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PONTYPOOL. AN INQUEST was hel.! by Mr. E. D. Batt, coroner, at the Town Hall on Saturday, touching the death of an elderly man named Joseph Ambrey, (not Hanbury), who died suddenly at his lodgings in George-street, about three o'clock on Friday morning. The jury found that death was caused by apoplexy, brought on by drinking. POLICE COURT.—SATURDAY. [Before C. J. PARKES Esq.] A NICK LOT. William Curtis, sen, was charged with trespassing, and his son, William Curtis, was charged I with using violent threats towards Eliza West, Cwmnantddu. Complainant said it began in the first place about cock fighting on Sunday afternoon last; on Christmas morniug the father came into her house, and challenged her to come and fight, she ordered him on Christmas morning the father came into her house, and challenged her to come and fight, she ordered him off, and took up the tongs to make him go away; I she did not strike him with the poker, but she was now sorry that the did not, he went out and she fastened the door; he then kicked in the bottom of | the door, and then went to the window and challenged her again John Williams then went out to them, and asked. what they wanted; they said nothing but the son said he woul t wait on her and her-family and would have her sons- head off, she did not see the elder defendant at the door as she was inside. The Bench dismissed both cases. Margaret West and John Williams were charged with assaulting Ann Curtis. Complainant deposed that Miss West called her a liar and struck her. John Williams, Miss West's fancy man, came out and said you shan't tight my Margaret, I have paid dear enough for her, "'and caught hold of Margaret to tight." He then held his fist in Mrs. Curtis's face challenged her husband to tight, and used most fright- ful language.—Two witnesses were called to corrobo- rate this.—Tbe evidence showed that most filthy and frightful language had been used all round.—Miss West's brother VVidiam was called on her behalf.— The Bench ordered defendants to pay lis each. NEGLECTING WORK. —Dennis Donovan and Jere- miah Donovan were charged with leaving and neglect- ing work under the Eblnv Vale Company at Abersy- chan.—Mr. Green way appeared on behalf of the Company —Adjourned for a week. ASSAULT.—-Alfred Savoy was charged with assault- ing William Matthews at Aber3vehan. Mr. Green- way appeared for complainant.—Complainant deposed that he w:n a watchman under the Ebbvv Vale Coin- pany. On Christmas evening he was going h. m3, when defendant came and asked him if he was goincr to summons him for the ball that was thrown back. He replied that it w is his dutv to do so. Defendant then jumped at him, and if hi had not taken to his legs he would have torn him limb from limb, and was obliged to leave his poor old crippled wife on the road. De- fendant struck him five times —Fined 20s., with 9s. costs. -— 'I
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MONMOUTH. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The formightlv mee'ingof this Board took plice on Saturday last. There was a laqe attendance of Guar ians. Mr. S R. Bosanquet presided. The master reported the number of inmates as 127, a decrease of our on the past week, a id of the same number on the corresponding week of last year. Vagrants relieved durin • the week 26, a decreise of 10 on the former week, and of eight on the crrespoiniing week of last year. Tho Chairman informed the Bi)iri that a letter had been received from the Local Govern- ment Board, intimating hat Mr. Gildins, the master of the workhouse, inus pay for the support of his two children, who are with him in the workhouse. After a short discussion it was resolve that the sum to be paid by the master should be £ 10 per annum for tbe children. To appoint the various officers of heabh under the new Sanitary Act was the next business and the result was that the present medical officers of the union were appointed for the several districts The next business was the appointment of an inspector of nuisances. There were seven applicants. T o only were proposed, viz-, Mr. T. H. Smith, of Hadnock Farm (proposed by Mr. Charles Parsons, of Wouistow, seconded by Mr. Ansley, of Staunton), and Mr. Charles Roberts, of Coleford (proposed bv Mr. S. Roberts, and seconded by Mr Payne Mr. Smith was elected by 24. to 3 votes given for Mr Roberts. The Chairman informed he successful candidate that he was not to attempt to do trie work too quickly, but what he did do to do it thoroughly. He would have to inspect the whole of the union, except the Coleford district and borough of Monmouth. His duries were to inspect and report upon cases of nuisances, and not to order removal of the same. DEATH AT THE CARD TABLE.—On the evening of the 26th iust., bet veeii six and seve i o'clock, Mrs. Evans, rssiding at the SKinch Hill farm, about four miles from Monmouth, was playing at cards itb her two sons and daughter Miss EvMns was suddenly seized with a fit of coughing, and a great flow of biood fallowed, and the young lady, who was 27 years of age expired in the arms of her mother and brother.
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CHEPSTOW. 1ST MON. RIFLE VOLUTEERS. This corps has this year won the battalion prize offered by Captain and Adjutant Cowburn to the corps who shall have made the greatest average attendance at batallion and adjutant's drills. Other prizes were given by the officers and Mr. Ellis, grocer, amounting in all to 38. These were competed for at the range a few days ago. The principal winners were Sergeants Chappell, Rapson, and Richards, Corporal Marmont, and Ensign George. This is the sixth successive year that the corps has won the battalion prize -a fact which is highly creditable, not only to the corps, but to the little town of Chepstow. SCHOOL BOARD.—The adjourned meeting of this Board was held in the Bank Buildiogs on Tuesday last. Present— Mr. George (in the chair), Mr. J. Murphy (vice-clia,ir Rev. E. K Hans n. and Messrs. Sargent aad Gillam.- An advertisement for a certilicated I school-masier t,) take charge of the rchuols rented by the Board having been inserted in the School Board Chronicle, t AO applications were laid before the meeting by the Clerk, one from Mr. A. Brady the other from Mr. J. Lloyd, who had for about five years held the situation of school-master at the Chepstow National School, which position, however, he resigned in Septem- ber last. Enclosed with the application of this gentleman were several testimonials from persons of position and respectability. Some conve sation endued respecting the manner in which Mr. Lloyd left his former situation, the result being a motion by Mr. G llam to the effect that Mr Lloyd's offer be accepted. An auien ) ent, "That it is inexpedient to.appoint a sohoolm ister at this meeting," was proposed by the Rev. E. K. Hinson but upon the sense of the meeting being taken the motion was carried. Mr. Hanson expressed bi intention of taking steps towards having the opinion of the ratepayers on the subject. Mr. Murphy, in accordance with notice, a"aIll brought forward his motion fur a census of the children of the town to be taken and advocated it with considerable I warmth. A long discussion fo,lowed, the result being that the motion was adopted, and it was agreed that I the Chairman and Clerk t ike steps towards effecting the object, the cost beidiz limited to j £ 5. The meeting then adjourned to January 28.
