South Wales Daily News

ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS. All is not gold that glitters is an undeniable fact, but femininity in general pauses not at the present time to inquire too paiticulfirly into matters so long as the evening toilettes presented foi her acceptance emit sparkles and flashes of light whether from the mai3ri«ls which compose the gowus or the beautiful embroidery or which the owus or the beautiful embroidery or which I' I adds to their decoration. The shimmer and gleam of gold is not confined to evening gowns alone bat makes it?! presence known on afternoon toilettes, ad.iing to the beauty of the fur with which they are trimmed, while oftea composing the most part of the elaborate buttons which prove a particularly noticeable feature on the smartest tailor-mad;.e, while in tha world of millinery its power i* unlimited Red indisputable. Extremely beautiful and not so costlyan one would expect are the forms in which this attrac I tive metal makes !t.. appearance, and among the most popular are golden galon or braid, old tinsel ribbon and cloth of gold, the latter being some- I times employed for folded belts or large flat I toques bordered with fur. Fine old cord is much employed for the enhancement of cloth or velvet applique. Gold bucKk-s of the most persnasive character but of extraordinary length well nigh tri,n some of the small hats or toque* and are frequently seven or eight inches long. In my first illustration I have depicted the charms of the latest and most fashionable cravat, the construction thereof being quite within the powers of the home dressmaker. In order to make it half a yard of gold galou and a yard and half of white ere .m stttin ribbon mast be pnr- chased together with an old-fashioned paste or autique buckle, The collar stock is formed of btl-nd of gold galon mounted on the satin ribbon I The Latest Cravat. I while from the back come the two folded ends of satin ribbon cla-ped by a buckl« or a largo enamel ring of quaint design rntpht b'' snbsii- tuted if preferred. Another pre'ty Btyl,> of neck adornmen" consists of n, high eoilur baud cf gold tinsel tibbon applied tapsSe pink and black velvet ■ ibbon, and fasteuiog at one side from whence two ribbon ends fall to some four incha below the neck. Our waistbelts alo rec-ive a large am unt < f attention this seas in, f r the intro- dnctions of the Fiboit coat trminati ng a. few inches above tho wt%i.;t line necessitated the adoption of a mare elaborate aud deeper belt than had hitherto been fa, hionsible, as the gup left has to be fiiled neatly up. The folded band of salin, velvet, or nilk secured at the front by ribbon and two tont rings, gettiug the name of c. Palley therefrom, I'll li continues to be popu- lar, as is likew se tha sash of Rat-In ribbon which after being passed round the waist finishes m a high-looced bow and long depend1 ng ends. For very short coats there is nothing so useful %g a neat y booed broad belt of panne, fastening at one side with three fane-fal buttons. Much higher now in popularity is the old galon beH than any of these jnat mentioned, it enhance* greatlv the charms of a neatly rounded waist, and brighteus up a dull costume. It is worn in my .s second wke".oh in company with a black fur coat, and* black cloth shirt arid far toque trimmed A Smart Fur Coat. I wit,h shaded pink roses. In some of the far coats the large revbrs and collar show an intertwining pattern of gold cord. Personally I think thRL such a form of decoration is a mistake and much prefer those in which the rtvers are either of the caracnle itself or of ermine or white fur. Some of the new fur coats are ent rather longer this season that last, ondare poached a little in blouse fashion, an ornamental br-It confining the full- ness at the waist. The smartest, however, are un- deniably thos., which terminate jast above the waist li neat the sides, as when wfce far is con- tinned to a greater depth it gives the waist and hips a some.vhat exaggerated and clumsy appear. ance, especially if the latter be well developed. There are also three-quarter-length coats of fnr which will render excellent service for those who patronise the autornobii, mode of transit. Both inuffs and boas this year are large and flat in the style affected by our revered grandmothers, an:i nearly all are enhanced by a touch of lace, real, I if possible, bat, if not, a good imitation, which adrts greatly to the beauty of the tont <ll!o!emb'e. My last sketch depicts an orrtameutal tea gown f of creamy nuu:veiling, embroidered in gold and draped in Empire fauhion. It would look very I A Charming Gown. I I lovely carried ont in apple-green silk, embroidered I in the same pattern in go d, and fastened at the terminating point of ttio draperies by a (lull gold clasp. This style of garment becomes more and more elegant with each succeeding season, some of the styles being carried to such a degree of elaboratBuess as to apparently contradict the end for which it was designed, namely, an easily pm on and comfortable garment. COQUET J'B. I

