The South Wales Star

A TRAMP ACROSS WALES, [BY THE REV. J. H. STOWELL, M.A.] XI.—RHAYADER, LLAXDKINDOD WELLS, BCTILTH. BRECKNOCK BEACON, INTERESTING FELLOW- TRAVELLERS, CARDIFF WATERWORKS, MEG- THYH, HOME. The rest of my wanderings may be briefly told. The morning after my record walk, from near Dol- gelly, over Cader Idris, and through Machynlleth to Llanidloes, I began to wish myself at Barry again. I felt thoroughly tired, and my back now seemed to be turned upon the regions of adventure and romance. I had come, and seen, and con- quered; my ambition was sated, and my boots were beginning to wear out. The next stage was to Builth, some ;;0 miles but I was not eager for the walk I unblushingly took the the 10.30 train to Rhayader, which is nearly half-way. About mid- day I started from Rhayader (which, by the way. is a pleasant, old-fashioned country town), not on the direct road to Builth but taking a circuit so as to pass through the famous Llandrindod Wells. It had been impressed upon me by so many admirers of the place that I must see Llandrindod that I hardly dared to neglect it. But it is not a par- ticularly beautiful place. Approached from the north it presents a stretch of rather plain and glaring buildings on a gentle grassy slope; not unlike Barry, if you can imagine Barry with irs hills flattened somewhat and the sea removed. The situation is high, but the scenery uninteresting except for a few very distant hilltops that peer over the horison at one part. There were very few visitors about, though I watcjjed one tr,jn dis- gorge the persons and packages of about half-a- dozen new-comers. Most of the leisured people one met were elderly ministers and their elderly relatives. On enquiry at the Post- office as to whether there were any visitors in the town from Barry. I was told that a certain alderman and his wife had just arrived at the Pump-house. So I hunted them up. They had sole possession of the tennis-court, and almost of the hotel itself. They had come for a few days' fun and tennis, but there was no fun. and the only tennis was what they played themselves. Instead of finding a host of congenial and lively companions, they found only a few semi-patriarchs solemnly pursuring the "treatment" for rheu- matics or indigestion, and smiling benignly on the festive couple from Barry, under the impression that they must be newly-married and on a honey- moon I departed, and the worthy alderman and his wife. I believe, soon followed my example, and sought fresh fields and pastures new. From Llandrindod is a pleasant walk of eight miles. Along the road there are some very ancient milestones enlightening travellers as to the dis- tance to ye wells," showing that the virtues of the chalybeate and sulphur springs were known and utilised at least two hundred years ago. Indeed, as there are Roman antiquities found C in the neighbourhood, and the Romans were by no means ignorant of the virtues of mineral springs, it is not unreason!" ble to conjecture that Llan- drindrod cared dyspeptics -nearly two thousand years ago very much a.s it does to-day. After a somewhat sultry evening walk I reached Builth, a town prettily situated 011 the right bank of the swiftly flowing Wye. Here. too, there are some famous springs of iron and sulphur and saline waters. But from by guide- book I learn the even more interesting fact that here was the residence and final stronghold of Prince Llewellyn. Here, in the 13th century, the last blow was struck at the independent royalty of the Welsh nation. Llewellyn fleeing to Builth to make a stand against the English was refused ad- mittance. Snow was on the ground and to baffle his approaching enemies he got a smith to fix the shoes of his horses the reverse way. Bu t the smi th betrayed the matter, and the prince was presently overtaken and slain. There are several hotels and a great many i; temperance houses in Builth. I found a very good place for a meal in connection with Hamar's large grocer's and baker's shop, and when I found that there was also a comfortable sitting-room and bedroom at my disposal I remained for the night, getting very satisfactory accommodation. Next morning I took the train from Builth to Brecon, with a view of walking the 19 miles be- tween Brecon and Merthyr the last stage of my walking tour. Another day's journey would have completed the circuit and brought uie clear back to Barry but I had arranged to spend the Sunday in Meithyr, and when once I ceased from the per- tinacity of tramping my zeal for it seemed for it seemed to die a natural death, and I finally came from Merthyr to Barry by train. But the walk from Brecon was not at all uninteresting. Leaving at 11.30, I traversed some fine country, with the towering summit of Brecknock Beacon to the left. This is the highest mountain in South Wales, and comes next in altitude to Cader Idris over the whole of Wales. Gradually the road entered the valley, and once more the grandeur of true mountain scenery was about me. The distant sheep like specks moving upon the hills, and the streamlet