The Cardiff Times

CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY. (Before the MAYOR, J. PHIDE, and R. O. JONES, Esqs.) ASSAULT.—Jerry Hartnell and James Richardson were charged with assaulting P.C. Lewis, on Saturday night at twelve o'clock. The constable had taken a drunken man to the station, when the defendants in- terfered and endeavoured to rescue him. The constable said the defendants struck him, while a witness for the defence said he did not see them interfere in any way whatever. Fined 10s. each and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. WouNDiNO.—JaneFisher, a handsomely dressed unfor- tunate, was agaiu brought up on a charge of cutting the hfad of Lonzo Haines, in the Ship and Pilot, St. Mary- street, with a glass. Mr. Wilcocks defended the prisoner, and called the landlord, George Edwards, who proved that a great disturbarce bad taken place in the house. He did not see the origin of the quarrel, but he saw the defendant striking the complainant on the head with a tumbler. One month's hard labour. ASSAULT.—Robert Pennington, on a remanded charge, for assaulting Susan Walker. Complainant had a most fearful black eye, which she said was the result of a blow she had received from the defendant. Six weeks' hard labour. DISORDERLIES.—John King, charged with fighting' and causing an obstruction. Cautioned.—John Scone, on a charge of drunkenness, was fined 5s, and costs.- James Bradley and Alexander Conbonrne, masons, were charged with causing a disturbance in the Royal Oak, St. Mary-street, on Saturday night. Cautioned and dis- charged.-Francis de Jongh and John Trump, were charged with causing a disturbance in Sophia-street on Sunday morning, at three o'clock. They were running after a seaman, one being armed with a poker, and the other with a knife. Fined 5s. and costs each.—James Casey and James Evans for being drunk were each fined 5s. and costs.-William M'Mullen for a similar offence. was fined 5s. and costs.—Nicholas Walsh, also charged with drunkenness, was fined 5s. and costs.— Thomas Martin, charged with indecent conduct in Bute- street, on Saturday night, was fined 5s. and costs, Or seven days.-Harriet Bennett, on a charge of using bad language in the public streets, was sent to gaol for fourteen days. ASSAULT.—Luca Fillipich, sailor, was charged with assaulting Lorenzo Brogorieh, captain of an Austrian ship. The defendant had been a sailor OR board the complainant's ship, and having fallen into the hold, had his arm broken. When the vessel ariived in Cardiff the complainant discharged him, and as the poor fellow was refused admission to the hospital, he applied to the cap- tain for assistance. This he refused, and some words ensued. Mr. Wilcocks was for the defence, and after the Bench had heard the complainant and his witness, the Mayor said the case would be dismissed, as the com- plainant had acted in a very cruel manner towards the defendant. Ellen Leary And Caroline Morgan were charged with keeping a brothel in Whitmore-lane. Morgan was sent to prison for fourteen days, and Leary was allowed seven days to clear out of the house. TUESDAY. (Before the MAYOR, Dr. VACHELL, GEO. BIRD, and J. PRIDE, Esqrs.) DANGEROUS CONDUCT. William Rogers, sailor, was charged with threatening to strike P.C. Biss with a sling shot. There was a row in Bute-street among a number of sailors on Saturday night, and the constable endeavoured to disperse them. While so engaged, the defendant pulled from his pocket a sling shot and threatened to split open his skull. The man, in the custody of the constable, in consequence of defendant's interference, made his escape. The deadly instrument was produced in court, and was such as is used by burglars and other notorious characters. Defendant calied a ship- mate, and the captain of the vessel in which he was shipped, both of whom gave him an excellent character. Fined 10s and costs, or fourteen days. SUSPICIOus.-Carle Johnson was charged on suspicion of stealing sailor's clothes. Sergeant Cambridge found him on the Newport road, between twelve and one o'clock, on Tuesday morning, but there was no evidence that he had stolen the articles, and was discharged. ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Jeremiah Sullivan, John Douglas, and William Carrel, were charged with assault- ing the police. The defendant Douglas struck a black man in Bute-road about twelve o'clock on Monday night, and caused a disturbance. P.C. Bines took him into custody, and then Carre] interfered and struck and kicked the constable. Mr. Evans, of the Rothsay Castle, gave the police assistance, when Dooglas interfered and drew a knife which he threatened to use against P.C. James, who had also come to the rescue. The whole of the defendants became very violent, and great difficulty was experienced in getting them to the station. They were each fined 50s. and costs. Mr. Evans said since the closing of the dancing houses Bute-road and Bute-street had becpme perfectly unsafe in consequence of the num- ber of drunken sailors who were constantly causing disturbances at an early hour in the morning. He asked the magistrates to order more policemen on duty, in order to protect the inhabitants. The Mayor desired Mr. Stockdale to see what cluld be done. ANOTHER ASSAULT UPON THE POLICE.-A-The- ophilus Jones was charged with assaulting P.C. SSlby'on Thursday week. He and his brother had committed the assault which was reported last week. The defend. ant had been repeatedly convicted of assaulting the police, and was fined zC3 and costs, or one month with hard labour. WEDNESDAY. (Before R O. JONES and Dr. VACHELL.) BEERHOUSE CASE. W. Headford, of the Ocean Wave, Christina-street, was charged with selling beer at illegal hours on Sunday night last, and was fined 5s; and 7s. Gd. costs. STEALING COAL.-Morgan Francis, a young boat- man, was charged with stealing coal from a boat on the canal, the property of the Lletty Shenkin Company, and was committed to the quarter sessisns. V AGRANCY.-Lewis Stradling, a vagrant, was charged with wilfully destroying the Union clothing. After re- ceiving a reprimand he was discharged. THURSDAY. (Before the MAYOR and JAMES PRIDE, Esq ) ASSAULT.—WiDiam John was charged with assault- ing Thomas Arthur. The parties were drinking in the Packet tavern, and defendant being rather tipsy, he was advised to go home by complainant, when he turned round and struck Arthur in the eye. Fined 10s. and costs, or fourteen days' hard labour. DISORDERLY.—Rosina Satter was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Bute-street, on Wednesday night, and as it was her first offence she was cautioned. STEALING PIGEONS.