Barry Dock News

COGAN MILITARY BAND AND THE ALBION COLLIERY DISASTER. On Saturday afternoon last the Cogan Milit&ry Band, under the able conductorship of Mr J. Bryant, paraded the streets of Penarth and Cogan. when collections were made en route in aid of the widows and orphans' relief fund in connection with the recent disaster at the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd. In the evening a concert was also given by the same band- on the Penarth Promenade, when & large number of persons listened to the excellent programme of music. A large staff of energetic collectors were employed for the collection, a good, sum being realised, the whole of the proceeds to be handed over to the above fund.

THE CHURCH CONTROVERSY. LORD EFFIXGHAM A PROTESTANT. To the Editor or the" BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,—With reference to your corres- pondent's (Mr A. E. P. Ross) assertion that Lord Howard of Effingham was a Roman Catholic, may I kindly draw your attention to pages 8 and 9 of the enclosed leaflet, which, to my mind, clearly proves that Lord Howard of Effingham was not a Roman Catholic but a Protestant.—Yours faith- fully, A. A. FOWLER. Lawn House, Sidney-road, Forrest Gate, Essex. July 3rd, 1894. [* 'It One of the principal extracts from the leaflet referred tq by our correspondent is the following. -ED. Lord Howard a Protestant.-The foregoing facts certainly prove that the Roman Catholics in England, as a body, were not animated by very strong patriotio feelings. Yet, it is urged that a noble example of patriotism was shown by Lord Howard of Effingham, the Lord High Admiral, and that he was a Roman Catholic.—But what authority is there for claiming Lord Howard as a Roman Catholic ? The evidence is all the other way. In the "Records of English Catholics," the work abovereferred to as published by the Brompton Oratorians, we find a paper alleged to have been drawn up by Cardinal Allen and Count Olivaries before the sailing of the Armada, in which Suggestions are made for filling up the Churches and Offices of the kingdom, if God gave the success which was hoped for from His mercy and amongst the Offices, to be filled with Roman Catholics, we find that of "The High Admiral."—Is it likely that this post would be included amongst the Offices, to be so filled up, if Lord Howard was then a Roman Catholic?—It is also to be noted, that Cardinal Allen, in his letter to Philip II. (March 19, 1587), writes; that. in the event of the success of the expedition, Philip would have to deal only with (R) Catholic Bishops and Nobles in Parliament. who alone, as he states, in consequence of the previous dectth or dismissal of the' heretics, will have votes in that assembly. A PRIEST OF THE UNDIVIDED CHURCH

AIMS ANOTHER BLOW AT ROMANISM. To the Editor of the "BARRY DOCK NEWS." DEAR SIR,-At the commencement of this con- troversy you adopted the heading The Crafty Tactics of Rome," than which I think none could have been more appropriate, for the correspondence ,?f A. E. P. Ross has furnished many characteristic instances of them since he began to write on the subject. As the latest example of this, observe his treatment of my statement about Papists in England, Roman Missioners, and Jesuits in the dayg of Elizabeth." In the first place he falsely quotes me by adding to what I really did write- and sectaries no doubt this was to serve a pur- pose which is manifest enough, but let me inform him that I am too well accustomed to debate with Romanists not to be on the look out for suoh dodges. Since it is, and always has been. the practice of the sect of which he is evidently a blindly-devoted adherent to make additions or luppressions in dealing with the Word of God, no one can be surprised if the letters of a humble ^atholic priest like myself are treated in a similar fashion. Again, in the second place, the aforesaid tactics are still more apparent. Your corres- pondent accuses me of being beside the mark" in my letters. If this were true I could honestly say my error was unintentional. But, how about Mr Ross ? Let me say of him that he is not only altogether beside the mark" in his last letter (not to mention former ones), but that I cannot help thinking he is so intentionally, because, otherwise, the weakness, the rottenness, and the wickedness of the cause which he vainly tries to bolster up could be no longer concealed. I men- tioned "Papists. &c., in the days of Elizabeth" Merely to show him that if the authorities in France were justified in slaughtering the Huguenots for the rebellions and cruelties alleged (falsely as I am convinced) against them, the Authorities in England can scarcely be blamed for having endeavoured to suppress the continual con- spiracies against the life of the Queen which were life in the days of Elizabeth. The assertion of 14r Ross that the persecution of Romanists in the ^ays of Elizabeth was "so bitter that none has -equalled it since the days of Diocletian is not only abominably untrue but stupidly lOOlisn. It is a gross libel on the character of the British people. No historian, even on the Romanist side, £ t Woul(i venture to destroy his reputation K absurd a statement. As to Breen (whoever he may be), to judge from the extracts quoted by your correspondent, it is plain enough that his work savours more of romance than history, and his name is likely to continue in its present con- dition of obscurity. But, as I was going on to say, Mr Ross, because it was the only way he could see out of his difficulty, starts-oS at a tangent and pretends to ignore the question Papist in England versus Huguenot in France," sweeping before him whole chapters of history in his reckless course. Without the slighestest foundation, he accuses me of ignorance of facts relating to the Spanish Armada, &c. I know, and have known from my 'Childhood, that Howard was a Romanist, but he Was an Englishman and a Christian first; so too were the other patriotic men who, though too deeply entangled in religious error, were yet unable to let themselves be cajoled into the wickedness ?f rebelling against their lawful sovereign and lnto uniting with her enemies for the destruction oQf their glorious country. Nay, more, Master Ross, hast thou not o'erreached thyself Do not thine own witnesses testify against thee 1 See'st thou not my meaning? Then. hear me expound it. Lord Howard of Effingham, thou wilt admit, was a