bounding from a cliff, just served to emphasise the solitude and stillness of the place. I met some tramps. There is no mistaking the fraternity. They go in couples or else in families. When they go in families the wife is generally allowed to plead and tell the lies when they go in couples they take turns at cadging. Beg pardon, Sir, or madam, but me and and another gentleinans out o' work," and so on and when you see the other gentleman sunning himself full length by the wayside you may be sure you will presently encounter his mate, delayed somewhat by the duties of his calling. I met several of these couples between Brecon and Merthyr. But the last couple astonished me, and I must" describe our encounter. They came upon me in the last half of the journey, one a stout, thickset man, with a pockmarked face his mate a thin, awkward, younger man. They were walking very quickly. and overtook me. I glanced uneasily at them, and they were unmistakeable tramps with the evil, indolent, determined look bred of long habit. And yet—were they tramps ? I looked again. Their clothes might have been worse. And each of them was carrying not the usual crooked stick. but a decent fishing-rod. And the thin one had a fishing-basket slung over his shoulder. I mentally reproved myself for not distinguishing honest working men on a day's fishing from cramps whom I couldn't suppose for a moment were addicted to such gentle and luxurious sport. Caught any fish I enquired as they passed me. Yes, plenty," they replied, shopping and lifting up the lid of the basket for me to see. True enough, it was crammed with small trout. I com- plimented them. and chatter about the scenery, the distance to Merthyr. and so on. They were quite loquacious ready to discuss anything from current politics to the hardship of having to pay the half-crown licence for fi.»hing to the Cardiff Corporation. They would have me to understand that they paid their way. I couldn't quite re- concile myself to their hangdog look, and yet how could one suppose tramps would take out a license for fishing ? So I banished all suspicion and spoke, "I suppose you live at Merthyr." "Yes, Sir, mosfclies." Do you work there—in the iron works I said, guessing. And at the mention of work these two men were visibly discomposed. The fat one replied in a low sad tone, X 0, Sir; we don't work, Sir me and my mate does a bit of travellin' for our livin'. sir." O—h," was my ejaculation, long-drawn out as it dawned upon me that" travellin' was their euphemism for tramping. They were professionals and I was visibly an amateur, and they were quite frank, treating me almost as a chum and telling me the truth. I didn't know quite whether to be flattered or humiliated. "And you are just having a day off, I suppose." Yes, sir," was the reply as they both straightened themselves up. That's just it, sir." And they weren't begging. They were gentlemen for once, and they felt they were my equal and anybody else's. I commend this little incident to the attention of those who are in the habit of giving money to stalwart beggars. By the way, I am indebted to the thin tramp for informing me that the stream in which the trout had been caught and which we were now follow- ing down the valley towards Merthyr, was the Taff Fawr or the Great Taff, as distinct from the Tag Fechan or Small Taff. About five miles above Merthyr we passed the elaborate works now in progress under the management of the Corporation of Cardiff to secure a water supply from this river. A great wall is being built across the valley to dam the stream and create a large lake, and in connection with the dam there appears to be various filter beds and pipes to convey the water away. About six o'clock I reached Cefn, on the out- skirts of Merthyr. and was much interested at the grand fagade and grounds of Cyfarthfa Castle, built obviously by some iron-king from the gains of the black chimneys that vomited unspeakable volumes of darkness just outside the gate. It appeared to be in a deserted and neglected condi- tion and no wonder, I thought, that the man who could afford to build such a castle should prefer to live somewhere else. But my journey is now at an end. I have nothing to say about Merthyr, excepting that it ended my twelfth day's walk, completing my two hundred and fifty-fifth mile on foot since leaving Barry, in addition to 85 miles travelled in all by train. On the whole, I have never had a more delightful or more inexpensive holiday than this tramp across the country. Black's Guide to South Wales and the Gossiping Guide to Wales were quite sufficient in respect of maps, and not too bulky to be carried in one's pocket. If any readers of these notes feel disposed to make tracks as I did for Snowdon 1 can recommend the experiment, and will gladly furnish any information or advice that is in my power to give. But I warn them beforehand, if they go like Dr. Syntax in search of the picturesque, they will find only a few places through the length and breadth of the country that excel the environs of Barry. THE END.

SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. SLIDING SCALE v. FEDERATION. ——— MINERS MEETING AT PONTY- PRIDD. MR. BHACE REPLIES TO MR. DAVID MORGAN. Mr. \V. Brace, the Monmouthshire agent of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, visited Ponty- pridd on Saturday evening and addressed a crowded meeting of the Great Western Colliery Workmen in the Castle Ivor hall, Hopkinstown. Mr. Morgan Jenkins, Graig, presided, and during the proceedings arrangements were made to form at the colliery a district lodge of the Federation. Mr. James Richards, in the course of a brief address, contended that none of the Rhondda workmen had ever benefited by the Sliding-scale. The scale had been established many, many years ago. and no more than six-tenths of the workmen of the present day had had a voice in its formation. The Federation, on. the other hand, having been built upon the failures of the old amalgamation, was the very thing which the miners of South Wales had been looking forward to for the last twenty years. Mr. Brace then spoke, and alluding to the con- troversy between Mr. David Morgan and himself, said that some people were under the impression that he (the speaker) had backed out of the debate. It did not very much matter whether the challenge was given in the first place by Mr. David Morgan or by himself, but they all knew that Mr. Morgan had expressed his readiness to meet Mr. Haslam or himself to debate the question of Scale versus Federation. Although he (Mr. Brace) did not believe much in the efficacy of debates, he was never backward in defending the Federation with which he was connected, and accordingly he very readily accepted Mr. Morgan's offer to meet him in the Pontypridd Market-hall or any other larger hall that might be fixed upon. This was distinct enough, and it was now very unfair to suggest that he (Mr. Brace) had backed out, and Mr. David Morgan at the very outset of the discus- sion had said he would meet him in the Market- hall or on the Pontypridd Common. Well. he (the speaker) had declined to have the debate in the open air, and had given sufficient reasons against such a proposal. It was not possible for men to listen patiently and attentively to arguments on either side while standing in uncomfortable positions in the open air, nor could the speakers themselves do justice to their subjects under such circumstances. It should be closely understood that he had accepted the offer to debate the question with the intention only of doing as much good as he could to the Federation by clearing a way wrong ideas from the minds of the people. He had no personal objects to serve in the matter at all. In the face of Mr. Morgan's attitude,-as shown in the correspondence, he confidently ap- pealed to his hearers to decide whether it was he or Morgan who had backed out of the fight. He was still ready to meet Mr. Morgan in any hall in Cardiff, Pontypridd, or Porth. (Cheers.) Pro- ceeding, Mr. Brace dealt with the Federation principles, and controverted the allegations made that the contributions paid into the Federation were forwarded to the North of England, as used to be the case under the old amalgamation. The people who said this were ignorant of the matters they talked of. The funds of the Federation, excepting only a small proportion amassed in a central fund for strike purposes, were handled and managed by the local branches themselves, and as the Federation was a registered Trades Union their finances were protected. What, he asked, were the prospects of forming a strong organisation of the miners of South Wales I He had 'once cherished the hope that the Federation and the South Wales and Monmouthshire Federa- tion would amalgamate. Since then he had read the reports of the Aberdare Conference, and had come to the conclusion that inasmuch as the South Wales leaders could not agree upon a method of organisation, it would be impossible for them to organise the men. He contended that a practical and successful method of organising was not to be had by keeping the money in the office. (Hear. Hear.) This mode took away the independence of the agents, so that it would be impossible for those gentlemen to meet their masters and demand their rights, while the masters knew the amount of money the men had at their disposal. Voluntary payments removed this evil, and placed the responsibility of protecting them- selves upon the shoulders of the men direct. (Cheers.) Dealing with the selling price of coal, the speaker denounced