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CURRENT AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. [BT "AomcoUL" OP TKB "FIELD."] &> IJuUage is still to the fore, the lengthy examina. ? ? ? J- B. Lawea on Thursday, the 30th ult., Commissioners sitting in Parliament-street, hettning the chief groundwork of consideration. ? Worthy baronet is evidently much more b??? dispusad to this new system of hus- OH?? ?? resources than he was when nrst the M felted attention in this country, and he orded in his evidence one sumcient reason for H's earlier opinions were, he said, in ?e measure formed after examining the ra- rchea of the German chemists and ending °8!derable losses of nutritive property in thair yses of silage compared to what was con- ha? '° ?? origina) green fodder from which it boilt?° ?"?' S? ?°?°' however, last summer ? ?Io on his own farm, and, having &lled it b green clover, cut in a state of bloom, ha.s not nl'1 found the silage derived therefrom of excel* "t quality in being remarkably free from mould, ut to analyse very favourably compared with the 'nalysis of the green clover. The loss sustained Utmost entirely water, he sa.id, the nutritive rOperty sacrinced being so very small M to be ::rcel worth caring about. He also stated that obtained eight tona of silage per acre from hia P of ten tons of green clover, which would pro- Co y not have yielded more than two tona of hay. to nseqUeDUy, in all cases where it was desirable be have more succulent food io winter it would an advantage to turn grass or clover into silage tather than into bay. ? n the point of growing ensilage crops on arable Of d &t the expense of the root crop, the evidence the great Rofhamated authority goea dead be nst the new system, but it should baremem. '< that this is one with which his eeientinc pledge has little or nothing to do. When he that one good crop a year is sumcient, and ? is unwise to risk the safety of that in the savour to grow two crops, he reiterated what .?Y a shrewd, old, practical farmer has said Ote, and it is Sir John's farming and not 'l' lDical knowledge and skill we have to estimate. e force of this reasoning has always been ad- h .? ? ? case of stiff soils, if mangel wurzol hatred to be grown a winter fallow following 'llt" in unJn cleaning being the only real security. But he ease of swedes and turnips, no one can tin:¡. On on making sure of them by adopting d ilat means, and as there is this great risk and no "??"ce in having any crop whatever, if ??? &!one be sought to be cultivated, the ? cr may just as well take his winter green crop ? leaving it to circumstances whether it shall O deeded by swedes or by a silo crop of maize r bUCkWheat S' 10 11' B. Lawea also professed himself a dear "Ier of the four-course system, and so were the !t! ? ? England generally a few years ago, but '"?gulMly inapplicable to these times, and if ? tbe country were pelted to-morrow it would i "I ? Very few strict adherents. Even in Norfolk, tla blJ.thpla.ce. farmera are abandoning it, and Mr. ?M. ??' M P., characterises the farming of the ? ? to be that of giving prolonged tenure to the tb:t, nata grass layers, keeping them down two or ? ? Years instead of one year. Sir J. B. Lawes, aVer, has a special argument in favour of root- ""0. tu '"?' ?t fncourages the growth of weeds ?-??'y that they may be kitled," he says. Un. t?? ?Y, but this weed-making business is very <)In ?' ?? would it not tend just as perfectly to ? ? cleanliness if two silo crops were raised, b rat of rye and the second of maize or buck* ? t, according to the nature of the soil, allowing ¡¡ c.rops themselves to perform the weed-sup- L ?" ? According to general testimony, maize ?h ? ? ??? ?? cleaner than .anythtns else tb eneVer a good crop is ? ?ho remember that th'aM?B!))?M!?)t °°? ??tcal opinion which t???tSH)!??!Lracle ?f ??? soarcely pay de?enc? to it as being "lhble. Sensationat'OaraeraPhS in the daily papers often ft i? ? harn]. Last week iarmers were thrown tto??ate of great trepidation all over the king- i?.. ? t?o of these, which appeared successively ?t ? ??' ?° '?"ssday the EeHythorpo out- J)Or Of foot-and-mouth disease was made a big. oQ tentous-looking thing, and tollowing on that ? came a paragraph only two days afterwards ? t bother outbreak of the same malady had a.l1rl'ed at Hale, in Lancashire. Stockowners, ? ? t??o paragraphs, were in despondent and 'I} IOU9 case, thinking we wore a.bout to have tuer visitation of the insidious affection run. j "S like wiid&re ait over the land. What a relief .?Ust have been to them to And that Mr. Duck- ?t, M.P., in the House of Commons on Friday ltpelle¡1 the dire phantom entirely which, grow* S on idle rumour and false assertion, had been "Jtred up to view. Mr. Trevetyan, in reply to '(;J." Member for Herefordshire, stated that, although &0111111.18 had been reported to the Agricultural arttnent at the beginning of the week as lten with the disease in Yorkshire, they had 'ftfie.tly aU recovered, and the malady, whatever it had spread no further. As to the alleged ttt onc1 outbreak, it consisted of pleuro-pneumonia. tn'1 entertain the belief that it was not really tlJ"ll-and-l1Iouth that attacked the Kellythot-pe In"l f' ? 8. lna.smuch as no fresh ones had boea re- ?? 'ato the herd smce Novembar last and the ltiding of Yorkshire has been free of the 'll(j dy for a year. If it were proved to be foot* ? "?th we should be almost compelled to ? ? possibitity of the disease breaking out bt-¡ Qeously at any place, without fresh virus :g brought from abroad. rL e Central Chamber of Agriculture asked the 1'b r 11tnent for bread, but it has received a stone. ? f)t ? ?° ?? t?? speeches at the March meeting (I,?oQr of a. preferential duty being put on beer ?o ??? ??? ?°? ?°P? ?? ??? fancy the ais- ?? toaeat now fe!tby ba.rley growers in iladitig, ? ? of the relief they wished for, an additional "1{ r of lg. pm. barrel about to be put on. ?y. ?' this is too b?d," maay, of course, wilt e/ ll.t farmers, even at the Central Chamber, \oi. lIot Una.ru!nou-;]y o! opinion that it w a -t'. 11\1.1% I)ln to ask forth!. preferential duty, iaas- til as the beaeiit; dativable would be problema- t? tad tu? it would be wiser to ask for some- ?? better worth haviag thin a sm?ll marey ber ? this, Another party, of which the Cham- Q,l.Iti°f A.griCulture is fuH, desired that any fresh tqH. es shoUld be levied on foreign goods imported "'16\' tb ll" Ill} on home products, and they are natu- tI Appointed with what the Gjvorompnt 'th oSee doing. breding of pedigree pigs appears to be more ?? ratwe just now than the breeding of pedi- rtb')rn catt!e. At least- thi-; would onty ¡¡lia.tll.ra.1 conclusion to form in contrasting the ?y ??e ?t the aispersal of the Northorpo pig- ?L.'??cashire witJi those reatised at the two I} Ire auctious of Shorthorns at Beadia,m ??s ? ? Sproatley Rise held lo-st weak. The ?g ?sed of numbered 98, and big and little ?? ?'sed about jESOO. The nrst 40 ? ? ? ? Suiaeas each; 33 guineas were given ?o ?' ?ad 30 arulneas for a boar, while aome ?a tbree others brought very considerable ?t?. ?t Mr. G. Scoby's Shorthorns .tveraged ?0? ?ss than JESO eaci); and those of Mr. J. and Mr. T. Barber, 33 in nu'aber, only "'n gE:d -S26 16s. 7d. each. "Ol'd" -h1 Ing to the annua.1 report of Mr. Carruthers, :'>qt' t Ing botjnist to the Roya.1 Agricultural IIaI the adultera.tion of grass seeds is carried ), extent tha.n was the case some few \llq-e 8lnce. StiH, the only security for obtaining Q\) to ds is insisting on having them guaranteed ?t<f?""° standard. There can scarcely be ?<? ?ainy than palming oS on farmers dly. for the sake of a paltry pront, bad -Oi. Cll.lcUlated to make the soil barren or very

? "— ? ? WEATHER AND THE CROPS. ))*? t. ——— ??t??'' of Monday says:—Fine weather. ?v? Applies, the promiae of peace, and ?? &M??? ?? made trade very duit to-day. ?' ?o? foreign wheat about 2s. lower from ??tea ?' but not pressed for sale. Flour <)h?ce ? ?? rates. Barley quiet, at !a.te ,r l¡¡ aize Sd. dearer. Oats 6d. cheaper t fe a..rrivals. Beans and peas unchanged, 't'Ca. hng unsotHed and mistrustful of op prospects improved at home.