MR THOMAS, OF THE UNITED STATES. At Aberapre Police Conrt on Tue-clay before Mr T. Merchant Williams (stipendiary), Edwin W. Jones was summoned fot being drunk and disorderly in Cardiff-road. P.C. Thomas found the defendant drank in the street. Asked for his name and address defendant said it was Edwin Thomas, of the United States. Defendant ssk-d by the Magistrates Clerk (Colonel D. R. jjflWts) if he baa anything to say, said, I don't Know the laws of England exactly." Colonel D. R. Lewis; Where do yon come from ? f Defendant: From Pennsylvania. Coi. Lewis They don't sell any Ik.'Tsr ? Pefendaot They do sell it. Col. Lewis What is your work ? Defendant A miner. Col. Lewis What do you do now ? Defendant Nothing. Stipendiary A gentleman at large, ii it. Defendant Yes, sir I came to see a few friends, and I got overjoyed. I am very sorry 1 for the act. Stipendiary: You will have to pay 10s and costs. _—— I

GOING TO JERUSALEM.—Travelling has arrived at a liish pitch of perfection in the German at a liish pitch of perfection in the German vilit to the Holy Land 1 But still there will be a lot < £ walking to do, and corns are no I rN-pecter of persons. An absolute necessity in these travelling days, in order to ensure comfort for the feet, is Munday's Viridtae/'the marvellous, corn cure. You si ould never travel without it. In bottles. Is post rer Mnnday, Chemist. High-street °HTHE NEW DOKOTHY. Table d'Hote Dinners are now being served from 6 to 7.30, 2s 6d, 3s 6d, and K» r>f>r CHOC'' French cookery 362f>—5e Ke nAr Dn"" French cookery 362f>—5e

