The Welshman

THE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION. Public Meeting at Kidwelly. A public meeting was held at the Town-hall, "Sidwelly, on Thursday, last week, in furtherance of the candidatore "t Mr D Stephens, who will ba opposed by Mr R-ilcoep Stead, the mayor of the borough. The hall was well filled, ladies occupying the front row of seats, whiln on the platform were Mr Stephens, who has been the Kidwelly representative for the past six years, Mr H Smait, Mr Thomas, C.C., (Tanlau), Mr Daviii Griffi bs (.i antiger), Mr D Paton (Llanelly), Rev W C Jenkins, Mr E V Dav Ies. Mr Ebenezer Evans (smith), Mr D Morgan (mill superintendent), Mr W Walters (Ten House-square), Mr David Charles, Mr F E Rees, &c. Mr Stephen Evans Hang" Captain Morgan's March," the chorus of which w*s heartily taken up, and then, The Chairman (Mr Smart) said that once again* they found themselves on the brink of an election contest, but this time it was for th" County Council, the third they bad hud. Six ytjars ago the contest was between Mr E.ans and Mr Stephens, three years ago between Mr Browne ai d Mr Stephens, and now it was between Mr Stead and Mr Stephens (applause). Tbat was exactly an it should be, becanse he did not think these important County Council elections should be got. over without a con est-he rather liked ithem. Well, he hoped this would bn conducted with good feeling on both aides; it was a very great mistake when bad feeling entered into them (hear, hear). He could have differences of opinion with others, but he never quarrelled, however much he might differ from others. To come to the point which closely concerned their candidate, Mr Stephens, who had been tbeir represen- htive for tbe pait six years, he (the Chairman) was disposed to treat can iidate8 as he would treat workmen -so long as they did their duty, and satisfied him, he would not torn them off -(applause) -and he defied any person in Ku1 welly or out o< it to say that during the past 23 years he bad ever done otherwise. He always recognised the fact that a workman who had eerved him well bad some claim upon him for the retention of his services, and he would not think l right to turn him or, and put another man in his place,t when the old employe could dol the work lequally well (hear, hear). He was not goir.g to claIm for Mr Stephens that be was some heaven-horn Kdministrator or beaven- sent representative, and if he did, they would $ot believe him; but be had been a very good, pains- taking! member, and so long as he was that be would retain his (the chairman's) confideoce.| Three years ago, he had occasion to write to the papers on the matter, and what he said then was equally applicable now. He said: "I base my estimate of Mr Stephens, and support his candidature, on the ground of his three years' work, and because I am always against disoharg- mg a servant so long as be fulfils his duties. Mr Stephens we all kn-w, has rendered good service to the constituency on the County Council by his faithful attendance and the ehare he has taken in the work, and it would be strange indifference, or ingratitude, not to re-elect him. I am not a partisan of M r Stephens, least of all have I any animosity against Mr Browne, and there is no reason apart from his merits why I Should support Mr Stephens in preference to any other Liberal. But the electors have seen that he is well qualified as a representative, and he belongs to one of the four or five classes which are beet fitted to carry on county government (applause)." He alluded there to the class of men who he tbought should sit on county councils. He was not going to say a word against Mr Stead, anything more than he said against Mr Browne Ahreo years ago, but he must be allowed to say that be did not think solicitors had shone very much on county .-eooncils and local boards (hear, bear, and applause). They were fairly successful in the Imperial Parliament in legislative, but not in administrative, work. and the same migh' be said of the Carmarthenshire County Council. Who was it that bad done the work P Why men like Mr Tregonning, who was an exceedingly busy man, but was chairman of the Finance Committee —Mr Trubshaw, and others engaged in manufactures, « farmers and tradesmen—they were the best of our local administrators (hear, hear). Touching on the question of extraordinary traffic, he said it was one that closely concerned him, because there was a large claim -from the corporation of Kidwelly hanging over his head, and he alluded to it because Mr Stephens, his co- partner in guilt—(laughter)—was a candidate. Mr Stephens was to have the honour of fighting it out at Llanelly, but as that was denied to him (the chairman) he thought he might as well have an innings at Kidwelly. He never read but one of the scandalous anonymous letters that had appeared in the newspapers, and in that which he read in October last he saw that the Corporation only received Y,25 a year for the slag and stuff from Mynyddygarreg, and were paying X400 a year to have it carried away. There was a lying and shameful statement-a double lie that was-(cbcers)- and the man who wrote it might well hide bis name, and show that be had some