South Wales Daily News

BIRTTIS, MARRIAGES. DEATli,- Nsttces of Birtht, Ararrtages, and Deaths, la each, ij not exceeding 10 words. and 6d for each extra 19 wortie. BIRTH. LEWIS.—On March 14th, the wife of Wm. Lewis, Pentwyn, Pontypridd, of a daughter. 16 MARRIAGES. DAVIES—JONES.—Philip Davies, of Alltwen, Pontar. dawe, to Mary Jones, KilybebvH, at Kilybebyll Church, by the Rev. D. W. Jones, Rector. 800 JONF,S -Jo.,im.-At Ebenezer, Tonypandy, on the 16th inst., by Revs. Ellis and Richards, Tonypandy, Annie, daughter of D. R. Jones, draper, to Da.vid J. Jones, of the same place. DEATHS. JENKTNS.—March 15th, at Brisbane House, Llangen- deirne, John, eldest son of T. Jenkins, aged 15 years. Public funeral on Tuesday at 2 p.m. 107 JONES.—On Thursday, March 14th. at Maesgwyn- terrace, Cwmdare, Aberdare, Rees D. Jones, aged 57. Funeral on Monday. 2134

MONDAY. MARCH 18, 1895. THE CASE STATED. THE perversities of prejudice are inveterate, and in too many cases invincible. Here is a dignitary of the Church of England, whom we desire to treat with the utmost respect, gravely telling the public, in anticipation of the debate this week on the second reading of the Welsh Church Bill, that before the Welsh Church can be Disestablished it must be Established that it existed before the State, and therefore could not have been Established by the State and that, therefore, for the State to touch its status or property would be injustice, wrong-doing, and robbery. We are accustomed to this style of argument from Church Defence lecturers, and from a certain class of Tory journalists. But for a clergyman of reputation and intelligence who has, presumably, studied history and has knowledge of the science and art of Logic to discourse in the style of the Church Defence platform is a matter for surprise and sorrow. And yet, we remember that this is a staple argument of that perfervid Churchman, Lord SELBORNE, in his notable work a "Defence of the Church of England and of some other Church men of dignity and authority. We wish to treat opponents whose speeches or writings show them to be honest with every respect and courtesy. We might think them in error, but honestly in error, because there are illusions which play round the heart and the intellect—idols, BACON calls them—which too often blunt the perceptions and delude the intelligence. Many thousands of.State clergymen are in the position they occupy by no fault, and perhaps by no free unbiassed choice, of their own. Their early environment, their training, their education, placed them where they are and their sur- roundings, and the habits which have become a part of themselves, justify them to themselves in defending their position. Such men deserve respect so long as they exhibit in their arguments and actions respect for the views and position of those from whom they differ. In affirming then that we are utterly unable to apprehend the mental position of a Church dignitary who can contend that the Welsh State Church was not Established by the State because a Welsh Church existed before the State existed, we offer the writer no discourtesy. Re- ligion and Christian Churches might have existed in Wales before the State, but what in the name of all that is rational has that to do with the question which will be so vigorously debated in the House of Commons this week, and it may be for weeks to come 1 An eminent Church clergyman, the Reverend GERARD MOUL- TRIE, M.A., Vicar of South Leigh, writing to the Church Times some time ago, said It seems to me that there is a good deal of misapprehension afloat-on the subject of Disestablishment/' and, as he preceeded to show, the misapprehension was almost exclusively on the side of Church people. The Welsh Church,Twhose status ? the Government Bill intends to abolish, and whose Trust Property it proposes to appropriate to Welsh National uses, is -ecclesiastically denominated four Dioceses of the Province of Canterbury." This is what the Archbishop of CANTERBURY calls them. This is what Lord SELBORNE, in his highly belauded Defence," styles them this is what all competent Church authorities who write on the Welsh Church question term them. Well, it is these four Dioceses of the Province of Canterbury that we seek to Disestablish and Disendow. Were these four Dioceses in existence before the State ? Not the wildest curate on a Church Defence platform not any befogged Tory journalist who rushes into print on the Welsh Church question without understanding it not even Mr NYE, who has written such an infinite deal of inconsequentialisms in Church and Chapel Trusts, could sink so low into a mental quagmire as to affirm this. Why then traverse the question of a Welsh Church, meaning thereby Welsh Christianity, which existed before the State, as if that were the question at issue or had the remotest bearing even upon the question at issue ? Wales, as an ecclesiastical expression, was annexed totheProvince of Canterbury at the close of the thirteenth century, when our country was nominally conquered by the first EDWARD, and it was annexed to England as a subject Kingdom. At the same time even the most ardent Church Defence advocate who lets his zeal run away with his know- ledge does not venture to claim an antiquity for the Welsh State Church higher than the middle of the twelfth century. It is this English ecclesiastical system in Wales, these four Dioceses of the Province of Canter- bury," that the Welsh people de- mand should be removed