South Wales Daily News

BIRTHS, MAKU] AGES, DEATH- Notices of Tiirths, Marriages, and Deatht. Is each, if not exceeding 20 uoi,do. and fid for each extra 10 word, DEATH.' LEWIS.—On the 25th Nov., at Tylacocli, Abercarn, the residence of her son, Rebecca, widow of the late Robert Lewis, of St. Mary Hill Court, Bridgend, aged 68 years. Funeral on Friday, the 29tii Inst., from the Court, for Colwinstone, at 1 p.m. 7:.W I

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"MISGIVING, SORROW, AND SHAME." MR GLADSTONE has informed a correspon- dent that he does not" comprehend some of the proceedings now taken on behalf of labour," and that, he views, with "misgiving, sorrow, and shame," the defeat of JOHX BRTGHT'S son in the election for Rochdale. The greah Liberal leader expresses in three words the feeling of many sympathetic observers who, like himself, are unablo to comprehend what is going on in the name of Labour and though there are ready to hand something like explanations of current events, these do but disclose a still more difficult question. Here, there, and every- where—jumping up like.T ACK-in-the. box-are men claiming to be exponents of the will and the desires of the wage-earning population. Many of them disagree one with he other. Between some of the more prominent among them there are sharp antagonisms which run deep into principles, and arc therefore of more account than any mere personal dis- sension. It is impossible to ascertain what line of procedure would be acceptable to all so as to bring about unity of action and the consequence is that even in the Parlia- ment of Labour, the Trade Union Congress, there was this year a bitter dis- cordance and an undisguised deter- mination to advance sectional objects even though that most valuable organisation should itself be wrecked. Such a condition of affairs may well ive rise to misgiving, sorrow, and shame and we are justified in appropriating Mr GLADSTONE'S words to the general situation, to which they apply even more closely than to the outcome of the Rochdale contest. Partly, these evil con- ditions may be attributed to that feature of public life which is affecting all phases of political operation—namely, the disintegra- tion of great parties and the formation of sectional combinations for the pursuit of limited ends. But it is only partly due to this, for this process has as yet not so much application to the cause of the wage-earners as it has to general political affairs. Labour has so much still to achieve in the way of reform that there might well be strong cohesion amongst all who are working for improvement. The immediately-practicable objects aw. not such as to cause dissipation of energy by the disclosure of any real differences. Consequently, when Labour leaders differ, and by public demonstration of active antagonism inform the world of their lack of agreement, they very seriously weaken their effective force in public life. It is not so much that the chiefs of the great parties, or the wire-pullers of party organisations, are induced to regard them and their follow- ing with lessened respect, and that so their influence is destroyed. This is not the worst feature. The more important outcome, the more destructive effect, is that amongst the mass of wage-earners there is aroused some amount of suspicion as to the bona-fides of the leaders. Suspicion quickly ripens into distrust and distrust lias its manifestation in indifference. So that when the time of I action comes, whether in national or local elections, the wage earners as a body are withoy^ due concern for their own interests as a class. They suffer because of the dissensions among those who should be their instructors as well as their leaders. Nor is this all. The indifference operates in another sphere. Doubt engendered by political differences invades the region of Trade Unionism and the Unions are the weaker because the leaders are not enjoying full confidence in other matters. It is more particularly the injurious consequences entailed to wage-earners as a class that we wish to emphasize. The shortcomings here adverted to have pro- duced, and they continue to produce, misgiving, sorrow, and shame in the minds of those who have, during the years of strenuous conflict for a generation past, won for them the freedom they now enjoy. These contestants are ready and willing to continue the fight, with determination to destroy every vestige of privilege that inter- feres with the perfect liberty of tho citizen. They-the Liberal forces whom Mr GLAD- STONE has led-will fight; henceforward as they have fought in the past, on the ground of principle, convinced that the battle they wage is in a righteous cause, and that the objects sought to be attained are simple justice. Because they thus seek to keep up the rate of progress, because they will not turn aside to dally with untried theories, because (above all) they do not instanter accept as an immaculate and inerrable political Messiah every self-lauded dogmatist who announces himself as proclaimer of a new evangel, these veterans on the political field are blatantly ordered to stand aside to give DON QUIXOTE free course in his headlong tilt at the windmill. For the present, it is only misgiving, sorrow and shame that possess the mind. Hereafter, by heavier shower of contumely, the great body of Liberals may be induced to let the in- experienced and irresponsible neophytes rush ahead in their career of self-destruction fOr if the mutual recriminations of Labour leaders and the establishment of sectional organisations be continued, it is certain destruction and nought else that awaits them. In any case, their differences give opportunity to reactionaries. The dis- sensions make opening for effective attack by Tories in the guise of paternal Socialism. It is only by full understanding of real issues and by a correct appreciation of the practicable in politics that all the forces that make for progress can be united and it is ever true that United we stand, divided we fall," the greater injury from the fall being received by the poorer-that is, the wage-earning—classes. I

