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MERTHYR SCHOOL BOARD. The fortnightly msetiug of Merthyr School Board was held 011 Friday, Mr Davios, vice-chairman, pr8sidiugv The other members present were:—Ravs R. S. Williams, D. U. Edwards, James Williams, Messrs D. R. Lewis, R. Snape, V. A. Wills, and Joseph Owen.—The School Management Committee, in the course of their report, meutioued that letters had been received from the Llanwonno and Llantwit Fardre School Boards consenting to send repre- sentatives to the proposed conference relative to the establishment of a Joint Tcuants' School. Thursday, tbe Slh-December, at 10.30 o'clock, was the time suggested tor tbe conference, and the clerk was instructed to assertain if that time would be suitable to the representatives of the several school boards.—The chairman of the board (Alderman T. Williams), the vice- chairman (Mr Davies), and the chairman of I the School Management Committee (Mr D. R. Lewis) were uominated to represent this board at the conference, and the clerk was desired to prepare a paper for tho conference, briefly Bettiug forth the aims, mode of working, and the advantages of truant schools. —On tbe recommendation of Dr Dyke, the Auervao Infants' Sobool wa ordered to be c1oed for a fortnight, aud the Troedyrhiw schools to re- main closed for uuother week.—The application of Mr D. W. Thomas aud Mr J. H. Davies for permission to opeu a nigot school at the Abcl- morlais school was granted.—Upon the niotiou of the Rev D. C. E twilrds, seconded by the Rav R. S. Williams, the committee's report was adwptcJ. Dr Dyke, medical officer to the local board of health, wrote under date of the 21st iusfc. that I the epidemic of measles still continued at Troedy- rhiw. In the week ended that day 23 now cases had been announced. It would be imprudeut to re-open the schools. At Abervan, 27 new cases had occurred in the same period the epidemic would surely spread to the east side of the Valley. He recom- mended that tbe closure of the schools at Troedyrhiw and Abervan ba continued for another week. The Pentrebach schools had been closed by the managers ou account of the many cases of sickness from measles. The Abercanaid schools would need careful supervision. Upon the motion of the chairman, it was resolved that the Troedyrhiw schools be closed for another week. —————.

SALE OF PROPERTY AND STEAM- SHIP SHARES AT MERTHYR. Oa Thursday night, 'at the Castle Hotel, Merthyr, Mr Henry Lowi?, auctioneer, sold a number of lots of cottage property and steamship shares by order of the trustees of the will of the late Mr T. B. Meredith, Dudley, and formerly master of tbe Merthyr Workhouse. The attendance was very large, and the biddings were spirited. Mr S. Ward, Dudley, attended as the solicitor to the trustees. The following were the results The leasehold dwelling-house, No. 2, Railway-terrace, Piymoutb-road, Merthyr, in the occupation of Llewellyn Thomas, and producing a rent of £9 2s a year. Apportioned yearly ground rent, £1 0; 7d—Mr John Williams, £91. A similar lease- hold dwelli'iar-bouse, M(I. 13, Railway-terrace, uccupied by John George, and producing £9 2s a year. Apportioned grouud rcut., £ 1 0i 7d—Mr \V. Owens, :393. A similar leasehold dwelling- house, No. 19, Railway-terrace, occupied by James Massey, producing £9 2s a year. Appor- tioned giouud rent, £1 0.. 7d—Mr Barnanconi, £93. A similar leasehold uwelling-bouse, No. 4, Mardy-terrace, Piymoutb-road, Merthyr Tydfii, occupied by John Carr, and producing £9 2s a year. Apportioned yearly ground rent, £ 1 0s 7d —Mr Powell, saddler, £ 95. A similar leasehold dwelling-house, No. 5, Marov-terraco, occupied by Mr Williams, producing JS9 2iJ a year. Appor- tioned ground rent, J61 0; óJ-Mr Barnasconi, JE92. A similar leasehold dwelling-house, No. 21, Mardy-terrocc, occupied by Thomas Walters, producing £9 2; par anuum. Apportioned ground reut, JS1 Cs 6d — Mr Cohen, £92. The foregoing lots art?iiedd for a term of 99 ye Mrs, from 1st May, 1874. Two leasehold uweiling- houses, Nos. 28 and 29, Cilfachcyuon, Twyny- rodyn, Merthyr Tydvil, having front and back gardens thereto, and in the respective occupations of James Harris and Thomas Williams, at rentals producing £12 15 a year. Term, three lives, or 99 yeard from 1st 1849. Ground rent £1 9J lid. Mr J. Williams, £107 10s. Two leasehold dwwiiiug-houses, Nos. 36 aud 37, Cii- fachcynon, Twyuyrodyn, and garden, as occupied by Thomus Robins and Llewellyn Nicholas and two leasehold cottages, Nos. 1 and 2, Peuue!- stroet, at the rear, occupied by William Hughe,* and Hannah Edwards, rentals producing £18 10s 6J a year. Term, 99 yeam from lt May, 1849. Ground rent, £1 133 91.-—Mr Mervyu KIUay, £138. STEAMSHIP AND OTHER SHARKS. Two shares of £ 100 eacb, fuijy paid op, in '"The Annie Thomas" Steamship Company, Lim.—Mrs Evans, Bridge-street, £80 each. Two shares of £100 each,fully paid up, iu "The W. J. Rate!iffe Steamship Company, Limited—Cap;. Thompsou, Pontsaru, £200. Cne share of B240, fully paid up, in "The Merthyr" Steam-hip Company, Limited—Mr J. Robert Jones, Dow- lais, j6140. Two shares ot £100 each, fully paid up, 111 Kate Thomas" Steamship Comply, Limited—Mr J. Thomas, d678 each. Two shares of £100 eacb, fully paid up, iu The Wynnstay Steamship Company, Limited—Mr L. Jenkins, One share of paid up, in "the GIrdepee" Steamship Company, Limited— One share of £240, fully paid up, in The Aberdara Steam- ship Company. Limited—Mr D. Williams, Twyrnyrodiu, £137 1O. One share of £260 fully paid up,in Llongaeil" Steamship Com- I pany, Lim.—Mr D. E, Davies, solicitor, Cardiff. 10. Fifty shares, upon which j31 each has been paid, in the Oddfellows' Hail Company, Dowlais»Limited—MrD. Jones, Dowlais, 9s persb. At the close of the sale Mr Radclitfe, Cardiff, manager of several of the ships, shares in which bad been sold at good prices, addressed a few words to tbe company, in which he assured them that their confidence would prove to have been deserved. His firm had endeavoured to do their best, and he thought they bad done as well at least as any other firm. They were looking forward to paying very good dividends for several years Ito come. Mr Simons also thanked the company for their attendance.

