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and others could join in what would have been a national ) benefit-a national benefit hecause if a large quantity of stock were destroyed it was not simply a loss to the owners but to the country at large. (Caeers.) At the present moment a large quantity of stock was brought from Holland, and the foreign dealers had the benefit As to our own stock, it was kept at home, and the butchers were reaping a harvest at the cost of the farmers. These were circumstances they could not con- trol, but he hoped the Government would take im- mediate steps and determine what should be done in the emergency. Mr. Gratrer, in conclusion, again referred to the efforts of the noble President to form a cattle plague association, and expressed a hope that the farmers who failed to support the movement might not be sufferers from the disease. (Cheers.) Mr. J. G. Palling then read the prize list (as given above), and the Noble President distributed the prizes. His Lordship then gave the health of the Judges," ooupled with the name of Mr. Higgins. (Cheers.) Mr. Higgins replied, remarking that the duties of himself and colleague, who had judged the cart horses, had been small as compared with those of the gentlemen who had judged the nags He should be glad at any time to render his humble assistance, and so, he was sure, would any agriculturist in England who knew the interest Lord Tredegar took in agriculture. (Cheers.) The thanks of the agricultural community, not only of this district, but of the whole kingdom, were due to his lordship and the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society for the way in which they had taken into consi- deration the whole question of the cattle plague. (Cheers.) No body of gentlemen could have said more or put a greater pressure upon Government to induce them to take the authority in their own hands and out of local hands. And this was most important; for they all knew Very well that local authorities had frequently interests involved which prevented them using the pressure that the Government could employ and therefore it was far better that they should adopt the measures put before them by the Itoyal Agri- cultural Society. As to the remarks of the hon. member, Mr Morgan, with reference to the statistics that would be required he (Mr Higgins) thought there could be no possible objection whatever—(cheers)and he hoped that every farmer in England would make the best return he could; and these returns, he believed, would prove to some people, and especially to one straight-collared gentleman, who made it his business to abuse the agri- cultural interest, and to tickle thereby the ears of his mob audiences, that the agricultural interest was not so mean as he imagined it to be. (Cheers and laughter.) As to the cattle plague, which was now agitating the public mind t) some extent, he thought all the informa- tion they had obtained from the Commission and from learned professors was of little importance indeed; and he was convinced that the only true remedy and the best possible course for farmers to pursue was to take care of themselves. Let every man be a policeman in his own parish; and if he witnessed'any of his neighbours violating the law, and failed to inform against him, he himself deserved to suffer the penalty enacted against the offender. (Cheers.) Their only preventive means, according to Dr. Symonds, were isolation, ventilation, and the use of those disinfectants icommended by professors. He was proud to see that they had present an inspector and also the inventor of a deodoriser, to which he (the speaker) had called public attention a short time ago. He was pleased to see pre- sent the inventor of Bird's disinfectant, and who would probablv be the exponent of his own theory and explain what he deemed to be necessary. As to the post mortem examination of beasts that had died, one man had lost 19 out of 24, and this gentleman witnessed th* po*t mortem examination, and he (Mr. Higgins) hoped he would favour the company with his opinion thereon. (Hear, hear.) He (the speaker) was sorry to hear from Mr. Dackham that they had not adopted a system of in- surance in this county, or taken any step in that direc- tion. He thought it would be well if something could be done in that way. In Gloucestershire they had formed an insurance company, and had £14,000 depo- sited they were paying li per cent. on the delared va- lue of the stock insured. (Cheers.) The Chairman then proposed the health of the^ntle- men who had kindly presented cups on this occasion- j ooupling therewith the name of Mr. Samuel Homfray. (Loud cheers.) Before sitting down he would make a remark on the very sensible.speech of Mr. Higgins, who had referred to the formation of an insurance society in Gloucestershire. He (the noble president) in conjunc- tion with Mr Philips (the ex-mayor) and other gentle- men, had done his best to get upe. society of that de- scription in Monmouthshire—an insuranco association, (Cheers.) They had held three meetings. The first was attended by 27 farmers; the next dwindled down to 1A and at the last he (the noble lord) could only count five gentlemen around him. He had therefore given it up but even yet he should be glad to identify himself with such an associa'ion? and to subscribe lioerally, if only the farmers would support him. (Loud cheers.) Mr. S. Homfray returned thanks for the compliment paid the subscribers. lie had attended these meetings from the commencement, and had always been pleased to find a continued improvement in the stock. And if one thin" could be more gratifying than nnother, it was to see thttt day the ehow of horse?, which they Lad been # ei inferior. but which t'iu "s a credit to the county, and especally to those wuo had improved the breed. (Cheers.) Mr. Higgins, in reference to what the nob!e President had said, remarked that Sir William Miles called a meet- ing in Somersetshire before the cattle plague appeared, and only five farmers attended but when the plague entered the district, in a week or nine days, the meeting was overwhelmingly large but then it was too lale-they could not form an association. That was why he wished gentlemen would give attention to it before the plague came among them. (Cheers.) The Chairman proposed The Mayor and Corpora- tion of Newport," remarking that the society was uLiCe- great obligations to the tradesmen of the town generaliy for their liberal contributions. (Cheers.) The Mayer, on behalf of the Corporation, returned thanks, expressing the great interest the members of the Town Council felt in the show. Personally he had con tributed to the show for seven or eight and twenty years, and he was therefore glad to find the Corporation supporting the exhibition in so handsome a manner as they did. (Caeers.) lie was also pleased that it had been determined this year to give t le twenty guinea cup to the best horse. He was desirous of cultivating the breed of horses; and it had afforded him great pleasure to witness the exhibition of horses that day. (Cie.rs.) For himself he had always been a cob man he had taken a good many prizes; he had a good animal now and if there were any chance at all he thought he should win a rrize next year. (Laughter and cheers.) lie thought the society should have a diss not ex- ceeding fourteen bands high; and one to register IICK exceeding fifteen hands. These were claSSES which every body would be glad to breed. The difference in the cob class tha* day must have appeared ridiculous to every gentleman having a knowledge of horses. (Ilear, hear.) But he thought the judges had displayed a vast amount of judgment, (Laughter and cheers.) It was too La i to laugh; but the judge who had purchased his cob had displayed a great deal of judgment. (Renewed laughter.) He trusted that next year they would not be in the unfortunate position they now were. (Hear, hear.) A gentleman had wiitten the other week to Bell's Weekly Messenger that they in Newport were nobody, and that nobody was looking after them that the plague was in Bristol, and that in New- port fat steers were being sold for 5d. per lb. But that was most ridiculous and mcst false aLd the gentleman had admitted he was wrong. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that next year they would have one of their best exhibi- tions and that the funds then in hand wou:d enable them to offer such prizes as would make their show se- cond to none in the kingdom. (Loud cheers.) Mr Gra'.rex proposed, in brief but flattering terms, the health of Major the Hon Godfiey Morgan, M-I. ioi Brecknockshire, remarking that he had the honour and pleasure of being one of his constituents. (Cheers.) Major Morgan, who was received with loud cheers, tendered his best thanks for the honour done him in drinking his health, and for the cordial reception with which the toast had been greeted. Taking place, as this meeting did, at the end of the year, it was gratifying to find that as another year had gone by he had not done anything to forfeit the approbation and friendship of those around him. (Cheers.) He had the honour of holding two office?, both of which, he thonght, if he did not command the friendship of the farmers, would be thorny ones indeed. (Laughter.) One of these was that of a member of Parliament fcr an agricultural county, and they would agree with him that if he was not on good terms -witll the farmer he should have a bad of thorns. (kiughter.) Tho other office he held was that of huntsman to a Pack of hounds—(laughter and cheers); and here again if he were not on gcoj terms with the farmers he should not recline on a bed of roses. (Cheers and laughter.) He did not know that these offices much resembled each other, except in this way-neither of them commanded a salary, (Laughter,) But he assured them all the salary he required in either case was the friendship they had manifested a few minutes ago in their very flattering applause-(oheers); and lie hoped and trusted that it would be long befure their institu- tions were so Americanised that they would not be able to find gentlemen willing to perform the duties pertaining to either office he had mentioned without being paid for them. (Cheers.) So far as he could judge the signs of the tunes he did not see much reason to expect that members of the Legislature would be paid for their services. (Laughter, and bear, hear.) In reference to a subject which had lately been much discussed, but which could not be named on that occasion, a meeting of working men bad been held, at which various reso lutions had been proposed—one, to the effect, he be- lieved, that they should have very high wages and no worlr, had met with no objection—(loud laughter)- but after that a fellow got up and pro- posed, as he understood, a resolution embodying four or five points of the charter-one point, at any rate, being that members of Parliament should be paid and he was immediately knocked down and pitched through the window or something of that sort. (Loud laughter and cheering.) Hence, he apprehended, they would continue to have representatives in Parliament who volunteered their services. (Cheers.) If they looked back to the last election, they would find there was no lack of gentlemen willing to do duty' if only they could find constituents willing to elect them. (Laughter.) Since he had last addressed them the House of Commons, to which he belonged, had been ohanged-the cards bad been shuffled pretty freely. He did not know whether the government had got a "aicahand," though per- haps that was neither here nor there—(laughter)but he was afraid that in the present House of Commons the agricultural interest would not find more sympathy than heretofore. (Hear, hear.) He had been in hope that such a result might be achieved. (Hear, hear.) Cer- tainly there were a great many grievances under which the agricultural interest laboured, and which the House of Commons were signally adverse to redressing. (Cheers.) There was a certain section of the House which commanded great respect, because possessed of considerable power; on whichever side they threw their weight there could be no doubt they would carry matters and that body, as was well known, had but little sym- pathy with the agricultural body. They had lately been shown—at least he fancied so—how they might gain the sympathy of that section; and he thought that sympathy was much misplaced at present. They (the English agriculturists) had one drawback- their fac:'s were not black—(laughter and cheers)— (they now; knew to what he alluded)—but perhaps that might be remedied by a little burnt cork. (Great ( laughter.) If they wished to get the sympathy of those gentlemen, let them first get hold of a landlord, or per- haps an heir-apparent would do as well-(laughter)- himself, for iustance-(renevred laughter)-tie him to a tree, scoop out his entrails while he was alive, and before his wife and family, and proceed to make rum punch of his brains—(laughter and cheers);—they might be hanged for doing it, but they would be sure to excite the sympathy of the gentlemen to whom he had alluded -(cheers)-and perhaps the survivors might gain the benefit of it. Perhaps he had trespassed on a subject to which he had no business to refer—(Cries of No no ;")—but one could hardly help going a little out of one's way to touch upon a matter of that kind. (Cheers.) But returning to the subject, with which he was better acquainted. He would not, however, venture to give advice; because no man wag more detested than he who gave advice. Up to the present moment they had been highly favoured by Providence in not having the cattle plague in this district; and not having had it, he him- Eelf and many others had hardly been able to realise how near it might be to them. (Hear, hear.) But that day matters had been brought home to their doors. To have gone round the yard and seen the stalls filled by horses instead of fat stock must have made them verily oonscious that a dreadful plague was stalking abroad. (Hear, hear.) Very valuable counsel, in which he (the hon. and gallant speaker) coincided, had been given by Mr. Higgins. It rested wiin the farmers them- selves, however, whether they had an insurance com- pany or not. The only other advice he would give was this—to be prepared for the plague by making up their mind what to do with it before it came, (Cheers.) Let them now determine how they would treat it assuming it came. (Hear, hear.) Let them not wait till one of their cows hung down her head, and then rush off to neighbour Jones to ask what to do, their whole herd meanwhile becoming afflicted and perhaps fatally. (Hear, hear.) He had personally studied tho various papers on the subject, and watched the whole of the different modes of treatment and their effect with great interest. The remedies