The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times

BERRIEW. A most enthusiastic meeting was held in the Schoolroom at Berriew, on Wednesday evening kst, in support of the candidature of Mr Stuart Rendel. The chair was taken by Mr Humphreys-Owcn, and he was supported by Mr Stu rt Rendel and Mr Martin Woosnam, Newtown. Amongst those in the audience were Mrs Humphrey-s-Owen and the Rev — Martin, and others. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr Readel had been their member for twelve years, and it was for the consti- tuencies to say whether they were satisfied with him or not. For his part he thought that the work Mr Rend 1 had done in the country, and out of the country, in the interests of the country, and in the interests of the nation, were all deserving of their utmost confidence (applause). If they looked back at the Liberal party when Mr Rendel took it in hand. they would see what a very great change, and what a verv happy chan-e had taken place. He was aware that the history of it was not prosperous, and it was a remarkaNle t,bing- that when Mr Rendel came into the county his advent coincided with one of the worst agricultural depressions that they had ever had. But Mr Rendel had shown sympathy with the farmers of the cou- ty in a manner which those who were brst acquainted with would kn ^w how to appreciate, and his sympathy was not likely to be turned, but was (.f a character to be fulfilled in future to the best interests of the farmer* of the county. He was not going to talk much ahoat politics, but he was going to s a little ab iut his i friend Captain Mytton—(laughter)—and 'vtieii he j said his friend ,apt. )lyt'o he used tho words in genuine sense. He was a friend of his, and he ) likel Capt Myt o.i—(iaaahte')— a- d he thought 11 t they all liked him, ut, although he was :t very ^ood i fello-v, it did no foliow that they were to make t member of Parliament of him (laughter an applause;. He m ght make a capital f ieud and pleasing com- panion, but if they w inted to m ik" a wdl they would sad a lawyer,ana not their frit-nd (laughter). Capt. Mytton was a very good man at funds, some people i» d, whether he wa-j or not he did uut know. At all events be proposed roads, and was a very good judge of stock, and bred some very good shorthorns but he was afraid that in political busitte-s Csipt. Mytton wou'd find himself absolutely a sea, und so they pie- ferred to k(,p him down the e to help them nLLher than send him up to London (A Voice Keep him to follow the plough"). He w ished to call attention to a few sentences ot Capt. iNI vttoii's speech made at iVianafon the other right, and these were some of I the words that to" wished tbpm to attend to, "He wanted most heartily to defeat this Englishman." He thought to begin with that was a little bit hard of Cape. Mytton, becau-e Devereaux Herbert Mytton were three Norman names, the latter of which v, ai equivalent to the French ntlnäon or muttm — L sheep (laughter). So there was in Capt. Mytton more sheep-shanks terw very good English (renewed laughter). Now his impression was thtt Mr Rendel was as good a VVelsani-in as Captain Mytton, because Mr litndel's family came ir. m Devon- shire, and if any part of England retained its Celtic blojd, and where the old Celts were not exterminated it was Devcnshire. and Mr Rendel had also much more sympathy and Weisii fire about him, and he had no douut t::at if they oniy looked up his pedigree they would find htm as to. d a Welsh- man as a'IY cf them (applause). Then the C.iptain went on to say that taxation and representation to go t >gether. He paid taxes in the county of Montgomery and the Engli-h gentleman paid nothing, and why should he be allowed to repreat-nt them. But they all know that taxition was not a matter of locality, hut was a ma ter for the whole country at iarge. Taxes were levted on the whole country equally, and spent for the benefit of the whole country equally. He did not thiuk that toe taxes were such a very great qualification. If it WdS so there was no man there who would not go to Par- liament, and tho.efore he thought that upon th^t point Capt. Mytton had made another serious and inconsistent mistake, yet not inconsistent at all in th- ways of th Tories. There was a suggestion in hat .1. AT*. P"r.r'1 I;uù in tn (1!nnnt.v and did not occupy any place in tne county, and tbait therefore the county did not benefit by his expendi- ture. That was not the right way of looking at it, therefore the county did not benefit by his expendi- ture. That was not. the right way of looking at it, because one of the best representatives that they hiti got in Wal,-s-.N,lr Tom Etlis, of Merionethshire— (cheers)—paid very little tixes. He was a man of greit education, of great cultivation, and of great ability, and he did not think that any constituency could have a better man to represent them-(hear, ht,ar)-and he proteste,i strongly against the argu- ment that the mere paying ot taxes should give a man a claim to reptesent the const tuency in Parliament (applause) They should remember that it was to Mr Rendel's great courage and liberality that they owed the rescue of the county from the thraldom of the Conservative party (applause). Mr Rendel came forward fourteen years ago, when the representation of this county had been the absolute monopoly of two or three Conservative families for more than half-a- century, and fourteen yeirs ago no one but a wealthy man could afford to contest an election. The pub- lished expenses of Mr Rendel at the first election were between X6,000 and X7,000, and that was a very big sum to pay, and it was paid not for any personal gain, but he paid it to undergo a sentence of twelve years' bard labour. The statements made by the Conservativeg against Mr Rendel wouid so far from hurting him redound to his credit. Of course Mr Rendel did not claim to represent them upon any claims of that kind. It was not because Mr Rendel was a wealthy man, and it was not because he was a man of generous tempHrament, and warm-hearted that he would urge his election upon them, but because he was a thoroughly sound politician (applause). He was a representative of whom Mont- gomeryshire hid every reason to be proud, and the very fact that he had represented Montgomeryshire in Parliament had given that county a great status amongst ail the counties of Wales, and not only in Wales, but out of Wales (applause). la Wales he was at the head of the Welsh National Party, at the head of everything that was good in Welsh politics (luud applause). His courage and ability had placed him in the position of leader of the Welsh party in the House of Commons, and also a trusted counsellor of those who sat upon the Opposi- tion front bench, and who, as the elections day by day were showing, would scon sit upon the Govern- ment bench in Parli«ment (hear, hear). Those were the grounds upon which he based Mr Rendel's claims, and he felt therefore that they would agree with him that those were the right grounds upon which they should be based (applause). The talk about neigh- bourly feeiing, and one who lived amongst them, and engaged in the same pursuits, was all very well, but when it came to real hard solid business, and if they wanted a man to do that business they would have in Mr Kenael a gentleman who would do it a great deal be'ter than they would get it done by Capt. Mytton (loud cheers). Mr RENDKL was received with cheers. He said that he WAS IMPDV to be in^ JBerrie w_a^%ij},. happy to be He had always found a ge.iial known to ail o Viear). He congratulated „ne ho.W £ AI)iii'ft'pon that meeting. It was not oft«n that they had such meetings so solid and substantia] as that one, and he was sure that they could easily look back upon the time when a meeting like that was scarcely possible in Berriew. He laid claim that Mr Humphreys-Owen and he had grown together in that county. He thought perhaps it would be presumption on his part to presume that they had grown together. At any rate they knew that Mr