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PKMDRAGOV MAZES HIS BOW TO THE RKAUKRS Otf THE "WEEKLY MAIL," AD I.VVfTKS THEM TO J'ARIAKH OF THE FEAST OF REASON A-Nl) THE FLOW OF SoL'L WHICH lU: PROVIDES FOR THKVI.

OUR PRIZE COMPETITIONS. THE AWARD OF ONE OF THE PRIZES. -♦ We are pieased to corigvatulate, Miss Catherine E. Evans, of Quaker's Y d, Trebarris, on her success in winning the third prize in the figure competition. The following figures were inserted in the diagram by Mr, Mackenzie Thomas, our publisher, and placed in the possession of" Pendragon," who, after a long day's work in opening the many letters oi the competitors, found that the young lady referred to bad placed identical figures in the cuupoa cut from last week's Weekly Mail and sent on to" Peudragua. THE 21 PRIZE DIAGRAM. 3 8 7 216 5 i j 3 i In the other two diagrams none of the competitors were successful, but it may tatief v the curiosity of Oil" readers if we publish the figures inserted in the diagram by h: Mackenzie Thomas, and placed in the charge of Pendragon." We may state that it i5* uur intention to continue this competition for another month. Of course, the figures inserted by the publisher will not be the same as those inserted in the diagrams in this week's competitions. Here are onr publisher's fiaures:- THE £ 50 PUIZr: DIAGRAM. THE JE:5 PRIZK DIAGRAM. i' ¡; 7 3 9 1 5 2 I 9: 1 5 4 8 2 6 7 7 13 6 S 2 9 5 4 1 —1 —— 1 r 4 9 9 6 1 8 3 1 9 7 3 8 5 9 3 4 L_J P It I Z E S OFFERED, o Jinan (JonijBFlilion (Jeepon, I I FIRST PRJZJ, £ 50. SECOND PRIZE, £.5. THIRD PRIZE, £ 1. j CONDITIONS. (-orapetitora must fill up the blank spaors in each or any of the diagrams subjoined with any single numeral, from one to niue, in any order. 1%^ competitor whose diagram (transmitted upon the form supplied below) is identical, as regards the figures entered therein and the order thereof, with a test diagram which has been placed in the custody of Pendragon will be awarded the priza of £ 50, 25, or jEt, as the case may be. Competitions mast be sent in. addressed to "Pendragon," on or before the 31st of December, THE £ 50 PnrZE DfAGR-nr. THE e5 PRIZE DIAGRAM. THE 4:1 PRIZB D1 AO-RAM. | | 1 j "j j j j zcrc-lz —'—I—|— I tj !—- «—L—J I Name Address December 11, 1886. ojb (jumppfifiuD (joujion. PIRST PRIZE, -91. SECOND PRIZE, 10.3. THIRD PRIZE, 5S. CONDITIONS, In thi competition prizes of JE1, 10s., and 03. will be given this week for the greatest number of English words, to be found in N uttail'q Dictionary, formed out of the words MUNDAYS VJHJ.DINE." Competitions to be sent to "Pendragon" on or before the first post on Wednesday next. Envelopes to be endorsed Word Competition. A signed coupon from the Weekly Mail must accompany each competitor's list of words. I Name ————————————* Address „ ■ December 11, 1886. —— 111 II | < £ >u?$Hon (JomprfiHon Coupon, I PRIZES 11, 10S., 5S-, AND SIX OF 261. 6D. EACH. CONDITIONS- In this competition the first prize will be given to the reader who answers correctly the greatest number of the questions propounded in the ensuing three months, and the other prizes will be distributed in the order of merit. 1 ha uames and addresses of the successful competitors wiU be published when the prizes are awarded. A coupon mast be cut from the Weekly Mail and forwarded, with each met of 4nawers, ¡ to Poudragon," ihe envelope to be endorsed Question Competitic.\n." QUESTIONS. 1.— Who was the original "Annie Laurie "? If 5.-Wh.en were cards invented, and by 2.—Who projected the Suez Canal ? whom ? 3—What was the origin of the term I C.-What do the letters S." tneaii Brother Joaathati," aa applied to the United States? [7.—What was the ? 4.—Witk what nation originated the use ;8.—Who was styled the sleeping judge'? of a ring as a love token ? j I XltWC I Address -== .————-—— I December H. ase. I jgJNAMELLED SLATE AND MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECES, BATHS, LAVATORIES, Icc., RANGES, GRAPES. AND ALL XINDS OF BUILDERS' IRONMONGERY, AND OTHER MARBLE COUNTER SLABS. TIMBER, SLATE, AND GENERAL MERCHANTS. STONEWARE SANITARY PIl'KS, CEMENT, PLASTER, STAFF. ■REHIRE BLUE BRICKS. AND ALL KIXDS OF MATBXIAM. JOINERY AND MOULDINGS. WEITLAXD ABSKT 6KKRS AND OTilEB RQOFLNQ SLATBS. J £ <ES3IC»i* A N I) CARDIFF. OFFICES AND SHOWROOMS:— CANAL WliAHF KAST, CARDIFF. WORKS: JOHN-STREET, CARDIFF. AND AT DOCKS, GLOUCESTER. 7742c QJtiAND CHRISTMAS OFFER. Tbe majority of n:ar.,ier of the Weekly Hail whv iiave V4rc!¡¡c.ed watches from 3. i.lHJ¡;; llan seat iunher orders fur their iriendi. uad therefore, uia recognition of the efforts made those wlw send tleu orders for i':a,cll3. H. SAW OKh hai decided to present AN ELKGASV MUiKL CLOCK. or Lever Movement, which wi;1 o íu any posi- tiOll, to those who send un order iortico VVatcUes trolu tliis date until January 18th, 1881 (Jubiit6 Year), D,) not rui3S this GKAND CHRISTMAS AND JUBILEE G-IFT. Every reader W¡¡y obtaai one of these band- SOUle and valuath: üicJê:43 by ending an order fur watches, no xnarter at what price. This gitt will not interfere with n. present ot a fashtjnable Auraman Gold Albert with every lTeutlem.3 Watch. and a Handsome AuralLam Gold Guard with every LacH's Watch, and tle magnificent, preen3 will also be include.! with every Watch until January 10th. 1387, when the stool* will probabiy be exhausted. Order at onceTell jour friends, ao thOlt they also mak8 tiike advantage of H. sAH UEL'S unyaraUeiid gift. S'jte.— If it ':1 not possible tn end both order* together, olle order may be 5ent first, and tue other before January lutt. 1S37. 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Instructions—Cut out tbis Advertisement and forward it to U. SAMUKL, with order ana P.O.O. euclo3ed, and Watched will bel Ues- patched ty nejt post, IICC()ilIIUod by U. sarnuel's agniflcell Free Gift. H. SAMUEL, LEVER WATCH FACTORY, 97, MARKET- STREET, MANCHESTER. 