The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

Pontypridd County Court. Friday,-(before His Honour Judge Williams). JUDGE FALCONER'S RESERVED JUDGMENTS.—ORDER OF BUSINESS, &C. His Honour stated that he had received a letter, from Mr Falconer, the late Judge, stating that he was not prepared to try any of the cases in which he had reserved judgment. The Registrar would get from Mr Falconer any papers h*' might have relating to those cases, and he (Mr Williams) would try them over again after the other business of the next court. He also wished to say that in future the order of business at this court would be as follows :-On the first day. the whole of the judgment sammonses, which would be called over once in their order, and if. the parties did not appear and answer to their names they would be struck out. After the judgment summonses they would take the default summonses in which, as far as they were able to ascertain, professional gentle- men do not appear. Then, after those, cases in which professional gentlemen appear, and bank- ruptcy motions and other applications. Ordinarily, there would only be two days' sittings, but his arrangements were such as to enable him, if the business was heavier than could be dealt with in those two days to have a thir i day later on in the week or in the following week. THE PINE-END CLAIM. Beddoe v. Nicholas.—His Honour gave judgment in a case involving a dispute about a pine end," heard by him on the previous Monday, when Mr Gwilym James appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Simons for the defendant. The plaintiff, Mr Beddoe, colliery proprietor, of Nelson, claimed from the defendant, George Nicholas, Tynybedw, Ystra- dyfodwg, X12 14s. for that defendant had built agninst, in, and upon the pine end of a wall belonging to a house owned by plaintiff, and situate at Morgan-street, Tynybedw ami had, by so doing, damaged portions of the said pine end." Plain- tiff further claimed moneys agreed to be paid by defendant to plaintiff by moiety on half of the part of the said end." His Honour, in giving judg- ment, referred to the fact that the arbitrator representing the defendant had admitted liability, and said he would be loth to alter that opinion without strong reasons being adduced. It had been stated that a subsidence had taken place in the ground of the Neighbourhood, owing to colliery operations underneath. Assuming that there was such a tendency to subside, that fact should have made the defendant more careful in what he did. Judgment for plaintiff for £19 and the costs

Pentre Police Court. MONDAY.—Before Mr G. Williams, Stipendiary, and Mr Ebenezer Lewis. WATER WORKS Co's PROSECUTION.—Mrs Lane, Ton, was summoned by Mr Pike, on behalf of the Ystrad Gas and Water Company, for illegally supplying water. The case was adjourned for a week. DRUNKS.—David Jenkins, Tonyrefail, 10s and costs; Alice Evans, Mardy, 5s and costs; Phillip Davies, Treherbert, 10s and costs; Rees Wiliams. Treherbert 5s and costs; Benjamin Jones, Blaen- cwm, 2s 6d and costs; Thomas Phillips, Tynewydd, 5s; Richard Evans, Ystrad, 10s; Charlotte Holms, Heolfach, 10s and costs; Henry Lewis, Blaen- rhondda, 10s and costs. STEALING A BILLIARD BALL.—John Williams, a boy of 12, was charged with stealing an ivory billiard ball from the Pentre Coffee Tavern, on Saturday, the 14th inst. Mr Loughman, the pro- prietor of the Coff. e Tavern, did not wish to press the charge, but the Bench ordered the lad to be treated to an application of six strokes with the birch rod. IMPROPER CowsHEDs.-Thomas Morgan, James Jones, and Ann Jones, were summoned for having improper cowsheds, and the latter a dairy not (. up" to the regulations. The two male defendants had, said Inspector Thomas, remedied the defects, and the woman was having her dairy altered. Thomas Moroni ;11;:1 Tames Jones were ordered to pay the costs the case against Ann Jones was adjourned to see whether the work would be completed to the satisfaction of the inspector. BREACH OF CONTRACT.—Wyndham Jones was summoned by Mr John Williams for breach of contract, at Trealaw Brick Works. Defendant did not appear. That day fortnight defendant had refused to work, and he had also refused to give up the key of the stable in which the horse in his charge was, so that another man might go on with his work. He had stopped the work for more than a quarter of a day. Defendant was mulcted in the sum of X2 and costp. THEFT OF SHIRT AT FKRNDALE.—Thomas Jones, collier, was charged with stealing a shirt belonging to Lettuce Griffiths. Ferndale. The shirt, which bel nged to a lodger named Morris, was on the line drying. Prisoner's landlady, Mrs Thomas, said the prisoner brought a wet shirt home, and said he had bought it for 5s. P.S. John Lewis apprehended the prisoner with the shirt on him. There were originally on the shirt the initials T. M. but now there was only a "T." which prisoner said was for "Titomas." Prisoner pleaded not guilty. He was committed to 14 days' hard labour. BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH.Thomas Thomas, Treorky. was summoned for having unclean salmon in his possession. Sergt. Chalk said he saw a salmon, recently speared, hanging in the front room of the defendant's house. Defendant said the salmon was not on his premises at all, for he rented his front room to a butcher named Edwards. The Stipendiary remarked that if that was so he must dismiss the case, and he advised the defendant, ■' the next time you have a salmon, cook it without delay." Defendant, smiling beautifully, and pulling his foreback, "Thank ye, sir." THE TREORKY ELOPEMENT CASE.—William Ed- wards was brought up on remand charged with stealing a quantity of furniture value .£10, belong- ing to David Williams, collier, Treorky. Mr Super- intendent Matthews said he had no further evidence to offer than that given last week, the man went away, and came back once, and th.n finally left for Hirwain. The goods appeared.to have been booked by the woman in the name of the defendant. The Stipendiary said he could not punish these people for their moral delinquencies, and he must discharge the prisoner, but the husband could claim back his furniture. ASSAULTS.