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ABERYSTWYTH COLLEGE. SiR JOHN WILLIAMS, who presided over the half-yearly meeting of the Court of Gover- nors at Barmouth on Friday, urged the importance of making out a strong case in suppoxt of the application for a portion of the museum and library grant being allocated to the Welsh Library at Aberystwyth, because, whatever institution would have the name of being national, that at Aber- ystwytb, said th$ distinguished Baronet, would be the one in reality. Principal ROBERTS also, in his report, dwelt at length upon the proposed museum grants to Wales and the claim of the College Welsh Library to a grant from those national funds when allocated. The PRINCIPAL said that six of the county councils arnliated to the College had adopted resolutions strongly supporting the claims of the Library to recognition, and he had little doubt that the Merioneth County Council would follow their example when the deputation had laid their case before that body. He asserted that a solution of this question, which set aside the just claims that they had put forward, would entirely fail to meet the needs of the case and the wishes of a very large section of the people of the Principality. Speaking of the recent joint deputation to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER respecting an increased Treasury grant to the Welsh colleges, the PRINCIPAL said that though the CHANCELLOR declined to make an increased grant this year, yet they would observe that be was not without expectation of a renewed application. They had learned the objec- tions with which their claims were likely to be met, and forewarned they would be fore- armed. He had no hesitation in saying that they would be able to establish their claim to the satisfaction of the Government. In the meantime, it was abundantly clear that every aid extended by private liberality, or by the local authorities to the Welsh Colleges on behalf of the objects of their immediate appeal, would immensely Increase their prospect of speedy success in their application for aid from the Imperial Treasury.

MR. VAUGHAN DAVIES' BILL. Ma. VAUGHAN DAViES' Bill to provide for Improving and extending the procedure for obtaining Parliamentary powers by way of Provisional Orders in matters relating to Wales" was read a second time in the House of Commons on Friday. Owing to Indisposition, Mr. VAUGHAN DAVIES himself was unable to be present, and the Bill was presented by Mr. BnYNMOR JONES, who explained its various provisions at length in a clear and able speech. The Bill, the main object of which is to extend the principle of devolution in private legislation, will, if it becomes law, prove a great boon to the Principality, inasmuch as it will mean an immense amount of saving-in time and money—to our public bodies. This was by no means the nrst time that this question has been brought forward with specinc reference to Wares; and in Mr. YAUGHAN DAViES' Bill the provisions of the Scotch Act have been closely followed throughout, the only new feature being the proposed substitution of a Joint Board of the Welsh County Councils for the purpose of making enquiries/instead of Members of Parliament. Some nervous Unionist members thought they detected the cloven hoof of Home Rule in part III. of the Bill, and they urged that it would never do to set up a Joint County Board in Wales and invest it with powers which, in the case of Scotland, were retained in the hands of Parliament. It was, however, admitted on all hands that devolution was necessary, and abundant proofs were given by Mr. HERBERT LEWIS and others that the present system is absurd, expensive, and antiquated. There can be no two opinions that reform in this direc- tion is badly wanted, for the grievance of people living in distant parts of the country is very real. It ought not to be, in the interests of the people, whatever it may be in the interests of counsel, Parliamentary agents, and expert witnesses, that the pro- motion of private Bills should entail the enormous expenses incurred in the present system of having to conduct the proceedings in London. On economic grounds alone the present procedure is intolerable. At present poor people are deprived of the opportunity of going before the Commission because they cannot afford the travelling and other expenses. And, further, a Com- mission sitting locally, dealing with local matters, can personally inspect the locality concerned. These are outstanding points, and it will be seen how they affect these private Bills applying, as they do, to in- dustries, as railways, docks, &c., and to public requirements, such as gas, drainage, and water. A case could clearly be made out in the two points that it would be incomparably cheaper and innoitely more satisfactory by being on the spot." Mr. LoNG's speech suggested an objection not merely to the details, but to the principles of the Bill. His abjection, however, did not go so far as the division lobby. The actual situation, as Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE, who followed Mr. LONG, left it, was a compro- mise