seose of shame left (bear, hear). He went on to say that he was glad that at last the C-rporrtion had decided to take out a summons, and he thought it ought to have been done iong before. Mr Stead had expressed himself very confident about the matter, and said they were certain to obtain a con- viction in which Mr Browne thoroughly concurred. He (the chairman) could only say that be begged leave to differ from both of them (laughter). However, it had got to be tried, and be hoped the Corporation woold not lose much more time over it, us it seriously tended to prejudice the positron of the Brickworks Company (applause). He complained of the manner in which the Corporation had dealt with the question, because he believed that in the end it would be found -that there had been no such thing as extraordinary traffic. He then introduced Mr Stephens to give an account of what he had done in the past, and what they might expect of him in future. Mr Stephens, who was most cordially received, said be was extremely pleased to see the hall crammed full of electors, because he thought it necessary to meet them in order that he and other gentlemen might have an opportunity of contradicting the untruths that had been ^circulated by the Llanelly papers (hear, hear). He endorsed the chairman's remarks that he hoped they would conduct the election with the best of feeling, as he should treat his opponent with the respect due to him, and hoped he would do the same towards him. They bad now before them, as candidates for the County Council, two gentlemen-one a Liberal and a Welshman, and the other an Englishman and a solicitor. [A Voice And a Tory "] (laughter). He (the speaker) had endeavoured to serve them faithfully he bad attended ail the meetings of the County Conncil, and he did not believe there was one who had attended tetter then himself. They might say he was blowing his own horn, but he did not think they coold find three who had attended better than himself (bear, hear, and appaiJse.) Bafore going further he might say that, Botwimatanding, during the past twelve months, as the chairman bad remarked, he had been actually persecuted • in Kidwelly. Wh, P He did not know except that in these bad times he had endeavoured to keep the Works going. Then there was the question of EXTRAORDINARY TRAFFIC, which they would see mentioned in the papers week after week-what was the meaning of it? He had sat in the Town Council over eight years, and bad spent many a night endeavouring to carry out the business of the town, but they were blessei with two legal gentlemen on the counoil, and they had caused a leonaiderable splutter (laughter). Until the last two or three years, till the end of 1892, they were in the majority. He, hating spent his Itime in business, did not pretend to be a lawyer, and, lperhaps, it would be as well if those who were lawyers did not pretend to be good men of business. Well, those legal gentlemen were on the committees, and tbey, with the surveyor, who was usually present, were continually saying, we must put more stone on the roads-more men, as there are not enough-that was the general cry. He (the speaker) did not say the surveyor was without fault, and so be divided the blame between those who were pushing him forward and himself. The result was they went on spending the money extravagantly, so that he could have kept the road for a third of the money which they spent (bear, hear). That went on until he said that they woold soon have the ROADS AS HIGH AS THE HEDGES. In committee about 13 or 14 months ago, ne aenonncea the Iy.tem as rotten, and said they wculd not put up with it any longer, as they were apendtn: <m one year wbat would be sufficient for two yews, and he asked whether they, as working men, would bay two au?s _n a year when one would do. Well, tbey popped ? the expenditure, and the last half-year tbe roads did not cost more than £ 88, but one half-jear they cost nearly £ 250, and as they received JE30 from the County Council, the actual coat to the ratepayers waatM. J-or the last three years, or thereabouts, they had spent a Bum equal to more than £] 50 every half year on the roads, because the rateable value of the property for this; purpose was £ 6,000, and one year the rate was as high as Gd in the pound. When they stopped the ex. i penditure, one of the legal gentlemen suggested that they should appoint a committee to inquire into the, ,cost of the roads. A committee wa& appointed, and four or five of them met—met there for the first time—but the next two meetings were held at a legal gentleman's house, and he bad always a suspicion about those meet- ings, beotaee, when a gentleman bad got you in his house, it was usual to commence with a drop of whiskey, which was very good stuff (laughter). He bad never before heard of, and did not see why, a meeting should he called at a cODnoillor'slhóDøe to transact the business of the town, and, to say he least, it looked like A HOLE-AND-CORNER METHOD of doing business (hear, hear). As to the result of all this he was quite satisfied, for Mr Smart, who knew more than any solicitor in Carmarthenshire (laughter) had given him and wished him to read the snmming tip