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Albert James, a boy of 11 years, was charged with driving after sunset without lights, at Abersychan, on the 23rd May. Mr W. H. V. Bythway defended. — P.C. Jones said that at 9.45 p.m. on the 23rd ult., he saw the defendant driving a horse and carriage at a full trot through Station-street, Abersychan, without a lighted lamp.—Mr Bythway said they did not dispute the charge, but he nad an explanation to make, and it was this. The defendant and two other lads, one of whom was 17, drove to Crum- lin to see a relative, with the intention of staying there that evening. When they got to Crumlin they found the relative had gone away, and the lads accordingly decided to return to Blaenavon. He (Mr Bythway) understood the defendant simply took the reins part of the way, and hap- pened to be driving when the constable saw them.—The Chairmnn remarked that the defen- dant was very young to have charge of a horse and trap.—Mr Bythway I understand he is a remarkably clever driver. (Laughter.)—The Bench decided they could not make any distinc- tion in this case, and imposed a fine of 10s. The money was paid by defendant's father.

TUESDAY. Before Mr 0. J. PARKES. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SHOOTING. A TIN- WORKER'S FOOLHARDY FREAK. Charles Francis, tin-worker, Caerleon, was chaiged with shooting at with attempt to murder John Halcombe and Stephen Barrett at Panteg on Sunday.—Halcombe said that on Sun- day evening he and Barrett were walking along the lane leading from Jsew Inn to Pontrhydyrun when they say the prisoner with a number of other men sitting on a bank. When they got about 40 vards from them, prisoner shouted to witnesT Are you 50 yards off" ? Witness reolied 'in the negative, and walked nearer to prisoner, who then raised a revolver and fired, t.he bullet passing between witness and Barrett. -This was all the evidence tendered, being sufficient to justify a remand, and the prisoner was accordingly remanded in custody until Saturday.

BLAINA POLICE COURT. FRIDAY. Before Dr W. E. WILLIAMS (in the chair), Dr J. D. JAMES, and Mr J. PHILLIPS. UNLICENSED DOGS. John Newberry, collier, Cwmtillery, was charged with keeping a dog without a licence on the 20th April.-Detendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s, including costs.—Mr B. M. Johnson, supervisor, Newport, prosecuted. James Hodges, collier, Newtown, was sum- moned for a similar offence on the 15th April, and was fined lOs, including costs.—Mr T. Mullin, supervisor, Abergavenny, prosecuted. ILLEGITIMACY. John Wiltshire, collier, Cwmtillery, was sum- moned by Florence Grist, single woman, to shew cause, &c.-Mr T. G. Powell, Beaufort, de- fended.—The complainant alleged that she and the defendant kept company together for about three years, and on and from the 10th August, 1891, intimacy took place between them, result- ing in the birth of a Aiild.-In cross-examination by Mr Powell, complainant admitted that she kept company with a young man named Preece for a fortnight, during the time she was friendly with defendant. She also admitted walking with another young man named Kedward, on one occasion, but denied going with him into a certain wood. She also denied that she told the midwife when the child was born that Kedward was the father of the child. If her icomplain- ant's) mother had said Kedward had offered her money and was going to marry her, it was un- true.—Thomas Edwards, collier, Cwmtillery, said he saw the complainant and defendant to- gether in Abertillery on the 18th of June, and William James, collier, Cwmtillery, said he was with the complainant and defendant on the 6th August at Blaenau-Gwent.-In answer to the Bench, complainant said she had no other evi- dence.—The Chairman said that if that was so they had no alternative but te dismiss the case. If, however, she could get any more evidence she might bring the case before them again. ALLEGED PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS. Wm. Jones, landlord of the Rolling Mill Inn- Abertillery, was charged with permitting drunk. enness on his licenced premises on the 15th May -Mr T. G. Powell defended.-P.C. Watkiias said that at 10.15 p.m. on Monday, the 15th inst., in company with two other constables, he was outside the Rolling Mill Inn, Abertillery, when he heard loud talking. On visiting the house he saw a man named Henry Watkins standing up, staggering drunk, with a pint of beer in front of him. The servant girl was in the room, and in reply to questions said the landlord was from home and the landlady ill in bed, and that she herself was in charge of the house, and had sup- plied Watkins with a pint of beer.—P.C.'s Cot- terell and Rowlands corroborated. The de- fence was that as soon as Watkins was found to be in ata unfit condition to be on a licenced pre- mises he was told by the servant girls to go,,and also that the pint of beer belonged to another man in the house.—Evidence to this effect was given by Ellen Ducey and Maggie Crowley, ser- vant girls in the employ of the defendant. The last-named denied that she told the constable she had supplied defendant with a pint of beer.— Wm. Hook, collier, said the pint of beer in front of Watkins belonged to him.—The Bench were of opinion that the case against defendant was not proved, and dismissed it with a caution. Henry Watkins, for being drunk on the above licensed premises, was fined 10s and costs. WHOLESALE THEFTS. Thomas Rees was charged with stealing a quan- tity of pitwood, and Elizabeth Williams, a mar- ried woman, was charged with stealing a quantity of coal, the property of Thomas Barnes, at Mantygl»,onthe 10th May.—Defendants pleaded guilty.—Mr T. G. Powell appeared for the pro- secution, and said they desired to press the cases, as there was so much coal and timber stealing going on.—Evidence was given by P.O. Rees, and defendants were fiaed 10s, including costs. Ann Jones, an elderly woman, was charged with stealing coal from Rose. Hey worth pit 1)\')1 the 2nd of May.r-Defendant pleaded guilty.— P.C. Powell said he saw defendant coming from the direction of the pit with about 201bs of coal. When she saw witness she sat down on the coal and pretended to be ill.—Fined 5s, including costs. AN EXPENSIVE CLOCK. Edmund George (15) was charged with steal- ing a clock value 4s, the property of William Thayer, at Blaina, on the 23rd May.—Prosecutor said the clock was taken from the engine-house at the works and P.C. Jones deposed to appre- hending defendant, who admitted taking the clock, and shewed him where he had hidden it.- Defendant was fined 10s and costs, Ll Is 6 in all. DESERTION. Thomas Harris pleaded guilty to deserting from the Royal Marines at Gosport on the 29th May, and was removed to Usk prison to await an escort. AN OLD OFFENDER. Elizabeth Jones was chafed for the 110th time with being drunk aud disorderiy at Abertilleryon the 31st May.-Defendant pleaded not guilty- P.C. Jones said he saw the defendant going along the road with a young man, and followed them. Defendant then turned back and became very disorderly. She was not very drunk, but made a great noise.—Defendant was committed to prison for 14 days.