Humphreys-Owen had grown, and he hoped they would give him the credit that he foresaw that he would grow fourteen years ago. What was th-, position of the Liberal party in that county fourteen years ago ? He asked them also to look back upon the position of Mr Humphreys-Owen fourteen years ago, and what it was at present. How had that been achieved? Because they had found out that such a man it was who held such principles as their chairman (applause). It might have been said in those days that Mr Humphreys-Owen had only lately arrived in the county. Yet that was not a correct view of the case. He was very thankful to meet them and their chairman together, and under such happy auspices (applanst). the question of the hour -and the clock was moving, and it would not move far betore tho critical moment arrived—wis whether they wera going ta support a Liberal candi- date or a Conservative candidate at the general elec- tion (A Voice Liberal candidate"). It was reason- able he thought that they should give a short glance back into the past. He was going to be brief, because he wanted to touch upon the Irish question, which he did not bedeve occupied much oi their mind or even of such as his friend Capt, Mytton, but he wished to he allowed to do so, because he thought that during the past six years they had seen no reason to change the ca-e that the Liberal party Kid before the country in 183ö, and the case they then put before the country was that theie was a demand upon the part ot Ireland for justice, and by a measure of justice as the only prosoect of creating uuity between the tivo countries. The Tories' case was that the Irish people were not to be trusted with their own affairs because of the inability of the inhabit*nts. At the last election Mr Gladstone was defeated in England upon this question, but not so in Wales. The pledges given by the Conservative pai-ty in 1886 was that they were going to govern Ireland without any coercion, and they were going to settle the Irish difficulty without the sacritice of British credit,. Tln-y all knew that the party had been unable to fulfil those pledges, and they had been broken in the most direct manner, and humai lives had bnen lo..t. Mr Gladstone was perfectly rizht when he said those words, "Remember Mitchelstown," and that matter hai not even been allowed to have bee-i made a subject of enquiry by the Government. It was a thing that the people of this country would never tolerate for one moment, but they had to put up with that in Ireland. Now it was their duty, and it was the only opportunity given to them, an i now they had the opportunity to prove it or not, ard if they returned a Tory candidate they accepted official responsibility for those official muriers (applause). They refused Ireland Home Rule because they said that England would not litell to the grievances of those .vho broke law and order. Now the position taken np by the Conservatives was that theLish people were orderly, and, therefore, thy were not to have Home liule (applause). That was a rule which England was quite capable of applving to any fewer people than herself. Supposing Wales was to be dealt with in that, mannor. Suppose that they were gulled into I quiet over the tithes by promises, that would bp sulhci-nt to make che Tories say that they did n .t want disestablishment. That was the sort of argument u- d in Ireland. It was idie to say that Ireland inu.-t not have Home Rule because she was quiet, and now they had an opportunity of showing their aver-r-n to those persons wno reruaed to give I Ireland Home Rule b, cause she respected law and order, and now refu-ed Home liulo to Ireland because the law and ord^iywas respected (ipplause) Now about Ulster, they all knew that there was a suddeit'and great disturbance. Now, why? Why i did it come to the front so suddenly. The meaning was this. th t every argument failing in the presence of the general election, the friends of the adminis- tration ha 1 fall n back upon lLst"r, and had deliberate y back d up a case about Ulster, which aiways exis "d, but wtncb was now suddenly brought inTo prominence with th- view of making a bogie to endeavour to prejudice the eleutos He Lid not think that i!j g< nera'ly people were to be frightened ab ut IT s er. Any her tiinr th 11 hi.d been done was to try to maku uo a re igious alarm, mainly with tne Pro-<«:.ints in UlstO', who w"re the most powerfu pu pin in Lelani — (applause) — and to assume that those Prdte8ta11t:s were going to be bullied and cowed was certa'iily a miw ake, tor how was it that the Protestants in othrr part^ of Ireland did not raise their voice agiiiiat it? Tiler0 wa- a tradition of two hundred years old, ill Eugl&UC, uut to recognise ¡ the Pope of Rome, yet the present government had done so, and had sent the Duke of Norfolk as an ambassador to the Pope and pievailed on him to write a letter advising them to be good children, to go against Home Rule, and obey the Tory Govern- ment (applause). He hoped that they would agree with him that no reason existed for not extending to Ireland the sympathy and justice which was desired ¡ (applause). He wanted to say a word about Inter- mediate Education. There was a sort of attempt in Wales to say that the Intermediate Education for Wales was a sort of boon of the late Government. Mark what he said. He drew a distinction between the Government and the permanent administration of the country. From the permanent administration of the ccuntry-the education office and the charity commissioners-he would admit thwt they received a great deal of help. From the Government he ad- mitted nothing at all. He was not going to forgive the Government for having turned the Education Act out of the Queen's speech, and put in the Tithes Bill instead. They had got to look facts in the face, and there was no room for idle kindness, for they had to remember that was what the Government did (applause). It was an accident that brought the Intermediate Education Act before the Govern- ment, by bringing it forward early in the session when there were not enough present to defeat it, and then Mr Gladstone came down to support the second reading, which compelled the Govern- ment to take notice of it. The Welsh party were united, and although the Liberal party were in the minority, the Welsh party were always in a very large majority amongst themselves, and it was a fact that the Welsh Intermediate Education Bill was in the hands of a man who was not a breeder of shorthorn stock (laughter). He called a council of the Welsh party, and invited the Conservative members to be present, pointing out to them that it would be hopeless for them to think of being returned to Parliament unless they voted in favour of the measure. The Conservative members at once rushed to Lord Salisbury, and explained the situation, and that was how that bul was carried. Free education and disestablishment, together with the land ques- tion, on which he expressed practically the same views as in hia speech at Newtown, occupied the greater part of the rest of Mr Rendel's speech, and in conclusion he said he would leave the matter in their hands. He would leave it for the voters of Berriew to settle whether they would be represented by a Tory or a Liberal, and whether they would be true to the principles of Liberalism, which burned in the breast of every true Welshman, whether they would rob their country of that unstained honour among the Liberal party, and dim the lustre of h"r fame by voting for the Conservative party (loud cheers). The CHAIRMAN said that a question had been hauled up to him asking if Mr Rendel had pledged himself to Mr Gladstone to support an eight hours bill applicable to farmer? (roars of laughter). Mr RENDEL said that in his opinion farmers were like politicians, they worked day and nigh'—(laugh- ter)-and denied any such understanding as was im- puted in the question (applause). Mr HALL then proposed a vote of confidence in Mr Rendel, and that the meeting pledge itself to do all in its