of the judges ia the latest and moat important main Toads cases, find he (Mr Stephens) felt convinced that the end of the matter would be that the corporation, of whom he was one, would lose in the long run, and that -they would nave to pay another law bill. They had fceeo paying JE240 a year law expenses for the last the -=- years, which was equal to a rule of something like lod in the pound, and (bey might as well have thrown it, over K'd welly briige. If these gembmen were so con. fident about the issue be wondered *hy it WKS they did not risk sometbii.g out ot their own pockets instead of spending the ratepayers' money. But no extraordinary traffic was oue of toe schemes to dowo tine,, and it wa- not the only scheme, for there were four schemes propon n<led. Another, and more violent line was a pfoposal to BLOW UP HIS WORKS WITH DYNAMITE I I I (laughter) Another, and less violent, oua was u scheme 10 prevent him having a supply of water. Now he went to very great expense in laying duwo pipes from his place near CQleruao-well-not in the well, he was not touching ii, but merely taking the wate water (hear, bear). A wonderful man, "har," had been writing at out this. He mat be a bit of a coward, or he would come forward, and, "0 a fart, be (!he speaker) liked to meet his enemies face to face (applause). Proceeding to explain the water question, he sKid tbat two or three years ago. when tbev were short of water in the works, he aid not, as Ivor seemed to thick, wHit to the Corporation to ask their permission, as be did not want anything trom f,t,em. He merely went to the Rey Mr Jenkins (hear, hear) and asked him to ..How mm (M' S ephen-) to put a tank inside bis field to take tbe wa-te water tanning down that field. He was izood enough to alllJw b.m to do so Pin(i if there "ere more men like Mr Jenkins it would be be'ter for Kidwelly (applause). Now it had been stated tb-t be got permission to use the Coleman well WATER ON PAYING A SHILLING A YEAR. I Wonderful was it not (laughter) P Well, he did not I ask tbe Corporation lor anything. Ho gave Mr Jenkins more as he made us- of his field, out if every- body treated him like Mr Jenkins it would be easier for Works to go on there (applause). But te had to explain that shilling. He did not ask the Corporation for water, and did not get it from them. Mr Jenkioa's netdwaaou aide the C"leman- weil field, but after hti had laid the pipes, and connected them, during Lhe very dry summer, as the ducks went down to ttio water and made it muddy, be told the men at the Works that it would not be safe to drink the water as the docks had dirtied it, but be could not prevent the men drinking it, as when men are thirsty they would drink the first liquor that came to hand (laughter). Well, though he did not believe they bad anything to do with it, be wrote to the Corporation, and asked them if they would allow him to put down three or four pipea through the hedge a little higber up, and nearer the well, where the water "a" clear, at aoy rate not so dirty, and after a little opposition aod the discassion WBS reported at the time in the Welshman-tbey gave him permission to take the clear water that was run- niog:to waste. His opponents on the counoil gave wry very reluctantly, bu' oa the condition that he was to be charged a nominal rent of one shilling a year, and that he was to take up the pipes within twenty-four hours if that was demanded. A wonderful concession, was it not (laughter)? Yet. Coleman-well bad been a great scheme with Ivor," who seemed to have no sense of sbame, though be had same sense of decenoy, as be had not thought St to show himself (laughter). Then it was said that Coleman-well could be made the great source of supply for the town, but he did not think so. The sammer before last it was nearly dry or so dry that the whole of the water would go through a half-inch pipe, and it was of no use spendlnK a thousand poundii on works that would only supply one tap. While on that be would like to say that every scheme wi4s brought forward but the right one Referring to the Maesgwenllian Well, he said that he went so far as to engage a gentleman at his own expense to take the levels, and it was found that a sufficient supply could be obtained there at a cost of E400, and that it would be sufficient for the people on the mountain also. So much for Coleman well and the water supply. He then referred to what was stated daring the last council election, that the County Council had cancelled the grant in respect of the main roads the County Council had done nothing of tbe kind. They received in the course of five years £ 300 from the County Council on account of the MAINTENANCE OF MAIN ROADS, I including £ 134 178 6d a fortnight ago, together with t,10 for the celis in se of the Town Hall, and in the coarse of next month, another L60 would be doe--tpplause- naking a total of £370 in the course of six' years to- wards the roads in Kidwelly, yet some wanted to make the people believe they had actually received nothing (applause). They had not been accused of being such rogues on the County Council as they were snpposed to be in the Town Council A little while ago they had on the tapis the