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GARDENING NOTES. [BY MB. J. MVIB. MAR3AM.1 PtANT LECTURES.—One evening last week Dr. Daniel!, a well-known M.D. of Aberavon, delivered a leccure there on some peculiarities of plant life, in which a great many interesting and little known facts were explained. The doctor haa evidently dipped a little deeper into the fascinating mysteries of the subject than the majority of mankind, and the result, was a lecture of a most suggestive character. It would not suit the object of my notea to dwell on such topics here, but the matter is decidedly noteworthy on account of the new and valuable information euch men as the doctor can, if they likp, give to us by word and illustration and it would be a great gain to the intellect of the public generally if those whose resources enable them to see and understand what is below the surface of our every-day surroundings could be induced to follow the praiseworthy example of Dr. Daniell. Gracious Heavens! And tomato saucp!" Not many years ago tomatoes were generally regarded as next to useless. In seme instances they were grown as ornaments, many looked upon them as poisonous, and none but the most professional cooks knew how to prepare them for the table. Of late, however, they have risen wonderfully in public estimation, and not only are they grown extensively, but alt who taste them once are anxious to secure them again. They are amongst the most delicious of all choice vegetables. They may be eaten raw as a aalad, or stewed or Mod aa a vegetable. They may be taken at breakfast, dinner, or supper, and they will bo found both acceptable and useful in the cottage and mansion. They are very pleasing to cultivate, and prontablo to grow for market. Juat now tomatoes are selling at 2s. 6d. per Ib. in Covont Garden, and they are never down at an unremune- rative price at any season, as the demand alwaya exceeds the aupply. ToMATO CcLTUM.—In the early spring months they require a hot-house or pit to grow them well, but from the middle of May until frost cuts them off in autumn, they may bo grown in the open air, and it is this mode of culture which will be the most suitable for the majority of readers. Plants may be readily raised from seed sown in a bouse frame or under a hand light. Where the assistance of none of these can bo secured a few plants may be bought in. The aoil best suited for them ia a pure !oam. Being free rooting sub- jects they are often aupplied with a great deal of manure at the root, but this is a mistake, as it only causes them to form a groat deal of supernuous growth and clusters of fruit too wide apart. In loam they grow robustly, short-j 'inted, and form closely-set heavy crops, which, if need be, can be assisted to mature with manure water. One or two barrow loads of loam for each plant will grow them splendidly. They should be planted against a wall or fence facing the aouth, and in the warmest part of the garden or house front. As they grow they should be confined to one or two main stems, and alt side growths should be pinched off before they are any groat size. The leading or fruiting stems may be tied to a stick, or nailed to the wall, and in very dry weather they should be watered freely at the root, but liquid manure should not be given until plenty of fruit has formed. When plants have been turned out from under glass some old bags. or such like, may be hung over them at night, until they have become accustomed to the atmosphere; but they grow very freely in summer, begin to ripen their fruit in July and Au<'ust, and go on doing so until October Of later. PRIMROSES.—Of late there has been a perfect mania for these, but it is rather curious that those who are so anxious to have them on one parti- cular day should remain so connned in their admiration, and not wish to possess them always. As a class they are both varied and interesting throughout many Hower- lesa spring days, and they may almost be grown as successfully in back or front town gardens aa by a river brink or on a mountain side. Mtny beautiful forms may be raised from seed, which would do well if sown now in any ordinary garden soil. Primroses are undoubtedly pretty and sweet emblems, but they are also most satis- factory plants for everybody and every situation. If many who throw away much time and money in trying to keep aomo "exotic gem" M existnnca would only turn their devotion on primroses and other perfectly hardy and never-failing Bowers their Bora! pleasures would be greatly enhanced. SpaiNG CABBAON.—These are now turning in satisfactorily, and very welcome they are as broccoli haa become rather a drug in the market and on the table. You may think there is not much that can be said about cabbage when they are ready for cutting, but there is this, if they are not cut too low and a good bit of the stem and outer leaves left young sprouts will soon form and these, if allowed to develop, will form many nice littte cabbages two or three months hence. Unless the ground i< really wanted spring cabbage should never be cleared off the Urst season as they will continue to produce quantities of sprouts and tops until far on into next spring. INSECTS ON RosES. — One hardly aver meata with a small rose-grower at thia time of the year without hearing com- plainta of the small niea and other insect posts which are to be found on the points of their rose shoota. Many operations have boon brought into force to exterminate them. and some of these are often very comical. Of special insecticides there are many. I cou)d na.mEJ- a dozen or more, but I do not know one that will clean rose shoots better of their winged occupants than a forcibly applied dose of aoapauds. Kvery body who grows roses— and those who don't, too—knows when it is I" wash day," and it is then the stuff should be secured for the roses. The affected parts may be I dipped into it. It may be put on through the apout of a waterpot, or, best of all, by a syringe, which may be bought from Is. upwards. The evening ia the best tima to put it on, and the application may be repeated until the plants are thoroughly clean, which will soon be ths case. ROTATION OF CROPS.—There should always bo a rotation of crops—that is. no two crops of a similar nature—such as beets, carrots, and turnips —should be grown two years in succession on the °*une ground. It is not only very exhausting to the soU, but some crops are so favourable to weeds that if continued long upon the same ground the labour ot cultivation ia much increased, and the plants are afso more liable to be attacked by those insects which are their particutar enemies. DiSerent plants derive their nourishment from different deptha of soil. hence deep rooted vegetables, such as beets, carrots, parsnips.salsafy, turnips, &;c.. should be followed by lettuce, cab- bage, cauiiBower, spinach, &e., and all those whose rocts extend but little below the surface. By a caretu! rotation it is also not necessary to apply manure to every crop but for bulbous roots, such as onions, and plants cultivated for their leaves, as spinach, the ground can scarcely be made too rich. WATERING.—The best time to water plants is at sunrise or just at evening rain water is the beat if it can be had. Water may be given to the roots at any time. but should never be sprinkled over leavoa in a hot sun, for it will make them blister and become covered with brown spots. Ooe copious watering ia better than « little often, and the hoe should follow the watering pot when- ever the ground becomes dry. TRANSPLANTING and the weather are now very suitable for this. In trans- planting, the main points to be remembered are— care in taking up the plants so as to avoid injury to the roots; planting nnnly so as to enable the plant to take a secure hold of the soil; and shading, to prevent the hot sun withering and blighting the leaves. Many vegetables may be transplanted with advantage. All members of the cabbage family—cabbages, ktde, cauhnower, brocco!i, &.o. —to stand the winter must be transplanted. Transplanting should take place as soon aa the plants are large enough to be handled safety. Cabbage plants, for instance, should be moved from the seed bed aa soon as they two inches high. Celery and parsley wii! transplant well, but carrots, turnips, and parsnips are not to be moved except where blanks in the rows make it neces- sary. Transplanting should be done juatatevening, or immediately before or after a shower. Make the bolee with thQ dibble, hold the pl-mtin one hand and with the other bear the point of the dibble into the ground bv the side of it. and prey's tha earth close to the bottom of tho root. Give each plant a douche of water, and shado with a shingle iu sunny leather.

THE GAS AGITATION AT ABERDARE. DECISION OF THE DIRECTORS. A REDUCTION GRANTED. A public meeting of consumers was held at tha Temperance-hid), Aberdarû, on Tuesday evening to receive the repiy of the Ga,a Company to the reso- lution passed a.t a former meeting. Mr. E. Araott (Queen's Hote!) presided, and there was a good representative attendance.—The Hon. Secretary (Mr. David Jones) read the decision, which intimated that a reduction of 15 per cent. would take phco as from the 1st of Juiy next. Mr. Thomas Thomas (grocer).in moving the acceptance of the offer, deprecated the action of the Local Board of Health in binding the parish to a six ye.trs* contract at 4s. per 1,000, instead of awaiting the result of the present movement. He, however, thought the directors were entitled to thanks for the friendly spirit in which they had met the demands made—Mr. Job Morgan, in seconding the motion, said he was authorised by the Powell Duilryn Coat Company to express their satisfaction at the result of the agitation. — Thie was supported by Mr. Peter Ha)ewood, the largest private consumer in the town, but Mr. Thomas Lloyd, grocer, moved the following as n.n amendment:—" That thia meeting desires to thank the B"ard of Directors for their communication of the 28tb uit., convoying tha decision that it is intended to effect a reduction of 9d. per 1.000 feet in the price of gas. but at the same time this meeting resolves not to be satisned with anything less than a reduction of 20 per cent., and determines to adhere to the resolution passed at the last meeting."—Mr. John Richards, chemist, seconded the amendment, and after some discus- sion, in which Mr. R. Pardoe, Mr. J. J. Whitworth, Mr. lago Lloyd, and others took part, the same was agreed to.—It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. John Morgan, that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded to Mr. Thomas Thomaa (grocer) for the untiring and zealous manner in which he had organised and carried out the agitation.—A com- mittee was appointed to collect funds to defray the expenses incurred, and the proceedings termi- nated.

