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Owing to next Friday/ being Good iriday iii& NORTH "WAT, AS EXPRESS 1cill be published on Wednesday evening and Thursday mom- ing. All communications should be in not later than Wednesday morning. LLA.NRWST, CARNARVONSHIRE. TV^EiSdKS CHURTON", ELPHICK, & CO., ltJL will SELL BY AUCTION", on Wednesday, the 24th day of March, 1880, at the Victoria Hotel, LLairwst, at One for Two o'clock p.m. pur.etuaily. subject to such conditions as will then be oroaaced, all that valuable FREEHOLD LAND, consisting of three fields called Celu-madog, in a liip-h st-;t'e of cultivation, situate in the parish of Mnenan, in the county of Carnarvon, containing 9a, 3r 14p. or thereabouts, together with the Messuage or Dwelling House and Buildings thereon erected and- aJw the SLATE, SLAB, and STOIN E QUARRIES now opened out and in use upon the said land, and from which a good business has been done in the neighbourhood. The quality of the slates, slab, and stone obtained from the quarries is unsurpassed there is a steady de- mand for them, and it makes the above property very compact and valuable. There is also an abundant supply of good spring water. A Rsil^ay is proposed to be made between Llani-wst and Denbigh, and if carried out will pass near the above property, which is situate about three miles from Llanrwst. For further particulars apply to Mr T. J. Mason, Solicitor, 23, Bridge-street Row (Eat), Chester; or Messrs Churton, Elphick, Roberts, and Richardson, the Auctioneers, also of Chester. ii rpO LET.—A fine opportunity for Chemist X or Slerbalist in the best thoroughfare in Liverpool, A SHOP—no goodwill.—Apply, 27, Paradise-street. x. ON LiRE, Eight Horse-power ENGINE, for Timber-sawing purposes. Also Sawing Bench.—Apply to Mr Evan Evans, Hafcd, Hen- llan, Rhyl. x. 3842-M "\lf ANTED a practical BTJTCHER for Vf Liverpool. Must be steady and industrious. "Wages, 30s per week; if married, house free.— Apply at Pool-street Market, Carnarvon. x 3811.-w TO~ GAMEKEEPERS.—Hughes' Pheasant Food is the best egg-producer ever offered to the public. Price 228 per cwt., carriage paid. Edward Hughes, London House, Ruthin. x 3809.-w. WANTED immediately, an ASSISTANT for the Carpet and Furnishing Department, also APPRENTICE for the General Drapery and Grocery.—Apply to Mr Hugh Hughes, Britannia House, Bangor. x. 3869-M TAKE Is OTICEV-That the SHEEP WALK called MO NTA FARM, in the parish of Nant- glyn, near Denbigh, has been rented to me, DAVID PARRY, Brynllwyd, and that nobody lias any claim upon it up to April, 1882. n. 3873-m LLANBEPJS.—Ar werth neu ar osod, Dwy c JLj SIOPAU ne^yddlon, yn sefyll yn y brif heol yn y man mwyaf cyneus am fusnes yn y lie. Oellir cael me<VJLmt dioed.—Ymofvner a William D. Pilchard, Clwt-y-bont, near Carnarvon. G. 3784-0 \"tTANTED, either to rent or purchase, a Yf small HOUSE, containing not less than five bedrooms and two sitting-rooms, with good kitchen garden, and about twenty-five acres of land. North Wales or North Devon preferred.— Address, X. Y. Z., Kelly's, Grays Inn, Holborn, London. x. 3830-m T-0 BE_ SOLD, a very fine STEAM LAUNCH, built in 1677 by best builder on the Clyd 41 by by 3 feet draft, good speed, first-class engines by Plenty & Son, London. Everything well finished.-For price and all par- ticulars apply to Edw. H. Owen, Ty Coch, near Carnarvon. x. 3881-M ~nr> WEEKLY and UPWARDS ma/ be EASILY and HONESTLY REALISED by persons of El l HER SEX, without hindrance to present occupation.—Particulars FREE; or with a Sample 12 stamps f returned if desired). Address. EVANS, WATTS, & COMPANY, (P 293), Mer- chants, Albion-street, Birmingham.—This it genuine. B. 3636-m