power to return him at the election. Mr DAVID BEBB. in an excellent and amusing address, seconded the question, and it was carried unanimously. Mr RENDEL briefly returned thanks, and left the room for the purpose of attending a meeting at Llandyssil. Mr MARTIN WOOSNAN then rose to address the meeting, and was received with loud applause. He said that Mr Rendel had touched upon some of the points of Home Rule, but there was one point that he had not touched upon, and that was the promises made by the Government as to the measures that they would brim: about to appease the people of Ireland. The Tory party had saia that they did not believe that the Irish p-opie were in any straits, but it was so, and the Liberal party were most desirous of alleviating their distress and make them happy. Now the Tory party firs-, of all passed the Coercion Act, so that they could crush out the life and the very exis- tence and the very heart of the Irish nation. They went so far as to send messages from one part of the country to the other that the Irish people, who had assembled for peaceful purposes, were to be put down. Telegrams were sent across Ireland to the effect, "Your message received. Deal very sum- marily if auy organised resistance to lawful autho- rity, if necessary do not hesitate to shoot (stiame). That was a picture of the salutary measures ad pted by the Government to appease the people of Ireland. He asked them could they forget such scenes as those ? Could they forget Mitchels- town ? Would such scenes as those be ever eradi- cated from their minds. He did not think so. He could never forget it. Captain Mytton had stated that Mr Rendel spoke very little in Parliament, but ^was not the mM who man who worked silently for the good of the people and of the great reforms. He had seen a very good picture in the Welsh Review of Mr Rendel, it was an excellent photo, and underneath was the one word "quietly" (loud applause). That spoke for itself. In conclusion he appealed to them to return Mr Rendel, and not be hooked by the light railway" bait of Captain Mytton (applause). The Rev MARTIN said he was glad to be pre- sent that night, and show that he was true to his principles, and ready to fight for the Liberal cause. He did not think that there was the least danger of Mr Rendel not going to Parliament again with a great majority. He nsked them to be loyal to then convictions. They should remember that there wa? someone looking down upon them, and if they gave their votes to the Tory cause, if they were Welshmen, they were going against their convictions and against the views of their own consciences (applause). He appealed to them all to vote on the election day, otherwise they would be neglecting a very respon- sible duty (applause). Mr JONES, Penygraig, then proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, and it was seconded by Mr JONES, Vachir, who in the course of his speech read a short piece of poetry as an appeal to the farmers of Montgomeryshire. The vote of thanks was then carried.-The CHAIR- MAN returned thanks, and a very successful meeting was brought to a close.

LLANDYSSTT, LLANDYSSTT, On the same evening, Mr Stuart Rendel held a meeting in the British Schoolroom, Llandyssil. There was a fair attendance, Mr John Davies, of Fronfraith Mill, chairman. He was supported by the Revs J. Harries and R. Wyeherley (Newtown), Messrs R, Morgan (Bahaillon), David Owen (Newtown), &c. At tbe commencement of the meeting, Mr Rendel had not arrived from Berriew. The CHAIRMAN said it was intended that Mr Humphreys-Owen should have taken the chair that j evening, but the time was so short that they had to 1 hold two meetings that evening, and Mr Humphreys- ] Owen was at Berriew. The cry of protection was < being raised at this election to lay hold of some votes 1 from the farmers, because they might think that by 1 protection the price of grain and corn would be raised. ( But neither party dared offer protection because there were millions in the towns who had a voice in t the matter, and the cry of protection would not for i one moment be tolerated by them (hear, hear). The ] land question came home to them. If the depression t had come upon them so severely that they could not y pay to- their land, then they should have some 1 n med, in the matter, and it was to the Liberals they t should look for it. To the working men, he said, it I was 10 them the Liberals looked for the greatest '] support in the contest. It was their duty to support i, t'iat p irty, because every benefit they had received I had come to them direct from the Liberals or had been r forced from the Conservatives by them. The measures t given to tnem by the Conservatives were never com- + pleted. They gave them what they made a gre,t deal of fuss about, the Free Education Bill, but with that they kept back any control they should have in the schools. That was not the Liberal policy. Mr EVAN' GRIFFITHS moved a vote of confidence in Mr Gladstone aud the Liberal leaders. Rev R. WYCHERLEY seconded the resolution, and said the programme submitted by the Liberal party insp ed them with the hope of success. They certainly were in favour of the Disestablishment of the Church in Wales. They had not one word to say against thachurch in Wales as an institution, thpy >espeetcd tie bulk of her minitprs, they respected her creed, tiey respected her worship, but what they oojeo ed to was that she should have monopo'y of pr vi'ee ani power over othn- churches which were r qually usefil and equally successful. Mr RD, MORGAN, who rose to support the reso'u- tion, said that the question was how wa the desired re.-ult to be brought about. It was a question for them t. decide. bid they think the measures they wanted would b, grafted by a Tory Government ? Decidedly not. If Home Rule for Ireland was to be pa-snd it would have h be passed by a Liberal Government. Before they could expect tne church of England in Wales to be disestablished and diseudowed Home Rule for Ireland must be granted. Before ever they could expec, a3 farmers to have whatever redress the legislature coild give them concerning agricultural interests, the flotrie Rulo and the Disestablishment questions mush be settled. He aid as a farmer and as a tradesma'for he reckoned himself both,—and in the interests of working men that the sooner those questions wert settled the better for them all (hear h'-a- ). I he f 'CT was he believed that the Hgricultural cori niunity of ;his country was passing' through one of the most s-ri,ua ordeals that had ever been known in be memory of man. (At this jjoint Mr Rondel entered the rootj, and was greeted with loud cheers) Mr Morgan, c^tinuing, said he believed that as farmers they we-e facing about the most serious time that they had e^r been experienced in this country. He did not blam the landlords for accepting tenants '.< 't. who would give them the biggest rent, but he did I blame the landloids that when they had got a good tenant who complained that the farm was too dear, that it was lot again and perhaps in five cases out of ten at a very great reduction. He believed there were many farmers in the county of Montgomery to-day, who, if they bad their rent free, could not make money, because there was :-in immense quantity of land in the county which was scarcely worth cultivating. They had two candidates before them. They had the gentleman who had so ably represented that county in Parliament during the past 12 years, and not only that county but the interests of Wales gc nerally. On the other hand, they bad a gentleman— and he was a gentleman and an excellent man of business, and a man who, as he himself said, had done a great deal for his county,—but Captain Mytton was a genuine Tory of the old school, and for that reason he could not support him. Captain Mytton was opposed to Home Rule and Disestablishment. Capt. Mytton was not in favour of schools receiving government aid being under the control of the people. He (Mr Morgan) felt very strongly upon the point, and if he could tell them all he knew he felt they would be of the same opinion as himself. Again, Captain Mytton was too much interested in the land to represent the tenant farmer. He was a landed proprietor, and for the most part throughout England and Wales landed proprietors were Tories. He hoped they would support Mr Rendel, the friend of ail and the enemy of none (cheers).