—Henry Davies and Daniel Thomas were charged with assaulting David Thomas, collier, Treorky, on the 7th inst., as the complainant was going home from the Cardiff Arms Hotel. Complai- ant said that Daniel had knocked him down without provocation. One of the defendants also kicked him. Two men helped complainant up, and defendants ran away. Complainant's nose bled. and he suffered from the assault some days. Replying to Mr Walter Morgan, who defended, complainant denied that he had had words with defendant at all at the Cardiff Arms. The case was not clear against Henry, and he was discharged; Daniel was fined d62and costs.-Mary Jane Phillips, Llwynpia, was fined d61 and costs for assaulting Mary Hughes. Defendant had aimed a stone at i omplainant, and the missile had nearly struck an infant in arms. Mr Walter H. Morgan appeared for defendant, a little girl. She was fined £ 1 includ- ing costs. It appeared that complainant had in a previous case been a witness against defendant's mother.—The Stipendiary said that he would pro- tect witnesses, and they should not be molested. BREACHES OF GøLLIERY RULES AT DIVAS.—Wil- liam Brown, labourer, was summoned for a breach ot colliery rules by having a lamp-key in his possession at Dfnas Col!iery. Mr Walter H. Morgan appeared for the complainant; defendant did not appear. David Williams, fireman, proved the case, and the defendant was fined 20s, and co,ts —Theophilus Vaughan, stoker, was summoned for absenting himself from work at Dinas Colliery, on the 13th and 14»}i,,iost. Mr Walter Morgan said the defendant had: a wonderful propensity for keeping away from his work about the pay-time, and on the two days referred to, it was calculated that Mr Daniel Thomas lost £ 5,-25 tons per day less than usual having been raised owing to want of steam. It appeared that the defendant kept awav altogether on the Friday, but on the Satur- day he went to the mechanic, William Daglan. and told him that he could not come to work at two that day Daglan told him he must ask Mr Thomas for leave of absence. Leave was not asked fo and yet the defendant did not come to work. Then Mr Thomas ordered the man's pay to be stopped, and employed another man. The Stipen- diary remarked that if Mr Thomas had not taken the law into his own hands by discharging the man and refusing to pay his wages, he would probably have allowed the full damages claimed; but -he would now only inflict a penalty of 20s and costs. —Michael Fitzgerald, summoned for absenting himself from the same colliery on Monday, was fined 20s and costs.

Pontypridd Police Court. WEDNESDAY—Before Dr. Leigh, and Mr Jackson. ASSAULT AT LLANGANNA.—Thomas Williams, lodginghouse-keeper, summoned for assaulting Sarah Burns, a lodger, was fined jEl and costs. STILH PIGS AT PKNRHIWFKR.—Margaret Lewis, a widow, of PenrHwfer, was summoned for allowing four pigs to stray. Mr Superintendent Matthews said the defendant was a widow whose husband was killed at Penygraig Explosion. He did not press the case, and the Rench simply ordered the defendant to pay the costs, 5s. NOT BONA FIDE TKAVELLERS.—John Davies Pandy, and John Evans, Pentre, were summoned, for being at the Prince of Orange public-house, Dinas, on Sunday, 15th, during illegal hours. It appeared that the men came together to the door, aod one of them told the landlady that they had come from Clydach Vale, and were bona fide travellers, which they were not. Fined 10s each and costs. DRUNK AND FIGHTING. — William Perkins, and Isaac Morgan, were charged with being drunk and riotous. Scrgt. Jenkins found' the defendants on the night of the 11th, opposite the Greyhound, Pontypridd, drunk and fighting. Morgan, whose wife appeared, had to pay- 1>8 and costs Perkins, who was not represented. 7s 6d and costs. DRUNKEN WOMEN.-Ann Webb, on bail, was charged with being drunk and riotous, at Ponty- pridd. She had deposited 12s with Mr Superinten- dent Matthews, and she did not now appear. Fiued 12s including costs.-Eiizabeth Beer, an old woman, charged with being-drunk in Taff-street, was ordered to pay the costs Is, and cautioned.— Miriam Owen, a young married woman, was charged, under the Vagrant Act, with being drunk and sleeping in a lodge at the Pentre Colliery. P.C. W. Johns proved the case. She was fined 5s. and costs, or 7 days. TAFF VALE RAILWAY CASES.—Patrick Kevilan, of Merthyr, summoned for travelling from Porth to Ferndale on the Taff Vale Railway without a ticket, was fined 10s and costs Ann Francis, of Aberdare, for having got into the company's carriage at Ferndale, without a ticket, was fined a like sum.—J. Hall, commercial traveller, Merthyr, was summoned for travelling without a ticket from Hafod to Porth. Mr Hurman, traffic snperin- tendent of the Taff Vale Railway, appeared to prosecute, and Mr Simons for the defence Defen- dant had tendered his fare, but owing to a special order not to take excess" on that day the officials could not take it. The magistrates con- sidered that there was no evidence of an intent to defraud, and the case was dismissed. STEALING BRANDY AND PEPPERMINT.— Henry Price, mason, Treharris, was charged with stealing a bottle of brandy value 6s 6d, and a bottle of peppermint value 2s 6d, from the Taff Vale Railway Hotel. Pr soner went into the house and had a glass of Irish Whiskey, to dt ink which he sat down in the bar. There was a knock in the taproom, to which the landlady, Mrs Barnhouse, went to attend. She was only away about a minute, and, when she returned to the bar, she saw the prisoner falling off the cuunter, with a bottle in each pocket. He got up and tried to get oat, but she took hold ef him, and there was a scuffle between them. A young man in the house came to her assistance, and got the prisoner back into the house, and the police were sent for.- Sergeant Jenkins soon arrived on the scene and took the prisoner into custody. When outside the house prisoner attemp'ed to escape, but failed. Prisoner now said he did not remember anything about it. He was fined 20s and costs, or, in default, ordered to undergo 14 days' hard labour.