"J,1" DUKE OF MANCHESTER'S MARRIAGE. AN INTERESTING ROMANCE. The wadding register of the parish church of St. Marylebone Ðcord that, by licencù, on Novem- ber 14th 1900—last Wednesday—the mairiage was BOleraniKed in that church of William Angus Drogo Moo'agu, Duke uf Manchester, a bachelor, 23 years of age, and Helena Zimmerman, spinster, aged 21 daughter of Eugene Zimmer- man, Esq. The ceremony (a" already briefly reported) was performed by the reotor of the parish, the Hev. Canon Barker, and the witnesses who sign d the reg ster were Mr Cuvan Lambart and Miss Effia M. Evans. The register, of course, ranker no mention of the fact that Miss ZimmerlrRn comes from Cincin- nati, and is the only daughter of a millionaire, who is the vica-ptesideut of the Cincinnati, HamiJ'on, and Dayton Railway. Mr Zimmerman is connected with mauy other concerns. Mr Zimmerman is reported to have beeu ignorant of his daughter's int ntion to become a duchess. It appears that daring the time required by law for residing in the parish before the wedding the Duke lived at 45, Portman- yquare, Marylebone. They were married from the Hans Crescent Hotel, and after the wedding went to York, where they left at the end of the Week for Tanderasree Castle, in Ireland. The young Duke was only fifteen when he succeeded to the title on the death 01 hi! father. In 1897 Gossips Began to be Busy as to bis matrimonial intention! It was first reported that ho was engaged to marry Miss Pauline Astor. Then it was Mis- Ogden Goelet, only child of Mr and Mrs Ogden Goelet, of New York. In 1898 came the authoritative announce- ment th, t the Duke or Manchester would marry Miss Joan Wilson, the third daughter of Mr C. H. Wiison, M. P.. and niece of the l'ranby Croft Wilsons. This match, like the others, fell through. The Duke was in New York in 1899. playing with a company of fashionable amateurs in a social "kit entitled, The Ladv from Chicago." He next bobbed up as a ioornaliat on the ptaff of the New York Journal." He interviewed Mr Carnegie, the Pitts- burg millionaire BOt tbú" New Yo k Herald retained Mr Chimioev Dopcw to write ;t:1 opposi- tion series of sketches of Congress, and the Unke thiew up journalism in disgnst snd cam £ home for the purpose; of being blinkrupt. There are now no fewer than four living Duchesses of Manchester. The young Duke is himself half an American throngh his mother, who was born Consuelo Yzunga, of Raven Wood, Loniuiana. The lady who gave a way the blusUing bride was Mitis Effie M.Evan", the London ? nd Paris correspondent of the New York Journal." She acted in the dual role of giver and special correspondent. I he mairiage bas A Pretty Touch of Romance behind it. Miss Zimmerman's parents were not piepeot or represented at the wedding. The Rev. Canon Barker had christened the Duke when he was in long clothes some three and twenty years ago. Noi half a dozen people wers in the whole church. The lady is described by he verger as good looking—decidedly so, and as cool as a Rnnumber. SO was his Grace." Miss Helena Zimrmrman is described aa the .b6>lutifnl young daughter of a wealthy Cincinnati gentleman. The Duke's grandmother in the Duchess of Devon- Rire from whom he had an allowance of 70 per monrh. The Rev. Canon William Barker, rector of the Parish Ohnrch of St. Marylebone, who per- formed the m,vriage c remo"y,told a Press repre- sentative on Monday that he received a visit from a Mr E- O. C,nan Lambart, who said, I come from the Archbishop of Canterbury. We want you to many the Dukeof Manchester to-morrow." The Canon asked who was the Oh," Baid Mr Lambsirt. carelessly, an American heiress. Miss IT' leiia Zimmerman has got £10.000 a year. Her father is One of the Richest Men in America. Canon Barker, b fflre performing the ceremony; desired fo koow whether the lady's friends were aware of t'ria marriage, and Mr Lambart replied, No they are not." If the Duke wanted to many Zimmerman, the reverjnd gentleman pointed ont, her parents should be made aware of the intention. It m'ght be very easy," he added, to obtain their consent. ] have only one duty to he continued. If these people are both of age, and h ve never been divorced, and you can produce the licence at the proper time, then I shall many them. 00 Wednesday," con- tinued the canon, at the appointed time, tt.e bridal party came by the High-street entrance. It would be less public, they thought, than if they entered by the great door." The canon himself Baid the bride was one of the prettiest girls he htd ever seen. She was a beautiful blonde, nnd possessed a genteel, womanly manner. Alto- gether, he said, she was a very charming girl, and he did not see why she should not make a" good a dncbes- as r.nyone. The bride's he said, was an ordinary walking-out costume, in which she looked very tasteful and sweet. The new duchesB is an only child. Mr Zimmerman Incredulous. A New York correspondent, wiring yesterday, says When Mr Zimmerman was informed of the marriage he was absolutely incredulous. My daughter sailed for home last Wednesday," be said; she has not married the Duke of Man- chester or anybody else." Mr Zimmerman, how- ever, proceeded t., sena off sever 1 cablegrams of inqniry. Further despatches to the papers here say that it was not tho intention-of the ducal conple to announce the marriage until they arrived here to personally ask forgiveness. They planned to sail from Engtand last Saturday, November 17 th, but mi ped the "teamer. AftHr the ceremony the Duchess, accompanied by her annt, Miss Effie Evans, made a huriied trip to Paris to get some clothes "be had left ther-, and rebned the Dake in London on Saturday too late to take that day's scetrner. The Duke nd Duchess of Manchester have now eugcserl passage for America for Saturday. November 24th. The Duke is quoted here I.\ having le1egmphf;d that hb does no desire any marriage portioa or allowance from his fnthar-in-law. HALF AMERICAN. The Duke of Manchester, in marrying an Ameritien, is not going very far afield rac ally for his bride. Like Mr Winston OhurshiJl, he is already half an American. His mother was from Lcmitiana, aK hiB wif6 i from Cincinnati. Ii tnere is a Bon of thiB marrisge he wi11 be tenth Duke, and h" will have Americans for three out of fonr t'f his g'andpHrents. It may be worth while to add that any opposition to the marri did not coma fnm the fr ends of the bridegroom. Tw i generat oris of Dnkes of Marlborough, like two generations of Dakss of Manchester, have, crosed the Atlantic for their brides. Though the young peer—hf? was born in 1877, and succeeded his father in 1892—has shown hiic- Relf snflicien ly unconventional in his recent career, ho has been nuable to break nwayfrom the modern tiv.dition that English Dukes should marry American heiresses. The family of Montagu is a very ancient one, Drogo de Monte Acnto, its founder, having been a warrior in the immediate trn,il1 of Robert Earl of 1\foreton at the Conqnest. The present Duke, though he is or was a lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, has not displayed any great amount of military ambition. His tendency is rather to- wards the stage, and he has also exhibited sym- torn; of genius as an amateur bar tsuder.