were of every description from arsenio to port wine. (Laughter.) He did not mean any disrespect to the host of the King's Head, or to insinuate that his port was poisonous, though he had dined at an hotel where one bottle of port would have killed a man and, he supposed, a cow — (great laughter);—but so far as he had been able to judge the horcoopathic treatment would have great weight with him. (Hear, hear.) Were one cow attacked let them apply homoeopathic treatment to the rest. He did not care much about being personally treated on the homtBjpathie principle—(laughter); but sometimes the ladies, taking great interest in his delicate constitu- tion, were fond of administering that sort of thing to him, and ho yielded simply because he believed it amused them, and did not hurt him. (Laughter and cheers.) But he recommended that treatment for their stock. He wished to add that before Lord Combertnere left he had desired him to Eay (though the Mayor had almost taken it from him) that the prizes were not properly classified. In the cobs, for example, one might be best for hunting, another for driving, and so on- and hence it must be very difficult to decide in a class of that kind. (ILar, hear.) So far as his (tho hon speaker's) prize was concerned, therefore, he intended to make an altera- tion next year, and to give it for the best thorough bred horse in the county of Monmouth, suitable for hunting. (Cheers.) They might take it for granted, after what Mr. Lewis had so ably said, that a moro minule doifrip- uon was desirable ia reference t) the cobs. (Hear, hear.) He would not detain them longer, but ask them iu cl.J.. toast. They were much indebted to two gen- tlemen who had commenced giving a pli. last continued it this year, and which had afforded a great deal of amusement and very much satisfaction to many people. He proposed the health of Messrs. Henry and Waiter Powell." (Loud cheers.) He had bad great satisfaction in conducting the negotiations for the trial of the hunters on the day previously, and he was sorry neither of the Messrs. Powell had been present to witness the admirable sport which had resulied from the contest for their ptiz;. (Cheers.) The hon. and gallant Major concluded by expressing a hope that by this time next year they would either have stamped out the cattle plague or it would have died out, and that they would not have so dismal a gathering—for a cattle show where there was no cattle must be a dismal affair-but that they would meet under happier and more cheerful auspices. (Cheers.) The Noble President then gave The Usk Farmers' Club and other Farmers' Clubs in the Cjunty," coupled with the name of Captain Kelph. (Cheers.) C-ipaiu Relph, in rep'ying, said one of the features of the noble President's character was that he never forgot an old friend, however humile that friend might be. (Cheers.) He had not at all expected to be noticed that, evening, but he might say that he bad taken considerable intereai in the Usk Farmers' Ciub, and rendered such help as he had been able to neighbouring 0 societies. (Cheers.) Latterly, however, he had not been able to do so much as previously, owing tj the state cf his health, but it gave him the greatest plea- sure to do what he could. (Hear, hear ) He came to the Tredegar meeting to drink, as it were, at the fount of knowledge, and then attended at small.'r cluba to ,ieL scatter that which he had gathered. (Cneers.) He had been glad to hear the remarks made by his hon. and gallant friend Major Morgan. They had con- stituted the b- £ t advice that had fallen from any lips that night—he referred particularly to the counsel to farmers to be prepaied tor evil before it approached them. (Hear, hear.) Let them not stand looking on, and then when their houses were on tire have to ask how the flames were tobeputout. hear.) Let them now ask themselves what they should do, if the disease did overtake them. He had been giad to hear the hon. member give that ad- vice, joining therewith a suggestion as to at least one means by which the evil might be combated. It re- quired no email moral bravery to make such a recom- mendation to throw out a suggestion which savoured of resistance to recognised medical advice needed moral courage almost in the same degree that the gallant Mejor had displayed physical bravery at Baluklava- (loud cheers)—for they all knew the strong feeling against homos ;pathy. But if it was beneficial let them adopt it—(hear, hear) or if they found arsenic or wine wou!d prevent disease, let them follow these. (Cheers). But it was only when recommenda- tions came from the lips of men of position in a neigh bourhood that they had a good chance of being received favourably the same recommendations might proceed from other quarters and be only pooh-poohed" and put down and hence it was an advantage when gentlemen of position came forward and proffered suggestions. (Hear, hear.) Now and then, however, they made a few blunders, as his friend had done that night—(laughter); —-but t:ie company would overlook the blunders, and accept their good suggestions. (Cheers.) The gallant speaker concluded by thanking the company on behalf of himself and the thk Farmers' Club, and remarking, inter alh, that he had missed only two of the Tredegar meetings for the last 24 or 25 years, and had almost in- variably seen prizes taken away by some of the original members of the Usk Farmers' Club. (Cheers.) The Noble President then rose and said he could not but give The Town and Trade of Newport." (Cheers.) It had been said in some meetings elsewhere, that when- ever any measures were brought forward for the advan- tage of the trade of Newport, Lord Tred. gar came for- ward and put his veto upon them. (Cries of No, no.") That had been said but he trusted that the right think- ing portion of the community of Newport would give him credit for better ideas. (Loud cheers.) With regard to the dock, which was now so shortly to be commenced- (Hear, hear,)—he must confess that for many years ha had set his face against it he preferred seeing his green meadows, such as his friend Mr. Price had, instead of a great sheet of water covered with ugly looking coal ves- ath; but now that he was convinced he had been wrong, he was ready to come forward, and do all that was necessary for the advancement of the trade of New- port. (Cheers.) He was always open to conviction and whenever he saw anything brought forward for the benefit of the town, he should not be backward in supporting it. (Cheers ) He gave them" Success to the trade of New- port," coupled with the name of the ex-Mayor, Mr. E, J. Phillips, (Cheers.) The ex-Mayor, in replying, remarked thai the coia.iiei^a I' of Newport was a matter of vast importance. When be attended the Tredegar meeting laat year, and then filling I the office now held by bis friend on the right (Mr Lewis), he had ventured to express to the noble President the I pleasure it gave him to see his lordship maintaining the deep interest he had manifested in agnpnlture, and to foreshadow what his lordship intended to do in connec- tion with commercial pursuits. His predictions hed boon fully verified in the assistance afforded by the noble lord in the passage of the Alexandra Dock bill (now become an Act) through Parliament ard he congratulated his lordship on the prospects of the ultimate success of that scheme. (Cheers.) The fact of a dock or railway being brought into a