Family Notices
girths, gtakigcs anft tatiJ. BIRTHS. Evans—March 1, the wife of Mr David Evans, butcher, High-street, Bethesda, of a son. Griffiths March 18, at 11, Uxbridge-square, Carnarvon, the wife of Mr Griffith Griffiths, of a daughter. Lloyd--March 7, the wife of Dr W. H. Lloyd, Lla..¡.ùdlo. fawr, of a sou. Morris-March 10, at Penual Tower, Machyn- lleth, the wife of Colonel W. J. Morris, of a son. Peterkin-Iarch 12, at Yeovil House, Llandudno, the wife of Mr W. R. Peterkin, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Burton—Evans—February 9, at the Congregational Chapel, Llandudno, by the Rev Richard Parry (Gwalchroai), Mr Thomas Burton, Bridge-street, Llanrwst, to Miss C. Evan; Green Bank, Col- WYB. Evan s-Rowlands -March 14, at St. David's Welsh Church, Brownlow-hili Liverpool, by the Rev. E. T. Davies, David Evans to Fanny Rowlands. Pritchard—Williams—March 12, at the Registrar's office, Carnarvon, by Mr W. R. Whiteside, Mr J-)hn Pritchard, Minffordd, Llanrug, to Mies Hannah Williams, Cae Newydd Bacli, Llanberis. DEATHS. Davies—March 17, aged 59, Henry Davies, post- master, Upper Bangor. jones-February 9, at Sanfrancisco. California, of heart disease, John, the beloved son of the late Capt William Jones, of Carnarvon, and formerly master of the sloop Ann. of that port, aged 46. He was for many years in the empioy of the Central Pacific R-ilway Company, California. -jor ei-ilarch 4, after a severe liints.s, lor two days, Mr William Jones, aged 50, of Tai, Towyn near Conway. Jones—March 7, Caerfelin, Lu igadog, Anglesey, aged 80, Mrs Mary Jones, mother of the late Mr Hugh Jones, station-master, Holywell. Jones-MaTch 12, at one Well-street, Holyhead, aged 71, Martha, youngest daughter of the late David Jones, Salt Island, Holyhead. .Jon-March 14, at her residence. Tv'rlon, Prenteg, Tremadog, Mrs Catherine Jones, aged 58. K,rfout- I arch 15, at West-view, 3, Stauley-road, Bootle, aged 69, Mrs Susannah Kerfoot, late of Pensarn, Abergele Morris—February 26, aged 21, after a year of severe illness, Mr Owen Morris, son of Mr Morris Evans, of consumption. Symond—March 15, at Towyn, Merionethshire, Mary, wife of the Rev. J. H. Symond, and old jr' sister of Councillor John Davies, of L; 'verpool. Traheme--March 12, at Coednglaw, near Cardiff, aged 80, Charlotte Louisa, widow of the Rev. J. M Traheme, F.R.S., aud third daughter of Thomas Mansel Talbot, of Margem Park Gla- morganshire, by Mary Lucy, daughter of Henry, second Earl of Ilchester. Varnham-Feb. 16, at Council Bluffs, United Slates, aged 66, Mary Ann, widow of Edmund George Varnham, of Carnarvon. Wiliiam;March S, aged six years and six months, William, youngest son of John and Ellen Wil- liams, Tygwn, mar Conway. Will jan- NI ar(-h 11. at 17, Newry fawr street, Holyhead, aged 38, Elizabeth, wife of Mr O. R. Williams. Williams-March 12, at Cannes, France, Cath- erine, yy nge-t daughter of Dr C. J. B. Williams, F R S physician fxtraordirarv to the Queen.
