South Wales Daily News

DENMARK. COPEXHAGE*, Monday.—The damage ca^cdliy %e inundation is remarkably heavy. al harbour embankments and works for recama ion 'if land Lave been destroyed. MW 1>«« have ileen lost. The King has sent relief to the towns which have suffered.

TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Saturday.-The Ottoman Go- vernment intends to invite the Power to send re- presentatives to a Congress for the determination !«f an equitable and uniform system of tonnage .measurement.

INDIA. • BOMBAY, Sunday.-The Hon. Mr. Strachey, member of the Supreme Council, was invested with the Order of the Star of India at the Viceroy s durbar yesterday.

AMERICA. NEW YORK, Sunday.—The Government is con- templating the negotiation of International pa en Tight treaties with Austria and other countries. It is anticipated that the tone of Grant s mes- £ Sage will be more favourable to the South. NEW YORK, Monday.—No merchandise what- ever Coming in from French ports will be ia Referential flag duties.

¡ GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF CLOAMEL. Yesterday the Countess of Cloamel died at Bishops- tOurt, County Kildare, of bronchitis. THE SOUTHAM MURKER Edward Hancock, pork butcher, boutham, Warwick- Shire, charged with the wilful murder of his wife, was yesterday committed for trial at the winter assizes. GREAT BOAT RACE, In the boaf: race between Hobert 13agna]l, of New- castle, and Mark Addy, of Manchester, on the Tyne I {yesterday, the former was declared the winner. Addy < jfouled Bagnall, and fell out of his'boat. ^R. HALLIDAY AND THE DEAN FOREST COLLIERS. Last nklit Mr. Ha] lid ay addressed the CindeJJor" Valley colliers, and stated that the h threatened reduction by the Messrs. Brain Withdrawn. THE LOCK-OUT IN THE HOSIERY TRADE. The lock-out in the Dumfries hosiery trade was com- Pleted yesterday. Most of the men have gone to Leices- ter where, it is said, a manufacturer intends taking advantage'of the present dispute in the hosiery trade Of the south of Scotland by establishing a manufacture J Of Scotch wool hosiery. .ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT TO MINERS. 1 An accident took place last evening at Doleoath ^tine, North-West Cornwall, by which it is believed that three miners were killed by a slip of earth. The Occident occurred two hundred fathoms below the tround. THE PROPOSED IRISH BISHOPRIC. Mr. Porter's family, in the county Fermanagh, who Subscribed over £ 13,009 towards re-establishing a Protestant Bishopric in county Clogher, intend with- drawing their subscriptions as a bishop has not been appointed. OUTRAGE IN IRELAND. The Clerk of the Peace for the county of Fermanagh, .Vfben passing Ely Lodge, a few nights ago, on his way Enniskillen, narrowly escaped being shot. Sonie Poachers —linage, and some »h«ts Passed close to Ut. King, fortunately without injuring Wn. THE LATE MR. MACGUIRE, M.P. -.Yesterday at an influential meeting of the citizens of Dublin, presided over by the Lord Mayor, resolutions ^ere adopted, expressing sorrow at the death of Mr. ^acgnire, M.P., and calling on Irishmen to subscribe a fund for the benefft of his family. A committee ^8 aappointed to carry out the object of the meetin™. ALLEGED MUTINY AMONG THE POLICE. Great anxiety exists with reference to the Metropo- lian Police Force, several bodies of the men haviug *efused to go on duty in consequence, as it is alleged, the dismissal of a constable who acted as secretary "Oll the occasion of the recent wages movement. The ^an was brought before the magistrates at Hammer- staith yesterday, but the case was adjourned. Other c°nstables will be proceeded against. WRECK OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL. '^Yesterday the ship Patagonia anchored in Cork She reports that when about 320 miles off Cape Clear, in latitude 47, longitude 17, meeting a ater-logged vessel, Crusader, of Liverpool, cargo, tohbe only a few spars standing. She was bound with ^on chaius. Far^ °f her ere- were landed in Queens- town a few weeks ago by a vessel called the Lieutenant Lkaury, from Janque. THE HYDE PARK DISTURBANCES. At the Marlborou^1 police-court yesterday afternoon, twelve of the speaker at the, late Hyde Park meeting Appeared in answer 1° 'e f^^onaes issued against for infringing the 1" c Barley's case was only one gone into, nuda er earing the evidence, Newton said he considere e rules properly '^ade, and in force legally, a111 a' no doubt it *as intended to carry the ca&e *nr er' he should im- pose a fine of £ 5. Mr. Baker Greene gave notice for f*case. Mr. Newton said he w0U no S° mto the Otlier cases while a case was pending- A CHARLES RIVER TRAGEDY. The Americm mail steamer "VVestph^ha, which 4nved at Plymouth on Sunday night w .a?tlces(t? 7th inst., reports that a large barrel, which floated 'Shore from the Charles Iliver at Boston, was t0UI\ 1?htain two human legs and a head blood was drip- from them, indicating that the knife been )il1g from them, indicating that the knife bad been t'ecentJy used. A second barrel floating in the stream ^Uained the rest of a man's body the remains were ^othed, nnd a gold chain was found between the outer under shirt around the body was a rope firml}' and there was a flesh wound on the face. SINGULAR CONSPIRACY AGAINST A GENTLEMAN. Yesterday, at the Court of QQeHnrg Bench, the counsel Y John Reynold?, ^Z10 in County Le'tr'm t £ l1- applied that he be a Jtted to bail. It appeared prisoner with others no^custody, had induced •gentleman named Tayloi. o co^e over Jrom E,,knd SPECULATION of O T0 YOUUA IHJV McKeon, who, it was alleged, gfnm> >r °, County L.itnm, she') o .ly chlld) all(1 fatner worth, it was state I. f !;a-year pPnv!P. Itor was met at the railway station, arriek-on-Shan by prisoner and others, who, it «as allege along a lonely road, where he was robhe<j an(j muri3ered. The Crown opposed the aPPHcation was refused- by their Lordships, it di<j Qot tPPear there was any such person as Miss McSe00> ::d it was stated by Crown Council it was a conspiracy effect a robbery.

CARDIFF MUNICIPAL ELECTION- ■Fo tht Editor of the" SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS." —The Burgesses will to-morrow be called upon to ctf*e choice between two gentlemen to fill a seat at the 3ncil Board to represent the Kast Ward. ^iffi two candidates are well known, and it will not be Occult to make choice between them, i £ they are fairlv ^?d by their merits. 5hT7r- Elliott is a man of business with a large stake in Paw m,ercantile holdings of the port. He has done his we^ to e'evate the town to its present importance for many years has served the town at the Council' tj. lrife' on several committees, and it is the worker on We c°mmittees who really serves the town although no Ports ever get into the public prints. Stephens has his name on the rate-book and thus T °ia«e a burgess, but possesses no property qualification ■^title him to represent us at the Council Board. Ui, Stephens was elected to a seat at the Board of ^vi.?r'ans a feW }ears 1at?°- There aie two kinds of rdlans; first those who attend the whole of the busi- s week by week, taking in, the important work of the *lw V;mion of relk:f> w'lere such men as Mr. Philip Bird "ifej. J W. H. Martin ha\e proved their value as public ters ai s- Then there is the work of discussing such, mat- VsinS aiJPear in the r.ews]>apers; this occurs at the con- material but>inf>ss, when reporters are i^P^d and such gentlemen as Mr. Jenkins (who displaced Martin), Mr- Stephens, and one or two others, who I tv ille designated the ornamental guardians, attend. Ven • lf the claims °f the two candidates be thus Hi f iiit0 account»ttere can be n0 doubt that the choice auvp0n th,e maa who has lon^' served the town, and SvIj "wu"h he may not have pleased everybody, has ved us well. I am, Sir, yours, See OYemher 18th, 1872. A BURGESS.