LLANTRISANT POLICE COURT. Friday.-Before Mr G. Williams, Stipendiary. EXCISE PROSECUTION.—David Evans, landlord of the Greyhound Inn, Llantrisant, was summoned for selling spirits without a license. Defendant bad been served with a notice to attend, but did not put in an appearance. Mr Patrick O'Leary, excise officer, had called upon defendant, whose spirit license had expired on the 10th of October last, but although he had promised to get a re- newal, and though he had been written to by Mr Cox, superviser of excise, he had not taken out the license.-P.C. Thomas said that the house was now closed; there were no goods there now, as a sale had recently taken place of all the chattels on the premises.-The Stipendiary imposed a fine of £10 including costs, or, in default, 2 months' imprison- ment.

Y Gohebiaethau i'w danfon l'r Golygydd, MR. COSSLETT COSSLETT, (CARNELIAN), PONTYPRIDD. BWRDD Y GOL. Can o Glod, &c."—Mae hon yn llithrig. a lied gryno, ac heb tod yn eithafol felly yn ei chanmoliaeth, nid yw yr ehediadau barddonol yn uchel mae'n wir, eto mae yn ogleisiol i'r teimlad, ac yn lied ddifrychau. Diolch am hon i ddechreu, deuwch eto cyn hir. "Englynion ar Briodas," &c.—Buasai yn well i chwi ganu yn y mesurau rhyddion,- rhaid wrth gryn lawer ) allu i wneyd dim newydd, ar hen destyn fel "priodas." Astud- iweh reolau Cerdd Dafod yn fanylach, a chwi ddeuwch. Croesgyniad," &c.—Credwn fod y darn hwn yn deilwng o le gyda'r beirdd Seisnig. I'r Swyddfa :—Gwrtydd, loan Towy, E. Evans, ac R. G. Hughes.

YSBRYD YN LLANILLTYD. Ysbrydion a son am ysbrydion yw pob peth yma yn awr y mae fel rhyw Colossus mawr yn bras gamu dros ben darlithiau, pregetbau, ie, a'r Blue Ribbon befyd. Y mae'r heolydd yn yr hwyr fel ysbryd y meirw yn Herculaneum, hab yr un dyn i'w weled, y shutters yn nghau, y blinds i lawr, ein cymydogion gweinion yn rhoddi ambell i gipolwg o ffenestri y lloft; y siopau yn weigion, y cwn a'r cathod ar hyd yr heolydd yn cyfarth ac yn rhegu, dynion yn dri ac yn bedwar yn ym- ofyn glo o'r twlc, un a lantern a'r Heill wedi arfogi a heiryn y tan, ffyn, &c., y ta; cyrddau yn wag^y gwragedd yn ymdrechu gwneyd pob peth erbyn nos, yna cloi'r drysau.a chrynhoi o amgylch y tan. Y mae yma le difrifol. Does dim lie amheu ei bresenoldeb yn y gym- ydogaeth, ac nid oes dim dadl am ei lywodraeth. Y mae llawer yma wedi ei weled a'r rhai hyny yn ddynion cyfrifol, dynion pwyllog, dynion o farn. Ysbryd tal, cryf, esgymog, o'i ysgwyddau yn dalach na'n dyn talaf yn y gymydogaeth, ac yn ymddangos mewn dillad benywaidd a thrail." Dywed ereill mai mewn dillad benywaidd byr y mae. Beth bynag am hyny y maent oil yn cytuno i ddweyd ei fod yn gwisgo pais. Y mae y drafodaeth garwriaethol ar stop yn hollol, ac hyd y nod y merched mwyaf likely heb gael o-air oddiwrth eu ca iadau er's pythefnos. I fod yn hollol gywir y mae yn rhaid i mi wneyd un eithriad, ac y mae yr eithriad yn un hysbys iawn i drigolion y lie. Y mae yma un yn dyfod yn rheolaidd i weled ei gariad, ac yn dangos cymaint gwrhydri fel y mae llawer o honom sydd yn gallu gwerthfawrogi y rinwedd hono yn fynych yn rhoddi tone i'r hen don See the courting hero comes." Y mae pettiau wedi dyfod i'r fath sefyllfa fel y mae mewn bwriad i alw pwyllgor o'r Ficar, y gweinidogion, a'r ysgolfeistr, i ystyried sut y mae gweithredu dan yr amgylchiadau. Byddwch cystal a danfon eich gohebydd yno. W. WIMBLE.

