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WORKMEN'S TOPICS. I
WORKMEN'S TOPICS. I (BY MABON, M.P.) EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY AND COMPULSORY INSURANCE IN FRANCE. Probably at a time when the question of finployers' liability is agitating the minds of employers and workmen in Great Britain to such high degree, it will not be uninteresting to know that the same subject is also having at the | Present moment special attention paid to it n [ tther European countries, and especially [ We. This question of employers liability has ')een long before the public in France. We find that as early as 1884 a commission was appointed 'to report on a series of Bills which had been pre- dated from 1880 onwards to one or the other of <he chambers. In 1888 the Chamber.rf Deputie I Passed the famous projet dc lev of MM. Ca ind Pierre Legrand, and in 1890 another Govern- Client Bill was adopted by the Senate, and in [ 1892, a report of another -mm,-on i had been appointed to inquire into these, and a fresh series of Bills was presented. That report is a most valuable document, a contains an account of (1) Fo"i.n ^55 !'h on the subject; (2) The French Bills (3) A fresh scheme, which was debated and v0 e y in the Chamber of Deputies in May an nn of last year; (4) Full explanatory inemor^a'her (5) appendices giving text of ineasiares,'°fc information on the subject; and seei g Tote taken in June last was so strong (510 votes gainst 6, it is hardly necessary to consider the details of any former Bills, and it will be suffi- cient to sketch the purport of this scheme. It may be, however, useful, before doing so, to • tefer very briefly to the actual state of the present iaw in France as regards this question. Hitherto there has been no special regulation Jistincb from the general Jaw of 1804. By the I terms of the articles of that law, an o livil code that followed, there is no distinction o Persons who are subject to accidents. Damages can be obtained if the injured person can bring lg f Proof that injury is imputable to the e en a Personally, or to those whom he is resP°n ¡ Personally, or to those whom he is responsible I for, or to things he has under his care. The i application of these principles is well confirmed f and illustrated in some of the important deci- I sions given by the various courts. A M. | Sauzet in the Revue Critique de Legislation, f says: The decisions of our tribunals, in our courts of appeal, the court of cassation, the state council, aretbe starting point in this critical examination. They show undeniably a log.caland uniform character one may say that they have at the construction practically of [ ° P The obligation that the con- [ f'se'rvi^ 'puts upon the employer, in my tract of of teking all appropriate steps to f^wnard the health as well as the life of the [ ESS* • • • ,<Ifc is aPrinciPle-"says f Conrt at Besan§on, according to common jjnr, that the company in employing its agents in operations which are often difficult and perilous should assure their safety; that it should I"" even, if occaslbtttiffers, seek to protect its I employees against their unskilfulnees or personal omissions." And the court at Dijon says: _u The employer has a strict obligation to protect tbe:workmen againstthedangersconsequentonthe "ork, and this obligation entails the necessity t tven to foresee possible accidents, and take Measures which are of a nature to obviate them.' And the Court of Cassation, in dismissing an Appeal, declared that the employer was bound to defend his workmen from the consequences of dangers inherent in their work." It is evident tbat these decisions exclude any doctrine like that of "contributory negligence." The Commission, nevertheless, held that the Principles of the common law were insufficient in v»ew of the relationship existing between the ^ead of an industrial establishment and his workpeople, the latter being wholly under °rders. They declared that injured workmen can ()nly obtain damages if they can prove that the accident occurred through the fault, imprudence, or negligence of the employer or his officials. i they accepted as proved the statement that for every hundred accidents 75 were through Unforeseen causes—the inevitable and the acts of Bod-and that in these cases the workmen could not obtain compensation; and that out of the remaining 25 cases only a small Pr°P°^n obtained satisfaction. The delays and uncer- tainties and expenses of legal procedure are also Pointed out. We think that we have board some of these arguments put forward somewhere else, but not as in France, pointed out by a special com- » Mission as reasons why any future scheme of employers' liability should be strengthened in favour of the working people, but by the repre- Bentatives of employers and provident funds, why an Employers' Liability Bill should be fculified by enabling employers and their work- men to contract themselves out of its provisions. The scheme of the French Commission, "Mob, as we have already stated, has been °arried in the Chamber of Deputies by the overwhelming majority of 510 votes against 6 I has a fourfold aim. It determines at the com- mencement which are accidents giving rise to indemnities, and fixes their ratio to the wage paid (Parts I. to III). f In Parts IV. to V. is trafced the regulations of COlnpetency, whether of justices of the peace or o» the special Court of Arbitration contemplated. 1,1 Parts VI. and VIII. is organised the modes 01 compulsory insurance of the employers and the last part regulates the payment of pensions and indemnities cUtato victims or their represen- tatives. 1,1 Article I. is defined the scope of the apph- Cation ?« tbe provisions of the Bill. It >s inteended that it..shall. apply to workmen and persons employe^ in Miuing, quarrying, en- SrST?* a"d al,;«*l'ndustries ;(6) Transport in I S Lrte^-(U) Wofkshops and factories of I f' ?' 7 generally all estabhshments °r branches thereof, where explo- it'6S are manufactured, or Use is made of steaHl engines or machines worked by elementary power vair, water, steam, gas, electricity^ or by animals. Enterprises of the Stat* departments, p comtuunes, and all public establishmepts are e expressly included. It will be noticed that the foregoing ,joeg -18 Hot inolude sailors or fishermen. It irvtepd« £ l>, however, to deal with these by naore special legislation still. III the foregoing mentioned trades which, speaking roughly, are the dangerous trades, the principle of the employers' liability for all accidents is to be recognised and enforced. The workman or his representatives is to bo entitled to compensation, according to a statutory tariff, for injury from accidents of any kind, except accident intentionally produced by him- self. If, however, it could be proved by or on behalf of the employer that the accident was due to the gross fault or negligence of the vworkman himself, the compensa- tion in this case may be reduced or even altogether forfeited, and vice versa. If the Workman proves that the accident was due to the gross fault or negligence of the employer or one of the officials, the compensation may be in- oreased up to a complete indemnity. No con- tracting-out is to be allowed. All actions are to be brought within one year from the date of accident. In order o secure the payment of the compensation the system is in- trouucea of Compulsory Insurance. The State is madedirectly responsible, but it is to be recouped by employers in local groups e For this purpose the whole of France is divided into districts. Each d.strict is to consist of one or more department, with the exception thatihe Department of the Seine may be sub-divided into [ aeveral districts. In each district all employers, ia all occupations subjeofc to the Bill, are made responsible for the statutory compensation to all workmen of the district who are injured by acci- dent Single employers or syndicates of employers mav' however, reserve to themselves the right of exemption from this general arrangement, and, instead of which fhey are to insure the same statutory compensation for their own workmen. The district does not insure against the risk of accidents beforehand; but the total amount of compensation awarded and paid by the State in the course of any year to workmen in the district is recoverable in the next year from the employers in the district, and repaid to the State the relative contribution of each member being determined by the product of the total of the salaries paid by him during the past year as certain "oo-efficient of risk," which we will again explain, having been assigned to each establish- ment as representing its degree of danger. Such is the general scheme. Greater detail will be given in our next.