between the promoters of the Bill and the amendment of Mr. HoBHOusE for inquiring into the results of the Scotch experiment. On the one hand, Mr. LLOYD- GEORGE and his friends eliminated Part III. of the Bill, though without ptejudice," and on the other hand Mr. LoNG promised, on behalf of the Government, to refer the question promptly to a Select Committee. On this understanding the second reading of the Bill was agreed to. The terms of refer- ence will include the Welsh Bill, the results of the Scotch experiment, and the extent to which It is capable of application to the rest of the United Kingdom. In this way the whole question of devolution will be in- quired into. Mr. VAUGHAN DAViEs Is to be congratulated upon the marked success ¡ which has, so far, attended his enbrts. A. report of the discussion on the Bill is given in another part of this Issue.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. 0 The news of the lamentable death of Alder- man Pethick. of Plymouth will be received with regret in this district where he had made many friends during the construction of the Vale of Rheidol Light Railway. ———— The Scotch Secretary, in the House of Commons on Monday, introduced the new Scotch Education Bill. In contrast with the English measure, the bill proposes to retain the directly-elected school boards with full control over primary and secondary educa- tion. The chief change is the abolition of the electoral areas, which will in future coincide with those of the counties. -1/- Speaking at a Free Trade meeting at Huntingdon, Mr. Winston Churchill said it was perfectly natural that the Liberal Party should gain at the next election, because they had zealously and steadfastly upheld true, Xound economic principlea. The concentra- tion of all Free Trade forces must be worked for and one long line of. battle formed against the Protectionist foe. He deeply re- gretted that the Government had forced the Chinese Labour Ordinance i4hrough Plarlia;- ment without proving the real necessity for such labour in South Africa. -/1- The Passive Resistance Movement has struck terror into the heart of the Govern- ment. This most reactionary Government of modern times having wantonly destroyed School Boards in England and Wales have now introduced a Bill for establishing them more nrmly in Scotland It is a Bill also in which the principle of control by the ratepayers, denied to Englishmen and Welshmen, is granted to Scotchmen There is no end to the inconsistenciea of the present Govern- ment. who have now conceded what passive resistors are renounced for demanding. From our knowledge of the Montgomery Boroughs we feel certain that Colonel Pryce Jones has of late lamentably failed to repre- sent the views of an overwhelming majority of his constituents on some of the burning questions of the day. Having gone wrong over the Education' Act, he soon declared himself in favour of taxing the people's bread, and he now stands confessed as a Pigtail." If Colonel Pryce Jones thinks that he represented the opinion of any con- siderable body of the men and women of Montgomery when he gave his vote in favour of the institution of Chinese slavery in the Transvaal he will, we think, be disillusioned at the next General Election. -¡I- Colonel Pryce Jones has denounced dump- ing, maintaining that to do so is to the in- terest of the working man; but he allows the dumping of tens of thousands of Chinese to replace British labour in South Africa Will Colonel Pryce Jones tell us whether the Chinaman is a raw material or a manufactur- ed article? To what end were the lives of 23,000 brave soldiers sacrificed in a war which painted South Africa red at the enor- mous expense of .6250,000,00? Was it that the cosmopolitan Jew might now paint it yellow the easier? Let Colonel Pryce Jones answer, if he can; and let the wage earners of Montgomery Boroughs remember that every vote given to Colonel Pryce Jones at the next election will be a vote for the heathen Chinee. We are glad to note that some Unionists however, have the courage of their convic- tions and are strong enough to break the fetters of Party and Prejudice when great issues are at stake. Of such is Major Seely, who announced in the House of Commons last week, that he had resigned his seat in the Isle of Wight and intended to seek re- election as an opponent of Chinese Labour as well as of Protection. Mr. Godfrey Baring, who had been chosen as his Liberal opponent at the General Election, has most magnanimously waived his opposition, and there will, accordingly, be a straight fight between Major Seely and a supporter of the Government practically on all issues-for when it comes to nghting, the Education question, which is the third great issue, can certainly not be omitted. Equally signln- cant-in a certain sense, even more signifi- cant-is the fact that the Free Food League —consisting of Unionist Free Traders—has decided to support Major Seely in thus challenging the Government on issues which go beyond Free Trade. Another Unionist member. Colonel Kemp. has meanwhile given notice to his constituents that he does not propose to stand as a supporter of the Gov- ernment at the next Election. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, interviewed on his arrival at Plymouth from New York on Sat- urday, said that English political history was marked by three great blunders. The nrst cost Great Britain their great North American dependency, now the United States; the second was the Crimean War; the third the Boer war. When the Crimean war was over the trouble ended. Of the Boer war, however, the troublesome effects and consequences were all to come. and were only now beginning to make themselves felt. The blunder of the late war was seconcfin magnitude only to that which lost North America to Great Britain, and it might have similar consequences. At any rate, the in- troduction of Chinese labour would not make the colony British, nor could it possibly tend to bind it closer to the British Empire. ———— Some clergymen are even more outspoken than Dr. Clifford himself when they give vent to their feelings on the Education Act. The Rev. R. C. Fillingham. President of the Protestant Pioneer League, and vicar of Hexton, Hitchin. writes thus:—On my re- turn from my Protestant campaign in the United States, I am alarmed to hear rumours of a possible compromise on the education question. No compromise In the matter is even conceivable to a thorough-going Pro- testant. For my own part, I will never abandon the struggle, and I will never. pay a farthing of rate as long as any sectarian teaching is paid for by public money. Our motto must be that no dogmas shall be taught at the public expemaeL Those who wish to give the children sectarian teaching must build their own schools and support them with their own money. In rate-aided schools there must be no teaching of Denom- inationatism. -I¡- The so-called Aberystwyth Rate- payers' Association has fallen foul of the Mayor, Mr. Isaac Hopkins, who was at one time one of its supporters. The Association, in its usual high-handed manner, convened a meeting to be held at the Town Hall without in the first instance getting the permission of the Mayor for the use of that building. Having failed to se- cure the use of the building by subterfuge, rather than approach the Mayor, the meet- ing had to be held in the Pavilion. Every fair-minded man in the town will agree that the Mayor acted very properly by standing on his dignity. The custody of the Town Hall is vested in the Mayor for the time being, and the standing orders are quite clear on this point, as will be seen from the following extract:—" All applications for the use of the rooms in the Town Hall shall be made and decided upon by the Mayor for the time being." The town would soon be in a state of anarchy if every Tom, Dick, and Harry were to take the government into their own hands. Every good citizen should rejoice that the Mayor refused to be bullied into submission by a few demagogues. -11- The hurried enquiry into the administra- tion of the Education Act in Carmarthenshire cannot be said to have thrown any new light on the subject or to have added much to our knowledge of the relations of parties in that county. It has simply served to bring the parties one step nearer to the final col- lision. It was known that the County Coun- cil were not giving to Voluntary schools the same aid as to provided schools, and Mr. Llewelyn Williams frankly admitted that no lawyer could say other than that the Council had not carried out the Act. Within the limits of the reference the Commissioner on the facts can only report that the County Council have failed in their duty to the Vol- untary schools, Had the limits been extend- ed so as to include a ccceral survey of all the circumstances, including those under which the Act itself was passed, a different, or at least a modined, verdict might have been possible, but the Commissioner set Irs face against any departure from his instruc- tions, and the inquiry has followed the course which anyone might have foreseen. The Dogs Bill will require amending be- fore it will give satisfaction to nockmasteis, in whose interest mainly it has been intro- duced. Lord Onslow was asked to give a right to farmera and shepherds to shoot any dog found in the act of worrying sheep, but ho declined to pledge himself to what he regarded as an extreme proposal, and no such power is given in the Bill. There is nothing new in the liability of the owner of a dog for damage done by it. The difneulty usually is to catch the animal, or even to identify it, as sheep worrying is usually done at night. As for the authorisation to local authorities to require the owner of every dog in their districts to keep a collar on the animal, with that persons name and address inscribed thereon, it Is useful, but not in it- self eumcicnt. Similarly, the further power to provide against dogs being left free to stray between sunset and sunrise might be useful if exercised vigorously, although it would be likely to trouble owners of perfect- ly harmless animals. The measure came on for second reading in the House of Com- mons last week; but the discussion of it was I not concluded.

