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TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. ) FIVE KILLED, AND TWENTY.TWO INJURED. About one o'clock on Sunday morning a terrible accident happened to the midnight mail from Car- lisle to the South. The train, one minute behind time, left Carlisle Citadel Station at 12 48 a.m. con- sisting of engine and tender, the usual complement ef vans, and 13 vehicles. At St. Nicholas, about a third of a mile south of the station, there is a signal lor placed near a point at which several lines tf rails converge. Close to the signal box, and on its south side, the main line of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway is crossed by a branch line of the North Eastern Railway, running from Carlisle Canal Station of the North British Railway to Har- raby Hill goods station of the North Eastern Rail- way. This branch line crosses the main line of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway from north-we3t to south-east, at an angle of about thirty degrees. The South mail having just left Carlisle Station was running at a speed of about 10 or 15 miles an hour. Just as half of the train had passed the crossing, a goods train consisting of 26 waggons, travelling from the Canal Station at a rate of about ten miles an hour, ran into it with a fearful crash. The re- suits of the collision were most disastrous. Five passengers were killed, 22 others were more or less seriously injured, and there was great destruction of railway property. Seven carriages of the passenger train were more or less smashed. Some had their sides crushed in, one had its end knocked out, but the most serious damage of all was to a third-class carriage, about the middle of the train. This was completely destroyed. With the exception of the roof, which seems to have been jerked off in one piece, the carriage was broken into thousands of j little pieces. At the south-east angle of the in- tersecfcing lines there is a siding of the Lancaster and Carlisle line, with an abutment fitted with buffers at the end of it. Against this strong structure, which is composed of massive blocks of freestone, the third-class carriages had been hurled with a terrific force, and at once smashed into splinters. Directly opposite this abutment, and about 25 yards from the point of collision, the engine of the goods train, after being slewed" round by the move- ment of the mail train, had run off the rails and burrowed into the ground. The engine and guard's van, post-office van, and four or five passenger car- riages had got clear away, the collision having broken some of the couplings, and thus freed the first part of the train. The collision happened just at the darkest part of the night, and the scene that j ensued was of a heartrending description. In the midst of the bustle of the railway, men who had hurried to the spot from the railway shed, about 200 yards distant, and from the Citadel station; who heard the shouts of passengers and the groans | of those who had been injured. Messengers were at once despatched for surgical assistance, and in a very short time Mr. Page and Mr. Brown, sur- geons, Carlisle, were on the spot. Meanwhile, the energies of the railway workmen were directed to recovering the bodies of those who had been either killed or injured. Among the first of the bodies found dead was a boy, the son of Mr. Little, of Trevor Square, London, who had been coming from School in Scotland, accompanied by his father. The boy was quite dead. and his father had sustained a severe scalp wound. Immediately beyond the buffer abutment was found lying Mr. Lynch, Roman Catholic inspector of schools, from Glasgow, who had been killed. He was accom- panied by his wife and child. Mrs. Lynch was considerably injured on the face, her upper jaw was broken, and her teeth were knocked out. The three made a painful group, for it was long before Mrs. Lynch could be persuaded that her husband was dead. The injured were removed to the County Hotel, whither they were followed by Mr. Page and Mr. Brown, the surgeons; and it was not until they had been absent some time that a message was sent to them that three more bodies had been found npon the top of the abutment, covered by the roof of the smashed carriage. These three were lying huddled together, quite dead, and had apparently been of one party. They consisted of a gentleman and two ladies, all dressed in mourning. The gentleman was said to be a commercial traveller, named Pat- rick Watt, from Paisley, and the two ladies by whom he is accompanied are supposed to be uis reo latives The fo1 lowing is a list of the killed and wounded:- Killed Mr. Lynch, Roman Catholic Inspector of Schools, Glasgow; a boy, son of Mr. Little, Trevoi Square, London; Patrick Watt, commercial travel- ler, Paisley; Two ladies who were with Mr. Watt, and are supposed to be relatives of his. Injured: Miss Johnston, Glasgow; fractured leg. Mr. Cross, Bonner Road, London, who lay half an hour with his foot under the goods engine, consider- able injury to the ankle. Mr. Marshall, pupil en- gineer, Birmingham; scalp wound. Mrs. Lynch. wife of Mr. Lynch who was killed; jaw broken, teeth knocked out, and severely shaken. With her, a son about eight years of age, who is not much worse, and a German maid, whose hand ha.d been wounded, and whose arm had been a good deal bruised. Mr. Logan, merchant, Glasgow; leg in- jured. Mr. Easton, tailor, Wolverhampton, bruised. Mrs. Sutherland and two children, (address not ascertaided,) not much worse. Mrs. Oakley, Mother- well severe internal injuries. With her, a child, Henry Weeks much bruised. Mrs. Barsett, Cale- donian Road, Glasgow, and two children; all shaken and faces much scratched. Thomas Martindale, Stainton, near Carlisle; bruised in the back. Mr. Hancock, Birmingham; bruised about the head, and concussion of brain. Mr. Baxter, Glasgow; bruised. Mr. Mitchelson, Glasgow; sides injured. Mr. White, bricklayer, Birmingham; scalp wound and side hurt. Mr. Little, Trevor Square, London, (father of the boy who was killed) large wound on scalp. It appears that the goods train usually leaves the canal station at about three o'clock in the morning, except on Saturdays, when it leaves about midnight. On Saturday night it seems this goods train was not in charge of the engine driver, but was being driven by a stoker. As to the signalling, all was signalled clear for the mail to pass the crossing, but the signal on the north-eastern branch was at dangar. About thirty yards on the north-west of the crossing, on the north-eastern branch, there is a notice-board, erected by order of the Board of Trade. This board states that no engine pass the point until the crossing signal is lowered. The crossing signal was not lowered, and as the signals for the crossing west to east and main up line from north and south are lock signals, and one cannot be opened while the other is, shut, nor vice versa, it Follows that the North-Eastern train was signalled not to pass the crossing. 0