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GELLIGAER. The Parish Church, which at the Christmas festival is invariably decorated with great taste, this year presents an additional feature of interest, in a handsome memorial rere !os, which has just been erected by the Rector, in memory of his late wife It is executed n yellow Mansfield stone, from a design by Mr. Buck- bridge, architect, of Loudon and Oxford, and has inlays of mosaic, the outer points representing the four Evangelists. The centre, which represents the Agnus Dei, is surrounded by a highly wrought foliated circle, the whole beiug surrounded by an elaborately carved cornice. It bears the following inscription [n memory of Eleauor Harris, born 1825, died 1871." The sculi tors are Messrs. Jackson, of Cardiff.
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ABKRCARN. SUDDEN DEATH. On Saturday evening last a woman named Gooding died very suddenly, at her Y, residence, in Shop-row. A young servant girl had just finished washing the neck of deeeased, when the latter said, You had better now t:,kb your supper;' and had searcely uttered the words before she fell from her chair to the ground. On being taken up, life was found to he extinct. The deceased was upwards of 50 years of age. ———
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LLANDOVERY. WEjlSH COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—In the recent public examination for honours in the Final Classical Schools in Oxford, Mr. Thomas Powell was placed in the third class. Mr. Powell was educated at Llando- very, and before he matriculated had gained the Jesus College School Exhibition. On matriculation he gained an open Exhibition and afterwards a Gold- smith's Company's Exhibition which was open to can- didates from all Colleges.
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HEREFORD PROPRIETARY SCHOOL | AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE.. J At the Christmas distribution of the prizes the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Hereford (the official visitor to the school) presided, encouraging each of the successful competitors with a few pertinent and forcible remarks. There were also present J. M. Herbert, Esq., County Court Judge, and many of the gentry of the neighbourhood. The room was very neatly and tastefully decorated, in a manner particularly suitable to the festive season of Christmas tide, with festoons of evergreens and choice flowers, which covered the whole of the walls, and crossing the room transversly, otherwise sus- pended in pendants to the floor. The proceedings commenced with a glee sung by the scholars, followed by recitations and singing. A Latin speech was delivered in a very creditable and successful manner by Master Easton, the piece selected being from Cicero's Oration against Cati- line." He. was most heartily applauded at its con- clusion. His Lordship then observed in a humourous manner (for the especial information of those ladies who bad not yet obtained their "rights") that the passage just delivered was the speech of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous Roman orator, who by a timely exposition of the wicked designs of the great con- spirator, Catiline, saved Rome from being fired in a hundred places, and her chiefest citizens and senators from beiug slain. The passage-in which Catiline, having been detected, dragged into the Senate House, and lashed and denounced by Cicero, in the words that had been repeated to them-had been, he said, extremely well rendered but what he (the Bishop) chiefly admired was the great clearness with which the words had been enunciated. (Applause.) Following this was a passage from Bruey's play of Le Grandeur, delivered by Messrs. Rogers, Taylor, and Matthews. The French was spoken by each one with a very precise accent and fluent delivery, and drew forth merited praise. The piece was humourous and pleased highly, especially the ladies while the fragments from Schiller's grand play of Mary Stuart" was given most creditably in the original German, by Messrs. Shepherd and Beavan, and was well received by all. A number of the boys then sung the popular chorus of "Spring," from Babil and Bijou, with great sweetness. Next came a dialogue from Milton's "Mask of Comus," by Messrs. Evans and Jones. The piece was spoken by each young gentleman with much feeling, and showed great pains-taking. A portion of the 4th act of Coriolanus, frcm Shakspere, was then recited by Messrs. Barber and Yates. Tiley distinguished themselves highly in the pourtrayal of the character of the illustrious "Roman and Volsciau, and received the well-earned plaudits of the company. The proceedings were interspersed with suitable music, which greatly enhanced the pleasure of the day. The most amusing, yet particularly effective piece, of the musical portion of the programme was the glee of To all you ladies, the harmony being very beautiful. The Bishop afterwards called upon the Rev. Preben- dary W. Poole to read the examiner's report, from which the following is an e)ctract I believe that your school well maintains its character as affording a sound education. 1 may repeat in sub- stance what I saiil on a former occasion, that no school of the sort with which I am acquainted provides such liberal means for the development of minds with different tastes and tendencies, and for the special qualifying of boys whose pursuits will be various.—Yours very faithfully, SAMUEL CLARK. This report was received with marked applause, after which the Bishop called upon the Head Master to read his own report. His Lordship then presented the prizes (beautifully bound books on congenial subjects) in accordance with the prize list. These were for Religious knowledge, English, Mathematics, Latin, French, German, Chemistry, Geology, Botany, Land surveying, Agri- culture, Music, and Painting. His Lordship referred to the official report of the examination as being highly satisfactory and said it was no small honour to find a gentleman of Mr. Clark's well-known quali- fications speak in the terms which he had made use of in his report of the examination of the Hereford Pro- prietary School, and which he (the Bishop) regarded as a great guarantee that the work of the institution was really being well done. If he (the Bishop) had a boy at such a School, and was told by a person like Mr. Clark -who had himself had great experience in the training of masters-or heard him say that "he liked the style of the papers better than he had those at any previous examinatIOn," it would satisfy him that the basis of a really sound education was being laid there—such an education as would be really and truly useful to the boys brought up ih that school. (Applause.) Mr. Judge Herbert, on behalf of the proprietors and masters of the school; proposed a vote of thanks to his Lordship for presiding, in which he .vas sure he I el should have the cheerful acquiescence of all present. (Hear, hear ) Captain Pateshall, as one of the proprietors of the school, seconded the vote of thanks to the Bishop for his presence amongst them that day. Mr. Lomax said he would be wanting in gratitude to his Lordship if he did not add his thanks, and say that he was extremely anxious to make the school in every sense of the word available for those who, as the great middle class of society, would hereafter be en- gaged in the commerce of this and other countries. The Bishop, in acknowledging the compliment, said he was really anxious to assure the parents of the boys and the boys themselves that he did take a deep interest in the subject of education. The singing of the National Anthem" terminated the proceedings.