from their midst, so that religion in the Principality might have free and un- fettered progress, untrammelled and unde- formed by State patronage and control, as it had in the early days of Christianity. Believing as we do that all error is perni- cious, and that error on a great national question, which at the present time is forcing itself into foremost prominence, is especially mischievous, we are supremely anxious that the real question at issue should be clearly and accurately appre- hended. We want no side issues here; no trailing of red herrings across the line of argument so as to lure the unwary astray, and to deter them from pursuing the argument to its ultimate and logical end. Most of the fallacies and errors which delude the mind arise from imperfect and misty definitions, and from the want of a tangible and nervous grasp of the subject discussed. Those who talk most of the status of the Church of England," of the rights of the Church of England," of the authority of the Church of England," seldom trouble themselves to attach any definite meaning to the phrase Church of England." From the speeches and writings of impulsive and over-vivacious advocates of the Church of England, it might be supposed that the Church enjoyed a separate and independent existence from the State, and was welded to it in some mysterious way and that by this mystic union the State received spiritual life, and the Church secular influence. Nothing is further from the historic truth than this transcendental theory. The Church of England is the nation ecclesiastically organised, as the State is the nation in its civil or social life. All the subjects of the realm residentin England and Wales are members of the English State Church by virtue of being subjects of the realm. Every resident in England and Wales has an equal right to the ministrations of the State Church func- tionaries, the clergy no matter whether through secession, tolerated by the law, he has chosen to dissent from these ministra- tions. He may forego the exercise and claim of the right, but he never loses the possession of the right. That right is indescrutible and indefeasible. The State Church has been called a branch of the Civil Service," but it is more. It is the nation exercising ecclesiastical functions through its duly-appointed functionaries, the z, clergy. The notion that it is not Estab- lished, in the sense that it is not the nation legislating in ecclesiastical matters, is unhis-' toric and fanciful. We hesitate to call it fatuous and absurd because the opinion is held by thousands of honest men of whom we wish to speak respectfully. As for the ruck of Church Defence lecturers, they may be dismissed with the contempt most of them deserve. They have but a smattering acquaintance with the subject, and, therefore, talk folly. Concerning Disendowment, tithes were formerly voluntary offerings given by the worshippers. This is shown by the question sent by St. AUGUSTIN to.Pope GREGORY, as it is chronicled in BEDE'S History. How," inquires AUGUSTIN, shall the ob- lations which the faithful bring to the altar be divided" The POPE in his reply recommends that these free gifts lte divided into four portions—the first for the bishop and his family, the second for the clergy, the third for the poor, and the fourth for the repairing of the Churches." Subsequently Anglo Saxon and Norman Kings made laws to punish tithe defaulters, but the tithe-payers were permitted to pay the tithe to any religious House, or to any Church they pleased. The parochial tithe system was not the law of the land until the time of JOHN and in that monarch's reign it was enacted that the tithe should be paid to the incumbent of the parish in which the tithe land] was situated. The State since then has altered and modified its ecclesiastical methods again and again. It did so in the reign of HENRY VIII. it did so in the reigns of MARY and of ELIZABETH it did so during the times of the Commonwealth and of the Protectorate; it did so in the reign of CHARLES II. and of WILLIAM and MARY, and in other reigns but throughout all the changes in eccle- siastical orgauisation the State never abandoned the principle affirmed in the great Statute of Provisors, passed in the reign of i EDWAltD" Ill., that the Church of England was founded in the estate of Prelacy within the realm of England by the State. How in the face of facts like these any fairly well-read Englishman, much more a Church dignitary, can affirm that the Church in Wales, which is but four Dioceses of the Province of Canterbury," is not a State creation, that it is not the State in its ecclesiastical character is to us incomprehensible. The facts sustaining the argument are legion, and the argument is cumulative and conclusive. What the Welsh people wish to abolish are the four Dioceses of the Province of Canterbury in other words, they demand that the State shall no longer exercise ecclesiastical functions in Wales. The demand is a most intelligible one and it is as righteous as it is intelligible.

FATHER IGNATIUS AND THE WELSH LANGUAGE. The St. David's Weekly contains a letter from Father Iguatius, in which he says it must be very painful to all Welsh Churchmen, on reading the programme of services in the Welsh cathedrals, to find that tb9 Welsh language ia utterly ignored. Welshmen bad a right to complain, and he hoped the editor would assist in doing away with the grave scandal of English services in Welsh cathedrals.

