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TOWYN CUP COMPETITION. ABERYSTWYTH v. TOWYN EXCELSIORS. This match was played at Towyn, on Saturday, before a small gate. Owing probably to the fact that the Aberystwyth club being limited in their selection of players for their first team to the names sent in during the early part of the season, they were only able to play seven of their first team, and only three reserve men being available they met their opponents with ten men. However, as the result, eight to one, shows the game was of a very ons-sided character, the home men being completely out-classed. We are pleased to see Bob Jones took his place in the team, and no doubt with a little training he will show up the good form displayed a season ago. U.C.W. V. ABERYSTWYTH. These teams will meet for the third time this season, on Saturday, and a very even game is anticipated. The Town men have been successful in the two previous combats by a couple of points, and ought to make the trick complete by securing the laurels on Saturday. The Aberystwyth team will be composed of the following :-Goal, Jack Jones; backs, W. R. Jones and Tom Rees half- backs, H. Smith, D. Morgan, and W. P. Williams; centre, G. A. Morris; right wing, Jack Garner (captain) and E. Morcom left wing, J. C. Rca and J. 11. Edwards. FOOTBALL FIXTURES. JANUARY. 26 Aberyst-»-yth v L.C.W., at Aberystwyth 26 L, Oswestry v Newport, at Newport FBBRCARY. 2 Aberystwyth v Rhayader, at Rhayader 9 Oswestry v Westminster Rovers, at Oswestry 9 Aberystwyth v Portmadoc, at Portmadoc 23 Aberystwyth v Oswestry United, tat Aber- ystwyth MARCH. —"I 9 Aberystwyth v U.C.W., at Aberystwyth" 14 L, Oswestry v Newtown, at Oswestry 16 L, Oswestry v Ironbridge, at Ironbridge 23 Oswestry v Westminster Rovers, at Stansty Park 30 Aberystwyth v R.W.W., at Newtown APRIL. 6 L, Oswestry v Wellington Town, at Wellington 6 Aberystwyth v Portmadoc, at Aberystwyth 12 Aberystwyth v Oswestry Old Boys, at Aber- ystwyth 13 L, Oswestry v Whitchurch, at Oswestry 13 Aberystwyth v R.W.W., at Aberystwyth 16 Aberystwyth v Wellington St. George's, at Aberystwyth 20 L, Oswestry v Shrewsbury, at Sbrewsburyl < 27 Oswestry v Tranmere Rovers, at Oswestry HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. THE SEVERN VALLEY HARRIERS will meet Tuesday, 29th Fordcn Station Friday, 1st Montgomery Tuesday, 5th Kilkewydd Bridge Friday, 8th The Gaer Each day at 11 o'clock. THE PLAS MACHYNLLETH HARRIERS will meet Monday, 28th Cwmllowy Thursday, 31st Penrhyn Each day at 10 o'clock. SIR W. W. I.VYN-N-ls HOUNDS meet-(we,itlier permitting) Monday, 28th Gallantry Bank Tuesday, 29th Baschnrch At 10 30. Thursday, 31st Baigor Saturday, 1st Iscoed At 11. TANAT SIDE HARRIERS will meet Tuesday, 4th Llanyblodwel Friday, Ist -Nesci;ff

LION ROYAL JJOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. SPORTING GENTLEMEN will find every convenience at the above Hotel. Two Billiard Ta,bles, Four-horse Coach, Tandems, Hunters and Ladies' Pads all these horses have been regularly hunted with Mr. Vaughan Davies's hounds, and are good Jumpers. Good Stabling, and Loose Boxes.