man of good credit; he was a devout papist; nothing could wean him from that form of wotship which thou dost call the old religion. Seeing "these things be so, assuredly he was a man not to be tempted from the right path, noi yet to be ^riven thence by fear of any danger. What, then, "doth he show by his actions ? Not verily as thou ^°uldest have men believe, that no citizen, much nobleman, of good morals ought to have stood UP in defence of the supreme authority in this .'l'eabn in those days not verily that Elizabeth w&s an illegitimate usurper, as thou dost viciously "assert in despite of decency, charity, and truth. «ay, shade of brave Lord Howard of Effingham, thou hast been called up from thy place by our ^odern papist, and thou dost give him the lie direct! Oh, may thy soul be happy and the souls Of thy brave comrades who fought by thy side for truth, for country, and for a noble l||Ueen, even though thy mind and the minds of divers of them were imbued with errors forced IlPon plastic hearts in early childhood. If thy theories were Italian and Vicious, thy practice was English and Christian. I shall apostrophise no Jfc°re, but conclude by saying that in the days of Gunpowder Plot Romanists in England were, happilyi few, and mostly bad. There is no doubt Whatever that the plot was encouraged by Roman jnissioners, foreign paptists, and the Pope himself. There were, doubtless, a small handful of honour- able Romanists, like Howard, in Elizabeth's time. ^ho did not forget that they were Englishmen and 'Christians but, on the other hand, there is just as iittle doubt that if the gunpowder had done its "leadly work, advantage would have been taken of the result to restore the Catholic Church of Eng- ^nd to the Roman obedience. Romanists do upbraid English Christians with hosts of crimes, ^*1 of which have little or no foundation. 1 A. E. P. Ross himself is an instance of this, as have explained. As to 'Lord George Gordon's l'lots, anyone who would make the organiser. P* them a champion of the English Church far from being a lover of truth. Of Charles II t is well known that he was a Papist at heart, t&i? Romanists claim that he died in that faith "hen they wish to make a case for the influence their system. I may also remind A. E. P. h 088" that the King of Spain and his Armada ad the Pope's good-will and blessing when it jfttted on its wicked and ill-omened expedition. have other things to write, but they must wait, I must remind "A. E. P. Ross" that in •o?6 ^0rmer letter I mentioned the Great schism the west," and should like to hear how he deal with that historical fact. Again „.anking you for your courtesy, I remain, dear lr> ^yours in the One Faith. A PRIEST OF THE UNDIVIDED CHURCH." ¡

CHURCH DEFENCE MEETING AT COGAN. VIGOROUS ADDRESS BY GENERAL LEE. A well-attended and successful Church defence meeting was held at the Church Mission-room, Cogan, on Thursday evening, the 5th instant, under the auspices of the Cogan district branch of the Church Defence Institution. The chair was occupied by Major-General H. H. Lee, J.P., there being also amongst those present-the Rev Canon Edwards, M.A., Rev F. E. Williams, M.A. (Cogan), Rev Loftus Hopkins (curate-in-charge of Wenvoe), Miss Ethel Edwards (St. Andrew's Rectory), Miss Corbett, Mrs Russell, Mrs Latch, Messrs W. E. Helm (London, lecturer of the Church Defence Institution), J. H. Westyr- Evans, H. J, Thatcher, Collins, D. Barrow, Bryant, R. A. Lewis, Colbourne, &c. The choir of Holy Nativity, Cogan, attended, and the proceedings opened with prayer and the rendering of the hymn, The Church is one Foundation." Major- General Lee first addressed the audience, and was accorded a hearty reception. He said:- I do not concern myself much, this evening, to try and take to pieces the unjustifiable, unstatesman- like measure we are met together to protest against; at least I hope ere the evening is over those of you who are not yet of my way of think- ing will come round and feel, if not as strongly as I do, and go the length of protesting against the measure as iniquitous, yet, having listened, go away feeling there is another side to the question that ought to receive anxious consideration ere their minds are definitely made up, and that Disestablishment and Disendowment are not matters to be dealt with with a light heart. (Cheers.) I will start with saying I am opposed to the Bill-that instituted Established Church (Wales) Bill." Wales you will observe is printed within brackets; why, I do not know-unless it may be unconsciously to emphasise, what is very desirable to emphasise, that the Church, whether in Wales or England, is one. The preamble ex- plains further that the Bill is to terminate the Establishment of the Church of England in Wales and Monmouthshire, and to make provision in respect of the Temporalities thereof. Temporalities is spelt with a big T by-the-bye. (Laughter.) It is but right I should give you some, at all events, of the reasons why I object to this Bill, and I will ask you to bear with me whilst I do so. I object as a churchman and a citizen interested in the well being of my country. (Cheers.) I have called this Bill unjustifiable and unstatesman- like. I will deal with the latter proposition first. Whatever your politics are, you will agree with me in holding this as a very elementary axiom, namely, that a statesmanlike measure is one that should make for the greater good of a very large majority of the people affected, a measure tending to peace and goodwill, to the fostering of morality. and to the discountenancing of vice. (Applause.) Does this measure fulfil any of these conditions ? I cannot see that it does. Has it brought peace ? -is it likely to 7 I think it will not, nay, I will be bolder, and say it has not, and will not. (Cheers.) What has it done ? Last year we had an attempt made to please a certain political party, to introduce a measure called the Suspensory Bill, for short, a Bill the object of which was to prejudge the whole question, and to get Parlia- ment by a side wind to pledge itself to a larger, further reaching measure that would upset the old order of things-a policy not to be entered into in a lighthearted cursory way. (Hear, hear.) What was the result ? People who had been leading quiet peaceful lives were stirred up to their very depths; no great harm you may say. but it is harmful, it all adds to that sensation of unrest which is