-r- CAOBURY-S COCOA.—"A food alike suitable for building up the growing body, and foT repairing the waste which is incidental to all the processes of life -Bealth. 11

CELEBRATION AT CARDIFF., On Saturday evening the Cardiff Irishnen celebrated St. Patrick's Day (Sunday, the 17th inst.) at a dinner in Barry's Hotel. Dr. James Mullin presided, and amongst those present also were the Mayor (Alderman P. W. Carey), Mrs Mullin, Miss M. Gratb, Mr and Mrs Courtney, Miss Murphy, Mr and Mrs McCarthy, the Rev. Father Hayde, Mr W. Abraham, M.P. for North-East Cork, Councillor E, Thomas, Dr. Buist, Dr. O'Donnell, Captain Begg, Mr T. Callaghan, Mr F. A. Fox, and Mr Grogan. Letters of apology for absence were announced from Sir E, J. Reed (who was prevented from attending on account of Parliamentary business), Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P., Mr Abraham, M.P, (Mabon), Mr Robert Bird, Councillor J. Munn, and Mr Valentine, organiser of the National League in the district. After dinner Mr T. Callaghan, president of the Charles Kickham branch of the league, proposed the toast, H The Queen and an Irish Parliament," which was duly honoured.—The Chairman gave Ireland as a. Nation." In doing so he said the Irish had struggled long for that, but he believed the struggle was now drawing to a close, and that they would soon see Ireland a nation. (Applause.) That prospeob did not depend upon the Liberals being their friends or the Tories being hostile; it depended upon Irishmen themselves, who must work hand in hand with their countrymen all over the world. (Hear, hear, and applause.) If they did so, not many more St. Patrick's Days would pass before they saw Ireland a, nation. He used to think Ireland would be better as a separate nation, but now he believed it would be better to be joined to Great Britain. They had no desire for separation whatever, and in pro- posing the toast they mfant Ireland as a nation in connection with Great Britain, joining in the group of nations and working out her own nationality and destiny in the best possible way. (Applause.) He coupled with the toast the name of Mr Abraham, M.P.—Mr Abraham, in his reply, said the point they contended for was not separation, but acknowledgment of nation- ality. The bond of national unity was strength. They had long fought for the principle for which they contended, and he believed there was no one in that assembly, no matter how advanced in years, who did not look forward in the hope and belief that, within the ordinary course of time spared to him, he would see Ireland a nation with a native Parliament, (Applause.) Ever since her miserable annexation to Britain, Ireland had not surrendered her right to the title of nation," and he claimed that she had a right to be recognised as such, and absorb all the elements that came into iv. The Government had sanctioned their right to make laws for them. selves— (npplause)—and although that was resisted for a time by the House of Lords, they had only to wait for a general election, which would retuma party who woulddothelnsh justice, and remove the last barrier that kept the peoples of England aud Ireland apart. (Applause.) They did not want a separate Ireland they wanted full and complete power to make laws for the well-being of Ireland by a Parliament of their own, elected by the people of Ireland. (Applause.)—Mr Grogan proposed "The Day we and the Rev. Father Hayde, who responded, urged unity amongsb Irishmen, not only in their politics, but in their religion.— Amongst the other toasts were "The Land we Live m" and "The Mayor and Corporation."— During the evening songs and recitations were ably rendered by members of the company.

NATIONALIST GATHERING ON SUNDAY, SPEECH BY MR W. ABRAHAM, M.P., OF CORK. One of the largest gatherings of Iii-sh National- ists assembled at the Gladstone-hall, Cardiff, on Sunday afternoon for the purpose of weioomiug Mr W. Abraham, M.P. for Cork, and one of the pillars of Mr Justin McCarthy's party. Mr T. Callaghan presided, and he was supported by Dr. Mullin, Mrs Mullin, Dr. Buist, and Messrs Fox, O'Neill, Fullerton, Neagle, Callaghan, Coaklev, Burns, McLaughlin, and McCarthy. In opening the proceedings, which were of an enthusiastic character throughout, the CHAIRMAN said,that everyiprospeeb indicated that an Irish Par- liament on College-green with Ireland, once more a united nation, was within measurable distance. (Hear, hear.) He was pleased that the Irish party in Cardiff had always maintained their unity and independence, and if they continued so they were bound to succeed in their one great aim. Mr Abraham, whom they were to have the pleasure of hearing, had done valuable work beyond price for the Irish cause. (Applause.) Dr. BUIST then proposed the following reso- lution :— That we express our entire confidence in the ability, integrity, and patriotism of the Irish Parliamentary party, as led by Jlr Justin McCarthy; we are also pleased at the loyal support so far given by them to oar Welsh friends and allies tluring the dbcus.:¡io: Oil the Disestablishment Bill, We further wish tv ex- pless our gratitude to the Government for the Laud Bill introduced by Mr John Morley, and, while not agreeing with the whol.e.ní its clauses, believe it to be an honest attempt to, in some degree, carry out the wishes of the Irish party with regard to land reform and sincerely hope it may be so amended in com- mittee as to secure the confidence oi those in whose interest it was so introduced, and that tlja Lords may for once, 8e the wisdom of passing iL intol3,w. In submitting the resolution, ho referred to the bond of union existing between the Irish and Welsh representatives in support of Home Rule for Ireland and Disestablishment for Y/ales. Appreciation of the meeting with the action of the Welsh members was manifested in general applause, and after Mr O'Neill had seconded the rasolution was passed with acclaim. Mr ABRAHAM, welcomed with true Celtic fervour, then delivered an eloquent and sonl. stirring speech, which was frequently interrupted by approving cheers. He severely criticised the action of the Redmondites, tabooed the influence for evil of what was entitled the split in the Irish party," and complimented the local Irish. men for their unwavering support of the Nationalist programme in the momentous crisis now fast disappearing. His auditors had adopted the policy of the great majority of their countrymen, and had given a moral and financial support to Mr McCarthy's party; and recent events, which had transpired in Ireland and elsewhere, proved conclusively that the majority of the Irish party was right, and that they in Cardiff were consequently on proper path. So far as Redmondism was con. csrned, he rejoiced that the policy of disintegra- tion, wrong, and ruin had no supporters in Cardiff, ana predicted that when an appeal was made to the country