Monmouthshire Merlin

SELLING A WIFE FOR HALF Jb GALLON OF ALE. A scene which would have been ludicrous if it were not extremely repulsive occurred in a-'beerhouse in Ashtou-under-Lyne the other day. A number of men were drinking in one of the rooms, among them being out: known as Teddy Moss, who is generally looked upon as half-witted. Some few months ago' this man was married, and the happy occasion was made the excuse for much fun and horseplay at his expense, and since then he seems to have been subjected to a con- siderable amount of chaffing on the subject of his matrimonial alliance. While he and his companions were drinking one evening his wife came into the house in search of him, and Teddy, stimulated by the jeers of those who were with him, at once offered to sell her to the highest bidder. After some higgling, a man who was present agreed to take her at the price of half a gallon of ale. The woman, who is said to have made no objection to the proposed change of masters, shortly after left the house, and the two men sullied forth in search of her. When they reached the place, in a low part of the town, where the worthy couple had lodged, they found her, and her purchaser intimated his determination of remaining there. As the half gallon of ale had not yet been drunk Moss- objected to handing over his spouse, and a dispute l arose. The new lord and master at length cut the matter short by bundling the husband out of the house, telling him to go to the public-house, the Jand-) lord of which, it seems, had instructions to supply the drink. Moss set off in search of it, and the new coiner was left in undisputed possession of his pro- perty.

HEARTLESS CASE OF SEDUCTION. At the latter part of last week the Weymouth magistrateshad before them George Hargraves, charged with deserting from the 20th Regiment, and stealing zell from Edith Cox. Mr. Howard, who prosecuted, said it was one of the most cruel and heartless cases of any in which he had ever been engaged. The pro- secutrix, a young woman in a respectable position in life, formed the acquaintance of the prisoner in July, life, formed the acquaintance of the prisoner in July, and they were engaged to be married. Having got together some clothes and some money she had saved, she came to Weymouth on Monday, believing she was to be married on Wednesday. They went to a public- house, where the prisoner seduced her, stole her money, and then tried to decamp. The prosecutrix, 20, de- posed to the, above facts, and said she managed her brother's home at Portland. The prisoner told her he bad been six years in the army, and be was going to get his discharge, and that he should apply for a warder's situation at the convict prison. He arranged to marry her on Wednesday by license. She received £11 from her brother, and met the prisoner at the Bird-in-Hand. He snatched her purse from her, say- ing he would take care of it. On Wednesday he left the house, sa) iug he would be hack directly, but never returned. She was now entirely destitute, and her brother refused to take her back. She had neither father, mother, nor friends, and had no place to go to. It was shown that prisoner enlisted at Liverpool or. March 14th last, and that he must be in the regiment seven years before he could marry. Prisoner was de. nounced the greatest scoundrel ever heard of, and was committed for trial at the Dorset Quarter Ses- sions.

A SUICIDE ORDERING HIS OWN COFFIN. At an inquest held at Shrewsbury on a man named Reynolds, oAiat- Bold Harry," the following remark- able facts we're elicited. A few days before his death he called upon the undertaker and ordered his colon. He said he wanted the ends open, so that if he were buried alive he should have a better chance of getting out. Subsequently he met the undertaker, and saiu he had altered his mind, and h". had better leave the ends of the cotlin in. This order the undertaker said be would ottend to. He then selected a number of men as bearers, end as one was shorter than the rest he ordered him a pair of thick boots." The pre- liminaries settled, he availed himself of a quiet mo- ment and inflicted a terrible gash on his throat, and died shortly after. The jury returned a veedict of 'Suicide while temporarily insane." Deceased was an independent gentleman.