impressing every phase of our national life—(hear, hear)-and we had meetings all over the country to protest against the measure. Petitions were got up and presented, hard things were said and thought, irritations were aroused, differences were accentuated, where before they had scarcely existed, and all for what ? Was one man the richer or the better for it all ? No. And then the measure was dropped like a hot potato, and the Bill relegated to that limbo to which many another ill-considered measure has been sent-aii Milton said, a limbo large and broad, since called the Paradise of fools." Was this a statesmanlike proceeding? (Applause.) And now this year we have a fuller measure, one that aims at crippling, to say the least, an institution that has as its primary object the highest good of all-the welfare of the Monarch as equally as that of the poorest and feeblest amongst us. (Cheers.) We are always lamenting the powers of evil, the vice and misery we see around us. Drink and immorality claim their victims as largely as ever, dishonesty and cruelty are scarcely unknown, man still outwits his fellow-man, just as if there were no Divine law telling us to do unto others as we would be done by," no love thy neigh- bour as thyself," and yet, forsooth, in the face of all this, in the face of ministers of all denomina- tions crying out for more workers for the harvest, in the face of all this, I say we are asked to maim and render less powerful for good one institution, our oldest, whose machinery is in working order and only wants more means, more men to take the place she can fill, nay, is filling, in showing the better way, the way that does fulfil the Royal Law. (Cheers.) Once more we are accentuating differences, once more we are tempted to say and think hard things of one another, once more is the spirit of unrest let loose on the land-and for what good end I know not. Will the Disestablish- ment and Disendowment of our National Church do any man here an atom of good 1 I trow not. The despoiling the Church, the making its ministers poorer, the rendering their (in nearly every case) hard lives harder, will that help any one ? will it raise any one higher in the social scale ? will it give food to the hungry or work to the worklesa ? No, emphatically, no. (Applause.) And what is the value of the plunder ? we pride ourselves as being a nation of practical men. Let us see what we are going to get for the upsetting of one of the old landmarks. Principal Owen, of Lampeter, previously Dean* of St. Asaph, in a letter which was published in most of the lead- ing papers showed, taking Mr Asquith's own figures, and after allowing for cost of collection and other incidental charges, the total net value of ecclesiastical endowment in Wales to be £ 155,000 a year, namely, £ 102,000 from tithe rent charge, and £ 53,000 from lands, houses, and other forms of ancient endowments. £ 155,000, it may seem an enormous sum to some of you, but measured by what it can do for the whole population of Wales it is a very small sum, even if it be a yearly sum, to acquire by robbing a Church scarcely worth while a long period of mutual resentment and conflict which will be the most fatal impediment to social progress and social culture," to use a sentence of Lord Salisbury's. (Cheers.) Do you know it cost us more than this sum to buy the gas and water works at Barry 1 and the Barry new dock, the contract for which has been just let, will cost £ 100,000 more than this. Or look at it from another point of view. There are at least one and-a-half million of people in Wales divide this £ 155,000 amongst them, and what will you get. or rather what shall we get, for we are all entitled to a share in the loot-what shall we get apiece—a fraction over two shillings. Is it worth while raising a bitter feeling of having been un- justly treated in every Churchman's breast through- out the land for twenty-four pieces of copper per annum ? And if I may be permitted to still dwell on this aspect of the case, Dean Owen has also shown that at present 80,000 children are educated in Church elementary schools in the four Welsh dioceses. According to the blue book of the Education Department (1891-2) the average cost in Board Schools in England and Wales of educating each child is 92 4s 6d. a year, over and above the cost of fl 8iJ Id to the tax payer in education and fee grants, and the cost of building board schools amounts to J612 15s 9d for each child. If the Church fails to carry on her elemen- tary schools in Wales the ratepayers of Wales will have to find £ 191.000 a year in additional pay- ments for elementary education, or more by £ 38,000 a year than the total net value of the Church endowments, without taking any count of the charges upon Mr Asquith's funds in payment of life incomes secured by the Bill to the present bishops and clergy during their lifetime. (Hear, hear.) Will this be a boon ? and will the measure that brings this about be a statesmanlike one ? Is the Bill a justifiable one ? To show that it is, you must show that the Church is not doing the work it was ordained to do, and, further, it is essential to show. if the work is not being done, a better way of doing it. But is the work not being done ? Is not the Chureh showing every sign of life ? I sometimes fear it is because the Church is so very much alive that this attack is made on her. Fifty or sixty years ago one might have conceived a charge of this kind being made, and proved there were ruined churches, absentee parsons, slovenly dull services, a want of sympathy with the people; but is this the case to-day ? Look around you, what do you see in your own and neighbouring parishes ? new churches, old ones restored and made decent reverent places of worship, bright services-better attended—more ministers, associations of all kinds to help and foster what is good, earnest devoted men ever ready to sympathise with the weary and heavy-laden does all this show an effete, useless organization—"doing more harm than good," as Lord Rosebery is reported to have said of the Church in Wales the other day ? (Applause.) I had the opportunity of seeing at a recent meeting of our Diocssan Conference a couple of maps made by Archdeacon Bruce, of Newport. The two together formed the best answer one could have desired to the question, is the Church alive ? One map showed the number of churches in the Rhondda Valley—twenty