The Welshman

_aa- OCCASIONAL NOTES. The total eclipse of the moon last Thursday took place under ideal conditions; in the vicinity of Carmarthen, at any rate, every stage of the phen- omenon was observed with scarcely a passing cloud to interfere with the spectacle It is not often weare vouchsafed the sight of so im- portant an eclipse from beginning to end. Of the even total eclipses during the past dozen years the only two which could have been observed from the British Isles were spoilt owing to bad weather; other two were invisible, and of the three remaining, in one the moon was setting during the total phase, in another it rose totally e lipsed, and in that of last November it set about twenty minutes after the first contact with the shadow. < The eclipse last Thursday night, therefore, was the first seen in the British Isles in its entirety since 1898. We have been equally unfortunate with regard to other astronomical phenomena of late years. In the summer of 1905 took place one of the most important solar eclipses for many years, so far as these islands are concerned. It was all but total, nine-tentlis of the sun being !i'dden by the moon at mid-day, but persistent clouds intervened to obscure cur view oi so rare an occurrence. In November, 1907, too-, a. tran- it of Mercury across the face of the sun happened under conditions which would have permitted us a splendid sight of this seldom seen planet pass- ing over the sun's disc, but the same cause which prevented us seeing the others operated to spoil this a lso. The disappointment caused by the lamentable performance of Halley's Comet this spring is within the recollection of everyone. ♦ Farmers in West Wales have been slow to move in the past in the direction of co-operation. But during the last few years they have begun to recognise the value of combined effort. Small associations were formed these proved a success. and convinced by then of their practicability and utility the agriculturist went in for co-operative societies upon a larger scale. Pembrokeshire is the latest convert; and Llandilo, also, has formed a branch of the Carmarthen Society. The Great Western Railway Magazine for November puts the advantages of these organisations amongst farmers into a. nutshell. Co-operative associa- tions." it says, such as abound abroad, notably in Denmark, aid their members in two ways. They enable the producer to obtain a higher price for his commodities, and they obtain for him the benefit of lower transit rates as the unit (Onsigcfl. ment is not that of the individual hut the wagon- load of the association." An article of great value, particularly to small holders, written by Mr. E. A. Stopford for the November number >f the" Journal," issued by the Board of Agriculture, deaits with another side of the question—co-operative live stock in- surance. It contains the elements of mutual in- surance in such a form that. it will be an easy matter for any group of farmers, and especially organisations like the Carmarthenshire Cham ber i Agriculture, to establish a sound scheme that will lift their industry into a position of compara- tive proof against the slings and arrows of outrageois fortur.e." Mutual insurance is largely practised on the Coiiiinent, and has resulted in many benefits even beyond theobvious one it is intended toO product1. It is said, for example, to have done more to improve the breed of cattle than many other measures adopted for that pur- pose. The ponr man who must bear his own loss andean afford only one good cow, commonly buys two poor onos, so as to lessen the chance of total loss. He is obviously better off when he can buy good stock costing no more to keep than the same head of poor stock, and giving a. far better re- tu rn. » » • Th following very interesting account of the origin of a La Vendee Society, called "La Frater- nelle," shows how men in earnest can work out their co-operative salvation They had their cattle valued and in due time held their half- yearly meeting. Their plan was to calculate the loss for six months, and divide it by the value of the cattle insured, and thus arrive at the per- centage. The president announced the result, let us say 1 per cant., and called over the roll. A, you have cattle insured value JdO. you owe 2s. B, your cattle are £20, you owe 4s.' And so on. The farmers then walked past the presi- dent's table .each one laying down his a ssessment, and when all had passed there lay on the table the exact amount of the losses. Those who had lost. cattle were then called up one by one, and the president, reading out the amount due toeach handed it to him. That wag all. No cash ac- counts, no book-keeping. All was done on the spot, and under the eyes of the members and all departed content."