To CORRESPONDENTS. —— Communications for this column should be addressed to the Eidtor, and must be written upon one side of the paper only They should in all cafes be accompanied by the name and address of the fender, notrtecessat-tly for publication but as a guarantee of good faith. LORD ROSEBERY'S FALLACIES AT CARDIFF. To the Editor of the COUNTY TIMES AND POST. SIR,-—When the leader of the governing party in the State takes to the platform in furtherance of his cause, we have a right to expect something higher and truer than a repetition of the prejudice and ignorance of his more humble followers. We did not look for the methods of a Lloyd George, in the Prime Minister of England, but we were mis- taken. Expediency is principle appears to be the ruling motto of the present Government; but even expediency to be satisfactory, should rest on facts, not on ftincies; on proofs, not assumptions. • The -n Establishment and Endowment, and applies argu- ments, which might apply to the former, as if they were equally appropriate to the latter; and his evident ignorance of the different conditions of the Episcopal Establishment and Endowment in Wales and of the Presbyterian Establishment and Endow- ment in Scotland, betray a want of knowledge, which is great and culpable. In Scotland, the State did establish and endow the Presbyterian Church, in Wales it did neither the one nor the other. Taking as a precedent the Irish Church, Lord Rosebery attrioute*! to it four characteristics," and then applied them to the Welsh Church, in sentences terse and epigram- j matic, but not one of them true. 1. It was a Missionary Church which converted nobody." 2. "An alien Chnrch that alienated everybody." 3. A minority that kept for itself wiiat Wits meant for the nation. 4. A stranger to the country, repudiated by the mass." 1. Every Church that is true to the mission must be a Missionary Church, e", r pronMfatinE' and ex- tending its arms; and if the Church in W a lets is not doing so, what is the meaning of the loud and contrnuous outcry of the Nonconformists against her for so-called proselytising ? 2. An Alien Church." What a convenient, pliant, word this is We have heard it ever so often. First as 'alien' in origin, then 'alien' in sympathy, again alien in language, another time alien' in its ¡::o'ai bearing, and as each of these has been gradually disproved and beaten out of the field, it is trotted out now in yet another form as alienating everybody." This may have been very acceptable to a party which is never tired of calling itself a nation, and protesting that it is" A nation of Nonconformists." But it is not true all the same. It is not borne out by the marriage registers, it is flatly contra- dicted by those of bnrial, and it has received but poor comfort from the petitions on the Suspensory Bill. 3. A Minority." Well it seems strange that with all the fond talk to which we are treated, and with all the readiness with which a Government census was accepted, with respect to language, how- ever disappointing it had turned out, there has been an invariable, persistent and united opposition to the test of a religious census and on the part of those who claim an overwhelming majority! That does not look like confidence in their cause; and we know, the country knows, well enough what it means. Bu. this assumed minority keeps to itself what was meant for the nation. Meant by whom ? The Donors ? Was the State the Donor ? Certainly not; even the Premier would not say that, if he took the trouble to study the question, and were not at the mercy of the votes. What the Church keeps is what her eons and daughters have given her, and what the State has to a certain extent protected. They were given for her religious use and while the nation is invited to her minis- trations, none are compelled to accept them. 4. A stranger to the country." Where does Lord Rosebery think the Church came from ? Who could have bought it in ? Was it introduced by that patriotic Welshman. John Calvin, or that other eminent native Robert Brown, or Henry VIII., or by William the Conqueror, or even by St. Augustine of Rome ? Why were they not reckoned among those who attended the Council of Arlew in A. D. 314. Three bishops from Britain, with their attendant Chaplains, Priests, and Deacons. What- ever the Church in Wales has been she has been no stranger." Lord Rosebery bad indeed some misgivings about his knowledge, and it was well. "I suppose we all remember what the State once did with these endowments (which he proposed to handle now); how it took them at the time of the Reformation and handed them from the old Church (not all of them) to the Reformed Church." Professor Free- man, the historian, says there was no such process, and Lord Selborne, the great lawyer, says the same thing. If the Premier has been able to dis- cover any new proof in the Archives of the State, perhaps he will tell tis, till then we decline to accept his statement. The endowments which the State did take, were those of the Monastic founda- tions, which is another thing, and it was they that represented the Roman Church, as distinct from the Church of England. His plea altogether fails. If, therefore, I am correct in my reading of this endowment, and if my statement as to the Refor- mation is correct, the right of indefeasible property rests with the Roman Catholic Church." But neither his reading nor his statement is correct. What then becomes of his conclusion? A building raised on the sand must fall. Still there is one final resort on which he falls back. The parliamentary representation of Wales. Having sueered at figures and statistics, he quietly adopts the parliamentary representation of 31 to 3 as conclusive proof. But that is a representation not of voting power, but of the odd men, the sur- plus of a proportionate representation would give a different vote even as the last election stood, and it behoves every churchman to take care that as far as in him his, the next election shall tell a better tale. It is a critical time, an unexampled occasion. The Premier of the day has come into Wales to proclaim distinct war upon its ancient Church, and that ou pleas which are not true, but under a necessity which the need of votes imposes on him, and in proclaiming this attack he leads the van against the whole National Church of which she is the oldest portion. He barters for temporary votes an institution which has given to Wales her Scrip- tures in her own tongue, which has founded her Grammar Schools, and has been practically the sole educator of her poor until Parliament came in with aid, an institution which has preserved for her, her ancient t-ongue and been the revivor of her old Eisteddfodau, which is the stay of her faith by her faithfulness to the ancient Creeds, when her neighbours have given up their distinctive faiths, and having nothing valuable to love are content to hand over the list to an invertebrate form of Christianity. It is not only for the Church's sake, but also for the country s sake, that we appeal to churchmen in particular, and to all earnest-minded Christian people, to take their rightful place and stand firmly in the gap, and say this thing is wrong, it shall not be." Yours, D. R. T.

