The Cardiff Times

THE ABERDARE OUTRAGE. Thomas Morris, 20, miner, pleadfd guiliy to breaking and entering into the warehouse of the Plymouth and Dartmouth Gunpowder Company, and stealing four casks, I cwt. of powder, and a hammer, the property of the said company, at Aberdare, on the 5th December, 1868. Also to nHliciollsly and feloniously, by the explosion of gunpowder, damaging part of the d weiling-house of llichard Richards, the said Richards, his wife, and eight children, being then in the said dwelling-house, at Aberdare, on the 5th of December, UMB. Sentence deferred.

MANSLAUGHTER AT YSTRADYFODWG. Thomas Watkins, Oil bail, was charged wiih tile man. slaughter of Isaac Morgan, at Ystradvfodwg, on ;he 18rh of June last. Mr. Henry Allen and Mr. Dunn pr03fcllled. The formir in opening the case stated that the death of the de- ceased had been caused in a colliery, through the Hegligence of the accused by which an explosion was caused. It w is the prisoner's dutY" to inspect various parts ot the colliery, hut instead of doing it himself, he entrusted the duty to a boy aged 13. William Morgan, collier at the Pentre Col- liery, Ystradyfodwg, deposed tltat the deceased, who was his son, was at work in the Pentre Colliery on the day of the explosion. Witness also worked there. The ventilation generally was very good. The explosion took place on the morning in q'1estion. A week previous to the explosion be saw a" bit of gas" where he was working. He then took in a safety-lamp, atn-1 used it lor four days afrer tllat; and tlien for two or three days they u;ed candles. The explosion took place directly he and his son got to the far end of the mine with their candles, where they had previously been working, and that was the spot where he had seen the gas a few days before. He, his son, and a person named Waters, who were at the spot iH the time of the explosion, were ail taken out in the same tram. Had seen rhe prisoner in the morning, on going into the level, and asked him, How is it this morning?" Waters told him nut to rise his candle to tie hole in the road. The hole was caused hy a stone falling from the roof. Witness had seen gas at tl1at spot six days before. The hole was ahout six yards from the spot where the explosion took place.— By Mr. Bowen (who appeared for the defence): The colliery was always worked with naked lights, and was well ventilated. The explosion did not do any damage below the up-throw the hole being above the up-tnrow. The prisoner had cleared the hole about a week before the explosion. It was usual in eases of danger to put up two cross timber, but there wne none on this occasion, nor was there any "ox with cnsses chalked on it, at least he did not see it.-James Waters, who also worked in [he level, proved that there W3S no danger sic nal in the pit on the morning in question. Did not hear the pri. soner say he would send Lewis to clear the gas from the hole, The sora of [he prisoner was next called, and he swore that he put up a box with chalk marks on the morning in question, and this had been done before at the same place, in cross-examination by Mr. Bowen, the witness said his father was unable that morning 10 go through the workings, and witness did so fur him. His father asked him how the gas was, and be told him that he had put up a box with chalk marks on it as a danger signal. Mr. Thomas, manager of the pit levd, proved that the prisoner was overman and fire- man øf the pit. He repo-ted tbe state of the pit to witness day by day. Prisoner had three or four days previously made a report to witness of the gas in the hole which had been caused by a stone falling. It was the prisoner's duty in case of danger to put t.p cross timbers to indica'e danger. It was not the duty of the fireman to provide timber. It was witness's duty and als- the duty of the fireman to see to the ventilation. Witness had visited the pit three days previous to the explosion, and the hole was then free of gas. If there was gas in the pit, it was the duty of the fireman to prevent the men going in and if the ventilation was" slack," it was the duty of the tireman to use safety lamps. By Mr. Bowen: Had alwap found the prisoner a very careful man- No damage was done to the mine below the up-throw aud the explosion must have been very slight indeed. The prisoner was lame on the morning of the explosion. It would be generally understood tbat a hox with crosses chalked upon it, indicated danger. James Henry Gordon, surgeon, of Ys. trad, proved that the deceased was badly burnt upon the arms, head, face, and back. He attended him till his death, about three month. afterwan1s. Death, in his opinion, re- sulted from ulcerated boweis, brought about hy the burns he received. By M r, Bowen: Did not make a pod mortem ex- amination. Ulceration of the howels might he caused with- out barns, but it was very rare. Did not think that ulcera tion would have taken place in this case hut for the burns. The depressed state of the vital powers brought on ulceration. Re-examined Had no doubt whatever that the death in this case WJS caused by burns- This was the case for the pro, secution, and Mr. Bowen addressed lhe jury for the defence. The question t hey had to consider was, whether the accused could be held responsible for the death of the unfortunate de. ceased. Tney had heard from the manager of t'-io pit that the pr;soner had always been a most careful man. He con- tended that in conse4uence of the accusQd having met with an accident to his knee, he could not on the morning in question go through the workings ss usual, but he t.ent his son, who, although young in years, seemed thoroughly up to his work, and that the son tuok: the proper precaution of putting up a box"—there being no timber at ha"d-to indicate danger. He should show aläo that the accused told the men when going into the pit that he would send the airman, and ¡fthat were so and the men chose to go in in the face oftlia.t warning, it was absurd to charge the prtsoner with the death of tbe de- ceased, the 3ccused baring done alf that he could reasonably have bpen expected to do. Mr. Bowen then called Dr. A. S Taylor, of London, but his evidence did not upset that of the medical man for the prosecution. Evidence was then caned to show that the prisoner had warned the parties on going into the pit that the hole was full of gas, and thdt he would send Thomas Lewis in after them. His lordship, be- fore the case was concluded, suggested whe[her an admoni- tion, which would make the prisoner exceedingly careflJl (or the rest of his life, would not meet the views of the prosecu- tion ? 1\1r. Allen said if that was hili lordship's opinion he wauld of course submit. His lordship, whilst admitting that the prosecution had been wisely instituted, directed the jury to find a verdict of Not guilty." His lordship then suit, ably admonished the prisoner and discharged hitn.