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SWANSEA SKETCHING CIJUR AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION. The Swansea Sketching Club occupies a. uuiqua position. It consists solely of working members and at its annual exhibition only the pictures painted m the current year can be exhibited while such artists as have no work to send for hanging executed within that period forfeit membership of the club. That in the district of Swansea can from year to year be found mora thau twenty ladies and gentlemen who comply with so severe a rula snys much for the artistic taste of the inhabitants, while the fucb that these between them can send for exhibition nearly 200 pictures, the great majority of which may fairiy be regarded as works of art, bears testimony to both the industry and ability of the members. The annual exhibition will bo opened to the general public to-day. The lectnre-hall of the Royal Institution is again the scone, and a very pretty scene it presents, too, with its walls crowded with charming works of art of every description. Here are pourtrayed landscapes, seascapes, botanical paintings, find architectural drawings of the most varied character. Scarcely a scene of beauty or of interest in the surroundings of Swansea. and of Gower is missing, while the beauties of North Devon and of North Wales are by no means ignored. The exhibition is at once an illustration of the charms of the neighbourhood and the skill of its inhabitants. This is only the fourth exhibition, and while the first was declared by judges a most pleasing and satisfactory one, there has year by year been evident a marked im- provement in the work of the members till at last the present one is pronounced far and away the best of the lot, and worthy of any community, however populous it may be. No one could have visited these exhibitions year by year without observing the great effect the ciuu has had on its members. The friendly rivai.ry which has been called into play has stimulated the members- nearly all of whom are amateurs—to do their very best, and so some who were four years ngo the veriest amateurs have developed into skilful artists. A fea-tare of the exhibition is that there is 110 charge for admission, and yet there has been a balancei in the bank from the first, and it has increase'! year by year. The expenses are met—and more than met-by the commission received on pictures sold. Is is difficult to criticise the pictures, and it is not our purpose to attempt the task; but rather to give a general, if vague, idea of what is to be feuIldround the walls. F'ir.st and foremost stands, of course, Mr John Squire, who in painting, as well as in a sister art, talces the lead iu Swansea. His pictures, which are better known in Londou than in Wales, need no to commend them to the notice of judgrjs of artistic merit. He sands again tbe best picture of the show—a most powerful depiction of the scene nar Capet Curie, looking towards Smwdou. But this is only one of many by the same artist, a par- ticularly noticeable one being entitled Nortu Coast of Cornwall after a Gale," while the effxtn of sunlight at the close of day are charmingly pourtrayed in his picture, "A Peep into the Ogwen Valley." A real gem is a pretty little picture of Bracelet Bay and the Mumbles Lighthouse sent by MrRosario Aspa. A feature of last year's exhibition was the beautiful seascapes ot Mr C. E. Schenk. This artist ua" 18 pictures this year, and it is not too much to say that however good his exhibits were last year, those now in the institution are better. And there is a greater variety both in the nature of the scenes and the treatment thereof. Take, tor instance, his Summer's Manning at Pwll DJIl," his Skiffs Outvrard Bound" The Close of Day (a charming pastoral seen?), Trawling by Moonlight," and "Waiting for Homeward Bimntl" (a steam tug under the Worm's Head ready to tow into port the returning vessel). Equal with Mr Schenk comes Mr Percy Heard, and what has been said of the former might well be repeated of the latter. Mr Heard is best known locally as a skillul painter ot flowersf and especially of roses; he has two fine samples in this year's exhibition, but he has also some of land and marine scenes which show that his reputation does not depend on flower-painting alona. His depic- tion of a wreck, entitled Towards tba Close of Day," is very irood, while "Fir Trees, High and Dark fitly describes a very striking picture. Others by this artist specially worthy ot notice are Twiiight over the and "Summer Sky and Summer Sea." MrF. J, Kerr has some oil paintings which will well repay inspection, and, doubtless, find ready purchasers. That entitled '"Man Gnoth Forth to his Work and his Libour until tbe Eveo.ing is particularly pleasing and skilful, :4S. in fact, are aU his pic- tures. Mr Prothero s \/hon the Day's Work is an old man sitting; meditating over a pipe, well sustains the reputation of a capable artist. Perhaps the two gaut'.erpen whose work Rhewt. tiio greatest improvement are Messrs W. Terril and T. Burchill. Both have beautiful pictures of charming scenes, which will immediately demand attention from any visitor. Mr W. Madge's pictures are the best he has yut exhibited. That of Pwll Ddu is particularly striking, while bis Pennard Castle is very clever. Mr Sidney Newcombe has a series of very good interiors and exteriors, and Miss Madge is represented by some really able work. Miss Henninsc's work shows much promise, and those of Mr Barree aud Miss Ethel Madge are very promising. The other artists represented, all of whom show promise, though the works of some are of course better tllp-u other;, are Messrs A. J. Mr-Inerny, A. \V. Goldie, F. Margrave, F. Dlxm, S. H. Cawkor, S. R. Gold, H. R. Jones, K Forester, H. Fitt, and Miss W. Roberts. We advIse no one to miss the opportunity offered of seeing this interesting exhibition.