question of separating the parishes outside the borough, and he then called a meeting to consider it. They met and discussed it, and as they knew, a committee of the County Council was coming there to take evidence. Councillor Davies proposed, and, be (the speaker) seconded it, that a legal gentleman should attend, but be said be was sorry be could not take part in the matter, because be had to attend on behalf of the Carmarthen Board of Gaardians. Well, said Mr Stephens, when I find I am unable to serve you, I shall resign my office (applause). Another great I cry bad been raised as to the EQUALIZATION OF THE RATES. I No min knew better th\Q he did, and no man was more ready to admit that there were the most flagrant in- equalities. A committee was appointed, on the motion of one legal gentlemman, two and a half years ago, when they did him the honour of patting him in the civic cbair, to consider that mattet. That committee sat, and looked into several cases with the result that some assessments were put up, and others were lowered. Bat afterwards another solicitor told that they had no more right to do it than the man in the moon (laughter). There was a saying that doctors differ, and so do lawyera (laughter). He was not against a revaluation of property, but it should be done by those who knew sometbiog about it (hear, hear) They would remember that a big vestry meeting was held in that hall when it was proposed—be thooght by a legal gentlemen-to have a professional man to revalue the borough, but he certainly could not consent to that. What could a man, who was a civil engineer, living at Swansea, know about the inequalities' of rat ing in KidwellyP It might be that the assessment would be 'raised R3,000 or £4,000, and why should they pay :more than the utber parishes ? He based his opposition on another ground too. If they engaged a professional man, they would have to pay him JE200 or JE250 for his services, as those gentlemen could soon run np a bill for travelling, first-class dinners, &c., and the poor working men of Kidwelly would hawn to pay it (hear, hear, and applause). There was another question with regard to the APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS. I Ivor," who took such a great interest in Kidwelly, must be a large ratepayer, but be would like to see bis muscles employed in something besides writing to the papers (laogbter). "Ivor" must be something of an idler, and it was said the devil finds mischief for idle bands to do" (laughter). Well, be grumbled because the Town Council-and I am one saidMi Stephens-decided to ask the Local Government for power to appoint the overseers. Their legal friends on the council did not like that at all. Do you know why, asked the speaker ? Because they were afraid they were in the minority, and tbat the appointment would not reat wi'h them (laughter). Wbat he said was that they bad done the right thing. If they were able to look after the roads, the water supply, and the lighting, surely, they had sufficient sense to appoint the overseers (hear, bear). Oh," it wan said, you want to take the power out of the ratepayere* hands." Nothing of the kind. They (the council) were the representatives of the ratepay- era, sent there to do the best they could in the interest of the town, and if they did not they had no business to retain their seats (applause). Let the ratepayers manage the rates and everything else, and what would become of the place P If it was left to everybody, the business would be done by nobody. Then it was said they did it without consulting the ratepayers. Well, he approved of consulting the wishes of the ratepayers, but the truth was that they would call the ratepayers together and kick up a row about some paltry thing, but when it came to a question like extraordinary traffic, which might involve the town in an expendi. ture of £ 1,500 nothing was said about the wishes of the ratepayers. Why were they not insistent? Why did they not call the ratepayers together and consult them before launching into law as it was they who would have to pay the bill (bear, hear) P He asked whether they were going to engage lawyera to do their work or business men for the former it would be very In o like handing over the goose to the fox. They uc R Y were crying Rate I Rates I Rates and they might as well cry Rats! Rats! Rats! It would be equally absurd because :they talked as if he paid no rates but he would tell them this at once that he was the heaviest ratepayer in the borough and besides that he had PAID EVERY PENNY OF HIS RATES. I Then it had been said that he held land in Kidwelly which he got for 2s or 3s an acre. He would have been a lucky man, indeed, if he bad been able to get it for that, but the truth was, he bought it at a public auction, and if that was robbery be did not know what was honesty -(applause).; not only so, but he bought it at more than {its value, thinking that it might be of use some time, as it was not far from the Works. They said he lived at Arlais, and got that for a shilling a year. Why, he had better start a cheap jack shop and tell everything (laughter). He did not pay a shilling a year, but the gentleman who built the