Ax EDITOR'S REYSNGE.—Last week the proprietor of the leading soda-water fountain on Jefiersou-street, tooV. up and cancelled our annual pass. We do not rer'>-yt this act on his part. On the contrary, v. e are r;VtheV glad of it, because a conscientious regard for the public safety aud a tine sense of our duty in such matters were just impelling us to say that fountain soda is composed of sawdust, gravel, old glue, aqua- fortis, leather chips, tan bark, iron filings, marble dust, sand, river water, red ink, orange peel, yellow soap, syrup of rnubarb, ammonia, fusel oil, lamp black, boiled tallow, and Indian turnip. Thousands of people have drunk fountain soda. We are no alarmists, but where are those people now?—EurCovj- ton Hawk-Eye. Lord Bute has been attempting to introduce the ton Hawk-Eye. Lord Bute has been attempting to introduce the U aver to Scotland, and has so far succeeded admir- ably. There are ;it present 1G heavers colouised, and their h >nie is the centre of attraction to large numbers uf gentleman interested in natural history.

LOSS OF.A CARDIFF VESSEL. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS' OF THE CREW. Information has been received at Liverpool, of tb§ total loss of the Cardiff barque Lwly Elnitt Bruce.. Fourteen of the men arrrived there by th's ss. Brayanza, from Maranhan, and tell a shocking tale of privation, which has in two cases terminated fatally, whilst a third man was not expected to recover. The Lady El (ha Bruce was a barque of 859 tons register, and left Cardiff on the 30th of April last, uoder the command of Captain Glover, coal laden, for Table Bay, Carpe Town. Fine weather was experienced until the Gth of May, when a succession of gales set in and continued until the 19th. The vessel arrived at St. Vincent OR the 30th. Seventeen (hy3 afterwards she sprang a leak, making as much ss IS inches of water per hour when first Jiscovererl. Notwithstanding the streuu- ous exertions oontinusd for several days, of the captain and crew, the water gained on the pumps, and on the 9th of July, when the vessel had five feet of water in the hold, it was decided to abandon her- The crew left in two boats, both of which contained a quantity of provisions and water, and steered for Maranham, which was the nearest place. On the second day after the abandonment a series of gales were encountered, which continued for five days. Heavy seas struck the boats, and nearly upset them. The men were being constantly wet by the waves, and the heat was also excessive, and between the blO the castaways suffered fearfully. They also ran short of water, and for four days the crew were placed on short allowance, so short indeed, that when they com- plained of thirst they could only have their mouths wet. On the 16th they reached Santa Anna, an uninhabited island of sand, and here they were fortunate enough to obtain water. Tiiey were alao placed on a scanty allowance as regards- their pro- visions, which had run short, and after suffering in this manner for several days, the whole 18 men had to subsist for two days on two small cans of preserved meat. ^Immediately on touching at Santa Anna two or three of the strongest of the ment went to z, small village for aasistauce, and on the following aborning iive native men and four boys came down to the encampment. They were all armed with large bladed bowie knives, which at first somewhat scared the crew. They were, however, friendly, and piloted the men to a villags, where they obtained a little Sood. On the 18th they reached Maranbam, being exactly nine days in their small open boats. On their arnval they were in ths most deplorable condition from exhaustion, and had to be medically treated. Four of the men were taken to the hospital, two of them (named William Gordon, of London, and Gregory Savers of Venice), dying shortly afterwards, whilst a third (rwmed Edward Williams,, of London) remained. in the hosoital when the rest of the crew left, in a most hopeless condition. The men on arrival at Liverpool were received at the Sailor's Home, and afterwards sent to their native places. They speak in the highest terms of the kinduess and sympathy shown them by Captain Hendy, of the steamer Mirayanza, in their distry^sed state. The Lady blrnrt Bru o belonged to Messrs. Trayea and Co., of Cardiff.