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The Household. Diphtheria. In the course of a lecture delivered recently Dr. Thorne Thorne, the Chief Medical Officer to the Local Government Board, said it was remarkable that while typhoid had been enormously reduced by improved sanitation, diphtheria had steadily increased, doubling and trebling its proportions since 1870. They had been working on it for 20 years at the Local Government Board, and bad devoted more time to it than to any other subject, and there was not an inspector who had been able to identify it with polluted water. As a matter of fact, the diphtheria organism found it extremely difficult to live in water at all. The great drainage works of recent years had all been carried out in the town?, and it) was there that diphtheria was carrying all before it, so that he saw no connec- tion between it and bad drainage, except in so far as people who had derived sore throats from inhaling the effluvia from drains were most liable to its attack. The conditions of modern school life were largely the cause of its propaga- tion. The children were aggregated in a hot- house, which gf»ve facility to the development of the disease, just as properties in vegetable life were developed under similar conditions, and he generally noticed that, although each child had nominally so many cubic feet of air, two-thirds of the space was enjoyed by the schoolmistress, and the children were massed together. Education began in the rural districts, where the parson knew every child in the village, and diptheria. was at first a rural disease, because the parsons were able to aggregate the children in the schoolroom. Now the same thing was being done in the towns under the care of the school attendanoe officers, and consequently diphtheria was settling down and acquiring a fatal influence among our child population. Over and over again epidemics of the disease had been traced to milk, and the lesson was that people should leave off drinking unboiled milk, thereby largely escaping from scarlet fever, typhoid, diphtheria, and other diseases. All cases should be isolated. Whatever touched the mouth or nostrils should be instantly burned in the same room; clothes and premises should be carefully disinfected all milk should be boiled; in times of epidemic children should not be allowed to play with domestic Animals, the cat being especially susceptible; and it should be seen that the foundations and surroundings of the house were dry. tIe recommended that no child coming from a house in which there was even a sore throat, in time of disease, should be allowed to attend school, and said that detailed exclusion from school was often more important than closing the school altogether. Hobbies. The late Dr. Aloott remarked that health is not to be preserved by riding hobbies, as some seem to suppose. One, for example, takos exer- cise, but is negligent t>f his diet and regimen. Another thinks lie has assured his health through punctilious bathing, as if cleanliness were the sole condition of health. Another makes a hobby of his diet. tach trusts in his own hobby. But a suitable diet, habitual cleanliness, and sufficient exercise are all necessary to health. Attention to one will not compensate for the neglect of th others., e Hints. A BREAKFAST SAyoup.—With the top of a. wine glass cut out eight) or ten circles from slices of bread about £ in. thick, fry them a golden brown, and drain them in front of the fire free from fat. Now make a mixture of two table- spoonfuls of essence of anchovy, same as Worcester sauce, a dash of cayenne, one dessert spoonful of flour, 2oz. butter, and %-pint boiling water; simmer the mixture very slowly, stirring the while, for 10 or 12 minutes. Skin and bone six or eight sardines, pound them with the addition of a little butter, and spread on the bread croutons then pour the hot sauce over them, squeeze a few drops of lemon juice on all, and serve. MUTTON CHOPS.—They should be chops cut from a loin of mutton, generally about three- quarters of an inch thictc. IVim off all super- fluous fat, leaving only a thin layer on each, and tie them into a nice round shape. Broil them lightly on both sides so as to brown them, then season them with salt and pepper, sprinkle flour over them, and put them in a stewpan. Pour in half a teabupful of stock or water to which is added a tablespoonful of chopped onion, the same of celery, and a teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Cover the pan with a close lid, and stew gently, being very careful to avoid boiling, which, of course, hardens the meat. How TO USE STALE BREAD.—Housekeepers who have too much principle to throw away stale bread and who cannot bring their families to relish bread pudding will find they can put their loaves to practical use by making what an ex- perienced mother calls bread omelet." Cut the bread in very thin slices—and dip the slices in beaten eggs. Fry in butter. A most substan- tial, economical and satisfactory dish for break. fast. MASHED BEANS.—Soak overnight in cold water a quart of nice white beans. When ready to cook, drain, put into boiling water, and boii till perfectly tender, and the water nearly evaporated. Take up, rub through a colander to remove the skins; season with salt and half a cupful of cream put in a shallow pudding-dish, smooth the top with a spoon, and brown in the oven. If cream is not obtainable, the beans are very good without it. CELERY IN SOUP.—You can use a little celery, and it is good much, and it is better, if the white celery is available. The green leaves and trimmings are good to use in soups, but one must use only a. lIttle-perhaps one large leaf to a soup. You can also use a teaspoonful of celery seed, if the fresh stalks are not to be obtained. Two or three celery plants are a fine addition to the herb b?d as a source for soup flavouring. GERMAN SALAD.—-Two eggs, two tablespoon- fuls of sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, half a cupful of ?weet milk, add a little salt and pepper, beat well) stir into one pint of boiling vinegar, stir till it boils again, cool, and pour over finely. chopped cabbage.
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Another Victory, It is related of George Clark, the celebrated nocrro minstrel, that, being examined as a witness, was severely interrogated by the attorney^ who wished to break down hw evidenoe. r « Yon are in the negro minstrel business, I be- ijive inquired the lawyer. uVe? sir," answered George, promptly. Jsn't that rather a low calling J" demanded ^f^lon't know but what it is, sir," replied the minafcrel but V3 80 mu°'1 better than my that I am rather proud of it." «'win? was your father s calling ?" » He was a lawyer," replied Clark, in a tone of • • fuhip regret that put the whole court in a
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MRS N. PECK Well, Harry's wife IS certainly a thing of beauty." Ms N. PECK If I hope she won't be a jaw for ever."
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PROMINENT PREACHERS, e. ;> JQARDINAL VAUGHAN. It had long been known by those who move in well-informed Roman Catholic circles that on the death of the late Cardinal Manning his successor in the Archbishopric of Westminster and in the Cardinalate would be the subject of the present sketch. To the world at larcje, however, the selection came as a surprise. For, precisely in those characteristics which enabled the late Cardinal to win back for his church so much lost popularity, the present Cardinal is his antithesis. Cardinal Manning was in warm sympathy not merely with the democratic, but with the socialistic trend of the age. The success of the London dock strikers was due hardly less to his powerful influence than to the generalship of their leaders; and this was bu one of many proofs he gave of his sympathy with the aspirations of labour. Nor can it be doubted, from utterances of his, that he looked forward in a perhaps remote future to some form of Socialism as the remedy for the discontents ot the tune. Cardinal Vaughan, on the other hand, is aristo- cratic in his associations, and also, as one might know from his cast of face, in his sympathies. Never wanting in the courage of his convictions, he has already made it clear that, however desir- able continuity of policy may be, he is not going to follow up his great predecessor's social action. He is too much of a Christian, we may be sure, to have no care for the hardships and miseries which are the lot of so many of the labouring masses and the return of large numbers of them to the fold would, no doubt, be warmly welcomed by him. But it is evident that he will not seek to gain his end along the line of least resistance. It may at once be admitted that if it was the policy of the Holy See, after a course of democratic polioy, to give the aristocratic cause a turn, no better choice than Cardinal Vaughan could have been made for the Primacy. Born at Gloucester 61 years ago, the son of Lieutenant- Colonel Vaughan, of Courtfield, Herefordshire, he belongs to one of those old country families which have through many generations stood fast by the Church of Rome, in evil as well as in good report. He was educated at Stonyhurst and at a college in Belgium, and was originally de3igned to follow his father's