8721c JQINNEFORD'S MAGNESIA. FLUID MAGNESIA. PURE FLUIBj MAG- J[_J' >"ENIA. INNEFORD'S MAGNESIA, For acillitv Qf the St,4ill!\ac\1. For Hertburn and iteadacUa. For Gout and fudi^estfen. TNNJ<:FOR.D'S 1\lAGi\ESL\ I TNNEFORIV-8 MAG N ESIA. D Safest and llWSt. geutle aperient !*>r delicate cOll3titutions. Ladies. Ciiikueu, and Infants. 188, BON9-ST82KT. LONDON. AND ALL CHSVUSrS I M ) JSaLaUhshed 1S47. Aledicai "uvilJ Gratis Daily. ir\ O T E V E N S AMERICAN BOTANIC DISPENSARY, S7, OLD M A RIC ET-STR MET, B li I S T U L THH: ItST Of Truth. Axeklca.v CoUGH St r. 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In Tins at la. 6<i., is., 5s. »d., Jcc., ¥y Ghemiata a»4 Sroaers. 37 224 BALSAM OF ANISEED. j TRAp £.-¡\ THIS GRAND OLD REMEDY FOR ICOUGHS, BRONCHITIS, | ASTHMA, INFLUENZA, j NIGHT COUGH, &C. I EXTRAORDINARY CURB OF A COUGH. H.M. Gunboat, ITetley, Wieis, Scotland. Dear Sir, —Having had a most distressing and severe coupli, which caused me many skepless nights and res: less days, I was recommended by his Lord3J¡ip. tho; Fad ic# Caithness, to try your must invaluable BALSAM of ANISEED, and I call assure y .u, with the that dose 1 found immediate relief, even without hiving to suspend my various duties and the first small bottle completely cured me. therefore I have the greatest confidence in fully recommending it to tbe million. (bigned) W. LiNZEn, H.AI G.B. ifetley." See above lrade Mark on every Bottle, and insist ou having II POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED. Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World, at Is. lid. and 2s. 3d. PKEPAKED BY THOMAS POWELL, LtMiTED, I 4, Albion-place, Ulackpriars hoad, London. ST ESTERN MAIL, J AUr; is >* T TO BE GIVEN AWAY TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPER. FINAL NOTICE. HH Ci(\Ci magnificent scrap I I ,UU\7 ALBUMS 4..VU ONE MILLION CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CáRDS To be presented, Untirely Free of Charge, to the Readers of this p-.per, An addition to the above (iliANI) CHHISTMA3 GIFTS, prfk GUINEAS tJV/ m CASH PRIZES Will be presented, Entirely Free of Charge, to the Twenty persons who form the I;r.t Number of .Dictionary i Words out of tho Word P R E S E N T A T I O N Thus, for example, pltfiSENT." SKNf," BBaT," N.\TI0èi," xc., Subject to t,h conditions named below. This amount will be divided as follows — FIRST PRIZE £ ->0 Os. Od. bEUOND PHlZE 1;10 103. Od. THIRD PRIZIO £ -5 0d. Od. And ftEVENTK'ti.V other Cash Prices of O X E P O [J N D E A 0 II Hence every competiior wilt hnvisTWENTV CIIANCSS OF WINNING ONE OF THE TWENTY CASH PRiZiia. EXT11A SPECIAL NOTICE. GtlAKANTKED ("I EN t' I s E. The Kensington Fine Art Association, bcinij desirous of In: tlJer extending tiie sale of their Art Productions at Popular Pr;(," Inve decided to oifer the above cash Frizes, EiS'TIKELi" FREE OF CUAUGE, 10 all reader j who shail become pairons l.stoie December 21st. of their ttKAXD CIIKISTMAS PUESS.VTATIOV PARCEL, For Post-oitice Ortier Is. lill" or 2G Scamps, Cirriage free. Ki-ery ,¡-(:<I will contain tü. WHOLE of the articles Ki-ery ,.arcei will contain tii« WHOLE of the articles enumerated below, the luvsni^cevt Scrap Album and a charming Packet of Christmas and Xeu* Year's Cirus being iiiclmied. entirely free of any extra charge, in every parcel applied for before December 2l.st, A MAGNIFICENT SCRAP ALBUM. Tbl, new and handsome SCRAP ALBUM has a very beau- tiful and elaborate cover, finished in told, splendidly illumi- nated, the Pine rt Dflsign being rully exjuisite. Each Album measures 12:u. by 10in. Also A MAGNIiflCE^'T PACKET OP CHRISTMAS AXD NEW TEAK'S OAIWS, ContainiJiJ o, very Choice and Splendid Assortment of the Sew Season's froductiaui, ;roiu the original desifus ot moot eminent En^liVu Artists, with appropriate prose or verse, written eXt"»-ssly by irritersof tile best talent. Alsn an Assorted P icket of EMBOS.-EL) COLOURED jjCRAPS. £ .cady for .fo!U or alhuut. cotttaiuiug splendid aud very, cha.nniti "r;tteg. 4-Isf) A VERY lItP.TrY TABLE -MAT. AI*u AN ELEGANT IMfTATION CRONZE FRAME, With floral dtii„'n and ai;urupr.ate wording in tbe centre. Al.-o A PAIR OF ILLUMINATED TEXTS, Most charmingly emoossud aad coloured. Also A SET Of)' IX RELmF fit AMES, Each constructed to stand, being six e*quisitely-dasisfnad miniature imitation minors in beautifuhy-printed floral à(;i¡U3, with suitable mottoes ill the C8nre of eacn. VUo A BEAUTIFUL TEK"A-OOTTA COLOURED EMBOSSED RELIEF, REmtESENTISU A HUsT ON A PEOl-STAL, Of either of the following SOUDAN HfaKOES, General Gortlou. General Lord \Vo¡d(¡y, Colonel Stewart, Colonel Fred Burnitliy, Lord Charles UtsresEord. Also A BEAUTiFUL BIBLE TEXT, NI ELY ILLUMINATED AND PilAMED COMPLETE, IS A.. CHARMINGLY-EWB i^-SED BLACK FRAME. And iu addition to the wh-Jle of the ove L;oo(ts, each Parcel will also contain Two Beautiful Flaque Pictures (Animal subjects), DOGS' HEADS, Both Fraiued Complete IN IMITATION PLU-.fi FRAMISS, READY FOR llANulG, And in every Parcel sent out will also. be endowed j;NTŒKI.Y J-f.tt oiT C'ifAKCE, a signed PRIZK CBkTIFICATE, Whicu will entitle the holder to cumpete, ENTIRELYFHEE OF CHARGE, tor tbe above VriztA Fitil rules and parti- c:.U!JoL. of the Competition yiil b, f.^uud priuted Oil the Prize Certidcii-e which will be t nclused in every parcel, entirely rr6 of Charge. Tiie rules should 0.: "cu before commencing the c,mpetiti .u. A cheyue will be forwarded to each of the twenty fiwcesu- fal competitors on Ujcember :*i, and the uauis:: :tU'l lull atidres^e.^ of the t'.vanty '1.h;.cs[u1 competitors wil bs pub- lished in the advertisement columns of the Loud^u HLUH:UI.I U ot December 3t, 1880. All order* lJJnst IJ.: accompanied by tbB foliowjug Bond, which shoaid b.