The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter

CAitMAltTHEIS I; UADKK THE SEARCHLIGHT. f! »'u^ co i •. .1 i-i J ).vn you shtl! not b-i l^a 1* iii el,all n')t go, tiil I s: t you up a gtas. Wl«eie uum»y me the insnost puit of you.' —————— SHAKESPEAM'. The idea of the pleasant little family party and the Carmarthen Liberal Association to fight the municipal clecticii on political lines is mc at all popular in some quarters1 of the town. It lcoks like a p-.it up job to deprive a poor man of his beer. Cue candidate vowed mo^ solemnly on Saturday night that lie would not give away a single drop of leer. But when he was asked what about whiky," he declined to be drawn. 4MMI Dr Parry's address in the Eastern Ward is a model of that brevity, which is said to be the soul cf wit. It savours a gcod deal cf the telegrrm or the epigram an epi- grammatical address is a great improvement hew vcr in Carmarthen where the usual thing is to fee; ungrammatical in your address. At the start, says "I beg to offer my servicc as a. candidate." Perhaps, it would be hyper- critical to suggest that it is himself that he offers as a candidate. The Carmarthen Rural District- Council on Saturday WAS engaged in discussing one of lhc-.se extravagant proposals which actually make's one's hair stand on end. It appea: i> that the men who work en the roads used to have an overcce.t each, every three or four years. Goed sub tnntial overcoats of the kind required cost as much as 12s or even 15s each when bought from the Army Stores One of the Surveyors actually proposed that ouc- of the men who had not had a coat in the good old days (possibly he was engaged after the Coune1 became converted to economy") should be provided with one. The proposal was, of course, rejected with scorn. The ratepayers' money must not be wasted in that fashion, and the working clanscs must not, be taught such profligate ambition; as top-coats on rainy (by". If they had tqa" they might be wanting motor-cars next. Roa-cl labouerrs with, top-coats form the beginning cf tbst undermining of the British Constitution which will eventually wind up with, lEpubJiranim, regicide, atheism, and ccmmurJsin. As we value the glorious inst'- twtions bequeathed us by our forefathers, let U" beware cf the working men with top-cca.'■ < The top-coat may he a rmall thing, and if- may 0 introduced very plausibly; but so was the School Board, and see how that has demoralised the: working classes, mil;ii.g them hanker after short. hours, and big wages, and the franchise, and in fact nLllbg them think that, they are quite as good as their betters. It h comcn +dk that a certain gentleman is prepared to .spend £ 150 in bringing home a conviction against anybody guilty of ii breach of the Ccrrupt Practices Act. It ccrt £ ""nly ought to be easy to bring home such & conviction fcr a comparatively small ual. The th ing is quite as common as S*nJ;\y Drinking. But there is a delusion abrocd that many cf those salutary pieces of legis- lation do not apply to Carmarthen. Indeed there is a strong suspicion entertained in feme quarters that Carmarthen is exempted from 'he operation cf the Ten Command- mnt.G. Saturday next is ecclesiastically the fti- TJII of All Saints. But a municipal election frequently converts the day into a crrratvrl- of All Sinners. I have often commented on the h',e;!i spirit: (to put it mildly) exhibited by the crowds cn Sunday night—cur Sabbath even- ing conduct being a perfect pandemonium compared to the decent behaviour which we have on Bank Holidays and at other times. I have been endeavouring to get at the reason of this peculiar fact. One sarcastic individual said It isi all due to drink; you knew veiry well tha'_ there's more drink con- sumed on Sunday than on all the other cays of (the* week put together. One half the people who go jostling about the streets arc drunk, that's what it is." It isn't that. howc-v r the rowdyism is not at all of the alcohclic type. 04'9 I am afraid tha,t the only explanation i? that mtrv people are heartily delighted that the Sunday is ever. Anyone acquainted with human nature must he well aware of the tendency of people to bail over with animal spirits after having been: under restraint for any length of time. That is the reason why vcop.e are: always so much inclined to have n, blow out after a funeral, and it also ex- plains the reason why there is no reprobate like the reprobate who has had a strict reli- gious trpining--whei he does break out. So it is with the Saturnalia cn Sunday evenings Some people have felt it so dull and qufct, that they want to get up and scream and how!, and do a war d Ule or anything ehe to relieve the monotony. And they do it with a vengeance. If they had any real respcet for the day, they would not feel its observance a burden but Sabbatarianism to this class of people is an observance wi.h which they are forced to comply, whether they like it or not. -2 I There are grave dignified hore-es who will assert themselves without indulging in ,iiich wild tricks as running atyay. One cf them was standing in front of the foundry on Monday. Heading