district was a fact which appealed to every man's interest. (Hear, hear.) The dock promoted by the noble lord would become the means of much more largely developing the resources of the back district >f I the county, which was rich in minerals perhaps Vyand any other county in Wales, He was proud to see preasnt on this occasion the noble president and the noble lord I on his right, two large landowners with mine- ral property which must shortly ba developed, and brought down to Newport, so that the port would soon be not a second or third-rate port. but with our r.obl; river and increased dock accommodation, the best port in the Bristol channel. (Cheers.) The port, moreover, was in close proximity to the Midland districts it pos- sessed advantages of which no other port could boys;. and though Gloucester might in some measure compote for the Midland trade, Gloucester would be outstripped in the race, because, for one reason, Newport was su much more accessible to shipping. (Caeers.) Then as to Cardiff, another rival port, not only was Crrdifi a; a greater distuiee, but the gradients of the lines n'ere t more difficult than from Newport. (Hear, hear.) v. ing these facts, he believed they might safely predict; for J Newport a prosperous future and, with the assistance of his lordship and others, they might confidently ex- pect great progress ia the commerce of the district, (Cheers.) (Cheers.) The Lord-Lieutenant then, in graceful terras, nropo.td the health of Lady Tredegar, which was enthusiasticaliy received, and The Noble President having acknowledged the con*- plimenf, his lordship vacated his seat, and many of ;he company left the room with him. His Lirdship was loudly cheered on retiring. Mr. John Law rence, complying with a ucarii:e;3 request, then took the chair, and several other toasts were drank before the prooecdin23 finally terminated,
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BOROUGH POLl'JE.—FKIDA.Y. [Magistrates It. F. WOOLLETT and E. J. PiniW* Esquires.] John Cumerford, an Irishman, was charged by Mr. James, of the Uskside Ironworks, with unlawfully l',n<1 maliciously killing his dog, on the 9th December. —Hs pleaded not guilty.—Mr. James conducted his own case, under the 24th and 25th Vie., cap. 97, s. 41. Mary Ann James,in answer to the Chairman,stated her age to be between nine and ten, and that she understood the nature of an oath. Saw Cumerford come to the U si- side gates, from the Dock-road, about four o'clock. Ho stopped at the gate-post, to relieve himself; there were no dogs there. He then rang the lobby bell. Heard him tell Baldwin he would poison him and thj digs. Saw him go towards Morgan's, the druggist. ° John Baldwin answered the lobby bell, between femr and five. Cumerford was there. He said I'll poi on you, and the dogs too, for biting me." On the 9 day, (Sunday) about half-past six, Cumerford again came to the door, and said "Baldwin, you I'll put a knife into you, and the other dog too" William Morgan, druggist, said Cumerford .-ame to my shop on Saturday, between four and five. !Ie aeited for one pennyworth of arsenic. I nsked him what for. He said to kill a dog, which had bitten him. refused to give him arsenic, as it required witnesses, I told him he should have a pennyworth of another poisos, which would do as weil. I gave him a pennyworth of Stone's muricidanr. It is used to ki!l rats and mice. J have given up the sale of arsenic in small quantities, as it gives so much touble, and requires the signature of two witnesses. Did not see the man's leg on that occasion I saw his leg on the Wednesday following. Th- re was a wound, one-eighth or one-quarter of an inch loi,, on the front of the shin, aid some scratches on the L.Je of it. Should think it might have beea done by a dog Know a dog's mouth from his tail. Prosecutor requested the Clerk to take the answers of this witness correctly, a3 he in»onJad to enter an action against him. Mr. Kes-iok 1 cannot take down witness's <iuswers which will criminate hini3eli. it Emma James, in repiy to the Bench, said I am be- tween ten and eleven years old, and lenow the nature of an oath. Saw Cumerford come to the iron gates be- tween four and five; was close to him he to^k some- thing out of his pocket like lard, and threw it. to the dog u Steam." Steam ate some of it. He put fhe Ie- mainder in his pocket, and waR-1 -way. Thomas Baldwin saw Steam die by :,Ii, ja between six and seven o'clock on Saturday night. I. J. ed. to carry him into the a —1» .eyiy to tne Ci»a?,T)4u': The dog out his legs he fell on his side and juggled he threw back his head and died.—On San- day afternoon, about three o'clock, saw Cumerford coma to the place where the dog eat the poison, and rub hia shoo over the place where tho dog eat it. P.C Jenkins said Cumerford told him the c' had bitten him in a dangerous place, also on his leg. Mr. James said that is my case. I trust the Bench will protect me, my servants, and my property, by in flictinga heavy sentence on the defendant, who has been guilty of the most malicious act in poisoning my puppy. In his defence, Cumerford said the dogs had bitten him, and if they went mad he should like to know what would become of him. In reply to Mr' James, he could not state when the dogs had bitten him. Cumerford called John Morgan, who said, as he was passing the Uskside Works some months ago, a dog with a curly coat ran out and bit his thigh. Has the mark now- Would have whipped a knife into him if he had one ready. Complained to Baldwin at the time, also to a man with long whiskers who came out of the yard. The Chairman asked Mr. James the value ot his dog. \lr. James could not put a market value on the dog. He wa3 about ten months old. He would not have tiken twenty guineas for him. Believed he spoke with- in bounds if he said he had bred, not scores, but some hundreds of dogs, and never had a cleverer puppy than this. Heard that a brother from a former litter had been sold to the Duke of Beaufort for £ 5. Whilst the Bench deliberated on their sentence, Cumer- ford said If they send me to prison, I'll poison the other when I come back. and I ouly wish he was killed to,)." Mr. Kessiek You do yourself no good by that ex- clamation. The Bench inflicted a penalty of jEo, the value of the dog, in default, one month's imprisonment. John Baliwin applied to the Bench that Cumerford should be put under sureties of the peace, as he was afraid of his life. The Bench thought a month's imprisonment would cool him down. Mr James said that, inasmuch as the man had threat- ened to stab Baldwin and poison the dog, and that he had already put one part of his threat into execution, the Bench could not refuse protection to the man, and that Baldwin would be foolish if he did not insist upon it. The Bench decided to take the other cases on their list first. A case was then called on and remanded. The next caee was called, and Mr. James, who is a county magis- trate, here took his seat on the Bench, having left the prosecutor's table. Mr E J. Phillips rose, and said he considered Mr. James should retire lest the people should suppose he might bias the Bench. Mr James declined to comply with the request. He would assert his privilege. Mr Phillips vacated his seat, saying two magistrates were enough. The business of the Court was then proceeded with. The Chairman and Mr. James decided that John Baldwyn's application should be heard at a future time.