ELECTORAL ENTHUSIASM-
ELECTORAL ENTHUSIASM- A General Election has been called a national pastime. There is perhaps nothing abroad to which it may be compared but a carnival. For the moment all distinctions will be levelled, and Society,, to use the Premier's own language, will be decom- posed." Politics will run riot; some men will lose their tempers, some their senses, and others metaphorically speaking, their heads. Every public house bar and village taproom will for the nonce be converted into what Car- lyle calls Tobacco Parliament." Smoke will curl and ascend under the influence of ideas perhaps equally evanescent, and those learned in "the situation of the country" and foreign affairs" will give vent to wisdom as freely as mine host pours out his various beverages. If a foreigner wished to see the English Politician pure and simple he should pop into hotel parlours during an election campaign. The individual who in ordinary times is a quiet, peaseable citizen, deriving most, if not all, of his ideas from the daily newspaper, now ventures to trot out his opinions. He "tells you, sir," with the authority of a Member of Par- liament what would have happened if the Government had not done this, or into what indescribable confusion the country was brought because the Opposition chose to do that, and his virtuous indignation, growing with what it feeds on, will extend ad infinitum even if the triturating influence of an opponent be not brought into action. Where a few are assembled at election time there are sure to be opposing views, and the excitement, which, as we have said, is in itself an explosive quantity, bursts out into positive fury when any one attempts argu- ment from the other sid. Political fervour on such occasions is no respecter of persons, a friend coming in for as great a slash as a foe. It is possible to be friendly on all other points, and yet to be at deadly enmity because one person sees more merit in the blue side and another in the red. There are some men who could no more sit calmly down during an election struggle than the y could rest quiet while a fire was raging in the next street. There are men who possess, unconsciously, a greater knowledge of their fellows than ordinary, who can influence others without seeming to do so, and are adepts at pulling wires. How such ones are sometimes equal to the occasion. Is it desirable to keep a certain number of voters from the poll ? These men will do I it, and so dexterously that those who are misguided shall be perfectly unconscious of the trick that is played upon them! Is it desirable to hunt up or bring forward the doubtful ones ? These electoral diploma- tists will play their efforts with equal skill. It is impossible, however, to avoid the wish that in so important a duty as sending members to Parliament there were more discretion and less excitement. A voter in choosing a representative is really perform- ing his part of the work of legislation but why should he grow mad in the effort ? It is seen afterwards how calmly legislators themselves perform their task. Will the time ever arrive when constituents will be as free from excitement in the prosecution of their electoral duties as members of Parliament when they go to the Lobby to vote ? Will political intelligence ever reach so high a point that voters will need neither canvass nor pressure ? The Ballot is quietude itself compared to the system of open voting; yet it does not seem to diminish excitement. The cheap Press has done wonders to educate the masses in political knowledge yet talking at election times is as loud and vehement as ever. Rut perhaps the shonldering with shoulder and the out- spoken opinion which electoral struggles induce have, after all, a wholsome effect on the body politic. If there is codsidera- ble friction, there is at the same time not unfrequently a spark by which intelligence and sound political knowledge are kindled. It is very likely the best thing to wish for is not that men may refrain from excitement at such times, but that they should so tem- per zeal with discretion that what is said or done may leave no lasting enmity.
THE GENERAL ELECTION AND CARNARVONSHIRE-
THE GENERAL ELECTION AND CARNARVONSHIRE- From all parts of the United Kingdom information pours in upon us concerning the preparation for the great constitutional struggle in which the nation will shortly be engaged, already are the forces being marshalled and harangued, and day by day the lines upon which the battle will be fought are being more and more clearly discerned. We have arrived at a critical point in the history of our country. This much all parties are agreed upon. Once more the people of Great Britain and Ireland hold their destiny in their own hands. The question before them is: Are we to have a continuation of the foreign and domestic policy of Lord Beaconsfield, or are we to substitute for it, that advocated by Mr Gladstone and the leaders of the Opposition? This question every elector must honestly and fearlessly meet. There is no shirking the responsibility. It is a religious duty that every one who is nrivileged to exercise the franchise, shall make himself acquainted to the best