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gtarhets. t LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. Last week's supplies were generally short. The show of samples of wheat from Kent and Essex this morning was but moderate, and the condition mostly bad; it was, how- ever, difficult to sell the best at the previous Monday's rates, for which holders stood out. The demand for foreign was also very limited, though we did not hear of offers at less money. The flour trade was dull for all qualities. Norfolks were nominally unaltered, French and Russian were scarcely inquired for, and barrels were only saleable in retail. The top price of town-made is 57s. per sack. The sale of maize was heavy at unaltered rates. Malting sorts, as well as the medium descriprions of barley, were excessively dull, but low grinding sold on rather better terms. The malt trade wa& heavy, with a downward tendency. Though so long with- fh ^°0C' supplies °f oats there was very little disposition on F16 Part of buyers to operate beyond daily wants. Good nara corn was a better sale. There was no change in the value of boilers or hog-feed peas. CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK-LANE. Shillings per Qr Shillings per Qr. Wheat-Essex and Oats-Scotch feed 24-30 Kent, white new 54 to 65 Scotch potato ..29—35 Ditto, red new 54-63 Irish feed, white 22-26 Norfolk, Lincoln- Ditto, fine 26 — 30 shire, & Yorksh., Ditto, black. 21-25 red 51-63 Potato.f 27 32 Barley 33-36 Beans-Mazagan — 39 Chevalier. 40 52 Ticks -39 g. 30-33 Harrow 38-43 Distilling .39 — 43 pigeoll 42-46 Malt Esses, Nor- Peas-Whiteboilers 49—40 folk, and Suffolk, Alaple. 39-40 new 70-75 Gray 36-37 Kingston, Ware, Flour-Town house- and town-made holds, per sack of £ ew 70 —75 2801bs.51 — 57 Mown, new.56 — 64 Country 44-46 .32 — 38 Households ..47 — 50 F g!ishfeed- 24 — 30 Norfolk and Suf- ^ngUsh potato# 27 35 folk QQ ghore 43 45 T, WEDNESDAY. of English wheat, although smail, was more than adequate to meet the wants of millers. Sales were concluded with difficulty, but no actual reduction took place in the currencies. Business in foreign wheat was of a retail nature, at about previous rates; the quantity on offer was good. r or barley, oats, beans, and peas the trade ruled firm. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY. The supply of beasts was about the same as on Monday last, and the beef trade ruled heavy, especially for middling descriptions. 1 he extreme quotation for very choice quali- ties was 5s. 2d. per stone, being 2d. lower than last week, and which was with difficulty maintained. Of sheep the supply was larger and the mutton trade was also heavy, and choice South Downs moved off slowly at 2d. per stone under the quotations of this day week, while middling des- criptions were almost unsaleable. The veal trade was rather brisk, the supply of calves being limited to 90 head; but there was no advance on Thursday's reduction, the top price being 6s. 2d. per stone. For pork there was very little demand, at previous quotations. Statement of Prices, per stone. Mondav. Beef 4s, Od. *JS. I Veal 4s. Od. 6s. 2d. Mutton 4s. Od. 6s. 2d. | porJl q^ 4j HOP MARKET—MONDAY. Messrs. Woolloton and Son report that there is no altera- tion since last week. Translations are within narrow limits, but there is great reluctance on the part of holders to further reduce their quotations, and there is no pressure of supply on the market. The new Americans are held for too high prices to render sales possible, and it is said will be reshipped to New York. t

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MONDAY. (Before the MAYOR and R. O. JONES, Esq.) DRUNK.—John Roach, a mason's labourer, who said he was going on for 90 years, but who was really about 70 years old, was charged with being drunk on Saturday night and was fined 5s. A NIGHT PROWLER.—John Sween was charged with being in the garden of Mr. Williams, Branton Villa, Cathedral-road, for an unlawful purpose. The prisoner had no defence to make to the charge, and was sent to prison for fourteen days. PASSING COUNTERFEIT COIN.-George Cook, an un- tidy-looking fellow, was charged with passing bad money at the shop of Mrs. Slater, Peel-street, and at a public-house in Grangetown. The prisoner had also been in several other places of business and tendered bad money in return for small purchases. Remanded to Friday. DESERTION.—Three foreign seamen were charged with deserting from ships in the East Dock, and they were ordered on board. STEALING A COAT.-William Heath and George Walters were charged with steling a coat, the property of Richard Herbert. The parties were all seamen, lodging in the same boarding-house, and on Friday last prisoner lost his coat. Next morning Heath told prosecutor that he had pawned the coat, and they offered to get it out again. The defence was that they were both drunk when they took the coat, which they admitted taking and pawning. Sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. AN INSOLENT BEGGAR.