- cu UUC aud forwarded, with remlttauee. before Dcc,:uÜer ilsc. Wi;STEKX WEEKLY MAIL PRIZE IIOD. FINAL JiVER. No. ijOi Dec. 11, IMU. (Please order before 21st, unleoS from abroad.) ¡ On receipt of this Bond, :4CCQaIPan!9d by Vo t-orti' e Order va..ue is. Ul. (ur 2.; yeuuy S(.lUIlS), \\c u^reo t.) forward, (;drn:it.1 pain, lJ any a,ltlrá:i:; iu the United Kingdom, Oil" Gi{.A,ND CHKISTMAS PHE8I!fl'Ù,'f{ON PARCEL. confaiuing the WHOLE of the goods described above We also ;i.,I- to enclose in each |i.tr;cl, ENTIRELY FBfclS OF CHAU««. one i'RIZK UERTIFICATB. which will eur.i;,ie oil,) hul.jùrto compeUt.ENTIKELY FREH OF CHARGE, for the TWENTY CASH PRIZ¡; amounti to FIFTY GUINEAS. (Signed) WALT ICR II. BACON, Manager. TUE KENSINGTON FINE iil' ASSOCIATION', } Keuiingtou-road, KCUoÜ¡"(HI, LonloLi. W. To ensure safe delivery the s5"cbtiol1 will be luppy to register the parcel for safe transmission, provided two extra stumps are enclosed. if yon calf vet tour of your friends to b.cOJu" purchasers of these* I¡;Le:)) r..rCi;:3, \3 wiU solid you ¡a cx'.ra Cert ficate, thl1 euaoling you to couiocto witlVnib heeo ninsa purchaser. An Assovtmeut of our w<irks mis >1:«' to the lev. C. H. Spur-jeoo, and in ackno>vle Iging tame he wrote as foiiou a:— TlIe, stro the prettiest and cheapest things that have ever come under my !loti" Fc;- how small a sum may houses be uu.ide h¿;utitu! Post odinj Orders are preferred to Postal Orders, and to be made payable iit Kensd.gi.ou Park-r^ad Po.t-oiiice, London. feXflU SPECIAL NOTK'K. The followiner is the RKSULT of tne I'¡tD COMPETI- TION on the WORD KENSING "ONIAN i'iKST l'It1¿;[;1'£X (>UI"A P-ev. Thomas Ellaby Westeidale, Wasleyan Minijrer, Bayswatcr, lol, UxbriJge road, Loudon. Vt\ SECOND rH.IZ1'Fril GUINEA -.—i inh JaD.Tans. Icy. ;i;.tiùu-roa.d. Ft.un,: Stiatiord. Ba.t!;s. THE FOLLOWING TP¡ COMPETITORS WON ONE GUlXBA EACH.—Alfred H. IU50J:JY, 3, Cli"tÎJ..m-¡¡TOv". Burton-rout, Withinsrton, Alanchester; Percy L. Lancaste r, 11, West !i:ü.Jo,Íi;¡¡-tull Park, Loudon. W. flol'ellcc: T,\u.>\n1, 15, Edgj-lune, Liverpool; ]'n¡,ucÏ:1 W. Lancaster, 1, !lI5'b-t3rr"'t", St. H(Jlier, Jersey Jaiiet Johnson, Fomtiliuii, 3. Guildfor.i-plac?, Loudon, W.O. Alice Gray Nayler, The C,o'(c, Uaugiikon, netr Skiiinal, Salop; Joopu Wilcox, 13, Great Wosteru-square East, North I Circular-road, Dublin E'I.<¡ Alfred Brayshaw, 10, Lan- lioiui crejiceiit. Durlineton J. P. flawke, 13, Matheaou-road, West Kcoji-.i.i'ru, iioiidoa, W. Richard Robiuson, J uuior, 12, A:ihlàlÜt"1.road, St. Loudon, W. The Winners of the KES3INGTONIAN" Cash Prizes will, ot course, NOT be allowed to compete agaiii. thus gi viiia other readers eveiy possible chance ill the PRESENTATION C"rl1pdirioll mentioned abeve. All Uoaimuaioations to be plainly alÜrEiórle,1;- WALTKU HENRY BAUDS, THE KENSINGTON FIXE ART ASSOCIATION, KEX8IGTON-ROAD. KENSIXGTON, LONDON, w. Sendoue Stamp for our New <;atalogue of Pictures. Christ- mas Novelties. Christmas Carls, á;c, To Visxiop.s.— Two minutes' to the left on leaving Keusington High-street Sta'.ion( U I4dc:r.wu,¡d Rail wav).[LClfO OILMAN'S I USTA 11 D.

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Legal Answers. Undtr this head, questions on Ityql subject* arf answered- ky an experienced prqfessional gentlemtn Correspondents wtÛdnif for information or advice are requested to observe the foUonlny rules:- 1. The faqti must be stated fully and clearly; and the Que^tit u, if jiqre than t)lt. s.h&u.ld he nu,r.i- iei-td consecutively. 2. A full cqvy vnift he ifenl of «?>y document on vihich advice is wished f*r. 3. The real name and address of the viriter must «,ccvm.p*ay the qu$stiins, but iciil nut k,e pub- lished if a gsncdoaym or initials if nlso sent f\>r reference. All commumcHtions must le KldressetJ, to "¡Je"d"QyoJl, Lejtul Department) flf<ekly yfnil Yjçe ir^rdij' Mousy Lent.—"Doubtful" (Cirdiff) ij advised to take two coyies of his account to I be office of the registrar of the county court, and there till up a prescribed form and pay the lees for a summons against his unprin- cipled friend. It would have been more pro<jtal?i« ta he friendless. Wlit:,ii the plaint ia entered a note will be ivell to him showing when the action will be tried, arHfhe must attend on that day, pay the tee, ')ve and prove lis case, unless some arrangement should he come 11 before that time. Assuming that the case goes to trfil.and that an order should be made for oay- ment by instalments, then if liefault should be made in payment of any instalment at the proper time execution might Le issued against the goods of the defendant tor f4ie whol^ amount of deot ali.1 costs then remaining unpaid. QuBEJi'S Coussol.—" Cymro (Swansea) is informed that this is a uistiufition granted to barri."ti^s in con- siderable practice on their own application. When a barrister and a Queen's Counsel are engaged on the same side in »u action the latter leads, atrcl the othi-r is his junior, even though he may have been called to the Bar sooner than his leader, precedence being given to the Queen's Counsel according to the date when that rank was conferred upon them. In the majority of cases judges are chosen from among t hele»ders, but some excellent judges have been selected from the back seats. Queen's Counsel wear silk robes; barristers towns of stuff. All Queen's Counsel are barristers,but when they become entitled to wear silk their position is altered to some extent. )IABHLAOIG By Licameig -WUXI AND WHEBig?