the ranks of Mr Redmond s followers would become still more attenuated. He was glad to visit them because the people of Wales had be.n sounder and stronger in support of Home Rule than even the Irish people in Ireland themselves. Indeed there was no ground in Great Britain in which his colleagues would rather stand than in Wales, and particularly in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Strides had been made towards the gaining of their desires and aspiration?, and outlook now was pecu- liarly favourable. The House of Commons had sanctioned Home Rule and an autonomous Parliament for Ireland. For the existence of the House of Lords he cared nothing it had opposed English, Welsh, and Scottish, as well as Irish reforms, and though there was no measure of rtiform on the statute book which had not been carried, in spite of their opposition, it would be so in the case of Home Rule it must succeed, and speedily. After commenting at length on the vast amount of useful work accomplished by the Nationalist party, he observed that Irishmen would bo wanting in gratitude if they did not loyally stand by the Welsh members in securing I Disestablishment for Wales, and then proceeded to enlarge upon the provisions of the Irish'Land Bill, the most important of which, in his opinion, was that relating to the improvements effected by tenants on their holdings. As to general political questions, he said he would and must support the measures for the alteration in the registration laws, and adhere to the principle of "one man one vote." In the future the Irish Nationalists would continue to support the Liberal Govern- ment in its great measures of reform. Th« Government! would, he felt sure, but appeal to the country when its leaders—in whom they could trust implicitly—thought the proper time had arrived. They would not look to the House of Lords or the Tory par ty to dictate when this time had arrived. Then, in the course of a reference to the local political situation he said that their lines in Cardiff were cast in very pleasant places. The influence of Irishmen in this country was growing, and must become more and more powerful. power, however, made them responsible for its judicious use. Irishmen in Cardiff had at the lasb elections thrown their support in favour of the candidate who sympa- thised with and agreed to vote for their claim for justice to Ireland. This candidate was a member of the great Liberal parfcy, and was associated with tha movement for thu moral and social advancement of tha British people of all parts of the kingdom. It was the duty of Cardiff Irishmen to support the candidate who was pledged to the party which had advanced the interests of the Irish party and, needless to remark, this candidate would be the gentleman selected by the Liberal Association. A vote of thank*, proposed by Dr. MciUN, seconded by Mr MCLAUGHLIN, having been ooodially carried, the member for Cork conveyed the formal thanks of the meeting to the chair- man, and a long, though enthusiastic, meeting was concluded.

BARRY DISTRICT. The national emblem was worn by a number of the Irish residents of the Barry district on Sunday, but the sanctity of the Sabbath was strictly observed, and no demonstration of any sort took place. It is intended, however, to hold a public dinner and dance at the Barry Dock Hotel on Tuesday evening next, instead of the Wilchiil Hotel, as originally advertised. This will be held under the auspices of the John Mandeville branch of the Irish National League, and already a. large number of influential local -upnt1Am"n hAl1A nromiaod to attend.

FUNERAL OF DICK BURROWS, OF SWANSEA. EXTRAORDINARY DEMONSTRATION OF SYMPATHY. The funeral of the late Dick Burrows, the member of the Swansea Football Team who died from injuries received during the Newport v. Swansea football match on the 23rd ult., took p'ace on Sunday, and was the occasion cf an extraordinary demonstration of sympathy. The cortege was a. very large one, and included the committee of the Swansea Club and the members of both the first and second fifteens. The coffin was covered with choice wreaths, and accom. panying the cortege was the Christ Church choir, I which sang suitable hymns en route. The road throughout its whole length to the cemetery was lined with sympathetic people. Arrived at the cemetery, the coffin was borne by members of the first XV., while the Rev. Mr Jones, of Christ Church, officiated.

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SWANSEA. St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in Swansea with the usual honours. The green was largely worn, and in the afternoon there was a strong parade of the societies. In the evening there was the customary ball was held at Greenhill, and to-night(Monday)theannual banquet will be held.

WELSH NATIONAL CONVEN- TION. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ABERYSTWYTH MEETINGS. The preliminary arrangements for tbQ holding of the Welsh National Convention ab Aberystwyth are now approaching completion. The negotia- tions between the three organisations directly interested—the South Wales Liberal Federation, the North W&les Liberal Federation, and the Cymru Fydd League—have necessarily occupied considerable time, and have somewhat delayed the holding of the convention. All the initial difficulties have, however, now been overcome, and the meetings will take place in Easter week, probably on Wednesday, April 17th, and Thurs- day, April 18th. The first day will be devoted to the annual general meetings of the three organisa- tions sitting as separate bodies to transact their own ordinary business and to discuss the draft of the proposed constitution for the amalgamated bodies. There will be a public reception given by the local committee in the evening. The second day the three bodies will sit together as a National Convention. The morning sitting will be devoted to the discussion of the proposed constitution, and the afternoon to the Government Disestablishment Bill, the proceedings winding up with a public meeting in the evening. Officials of local organisations affiliated with the South Wales Liberal Federa- tion should at once communicate with Mr R. N. Hall, 53, Queen-street, Cardiff; of the North Wales Liberal Federation with Mr F. Llewelyn Jones, Denbigh and of the CymrupETydd League, with Mr Beriah G. Evans, at Carnarvon or Cardiff. A large number of applications for delegates' tickets for the Convention have already been received. The Welsh Women's Liberal Union have elected 36 delegates to represent that body ab the Convention. Local organisations should lose no time in appointing their delegates, and making application for tickets, if they have not already done so. A number of leading Welsh members of Parlia. ment and prominent public men in the Princi- pality have already promised to attend and take part in the meetings.

