The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON.—» The managers of the impeachment of President Johnson brought the case for the prosecution to a close on Satur- day, and the Senate Court then adjourned until Thursday. The evidence taken on Friday and Saturday consisted of speeches in which Mr. Johnson had de- nounced the action of Congress. GALVANISM.—NATUBB'S CHIEF RESTOKBR OF IMPAIRED VITAL ENERGY.— A Pamphlet on Self-applicable Electricity, demonstrating the most cflectual, rational, and simple galvanic treatment of nervous and rheulDatic pains, debility, in- digestion, nervousness, paralysis, neuralgia, epilepsy, cramp, functioftol disorders, &c., as realised exclusively by the use of PPLBBEHACHER'S Improved PATENT GALVANIC CHAIN, BANDS, BELTS, and POCKET SKM-KEBTORABLK CHAIN BATTERIES, AC. Approved by the Acad6mie de Medicine, Paris the Royal College of Physicians, London," &c.; sub- stantiated by Medical Reports, and authenticated Testimon- ials, including Sir C. Locock, Bart., M.D.; Sir H. Holland, Bart., Sir Win. Ffcigusson, Bait.; Sir J. R. Martin, M.D. Dr. E. Sieveking, M.D. This Pamphlet (sent post tree) treats why and wherefore these galvanic arrangements ha'le proved most efficacious, even in cases where other Electrical apparatus and ordinary medical treatment have been tried in »ain, especially in ailments rssallIng from want of vital electricity in the Functional Orgaus.—Apply to J. L. PUIVXBMACHEB, No. 200, Regent-stuet, W., Loudon.

GLAMORGANSHIRE SESSIONS. 4 TUESDAY. The above Sessions were opened at the Shire Hall, Swansea, on Tuesday, before R. O. Jones, Esq., ii. M. Richards, Esq., andotherMasistrates. After the usml preliminaries were completed, the Grand Jury were sworn in. THE CHARGE. The Chairman, in addressing the Grand Jury, said that the calls upon their time had heen very frequent of late. They had had the Assizes only just completed, and he was afraid notwithstanding this that their time wonld be to a considerable extent occupied that day. The cases for trial however were of the ordinary nature, being simply cases of larceny, and one or two cases of housebreaking. The only thing he considered worthy to remark upon was the number of prisoners that were for trial, considering that the Assizes had been held so very recently. He found that the Grand Jury of this county was only discharged on the 8th of March, and there were now T10 prisoners for trial on the 7th of April. At the last Quarter Sessions, which were held in Cardiff, he called the attention of the Grand Jury to the fact that it would be desirable that the Government should send a second Judge of Assiz"s, for he considered that the business of this county, both criminal and civil, was now as important as any county in the Kingdom, They were tlierefore entitled to two judges; aud he hoped that such a strong representation would be made as to induce the Government, and also the judges, to give them a second Judge of Assize. COUNTY BUSINESS. At half-past 12 o'clock the magistrates assembled for the dispatch of the county business. The chair was taken by Robert Oliver Jones, Esq., the Chairman of the Quarter Ses- sions. There were also present, Lord Tredegar, C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., Lord Lieutenant of the County H. H. Vivian, Ksq., M.l\; Howel Gwyn, Ksq., M.P.; Hon. F. Mor^aw Theodore Mansel Talbot, Esq.; G. T. Clark, Esq., High Sheriff; K. Bassett, Esq.; Pascoe St. LegerGrenfet), Esq. Col. Evaa Morgan; J. C. Fowler, Esq.; R. Franklen, Ksq.; G. Williams, Esq.; W. Perkins, Esq. W. Priehard, Esq.; G.C. Williams, Esq.; J. S. Batchelor, Esq.; J.S. Corbett, Esq,; R. F. L. Jenner, Esq.; T. W. Booker, Esq.; J. C. Richardson, Esq.; Major Bennett; D. Davis, Esq.; Thomas Penrice, Esq.; J. S. Gibbon, Ksq.; G. Lewellyn, Esq.; T. D. Lewellyn, Esq.; Pendarvis Vivian, Esq.; E. M. Richards, Esq.; W. Gilbertson, Esq.; Starling Benson, Esq. Major Francis; Rhys Rhys, Esq. G. B. Strick, Esq. J. W. James, Esq J. P. Budd, Esq.Rowland Fothergill, Esq.; Dr. Nicholl Came; J. R. Homfiay, Esq.; Charles Bath, Esq.; the Revds. J. Griffith (Mertbyr), C. R. Knight (Tytheg- stone), H. H. Rickards (Llandough), R. T. Tyler (Llan- trithyd), &c., &c. The Chairman, iu referring to a communication from the Secretary of State, respecting the security of the prisoners at Swansea and Cardiff, mentioned that the Visiting Justices had taken the matter into consideration, and would he prepared with a report by the next sessions. During the winter they took such precautions us they considered necessary for the safety of the prisoners both at Cardiff and Swansea. Both places were provided witll arms, and at Cardiff a telegraphic communication had been established between the gaol and the police-station. Additional night watchmen had also been appointed. It was however considered better to refer the whole matter to the Visiting Justices, and let them report upon it at the next sessions. The suggestion was adopted. The Chairman next referred to a communication which had been made to bim by the leader of the bar, Mr. H. Allen, at the last Quarter Sessions, aud that was if the magistrates could make it convenient it would be more so for the members of the bar, it the hearing of appeals and the trials of prisoners were deferred to the second day of the Quarter Sessions, and the first day confined to the despatch of county business. He had also to inform the court that this was a matter in which the court, had from time to time taken action. In 1843 there wai a resolution passed for the Finance Committee to meet at the commencement of the Sessions, and in 1841 it was ar- ranged that the Sessions should commence on a Monday, and Tuesday assigned for the trials of prisoners. In 1847 Tuesday was again appointed as the first day of the Sessions, and in 1853 it was again altered to Mouday. In 1835 the commencement of He Sessions was again altered to Tuesday, and since that period the present practice had prevailed. As far as his per- sonal experience was concerned—for of course his convenience was not the question,—he was convinced that the present course was the best one that had been adopted, and therefore he should merely lay the matter before the Court. He did not intend himself to make auy motion on the subject, because his own opinion was that the present course was the most desirable one for all parties concerned. Of cours if other magistrates differed from him it would be desirable for them to give notice and the question would be considered at the next Quarter Sessions. No notices was given and the subject dropped. THE GAOLS; On the Visiting Justices' report being read Mr. P. S. L. Grenfell took the opportunity of referring to the erection of the tread wheel at the Swansea House of Correction. He mentioned that since the last Sessions the experiment with the tread-A-heel had been attended with very satisfactory results. The machinery was good, and the building suitable, and the plan of taking the prisoners to and from the tread-wheel very satisfactory, nothing having occurred to prevent what might be called a very satisfactory result. There was however a point which he thought they would have to consider, and that was whether they would not be obliged to increase the scale of dietary to the prisoners. Thete was no question that the work they were called on to perform was hard, and some of the prisoners had lost weight considerably. There was however no complaiut; no oases of illnesp had arisen in consequence, but ua tbougbt froro tbe report of the surgeena tbat tuey would have to increase the dietary of the prisoners. Mr. Bagshawe, altbollgb he had no uesire that tbe report of the Visiting Justices should be read, yet regretted that they did not allude to the course of proceedings which had taken place with respect to the Roman Catholic priests and the Roman Catholic prisoners. He thought it was a matter of regret that these reports did not allude in some way to this important subject. The Chairman: There is a report from Cardiff, and the Clerk of the Peace will read it as it refers to your question. The report stated that the Roman Catholic priests had visited the gaol and had permission to asa mole the Roman Catholic prisoners in a room used as the chapel for the purpose of imparting moral and religious in. struction once a week, on snch occasions and on such