-" J. L." may be married by licence at any hour between eiglit in the morning and threein the afternoon, either in a Parish Church, at a chapel belonging to some "Soncon- formist body and duly registered for marriages, or at the office of the uprintimdellt registrar. One clear day's notice must be given. Marriage by licence at the office of the superintendent registrar (including all fees for licence and marriage) costs £2 14s. 6d. At chapel these fees have to be paid with the addition of the chapel fees. The fees vary in both churches and chapels. Fifteen days' previous residence by one of the parties in the parish or in the district of the superintendent registrar, as the cr.si; may be, is requisite in both cases before giving notice for a licenc* to be issued. The marriage ought to be celebrated where the lady resides unless there issomeespecial reason for departing from this good old rule. A superintendent registrar's district generally comprises several parishes. For marriage at church the licence is issued by a surrogate, who is always a clergyman, but for marriage at either of the other places men- tioned application for the licence will have to be made t(, the superintendent registrar. Chancery PHOCESCDI.VGS.—" C. C." (Kilgerran) will require the I\ssista.r)(1 of a solicitor, who will ascertain whether the supposition i or is not well founded. It is quite possible that a part of the money might have been divided at the date mentioned, and, if so, the remainder of it may be payable now. For instance, if an annuity to a certain persou during his or her life was directed by the will to be paid, sufficient money would be retained to provide for the annuity out of the interest or dividends, according to the motiti of invest ment, and all the decease of the annuitant the principal money so retained would ba called in and divided, after payment of costs thereout. Or if one oi the beneficiaries happened to be an infant., the share wouid remain invested until he or she attained the age of 21 years. It is impossible for us t.o answer our correspondent's last inquiry. AA we do not know the original amount of the fund, nor the amount whien has bteu distributed, we cannot say how much remains in court. It is mcisl likely that th whole matter wis clenred up more than 40 s'ears a^>. DISPUTED ACCOUNT.—" Thornbury ought to have paid the last three instalments when they respectively became due then, it he had proved the previous pay- ments, he would have been entirely successful in his ct"fe\lce. and would have been entitled to his costs. He has notlJing to d.,) with the ultimate destination of the money if lie paid at the proper time and place he could not be held responsible for the subsequent misappropriation t hereof. Upon the whole we think that his bst course would be to pay the admitted balance in the presence of a witness, with the stipn- lated lines for delay, and then staud upon his defence. As his offer was not accepted, he is not now bound thereby, lie need not trouble himself about a receipt if any difficulty should be made; he could prove the payment by his own evidence and the evidence of his witness, if necessary, but it would scarcely be dis- puted. ISTiiSl'ACY.—" Legis (Aberayron) is advised that if thn farm is freehold it will descend to the eldest son of the deceased eldest sou of the intestate as heir at lavy. Personal estate does not descend to the heir. There- fore, the leasehold property will be disposed of dif- ferently. After payment of funeral expenses, costs of administration, and debts, the residue of the personal estate will be divisible among ail the children of the intestate ill equal "hare3, the sila..e of tile deceased son being divisible equally among the whole of his lawful issue. One of the children will bo entitled to app:y for letters of administration of the personal estate and effects. We understand that the deceased was a widower; is the fact so ? If not, his widow will be the proper person to administer, and she will br entitled to one-third ot the residue for her own benefit before the other part thereof ia distributed in the manner indicated above. And olit will also be entitled to ona-third of the net rents of the freehold property during the remainder of her lite. unless her right to dower has beeu barred.

Miscellaneous. CAnDIFFTtV G. ti." (Lvdney), '• Mrorcos" (Bridgend), and "fNQUtuEa" do not sead their names and addresses. "Suffkrkii" (Atwrdare).—Consult a doctor. Wtt atnnqt undertake to answer such questions through this column. C. MORGAN (Swansea).—YOU will find the phrase "lhe child is father to the man" in Words- worth's poem, commencing— Jly hearts leaps up when I behold A lainbow in the sky." J. H. W." (Merthyr).—Tho 16th of April, ISôO, fell oil a Monday. Cu Ltious" (Tenby). The character of "Mr. GulIy" in Lord Heaconsfteld's novel" Endy- mion" is supposed to represent Charles Dickens. C. F." (Roath).—This year's pantomime at the Cardiff Theatre Royal will be Robinson Crusoe," written by blr. J. J. Bisgood. Rex" (Brid«end).—Write to the legal editor. Brrconitk" should consult the "Encyclopspdia Ijritannica." X. Y. Z." (Penarth).—Yea, it is quite true that there is a Welsh Colony in Patagonia. If, was founded in 1863 or 1864, aud numbers upwards of 1 600 persons. Correspondence on the subject appeared recently in the Red Ilrayon. BoonwoftJi" (Monmouth).—Messrs. Cassoli and Co., of Ludgato-liill, London, issue such a work iis vou require. EAUN" (Cardiff).—The first steamer that crossed ilia Atlantic was the Rhadam an thus, which was taken to Jamaica in April, 1833, by Captain Gourge Evans. T. li." (Newport).—Write to the Post-master* General. "EM0" (Porthcawl) inquires how long it would take 10 count a million and a billion respectively. Supposing that anyone cpunted 100 per minute, and worked ten hours sv day, it would take seventeen days to count a million. At the saluo rate, to count a billion, it would take 1,000 men 45} years, working every day in tho year. "KING CHKISTMAS (Swansea).—There are only twelve ijnowti mistletoe oaks in England and Wales. They arc respecnvely at Eastnor, Bred- wardiue, and Tedstone Detainers, in Hereford- shire; Plasnewydd, in Anplosea; Dunsfold, in Suney; Backwood Park, near Basingstoke Frampton Severn and Knightwick, in Glouces- tershire; Plymouth, on the South Devou Rail- way Sunbut-y Park, near Chepstow and Lian- gattock Lingoed, in Monmouthshire.