-George Harrison, a middle- aged man, was charged with begging and committing an assault. Miss Emily Redman, shopkeeper in Bridge-street, said the prisoner came to the shop on Saturday night and begged. He was very drunk, and she refused to give him anything. He used very vulgar language towards her, and on her ordering him out of the shop, he gave her a kick on the knee, and would have repeated the assault bad he not been prevented by a passer by. Prisoner denied that he was begging, and said he had earned money that day at saw sharpening, sentenced to one month's imprisonment. UNLICENSED CAB AT THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY STATION.—Mr. Lansley, cab proprietor, was charged with plying an unlicensed cab for hire. P.S. Glass said he was at the South Wales Railway on Monday night about half- past nine o'clock, and saw the cab in the line of cabs stand- ing for hire. The cab was licensed last year, but defendant had not applied for a license this year. The private car- riages stand in another place. Mr. T. Watkins, who ap- peared on behalf of the Local Board, said there was an im- pression amongst the cab proprietors that the road leading to the South Wales station was a private one, and that in vir- tue of an arrangement which the company made with cabs attending the station, it was not necessary to have the cabs licensed. This, he submitted, wasjerroneous. Mr. Lansley, in defence, said the carnage in question was a private cne, and was never sent to any of the public cabstands. He merely sent it to attend the South Wales trains and nowhere else, and he did not think it was necessary for him to have it licensed.—Mr. Jones said the proof in the case was not of the best character, and if it had not been for the admission of the defendant that he had sent the cab to the station for hire, they would have been in a difficulty to decide it. They had no doubt that a cab which was sent to the station for the or- dinary purposes of hire was placed under the ordinary cab restrictions. They thought a caution would suffice in the present case, but if the defendant persisted in sending the cab, he would, of course, render himself amenable to the law. STEALING CHAFF.—Thomas Hughes and John Morrisey, boatmen, were charged with stealing a bag of chaff, a leather strap, and a short chain, the property of Mr. William Evans, slate-merchant, Hayes bridge. Evidence was given by Mr. Nicks, wheelwright, who lives near the prosecutor's premises, that two men were in the yard on Sunday night, and he afterwards saw them get over the gate. Mr. Evans proved that the chaff, chain, and strap produced were similar to those he had missed that morning, and his kaulier also gave more positive evidence. The things produced were found in the prisoners' stable. Remanded to Wednesday. DISORDERLY.—Sarah Davies was sent to prison for seven days as a disorderly prostitute. BLACKSMITH'S WAGES.—Thomas Williams, blacksmith, summoned Mr. Gover, wheelwright, for 7s. wages due to him. The dispute was regarding an iron band which was damaged by being left too long in the fire. Plaintiff denied that it was his fault that the iron was burnt, but evidence was called by defendant to the contrary. The Bench or- dered payment of Is. ASSAULT.—William Ireland and Sarah Ireland were charged with having assaulted John Clark, on Tuesday last. According to the statement of the complainant, both defend- ants had called him a thief, and used other abusive language as he was walking along the street in the middle of the day, and in the afternoon they came to his house and pulled him down to the ground and broke his watchguard, and he was obliged to strike them in his own defence. Defendants had been lodging in complainant's house some time since, and he had turned them out. A witness corroborated the statement of complainant as to the defendants having pulled him down to the ground outside the back. door of his house, and the witness took the watch and guard from the female defend- ant, who had it twisted round her hand, The other witnesses supported the complainant's case. The defendants had a cross-summons against the complainant, in support of which they stated that Clark made an unprovoked assault upon them, and that the man Ireland only interfered for the pro- tection of his wife, who had been first knocked down by Clark, and he was knocked down by Clark so violently that he was senseless for a quarter of an hour afterwards. Sarah Ireland was fined 10s. and costs, or seven days' imprison- ment, and the summonses against the men were dismissed. SERIOUS CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT. Peter