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Yesterday the National Eisteddfod of Wales, which this year meets at Swansea, was formally inaugurated, the Gorsedd being held in front of the Towu-hall, after which the Mayor of Swansea opened the competitions at the pavilion with an interesting address. Early in the afternoon, during a heavy storm, a portion of the centre wall of the pavilion oollapsed, and a woman named Williams, of lirompton, near Hereford, wasao badly injured that she expired at the hospital during the evening. A complete list of the visitors to the British Association meeting, which commences at Cardiff to-day (Wednesday) will be found elsewhere. The oonference of the British Pharma- ceutical Society was commenced at the University College, Cardiff, yesterday. The [delegates were formaily received by the Maver. The presiden t, delivered his address, and a number of papers were afterwards dis- oossed. The Leeds and Chelmsford murderers were executed yesterday morning, death in eaoh case being instantaneous. The wife of a labourer named Deeka, living at Mank Tey, Essex, has been arretted oixa charge of murdering her illegitimate ohild, a boy, aged three years. Prisoner told her sister that she had drowned her son. Tbd summonses against the manager of the Colonial Buffalo Club, Cardiff, for illegally selling beer were heard at the Cardiff Police- court yesterday, and the defendant was fined £5 and costs. The general purposes committee of the Cardiff School Board has recommended that the fees of the higher grade school be re- duced from 9d. to 6d. per week.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. Probably at no period in its Distory uao Cardiff contained within its boundaries so many distinguished men as it will contain during the current week. An event antici- pated with some degree of misgiving as weU as of pleasure, has at last come upon us, for to-night the meetings of the British Associa- tion will be formally opened, and for the next few days every other function must, 80 far as the Welsh Metropolis is concerned, be subordinated to that of worthily entertaining the savants iden- tified with this importaut organisation. It is unnecessary to remind the publio of Cardiff of the duty imposed upon them by the invitation of their representatives. We are confident that on all sides an earnest disposi- tion will be shown to sustain in every regard the hosp;table oharaoter given to the Welsh Metropolitans by visitors who have already been among them. Certain it is that thd; gentlemen constituting the Association are, as aclass, fairly entitled to the good services of their countrymen. 'I he great majority of them devote their natural gitts and their acquired skill and knowledge to pursuits of infinite benefit to r" anl¡jlld, and tbis without hope of any reward save that oonf >rred by tbe ] ooiisciouioeis of duty done. The congress of the scientists is no mere piomc or an occasion chiefly useful as affording a colourable pretext for pleasant junketings. On the con- trary, it is the annual harvesting day of science, when the produots of laborious thought and patient experiment are garnered, and the wheat is separated from tbe ohaff, and the practiced gleaners in the wide, broad fields of knowledge impart something of their wisdom and reveal their methods to less competent but equally enthusiastic followers, and the world is informed of the progress made in mastering the multi tudi nious secrets of Nature. Truly, a day to be treated with all beooming respect. We cannot too strongly emphasise tbe truth that the British Association, as a body oomposed of the keenest intellects and concerned with the beneficent mission of enlarging human knowledge, and the conse- quent betterill of the conditions of existence, is warranted in expecting recognition neither tardy nor stinted. It is creditable to the r :co of scientists that, without State or publio aid, this organisation should have been maintained for years in a condition of vigorous growth, turning neither to the right nor to the left, but steadily fulfilling its laudable functions as a ooneentrative agency, extending scientific study, systematis- ing the results thereof, and indireotly broaden- ing and liberalising scientiiio thought. As a nation of utilitarians, eager to subjugate all natural forces and to turn to practical use all available elements, we have reason to be proud of the British Association, It was a happy idea of Sir DANIEL BREWSTER to foous the scientific strength of Great Britain, and for a brief period in each year, at least, employ it in marking the lines of direction along which the researches of soience should move. The sixty years' record of the British Association is the best possible vindication of the wisdom which inspired the idea. It is no slight honour to entertain the learned men, the pioneers in regions of knowledge not yet ex- plored, who, year out year in, apply their talents to the task of guiding mankind, in ex- tepding the boundaries of the known, and encroaching upon the domains of the un- known, still illimitable, despite cen- turies of human effort and human research. At a time when the intellectual life of the British people is throbbing with a feverish activity, aud a fuller recognition is being given to the truth that knowledge is the souroe of power and prosperity, it is no insignificant advantage to possess an associa- tion embodying the ohoicest braius of the nation to direct the efforts of those engaged in piercing the secrets of Nature, test the trustworthiness of alleged discoveries and achievements, and, in short, control that higher education which begins where the college course ends. Conscious of the ines- timable value of the British Association as something more than the Parliament of Science, we cordially welcome the members, and commend them. individually and collec- tively, to the goodwill of the people of Cardiff.

