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ADnRKSS BY LORn ABERD:
-v. J. Ie Boulanger, u. ^ayor of Cardiff (Mr G. ^anit-l Jones, J. Elliott, Danu. vyW> (Jou- trs D. DUllcau, J. G. Proger, Thomas, t J. E. Jones, A. Fulton, P. W. Care.), the Rev. LS. Lidgett, the Rev. A. Tilly, Messrs apnean, J. Gnnn, Robert Davies, the Tow 1 "jhgrk (Mr Wheatley), and the Clerk of the Jpbool Board (Mr Rees). schools provide for the accommodation of fluly 1:000 children, distributed in the follow- fcf wanner :—Desks in boys' school, 230 in the II -*■* -rooms to this school, desk and gallery accom- 4^mlation for 80 more, or a total of 320 boys. JIM: girls' school is of the same size, and accom- -Jwdates the same number. The infant school ,g^omniodute« in desks 120, and on galleries 170, td in babies' room 43. In the latter room pro- bation is made for teaching the younger childrea t the Kindergarten system. There are three t tMs-rooms to each department. The buildings fce of stone and roofed with Rhuabon tiles, and I e their undoubtedly good effect more to the souping of the masses and picturesque sky line, kther than to any mere architectural embelliah- fient. They are, in fact, plain substantial build- hga, admirably adapted to their purpose, and £ emselves express the object for whieh they are ■ected. The school and playgrounds cover B acre in extent. The latter are paved Cith tar paving, and form a Jevel I fed well drained area, while covered Eaygrcmnds are also provided. The work has teen carried out by Mr Clarke Burton, from the fcsigns and under the superintendence of Mr G. t Robinson, architect the amount of the oon- tact, including the cost of all playgrounds, and ternal fittings, such as desks and galleries and » caretaker's house, is £8,672. The site, which fh* purchased from Mrs Crawshay, cost JB1,887, tod the buildings erected thereon have been se fcTanged as to admit of a separate entrance to fetch of the departments. The cost altogether •ill be, it is calculated, £ 9 14s lOd per head. About two o'clock, Lord Aberdare, who was pcompanied by the vice-chairman of the school |Mu*d Mr Lewis "Williams, arrived, accom- panied by the members of the school board JBd others. His lordship, who was at the prin- foal entrance doorpresented with a key by Mr Wil- ptnis, was conducted over the building, the dif- £ rent purposes of the various rooms being ex- ttained by Mr Robinson, the architect. A tour of the building having been made, the Jtfants' school was selected as the room for tbe J>eech-making. y In addressing those present, and the attend- ee included a large number of ladies, Mr Lewis WILLIAMS said: Ladies and gentle- taen—We are favoured to-day with the presence Itce included a large number of ladies, Mr Lewis WILLIAMS said: Ladies and gentle- taen—We are favoured to-day with the presence if one whom I am sure I may justly describe as a toblemam who is the foremost friend of education ? Walea. (Applause.) The only regret we have m this occasion is in the absence of the esteemed Miairman of the board, Mr Batchelor, who fcrough a aomewhat continued and serious indis- fcrough a aomewhat continued and serious indis- position was preveuted from attending, and in, fcgard to whom I am sure I am expressing the fishes of every member of the board rhcn I say I hope that bis health Lay soon be restored, and that he may continue to render to the town the invaluable services he |l so competent to render. The general results, I fcay say, of the schools in Cardiff, denomina- tional as well as board schools, are such as to place the town in the front rank with any town p the whole kingdom. Our aim as a board has Been to su^T- sufficient school accommodation mi every child the town, and to take steps to (ecure the attendance oi every child of school age fct some efficient school. ± i\t co*t, w.1.^ tome by this generation alone. io •xtend fyer 40 or 50 years. The schools, we thi £ *« wIll kst 150 years at least, and the cost will be ■artly by this generation, partly by the next, anc Mrtly by our children's children. But In view of the progress of science and ly by our children's children. But In view of the progress of science and the progress of our town, we feel lhat our work as a board has not been accom- plished. (Applause.) I wish to thank Lord ;AJ erdare for the very valuable report of the j dej>ai tmontal committee regarding the condition I Ikf education in the Principality—(applause)—and fee .;lIy that in response to the very valuable sug- fcest-.ons of that committee as to the necessity for advanced elementary schools, the Cardiff School fcoafd have felt it their bounden duty to under- take that work. I do not know that there is any toWl in the Principality—and few towns in Eng- ine—where such a school is required more than !■> We are becoming a great engineering •»d r._f shipowuing port, and some of the most taluaoleV^itions the young men of Cardiff can Jook forward 0 are M engineers. I am told that ■o deficient aie e Gf 8ci100is 0f t{je kind required fchat the Boar o Trade officials cannot supply Ihe demand m Oar .»for th# me^_ ^,red, and they S. {tea obliged to send to Scot-land to fill these p. j Bball be s"fc^t n?ore men to fill these Sats, and tnat a t>.essful future even an now awaits the educatjn q{ Cardiif> (A |»lause.) ADnRKSS BY LORn ABERD: Lo d ABEBDARE then Lord f h. jressed the meet1llg, 5SAb.hu i. ^ent on v^ie .0n of i. T uning of board ,u -this is not- th^h some eegret s —the first tim.ú I have been |QVjfj» to tak>» i>art in such a cereraony. This is, bc^-v, the first time, in the courseof a tolerably n, tiiat I have t«en able to dnd time to be prese aud I congratulate myeeJf that I am present, for my eyt», the eyes cr/fthe southern portion of the Prir oti'ity, have been attracted to Cardiff, and the fu>I ^ork it is doing in so many directions. I rejoice to see this fresh evidence of Hie public spirit and liberality with which hare in Cardiff charge has been undertaken of the 8dncatwa of the young of this mo~.f. important town. THlC FIRST BTXP II importance taken in the ir.-u.se of national edu. iation in this country will be remembered by nany persons I see around me, who were, when ihat step was taken, grown men, and who had )>een so for some years'. That was when Parlia- ment, in a fit of unusual audacity, determined to e the sum of j630,000 towards the improvement «f onal education. This was the first great W-ii, it was one much opposed at the time, and oppose '■V- a great variety of reasons, the Siost respectaDie 'if them being the danger of the ,tate taking to itself the education of the people. THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM or EDUCATION Jix the subject was discussed the ground enlarged, and a very great work was done by vhat was called the voluntary system, aided by State grants. t<ft w I am sure that neither I Ror any person in room would wish to say one disrespectful word of the voluntary system. The voluntary 81""m stepped in when there was an utter of nahonal provision, and although the *ol svstam was very far from performing the of providing education for the t ill it went in that direction to a extent, and grew with marvel- nay be true that tbe voluntary "«s8 it made is to traced to .hose involved in a disin- jcation, and that its triumphs stives to some extent. But e in themselves respectable, and with unmingled satisfaction to se persons who throughout the Ith of the land first aet themselves '"ent of elementary education. f the 1810 Education Act edu- ublic trust, and authorities it districts and divisions of d with seaing that effect is "T. occa- 'ke-a ■oi 4; '\i., Ul- now ^es they V cation. >' of the o- ucation -ci excel. their ,_JS re- ^ng now .—why are *■<1 do more ? .red >;verb ■ nt, and .ppetite for .astty satisfied. j. our citizens who or things from which t. 1m which they get not neari) vantage which they might clearly e:. now consider- ing whether something moiv u not be done by means of these elementary schools to further the progress of national edp.oation. Facts like these f- r«sd themselves stmnglv upon the minds of the members of the Departmental Committee, over which I had th* honour to preside. (Applause.) THR RKCOATMKNDATIDN OF THE COMMITTEE. We iJt, when we recommended that a large in- crease should be made in the number of interme- diate schools, that though there was a great improvement in the quality of t.he education given at these schools, yet the whole ground was far from being covered, for though it might be said that elementary aud intermediate and higher education really do include everything, yet there is a very considerable gap—and one that is strongly felt, one the filling of which would effect a great social improvement between the elementary aud the intermediate schools. (Applause.) The trades- man, the shopkeeper, the well-to do-aiti^an, would, by sending his children to an intermediate school, be not only depriving himself of the labour of his children at a peritd when he might profit by it, but he would have to pay fees which, in very many cases, he could not afford to pay. (Applause.) THE ADVASCBD BLWTBNTAET SCHOOL. And it occurred to us that in Wales > ",1" there was a very large population in o' facturing districts where something bet intermediate school and the advanc would be of the greatest value in devei powers of clever young persons. It that object that we suggested that t ments of Bradford and Wolverhampl way of advanced elementary schools, made througliout South Wales where j The Government responded at onoe t: gestions, and the result of it was the c" the Education Department—Mr Mu culax all it is called-which has excite interest in the Principality. Loud a A FORMER COMMISSION. I hear constant objections to t hese a mentary schools upon various groa titt-i ago there was one of the mo commissions going round the count sat. It had reference to the educa ments. The report of this commis to have been drawn up by the Bishop They recommended that a much better usesho«.vl be made of endowments than wae made at pre- I sent, and the establiahmeut of three grades of schools—1st, 2nd, and 3rd—which they thought would cover the whole region between oar univer- sities and elementary achoolg and they &re very indignant at the proposal to establish these ad- vanced elementary schools, for, as they state, the advanced elementary schools will interfere with the progress of the grade school.. they recommen- ded. Is ow, though In my opinion, their scheme, admirable as it is, and great as it is, may do much work by directing attention to faults and wants, the result of want of inquiry into this particular branch of the subject, I would suggest that they apply themselves to the consideration of how the endowments they referred to can be rescued and that they do not apply themselves to the consideration as to whether or not a large class of the community— our poorer tradesmen, our- artisans—could avail themselves of the advantages of theae schools if they were erected. It was a sense of the ad- vantages which these advanced elementary schools would confer which induced the com- mittee to make the recommendations they did, and which induced the Cardiff School Board to take the steps they have now taken. THE TWO VOICES. While on the one side