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General rejoicings took place throughout Wales on the day of the Royal wedding.

The Bishop of Bangor has closed his palace because he declares he is unable to keep it up on his income of £4,000 per annum, out of which he has to pay £2,000 to his predecessor. His action has resulted in producing much criticism and remark.

In the great naval calamity of the loss of H. M. S. Victoria, I have to record the loss of a good Welshman, Rev. S. O. Morris, who was chaplain on board and who went down with her. He was a Llannelly man.

Mr. Owen Morgan, B. B. D., whatever that may mean, says the London Echo, has been writing a book to prove that the Christian religion is scientifically arranged on the most ancient framework of British Druidism. This is a new discovery. We all know that Welsh was the language of the Garden of Eden, but it is startling to be told that the priesthoods of Egypt and Delphi were only plagarists who borrowed from the Druids. After this the Jews will have to yield the first place to the country. men of Mr. Lloyd George.

On the day of the Royal wedding a telephonic wire between the summit of Snowdon and the post office at the Vale of Gwynant was opened by Sir Edward Watkin, the proprietor of the Mountain Daily. Reports of the state of the weather on Snowdon will be

furnished. An excellent broad pony path has also been constructed by Sir Edward to the summit, leading close by his chalet and the rock at Cwmllan upon which Mr. Gladstone spoke last autumn. A tablet of Aberdeen grey polished granite is sunk in the rock, with appropriate inscription cut thereon, as a memento of that eventful day. The ascent to Snowdon through Sir Edward's estate, along his new road,

is the shortest and easiest by a long way, and the diversity and grandeur of the scenery along that route is unsurpassed.

The Western Mail, the Cardiff Tory paper, says that a Welsh Disestablishment Bill is being secretly drafted at the present time and will presently replace the Suspensory Bill.

Workmen were excavating for the rebuilding and enlargement of the Tabernacle Baptist chapel in the village of Cwm-rhyd-y-ceirw, near Swansea, when they discovered that they had got into a vein of coal about 20 feet deep.

The Duke of York and Princess May has stated that it will give him great gratification to visit Wales before a very distant date. Sir George Osborne Morgan has promised to unveil the statue to Henry Richard.

LITERARY NOTES.

THE literary works of the late Rev. John Thomas, D.D., Liverpool, are to be published in serial form. The first volume, which is promised before the close of the present year, will be "Arthur Llwyd y Felin," (Arthur Lloyd of the Mill.) The series will include the doctor's autobiography.

Ir has been decided that the study of Welsh composition shall henceforth be a compulsory subject at Trevecca College.

THE late Rev. Dr. Owen Thomas's

library, which was presented by the Mayor of Bootle to Balla College, has at last been catalogued in a handsome volume of 172 pages.

A CIVIL LIST pension of £200 per annum has been awarded to Mr. J. Gwenogfry Evans, M. A., of Oxford University, in recognition of his services to Welsh literature. Mr. Evans has devoted years of patient toil to the elucidation of ancient Welsh man

PERSONAL and MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.

scripts. It is stated that Mr. Glad stone, before making the recommendation, carefully examined Mr. Evans's published works. The pension is antedated July 1, 1892.

In an interview reported in the Christian Commonwealth, which also contains his portrait and biography, Dr. Heber Evans says the weeding out of Nonconformists from positions, farms, homes, &c., has been carried on without a break from 1868 until now. After the Liberal victory in that year it was done recklessly; since then it has been carried out quietly, and other reasons are always given for the removal of old Nonconformist tenants, or for the rejection of new ones. On the question as to whether the Welsh language is dying out, Dr. Heber Evans said that in a few districts it was, but in the whole of Wales it was unquestionably gaining ground.

MR. OWEN M. EDWARDS, M. A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, has been confined to his bed for the last two or three weeks at Llanuwchllyn. The attack is the result of overwork. Mr. Edwards, not satisfied with doing the tutorial work of two or three ordinary dons, edits our two national monthly magazines, Cymru and Cymru'r Plant. He does some private coaching, and is this year, moreover, one of the examiners at Oxford. In addition, the work of drawing up the case for the Welsh University was entrusted to him by Mr. Acland. His medical advisers have enjoined rest for four months. He is now at his home in Llanuwchllyn.