of his ability with the facts and arguments of both sides, and then to render a true verdict according to the evidence. Let only the people of this greatlnation act thus, and we have no fear for the result. For when the conduct of the present Administration in its dealings with the Eastern Question, with Afghanistan, with Zululand, and with home affairs come to be considered we have no hesitation in affirming that a verdict will be given against them, and they will be declared guilty-guilty of prosecuting an ill-advised and rumour policy abroad, resulting in neglect of legislation and fin- ancial embarrassment at home. Our readers have before them the marvellous manifesto issued by the Prime Minister, wherein he claims to have maintained the peace of Europe, insinuates that the Liberals have endeavoured to enfeeble our colonial empire by a policy or decomposition, and that the ascendancy of England in the councils of Europe is necessary for the pres- ervation of peace. They will have read too the open and straightforward addresses of Mr Gladstone and Lord Hartington shewing that the peace of Europe was not preserved, the strength and solidity of our Colonial Empire is the work of Liberal statesmen, and that the just influence of England in European councils is no less the object of the Liberal party. They will observe the sinister omission of all reference to domestic legislation from Lord Beaconsfield's docu- ment and the grand scheme of reform out- lined by his opponents. They will contrast the unwise and irritating treatment of Ireland by the Prime Minister with the statesman-like promise to fairly consider Irish grievances made by Lord Hartington. The Liberal cause in clearly safe in the hands of its leaders. The fine phrases and pompous periods of the Prime Minister are not allowed to mystify and mislead the ofn.1D ,,4! V;n ol a T*»r? A Plnr flin mnl TY n-f \f r you J:I..V vsx .I.IL.L5..Ll4IJ.J.U.L&. uoi 1J.LL\7 i \I s. J xu-x Gladstone, they become as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. We have no fear but that Wales, poor little Wales willüagain give her voice on behalf of the Liberal principles to which her people are so thoroughly attached like Scotland, Wales is Liberal. There are, however, some anomalies in the representa- tion which call for all the energies of the party. It is universally admitted that if any one county in Wales is more Liberal than the other, it is Carnarvonshire. There is the home of Welsh Nonconformists, and there the men of light and learning are, with but few exceptions, Liberals. If any counties in Wales should send to the British Parliament an advanced Liberal, an advocate of the Disestablishment and Dis- endowment of the State Church, of a reform in the licensing system, of the extension of the franchise in counties and of state assistance in the matter of higher education in Wales, it should certainly be Carnarvon- shire. How miserably the constituency has been misrepresented in the expiring Par- liament, the people of Carnarvonshire well know. Even when questions dealing specially with the wants of Wales were raised, the voice of Carnarvonshire was not heard at all. But in Mr Watkin Williams, Liberals have a man after their own heart, a fearless and out-spoken Welshman. Is it possible that the stigma of having bowed before territorial influence, of having bartered away its birthright shall any longer attach itself to the county of Carnarvon ? We trust not. Let only the electors be true to the principles let only every man act as if the result depended upon his individual vote, and the disgrace of 1874 shall be wiped away by a victory in 1880. Let each remember that in recording his vote he has a sacred duty to perform to himself, his country, and his God. There is no excuse for succumbing to pressure from landlord or employer in the face of the duty. Let each elector assure himself of the certain and absolute secrecy of the ballot. Attempts to deny this will, we trust, recoil upon the heads of those who make them. We repeat, Carnarvonshire will not be true to itself unless it returns Mr Watkin Williams by an overwhelming majority.
THE RECEPTION OF MR DOUGLAS…
THE RECEPTION OF MR DOUGLAS PENNANT AT CARNARVON. Mr George Douglas Pennant visited Car- narvon on Wednesday last to address a meeting of his supporters and others at the Assembly Room of the Sportsman Hotel. Why the great Tory party should select this apartment as a proper place to address the electors of a town with a population of 10,000 souls we are unable to divine, unless it be that they were in doubt whether a more commodious hall would not show an ugly array of empty benches. We are somewhat confirmed in this opinion by the fact that about five o'clock in the afternoon i i whips" were sent out in all directions to urge upon the adherents of the Hebrew glory and gunpowder policy to go to the hall punctually at half-past six. This in- genious attempt to pack the room proved as great a failure as did the meeting sub- sequently held; for at seven o'clock not more than sixty persons had taken their, seats. At this moment it became evident that the 11 magnate of Conservatism was about to make his appearance, and