WALES IN LONDON On Thursday evening the Rev. H. Elvet Lewis, who concluded his ministry last Sun- day at Hare Court Church. Canonbury, Lon- don, preached to a crowded congregation at the reopening, after extensive alterations, of the King's Cross Welsh Tabernacle Church, of which he has been elected pastor in. suc- cession to the Rev. Dr. Owen Evans. At the second annual dinner given by the London Glamorgan Society on Saturday night, the chairman, Mr. D. Brynmor Jones, challenged the world of literature and states- manship to produce greater men than gallant little Wales. In proposing The forces spiritual and temporal," of Wales, Principal Grimths, F.R.S. (Vice-chancellor of the Uni- versity of Wales), claimed that hia nation had done much towards the real elevation of the masses. It was dimcult to reconcile the present condition of affairs in Wales so far as the clerical and educational situation was concerned. Mr. Brynmor Jones, in propos- ing the County and the Society." declared that it had proved the necessity of its ex- istence in many cases, in which it had bene- nted young men from Glamorganshire alone in London. Among other speakers were the Rev. G. Hartwell Jones. Major-General H. H Lee. Captain G. Bransby Williams, John J. Jacobs, and Grimth Thomas, the Mayor of Swansea. On Wednesday evening Professor Anwyl, of Aberystwyth, read a paper before the Soc- iety of Cymmrodorion in London on The Study of Old Welsh Poetry," The chair was occupied by Mr. David Davies, of Llandinam. who on this occasion made his nrst appearance amongst the Welsh in London. Professor Anwyl dealt at considerable length with the dimculties which beset the critical investiga- tion and interpretation of the oldest Welsh poetry, and onered a number of suggestions for overcoming the dimculties. In the dis- cussion that followed Mr. R. A. Griffith (Elphin) expressed the hope that the lecturer would publish at length the result of his minute researches into the works of the ancient bards. Mr. William Jones, M.P., Insisted on the importance of producing text- books in Welsh literature and Welsh history for the use of Welsh students in schools and colleges—a work which Professor Anwyl, Professor Morris Jones. Principal Rhys, and others were now well able to perform. A sale of work was held on Thursday last at the Schoolroom of the Wilton Square Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, by the ladies of the church, towards liquidating the debt of the chapel and in order to celebrate the jubilee of the Church (it having been erected 50 years ago.) It will be pleasing to note that the old Wilton Square Chapel was the premier of all the London Welsh Chapels to become free of debt. and the new one also, will be the nrst of the newer chapels. The bazaar was opened at 3.30 p.m. by Mrs. Havard. and an address was delivered by the pastor. Rev. G. H. Havard, B.A.. The ladies Who superintended the stalls were:— Mrs. L. H. Roberts, assisted by Mrs. Wood- ward Owen, Mrs. Thos. Jones. Mrs. Richard Davies, and the Misses Meredith and Price. Mrs. Edmunds, assisted by Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Jones and Misa Davids. The flower stall was under the management of Mrs. D. B. Owen and Miss Lydia Davies. and the refreshment stall by Mrs. W. J. Jones, Mrs. H. Edwards. Mrs. David Jones and the Misses Jenkins and Davies. During int<\ vals appreciative songs were rendered Miss Annie Parry, Miss C. Jones. Mrs. Tho- mas, Miss Davies and Messrs. Dd. and J. Parry. The schoolroom was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and it is antici- pated a very handsome sum has been realized.