RARE ECCENTRICITY. A great number of persona are now visiting Dulford' House, Collumptou, the residence of the late Mr. Bethel Walrond, whose straugo and eccentric life was revealed by the will-suit that occupied so much time in the Probata Court at the early part of this year. The premises are thrown open to the public in conse- quence of the sale necessary t& meet the order of the Court for the payment to Lady Janet Walrond and her daughter. The house and grounds are encircled by a brick wall, a- mile in circumference, and twelve feet in height. The lawn was converted into a rabbit warren, the deceased keeping thousands of rabbits. His chief companions were his rabbits and his dogs. He held the belief that, on the death of human beings, their souls passed into the bodies of dogs. As these animals died he gave them a funeral, aud on the lawn there are ten gravea-j. each having a headstone bearing an inscription setting out the name of the animal, the place and date of birth, and tbe,date at which it died. Until the day of his death Mr. Walrond kept in his house the embalmed body of a daughter, whose soul he believed had found a resting-place in the body of one of the dogs. No one was admitted by the de- ceased to the premises without special permission for each visit, and the entrance, as well as the front of the house, was guarded by a number ef oannou. The body of the deceased daughter was kept in his dres- sing-room, and his own bedroom was fitted np with the view of familiarising him with death. He slept in a massive canopied Devonshire oak. bedstead, on the footboard of which there were three skulls of fe- males llxed. Over each corner of the bed there was a black feather plume. In the bed so decorated he died. The bed, the drapery of which was crimson and gold, is now to be sold with the other things. The oak furniture is very massive, but most of the fittings show signs of the neglect consequent on the deceased's retirement. He spent the greater portion of the last ] 5 years of bis life in the study of the law-suits in which he was involved, and in the pursuit of which he seemed to find employment. It is remarked in the neighbourhood that he did not mind who he went to law with, or on what subject he fought, and he was regardless of the amount of money spent if he could only beat his antagonist any where. At one time and another he employed over 40 solicitors, and here- quested that in every docnment his full title as a gran- dee of Spain, and as a member of virions orders, should be set out. The extent of the deceased's estate in Devonshire was 3,000 acres.

THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE C? WALES. The Globe of Tuesday night, states that the late Mr. P. Ellis Eyton, M.P., has left by his will £ 2,000 to found a scholarship for a North Wales boy, tenable at the University College of Wales. Mr. Henry Parnall, of Bishopsgate, has left £ 5,000 for the general pur- poses of the college.

IIOLLOWAY'S PiLLS.—This purifying and regulating Medicine should occasionally be had recourse to during foggy, cold, and wet weather. These Pills are the best preventive of hoarseness, sore throat, diphtheria, pleurisy, aid asthma, and are sure remedies for congestion, bronchitis, and inflammation. A moderate attention to the directions folded round each box will enable every invalid to take the Pills in the most advantageous manner they will be taugl. 1 ilie proper doses, and the circumstances under which they must be increased or dimmished. lI<»iloway's Pills act as alteratives, aperients, an 1 tonics. Whenever these Pills have been taken as tbeiast r. source, the result has always been gratifying. Even when itiey fail to euro, they always assuage the severity of the symptoms aud diminish the danger.

NEWPORT BOARD OF GCJARDIANS. > The ordinary meeting of this Board Was held on Saturday at the Union Workhouse, when there were present Messrs P. Woodruff (in the chair), W. Jones, Cefnllogell, (in the vice-chair) Revs- W. B. Leonard, J. Griffiths, and E. Jenkins; Messrs E. Thomas, M. M. Cope, and J. If. flillier. STATISTICS. Newport Union Workhouse.—Nuiaber of inmates in the House during the week ending 7th September, 2.U-3,including 50 sick, as against 221 in the correspond- ing week of last year. Out-door paupers Adults 1101; children, 725. Amount of relief £ 174 83 Caerleon Industrial Schools.—Number of boys in these Schools, 87 girls 84 total 171, as against 145 in the corresponding period of last year. Discharged one. Receiving Industrial Training 74 boys, and 84 girls. THE CHANGES IN- THE OFFICERS. Ill accordance with the notice given at the previous meeting, the Chairman now moved that Mr Connor be appointed to coutinue Superintendent of the Caerleon Schools that Miss Hughes, school-mistress^ be appointed matron, in the place of Mrs. Connor,, j deceased that Mrs Harding, at present industrial trainer, be appointed school-mistress and that an Indutrial Trainer be advertised for at a salary of X20 per annum. This motion was seconded by the Vice-chairman, and carried. APPLICATION FOR AN INCREASE OF SALARY. The Clerk mid a letter from Miss Ada Matthews, the organist cf the Workhouse, asking for an increased salary. She pointed out that the stipend of £5 per annum, was small ior the duties performed, and that she had now to attend an extra service on Sundays. It was stated, in the course of a conversation which followed, that the organist attended two services at the Union on Sunday, and one on Tuesday night. Mr E. Morgan gave notice that at the next meeting he will move that Miss Mattevvs's salary be increased I te £ 7 10s per annum. This was all the business.