—The resolution was carried with two dissentients. Mr. BASON, Cloddia, movod, and Mr. ED. EVANS seconded, a vote of confidence in Mr. Rendel. The Rev. J. HARRIES supported it, and it was car- ried unanimously. Mr. RENDEL was received with applause, and said that when they came to Llandyssil they found them- I selves in a minority, but it afforded them an oppor- tunity of bringing men to their side. The county register had nearly niuethousaud names upon it, and I how was it possible for any man who was sent to Par- liament to address one-sixth of his -J constituency wutu nil tJicutiuxi pmutJ r C14;1 WUUIU reuuei tucui an account of what he had done while he had been their member. He was not going to speak of the formation of the Welsh party, as he was not sure that that was a Bubject wtiich was specially near to them at that moment. He would only remind them that it had been a very great work. When he first joiued the House of Commons as a Welsh member he must admit that the position of a Welsh member was one of inferiority. But there was not a Welsh member iu the last Parliament who was not first of all proud that he was a Welsh member. That was a great change. Then there was the absolute refusal on the part of England to acknowledge a Welsh Party, but it was now completely established, and both sides of the House of Commons must respect and recognise the existence of a Welsh party in Parliament (applause). He was particularly grati- fied by an expression he had heard that he was the friend of all and the enemy of none. He did not know that he deserved it, but he did hope that the Welsh party would be the friend of all and the enemy of none (hear, hear). He passed on to Home Rule. They wouid remember that in 1885 the im- mediate duty was thrust upon Mr. Gladstone of saying whether the attempt to govern Ireland apart from England couid be carried out. Mr. Gladstone and his lieutenants shrank at nothing. They, the humbler rank and file of the Liberal party, had a very hard time of it with the Conservatives, who were aided by the very men who were now leading in their front ranks. They decided that there was no alternative but to give to Ireland, in a modified form, a Parliament of her own. To the country they went upon that, and he was thankful to think that Wales had no doubt upon the question. Scotland had little doubt that the case of Ireland was good. Eugland, and especially the metropolis of London, and all the great mass of villadom, determined that the govern- ment of Ireland should remain as it was before. There was an argument that Ireland was unruly, and, that until she was brought to her senses, she should have nothing. All the earlier years of that Parliament were disgraceful years. Events passed so tast nowadays that they forgot even Mitchelstown. There were men of the highest patriotism, of as good patriotism as the very best Welshman put into prison and jeered at. The matter now lay with the country, and they were asked to say whether they accepted the responsibility for those acts. Trial by jury was abolished, and men tried by men who were quite as much under the control of Dublin Castle as au exciseman. What was the gravest thing of all was that when the whole Liberal party tried to in- duce the present Conservative administration to allow some enquiries into their injustices they were absolutely retused. If one-tenth part of those things had happened in England there would have been uproar (hear, hear). The Convervatives were now going to the country and saying that the Irish were now perfectly peaceable and contented, and therefore there was no necessity to give them Home The position T__I 1 was T'IOTOV.A, biiereiore nothing couid be given her until she came to herself and now in 1892 she was quiet, and for that reason it was to be refused her still. He was an ardent friend of disestablishment in Wales (applause). The last argument brought against it by the Tories was that it would never do to disestablish the Church in Wales, because the Calvinistic Methodists would so bully the Church people that they would not be able to show their faces (laughter). In regard t) laud, Mr. Rendel said his complaint against the Tories about the land question was that they were insincere (hear, hear). When he came amongst them in 1878 he used to try to persuade agricultural audiences that Protection was a thing the Tories did not mean. But now, fourteen years after, the Tories had been twice in power, and they had never made any move towards Protection, now that they were appealing to the country there was no responsible Tory who had committed himself on the point to the people in any way. There were only two Tory members of any position at all who had made any reference at all to Protection, Mr. J. Lowther and Mr. Henry Chaplin. Mr. Chaplin had to abjure his opinions before he was put into the Cabinet, and Mr. Lowther did nit sit on the front benches. Was not that evidence that the Tory party did not intend anything in regard to Protec- tion. In 188G he said that Protection was held out as a Dait to catch dupes, and he would say that it was cruel and wicked of them to do it when they did not mean it (applause). His opponent expressed in his address his sympathy with the far mers but barren sympathy would not help them (hear, hear). Mr. Rondel went on to say that rates and taxes were very heavy. If the Liberal party bad power they would sweep them away, and say bhat the occupier ought not to pay them at all. The Liberal party had not wanted to make capital out of Lt. Time after time they had said let them divide apon it, but the Tories wou'd not. He wanted to beat- those things by effect. Wn3 Captain Myrton in 'avour of taking a portion of the rates and tax-s off ;ho tenant and placing them upon the owner ? (hear, ie ir). In reference to labour, he said the same effort mght to be made by the State to keep the -agricul- ;ural labourer upon the soil in the agricultural dis- ;ricts (applause). Again, they wanted to have not )nly county councils, but to have parish councils as veil. He observed that it was an absurdity that ,he only meeting the parish could now hold was one n which they mutet put the vicar in the chair (hpar, ie admitted that it would not be possible to make he eight thousand voters of Montgomeryshire ealise the extraordinary importance of the contest. 'Vhut they hoped for was that Wales would declare iy 1 irge majorities in < ach constituency that she was • nhini the Welsh party in Parliament (ber, he«r). hey might have fancied that he was particularly or ohdy occupied with one Welsh question, disestab- ishment; but he hoped it would be in their memo- irs that he had taken up every question which he hought wouid build up a position for Wales. It was o that end that he was now putting forward the question of Disestablishment for Wales. If they could win that battle—and they would win—then they could go on to the other things. He told them earnestly that if they could not win upon the national caise of Disestablishment then it was per- fectly idle for them to expect anything else. But if they would win they would give their party a power in Parliament (applause). The responsibility was in the hands of the people, aDd if they would do their duty to their party as sincerely as he there declared, respectfully and humbly, the Welsh party had done theirs during the last six years, then there could be no doubt as to the election (loud cheers). Mr. HENDEL proposed a vote of thanks to the Vicar and managers of the school for giving them the use of the room, to the speakers, and to the Chairman. Mr. D. OWEN ssconled the motion, and it was carried.