The National Union of Teachers. The National Union of Teachers, which now numbers 50 county associations and dis- trict unions. 463 local associations, and o0,o50 members, will hold its thirty-fifth annual conference at Easter in Portsmouth by invitation ot the Mayor and Council of the Borough. There will be receptions and excursions from Thursday, March 31st on- wards. but the conference proper will open on Easter Monday. April 4th, when the Mayor of Portsmouth and other representa- tivea of the Borough will welcome the visit- ors. Representatives to the numbe rot 2,000 have been appointed to attend the Conference by the various branches of the Union. Mr. George Sharpies, the new pre- sident, will deliver his inaugural address, dealing with current questions of great edu- cational interest. The vice-president, treas- uier, and -members of the executive for the ensuing year will be elected, and the result of the poll for the place of Conference in 1904 will be announced. Debates upon the questions of scholarships from primary to secondary schools, size of schools and classes. staffing of schools, naval school service, half- time labour of school children, certincation and training of teachers, salaries of teachers. the teachers' register, tenure of onice, the decimal system, school attendance, drill, superannuation, school discipline, etc., will take place during the public sessions of con- ference, and there will be sessions for the consideration of private business and mat- ters domestic to the Umon. An extensive exhibition of aparatus and books for school use will be held. The National Temperance League will entertain representatives to breakfast on the Tuesday. The annual meetings of the Teachers' Provident Society and the Teachers' Benevolent and Orphan Fund will take jplace. A conference dinner will be held on tne Tuesday, and a concert in aid of the Union charities and a ball on the Thursday. On the Thursday the Mayoress of Portsmouth will receive the purses con- tributed by the various branches' of the Union towards the maintenance of Orphan- ages and other benevolent institutions in connection with the Union, and will present the trophies awarded to the branches con- tributing the largest sum per member. Ad- ditional features of the conference arrange- ments will be the reunions of former students of training colleges, meetings of the National Federation of assistant Teachers, and of the National Federation of Rural Teachers, a ladies' At Home." and an, attractive pro- gramme of excursions to the Dockyard Winchester a.nd Chicheste? Cathedral?, the Isle of Wight, New Forest, and other pli(-e,.s of interest in and around Portsmouth to- gether with cycling and walking tours.' The focal representatives are Mr. R. R. Davies, Chancery, and Mr. W. Hamer. Trefciri.

Bible Society Centenary. LOCAL CELEBRATION. The centenary of the British and Foreign Bible Society v. as celebrated at Aberystwyth on Wednesday evening, March 23rd., when a largely attended public meeting was held at the inew Market Hall. Mr. Darlington, M.A., president of the local auxiliary, occu- pied the chair, and the audience included ministers and laymen of the Church oi England and of the other denominations. The Bishop of St. David's had been announc- ed as one of the speakers, but was unable to be present. A letter was also read from Principal Roberts regretting his inability to attend. The meeting having been introduced by singing and prayer. The Chairman, in the course of a Welsh address, said the Bible had not only revived Christian work in the country, but had also raised the standard of modern life and soc- iety. and had influenced European literature as we)I. He also pointed out that when the Society was established, the Bible was trans- lated into 40 or 50 different languages, but now it had been translated into about 400, and circulated all over the world. Bishop Heber's w&ll-known hymn 0 Greenland oer. fynyddig," having been sung, Archdeacon Williams, vicar of Holy Trinity, proposed the following resolution:— That this meeting gives thanks to Almighty God for His manifest favour and continued blessing 0:1 the labours of the Bible S<)ciety, and prays, especially in this the hundredth year of the Society's existence, that there may be a greater Interest. In, and reverence for. the Holy Scriptures, that there may be a keener sen.sc of responsibility for their world-wide circulation, and that Christian people of all nations may give this work a foremost place in their prayers and activ-i ities." He said he believed 'that in the first 'year the amount collected for the Society was-.ibout .€600, but in the past year the col- lections amounted to more than .