Newell, a man employed on the Rhymney Railway, and Edward Morgan, an employee in the Bute engine sheds, appeared to answer a summons charging them with inde- cently assaulting Sarah Harris, wife of Henry Harris, an engine ^cleaner employed by the Rhymney Railway Com- pany. Mr. Ensor defended the prisoners, and Mr. Thomas, superintendent of the Rhymney Railway, watched the case on behalf of the company. The witnesses in the case waited outside the court, Sarah Harris, the prosecutrix, stated that about twelve o'clock on the night of the 9th inst., she went out in search of jgpr husband, who had not come home. She lived in Moira- crescent,: Spi otlan ds, and was accompanied by another young woman.' She went to the East Dock Inn, and not finding her husband there, she proceeded along the rail- way to another public-house. When she came to the railway bridge, in Tyndall-street, she met Newell and Mor- or gan, the defendants, along with several other men whom she did not know. Peter Newell caught hold of her, threw her down, and put his hand up her clothes. She screamed out, but Newell held her down, while several of the other men were scrambling on top of her. At the spot in question the rails were on an embankment, at the foot of which there was a low wall the top of which was flush with the embankment. She got free from the men, and was just about to jump over the wall at the foot of the embankment when Morgan caught hold of her and threw her down. The faU and the previous treatment she had received made her insensible, and when she became conscious again, she was in Morgan's arms. She was ill on the following day. Cross-examined She was married about five months ago This was the first indecent assault cause she had been con- nected with. She denied being at Llandaff fair last Whit- suntide, but on being pressed, she admitted she was. She was not seen in illicit intercourse with a man that day, and would swear that such did not take place. She had neversaid tbe man had given her half a crown. Shewas keeping company with her husband at the time. He was working, on the night of the assault, in the Rhymney Railway engine shed, and she thought he had gone drinking at some public-house. Julia Oats, of the Moira Hotel, was with her. She had never heard that coal had been stolen from that part of the line. She did not hear a man cry, Who's there." The first thing that happened was Newell catching hold of her and throw. ing her down. Miss Oats was taken hold of by a married man, named Davies. The wall at the foot of the embank- ment was about four feet high. She did not meet anyone on the railway bridge at Sp otlands. The Bute Dock Hotel, the public-house she was going to, was about a mile off. She had been on the line many times before, but had not been insulted. The time from her leaving the house till she re- turned, after the assault, was about half an hour. While Newell was holdiug her, there were three or four men on her, but Newell was not one of them. There were several other men standing round. When she got away, and was going to jump the wall, Morgan knocked her down, and she became senseless. During all this time Oats was on the top of the embankment. Davies let go Oats as soon as she (Oats) mentioned her name. She heard Davies cry out to the others, 6ood God, it is Julia from the Moira." By the Bench There was no gaslight, but it was a moon- light nieht. Julia Cook, a respectable-looking young woman of about nineteen years of age, and who gave her evidence with every appearance of candour, said she accompanied the prosecutrix on the night in question. [The Bench inquired how it was that the witness bad been referred to by the prosecutrix as Oats," when her name was Cook," and prosecutrix replied that she had done so in mistake]. The prosecutrix lived in the same house as she (Cook). Sne asked witness to go with her to look for her husband. They first went to the East Dock Tavern, and Henry Harris not being there, they walked along the line till they met the prisoners and several other men. Mrs. Harris called out her husband's name, thinking he might be amongst the men who were coming towards them. With that Newell ran up the embankment and caught hold of Mrs. Harris with his left hand, and witness with his right. She then saw him take Mrs. Harris by the waist and throw her down. Davies then ran up to witness, and was going to throw her down, when she asked him if he knew whom he was insulting, and on her wiling him her name, he cried out, Oh, good God." She saw Mrs. Harris lying on the ground about half-way down tbe embankment. Newell had his hand on her knee, and her clothes were up. She then heard some women's voices. Mrs. Harris then rose up and was going to jump the wall, when she was thrown down by Edward Morgan, but she did not see