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THE REDISTRIBUTION SCHEME. REPRESENTATION OF THE GLAMORGAN DIVISIONS. ACTION OF THE PARTIES. [By A? GwiLYM.] I am induced to pen these lines by the persua- sion of some Conservative friends who are thoroughly imbued with the sentiment that those who represent the cause in some of the divisions of the county, as proposed by the measure of Redistribution which wat the outcome of an agreemant between the leaders of the two great parties in the State, &re not so energetic aa they ought to be; that, in fact, they ere allowing the grass to grow under their feet with an indiiterence which may have disastrous lesults when the call to arms is made. I have been inundated with statements to show that these surmises are based upon trustworthy data, a.nd I have promised to use my feeble pen so that, peradventure, somebody or something may be stung into action or quickened into robust life. It is impossible to foreshadow how the new constituencies may go; and it is, therefore, the more necessary that the Conserva- tives should bo prepared for any emergency that may arise. It would be a disagreeable reflection if, after the general election is over, it should be discovered that, with a little less aupinoness, a victory might have been gained here or a decisive repulse prevented there. It isimportantto remember too, that the time when we should ba in the thick of the nght is narrowing down. All the political prophets tell us that the election will take place in the coming autumn, and, therefore, the cry of the Philistines be upon thee may reach us before we are prepared to hear it. In the Southern, or Uandaff, Division prep&ra* tions have already been commenced in real earnest. In Mr. Dillwyn Llewelyn the Conserva- tives have a candidate in every way worthy of the position to which he haa been selected. Belonging to one of tho best families in the county, he from his earliest manhood has devoted his great abilities and superabundant energies to the public weaL Hia knowledge of the local requirements of his native county is sur- passed by none of his neighbours, and he has politics at Ids nnger'a end. He will make a thoroughly safe and trustworthy representative. I have heard it alleged from the platform of his opponent that Mr. Llewelyn's political creed ie very little removed from that professed by the Radicals. This is an assertion which has over and over again been repudiated, but it suits the needs of the hour and will continue to be re- assorted till the end comes. Mr. LIewe'yn will not go bllndty into the lobby with his friends, but he haa stated aa often as he has had the opportunity that he is a Conservative, and that he will always be found acting with his party when fundamental issues are involved. As to the Liberal champion, Mr. Arthur Williams, he is, I make no doubt, a very amiable gentleman, but his political, like hia legal, education must have been somewhat neglected,if I may judge from what I have heard him say. Ho is thorough in one thing, and that is outspoken denunciation of the Established Church in Wales and all and everything that per- tains to it. This is what I call going in for the votes and interests of the chap&ilers, who, we all know, are a great power at election times. I have heard many rumours, which 1 am not going to put into shape here, as to the religious eenti- ments hold by Mr. Williams; but I would suggest, in order to prove him orthodox, that a few questions which would serve to elucidate the point should bo put in a. quiet and friendly sort of way. I have made inquiries in most of the polling districts of thia division, and, from all I can learn, Mr. Hewelyn has quite a three to one chance. This should make increased energy and action all the more necessary. There should be no chance of failing for want of trying. The Oppo- sition have a sptendid ca:e against the Govern- ment, and they must bring it home without the shadow of a doubt. In the Eastern, or Caerphilly. Division the Con. servatives have made no sign as yet. There may be a reason for this reticence, but it should be a strong one. There are already nve Radicals in the tield, but they will not all nght. They have been selected by the wire-pullers, and they are to bo submitted to a sort of competitive examination in the art of public speaking, in the knowledge they possess of things in general, and in the amount of personal liberty of action they are prepared to forego to please those fervent lovers of liberty who have constituted themselves the omcial examiners. It is asserted that whatever may be the result of this ordeal, there are two, at leasr, of the gentlemen whose namas have been mentioned who are deter- mined to lay their claims before the general body of etectors and abide by the revelations of the ballot-box. I think it is almost a certainty, although Mr. Lewis Davia, of Ferndale, has been selected as their candidate by a large majority of the Radical Association, that Mr. Abraham (" Mabon "), who is backed by a. large following of the workpeople, whoso trade representative ho is, will stand for the seat, and, if he does, it is on the cards that he will win. There is only one if," and it is that money may not bo forthcoming to pay him a salary as an M.P. What wi)! be done in the Mid-Glamorgan, or Neath, Division it is yet impossible to say. I can- not. however, help expressing my astonishment that there is a disposition to pit an advanced Radical against the veteran Fattier of the House of Commons, Mr. Talbot, who has held a seat in Parliament for more than half a century. I should have thought—and I am not, surely, singular in my surmise—that the Radical Three Hundred would have been content to offer the position to the Lord-Lieutenant without putting him in com- petition with, say, a stranger with the iconoclastic tendencies of Mr. Carvel Williams, a Liberationist of Liberationism, or an individual of the calibre of Mr.Jones. For the Gower Division there is at present the prospect of a walk over for Mr. Yeo, who has accepted the invitation of the Liberals to stand as their candidate. We can never tell, however, what a day may bring forth. Gower ought to be worth defending in the Conservative interest, but, at present, 1 can see no sign of opposition. If .the division is such a stronghold of Liberalism, how is it that Sir Hussey Vivian gave it up to contest the Eastern Division of Swansea ? In the boroughs of the county there are signs of animation among the Conservative agents, and tills is especially the c.tse in most of the wards in Cardiif, from whence 1 hear very good reports. There is nothing like pegging away, and it is to be hoped that this axiom will be remembered in the country as well as the town. There is, I regret to say, an amount of unpardonable supineness apparent on the Conservative side, which I hope to seo reclined at the earliest possible moment. Torpidity on one side and activity on the other can only result in one ending. It is an obvious truism and should be pondered.

A CYMMRODOR UN .Æ3THETIOISl\I. A PROPOSED BASIS FOR THE SCIENCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL." On the 30th ult. Mr. W. Cave Thomas delivered before the Society for th8 Encouragement of tho Fine Arts & lecture on fhe Basis ot a Science of Æsthetics." The president on the occasion was Dr. C. M. Campbe! Atter the lecture a lively discussion on the points raised by Mr. Thomas took place. The following is an abstract of the paper:— The does not genera.!)y give rise to very dennito ideas. Instead of usiag the word simply as an equivalent tor the Science of the Beautiful, or of the theory of taate, it it here used as a generic title for the Science of Arb, for the original meaning scarcely covers ail the ground implied by a Science of Art such as it is here desired to formulate. Une of the aims of this paper is to show that the Beautiful is neither the whole aim and purpose of Nature nor of Art. Tha leading motive of "great creating Nature "is adaptation to purpose, ntnosa; and as Art is creative on a luwjr platform, Art should bo actuated by the same motive. The beautiful, there- fore, is only a speciality ot art. The beautiful was not even the sole aim of Grecian art, neither in tho great mural works of Michael Angelo and of Raphael nor in the works of Rubens and ot Rembrandt was there literally to be found a setntil of the beautiful. The grand in art is dependent on quite other principles than those of the beautiful. It m:ty be admitted that a certain congruous harmony is to be found in the works of Rubens and of Rembrandt, but uo actual beauty. Neither is the dru.ma soiety a.n exponent of tho ideal it admits us Calibans, its witches, its horrors, which are woven into intellectual concepts admirably adapted to their purposes. The pro- mulgation of tho iallacy tha.t the beautiful is the sole aim of art has led manufacturers to desert the good old principle of perfect a.dapta.tiou. to purpose to over-lay everything with ornament, a false step whicu they may never be able to retrieve. The remarks upon these points may be regarded as mere preliminary akirmiahiHg. Great, stress should be laid upon the virtue ot tnoroughness in a nation, as that virtue alone which would enable her to forgo ahead and to become pre-eminent. To bo thorough we must dive down to the nrst prin- ciples of things. What are the bases of a science ot ÆstiJetics'( Philosophicatiy, it is a nissd fact that we know nothing of ths external world absolutely yer se, but only phenomenally, or as it appears to us through our senses. We have to ask ourselves, then, whether there is any funda- mental characteristic of those phenomena ? Speaking more immedia.tely with reference to the sense of sight, the knowledge ot external existence comes to us by means of the telegraphy of vibrations, which impresses minia- ture imagery upon the retina. We never even see things as we express ourselves in their actual, but only in their relative proportions, and when we come to analyse the different kinds of impressions on the sense ot sight we nnd that they are mani- fested in the three fundamental modes of con- sciousness, viz., space, time, and force, and the important truth to be deduced from this is that these three modes are alike quantifiable, that is to say, the terms more, less, equa), &c., are pre- dicable of the three modes. Dinerences in the sensations ot light and colour are funda- mentally quantitative, or proportional, dif- ferences. Differences in light and shade are also fundamentally quantitative, or propor- tional, differences, as are differences in the con- nguration of visible images. It may bo perceived, then, that the form of all visual phenomena is quantitative. Hence the conclusion that alt the relations recognised by the sense of sight, whether pleasing or displeasing, are fundamentally pro- portional relations, and the science of Æsthetics a science of dennite proportional relation that is to s'tv, the beautiful in form, in colour, and in light and shade consists in those dennite proportional relations whtch are apposite to the sense of vision, and these it is the aim of a science of Æsthetics to formulate. JSot limiting our investigation to the sense of sight, but analysing the phenomena ot the other senses, we are led to make the following important generalisation, which should aneet the whole future current of human thought, viz., that the form of phenomena, of experience, of knowledge, is quantitative. If tbia ba a. correct generalisation, then adaptation to purpose, ntnesa, resolves itself into adaptation of proportion to purpose, development into the becoming propor- tioned in all things, politics into the proportioned adjustment of interests and of social relations, ethics into the science of proportioned conduct, hygiene into the science of proportioned living, education into the science of training and develop- ing a proportioned or beautiful race, .-Esthetics into the science of proportioned taste, and nne art into proportioned art. The abstract principles of this science of proportion can be ap- plied to all the foregoing fubjecta. Proceed- ing on thia basis, it will bo seen that the next important subject to bo considered is the doctrine of limits, for it ie that doctrine which renders a science of sense pleasing. Nature is inexorably bound by statutes of limitation. The doctrine has obviously a very direct bearing upon proportion in architecture. When it ia said that the form of phenomena isquantitative the word form is used in its philosophical sense, as implying that of whatever other attribute wo might divest our experience we could not divest it of the attri- bute of quantity without it ceasing to be experience. Language bears testimony to the fundamen- tally quantitative nature of our experience. Thit is especially the case with the language of criti- cism, which ia the medium for complaining that authors and artists err in their works by too much of this or too Iitt)e of that. Ail criticism is resol- vable into mental mensuration. Whatever opinion may be entertained of the quantitative theory in its widest application, there can be no possible doubt of its truth in reference to taste and to art. It was a dictum of Reynolds that everything which pleases must give pleasure on some certain principles"; and it is not too much to say that those certain principles can be no other than the principles of proportion, a.nd that Æsthetics. or a science of tightness in art, must consist in rightly formulated principles of proportion.