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MR WHALLEY AND TIIF, CLAIMANT.—Mr. Whalley M.P., in a letter to a London contempt ry, says "From the constant threats of prosecution for mv won Is and actions in the Tich orue case I am careful to state nothi g that I am not fully aide to e.-ta lish by evidence; and I conclude by repeating thtt I am con- -7 vinced the Claimintis Sir Roger ficld'onie and als I that this fact has been well known to his family from the period of his first return to England, now lie Ir six year ag or if in any instance there has existed or still exist-s any bond fide doubt on the subject, those who entert dn such doubt have not taken the means of removiDg i which htve been from the first and are now obvious and conclusive." The Mikado of Janan intends to eel >brate the completion of telegraphic communication wih Europe by n formal ceremony, and will send mes- sages to all 'he European nations. Joh. Friedrich Aberli, the celebrated engraver on stone and metal. died at Winterthur on the l!Yh inst., in the 72nd year of his age. He is said to have been the only man of not# in his line in Swit- zerland. The Budget of the Canton of Bern for the year 1873 provides for the necessitous poor, to the num- ner of .16.655 pn-sons—9,399 adults and 7,256 chil- ilren, reckoning the aver? ce for each at: children .J.Of.. and (>0f. for adults. Taking he number of in- habitants to be about the same as in 1870. nearly 501.S75, the above fgures show a uroportion of one pauper to every 30 of the population. Mr. Lidderdale, of the Printed Book Department of tho British Museum, has made, and presented to the Trustees, a catalogue of all the Icelandic books in the Museum, and another ca+a ogue of all Ice- landic books yet printed, thus showin,- the defici- ciencies in the national collection. Though these are many, yet it is a satisfaction to know that we have some rare Icelandic works that are not in the iNn tional Library at Copenhagen. All our rarest volumes formed part of Sir Joseph Banks's library IF THERE ARE ANY LADIES who have not yet used the GLENFIPJLD STARCH, they are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions printed on every package, nnd if this is done, they will say. like the Queen's Laundress, it is the finest Rtarch they ever used. When you ask for GLENFIELD STARCH, see that you got it, as inferior kinds are often substituted for the sake of extra profit. Beware therefore of spurious mitations. [17,554 THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HOARSE -NEss .-All suf- fering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of Brown's Bronchial Troches." These famous lozenges" are now sold by most respectable chemists in this country, at Is. ltd. per box. People troubled with a "hacking cough," a "slight cold," or bronchial affections cannot try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to progress, result in serious Pulmo- nary and Asthmatic affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are on the Government Stamp around each box.—London Depot, 493 Oxford- street. MORE CURES BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAF RS. —From Mr. Shaw, M.P.S., 5, harles-street, Hull.— l; They art an unfailing remedy for all disorders of the breath and lungs. To clergymen, singers, and public speakersltheyare a perfect boon. DR. LOCOCK'S WAFKRS give instant relief to asthma, consumption, coughs, colds bronchitis, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. In hysterical, nervous, and heart complaints, they are unfailing, and in rheumatic and nervous pains, they act like a charm Nothing else gives such a sound refreshing night's rest. To singers and public speakers 'I Dr. Locock's Wafers are invaluable for clearing an' strengthening the voice. They taste pleasantly. Sold by all Druggists. Is. 1 ,^d. and 2s. 9d. per box CAUTION. —Every box has the words Dr. Locock's Wafers," in white letters on a red ground in the Government stamp outside, without which aU are counterfeits, 1-4
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ANOTHER SEIZURE OF JEWELLERY. At Clerkenwell Police Court, on Wednesday, James Pritchett, aged 42, of 37, Hatton Wall, St. Andrew's, and Edward Nutley, aged 21, of 1, Cottrel Place, Vine-street, costermongers, were charged with having in their possession 25 gold lockets, of the value of .£80, the property of Mr. Charles Barber, of 51, Northampton-street, Birmingham, and not giving a satisfactory account of the same. From the evidence it appeared that Mr. Walton, a watch-case maker, of Clerkenwell, is in the habit of receiving large parcels of valuable jewellery from Birmingham tradesmen, and then distributing them to different jewellers in London. On the 4th of last month he gave his errand boy 27 parcels of jewellery to deliver, among them being a parcel containing the brooches mentioned in the charge sheet, and which should have been taken to Mr. Troupes, of Hatton Garden. According to the statement of the boy, he sorted his parcels on a doorstep in Hatton Wall, and in his hurry left the parcel of brooches there. A boy named Green, living in Hatton Wall, said he picked up a number of brooches in a little box and walked away with them, but, getting frightened, he returned and put some of them on the doorstep, giving the remainder to a child, the daughter of the prisoner Pritchett. On the same day a woman went to the shop of Mr. Pockett, pawnbroker, of Liquorpond-street, and offered two lockets in pledge. The pawnbroker detained the lockets, and also one subsequently offered in pledge by a young woman. The matter was placed in the hands of the police, and the in- quiries made by them led to the apprehension of the prisoners.—The defence of each of the prisoners was that they found the lockets, and that they did not know the value of them.—Mr. Cooke said that the case was not originally before him. but he saw from the* minutes left that if nothing further was ascertained against the prisoners they were to be discharged. He should now adopt that course, and the prisoners were discharged.