profession. But there is a particularly strong ecclesiastical bent in the family. Five of his brothers have chosen the priestly career, and have all risen to positions of influence and dignity—one, Roger, dying Archbishop of Sydney. He has also three uncles in the priesthood, one of whom is now Gishop of Plymouth. It is not strange, there- fore, that he himself should ha7e chosen the sacred calling. To fit himself for it he entered St. Gregory's, Downside, in 1849, and after a course of study at Rome was ordained priest in 1854, being appointed vice-president of St. Edmund's College, near Ware, Herts, in the following year. From the first, we are told, he has felt keen interest in the heathen under British rule. In one sense this has been shown by many a subsequent utterance of his to have been a particularly characteristic feeling. He has many a time given utterance to his sense of the mission entrusted to the Anglo-Saxon race to bear aloft the torch of civilisation, and per. haps he is never more eloquent, because never more giving utterance to his inmost convictions, than when speaking in th is sense. "This English. speaking race," he once finely said, "has been endowed by God with certain natural virtues and qualities, by aid of which it has built up tho stupendous Colossus of the British Empire. This race, so prolific by nature, so enterprising in character, so steady in colonising and filling up the vacant regions of the earth, so law. abiding by instinct and discipline, so imperial in dominion and control, so sympathetic and reasonable in its dealings with human nature-in spite of atrocities which have disgraced and still disgrace our name-this English race has been able to settle down among all kinds of peoples abroad, and to govern them with the snVAltest appeal to physical strength, and the largest trust in the efficacy of tuoral force and common If it was natural that the man who has this If it was natural that the man who has this strong sense of the imperial vocation of his race should think first and most of the heathen under British rule, it must not be supposed that his missionary aspirations were limited by the bounds of the British Empire. On the contrary, when he actually engaged in the work of evangelisation, it was among the coloured popu- lation of the State of Maryland. This, however, is somewhat to anticipate. The first encourage- ment he received to consecrate his energies to missionary work was from Cardinal Wiseman, who sent him to Rome with a commendatory letter to the Pope. Then, taking with him the Papal blessing, he travelled in North and South America to collect funds. Recalled to England by the man whom be was destined to succeed on the archiepiscopal throne, he purchased a house at Mill Hill and converted it into a missionary training college, with a single. student. It was a small beginning of a considerable work. Before long larger premises became necessary, and in 1871. the present handsome college, one of the landmarks of this part of the country, was opened. He was now free for a more important post, and the call was not long in coming. In 1872 the See of Salford became vacant, and he was preferred to it, though he was not allowed to retain the office of Superior- General to the Missionary Society which owed its existence to his efforts. At Salford he. did not fail to make his mark. He thraw himself energetically into the movement for improving the dwellings of the poor, became prominent, also, as a champion of denominational education, and earnestly advocated the cause of temperance, though he was not allowed by his medical adviser permanently to remain an He had been Bishop of Salford about twenty years when he was summoned to the highest office which the Pope has at diaposa) in this country. that his Eminence owes nothing to his ex- tremely influential associations it would be un- reasonable to affirm. One is hardly prepared to say that had he been Just an ordinary priest, with no powerful connections, he would have risen by the sheer force of commanding abilities to his present exalted position. On the other hand, the mere fact of: his elevation to the Arcnbishopric of Westminster is sufficient proof, to those who know anything at all of Roman policy and practice, that 'he has the capacity to perform the important and responsible duties belonging to the post. For from those whom she appoints to bear: rule, the Church rigorously exacts efficiency. And if his Eminence is no incompetent administrator, neither is he wanting in capacity as a preacher. A deep and original thinker, a brilliant rheto- rician, an orator who can* play upon the feelings of his hearers as a skilled-musician upon his in- strument, he has never pretended to be. But he has a presence and bearing, of singular distinction -not the spiritual elevation of his ascetic and saintly predecessor, but the dignity of a nature which has inherited refinement of taste and the instinct of command from many generations of ancestors. Like most 4-ttie preachers of his communion, he has trailed himself to preach without the aid of MS. {jfe, command of lan- guage is adequate, and lie-has the distinctness of enunciation which is pethaps the only real service that elocution can-do the preacher or speaker. Since his transference to Westminster Cardinal Vaughan has not merely made plain his attitude towards Socialism, but has caused some stir in theological circles by his frank declaration against the validity of Anglican orders, and bv what he has said about the return of England to the Church from which she broke away in the time ot Henry VIII. On this latter topic his Imminence was only in effect repeating his remarkable deliverance while Bishop of Salford. Conscious thjit the conversion of is the despair of many a good Catholic, the bjshop set himsetf specially to encourage his co-religionists to nopt lor this great consumma- tion. "You are dreaTning," he represented an oDjector as sayiner, you are raving. To talk of the conversion of Engl^a Is childish babble. You are not two out of twenty-seven millions of the population. Y Oll lose. thousands of your poor through the worlchovKa system and prosely- tism for hundreds yo* STiVifr-fojhtheifpper classes." In reply he compares the attitude of England towards the Roman Church during the last three hundred years with its position towards her to-day. And then comes the following remarkable passage, which shows, whatever other significance it may have, how closely Dr. Yaughan watches what is going on in the Church of England: "Not only is the attitude of the population changed, but the very Estabhshment which was set up in riva ly to the Church, with a Royal supremacy triumphantly p(bted against the papai supremacy, Establishment has changed its temper and attitude. Its bishops, ministers, and people ? £ L 7 e,Q £ n?ed «» "poring or denouncing those very Articles which were drawn up to be their eternal protest against the old religion. Ihe sacramental power of Orders, the need of jurisdiction the Real Presence, the Daily Sacri- fice, Auricular Confession, Prayers and Offices 5 X! £ ad' b,ellTT-,n. Purg,at?ry, the invocation of the Blessed .Virgin and the Saints, religious vows, and the institution of monks a,'ld nuBns_ AHni!ry staITev, hy the Thirty-nine Artioles as fond fables and blasphemous deceits- « IniVff fure n°i.W from » thousand i m the kstabhshment and as heartily rAb r'C d by a* many crowded congregations. The image of the Blessed Virgm has been t wStminT 0!fJ:he side entrance to Westminster Abbey, and the Queen of Heaven dome of'Vpenvy enthl0neT Uuder the «reat WrinL ?auls-. • • • ,In a word, Catholic an? jTL be'nR re-instated all over the land, and the old heresies cast out Thn '5" Kv-SonTiloneU Vaugi an s conclusion was that it the progression of change be at the th^emst° bUf,nK A S'fy as during ri i'.j • 'k0 en of another century l y, -be Praf,t,c;ally. Catholic again. Not, he explains, Catholic m the sense that materialism, rationalism, and various phases of %eSyh™CeaS? t0 eX,St; Ut-that bis Church become the most consplcuo the most Tn ttt f0nd TSfc tr,te( °hurcl1 England. All this is Only what he micht have been With the question at all, and probably if it had been said by Cardinal Manning, whose saintluiess antj charm and venerableness constituted a claim to a respectful hearing such as few men have ever established, it ™ul h? hthtle hostile comment. Whether Cardinal Vaughan, as time passes, will graduaJly concihate the sympathy and conhdence which his Predecessor only enjoyed in the later years of his life, it must be left-to the future to veveal. jj THE SUBJECT OF THE NicXT AITTICLIC WILL 13F, RI,UV. H. R. HAIVEi,,3.
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patIENCE. They tell me I must patient be, I must not murmur nor eompIajn What now seems strange and hard 'to me Will "some sweet day be made all plain. I know that we must walk by faith Learn lessons God would have us'know Though rough and thorny be the path We'll find at last 'twas better so. It's true we meet with trials here, That cause ofttimes our hearts to ache. But let us try and meekly bear It all for him-our dear Lord's sake. Then let us strive to do our best, In loss or gain, it matters Ilot. Lord, thou wilt give eternal rest To us when life's last battle's fought. SUSAN BOYD.