years ago, I think it was-the other showed the number last year One map represented the churches (they were indicated by red spots) like the plums in a workhouse plum pudding—few and far beliween-the other like the plums in a. good honest Christmas pudding, such as boys love, so close there was scarce room to put in more. (Laughter and cheers.) Why discourage, why cripple such an agency for good ? Has not Mr Gladstone called it a living, a growing, an advancing Church 7" Is not that a truer, a more thoughtful pronouncement than that of the present Prime Minister's, if he did say it ? (Hear, hear.) And is it proposed to replace this old organization by another, more suitable to the needs of the day ? No, not a word of building up, only of pulling down any fool can destroy, but it requires the wisdom of ages to construct a church, that can, as our does, enclose in its arms many men and many minds. (Cheers.) What does the Bill do ? Amongst other matters it sends 500 curates adrift. The Bill has two parts- Disestablishment and Disendowment. Disestablish- ment firstly silences the recognition by the nation of the necessity of a religion to the national well- being, and secondly, removes the one security for the presence in each several locality of at least one educated person, responsible for the moral and spiritual interests of the inhabitants. Disendow- ment sweeps away the modest remuneration of the work thus undertaken by the one only institu- tion which even professes to offer or care for it. Large towns (they are not numerous in the Principality) may still provide for themselves preachers after their own idea of attractiveness. Villages must depend on the accident of an accident," the residence of (1) a rich man, (2) interested in religion. (Hear, hear.) The poor will be the sufferers. It is for them we pletad when we protest against the threatened revolution." (Cheers.) I could give you figure after figure showing what the Church is doing, I could argue with reason that the despoiling of the Church must inevitably re-act on the poor. I have not even touched on the, to my mind, greater aspect- whether in despoiling the Church we may not be robbing God (Mal. III., 8), and in so doing may not be bringing down on ourselves a national judgment. But I think I have said enough to introduce the far abler men who are to follow me, and who will put other aspects of the case for the Church before you. I should like, however, before I sit down just to say a word to (1) my brethren of the Church-the episcopal Church-and (2) to those, if any are present, who are not of our com- munion. First to Churchmen, I think I would say in this present distress, Be not afraid"— have fervent charity, and as much as lies in you live peaceably with all men" — giving your opponents credit for being actuated by right motives-Än their eyes. Do not be afraid of being Church people, do not minimise your privileges you have as much right to them as any other citizen, you will not help matters on a bit by whittling away differences, nor will your opponents esteem you any the higher for doing so. And to the Nonconformist I would say, do not act hastily when the time comes for the question to be put to the test of the ballot, do not cast your vote because one party or the other is trying to put the Church question in the van of the political battle. Think only of the Church as a great instrument for good, that as grown with our growth, nay which has made us what we are as a nation, and, therefore, hesitate to impede its onward progress. (Applause.) Mr J. H. Westyr Evans then moved the following resolution That this meeting of parishioners of the united parishes of Llandough, Cogan, and Leckwith express its emphatic protest against the unjust and uncalled- for measure introduced into Parliament for the Dis- establishment and Disendowment of the Church in the four Welsh dioceses, and calls upon all Church- men to do their utmost to resist the passing of the Bill. Mr Evans having expressed gratification at the good attendance that evening, remarked he was very pleased to be present to speak in behalf of the Church. (Hear, hear.) The question before them was purely one for laymen, because the in- cumbents would be provided for during their lives. It also affected the curates, however, no provision being made for them, and the Churchpeople, there- fore, would be without any resources whatever for maintaining the clergy. Would the necessary funds be forthcoming ? The Churchmen of a parish would necessarily have to give towards the support of the clergy what was at present being extended to different charities, &c., so that many institutions would run short in contributions if this Bill became law. There were many parishes in Wales without a resident minister at all, and in hundreds of instances there were no resident ministers except those of the Church of England. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, in a. large number of the parishes how would religious ministration be car- ried on if the Disestablishment and Disendowment Bill passed ? (Hear, hear.) The scheme towards Wales was a more drastic and severe measure than that with regard to Ireland, and, Church- people should do all in their power to frustrate this gross injustice towards Wales. (Cheers.) After entering into a description of portions of the Bill, and the effect the measure would have upon certain parishes, Mr Westyr Evans said the great cry was against the alien Church and inequality. What were the reasons given for this the Church- people were at a loss to understand. (Hear, hear.) He was given to understand the one body was progressing and the other standing still, and he thought, therefore, the attack had been promoted in a spirit of jealousy and envy. (Applause.) Re- ferring to the Church Defence Institution, Mr Westyr Evans stated it was not a political organisation whatever. (Hear, hear.) There must be a Church party to fight this question and maintain the position of the Church, the Defence Institution being established for this purpose. (Hear, hear.) They held the endowments as trustees, and he, for one, would never consent to yield up what had been placed in their charge as a solemn trust to pass on to generations to come. (Applause.) He would again emphasise that this Bill was one that affected the laity, and it was their bounden duty to fight it out on behalf of the clergy