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COUNTY POLICE,—SATURDAY. [Magistrates: Rev. T. POPE, M.A., Chairman; Capt. PHILLIP3, R N. and Capt. RUSSELL, R.M.M.] MAGOK.—Ebenezer Edwards, of Magor, was charged with riding in a second class carriage on the Great Wes- tern Railway, with a third-class ticket. — Inspector Mends proved the case, and pressed for a conviction on the ground that the defendant when asked his name and address gave it falsely.—Defendant, who pleaded in ex- tenuation that the whole of the third-class carriages were full, was fined 203. and costs, 01 twenty-one days. RISCA.—David Lewis and David Lewis were sum- moned for assaulting Henry Thomas, at Risca, on the 9th instant.-On the application of prosecutor, the case was settled on defendants paying the costs. PJSNHOW. — Stephen Williams, a respectable-looking man, was charged with stealing three turkeys, the pro- perty of Mr. J. Dowle, Chapel Farm, Penhow, on the 13th instant.—Mr. J. Phillpotts defended the prisoner. —Edwin Waite, a servant in the employ of the prosecu- cutor, said he saw a number of turkeys fastened in a shed on the evening of the 13th instant, between four and five o'clock. The following morning, observing an old turkey outside of the shed, he thought that some- thing wrong had occurred, and on the turkeys being turned out tie thought that some of them were missing. Thero were a number of feathers outside the shed door, and also footprints. Witness went and inquired if any one had let the turkeys out. He traced the feathers and footmarks for about a hundred or a hundred and fifty yards from the spot where the shed was. Witness then went aud fetched P.C. Howes, and he went with witness to the shed where the turkeys had been placed on the pre- ¡: .'Jght. The constable and himself tracked the footmarks as far as they oould observe any. They then went to the prisoner's house and looked in the fowl house to see if they could see the turkeys. They saw a quantity there, and witness took three from the number, because he thought they were his master's. Witness af- terwards took the turkeys to his master's house. In going to the house they passed over a wheat field, and there were footmarks and a number of feathers there.— Cross-examined by Mr. Phillpotts: lIe could not say bow m1,ny turkeys there were placed in the shed at night —perhaps nine or ten. There was an asp to the door. Could not say how many were in the shed when he saw the oil one outside. Traoked feathers from his master's house to Penhow. The feathers were very much apart, but the footmarks were pretty regular. He found the t tit key ? in the fowl pen, but he missed the footmarks in the mow pen. There was only a wall dividing the two. Turkeys were very ant to stray, and they might have got over there. Would swear that he never saw turkeys be- longing to the prisoner on his master's property. Tuell day night was frosty, but he would swear that he could trees the footmarks. liei saw the prisoner's sster before he saw the brother of the prisoner. She showed witness the turkeys,—and also told witness that her brother had some turkeys. Ha had full permission to go over the premises.—In reply to the Bench, the witness said the turkeys were by themselves.—Cross-examination conti- nue Could not say whether the prisoner lired at the farfa Thich hia mother occupied.—Louisa Dowle, wife of prosecutor, said she lived at the Chapel Farm, Pen- how, On Tuesday night last she saw the turkeys placed in the shed. She countid them, and there were ten. Her son fastened them in. The shed was fastened with an asp in her presence by her son. The next morniug she missed three. The turkeys produced were her pro- perty, and those she lost on Tuesday night.—Cross-exa- mined by Mr. Phillpotts: The two smuil ones were not of tec same "hatch" as the larger one. She believed them to be all her property. Sue had no doubt whatever as to the large one.—In reply to the Bench, the witness said she had previously lost turkeys.—John Dowle, sworn, said The turkeys produoed were his property. Oc tho morning after th2Y were lost he accompanied P.C. j Howes and another person to prisoner's house. He Faw tracks across several fields up to the prisoner's orchard. H. also saw feathers in several places. The distance from witness's house to the prisoner's was about n mile. WitaesB did not go the same way as the others, and saw the prisoner's brother, and asked permission to search the premises. They found two turkeys in the foil yard, and tae other under one of the rickg in the yard by it- self. Witness identified the birds, and P.C. Howes took pcsession of them. He saw nothing of the prisoner.— Cross-examined by Mr. Phillpotts He was positive the r larger bird was his property. He saw it on the Monday preceding the robbery. The marks were q iite plain, and the feathers were distributed about one hundred yards apart, Thero were twenty three or t venty-f^ur turkeys in ti,3 yard with those belonging to him. He never saw tne prisoner's turkeys on bis property. He had seen turkeys in the orchards many times. He had never no- ticed footmarks there previously. Prisoner's brother of- fered him every facility for searching the premises. He knew the Hard wick Farm, but he did not know the pri aoner had been living there.—in reply to Mr. Davis, witness said that Mr. W. Williams rose an objection to j bi-j taking the larger turkey away-—P.C. Howes said 10;1 uie day in question he received information of the j roboery, and be went to the prosecutor's premises and j examined the outhouse. He saw a number of feathers there, and he traced a number across a grass field, and he also traced them over a stile into another grass fisld. In a ditch, under a tree, he found a number of feathers, and also a footmark. He then further traced the fea- I' 1::ers iato a field of vetches, where he also found foot- ings apparently of the same boots. He followed the I marks of the feathers, and in a field found a spot 1\ wueia a man had been on his knees—there being the impression of the cord trousers. H J further traced the footmarks and feathers through several fields into a piece ol swedes on to a grass field occupied by the prisoner's I family, and thence to the orchard near the prisoner's fa mby s farm. He lost the footprints in the orohard, and then went to the fold yard, and saw the two small tur. I ktye on the cattle crib. The feathers of the stolen birds were very much rumpled and did not look like the other birc?. Witness and the prosecutor found the other tur- key in a 4i mow pen," and that one's feathers were als) very much rumpled. They drove the turkeys among the prisoner s and they would not allow them to go near. They then took possession of the turkeys, rtnd on the same day he went to Hardwick Farm, St. Brides, oceu- ¡ ri-.d by prisoner's brother, and saw the prisoner. He ask.-d him to come with nim (witness) to Penhow res- Meeting some turkeys. Witness asked him how many no naa., and he replied twenty-six. Hi said he Uvei w.t'.i his biother at Harawick Farm, and that he slept »bGf0 -last night. He then took the prisoner to Chapel Purcflj examined his boots, aud found thorn to correspond with the marks. The tip was gone from the left boot, lie them charged him with s ealing the turkeys. Priso- ner said, 11 Let me see them," and witness showed them I .o nim. Prisoner caught hold of two of the birds, and ,1 a? would swear thev werf n- ol. ro i to the station, prisoner said I don't care I aai I innocent. My brother sent me to Wilorick for a dog, but when I had got half iva/, I fQrg~t a key belonging to my brother George, and Samuel Brooks is ti e ouly man that saw me, I was in the piaco sleep- ing..u;d Brooks came ia after me." 0,1 Thursday morning witness compared the boots with the mark?, and found they corresponded txiotly. Prisoner was wearing at the ti.ua he arrested him a cord trousers.—Inspector Shepherd was with him at the time, and he (Inspector Shepherd) compared the msrks. The boots were pecu- liarly nailed. They found the mark to correspond in se- veral other places.—Crost-exarained by Mr. Phillpotts He did not bring the prisoner across the fiohf previously. He came across the vetches field, but not near the spot where be compared the marKs. The boots were peculiarly nailc-d-having eight around the toe, five inside, and one largo one in the middle. There were other peculiarities. When he found the birds they were loose about the yard. No objection was made to his searching the pre- mises. Hardwick Farm wa3 about three mth-s from Chapel Farm but he did not knovl that the prisoner was living there. H3 did not think it Decessary to compare the trousere.-Samuel Brookes said he was at the Cros- wen beerhouse, Penhow, about a quarter to ten. He slept in the loft at Penhow Farm. Tne prisoner was there also, and he stayed there till morning. Prisoner left the loft shortly before witness did, and said he was going to the Ilardwick Farm.—This being the Cfl.3e for the pro- secution, Mr. Phillpo'ts addressed tha Bench for his ciieiitj submitting that tnere was no prima facie .-ase against the prisoner. But if their worships were deter mífl:d to send the cise for trial before a jury he would reserve his defence. There bad (he eaid) been no at. tempt at concealment, but on the contrary every facility had been off.red the parlies in the search, and he could, tf necessary, produce the maker of the boots, who wouLl swear that he hid made s:v„-ral pairs of boots nailed precisely the same as prisoner's, therefore there was not that peculiarity about them as had been stated. -Aft"r a short consultation, the Chairman said they had no alternative but to commit the prisoner for trial, but would acoept bail, himself in £ -50, and two sureties in £ 25 each. CHIUSTcHuncH, Thomas Bridges, a juvenile, was charged with wilfully damaging a variegated holly tree, the proptrty of Mrs. Reunie, MaindeePark.—Defendant admitted the offence, and Mrs. Rennie, not wishing to press the charge, he was ordered to be detained tíli Monday morning, the father promising, on his release to Hive him a good thrashing. RISCA.-loha Wyatt was summoned for keeping hit beerhonse, the Railway Tavern, open during prohibited hours on tbe 9;h inst., a". R.sca —P.C. Basharn proved tho offence, stating that he saw a woman coma out of the house with a jug of beer at 11.40 on the night in the house with a jug of beer at 11.40 on the night in question.—Defendant's wife appeared and denied the charge.—During the time the constable was giving his evidence, she acted in a most excited manner, averring that were she [a man she would strike him down, Fined IOs. and costs.