BRUTAL OUTRAGE AT SPENNYMOOR. A shocking murder occurred at the thriving town of Spennymoor, iiear iuriiarn, oil batnrday evening, about half-past ten o'clock. An iron-worker, named Hugh Slane, went to a small shop kept by Joseph Waine, in Duncombe-street, and seeing a man there named John Wilson began to upbraid him for taking part in a dis- turbance at a neighbouring public-liouse. Wilson said he knew nothing about! it, and, as Slane persisted in saying that he had, a quarrel ensu-ed, and Slane having purchased a box of matches threw them in Waine's face, and then collared him by the coat, and dragged him out of the shop into an adjoining passage, where three of Slane's comrades—Terenee Rice, John Hayes, AND John Besley—joined him in a most brutal attack ON Waine. The latter's wife interfered, but was turned _ack BY one of the men. who afterwards ran away, HI^ ^?OR FELLOW, on crawling to his house, remarked to twent T*LAT WAS C'OUE LKIS time, and died within AT) ? ^INUTES. The deceased's assailants have been yesterday ANC* WERE UP AT BISHOP Auckland

LLYNYI And OGMORE AND GREAT An agreement RAILWAY. ciation between THESV^6"1. *0R TI0M £ TIME I^. U^0' the respective Boards' 3 HAS been ratified by sanction will be sought FOR WLNCH R^hamentary Great Western Company COMIN8 SESFOU- LHLE dividend in perpetuity upon THE ° ,I Oinore Company. All increased traffic +I TVI' A AOD Ogmore system will go to ^HE shareholders? less'S) comprise 200 acres of freehold and 8,000 ACR^S$TEATE hold coal and ironstone, oi DESCRIPTION TO the estimated amount of boO,000,000 tons of COAL, 0f which 85,000,000 tons can be worked and drained by the pre- sent pits and machinery. The ironstone is estimated at many millions of tons, and INCLUDES about 7,000,000 tons of black band ore. I The whole works com- prise 13 collieries, nine blast iumaces, 115 puddling AND mill furnaces, four forges, and seven rolling mills. Spe- cial care is taken to provide ample accommodation for the traffic of the district.

LOSS OF THE SESOSTRIS AND FOURTEEN A PARticularfe of the calamitous wreck, of which ,,nlv SN)VITI?,RAM APPEAYED yesterday, are given by the n p p ^seaman of the Norwegian barque Sesostiis, i Q VII N H tons register, of Hoss, Norway. -^IE F F REWNND GR0UU(^ ON Monday last, with a cargo oi RUE >OOA BOUA(1 FOR LONDOU> ANJ experienced boisterous t° Tuesday, which increased to a hurricane w^ ^arl and rain, and con- tinued throughout Wedn dayj and &t ftne a ln_ on Thursday the .HIP STRUCK ON Smith's Knoll Sand, nme miles E. I « THE JSEWARP lightship, and went on her beam-ends, twelve out of fifteen of the crew being washed overboard at the time, including the XN^TER. The remaining three lASBED themselves to the rigging. At half-P^T ten the _EAME MORNIN„ they were seen by the Leeds steam-ship, -WHICH sent her lifeboat alongside, but only one man succeeded in getting into the boat. With every wave the 111asts dipped in the stormy waves, and the entire clothing of the men, who hung dead in the rigging, was thus stripped off. Another got hold of the boat's rope, but by the motion of the ship he was struck when in the water by one of the masts, and was not again seen. In returning to the steamer the lifeboat was capsized and lost, but fortunately all the hands were picked up by the steamer, including the man rescued from the barque. Great praise is due to Captain Lamplough and the crew of the Leeds, especially to those men who in such a terrible storm manned the lifeboat and displayed so much intrepidity, and in so doing themselves nar- rowly escaped a watery grave. The barque became a total wreck.

( NEWPORT COUNTY COURT. [BEFORE JUDGE HERBERT.] Gill v. Morris.—Mr. Parkerson appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Cathcart for defendant. ^Plaintiff is a ship- broker at Newport, and defendant is a ship-owner at Bristol. The action was brought to recover £ 19 com- mission, on the sale of a barque of defendant's, the "Isabella," to a Mr. Humphrey, through plaintiff's agency, being at the rate of 5 per cent. on £ :J80. Mr. Fifoot, Cardiff, and Mr. H. Edwards, Newport, were called to prove that the usual rate of commission was at 5 per cent. For the defence it was contended that the agreement with Mr. Humphreys was that he was to satisfy his own broker, that Gill was not employed by defendant, and that 1 per cent. was the usual com- mission. His Honour was of opinion that Gill was only the purchaser's agent. Nonsuited. Attorney and five witnesses allowed costs. Jones v. Florida.-The action was brought to recover 6s. Plaintiff had supplied furniture to defendant. After six months defendant paid for some of the goods, and returned the rest, offering 2s, for the use of them. Plaintiff refused the 2s., as defendant promised to satisfy him for the hire, and he was not to be satisfied under 6s. His Honour gave judgment for 4s. Bear v. Lawrence.—Plaintiff is a draper in Commer- cial-street, at the corner of Corn-street, and defendant is a small farmer at Maindee. Mr. Cathcart appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Lloyd for defendant. Some time ago a plate glass window, worth 97, in plaintiff's shop was broken by a horse and wagon. The wagon was at the turning down Corn-street, and it had Lawrence's name on it. Though the wagon belonged to Lawrence, yet the horse was the property of a man named Leonard, and his servant was in charge of it. Adjourned, that Leonard's man might be produced as a witness, his Honour recommending that the case should be settled out of court.

BREACH OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT AT SWANSEA. At the borough police-court, held at the Guildhall yesterday, the Mayor, Mr. T. Ford, and Mr. G. B. Brock on the bench, Henry Smith, an outfitter at Wind-street, Swansea, was summoned for unlawfuily engaging a seaman on the 23rd October. Mr. E. Strick prosecuted, and Mr. Woodward (Clifton and Woodward) appeared for the defendant. Mr. Strick, in opening the case, stated that the sum- mons was taken out under the 147th section of the Mer- chant Shipping Act, the first portion of which clause he read, and which specified the proper persons authorised under the Act to engage sailors, which were the ship- pin" master, any licensed person, the owner of the ship, or anv bona Jide person in his constant employ, and the master of the ship the penalty for an infringement of the Act was not to exceed £ 20. The charge, Mr. Strick stated, against the defendant was that he en- gaged a seaman, took the said seaman on board ship, and neglected in proper time to report the matter to the shipping master or shipping agent, which he very well might have done. Having briefly stated the facts of the case, the learned advocate stated that when he proved those facts he had done all that he was required, and that defendant would be proved to have made him- self liable to the penalty Damed-in the Act. Isaac Richardson, a coloured man, said I am a sea- man, and remember the evening of the 23rd October. On that evening I was going up Wind-street, it was about dusk, when be -was., called by a person whom he afterwards knew to be Mr. Smith, the defendant. Smith asked me if I wanted a ship, and I told him yes, and asked him where the ship was going to, and he told me Valparaiso. I asked him what Nas the pay, and he said jE3 5s. I then told him to come and sign the articles, and Mr. Smith said "It is afer hours; and if you sign on board it is just as good," and he also said be would witness my signature. The Magistrates' Clerk Do you put the articles in ? Mr. Strick then did so. The articles were for a voyage of two years. Witness I said Do you think it's good ?" and he said, Yes it's all right." After that I went into the defendant's shop, when he told me he had sent to acquaint the owner and the captain that he had got a man. He told me he had sent immediately I went into the shop. I saw him sending a person, and I remained there until the owner came. After I had an advance note I went home. I had also some goods from the defendant's shop. I was to have gone aboard that day, but I could not go. In the morning Mr. Smith came and called me. That was shortly after four o'clock. I went downstairs with him, and he and three others of us went on board, and we were afterwards called aft by the captain, and the articles were put down and I was told where I had to sign them. The defendant Smith was there at the time. The particulars of the articles were not read over to me. I did not notice Smith sign, for as I signed and turned off, and did not notice any- thing else. The ship went to sea, and put back a couple of days afterwards. Cross-examined I bad not seen Mr. Smith and Mr. Goldberg together that same day. I was to have gone on board that day, but the weather did not permit. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon when I agreed with Mr. Smith. We sailed about 7 o'clock the following morning before the shipping office was open. I did not hear them read over. I did not ask to have them read. I knew what was in them, and therefore did not want them read, AND if I DID not know I should have asked to have them read over. Re-examined: I did not want them read, for I knew what was in them. They told me I was going to Val- pariso, and round the Horn. I did not know the ex- tent of tbe voyage. Mr. Strick then read a portion of the articles, when it transpired that the voyage was not to exceed two years, and the witness was then interrogated as to whether he was aware that the vessel was going on a voyage of that length, and he replied in the negative William Owen, the master of the ship iN QQESTION the Selina, said, I have but recently taken the com- mand of this vessel, and did so at Porthcawl, and then took the ship around to Mumbles Roads, where I had a crew. About four o'clock in the evening of the 23rd of October, he saw the defendant Smith on his shop door, and Smith said he bad a man ready to go aboard. I cannot say whether it was after hours, to see the bhipping master. I went to the shipping office with the owner for the man to sign on board, and that form I received. I had it from Mr. Gronow. We could not go on board that night, but did so on the following morning, and when we got on board the man signed the articles in my presence, and also in Smith's. Smith filled in the form, but did not sign as a witness at that time. The articles were not read over to the man. Smith witnessed the articles after we returned from the ship. Smith was not the mate of the vessel, and I am the master. Cross-examined: I was engaged on the 21st, at Porthcawl. I took the vessel afterwards to the Mum- bles, where I anchored, so that I might have a crew. This is one of the men I summoned the other day for refusing to proceed to sea. There were several others wiih him when summoned, but they were shipped in the shipping-office. William Lloyd, deputy-shipping master at Swansea Most of the signatures upon the articles in question were witnessed by me. It is part of my duty to read over the articles to see that the men thoroughly know what they sign. I did so on that occasion. When the ship put back the papers were returned to the office with a view to the discharge of the original crew. When the articles were handed to me I observed that the signature of Richardson was not witnessed, and I drew the attention of the master to the circumstance, so that no misunderstanding might afterwards arise when the man was discharged. I then gave the arti- cles to the captain, and when they were returned to me SMULI s initials were then on the articles as having witnessed the signature of Richardson. I afterwards discharged the man Richardson. Mr, Woodward declined asking my witness any ques- tions. Mr. Strick This completes the case Mr. Woodward addressed the Bench for the defence, and contended that his client had not transgressed the terms of the Act, inasmuch as he was a bona fide ser- vant joi the owner of the vessel, Mr. S. Goldberg, who had requested him to engage a seaman. He afterwards called Mr. Simon Goldberg, who said I am the owner of the brig Selina. She was loaded in Porthcawl' for -Valparaiso. I am aware of my own knowledge that she anchored in the Roads for the purpose of obtaining part of the crew. I saw the defendant, and told him that Mr. Phillips, who is a licensed shipping agent, had failed in getting a crew for us, and I asked him, as he was so much among sailors, if he would get a hand for me. He said that he would try and get one for me. He afterwards told me he bad this man, who was wil- liug to go on the vessel. As a fact, I did not give this man a commission or a gratuity for his services. Cross-examined by Mr. Strick Mr. Smith is not a servant of mine, or in my employ. He told me between four and five o'clock in the afternoon that he had a man MUL'D73°D)> WH°M I SAW at the time in his shop. rm'1' ^°°DWARD That is my defence. thev W ?ACK> RFTER a short consultation, stated that CORRFMIVI^ °1R,1Y °f opinion that the defendant had seamanW the shfp1^0' .g and supplying a nwn „ ? question. His (Mr. Woodward s) was not his servlnt ^HAVIT0 F* COURT.F)BAT .DEF!N had to impose a penalty T,8 D°DE A° 11 «GAL ACT THE? of so heinous a charae'ter IS IFT lately convicted in. Tlie FI £ E N 7 which amounted altogether to £ 76s., which W^SP^IS

