The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

DR. BAKNAETO'S RESCUE WORK. MEETING AT LLANDUDNO. A visit from a hand of boy3, rescued and train- ed by Dr. Barnardo's agencies, attracted a large audience to the English Baptist Chapel on Tues- day evening, over which the Rev. J. Irvon Da- vies presided. In his opening address, Mr Da- vies spoke of the philanthropic institutions bearing Dr. Barnardo's name as one of the great- est movements of the age. The nineteenth cen-. tury was memorable as that wherein the pro- pelling power of steam and the great potentiali- ties of electricity were discovered, and in which tiio 'ameliorating influences of anaesthetics were found, but the greatest discovery of all was that, of the child. Christ discovered the child long ago, and ucdJ him for example as the type of humility. To-day, the child might bo regarded a« the divinest agency given to the world for keeping open the fount of human sympathy, and that w as why Dr. Barnardo appealed so powerfully to their Christian charity. Referring to Dr. Guthrie's efforts, he remarked that the great aim of that great philanthropist was to secure State aid for the support of similar homes. That would appear OIL the surface to be a com 111 on- senattcmpt. They had State aided institu- tions for reforming criminals, why should there not be State aid for the prevention of criminals? It would reffcet great credit on the statesman- ship of this country if it supported institutions that would prevent crime rather than support those for the punishing of crime, when once perpetrated. What a pity it was that 'a move- ment. so beneficial, so far reaching in its results as that should depend so much on the untiring energy of one man even though that man was Dr. Barnardo himself, and also upon1 the charity of British public, which was so guilty of fluctuating moods. In such homes a.9 blioseof Dr. Barnardo not a little of the future of England and of Can- ada was being moulded, for the training given there developed one of the finest types of citizen- sliip to lie met with (applause). An enjoyable- programme of mmiu was de- lightfully rendered by the boys, the bell-ringing by them being highly appreciated. A number f boys, clad in the kilts and tartan, came skirl- nig the bagpipes round the chapel in Highland costume. Highly interesting were the admir- able photographs shown of various phases of life in Dr. Barnardo's institutions—at Ba.bies Castle, f-t Ilford, at Stepr.ey Causeway, and in the far Canadian West. These were explained by Mr J. B. Wuokey, who remarked that to carry on a work of that magnitude ness4tat.ed the expen- diture of a vast sum of money. As a matter of fact Dr. Barnardo spent every' week ii??t less than £ 2000. H had iio endowment nOI:my Govern- ment Hid. He was entire'y and absolutely de- pendent. on the gifts of benevolent people. Re- ference had been made to the effect of the war cn various institutions. It was estimated that! Dr Barnardo's funds were this year 212,000 lJe- I Kind what they were at the corresponding date: last yiar. Ho wished to convey his thanks to 1 Miss Roberts, of Craigydon, the enthusiastic hon. j secretary of the Young Helpers' Lefcjjue at Lian- dudiio; to Miss Raymond, and others who had helped them, including those who so kindly enter- I tained the lads during their visit.

A CONWAY LICENSING APPEAL. The Court of Appeal, consisting of Lords Justices A. L. Smith, Yaughan Williams, and Bonier, gave their reserved judgment in the ti)-, peal of William Evans from the judgment of the Divisional Court (Mr Justice Ciiaiwell and Mr Justice Buclcnili) upholding the decision of the licensing justices of Conway and the Carnarvon- s hire Court of Quarter Sessions in refusing a renewal of the licence of the Royal Oak Inn, at Conway. On September 25th last the appellant, applied to tho licensing justices for the renewal of hislicerce. The Rev. Gwynedd Roberts appeared as an objector, and gave evidence, with the result that the justices refused the application. The appellant therefore appealed to the qmu+ed Hesi()ns. The justices were not represented J there, and the appellant asked that his appeal should be allowed: The court of quarter sessions, however, held that the appellant liad not proved enough to entitle him to a renewal of the licence, and dismissed the appeal. On a special case laing stated the DivisionaJ Court upheld- that decision, but not "without difficulty," as Mr Jus- tiC' CDiannell S3id. and leave to appeal was given. Mr Foote, Q.C., a?d Mr Trevor L?y<l (in- strutted by Messrs 'hamberlain and Johnson, Llandudno), appetred for the appellant; and Mr Asquith, Q.O.. and' Mr Ellis Griffith, M.P. (in- structcdl by Messrs D. Owen and Griffith. Ban- gor), for the licensing justices. Lord Justice Smith, in delivering the judgment of the court, said it appeared that the licensing justices refused the renewal of the licence upon, the ground (1) that the house was not necessary for the requirements of the neighbourhood, and (2) upon the ground that the premises were in- enpnhle of effective police supervision. On ap- 1 peal to the court of quarter sessions it was proved on the appellant's behalf that due notice of appeal had been given, but the court, without hearing any evidence, refused to renew the licence. It was now argued on behalf of the licensing jus- tices, on the authority of the decision of the House of Lords in the case of Boulton v. Justices of Kent and other decided cases, that the court of quarter sessions could refuse to grant a renewal of the licence without any evidence being given as to why l1ch renewal should not be granted. The. Court of Appeal, however, could not accede to that contention. Apart from the eases- cited the courtof quarter sessions was not justified in doing what it had done without hear- ing any evidence and refusing offhand the renew- al of the licence. It was admitted that it was the practice at the Carnarvonshire Quarter Sessions in an appeal against the refusal of the :icensing justices to renew a licence for the respondents to prove their case first. If no one, as in this case, was not quarter sessions to oppose the appeal from the licensing justices 'how was the burden of proof Intified 1 It appeared to him that it was not. Mr Justice Channell in the IXvisional Court had said that a man who had a licence had a prima facie right to have it renewed, but that the cHert of quarter sessions might take away that right :f they knew that the licensing justices had refused to renew the licence. In that the Court, of Appeal could not agree, for if so what was the- use of tJ1.