DEFENCE AND DEFIANCE. I THE extension of the employers' organisa- tion, just reported, gives point to the observations made in this column a few days ago with relation to the dispute at Belfast. Because Messrs HARLAND and WOLFF had at that port a misunderstanding with a certain class of their workmen, the employers on the Clyde locked out men of the same class who were working for them, and with whom they had no dispute and we now learn that the employers in the north-eastern ports of England, and at Barrow on the north-west coast, have joined the masters' combination, so that ere long we may expect to hear that the men in the English shipyards have been discharged also. The particular question at issue in the Belfast dispute has nothing to do with the question we wish to force home to the minds of our readers. The masters at Belfast might be altogether in the right, and the men might be utterly in the wrong; but that fact would not affect the con- sideration we wish to urge. As a matter of fact, the men at Belfast have a good case but if they had not, if their position were altogether unwarranted, the point we have to insist upon would be just as strong. We set aside the Belfast dispute, and confine attention to what has been done on the Clyde and to what may be done in northern England—namely, the paralyzing of business in a whole community at the whim of a few individuals. There is a certain type of employer who is ready at all times to ask, Can't I do as I like with my own 1" and the short-sighted man evidently thinks that he has fan" own and that he can." He has to be taught that he can't, when he happens to be the employer of large numbers of men, and when the welfare of a community depends upon continuance of the industry of -which he is the figure- head. "No man liveth unto himself" is more true industrially than in any other connection. Labour, technical skill, capital, have all to be united if in- dustries are to flourish and the cases are exceptional where the capitalist has more than his possession of capital to justify the holding of the power he possesses. Some few have technical skill, some have business aptitudes, some have adventured their property and have built up large undertakings by years of steady toil. But more are mere investors, or are the purchasers of skill and business capability nothing but exploiters of industry. The capitalist, whatever class he belongs to, owes a duty to the community and for those who would challenge this assertion we will change the ground and say that the com- munity considers that a duty is owing to it. When, therefore, as I on the Clyde, the affairs of the community are disorganised, when men are thrown into idleness and women and children are set to starve and shiver through wintry weather, the capitalist who causes all this misery and distress—fatal as it must be in many cases—must be called sharply to account. Let it be clearly understood, this lock-out on the Clyde arises from no dispute j between masters and men it is solely the result of an understanding between the Belfast and the Clyde employers, and these latter have created gratuitously all the terrible distress to thousands of persons— as well as heavy losses to tradesmen and others quite outside the limits of the ship- building industry—because they wish to assist the Belfast firm in defeating their men. If the Trade Unionists of this country allow the Clyde lock-out to succeed they will deserve all the evil that will certainly follow. The principle of Unionism is at stake. This sympathetic lock-out is a determined attempt to break the power of the Unions; confessedly so. There is no disguise of the fact. Hereafter we may take occasion to display more fully this aspect of the matter. To-day we are con- cerned only to repeat our former contention, that public interests of a grave nature are at stake. Should the great captains of industry be left at liberty thus to enter upon industrial war and to work devastation in districts where no cause of strife exists ? The conduct of the Clyde employers, viewed from the standpoint of the community as a whole, is altogether without excuse. There are interests both wider and higher than their trade profits and when, in defence of some assumed in- terest by third parties, the directors of large concerns enter upon suicidal strife with their workmen, it is time for the community to inter- vene—at any rate, so far as to condemn the extension of the area of con- flict. One consideration only is satisfactory; such tactics as those we condemn will teach the workmen to use their franchise. If, tor example, the workmen were fully represented on the relieving authority, they could wield a powerful weapon by granting adequate relief to all sufferers by the lock- | out; the consequent enormous increase of the poor-rate would help immensely in bringing outside influence to bear on n the employers and in proving that "sympathetic" lock-out could not pay. There are some other ways in which, by exercising their franchise power, the men could effectively wage the war in their own interest. The resources of civilization," far from being exhausted, have in these matters not yet been utilized at all.

MORE WELSH SAILORS RESCUED. The particulars to hand connected with the wrHcking of the barque Belle O'Brien off the coast of Kerry are rather meagre up to the pre- sent. The six men belonging to the ill-fated ship that have been rescued and landed in Kerry are in a sad condition, and not fib to be interviewed. Two of them are Welshmen, viz., G. F. Caton, first mate, and B Ellis, third mate. The other four are Norwegian*, whose names are G. Obsen, carpenter. "Alfred Vasburg, B. Sysberg, and A. Kundsen. These six shipwrecked mariners are at present staying at tho house of their rescuer, Thomas Hussy, of Ballyh^igne, some distance from Tr,,I- The Belle O'Brien left SliD Francisco early Inst month with a cargo of grain, and was to call at Queenstown for orders. Aftergefcting into the Atlantic, weather of extreme violence was encountered, and the greatpr portion of the ship's rigging was lost. About 130 miles W.N.W. of K-rry Hfad it was decided to abandon her, and a portion of the crew put into the boats six of the sailors put into one of the lifeboats. Another boat got adrift with three men. After these two boats left the ship there remained the captain and 13 hand. and no account has yet been received concerning them.

DEATH OF AN ECCENTRIC WELSH LADY. A CURIOUS WILL. On Monday, In the rural village of Llanrug, about four nnles from the ancient town of Car- narvon, were interred the remains of a most curious personage—a lady. She was the daughter of the lateRtvH. Bailey Williams, and grand- daughter of the Rev Peter Williams, the Welsh Bible translator and commentator. She was first married to a Mr Welborne. a merchant in a large way of business in the West Indies, and after his death returned to the family home at Pantavon, Llanrug, where she caused great amusement and wonder amongst the natives through her "New Woman's ideas. She was very fond of hunting and riding, and might always be depended upon to be at the meet, however stormy the weather might be. Lately the home was broken up, and the estate, after being in Chancery, was sold. Mrs Welborne removed to Anglesey, where she held a farm in Pentraeth, While there she married a young man named Edward Jones. After a year or so of wedded bliss, a few days ago the lady fell ill and died, and, as stated above, was buried in Llanrug Churchyard. At the burial service, in the old church, the family lawyer read a most curious will. After the customary formalities the testatrix wenb on to command that after her death she was to be dressed in her hunting habit of divided skirt, jacket, peaked cap, and strong boots, and so laid in the coffin. Ail her other clothes were to be burned, as was also her carriage. Her favourite steeds (one of them afc least worth £ 60) were to be shot on the morning following her burial. Having devised part of her property to her various relatives, provided the above commands were carried out, she willed that the remainder of her personal property, which is congiderab's, should be divided between her dear husband, her niece, and sister-in-law.

