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I SUMMARY OF NEWS. Newa emaed the Foreign Office on Monday, from the Wert Coast of Africa that an unarmed party which left t?e British Consulate at Benin to tmvel inland wne surprised on the fty.utier by the chief of Benin city, and ired upon, turrounded, and captured. It i8 reported at Bonny thai the whole expedition hu been m. A mem-oer of the Foireigo Affairs Committee of the United Statea House of Representatives, who has recently returned from Cuba, declares that everything he taw and heard in the ialand taught him that Spain was unable to cope with the iiMurrection, and that the would never put it down. This, he aaye, is .110 the opinion of Mr. Lee, the Conaul-General, who ask?d him to tell Mr, Olney that hit (Mr. L<e<) judg. ment, long since expromed, that the insurrection would auccwd, reoeivei daily confirmation. The Sultan 11418 conferred the Grand Cordon of the Medjidieh Order upon Mgr. Orrataiih, the Armenian Patriarch. The general arbitration treaty between Eng. land and the United States was signed on Mon- dw by Sir JuIiMt Pauncefoie, British Ambas- .ador, and Mr. OIn6Yt United States Secretary of State. The New York correspondent of the "Tim* eays the treaty with Veneauela is not likely to be completed, for another fortnight. Two suspicious caew of choleraio illness were on Monday reported to have developed on board the troopship Nubia at Plymouth since the previous day. The troops are to be landed thii I'lHteaday) morning and plaocd in quarantine. The "Daily Telegraph" "YJ that within the oourafe of the next fortnight the official announcement will be made of a proposed addi- tion to t e Standing Army, the cause of the proposed mcrease being found in the neosesrty of gianrlsoning aatst stations abroad more efieo- tively. The Law Courts re-opened on Monday morn- ing. The Glasgow correspondent of the Press Association says it is expected that smsstio^gl developments will follow upon the arraignment of the prisoner Bell, alias Ivory. A nveoiitig of the Cardiff County Counol wis Md on Monday. The mayor (CounoilWr KbonMer BotVM) WM elected an gadennap,#n the place of the kAo AJdofmM ThomM Mf. A letter WM read from Alderman Fulton resigning hill seat in the council, and the walg- nation Was eocepted. The report of the town- hall committee reomnmendin* the appointment of a sub-committee to wgotiate with Lord Bute wiith. view of obtaining flie Cathays Park for municipU and other public purpose# wu o 2. A ?ttw WM read from the mader. ?efiS <?m? .tteM,ion to the jwy *nJr#" 1, rid a4 ()st- quate" assise accommodation provided a& usr- S? and e?MM? he f= ? uÐ. Mt?. pi.Ir it done the -¡.. will be removed to Swan, sea, Md w lost to the town. A c<?Mn?t<e WM appointed bo deal "with the matter. The reso- lutlaq pasted by the special oemmittee re t. weiring of the Tail, i?n wiNiA the committee authorised the expenditure of a smin not exceed- W 9200 in .nkialq or harm, tidal ??t*. ."1 oonftm&d. The Pemrth olodh4d tramway pre- Is came &*n before (be council, wtcohr =er, decided to ttdhe? to its Morminst- tion not to M'ont to tbe s(,hmo. The con. oidmtion of the minutes of the tsmwaym com- mittee was d<'f''rr?? to a *peom mcftmg of the council to be called for next Tuesday. The money mwket on Monday became wry easy. Three months' paper was 3 to 3.. lhs Stock Markets were inactive, but the tendency on the whole was not bai

I EDITORIAL COMMENTS. I The Under-sheriff of Glamorgan's letter 10 the Cardit County Counoil yesterday reveals a state of things which is by no means creditable to the town. For a town of tiit commercial importance and wealth of Cardiff to be told point-blank that, wilen something is dene to remedy "tlie very inadequate accom- modation" provided at present for her Majesty's judges and officers of the odurt, thp assiset will be taken elsewhere, is a sevtre rebuke to the council's want of self-wapect and dignity. Some time ago it was Swauseals tern to be blamed for a similar dereMctton of duty, but at present the accommodation pro- vided by the sister town ia far better than that of Cardiff. The council, if they mean to retain the msium in Cardiff, cannot afford tef lose a day in attending to the matter, fhe mayor, in ttating that it was "a very aettopa one," seemi to realise the poaition, and it Is tA be hoped that the property committee wpl have the good rente to take a eimilar view qf' things,