AFTER THS- HOLIDAYS. Faith and hope stimulate to action and to perse- verance, aud for that reason we count them as importaut factors in bringing about the trade revival for which we all so heartily long. But will it come ? Without attempting to- assume the prophet's mantle—a rok in which since ancient times no advance has beeu made by those who play it —we think there are one or two substantial grounds why, after the holidays", business men and inves- tors sh&dd arouse from their lethargy, and seek rather to live by the interest of their capital than by the capital itself. To do the hitter i3 a sort of financial cannibalism, which results in monetary destruction, whilst to return to the former is as it i were to resume the customs of ci,ili3ed life. By this time we suppose capitalists are tired of seeing their money lying idle in thetills of their bankers, whilst; rich and promising fields await its fertilising power. The tf' sweet simplicity'' of the lhree per Cents, has about it something more charming than profitable—some- thing more to be admired at a distance than to be partaken of close at hand. A dinner that commenced and concluded with dessert would be a poor apology fora meal, and to cloy the edge of hungry appetite by bare imagination of a feast, is less to be desired than application of one's masticatory organs to the feast itself, Now those who have so long existed upon. what we venture to call the unscbstantialities" of financial life must surely pine for the good time which after the holidays" seems destined to bring them.. Five per cent, is not too much for any. reason- able man to seek as the return upon hi3 investment, them,. Five per cent, is not too much for any reason- able man to seek as the return upon his investment, and if he desires 10 he is not on thsA account to be reckoned among those greedy for gran." A man is not a money-grubber who by the judicious selections of his investments is able to provide for his family and himself;those comforts, which, without the exercise of that wholesome faculty, his cupboard would be bare. Of Whang the Miller it is recorded that he was natuaraily avaricious," and the story goes on to show that he merited the appellation because he loved money for the purpose of hoarding it up, and not for the good he could with it do to himself aud others. Now presuming that it is the latter feeling by which iuves- tors are auiaaated, we are not supristcL; a detect in the public mind a desire to embark in enterprises a little more rem una. ative than the Three per Cents, or the no-per-cent. at all of their bankers. That those enterprises are now open to them, we do not hesitate to amrm- We said so iu an article a few weeks ago, j and we repeat in a sentence what we then said in a full column.. In coal and iron mines, and in lead mines we think we discern changes- for investors, which perhaps may not be open to them-at existing piices, we mean—"• after the holidays Of tin and copper m'n -s we have but little hope. Ey all accounts we hear from abroad, ths competition is so strong that mines pi'Dcluci ig. tb -se metals here are pretty nearly played o»t„. The rea-ous for this we have also ad- duced, aud need not repeat them now.. And it stands to common sau.se that that which can be streamed at surfacs- and sent to th:s country as ballast, is likely to keep the produce of our deep and expensively worked Cornish mines at such a low ebb that visions of dividends need hardly disturb the dreams of those who are ceucerned in them. Be that as it may, we advise our readers to keep their eyes upou mines of coal, iron, and lead, and possibly not very long after the holidays" so-me of our readers may have cause to thank us iov the advice. Whether they will have the gratitude to do so or not, is another matter. It will have been gathered from all this that we an- ticipate the commencement of trade I- after the holi- days," and in advancing this opinion (not prophecy), we are sustained by that of most men who, from a Stock Exchange point of view, watch the signs of the times and are accustomed to feel the public pulse. When the holidays are passed, stern matter-of-fast business will occupy men's thoughts, and they will, find a disposition abroad kiudred to their own. There of is a sense of security felt now in regard to commercial matters which has not been experienced since that miserable insurrection in the Herzegovina put all South-Eastern Europe into a blase. The disturbance about the Austrian occupation will not be sufficient to allow of the general peace to be jeopardised, and if Russia cannot get Batoum without, righting for it, that will not be suffered to interfere with mercantile trans- actions.. Under these circumstances, and others which we have indicated, and which are far more favourable, we have reason to anticipate for business men a more prosperous condition of things than they have now en- joyed for several years.