da.1 s as was arranged with the governor. Each of the male prisoners was to be placed in a separate compartment, one or two warders being present for the purpose of preserv- ing discipline and order. There was to be no celebration of mass or of public ceremonials. This public assembling of the pritoners together was not to prevent the Roman Catholic priests from seeing the Roman Catholic prisoners privately. The instructions to the male and female prisoners were to be conducted separately. Mr. Bagshawe thought it was a matter of regret that there was no infugwation ^gk-thia kind given with respect to the House of Correction, as he felt that if Ihe report had been made it would have been very satisfactory to show what had been done by the Roman Catholic priests for the Roman Catholic prisoners, and they would have great reason to rejoice at the course which had been taken. He had however a sug- gestion to make with reference to the Roman Catholic priests, inasmuch as they had now no loetts standi upon which they could make a report in the same manuer as the Protestant chaplain. He merely threw it out as a suggestion to be acted upon he did not intend to found a motion upon it. He re- gretted the absence of this ill the report, as it would have shown what had been done for the Roman Catholic prisoners at the Swansea House of Correction. Mr. Grenfell, as one of the visiting justices, mentioned that they had presented no report, as there was nothing to report. They could have merely reported the number of visits made by the Roman Catholic priest, and the number of prisoners visited by him, aId no doubt the results of those visits had been most satisfactory. The justices and the governor, Mr. Cox, had afforded every facility possible. If any report had been necessary he was quite sure that the visiting justices would have reported it for the information of the court. Mr. Bagshawe said that he had authority for stating that the Reformatory of Mount St. Bernard would receive any Catholic prisoners committed in the county of Glamorgan. He believed it was now necessary that Roman Catholic prisoners should be sent to a Roman Catholic Reformatory. Mr. Starling Benson was appointed a Visiting Justice for the House ot Correction, and Coloftel Wood was also ap. pointed a Visiting J nstice for the Cardiff Gaol. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Clerk of the Peace then read the following report of the Finance Committee: The Accounts of the Treasurer have been examined, the vouchers and banking account produced and found correct; a balance of £6,079 12s. 8!d. remains to the credit of the county. The several bills relating to the general expenditure ot the county have also been examined, and we recommend payment thereof, viz.: General county expenditure, £1,501 0s. 3d.; Police, £364 Os. Old.; Cattle PJague expenses, £61 Is. 7d.; Merthyr Stipendiary Justice, £ 63 8s. l £ d. We find a county rate of id. in the £ producing £2,702 Is. 2bd., will be required, and that jB3,144 15s. 6d. will be required to be raised in the several Police Districts. The Police Com- mittee Report that application has been made for an increase in the force in the Newbridge District, aud rec>mmerd such increase as the court may think fit. The Secretary of State has not yet approved of the salaries proposed to be paid the several clerks of petty sessions in Gower, Pontardawe, and Swansea. We recommend that no further expenses be in- curred under the Cattle Diseases Act. An application from the Coroner of the Northern Division haa been laid before your committee, requesting some additional allowances in consequence of the lengthened inquests held on the several persons killed at the Ferndale Colliery. On referring to Irs bis account we find 177 were killed, and inquests held on seven bodies. Your committee recommend that the sum ot <86U be granted the Coroner in addition to his usual quarter's salary. The usual certificate from the Chairman of the County Roads Board for a rate in aid of the tolls on turnpike roads, amounting to £2,õro, has been laid before your com- mittee." Mr. Grenfell alluded to the application that had come to them from Mr. Overton, the coroner, relative to the inquiry which had been held by him in cousequence of the recent explosion at the Ferndale Colliery, by which 177 persons had lost their lives and this inquiry, of course, occupied a very great deal of his time, and he was also put to considerable expense in the number ot miles travelled by him. An esti. mate had been sent in, and Mr. Overton estimated that he and his clerk had travelled over 800 miles in connection with this inquiry and the Finance Committee recommended that, in addition to his salary, the sum of £50 be allowed him for the inquiry into the explosion at the Ferndale Colliery. TbeChairman seconded the motion, and alluded to a former explosion in this district which caused the death of 173 persons, but in this case an inquiry was held into the cause of the death of each, and in the present case the inquiry had only eitended to seven. It seemed only fair that they should give something in addition to the usual salary for the unusual expenses in- curred iu connection with snch an inquiry. The motion was adopted unanimously. PRISON VANS. Mr. Grenfell then alluded, at some length, to another subject which however he said was not alluded to in the report of the Finance Committee, but he wished to recommend to the magistrates that the visiting justices of both prisons should be allowed to provide a proper van for the conveyance of prisoners from the gaol to the Courts of Quarter Sessious or Assizes. At the last Assizes they had had some persons committed for political offences, and the visiting justices felt that it. would be necessary to make some special provision for the safety of these prisoners, and prevent if possible any at. tempt being made for their rescue, which had been attempted iu other towns. The matter was discussed in Committee, and they eventually resolved to apply to some of the neighbouring county gaols to leud them a properly constructed prison van for the occasion. They applied to Bristol, but at that place there was no van of the kind, the magistrates having ordered one to be built. They next applied to Gloucester, aud there the magistrates promptly acceded to their request and lent them I a remarkably good prison van, capable of holding twelve or fourteen prisoners, each in a separate compartment, and separately locked up. The usual plan pursued at Swansea was to hire an open omnibus of one of the omnibus proprietors of the town to convey the prisoners from the court to gaol-a proceeding, as they might suppo-e, exposed to much danger. It had struck the Visiting Justices in considering this ques- tion, that it would be desirable, now that the criminal business of the county hnd reached such a height, that they should provirle II suitable piison van fOl,the cotivey»nce of the prisoners. They believed that a suitable prison van could be provided at a cost of from £8() to £100; £100 being the out- side. He believed that the Governor of the Honse of Cor- rection at Swansea would tell them that he derived very great arlvantage from the one they had sent to them from Glou- cester. He should therefore propose that the Visiting Justices be allowed to provide a suitable prison van for each of these gaols, Mr. J. C. Fowler seconded the proposition. The Chairman considered the measure one of so much im- portance that he should ask the Court to suspend the Standing Orders for this purpose. He should not propose the sus- pension of the Standing Orders, except in Cllses of necessity, but this was a matter of so much importance that he consi- dered it desirable that the Standing Orders should he sus- pended, or otherwise Mr. Grenfell must give notice that the sulject would be considered next Sessions. The Standing Orders were suspended, and the proposition of Mr. Grenfell was then adopted. On the motion of the Chairman, a county rate of Jd. in the pound, producing £2,702, was granted. Mr. Grenfell moved that the Chief Constable be allowed £100 instead of d670, as at present, for the payment of petty expenses for conveyance of prisoners and other matters. It would very much simplify the accounts of the Treasurer, and the balance would be made right at the end of the quarter. The