M. Zola it a mao of wisdom and judgment Asked whow he had say intention to tray human otatam AI knowp m this <Uw of ths CShuumI, the prophet of bavety 09 "t MtUy think that I can do nothing with England, any more than I can with America. It would take yfiare to study these oountriea, and I am no longer young." This is common HI1e. and comea as a we'll- deserved comra on thoM wouM-be Hctionitta who tpe?d ?w weeks' holiday &* some Welsh watering place, and, on their retorn,j helieve they have <een and learnt everything that i. knowable about Wales, im people, ite ■religion, its language, its history, its customs, and its manners, and forthwith place their crudities in the form of a novel before the Welsh people. During recent years we have had so.,Veral such volumes, which are nothing ^bitter than caricatures of the country. Thty are M destitute of everything Welsh as a lump of coal it of blood. Even when a few Welsh place-names appear in their works they are distorted out of all recognition.

Mr. W. H. Cumniings lias once again dwelt on the "ethics" of his profession, this timo to a London audience in distributing the Fellowship diplomas to the successful oandidate8 examined by the Royal College of Organists. The college has done much to raise the character of education in the profes- sion, and bring it to a level with that obtaining in other lines. As at Cardiff, Mr. Ciiminings laid due stress on the necessity of musicians making a general cultivation of their mentil powers. "A man," said he, "may saturate himself with music, and still be a, lop sided professor. As the body needs a varied diet, so does the mind, and if you con- fine yourselves to beefsteaks, which, musically, may be likened to a course of Sebastian Bach, you will before the end of the yew find your- selves compeUed to consult the very best pLyetctaa obtainable." But the question is, to what extent is a "liberal" education a necessity to the average mUBicÍ&n In the case of poets, scholarship it by no means a sine qua non. There are no proofs that Shakspeare took much learning away from Stratford-on-Avon Gra.mmai School. As to Burns, all know that he owed little tc peda- gogues. But both Burns and Shakspeare had genius, which makes all the difference. The average poet cannot afford to neglect his edu- cation, nor can the average musician, hence the need of his paying heed to the advice of one who is both & man of culture and learn- ing and an ornament of the inusical profes- sion.

The dishonesty of Swansea juveniles, to which we have already alluded, appears to continue. On the next day after the sessions four lads were charged with offences against property there, but were dealt with by the bench without committal to the sessions. l'ho I two brought before the bench yesterday were sentenced to ghort terms of imprisonment. We consider this a much better way of dealing with the cases, whenever possible, than send- ing them to gaol for some weeks to await trial, a course strongly objected to by the worthy recorder. In our former remarks- whlvh wero by no means intended to cut blame on Mr. Jiowen Rowlands for his con- ception of his -duty-we possibly did not specifically state that two or three of the defendants had already suffered detention for tome weAcs before trial. Indeed, where one dsy's imprisonment waa given, the prisoners had aheady been in gaol six weeks. Of course, in such cases as these no one could for a moment find fault with a sentence which entailed their immediate liberation. The real point we wished to emphasise in connection with the matter was the necessity of intro- ducing new systems of punishment for juve- niles and the establishment of benevolent institutions for the prevention of crime. Corporal punishment should, we fancy, be extended to these cries. Between the bircb- rod and the "cat" there should, we fancy, be & happy (or unhappy) medium, but it dom not now exist. And the fact of themi con- tinual depredations, too, must inevitably also lead one to the conclusion that Swansea- boys are not looked after II they should be by philanthropists, and this, we think, should be remedied, if possible, without delay.