him do anything to her. Witness came down the embankment and found Mrs. Harris lying insensible in Morgan's arms. Morgan was dis- puting with the other men that it was not Mrs. Harris he had in his arms. She saw a good many men on Mrs. Harris, but she did not see them do anything to her. There seemed to her to be a good many fighting who should go with her fir>t. Cross-examined They left the house between eleven and twelve o'clock, and they were from half an hour to three quarters away. They got on the line at the Splotlands bridge. t'hey met two collier men just before they came to the bridge. The men said good night," and they returned the com- pliment, but did not stop to speak to them. They met no other man till they came to Newell. She heard no one cry out, who is there?" Mrs. Harris, when she was caught 1 hold of by Newell, ran down the embankment, and Newel, went after her. He caught her about half-way down the eme bankment and threw her down. She (Cook) ran along thn line screeching out. She only saw Newell with his hand oa Mrs. Harris's knee, and the other round her w-tist. It was moonlight night. She saw no one else do anything to Mrs' Harris. Alrs. Harris was three or four minutes on the ground' Mrs. Harris was twice thrown down by Newell, but he did not do anything to her the second time. It was the women who came up who rescued Mrs. Harris from Morgan. Mor- gan called Mrs. Harris by a vulgar name, and asked her to come and have something to drink. After the occurrence they both returned home by the road Mrs. Harris com- plained of the treatment she had received, and fainted on the other side of the bridge. She was very weak, and could scarcely speak. By the Bench Nothing was said when Newell first caught hold of them. She thought he said, who the h- are you." Mrs. Harris screamed out very much while she was being as- { saulted. Witness knew Moigan, Newell and Davies before this occurrence. There was another man present whom she believed was a night foreman, who threw off his coat and threatened to fight any one who touched Mrs. Harris. The Bench enquired if any of the men present at the occurrence vere in attendance, and on being answered in the affirmative, George Ruskoe was put into the witness box. He said he was night foreman on the Rhymney Railway. He was on duty on the 9th instant at the railway shed at the docks. Three or four of them came home together along the line. Witness lived in Planet-street, Splotlands. When they got to Tyndall street they saw two young women on the line with a shawl on their heads. Newell shouted out Who is there." Three cleaners and Edward Morgan, from the Bute engine sheds, were with them. The women gave no answer to Newell's question, Newell gave his cans to Davies and ran along the embankment to where the women were. As Newell was going by them he caught hold of the shawl of one of the young women and the other one slipped on the embankment and rolled down to the bottom. [ rhe Bench cautioned the witness to be careful, as he was on his oath Dick Davies was on the top with Julia and he shouted out to Newman Do you know who it is," and afterwards said, It is Julia from the Moira." Newell sai4 to Julia Take the shawl and go home with the other girl," meaning Harris. With that he believed they went home. That was all that happened. Sarah Harris was screaming out at the bottom of the embankment, but he did not hear the other screaming out. Peter Newell never touched either of the women, he only touched the shawl. He (witness) did not take any body's part. The Bench again cautioned the witness to be careful of what he was saying, and in reply to them he persisted that he did not know if any of the men went down the embank- ment to Harris. None of their men (the Rhymney men) went down. Edward Morgan was the only man that he knew that went down to Mrs. Harris. well kept on the top of the embankment all the time. By the Clerk He was positive he did not take his coat off and say he would fight the first man that did anything to Mrs Harris. He knew Mrs. Harris's husband, but not inti- mately. Mrs. Harris: My husband works under him. The Bench inquired if the man Davies was in attendance, but it was stated that he had suddenly left the town on Sun- day morning. They desired Mr. Superintendent Stockdale to take the case in hand, and endeavour to find the women who came up at the time, and bring them and any other witnesses of the occurrence before the court on Wed- nesday. The prisoners were then remanded till Wednesday, and the Bench agreed to accept £10 bail for their appearance. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Alderman PRIDE and GEORGE BIRD, Esq.) DESER TION.