a rumble behind, c turned his head, and saw the steam roller kt v. ork. He took a good look at it, and then evidently decided the. this was an animal with which no self-respecting horse would b8 inclined to coma to close quarters. But rs the r/range animal ?vas slow in its move- ment. the horse decided that there was no canto for indecent hr.ste, and so he quietly walked up the street till he came near Mi" Chapman's place, irher(- he waited up til pent for. As i dignified and effective- pccd, this" tild take a let cf beating, •It A very (peculiar proposal was; discussed ty the Town Council on Friday. They were asked to do something in relation to a house near the manure heaps which is now said to be uninhabitable, end to settle matters, they discussed a proposal to rent it. fat their care- taker. Apparently, the humour of the situa- tion dawned Con very few of the members— that the Sanitary Authority cf the District should order one of its em^teyees to reside in cm uninhabitable house. We have all heard cf trying it on the dcg." when you don't know whether a thing is safe to cat or not but t-f the Corporation employees are calied upon to meet tb* rc!c of the cleg il ce-es, the wage: cf that vcay deriving (In-, cf men will have to. fee Vfiy cirider- increased. «•* It is quite clnsractecistie of the seasoa tha* blackberries may V, picked in plenty around Carmarthen «t the present time. In f7 -in- fêrb cf the surieundir.g country, ji: h 'L. milder even than at Carmarthen. Between St. Isbmaels and Kidwelly, w.ld strawberries have been picked this week, and many cf the sLaawberry plants are in fulll bloc-m. »»• Sone of the Councillors say that thev would elect anybody mayor who would guarantee them a banquet. They look at the thing in this way. We have to treat the electors for electing us why .shouldn't the mayor treat, us for electing him." Mayoral hospitality to the Ccproration has w.HIeG dreadfully it appears. For years, the mem- bers lived in the hope of cake and wine on the 9th of November. Then it. came dor. n to a cup of tea, and several years ago, it came to dining with Duke Humphrey. No wonder there is a difficulty in getting good men to, ccme forward for the Council. The extraordinary thing is that there arc any number cf gentlemen who are perfectly ready to push themselves forward for every office which carr:c-, with it a little honour, but they fight rhy of the mayoralty, because it is supposed to mean a great expenditure of time and money. 'LICY :'ore perfectly willing to accept any little honour, but don't ever ask them to make the least sncri- lee cn behalf of the town. Some men hnve little chance because it is thought that they would be no ornament, and others have little chance because they might fill the office too well, and create a high standard which r.rg'.t be a-kward f:;r some of those who would like to follow. mmm The new building which i, being erected at tha, corner of Red street for the N.P. Bank will be a credit to the town. There will evidently be a bit of style about it which will be a welcome contrast to the barndoor style of architecture which prevails in the Anci nt Borough. A good edifice like this will not, be without its effect in influencing the plans of future buildings which will be erected: in the town. It is a pity that :th. Bank and Corporation did not come to totm;: as to the widening of the corner. 0" Mrs Heddon, of Guildhall square hRi, in her possession a red old-fashioned Welsh mantle which has a, history. It came t'0t hn- from her mother, Mrs Jenkins (who lives at Ccnwil), who had it from her mother, Mrs Da vies, who lived en the Glaspant estate in Cardigan. Mrs Davies had it from her mother, who was one cf the Welsh women dressed in their, red f hawls en that historic day in 1797, who, by defiaug repeatedly in V;?W of the French feree at Fishguard, de- j moralised the invaders by convincing them that the country was held by thouseruLs of red coet.ed soldiers. The shawl which took part in that memorable display is still in excellent condition, and exhibits very alight symjitems cf wear. Ott At the Town. Council meeting on Friday, the Council had a peculiar caaia before them. It stated that the stables which Mr Arthur is building on the Quay were under- mining the houses ii., Bridge street. But it. wav not the business of the Corporation to go into that. It might be true, or it,might not be true the question is Are the plans in accordance with the bye-laws ?" Th" bye-laws say nothing about undermining, so as f::r as they are concerned you can under- piiw the whole town. Bve-laws are frequently a bye-word. One of the rem irks made by Mr Williim-, 11.M.1. in his recent address at Camarther, wes that he hoped the staff notation would soon he taught in most of the schools in his I disMct. The staff notation is, of course, the only thing for musician; but after all, Le tonic sol-fa has, brought music within the reach of people who w&uld otherwise have teen ignorant of it. The staff w-ou-W- rnnlTe make people more competent musicians; but it is clcubtful whether it would teach tcaeh cne person to sing by note, where