BETTWS. A ver,7 lareely attended Liberal meeting was held in the National School, Bett.ws, on Thursday evening last. Tho room was crowded, auo. when Mr Rendel arrived from his meeting at Pantycr.ii, he was wel- comed with ringing cheers. The chair was taken by Mr J. Lewis, Brynrorin, and amongst the audience was a large number of farmers. The CHAIRMAN said it was a privilege for them to belong to the great Liberal party, bscause they were the party of progression and reform. If they wanted to go b i ok wards or stand still in the political world. they should join the Tories. Wherever they saw the Liberals meet either in conference or in Parliament titey always had a programme for them to examine (hear, heai). He had been looking in vain for the last twelve yparj for the Tory programme. They went into power with a programme respeciing coer- cion, but all the measures they had passed that had been beneficial to the country had been stolen from the Liberals (applause). They were now in the midst of another election, and he was sure they would agree with him that it was one of the most moment. ous elections for Wales that had ovr happened (hear, hear). Wales was not. to-day what it wr.8 twelve years ago, thanks to their excellent friend Mr Eiendel (cheers). Mr RENDEL was received with great cheering, and said it was a true happiness to him to be there at such a stolid and substantial meeting. They all knew there was a good reason for it. Their po;;i.. tions, theirs and his, were completely reversed. The county was no longer represented in Parliament, and all the political responsibility was thrown back upon the people. He thought some of them must have been waiting' anxiously for the end of the last Parliament, but good had come out of evil, and ba really believed that the Welsh party had been better formed under the auspices of an epposi ion party than it would have been under a party forming the Government (applause). The party had not only been formed, but had learnt to run and speak, yea, and too strike too, but the unity of Wales had bren an important faot. They had been able to say to the- Tory Administration that if they did not hear them they would never see a Tory member for Wales again (cheers). To his mind this election was the most momentous for Wales that had ever occurred, and he believed that so momentous an election for Wales would hardly occur again in their time (applause). They had get a Welsh party, a d had secured its recognition upon both eirJes of the housf', and by the Biitish Press. All that had been donp upon the assumption that Wales was behind it, and now Wales had for the first time the opportunity of showing whether they were behind tho Welsh party in Parliament (applause). Mr Rendel thfn dealt with the Free Education Act as passed by the Tories, saying they had passed it in order to prevent the Liberals doing so because they would have given representative management of the schools as well (applause). The question of the disestablishment of the Church in Wales met with the hearty approval of the audience. In reference to th(; Small Holdings Act he said the Liberal party had helped the Bill all the way through, they had tried to atnend it, and + -4- k.»rw.t;rt<rfVi.a u. Iun.( r"!lr. Uiioia iu picvuui. u kH:JVa.u lug cauai Bi am VI » j measure. Had the Tories done anything for the farmers? In their last term of ofnoo the Liberal ? el party passed a Bill which was ,L small one, but which had a great deal in it, the Hares and Rabbits Bill (hear, hear). They hacl tried over and over again to relieve the occupiers of the burdens of rates and tax,, s (applause). If they returned him tc, Parliament- his own re!ations which ho had the pleasure to enjoy with the Welsh members would place a special obligation upon him to redeem his pledges (hear, hear). Mr T. HAMER JONES then moved. That thif meeting expresses its confidence in Mr G.atistone auè- the Liberal party, and pledges itself to use ever; legitimate effort to return Mr Rendel to Parliamer as its representative." The Rev T. POWELL WILLIAMS in a humouro speech seconded the resolution. Referring to Cii- Mytton's address he said that he had not. told thUJ what remedy he suggested for tho farmer's wroyfb- Mr ELLIS JONES GRIFFITH, on6 of the for the Toxteth division of Liveipo. l ar, ihe reent election, delivered a most interesting and string- address which was listened to with rapt attenion. He said as one who had taken a great iiitertin Wales and in Welsh politics he was exceedingly glad and proud to have the privilege of taking a i» the candidature of Mr Rendel. They (the aueence/ were proud of him and they had reason to ie, but they must not tbink that he belonged entiely to them for he belonged to the whole ot Wales (fipplause). He (the speaker) had lead of Captain Mytton, and it was the most barreB- address he hai ever thb midortune to real during the whole of his life (hear, hear). He h Ad read Mr Rendel's address too, and he asked them fairly to consider what he put before them and t.o do what their cOllsciencp dictated (hear, hear). If there was one question upon which men were a-kea t,) make up theii minds at this election it was W-lsh Disestablish- ment (hear, hear). But iu Capt. Mytton's liddresa be did net even refer to it. He could understand a man of weak intellectual views saying that be did not agree with it, but he thought it was unfair to the constituency for a, roan to come befo e them upon the question of Light. E^iLvays insteadi upon the ques-- tion of disestablishment (applause). They knew the position of Sir Robt. Cunliffe. Perhaps Capt. Mytton had never heard of tne question of disestablishment for the Tories are behind the time.