cottage did pay a ground rent of a shilling a year. He paid down a sum of JE60, and in th6 course of time it would revert to the Corporation be (Mr Stephens) was not the owner, but had to pay full rent for the place and keep it in repair (applause). Well, then, he saw from the paper that there was no malice at all in these lies, but he supposed they loved him so much it would not do to tell the truth (laughter). It was a strange thiog that a gentleman well known to them all should say it was done for the purpose of I CRUSHING STEPHENS. I Well, gentlemen, he said, do you wish to crush Te P (Cries of No, ro"). Then assist me, because all thi. is malice from beginning to end, and the idea is to crush me— o stop the Works to cru-h Liberali-m in Kidwelly, which has been its stronghold, and to br n< £ it again under Tory rule He appealed to them as Liberals and Welshmen if they bail anything a^aio-t him p rsonally to sink that and to vote for the principle he representt d. To be divided would be to weaken ihe party, because if they rejected a candidate who was a Liberal and a Welshman, the Tory party woold do their r est to turn out the Liberal member for West Carmarthenshire (hear, hear). Torning to county business, Mr Stephens touched on the prt he bad, aken io getting a scale framed for the charges mude by the returning officers, and adverted to the fact that he drew attention to this at the last meeting of I he County Council, showing that they paid in Carmar- thenshire, three times as much as in Cardiganshire, and six times as much as in Pembrokeshire. He went in for curtailing the charges, and was ruled out of order. but he would be at thun aga n, as he was not going to allow the lawyers to line their packets at the expense of Kidwelly ratepayers if he could help it (hear, bear). Mr Stephens then rebutted the charge made against him of causing unnecessary expenditure by liming at Tanlan. when the disease of autorax4broke out, explain- ing that that was a matter which came entirely under the supervision of the police inspector, who was appointed under the Contagious Diseafesv (Animals) Act, and affcr stating that be had attended all the meetings of the counoil, he expressed the hope that they would give him credit for having done his duty (applause). In concluding, Mr Stephens said it was his TO FIGHT ON POLITICAL LINES, I as he had fought in :the last two contests. He after- wards humorously showed how the Tories, when in a minority, never fought on those lines, and asked them not to have dust thrown in their eyes, because if they were to let in the Tory candidate, they would do much to weaken the most democratic and the best Government in modern times (appi-ute). Having touched on the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. which they had been fighting for the last fifty years, he asked if they were going to waste the results of the labours of their forefathers by returning Tories to the County Council, because if they did that it would be a blow aimed at the Disestablishment Bill. If they did not believe in hi& politics as well as in his business ability, then he asked them not to vote for him, but if they thought an Englishman and a Conservative would serve them better then let them vote for him. He pointed out what the present Liberal Government had done, more particularly in regard to labour questions, and said the Government had done its best to raise the social status of 'he working man, and he asked whether they were prepared to support a Government with such men in it as John Burns, David Randall, Lloyd Morgan, and Mabon, because, if so, they would not vote for a Tory, as that would be giving those men a slap in the face (cheers). He appealed to them as Welshmen to strengthen the hands of the Liberals, so that they might be able to c-irry the Bill, and then let the House of Lords-the House of Tories-have the credit of throwing it out. If there was a good Liberal majority returned to the County Council, it would show the county of Carmarthen was iitill sound on this question, but if they let in Tory candidates it would be said they were divided, and they must wait till they were un- auimous. Let them be unanimous this year. As a Liberal and a Welshman he left himself in their hands, a,d trusted he should have their support at the poll on Monday week (loud cheers). Mr Walters then moved the following vote of con- fidence "Tbat this meeting of electors of tbe borough of Kidwelly desires to express its best thanks to Mr Daniel Stephens for bis six years' services on the Carmarthenshire County Council, and pledges itself to return him is their representative (applause). As he had done his duty thoroughly, let them pat him in again (hear, hear). Mr Ebenezer Evans seconded the resolution, saying that he supported Mr Stephens because he was a Welshman. a Nonconformist, and a Liberal. Mr David Morgan (mill superintendent), Mr Thomas Davies (annealer), Mr David Rowlands, and the Rev W C Jenkins supported for the same reasons. Alderman S ephens *aid he had always pleasure in doing what he could for Liberalism and Welsh Nationality. He had much pleasure in sitting with Mr Stephens during the last four years on the Town