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B. EVANS & COMPANY Have now on show a MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF RELIABLE FURS, Consisting of SEALSKIN JACKETS, AND THREE-QUARTER CAPES, REAL ASTRACHAN COATS AND CAPES, FUR-LINED CLOAKS AND CAPES, COLLARETTES (Long and Short), BOAS, MUFFS, TRIMMINGS, TRAVELLING AND CARRIAGE RUGS, &c. B.E. & Co. beg to state that they hold themselves responsible for the character and wear of all FUR GOODS sold by them. This is HIGHLY IMPORTANT, as BADLY DRESSED SKINS and SPURIOUS IMITATIONS are extensively made up and frequently FOISTED UPON the PUBLIC. TEMPLE STREETT SWANSEA. NOVEMBER, 1891. THE GUILDHALL MUSIC AND STATIONERY WAREHOUSE, CARMARTHEN. E. COLBY EVANS' BY ALL THE BEST MAKERS, At Cash Discounts, varying from 20 to 30 per cent.; also on the 3 years' system, from 10s. 6d. per month. AN EXCELLENT TUNER KEPT. PIANOS TUNED FOR 3s. 6d., OR KEPT IA TUNE BY THE YEAR FOR 14s. AMERICAN ORGANS AND H ARM 0 N I U I S In great variety, always in Stock. DRUM AIfD FIFE BANDS )E3N SUPPLIED AT LOWEST PRICES. Having successfully competed against other firms, E. C. E. has every confidence in the prices he quotes. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LADIES' & GENTLEMEN'S HAND & TRAVELLING BAGS ALWAYS IN STOCK At Stol"1es Prices. STATIONERY IN GREAT VARIETY. A DISCOUNT OF 2d. IN THE Is. ALLOWED OFF ALL BOOKS. [889 PIANOS! PIANOS!! PIANOS! FROM .8. lOSTHIT. ON NE-W HIRE SYSTEM. THOMPSON I SHACKELL, LTD., CARDIFF, BRISTOL, SWANSEA, NEWPORT, &c., &c. NEW BRANCH AT CARMARTHEN: 54A, KING-STREET (OPPOSITE THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS). SOLE AGENTS FOR SOUTH WALES FOR THE ESTEY ORGANS AND NEUMEYER PIANOS. AGENTS FOR PIANOS BY COLLARD, BROADWOOD, BRINSMEAD, KIRKMAN, HOPKINSON, 1BASH, BECKSTEIN, SCHIEDMAYER, and all leading Makers. ORGANS BY ESTEY, MASON & HAMLIN, BELL, &c., and all best American Firms. N.B.—This new Branch is opened for the convenience of our numerous Patrons in the Counties of Carmarthen Cardigan, and Pembroke, and a large Staff of First Class Tuners will be availabe at the shortest notice. LARGEST BUYERS AND CHEAPEST PIANO FIRM IN THE KINGDOM. Price Lists, with beautiful illustrations, post free on application. Speciality—Second-hand Pianos at Half-price. SAVE YOUR &ONEY BY BUYING OF THOMPSON & SHACKELL. ————— [887 NOTE THE ADDRESS— 54A, KTNG STREET, CARMARTHEN THE IMPROVEMENT OF LANDED ESTATES. THE LAND LOAN AND ENFRANCHISEMENT COMPANY (Incorporated by Special.Act of Parliament) ADVANCES MONEY to Landowners for Drainage, the Erection of Parol Buildings, Artizans' and Miners' Cottages, Trial Pits for Mines, and for the Genera! Improvement of Landed Property; also to TENANTS FOR LIFE, for the ERECTION ef and ADDITIONS to ESTATE MANSIONS, STABLES, and OUTBUILDINGS, and their general sanitary improvement; the amount borrowed being repaid by a terminable rent-charge. No investigation of title is necessary. Prospectus and forma of application may be obtained at the Company's Offices. 22, Oseat George-street, Westminster, S.W. EDWIN GARROD, Secretary. MORTGAGE AND GROUND-RENT BRANCH OF THE LAND LOAN AND ENFRANCHISEMENT COMPANY. THE COMPANY'S REGISTER contains various sums of trust and other moneys awaiting invest inent on Mortgage and for the purchase of Ground Rents. Further particular on application. 22, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. EDWIN GARROD, Secretary. [931 ESTABLISHED 1806. HENRY CADLE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WINE, SPIRIT, ALE, AND .PORTER MERCHANT, HALF MOON HOTEL, DARK-GATE, AND BLUE-STREET, CARMARTHEN, AGENT FOR BASS, ALLSOPP'S, AND OTHER ALES. GUINNESS'S AND OTHER PORTERS, IN CASKS AND BOTTLES. CASKS, FROM 9 GALLONS AND UPWARDS, ALWAYS IN STOCK. SAMPLES AND PRICES ON APPLICATION. SCHWEPPE'S CHAMPAGNE, GINGERADE, LEMONADE, SODA WATER, AND BRIGHTON SELTZER WATER. WINES AND SPIRITS OF THE BEST QUALITY. PRICES, FROM 2s. TO 7s. PER BOTTLE. ALL SPIRITS OF MATURE AGE. AN ORDINARY EVERY SATURDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. CHARLES JONES AND Co., WATERLOO HOUSE, 4, NOTT SQUARE, CARMARTHEN. MADAM,— Having now completed our REBUILDING and EXTENSION after the great fire in Nott-square, we beg to inform you that we have visited the best and largest Manufacturers in the Trade, and have made EXTENSIVE PURCHASES for ready Cash, which en- able us to offer the same at such LOW PRICES that no House in the Kingdom can sell cheaper. Our well-known small profits in the past deserve confidence in the future, and we are more determined than ever to give such value that will astonish our patronizers. OUR SHOW ROOM IS NOW OPEN. Great variety of the LATEST NOVELTIES in Hats, Bonnets, Mantles, Jackets, Fur Goods, &c., &c., are now on view. WE RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT A CALL OF INSPECTION. We are, Madam, Yours obediently, CHARLES JONES AND Co. WANTED. WANTED, SITTING ROOM and BEDROOM TV (furnished) for respectable young married couple. No attendance.—Apply, X., the oiffce of this paper. [1243 DRESSMAKING, FANCY DRAPERY, AND OUTFIITING. WANTED, young ladies as apprentices to the Dressmaking and Fancy, also a young man about 17, as apprentice to the Outfitting. Apply immediately to Mrs D. Ll. Rees, 14 and 15, Guildhall- square, Carmarthen. [1049 WANTED immediately, a strong, active YOUNG MAN, as junior assistant. An apprentice just out of his time would be treated with. Apply, with full particulars, to M. E Stephens, chemist, 113, High- street, Merthyr Tydfil. [1260 WANTED, thoroughly experienced General Servant, able to do plain cooking also House- Parlour Maid and good Nurse, able to do plain sewing. Apply, Mrs Shaddick, Heathtield House, Swansea. [1256 WANTED, SPINNERS.—Apply for terms, &tv, Lewis and Company, Welsh Flannel Manu- facturers, Drefach, Llandyssul. [1259 GOOD SPINNER wanted for country work must be a good hand and steady. Constant employ- ment. Comfortable home. Apply (at once) stating wages, to Joseph Jones, Porth factory, Llansawel, Llandilo. [1257 C1LUB AGENTS WANTED, to form Clubs for J Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Silver Plate, Opera Glasses, Musical Insts., &c. Members pay Is. per week. Terms, Catalogues, &c., KENDAL & DENT, 106, Cheapside, London. Splendid value. Great success. Mention Paper. Ladies' and Gents' Silver Levers 42s., worth 70s. [1254 WANTED, thoroughly experienced HOUSE- PARLOUR-MAID, not over 25 years of age.-Apply by letter, Mra Nash, 40, Walters Road, Swansea. [1263 WANTED, Female Domestic Servants from 17-to 35 years, and Farm Labourers, seen and selected by the Emigration Lecturer, obtain free passages by steamer to Queensland where they will receive good wages. Only payments, £1 for shipkits and fare to depot in London. Married men not to have more than two children under 12 years. On landing Emigrants received into Government depot free. Approved persons paying full fare receive Land Orders value £ 20. Apply, Agent General for Queens- land, Westminster Chambers, 1, Victoria-street, London, S.W. WANTED, at once, Assistants to Dressmaking; best work only.—Apply, Mrs Nutley, Court Dressmaker, Audley House, Llandilo. [1269 TO BE ET. LET ON RENT, a good Dwelling House, ,77.. Rooms, with Garden at the back, 1, Frondeg villas, Waterloo-terrace, Carmarthen. Splendid view back and front.-Apply to W. King, 11, John-street, Carmarthen. [1236 VELINDRE, LLANDYSSUL. RP° J'KT immediately, FULLY-LICENSED INN, de- X hghtfully situated. Noted woollen manufacturing district. Splendid place for business. Including 8 large rooms. Good stabling, &c. Close to railway stations. Owner retiring.-Apply, Proprietor, Rock Cottage Inn, Velindre, Penboyr, Llandyssul. [1264 FOR SALE. FEATHERS.