-—(laughter)—■ and always a good bit after the Liberals (daughter). But Sir Robert Cunliffe was in advance of Captain Mytton. He had heard of it but nad come to the con- clusion that his intellect was no Ion,-or aide to cope with such a question—(iaugbter)—and he had decided to take up what, he called a position of strict- neutrality upon the question. The Dean of Sc. Asa^-h, too, had expresses himself in sympathy with the position of Sir Robert Cuniifco. V. as not that a Tory dodge, for if disestablishment was passed hIJY would say they d'd not fLrlt- 1.c .L (; l<»Tne). o-imiii Kent Oil to eay tnat tne and the squire werd passed and the tone- had seen it, They did not go to them now ;*8 having a right to represent a constitufncy, and they came even to Calvinistic Methodists (hear. hear). 1 here was a respectable farmer, of the name of Humphreys who was a tenant of a Conservative landlord." Although he was a deacon in the CalvnuBtie Methodist church he had been brought to fight Mr Bryn Roberts bat he had no chance in the matter (he u-, hear). He mentioned that to bring cut the tuct that the Tories when they did not succeed, would turn round and say how were they to win when they had not the squires to fight, but only low-born Calvinistic Metho- dists (laughter and applause). Speaking upon Home Rule, ho referred to the faot that now fhen Ireland wa" peaceful the Tories said she did not want Home- Rule, and then when she was turbulent they said she- ouyht not to have Home Rule. When Mr Parueli- died and thero were many striving- after the position of the Lrish leadership, the Tories said how "could they possibly manage their own affairs when thev could not then agren over a leader. It mastered*not in the least whether Ireland was peaceful or turbulent., whether Ireland had one or half-a-d 'zen or a dozers leaders, everything was good enough for a Tory argument (applause). Looking at Ireland from the stand point of her nationality, the iri--h people had a right to govern their own affairs. As for rciii-ioiij. persecution, there were Ulstf-rmcn .ho carne deluged the country v-ith the feu of it, but they knew there was no danger. In further criticism of Captaiu Myttou's address, ho said there was n liHL. bit of a sneer in the concluding sentence whan he said Ra:ly round your countrymen." Ho said he was their countryman who did the work of the country (loud cheers). The question for them in Wales was not whether they would win, but it was a question or majority. They knew that when the Dean of St, Asaph came to add up the figures, if he found that the majorities were less than at the previous election, he would say that the church had made great proi gress (laughter and applause). ihe Rev E PAKRY, M.A., Nowtown, was the nest- speaker, and upon the resolution being put to the meeting it was carried un'inimousiy. Questions were invited but none a^ked. Mr RENDEL proposed a v. ,te of thank- to the CHAIR- MAN, to Mr ELLIS JONES GRIFFITH, and the other speakers, this was seconded by Mr JONKS (Penyooed).- The meeting was brought to a o.ose by tiie singing of Land of my Fathers." °

The obstacle to reaching the North Pole from; Spitzbergen is the great ice-beating current whcb flows southward between Greenland *.nd Spitzbergen. It does not touch the western coast of Spitzbergen' where there is a counter curr nt Ships are conse- quently able to reach the north coast of Spitzbergen. and occasionally a little further north. Captain Scoresby, in 1806, readied 81° 30 N where he was stopped by tho solid polar pack. Parry, in 1872. hauling two boats over the ice. reached" 80° 4.V N! ¡ He tarnod back because the ou .-e;,t was drifting him south faster than he c-nid drag the boats north, Tole employment of whalc; s to catch whales lurniahed no excuse for not going north if the sea appeared to be open to the Poie. for the Government offered a reward which would have exceeded the value of ar. average cargo. In 1818 an Act wt-.s pissed offering XI 1)00 fur crossing tie 83.-d parallel. ^?,000 for' crossing the 85th, i^3.u00 for cvo- -:ii.r tne 87th ^S4,0u0 for crossing thc 88th, and < £ 5.00d for crossing the 89th. This law continued in fcoce until 1828, For t -n years there was an adequate inducement"to make it dash for tne north, but the pack ico tarred the way. If a gunboat was sent up every roar tc watch for the tee being cleared avvnv between Spitz- bergen and Groonmnd, she would watch in vain until the end of the world—that is until the earth ceased to rotate on its axis, for rotation and ocean currents are cause and effect. It seems to be supposed that long-continued northerly winds would clear out tbe ice. The fallacy is based on the idea that the frozen water is generated in the polar refri-n, and that northerly win,:s would biow it all out. But the frozen w ,t r is not generated round the Polo. rbe oce tn current flows in along the we-t co tst of Novaya Zomlra, WId water also flows into tie polar' area. from liehring's Strait, :ind from the American and Siberian rivers. It is frozen to a groat depth on its way aoro s the pol-ir are*, and LOW-õ out as tbe- great ice-bearine curr, nt between Spitzbergen and Greenland. It is consequently imp s-.ble to reach the Pole by attempting to force away from Spitz- bergen against the currtilit.- The Idler" for July.