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THE SUPPOSED MURDfcR IN BLOOMS- BURY. An inquiry was opened on Wednesday, before Dr. Lankester, into the death of Louisa Genoska, who met with her death by falling or being thrown from a window in Bloomsbury-street, London, on Thursday last.—Mrs. Elgar, the mother of deceased, said she last saw her daughter on Christmas-day, and she then expressed herself that she should get in a bother" for being out so late. Witness believed she went in fear of her husband, as he was a very violent-tempered man.—John H. Smith stated that on the night in question he was passing the house on the other side of the way with his wife, when he saw a shadow come across the blind. The window at the time was open. The blind was then pushed out, and what looked to him like a bundle of rags fell out on the pavement. No one came to the window to see what it was, and he heard no noise. He ran over the road and saw it was the body of a woman, motionless, and appar- ently insensible.—The Coroner If there had been anyone at the window with the woman, could you have seen them P-Witness: Yes.—The Coroner: Then you will swear there was no one beside the woman at the window when she fell out P—Witness: Yes.—J. Crook, inspector of the C division, said when he charged the two men with throwing the woman out of the window, Genoska, who was one of them, said, "No, no; my wife is at home in bed," and this he persisted in for some time. The other man, Pecker, said, It is not my fault we are here it is your fault," but Genoska said to him. putting his hand over his mouth, You say nothing."—A Juryman suggested that the two men should be brought before the Jury and ex- amined, and the Coroner said it was desirable if it could be done, but Mr. Bruce had twice refused a request of the same nature.—After some discussion, it was decided that the Jury should adjourn until Saturday next, and that in the meantime the Coro- ner should communicate with the Home Secretary to see whether the Jury could have the men before them.
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THE FOUR CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN DURHAM GAOL. The petitions from the four condemned men, Slane, Hayes, Rice, and Beesley, to the Home Sec- retary, praying, on various grounds, for a commuta- tion of their sentence, was forwarded on Tuesday night by Mr. William Brignall, jun., their solicitor, to the proper quarter in London. On Tueslay after-, noon, on that gentleman being allowed to enter the prison, the head warder, acting under the instruc- tions of the governor, while he expressed his readi- n ss to produce the men from their cells separately, declined to allow them to put pen to paper. This difficulty was met, after a little delay, by the assist- ance of Canon Consitt and the Rev. J. Taylor, of Tudhoe, the Catholic clergymen who have been in attendance on the prisoners, and who readily con- sented to sign the petition on their behalf, Mr. Brignall witnessing the signatures. Thus signed,, the document was duly despatched to London. With reference to the refusal of Lieutenant-colonel Arm- strong to allow the men to sign the document, it is only fair to that gentleman to state that he in- formed our reporter that the reason he refused to allow the men to sign the document was in 3 nsequence of Mr. Brignall not being pro- vided with the order of two of the visiting justices for that purpose, which might have been easily obtained, as magistrates were in attend- ance at quarter sessions, who might have been applied to for that purpose. With reference to the condition of the men, little can be said. Their spiritual advisers, the Rev. Canon Consitt and Rev. Joseph Taylor, of Tudhoe, have been in constant attendance upon them, and their ministrations have been received by the four doomed men with the utmost decorum and attention, although from what can be gathered they all hold on to a hope that the efforts of their legal adviser may be crowned with success in obtaining a. reprieve for at least some of them. With the exception of the petition from the men and that from the Howard Association, we hear of no other effort that is being made on their behalf. Hayes and Slane are both married, and on Monday last their wives and families were allowed to see them. The meeting, as might be anticipated, was a most painful one, women and ¡ children weeping bitterly, and both the men, whose power of self-control was fully demonstrated by their demeanour at their trial, being considerably moved by the sight of the sufferings of those about them. Under present arrangements the executions will take place at eight o'clock on Monday morning I next, within the walls of the gaol. A ewe an lie Chronicle.
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One day last week a boy at Hill Farm, Kingsbury, j Middlesex, took a wren's nest with two eggs in it. The Caledonian Railway Company have, it is stated, abandoned their intention of applying to I Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to construct a line to Gourock. SUPPOSED WKECK OF A SUNDERLAND VESSEL.— Information has been received from Eire stating that several pieces of wreck, chieii • bulwarks and deck planks, have been washed ashore between Llreness and Pittenweem. amonsrst them a vessel's name board, 41 feet in length by 7 inches broad, painted b with gilt border, and having Beacon" marked on it in gilt letters. About half way be- tween St. Monauce and Pittenweem is part of a. vessel's stern, with white streak, under which is painted in white letters, Beacon, Sunderland." The wreckage appears to have been driven from a distance by the S.E. wind. The Beacon was 210 tons register, was built on the Wear, and belonged Mr. R. Bellas, Jane E. Carruthers, and Mary Philips. THE BIRMINGHAM GUARDIANS IN A F[X. A mce ing of the Birmingham Guardians was held on Wednesday to consider the circumstances under which the Board is situated in connection with the suspension of their clerk and the resignation of their chairman. I he clerk was susp mded a few weeks ago, and the Local Government Board con- firmed the suspension. On the clerk promising to ibstain from intoxicating drinks a resolution was passed by the majority of the Board that he should be reinstated. This course the Local Government Board refused to sanction. A majority of the Board of Guardians determined that the clerk, who has great experience, and abilities, should bo reinstated, but the Chairman of the Board and a strong minority insist on his dismissal. A scene took place at the last meeting, which broke up in confusion without doing anything. For three weeks no cheques have been signed, and at the inopportune I -P season of Christmas tradesmen's accounts have been allowed to stand over, and a number of officials have been unable to draw their salaries. Further to complicate matters, the chairman resigned. On Wednesday a resolution was moved, upholding the course taken by the Board of Guardians, and, after several hours' discussion, was carried. A new chairman, whose views are in harmony with those of the majority, was appointed, and the conflict with the Local Goverment Board will go on till one or other gives in. Mr. Lopes, as Recorder of Exeter, expressed his cli P- satisfaction, at the Quarter Sessions on Monday, at the parsimonious conduct of the Treasury with regard to witnesses in criminal cases. .0i.8