¡.ppeaJ¡ which was clearly given to tho publican by Section 27 of the Licensing Act of 1828 ? When the case of Boulter v. Jus- tices of Kent was carefully read it would be seen that it decided two things only. First, hat a licensing meeting was not a court -of summary jurisdiction and secondly, that an objector to the renewal of a licence was not a party to e proceedings. It was a mistake to say that this. decision in any way decided that a court of quarter Csit)N\ was rot a CQurt. with all the incidents of I a court hoth M regarded evidence and onus of I proof. It did not touch the question at all, and I left. it just where it was before. What it did decide in the main was that a licensing meeting WM ii(?t a court of summary itirit?,dictio, and therefore the court of quartr sessions could .:?t condemn an objector in costs. In the opinion of the Court of Appeal none of the cases relied upon by the licensing justices applied to the present The question they had to decade was whether the court of quarter sessions could re- fuse the renewal of the appellant's licence with- out hearing any evidence at all. In their judg- ment it could not do m, and it followed therefore that the question left- for their consideration must be answered thus: That the court of quarter sessions \va? wrong, and that the licence of the Royal Oak- Inn art Conway must be renewed. For these reasons the judgment of the Divisional Court, could not stand, and the appeal would be allowed. Judgment accordingly.

A FESTINIOG TEZPPES AND HIS FEIEND. PICKPOCKETING AT LLANDUDNO. At the Llandudno Police Court on Monday, be- fore Dr. Dalton (in the chair), Dr. Bold Williams, and Mr Wm. Bevan, a woman named Mary Ellen Watson, who gave no address, was charged with stealing 10s from Griffith Andreas Jones, a quarry- man, of Festiniog, on Monday, May 21gt. Superintendent Rees eta za, that the prosecutor met the prisoner at a public-house in Mostyn-street. He entered into conversation with her, and they both proceeded up the street to other. Prisoner was then carrying a parcel. Sfe asked Jones to lace the parcel on the top of a wall, and: while Ee was doing FO she placed her arma around his waist and stole the money from his pocket. She told him to go towards the parade, saying she would I follow him. He went some distance, but found I that she was proceeding in another direction. He then discovered the loss of his money, and then gave her in charge to P.C. Williams. On the way! to the police station quite a large crowd collected round tt?,01' Inspector Griffith, who came up to the crowd, heard someone calling out that prisoner was putting her hand into her pocket. The officer eeized, her hand, and the woman then said: "If you wiillet go my band, I will give you the money. Prosecutor stated that when he found that the defendant was not following him to the pande, aj 1 she had promised, he became suspicious, and ran afte her. He then dis covere d t ?at he hd lost 10s in silver, and be placed her in charge. He was not certain how much money he had in his pocket, Put he was certain he had lost about los-two half. crowns, two florins, and two shillings. Cross-examined by Mr E. W. Johnson, who de. fended That was the first time he had ever seen the woman. Mr Johnson When you found the woman place her hand in your pocket, did you protest 1Il any way? Prosecutor I put my hand on my pocket to pre- vent her taking anything out. Mr Johnwii: You didn't mind her taking what she did? Prmccutor-. Oh, yes, I did. Mr Iobiisen Did you ask her for it back? Prosecutor: Yes. She promised to let me have, it back. Mr Johnson Were you willing that she should walk with you on the parade?—No, I was not. Mr Johnson But yott went to the parade with the purpose of meeting her, knowing at the time that she had taken money from your pocket? Witness: I did not know then that she had taken an money away. itr John?on But that was the only object she had in putting her hand i4 your pocket? Witness: I did not think she would take any money out. Witziefs stated that he was quite sure; accused was drunk, and that he was sober. P.C. Wm. Williams arrested the accused in Mos- tyn-strcet. When charged, she said she knew no- thing whatever about it. Inspector Griffith was passing at the time that the lat witness took the accuBed into custody. He was working his way to her through the crowd, when someone called out: "She has her hand in her pocket. When she pulled' her hand out, he oaught hold of it. She had something clenched in it. She said: "If you will let my hand Fo, I will give you the money. Heberd her hana until they got to the police station, when -lie made her put the money on the table. It amounted to lis 2d. A florin and a shilling which she hid in her breast afterwards dropped to the floor. She declared that that was hers. Mr E. W. Johnson submitted that there was no case. The prosecutor, like other Festiniog men, came to Llandudno for a spree in the afternoon, and he evidently had had a good spree. He met the woman in a public-house, and although they bad never met before got very friendly. They strolled down Mostyn-»treet arm in arm. When Jones found the hand of the accused in his pocket he made no remark, did not examine her hand, and did not protest at all. If in his sober senses, he would have said "What are you doing? You are robbing me." He did nothing of the kind, but, on the other hand, made an appointment with the woman to go on the parade. Mr Johnson also pointed out that the man did not know how much he had in his pocket before it was stolen. There were twenty-one convictions against the acclised-one for felony and six for larceny. She was sentenced to three months' hard labour. In leaving the box, she remarked, evidently to the prosecutor "It will do you no good your expenses won't be paid.'