JUDGE BISHOP'S SUCCESSOR. I MR. J. LLOYD MORGAN, K.C. I It has been officially announced that Mr. J. Lloyd Morgan, K.C., has been appointed Judge of County Court Circuit 31 in place of his Honour Judge Bishop, resigned. I Mr. John Lloyd Morgan, K.C., who has repre- sented West Carmarthenshire for 21 years, was ien, h ire for 21 vears was born at Carmarthen in 1861, and is the younger son of the late Rev. William Morgan, who was professor of philology over a quarter of a century ago at the Presbyterian College. Carmarthen. The new judge's elder brother was tli^ late Mr. Rixon Morgan, solicitor, and coroner for West Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Tettenhall College, Staffordshire; Owens College, Manches- ter and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1884, and, after a very success- ful practice on the South Wales Circuit and in London, took silk in 1907, being appointed Re- corder of the borough of Swansea in the following year. He is a bachelor. On defeating Mr. Hugh Williams-Drummond in 1889. Mr. Lloyd Morgan I became the Liberal M.P. for West Carmarthen, a seat which he has retained ever since. In 1890 MR. J. LLOYD MORGAN, K.C. —————————————— he had a walk over, but in 1895 he was opposed by j the late Mr. W. J. Buckley, M.F.H., of Penyfai, Llanelly, who, on behalf of the Conservative party,, polled 3,1.03 votes against 4.143 votes ob- tained by Mr. Lloyd Morgan, whose majority, therefore, was 1,040. In 1895 Mr. Lloyd Morgan endea.voured to emulate at Westminster his Par- liamentary predecessor, Mr. W. R. H. Powell, affectionately called the Dyn Bach o Maes- gwynne," who. when opposed by Sir James Law- rence, Bart., in 1886, secured a Liberal majority of 2,500 .and a year prior to that, when the coun- ties were divided, the Liberal majority was 1,500, although his opponent was Earl Ca.wdor (then Viscount Emlyn). In 1905 he had another walk over, and at the last election he was returned by J. AN7 Jon(,,s Ci-eni- 1 3-n a large majority over Mr. J. W. Jones Cremlyn (Conservative). Mr. Lloyd Morgan is the author of The Life of Professor Morgan," his father, His pastimes include shooting and fishing. He is a. member of the Reform Club. References were made a.t the Llanelly County Court on Monday to the retirement of Judge Bishop. Mr. D. G. Rees, on behalf of the legal profession, said the relationship between Judge Bishop and the advocates who appeared before him was of the happiest possible character. As a j Judge he had done excellent work, and they all hoped he would soon regain his health. Mr. J. Lewis Phillips said Judge Bishop was a 80n- scientious man and a sound lawyer. Mr. J. Lloyd Morgan, the acting-Judge, said he had practised before Judge Bishop for many j years, 3Jncl his experience tallied exactly with that of Mjp. Rees. It would be impossible to appear I before a Judge who treated those who came be- fore him with more kindness and consideration than Judge Bishop. To lose a man of such great standing and character as Judge Bishop was a great loss.

POPULAR LECTURES ON THE GOSPELS. I HOW DID WE GET THE GOSPELS? Last Friday week many who are interested in the study of the Gospels came together to Zion Schoolroom, where the Rev. G. A. Edwards, B.A. (pastor of the Church) delivered the third of a series of Winter Lectnres on the Christian Gos- pels in the Light of To-day. The address on this occasion was mtvinly historical, and in answering the question How did we get our Gospels?" the lecturer gave an account of the history and f ans- mission of the Text of the New Testament from the earliest times to the yea.r 1881, when the Eng- lish Revised Version was published. At the close of the address many questions were asked, and it was announced that the next address would be delivered to-night. (Friday, Nov. 25th), and the subject on that occasion will be How many Gospels have w.e?" At the outset of the last lecture an account was given of writing materials in New Testament and Classical times, of methods of book-publishing and book-selling in those days, and of the character and condition of some of the oldest manuscripts that have com' down to us. For in discussing the history of the New Testament it must be remem- bered that it came ir to being fourteen centuries lefore the invention of printing, and, therefore. it must have remained in manuscript form throughout that long period. Caxton introduced printing about the middle of the fifteenth century, and Tyndale's translation followed fifty years later and in a few decades after that the first printed copy of the Scriptures in Welsh, appeared. That being the case, the question naturally arises-How were the Gospels (and the New Testament as a whole) preserved during the fourteen centuries that preceded printings What are our authori- ties for the Text (i.e., the correct words) of the New Testament? How can prove that the New Testament, as we read it to-day, is practic- ally in every detail the same book as was read nineteen centuries ago in Jerusalem and Antioch, or in Rome and Athens ? To begin with the second question, it may be said thai our authorities for the Text of the Gos- pels are of three kinds:— 1. Greek Manuscripts (MSS.) There are Iraud reds of thes.e, and they are divided into two classes—uncial and cursive manuscripts. An un- cial manuscript is practically a iniiiusc-ript it, caoital letters: and a cursive manuscript is one w ritten in a running hand. Many of the Greek manuscripts are fragments, and are of a late date. But a very few Greek manuscripts have preserved the whole of the New Testament, and, owing to their early date, they are the most important authorities for The text of the New- Testament. Mention must be made of the oldest extant Greek manuscript, known by scholars as 1he Sinaitie manuscript-, because it w as found about 70 years ago in a monastery on Mount Sinai. It is a manuscript winch belongs to the fourth century, and is at present at St. Peters- burg. There is another fourth century manu- script called the Vatican mani script, because it at present is at the Vatican in Rome. These two manuscripts contain the whole of the New Testa- ment, and are our most valuable authorities. There is also an important fifth century manu- script in the British Museum, and another be- longing to the same period at Paris. 