NEW COAL CHARTER. MEETING OF THE CARDIFF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ACTION OF THE CHARTERERS, At a recent meeting of the Documentary Com. mittee of the Chamber of Shipping for the purpose of taking further action in the matter of the proposed new form of charter arrange- ments for the meeting of the charterers in London were made. Subsequently a communication was received by the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, asking on what date early in December South Wales charterers could attend. With the object of considering this letter a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce was hold on Wednesday, when, after full discussion, it was decided that inasmuch as the Chamber was composed of so many conflicting interests, no representative be deputed from that b>dy. It was, however, suggested that the Documentary Committee should put themselves in communication with other Chambers interested. It is worthy of note that, so far, shipowners have only been approached in regard to the new coal charter, and it is only by their association that the new form has been approved, but the pro- moters nave yet to convince the charterers that the altered eharter will work to their benefit. It was only on Tuesday that the secretary of the Mutual Association of Merchants of Great Britain and Ireland (Mr H. C. Job«on), whose head offices are situated in Car- diff, received a letter from the secre- tary of the Documentary Committee asking nirn to arrange for a deputation of South Wales merchants or charterers to meet tho Documentary Committee in London on the 5th of December, but it is highly improbable, although a meeting of the merchants is called tor Friday next to consider the matter, thae the deputation could be arranged. The merchants, it appears, are urging for a bona-fide discussion of the matter, because it seems they do not now altogether agree with the new form of charter. The main pomts in which they diffur is that the charter shall pay wharfage, that the owner shall appoint his own stevedore and broker, and that bills of lading shall be signed without responsibility to the shipowner as regards weight.

STEAMSHIP KATE THOMAS, OF CARDIFF. MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS. A meeting of the shareholders in the steamship Kate Thomas, of which Messrs Evan Thomas, Radcliffe, and Co., Cardiff, were the managing owners, was held at Cardiff on Wednesday, Mr Henry Radcliffe occupying the chair. There was a large attendance. It will be remembered that the Kate Thomas was lost on the coast of Morocco on the 21st of October last. The CHAIRMAN explained that the proposal which would be submitted to the meeting was that the company purchaee a now steamer to take her place, Messrs Turnbull and Sons, of Whitby, had offered a suitpbie vessel which would cost from £ 24,000 to 225.000. She would have a carrying capacity of 4,000 tons. The assets of the company then amounted to £ 13,000, and the builders had ngreed to accept that amount, the balance to be paid in three years' time when it was thought the vessel would have earned it. Consequently the shareholders would not, in all probability, be called upon to subscribe. Mr HOLMAN, of London, proposed that the snegestion be accepted. This was seconded. Alderman R. Cony moved an amendment to the effect that the assets of the company be divided amongst the shareholders. Rev. CYNDDYLAN JONES seconded the amend- ment. After a long discussion the amendment was carried.

MR GLADSTONE ON THE LABOUR MOVEMENT. A Rochdale gentleman forwarded to Mr Glad. stone the other day some tracts on the labour question, and has received the following letter in reply Sir.-I thank yon for sending me the tracts, by a writer whom I know to be possessed of great ability, and I sympathise with his desire to place the labour movement upon a religious basis but my hands are quite full with other work, and I frankly own that I do not compre. hend some of the proceedings now taken on behalf of labour. If I am to take the late election at Rochdale as a sample of them, I must own that the defeat of the son of John Btight in Rochdale fills me, under all the circumstances, with mis. giving, sorrow, and shame. Perhaps I may not be fully acquainted with the cause. I would fain hope so.—Yours faithfully, W. E. GLADSTONE,"