simul- taneously with his advent on the platform, a tremendous rush of persons: of all ages- a large portion of whom evidently repres- ented the non-electors—entirely filled the room. The chairman was Mr Assheton Smith, of Vaynol; and on the platform were Messrs Wynne Finch, W. Hayward, Ellis Nanney, Capt J. G. Wynne Griffith, Colonel Rowlands, Dr Watkin Roberts, Mr Hugh Humphreys, and others. After a few introductory remarks from the chair- man, Mr Pennant got up to address the meeting. To those Liberal readers who have not had the privilege to listen to the gentleman who has misrepresented their cause in Parliament during the past six years, we cannot do better than describe his oratory as of the 11 clockwork mouse order." These toy mice when wound up and set in motion rattle along at a break-neck pace until the spring is relaxed, when they come to an abrupt stand-still. Mr Pennant at the commencement rattled away at a rate which must have sorely tried the skill of the stenographers, and which had an impression upon us of his having committed his speech to memory, and was making a desperate effort to get through the task of reciting it as quickly as possible. After going on in this fashion for nearly ten min- utes, and while we were beginning to admire the gentleman's retentive memory, he came to a sudden halt, and from that point until he resumed his seat his observations were so muddled and incoherent that he was unable to draw the faintest applause, even from his most servile adherents. It would be unnecessary to judge Mr Pennant as a speaker from any elevated standard, but we honestly confess that we expected an educated man, who claims to represent an important county in Parlia ment, to equal a third-rate speaker at a village debating club. But, alas! we were disappointed even in that. Mr Pennant, on the whole, had an attentive audience, al- though indications were not wanting of a prevailing difference of opinion. We were glad to see Mr Pennant treating the slight interruption that occurred during his speech in a good-humoured way, although some of his partisans made an attempt to gag the expressions of dissent, which they soon found were uncomfortably prevalent in the meet- ing. The names of Mr Watkin Williams and Mr Gladstone, whenever mentioned by Mr Pennant, were warmly applauded by a section comprising the majority of the meet- ing, while the name of Earl Beaconsfield elicited anything but a complimentary ex- pression. Mr Nanney was the next speaker. He found out very soon that his impulsive but inexperienced oratory would lead him into trouble with his audience- The sum- mary manner in which the hisses and yells of the meeting compelled him to modify a disrespectful allusion to Mr Watkin Wil- liams had a most salutary effect upon his subsequent remarks. One or two speakers followed in English, after which Mr Hugh Humphreys proposed a vote of confidence in Mr Pennant (in Welsh). It is evident that Mr Humphreys is a prophet without honour in his own country. He had no sooner com- menced to speak than a volley of cries inter- rupted him. He then essayed to address the reporters, but the uproar became so great that he was compelled to desist. Silence having been restored, he proceeded to enumerate the beneficial acts of legislation passed by the Conservatives, and asked triumphantly Who passed the Ten Hours Bill ?-the Conservatives! A voice asking the speaker 11 Why don't you grant it o your men ? again led to great uproar but i ( y brawd Wmffres" maintained his cool temper, and, after some time, was allowed to go on. Mr Humphreys next repeated a prayer alleged to have been offered up a few days ago by a Nonconformist minister at Carnarvon. This display of y brawd Wmffres was in such execrably bad taste that he was soundly hooted by the entire meeting. The speaker, in reply to a storm of calls for 11 name," declined to div.ulge, but advised those who desired to know the name to call at his shop As regards the substance of his remarks, it may be said to consist of more lung power than brain power. The vote of confidence was seconded by Mr Richard Thomas. Mr jffiomas is a genial and good-hearted gentleman, but his sphere evidently is not on the political plat- form. He appeared to suffer from an attack of fright that prevented him from being either grammatical or coherent. At the close of his remarks a long consultation took place on the platform, and the result was that the vote was not put in the formal way by a show of hands, but three cheers were called and given for Mr Pennant, followed by a hearty round of cheers to Mr Watkin Wil- liams. We cannot help admiring the tactics of the Tories at this meeting in not eliciting the feeling by a show of hands, as the result would have been most humiliating to the "heir of Penrhyn" and his Conservative followers. We may add that the foregoing remarks are in no way exaggerated, and we have written with that good feeling and fairness which it would have been much more beneficial to the Conservative cause if those servile organs in Bangor had adopted, instead of the contemptible manner in which they have referred to everything touchin g their opponents.
ELECTION NOTES.