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George M'Gowan, alias Scott, charged at the Westminster Police-court, on Saturday, with utter- ing a forged note and obtaining a set of the late Charles Dickens' works, was committed for trial. Madame Parepa-Rosa and M. Rosa have arrived in London. They left New York on Wednesday, 22rd June, at two o'clock, in the Scotia, and arrived at Liverpool on Friday, July 1, at twelve o'clock, making the run in the extraordinary period of eight days and nineteen hours. L'lmartine left among his MSS. carefully-written memoirs of his mother and of himself. The first lif is complete; the autobiography is said to be a noble fragment. These will be published simult an. eon*lv in Paris and London in the latter city, the edition will be in English. Among the recent books published by Mr. Draper, at Andover, in Mass., U.S., is a translation of Winer's Grammar of the Idiom of the New Testa- ment, from the last improved edition, by Lunemann. The version is said, on the title page, to be an au- thorised one, and is by Professor Thayer. Early on Sunday morning a fire, attended with the destruction of some thousand pounds' worth of valuable property, and well nigh fatal consequences to some of the inmates, happened on the premises belonging to Mr. Ball, a pawnbroker and silver- smith, in the Vassal Road, Camberwell New Road. Brixton. A woman named £ lizbeth Steadman was charged at the Lambeth Police Court, London, on Saturday, with attempting to murder her infant child by cutting its throat with a knife. She was remanded. The Army and Navy Gazette, the United Service Gazette and the Naval and Military Gaxette, all state that M Reed has definitely resigned the Chief Constructor-ship of the Navy. The former journal says it is stated that he will join the eminent firm of Whitworth and Co., Manchester. Richard Moody, a clerk, and Frances Knowles, were charged at the Worship-street Police Court,' London, on Saturday, with having attempted to obtain money, by false pretences from his Grace the Duke of Grafton. The male prisoner was re- manded, to admit of the attendance of his Grace. SERIOUS CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A PAY- MASTER.—Charles William Eccles, paymaster on board H.M.S. Victoria, was charged at the Bow- street Police-court, London, on Saturday, with feloniously uttering a certain acceptance for pay- ment of the sum of .£2,292 9s 4d with intent to defraud. He was committed for trial. FATAL CORNICE ACCIDENT AT NEWCASTLE.— About eleven o'clock on Saturday morning at a large square block of new buildings at present bein- erected in Gallowgate, opposite the end of Darn Crook, Newcastle, an accident occurred which re- sulted in the immediate death of one man and serious injury to a boy The building consists of a number of shops on the ground floor, with ware- houses and. offices above, and is of great height A large cornice had recently been put up, and on Saturday morning, while a mason named Thomas Logan, was busy In a mason's shed at the western end of tie building, he heard a terrific crash. He had only time to mate good his escape before the entire length of the cornice fell to the ground, tear- ing down the scaffolding in its progress, it was found that a bricklayer named Hewitson, who was engaged at the top of the scaffolding just before the accident occurred was missing. Search was made for him amongst the rubbish, and after some of the heavy stones had been removed he was found dead beneath a heap of stones and bricks. It was also discovered that a little boy, named John Rider, who was passing at the time, bud been knocked down and one of his legs broken. He was removed to the Iflfiinwy.
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODSj…
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND LIFE. On Saturday afternoon an extraordinary storm of thunder and rain passed over Lancashire, causing the loss of several lives and an immense destruction of property. In the neighbourhood of Lancaster and More- cam be the storm was very furious; rain fell in com- plete torrents; and there was general alarm. But the most serious visitation was in the eastern sec- tion of the county, between Haslingden and Burn- ley. The guard of a train passing through the district when the storm was raging supplies a correspondent with the following particulars: Af- ter leaving Accrington, at 2.42 in the afternoon, by the train for Sowerby Bridge, rain began to fall, and came down in torrents till we reached Townley, and on arriving there the road was inundated, and the water reached the footboards of the carriages, Between Townley and Portsmouth the adjoining: fields were about two yards deep with water, and nearly every house in the immediate district was flooded." A Bacup correspondent says:—" Bacup has been visited by one of the most disastrous and extraordi- nary thunderstorms, accompanied by floods of rain, that has perhaps ever been witnessed in the county. The town is situated at the northern end of the F.vrest of Rossendale, and is surrounded by hills. The river Irwell, which runs through it, is usually a very small stream, Irwell Springs, the principal source of the river, being only about three miles to the north, between Bacup and Burnley. There is, however, a tributary stream, which takes its rise near Todmorden at a place called Heald Moor, and the two streams unite in the centre of Bacup from whence the waters flow on through the valley of Rossendale. On Saturday afternoon the weather was fine but sultry, and as the day advanced the heat increased, while dark clouds appeared to be gathering from the north. About two o'clock the storm burst over the town with a rapidity and force known only to tropical climates. Vivid flashes of lightning seemed to be accompanied rather than followed by loud crashes of thunder. Then came the rain not in drops or even streams, but positively in sheets. In an incredibly short space of time the two branches of the river completely filled their narrow channels and overflowed their banks. The water tore down from Burnley road on the one side and Todmorden and Rochdale Roads on the other with a force that seemed positively irresistible. They made new channels for themselves, poured into cellars, burst up arches and main sewers and quickly placed all the low-laying streets of the town under water. Such a scene of destruction. terror, and confusion then ensued as has never be- fore been witnessed in that;district. Massive walls and buildings were swept away, and heavy flags and stones were uprooted and carried down from long dis- tances into some of the chief streets of the town. On the Todmorden road the millowners suffered severely. The machinery on the ground floor of Vale Mill, be- lonaing to Mr. Maxwell, was broken and rendered useless. Below this, Messrs. J. Howarth and Sons, of Nut Mill, had their machinery and cotton pieces ruined. At Albion Mill, which belongs to Mr. George Stewart, and is built over the river, the arch burst, and filled the place, piling loom upon loom, breaking the iron supports as if they were match- wood. A short distance below, the water forced up the river arch and swept away the parapet and a long length of heavy new stone walling some 3ft. thick, completely gutting a row of cottages in Ton"- Lane. On the Burnley Road, the houses bordering the river were flooded and the parapet wall washed away. A new machine shop belonging to Messrs. Aitken, and built over the river being completely swept away. The water was some eight feet deep in St. James's-street, the principal street of the town. The tradesmen rapidly piled what goods they could on the counters, but the water rose with such force and rapidity that in many instances the counters were wrenched from their fastenings, and in all the shops the flood reached within a few feet of the ceiling. In the midst of the confusion the gas went suddenly out, and the shopkeepers, &c. had to make their escape into the upper rooms. At this time horses, carts, bales of cotton, a gentle- man's carriage, with furniture of all descriptions, machinery and goods of all kinds, were to be seen floating down the street, breaking doors, shutters, shop and house windows in all directions. At the Waterloo Hotel, which is built over the river Irwell and divides North from South Lancashire, the water forced up the floor with such rapidity that the boards above the bar had to be torn up in order to release the landlord and landlady, Mr. and Mrs. Blakey, who had to be hoisted to the upppr rooms with ropes. The company in the house made their escape up stairs, with the exception of a woman and child, who were in the sitting-room, and could not be got out. The poor woman appeared at the window and stood on the ledge outside, with her child in her arms, shrieking for help. The Spotland police at this juncture came floating on a raft, and rescued her. They then steered their raft to Mrs. Ashforth Taylor's, the next house, and succeeded in getting her and family of children out. In Irwell street the pavement is torn, and piled in heaps on a level with the windows. Near Stacksteads a grand stand had been erected over the river for the Rossen- dale Agricultural Show. This was swept away alto- gether. On Sunday morning the streets bordering the river were blocked up with debris, broken furni- ture, machinery, &c. It would be impossible to give anything like an accurate estimate of the extent of the damage done, but it certainly cannot be far short, if it does not exceed, .