history of the past in counties where Tory- Church has had the majority has generally been the story of the reo pression of Liberal-Nonconformity. The royal road to promotion has been found on the side of the former. Now that the power has gone over to the other side, those who formerly exercised it for the sole benefit of themselves and their hangers-on cry out about unfair retaliation. I know of a police force in South Wales which contains a con- stable of irreproachable character and a service of 15 to 20 years who has not ad- vanced beyond the ranks, while others who are merely striplings in age, service, and experience compared with him have re- peatedly promoted over his head. Why ? The only reason I can find is that the constable is a sturdy, consistent Noncon- formisL let, were the tables turned to- morrow, the men whs have allowed this monstrous injustice would be the first to cry out about sectarian retaliation.

SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE, RHONDDA SLIDING-SCALE ELECTION. ON Saturday EVENING at tha Windfor Ton, tho result of tha VOTING for the various candidates who contested the two seats allotted to the Itiiouuda district on the slidinef-scal# com- mittee was doclared a* follows :— Mabon, M.P., 17,256. Mr T. D.ironwy 9.026, Mr William Jon^s-, 3,94-1. Mr Jehu Williams, Ciydach 2,822. Mr David TB.-ierins,Great Western Colliery, 2,702. Mr Thosiai Evans, Penygraitf, 8^4. Mr W. P. Bowden, Mountain Ash, 2CO. The tirst two candidates were therefore elaNd elected. The following gentlemen who had been nominated withdrew, viz. Mr William Evans, sub-agent, Treorky Mr Gallo- WAY, Treherbert; and Mr John Richards, Ynyghir.

CANON LIDDON'S ILLNESS. The Oxford correspondent of the Central Newa telegraphing on Sunday OTCNINPR, says Canon Liddon, whose sufferings have bean most intense, had sufficiently recovered this morning to bear removal to more airy apartments. Sir Heary Acland, who is still in attendance, is of opinion that it will not be necessary to issoo any moro daily bulletins.

The Salamanca, on arriving at Queenstown from Lyttleton, New Zealand, reports having spoken tho ship Derby shire on July lqt. Tha latter reported passing ou June 28th tho Herope on fire, and apnaieotly abandoned. The crew were saved..