THE ARMY. Few, it is to be hoped, will complain of ths Government's proposal to increase our standing Army. Of late years the Navy, the importance of which, "u our first line of defenoo of course cannot easily be over- estimated, haa reoeived a great deal of attention from the authorities, and it is quite possible that the claims of our "second line" may have been overlooked. During recent years the necessity of garrisoning more efficiently our naval stations abroad has gieatly increased, and tho matter will not admit of longer delay. It has not transpired 115 yet what addition in the number of mon it is proposed to make, but it is stated that it in likely to be from 10,000 to 16,000. Our forces abroad, excluding India, at present amount to 38,400 men, and cost at the rate of £84 15., per man on full pay. Putting the number now proposed to be added for foreign service at 14,000, a sum considerably over a million will have to b<! provided in the rest Budget. The total amount of last year's estimate was 218,056,000, "a sum larger," Mr. Brodrick stated in proposing the vote, "than that voted for the finest Navy in the world, and nearly approaching the upndi. ture of foreign Powers who maintained three or four times the number of troops." Mr. Brodrick, hori-eier, did not forget to en phasiae the fact that our position is wholly different, and that our forcea are differently organise-l for homo and Colonial defence. There is no question that our Army, both at home and in the Colonies, requires ttrengthening. Looked at in the light ot the forces at the command of other countries, the point of Sir Charles Dilke's unpleasant state- ment list year must be apparent to &11, that we hsve no Army which can sucoessfully resist invasion, supposing that our fleet failed. The total number of all branches, including the Regular forces on the Indian establishment, is 715,683, of whom 665,164 are clawed n "effective." These figures necewarily include our Volunteers, who number 263,628. These, of course, would be able to give a good account of themselves in time of need. But the above figures, possibly, give a too favour. able impression of the strength of our Army. The number of Regular forces it home and in the Colonies is about 147,000, and we have, besides, an Army Reserve of 80,000, with a MDitit of 140,000. Compared with Conti- nental Armies, ours makes a eomewhtt ineig' nincMt show. The Au<tro-Hungarian Army? for instance, is stated to be one of the most efficient in Europe, a fact which was widely recognised during the grand manoeuvres of 1895. The total strength ill 1,315,370 men, though in time of peace it io reckoned at 23,445 officers and 330,807 men. France has a full affective of about 530,000 for the active Army, and an enormous reserve force, amount- ing to more than four millions and a quarter. By the law of 1893 the peace strength of the German Army is fired at 479,229, exclusive of officers, but it is difficult to estimate the number of tMCrvet. In mowt respects the German Army is a model of military perfee- tion, and has formed the basis on which the military establishments of the other, Powwg of Europe have been re-organised of lefa yea". The peace atnM|th of the Russian Army is esti- mated at 800,000 man, bat the war strength of 40 oooatry is practically inexhaustible. n..1pr. with re?<t to a few of ths Gr"t Pit?Mt?BMpM to' had te?tMM. A$ t? r same time, it should be remembered that the huge establishments of the ooqattiesi we have just enumerated are & great drain upon their financial resources. However, a glance at the figures we have just given may prove useful just now as an antidote against any epirit of grumbling which the announcement of a slight increase in our own Anny may call I forth. Expensive as the British Army fat its existence is an evfl which we cannot do with- j out, and a sense of self-intwwt alone should in?piM u< with a desire to maintain it in as' much efficiency as possible. Fortunately, our!, national state of preparedness for war has greatly improved of late years, owing to the continuity of policy which has been observed whatever party was in power.