The anoient prejudice of the Saxon in respeot of the Eisteddfod seems in a fair way of becoming quite extinct. Evidenoe of this gratifying fact is afforded by the English press with eaoh recurring National Kistedd- fod. Yesterday, for example, the Standard and the Daily New, devoted leading articles to the subject, absolutely free from the taint of raoial prejudice. The Standard could scaroely have beau more sympathetic, not only in its treatment of the peculiarly Cymrio institution, but also in its incidental allusions to the Welsh people. "There can be no doubt about the pre-eminent gifts of the people of the Principality in the way of vocal harmonies," observes this generous oritio. "We do not compare them with the English oountry folk, because the barbarity of our population in this respect is excep- tional. But we doubt whether in any oountry under the sun there is a greater love for musio than in Wales, a oloser devotion to the art or higher exoellenoe in the praotice. If on this aide of the Marches the oapacity 7for smgiqg is beooming more frequent, it is to the old British population that took refuge with their mi8eries and their legends in the hills tb&t we owe the example and the nuoltras." And, a?ain, "We are 'A' W betMve thatevery day ConMrvative-Umoniat'acdfriendt of the Choroh are i.-r,I,igly anxious to join bauds of oordial friendibipwitb Radicals and Liberationists on the common groond of of national art and literature." The fore- going breathes the very spirit which animates the true patriot in Wales to-day. How in. differently the attitude of the Daily News compares with that of the Standard I With that pervexsity whioh appears common to most Radical papers, the Daily News must needs obtrude into its references to the Eisteddfod the virus of politics. With characteristic ignorance, it appears to conolude that the Eisteddfod is a mere appendage of the Uadicallnd the Liberationist party, and oriticiaes as if the occasion of the annual festival of song and poetry were an appro- priate moment for shaking the old bones of political contention.

The admirable address delivered by Mr. LEWIS MORRIS in the Cymmrodorion Section of the Natioijal L, isteddfod ought to be read by everybody who is inte. es:p.d in the future of Wales. Air. MORRl8 is, probably, one of the most competent of men to speak with authority on tbti question of Welsh education, since he is less associated with seots, parties, and faddists than any one of our publio men, and yet he keeps himself in touob with the aspirations of the nation.; His clear and powerful intellect enables him to realise from afar what are the real wants of the country and the form remedies should take. His subject on Monday night was the pro- posed Welsh University, which he treated with unusual skill and caudour. Mr. Moaais recognises the failure of the London University to meet the wants of the country, which failure is admitted by the oreation of the Albert University. The number of Welsh- men seeking for degrees is increasing every year. Not fewer than »ixty-nine Welsh students were at Edinburgh in 1883, whilst numbers more went to nnirersities elsewhere. Mr. MORRIS is of opinion that delay in the estab- lishment of a Welsh University would be iraught with serious oonseqn-nces, and con- siders the present a most opportune time to apply for it. Tbe present Government has done good service in the cause of education in Wales, and it is not unlikely that it would be disposed to complete the edifice before the end of the present Parliament. We echo the expression of hope that there is sufficient of patriotism and of good e-nle among Welshmen interested in educa- tion to sink, for a time at any rate, if not altogether, all contentious matters uuconneoted with absolutely essential points. "A matter of tbis importance," the poet said, was wholly beyond the province of party politics." This enlightened senti- ment ought to have weight with those even who look upon everything through the medium of party politics.

His references to the Home Rule proposal were not the less weighty becanse of their humorous obaraoter, Some might feel dis- posed," he said, to wait until the proposed Bill was passed which constitutes a Welsh National Council, and which, in ita turn, would erect a Welsh University and a Welsh National Museum. For his own part, he did notoare about the Council, and not very much about the museum; and it might not, per- haps, be hardly judicious to wait till, in the slow process of the ages, these and other good things were ready to fall into the lap of Wales. Mr. MOBUIB was distinctly of opinion that tbe University of Wales should be a teaching body, whether through itself or through its colleges; and that a theological degree was essential, although it might be post- poned for a time. "Tlie arts degree of St. David's College must, un- doubtedly," he observed, be given up to the new university, with the assent of that college, and the theological faculty which belongs to it. If the University of Wales was to be granted by the Government which pa sed the Intermediate Education Act," he observed, some terms were sure to be made, in favour of Lampeter, and this would pro- bably imply the recognition of St. David's College as one of the colleges in, and contributing to, the governing body of the university.* Mr. MOBBIB is aa expe- rienced educationalist, and sees the importance of inoluding St. David's College in any Welsh scheme; but the bigots, who know not the advantages of education, will ruin every plan that proposes to do justioe to Church- men. There would be uo difficulty if the matter were left in the bands of educated men, whether Nonconformists or Churchmen, but the uneducated leaders of the masses will not efface themselves. We fully agree with Mr. MORRIS that the sooner the worit is done the more effective the educational machinery will be, and, consequently, the better for Wales.