£100,000. The police are stationed for several miles along the banks of the river, guarding a quantity of valuable property that was washed down the stream and stranded in various places. A Todmorden correspondent writes:—In Tod- morden the shower of rain which fell was only of short duration, but it would seem from the sudden manner in which the Dulesgate and Runley valleys were inundated, that some rare meteorological phe- nomenon had occurred on the moor which divides the two valleys named discharging a vast volume of water, which was divided and sent down the deep ravines or cloughs which are pretty numerous in this locality. Two girls belonging to a man called Goodall, aged two and four respectively, living in a cottage near to 4he place, were drowned while a neighbour was trying to save them. He had one under each arm, and was going along a field, when he was encountered by a strong current of water which hadburst from the turnpike and overwhelmed. He was nearly drowned himself. The body of the younger girl was shortly after recovered, but the other could not be found. A little lower down the valley, a house was washed down and a widow wo- man called Greenwood was killed. Two houses were washed down at Boar Row. The valley for a dis- tance of four miles presents a strange scene of de- vastation. Bridges, archways, walls, palisades, and large quantities of roads, are destroyed. It is al- most like another Holmfirth flood, only the sacrifice of life is not so great in this case. The road to Burnley valley is completely stopped at some places. The railway has been so much injured at Ports- mouth that one line of rail was rendered unsafe. The Staffordshire Potteries district was visited on Saturday by a very violent thunderstorm, accom- panied by heavy rain. At Stoke a child, named Yates, was killed by the lightning.
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ANOTHER CATHOLIC PEER.—Owing to the death of the Marquis Lothian, another Catholic Peer will be added to those who have seats in the House of Lords. The deceased Marquis is succeeded by his brother, Lord Schombersr Kerr, who became a Catholic some vears aa-o. The great heat in New York has almost put an end to theatre-going. The exception is the continued success of the melodrama of "Feraande" at Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre. The Philadelphia Ledger states that the coppei mines of the Lake Superior region are ceasing oper- ations in consequence of the immense accumulation of copper ingots in stock. Messrs. W. C. T. Dobson, A.R.A., and W. Deane, hte of the institute of Painters in Water Colours, were recently elected Associates of the Society of Painters in Water Colours. A Norwich correspondent telegraphs that a pas. sing schooner picked up a fishing boat, bottom up- wards, off Cromer, on Monday morning. All the crew are supposed to be lost. The Story of the Life of Dickens," which has been announced, will contain fac-similes of the original wrapper of Pickwick," and of the portrait of Dickens by Count D'Orsay. The Rev. Frederick W. Farrar, M.A., Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, and one of the Masters of Harrow School, preached before the Queen in the private Chapel at Windsor on Sunday. An action was brought in the Court ofromuion Phvis on Saturday against the London and Brio-Mon Railway Company to recover damages for injuries sustained in the New Cross accident. The plaintiff is named Tyler, is a well-known cricketer and oars- man. He sustained a dislocation of the right shoul- der and a hurt to the muscles of the neck and col- lar-bone. The jury returned a verdict for the plain- tiff for .£900 damages. P Two BOYS DROWNED AT ROTHERHITHE —On Saturday afternoon a fad, fatality occured near Rotherhithe, which resulted in the loss of two lives A number of youths went to the river side for the purpose of bathing, when one of them namedO'Neil went out of his depth, and being unable to swim; went under water and disappeared. Philip Simson wentto O-iNeUs rescue, and also disappeared. Everything was done to save the poor boys, but without result, both bemg earned away with the tide and drowned. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Dowmng-street^ The Ministers present were:- The R^ht Hon W. E. Gkdstone, the Lord Chan- cellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, Viscount Halifax, the Right Hon. A. H. Bruce, Earl Granville, Earl n„ £ mf'aVfe EA?ht Hon* E* Orwell, the fupu'f'th* ^ancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon G. J. Goschen, the Marquis of P' thcRight Hon. Ohicheatei' JTorteseue, and the Right Hon. W. £ jftwter
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THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE. On Friday evening, the four bodies known to be smothered in the debris caused by the explosion in Messrs. Stanier and Co.'s colliery at Silverdale were recovered. They were the bodies of John Washing- ton, 22 years old; Elisha Lovutt, 18; George Dob- son, 19; and Joseph Bailey, 17, all single young men. The inquest was opened at noon on Friday, adjourned till evening, and again until Saturday morning. The evidence given was principally that of the identification of the bodies. Some of the j urors, however, elicited a few particulars of melan- choly interest. A police officer named Hood, who was on the pit bank when the first men were brought up after the explosion, said three of the men were very much knocked about, and seemed to be bleed- ing from every pore. They were also very badly burnt. Poole was wearing a new and strong pair of boots when the accident occurred, and the soles of them were ripped completely from his feet. From the evidence of other witnesses, it was clear that his death must have been instantaneous. It was stated that Madders, one of the two men who j were brought alive to the pit bank, moaned piteous- ly, and urgently pressed his companions to kill him out of his extreme misery, bidding them adieu, and 1 assuring them that the pain was unbearable. Washington, one of the last recovered, was blown a considerable distance by the explosion. His remains were a shapeless mass. He was the twin brother of one who lost his life at the terrible Talke coV liery explosion, a few years ago, Lovatt, who was engaged to be married in the course of a few days; and Dobson, who was the supporter of his widowed mother and several of his brothers and sisters, were also frightfully disfigured. Jabez Bailey— mother and several of his brothers and sisters, were also frightfully disfigured. Jabez Bailey— whose brother is one of the dead, said he was work- ing near the bottom of the pit shaft when the ex- plosion happened. He both felt and heard the explosion, which took place 600 yards away. As soon as they were able, he and other men went along the roadway five hundred yards, when they felt the effects of the after-damp, and were return- ing to the shaft; but hearing the cries of Eardley, they went and rescued him. Then they met with Madders, who also screamed for assistance. They then went to get some fresh air, and after that returned to continue their search. The witness said he became exhausted, and nearly choked with firedamp, and had to be carried to the shaft and taken home. Some of the witnesses were questioned as to the use of powder in the pit. They said they were not aware that there was any powder in the pit on Thursday, nor did they know of any one smoking. The butties examined the workings be- fore any of the men commenced their labours. The inquiry was further adjourned.