-Two sailors named James Wood and John Bux'on were charged with deserting from the Stuart Wortley, Captain Showers- Tbe captain said that he did not want the men on board again and that if they had remained another day he would have given them their discharge. The charge of desertion was then withdrawn and the prisoners were charged with having stolen a pair of trousers from Antonio rernandez, a fellow seaman on board the same vessel. The prosecutor deposed that he missed a pair of trowsers within a day or two after coming on board the ship in London, and the same trousers were found in the possession of the pri- soners after had deserted from the ship. James Bell, a Bute Dock constable, had found the trousers in the bag in which Wood kept his clothes. They were concealed by being fitted inside another pair of trousers of Wood's own. Pri- soner said he had borrowed the trousers from another man. It wa-s an old pair of trousers, not worth over three or four shillings. The charge against Buxton was dismissed, and Wood, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced to a month's hard labour. THEFT.—Michael Buckley and Edwin Harwood were charged with stealing a shawl. A woman with a baby in her arms, named Davies, said she was a single-woman, living in Nelson-street. Last night about ten o'clock she went into the Golden Cross, Bute-street, carrying a baby, which was wrapped up in a shawl. The prisoner and three other per- sons were sitting there. She placed the shawl in a corner near the fireplace while she turned to buy some apples, and the next minute, looking round, she saw the shawl gone and the prisoners going out of the door. She followed them a little way in Bute-terrace, but could not catch them. She told the police, and Sergeant Cambridge visiting the same public-house an hour after, found the prisoners aain there. Police-constable Humphries deposed that he went with the prosecutrix aud Sergeant Cambridge and took into custody the two prisoners, who, the woman said, had stolen her shawl. They both denied it, and the shawl was not found upon them. The prisoners were remanded for the production of further evidence. ALLEGED UNSEAWORTHINESS OF A VESSEL.—Peter Lunberg was charged by Michael Doyle, master of the Bri- tish ship Delhi, with refusing to go to sea, having signed articles to go to Callao, or any other port anywhere in South America or in the Pacific Ocean, and return to anywhere in Europe any time within three years. Mr. Ingledew appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Ensor for the defendant. The master deposed that he had been driven into Cardiff by stress of weather, and on his wishing to go to sea again, on Saturday evening, the defendant, who was the carpenter, re- fused to go to sea, alleging that the ship was not seaworthy. In cross examination, it appeared that the long voyage of the vessel was about to terminate, and that when the vessel arrived at Berwick-oa. Tweed, the men would have been dis- charged. The defendant not only alleged that the vessel was not seaworthy, but that the provisions were bad. The vessel made seven or eight inches of water per day in the roads, and in gales outside she had made 25 or 26 inches per day, and required to be pumped as often as three times in every four hours, for a quarter of an hour at a time. The men had asked to come ashore, to represent to the magistrates the un. seaworthiness of the vessel, and witness had refused to allow them. Mr. Ingledew called Mr. William Angel and Mr. Robert Lee, shipewners, who stated that they had looked at the vessel, and considered her seaworthy. They had only seen her in smooth water. Mr. Ensor, after addressing the Bench, said he should show that she was not seaworthy by calling the other sailors. He then called the sailmaker and others of the crew, who said they had to be working the pumps every spare minute on the voyage back, and when they got into Queenstown they had 6 feet 5 inches depth of water in the fore hold. Since the vessel had been in Cardiff roads there had been some caulking done by the defendant, the carpenter, at the captain's orders. While lying in the roads, in smooth water, the vessel required to be pumped three times a day, for a quarter of an hour at a time. The crew had applied in vain to the captain to be allowed to go ashore and see a magistrate, and the captain refused, saying, "What the h- should a magistrate know about a ship." After producing evidence of this class, and stating that it was concurred in by all the crew, Mr. Ensor applied to the Bench notto order these men to be sent to the ship until they had the opinion of a competent shipwright as to its condi- tion. The Bench adjourned the case in order that iNIr. Hodge might inspect the vessel, and report to-morrow. Mr. Ingledew strongly urged having Mr. Brandlight instead of Mr. Hodge, apprehending that the latter might be too busy to go. The Bench said they would prefer the opinion of Mr. Hodge, whom they personally knew, and Mr. Ingledew undertook to apply to Mr. Hodge first, and if be could not visit the vessel to-night, then to employ the other gentleman.