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I FUNERAL OF SIR WM. DA VIES. I IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT MACPELAH. SYMPATHY OF HA VERlfORD- WEST. LARGE ATTENDANCE OF REPRESENTATIVE MEN. If proof other than that already offered were wanted as to the general respect in which the late Sir William Davies was held, and as to the deep and widespread sympathy felt with his family in the hour of their affliction, it was afforded by the large and representative assem- blage of friends from all parts of the country at the ceremony which attended the committal of the remains of the deceased knight to their last resting-place. The sad final office was performed on Wednesday morning. The place of interment was the remote but picturesquely situated little cemetery known by the ancient Biblical name of Macpelab, which, distant about three-quarters of a mile from the borough of Haverfordwest, is approached by a steep hill, from whose summit in clear weather is commanded a magnificent view over three or more shires, and, to the westward, over haven and coast and channel. But in the dull, all too seasonable Novem- ber weather which prevailed when the solemn function of Wednesday was performed, little of the scenic grandeur of the spot presented itself. A cold north-easterly wind struck a shivering chilliness inward even to those who were best protected against it, while a raw, humid atmosphere, now merely misty, anon dense with rain, intensified the sense of sadness and gloom. In fac, of conditions sucb as these, it was all the more strikingly manifest how firm a hold the late Sir William, by his life and character, had secured over the hearts and sympathies of his neighbotirs for they attended, despite the dreariness of the weather, in numbers which testified a general experience of public loss at the death of so old and influential a public personage, but also an earnest and enduring sympathy with tho widow and members of the family in their bereavement. All through the quaint old borough the signs of mourning were to be seen in drawn bhnds and partially shuttered business premises. Though it had not been intended that the funeral should be a public one in the ordinary acceptation of the term, it was open to the residents to take part. Thus in the procession were re- presented nearly all the administrative and semi. official bodies of the county. The smallness of the mortuary chapel at the cemetery rendered it imperative that the memorial service should be conducted in a placs of worship capable of accommodating some hundreds. Accordingly, on being removed from the residence of the deceased at Spring Gardens, the corpse was con- veyed to the Tabernacle Congregational Church, distant from the house not more than a couple of hundred yards. It was fitting that the devotional exercises should be performed here, for this was the chapel wherein Sir William was wont to worship, and where he and hili family were among the best known figures in the congreea. tion. Shortly after 11 o'clock the cortege left Spring Gardens, the coffin bei.1g in an open glaas- panelled hearse. Shortly before his death the deceased expressed the wish that there might be no wreaths or othbr floral tributes at his funeral, and this desire was serupulously regarded. No pall was used, and there was therefore nothing to conceal the casket from general view. It was massively constructed of polished English oak, with deep panels and hand. some brass facings. On the brass shield on the lid was engraved the following inscription WILLIAM DAVIES. Born August 23rd. 1821. Died Nov. 23rd, 1895. The coffin contained an inner shell of pitch pine, in which the remains were first deposited. There was no service at the house, and the ceremony throughout was marked by a quiet simplicity and piainness, this no doubt having been in strict concordance with the wishes of the dead, whose dislike of anything in the nature of ostentation or display was consistently evidenced throughout) his life. There were five mourning coaches, but a number of private carriages brought up the rear of the procession. In the first coach there rode Lady Davies, the widow; Mr W. Rees Davies, M.P., Mr Howard Davies and Mr Stanley Davies, sons. Those in the second coach were:— I Mr Colin R'ws Davies, Mr Frank Davies, Mr Cuthbert Davies, and Mr Hilliard Davies, sens. There were in the third coach :—Miss Davies, niece Miss Ada Thomas, niece Mr Joseph Thomas, brother-in-law; and Mr W. Davies George, nephew. Next there came :—Mr Howell Walters, son-in-law; Col, Much, nephew; and Mr T. C. Kirk, nephew. In the fifth conveyance I were the servants from Spring Gardens. The family and friends were conducted to seats reserved for them to the right of the pulpit, while the coffin, which was so heavy that it was carried with difficulty up the narrow aisle, was temporarily placed on a stand within the sanctuary rails, Both nave and galleries of the chapel were soon filled by friends and the general public, and the solemn strains of the organ—at which Mr Arthur Thomas presided—having ceased, the Rev. F. N. Colborne. the minister of the church, proceeded with the office for the burial of the dead. Nothing in the way of mural draping or memorial orna- mentation had been attempted either within or without the Tabernacle, and this increased the sense of almost studied severity of simplicity. After the introductory sentences, beginning, I am the Resurrection and the Life," had been read, that most popular of all the hymns written by the Quaker poet of America, the late John Greenleaf Whittier, and the opening line of which is, We may not climb the heavenly steeps," was eung. Choir and congregation, numbering in all about 400 people, sang the exquisitely tender words with deep feeling, as unmistakably appreciating their inward spirit-the sense of unsatisfied ac- ceptance of anything save the Infinite, which the poem breathes. The lesson, taken from I. Corinthians IV., 20—that masterly exposition by the great apostle of the basis upon which the belief in a life hereafter rests, and wherein he reasons in favour of the spiritual truth from the analogy of the physical law-wt.4 read amid an almost oppressive silence. An address is not a customary portion of a funeral service, but on this occasion, after the lesson, Mr Colborne dehvered what might be described as a brief sermon, which was founded on the words, "He that b^lieveth in Me, though he die yet shall he live." After some general remarks upon the text, the rev. gentleman, dealing more immediately with the words, said :— In front of us lies that part of our brother and friend which is corruptible. His spirit has returned to God who gave it, to be clothed upon by Him who can make all things glorious. His has been a busy life, a life of great zeal and of great achievement. He has taught us plainly how much can be accomplished by 8tPady, unfailing labour, how much can be crowd"d into a life when there is fixed aim in it and a fixed object to be achieved. He has proved to us how obstacles can be overcome and hindrances to progress removed by hard, persistent toil how much one man can accomplish for his town and counbry how one man's influence can be ex- tended to hundreds. Ha has taught us that no man liveth to himself. In his public life Sir Win. Davies accomplished more than most men dream of. His indomitable courage of spirit brought him to the forefront in political and soci-ti itilftionceg. He had a large, kind heart, and his philanthropy was known far and near. Many will remember him wich affectionate regret and tender mpmories for the kindness which he did them and all will regret that a cloud should have darkened the last months of so wonderful a life, a