BUTE DOCKS ACTS AMEND- MENT BILL, STRONG PETITION FROM THE BUTE DOCKS COMPANY. A CRUDE ATTEMPT TO REVOLUTIONISE." The petition which the Bute Docks Company will lay before the committee of the House of Lords, to whom is referred the Bute Docks Acts Amendment Bill, is one of a very lengthy character. The Bill, they say, is intended to relieve the Taff Vale, the Rhymney, and the Great Western Railway Companies from certain obligations imposed upon them by or under the existing Acts relating to the Bute Docks, and is promoted by the Taff Vale Railway Company alone, although it proposes to relieve from their obligations all the railway companies carrying coal traffic to the Bute Docks. The Bill, which may be described as a crude and ill-considered attempt to revolutionise the system under which the traffic to and from the Bute Docks has for many years been carried on, is intended to reverse a policy long since adopted by Parliament, after full inquiry, with the assent of the railway companies themselves, and which has since its adoption been further considered and confirmed on various occasions. The Bill is intended also to set aside agreements doliberately entered into with the sanction of Parliament, for valuable consideration, without regard to the vast sums of money which have been expended upon the faith of those arrange- ments, to the rights of your petitioners, or to the interests of the public. After setting out the text of the Bill, the petition proceeds to give at great length a historical retrospect for the pur- pose of showing the manner in which the system, which is now soughb to be destroyed, has grown up, and the utter injustice and impracticability of the proposals of the Bill. In the course of this retrospect the docks company admit that prior to 1882 their predecessors were obliged to convey coal for ship- ment over their own railways, but this state of thinps was found, they eay, to be so great and unreasonable a burthen upon them, and led to such delays in working the traffic, that their predecessors came to the conclusion that they would not be justified in incurring the expense of constructing the Roath Dock, which had been sanctioned in 1874, unless they were relieved of the obligations referred to with respect to conveyance of traffic. Accordingly in 1882, when the necces- sity for further dock accommodation at Cardiff had become very urgent, their predecessors dis- tinctly stated in both Houses of Parliament, when the Bill for the Act of 1882 was in committee, that they were not prepared to incur the great expense of constructing the new dock except upon the terms that the railway companies should convey their own coal traffic to the actual place of shipment and perform tho necessary incidental duties, including the reconveyance of empty waggons. All th, three railway companies wore repre- sented before the committee of 1882, and with their deliberate assent the provisions of former Acts were repealed, and after revision and amendment by the railway companies them. selves, new provisions were enacted under which the three railway companies obtained running powers (free of toil as regards coal traffic) ever tha dock railways, and it became their duty to convey their own traffic over those railways to the place of shipment and to remove empty waggons there. from. After setting out these provisions and showing in what manner the Bill pro- poses to repeal or amend them, the petitioners stato that it would appear thab the intention of the Bill is to relieve the railway companies from the duty of completing the conveyance of their own traffic, whilst maintain- ing unrepealed many enactments which would not have been inserted in the Bute Docks Act, but for the obligation of the railway companies to convey coal over the docks railways. It was, the petition continues, solely in reliance upon the provisions now sought to be repealed that the docks company's predecessors proceeded with tho construction of the Roath Dock, and they there- fore submit that it would be entirely contrary to justice and the ordinary practice of Parliament, if, after having secured the benefit of the works authorised in 1882, the railway companies were to b? allowed to throw upon your petitioners duties, the performance of which by them was th" indispensable condition upon which their predecessors undertook the very large additional expenditure of capital required for the construc. tion and equipment of the Roath Dock. They point "ut that as recently as last year Parliament re-affirmed their policy of 1882, and, in spite of the opposition of the Taff Vale Railway Company, the provisions of the existing Bute Docks Acts were expressly applied to the new dock. The Bill is, therefore, they contend, an attempiJ to reverse the policy adopted by Parliament only last year, and practically to repeal the Bute Docks Act, lt94. Great as was tfie difficulty, prior to the year 1882, in carrying on the traffic of the then existing docks, they are, they say, pre- pared to shqw that to attempt to return to that system now, under tha entirely altered circum- stances which have since arisen, would produce a condition of confusion and frequent deadlock, which would be most disastrous in its conse. qunces both to the Docks Company and the public. In concluding this petition, the company point out the injustice of making them dependent upon the pleasure of either of the three railway companies who have or may have rival interests to serve.

ACCIDENTS IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD, A Glasgow telegram reports thab Alexander Robinson, aged 18, while playing football for Craigpark Association Club on Saturday at Kennvhill, G;a-gow, became ill. He was carriod to a surgeon's, but was found to be dead from over-exertion. John Marshall, agod 21, of Lsith Athletics, had his left leg fractured while playing an Association league match in Glassrow on Saturday. Charles Dunn also had his leg broken on Saturday while playing football in Glasgow.