LLANFAIR PARISH COUNCIL. To the Editor of the COUNTY TIMES AND Sir,—In your paper of last week I noticed a letter from one who calls himself Banw," refer- ring to the above Council, and casting censure upon its members for electing Mr. Theodore into the chair instead of Rev. O. Jones. If you will kindly allow me a small space, I would like to enlighten him up:n the subject. I, for one, have done my duty in securing the chairmanship for Mr. William Theodore, and together with others, was as deter- mined to keep the seat from the Calvinisnc Meth- odists as we were for keeping the Conservatives at their distance. Why should they—the Methodists be first and foremost in every transaction ? Turn your head into what direction you may, you will find them clutching at the knob end. Just for instance let me mention that the chairman of the School Board, both schoolmasters, tae banker (until now), two of the parish members for the Highway Board, one of our County Councillors, the assistant overseer, the interpreter at the Magis- trates' meeting, and one of the Magistrates—are all members of that denomination and I may mention o:her bodies where they are found in domineering figures. People may think that we have no worthies other than Methodists. I think it high time for us to be up and opposing such a process. Perhaps the incident in question has exasperated some of them, but it has given me great satisfac- tion, for I should rather see a "ringtailed monkey in the chair than the cleverest man from amorg the Old Body" ("Yr Hen Gorph.") Mr. ^heodore is a staunch Liberal, and an able ad- vocate for that cause, very funny, humourous, and jocular in his speeches, and I have great pleasure U. in congratulating the Council in their decioion, and pladng the" right man in the right place." Hoping I have not taken up too much room. I am yours faithfully, INDEPENDENT.

-+- STATE OF THE ROADS. To the Editor of the COUNTY TIMES AND POST. SIR,—Kindly allow me a short space in your valuable journal to draw the attention of the road authorities to a grand opportunity for distinguish- ing themselves. During the last snowstoim the roads in Cbirburv Parish were completely blocked with snow. In some places it was from eight t-o ten feet deep. In the good old times," I am tola, the roads would have been cleared within a day or two not so though in these progressive times. The local man in charge had first to parade the lanes to see where the traffic was impeded. This was on the Saturday. On Monday he had to write to the powers that be," to report the state of affairs. On Wednesday be had a reply, and startek-i himself to open about thr\"1'\ niilep of road crammed with snow from three to ten feci deep. UI course he could not do it, and so, since the fall, fnrmers, tradesmen, postmen, and others, compelled tc travel, have been, of necessity, obliged to break through hedges, putting themselves iw danger of prosecution for trespass, in order to reach their destination. And this, 1 presume, through bad organization. Why cannot the local foreman have powers to set, say half-a-dozen, men to work at the blockage? They stand idly by, prevented by the snow from proceeding with their daily work. Surely at a time like this the men need all the more help to keep the fur and food going at their hearth at home. Those are but narrow, deep, and tortuous lanes, and the block would be more complete than on the wide even County Council main roads. Yet mfn were employed by the County Council. It is true that this opportunity for the roid authors ties to gu: fame and renown may occur bwt once in a decade but why miss the chance ? Nelson plucked fortune by forelock through his foresight and now the country delights to honour him by monuments, throughout the length and breadth of the land. Is there not yet hope for .'he R.P.C' and P.C's. of happy rural England ? Yours t-uly, WALTER BILKS. Middleton. January 21st, 1895. --+-

MONTGOMERYSHIRE BUTTER. To the Editor of the COUNTY TIMES and POST. Sir,—In some of the late issues of the COUNTY TIMES letters have appearcd ou the above subject, and I venture to think that the question of butter manufacture should he still further discussed. We shall, I fear, have to admit there is some truth in the remarks of your correspondent signed Ex-Farmer" as to the secondary quality or value of Montgomeryshire Batter, but to my mind the fault or blame for this does not rest on the maker. In my opinion a tcant of uniformity in the colour, in the flavour, and in the texture of buiu-i urn absolutely necessary to make best prices, and, in tact, this is the essence of the question as to value. In writing this, however, it must not be inferred that I underrate other essential precautions such as the proper selection, and feeding of cows, and extreme cleanliness, a'ld carefulness in every par- ticular. In this direction your correspondent Work and T,earn of last week gives excellent advice. After all this bag been done to perfection it is still next to impossibly for individual farmers or their