HER MAJESTY AT ALDERSHOT.
HER MAJESTY AT ALDERSHOT. On Saturday evening Her Majesty the Queen re- viewed the division at Aldershot for the first time during the present year. The cavalry on the ground were the 3rd Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoon Guards, 12th Lancers, 6th Dragoons, and 10th Hussars, be- sides the depots of the 11th Lancers and 16th Lan- cers and mounted military police. The artillery arm was represented by three batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery, and four of field artillery. The infantry included the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, a detachment of the Royal Engineers, 2nd Battalion 9th Regiment, 101st Regiment, 2nd Battalion 13th Light Infantry, 46th Regiment, 94th Regiment, 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion 4th Regiment, 67th Regiment, 4th Battalion 60th Rifles, 33rd Regiment, 91st Highlanders, and 42nd Highlanders. The whole of this force paraded on the Queen's Birthday Parade, Cove Common, the cavalry without valises and the infantry without knapsacks. The day was singularly favourable for the occasion, for slight rain during the preceding night and morning had somewhat dashed the usually high spirits of the Aldershot dust. Her Majesty arrived at the Farnborough station soon after eleven a.m. when she entered an open carriage and four, and, escorted by a troop of the 10th Hussars, was driven in the direction of the north camp. On the ground she was met by Lieu- tenant General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, G.C.B. com- manding at Aldershot. With a brilliant staff he escorted Her Majesty, who was accompanied by the Princess Louise, the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Florence Seymour, Viscount Bridport, Colonel H. Ponsonby, the Hon. Mary Lascelles, and Colonel Hon. Augustus Liddell, to the Pavilion, where Her Majesty and suite alighted, under a royal salute, fired from Church Hill, commencing when the limits of the camp were reached. At two o'clock in the afternoon the Prince of Wales, who wore the uni- form of the 10th Hussars, of which he is colonel, arrived in camp, accompanied by H.R.H. the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief and Prince Christian, where they were received with the honours due to their rank. They joined Her Majesty at luncheon at the Pavilion, and, on account of the heat of the weather, the parade, originally fixed for two o'clock, was postponed to 4 30. Shortly before that time the troops were paraded at their several quarters, and marched by the nearest route to Cove Common, a tolerably level space. As they reached the rendez- vous they were formed up in four parallel lines, fa- cing south. Her Majesty, escorted by a troop of the 10th Hussars, arrived on the ground in an open car- riage and four, at five minutes past five, amid the cheers of a goodly gathering of spectators, which she most graciously acknowledged. Her Majesty, who ap- peared to be in excellent health and spirits, seemed much interested by all that she saw. Captain Trout, provost marshal at Aldershot, had roped off an area about 50 yards square for the royal party at the spot chosen as the saluting base, and as soon as Her Majesty's carriage drove into this enclosure she was received by the Lieutenant General in command and the whole of the division, the Prince of Wales being at the head of his regiment, with a royal salute, delivered with most admirable precision, the bands of the different regiments playing the Na- tional Anthem. Without a moment's loss of time the splendid bands of the cavalry and artillery moved up to the front opposite the saluting base, the artillery wheeled into close column of batteries, the cavalry into open column of squadrons, and the infantry into grand divisions, and the defile com- menced. After the conclusion of the sham fight Her Majesty drove to the Pavilion for refreshments, and left the camp, under a royal salute, for the rail- way station. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Christian, returned to town later in the evening.