appeals are beingr made to the friends of higher education as to whether the proposal to establish such schools is .mpn.cticable, there is another appeal being ide to what I may call the lower alld more selfish interests of the work- in" classes, who are told that these schools would not be for the benefit of the working classes, but for t^e benefit of the shopkeepers and the richer claK8(: I do not believe these arguments will prev^» an<^ 1 would just point out that the fees charged are those which are within the rer10*1 the large proportion the better to-do our working classes. Wherever theae schools have been established, or anything like these school.s'has always been drawn forth a spirit, liberality amongst the inhabitants of the district f° found scholarships 1111 be competed for by the children Cf t?e working classes, which have enabled these chilai?n t? be supported, and amply supported, during the time-? ^heir^ attend- ance at advanced elementary school:ü, school boards themselves have, I believe, the power, within certain limits, of founding such scholar- ships. But once the use of the schools was recog- nised, these would not be wanted. OTHER ARGUMENTS AGAINST. It is said by some that the teaching at these advanced elementary schools would be of a very superficial character. Were this the case, I should be opposed to them. But the special subjects would be taught, and taught well and thoroughly. In the ordinary elementary schools the teachers were too much engaged with other work to do this—the teachers' hands were too full, in fact, of the immediate and pressing work of the school, and overlooking the pupil teachers. But at the advanced elementary schools it is not proposed to do ordinary work of this kiM, and the masters will b« specially fitted for the special tasks which will be allotted them—masters familiar with the higher subjects, which are required by those who wish to continue the education of their children some years longer than is usually the caee. (Applause.) THJT SCOTCH STSTXM. I read yesterday, with very great interest, what I must call a report upon this subject, which ap- peared in the columns of the South, Wales Daily News, (Applause.) It interested me all the more because much of the information was upon an experiment made in the very large and important suburb of the city of Glasgow—Govan, a town beyond the limits of the city of Glasgow, and largely within the county of Renfrew, which at one time I had the honour of representing in Parliament. (Loud applause.) Now I observed that provision wag being made for the teaching of these special subjects, at any rate for teaching such of them as the scholars may themselves learn. The article in the South Waits Daily Niws contrasts the difference between the teaching of these special subjects in England and Scotland. Scotland has always bad a system of its own. The special subjects, and, indeed, higher subjects than those included in the special subjects, have been ever since the time of Xnox taught in some of the Scotch schools— of course, sometimes very imperfectly, but some- times very admirably taught, Of course every- thing depended upon the .teaming and ability of the schoolmasters. In the three counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Moray, these special subjects were, and are, taught in an ad- mirable manner. But in these counties they have the advantage of especially larger endow- ments, which bequests have been very wisely and most vigilantly applied in making consider- able payments to the schoolmasters who pro- duced the best result in the higher subjects. The consequence was that French, German, mathe- matics, Latin, and natural science were taught in many of these schools in a manner which would surprise many of us. THK SCOTCH PNTVERSITIW! we find were /pnerally supplied, if not directly from these scliools, at 10-' —ate indirectly. That is to say, the students at these ,ools frequently, after leaving school, continued at • and con- tinued their studies, and later on they went bo the university without any intermediate schools. At the ordinary schools the special subjects are 1 thoroughly taught, and this has made education ^-itland far more general and intermediate England, and had been followed with ..I!t results. (Applause.) Let '1.de in the teaching of the tland had an Education he code. In Scotland, d in specific subjects 13,300 bnt in 1881 >d to 55,000. (Ap. jhave ■gber mathe- ire oar colliers mathematics. itm of things in o the teaching ake two sab- er Latin. In '33 in mathe- !n 1375, in in 1881 lea the ind in .once ..in, it .,f prosecu- departments ailp in those in /t employment. A without some con- _,jt 01 Latin neither can he Le ¡ .*• can he be a theologian. Thus it vU" Scotch havp from time immemorial j vHlued to learn Latin, not from any super- atious reverence for it, but froal a knowledge of the practical uses to which it can be applied. (Applause.) THK COST OF THK ADVANCRO ELKIIKNTARY SCHOOL. Let me say one word on another subject in con- nection with the advanced schools, and diat is with reference to the cost. I have no doubt but that these schools will, especially at the first starting, require some assistance from the rates. At Bradford :t appears that of the four schools, the girls' ».:inol is self-supporting— that is to say, every gir- pays 9d per week. The f.x) erntnent treat it i an elemental. school, exair jj. arKj niak' itt usual and the grant a-^ u, ■ r .le the school to be.^Pburted. I did n. -.ay they pay for the building mau<ai'> it. Ihe boys school costs aboi xiie as ar ordinary elementary I school—that and no more. Compare the cost of that with the enormous advantage to the whole country and to many of the moet intelligent and most ambitious amongst our countrymen (Loud applause.) THK QUESTION OF TAXATION. Do you ever ask yourselves why the people of the upper classes quietly submit to be taxed for the education of the children of the working classes? I take it that the two main objects are these—first, they feel from the political point of view the absolute necessity of having an educated population, in order to avoid having a dangerous population, and that all the more strongly when such an enormous increase has been made in the powers of the people. That is one reason. The other reason is that they.feel that, looking at the great exertions made in regard to education by all the great States of the world, it would be wrong for England to remain behind—that educa- tion for the people was not only necessary for the continuance of our national position as regards other countries, but also to draw out the best aDd brightest intelligences in our own; for we have an enormous mine of undeveloped wealth in the in- tellect of our country and though there IDIoy be semething in the doctrine of the relative succes- sion of trained intellects, yet I doubt not but that had education bean universal, we might have had from amongst the poor and ignorant classes men arise who may have rivalled the refutation of a Newton or a Herschel. (Applause ) HIGHER EDUCATION.—THK PROPC-iKD COLLEGE. You cannot expect from me on *his occasion any ■•"■Mi the rival clainis of Cardiff and ■ r,^rnosed college. All ;i;- b««t to it. aw., tu:.» f th* lege is uot <»• • school boys might be kepi "1 and taught, so the writer af the letter apj*f— think, everything that was Becemary and, in the next place, that the effect of these colleges would be to send boys there who ollKht to be at school, and thus to send boys to college at an immature age. With respect to the first argu- ment, we have met it over and over again. In the first place, the establishment of the one single institution at Aberystwith did more to call the attention of the whole of the Principality to the insufficiency of intermediate education given than any amount of eloquence, or than any amount of leading articles in the newspapers would have done in half a century. In the next place, the example of Scotland shows that the colleges can be of the greatest possible use, even where, all in Scotland, a defective system of education exists. THK NATIONAL MIND. With regard, to Oxford and Cambridge, I may say that the national mind desires to be developed in various directions, and that, admirable as the education there given and at the Scotch colleges it is not suited to the requirements of those who to Owen's college, Manchester. In a country like England the higher education should adapt itself to the various wants of the different branches of society. When we speak in Wales of founding colleges upon the Scotch sys- tem, we do not mean that we shall slavishly copy that system. (Applause.) We shall have our colleges founded upon the system most suited to the natural genius of the people, and the effect of our colleges will be very soon shown amongst a people with so much natui J quickness and avidity for learning as the Welsh have at all times exhibited. But here I am very anxious to put in A WORD OF WARNING. We do not mean when we speak of our colleges, places for lodging the students and overlooking their conduct as well as teaching them. The proposed colleges will be simply places for teach- ing, and the students will be left to end their own lodgings where they can. Now I am extremely anxious that the great subscriptions which have beeu collected, and which I hope will hereafter be collected, shall be applied in the beet and wisest possible manner. And, at the outset, I venture to express a hope that no very la-jge portion of these subscriptions, not a penny more filaü absolutely necessary, will be spent upon the buiialZS- Of course you must have good class rooms, laboraioi&s you have already in your library rooms provided ft'hich nught be used for these purposes. I want you to do nothing shabby; but I want you to be strictly economical, and to remember that the money you collect may be utilised far more for the public advantage by paying good salaries to the best masters, and by the foundation of scholarships. (Applause.) THK OPINION Of SIR CHARLRS LYELL. In connection with this subject I will read to you the opinion of Sir Charles Lyell, a man emi- nent in science and of world-wide experience. Writing in 1336, Sir Charles Lyell says :— I remember that when some £8,000 had by a great effort beeu got together at Bristol for lectures and for a collection of books and other useful aliment for the mind, as the misguided projectors thought, in came the architect, gave them a handsome building, pocketed the cash, and left them with a room for the newspaper readers, and scarcely a farthiuz to vsty their invaluable curator, Millar. So it was with the London Literary Institute in Moorflelds—-about thirty or forty thousand pounds sunk—and a hundred other cases. Yet, un- warned by experience, the planners of the London University followed in the same track, and spent several hundred thousand pounds in erecting a huge and never to be finished editice, with a splendid portico costing alone £30,000, or £40,000, and leaving nothing for professors but debts. Then came the King s College, a.nd another splendid subscription, for there is no end to the gullibility of Johu Bull. Might not anyone have told the poor per- sons who, with an honest zeal for their cause, put down their £5 