The Merthyr Telegraph and General Advertiser for the Iron Districts of South Wales

A DEVONSHIRE DUMPLING.On the opening of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway the navvies and ot ier persons employed in constructing the line were entertained at dinner, toe principal fea- ture being a Devonshire dumpling of unusual magnitude. It was in the form of a cone, about eight feet in diameter at the base, and about 13 feet in perpendicular height. It weighed 2,100 lbs., and its ingredients were 573 lbs- of Hour, 191 lbs. of bread, 312 lbs. of raisins, 191 lbs. of cur-, rants, 388 lbs. of suet, 95 lbs. oi' sugar 320 lemons, 144 nutmegs; and 300 lbs. of milk. It was baked in sections, and then built up on a waggon, the fabric being kept together by noops and other mechanical devices. CHURCH RATES AT STBonD. A vestry ot the inhabitants of the parish of Stroud next Roches- ter, was convened on Friday, the 19th inst., tor the purpose of levying a church rate tor the re- pairs only of the parish church. The church- warden, Mr. J. G. Meers, proposed a church rate of 4d. in the pound, which, beniH seconded, an amendment was moved, seconded, and declared by the chairman (the incumbent of the parish) to be unanimously carried, which said :—" That Lhis vestry is of opinion that the levying of a rate on the community at large, to meet the expenses of one section of the professing church, is unjust in principle, oppressive in its operation, and in- jurious to the true interests of any institution as- suming such a power, and that the present attempt of the churchwarden uUght to be resisted by all S$.e<iQs consistent- with Uhristiao. propriety* and ? f$Hft 9&» W*

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the sentiments expressed by his correspondents. DO WE OR DO WE NOT LIVE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY? (To the Editor of the Merthyr Telegraph.) SIR,—The testimony by which we are to settle the point is very conflicting. On the one hand we see and hear of inventions and improvements, and seeming perfections, which go far to assure us that we do;—on the other we hear of thirq. and are obliged to behold things quite calculate 1 to make us believe that we have not, as yet, got past the dark agaes. One such thing came to our ears this week. It is the case of the dismissal from Dowlais Infant School of a young lady who came there a few weeks ago as assistant teacher. Her fault was that of attending the Unitarian Chapel of this town. The curious part of the business is that she has been dismissed against the will of both Mr. Clark and Mr. Houlston, the trustee and master of the school, and from the fear of ja man who has nothing whatever to do with the schools-the Rev. Canon Jenkins—a man who, as everybody in this neighbourhood knows well, is more theologian than christian, and more bigot than either. Neither Mr. Clark nor Mr. Houlston had any objection to the young lady going to her own place of worship, if she had one. They were both, and are both, liberal enough to allow the people under their care to please themselves in matters pertaining to religion. But the Rev. Canon made the discovery that there was in his parish, and teaching in a Christian school in his parish, so eggregious a heretic as a Unitarian, and his mind, not being a very big one, did not take a long time making up-he must be ousted. To Mr. Clark he came, and placed the matter strongly before him. Mr. Clark, seeing that if the young lady did not go his rev. friend would get up a terrible hubbub in the place, and thinking that of the two evils to let her go was the least, reluctantly said that she must go at once, and as a proof of his unwilling- ness to send her away, as well as of his gentle- manly liberality, offered to pay her expenses back to Birmingham, whence she came, and, if it was necessary, to go there himself, in order to clear up and explain the matter of her being sent so suddenly away. But what shall we say of the tolerant Christian Rector ? What ? Yours, &c., W. WYNN ROBINSON. Merthyr, Aug. 24, 1859. AT Y TELYNWYR A FWRIADANT GYS- TADLU YN EISTEDDFOD MERTHYR, MEDI NESAF. F:ONEDDIGION,- Wele fi yn unol a dymuniad rhai o honoch yn anfon yr eglurhad a ddy- munech, trwy gyfrwng y TELEGRAPH. Ychydig o gamsynied sydd wedi bod wrth gy- hoeddi "Penrhaw," i fod yn gystadleuol i'r delyn unrhes, gan nas gellir ei chwareu yn gyflawn, heb y delyn Gymreig. neu y pedal harp, a chan fod y pwyllgor wedi deall ifod rhai cyfeill ion yn bwriadu cystadlu a'r pedal harps, bydded hysbys i'r cyfryw y bydd rhyddid iddynt i ymgys- tadlu, ond ni chaniateir iddynt ddefnyddio y pedals. Byddis wrth hyny yn eu gosod ar yr un tir a gwyr y delyn unrhes. Yn nghwyneb fod y gwall wedi digwydd nis gwyddom am unryw lwybr sydd yn debyg o fod yn decach na hyn yna. Am y gofyniad arall, sef pa bryd mae enwau'r eystadleuwyr i fod i mewn, dymunaf eich cyfeii io at y programme, cewch yr hysbysrwydd gofynol yno. Yr eiddoch, yn garedig, Dros y Pwyllgor, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Ysg. .+

A young man named John Hay, residing t Portobello, was fined 10s., the other day, fof burning a cat alive in a furnace. THE RATIO OF ROGUEs.-Since rogues are to be mentioned, let me set out by declaring an assured belief that there are a thousand reasonably honest men to set against every rascal in the un i- verse. Every man is indeed some sort of chea but the great majority of men err only by falling into pits and over snares; those are the rogues who dig and spraad them.-Dickens's All the Year Round." A HAPPY FAMILY. — There is a caricature privately circulating in Paris representing the Emperor putting a cat, a dog, a monkey, a parrot, a woman, and a serpent all into one bag. The Emperor Francis Joseph looks on with some sur- prise, and inquires Que faites vous la ?" "j\u Italian Confederation," replies Napoleon, "rud you will be so good as to put one of your arms into it." "Very willingly," replies the Austrian, armed with my 800,000 claws." THE MILITARY MOUSTACHE.—An order hfls been made at Parkhurst barracks, Isle of Wight, to the effect that private John Selzman, having shaved his upper lip, contrary to orders, shall be confined to barracks until his moustache grows again.