—Pure, fit for use, to be had only of William Evans, Stag's Head, near Market, Carmarthen. [404. PUBLIC NOTICES. ASSEMBLY ROOMS, CARMARTHEN. ST. PETER'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1802. Vicarage StalL-Mrs Lloyd. Churchwardens' Stall Mrs Thomas, Well- field; and Mrs T. Jones, Mansel-street. Fancy Stall-Mrs Reid. Toy Stall-Miss White. FarlllÆr: Stall-Mrs Francis, Myrtle Hill. Refreshment Statt-Mi- Bolton, Mrs T. E. Brigstocke, Mrs Harvey (Francis-terrace), Mrs James (Frondeg Villa), Miss Nevern Jones. Tea Stall-The Misses Spurrell. Coffee Stall-The Misses Evans, Trevaughan. Farcc-Mr Brunei White. Operetta-Miss E. M. Davies. The proceeds will be devoted to the National Schools Towyside and Cambrian Place Mission Rooms and St. John's Welsh Church Building Fund. Contributions will be thankfully acknowledged by any of the above ladies. [1211 any of the above ladies. [1211 IMPORTANT TO FARMERS, kc. BEFORE you buy anything in AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, such as Horsegears, Thrashing Machines, Winnowing Machines, Chaffcwtters, Turnip Pulpers, Slicers, &c., apply to THOMAS JONES, ?riory Foundry, Carmarthen, where you will find a arge Stock to select from, at moderate prices. ?riory Foundry, Carmarthen, where you will find a arge Stock to select from, at moderate prices. j STIFF'S STARCH. NOTICE. I STIFF'S STARCH is sold STIFF'S STARCH. in 41b., lib., lIb., and lIb. I fancy Boxes, also in Paper STIFF'S STARCH. ab°°' Every Box or Packet bears DTTWIT'S STAPPH Trade Mark, "Queen » tslAKOn, Begs „ This Trade Mark has been registered, and is STIFF'S STARCH, a guarantee that the contents of the Box or Packet are STIFF'S STAKCH. T^Sd deal of Starch is sold loose— that is, merely t Ci TIFF'S STARCH, wrapped in paper or enclosed in paper bags. Starch supplied in this way may be ^TIFF S STARCH, a cheap and very inferior article, possibly of foreign OTTTPWG ct Atincj manufacture, and of little S S STARCH- use for laundry purposes. Consumers, therefore, when STIFF'S STARCH, purchasing Stiff's Starch, o should get it in Box or Packet, and note the Trade STIFF'S STARCH. Mark printed in Red Ink on outside. STIFF & CO., 29, REDCLIFF STREET, BRISTOL. PENCADER. IMPORTANT TO WEA VERB AND WOOLLEN MANUFA CTURERS. ANYONE requiring a GOOD FACTORY, with 20 feet water wheel, with It acre of land and a Dwelling-house, close to the Turnpike-road, within five minutes' walk from Pencader, should apply to Mr John Davies, Cwmgwen, Pencader, who will pleased to build same. fl253 THE CHURCH IN WALES: SHALL WE FORSAKE HER? NOW READY. A 8 PEE C H BY HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, AT THE CHURCH CONGRESS, RHYL, ON TUESDA Y, OCTOBER 6a, 1891. PRICE ONE PENNY, OR SIX SHILLINGS PER 100. LONDON: THE CHURCH DEFENCE INSTITUTION, 9, BRIDGE STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W. SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & Co., LIMITED, STATIONERS' HALL COURT, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. A WELSH EDITION WILL BE READY IN A FEW DAYS. [1255 S TT INI FIRE OFFICE. FOUNDED 1710. Sum insured in June, 1890, £ 368,500,000. For further information apply to the following Agents:— CARMARTHEN Mr. William Francis. Llandilo Mr. D. W. Jones. Burry Port Mr. R. Frank Randell Llanstephan Mr. John Davies Llangennech Mr. Daniel Morgans. BRIGSTOCKE & SON, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, CARMARTHEN, Hold a large and carefully selected Stock of Wines and Spirits of every description, including PORTS, SHERRIES, MARSALAS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNES, BURGUNDIES, MOSELLES, HOCKS, TARRAGONA, and other WINES. BURGOYNE'S AUSTRALIAN WINES. MAX GREGER'S HUNGARIAN WINES. CHOICE OLD SCOTCH WHISKEY, 21s. 6d. per Gallon. CHOICE OLD IRISH WHISKEY, 21s. 6d. per Gallon. Single Bottles supplied and sample cases made up. Schweppe's and other Mineral Waters supplied. Carriage paid by Goods Train to the nearest