WELSH GOSSIP. I Atti interesting history of Caerphilly Castle, from the pen of Mr George T. Clark, appeared originally in the West of England Journal for 1836. Professor Young Evans, of Travecca, is among the victims of influenza. He was thus unable to preach at Trinity Church, Aberdare, on Sunday. Lady Lewis, The Mardy, accompanied by her two daughters, arrived in England on Friday last after an extended tour in Egypt and the, East. The commentary of Dr. Probert, of Pentre,, Rhondda, on Ephesians, which has been just published, is highly spoken of by Welsh Biblical critics. Mr D. J. Lewis (Cardigan), a student at Trefecca. College, has declined the invitation to the pastorate of Zion Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, Tredegar. Mr Lewis Richards, of Penygroes, now a student at Trefecca College, has received a unani. mous invitation to the pastorate of Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Ohapel, Gowerton. The late Dr. R. W. Dale was passionately fond of Wales, and invariably took his vacation in the Principality. He shared John Bright's enthusiasm for Llandudno, and Mr Gladstone's for Penmaen. mawr. "Autolycus," whose brilliant articles in the Blusieal Courier are exciting great interest in artistic circles, is, we believe, none other than Mr W. H. Sonley Johnstone, formerly of the South Wales Echo. The Rectory of Llangynhafal, in the county of Denbigh and Diocese of St. Aczapb, has been offered by the Bishop of Llandaff to the Rev. J. F. Rees, B.A., Vicar of Abertillery, by whom it has been accepted. A circular has been issued to the Calvinistic Methodist churches and congregations in the Vale of Clwyd cautioning them against being "misled and deluded to sign petitions against the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. Mr S. G. HobsoD, who was prominently identi- fied with the work of the Fabian Society in South Wales, is now acting as assistant editor to Mr Keir Hardie on the Labour Leader, the organ of the Independent Labour party. As the Cock Crew, and Other Stories," is the title of a clever little book just published by Remington, whose joint authors are the Misses Eve and Lilian Bowen Rowlands, daughters of the member for Cardiganshire. Much annoyance has been caused at the National Liberal Club during the past few weeks by the theft of articles of clothing from the lobbies. Among the victims is Mr S. T. Evans, M.P., who lost a valuable overcoat a few days ago. The local military authorities have recommended the War Office to build new officers' quarters at the Hut Encampment, Pembroke Dock, If the proposal is approved of, the wooden huts, in which the officers are at present quartered, will be taken down and a stone building erected on the site. Mr J. P. Lewis, printer, Merthyr, has just reprinted, with an appendix, a guide to Merthyr, originally issued by Mr T. E. Clarke, in 1848, which gives a most interesting history of the rise and progress of Merthyr Tydfil up to that date, The appendix gives a brief history of the town for the past 47 years. The Rev. D. Adams, B.A. BeShesda, Car- narvonshire, who is better known in South Wales as Adams Hawen," has received an invitation to become the pastor of the Welsh Congregational Church at Liverpool. Mr Adams won the prize for the essay on "Evolution," at the Pontypridd National Eisteddfod. The regimental records of the litt Battalion Welsh Regiment were destroyed in the recent fire at the officers' mess, Pembroke Dock. Lieutenanb D. A. N. Lomax had copied them down to the year 1854, but, as there is no knowledge of any complete copy ever having been made, the connected official narrative of events subsequent to that date is believed to have been lost. Mr Llewelyn Williams is introducing some life into the headings of tho S(ar. A couple of days ago the poor monoglot Londoner was startled by the following cabalistic combination Yr hen fam;" "Gwyr y cotau glas yn casglu arian y gweinidogaeth." But shouldn't glan" be"glei- sion 1" What saith Mr Williams? He is a Welsh scholar, and ought to know. Many of the older colliers will recollect the late Mr David Morgan, the cbeckweigher, who lately died at Abercanaid, Merthyr. His funeral will take place to-day (Monday), at two o'clock, when the remains will be taken first to Merthyr, and thence by train to Abernant, for interment at Aberdare. Mr Morgan was the secretary to the workmen's representatives on the sliding-scale in 1882. It was the late Mr Henry Lewis, Merthyr, who gave the initial impetus to the protest on behalf of the ratepayers against the 20th Clause (Increased Charges) of the Merthyr Water Bill. It has since been taken up by Mr Wm. Lewis, of Treharris, and there are yet other District Councillor Lewises to support it. I refer to Alderman Evan Lewis, Dovrifia, and Mr John Lewis, Penydarren. Mr W. L. Daniel, who was on Friday elected chairman of the Merthyr School Board, is one of the leading educationists in Wales. Like many other distinguished Welshmen, he is a native of Carmarthenshire, being born in the county town of Carmarthen. Long before the Education Act of 1870 was passed Mr Daniel, ably supported by the Rev. Sonley Johnstone, laboured hard for the cause of education in Merthyr, and his election as chairman of that important board is a fitting tribute to his services. There was a close contest for the chairmanship of the Denbighshire County Council. The two candidates propose were Mr S. Moss, the retiring chairman, and Sir Watkin W. Wynn. On a division each candidate obtained 25 votes. Mr Moss gave his casting vote in favour of himself, and was accordingly elected. Sir W. W. Wynn was subsequently elected to the vice-chair, obtaining 30 votes against 25 recorded for Mr O. Isgoed Jones. The voting on the choice cf aldermen resulted in the election of eight Con. servatives, amoug the defeated