proposition was adopted. Mr. E. M. Richards, in aliudinz to the police-station to be erected in thedistrict, mentioned that he altogether dissented from the principle that police-stations and justice-rooms should be paid for out of the rates. The expenditure required for the erection of these places in the Swansea district would be for the next few years very large, and the expenses for the Pontypridd district would also be large. He thought it was very hard on the ratepayers that the whole of these capital amounts should be paid out of the rates. He should ask the Clerk of Lhe Peace to report at the next Sessions if these capital sums could not be borrowed, to be re-paid by in- stalments in twenty years. This was with regard to the future, but he should also be glad to know it the same course could not. be adopted with regard to the past. The Chairman said that the Clerk of the Peace would report on the question at the next Sessions. Mr. J. P. Budd asked the reason why the police-station at Ystalyfera bad not been commenced. The erection of the police-station was ordered by the Court two years ago. The Clerk ot the Peace said that he had not received the plans back from the Secretary of State. Mr. P. Budd considered it somewhat strange that this police- stalion had IIot been commenced, as police-stations ordered to be erected subsequently to the one at Ystalyfera had been completed. The Chairman said that such was not the case, but the better plan he thought was to ask the county members to look after these plans. The subject then dropped, and the follow- ing police rates were granted. Merthyr district, £ 822; New- bridge district, £1310; Ogmore district, £153; and Swansea district, JE829. A rate ot £ 187 19s. 10d. was ordered for the purposes of the Merthyr Stipendiary Justices Act. A rate of .£2,500 to make up a deficiency in the tolls collected under the expenses incurred in repairing the turnpike roads was also ordered, and £50 in addition to cover a mistake in the accounts of last year, iu the amonnt actually received, which did not correspond with the amount for which the tolls were let. THE TWO JUDGES OF ASSIZE. The Chairman said the first notice on the agenda paper was one given by himself, on a matter which had been represented to him by many persons concerned, and there had been also a strong expression of opinion that it would be very desirable that they should have the benefit of two judges of Assize. It was a matter which was patent to all the magistrates who had long seen the inconvenience arising from only one judge of assize attending this county. The delay caused by the postponing of civil cases set down for trial,and the great expense incurred by all parties waiting for the cause to be brought on before the single judge had been very great. He had drawn up a resolution, which he would read to them, and which expressed his own views of the matter, and it might probably embodv the opinion of the Court if they con- sidered it desirable that any general expression of the opinion of the Conrt should be given. The Justices of the Peace of the County of Glamorgan, in Quarter Sessions assembled, beg to represent to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department :—That the practice of only sending one judge to hold the Assizes in this county is the cause of great expense, loss of time and incon- venience to all persons obliged to attend the assizes by public duty or private business. That the civil causes cannot be commenced until the judge has tried the criminal cases; and as the amount of criminal business cannot be knawn till the last moment, and the trials of prisoners are often protracted beyond the time which they are estimated to last, the whole of the persons interested in the civil causes are kept meanwhile in attendance, at great inconvenience to all engaged and at a ruinous cost to the suitors. That the great increase in popu- lation and wealth in this county entitles it to the same advan- tages as are given to all English counties, many of which are in no way superior in importance to this county. That the amount of crime is large, and often of a serious character, and that the civil business is on the increase, and will increase largely if proper facilities are given, for want of which causes trisinK in this county are constantly sent for trial elsewhere. That at the last Spring Assizes, which commenced on the 5th of March last, there were in all upwards of 70 prisoners for trhl, although an adjourned Sessions had been held as late as the 22nd of February, which had disposed of all possible esses, and that there were also a large number of civil causes, some of which could not be tried for want of time. That the presence of two judges is of great benefit, as giving the means of consultation when difficulties arise. That proper courts have already been provided both at Swansea and Cardiff for the purpose of enabling two courts to be held simultaneously. That there is no difficulty in securing the attendance of a second judge, if the two judges nominated to the Welsh circuit will commence the circuit together in Glamorganshire, then separate, and hold the Assizes in North and South Wales as at present, and finish by meeting again at Chester. That the Members tor the County and Boroughs be requested to present this resolution of the Court of Sessions to the Home Secretary, and to give it their best support. That the Hgh Sheriff be requested to forward this resolution to Mr. Baron Pigott, and beg him to lay it before the judges, whose assistance and favourable reception of their wishes this Court hopes to secure." Mr. Fowler suggested that one alteration should be made in the resolution of the Chairman, and that was, that the Chair- man had assumed that they were only upon an equality with other counties, but in reality the criminal business of the county of Glamorgan had increased so much that they were the seventh or the eighth of the whole of England and Wales. He would therefore venture to suggest an alteration in this respect, as they stood in a stronger position than something like twenty-five out of the forty English counties. The Chairman I shall be very happy to alter it; in fact I had drawn it out in the way you mention, but I thought it best to alter it. The resolution was seconded by the Lord Lieutenant, and carried unanimously. THE COUNTY ASYLUM. An application was made from the Committee of the County Lunatic Asylum for power to alter and enlarge the building, so as to accommodate 600 patients. A plan had been drawn out, and consisted almost entirely of additional dormitories but it was mentioned that accommodation for 59 patients was more urgently necessary; and this according to the plan could be done, leaving the remainder to be completed subsequently. The Lord-Lieutenant said, a short time since he visited the asylum under the impression that the enlargement of the building was not peoessary, but he left under a different con- viction. He should say that the county had in the Medical Superintendent of the Asylum not only a first-class medical man, but a man of thorough practical ability in the manage- ment of such an institution, and their asylum in this respect could be compared with any similar institution in the king- dom. He was of opinion that great errors had been com. mitted in the first erection of the building the style was one which made it exceedingly difficult to add to, to preserve any degree of uniformity with the other parts of the building. Dr. Yellowlees had reported that the establishment was very full, and the committee were of opinion that additional accom- modation should be provided so as to enable them to receive 600 patients. He proposed that the County Surveyor be directed to prepare such (plans as might be necessary for the next Quarter Sessions in order that the Court might be in a posi- tion to determine that any enlargement which might from time to time be necessary could be carried out with due regard to economy, and that the Court would then make such orders as they might deem necessary. The Rev. C. R. Knight mentioned that the additional accommodation for the fifty-nine patients was urgently re- quired, and to carry out the whole of the design was not at present necessary; but the asylum would be full at the end of this year, supposing the same rate of