the tonic sol-fa would teach a dozen. The rrpid strides which Wales is now making in instru- mental music will promote the study of the eld notation; but if it leads to the neglect of Curwen's method Wales, as a whole, will become less cf a musical nation; although she may produce a few more distinguished instrumentalists. A proposal to send out the scavengers on Sunday was actually moved at Friday's me-ct;ng of the Council. The gutters are certainly full of papers on Sunday. This i • cert.iily unsightly, but it is not dangerous to health. Let us ke.ep the town as clear as we can; but after all, it is hardly Christian to break in on a working msn's Sabbath, in order that the superfine sensibilities of superior Churchgoers m?y not, be outraged by torn handbills or fractured card boxer? lying in the gutter on Sunday mornings. If people; had any respect for the Sabbath they would rather a thousand papers and boxes in the gutter than that one mail should work unnecessarily on Sunday, A claas of people who practically never have a Sunday to themselves are the Car- marthen policemen. They seem to do seven nights or seven days duty according to the turn they tiff] working. It is a bad sign when people who profess tq be religious are iuclincd to assume that those in their service have no souls to be saved. The police are abandoned, and the scavengers are now threctened. We are continually being re- 1 0 minded that salvation is for the negrcss. the Hottentots, the Chine e, and all other ii eat h, iis. Apparently, Corporation rm- ployees have no more right to immcr'al soals than the steam-roller or fire-engine have. At any rate, they don't seem to be regard, d a.s in need of salvation—although I should he ye thought that a Carmarthen- policemen's soul i ".q}d take a good deal of saving. i T' e most a-mi'Mii^ rejiiio^ ever put forward why a candidate should be eiocfed is that advanced by We ii-cck. This is that Mr E. A. Rogers should be returned because lie wrote letters to We's excellent publica- tion. That certainly is a powerful rc<.t' nn ipubt, which will appeal to "We," who .f-"]Jed frantically to people week after weal-: to wrrti? leiivi'S, e nd not a single letter c; mo except from Mr E. A. JJcgers. And even these did neA come until after many .veeeks, when I pointed cut, that the whole- thing was (}Hfy a hash up of Mr E. A. Rogers old Town Council sfH-cfhcs prepared by a new con- vert. Even the very tert^ '-lyhite elephant" as applied to lh(,. Park was musty v/ith rge il- -I Wc troJted it out. It. i; said that Mr E. A. Rogers was "in- sulted a«d nearly assaulted" in the street fcr his action in writing to the pre: Martyrdom is very cheap to-tily i tlpre been a tremendous fall in the rrice. I I wonder hc, "'V c" came tto know about it at all by tie way, liideas. he dedges about with a i:c'e-heok r.ii.d n. c taking a veraih'Jin I report of ev eythiug raid to Mr Rogc-rs on the street. T'n mj'st.eriev: thing is- how t-h^.o f?et get into- the papers. I have never quite gttxle-rstood it. You see Mr Rogers has never I i'-i'i se hJ+M'i'lf tv,d jf he did, it would enly on: side- of the question, and wsald be received as such. The case is Ml extra- ordinary one. ..I.l 'o Ail the sera M. Rogers i; cne cf the mc-,t likely candidates in r pite of the zc-l of hi; iiowly-me.de diseipie. In the first phcc, the East-era Ward never erred vo: the Park much, and Mr Rogers ha. ever b --i an oppcnent of that scheme, of Paik, Sports Ce.iiirieittee, and all their works and pompe. Auo her thing about him—he sticks to the pekut. He is not hov.-iing beeavse he cannac get any plumbing in connecticn with the Sports; ar.d he has net for years beea. liable to break cut into fits of protestation that, he is the only genuine plumber in town, and that all the other plumbers are a, ;tck of ruffians. No; he is a level-headed business man, and he sticks to the point whether his views arc right or wrong, they are put sensibly. And in addition to r.1] this, he is the accredited candidate cf Holy Church, although he is too modest to say so. The election is fought on tectarian lines, and the Church can certainly be expected to put in one man in the Ward. If they do that, the one man is Mr Rogers, for Dr. Parry is not the making of as good 8, municipal candidate as he is. This, of 'coursie, is na slur on Dr. Parry—indeed, it is more of a. compliment. For much thc-, same reason. Principal Evans is the Radical candidate who will require the most work to get, in. He is the best candi- date of the lot, but the one who. comes least in contact with the bulk of the population. It is going to be a. tight fight, and it will be a disgrace to the Ward. if the one educa- tio :st before the electorate is net trium- pha-rt'y returned. The Council will have to prepare an education scheme for the approval of the Board in London, and it will be a fine job to entrust to a. council, the bulk of whom know AS much cf eduea/ion as the' Mad Mulish does abort the Higher Critici:xn. Principal Evans in, the E-Et, and tho Rev. Joseph Harry in the, West, are the only two educationalists before the electors. ALETHKIA.