2. Versions. This is the technical term applied to the translations of the Gospels which were made in the earliest times into other languages. There are Egyptian. Syrian, Et-hiopic and Latin Ver- sions," nud their value lies in the fact that, though they are translations, they may in some cases go back to Greek manuscripts, which are more ancient than any that have survived, and therefore they help to fix the Text of the New Testament in its most original form The best known of all the Versions is the Vulgate." which is the latin translation of the Bible, and the NA-iii(?ll 1*. s t-'Ie Iltlrl t ",) lisl,tion of the B'l)le. iiid the .,), 1 itilol lt.,i ,Ive of tliq l?'ollian o 3. Quotations in the writings of the J^arJy Christian Fathers. They are not in every case important authorities, because we cannot be cer- tain that they are quoting the exact words. In some cases, however, they do help the scholar to fix the text of the New Testament. But the G j eek manuscripts are by far our most- important authorities. The foregoing sources are, then, the materials from which the scholar must construct a reliable Text of the New Testament. It might be thought that this w ould be an easy task, involving only care in copying a particular manuscript. But that is not the case. The scholar's difficulty arises from the fact that the various manuscripts do not always agree but present many various read- ings," and be must compare these different read- ings and decide which to adopt as the most authoritative and original one. If we include trivial inversions in the order of words, and un- impo't.uit di'fei-ences in spelling and grammar there are hundreds of various readings in the Gos- pels alone. That fact will not surprise anyone familiar with not only the way in which literary works were handed down in antiquity, but also w ith the ease ith which one makes mistakes to- day in writing letters or in copying documents or passages from books. The number of various readings in the Gospels is due to unintentional causes. Among the former one lllHt include the pure blunder in copying from one manuscript to another the difficulty caused by the continuous stream of letters IN-it-liout any breaks or stops of any kind (for many manuscripts were written in one unbroken series of letters without any divi- sions into words or sentences) and manifold errors ,fsigb;f and of memory. Among the intentional various readings must be included additions made by the copyists to the text (compare Acts xv. 24 in the Authorised and Revised Versions), combinations of two different readings into one (compare St. Mark ix., 49 in the Authorised and Revised Versions); changes due to a destre to bring the various accounts into harmony with each other or with the practice and belief of the Church and other similar causes. It might be thought by some that the Text of the New Testament is in a. most, uncertain state owing to the various readings and some one might wish that we had only one manuscript, so as to avoid this trouble with various readings. Both the supposition and wish are inexcusable. If we had only one manuscript any blunders which might exist in it would if they made sense, escape our notice. In the number of our manuscripts Ave have an efficient gunarantee that the Text of the New Testament is in an excellent and reliable state, and that what we read to-day is what was lead practically in every detail by the earliest Christians. That the Text of the New Testament is in all excellent and reliable state, and that what Ave read to-day is what- was read practically in every detail by the earlist Christians. That the Text of the New Testament is by no means in an uncertain state is proved by two considerations. 1. The evidence of the selwlnr. III thisconnec- tion we may quote the testimony of Dr. Hort, an indisputable authority on the subject, and one who with Light-foot and Westcott did so much for New Testament studies in this county. He states that g of all the words of the. New Testament are accepted by all as raised above all doubt and criticism; that of the remaining If of all 'the" words of the New Testament by far the larger part of the various readings are due to trivial al- terations in the order of the words or their spell- ing and other quite unimportant causes and that only one-thousandth part of the, entire text pre- sents substantial variations. In other words, al: the important various readings in 1't New Testa- ment of 500 pages can be put into half a page. 2. The experience of the individual reader. This may be tested in a simple way. The English Authorised Version was printed in 161.1, and the Revised Version in 1881. Between those two dates much water has flowed under the bridge— many manuscripts of first-rate importance have been discovert-d. scholarship has advanced by leaps and bounds, the comparative study of manu- scripts has shed much light- on the lext 01 the New Testament, and much has been done by generations of scholars and students to give us an aeeurdeText of the New Testament. And yet no man doubts for one moment that he is reading the same book, whether he reads the Authorised Version or the Revised Version. That fact is patent and it is quite conclusive. The Revised Version represents a more accurate, a more scien- tific Text of the New Testament than the Author- is<?d Version. But, be the volume we read the Authorised Version or the Revised Version, we j are at least certain that it is the same New Testa.. | ment; it.'onveys dw same spiritual trutk ;t x- kites the same history, and it does this. in the i main. by means of the same Avords and sentences They are not two Testaments but one. and that Testament goes back syid reflects the thoughts and the language of the actual writers.