—Hampshire Advertiser, August 20. WE (Worcester Chronicle) regret to hear that Mr. Francis Rufford, formerly member of Parlia- ment for this city, and chairman of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Com- pany, is now an mmate of a lunatic assylum at Sutton Coldfield. WHAT A FRENCH SOLDIER HAS TO CARRY.- As the great knapsack question is once more on the tapis on your side of the Channel, it may be useful to Mr. Sidney Herbert to know what a French soldier has to cany packed inside and strapped outside. On the outside:— The tente abri and tent pole. 2. A blanket. 3. A water- proof cape with hood. 4. A water bucket, used also aa a camp kettle. 5. A round loaf of black bread. 6. A tin pan. 7. A quart measure. Inside: —1. A pair of waiters. 2. Two shirts. 3. A pair of shoes. 4. An order book. 5. A small canvas bag, containing an awl, five stout needles, a skein of scarlet thread, a skpin of yellow thread, a skein of black thread, a thimble, shoe, clothes, and musket brushes, a small box containing the tools necessary to take a musket to pieces, and put it together again, a grease box, a wax ditto. 6. Two pocket handkerchiefs. 7. 50 rounds of ball cartridge. And 8. Anything else he can find room for.—Paris Letter. MELANCHOLY FATE OF A LIVERPOOL GEN- TLEMAN. -On Tuesday week the torn and muti- lated remains of a young gentleman were discovered at the base of a precipice near Snowdon, and from the position in which the body was when found, there was no reason to doubt that the young man had fallen from a cliff, a height of upwards of 6(0 feet. Inquiries were immediately set on foot, and it was soon ascertained that the deceased was a Mr. George Frodsham, the managing clerk of one of the largest mercantile houses in Liver- pool, and that at midnight on Sunday last, he, in company with a guide, started for the ascent of Snowdon, in order to be there in time to see the sun rise. Unfortunately for himself he dismissed the guide before he gained the summit, and tin e is no doubt that he missed his way in the thick- mists which envelop Snowdon at night, and stumbling over the precipice in question, was literally smashed to pieces, GALLANT RESCUE FROM DROWNING. Son e days since Mr. J. Wingrave, of Frankfort-stree' and two nephews were on a visit .to Whitsar.t Bay and in his rambles on the edge of the clilf, Mr. Wingrave's attention was attracted by the cries of a young lady i'; great distress. A young gentleman who had accompanied her to the sands ha J left her sitting on a rock reading, while he went to bathe: and to his great dismay un return- ing, found the ride had risen, and completely surrounded the detatched rock on which she ws seated. He ran off to get assistance, and it v> as during this time that Mr. Wingrave providential y discovered the young lady, or she must inevitably have lost her life. With great difficulty, and at imminent risk of nis own life, Mr. W. went to her assistance, and, though not an expert swimmer, took her on his back and swam with her to the main laud. Here the difficulties of their position were increased, for the cliffs were so steep hat 11 was only by means of a rope that the yotil^g lady. to the top. Her deliverer was in little better condition, but was cheered by the satisfaction that he had been able, through Divine Providence, to save the life of a fellow creature-to him, beyond all earthly reward,-which it is but justice to the friends of the principal party concerned, it should be stated, was tendered to the full extent of their means and refused.—The young lady so providen- tially rescued is the daughter ofhiehly respectable parents residing in Millbrook. — Plymouth Journal. MUTINY ON BOARD THE MARLBOROUGH. Letters from Castellamare, near Naples, mention that the English fleet, consisting of five liners, under Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, was about to leave that anchorage on the 11th of August, for Baja and Palermo. A few days previous acts of mutiny had been committed by a number of the cpew (not including officers or petty officers) of Her Majesty's ship Marlborough," bearing the ad- miral's flag, commanded by Lord Frederick H. Kerr, when solid shot were not merely rolled about the decks, but actually cast at one of the mates and some of the warrant officers, and it was not before the disaffected were turned up and ad- dressed by the gallant admiral in person that tranquility was restored. He ordered them to their respective messes, to put in writing their grievances, and we are informed that so many and various are the alleged matters of complaint that scarcely half-a-dozen had a uniform character. Spme complained of interrupted rest, others of unnecessary duty, and most refusal of leave. Some of the ringleaders have been put in irons, and will probably be tried by court martial at Baja. DOUBLE MURDER AT FINEDON. The pretty village of Finedon, in Northamptonshire, was thrown into a great state of excitement on Wed- nesday last, by the fact that two children had been found drowned in the great fishpool belong- ing to Mr. W. Mackworth Dolben, one of the county magistrates. From the evidence just taken in inquest, it seemed they had 'been murdered by their own mother, who is a resident of Finedon, and the wife of William Lewis, a shoemaker of the same village. The names of the children are —Karnest Wallington Lewis, aged two years and four months, and Lizzie Winnifred Mary Lewis, aged four months. Their mother had taken them out for a walk, and in a depressed state of mind she hurried the innocents into eternity. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of wilful murder" against Martha Ann Lewis on both counts. The prisoner is a good-looking and respectably-dressed woman of twenty-five years of age. THE CONVICT ELLEN RUTTER.