—James Giles, a youth was charged with stealing pigeons the property of Thomas Colburn. Complainant said he kept a store in Maria- street, ind had fourteen pigeons. He left them all right on Wednesday night, and locked up the premises, but had occasion to return in about half an hour, and saw the prisoner and four other boys come out. On seeing witness they ran away, and dropped four pigeons in their flight. Six pigeons were missing, and the lock had been picked by a false key. Mary Ann White said on Sunday after- noon she saw the prisoner and another boy at the door, of Mi-. Colborn's stores. They attempted to pick the lock, but were disturbed by some one who was pass- ing. It was about four o'clock, and witness lived in a house opposite. She .could not say how the prisoner was dressed, but she knew him previous to the occurrence. P.C. 21 said the prisoner was in bed when lie apprehended him on Wednesday night. For the de- fence, William Lloyd, of Peel-street, remembered seeing prisoner coming home on Wednesday night. He washed himself, and witness was quite positive he did not go out that night, but went to bed about eight o'clock. Pri- soner was witness's bed-fellow. John Rodgeman, ano- ther man living in the same house, was also positive that prisoner did not leave.the house during the evening. Two other witnesses spoke to seeing the prisoner come home about six o'clock. Mrs. Giles said her son complained of being tired when he came home at six o'clock, and took off his shoes directly after. On Sunday he was at school, and brought home the usual ticket. The Bench said as there was a doubt as to the prisoner's identity, he would be discharged. DRUNKENNESS.—John Russell, for drunkenness, was fined 5s. and costs. Thomas Winters was similarly charged, and ordered to pay 5s. ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY—Francis Ma- honey and John Henry were charged with attempting to rob Charles Thompson, mate of the Susan Rowlands. Complainant said he was in Tyndal-street about eleven o'clock on Thursday night, when the two prisoners asked him for some money. He said he had none, when Ma- honey struck him a blow in the eye. Witness attempted to escape, and Mahoney caught hold of his watch guard, and endeavoured to take the watch. Thomas Larkin corroborated prosecutor's statement, and said he was struck by Henry twice. P.C. Pearce heard cries of "police," and on proceeding to the spot, found the two prisoners struggling with the previous witnesses. Some one whistled, and they ran away. He afterwards saw Mahoney ne&r Bute bridge, and found a sling shot near where he stood. Sentenced to two months' imprison- ment each. DRUNKENNESS. George and Charles Smart were fined 5s. each, for drunkenness in Bute-road, on Wed- nesday night. MORE MONEY THAN WIT.-Mary Ann Welsh was charged with stealing a purse containing money from the person of Patrick Hayes. Prosecutor said he was mate of the ship Henry, and was at the Freemason's Hotel, on Wednesday. He gave some beer to theprisener, and during the time he was there he felt her hand in his pocket, and afterwards missed his purse, containing two half-sovereigns and some papers. By Mr. Wilcocks Stood some beer for about half a dozen persons, and there was a number of girls around him at the time. Discharged. DESERTING.—Thomas Lewis, for deserting from the Royal Glamorgan Militia, was handed over to the ser- geant, as prisoner was in gaol at the time the desertion was said to have occurred.

On Friday a sad accident occurred at Pagets-croft Colliery, near Bilstcn. Early in the morning, as three men were descending the shaft in a ship, the rope broke, and the skip descended with violent con- cu»sioi>; Two of the men were killed on the spot, their bodies being frightfully mutilated the other died soon afterwards. They have left large families. The cause of the occurrence is not known.

LATEST NEWS. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the absence of the Queen, read the following SPEECH. My LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, Her Majesty commands me to inform you that since you were last assembled she has declared her consent to a marriage between H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, daughter of Prince Christian of Denmark, and her Majesty has concluded thereupon a treaty with the King of Denmark, which, will be laid before you. The constant proofs which her Majesty has received of your attachment to her person and family persuade her that you will participate in her sentiments on an event so interesting to her Majesty, and which, with the blessing of God, will, she trusts, prove so con- clusive to the happiness of her family and to the welfare of her people. Her Majesty doubts not that you will enable her to make provision for such an establishment as you may think suitable to the rank and dignity of the heir apparent to the Crown of these realms. A revolution having taken place in Greece, by which the throne of that kingdom has become vacant, the Greeks have expressed the strongest desire that her Ma- jesty's son Prince Alfred should accept the Greek Crown. This unsolicited and spontaneous manifestation of goodwill towards her Majesty and her family, and of a due appreciation of the benefits conferred by the principle and practice of the British constitution, cannot fail to be highly gratifying, and has been deeply felt by her Ma- jesty. But the diplomatic engagements of her Majesty's Crown, together with other weighty considerations, have prevented her Majesty from yielding to this general wish of the Greek nation. Her Majesty trusts, however, that the same principles of choice which led the Greek nation to direct their thoughts in the first instance towards his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, may guide them to the selection of a sovereign under whose sway the king- dom of Greece may enjoy the blessings of eternal pro- sperity, and of peaceful relations with other states, and if, in such a state of things, the republic of the Seven Islands should declare a deliberate wish to be united with the kingdom of Greece, her Majesty would be pre- pared to take such steps as may be necessary for a re- vision of the treaty of November, 1815, by which that republic was reconstituted, and was placed under the protection of the British Crown. Her Majesty's relations with foreign powers continue to be friendly. Her Majesty has abstained from taking any step with a view to induce a cessation of the conflict between the contending parties in the North American states, because it has not yet seemed to her Majesty that any such overtures could be tendeied with a probability of success. Her Majesty has viewed with the deepest concern the desolating warfare which still rages in those regions, and she has witnessed with heartfelt grief the severe distress and suffering which that war has inflicted on a large class of her Majesty's subjects, but which have been borne by them with noble fortitude and ex- emplary resignation. It is some consolation to her Ma- jesty to be led to hope that this suffering and this dis- tress are rather diminishing than increasing, and that some revival is beginning to take place in the manufac- turing districts. It has been most gratifying to her Ma- jesty to witness the abundant generosity with which all classes of her subjects in all parts of her empire have con- tributed to relieve the wants of their suffering country- men, and the liberality with which her Majesty's colo- nial subjects have given their aid has proved that although their dwelling places are far away their hearts are still warm with unabated affection for the land of their fathers. The Relit-f Commissioners have superin- tended with constant and laborious attention the distri- bution of the funds entrusted to their charge. Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she has concluded with the King of the Belgians a treaty of commerce and navigation, and a convention respecting joint stock companies. That treaty and that convention will be laid before you. Her Majesty has likewise given directions that there shall be laid before you papers relating to the affairs of Italy, of Greece, and of Denmark; and that papers shall also be laid before you relating to occurrences which have lately taken place in Japan. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,— Her Majesty has directed that the estimates for the ensuing year shall be laid before you. They have been prepared with due regard to economy, and will pro- vide for such reductions of expenditure as have appeared to be consistent with a proper efficiency of the public service. My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,— We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that notwithstanding the continuance of the civil war in North America, the general commerce during the past year has not sensibly diminished. The treaty of com- merce which her Majesty concluded with the Emperor of the French has already been productive of results highly advantageous to both nations to which it applies, and the general state of the revenue, notwithstanding many unfavourable circumstances, has not been unsatisfactory Her Majesty trusts that these results may be taken as proofs that the productive resources of the country are unimpeached. It has been gratifying to her Majesty to observe the spirit of order which happily prevails throughout her dominions, and which is so essential an element in the well-being and prosperity of nations. Various measures of public usefulness and improvement will be submitted fbr your consideration, and her Majesty prays that in all your deliberations the blessing of Almighty God may guide your councils to the promotion of the welfare of her people.

OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Ere these lines are in the hands of your readers the Lord Chancellor will have read the Queen's speech, and the Parliamentary Session of 1863 will have been opened. An attempt to anticipate the topics-of the Royal Speech would therefore be worse than useless, though it would be no difficult task to furnish you with some of the set" phraseology. We shall probably have to wait but a short time for indications of the storm which is to arise at the bidding of Mr. Cobden, and this may in its results prove to be the great event of the Session. Will the inaus- picious union between the Conservatives and the Ultra-Liberals be indeed consummated, or is there yet time to forbid the banns ? The gossip of the clubs rather favours the notion that all party struggles will be deferred until after the marriage of the Prince of Wales, though it would geem more prudent for the threatened coalition to join issue on the question of the national ex- penditure. Mr. Disraeli knows the value of biding his time, although some of his more eager followers have been twitting him with his ex- cessive caution ever since the overthrow of the last Derby Administration. But of Mr. Cobden we are by no means so sure. Like most of the adherents of the Peace Party he is always eager for the fray, and I can hardly doubt that he is already girding up his loins for the great faction fight. The death of that patriarchal Whig the Mar- p 0 quis of Lansdowne, is an event of which the public have heard with concern, though no poli- tical consequences are involved. In the fulness of years and honours he has been taken away, leaving behind him a name which the Liberal party at least will not willingly let die. Thus much we may concede without endorsing the estimate of the deceased nobleman's character which is given in the elaborated biography pub- lished in The limes. With due deference to the writer of that notice I venture to affirm that the late Marquis was pre-eminently a party" man. From his first appearence in the House of Com- mons in the days of the Heaven born Minister to the close of his career, he was engaged in all the struggles of the political party to which he had attached himself, and whose fortuoes whether for good or for ill lie partook with rare though commendable consistency. Although Lord Lansdowne lived through his political animosities, it is undeniable that there was a time, and that not many years ago, when his name was received with no special favour beyond the circle of Whig politicians. Nor is it alto- gether true that he has ever attained to what it would hardly be a misnomer to term the judical pre-eminence of the late Duke of Wellington. As an adviser of the Crown the statesman who has just been removed from us doubtless had his due share of influence, but the assertion that he occupied exactly the position held in his later years by the Great Duke is, I suspect, rather a gratuitous one. If Sir Cresswell Cresswell were to say in his haste all men are liars," it could hardly I think astonish anybody. So huge an amount of false swearing has perhaps never before been heaped np in a Court of Law as that which lives in the records of the Probate and Divorce Court. A petition for a judicial separation which has just been heard is remarkable even among Divorce Court caues. More false swearing on one side or the other has perhaps never been listened to by a judge than in the matter of Cooke v. Cooke. Of the truth of some of the allegations made by Mrs. Cooke in her endeavour to establish the charge of cruelty against her husband we may not unreasonably entertain doubts, but the -1 Reverend respondent is assuredly no honour to the Church. When the son of Vice-Chancellor Bruce, some years ago, in a fit of indignation smashed one of the windows in that den of immoral wolves, Holy- well-street, there was an outcry as to the liberty of the subject, but there was also a large amount of indignant denunciation of the horrid trades carried on in that pestilental locality. From all I can hear, the street, notwithstanding the efforts of the society for the suppression of vice, is as bad as ever, and it is a thousand pities we have no law that can reach the infamous traders in immoral pictures and publications. But im- morality is not confined to that street. Many shops are now filled with valentines of the most grossly indecent character. They are openly sold to boys and others calling themselves young 11 13 men (?)" and will be sent by hundreds to pollute the minds of the other sex. Why is this allowed ? We have too much liberty in this sort of thing. I wish some member of Parliament would bring in a bill upon the subject. Depend upon it, a well- considered bill which would make the prosecu- tion of dealers in this immoral refuse, easy, would have the support of the house and the public. The liberty of the press is one tiling; the license to pollute the minds of the young, and to outrage public decency is another. A bill to make the sale of such horrid bestiality as that which is new openly paraded is a want of the age. I have taken some pains to