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SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY, OFFICES. DR. GRIFFITHS, OF SWANSEA, OPPOSES SWANSEA'S CLAIMS. To the Editor of the "Western Mail." eir,-I iiave noticed in the numerous letters winch have recently appeared in the local pnpere on the subject of the triple scheme that paramount importance is given to tho nects- sity of making every effort to secuto Swansea as the eoat of the Welsh Univenity. Judging from the tenour of some of the oorroeipondence, it would appear that possession of the univer- sity offices would be panam for our apathy and lethargy, which are now attributed by 10me wise persons to the atmosphere and climate of tho place; and that it would for ever secure Swansea as the (npital of Wales— in short, that it would convert Swansea at oncc, as if by the stroke of a magic wand, into the Welsh cositre of commerce, wealth, fashion, and education, "a consummation devoutly to be wished," Having thought a little on the sub- jet.,t-the possibility and advisability of having the university buildings in Swanset-I have come to the conclusion that the idea must have originated in a dream, and a dream which has no practical side to support it. Let us ask ourselvee the following question*: — 1. What claim has Swansea to the university buildings! None. As far as I know, no one in Swansea, moved a fingor to obtain the charter of the imiversitjr. Wo havo not even a college here. To have the 01. iverity office* planted in the town without a college would. indeed, be a caste without a preoodenfc. Car- diff, on the other hand, which haa a oollegc, has a great claim, inmmuch lIS it in already tho groitcst centra of commerce, education, and wealth in the Principality; and after the effort made by Cardiff to obtain the charter it is only fair that it hould be the future homo of the Welsh University. 2. What is our duty with regard to the future home of the Welsh University! Our duty is t.) be honest, honourable, and patriotic, And that is to endeavour to place the university buildings in the most convenient situation, and the most convenient and suitable for the col- leges. and the most convenient md suitable for the Wolsh students. Ccftinly. we must not be 1>0 selfWi as to advocate Swansea's clsinn to tho detrimmt of our new national institution. 3. How would Swansea benefit by the pos- Ø(Iioo of the university buiWings. By P" t. of course. PrMti?. indeed! \\bt r-oniwnee and delusion Where are the post hiriory and refutation to establitli pr«t;g«! University offices, pure end imple, without a ftlloge, without pro(morq,, staff of toachsrs, and without hundreds of <tuden<< in the nei?- boUlhood, have no hope even for a futuM pfM<tI?e. But one thing is certain, the ofHc? wc'?d be n?np.iat Mft? to tho town to the anount of B700 or £ 800 o yeM. It wou)<: tM f,r \vi«er if the corporation would spen I £ 35,000 on df^nt hotel, whith io Md)y minted here. This, undoubtcdty. would ba ?. Found invf?tment. It wouM iMM?IVl the character of the town and enable travellers to visit the neighbouihood. It is now a noto- rious fact that strangtw make a point of never stepping a night at Swansea if it can Twgmiblv he avoided. Supposing we hnd the university offices here, tho membem of the senate or governing body would only visit the premises some thro? or four times a year, arriving by one of the morning train* and leaving early in the afternoon. We should see nothing of them. I The subjsct only requires n pacing thought to I be set on one side as fatuous.—I am, &e.. eet OR cw f e ae a T. D. GRIFFITHS. Dritilyn. Swansea, Jan. 11. N.B.-Tliere is an old story, told bv Yxcm or s< me other ancient writer, of a jackdaw who bodeoked hinwelf with peacock's foothm in tlie hp. of improving hill social position ant* of c-litaininit the praise And admiration of I)iq neigh- bours. Instead of what he expected, the jack- daw met only with scorn and ridicule; he was set upon by the other bird.. and so pecked that h" loet his owa m well as his borr.iwed plumes. Might not we draw a moral from ibin old-worl 1 fable T May not the people of Swansea he holding; themselves up to ridicule and conlemrt bv endeavouring to make their purely comm»r- oial township masquerade as a university city ?

DEATH OF A DEPUTY-CORONER. I Dr. Donald Aï;ï; Frsssr, deputy I oomuer, died at ,rA ?= F' "?p ty ooroner, died at Totnes on Monday morning.