-The behaviour of this ill-fated woman since her consignment to the condemned cell in Gloucester county gaol has been becoming her awful situation. She listens with great attention and apparent interest to the exhortation of the zealous chaplain of the prison, the Rev. A. Dudley. She seems to have made up her mind from the first that she must die, and does not attempt to deny that she cut her hus- band's throat. Her account of the transaction is thus narrated:—That after she came home from the public house on the Saturday night she laid down on the bed in her clothes that her husband, who, it will be remembered, left the public house before her, did not come home until an hour after her, and as she did not open the door to let him in he got through the window. She states that he then went to bed, and commenced ill using and beating her, and threatened to kill her. She said he was sitting up in bed, and made a blow at her, on which she seized a razor which was lying on the shelf and cut his throat. He exclaimed, Y'ou have killed me," and fell back on the bed. She also said that her husband kissed her before he died. Two petitions praying for a commuta- tion of the sentence have been got up—one at Dursley, and the other at Gloucester. The Durs- ley petition, which has already been forwarded to her Majesty, backs the recommendation of the jury, who, it will be remembered, recommended her to mercy on account of the ill treatment which she had received from her husband. The Glou- cester petition is chiefly got up by the Society of Friends. It recommends imprisonment for life as a severer punishment than the execution of her legal sentence, and also alludes to the demorali- sing effect of a public execution. No day is yet fixed for the execution.—Gloucester, Aug. 20. THE LATE FEARGUS O'CONNOR.—A monument to the late Feargus O'Connor (consisting of a colossal statue) has arrived in Nottingham, and is to be placed in the Arboretum, by permission of the Town Council. The inauguration is to take place on Tuesday next, the 23rd inst. Mr. Ernest Jones and others are to speak at a public dinner, to be held the same evening, at St. George's Hall, Nottingham. MADE MAD BY TOO MUCH LEARNING.—A man named Charles Granthy, a native of London, and who was for some time in India, was found in Great Western road, Glasgow, on Monday night, evidently in a state of insanity, and taken to the Inspector of Poor in Govan Parish. He had in his possession a great number of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew books of a religious kind, and a few copies of the Bible. He had also a Bible, which, he stated, had been translated by himself from Genesis to Esther, and he was anxious to see the Rev. Dr. Eadie, for the purpose of drawing the attention of the learned Professor to some defects and discrepancies which he considered he had discovered in the Scriptures at present in use. He had an annuity of £3q, which he had assigned to a friend in London, He was taken charge of by the parochial authorities.-North British Mail. A MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.—At Saint Gall, in Switzerland, a few days ago, a young workman and workwoman having married, went with their friends to a public house to eat the wedding feast. When the mirth and fun were at their height, the report of a lire arm was heard, and the young husband, to the consternation of the party, was struck in the head by a ball and fell dead. The same ball befor hitting him grazed his wife's neck, and after passing through his head lodged in the shoulder of one of the guests, wounding him rather severely. It turned out that the fatal shot was fired by a workman named Boppart, but quite unintentionally. He being a friend of the newly married couple, and being about to join the wedding party, of which his wife was one, thought fit to fire his gun in their honour, but by mistake he charged it with a ball cartridge instead of with one of simple powder. Boppart was so affected at the fatal event and at the comments made on it by the townspeople that the day after he drowned himself in the pond. FORGERY UPON TWO BANKS, AT MALTON.— Two very impudent, but clever, cases of forgery have just been discovered at Malton, by which the East Riding and the York City and Countv Banks have been defrauded of the sums of £150 each. The perpetrator of the frauds is a young man named Horsley, a resident of Hull, or lately so, and nephew to iMr. Abbey, farmer, of Rilling- !}on, near Malton. He wrote a letter in his uncle's name, announcing his intention to draw £ 150, and he then forged the cheques, got the money, and absconded. It having been ascertained that a person answering Horsely's description had booked from the Malton station for Hull, tele- graphic messages were despatched, and we understand Horseley has been captured in Hull, but not before he had time to convert the bill into cash, in which he bad been successful

HONOUR TO THE "TTUKE™" OF MAGENTA.—On Thursday evening a numerous meeting of the Irish assembled in the spacious hall, Wallace- street, Glasgow, to manifest their participation in the joy with which Ireland congratulates herself Fit the suecess of her illustrious sons throughout the world, and to make arrangements for their collec- tion of adequate funds to be applied for the pur- chase of a sword of honour for MacMahon, Duke of Magenta. Mr. Gilmour was moved to the chair amid loud cheers, and explained the objects of the meeting in an able speech, replete with Irish feeling and with historic proofs of the genius and chivalry of the Irish at home and abroad. His address elicited the most enthusiastic ap- plause. Mr. John M'Laren moved the first resolution in furtherance of the objects of the 1 read to the meeting a letter from Bishop Mur- doch, explaining that the reason why he had refused the school-room for holding the present meeting was because he considered the Duke of Magenta had displayed his prowess in an unjust war. Mr. Burke then proceeded to deliver an eloquent speech upon the object of the meeting, in the course of which he referred to the dis- tinguished honours received by Irishmen in everjr foreign nation. After the appointment of an effi- cient committee for the collection of funds for the sword of honour, and !an (enthusiastic vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated.- (jrlasgow Bulletin. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLU- TIONARY WAR.—The United States Pension Office had upon its rolls, on the 30th of June, 1858, the names of 253 revolutionary soldiers. Of this small remnant of he: oes, information has been received that during the succeeding half-year 46 went to their long account, leaving upon the first day of the present war 207 survivors. 