31R. D. A. THOIUAS AND THE EIGHT HOURS BILL. Interviewed by the London correspondent of a Cardiff paper, Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., said he was convinced that if the Eight Hours Bill is passed in its present form it must be followed by the introduction of the double-shiit in South Wales. He also held that the Bill would tend to a permanent and substantial reduction in wages. Eight hours reckoned beyond the lamp station would remove many of the objections which are entertained towards the bank to bank principle. The difficulty about getting the men up and down the pit would be done away with, and the disadvantage under which older collieries would labour would be modified, for the lamp stations might often without much risk be placed further in the intake, and while the reduction in the output would not be nearly so great,there would not be much fear of the intro- auction of the double shift nearer the face.

FIRE AT NEWPORT. On Tuesday, about 1 o'clock, smoke was seen issuing from behind the stables situated on the Caerleon-road of Mr Freedman, furniture dealer, of Dock-street. It was found that a heap of shavings, straw, and sawdust stored in the yard was on fire, and that the flames were rapidly spreading to the adjoining buildings. The fire brigade were wrung up, and in a few minutes half-a-dozen of the members were on the spot with a couple of hose pipes. As there was a good supply of water, all danger from the burn- ing mass was soon averted. Had the fire got hold of the stables a serious conflagration might have followed, as the place is surrounded by buildings of a combustible nature. The fire either origin- ated through a match thrown carelessly down by some one, or a spark from a passing engine, the railway running close alongside the yard.

COAL IN THE RHYMNEY VALLEY. After many years of labour in the neighbour- hood of Fleur-de-lis, the Rhymney Iron Com- pany have at last succeeded in getting at the renowed vein of *oal called the Brithdir Vein." hood of Fleur-de-lis, the Rhymney Iron Com- pany have at last succeeded in getting at the renowed vein of *oal called the Brithdir Vein." The operations have been in process for many years, and have involved an enormous expendi- ture.

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PONTYPOOL POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. Before Col BYRDE (in the chair), Dr A. DAVIES, Mr W. P. JAMES, and Mr W. L. PRATT. FURIOUS DRIVING. Benjamin Bavtxvd (represented by a friend). was charged with driving furiously to the danger of the public at Pontypool, on the 7th May. P.O. Bladon said that at 9 p.m. on the previous Saturday in company with Sergt. Saunders, he saw the defendant driving a horse aad trap in Commercial-street at a very fast rate. Witness called to him to go steadier, but he waved hi" hat and whipped the horse. There were hun- dreds of people in the streets, and they had to scatter in all directions to get out of the way. Defendant was fined 20s. including costs. MISCHIEVOUS LADS. Charles Poole and Thomas Grieshaber, boys, were charged with doing malicious injury to a brick wall at Pontypool, the property of Stephen Harris, and doing damage to the extent of 6d.— Complainant said that on Friday week he saw the two defendants with other boys, playing about a new building in course of erection at the Coed- cae. The defendants jumped on to a partly- erected brick wall, and knocked some of the bricks off. Witness was continually troubled by boys throwing stones at the slates, and doing other damage.—The defendants were fined 5s. each, including costs. SUNJtAY GAMBLING. Thomas Rodway and Wm. Jones were charged with gaming with coins on the highway at Pontyvelin on the 28thMav."Defendantspleaded guilty.—P.C. Wilson said that at 11.15 a.m. on Sunday, the 28th ult., he saw the defendants playing pitch and toss on the highway at Ponty- velin. Witness caught Jones, and found he had money in his hand.—Defendants were nned 10s each. PROFANE LANGUAGE. Richard Richards was charged with using pro- fane language on the highway at Pontnewydd, on the 28th May.—Defendant pleaded guilty, and said he was very sorry.—P.C. Jones proved the case, and a fine of 10s was imposed. DRUNKENNESS. John Walby and Wm. Hurlston were charged with being drunk and disorderly at Pontnew- ynydd on the 25th May.-P.c. Stephens said he saw the two defendants with a crowd of people around them at Pontnewynydd. Both were drunk, and using bad language.— Defendants were fined 10s each. SCHOOL BOARD CASES. Charles Oates, John Jenkins, Richard Jones, and John Jagles were charged with neglecting to educate their children.—Mr W. H. V. Bythway prosecuted on behalf of the Trevethin School Board, and Attendance Officer Kelly gave evidence.—In each case an order to attend school w as made.. -wt J Alexander Holder, Rachel Haymans and Edward Hughes were charged with disobeying orders to educate their children, and were fined 5s each. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. Maria Jones (who did not appear) was sum- moned for leaving a horse and cart unattended in a public place.—P.C. Gardner said that at 1 p.m. on Saturday the 27th ult., he saw a horse and cart in Crane-street, Pontypool, unattended. He made enquiries, but failed to find the owner. In about half-an-hour afterwards the defendant appeared. Witness had seen the same horse and trap unattended earlier in the day.—Supt. James stated that people from the country frequently left their horses and carts to stand about without anyone in charge.-Defendant was ordered to pay 7s 6d costs. POUND BREACH AT VARTEG. Levi Bethel, collier, was charged with rescuing a. certain horse from the eommpn pound, which had been lawfully seized for trespass, and Thos. Bethel, his brother, and Frederick Hodges, were charged with unlawfully aiding and abetting him—Mr J. B. Waiford, Abergavenny, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr L. E. Webb, appeared for the defendants, who pleaded not guilty- Mr Walford, in stating the facts of the case, said that as their worships were aware, it was a very serious matter, and the question had presented itself to them whether they ought not to bring the case under the section which provided that the magistrates, if they found a prima facie case, should refer it to the Quarter Session. However, he had discussed the matter with the defendants' advocate, and thought under the circumstances they might take it under the statute of 1843 which gave their worships jurisdiction to try and dispose of the case.—Thomas Pugh, pound- keeper at Varteg, said that on Friday, the 26th ult. he received a pony mare and colt from Skyj me and Williams, farmers, who stated the animals had been on their land. Witness put tfiem in a field belonging to himself, and locked the gate with a padlock. He put them there because the pound proper was not in a condition for the safe custody of animals. Levi Bethel came to witness about them on Friday evening, and witness told him that 5s 6d was claimed by Skyrme and Williams for damage, and 4d for poundage. About ten minutes to one on Sunday morning witness saw the mare and colt coming out of the field. He ran out and saw Thomas I Bethel and Frederick Hodges driving the anit-iuls along the road. He told them they would have to suffer for it, and Bethel began to curse and swear at him—Cross-examined by Mr Webb: Witness was positive he locked the gate on Sun- day morning. His sister found the loek (pro- duced) on the ground. It was broken. Witness did not put the animals in the proper pound, be- cause the gate was broken.—David Williams, Golynos, said he was a farmer, and in partner- ship with Mr Skyrme. Mrs Bethel, the mother of two of the defendants, owned a quarter of an acre of land about 300 yards from their pro- perty. The mare and colt got into their mowing grass on Wednesday night, and witness put them out or Thursday morning. He found the fence (which was a stout postern rail) broken in one Elace, and the tracks of the animals near by. luring Thursday the animals got into their field three times, and were put out each time. On Friday night witness fouud the animals there again, and he put them in a cowshed until the following morning, when his partner took them to the pound. The 5s 6d witness claimed for damage was reasonable—in fact, he erred on the side of leniency." In answer to a question by Mr Webb, suggesting that damages should be claimed only for the last occasion on which the animals broke into his field, witness said, Be consistent, Mr Webb, with what you said for me before Judge Owen." (Laughter.)—Stephen Watkins, a boy living at Varteg, said that at about ten minutes to one on Sunday he was near the pound and saw Levi Bethel in the field belonging to Mr Pugh, A mare and colt was also in the field. Whilst witness was there, Bethel opened the gate, and threw a stone at the mare aDd colt to drive them other out. He then ran away, and the two defendants came up and drove the animals along the road in the direction of their land.—Cross-examined Witness did not see 1 Levi Bethel do anything to the gate except open it and it opened without difficulty.—For the defence, Mr Webb said there appeared to have been considerable misapprehension in the minds of the people at Varteg as to what was and what was not a proper pound, and although ignorance of the law could not be pleaded in extenuation of the offence, yet in mitigation of the punish- ment he would ask the magistrates to bear in mind the fact that the proper pound was not in a condition fit for usage, and that the defendants considered they would be justified in removing the animals from the field which admittedly was in the occupation of Mr Pugh, with- out committing an offence against the law. Mr Webb also called ^attention to the wording of the charge, i.e., "rescuing from the common pound," pointing out that it was not from the common pound that the animals were removed. He, however, waived the objection upon a statement that the information referred to rescuing from poundage."—After retiring for a consultation the Bench announced that they convicted the three defendants, and had decided to fine Levi Bethel £2, and the other defendants .El jeach, in addition to 5s bd for damages and 6d for the padlock to be paid be- tween them.—On the application of Mr Walford, the Bench directed the advocates fees to be paid out of the fines.—The Chairman sug- gested, to remove any misappi'e^ensl0n on e part of the inhabitants, and to prevent a plea such as that made for the defence being set up again, that the pound should be put iu proper repair.—Mr Walford undertook to see that the suggestion should be forwarded to the proper J quarter. A YOUTHFUL DRIVER.