ascertain the opinion of publicans as to the propriety of closing public houses on Sunday and I am rather sur- prised to find how many would be favourable to compulsory closing of the public-houses altogether on that day, or at least with the exception of say from one till three and from eight till ten, a large number would be delighted if the law prohibited the opening of public-houses on any part of that day. The wish may not arise from a religious feeling. I do not say it would, but it rather arises from a desire for freedom—freedom to go to church, or to a friend, to the country, or for a drive, as they may think proper. Publicans as a I class are well to do, and they like a little cessa- tion from labour, and a little ride into the coun- try, or a drive with a friend, &c. This may not be a very high motive, but 1 think we may take ad- vantage of it and benefit the general public by a stricter closing of public-houses than is now the case. I have found the same feeling exist even more strongly among newsvenders (who now do a good trade on the Sunday) and among othsr tradesmen who are slaves to competition. One cannot close his shop because another will not, but neither would consider it a hardship if both were compelled to close. If even we have ano- ther such a Sunday trading bill as that proposed by Lord Chelmsford, which prevented coster- mongering and trading except at certain hours, I think it highly probable that it would pass. The objection that the bill legalized trading at certain hours because it forbade it at others, always seemed to me-religiously viewed-as one of the most extraordinary arguments that could be used, considering that the bill undoubtedly lessened a. great and crying evil. I hear nothing to lead to the belief that such a bill will be intro- duced during the ensuing session, but in the in- terest of the public I sincerely hope that some such measure may be introduced. In not one of the numerous country towns that I have ever visited is Sunday trading carried on to anything like the extent that it is in London. Our poor tradesmen and our mechanics are the veriest slaves to this freedom run mad. More "apropos" of art and literature is the fact of the creation of a new club to be called the Greco. Existing clubs are too exclusive, too select, say the originators of the^ new scheme. None but men of reputation can get into the Athenceum, and we are told that the fact of being on the stage rather tells against a man's en- trance to the Garrick. Men of humble ability are promised admission to the Greco, and it will certaintly be a novelty if three hundred men can be found who will ever submit to the insin- uation that their abilities are humble. However, the new scheme has my best wishes. ) Tennyson's new poems are said to be in the press. "Boadicea" is the reported title of one, and Enoch the Fisherman that of the other. The former has, I understand, been in the hands of the laureate for a very long time, and is to be something unusually good and in an unusual metre. Mr. Tennyson has adhered too long to one style of metre and a change will be vastly welcomed. The most remarkable book is Professor Haxley's lectures on Darwin's famous work. It is tolerably well known by this time that Professor Haxley holds the notion that man is a descendant of the ape and that he obtained superiority by matural selection," succeeding, that is, in what Darwin calls the struggle for existence." I have read the lectures with an amount of pleasure which I have not experienced for a long time and heartily recommend them to all lovers of this new theory. Another work worth perusal is a translation of Robert Heudin's The sharper detected and exposed," in which is to be found a vivid description of the Greeks or cardsharpers of Paris and the contiuent, to which is appended a "technical" part in expla- nation of the various tricks practised by these skilful swindlers. A run down paragraph in the Art Journal in reference to Mr. Frith's engage- ment to paint the Prince of Wales's marriage has called forth a vindication or rather explanation from that gentleman, who says that his terms were in the first instance accepted by her Majesty and that the engagement has not been 10 cancelled.

CANTON. WESLEYAN MISSIONS. Last Monday evening the usual public meeting in aid of the above missions was held in the Wesleyan chapel. The Rev. R. Rees conducted the devotional services, and moved that Mr. J. Herne should pre- side, which was received by the meeting with ap- plause. The CHAIRMAN said it was a painful duty for him to preside over the meeting. He had cherished the hope that some one else would have been prevailed upon to have performed that duty, but there had been so many things to occupy the attention of friends at Cardiff lately, that they were left to do the best they could for themselves. He had no speech to make, but his heart was in the work of missions. The cause lay near his heart, and he rejoiced to know they were making progress in missionary operations. The Rev. T. Jackson, of London, had recently said in a speech that he eould remember the time when the Rev. Dr. Coke was the only col- lector for the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Now they had many collectors, and it was encouraging to know that last year the income of the society was £ 137,000. He (the chairman) thought they ought to make it £ 150,000 this year. He was sorry they bad been disappointed in the speakers whom they expected, but he was glad to see their friend the Rev. J. Bailey in their midst. It showed a good spirit—a more catholic spirit was spreading in the churches. The divisions of the christian church, like streams, may be of service now, but soon they would all be lo-t in the ocean of God's love. The Rev. W. VERCOE read the report, which showed an account of monies received in 1801, during which year the Cardiff circuit had raised £ 347 8s. 3d., towards whidli Canton contributed £ 16 9s. lOd. There were 565 central stations, 4,309 preachers, 849,000 members, with 1025 cate- cbists. The Rev. R. RFES rose to address the meeting. He said he was glad to see Mr. Herne in the chair. He always liked to see outposts occupied by local agencies. If they were christians they would be cheered by the progress the gospel was making in the earth. This was an empire where Satan bad usurped dominion and enslaved the hearts of men, but glad was he to see the triumphs of the gospel on every hand. Their happiness was bound up in the spread of the gospel; if they wanted to purify and expand the heart of man they must send him the gospel. To extend the empire of truth was the highest charity—a charity exhibited in the life of Christ. To communicate the religion of Jesus was the truest charity, and feeling this, woe unto them if they preached not the gospel to the whole earth. The rev. gentleman then gave a beautiful descrip- tion of the progress of the gospel in various parts of the earth, and concluded a most interesting addres3 amidst loud applause. The Rev. J. Bailey, Mr. S. P. Kernick, and the Rev. W. Vercoe having severally addressed the meet- ing, a collectien was made, and the meeting separated about nine o'clock.