sorrow which, as be expressed it to me not many weeks since, that anyone should on his account or through his misfortune be made to suffer. How sweet is the truth that there is no place where earth's sorrows are more felt than m heaven. There is nofplace where e.irth's|failings have such kindly judgment Jgiven them as there, for the love of God is broader than the measure of man's mind, and the heart of the Infinite is most wonderfully kind. The last days of our brother were peaceful snd calm, although in them he maintained all hIs old characteristics of graciousness and welcome to his friends, Does not this show us that as we near that bourne from which no traveller returns the weight of earth grows lighter, the hold of earth lessens, and the future shines out in its reality 1 We unite in heartfelt sympathy with Lady Davies as she I mourns her husband's loss. Vie sorrow with her in her days of grief we pray for the comfort of Heaven, and we feel with the heartiest sympathy the grief and sorrow of the sons and daughter who have lost a kind and devoted father. We join our prayera in asking God that His loving and gentle, but strong and almighty, support may be their, and that they might find in their father's removal the abiding presenoe and help and guidance of the Eternal Father and that with lines consecrated to Him, they may enter into life eternal, "For he who liveth and believeth in Christ shall never die." Could his relatives now hear the deceased speak to them would not his message ba Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things else shall bo added unto you." During the address, and also while a short extempore prayer was offered, the congregation, not less than the mourners, were visibly affected. A second hymn, Eternal Light," was sung, and the pronouncing of the Benediction termi- nated the service. As the relatives left the church—Lady Davies leaning heavily on the arm of her son, Mr W. Reea Davies, M.P., but otherwise showing admirable fortitude under circumstances the painfulness of which was apparent to all-and as the1 remains were curried slowly out to., ;«ho hearse, the mournful strains of the Dead March from "Saul" pealed forth from the organ and solemnly reverbrntedjthrovigh the building. A little time elapsed in the re-formation of the procession, and this afforded an opportunity of rightly estimating the representative character of the general attendance. Among those who walked two deep in the long files in advance of the corpse were :—Dr. Edward Phillips, Colonel White, Picton Place Dr. J. Wilson, Haverford. west, medical attendant of the deceased Mr W. J. Jones, Mr W. P. Ormond, Alderman Stephen Green, Mr Frederick Green, Mr H. Egerton Allen, Councillor Isaac Young, Mr James Griffiths, Mr Thomas Baker, Mr Henry Owen, London; Mr John Llewellyn Davies, Milford Haven the Rev. James Phillips, Haverfordwest the Rev. Lewis James, Narberth: Alderman Thomas James, Mr J. Williams, Springfield; Mr R. T. P. Williams, Mr James Rowlands. Mr G. P. Brewer, Narberth Mr T. Rule Owen, Mr B. H. Munt, Mr Wm. Evan", Roheston Hail; Mr E. Eaton- Evan. Mr W. G. Eaton-Evans, Dr. Williams, Fishguard; Mr David Roberts, Mr T. M. Phillips, the Rev. B. Thomas, Letterstone; Mr H. R. Owen, the Rev.- Owen Jacobs, Albany Church; Mr Thomas DHles, Rev. David Morris, Mr John Lewis, Mr S. K. Greenish, Milford Haven; Mr John Rees, Haver- fordwest; Mr Lowe, secretary to Sir Charles Philipps, Picton Castle Mr John Bland, Mr Thomas James, Spring-gardens Mr H. S. Morgan, Councillor T. Russell, Council- lor Mumford, Rev. W. Evans, M.A., Pembroke Dock Dr. Greenish, Mr D. Hughes Brown, Pembroke Dock Rev. M. A. Evans, Pembroke Dock Mr J. H. Coram, Mr W. D. Phillips, Mr T. J. White, Mr Robert Harris, Trt-ffgarne Rev. John Michael, Haverfordwest Rev. O. D. Campbell, Mr Henry Davies (town clerk). Mr James Thomas, Rock House Mr James Price, Mr John Davies, Walton; Mr Philip Thomas. Mr W. George, Deem's Hill; Mr W. T. S. Tombs, Fishguard Rev. J. Manders, Mr John Davies, Sladewell; Mr W. Williams, Mr J. Llewellyn, Mr J. S. 0. Tombs, M.A., Haverfordwest Grammar School; Mr John Rees, City-road Councillor MeK^nzie Mr W. J. Canton, Nolton Haven Rev. Charles Phelps, St. Martin's Mr W. Bowen Rowlands, jun.; Mr W. J. Owen, Summer Hill; Mr Gwyther Mr K. J. Allen, Q.C., Paskeston, Pembroke; Mr Thomas Dawkins, Mr David Evans Mr Philpin,H.-troldstonn; Mr Henry Soper, Mr R. A. G. James Mr Stewart Johns, Dairy Park Mr William Evans, Venn, etc. Among the private carriages towards the rear of the cortege was that of Sir Charles Philipps. The steep ascent by which the cemetery is reached was lined by spectators, all of whom manifested the most respectful sympathy as the procession slowly passed. The grave was about midway down the main—in tact, the only —avenue that the little burial-ground has, and in close proximity to those wherein repose the remains of several of Sir William's nearest and dearest relatives. There are interred the late Mrs Martha Rees Davies, the first wife of the deceased, and their infant daughter, Edith I;r Martha-; while within a few feet is the memorial stone marking the grave of the late Mr Wm. Rees Davies, of Bridgend and London, who died in 1890, and that of the late Mrs Elizabeth Davies, who died in 1893. Ther,. acted as bearers of the coffin from the house to the grave the following clerks and employees of the firm of which the deceased was a member :—Mr Michael White, Mr Arthur Harris, Mr Wm. Pugh, Mr Wm. Collins Thomas, Mr W. H. Picton, Mr George H. Beynon, Mr James Davies, Mr W. B. Francis, Mr Martin Alderwick, Mr John Morgan, Mr W. Roch Jamas, and Mr C. E. R. Davies, iwanaginer clerk to Mr Colin Rees Davies. A profusion of fresh-gathered moss, decked with large white chrysanthemums and arum liliss, concealed the sides of the grave, which was an ordinary brick-lined one. A very brief service was here conducted by the Rev. F. N. Colborne, it being inexpedient to keep the mourners more than the shortefib possible time in a i spot as bleak and exposed and in the rain which was then falling heavily. A few I minutes after those saddening words, Earth to earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes," were uttered the final farewells had been taken and the melancholy enclosure with its dark yew and cypress and pine trees was deserted by everyone save a few officials. The funeral arrangements were very effic;nntiy carried out in their entirety by Messrs E. E. Lewis, Picton-place, Haverford. west, under the supervision of Mr W, Lewis. Among numerous letters expressive of their regret at being unable to attend was one from the Right Hon. Lord Kensington, who wrote stating that an urgent business engagement prevented him from leaving London. Mr W. Bowen Rowlands, Q C., intiniatecl that he was prevented by important work at the Cardiff Assizes from being present. A point that appears to have so far escaped mention is that the late Sir Wm. Davies was a member of the firm of W. and W. Rees Davies and Company, la, Fred ericlc's.pl ace, Oid Jewry, E,C., in which firm Mr Howard Davies, a son of the deceased,j is now a partner. At the nsual monthly meeting of the members of the Haverfordwest Corporation, held on Tues- day. the Mayor (Mr T. James) alluded to the death of Sir William Davies, who had been a member of the Council for upwards of a quarter of a century. He had also been mayor of the town, and they would, thought the Mayor. all agree with him when lie said that during the time Sir William was connected with the Cor- poration he had shown an active interest in the welfare of his native place. He moved that a resolution expressing the sympathy of the mem- bers be forwarded to Lady Davies and family. This was unanimously agreed to.