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LONDON LETTER.  j? fVAOK OO* LONDON oojLsxapoNJOIZNTS.1 LONDON, Monday. Preparing the Queen's Speech\ A meeting of the Privy Council L-as been summoned for the 15th inst. That is Fridai, this week. This will be the 11 Iipeecit Council," at which the Queen will jwallj revise and sign the Speech from the Tjhrone which is to be dcliveied at the opeujfn;j of Parliament next Tuesday, the 19th. The meeting of the Cabinet to settle the final. draft of the Speech to be submitted to her Majealy will be on Wednesday or ThurtUay. The Diamond Jubilee. I Millionaires and other well-to-do people aro apparently going to devote their "Diamond J uoileo" tMukolferiugs to the fund of tin Nurses' Institution, founded in Jubilee Year, 1837. Towards the special fund now being raised Mr. Henry Tate, the generous donor to the art trtmures of London, has contri- buted £ 5,000, and, amonf others, I hear to- night that the Duke oi Westminster and Lord Rothschild have each promised LI,000, and the Duke of Bedford and Mr. A. H. Brown, M.P., have each promised £500. Cleveland and Forfarshire. What will he the result o; the Cleveland polling to-morrow -o is impossible for the wit; 01 iiau to forecast. A well-informed opinion giv«? ths idea that the sporting rel)reenta- t. ve of the great Pease family will hII returned. It;s observed with amusement that, Kir Joseph Pease is largely counting on his son is faii-e as a breeder of Cleveland "bays." He might have gone a bit further, and urged that Mr. Alfred Pease ill worthy to be elected as an authority on badger-hulltin, vide his roeent larg?ly-adverti(-ed article ou that interesting subject. The issue in Cleve- land is doubtful, not because of the sporting proclivities of the Peates, but because of the proverbial uncertainty of that dubious class of mn, the Cleveland miners. As a whole, in this election they have displayed: more kindness towards the Conservative party than they have ever done before, but so large a number have refused to give expression to their intentions that it is impossible to obtain a basis for calculation. By way or guess, however, we may suggest it will be a close finish, with the slightest odla in favour of the Conservatives. In Forfarshire the Radicals arc hoping to win on the Cattle Act of last scsaion. prohibiting the importation of Canadian oattle, but there must also be taken into account the ploughmen of Forfarshire, who are a considerable party, and wliose intoreets are opposed to the importation of cattle from Canada. Therefore, predictions of I a Radical victory in this constituency must also be received with rmrve. I An Old Story About the Premier. I It is a very old story that the London "Telegraph" has raised to-day about Lord Salisbury being refused admission to the: Casino at Monte Carlo. It is both an old story and inaccurately told. The teal fact, about which Lord Salisbury and his friends have had many a hearty laugh, is that on an occasion about three years ago-oertainly when he was in the cool shades of Opposition— Lord Salisbury presented himself at the Casino, and was refused admission, not because of his attire, but because lie went without a ticket. It in, probably, the only establishment of repute in Europe into which Lord Salisbury's face would not be a pass- port for admission. The story about his having been refused on account of his attire not coming up to the requirements of the Monte Carlo tailor is evidently founded on the well-known fact that our beloved chief ia rather neglectful of the art of fashion. He wears his clothes &8 they suit him; but it is always the man that attracts the people. That great leonine head, the embodiment of vigorous sagacity and deep thought, is what people look at. His coat is merely a coat. So, also, with Miss Ellen Terry, who was alleged to have been refused admission for a similar I sartorial reason. London Flats Coming of Age. London flats celebrate their majority to- day. It it t;w enty-one yesrs ago to-day since what the people of the period called "Hankey's Folly" was completed, and twenty-one years to-morrow sinoe the first tenants went in. Hankey was the well-known