The Herald of Wales. — 1889-01-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CASTLE-STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.  THE REV. WALLACE DUTHIE ON NE WSPAPER I. The Rev. Wallace Duthie on Sunday evening preached an eloquent discourse on • Mmories of the Year." In looking over the past year, the preacher said, many changes had taken place in royalty, philantlarophy, Parliament, Epiecopaoy, Nonconformity, and the Bench. Death had put on the black cap for Justice Baggaley in England, and for Chief Justice Waite in America. Valuable lives have also been threatened, but they had been restored to health in the persons of Joh.' Bright and Cardinal Newman. In the experience of England 188 wee the year of all murders. Crime has made their newspapers daily to run with blood, and so long sad ghastly a proo-tation of oriminals had walked to the scaffold, that the hangman's trade bade fair to take a place amongst the hterative professions. In London the an'hority of the law had been succeaefully evoked to dam the evil stream of linen. doneness which had pounced upon the youth in cheap translations of loose Continental authors. I That was well, but there remained a work of I purifying remained he be done. Many of their newapayere which lay upon their tables were eagerly read day after day by young as well as old. I hey were primers of pruriency r —the A.B.C. of nastiness, and indelicacy made easy, and he maintaiued that so long as column after column were filled with details of revolting murders; so long as the immoral garbage of our divorce and police courts were emptied out upon our very doorsteps and dived up, so long they were doing a profound injustice to society and morality. What had already been the result of the unspeakable Some practical jokers wished to celebrate atrocities in London as reported in all their the return home to Haverfordwest of the bride hideous details throughout the land P Already of a resident on Tuesday, and they exploded they had had several Whiteohapel some Dew-stree. cartridges filled with hiire-glYeeriee in courderers in miniature boys, and all ." The result was that all the Over the country minds morbid or windows in the locality were blown out. Not. withatanding this, they repeated their demon• depraved had received the incentive which had led to terrible crimes. He (Mr Duthie) strations, and now the police are on their track. knew that thew who conducted their news. The demand recently made by the moulders papers were reputable and sometimes religions of Cardiff for an increase of wages such as to men, lie did not forget the remarkable value pot them on an equality with the other artisans of newspapers in the detection of crime. No of the town, has been granted by five of the one could have a stronger belief than himself in firms concerned, and the men in their employ the wholesome light of publicity which shone have resumed work. Some other firms however ant from their pages. He thought, and strongly still protest that the state of prices will not per. urged, that the time had come when the press met them to give an increase. should free itself from the reproach of revolfin g A young man named Walter Hipwell died and purulent detail,not by repressive legislation at Leicee j ter Infirmary on Friday from inuries from without, but by a conceneus of opinion c • oesavea on the Midland Railway on the I between its leaders. After some other remarks upon slavery, de., the preacher brought inspector previous night. Ile was engaged as wheel r at Wigan, and having examined the an earnest discourse to a close. London portion of the express standieg at the station stepped out of the four foot in darkness, Mr Bright's oondition on Friday morning is to avoid a train on the other line. The express, mush about tha same. Ile slept tax hours last moving on a'. the same time, ran over Lim, ,nijkt. rushing his legs in a shocking manner.  Ou close of first 'Change 10-day the prioes remained unohanged, viz.: £77 17s 6d cash, and £7B thick) months. The statistics for 31st December gave the total stock of this metal (including quantities! afloat) on that date as 93,937 tone as agatnat 41,151 tons on the corresponding date of butt year.