The Llanelly Mercury and South Wales Advertiser

EUROPEAN POLITICS. I TWO VIEWS. I THE OUEEN OF THE SEA. I Dr Thomas (as -quoted iu last week's article) wrote the Russian Ambassador in London that Brirain wonld shake the world with her thunder." Hera is a poetical effusion em- lKxJving the sentiment, and it is made use 01 in a sevenpenny pamphlet, pinched by Walker 21 Hendon Road, Sparkhill, Biriiiijig- ham, entitled "A Look round the Troubled World: or the Gathering storm in Europe she in the furthest West, the mur- mur has reached our ears-- She wakes! in the farthest- East,, tae listen and' fears; I ,-he. wakes! the ravens clamour, and wi.nds ovy overhead, s.l<- 6 S I' e, The wandering waves tak^ e up ihe cry, wakes ?hom nations dread. At last, ye have roused the Sea Queen: at las? when the world unites. She stirs from her scornful silence, am. wakes to hec last of fights; Alone, with the world against her, s, ue has turned on the snarling c-rev>, o longer the Peaceful Trader, but the Viking North Seas knew. She calls, and her ships ol bat her seas have bred— (Slide into Plymouth. Harbour, and g, tlier round Beac-liy Hend. She wakes and the clang of armi. ng ec,iio'.s through all the earth, The ring of warriors' weapons: stern, of soldiers' mirth. In the world there may 1)€ nations, and there gathers round every throne The strength of earth-born armies, but the sea is England's own. As she ruled, she still shall rule it, from Plymouth to Esquimau, As long as the winds are long as the waves are salt. This ma:" be our Armageddon; seas may purple with blood and flame. As we go to our rest Tor ever, leaving the world a name. What matter? There have been none like 11S. nor any to tame our pride. Tê we fall," we shall fall as they lei., die as our forefathers died- What better ? the seas that bred us shad roer; us to rest at last. If we sink with the Jack still <.yuig, to the nation's mast." PRIDE. I This sounds pretty to those who think oulv of "Rule Brittania! Brittania rules tne waves. Britons never shall be slaves. Yet it is that "pride" which is ahhorred of bud. Who allows no flesh to (eonl inually) giory or boast. Egypt in ages gone bye had a similar I spiTit. and boasted. "My river is iiiine mm, ?.nd I h?e u?de it for inyseh. The uWj u( God was. "They also that uphold Eg?pt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down" <Ez. xxix. 3: xxx 6). Let Kip- ling re-sing. "Lest we forget, OLo-cd(.odu Hosts." The prophet Isaiah predicts that I there shall be a destruction of the pride tlid, embodies itself in "the ships of larshiah and upon all pleasant watch towers (u. Lb R V.M.i What these watch towers are is welt put in the report of the Committee oi Foreign Relations of the United States, 1841: Byitaiii's military occupation of Gibiaitai, Ataita. Ionian Islands, and recently St. Jean [)'Acre, gives her ascendency in the Aledi- Lranean and the Levant, while St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope give her posses- sion of the currents of trade alonl- these ex- tensive coasts. Then Bombay, Calcutta, and her immense possessions in the East Indies, Together with her recent lllOyemeULS Ül the rhina seas and islands, enable her to extend her power over those vast regions that have slumbered for age.s in solitary and encrvattd magnificence. She, possesses the Falkland Is- lands but. to control the commerce thaI passes round Cape Horn-while Trinidad ives her all she desires in the Caribbean cas. Halifax at one point, and Bermuda at another, stand out in great force over our own coast, from one extremity to auothei. I "NAVAL POWER. j is a sample corroboration of these sentiments of pride in the British Navy, in a more prosaic form, in some comments in the Standard," March 18th, 1901, arising out of it dispute at That time between Britain and Russia: "It is. we are told, another attempt on the part of Admiral Alexeiff, the Russian commander-in-chief in Eastern Asia, to create trouble, and develop friction between the two nations. But the British. Government cannot afford to exhibit the smallest sign of weak- IICSS. It may turn out that our prestige in Asia and our whole future interests in China are hanging in the balance. The rivalry be- tween the two powers, which has been kept >imnrorine through Russian mtrigiie, would seem to have come at last to an issue. It this is intended as a trial of strength, eyory consideration of policy and honour demands that we shall not permit ourselves to b2 worsted. Russia, not to mince words, must he induced, or compelled, to retire, even it the resources of the British Empire should !>e needed to bring about that rcsult. Recent events, unhappily, lend colour to the suspi- cion that Russia is determined to pursue in N'orthem China that insidious and systema- nc method of enlarging her dominions in tho i?r nst with which w?? are already too fa?nn- j )iar in Central Asia. W è l1esWa'te ? sup? <?? 1 hat Russian statesmen have deluded ♦hemsalves that they can have a free hand in Asia, because of our temporary occupations elsewhere. They should be aware that. tav i-hiet and Strongest weapon of Great Britain 'i? no less pot on t now than it has been c?3 It ? t?e that we have 200,000 trocf.r locked up In South Africa. Bat our fleet is 'ntacT and it is on our tliai we ?Sri' NOty t? protect British interests when at tacked by any of our greater rivals. A p?n? thought, for the nieduativo n.-Mkr- Ha? it not been a noticeabk l?t that -?-e Yen' elements have been a n1uc8;Jf help ?? a.?)s? in the building up of the n.-tyal .o?TOiB? andhef Mend.? It \yas! ? ? Jtorm that chiefly destroyed the Spatns \rmad?, am! Qu?n Elizabeths  medal iii '•omnieinoT at i on thereof bad Tdernee to '-?d blew," and they sank .= t stoac Th cements were nearly alway. a? ??e?non < .^red in his famous battles. The element.s .ere ?vou?hle to  the! Japanese "'? UWY destroved the Russian navy. ?id the dè- .cn? be against the Brit?h ?avy when their mission has ceased, and i. is Ged's purpo>5<' to asrain directly and of),c-nly interfere in the affairs of men through the personal return ..f icsiis" If not, what do these worik, mean: Thor breakest the ships (}f Ta:rsbhh \\1th (To be i:o;itinued, God willing.)