SILVER BELLS.— A peal of twenty-eight silver bells has arrived at Eaton Hall, the seat of the Duke of ¡ Westminster, for the tower of the chapel attached to the hall. The largest be'J,. which weighs more than two tons, and is iu the key of F-the complete set making two complete octaves and three notes above— bears the following inscription :—"This peal of twenty- eii.it bells was cast at Lonvain for his Grace the Duke ot Westminster, by S. Yan Aersehodt, A.D. 1.8J7.' The referee appointed to certify to the toue of the bells was Dr. ytainer. It is said that the cost ot the peal is £ 30,000.—The, A rchitect, TO ALL WHO SUFFER 10m bilious and liver com- plaints, indigestion, wiral, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c., Dr. Scott's Bilious aud Liver Fids will be found a most certain remedy, prepared without any nler- curial ingredient they have proved effectual m many eases of habitual costiveness, nervous depression, loss of appetite, with sensation of fulness, at the pit ci the stomach pains between the shoulders, and the distressing feeiiugs arising frcci indigestion aad general debi uy. They can be taken at any time without danger from weu or cold, and require uo restraint from business or pleasure. Thev act mildly on the bowels, without griping, give one to the stomach, thus invigorating the constrtntlOn and strengthening the whole nervous system. £ -> i 'is especially heads of households, should have aboiot these Pills always by them, as by paying J;oa 1 *^x' action of the- bowels, stomach, AND liv > Y EIV illness is avoided or mitigated. Prepare-1 oal> by YV Lambert, la, Vere-street, London, V, in boxes Is lid and 2s yd, and sold by ^all vcspect^le meuiune vendors and 2s yd, and sold by all vcspect^le meuiune vendors throughout the United Kiag-lom. » CAPTION. --Be sure to ask for .Dr. bcott s Bilious au« Liver Pills," and do not be persuaded to trj any other medicine. The Genuine are in a sijmu-e green package, with the name "William Lambert, 8, King VVuham-street, Char- in"-crass engraved on the Government stamp. Take down the particulars. Snotnd any cufiieulty arise in obtaining the Pills, send lo or do postage stamps to the establishment, and tncy wnl be ion.arueil free. [:993 THE NEW FAMILY MATCH SAFE for Bryant and May's Patent Safety iuatcaes, supplies a want that has long been felt, and will be adopted at once by all careful housekeepers. Jt is very ornaaiental. and coutaius three dvzen boxes of Bryant aud Jlay's Patent Safety Matches and three of the metal matcn eases, and can be obtained from any grocer or oilman, titlesi auti fitted complete, for 2j. Gll. It is strong aud damp proof, and should be found in every storeroom. r 1918 The pleasantly palatable Eicinine Syrup is the perfect I substitute for an the purposes and uses of the good old fashioned Castor Oil, and should be in every household. Ask your chemist to ootain you one bottle, an i give it a fair trial. Price Is. Ud., 2s. iJd. and 4s. G,l..Wl:o!ale and export agents, Humbold & Co. 150, Queen Victoria Street, London. It can be obtained through any of the wholesale patent medicine houses. SUBSTITUTE FOR .MILK.—The Editor of the Slalical Mirror has called the notice of the medical profession to Cadbury's Cocoa Essence which he calls Cudbury's I Concentrated Vegetable Milk, and remarks:—" The excess of faiiY matter has been careialiy emulated an t thus a COUlpouud remains whieh conveys m mini- mum buita maximum auio-mtof mitrioicty. We rccotuuieud it ,J,;i a diet lor cuUiUvu.v"