The Municipal Eicction in the Western Ward. MR. REES DAVIES EXPLAINS HIS POSITION. To the Editor of the (armarthen Week' Reporter SIR,-Ft-oin the reports published of the Liberal meeting at the Tabernacle School- room on Tuesday evening last, it may be inferred that I had consented to run as the adopted candidate of the Carmarthen Liberal Association for a seat on the Town Council fur the Western Ward at the forthcoming I election. This I desire to correct, as I emphatically declined to consent to nty name being placed before the Association as their candidate, as I informed the Secretary and others that I had decided to appeal to the ratepayers as an independent candidate, and not as an adopted nominee of any Association and this decision I had intimated to a large number of voters who spoke to me on the subject. I was, therefore, surprised to find my name figuring in the newspapers as the I adopted candidate of the Liberal Association, and in preference to being a party to run municipal elections on political lines, I decided to withdraw my candidature. I am, Sir, Yours truly, REES DAVIKS. St, Catherine-street, Carmarthen, October 27th, 1902, [The above statement regarding Mr Bees Da vies and the Liberal Association is perfectly.accurate.-ED.,C. IV.H.]

Inquest at the Ivy Bush Hotel. SAD DEATH OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER, Mr T. Walters, coroner for the Borough cf Carmarthen, held an inquest at, the Jvy Bpph Roycl Hotel, Camarthen, concerning the death of Maurice C. Lakeinui, a commerciql traveller, who had (Fed at the hotel an the previous day. Mr D. E. Williams, proprietor of the hotel, said Deceased came, here on Monday about 6.30 p.m. He stayed here every night. He was out all day. borne days he worked the town, and sometimes went into the coun- try, I have known him for three years. He came twice a year usually. He- iva", agent for Buraard, Algar, and Co., artificial manure manufacturers, Plymouth. I did not scie him when he came in last night. I saw him yeitcday morning before breakfast. He appeared to be as usual. I never heird him complain. Last night about 25 minutes f: t 6, I was in the bar. A gentleman named Mr Cooke asked for a, drop of brandy, and begged me to come in as a man was taken seriously ill as he w,a.s taking tea. I put a little brandy in a glass, and came in in a second. When I came in I saw the boots standing behind him, holding his heed up. I saw that it was no good. I sent for Dr WiUams who csme 'n a, minute. There were four commercial gentlemen in the rcom at. the: time it. happened. The doctor ran up to the house, for .someUiing, and the deceased died about half a minute after he returned. Martha Reynolds, waitress, -aid I took t to. the deceased ah01.1,t-6.20 p.m. He raid that he was hungry, as had only had a sandwich foince the morning. He asked fcr tome chops, and as he was in a, hurry he told me to never mind the table cloth. When I came back with some c¡O'ps that lie had asked for, he was gasping. He seemed quite sober when he came m. Mr W. S. Phillips, Carmarthen, said he had known the, deceased for more) than 20 years. Latterly, he had suffered from rheu- matism and gout. Witness remembered com paring notes with him about ages, and they were about the same age—59 now. The Coroner read a telegram from the firm The Coroner read a, telegram from the firm giving the date of the birth of deceased as 4th May, 1843, Dr E. R. Williams said I came here pt G.25 p.m. I saw the deceased. Ha was sit- ting cn a chair. He was pale, per piring. and cold his mouth open, and he was gasping for breath. He was. unconscious, and almost pulseless. He died of eyncope, probably due to a weak heart. The. fcvororu?o.' rajd It jpUf,t he s?it.isfactory to the relatives tint being in a stfayge place everything that cc-uld be dopc was done immediately. The. Jiipv jrgturjiefl a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, I