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT YSTALYFERA- SWANSEA VALLEY. John Reed and Roben Bandle, builerand enginemen were charged ..ith the manslaughter of James Jan;es and another at Y stalyfera, on the 18th of October last. Mr. H. Alien and Mr. Coleridge were counsel for the pro- secution; Mr. B"wen and Mr. Hughes defended the pri- soners. Thomas Thomas, a youth of 18, deposed that he was working at the Ystalyfera Iron Works with the deceased on the morning in question (the 18th Octo her). About middle day he went aw;iy lor some cinders Jamgs James being Wen at tbe boiler working iron. Wnen away for the cinders he heard a loud explosion and saw one of the de ceased-James James-lying down by tbe water. He was speechless. John D;¡vies" a workman, said the explusioll occurred ahout twenty mmutes past one. After the explu- ,ion he went to the boiler and saw the deceased on his back very much scalded. He died in about a quarter of an hour. John Jones, engine driver and titter at the works, recollected the explosion. Had packed the whisye of 'he boiler the dav of the explosion. He Mt tbe whistle all right ahollt half-past twelve. When he was working at the boiler there was water covering the tube. When the water comes near 10 th9 top of the tube a whistle sounds. It is by the descent of the float that It touches .1 lever and makes the whIstle sound. He touched the lever when he was wO'killg on the boiler and the whistle sounded. Robert Bandle was in charge of the boiler on the day of the explosion. The whistle would be heard 1111 over the boiler houses. — Cross- examined by Mr. Bowen [ here are 24 hoilen there, all jed hy one Ited pipe, and all fitted with a whistle. The heat is driven i..under the boilers from the puddling furnaces. The whistle will cuntlnue whistling until the wants of the boiler are attended to, The whistle will contlOue fur about three quarters of an hour unless attended to. Thomas Jones, who has charge of the repairs of the boilers, said he knew the boila in question, which was fed by It three inch feed pipe, and a 1.;0 with a doat .vhi¡;h sounds a vhistle. The whistle would go for about ten minutes only. 1 he prisoners Robert Bandle and John Reed had charge of he engine Rnd boilers. A person would take about ten niButes to go round the whole of the boilers to see they nereinproper condition. Examined the boiler after the ex- plosion, and from what he saw he knew the explusion hat1 tieen caused f, Ulll want of water, Bandle reported tu Reed the state of the boilers and Reed should then immediHtely g) tn the hoilers and see if anything was the matter. B indie ought to go round the boilers every twenty minutes. If the boilers were properly fed, it would take perhaps half an hour befure the builer again wanted feeding. Two persuns cuuld properly discharge the duties imposed upon Ule prisoners Examined the tube after the accident, and the work was good. The explosion was caused by want of water. The tube was divided hya brick partition, and these were con- nected with two puddling furnaces, a"d on the day in ques- tion the divisions of the tube were not subject to the same degree of heat. Since the explesion two entirely distinct tubes had been substituted instead of the old plan of one tube being subd;/ided by means of a brick partition. The boilers cover a space of 150 yards. All the boilers are con- nected with the same feed pipe. The steam from the whole of the boilers is collected in one general steam boiler or re- servoir, and then conveyed over the works to work the machinery. The whistle begins to sound when the water is about 6t inches above the top of the tube. The prisoners should then have turned the valve and let the water in. After hearing some furlher evidence, his Lordship said there must be something more than the appearance of the boiler after the explosion before he could ask the jury to find the prisoners guilty of manslaughter, whicn was a felony, ren- dermg the prisoners liable to penal servitude for life, and in any case a severe punishment would follow. It was very un- I fortuflate, no doubt, but if it was through want of attention on the part of the men that the explosiun occurred it should be distinctly and clearly proved. But if the explosion could be caused by anything else they must have affirmative evi- dence. His Lordship then directed the Jury to return a ver- dict of Not Guilty. A second charge of manslaughter against tbe accused was not proceeded with. A COLLIERY PROPRIETOR CHARGED WITH FORGERY. Jenkin Williams, 52, colliery proprietor, was charged with offering, uttering, and putting off a certain bill of exchange for the payment of £200, with intent to defraud John Mack Leeder, the said John Williams well knowing the same to be forged, at Swansea, on the 1st August, 1808. Mr. B. T. Williams prosecuted; Mr. Rowen defended the prisoner. Edward Thomas, father-in-law of tile accmed, deposed that he had never nithorised anyone to put his name to the bill produced, nor was it in his own handwriting. John Mack Leeder deposed to receiving the bill of exchange produced, in October last, in payment of an account of £ 411. His dealings from time to time, during about fifteen months, amounted to aboUl £1500. Witness paid the bill into the Glamorganshire Bank, and it was returned dishonoured. The defence set up by Mr. Bowen was that the accused was authorised to sign the prosecutor's name. He submitted that looking to the relatiunship of the parties, the fact that there had been transactions between them, and all the sur- rounding circumstances, that was the most pruudble view of the case and he thought the jury, looking at all these things, woald say that he was not criminally guilty. His Lurdsliip summed up very clearly, and stated that there could be no doubt whatever that tne bill was a forged one, and that the prisoner uttered it knowing it to be forged. Verdict, guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence upon the accused, .-aid it was his painful duty to pass sentence upon him for the crime Gf which he had been found guilty. All had been done for him t';at could be done by the learned counsel for the de- fence; but it appealed in this case, after having received much assistance and many kindnesses from his father-in-liw, he had returned it by an act of that nature-he would nut say forgery, because that was not the offence he was charged with, but of knowing that it was a mere waste piece of pa- per. He had imposed "upon a respectable tradesman a bill for £200, weil knowing it was not worth the paper upon which it was written. In this commercial community a duty was imposed upon him, the consequences of which to a man at his (tbe prisoner's) age, and apparently his condition in life, his intelligence, and calling—f»r he must have had cconsiderable dealings with his fellow men in various wavs —must be degrading, and no doubt painful. He (the Judge) was not at all sure that he was not wanting in his duty in not sending him to penal servitude for the rest of his life; but he thought that, in consideration of those circumstances that had been urged by the learned counsel for tile defence, it was just possible he might have supposed his father.in law might be induced to extend his countenance to him again as before, and that he might be content to advance the money and pay the amoun" alter he had committed that tiaud upon Mr. Leeder. Still it was necessary to pass a severe sentence upon him, and rhe sentence of th" Court was that he be kept to iiard labour for eighteen months. MANSLAUGHTER AT COLWINSTONE. William Waters, on bail, was indicted for feloniously kil- ling and slaying Mary Jones, at Colwinstone, on the 14th of August last. Mr. Hughes prosecuted. It appeared that on the day in question the deceased had been driven by William Jeremiah to Splolt, and when driving down Golden Mile Hill, the prisoner's cart, it was alleged, came dowlI the hill at a furious pace, ran into the trap of the deceased and so injured her that she died on the following day. In defence the prisoner denied that he was driving at a gallop, and said that the cause of the accident was in consequence of the de- ceised's cart being drawn across the road, instead of keeping to its proper side. His Lordship, in summing up, sai.t the case resolved itself into a simple question uf fact whether they believed the witnesses for the prosecution or for the de- fence. The jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. SECONDD COURT. (Before Sergeant PULLED.) ATTEMPTED POCKET PICKING AT MERTHYR. Mary Ann Nasrt was indicted for attempting to pick pockets. The evidence showed that the prisoner went up to ft woman, named Lewis, in the street, at Merthyr, and asked her whtre- some one lived. Befole Mrs. Lewis could answer she discovered the prisoner's hand in her pocket. She laid hold of her, and gave her in charge of the police. She had a half- sovereign and other money in her pocket, but nothing was taken. Prisoner, who is very deaf, asserteo t hat she knew nothing about it. Not guilty. STEALING A MEERSCHAUM PIPE. Michael Donelly (35), hatter, was indicted for having stolen a meerschaum pipe, tire property of Owen 1\1' Lean. Mr. Davies appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutor stated that the pipe produced was his property. He had missed it 60me weeks ago froOl his house. Mr. Lewis, an inn It eeper, proved that he had advanced the prisoner Is. 6d. on the pipe. and subsequently he lent him 2s. on it. He had occasian to suspect that the prisoner had stolen the pipe, and he made inquiries, and sent for the police. P.C. John proved apprehending the prisoner. He said before the ma- gistrates that he would plead guilty if the case were tried be- fore them, but when he found that he was going to be com- mitted, he pleaded that he had found the pipe. The pri- soner, in his defence, declared that he had found the pipe o:« the road between Aberavon Inn Port Talbot.—His lorddiip stited that the case might well have been disposed of before the magistrate.A little girl, residing at the prosecutor's house, proved that about a fortnight ago she saw the pri- soner at her mother's house. Soon after he left she missed the pipe. The jury found the prisoner guilty. A previous conviction was proved against the prisoner for stealing oil- cloth at Cardiff in 1805. He had three months' imprison- ment.— Detective Price, of Cardiff, stated thnt he knew the prisoner to be for many years the associue of thieves and prestitutes. He was a very bad character.-The learned judge said he hardly knew a more serious charge than for men like the prisoner, travelling about the country under tlie pretence "f cleaning hats, using the opporiunity thus afforded them to rob the houses into which they had obtained admission. A slight sentence seemed to hays no effect in re- forming him. He must therefore be sent to seven years' penal servitude. STEALING A WATCH AT CARDIFF. Mary Cairoll, 21, a single woman, was indicted for steal- ing a watch and chain aud 9s., the property of William Jone;, at Cardiff, on the 6rh inst. The prosecutor statea that about eleven o'clock on th" night in question he bad lieen drinking, and in passing through Working-street he met Ihe prisona. She took hold of his hand and led hIm to a very dark entrv. He was the worse for drink. When he was in the dark entry he felt tbe prisoner take his chain over his hat from his neck. She threw his lat off his head in so doing. She then went away and prosecutor fell asleep, although he knew that his walch had been stulen. Iti reply to the Judge, he stated that he missed bis money after awaking. Solomon Joseph proved that a woman, named Mary Morgan, on the 8th inst., pledged a watch. Morgan proved having pawned it for the prisoner. P.C. Webb apprehended the prisoner at Canton. She said it was all right, as the prosecutor could not say she stole the watch, as he had not seen her do it. The prisoner, in defence, said she had purchased the watch of a boy, who said he had it from a girl in Whitmore,lane. Twelve months' imprisonmenr. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AT MERTHYR. Martha Parkerson, 21, single woman Thomas Tague, 27, fishmonger; and John Harris, 28, labourer, were indicted for having, at Merthyr, on the 22nd of February, stolen £1 7s. 4d., the property of Wm. Williams. Mr. B. F. Wil- liams appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutor stated that he was a miner and lived at Rhymney. On the day in puestion he visited the house where the female prisoner lives. He had £1 7s. 4d. in his pocket. He went to a room with the prisoner. She held him down on the bed. She put her hand in his pocket, and attempted to taks the money from him forcibly. They struggled together. Teague and Harris came in and attacked him, and one of them seized him by the throat, so that he was compelled to give in. The female thentoreawayhis pocket containing his money, and ran away. He gave information to the police. He did not give up struggling until one of the men leant on his che-t. P.C. Henry Davies proved apprehending the prisoner. The jury found the prisoners guilty, but sentence was deferred. WOUNDING AT MERTHYR. John Cleary, 24, haulier, was indicted for maliciously wounding bis stepmother. Mr. B. F. Williams prosecuted. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that during a quarrel he struck her violently with a chair, which cut her head. He wounded her with a glass which he hurled at her. Sentenced to six months' hard labour. THURSDAY. The Court opened at ten o'clock.