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Parliamentary History of Radnorshire.…
Parliamentary History of Radnorshire. [IY MB WILLIAMS, SOLICITOR, TALYBONT.) 1780. Thomas Johnes, of Stannage, co. Radnor, re-elected 1784- as of Croft Castle, co. Hereford," and 1790. This was the celebrated Co!. Johnes, of Hafod, who also sat for Cardiganshire, 1796, till his death in 1816, and who has been treated of in the history of that county. In 1780 there was a contest, when the poll was kept open six days, and the result was declared—Thomas Johnes, 521; Walter Wilkins, of Maesllwch, 355. 1796. Walter Wilkins, of Maesllwch, b. 1741, second son of John Wilkins, of Glamorganshire, and grandson of Thomas W., Prothonotary, on the Brecon Circuit, and, having spent the early part of his life in India, on his return home purchased large estates in Radnorshire and fisheries on the river Wye. He m., Feb., 1777, Catherine, d. of Samuel Hay ward, of Walsworth Hall, co. Gloucester, was High Sheriff of Radnorshire, 1774, unsuccessfully contested the county 1780, but was elected 1796, and sat for it for nearly 32 years, being re-elected 1802 (defeating John Macnamara, of Llangoed Castle, Breconshirc, and Biddlesdon Park, Bucks, who was M.P. Leicester, 1784-90, by 578 votes to 357, the poll being kept open four days) 1806, 1807, 1812, 1818, 1820, and 1826, and d. March, 1828. 1823, April. Thomas Frankland Lewis, of Harpton. vice Walter Wilkins, dec. This able public official was b. May, 1780, the only son of John L., of Harpton (see Radnor, 1780) by his second wife Anne, second d. of Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart., M.P., of ThirkJeby Park, Yorkshire, was educ. at Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford, and twice m. (1) Maroh, 1805, to Harriet, d. of Sir George Cornevvall,Bart.,|M.P., of Moccas, co. Hereford she d. Aug. 1838, and he m. (2) Oct., 1839, Mary Ann, dau. of Oapt. John Ashton, of the Royal Horse Guards Blue. He was high-sheriff of Radnorshire 1804, lieut.-col. of the Radnorshire Militia, 1806, till the close of the war in 1815; M.P. Beaumarif, 1812-26; Ennis (co. Clare, in Ireland), 1826-8, when he resigned his seat in order to be returned for his native county, which he represented till 1834 was ap. a. commissioner of inquiry into the Irish Revenue, 1821, and served on the commission of inquiry into the revenue of Great Britain and Ireland 1822 5 was first commissioner of inquiry into education in Ireland, 1825-8, and held office as Financial Secretary ot the Treasury under Lord Godericli, Sept., 1827, to Feb., 1828, was added to the Privy Council Feb., 1828, and was Vice-President of the Board of Trade Feb. to May, 1828, and Treasurer of the Navy, with a salary of j33,000 a year, Feb. to Nov., 1830, in the Duke of Wellington's Administration, and was Chairman of the important Poor Law Commission Aug., 1834, to Jan., 1839, and app. a Com- missioner of inquiry into the Rebecca Riots in South Wales, May, 1843. For his eminent and laborious public services he was created a Baronet on the recommendation of Sir Robert Peel, July, 1846, and afterwards sat for Radnor from 1847 till his death, Jan., 1855. 1835. Walter Wilkins, of Maesllwch Castle (Wilkins, 483 Sir John Beun Walsh, 356). Only san of Walter Wilkins, of Maesllwch (who d. 1830), and grandson of the member for 1796. He was b. Oct., 1809, m., Feb., 1831, Julia Cecilia, second dau. of Rev. Richard John Collinson, rector of Gateshead, co. Durham was High Sheriff of Radnorshire, 1833, and, together with the rest of the family, resumed, by sign manuel m 1339, the ancient surname of De Winton. He d., at the age of 30, in May, 1840. He traced his descent from Robert de Wintona, or Wincestria, who camo into Glamorganshire in the train of Robert Fitzhamon. 1840, June. Sir John Benu Walsh, Bart., of Warlield Park, Berks, and Ormathwaite, Cumberland, vice Walter Wilkins de Winton, dec., only son of Sir John Walsh (son of William Benu, of Moor-row, Cumberland, took that sur- name, together with the arms, iu lieu of BEm", by royal license April, 1795, pursuant to the will of his wife's relative, John Walsh, of Warlield, Berks (brother to Joseph Walsh, Governor ot Madras, and was created a Baronet 1804), was b. Dec., 1798, succ. his father as second Baronet June, 1825, and the following Nov. m. Lady Jane Grey, youngest d. of George Harry, sixth Earl of Stamford and Warrington. Sir John was Sheriff of Berkshire, 1823, being a J.P. and D.L. for that county, and High Sheriff of Radnorshire, 1825; M.P. Sudbury (Suffolk), 1850 4 failed at Poole, 1837 agam sat for Sudbury, March, 1838-40, when ho resigned in order to be returned for Radnorshire (which he unsuccessfully contested 1835 and 1837), and for which he sat from 1840 till April, 1868, when he was raised to the peerage as Lord Ormathwaite. His lordship was Lord-lieut. and cus. rot, of Radnorshire, 1842 till 1875, when he resigned, and was succeeded by his son, and d., at the great age of 82, in Feb., 1881. He defeated Lord Harley in 1841 by 1,102 votes to 422. ( To be continued.)
GARDENING HINTS.
GARDENING HINTS. Flower Garden- It is late, of course, to plant spring flowers, but on the principle of Better late than never," all sorts of tilings may be planted now if the weather is suitable. There are pretty things among daisies, but for massing a good white and a good red are sufficient for the requirements of those who only want a gay garden. Among the cheap things which are useful for filling up back- grounds are the Canterbury bells. 1 once saw tho shrubbery ot a new place tilled in with a lot of these bright cheap things in February, and it was wonderfully effective. A lot can be done with seedling pansies, Brompton stocks, wallflowers, foxgloves; and the common evening primrose makes a capital display upon a bank among the shrubs. Many pockets are lighter than usual this year, and something cheap and bright must be had. Those who can wait may do a good deal with annuals, especially if there is a very slight hotbed to raise the half-hardy things. The cheapest family to make a great summer show are the nasturtiums. It is too soon yet to sow anything, but we may begin our discussion of ways and means, aud make the necessary arrangements for the coming cam- paign, Fashion does not change so speedily in the middle-class as it does higher in the social scale but everywhere are signs that the demand for hardy plants is on the increase. There are beautiful things among paeonies, both in the herbaceous section and also in the case of the shrubby or Moutan type. Groups any where- on the lawn or in the garden—are always attractive the only drawback is that at present they are rather expensive. But all things come to those who wait; and in a few years paeonies will be cheap enough and plentiful enough for all to have them in their gardens. But to do them well the ground must be deep and well-worked. Fruit Garden. All things in time wear out, and though there is a good deal of latent conservatism among us in gardening matters, it is a mistake to cling to old trees when their work is done. Strawberries are often kept on the same ground too long, frequently because making a new bed involves labour and trouble, and so the old bed remains and the new one is not made. The same spirit, when once encouraged ever so little, grows upon 118, and we drift on from year to year with old fruit trees and bashes, and old strawberry beds which are pMttiheir best. Though strawberies will not do much this season planted how, attJesS the plants are very sttong, still, if the ground ia ready, strawberries may be planted any time in open weather. The roots should be carefully spread out, and the soil made> surface mulched. In a general way, raspbarries made rather poor growth last year; the season was too dry, except on the best soil, for rasp- berries, and something should be done to strengthen and stimulate them a little, and there is nothing better now than a dressing of manure, which should be several inches thick, spread all round the bushes as far as the roots extend. This manurial top-dressing will be very useful this season to all bush-fruits, es- pecially where the bushes are old and have not made much growth last season. This is another weak point in many gardens. Young bushes are not planted till the old ones are at the point of death. Vegetable Garden. The work in January must be fitted to the weather. When frosty, mix and wheel manure on to the land. Cipen and clean out drains, and make new drains if necessary. Trenching can sometimes be done in frosty weather, but it is not wise to bury snow or frozen soil far from the surface, as it remains frozen a long time after the surface has thawed; and if enow is buried beneath the surface it makes the land damp and unfit for cropping for a long time. All vacant plots should be turned up roughly to let in the air, and in mild open weather stir the soil among spinach, lettuces, cabbages, etc. A little soil may be drawn up along the rows of cabbages. The cab- bage plants set out early will soon be turmng in. Sow mustard aud cress in shallow boxes, and place where there is a little warmth. Tho seeds will be better without covering. Water with warm water. These small salad plants are often raised in a very primitive way they aN seme. times grown on flannel wrapped round bottles filled with warm water. These flannel-covered bottles are rolled over the seeds, enough being picked up to yield I. crop. Other simple ways of growing these desirable salad plants indoors may be easily improvised.—Cottage Gardening.
