The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1874-11-20 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

CLFARING AWAY DELUSIONS.  I The Daily Telegraph remarks :—" Mx. Richard justly said thlit Mr. Gladstone was the leader of the liberal party by virtue not only of his surpassing eminence as a statesman and an orator, but also of his religions earnestness and the depth of his convictions. Buell testimony is the more pointed because the Nonconformist wing of the Liberal party was loud in its discontent at the favour which Mr. Forster was supposed to- have shown the Church in the Elementary Education Act. One famous afternoon Mr. Miall bitterly complained that the Dissenters had been rewarded with neglect for their unflinching loyalty to the Liberal party, and he added seething very like a threat that they wield not be found BO trustful in future. Mr. lirktone warmly replied that he did not desire a forced loyalty; and, for the time there seemed to be a breach between the Treasury bench and the advanced Liberals. But a Conservative Ministry has taught the Nonconformists the value of a Lik.eral Government, and especially of Mr. Gladstone himself. And, now he has cleared away the only misgiving with which they regarded his return to the leadership, Mr. Richard iris found out that Mr. Gladstone 'is a sound Puitestant at heart.' Teat is a homely way of proclaiming him to possess a quality which is absolutely indispensable to any real chief of an English party. It is as true now as it was a hundred and fifty years ago that no man convicted of a desi2u to help on Roman Catholicism could become Prhue Min'ster. Persons who are philosophically indizierent to all the creeds may prefer the tolerar ce of France, where the Protestant Guizot could Is-come the most powerful minister of his day, and where a Protestant is at the present time Minister of the Interior. We do not care to inquire of the two tempera is the more healthy to the long run. It is enough to know that the eon vietions of this country are as intensely Protestau as they were before the Catholics obtained the full measure of their civil rights. The conversion of a 'ew peers or ecclesiastb_s to the creed oi Rome is almost as false a guide to the real tendency of the ration as the temporary conversion of ei to Mahometaniam was in the last century. Mr. thuistone's pailip.hlet will have done a healthy cork even if it \should do no more than make that fa, cleac. We say this in no spirit of bigotry, but ail, I', lo prevent embarrassing delusions."  CHURCH ROBBBUY BY A CHOIR Boy.—At the Kingston Borough Bench, on Monday morning, a Itoy named Popperall was charged with sacrilege. l'•.e prisoner was the leading choir boy at St otu's Church, Spring grove, Kingston, and has ~..eu often entrusted with money by the choirmaster i•y the oilier choristers Generally, too, he had •ne a gin-d character, On several occasions re. ,t• ,y the i.hns box by the south door of the church • been tound broken open, and the door close. by ; pen, as it unfastened from the inside. The t • li,vardens instructed a police-constable apeto watch, and the result was that on Sunday • -Ili qt. tiot prisoner was apprehended when coming of the south door. The alms box was lying on ground close to the door. The charge being the magistrates had no alternative but to _ . . . .  . _ ,•• talt the lad for trial at the Winter Aseires, will be held at Kingston at the end of this !,•.11,11ii ti w‘s allowed.  A return from the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council states that during the month of 04tober four sheep were landed at Hull from Rotterdam suffering from foot and month disease. They were slaughtered at the place of landing.  The Rev. Thomas Harding, who has been for forty-one years vicar of Bexley, died last week at the age of 68. The deceased clergyman was the twin brother of the Rev. Dr. Harding, late Bishop ,of Bombay, who died about ten months ago. Field-Marei al Sir Wm. Gomm, who, with Lady Gomm, has taken up his residence at Brighton for the winter, has just entered upon his 91st year. The 'operable 6ekl-marshal is in the enjoyment of the best of health.  William Hill, of Coombe Cottages, Drayton, who attempted to murder his wife a fortnight ago, by st.bbing her beneath the heart, was brought up on oaturday before the local Banoh for Baal examiDation. Hi was committed for trial