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The Superior Court of the Isle of Man has re- versed the verdict of the jury who awarded .£400 and costs against the bishop of the island for an alleged libel on Mr. Laughton, an advocate. An appeal to the Privx. Council willnrobably follow. The subscription to complete the restoration of Worcester Cathedral has advanced so rapidly that, already, .£.1.t2,600 of the required .£15,000 has been raised. On Monday, the Court of Common Council of the city of London unanimously resolved that the freedom of the city should be conferred upon M. De Lesseps. M. J. Duchesne has published his History of the French Epic Poems of the Seventeenth Century," and M. L. Benlcew his essay on the Spirit of Greek Literature. The Emperor Napoleon received on Saturday a letter, by which the King of Prussia notifies to his Majesty the birth of a daughter of the Prince and Princess Royal. The Rev. Professor Geden, who is connected with the Wesleyan body, and the Rev. Professor Brown, of Aberdeen, have been added to the Biblical Revi- sion Committee. A recent account of some American mines says that the deepest excavation in the United States is the copper mine of Minnesota near Lake Superior. It is 1,300 feet deep. Dr. Lankester on Friday held an inquest on the i?f/ °/ Lieutenant-Colonel Pownell, who died on the lOtii of August last, at his residence in Stoke New- ing- on and whose body had been exhumed at the instance of his two sisters, who had repeatedly as- serted that their brother was poisoned by his wife. the result of the inquiry was, however, a verdict that death had arisen from natural causes, and the coroner tendered his congratulations to Mrs. Pow- neti on her having been cleared from all imputation DEATH OF THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF NORFOLK. ); '^H'S'lay July 7th, Charlotte, Duchess Dow- ager ot Norfolk, died at her residence in Grosvenor -•"are. The deceased duchess was the eldest daughter of George Granville, first Duke of Suther- Jand, and married Henry Charles, thirteenth Duke ot .\ortolk, K.G., on the 27th December, 1814, by whom she had issue Henry Granville, fourteenth Duke, rather of the present peer; Edward George, now Lord Howard of Glossop Lady Mary, widow ot the late Lord Foley; and Lady Adeliza, wife of Lord Geoige Manners. The late Duchess has long been connected with her Majesty's Court, having been lady in waiting and subsequently extra lady of the bedchamber to the Queen. The Duchess of Norfolk was aged 82 years. In 1826, while Countess of Surrey, her Grace laid the foundation stone of St. Mary's Church, Sheffield. THE WILL OF THE LATE SIR G. STRICKLAND.— The Lord Chancellor, Lord Westbury, and Lord Colonsay gave judgment on Friday in the appeal Cholmley u. Strickland and others," and" Strick- land and others v. Cholmley." The question raised was as to the title of the respondents to legacies of .El.OOO, which the will ef the late Sir George Strick- land. Bart., purported to charge in favour of the children of his younger sons living at the date of the will on certain estates devised to those younger sons for their lives. The decree appealed from directs some of those legacies to be raised out of certain real estates now belonging to the appellant, who is Sir Geo. Strickland's grandson. The Lord Chancellor said the first question was whether there was any contingency in the gift of £1,000. It ap- peared to his lordship that the first appeal must be dismissed. With regard to the second appeal, that must also be dismissed: but their lordships would not say anything about costs, there be: ngno trustees. Lord Westbury and Lord Colonsay cpnc retL Judgment of the court below afitoaflfl* H. A new drama, by Mr. Charles Reade, in which Mr. Hermann Vezin will appear, is announced for im- mediate production at the Gaiety. The Austrians speak very highly of the new tragedy Olympias," by Herr Friedrick Marx, re- cently brought out at the theatre of Gratz. Litolff is putting the finishing touches to his new opera, If Pandora's Box," the music of which is said to be extremely original.—Musical Standard. A flax and jute warehouse in Arbroath, belonging to Mr. Andrew Lawson, was partially destroyed by fire on Saturday. The loss will exceed .£6,000. The Royal Academicians have elected Messrs. H. T. Wells and R. Ansdell full members of their, body, in the places of Messrs. Creswick and Ma- clise. A cunning Bombay thief has for long pretended to be ill and subject to fits, and the other day appeared in Court, with an arm and a leg tied up. A good flogging cured them. Mr. F. A. Marshall has given at the Hanover Square Rooms the first of a series of dramatic rea(1- Ï1igs. The plays selected, "Hamlet" and "Volpone" were effectivelv read. Another death, the third, occurred on Sunday, from the accident at Mr. Fawcett's foundry, Liver- pool. George Tarrant, the celebrated cricketer, died on Saturday last at Cambridge, after an illness of about ten months. "Tear-em," or "Pepper," as he was familiarly called suffered greatly during the I latter part of his illness, which was primarily caused by his extremely fast bowling. He was one of the Australian eleven. EMIGRATION.—The Lord Mayor of London an- nounces that all the emigrants sent to Canada by the British and Colonial Emigration Society have arrived safe. All are cared for, and all in a position to provide for their families. He appeals for .