BETTW5 Y COED DISTRICT COUNCIL. The monthly meeting of the Bettwsyooed Dis- trict Council was held un Friday, Mr R. Parry presided, and there werl, also present Mlajor Astley, Messrs H. Roberta, J. Griffith, R Pullan, H. Williams, R. Rowlinson, J. Hughes, with Mr H. Pierce (clerk) and Mr J. Roberts (surveyor). GRANTING CARRIAGE LICENCES. A number of carriage and drivers7 licences were granted. Exueption was taken to one driver on account of alleged intemperance, but as the man in question had not been summoned) or convicted the licence was granted. In another case the Inspector stated that applicant was found sleep- ing on his cab on his stand, but otherwise he was a good driver. A licence was granted. Objection was taken to ia third applicant oni the ground of intemperance. The licence was granted with a warning. THE NEW RATE. The seal of the Council was ordered to be affixed toO the rate for the ensuing year oat the motion of Mr T. Griffith. The rate is 2s 3d in the I 2, being a penny less than laet year. WATER FOR THE CAB STAND. A communication was received from the Low- deal and North-Western Railway Company re- ferring to the water supply at the cab stand, stating that the matter was being attendled) to by them. The company were asked in September to put the cab stand in order, and this com- munication was in reply to the Council's request. The matter was left in a1>eyanoe for » month. APRIL MORTALITY. The Medical Officer of Health (Dr. Fra&-I re- poTted five births and two deaths duritlg the fort- I night The death rate was 34. per 1000. There were no cases of infectious disease. UNOOlff,Fk*fED P-TTR I It was stated that JB2 15s 9d of the district rate remained uncollected. EXTENDING THE WATER SUPPLY. The Surveyor stated that he had' connected Gethin-terrace with a three-inch main at a cost of £50. The estimate was for 2w. The Chairman remllrkedl that the inspector should be complimented 011 his achievement. WANTED A FIRE BRIGADE. I The In«pc<rtor drew attention to the fact that in case of fire there wiere only a few in Bettwey- eoed tlint knew how to fix a stand pipe. He linppd thf!* the memliers of the Council would consider the rdvisability of forming a fire brigade. The Chairman remarked that they were thank- ful to the irrrpectT for making the suggestion. He h')ped that Major Astley, who was now a meml)er of the Council, would take the question in hand. Major Astlev was afraid that he would not be able to do anything. They should find a younger man for the post. The Chairman remarked that no one could be found more able to do the work than Major Astley. The matter was adjourned for a month ini order that. Major Astley might consider his decision. Owing to a number of repairs and improve- ments in the water mains and services, the Sur- veyor reported that the pressure had been in- creased to 60 pounds in the day time and 90 pounds at night. Mr E. Pullan complimented the surveyor upon the work done. Mr T. Griffith said that the work was very well done compared with other places in the neigh- bourhood. Mr Pullan It goes far to remove aJl objecttona to the water supply. THE WATER SUPPLY. I Tho Surveyor reported that eleven houses I the parish of Tre Gwydir had' been oupp?..I with water. The toW number of houses supplied in the two parishes now numbered 31. A DANGEROUS WALL. ITiie attention of the Camorvfm? County Survey- I I or was drawn to the dangerous nature of th* MtB ? 00 the main road opposite Main View.