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An Impostor at Kidwelly.  N -k NLW I THE CHINESE MISSIONARY 1? A NEW ROLE. WANTS TO BUY A FARM AND IS AX INSPECTOR, OF LOCOMOTIVES. At KiCt\H:lly TO'H1 Han on TU8Sd,'(, Thos. At I Jones t-aaed about 30) was brought up in cus- tody and charged before Messrs. l), 0 Anthony (Mayor) and George E. Bowen, with obtaining food and lodgings by false pretences. Mr and Mrs Thomas, Green, Xantygro, said that prisoner came to their house on the evening of the 27th of May, and asked for lodgings, saying he had come to examine the engine (Mr. 'Yo Young'), They agreed to give him lodgings, and he said the Company I would pay all, and that he would require to stay about a week. He came into the liou se about, 9.15 p.m., and stayed all next day. When lie left lie said he was going to meet his mate It was on the understanding that the Company was going to pay that they took him in. He had no clothes or luggage with him when he came. I Mr Thomas Hall, Pac-beley, manager of the A.Y. Silica Brickworks, said: I did not em- ploy the defendant at all, neither was lie em- ployed by Mr. Young. He has never been in the employ of the Company, and he had no authority whatever to tell anybody that the Company would pay for his lodgings. Mrs Owen and her son, Penymynydd, Kid- welly, gave evidence, and said that defendant came to them on May 27th at about 7.30 p.m. He asked for loggings, and said he was com- ing about the engine They agreed to give him lodgings, and he had supper that night and breakfast next day. He said the Com- pany would pay all his expenses, and would pay 20s. a week for his board and lodgings. He left next morning, saying he was going to the Brickworks. He sai(-l his wa-z? J). W. Nay smith, and he wrote on a piece of ?I)aDer, ?k-Ilich he gave her, this name, accom- panied by the mystic letters, I'a. Ea. --Nl. Eng., 38 Oxford Street, Edinburgh, Scotland" He also said he had a box with clothes at Kidwelly Station. P.C. P. J. Da vies gave evidence of arrest, I and stated that when charged the defendant replied that lie had fold them all a lot of lies, and he said it was quite right that he was guilty. He did not know what made I him do it, but he was very sorry now. Supt. Roger's said that some two years ago prisoner had been convicted at Llanelly of stealing a tin box of clothes, and had been sent to gaol for three months. He had also passed at the time in several places as a Chinese missionary, and in that guise had obtained food and lodgings at several place- I' Prisoner pleaded guilty to all the charges, and pleaded for leniency. The Mayor severely admonished, him, and defendant promised to mend his ways in the future. He was sentenced to one month's im- prisonment.

HARBOURLIGHTS. The Whitsuntide holidays have slackened I trade, but there is every prospect of a fair a I -0- la dealing with timber, the quay space available at the North Dock is of great ser- vice for teitiporary storage. -0-- In th? )lder sailing-ghip days the ï8ssels I discharged at about th? pace as that at which timber could be conveniently received into the yards, but with a steamboat things are the 3- ,,tr d s, b?.it N\-itli i. different. With her heavier standing charges she cannot afford leisurely discharging, or loadiilg, and will only be found where she can count 'upon despatch. — n — With boats oi such size as cannot, as yet, count upon an outward return cargo of c-oal from Llanelly, the call for despatch is still i- mine urgent. So far, fortunately, the equipment of the North Dock for giving such despatch has proved excellent. There itS apparently, uo fault to be found with it.. If it only had a chance of working regularly to its full capacity, the half-yearly balance- sheet of the Trust would soon take on a more favourable complexion. I -0- I There is no reason \\hy it should not, gran- ted only the slightly deepened channel out- side, and for carrying this out the consent of the, B"ard of Trade is still being awaited.