-+- TINPLATE TRADE. OUTLOOK FOR WELSH TINPLATERS I IN THE STATES. From letters received from Morriston tinplaters in the States it seems rather a gloomy look-out for many of them. The depression in the tinplate trade is most severe the men are only partially working, and with the high price of boarding and having to keep homes in Wales, their money is at a low ebb, and several have sent to their friends begging for passes to return home. The men aver in their letters that there is no place like Old Wales, and that America is but a phantom as regards the position of tinplaters. In one district in Indiana the works are stopped until March next for certain, and very JittJe hope for the future is entertained. TEA IN TINS. On Tuesday evening a special meeting of the Swansea Grocers' Association was held for the purpose of considering the question of packing tea in tins. Mr James Jones presided, and in opemng the proceedings strongly advocated the packing of tea in tins, and urged them to secure this trade for South lIales.-Alr J. H. John laid he and Mr T. Phillips, the secretary ot the Tinplate Workers' Union, had been to Glasgow to see the manufacture of tinplate tea chests. They there ascertained that the coated steel used was in the first instance supplied as black plate from Coatbridge, and coated by the inventor himself; but arrangements were afterwards made to get the sheets from Belgium, and coated at Manchester. There was no need for him to make further comment, for it must be clear to all that for the want of a little enterprise the trade which ought to be their own was made a present of to the foreigner, for there ought to bs no difficulty in producing, say, at Morriston, a better and a cheaper sheet. But that was not all. They found the Chest Company preparing to do their own coating, a Welsh patent pot being already set up. It suggested itself to them that if at Glasgow terne plates were successfully coated and used up, and with coal cheap and a plentiful supply of steel, that this might be the beginning of a competition between Wales and Scotland which might prove more disastrous to the Welsh tinplate trade than American competition. He was, therefore, glad to be there to call early attention to this matter, and it occurred to him that Swansea people should move with a view of getting the Chest Company to locate its works at Swansea, which certainly ought to be its natural location. After a discussion it was decided to form a committee to deal with this matter. j PURCHASE OF ABRRCARN TIN- I WORKS. j A contract for the purchase of the Abercarn Tin Works was, on Wednesday, signed between the trustees of the Jate Mr Daniel Whitehouae, J.P,, and the syndicate which has been formed for the purpose of forming a company to resume ¡ the industry which has been so Jong and success- fully carried on at Abercaru. It is understood that the name of the new company will be the Abercarn Tinplate Company, but that all or nearly all of the capital has been, or will be, privately subscribed. The works, which are equipped with modern machinery and appliances, have been acquired by the syndicate on favour- able terms. Messrs Colborne and Co. were the solicitors to the syndicate, and Messrs Lyne and Co. for the vendors. The fact of the early resumption of operations at the works will be ood news for the pooplo of Abercarn.

