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Our Ambitions. (The waiter of the following article intended at first to have sent it to the editor ul a certain Llanelly newspaper; but after due consideration forwarded it to this office as he felt sure it would do as much good here by enalbling us to see things from another stand- point.—Editor, C.W.R.). Our readers have no doubt followed for some time the campaign which has been conducted with such brilliance for the turn- ing of Llanelly Into the capital of Carmar- thenshire. It might be thought that we have so much material prosperity that we could afford to spare Carmarthen its own little ewe J Lamb—Prestige. But it must be admitted that we feel somehow the want of la, something or other in our lives, and we fancy that the County Offices and the Quar- ter Sessions would put us right. Anyhow as thing stand, life is an aching void for us as it is for the Suffragettes. Unless something is done we shall start sending out sandwich wen with iboards inscribed "County Offices for Llanelly," and we'll chain ourselves to the railings in Spilman street at the next County Council meeting and do everything else we can think of to caH attention to our grievances. Ignorant narow-minded persons have alleged that we are taking a parochial view of this matter, and that the doctrine that public offices should always be conducted in the most populous neighbourhood is a new idea manufactured by us for home consump- tion. That's all tommy rot y mechgyn i. As Cicero says Magna est veritas et prevalebit —or words to that effect. We propose to give a few proofs that our theory is being extensively acted on in the most exalted quarters. It may astonish ou-r readers to know that the Criminail Courts of London are con- ducted in the City. This is a most ridiculous state of affairs. The City was no doubt a very important place in its day-in the days of Dick Whittington and those other parties. Then it was London, and merchants lived over the shop. But now London has grown. Nobody lives in the City at all now except a few caretakers and charwomen. The criminal cases all come from loc.alitits which were un- known in the good old days. A careful student of the criminal records will at once see that the criminals mostly come from the East End—Poplar and Whitechapel and those places. It has long been felt by the criminal classes that they labour under a distinct disadvantage in this matter. A meeting of the Burglars Trades Union was held at the Picklock and Jemmy on Sunday evening lllast at which very strong speeches were delivered on the subject. Bill Sikes (who occupied the chair) pointed out that it was the East End which kept the London Sessions going, and said that if it were not for him and his pals the cops would have to take to some honest occupation. He moved that a memorial be sent to the Lord Chan- cellor on the subject. Sixteen Strong Jack who seconded said that it was high time they stood up for their rights. It was the duty of thebealks to come down there to attend to their customers. He did not feel comfort- able in the dock in the present Law Court. It would be so much more homely if they could be tried next door instead of going all that way. Several of the light-fingered gentry having delivered stirring speeches in support of the proposal, it was decided to prepare a memorial to the Lord Chancellor on the subject, and Mr Fagin was instructed to collect statistics showing how the popula- tion of the East End compared with that of the City. By a. peculiar coincidence, we learn that a movement is on foot to have the Houses of Parliament removed to Manchester. It has been felt for some time that London is played out. The whole population within a thirty mile radius of St. Pauls is only five millions. The population with a thirty mile radius of the Manchester Corn Exchange is twelve millions. The North is. one great hive of industry. The Lancashire towns are so close together now that it is bm-d to tell where one begins and the other ends. Besides there is Yorkshire, and the busy Tyne to be oonsidered. If we Considered how conven- ient Manchester is to Birmingham in the one direction, to Newcastle in the other, and to Glasgow in the North, we cannot help coming to the conclusion that it is the natural centre of a population, of twenty millions. Why should all. these people have to travel hundreds of miles through the Midlands to a decaying old place like London. For London is decaying. The shipping is going to the Tyne and the Clyde. Big fac- tories are lbeing removed to the North on account of the heavy rates, and on all sides we see evidence of decay. On the other hand, Manchester is going head. We under- stand that a movement is on foot to have the Imperial Parliament removed from the played-out precincts of Westminster, and housed in oommoddous new premises in Manchester. Westminster Abbey will be sold, and all big religous ceremonies will be conducted in the new cathedral at Liverpool. Windsor and Buckingham Palace will be dis- posed of to Yankee millionaires, and the Royal Family will be provided with a fine new palace in the neighbourhood of Birken- head. The offices of the Local Government Board will: be at Preston. It is felt that this will be a much better plan in case of an invasion, as London is so open to an attack rom the East. The Americans, too, are beginning to get tired of having to go to Washington when they want to do a bit of wire pulling. Fancy a little one-horse place with a population of 40,000 being the capital of the great Ameri- Dan Republic. The Bowery Boys had a meet- ing the other night, tand they decided that Congress in future will have to meet In New \T -Jl- X OTJK. Private advices from Belfast shoAv that the Home Rule movement is likely to assume a new phase. At a meeting of Genuine True Bltaes it was decided to ask the Lord Lieutenant to transfer his vice-regal resi- dence to Belfast. It was pointed out that Belfast is going ahead whilst Dublin is a decaying old place. Moreover, the Belfast boys are peaceful, law-abiding citizens, and they'll crack the skulilfe of anylbody that says they aren't. It. is more than probable that the Home Rule Question will be solved by having an Irish Parliament in the Sliankill Road instead of College Green. The same movement is talking place in Scotland. Edinburgh was a very fine old place in its day.' But it must be admitted that Mary Queen of Scotfi, and Knox, and insignificant people of that stamp have given it a fictitious importance. Glasgow is the great centre of population, and a move is on foot to have the. High Court of Justiciary held somewhere on the BroomiefLaw. When Home Rule for Scotland is an accomplished fact, the new Scots Parliament will meet under the shadow of the St. Rollox smoke stack, which is a. far more impressive object than either Arthiur's Seat or Edinburgh Castle. With these examples before us we may safely await the historical development of events. Not only will Llanelly become the capital of Oarmartlienshire but the future see of South West Wales. St. Davids was a very fine place in its day no. dou,bt. Poor old Dewi lived before our day. Had he been alive to- day, he would have planted his cathedral somewhere in the neighbourhood of the New Dock. He was a fine fellow according to his lights; but he's dead anyhow. We look forward to the day when not only the County Offices but a magnificent Cathedral will adorn our town, and when the Lord Bishop of Llanelly will voice the feelings of Welsh Churchmen in the House of Lords. We L, 1'4aS team that the latter proposal has already been c.onsidered by Convocation, and that the date, of the chiange has been fixed for Tiblb's Eve. The establishment of the County Offices at Llanelly will take place the week after. ANANIAS MINOR.

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