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More of the I/oings of the M<e LitMf Family farty. PREPARING GREEN SPECTACLES FOR THE RADICAL DONKEY. [CONFIDENTIALLY COMMUNICATED.] The fighting of local elections on political and sectarian lines is altogether to be depre- cated. We have made that, clear long ago. We only wish these silly fools of Rads. and Noncons. to stand aside, and let us put in the best men. It is purely a coincidence that the best men" are always good Tories. Of course, we don't say they are Tories. We call them the best men—even if they are the class of men that spell uintil with two I's," The Rads. ,a.nd Ncncons. are such a. lot of flats tha.t we can hoodwink them as easy as trying. We have only eighteen of our nominees 011 the Council. Eighteen out of the twenty-four is net good enough. Of course, these are selected because they are the best men." Whatever is the cause of it, however, we always take care, to put our own nominees cn the Council. We go solid for cur men you never catch us g'ving a single vote for anybody but a. gcod reliable out-and-out Tcry. And then we turn round and tell these Rads. Oh, never mind poli- tics politics has nothing to do with it; vote fir the best, mem." We always support our men irrespective of all other considera- tions, but naturally we expect these soft- headed Rads. to be broadminded enough to support, the be t men" This is the faith of the. nicei little family party. lit public, it is all broad-mindedness and indifference in order to hoodwink the public in these nice little meetings t is quite a, different tale. There ni Rads. had a. meeting the other night at the Tabernacle. It. was quite a hole and corner affair. Quite. It ha,d been advertised in the press a week beforehand, and it had been announced in most of the chapels in the town. It was quite a hole and corner affair. Everybody in town, knew all about it. The reporters all knew, and turn d up. The reporters were requested to leave. It is really too bad. Now our meeting at the Assembly Rooms the night after was quite a, superior a,ffai:r. It, wa,s kept to dark that only the inner circle of our party knew anything about it. You see advantage of the scheme. Wei can teach the.se Radical greenhorns tricks. We don't let the whole town knew what we aire up to. Fancy closing the meeting against the press. There is none of that broadmindnesg that we have a, right, to expect. Why it ought to have been kept open, so1 that we should have known a:il about the arrange- ments of our dear Radical frends. You don't catch, us, however, letting the press into our meetings. We didn't turn them out. Oh clep.,r no That would be too crude. We saved ourselves that trouble. We don't advci-ti.se our meeting we kept it so dark that even Sherlock Holmes himself might not have discovered it, When the press made enquiries a,,out it, we told them curtly that it was a private meeting, and that they had better stay away. That is much more skilful than the trans- parent manoeuvres of these blasted Non- cons." If you want to learn dodging come to us. We have got the best men. We had another little meeting on Monday at St. Mary's Hall. It, was not quite so select as the other. It was a. collection of wirepullers, runners, election agents, and others, who had met tq consider the best way in whjch to baipboozle, the Carmarthen electors into returning their nominees. Before the meeting was over, we were sorry that we had ever called it, together. It was a terrible fiasco. It was decidedly awkward when one sneaker got up and de- nounced the Ferrar Memorial, and every- body connected with it in unmeasured terms In Ld. the meeting resolved itself into chaos after :that, [nd no effective work was I done. If Jhe facts about this new holy alliance get r) out, the, interests of the ratepayers, and economy combined wjth efficiency, and the Sports Committee, and the foreman won't be able to blind the public as to the real facts of the case. Our demands are extremely simple. We are fijhting this as a School Bo^rd election. We are extremely anxious to have religious instruction in the day schools. We call it the interests, of Christianity. As a matter of fact, we are seeking outdoor relief from the Carmarthen Town Council. We have had to put our hands in qi r pockets and to subscrihe to keep our schoo's going. Now we want, the Carmarthen rate- payers to do it for us. That is the who!e question in a nutshell. And at the same time we are determined to keep the manage- ment of the ? eh eels in our own