3 he ages of some of these soldiers are stated to have been 100 to 102 years. Thus is dwindling away the small number of that gallant band which has come down to us from a former generation, to pass for ever from the earth before this generation shall have finished its work. At the period above referred to there were 4,200 widows of revolutionary sol- diers upon the pension rolls, and in six months death diminished that number by 295. Of those living at the beginning of this year 45 were the wives of revolutionary soldiers before the termi- nation of the great struggle. TURNING ROUND UPON HIS ENEMY.—Brother Aminadab, a still Quaker, on receiving from "a worldly man" a blow on his face, turned the other cheek, to which a similar salute was applied. "Friend," said Aminadab, "scripture injunction being now satisfied, I will proceed to' administer to thee a little wholesome correction, and he thereupon mauled his assailant most unmercifully. A LAWYER'S JOKE.—I was at the trial of Palmer, the prisoner. As soon as he was arraigned I rea 1 his doom in the look of the judge. He had fudied the examinations, and knew what they reshadowed. He was gallows polite to him 1 e ordered a chair for him, begged him to be seated, and was very kind and condes- cending in his manner. "Cockburn, said I, (for it was he who prosecuted,) "Palmers fate M sealed." "Yes," he replied, "that offer of the chair always precedes the sua. per col. The Season Ticket PROBABILITY OF MARRYING.—A table, inserted in a paper in the Assurance Magazine, exhibits results of a rather startling character. In the first two quinquennial periods, 20.25 and 25.30, the probability of a widower marrying in a year is 'nearly three times as great as that of a bache- lor. At 20 it is nearly four times as great; from 30 to 45 it is five times as great; and it increases, until at 60 the chance of a widower marrying in a year is eleven times as great as that of the bache- lor. It is curious to remark, from tables, how confirmed either class becomes in its condition of life-how little likely, after a few years, is a bachelor to break through his habits and solitary condition; and, on the other hand, how refidily in proportion does a husband contract a second marriage who has been deprived of his first,partner. After the age of 30 the probability of a bachelor marrying in a year diminishes in a most rapid rate. The probability at 35 is not much more than half that at 30, and nearly the same proportion exists between each quinquennial period after- wards. T t- GHASTLY SIGHT AT AN EXECUTION. — JOHN Shafto Whithen was executed at Durham last week, for the murder of his wife. Though deadly pale, he betrayed very slight symptoms only of agitation. Immediately after the bolt was drawn and while the body oscillated to and fro, struggles were observed, and then for a few seconds no motion was visible. Again, however, three or four convulsive heaves of the body were observed and immediately afterwards a most ghastly and sikeniDg sight presented itself. Blood was seen to issue from the neck, and it was at once remem- bered that the unhappy man had immediately after cutting the throat of his wife attempted by the same means to end his own life. Slowly the blood from the wound spread round the neck, and was prominently shown on the white cap and shirt. The gash in the throat became torn gradu- ally wid er, till at length a man's fist could almost have been inserted. The fall" which had been given was about three feet six inches, and it was believed that if it had been a little more, the head would have been severed from the shoulder. The body hung till nine o'clock, when it was cut down and carried within the prison. Since he became an inmate of the condemned cell, his whole con- versation has been on the subject of his wife s unfaithfulness to him, and has been such as to leave no doubt that he has had a monomania on this unhappy subject. He has, it may be said, died impenitent so far as impenitence consists in having expressed regret for his enormous crime. A SHREWD IDIOT.—A well-known idiot, Jamie Frazer, belonging to the parish of Lunan, in Forfarshire, quite surprised people sometimes in his replies. The congregation of his parish church had for some time distressed the minister by their nabit of sleeping in church. He had often en- deavoured to impress them with a sense of the impropriety of such conduct; and one day when Jamie was sitting in the front gallery wide awake, when many were slumbering round him, the clergyman endeavoured to awaken the attention of his hearers by stating the fact, saying, You see even Jamie Fraser, the idiot, does not fall asleep as so many of you are doing." Jamie, not liking perhaps, to be thus designated, coolly re- plied, An' had I na been an idiot I wad ha* been sleeping too."—Ramsay's Reminiscences' THE FRENCH EXILEB.- W e may remark that it does not appear probable that the example of refusing the amnesty set by M. Louis "Blanc will be generally imitated by the political exiles, as we learn from Jel sey, London, Brussels, Ostend, Geneva, Annecy, and the towns on the Rhine, that the decree has been received with the great- est joy by the men who have suffered from politi- cal dissensions. The embassies and consulates are besieged with numerous applications for pass- ports. — Qalignani. A TALKING SPARROW.—Mr. Sendell, of Strat- ford, is the owner of a sparrow which, will cal "Jerry" with a distinctness truly marvellous He will sit on his master's shoulder, nibble food from his hand, besides performing a variety of other evolutions scarcely to be credited. Mr. Sendell some time since made a miniature ladder and placed it in his cage, which the bird will ascend or carry about on his back with the ease and agility of the lamplighter. The owner has had the bird in his possession for two years, and it is, as may be surmised, highly prized by hi m. It is rumoured, says a Paris letter, that the State is about to bring an action against a private indi- vidual fbr the restitution of Cardinal Richelieu's head, which was cut off when the mob broke into the chapei of the Sarbonne at the t me of the great revolution, and has hitherto been keDt as an heirl oom in the family of a deputy, into whose hands it fell.