most strenuously and constantly, but in a truthful and legitimate manner. (Applause.) Mr D. Barrow having seconded, Mr W. E. Helm rose to address the meeting, and was well received, the respected gentleman just recovering from a severe illness. They had, Mr Helm stated, arrived at a very grave crisis in the history of the Church, and the Archbishop of Canterbury had described it as the most serious crisis ever entered against the Church. Lord Salisbury had declared that the position was a profound one. There had never (the speaker said) been a crisis more fraught with danger to Church and State in the history of the country than the present one. He was not an optimist nor a. pessimist, because in the first place he believed that by working well their efforts would eventually end in success, and in the second place he held that if they would combine together they would be strong enough to protect the Church. (Cheers.) This was pre-eminently a. religious question, and Mr Bright, shortly before his death, declared it was the most serious question with which the nation could deal. (Hear, hear.) No one, the speaker stated, could accurately calculate the great harm which would follow in connection with religion and constitution in the country if the Bill became law. Churchmen should, therefore, take care to place the entire details before the masses of the people, who, he added, had not yet lost their common sense, nor their conscience. (Cheers.) Though the Bill had proceeded to its first reading he did not think they would hear anything more of it this year. Their work in defence should be educational-(hear, hear)-and their arguments should be as powerful as possible, but at the same time not of a political or personal character; and whatever their opponents may say the supporters of the Church should never forget they were ministers and members of an organisation charged to uphold the defence in the true and rightful spirit. (Cheers.) The reasons for the introduction of the Bill were very varied, but some had already dropped away completely, amongst these being the historical and alien church arguments. (Applause.) The speaker proceeded to deliver a scathing criticism on the statements of Mr Asquith in his introduction of the Bill, and said he would ask the public not to be led away by entirely false assertions. (Hear, hear.) Churchmen should always be prepared, and should claim that they had exactly and precisely the same right to their organisation and endowments as other sections had to theirs. (Cheers.) Mr Asquith, in his speeches on the Bill, had shown he was not in possession at all of the slightest instincts of a statesman. The Home Secretary's statements showed there was no glance at work, no considera- tion of claims, Mr Asquith having entirely ignored the rights and feelings of the Church. (Cries of Shame.") Statesmen in times past of all political schools first and foremost in all their utterances placed before their audiences their strong sense of the gravity of a question, but Mr Asquith, the Nonconformist Home Secretary, had rushed in jauntily where angels scarcely dared to tread. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Mr Gladstone had seen infinite reasons for not dealing with the question-(hear, hear)-but Mr Asquith appeared to have seen none of these things. One of the reasons which Mr Asquith gave for his position was one which contradicted a fact, and, therefore, could not be true. It was contended that the State maintained the Church in Wales. He (tile speaker) would say that any privilege which the Church in Wales possessed was not an im- proper privilege, but privileges acquired, by influence and historic rights. (Cheers.) The ascendency of the Church-if there was any, as had been alleged-was not the result of State action, but the result of the rights of the Church. (Applause.) If the Home Secretary was capable of disgorging such ridiculous and untruthful statements, they should not be astonished at the masses being led astray. (Cheers.) Mr Asquith could not prove his statements, and no man, woman, or child was justified in stating anything without proof. (Hear, hear.) That the Church was in the minority was another statement of the Home Secretary's as a reason of the introduction of the Bill. Surely the minority had the same right in the land as the majority? If not, the country had arrived at a condition of mob law. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr Helm) marvelled at Mr Asquith's ignorance. After referring to the refusal to take a religious census in Wales, Mr Helm dealt exhaustively with different sections of the Bill. He was of opinion that every endowment of the Church should be examined, and he was confident the result would be in favour of the Church. (Hear, hear.) They had always been told that Disestablishment would free the Church as a great Spiritual body, and would give the Church more liberty of action the moment she was released from the shackles of the State. Disestablishment, he would declare, meant the destruction of the Church's constitution, and, consequently, the breaking up of the great religious work now being carried on. (Hear. hear.) The Government had no right to take from the Church those endowments which had been separated from secular uses and handed over to the Church foe sacred purposes, and if this sin was committed nemesis would certainly follow. (Cheers.) If the Bill became law, he might add, the Church would have an average of :£13 a parish to enable her to carry on her work. In conclusion, Mr Helm said there had never been such a monstrous proposal from a so-called Christian Government, and it was a disgrace to the nineteenth century Christianity in England. (Applause.) The resolution was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr H. J. Thatcher then moved the next resolu- tion as follows That copies of the resolution be sent to the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, Lord Rosebery, Mr Asquith, Ab Balfour, and Mr A. J. Williams. Mr Thatcher gave a masterly outline of the history of different portions of the Church, and said he trusted the resolution would have a good effect. (Cheers.) Mr Colbourne seconded, and questions having been invited, the Rev Canon Edwards moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and speakers, the motion being passed with unanimity, and the meeting closed with prayer and hymn.