THE SPJRIT OF THE WELSH PRESS. [BY GWYLIEDYDD."] The visit of the Marquess of Salisbury to Wales has been a source of unmixed annoyance to the Welsh newspapers. His lordship is honoured by several of them with leading articles, winch vie with one another in virulence and misrepresenta- tion. The takes great pains to prove that the speech of the marquesa at Wrexham was poor and pointiess. It says that it is a great blessing to the nation that he and his party are not in power, and prays that Heaven may keep them where they are. The Gemdl say<:—" Wales is to bo won to Toryism by such stuff! Have Lord Salisbury and his supporters become so empty-headed as to suppose that the Welsh people can be blinded by what was said at Wrexham ? Glad- stone and his Government are the best frieoda of Wales. It is our opinion that a Tory Government would be a great calamity, and we believe that the Welsh people will do their part to prevent euch a curse ever happening." The carries oN the palm for dirty language. Here is a specimen: —"It must be admitted Lord Salisbury ia a stronger blower than Sir Stafford Northcote—that his bellows pour out more wind—but is much more indiscreet. He blows recklessly, and instead of kindling a nro raises the dust in clouds. We felt, whilst reading his speeches at Wrexham and Welsh- pool—full of poison—that common sense ia a com- modity to which he ia a stranger, and that he took for granted that the Welsh people are lamentably ignorant. He rose the Earl of Beaconsiiold to the ctouds, as if there never had been another Minister but that Jew. His speeches tend to debase tha country and are awfully dangerous (o/M<!t!<cy e pheryglus)." The election of a butcher from Beaumaris, in- stead of Colonel West, Lord Penrhyn's agent, as chairman of the Banger Union, has caused a great sensation. The Herald regards it as an important sign of the times and regrete that the question of language hM turned up in connection with it. It appears that several of the guardians are small farmers imperfectly acquainted with English, and that a feeling of resentment haa been growing at the high-handed manner in which the chairman waa wont to treat them, which culminated in his expul- sion from the chair. The A?ttStlYJeddsays:Colonel West is no doubt an able man, but it must be remembered that ha is an Englishman, and that the board over which he presided was a Welsh one. Whilst condemning on the one hand the cry of Wales for the Welsh, we must not, on tha other hand, forget Welsh rights." The .BaMM' speaks of it as a glorious victory, and the Celt takes advan- tage of it to ventilate its ideas about Woleh Home Rule. We hope," the editor writes, that thie battle ia the beginning of the victories for the Welsh party. The bold men of Anglesea have led the way." The question of Intermediate Education ia not taken up with the spirit and the interest that was expected. The London correspondent of the CeMetK says that the prospects of the Interme- diate Education Bill are not so bright aa might be wished, and it must bo admitted that Welshmen have not shown aunicient zeal and determination in the matter. It ia a misfortune that the question of Diaestablishment should have been pushed eo much to tha front, when all the energies of the nation should be applied to the completion of the educational system. It ia quite evident that the Welsh members, however zealous they may bo, cannot do much good unless they are backed by the voice of the nation. The attention of the country is directed to Disestablishment and foreign affairs, and we shall possibly have to wait for years for the promised Bill. Much is said and written about Welsh patriotism. Muat we believe that there is no more in it than the froth of the Eisteddfod platform f The nation, on the matter of Intermediate Education, cannot rouse: from its atumbors and do this email kindness to itseif." The Liverpool correspondent of the Genedl aays that the annual concert of the united choirs of the Calvinistic Methodists of Liverpool was attended by 6,000 people. The conductor was Mr. David Jenkins, Mus. Bac., of Aberystwith. It was a grand sight to witness the circus crowded in every part. The platform was occupied by ministers, deacons, superintendents of Sunday Schools, and musical teachers. There is no doubt that choral singing has much improved, but the success of the meeting waa not what might be ex- pected. There are in Liverpool nve choral unions, who meet once a year for practice." The corre- spondent of the Ba71£r says that the performance was wretchedly poor. There could not be a better conductor than Mr. Jenkins, and the failure was not due to him. Better singing has often been hoard in Fitzc!arence-street Chapel. The singers nearly broke down one time, and the conductor had to sing himself from beginning to end. The only in- ference is that of the singers had only seen the anthem once or twice before the meeting. More care must be exercised next time." The Goleuad gives an interesting account of a literary competition among the members of the Sunday School Union of the Calvinistie Methodists of the Metropolis. A prize of ;S5 was oSered for the best translation of an address by the Rev. D. Charles Davies, M.A., on the Relations of Chris- tianity and Morality. Forty-eight competed, and Mr. Davies made the adjudication of them. Last week he read his adjudication, which is full of interest and instruction. The nrst thing that struck Mr. Davies was that the majority of the competitors did the 1'rst portion of their essays better than the list. Whilst searching for tha cause of it he ca.mo to the conclusion thut the translators failed in care, labour, and thoughtt'ulness as they proceoded—a da- fect common to the schools in Watee." Tha practice of composition is becoming general in tha Sunday Schools in Wales. Among the Caivinistio Methodists papers are given out and oxaminera appointed by the monthly meetings, and the results are published in the newspapers of the denomina- tion. The Llan is in mourning after tho Rector cf Merthyr, and has a portrait of him and a sketch of his life a.nd funeral. The editor's criticisms on the character of the rector are finguiarly able and correct. We cannot conceal from ourselves that there were questions about which we differed from him. At the game time we could work cordially together. Why should differences of opinion on non-essential questions prevent persons acting in unison? Whitst wo maintain the'one faith'as given in the Creeds whilst we recognise the one Lord,' from Whom we receive our commission through the Apost,!ea and their successors; whilst we Me true to the one baptism,' through which we arb grafted into the body of Christ—whust we do these we shall ha.vo a. and good bond of union within which wa can work in love. Wa cannot but deptore, for inst&nco, that the Rector of Merthyr should have fe!t it his duty to go in for Dis- estabhshment,. We believe that Dise&tablishment would be an unspeakable loss to the nation. We ca.n excuse him in this matter, and admire his ex- posure of the sins of the age, his efforts to save the fa.Hea, his zeal for religious education, his cw.ro for the poor, n.nd interest in the working classes." I a.m gl<\d to see the "GohebyddGwibia.wl" has so far recovered his health as to be able to resume hia interesting history of The Brothers Jones." The is anxious to impress upon its readers tbn.t the Welsh Wcs'eyans are hostile to the Church of England. lt,s leading article of the week is entitled Bought io which the writer attempts to prove that. all the Noncon- formists—and they are many—who have teft the chapels and joined the Church were and are innuenced by considerations of money or monoy's worth. Those who ha-ve left the chapel for the Church have. with scarcely an exception, been bought disciples, such as that the Church has paid them, in some form or another, for going over. It is painful to wri'.e thus, for it is a sign of a bad state of religion: but facts are facts, and no con- ceatment will do away with them." This is an exhibition of self righteousness not exceeded in the annals of religious bigotry. The Baner is indignant at the report of the Chief-Constable of Denbighshire on the effects of the Sunday Closing Act. That gentleman says:— 1 am sorry to have to report that drunkenness has been on the increase in this county since the passing of the Sunday Closing Act. A new crime has risen through it by the saJe of apirita on Sun. days without licences. The number of persona who call themselves travellers' haa increased, which make the roads and villages to appear very different to what they were before the Act was put in operation."

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"KNUCKLING UNDER TO RUSSIA." [BY A CABDIQANSHJBB RADICAL.] The humiliating spectacle of Great Britain covertly retreating from a strong position in the face of Russia's determined attitude of aggression in the East must strike with dismay every patriotic Britisher whose love of country is not of so attenuated a nature as to be utterly extin- guiehod by political partisanship. As a Welsh Radical and a Nonconformist I blush to think that the day has arrived when Continental nations vouch their belief that an English Government has not the courage of its opinions, and only attempts by bluater to make believe that. the nation's honour and interest wilt be defended vi e< aMn:\ with no intention at the eame ume of striking a blow in defence of their position, but trusting rather to chance, or some fortuitous combination of circumstances, to cover their ignominious retreat. The "great" speech of Mr. Gladstone on his motion for the Vota of Credit of JEH.000,000 was, no doubt, designedly uttered for the purpose of intimidating Russia, as he who runa may read. Its effect on the House of Commons was by no means so electrical aa is generaliy supposed from the ailenco which followed and the unanimity with which the vote was passed. The programme bad been well arranged, and the Conservatives, through their leaders, bad nobly agreed to eschew all debate upon the motion from a desire to show the united front with which England was pre- pared to maintain her dignity and her honour when furtively assailed. Mr. Gladstone had, therefore, a strong case, and, apparently, he made the moat of it—for party purposes. Hence the reason why so bellicose a speech was so raptu- rously acclaimed by the so-called Liberal party, at home and abroad. But, as the canny Scot says, bide a wee. Let us critically analyse the emi- nently clever utterances of the Prime Minister, and what do wo nnd? As a thorough-going Radical of the real Welsh type, one of the ancient race of Llewellyn and Owen Glyndwr, allow me to aay that I think the speech in question ia all sound and fury signi- fying nothing." Ita casuistry and cleverness are certainly marvellous and unmistakable, but ita bollownessand theatrical make-believe (has Mr. Gladstone been taking lessona from bis friends Henry Irving and Miss Mary Anderson, lately ?) would provoke laughter from Diogenes. This brings me to another point. When the English army invaded China some 40 years ago (I remember it well) the mandarins ordered their toldiers to frighten (?) away the redcoats by beat- ing gongs and exhibiting painted pictures of dragnna and other nondescript monstrosities, with what effect against the bulleta and cold steel of the barbarian" Westernere there is no need to particularise at this time of day. The Chinese never meant to nght, and the English know it, so that all the noise the Celestials made, and it was a good deal, aimply provoked ridicule, but did not stay the progress of the invaders. J-[utatis fItUtandi, the parallel is complete. Mr. Gladstone has been beating gongs, letting off fireworks, &c., with the view of frightening the Russians, never intending any real nghting ail the time. That is the opinion of many Radicals, who feel disgusted at the situation, and the next general election will show it. Why is Mr. John Bright so quiet Because he and his immediate followers have been told that Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet will never go to war with Rufsia, but will get out of the mesa they have got into by some legerdemain. AH the "preparations" were only for effect, but our astute enemy was not going to be frightened by Mr. Gladstone's beating of gongs the result has shown. Peace or no peace, Rus<ia will foHow up her long-cheriahed purpose.

SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE. UNVEILING A MEMORIAL WINDOW. On Tuesday a Shakspeare memorial window, which has been put in the chancel of Bo!y Trinity Church, Stratford-on.Avon, at the exclusive cost of American visitors to the poat's tomb, was un. veiled publicly by Mr. Howard Potter, of New York, acting on behalf of the United States Minister. There was a numerous and distin- guished company present, and amongst the representative bodies were the mayor and corpo- ration of Stratford-on-Avon and the trustees of Shaksppare'a birthplace. The subjects represented in the window are the Seven Ages," illustrated from tha Bible. At the annual meeting of the trustees of Shak- speare's birthplace, at Stratford-on-Avon, on Tues- day afternoon, it was reported that during the year over 13,000 persons had signed their names in the visitors' book, and that the total number of admissions to Shakspeare's birthplace showed a large increase over the number of last year. Alderman Bird reported that their funds were accumulating fast, but in consequence of the terms of the trust they wore not able to spend the money on any other objects than those connected with the poet's house.