hande, There are three voluntary schools in Car- marthen. We shall have five of our gang in .each case as managers. But the Town Ccunoil will have the right to appoint on a outsider. Now, en outsider might be very troublesome. He is only one man, of course, but think what he might do if he had the right to be present at our little meetings. He'll be carrying reports back to tha Coun- oil, t:id raising no end of mischief. No. we must take csre of that. Le.t rs have a good Churchy Council. Then we'll hive a nice tame representative on the Cc inn it tee, and things will all go smoothly. Ptilli(-- representation will fee absolutely a dead letter, but the battomlpss purse af the. public will be at eur demrnd. Won't that be n,"cc!. No more bszacrs, no more sub- scriptions, and everything still in our own I hands Glorious All the money that we no-.v subscribe to the schools will if we like to raise it go to the Church. So that the Carmarthen Town Council will be Actually levying a Church rate for cur benefit. It will be quite like old times. And as for the Bocrd Schools we can do a good deal there. Let us get the uprer hejjd, grndpajly intpcdfice the "rigtjt kind cf atmosphere. And there's' a, good tJen.1 I can be done financially. We can keep the Board Schools 0:1 a short allowance, and at the same time deel generously with oirr own little pet schools. And the thing will gra- dually work ror-nd until skilfull finance will improve the private schools and deteriorate the public schools. And, of course the natural result will fellow, prcdu.dly! the Board Schools will )>e emptied, and our schools filled, and the whole population of Carmarthen will bye and bye be educated in sectarian establishments. And that's what we uuij.1. Do you think all this is too, high a, state- ment cf our designs ? Then why are we anxious to exclude every Liberal and Noncon fcrmi. t from the Town Council ? We are net going to trust ourselves in their hands. Of course, th,se electors will n"! f if, it we put it iikta that, you Knew t beut the donkey that the carpenter had. The m?n had plenty of wood shavings,, a,rjd ho thought it a pity to waste them. So he put a, pair of green spectacles on the donkey, and the poor old ,3,"S when it had the glasses on, f,te the shavings fGT grass. We have ii" fine pdc cf shavings, )d wy at; Qit I.Y. wavt- uig vin.f,it W0 ge-t tJie Eadical donkey measured for a pair of nice gxeen goggles

"Jhe Ferrar Meuioriai alCanuar- tIler.. The bronze tablet, cix c.tc-d in Nott-square ia mem'cry cf Bishop Ferrar, the Protestant martyr who was burned at the stake r.t that spot in the year 1555, was unveiled on Thur.s day afternoon. Robert Ferrar was a native o? Halifax, in Yorkshire, and early in life: bccame a mem- ber of the Augustini.n order of monks—the same order be it remarked which produced Luther. He studied some time at Cambridge —and afterwards at Oxford, where he bccam1 a scholar of Merton College, and resided from 1522 to 1533. On leaving Oxford, he appears to have shortly beccmc prior of St. Oswald's Priory in 'Yorkshire. The monks were net dealt with so harshly on the di: sokst.ion of the monasteries as i: generally imagined, and we find an entry in the king's book .at the time of the dissolution of St. Oswald's—" a, pension of £ 100 assigned to Robert Farrar, the late Prior." He is sa,id by Dodd to- have been the first monk who received a tincture of Lutheranisni." In 1545, he was appointed chaplain to Arch- bishop Cianmer, and like his patron con- tracted a marriage—a stepi of considerable boldness in the, then unsettled state of reli- gious opinion. He was also chapbin to the Duke of Somerset, the, Protector and by their influence he was made Bishop of St. David's, being consecrated to that see on the 19th December, 1548. Froude speaking of his at this period says He was a man of large humanity, justice, and uprightness —neither conspicuous a.s a theologian, nor premfnent as a preacher, but, remarkable chiefly for good sense and a kindly imagina- tive tenderness. Ha had found his dicce :e infected with the general disorders of the times. The Chapter were indulging them- sleves to the utmost in questionable plea- sures. The Church patronage was made the prey of a "nest of