THE TIPPERAPY BANK. The Tipperary Bank and the affairs of John Sadleir, supposed to have committed suicide in 1856, were again (says our Dublin correspondent) before the Court of Chancery Appeal on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor (O'Hagan) and the Lord Justice of Appeal (Christian) confirmed a decision of the Master of the Rolls on the point whether a certain specialty debt of Sadleir to the bank, to the amount of £ 334,620, could be claimed against his assets. It was decided in the negative, on the ground that no proof existed of any demand having been made upon Sadleir for the debt during his lifetime.

KRRMCK S DANDELION COKFEB, refreshing, healthy, and much ap- proved, i s a most valuable beverage for preserving a healthy con- dition of the liver ind stomach, and as an aid to more potent medicines. In camstors at 6d., 10d., and Is. W. each. Shop- keepers may be supplied by the proprietor, or the following whole- sale: agents Leonard and Robinson, Bristol; Clutterbuck and Griffin, Bristol, Hugh Bevan, wholesale grocer, Brklfeud* l £ 9

GENERAL NEWS. I On Friday next her Majesty the Queen, wilk the Royal Family and the court, returns from Balmoral Lady Edward Thynne is lying seriously india posed at Iter residence in Cromwell-place. On Saturday afternoon, at his residence in Lon- don, James Dyce Nicol, M.P., for Kincardineshire, died at the age of 67. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon. During the next few weeks several meetings of the Minis- ters will take place. The death is announced of Admiral George Charles Blake, for 20 years Naval Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort, aged 84 years. A communication has been received in Liverpool from Government sanctioning the formation of a Naval Volunteer Corps for the defence of the Mersey. A man named Thompson, who was in custody on a eharge of theft, strangled himself in a cell at the Leeds Police station on Saturday. Mr. Sims Reeves left Birmingham for Droitwich on Saturday, to take the benefit of the saline baths, for which the establishment in that town is so famous. The Earl of Derby will be unable to preside at the approaching meeting of the Social Science Association in Norwich. The next mail for New Zealand via San Fran- cisco, will be despatched from London on Thursday December 12. In the action Macaulay v. the Furness Railway Company, which was for damages by a cattle drover, the Court of Queen's Bench has ruled that the plaintiff, having accepted a free pass, was carried at his own risk. A telegram from the Telegraph Despatch Com- z, pany states that the Cunard steamer Malta, Captain McKay, which sailed from Boston on the 12th instant for Liverpool, has put into Halifax with shaft broken. His Excellency Count Beust has returned to the Austrian Embally in Belgrave-square, from attending the golden wedding of the King and Queen of Saxony at Dres- den. Mr. Emerson is expected shortly in England, on a trip for the benefit of his health. He has already made arrangements with a London publisher for the issue of his new book. The remains of the late Lady Douglas were buried on Saturday at Brompton Cemetery. Sir Charles Douglas and his son were the chief mourners. The funeral was strictly private. The marriage of Miss Claughton, second daugh- R^1 BISHOP of Rochester, and the Hon Roaald Campbell, SAYS the Morning Post, is arranged to take place in the middle of next month. Recruiting for the various corps stationed at Chatham is now not quite so dull ItS it was a few weaks back, and though some difficulty is still experienced in getting eligible men, more recruits are offering themselves, The eighteenth anniversary of the death of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart has been commemorated by the Polish Historical Society, Sussex Chambers, Duke street, St. James's, under the presidency of Major Szulczowski. Considerable damage has been done by the gale to the sea-wall at Hunstanton, Norfolk, and prayers for fair weather were offered on Sunday in the churches of that district. Some Dublin householders have been heavily fined for permitting a reckless waste of water on their premises. In one ease it was stated that no less than 17,000 gallons a day were being lost. A colony of English sparrows settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, ft year or two ago, since when they have in- creased so largely, that now every street in the city is said to be alive with their cheerful twittering. The appeal of General Bellemarre against the decision of the Commission for the Revision of Grades in the French Army has been rejected by the Council of State. The Commission had reduced him to the rank of Brigadier- General. All the labourers employed in the Royal Gun Factories, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, hitherto in receipt of 15s. 4d. per week, have had their pay increased to 18s. per week, which is in future to be the minimum rate of pay for labourers employod in that department. It is now more than ten weeks since Canterbury Cathedral caught fire, and narrowly escaped destruction owing to deficient water SUPPIY, Yet, according to a corres- pondent, not a single hydraut has yet been placed in the precincts. On Saturday night part of the flooring of the entrance to the Oddfellows' Hall Concert-room, Halifax, gave way under a sudden rush. About one hundred lads were precipitated into a vault bolow. Eleven were in- jured. Messrs. A. Illmgworth and R. N. Philips attended a meeting of the Heywood Reform Club on Saturday, and supported resolutions in praise of the Government and in favour of an amendment of the repre- sentative system. So rough was the sea at Dover on Saturday morning that the packet. Maid of Kent, was twice washed away from the Admiralty pier. The landing of the 90 passengers, their baggage, and the mails occupied nearly four hours. The following parliamentary papers have been issued :-Retul''n as to raverue (taxes and imposts); return as to metropolitan^WATER companies; statistical report on the health of th, navy; criminal and judicial statistics of Ireland. An amusing incident occurred in the Dublin Police.court on Friday. While A policeman was calling the witnesses in a felony case the prisoner, who had been placed in the dock, quietly walked out of the court, and of course has not since appeared. The Mayor of Manchester has received a precept from the Education Department ordering thnt an election shall be held to supply the two vacancies on the School Board caused by tho death of Mr. Robert Gladstone and Mr. Rumney. It is expected that the election will take place by ballot. The Murthly Marriage Case has again been before Lord Gifford. It having been stated that the witness from Canada, for whose arrival the trial had been postponed, had no4 yet reached this country, no further postponement is to be made on account of this witness, and counsel will be heard this week on the proof. The rope and twine manufactory of Messrs. Henry Wales acid Son, Glasgow, has been completely des- troyed by fire. The damage, which is about £ 4,000, is fully covered by insurance; the offices involved being, the London, Liverpool, and Globe and the Imperial National Companies. A reduction has lately been made by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's in the prices of admission to tho upper part of the Cathedral, Each person will now be allowed to see the library-, clock, whispering, and stone galleries for 6d., and with the other galleries and the hull on payment of 2s. The Scotsman announces the death, on Friday of Sir George Samuel Abercromby, at his residence Fortt- leu-house, Banffshire. The deceased gentleman was born in Edinburgh in 1824, being thus in his 48th year when he died; and he succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1855. Mr. Manning Prentice, the chairman of the Patent Safety Gun Cotton Company, has paid LI,500 to three trustees for distribution among the sufferers by in- jury to house and other prope-rty at Stowmarket, in conse- quence of the great explosion at the company's works on August' 12, 18? 1. Of the eight new pontoon bridges building over the Rhine, between Alsace and Baden, that at Hiiningen has just been opened, and, on an, average, is crossed by 6,000 persons per week. While Alsace was French there was but the one bridge of Strasburg along the whole length of the Province. Count de Montebello, secretary of the French Embassy at Washington, has just sent to the Jardin d'Ac- cllmatation, in the Bois de Boulogne, several specimens of the hare of the United States. It is much smaller than the French quadruped, being scarcely bigger than a wild rabbit. Sergeant Bates, carrying the American flag, has left Manchester on his journey towards London. His de- parture was witnessed by a large number of persons, who cheered him heartily. During bis stay in the city, tho sergeant visited a number of the fading commercial esta- blishments, and was everywhere most cordially received. In a case which came "before him on Saturday the Master of the Rolls in Dublin ruled that as tp the claim of Miss Unthank, who had entered the Presentation Convent in Limerick, she, having been professed as a nun, and having received the £ 4,000 bequeathed her in that event in her father's will, was precluded from further par- ticipation in the assets of the testator. r On Saturday last the defendants, lay and clerical, in the Galway prosecution case, entered an ap- pearance by attorney in tho Crown Office, Dublin, to the criminal informations filed against them. Within four days from this the plea or defence in each case must be put in in the ordinary course. It is impossible, if the trial takes place in Dublin, that it can be held until the after sittings of Hilary term. We are glad to learn, says the Daily News, on the best authority, that during the past three months the nnprovemont in Mr. Bright's health has been greater than during the previous years of his disability an(| that his return to the House of Commons next session may reason- ably be expected, though the extent to which he will be able to take part in public business is still a mattei of un- certainty. a The advices frotn Buenos Ayres state that the negotiations of General Mitre, as representing the Argen- tine Republic, with the Government of Brazil, have been brought to an amicable conclusion. As soon as the Bnenos Ayres Assembly has settled the National Bank Bill it is expected to take up the question of the six new railways bill aa sent down from the Senate—the principal point in dispute being whether the starting point shall be Buenos Ayres or Rosario. At the Dudley Police-court, John Pope, watch- maker, and Eliza Pope, have been committed for trial for burglariously entiling the premises of William Davies, Castle-street, Dudley, and stealing 1G, yold w.tches, 32 silver watches, and C4 gold rings, on the Cth of JUIT, 1871. The prisoners were discovered on the 7th insfunt oiforing home of the goods for a-de to a pawnbroker m Cheltenham. The man prisoner pleaded guilty, but said liis wife w«? innocent.