DR. PRICE'S TROUBLES. THE ASSAULT UPON MR. EVANS. A NEW TRIAL REFUSED. In the Queen's Beach Division of the High Court of Justice nn Wednesday (before the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Ca'H) the case of Evans v. Price waa heard. In this ease, which was tried before Mr, Justice Grove at the last Summer Assizes at Swansea, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for Is.. Mr. Bowen Rowlands. Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Brynmor Jones), moved, on. behalf of the defendant, for a new trial. The learned counsel explained that originally there were two actions, which eventually ware consoli- dated. Substantially, the matter complained of was an assault committed on the plaintiit by the defendant, who was a somewhat eccentric gentle- man known, as Dr. Price, living in Glamorgan- shire, who became famous through certain creuM.- tion practices in whicH be indulged. Dr. Prica was a sub-tenant under the phuntiS of a farm known aa Tonmawr, near Dantrisant, and Imd commenced an action against Evans for forcible dit-posseMioa from the land in his occupation atmost simultaneously with an action brought by Evana against him in the County Court to recover Jg5 for assault. The actions were tubsequontly joined, and the question practically at issue was as to tho right to the farm. Damages to the extent of Is. were awarded to Evana at the trial, and the matter now in dispute really had reference to the coats of tho69 proceedings. Edr. M'Intyre,Q.C.,M.P.,and Mr. Willi<na appeared for the piaintifts. Their lordships dismissed the appeal, while another motion, which stood in the plaintiff's name, waa withdrawn by consent.

MERTHYR LOCAL BOARD. An ordinary bi-monthly meeting of the Merthyr Local Board of Health was held at the ofncea of the board on Wednesday. Mr. Thomas Williams was voted to the chair in tha absence of the chair- man (Mr. G. Martin). After th& minutes had been read Mr. Jenkina moved that a resolution passed last year, the effect of which was to prevent Mr. I John Jenkina putting his ttheop to on the banks of Pentwyn Reservoir, be rescinded, and that pormission be cow givon.—Dr. Dyke, the medical oHicer. being appealed to for hia opinion, expressed the same conviction as he did last year —that it would be attended with the danger of contaminating the water. He had examined tha water and found it highly charged with vegetable impurities. The prevalence of diarrhoea. at Cardiff he attributed to the presence of vegetable poisons. —The Surveyor (Mr. Harpur) and Others said the water was only used from the reservoir in very dry weather, and there was not much danger I of contamination at those periods. When rain sot in the water was not taken from the reservoir. — In the rc&ult tha motion was carried by seven votes to four, two beinjx neutral.—With regard to the Cardiff Waterworks No 2, it was reported that t)to Board of Trade had refused to superintend the works, and the clerk was directed to communicate certain objections and suggestions from this board. —The Mbdical Omcer of Health (Dr. Dyke) re- ported that during the month of April the number of births in the district was 181, and deaths lt7. giving a birth-rato of S9, and .). death-rate of 31 per 1,000. Both these rates were much in excess of the averages of l88t. There was atill a high rate of mortality from merles, the fatal cases numbering 27. He had found from the medical genttemen and school attendance omc?r? that during tha three weeks ended May 2 there were 248 now cases in the whole of the district. The malady, ho thought, was passing away at George- town and Tydnl's We!), was probably at its height at Merthyr Town, especially at Twynyrodyn, and had obtained footholds at Penydarren, Clwyd :Fa.gwr, Heoigerrig. Plymouth, Abcr- canaid, Troedyrhiw.and MerthvrVtile. He recom- mended that Troedyrhiw Boarct School be closed in aM departments for seventeen days, and the school- room thoroughly cleansed during the vacation; and that the Infant School departmenta of the schools atPenydimen, Clwyd.y-Fagwr, Hoolgerrig, Pentrebach,Abercanaid, Troedyrhiw, and Merthyr Vale be each closed for a period of seventeen days. —A letter, dated April 21, was read from Mr. W. T. Lewis, acknowledging the receipt of the clerk'a letter respecting the Town-hall site, and stating that the matter should have attention as soon aa practicable.—The clerk was directed to write again and press the urgency of the question.

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OPENING OF THE INVENTIONS EXHIBITION. The International Inventions Exhibition at South Kensington, London, was opened at noon on Monday by the Prince of Wales, who was accom- panied by tha Princess. The Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Gracvido, Sir William Harcourt, and many other persona of dis- tinction were also present. The attendance was unusually large, far surpassing that of last year. Before ten o'clock the crowds were nocking in, and an incessant stream of visitors continued until the arrival of the Royal party. After the references in the press to the backward state of the Exhibition, the visitors word agreeably surprised to iind how far advanced the arrangements were. The bright steel guna, the innocent-looking torpe- does, and the various munitions of war from the Royal Gun Factory at Woolwich are a!I in the per- fect condition which might be expected on the part of the military, and the exhibitors, to the right and left, of the victories of peace in the shape of the latest developments in agricultural imple- ments and steam-engines are not a whit behind. The side galleries aro not all in the same advanced condition, but several are; the one devoted to the printing arta, for instance, being in such a state I of preparation that almost at once sheets of our best illustrated journals might be printed. The fardens are also in a fairly finished condition, and 100k bright by reason of the newly-gravelled and carofuMy-roHed footpaths. Altogether the general aspect is fairly complete, and a cursory view of the exhibits gives the impression that this Exhibition wiil prove more interesting and be a greater success than any of its predecessors. The Prince and Princess of Wales were received a few minutes before noon at the main entrance of the Exhibition, Exhibition-road, where a guard of honour of the Coldstreem Guards was stationed. Their Royal Highncssee, accompanied by the executive council and the foreign commissioners, proceeded down the north court of the south galleries as far as the Austro-Hungarian Court, passing through which the proces- sion went out at the east door of the south- central gallery and entered the east gallery by the south door. The procession passed through this gallery as far M the Chinese Court, and then turned to the right into the east arcade, and through the east quadrant to the dais in the con- oervatory, whore an address was presented. His Royal Highness repliedt and then declared the Exhibition open. The procession having re-formed. left the conservatory by the west door, passed along the west quadrant to the west gallery, and thence, through the central, the west-central, and the south central gallery and across the Old London Street" into the middle court of the south galleries, and left the Exhibition by the principal entrance. Their Royal Highnesses had every- where a most enthusiastic reception. rBy MORIEN.] LONDON, MoxDA.T. I witnessed to-day the opening ceremony of the above most interesting Exhibition. That I did this was the result of a pure accident. Between eleven and twelve o'clock 1 loft the Temple by the Underground Railway fuDy believing that either a ticket which admits me to another place or a few shillings would surety be the moans of admitting me here also. I passed from the South Kensington Station by the splendid new subway, and, like many others, came to the turnstiles in front of the Exhibition. I there discovered that the admission to-day was by special ticket on)y. In vain I and others tendered money. A gentleman in the same pickle as myself tendered a guinea in payment for admission, but that sum, as wel! as my humble offer, WM respectfully declined with the words No money c<tn be t:tken now, sir." Directly after this was said a deafening roar reached me. People inside the turnstiles became excited, and I saw some fino looking young ladies squeezed until they cried. I ciimbed up to the top of the turnstiles, my mountain climbing in my boyhood having made me an expert at that game. Several followed my example, and I do not know exactly how it happened, but down two or three of us fell. Singular to relate, we alighted on our feet on the right side of the turnstites. Some of my adventurous companions were soon turned back through the turnatifes into the sub- way, but as for me, hke the Fairies in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," I passed on fancy 'free," and disap- peared in the gar and brilliant throng They were enthusiastically greeting the Prince and Princess of Wa)es, the three young Princesses of Wa!es, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Duke of Cambridge. With them were Earl GranviHe. Sir Wm. Harcourt, and many other oeraonages of note In the procession I also noticed Sir Edward Reed. It was reaily enjoyable to see the excitement o' the people at the approach of their Royal High- nesses, and it seemed to me the three young Princesses of Waies, who are the three graces of England, wore highly delighted with it. The Princess of Watos, being more used to this kind of demonstrations bore her part with that quiet grace and dignity, but, withal, genial expression, which has won for her, wherever t-he appears, unbounded popularity. The Prince of Wales was the picture of geniality. Tha Duka of Cambridge, with hair and board as white as the driven snow. walked along with stately dignity. People dodged the Royal everywhere, and greeted them with !oud hurrahs. I will not attempt to describe the endless inven- tions exhibited; they are really beyond my powers of description. I was told everybody who is anybOdy in London was present a.t the oponing ceremony. After sauntering about the building 1 passed to the open grounds, where throngs of gaily-dressed people wore seated on benches beneath the branches of tho trees. Here sweet muaic, discoursed by the superb band of the Cold- stream Guards, foil on my ears, while fountains close by shot high innumerable streams of water, which fell in pretty arches into the ample basins. When viewed through the leafy branches the*o crystal streams presented a moat delightful appearance.