Council. He was always in his place like clockwork, and when Tory qaestion9 croppe I up be always spoke to the point. He was the best man that could be found either in this or the next {county. Mr Stead, a solicitor and a Tory, was an Englishman, and when Welsh matters were discussed be would be like a gate- post. There were eight Englishmen on the County Council, and when Webh was spoken these all looked like monkeys in a r,ge (laughter). Mr David Griffiths, in supporting the resolution, touched ou the appointment of overseers, and asked whether those nominated by the vestry were appointed by the magistrates (cries of No, no"). Why was that I It was because the magistrates had the right of veto, and that, he maintained, should be taken away, as the Liber-Is were asking the House of Cjm oons to do away with the veto of the House of Lords. If the members of the Town Council were able to represent them, surely they were fit to nominate overseers (hear, hear). Mr Griffiths went on to repudiate the assertion that he was a Conservative, remarking that the xilk of Liberalism was put into bia lipia the day be was born (laughter). Proceeding, he indignantly denied the accusation that the men at the ttnplate works were afraid of him, and said it was the same now as on a former occasion when he told them they were at liberty to vote as they pleased (applaase). Referring to Mr Stephens's opponent, Mr Griffiths said be recollected Mr Stead saying mosf distinctly that he would refuse to accept the office of mayor if it were offered him; that he could not spare time to attend to the duties, as he was so largely occupied in L'jndon and elsewhere; but since then he had altered his mind and had ac ceptep the mayoralty. If, however, he could not see his way to take take that office, how could he find time to attend i he County Couucil P What would it mean if they elected him and he could not attend P It would mean that they would have no vote in the County Council, and they would be practically disfranchised. Mr Stephens, on the o'her hand, was a man who had attended to the duties of the office, who had looked after the interests of tbe ratepayers, and that was the kind of man they required (hear, and applause). There was one other matter about which he (Mr Griffiths) would like to say a word. It had been said that the managers cf the Tinplate Works had treated the men like cannibals. He believed the man was present who said,, that he saw that man before time and in common honesty to them, and out of a sen so of common decency, he ought to withdraw the words, and say he was ashamed of having made use of them (oheers). He was sorry that, through circumitances over which they had no control, the Works were idle to-day, as nothing would afford the directors greater pleasure than to bear the hum of the wheels, and to know the workmen wereearnink money (hear, hear) but be might tell them that the prospect hd brightened the last couple of days (cheers). He was glad of it, and hoped, as the markets became more settled, the price of plates would ba such that tbe directors would be able to offer them a good wage. Having lived here they knew him sufficiently well to repel ihi-t base assertion. Had be treated the men like canijib. is (cries of no)? The person who said it was a coward, and it wa only said to damage him and to ¡ damage the directors, because he supported Mr Stephens, and not because they beli>ved it (loud applause). He then seated that Mr Evaus .v a coming down to-morrow, and he believed that. n. was the intention of the directors to wake some ofier, whereby an order would be accepted (appUu«e). lie did not wish to raise their hopes too high, as the price was poor, but it was better than tbat offered a fortnight ago. Having piotrised to do his level beet to get the Works started again, he concluded by asking whether they wers going to vote for the men who had denied them the vote in the past (ories of no"). Toen vote for Daniel Stephens, the Liberal candidate (spp ause). Mr D Paton, spoke a few words in support of the candidature of Mr Stephens, who, he said. had lived before them for the lose 20 years in Kidwelly, and had been mixed op with the business ot the twn. Every right-minded man greatly appreciated the way he bad attended to his duties. The Chairman aaked if anyone wished to heckle" the candidate, and, as no one felt disposed to do that, Mr John Thomas put a question to Mr Griffiths, con- cerning overseers, which was satisfactorily answered, and then the chairman took the vote on the resolution, which was carried by a unanimous show of hands. Mr Stephens replied and then moved a vote of thanks to the ChairmaR, the grand old mag," of Kidwelly, the Rev W C Jenkins seconding. This having been heartily carried, the Chairman replied, and after singing the Welsh Anthem, Hen Wlad fy Nhadau," the meeting dispersed 'shortly after ten o'clock. IMPORTANT.—In view of the recent drought, and the present shallow state of wells, &c., it behoves every householder to see that the water supply is filtered through a Maignen's Patent Filtre Rapide.—" A better filter could not be def;ired." -Lancet. 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