Railway Station on quantities of one dozen and upwards. Established half a Century. "VTEW ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION (Limited). CAPITAL-AUTKIORISED £ 2,000,000. SUBSCRIBED AND PAID-UP £ 600,000. LONDON 40, Threadneedle-street, London, E,C.; 25, Cockspur-street, S.W. Edinburgh—19, St. Andrew- square. Dundee—6, Panmure-street. Branches and Agencies—Australia, India, Ceylon, China, Japan, Straits, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Aden, Paris, New York, San Francisco, and Zanzibar. Money remitted to any part of the World by draft, letter of credit, or by telegraph. Bills of Exchange, Interest Warrants and Coupons collected and cashed. Circular Notes issued, Current Accounts opened, Banking Agency business generally undertaken. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS- For 1, 3, 5, or 7 years certain, 4 per cent. per annum. [862 i"- V. R WINTER ASSIZE COUNTY, No. 6, 1891. Carmarthenshire to wit. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Com- mission for the Winter Assize County, No. 6, comprising the County of Carmarthen, the County of the Borough of Carmarthen, the County of Pembroke, the Town and County of Haverfordwest, and the County of Cardigan will be holden at the Shire Hall, Carmarthen, on Tuesday, the 8th day of December, 1891, before the Honourable Sir Roland Vaughan Williams, Knight, one of the Judges of Her Majesty's High Court of Justice and others Justices of our Lady the Queen assigned to take the Assizes for the said Winter Assize County. The following is a list of the Prisoners to be tried at the said Assizes: NAME OF PRISONER. OFFENCE. John Davies Shooting with intent. (on bail). William Davies Perjury. (on bail). John Evans Perjury. (on bail). William Evans Perjury. (on bail). Henry Jones Perjury. (on bail). William Jones Perjury. (on bail). Nathaniel Williams False Pretences. (in custody). Charles Mathias Criminal Offence. (on bail). And Notice is Hereby Given that the persons bound by recognizances to appear and prosecute, or give evidence for or against the said Prisoners, shall appear and prosecute and give evidence at Carmarthen afore- said, on the said 8th day of December) 1891. JOHN CABBERY PUGH VAUGHAN PRYSE RICE, Esquire, Sheriff. The Jurors, Prosecutors, and Witnesses and others who have undertaken to appear and answer are required to be in attendance on Wednesday, the 9th day of December, 1891, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, and their attendance is not required before that time. TT J CI D- 1,01,6 PBICE, Under Sheriff. Under Sheriff s Office, Talley House, Llandilo. CARMARTHEN SCHOOL BOARD. TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. TENDERS are invited by the Board for erecting a -i- new Infant School, and for making certain altera- tions in the existing one at the Pentrepoth Board School. Tenders to be in my hand by the 28th instant, marked Tender for Infants' School." Plans and specifications may be inspected in the meantime during office hours, at the office of the Board, No. 1, Saint Mary-street, Carmarthen. THOMAS WALTERS, „ Clerk. 2nd December, 1891. SALES BY AUCTION. CARMARTHENSHIRE. PARISHES OF LLANFIHANGEL-AR-ARTH AND LLANGELER. To TIMBER MERCHANTS, COLLIERY PROPRIETORS, AND OTHERS. MR. JOHN FRANCIS will SELL by AUCTION, at the Saddlers' Arms, Pencader, at 2 p.m., on Thursday, 17th December, 1891, in 5 lots, all that ex- ceedingly valuable Plantation, known as Alltfawr, on the Farm of Blodeuen, comprising Larch, Oak, and other Timber Trees, Pitwood, and Poles, of about 45 years growth, containing 13ï acres, more or less, dis- tant about 2 miles from Pencader Railway Station Penllain Plantation, on the Farm of Penllain, contain- ing about 2 acres, 2 miles from Pencader; and about 54 Timber Trees on the Farm of Cwmdawhilod, in the Parish of Llangeler, and about H miles from the Town of Llandyssul.
TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. INQUIRER.—Including Monmouth, which has been done in recent exclusively Welsh legislation (the Intermediate and Technical Education Acts for instance) there are, for all practical purposes, thirteen counties in Wales.
RADICAL TWISTING.
RADICAL TWISTING. The unprecedented success of the present Unionist Administration in every branch of government is an irritating and painful thorn in the sides of our opponents. True and bitter as the facts that go to establish and emphasise this success prove themselves to be to the more intelligent of the Separatists our Gladstonian friends wriggle and writhe under the long story of the Unionist deeds. Realising that the masses of the people cannot but appreciate the benefits that have been bestowed upon them by the wicked Tories, Gladstonians must strive to cast doubt and even deny some of the facts ad- duced by the Conservatives. Not the least significant locally, perhaps, is the dexterous manner in which a local Radical contemporary endeavours in vain to disprove certain facts and figures given by Sir Charles Philipps, the Unionist Candidate for Pembrokeshire. Speaking at a recent meeting held in that constituency, Sir Charles said that the late Gladstonian Government spent 19k millions of money upon wars and warlike prepara- tions as against nil by the present Govern- ment. The Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph took Sir Charles to task and challenged him to prove these figures, and which the candidate did as follows at a subsequent meeting: Transvaal War, L2,439,500 Zulu, fl35,000 Egyptian Expedition, L4,276,750 Relief of General Gordon, £ 300,000; Nile Expedition, £ 324,000; Soudan, L964,000 Beclbuanaland Expedition, £ 725,000 Vote of Credit, 1885-6, £ 9,451,000. showing a total offl9,615,250, or, X115,250, more than what Sir Charles alleged. Our Radical friend dares not challenge the accuracy of the figures and consequently accepts them as correct." He then proceeds to give his own version of these facts which plainly shows gross and unpardonable ignorance or a most perverse and deliberate attempt to mislead the public. The Transvaal and Zulu wars he returns at a total expenditure of L2,574,500, which is correct, but, he adds that this expenditure must be charged to the Tories, as the dates of the commencement of hostilities in the Transvaal and Zululand will show." Now, the Transvaal troubles began with the massacre of the 94th Regiment at Bronkhorst Spruit, December 5th, 1880,-nine months after Lord Beaconsfield left office. Mr Glad- stone announced in the Queen's speech, Jan. 6th, 1881, the prompt vindication of the Queen's authority and 4,500 troops were despatched on the 31st of the same month. Majuba Hill was fought on February 26th following, and the Treaty of Peace with dis- lonour, involving as it did the surrender of -he Transvaal, was signed on the 21st of March. The whole cost of this war should, therefore, be charged to the Gladstonian Government. The Zulu War was fought and was paid for by the Beaconsfield Government. [t cost close upon L5,000,000, and these jums appeared as paid in the years 1879-80, under that Government. The sum of L135,000 charged against the GIadstonian Government was the cost of proceedings which their own policy brought about and which was paid in the year 1881-2. But this is not the worst feature in the assertions of the Radical organ. The Transvaal, Zulu and Egyptian wars are returned as involving a total expenditure of £ 9,439,250. "To meet this indebtedness says our friend, a Vote of Credit wis taken April, 27 th, 1885, (f £ 9,4-51,000." Proceeding, the article in question runs :—"Sir Charles's mistake is this. He adds the vote of credit to fbe amounts it was voted to defray, according to which mode of reckoning if you deduct 4 from 4- the remainder is 8." What are the facts? The memorable vote of credit moved by Mr Gladstone in April 1885 is yet green in the memories of our readers. It had absolutely nothing to do with the expenditure on the the Transvaal, Zulu, or Egyptian complica- tions. As Mr Gladstone himself pointed out it was asked for the purpose of making special preparations in anticipation of the expected war with Russia and arising out of the attack on the Afghans at Penjdeh. As our readers will remember this vote was for eleven millions, but only L9,451,000 was spent on these special preparations. In com- mon fairness to an honest, outspoken candi- date our contemporary should offer an adequ- ate apology for its distortion of distinct facts.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RULE.