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PROHIBITION & TEMPERANCE NOTES. (From a Special Correspondent.) London, June 6th, 1893. The demonstration to take place in Hyde Park on Saturday will in all probability be. next to the introduction into Parliament of the Direct Veto Bill itself, the event of the year in the temperance world. Most elaborate anrangements have been made, and if the weather is only pro- pitious, a triumphant success may be taken as a foregone conclusion. Some idea of the dimen- sions of the demonstration may be got from the fact that about 16Q Societies have been repre- sented on the general committee; that nearly one hundred bands of music will take part. and that there will be almost twenty platforms from which addresses will be delivered by a host of prominent Liberal, Radical and Labour repre- sentatives. as well as distinguished temperance leaders of both sexes. It might be said of this demonstration that for the first time in the his- torv of the temperance movement, all Churches, 3011 Thrift Societies,and all political organisations, willr'be represented at the gathering." On Thursday evening of last week, a large and important conference of officers and members of the Liberal and Radical Associations in and around London was held at Exeter Hall to con- side the Government Veto Bill, and the best means for strengthening the Hyde Park demon- stration. Mr J. Williams Benn. M.P., presided, and was supported by Messrs McDougall (L.C.C), F. N. Charrington, and others. After a statement by Mr John Kempster. Hon. Organising Secretary of the Demonstration, and speeches by influential men, a resolution was unanimously passed, cordially inviting every Liberal and Radical Association and Club in and around the Metroplis to bring their members and friends to assist in rendering the Demonstration successful. It was rumoured that the opponents of the Bill intend if possible to disturb the Demonstration in revenge for the march alleged to have been stolen upon them by temperance men in Trafalgar Square. An official intima- tion has, however. just gone forth to the effect that friends of "the trade" should take no- part whatever in the demonstration. There are people who still say that the Tem- perance Party requires to waken up if the Veto Bill is to be carried through Parliament, and that the opponents of the measure have been far more in evidence. As a matter of fact the liquor traffickers practically concluded their fierce opposition several weeks ago, whilst the Temperance Party has steadily plodded on. The last official pronouncement of the number of meetings held to protest against the Bill was 134, and certainly not fifty have since been held. The Alliance News of last week contained its thirteenth list of meetings in support of the Bill, making p grand aggregate of 1948 gatherings at which, for the most part the government measure was cordially and unanimously endorsed. Many of these meetings have been in the open- air, when the attendance has again and again run into four figures. The opposition at these meetings has always been comparatively feeble. while the enthusiasm has frequently been very great. 5 It would be interesting to see if the trade" could get its resolutions passed by an indiscriminate crowd of the country's toilers, whose battle it professes to be fighting more than its own. AT almost all the Wesleyan district synods, which have been held throughout the eountry during the last fortnight, resolutions in support of the Direct Veto Bill have been cordially and unanimously passed. These synods are con- sidered to have been rendered much more im- portant than hitherto by the introduction into them of influential laymen. In connection with the Baptist body in the Metropolitan district, a representative meeting was held at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday in last week, the Rev Dr Clifford. presiding, with the object of supporting the Bui. All Baptist congregations were earnestly recommended to adopt petitions to Parliament within the next few weeks, pleading for the progress of the Bill. LAST week three eminent ladies emphatically pronounced in favour of the Local Veto Biil. At the annual council of the Women's Liberal Federation, held in the Holborn Town Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Countess of Aber- deen in the ohair, and nearly seven hundred delegates present, a resolution welcoming the Bill was unanimously adopted, with an addition to the effect tkat the control of the liquor traffic should be place4i in the hands of every adult inhabitant of each locality. Speaking to the resolution—" That this council is. of opinion that one of the reforms that would most effectually advance the cause of temperance is the en- franchisement of women," Lady Somerset said that in her opinion the Local Yetø' was the great measure that would advance the cause of temperance." SUPPORTING the above resolution Lady Car- lisle said They could scarcely appreciate sufficiently the nobility of the present G-overn- "ment in_ _casr*v vpg vmt its pledges to. the- ,I tpg, Temperance p^pi'e"in spite o: the mischievous opposition wJkich had been c =eot;nt*>rrd. ^be believed that the enfranchisement of women would be a material help to he cause of temper- ance, but the proposal to put power into the hands of the people to close he fiquorshops was undoubtedly the greatest reform. In the course of a speech delivered by Lady Tevelyan in con- nection with the annual meehug of the Midland Union of Women's Liberal Associations, held on the Monday at the National Liberal Club, Lon- don, about 90 representatives ladies being present, her Ladyship said Tbp, part which women would take in public affaire under the Local Government and Local Veto Acts when passed would give their Association fresh work of a most interesting and practical kind. IN the course of the highly successful canvass, intended to support the Direct Veto Bill, of the inhabitants of the West Derby Division of Liver- pool by members of the congregation of Rev C. F. Aked (who is going this summer to supply for a while the pulpit of the late Rev Henry Ward Beecher) it was discovered that a large number of persons either knew nothing whatever about the Bill or had taken their notions of it solely from the mural arguments and appeals of the trade." Many minds were disabused and altogether a most useful educational work has I been done for which indeed the thanks of the whole Temperance party is due to a noble band of disinterested workers. A similar canvass has been instituted by the local Temperance party, of the householders of the whole of Burnley, and will soon be completed. There is a substan- tial majority in favour of the measure in some districts it is said to be equal to about five to one. At the yearly meeting of the society of friends in session last week in London, an address was adopted urging all members of the society to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and to refrain from investing any money in the liquor trade or taking shares in brewing companies. IN reviewing a book H Some lectures of the late Sir George E. Paget, K.C.B., M.D., F.R.C.S. the, Laiteet of Saturday says "it is shown that there is no physiological necessity for alcohol as an article of diet," and there is, it is stated no sufficient evidence of alcoholic drinks being ordinary necessaries of life." These facts are of course well-known to temperance men, but coming from a dispassionate, judicial authority such as Sir George is declared to have been, they might get acceptance in quarters not un- usually open to Temperance teaching. In this connection it may be interesting to state what Mr T. P. O'Connor recently told an interviewer for The Young Man. Asked what special advice he would offer to young men generally, he re- plied "I would strongly advise them to be teetotalers, especially if they want to become journalists. That will save them an immense amount of temptation, save them a great deal of money, and enormously increase their power of working. Whenever I have really hard work to do I abstain altogether from stimulants, and I find I can do three times the work." THE problem of whether drinking causes poverty or poverty causes drinking is one which is frequently discussed in private and public, especially amongst working men. It may not, therefore, be uninteresting to offer the following summary of the contents of a series of valuable letters which recently appeared in The Voice, a paper issued in New York. Twenty superin- tendents of inebriate asylums and officers of charity organisations were almost unanimous in declaring, as a result of their experience with drunkards, that the drink habit is, as a Tule first acquired under conditions of comparative com- fort, and that the destitution of inebriates follows as a result of that habit. In other words, poverty was far more often the result of drink than the cause of it. The points establishedby all the expert testimony in the case were these —(1) That drink is a very general cause of poverty; (2) That the drink nabit as a rule is formed not under the stress of penury, but in time of comparative comfort; |6) That inebriety is a disease of the will, of the brain, of the" nerve tissues, of the stomach-a disease of the whole system, showing as marked physiological changes I as those shown by oth-jr disuses and that these efftcis of alcohol 3,r independent of a man's external conditions, and are ju-t as likely to be incurred by a drinker who is in o >dev;ite circum- stances as by one who is in euher affluence or panury. The general Assemblies of the Established and Free Ctmrches of Scodalld weie in Session last week in Edinburgh. III eonntetiaa with both bodies the standing committees on Temperance made their reports. The Established Church reported that there were 2:J associations, with 28,618 members-an increase of 26 associations during the year, but a slight decrease in the membership. The Free Church, vith Dr W. C. Smith as Moderator, reported' 740 abstaining ministers, and 1892 societies with a lllHlbersbip of 111, 620 adults and childrei). There has been marked advance," the report stated in the attitude of the Church tu Temperance Legislation." In the course fef its proceedings the Free Church petitioned Pariiament in favour of the Local Veto Bill but the established Church could not see its way to do so. Dr Marshall Lang, however, made some amends for this strange determination, in his closing address as Moderator of the Established Church, by referring to his body as lagging in the rear. ll- stead of being at the head of an attack which he declared must be made at all points against a legalized drink traffic if their country was ever to be free.