SERIOUS THEFT BY A PENARTH LAD. A raggedly-clothed boy, named James Buck- land, aged about eleven years, was on Friday last brought before Mr Batchelor at the Penarth magistrates' clerk's office, Cardiff, on a charge of stealing a purse containing 30s in gold, a sixpenny piece, and seven pence in coppers, from the lodge of Cwrt-y-Vil House, Penarth, the property of Mrs Elizabeth Lewis, on the 5th instant.-In the evidence it was stated that Mrs Lewis had on Wednesday evening put the puree, containing the 30s in gold, in the cupboard in the sitting-room of the lodge. All the day on Thursday she was hay-making in the field adjoining the house, and the prisoner was there, too. That evening, about seven o'clock, she missed the purse and the other loose money, which was on the mantel-shelf, and gave information to the police.—Inspector Rutter said the lad was handed over to him by the Cardiff police, and 19s 6d and the purse of Mrs Lewis, produced, were found on him. When charged he said he found the purse outside the lodge.—De- fendant was remanded.—On Monday the lad James Buckland, of 4, Morristo-vn, Penarth, was brought up at Penarth Police Court (before Mr S. Batchelor and Mr LI. Wood).—Evidence having been read over, Police-constable Charles Knight deposed to arresting the lad in a Cardiff theatre. Defendant had a lot of money in his pockets, together with tobacco, cigarette papers, &c.—In answer to the charge Buckland said he had nothing to say, and he was ordered to receive the birch.

PENARTH LOCAL BOARD AND THE ALBION COLLIERY DISASTER. Mr T. Bevan, chairman of the Penarth Local Board, has opened a subscription list in aid of the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans in distress consequent upon the Albion colliery disaster, the following being amongst the donations already received :-Messrs T. Bevan, £158; W. J. Cole, £1 6s R. Bevan, Bl 5s; H. Snell, Ll ls D. Morgan, JB1 Is J. Y. Strawson, Bl Is; W. L. Morris, jBl Is. J. W. Morris, £1 Is; W. B. Shepherd, 10s 6d E. L Evans, 10s 6d Ralph Fargher, 10s. Further subscrip- tions would be thankfully received.

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COGAN AND LLANDOUGH SCHOOL BOARD. The monthly meeting of the Cogan and Llan- dough School Board was held on Friday evening last at Cogan, present—Mr W. L. Morris (chair- man), Mr J. Pavey (vice-chairman), Rev F. E. Williams, Messrs J. F. Proud, E. B. Riley, and F. E. Hughes (clerk). APPLICATION FOR INCREASE OF SALARY. Mr R. A. Lewis, head master at the schools, applied for an augmentation of his salary, and it was decided to increase the same to J3150. A VISIT OF INSPECTION. The committee appointed at the previous meet- ing to visit the schools and report thereon as to any repairs needed, pointed out that the schools needed colouring very badly, and it was decided that tenders be advertised for in the local papers for the carrying out of this and other work of repair, a special meeting to be held on the 23rd instant to consider the tenders. THE ATTENDANCE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Mr T. Heywood, attendance officer, presented his monthly report, showing a serious falling off in the attendance of school children, and he was authorised to take proceedings in some of the worse cases. OTHERS APPLY FOR AN INCREASE OF SALARY. Miss Morgan, head teacher, Miss Griffiths, and Thomas Heywood, the attendance officer, applied for an increase of salary, but the applications were allowed to stand over till the next meeting for consideration. ANNUAL GOVERNMENT REPORT. The report of the Education Department in connection with the annual examination at the schools was presented, the following being extracts therefrom: — Boys' School -It has several times been pointed out that the teaching for a school of this kind, with the present staff, is not the best possible. Discipline is very satisfactory singing (except ear tests; is very satisfactory. Elementary work varies, and is perhaps fairly good, so that in recommending the highest principal grant considerable allow- ance has had to be made. Oral arithmetic is a subject needing the most attention, and grammar does not quite reach good. Geography may just be marked good, and should be rather better in the second and fourth standards; recitation, as before, good. The inspectors hope that next year the school will be thoroughly good. Girls' SchoolDiscipline is very good, and the singing has improved. Needlework is well taught, and recitation is fairly good. Grammar must be more accurate before the higher grant can be recom- mended. Reading and writing are fairly good, arithmetic falls to fair, and oral arithmetic is only moderate, and appears to have been neglected for some year a past, although mentioned specially in the reports. The inspectors think that rather higher results should be expected of a school which is staffed so well to answer the average attendance. Infants' SchoolA piano for musical drill would be of great service. The first class has been thoroughly well taught, and the second class is quite satisfactory, but the third and fourth classes in charge of pupil teachers are only fairly good. At present, the class under the head teacher is in a room so placed as to make it difficult to give effective instruction. Some e ee hesitation is felt in recommending the highest grant. Throughout the school all the opening panes in the windows require to be put at once into thorough repair, the present arrangement being extremely faulty and troublesome. The average grants earned per head are as follows: -Boys, 19s 6d; girls, 18s infants, 17s; final payment of fee grant, zC46 15s grant on average attendance, £ 325 8s 6d; total grant earned, J3272 3s 6d.—L. Jesse and M. A. John have passed fairly well. IMPORTANT NOTICE OF MOTION. The Chairman gave notice to move at the next meeting that the Board consider the question of ,school accommodation for West Cottages, also the best way to maintain same and probable cost. This was all the business.

