The London Welshman

Am Gymry Llundain. EIN CERDDoRION.-Da genym ddeall fod amryw o'r Cymry wedi enill sylw yn y Colegau Cerddorol ar ddechreu'r tymhor presenol, ac yn ol pob hanes bydd un neu ddau o gantorion gwych yn debyg o roddi bri ar yr hen wlad cyn diwedd y flwyddyn ddyfodol. Lied gyffredin yw'r safon wedi bod yn ddiweddar, ond gobeithio fod tymhor gwell i ddod. FALMOUTH ROAD.—Cynhaliwyd cyfarfod agoriadol y Gymdeithas Ddiwylliadol, nos Fercher, y i8fed cyfisol, o dan lywyddiaeth Mr. D. R. Hughes. Cafwyd cwpanaid o de a bara brith yn ol yr arfer, ac wedi i bawb gael digon ar y danteithion dechreuwyd yr adran gyngherddyddol o'r cyfarfod. Rhoddwyd un- awd ar y berdoneg gan Miss Jones, boneddiges ieuanc o'r wlad, gyda medr neillduol, wedi hynny cystadleuaethau mewn dadganu ac adrodd gan y plant a rhai mewn oed, ar y don Batducci." Yr oedd y Mri. D. R. Hughes a Thomas Hughes yn gyd-fuddugol. Cafwyd can gan Miss Lizzie Jenkins yn hynod felus. Adroddwyd "The Death of Virginia," gan Miss Jennie Davies, yn benigamp. Dadganodd Mr. Jos Davies Baner ein Gwlad yn rhagorol. Cafwyd gan Miss Annie Thomas "0 na bawn i fel-y nant," Miss Mary Thomas Yn chwifio'r Cadach Gwyn," a deuawd gan y ddwy foneddiges, Excelsior." Rhoddodd IAew Caron ddadgan- iad o'r "Ornest" a Bendithiaist Goed y MeuSydd." Digon yw dweyd wrth Gymry Llundain fod y Misses Thomas a Llew Caron yn eu style arferol. Beirniadwyd yr adran gerddorol gan y Mri. Jos Davies a D. B. Jones, a'r adrodd gan Miss Jennie Davies yn hollol foddhaol. Yr oedd y cadeirydd mor ddoniol ag erioed. Mae gan y Gymdeithas raglen faith am y tymhor, ac un o'r nodweddion penaf ydyw'r cyfarfodydd duwinyddol yn mha rai yr ymdra- fodir ag Erthyglau y" Cyffes Ffydd." Croesawir yn gynhes unrhyw Gymro i'r cyfarfodydd.—J. D. WALHAM GREEN.—Cynhaliwyd cyfarfod o'r Gymdeithas Ddiwylliadol nos Fercher, Hydref iSfed. Rhoddodd Mr. Thomas Jones (y Cen- hadwr) ddarlith ragorol ar "Myfyrdodau a'r Yf) Llusern Ledrith." Mae Mr. Jones yn awdurdod uchel ar y testyn dyddorol hwn, a qhafwyd noson lawen a phawb wedi eu boddhau. Nos FERCHER, Hydref 25am, cafwyd dadl ar y testyn Pa un ai cymeriadau o'r un natur a Mair ynte Martha sydd yn dylanwadu fwyaf ar gymdeithas ? Cafwyd papyrau galluog i agor y ddadl gan Miss Roberts, Putney, dros' Mair, a Miss Kate Jones, Chelsea, dros Martha. Ar ol dadl fywiog a buddiol, cafwyd mai Martha a ochfygodd y tro hwn gyda mwyafrif da. DYDD SUL diweddaf cynhaliwyd cyfarfod Diolchgarwch am y Cynhauaf yn y capel uchod —cyfarfodydd gweddio bor6u a ;hwyr. Cafwyd < odfaon da a bendithiol, a phawb yn teinilo, fe gredwn, yn wir ddiolchgar i Ben Mawr yr Eglwys am ei ofal am danom y flwyddyn hon etto. Drwg oedd genym weled fod un o'r ffyddloniaid, Mr. Ben Evans;(dosbarthwr selog CYMRO LLUNDAIN) yn absenoi oherwydd af- iechyd, Ond da genym ei fod yn gwella.— AELOD. Y BORO".—Dydd Mercher, Hydref 2 ofed, unwyd, mewn priodas, yn y Boro, gan.y Parchn. D. C. Jones a Thomas Jones, City Road, Mr. Henry Williams, Penygroes, sir Gaernarfon, a Miss Catherine Joel Pierce, 42, Cornwall Road, S.E. Y "dyn goreu" oedd y Parch. J. J. Williams, Ebenezer, Llangybi, brawd y priodfab. Rhoddwyd Miss Pierce ymaith gan ei hewythr, Mr. John Pierce, Y Broadway, Wimbledon. Y morwynion priodas oeddynt, Miss M. M. Pierce, Miss, Kate Pierce, Miss Annie Morgan, Miss Florrie Edwards, Miss Eta Pierce, a Mrs. Dan J ones. Daeth torf i'r Boro i weled y briodas ac i ddymuno yn lion i Mr. a Mrs. Williams. Eisteddodd torf i gyfranogi o'r wledd briodasol yn nhy Mr. ,a Mrs. J, Pierce, Y Broadway, Wimbledon. Mae Mrs. Williams yn un o aelodau parchusaf City Road, ac iddi air da gan ei holl gydnabod yn y dref. Eiddunir iddi hi a'i phriod wenau ffawd mewn oes faith. Nos IAU, Hydref 2 lain, traddododd y prif- fardd, Machreth Rees, ei ddarlith boblogaidd ar "Cymru Dafydd ab Gwilym" i Gymdeithas Lenyddol y Boro'. Cafwyd cynulliad llawn a darlith ragorol. Nos FERCHER, Tachwedd iaf, rhoddodd y llywydd bapyr ar "Dr. Barnardo" i'r Gym- deithas uchod, a Miss M. M. Wood bapyr ar In Memoriam Tennyson. Lion gan y Gym- deithas weled eu cyfeillion enwog, Mri. E. T. Walters a J. A. Jones, ar ymweliad a'u hen gylchoedd. EAST HAM.-Mae Cymdeithas Ddiwylliadol Sibley Grove, East Ham, wedi dechreu yn rhagorol ar waith y tymhor, ac yn ol yr ar- feriad cafwyd cyfarfod adloniadol yn gyfarfod agoriadol. Yr oedd y te a'r amrywiol ddan- teithion o dan ofal y ddwy chwaer ffyddlon, Mrs. Hopkins, Ilford, a Miss R. Jones, East Ham. 