PERSONAL AND MISCELLANE

OUS NOTES.

DR. J. A. JENKINS, Brooklyn, N. Y., has removed his residence and office lately to 271 Jefferson Ave., corner of Marcy Ave. Dr. Jenkins is the son of

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the late Rev. Thomas Jenkins, Utica. N. Y., and for many years has been one of the most distinguished and successful physicians in Brooklyn

A JACKSON syndicate, consisting of Messrs. Ebenezer J. Jones, formerly of Jefferson Furnace, Moses Morgan, D. C. Jones, J. C. Jones T. J. Hughes, and other local capitalists, have purchased a tract of 1700 acres lying between Tug and Louisa Forks of Big Sandy river in Kentucky. About onehalf of the tract is covered with the finest oak and poplar timber. It is all underlaid with the best grades of coal. A part of it is underlaid by five veins of coal aggregating forty-five feet. The rest is underlaid by three veins aggregating fifteen feet. Altogether it is one of the finest tracts that has changed hands lately. Col. J. S. Rittenhouse, the Kentucky coal magnate, located for several years at Myrtle, Ky.. negotiated the deal. The new company intends to push the development of the tract. A railroad. has been surveyed through it, and shipping will begin as soon as the company has its switches built.

WALES will be represented at the Eisteddfod to be held at Chicago in September by four choirs, the Bethesda Choir, from North Wales, Pont-ycymmer and Treorky Choirs, from South Wales, and the celebrated Ladies' Choir, from Cardiff, which is conducted by Madame Clara Novello

Davies.

REV. PETER GRAY EVANS, Dodgville, Wis., has been spending his vacation among old friends in the east, and preaching very acceptably at Slatington, Bangor and at Fair Haven, Vt. Mr. Evans has published a pamphlet lately giving a sketch of the origin and history of the Welsh churches at Dodgeville and Picatonica, Wis. He was assisted by several brethren in preparing the sketches.

MR. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, of Remsen, N. Y., is visiting this summer in Colorado, where he lived for many years and where he became quite successful in mining operations. Mr. Williams is a native of Remsen, where he owns one of the most elegant and pleasant homes in the village.

THE Local Directory of the World's Fair have decided by a vote of 24 to 4, to shut the gates hereafter on Sunday. It has been proved conclu. sively that the American people do not want the Fair open on the Lord's day. We are glad that the Directory have at last recognized the sentiments and scruples of the best class of the people rather than listen to the clamors of those who would desecrate the most sacred institutions in order to advance their own interests and pleas

ures.

THE WORLD'S FAIR INTERNATIONAL EIS

TEDDFOD.

Extensive preparations are being made by the Executive Committee at Chicago to make the Eisteddfod the most successful and enjoyable ever held in America. Some of the best choirs of Wales and America are preparing to compete for the grand prizes; and some of the best artists will take part in the concerts. It will be a grand opportunity for the Welsh people of the East and West to get acquainted with each other. The Eisteddfod is to be held Sept. 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th. It would be desirable that those who intend visiting the World's Fair should arrange their visit so as to take in the Eisteddfon.

the present pastor of the Presbyterian church, Mechanicstown, Ohio. He is a native of Trevecca, Breconshire, S. Wales; was a student in Trevecca Taeological Seminary under the presidency of the late Dr. Charles. He was ordained to the full work of the ministry in Synodical Association held in Maesteg, Glamorgan, August, 1866. His first pastorate was Chapel Ed.. Goytre Mon, S. W. His second was Barnett's Hill and Millin Cross, South Pem., from 1868 to 1872. In April, 1872, he emigrated to the United States. He received "calls" from Oak Ridge and Madison churches, Presbytery of Steubenville, of which Presbytery he became a member in that year, and is still. He preached also in Irondale a portion of his time for several years, and often in the Welsh language. In 1883 he received a "call" to his present charge and field of labor, where is still doing the work of the Master.