THEFT AT A LLANDUDNO CHAPEL. PRIZING OPEN A MISSIONARY BOX. At the Llandudno Police Court on Monday, before Dr. Dalton (in the chair), Dr. Bold Williams, and Mr Wm. Bevan, Samuel Hugh Williams, aged 18, carpenter, was charged with breaking open a mis- sionary box at the English Presbyterian Chapel, and stealing therefrom the sum of 2&a. Superintendent Rees stated the facts of the cue, remarking that th ui h the theft occurred on March ?h the facts had only just come to their ears. For what reason it was kept back, doubtless the deacons of the church bk i 'Tt n. Miss Alice Leach, daughter of the caretaker at the English Presbyterian Church, said the was in the chapel on Friday, March 29th, about seven eclock. Before she left, the accused walked in, saying he had come to play the organ. Previous w leaving the chapel, she had dusted the mis- sionary box, which was then in its proper place. She left the accused in the chapel. She returned there on the following day about nine p.m. She found the box lying In the lavatory. It had been prized open. She informed her father and Mr John Owen, one of the deacons, of what had taken place. Samuel Leach, caretaker at the English Presby- terian Chapel, said in the evening of March 29th he went to the chapel, and saw young Williams come out of the direction of the lavatory, and he saw something which he took to -be some books behind the door. On the following day his daugh- ter informed him of what she had seen, and showed him the chisel, produced. John Owen, Henblas, Llandudno, a deacon at the English Presbyterian Chapel, stated that the box was generally screwed up on the wainscoating of the schoolrcom. When he saw the box on March 30, it had been prized open. (There were then two pennies and four half-pennies in it. The box was g:n ?"Y opened in January, but this year it bad not ?_. opened, so that the collections of fourteen ..nh. in it. Judging from previous years, there must have been from £1 to Pl 58 in the box. I Inspeotor Griffith arrested the boy on May ),9ih, and charged him with breaking open the box and stealing el from it. He replied, after being cautioned: "I took the box from the wall, because it was leose, with the intention pf making it faster. II took it with me to the closet, and I opened it with a chisel that I found on the top of the cup- board. While I was in, someone came in. I went to the door, and I met Sam Leach, and I (went out with him. I only took fivepence out of the box. There was very little in it." Witness showed him the chisel found in ihe chapel. Accused said "It is not my chisel, but it is the one with which I broke open the box. I left it by the library in the chapel." Dr. Bold Williams When did you hear of this I robbery? Inspector Griffith: I had intimation of it about six or seven weeks ago, but we could not get at the bottom,of it. It was with-held from us. Accused pleaded guilty. The Chairman iraid the magistrates wished to deal leniently, in the hope that it would be a lesson to him. and they would therefore Hot send him to prison. They fined him £1 and costs, or, in default, 28 days.

EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE AT I HOLYWELL. On Saturday a. ctuifeffenoe of representatives of educational bodies in i-lie, area of the Holywell county school district, was held at the school to considior the question of training elementary school pupil teachers at the county school. The chair was taken by Mr H. Lester Smith (chair- man of the governors). The Chairman, in opening tha proceedings, said his idea was that intending pupil teachers should attend the county school from the age of 13 until they were 15. Their present pupil teach- er system had serious defects, and the matter must be taken up in a serious spirit (hoar, hear). Mr Yoxall, M. P., said credit was due to Wales for the fsct that it had recognised as a country that its salvation lay in developing and com- pleting its higher system of education. The first point they had to consider was how to get the pupil teachers from elementary schools taught in the coiunty schools. He saw no reason why any boy who expected to become a pupil teacher should not go into a secondary school at the age of 13 until he was 15 or 16, and then go on as a pupil teacher in an elementary school until he was 18, which would give him two years in which to acquire the art and science of teaching, which was acquired in four years under the old system. He believed the teachers of elementary schools would welcome the proposed change. The two difficulties which would suggest themselves to managers and teachers were-fitst, the cost; and secondly, the staffing of the schools. With regard to the School Boards, they could meet the difficulties out of tho rates. He thought an application might be mad'e to the State for a grant. If the Welsh County Schools Associa- tion wouild go to the Government with a claim: of that kind, he would be most 'happy to back it up (applause). He thought that the falling off in the supply of teachers was temporary only; and if in Wales, they laid down a satisfactory plan of education for pupil teachers they would ipso facto have a better class intellectually, and a bet- ter supply of better pupil teachers, and finally 111 better supply of certificated teachers for their elementary schools (hear, hear). Mr L. J. Roberts (her Majesty's inspector) spoke warmly in favour of the scheme, and sug- gested that Mr Herbert Lewis, as chairman of the county governing body, should ,convene a. general conference of the whole of the county to consider the subject. Mr J. H. Lewis, M.P., said the county governing body had already passed 111 resolution which would enable pupil teachers to enter the. county schools on very favourable terms. He considered they had a fair claim upon the Government for an extra grant in this respect. There could not be the slightest doubt there was a great and growing dearth of pupil teachers. The reasons of that were.—first, that in other vocations they bad a prospect of better pay; and secondly, that the comparatively small salary was not counterbalanced by any provision for fixity of tenure, they had not even an appeal if dismissed for any reason. Not only so, but the life W'38 undoubtedly a hard and laborious one. This question was not only one of training thousands of pupil teachers, but of the future training of five millions of children for the work of life (hear, hear). On the proposition of the Rev. D. Oliver, seconded by Mr P. Harding Roberts, it was decided to ask the county governing body to call a county conference to take the matter into con- sideration, and a representative and influential committee was appointed.