€250,000. (Applause.) Describing the religious con- ditions existing in Wales prior to the for- maton of the Society, the Archdeacon spoke of the work of Mr. Thomas George, a London minister, who flnont the year 1674 gave two- thirds of his iyi,arne for the purpose of es- tablishing a school and of circulating the ,Bible mo!1gt the Welsh people. (Applause) And th" 'f':1sr} h did this for Wales was that in WaJes there was a greater need for edu-* cation, lie also collected money aioongst hiE friends and established schools and had Bibles and Testaments printed in the Welsh language. The work tnat was being done appealed to the benevolent, and they found that a certain number of wealthy gentlemen joined that good man in establishing schools and printing .tliblœ, and they termed a soc- iety in 1698 which was called the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, which was still doing noble work. Coming to deal with their own country they found that one of the first supporters of that great Society was Sir John Phillips, of Picton. In 20 or 30 years 150,000 Welsh people had been taught to read their Bibles. (Applause). He referred to the good w oik carried out by Charles of Bala. Theoe schools were neces- sary before the Bibles could be used. The Bible Society was established for circulating Bibles not only in England and Wales but. throughout the whole world. All Christian people had watched the marvellous progress of the work of spreading the Bible all over the world. They had to be thankful for the work, already done. Bibles to the n1 -mber of 180.000.000 had been circulated. Ee ke of the scope for work of this kind ir Citina., Japan, India and Africa, and said by dealing with those countries they would have halt the population of the world. (Applause.) The Rev. Dr. B. Davies. chairman of the Congregational Union of Wales, seconded the resolution. He said Wales was under & great obligation to the Society for what it had done in the past for her. but she was re- paying by the help she was now giving the Society.—The resolution was carried unani- mously. The Rev. D. H. Davies. vicar of Cenarth having spoken, also recited some appropriate verses by Williams, Pantycelyn. The Rev. T. Levi next proposed the tot- lowing resolution:—" That on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the Bible Society and the 91st year of the existence of the local auxiliary, we earnestly appeal te all Bible lovers in Aberystwyth and district. to make a special effort in contributing to- wards the funds necessary for the further- ance of the Society's noble work." The rev. gentleman referred to Charles' work, and speaking of the work of the Society he said many years ago a Bible cost jE70. and a New Testament JE40, and there were people in those times who if they could even aSord to purchase either could not read it. Through the enorts of the Society a Bible now coutd be had for 6d. an dthe New Testament for a. Id. There was still much to be done ajid if the 180.000,000 Bibles already sent to dinenent parts of the world were sent to China alone not half of the people there would have had a Bible. The rev. gentleman said that Queen Victoria once told a foreign potentate when she was asked a question that the secret of her empire's greatness was the Bible. (Applause) The Rev. W. Matthews seconded the re- solution in the absence of the Bishop. He said he was glad as a Churchman to know thap that excellent Society was well sup- ported by Churchpeople. He wanted to say something which he hoped they would nob misunderstand. He did not wish to say any- thing that would savour of controversy, but it was well-known that the method of proce- dure of the Society did not commend itself to every Churchman. He thought, however, there was one spot upon which every Church- man could stand and make an appeal on be- half of the Bible Society. In the literature which had been scattered over the town there wa.s honest testimony from the oSciaIs of the three Church Societies of the inestim- able value of the work of the Bible Society. If Churchmen had asked the Society to print. them a Bible in a certain language they would readily do so, and that was the reason he appealed to all Churchmen to help for- ward the funds of the Society.—(applause.)— The resolution waa carried. The Rev. T. E. Roberts, M.A.. announced that the following ladies would eanvaaa the town shortly for subscriptions on behalf of the Society:—Mrs. Francis, New-etreet; Mrs. Cocks. Brynymor; Mrs. Penry,. Bath- street. Miss Osmotherly, Marine-terraoe; Miss Evans. Laura-place; Miss Levi, St. David's-road; Miss Getta Jones, Marine- terrace; Miss Davies, North-parade; Miss Cole, North-parade, Miss Williams Great Darkgate-street; Mrs. Powell, 'Market- street; Mrs. Francis, North-road; Mise Ihomas. Marine-terrace; Miss Knight, Sea. View-place; Mi Morgan, Erwyd House; Miss Jones. Portland-street; Mrs. Jenkyn Jones, Stanley-terrace; Miss M. Pryoe Chalybeate-street; Mrs. Thomas, Little Darkgate-street; Miss Polly Jones, Terrace- road; Mrs. Sheraton. Penglaise-road; a.nd the representatives of the English Congre- gational, Salem. and Baker-street churches. It was a) ;o announced that there would be an exhibition of old Welsh books, eomprisinc & collection of Bibles, at the College in August. The Rev. Dr. Cynddylan Jones, deputa- tMHi from the parent Society, in the course of an interesting address, aaid a local lady when told that JE8 a year would maintain & native Bible woman in India, Immediately subscribed the money. The rev. gentleman made an earnest appeal on behalf of the Soc- iety for support, and said £132 had been collected at Tregaron, and Mr. John Cory ofCardin, had oSered jEl.OOO. (Applause).' rhe meeting ended with the singins of x hymn and prayer.