DISENDOWNIENT AND ACCUMULATIONS." To the Editor oi the Fixe Frcsn. Dear Sir,—It will be a pleasure to me to g-ive in- formation to those who desire to tiarht fair, espe- cially such straightforward inquirers as the Rev J. G. Cheshire, because he wishes the facts to be very definite indeed, and appears to preserve an equable frame of mind. First, as to the legality of christening fees. It matters very little to some clergymen whether a practice is leg-al or not. If they find a custom exist- ing', or if they can establish a prt cedunt that bring-s grist to the mill, great efforts will be put forth to uphold the custom and follow the precedent. Christening fees are paid in various parts of the country, whether lefr&l or not. St-c md, Your cour- teous correspondent savsthe clerirvhave no more to teous correspondent sajstne eieriry nave no more to do with marriage settlements than they have with the man in the moon, which is a 'n,ere technical contradiction. There are two paragraphs in Truth for the last week in May which give a Hat denial to the disclaimer of the rev. gentleman. Of course I meant the exorbitant fees exacted for marriage ser- vices, the legality of which is & secondary consider- ation. Third, As reg'ards plurality, the holding1 of more than one living is illegal, only in exceptional cases.. Then I must say the exceptions are too numerous to prove the rule. In one crowd there are 89 archdeacons pluralists, batches of half-a- dozen canons pluralists. The eminent Dr. Vaug-ban. Dean of Llandaff, Master of the Temple, and Deputy-Clerk of the Closet (there are dignities for you) deserves all he gets, no doubt; but he should have refrained from sarcasm while defending- the Establishment in Cardiff a short time ago. lie is a pluralist, and should not sneer at Dissentinir ministers or speak contemptuously of working men. Next, I must congratulate your correspondent on the rise in his stipend. From a-year to £ 120 is a good lift. Never mind, the nominal things are not what they seem." Collections, of course are made in nearly all voluntary churches, beeause they mainly depend on what is given, unlike the Church that leans very much on what is taken. Now for the names of those rich clergymen. First, the Rev W. Sneyd, Keele, Staffordshire, will proved 1888, £ 235,000 the Rev R. Colley, Ansford Rectory, Somerset, £ 107,000; the Rev R. Andrews, Middleton, Essex, £ 94,000; the Rev C. Chawner, Bletchingley, Surrey, £ 56,000 the Rev G. Prescot. DingwelL Herts, £ 56.000 the Rev Sir Geo. Horton, Cotton Hall, Derby, £ 50,000. If my querist will put these figures together by addition he will find they are considerably above the half-million. Trusting he will give a little information in return f as to the revenues of the establishment and the princely incomes of her bishops, together' with ser- vices rendered, I am yours respectfully. }1MUS.