TO TENDER SKINNED MEN. Shave with Cuticura Smp, and before c l eansing the face gently rub iurbiPo:tiufoô?n:in!v::e Ae n part. Wash all off with Cuticura Soap and hot water. This, simple and inexpensive treatment will make shaving a pleasure, and prove a great com- fort to those with tender, easily irrit&ted skins, and as a preventive for humours of the hair glands which give r ise to barbers' itch, Jackson's t,,f, and many forms of eczema. "Dr. Barnardo's Homes" special meeting on behalf of the above Homes is to be held in Portmadoc Town Hall, next week. For over thirty-three years Dr. Barnardo has been caring for the outcast and orphan children of the United Kingdom, until :-d:le there is no institu- tion like t h ese Homes on the face of the earth Over 35,000 poor wastrels, chiefly orphans, thrown on the cold mercy of the world, have passed through the Barnardo Homes, and been educated and trained to fill useful positions in life, and at present there are 5000 chil dTen in the Homes and Branches. Dr. Barnardo is carrying on a tn £ y national work, amd deserves the practical sympathy and support of all who have the interests of chi r dren at heart. He has saved to the country at large by his success- ful reclamation of waifs hundreds of thousands of pounds, and we therefore invite attention to our advertising columns, and trust that the cordial sup- port of tne residents of Portmadoc will be given to the meeting. The Great Success that has rewarded the philan- thropic efforts to provide public with good music in our parks is shown by the large, appreciative crowds who linger, with evident delight, near the various bandstands. The creation of the healthy taste for harmony will, in time, yield good fruit in giving the people a liking for a higher state of 6vi liisation and a yearning for that which is good, noble, and true. Holloway's remedies work a similar miracle with the organisation of the body. The Pills, by their purifying influence, cleanse the blood,, and the Ointment i gives etrength and energy to the system. Disease is driven out of its streng- bold, and health once again resumes its 8way.

ALLEGED PRCSSLY1SM IN SCHOOLS- CHARGES MADE BY MR SAMUEL SMITH. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Mr Balfour moved: "That this House do, at its rising, adjourn till Thursday, June 14th, and that so soom as the Government business is disposed of this day. Mr Speaker do adjourn-the Housfc, with- j out the question being put." Mr S. Smith (R., Flintshire) complained of the arbitrary way in which the Government had de- prived him of the opportunity of moving a motion which he bad down tor Tuesday, and proceeded to avail himself of this motion in order to refer to i?he abuse of training colleges and voluntary schools, and to the ext*t to which they were being used to stam p out the faith of the Reformation. There was, he said, a widespread conspiracy to use the "hole system of education and of the Church of England in order to carry out the designs of tbe Oxford section. Children were not ?mitted to thse colleges unlefs they gave an undertaking to abandon the faith of their parents, and th= 9t the case with pupil teachers who were admitted to voluntary schools. The Wesleyan body had made inquiries in the case of 987 schools, and found this was so in all but 88 of them. The hon. member read a document of this character, which a girl of fourteen years had had to sign. Sit J. Gorst (vice-president of the Council on Education) asked where this took place. Mr Smith: I cannot tell the place, but I got my information from a deputation to the Duke of Devon- shire a week or two ago, made with the authority of the Wesleyan body, and they are preparea to give particulars to the vice-president if he desires it. Sir J. Gorst: I am very desirous to have them. Mr Smith undertook to have particulars sent. There must, he said, be a radical alteration in tho voluntary system, or there would be painful con- sequences in the next generation. There were two religious taught in the Church of England which were absolutely opposed to each other. He ap- pealed to the Unionist Party to act up to the re- solution they passed almo st unanimously last year, and apply it to the schools of the country. He niov ,l that the House rise to-morrow and not to- day. Mr Balfour said the hon. member took it as a personal insult to himself and an outrage on private members that the holiday should begin on Monday night instead of Tuesday. Such a preten- tion had never been put forward before. Not con-I tent with a vague general attack on a particular section of the Church of England, the hon. mem. her made a specific proposal with regard to our system of education which was none other than the modest suggestion that the whole Act of 1870 I should be upset, and the whole system of voluntary education be brought to a summary conclusion, and purely secular education substituted. A more pre posterous suggestion on a motion for the adjourn- ment he could hardly imagine. The suggestion was based on a fundamental confusion as to our system of voluntary education. It had never been pre- tended that under the system of voluntary schools i he teaching given in every school was in accord- ance withti e average religious views of the com- munity. On the contrary, it was specifically in- dr- andOi:dth?;; 1ewRo::ifilfio'I¡ should be able to have voluntary schools. Did the hon. gentleman object to that? Mr Smith said he did not, because Protestant children were not compelled to go to them, as they were to voluntary schools. Mr Balfour said the hon. member was entirely mistaken. There was no distinction whatever in this respect between the different denominations. It might happen that there were more Church of England schools in parishes where no other schools existed. The evils, if there were any, were met by the conscience clause. A greater scandal than compelling children to attend religious schools and be taught the doctrines which their parents dis- approved