Baowx's BRONCHIAL TROCHES, for the cure of Coughs, Cold Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, or any irritation or sore- ness on the throat, are now imported and sold in this country a-. Is. lid. per box, put up in the form of a" lozenge." It is the most convenient, pleasant, safe and sure remedy for clearing and strengthening the v jice known in the world. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says:—" I have oftien recommended them to friends who were public speakers, and in many cases the. have Woved extremely serviceable Tne genuine have the werti Brown's Bronchial Troches" 0I' the Government stamp aroul-1, each box. Sold v all edieine Vendors.—Loudon Depot, 4V Oxford-stieet 20SS

CARDIFF. ARRIVAL OF THE GLAMORGAN.—We are pleased to hear that the Glamorgan has safely crossed the Atlantic. From a telegram received by Mr. Laughland. manager of the South Wales Atlantic Steamship Company, we learn that the Glamorgan was sighted last evening off the Crookhaven telegraph station on the south coast of Ireland. She will arrive in Cardiff roads this morning and will dock in the course of the day. ANOTHER IPOlf STEAJISHIP FOR CARDIFF.—Another addition has been made to the iron steamship fleet of this port. On Thursday an iron screw steamer was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Richardson, Duck, and Co., South Stockton-on-Tees, by whom it was built, to the order of Messrs. R. Byrne and Co., of Cardiff, being the seventh vessel owned by them built by this firm. The following are the dimensions: — Length over all, 257 feet; length B.P., '250 feet; breadth, 32 feet; depth of hold, 21 feet 6 inches tonnage, O.M., 1,257; gross N.M., 1,480. The vessel will be classed 18 years in the Liverpocl Registry, rigged as a two-masted schooner, doXible bottom for 270 tons of water- ballast, and have accommodation for eight first-class pas- sengers. Her engines are on the compound principle, by Messrs. C. D. Holmes and Co., of Hull, and are of 140 horse-power,_ with cylinders of 23 in. and 56 in. diameter, and 36 in. stroke, with a pressure of bolbs. As the vessel left the stocks the usual ceremony of christen- ing was performed by Miss Maggie Wynn, of Askrigg, who gave to her the name of Easby." THE DOG, STEALING CASE.—-At the police-court yester- day, before the Mayor (Mr. H. Bowen) and Mr. It. O. Jones, William James, a well-known character, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a setter dog, value X5, the property of Mr. Lewis, of the Crown Inn, Bute-street. Additional evidence was now called to prove that the prisoner had taken the dog wiih him to Tre- forest, and, meeting a man there, he left it with him, stating that he would call for it in a few days. The pri- soner said he did not steal the dog. It followed him about, and he could not get rid of IU. The prisoner was committed for a month. INTIMIDATION AND ASSAULT.—John Keefe was charged with assaulting John Macarthy The case was remanded from Saturday. Mr. L. V. Sherley appeared to prose- LEPTE. ^BE complainant said he was a labourer at the Bute Works. Keefe was a plaintiff in an action against the stevedore of the Glamorgan, and Macarthy was a witness against him. This gave annoyance to Keefe, WF!?' JJP0? V.LNg the court, threatened the prosecutor with the following words,11' I will do for you very well when I have finished this work." On Thursday Macarthy went down the east side of the East Bute Dock, and saw the prisoner Keefe on board the steamship Durle-. As Macartny-passed underneath, the prisoner said, "*I have got you now, and threw a bucket at him, which struc'- :iim on the side. Mr. Stephens appeared for the prisoner on behalf of Mr. Blelloch. He denied the assault. The Bench inflicted a fine of 10s. and costs, in default seven days. Daniel Keefe and Patrick Driscoll were charged with using threats to the same John Macarthy Mr. Sherley also appeared for the prosecution, and asked that the defendants might be bound over in sureties to keep the peace. The threats, however, did not appear to be of a very serious or menacing character, and the case was dismissed, the prisoners being cautioned that if they attempted intimidation, they would surely get into trouble. THE CABMEN AND THE TRAM CABS.—William Brain, a cabman, was charged with assaulting Dennis O'Leary', night watchman, in the employ of the Tramway Com- pany. Mr. Ensor prosecuted, and Mr. Stephens de- fended. It appeared that the Tramway Company have commenced to run late cars for the convenience of visi- tors to the circus, and this would seem to have given con- siderable umbrage to the cabmen of the neighbouring stand. On Friday night, as several persons who were probable customers of cabs, came out the complainant, O'Leary, said the car would be up in two minutes. Brain, who had brought his cab up, GAVE O'Leary a push, and that gentleman, who was not quite free from suspicion of inebriation, fell down. It was admitted in defence, that Brain pushed O'Leary, but Mr. Stephens denied that it was a heavy PUSH. The Bench fined defendant £ 1 and was a heavy Push. The Bench fined defendant JE1 and costs, which were paid. THE 1 ORTUNE-TELLEB ILEDivivus. -Sarah Smith, an elderly woman, was charged with obtaining 4s. from Mary Penfold by fortune telling. It appeared that the com- plainant, who is a domestic servant, had had her money returned to her. Mr. R. O. Jones asked her why she was so foolish astoletthe prisoner have themoney. Complainant (innocently) Because I did not know any bttter sir (laughter). The Bench discharged the case, and recom- mended the prisoner to leave the town instantly. CONJUGAL INFELICITY. -Mor-an John, a man who form- ally held the dignified office of Borough crier, was brought up in custody charged with assaulting his wife Eliza. Mrs. Morgan said she was a midwife. She had been married for forty years, and had lived very unhappily with her husband during the greater part of that time. On Sunday night as she was cutting some bread and butter her husband took the knife out of her hand and made a thrust at her throat with it. He next took a piece of burning wood out of the fire and struck her in the face with it, burning h,-r cheek. He caught hold of her head and tore her bonnet off. On a previons occasion he had struck her in the leg with a knife, until she bled more than a quart. The prisoner said his wife was drunk. and that the cause of the quarrels was always her drunkenness. P.S. Walbridge was called upon by the Bench to give the parties a character. He said they were both drunken people and he wondered they had not murdered one another before now. The prisoner was bound over to keep the peace for three months. THEFT OF COAL ON THE CANAL.—Dennis Gilbert, a labourer, was charged with stealing three hundredweight of steam coal, the property of the Powell Duffryn Company. Early that morning the prisoner was seen by P.C. Dix to take an empty boat alongside two boats, JSos. 231 and 378. which were lying laden with coal in the canal near Mr. Watson's yard. He took a quantity of coal from the laden boat and put it in the empty one. He was arrested, and then said it was a bad job. Mr. Benjamin Francis proved that the coal, which weighed .3 ewt., belonged to the Powell Duffryn Company. Pri- soner who had been previously convicted, was committed for trial. RORBERY FROM THE PERSON.— Margaret Williams, a girl of loose character, was charged with stealing 3s. 9d. from the person of aman named John Bolter. The pro- secutor stated that he was accosted in the street by the prisoner, and told her that he was a married man, and did not want anything to do with her. He, however, went with her to a house in Frederica-street, and while there she put her hand into his trousers pocket, and took out his purse containing the sum named in the charge. The prisoner denied the theft, and also the truth of Bolters' statement. She said he met her and spoke to her, and treated her at the Cardigan Arms. The case was adjourned until Wednesday for further enquiries to be made. ———