LOCAL SKETCHES. o FORTUNE TELLING IN CARDIFF. (By Atticus.) No doubt many of the readers of the Weekly Mail will be surprised to 16iorn that the business of fortune telling is fast becoming one of the most remunerative occupations in Cardiff. The hard- headed, matter-of-fact people, who abound in the town, may look with incredulity upon the asser- tion, but it is none the less a fact that at the present moment many a cuuning old party is fat and flourishing by trading upon the superstition and sentimentality of a large section of the inhabitants. It is only fair to explain that the majority of those Who display so much eagerness for a peep into futurity belonsj to the softer sex. Yet there are plenty of flats to be found in breeciias wiu also fall ready victims to the wiles of the destiny dealer. Looked at in some ways there is not so much to deplore in the circumstance, for, with the coal trade of the port promising to o to the dogs at no very distant date, it is gratifying to know that there will remain a home industry of some importance which will survive the commercial ruin. Then, gain, as far as the practice affects the future of the persons operated upon, there can be little donbt that in the case ot a phlegmatic subject a flattering fortune-teller might kindle aq ambition or fix an object in life which, if pursued, might result in considerabls advantage to the parson concerned. On the other hand, however, it is equally certain that, as far as the sentimental part of the forecast goes, there is grave danger to the credulous victim. Take the case of a young girl who is led to believe that some day sliu will meet with a rich gentle- man, whose wife she will become, what is the result? The very first masher that crosses that damsel's path and pays her the slightest attention is magnified by her into a here she believes she has met her destiny, and if the fellow prove as unscrupulous as most of his kidpey are, the result, is irretrievable ruin to the girl. I have it on the very best authority that in this way fortune-tellers are responsible for half the unfortu- nates who over-run our large towus. There are, to my own knowledge, nearly a score of these fortune- tellers in Cardiff, varying from the poor old gipsv woman who campa in the fields ta the grave and venerable seer Qf Biblical cognomen, the ancient dowdy who undertaken various operations affect- ing the coming and going of unborn generations, and the district visitor, not fair, though fat and forty. As an example of thg good which some- times results from the ruling of one's planets, I may instance the case of a young man of my own acquaintance, who, for convenience sake, I will designate Jeremiah Jugging." He came to Cardiff a short time ago from the country, without an aim or object in life, and would, doubtle have one to his grave without having risen above the common herd but for a fortuitous circunpatance, which couaptetely changed the course of his career One night, whilq spend ing his evening at his diggings, he was lit into the secrets of his confiding landlady, who tojd him, amongst other things, of the wonderful truths that had been imparted to her by the old cock I have already indicated. My hero's curiosity was completely aroused, and he wended his way eastward the next morn- ing to learn his fate. The old gentleman gave him a cordial welcome, and at once proceeded to business. Ho commenced by asking the year, month, day, and minute of the young man's birth. The information was quickly given, with the exception of the last particular, which he could not exactly call to inind. But he solved the diffi- culty by sending a telegram to his mother. As soon as the reply was received tha proceedings were resumed, and the seer, having consulted tho charts and drawn sundry diagrams, proceeded to declare the result. At the outset he informed his subject that according to the map he seemed to have had a mother, and, noticing that the youth was not greatly impressed by his discovery, he added that she it was who had quilted him in his boyhood's days. The young man's faith in the seer was further weakened by this latter information, for he had painful recollections, not only of the maternal slipper, but of tha heavy beetle crushers of another parient," whose coaxings had been more forcible, and had left a mora painful impression—behind. Fueling that it was no longer safe to dwell on the remote past, the old gentleman brought his observations up to date, and ventured upon the remark that the J. J." Had a sweetheart That he had this time "struck ile" be was soon convinced by the blushes which flitted round the nope of his patient, and, encouraged by this success, he hazarded another guess. Her complexion was ginger? Right again; and having regained the confidence of the youth, he plunged into futurity. The" J. J." then drew forth a gi "antic note-book, in which he took voluminous notes in shorthand of the events of the future. One incident that greatly struck him was that in the year 1893 ho wouid be overtaken by a severe cold or some other great calullaity," and conviction went right clean home to him when the seer alluded to his future avocation in life. The lary" old dog, seeing that the youth was acquainted with a system of short- hand writing, jumped to the conclusion that he had literary tendencies, so he concluded his prognostications by informing him that ho would become connected with the press and would even- tually rise to an eminent position. Thislastremark went right home to the innermost recesses of his chest, and gave to this youth all object and an ambition in life which he will doubtless pursue with unflinching determination. He can now bp seen wending his way to his daily nvocatitm with a book, possibly & bound volume of the Times, a scrap diary of newspaper cuttings, or some other valuable work of reference under his arm. I am glad to chronicle thia caae because it is one of the fow in which an influence for good has resulted from fortune-telling. From present appearances, thero is every reason to hopa that this young man will attain to a proud position in the literary world. And should his early promise be borne out, the old Seer of Roath will not have lived in vain—he will have raised one at least to the pinnacle of fame. Of the 'othnr systems of fortune-telling-now in vogue, one is that practised by the card-shuffling gipsy, the wwdus operandi of which I shall be happy to impart to any of my readers for a trifle One of these lidiesi hangs out, I beliovo, some. whero between Grangotown pild the Riverside, and doesa rattling good business with the servant girls of the latter locality. ThiEl district is also well servod by Yiq ladies who practice tiag taacup ;s C! system. Some of these fortune-tellers have, a fixed abode, at which thoy receive visitors at all times and on various errands, and others take a circuit of their acquaintances, through whom they hear a good deal of gossip about their neighbours, and eventually try and malfetheir acquaintance with a view to doing a little, business. I Ifnow of one casf that occurred some timo ago where a good dual of uupleasant- ness was causcd by one of theao district visitors. She obtained admission to the house in tha absence of the mistress and pumped the servant dry. The next day she called to teH the lady's fortune, and workod upon her feelings with such success that she chuckad her husband into the street, his goods aud chattels over the garden wall, and sent an advertisement to the Matrimonial Timss for a gentlemsin of means who wanted the services of housekeeper. Hut of all tho forms of fortune- telling at present practised, I think the most dangerous is th,t of palmistry. One of our own young mn got palmed the other day by an interesting young female. He has now thrown away the rags which were to him flS Royal robes when worn in virtue's cause, and will hence- forward appear in the new character of the pet masher of the establishment.