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AMONGr THE EEUNIONISTS IN SWITZERLAND. I ARTICLE 1. GKINDELWALD, SUISSE, I Ju'y 4, 1^2. It would have been a aifficult t indeed, for any one to have brought tog-ether a body of excursionists more high-spirited, sociable, and genial than that which left Holborn Viaduct Station for Grindelwald on Monday last, undei the care of the general editor of the Review of the Churches — the Rev. Henry S. Lann, 1ID. Before entering upon a ascription of the journey out it may be d-sir the to expiain briefly the origin and object of the present movement. Dr. Lunn, as most readers of newspapers and reviews already know, is a .veil-known mini-tor amongst the Wesleyan Methodists, and by this time, t o, an emi- nent literafeu:\ He is chaplain to the London Poly- technic, and while in charge of one of the Polytechnic tours through Norway, he conceived the idea of com- bining a continental tour to s )me popular health re- sort, with a series of friendiy lot-fafence-3 upon reli- gious and social topics, in which representatives of all Christian churehes might take part. With Dr. Lunn the conception and the pxecution of idf-as follow very closely one upon the other, and last winter be took a party of clergymen, ministers, and Christian workers of various kinds to Grindelwald, a pic- tu_rt?gqiie Swiss village, situated in tne midst of the turesque Swiss village, situated in the midst of the Alps; and the experiment proved so successful that he resolved to repeat it in tfí, summer foilowing on a r much larger scale if pos-ible. Tis le-olution he was able with comparative ens-5, though f.t wiihout a mass of labour in the w.y of c r^anisatiou, to accomplish. The succe-s of the winter party had become so widely I-,rio,ii, and the applications re- ceived from all parts of the country were so numerons, that tbe difficulty -%v ts not how to obtain a sufficiert number to constitute a strong party, but how to provide sufficient accommodation for the many who signified their de-ire t,) join the excursion. Eventually these necessary difficulties were over- come, and, as stated above, til" first party, number- ing 13-3, left Holborn Viaduct at 9-55 a.m. on June til The excursionists, who all travelled first and second class, h'1d a delightful ride along the London, Chatham and Dover line to Dover. The day was height as anyone could desire, and the journey through beautiful Kent-with its thickly wooded slopes, its rich pasture land, its waving fielcii of v grain just beginning to ripen for the sickle, and its innumerable hop piantations-pr,-I)ared the minds of "the excursionists for a thoroughly enjoyable day. At Dover the party embarked upf-n board one of the Ostende steamers, the Princess Henriette, a fine boat which, in spite of the delay occasioned by fog, accom- plished the distance in three hou s and twenty minutes. The Ostende route, I might mention, is the shortest railway journey t,) Switzerland, and the sail across the Channel was thoroughly enjoyed by all (save a few who went below from reasons which need not be analysed). The sky wai; ciear and the sun bright; the French and Belgian coast line came well into view and Ostende, with its piers crowded with visitors, looked at its best under the gorgeous sun- thine. Upon disembarking the party found a special train with abundant accommodatiosi awaiting them, and the arrangements for their convenience made by the Belgian State Railway Company were all that could be dt sired. Before starting mysterious packages were handed round, which, upon being opened, wers found to contain cold luncheons, to which, to use a jomewhat hackneyed-but in this case perfectly accurate-pbrabe, "full justice was done." Before leaving Ostende many fortifled themselves against thirst by purchasing lemonade and other refresh- ments, and many were the expressions of indignation from those who were compelled to pay one franc (lod.) for an ordinary bottle of lemonade. The Belgian restaurateur, whatever else ha lacks, knows well the value of money. The route lay through Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Namur, Jemelle, Arlon, Sterpenich frontiel'), Luxemberg, Metz, Strasburg, to Basle. Vp to this point we traveiled without one change. The country from Ostènde nearly the whole way is uniform in character, flat, well-cultivated, and ap- parently of high productive power. The character of the agricultural life is quite in contrast with that familiar to English people. Instead of large farms split up into separate fields, there was the almost un- broken spectacle of small farms, regular in size, and worked apparently by peasant proprietors. No hedges line the roadway, aud no fences surround the fields-a. fact which speaks much for the honesty of the population. Until night came on, the fields were dotted over with men, women, and children (the women predominating in number) busily engaged in harvest operations, for the hay was all cut and ready to be carried off, and the grain bsii suuiire was fast iyvfe.ofsbiniag'r E,,ch "farm was broken up in plots, and we saw continually grain, hay, potatoes, hops, cabbages, etc., all growing side by side in even squares, which from a distance suggested the idea of a patchwork quilt. Along the route the attempts of the party to obtain refreshments at the different stations were productive of some amusing scenes. At each stopping place a rush was made for the bujfet, and the scramble to obtain drinkables was most exciting. German first and French next are the tongues most useful en rmtte, but at most places Eng- lish (and especially the value of English money) was also understood. The general rule seemed to be to pay at the first few places three or four times the value of the purchase, and to make up for it at suc- ceeding stations by paying two or three times less than the proper value and bolting back into the train, which only stopped a minute or two. At Namur, a small station, a water tap was discovered, and the way in which it was beseiged and utilized was amaz- ing. Reserve and stiffness completely melted away under the influence of a common thirst, and there was the curious spectacle of an eminent divine drinking eagerly from a huge tin pail, such as dairymaids use, and rushing off with the prize to his carriage. Those who applied at the buffet Lad some genuine fun. A large decanter ot strong gin stood on the counter, and one after another mistaking it for water, would take a hearty gulp, and then rush out again half choked by the fiery liquid. At Ster- penich (which was reached about a quarter to eleven) the word was passed round that all hand luggage had to be examined. The officials, however, relented, and contented themselves with the ludicrous farce of causing each excursionist to march past, lugarage in hand, in single file, All seemed to appreciate the humonr of the situation, and took it in good part. Shortly after one o'clock (Tuesday morning) we reached Mfz. and had a rest of about 40 minutes, our train bfintr compelled to wait for the mail to pass. It is a handsome station, and at each end has two water taps. These were again besieged, and the spectacle of city ladies (with the most precise views as to decorum when in "town"), washing their hinds and faces around a common water tap, and proclaiming it to be delicious, was a useful ob- ject lesson in the study of nature versus art. Upon leaving Metz, all the members of the party seemed to settle down for sleep, and the next conscious in- t terval in the journey was when the sunliht began to stream across the plain. Sleep departed wiih the darkness, and heads popped out of one carriage after another, and "Good morning" greetings passed along the entire train. During the night we had passed through Stra-burg, and were now making at full speed for the Swiss frontier. As we proceeded, the country gudually began to lose its monotonous appearance, and the eye was gratined to rest here and there upon a small hill, with its sides thickiy covered with pine trees. Just as the evening before, we had n,.ti,-e(i workers remaining in the harvest field till the last rays of light bad departed; so in the morni g they rose with the sun, and by four .o'clock hare-t operat ons were in full swing. At Basle we we e supposed to breakfast, and to have a complete exam nation by the Customs