wives to produce an article equal in value to the high quality butter imported from Denmark and other places, and for the following reasons! The cows from which the butter is made differ greatly, some being all of one breed, some of another. The herbage in different pastures in summer, and the dietary of feeding in winter is sure to affect the produce- Different churns used, slightly different methods of management, all go to imperil that uniform character so necessary for the public taste. To my mind ideal butter, suitable to the best class of oonsumers in our large towns, and making the highest values, can^only be produced by some mode of combination amongst dairy farmers such aa the factory svf^«ui, when the mi'k from a large number of cows can be brought together and so blended upon scientific principles as to produce the best butter or cheese obtainable. The farming class, I am aware, as a rule, are not much given to combination, preferring generally to Paddle their own canoe," but unity is now all powerful and they should be brought to see its advantages. Let us hope that this discussion on butter-making may tend to arouse an active interest in such an under- taking, as I feel sure it would increase the value of threepence or fourpence per pound if the make became known. Of course a factory could be worked by a syn- dicate or company very well, providing the dairy farmers in the district were likely to favour the object, and willing to supply milk at a fair market price. Yours truly, January 23, 1895. PROGRESSIVE.

WESTBURY. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, Mr. Clarke held an inquest at Wesley in this parish on the body of a tramp named Ellen Davies. It appears that on the previous Tuesday (the day after the heavy fall of SROW) about six o'clock in the evening, she was going from Westbury towards Minsterley. When somewhere in the lane at the back of Winsley Hall she was run over by a trap- the wheel of which passed over her breast and neck. She was not however killed, but managed to get up and walk into the Minsterley Road to the Bailey Bank Turn. Here she stood groaning till found by a gipsy woman named Price, who was encamped close by. Mrs. Price managed to get her to the nearest house. The police and a surgeon (Dr. Howie) were sent for, and the poor woman attended to. It was found that the breast bone was broken and had injured the lungs. She however, died from the shock on the following Thursday. The deceased woman was very deaf, and was only able to give a very poor account of how the accident happened—probably she did not know. She only knew that some vehicle passed over her. No one has come forward as having caused the accident though it is not to be believed that the person who caused it does not know. Mrs. Price, who found the deceased, says that she herself was nearly run over by a trap in the same lane at the same time, and the person in that trap no doubt caused the woman's death, but unfortunately Mrs. Price is unable to identify the man, it being dark at the time. The following evidence was called :-Itieliard Davies, residing at Mr. Evans, Hill Farm, Westburv. Rairl the deceased was his mother. She was of a wandering disposition and had had no permanent home for some years.—Mrs. Price, a gipsy woman said on the Tuesday evening she was passing along the lane at the back of Winsley Ilall. When opposite the garden wall in the narrowest part of the lane she was nearly run over by a horse and trap. She, however, drew herself out of the way, and just escaped. She passed on, and when she reached the end of the lane at BarJev Bank "Turn she heard someone groaning. She e hurried on, and found the deceased in a standing position, but unable to speak and hardly to stand. After a time she asked deceased what was the matter, and in a very low tone she said that she had been run over by a carriage. Mrs. Price took her to Richards', the second house along the road. —Miss Richards gave au account of receiving the deceased from Mrs. Price, and in answer to ques- tions from the coroner and jury, she gave the names of all the traps and carriages that had passed along by her house about the time the accident took place. The deceased told her that she had been run over.—Dr. Howie, Westbury said lie was called to the deceased woman. He described the injuries caused, by a wheel passing over the upper part of the chest of the deceased. The breast bone was broken and pierced the lung. The neck at the back bulged out as if the head had been just beside a rut, and the neck right over the rut, when the vehicle passed over her. Dr. Howie said she died from the shock.—Mr. W. Grover, of Beeclifield, was called but not sworn. He said he passed that way on Tuesday evening and lost his whip. It was his whip that was found in the lane, but it must have been after the accident he thought when he passed. lie felt no shock or jolt as he went along.—The inquiry lasted a long time, and after the coroner had summed up, the jury had no option but to return an open verdict.