The Chinese alphabet coo. about 30,000 cha- racters, and the man who thinks of constructing a Chinese type-writer will have to make it the size of a forty-horse power thi-ooiing machine, and run it by steam. A sood scheme: Brown-—" Did yoti go for a vacation this summer Smith ?" Smith—" Oh, yos." Brown—" How did you manage, your business affairs?" Smith—"I took uiy advertisement out of the paper until I..raturllCd, 80 there wasn't any business to manage. Great scheme, eh ?" Two frienda met in tbe stroet; Mir dClar fellow, I have just left my landlord. Yotl wouldn't believe it, but I had the hardest work in tha world to make him accept a little money." well that is an unlikely story. I should call it highly improbable." Why?" "Why? Because be wanted a 1004 deal

WELSH PREACHERS In and Out of the Pulpit. THE REV. D. EDWARDS, NEWPORT. (Specially Contributed.) The Rev. David Edwards, who forms tha subject of the above sketch, is one of the type or honoured Welshmon whose services to tlioir native country did much to prevent Wales sinking very low in comparison with the constituent portions of the Great; United Kingdom at a time when the need of men of strong courage and indomitable per- severance was most urgent-,& period almost pass- ing now into what would by some be called ancient history," but still an epoch which has cast the most important and enduring results upon this generation. However much opponents of Mr. Edwards's views on political, religious, or social questions may diffar from him on any par- ticular debatable point or points,, tha most ardont antagonist who knows the man, in all his bearings and relations, must fain admit that lie, at least, has tho stamp of a genuine and sincere character. Political, religious, and social questions arise and make opponents of the best of men, but we call at the same time respect and admire a man's cha- racter—its independence, its sincerity, and its thorough generosity. Such is the position occupied by the subject of our present sketch. Filling, as he has, many and varied public positions, and holding and enunciat- ing at every proper opportunity the convictions of his heart on a very large and diversified field of controversial matter, he must necessarily have aroused the hostility of almost innumerable enemies, but wa have yat to learn that any of these can cast the slightest imputation or reflec- tion upon the Rev. David Edwards other than in respect of his convictions upon public debatable affairs. To a very largo numbeif of residents of the Principality-north and south —is the commanding form of our subject, with I his firm, decisive head, now frosted with the snows of 70 winters, well known, though only in Mon- mouthshire, which liasformed more particularly the scene of his labours, can his sterling worth be properly assessed. In prefacing the biographical n sketch which follows, it is necessary to bear in mind the fact that at the time Mr. Edwards entered upon the sacred office as a preacher of the Gospel in the Calvinistic Methodist Church there were no pastors attached to churches, but men in business were, upon examination, ordained to preach whilst they still continued to lead secular avocations. Such a position was occupied by the subject of tha present notice, though, as will be found, he attained, in after life, when the condi- tions were very much chngeq, to the highest measure of success both in the Church and in secular pursuits. EABLT ASSOCIATIONS. The Rev. David Edwards first saw the light of day in the year 18161,t Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, in the county of Merioneth, North Wales. His father was a farmer there, and his family had occupied the same holding from time immemorial, there being the clearest evidence of their occupation running back over 200 years. On his mother's side he was related to tlie well^nown Archdeacon Pryse. He was educated under the Rev. Michael Jones (who then lived at Llanuwchllyn), father of the well- known Rev. AI. D. Jones, the present Principal of Bala College. Mr. Edwards does not conceal his opinion that of the two the elder Jones was the batter man. For his tutor our subject had the greatest esteem and reverence. A great many men who became notable in the last half century went to this school, which was endowed by the late Dr. Williams. Whilst Mr. Edwards was under the Rev. Michael Jones's tuition the now phase of Calvinism, now known as Modern Calvinism, was introduced into the Principality, and was creating great stir in many of the Churches. A good many of the older members clung tenaciously to the old, and, as they then called it, the orthodox faith. Among those were Mr. Edwards's father" and his sons, and on the other side, though not in the same connexion, was the Rev. Michael Jones, the then minister of the chapel at Llanuwchllyn. A hot fgtld sprang up, which culminated in a lawsuit between the orthodox party and the opponents of the new ideas, as to which side was entitled to possession of the chapel for services. The case was tried at Merioneth Assizes, and, although Mr. Edwards and his family were on the Orthodox side, when it wai announced that the verdict had gone against the Rev. M. Jotios, the subject of our sketch was so overcome with feelings of grief at the position of his schoolmaster and friend that he gave way to floods of tears. However, there was a secession, and the new party established them- selves in a barn, where they continued to hold services for some considerable) time. It is almost needless to say that the feud then awakened has now well-nigh completely disappeared, as both have agreed to tolerate one another and allow the discussion to be buried. The Rav. D. Edwards had two brothers, who may be properly mentioned at this juncture. One, Mr. John Edwards, who emi- grated to the Western world, is reputed to be one of the chief Welsh bards of America, having as his barcjic title "Eos Glantwrch." The other brother, Mr. Thomas Edwardo, had gone to ktilym nay, where he kept the shop for the Rhymney Iron and Coal Company, and at the age of fifteen our sub- I ject, young David Edwards, proceeded to Rhymney and joined his brother. For his brother Thomas, Mr. Edwards had the highest and most sincere I esteem, and always considered him a much abler man than himself, but in connection with his religious advancement there was a very melan- choly episode. Mr. Thomas Edwards joined the Baptist denomination, and was to have been ordained a minister of that Church and become preacher at a chapel at Sirhowy, where he would minister once a month, and continue manager of tilo shop at Rhymney. The lata Ray. David Sanders, of Merthyr, and the RdV. Alr Williams, of Trosnant, Pontypool, were to preach at the ordination, but Providence ordered tliffierently. Scarlet fever laid its fatal hand upon the candi- date, and on tiio day when he was to be ordained he was laid in his last fifthly resting-place, the Rev. D. Sanders preaching the funeral sermon- The deceased brother had attained to considerable eminence as a poet, one of his odes (in Welsh), on Wisdom," having received a prize. He left behind him a daughter, who was subapqijentiy married to Mr. Ebenezer Lewis, of Maipdee Hail, near Newport. Shortly after the demise of his brother tyr. Davjd Edwards went to Brynmawr, where he established himself in business. SOCIAL U was whilst residing in lirynmnwc that tha subject of our sketch began those social reforms which at length brought him so prominently to the front. lie wa? the means of establishing in the town the first school—a British School-LIAO committee of which lie personally convened, and afterwards, acted 1\8 its secretary, until the School Hoard was established- Brynmawr qt this time was in a most deplorabls condition from every social point of view. For twenty years after the establishment of this school there was no talk of a School Hoard, but when-a board was formed Mr. Edwards was one of its first members. Not only was lie instrumental in cstablislxing means for imparting education, but looked upon the sanitary condition of the place—wretched, squalid, and miserable—with eyeq of pity, mingled with yearnings to bring about a. change for the better. Almost immediately on the passing of the Act of 1849 he set about taking steps for the formation of a local board. Brynmawr wa§ one of tqtt first places in the whole district when the Act was adopted, Merthyr being about the only other town in the vicinity where a Local Board was also published.$fr.