MERTHYR. ONE MOUE UNFORTUNATE.—Mary Ann Kelly, a town girl, was brought before the bench on Wednes- day, charged with stealing a turn-over from Harris Isaaes. She had only returned from gaol a few days before, and, it would seem, having been afflicted with disease when she went in, and not having been cured when she came out, was anxious to go back to gaol! This wretched girl was only seventeen years of age, and presented, one of the saddest pictures it is possible to imagine. Young in years, old in vice; demoralized; diseased a bundle of filth-a thing fit only to wallow in the mire. Want, vicious in- clination, tempation, social evils ^ause the greatest possible of contrasts. This was perceptible by a glance at the dock. Her wish was granted, and she was committed to Cardiff. MERTHYR UNMN.—The board met as usual on Saturday last, G. T. Clark, Esq., ia the chair. The sc hoolmaster of the union tendered his resignation, nn ) this was accepted. The schoolmistress applied for a certificate of character. The board then pro- ceeded to the election of a surgeon for the union, and, on inquiry, it appeared that only one candidate had applied—F. Allday, Esq. That gentleman was accordingly appointed. On the motion of Mr. Rosser, the board agreed to pay for the medicine used, instead of allowing X20 per annum as hereto- fore. BURGLARY.—The burglars who have of late showed by occasional attempts that they have taken up their residence here, burglariously entered the shop of Mr. Wilkins, grocer, Plymouth, on Wednesday, and stole about £ 49 in cash. The entrance is said to have been made from the back premises, and ap- pears to have been skilfully conducted. ACCIDENT.—A workman, a pit carpenter, jumping from the Cwmbargoed incline trams on Wednesday, fell, and sustained a fracture of one of his legs. These frequent accidents on inclines should lead to greater care. FATAL ACCIDENT.-A collier was killed on the Dowtais incline on Wednesday, the same day as the other accident happened. He came up to the start- ing place just too late- for the carriages, and ran after them, but on attempting to get on fell, and two carriages passed over him, causing such injuries that death ensued the same day. THE LATE SAD ACCIDENT.—The funeral of Miss Daniel, who was unfortunately scalded to death last week, took place on Monday, at St. David's Ceme- tery, and was private, and was very respectably conducted. This accident makes the third, all ending fatally, which has ensued from scalding within the last fortnight. SAMBO AGAIN.—Jefferson Davies's coachman gave his experiences of nigger life, and detailed the account of his escape from Niggerdom to Freedom, at the Temperance-ball, on Wednesday evening. Mr. W. Gould accepted the chair, and as the admis- sion was free, the hall was crowded, a great many of the audience being very noisy boys. The escaped slave pleased his audience very much, and showed himself to be a shrewd and sharp fellow.

TONGWYNLAIS. EXTRAORDINARY CURE.—A young woman of the name of Mary George, living at Tougwynlais, has been for the last eleven years suffering from dropsy. The disease had latterly caused such an unnatural distension, as to attract the attention of all who met her. Several medical meu pronounced her case in- curable, end her application to an iufirmary had been rejected on the ground that her condition was hope- less. At last she submitted to an operation, on the 4th December last, which was most skilfully per- formed by Dr. Llewellyn of Caerphilly, assisted by Dr. Richards, to whom she wishes publicly to return her grateful thanks for a treatment that has restored her to as good health and shape as ever she enjoyed. Thirty-two quarts of water were taken from her dur- ing the operation. j

THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. The marriage of the Prince of Wales with Princess Alexandra of Denmark will take place upon Tuesday, March 10. By her Majesty's command the cere- mony will be performed in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in which chapel the Prince of Wales was christened, and by which arrangement the Queen will be enabled to be present in private, which could not, under existing circumstances, have been the case at the Chapel Royal in London. Upon the 7th March the Princess Alexandra will arrive in England, and upon her arrival at the Bricklayers' Arms station will drive, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and the members of her family who come to England with her, and attended by her suite, through the City and west end of London to the Paddington terminus, on her way to Windsor. The arrangements will be much the same as on the occa. sion when the Princess Royal left England after her marriage. The marriage of the Prince of Wales will be cele- brated at Eton by a fat sheep being roasted whole in The Brocas." The sheep is the gift of Mr. Thomas Hughes, of Eton. 200 children, between the ages of eight and twelve years, will be regaled in a tent on the ground. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 3, Evening.-In conse- quence of the insurrection it has been resolved to inerease the force of cavalry stationed in the king- dom of Poland. It is stated in official quarters that the regiments who were to be transferred next spring to Poland are about to be despatched for the present to Wilna. Two regiments of Cossacks have set out to-day for Poland, and will be followed next week by two regiments of Uhlans and a battery of artillery. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 4.—Aide de-camp Nostiz, with the force under his command, was attacked last Sunday night near Biala by several bands of insur- gents. The conflict lasted two hours, when the in- surgents retreated to Janow, carrying with them I forty-two killed and wounded. General Likhatscbe, with a division of Hussars, coming from Wilna, attacked a body of Polish insurgents, inflicting upon them a loss of twenty killed, and taking four pri- soners. Another insurgent band has crossed the river Nieman, and appeared in the di tiict of Troki. BERLIN, Feb. 4.-Letters received here from War- saw announce that the insurgents occupy and are fortifying Lypa, on the Polish and Lithuanian frontier. They have occupied the railway station at that town, and used the materials of the workshops attached to the station in .constructing their forti- I fications. Siege trains have been despatched against Lypa. THORN, Feb. ±.—On Sunday evening 800 insur- gents entered the important manufacturing town of Lods, in the province of Masovie, took from the branch establishment of the bank 18,000 roubles, and from the post office 31,000 roubles. They also ordered a conscription to recruit their own forces. Private property was respected. All the public functionaries lied from the town. POSEN, Feb. 4.