JOHN BURNS ON GAMBLING AND DKINK. WHAT ENGLAND WANTS. Mr Burns bas been talking with Mr Blath- wayt on gambling and drink and uome other questions. In the interview, which appears in Great Mr Burns said gambling had increased terribly among tbe working classes of late years — What England WR,nt3 now is not a, whiff of grape-^hot ugainst its foreinfoes what we want is a breath of Puritanism over its national iife. The gambling 8ymp¡:nmil?e" amongst the working cla-is the mariist for money, the gre-ed nf gjn, that, our foreign critics say, m eating into every phase of Britain's life, and involving U8 in Im- perial difficulties and external daogers which will reqnire We courage which only Puritanism can give and the Ironsides are alone capable of ..whan the hour of trial takes ph<c< It is not bookmakers, billiard-markers, the music hall patriots who in Mr Bnms's opinion will save England when, one day, it ma; have to wrestle with wild beasts at Ephesns. It will be the qniet manly Spartan in all classes of society. The drink question Mr Burns regards as still a tremendous problem, clamouring for a cour- ageous Parliament and a responsible statesman to deal with h. The political power of drink," Mr Burns added, "is tremendous; its etsct.ral machinery is everywhere, and since limited liab lity has distributed its tentacles over a evider area, it has become in nmny rewects 1\ mQre in- vidious danger to the community and a greater peril to ttle State than ever. Fortunately, it has over-reached itself during the last two General Elections, and m," of all shades cf politics in Parli8nt are getting re!!tle8 under its domina- tion, and opposed to thn wa.y in which the trade subordinates everything to the perpetuation of its interests," Petidiug Parliament giving to local authoiity that power that inevitably they must have in order effectually to deal with this prob- lem, local authorities, Mr Barns thinks, must provide counter attractions to the drink.

DUTIES OF MOTHERHOOD, as all mothers know, baoome a pleasure if chil- dren enjoy the best of h",lth- All children who are JVeD California Syrup of Figs, when out of sorts, at once recover the fullest measure of per- fect health for this particularly pleasant laxative is not only laxative but it is also tonic. Wor that reason it not only cleanses tbe stomach, liver^.nd kidneys, but revitalises them. Give yonr child the genuine California Syrup of FiKM. Yon cannot risk taking a substitute, so look for the name and trade mark of the California Fig Syrup Co. Of chemists, Is 1M and la 9d.

-+-_b_ TERRIBLE TALE OF THE SEA. I Odessa, Friday.—A party of Turks, numbering 38 int n, woaien, and children, wishing to sezretly I leave Russia with their bftlongiags, sailed from Tschnruk-Su in the dead of night to the Black Sea. They had just reached the open Bea. when a violent storm arose, and the boat gradu- ally becoming filled with water, first the bsggage was thrown overboard, then the children, and finally the women were committed to the eea, This did not prevent the vessel foundering, ;>nd a!! but one perished. This WJ a lad of 15, who had climbed the mast, from which he witnessed this harrowing scene, and was carried anhore by II a wave.—" Daily Etpto?