EXECUTION OF DR. CRIPPEN. The execution of Dr. Crippen took place on Wednesday at Pentonville Prison, Ellis being the executioner. Crippen made no con fession or statement of any description to the gaol officials before his execution. The sides of the scaffold pit had been padded, so that the falling trap-door made no noise. As there are other condemned men in the prison the authorities mercifully refrained from tolling the prison bell. Notice of execution was, however, posted outside the prison. The execution was carried out satisfactorily. Crippen retired to bed a bout the usual hour on Tuesday night in a state of great despondency. A deep gloom pervaded the wholo of the prison at sixo'clock on Wednesday morning/^when t.he warders, who had been in attendance on the con- demned man, were relieved of duty. Every other inmate of the prison was confined to the cells, and there remained until the dread sentence of the law had been carried out. Upon being aAvakened Crippen, who had passed a. restless night, readily obeyed the summons to dress. The prison garb that he had v. orD since his conviction was taken away, and he was supplied with his own wearing apparel, the same that he had worn at the trial. The condemned mai presented a haggard and worn appearance, and seemed to lose all forti- tude as his end approached. His breakfast, con- sisting of bread and butter and a cup of tea was brought to him shortly before seven o'clock, but the meal remained untouched. Just on the stroke of the hour the executioner, with an assistant, entered the condemned cell, which was the only warning the condemned man had that his time Avas come. Crippen left his seat, and quietly sub- mitted to the process of pinioning, and a proces- sion was formed, headed by a Roman Catholic priest, to the scaffold, which was only a few paces away from the condemned cell. Crippen was pale and colourless, and was quickly placed by the warders in position on the drop. At this stage the unhappy man appeared to be on the point of collapse. The l'r-al preparations having been ex- peditiously performed, the bolt was drawn. Crip- pen weighed just over lOst., and a drop of 7ft. was allowed. Death was stated to have been instan- taneous and the execution to have been carried out in all respects in a satisfactory manner and without a hitch. Shortly after the not-ices were posted at the gate under the great arch. The chaplain appeared at the gates carrying a Prayer Bcok with him, and was preceded by the under- sheriff, who went away in a. carriage and pair. Immediately the news became known that the execution had actually taken place a large num- ber of persons passed through the great yard of the gaol and read the notices affixed to the iron studded door. Outside there was no demonstr> tion of any sort. and the few people remaining on the pavement quickly went away.

LAMPETER-VELFRY. LECTURE. —On Tuesday evening of last week a lecture was delivered at GSaiuhvd Baptist Chapel by the Rev. T. Erasmus Gravell. of Cold Inn, Begelly. Hi" sub- ject was H Tno late." The chair was occupied by the pastor, the Rev J. C Rcos, and considering the boisterous weather there was a good attendance. The lecture was thoroughly enjoyed.

=-. i -mu_ LLWYNOG'S NOTES. i A football match was played at Langharne on Saturday last ttween the Carmarthen G ciiiiiii,, r School and Laugharne, resulting, after a. hard tussle, in a victory for the visitors by 5 points to 3. The Rev. Atterburv Thomas acted a,s inn pi re. I have pleasure in noting that JIr. Phil Wil- liams, St. Clears, is oil the high read to recovery after his unfortunate mishap. It will be remem- bered that our genial friend had his leg broken at. Pencoed whilst slaughtering a, beef for Mr.. T. Ivewis, the successful butcher of Pencoed and St .Clears. The accident happened in a. most simple manner. The sufferer is luckily progress- i ing in a very favourable manner, and will soon be Jiis old good self again. 1 have "received a. letter posted at Blue Boar. St. Clears," and signed T. B. G." Now, if "T. B. G. has not sufficient confidence in IJwy. r.og to enclose his proper name and adcli-esks I shall not dally over lii.s epistle. I may say. how- ever, that ministers and their wives (not "wifes ") j could with advantage attend .potty sessions and such places often or. As a rule it is there that one finds the people that need reforming. Is that not j so There are poor and afflicted there oftentimes! Will T. B. G. give me further particulars with his proper name? Then his grievances shall be attended to. He also says that he owes me a grudge Well, lie is not by any means the first one that has smd that. Let's have vour name T. B. G." • » • A most successful sale of freehold property was conducted at Broadway. Langharne. on Thurs j day last by Messrs. Lloyd and Thomas, auction- eers, Carmarthen. Anyone suggesting that the recent additional land taxes imposed by Yh. Lloyd George's Finance Bill has any effect on the 5aLe of land had better note the following prices reaJised at tMs sale:—Broadway House, a resi. dential farm, with 16a. and 20p of pastuie land, and a field of accommodation land known as tie Slangs, containing 3a. 3r. 2p. of pasture land, sold for £ 1,425 to Mr. Wm. Jones, Liandawke Farm. Field of accommodation land called Landres Park, in the village of Broadway, containing 5a. Is. 38p j of