BOROUGU POLICE.—MONDAY.
BOROUGU POLICE.—MONDAY. [Magistrates T. F. LEWIS, Esq. (Mayor), W. EVANS, andL. A. HOMFKAY, Ejqrs,] Catherine Power, for being drunk and incapable on Sunday evening, was fined 5s. Henry Hatch was charged with being drunk and disorderly on Sunday evening.—Defendant with three others Was creating a great noise in Portland street, and Frederick street. He had in his posession a formidable weapon, palled a "knuckle duster," which was detained by the Superintendant.—Fined IOi. and costs, or 7 days' imprisontnen'. Mary Connell was charged with stealing coal, the pro- perty of Heary and Walter Powell.-H.P.O. Jones saw the prisoner on Saturday between one and two o'clock taking coal from the yard of Messrs. Powel!. She said she had only taken a little, and that the foreman would forgive her.—Charles Tucker proved the coal be- longed to the Messrs. Powell. Ho also saw the prisoner taking the coal.-A previous convotion was proved against the prisoner. She had previously been forgiven. -Prisoner pleaded not guilty.—Committed for 1 month with hard labour WEDNESDAY. [Magistrates T. F. LEWIS, Esq., Mayor; and W. W. MORGAN, Esq.] Peter Frees, a Prussian captain, was summoned for £3 17s. wages, due to John McCormick.—Mr. Morgan appeared for complainant, and Mr. J. D. Pain for the de- fendant. Complainant said he was engaged by the defendant in November last to pilot a brig down the roads. He had a written agreement with the defendant. [The agreement was here put in and an objection was raised to it-it not being stamped.J—In reply to Mr. Fox, the witness, said the vessel was a Prussian, upon which Mr. Fox said the Court had no jurisdiction in the cllse-uot having any power over a foreign ship. If it was a British ship, he would have a remedy, but he had none over foreign ship.—After some discussion, the case was dissmissed, the Bench having no jurisdiction. John Nicholas was summoned for £1 43. wages, due to John Flaharon.-Complainant said the defendant en- gaged him on Monday week last as a smith, and on the following Friday having finished the work he was then about there was nothing else for him to do. He engaged to work for 24s. per week, but when he went to the J complainant for his wages he was only offered payment. at the rate of 22s. per week, which he refused to aecept. -Defendant said his reason for refusing to pay the com- plainant was, that he was incompetent to perform tne work he had engaged him to do. He had j aid him 10s. and the complainant had lost two quarter?.— The Bench ordered the defendant to pay 19s. and costs. Alfred Sweeney was charged under a warrant, with leaving his wife and family chargeable to the borough of Swansea.-An officer being in attendance to remove the prisoner, it was ordered accordingly. John Robert Curnow was summoned for keeping his licensed house, the Six Bells, Stow-hill, open during illegal hours on Sunday morning last.—[During the L hearing of this and the following case, the Mayor did not sit as a magistrate.]—Defendant admitted the offence, and a-previous conviction being proved, he was fined 10s. and costs. Francis Henry Woodcock, of the Wellington Inn, was summoned for a similar offence—Defendant ad- mitted the charge, and it being bin first offence, he was ordered to pay the costs only. George Lewis was charged with leaving his horse and cart on the public footway, in market-street on Thursday evening last.-Ordered to pay the costs, 4s. 6d. Richard Vivian and his wife, Annie Vivian, were charged with being disorderly and using obscene lan- guage in Market-street—Ordered to pay the costs. George Ablart was summoned for assaulting Sabrina Gratten.—Complainant said the defendant came to hfr house on Saturday last, and after knocking at the door in a most violent manner, made use of most obscene language, and wanted her husband and son to fight.— The statements of the parties were very conflicting, and there appearing to have been no assault committed, the case was dismissed, the parties being bound over to keep the peace. c( Andrew Plinetzen, a seaman, was charged with being S drunk and disorderly.—H.P.C. Gro.vther proved the £ offence.—Fined 5s. u Edward Allen Hook was charged with deserting his ol master's service (David Roberts), he being an appren- a tice.—Defendant refused to return to his work, bllt tJ after receiving a reprimand from the Mayor he was dis" c, charged. Frederick Morrison and William Buckley weie t; charged with being drunk and fighting in Castle-street, 4 Pillgwenlly.—Defendants admitted the offence, and were fined 5s. each. 11 Peter Lyon was charged with breaking in'o the sUte- rr room of the ship Benanza, and stealing two bottles of brandy.—William Macathy, the master, said on Monday last he observed that the state-room had been broken open during his absence, and on making inquiries, he was informed that the prisoner, who was boatswain on J board the ship, had been on board. The brandy was I taken from a case. Whon witness charged him with v the offence, the prisoner called him a liar--N.).thaniel 1: Steele, mate of the vessel, said he saw the prisoner on a bsard the ship the worse for liquor.—Joseph Henry v Dolby, steward, said on the day in question he saw the f prisoner and some friends of his in the captain'§ cabin t with glasses before them. Thinking there was some- t thing wrong,witness smelled the glasses, and they smelt strongly of brandy. He also found a bottle containing 1 brandy on the floor of the cabin. Prisoner subsequently s came and took the brandy and placed it in his pocket.- ( P.C. Jenkins proved apprehending the prisoner, when I he denied the charge.—Prisoner pleaded guilty of ] stealing one bottle, but pleaded in extenuation that he was ill at the time.—Mr. Fox And I suppose the mate j was ill too.—The Mayor said the prisoner being an 1 officer of the ship, ought to have known better, and he ] would be sentenced to 21 days' hard labour. 1
-.-..----COMMERCIAL BUBBLES.