That line full of clothes, BO perfectly clean, MATCHLESS CLEANSER'S been used, that is easily seen.

CAERSWS. BOARD OF GUARDIANS. W E D N E FI D A Y. Present Messrs. R. Bennett (in the chair), Wm. Alderson, C. Morgan, E. Davies, E. Jones, T. E. Kinsey, D. Hamer, Rd. Astlev, D. Jernmn, John Lewis, Matthew Davies, M. IT. Davies, and N. Bennett, with Mr. R. Williams, clerk. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. The CLERK d a circular from the Local Government Board in answer tD au inquiry from the Board us to whether the meetings of the"Board could be held once a month instead of fortnightly, and on Thursday instead of Wednesday. The T/ocnl Government Board stated that the matter had received their careful consideration, but they could not see their way clear to consent to the MiterHfion of the meeting of the Board to being monthly instead of fortnightly. They, however, sanctioned the change of day of meeting. The clerk remarked that that being so, he would have to convene the next Board, a fortnight on Thurs- dav. Mr. D. HAMER gave notice that he would move at the next meeting that tlmt resolution be ccscittded. t 9* MORGAN observed that they remem- ("1 r^:rr. n f<hnr» 'imo r*»tUfoT boen sent to the Local Government Board requesting its consent to a certain amount of percentage being giv,-n to a pension fnud for the officers. lie thought that the Board at that time permitted a petition to lie on the table. He noticed in the morning paper that the clerk to the Llanfyllin Board of Guardians in answer to a question from a truaidinn as to whether any other Board had adopted the petition, remarked that the Caersws Bixtrd had. He stated distinctly that it was not correct and that he thought it was only fair that they should contradict the statement. The CHAIRMAN then moved, and Mr. MORGAN seconded, that a letter be writ ten to the clerk to the Llanfyllin Board of Guardians, observing that the statement was untrue. The proposition was agreed to. STATISTICS. Number in the house, 69 vagrants relieved, 82. Out-relief administered during the past fortnight, per Mr. James Hatner, £ 43 4s to 165 recipients Llanidloes district, per Mr. R. Owen, 182 17s 5d to 330 recipients Newtown district, per Mr. 'n T I, .J 1 a. I J ..i. i.iOju, xJb to recipients. MASTER'S REPORT.— SERVICE. The MASTER stated that service had been held on Tuesday by Rev. F. Hunter. NEGLECTING HIS WIFE AND FAMILY. Also that a man named Tucker had been sent to prison for two months, for neglecting to support his wife and family. ENTERTAINMENT. ihe Misses Mac rone bad given an entertainment to the inmates on Wednesday, which was much enjoyed. REPAIRS. The MASTER also reported that repairs to the tlouse were necessary. One chimney would have to be nearly pulled down so that it might be re-built, it being very dangerous. VISITATION OF PAUPERS. Mr. C. MORGAN fibperved that a few years ago, an order, which subsequently became a standing order, was made tbftt the officers of the Board should visit the paupers in the outlying districts as often as might hf- practicable. In a largo Union like theirs, there were a large number of paupers who resided a considerable distance from the relieving station. He witahtd to ascertain how the paupers obtained money. The case of a poor old woman at Llanerfyl who was literally starved to death was an example that the poor, old, and infirm paupers who could not go for their money had not been visited, and practically no money had gone to her. She had been left for three weeks, and as her money had been left at another house they did not know whether she had got it. He thought that they should report to the Board and try to visit all the paupers. He wished to know whether the relieving officers had reported to the Board as they were required to do. The CHAIRMAN said that he had not seen the reports. lie quite agreed with what Mr. C. Morgan had said, viz., that