in strong terms what he described as the selfish action of the middlemen in keeping down the selling price in order to benefit themselves and not the workmen. As a substitute for the Scale as a regulator of wages, he would advocate the formation of a com- mittee. consisting of an equal number of represen- tatives of capital and labour, who would do away altogether with the dishonest middlemen, who now gave so much trouble to masters and men. (Applause.) At this stage of the proceedings some disturb- ance took place in the hall, and & person who was interrupting the speaker was summarily ejected. Questions were then put. One man asked whether, if a strike does take place at the begin- uingof the year, those who had joined the Feder- ation would obtain financial support from the Federation Mr. Brace replied that all men who had been bona-fide members for three months would be sup- ported in case of a strike. (Cheers.) Another question was—supposing a body of 200 members, formed at the Great Western Colliery, refused to abide by the decision of the Sliding- scale Committee, or refused to pay subscriptions to the present association, would they, if turned out of the colliery, receive the support of the Federation ? Mr. Brace said he could scarcely believe such a contingency would arise. It would not be wise for 200 men to strike against 1,600. and he certainly would be the last man to advocate such an action. He would never advise them to come out unless he saw A chance of their winning the day. (Cheers.) A resolution was then adopted to call a meeting of all the workmen to consider whether they should continue to give financial support to the South Wales and Monmouthshire Colliery Work- men's Federation. Votes of thanks brought the proceedings to a close. COLLIERY DEVELOPMENT AT MAESTEG. The North's Navigation Company have been en- gaged for the past eighteen months in sinking two lWW pits at Caerau, in the extreme north of the Llynvi Valley. Two pits. north and south, are being sunk. The South Pit has been sunk 325 yards, and at the end of the week the sinkers struck the celebrated six-feet Rhondda seam. This seem when opened out will be capable of an output of 1.000 tons per day. The machinery is of the newest kind and very elaborate. The buildings are all lighted by electricity. In the North Pit the water has given some trouble, but this difficulty will be overcome when they are through the cock-shot rock. Both pits are 20 feet in diameter, and the sidings are proceeding rapidly. This is the best news received in the valley for some time. Mr. Piggott is the contractor. Mr. J. Tamblyn the agent, and Mr. G. F. Adams the manager.

COAST COMMUNICATION. THE ROYAL COMMISION IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. On Friday the Royal Commission appointed for the purpose of reporting upon the question of coast communication paid a visit to the Bristol Channel. The commissioners went on board the Admiralty yacht Enchantress at Milford Haven, and, after visiting Caldy and the Helwick lights, went on the Skerweather, near Porthcawl, where they arrived about noon. They afterwards visited the Nash. Fiat Holm, and Cardiff.

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THE NEW MINISTRY. EXCLUSION OF MR. LABOUCHERE. MR. T. E. ELLIS' ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Dnilj i Chronicle :— Sir,-A gratified ambition is, of course, deaf and dumb and blind to the sorrows of a disappointed one. and so it is natural enough that the members of the new Government should disperse to their moors and country seats and Sunday School picnics without troubling themselves about those whose lodging is on the cold ground of an unwelcome privacy. But I venture to think that most of our readers will take a keen interest in one point in- volved in Mr. Gladstone's distribution of offices. On all sides I hear the statement that 1'11'. Labouchere's exclusion from the Ministry is due to the direct refusal of the Queen to sanction his appointment. Indeed, even if this assurance rested on a far less authoritative a basis than it does, the facts them- selves admit of hardly any other explanation. Mr. Labouchere has worked long and faithfully for the Radical side of Liberalism in Parlia- 't ment. in his newspapers, in private life, in the smoking-room of his club (a far more important place than might be thought), he has ceaselessly and consistently kneaded the leaven of Democracy into the lump of Whiggery. He has been em- ployed by rhe Liberal leader or his