he could not imagine. It was directly I contrary to the whole spirit of the Education Act and the law of the land. If, instead of making a vague declaration, the hon. member would bnng publicly or privately before the Education Depart- T*nt and the House and the country cases in which clcrgymen were guilty of this gross dereliction of public duty and open violation of the law of the land, he would be doing greater service. He I did not say no such case existed. Here and there errors and breaches of the law might occur, but he held them to be very few. ,The on. member was most earnest and sincere in the cause which he advocated, but he (Mr Balfour) had always wished to pin him to facts, and had always failed. If these things existed they should be cured (hear, hear). If it was true that there were school managers openly breaking the law week after week they should be brought to book. Why did not the hon. mem- ber give his assistance instead of making a vague general charge against a whole class, which as a class were wholly undeserving of his censure? The hon. member habitually used language of a most exaggerated kind. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the education given to children by clergy- men was absolutely in harmony with the general wishes of the parents. He did not believe it would be possible to find a dozen or even three cases in which the conscience clause had been violated by the clergy. On the hon. member's broad general tit* he hoped the House w u'd, express very strong dissent. Because there were, in the hon. member's opinion, tl,? doFn_ taught in English Church .b 01,?,h, "ih,?d..k?, it impassible for the mass of Protestant members of the Church of England to teach in voluntary schools, and to destroy the Wesleyan and Roman Catholic voluntary ?stem ("No, no"). The existing voluntary system, zit h all its defects, certainly deserved to be main- tained, since the only substitute that could be suggested was a system of seculiar education. Th- I hon. member had had an opportunity of making his aech and he hoped that would reconcile him to tr 1008 of the =o which he had hoped to initiate to-morrow. Mir Lloyd-George (R., Carnarvon) said he re- gretted the tone of Mr Ba.lfour' speech in reply to Ur Samuel Smith. The latter gentleman had' raised a question of great consequence to the com- munity. Mr Balfour had complained of the hon. member's :Y ggeration, but he did not think he ever listened to a speech which so distorted the speech of Mr Smith as that of the right- hon. gen- tleman (Opposition cIeers). The complaint of his hon. friend was that in a large number of districts in England and Wales there were schools where the doctrine of the minority was taught, and to which a majority of children were driven whose parents did not hold the same conviction as the managers. That was a grievance which the leader of the House ug litt"'f"'e. The Prime Minister had recognised it. They were entitled to some sort of remedy at the hands of the Govern- ment. What about the case of the Wesleyan girl who was told that unless she set aside the Wesley- an faith 1Ihe would not become a teacher in tne school, which was a State school? Mr Balfour: Where was that? Mr Lloyd-George: In the West of England. The case has already been stated to the Department. Continuing, he said in hundreds of cases it was I perfectly well-known that no Nonconformist child .could become a teacher except on the express condition of giving up his faith. The right hon. gentleman had never denied that. Sir J. Gorst (hotly) Oh, yes, I have. Not only that, two years ago I challenged the hon. gentleman and his friends to produce any cases. casM' Lloyd-George: The right hon. gentleman mistakes the facts. The challenge was en- tirely on one side, but he has failed to accept it. Sir John Gorst maintained that the Education Department had always done its duty in the matter of the enforcement of the conscience clause, and he believed there' were very few schools in which Non- conformists were debarred from becoming pupil teachers ("Oh, oh"). There might be one or two, but they were very rare. He deprecated the at- tempt to aggravate animosities which did not exist in tte schools, but only in the House of Commons and on political plagcrme. and on Edmond Fitzmaurice, Mr Arnold Forster, and Mr Griffith Boscawen followed. Sir Henry Campbell-Bennerman (R., Stirling (Burghs) pointed out that the question was not whether religious instruction should be given in certain schools, but whether tbe influence of those schools, supported by public funds, should be made use of in support of doctrines regarded by the majority of the people of this country as opposed to the sentiment of the Church of England (hear, hear). He did not, at the same time, think a division should be taken on the matter, and he ap- pealed to the hon. gentleman to withdraw his ame.?- ment. meit. William Jones, Mr Brcadhurst, and Mr Her- bert Lewis continued the discussion, and finally the amendment was withdrawn by Mr Smith.

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[ GENERAL EVENTS CF THE WEER. -1 The alleged reason for the sinking of the "Beileisle" was stated to be that the Admiralty wished to test the efficacy of lyddite shells, which had been severely criticised1 in the present cam- paign by correspondents, Boer prisoners, and even our own officers. This may have been one reason, but the real one was to see in how far the un"maired part, cf a modern warship can withstand the incandescent force of a high velo- city explosive. Unhappily the experiment made by the guns of the "Majestic" on the ill-fated test, vessel have shown us. that our national danger is great for the. policy of the Admiralty for years has been to build our battleships and cruisers with unarmourcd ends, and it transpires that once the "Majestic" started the deadly music the "Belleisle" was on firojn 80 seconds. The Am- ericans are using incombustible wood in the ar- senals and dockyards of the United States; Ger- many is doing the same; the Japs are having their few unarmotired-endcd ships built of jn- combustible wood, and, in their older vessels are cutting the old timber off to make way for the new. We, the first naval nation of the world, according to our own belief, have so far only entered on the experimental stage. Will the evidence of the "Majestic's" work on Saturdiay bring home to experts, to Mr Goschen, and the Government, the necessity for immediate action. It will be remembered that in the engagements I between the American and Spanish fleets, the THE "BELLEISLE." I H.M.