'Roedd y rhaglen gerddorol a llenyddol yn deilwng o'r sefydliad, ac yr oedd y pwyllgor yn haeddu clod am drefnu cyfarfod mor ddydd- orol. Llywyddwyd mewn modd deheuig gan y gweinidog. Nos IAU diweddaf rhoddodd y llywydd, y Parch. Llewelyn Bowyer, eianerchiadarbwnc amserol iawn, sef il Dyledswydd y Cymro i amddiffyn ei iaith." Ni thraddodwyd anerch- iad mwy hyawdl a gafaelgar erioed. Ceisiodd ddangos y pwysigrwydd i bob Cymro ynldfechu gwneyd ei ddyledswydd o berthynas i'r iaith Gymraeg, oblegid dywedodd y buasai amddifadu y Cymro o'i iaitb yn ei amddifadu o'i neillduol- ion cenedlaethol. Gresyn meddwl fod llawer o siarad Saesneg dianghenraid yn ein capelau. Pe cyflawnai pob Cymro a Chymraes eu dyled- swyddau ni fyddai angen petruso a fydd yr iaith Gymraeg fyw.-AELOD. CHARING CROSS ROAD.-Nos Ferche'r, Hydref 25am, dan lywyddiaeth Mr. W. Williams, Argyle Street, cafwyd cyfarfod dyddorol o Gymdeithas Ddirwestol yr eglwys hon. Testyn y noson ydoedd cystadleuaeth mewn areithiau byrfyfyr. c.Rhoddwyd tri testyn i ddewis o honynt, sef "Dirwest," "Alcohol" a'r "Fasnach feddwol." Daeth amryw ymlaen i gystadlu, a chy.drtiyng- ddynt cafwyd areithiau pur ddoniol. Dyfarhodd y beirniaid, sef Mri. D. Parry a J. R. Roberts, Miss Hughes a Mr. T. Lloyd Roberts yn. gyiartal-oreu. Canwyd yn ystod y cyfarfod yn felus odiaeth gan Miss Mabel Pugh.—R,

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opinion as to what should be done. Afraid to grant a constitution, afraid to refuse it, afraid of the Grand Dukes, afraid of Count Witte, afraid to exercise his prerogatives, afraid of committing the mortal sin by not doing so, afraid of his army, afraid of his people, he drifts helplessly on the flood, carrying himself and the house of Romanoff to perdition. He suffers the penalty, not of his own misdoings only, but of the mis- doings of his forefathers as well. His inheritance is an inheritance of woe, but he is not even lord of that. If his soldiers prove loyal to him he may retain the semblanee of authority a little longer, but he can never more be other than despised by his subjects. Autocracy is already dead in Russia, and the sooner its carcase is buried the better for all concerned. The day of liberty has dawned in the far north at last, and whether the first rays of the rising sun will fall upon a sea of blood, as it did in France, depends on how long the present farce can be carried on. Magna Charta.-Since the previous paragraph was written, news has come to hand that the people of Russia have gained their desire-that the hierarchy have been defeated, and that the Czar, has issued a manifesto granting a great extension of popular liberties, including-( I) Inviolability of the person and of domicile (2) 'Freedom of conscience, speech, union, and asso- ciation; (3) Creation of a genuine Representa- tive Assembly. The Czar took this supreme step on the advice of Count Witte, and the same Count has been charged to take measures for the unification of the work of the various Ministers of State. What this exactly means it is some- what difficult to say. There is to be a Ministry of some kind, and we take it that Count Witte, as President of the Council of Ministers, will be in a position somewhat analogous to that of our own Prime Minister. But, taking the ukase to be genuine, there can be no doubt but the Czar has capitulated completely. He has 11 effaced himself with a vengeance. Everything seems to ,depend now on Count Witte. If he can manage Russia with the same skill as he managed the -Court of Plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth, that much distracted country ought to experience better times very shortly. A Flood of Oratory.—The leading politicians -of both parties are beginning to deliver their souls, and for the next few months we shall be almost carried away by the floods of their eloquence. So far the volume of water-beg pardon, of words-has emanated from the Liberals. Mr. Morley, Mr. Asquith, and Lord Rosebery have already opened the flood-gates, and there are adequate reasons in their utterances for believing that the party is much more united than their adversaries would wish. It was expected that Home Rule and Chinese Labour would cause division in the ranks, but no signs of any- thing of the kind have as yet appeared. Now that Lord Milner,has returned from South Africa the glamour that he threw over certain Liberal statesmen has been taken away. They are able to judge of the needs of that country without -considering the friendship with him. And Home Rule is not at present in the forefront. If Mr. Redmond is wise he will let the leaven that is working in the Unionist camp have time, and then he will secure for his country the full privileges of self-government with the consent of both parties. The speeches of the past weeks have made the Liberal prospects brighter than .even they were before..