Women in Public Affairs.
Women in Public Affairs. Mrs Eva McLaren Interviewed. The executive of the Women's Liberal Associa- tion have not yet altogether mastered the art of advertising. Otherwise, they would more per- sistently have driven home to public ap- prehension the fact that one of the most distinguished par- ticipants in the woman's movement is this week address- ing three or four meetings in Cardiff; and would have made the name and fame of Mrs Eva Maclaren well and widely lmown. Not that Mrs Maclaren is not well known. But there is a great outer circle, just the class whom it is her special mission to reach, and enlist, and organise; and these would have been attracted by the offer of an opportunity to hear one who has done so much pioneer work in the interests of the cause with which she is identified, and of which she is so prominent an advocate. The lady who gained her first experiences of public life as a volunteer rent col- lector under Miss Octavia Hill, and who advanced, from the footing thus attained, to more intimate relations with the families visited, gained therefrom such a strong conviction of urgent ueed for crusade against social evils that she has been ever since, and unremittingly, an earnest coadjutor of all who seek, by improve- ment of the dwellings of the-poor, to remedy the ill effects of insanitary houses, of overcrowding, of lack in education, of deficiency in means of recreation, and the like. Inevitably she has been drawn onward into the wider social and political enterprises which form successive links in a chain of effort for amelioration of social conditions; and she is this week at Cardiff, addressing meet- ings at Canton, Adamsdov.n, and Grangetown, trying to cieate in these places a. deeper interest in the questions to which she has devoted so much time and attention. A representative of the South Wales Daily News waited last evening upon Mrs Maclaren and asked Will you please tell me about public work that women have already done, whether on school boards, as poor-law guardians, or other- wise ? There is much said as to what can be done, but the question is as to what has been already accomplished where opportunity has been offered WOMEN GUARDIANS." I care more myself," said Mrs Maclaren, about poor-law administration. I was on the Lambeth Board before marriage, and interested myself very much in the schools, being very anxious to get the schools on the cottage system." The boarding-out plan ? No, the cottage system. The best schools on this system are those of the Kensington Board at Epsorn. Instead of haying a large barrack-like building, where the children are collected to- gether, perhaps, in hundreds; where there is no semblance of family life, and they are known merely by numbers, the pauper taint clinging to them in afterlife because they have no experience of out-door circumstances; and where they are trained in surroundings that make their reversion to pauperism so much the more easy afterwards— instead of this, there is a cottage home, with 'father' and 'mother.'the man engaged at his work as an artisan or what not, and the woman taring for the children as a family. They are sent to the board school and mix with other youngsters; are not dressed in any distinctive clothes and they grow up without any stigma of pauperism attaching to them. It was only by the casting vote of the chairman that I failed to carry a resolution applying this method at Lam- beth. In Bradford, the children from tho work- house were sent to the board school; but in those manufacturing towns circumstances are quite different from those of the Metropolis, so far as regards children. At Bradford there were only 50 or 60, for a child there is of value to parents as relatives, because it can go as half-timer to the mill. In your experience, then, you 'have found the wisdom of discarding the large Union school, and of adopting this new method ?" Yes. Statistics prove that children reared in those great barrack-like schools are the paupers of the future. Then, again, the work of women in workhouses is especially-to deal with female oases coming before the guardians for investiga- tion. Many of them are cases which ought not to be dealt with by any but women. It is a terrible ordeal for many of these girls to have to come up before men. Women, of course, have also a very keen eye with regard to the domestic arrangements of a workhouse, and are best qualified to judge of reforms suggested. It is very difficult, for instance, for a man to under, stand the best kind of food or clothing for children." WOMEN WORKERS IN WALES. Are there any women guardians in this dis- trict V Only Miss Chater, at Tenby; and she has entered upon the contest and gained her seat mainly as the result of a meeting of the Women's Liberal Association held there, I'm pleased to say." Ode can do but little. Are there no others at all? No I think not. Of course, it is always better for women to have colleagues. Men who have worked with women on the boards have been excessively grateful for the part they have taken, and the investigations they have made." ON SCHOOL BOARDS. As to school boards ?" Women," said Mrs Maclaren, work both in the children's homes and- among the women teachers. There is so very much to be done in these directions. These teachers, for instance, would rather go to a wumtn, if one were a member of the board, than to a man. My' sister did a great deal of work for six years among the children by following up the cases that came before the Lambeth Board—covering an immensely wide area, with 79 schools." "There," continued the speaker, "you have an opportunity in Cardiff, for in this town there are many women who have made education the study of their lives. You ought to have some women on the board here and I think some members of the board would be in sympathy. It would be found that very much could be done by women to help the work of the board." "What part will women play in the new parish councils! Are you making any special effort in this respect?" The election is in October, isn't it ? Womon may he-members even chairman. But not a magistrate." Ob, I think there should be effort made to get women on the new councils and it would soon be found how much they could do." AROUSAL OF CARDIFF WOMEN. What is the special object of your visit? Are you doing any temperance work, or only political f" I want to organise the women of Cardiff, so that they shall form a really good, strong associa- tion in each ward. We cannot combine them into one association the town is too large. My idea is that Cardiff should be thtt best association in Wales. It ought to be, because of the exceptional number of able women here, relative to the size of the place and in Wales there is always so good a response to any call for workers *ii» a good cause." ;1' C-'vv. And with this complitnene-to the Cardiff ladies, the interview ended, Mrs Maclaren having to start for the Canton meetingv- fils
The Civil War in South Wales.…
The Civil War in South Wales. ROUNDHEAD AND CAVALIER ON TAFF SIDE, [SECOND ARTICLE.] Chepstow Castle's capitulation to the Parlia- mentarian troops under Col. Thomas Morgan is thus described by Col. Morgan himself :— 1645. Oct. 10, Chepstow. Being informed uppon Satterday last there was some riseiug in the counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth to stand upon their ownegaurds under the command of Sir Trevor Williams and Collonell Mathews, with. sane shewes of beeing for the Parliament, I.made use of that oppertunitie and drew out five hundred of my horse and four hundred footefrom Gloucester towards Chepstcw, with which I entred the toune and summoned the Castle'of Collonell Fitzmorris for the Parliament's use, unto which he sent a. very peremtorey answer, saying he kept it for his master the king, but beeing very desirous to reduce that garrison unto dew obedience of Parliament, I still continewed in the towne with that partie, and sent to the governour of Bristoll for three hundred foote for my assistance in the busseness, which he willingly did, who camo up to me upon Thursday night. Then I.rtysed a battrey within halfe musquet shott of the casitle, and planted two brass oolvering and one of iron with which. when I had made a reasonable breach, there came to my hand certaine intelligence of the enemy's moveing from Worcester, Hertford, Lymster, Ragland, and Monmouth, and intende to quarter two thousand horsa and foote this night at Aberganey, upon