they ought to pass some motion with regard to the visiting of the paupers in the outlying districts. Mr. LEWIS observed that in Carno, money was left Bit private houses, and that they ought to have a paying station there, where the relieving officer could pay money. In answer to the Chairman, Mr. R. H. LLOYD said that he had orders, which stated that paupers were to be visited every three months. Ho had done so. When he had any special cases he always reported them to the Board, but with regular cases he did not do so. The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Hamer how a pauper who lived a mile or mile and a half from his paying station, got his money ? Mr. HAMER said that he left it for them. Mr. C. MORGAN asked Mr. Hamer how he knew that they had it ? Mr. HAMER said that he received no com- plaints. Mr. J. LEWIS asked Mr. Hamer if he knew that a pauper living in Carno had to pay for his money, by his money being left at a certain house. Mr. HAMER said that he did not. Mr. E. JONES moved that the matter be adjourned for a fortnight. This was seconded and carried. REMUNERATION. The CLERK read a notice from the Local Government Board, stating that the clerk be paid the extra remuneration suggested by the Assess- ment Committee, at the end of the financial year. The Board then rose. «-

I OSWESTRY. CORN MARKET.—White wheat 3s 4d to 3s 6d per 751bs, red ditto 3s 2d to 3s 4d per 751bs, oats 10s to 12s per 2001bs, molting barley 14s to 17s 6d per 230lbs. GENERAL MARKET.—Butter, Is 2d to Is 3d per Ib, eggs, 9 to 10 a Is, potatoes 3s to 3s 6d per cwt, beef 6d to 7d per lb, mutton 7d to 8d, veal7d to 9d, pork 6d to 8d, fowls 5s to 58 6d per couple, ducks Os to Os 0d per couple, turkeys Os to Os each, geese 6s Od to 7s each, rabbits 2s 4d to 2s 6d per couple, carrots 3s to 4s per cwt. CATTLE FAIR.—TheSmithfield was a well attend- ed one on Wednesday and stock was looking in fine condition. There was a good attendance of dealers and the sales were well up to the average. Our quotations are :—Beef from 5-1d to 6d per lb, mutton 7d to 9d, veal 7d to 8d, and pork 8s 6d to 9s per score lbs. TRINITY MISSION RooK. The usual entertain- ment was given here on Saturday night, when an excellent programme was sustained by Miss Parry, Miss Aston, Mrs. Owen, Miss Parsons, Mr. Sher- rock, and Mr. Lambert. The chair was occupied by Mr. S. Raybould. The usual thanks were put by Rev. W. P. Owen. THE CHURCH CLUB. A musical evening was given at the Club Room on Monday when Rev. J. B. Seaton presided. The following took part in the programme: The Misses Fox, Ledsham Faulkes, Munday, M. Jones, W. Parke, and Thomas' Mrs. Lerry, Messrs. Lucas, Hess, W. Ollerhead, F. Gough, E. B. Owen, Hebbes, Rev. J. B. Seatoii, and Staff Quarter-Master Parke. THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. On Tues- day night a lecture was given by Mr. Hawkins. London, on the foundation of the Society in con- nection with the approaching celebration of its centenary. Rev. J. J. Povnter presided, and the meeting opened with the singing of a hymu and a prayer offered by Mr. T. It. Jones. The lecture was illustrated with lantern views shown by Mr. C. E. Williams. There was a good attendance. HEARTS OF OAK BEXEFIT SOCIETY.—A medical club has been started in connection with this Society, and Mr. C. P. Loveday has been elected president, Mr. W. G. Ouzman, vice-president, and Mr. Barnett, treasurer. The following committee has been elected Messrs. Alldritt, H. Jones, G. H. Jones, T. Jones, F. C. Preece, and L. Lewis. It was decided to hold meetings on the first Tuesday in February, May, August, and November. There are about thirty members of the Society in the district. At a meeting held on Tuesday night at the George Hotel, Dr. Blaikie was elected medical oflic<A\ Rules were adopted, and a re- solution was passed expressing the opinion that superannuation should be raised from 4s.