ELECTION NOTES. It is a matter for surprise that what is left of the work of the expiring Parliament did not collapse by the sudden departure from St. Stephen's of so brilliant a luminary as Mr Douglas Pennant. On Sunday morning last every elector in the county of Carnarvon received a circular from that gentleman, in which he stated that as "his attendance in Par- liament was required a few days longer, he would not be down till the middle of the week." We never imagined that Mr Pennant's share in the legislative councils of this empire was so important that he could not be as easily spared as Cabinet Ministers. But this bit of bounce is a counterpart of the presumptuous speech delivered by the hon. gentleman on the even- ing (in 1874) when he was returned. Said the hon. gentleman :—" Your work is finish ad my work is about to begin." Good; but what has he done ? We have failed to discover that he inflicted even half a dozen words upon the House during his six years' career. It is per- haps as well that things have been so, but he has been a consistent supporter of the Govern- ment, and has attended about one half the im- portant debates which have taken place during the six sessions. Hitherto the Carnarvonshire election, which will be looked upon with the greatest interest, has been conducted with fairness and good feeling on both sides. The disgraceful pro- ceedings of a few rowdies at Bethesda on Wednesday evening will be regretted alike by Tories and Liberals. The scamps who pelted Mr Watkin Williams' party would have np interest in the contest; they have done no good to Mr Pennant's cause. Let both sides avoid personalities, and accept the fight as a fair, honest expression of opinion on the great points at issue. Let the electors not sup- pose that the main issue of the contest is to pay a tribute to Lord Penrhyn,—which every elector would endorse; nor is it to be decided upon the relative qualifications of the candidates, even though the eminent services of Mr Watkin Williams to Wales are such as give him first claim to the seat. Personal consider- ations set aside, it will devolve on the voters to pronounce their verdict upon the ruinous mode of mis-government which has been so destruc- tive even to their local interests. If the agri- cultural and quarry population of Carnarvon- shire vote conscientiously, and in accordance with their frequent declamations of the foreign policy of the Government or if they honestly state by what party they expect the greatest services to the state and to the people,—Mr Watkin Williams would be returned with an overwhelming majority. The Conservatives admit that they have a heavy candidate to oppose, and are fully aware of his excellencies. They are making strenuous efforts everywhere, and in some cases have resuscitated their old dodge about the Ballot. The agents of those Penrhyn sattelites who are so fortunate as to get on the commission of the peace have gone around, and brought every pressure to bear upon the innocent farmers of LleYD, and in many instances they leave an impression on the minds of electors that they can find out how they vote Such tricks as tbese are unworthy of the party, and it is to be hoped the farmers of Lleyn will be keen enough to see through this dodge. Every man is protected by the Ballot, and it is not in the power of Lord Penrhyn or anyone else to find out how a man votes. Mr Pennant was the only Welsh member who did not sign the requisition to the Duke of Richmond in reference to making a grant to the University College of Wales. Every other member, whether Liberal or Conservative, was favourable to the step. And when Mr Hussey Vivian brought forward his motion on Higher Education in Wales, Mr Pennant was in the house he sat there taking no part in the debate, and when the division came he had not even the courage to record his vote! The hon. gentleman has become a convert to Sunday closing since the last election, which looks suspiciously like an electioneering dodge. We may one of these next days hear him declare his sympathy towards the University College of Wales, to the funds of which he has never contributed a penny. ♦ Mr Hugh Humphreys is the Welsh Demos- thenes of the Tories, and his eloquence makes up for the deficiencies of others in this respect. We admire Mr Humphreys as a model of consis- tency he has ahuays been a Conservative, and believes he was born so. And he has a perfect right to be so. But "what is sauce for the goose is sauce to the gander he went to Liverpool and spoke in favour of Mr Whitley on the condition of that gentleman promising to vote for a grant to the University College of Wales, and a few other important and good measures. Why does not Mr Humphreys de- mand the same of Mr Pennant ? And what is still more singular, Mr Humphreys has been always a believer in disestablishment! ♦ There is no reason why people should not be conscientious even in election time. Of course we cannot expect this of the servile adulators of every nationality who, knowing nothing about politics, connect themselves with the Tory party for no other reason than that they anticipate temporal benefits from that party. It is rather strange to see a man who on Sundays prays God to avert war, to spread prosperity, to diminish intemperance, and to disestablish the Church, putting himself forward as a member of the party which professes to resist those blessings. There are several of these syncophants in Carnarvon. ♦ Mr Douglas Pennant has a very influential committee, and their names are placarded on the walls. Scanning down the list we notice the names of Sir Llewelyn Turner