which I prepared with all possible speed to storme it, and for that purpose I drew out four hundred men, and had sett them in a posture immediately to have faulne on. which the enemy discovered, and bett a parley of which I admitted." The governour was told that if he would deliver up to me the castle with all the armes, ordnance, amunicion, and other provisions therein, for the Parliamente's use and render himself with all the officers and souldiers my prisoners, hee and they should have faire quarter for theire lives, which he imbraced and yealded himself and all with him my prisoners, and immediately marched out. The prisoners are Collonell Fitmorris, Governour, Majour Bridg- man. Deputie Governor, Captain Hallcwe Lieutenant Jones, Ensigne Dawson, and one hundred and six prisoners. I founde in the towne and castle eighteen peeces of ordnance, great and smale, fifteen barills of powder, four hundred barills of butter, six hogsheads of bisquet, with greate quantities of other provi. sions. The countrey both here and in the Forest of Deane doe much rejoyce at our prosperous proceeding in the clearing this passage, by reson of the free traids they are now in hope to enjoye to London, Gloucester, Bristoll, and other parts of the kingdouie, and I have appointed Collonell Henges governour of the towne and castle of Chepstowe." CHEPSTOW NEARLY LOST AGAIN. A very lugubrious picture of the condition of South Wales from a Parliamentarian's point of view is painted by Col. Thomas Herbert, under date December 6th, 1645, from Chepstow. He describes the enemy as so overpowering the coun- try with their horse that they awe the whole shire, and raise their contribution at leisure, infinitely to the fcerrour of our friends and the daily hazard of Monmouth and Chepstow—the two keys' and most considerable garrisons of Wales—which are likely to fall suddenly into the enemies power. Yesterday, upon the enemies beatmg up our quarters at Abergany and Rosse—where we lost some horse—the turnout was all over this county that Monmouth was sur- prised by the Ragland foot. Upon which the governor of Chepstow drew all his men—scarce 100—into the castle, leaving the towne desolate, so that had the enemy come they might have entred without resistance You see, therefore, in what too poore oaiiditiou that place is io. and so full 01 Maliguants that Ragland has intelli- gence then daily. Aberustwyth Castle is taken, we heare, and puld down. THE BLOODTHIRSTY CLUBMEN. The peripatetic freebooters, known as clubmen in those times, seem to have been desperate characters, judging by a letter from Chichester, on October 13th 1 1645 :— By reason' of the Clubmen's insurrection we can neither raise men or moneys for Sir Thomas Fairfax's arriiyi. they not suffering our officers to impress, or when impressed taking them away by violence, sendiug sometimes a. constable or tithingman. with the blood running about his &ars. Not an £100-though above jB4,000 due—being brought in since their first rising, no collector daring to distrain for fear of having his brains dashed out, 40 servants and women rising together, armed with prongs and other weapons." A CARMARTHEN STALWART. According to his own account, Captain Ralph Grundy nearly approached the martyr stage in his devotion to the Roundheads. Under date October 28th. 1652, he petitions the committee for petitions, stating that at the beginning of the Parliament he was the only person in Carmar- thenshire that acted for them, published their declarations and remonstrances, and opposed the raising of arms against them, with the inevitable result that he was plundered, his brother murdered, and himself condemned to death as a traitor, but, escaping to Pembrokeshire, he there served the Parliament in arms, while the enemy enjoyed his estate. He naturally asks the com- mittee to take his deplorable case into con- sideration," which we hope they did, to the advantage not only of the gallant captain himself, but of his heirs and assigns, whose descendants may still be in the land of the living. A POPISH SPY AT PEMBROKE. An incident of some interest in connection with the subsequent Irish landing In Wales, is de- «cribed*in a letter dated Haverfordwest, April 9th, 1612, from Timothy Tourneur to Mr Speaker Lenthall. At' my coming to hold the great sessions of tHfe County of Pembroke, this last week, there was showed unto me the examination of Hugh Mol'oy, a Franciscan friar or Romish priest, taken before the mayor of Pembroke and another justice. And finding therein sufficient grounds to proceed against him for treason upon the Jaw made against men of his quality, did cause him to be indicted, arraigned, and tried, and the jury having found him guilty, I gave judgment on the verdict as m the case of high treason. I have directed the sheriff, however, to stay execu- tion, Tas he was stayed "amongst other Popish Irish by command of the House. The story of this man's life and behaviour to bring him within the case of high treason is amply set forth in his examination." We wonder how Hugh Molloy, Franciscan friar or Romish priest, ultimately fared. HE WANTED THEM REMOVED. On December 12th, 1645, copies of intercepted letters from Col. Pritchard, the governor of Cardiff Castle, were sent to Mr Speaker Lenthall. In these the governor sought to have certain persons "removed." "There is," says he, Shreene Thomas aud his father, and Parson Edwards at Swansea and there is Major-Genl. StradlingandtheBishopof Armagh atSt.Donnett's [Donats], a place of great consequence, a strong castle and comes to the water side and there is the Bishop Pearce, seized on but set at liberty upon bail; and, if I be not mistaken, Bishop Main- waring. In the sirquit [circuit] they are all very violent, which doth discourage the well-affected, and being all knit in sanguinity, no course is taken with them." "If Col. Edwtrd Pritchard did not immediately have the whole of bis wishes gratified in the "removal" of the persons bo names, he had not long to waif, for the capture of Major-Genl. Stradling, of St. Donat's, which took place at the rout of the king's forces at St. Nicholas, in May, 1848, by Col. Horton, who reported from the field of battle that many of the enemy were slain, 3,000 prisoneis taken, together with a great store ot arms and ammunition, and many colours. AFTER THE BATTLE OF ST. NICHOLAS. About two months after the decisive engage- ment at St. Nicholas, the following letter was written by Col. Henry Herbert to William Lenthall, discovered among the Welbeck Abbey MS*. T "1648, July 28th, Bergenenny.—I was sent by the House into Wales, where I have served them to my best ability in all faithfulness, having spent a great'part of my time with Lieut.- General Cromwell, and on Tuesday (25th) parted from him not far from Gloucester. I am now returned to Monmouthshire, where suddenly Colonel Horton and the gentry are to meet to put Wales into the best posture we can for the service of the Parliament,"&c.
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Andrew Fletcher, ef Saltoun, in a. letter to the Marquis d Montrose, wrote I knew a. very wise man that believed that if a man were Dfirmir.tPil make all the ballads he need not care who sheuld raake the laws »f th» nation."
ITHE POET'S SABBATH.
I THE POET'S SABBATH. My heart's religion is an earnest love Of all that's good, and beautiful, and true. Mv noblest temple is this sky above— This vast pavilion of unclouded blue; These mountains are my altars, which subdue My wildest passions in their widest hours My hymn is ever many-voiced and new,- From bird and bee, from wind and wave it pours* My incense is the breath ot herbs, leaves, fruitg* and flowers. Here Health and Piety, ^wjn.!t»igels, shed The healing influences of their hallowed wings; Here joyous Freedom hovers round my head, And young Hope whispers of immortal things: Here lavish Music, dainty Ariel, flings » Mellifluous melody on every band: Here mild and many-featured Beauty brines Dim visions of that undiscovered land, Where the unshackled soul shall boundlessly expand! Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome Than this cerulean canopy of hgbt- The Eternal's vast, immeasurable home, Lovely by day, and wonderful by night! I Than this enamelled floor, so greenly brighb, A richer pavement man hath never trod He cannot gaze upon a lovelier sight, Than fleeting cloud, fresh wave, and fruitful siod- Leaves of that boundless Book, writ by the hand of God. J. ClHTCHLKY PfllNCE.