LLANDAFF. PETTY SESSIONS.—At the petty sessions on Monday, before Messrs. T, W, Booker and G. Phillips, the follow- ing cases were heard:- STEALING WEABINO APPAREL. -Harriet Coles, Raglan, was charged with stealing wearing apparel from the House of Mercy, Llandaff, valued 20s. on the 29th September last. Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, matron of the House of Mercy said that prisoner was an inmate. On the 29th September last prisoner ran away, taking with her the wearing ap- parel belonging.to the House. The prisoner, having been previously convicted, was now sentenced to four months' hard labour. N ON- i\lAINTENACE. .J ohn and Henry Thomas, of John-street, Roath, were charged with allowing their father, Thomas Thomas. aged 84, to become charge iMe to the Cardiff Union. The case against Henry Thomas was dismissed, he having five children, but the other bro- ther, on account of his having only one child, was ordered to pay eighteenpence per week. SELLING BEER DUKIVG ILLEGAL IIOUR,Eliza Green- fill, landlady of the Albion Hotel, was charged with the above offence on the 2nd inst. Inspector Thornley said that he was in company with P.C. Gill on the 2nd inst., and entered the defendant's house at 22 minutes past 11, and found her supplying beer to several women. It was 10 minutes past eleven by defendant's clock. I told her she was doing wrong, but she still persisted in drawing beer. The case was .dismissed, it being defendant's first offence. BEISG IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE DURING ILLICIT HOURK.— Elizabeth Hoyles, Catherine Bryan, and Catherine Con- don, were charged with the above offence, committed on the night of the 2nd instant, at the Albion-hotel, Canton. The case against each of the defendants was dismissed. STEALING A CAST IRON BOILER—James Hollo way, toll-keeper of the Canton market, and George Spencer, rag- merchant, were charged with stealing a cast-iron boiler, the property of Satnnel Marks, Canton Market Hotel, Canton in the beginning of September last. Samuel Marks deposed as to the boiler heing his, and said that he re- moved it to the market aibout 16 or IS months ago. The the market was under his control. He missed it in Sep- tember last, gave information to the police, but they could not find it then. It was afterwards found in the possession of Spencer who said he bought it of Holloway for half-a-crown and a quart of beer. Inspector Thornley proved to finding it in Holloway's possession. No further evidence being adduced the case was remandedjfor a week, bail being accepted for both prisoners. STEALING A SHAWL.—Emma Goodman was charged with stealing a Paisley shawl, the property of Geo. Lewis. North Morgan-street. Canton, on the 14th instant, valued 16s. Mrs. rewi., wife of prosecutor, said she missed the shawl from off the table in the kitchen. Did not miss it till the next morning after it was stolen. Prisoner was in the house the evening it was stolen. The son of the pro- secutor, aged 8, proved to seeing the prisoner take the shawl. The prisoner pleading not guilty, was sen- tenced to take her trial at the quarter sessions. LUNACY THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT IN LOVE.—Mr. W. P. Stephenson, clerk to the Cardiff Beard of Guardians, applied for an order for the removal of a lunatic named Lucy Annie Cope, from the Union of St. Mark's, Lincoln, to the asylum at Bridgend, on the grounds of her relations living at Cardiff. It appeared from the mother's statement, who was present, that her daughter had been a governess, and through the disap- pointment of a young man who was in love with her, who had since gone to America, she fell into her present state. To make the case more sad the father of the un- fortunate girl had since died through the daughter's de- rangement of mind. The order was granted, and the Lincoln Union to pay for her maintenance. THE COINAGE CASE.—The charge against Robert Leeworthy,'for having in his possession articles for the manufacture of counterfeit coin, was dismissed, on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient tÐ substantiate a charge, it being only that of suspicion.

NEATH. BITING OFF A Lx's CHIN.—William Owen was yesterday brought up by Superintendent Phillips, before the Mayor and ex-Mayor, charged with wounding George Williams at the Bull public-house on Saturday evening. IT appeared that the men were old acquaintances. Defendant formerly lodged at the Bull, while complainant lodges there still, and it is thought that a little jealousy has arisen between them, and hence the assault. The prisoner went to the B-11 on the evening in question, and after having a warm altercation with Williams he knocked him down, turned out the gas, and commenced kicking him on the ground. lhe police being sent for, he went away, but M a short time returned, and JUMPING over a table to get at his man, he seized him by the chin like a bull dog, and nearly bit a piece clean off. DR, Russell gave evidence as to the nature of the wound. He put the parts together, and stitched them up, and did not antici- pate any danger. Defendant pleaded that he was blind tirunk, and knew nothing about it. Sentenced to two months' hard labour, and to pay costs, or suffer an addi- tional 14 days' imprisonment. BREACH OF CONTRACT.—Morgan Williams, a tinman was charged with abseuting himself from the service of John Jones, his employer, without just excuse. Defen- dant had signed an agreemer-t for 12 months from 25th J June last. Complainant claimed £ 5 compensation. Order for 40s. compensation and costs, or onemontht" FINDING A PCRSE OF MONEY.—John James, Thomas Thomas and Edward Edwards colliers, were brought up in custody before Mr. Rowland, charged with stealing a purse containing t5 10s, the property of Thomas Evans, a farmer, of Aberclydach farm, Resolven. It appears that on Saturday last, Mrs. Evans was going to the Re- solven railway station, along the road, having in her pocket a purse containing five sovereigns and a half-sove- reign in gold. At the station she missed her purse, and remembered three men following her closely, and ulti- mately parsed her, one of them speaking and asking her how she was Police-constable Markham traced prisoners to Neath, and found them in Mr. Hawkins' shop, each with a brown paper parcel containing clothing which they had purchased. They denied having seen the purse but one of them (Edwards) afterwards confessed to Sergt. Thomas that they picked up the purse, and spent the money in clothing. They were cautioned in the usual manner, but neither of them had anything to say, and they were committed for trial at the quarter sessions. ABSCONDING FROM A REFORMATORY.—Charles Tayler and William Hyde were sent to gaol for a month, for runnirg away from the Hawdref Ganol Reformatory School The lads were sent out to work for a day, on the 13th inst and did not return in the evening, as they should have done, but started for Cardiff, where they were appre- hended, and brought back on Friday.