COMMERCIAL BUBBLES. A great Company proposes to combine the opera- tions of two or three firms in half a dozen countries. On the other hand, as it is easier to blow bubbles than to builj houses, we have to report a far greater number of, not the grossest, but the airiest specu- lations. A Company is racing to pay a large sum for the goodwill and establishment of a business with which the owners are going to part from motives of pure philanthropy. The partners have found prospects opening boiore them which are too extensive to be realised by private means, aud they solicit the world in general to share the opportunity. They have found their ca^e too rich and too big for them to eat it all themselves, and they generously invite the public to share the feast. This El Dorado is to be obtained for a most moderate sum, and one of the partners has consented to undertake at the outset the labour of management, just to start the concern and point the way to the gold mines, for a moderate salary. The uninitiated accept all these golden promises, the affair is started, the limited liability incurred, and in six months, or twelve months, it is discovered that there is no busi- ness at all, that the philanthropic partners have acted on the plain principle that charity begins at home, and have simply used the Company to break their fall to bankruptcy. Complaints are now loud and nnmsrous or the number of these unscrupulous swindles, and the most desperate remedies are pro- posed to chcek them. But, perhaps, what is most extraordinary in the matter is the way in which they are temporarily sustained. Banks, discount houses, and brokers are either deluded or cajoled, or affect to be so, as much as the general public, and from some unaccountable cause these bubbles obtain a recognition in commercial circles, without which they must have burst at their first appearance. I Our City Intelligence yesterday contained a con- spicuous example of this extraordinary system of mutual delusion. About two or three years ago a. concern was started, called "The General Roiling- Stock Company," with a nominal capital of £150,000, in £ 10 shares, and the directors, from their practical knowledge," affirmed the certainty of a very large and profitable trade. They were afterwards amalgamated with another concern, called the" Irish itoliing-Stock Company," and at the commencement of the present year the amount of stock paid up to the credit of the"two Companies together amounted to £ 24,000. Out of this sum, £ 13,469 was at once disbursed for promotion money and preliminary expenses, so that the available paid- up stock of the Company amounted to £10,531. This Company, in accordance with the natural course of thing's; collapsed in February last, and a meeting, at which its affairs were investigated, was held the other day at the office of the Master of the Rolls. The revelations then elicited are almost unparalleled. It appears that upon the basis of this £10,000 of working capital the Company had contracted lia- bilities to the extent of more than a million. The assets in hand amount to £ 4,000, and, though a call will be made on the unfortunate contributors for the full amount of their £10 shares, it is not expected that the dividend to the creditors will be more than twopence or threepence in the pound. The manner in which these liabilities have been contracted is sufficiently illustrated by one example. In order to obtain the privilege of constructing a railway in so promising a commercial couatry as Spain, at an ex- pense of £50,000, the country had paid another £50,000 as a douceur to the Chairman of the railway in question. At this point, however, our readers may naturally inquire how the Company, who had never more than £10,000 at their disposal, obtained the necessary £ 50,000 for this magnificent bribe. The answer to this inquiry involves the most extra- ordinary part of the history. The money was ob- tained, in some way or other, through the Alliance Bank, and this Bank is, at all events, in the posit tion of creditor to the Company for the amount of £ 178,000. In the letter which we publish in our City Article this morning we are informed that this enormous sum was not advanced "direct" to the Company, but that the debt arose upon the ac- ceptances or indorsements of the Company dis- counted for other customers of the Bank." The sort of people who manage these transactions seem to think there is a great deal in a name. We are unable to discern any material difference between the two iuiuia of representing tho tvmisactiou. In either case it follows that the Alliance Bank ac- cepted the endorsement of the Company to the amount of £178,000, and it is this simple fact which will be so utterly unaccountable to the public. It must be remembered that this is not a case of mere r>o:)fiile;ice which may be ascribed to ignorance or to friendship. If this immense sum nad been advanced 011 the credit of a private person, or of a non-limited Company, though the transaction would have been sufficiently reckless, there might have been some small excuse for it. But in this instance the Bank might have known to a penny what was the amount of the fund to which they could look for payment. They might have known for certain that the Company could not have a paid-up capital of more than about £ 24,000, and that the debt in ques- tion would probably require the whole of the unpaid capital, even if there were no other liabilities. Would it have been credible that a Bank, the sole business of which is to lend and borrow money upon proper securities, should have advanced this enor- mous sum upon the credit of a newly established Company the capital of which was known, aud was limited to an amount insufficient to satisfy even this single debt? As to the Bank "claiming to hold securities of considerable value for every item," such an assertion, if it be really made in good faith, readily explains the fatuity of the original transac- tion. Th securities of a Company which has in- curred lia Iities of a million, with assets of;C4,000 must poss o a value which it requires the Alliance Bank to reciate. If we re ever inclinell to ask what is to be done to protect people against such delusions as the General Rolling-Stock Company, an example of this character will be sufficient to satisfy us. No law can protect persons who are capable of such incon. ceivable credulity, and so long as people in the city of London can be cheated of their common sense by such extravagant counterfeits, it is idle either to wonder or to be disturbed at their disappointment. Times.
CARDIFF.*
CARDIFF.* COUNCIL MEETING.-The adjourned quarterly meet- ing was held on Monday, the mayor (Wj B. Watkins li.sq.) in the chair. The Mayer read a letter received by him from the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, thanking him for the resolution expressing tho sympathy of the corpora- P' tion witt] Lady Pairaerstoa. The Harbour-Master reported that the buoys had been removed in accordance with the order of the council. The channel had been entirely cleared of buoys placed there by the trustees of the Marquis of Bute. The Mayor also stated that the town clerk had received notice on behalf of the corpora- tion from the trustees that legal proceedings would be taken against them for trespass- A committee was appointed to co-operate with tho mayor and the town cleric to defend the action should it be brought against the corporation. The fire brigade had met aud had approved of a plan for the erection of a new engine house at tho back of tho Town hall. Tenders had also been received for its erection, all,i the board accepted that of Mr. Cooper for the erection of the same for the sum of £tl30. The engine house would be carried up level with the other buildings, and the upper floor let as offices for the clerk of the Board of Health and Surveyor if re- quired by them. The committee to consider the steps to be taken to claim the bed of the river, now occupied by the circus and other buildings belonging to the South Wales Railway, had met, and a new case had been prepared to be submitted for the opinion of the two counsel. A plan of the locality had also been prepared by Mr Waring. Notice had been served on the Town Clerk for damage done by the Surveyor in serving notices on some of the tenants of Mr It. It. Watkins, the present lessee of the ground claimed by the Corporation. Several tenders for printing .and materials required by the Corporation had been received and that of Mr WakeforJ, of Bute-street, was accepted for the sum of ;SM 10s 6d. It was also resoked, as the lease of the slaughter-house would expire in February next, that advertisements be inserted in the local pipers to lease the tolls of the slaughter house and market. The clerk was requested to obtain copies of the plans of the pro- jected new docks for the use of the corporation. Mr Winstono again made some allegations against Mr 8tellfox respecting the raising of anchors in the Bristol Channel, and tho clerk was requested to make inquiries into the same and report to the Board. The meeting resolved itself into a Burial B jard, but the business done I was of no public interest.