————————— 1 A Llangennech Bard's Success. We are highly pleased to chronicle the victory gained by our premier poet Morleisfab, at the Llanrwst Wliit-Monday Eisteddfod, where, out of seven competitors, he. woni the I chair and. a substantial money prize on an ode, the subject being "Y Tan Cymreig." The adjudicator. Eifion Wyn, spoke very highly of ¡' the work, which we hope to see in print very soon.

I Llanellyite's Sudden Death. I News reached Llanelly on Saturday <u the I sudden death of Mr William Roberts, an old j i inhabitant of Llanelly, who for 30 years was a marine engineer in the service of Messrs. Rogers and Bright, Liverpool. Deceased was found unconscious in the engine-room of the steamship" Volana," of which he was chier engineer, while iu dock at Wortliiiigton dis- charging bars. He was removed, to the local hospital, where he died without regaining consciousness.

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CRICKET. I LLAXELLY'S GOOD WIN. I The Llanelly team defeated Neath at Stra- dey on. Saturday by 220 (for eight wickets) to 74. Llanelly batted first, and Percy Rees and I Clough opened the innings, facing the bowliug of J. D. Davies and J. W. Jones. When the first, wicket fell the home team had registered 73 runs, and two of the men were disposed of for 105 Having reached 220, the home team declared, with Hubert John .and Warnei to bat. Clough took nine wickets for 39 runs, whilst Hugh Howell took one wicket for 12, the Neath men being disposed of very rapidly. Scores:—- Llanelly. I Percy Rees c Watkins b 3, D, Davies 49 Clough c G. Thomas b T)aNic-z; 48 Cliff Bowen c Freethy b J. W. Jones 7 H. Howell c Watkins b Davies 22 W. Davies st Watkins b Davies 23 H. B. Roderick c Whit-tington b J onee 37 E. Gee c Whit-tington b Jones 6 P. Rogers c Marshall b Freethy 17 J. Be van not out 1. Extras 16 j Total (for 8 wickets) 220 J Total (for 8 %A-ickets) not 220 I Neath. j A. E Freethy c Rogers bClou?h. 7 I Marshall c Davies b Clough 15 J. W. Jones c Bevan b Clough 6 Shuttleworth c H. John b Clough 18 A. L. Whittington c P. Rees b Clough 6 J. D. Davies b H. 8 Gwyn Thomas, c P. Rogers b Clough 4 Peter David not out 0 H. Prosser c H. John b Clough 5 A. C'. Reed Ibw b Clough 0 D T. Watkins b Clough 4 Extras I I Total. 7? I I -0- I I KIDWELLY v. LLANELLY 11. I I This League match was played at Kidwelly on Saturday, and resulted in a-win for the home team, the scores being as follows:— Kidwelly. H. Greenwood b J. Williams. i\, J. Watkins c B Jones b Williams 0 E. R. Evans st J. Rees b Williams 0 G. T. Gravelle c Phillips b Williams 3 G. E. Bmven run out 23 T. R. Griffiths b D. H.Davies. 10 1) J. Hughes c Bailey b Davies 0 R. Davies c A. Lewis b I)avies 2 W. D. Davies e G. Rowe b Davies 6 W. Parry-uot out 10 D. R. Wild c A. Lewis b J. Williams. 6 Extras 3 Total. 67 Llanelly Seconds. J. Roes b G. Gravelle 17 J. Williams run out I 6 H. S .Burn c W. D. Davies b Parry 1 A. Lewis b Gravelle 0 D. H Davies b Gravelle E. E. Bailey c G- E. Bowen b Parry. 0 G. Rowe Ibw b W. Parry 5 H. E. Jones 1) I 4 J. II. Randell c J. Watkins b Parry 10 R. B. Phillips c J Watkins b Parry 0 J. AVaTts not oiir 5 Extras 2 Total. 50 PARK CHURCH v. LLANGENNECH. I This inateli was placed at Llangenueoii on I Saturday last, the homesters winning' by Si runs. Scores:— I Llangennech.—W. J. Hughes c and b A.. Ed- wards 3, J. Williams c A. Edwards b W Rogers 8, D. Thomas run out 2, T. Rees b J. Rogers 12, R. T. Gabe b W. Rogers 14, W. J. Bowen c V. Phillips .b J. Rogers 0, S. Rees b J. Rogers 0, R Aubrey c A. Edwards b W. Rogers 2, C. Williams b W. Rogers 0, R. John not out 3, W. J. Thomas o F. Rogers b A. Edwards 6, extras 2, total 52. Park (!Iiureli.-W. ro,-ers h D. Thomas 16, J. W. Walker c J Williams b D. Thomas 0, F. Rogers b D. Thomas 0, J. Harrington b D. Thomas 6, J. Rogers b D. Thomas 0, J. B. Jones b D. Thomas 0, V. Phillips b Hughes 9, E. Bray b Hughes 4, G Phillips run out 2, A. Edwards b D. Thomas 5. G. Davies not out 0. extras 2, total 44. FELINFOEL v. SWANSEA THIRDS. This match was played at St Helen's Field, Swansea, on Saturday, and would certainly have resulted in a win for Felinfoel if time bad allowed. Jere Griffiths was again the most -suceegsful bowler, taking four wickets for 26 runs. Scores:— Tli;r(is.W. Mitchell c B. J. James h J. Griffiths 13, W Freethy b D. Staples 12, S. B. Williams c and b E. J. James 8, Ivor Lloyd b J. Griffiths 15, Jack Davies c W. Y. Davies b J. Griffiths 0, Harry Harvey b J. Grif- fiths C, R. M. Thomas b E. J James 9, C. H. Jenldns run out 20, J. Meager e E. Roberts b E. J. James- 2, E. Duncan c E. Roberts b D. Staples 25, G. LI. Hay not out 0, extras 6, total 109. Felinfoel.W. Griffiths b R. M. Thomas, W. T. Davies b H. Harvey 1, J. Williams b R M. Thomas 12, J. Griffiths e S. B. Williams b Mit- chell 18, E. Roberts1 c Freethy b Mitchell 24, D. J. Saunders b Freethy 21, E. J. James not out 7, P. Davies c Lloyd b Harvey 4, G. IVil- liams riot out 1, extras 12, total (for seven wickets) 100 D. Staples and D. Griffiths to bat.