Just now it seems as if the Cardiff School Board does not intend to take full advantage of the Free Education Aot. At a meeting of the general purposes committee held yester- day it was decided to recommend the board to abolish the fees at the ordinary elementary schools and to reduoe the fees at the higher grade school from ninepence to sixpence per week. In taking this action the members of the general purposes committee are following the example set by the school boards in some of the large English towns. Several boards have adopted the idea of lightening the fee- burden on their higher grade soholars, and in only one or two instances have the fees in the higher grade sohool been entirely abolished. Birmingham is the only town we can now call to mind at which education has been made free," not only in all the elementary schools, including the higher grade, but in the night schools as well. Perhaps, it is scarcely to be expected that the Cardiff board will attempt the great educational ventures that can be accomplished by Birmingham, but, forming our opinion from what has already been done, we may reat assured that the local authority will not remain idle. It is because we regard the present scheme, or, rather, the suggested sobeme, as a tentative one that we abstain from subjecting it to criticism. It would obviouJy be a faroe to abolish the fees of the higher grade sohool and allow the burden of paying for books and other materials to remain. At the present time the average cost per obildto attend the higher grade sohool is only half represented by the maximum fee of nine- pelloe which is charged by the board so that In reality the education of each ohild at this school means an expenditure of eighteen- pence per week. This is no light amount for the working man to pay. The members of the board may retort that the fact that they have been obliged to considerably enlarge the sohool is proof that the money is willingly paid. That may be, but when working pimple have tssted the sweets of free education we are not at all sure that there will not grow an indisposition to pay for continuing a course of training which, directly, cost nothing at the start. We might remind the board that the scheme once put forward by us in favour of dividing CRABBOCK Wxmd Charity into scholarships for the elementary schools would have been of material assistance to the children of poor people; still, since we regard the sug- gestion of the general purposes committee in the light of a provisional arrangement till something larger and better can be done, further oomment may well be deferred. We only hope that nothing will be done to interfere with the excellent work that is now oarried on at the higher grade schoo.

Major HicRBzuTls "innooent order" has been formally approved by the joint polios committee of Monmouthshire. This order, it will be remembered, was virtually a threat to the members of the force that unless they obtained cases against licensed victuallers they had no hope of promotion. It was to be expected that the great outcry that went up from all sides against such an iniquitous ciroular would have shamed tbe police com- mittee into renounoing it, but, lIP far from this being the oase, the oommittee but thinly attended, it is tme-gave it a general approval at yesterdsy's meeting. A striot administration of any penal oode whiob h.a for its object the increment of pub- lio morality must neoessarily have the support of all peaceful and well-ordered oitizens, but to tell polioemen praotically in so many words," If you don't catch publioans and have them brought before the magis- trates you will lose your chanoe of promotion, but if you do catoh them you will got a rise of wages," would present itself to ordinary men of the world as too great a temptation to the polioe, not, we thonid say, to deliberately invent charges and swear to them with perjured evidenoe in the witness-bor, but to so magnify innooent transactions and com- mon-plaos occurrences as to give rise to ill- founded and vexatious prosecutions. The licensing laws of the present day are in them- selves exceedingly stringent, and are liable to very nice readinge, without being further complicated by beiug handed over in their administration to officials who are to have a keen peouniary interest in increasing the number of offuncee reported. We do not wish to aoouse the police of taving less oonsoience than other men. but the oommanding claims of promotion and increased wsges are things which the beat of men sometimes are unable to withstand, whatever may be in the way, and if the general order of Major H EITBRBT bad the effeot of turning formerly honest, straight- forward men into mere back-door spies, not so anxious to do their duty as anxious for promotion and higher pay, then we think the magistrate who ssid the order was demoralis- ing was not far from the mark.

What with the musio, poetry, and art of the National I'.isteddfod, the varied scientific discussions of the British Association, and the somewhat discursive debates of the phar- macists, the newspaper reader will have to be unusually voracious if he hopes to keep abreast of the time. We have already wished success to the t'iiteddtod i d extended a welcome to the British Association, and we nmst not be behind-hand in receiving the pharmacists with a friendly shake of the baud. Wedded, as it were, to the larger and more pretentious body-thougb there is no real union-the Pharmsmatical Society generally takes up its quarters for the annual meetings in the town selected as the locale for the great gatherings of the savants of the British Association, It follows, there- for, that this is the second visit of the Pbar- maceutical Society to Wales, and we echo the hope so feMoitously expressed by Lord BUTE that the visit of the society to Cardiff may bit as agreeable to its members as we feel sure that it will be profitable. The subjeots dealt with in the president's opening speeoh do not, unfortunately, hold a very firm grip on the publio mind, but it may be permitted to us to hope that this bringing of the pharmaoists into oloser touch with the general oommunity may result in arousing that live interest which is necessary in order to bring about those improvementa in status andeffioiency for which Mr. W. MARTIN DALE oontended.

A LAST WORD TO NEWPORT CONSERVATIVES. To-morrow (Thursday,the 20th inlt.)11 absolutely the last day upon which any new Claims can be received tither of householders or new lodgers for enrolment of their names upon the new register of electors. The Conservntive agent has left Do stone unturned this year to beat up any friends of the Constitutional cause, and they have turnsd up in larger numbers and with more ala- crity than on any previous oecssion. One or two datff are still left to enable stragglers to claim their votes, and if they refuse to adopt the ordinary course to become possessed of their rights as citizens, the fault Is theirs, not that of the agent of the party whose principles they support. As the Irish Secretary rscently pointed out, every supporter of the Union who at the present juncture does not obtain a voting quillifientioil, if enlitled, or see that his old one is correct, is practically a traitor to his Queen and his country. Tlie register so rspidly approaching com- pletion at Newport may p»rlinps decide the nest election for the Monmouth Boroughs.