or £50, that it is not science, nor learning, nor religion, nor anything but architecture that is encou- raged by ituch munificent donati B4 in England ? Had they hired a. set of the uglieet houses in the Strand, and bribed with their two or three thousand pounds the first teachers in Great Britain, their sooc««s would, have carried everything before tbein. But what did they do? ReMed a huge wing of a buikling which swallowed up all the money, nd is now unfinished ui- side. although part oi it. contrary to the original plan, is fitted up fur students' private chambers. There is no hope for natural history, or science, or literature, until they precede, instead of follow the architect. Seven years later^ir Charles Lyell, in writing to his sister, says:— The fa.ct is that there (Manchester), as everywhere ia ttacland magnificent subscriptions, which might have endowed' lectures equal to the Lowell Institute, have been all spent in building, and it is the same whether £50 000 or S150,000 a.re subscribed in this country and as in the case of the London University and King's College here, the buildings, which cripple them with debt, remain unfinished. If anyone should have the wisdom of Mr Lowell, ana forbid a farthing to be spent on building, an institution, with half the funds of King's College or London Uni- versity, would bave the ptck. of ail tbe Ilrst teachers. and leave the rest behind. Now I want the college in South Wales, whether it is at Cardiff or Swansea, to have the pick of the very best teachers and professors. I remember when I was in the Education Department notic- ing that in regard to elementary schools that people were so anxkwjs to secure really good teachers for their children that they did not allow religious scrupl#s to interfere io their choice ef a -r1: when, as in any case in Lincolnshire, Protectant children were attracted in large num- bers to Roman Catholic sohoob, 80 superior was the teaching. If this was the case with schools it wonld be more eminently tbe case in regard to universities. (Applause.) I trust what has been said on this ocoasion will be taken in good part by the citizens of Cardiff. They are justly proud of their town. They have done a good deal to embellish it, and provide for its health, and I am far from censor- ing tlpm for doing 80. They are spending the ratepaj ers' money on behalf of the ratepayers, but v^vv you COIDe to subscriptions for the foivwf of a colkgs, I do entreat you first to see that it ia need providing the students with professors. Provide good teachers first, and all other considerations will be secondary. (Applause.) Mr THOMAS RKM then addressed the assembly, and gave an account of the expenditure of the Cardiff School Board on this school. He affirmed in the strongest possible manner that it would never be possible for them to compel the rrtepayers of the community to contribute towards schools where any kind of "iama "wen taught. It wouldbeworth the reputatioa of any Government, Conservative or Liberal, to propose saeb a thing. (Applaose.) The MATOB, in proposing a vote of thanks to i Lord Aberdare, said he hoped they would be I favoured with his lordship's presence on the occa- sion of laying the foundation atone of theU niver- sity College in Cardiff. (Applause and « laugh.) The Rev. O. J. THOMPSON seconded, and said Terence to what had fatten from Mr Thomas He did not wish to throw *>ted coaL which might v He was somewhat —dare's remarks would heading spirits of the ")1"Ø off tbeir bal- lad, than they -) He was Aberdare a tan in tbe IK Swat m. (Ap- te vote of ¿
JiWAlf SHLt\
JiWAlf SHLt\ business of the court of quarter vL the peace for the county of Glamorgan was commenced at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Tuesday. THE CHARGE TO THK GRAND JURY. The grand jury was composed as follows :— Charles Hey wood, Newport-road, metal broker (foreman) Wm. N. Beddoe, Garth, Caerphilly, colliery proprietor Hugh Bevan, Caroline- street, Bridgend, provision dealer; James Davies, draper, Commercial-street, Aberdare George Dobaon, Romilly-road, Handatf B. T. Evans, Bute-street, Cardiff Jas. Evans, Park-square, Troedyrhiw R. J. Cibbs, Dumfries-place, Cardiii M. H. Jones, Newport road, Cardiff A. Matthews, Maria-place, Cardiff David Phillips, High-street, Merthyr, merchant Philip Williams, grocer, Aberdare. They were charged by Mr R. 0. Jones, the chairman of the court. He said the number of cases for trial was larger than at the previous sessions, but a large proportion of the cases on the calendar in- votvea ebarges.gt larceny, which did net eall for commsiii.. ThuiB were, he regretted to say, several cases of stabbing, but at this they need not be alarmed when the great population, of the district was taken into account, and the various nationalities brought together by the shipping at Cardiff and Newport. Though there was no cause for alarm, still they would feel tiiat stab- bing must be put down, and if people would get into rows, and would persist in using weapons other than those which nature had given them, they must be punished and be recommended the grand jary, wherever they found they would in any degree be justified by the evidence, to return a true bill. THE CALENDA. showed that thare were for trial 23 cases of alleged stealing 7 of stabbing aud wounding 3 of obtaining goods by false pretences. FIRST COURT. Before MrR. 0. Jones, Mr C. W. David, Mr Griffith Phillips, Dr. Lewis, and other magi- s tra.tea. NO TRUE BILLS. No true bill was found by the grand jury in the eaae of Morgan Rees, a labourer, 34 years of age, who was charged with stealing a horse, the property of Daniel Gilbert, at Llandatf, on the 12th August, 1882. The grand jury found no true bill in the cases of Roger Dawson, 22 years of age, a labourer and Llizabeth Morgan, 27 year of age, a sin' 1 woman—for whom Mr Gibbon appeared—cha- with stealing a purse containing- £ 15 10 other property, of and from the person c Pezon, at Cardiff, on the 7th Novemb' and they adopted a like course in th Philip Bisson, 41 years of age, a seam? with stabbing Alexander Backma- < <• diff, on the 13th November j Gibbon appeared on behalf lit- « secution, and Mr Brynmor Jotw- risi- a j*)}- t and in the cases of John Caesar. '0, Matth.<W!\¡ Sidney Humphries, and Job with stealing £5 118 6d, the Thomas, and another, at "V- sv 11th November, 1882. > BASTARD" 1 f.M- /•Hi r-Sf- f} ;-lw^ed i ¡,' V against prisonment with hard h»w~- THNtT OF FOWLS. T. Williams, 36 years of age, a labourer, and J' Saunders, 39 years of age, also described as a labourer, were jointly charged with stealing 27 fowls and five ducks, the property of Thomas Williams, at Lavernock, on the 21st November, 1882. Mr Howell Jeffreys prosecuted. The pri- soners took the fowls and the ducks in the night time from Mr Williams's farmyard. They were seen to sell some of the fowls in Cardiff. When arrested, the prisoners' boots were examined, and it was found that the marks on their boots cor- responded with the footprints left by the depre- dators on the night the fowls were stolen. Articles of wearing apparel found on the prisoners were identified by Mr Williams's daughter as her pro- perty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. Williams, against whom a pre- vious conviction was proved, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and Saunders to three mouths. A BOW AT MJillTHYR. Thomas White, 47 years of age, described on the calendar as a labourer, was charged with wounding Thomas Healy, at Merthyr, on the 11th November, 1882. Mr B. Francis Williams pro- secuted. Prisoner quarrelled with the prosecu- tor, who was in his own house, on the night of the 11th. They were said to be the worse for drink, and words led to blows. The prisoner struck Healy a blow on the head with a poker, knocking him senseless to the ground. The jury found prisoner, whose only excuse was that he was drunk at the time, guilty, and he was sen- tenced to three months' imprisonment, the learned Chairman remarking that drunkenness was no excuse either in hw or in fact; if a man mado himself unable to control bL passions, it was rather worse than better. ALLBOKD THKFr IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Mary Catherine Williams, alias Mary Catherine Seymour, 20 years of age, a milliner, was charged with stealing a pursue and £1 10s 6d in money from Ada Aird. at Merthyr, on the 20th December, 1882. Mr H. G. Rhys prosecuted. The prosecutrix and the prisoner travelled together in the same, railway carriage from Paddington to Merthyre Prosecutrix missed her purse from a bag shfc carried, and prisoner, who had been looking a the bag, was arrested on suspicion. Other per' sons had, it appeared, access to the bag, and the prisoner adhered to her statement that she did not take the money, although she did make some stateu-^nts which were proved to be untrue. The jury found her not guilty, and she was discharged. The eoari rose at twenty minutes past five o'clock. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr J. C. FOWLEB and Dr. PAINE. ) 00AL STEALING AT WHITCHPBCH. Fdward Kilty, a labourer, was indicted for stealing seven hundred weight of coal, the pro- perty of his master, Thos. John, at Whitchurch, on the 20tb October last. Mr T. W. Lewis pro- secuted. and Mr Jeffreys defended the prisoner. The prisoner Kilty was employed, with another labourer, named Downey, to hanl a quantity of coal from the College Iron Works wharf te a brick field at some distance. The two men were engaged in conveying the coal all day in two carts, drawn by two horses. On one of the journeys, when passing through Whitchurch, the prisoner and his com- panion stopped at the Three Elms Inn. Mr Morris, the landlord, came out and had a con- versation with the prisoner. The result of the conversation was that the prisoner turned his cart into the yard of the public-house and threw down the contents of the cart. Mrs Morris, the landlady, then came out anji paid the prisoner 4s for it. The carts then proceeded on to the brick- yard, and afterwards returned to the College Works. Prisoner was found guilty. A previous conviction was proved against him, and he was sent to prison for six monttM with hard labour. PLKADKD CrClLTY. George Brown, labourer, pleaded guilty to ob- taining by false pretences two bocketa, two spirit levels, and other articles from Chas. Griffiths Roberts at Llanwonno on the 4th November. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. KOBBKKT rsOM THK PUSON. Harriet Smith, an old woman, was indicted for stealing a purse, containing eight French coins and one shilling, the property of, and from the person of, Michael Byrue, a French seaman, at Cardiff, on the 19th December last. Mr Dalton proaecuted. The evidence of identity WM not established to the satisfaction of the jury, who returned a verdict of "Not guilty." LABCBNT. Mary Ann Davies was indicted for stealing a trivet aod a bag from the shop of John MaBa, a general dealer, Bridge-street, Cardiff, on the 13th of November. Mr Dalton prosecuted, and Mr J effreya defended. The articleaVere hanging out- side prosecutor's shop, when the prisoner took them down, and waa overtaken by Mrs Maffia within a few yards of the shop door, endeavouring to eeoooal the articles nnder ber apron. Prisoner WM found guilty. There were numerous previous convictions against her. She had undergone ten years' penal servi- tude, u::t had been liberated about thcee years, and during this tur.C bad, witfc this one ex- ception, conducted herself well. The court de- ferred its senhllC8 until this n»OT»ng. in conse- queace of the long interval that had t&peed since sac was liberated from the COlin. prison, ød for inquiries to be made. UNLAWFUL WOPKDUIS. Santiago Ortir, aBrazilian seaman, was indicted for unlawfully and maliciously catting aad wounding EBama Orchard, at Cardiff, «n the 20th December last. Mr F. B. de M. Gibsons prosecuted. Complainant is a young woman of bad character. Prisoner met her in fiwie-street, and wanted her to go with him. lie p" her some money, but she refused, and walked off with it, and he then followed her, drew his kniw, and inflicted two wounds on the face. Mr P. O'Doaaell, assistant surgeoe to Dr. Wallace, stated that the wounds were, of a superficial character. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy in conse- quence of provocation. He was sentenced to aix months' imprisonment with hard labour. Mt Knight, BraaiUian ooosui, aUe8ded at the court during the trial. WTNTUJAMA tntTAt. wnatftnrc. DtlV — "uv .V wife. meti way Mr the „ Docf ( nine -4 Gret > >V on a th« •' atret Oa t -V V a# er' P«'- « < t-V' .en: w* v, » < 5wr--i P«'- « < t-V' .en: w* v, » < 5wr--i Unsf .¿ itttoyu "metj .j- ,J e coals. This sheathing, it was u, w stolen from tha cask on -je Great ^f /fn Railway. Hie male prisoner was in the hanu0 at ^eu'e(l knowledge fie sheathing beiqg under the coals, The female prisoner also, when apprehended, at first said that tie had bought the metal, next that she had found h at the back of her nouse. The jury acquitted tie male prisoner, but found the female prisoner guilty. Inspector Price said that the male prisontr was a hard-working man, but the female prisoner encouraged people of bad character to her houde. Only a short time pre- viously two barnls of beer were stolen from the railway-siding, < a Saturday night, and on Mon- day morning the iran hoops of the casks were believed to have »ound in the prisoner's house. The beer hJif been drunk during the Sunday, and the wood of the barrels burnt. Tho female prisoner was sentenced to six months' im- prisonment with hard labour. The court then rose. The court of quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Glamorgan again sat on Wednesday at the Town-hall, Cardiff. FIRST COURT. (Before Mr R. O. Josss, Mr C. W. DAVID, Mr O. H. JoNKi, and Dr. LKWia.) BBCKIVINU STOLKN GOODS. Elizabeth Cadogan, 49 years of age, the wife of Samuel Cadogan, was charged with receiving a hme iM-miijh, a shoe brush, and two packets of starch, the.. property of Isaac Philiips, she well knowing the tn(» to have been stolen, at Mer- thyr, on the 22jjd and 23rd November, 1882. Mr Rhys prosecuted, and prisoner was unde- fended. The jury fou' -isoner guilty, and she was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour. OBTAINING- p -ICS. Thomas Tre«c :*< J. 'ribed as a farmer and ;»v :t;h obtaining by Franklen, cl Glamorgan. JB26 17s, a- 1882. M defendr M,T. soner, i: the r •• s -< ■- .• caT. ■' ar.1 v L-br 1/<11'! «i»-- 'li W .(,f » is<jnw <"<< i • Utf, <" i: in a til i;, • :-y-X -.4 ,tx —I'ii cr, <m- of six .iard ..Ij.ir. fzrr s wttm&st1 *~i • years :Jf c' domestic r<ieadod «unt)r i.; ft x Jf stealing waicrijj? *pp*x9' <t nn Jyw Tn? Edmund V ;■ benced to six gaol, and it represented to • ..t town. ■afcifc-v A<r<wre«ce ?f> > « of age/ an Italian r, (?r. 'o months' imprison- »vritii an assault on William i the 9th of November, tHmTB. ■ 16 years of age, a labourer, it) tf t charge of stealing a flannel >•<—•<per$i', of Elias Dann, at Swansea, on v1882. He was sentenced to two >>>umeiit, with hard labour, and the *»-*ijd the governor of the prison (Major njcount of the prisoner's youth, to s attention of the Aid Society to the Lamas Curtain, 56 years of age, described ker, pleaded guilty to a charge of steal- iron wheel stocks, the property of Thomas xis, at Swansea, on the 29th erf September. art sentenced prisoner to six months'im- .aaent with hard labour.—Alary Coker, 40 ot age, a married woman known to the ..c. ,sea. police, pleaded gnilty to a charge of • .iing woollen shawls, the property of David -nons, at Swansea, on or about the 9th Septem- ber, 1882, and also to other thefts committed at Swansea, and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. THK CANTON FRACD. Thomas Davies, 57 years of age, a labourer, pleaded guilty to the charge of obtaining by false pretenoes a suit of clothes from Margaret Eliza Styles, on the 11th November. This was the case where the prisoner pretended to Mrs Styles that her husband had fallen into the dock, and had sent him for a change of clothes. Prisoner was sent to gaol for three months for the offence. The court adjourned until to-day (Thursday). SECOND COURT. (Before Mr J. C. FOWLER and other Magistrates.) SENTENCE. Mary Ann Divies, who was found guilty, on Tuesday, of stealing a trivet and a bag from the shop of Mr Maffa, general dealer, Cardiff, was brought up to receive sentence. Prisoner had previously unuergone ten years' penal servitude, and the learned chairman deferred sentence to consider whethei she should not be sent back to penal servitude. She had been, however, released from a convict pnson for three years,during which time she appeared to have conducted herself well until she stole tbi articles from Mr Maffia. She now begged hariitiot to be sent back to a convict prison. The Giairman said the court would give her one more ciance, but she would have to undergo twelve uonths' imprisonment with hard labour. PLEADED GUILTY. Charles Scriveaw, alias Charles Smith, mason, pleaded guilty U breaking and entering the dwel- ling-house of Jotah Anstee, at Coity, on the 7th December, and stealing from it a gold albert chain and a silver chain, the property of Jonah Anstee. Prisoner had been previously convicted several times for burglary; once sentenced to penal ser- vitude, and several times to imprisonment. He was now sent to penai servitude for ten years, and subsequently_to undergo seven years' police supervision. STEAI4KQ A OHKST OF TEA. Thomas Fitzgeiald, a labourer, was indicted for stealing a chest of tea, the property of the Taff Vale Railway Company, at Cardiff, on the 5th of November. Mr Thompson prosecuted, and Mr J effrays defended the prisoner. The case for the prosecution was that a chest of tea was sent by Mr Akers, tea dealer, Crockherbtown to the Taff Vale Railvay Station, consigned to a Mr Edwards, of Hypkinstown, Pontypridd. This was on Saturday afternoon. Early on Sunday morning a police constable saw a chest of tea that had been opened and part of the contents taken away in a lane near the railway station. Pri- soner, who lived near by, came up and exclaimed, with some surpriie, Here's some tea." He then went back to his house, where the police found some tea, and tea was traced, scattered in the lane, from the chest to the prisoner's house. The endence was not considered sufficiently cleu, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty." STABBING AT CARDIFF. George Havalla, a Greek sailor, was charged with stabbing and wounding another Greek sailor, named Demetrius Apostoli, at Cardiff, on the 30th December. Mr T. W. Lewis prose- cuted. The particulars of the case appeared in Monday's police reports. He was found guilty, and sentenced to eight months' hard labour. LARCBTT AT SWANSEA. Martha Thomas, a married woman, pleaded guilty to stealing a piece of bacon, the pro- perty of Pritchard Jones, Swansea. She was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. 8TXALWQ A WATCH. Margaret Hopkins, a young women, was in- dicted for stealing a watch from the person of William TooD1&1\ at Swansea, on the 23rd Sep- tember last. Mr Abel Thomas prosecuted. Pro- secutor met the prisoner at a pooho-house in Swansea. Wenl with her to the back part of the premisetl, and ongoing back to the public-house missed his watch. He was a collier at Ferndale, and returned hone without mentioning his loss. On the same evening the prisoner pledged the watoh at the sho, of Mr Freedmaa. Some weeks since the prosector went to Swansea and informed the police. He than gave the number, and they traced out the watch, and also, with the assist- ance of Mr Freeoman, found out that the prisoner was the person who had pledged it. She affirmed that the watch had been given to her by the mate of a vessel, with whom she had been staying, but the jury found her guilty, and she was sent to prison for six nonths with hard labour. Mr Freedman, Swansea, had in this case rendered very valuable assistance to the police in tracing out the prisonerjaod when the ease was heard, Mr Fowler thanked Mr Freedman, and highly com- plimented him the efforts he had made to trace out the thief. BOBBBTY PROM THK PSBSON, Jane Stone, a woman of bad character, was charged with stealing 13s 6d from the perawof George Brown, a labourer, living at Swansea, oa the 9th November.—Mr David Lewis prosecuted. —Prosecutor Wall standing watching a row in one of the streets in Swansea. The prisoner was one of the women quarrelling. After a time she ceased creating a disturbance, the other woman going away, and the prisoner came np and be«an talking to proeecttor. She came up close to him, and he caught her band all she was taking it out of his pocket, with some silver in it. He bad 13.i 6d in hit peckat a few minutes previously. He held bar, alter poshing bar into the Quern's Hotel, nntil the police arrived, and then handed the constable two halfcrowM. which be had found In iier band.—The Jwy found her guilty, and two previCQ* convictions Ming admitted, was sent to prison for twelve months with bard labour. •MBsnro AT 8WANMA. ^Norwegian seaman, was io. dicted for n«l«/tw and malioioeefy cutting and wounding Jamf Bvnna at Swansea, on tbe 26th Deaetnbar.—Mr Francis Williams prosecuted, —Prisoner inif otH- Norwegians were cre- ating a dMtorbac^ in fbe Strand, Swansea, on the evening oi 26th ult. A Woman catted the prosecutor to heI assistance^ he being a neigh- bour. Qm ol ue Norwegians struck him. A fight eitaand, and, wbil. they were fighting, pri- soner went beWn^«W^*M>^ the prosecutor ia thebtek, just b .r;vqf1rr 1.ouider blade. The medical evidence 11lr n,M not a deep one, as the half an in«b, .0". » n. & • 't*«. ¡s. *••• '1' ic 4*3 1 < grand juryMessrs T. B. Lawrence, T. E. Davies, E. Evans. R. Edwards, S. Kvare, J. Francis, J. Ball, A. H. Hodges, J. F Hunt, W. James, W. Jones, G. H. Hernry, J. Lewis, W. Lane, C. Miles, D. Nathan, and F. G. Powsll The DEPVTY-CHALRMAM, in charging tiia gnvna jury, referred to the death of the late chairman, and paid a tribute similar to that on the preceding day, to his memory, eulogising jiis zeal and ability, and the loss which Monmouthshire had sustained. Before the trial of prisoners was commenced, Mr MADDY, the senior member of the bar pre- sent, also referred to Mr Bosanquet's death, Those who were associated with him in the legt.' profession could not fail to notice the great ability which the late chairman had always displayed. The courtesy with which he listened to their arguments, his great desire to do complete jas- tioe, and his guiding power to juries to arrive at a correct verdict, were all thoroughly appreciated by them. No doubt on some occasions they differed from him, but his courtesy when speak- ing against them would not soon be forgotten. Mr Maddy concluded by expressing a hope that Mr Bosanquet's successor, whoever he might be, would have a long term of office, and wouid fill the position in as able a manner as his predeces- sor had done. Mr BKRRINGTON briefly thanked Mr Maddy and tho rest of the bar for their feeling reference to the kind friend whom he had lost. The courts then proceeded with the TRIALS OF PRISONERS. THEFT OF A COAT AT OmcfSTOW. Henry John Allen (18), labourer, was indicted for stealing a coat, value 10s, the property of John Clark, at Portskewitt, on the 21st Oct. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and admitting a pre- vious conviction for larceny at Newport, was sentenced to six months' hard labour. A GECKJF OF NKWFOBT OJFTFKNBKM. Mary Collins (19), hawker, pleaded guilty to stealing £2 Os 6d, from the person of Albert Howells, at Newport, on the 7th November, and vas sentenced to four months' hard labour. ~"oe Young (39), charwoman, also pleaded yr> stealing a pair of boots, the property of Iters, at Newport, on October 27th. •- been commlttocl on several previous nd at the time of the committal of the AS under police supervision. The court, i, sentenced her to seven years' penal < je, and three years' police supervision. ,rIes Joseph Todman (17), carpenter, pleaded y to inflicting grievous bodily harm on Edgar .ton by kicking him and breaking his leg, at ewport, on the 21st October, and was sentenced m one month's imprisonment. A mitigating cir- cumstance in the case was that the prisoner had already been in gaol for two months. Elizabeth Radmore (36), charwoman, alee pleaded guilty to obtaining a shoulder of pork, the property of John Edward Mogford, at New- port, on the 16th December, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Gwenllian Stockham, alias Davies, pleaded fuilty to stealing a shawl, the property of David 'ayne, at Newport, on the 19th December, and was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude and five years' police supervision. THJTFF OF A MRAMBULATOR. John Splatt (40), miner, was indicted for steal- ing a perambulator, value 10s 6d, the property of Thomas Sidney Davies, grocer, Chepstow, on the 18th October.—Mr Batchelor prosecuted prisoner v. uc undefended.—The prisoner was crossing the Severn by the Great Western Railway ferry boat, and was asked by prosecutor to carry the peram- bulator from the boat to the at Portskewatt. In the crowd, prisoner contrived to go-: dear away with the property, which he afterwards "fjld.- The jury recommended the prisoner to mercy, hut there were several previous convictions against him, and he was sentenced to five years' penal ser- vitude, and three years' police supervision. THKFT AT BBOWEIILTY. Jane Carpenter, alias Lewis, 23, pleaded guilty to stealing 14s, a purse, and a watch guard, from the person of Wm. Hill, at the parish of Bed- wellty, on the 30th November, and was sentenced to six months' hard labour. THE NEWPORT WIFE-KICKING CASE-A LSSTIKNT SENTENCE. William, alias John Mulcaliy (44), labourer, sur- rendered to his bail on the indictment for inflict- ing grievous bodily harm upon Mary Jane Mul- cahy, by kicking her and breaking her leg, at New- port, on the 7th November. Mr Maddy prosecuted prisoner was undefended. The prisoner and his wife lived in a house in Potter-street, in the dis- trict of the town of Newport known as Pill- gwenlly, and on the evening of the 7th November a child named Jane Westacott, whose parents live in the same street, saw the prosecutor run out of the house, and take refuge in that of a neigh- bour's named Griffiths. Before she did so, she threw a stone into the house she had just quitted. Prisoner followed her into Griffith's house, and knocked her down and kicked her three times with the heavy nailed boots he was wearing at the time. The poor woman fell to the ground, and after making ineffectual efforts to rise, said sfie could not do so because her leg was broken. The police sent for medical aid; and Mr Scott, assistant to Dr. Pratt, described to the court that the right leg was fractured in three places-the principal bone in one place and the outer one in two places.—There was a second count in the indictment charging the prisoner with a common assault, and of this the Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment only. PLEADED GUILTY. Mary Scamn (29), pleaded guilty to stealing a waistcoat, value 2s 6d, the property of John Doulevy, at Bedwellty, on the 7th October, and there being two other charges against her, she was sent to twelve months' hard labour. Isaac Fay (47), labourer, pleaded guilty to steal- ing a horse, value £6 10s, the property of James Johnson, at Abergavenny, on the 20th Novem- ber, and was sentenced to four months' hard labour. Theresa. Williams (19), pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of boots and five aprons, value 103 6d, the property of John Guppy, at Bedwellty, on the 29th November, and was sentenced to aix months' hard labour. William Jones (24), labourer, pleaded guilty to stealing an overcoat, value £1, the property of John Clark, at the parish of Portskewett, on the 21st October, and a previous conviction for bur- glary being proved against him, he was sentenced to 12 months' bard labour. BILLS IGNORED. The grand jury ignored the bill against Charles Tovey (16), who was indicted for stealing a parcel containing bedding, belonging to John Phillips, at Portskewett, on the 28th October and also that against Susannah Williams (49), on bail, for stealing two tame fowls, value 3s, the property of John Jenkins, at Newsiatfjii On tbo v>th November. SECOND COURT. FALSI PBKTKNCES AT CHEPSTOW. Henry Higgins (32), boilermaker, and William Lacey (21), labourer, were indicted for obtaining by a false pretence two suits of clothes, and other articles, the property of Edward Dutson, at Chep- stow, on the 25th November. Mr Daniells prose- cuted prisoners were undefended. The false pretence consisted in the prisoners going to the prosecutor, who is an outfitter in business at Cbepstow, and obtaining the clothing upon the representation that they were employed at the local shipbuilding foundry, and were under a con- tract to work there for 12 months, at from 12s to 15s per day. This was shown to be utterly false. The men were only day labourers, and levanted in a day or two after they had obtained the goods. —Higgins's defence was that be understood his rate of pay was much greater, and that he sup- posed, as was the practice in the North of Eng- land, that the tradesmen could be paid by money due to him from the firm. The jury found pri- soners guilty, but recommended Lacey to mercy, because they thought he had been led into the mischief by the elder prisoner.—Higgins was sen- tenced to six, and Lacey to four months' imprison- ment. THEFT OF A WATCH AT LLANOVSB. Z James Llewellin Jones alias James Gibbe (31), painter, was indicted for stealing a watch and guard, the property of Chas. Keene, at Hanover, on the 6th Dec.—Mr A. Evans prosecuted; pri- soner was undefended.—Prisoner lodged for two days with prosecutor, who keeps a refreshment house at Llanover, and after be had decamped, it was shown that he offered the watch for sale at a publie house at Blaenavon. It changed hands several times, but was ultimately recovered by the police. Prisoner read a Ion It defence, to the effect that he had partaken of drink, and that, owing to an injury to his head received in the year 1873, he did not know what he did. In reply to a challenge from the court, prisoner acknowledged a conviction at Pontypridd, in April, 1878, for boot stealing.—The jury found prisoner guilty, and he was committed to 12 months' imprisonment. This concluded the business, and the court rose. BRECON. The criminal business of these sessions was commenced and concluded on Wednesday, the presiding magistrates being the Rev. Hugh Bold (in the chair), and Mr George Overton. The grand jury WM composed of the following gen- tlemen — Messrs Frank Grandy (foreman), Edward Newoombe, Goorge Gross, John Ferris, E. G. Evans, George Evans, James Hall, John Morris. John William Jones, and Charles Whit- field, all of Brecon J. Peace Jonas, W. W. Morris, W. Edwards, and T. Price, Talgarth J. Probert, St. David's D. Evajis, Battle Ctiaries Francis, Vennyfaoh 5 W. Harris, Brecon; Reea Jouez, Vennyfacb Nathaniel Coon Bend all, Llanfryn- ach; John Richards, Cefncoed and Charles F. Bendall, Cantreff. The Chairman, in charging the grand jury, said the affairs of tbe county were going on satisfac- torily, and the money laid out on the Joint Counties Lunatic Asylum at Abergavenny had turned out to be a very profitable investment. THMT FROM A rKLLOW LODe n. James Roberts was indicted for having stolftn a pair of trouaaie, value 12s, tbe property of Geo. GummiMo, wilier. Mr Davies prosecuted. The facts of the case wen of a very simple oharacter. Prosecutor and the prisoner lodged together at the Qnarryinan'a Anns, Brynmawr, and on the night of the 28th Decømb.r thoy slept together in that house. On the following day prisoner disap- peared, and the pair of trousers being found to be musing frem tbe bed-room occupied by the parties, information was given to the policy and prisoner was apprehended at Ltauielly Hill by P.O. Lewis. On being searched soner was found to be wearing the pair of 1 question underneath his own.— «. lthough pleading guilty, had nothing defence.—He «eas sentenced to six apruumnent trith bard labour. V IU; BILL. y *^nored the lull against Wm. clerk to the registrar of the Crick- »y-Court, who was indiotedfor em- and stealing jB35, the property of his Mr J. J. Davies. liudad the business ef. the teaeiona. PEMBROKESHIRE. WEDNESDAY. "II H. f'1 ALLØ Q.C.. M.P. (chair- I and Jos. THOXAfh .reed with nippers, of i ho value of £5 13s, and £1 3s ck-J^ 011 the 23rå-N'o'tmlh.,1. lci82. 3uhc case wes £ aFy proved, and a verdict 1*'guilty was returned. Pri- soner was committed fornix calendar mon&s with hard >th<JQr. BCALonr* O» «k. Anu Morgan, of Pekxurib, wv, charged with un- lawfully and maHoioudy scalding Thomas Wil- liams, of Pelcomb. Mr W. Lewis prosecuted; j Mr Row en Ro-vi-iuds, O.O., and Mr Arthur 1 T^wis, defended. TMI f.-vcts of this ease have -iready appeared in our colunm«. and are briefly j as follows:—The prisoner, who is Ihe daughter of a fanner living at Palcomb, was annoyed by the attention; of Williams, who was formerly in her i father's employ at farm servant. On the n;.rht in j question the latter went to the house, when some j hot water was thrown over him by prisoner, the I resuR be.ng thaifc he wes i.r da^ss blinded, I and under medical treatment. Mr Bowon Row- I lands, Q.C., said prosecutor had accepted a sum of £ 15 from the hands of prisoner, and, but for J the officionsness of tha police, the matter vo lid not have been brought forward. The Jury re- turned a verdict of not. guilty, and prisoner was discharged. The vcrdict was received with clie^r- ing by a crowded court. This concluded the business of the sessions.