M,P. He was a shrewd business man of the City of London. People who laughed at the huge, grim struc- ture, twelve stories high, which he upreared on the borders of- St. James's Park did not know the man they were dealing with. In the time that has elapsed Queen Anne'. Mansions has become a feature of London life. to which homage has been paid by numerous and gigantic imitators. Queen Anne'* Man- sions of to-day is a fashionable resort. It is lieloved of Parliamentarians for its convenient access to the House and the comfortable accommodation it affords. So many M.P.'s reside there that if Westminster failed to find a member Queen Anne's Mansions would cer- tainly be his address. The building, too, boo its associations. On the grounds which face St. Jamen's Park there was till recently the very tree under whioh Milton composed his "Paradise Lost." From the roof promenstdoi we can see Rceom Grand Stand with the naked eve, and with a VIA" it is possible to see the Derby run. This given a clcar day. The Electric Omnibus. Recent experiments with omnibusee pro- pelled by electricity have been eminently suc- cessful. Many ol the difficulties which caused the 'busses to break down in mid- thoroughfare have been overcome by the Radclilfe, Ward, and Sola systems, and, in consequence, it is contemplated to start a usrvice between Hammersmith and Broad- street. At the last trial the 'bus answered the movements of the driver perfectly in crowded Oxford-street, and threaded its way amongst other vehicles whileft going at the rate of five miles per hour, and its powerful brakes enabled it to be pulled up dead within a yard or two. The pneumatic cushions diminished vibration to a minimum, and those privileged to make the trial trip were delighted with the smoothness of the movement. It is not intended to increase the fares when the 'busses are placed on the road, but the pro- position is being considered to place first- class 'busses on the road, as well as to charge a bightr fare for inside passengers in winter ind outside in summer. What the Companies Will Say. T)n secretary of the General Omnibus Com- pany computes that when the new order 0;, tilings come* into full operation a saving of 2id. per mile as compared with horse trac- tion will be effected. The cost of horse- traction is 5'32d., that of the electric 'bt; 2'44d. per mile. The compMiies at prcMrt pay £ 24,000 to drivers Md coaductort and ?bO,0(M to horse-keepers; another £ 10,000 is spent on the mere washing of the vehicles, and £3,400 is set down for lighting. In addition, 40,000 tons of corn and beans are consumed by the horses. Some of these expenses will be retained when the electric 'bus supersedes horeo-traction, but, although the electrio 'bus, running in the same working hours, win account for a greater number of miles, the gross expenses are estimated at .O.toj,267 pdr annum, after the reduction of neccssary items, compared with £ 237,224 of horse-traction. The company haa in its employ 13,000 horres, whose average life is live years. Drurv Lane Theatre. Mr. Neil Forsyth, the acting manager of I Drury Lane, informs me that the advanced l booking of the "Aladdin" pantomime beata all records. After the first night's perfor- mance every seat in the house was booked up to the 27th of the present month, and this although two shows are beinjj giver daily. The theatre, by the way, has, it is rumoured, been insured by the Duke of Bedford for r-,50,000, at a guinea and a half per cent. The same rate is charged for the insurance of Covent Garden Theatre. Drurv Lane has not a very good fire record. In 1672 it was burned to the ground, and in 1803 it met with a trimilar fate. This was during Sheridan's management, and waa the occasion on which the actor, while seeint his property in biy.ss, sat down in a coffee shop opposite to r bottle of port, gaily remarking to an expostulation from a friend that it was hard that a man could not drink a glass of wine at his own fireside. The improvements which were effected by the late Sir Augustus HarrÏJ have materially decreased the risks from fire, and no difficulty has, I believe, been experienced by the duke in taking out the present policy,