He was united in marriage to a daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Jones, St. Dogwells, Pem., in 1867. She departed this life March 11, 1883. His and two daughters, Lizzie R. and Jenfamily is composed of his wife's sister nie A.-Lizzie R. being an adopted child of the late Rev. I. D. and Mrs. Jones, Pandy, Mon., S. W.

and attended the first Pan PresbyteDr. Hargest visited Wales in 1877, rian Council held in Edinburgh, Scotland, that year. He with his sister-inlaw and daughters visited Wales and Scotland in 1885. He preached and lectured in many places, on "Brother Jonathan's Home in the West."

His aged mother, being the mother

NOTES OF WELSH IN AMERICA. of eleven children, is still living, and

DAVID HARGEST, MECHANICSTOWN, OHIO.

Many Welsh ministers occupy honored places as pastors of English churches in America, and are worthy of notice. Among them we would like to mention Rev. David Hargest,

has her home with her sister-in-law and daughter, Rev. J. M. Lloyd, Blaina, Mon, S. W. His brothers and sisters live in Wales. One brother, John, died in Nanticoke, Pa., in the year 1872.

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NOTES FROM WALES.

Mr. Hargest has labored in English fields and preached, with few exceptions, in English, since the year 1868. While in Chapel Ed Goytre, he preached Welsh in the morning and English in the evening; also had a mission" in Monkwood, where he preached in the afternoons of Sabbath.

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Mr. Hargest has crossed the Atlantic five times in 21 years, and last year qe was one of the four Commissioners from the Presbytery of Steubenville, Ohio, to the General Assembly held in Portland, Oregon. He preaches occasionally in Welsh, exchanging

with some of the Welsh brethren. We wish him a long life of usefuluess and honor in the Master's vineyard.

REES & REES, DYERS, NEW YORK CITY.

This well known firm, consisting of Mr. William Ap Rees and Sons, have lately greatly enlarged and improved their establishment at 232 and 234 East 40th street, New York. They have rebuilt and enlarged their factory, and have the most complete equipments for doing the best work in their line in the city. They employ about 60 persons and have the largest dyeing establishment in the city. Mr. Rees, Sr., is a son of the late Rev. Edward Rees, of Oneida and Lewis counties, who was so well known as a peculiarly characteristic preacher among the Welsh people of the last generation.

NOTES FROM WALES. PRINCIPAL Owen of Lampeter, who lost his father a short time ago, has just lost his only sister.

THE marriage of Mr. J. Herbert Roberts, M. P. for West Denbighshire, son of Mr. John Roberts, Bryngwenallt, Abergele, late member of the Flint Boroughs, to Miss Caine, eldest daughter of Mr. W. S. Caine, M. P., is fixed to take place in Liverpool during the last week in July.

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THE REV. Owen Prys, M. A., Principal of Trevecca College, has been invited to the pastorate of Trinity Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Swansea, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Saunders.

SEVERAL persons are mentioned as lectureship at Bala College, among possible candidates for the Hebrew them being the Revs. R J. Rees, B.A., Pwllheli; E. O. Davies, B. Sc., Garston; and R. E. Morris, M. A., Wrexham

has been appointed Recorder at SwanMR. BOWEN ROWLANDS, Q. C., M. P.,

sea.

A MONUMENT to the Maid of Cefnydfa has been erected in the church of

Llangynwyd, and it is now proposed to erect a monument over the grave of Will Hopkin, the lover of the Maid.

AMONG Congregationalists no minister is more popular than the Rev. Michael D. Jones, late Principal of the Independent College of Bala. When the institution was removed to Bangor, Mr. Jones resigned. His health had failed, but he has now almost completely recovered. Mr. Jones is the father of the Welsh Colony on the Chupat in Patagonia, where he has two sons, in high esteem among the settlers, the one as doctor and the other as surveyor.

IN the death of Professor Pritchard, the University of Oxford has lost one of its most capable teachers. He was of Welsh descent, and was proud of the fact. In academical circles he was always jocularly referred to as the "Heavenly Body," probably from his immaculate orthodoxy and corpulent figure.