PR10DAS GLANFFRWD. MR. GOL.-Cymerodd yr amgylchiad hwn le cly Ionawr 17eg, 1882, yn Eglwys Fair, Abertawe. Gweinyddwyd ar yr achlysur gan yr Arch-ddeon Griffiths, Castellnedd, yn nghyd a Dr. Morgan, Ficar, Abertawe. Pan glywais daeth i'm meddwl ar unwaith fod tri o bethau yn bynodi bywyd Gladffrwd, yn gyntaf Awen yn cydfyw a rhesymeg; yn ail, gallu i orchfygu pob math o anhawsderau; yn drydydd, ymroddiad i'r weinidogaeth, i'w wlad, ac yn awr i'w wraigohyn allan. Cydgyfar- fyddiad dwy afon yw priodas Glanffrwd a Miss Williams, Aber-y-Talentau. Barddoniaeth ys- brydol a cherddoriaeth oruchel a unir yn mhriodas Glanffrwd a Llinos. Aed y ddwy yn un afon fawr gan lifo yn orfoleddus i dragwyddol for yr awenau a'r anfarwoldeb. Felly byddo- Anwyl Glanffrwd boed it dangnef, Ie, boed llawenydd hir, Atat ti yn Ihfo'n felns Megis afon ben3- r tir. Nefol lais y Llinos fyddo'n Ysbrydoli'th awen di, A Llinosiaid bach fo 11 canu Fel y codo'n uwch dy fri. Calon fawr yw'th galon Glanffrwd, Y mae ynddi le i'r wlad Hoffl'r ydwyt Feirdd Hen Walia Byth ddymuni ei llesbad. Na foed llai eu lie a'u croesaw Am fod ar dy aelwyd hardd, Wech angyles wedi dyfod I ofalu am eu bardd. Llwyddiant, llwyddiant fyth i Llinos Nefoedd wen, rbo iddi hi 'Nawr yn adeg ei phriodas ArwydcT o'th fendithiol fri. Gwn eich bod yn caru ch gilydd Gwn am eich ymroddiad pur, Glyned felly-a chynydded Yn y llwydd ac yn y cur. Gwerthfawr fydd yr offrwm peraidd Goda ar eich aelwyd wen Pan y dringa miwsig Llinos A chan Glanffrwd tua'r nen. HOMO DDU.

THE BLUE RIBBON MOVEMENT MEETINGS AT I'ONTYPRIDD, TREFOilEST, RHONDDA VALLEY, &c. The Blue Ribbon meetings, reported in our last week's issue were continued to the close of that week, and meetings were then arranged to be held at Treforest. At va' ious places in the Rhundda Valley also meetings have been held. At PONTYPRIDD. On Thursday se'night a well-attended meeting was held at Penuel Chapel, when Mr Daniel Williams occupied the chair, and addresses were delivered by the Rev. J. Morris, Ebbw Vale, and the Rev. T. Phillips, of Swansea. The meeting was a succesful one in every way, speakers and the audience being in the hwyl." The Chairman contrasted the state of Glamorganshire with that of Carmarthenshire, and the agricultural counties of North Wales, and said if teetotalism was wanted anywhere, it was in these works" districts. The speakers for the evening pointed to the evidence of Judges and others, as showing that three-fourths of the crime of this country was attributable to drunkenness, and both contended that total abstinence was the only true check to intoxication. Friday's meeting was at Sardis Chapel, and Mr R. Rogers occupied the chair. In the course of his opening speech, Mr Rogers urged tradesmen not to be afraid to show their side. He had been a consistent abstainer for very many years, and he had net suffered by it in health—(laughter)—in happiness, or in business. (Cheers.) On the contrary, when he met with an accident some years ago he was told that he had ten chances to one in his favour because he was a teetotaller. (Applause.) If drink was good for health, what a strange thing it was that there should be a high rate of mortality among the publicans, even of this neighbourhood He contended that the trade in liquor did a great deal of harm all around, and those who did most harm of all were the grocers who sold liquors. (Hear, hear) Mr Thomas Williams, J.P., of Merthyr, said he had had 39 years' experience of teetotalism, and had found it answer the purpose at home and abroad. (Cheers.) The trade of the publicans had greatly increased during the past 50 years, and it was ruining the country now. Fifty-one years ago there were only 50,000 public-houses in the kingdom, but now they numbered 150,000. If set side by side, and 10 yards were allowed for each house, they would make a row 850 miles in length. And if all those pnblic-houses were formed into a town by them- selves they would not be half as objectionable as at present. (Laughter and cheers.)— £ 122,000,000 of money was spent ainnualk on drink, and that was smaller than it had been. In order to make it clearer he said that jE2,500,000 per we k was spent on intoxicating linuors in this country, j8675,000 per day; and every houi, day and night, £28,000. There were in the Llible 3,566,480 letters. If a sovereign were placed on each letter, it would not be equal to the amount of the drink bill, and a pile of 40 sovereigns would have to be placed on each letter in the Bible before they got to the sum spent on the drink in one year. There was in this country a public-house on account of every 183 of the population; a public house for every 36 families. On account of every person in the chapel that night, and in the kingdom, there was spent an average of £3 12s every year on drink, and con- sidering that thousands of them were t. eto Wallers and never gave lid in a public-house all round the year, he asked, was not this too much money to be spent, and some people must be paying heavily on account of the non-drinkers. Having referred to the mortality statistics of drunkenness, he turned to other pictures, such as Besbrook in Ireland, and Saltaire, in Yorkshire, presented, without a single public-house in them. He related some of his experiences as a teetotaller in bus ness and in connection with agriculture, and to all, he would say, it paid in the long run (Applause).