& "MAJESTIC," I The Naval Gunnery Experiment off Portsmouth. Americans in every casei set the opposing ship on firs in a few minutes. This was nearly two years ago. We had the indisputable facts stated then by a dozen pens, and we begin experiment- ing on Saturday. Anyhow the "Belieisle" experi- ment will tend to strengthen the arguments of those who insist that the constructors of our war- ships have been giving hostages to fortune in continuing to go on building ships with umarm- ourect ends against the loudly-expressed opinions of experts condemning the system. Once every ten years the enes of Europe, and probably of other parts of the world: also, are turned for a brief space on, the picturesque little village of Ober-Ammergau, where for centuries the Bavarian peasants have been wont to cele- brate a crowning mercy by a devoutly dramatic act. Every year there goes out the rumour that the Passioo Play will never be acted again, yet each decade sees it produced with all its old re- ligious fervour. This year thousands of people a,re undertaking the welcome pilgrimage to the Bavarian Alps, for the fame of the Passion Play h.18 spreadl far and wide in the world, and Ober- Ammergau is easier of access than was onoe the VIEWS OF OBER AMMERGAU. caae. It was in 1633, when the plague known as the "Black Death" was raging, that the vil- lagers vowed to celebrate the great mystery of the Christian religion in a play if the soourge failed to reach them. Sinoe then generations upon generations of actors in the sacred drama h.ivo lived and .iied in the liamlet among the mountains, gaining their earthly subsistence by making toys and earring crucifixes, imagctj of saints, and rosaries. The play needs a vast con- course of actors, there being seven hundred in all, but to the. simple peasants to take part, in it is an honour—an act of purest religious warship. The one fear is lest the influx of spectacularly- inclined tourists, of whom some half-a-millioni are expected this year, should ruin all this. The theatre in which the play is performed is a new and vast building, capable of accommodating six thousand! persons. I

SOUTH AFRICAN SHARES. I During the past week interest in the South African market has centred almost entirely in Rhodesian shares, and there has been a rife in the price of near- ly everything Rhodesian. Things are ripe for a boom in Rhodesian shares, and those in Dewar's Matabele Reefs, Limited, should be well worth the attention of the speculative investor who can afford io buy, pay for, and hold1 them. The total capital of the company is only £60,OCO, in shares of £1 each, of which 43,000 are issued and fully paid, the re- maining 17,000 being working capital reserved for future Issue. if required. Dewar's Matabele Reefs, Limited, own fourteen miles of gold reefs, contain- ing .five hundred and ten duly registered claims, equal to an area of about 1200 acres. A number (j the claims contain ancient workings, and the whole of the reefs are fortunately situated within fifteen mil of Bulawayo, in the best-known and most important gold-mining districts of Rhodesia. Careful surveys have been Blade of each of the reefs, and every claim has been registered and marked out in accordance with the British South Africa Company's regulations. Questions of title cannot, therefore, arise, and a8 the claims themselves have in a great many instances been proved to be of a very nigh grade indeed, many elements of risk have been !enated. The sale of OM set of twenty claims will give enough to pay a sum, in the way a will g' to rya sX pital of the of dividends, equivalent to the entire capital of the company. Probably in a few months, when the extent and richness of the property owned by Dewar's Matabele Reefs, Limited, are realised, and its value reckoned at a standard of price governing similar great land and exploring companies, this company's shares should be quoted at a far higher price than that of about Cl each, at which they are now dealt in on the London Stock Exchange. At the monthly meeting of the Denbigh Schol Board the tender of Mr W h ee l er for the erection of the new school at Henllan for £1670 was accepted, and it was decided that the repayment øf I the loans be extended over 40 years. Plain and Artists0 Printing. If you derir" your printing to be wp-to-date, smirt, effective and moderate in priOIIristeDt itith quality- send a trial order to the North Wales Chronicle Commercial Print%ng Worb. High-streot, Bangor, and yoi will not be d"ppointed in getting the o.t nlue for f<nrr money. — Not" the address: The North WaZ" jo ?Ltxl.. C,?mmm Printers and 8tatiT9, Irstreet, &Dgor. j

I mE SOUTH MANCHESTER ELECTION. GREAT UNIONIST VICTORY. The polling for the election of a member for South Manchester to fill the vacancy causod by the succession of the Marquess of Lorne to 't.l1ø Dukedom of Argyll, took place on Friday, and the result was juinouiiced between nine and tea o'clock as fo'lows: — Mr W. R W. Peel (Unionist) 5497 Mr Leifchild S. Jones (Liberal) 3458 Unionist majority 2039 frcnuus eiecu-m* nave resuited as follows: — 1885: Sir H. Roscce (L.), 3791; Royle (C.), 3121; Liberal majority, 670. 1886: Sir IEL Rosooo Glad- Ktoniar. majority, 336. 1392: Sir H. Rosooe (G.L.), 4245 Viscount Ðrnlyn (C.), 4064 Glad- stoninn majority. 181. 1895: Marquess of Lonve (L.U.), 4457 Sir H. ROSCTO (L.), 4379 Unionist majority, 78.