MERTHYR. COUNTY COUP.T.—-In th absence of bis Honour, Judge Falconer, who is unfortunately still indisposed, Mr. B. T. Williams opened the monthly session of this court yesterday. There were upwards of 200 fresh cases, and 70 judgment summonses set down for hearing. Tie only case of importance which occupied the attention of the court during the day was that of Lloyd v. Evans. Plaintiff is a schoolmaster in this town, and defendant a gentleman re- siding at Swansea. The claim was for 26 10s. 7id., balance due to plaintiff by defendant as a trustee of his father, far maintenance of his brother, Mw deceased, the said brother being a minor at the time THE debt was con- tracted. Mr. Beddoe appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Plews for defendant. It transpired that a sum of E21 had been paid by defendant through Mr. Evans, of the Six Bells Brewery on this account, and this sum had been handed over to plaintiff. For the defence it was argued that this was not paid in recognition of any legal claim, and in point of fact plaintiff had no legal claim whatever, as deceased had never obtained the sanction of defendant or any other person to incur, such expense. Plaintiff admitted that he had never received any autho- rity to maintain the deceased, and the case here broke down. Mr. Beddoe cross-examined defendant at length, but failed to elicit any facts showing that the expenditure had been authorised. The judge accordingly gave judgment for defendant. Mr. Beddoe applied for a nonsnit, which was granted. POLICE BUSINESS.—At the police-court, yesterday, before Mr. A de Rutzen, there were no cases of interest. A man named Lane was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for running away from the workhouse with the union clothes. Another man, named Phillip Powell, was fined £1, or in default 21 days, for being drunk and re- fusing to quit the Lord Napier Inn. There was the usual assortment of Monday morning's drunkards.

RHYMNEY. ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon as Mr. Morgan, of the Bristol House, at Bargoed, was riding through the village, when near the Greyhound Inn, home, men fired off a salute in honour of his return that morning from his wedding tour. The horse reared and threw him, from which he sustained a severe injury to the knee. THE COAL TRADE.—The coal trade has become very slack at many of the pits, some of them being almost at a standstill. ANOTHER ACCIDENT.-On Sunday a large number of men were engaged altering the bridge at the Rock and Hammer farm below Ystrad Mynach, on the Rhymney Railway. They had placed the bed and girders together and fastened them, but while moving it upon a trolly the whole capsized. Several of the men had a narrow escape, t one of them having his foot badly hurted.

LLAXELLY. BOARD OF HEALTH. A meeting of the Board of Health was held on Saturday. The members present were, Messrs. B. Jones (chairman), H. J. Howell, J. Randell, J. B. Phillips, S. Samuel, D. Morris, J. Bevan, R. Nevill, and D. Evans. At a meeting of the Sanitary Committee, held the same day, the surveyor reported that three benches had been erected on the walk round the reservoir. The Sanitary Inspector's report was read, and the attention of the clerk and surveyor was calted to that part of it relating to the condition of the premises at Cilheol, occupied by Patrick Sorratt. The treasurer's ac- count showed a balance of £ 25,804 Ss. 4d. to the credit of the general account, and a balance of E557 10s. 3d. to the credit of the estate account, and the sum of 223,000 was ordered to be transferred from the general to the deposit account. Mr. Randell was strongly of opinion the Board ought to spend some £ 20 or 230 in planning trees in the Public Park, and it was resolved that Messrs. Randell, Howell, Phillips, R. Nevill, C. W. Nevill, and the Chair- man be appointed a committee to consider the best means of improving the park, and the cost such improvement would involve. Mr. Phillips asked the Clerk when his re- port on the incorporation scheme would be presented to the Board. The Clerk replied that it would be presented at the next monthly meeting. He thought an unopposed Bill would probably not cost more than £500. The Chair- man was strongly of opinion, if incorporation of the town should eventually be resolved 0n, that it would be wiser to secure all the powers and advantages attendant upon it by an Act of Parliament, and not through the uncertain report of a Government Commission, even although it should, as it would, involve another year's delay. He did not think it would cost the rate- pavere a shilling a head more than it did at present, if the town were incorporated. The Clerk reported upon the new air-gas light, mentioned by Mr. Howell at a previous meeting of the Board. The 41imited) Company who ma- nufacture this new light say in their prospectus, that the apparatus umployed in the manufacture is extremely simple, two vessels only being required, one a generator and the other a gas-holder, and that it only costs about one-fourth of the price of common coal gas, and is a superior light. The Clerk was instructed to satisfy him- self whether the present Gas Company's Act would pre- vent the Board taking advantage oftbis newlight,.should ,they find it would be to their advantage to adopt it. The question of the appointment of an engineer was consi- dered. and a letter was read from Mr. Bateman, in which he said he considered it scarcely worth the while of the Board to engage his personal services for the con- struction of the embankment of the reservoir, and offered the services of an assistant under the direction of a prin- cipal assistant; and it was resolved that Mr. Barnes be asked to come down and have an interview with the Board and discuss the question, and in the meantime that he be asked to furnish references. The hall keeper S Application for an increase of salary was considered and .referred to the Clerk and Surveyor to reported upon. An application from the Board men to be supplied with great-coat a-piece was read, and referredto the Surveyor. PRESENTATION TO THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.On Friday evening a public meeting was held in the club- room of the Nevill Memorial to witness the presentation of Mr. W. W. Henshall's crayon portrait of Richard C'obden to the Mechanics' Institution. Our townsman, Mr. Hen shall, is a very promising young artist, and the picture has been subscribed for and presented to the Mechanics' Institution by a number of our leading men, partly and chiefly with the view of enabling Mr. Hen- Ishall to prosecute his studies at the Royal Academy, and partly to foster a love of art and a spirit of emulation in the young men who are members of the Institution. The best judges of art in the town pronounce the picture an Ladmirable one. THE meeting^ on Friday evening was smaller than could have been wished &N such an interest- ING occasion, but that may be accounted for by the 'fact that anothtr entertainment was going on at the same time up- stairs, and a variety of other causes. It was thoroughly representative, however Mr. Rosser had promised to make the presentation, but he was unfortunately unable to be present, owing, we believe, to the funeral OF a^near -relation taking place the same day. Mr. W. H. Nevill was present as President of the Mechanics' Institution to receive the picture. In his speech he conveyed the thanks of the Committee of the Institution to the subscribers for the ift of the picture, and landed the motives which had LED them to make the gift. He confidently predicted Mr. Henshall's future success. Mr. Geo. S. Mee bore testi- mony, as one who had very often had the privilege of hearing Mr. Cobden and his coadjutor, MR. Bright, on the platform of the Birmingham Town-hall and elsewhere, to the correctness of the likeness. The artist and the picture, he said, were a credit to the town. Mr. Waite, the Secretarv of the Mechanics' Institution, attributed the success Mr. Henshall had already attained to his own dogged pertinacity, and hoped that what he had now ac- complished would make his future battle a more equal one. Mr. Jenkin Williams also addressed the meeting in Welsh, and Mr. Henshall briefly replied. Mr. T. Main- waring proposed, and Dr. Morgan seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman, Mr. W. H. Nevill, and the meeting broke upl