£2,500 more to aid the society, stating that its funds are exhausted, and that there are 500 still on the books looking for aid. On Saturday morning, about twelve o'clock, a shocking accident occured in the Westminster Road, London. Richard M,Carthy, aged 32, a carman, was walking at the side of his horses, when he slipped and fell upon his face, and the wheels of the vehicle passed over his back. He was picked up fearfully injured, and died while being conveyed to the hospital. SINGULAR FRAUD AT VIENNA.—All Vienna has been talking of the great fraud perpetrated with the lottery ticket of the Brunswick Railway Loan. On the 23rd inst., a young man, badly dressed, came into the well-known exchange office of Sothen and asked to have a lottery ticket of the Brunswick Railway Loan, which had been drawn and won, 80,000 dols. discounted. The offer was accepted, and the president of the Commercial Bank being present, at his advice the ticket was taken to the House Dutschka, the agents of the Darmstadt Bank, to be examined. These latter declared that the ticket was all right, and could be discounted. The ticket was kept by the banking house, which sent it off by post to the Darmstadt Bank. During the time this all took place the person who had brought the ticket, and had called himself Scholz, remained quiet in the Exchange Office. About one o'clock he said he was hungry, and went off with one of the clerks to have something to eat. When he returned all had been settled, and he received the equivalent of the ticket, partly in ready money, partly in cheques of the Commercial Bank. Two days after the news came by telegraph from the Darmstadt Bank that the ticket had already been presented and paid, and thatin the ticket presented the number had been falsified as a minute examina- tion by the glass showed that a number had been scratched out. The house Dutschka has to bear the loss. The information was given at once to the police, but hitherto no trace has been found of the swindler. He had discounted all the cheques of the Commercial Bank, and hassince disappeared. On all sides inquiries are now being made "fter Scholz, which is tantamount to inquiring about Mr. Smith, so common is this name in these parts. Manj as you may imagine, have been discovered, but up to the present time not the right one. THE GREAT SAGUENAY FIRE.-An official inquiry into the results of the Saguenay fire has been made by M. Boucher de la Bruere, by command of the Minister of Agriculture and Public Works of the Province of Quebec. The total number of families rendered homeless and entirely destitute is 555, and 146 families have lost houses and other buildings. In the steamer which conveyed the commissioner, a quantity of goods for the use of the sufferers was carried down, consisting of linen, hardware, seed, grain, and useful articles of both a personal and domestic nature. The localities devastated by the fire were the following Chicontimi, N. D. de Latierre, Kinogami, St. Jerome, Metabetchonan, La Pointe aux Trembles, and Pointe Bleu. In his re- port the commissioner thus describes the scenes he witnessed :—"I everywhere found the most com- plete ruin and desolation. Animals, houses, fences, growing crops, forests, all had well-nigh wholly dis- appeared. Seven persons perished in the flames, and a great number of others were seriously injured. The great proportion of those who escaped death did so only by flying to wells, cellars, and deep holes in the earth, or by taking refuge in their boats and pushing into the streams. Upon the road I encoun- tered the destitute families of the unfortunate colonists, some of them half naked, and all of them waiting in anxiety the arrival of food and succour. In one underground chamber which I visited, four men had taken refuge and were burned to death. Their ashes were afterwards gathered together. On the way I was continually stopped and begged to visit the sick and the wounded, and I complied in each case, giving them all the consolation in my power, and promising them the most prompt aid possible. The reports published in the newspapers, far from being exaggerated, came, in my view, short of the reality. The extent of country ravaged by the fire commences at the River Mistassini, at the head of Lake St. Johnu as far as Ha! Ha! Bay, a distance of 25 leagues (75 miles). In this district the number of families who have lost everything and are ruined is 555. Two churches were burned to the ground, as well as several mills. In the parish of St. Jerome, an a road built up on the east side for a distance of not less than nine miles, only two ovens were found standing." Next follows an account of the distribution of supplies, and the commissioner continuets I am unable to restrain the expression of my admiration with regard to the conduct of the clergy and the other citizens of the ravaged localities, their zeal and readiness to help being apparently without limit. The more fortu- nate have freely shared with their destitute brethren all their linen, grain, provisions, and money. Many poor people must of necessity have died of hunger had it not been for tihe charity of the people belong- ing to Herbertville and Chincontimi." EXCITING DUEL WITH BROAD SWORDS IN NEW YORK.