and Mr John Fraser! [Ahem!] ♦ Who is Mr Sorton Parry ? He has issued an address to the electors of the Boroughs seeking their suffrages as an advanced Liberal. As we said last week, it is a great shame that Mr Bulkeley Hughes in his advanced years should be put to the trouble of a contest, though he would receive the universal support of the body of electors.. It has been stated that Mr Sorton Parry is prompted to come forward by the Conservatives in order to split the Liberal party and make a chance for Mr Nanney to run in. Mr Sorton Parry indignantly repudiates this, as well he might. For even if such was the case, the seat of Mr Bulkeley Hughes is safe. Mr Parry has been in town for some days, though he does not seem to have received much notice. He states that he has been in- vited to come out by an important section of the Liberal party, and will retire if requi- sitioned by the Liberal Association,—which, by the way, had nothing to do with his ccming over here. Mr Parry was born in Carnarvon, and was high sheriff of this county in 1868 since which time he has travelled the countries of Europe. It is obvious what would be Mr Parry's conditions if waited upon by the leaders of the Liberal party. It is a pity that a gen- tleman of the acquirements and position of this gentleman should be misled by one or two restless individuals who would try to entrap the Liberal party in this way. We have before to- day known instances of newspaper proprietors urging candidates forward in order to bring a little "grist to the mill;" and it is not long since we noticed a case in which a certain pub- lisher brought out a candidate, and afterwards turned around in the most traitorous manner to denounce him. All this was done for the purpose of making an opportunity to declare allegiance to the sitting member. We do not insinuate that such is the case in the Carnarvon Boroughs. But it would be just as well if Mr Sorton Parry revealed the names of those who have invited him to come and split the Liberal cause in the constituency. Toryism in the Flint Boroughs is going to die game it has been decided that Mr Phillip Pennant will contest the seat, which he lost at the bye-election by 125 votes. Last week a contrary decision was arrived at, owing to lack of funds. The name of Sir Andrew Walker, a Liverpool brewer, was freely men- tioned as the probable candidate, and he was petitioned by the Tories, who desired his pepun- iary assistance rather than that he should ex- pose himself to a certaia defeat. Sir A. Walker at once saw the exact state of affairs, and was the means of inducing Capt. Pennant on Tues- day to stand for the Tories. Mr Pennant is incomparably the best man in the county to re- present the Conservatives, and had it not been for his extreme views on political matters, there is not a man we would have been more pleased to see in the House of Commons. But he is a Conservative, and we trust the electors of Flint in 1880 will be true to the traditions of the county and stand boldly to defend the Liberal ship from Mr Penannt and his motley band of followers. ♦ The contest in Anglesey is being carried on with great vigour on both sides, but very little doubt can be entertained as to what will be the result. The Liberals are anxious to poll a greater majority than on the last occasion, in order to give a quietus to Toryism for some time to come. Capt. Rayner has been brought out in order to squander some X500 or so which the Conservative Association has in hand, but however accommodating he may be, the Anglesey farmers will not be so easily beguiled so as to support him. He has stumped the county, backed up by one or two insignificant prompters, who assist him in his Welsh speeches." Captain Rayner is one of those jolly good fellows who are all very well in their proper place, but he is UO speaker, politician, nor has he any qualificatiG1* other than that he is a lllagistmteanda sportÏIJI character. Mr Richard Davies on the other hand is a sound politician and a conseientiOO Liberal. The electors are thoroughly Liberot in their eonvictions, and whatever p: sonal grievances they may have against* Davies, so long as he tboroughly represent their views, he should be supported by them* ..3: Any attempt to split a party should be W" couraged, and it would behove the electors 0* the Anglesey Boroughs to consider well before they put up two Liberals against eaeh othefj Mr Fanning Evans, of Amlwch, is in the as a Liberal, in response to a call of a section of Holyhead and Amlwch Liberals, and he baSJt held two very large meetings in Holyhead. It is to be hoped this step will not be the signal for the Tories to bring out Col. HaraptoU Lewis, and in order to avert this possibility' steps should be taken at once to decide uaaWrO between Mr Morgan loyd and Mr Fanning Evans. The former gentleman not unnatural claims his seat on past services, and he is-* member who has done so much for Wales th&fT every Welshman would be sorry to see him out of the House. But a section of the Liberal party has cooled down towards him and allied themselves with Mr Fannie g Evans. ThiS' gentleman resides in the county, is an excelled speaker, and very popular, and under existing circumstances he would undoubtedly beat M* Morgan Lloyd, who resides in London, at» poll. But it is a great pity the Liberal interest should be divided, and steps should be at once taken to avert it. +- In addressing a great meeting at Marleybon8 last Friday night-of which borough the right hon. gentleman is an elector-Mr Gladstone said he had to make an announcement which be thought would be a great encouragement