THE UNDERWRITING VENTURE. j HEAVY LOSSES. I On the Cardiff Exchange on Wednesday great interest was created amongst commercial men by our paragraph of yesterday as to the liabilities of those forming the syndicate for under- writing of which several local gentlemen are members. It is stated there is little doubt as to the power of certain members to meet their liabilities, but there still remain the very moot point as to whether the members are not fully liable for every farthing of the risks taken up. The syndicate is not limited and under the existing Companies Acts.

_=. CADBURY'S COCOA does nob irritate the nerves but is soothing, invigorating, and strenthening to the bedy. THK GREAT CURE FOR CORNS.- -NILtnqty s Viricline—Still further testimony. A Chemist writes Will you send me a bottle of your Viridine ? It is for niy own use. I get plenty of corn cures oi the tame colour, but none of tbeui appear to eqaalyoius. No one ou«ht to say his corns are incurable until ne has used viridine." Thousands have be^n cured, uinst of whom had suffered for over 50 jears Bewa» i o nutations Sold in bottles Is, by past la 2d, by the proprietor, J. Muaday, Chemist High-street Cardiff and all Chemist, 1079

I WELSH GOSSIP. The Rev. J. M. Gibbon, late of Swansea, now j of Stamford Hill, London, is very ill with a severe attack of influenza. î The Christian Globe and 'the Fire Away of last week contain portraits and sketches of the Rev. Ehvyn Thomas, of Newport. The Rev. J. Puleston Jones, M.A., the blind preacher of Bangor, has removed to Dinorwic to ¡ minister among the quarrymen of that district. A Barry District Councillor makes the startling proposal that evrry doctor should be required to wear a tall, red hat so as to distinguish him from other men The Bishop of St. Asaph, who has for some days been in close confab "with Lord Penrhyn, on Tuesday left Penrhyn Castle for the Palace, St. Asaph. The Tonypandy Mixed Choir decided, this week, to compete for the chief prize at the forth. coming National Eisteddfod, at Llandudno. Mr Tom Stephens will act as conductor. There are a dozen ministerial students belong- ing to the Welsh Calvimstic Methodist connexion now studying for their degree at Oxford. Some of the most brilliant pulpit orators of that denomination are graduates of Oxford. Some men have strange excuses to offer for becoming drunk, but a defendant at the Aberdare Police Court this week, who told the magistrates that he did so to fill the papers," gave possibly the most impudent reason ever adduced. The parents of the late Sir Wm. Davies were interred at Bethlehem Churchyard, the burial ground formerly used by many of the old Baptists of Haverfordwest, and situated about three miles beyond the outskirts of the borough. The Origin of Place Names in Wales," as to which many correspondents have sent us inquiries, was published for the author, the Rev. T. Morgan, of Cardiff (late of Dowlais), by Mr Southey, of the Mcrlhyr Express, Merthyr. A movement is to be initiated for the establish- ment in Cardiff of a club and institute for the use of the local military and the benefit of aged and distressed soldiers. Mr Sainsbury, of the Griffin Hotel, has undertaken the hon. secretaryship. Who is dispoged:to challenge the mildness :and salubrity of Penarth ? Mr J. B. Ferrier lives there, and on Sunday enjoyed a splendid dish of raspberries and some strawberries. all picked in his garden. And this the end of November, too The Selection Committee of the Barry Public Libraries the other day spent three-quarters of an hour discussing whether Trilby" should be included in their parcel of new books. The Trilbyites proved victorious in the fight, and the book will soon bs found on the shelves. Mr A. C. Humphreys-Owen, M.P. for Montgomeryshire, is arranging a conference for Liberals and friends of unsectarian education in his constituency, to consider the present position of elementary education and to take action in reference to the proposal to further endow Voluntary schools. A portrait of the late Sir Evan Morris, who was the life and soul of the Wrexham National Eisteddfod a few years ago (rendered memorable by a visit from Mr Gladstone), and who was subsequently knighted by her Majesty on her visit to North Wales, has just been presented to the Wrexham Town Council by Lady Morris. Pan geisiai'r Toriaid ein help ar eu hynt, I'r Senedd i'n grasol reoli, Prophwydent yr elai pob coron yn bunt 0 dan weinidogaetti Lord Salisbri Arweinnvyd rhai deiilion hyd Ian y Mor Coch, Ar faril oedd gwoh eu diangfa Ond yno maent heddyw yn Ilefain yn groch,— Paham na b'¡u'l' amsor yn gwella Cardiff Castle was taken by Ivor Bach, and again in 1232 by Llewelyn the Great. In the reign of Edward II. Roger Mortimer took the Castle, and in 1404 it was taken by Olven Glyndwr. who burnt the town, but spared Franciscan-street. In 1645 it was in the occupa- tion of the Parliamentary forces. The Gwent Eisteddfod was held in the Castle grounds in 1833. The engagement is announced of Mr James Frank Buckley, eldest and only surviving son of the late Mr James BueMey, J.P. counties Car- marthen and Brecon, D.L. county Carmarthen, High Sheriff, 1895, to Miss E lith Cro;:e, eldest daughter of Mr Andrew Crosse, of Johannes- burg, South Africa, and granddaughter of the late Mr Andrew Crosse, J.P., of Fyne Court, Somersetshire. A remarkable example of the increasing popu- larity of the Welsh language is furnished by a rctnrii na to the different 1nvn:u7e! taken hv ..J. -n- "J candidates at the recent Queen's Scholarship examination. The total number of papers worked was 7,178. The relative popularity of the six optional languages is shown by the following figures French, 6,259 papers Welsh, 496 Latin, 356; German, 39 Hebrew, 24 Greek, 4. Of the 496 Welsh papers, 280 were worked by women and 216 by men. The vacancy in the chair of Logic and Philosophy at the North Wales University College, caused by the resignation of Professor Keri Evans, M, A. (brother of Mr Emlyn Evans, the well-known musician), has not yet been filled. The present appointment—that of Mr Robert S. Home, M.A., of Glasgow—is a purely temporary one, and will expire with.the present term. Mr Home was appointed temporarily on the recommendation of Professor Henry Jones, of Glasgow, who formerly occupied that chair at Bangor. Mr J. A. Jenkins, B.A., of the Cardiff University College, has not allowed the grass to grow under his feet since his acceptance of the secretaryship for South Wales of the Daniel Owen memorial movement. He has secured the co- operation of many energetio men in various parts of the country, and a committee to launoh the movement and give it shape is convened for Friday next at the college. There should be no difficulty, even in the present days of depressed trade, to raise a handsome sum in South Wales for so laudable an object. Penar has thrown into lecture form the choice bits of his essay on Welsh missionaries, which was awarded first prize and won the highest praise of the adjudicators at the recent National Eisteddfod at Llanellv. In the lecture, which is to be delivered for the first time in Penar's own chapel (Siloam, Pentre, Swansea) on Satur- day, prominence will be given to the connection of Wales with missionary efforts in Madagascar and Tahiti, and: the proceeds will be handed I over to the centenary fund of the London Missionary Society. I Dr. Lombard Owen, as Deputy Chancellor of the University of Wales, will bo the chief spokesman for a deputation which will wait upon the Government next month (Decem- I ber) with the object of securing the continuance ¡ of the generous grants made by Sir WiJhani Harcourt in aid of the Welsh University. At one time it was feared that the deputation might I' experience some opposition from the Church party, particularly those interested in Lampeter Collage but it is now believed that the Church party will follow the admirable example of Principal Owen, and not allow their perhaps natural annoyance at the exclusion of St. David's College to lead them to hamper the work of the Welsh University by diminishing at this early stage its financial resources. A respected clergyman of the diocese of Llan- daff writes to the Church Times :—" You imply a doubt whether Bishop Watson ever visited hie diocese. He certainly did so on several occasions. I have in my possession some of his published sermons, which were preached by him in the cathedral church of Llandaff, and one charge which was delivered to the clergy in the diocese. In tho memoir of his life, written by himself at different intervals, he speaks in one place of the extensive visitation of his diocese which ho made in the year 1809, and of his cross- ing the mountains from Neath te>: Merthyr Tydfil, where no bishop had ever held a confirmation before. It la yeb perfectly true that he spent most of bis time during the thirty-four years I of his occupanoy of Llandaff at his II seat) at Calgarth in Westmoreland, which none, I presume, in this day would attempt to justify, although he himself tries to palliate this deplor- able dereliction of duty by the assertion which he repeatedly makes that he had no episcopal resi- dence in the country, and that the see barely paid the necessary expense of retainilg it. I may be also permitted to add my belief that you are quite righ in your information that Llandaff and I, Cardiff mean respectively the Church and the fortified place (eastrum) on the Tiff. But it is singular that the Weish name for Cardiff is Caerdydd. Some derive this name from Auius Didius, a commander of the Roman legions in Britain. This is possible, but it is impossible ¡ according to Welsh construction to connect the naw, at least in its modern form, with the river Taft,