lieutenants in negotiations of great difficulty and delicacy, where his attractive character and his clever diplomacy have won results which less gifted men could not have approached. Moreover, he has for years past, at great expense and careless of the most disagreeable fojms of obloquy, made himself a terror to the particular classes of evil- doers who generally slip through the fingers of the criminal law. And when he has not sent them to pick oakum or tread the everlasting staircase, he has exiled them to countries not fortunate enough to possess a journalist of his courage and persistence. The Stamford-street Road to Ruin" will be fresh in everybody's memory, and the ex- posure of that arch-scoundrel Piggott would have been sadly incomplete except for the famous inter- view in the drawing-room in Queen Anne's-gate. In fact, so great have been his services of late years in this respect that the T'imes- was recently constrained to forget his share in its exposure and bespeak for him the thanks of the community. Surely, sir, it was inevitable that a politi- cal leader pledged to Radical measures strbuld seek the help of such a man at the most critical moment of modern British politics. It is ridicu- lous to suppose that Mr. Gladstone did not do so. It is certain that Mr. Labouchere would have accepted office willingly, and filled it loyally and well. Why then is he not in the Ministry There can be but one reason. The Queen would not have him. Now, sir, the question I ask space to lay before your readers is this If this reasoning is correct, what are we going to do about it P Are we Radicals to sit still and silent while a mysterious finger from some fourth dimension of social space wipes the pame of one of our leaders from the roll! It may be true (I neither know nor care) that the Queen has declared Mr. Labouchere to be no friend of her or of her House." What has that to do with the constitution of Mr. Gladstone's Ministry Mr. Labouchere is the friend of honesty, of cconomv, of fair play between rich and poor, of justice to Ireland, of consideration of the poor and the oppressed. He is the friend of those in the House of Life who need a friend most. Those who form the House of Guelph are well able to dispense with his friendship. Is it possible, sir, at this late day that a new test is to be intro- duced into political life friendship for the person and the House of the Sovereign For clearly this attitude of her Majesty is a new one, for she has had for years on her Privy Council a statesman who began life as a Republican orator, and who once even charged her with paying no income tax ? Are our future Ministers to defer the kiss that seals them to their appointments till they have recited aloud the new article of political faith I entertain friendly feeling toward the House of (Guelph ? "—I am, sir, your obedient servant, H. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOUTH WALES STAR. SIR,—I notice in this week's Goleueid that the appointment of Mr. T. E. Ellis to a Junior Lord- ship of the Treasury has given great satisfaction in Wales. So far is this from being the case, that the writer of the note in question alludes to the grave suspicions that are being entertained already as to the character of the appointment. I cannot blame Mr. Ellis for accepting office. He is a young man, poor, and ambitious, and there is nothing degrading in itself in acceptance of office. But if Wales is entitled to separate treatment- and this has been the contention of the Young Wales party-the leader of that party has politi- cally cut his throat and deserted his country's cause by allowing his mouth to be gagged by a bag of English gold. If Mr. Ellis had been offered a post at the Local Government Board, Welsh Nationalists would still have cause, though not such great cause of complaint; but he has allowed himself to be bound hand and foot, and has become an official of the officials. A Whip has no administrative duties to perform he has no power of initiative he possesses no individual opinions, likes or dis- likes he takes no part in debates he must have nothing to do with caves" or sections of his party he must have consideration for nothing but the unity of his party at all costs perish dis- establishment, perish reform of the land laws. perish the Eight Hours' Bill, if Mr. Gladstone's Government is kept alive. The "Parnell of Wales has been shorn of his glory and his power he has exchanged his great future for £ 1,000 a year. He has surrendered the reins to other hands, and the opportunity of Lloyd George and Sam Evans has come. Ireland has gone through the same mill. Her leaders became demoralised by contact with the English Government, and it was only when a Daniel O'Connell or Parnell arose, who scorned the glitter of gold and the pleasures of office, that Ireland came by her own. Our first "Parnell"has failed us; it remains to be seen whether we cannot yet raise a patriot chief, superior to office and wealth.-I am, yours. See., Cardiff WELSH NATIONALIST.