A PROTEST AGAINST MINISTERIAL EXCLU- SIVENESS. Te the Editor of the Free Press. Sir,—These are the weeks of the Cymanfas, when the different Associations of the different denomi- nations meet together to perform the duties in con- nection with the churches, and to have preaching- services as well, and I must say that I enjoyed the preaching immensely in the one I attended this week; but I can't agree with the spirit that takes hold of our ministers and churches which makes them to shut out every stranger from these preaching heydays. True that sometimes a stranger or so is invited but it is, I am afraid, only the exception to invite strangers to the Associations to preach in them, while it was almost invariably the rule 50 years age in Wales in an Association for the preachers to be strangers to that Association-men whose reputa- tion for preaching power was high and well known; therefore they would raise a very strong desire in the hearts of the people to hear them. Not only were they generally unknown in that part of the country in which they were to preach, but the fame of their names also had preceded them. But now, when preaching in Wales is not half the novelty it was 50 years ago, I heard of an Associa- tion the other day oarring out every stranger from its pu!.pit. I can't conceive of a better way to kill the Hill= and through the selfishness of ministers chiefly, because they won't suffer themselves to be eclipsed for a day or two by the distinguished strangers they invite to the Association to preach; but they stand on their dignity, and cry out, No poaching on our preserves." Not only won't the ministers help to bring this fresh blood into the Cymanfas, but they object to the church which holds the meetings doing so, though they are willing to pay them. This conduct is quite unworthy of a Christian minister, and of the Gospel of Jesus Chriet. I have no doubt that the ministers of each eounty in Wales, taken through and through, are very much on a par, and I couldn't advocate the bringing of strangers into any one county because there are not good preachers there, but because the members and preachers of each county are acquainted more or less with their own preachers, and therefore there is very little in- ducement for men and women to go into Cymanfas to hear those that they have heard often before in their chapels and churches. But if the selfishness and vainglory of the minis- ters of every Association could be so far done away with that strange preachers would be the rule and not the exception to our Associations, and if the strange preachers could be prevailed upon to mode- rate their charges for their services that they wouldn't be a burden on the churches of the Asso- ciation, we might confidently look forward to a revival of interest and congregations and blessing at our great yearly Cymanfas. But if our Associations will be used for personal purposes, for gratifying ambition, for a close pre- serve of the ministers of the Associations, for keep- ing men at the front and not Jesus Christ, their de- cadence is certain and sure-" Ichabod is written upon them. The policy that ought to be pursued is what is best for the churches of the Cymanfa, and not what suits the narrow ambition of the ministers, because ministers are only the servants of the churches, and never should they be lords. Yours truly, D. FF. DAFlS.

CHURCH DEFENCE AND THE TRUST DEED OF THE CALVINISTIC METHODISTS. To the Editor of the Free I*rtss. Sir,—Mr E. Jones very truly says that he has quoted clause two of the Calvinistic Methodist Trust Deed in full, there is therefore no excuse for that statement of his which I have twice charac- terised as false. He charges me with omissions of impertance, but as I have already shown, the omitted words were not required to settle the point at issue, a point of fact and not of interpretation, and their quotation (brevity being desirable) was unnecessary, because if the articles were adopted at all as a Calvinistic Methodist standard of doctrine it must perforce be with a Calvinistic interpretation. Whoever ex- pected that Calvinistics would adopt Articles only patient of Arminian theories ? Mr Jones says that in a legal document like the Trust Deed it lis necessary to state them (the Articles) one way or the other." That is a matter for the draughtsmen and lawyers to decide. The men who passed the Calvinistic Methodist Deed through Chancery (in order to make the sect an establishment by law) did not think it necessary to state them more plainly than they have done (or more correctly, to repeat them at length), because, like the Shorter Catechism, they were perfectly well known and recognised. Of the three standards of doctrine the Articles stand fivst, and the terms of the reference leave no doubt as to what is in- tended by the Articles. Has Mr Jones never read f an Act of Parliament which refers to, without re- peating at length, some previous legal document ? Let him ask some Parlimentary Bill draughtsman what is the usual practice in this respect. Moreover the question raised here was as to the occurrence of the Articles in Cyffes Ffydd, in which document, itself a schedule and given at length because it was in the eyes of the law a new standard, Mr Jones invited me to discover the Articles, or one of$hem. Had there been any doubt as to what Articles were meant they would have been given at length, not in Cyffes Ffydd but in the deed itself. If the wording of the Deed itself be not sufficient evidence of the acceptance of the Articles as a standard of the Calvinistic faith, then words have no meaning. To what extent Calvivistic Method- ists are bound to teach the Articles is a matter of opinion. I have no croubt in my own mind that in any law case arising out of failure of Calvinistic Methodists to abide by their own distinctive doc- tririfes, the decision would involve considerable reference to the doctrinal Articles. I have said that all the Articles were intended. The question is not what Calvinistic Methodists are bound" to do Sunday by Sunday, but by what standards are bound. The Trust Deed sayslhey must preach the Gospel as set forth in th'>vir.al Ar fides (Cihillisticall;. ajie; > Uu i yrgll illi In the Uateciusm and ffes F xydd. It is lie',VI!! to me that either accuser or accused (of an untruth) occupies the position of a judge It is for our readers, or any third party. to^jud"-e between us. o the same court I am quite willing to refer the necision as to > hether a certain offer of mine was "indent and insulting." If that can be proved. I will cheerfully submit. Yours truly, SACERDOS.