WEDNESDAY. (Before R. O. JONES, W. ALEXANDER, W. D. BUSHELL J. PRIDE, and GEO. BIRD, Esqrs.) THE SHAWL CASE -Edward Harrison and Michael, on the remanded charge or stealing a shawl, were to-day dis- charged, for want of evidence,—the Bench, however, re- marking that it was a very suspicious case. SHIP DEsERTION.-Four seamen were charged with de- serting from the ship Charlgrove, now lying in Penarth Dock. The men were shipped in London, and they deserted soon after the ship came into Penarth Dock. One of the men complained of being ill, and was allowed to go to the Hospital Ship, but he and two of the other men signed articles in other ships soon after. Three of the men were sent to prison for ten weeks each, and the sick man was dis- charged. THE CHAFF-STEALING CASE.—Thomas Hughes and John Morrisey were brought up on remand on a charge of stealing a bag of chaff, a leather collar, and a chain, the property of Mr. William Evans, Hayes. The prisoners when apprehended stated that they had bought the chaff from Mr. Steele, of Llandaff. Mr. Steele was unable to at- tend, and Thomas Jenkins, one of his men, was called, but he merely said that Mr. Steele had told him that he had not sold ahy chaff to the prisoners, which evidence was not ad- misable. The Bench discharged Morrisey for want of evi- dence, and Hughes elected to be tried at the Quarter Sessions and was committed accordingly. DISTURBING THE STREET PAVEMENT.—William Lee mason, was charged with taking up the pitching of Bute- lane, London-square. P.S. Hibbs proved the case. The de. fendant said he was employed by Mr. James Wood, to rectify the drainage of his house, as his kitchen was frequently flooded. He went to Mr. Waring s office to get permission to take up the pitching, but he was away from home. As the nuisance was a very pressing one he got the Board of Health mason, Lewis, to connect the drain. He thought that as it was a back street, and there were seven inches of water in the kitchen, it weuld not matter about his taking up the pitching. Mr. James Wood was examined, to prove that the nuisance was a pressing one. The Bench ordered defen- dant to pay the costs of the case-6s. THE ADJOURNED SEAMEN'S CASE.—The nine seamen charged with deserting from the ship Delhi were again brought up. Mr. Ingledew prosecuted and Mr. Ensor de- fended. Evidence was given that the magistrates' order cf Tuesday, that Mr. Hodge should examine the ship, had not been complied with, as Mr. Hodge was away from his office. Mr. Peter Inglis, surveyor of shipping, said he examined the Delhi in the roads, and found her in very gcod con- dition for a homeward bound ship. He thought her quite seaworthy to go to Berwick-ou Tweed. One of the defen- dants (the carpenter) aecompanied witness on board, and all the places pointed out by the carpenter were in good con- ,he ship made no water while he was on board.— Mr. Charles Fifoot accompanied Mr. Inglis, and gave cor- roborative evidence. There was a slight portion of the mast rotten, but otherwise it was quite good, and was fully able to meet a gale of wind. Mr. Ensor addressed the Bench in defence, and pointed out that the men had been in the ship a long while, and they hsd no motive in the present case to try and cheat the captain.- The Court asked each of the men if they would go on board, and though advised bv Mr. Ensor to do so, they all refused with the exception of the carpenter, who was a foreigner. All the men said the ship was unsafe, and they also complained of the food.- The Bench sentenced each of the men to ten weeks' im- prisonment. THE ADJOURNED INDECENT ASSAULT CASE Peter Newell and Edward Morgan were brought up on a remand from Monday, on a charge of indecently assaulting Sarah Harris, a married woman. Mr. Ensor defended. The additional evidence was that of Charles Matthews, who said he was a Bute Dock police- man. He was cn duty on Saturday night week on the east side of the East Dock, and between twelve and one o'clock he heard a female screaming. He went to the spot, which was about three hundred yards off, and there found Sarah Harris on the foot bridge, with Edward Morgan on her left side and his arm round her. He asked her what was the matter and she said some one had thrown her down and put his hands up her clothes. He asked her who did it, and she re- plied she did not know. The night foremanhelonginf to the Rhymney shed (George Ruscoe) came Dp, and said Let the woman go, she i. Harry Harris's wife." Morgan said she was not Harry's wife, and she replied, ye,4, I am." Ruscoe then said, 1, Let the woman go, you b- Ruscoe pushed Morgan away, and protected the woman. The men appeared to have