THE OUTRAGE AT ABERDARE. Thomas Morris, (20), miner, who had pleaded guilty to damaging the dwelling-house of Richard Richards, at Aber- dare, hv the explosion of gunpowder, on the 5th of Decem- ber, 1868, came up for sentence. His lordship, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, said he had been convicted on his own confession of a. very serious crime, namely, that of attempting to blow up a dwelling house by means of gun- powder, in which he knew there were several persons be- longing to the house dwelling there, and what was worse a number of helpless innocent children, whose lives he en- dangered in causing that gunpowder to explode, so that he might have destroyed the lives of every liumiti being in that house. It was a mercy to him that no one was fatally in- jured, for if any one's life had fallen a sacrifice to the wickedness of what he had been guilty, he himself must have paid the penalty by forfeiting his own life; he would have been tried fwr murder, convicted, and sentenced to death, and would well have deserved the death which he would have incurred. Ha perhaps ought to pa.s upon him the severest sentence the law would permit him to pass, because there was every aggravation that could be imagined In his con- duct. The man had done him no injury; he (the judge) W3S not sure that tbe prisoner was acquainted with him and the children were not capable of giving him any provo- cation for that great crime. He had some reason to believe that he (the nrisoner) was the tool of others rather than the principal. He should pass a severe, but under all the cir- cumstances, a lenient sentence, hoping that it would do something to lead him to give information that would bring to cnviction and punishment the worst offenders. He (IUC prisoner) knew who they were, and he could give such in- formation as would bring them within the reach ef the law and subject thfm to that punishment which perhaps more than himself they deserved. It was in that hope and the hope that he would repent and determine to live a different life, that he should pass a comparatively light sentence. The sentence of the court was that he be kept in penal servitude for seven years. ALLEGED RAPE AT YSTRADYFODWG. Francis Ferris (56), sinker, was charged with feloniously assaulting Elizabeth Mercer, and violently ravishing her at Ystradvfo'tyvg, on the 27:h December list. Mr. B. Francis Wiliams prosecuted; Mr. Bowen defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutrix, a girl cf 13, was in thehabif of attending the Sunday school at Ystradyfodwg, at which the prisoner was a teacher. On the Sunday after Christmas with violence, was sentenced to six months' hard Labour. Day the prisoner asked her to go to a wood near and give him a kiss, telling her he would give her some presents if she would do so. She went. and whilst there the prisoner, as she alleged, committed the assault complained ff. The offence was said to have been committed close to a brook, tlie gurgling of which prevented her screams being heard, the nearest house to the spot being about sixty yards off. Mr. Bowe., for the accused, utterly denied the charge, pointing out the contradictory, exaggerated, and improbable story of the girl, which he contended was a trumped-up one. The jury acquitted the prisoner. MANSLAUGHTER AT MERTHYR John Howells, on bail, was charged with killing and slay- ing Sarah John, at Merthyr, in July last. Mr. B. T. Wil- liams prosecuted, and Mr. Bowen defended. The deceased, it would appear, was a young married woman, and shortly after her confinement a milk abscees" formed in her breast. She was first attended by the medical men of the Plymouth works, but not getting on very rapidly she went to the pri- soner, wi-o applied a plaster, and this plaster on being ex- amined was found to contain arsenic—such a plaster as no man, unless wilfully or through the grossest carelessness or ignorance, would apply to all open wound of that character from which the deceased was suffering. She died on the 9ih of July, and Mr. Ward, one of the surgeons at the Plymouth Works, took away the plaster which she had on ther breast, and which was found to contain arsenic. Mr. Ward attri- buted the death of the deceased to poison absorbed into the system, but at the post mortem examination no tr;,ce of ar- senic could be found in the body. Dr. Davies, who made the post mortem examination, assisted by Mr. Ward, agreed with the latter in his view of the case. Dr. A. S. Taylor, of London, analysed the plaster, and fonnd that it contained white and yellow arsenic. His Lordship said there was a great failure of justice in this case. There was no evidence to prove that the woman left her house and went to the pri- soner's house at Carmarthen, and had the plaster put on. It might have been, for aught that had been shown, obtained from some other person than the accused. They would therefore return a verdict of Not guilty. The prisoner was discharged wiih a cautiou. SECOND COURT.—THURSDAY. (Before Serjeant PULLEN.) CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH AT LLANDAFF. Martha John, appeared on the charge of unlawfully en- deavouring to conceal the birth of her child at Llandaff, on the [jth of December last. Mr. H. Allen prosecuted. It will be recollected that on the 10th of December last, the body of a newly born child was found in the water closet of the house of a Mrs. Morgan, at Canton. The police were informed of the circumstance,, and the prisoner was accused of the mur- der of the child. She admitted that she had been delivered of a child, but that it did not cry, and she had wrapped it in a piece of rag and put it down the water closet. She was taken into custody, but Dr. Ileginald Fearce made a post mortem examination of the body, and expressed his belief that the child had only lived for a very short time, or at all events only during a protracted labour. The string round the neck had caused a swelling, but there was no evidence to show that the string had been put round the neck before death, and had been the death of the child, there being an absence of congestion round the place where ths string had been placed. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended her to mercy. The judge, in summing up the case, pointed out that the law had laid down that it was a punishable offence for any person to conceal the birth of her chiid in this way. He had however, no doubt, that she had been severely punished already, and as the jury had recommended the prisoner to mercy, he should only pass a very lenient sentence upon her. He would sentence her to seven days' imprisonment without hard labour. The Court rose at two o'clock.

Cardiff Timet Office, Saturday, 12 Noon. BY ELECTKIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON, SATURDAY, 0 a.m. THE WAR IN PARAGUAY. The following telegram has been received at the Ar- gentine Legation:— LISBON, March 18.—Lopez was in hiding in the mountains with a few followers. He massacred all who refused to join him. The Minister Paranhes had left Buenos Ayres for Ascension, where the Ministers of the Argentine Republic of Menquay were also expected.

CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY. (Before Mr. R. O. JONES,Mr. J. PKIDE, and Dr. EDWARDS ) WINDOW SMASHING.—Catherine Cravas was charged with breaking seven panes of glass belonging to John Bickle. Ordered to pay the damage, 6d., and a fine of Is. and costs. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—Charles Starr wal charged with exposing meat lor sale unfit for human food. Inspector James proved that on Saturday, the 6th inst., he saw the car- case of a calf opposite I he stall of the defendant in the market. It was unfit for human food. Dr. Paine deposed to having examined the meat, and in his opinion it was not fit for any one to eat. Defendant asserted that tlie meat was good, and tha; there was other meat in the market not so good by 3d. per 1b. For the defence, Mr. Wadley, butcher, was called, and he stated that the meat was" eatable" for any body. The calf must have been a month old. Fined 5s. and costs.—Robert Thomas was charged with a similar offence. Inspector James visited defendant's stall on the day above mentioned, when he saw the carcase of a sheep, which, in his judgment, was unfit for food. He made an application to the magistrates, and had an order to destroy the meat. Dr. Paine gave testimony similar to that in tne previous case, and added that he believed tlie sheep was diseased, and had probably died of "rot." Fined 10s. and costs, and cautioned not to repeat the offence. STEALING A COAT.—Eliza Clarke was charged with steal- ing a coat, the praperty of Mr. J. Corbett. It appeared from the evidence of James Nash ostler at the Royal Hotel, that Mr. Corbett was in the habit of leaving his coat in his car- riage at the Royal. An assistant to Mr. Blaiburg, pawn- broker, proved that the prisoner pledged the coat at the shop of his employer, on Monday last. Mr. Corbett identified the coat as his property. He left it in his gig on Saturday last, at the Royal, and when he looked for it it was missing. The defence was,' that the coat had been given her by a young man who had since absconded, and the Bench remanded the case for the prof. uction of the man. STEALING A COAT.-Two girls named M'Grath and SuI, livan were charged with stealing a coat, the property of a Greek seaman. It appeared that the prosecutor had slept with one of the prisoners on the previous night, and the next morning he could not find his coat. The defence was that the coat was given to them to pledge. The Bench dismissed the case. DISORDERLY PROSTITUTES.—Rose Williams and Han- nah Jones, prostitutes, were charged with being disorderly on the previous nIght. Prisoners were sent to gaol for a month each. NON MAINTENANCE. — John Owen was charged with leaving his two children chargeable to the Cardiff Union since the year 1867. Mr. Wride, relieving officer proved the case. In defence the accused said he did not kkow the chil- dren were left chargeable. He had been in London, and left the children with the mother. The Bench suggested that the matter should be settled out of Court, which was accor- dingly done. FOWL STEALING.—Four boys, named Jeffreys, Kuban, Dobbin, and Dickens, were charged with stealing fowls from the premises of Mr. Blake, at the back of the Infirmary. The prosecutor said he missed three fowls from his shed on Wednesday morning. They were safely locked np on the Tuesday night. The fowl produced was one of them. He knew it by its comb and feathers. One of the prisoners con- fessed >0 having stolen four fowls from the shed, and that they sold three of them for 2s. Inspector Price said they were all very bad boys, except Dobbin. The other three had frequently stopped children on their w->y to school, and taken things from. Dobbin was put into the witness-box, and stated that on Wednesday morning last, he met the pri- soners with the fowls, and they asked him to go with them and sell them. Witness went with them, and sold the fowls and shared the money. Kuban, the yougest of the four— nine years of age-on being put into the witness box, said the prisoner Jeffreys was the person who stole the fowls. They were sold to a Mrs. Hawkins. Jeffreys was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment and twelve strokes from the birch rod; and Dickens to six strokes from the birch rod at the Police station. The other two were discharged.—The woman Ann Hawkins was then charged with receiving the fowls knowing them to have been stolen. The same wit- nest were examined, and it was shown that the prisoner had told the boy Jeffreys to go and get some fowls. for her, as thers were plenty in the field. Committed for. trial. SMUGGLING.—Fitzjame* Harms and Ludwig Lahl were charged with smuggling tobacco. The quantity found upon Harmswas lib. 12.?z., and on Lahl lib. They were fined respectively 18S. 9j. and 14s. 9d., or seven days' imprison- mant. DESERTION—Four seamen charged with deserting from the ship Pensaeolu were sentenced to two months' imprison- menr. SATURDAY. ^Before Messrs. PRIDE and ALEXANDER.) DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Henry Afiley was charged with beins drunk and riotous in St. Mary street. Ordered to pay 5". to the poor-box. ASSAULTING THE POLICE. Willíam Prior was fined £1 and costs for being disorderly in Trinity-street, and assault- ing and resisting P.C. Rogers, P.C. Tamplin, and Sergeaut Jones. LONDON CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. English wheat was taken at Monday's quitations, and the business done in foreign, although limited, was at the full prices of that day. Spring corn of all descriptions was steady at fully late rates.

PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE CARDIFF FREE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. The subject of increased accommodation for the va- rious departments of the Cardiff Free Library so ur- gently required and clearly pointed out at the last meet- ing of the School of Art and Science has received practical consideration at the hands of its active hon. secretary, Mr. Peter Price, who this week has addressed a lengthy communication to the committee, and for- warded plans of the buildings, which he thinks it is de- sirable should shortly be erected. The letter we re- print below. The plans show the ground and upper floors of the proposed new buildings—which are to be two stories high—but do not exhibit the elevations. Mr. Price's scheme is to erect the buildings on the Corporation ground immediately behind the town hall. They will cover the whole of Captain Stockdale's gar- den and two-thirds of the police parade ground, taking the whole frontage to Westgate-street, with the excep- tion of a narrow road-way adjoining the Board of Health offices. The principal entrance will be at the centre of the Westgate-street frontage. On its right hand (or southern) side Mr. Price proposes to place a newspaper and reading room, which will be circular in form, and measure 50 feet by 55 feet, while over it will be a similar room of 55 feet diameter to be used for the library and as a reference room. On the left-hand side of the main entrance will be placed the Naturalist Society's class room 17 feet 6 inches wide by 27 feet deep, the Ladies' class room 14 feet wide by 27 feet deep, the masters' room, store room, and laboratory, occupying altogether a width of 14 feet and a depth of 27 feet; and at the extreme left the School of Art and Science class-room measure- ing 25 feet width by 58 feetdepth. The second storey of this large room will be devoted to a gallery of art 25 feet by 34 feet, and to another class room 25 feet by about 24 feet. Over the Naturalists', ladies' and masters' rooms will be the museum—a large square room measuring GO feet by 34 feet. The Lecture Theatre is placed immediately behind the School of Art and Naturalist's rooms, and will join the new post-office. Its dimension will be 60 feet by 44 feet, with a gallery over—all the seats being arranged in a semi-circle, facing the reading desk. The theatre will be entered from the Westgate-street entrance, but other entrances may be made into the roadway between the Town-hall and the new Post-office, and into the un- occupied part of the police parade ground, while a connection can also be made with a passage in the Town-hall, at the back of the nisi prius court. A covered passage from the corridor of the Town-hall to the principal landing on the second storey-affording im- mediate communication with all parts of the building— could also be erected with ease. The library, museum, and gallery of art could also be thrown into one for ex- hibitions, &c., and afford accommodation three times that of the Town-hall Assembly-room. A variety of small apartments are also included in the plans, but we have indicated sufficiently minutely the main features of Mr. Price's scheme. Of the desir- ability and necessity of further accommodation, there can be little doubt, but Mr. 'Price has wisely laid out his plans in such a way as to permit almost any portion of them being erected alone. He therefore suggest that the most urgently required part of the scheme—the Schools of Art and Science—should be the portion first proceeded with. It devolves upon the com- mittee of the Free Library to give the scheme careful consideration, and, if considered feasible, to bring it fairly before the public, and learn the amount of public spiritedness by which it will be supported. The letter of Mr. Price gives further details of the scheme, and is as follows :— To the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Committee of the Cardiff Free Library. GENTLEMEN,—In accordallce with ttle resolution passed at the committee meeting, held on the 9th ultimo, I have the honour to iav before vou in writing the pt\>posal I then made verbally to erect a new building for a Free Public Li- hrary, Museum. Giillery of Art, Schools of Science and Art, and Lecture Theatrt.>, and to m-Ike application to the Town Council to appropriate (0 this use the piece of lalld in the rear of the new Post Omee, known as Mr. Stockdaie's gar- den. The growth of the institutions brought into existence under the" Public Libraries' Act" has been so rapid ane) unexpected, that tile building in St. Mary-strtet, which was once thought so ample, is now utterly inadequate to supply their requirements, and some step must be taken immedi- ately to supply the deficiency. I f, as suggested in your last annual report to the Council, the Scnools of Science and Art were accommodated dse- where, the rooms forming the top story of the building a: present occupild c./uld oe thrown into one, and sufficient provision would thus be "lade (or the museum for a time. It wvuld therefore be sufficient for our present wants to erect eliewhete a new building for the Science and Art Classes. But as the lease of the present hUllding terminates five years hence, it will he npcessary at Ihe end of that pe. riod to provide accunimodalitin fur the Library and 1\lu8eulII, and it is therefore importallt that in building the schools at present needed they should be so <tesigned,as to form part of the larger scheme, providing for all the institutions enu- merated. lhave therefore prepared plans (lithographed copies of which are annexed) to show that the site suggested would provide sufficient accommodation for (1) Schools of Science and Art; (2) a Gallery of Art; (3) a Museum; (4) a Library and Reference Room (5) a Newspaper and Ma- gazine Room (ti) and a Lecture Theatie. I estimate that the cost of these several buildings would be approximately as follows, viz. :— 1. The School of Science and Art. £1,7;)0 2. T he Gallery of Art 54.0 S. The Museum 2,500 4. The Library and Reference Room ) 5. Newspaper and Mag. Reading Room.} 6. The Lecture Theatre. 3,370 Total £ 1-2,900 The first three-viz., the schools, gallery, and museum—are so interwoven, that they cannot be built separately without a certain amount of extra cost; and, therefore, it would be ad. visable to build them together. But if the funds cannot be found for the three, the schools only should be undertaken at present. The library and reading rooms, not being required for five years, may be deferred. The lecture theatre, although a most desirable addition to the other institutions, is not essential, and may be omitted, if the funds cannot be provi- ded. 1. THE SCHOOLS.—The school as designed provides ac- commodation equal to that of Coventry—a town of about the same size as Cardiff—and which, I believe, has been consi- dered by the Science and Art Department of the committee of Council on Education sufficient and proper for that place. IheScience and Art Department would contribute to the building fund of the schools and gallery of art, a sum equal to '28. 6d. per foot superficial of area contained in the build- ing, which would amount in the plan proposed, to £438. 2. THE MUSEUM.— Ihe area of the museum will be nearly equal to that of the Assembly-room, Cardiff Town- hall, and it would probably be sufficient for the wants of w? PJesen!: generation, although the large number of valu- a i*c donations now withheld for want of a proper place in which to deposit them might warrant a different conclusion. 3. THE GALLERY OF AKT—The gallery of art (which is about one-fourth larger than the ante-room in the Town- hail), is intended to provide a place for the exhibition of paintings and other works of Art. which tho Science and Art Tr,eIJllrtrilentare[in the habit of lending from Kensing- ton Museum periodically to all towns which make proper provision for their reception The existence of this room would also, no doubt, lead to the presentation of art treasures from the town and county. 4. THE NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ROOMS.—The reading rooms ar; designed to furnish about four times the accommo- dation of the present newspaper and magazine rooms. The library contains room for 10,000 vohlmes on the walls only, and by the addition of two galleries that accommodation may be trebled. It is ciroular on plan and lighted from the roof. In the centre is a down shaft of iron framing filled with glass, which throws light into the reading room below, and provides ample ventilation (so mudi needed) to both the newspaper room below and the library over it. 5. THE LIM'EY AND REFERENCE EOOM.—Tlie reference room will occupy the floor of the library, in the same man- ner as that of the British Mu-eum. Our reference library is at present very inadequate and almost unused, but in Man Chester and Liverpool the reference department forms a principal feature in the institution. 0 THE LECTURE THEATRE. — The lecture theatre is modelled upon that of the Royal Institution, London, so ùe- servedly celebrated for its convenience and acoustic proper- ties, and would seat 8\10 persons. This building may be con- sidered as 1\11 investment, since IhQ rental winch woulù accrue from its use would pay the annual interest upon the outlay; and if the Corporation would lease the land at a no- minal ground rent, a company may prabably be formed to erect this part of the building (or the Corporation might build it, and mortgage it, paying the interest from the ren- tal. The gallery of art, the museum, and the library are so arranged that they may be thrown into one on occasions of public rejoicing (or fcr exhibitions)—thus .affording an area nearly three times that of the assembly room, exclusively of the newspaper room and lecture theatre (the gallery of which may be approached from the same floor.) There will be a communication direct from the Town-hall to the theatre and tbe Town-hall corridor may also if the Council approves, be continued (as shown by the dotted lines) into the museum and library. The building will necessarily (under the Public Libraries Act) become town property and he vested in the Corporation, and it therefore seems proper and convenient that the town authorities should have direct access to it from the Town hall. There will also be access to the building from St. Mary.street, by the roadway reserved between [he new Post-oflice and the Town-hall. My proposition, therefore, is (to recapitulate) •— 1. That a petition be presented to the Council, requesting that the land in question be reserved for a public library, museum, and lecture theatre. 2. 1 hat a committee be tormed to collect subscriptions for the schools, gallery of art, and the museum; or failin" that, fer the schools only. 3. That a building fund be opened to collect subscriptions annually for the nejet five years, from the friends and fre- quenters of the library, with a view to building, at the end of that period a new library and reading-rooms. 4. That the Corporation be asked to build a theatre, and mortgage it (paying the interest from the rent), or to offer the site to a company, at a nominal ground rent, under:proper restrictions. I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant PETER PRICE, Hon. Sec. Free Library. Cardiff, March 1:2th, 1869.

GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES. FRIDAY. THE LLANGYFELACH MURDER. Henry Evans, on the opening of the Court at ten o'clock was placed at the bar, and arraigned for the wilful murder of John Morgan. He pleaded not guilty. Mr. Henry Allen and Mr. Coleridge appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Bowen for the prisoner. The Court was densely crowded, and several ladies had succeeded in obtaining admission to the Court. Mr. Henry Allen having opened the case for the prosecution, a large number of witnesses were examined and the evidence was very volumnious, but it did not trace the crime home to the prisoner. The case was adjourned till this day (Saturday).

LOCAL NEWS. DEATH IN THE GAOL.—Yesterday morning a prosti- tute, named Bridget Connor, aged 28, died of fever in the Cardiff gaol. The Severn and Wye Railway Bill was read a second time in the House of Lords on Thursday. In the House of Commons, on Thursday, Mr. Mow- bray presented a petition from Cardiff against the dis- establishment and disendowment of the Irish Church. A similar petition was presented from Weston-super- Mare by Mr. Holt. A STEAM COAL BARGE LOST.—Last night, about seven o'clock, the steam coal barge John, 180 tons burthen, whilst on her passage from Cardiff, loaded with coal, when off the Black Kore, about two miles below Portis- head, was met by a heavy sea, and immediately foundered and went down. Fortunately Captain Tanner and the crew were all saved, but upon gaining the beach they saw the cargo washing out of her. The poor fellows had not time to save a single thing of their clothes. The vessel is the property of Mr. Braine, and strange to say, 15 years ago this day the same vessel knocked down Bath-bridge. There is hope of her re- covery. Several others are reported as also gone down, amongst them the Victory, near Portishead, with the loss of two hands. A FRAGMENT FROM THE BUTE REJOICINGS.—An odd fragment in connection with the Cardiff celebration of the coming of age of the Marquis of Bute was brought under notice before Judge Sumner, at the Gloucester County Court, on Thursday afternoon. George Lee, a tradesman of Gloucester, sued the Great Western Rail- way Company for the recovery of £15. Lee is the owner of a set of very ingenious working models, and he ar- ranged to exhibit them at the agricultural show which was held in the Canton market, at the time of the Bute festivities. He forwarded them from Gloucester on the 15th September, and on that day went with his assis- tant to Cardiff to receive them aud get them in working order. But next day, when he went to the station, he could hear nothing of them, and he could not even find them till the morning of the 18th, when he discovered them beneath some iron bedsteads, packed on a truck lying on a siding. It was then too late to get them to the show, and he had to get them returned to Glouces- ter. The models are set in motion by the dropping of coins into an aperture, and he calculated that during the day he should have received 30s. at each of the twelve models he sent. He also claimed for expenses and loss of time. The judge awarded £10 damages.