candidates being Mr Thomas Gee and Mr Owen Williams. The Aberaman Parish Magazine for March contains the following interesting paragraph The parish of Aberaman. St. Margaret, lying between the Gwawr, the Boi, the Cynon, and the Rhondda Fach rivers, an area of 3,996 acres, ha.'J':& population of over 11,000. This vast population is supposed to be ministered to by three clergy- men, giving an average of,3,666 per clergy- man. The geneial average allowed in wll. organised parishes is 1,200 per clergyman." In this parish thero are three Independent Churches and a large and commodious mission-room, four Baptist Churches, two Calvinistic Methodist Churches, two Wesleyan Churches, and two Primitive Methodist Churches, two causes connected with the Christadelphians, and a detachment of the Salvation Army. There are also residing in the parish 10 Nonconformist ministers, besides a number of lay preachers, with the various denominations. Yet the Bishop of St. Asaph would have us believe that Non- conformity is a waning force in the Principality. For the ninth triennial election of the Aberdare School Board 30 gentlemen and two ladies have been nominated for 13 seats. This is nob so large a number as were nominated for the first board in March, 1871, whan 41 gentlemen and on lady were nominated for the nine seats on the board. Twenty-foar of them, however, retired, and the first board was composed of the following gentle- men Mr James Lewis, J.P.. Plasdraw, who secured 5.554 votes the late Rev. J. Evans, of Trinity, who subsequently emigrated to Aus- tralis, 4,988 the late Rev. Dt. Thomas Prico, Calvaria, 4,911 Mr D. Rees Davies, Delta, 3,658 Mr W. Thomas, J.P., Cwmaman, now Brynawel, 3,073 Mr George Wilkinson, of Aberaman, 2,684 Mr David Thomas, Lletbyshenkin, 2,564 the Iate Rev. M- Phillips, Gwawr, Aberaman, 2,564 John Williams, London Warehouse, Trecynon, 2,341. The non-elected were Mr D. Davis, Maesy- ffynnon R. H. Rhys, J.P., Plasnewydd O,\oon Jenkins D. E. Williams, J.P Hirwain David Evans, subsequently of Bodringallt; LJ. Llywellyn, Aberaman J. James, Gadlys (father of Mr J. H. James, one of the present candi- dates) D. P. Davies, Ynyshvyd D. Morgan, Maesydervveu, Mountain Ash fohn M. Jones, miners' secretary, Mountain Ash W. Powell, Hirwain; and J. Johns, Cardiff-road. The board met for the first time on April 20th, 1872, Mr James Lewis, J.P., being elected its firai chairman, and Dr. Price the vice-chairman. t

NEWS IN BRIEF. :1 Mr Ruskin has been elected ar member otith* Society of Architects. It has been computed that one of-every 18 inhabitants of Germany is a soldier. Cardinal Vaughan has postponed his departure from Rome till the end of the month. A project is on foot to build an electric railway from Valparaiso, Indiana, to Chicago.: On a rough average 45,000 sovereigns pass over the Bank of Eugland counters every day. The children's battle of flowers took place at Nice on Friday afternoon in exceptionally fins weather. The return of the Prince of Wales to England is at present fixed for the week commencing April 1st. There is to be sold in London shortly the manuscript of "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." Lord Brassey has completed his arrangements for starting on his voyage to Melbourne in the middle of July. Mr Morley has despatched a special commis- sioner to inquire into the reports of the severe distress in North Cork. The salary of the Governor of New South Wales—a position now vacant by the death of Sit Robert Duff-is £ 7,000. A child of 11 has just committed suieide at Orleans by tying a leather belt round his neck and deliberately strangling himself. All through Central Africa a great famine it emminent. The locusts are in millions, and have eaten up every g-re",n thing exept coffee. Sir Charles Dilke has framed some highly important amendments to the Truck Bill, after consultation with one of the Yorkshire textils unions. James Fitzpatrick, a hermit, has been found dead in his hut, near Derby, Connecticut. He had been disappointed in love, and for 40 years be had not spoken to a woman. Among Hindoo women there are instances of some possessing the highest attainments. Cal. cutta can boast of several who have taken high degrees in medicine and science. The production of gold in British Guinea has risen from 250 ounces in 1834 to 138,000 ounces last year. This metal now ranks next to sugar as a commodity of sale in that country. In answer to a definite question as to whether he would accept the Speakership. Mr Campbell- Bannerman stated that if it were the wish of the House he was perfectly willing to serve. A prominent Yorkshire miners' leader, speak. ing to a correspondent, states that it is an undeniable fact that the life of the collier to-day in the mine is worse than it was 20 years ago. It is said jewellers are having much trouble with artificial rubies. This stone is imitated 8e closely by oxperts in France that it is almost impossible to detect the artificial from the real stone. Mddle. Yvette Guilbert has arranged to pro- ceed to New York in the autumn for the opening of the new Olympia there. She has been engaged for a month at a higher remuneration than bu ever before been paid to a variety artiste. Large numbers of wolves are still to be met with m the district of Lozere. The mangled re. mains of two young children have been found near Liotades. They were on their way to sohool when they were killed by the wolves and partly devoured. Sir Walter Foster, Parliamentary secretary to the Local Government Board, has promised to receive a deputation of sanitary inspectors, and will make an important statement respecting the public health, especially in relation to the suppres- sion of cholera and small-pox in England. There seems to be quite a run on buttons, ir. sizes varying from a sixpence to that of a crown piece. The