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HEARTLESS CONDUCT. SEDUCTION AND GROSS IMPOSITION DISCLOSURES AT CARDIFF POLICE COURT. A paternity case cnuairing sensational and sad elemtlt occnpild the attention of the Car- diff Police Court on Tuesday. Mr Forsdike appeared before the Deputy-Stipendiary to sap- port a summuis for the maintenance of a child born on the 24th April of this year Millis Annie L-acic?, the complainant, is a qniet-loofcii g young giri, daughter of a respectable citizen, living at Walker's lORd, Splotlands. FtRtittis Harolf" Gleed, the defendant, a slim bnilt. 1 ght-eomplexioned youth, wearing pince- nez, betrayed no sign of emotion when Mr Fors- dlko. in opening. culled the case a most cowardly and blackguardly one." Complainant's solicitor proceeded to say that defendant was engaged by the Anglo-American Zil-il., Comptny, his wages being 25a a week, with it guaranteed commi ssion of 16s a week, lie being allowed 5s for each instrument sold. The parties had known each other for about two years, auddefenditnt had seduced Miss Isaacs under. promise of marriage. When confinement was approaching complafnanc sent for Gleed, who induced her to tell her mother and father that they were married, and for six months they lived at the girl'a parents' bonss as man and wife. Mr Isaacs, who was' labou ing nnder great ex- cit-rnent, then swor- that he only "discovered the rascality of defendant after Gleed had left his honse a few weeks ago. Questioned by Mr Forsdike and the Acting Stipendiary, he said that defendant had assared him he was his son-in-law before the child was bo, ii, and bad so freely offered to produce tbe lines as to deceive witness complete,y. Witness had also been induced by him to guarantee defendant'^ honesty to the Anglo- American Zither Company, but afer he dis- covered the rue relationship between Gleed and his daughter he had immeiiatelr cancelled this document which bad made him liable to t. e firm, Def»udant admitted the paternity, and did not protest against any of the statements with the exception of that as to his means. He produced lettcis from the A.A.Z. Co. to certify that in consequence of the cancellation of Mr Isaacs' guarantee 10s weekly was being stopped out of his wages. The Deputy S ipendiary, in giving his decision, said that f om the way in which deremanthad treatScl\the paients of the girl, a..d his ornelty to her, he deserved far worse punishment than having to pay for the child's mamtenanc Under the circumstances he felt the highest order should be made, but' there was some danger that in doing so he would defeat the desired end. He ordered defendant to pay 413 a week until the Child W..8 14, aud the costs of the proceedings including advo- cate's fees. Defendant: I cannot afford it. The Depaty Stipendiary We shall sea that, yoa pay it. No sooner did defendant leave the box than he put his Trilby bat on, but this was whisked off by Constabl? Diamond. The Donchalant altitude which be h id maintained throughout the bearing was now completely gone.