NEW QUAY* FuneraL—The funeral of Mrs Davies Church-street, took place )ast Thursday, when the following rmm-itersofBeiated:—The Rev. Gwilym Evans. Aberaeron. read a portion of Scripture and offered prayer at the house; the Rev J. M. Prythercb read and prayed at Iaenyg-roes Chapel; the Rev. D. M. Davies preached the sermon; and the Rev. J. HowcII, Llwyncelyn. offered prayer at the grave. This was one of the largest funerals seen here for a long time. It, was a testimony to the great respect the people had for one who bad lived among them for so many years. Medical Appointment.—On Saturday the West Wales Asylum Selection Committee met at Carmarthen to consider the 30 appli- cations for the post of second assistant medi- cal omcer. vacated by the resignation of Dr. Alice Johnson. The four selected fo rap- pearance before the committee of visitors ?-c?y (Ihursday) \\ere Messrs. W. T. James M.J?, C.L.B., Edinburgh (who is at present at New Quay): H. Collins Davies, M.B C.H.B.. Carmarthen; G. H. Shaw? M.B.' C.H.. Edinburgh, Shemeld; and T. Bodvelt- Roberts, M.A.. Cantab, M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P. London. The remuneration is JE150 a year with board and lodgings. Obituary.—We have to record wi'.h deep regret the death of Eunice, the vounse.st daughter of Captain and Mrs Davies, Park-street. Only a fort- night ago shf was as other cbi)dren, in her usual health, when she was suddenly taken iU and died, after a very severe b.t short illness. last. Wednes- day morning. Eunice was very popular not only with the children, but was also a great favourite with al! the people of Park-street and the sur- rounding streets; in fact, everybody seemed to be on good terms with her, and she was always on good terms with everybody. And as ? sign of the aSccticn in which she was held, a very large num- ber of people gathered to pay their last tribute to one whom they very much loved. In the house, at two p m. on Saturday, the Rev. J. Jenkins, pastor. preached a very appropriate sermon. From the house to the churchyard a procession of children led. followed by a number of people who had come from the surrounding districts. At the graveside the children sang "Wele ni yn dyfod lesu attat ti" and 0. mor bonus, gyda 'r lesu." under the conductorship of Mr Jones, Margaret-street. Among others who were present were the Revs. J M. Prytberch. Llanurtb; J. Howelt. Dwyncelyo; W. Aerwyn Jones, and D. M. Davies and Mr J. C. Jones, LIanartb. 9

FREE TRADE FOR EVER. (Air: "Scots Wha Ha.") Who would tax the People's bread? Who would dare a deed so dread P Shame upon the oppressor's head Who would to see Bntons back to that black hour, When gaunt Want, so grim and dour, Gripped the poor with awful power, While the rich went free. Shall we, for one traitor knave. Tax the food our Father gave? Shall we worse than Turk behave, For a Trickster's plea? For a plea so full of naw, See the wrongs our fathers saw? Sell the right that they made law That food shall be free? Of all penalties and pains, } Tax on food is worst of banes, All that God's fair earth contains. For man's good meant He. All that His fair lands bestow, All the fruits of all they grow, Sheep that bleat, and kine that low. All shall come in Free. —Fred Burton. in the "London Echo."