-The Hev. J. Thomas. Merthyr, in the course of a very humorous speech, reviewed the pages of the Licensed Victuallers' Year Book which fell into his hands on the previous day. He expounded upon the wisdom of a brilliant note the book contained upon the decay of prize-fighting, and the objection of its editor to allowing the gentleman of the pavement to settle the licensing question. He did not know the meaning of the term "gentle- men of the pavement," but he felt sure it was something not very complimentary, and he urged the gentlemen of the pavement" to assert their rights, and be. satisfied with nothing less than Local Option and Sunday Closing throughout the whole kingdom. On Saturday evening there was a crowded meeting at Penuel under the presidency of the Rev. W. J. Morris, Pontypridd The chairman, in addressing the meeting, expressed his pleasure at the success which had crowned their efforts in connection with the Blue Ribbon movement at Pontypridd. They would, however, go on, and not rest satisfied until they had converted all the people to teetotalism. They would go on, saying like Neheajiah, The Lord our God will fight for us." (Applause). It was surprising to think that so many people frequented public-houses. On Satur- day, the 7th, a census was taken of all who went into public-houses at Bristol between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. The population of Bristol was about 206,000, and of that number 105,000 entered public-houses during the four hours, and of that number 36,000 were females, and 14,000 children. It was estimated that £15,000 must have been spent in the public-houses of Bristol that night. What was the religious census of Bristol? It showed that 109,000 persons attended all the churches and chapels of all denominations. People often asked, how to get at the masses ? Well, the people who frequented the public houses were seldom the frequenters of the churches and the chapels, and if they swept away the public-houses they would reach the masses. (Hear, hear.) If they went on with the temperance movement as they had during the past fortnight they would close the public- houses by the power of moral suasion. (Applause). He asked whether they had noticed that the chapels in Pontypridd were emptier on the Sunday morning following the pay than they usually were, and was not that suggestive of headache ? (Heat, hear.) Mr H. W. Hughes (Ap Arwystl) was then called upon to address the audience. (Applause.) Speaking of moderate drinkers, he said that it was a pity that they should drink at all, for if it had not been tor their existence as a class there would be no drunkards. (Applause.) If it were not for this middle wall of modera- tion," the contrast between the drinker of nature's sweet draughts and the wallowtr in the mire of alcohol would be so marked as to cause the drunkard to run away from his own shadow as darkness flew before the beams of the dawn (( heers). Having received an invitation by letter to go and address a Blue Kibbon meeting at Dinas --one of the aristocratic suburbs of this great city-he went, and after he had done his best, the chairman, a Methodist deacon, said That is some amends for the past." He felt stung at first, and was on the point of repaying, when the truth of the remark forced itself on his mind, and whatever he did, there 01 elsewhere, he trusted that he could go on making some amends for the past." (Loud cheers.) The power to do good was the greatest power given to man, and everyone could do some- thing. It had been said, he knew, Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." It was a very poetical idea, but it was not tiKe, for the atmosphere of the earth had been for 6,000 years prevented flom becoming foetid by the fragrance of the pants that grew everywhere. There was not an oasis on the ureat Sahara with a single flower upon it which wasted its sweetness on the desert, for it helped tu keep the atmosphere clear, and so the sweet savour of our lives helps to keep the moral and social atmosphere in a healthy state. (Loud applause.) It was not necessarily positive good that they did, but negative good, and the object of the Blue lJibbon meetings at Pontypridd was to get men to do negative good— "don't drink," was all they asked. (Applause.) He gave instances of a rev. gentleman who, by abstaining from doing negative good," sank lower and lower in the scale of human degradation until he was seen selling hot potatoes in the slums of the great Metropolis of a Greek Professor of Oxford who acted as Sandwich man in the streets of London through neglecting to do negative good," &c. But he himself felt even now from the effects Of not doing negative good in the past, he suffeied in his memory from the effects of not keeping his powder dry It was very strange that whil'- ordinary liquids went d wn, those containing alcohol, after entering the stomach, worked upwaids in search of the "powder magazine" (the brain). Children knew the effects of wetting powder to make squibs. When fired, *he squibs made a great fizzing noise, and gave off a larg-e quantity of smoi^e, and hundreds of sparks, but they would not knock down—no—not a fly. (Laughter). Well, that WHS the consequence of wetting the powder. He knew he had sat many a time at this or that hotel, and had an argu- ment and shown off a great deal, but re ^llv it was only fizz, and emoke and sparks. (Laughter). He asked the audienc- to learn the effects of drink on the brain from his ill-experience. At Liver, ool he saw an experiment showing how a few drops of a cohol turned warm blood into a white, spongy, substance. He bad suffer. d t, e effects of alcohol on himself, and he asked them to accept his state- ment, and profit by it. Brains were not so plentiful that people could afford to try experiments on them. (Laughter and applause). He felt as if 20 years had been stolen out of his life; he had disappointed the hopes of fond parents and friends; he bad silver streaks in his hair 20 years younger than he ought to have, and had rendered himself, perhaps, half the man he otherwise would have been; and, he added, Oh, my friends, learn from my example." (Loud applause.) Was i, not strange that it should be so difficult for men to be teetotallers, when they were all born so? (Ap- plause.) He urged all present to join the temperance movement; it was a work of the highest philanthropy, and of the highest patriotism. (Cheers.) Tuesday evening's meeting was devoted to marching out recruits, and there was a very good audience at Sardis chapel cm the occasion. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. Roberts, who was supported by Mr D. Rosser (solicitor), Mr D. Cule, Mr R. H. Jones, and Mr H. S. Davies, while the Rev. J. Pugh stood on sentry on the top of the platform steps. Dr. Roberts advised teetotallers generally not to indulge in extreme language when they ascended a platform, as he had kept avsay from temperance meetings for 20 years because of intemperate words and falsehoods used by a lecturer whom he listened to when a young man. People could speak the truth and yet speak tenderly. (Applause). He had been a moderate drinker, but it had been suggested that the fact of his being a non-abstainer might tend to keep others, and especially young people, from joining the temperance movement, and he made up his mind that his influence, if he had any, should be exerted in favour of sobriety. (Applause). Moderation often led to immodtration, but in the blue ribbon and the temperance pledge they had a perfect cure for drunkenness. (Cheers.) He was glad to see so many children and young people of both sexes in the ranks of the Blue Ribbon movement. Seme of his friends, and especially his lady friends, bad expressed regret at the step he had taken, and they sympathised with him very much. (Laughter). Mr it. H. Jones was then called upon, and he said he came out in this way because he had made up his mind not to be a teetotaller merely in name. (Applause.) A large number of friends had been exceedingly anxious for his welfare since he had put on the blue ribbon, and it would seem as if some of his moderate friends had no other topic of conversation than the fact that he had left their ranks. (Laughter.; tie saw no reason why he should feel ashamed of being a blue ribbonite. He felt proud of it. (Applause.) He had joined tor several reasons: in order to take out at least one stone from the wall dividing the drunkards from the moderate drinkers; for example to others; and for his own personal benefit, And he believed he would be better, healthier, and. by- and-bye, richer, and he was perfectly confident that he could not be a worse schoolmaster. (Loud cheers.) Mr n. Cule said be bad joinei for very much the same reasons as Mr Jones, and he had been brought to a sense of the importance of temperance organisation by the fact that drunken- ness was the besetting s n of many even in the Church of Christ. He especially condemned the system of grocer's licenses, and said he had seen women go into a grocer's shop, buy a bottle oi wine, and go out and drink it on the road he had 8 en a man have a bottle of wine. dispose of that, and another, and another, and it was only the fourth that he was ab.e to take home. He had been desired to correct an impression that seemed to have got abroad with respect to the speecu which the Rev. A. J. Parry recently delivered at the Tabernacle. It had been pointed out that the speech was self-contradicting. The fact was that when Mr Parry was born, and for eleven years after- wards, his father was a teetotaller. Then the doctor advised him to take some bitter ale, which he did, that brought on a craving which the Rev. A. J. Parry believed was hereditary, and his (Mr Parry's) father died a drunkard.—Mr H S. Davies said the idea of bringing him and his collegues out that night seemed to be for the purpose of d illing, as they did in the army, "the awkward squad'' (Laughter). He had been a moderate drinker, but as drunkenness was so rampant he considered it the duty of every christian to make, if necessary, some self-sacrifice. He had been specially struck with the great number of drunkards to be seen in the streets of Pontypridd on Boxing-day. (Hear, hear). He urged all who had put on the blue ribbon to stick to their pledge, and if they wanted means of spending their 1 isure hours they had temperance literature, a reading-room, two coffee taverns, and a club at the chain-works. (Che rs). -Mr D. Rosser, in the course of a stil ring address, pointed to a list ot some hundreds of crimes com- mitted during a fortnight in this country under the influence of drink. This was a fearful state of things in this" christian England of ours." But as far as teetotallers were concerned, it was a "black veise." (Applause). He had been a teetotaller until he was about 27 years of age, when he went to London and was persuaded by a medical man to take bitter beer. Since then he had been a moderate drinker, but people were waking up on this temperance question, he had awakened-the christian church was awakening to its duty,-aud it was full time. (Applause). The ranks of the drunkards were swelled by moderate drinkers annually, and, indeed, it was difficult to measure moderation, for one man could drink a glass and another a bucketful with about the same effect. What was moderation to one man was death to another. (Applause). Wednesday's meeting at Penuel wa.s crowded' Mr J. Roberts, Treforest, presided, and the Rev. J. Ossian Davies delivered one of the most touching appeals to Christian Philanthropy we have ever heard, and we are sorry that the pressure on our space this week prevents our being able to give even an outline of the address. 