LLANFAIR. MR. GYVILYM EDMUNDS.—A committee has been formed, with Mr. W. Theodore as chairman, to raise funds in order to present Mr. Gwilym Edmunds with a testimonial, on the occasion of his leaving Llanfair to become manager of the North and South Bank at Llanidloes.

CHURCH NOTES. SIR G. OSBORNE MORGAN ON THE WELSH CLERGY. Sir G. Osborne Morgan, M.P., in a pamphlet in favour of Disestablishment which has just been issued, admits that the parochial clergy of Wales are as active and hardworking a body as any to be found in the Kingdom." ALIEN RELIGION IN WALES. The Church in Wales, according to Mr. Bryce, is the legitimate historical succession to the Church of St. David," while Dissent in Wales, according to Sir G. Osborne Morgan, is a plant of foreign growth." MIt., T. E. ELLIS, M.P., ON LAY IMPROPRIATORS. In the House of Commons, on July 18th 1889 Jtr. T. E. Ellis, M.P. (the present Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) referred to lay impro- priators in the following terms: -,No sacredness should attach to the claims of lay impropriators, which were the worst burdens upon land because, whilst landlords did put buildings upon it, impro- priators did nothing but exact the last halfpenny —(Times, July 19, 1889). LORD ROSEBERY'S FALLACY. Cla^-trap which suitr, Liberationist lecturers is singularly out of place in tho mouth of a Prime Minister, aud thinking people have observed with no small sorrow, that Lord Rosebery has con- descended to use the transparent fallacy about making the Church stronger by despoiling her of her endowments. He pleads that" the Church and an Establishment are two perfectly distinct affairs and that nothing can be so remote from the essence" of the Church as wealth, &c., in this world." With Lord Rosebery's premis nobody will quarrel; but how he makes it support his conclusion we are at a loss to conceive. True it is that the Church and her Establishment are distinct things—as distinct, let us say, as are Lord Rose- bery and his estates, or the Calvinistic Methodist body and its chapels. Lord Rosebery, however cannot argue on that account that the Church can afford to dispense with her endowments unless he is also prepared to allow that he should, in his own interest, give up his estates, or that the Calvinistio Methodists would get on better without their chapels. True, again, it is that Establishment is incidental to the Church, and not of her essence, but to argue that therefore the business resources --in other words, the working capital—of a vast organisation like the Church, from which she derives the means of paying her ministers, and of serving the poor, can be suddenly swept away without unfairness, or injury to her spiritual in- terests, is either the wildest folly or the most Pecksniffinian cant. If Lord Rosebery has to be- come a despoiler of the Church, he must make what excuses he can to his own conscience. Let him abstain from adding insult to injury by the suggestion that, when crippling the Church's work, he wishes to increase her spiritual strength. As another statesman has happily observed, nothing is more repulsive than that those who are stripping a man by the wayside should assure him that they do it from a Christian love of his soul. MR. PERKS, M.P., AND THE CHURCH. Among the speakers supporting a resolution in favour of the Disestablishment of the Welsh Church, at the recent meeting of the National Liberal Federation at Cardiff, was Mr. R. W. Perks, M.P. According to the Westminster Gazette of Friday, Mr. Perks, in seconding the resolution as aa English Nonconformist, gave the meeting a pathetic moment when, with telling power, he re- minded his audience that, when the entombed miners in the valleys of Wales were passing through the shadow of the valley of death (sic), they did not repeat collects from the Anglican Litany, or sing the hymns heard in Llandaff Cathedral, but were to be heard repeating verses of Scripture heard at their mothers' knees, which they had learnt at the simple services in their homely Nonconformist chapels." We do not envy the state of mind of a person who could thus endeavour to make political and sectarian capital out of a solemn tragedy, such as that of Rhondda. We prefer to recall the eloquent words of the great Whig historian, Macaulaj, who speaks of thos« beautiful collects which had soothed the griefs of forty generations of Christians." Moreover, the claim to a monopoly of Scriptural teaching put forward by Mr. Perks on behalf of Nonconformists is as offensive as it is baseless. The collects of the Church are in great part framed on the very words of Scripture, the Church hymns in common use have been adopted wholesale by Nonconfor- mist congregations, and we may confidently assert that the Church service, as a whole, is more largely composed of Scriptural passages than any average type of Dissenting formll of worship. It ought not to be necessary to press these elementary facts into a discussion of the question of Disestablishment, but, when we see an attempt made to inflame hostility against the Church by such means as those employed by Mr. Perks, addressing, as a representative Nonconformist, a large body of Liberals from every part of the Kingdom, it is time for Churchmen to protest against such tactics, and, what is better, to use every effort to counteract them.