GENERAL NEWS. THE SUNDAY LIQGOR TRAFFIC.—DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY.-The Home Secretary received on Thursday afternoon a deputation, urging him to bung a bill into Parliament for suppressing the Sunday open- ing of public-houses. The Home Secretary, in |c said that though the Government proposed to dea with the whole question of public and beerhouse icensing he would not countenance any measure whicn proposed to close public-houses entirely. In conclusion, he said he could not commit the Government o any spccial regulations regarding the Sunday liquor ia c. THE TESTIMONIAL TO Mr. GLADSTONE. The money now being collected in Lancashire or e Gladstone Testimonial" is to be expended, in accordance with the wishes of the Premier, in THE erection of a Gladstone Hospital" in connection with the Liverpool Convales- cent Institution, which is about to be erected at Woolton Wood, from the surplus funds collected in Liverpool during tlie distress^ in Lancashire, occasioned by the civil war in the United States..

\$7aNTED, by a Young Man fage 10), a Situation ag V Clerk in a mer"amiie or wholesale nfficp, or "lace of trnst. Hasaknowledgeofhook-keepirg. Unexceptionable references. Address, stating'terms, Bridle, Redcliffe-street, Bnstol. (537.2 TOWN OF CARDIFF. SALE OF VERY SUPERIOR PROPERTY. VFR. J. D. THOMAS will SELL by AUCTION, at the lL. Queen s Hotel, Cardiff, at Seven o'clock p.m., on MO> DAY, the 29th MARCH, 1809. the following lots of valuable HOUSES LOT 1.—That first-class business House and Shop, situate fvi if Bute docks, and being No. 112, Bute-street, opposi,e the Bute Chambers, the hebt business situation in Csrdiffr now in the occupation of Mr. William Weiehert. jeweller. This property is deserving the attention of capitalists, on account of the improving trade and the extension of dock accommodation, as no other position equal to it can ever be obtained for trade purposes. LOT 2.-All those two substantially built Semi-detached Villas, known as Cobden and Norton Villas, and standing in the delightful situation of Tredegarville. They are now ill the occupation of Messrs. IYare and Spencer. This property, which will he sold separately if desired, ha& only been built about two years, regardless of expense both as to building and finishing, and contains every accommodation from drawing rooms to attics, that could possibly be arranged for comfort and convenience. ° The Auctioneer wishes to call especial attention to these choice and valuable lots. Such property, from situation and other advantages, is very rarely to be met with. Other par- ticulars, together with the conditions, will be produced at the sale. Auctioneer and Valuer's offices, 90, St. Mary-street Carditt., March 12th, 1869. 63U POIITYXON PAINT. THIS Paint, of a rich chocolate colour, and remarkably well adapted for painting outside work, may now be obtained in dry powder, ready for grinding in oil, at lid, pet pound, or 12s. per cwt., and ground in oil at 3d. per pound, or zos. per cwt., on application to MR. B. DANIEL, BEYNDU WOEKS, BRIDGEND, GLAMORGANSHIRE. The good qualities of this paint have been extensively tested during the last two years, on the Great Western and London and South Western Hail way. 6369 THE BRISTOL AND WESTERN COUNTIES BUTCHERS' HIDE, SKIN, FAT, AND WOOL COMPANY, LIMITED. Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital, £3,000, in Six Hundred Shares, of £ F each. £ I pe- Share to be paid on applicati ,n, and £1 further on allot- ment. Shareholders are not liable for more than the actual amount of their Shares D IRE C TOR S. Mr. Thomas Day, High-street, Chairman. Mr. William Terrett, St. Michael's Hdl. Mr. John Matthews, jun., Redelitt'e Hill. Mr. Thomas Lane, Hedclitre Hill. Mr. William Hunt, Christmas-street. Mr. Samuel Davies Old Market-street. Mr. Richard Stock, High-street Market. Mr. James Wise, Rath-parade. Mr. Geo. Babbage, Hampton-place, Clifton. Mr. James Kebbv, Stoke's Cioft. Mr. Joseph Willis, lledcliffe Hill. Mr. William Trull, North-street. Mr. George Smith, Redclifie-street. Mr. John Melhuish, Picton-streft. Mr. Thomas Young, Frogmore-street. Mr. Stephen Alsop, Prince-street. | BANKETS. Sir William Miles, Bart., & Co Corn-street, Bristol.. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Benson & Elletson, 40, Broad-street, Bristol- HONORARY SECRETARY. Mr. Harry Hewlett, jun., Ma>yleport-street, Bristol. PROSPECTUS. THIS Compaay has been formed for affording facilities tn JL the Butchers of Bristol and the Western Counties to dispose of their Hides, Skin, Fat, Wool, &c., to the best advantage. The bides, skins, fat, wool, &c., will be classed ic proper manner, and sold upon their respective merits, and each butcher will receive the exact amount which his goods make by sale, less the commission. The shares will be allotted to members of the trade exclusively an(1 in order to give every local butcher an opportunity of taking shares io the Company, it has been resolved not ro allot more thantefl shares to each applicant, until after the 2Utb dav of April next, when the shares remaining undisposed of will he allotted to members of the trale as the directors in their discretion shall determine. The whole of the commission arising out of sales shall gO to form a profit for the benefit of the shareholders, also the profits arising out ot sales of other articles consigned to the Company for sale. The advantages which tbe trade will derive from consigning their produce to a Company formed amongst themselves, and of which members of the trade will be the sole shareholders- are so obvious as to need no comment. The commission which the trade now pays to private indi- viduals will, after deducting the expenses of the Company, be returned, in the shape of profits amongst the shareholderS í it therefore behoves every butsher who kills his own goods to join the Company, and make it what it is intended to he, 9 Butcher's Hide, Skin, Fat, and Wool Company." Confined the trade, there will he doubtless sufficient spirit to support it, and, well supported, such fi Company can ÙO much to ÍLlr, ther the interests of the trade generally. Applications for shares should he made to the Chairman Mr. Thomas Day. of High-stroet, or to the Honorary Secret tary, 1\-11. H. Hewlett, Maryleport-streer, Bristol, imme- diately. All applicatiods for shares mnst be accompanied by deposit of £1 per share, and a further sum of £1 shall be paid on allotment. Prospectuses may be had on application to the Secretary or at the offices of the Solicitors. 6370 THE NORTHGATE BREWERY, BATH. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Upon the Premises in NORTHGATE STREET in the City of Bath, Pursuant to n Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause SIMMS v. SPENCER," with the approbation of the Right Honorable the Master of the Rolls, By Mr. JAMES TUCK RAINSY, The person appointed by the said Judge, On TUESDAY, ArlUL Gth, 1869, & Eight following DayS of Business, commencing each day at 11 for 12 o'clock, THE WHOLE OF THE VALUABLE FIXED AND MOVEABLE PLANf Connected with the Business lately carried on by MessrS' GEORGE PIXCHIX and COMPANY, comprising A Very Handsome High-Pressure and Condensing STEAM ENGINE, Of 24 horse power, and Three Wrought Iron Steam BoilerS, Two Annan's SMOKE CONSUMING APPARATUS. FOUR LARGE COPPERS. Many Thousand Feet of COPPER, LEAD, and IRON PIPE. A Large Quantity of GUN METAL and BRASS COCK5 and VALVES, supplied by Messrs. Pontifex and Co. TEN ENGLISH OAK WORKING ROUNDS, fitted with Skimming Apparatus, Attemperators and Guages complete. SIX DANTZIC FIR WORKING SQUARES, with similar Fittings, by Messrs. Carty, of London. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON LIQUOR BICES. SLATE SETTLING BACKS & YEAST TROUGHS. SIXTY ENGLISH OAK BELL AND BULGE STORE VATS, Varying from One Hundred to One Thousand Barrels each, also principally built by Messrs. Carty, of London. THREE SETS OF THREE THROW BRASS BARREL, Two Pairs Double Action and sundry other PUMPS. THE WHOLE OF THE DRIVING MACHINERY, Including Two Pairs of Malt Crushing Cylinders. About SEVEN THOUSAND CARRIAGE CASK&- consisting chiefly of Hogsheads, Barrels, and Kilderkins,- together with a large quantity of miscellaneous articles, appertaining to the Brewing Trade.. The whole will be on view on SATURDAY, APRIL Hrd and on MONDAY, APRIL bth. A Private View may be obtained at any time by applying at the Office at the Brewery. Catalogues may be had on application to the Solicitors. JOHN KEMP, Esq., Bath; GEORGE SPACKMAN, Esq., Bradford-on-Avon Messrs. CHAPMAN and PONTING, Warminster Messrs. PILGRIM ani PHILLIPS, Church Court, Lothbury, London; Messrs. KINGSFORD and DORMANT,, Essex. street, Strand, London; Messrs YlZARiJ, CHOWDER. ANSTIE and YOUNG, 55, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; also of Messrs. RAINEY, at their Offices, Nos. 20 and 21, South- gate street, Bath. 6373 RE MUBDOCK MACLEAN.—\ye are requested by Mr. \\ïlliaIn Maclean of Conway Cottage, Canton, to state that he is no J elation to :Murduch McLeHll, late of 5, East-Iell'nce, Cardiff, a Bankrui i- there ever been any transactions be- Anee\vm!»m Macleanainn°UnCement 18 necessi,ated- °*mg to f having been subjected to considerable [ADVT! 6:371.]° the similarit.y of and residence.— a M0.THERS.-ArB you broken ot yi>uVrest by once to wththc pair, of cutting teeth ? Go a SOOTHIM <SHEMIAT) anci GET a bottle of Mrs WINslow>9 diatel. ? YRUPl ItwUI re''eve e P001' sufferer imme- e|p lt1,;s perfectly harmless; K produces natural quiet eeP, by relieviog the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as a button It has Uen long in use in America, and is highly recommended by medical men it is very pleasant to take; it srothes the cinTd; it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy isr dysentry and diarrhoea whether arising from teething or other causes. Be sure and ask for "Mis. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and see that "Curtis and Perkins, New \0rk and London," is on the outside wrapper. No mother should he without it.— Sold by all medicine dealers at Is. 1^1. per Bottle. London Denot, 205, High Holborn. 4ry(^ Printed by Steam power, and published by the so'e7 Proprietor, 1)AX-> DUNCAN, at his Genera, pr.uting 0ffices, 10- St. ;.aii si reef., in the parish ui at..Mary in the Borouab of Cardie, in the county of (jianjoivnn SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1869.