71 signed the pledge, bringing the total to 1793 in Pontypridd a lone. TREFOREST. On Monday night a meeting was held at Libanus chapel, Treforest. The chaii wAs occupied by Mr J. Roberts, Taff Vale House. The Rev. W. Parry read a portion of Scripture and Mr Daniel Williams engaged in praypr. The chairman, in his opening address, said that although he took a deep interest in the temperance movement in its present form, yet he felt a decree of awe in the presence of such a large audience. He was glad that the temperance movement had taken such hold on the people. He was brought up in the doctrines of temperance even from his bitth. His mother used to point to him as a Nazarite from the womb." He was a teetotaller for 28 years, but after that he became a moderate drinker, and remained so for 18 years. This, however, he could not consider a safe position, and therefore he was glad to reunite with the total abstainers. He could go back to the un- favourable position of teetotallers some forty years ago, when large employers did not encourage total abstinence. On the other hand it would be a great benefit for all employers to encourage the movement. There is much to do with drunken ,workmen, and he (the spe ker) would be very much pleased if we could get the employers of labour to help in this movement. (Cheers). Their own interest would be promot- d by it, aLd their income increased. The chairman then referred to a very sad case that came within his own obser- vation. A man who used to be a hard drinker left off the drink for a period of 16 weeks. During that time he saved the money that he used to spend upon alcohol till he had the nice sum of jE16 in his possession. But the old craving was awakened, he took to the accursed driuk again, and in five days he spent the tlG, and at the end of five days' drinking of liquor the man became a perfect maniac. He, the chairman, had not the least donbt that the liquor that that man had drank had turned his brain into a spungy subst nee. —The chairman then called on Councilor Beavan, of Cardiff, to address the audience. He kept the large audience in roars of laughter, and at the close 283 signed the pledge, and put on the blue ribbon. The place was so crowded that the arrangements for taking the signatures were not adequate, otherwise a much larger number would undoubtedly have joined the ranks. gyfetllon. Meetings we e co.uiiit- .> i t- t* »<.•«.•« agr% and on Tuesday evening, at a la.gely-attenued gathering presided over by Mr J. Thomas, Hopkinstown (who was supported by the Revs. T. P. Thomas, J. Williams, and G. LI. Williams), and addressed by the Rev. W. 1. Morris, Ponty- pridd, 135 si„nea, blinking tiie tuuiue; « £ .o about 500. On the 0th February, a week s temperance campaign will be commenced. FOR H. The Blue Ribbon movement in this ne;glrbour- hood is going on very fuvourhbL. On Tuesday evening the meeting was held at the hngiish Con- gregational Chapel, when the Rev. W. Morris, Treorky gave a splendid address. The chair was occupied by Rev. Mr Thomas, Cymmer. At the close of the meeting a large number signed the pledge and put on the blue ribbon. Total abstainers are deter- mined to take the Rhondda Valley by storm, and a great number of persons who have been victims of drink are now anxiously welcoming the move- ment. LLWYNPIA. Our Llwynpia correspondent writes An enthu- siastic meeting was held at Jerusalem chapel, Llwynpia, Tuesday evening, for the purpose of establishing a branch of the Gospel Temperance Un-'on, or the Blue Ribbon movement. The chapel was crowded to excess The chair was occupied by the Rev. J. Morgan, Pandy, and there were present the Rev. J. R. Jones (Jerusalem), Rev. T. G. Jenkyn (Salem), Messrs. John Llwynpia; Griffiths and Williams, Penygraig. Ind many other influential gentlemen. After a few brief remarks by the chairman, he calied upon the Rev. N. Thomas, Cardiff, who spoke for over an hour with his usual warmth and earnestness yn llawn o dan ac hwyl Gym.ra.eg. He touched the drinking sys- tem on almost every point, and his arguments were strong and irre-istable. We baçe heard him many times before defending the temperance cause, but this evening he far xceeded himself, and this was shown by the continued cheers of the large audience. The chairman, Mr Jones, and Mr Jenkyn spoke in regard to establishing and carrying on the Blue Ribbon movement in this neighbourhood. At the close of the meeting 247 persons signed the pledge. The meeting has created a great sensation all through the place, and we hope that it will bear good fruit. A committee was held at the vestry of Jerusalem to arrange future proceedings. The chairman appointed was the Rev. J. R. Jones; secretary Mr D.I. Rees; Treasurer Mr L. Wil- liams, and a representative from every church to form an executive. Next Monday evening there will be general prayer meetings at Ebenezer Tonypandy (Welsh) Bethel, Tonypandy, (English); and at Jerusalem (Welsh). The drinii traffic in our neighbourhood is rapidly on the incr ase, and the misery caused by it is be- yond expression. A conference was held at the Guildhall, Swansea, on Monday, when resolutions were adopted in favour of local option.