$dw»rd§, in bringing (en l^bt the unsanitary condition of tbe place, and memorialising the authorities to poggtitutg the place a Locfil Government district, brought the utmost obloquy upon himself. He was accused of inaugurating a scheme which would so burden the place with rates and taxes that people would not be able to live in ili. This, however, has been indisputably answered by the fact*, which are, that very soon the place was so much improved that people from the surrounding naighbourhood camo to Brynmawr to look for houses, and also that ths original loan for carrying out the necessary sanitary works, the re-payment of which was spread over 30 yeare, Qas now been entirely cleared off, and many other improve- ments effected. The Local Board, with Mr. Edwards as the presiding spirit, took the bull by the horns and established a good supply of water. Mr. Edwards then set about establishing a burial ground, for which ho got himself into greater dis- favour than ever. For a long time the place was so unpopular that the promoters could not get a corpse buried there. Some of the tip girls wont 30 far as to discuss, in Mr. Edwards's hearing, the desirability of making him the first occupant of the place, and were, no doubt, giving utterance to tbe popular feeling. But a start having bean effected by tho interment of some paupers, all soreness was soon after removed, and people from the surrounding neighbourhood took to the matter very kindly, and after tho sanitary arrangements, mainly inaugurated by Mr. Edwards, had had time to produce their natural results, tho Registrar- General, in one of his reports, referred to the dis- trict as being exceedingly healthy, and pointed it out as a wonderful example of the results of good sanitation. A few gentlemen, acting upon Edwards's suggestion, acquired a private gas manufacturing concern, and carried it on as a company, which to-day is under the ohairmanship and managing directorship of our subject, and Ins a capital of over £20,000 invested in it. Mr. Edwards, in fact, was veritably the summttm bonum of the whole district. He became tho means of the establishment of a Post-office, and was for some time postmaster, though later on he found that the Sunday work interfered with his preach- ing appointments. He was likewise the means of obtaining a petty sessional court in Brynmawr, j j all the business transacted there now having i I formerly to be taken to Crickhowell. Last, but I but by no means least, Mr. Edwards himself built I the public market-house and Market-hall in Bryn- I mawr, which now h leases out to a market com- pany, and he established in thQ hall four benefit societies with a view of drawing provident work- 1 ing men away from public-house contaminations. I I To these he acted as secretary up to the time of his leaving the town. HIS COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. Bearing in mind the remarks which we made in the opening of this notice, that at the time when ihe Rev. D. Edwards stepped on to the threshold of manhood, a preacher of the gospel in the Cal- vinistic Nethodisli Church was not expected to abjure secular persuits, but was rather encouraged to continue in them, readers will scarcely be surprised to learn that a man of bis character aud earnestness in everything that he took up should also be a successful man of business, though as he jocularly put it to the writer on one occasion, his oecotning Jack-of-all-trades. prevented his becom- ing a master of any. He, however, always had tha mastery over the particular matter he took in hand, and in addition to the public concerns that he connected himself with, he traded, and traded very successfully, as a grocer and draper, down to about the year 1360, when, having no oncumberance in the way of a family, and having paade comfortable provisions for himself, he proposed tp retire from commercial life. He re- moved in that year to Newport, but having not as yet completed his market scheme, and some other matters, he returned to Brynuaawr for a few years. He then finally left that town and went to live at The Bryn, Gold-tops, Newport, which he had built shortly before, and has resided there ever since. After, however, he gave up business at Hrynmawr, a firm of London tea merchants invited him to become their representative in South Wales, and being unable to thoroughly rid hitngelfof his business aptitude, he accepted the appointment. His success in this sphere may be judged from the tact that, when he undertook the duties, their specialities were almost unknown in this part of the country, but during the ten years that Mr. Edwards represented them, although he only worked, on an average, one day a week, he estab- lished for them a splendid connection, and returned to them in the la3t year between £ 7,000 ^.nd £ 8,000. Piqding th$t the business interfered too much with nis now increasing ministerial duties, and as he did not need the remuneration, Mr. Edwards gave I up his wholesale tea connection some twelve years ¡I I ago or so. RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS. I With all the public and private business engage- ments which, as will have been observed, Mr. Edwards had to take up his time, the wonder is that he had any leisure whatever to devote to the sacred office of preaching. Yet in him were united in the most striking degree the ardent, successful j minister, rising in the end to become the head of the connexion in which his lot was cast, no less; than the busy commercial man,whose schemes were ¡ all brought off triumphantly long before old age set in. Mr. Edw ards was ordained at the Dowlais meeting of the South Wales Calvinistic Methodist II Association, in 1851. There were a dozen candi- dates who received ordination at the same session, ) of whol however, only two now survive, viz.; our subject and the Rev. John Pugh, B.A., of Holly- well, North Wales. Though Mr. Edwards never became the settled pastor of any church he continued his preaching in the itinerant way adopted by the Methodist church for a period of between *0 and 50 ye^rs, and is engaged in it to the present day. In the year j 1860, soon after he retired from active business, lie took a lengthened holiday, and made a tour of Egypt and the Holy Land, and on his return lectured upon his travels, devoting all the profits towards liquidating debts upon tho chapels of the connexion in the Mouinouthshire district. By this means Mr. Edwards was enabled to raise j something like £300 for the purpose we have named. Although our subject has for many years undoubtedly been one of the foremost, if not alto- gether the foremost, man in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church in Monmouthshire, he is not! regarded as being in tho first rank of popular orators; his discourses are rather of a deep, sound character, and as such they have been found i acceptable to many of the largest congregations in the district. Our subject has, there can be little doubt, been singled out by the Church more on account of his excellent business habits, his thorough soundness in Church doctrines and practice, and his extensive and deep knowledge of the rulas and regulations of the connexion. In these matters he is regarded as a very high authority, as will be readily admitted from the fact that he has bean appointed for very many years to discharge nearly every public duty which usually devolves upon the first class ministers of the connexion, such as giving the annual charge to the students at Trevecoa College, and giving the charge at ordination services. He was one of the chief advocates of the union which was estab- lished in 1834 between tha South Wales and the North Wales Associations, and, having occupied the position of Moderator of the South Wales Association about twelve years ago; was at Cardiff in 1830 elected to the highest office of all, viz., Moderator of the General Assembly of the Calvinistic Methodists, a body which has now to supervise the whole connexion affairs with its 1,200 to 1,300 Churches and 600 ordained minis- ters. Mr. Edwards is about the oldest total abstainer amongst the Welsh section of the cause of temperance in Monmouthshire, he having cele- brated the jubilee of his signing the pledge with the late Evan Evans, of Nantyglo, in October last. AN EDUCATIONIST. No one amongst the many worthy examples of influential Welsh educationists has been more to the fore in this most estimable branch of social progress than Mr. Edwards. We have already re- counted his efforts to place the teaching of the young at Brynmawr on a sound footing, and after his removal to Newport his interest in the cause did not flag. For the past ten or a dozen years his history and the history of the School Boafd have basn almost identical. He was elected a member of the original board, which then existed only for tbe parish of St. Woollos, and wheq, subsequently ao amalgamation was effected by joining it to a board for the borough of Newport, he also became ¡I a member of the united board, and on the retire- ment of Mr. R. N. Osborne from ths chairmanship (after having held the same only one year), Mr. Edwards, who had been vice-chairman, wasj I elected to preside. He continued to be chairman until the end of the triennial period, and was r- appointed for the following three years. Ha hasi been on the board ever since, and now pccupies the pasitjon of vice-chairman. Whilst maintain- I ing that the Bible should ba read in our public ¡ schools, our subject has of late years been a most jealqus watchman oyer the ierets of the Protes- tant unsectarian community of the town. His action in pursuing tiie course which seemed to him right in this respect has led to not a few battles in tho board, with which the public have from time to time become familiar. In the last board Mr. Edwards—whether rightly or wrongly need not here be discussed—condemned, without any mincing of words, the coalition which he declared had been brought about between the Catholic and English Church