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The Doom of a World. f I (By a Banker.) Our lovely satellite, though a dead world, is yet most beautiful in death. Hanging full- orbed and resplendent in the canopied dome of the midnight sky, shedding a silvery light I over the landscape, or illumining the rippling I wavelets of the ocean with a lustrous "angels' pathway extending from far out on the I horizon to the shore itself, where it swirls and splashes as though formed of liquid silver, the queen of the night with her calm and placid splendour is ever supremely at- tractive and most lovely. But when examined through a powerful jj telescope it is seen that ehe is but the wreck of a world; that though at. one time the scene of Nature's mightiest energies, a very holocaust of ferment and fire, yet now she is but a cold and. lifeless mass; inert and ex- tinct. But in that far-of f epoch her entire surface-at any rate, the whole of the one hemisphere which is visible from the earth- I was studded with huge, live, volcanoes. Not puny earth-rents like Vesuvius, or Etlla, or Kratkatoa, but towering and stupendous mountains, many with craters three hundred or more miles in circumference, and with a depth so prodigious that probably one crater such as Schickard could contain every vol- cano on this earth. I And what a lurid spectacle must she have presented, especially at new moon, when viewed from the earth. Each one of those innumerable and gigantic caldrons oi fire belching forth cataracts and whirlwinds of; livid flame high up into the ether; Imge-i masses of incandescent rock ejected from the interior and hurled even over those lofty ¡ parapets into the adjacent plain, where they ¡ now lie; stupendous columns of fiery SHl 0 ko j mounting high up into the air; whsl-e-the- en- j tire burning orb must have appeared like a j doomed world condemned to a fiery. ruin; in all dtractions .hundreds of square miles of glowing incandescent gases and sheets of i flame perpetually vomited forth., a wild hypo- j canst of fiery and convulsive turmoil. But at that time this earth was not ready j for the. hahitiltion of man, though possibly j in that far off aeon, the first, or the second, j day" of creation, the. gradual extinction of j the lunar fires may have taken place. And then [It length, when the beauties of our tor- j restial globe were perfected, and its beauti- I ful satellite, no longer a globe of raging fire, j but a lovely illuminator of the night, man is created And, alas, no sooner created than a j faHen rebel! But happily for us the Son of God in infinite mercy and love, hy, on the cross of shame, Himself bearing the punish- ment, has satisfied the demands of Justice. on behalf of repentant mortals, and has pro- vided a means of escape from the conse- j quence both of that. If all, and of committed • transgressions. j — 1

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