—The journals of this city state that the conscripts confined to the citadel of Warsaw refuse to take the oath of allegiance. WARSAW, Feb. 2, evening.-The main body of the insurgents is said to be stationed near Augustowo, and under the command of Jelinkiewiez, late a colo- nel in the army of Garibaldi. A second division, commanded by Count Iyskiewiez, is taking up posi- tions near Kawa, on the river Rawka, in the district of Warsaw. The third division of the insurgents, commanded by Frankowski in tho district, is posted in the district of Lublin. The iusurgents muster strong in the district of Radomsk. The communi- cation between these districts is interrupted. It appears that the most numerous and best organised bands, and those which give the Russian troops most trouble, are in the vicinity of the town of Wouchotzk. They amount to about 3,000 per- sons, and are described as resolute and well armed. This force has been furnished by the inhabitants of the two towns of Schildolowice and Bodzentyn, and by the workmen of the numerous mines which exist in the country. It is commanded by an officer of artillery, M. Langiewitch. Another band, equally well organised and armed, is on the Vistula, in the neighbourhood of the town of Casimir. It consists of about 2,000 men. Besides these there are 20 ether bands, Ie,s numerous, but composed of energe- tic men. A Warsaw porrespondent of the Nord declares that the conscription hastened the present, insurrec- tion, but did not cause it. A rising had been for a long time determined on, and it was the knowledge of this fact which induced the Russian government to direct the conscription principaily against the most turbulent" of the town population. In Paris the belief seems to prevail that the insurrection is assuming a completely national character. The Temps says that, instead of terminating, it seems every day to assume larger proportions, and that its main body is estimated at 6,000 men. The Siecle openly invokes the sympathy of France in favour of the movement. It says that the Italian question was eluded for a long time, but that it was solved at last, and that it will be the same with the Polish question. It calls upon the Poles to take courage, as although diplomacy may be against them, reason is in their favour, and that, therefore, they must ulti- mately triumph.

THE THRONE OF GREECE. GOTHA, Feb. 4.—The Coburger Zeiturig of to-day gives an official confirmation to the news that the Duke of Saxe Coburg has definitively declined to become a candidate for the throne of Greece, and announces that his highness will himself make public a full account of the negotations which prece- ded this refusal. ATHENS, Feb. 4.-Th,e National Assembly has unanimously passed resolutions decreeing the throne to have been forfeited by Othio, his Queen and dynasty, and to have become vacant. The National Assembly also declared Prince Alfred to have been elected King of the Greeks by 230,000 votes.

The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week. CARDIFF LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH Yesterday the monthly meeting was held, the Mayor in the chair. Aldermen Alexander, David, and Pride, and Coucillors Winstone, Whiffen, Bowen, Jones Jenkins, Thomas, Mason, Grierson and H. Bird were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. PROPOSED ALTERATION OF TIME OF MEETING. The MAYOR suggested that Friday was a somewhat inconvenient day for the meetings of the board, and he gave notice that at the next meeting he would move that the day of meeting be altered to the last Tuesday in the month. Several members thought the present day answered very well, and it was said the matter had better be left over till next annual meeting. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. Gentlemen,—I beg to report to you that the south-end of Barrack-lane has not been pitched and paved, and requires to be done, and I would recommend you to give the requisite notices. No paving has ever been laid on the south-side of Tredegar-street, between Rodney and Ruperra-streets, and a curb and paving on the foot- path is much required. A paved footpath is also required in the frontage of a coal yard in Bute-terrace, Mary Ann- street. I have arranged with the Glamorganshire Canal Company to pay half the cost of lighting two lamps over their Old Sea Lock. An additional lamp is much required on the west-side of the Canal between the lock and the south-end of Harrowby-street. A lamp is required at the north-west coroner of Dudley-street, Bute Docks. I beg to draw your attention to the new reflecting lamps fixed at the Saving's Bank and in Bute.road, as an experiment in that modeof lighting. I do notoee any advantage in these lamps over those in ordinary use, as regards the diffusion of light, and as they are of much more costly construction, I would recommend you to continue yet the old style of lamps. The carriage way and footpaths of Park-place from Crockherbtown to the northernmost house have not been flagged, pitched, or macadamised to your satis- faction, and require to be done." An order was made to advertise for tenders for fifty new street lamps, and the surveyor and members gene- rally said the new reflector lamps, two'of which had been obtained by way of experiment, were not so useful as the ordioaryl,imps. They gave a good light round the post, but not a diffused light. There was a conversation as to the desirability of having the bridge in Park-place widened, and it was re- solved that the clerk write to the Bute Trustees on the subject, representing that the board were about to repair the road and lay down pavement, and urging that the bridge be widened at the same time, as it was most incon- veniently narrow. The report generally was adopted. RATING FOR PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS. The MAYOR said he was recently in the Court of Queen's Bench, when an important question was argued as to the repayment of money for private improvements. It was a case submitted by the Newport Local Board of Health, and the facts were these-one of the railways ran along a public street, from which the railway was iso- lated, having no .approach from that street. On the opposite side were very extensive warehouses, built by Messrs. Powell and Son. The mayor and magistrates of Newport made an order upon Messrs. Powell for the payment of the whole cost of the private improvement extending the length of their frontage, so that in fact the owners of houses had to pay the whole expense so far as their boundary went. Messrs. Powell