MONKS AND MISSIONARIES. AN INTERVIEW WITH FATHER IGNATIUS. THE WORK AT LLANTHONY. A LIFE OF RELIGIOUS CONTEMPLATION. "Father "ia once more among us. The comings and goings of this famous and devoted eccentric no longer excite the attention they once attracted, whereat the good Father in no wise grieves. For the dimi- nution in popular notoriety has brought likewise a substantial diminution of personal discomfort. Father Ignatills may not create the same stir in the world which ho did in his younger days. but neither is he the mark for blows and insults which ho once w.*s. Bis preaching, in the opinion of those who have kDown him longest, haa iost none of its old force od otnquence. Only the other day, on the occasion Ot the controversy about Engfish and American Preachers,' lie was cited by one of his admirers as the best preacher of the Evangelistic type on either side of the Atlantic and his sermons in the Town-hal), Westminster, where he preaches at four and at eight o'clock every day this week, and on Sunday at eleven, half-past three, and seven, are no less successful than his other missionary efforta. Then foUows an interesting account of a recant conversaion between tho }<'ather and a repre" aentativo of the Pa<7 J?aM Ga?< The inter- viewer guesses Father Igmtius to be iair!y on his way to 50. Hut, despite certain n'?rks of mature age, which but for the closely-shaven face and tonsure might bf 'nore pronounced, his face, wih its delicate outline and well-cut features, weMS a.a appearance at once boyish and feminine. He is a smj.H man, fragile and sensitive, with much mobitity of expression, and a rather restless manner, but exceedingly frank and engaging. He rocbived me with the greatest cordiality, less forced th?n th?t generally employed toward a person acting in the capacity in which I approached him, and plunged t'K ?<M with a boldness and celerity calculated to nubbergMt the most hardened interviewer." After describing his work and h)s method of teaching and preaching, the Father then went on to give many internet ing detail of the life at LIanthony, the connection of the monastery and convent, which are independent though adjoining; the life of the nuns and brothers of his order, illustrated by the interruption of the conversation by one of the'n, a pleasl.nt-Iooking young man of, say, two-and-twenty the miraculous appearances and cures, which the father had in vain challenged Rationalists to investigate, and which he described with great fulness of detail and enthu- xiastic conviction. We are in need of money, henco my missionary labours, for I will not seU the jewels, some of them of great value, which have been given to me, and which adorn ouralt.n'. I like to think they are 'w.-mted' there, Hko the precious ointment that was' waited uoon the font of Christ. We huve the most splendid shrme iu Engtand, and one of our members, as our numbers permit it, always watching before it. The iitc of religious contemplation there ia the highest life, to which I wish I cou!d attogether devote myself. The missionary work, thougu I believe by God's grace it has been a source of blessing to many, is only secondary and of necessity." The good Father ha.d now t;dkcd incessantly for more than an hour, and all the time with great emphasis. He looked worn, he had two long mission services and addresses before him the same day. Consideration for him dictated the application of the closure to the interview. The Father himself, indeed, was unwilling to conclude. He seemed to have on)y begun the inex- haustible subject of !m work. aims, and doctrines. The appearance of a gentteman, however, whose special duty seems to be to look after the temporal interests of the Father, and to protect him as much from the consequences of his own excessive zeal as from the attacks and calumnies of thf world, assisted to enforce the counsel of prudence. There followed, therefore, a display of photographs, showing the Monastery of LIanthony and the surrounding country, espe- cially the places rendered illustrious by the alleged appearance of the Virgin (N.B. The bush in which she disappeared was not) burnod. as reported, only the ground around it W<\8 hot and dry, white round about there was a re- markable dew.) With this the interview termi- nated.

THE GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL. We hear, on the best authority, tht the transfer of the Glamorganshire Canal has been completed by Mr. W. T. Lewis for the Marquass of Bute, and all rights and privileges are now in bis lordship's handa. The acquisition, in the heart of tha coal- neld, of a strategetic post of thia importance is a most valuable one, and we may be assured that, if the occasion arises, this wili soon be practically shown. No one knowing the district will refuse to give extreme credit for the sagacity which has been displayed in acquiring thia property.

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UNITED KINGDOM PILOTS' ASSOCIATION. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. CONDEMNATION OF TEE BOARD OF TRADE.' NECESSITY FOR COMPULSORY PILOTAGE. LONDON, TUESDAY. The second annual conference of the United Kingdom Pilots' Association opened to-day at the Foresters'-hall. Cierkenwell, London, under the chairmanship of Captain George Cawley, the presi- dent of the association. ATTENDANCE OF DELEGATES. Delegates were present, from the following ports:—Aldeburgh, Bristol, Belfast, Bridgwater. Briton Ferry, Chester, Cardiff, the Clyde, Dundalk. Dartmouth, Dublin, Deal, Dover, Exmouth, Fal- mouth, Gloucester, Gravesend, Greenock, Glas- gow. Groat Yarmouth, Harwich, Holybead, Hull, Isle of Wight, Londf'nderry, Lowestoft, Llanelly. London, Liverpool, Milt'ord, Newhaven, Newport, Poole, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Port Talbot, South- wo!d, Shoreham, South Shields, St. Ives, Sundor- land, Waterford, Wexford, Swansea, Portsea, and ('ther ports. The proceedings having been formally opened with prayer by the Rev. R. B. Boyer, the ehaplain- superiutendentof the Missions to Seamen, PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. The PRESIDENT proceeded to deliver his opening address. The work of the executive since they last met, he said, had mainly consisted of organi- sation, and they could now emerge from their seclusion and present themselves to the public as a fully-nodged and a. determined organisation, having for object that which tor centuries had been their mission but had never previously been proclaimed by them to the public—the saving of life and property at sea. He stood on that platform as one knowing the injustices laboured under and the hardships they had to endure. They had now, he was glad to say, an organisation extending to 46 different pilotage districts, and their object was to obtain the alteration of laws which un- justly affected them. Mr. Chamberlain had un- wittingly become the greatest friend of the pilots this nation ever had, for it was his Bill ot last year that had so determinedly united them. After quoting Baron Parkes' definition of the duty of a pilot, Captain Cawiey went on to remark that there were some who would endeavour to make the people of this country believe that the abolition of the duty of the pilot would tend to promote the safe conduct of our ships and greater security to human life. That was a fallacious doctrine to preach, for the seamen of the country had repeatedly stated differently. God only knew there were dangera enough on the saas already without creating any more, and this new danger, this coveted change, totally eclipsed all the other dangers to which our ships and those on board of them were Iiab!e. It was only the question of a few pounds saved by not securing the services of one who had made the guidance of shies through the mazes and intricacies of our ports his life-long study, and in the performance of which service ho often acquired a disease which accelerated his death byreasonof the exposure to which he was subjected. Might lie ask, were their pilots to be made a con- venience of to be engaged and steadily Rought after if the weather was bad, but if the weather was nne to be condemned as a nuisance:' Was their daily bread to depend upon the state of the atmos- phere and the barometer, for that was partially the meaning of the abolition of compulsory pilot- age? (Cries of "No.") He was sure the British public, if the matter were brought under their notice, would say that our sailors and those who traversed the seas were entitled to the protection which the presence of a pilot on board ensured. It was said that the abolition of compulsory pilot- age was essential to Free Trade, but Free Trade in pilotage meant Free Trade in human life. (Hear, hear.) But it might be asked, who wished to do away with this security at sea? It waa not Mr. Chamberlain, for hia knowledge of shipping matters was crude and unreal. It was the per- manentomcera of aGoverhmentDepartment known as the Marine Department of the Board of Trade. He was a seaman, and he conscientiously and solemnly asserted that he failed to see that the board had ever accomplished any good for the benefit of the seafaring classes unless it had been wrung from it by the persistency of those who were in a position to command. It had been the sailors' bane and curse. It had driven most of our bust seamen into other countries to seek employ- ment, where they might rest from the whimsical [awa which interfered, not only with the seamen, but with those who wished to engage him. The s:dlor had really been legislated to death. There wera now only a few remaining, and if ever we were engaged in a maritime war of any dimensions we should have to rely largely on firoigners for tho protection of our shores. The pilotage question, indeed, palled into the shade the crusade started against rotten and ill-found ships. It meant unseaworthiness ot another description, of a far more deceptive nature. The statesman who would attempt to do away with compulsion in pilot- age would enhance the sacrince of human Hfcinstead or ensuring its better protection. It had. indeed, been well and truly said by Captain Pirn that our pilots have saved more lives around our coasts than all the other life-saving institutions we hllve"-(cheers)-and, considering their num- bers. the pilots of the United Kingdom had a far weightier charge than any other class or calling In conclusion, the president advised the pilots to present a bold, hrm, and united front, and ex- pressed his own conviction that they would then find the justice of their cause receive recognition at the hands of thousands of their countrymen who would see that justice was done in the matter. (Loud cheers.) After a vote had been passed to the president for his address. Mr. CoLquiTT (of Liverpool) read a paper in support of compulsory pilotage. A well-sustained discussion followed, in which, amongst others. Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., and Mr. E. Edwards, Cardiff, took part. Subsequently the meeting discussed the subject of the inadequacy of the superannuation of Trinity pilots, introduced by Mr. G. S. Overton, of Dover. LONDON, WEDNESDAY. The conference of the Pilots' Association of the United Kingdom was resumed to-day at the Foreaters'-hal!, ClerkenweH. Capt. George Cawley, R.N.R., presided, and amongst those present were Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord Sidmouth, Mr. Birk- beek, M.P., and Mr. Akers Douglas, M.P. CHOICE PILOTAGE. Mr. MiLLER read a paper on The Work- ing of the System of Choice Pilotage, and ita Effects upon the Cinque Port Pilots." He re- viewed the history of Cinquo Port pilotage since 1825, and contended that the Cinquo Ports sustained very serious loss from the working of the choice system. In addition to the loss of something like 400 ships per annum which it caused, it threw upon the pilots the unfair and injurious implication that they were less competent than their coadjutors. He denied that the system ensured Bafety. inasmuch us serious casualties had taken place under its operation to a much greater extent titan had occurred under the system of regular pilots. The injustice of the choice system had been frequently represented to the pilotage authorities, but hitherto without elloct. It. had now become so serious and urgent a matter that the pilots hoped th.tt the Government would take the matter :n hand. and, by R"'yai Commission or otherwise, in- quire into the whole matter. If this were done, he was conhdent that it would be found that the system had its origin in causes which had nothing to do with eincmccy. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Ovenden (Dovar), Mr. Penney (Gravesend), Mr. Tamblin (Swansea), Mr. Lewis (Cardiil), and others took part. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. ALLisON (Deal), seconded by Mr. BLAin (South Shields)— rrha.t this COllfereIJce. Aftt'r ht!arin the discussion, condemn! the sy!tem ùf choice pilotag" as practk'd in IDila)" ports. a.nd :nore ept:Cial1.y in tlJe Loudon aud 'l',y 116 utNtr'ie'if. PILOTAGE AT KING'S LTNN. Mr. R. J. BpooKE read a paper on The Pilotage Matters ot Kmg's Lynn." Ha complained that during the last few years there had come upon the Lynn water a class of ni-hermon licensed by the Hull Trinity. The Lycn pilots maintainod that the Hull Trinity had no jurisdiction in the Lynn water, but the clerk to the Pilotage Commissioners had informed them in rer')y to representations on the subject that they bad no redress. Another matter which he wished to brinsj' before the con- ference was the gianting of masters', mates', and pitots* ccrtincatea indidcrimina.toiy to foreigners foe any length if tim« and foi any number of ships in the same employment. He had no hesita- tion in stating that t.ha result ot this tended to reduce the livelihood of the Lynn pilots by one- third. In the discussion which followed, Mr. EDWARD BiREBECK, M.P., said It must be perfectly clear to every member of Parliament who took an intero'-t in the pilot question that the trade represented by the conference was one de- manding a greater extension of justice to it than had hitherto been meted out. He ielt that it was a trade which was being harassed in a very unfair way. He had been for some time at variance with thu Marine Department, of the Board of Trade on tho question of nshing vessels' lights, and the ignorance displayed by the omcials in reference to the subject was surprising. In his opinion the pilots were acting in a light direction in strengthening their Protection Association, and It thev would ah work shoulder to shoulder he felt conhdent that every member of Parliament would, whenever the opportunity occurred, do his utmost to obtain for them that justice which they required. (Cheers.) Mr. AKEBS DOUGLAS, M.P., was also sanguine as to the benenciai results which would accrue from tho conference. TUG BOATS AS PILOTS.—PAPER BT THE NEATH REPRESENTATIVE. Mr. GEO. PniLLiPS (Neath) read a paper on Tug Boats Acting as Pilots. in the course of which he strongly advocated the adoption of a system of compulsory pilotage in all narrow waters. He dwelt on the hardships which pilots suffered from the utilisation ot the tug-boats for pilots, and asked tha conference whether a tug-boat when towing a ship in exempted waters did not act in the capacity of an unqualified pilot if a quatined pilot had previously onored his services. A short discussion ensued, but no resolution was passed on the subject. PILOTAGE AT SHOBEHAM. Mr. J. PoNTE followed with a paper on The Pilotage System and ita Abuses at Shoreham." He declared that justice was out of the question at Shoreham Harbour, and would be until the prac- tice ot trying pilots by sub-commissioners was abolished. Pilots were only tools and scapegoats at Shorebam. The sub-commissioners and the trustees, practically one body, had spent J&90.000, and had succeeded in spoiling the harbour. EAST GOAST PtLOTAGB. Mr. A. FisHM (Yarmouth) read a paper on "East CoMt Pilotage* Be drew attention to the hazardous nature of the pilot's calling East Coast and the small remuneration which be received for his servicea. and held that, as he had to devote much time and money to qualify himself for his duties, he should be fully protected from anything that might injure bi'u pecuniarily or otherwise. This, however was by no means the case. It was highly desirable th3.t a court of inquiry should be established on which the pilots' interest could be properly represented. After some discussion Mr. LEwis (Cardiff) pro- posed a resolution to the effect that the conference should apply for &a injunction to restrain masters of ships and other persona from infringing the privileges of pilots. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be better to postpone any action of 11 this kind until after the matter had benn fully considered by the Legal Committee of the association. For his part, be was of opinion that the wiser course would bo to agitate for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the whole system of pilota-e. The resolution was accordingly withdrawn. The last paper, The Exempting of Foreign- going Vessels from Pilotage in the Isle of Wight District. was read by Mr. S. J. CAWS. THE ANNUAL DINNER. The annual dinner was he!d in the evening, Mr. J. H. Puleston, M.P., presiding. Amongst those who accepted invitations were Lord Brabourne. Lord Sidmouth, the Russian Consul-General, Mr. E. T. Gourley, M.P., Mr. B. St. John Ackers, M.P., Mr.P.CaUa.n.M.P-.&e.