men in a saw pit, with a fetching of beer. Jenkins and myself went on. They came out, and struck us with stones, wrapped in stockings. They got me down, and kicked me, by which I received these marks on my head. These men were there, outside, dressed in white smocks. They ran out of a stable and saw pit. Jenkins had spoken to them in the saw pit. He asked them what they were doing there They said drinking a fetching of beer." As soon as we were out wewere attacked. They bad me down, and beat me with slings about the body and head, and about the shoulders. I have been laid up ever since, and have been attended by Dr. Mitchell. Can swear to John M organ; he came on to me first, and struck me withaslirig; he said nothing. The five others came on after the first blow, and with a great many more assisted to beat me. They all ran away. One said "let us kill them now that we have the chance." I became insensible, but after a short time got up and reached home.—Cross- oxamined by Mr. Frank James: John Morgan was dressed in a white'smock, and Lewis Davies, and I believe all the rest were in black. None of them spoke a word. We were attracted to the saw pit by a noise, such as of people enjoying themselves. We did not take the jug away. We lert them there, but as soon as we came out they began beating us. We did not collar them. It n^ht. We had no lanterns. John lV-Lorgan was the ortly one who spoke. He came on and said let us be into them," and with that he struck me with a sling. Did not see them take off their stockings.—P.O. Jenkins de- posed I was on duty with P.O. Jones at two o clock on Sunday morning. We were coming down by a saw pit, heard talking inside the pit, went in. and found eierht men there, amongst them were John Morgan, William Davie?, Richd. Davids, and David Morgan. I knew them, but not the others. I asked them" what are you doing here ?" They said" we have a fetching of beer." They had a jug of beer. I told them they had better go home, not to put the place on fire, ■s there were shavings about. They said we have only a quart unfinished, we will go now." I bid them good night, and went out to the road. At a distance of 12 or 14 yards the road was shaded by trees, and for about 40 yards it was quite dark, I went on before Jones. I met Lewis Davies; he was dressed in a moleskin trousers, white slop, with a cap on his head; his face appeared rubbed over with something like whiting. He had a handkerchief, with something in it. He beg-in to fence before me, and made a blow at me. I fenced off the blow, and &.sked him what he wanted. He struck me on the fore- head with his fist. I put my hand in my pocket to take out my truncheon, and when my two arms were behind me he struck me with the hand- kerchief and stone in it on the shoulder. I after- wards threw up about a pint of blood, before I could recover myself. I should think about 25 "Tiencame out from amongst the trees, in white slops. I had several severe blows on my back I have plaisters on my back now. I used my staff as well as I could, and knocked five of them down. I fought my way back to Jones, wno was behind me. There I saw David Morgan, Richard Davies, John Morgan, William Davies, and others, kick- ing Jones on the ground. Idid not hear them speak a word. All who had white slops on had whitened their faces. I fought them as long as I could. I then made an alarm for assistance, but before any body came they had all gone away. Jones was bleeding awfully from his head; he was quite insensible. I called the doctor to his house. No angry words passed between us in the saw-pit. I saw slings with them, and every one struck as hard as he could. I picked up this stocking and stone in it on the spot.—He was cross-examined by Mr. James, but nothing material was elicited. —They were remanded on bail, in one surety for £30. or two for jEl5 each, and themselves in £30 each, to enable the police to make further inquiries into the case. The required sureties having been found they were then liberated. ^——- BRYNMAWR. FAIRS.—-By a recent arrangement, the annua fairs at this place have been limited to two instead of four, viz., the pleasure fair (where cattle is also sold), on Whitmonday, and the other in the month of September, — EBBW VALE THE Western Valleys (E. V. branch) is nearly completed up to Panty gof, where a neat terminal station is erected. In the course of a few days it will be opened for goods and passenger traffic. The new station-house being erected at Victoria "ill be likewise a convenience to the inhabitants there. THE new church at Ebbw Vale is being pro- ceeded with under the direction of Mr. Norton, of London, the architect. The design is grand and bold, and in unison with the towering hills- that surround the place. There will be 800 sit- tings. The Ebbw Vale Company erect it at their own cost. On Saturday and Sunday last, four lectures on Temperance were delivered in the open air at thit place, by Mr. Parry (Robyn Ddu Eryri), and on Monday evening, at one of the Baptist Chapels, a lecture was delivered by the same gentleman on Education the Rev. — Jones the Minister, in the chair. The chapel was thronged with people and at some of the open air meet. ings their number was estimated at about 3000. The ministers and people acted kindly; the "Band of Hope sang several pieces, and many came forward to sign the total abstinence pledge, so that much good was done by enlisting new candidates for nobler pursuits than the indul- gence of a mere physical appetite. RHYM'NEY' THE Rhymney Iron Company have announced that on and after the first of September the following dividends will be payable ;-20s. per share on each £ 50 share, and 6s. on each £ 15. W ANTKD,A CHURCH AND A SCHOOL.