THE CHARGE AGAINST A PEN- ARTH HOTEL KEEPER. MAGISTRATES DISMISS THE CASE. Walter Bond, Statiou Hotel, Penarth, was charged at Penarth Police Court on Monday last (before Mr S. Batchelor and Mr LI. Wood) with knowingly harbouring a police constable on June 11th. Mr T. H. Stephens and Mr Joseph Henry Jones, Cardiff, appeared for the defence.— Inspector Rutter deposed to seeing the constable in the passage of the hotel receiving something" from a cabman. He had cautioned the constable in the afternoon as to his conduct.—Mr Stephens declared there was no case for the prosecution with regard to know- ingly harbouring" the constable, the cabman being seen handing something to the constable, who was said to be stood near the door.-The magistrates dismissed the case.

PAINFUL ACCIDENT AT BARRY DOCKS. One evening last week a young man named John King, living at 8, Romilly-road, Barry, employed as a runner, was standing under one of the tips, when a lump of coat, weighing Ii cwt., fell from a shute on his head, and inflicted two or three fearful gashes.—Dock-constable James Mayled had the injured young man removed in a cart to Dr Neale's surgery, where he was attended to, and afterwards removed to his home.

CRICKET. DEAN'S STUDENTS v. ST. FAGAN'S. Played at St. Fagan's on Wednesday last, and resulted in a win for the home team by 28 runs. Scores :—St. Fagan's :—A Waldron, b Arkright, 19; E U David, c Fellows, b Woods, 22; E E David, retired hurt, 0; J E Gladston, e Rendall, b Woods. 0; H C Roberts, b Woods, 0; G W David, c Fellows, b Arkright, 3; D J Morgan, b Woods, 2; Rev B Moore, b Woods, 16; W J Littleton, o Fellows, b Woods, 4; A Waite, not out, 1 Hopkins, c C Waldron, b Pullins, 3; Ivor David, b Pullins, 3; extras, 13; total, 86. Dean's Students :-R Arkright, b Roberts, 0; H Woods, c David, b Waite, 3; B Fellows, b Waite, 3; R Pullins, lbw Waite, 0; T Peroune, c & b Waite, 0; F Halsey, run uut, 11; E; Rand ell, not out, 21; R Benson, c Roberts, b G David, 5 C Waldron, run out, 2; Ashby, b Morgan, 0; Crabb, c & b, E U David, 2; W Coornes, b Morgan, 0; extras, 11; total, 58. CADOXTON PRESBYTERIAN v. HOLTON WESLEYAN. Played at Holton on Saturday last, and resulted in- a win for the Presbyterians by eight wickets and 5(t runs. Scores :-Holton Wesleyans :-Geer, b Cloke, 0—b Llewellin, 0; Sydenham, b Cloke, ll-b- Llewellen, 0 Matthews, b Miles, 0—b Llewellen, 0 Wittes, b Cloke, 0—run out, 3 Thomas, b Cloke, 2 -b Llewellen, 0; W, Thomas, b Miles, l-c Dunn, b Cloak, 2 Peacock, b Cloke, 4—b Cloke, 1; Thomas, run out, 0—b Llewellen, 5; Vick, b Miles, 7—b Cloke, 0; Melvin, not out, 3-not out, 5 J Edmonds, b Cloke, 3—bLIewellpn, 0; extras, 7-10; 43 and 21 —total, 64. Presbyterian (1st innings):—W Kinners- ley, h w, b Wittes, 1; T Butler, h w, b Vick, 3; P Cloke, b Thomas, 7 J Miles, b Thomas, 5 J Dure, b Matthews, 1 E Llewellen, b Thomas, 10; J Meikle, run out, 15; F Hurly, b Matthews, 3; D Lewis, b Thomas, 5; A Dunn, b Matthews, 7; O'Connor, not out, 2; extras, 11; total, 70. Second innings—P Cloke, b Thomas, 9; J Miles, b Thomas^ 14; E Llewellin, not out, 6; extras, 15; botal, 44. PENARTH 2ND XI. v. DINAS POWIS. Played at Dinas Powis on Saturday last, and ended in a draw. T Dewar and C Kirby batted capitally for the visitors for their respective scores of 21 and 27. Norman Biggs did well with the bat for Dinas Powis, making 32 (not out). T Collins bowled effectively for the same team, taking seven wickets. Scores :-Penarth 2nd XI. :-G Thomas, b Collins, 4; A H Lee, b Collins, 0; H A Neall, b N Bisrgs, 12; T Dewar, b H Alexander, 21; C Kirby, b Collins, 27 G Shepherd, b H Alexander, 11; W R Rawle, b Collins, 0; T C James, b Collins, 4; A Andrews, b Collins, 0; R Bartlett, not out, 3; H Bishop, b Collins, 0 extras, 17 total, 99. Dinas PoiaisJ Alexander, b Shepherd, 1; H G Alexander, b Dewar, 9; Norman Biggs, not out, 32 W H Smith, b Dewar, 0; A Nell, c Rawle, b Shepherd, 5; W E Jayne, b Dewar, 3; W E Sessions, b Dewar, 3; H Waters, not out, 3; extras, 4; total (for 6 wickets), 61; J Collins, H Sohcoeder, and R Blake did bat. BARRY v. ST. MARGARET'S.—Placed at Barry on Wednesday week last, and resulted iu a win for Barry by 16 runs. ELY COURSE V. COUNTY CONSTABULARY.