increase go on which had been experienced during the last two years, and they would then have to pay 3s. or 4s. per week more for each patient if sent to another asylum than they would have if kept at their own. He thought it was a serious matter for the court to look at) and they might adopt such portions of the report as to enable the alterations to be carried out. The Chairman said they would be in a position to determine the matter at the next quarter sessious. They could then ap- point a building committee, and in the meantime it seemed to him that they might hope that the accommodation would be sufficient to last them over the present year. It would be much more regular to proceed with the matter at the next quarter sessions than for the magistrates to rush blindfold to carry out this matter before they had seen the plans. He concluded by seconding the motion of the Lord-Lientenant that the plans be drawn out and circulated among the magistrates, and that the measure be brought forward at the next sessions, as it would be desirable to take steps to raise the money required, and that could not be done till the next session. Major Francis feared that they would then be unable to give an opinion on the desirability of the proposed alterations unless plans of the whole building were submitted to the magistrates. The Chairman suggested that the plans should be litho- graphed. The Lord-Lieutenant mentioned that it was not intended to make any material alterations in the building—no additional waiting-rooms or dining-rooms, but simply au addition to the number of dormitories, and he therefore hardly saw the neces- sity ot incurring the expense of lithographing the whole build- illg for such an alteration. Mr. Richards: Have the committee of the asylum under- taken any other work ? The Chairman: I am unaware. There is no report to this session of their having don-i so. Mr. Richards said he should like to say a word or two on this matter, because at the last quarter sessions he moved as an amendment to the report brought forward by the Asylum Committee, and the amendinent he proposed was then passed that the works recommended by the Asylum Committee be not undertaken, but if the committee said that additional accom- modation was necessary, that a suitable plan should be pre- pared, and that tht< magistrates should be put in possession 01 what would be really required to make the building effective. He was happy now to confirm what had fallen from the Lord- Lieutenant as respected the general arrangements ot the asy- lum. He had visited the Asylum twice during the last three months, and he believed thatthearramgemeuttotthepiace were as good as they could possibly be. and he believed also that the additions suggested by Hr. Yeliowlees could be put up very economically aud very expeditiously. The additions were simply dormitories tor the patients, and when the plans were considered he believed that all that was required was an ex- penditure for useful'purposes, and nol an expenditure simply for the ornamentation of the building. The proposed additions would not be an eyesore, and whoever carried out the work would not b*> required to do more than to maintain the general character of the bnilding. He thought it due to Dr. Yellow- lees, although he differed very much from the Asylum Com- mittee upon the last occasion, to state that he considered Dr. Yel1owlees' recommendations were exceedingly judicious, and that be also evidently understood the management of the Asy- lum. As a matter of economy to the county, it would be far cheaper for the magistrates to carry out the proposed altera- tionsthan to send the patients to Britonferry, or to any other private asylum. He believed there was no doubt, judging from the statistics that had been produced, that the asylum would be full at the end of the present year, and the Asylum Committee would then be in a difficulty to deal with the patients sent there. Mr. Budd said there was a feeling among several of the magistrates present that the case was rather an urgent one, and that it would be proper to proceed at once to carry out the re- commendations of the Asylum Committee. The Chairman said that under the standing orders of the Court three months' notice must be given before any permanent outlay could be made. If the Court chose to consider the circumstances so pressing that the standing orders should be again suspended, it was only for the court to say so but it was a matter to which he had the strongest objection—it was a matter that would always leal them into a wroig position and in his opinion the standing orders should not be put aside except under very pressing circumstances. The Ri v. C. H. Knight said that the additional accommoda- tion for the fifty-nine patients had been considered a matter of urgent necessity. Ihe Lord-Lieutenant said at present there were 39 beds to spare at the Asylum, and he was therefore of opinion that it was not such an urgent case as to require that the standing orders should be suspended. Mr. Rhya Rhys: There does not appear to have been any increase in the number of patients since the last Sessions. The motion of the Lord.Lieutenant was then adopted. Mr. W. Perkins was, on the motion of the Chairman, le- elected a member of the County Roads Board. THE SUPERANNUATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE CARDIFF GAOL. The Chairman said the magistrates were aware that the county were about to lose the valuable services of Mr. Woods, who had served the connty for 47 years in a manner most cre- ditable to himself and most advantageous to the public (hear, hear). No gaol in the country had ever been better conducted, and no body of magistrates had ever had a governor of a gaol that gave them greater satisfaction, or one by whom their orders were more faithfully and efficiently carried out (hear, hear). The powers of the Court were determined by the 4th and 6th William 4th, chap. 24th, sec. 9, and Mr. Woods came under rbat class of persons who were appointed to office before the 34th August, 1829, and therefore having served more than 45 years, tbe Court might grant him a retiring pension equal tolt.isthsofhissalaryandailowances. In all future caies, the Court would only be able to grant 8-12ths of the salary and allowances. What they had to deal with in the case of Mr. Woods was that of a servant to the county appointed before 1829. The Visiting Magistrates of the county gaol had endeavoured to make an estimate of the allowances to which Mr. Woods was entitled, and it was possible that they had put them higher than might be considered right, but this was a question for the Court to determine. The first item was Mr. Wood's salary of £300, free Income Tax. The next item was the rent of the house which was rated at £40 a-year, and the Committee put the rent down at that sum. Washing, which was now done free, £20. Hates and taxes, dBlO 9s. 8d. Coal, £20, Lighting, £10. Medical attendance, £10. Garden and labour £10 making a total of JB440 g". 8d. This was the estimate which they had proposed, and if that estimate was approved of it would enable the Court, supposing they were inclined to grant Mr. Woods the full allowance th>y had the power to grant, to give Mr. Woods a retiring pension of £400 a-year. The first thing tor the Court to consider would be, whether the estimate was based upon a proper footing The estimate was prepared by himself and the Rev. H. H. Rickards, but of course they would be more satisfied in having the "pinion of the Court upon it. Mr. Fothergill was of opinion that the estimate was rather under than over the real amount. The proposition being adopted, the Chairman moved that the sum of dB400 be granted as a retiring pension to Mr. Woods. Mr. R. F. L. Jenner seconded the proposition, which was then unanimously adopted. The Chairmausaid the Matron was not in the s'me position as the Governor. She was the daughter of the Governor, and was also entitled to a retiring pension. Her salary was £ 20 a- year, and the Committee had estimated her allowances at another jMO, but the Court, he thought, might very well say her salary and allowances amouqted to £ 6;-> a-year. She bad only held office 17 years, and would therefore only be entitled to 4-12ths of her salary and allowances. Mr. Rhys moved that her salary and allowances be con- sidered to amount to £48, this would enable them to grant her a retiring pension of £.16 a year. Mr. Bassettt seconded the proposition, which was adopted. The Chairman then moved that the sum of £16 a year be granted to the Matron as a retiring pension. The proposition was seconded by Mr. Basssett, and adopted unanimously. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF THE CARDIFF GAOL. The Chairman said there were 33 candidates for the office of Governor, and "the usual course had been if any of the candidates were present for the magistrates to pat a few questions tq thew, and also that the clerk should read over the testimonials if it was thought necessary. On the named of the different candidates being called over it was found that only Mr. Superintendent Wrenn was in atteudanoe. TueLord Lieutenant proposed that Mr. Henry Wrenn should be appointed to the vacant office. He was a very distingnisbed officer, and had filled the office of Superintendant of the Poiice greatly to their satisfaction. Although the testimonials of the vai ious candidates were no doubt of the highest order, he preferred personal acquaintance to the rather doubtful kind of knowledge which one sometimes gained from testimonials. He had had the personal experience of Mr. Wrenn for many years, and that experience had led him to form the highest opinion of Mr. Wrerm, aud be had therefore much pleasure in proposing that he should be appointed (iorernor of the Cardiff Gaol. Mr. Fowler seconded the proposition, and in doing so said he bad no desire to add anything to what the Lord-Lieutenant had said, because it was amply sufficient. He endorsed all that had been said by the Lord-L'.entenant, and would merely add that it appeared to him that if any one from a distance had stronger claims to the appointment, those claims should not be thrust aside, but ceteris paribus; if there were any person in the county whose claims were as strong and their persona] knowledge of him was entirety to their satisfaction, then he thought it must be a pleasuife to the magistrates not to travel out of the county to make this appointment. No other candidate was proposed and the election of Mr. Wrenn was carried unanimously. The Chairman, addressing Mr. Wrenn, said it gave him great pleasure in announcing to Mr. Wrenn that he had been ap- pointed Governor of Cardiff Gaol. It must also have been a source of considerable satisfaction to Mr. Wrenn that the proposition had been made by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, and seconded by a gentleman under whom Mr. Wrenn had served as Superintendent of Police for many years, and who had spoken of him from his personal knowledge, and the magistrates had no doubt that as the Governor of Cardiff Gaol be would give them equal satisfaction. Mr. Wrenn thanked the magistrates for the appointment, and assured them that he would endeavour to discharge his duties to the best of his abilities, and he hoped to do so to the credit of the county. Mrs. Wrenn was also appointed Matron of the Gaol on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by the Rev. J. Griffith. MISCELLANEOUS. The salary of the Clerk ot the petty sessional division for Pontypridd was increased to JE250 a year. On the motion of Mr. Theodore Mansel Talbot, Superin- tendent .Thomaf, of Pontypridd, was appointed Deputy Chief Constable. Two police inspectors were proposed for the Swansea and the Newbridge districts. The Chief Constable said that the Newbridge district was a verj large one, and some of the population very rough; The Swansea district was also increasing, especially in the Swansea valley. It would be advantageous that a superior officer should be appointed in these districts to take the charge, and each of them would be at some distance from the superintendent of the district, and he would therefore have the superintendence of the constables in his own immediate neighbourhood. The proposition was adopted. Mr. G. Williams proposed that two additional police-con- stables should be appointed for the Newbridge district, one to the stationed in the Rhondda Valley, and the other near Llan- triMant, where there was a large mining population. The Chief Constable supported the application, and alluded to recent eveiits to show the desirabihty of appointing two additional constables. The proposition was adopted. On the motion of Mr. Cameron, a third class police-station was ordered to be erected at the Mumbles. A long discussion followed on the qufstion of the Kwenny Bridge. A committee was appointed at the last sessions to receive proposals from the parishes respecting the terms on which this bridge was t o be accepted by the connty. The com- mittee had nojt made any report, aud it was determined to adjourn the further consideration of the question till the next session. This terminated the county business. ,¡;hi,1¡"1:, J

TRIALS OF PRISONEHS. SiCÓND COURT.—(Before E. M. Richards and R. P. Cameron, Esqrs.) PLEADED GCILTY. Lacy Mainwaring pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining by false pretences a breast and shwlder of mutton from Richard Davies, of Neath, on the 17th of March last. A previous con- viction was proved, and she was sent to prison for twelve months. Hannah Davies, a domestic servant, pleaded guilty to obtaining a pound weight of yarn, and other articles, with intent to defraud Wi1)iapl. Moses, at Aberdare, on the 23rd of March. She was sent to prison for three months. WOtfjfDItrO AT ABEBDAEB. Thomas Williams and Evan John were charged with maliciously wounding James Evans, at Aberdare, on the 8th of March last. They were fouiid guilty, and sent to prison each for three months. WEDNESDAY. STEALING GLOVBS AT MBBTHTB. James Hancock, 40, was charged with having, on the 21st of March, 1868, stolen six pairs of leather gloves, the property of John Bryant, of Merthyr Tydfil. Mr, Francis Williams conducted the prosecution. After hearing the witnesses and the summing up of the Chairman, the jury found the prisoner guilty, and be was sentenced to three months' hard labour. ALLBGBD THEFT AT CARDIFF. James Elliott was charged with baring on the 4th of April, htoleii a cheese. Mr. de Rutzen prosecuted, and Mr. Bowen defended the prisoner. The circumstances of the case are these: On the day named, Mary Thomas took some cheese to the Unicorn Inn, Cardiff, from which place they were to have been sent by a carrier to some place in the neighbourhood. This was about two o'clock, after which William Williams, landlord of the Unicorn, saw the prisoner and an ostler in his employment on the premises. • In consequence of something which he overheard, he watched the premises, and during the afternoon of the day in question, he saw the prisoner and the ostler in the hav loft. They afterwards came into the tap. room, and Williams followed them. The prisoner had a sack with him, and in it was a cheese—one of those which bad been left at the inn by Mary Thomas, who had brought the cheese, with others, on the morning of the same day. The landlord said that the cheese belonged to him, and the prisoner said that he had had the cheese from the ostler. The landlord then sent for a policeman, and Elliott then said, "I bought" the cheese from the ostler,.and paid 3s. 6d. for it." Afterwards the ostler was charged with having stolen the cheese, and he said, Well, if I stole it I must stand the consequences." The jury acquitted the prisoner. BILLS IGNORED. John Donovan, maliciously wounding Mary, his wife, at Aberdare, on the 7th March; Ann Rogerf. charged with stealing, and Charles Kogers with receiving money, at Neath JohttRees, stealing a glass safety lamp at Aberdare; Thoma, Evans and James Gray, stealing at Cardiff; William Stephens and Leyshon Morgan, for breaking into a warehouse at Merthyr. TRIALS. Thomas Williams, for maliciously wounding James Evans, at Aberdare, on theSth March, three months' hard labour. James Bowers, charg d with robbing Benjamin Jenkins, at Swansea, was acquitted. John Dwyer, for indecently assaulting Sarah Jones, at Mer- thp-, nine months' hard labour. David Griffiths, Thomas Phillips, and Thomas Rees, were chawed with stealing 1201bs. of coal at Aberdare. Phillips ar.d Rees were on bail, and the former had absconded. Griffiths was sentenced to two months' and Hees to six months hard labour. William Williams and Joseph Heedinz, foraburgiaryin the dwelling