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LONDON LETTER. LONDON, Thursday. There can be no doubt that the approaching Session of Parliament will be a tempestuous one as far as the Gladstone government is concerned. No one would seem to be more conscious of the fact than the Premier himself. His own organs in the Press have begun making insinuations as to the desirableness of making this and that alteration in the Ministerial dramatis personce, and altogether, to suggest the adoption of the most vigourous means for strengthening the position of the govern- ment for the impending attack. The Dai y News has been especially active in this respect, dealing with the question of reconstructing the Cabinet with an amount of ingenuousness that is perfectly refreshing when its semi-official" character is taken into consideration. The News professes to have awoke to the fact that the Government ship is imperfectly manned, and says Gossip" is busy talkingof reconstruction, (mark the adroitness inlay- ing the burden of the palpable trick on Gossip !") and hints at the retirement of Earl Spencer, the shifting of Mr. Bruce, and the appointment of the Home Secretary to some other post. This may be very well as far as it goes, but unfortunately it does not go far enough. Unless the News had been pre- pared to be a little more explicit, it had better have held its semi-prophetic tongue. No one will deny the benefit likely to accrue from the retirement of Earl Spencer; but it is really too bad to talk of shifting Mr. Bruce" in the same breath. Can the idea be entertained of authorising the unfortunate chief of the Home-office to exercise his beneficent rule over the destinies of the Irish ? Who can tell P He might be bustled conveniently out of the House of Commons in this way. He might then claim a peerage as a reward for the success he has achieved in the form of the Licensing and other kindred measures. A worse arrangement than this might be made. If, however, nothing of this sort is in- tended-and it is just possible that it is not-it is very cruel to bandy about the name of the earnest and thoughtful" minister, as Mr. Bruce's admirers are fond of calling him, in the way it has been. Then, it is givenlls as a fact which does not admit of a doubt, that the Premier has positively decided upon the expediency of finding-a seat in the Cabinet for Mr. Childers. The resuscitated ex-First Lord of the Admiralty it is thought wi I be sure to be sent to the Home-office. Then again, Mr. Forster, it is said is to have a change—to chang", most likely, places with Mr. Chichester Fortesque, who at present holds the position of President of the Board of Trade. It is just possible that neither of these ru- moured changes are contemplated, but that changes are thought of there can be no doubt. The search for the author of the brutal murder in Coram street early on Christmas-day, still continues, but as I write the fugitive is still at large. There are grounds, though, for believing that the ruffian must ultimately be captured. The reward offered by the authorities has had the effect of inundating them with anonymous communications, sent with a view of furnishing a clue to the murderer. One or two of these have been sufficiently credible to lead to an investigation into them. It is asserted by a man at Harwich that a young man answering in every material particular, the appearance of the runaway, came to that part on the day of the murder and took the boat from thence to Rotterdam. A writer from Birmingham also asserts that a man identical in appearance to the murderer was seen wandering in the outskirts of that town last Satur- day. Time will probably show how far either of these stories is to be relied upon. In the mean- while the public will do well to pay little heed to the stories told about the awful occurrence in the London papers from day to day. The sensations offered to the public from that source are simply the fruits of Liners," and must not be regarded as being in any way official. The police, acting upon the experience of the past, have wisely re- solved net to do their best to frustrate the ends of justice by detailing all their plans and preliminiary discoveries in the columns of the papers. Since the perpetration of the Coram-street tragedy there have been such a terrible succession of murderous acts as have seldom before been heard of. It was immediately followed by the attempt on the part of two drunken Germans to .murder the wile w of one of them, by throwing her out of the window into the street. Then came the murder of a man by his wife' at Leeds. In both of these cases, however, drink was the incentive to crime. In quick succes- sion we heard of a brutal attempt on the part of a man at Hull, to murder his unfortunate wife as she lay in her bcd, and the suicide of a young man after making a desperate attempt to murder his 1 sweetheart, a servant girl of Ealing. This last mentioned case was one of those pitiable dis- plays of morbid passion which unfortunately for the victims to it, are so frequently dignified with the term Romance. A young man, because his sweetheart told him she could not have his company any longer," seized a poker and tried to beat her brains out. He then left the house and inflicted fatal injuries upon himself with a razor. On Monday morning we heard of the case of the elderly barrister's clerk who was evi- dently thrown into the Thames after being brutally beaten. The following morning brought us news of one of the most atrocious murders which have been committed for many years, even in Ireland. An old lady and her servant were barbarously mur- dered and their house ransacked, by, as it is be- lieved, two women who were seen leaving the premises on the morning of the discovery of the occurrence. Then on Tuesday a butcher at Cardiff suddenly stabbed to the heart, a policeman with whom he had been conversing, without giving the unfortunate man the slighest reason to suppose lie contemplated the perpetration of such a deed. Such a catalogue of crime is truly awiul; and one shudders to think that in the course of next week Jack Ketch" will have an exceptionally busy time of it. Poor Mr. Stanley grumbled very much at the treatment he received in England—but how does he get on in America ? Only very poorly. The contract he entered into with an enterprising countryman to give a course of lectures for a large sum of money has fallen through—greatly to the loss of the enterprising genius in question. The lectures, we are told, were discontinued because the receipts would not cover the ordinary expenses. The Press of America are almost unanimous in ridiculing the efforts of the lecturer. One critic calls him ungrammatical, another speaks of his in- competence as a speaker, and a third dwells in un- complimentary terms on his painful ignorance of geogiaphical science. Verily "A prophet hath no honour in his own country." And in the meanwhile all the English lecturers at present "touring" the States are being received with enthusiasm both by the press and by the public. It does, indeed, sound like a bitter reproach to us, when we hear, in prosperous times like the present, of "faminefever in London." Such is he case. The TIMES in an able and lengthy article announces the fact, though it says the disease has not assumed an epidemic form. This is surely such a reflection as all benevolent-minded people will strive to erase. The notorious Cora Pearl, fresh from the "Duval Scandal in Paris, has arrived in London, and is staying at one of the West-end hotels. It was thought at first she wouid resort to one of the Ger- man watering places, but it appears that she his preferred to return to the land of her birth, in which she formerly pursued the calling of a, laun- dress, and, perhaps, intends hold fashionable levees at the West End hotel in question The remains of the unfortunate woman Clara Burton—or, as she was really named, Harriet Bos- well-were interred on Tuesday in the Brompton Cemetery. The burial excited the utmost interest among the poorer classes, thousands of whom were present, in spite of the unpropitious state of the weather.