WELLS' CIIAKITY, CARDIFF.
WELLS' CIIAKITY, CARDIFF. MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS. A meeting of the governors of Wells' Charity j was held on Wednesday, in the council chair.jr. Town-hall, Cardiff, under the presidency "f the Mayor of Cardiff (Mr G. A. Stone;, whon th^re were present—Alderman Evans, Mr Ouuicillor Duncan, Mr Councillor Sanders, M.r Councillor A. Thomas, Mr Rees Jones, the town clerk (AL- Wheatley), who is the clerk to the charity, and the surveyor (Mr W. D. Blessley). The sur- veyor reported that the Great Western Railway Company proposed, in a bill which they were promoting in Parliament, to acquire building land of the charity, for the purposes of their railway traffic. According to the company's project, they proposed to take land sufficient for 30 cottages and as the close proximity of shunting operations would be, the governors thought, disadvantageous to their house property, the governors directed Mr Wheatley to write to the Great Western Railway agents, intimating to them that the governors objected to the company's proposal. The surveyor was directed to push on with the arrangements with the proprietors of adjoining land as to the construction of joint roads. It was mentioned that the delay arose upon the part of the other landed proprietors. There was no other business of public interest.
ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT…
ALLEGED BREACH OF CON- TRACT AT DOWLAIS. At the Merthyr police-court, on Monday, before Messrs J. Bishop and E. B. Evans, John Neal, Evan Davies, Patrick Crowley, Garret Fitz- gerald, and John Sheen, furnace filbn, were summoned for leaving their employment at the Dowlais Ironworks without giving proper notiee. Mr Frank James appeared for the Dowlais Iron Company (the prosecutors), and in opening the case said that defendants were employed in fill- ing No 15 blast furnace, in the Dowlais Woiks, with raw materials. On the night of the 26th ultimo they all stayed from work, causing the furnace to be stopped, in consequence of which damages amounting to dB20 were sustained by the com- pany. This amount, however, was not assessed in the present proceedings, as the company, wish- ing to deal leniently with the men, had teheed the sum to J310, which amounted to £ 2 each defendant. Evidence was adduced to bear out Mr Jamesls statements, and also to prove that notices stipulating that three weeks' notice would be required from each of the vorkmen by the company, had been posted up in various parts of the works.—Some discussion having arisen as tc the amount of damages to be placed on the defendants indi- vidually (several of them having uv-haved in a more culpable manner than others), the diary reserved his decision until that day week. He intimated, however, that he was fully of opinion that a breach of contract had been com- mitted by defendants.
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MERTHYR LOCALBOARD. The usual fortnightly meeting of this board took place on Wednesday last, and the members pre- sent were Messrs T. Martin (in the chair), W. Bryant, W. Bell, J. Plews, J. Probert, W. Harris, junr., Thomas Williams, J. Gabe, J. Jenkins, D. Davies (Glebeland), and T. Jones.— With regard to the Town-hall site, the Clerk stated that Mr Plews and Mr Jones (the com- mittee appointed for the purpose) had seen Mr C. R. James on the subject, and they now suggested that the offer of JB1,380 be accepted, subject to the condition that if there was any further delay by Messrs James or the other parties, the interest should not be charged, and that the matter be proceeded with as soon as possible.—The Clerk reported that he had again written to the Aberdare Board in reference to their debt in respect of the Berwerdy purchase, and had received a telegram from Mr Gery that morning, stating that the matter was under the consideration of the committee, and would, he hoped, be disposed of at their next meeting.—Mr D. Davies: What is it they owe?—The Clerk: in round figures £2,000. Only the sum of JBI.,100, however, IS due 011 the tirst day of this month.- Mr Plews suggested, and this course was adopted, that the Abcrdare Board be written to stating the telegram was unsatisfactory, and that 5 per cent interest from that day would be claimed.— The Surveyor laid before the board a statement of the consumption of water by meter and for special purposes in the course of the fourth quarter of 1882, showing that 3,707,000 gallons were used for machinery, &c., and 1,500,000 gal- lons for other purposes of trade and manufacture, which quantity realised the sum of J6176 Os 2d that the charges for water not measured amounted to J318 15s, and meter rents to £7 18s 2d, mak- ing together the sum of j3202 13s 4d. For the corresponding quarter in the last year (1881) the stam was J6252 16s Id.—The medical officer re- ported that the number of births recorded during the quarter ended 31st December, 1882, were 386, and the deaths 331. During the year 1882, 1,735 births and 1,190 deaths had been registered.—The finance committeo recommended the payment of bills amounting to £2,884 12s lid, and their re- port was adopted by the board.—The tender of Mr Sibbering, timber merchant, for the supply of timber to the board, was accepted, as also were Mr Jenkins's for the supply of slates, cement, and I lime, aud Mr M. L. Evar.3 for the supply of pipes. This concluded the business.
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LLANWONNOSCHOOLBOARD TH HIGHER EDUCATION QUESTION. The monthly meeting of the Llanwonno School Board was held at the Vestry-baU, Pontypridd, on Wednesday. Mr Thomas Edwards presided. With regard to the appointment of an attendance office by the Ferndale Joint Management Com- mittee, a discussion arose as to whether the Llanwonno Board would be bound to pay a moiety of the salary. The impression amongst the members was that the board were not re- sponsible for any such money, and a resolution affirming this view was passed. Out of 32 appli- cants for the headmastership of Penrhiwceiber School, Mr John Edwards, Aberdare Junction (at present in London), was selected.—The result of the recent interview with Lord Aberdare was stated by the deputation—the chairman and the Rev. Mr Protheroe. As then stated in the South ¡ Wales Daily News, his lordship agreed to preside over a public meetine to discuss the higher grade school question. St. David's-hall was considered to be too small a budding to hold the gathering, though at first that building was thought of, and every facility had been accorded by the* Church. It was resolved now that the meeting should be held at Penuel Chapel at five o'clock on the 11th inst., and circulars convening the meetsag were ordered to be sent out to school board members and other gentlemen interested in the matter. The chapel authorities were also asked to" vublish the meeting.
COLLIERY ACCIDENTS AT TREORKY.
COLLIERY ACCIDENTS AT TREORKY. Late on Saturday week last, a sad accident, through which a youth named Rowland Thomas lost his life, took place at Abergorky Colliery. It appears that on the day in question young Thomas was acting as a door-boy, ana haa stopped on at bis work late on Saturday in order to make an extra turn in preparation for the Christmas holidays, and it is freely stated that the unfortunate youth had been at work without intermission since the previous Thursday. On the Saturday night, when his extra time was drawing to a close, be was following the horse and a journey of coal, when a very large stone fell from the roof upon him, completely burying him, and he was, no doubt, instantaneously killed. The fallen debris was soon removed by some willing hands, and it was then seen that lie was crushed in a shocking manner, and that life was quite extinct. The body was then conveyed to its home in Bute-street. Another serious, though not fatal, accident occurred at the same colliery on Saturday last. An old man named Edward Thomas, living in Hermon-street, Treorky, was in the act of hewing a largo piece of coal down, when suddenly and without any warning the piece gave way, and a large portion of "clod' with it. nearly all of which fell over the body of the ola man, severely injuring both his legs and the upper part of his body. Another old man named Jones, who was working close to Thomas, narrowly escaped. Thomas was conveyed home on a stretcher, where his injuries were aUeDded to by Dr. R. G. Price, Treorky.