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LONDON LKTTEK. [PROIi oua LONBON COE*BS?ONBBNT.] LONDON, TVBSBAT. MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN'S CLIMB DOWN. I am now able to oonfirm absolutely and with oircumstance the corrected version I gave the other day of Mr. William O'Brien's climb down in the Bankruptcy Court. The statement pnblisbed that Lord Salisbury's solicitors had arranged a compromise by which they undertook to facilitate Mr. O'Brien's appeal to the House of Lords has not one tittle of foundation in fact. Lord Salisbury's solicitors have always been anxious to facili- tate an appeal. Whatever of dlay has taken place has not been on their part. This is what happened:-On the day before Mr, O'Brien's appeal against the bankruptcy was to be heard Mr. George Lewis, his solioitor, went to Sir Richard Nicholson and said he desired, on Mr. O'Brien's behalf, to pay the debt. He tendered his cheque for 21,600, which was aocepted. No stipula- tion was made about terms. The payment was entirely unconditional. No concession was asked or granted by Mr. Lewis or Sir Itichard. On reoeiving the money Sir Uiohard instructed his agent in Dublin to that effeot. As the most considerate way of dealing with Mr. O'Brien, it wasagreed that no appearanoe should be entered on Lord Salis- bury's behalf. But this was quite sponta- neous on Sir Riohard's part, and was but a continuation of the consideration he has shown to Mr. (YBrien. The ;el,eoo paid by Mr. O'Brien covera the oosts of the Manchester trial only. The oosts of Mr. O'Brien's subsequent appeals remain to be liquidated. They amount to several hundred pounds. There being no reason for excep- tional treatment, Sir Riohard Nicholson will preas for these ooate till begets them. MB. DWYlIB Gaky ADD TIIB" FREKKAN" The severity of the struggle which young Mr. Dwyer Gray will have to wage before he can carry the Freeman with him in his deser. tion of Mr. Parnell is illustrated by a signi- ficant story which has just come to me. Some time ago the printing and publishing staff of the freeman originated a testimonial to Mr. Gray on the occasion of his 21st birthday. A large sumof money wassubmwibed, ahandsome present was purchased, and a beautifully illuminated address was completed about a couple of days before the letter of recantation appeared. When it was fonnd that Mr. Gray had changed sides, it was resolved to withhold the testimonial. The freeman staff are enthusiastically with Mr. Parnell, and they would not swop prin- ciples as easily as their young chief. Never- theless, it is believed that if Mr. Gray succeeds in transferring the control of the paper from its present managers to himself, the presentation will be made, though with an ill graoe. A testimonial given under such circumstances will, however, be rather a humiliation tban an houour. EDUCATION AND PBUMIT. I The turn taken by the proceedings in the limehouse murder trial has set the publio, and lawyers in particular, thinking what is to be done with untrustworthy witnesses. Perjury in the box cannot be said to be at all on the decrease; in faot, things seem rather to point the other way. Somehow, taking an oath does not seem to have the awe-insiiiring effeot it used to exeroise over the ordinary man and woman. Oynioally- minded persons point to suoh facts as these as the brilliant results of the spread of educa- tion. Certainly they do point to the neces- sity of psying greater attention to moral and religious inat, notion in our elementary schools. It is a good thing that the New Code, promulgated last year, takes speoial oognisance of this matter. A NIIW DBAUATIC Mcmr. Mr. Henry Arthur Jones will be in a position to carry out his ideas about the pro- duction of a play without undertaking pro- prietary responsibilities himself. Mr. George Paget has arranged that when he resumes possession of the Avenne Theatre Mr. Jones shall have the opportunity of carrying his ideas into effect in the production of his new comedy. Mr. ioljw grievanoe has been that the author is hampered by the aotor-manager. lie will now ba permitted to show what the author-manager can do. A FÁxovs POBLISHBB. By tbe death of Mr. George Lock, in his sixty-ninth year, the famous publishing firm, of Ward, I ook, and Co. has lost one of its esteemed ohiefs. Mr. Look was born in Dorset, where his father, an eminent member of the" White Quakers," farmed large tracts of land under Lord Portman. Mr. George Look served artioles to Mr. Squarey, the agri- cultural ohemist at Salisbury. In 1854, when he was 22, be came up to town to his cousin, Mr. Thomas Dixon Galpin (Mr. Look's mother was a Galpin), who was then laying the foundation of the famous firm, which became afterwards known as Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. Mr. Lock was intro- duced by his cousin to Mr. E. Ward, who had had long experience with Henry G. Bohn and other firms. The two men put their oash, brains, and etierg ggether, and i traded as Ward and Lock. From the first they took up the recreative and instructive line of good literature tbat has sinoe become associated with their name. They succes- sively, as prosperity smiled on them, bought up the businesses of Mr. S. O. Beeton, of C. Moxon, Son, and Co., atid of William Tegg and 1 '0. Starting in Fleet-strset, they moved to Amen Corner, and subsequently settled down to their present premises, expressly built for them in Salisbury-square, and known M Warwick House. Later on, branches were established in Melbourne and New York. The firm was known as Ward and Lock until the accession of Mr. Charles Tyler, when it ?became Ward, Look, and Tyler. On Mr. Tyler's retirement in 1879 it became Ward, Lock, and Co., and in future it is going to be Ward, Look, Bowden, and Co., Mr. James Bowden and Mr. J. H. Look having been taken in several years ago. Mr. E. Ward retired from active management two years ago. but three of Mr. Looles Mno are engaged in the business. A "WHITS" OHM. I have not seen in print the following story of oute reasoning by that super-subtle man, Archbishop Oroke. He bad declared flatly tbat he had not read Mr. Parnall's manifesto. This pussled and pained many Catbolios, who lmew that his grace was acquainted with the terms of the manifesto. But it turned out that the wily prelate was quite corrept. He had not read the manifesto. He bad it read to him by one of his ohaplainsl What. lovely morality this is I LONO-XAKID LOWPCfti. An eminent medieal man, who has been watching with quiet amusement the discussion on ears that has been delighting the readers 6f the London Telegraph, informs me that there is no difficulty in solving the problem of long ears which vexes many of the corre- spondents. Long ears, he gravelv assures me, are derived from the asses' milk and goats' milk on which many Cockney babiea are fed. A very small proportion of London children are brought up on maternal nourishment. M, 'friend avers that he can traoe in the oounte- nance of children brought up on the milk of cows, goats, and donkeys, and various artificial foods, an expression of doll animal content, which is in alarmingoontrast with the vivaeity and intelligence of ohildren nurtured at the breast. He is, however, what the Americans call a crank on these sub- jeots. He has, for instance, a theory that the third generation of born Londoners, dating from now, will be idiote, basing the amunip- tion on the effects of artificial rearing, on- natural way of living, improper food, and environment. I am bound to admit that, if the third generation are to be idiots, there are a large number of the second generation in circulation. COCENBX IGNORANCE. It is becoming so hopeless a task for the average Cockney to get right out into the oountry that a large margin mast be allowed for the ignorance of 'rural life that prevails. Two young Londoner* of respectable appear- ance were sent to gaol for fourteen days for wantonly damaging growing oorn on Sunday. They pleaded that they did not know it was oorn, and although the magistrate derided the idesof ignoranoe on suoh a point, I am not sure but that the clea was bona fid*. I will credit any degree of i?nortooe after what I heard I with my own ears tbe other day. Three bright children, poorly but neatly dresed, good types of what the board schools can do, wera on their j way to Dnlwioh Park. 'l'1 had evidently l trudged up from Walworth or Southwark 1 through Denmark tm Near the park was a real field with a real oow and calf in it. Two of the three did not know what the cow was till the elder told them. A long discussion as to the genus of the calf ultimately resulted in the decision that it was a little cow," and it was also unanimously agreed to that the "little oow" c'made mutton I I much regretted there was not a sheep in the field. It would have delightfully complicated the situation.

