The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-04
WELSH JOTTINGS.

Welsh Liberalism just now Is paying
the penalty of complete success at the
last election. In country places Liber-
ais are resting ON their /honors" and
quietly ncglcctlng the important work
or organization, whilst the political enc
my Is active In every field.
The next volume of the Dictionary OF
National Biography viii contain the
names of number Of eminent Welsh
men, including Henry SALISBURY, the
Welsh grammarian; william SALISBURY,
the translator of the New Testament
into Welsh and David Samuel, Of Nant-
glyn. n well known Welsh poet.
An Interesting marriage took place at
lilanelly recently, Harry Jones, Of the
sun. formerly of the South Wales Daily
News, being married to Miss Emily
Mainwaring, youngest daughter of the
late Thomas Malnwaring, Llnnelly.
The ceremony was performed ut Park
CONGREGATIONAL church. the Rev. II. FL
vet Lewis officiating.
llume'S Views on DruidlSm had bet
ter not be communicated to HWfa Mon,
the Archdruid of today. That historian
has written: mo species of supersti-
tion was ever more terrible than that of
the DruIds;" and u little further on,
mo idOlatrous worship ever attained
such an ascendant over mankind as
| That of the ancient Gauls and Britons.
Warrinton In his History of Wales, -
has eloqucntly commGntcd on the con-
quest of the Cambro Britons In the FOL.
lowing words. THE fall of nations dis
tlnguished only by misfortune or mere
~ illustrious for conquest, may rise for
moment sigh of pity or the transient
effusions of applause; but people like
the Welsh, satisfied with their noun
talns, who had been forced into a long
and unequal contest In defense of their
native rights, with few other recourses
other than their valor and Il fond at
tachment Of their liberties, though fall
ing In the ruins of their country, will
have claim uDon the esteem and ad,
miration of the world as long as manly
sentiment and freedom shall remain"
f. II. BTcham, local government
board inspector, held an inquiry at the
Carmarthen wOrkhouse last week rela-
tive to the complaint against Dr. John
Ellis Edwards, medical officer for the
Conwil district. for his alleged neglect
in attending Maria Evans, a deceased
pauper patient, Of Bankbach. The Car
marthen board of guardians had called
upon Dr. Edwards for an explanation
of the legations-that he had neglect
ed to attend the old woman, who was
so years of age, and that he instructed
girl servant to give a certificate of
death without seeing the patient--and
the members expressed their disapprov-
al of his conduct, and the investigation
was the outcome of the correspondence
on the subject being placed in the hands
of the government department. DIR.
Edwards brought forward evidence to
prove that he was attending a more
important case at Carmarthen for six
hours on this particular day. The mat
ter will be duly reported to the local
government board, and the result sent
by that body to the Carmarthen board
of guardians.
Speaking at Louth. stronghold of
Nonconformity, r. w. Perks, NJ. p. for
the division, said it could not fail to
crafty English Dissenters that the
most striking victory gained by the
government this session was in favor
of the severance of church and state in
Wales, and it was a great satisfaction
to them to find that in the hour of trial
Mr.. Chamberlain stood firm to the
sacred principle of religious equality
with which in by-gone times his name
was so closely identified. 1t was an as
founding thing that out of the whole
band Of Liberal Unionists, most of
whom were nurtured in the lap of Dis
sent almost all of whom had over and
over again pledged themselves to Dis
establishment two alone were found
faithful. Every Methodist in the house
voted for the bill. 1t would have been
a most amazing thing had 1t been other
wise, and it presented a more striking
refutaton of the theory that the pros
perity of churches had anything to do
with the patronage and endowments of
the state. He quoted the following fig
ures to disprove the theory that. nu-
merically, the Anglican church was to-
day stronger in England than Noncon-
formity. The Established church pro-
vlded last year sittinBs in her churches,
chapels and mission rooms for 6.4S1, ,276
persons: the Methodsts for nearly four
millions. There were 2,270ilS young
people i'm the church of England Sun
day schools and l.750,O0O in Methodist
Sunday schools, excluding the Calvin.
istic Methodist Sunday schools in
Wales The number Of churches in
England and Wales belonging to the
church of England in 1889. excluding
mission halls, was 14,573; the number of
Methodist chapels was then 1920.
The first meeting of the creditors Of
r. Cory, j. F.. of Swansea and Tun-
bridge Wells, was held at the official
receivers office. Swansea, few days
ago A number of roofs having been
accepted for the purpose of voting for
the appointment of n trustee. the cred
itors present were asked If they had any
questions to put to the debtor. Mr..
regret at the position In which Mr.. Cory
found himself. Mr.. Burgess: We all
do that. The official receiver: can
Join in that. | am very sorry, | am
sure. to have seen Mr.. Cory come before
me at all in this adversely. Mr.. Cory:
Thank you, gentlemen. 1t was resolved
that the meeting be adjourned to May
IA. I'm order to enable the debtor to sub
nit scheme of composition or arrange
ment and that he be not adjudged q
bankrupt In the meantime.
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