been drinking. Harris was in a very ex- cited state. The night foreman ( Ruscoe) was going to be pitched ir.to by the other men, when witness interfered, and Ruscoe was in the act of taking off his coat. Harris conti- nued screaming till after witness came up to her. There were eight or nine men present altogether. Ellen Farrell said she lived in Tyndall-street, and she re- membered hearing screams on the night in'ouestion. She went to the spot, and saw Harris standing on the foot bridge, with Morgan with his arm round her. She heard Harris say that four or five men had thrown her down and put their hands up her clothes. Witness heard the men disputing as to whether she was Harris's wife. The Bench gave Mr. Ensor the option of dealing with the case summarily, which he elected to do. Mrs. Harris was recalled by Mr. Ensor, and in answer to him said she did not prefer the case before through illness. She did not come out till the Monday evening. Her father heard of the occurrence on the Tuesday, and was so taken up with it, that she took out the summons. She denied being at Morgan's mother's house on the Sunday. She had never said that Morgan had not done anything to her. She did not say to a woman on Monday last, that she never knew Newell till he was pointed out to her in court.—Mr. Ensor then addressed the Bench in defence. He referred to the dis- crepancies in the evidence as to :he side of the embankment on which the alleged assault took place. He submitted that it being a dark night and the skittle alley light on the other side of the embankment, the witness Cook could not have seen the alleged assault, which, therefore, entirely depended on the testimony of Harris. He referred the Bench's atten- tion to Harris' contradiction on Monday as to her being at Liandaff fair. A great deal of coal had been stolen at that portion of the line, and it was therefore the duty of the rail- way men to look after people on the line. He would call all the men who were present at the occurrence, and show that no indecent assault had taken place. There were a great many discrepancies, and he believed the evidence would show that Morgan acted meritoriously, and that there was nothing to show that Newell was guilty of the charge. He called James Catleugh, engine cleaner on the Rhvmney rail- way, who was one of the men present at the accurrence. He said they saw the two young women on top of the line. Newell ran up to Harris, and Davies to Julia. He heard a squall, and saw Mrs. Harris roll down the embankment. Julia remained on top of the bank with Davies, and Newell also. Four of them went down together to Mrs. H irris at the bottom of the embankment, but no one took any indecent liberties with her. She complained of Morgan, and witness told him he ought to be ashamed of himself for illusing the worman.-By the Clerk Did not know how long Harris screamed, nor why she did so. Did not know how it was the woman fell down, although he was only two yards off. There were several other men at the bottom of [he bank, but he did not know how many. Would swear Newell did not touch the woman, or go down the bank when the woman fell.—Charles Jones cleaner on the Rhymney railway, gave a similar statement of the matter. When Newell ran up to the young women, he caught hold of one bv the shawl, and the other rolled down the embankment. Newell did not o down the embankment, nor any of the men, till some time after He saw Harris as if she had fainted in one of the men's arms -ftic,iard Davies, coal tipper, said he was present at the alleged occurrence, aud lie ran up the embankment with Newell. He (Davies) ran up to Julia, and called out to Newell,tell him it was Julia. The other woman fell down the embankment. Newell did not go near Harris, nor did he touch Julia as far as he saw. Newell had a shawl on his arm. There was no assault committed upon Harris.—Mr. Thomas, traffic superintendent, explained the position of the place where the alleged assault took place. There was a good deal of coal stolen at this place, and there were general instruc- tions to the men to look after persons on the line.—Julia Cook was recalled by the Bench, and said it was half-way down the embankment where she saw Newell with his hand OR Mrs. Harris' knee.—Mr. Jones, after the Bench had con- sidered the case, said he thought the women were assaulted, but the assault may not have been as much as the confusion and excitement that attended the occurrence might have made them believe. It may not have amounted to all inde- cent assault, but he had no doubt they were improperly as- saulted. If he had been quite satisfied that the women had been indecently assaulted, he would have sentenced the de- fendants to four or five months' imprisonment. He would fine Newell £ o and costs, or two months' imprisonment; and Morgan 40s., or one month's imprisonment. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD CREDITORS BY A BANKRUPT.—Thomas John, haulier, was charged with fraudulently making away with three carts and three horses within three months of his bankruptcy, with intent to defraud his creditors. Mr. Spencer prosecuted, and Mr. Raby defended. Mr. Spencer having stated the case, called Mr. Langley, registrar of the Cardiff Bankruptcy Court, who proved that in October last a petition in bankruptcy was filed by the defendant. Mr. Thomas John, farmer, of East- brook, said the defendant owed him £ 41, and on the 22nd of last August be had a cart, horse, and harness from defendant, for which he allowed ±'30, thereby reducing his debt to Xil. The remainder was afterwards paid by the defendant in in- stalments ofL6 and 15 soon after. Witness did not know that defendant was insolvent at the time he paid him. Oa the 19th September he bought two horses and two sets of harness for J637. He paid him £ H in money, and gave a bill for the remaining XIO. The horse witness took in part payment of his debt he had since sold, but the other two horses and carts were worked by defendant up to his bink. ruptcy on witness's behalf, and he paid him 16;. a week for so doing.—Mr. Spencer said the defendant owed £ 200 at his bankruptcy, and he submitted it was a clear attempt to de. fraud the majority of the credllors-all the things beirig dis- posed of within a short time of fitin- his petition of bank- ruptcy. Mr. Raby addressed the Bench on behalf of the de- fendant, and submitted that he had acted as he thought right in the matter. The carts and horses were sold before he believed himself insolvent, and he had intended to do all he could to pay his creditors. He had not filed his petition of bankruptcy till he was pressed by his creditors.—The Bench said they were not inclined to interfere in the case. There was a prima facie case to go to a jury. The case had been considered by the learned judge of the County Court to be one which should be criminally prosecuted, and they thought it was a case wl)ichsliould go to a jury. The defen- dant was then committed for trial at the next assizes, and the Court agreed to accept £:20 bail. THURSDAY. (Before Alderman PKIDE and Geo. BIRB, Esq.) DISORDERLY PROSTITUTES.—Elizabeth Mason and Ann Jones were sent to prison for ten days for making a dis- turbance in Duke-street, last night.—Margaret Walters Was discharged with a caution, and Augusta Walton was fined 5s. and costs for being drunk.—Margartt Mahoney, an old offender, was sent to prison for a month. PITCH AND Toss -1ichael Nagle, a boy well known to the police, was sent to prison for a week for playing at pilch and toss and obstructing the road in Herbert-street. DRUNK.—David John, for drunkenness and breaking a window at 7, Cricbton-street, was fined 5s.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 18. RASLEIGH V. THE RHOS LLANTWIT COAL COMPANY (LIMITED). Mr. Powell, Q'C.. and Mr. Arehibild were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Prentice, Q C., and Mr. Raymond for the defendants. This was an action by the plaintiff. as secretary, to recover £2.3 for work and services, commission, &-c.. from the defendants. It appeared that the plaintiff was secretary to a col- liery company called the Machen Colliery Company, at £100 per annum. In 180:2 twå of the seams of coal were discontinued to be worked, and the partners, with the addition of another person, bought another colliery,, and the partnership in this latter concern was registered as a limited liability company under the name of the Rhos Llantwit Coal Company. The plaintiff actfd as secretary to both companies, and had been paid down to the time of his leaving the company at the rate of £ 150 only for acting for bo'h. The defendants had allowed the plaintiff to act as secretary to another com- pany called the Anglo Ionian Company during the time he was acting as secretary to their company. The plain- tiff claimed additional remuneration from the time he began to act for the two companies, but this claim was not made until four or five months after he left the ser- vice of the companies. The jury retired to consider theirl verdict, and re- turned into court with a verdict for the defendants.

THE NEW DOG TAX.—The new tax on dogs of Gs. is to commeuce on the 1st of April. List year the nat sum realised upon the old tax was £ 211),;113, which was an increase on the preceeding year of £ f\983. COLLIERY NEWS.— The directors of the Great Westera. Colliery Company (Limited) have declared an interim divi- dend, payable on the 1st prom., at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, for the six months ending the 31st December last.— Mr. J. N. Moore has purchased the Dynevor, Brithdir, and Cwmdu Collieries, for £15,000,