THE SUSPENSORY BILL. Jo tltt Editor of the Free Press. Sir.—The advocates of the Suspensory BillCWales) keep on saying' that the Bill is justified by what happened at the time of the Disestablishment of the Irish Church, though it has been shewn over ômd over again that nothing happened, or could have happened, at the time of the Irish Disestab- lishment to alIord any pretext for the present Sus- pensory Bill. 1. It is said that curates were appointed at the time of the Irish Dise",tablishment for the purpose of creating new life interests. Therefore, it is argued, the Suspensory Bill is necessary. Sir Geo. Osborne Morgan, Mr "NVynn Evans, and countless others have repeated this ad nauseam. It is strange that these gentlemen should never have read the Suspensory Bill. It is "A Bill to prevent the crea- tion of new interests in bishoprics, dignities, and benefices." It does not touch curacies; they are not mentioned in it. How, then, could a charge against the Irish Church which concerns curacies only justify the Suspensory Bill, for no clergyman °r ??y°ne else can create a new benefice, dignity. ° £ c i'r-:ic e know that the co-operation of tne State is necessary to do that. We rtmember the long process which it took to create some of the recently-established bishoprics in England. But any vicar can appoint a curate. Therefore, again, D-ii '!Slte i V tbe point to say that a Suspensory Bill afiectmg- bishopries, dignities, and benefices is necessary because new curacies were made in Ire- land. 3. It is very easy now for irresponsible persons to make what statements they like about what liiip- pened :2.-) years ago in Ireland. But it must be remembered that all the annuities which were granted in Ireland were granted Or the court which Mr Gladstone established for the purpose The court had full power to grant or refuse. Thev in- quired carefully into every case they had all the facts before them and if they granted annuities they did so because in their estimation the claims s were reasonable and came fairly within the spirit of the Act. The deliberate judgment of such a court with the faets before them is worth more than the ignorant and prejudiced declamation of party orators now. 4. ine case is alleged of two or three curates who were appointed just before the Act became law. There were a few such cases. The court had given permission beforehand that they should be ap- pointed, owing- to peculiar circumstances, which in their opinion justified so doing. It is absurd to suppose that they could have been appointed and got compensation without the cognizance and con- sent of the court. 5. It is said ihat Mr Gladstone estimated the cost of compensation at so much, and that the bill came to millions more. That is true and most important. But the difference was not caused by the new claims on behalf of curates. Mr Gladstone's esti- mate was wrong all round. And that is of im- portance now, because Mr Gladstone wants to pass a Home Rule Bill for Ireland, and he has put for- ward a similar estimate of the monev expenses. Those who know the details better than he does say that his estimate is ridiculous. If his present estimate is as untrustworthy as his Disestablish- ment estimate, the English and the Irish people will find that the cost of Home Rule is somethinfr very different from what Mr Gladstone "prophesies" it will be. I am, sir, COMMOX SENSE.

CRANE STREET CONFERENCE. To the Editor of the Free Press. Dear Sir.—" C.M." has found out that I have some ability, and even marvellous ability, but I don't seem to use it in the way he weuld like. I un- rudging-ly admit, and have never denied, that there have been a few splendid men connected with the Church in all ages. So there have been among the Dissenting bodies since the time God in his provi- dence gave them light to see the errors of the Church, and the uselessness, and worse than use- lessness of many of her clergy. If mv memory serves me rightly there were some 40 Bishops in Town taking part in trying with their mops to keep back the tide. If they were not at that parti- cular meeting they ought to have been I never implied, Mr "C.M. that those who spoke at the meeting were uttering the voice of the Church. I implied just the reverse, when I said there are a few honest parsons, I believe, to-day. And I am not without hope that some day you will be among the number. The system and' fallacies that sur- round the Establishment make it a nursery for ignorance, superstition, and incapacity. And I say this not in haste but at leisure, as my firm convic- tion that amongst no class of educated men is there to be found such a percentage of ignorance as among the clergy. You want to know, in the nam'' of all that is good, what I have been bothering about these many weeks if it was not to defend those that met in conference in Crane-street School- room. The sole cause of the correspondence, so far as I was concerned, was to prevent you from show- ing your ignorance, or else from uttering that which was not true. At the time I did not know which of the two talents you were exercising, and left it for you to decide. I believe my labours have not been in vain. I consider, under my tuition, you have made marvellous progress. I feel a little proud of my pupil, and hope you will do me the favour of recommending some of your curate friends to take a few lessons, and even some that have passed that stage might with advantage take a few also. I thought I had cured you of the Morley-phobia, but Csee you have had a slight relapse. Well. I admit tnai lor yoil It 18 .uvfc oMiall xuatifd LU itc 1 Biea men like Mr Morley, and I sympathise with you, because I know how I should feel if such a man as you describe him to be was one of the deacons ruling the church of which I was a member. One of two things,would happen—either he would have to go, or 1 should. Ajid I am willing, nay anxious, to assist you to get rid of him. You must not rely too much on the Wesleyans of Pontypool; they only reckon to keep a good minister two or three years, and I have heard of them being tired in less time than that. Their rules would not allow them to keep you, longer, even if you were able to supply rnem with the desire. And 1 hope you will be prevented from taking a step in haste you may have to repent at leisure. You say I have dropped Offa and Ethelwulf like hot lead. You and your assistant think you have made a great point in quibbling about dates. My point is the difference between voluntary and compulsory tithe. Do you deny that Offa and Ethelwulf did make the pay- ment of tithes compulsory by law and that Offa's law first gave the Church a civil right. and enabled the clergy to enforce payment over that part of the country he ruled ? And, according to Dr. Burns' Ecclesiastical Law (vol. 3, page 374), about 60 years afterwards Ethelwulf enlarged it for the whole realm of England. The historian Hume says the priesthood were so successful in working on the fears of the people that they pretended to draw a tenth of all industry, merchandise, wages of labourers, pay of soldiers, and (some) canonists went so far as to affirm that the clergy were en- titled to tithe from the earnings of prostitutes. The clergy have always been worldly-wise In their generation, and I don't expect you to give u p with- out a struggle what the ingenuity of your predeces- sors brought about. I don't care two straws for what those men did, or the motives that prompted kings or priests to give and take what did not belong to them. What is right to-day is the law that should guide us. and not the follies of cen- turies back. If you want a specimen you will find one on page 5 of last week's Pre-y. in the account of Dr Wilde's bequest to St. Hives. Huntingdonshire, where theyannuallythrowdiceto gamble for Bibles. One of the conditions is that the dice should be cast on the communion table, but instead of carry- ing out the wishes of this well-meaning man to the letter, they now provide a small table in a corner of the Church. That man left his own, and yet his wishes are disregarded. But they use the income nevertheless. Please to tell us whether you think they are justified in making the alteration ? And ought not this man's will to be as binding as some of your favourite's ? Of course you know that my views in reference to all these absurdities are that the memories of the donors are more honoured in the breach than the observance. Yours. &c., P. ECKERSLEY.