ELECTION EXPENSES. EAST GLAMORGAN. Alderman W. H. Morgan, of Pontypridd. the returning officer, has received the following return of expenses incurred on behalf of Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P., in the recent contest in East Gla- morgan :— £ s. d. Moiety of Returning Officer's Expenses 286 7 6 Personal Expenses of the Candidate 10 0 0 Sub-agents 42 0 0 Polling Agents 32 12 0 Clerks 32 G 0 Messengers 12 17 0 Printing. 122 4 4 Advertising and Billposting 104 1 0 Stationery, Postage, and Telegrams i>5 4 0 Hire of Rooms for Public Meetings. 25 19 0 Committee Rooms. 31 6 8 Miscellaneous "15 17 0 4771 14 0 The following return has been supplied by II. LI. Grover, election agent, of the expenses incurred by Mr. Herbert C. Lewis, the Conservative candi- date Returning Officer's expenses £ 285 7 6 Personal expenses ofiCandidate 70 10 9 Election Agent 210 O 0 Sub Agents 94 13 0 Polling Agents 44 1K 0 Clerks 89 11 5 Messengers 11 15 6 Printing and Stationery 163 15 4 Advertising and Bilposting 141 4 3 Postage and Telegrams 64 12 7 Hire of Rooms for public meetings 14 15 6 Hire of committee rooms 2.4 15 0 Miscellaneous 20 12 3 Total £ 1,237 12 3 u-4

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HEYIEIS OF PUBLICATIONS. CYMRU (6D.).—Uke August number of Cymru will be remembered by the ordinary reader for only one thing, though the whole magazine is as readable and marked with as much ability as any of its predecessors. In his History of Wales," the editor this month gives a very interesting account of the Druids and their religion. The Celts, he says. when they conquered the Isle of Britain, found the Iberians living here, and the Druidical religion was the religion of the con- quered Iberians. The Celts, who had less imagina- tion than the Iberians, took their religion from the conquered hence it was that the revival of Druidism came from Anglcsea and the extreme west, where the Iberians had been cooped up by tribes. He concludes by saying The history of Wales" repeats itself. The oppressed Iberian would have been hopelessly servile to his Celtic conqueror but for his Druids. In the same way, the Goidel would be giving his life for his chief, but for an influence more ennobling-at least in times gone by—the priests. And in the religious reforms of Wales, in the last century, spiritual power came to take the place of temporal power the preacher eame to be as great a force in the country as the landowner.—The editor has also a very characteristic article on Emynnaur Afon." Welsh hymns that deal with the old idea that the river Jordan idivides the two worlds. There is no doubt Welsh genius it seen in its best and most characteristic form in these hymns, showing as they do alternate hope and fear, courage and despair, and finally Leirh triumphant. The writer says that there is no Biblical founda- tion for the idea that a perilous river divides the two worlds, and that a river to the Jewish mind betokened growth and life and pleasure. The idea of the Welsh Hymnologists of Jordan's angry flood has been derived through Dante to the old pagan myth of Acheron. It is rather misleading. however, to eoupla. as the writer does, Dante and Owen Glyn Dwr together, as if they were cou- temporaries.—-Mr. Owen Williamson contributes a readable paper on Llanddwyn, and the Wales of the Bards makes us hope that we may get a really good series OIl it sometime.—A very good article on the. "1892 Election" is given, with electoral maps of Wales in 1883 and 1892. vVe are promised other electoral maps in the near future, which will be of immense use and interest, of oid Wales—111 the time of Catholic Emancipation, of Jewish Emancipation, of Slave Emancipation, and of the Reform Bill. — An appreciative sketch of "William Edwards o'r Bala" is given in the Unknown Bards of Wales.