—Francisco De Porto, a Cuban, and George Proude, an Englishman, recently quarrelled at New York, and the latter was spat upon. The combat- ants were determined to fight. Both were good swordsmen; both had wrongs-the Cuban to avenge a slander on his countrymen, his opponent to wipe out the stain that the defiant expectoration of De Porto had inflicted. All this occurred up town, near the house of a. common friend, and a fashion- able one at that, in West Nineteenth street. To that house, then the parties, accompanied by their seconds, on Sunday night repaired. There was nc noise, no unusual sound to disturb the quietude of the place. The preparations were made in silence, and the hour of two o'clock was awaited with anx- iety. The edges of the keen blades were carefully examined, and for a lengthened period scarcely a word was spoken. Ding dong—it was two o'clock. In the spacious back parlour of the house in ques- tion the parties assembled ere the echo of the chimes had died out. Both combatants stripped for the contest, the seconds now and then whispering something to those about to engage. Only i half- dozen persons were present, each one of whom was thrilled by a nervous excitement. All the arrange- ments having been completed the combatants an- nounced their readiness to proceed. A dead silence ensued, while an ashy paleness seemed to be the prevalent complexion of every man in the room. The word was given, and the duellists crossed syords, and having taken three paces backwards, the fight commenced. At first a slight timidity was apparent on both sides—not so much timidity, perhaps, as the nervous expectation incident to the opening of the encounter. Finally, after some little hesitation, De Porto advanced, Proude meanwhile on the alert to receive him. The scene was exciting. All at once the few spectators were startled by a sudden cut made by Proude at the head of his opponent, who, however, deftly parried, and retired a pace or two. Up to the present both had observed t com- paratively serene demeanour, but it was evident the duel could not be a prolonged one, each being bent on deadly strife. Having again crossed, great skill was displayed by both, their eyes flashing with fire, and ■' endeavouring, as it were, to penetrate each other's intent. Admirable swordsmanship was displayed, the cuts being rapid, well directed, and par- ried with precision. Up to the present, which was about five minutes from the commencement, De Porto had escaped with a slight scratch on the chest, Proude being unharmed, T.nen suddenly, De Porto offering a tempting chance, Proude, ad- vanced upon him, and inflicted a diagonical cut upon the right thigh. It was a fatal move for Proude, for no sooner had he leaned forwarli to make the cut than, with lightning-like rapiti(y, De Porto following up the contrafilio, gashed his op- ponent on the right shoulder, causing a wound tomo five inches in length and about one and a half inches in depth. His sword ann was disabled. The duel was over. Proude dropped his blade, exclaioing, Enough for to-day, you will give me my revenge another time," to which De Porto replied, I fctn always at your disposition." Subsequently the parties shook hands and the wounds were examined. That inflicted on De Porto, though some eight inches in length, was scarcely a quarter oi an inch in depth, while Fronde's was of a sarong charaoter, the blood streaming from it in pro- fusion. He was immediately conveyed to his resi- denoe in Brooklyn, where the proper assistance was plwcnrti—BtM
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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —MiM-ORB HAVEN, CARMARTHEN. SWANSEA, CARDIFF, NEWPORT, CHEPSTOW, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTER, AND LONDON. ) SIRHOWY RAILWAY.-NANTYBWCH, TREDEGAR, AND NEWPORT. UP.-WIEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAYS. j DOWX—WEEK^DAVS T 7 a.m. a. m. ia. m. 1,2,3., 1,2. 1,2,3.,1,2,3. 1,2,3 1,2. iMail. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2. L,2,3. 1,2,3, 1,2^. i,i3.jl,2,3.,1,2,3., Exp.i 1,2. ] Exp., 1,2. Exp., 1,2. Exp.; 1,2. ,1,2,3. 1,2.11,2. j Fr0^ — FROM 1 1,2. 1,2,3.|1,2,3. |a.m. a.m. a.m. am. p.ui'p.m p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. FROM a. m. am..a.m. a. m. a. m. a. m. p. mJa. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. mja. m. p. m. p.m Nanfcvbwch a. m. a. m p. m. p. m p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p, in. •• "j i '■! i •• •• ::| 5SST: 8"J5,5!?ifi'iSi •• l £ tf ■■ ••?}; •• •• }»♦ ?« '»» Mlfrd Haven &c 1 I 8 35; j '.i U"o 0 20 11 0! 5 0 Stroud 9 710 14> 2 50 12 2oj 2 50 5 58 7 54i i! jll 44 2 5 41 TREDEGAR j ^0 8 20 10 5 .12 39 2 45 4 54, 6 35, 8 22 8 2811 30 4 13 7 30 HaverfoXest: i ..19 0, 6 24 6 45 11 23[ CHELT'N IAM 6 10 10 30 jl2 10 8 o! 8 0 .12 15 7 45 1 2 Argoed 8 7 la « « Ar\ til NarbethRoad. !9 26 I 7 12 U «LO'STBR 4 S™1- 9 35.10 40 8 23 12 48 S 20| 6 5 8 22,! |l2 35 20 7 70 Blick.vood 8 13 I? 5 I ,o "I f }$" Carmarthen June' 6 15 S 50 10 21 8 50 j 6 27 7 54 12 37 S 0 (dep. 8 lo 9 45 11 10j 3 3012 55 3 30: 4 5:6 13 8 30,10 10 7 25,12 4510 30 6 25 3 2^ 7 15 ™ T t. {arri so?' 4: 8 Ferryside j 6 27I 9 5110 35 9 6 | 8 ? •• 12 51 8 15 Lydney 7 22,il 501 1 27' 4 42 9 6j | 1 31 9 0 4 18 Tredegar Junction j "• •• •• 6 24, Jjlanelly 6 57:9 40:10 57 9 401 7 «: 8 4i •• 1 23. 8 48 CHEPSTOW 8 45 7 44 12 16, 1 45. 4 40 5 40 8 5 9 21, .1 49 9 18 4 38 8 20 Nine Mile End 8 30 5! F ?!l •• •• £ ? (»r 7 35! 10 20:11 30 10 0: 7 40! 9 20 ..2 5 9 27 Portskewet 8 55 8 2,12 271 2 2j 5 0, 5 50j 8 lo j 7 40 9 35 4 49 8 3] Risca r 40- T 00 f5 9 15i •• 4 SWANSEA j j 7 1510 OiU 1010 20; 4 30 7 20, 9 25 1 43' 9 3° 35l 1 °l 2 30j 5 37l ..I 9 648 13 ..221 10 10; 5 25 9 5 Newport,' Dock-street 9 0! } « r?r: S ? SO Landore j 7 30ll0 15111 24 10 15, 4 37 9 30 2 0 CARvIF' .>10 « ? § J 30; 2 51 6 10; 10 20; 8 40 2 45 10 39; 5 49 9 30 —1 1 •• •• > r> 15> •• 1 -■ Q 45 •• 5 30 OT.iTg I 7 4$]l0 87|ll 39 19 37i 4 56, i 9 50 2 12' Llantrissa it 1 0 4i> 2 3j 6 45 10 441 | 11 10 6 lo UP.,—\VKSK DAYS. I Port Talbot' 8 5I1O 56S11 5010 56: 5 12| 10 3 2 34 Bridgend |10 10> 2 20; 3 24 7 12 I 11 9! Z 20 ■■ H 91; 9 43| 5555 IT^I ^rTaRO"A M A"M A M"A W1W Bridgend 8 37 11 31 12 1411 81, 5 40, 10 32 3 3j Port Talbot 10 39:2 54 3 48 j 7 43 11 26 3 44 'l2 0,7 25' Newport (Dock-street) f V|9 1 £ 2 To] 6» M Llantrissant 8 48'll 571 ..11 57 6 2 .10 54 3 26 NEATH 10 5713 13; 3 58 8 2: 11 39 3 67 12 16 7 SS Risca. 