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RULE. As long as the world lasts, it will happen, as put by Milton, that" sometimes few are right where thousands err and the appeals of a minority so sinned against as the Irish Protestants at the present moment may well stir up not only the just and generous to espouse their cause, but all the far-sighted among their brethren both as concerns reli- gion and politics. Admit Home Rule to Ireland, and that minority know that every social and political right which they possess will be tampered with or set at nought, and a work of destruction begun with the liberty of the subject, a bound to which it would be difficult to set. So far-sighted a politician as Sir Robert Peel gave it as his opinipn, That the time is coming, and is very near, when we shall have to fight over again the Battle of the Reformation," and if so, few can doubt that it is in Ireland the Battle will begin. Twice since the Reformation has a sovereign of avowed Roman Catholic faith ruled over our land, and twice, in consequence, was it all but handed over to a foreign power. As has been lately noted in THE JOURNAL, James II. was prepared to give up the kingdom to Louis XIV., and Tyrconnel's "Ireland for the Irish meant also Ireland for Rome. Before his time, however, Mary, whose short but bloody rule was indeed England's Reign of Terror, had found a fitting consort in Philip II., and with her full consent Spain, with its Inquisition and persecution, reckoned itself for a happily-short "time all but master of the British dominions. Of that presumptuous hope the House of Austria found itself dis- appointed but the exactions of the Pope met in Mary a willing agent. She re-founded Westminster and as many other as she could of the Abbeys suppressed in the two preceding reigns; the penalties of martial law were threatened against the possessors of heretical books, and a new commission for the suppres- sion of heresy was exempted by royal autho- rity from all restrictions of law that should fetter its activity. The persecution began against bishops and priests with Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer at their head but the two earliest of these to suffer were Ferrar, Bishop of St. David's, who was burnt at Car- marthen, and Bishop Hooper, of Gloucester, in his own city. Soon, as is so well known, that persecution was extended to the people. Thirteen victims, two of whom were women, were burned in a day at Stratford-le-Bow; seventy-three Protestants were dragged through the streets of London tied to a single rope; and in the three and a half years the tyranny lasted no less than three hundred of Mary's innocent subjects perished in the flames. The Vatican power, at present, is of the volcanic kind that works in secret, but what comes to the surface is quite enough to show the seething and destructive elements in full activity below identical in spirit with what was then so openly displayed. Only a year ago, the "Nunnery of the Buried Alive," in Naples, closed for no less than four cen- turies, was opened by order of the Minister of Justice. It was done for the recovery of a young lady who had been banished to the Nunnery by her family, on account of a love affair to which they objected, but with whom they had tried in vain, ever since, to estab- lish communication. She was found in a most etnaciated condition, and, with her, eight young women who bad been similarly impri- soned by their parents; and sixteen nuns were further discovered in a state bordering on insanity, covered only with rags, and amid surroundings unfit for humanity to inhabit. What Irish Protestants who number, as so many do, any Roman Catholic among their relatives, can feel safe of not being betrayed to a similar fate, when a Priesthood is at hand, with power strong enough and soul black enough to further such schemes for vengeance or punishment 1 And if so stern a solution can be found for simple domestic difficulties, what may be feared for those whose landed property or political influence makes them obnoxious to a strong and unscrupulous n majority ? The accounts lately given in the limes of the rescue of a nun, by the brave members of a firm of London solicitors, give yet another proof of the helplessness of those once under the power of Roman Catholic authority, and of the malignant doings of a power that has deliberately chosen darkness rather than light. From time to time, the public is pacified by some disavowal from the Vatican of the deeds perpetrated in its name, but Ireland may be pardoned for doubting their good faith. She has not forgotten that such a Papal protest was issued after the murders of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke but for circulation among the people, all the condemning clauses were placed in the Appendix to the Pamphlet only, and these given in small print.
HOW TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF…
HOW TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THEOLOGY. CONCLUSION. In bringing these letters to a close, I beg to offer a few practical suggestions. There is no reason why this study should be confined to pro- fessed students or to persons of exceptional means and ability. If we cannot cultivate the whole field of inquiry we may still find some small plot suited to our capacity, and if we cultivate this diligently and thoroughly we may, perhaps, some day render no unworthy service to the "queen of