— Mr. Myfenydd Morgan gives a short account of Daniel Ddu o Geredigion," and Canon Silvan Evans is dealt with in the series of Living Welsh- men." Watcyn Wyn and the Editor write appre- ciatively of the late Athan Fardd, and poor Eos Morlais has justice done to the great and enduring work he did for Welsh music. Mr. Owen Edwards continues his history of the Reformation in France, and the Welsh historical novel, Y Fun o Eithin- fynydd" is slowly dragging on its weary way. The number is thus full of most interesting reading, but the one thing that distinguishes it pre- eminently is John Morris Jones' Awdl, Cymru Fu Cymru Fydd." Professor Jones has written many light things which showed distinct promise, but not even his best friends ever imagined that he was capable of writing an "A wdl" such as we have in this month's Ci/mru. His versification, it may betaken forgranted, is nearly perfect,but never since the days of Goronwy Owen has there ap- peared a bard in Wales to whom the Cynghanedd" has come so naturally. It may be said of Morris Jones, as Pope sang of himself :— He lisped in numbers, for the numbers came." But it is not only in ease and grace of versification that this Awdl is notable nor is it merely in sim- plicity and charm of language. Morris Jones has put in imperishable verse the hopes and aspirations of Young Wales. Wales has been yearning for a poet with a new gospel to preach. She has been sick unto death of the rhyming nonentities that strut on Eisteddfod platforms and shriek at Gorsedd y Beirdd. We knew not where to look for the successor of Cciriog and it seems appro- priate that his successor should appear from •• Mon Mam Cymru." a member of the same county and a graduate of the same university as Goronwy Ddu, the greatest master of the Mcsur Caeth. The ode opeus with a mention of great poets who have sung the praises of Wales' great men. In those days, however, our great men were Gwyr iawn a garai. lien iaith Gwvr hael a garai en hi,âth." Since those days a great and lamentable change has come over Wales— Ein hiaith i'r bonedd heddyw Barbnr'o^ iarfjon weithion y\v Swn traws y '• peasant a rhu I'r ignorant iw rygnn. But still the poets sing the praises of these degene- rate descendants of great men. Rhown," says the poet sarcastically. Rhown arwyrain aur—eiriog—ava radau Ein Nimrodiaid nerthog; Helant gadarn sgyfarnog Heb eiliw ofn, ac hob !og: Geir adrodd ell gwrliydri A'u glevvdid i'w hymlid hi ?" Are my words too bitter" he asks with a swift revulsion of feeling. Ryw chwau eiriau rhy chwerwon ? Chwerw, fy mmwd. a ehur t'y nuon. Hen fonedd a fu unwaith I'll gwlad gu, loewed eu gwaith A'i goreu waith gware yw Cware yw eu goreuwaith, Ba waethaf eu gwaethaf gwaith. ?" These scions of patriot families are now utterly given over to pleasure and Philistinism. They have turned into rank Englishmen, despiring their fathers' tongue and their country's hopes per- secuting her religion and caring for nought but the rents. But still— Ond prif wv,ldfoJ Yr Eisteddfod Am aur y god, O Gymnt glut; Ac yn y lleoedd uchaf y safarit Dieithr eu ilrycli, odiaeth, yr edrychant A'u Saesneg carbwl geciallt-i foli (Y diserth stori!) iaith ddiystyrant." As an instance of the degeneracy of latter-day landowner, the history of one is given:- Am ei ddawn ef, meddiannu A chydio maes wrth faes, fu A ehau'r tir oedd binu'r bobl Do, o dir cyd, aed a'r cwbi, I'w feddu 011 ef oedd abl- I wirion tlawd yu aros Yr oedd ochr ffordd a chwr ffos. D aw rhy w wan truan un tro, Ag- annant wyl, rhy w Gymro, Yn isel iawn i geisio Lie i'w fwth. y lleiaf fo Gofyn darn í fyw arno o anwyl dir ei wlad o A'1' lleidr mawr llawdrwm yw eL Taeog, brwnt; ac ebr yntef Dos medd ef, os dewisi Cyfoda d'adeilad di Onù cofia daw y cyfan Yn eiddo i mi'n y man." And when this robber of the poor dies. do the poets of Wales speak of his evil life, "Am i'r gwr orthrymw'r guau A'i liynaws garn ei hurian," or is he and his success allowed to go to their own place, Bro gyfiawn ebargofiaat Yn ddison, heb don, heb dant No. An Eisteddfod is soon held. a prize is offered for a laudatory poem to the deceased thief, and his manifold virtues and generosity are the subjects of the servile praises of the bards. :— Wenhiethwyr, gwybyiidwch chwitharc—nieiltith A malldod i'n ftrocnau, Yw'ch awdlau gwag, chwedlau gau. Anfadwaith .H:i5te:idfùJ"u. Ai er gwobr, nen am ryw geJ, Yr wylodd Tudur Ale:! ? The present is, indeed, sad. Everywhere is seen the same sordid worship of Mammon :— Arglwyddi, yn wir, gwledtlant, Yn segur ar gur rhyw gant. A beirdd sydd ofer gleriach, Yn brefu am ryw wobr faeh A gweision 10il, hyn sy'n waeth, Boddio am gydnabyddiaeth, N'pu ymla.cld ,LIU hen w,tdduJ, A'r wir efengyl ar ol. The