officials of all luggage, but our tnin was over an hour late, at-,d we had tn" m'irt fixation of seeing an inviting break- fast awaiting us upot the table, and being obliged to rush past as quickly as we could in order to eatch the Swiss train, which was to take us on our journey. The trains from Basle onward are of different type from those in use in Belgium and Germany, which are identical in style with English trains. Instead of each coach being divided into separate compart- ments, there is a running passage from one end of the train to the other. Tke seats, which are double, are arranged on either side, and are capable of accom- -uloda.ting two persons sitting side by side. This arrangement proved very useful at Olton, where we intended getting but the time had gone, and the guard was so irate at the delay that he threatened to mo-re on unless the parties took their seats. The result was bad to- our citerer, for almost famished with how,r everyone collared the artide Which was n-- re,t, s.a* getting int. the nearest car- riage made his way for illS own seat, there to enjoy the spoil. Tee gua d rr 'in here on became extremely irate. At fi st bp d^lined to a low any excursion- ists to ride on the li>tle platforms ontai le each car- ria, liut not beinz o-tinhres nt, aui finding his Vigilant; being const-.itfJv ev (I N' i've up the Euglish xcur i':ni-< a" ial lot, a d eao forth we were true to ').1" •> t .ol1 v s as '13 p! ased. Berne was e ch d shonly after ten o'clock, all d here the viio it the party h id tune :o L,-t a wa..Ifi and to have I-i uutr at the >fca..iou buffet—both of which had by the im r.ec,),n h gply le^irable. The City of lierne to >ke i IJt i!1 best, and lhl party be- gniled the three or four hours' \Hi+,i: bv atroding Jbrongh the marlsql k!a £ ?a mi4 visiting tin) i Cathedral, or enjoying the lovt-ly views of the Ber- n-ge Orwrland obtainable from the Muuster Piatz. IVe resumed our journey at 1-45, and a short, but pleasant rir1" brought us to Scherzligfre, when we took the Thun steam-r for I .ter nkni. The enjoy- ment of the sail across the like was indescribable, the excursionists in the presence of its sparkling blue waters, its bracing air, its precipitous sidits. dotted pietu;esqu ly with mansion" aud chalets, ,nd t'e scenery in the forgot,iit, the fatigues ot the railway journey, ami getting into the bpst of spirits. At Interlake t we took the train for Grindel- wald, and then commenced an sscent of 1800 f"at, through an Aloine valley the grandeur of which must be seen before it c>n be ;eaized. The great peaks of t'e Alps covered with ice and snow had long been com in-z gradually into view, but when the train stepped at Grindelwald we found ourselves im- mediately at the base of the mountains, in sight of the upper and lower ginciers, and situated in a snug a.nd fertile valley hemmed in on every side. The arrangements for the accommodation of the party had been left i the hands of the Brothers Boss, who were once a-family of oca-ants, but are now the pro- prietors of the principal hotels in the village. De- lightful as the journey had been, the excursionists were glad to s ^le into the quarters prepared for them. At some (,f the hofels the arrival of the party was signalis'd by the firing of rockets, and amid these signs of ivelcome, and the sound of the falling avalanches (which is exactly like that of cannon- firina), the pirty spent what was to the majority their first night upon the continent.

LLANIDLOES. On Monday, a crowded audience assembled at the Town Hall to welcome the Liberal candidates. Mr STUART RENDEL received an enthusiastic welcome, the audience rising and cheering vigorously, and having spoke of the wonderful progress of the Welsh party, and the gradual but sure recognition of Welsh rights, emphasized the importance of every single vote, and said Wales gave its verdict upon Home Rule at the 1886 election (cheers). With regard to Land Reform Wales had brought the matter into so definite and so honourable a position that they might reasonably expect that do Liberal administration, which was certain of coming into otfice, would at a very early date take Parliamentary measures for investigating the question with a view to its solution (cheers). There mutt be many 01 those present who were aware that nothing was more necessary for the prosperity of Wales than a drastic measure of Land Reform (cheers). He would not enter into (ietai s with such an array of speakers. He had spoken much about it, and he hoped that one or two of his speeches might, by the kindness of the press, be sufficiently reported to convey his opinions upon this question (cheers). Dealing with the intermediate Education Diti, Mr tienaei said it was obtained in the same session in which the Government were pressing a Tithe B,ll (laughter). It was gained because Wales was so united on the question that no Tory durst lift his finger against it (cheers). They know the Government had taken great credit for itself for having passed Free Educa- tion-and no oue could help feeling that Free Educa- tion was an advanced item of the Radical pro- gramme—(cheers)—aud they knew how the Govern- ment took the question up, to permanently endow the Church management of elementary schools. he- ferring to Disestablishment, the speaker said the question was not why Wales was to have Disestab- lishment, or whether it was to have it, but when it should have it (loud cheers). There was no part of the empire which was so largely supplied with all the appliances of the Christian faith than the Princi- pLi, ity of Wales. There were feverish and extra- ordinary efforts to effect Church extension, but they knew that Cnurch extension in Wales in the true sense meant Chapel extinction—(ianghtei)—and simply nothing less. Speaking upon the Diocesan SynoJ at Salisbury, at which the Bishop of St. Asaph was a speaker, Mr Rendel said the Bishop was re- ported as saying "the Nonconformists had also failed entirely to provide a resident ministry in Wales. If they were to have disestablishment and disendowment in Wales, the rural population would be absolutely unproviied for (laughter). Again the Bishop said, "If Wales was to be Christian, it mast be by the teaching of the Catholic Church in all its fulness" (laughter). One might laugh at such a statement but he we'nt tb'Sa'isbury and told the English people that but for the Church in Wales the rural population would be absolutely un- provided for, surely things bad come to a pasa at which it was very necessary to have done with the whoie business (loud cheers). As fitr as Wales was concerned, the Welsh party had carried matters to such a point that it was vital they should not rest now. They bad consolidated themselves into a party, and were a recognised and separate group in Parlia- ment. It was not so much a question of whether they would re-elect Mr Tracy and himself, but whether they would restore the Welsh pariiamentary party (cheers). In 1880 they had a splendid case, because they were fighting for their political emanci- pation there was no question about that battle, it was worth all the enthusiasm, all the work that it evoked. In 1886 they showed they were determined to stand by Mr Gladstone—(cheers)—and thenati n il rights of Ireland—(cheers)—because they knew that the national rights of Ireland were involved in the national rights of Wales (cheers). His galliilt oppo- nent he noticed was going about the constituency saying that he did not expect to win—(laughter and "Hurrah")—that he was going to give him (Mr Rendel) a gallop (laughter). He was very much obliged to him (laughter). Nothing suited him better if it was only agreeable to them (cheers). Alter speaking oi tne aramatic and pathetic char- acter of the present general election, the burden of the great responsibility which Mr Gladstone, at the age of 83, was about to bear, his marvellous vital energy, devotion to public duty, and desire to deal justice to Ireland and his extraordinary lucidity, Mr Rendel said that in voting for Mr Gladstone they would be voting for the greatest public servant that had ever blessed a nation he begged of all of them to treat the election as the most momentous that Wales had known, and appealed to them o do their duty everyone of them faithfully, loyally, and con- scientiously (load and continued cheering;.