—The ? i pntlottyn is supposed to contain about 6,000 inhabitants, and there is no such thing as a day fichoo. m the place. Scores of urchins, who are unable to walk to the company's school on the opposite side, are running wild about the streets. Th members of the Established Church a^e without any place of worship. This hamlet is situated m the parish of Gollygaer. On and after Thursday, the 1st September, the Rh.ymn.ey Railway Company intend opening their line for 'goods aud general merchandise traffic, Newport via Bassalleg Junction, to the following stations --Mncheii. Bed was, Fleur-de-Lua, Aber- bargoed, White Rose, and Rumney. at moderate rates. TRRDEG-AR. THE anniversary of rhe Welsh Bap^t Sunday School was held on Monday, the loth infant. Arrangements had been made by dent and teachers to treat all the chIldren. with tea and eake gratis; towards which the friends and supporters of the school contributed very liberally. The teachers and other friends met the children in the chapel about eleven o'clock in the morning, for the purpose of forming the proces- sion. This procession numbered about 730, who walked in good order through the town, singing as they proceeded. Twenty-four banners were carried by the children, on which were inscribed verses from scripture, and other appropriate mottoes, the appearance of which greatly enli- vened the procession. After returning to the chapel, the children were regaled with the good things provide* for them, after which the teachers and others partook of the same. All the arrange merits were admirable the co-operation of teach- ers and others to serve the children very pleasing; and the sight of so many children, who are taught to read the Word of God, walking together, very impressive. Great praise is due to the superin- tendent, and managers of the feast, not only for what they did on this day, but for their continual and efficient exertions, to which must be attribu- ted the prr^which h t» la4 1? Ud ness of R. P. Davis, Esq., manager of the Trede- gar Works, for his very liberal gift of 95 to aid in the above object, being the portion allotted to this school, of the last sum he kindly distributed among all the Dissenting schools of the place. ALLEGED WILFUL MURDER.—Martha Taylor was committed yesterday by the coroner and jury for wilful murder, she being suspected of having thrown a little girl, 15 years of age, her step- daughter, in a pond near High-street, by which she was drowned. Mr. Morgan Aubery, butcher, was foreman of the jury. This case, as may be conjectured, has caused great consternation through the town and neighbourhood. ANNIVERSARY OF THE ODD FIREMEN FRIENDLY SOCIETY.- During the present week, this society, held at the Globe Inn, and accompanied by the Tredegar brass-band, promenaded the town, and visited Bedwellty House, the residence of R. P. Davies, Esq.. the respected manager of the Tre- degar Iron Company. A large number of the Firemen turned out. in new suits of Firemen's working clothes, which looked remarkably well. One of the workmen, whose turn for rhyming is certainly not of the first character, writes as follows — We are but men of humble being, Down we marched to Bedwellty green We used to have a suit of clothes which would cost X4 10s., But we turned out in white to please the gentlemen." SIRHOWY RAILWAY TO NEWPORT. — We are happy to state that this railway is now completed to the Sirhowy plantation, and we hope to see the Blackwood dispute soon settled, so that passen- ger's can pass to and fro from the above placus. GEORGE TOWN—THE CLIFTON OF TREDEGAR. —In this town there are about 300 bouses built by gaffers, agents, and others, without the neces- sary privy accommodation. Upon whom the blame rests for this scandalous omission we know not, but it the owners cannot see the necessity of their erection, we trust the authorities who have the care of our sanitary regulations, if there be any, will not fail to enforce the adoption of suitable means for the preservation of health and public decency. GAS WORKS.—R, P. Davies, Esq., is progres- sing well with these works. New pipes are being laid through the streets, and the gasometer is nearly completed. MR. PARRY, (Robyn Ddu Eryri), held four Temperance meetings at this place during the past week, which were attended by not less than two thousand people the chair was occupied by the ministers in turns. Whole families join ed the Temperance Society, and the manager of the works, R. P. Davies, Esq., is giving every enc ou- ragement to this, as well as to every other g ood cause, having the tendency to elevate the peo pie to sob riety, respect, and religion. TREDEGAR COUNTY COURT For the month of August was held before his Honour Judge Herbert, on Wednesday and Thursday. There were 141 new cases and 63 commitment summonses for hearing. The most important of these were the following: Wolf Lyons v. Higgins.—This was a claim for 12s. 6d. for wearing apparel. Plaintiff was a Jew and the oath having been administered in the usual way, he said that defendant came into his house and solicited two pairs of trousers and a vest, and asked if he should take them home and fit them. He gave him consent to do so; and not seeing him for a few days, he went to see after him, and was given to understand that after fitting on the trousers, he wore them to Pem- brokeshire.—Defendant denied wearing the clothes, and said that he did not even fit them on, as his wife would not allow him to keep them, the quality was bad.—His Honour Are you or your wife captain of your vessel. Defendant, no, she is captain and I am mate." (Laughter.) The evidence being insufficient the case was adjourned. Blacker v. Llewellyn.