I( REPRKSENTATIOX OF MONMOUTHSHIRE. The southern portion of the Principality, with Mon. mouthshire included, returns 21 members-that i« one member to every 67,226 of the. population— whilst the frmr Euglish western counties of Somerset, Wilts, Devon,, and Cornwall, with a i opuiacion not much iu excess of Monmouthshire aud South Wales return 56 members, or one to every o0,07(5 of the population. The mysteries of political adjustmcnt are wonderful, but the most ardent stickler for old world usages must acknowledge that there is something ex- ceedingly inequitable iu such an arrangement as this, which makes an Englishman of the western counties of more political value than two Welshmen of South Wales. Of the 21 representatives of South Wales and Monmouthshire, nine are political Conservatives and 12 are Liberals but on most of the questions which sharpiy divide political perty, Mr. Talbot, the senior member for Glamorgan county, votes more frequently with the Conservative than with the Liberals, under whose banner be is nominally reckoned. Monmouthshire is represented wholly by Coaaerva- tives and Glamorganshire wholly by Liberals. The present members fur Monmouthshire"are Lord Henry Somerset, second son of the Duke of Beaufort, and the Ho:i. Frederick Courtenay Morgan, brother of the present Lord Tredegar and these gentlemen intend, as we hear, to otIer themselves for re-election at the next dissolution. Titers is not the faiatest possibility of their being opposed, or if any ambitious Liberal should be so Quixotically daring as to venture a tilt against tiie Conservative power in Monmouth- shire he will be as hopelessly worsted as Uolonel Clifford was in ISoS. When the rvde of the Lord Marchers-was abolished in the reign of Henry VITI. and Monmouthshire was empowered &.) .send up two memben of Parliament, and Moninoisth borough one member, a Morgao of Tredegar, and a Herbert of Colbrook, were the first members for the county and another Aiyrgan, of the Tredegar famrly, was elected member for Mornoivtli borough. A Somerset married the heiress of Lord Herbert of Raglan and Cheustow, and after this a Morgan and a continued almost without any break to represent the county till ISol, and a Morgau and then a Somerset represented without intermission the borough. Mr. Williams of Llaogibby, a liberal, secured one of the county seats in 1831, and held it for 10 years, when he retired, and a Morgan was again elected, and two Cocservafcives have represented it from that time till uo.v, and will continue to represent it despite any and every effort of the Liberals to oust them from their seats. The borough of Monmouth in 1831 proved, disloyal to its old political traditions, and Mr. Hall, subse- quently Sir Benjamin Hall, and afterwards Lord Llanover, wrested the borough from a Somerset the Marquess of Wore '&ter;.the father of the present. Duke of ocaufort. By the lveforui Bill of 18.12 ^Newport and. L1 sk were added to Moumouth as contributory bo- roughs. Despite two gallant efforts to unseat aim- in 1032 by the Marquess cf Worcester, a nl in 13&" by Mr. Joseph Bailey, son of Sir Joseph Bailey of that day—Mr. Hall retained till 13.37, wheu he resigned, and was ^elected member for Maryiebone. At the election of 1837 Mr. Joseph Bailey again contested the borough on Conservative principles, but was opoeeed and defeated by Mr. Reginald J. Blewitt, woo. re- er_ signed in 18o2. Liberalism, bad been largely dis- counted in the Monmouth boroughs since Monmouth tirst swerved from its Conservative allegian.