YOUTHFUL MODESTY.
YOUTHFUL MODESTY. STRANGER: I would like io retain you to de- fend a case of YOUNGLAwyEK(modestly): "Perhaps you were intending to inquire for my partner. I only undertake prosecutions, as my experience hardly qualifies me for successful evasions of the law
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Thera is but one good wife in this town said a clergyman; in the course of his sermon, -the congregation looked expectant-" and every married man thinks he's got her, added the minister. f,'
Welsh Tit-Bits. .
Welsh Tit-Bits. Neu Wreichion Oddiar yr Eingion. [BY CADRAWD] The Life and Characteristics of lole Morganwg. Iolo Morganwg indulged himself now and again in the exercise of his poetical powers at the expense of his neighbours. These trifles were scattered abroad in MS., printing being expensive in those days, and but a few of them have been been preserved. As far as their literary merit is concerned they are' perhaps as well lost as pre- served, but they have an interest as connected with the man and the neighbourhood of his home. It must be borne in mind that they were not intended for the many to read, only the limited and uncritical circle of the farmers and villagers of Flemingstone and the immediate neighbour- hood. The following song was written by the old bard about the year 1820. PRO BONO PUBLICO; OR, THE FARMERS OF LLANTRYDDID. I sing not the achievements of Britons of yore, Nor yet of those heroes, bold Nelson and Moore I sing of my neighbours, but still like a friend, rheir errors I mention in hopes they will mend. Derry down, down, Derry down. Why men of Llantryddid must yon, be my theme. And why of all others must you come to shame ? Ye farmers notorious attend to reproof, Your welfare I study, pray stand not aloof. Bestir, then, my muse, and I prithee be brief; There'sPerkinsof each awkward farmer the chief Some say he'll pass muster—I know not in what; It is not in farming—full well I know that. 0 Williams it grieves me to mention thy name, For mirth and good nature right fair is thy-fame; Excuse a well-wisher for making so bold Advice may be wholesome, aud truth must be told.! Glamorgan's rich vale has good farmers in store Then learn by example—their knowledge explore, So will the rude rustic at fairs roar amain, Here's Williams the farmer, the pride of the plain!" Not better than these, but if possible worse, I'll name Edward Thomas, of farmers the curse; And then, Morgan Aubrey, I'll join to the pack, His head is not fashioned to lighten his back. The surface to dress you're all wretched, I know, But then your kind genius may guide you below With talents for something most people are found, And you may with credit perform underground. How hard is the fate of the five I shall name (Though last in my song they are farmers of fame), To be doomed 'mongst such drones to tarry a day, May the drones from the bees be all driven away. Unless you will mend, old Llantryddid, I fear, Will shortly be worth not a sous in the year; Your farms are dirt cheap, but an increase of rent Might help to produce that most glorious event. No cheapness from Savours. In that there's no harm, Her tenant grows rich by manuring his farm Were he to be lazy it would be his curse, With him it is not so, for he fills up his purse. Famed Mumford and Morgan, two farmers of skill, With Williams, of Pentre, and Tom of the Mill And Morris, the Shaver, to them give ye heed To show the destruction of sowing bad seed. These Dons I have mentioned are men at the stand, Kor do they by ploughing it poison the land No, no that they do not, attend to me now, An unskilful ploughman disgraces the plough. With glee do they labour to till all their soil, And Ceres ne'er fails to reward every toil: .With plentiful crops; "harvest home" is the sound, They merrily sing harvest home I'll be bound. By being too tedious you'll think me quite rude, So gentlemen farmers my song I'll conclude I have told you the truth—and I've not held you so long, "Success to the plough," here's an end to my song. A barber's apprentice applied to Iolo Morganwg when he lived in London in 1780. for an inscrip- tion for his" Christmas Box." The good old bard, ever ready to promote everybody's pecuniary interest but his own, wrote for him the following impromptu :— If unrestrained benevolence, Your treasures to the poor unlocks You will not scruple to dispense A penny to my Cnristmas Box. A lovely girl there is, aud she If I had wealth, says I might have her, Chin deep in love Oil pity me, Your humble servant sir,—the Shaver. Possessed of wealth, mine would-be fame, No sage more wise, no hero braver In conscious greatness, I'll exclaim With exultation—" I'm the Shaver." The Book of Baglan. (YTTEN, Continued.) Sir Thomas Morgan, of Pencoed, Knight, ma. Cicile da. to. Sir George Herbert, of Swansea, Knight. Sir Wm. Morgan, of Pencoed, died without issue. Gilles Morgan, sone to Sir Wm. Morgan, had issue, Wm. Morgan, of Newport. Esqr., who ma. daughter to Sir Roger Vaughan, Knight. Roland Morgan, of Magor, ma. John Morgan. Hurrye Morgan, 2nd sone to Sir Thos. Morgan, of Pencoed, ma. Grace, da. to George Morgan, 3rd sone, ma. and hath issue — da. and heire to Harrye Morgan, ma. Sir Walter. Now of Pencoed, Knight. — da. to Sir Wm. Morgan, ma. Sir Walter Herbert, of St. Julian, Knight. Miles Herbert, of Crynlage, Esqr., Wm. Her- bert Esqr., Wm. Herbert Esqr., ma. Jane, da. and co. heire to Edward Gruffydd, of Penrhyn Esqr., Wm. Herbert, of St. Julian, K., mil.: Florence, da. to Wm. Morgan, of Llanternam, Esqr., and hath issue, Marye, da. and sole heire. John Morgan, of Caerlyn^ ma. Elizabeth, da. to Lewis Rice Gwyne, Esq. Wm. Morgan, of Hantarnam, ma. da. to Sir Rees Mansel, K. Jane Morgan ma. Gilles Dodington, sone to Richd. Dodington, of Dodington, Esq. The said Jane ma. ye second tyme Clarke, of Barow, Esq. Edward, sone to Wm. Mo., of Llantarnaro, ma. Elizabeth, da. to Mr Smythe, of Ashton. Florence ma. Sir Win. Herbert, of St. Julian. Mary Herbert, thier da., sole heire. Wm. Morgan, sone of E. 1\1., ma. Frances, da. to Edward, Earl of Wore. George Morgan, Rice Morgan, Humphrey Morgan, John Morgan. Harrye Dodington of Cursen (?) in Co. Somer- set, Esqr., had issue Christopher' Dodington, Morris, Edward, Hughe, Phe, Arthur, and Elizabeth Dodington. Anne, da. of Jane Morgan and Gilles Dodington, ma.'John Jones, of Treowen, Esqr., and had issue Wm. Jones, Blanch, Eliza, and Florence Jones. Wm. Clarke of Barow, Esqr., ma. Francis, da. to M. Brock, Esqr., and had issue Christopher Clarke. Nycholas, Thomas, Edward, 4th sone, Elizabeth Clarke, Margare^Clarke. Joan Morgan, da. to old Sir Thomas Morgan, of Pencoed, Knight, ma. Dorite ma. Walter Herbert, of Pantglas, Esqr., Sir George Baynam, of Clourettall, Knight, ma. Doritie Eaynam ma. Roger Williams, of Llan. gybye, Esqr., and bath issue 2 sones and 4 daughters (viz.), Roland, Wiiham, ma. Cicile, da. to Sir Edward Mansell, of Margain, Knight. Wm. Williams, second -sone, ma. Sissillt Williams, ma. Edward Kemes, of Kemes. Elenor, 2nd da., ma. Thomas Powell, of Uske. Anne Williams, 3rd dn., ma. Richard Kyrle. Marye Williams, ma. Wnl. Powell, of Monmouth. Christopher Bayrvam. Richard Baynam, Esqr., ma. Marye, da. to Sir Wm. Wynter. and hath issue. Alse ma. Brane, of the Forest, Esqr. George Herbert, of Pantglase, ma. Joan, da. and co. heire to Wm. Waren (?). Wm. Herbert, of Pantglase, ma. B., da, to Wm., Earle of Wore. Christopher Herbert, of Penallt, sone of Walter Herbert, of Pantglase, ma. da. to James Prosser, of Llanthewey Retherch. Joan ma. Walter Jones, of Dingestow. Charles Jones, of Diugestow, ma. Elizabeth, da. to John Jones, of Treowen, Esq.
