Dangos 6271 canlyniad

Written at Cambrian House, Llandrindod. 'Lle doniol ydi hwn frawd. Nis gwn yn iawn beth i feddwl o honno'. Discusses legal cases. Has attended a prayer meeting. Includes a note from M.L.G.

Written at Bethesda. Has arrived from Cardiff. The meetings were 'a complete success'. The South Wales Daily News is complimentary. 'They would not allow me to speak in English shouting "Cymraeg". There was quite an uproar'. Will forward the newspapers.

Samuel T. Evans and Professor Prys are to speak the following evening. Prys's speech will be excellent. Suggests a re-canvass. The report in the Daily Post that Nanney is to be given a baronetcy if defeated. The prospects in the by-election: 'Very doubtful. Very close contest. One vote may win. The other side are making superhuman or sub-human exertions'.

Written at Committee Rooms, House of Commons. Is in committee 'judging some confounded Scotch Water Bill'. The reports of his maiden speech in the Welsh newspapers. Legal cases. They came within four votes of defeating the government.

Written at House of Commons. Legal questions. Sir John Puleston's appointment as constable of Caernarvon Castle. Describes an incident in the Commons between two Irish MPs.

Written at House of Commons. Spoke on the Benefices Bill that afternoon. The reports in the newspapers. 'I called Griffith Boscawen "the Bishop of St. Asaph's tombstone".'.

Written at House of Commons. Showed the sample of coal to Thomas Bayley, MP for Chesterfield, and to D. A. Thomas. Thomas has promised to send a man up to look at the place. Barmouth. The debate on the South Wales strike is taking place. Plans to speak on the Irish Local Government Bill. Has been invited to address the Northampton Liberal Association - 'significant incident in a small way. ... These applications tell their tale'. 'Tom Ellis is still bad. Will take months to recover. Poor fellow. Hard lines. His lungs are weak'.

Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Hopes William George can attend the Annual Meetings to be held in London the first week in August. Encloses letter received from Black. Has spoken on nonconformist grievances in the day schools and attacked Lord Hugh Cecil. Margaret and the children are to go to Putney to the Davies's and he is to play golf with Shaw. Includes notes from Gwilym and Richard.

Written at House of Commons. Has seen the secretary of the Light Railway Commission about the Beddgelert Railway. Must make application to the Board of Agriculture. 'Ellis still bad. Ordered to remain in bed another week'.

Written at Brynhyfryd, Swansea. William George's 'achievements at this week's courts'. Is staying with Freeman 'who has promised his assistance in the working up of a daily paper. He is an ex-Mayor of Swansea & a wealthy tinplate manufacturer. I have already got the local conditions which Storey required as a basis for his capital. The two local Liberal papers are willing to come in & to take £13,000 between them in shares....' Lectures at Treharris that evening.

Written at Bensham Grove, Gateshead-on-Tyne. Writes in the train on the way to Paxton. The previous day's speech was very highly praised.

Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. Business matters. The Swansea newspapers. 'Got an excellent reply from Colonel Lockwood MP re train grievances of Conway. He is a Tory MP who is a L & N. W. Rly Director. He writes me a most friendly letter to me personally "My dear George". I have sent it down to the Mayor who is a Tory. It will do good'.

Written at The Royal Hotel, 53 Princes Street, Edinburgh. Is disappointed not to have heard from William George or Uncle Lloyd. This is a fine trip. Went to Dunbar the previous day, witnessing en route the scene of the famous battle between Cromwell and Leslie. Have come to Edinburgh that day. Plans to go to Aberfoyle.

Written at Gwalia Hotel, Llanrindod Wells. 'Wedi glanio ein dau yn ddiogel. Balchder mawr gan bawb ein gweled yma'. There is to be a public meeting the following evening.

Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. The meeting at Warminster was a great success. Was driven to Stonehenge that day, and goes to Darlington the following day.

Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. His appointment with Croydon Marles, the promoter of the East and West Wales Railway Bill. Discusses progress made - 'It looks like business now. If you wanted money for Beddgelert Railway. I could easily arrange with Firbank to finance it'. Business matters.

Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. Is glad that Margaret and Mair are to come up. Has been offered another directorship: 'Now it would do one no good to be associated with a thing of that sort. A solicitorship is a different thing. As a solicitor you defend the interests of your clients without being concerned as to their reputation'.

Written at 13 Walbrook, London E.C. Is departing for Newbridge - 'Rather glad of this excuse for absenting myself from the Ellis affair. Since he has neither apologised nor explained I have no burning eagerness to feast with him'. William George may be needed in London on Friday about the East and West Wales Railway. 'Tomorrow is the crucial day. I am coming up from Monmouthshire tonight in order to be ready for all calls tomorrow. I don't know in the least what decision will be taken by the Great Western, but Marlas may determine to proceed on his own. Bydd barod'. Greaves has given notice for the next day of a motion for a joint committee of Welsh County Councils.

Written at National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, S.W. Has been very busy. Attended a meeting of the Welsh National Council at Shrewsbury the previous day. Goes to Scotland with Dalziel the following night - 'He has been so good to us in the matter of business that I could not refuse him - especially seeing I had promised him for years'. The Tom Ellis dinner - 'He is bad - poor chap. He had a dry hacking cough which was quite painful to listen to. It quite distressed me. He is in a precarious state of health & ought to quit this country at once for a prolonged stay in a drier climate. ... There is no one in the Welsh party I prefer working with'. Gwynoro's health. 'All the men whom I have a liking for have in one way or other given substantial proofs of my discernment. Dalziel, Vincent, Gwynoro, Alfred Davies, Herbert Lewis - they have all helped me very materially some way or another - the first four in business, Herbert politically'. Will be at Kirkaldy until Wednesday.