bouse of William Davies, at Llanrhidian, were each sentenced to six months' hard labour. Sarah Rees, for stealing a pair ot boots, the property of Jesse Greening, at Merthyr, was sentenced to six months' hard labour. Edward Miles was acquitted of the charge of stealing coal from Messrs. Cory, at Cardiff. John Davies was sentenced to six months' hard labour for stealing at Llandaff. Ann Hockey was charged with feloniously receiving a quantity of grocery, the property of H. S. Hammond, at Car- diff, and sentenced to four months' hard labour. Richard Evan", concerned with this woman, was acquitted. Alfred Williams, charged with stealing a coat and muffler, the property of James Bradshaw, at Cardiff, four months' hard labour. Eliza Donovan, for stealing a purse and los.from the persen of Henry Neal, at Cardiff, four months' hard labour. Henry Banks was acquitted of a charge of receiving stolen goods, the property of Hymnn Durkee, at Cardiff. Thomas Foster, for wounding John Lampshire, at Cardiff, on tlie 25tb of March, six months' hard labour. Antonio Attrauasio, for stabbing John Burns, at Cardiff, on the 20th March, twelve months' hard labour. John Aglesby, for stealing a coat, the property of Andrew Clarke, Cardiff, twelve months' hard labour. Daniel Davies, for stealing a pair of boots at Cardiff,-three months' hard labour. William William-, for stealing a gold ring, the property of William Miles, Llanwonno, three months' hard labour. APPEAL CASE. The Great Western Railway Company v. the Parish of Llantrissar.t and the Pontypridd Assessment Committee. —Mr. Dowen, with Mr. Oliphant, was for the company and Mr. Michael, with Mr. Francis Williams, was for the resppndents. This was an appeal brought by the Great Western Railway Company against a rate made by the parish of Llantrissant in January, 18S8, on the Ely Valley Railway, a braneh of the Great Western Railway, by which the branch line was assessed at the sum of jB400, an increase of £130 on the previous nssessment. Evidence was given on both sides at great length, but the case ultimately turned on a point of law, viz., whether the parish were entitled to assess a branch line in respect to its contributory value as a feeder of the main line, and it was agreed that a case should be sfated by the Court of Quarter Sessions for the Court of Queen's Bench. The business was brought to a close this afternoon.

BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. MONDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hill.) RE. D. JAMES, Merthyr Tydvil, Grocer.—Mr. Hender- son appeared for the assignees Mr. Press for the bank- rupt. The bankrupt stated that he had given up all his books. He kept no cash book. He had been 16 or 18 years engaged in the drapery business. He had no policy of insurance of his own or wife's life. He had carried on business between 9 and 10 months. He received a copy of a writ in November—three writs were served upon him altogether on overdue acceptances. He did not order further goods after he had been served with a writ-he could not be certain that he did not have a few things. He found in November that he could not go on longer. Mr. Henderson said that the assignees had DO opposition to offer to the bankrupt's passing his last examination, but they opposed his order of discharge. They considered that a more disgraceful case as regarded reckless trading never came before the court. The bank- rupt commenced on the 1st of February, 1867, when he was £ 83 in debt. He was no novice in the drapery business, for he had been in it 14 or 16 years, and knew it practically in all its branches. He continued to trade tall the 16th of November, when he came to this court with debts amounting to £827 19s. 5d., and assets £136, in which were included £25 bad debts, leaving £111 as a net balance for distribution amongst his creditors. Hjs accounts showed a loss on stock of £ 95 8s. 5d.; he spent during his trading JS127 3s. lid. for trade expenses, and £135 19s. 7d. for private expenses, and yet he had not made one single shilling profit. As long as he could live upon his creditors he did so but when he could go On no longer he came to the court asking to be relieved from his liabilities. He (Mr. Henderson) asked His Honour to pass upon the bankrupt a severe sentence. A suspen- sion of the discharge was little or no punishment, and he asked the court to exercise the power which it had, and to punish the bankrupt for extreme recklessness. His Honour: Do you mean imprisonment 1 M r. Henderson said he did, as the only real punishment which a bank- rupt could expect for such conduct as the bankrupt had been guilty of. The assignees were actuated by no vin- dictive feeling, but simply by a sense of public duty. The deficiency amounted to upwards of £600 upon ten months' trading. Mr. Press said he had not heard what branch of the 159th section he had to meet. Mr. Hender- son said the bankrupt had brought himself within the whole section. His Honour said M*. Hondereom HAD not specified a single debt. Mr. Henderson said he relied upon every debt in the balance-sheet. (Laughter.) It was one round of contracting debts, without reasonable or probable means of payment from the commencement. The trade had been one systematic loss from beginning to end. His Honour Has he made no gross promts ? Mr. (Henderson said none whatever: and the bank- rupt mid wound up hife account by telling them that'he had lost £195 8s. 5d. on his stock. Mr. Press said that Mr. Henderson had dealt with such ex- treme generalities that he did not know what part of the case to apply himgelf to. He did not attempt to justify the bankrupt in beginning trade £83 in debt, but there was no evidence that the various houses with whom he dealt did not know his previous history. They knew that he had been an assistant for many years, and perhaps they thought, as he thought, that by reason of his great experience he would be able to carry on his business satisfactorily. But it so happened that he commenced business at the most disastrous time 1 in which business could be commenced in South Wales. His neighbours were failing in every direction, as that court must be aware, and nowhere more than at Mer- thyr, where some of the iron works had stopped. He contended that there was no evidenoe that the bankrupt had contracted, debts without a reasonable expectation of payment, and that he had not brought himself within either of the branches of the section. After a long dis- cussion, his Honour ordered the discharge to be sus- pended for twelve months, without protection. On the application of Mr. Henderson, the bankrupt was ordered to pay the costs of the former adjournment. Notice of appeal was given by Mr. Press. ■■■ RE N. JENNINGS, Swansea, Arsenic Manufacturer.— Mr. Press said that the bankrupt had been ordered to file further accounts, and the case had been adjourned from time to time to enable him to file them. It had been stated that the bankrupt was ill. Mr. Beckingham, for the bankrupt, said he felt some delicacy in asking the court to grant the bankrupt any further indulgence but he asked that an adjournment might be taken till to-morrow to enable the bankrupt to explain to the court the reason for his delay in filing his accounts. If he did not attend, or did not give a satisfactory explana- tion, he would not be able to resist an application for an adjournment sine die. The case was, after some discus- sion, adjourned till to-morrow. TUESDAY. RE N. JENNINGS, Swansea, Arsenic Manufacturer. — This case stood over from yesterday, in consequence of the non-attendance of the bankrupt. Mr. Beckingham, who had appeared for the bankrupt on former occasions, said he regretted that he was without instructions from the baukrnpt, and the bankrupt was not there to answer for himself. His Honour asked if Mr. Beckingham had telegraphed to the bankrupt the result of yesterday's sitting. Mr. Beckingham said that he had so telegraphed. Mr. James Inskip, who represented the- assignees, said that be had seen Mr. Morris, who had acted for the bank- rupt at Swansea, and had asked him the reason of the bankrupt's non-attendance at Court. Mr. Morris told him that it was not his (Mr. Morris's) fault—he had seen the bankrupt from time to time, and could not get him to do anything. The court directed a memorandum of non- surrender to be filed.