SWANSEA. FIRST GLAMORGAN ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.—The annual carbine competition of this corps was announced to commence yesterday, at the Pen y-graig range. but in consequence of the inclement state of the weather it had to be postponed, and will be held, the elements favour- able: this day (Tuesday). The competition is limited to efficients for the year, and an unusually large number of prizes are held out as an inducement to the mtlnbers to become efficient in carbine shooting. In addition to the Commander s medal, which, together with £ 13s., consti- tute the first prize, there are :some dozoIn general prizes, ranging from £:2 2s. to 3s., and besides these there are between T>0 and oOspecialprizes, which are both useful and ornamental, and are given by our local tradesmen. A report of the result of the shooting will duly appear in our columns. MR. FOWLER. —Our esteemed Stipendiary magistrate was unavoidably prevented from perfortniiig his magis- terial duties yesterday through a domestic bereavement— the death of his mother-in-la* THE DRUNKARD'S LIST. — At the borough police- court, held at the Guildhall, yesterday morning, the Mayor, Mr. T. Ford, Mr. G. B. Brock, and Mr. W. H. lorrest on the Bench, John Butler was charged with being drunk and sleeping on a litue-kiln, on the 16th inst. P.C. Coate found prisoner very drunk sleeping on a kiln in the Strand. Fined 5s. and costs.—James Thomas was charged with being druuk and exposing his person on Sunday last. P.O. H. Williams proved the offence, which had been committed in High-street. Fined 10s. and 3s. tjll. costs, or J4 days' imprisonment. Elizabeth Matthews, for being drunk and riotous on Saturday week last, was, after five previous convictions had been proved, sentenced to t-n days' im- prisonment.—John Jones, a tinker, for being drunk in a railway carriage on the Swansea Vale Railway, on the 9th instant, was fined 1:1 including costs —Marv Thomas for a similar offence committed at Greenhiil-street was fined 10s. including costs.—Mary Grey pleaded guilty to a similar offence committed on the 6th instant, and was fined 10s. and costs, or 14 days' imprisonment. SMUGGLING TOBACCO. — A seaman, named William Painter, was brought up charged with the offence. Prisoner was met on Saturday night in High-street by a borough police-constable, who, observing his somewhat bulky appearance, accosted him, and upon searching him found 2lbs. of cavendish tobacco upon his person. The tobacco was afterwards taken to the Custom House. Defendant said he had brought a bit home for his old man. An examining officer from the Custom House, named Mr. Clegge, stated that the value of the tobacco was 3s., and duty on the same, 9d.; the latter had not been paid. Tho Bench fined defendant 7S. 6d., and also ordered him to pay the value of the tobacco and duty, or 14 days' imprison merit. The money was immediately paid. A TRIO OF BE -l.U TIES. -Elizabeth Huxtable was charged with being drunk and guilty of disorderly be- havior on the 17th. P.C. Payne gave evidence clearly establishing the charge, and stated that prisoner was a woman of immoral character. Two pre vious convictions, in the present year were proved against the defendant, the last one being a month's im- a,, prisonment. The Mayor remarked that apparently no good had resulted from her previous imprisonment, and she would now be sentenced to three calendar months' hard labour. Another girl of immoral habits, named Emma Clarke, 17 years of age, was charged with being drunk and riotous in High-street, on the 17th inst. Sen- tenced to 7 days' imprisonment. Sarah Jane Williams, (IS), for drunk and disorderly conduct at High-street, on Sunday, was upon the testimony of P. C. Williams, sen- tenced" to 7 days" imprisonment. THEFT FROM THE MARKET.—Margaret Morgans and Hannah Jane Walters, two girls, 15 years of age, were charged with stealing three cups, four saucers, and one egg-cup, from the stall in the market, the property of Albert Joseph Price. Both prisoners pleaded guilty to theft, which was committed on Saturday night last. Pro- secutor, in his evidence, stated that he saw the pri- soner Margaret Morgan steal the things from his stall. lie did not see the other prisoner near the stall. Walker was again asked if she was guilty and replied in the affirmative, but upon being again in- terrogated she stated that she did not steal any of the articles named. Upon being asked why she had previously pleaded guilty, she replied that she did not understand what she was saying. The Mayor said it was evident she had been in bad company, and had a narrow escape of being sent to prison. She was then discharged, and Mor- gan was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. REFUSING TO PROCEED TO SEA. William Williams, James Winslow, John Smallwood, William Harley, Thomas Stevenson, Walter Dunbar, Henry Allsopp, William Fowler, and William Henry Isaacs, seamen and firemen on board the steamship Edgworth, were charged with refusing to proceed to sea. Mr. Andrew Stonehouse, ths master, gave evidence, and produced the ship's arti- cles, from which it appeared that the men had shipped in July last for six months. The general defence of the pri- soners was insufficiency of food, and, as they termed it, bad grub," the prisoner William., who was evidently the ringleader of the lot, asserting that they had some po- tatoes to eat which a common working-man would not give his pigs, with some parafin oil over the potatoes. The Mayor perused the scale of provisions in the articles, and stated that it was the usual scale allowed in vessels, and if they had what was there specified they had no rea- son to complain. Several of the defendants then stated that the articles had not been read to them, and they did not know what they contained. The Mayor informed the prisoners that if they were not satisfied with the provisions that were served out they had the remedy in their own hands, for they had the power of calling a survey of the provisions. He considered their objection frivolous. Wil* hams, who was the "sea lawyer" of the crew, raised other objections, and the whole of the prisoners were eventually asked if they were willing to return, and all, with the ex- ception of Williams, were willing to do so. The prisoner LHMBAR agreed to return ON the condition thet he should be examined by a doctor, as he had a touch of bron- chitis. The master refused to allow prisoner Williams to return, and he was then sent to the House of Correc- tion for one month. SURETIES OF THE PEACE.—George Conybear, a slate merchant at Swansea, was summoned by Mary Anderson to find sureties of the peace, she being afraid that he would do her grievous bodily injury. Defendant applied that the case should be adjourned for a week, and then proceeded to address the Bench, but was prevented from doing so until the case was gone into. The summons was adjourned for a week, upon defendant being bound over in the sum of £ 5 for the same period THE SUMMONS AGAINST AN INSURANCE AGENT.-The summons agaiust Charles West wood, I'V Lwigdon-place, for refusing to deliver up certain books, kc.* belonging to the Liverpool United Assurance Society, was adjourned for a week, in consequence of the absence of Mr Fowler, who heard the case.

MOUNTAIN ASH. LOCAL BOARD.—This board held its meeting yesterday, at the Board-room. The members present were Mr. G. Wilkinson, in the chair, Messrs. E. Evans, J. Griffith6, D. Colman, D. James, T. Edwards, E. Thomas, D. Mor- gan, Rev. J. W. Williams, and Mr. J. Edwards. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Roads Committee laid before the board a report con- cerning Cresselly Canal Bridge. Complaints were laid against the contractor of the said work by a member at last board. The report showed that all was caused by the increased traffic over the said bridge and road. The contractor had remettled the whole, and was considered satisfactorily to alL The committee recommended also tha.t the immediate portion of the Cresselly and County Roads in that locality be raised about IS inches higher, so that the gradience be a little easier. The report was adopted, and the recommendation of the Committee was agreed to be carried out, leave to be first obtained from the County Road Committee for doing the same. The Surveyor reported some parties at Miskin not having yet complitld with previous notices issued by the board. The Clerk was ordered to issue another notice to the same parties. The Inspector reported six cases of small-pox since last board, four in the same house in I)affryn-road- Some nuisance on the property of Messrs. J. Coe and James Olden was CONSIDERED by the board, and after A dulsatory discussion the Clerk was -ordered to give the parties another notice to remove the same, and if not re- moved before next board the same to be summoned be- fore the magistrate. Complaints were laid against the Scavenger for the neglectful manner in which he carries on his contract for removing the refuse off the public streets. The board instructed the Inspector to see the Scavenger, and arrange with him respecting the time which the same will be cleared off the principal street for the future. The Clerk laid before the board a statement of the collector, which was considered very satisfactory. The Finance Committee reported an over-draft in the bank of JB51 3s. This was all the business, and the board separated.

SIR WILFRED LAWSON AT HALIFAX. Last evening Sir Wilfred Lawson, M.P., addressed an enthusiastic meeting in the Mechanics' Hall, Halifax, on the present position and future policy of the pro- hibition party. In reply to an address signed by more than 12,000 electors, the hon. baronet reviewed the past life of the Permissive Bill, and denied that in pressing it npo. the attention of the House of Com- mons there was any fear of a split in the Liberai ranks. The future policy of the prohibitory party was to carry out the resolution recently passed by the Council of the United Kingdom Alliance of nominating Permissive Bill candidates for the Legislature whenever vacancies occurred.

THE PICKERING TRAGEDY. CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER. Robert Charter, one of the men in custody in con- nection with the Crofton murders, has confessed that, after an altercation with the farmer, Joseph Wood, who, he says, had a gun in his hand, he struck him on the head with a piece of iron. and knocked him down. The prisoner adds that he went into the house, and on his return found Wood dead. He buried him in the orchard, and three weeks afterwards, finding some bones of Wood's child, he placed them also by his father's side. A week later he dug up the farmer's remains, and put them in a bag where they were sub- sequently found. The clothes he threw away. He declares he knew nothing of the death of the boy. Some of the bones of the missing boy murdered at Crofton were discovered yesterday in a field, having been removed with the manure. They have the ap- pearance of being gnawed, thus suggesting that the pigs may really have eaten the lad, us stated by the prisoner. Young Charter has been discharged. The eldei Charter, since his committal for murder, evinces the most terrible symptoms of mental anguish.

