The Herald of Wales. — 1886-12-04 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE  REV. JOHN HUTCHEON. On Monday evening, at the Wesley Chapel, College-street, Swansea, a meeting of the Wesleyan Methodists Missionary Society was held. There was a very large attendance. The Mayor,Trank Ash Yeo, Esq, M.P., presided, and was supported by Alderman Tullooh, Rev C. H. Floyd, ReV. J. Barrow-Clough, .Mr. Leak, and several other gentlemen. The Mayor, who, on rising to open the meetting, was received with cheers, said he was sure it was not necessary for him to say how pleased he was to have the privilege of presiding over that interesting and important meeting. He could *hit that the arrangements had been somewhat different from what they had been, for i they had that evening the untoward circumstance that another important missionary meeting was being held in another part of the town, On Saturday morning, an accident of a someand, as they knew, there were other circum- what serious character betel an old man named stances which rather militated against the Bowen, aged 80 years, and a resident of Cower, success of the meeting. Under those circum- whilst on the road from Parkmill to Swansea. stances he was very pleased, indeed, to see such The unfortunate man, it would appear, had a large number present, and, he was sure, halted nkooll the road, and was standing by the that if there was not a crowded audience it was side of his cart, when he was knocked down, and not due to any lack of interest on the past of the run over by a cab. He received several injuries people of Swansea in the success of missionary to his skull, which necessitated his removal to labours, but he would express the hope that, on the Swansea Hospital, where he at present lies. a future occasion, precautions might be taken to Bowen is progressing as favourably as can be prevent the clashing of two such important expected. meetings as were being held in the town that The action for libel, brought by Sir E. J. evening. The other meeting to which he re- Reed against the proprietors of the Western ferred was that of the London Missionary „wait, Cardiff, stood first on the list of oases set Society, and he was quite °Wain there were down to be heard by Baron Pollock on many members of the Christian Church who Moniay. The Solicitor-GI-mend tendered an would have been glad to have had an opportu- apology on behalf of the defendants, which was -ity of attending both meetings, such was their aocepted by Sir C. Russell, who appeared for the sympathy in the greatland important work that, plaintiff. The case was accordingly struck off the In different spheres, was being carried out by list these two great agencies. When they reflected Bne on the very interesting and important subject of James Murphy, the notoriousarley poacher, wai executed in York Castle,on Monday morning, Christian missions, and when they spoke of the for the murder f police constable Aw3tweek, at triumphs of the missionary cause, their minds, Dodworth, nearoßarnsley, on the 31st of July.somehow, only went out to far distant parts of He showed the utmost unconcern about his fate, the earth, to the work of a Moffat, and a Living. He an the placing of the rope around his neck, stone, and a host of others, good devoted men, he asked that it might be so adjusted as to give who had done a giant's service in the missionary li,..im noja.,iii.„ . executioner,Befry,.the... performed cause. (Hear, hear.) But they need not go ow w‘nt eincientiy, death being instantaneous. to those distant lands, he did not think they need leave their own country, there was no necessity At the Dublin Police Court, on Tuesdays to go to Mitt:rue:sr or Fiji, to Ohio& or India, Patrick Doyle was charged by his father-in-law tofind asi proof of the triumph of Christian and mother -in-la w with having caused the missions. I they looked around in their own, death of their daughter—his wife. Evidence country, they would find an example of the Inc- shaving been given to the effect that the amused cess of Christian missions; they were too often did not live on good terms with the damaged, apt to forget that this country constituted ikal and that he was in the habit of ill-treating her, striking and oonspieions an example of the sue- the prisoner was remanded, pending the inqiniat ma of C2uietilre minions es say Masud in the and other tatoiries.