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PJHMBREY DO AMITE EXPLOSION. IISSTTMPTIW OF THE CORONER'S ENQUIRY. ISr James Rowl.1x.d3, coroner, on Tuesday re- Ru.R«d his inquiry into the circutnstiacea DI the fata! explosion of dynamite whiJi occurred at the i'euiiirey factory ot the F cplosives Company, j Limited, oa the 17th No. ember, when seven young persons, four girls And three boys, aged trorn 13 to 24 years, were killed. The Explosives Coaa^jany were represented by Mr Mansei Rees (Messrs Rees, Edwards, and Wood, solicitors), and MJ: D. iUndeli wai lor the friends of the deceased. B. fwe commencing the evidence, the Coroner statad that, in accordance wir.h the expressed wish of some of the jury that the Inspector of Explo- lIi"et\ (Colonel Majendie) shud I be present to { assist them, be had written to Aim, an J \)' answer < to bis letter had received « telegram that no WM euc.iged en ui 11 [uir"■ in 9en^, and if his presoS^e waa cottsiderei nect:s*a.-» ii-5 shot.Id ssk t-hattinif (the Pombrey)<u*t- saoulu be »<ljv«»r.T}d uiivil TuowdHy in 111> h Thn Coroner saiO h<; thfcii telegraphed to him, saying i that ha should go on v-ith tbe inqiury in the .JrvJ.? navy eoucse, and that if tbij jury expressed b" } same de .-iro to LJ. ve the inspector present he wouid let hiu; know. In answer to this, Col. Majendie state 1 thai; ir the jury still considered his attend- auce necessary he could COB* dov, next week, but being very busy, he did not wISh to 3pend ftnie in coming down unless his <vt- trjdance, in tne opinion of tie jury, would bd substantial!v useful. The Coroner said he left the matter entirely in the hands A the jury, and asked vh^m to decide against the even'eg. Tht, Fu reman of the jury, after a short confer- ence with the other jurymen, at;) r-d that the opinion then was that it wat- not necessary w. have the inspector here. The first witness examined was Wm. Thomas, Club Houses, Pembrey, who was sxaniined when the inquest opened on the 18th November, and who was recalled. He said that en the moaning of the explosion he saw Mr Johnssn, the chemise, pass by the washing shed before breakfast. He did not go in. By Mr Randell: Had seen a little wooden mallet in the washing shed, but bad not seen it used. He saw the officials of the company about the shed at least two or three times a day. He was employed in the working shed on the Monday before the accident, but 10 thawing was carried on then. Ann Davies was called, and examined by the coroner: She stated thai she was 34 years of age. She had Deen at the factory about eight days before the explosion. She went to the washing-shed on the moruing of the explosion. When she got there she saw Jane Williams, a little boy whom she did not know, and 3ome other girls. She assisted them in thaw- ing the stuff. Jane Williams was behind her breaking up the dynamite with a wooden ham- mer. It was like the one produced and spoken to by tbe other witnesses. Did not see Mr Spon, Mr Thomas, or Mr Johnson there. She was there about half-an-hour. The girls were leaving in rotation as the dynamite was prepared for them. By the Jury: Did not know that it was con- trary to the rules that I should go in the shed. The rules had been read to me, but I did not understand them. They were » «t read in Welsh to me. By Mr Randell: Was put to work in the car- tridge shed on the first day she ,vent there. Had seen an iron hammer in the wa- ing shed. They were using it about the boxes— driving the nails and taking them off. Had nt .ver seen anyone strike dynamite with it. She ('.id not know who was in the wash, house after bre akfast. By Mr Rees: The iron han imer was used to open the boxes. She did nt Jt remember who used it. Mr Randellsaid he could pro duce witnesses to prove that this woman said she knew who used the hammer. The Coroner said if he (Mr- landell) could by outside ;r?*rT"atiop th. more Jight on the matter, it v/as nis dmy to bring 1.1; -for- ward, but he could not expect him (the coronsrf I to go and seek evidence to contradict that which had been given. Mr Rees said not one of the company's officials had seen this woman since the explosion. In answer to the jury, witness said she was paid by the day. Maria Evans (14), Ffald, who had been in the works three weeks up to the time of the explosion, was called. She was engaged in the fuse factory. Was in the dressing-room on the morning of the explosion before breakfast. Miss Evans, the fore- woman, did not search the girls or look for hair- pins that morning. Was not in the washing- house on that day, but had been in it on a pre- vious occasion. By Mr Randell There was a conversation in the breakfast-room that morning. Jane Williams, Jane Evans, Ann Hugbes, herself, and Miss Evans were there. Her sister, Jane Evans, said she had been in the mixing shed before breakfast, and was going to the washing shed after break- fast. Miss Evans was in the room at the time, but she did not say anything. Did not tell her I sister not to go. She (witness) had seen six girls in the washing-room at one time. They were Margaret Davies, Mary Hughes, Elizabeth Eras- mus, Ann Erasmus, Elizabeth John, and herself. Had seen a wooden mallet on the window of the washing-liouae. Had not seen anyone U6e it. Had seeu her sister use a brass screw to knock the dynamite. Mr Randell said "lie proposed to a@k the if )5he knew that Miss Fy.¡,ns had been in the waehing-shed when there were six or seven per- sons present. The Coroner said more than one witness had alreadv stated that. Mr Randell said if the coroner was of that opinion he was content. Witness said she knew the rules, and believed only two persons were allowed to be in the wash- ing-shed at a tiine. After a brief adjournment, the Coroner said the two professional gentlemen and himseif bad had a Conversation as to the course they should pursue and they had to ask the consent wf the jury to what they proposed. They proposed to go on that day until the usual time, five o'clock. He thought there was only one more witness to be called, and then there would be the re-examina- tion of the officials. They intended adjourning that evening until Friday morning at 11 o'clock, and sit late in the evening of that day, so that, if possible, they would finish that day. If, however, they found they could not finish on Friday even- ing, they would adjourn to Monday or Tuasdav in next week. One of the jury asked if the coroner thought it vi\"1! probable tbat they should finish that wtsek. The Corofier said he thought they would. The jury then int;31ated that they agreed to the proposals made by the cotûlWr, Ann Hughes, 17 years of age, said she was employed in the acid house, No. 7. Had ^?ver_ been thawing. On the morning ot the acridenf I she was in the breakfast-room with the ither girls. She was searched by Miss Evans, b< luse she was then engaged in the cart rid ge-I oae, I which was a dangerous place. She was 3 /ays and regularly searched by Miss EVMIS. Mr Ernest Spon, the manager of the w)rks, re-called, and examined by Mr Maaael R'!e8 as to the process of thawing ..ifcro-glycerine, slIii the nitro glycerine was received in a vai. and when the temperature altered, even Under ordinary circumstances, as it very fre- quently would during the night, the Upper surface became r-rystahsed. On the upper surface there was always a layer of alkaline mash, which was accidental, and which rose to the surface. It did not as readily freeze as the nitro-glycerine below it. From the lowering of the temperature the cock leading from the flexible tube, by which they discharged the vat, also gets frozen. Under these circumstances the practice was to convey into the house several buckets of water, at a temperature sufficiently low for the hand to bear the heat. These were poured into the vat, and some cloth or cotton waste dipped into the same water was wrapped round the metallic Connections of the fie.ii-L.'0 tube. The thawing took place very gradually, and w"<i* making these additions of warm w«ter had to wait until they could commence wu-k. The time occupied would vary, according to the weather, from half an hour to an hour aLl a half. It would also be influenced by the mass pf nitro- glycerine in the vat. While the workers were waiting for the thawing, they would lave work in the mixing shed in the cleaning of inilla. They would also have to sec that their air engine was clean, and weigh out lieaelghnr. The process as described by him was not at all dangerous. The chemist had a>ked if wit- ness approved of 120 degrees tempeature as a maximum. Witness had said that la certainly did approve. Had told tho workers if they had any doubt as to the heat, to use the tlermometer, which was provided, all of them bung, to his knowledge, conversant with the use of a thermo- meter. The two workers were skilled hands. By the Jury Did not think tint a piece of crystalised nitro-glycerine, if allowed to fall, would explode ? The Foreman Why do you allow it to freeze ? Witness We never supposed it would freeze in this temperature. We have steam pipes run- ning over the building, but our plans bad not been matured, and the steam was not on. By the jury It began to freeze at 48 degrees, but they could not thaw it until it waa 49. The actual freezing temperature in the laboratory was 42, but it could not be thawed until it was raised six or seven decrees. A great deal would depend upon the quantity of alkaline. By the Coroner When the steam tap was put on in the bucket of water the temperature rose in about five minutes to 140 or 160 degrees, and if exposed longer, to 180 degrees, which' was the highest temperature he had been able to get. In thawing dynamite the great trouble was that the trays cooled too rapidly. There was no danger in the mixing shed, and a worker of ordmary in- telligence could conduct the work. The enquiry was here adjourned.