-e in IS31 and notwithstanding the preponderating electoral'in- iluence of Newport in the representation, and- its alleged advanced Liberalism, the Liberals feared to contest the seat on the retirement of Mr. Ble.vitt. Mr. Crawshay Bailey, the brotbei-ot Sir Joseph, issued an address to the electors based on Conservative and Protectionist principles, and was returned. He re- tained the seat for sixteen years, and retired in 1<368, in consequence of age and enfeebled health. In that year a wave of political agitation, passed over the coun- try, in consequence of Mr. C.-tadstono's Irish Church policy and the Monmouth boroughs Newport espe- cially—caught the I* itical eseiteaarmt. The Liberal,, Sir •! o .i i liamsden, defeated the Conservative, Mr. Sv Horn fray and for a. second time there v/as break in the continuity of Conservative representa- tion j- but this time the break WM of much shorter duration than before. In 1S71 the boroughs had be- come heartily tired of Sir John's representation and it was widely and confidently affirmed that at the next election the Monmouth boroughs -,vould return with alacrity aud enthusiasm to their uld Conservative I I aliegiauce. This prediction was triumahautlv fulfilled m the election of 1S7-1. Mr. Thomas Cordes, who was High Sbcriffof Moumouthsbh-3 in 1871, and who is- one of the most popular and considerate employers of labour in the district, announced his intention to contest the- united, boroughs on pure Conservative prin- ciples, ata Sir John Kauasdea. sluak away from the political conflict, as he had donn- cn many occasions from many constituencies Ltiore. Xh-j discretion shown from Sir John Iiamsdetv and. which is as fre- cuently the better part of political as of military valour, was not exhibited by ethers, and the Liberal wire-pullers persuaded—probably there was not much persuasion required—Mr. H. LVlr'ochm to oppose Mr. Cordes. The result was never doubtful from the first. Conservative re-action had set in with a full flow even in Newport itself, which was supposed to be intensely Liberal, and Mr. Pochiu was beaten at the poll Tby the decisive majority of GiS. Tia- defeat was so overwhelming that the most.sanguine of Newport Liberals were constrainerl to acknow- ledge that the boroughs W81"">- clean gone from them. The more pugnacious of the Xewpm-tLiberals. whose interest it is to provoke a canteat, affirm that they mean fighting at the next election. It the more sagacious of the party cannot prevent this forlorn hope from going to the poll, Libearlism will next time sus- tain a more humiliating defeat than it suffered in 1874. Monmouth and Usk are tin TO n ghiy Conservative, and have returned to their old aiiegiauco with earnest candoar and renewed conviction^ whiht Newoor-t is becoming more Conservative daily. Much of the growing Conservatism of LSewport is to be ascribed to the genial and salutary inShieti.'e of Lord Tredegar, aud to the benefits he and hi-> family have conferred upon the town, aud also to the influence of Mr. Cordes and his high character, integrity, and consider- ation. as a large employer cf labour. The Newport Liberals are, moreover, iu as deplorable a dilemma as the Liberals of the Cardiff boroughs they are hope- lessly destitute of a suitable candidate who can com- mand sufficient influence to-weld tirinly together the shattered links of the party.—Abridged from the Wastern Mail.