cathedral lawyers and in nn evil hour for himself, the Bishop endeavoured to make things straight." Fifty-six articles of accusation werei drawn up against Ferrar by the registrar of the diocese and by severa? other ruffians who had been dismissed by him for inrsconduct. Some of the charges were cf the most, ridiculous description—"His talk was not, cf godliness, but of worldly matters as baking, brewing, ploughing, mining, dis- charging of servants and such like." He was also accused of having spoken well of the Welsh to the di-saragement cf the English! It is said that, the Bishop u,sed frequently to retire from his1 episcopal palace a,t Abergwili to the farm of Penygraig to avoid his per. cutcrs. There is a tradition that he ir the famrhouse at Penygraig when he saw the party coming to arrest him, and that he left the house lest he should get the farmer into trouble for harbouring him. The Bishop wr; conveyed to London, aipd thrown into prison. The charges against him do not, appear to have reuslted in anything more, than hi, deposition from his office as Bishop of the diocese. So far there was no charge of heresy brought against him Ferrar held the ordinary opinions of Churchmen of his day under the Protestant King Edward VI. However, on the accession of Mary (1555) Ferrar was dragged from his prison and on the 4th February, 1555, he was arraigned in company with Bishop Hooper and the celebrated preachers Bradford anc Rogers for heresy. The latter three were burned in London with diabolical cruelty but Ferrar was ordered to be sent down to Carmarthen for trial. He' was brought before Henry Morgan, his successor, and examined in various tenets—such as the Real Presence in the Consecration, the belief i.-i piiir,,atory, etc. Voxe says "He was brought s'x times before Henry Morgan, who demanded if he wculd abjure, frcm which he zealously di- rented, and the Bishop in his rage pro- nounced him an heretic excommunicato, auc handed him over to the civil power. On I I-, 30th March, 15,5,5, being the Saturday nex' before Passion Sunday, he was burnt undo' order of the High Sheriff at Carmarthen in the Market PIr.ce on the South side o' the Market Cross." "One Richard Jones, a knight's son, lamenting to him the pa:nful ness of his approaching sufferings, Ferrar i, said to have replied that if he once saw him stir among the fl?mes he might give ne credit to his doctrines. And as he said, sr did he for it is related of him that he stood upright without change of faee o: sign of emotion amidst the flamss, and wac- so tranquil and corragccus that at last one of the spectators either in a, spirit, of mercy or in a fit. of indignation struck him down with his staff into the fire; There is a. local tradition which gives another version of this It is said that after the martyr was dead hi body istood firmly upright, and the person in question who AN-as one of his spectator exclaimed "Ah Ferrar Stubborn in life and stubborn in death and struck the re- mains with his staff and the body fell into the flam's and was consumed. This man cr d all his family are reported to have com" to ru• n ddep was the popular detestation of his brutal conduct. It is also recorded that David Griffith Leyson, of Carmarthen Priory who had turned Papist in Queen Mary's reign would not allow Bishop Ferrar to speak at the stake. Leyson died soon after that, and vt'heiH he would have spoken he could net." There is also a, tradition that the the martyrdom took place at the crc s in Priory street, but the balance of proba- bility seems to be in favour of the. Cross near the isite of the present monument to Nott. The stone which is now fi*ed 114 at the top of the Epir,e oi Abergwili Church was removed there in 1843, from Lammas street, and iil said to have been the stone on which the sta-ke was fixed on, that awful day, the 30th of March, 1353. So perished the Car- marthen Martyr, and it cannot be doubt"d that such spectacles transformed the acqui- escence of the public in the religious cha.ngos of the day into thoit lasting abhorrence cf the Church of Rome which forms to this day an essential feature of the English character. A full report cf the proceedings in fcun- nection with the unveiling, will appear in OU$jsSUH.