DEATH OF SIR H. J. PRESTON. Tho death is reported at Northrepps, Norfolk, of Sir Henry Jacob Pre*ton, Bart.

I SPICCIAMrE FOR THE 8IU.-Purut, mo*t MMiHtoL *m) mc<t hYfitn? ol tH *o*P*, tht Al.blON ;,lltII"IJrr.'Hti1p' j:l1l1¡;rllhe aZ and beDd,I. luxuQ' 1M the toilet, bti.? ind nurwry, aM ,"Yea Lhe sit. in f?ure rttrf<ed. *b<I beaUh.. I Uoo. Creri?,v latber. HCH,'ate perfume. Ail S?t?tt. *? IXVUM &bet)tUt- BM .me «?; Igure-bad of "ALBIOK" ca wrapper. LUTSS—3 .1

I THE TWO I. GLAMOI-, I To the Edi'or of tlic- j Sir,—Mr. E. CainUiiJ I kc., The Rook, Bwlch, loiter touching "10]0' < "lolo Vanld Glas, Cow contemporary, "lolo M Cor biidge. This is a mi scholars living at a dist- l,litir village" of Glamorg Qlas" was much the youngi Mcrgauwg" died in the j, native daie," as lie calls the 18, 1826, aged eighty-ono. "under the bells," inside t church of Fleminglon, nw the literary pilgrim sets golden weathercock on ford-on-Avon lofty chu the spire of the churc. monument to the me' whoso a",hes it entomb- tiie \Yrelsluii<-n of lett church of "Flimston" "1010 }101'glll1 wg.' Oid "lolo" smiled, 1 And visions saw ill Xituuia's wand, wit Revealed the pact, "lolo Vardd Glas" su to tue littles, :tnd lie northern cornel- ot the h,idgend. Lika "loio riounsliod in an age ir native oouuuy tooally hant gniu, and the st Wales. In his aged da enined an honest liveki the Cowbriiige toll-bar t,cket of toll receipt it tho'ighc himself everylx nobody, and is forgottt leaves of last autumn, i fanJlhe8" of their day, caith, euthy," had iinel did .iot know it But ic twe "Iolos" wrote in the i the gentry understood cicrgy called "crefydd (tel. one who scratches. "lolo Vardd Glas" pub' to the dictionary referred t a volume of Welsh poetry. is in my library. Doubtle; time when "1010" of the Lodge was lcarnedly engaged etymology of .wmh for Jim delightedly wooing the A w en h out to the cry of "Gate Th. of Sir Walter Scott's descriptioi Shakspeare in the ante-room of chamber of Queen Elizabeth bow the plumed Earl of Leicester. Scott states, the immortal doing i the mortal. The two immortal "!d10s" did homage to mortals in the town of Co The fact is, tlle two "IoJuø" lived of souls while yet on enrth. The nam, signifies one who praises. "Ioli" i Webh for praijng, in a reJ!gjou8 sense, modern form of the word is "Moli." name "lolo Vardd Glas" signifies the robed b&rd who praises. The bards blue roben as symWs of the sky. "Alaw Goch, one of the noblest oi many self-made men of Wales, was a relative of "Iolo the Blue Bard." "AI Goch" waa himself rkh:y gifted bv the Awe It appears, however, the gift was withdraw when he died. Let us hope the lioavenl3 dawn is not dead, but sleeping.—I am. Ac., MORIEN.

RADICAL CLEHGY AND MR. ELLIS. HUMOUR OF THEIR LETTER TO THE LIBERAL WHIP. WARNING TO THE DISESTABLLSHERS. The London correspondent of the "York- "hire Post" writes:-The appeal of the Radical clergy to the Radical Whip is regarded with much interest. In regard to some of those whose names are appended to it, or who are understood to subscribe to its terms, it would be absurd to disguise the faot that hitherto their Radical principles seem to have had precedence of their regard for the Church. Now they are understood to place their fidelity to the Church not in advance so much as alongside of their regard for the Church. There is ieabou to believe that this point ia not fully understood; but it is of tph. highest importance. Hitherto many RadioaJ leaders have been accustomed to regard & certain number of more or less eminent Churchmen as willing to regard both disestablishment and disendowment as pos- sibly fair entries in a Radical programme. Now they must learn that another view is steadily gaining ground-a view which regards a National Church, established and endowed, as in no wav inconsistent with a Sincere attachment to the Radical creed, and even "Something which the Radical party, as a whole, may come to view with com- I&-cont eyes. In other words, it is broadly hintcl that & RadicaJ party need not of necessity make disestablishment an article in its creed. That Mr. T. E. Eliis, M.P., should be made the recipient of this declara- tion adds a spice of humour to the situation, and also oonveys a warning to the unwise persons who wish again to hang the dead weight of a Welsh Disestablishment Bill round1 the neck of the Opposition. To tho Liberation Society this letter must be a bitter pill, The strength of the warning ia derived mainlv from the facts of Church life. In the last ten years th3 Church has enor- mously increased her hold upon the people, and is incomparably the most active lead?r and agent in social and philanthropic enter. prise for the people. Ther" is one more point which is understood to be fundamental. The Radical Churchmen do not wish to follow as loader either a philosophic agnostic or anr other person whose politics are based on purely secular principles. On this point it is understood that they are assured of strong Nonconformist support.

QUEEN S RECORD REIGN. PRINCE OF WALES AND THE CELEBRATION. We are authorised to state that, "in conse- quence of the numerous applications whith have been .received by the Prince of Wales foi guidance as to the selection of the most fitting schema bv which the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen'* accession might be celebrated, hie Royal Highness desire,3 to intimate that her Majesty still adheres to tlie decision, alrer.dy announced, to refrain from expressing an opinion upon any proposals for doing honour to herself. His Royal Highness ie, however, confident that the Queen will readily appreciate any undertaking to celebrate this event which may be the outcome of the wish of the peoplu, whether generally or locally oxpre-scd. He feels assured that, on considering the various suggestions, duo support will be given to workj of mercy anions the sick and suffering, aiul anything which may tend to brijhten the lives and ameliorate the condition of her Majesty's poorer subjects."

INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISTS MR. WILLOX'S GIFT TO THE PENSION FUND. On Saturday, at the January council met. ing of the Institute of Joiunalistn, Mr. J. M. Mcolean, M.P., president, in the ihair, be gift of the ex-pr»?*ider,t, Mr. J. A. Wiilox. M.P., of £5,000, to serve as ttie nucleus of a b?npvclent 01 pcnRion fund, wae f();mlly "")te,], wit!! r'ni?.??,?d expressions of thank*. Jr. Willo.v and the president and treasurer for the time bcir.j» of the institute were appointc-d trustees of the fund. A committee of eight membra, with Alr. S. J. Either lid chairman, was directed to ascertain tLo opini(ms of the various Ii?triet.4 u to the bek method of ineretsin,? ,hi, fund and of utilising it in the dirertion suftge^ited b/ it< founder, and to report to the council, whiea will be held in April at Northampton. The examination ov-1leMe of the institute beioir still inconvpitote WII., further deferred, In the evening several members of the council diriol with members of the London dis*rict, uiulee tho chairmanship of Mr. John Mirtin, the Londo i district chairman. Among those preeciu were the new president, Mr. Maoism,, M.I1.. ;u;d ih* two put presidents, Mr. P. W. Clayden and Sir Hugh Gilzean Reid.

MR. WOLCOTT IN ENGLAND. The Cunard steamc-r Campania arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, among her p'l'è!'il' bang Mr. Woloott, United State* Senator, who ia aRid. to lie on a ipecial mission to Ell row fivin Mr. It-Kinley in connection with ,hI) (.ltrr; ,V question. -Ho declined to bo an d left for Euston bv special train.

THE TRIUMPH OF WALES. I "MORIEN" STRIKES THE HARP OF CAMBRIA. I had done the very best I could To groan among the uuoo' guid; But Saturday's spin on the Newport flats Made all the Corph throw up their hats. Twaa up they went to the welkin's height, And hard it was not to get "tite"; King Offa's D..ke on east of Wye Was avenged by Cambria's noted Try; Our sturdy dame on Cambrian field, With arnw akimbo, dso.ood and zeel'd; I danced it, too, among the nictry throng And hailed the lads with a Gwaliaa song. O'r bach ag'e I" your mother shouts, You did it well in the arduous bouts J1 Tredegar, with the bandaged eye, Then capered forth like you and I I "No, blexo my soul," his lordship said, "This gallant nation is not dead. Though long forlorn she wept a while, With strength renewed, the it eong and smile; Her sons rush forth to the tug of war,' And I Athlete' pens them many a par; When next I see this fluent scribe, I'll 'stand him drink,' whste'er betide I" Sure 1 am he is ot our race; Doubt it not; bok at his pace. He jots your deeds with Gaiiadwen's quill, Is in your midst in the roaring spill; With eagle eye he views the field, And cries, "Bravo I You'll do, indeed I" My heart is roused by many a thrum- I am like one 'wakened by roll of drum j; My sympathy with the small is great, And in my praise I'll not abate; My Cambrian harp is in Peggy's mood, All decked with laurel from the wood; Apollo's bays beoome our boys- And to old Gwalia they brought joys. The strings are struck by spirit-lirds, And strains of joy are your rewards. Lo I my lads, you triumph with your feet, To triumph higher ia more meet; You love your English rival throng, Beat them again in art and ong, A "kick" is only a donkey's art, But mental triumph shames the apple-eart I A friendly word to the Saxon shields: Try not your art in SilnriaV fields. From Wye to Neath the soil's bewitcli'd, For there Caradr.g's tents were pitch'd, There Arthur placed his table round. And there old chivalry last was found. There harps and songs beguiled the court And the joys of many a princely sport. Jan. 12. MORIEN.

DEATH OF A FAMOUS JOURNALIST. A Central New* telegram from Victoria On Sunday night .ay. :-Tbe death it announced of Mr Henry Lawson, editor and colonist. He WM the pioneer of journalism in Canada.