CALVINISTIC METHODISM. QUARTERLY MEETINGS AT HAVERFORDWEST. The meetings In connection with the Quarterly Aoociation of t ho CalTiniatic Methodists of South Wales and Monmouthshire commenced on Tuei- day at Haverfordwest. The Rev. D. ClwrleS Davies, M.A., Truvecci Coll-ge, presi ieil over a large nt- tendance of miniates* and 01 lieis. The fit-It sitting of the association was held at EbeiuZ"! Chattel. Among the ministers and lay gentlemen present Were the Rev.. W. James, Aberdare; 0<orge Phillips, Poutnewynydd W. Jenkins, M.A., St. David's; It Morgan, Ab rd-Lr. D. Evans, M.A., Whitchurch; W. Powell, Pembroke; D. Tiiorne Swansea Rees Evans, Lianwrtyd; W. Evans, M.A., Pembroke Dork; W. Mendu., Haver- fordwest O. D. jones, Tredegar; W. Williams, Swansea; W. Lewis, Pontipridd; Llewellyn, M.A., Aborystwil-h George Williams, Gwastad; Evan Morris, Aberayron; Rees Evans, Lianwrtyd; •>ud P. D. Morse, Pontuewynydd; and Messrs. W. Watts Williams, J.P., St. David's; Howell Davis, Wititianti D. Jenkins, Liaudrindod A. Williams, Ebbw Vale; and H. C. Roberts, J.P., Aberystwith. After a short discussion It was decided to hold the annual examination of candidates for ordina- tion i-t Merthyr Tydfil on November 19 and 20. The question of the appointment of a secretary to the chapel trust committee in the place of lbs late Mr. D. R. Lewis, solicitor, Dowlais, was deferred to tho Ocmbtfr association. Various com it; itteor were elected, aud the association adjourned till this (Wednesday) morning, when 26 candi- dates will be ordained 10 the full work of the ministry. A committee of the delegates was held In the evening for the election ot moderator for the next year. The nomination committee submitted following natnes:-Tiis Rev& T. E. Edwards, Cwm- avon W. John, Bridgond; and William Lewis, Tyllwyd. The Buv. W. John was declared elested. —It was resolved to submit a resolution con- gratulating Dr.T.O. Ed war.Is on his having accepted the principulship of Ba!a Theol gical College.— The report of the Trevecca committee was read and con firmed.—Mr. Edward Daviss laid before the meeting the necessity of augmenting the Trevecca fund from 910,000 to A20,000, and Mr. ruvi.-s himself promised the sum of £ 1.000.—The Rev. Mr. Evaoqt secretary of the c diege, stated that several persons since the last association had promised liberal sums towarda the object- Mr. Thomas Harris, J.P., Lleciald; Councillor R. Lewis, Treheibert; and the Rev. Llewellyn Bd wards, M.A., were added to the trustees of the college fund.