NEWS IN BRIEF. eeD JaIl A Windsor telegram states that the Q? invited Mr and Mrs Chamberlain to dint sleep at the castle. Mr Chamberlain is visiting Lord Wirabo. Canford Manor, Dorsetshire, but will the Colonial Office on Friday. Duke of Devonshire, K.G., is to #y Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of jj of Waterford, in room of the late Waterford. Lord Iveagh is appointed a Knigbi re¡1JÍf Order of St. Patrick, in room of the late b of W aterford. Mr Stephen George Sale, barrister, is &PP3 a judge of the High Court at Calcutta in tbe tJII' of Mr John Freeman Norris, Q.C., who bas permitted to retire. The Duchess uf Rutland has been snfferln severe chills for the past few days. Oa ™ day evening her Grace was slightly beW*» still confined to bed. The death is announced at Herne Bay I Rev. Frank Soden, who for 32 years was V&flj Lower Clapton Congregational Church. succumbed to pneumonia. jj Two shocks of earthquake were felt on morning at Philippopolis, Stanimaka, J k Tchepelarn, and throughout the central I of southern Bulgaria generally. 1 ■ Lieutenant-Colonel John Philip Osbald<f 8 Mitford, of MUford Castle, M died on Wednesday night, aged 36. Be I 1 engaged in the first Chinese war. Deceased t patron of five livings. The death took place in London on Wed of Mr Hy. Seebohm, co-secretary of the Geographical Society. Deceased was a Ø1 of the firm of Seebohm and Dieckstahl, manufacturers, Sheffield. Mr E. C. Benedict, an intimate frieO^jB President Cleveland, declares the latter will accept nomination to the presidency for the term. He declares Mr Cleveland has made rl for a tour round the world. Jm Herr Scadthagen, Socialist member of Reichstag, was yesterday sentenced to one imprisonment for insulting Prussian State officials, aud police. An application his immediate arrest was, however, refused., Î The society which aims at the abolitt0^ capital punishment wi!! find plenty of during the next three weeks if it intends to from the gallows all the criminals now aW*1i execution. During the present week the" sentence has been passed on four men woman. a Th9 services rendered by skipper of the Lowestoft smack Wildflower, in with the Elbe disaster were again brougb mind yesterday, when Wright's new aptly called the Willing Boys, was the presence of a large crowd. A The Rev. Peter Mackenzie, who has appropriately named Happy Peter," poss<^j swift and brilliant ideas, and gave oftentimes in rhythm. Oae of his pretties' li Sympathy without relief is like mustard & j out beef." A Pressman once described b&jf being on the platform like a performing elep"^ on a tub in a circus. A An important meeting of the Light Rai Association was held on Wednesday morniW^j Westminster, for the purpose of considerll) development of light or secondary rail Ultimately a. number of gentlemen, Lord Wantage and the Duke of Sutherland, asked to form a committee to carry preliminary arrangementa. -:16 The Admiralty have appointed Mr W. )'P' who was recently engaged on the construction^ the Manchester Ship Canal, to be superinte*?.^ civil engineer for the important dock scheme at Dsvonport provided for in the Works Act. Operations will be commenced shortly. The scheme, which will cost 0 £ 2,000,000, will occupy about ten years. An old lady of 85, known as Madame though this is not believed to be her r»*l B has recently died in Paris, leaving her fortune to her two servants. The surn^°(j(lft divided between these lucky domestics is of and it is bequeathed to them in reo their long and faithful services to their 11013 one^having been 25 and the other 18 Madam* BrIce. t1JØI" Furs are an acceptable Christmas gift' *°fgf women, and this year there is a wide n these. The little dark sable plethora of tails are sure to be popular presents. It is pre-eminently a s3,^a The costly fur sometimes appears in th* » cross-over peerme, a quaint VlCtO^ of ae*\ that harmonises well wtt, » Jo skin or soft velvet. Next aa £ le S0al x> chinchilla are the fashionable

LOCAL WILL SUIT. —— In the Probate Division, on Wednesd* Justice Barnes and a Common Jury bad eDltf them the case of Campbell v. Phillips C* oited). It had reference to the dispositions of the late Mr Charles Oliver i-" formerly of jMonmouth, who died on t'5fl tjf July, 1894. The plaintiff, as legatee uDder last will, claimed probate. The defendant sister of the deceased, pleaded that the will destroyed by the testator when he was of so mind, and that therefore he died intestate. lJI H. B. Deane and Mr B. Johnson appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Priestley for the defend*o*v^ In opening the case, Mr Deane said that the ti question for that jury to decide was whether not on the 27tii July, 1894, the day of ,> death of the te-tator, he was of sufficieD.^ disposing m;nd to be able to revoke a by destroying ifc, or whether at tiire he was of unsound mind. The dece»*j^ formerly lived in St. Mary-street, and at the time he made the will he was overseer at Monmouth. Early in life he matf^ a Miss Biss. Ha had not much means, but • £ haJ. Amongst other property he had some o JJ in Mellow-street, Monmouth, which by hiS iø5 he left to '"■e equally divided between thefourId t Biases and Ivl'ss Campbell, his niece. He Roman Catholic, and his most intimate frle. were priests of the Roman Catholic Church. tØ defendant, Mrs Edith Phillips, was his sistefj whom he was not very partial. By the wil' u left her some silver, which had bsen her property. He subsequently became very ill, 11116 sent for Father Moore, who iu the presence of IJ deceased, and at his request, destroyed this About that time Mr Thomas wandered in .1 mind. In the event of an intestacy the propotir went to the sister of the deceased" and the b8 t# at-law, Mr Langdon Thomas. — The case adjourned.

THE DUNRAVEN BANQUET LETTER FROM HIS LORDSHIP- The following is a copy of a letter received t Councillor Trounce from Lord Dunraven reference to his recent visit to Cardiff :— 27, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, J,ondon, \f., November 25th. 1835. A Dear Trounce,—Allow me to thank vou, and tbrO you your committee, who so kindly arranged oj splendid reception which was given me in Cardura Thurs day. I cannot express to you how nleased I with the hearty way in which I was received and thanks I fed to you all for the great trouble yon taken in the matter. Please also convey my ,b I' especially to Mr Wailes, who I know was particuia* active in the preparation.—Yours truly, Councillor Trounce. DUNRAVB*"

CAERGWRLE CASTLE DISPUTE. GENEROUS OFFER BY LORD Lord Derby has, through his agent, addre- a letter to Hope, Flintshire, Parish Cou,lC^# respecting Caergwrle Castle. Several boys recently convicted for doing damnge to the c*?.« grounds, and notice boards were erected warDI the public against trespassing. The disp0 j attracted public attention, and coming to Derby's knowledge his agent has written to Parish Council as follows :—" Lord Derby « for some time past contemplated the of Caergwrle Castle to the Parish Couø øt under section 8. Local Government Act, in °\wp that the open space may be available under responsible authority for the purpose of recr^afjgb for the neighbouring population, the Council keeping the premises in repair. Derby has int"niJed himself to visit Caerg bØ and to acquaint himself with the ground, ',a .jro' season has now so far advanced and his ments are .so numerous that he cannot at Pr do so. He thinks, therefore, that the time bol come fOt him to make >1uch an offer as thIS, g,od his powers as life tenant are not unlimited, b1 there will be matters of detail to be settled ^5Jj conference between his agent and the .i- fuIl1. Council." Tbci latter have replied grate acknowledging Lord Verby's gennrous offer arranging the conference suggested.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING Or CARDIFF, THE CORPORATION 9fJ The Town Clerk reported to the flØ o¡J Committee of the Cardiff Corporation Wednesday that the Local Government :626t'" had issued an order, dated November to giving their consent to the Corporation M borrowing £ 12,885 for the purposes of P lighting,- to be repaid with interest Wit" vears.

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