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) On Wednesday, Mr. John Ashford, plumber, New- t town, Montgomeryshire, was apprehended for com- mitting a violent assault upon his wife, who lies in a. hopeless condition. THE QUI;EN'S NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.—Her Ma- jesty's New Year's Gifts were presented to the poor of Windsor, Holy Trinity, and Clewer, at the Riding School, Windsor, on Wednesday morning, in the presence of the local cltrgy and castle officials. The giits consisted of lJeef and coals. During the dis- tribution the bells rang merrily The total amount of the Queen's gifts this season reached .£300, in- cluding ilOO presented to the clothing club, and £ -00 given in coals and meat. The distribution was made as follows:—New Windsor, 1st class, 15 re cipients, each receiving 71bs of beef and 3 cwt of co al; 2nd class, 32 recipients, each receiving (! lbs of beef and 2 cwt of coal; 3rd class, 37 recipients, ea ch receiving 5 lbs of beef and 2 cwt of coal; 4th cltt ss, 87 recipients, each receiving 4 lbs of beef and LJ cwt of coal; 5tli class, 173 recipients, each re- ceiv ing 3 lbs of beef and 1 cwt of coal. Holy Trinity and Clewer received in proportion the same as New Windsor. Harold; or, The Last King of the Saxons," is the title of a new Waft-neresque opera, recently produced with success at Konigsberg. The com- poser's name is Gustave Dollo.
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PARIS LETTER. PARIS, January 1,1873. Under the Mother Republic, New Year's Day began on the 22nd September; previously it was fixed on May morning, then at Christmas, then on the feast of St. Martin, and later at Easter. It was in 1563 that Charles IX. decreed henceforth the New Year should date from the first of January, which France has since observed, the epoch of 1792 excepted. This is the favourite time for taking stock, and many politicans, like tradesmen and sin- ners, now strike a balance. France has a good deal to carry to her profit and loss accounts for gain. She has been successful in finding the millions to make up Germany's milliards. Perhaps this is all, and it is not a little. It was the practice of the ancient Egyptians to cause their dead to appear to be judged by the living. The defunct 1872 will re- semble those nations that have no history; if the dead year has not effected much good, it has not on the other hand done much harm. The Assembly was characterised by much noise and little work. Literature has been largely occupied in solving the adultery question, and has succeeded in leaving it where it was. There has been a good deal of rain but not enough to wash away the numerous points noirs. Philosophy has failed to square any of the various circles existing around the body politic, and chivalry to make journals more tolerant and courteous. The past year has, in fact, continued the convalescence of France, in the sense of saving her from a serious relapse. Speed the parting guest, and welcome the coming one. To judge from the popular telescopic toy, called "the future of France, a peep into the tube, reveals Gambetta's photograph. Hum! His petition campaign is anything but the long majestic march" he promised us, but then the attempts of his antagonists at counter-petitioning are worse. The French do not understand this legal way of attacking an abuse, nor have they the patience, that Cobden and his League displayed, to effect their ends. The year 1873 will in all likelihood see the departure of the last Prussian from France, after which consummation, M. Thiers might rest and be thankful. The Assembly will continue as usual to throw time elaborately away." But what it may" constitute" no one can predict. The country is cursed with various pretenders, and re- publicans just as much divided. The only thing certain to prophesy is, that the "outs" will maka common war against the ins, and that the opposition irrespective of its colour, will claim the monopoly of all the virtues of liberalism, till it succeeds to office the better to repudiate them. Proudhon observed, that for the presidency of he French Republic, a man with moustaches, being at the same time a soldier and a prince, w as necessary; in such case it was possible to guard the republic- pending some time. Victor Hugo invented the mandat conlractuel; the Comte de Saincthorent has acquainted us with the right divine mandate, a shade more liberal than a former Duke of Newcastle, who claimed to do what he liked with his own. The Count has replied to his constituents of La, Creuse that he owes them no explanation, his deputyship being a matter for his conscience and his God, a response that the Legiti- mist press applauds. Why Henri V. himself in his circular letters showed, how he grinds divinity of .other days, down into modern use." It would not be surprising if the Count were re-elected out of fun for his audacity. France is ever the country of progress. The resignation of the French am- bassador accredited to the Pope, has surprised by its suddenness only. Every person here knew, that the duplicate French ambassadors at Rome, would ultimately grow weary of their chinas defa;ence atti- tude, and the visit of the officers of the French guirdship at Civita-Vecchia was but the spark applied to the train. There is a large party in France who regard the ambassadors to the Sovereign Pontiff as a protest ngainst the Italian Government, and a reservation of France in favour of the Tem- poral Power. M: Thiers, no friend either to united Italy, or united Germany, or Free Trade, has had to bow to events, by accrediting a second minister to the Quirinal. The incident promises to raise a most delicate discussion when the Assembly meefs, and may complicate relations with Italy; if the government of the latter insists on the withdrawal of the French man-of-war, and one of the Dromio ainbassa.do• s at Rome. The Italians haye Germany at their back, and can thus defy both France and Austria. The Bonapartists have been giving us lessons in diplomacy, by divulging through the Due de Gramont confidential despatches from Austria, and through M. de Lostende, ex-French Ambassador at Madrid. M. Thiers frequently asserted that the ex-empire had no allies at the declaration of war against Germany. The duke produces roundabout despatches to show that Austria promised to strike in, but, as we know, backed out like little Denmark when fortune deserted France. It was very wrout for Austria to abet the Second Empire in its untoward and selfish attack on Germany, but it was onlv in poor human nature that she should remember Sadowa. Bismarck knew her little game, and