19 35 I I 60 710 "f 10 90 « CARDIFF 5 43 9 35! 9 35:12 31:12 47 12 31 6 33 ..I 8 15 11 25 3 66! Lwdore 'll 23} 3 30 4 138 20! 4 16 12 35 i 8 0 Nine Mile Potat U « -i O1 7 Sw 020 NEWPORT 6 6 9 67110 10 1 20| 1 13 12 55, 7 0 .I 8 27,11 55 4 23 swiw,,ff. I a. |ll 35.' 3 45i 4 25 8 301 12 0 4 30 ,12 401 S 10 T ('arri I 1 7 I 630 Portskewet I 10 4010 5C 1 50 j 2 10 7 301 8 40112 21 4 55, ^VVANoJJA. | d ? 45 n 5| 3 15; 4 0 8 lOj 4 5 9 15 7 55j Tredegar Junction ] r" •• b< •• in-J •• CHEPSTOW 6 35 11 2,11 2 2 20,1 41 2 35 8 5; 9 51112 33 5 6 9 51 LlanelK 8 16 11 58 4 5 4 45! 8 55' 4 46 9 51 .8 33j Blackwood lio T' is oil 7 A IA fK 5 45 Lydney 6 52 11 21:11 21! 2 40; 1 57 2 55 12 51 5 24 10 9 Ferryside 8 50 12 32 4 39; 5 22 9 28' 10 11 I 8 5%l Argoed 1ft is « 7 iw Tn so1 60 CHELT'NHAM 1 8 30 11 5012 55: 3 35 2 5 5 5 5 30,11 40 12 15 1 20 10 0 6 45 12 10 Carmarthen Juncn 9 15 12 49 4 52 i 5 45,' j 5 25 9 90i „ "rarrival I 965 rr ONTFP I arri. | 7 30 i2 10 12 K)| 3 50| 2 25 7 3.0 i 5 45! 12 30 1 35 10 15 6 20 12 25 Narber h Road 0 53, 1 33 5 48 | j 110 7< rREI)EGAR t departure 6 45 7 35 7'io g'io'io'io l'ist s'ifll 5 i 8*10 s'nn'i} 1", GLObfEl. }dep_ g 12 20 12 20, 4 0 2 35 7 18, 12*3 1 40 6 25 12 40 HjverfoHlYest 10 19 1 33, 6 13 6 37, .110 34j ,irhowy J ] ? I f510 2 1 20! 3 50 5 10 I li § 20 20' 5! ? g I^ndon9n|220;Iso,*55!3so s 10: 1 W, Kj! | »-"»» ■■; ■«" 1«■» ■- 1 ■ -1 LONDOX 11 lot 5 25; 4 45' 9 40! 5 45 10 15 ..I i 4 35 3 35 11 15 4 3o M .frd Haven, he (10 45 2 24 C 42 7 30 1 6 50 11 5) All Trains cn thi«|Railway arc let, 2nd, and 3rd clats. Runs on Tuesdays only. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY. BRECON, MERTHYR, DOWLAIS, ARYMNEY, AND NEWPORT. UP.—WEEK DAYS • 1,2.3 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3, 1,2,3. ——— FROM -km. p.m.] a.m. p.m. p. m.| Newport (Dock-at. dap. 7*5 10 35 3 20 6 10 [Bassaleg Junction* 7 10 47, 3 30 8 20 BfeiwdMin.I;ir .3 0 10 52 3 35 6 25' Church'fcoad 'i B *8 7 11 0' 3 40 6 80 Machen .7Zm> 8 12 11 <j\ 3 45 6 36; Bedwas .Jr.. 8 20 11 1814 4 6 45; Maesvcwmmer |JT. S 3o 11 33, 4 17 7 Q Pengam 8 41 II 42! 4 25 7 6| Pengam "iC#dop. 9 0,11 501 4 27 7 10 White RdsF 9 10 12 0! 4 37 7 20] Rhymney arr. 9 20'12 10! 4 47 7 30 Bargoed dep. 8 4(iill 48) ..1 7 13' Darren 8 5'2ill 54 7 20 Fochriw 9 5jl2 8: 7 33 Dowlais Top 9 1612 20! 7 44| Dowlais or Pant 9 13! 12 20! 7 44! Merthyr (V.N. Statn) 9 0 12 5| 5 20 7 30 Cefn 9 10; 12 15j 5 30 7 40 Pontsticill June. arr. 9 22,'12 27] 5 42 7 62 Pontsticill June.dep. 9 27il2 33: .8 0 Dolygaer 9 36,12 40| 8 5 Talybont 10 6 1 6 8 35 Talyllyn 10 15 1 15 8 45 Brecon arr. 10 35- 1 251 ■■ 8 55 -p: 7;Ve*k I^ SUNDAYS a.m. %m. a.m. a.m., p. m *ROM 2,3., 1^3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3, 1 A3. .wortnyr (by w>. '±, n 0 Tredegar (Nantybwch) 6 45 7 40 9 40 1 t 5 5 T™*1 7 6, 8 8.10 16 1 mUN Ebbw Vale 6?45! 1 10 fi 10 Beaufort. 17 121 8 14 10 22 3 32 6 32 Brynmawr for Nantyglo 7 171 8 20,10 28 1 37 6 37 Clydach 7 29 8 33,10 411 1 60 6 60 Gtiwern 7 35f 8 3910 47: 1 66 6 66 Yollvan 7 42! 8 4s'lo 65 2 3 6 3 Abergavenny arr. | 7 54 9 O il 8 2 16 6 1W DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS ir&OM a. m. p.m. P. In. I Abergavenny 9 0 1 30 530 £ pvilan 9 11 1 41 5 41 9 16 1 40 5 46 glydach 9 21 1 53 5 67 Brjnmawr for Nantyglo 9 36 2 6 6 3 BeaWort 9 38 2 11 6 8 Lbbw Vale 9 68 6 25 I ^reYl1 9 44 2 17 6 14 Tredegar (Nantyglo) .10 5 2 34; 6 36 Merthyr (by coach) 1 1 7 30 ] + Market Train (on Tuesdays only.) RHYMNEY RAILWAY. RHYMNEY, HEN GO ED, CAERPHILI, AND CARDIFF. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. 8UNDA 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3.11,2,3. 1,2,8. FROM a. m. p. m. p. m. a m. 'p. m. Rhymney 9 15 2 20 6 35 8 «j 4 10 Pontlotttyn 9 19 2 24 6 39 4* 4 W Tir Phil 9 27j 2 30 6 46 8 10, 4 14 Bargoed 9 35 2 38 6 64 8 18j 4 32 Pengam 9 40' 2 44 6 69 8 2a 4 42 Heneoed i N-> A-» 4 H. ) arr. 9 60| g l I Junction |dep 10 4; 2 60 7 3 8 30 4 50 Ystrad 10 8 2 54 7 9 8 34 4 54 Caerphilly 10 18 3 7 7 24 8 44 5 8 WalnutTree Bridge 10 27j ?^17 7 32 8 52 5 17 Car itf (Adam-street Station) 10 25; 3 '5. 7 60 9 10 6 35 UP.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS 17273 FROM a.m. p.n. p. m'1 p. m. p.m FROM a.m. p.n. p.m.lp.m. p.m Cardi Adam-street Station) 9 0 12 45 6 26; 8 42 6 55 Wain (Tree Bridge 9 18 1 3 5 38 10 0 6 13 Caerp illy 9 30 1 11 5 46410 8 6 22 Ystra 9 42 1 24 5 66 10 18 6 35 Heneoed I N 'A '&H '-arr 9 50 1 28 6 0 tiengoea j junction } dep 10 4 1 40, 10 22 6 40 Pengam |l0 8 1 44: 6 4 10 26 6 45 Bargoed ;10 14 1 481 6 9 10 35 6 66 Tir Phil 10 21 1 63 6 16 10 43 7 3 Pontlottyn !l0 29 2 0 6 23 10 51 7 11 Rhymney !l0 33 2 6] 6 27 10 56 7 15 WESTERN VALLEYS RAILWAY. NEWPORT, BBBW VALE, AND NANTYGLO. DOWN.-WEEK DÂYII. I SUNDAY*. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,37 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. FROM a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. am. p.m, Ebbw Vale 8 40 11 15 2 20 7 25 10 25 7 10 Victoria 8 48 11 23 2 28 7 31 10 31 7 18 Aberbeeg June (9 2 11 37 2 42 7 45 10 46 7 32 — | j. — Nantyglo j 8 40 11 15 2 20 7 26 10 25 7 10 Blaina 8 48 ill 23 2 28 7 31 10 33 7 18 Abertillery 8 66 11 31 2 36 7 38 10 41 726 Aberbeeg June 9 2 111 37 2 42 7 60 10 65 Crumlin 9 15 ill 54 2 55 7 68 11 4 Abercarne 9 25 il2 4 3 6 8 8 11 14 Risca 9 38 il2 20 3 18 8 23 11 31 8 10 Bassaleg Junct 9 61 12 34 S 31 8 36 11 47 8 32 Newport 10 0 12 45 3 40 8 48 12 0 8 45 A