MURDERS.—Two more murders are reported. A labourer named Mallon, at Liverpool, strangled his child, three years old, with his hands. The poor boy slept with his father and mother, and the shocking deed was committed about three o'clock on Friday morning. The mother, on becoming aware of what had occurred, raised an alarm, and the neigh- hours rashed in. The wretched man afterwards attempted to cut his throat, but. the knife was not sharp enough. He said the devil bade him do it." The prisoner is said to be suffer- ing from mental weakness, the result of intemperance." In the second case and old man named Close has been killed by blows from a poker, iuflicted by a woman with whom he lived, near Darlington. COLLIERY DISTURBANCES.—The colliers on strike at Haydock, near St. Helen's, have committed several acts of violence of late. The attitude of the men became much more serious on Thursday morning. The police force, which has recently been considerabiy augmented, were patrolling the district in charge of Inspectors Binns and Tindall, when, about four o'clock, each party came upon bodies of colliers who were on the look-out for knobsticks, it having been boldly as- serted on the previous day that no men should be allowed to descend the Pewfall Colliery that, morning. After rambling about the district some time, both bodies of police and the two of colliers united, and when near Blackbrook the officers were saluted with a shower of stones. Inspector Binns, who was ill charge, then gave the order to advance, upon which their aggressors dispersed. Again they assembted at a point where a newly-macadamized road furnished them with an a'nple supply of missiles; but, after a volley or two, the charge of the police again proved. enough to scatter tbem. Several of the officers were struck with stones, and numbers of the colliers were severely belaboured with the truncheons. A meeting of county magistrates was held in the evening, and in response to their request, a company of the 7th Fusiliers, in cUarge ot Captain Beecher, reached the village, from War- rington, about half-past 2 o'clock on Friday morning. Shortly afterwards it was reported that the turnouts had assembled in force at Blackbrook. The police and military proceeded to the spot which was found to be thronged with men. A volley of heavy stones was thrown, many of the constables were struck, and Mr. Superintendent Ellison was severely hit on the right cheek. The order was given to charge. Several of the colliers were struck to the ground, and the remainder fled in all directions. This seemed to quiet the township, for there was no further disturbance there during the night, but shortly after the fisrht the news came that there was another assembly by Ashton-cross, and the whole force moved in that direction. The turnouts separated when they saw the police, and they were again dispersed when near Seneley-green, a little later iu the morning. On Friday a company of infantry were dispatched troin Warrington, and early on Friday morn- ing they accompanied a body of policemen, sent to disperse a riotous assembly of turnouts. Several battles took place between the police and the colliers, and injuries were received on both sides.

THE PRIME MINISTER ON WALES. Towards the conclusion of his great speech on the Irish Church, on Friday night, Mr. Disraeli made the following remarks regarding Wales and the Welsh Church:— If you adopt the principle of separation between Church and State in Ireland, there is no reason why you should not adopt it in Scotland. The Church of Scotland has among its communicants a minority 01 the people, alld I want to know upon what principle you can maintain the Kirk in Scotland if you do not maintain the Church in Ireland. Well, then, it is admitted that the majority not being within the pale of the Scottish Kirk, Scotland also may follow the policy of the hon. member for South Lancashire. Why stop at Scotland ? Are you prepared for the ulterior consequences of this policy? That is what I want to have thoroughly understood by the people of this couulty. Let there be, as the member for Ox- ford says, •' n clear and intelligible issue." Well, the Church falls in Ireland, it falls in Scotland, but it is never to fall in England, because the right hon. gentleman says there are millions upon millions of Churchmen in England. That is rhetoric, it is not reason. Why, the hon. member for Birming- ham, that great master of the wind of the member for South Lancashire—we have heard of "educating," why he, too, can educate-that hon. gentleman will take the census returns, and with that analysis which his shrewd intellect is so well able to regulate and control he will prove that it is a very clear case that the union between Church and State,—that union between religious authority and political principle which has humanized authority, civilized this country, and secured to you civil and religious liberty, cannot be maintained according to the statis- tical documents in his hand. Why, Sir, let us begin. The subject- is only now at its commencement. Years will elapse before it is decided. It is very easy for the right hon. gentle- man to propose resolutions, but he must, allow us to tiy, es- pecially as I was challenged on the subject to-night, that a clear issue should be put before the people of England. Here I enter England. Here I have a letter written to me by a dignitary of the Welsh Church, a proctor in convocation, one who I think must be a respectable and cultivated gentleman, because he is a friend of the I"ght hon. member for South Lancashire. He has been a great suppoitir of the right hon. gentleman at Oxford and in a county with which he is in- timately connected, and, though in a stite of great distress, he still regaids the right hon. gentleman with feelings of affection. In this communication be begs to cdl my attention to the im- mediate effects of the policy of that distinguished statesman. whom he still regards with feelings of personal affection. He begs to call my attention to a Welsh Reform meeting, held in Hone-hall, Liverpool, attended by delegates from 22 places. It is a Liberal meeting-it may 110t bea real one-and it is numerously attended. The writer of the lettt-r is a dignitary in the Welsh Church, a most respectable man, an M.A. The meeting is called in consequence of the new policy. The Chairman, Mr. Owen Williams, maintains that the Welsh have a grievance to be redressed almost as great as this of the Irish Church. "It was absolutely neces- sary," he said, that they should step aside and form a solid front. Tbey had a Church question to deal with as well as the Irish people and he did not see why Wales should be con- tented any longer to carry the burden put upon her. The Welsh had their Church question also; and it would be im- possible for" myself, Mr. Gladstone, or Mr. Blight, to settle the Irish Church question without feeling at the same time that the present state of things in Wales could no longer exist." He ends in this way:—'The Welsh has also to deal with a land question." This shows the progress of the public mind. "It was almost impossible to obtain freehold laud in Wales, where the population had doubled itself during the last SO years. He could see no justice in that state of things. He could not see why the great landowners should po-sess all the advantages effected by commerce, industry andskiil." At the c)oie of an excellent speech the chairman intimated It was pro- bable the next meeting would be addressed by the Hon. W. E. Gladstone. This was a genuine meeting of the people, a spon- taneous result of the new policy. Whether the policy is right or wrong is another question but do not let the House mis- conceive the crisis which has arrived. Well, then we come to thequeationofEngtand. I believe in, Wales there are very few benefices in which there is II majority ot Churchmen, and I ask the House on what principle can,you refuse to apply to Scotland and to Wales the same principle you are applying to Ireland ? I ask you bow can you meet the question of England ? Let not bon. members arollud, me say there are millions and millions in England who are members of the Established Church. This is not a necessary conclusion of the Census retul ns. They show that in England the majority of the people are not numbers of the Church. Well, tilen, are yon prepared to say, notwithstanding that, that the civil authority shall not be divorced trom religion ? I know very well the difficulties we have to contend with now ? I know very well what are the powers that are now, and have been for some time, meeting toother and joining to produce the conse- quences which some anticipate, and which I hope may yet be defeated. No man can have watched what has taken place in this country during the last ten years without being prepared. if he be of a thoughtful mind, for the crisis of this country. I repeat the expression I used in my letter to my Lord Dart- mouth, that the crisis of England is now fast arriving. The High Church Ritualists aud tbe Irish followers of the Pope have been I0112 in secret combination, and are now in open con- federation. It is confessed by those who attempted to prevent this combination, to mitigate the occurrence, to avoid the con- juncture which we always felt would be most dangerous to the country. They have occurred they have defied, they have destroyed the great blessing of conciliation which both parties in the State for the last quarter of a century combined to carry into effect. I am perfectly aware ol the great difficulties that we have to encounter. I know the almost superhuman power of this combination. They have their hand almost upon the realm of England. Under the guise of Liberalism, under the pretence of legislating in the spirit of the age, they are, as they think, about to seize upon the supreme authority of the realm. But this I on say. that so long as, by the favour of the Queen, I stand here, I will oppose to the utmost of my ability the attempt tlioy arp making. I believe the policy of tho right hon. gentleman who is their representative II success- ful will change the character of this country. It will deprive the subjects of Her Majesty of some of their most precious privileges, and it will dangerously touch even the tenure of the Crown.