PRINCIPAL T. C. Edwards, D D., of Bala, has started home from Rome, greatly improved in health. On his way he visited Florence and Vienna. He intends returning via the Walden

sian valleys, and is expected to reach home about the end of August.

MR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, who was elected last week, unopposed, for the Swansea Division, adds another to the large number of Liberal Nonconformists who represent Wales in the House of Commons. He has risen from the ranks to be one of the largest tin plate manufacturers in the world. He is a Congregationalist.

THE CYMRCDORION SOCIETY OF
CLEVELAND, O.

MR. EDITOR: Please allow me to make mention through your highly esteemed CAMBRIAN of the above named Society, which was organized a little over a year ago, during which time it has been going forward and upward, increasing and progress ng to a favorable degree of influence and excellence. Its meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month, and held in the old Masonic Hall, Case Building, next to the Post Office, on Superior St. Initiation of new members are going on steadily, and with cymry of exemplified character. which promises a good moral composition of the Society. Amongst its members are several good vocalists who often enliven the assemblage with appropriate alawon cymrig and seignig. Then occasionally able papers are red upon subjects pertaining to Welsh antiquities and characteristics of the Nation. Also short poems are sometimes recited, which are often endowed with wit and humour. So that it cannot be said that its meetings are made of dry wells.

Its annual banquet on St. David was a very pleasing success in number and enjoyment, and is now prepairing for a sociable entertainment to be held at some date in June. On Monday evening, May 22d. the Society kindly loaned the hall to the Western Reserve Choral Society, for a rehearsal, training for the World's Fair Eisteddfod, Prof. J. Powell Jones Painsville, O., conductor, when the large ball and reception room were filled to their utmost capacity. It was the first general rehearsal of the different sections, viz. Newburgh, Cleveland Painsville and Chardon, and even the very first rehearsal proved to be a surprising musical feat-remarkable in its unison and blending of voices-especially so of the soprano. The only lack of balance was in the tenor, be ng not sufficient in number, but that will be well remedied by the next rehearsal gathering. Surely, if nothing serions will happen

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THOMAS-ROBBINS-May 23, 1893, at the residence of the bride's parents, at Niles, Ohio, by Rev. J. P. Williams, Youngstown, Ohio, Mr. Thomas E. Thomas, manager of the Niles Fire Brick Works, and Miss Mary Adelina Robbins, the only daughter of L. N. Robbins, Esq., ex-Postmaster of Niles.

WILLIAMS-OWENS-June 14, 1893, at their own residence in Utica, N. Y., by Rev. W. F. Townsend, Mr. David Prytherch Williams and Miss Lizzie Owens, both of Utica, N. Y.

RICHARDS LEWIS-May 25, 1893, by Rev. R. G. Jones, D.D., Utica, N. Y., Mr. John W. Richards and Mrs. Anna Lewis, both of Plainfield, N. Y.

ZANGER-WILLIAMS-May 10, 1893, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. John L. Williams, general superintendent of the Union Coal Co., Shamokin, Pa., by Rev. C. H. Fits williams, Mr. Thomas Zanger and Miss Jennie Louise Williams, both of Shamokin, Pa.

A HOME WEDDING FOLLOWED BY A BRILLIANT RECEPTION.

Mr. Timothy McCarthy, assistant foreman of the Public Ledger composing room, and Miss Anuie D. Jones daughter of David Jones, Esq., a well-known and estimable resident of Philadelphia, were married lately at the residence of the bride's parents 539 Wharton street. Rev. D. Stuart Moore, the newly installed pastor of South Presbyterian Church, performed the ceremony. None but the members of the family were present at the ceremony, but a reception followed from 8 to 10 o'clock at the future home of the happy couple, 1319 South Sixth St., and was attended by numerous friends and the relatives of the newly-wedded pair. The bride, who was attired in white bengaline trimmed with Duchess lace and other ornamentation, was given away by her father. There were many beautiful and costly bridal presents. At the close of the reception the happy pair took the train for Niagara and the Columbian Fair with the hearty congratulations and well-wishes of a legion of friends,

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