The Spring Assizes for this county commenced on Mondav, when the commission was opened by the Right Hon. Sir Fitzroy Kelly. The Sheriff's ordinary was held the same evening at the Mackworth Arms. The company included Mr. H. H. Vivian, M.P., Mr. Howel Gwyn, M.P., Mr. R. 0. Jones, Mr. G. T. Clark, Mr. S. Benson, Mr. J. P. Budd, Mr. J. W. James, Mr. J. T. D. Llewellyn, Mr. Iltyd Thomas, the Rev. G. Allen (sheriff's chaplain), Mr. J. T. Jenkin, Mr. Geo. Strick, Mr. E. Strick, Mr. James Richardson, Mr. J. Crowe Richardson, jun., Mr. J. Francis, Mr. C. T. Wilson, &c. The chair was occupied by the High Sheriff, Mr. E. Romilly, and the vice-chair by the De- puty-Sheriff, Mr. R. W. Williams. The health of the High Sheriff was proposed by Mr. Vivian. The criminal business was proceeded with on Tues- day morning, when the court opened at eleven o clock. The following gentlemen were sworn on THE GRAND JURY. Mr. H. H. Vivian, foreman. Mr. H. Gwyn Mr. W. Gilbertson R. O. Jones >i J- f • Rowland G. Llewellyn C. T. Wilson „ G. T. Clark Wilmott „ E. R. Wood -i J- C. Richardson „ S. Benson J. T. Jenkiri lit, d Thomas „ X. P. Cameron J. T. D. Llewellyn „ Richardson, jun. Williams „ S. T. H Fisher „ J. P. Budd H. J. Bath The customary formalities having been gone through, His Lordship, in addressing the Grand Jury, said he regretted that on this the first occasion it had been his good fortune to meet the grand jury of that, the county of Glamorgan, he was unable to express himself to them in the language of congratulation which he had addressed to grand juries of the neighbouring counties of the Principality. When he looked at the state of the calendar, it was certainly in a most unsatisfactory condition, and the nature of the crimes (even bearing in mind the great increase of the population of the county and its large masses of working men) was such as could not fail to be a source of great regret to all engaged in the administration of justice. He found that at the head of this sad catalogue of crime a foul murder had been committed, and it would be amongst the many anxious subjects for their consideration to inquire whether or not one of the inhabitants of this part of the county should be put upon his trial for that crime. He also found that there were four cases of manslaughter, and at least as many cases of maliciously cutting and wounding, besides a larger number of cases of bur- glaries, robberies, larcenies, and other offences, all of a greater or lesser magnitude. He knew not, stranger as he was to this part of the United Kingdom, what this prevalence of crime was to be ascribed to, unless it was to a great extent to an almost total want of education amongst the humbler or working classes of the community, or to the prevalence of that inex- haustible source of all evil-drunkenness. Of course in addressing gentlemen of the county such as he now saw before him, it would be superfluous, it might indeed be considered almost presumption, on his part to impress upon them the necessity and the importance of doing their best and using every means in their power not only to give some sort of education to the humbler classes of their fellow-creatures, but also sternly, if necessary, by the severe exercise of the law to to put down that prevailing vice—an excess of drinking amongst the population. The Legislature were stated to be now engaged in the consideration of measures which should strengthen the hands of the magistrates in that respect. He need hardly say that he earnestly wished them success, and he was quite sure that each and all of those he was addressing would in their re- spective avocations avail themselves of all which the law placed in their power to put down that which so disgraced the community. With regard to the calendar there were a few offences to which he must call their particular and serious attention. And first, with re- gard to the crime of murder. They would find (with- out his prematurely entering into the case) from the evidence which would be laid before them, and from just glancing at the general nature of the depositions, and without doing more than simply calling their atten- tion to the main features of the case—that the unfor- tunate deceased was in his own house during the after- noon, or at all events during part of the afternoon of the 7th of November last, and probably (he would not say more than probably) the murder was committed in the course of the afternoon, though there was no gene- ral knowledgeof it and the crime was not discovered until the following Tuesday. During that afternoon and at various times it would be shown by several wit- nesses that the prisoner left his home. He was seen to leave his house at all events about the middle of the day (perhaps he ought not to say more), and one point for their most serious attention would be whether he left his home with or without a gun. There could be no doubt, it would appear, that the accused was seen that afternoon at various points of the locality, between his own home and that of the deceased, and their attention would be directed to the exact time by the various witnesses who would be called before them. The prisoner was seen in the latter part of the after- noon, and it might become a material question for their consideration whether or not at that time he had with him a dog which seemed to belong, or was attached to the prisoner, and which afterwards went home to the prisoner's house, wet blood then being seen upon it. They would then trace the accused through a later part of the afternoon to various places of resort, and at a still later hour in the evening to the club which he was in the habit of attending, and subsequently to his returning home. All the evidence in the case was such as was known as circumstantial evi- dence, for nobody actually saw the deed committed but the one who did it. They would have to consider, in the investigation of this case, not whether the ac- cused was guilty of the crime with which he stood charged, but whether there was sufficient evidence to call upon them to put him on his trial before the petty jury. Of course public justice required in a case of such moment that if there was anything like probable gailt-if there was evidence which amounted to proba- ble guilt—then it would be their duty to find a true bill, so that the accused might be placed upon his trial. Then there was another case-in fact he might almost say a class of cases amounting to three or four cases of manslaughter. In those cases there were no attacks made by the accused upon the deceased persons, either with or without provocation, but the deaths had been caused by negligence. For instance, there was a case in the calendar in which the death of a person was clearly traced to the negligence of somebody or other, and there was in that case nothing like malice, nor had the accused the slightest idea of doing the deceased any harm. In considering those cases they would have to determine, not whether the negligence was insufficient to cause the death, but whether there was sufficient prima facie evidence to put the prisoner on his trial. He would only say in reference to these cases that if those who were charged failed in the proper discharge of their duty, and if there was culpable neglect in the discharge of the duty, then they were guilty of the charge of manslaughter. There was one case in which two persons were charged with manslaughter upon the coroner's warrant-he did not know whether they had been before the magistrates or not. The charge allotted to them was watching some machinery, and from out of which a certain quantity of water passed off in the form of steam from a number of boilers. It was alleged that from want of sufficient care and attention on the part of the accused the quantity of water, which was diminished by the boilers, was not remedied—the water was not filled up, whereby an explosion took place which proved fatal, causing the death of one or two persons. In these cases they would have to consider -not whether there was any moral blame upon the ac- cused-but whether there was sufficient evidence to satisfv them that the accused should be put upon their trial." His lordship referred to several other cases in the calendar, and dismissed the grand jury to their duties.