Salvation of V.'ales lies in going back to Christ :— A fu ail neu hefclvdd—ueu goethed, Pregeiinvr y Mynydd ? Paul oedd burion athronydd, Ond awn at Ff.vnavvn y lfydd. Hyd ddacar werdd bu'n cc.nlded-;1 rhaes cf Ryw siMNpl i'w dynwared Ac athro fu 'rnhob gweithred, A geiriau Crist yw guir ered. But if the present is dark and gloomy if Wales is awakening from her troubled sleep, asking "Mae y Cyfryw i'm evfarwyddo," if she is asking for brave, unflinching leaders, who will be true to her, and we can see none such, let us not despair :— E clyr gwawr, wlad ragor-wen, Na wyla, 0 Walia wen. Wales will yet raise great men who will love her and her ancient language new poets will come to her to sing the praise of the righteous Ae a newydd ganeuon A thanbaid t'uaid y don', true religion, free from sordid meanness, will come no wickedness will dwell in the land, nor ignorance, nor poverty Xi thrig annoeth ddrygioni—ynod mwy Na dim ol gwrthuni; Nac anwybod na thiodi, Yn wir, nid adwaeni di, Let them not gaze on her condition to-day Wales as yet is captive in the land of Egypt: Ac Y111 mrn Aipht, Gymru wiw, Os du wlad, ys tele liw. Let her bards sing-, not of the fleshpot-s of Egypt: let them not grovel before the gods of the land of bondage; but Cenwch ogoniant Canan Cenwch ei phryd, gLoew bryd glan 0 Chenwch cenwch bob can Ag wyneb tua'r Ganan. The concluding lines are alive with the love of Wales which animates Cymru Fydd," and which is the best augury for the future. Gweddw fam a'm nragodd a fu, Hon gerais osgvvn garu Gymru lan, wyt ychwaneg, Chwaer wyt im, a (ilifti-iad deg. P_ob rhy w aur, rhuddaur roddwn, Mwy na gwerth pob meini, gwn, Mwy 11a pherJ, gem na plmraur. 1-thof iddi well rheufedd aur Rhoi'rfron a'r galon i gyd. A'r llaw fan a'r holl fywyd, Pob myfyr pwyllig, digoll, 111 barod ia ,vn a'm hryd oil Py nyddir.urof yn addvvyn le rhoim lioes erci mh wTn Ac mrte rhyw fil, Gymru fan, Dynion canmwy en doniau, Ddyry en hardd einioes drud, Ddihefelydd fyw olnd 0 deced yrnysg gwledydd, Ao o mor fawr, Gymru Fydd. We have quoted, perhaps too extensively, but once begun it was impossible to stop. Were it fair to the magazine, we would have reproduced the ode word for word, for it is, in our opinion, the most notable addition to Welsh literature since the time Ceiriog was in his prime. It combines the sweetness, the tenderness, and the pathetic love of Wales which are so marked in Islwyn. with the masculine vigour, and sturdy patriotism of Ceiriog. Were it only for Morris Jones' "Awdl." every Welshman should get the August number of Ctpuru.—[Carnarvon: D. W. Dr. vies and Co.] Y GEXINEX (Is.)—We have just received before going to press a special Eisteddfodic number of the (Inline)), the Welsh National Quarterly. From a hurried perusal of the contents, we are led to believe that the number is one of exceptional merit, comprising some of the productions of our best-known bards aud literati. [Carnarvon W. L Gwenlyn Evans.] j

CONGL Y CYMRY. [DAX OLYGIAETH LLWYDFRYX.L BARDDONIAETH. WERNOG. Ah, Wernog-! hoff gartref fy mehyd. Llawn swyn yw dy enw i mi: Lie treuliais per ddvddiau, diadfyd, Yng nghaiud mwynderau airi' Ystordy fy mabol gysuron. Clnvareule cyfoedion tra mad Ochenaid a rwyga fy nghalon, Wrth gofio ei nefol fvvvnhad. Paradwys o dlvsion a chwarddant O'i amgylch, i Joni ei wedd, Awelon a thelyn y gornant Mewn cydgan a hidlant wir hedd Y goedwig dal. gref. a'i cvsgoda Rhag ffiangeli y dymestl ddu, A'r brynian gogwyddol a'i gwylia Rhag byddin y cenllif a'i ru. Ah. Wernog athrofa fy my wyd. Meithrinfa rhinweddan'm a'm moes Cynghorion ac addysg dy aelwyd A gofiaf tra peri fy oes Er teithio hyd 'v,'ledydd estronol. Yng nghancl holl ddwndwr y byd, Byth, bytli ni raighofiaf un adeg Hoff aelwyd lie siglwyd fy nghryd. Cadoxton. E. W. JONTES (Wernogydd). DATT EXGLYX I BOXT Y GARTH, PEXTYRCH. Yr hon a agorwyd gan Mr. a Mrs. FORREST, St. Fagans. Drwy hir arofyn dra amf-i ben, Daeth y bout, berffcithiaf, O'r moddion, goreu ineddaf, Dros y dwr, yn groes i Daf. Pob anerch. Cyfarch, yCyho'dd—Mrs. Forrest, hi agorodd, E'i anwyl hia enwodd, Pont, ddiwarth, y garth 'ar godd. Llanwensan. YR HEX FEJLJXYDD

OlilGIXAL POETRY. NEVER MIXD. Trouble will assail thee. Sorrow will thee find Try to face them nobly. Trust,and never mind. Trifles oft may try thee. Words and ways unkind Still look on before thee, Hope, and never mind. Many may forsake thee. Leave thee far behind God is ever near thee, Pray, and never mind. S. Cadoxton. A.M.S.

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