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. D. EDWARDS, OF NEWPORT. The Rev. D. Edwards, of Newport, Calvinfstic Methodist minister, died suddenly at Windsor- place, Penarth, on Tuesday, where he had been slaying for a few days. The rev. gentle- man had occupied the highest con- itexional office, that of Moderator, and was distinguished for his acumen. Some of our readers may remember the compliment paid him by one of the most famous modern judges in an assise case in which the Rtw. Mr. Edwards was a witness. Bis lordship then expressed astonishment at tbe eziraosdinaiy ability with which Mr. Edwards gave evidence, and intimated that he possessed capacities which qualified bim for the best judicial work. Mr. Edwards was ex.ch..hm.I\ 0! the Newport School Board, a popular preacher, and a prominent educationist.

 SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. DAVID f JONBS, OF D1NA& We regret to anaounoe the death of Mr. David J a, of GralU Farm, Dinas, a old and ,pected inhabitant Of the Rliondda Valley. The d..e. kenk(o oho had fir ye"4 ?nis ?i";ai ? p<tt 10 tb* public ttC )M of the ..nl" ..M .addul, at We mMeoe< at about Ave tvclook on N oly "oDiD" Be had bean aowtU ttntt Saturday.

I FUNERAL OF MRS. ROBERT WILT. SHIRE, OF CARDIFF. The funeral of Mrs. Robert Wiltshire, wife of Mr. Robert Wiltshire, of the Cambrian Hotel, Cardiff, took place on Tuesday, when the mortal remains nfthtd?CtMed '?'y were lawned tb. New Cemetery. Th oll* P, t I' which $I* wM held bv :;n:,u;a::ie'aQ,h I"tlw;a Itl. cent wreaths which were sent and which com- phtt? e.v,.I%" the ceftn, as weU as in the eïBttecÎancé the fler Among the" who not floral tributse were:- Mr. and Mre. A. Heitaman, the Muses Bailsman, Mr. and Mrs. 8. 1. Brain, Mr. A. N. Colqghoun, Mr. Kvaus (accountant), Mr. and 1In. Martin, Canton; Mr. and Mrs. JaID" Prlee, Tudor Hotel; Mr. J, H. Boals Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J. Moon, Mr. and Mrs. MnnkUy, Mr.J. Reed, Pen.rth; Mr.andMcs.Hettich, Messr-. yiepl.ens aud Sori,Me>'r. Elliott and Co,,Mr. John HtH, FitabamonHiinbenkinent; Mr. <ndMr<. f)-?. prUxe-t?et; Mr. G-orge Latty, C'rdia: Mr. ..d Mrs. B'xt("MM. WitcheH Hotel, Cudoxton; Mr. <nd Mn. Haris, C*"ton; Mr. B. artfBMx. Canton; Mr. W. Morgan, Canton.; Mr. and Mrl. J. Davie*, liceosed victualler, Pontypridd; Mr. and Mrs. Carter, Towyn, Merionethshire; Mr. and uts. Young, Peratth ■ Mt. and Mrs. Row lands, Michaelslene-le-Vedw; Mr. and Mrs. Spear, Grange; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, Bute-street; Mr. and Mrs. Carter, fish merchant, St. Mary-street; are.C. Wiltshire, Ponteanoa; Mr. and Un. P. Wilt'shirfl, Tudor-road; Mr. D. Davies, Cowbridge- road; Mrs. Kennedy and family, Bute-terrace; Mr. and Mrs. E. Hopkins, Bute-street; Mr. and far.. Wiltshire, lu,i.; Mr. and Mrs. Harrington, St. Mary-street, and Mr. Fred. Wiltshire, Aberdare. Following the hearse came the chief mourners in the order named:—First, carriage: Mr. RobeiXand Mi's Wiltshire, Mr. Robert Wiltshire, jun., Miss Keai rice Wiltshire, Master Richard and MissEdie Wiltshire. Sccond careiitge Master Charle. Wiltshire, Misg Edith Wiltshire, Makers George and Harry Wiltshire, and Mn Crabb. and Mrs. Davies (sisters of :tha deceased). Third carri.ge: Mrs. WUshlre, Fontcanoa; Miss Martha Gwynne. Mrs. Wiltshire, sen., Miss Boill. man, and Mrx B.nicb. Yowti? earr" Mr. and Mr? 04,zmi6o. Mr. and Mi<* Hopkin% M!« Wiltshire, j. ad Mr*. Gwynne. FiMt :I.Shi:, )Hr. D?Vd D?t, Mr. W. DtViM. Mr. oud r8. Cdpps, Mr. and Mrs. Martin. S?'h carriage, ?r. and Mr'. Fry and Mr. =:i811: rnald A. J4tI'1 large number of friends Joined in llw mournful proces- sion to the cemetery; so large indeed that to attempt to give the names of the principal among them would-be almo4t impos.lbl.. The funeral arrangements were tacd in the hands of Users. ra:;a :e;a 9. (;k: On:e: satisfactorily carried out.