planted Russia in her flank, with the prospect of ultimately dismembering her. As to diplomatists saying or writing one thing, and doing another, that is their duty—when exposed the world laughs. To be found out is the crime, -as the discov ry of the theft, and not the thing stolen, ensured punish- ment among the Spartans for want of dexteri'y. Besides, an ambassador has been described as "and honest man sent to lie abroad for the common- wealth." M. Lostonde treats us to a very natural letter from his master. Napoleon III. advised him to proclaim highly the doctrine of univor-al suffrage for the Spaniards in the election of a Ki-n,r, but to smile and be a villain, returning to France on urgent private affairs, in case universal suffr g selected the Montpensier to sav nothing of +he Hohenzollern. Dabbling in Spanish afa r a-1,1 s) shamefullv, led to the overthrow of the Firs and Third Napoleons. The Imperialists have just issued a pamphlet, assuring by the post office, all whom it may concern, that the Secon 1 Empre l on the point of being restored, that the Communis's are the cherubim of France, the Bonapartists, the Seraphim, the Republicans, only scoundrels, and the Monarchists of an colors, Tarhu'-es and knaves. Such are the compliments of the season trim friends not Chiselhurst, and curiously enough, dated "Innocent's Day." Daring the last twelve months it has be-ii cal- culated that upwards Of forty-Ave Japanese Embas- sies have arrived in Paris. The Japanese are well liked. and already we call them the French of the East." But what a pitv China does not send us a deputation at this moment, when the members would see from an umbrella poin of vipw, a man and a brother in evei- yei,izen. Umbrellas are at present the real malic sc." primer s—the rain is apparently as much a fixed on as the government the statues a- public buildings are displaying evidences of spou' -J vegetation, "Niobe has tendrils of fungi from her eves instead of t-nors," "the dying seems to be expiring from suffocation by rather than from the arrow of Adon:s. Mav citizens and aliens escape being moss-grown. Fortunately a female acrobat, calling herself Minion de L'Bnclos, possessing anything but the fatal gift of beantv, sells on the boulevards, seated in a ca -t and clothed in gaudv rows, a mixture, by taking a small draught of which every morning before breakfast, not forgettin;? to shake the bottle, corns will be dissolved and people made weather-proof. The Seine having fallen, explains why salt cod and other se-), fish that the rostn.ura.nts have palmed off as "fresh" have fallen in pnee. One of the most. pitiable sights at this moment is the Morgue. Each of its twelve tables has a tenant—the bodies of persons found drowned after the subsidence of the floods. heir clothes seem to show they were well-to-do woi ivpeople, but not a document was found to identity them. People go to look at the corpses. I would suggest to a visitor to go there, to turn his backj.o the glass partition, and look at the cr°w< ^|* 'will see, as it were, a bunch of all the feelings and emotions, of cynicism and terror, that human nature can display gome people smoking, one or two reading a piper, a few finding refreshment in oranges; an "Oh!" there, a laugh here. and sobbing iu a corner. The beggars are tolerate 1 in the city to-day, just as they were under the Empire on the fifteenth of August. There is every variety of speaking misery —disgusting to the pye and saddening to the ear. It is consoling to think that after nightfall, when I the vagrants must retire to the outskirts, many cripples find the use of their limbs, and recover 1 from life-long infirmities. The rag pickers com- mence to undorfrand the spirit of the age a nuin- [ Tier of them have formed a joinf-st'X'k company (limited), by means of which they will avoid being r fleeced by the middle men—professionally called "ogres"—who, like lawyers and their clients, gave the unfortunates but too often the shells of the oyster as their share in transactions.
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I FOREIGN TELEGRAMS. FRANCE. j PARIS, Sunday Night.—M. Thiers, in going to his carriage from Lord Lyons' dinner party last night, slipped on the stone steps and fell on his side.. His right arm was slightly bruised, but not injured. He transacts business as usual, and gave a dinner party to-night. M. Thiers had a soiree after the dinner, which was a diplomatic one, and he was as gay as possible. He laughed at his accident; but apologised for shaking hands with the left hand, pointing to the right which was contused. The Prince de Joinville was at the soiree. PARIS, Monday Evening.—The Liberte announces that M. De Corcelles has left for Rome with a semi- official mission to declare to the Pope that the re- signation of M. De Bourgoing was not due to any action of the French Government, which did not intend modifying its policy towards the Pope and Italy. The Union, an ultramontane organ, asserts that the resignation of M. De Bourgoing was not due to any misunders'anding with M. Fournier, but to the policy of M. Thiers. The Union states that Cardinal Antonelli had thanked the French Govern- ment for having placed the Orinoque at the disposal of the Pope for the last three years, but declared that, if the Pope should be compelled to leave Rome, he would not avail himself of the Orinoque. The Union affirms that M. De Coreelles carries to Rome satisfactory assurances from the President of the Republic to the Pope. The Commissary of Police who ordered the arrest of Lady Falconer on a falae charge of robbery,!has been dismissed. PARIS, Wednesday Evening.—M. Thiers visited M. Grevy, the President of the National Assembly, at ten o'clock this morning, and received a deputa- tion of the Assembly at eleven. Polite and cordial greetings were exchanged, and the reception then commenced in accordance with the programme. The deputies of all shades at present staying in Paris and Versailles came to offer their respects to the President of the Republic, amongst them being the Duke de Broglie. M. Thiers was sur- rounded by the Ministers and Marshal Macmahon. No speeches were made. Most of the guests merely passed through the grand saloon of the Presidency, and only the diplomatic body remained a few minutes. The Japanese and Burmese Am- bassadors were present, and M. Thiers exchanged a few friendly words with each of the various repre- sentatives of foreign Powers. The receptions were over by two o'clock. PAIUS, Wednesday.—The weather is mild and brilliant, and the boulevards and principal thorough- fares are thronged by holiday crowds. Universal animation and cheerfulness prevails. GERMANY. BERLIN, Monday.