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— 1 ■ ;1; i ALLEGED WILL FOl ABElltiEEG. 'dtv At the Blaina police-court on Fri Messrs P. A. Williams, I). Wliitehoi. '/V s Lancaster, J\>!m Parry, overman, of Al ™ the parish of Aberystrutli, was chat' .tlf having, on the 23rd of March, 1882, f' liica aad with intent to dduud, forged a cci _f' arvt testament purporting to be tbe will 1: Lrna, deceased. Mr T. G. Powell, Tredegar, appearer 4In proc-ecuuon, and Mr Hovehu, from tha < v. pr C'list&ru anU. Llewelin, Newport, ippeanx am defendant. (jj i Arthur Bromfield Thoma% eT.Tni.ned, saM am a clerk at the probate registry at Iiland^fy prodtWd the will of Thomas Lane, docB u brought into ti:e registry from tiie pri^B lot registry in London. The endorsement vv'i'~<Kcau; on i* and ti:e document is in the same couEl as when we re -en ed it Cross-examine I Ly Mr Llewelin: I was I when prisoner c" me to Llandatf to maMsult; affidavit. Heieiuctd. I do not know w what the affidavit was about. Wm. Carter said J live at Llaud* near Aberbeeg, and am a collier. I reinev the day or ♦.he making of Lane's will. I his-house at „1 >erbeeg. John Parry was t ,«i,er He is Lxn.j's u; ;e, They c"d th^y thouj' —j,™ was ri,tX to mai n a will. Parry said t' said I thought, Mrs 1 :»ne thou hi bepfese *rate she was called yp. 1\L Parry (the priso fch t wife, Mr aud Mrs £ .ane, and n-yself w w present. Prisoner ao ked Mi Lane hia Lane told bun what to do. I told pris iiad better go down, and he went. He al the will back, and it was re.;td to.11r LI were all present. Lane then sj^ned th;- 88 prisoner and myself witne<!8ed it. The ( >fliev now produced is not that will, and Uie ill on it is cot mine. Nothing about a tro; mentioned nor put in the v-iil. This was ■mea 19th (If March (Sundaj-.j The will was not ii.^maii I believe. It was written on open note ;§enc across, and it wa* nut ruled paper. Parry the will away after it was signed, and I n. V-? seen it since. j-.v Mr Uewehc The will left Lane's pro^J 11 t, L wife while she retained his name; jf she e ri, in, to his sun, John James Lane; aP mu she .v yeti him, then the 1" ,(. !Jey:; to fall to That v,a all 1 reuieuiL-er. I saw the ØQ copy at L: ndafl. Re-examiaf j by "i Powell I said at ono< le la Llandaff that the u shewn me \a8 Bp the w ill. The addition to the wi'i is "if i* abje name, and I also appoint John Parrv trustee. >T_ Harriet Lane, the widow, deposed 1 widow of Thomas Lane. I remember a few before my husband died seeing the prisoner. J*nC€ husband died on a Thursday in March. The was made oil a Sunday in IViarch, the before he died. Prisoner, John Carter, Mrs ter, and myself were present. My husband in bed upstairs. Prisoner went downstairs wrote the will. My husband told him wbajBwd put in the will. Prisoner came back aud readfcgt vi will. We were all present. My husband p mark to the will, aud John Parry John Carter also signed it. Prisoner the will after my husband's death. I we prisoner to ask for the will. He said he was ^^here to prove it. After that be came to my house 18" wanted the notes of hand. I didn't give tb him. Prisoner owes my husband's estate There is a note to show it. I wont to prove the will. William Carter was with Mr Austin. I saw the will—the document akAtat duced. It is not the will that was signed by husband that was made on a sheet of note Cross-examined by Mr Llewelin I neve Parry not to make the will. I cannc' say X"" ink the will was written with. There was Vtuy put on the copy of the will than was. on thf: will. Nothing at all was mentioned or read fit.. a trustee. After my husband died the rig&W" was priced to my uncle to see some days a Re-examined by Mr Powell: Prisoner Jj^popc nothing about a trustee. I cannot read. *Wg th was no date anywhere on the will. JM t Isaac George Austin said 1 live at — tillery, and ande 01 P j Lane- 1 re'n of ThoKL Lane quite weu. 1 t. prisoner about 10., after. I went to him cee Thomas Lane's Prisoner brought the will into Lane's Louse, I read it. I noticed the contents, neariy word, and I went on behalf of my niece to was all right. I went to Llandatf with her September. I saw a will there. It was not same paper, and there was an addition on The words II if she rewains 011 my name," ah!o appoint John Parry a trustee," were an addiB to the words of the original will. When I 9 pno Mr Parry 10 days after Lane's death, he sM K>rtf You ought to have come sooner, because there is anything wrong in it it is too late to sM t j it." Nothing was on that will then as to trum I went especially to 6ee if it was so. Cross-examined by Mr Llewelin I never fce s to-prisoner there was no one better to actA nth; trustee than himself. It was puce ink antj common sheet of note paper, not the Wf • the will was en that prisoner showed m I said then it wns too late to add a trustee. "jM ° never suggested he should be a trustee. TH[| &ot was no date on that will anywhere. A Mr Llewelin addressed the bench on behatf?; lien the prisoner, and called the following witue% for the defence :— j.* w 1 William Parry said I am a son of pri60 f8* We lived next door to Lane. Lane was verjl » C6* last March. I remember the 3.9th of M.1' laa i when he was thought on the point ^,ot death, I |T very anxious to have his will made by«my fatli After dinner my father went in to Thomas Laa p16 I got the sheet of paper out of my brother's co ybu book. I have not seen it since. The wili jwrt written on it. I brought the pen and ink. tjm, document produced is the same will as was m then, and the same paper. 1 saw the will afte was made. I swear it is the same will. Tt were no blots on it then. It was written in hi B r ink. Austin came to our house on the 28thi |tee( March, and I saw the will before and after t My father added aoout the trustee after his o4' » versation with Austin. V Cross-examined by Mr Powell: I did not J ™ my father make the addition to the will. told Mr Austin lie was going to do it. L ttke John Jones said: 1 live at Penyvan, am Aberbeeg. I am a labourer. I knew Lane. 1 visited him on the 17th March last. What I j. told me then I told John Parry. 1 went to m —° house on the 19th. That day, between 3 awf Ac p.m., he showed me a will, and read it. It »j written on a sheet of a copy-book in blue ink. M cannot read. The will produced is similar, < I take my oath the paper is the same. £ Cross-examined by Mr Powell I did not K] the will made. I can't recollect anything a. th trustee when the will was read to me. « til words "if sbe will remain on my name also 1 m appoint John Parry my trustee," wore not r« to me. There were no biota there. jk Re-examined The pane; tvwauced ia the sail paper. £ | t* Mr r Jowelin summed up his case in a b 'n speech, contending that his client had showed Of tc intention to defraud. Mr Powell replied, when the bench consultM and said that they thought it was a case jury should decide. 4l< Prisoner was then committed for trial at the aK p assizes, to be held at Monmouth in Februafl bail being accepted, the prisoner in tbe suu»* JS100, and two sureties of J625 each. Bail forthcoming, the prisoner was liberated.
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SERIOUS FIIIE AT BRECO^ 0 c About five p.m. on Wednesday a fire broker in the establishment of Messrs J. D. aad 5 Fryer, irumnougers, Brecon. At the ûme seemed as though the whole block of buildinjH which face Ship-street, would be destroyed, thanks to the timely aid of the borougli brigade, uuder Supt. Watkins, and of the tary, the flames were extinguished wtth partial destruction of Messrs Fryer's i only. The fire originated in the oeUar large quantities of oils are stored, but hov not at present exactly A word of is due to » Vnwi named David William 6a«j'iit of the county court, whose presenct mind in removing to a place of safety a qoant-w of gunpowder, prevented what would probaMF have resulted in loss of life.
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MONMOUTHGUARDIANS AN" THE LATE MR BOSANQUET. The usual meeting of tbe Monmouth Board Guardians was held on Saturday, when Lwn**& Col. Davis presided, and Mr R. N. Damply' occupied the vice-chair.—The Master reported tjj; number of inmates to be 203, against 204 iu tjv previous week, and 130 in the same week of UK-.< year vagrants relieved during the week, J»ff imbeciles in the bouse, 17 children attend* the house school, 45 children receiving indusWjj training, 12. Cheques for out-relief were sig<2 to the amount of £ 255, and the balance in n»5 was reported to be £ 1,470 5s 6d.—Lieut.-Colof^ Davis said be could not help expressing a feeMr which he knew was that of the entire beeQ as to tbe loss which the board, with nearly all the public institutions the county, had sustained by the of their late most esteemed chain^jf (Mr S. R. Bosanquet). With regard to hitns<2 he bad been associated with nim for in** £ years, and by his death had lost most estimable friend, from whoa* bad always received great help. But it wonld unbecoming of him to make any further reiaa* at that time, as he had no doubt some gentioi»*% present would lay a proposition before tlie bu# J ou tlie subject.—Mr Francis and Mr Adamfc|J impressive speeches, proposed and seconded tjjjjf a letter of condolence be sent to the bere* family, which was carried.—Mr T. G. ProsaflJ 1 M.R.C.S., fas appointed medical officer ajft 'l publU vaccinator to the Kockfield district, at jSJ* i- per annum.—Mr J, T. Adams gave notice thai should propose Colonel Davis as cliairman at next meeting,—This was all tbe business of p*H** interest. r. mrnmmmmmmtmm immmi'i ■ i
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THE FUNERAL OF THE LAT* < MR BOSANQUET.. The fn-.eral of the late chairman of Monmot^J* shire quarter-sessions, Mr Samuel R. Bosanq*y < took place vc-mr'-y, at Dinge«tow Churc*» Mor *ied. There was ra^Mj | »1 gentry and justigjj •! the memory of -as Mr ■mber of shutW^ te the oocaai* 'ng aad; \a recov ese I* >at t I