appealed to the quarter sessions against that decision, and it was reversed. The case was then taken to the Court of Queen's Bench, and it was argued by counsel for Messrs. Powell that they were liable for only half the expenses, to the middle of the street. The railway company said they were not liable to contribute at all, as they derived no benefit. The Court, however, would not hear anything of that. The railway did derive benefit by having good roads to their station, and they were as much bound to contribute their proportion as the occupiers of the houses them- selves. He thought this decision might be of consider- able importance to this board. The Clerk said the practice of this board had been in accordance with the decision referred to by the Mayor. This board had always charged the owners of property, whether there was a blank wall or occupied property. But there was a collateral issue raised by the judges, which was not in accordance with the practice of this board, nor did he think it was in accordance with the law.. The main point was evidently whether the com- pany should be rated or not. The Act prescribed that owners of property should be called upon to pitch, pave, and macadamise up to the middle of the street. That was a duty laid upon owners of property, and in their default the work might be done by the local board, who had the power to recover the cost according to the front- age occupied by each owner. The Court took the word frontage" without any regard to the depth. It was quite clear, in his opinion, that the Act intended the cost to be borne amongst the owners, and that the expense was regulated by the frontage and according to the depth. Mr. MASON said he wished to call attention to the footpath on the east side of Bute-road. An order was made to asphalte that path. He thought asphalting was proved inefficient. It was quite clear the Taff Vale Railway Company were not legally liable to pay the cost of that private improvement, but he thought they were morally liable, and he did not see why they should not be applied to for the payment of half the cost of paving that footpath. Sometime ago application was made to the Buie Trustees, who very handsomely paved alongside a dead-wall on the western side of Bute-road. The owners of house property on the west side had paved and laid the kerbstone, and therefore it was only fijir and reasonable that application should be made to the Taff Vale Railway Company to pay half the cost of paving on the east side. Then as to the piece of ground in front of Mr. Pearson's property. That had been asphalted, but it was utterly worthless; and he suggested that application be made to Mr. Pearson to pay half the cost of paving that path. The Surveyor said the contractor would have to relay the asphalte in front of Mr. Pearson's property at his own cost. The understanding was that Mr. Pearson should lay down paving when he built upon the ground. An order was made that the clerk write in accordance with Mr. Mason's suggestions. PROPERTY COMMITTEE'S REPORT. The first thing recommended by the committee was that the portion of St. Mary-street and High-streit now pitched be levelled and macadamised. There was some coversation on this matter, and it was agreed to carry out the recommendation, but not before the footpaths in High-street were made the proper width. The cab-stand in St. Mary-street will be pitched when the improvement is effected. An order was made, in accordance with the committee's recommendation, to take the necessary steps for obtain. ing possession of Mr. Ridd's property in Bridge-street. THE LIME NUISANCE. Mr. JENKINS again complained of the intolerable nuisance caused by the Taff Vale Railway Company at their lime depot. In this case also an order was made to take the neces- sary legal measures for abating the nuisance. WHO OUGHT TO LIGHT THE WEST DOCK? Mr. WINSTONE said he wished to bring fcrIVard a question of vital importance. He saw in the newspapers last week—and that was not the first nor the second time that he had noticed the fact-that there were two inquests upon the bodies of men who had been drowned because there was no light in the West Bute Dock. It was for the board to know who ought to light that dock. It was not a question of saving a small sum of money, for the life of one man must be of greater importance to himself and family than any amount of money which the lighting might cost. It reflected great disgrace upon some one that this should be suffered so long. It was very clear that this board had acted inconsistently in the matter. It at one time agreed to light the dock, and then, probably from the circumstance of receiving the information that all other docks were lighted by the companies to which they belonged, this board ceased to light as be- fore. He would rather the board had persisted in the consistency than that a number of lives should be sacri- ficed. If the Bute Trustees were bound to light the dock, it was a dereliction of duty on their part not to do it. This board was receiving a large sum of money from the dock and the adjacent property, and he thought it was a duty which the board owed to humanity to light the dock. He felt it incumbent upon him to make this statement, and lie considered it was [the duty of the people of this town, who received so largely from the dock, to see that the lights were put there, that lives might be saved. Some gentlemen might say that the Bute Docks had a right to be lit by their owner as railway stations and graving docks were lit by their owners, He could not see any anomaly betweea graving docks and railway stations and the Bute Docks. The former were lit only certain times, when business re- quired, but the Bute Docks were only partly occupied by their proprietors. On the dock premises were corn stores, and various other places of business, all of which paid very largely towards the rates. Some of those busi- nesses were carried on as much by night as bv day, and the persons engaged had to grope their way by the aid of lanterns. The town would have had to bear an enor- mous tax if there had not been those large properties to assist. It was as much the duty of the board to light the dock as the North-road. If it was not the board's duty to light the dock, then it ought to ascertain whose duty it was, and act accordingly. The Clerk said this question had been maturely and deliberately considered. Originally the board did not light the docks, but from motives such as those which Mr. Winstone had expressed it did light them, although in opposition to his (the clerk's) advice. Afterwards the various dock proprieters in the kingdom were communi- cated with, and