—The Spener Gazette of to-day expects that in consequence of the late Papal Allocu- tion the German Charge d' Affa.ires accredited to the Holy See, who had been instructed to be present at the Papal reception on New-year's Day, will now be relieved from attending, as it is feared that the Pope might express himself even more violently towards Germany on that occasion. BERLIN, Monday Evening.—The newspapers in Posen and Konigsberg have been officially notified that they will be immediately seized if they publish the utterances of the Pope against Germany and its Government in his recent allocution to the cardi- nals. BERLIN, Monday Night.—The evening journals eeem to agree that the later disclosures in connec- tion with the statements of the Due de Gramont prove the case so far as Count Beust is concerned, and they attack him very sharply. Some of them accuse him of duplicity. The inorth German Gaz tt. tries to ward off the consequences of the scandal. In a short leader it say that if the past must be spoken of, it certainly will not pretend that Count Beust ever had any love for Prussia or the North German Confederation. It must not be overlooked, however, it adds, that if in administering his office as Chancellor of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy the Count saw a supposed advantage in the French alliance, he had a right to seek such an alliance. The ar icle is conciliatory throughout, and depre- cates a discussion of the ruestion. BERLIN, Wednesday.—Bva Cabinet order, dated 23rd ult., the Presidency of the Ministry was en- trusted to the oldest minister. According to report the oldest Minister of State, Count Von itoon, has now been especially appointed to the post. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Wednesday.—A bulletin at noon to-day announces that the fever of the Czarewitch continues to decrease, and that the general condi- tion of his Imperial Highness is satisfactory. ITALY. ROME, Saturday Night.—M. de Bourgoing, the Minister of France to the Holy See, left Rome this morning to return to France, in consequence of the order given to the officers of th Orinoque at Civita Vecchia to pay their respects to the King of Italy. The First Secretary and M. de Bourgoing's family will leave on the 31st. The partisans of the Pope in great numbers left their cards at the French Min- ister's residence. M. Thiers has, it is said, ordered the officers of the Orinoque to remain at Civita V ecchiaonN ew Year's Day, and abstain from compli- menting both the King and the Pope. The depar- ture of M. de Bourgoing has caused much annoy- ance at the Vatican. ( ROME, Monday.—Herr Stumm, the German Secre- tary of Legation, accredited to the Vatican, informed Cardinal Antonelli to-day that he had received orders from his Government to quit Rome on in- definite leave of absence. The Secretary leaves for Berlin to-day. ROME, Sunday.—The King has arrived here in excellent health. The Opinione of this evening says that the negotiations opened with England and France with a. view to restoring the passage of the English mails for Italy through France have had a favourable result. M. Van Loo, the new Belgian Minister, has arrived. The assertion that the Go- vernment intended detracting from the law relative to religious bodies is unbounded. ROME, Tuesday. The Pops received to-day several Ita ian and foreign families. His Holiness made a sp >eeh in French, in the course of whiroh he wished his hearers a. better year than that which is now coming to an end. Among those present were remarked Admiral Lord Clarence Paget and Mr. Reed, ht" Chief Constructor of the Bri'ish Navy. The Minister of War has decided to call the provincial militia. out in the spring for drill in cani-ps expressly formed for the purpose. ROME, Wednesday. — The statement that the Orinooue had b:'en recalled is incorrect. M. de Co'v.eilas has aceptsxl the French Ambassy at. the Par>a: Court. The commander of the Orino pie has received orders to be 'on board his ship to-morrow, to receive a new crew wriijh has arrived from France. SPAIN. MA ORI!). Tuesday.—Yesterday an important and numerous!v attended meeting was held at the Pro- -n r o gressist Club of the Ter'ulia, at which Senor Zor- rilla made a great speech, in which he repudiated the idea of foreign interven' ion on the question of colonial reform. Ke said that if the Cortes votes, and the Crown approves, the abolition of siav ry, it. will be carried'out at all hazards. He also rei- tnrltecl that no reforms would be introduced into Cuba so long as the rebellion eortinued, and that, even if rumours relative to military risings should be true, ni triumph wou'd be won over revolution- ary end liberal Spain. The Government was per- fectly sure that its integrity was in no way endan- gered. The sneeeh was much applauded, and shouts of "Long live Liberty!" "Lon, live Arnadeus were raised. The Tertulia unanimously passed the proposed vote of confidence in the Government, and expressed its agreement with all the state- ments of Senor Zorilla. CHINA. HONOKONO,Tuesday. Mr. Wadehasreprimanded the British Consul at Ning-Do, who, with his American colleague, had brought the disturbance at Hangchow to an end. The American Minister has thanked the latter gentleman. It is-again reported that the Yellow River has extensively overflowed the neighbouring country. THE BRAZILS. SBTTTLUMPRO: Wednesday. The royal mail steamer Li'Vey arrived from the Rrasils this morn- ing. Sp(cit .£12,r; On the loth ultimo she spoke the English barque Alexander and the Swedish barque Huldn. The English steamer Galatea was I at St. Vincent, for repairs. Rl!) M JANEIRO, December 7.—The Legislative Chambers are to open about the 15th. It is expec- ted that the first measure introduced by the Govern- ment will be the reform of the franchise, and to i confirm the permission granted to foreign vessels engaging in the interprovincial coasting trade. News of the settlement of the Argentine question with Brazil is confirmed. All troops are to be with- drawn from Paragv.a •' and the island of Atajo within three months. The elections in Uruguay passed off with little disturbance. About one-third of the paper currency h^s been exchanged. In the Argen- tine Confederation, an Indian tribe has been routed while attempting a raid. Newvort Friday, lav vary 3, 1873. J Printed anil Published at the MONMOUTHSHIRE MEETTW General Prnitinsr OFFICE, No. 15, Commercial-street, IN the BOROUGH of Newport Ir the county of Monmouth, by WILLIAM CHRISTOPHERS, residing at Melrfm Villa Gold Tops, in the Parish of St.Woollos, Newpor <