pasture land. now let at tl5 yearly rent. sold to Mr. T. J, Howells, Broadway Farm, Llart- sadurncn, for £ <3<0. Mr. D. Edwards, Studdook Farm. Angle, Pembroke, gave LI,175 for two j fields of accomniodation laud known as the Mid- dlings, which include a piece of land called Thren Corner Acre, being surrounded by Llansad urnen Farm, and containing 20a. 20p. of pasture land, which is now let as a by-hold for zC44 yearly rent, j Two cottages and gardens known as Broadway | Cottages Langharne. containing Ir. 5p., occupied at a rental of ?3 each, the tenants paying rates, ware sold to Mr. John James, Harbour-more Langharne, for £ 120. Mr. C. E. Morris, Ca r marthen, was the solicitor for the vendors, tlie, e preventatives of the late Mrs. Richards. i?f the l?iie .NkIrs. Ri(?h,,Ai-ds. I It is not often that father and son get into trouble on the same day. Such was the case, however, on Saturday last at St. Clears. Mr C. Evans, of Cresswell, Laugharne, with his it, rse and trap had occasion in the morning to call at > the establishment of Messrs Lewis Lewis and Co., on business. Drawing the trap as near as pos- sible to the kexb he left it there. A few minutes afterwards another conveyance coming atoi g dashed into it. Luckily no serious damage was done. Later in the day Mr. Evans's son came that way with another conveyance, and had again occasioo to draw up almost to the same spot, when, lo and behold! another collision took place, fortunately" without loss of life or limb. Was it not a queer coincidence. The road is by no means narrow at that particular spot. Some far-seeing folk will of course hint that it was a pre-arranged plot to advertise Messrs. Lewis Lewis's estab- lishment. In any case "Llwynog should get share of the spoil. • ♦ It Writing of roads being in a bad state reminds me of the fearful state of the roads between kt. Clears and Pendine. They are simply c :sgi ace ful, and chiefly caused by the tra-item engines travelling thereon. I speak with aii prssihle deference to Mr. H. Raymond, the owner of these engines, who is an enterprising gentleman, and a large employer of labour in the district. But, yes but, it is the ratepayers that have to suffer, both in rates and comfort. The rates are considerably higher than they were previous to th i advent of these traction engines, and yet we have not a yard of road on which one can walk with com- fort. It is all muck. Our district roads are used by these engines to supply the county roads. The larger engine is not allowed to enter the county road on any consideration, then why should the district suffer ? The district roads are to say the least, disgraceful. Is not tile cause obvious ? The complaint to hand of the state of (lift Road. St. Clears, is having attention. • • • The following dialogue was overheard a few days ago:— "Now, David( you have tried several lines in your time, have you not?" Yes." "And you have not yet settled down to '-ithes, have you?" No." "Well, now, acting on your experience, what would you advise me putting R- to :1" "A clown." Be off a.t once, you impudent little imp it Th-3 owner of the engines supplies the stones to repair the roads, and the more his engines dam- age the loads the more stones are required, it would pay him, therefore, to do as much damage as possible, if he was so disposed. it was only last week that the Whitiaud District Council put its foot down and protested against the continued damage to the roads by these same engines, when the genial owner said that he would give 30 tons of stones gratis to make good the damage. If :300 tons were given gratis for the roads between St. Clears and Pendine it would be nothing like a recompense for the damage done and the discom- fort caused to pedestrians and others. How long is our District Council going to lay low and allow matters to go on as they are? • • A smart find was made by P.C. "N arniington i Laugharne, on Friday evening last. It was n. ported to him about 8.30 p.m. that a purse of money had been lostbetween f.augharne and St. Clears. Taking a practical view of the matter lie, after a few preliminary looks around, made a personal seardi of the road, it being fortun- ately a clear moonlight night. About 10 30 p he found, nearly midway between the two places mentioned, the purse and its contents, although^ apart, with the exception of jiinejK-nce The purs#contained gold and silver. P.C" Warming ton deserves the highest commendation for his prompt and practical method of procedure The "big shoot. as it is termed, took pi-ce :i- Llanmiloe during last week when thorough good sport was enjoyed, J he popular Squire and SIrs. Jones were delighted with the week's result. In this respect Mr. Deering, the head gamekeeper with his assistant, vMr. Phillips, may well feel proud of their success in the rearing and preserv- ing of birds, etc. Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri- day were devoted chiefly to rabbits, of which a very large number was slain. Thursday was set apart for the pheasants, when a thoroughly en joyable day's sport was gone through. The shoot- ing party included Mr. Morgan Jones J.P., D.L., Capt. M. G. Jones- Capt. Lewes, LIvsnewydd Liejt. Saurin, O.'ielton: Major Congieve, Major Matthew. Capt. Spcttiswoode, and Mr. W. Towers Smith, fhe following ladies also graced the company with their presence: Mrs .Morgan Jones. Mrs. Capt. M. G. Jones. Miss E Falkener, an 1 Mrs. Major Congreve. • The evening festivities following these :-hoos I were this year much quieter than in former years, owing to the exceedingly popular Lianmiloe fair ily being in mourning after the recent death of the late highly respected Mr Saondefs J.1', %lanrhvdw (brother-in-law of Mr. Morgan Jones), (3n Thursday evenirg, however, a splendid re past was provided at Lianmiloe for the tenants. beaters, etc.. which was thoroughly en joyed. • • The catering this year was entirely arranged by the veteran Mr. John Lewis, late gamekeeper, who appeared as hale and henrty as ever, and was able again this year to attend to the Squire's guns during the shoot. The tables having been cleared Mr. John Lewis proposed the health of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Jones, coupling with it the I amescf Capt. 11. G and Mrs. Jones In doing s?o Le ad led that he was expressing the wish of their popular master and mistress that aU would the r- oughly enjoy themselves in a quiet way (cheers). The toast was drunk with the utmost, enthusiasm, and the repeated singing of For they are jolly good fellows." -Air. Lewis..suitably responded on behalf of the fa"llly. Mr. J. Phillips, in the ab senca of Mr. Deering, had gamekeeper, proposed the health of the ex-gamekeeper, Mr. John Lewis and in doing so wished to congratulate the oil Veteran on being among them again this year, • The toast was received with musical honours :iiu: i Mr. Lewis feelingly responded, adding that he had served the LIanimloe family for nearly sixty years He only hoped that he could do so for another sixtv, but that was out of the question. He would, however, do so as kug as lie <•<' dd (cheers). Mr. J. Oriel rendered a capital song, after which the health of the gamekeeper^, Mr Deering and Mr Phillips wis proposed and re 1 ceived with enthusiasm and musical honours. The singing of the National Anthem concluded a most enjoyable evening, brought to ar. end early for reason stated above. f The following w as the hag" for the weeji Lianmiloe shoot: Tuesday, til rabbits, 7 pheas- ants; Wednesday, 42 plieasants, 240 rabbits, 2 wild duck. and 6 snipe: Thursday, 380 pheaants, 4 woodcock, 9 duck 32 rabbits; grand total, 429 pheasants, 683 rabbits, 11 wild duck, 4 wood- cock. t) snipe 1.133 head Friday, Green Bridge 533 rabbits, 4 pheasants, .5 woodcock 542 head. ♦ it An awfully su Iden and quite unexpected death took place at Parsonlavs Cottage Laugharne, on Sunday morning last and cast quile a gloom ovtv the district. Mrs. Mary Saer the wife of Mr. J. Saer, of the above address, got. up as usual on the Sunday morning, leaving her husband in She. as v as her wont, fed the pig and the fowls and called her husband and then went out for some coals to prepare the fire for breakfast. The husb lnd getting out of bed and seeing that sh" was longer than usual, went out and found his wife lying on the coals speechless. lle tenderly carried her inside Putting her to lie down he rushed up to Smith Arms, close by an dstated his trouble Airs. David assured him of all assist- ance and ran up to their daughter's house, Mrs. Powell, who lives within a couple of hundred i yards, who immediately ran down but could >e d no avail, the old ladv being still without fhe slightest sign of life. Mr. Hancock of Parson lays ( Far. w?iit! his man at once )i? horseback for Dr. Jones. St. Clears, who was i)ii 'lie spot He could only declare life to. be extinct, to the utmost sorrow of the whole district. The fllnenl took place oil Wednesday last at the Laugharne Congregational Burial-ground and was ..e;y' largely attended. The Rev. 'T. Eric Davies offi ciated General manifestations of regtet wei e evident en route from the house to the place of interment. Mr. D. Richards, Three Mariners, was the undertaker and successfully carried out' the funeral arrangements, here was a large number of floral tributes. The .thief mourners were Mr. John Saer (the bereaved husband); Hev. W. Saer, Brecon (son); Mr. T. Saer, Llanelly (son) Mr. and Mrs. Owen. Sarnau, Mr. and Mrs. J. Roberts, Laugharne. and Mr and Mrs. J .Powell, Windmill (daughters and sons-in-law) Mr. and Mrs. J. Saer. Pont- henry, Mr. and Mrs. D. Saer, Ponthenry, Mr. and Mrs. James Saer, and Mr. and Mrs. B. Saer (SOIl and daughters-in-law) The late Mrs. Saer. w uo was 70 years of age on the 14th inst. was a most highly respected old lady, endeared by all who j had the pleasure of her acquaintance. She was a. quiet, inoffensive and well-meaning neighbour, a most faitflPful wife, and a. devoted morher. As may be seen by the list of mourners, she 'eaves a husband and nine children to mourn the I. s;- of a loving wife and mother. It is worthy of v.ooe that | after 46 years of married life the mother is the first to Break the family circle througn le^th. j Another coincidence is, that al' the children are married and have made homes %r themselves "X cept 1he eldest, the Hev. W. Saer, Coi.?x? ?- tional minister, Brecon. Still another coinci denee. It was only on Wednesday of last Nv, ek j that I had the pleasure of filling up a cUum f"r i for an old age pension for her, and <ettajn!y :o t one deserved it more.than she did, having lived an honest and industrious life tlirougn JUT. The most sincere sympathy is felt for the family in their sad and unexpected bereavement.