RRYL. COMPLIMENTARY DINXER.—A number of friends having decided to give a complimentary dinner to Mr. W. Winterbottom, Beechwood Road, and manager'of the Star Supply Stores, a large number of townspeople assembled for the purpose at the Mostyn Hotel on Friday evening. The attendance was greater than had been anticipated, so that side-tables in addition to the centre board had to be arranged in the commodious room. Councillor Price Williams occupied the chair, and the vice- chairman was Mr. Robert Hughes, town stirn-ever. A capital repast, excellently served, was provided by Mrs. Bates.—The Chairman having submitted the loyal toast, and due honour havino- hnnr, ,r,v«r, it, Mr. Bramwell Smith, architect, proposed The Rhyl Urban District Council," which was responded to by Councillor Abel Jones, vice-chairman of the Council, who remarked that he was then having the honour of responding for the first time at post- prandial proceedings for the new Council.—Coun- cillor Robert Jones also added a few remarks.— The Chairman, in proposing the health of the guest of the evening, remarked that Mr. Winter- bottom, having purchased the Gresham Hotel in Gloucester, was about to move from Rhyl to reside in that city. His stay in this town had been but a short one but it was long enough to atract to him seif a goodly number of sincere and attached friends. His thorough business habits, and the unmistakeable sincerity and honesty wJlh characterised all his transactions, could not fail to enlist admiration for their friend where ever he went. Whilst they much regretted his departure, they trusted the change would be conducive to his happiness and that of his family. He (the Chair- man was confident in faying that in Afr. 1 Winterbottom, Gloucester would gain a citizen who would do credit to the place.—The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm, and Mrs. Wiuterbottom and family were afterwards pledged.—In respond- ing, Mr. Winterbottom thanked all present for their cordiality. His stay in Rhyl had been one of only two years' duration but he knew the place for some years previously. He was much attached to Rhyl; and never missed an opportunity of speaking a wcrd for it when on his travels which extended over thousands of miles in a year' In removing to Gloucester, he was not going to a strange place; he knew the town well, and had many friends in it. He hoped still to visit Rhyl occasionally and would always speak well of the place, and of the kindness of its inhabitants. -The evening was afterwards devoted to harmony, those who contributed towards it being-Slr. A W. Hughes, organist of St. Mary's, Mr. Santlv Jones' Mr. J. O. Jones, Tea Exchange, Mr. H. Sandoe, postmaster, Mr. H. W. Roberts, Music Warehouse and the Yice-Chairman.—Mr. Williams, Pydew Farm, on behalf of the company, thanked the hostess for her very efficient catering.-Afterwards "Auld Lang Syne was sung, and the company separated. TREGYNON. PARISH COUNCIL. A meeting of the Parish Council was held in the Schoolroom on Friday evening, all the members being present. On the motion of Mr. W. Gittins, seconded bv Mr. T. Evans, a sum not exceeding £ 15 was voted for the placing of the Cefntrolle tenements in a tenantable and sanitary condition.

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