it was found that in all cases the pro- prietors lit their own docks, and only in those cases where docks belonged to corporations did the corpora- tion light them. Mr. Winstone had forgotten one im- portant difference between the North-road and the Bute Docks, the former is a public highway and the latter private property. The argument that light was for the protection of life and property would also apply to a police force; and if one were provided by the Bute Trustees, why not the other ? There was some further discussion, which ended in Mr. Winstone giving notice of motion for next meeting. The proceedings then terminated. COLLISION IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. A serious collision took place in the Channel da- ring the gale on Thursday, the particulars of which have just come to hand through a reliable source. Shortly after five o'clock in the morning, the schooner Ceres, of Truro, from Lydney. with coal, was run into by the brigantine Thomas, of Cork, about eight miles below Na-h Point. There was a heavy gale blowing from the W.S.W. the Ceres lying to at the time with her starboard tack on board, while the bri. gantine was on her port tack, reaching to the N.W. The collision was very severe, the Ceres having her masts, bowsprit, and jibboom carried away, and the Thomas losing her mainmast, and being otherwise severely damaged. It being dark and blowing a severe gale, the captains of both vessels, with their crews, seem to have taken alarm, and believing that the vessels were about becoming total wrecks, low- ered their boats with all haste and abandoned their vessels without attempting to save anything. The crew of the Thomas were picked up a few hours after by the Smiler, of Whitehaven, the vessel its-elf being found by a Newport pilot, who had her towed into Newport. The crew of the Ceres, were also for- tunately picked up by the Catherine, of Whitehaven, about nine o'clock a.m., while endeavouring to make for land. The vf>«eel was afterwards observed by Capt. Young, of the Forest Girl, of Jersey, totally aban- doned about five miles below Nash point. Captain Young had her in tow from 9. 30. a.m. to 1. 30. p.m., when his tow line unfortunately broke. He had sent a man on board who reported that the vessel was not making water, and shortly afterwards the steam tug Pilot, of Cardiff, came to his assistance, and succeeded in getting her safely towed into the East Dock. Both vessels are reported to have been severely strained, but are not so completely disabled as was at first supposed. CARDIFF POLICE.—YESTERDAY. (Before the MAYOR, R. O. JONEE, JAS. PRIDE, and GEO. BmD, Esqrs.) BREAKING WINDOWS.—Susan Walker was charged with bieaking the window of Mrs. Roberts, ofthe Elehpant and Castle, Bute-terrnce, and. was ordered to pay 3s. damage, or in default seven days' imprisonment. ASSAULT.—Robert Pentatum was then charged by the previous defendant, Susan Walker, with a violent assault. After the window was broken the girl ran away, but soon after returned to the place, and was next seen by P.C. 24 lying on the ground covered with blood. The girl said it was the effects of blows, and showed one of her eyes which was altogether closed. Remanded till Monday. STEALING CONFECTIONERY.—Thomas Haywood, a boy, was charged with stealing buns from the shop of Mr. R. Minifie, confectioner, Bridge-street, on Thursday evening, and was handed over to the police to see if he could be admitted to the Industrial School Ship. STEALING BLEU.—Thomas Thomas, William Richards, and William Roberts, aged respectively about 8, 11, and 20 years, were charged with stealing beer, the property of Mrs. Richards, of the Nag's Head beerhouse. A boy was sent to the docks with a jar of beer, and when near the East Dock he fell in with the defendants, whom he allowed to taste the beer. The boy also drank some himself, and soon after discovered that the beer was all gone. The Bench did not think it was a case in which they could con- vict, and after cautioning the defendants ordered the two youngest to be handed over to their parents. Thomas was also discharged. BREAKING AVINDOWS.—Richard Acton was charged with being drunk, disorderly, with assaulting the police and breaking the windows of William Bowles, No. 56, Mount Stuart-square, on Thursday afternoon. The defendant forced his way into complainant's house, and demanded to see a captain who was living there. He was refused, and on becoming very disorderly and abusive, he was turned out of the house. The windows were immediately afterwards smashed to piecos, and on the prisoner being taken into custody he assaulted the constable. Fined 20s. and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment. ILLEGAL REMOVAL.—Hugh Hughes was summoned by Mr. D. Matthias for fraudulently removing his goods. Complainant said the defendant was a weekly tenant of a shop in George-street, at a rent of 9s. per week. The house was occupied on the 5th. inst., and on the following day it was empty, and nothing was left to distrain upon. There was X; 12s. arrears owing. As there was a diffi- culty as to the possession of the goods, the Beach advised a case in another court. Dismissed. BEATING A SE..DIAN.-Thomas Smith, mate of the Clyde, was summoned by Christopher Crisp, an ordinary seaman, on board the same ship, for beating him, on Monday night. Complainant was on duty as watchman, and had fallen asleep. Defendant awoke him and gave him several kicks, and he had been unwell since. The defendant was cautioned. STEALING A SOVEREIGN.—An Austrian named Swaggley, was charged on remand with stealing a sovereign from the box of Guiseppe Dovestovich. The Bench, without hear. ing the defence, said the prisoner would be discharged. CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—Jane Fisher, on remand, was charged with stabbing and wounding a man named Alonzo Haynes. As the prosecutor was unable to attend the case was-remanded till Monday. KEEPING A BROTHEL.—Margaret John, on a remanded charge of keeping a brothel, was discharged, as she had left the house. WIFE BEATER.-Carmi Young, on a remanded charge of beating his wife, Martha Young, on Monday, was bound over to keep the peace for 12 months iu his own recogni- zances of £10. BEGGING.—A boy about 12 years of age, named Robert Phillip, was charged with begging. The boy had some- thing the matter with his foot, and he said he wished to go to bis mother at Carmaithen. He was handed over to the Superintendent. LONDON CORN MARKET—YESTERDAY. The wheat trade is quiet to-day, with a rather better inquiry than last market. Flour inactive, without change in value from Monday. 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