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Improve the Shining Hour. Junior Partner I don't see that the new tariff will hurt us. Senior Partner: Perhaps not. But if any reo porter calls, you might as well denounce it at length. This concern wants all the advertising it can get.
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"What part of speech is 'kiss'?" asked the high school teacher.—" A conjunction," replied one of the smart girls.—" Wrong," said the teacher, severely: Next erirl."—"A noun," put in a demure maiden.—"What kind of a IlOun 1" continued the preceptress.—"Well—er—it is both common and proper," answered the shy girl, and "be was oromoted to the head of her class.
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GOSSIPS' CORNER. The salt revenue of Madras is estimated at 16,755,000 rupees a year. Earl Granville is gazetted to be AUaché in the Diplomatic Service. Last year Brazil exported to the Cape of Good Hope 100,000 bags of coffee. The Dean of Bangor is convalescent after s eevere attack of influenza. The Lady Eva, Windham Quinn is the onI) lady who has shot a tiger. There is a woman riding-master in London who teaches in a boy's dress. The Queen of Song will not return to het Welsh home at Craig-y-Nos until April. There are 32,600 miles of wire in the telegrapk and telephone subways of New York city. There are seven women in the United Statet who have received the degree of LL.D. Mr Cumnghame Graham is one of our few living public men who have fought a duel. Two Chinese women have taken the examina. tion for the medical department of the University of Michigan. In Wales a signboard reads: Take notice that when this board is under water, the road is impassable." When travelling privately her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught assumes the name of Countess of Sussex. Mr F. C. Selous, the well-known hunter, wbc has been through the Matabele Campaign, is tc reach England early in February. Out of twenty musicians, more or less elderly, at the recent Scarborough gathering, there was only one bald head amongst them. Farmers along the Cornish coast are using sea sand as bedding for cattle in place of straw, which the late drought has rendered so expensive. The three principal fetes at Cannes (two battles of flowers, and the children's f6te) take place on January 30th, February 27th, and March 29th. Weather forecasts, one day in advance, may be obtained at any telegraph office on payment of a fee of Is, in addition to the cost of a telegram and reply. Altogether the cost of Monson's defence, which is paid by his mother, the Hon. Mrs T. J. Monson, is estimated at between £3,500 and £ 4,000. A Scotchman recently bequeathed his two daughters their weight in £1 bank notes. One 01 the girls received jS54,200, and the otter £ 59,344. According to Dr. Farr, of every 1,000,000 children born alive nearly 150,000 die in the first year, 53,000 m the second year, and 28,000)0 the third. Over 65,000 people spent Christmas Day in the London workhouses alone, and 39,000 would have been added to that number if outdoor relief had not been given. Lord Dudley has presented a loving cup to the Kidderminster Corporation in place of the ancient cup hitherto used, which has been placed in the local museum. The only peer (now a minor) who comes of agt during 1894 is Lord Newborough, of Wynford, Maidenhead. He attains his majority on Nov* ember 4th. The other day (says a Continental paper) the body of an American from Boston was cremated at Gotha, and his ashes were despatched to his family in an envelope. Miss Eleanor Rees will be the principal vocalist at Messrs George E. and Bramley Booth4 pianoforte and violin recital at the Montgomery hall, Sheffield, on February 1st. Women outnumber men in the following em' ployments :—Bookbinding, cotton spinning, pen- making, tobacco manufacturing, box and bag making, and glove-making. Of the 29 richest men who died in England last year the average age was 71% years. Their aggregate wealth reached nearly 17 million pounds, and that was in personalty alone. In well-informed Colonial circles it is ex, pected that the invitation to the Duke and Duchess of York to visit Australia will be renewed at an opportune moment. Mr Moody, who is now resting at his house in Nortbfield, referring to the World's Fair, said that out of the millions who visited it he did not see a single drunken man. The next few weeks will be crowded by a largc number of weddings in fashionable circles. Nearly 150 of these interesting functions are fixed for the early months of 1894. No postage need be paid on petitions to mem- bers of Parliament for presentation to eithet House. No petition must, however, weigh mort than 21b., or be closed at the ends. General Booth is exceedingly well satisfied wifcl the success of the tour in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, from which he has just returned. H. will speak again in the provinces shortly. Among the exhibits at the World's Fair there was a ledger containing 2,790 pages, 24in. by 38m in size, and weighing 287ib. Another booli was so small that it was covered by a postage stamp. The denominational returns of the Society of Friends for the pa.st year are now being tabu,. lated. A general increase in the membership is so far shown, especially in the Northern districts. The Rev. Mrs Allen Rinkle, minister of the United States Brethren Church, Cleveland, Ohio, enjoys the distinction of being the first woman ever authorised by law to perform uuir riage ceremonies. It is illegal for any person except the Post' master-General to carry any letter for reward. But it is not an offence nor an invasion of tbl¡ Government monopoly to gratuitously carry i letter for a friend. The average price of British corn last week was I wheat, 26s 4d a quarter barley, 28s lOd oats, 18.? The average price for the corresponding week last year was Wheat, 263 4d barley, 25s 6d oats, 16s lid. There are 5,925 lighthouse stations in the world, Of these England has 817, the United States 802, Canada and Newfoundland 494, and France comet fourth with 444 lights. The whole of Europe hat 3,477 lighthouses or stations. There are only 36 seats in the ladies' gallery at the House of Commons. Two out of thit number are allotted to each member successful it the daily ballot, thus only 18 members out of the 670 can have seats to dispose of on any one day. The number of horses and taules possessed b, the British Army is abonty .27.000. Of ttieSd rather more than 12,000 are with the European troops in India, and the remainder at home, in Egypt, and at the Cape. The cavalry hgiQumlir have 12,000 horses.
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A SATURDAY SERMON, Hugh Miller, speaking of his first visit tt Edinburgh, s.ud :— threw myself, as usual, [01 compensatory pteasures, on my evening walks, but found the enclosed state of the district, and the fence of a rigorously-administered trespasj law, serious drawbacks, and ceased to wondei that a thoroughly cultivated country is, in most instances, so much less beloved by its people that a wild and open one. Rights and proprietorship may exist equally in both, but there is an impor- tant sense iu which the open country belongs tc. the proprietors and to the people too. All that the heart and intellect can derive from it may be alike free to peasant and aristocrat, whereas the cultivated and strictly-fenced country belongs usually, io every sense, to only the proprietor and as it it much simpler and more obvious matter to lov4 one's country as a scene of hills, and streams, and green fields, amid which Nature has often been enjoyed, than as a definite locality, in which certain laws and constitutional privileges exist. it is rather to be regretted than wondered at that there should he often less true patriotism in a country of just institutions and equal law^ whose soil has been so exclusively appropriated as to leave only the dusty high-roads to its people, than in wide, open countries1, in which the popular mind and affections are left free for the soil, but whose institutions are partial and defective."