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND I ROMANISTS. Sir,—The points raised by the Romanists in sup- port of their contention that the Church of Eng- land is not the same that existed in England before the Reformation, are mainly concerning the Supremacy and concerning Property. Thus, it is said that everv bishop in England before the Reformation was obliged to take an oath acknowledging Papal supremacy." The oath in question was, I suppose, the oath of canonical obedience, given in Burnet (Pt. I., Bk. II.. year 15'(2), 'to St. Peter and to the holy Church of Rome, and to my lord the Pope and his successors, canonically entering." This oath is of some length. and goes into various-branches, containing, amongst other things, as perhaps its strongest point, a pro- mise to defend and augment the rights, honours, privileges, authorities of the See of Rome," and also a promise to prosecute all heretics, schis- matics, and rebels to the Holy Father." It contains no acknowledgment of Papal supremacy, nor does such a term occur in it. It was regularly limited by the oath which pre-Reformation bishops took at the same time to the King, the first words of which were that they did "utterly renounce and clearly forsake all such clauses, words, sentences, and grants which they had or should hereafter have of the Pope's holiness that in anywise had been, was, or hereafter might be prejudicial" to the King, his dignity, or state royal. The one oath was so quali- fied by the other as to leave the royal supremacy intact. The royal supremacy alwavs existed in England—that is, the doctrine that tie King had no smperior in his dominions. When Henry VIII. took the title of Supreme Head, he did not bring in a new principle, but asserted (too violently, it may be) an inherent principle of the English realm. What the Pope had in England was not supremacy but primacy, with a certain admitted jurisdiction, wihich he had, unijprtunately, a tendency tt anapient unduly. This oath to the Pope has a somewhat curious hii*tC'ry. It was not W very venerable antiquity, if it was no older than the time of Archbish'jp Dene 1 (about l"i00), n&dfcr whose name Panbet gives it. VCranmer was conse- crated. he took this oath, and it has been that, in taking it. he omitted or altered several I clauses. It has not. however. been remaj-ked bv any writer that Cranmer did not orig-ina-te these alterations himself. He simply returned to the oath as it was in Dene's time, and his oath at hi* consecration was word for word the same that Den,- took at his. In the interval between them tile oath had grown stronger by receiving the- additions which Cranmer took away. Among them were the above-quoted promises to "defend arnl a-ug- ment^tbe rights, honours, privileges, and authori- ties ox the see of Rome, and to oro«ecnte all here^ tics, schismatics, and rebels to the holy father. h- is remarkable, further, in the history of this oatk. that all these additions were omitted not orilv Cranmer. but by Pole also at his congeeration, angi that Pole's oath and Cranmer's oath were word- for word the same. It may be added as to Pole, tisar he received his temporalities under letters patent- containing a clause that he renounced anythimr prejudicial to the realm in the Papal bull provid- mg- him to Canterbury and this clause KM la- ser ted after the reconciliation of the kingdom Marys reign, and was used in about a dozen ei«&- copal appointments. An oath with such a history shews what every- thing else shows, that the notional independent* o £ the Church of England was not taken away by tlut admitted primacy of the Church of Rome. The. bishops who took it were not Roman Catholics. bu-C iimglish Catholics in communion with Rome. Oar forefathers were always very watchful of the pope. At the Keformation, as some have said. men whg had taken this oath to the pope took an oath against him, declaring that neither the see nor tire bishop of liotne hath or ought to have any juris- diction, power, or authority within this reai_m_ neither by God's law nor by any other law or means," and this oath was by Act of Parlianientirr the year 1. 44 (3.) Hen. VIII. 1.) Thev would FIAT have done so if they had held that their Chu;r £ was Rom ail Catholic, that to be of the Roman obe- dience was necessary to the being of their Church or that none could be Catholic but Roman CarhaUSi So far were they from this opinion, that 14 years before, in 153U, at the beginning of the Reforma- tion. the convocation of the clergy petitioned the king to stop the ruinous exactions of the Pope, which impoverished their benefices affirming to pay first-fruits to the pope was alienation T and. requesting that. if the pope endeavoured to enforcer his imposts, the king would withdraw the obedi- ence of himself and his people from the see of Rome. (Address to the king for an Act to aboil*, annats. Strype 2 Mem. App. 41). Perhaps I mav be allowed to return to the, sub- jects. Yours faithfullv, R. W. Dixox-