I UNIVERSITY OOLLEQK OF NORTH WALES, BANUOJL At the recent Intermediate examinations of the University of London the following studente of the college have been successful;— J.T[aTS lW'III.-H_, Those R?do. WUII. Oarnarfoi), list ?I." bon- 1. Ltin; wn!)?!'H.b?e' 6e{he). Attz'eMj'. *"d Qeratdhie g, Bingham, Bangor, -ad ?t?. D?ttiou S. :=n:- L..d.?; m:t: Jenkins, Liverpool; Jobn Jones, Dolwyddelen David Karr% ''Hj?"' 't)?ot. and ?tttr S. fM". Andover. I. Juntos B. aol.:rte. a former .ude"t, passed, p.,4d?it,?Dfvlofon t. 1!" r.. 6<tby. London. M?tt'en (1. i U. H. B*'te*. ? t.. t?nbttt) t B. T. Williams, B.A., Llanrug. Riohard Owen, Llangoed, has successfully passed in all the subjects ( if the first professional exami- nation in medicine of the University of Edin- burgh, vis., ohemistry, practical chemistry, botany, and zoology. He is the first student from the col- lege slnee tlis late appointment of a recognised laoture, in MOlner who has been able to sit for his Mtmhumnn th? taking all the .I"bjeet. during a ye? M<)dme'' at BonlÏor. WMtm 0. Wilfi&mN !It"rqtudera, has p4.wed the same ex?mination I. chemistry. Bernard Thomas, Llandudi.o, and T. LI. pariry, Corwen, former etudems of col- lege, have recently LA"n the decree' of MB. and C,M. at )tM University of Edinburgh. The- 4e$reo wMt taken last yea by Henry mwMdt. Carnarvon—another former 6tudent. Miss Elizabeth J. Koffett-a L rmcr scholar at tlie college, from which she took the degree of B.Mc.of the University of London—has recently pas'md ths Intermediate elimination in medicine i of that university, taking first class liopours in orgs tlie cliemtslrv. Skis occupies the second place in Ib, first dasr, and her sueaass has given great satisfaction to the friends of the medical education of women,

Da. NA JONSK'S LIGHT-BROW* (;OD LJ"M OIL- PA?XAM? AIM TUX nolLtn' WITH WMCU It PiUSABlWnS AVD THC FACILITY WITH WHJCFL 1* g.. JO-.X  ur. ¡¡A8III=,¡¡r: F.ELS.. 811 III   FB.SA. .JmS'.U?t.&mOtd U"- 011 do8 cause tbe uwsea ana'ladjosUon too pftMoonseaaeoton me'!)S!KW ^^nm.lUe's|iaMaS*^Te tlMmwfna ex- mMm.!?t< -'orD..de Bro.Ooc1! 011." l.8ld ODI, I. J.u¡ If .t.a.. II. 8cI'i ?SS-SSE.?S??