GENERAL ITEWS OF THE WEEX. The race for the Derby Stakes was won oiv Wednesday by the Prince of Wales's "Diamond Jubilee," ridden by H. Jones. Two men were killed on Saturday morning by 30 terrible explosion -it the Black'beck Powder Works, between Ulverston and WTindermera lake. The Rev. W. J. TC-etcr of Clarina, Limerick, who was shot Sunday night, it is alleged, by Thomas Smith, a farmer, died 011 Tuesday. At. Glasgow Œ1 Wednesday, Adam Marshall, aged 33, murdered his wife by cutting her tlnoaft with a razor, ani then cut his own threat with fatal effect. A committee has been appointed, with Rir Courtenay Bo-jlie 136 ch&irnyr.. to advisa the Board cf Trade on the work of the intelligence br<'lnm of the Commercial Labour and St.ti8liC3' branch of the Con,wer,?,. nl 1,41).oiir and Lieutenant Robert F. Soctt, at, present torpedo lieutenant of tho "Majestic," has boen appointed by the Royal and Royal Geographical Societies, to the command of the N"!1[,l A.nti/u-Cltic Ex- pedition. At Oxford (,n Tuesday, two undergraduates were .ach fined 103 and costs for discharging firework s m the street cri. tho occasion of the Mafekinsj celebrations, and a number of citizens were finetl for assaulting the police. Russia., in her recent note to Turkey demand- ing the repatriation of certain Armenians, de- clared that if Turkey did not put a stop to the present vexatious measures against the Armen- ians, Russia would be obliged to intervene her- self. In the House of Commons on Monday Mr Wyndham said the number of troops of all kinds in South Afria wat; about 221,000. On the 1st. inst the number of Regulars ii, home, including the, Royal Reserve, was 102,730, and of Militia about 77,000. At an inquest held at Manchester on Monday touching the death of a servant girl named Sarah Pidtiiv, tho evidence that the deceased met her death, while pretending to hang herself in order to frighten her employer's children, and a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. 7110 eclipse of the sun on Monday was ohservcd in different parts of the world. At Tripoli the corona, was seen for 52 scoonds, and was a dupli- cate of the one olieerved in January, 1889, wh :c confirms the theory of the eleven years' period of the ooro and its variation, with sun spots. The Queen's retarru from Balmoral to Windsor Chstle has lwen fixed for 20th June. Her Nfa- jesty will arrive at Windsor on 21st June, and it is probable that tho Khedive of Egypt, who will ho in London at thai time, will visit the Queen on the following day. The National Art Gallery, London, was for some time in danger on Wednesday, owing to tire which obtained iJ. firm hold of the top storey of an adjoining building. The fire brigade suc- ceeded. however, in preventing the spread of the flames to the National' Gallery. A Dalziel telegram states flirt the released Irish prisoners, Fifc&hstris and Mullet, impli- cated in the PI oenix Park murders, were de- tained on arrival at New Yf?rk at, the quarantine station, under the tew which forbids the landing of ex-convicts They will probably be sent back to Ireland. Sir Robert Peel was summoned o/!t M.nrlhor- ough-street Police Court. London, on Tuesday, on a charge of li-liclMnj Daniel von der Heydti, his 4on in-law, in letters addressed to the om- plainant at a botrl. The Magistrates sent the case for trial, accepting Kir Robert Peel's own recognisances to appear at the next sitting of ther Oentral Criminal Court. At the Vice-Chancellor's Court, Oxford, on Saturday, Charles Wild, ani undergraduate, of Oriel College, and Reginald w. Mathew, of Jesus College, were charged with assaulting the police on the night of the Queen's birthday. Wild watv fined £2 and costs, and Mathew £1 and ooota The Vice-Chancellor intimated that if any similar cases came before the Bench the offenders would be dealt with mere severely. The rebellion of the "Boxers" in China, is de- veloping alarmingly. They have destroyed » station on the Luhan-Pching-Hankau Railway, only 29 miles from Peking, destroyed the rail- way track and a number of cars, and murdered several Chinese employes. A very large number of Europeans have had' to evacuate pl men- aced bv the rioters, and taken refuge in Peking. The European Ministers have held another meet- ing to consider what steps shall be adopted to force the Gcverniuent to take effective measures for the sujrpression of the society. The spring hnerd mecling of the National TIiflt..A "'eilt.L"'1 was held in London. on Wednes- day, when Sir Henry Fletcher, M.P., in the ab- sence if the Duke of Cambridge, announced rliafc the meeting at J:8Ie, would commence this year- (I. tr earlier thin usual, namely, on M-omdsy, July 9th. The most important, alteration in the rules was that '1 the cIIT.<ltit.io'1; of position in firing. Ir- fi:t<;re Volunteers would fire standing at 260 yard-s. leveling rtt 500, prone 1\1.. 600 yards. and in -in,. bevond that distance, Ik- was on the fidvl ■? of Lord Roberts that the stand- ing position ii-tfl been made compulsory. The imp gunnery experiments on the olfxrlete turret rhip "BelleiSle" took place on Saturday, <if n Rill, on the Sussex Coast*. The duty (If fL-'nc UTKHI the doomed ship de- volved upen the "Majestic," the flagship of too channel 1!(1'1l'I' which turned her heavy bat- tened upwi the "BelJeiele" for ten minutes, btrtr ;n less thJl t}.:I. Vme the old ship was a shat- tered and wreck. Almost the first lyd- dite shell firrd. piettsed her hull, others followed, and she nk <tJ()t-riddled in shallow water with, her woodwork blneing fiercely. Probably thet result, of the experiment will be to discontinue all use of wood in warships.

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