representatives on the board, resulting, as he affirmed, in the Catholic party becoming the dominant element in the management of local education. For his constant defence of Protestant rights and tha admira- tion in which he was held by a large number of sympathisers, a fund was started in the summer of 1834- to present him with a testimonial which should give suitable oxpression to tho feelings of his friends. At Mr. Edwards's earnest desire, however, the subscriptions were limited to ouo shilling, so that there should be no great ostentation in tho matter. He was, accord- ingly, in July of that year presented with a hand- somely-framad illuminated address, accompanied by a medallion of Martin Luther, thanking him for his faithful advocacy of the true and nohle prin- ciples of Protestantism. But when the board, on which Mr. Edwards was regarded as leader of the opposition, camo to an end at tha commencement of the pr<isent vear, events took a strange and unfore- seen turn. Mr. Edwards, adhering with tho utmost consistency to his principles of Protestantism, determined to fight the flection with that as the main question. Ha set himself to break what he, rightly or wrongly. as we have said, termed the Anglo-Roman alliance. Though a staunch Liberal he refused to join with the leaders of that party in making the election a purely political one. At that time it would appear that wheels were work- ing within wheels. With Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule scheme looming in the distance, the Liberal leaders were endeavouring so to manipulate matters that the election should be run on party lines, and at the same time they were anxious not to wound the foe lings of the Catholic com- munity, so that Mr. Carbutt, their Parliamentary candidate, would not lose their votes when the election came on. But Mr. Edwards refused to be thus diverted from his purpose, and, on being threatened with defeat by the Liberal party if he did po submit to their demands, is reported to have declared to their leaders that he would prefer standing alone, with the possibility of defeat, rather than take part in such a compact The result was a rupture, and Mr. Edwards played his own hand, tho trump card being anti- Romanism. When the game was over, Mr. Edwards was found to have won by a much larger majority than that by which he was elected at the previous election. The newly-elected board was composed of five Nonconformists, five members whom Mr. Edwards regarded as of the Anglo- Roman party, and the balance of power was found in the Rev. J. T. Wrenford, vicar of St. Paul's, who throughout his life had also been known as a foremost champion of Protestantism, and really stood on the same platform as Mr. Edwards, and who was now elected chairman of the br)ard. When the agitation for founding a University College in South Wales was going on Air. Edwards joined heartily in the proposal, and advocated, on behalf of Newport, the establishment of the College at Cardiff. He was appointed to give evidence in this behalf before the Educa- tion Department, and on the College being in- augurated, wa3 elected on the council. Mr. Edwards has not merely been an educationist in theory, but has written several essays to the Welsh quarterlies and monthly magazines. POLITICAL CfMVJCTtOKS. Mr. Edwards is well known in politics as a Liberal of the broad school, but refuses to tie his opinions to any one man, or to be coerced by any party. He is now in the Unionist school, looking up to Lord Hartington, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Cham. berlain aa leaders. Indeed, he is an anti-Gl- stonite, and does not scruple to declare his aversion towards the late Prime Minister. Under existing circumstances he affirms that the present, Govern- ment must be maintained in office, for the proposa to set up a sapc- 'al.e and independent legislature it Ireland, or, indeed, in any other portion of the kingdom, is highly distasteful to his sepse of what would be proper. Holding these views, he is equally averse to the clamour for Home Rule for Wales, if by it is meant the setting up of on inde- pendent legislature, as it wnu]d only have a ten- dency to arouse old national antipathies, whict ought l'athr to be buried than revived:

SOCIETY GOSSIP. [From The World."] Sir Edward Cecil Guinness's bounties to the assistants who aided him in rearing the greatness of his firm have been unprecedented. I hear that Mr. Putsar, the manager of the brewery for many years, has received a cheque for £?17.000. Mr. Bancroft has commenced to write some recollections of his long connection with the stage. n is likely that he uTId Mrs. Bancroft may tell their stories separately until they became united in management, and then complete the book together. On Saturday afternoon, after the termination of the Punch, libel case at the Mansion House, Sir Reginald Hanson entertained Mr. and Mrs. Gent- Pa vis, Mr. F. C. Burnand, and the learned counsel on both sides at a friendly luncheon. Sir Redvers Buller has been set down in several quarters as a Home Ruler. The reverse is, IWW. ever, the fact. General Boiler is nearly related to the Portsmouth family, and holds similar views to those of Lord Lymipgton, whom he supported at the last election on public well as private grounds- Until recent times the marriage of a bishop after his consecration was inmost unknown. OQ Thursday, however, the Bishop of St. the fourth prelate within a very few years— w^f married a second tima to Miss Ann Locksdale in the Parish Church of G''<i*?endale, near Liverpool, the Bishop of Clogher officiating, Tho bride was married in her traYelling-dress of sapphire-blue. The four bridemaidSt nieces of the bride and bridegroom, were in dresses of white cMhrqr trimmed with sapphire-blue. All Aigburtli turned out to witness the ceremony. I believe that before these linos are iL. he hands of most of my readers an election for a Royal Academician will hava taken place. That any unusual interest attaches to the affair may not be veraciouslv affirmed, for in spite of the weekly meetings of the Chelsea Conspirators the step wil\ be given quite in the ordinary course, and not to Mr. Burne Jonea,as some have dared to hcpe. The favourite is Mr. Luke Fiides, but many back Mr. Marcus Stone, who is the senior by several years iu both age aud Academic standing. The sea-and-laod- scMipists seem to be quite out of it." I hear of a wonderful new vessel :n the cqurae of building for the Messrs. Anderson, owners of the Orient Line to Australia, of which the whole of the decorations below are designed by Hr. J. J. Stevenson, the well-known Queen Anne architect, who has called several distinguished artists to his aid. Among those who have been commissioned to execute panela for the saloon are Messrs. Pettie, R.A., M'Whirter, A.I,4,. Colin Hunter, A.R.A, C. Napier Hsmy. Charles Wyllie, and John O'Connor, who has just nnished his con- tribution, a charming picture of Windsor Castle. A curious scene took place in a parish church in the country at the beginning of last week. A gentleman and lady presented themselves with a request that they might be re-married, the ceremony having been performed some years pre- viously by a registrar. The onieiating clergyman was a dignitary of the Church, and all scruplef on his part were removed by the intimation that the bishop of the diocese had been communicated with and bad given his sanction. Only Christian names were given for purposes of the service. No entry was made in the parish register, and no fees could bo charged, but a h»ndsoin? offering was made. [Prom "Ihe Miss Violet Cameron and Mr. Lionel Brough have returned to London. The manager for the unhappv burlesque actress says that if she loses her divorce cuuse she will retire from the stage. I say she will do no such thing. Previously to her departure fron New York Miss Violet Cainerou received a flattering offer from Mr. E. Stokes, the man who shot Fislie, but escaped justice. He is proprietor of the Hoffmann House, and it will be remembered that when Lord Lonsdale and his fair charge put up at this hotel they were requested to ietYe for fear of a scandal- Now the respited murderer is quite mashed, and proposed—a house and a handsoite income. Needless to say that in the present un- settled condition of Miss Cameron's affairs did not accept. The Socialists have not yet quite tired of worry- ing Sir Charles Warren. They are busy organising a demonstration for Christinas Day, when it is their intention to parade a torchlight procsssion of the "starving unemployed" through all the wealthy quarters, where it may be supposed that the bloated capitalists are revelling in seasonable feasts and festivities. The Colin Campbell case has floated tM. Kinlny, Q.C., Into the first rank of advocates and adroit managers of a case in court. His opening speech for Lord Colin wa a skilful manipulation-of a series of surprises which he had in store for the jury and for the other side and it is a tribute to his general reputation for sobriety and modera- tion that on the evening after his speech waa delivered, and the following day, everyone who knew him was saying: Finlay is not the man to say this or that unless he felt he could prove it up to the hilt."