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MURDER AT HEREFORD, On Friday morning a young woman named Ellen Blunt, who had for two years lived in the service of Mr. Parry Jones, of Aylstone Hill, as housemaid, was taken into custody on a charge of having murdered her female child, two months old, by drowning it in the river Wye. It appears that John Phillips and Alfred Clarke, two fishermeD, were on Wednesday morning going down the river in a boat, and on reach- ing a place called Putson Pool they saw a bag in the river. On lishing it up and opening it a tine and well- developed female child and three large stones we?e found therein. Inquiries led to the knowledge that Ellen Blunt, on the 3rd of .Ju,ly, was confined of a child at the house of a married sister living in West- street, Hereford, which child she took away on Tues- day last, ui-der the pretence that she was going to place it put to nurse, and that it had not since been seen A preliminary inquiry hao lied to some of the clr-ilits worn by the child bekig discovered. The medical testimony is to the eff>et) that it was a full- aged and well-nurtured cnild, and in good health at the, time of its immersion in the w..Aer. The accused stands chrrged with the capital offence.

AN ARTIST ACCUSED OF PICKING POCKETS. William Standish, said to be an artist of some dis- tinction as a painter of animal life, was charged on remand before Mr. Flowers, at Bow-street, on Monday, with having committed a series of robberies from passengers in London omnibuses, extending over some years. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Mar] borough- street, appeared on behalf of the London General Omnibus Company, by whom the prosecution is under- taken. The prisoner was tirst given into custody on a charge of having assaulted a lady named Tim, but the evidence then given went to show that the prisoner's conduct really amounted to an attempt to pick the prosecutrix's picket. The charge of assault was therefore abandoned, and the present proceedings instituted by the London General Omnibus Company. Mr. Lewis now stated that owing to the publicity I given this case he should be enabled to place before his worship much more evidence than he had anticipated A mass of incriminatory evidence was adduced, and a detective-sergeant stated that prisoner had been in custody charged with picking pockets outside the Gaiety Theatre. lie wad remanded, alld bail refused.

DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A FLY. At Westward Ho, Devon, Mrs. Williams, who was on a visit from London last week, while out on the Pebble Ridge, was bitteu in the throat by what was supposed. to be a common lly. She felt a soreness at the time in a few hours the pain increased, and there was a slight swelling of the glands. A medical man was called in, but the lady got much worse, and further advice was sought, but all efforts proved use- less, and she died from the injury,

GLOUCESTER WAGGOX COMPANY (LIMITED). An adj iurned general meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held on Monday, at the Bill Hotel, Gloucester, for the purpose of receiving the result of a four days' polling on the question of the rejection of the directors' report, and the election of new directors 'in plac,' of the three retiring ones- Messrs. R. Potter, A. T. Playne, and R. Vassar Smith. Mr. R. Potter presided, and about fifty shareholders were present. The Chairman announced the voting to be 3,281 for the adoption of the report and accounts, and 12,641 against. The votes for Messrs. Potter and Playne were 3,291 each, and 3,309 for Mr .Smith. For their opponents—Mr. Wright, 12,615 Mr. W. H. Stone, 12,525 and Mr. Wilson, 12,545. The votes for the three other directors elected by the shareholders were Mr. Howson, 12,717 Mr. Fryer, 12,075 and Mr. Sleed, 12,581. The Chairman said the shareholders had decided the question on it3 merits. Whatever had been the means to obtain proxies on ex parte statements had been corrected by the ample discussion and various documents which had been circulated. The decision of the shareholders had beeu a deliberate and emphatic one. He trusted that the gentlemen who were not rejected that day might be persuaded to remain directors. He alluded to Colonel Field, Mr Freeman, Mr. Nicks, Mr. Newton, aud Mr. Avins. Messrs. Field, Nicks, and Newton had been unwilling to desert their Chairman, as they were fighting a common battle. But since the publication of their proceedings earnest representations had been made both in Gloucester and Birmingham as to the impor- tance of those gentlemen remaining. In declaring the meeting closed, the Chairman wished success to the Waggon Company. A sort of irregular meeting was then held, under the presidency of Mr. T. Marling, who said it would be as well not to have any lengthened discussion. He had no doubt the new board of directors would bring the company to a successful issue. He did not hesitate to say that every share in the company was worth its full amount ( £ 10). (Cheers.) Mr. D. Long, Mr. J. Reynolds, and Mr. Wilson protested against the three other directors who had supported the direc- tors' report still remaining members of the Board, and the two latter gentlemeu spoke against the way iii which the Board, a day or two before the general meeting, bad elected Messrs. Avins and Freeman as directors. Mr. Avins urged that bygones should be bygones, and that all should co-operate for the benefit of the company. He was elected unsolicited. He was perfectly williug to retire or continue, but he trusted he should use b.s juigment for the best inter- terests of the company. A vote of thanks was un- animously passed to Mr. Potter for his able and im- partial conduct as chairman. A vote of thanks was also accorded to Mr. Marling.