GENERAL NEWS. The Conservatives will bring forward the Earl of March as a candidate for West Sussex. The Daily News gives a summary of election peti- tion results.—The total number of cases disposed of is 82; the withdrawals number 36, in the proportion of 20 petitions against Liberals and 16 against Conserva- tives. Twenty-nine members have been declared duly elected—18 Liberals and 11 Conservatives. Seventeen gentlemen have lost their seats under the provision of the Act of last session—7 Liberals and 10 Conserva- tives. Of 45 petitions originally presented against Liberals, 7 have been successful. Of 37 presented against Conservatives, 10 have been successful. The only petition now in hearing is that at Oldham, affect- ing the seats of two Liberals. There are, in addition, 25 cases to be decided, involving the fate of 10 Liberals and 15 Conservatives. The Senate and Convocation of the University of London have presented a petition to Parliament in favour of the Endowed Schools Bill.

MURPHY RIOT AT NORTH SHIELDS. ATTACK BY TWO HUNDRED IRISHMEN. THE MILITARY CALLED OUT. A telegram from North Shields reports a Murphy riot at that place last night. Murphy gave a lecture at the Oddfellows' Hall to a crowded audience. Two hundred armed Irishmen attacked the hall, fired shots into the room, and smashed all the windows with stones. The police fortunately got the front door leading to the hall closed before the Irish could effect an entrance, and Murphy's audience were enabled to escape by a back way. The military had been called out and remained picketed in the Town-hall, and 74 of the First North- umberland Artillery Volunteers were sworn in as special constables. The police dispersed the Irish, who were ever unable afterwards to rally, and the town late at night was peaceable, but the people are very excited.

TREDEGAR PARK COURSING MEETING. SECOND DAY.—FRIDAY. The weather was very unfavourable for this, the se- cond day's sport, and the consequence was that there were few spectators present except those interested in the various stakes. A great scarcity of hares was again experienced. Midge was drawn by arrangement for the cup, but ran a bye with Prairie Bird, and astonished the talent by her performance in a course of great length. There are two courses yet to run, but the pro- babilities are that the stakes will be divided. The fol- lowing is the result of Friday's running :— LORD TREDEGAR'S CUP FOR THE WLNNEBS OF THE SAPLING STAKES. Mr. Wm. Piice's bk h Prairie Bird—Clasper—Lady Lorton, March, 1868 — Mr. Moir's bk b Midge—C&labaroona — Nelly, 19tli April, 1868 (drawn by arrangement). Mr. Wm. Price's f b Prairie Flower—Calabar^ona—Nelly, 19th April, 186S, beat Mr. J. Hughes's w & bk d Harum Scarum-Clasper-Lady Lorton, March, 1868. TREDEGAR PARK STAKES.-II. Randolph best Winchester. Young Wonder beat Sir Herculss. Golden Bloss)m ran a bye. III. Randolph beat Golden Blossom (1) Young Wonder ran a bye. 1< Piandolph beat Young Wonder. RUPEERA CASTLE STAKES.—IL Pretty Sue ran a bye. Rbod3 (dr). Blue Gown ran a bye. Youth ana Beauty (dr.) Reginald beat Black Friar. Cassop Lass ran a bye. III, Pretty Sue beat Blue Gowr. llegillf\1d heat Cassop Lass. M\.HSHFIELD STAKES.-lst dog, £6 6s.; 2nd dog, £2 2s. Mr. John Hughes's bd & w d Hydraulic — Patent — Rival Charms, beat Mr. Tom Price's Ik b Gardez vous — Cala- baroona—Nimble. Mr. T. 1,1. Brewer's hi d p Bold Davy—Patent—Mausoleum, beat Mr. E. Fcwler's bd d p Champion — Retribution — A yonside. it. Hydraulic beat Bold Davey and won.

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. THURSDAY. In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Clanricarde asked for information respecting the recent murders in Ireland, and suggested a Commission, similar to that which sat at Sheffield, to investigate the causes of these outrages. Lord Duffrin said the Government was fully alive to its responsibility, and was determined to vindi- cate the law. Earl Grey censured the Government for not having grappled with the land question in Ireland, and for the clemency shown to the Fenian prisoners. The discussion was continued by Earl Granville, the Earl of Kimsberley, and Lord Cairns, and was ultimately dropped. Their Lordships adjourned at eight o'clock. In the House of Commons after a number of ques- tions had been disposed of, clearing the way for the great business of the night, Mr. Gladstone, without comment, moved the second reading of the Irish Church Bill. Mr. Disraeli, in moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months, strongly opposed the measure, criticising with great severity the proposi- tions for disposing of the property if the Church. Mr. Gregory followed the Conservative leader, and he was succeeded by Sir G. Jenkinson, Mr. Edgar Bowring, Mr. Bodrick, Mr. Dillwyn, and other speakers. The debate was adjourned. The Birmingham Post says the Commons was so crowded to-night as to convince the new members of the utterly inadequate accommodation it affords. The Comte de Paris, Mr. Reverdy Johnson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and a number of peers and English and Irish bishops, were among Mr. Disraeli's audience. The opposition leader for two hours and ten minutes sustained his character of phrase maker, medicineman, and mysterv deviser to the Tory party. Unfortunately, for the full "success of his argument, that an Established Church was necessary to preserve the due reverence for law, order, and rights of property, the presence of the American Minister in the front row of the gallery was a bodily and visible refutation of one half of Mr. Disraeli's solemn vaticinations of danger to corporate and private property. Mr. Disraeli's great design is to foment dif- ferences among the Liberal party on that provision of the Government Bill which compensates the Maynooth professors and the Regium Donum clergy out of the property of the Irish Church. The Scotch members have been sounded, and Mr. Aytoun has tried to get us a Cave, but they will vote for the second reading almost to a man, and Mr. Disraeli, if he goes to a division, Vvill be defeated by a crushing majority. FRIDAY. In the House of Lords the Duke of Argyll moved the second reading of the Scotch Education Bill. The measure was criticised at some length by Lord Abinger, who, however, expressed his approval of its general scope and character. After remarks by the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Denbigh, and the Duke of Marl- borough, the bill was read a second time, and the House adjourned at 7.40, until Monday, the 5th of April. In the Commons the adjourned debate on the Irish Church Bill was resumed by Mr. Ball, who argued that the policy of Mr. Gladstone on the Irish Church ques- tion was opposed to the views of every statesman of note, and to the practice of European nations. Mr. Sullivan, the Irish Attorney-General, replied to Mr. Ball, and also criticised some of the arguments used by Mr. Disraeli on the previous evening. The Bill was opposed by Sir F. Heygate and Lord Crichton and supported by Sir John Gray and Mr. Miall. Sir Stafford Northcote followed in a strong spech against the bill. Mr. Bright said the question before the House was whether a State Church was good for Ireland, and the opposers of the measure, he argued, utterly failed to show that it was. The right, hon. gentleman referred to the scheme propounded by Lord Mayo last year, and which was, in reality, a confession that the late Govern- ment was unable to deal with the Irish question while, on the other hand, the scheme proposed by Mr. Gladstone had met with universal approval. The right hon. gentleman concluded with an eloquent peroration. On the motion of Sir R. Palmer, the debate was ad- journed, and the House rose at 12.15.