CHURCH DEFENCE AT BLABNAVGN. To the Editor of the Free Press. Dear Sir.—Kindly grant me a little space in your valuable paper in order to give expression to cav feelings on the above subject. ( was present at chir Church Defence meeting held at the National Schools. Blaenavon, on Thursday evening. June 1st. and had the privilege of hearing the Rev G. Bishop speaking on the Disestablishment and Disendow- ment of the English State Church in Wales. Al- though I am. and always have been, of a Radbca-IT turn of mind, yet. I must acknowledge, I had been, led to respect to a great extent the name of Mr Bishop and, in consequence of the mild exaggera- tions of the extremely sensitive Vicar of Blaenavon and others of his supporters, I had been lookup forward to the eventful evening, fully expecting to receive a treat in the shape of a grand and power- ful oration. But I was doomed to disappointments. At first I was considerably surprised. The room, in which the meeting was held presented thft appearance of a grand evening concert. Without- exaggerating in the least, I can safely say that one-third of the room was occupied by women. Someone whispered they were the Dames of the Primrose League." Perhaps so, but they varied, considerably in age, ranging at least from "nine to ninety:" at any rate I can safely say, without fear of contradiction, that nearly every stage of life was fairly well represented. Indeed, it led one to think there was some beauty show on foot. and that Mr Bishop's services had been secured a* adjudicator. because every young churchman wa»» accompanied by his ladylove, and it is a well-known, fact that every young lady attending church at Blaenavon has studied the important question of Disestablishment from top to bottom. In fact. they are so well versed in the question that the rumour came to my ear that the learned vioar in- tended that the dames of the "Primrose League" should answer the questions put in the meeting. However, such was not the case on Thursday night or heaven help thosg two lads who tackled Xr Bishop. A dissolution would certainly have taken, place on the spot, and each amazon would h.a.(' secured her pound of liesh. If such things ever ctme to pass at Blaenavon, and young ladies of the Primrose" persuasion are deputed to answer questions, I would advise my young friends tor exercise great caution when putting the questions to the ladies. If they wish to save funeralexijenaes. I would urge the necessity of placing a wall betweea. the questioners and the fair ones in fact, they had better stand outside and shout their questions through the window, then off by sjtecial train Liverpool and across the Atlantic. If this advice is not well digested by my young friends. I shall be extremely sorry, because I am confident that the ladies will endeavour to pay them back as early ail. possible, and when the opportunity presents itself it will not be their fault if they do not make it a funeral affair. My attention was also attracted during the meet- ing to the appearance of the modest vicar. Me spoke very pleasantly to everyone, and he conducted every ladv to a seat with an air of triumph that im- plied,I nave conquered mine enemy." But I can- not say whether he wore the same suit of clothes in ciiav 1.0 iixav nuivii nxnt 111 A UCLUSUM. meeting held at the White Horse some time ago. Mr Bishop's address, in my humble opinion, was nothing better than traslr. I compare it to Mr Clougher's correspondence, which is not worthy of criticism. Why, sir, this "busy parish priest." air- he calls himself, has been talking about arranging" a public debate between Mr IJishop and Mx How. It is simply ridiculous: Such a man as Mr Bishop would resemble a child in the handf- of a giantMr Clougher need not crow so loudly—he should oe very thankf ul that the Blaenavon Radical and Liberal Association could not see their way- clear to have Mr Howes here again. I think fortuji? has dealt very mercir'ully with him and he should be very thankful. Aoain. I would say a word or two with reference to Mr Bishop's conduct during the meeting. I have spoken to several gentlemen since that night. and. they all agree that his conduct was, to say thelcasc ungentlemanly. In the first place, when answering- the questions put by Mr Evan Williams his manrer of replying wa« very unfair. In my opinion it was a very "difficult thing- for the lad to keep cool and collected, because Mr Bishop, in replying, spoke for an unreasonable length of time, occupying some five or ten minutes—and this done evidently with a view of confusing the >• oung man. ThezL when the second young man. Mr Thomas Watkins. put a question, Mr Bishop displayed the white- put a question, Mr Bishop displayed the white- feather. which is characteristic of some chTurchmen.. and objected to young men under age, youmr In" lads," putting questions, .f Mr Bishop objected, to the "lads putting- questions. may I ask him why did. he not state that at the commencement of the meeting And. inasmuch as the second young man was entitled to a vote, I put this question to Mr Bishop. If he is not entitled to put a question. who is Again, his behaviour towards Mr W. West was disgusting. Mr West certainly plac^-d an example, before Mr Bishop, in the way of public speaking, which I would advise him to follow. It ia not toa late to improve, and if there is room for improve- ment inanyone it is in Mx Bishop. But I must be reasonable. Mr West g-Dse him a hard crust to digest, and it went rather against the grai to smile- over it. Indigestion is a bad complaint, and those who suffer from it are much to be pitied, especi dIy when something unpalatable to the stomach is forced down the throat. But I would advise Mr Bishop the next time he invites questions, not to snub his questioners quite so much. Not that he hurts their feelings, but because these snubs redound to his discredit. I fear that he has been reading logic with the Vicar of Blaenavon (upside down), or perhaps he would have displayed a better spiriE throughout the meeting However, I would advise- him to cultivate a little refinement before Jie. delivers another lecture. Let him display a more gentlemanly spirit, then he will undoubtedly com- mand respect. Another incident occurred jtist as the meeting- terminated and dispersed. I was moving toward, the door with the rjrowd, when I observed Mr Watkins, one of the young lads," engaged in a con- versation with Willi-' of the ladies oi the Conser ra- tive school and Mr Thomas, formerly the Scripture reader. I overheard the Thomaaz Co Young In an. thesti ladies are anxious i o know yooe age; they say you are five years old." M Watkins My personal appearance may load xcm. to think I am five years old. But your conduct ga. night, Mr Thomas, leads me to think you are only two. I thought that answer so ri.ih that 1 have aoi- slept a wink these last few nights,from laughing. But he caught it with a few of the ladies. Epithet after epithet was hurled at him.: the dames raved and tore their hair. and said he was too young to understand politics, while the venerable Mr as- stood near them, nodding approvingly. But wb&t do you think. he said in reply ? It is so shocking [ hardly know how to tell vor- But this is what he said, •' You are nothing but trash. What do you know abo»Jit Disestablishment! You ought to he at home, looking after your husbands and yoar- children, cleaning your 4mes and darning stock- ings." Now, ladies of the Primrose League," allow me to tell you this Keep away from political meetings I in the future. Your angelic tempers will not allow: I you to keep quiet through an excited meeting. I You feel you must do something. Your hands are H itching to get at yotts opponents, and. because you I canuoto YOUL hiss and tbreaten- Now this you will H never ao. You must cultivate a better temper, or H you will never becoihe great politicians. They talk H of sending yon to represent ns in Partament, but H really it we were to send you with such sweet H tempers, we would never have a good measure passed H once inya centtury. So I hope you will reform. ■ Thanking you in anticipation of vour kindness^ ■ I am, dear sir, years truly, ■ THE MAX IK THE Moos. ■

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