HEALTH OF THE LARGE TOWNS. LOCAL STATISTICS. The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last (17th November) shows that in 33 of the largest towns of England and Wales, which include Cardiff and Swansea, and contain each upwards of 89.000 persons, there were registered 6.208 births and 3,917 deaths. The deaths corresponded to an annual rate of 17'6 per 1,000 persons living. The ra,tes of mortality in the several towns, arranged in order from the lowest, were as follow NORWICH 9'5 CROVDON 11"9 I CARDIFF 121 West, HAM 15'4 Bradford. 14'0 SWANSEA —. 14*3 I5A.LIFAX 14"5 BRISTOL 15'Z LEICESTER 15*2 PLYMOUTH 15 3 J HUDDERSFIELD 16"0 DERBY 16'4 J BLACKBURN 167 BIRKENHEAD 16-91 BURNLEY 17'0 London 37*1 GATESHEAS 17*2 OLDHAM 17 3 1 HULL 18-3 SUNDERLAND 18'4 I BOLTON 18*7 NOTTINGHAM IS7 SHEFFIELD 18-8 BIRMINGHAM. 189 FJEEDS 191 WOLVERHAMPTON 19-2 Brighton. 19-3 Portsmouth 193 I'RESTON 19*3 LIVERPOOL 20'5 XEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.. 216 MANCHESTER 21-9 SALFORD 24*8 To the principal zymotic duenses 353 deaths were referred iu the towns, and fcave a rate cf 1'6; the rates among the townv. buvicg ranged upwards from 0-5 in Cardiff, Noiwicb, Hudders- field, Halifax, aud Gateshead, to 3 0 in Notting- ',am and 3'1 in Sheffield. The highest rates from the several diseases were:—From measles, 2*1 in Brighton from whooping eough, 11 in Sheffield and 1*3 in Nottingham and Preston from fever, 1*1 in Sande.rla.nd and 2'0 in Ply- month and from diarrhoea, 1-3 in Nottingham and 1'7 in Wolverhampton. The rare from scarlet fever did not leach 1*0 per 1,000 in any town. The deaths from diphtheria numbered 70, and included 32 in Loudon, 7 in Leicester, 7 in Sheffield, and 5 in Liverpool. No htal case of swall-pox was recorded among the towns. There were regiatered in the borough of Cardiff last week 102 births, as compared with 76, 96, and III in the three pre- eediug weeks, the 102 births last week comprising 55 boys and 47 giris, and corresponding to an annual rate oi 27-4 per 1,000 of the population, estimated to amoant to 194,247 persous at the middle of the year. The deaths, which had bean 44, 50, and 45 in the previous three weeks, were last we,-k again 45, aod iucludsd 30of aisles and 15 of femtiles they were equal to an annual rate of 12'1 per 1,000 persons living, against 17'6 during the same period in the thirty- three large towns. Among the 45 deaths in Cardiff there were included 9 of infants under one year of age, and 8 of persons aged upwards of 60 years, the litter being the same as the numbei in the preceding week, while the former showed a decline of 6. Two deaths from enteric fever were registered during the week, and gave a zymotic death-rat3 of 0'5 per 1 000 pers ins living, as compared with 1'6 per 1,000 in the aggregate of the 33 large towns. Four violent deaths WfOre registered, and 4 inquests were beld last week in Cardiff 7, or 16-4 per cent., of the deaths occurred in publicinstuutiona. In Swanseg. there were 54 births (27 bovs and 27 girls), eqnal to a rate 26-7 and 29 deaths (15 males and 14 females), equal to a rate of 14-3, or 2-2 more than in Cardiff. The deaths included 6 of infants and 6 of persons over 60 years of age. Two deaths from diarrhoea and 1 from measles were registered, and gave a zymotic rate of 1'5, or 1'0 more than in Cardiff. No violent death was registered, and no inquest was held in Swansea 3 deaths occurred. in public institutions.

A MYSTERY SOLVED. SAD DISCOVERY AT CWMBACH. Abont uoon on Tuesday Gwilym Davies, rail- way employee at Cwmbach Junction, found the body of a man named Donald Fiazer in I a field opposite the Middle Duffryn Colliery at Cwmbach. The deceased WRS au old employee I on the Taff Vale Railway, and a pensioner. Oa Wednesday the deceased left the house with the intention of attending the County Court. NoAine was seen of him afte; wards until fonnd as described. The body appears to have d ifted down the Cyn,.n Rieer during the lecent floods to the field where it was dis- I covered. ¡

CARDIFF STREET CRIES. I' AMUSEMENT ON 'CHANGE. There was considerable amusement on Cardiff Exchange on Tuesday owing to a gentleman producing a peiition to be signed for presenta- tion to the Mavor and Corporation praying that a by-law be framed for stopping the newspaper and other boya shooting tbnit wares in th- streets. The petition bore the names of several town tradesmen and the beads of some Docks firms. It was noteworthy that most of the l itter reside outside the borough boundaries, bowaver. Very BOon a hamorou* couiiMir-poJition was forth- coming, and was extensively signed. In th* end owinK to tlttl intereat and feeling aroused tbe Exchange authorities requested the gentleman in charge of the original petition to "RO bence"- and be went..