WALES DAY BY DAY. Mr. Allen Upward was yesterday received u II ovate at, the Gorss td. Nzt, pie. The Bishop of Llandaff hl\< oflered the ncttt living of BO'lfari, in the county of Denbigh and diocese of St. Asaph, to the Rev. Samuel Frederick Phillip., vicar of Wonastow, Monmouth, by whom it has been accepted. Speaking of Madame Patti', establishing of theatre of her own in the pure interests of art, tbt Londod Eeke says that "at the eiøteddfod tloere may be some pupils whose gifte are worthy of cultivation for the greatest tasks." The unqualified success which atteodsd the recent bhow at Merthyr has teen most gratifying to tlie local committee, and as this result ws, in Very laige measure due to the uuiiring SlIvi"g of the local president, Mr. Thomas Jenkins, of Pant, it has been felt that those services should not be allo-ved to pass without recognition. A mo. ment has, therefore, been set on foot by those who took an uctlve nart in the show with a view to presenting Mr. JenkiHs with addr-ss. Secretary A. J. Davies has arranged a strong fixture list for the Cardiff Harlequins' Football Club for the ensuing season. the matches inclad, Swansea, Llanelly, Neath, Penartli, Psoygraig, Pontypridd, Pontypridd Maritime, Armley (Leeds) Pontefract (Yorkshire cupholdeie). Dewsburv, and an Easter tour to Devon to play Torquay and Devonport Albion at Plymouth. With their new ground and anything like I he entloullutio tel. they had last season the 'Quit s slmuld eo ahead Sir Arthur Blooiufield, architect, Church Houii, London, is expected to visit Swansea this week for the purpose of making an inspection of St, Net" Parish Church, with a view to furnishing a report to the vicar (tbe Rev. Canon Smith) and tlie Cbuah authorities as to the practicability of reel.tior na fabric, or tbe erection of a new catliedr ilchuMfe fin the present site. Tbe result of the eminent architect's visit will bo awaited with much interest by a large number, other than Church people, "ho have the progress and welfare of Swansea deeply at heart. At last the unsightly boarding has been removed from the railing which aurrounds the churchyard of St. John the Baptist, Cardiff, It will be a pleasant surprise to many to find that the gnrs. stones have all been laid in the exact spot wind) they previously occupied, and tbat this historic God's acre has been levelled and turfed. The old yew tree, from its improved surroundings, apptani to have taken fresh heart, and the few shrub, which have been planted here and there art, ouf. clent to show bow much more could be done by the landscape gardener if only the money wen forthcoming. The Gloucester Football Club were so anxious to keep their ground in conditbo last seasoo that they sailed it and killed the pasture. For tlik they were expelled, and we believe they have had some difficulty In securing another ground. We observe a company called ttie Gloucester Football and Athletic Ground Company (Limited) hu sag been formed, with a capital of 94,000, to carry into effect certain agreements for the acquisition of a suitable ground for football and athletic meetings This is not exactly a Welsh note, but eerwl South Wales clubs are interested .in the doings of the Gloucester football team. Tlie Swansea Town Council have fallen foul of the auditors elected by the burgesses, considering that those gentlemen have been piling an their charge,. Ths autWora b,?va refused to abend tW committee to aDlw1\ 'he matter, &Ayinvt-"Wo deaire to offer noinsult tottis finance cetnmittst in not acceding to their requaet, but, hating regard to our appointment, we do not under" why we should be placed in the undignified post* tion of being called before anyone of their melt- ings to anawer questions about an account which is correct, fair, and reasonable." Whatever trivialities (says the Stanitri in ta appreciative leading article yesterday) bang on the outskirts of the Eisteddfod, it iolo itself a celebra- tion which doee great honour to the Principality, and fosters gifts and acoompllshments thst gits It ic unique a place in the life of these iilsodi, There can be no doubt," the same paper gees oa to s>y," abeut the preeminent gifts of ths people of the Principality in the way of vocal harmonies. We do not compere them with the blim country folk; because the barbarity of or pow lotion in this respect is exceptional. But we doubt whether, In any country under Use ins, there Is a greater love for music then is Wales, a closer dovotion to the art, or higher exeelleootia the practice. If oo this side of the Msrckes tin capacity for singing is becoming more frequa; it is to the old British population, that woll refuge with their miseries and their legends in the bills, that we owe the exempts and the nucleus." A good many fellows who had jouraeysd to Penarth to tlis show stayed the next day (iayo writer in the Csnins WerM), and that was gi," over to enjoyment in that lovely resort. Titers was a nice little dinner party over at Wain's Hotel, one of the beat hostelries in Wales, Then the grounds are charming, and, its you look out over the Roads and watch the great shipping trade, the barking of the Ohio dogs puts one In mind of sa incident that occurred some years IL944 for a bitch, who WM destined to make a rr4 oMKOt the BMW beDah, *wtm "t)MM hM I refer to the white and black Newfoundland, Welsh Nell." who did a lot of winning a few years back. No one knows off whst vessel shs came, but she certainly swam ashore at pftar, b. She at that time was no puppy, so svidsotly she never was meant for the ses," and objected to the rope's end and classical language of tile fo'cas'le. Anyhow, she afterwards became his property of ganial Mr. Alfred Stevens, if tardift and, as for her wins, are they not wiitten in tin K. C. a. B. p This is from last night's Star:—"Tbe lid of presidents of the Swansea Eisteddfod is certaial1 cntbolle enough, ranging from a Prince to aI&WE M.P. (or vice virtd). Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, whO has fought three elections for the Tories un. successfully since '85, and got a bereneMJ thereby, and the Archdeacon of Llandsfl will preside. On Wednesday the same post will is taken by Lord Windsor (the lord-lieutenant of the county) and Sir John Jenkins, wlo. in of his works and popularity, failed to esrry cr. marthen as a Liberal Unionist lo '86. Msboo/ the Labour MP, will act the sams day as conductor. On Thursday Sir H. Viviss, MT. for Swansea District, who entertained Mr. Oliif Atone on the occasion of hit ).at visit to Soulll Wales, and Mr. P. Randell, M.P. for Gower.the champion of London laundresses and Welsh tin- plate operatives, take the chair. On Priilsy morning Wales will honour Royalty inihechstf as represented by Prince Henry of Battenberg (H. M. Stanley was to have been there, but he is too ill to come), and in the afternoon the lad gathering will be held under the susptasofe poet-Mr. Lewis Morris." Mr. David Lewis, who is a modest man, moo have blushed when he reall the following in the Eneninif Newt und Posf.Vo more populig public appointment could possibly have been w J than that of Mr.. Datil. Lewis, B.A., Cant»b. tlie Inner Temple and South Wtles Circuit, as 614 recorder of Swansea. Tlie fact that Mr. Lewis isa supporter of or.) Salisbury was by no means uis ..?e cause of bis being ?lecM. A m*" of m--? parts, he hM rendered con)id?).!e public to his native district. He speaks W?hn.).? centlv, and, indeed, is a member ol Bon(W<b)e Society of Cy?mrodorion-M  tion which was formed for the purpose f k,eP In, the Welsh t"nKue alive. Mr. Lewis,  II about fM.y 7sers of age, is tall, .Iightly bwll. and wearl a tm?tmou.tMi.e. Most or hi. time i. spent at Swansea, hut when In IA"do he frequents the Record Office a Ifood deal for tbI purpose of gm'ifving his antiquarM tasttf. Is also a wslLknown archssologiit, an is member of t)M Cambrian treh.totof!?' is?Wv tion. He has more U,an onee been rfQ.Gw to put ep for Foment, but, his time'? so much taken up, he bM been an?b to 006 to the request. Hi. 'ProB'e" t''?"? W.1d during the SevenKe.)? f?"ry d '? the Charters of Neath Abbey' ars very c literary productions." -J

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