News reached Ystalyfera by cable on Tuesday of the death in South Africa of Mr. Wm. T. Evans, a native of Yst-alvfera, and son of Dr. Evan Evans. Llanelly. Mr. Evans, who was only 3!; years of age, emigrated to South Africa in 1906. being engaged as a (olliery manager. Formerly lie was engaged as manager of the Seven Sisters Colliery, and Jater as manager of the Cawdor Colliery. Garnant. Ml. Evans died in Klerks- dorp Hospital, following amputation of one of his legs after an accident.

RELIC OF SANTA CLARA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "WErHMA.N. Sm.-At Steven's Auction Rooms, London, to-day (Tut-sday in a cuHo sale, there was bubmii ted what was described as Roman Catholic relic, portion of a bone of Santa Clara" It was c-nclosod in a carved gilt frame. It realised only 8/ This ought to be very interesting to the natives of St Clears, as they are all aware that the foubder of their very interesting town was Lady Santa CJara," and the name is derived after her. Yours faithfully, JOHN* LRWIS. 5S, St Alban's Avenue, Bedford Park, Loudun, November 22nd, 1910.

Lord and Lady St. Davids have arrived at 3 Richmond Terrace. The first great German Antartics expedition will start from Hamburg next April under the com- mand of the explorer, Wilhelm Filcliner. In alighting from a. tram in Paris on Wednesday a young woman slipped and was killed by her hat- pin, which had dropped on the pavement and been driven into her head. Many cases of destruction of property have oc curred in France since the Socialist railway strike. Thirty telegraph lines near Fontenay. Arras, and Lens were cut on Wednesday night. A Yorkshire tei-rier which weighed only seventeen ounces was sold for £ lo at a toy sbow at Norwich. Lees Court. Earl Soudes' ancestral mansim near Faversham, was totally desttoyed by fire, the damage estimated at £ 40,000. DOCTORS AND THEIR MOTORS.—In reply to a letter from the Motor Union as to whet her a doctor who pays only half duty can carry a friend on his car the Lords ot the Treasury wi-it(- It is for the County Council to satisfy itself whether a motor car. in respect of which a medical prac- titioner claims relief or half the rate of duty payable, is kept for the purpose of bis profession. Provided that the council is satisfied on this question, my lords are of opinion that the medical practitioner is entitled to the allowance, although he may at times use the car for other purposes." Commandant Maggs, the founder of the Swan- sea- Veterans' Brigade, was the recipient on his seventy-first birthday of a most gratifying pre- sentation from the veteran's of the brigade. It consisted of » beautiful gold-mounted Avalking- stick and a. purse of gold. The popular com- mandant ,in reply, stated that the money so gener- ously subscribed would be invested, and the ac- cruing interest would bo given annually to de- serving veterans. It would be called the Founders' Relief Fund." During the proceed- ings the Chairman read the following letter front the King: I am commanded by the King to as- sure Mr. Charles Maggs that their Majesties are. and always will be. interested to hear of the ex- cellent work the brigade is doing under his leader- ship.—Col. Sir A. Biggs, private secretary to the King." WREXHAM HORSE SALES.—The last sales for the year in the North Wales Repository, Wrexham, were conducted by Messrs Frank Lloyd & Sons on Wednesday and Thursday, November 16t.h and 17th. About 600 horses of all classes were disposed of. The first day's sale, comprising 250 harness horses hunters, cobs, and ponies, was somewhat marred by the inclement weather, snow falling heavily during the greater part of the day, and preventing the usual judging. Trade was on a par with recent sales, anything usef iil finding plenty of bidders. Messrs McCmffrey & Longbran, of Armargh, had a nice string of 10, the pick of them being bought by Messrs Lyons at 57gs., 48gs., 46gs., and 45gs., others to 42gs.; Mi J. T. Oliver, bay mare 58gs. and ehestnut gelding 55gs. Mr John Jones, Whitegate, brown gelding (logs. Mr A. J. Stnart, chestnut gelding 76gs. Mr T. E. Roberts, pair of cobs 72gs. Mr G. E. Evans, brown gelding 54gs.;Mr T. H. Roberts, bay gelding 50gs. others to 48gs. Thursday's sale of 350 waggon, lurry, and van horses included the best lot seen out for some time. Buyers were present from all parts of England, and bidding through- out was of the keenest description. The North Wales challenge cup for the best geldiug in the sale was won by Mr Evan Kinsey, Caersws, with a bay gelding, which was sold to Liverpool at. H2ge. Messrs George Adams & Sons, of the Royal Prize Farms, Berkshire, sent their usual draft of 14 mares and geldings, all of which were sold, realis- ing a total of £ 764 8s. Some of the prices were 73gs 63gs., GCgs. (twice). !)9gs. (twice), 56gs., 54gs., &c. Mr J. Cadwallader, black gelding 83gs.; Mr P. Morgan, bay gelding 76gs. Messrs G. and J. Ledson, bay gelding 74gs„ pair 111gs.; Messrs Mansell, bay gelding 70gs.: Mr T. Darlington, brown gelding 70gs.. pair 104gs. Mr G. Fitzhugh, pair 98gs. Mr T. Hirons, 6ogs. and 58gs. Mr W. MorrK 65gs.; Mr M. Evans, tiogs. Mr D. Hulse, 64g8. Mr E. Davies, three-year-old 60gs.; Mr W. Edward?, 64gs.; Mr H. Darlington, 60gs. Mr J. Roberts, 62gs Mr E. Thomas, 61 gs. Mr Gittins, 64gs. and many others to 60gs.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. THE CARMARTHENSHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Monday, the 28;h inst., at Llauboidy, and on Thursday. Dec. 1st, at Login, Lianguunor: each day at 10 45. THE PEMBROKESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on Monday, the 28th inst., at St Botolph's, and on Thursday, Dec. 1st, at Llandeloy; each day at 10.45. MR. SHYMOUR ALLEN'S HOUNDS will meet on Tuesday, the 29tb iust., at Penblewin, aud on Fri- day, Dec. 2nd, at Amroth each day at 11.