THE BEER AND SPIRIT DUTIES. DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPPOSITION. It has been decided that the second reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill shall be met with the following amendment, which Sir Michael Hicks-reach will move:—" That this House regards the increase proposed by this Bill in the duties levied on beer and spirits as inequitable in the absence of a corresponding addition to the duties on wine, and declines to impose fresh taxation on real property until effect has been given to its resolutions of the 17th of April, 1883, and the 28th of March, 1834, by which it has acknowledged further measures of relief to be due to ratepayers in counties and boroughs in respect of local charges imposed on them for national services." When the Budget proposals come before the House of Commons for approval a Scottish mem- bar will move, and an Irish member will second an amendment objecting to the proposed increase of the whisky duty until the duty on alcohol in wines and beer is brought nearer to an equality with the duty on whisky. A number of Irish and Scottish distillers are communicating with many members of Parliament on the subject. The following reply from the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been received to the memorial presented by the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Society Treasury Chambers, Whitfha)!, S W.. May 4,1885. Sir,—Mr. Childers felt unable to reply to your memorial of the 24th u)t. unul after he had ijMde his financial statement. You will ha.vo seen (hut lie m;1de no proposals for of any of regulations as regards licences, but Hie matter has been, and will continue to be, under his careful consideration.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, G. GLEADOWE. S. Carrington. Esq., and others. ACTION OF THE SWANSEA LICENSED VICTUALLERS. A largely-attended meeting of licensed victuallers and others connected witit Lhe tiquur trfide was held under the auspices of tho Swansea ftnct District, Licensed Victuallers' Association, at the Castle Hotel. Swansea, on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. J. H. Jenkins (president of the association) took the chair, and Mr. B. R. Harvey (vice-president) the vice-chair. The CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meet- ing, which was to consider the future action of the trade and to ascertain the opinions of whole- I 10]3s sale and retail dealers on the new conditions brought into force by the new tax. Mr. B. R. HARVEY said the publicans had been long selling their spirits and beer at a lower rate I than was remunerative to them. An advance. however, would be dimcuit to make in a retail trade like theirs, and he proposed that the best way out of the dimculty in the matter of spirits would be to decrease the quantity. He instanced the case of one publican, whose takings, according to his own statement, were from J66 tof7 less than usual in one day since the tax h.td been imposed and the retail price increased. He thought that wine should have come in for the burden instead of the liquor of the poorer classes. The bead of the Government was now pnying them off for their action in 1874, but it was not aaemly, in his opinion, to show malice after so many years. He considered that they could not do better than reduce the quantity supplied customers. Mr. SMITH (Thomas Ford -ind Co.) said that his nrm would abide by tha decision arrived at by the wholesale de&lers as to an increase of price or otherwise. Mr. W. F. Bun. said it was not a question for the wholesale dealers to consider. The CHAIRMAN observed that what was required was a statement from the wholesale uaders as to whether the extra two shillings was to be imposed per proot ganou of spirits or on diluted spirits. They could not arrive at a decision unless they knew how the price w?s to be raised to them. Mr. RKES (Neath) said it was very desirable th;tt the trade should present !.n united front in this emergency, and the different sections should state their views. The Government had treated the publicans in a shameful manner, and it was neces- sary that they should form an association for the whole of South Wales to protect their interests. Why could not they do as they did in 1874 ? (Cheers.) They were a power in the land; they had great iniluence and a great. shtko in the country. If they only fought the battle unjtldly to-day they would be instrumental in placing the trade on a better footing for the future. They knew by this time which side their bread W:lS buttered. It was all very well to say they were no politicians but, if it were not for the fact that the' were downtrodden as a cla.ss, the circular convening the mooting would never need to have been issued. (Cheers.) Mr. WiLLiAMS (Sinsleton Inn) thought there was too much throat-cutting and under-selling amongst tho licensed victuallers themselves. Unity was urgently required, if prices were to be mmntain.'d. He h:td jotted down .t resolution, which he would propose should be sent to Mr. Gladstone 1.'0 the nillt. Hon. W. E. II. nume- of the Victuallet-s of add the it unanimously decided to tv you, as tbe hpaJ of tht: metit, their extreme regret at the lar,-e increase of duty placed by the liquors. which they consider unjust and uzifaii- tile consumers ami vendors They the opinioll that the previous taxes were, quite exorbitant, and that the condtict. of the Government towards the trad" for tIll: pat few year. hilS amonnkd h positive and has ben quite to a 50- called L-beral Government. (Cl:eet1; aud laitgtiter.) It would. in the opinioll of the be more dt-sii-able the shculd be rather imposed upon article3 of geuerd COnSLIMption 'by which meaHS tllt GoverlJIneut would considerably revenue and prodde for every cla.s a sliai-e tht; revenue. "C, sii-, 400 Licensed Victuallers of The resolution was not put to the meeting. Mr. F. BEDFORD wns in favour of increasing the prices for the out-door trade, and decreasing tha measure for m-doors. Mr. HARVEY then proposed that for the In-door trade the amount of spirits previously sold at Hd. should now be sold hr 2d., and that at 2d. for 3d. The CIIAIRMAN said he lad used this scale in his business, and had found it to work effectually. Mr. J. V. HAccHt; seconded the motion, which was carried uuaniutc.usiv. On the motion ui Mr. D. DAVIES (Cricketer's Arms), seconded by Mr. L. EvANS (Maliphantinn), the prices for the out-door sate of spirits were nxed as follow:— Other spi:'its French Gm. except. B.?ndv Hu!'itnd. ?'ay. H?f-noi;x:c.03 0? ? 06 NoEg'n.06 07 10 Ralf-pint 1 0 1 1t 20 Fint. 1]0 23 t0 Qu.M't.38 46 30 G .d 10 11 13 0 ISO 300 Bottle.2 7 32 50 The president and vice-president, were elected to proceed to London to attend the forthcoming con- ference on the action of the Government. This was all the business.

THK MARQUESS OF SALISBURY OK: PUHLIC AFFAIRS. On Tuesday evoning the Marquess of Salisbury, sneaking at the opening of the new premises of the Hackney Conservative Club, referring to the Budet, sa.id not only was the fiscal burden imposed On the nation enormous, but the Govern- ment, by imposing additional taxation on barley, had increased the prospective distress in agricu! tural districts and the congestion of labour in 0 large towna. Referring to the surrender to Russia, hesaidtholossofpresuge was the kernel of tlw i question. He did not ca.ro whether the Russian Government had rightly interpreted the agreement or not. The question was, not whether they ought to go to war on account of Komtroff's insult, but. ought the Government ever to have tended them in their poaidon. Referring to the Souda.n, be said the Government, if they had the courage, might ha.vo withdrawn the troops a.fter the fall of Khar. toum, when the Nile was high and transport com- paratively easy, but now the troops could not be withdrawn without much unnecessary labour and suffering. He ridicuied the Government for com- mencing the railway from Suakim without making due inquiry, and be assumed that the line, so far as completed, commencing nowhere and end'ng nowhere, would form the sole memento of their presence in the Soudan, and afford a theme for learned discussion in the future.