—A claim for L26 for dis- missal without notice. Plaintiff was a collier and worked for defendant in his colliery, at Aber- tillery. Mr. Forwood for plaintiff; and Mr. Cathcart for defendant. Plaintiff said he worked as a collier for the master that had the work pre- vious to the defendant coming there the former master's name was Mr. Green, who left when the defendant took the colliery, and is now living at Risca. There was no change in price when de- fendant came. I consider I was discharged with- out notice. -Cross-exirnined I did try to get work at cutting coal. When the defendant took the contract I worked in the level, and was to have the first cross heading. John Jones was the overman for Llewelyn. Mr. Llewelyn offered me a stall to cut coal in, but it was a place where there was no coal worth working for. It was only six yards to a fault. I knew I could not get wages if I worked there. MR. Llewelyn said Blacker was at work in the heading with two other men, and that he sent his overman in to stop one turn he did not know which of the men would be stopped. Blacker was stopped, and was offered another place, but he refused to go there.—George Moon, said: I was working in the heading with the plaintifi and another; the plaintiff, being the youngest hand, was taken from there and offered another place. I am always paid for opening places, and believe others are also. Other men were put there and began to earn money directly.—Cross-examined: ilicn open some places in our work for nothing, and it is not the rule to pay anything extra. John J ones, said I know the place where plaintiff was offered; it was not a lasting place, but he would begin at once to get money there, and it was as good work as other places in the work. It has since been worked all out, and the men that worked there did not complain.—His Honour: I think I quite understand this case. Plaintiff is like many others who are stopped from working at a certain job they imagine that the master must find them a place as good for getting money as the one which they are taken from; this is a mistake. Any master has a right to stop a portion of his work if he thinks it advantageous to do so; and if he offers the workmen who have been stopped other places to go to-places like the one in ques- tion—which according to the evidence was as good as the general run of the work, he does his duty, and as much as the men ought to expect. But men generally think that if their place of work is stopped, the master must find another as good. The truth is, the master is under no such obligation, neither is he liable to pay a month's wages if he has other work to offer them The judgment would therefore be for defendant, witn costs to be paid by instalments of 10s. per month. CAUTIONTOTRADESMEN.—Jenkinsv. Wat-kins. This was a claim 92 8s. 6d. for 6iyds. of shep- herd's plaid cloth and trimmings for a suit of clothes. Plaintiff was a draper from Newport, and the defendant was the landlord of the Prince of Wales beer house, Garnvach. Defendant acknowledged receiving the goods, but after the time that was agreed upon for their delivery. It appeared the goods in question were for the defen- dant s son, and the order was given on the second or third of September, 1857, a week previous to the son s club feast, and a guarantee was given at the time of the order that the goods should be forwarded in due time. Defendant went to the place, where it was understood thev would be delivered, several times, and not finding them there, a second order was given to another per- son, and the clothes made. A second cause of complaint was that there was more cloth sent than 2 1 ordered, 6iyds. being more than was required for a suit of clothes for a boy of 12 years of age. His Honour thought it necessary to have the opinion of another tradesman as to the quantity of cloth required, and Mr. G. Vaughan, of Bryn- mawr, volunteered to give his opinion as a prac- tical tradesman, as to the correct quantity for a lad 12 years of age.—His Honour having learnt what was the usual quantity of cloth used in suits for bovs of such an age, agreed with the defendant that 6i.vds. was an extravagant, quantity, but 2. thought that as the defendant had put it out to another taior to get it raade, it might have been a friendlv feeling on the part of the plaintiff towards his brother tradesman in allowing him the usua quantity of "cabbage." This joke was wel recived' by the whole court, and several proles sional cWthiers who were ptesei>.t^weared en ¡tH""tt"" probably, as his Honour's approval of the accus- tomed practice ot the trade.-Thomas John was called, and said he heard the plaintiff say he would take the clothes back again.—His Honour thought sufficient evidence had been given to show that defendant was not liable. Nonsuited. IMPORTANT TO .LANDLADIES.—Mrs. Plant v. Mr. Gwynne.—This was a claim of £1 10s. for I board and lodging. Mr. Champ appeared for the defendant, who was the manager of the Tredegar shop. It appeared that some time ago the defen- dant brought a young man named John Hall, who was to be employed at the shop, to plaintiff's house, and asked her to let him lodge with her; she consented, and Hall for some time stayed with her, and she received payment from Mr. Gwynne for his lodgings some time afterwards Hall left Mr. Gwynne's service, and continued to live with the plaintiff until he got in arrears for board and lodging; he then wanted to remove from there, and plaintiff refused to let him have his box.Mr. Champ argued that she had no right to detain Hall's box, and that his client was not liable after Hall left her service.—Plaintiff said defendant came to her and said if she would give up the box he would see her paid in a month.