It is now definitely settled that the LJRINFE of Wales will go to Obatsworth on December 17. He will travel via Derby and Knewsley, but will return on December 21st through Cnestemeld, where a demonstration will be made, and an address presented by the Mayor and Corporation. LLAXGENXKCH, near Llanelly, August 30, 1872.-Dear Sir-My youngest daughter, Eninia Ann, 13 yea.rs of age, got rid of a great number of worms by taking" ouiy three or four of WILLIAMS'S PONTARDAWE WORM "LozK.sciSs. I aIN ;:¡ad to say that she is very much unproved in health, being previously lingering, and delicate in hea.hu.—Yours very truly 1tl\RTlB. UaimTHS late 01 Ynispenllwch. Mr. J. Davies, Chemist, Swanom l Williams's Worm Lozenges are sold bi most Chemists at 94d. Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per box, and are protected by Government Stamp, on which ia engraved tne words Worrnf Lozenges." 15a

EXTENSIVE FRAUDS UPON CARDIFF TRADESMEN. Another extensive fraud upon Cardiff tradesmen-on not quite so grand a scale as the Ashton and Pitt swindles, but almost as strange in some of its features -was investigated at the borough police court, be- fore the Mayor, Mr. R. O. Jones, and Mr. E. S. Hill, yesterday. During the last two months a young woman, aged 24, well dressed, and of a pleasing man- ner, has been paying a series of visits to shopkeepers in the town. She is a member of a respectable family in Bonvilstone, a relative of a former clerk of the Dinas Powis magistrates, and is said to be in posses- sion of property. The means by which she induced tradesmen to part with their goods was the production of a note, purporting to be from Mrs. F. C. Vachell, of Highmead, and these notes, though so deficient in style and spelling that it is a wonder suspicion was not at first aroused, bore a faint resemblance to the writing of the lady whose name was used. In October the prisoner visited the shop of Miss Halyard, and presented a note of which the following isa copy. Mrs. Vachel (sic), Kiyli Mead, wishes Miss Hillyard to let her maid have a FEW cigar cases-for *>ER H»PCE ion and enclose price and bill." IN this, as in all others, Mrs. Yachell's name was spelt with one 1, TAT, de- spite this upon the prisoner representing herself as the maid referred to and as being sent with TL* note, she 11 J. X 1 „ nwav two cigar cases and a purse was allowed to take: away TW 0F MR. from M1SS Hillyard S^OP- PRISONER'S patron- Howell was the ne.t to«c ag folloJ;_„ HighVad, 0?T' OF-^NRS Vachel would be glad if Mr. Howells wnold LPT her dressmaker have 14 yards of serge, same would let her a cM .q the & obliged." The clumsy addition of Y urs obliged," excited no distrust, and the self- stituted dressmaker went away with the goods "same CON ttern." another case the prisoner assumed a new character and a new name. She took to Messrs. ross. Bros. a note which ran thus Mrs. Vachel would feel obliged to Mr. Cross if he would let her governess, Miss Pigeon, have a pair of picle (sic) forks, as hear like this as possible. — To Mr. Cross." In this, as in the other instances, the note was successful, and the "picle forks" were added to the other store. From articles of dress and table ware, the dressmaker and gov- erness".arose to a higher level, and carried to Mr. Sweet- ing, Duke-street, a request for ornament in the shape of flowing tresses, couched in the manner shown here- under:—"High Mead, November 2.—Mrs Vachel world bo glad at Mrs. Sweating letting her maid have some hair, a darker shade than pattern let it be about 42 inches long enclose bill, and Mrs. V. will call in a few days. Mr. Sweating." No doubt appears to have been excited by the note, and hair to the value o' nearly £ 7 was supplied. Mr. Morris, of Duke-stree was defrauded of a costly satin skirt and two pairs oi gloves in a similar way, on the 1st of October, and Mr. Hall, draper, High-street, lost a silk dress-piece and a pair of gloves, on the 25th of the same month, by means of a note of similar purport. When the fraud was discovered, the tradesmen above named, and we believe some others, communicated with the police. Enquiries were made for the prisoner and she was arrested by Inspector Price, at her home in Bonvil- ST(THE charge against the prisoner included the articles mentioned, but the prosecution contented itself with proving one case. The prisoner, who was well dressed, and wore a stylish hat and well fitting yellow gloves, was charged with obtaining one silk dress piece and a pair of kid gloves, the property of Mr. Hall, draper, High-street. Mr. John Morris, solicitor, instructed by the friends of the prisoner, watched the case on her Edwin Lewis, assistant to Mr. SamuelJHall, draper, was the first witness. He said that on the'25th of October the prisoner went into his employer's shop and produced a note, which was as follows: "High Mead, October 25th, 1872.—To Mr. Hall. Mrs. Vachel wishes Mr. H. to let her dressmaker have 14 yards of silk, as above, and kindly enclose the bill. Mrs. V. will call in the end of the week also a pair of gloves, slate colour, 6F." This note was accompanied by a pattern. He had no silk of that colour, and the prisoner ordered some patterns to be sent down to the Queen's Hotel. He sent a few patterns, and a note saying that they could not match the silk, but the enclosed were patterns of the nearest colours. Soon after the prisoner returned, and asked if be had -sent the patterns down, saying that Mrs. Vachell was going away the next day, and wanted the silk. He showed her the silks from which he had cut the patterns, and she asked for 14 yards at 9s. 4d. per yard. He asked her if be should send it down, and she said that she would take it herself, A^D did so. She also took the gloves. Mrs. Vachell had an account at Mr. Hall's, and the goods were sent in the belief that they were ordered by Mrs. Vachell. He identified the silk and pair of gloves produced. He had never seen the pri- soner before. Mrs. F. C. Vachell, of High Mead, was shown the letter used by the prisoner. She denied that it was in 'her handwriting, or that she had sent the prisoner to Mr. Hall for silk or gloves, nor was the prisoner her dressmaker, aB Btatedtin the note. She did not know -4iw prisoner. -4iw prisoner. Inspector Price stated that he apprehended the pri- soner on Saturday, at Bonvilstone. He charged her with obtaining a quantity of goods under false pre- tences from various tradesmen in Cardiff, but more particularly a piece of silk, on the 25th of October. She replied that she did receive the things, and intended to have called to pay for them. She had taken them in Mrs. Vachell's name t J- cause she had no money at the time. The silk was found in a chest of drawers iQ AU upper room. In reply to Mr. John Morris, the witness said that the prisoner's relatives were most respectable people, The prisoner had clone all she could to help him to rrcover the pro- perty, auctlie had got together most of the things. Mr. K. 0. Jones (holding up the numerous letters) This looks like a mama, Mr. Morris. Mr. Morris: Yes, sir. My instructions are that she has addicted herself to excessive drinking so much as to injure her mind. I am afraid that this case cannot be dealt with summarily, or I should advis3 her to plead guilty. The Bench committed prisoner for trial at the quarter sessions, and the girl, who appeared to appreciate the gravity of her position, and had cried during the whole examination, was removed in custody.

NEWPORT. DEATH QF AN OLD INHABITANT.—Yesterday Mr. J. J. Nicholas, timber merchant of this town, died at the age, of 88. He has been intimately connected with the trade of the town for the past 50 years, and his name is widely known and respected in the neighbourhood. When Mr. Nicholas was seven years old, in 1791, the town only con- tained 780souls, and the houses in the borough f /II short of 180. Like Nestor, he has seen three generations of men. and has fully sustained the honoured name of his f >mily, which is closely bound up with the Listory of Monmouthshire. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the borough police-court on Monday, before the Mayor and Mr. Evans, John Evans, of Abercarne, was charged with being drunk ai d of 180. Like Nestor, he has seen three generations of men. and has fully sustained the honoured name of his f >mily, which is closely bound up with the Listory of Monmouthshire. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the borough police-court on Monday, before the Mayor and Mr. Evans, John Evans, of Abercarne, was charged with being drunk ai d incapable in Dock-street, on Sunday last. When appre- hended by Sergeant Wilcox he had half-a-pint of rum in a bottle in his pocket. J son was charged with being drunk. Sent to Usk for one ) months' hard labour. Reuben Lodge was charged with being disorderly at the Town Hall. Fined 10s. 6d. STEALING A WATCH. Richard Ja jnes Philpott was charged with stealing a watch and guard, the property of Michael Davies. Prosecutor, who lives at Cwmbrsn, said prisoner lodged with him. He had some suspicions about prisoner and on Saturday, after work, he found that his watch and guard had been taken from his box. The watch and chain produced were his, the locket was not. Prosecutor at once reported the case at the police court at Pontnewydd, and tken came to Newport. Auguste Wernet, watchmaker, Llanarth-street. said pri- soner came to his shop on Saturday, and offered the watch for sale for 5s. he said he bought it in a seaport town in Russia. Michael Sullivan said complainant and prisoner both lodged with him. He came down to New- port on hearing of the robbery, saw prisoner at the Mill- street station, and apprehended him. Prisoner pleaded guilty he was a seaman, and a native of Ross. Seat to L sk for twenty-one days. NEGLECT OF WORK —William Morgan was summoned for wilfully neglecting the work of his master, John Nieholas, he being under a contract to serve him. Pri- soner pleaded guilty. Complainant would not press the charge. Discharged on payment of costs.