LLANDAFF HOUSE OF MERCY. The secretary to the House of Mercy, Llan- daff (the Rev. Charles Grimth, Merthyr Tydnl), begs to acknowledge the receipt of a Bank of England note for JE5, being an In Momoriam (of the late Rector of Mertbyr, late secretary to the House of Mercy, Llandaff) donation towards the funds of the above institution, sent by Donor." _———

DEATH OF LADY MARY LINDSAY. Wo regret to record the death of Lady Mary Lindsay, which occurred on Tuesday !ast, aged 82. She was the wife of Mr. George Hayward Lindsay, of Glasnevin House, County Dublin, sister of the late Earl of Arran, K.P., and mother of LieuteDant-CoIonei H. Gore Liadsay, CbiJû Const&Me e& Glamorgansbiw

INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION FOR WALES. PROSPECT OF AN IMMEDIATE INTRC DUCTION OF THE BILL. DEFINITE PLEDGE OF TRE GOVERNMENT. Our special correspondent, telegraphing ot Sunday evening, says :—I am enabled autho- ritatively to state that, not only have the Government undertaken to introduce the Welsh Intermediate Education BiU thia MB- ?ion, but that they have dennitety pledged themselves to introduce it immediately tfte! 'hn passing of the Registration Billa. 1:or the following copy of the memori*J ch the Welsh member)! have addreased t< Prime Minister on the subject I ana -debtedto the courtesy of Sir H.HuMey \ivian,the junior member for Glamorgan- shire :— House of Commons, 21st April, 1885. Dear Mr. Gladstone,—We deem it our duty, a) representatives of the constituencies of Wales, t< bring to your notice the deep anxiety which is felt in regard to immediate legislation with a view tt establish a complete system of Intermediate Educa ticn in the Pr'ncipality. We are fully sensible of, and grateful for. the boon which her Majesty's Government have conferred on Wales by the grants which they have recommended in aid of our Cot* ieges, but we aubmit that the great work which has thus been done will be °tbso!ute!v incomplete unless an Act establishing an organised system of Intermediate Education be passed, and we beg to assure you that if such an Act should not be pasted this session, after having been promised for the last three years, the deepest disappointment wiU be fe!t throughout the Principality.—We are, dov Mr. Gladstone, yours very faithfully, H. Hussey Vivian, John J. Jenkins, Henry Richard, Holland, C. R. M. Talbot, R. A. Cunline, H. G. AHen. L. L. Dillwyn, T. Love Jones Parry, Stuart Rendel, Chas. H. James, Cvril M. Flower, W. R. H. Powell, E'J. Reed, John Roberts, E. H. Carbutt, Rtchard Davics, Emiyn, W. Ruthbone, R.G. Price, Richard Grosvonor, F. A. Hanbury Tracy, G. Osborue Morgan, Chas. C. Rogers, Kensington, W. Davies. David Davies. W. F. Maitland. Morgun Doyd, The memorial was presented by Sir Husse" Vivian early in the week. Followed as it was by the meeting at the Memorial Hal! on Tueaday night, an effect was produced on the Government which led on Friday evening to an assurance, given by the Government whip, Lord Richard Groavenor, to Sir Huaaey, tha< af soon as ever the Registration Bill, now in Committee, was disposed of the Intermediate Education Bill would be immediately intro- duced to the House. It is impossible, of course, to say dHdnitely when the Registra- tion Bill will be got through, but it ia the opinion of Sir Husaey Vivian and others that it will be forwarded to the Upper House in about seven or eight days' time. LETTER TO SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN. We have been favoured with the following reply which has been addressed to Sir Haaaey Vivian by Mr. Gladstones private secretary iu acknowledging the memorial of the Welsh members of Parliament on the subject of Intermediate Education in Wales :— (Copy.) 10, Downing-strcMf. Whitehall, 2nd Mny. 1885. Dear Sir Hussev Vivian, — Mr. Gladstone it obliged to you for'forw.trdiug to him the letter which has been addressed to him on the subject of Intermediate Education in W.Ues by all the Welab members. He need not say in acknowledging thia communication that persoualiy he takes much in- terest in this subject, as in alt matters specially affecting the intorefts of the Principality. He can also assure you, and those acting with you, that the Cabinet are sincerely desirous to prosecute an educational measure, and it wiii not be for want of goodwill and effort on their part if such a measure does not become law this session.—J remain, yourt very truly, E. W. HAMILTON.

THE LATE RECTOR OF MERTHYR FUNKRAL SERMON BY T3E DEAN OF BANG OR. On Sunday evening, at St. David's Church, Merthyr, the Dean of Hanger preached a funera! sermon on the late Rector of Merthyr. There WM a very large congregation. The Dean took for his text Matthew xxiv., 42, Watch, therefore for ye know Dot, what hour your Lord doth come! In the course of his sermon the very rev. dean r& forrod to the loss which the parish had sustained in t no death of their rector in the following worde:— "When death strikes down the strong and healthy in thp vigour of heakh. or the active worker in th midst ot his useful labours, it doea often com" suddenly and as a shock and surprise tothoM whl arc locking on. So it was with you, doubtless, o< the ¡ate mournful occasion when you first heard the news ot tile death of your late rector an* friend. I cannot say that he was cut down with out warning. Many among you cou)d not hav fai!ed to observe of iate certain indications Uta* the robust health which ho usuaHy enjoyed was giving WilY, for a timo at IUa8t, and hü hiDlJialf might have ieit within him a something that whispered to him in siient moments of deep renec- tion that the end was not far on'. However that may be. it is certain tllàt no ODe amon¡: you thought that the coming of our Lord to him was so near. And to those friends who lived at a distance, and had no opportunities of personal iu- tercourse with him of ]¡Lte, the UD6IXpectod an-' nouncement ot the death of the Rector of Merthvr caused great surprise, profound regret, a.ad sincere sympathy with the retations in their bereavement. It is unnecessary that I should speak to you here of the life and character of our departed friend He lived amoag you, and had the oversight o< this great parish for nearly 26 years. The rea! man as he was, with all his virtues and all hie faults—for there is no man without faults— the real man. I say, could not be M well known :Jnywhero hmone you in this parish, where every item that gooa to make a. chariictor must have displayed itself in some or othor during the many yeart which he fpeut among you. We urc complex beings, and in our conduct, wo ;uo oi'en swayed to and fro by counter attractions; we have manyxidea to our characters, a.nd those who regard us from different points ot view iorm diSerent cottdustona retpect- ing us, some judging us too ha.rsb!y, otherw too lenient)y. We are not purprigcd at this, for no man hilS tl!e proper data to io! m a just ettimate of tho trne character of ¡mother. We ottell >.pe,Lk disp&ragingiy of done by other men which would receive our commenda' tion if we tru)y knew the motives from which they sprung or the circumstancea which led thpm. And, on ti'e other hAnd. we often pr¡¡.jl!e v.h.tt, if we ha.d better knowledge, we should without hesitation condemn. God alone is able to see ic.to the secret recedes of the heart; He alone kcow.s the hiftdt'n springs and motivua out oi which the actions ft our Jives proceed and He alone i« in possession of ait the ptemonta which are necfss.t.ry to the formation of a juet judgment on th life ot mH.a. Hence appeara the wisdom of tho Church in t.he compilation of the order for thw buriti of the dead. She pronounces no judgment on the life or the departed or his condition in the eternal world. She is content expressing a hcpe for all those who .r in the faith of Christ, leaving at* jjt.. .nt in the hands of Him Who alone ca* aright. Fo!tuwing the lead of the Church j:1 .1" matter, we d&re not pronounce judgment on :n. t our departed friends. Nevertheless, in )o back upon their lives we may legitimately (\ut certain lectures in their character which W 'ay deem worthy ot imitation. Thia haa been a!n tdy donb abunditntty in connection with vom j)i!f; rector, and I U)ink you cannot have failed tf (lb",vt Ute unanimity which prevailed in ttM gc!it't Li e! imate of his character and the universe' of opinion aa to tha prominent place he ( iud ia the public mind. How he stood amocs n i?) this parish no one who did not see the count- "0. muttitudeswho thronged the streetaofthiNtowr Wednesday when his mortal remaina wer' r '?t?nod to their last resting ptace could fona f ,.« opinion. Signs of sorrow ?adtTmpathy wort .)e everywhere; the sotemn stillnesa of th< n ,d as the funeral procession passed by and tht "i:' L1 teurs betokened a warmth and depth of ;<f;. <i<jn which could uot bo mistaken. There ai-f not one—among his brethren wbf Ii I VI- lived more in the strong glare of the publit é: :uid as a natural consequence of tins Drotnt- his life, as it appeared Mtore man, nas ceec hbforn you in the provincial prese, and t. which has left litUeot ni.mg unsaid. It is a just tribute to the memory who, according to the know)edge of truth I.d his life for so many years to the coaacien en discharge of his duty to God and the Church .1. 'n he served. There are many featuroa in ou) t need's character which could not ba known t< tttoao who knew him only as he appeared at & die tanco. I think you wiU all bear me out if I <ay that ho never bore malice or betrayed any too dency to vindictiveness, or that no one waa more ready to forgive an offence in wiU or deed, or to help the weak against the strong, and that no one was more unswerving in the strength of hia affec- tion for those dependent upon him, or more con- stant and unchanging in his friendship. These are qualities which wo cannot but admire, and which will entitle his memory to the iaating respect of those who knew him. And as we believe that his labours here wore for God accord* in? to his convictions of the truth, ao we humbly tr?st that he is now resting in the Lord."

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE At a private service at the Palace Chape! o* Saturday last, the 2nd inat.,the Rev. A. R. Price B.A., of Downing College, Cambridge, was HcenaA by the Lord Bishop of Llandaft to the curacy o< Aberdare.

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