larger they are the more chic ate they considered and placed here and there upon a corsage are extremely effective, notwithstanding a certain simplicity that is quaintly pleasing. The number of loads of rubbish which passed through the destructor of the London Commis- sioners of Sewers last year was 23,160, which produced a residum of 4,879% loads of ashes or clinkers, more or less hard, but valueless, and for the removal of which the Commissioners had topay. Before the Royal Commission upon Agricul- ture, Mr Dalton, of the Local Government Board, gave evidence as to the distress through lack of employment in the country as shown by official reports. A hope is expressed by members thai the final report will be ready for Parliament at early as July next. Nathan Allgood, of Rosewil, Galena, has < clock which has been running and keeping correct time for 120 years, and has never been out of repair but once. During the war a Yankes soldier broke a cog out of one of its wheels, which gave it a year's rest, Mr Allgood had it repaired, and it is now doing full duty. The War Office authorities have intimated that a proposal has been made by the Hong Kong civil power to present medals to the men of the Shropshire Light Infantry in recognition of the exceptional services rendered in stamping out the recent terrible plague there, whereby the regi- ment lost one officer and six men. A fashion gossip alludes to the ever-growing width of sleeves and the amplenees'of the skirts, which in some instances are nothing less than ridiculous. It has been noticed lately that ladief have changed their way of skirt-lifting, and, front a single hand deftly raising their dresses at one side, have now taken to raising both when crossing roads or muddy pavements—a necessity incurtsd by the fulnes3 of the "jupes." M. Andrew, the Swedish aeronaut and man, of science, who proposes to reach the North Pole bl balloon, has secured a companion. Mr Elkholmj of the Stockholm Meteorological Bureau, whe headed ths Swedish expedition to Spitzbergen ic 1882 to watch the transit of Venus, and who baa; devised a system of determining the velocity-(A the upper current of air by observations ofsthl clouds, has volunteered to accompany him. Mr Augustin Daly, the well-known th"brie$J manager of London and New York, by no means agrees with the old saying that U Shakespeart. spells ruin." "I-have not found that it does, If he said recently in New York, "and I should like it to be put on record as saying that I nevel losb" a dollar on a Shakesperian production." 1\(. Daly has made a speciality of Shakesperian revivals for 30 years, so that he is able to epealf with authority on the matter. This is what the Speaker has to say about tlhf. Local Veto Bill. It is known that a consider* able number of Ministerialists will either vote against the Bill or abstain, and it becomes difficult in these circumstances to see how it can b( carried, unless there is a great rally of the friendt of temperance on the Conservative side. Unkind people tr- saying that Sir William Harcourt half selected this as the particular fence at which to ride for the fall.' I do not believe it, but it iø r faci that at present it is difficult to see how th, measure can be carried in the House of Commons.* According to Mr Stead, in the Review oj Reviews, when Mr Asquith asked Miss Margo( Tennant (now Mrs Asquith) to marry him sht would hear nothing of it. Friends, yes, by at means husband and wife, nonsense." And » I she gaily laughed away his serious suit. Bat h< was not to be gainsaid. Soberly and seriously h< pleaded his cause, daunted by no nbuff, bi^ < condescending to no artifice or stratagem, not even to those which have always been regarded af the legitimate tactics of those whe woo fair ladies. Perhaps it was the very plainness and simplicity of his suit that was the secret of his success It is not often one finds the grave Standard making a joke but on Saturday someone ha/ been permitted to let himself go. Lady Jetwi has been writing about the petticoat as the beg( of what athletics are suitable for women, ..n4 she says she regards the divided skirt as a weal and useless compromise. The Standard agretl and says, Most compromises partake of thes* defects and we certainly give our vote for thsi I under-garment of which Lady Jeune has nd exaggerated the charm. We should be dispose to say the petticoat, the whole petticoat, and nothing but the petticoat, only the phrase mif?"' be misconstrued." Which would be a great pit?' Theie is a lady who worships in St. Saviour* Church, Clapham, who must have a voice like » foghorn. The vicar has gone to the length ol getting oub a summons calling upon Miss Imolig Payne to show cause why she should not tinue what is alleged to be a nuisance—to wit, singing ot the responses during service. I' alleged that some time since sh» was induced j"1 sign a document limitiug her vooal efforts witbifl reasonable bounds, but the strength of her dev tionai fervour has overcome the document, aDO her voice has overcome the congrfogatioiJ. remains to be seen whether she will be as Brtccess, fill with the magistrate. Dr. G. Law severely condemns those who cram their daughters with mental and neglect physical exercise. The result is ♦ha*1 young women they become anaemic and au f from the various disorders thab speoially apportail7 to their sox. Says Dr. Law At twelve of age they have been told they must be eccas in corsets and behave themselves like ladies. They must now restrain themselves *r0^ all exuberance of physical life. They henceforth do no romping, because to do s0_. unladylike. Tho result is they are undeveloped at the time when perfection is c» for. They have undeveloped, thin,^ bodies, or else roly-poly baby fatness. shall we do with these unfortunate young ps°P* ¡ to ward off the dangers that beset ihem ?