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FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION…
FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION « AT MERTHYR. 1 1 THIRTY KILLED TWENTY-TWO 1NQURED. < [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.1 MF.RTHYR, WEDNESDAY. A fearful disastsr has overtaken us. This morning, about eight o'clock, an explosion of fire-damp occurred in the Upper Gethin pit, belonging to Mr. Crawshay, of f the Cyfarthfa works, by which thirty lives have bean sacrificed, and twenty-two persons injured. It will be i remembered that about four years ago a similar accidcnt, but more frightful in the number of casualties, happened t in this place, by which 47 men and boys wero killed. ( The seene of that calamity was also the Gethin pit but in order to make it clear to the reader strange to the piaee, u stiouia vo "01 that '.he Gefhin pit is a la ge sys:em of coal workings, with tw" .:1, each other about 500 yards, the one bein^ higher on the iitiu or the mountain than the ( other. They thus go by the names Upper and Lower Gethin, and are worked as two distinct pits, though I they have, wo believe, to a certain extent, the same I system of ventilation in common. The Lower Gethin pit 1 was the scene of the accident four years ago; the Upper ( Gethin is the scene of the present disaster. The pit is 1 200 yards deep, and is much younger than the Lower Geinin in fact, it was sunk for the purpose of supply- ] ing the Lower Gethin with an upcast shaft, and to render it a safer working collinry. The explosion this 1 morning took place in the east level of the 9ft. vein, t which is some 70 yards deeper than the 4ft., in a head- ( ing, where there were about 40 men and boys working 1 at the time and out of that number no less than 30 I have been killed. The blist was so great that it ex- 1 tended far into the main level, where a number of men 1 were injured-altogether 22. The time of the accident ( was about eight o'clock, about an hour after the "day i turn" m-u had gone in. Only three out of the 30 killed met their deaths by fire, but taose three were scorched to s a cinder almost, and their features were s) obliterated s that they could not be recognised. One of them was s known by a wa'ch that he wore at the time. Oat of the I whole number workingin tfli-i part of the pit at the time t only two men escaped unhurt; these are John Hall and c Thomas Hall, brothers. The former states that ho r worked at the farthest end of the ea-;t level, and W,.S j raaue aware of tho disaster by hearing a loud "puff." He immediately !efth:swjrk&Dd went to warn his t brother, but he had hardly time to do that before he ( heard another puff," and then the air became all of a swdden so oppressively hot and dense that he fell down c from faintness. However, ho, along with his brother, I persfrvcred in the way our, nnd by a happy ciicum- c stance saved themselves. The ddlor, J ohIJ, had bis ( cm of tea with him, and his presence of mind I enabled him to keep dashing their faces with this, v which kept them fresh. By this means they retained 2 consciousness and strength enough to find their way out of the heading to the bottom of the shaft. As they came along they stumbl-d over the bodies of their comrades, and although they called to each as they came up to him, i in no solitary instance was an answer obtaiued. Tho 1 men at the bottom of the shaft were made aware of the b explosion in a rough manner, two of them having been t blown with great violence into the sump. From this cir- t camstance it would seem that the focus of the explosion r could not have been more than a couple of hundred yards v from the bottom of the shaft, as the workings do not e extend more than 40) yards in that direction. Tue t excitement in Rlerthyr. when the news ctrne up, was t intense, and people ran down to the pit in large numbers; t but it was noticeable that the multitude of men, women, t and children at the pit's mouth did not manifest a that vehement grief which is often a marked fea- c ture of scenes of this character. On the con- t trary, they were most orderly. On the roadway a leading from the shaft a spice was cleared, and a large a heap of straw laid, Upon this the poor fellows were laid r as they were brought up, and the method of Dr, Marshall J Hall, for the restoration of asphyxiated persons practised i upon them by Dr. Thomas, chief of the Cyfarthfa medical t staff; Drs Wells, Dyke, Probert, and Miles. At the t same time powerful restoratives were applied, but ail to no q purpose, The fatal choke-damp had done its work too b well, and the lifeless bodies were then removed one t after another and placed upon trucks, upon which they were afterwards conveyed to Cyfarthfa, where p their friends, who were most demonstrative in c their grief, awaited them. Promptly upon the in. b telligence of the catastrophe being made knowu, Mr. R. C T. Crawshay, of Cytarthfa Castle, the resident proprie- n tor of the works, accompanied by Mr. W. Jones, the p manager, and many of the agents, repaired to the spot, S and rendered such aid as they could. Tue relays of work- tl ing parties exerted themselves heroically, and by eleven V o'clock all the bodies bad been recovered. The viewer of £ this pit is Mr John Moody, who was also viewer of the sl Lower Gethin pit at the time of the accident d' there. As to the cause of the accident, speculation ti is rife, but nothing positive can be stated until air w investigation has taken place. It is worthy of note, je however, in so far as it may probably be attributable to \1 carelessness on the part of ODe or more of the workmen, Si that a very important case was tried in the Merthyr C police-court, last week, in which two workmen in were charged with tampering with their lamps re in this very pit. The evidence against them w was not conclusive to the satisfaction of the of the magirtrate, and they were dismissed. How far A any such negligence may have to do with the present deplorable mishap it would be premature to say. An in quest will be held on the bodies, and no doubt facts will then be forthcoming upon which an opinion may be formed as to the cause of the untoward affair. The morning, I should add, was remarkably fine. —Bristol L< Post.—Since the foregoing was in type we learn that four jj! more deaths have occurred, and that two of the re- s, maining nineteen are in a critical condition. The inquest is bas been formally opened and adjourned to the third of B January. 2i >-