BIRTHS. DAVIES-OU the 17i:b inst., at Glanteg, Clyn- derwen, the wife of Mr George Davies, G.W. R., of a daughter. MARRIAGE. THOMAS—DAYSH.—On the 19th inst., at St Margaret's Church, Roath, Cardiff, by the Rev W. T. Southern, Philip Thomas, second son of the late Philip Thomas, to Myra Marcbant Daysh, youngest daughter of the late Alfred and Sarah Daysh, Milford Haven, DEATH. DANIELS—On the 18th inst., at Abergwili-road, Carmarthen, Mr Augustus W. Daniels, saddler, aged 48 years. I ROBERTS-On Thursday. November 17th, at The Grange. Ronth Road, Wanflsworth Common, S. W., Mr David Roberts, of St John's Road, Clapham Junction, aged 54 years. [7470

H L CONGRATULATIONS.—Many friends of Nurse Gertie Jones, the youngest daughter of Mr. Wm. Jones, Trevaughan, Whitlaaid, will read with pride of the successful career of Nurse Jones, since she commenced a few years ago. She has obtained the Medico Phsyoological Certificate of Great Britain and Ireland for proficiency m men- tal nursing, and underwent a course of training at the Glamorgan County Asylum Bridgend. Afterwards she spent three years at Walsall and District Hospital, where she gained In excellent certificate a.nd a testimonial ofthe highest degree with regard to her ability as a nurse when she undertook sister's duties. She is at present at the City of London Lyirig-in Hospital, where she studies for the maternity certificate. W,e wish her further uccesses, as the services of competent nurses are much sought after these days. RUNAWAY.—Ths runaways are rather frequent at Whitiaud lately. We find temperance adv.) cates inclined this way, and local correspondents are erring quite as badly. At this we are not greatly surprised as it is human and liable to err, but to find a pony, the property of Mrs. Williams Forest Gate. running away on Wednesday morn- ing is beyond the comprehension of the great.st philosopher in Wliitland, for the al,imal has been known to stand all road nuisances for the last seven years without flinching. The others if- ferred to are young and inexperienced as yet to the general routine of matters generally LECTURE.—Last Wednesday night and Thurs- day were great days in Bwlchgwynt Baptise Church. We had a. lecture on Wednesday night that will be remembered for y.-?ars to come. The Rev. Idwal Jones was in his best form, and Ills sharp and witty sayings moved the congregation to tears and laughter alternately It was mi doubtedly a perfect treat and the congregation which thronged the place were delighted" ith 1, I;ii I f,.iii-sda.y the Church had its anniversary meet- ings. At 10.30 a.m. the Rev. Idwal Jones and Rev. D. S. Davies, Login, preached, the latter u fhe English language, and it was a surpi ise to the neighbourhood to hear the old veteran of 72 years preaching so eloquently in English. At 2 p.m. the Revs. Idwal Jones and J. R. Phillips, Bwlchnewydd, preached. It was very pleasing to ascertain that Bwlchnewydd had found a, most delightful preacher, a man of eloquence and fcrvo.tr. May God bltss his ministry, as he did in this service. At 6.30 p.m. the Revs. Idwal Jones, D. S. Davies and W. R. Lewis. Gelli, preached again. Nothing better can be said than that the meetings were like a cymanfu. The congregations rere big, and the preachers in their best form. This was the first visit of the Rev. fdval Jones to our neighbourhood, but certainly not the last. Melus moes eto.