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Carmarthen Town Council. A special meeti,z of the Carmarthen Tcwn Council was held at the Town Hall, on Fri- day, at 4 p.m. Alderman W. Spurrejl, pre- sided, and there were also pre-sent Ald. Waltcr Lloyd, Councillors J. F. Mc.rri.- Ileibert Davies, T. Daniel, D. E. Stephens, A. Acton Evans, D. Samuel, and W. Evans; together with the Town Clerk (Mr R. M. Thomas). A DANGER TO BRIDGE STREET. Plans were. ilÆt in for a stable on the Quay which is being built for Mr Arthur. Mr Acton Evans said that he objected to this plan being passed. It was being Be built that some of tnei houses in Bridge-st. would fall. The Chairman said that, this was not a matter fcr t ie Council. It was a matter for the owners. Mr Acton Evans said that there was a subsidence, and the proper ty was irf danger of coming down. The: Chairman said that the property in Bridge street was not. Corporation property. This was nothing to except it were a dang r to life. Mr Acton. Evans said that the inhabitants aad asked hm to object, to this plan it was really undermining another man's pro- perty. The Clerk The only question is, whether it complies with the bye-laws. Mr Walter Lloyd pointed out that the building was now being erected. The Clerk said tW a V11 had been pre- viously passed for the frontage. Mr Acton Evans said that the bye-laws could not be complied with if they were undermining another man's property. There was a, serious tibsidenee there, and a Com- mittee ought to sec to it. The hcu "es were only being held up by some timbers, as soon as they were removed, the houses wculd come down. Were they to pa-s a plan for undermining other people's property. The plan was passed, as also cne for a new building in Little Water street for Mr T. W. Rees. THE NUISANCE AT THE MANURE YARD Mr Mills wrote saying that what, he had expected had ccmc to pa, s, and the tenant had left the Brickyard house. He was annoyed by the roughs who came down, especially on Sundays, and tore the place to pieces. Every day added to the destruction and the loss, and he suggested that the Council should do as they proposed, and rent the house for the caretaker of the manure- yard. Mr Spurrell What is the rent of the house ? Toe Clerk It is alleged to be L12; tha.t seems an excessive rent. Mr Acton Evans Four rcoms there are as good houses as that to be had for t5 in Waundew. Mr J. F. Morris You cannot get houses in Carmarthen at L5 a, year. Mr Acton Evans Yes the property of Matthias, the Post Office. Mr David Samuel How dees lie suggest that the caretaker should go and live there, if the, place is not fit, to live in. The Chairmen The caretaker might have ^n attachment to the pl",ace.. Mr D. Samuel If it is too bad for Mr Mills it ought to be too, bad for the: care- taker. The Clerk said that if they had made the place too bad to live in, they would have to pay for it. If the place was uninhibatnble, there was a case for compen,sa-ticii at once. It was decided to write and ask what Mr Mills what rent he expected fcr the place. THE FENCE ON THE POTHOUSE. Mr Powell wrote that this fence had faUen because it was old and rotten. He admitted that. he, had broken a dozen railings hy carrying in timber. He would be pre- pared to meet the Council reasonably ia making a, new fence. The Chairman said it did not matter very much to the Council whether the place wad fenced in or ijpt it was mone of a matter for Mr Powell himself. The Clerk explained that the Council had many years ago, v thoul his knowledge, put u.p this fence to Earl Cawdor's property. It was agreed to write to rsk Mr Powell to remove the broken fence, which at present constituted a danger after dark. SUNDAY SCAVENGING, .1 Mr J. F. Morris drew attention to the fact that Lammas street up to the Fusilier's Monument and Dark Gate, were alb littered with papers on Sunday morning. The Clerk said that he did not think there was anything they could do. except they sent the scavengers round cn Sunday morn- ing. v Mr Herbert Davim They have been out on Sunday before. Mr David Samuel: They have never been out, on Sunday morning. I think the best thing is for people: to stay in the house af te-r six o'clock. Mr J. F. Morris said that strangers had repeatedly called his attention to it it was never seen in other towns. The Chairman. said, that Saturday was the day 0:1 which papers: were given to the visi- tors these papers were thrown away. Except the scavengers were seni round Qq Saturday night, he did act see what could be done. Mr J. F. Morris said that one cart, might, be gent. round c'n Sunday morning. Or 4 notice might be sent asking shopkeepers not to put out papers, etc., after t,he carts had passed. He: had seen pasteboard boxes in the gutters on Sunday morning. It was decided to issue a hand bill to shop- keepers, on the subject. BAD LANG^4$fi Mr J. F. Morris asked if there was any- t"tll in the Recreation Ground bye-laws about the Ufe of bad language in the Park. The Clerk said that thQ-r wl. not; tho Local Government Board had struck out the draft bye-law on, the subject, as the ordinary law was quite sufficient, the Park beimr a public place. °

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