K GLADSTONE v POTTS." I .Tnsfcice Kekewich, in tha Cbaxe-ory Division OR Tuesday, gave judgment for defendttnt in of Gladstone versus Potts, which was an action to 3etsrmiae whether the lord of tbe tnnor of Hawarden was entitled to certain mines and minerals underlying the lands within the manor, or whether the land in dispute (waste lands acd salt marshes) were vested by Acts of Parliament in the Dee Land Company, who had sold tfcem. to Mr F. A. Potts.

p- j At a meeting cf Dundee tran w iyn;sn dissatis- i faction was expressed with present sriaegsments j as to hours of labour, and it was ncreed to peti- | tion in favour of a weekly half-hoiiday. I

WELSH HISTORY. [ THE ATTITUDE OF THE UNIVBB. SITY COLLEGES. STRICTURES BY PROFESSOR 0. M. EDWARDS. Mr O. M. Kdivuicis, M. A., the late member for Merionethshire, w^o is h lecturer and examiner in history in the University of Oxford, has on many occasions been loud in his protest against the scant attention paid to the teaching of Welsh history in the national colleges of Wal@s. but pos- sibly 011 no occasion has he been so outspoken as iu the course of a trenchant artiole on the subject winch he contributes to this month's Cymru," an article which, by the way, is illustrated with a capital portrait of Councillor Edward Thomas, J.P., of Cardiff, at whose initiative it was that this siil>ji>ct ot Welsh history was discussed at the last meeting of the Court of Governors of the University College of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire, held at C;trfliff. Referring to this discussion, Professor O. M. Eriwards writes:- I read with great surprise a thre»-qu«rtor column report in the 'South Wales Daily News for October 18oh. I'; appears that the Senate of the University College is opposed to the teaching of the history of Wales at Cardiff, and tlmt the College Council is 1U a predicament -the learned pr imsors declaring it ought not to be taught, :uid the country declaring that it must. At the C'lurt of Governors Cichiarf pro. 1>08ed that the C)urt should impress upon the Council the dtiry of providing in the College adequate and eff-etive instruction in this subject, so dear to the !i,-Art of the Welsh nation. I should not like to say anything very definite based on a report in which the speeches have each. b"ton concise i within a few lines, but one thing is very clear—a!l the officers of the College were opposed to the motion. The president (Lord Tredegar) declared that the motion was too vague, but for my part I never knew of a motion that was more clear and definite. It urged that a certain <i<- £ itsite course -hould be adopted. The treasurer said that the histories of some nations were not suitable to illustrate the development of the principles of history. Cochfarf did not pro- pose that the histories of those nations should be aught. And ilie principal a-gued that the motion was a i flection upon the Council. He said too that 50 y^irs were needed to write suit- able text books. On the other hand Cochfarf was supported by the Rev. J. Morgan Jones, Dr. Treharne, Mr Alfred Thomas and Principal W, Edwards, D.D. In the end Principal Viriama Jones moved all amendment which was rejected. Then Cochfarf's motion was carried with more than 40 vottnr in its favour. The Oouncil of the College must therefore arrange lectuies on Welsh history, and the Senate of professors must obey the demands of the country." Commenting further upon this matter, the writer declares: "Ooo of "the most disappointing things in connection with theUniversity of Wales and its Colleges is the lack ot effort t teach Welsh history and to render such teaching easier tuan it is at present. All effort of that kind involves no difficulty. A University should endeavour to make itself popular popularity is neither a discredit nor a cause of weakness to it, but a source of strt-ngth and honour. Welshmen evince more interest in their country's himory at present than they ever did before, and other nationalities inquire oftener about Wales nowa» days than at any former period. In all direc- tions we hear inquiries with reference to Welsh Iiistei-Y, and people münrally look to the Welsh University as the home and nursery of Welsh history. But by gratifying the aspirations of Welshmen and the cariosity of strangers there is no need to sactfiae zrue education. The study of Welsh history is an excellent means of widening the vision, of developing rope itidgment, and of creating sympathy with what is good. It pos- sesses a beautiful unity, from the earliest period of which w cAn get a glimpse in dur oldest laws to the gradual awakening of the people in oar own age. Our chronicles and laws are exceed* ingly interes6ing to the student, and I know of nothing more serviceable to stimulate that ouri- osity which sharpens the intellect of youths when they realise that th(-y make discoveries on their own account. I do not know of any history in regard to which it is easier for the student to obtain interesting charters and sbatutes to its period ot growth. Some of the ablest historians of the age have written carefully on certain periods of it. Principal Rtrys has -bed a fl-iod of light on the epoch in which Pagan win vanished before the light of Christian- ay. Freeman has told the history of the Norman Conquest in Wales fully and eloquently in his own patriotic way. Mr Wylie, one of our most careful historians, has made a study of the history of Owen Glyndwr. Mr S'iebolim has illustrated the leading features of our ttibal system. "Indeed Welsh history is taughi in every University where history is taught. In Oxford no honours pupers are submitted many year with- out including questions on Welsh history. Lait yestr the be!,L viva v,)ce examination for the past three years was heard, and on tnat occasion it was a Welshwoman that was being examined in Welsh history. A course of lectures on Welsh history in particular is delivered in the same University. Every student who aspires for honours in the history school is expected also to know the geography of Wales and how it explains its history. It is at home in Wales that injustice is done to Welsh history. It is there stated that there are no books on Welsh history. There are plenty of such books. If not, how is it possible to study the history of Wales in other Univer- sities ? It is said that t,he history professors have not studied the history of Wales, and that they caunot teach it. This is a very ridiculous statement. All ot our h'«tory professors have seen while at the English Universities how his- tory is read and what are the principles of its development. It is easy then to become conver- sant with the details of the history of any particular conntry.. When a man becomes a teacher of history in Scotland he ts expected forthwith to commence to lecture on the history of that country, and, though the history of Scotland is infinitely more inlike that of England than that of England and Wales, I tfever heard any of these teachers complain. They regard it their duty to Scottish students to teach them the history of their own country, and they prepare themselves for the task at once without murmur. But in which of the Collegee of the Welsh University are lectures delivered ora Welsh history to We'sli students ? I am exceeding.y sorry that there is such re- luctance at our Co' irges to ieach Welsh history. It will long be remembered how an attempt WM made to exclude it from the first examination of the University. Ever since then my love for the Uni e-raity of my country, like imany another Welshman's love for it, has grown cool."