- His Honour Such a promise was no good unless it was in writing; the box must be given up, and you must sue Hall for his own debt. Nonsuited. A DISAPPOINTED RUSBAND.-Parker v. Hughes.—This was a family dispute for £1 for furniture, which was alleged to have been taken by an illegal distress for rent. The following are the particulars Plaintiff was married to defen- dant's niece, and when he led the young woman 3 to the hymeneal altar she was house-keeper for her father; some time after the father died, and the uncle, who was the defendant, came and claimed an old writing desk, which the plaintiff said he valued at 14s., another desk valued 4s., two forks at 2d., and a candle box at lOd. Plain- tiff said when he married the girl he considered all the furniture in the house was his property, and that defendant had no right to them.—Defen- dant satisfied his Honour that the articles named were his own property, and were left at the house of his deceased brother as an accommodation to himself, having some property in the neighbour- hood.—His Honour thought plaintiff's girl, as he called her. was not so valuable as he really thought she was, and it was too late to mend the matter, so he must be content with his disappointment. Judgment for defendant. A QUIET LANDLORD.—Prichard v. Lewis.— This was a claim of 6s. 9d. for beer, which was said to have been drunk five years ago. Plaintiff would have sued him before: but was too quiet. Defendant disputed the claim.—His Honour on examining the account found several entries for "goods," as wellas pints and quarts. Plaintiff could not explain to his Honour the meaning of the word goods and the Judge thought it looked very suspicious, as suggesting the idea that he had been cheating the Queen, by selling spirits. Nonsuited. Jenkins v. Porter.-This was a claim of 9s. 6d., balance for a suit of clothes. Defendant said he was overcharged he had paid £:3 6s., which was the sum agreed upon bad never had a bill.—His Honour: thought a bill of particulars ought to have been given with the clothes. Adjourned. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC —Howells v. Griffiths.-This was a claim of 2,1 4a. for gro- ceries. Defendant contended that the money had been paid, but that plaintiff had never given him a receipt.—The Judge: If you have paid, and have had no receipt for your money, you have been very foolish, and I must believe the plaintiff; you must therefore pay again, in three instalments. Giles v. -1 effreys.—This was a claim of 92 12s. 6d., for a barrel of beer, which had been delivered in March, 1853 Mr. Champ appeared for the defence. Plaintiff produced his books, and also, his foreman, to prove taking the order, and the haulier to prove the delivery. The defence was that the beer had never been delivered. The defendant had left the business for some time, which was carried on at the Bear Inn, Merthyr.— After hearing the evidence for the defence His Honour gave judgment for plaintiff with full costs. Davies v. Morgan.—This was a claim of £2, as damages for having lost one old mare, one colt one year old, another colt two years old, on the common above the Blaina Works, whichwere taken away and impounded by the defendant, the plain- tiff having paid the fees for the use of the com- mon, thought he was unjustly dealt with by having his cattle taken away and impounded, thereby causing him two days' searching and considerable expense. Several witnesses were called and gave evidence pro and con, respecting the fences and position of the land in dispute. Mr. Cathcart appeared for the defendant; Mr, Forwood for the plaintiff. Each attorney appeared to manifest a warm interest for their respective clients, and argued the points of law with much zeal and ability.—In summing up the case his Honour thought theye was no proof as to who impounded the cattle, but who ever they were they were jus- tified in the act. Judgment for defendant. Gwilym v. Price.—This was a claim of 96 8s. 3d. for a cask of butter. Mr. Champ appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Forwood for defendant. This action was brought for the above sum In con- sequence of the plaintiff having had a cask of butter left at his shop, to be forwarded to a Mr. Evan Jones, butter dealer, Ha fod, Cardigansmre. The case had been brought; on at a previous court, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. In the present case plaintiff, who was a grocer, living on Beau- fort Hill, brought Mr. Perrot from Newport, who put the address on the cask. Alfred Thomas proved to having taken the cask on a truck from plaintiff's house to the defendant, at Brynmawr; and several other witnesses proved to having seen the cask in defendant's house. Defendant admit- ted having the cask in his house, but did not know to whom to give it, or who was the right owner of it. Judgment for plaintiff with full cost. A REWARD RECOVERED BY LAW.—Jane I"p- mas v. Pegler.—This was a claim of £ 2, sought to be recovered as a reward for having given infor- mation leading to the finding of £10, whicn the de- fendant had lost out of-his pocket at Plaintiff saw the bills fall out of his pocket, and saw a man pick them up, but did not say much about it until a reward of £ 2 was offered. The party who found the money no doubt intended to conceal it, and at once spent a portion of the money. The evidence traced out, that plaintiff gave the first information, and that such led to the recovery of the lost goods, and that conse- quently he was entitled to the reward.His Honour held that any person who found lost goods and was desirous of concealing it, was guilty of compounding a felony, and was liable to be prosecuted. Judgment for plaintiff.