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MKKTHYK. A.CCIUBSF.—We regret to state that John Davies, collier, a married man, working at Penydarran, was severely injured in one of the levels, early on Monday morning, by a fall from the top. PENTD.VRUAN IRON-WORKS.—Since the renewal of the lease, adverted to in our columns frequently during the last few months, two furnaces belonging to the Dowlais Iron Company have been just re-fitted up by the company; also two new coal pits are being opened, the chain of the incline of which will be between 500 and 630 yards in length. NEw To \YX -LI VLL.—Rumour has it that the site of the much- to-be-desired Town-hall has been fixed opposite the Cagtle Hotel. We hope the committee will not go to Cardiff for a model. £3,000 being offered by Government, we have no doubt that the gentle- mell of the town and neighbourhood will come forward most libe- rally. COUNTY COURT.A county court was held in this town on Monday and Tuesday last, before John Wilson, Esq., judge. There were about 120 cases entered for trial, several of which were settled out of court. The case which excited the most interest on Monday, and which occupied a considerable time for its disposal, was the following :-Jones v. Pkillpottso, The plaintiff is a pub- lican, residing at Merthyr and the defendant, Mr. T. G. Phill- potts, solicitor. Plaintiff claimed L5 18s., for money had and received by the defendant for his use. This case was entered for the February court, and Mr. Phillpotts then stated his inten- tion of pleading his privilege as an attorney from being sued, ex- cept in the superior courts. A case of this description was then pending in the Court of Queen's Bench, and this case was adjourned to await the decision of Lord Denman. His lordship has since de- cided that attorneys can be sued in the county courts, and Mr. Phillpotts's case was heard this day. Plaintiff stated that he re- quested one of Mr. Phillpotts's clerks at Tredegar, to recover L-5 18s., due to him from John Walters, a person living in that neighbourhood; that John Walters had paid Mr. Phillpotts's clerks F,4 9s. 6d., as appeared from receipts which he had in pos- se sioa; that he called, innumerable (i mes at the defendants • .rices at Tredegar, Merthyr, and oher plac:s, and requested to have the amount paid in, or a statement how the accounts stood, but was never able to get either one or the other.—Mary Walters, the wife of John Walters, was then examined, and produced the receipts given by defendant's clerks, by which it appeared that she had paid X4 9s. 6d. She said that she was told by the clerk who received the last instalment, not to pay any more, or she would have paid all.—Defendant, among other things, pleaded a set off, amounting to t2 18s., for work and labour done to, and various attendances upon plaintiff, and called several of his clerks, who swore that a writ had been issued and served upon John Walters, and that the money paid by him into their hands was scarcely suf- ficient to pay the costs. Two of his clerks also swore that he had paid plaintiff 92 10s., and the defendant swore that he never re- ceived a farthing. Mary Walters also swore that she never heard anything of a writ being served upon her husband unil that mo- ment. Mr. F. James, who appeared for the plaintiff, observed, that without a doubt, the clerk who swore that plaintiff had Je- ceived E2 I Os. had perjured himself, as every one knew the plain- tiff was a credible witness. He also termed the conduct of the defendant himself scandalous in the extreme, which the latter in- dignantly denied. After some items were deducted from Mr Phillpotts's set off, his honour summed up and gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff for £ 1 18s. 9J., the balance due from E4 9s. 6d., after admitting a set off of £2 10s. 9d. POLICE, JULYt29.— Walter Jones was fined 2s. and costs, for assaulting Benjamin Humphreys. Paid. Mary Jenkins was fined I Os., and 10s. Gd. costs, for an assault on Jane Hopkin, and in default of payment she was committed for 14 days to Cardiff house of correction. Ann Evans, a single woman, was com- mitted for trial at the next quarter sessions, for stealing a leg of mutton from the eating-house of Mr. Peck. fVm. Emanuel WHS fined 5s., and 5%. 6d. costs, for assaulting John Griffiths" Paid. David Morgan was ordered to pay 20s., due to Michael Leary 22s. to Martin Mellion, for wages; and Thomas Lewis was ordered to pay 27s. 4d., wages, due to John Milliard.

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