WRECKS.—Three wool ships, believed to be the Star of Tasmania, Ecbu\lgø, and Witter Nymph, have been wrecked on the coast of New Zealand. CRUELTY TO FOWLS. A dealer named Fletcher has leen charged at the Whitchurch (Salop) Petty Sessious with shocking cruelty to a fowl. It appeared from the evidence of the Rev. John Evans, incumbent of Whixall, that on calling at tbe house of the defendant, who was one of his parishioners, he found him sitting down with a live fowl between his knees, coolly plucking the feathers off it. The fowl was quivering at every puil but on Mr. Evans remonstrating with him, Fletcher replied that he did not hurt it, and continued the process. For the defence, Fletcher said that he had at first bled the fowl by cutting its throat, which was bis ordinary- practice, but fowls would sometimes flap and struggle if they were plucked before they were cold." He called a poul- terer named Thomas Murhead, who deposed that he was in a large way of business, and that be was iu the habit of killing between 5,000 and 6,u00 fowls per week. He always plucked them in the same way as Fletcher had done. A letter was read from the Secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who had been communicated with by the magistrates and who stated that the practice of plucking the feathers from birds whi'e alive was followed with the object of making them appear plumper when sent to market. The defendant was convicted, and ordered to pay a fine of 24< or be imprisoned for fourteen days. A SAD CASE.—A very sad case has been heard before the magistrate at Worship-street Police Court, London. A little girt named Annie Baker, teu years of age, was prose- cuted for theft by her own parents, respectable people. She was charged with having stolen a gold ring from her step- mother's dressing table. Her father said he had only two children, a boy and a girl, and both had repeatedly robbed him. He had sent the girl to a boarding-school, and she had stolen money from there and then run away, and was found in a workhouse. He prosecuted her in hopes that the magis- trate woold send her to a school. His worship said he oould not blame him, and he would send the child to an Industrial School for three yeats, where her father would have to pay for her maintenance. JUSTIFICATION OF A VERDICT.—Mr. Isaac M. Gresley died on Saturday at his residence in Grove-terrace* Great Hortou-road, Bradford, at the age of 02 years. Mr. Gresley who had been well known as a commercial traveller for 30 or 40 years, was the plaintiff in an action tried at the Leeds Assizes on Saturday week against the Midland Railway Com- pany for the recovery of damages for injuries sustainel ill an accident on the company's line, at Metliley, near Leeds, In April, 1867, and obtained a verdict for £1,õOO d tlnages. He died of the injuries sustained. SUICIDE. —An inquest has been held in Kennington Park-road, London, on tbe body of Mrs. Elizabeth Rippon, ag-id 66. Deceased was found ill ber house, standing over the sink with her throat cut, and holding her nightdress as though endeavour- ing to stanch the blood. -'She was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where she expired. She had been low and dispirited for about two months, her mind appearing to be much troubled from business being bad. The jury returned a verdict that deceased destroyed herself by cutting her throat, being at the time of unsound mind." PRACTICAL JOKING.—Two or three days ago, AS two yotiug men employed at the potteries, Weston-^uper-.Mare were walking alongside the Locking Road, they met two young women riding in a donkey cart towards Weston. An old tin kettle was lying at the side of the roid, which one of the young fellows threw towards the donkey for a lark. The animal, however, took fright, and, in bolting off ran into the deep rhyne which was along the sIde ufthe road. The occupants of the vehicle, although they endeavoured to escape, shared the same fate as the donkey and cirt, the whole being immersed in seve- ral feet of water. Fortunately, assistance was near, aud tbe young women and their donkey were rescued, but at one time it was feared that the affair would terminate fatally, as it was some time before one of the girls could be brought to a state of consciousness, having been underneath the cart in the water for several minutes. INTERESTING- TO LA.DIBS.—At this season of the year, the important process of bleaching and dressing Laces and Linens tor Spring and Summer wear commences, we would therefore particularly call the attention of our fair readers to the GLBN- FIELD STAECH, au article ot primary importance in the getting up of these articles. The GLBNFIBLD STARCH IS specially manufactured for family use, and such is its excellence that it is now exclusively used in the Royal Laundry; and Her Majesty's Laundress pronounces it to be the finest Starch she ever used. Her Majesty's Lace Dresser says it is the best she has tried, and it was awarded two Prize Medals for its supe- riority. The TIIKBTFIKI-D STABCH is Sold in packets only, by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c.—A(lct, FIBBS.—The Secretary of the Sun Fire Insurance Office stated to the Commons' select committee of last session, on tires, that carelessness in using lucifer matches causes in that office a loss of £10,000 a year." Surely statements of this kind should induce the Fire Offices and the public to do everything in their power to encourage the sale of Bryant and May's Patent Safety Matches, WHICH LIGHT ONLY ON TIlE Box.-[1506. IMPORTANT TO MOTHEBS.—Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, forcliildren teething, is perfectly harmless. It pro- auces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes, "as bright as a button." It cures wind, colic, and regulates the bowels, irives rest to the mother, and health to the child. It has been thirty years in use in America, and is now gold in this country by all the principal medicine dealers at Is. lid. per Bottle.—See adtJt. AGENCIES are now being offered for the sale of Cassell's Teas and Coffees in all places not yet filled up; the reputa- tion of these Teas and Coffees has long been established, as they have beeu in extensive use for more than twenty years. Cassell's Teas and Coffees are supplied to the public through local agents, and are in great demand, being prefierred by families in all parts of the kingdom. Parties desiring the agency will learn particulars on application to CASSEIIL, SMITH aad Co., 80, Fenchurch-street, London- [1491