*#* We do not. hold ourselves resp nsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents, but we cordially invite working men to write to us letters for publication in this column.

MR. MORGAN'S RESOLUTI N ON ROYALTIES. SIR :—I am sure that thousands of the ratepayers of Pontypridd and Rhondda Valley were very glad to see that Mr Morgan intends bringing on the above matter at the next meeting of the Board of Guardians. Mr Morgan did service before to the locality, when he brought forward the resolution concerning the Sunday Closing Act, and I ho, e that he will advocate the above matter so ably as he did the former sesolution. Your readers, I dare say, remember that the subject was before the Merthyr Board of Guardians a few days ago, being brought forward by Mr L). E. Williams, J.P., but to their disgrace be it said, it was lost. It appears that the enormous sum of £130,000 is received yearly from Merthyr parish as royalties, upon which if rates were levied, it would fully bring them down one third or 30 per cent. The proper way in the opinion of the guardians in some places to reduce the rates is by blaCK-guardmg their officials and feeding their paupers with Indian corn. Of all wealth that a man can become possessed royalty stands unique m the science of published economy, for the ample reason that neither skill, capital, nor labour has been laid out for the pro- ductiin of it. It would be well also to remember that those persons who r ceive them are the descen- dants of those Korman families, who came into possession of the estates forcibly taken from the real possessors of the land by William I. All are wealihy, in affluent circumstance-, and almost every farthing is spent out of the localities of their production, and in foreign countries. Besides, their recipients are the aristocracy, who, as we all know, do not lay out money for the production of wealth, but spend all their incomes on indulgence and pleasure. Again, capitalists run great risks of losing the immense sums t',ey lay out ii. sinking pits, machinery, &c., and the colliers risk their lives, but the receivers ot royalties risk absolutely nothing; yet the masters pay rates, &c.; the collier, who owns a house, pay rates, but the wealthy receiver of royalties escapes all taxation for looal purposes. is this not a disgrace to the law of our country ? If anybody were to be released from paying rates, &c., is it not the colliers who lose their lives fighting with an invisible foe; pauperes satis stipejidu perm ere, si libros educarent (the poor pay sufficient taxes by bringing up their child, en to be killed), but what would Lioy say at the present day when hundreds of thousands of pounds are received from parishes in South Wales without contributing in return towards local burdens. Another grave complaint against the recipients of royalties is the fact that neither in Merthyr, Aberdare, nor Rhon- dda is there any public public building or charitable institution that has been erected by them; yes, further, it is they who have contributed the least towards the mitigation of the difficulties under which the districts groaned for the space of six years. We have heard of the name of Mr Simpson, Liverpool, but who has heard of the Dukes, Mar- quises, Lords, &c., who possess estates in South Wales ? Merthyr parish pays a million pounds every eight years, of which not one penny is spent in developing the mineral resources of the carish, nor spent to elevate and improve the social con- dition of the mass of the people. Suppose for a moment that the royalties of the Rhondda were rated, what would be the result ? A system of sewerage could be constructed from Treherbert to Pontypridd without adding a penny to the local rates. I hope earnestly that the subject will be taken up by the readers of the Chronicle, theieby assisting the gentleman who has volun- teered to bring the matter before the Board of Guardians. L. R. W.

At ColesfiHI a builder named Williams, who in driving recently past the Nether Whitacre Rectory took a rifle from the bottom of his dogcart and fired a bullet through the rectory window, saying after- wards that if the occupier was killed it would not matter, as there would be more pigs and less parsons, has been awarded the severest sentence allowable nnder the law, namely, two months imprisonment. Notice of appeal was given, and the prisoner was de- tained in custody in default of finding bail. A thousand volunteers accustomed to take part in rifle competitions in different parts of the country have forwarded a memorial to the Council of the National Rifle Association, to rescind the alterations made in the position in which competitors may shoot at the Wimbledon meeting. Petitions from almost every county in England, Scotland, and Wales, including 80 officers and over 400 non-com- missioned officers, many Queen's prizemen, and other well known marksmen, as well as numbers of English, Irish, Scotch, and Welsh Twenties, were presented. The Home Office has sent a letter to the Metro- politan Board of Works requ^stin^ to be favoured ith a report as to the actual condition of the London theatres in respect of security from fire, Ftating wht-t adilii.iimal precautions the Board think necessary to ba taken to orevent loss of life in case of conflagration also inquiring what measures the Board think it ad visa ile to take in the matter, and what proceed- ings have recently been adopted under their statutory powers. The communication was referred to the Building Aqt Committee for consideration. ¡