PONTYPRIDD TRADESMEN AND RAILWAY FACILITIES. Another meeting of Ponty-pridd tradesmen fi connection with the movement initiated to obtain improved railway facilities for goods traffic was held at the New Inc Hotel on Monday nigbt, Mr T. Mayberv Williams presiding. Replfoa were received from Sir W. T. Lewis in answer to a request that the Cardiff Railway Company should proceed with th.. construction of the proposed line to Pontypridd, snd from the manager of the Barry Railway Company; which was asked to erect a wharehonse in the place to cope with tbe traffic, stating tbat the letlSert. would be submitted before the directors. Addi. tional complaints were made against the delay in the deOveiy of goods ou the part of the T.V.R. Company. but the Chairman and one or two others said tuat a vecy desirable improvement hud during the last ftw days taken place in that direction, and that the local warebonse, which wad used as a transfer station for Ynysybwl and Abercynon, was cleared of the old stock, and that t was now in spple pif- oróe." It was etated that the Pontypridd, Caerphilly, and Newport Railway Company had throagn their represen- tative intimated that they would be prepared to erect a warehouse at Glyntaff to cope with the traffic if the tradespeople promised to suppori them, and eventually it was decided to adjourn the meeting until the 9th of December, pending IL reply from Mr Beasley with reference to the promised improvements by the company, and tc orward a similar invitation to the P.C. and N. Railway Company to deal witb the traffic as w. sent to tfce liarty Railway Company.

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