to them. The ex-Premier then stated, amidst protracted and enthusiastic cheering, that from I that moment Lord Derby was to be regarded as a distinguished member of the Liberal party- Mr Gladstone declared that Government knew pretty well, and so did their agents, that the elections would go against them. They know," said the right hon. member, that the people of Scotland is against them; they know that the north of England is against them they will come back less strongfrom the north of England than they are now. They know that poor little Wales, which very seldoio gets a word of comfort from anybody, and whose heart beats as freely and as warmly aS in any land upon the earth, is against thela- They know that Ireland is against them, and not merely what are called the Home Rulen of; Ireland, but the Protestants of the north oi Ireland are against them." T* Mr Gladstone left King's-cross by the Flying Scotchman on Tuesday morning, at ten o'clook- An enormous crowd assembled at the station* and in reply to repeated calls the right hot,, gentleman addressed a few remarks to the people, saying he hoped the new Parliament would pursue a more enlightened policy than the present. The first stoppage of the train was at Grantham, and here the two Liberal candidates, with an immense following, were waiting. From the window of his saloon carriage Mr Gladstone delivered a speech. An immense concourse of persons assembled out- side the station hotel at York. Mr Gladstone addressed them from a window, and urged the elector-3--to return the two Liberals who were in the field. He contended that the money of the country had been wasted in useless wars, and in acquiring new territories such as Cyprus and the Transvaal. The Parliament in its dying- days was trying to pass a Corrupt Practices Bill which legalised the conveyance of voters to the poll in vehicles provided by the candidates- This he regarded as an Act for the promotion of corrupt practices. The throng at Newcastle blocked the platform. The right hon. gentle- man urged the electors to adhere to the old traditions of Newcastle and return two Liberals- At Berwick, Mr Gladstone, in a fourth speech. said the Government had aggravated and pro- longed the distress had got the finances of the country into such a confusion as he had never known, and had violated the law and treaties for arbitrary purposes. There was a great crowd at Edinburgh, and much cheering when Mr Gladstone drove off to Dalmeny House. + Lord Derby has declared his allegiance with t, the Liberal party in a letter to the Earl of Sefton, of which the following is a copy ::— 23, St. James'-Square, March 12,1880< 1JEAE SEFTON.—YOU have told me, and others HAVE said the same, that many of my friends in Lancashire expect from me a more explicit declaration of political opinion than I have hitherto made. Under present circumstances I cannot refuse to- comply with their wish. been long unwilling to separate from the political connection in which I was brought up( and with which, notwithstanding oocasional differences-oil non-political questions, I have in the main acted for many years. But the present situation of aftii)&.And the avowed policy of the Conservative leader in mfer- ence to foreign relations, leave me no choice. I canwlt support the present Government, and as- neutrality, however from personal feelings I. mightf prefer it, is, at apolitical crisis, an evasion of public duty, I have no choice except to declare myaelff however reluctantly, ranked among their opponents. You may make any use of this letter that you please. -Be lieve me, very truly yours, DERBY.
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The University College of Wales is the principal poetical subject in the forthcoming Metropolitan Eisteddfod, the competition beisg open to Wales. Hwfa Mon will be the adjudi- cator. Mr D. Jenkins, Mus. Bac., will adjudi- cate the musical competitions, and the eisteddfod will be held in June, at the NeW Holborn Town-hall. A number of Welsh artistes gave- So concert a night or two ago for the benefit of th& Field-lane Ragged School, London; among therm were Miss Tillie Robbinson, Mr Hirwen Jones, Mr Sackville Evans, and Mr Ap Herbert, all from South Wales They were assisted by the Holborn Circus Glee Society, conducted by Mr E, Rowland. The English Press is in raptures, over the singing of Miss Marian Williams at the Crystal I Palace concerts. Her declamatory power aDd brilliant vocalisation were greatly admired. Welsh people in London are well aware of the dramatic capabilities of this fine artiste, and she is one of the few we possess that would be likely to succeed cn the oper-itic stage. Among tha artistes engaged for a concert to be held at Jewin, London, in April is Miss M- Spender Jones. Her appearance on a recent occasion in the Gower costume of South Wales was much admired. Her voice and style have noticeably improved during the recent months. Mr Puleston, M.P., presides at the annual meet- ing of the Welsh Church, to be held at St Thomas Charterhouse Schools. The steamerMmtana, which left Now York for Liverpool on the 2nd March, struck on the rocks in Church Bsy, a few miles to the east of Halphead, shortly after three o'clock on Satur- day morning. The Captain and second officer were on the bridge at the time, and so thick was the weather, that they had pasted between the Holyhead and the Skerries lights without observing eithel of them. There was no panic on board, and the passengers and crew were got off safely, and brought to Liverpool late at night by the tug Sea King. It is doubtful whether the vessel will be saved.