—Pla,yed OB. Wednesday week last between these teams un the Racecourse, and resulted in a victory for the Ely Course Club by 50 runs. Scores :-Ely Co»/rsc: P Harris, 0; J David, 19 J Stillman, 17 Gr Thomas, 4; A Harris, 4 W J Rigby, 18 W Jones, 3 W Ramsdale, 1; R Stillman, 0; C Curtis, 0; F Jones. 0; extras, 7 total, 73. County Constabulary F H Lee, 5 J L Rees, 0; J R Angus, 1; R Keevil, I E Williams, 0; H Hill, 1; D Thomas, 7; H Thomason, 2; D Evans, 0; J Tucker, 0 F Hook, 4; extras, 2; total, 23. ROYAL STORES v. COWBRIDGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.— Played on the ground of the latter on Wednesday week last, and resulted in an easy victory for the- visitors by six wickets. Scores :—Cowbridge: Bofcton, 1-8; J Morton, 0-0; G Jenkins, 9-0; F 0 Evans, 0-5; L Llewellyn, 0-0; Stoukwood, 11-0; Roberts, 0—6; T Evans, 3—0 M Evans, 0—1 Goss, 2—2; T Thomas (not out), 4—3 extras, 8—5; totals, 38. and 30-68. Royal Stores: Phillips, 5-17; Abraham. 4-1; A Fraven, 2—5; Brown, 2—(not out) 0; T Francis, 5—(not out) 4; Earl, 2—7; Williams, 3; Bryant, 0; T L Griffiths (not out), 0; Angell, ft; Beynon, 2; extras, 9-2; totals, 34 and 36—70. ST. PAUL'S v. PENARTH.-Played on Saturday last. Scores PenarthE Parkinson, 2 H E Morgan, 33; W P Edginton, 32; E Benson, 5; C B Stoddart, 18; WM Douglas, 0; Whip (pro.), 14; T Morgan, 2; A Kevil, 3; D C Davies, 1; T W Morgan, 0; extras, 8; total, 118. St. Paul'sG W Swain, 26 W Ashton, 0; 0 J Brown, 0; E J Rooney, 24; W A Evans, 16; J Barnes, 1; E Spillane, 2 extras, 2 total (five wickets), 71. M Phillips, C R Penn, W D Evans, and Angove (sub.) did not bat. TO-MORROW'S FIXTURES. PRESBYTERIANS V. BARRY CONGREGATIONAL.— At Cadoxton, when the usual team will represnt the Presbyterians. BARRY v. CATHAYS 1ST. — To be played at the Cardiff Arms Park. Barry team :—W West (captain)* T Lewis, E Davies, D Williams, H E Tilston, W Meredith, W Morse, W Ingram, B T Pomeroy, T Wilson, Owen Lewis. Train leaves Barry at 2.25. BARRY 2ND V. CATHAYS 2ND.-To be played at The Buttrills, Barry Dock, when Barry will be repre- sented by the following :—F Bray (captain), A P Kavanagh, W Murphy, G H Richards, R Jones, Ivor John, L Willett, B A Willett, D Edmonds, Jenkin Lewis, E G May. Wickets to be pitched aI;. 3.30 p.m.

PENARTH SCHOOL BOARD. A meeting of the Penarth School Board was held on Thursday evening last at the Local Board Offices, Penarth. Present—Mr J. Carslake Thomp- son (chairman), Mr Jenkin Llewellyn (deputy- chairman), Rev W. Sweet-Escott, Mr T. S. Lloyd, and Mr D. Rees (clerk).-The minutes, of the finance and general purposes committees were read and passed. APPLICATIONS FOR INCREASE OF SALARY, Mr J. S. Dewar, Miss Sdeifen, and Miss Jenkins applied for an increase of salary of d65 per annum. The Board felt that the salary of Miss Sdeifen and Miss Jenkins had reached the maximum of the scale, and on the motion of Mr Lloyd it was decided to ask the head teachers of each department for a list of times of appointments and salaries, and that; in future the salaries be worked1 systematically, as it was felt the same teachers applied for increase every year, while some had not done so for several years. The applications to be held over in the meantime.—Mr J. Matthews, was given an increase of d610 per annum as drill instructor. PAYMENT BY SALARY OR RESULTS. The Clerk was authorised to get a list of the grants earned by each teacher during the past three years in, view of the teachers being paid by results, instead of by salary, as at present. MESGELLAN-EO-US.- The seal of the Board was affixed to the inden- tures of Rose Sherwood, Violet Pine, and Charles Kyd as pupil teachers. Several parents came before the Board for not sending their children regularly to school, and in some cases the attendance officer was ordered to take legal proceedings.

LAST WEEK'S TRAFFIC RECEIPTS ON THE BARRY RAILWAY. On the Barry Railway during the past week the traffic reoeipts were Coaching, £ 385 froods, £184 minerals, £ 2,398 dock dues, &c., £2.398; total, £ 5,365. Corresponding week of last year:- Coaching, £379; goods, £ 154; minerals, £2,093; dock dues, &c., £3,160; total, £ 5,780 decrease 1*421.