A RHONDDA PUBLICAN AND HIS CREDITORS. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT PRE- FERENCE. On Friday, Mr Benson, barrister (instructed by Mr W. R. Davies, solicitor, Pontypridd), peared before his Houour Judge GwJJym Wil- liams, at tbe Pontypridd county court, and applied,on behalf of the Official Receiver (Mr W. L. Daniel), acting as trustee in the estate of David Williams, a bankrupt, formerly of the Greenfield IDD, Ystrad, for an order to set aside as fraudulent preference the payment of tbe sum of £10, made by the bankrupt to Mr John, of the Pentre, brewer, shortly before his bankruptcy. Mr Jackson (instructed by Mr Thomas John) opposed the application on behaif of the creditar, but his Honour,-after hearing evidence, gave judgment for the trustee, and ordered the costs LO be paid out of the estate.

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COLLIERY WARNING. I The attention of miners is directed to the change., of atmospheric pressure which appear to be setting in ever the whole country. The exten- sive area of high readings which has so steadily influenced the weather tor more than a fortnight is now moving slowly to the eastward. Tbti baro: meter is consequently falling generally, and it is probable that before many days the conditions may become very unsettled, with frequeut and rapid fluctuations of the mercury. It is to be hoped all necessary precautions &%gainat gas have been attended to.

^N^RIST'LECT URES IN SOUTH WALES, Science lectures for the people, under the auspices of the Gilchrist Educational Trust, are to be given in the early part of the new year at Loughborough, Dudley, Dowlais, Abordare, and Chipping Norton, At each town Sir Robert Ball will begin the series with a lecture on "An Evening with the Telescope," and will be fol- lowed by Professor H. G. Seeley, Dr Dallinger, Dr R. V, Roberts, Mr William Lant Carpenter, and Dr Andrew Wilson upon topics of general interest in thel respectl ve subjects.

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THE VATICAN. LETTERS FROM ROME. lit THE POPE AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS. BY MR W. T. STEAD, EDITOR OF THE PALL MALL GAZETTE. ROME, Nov., 1889. If the Vatican is once more to lead the moueni world it will have to come into touch with tt. It will have to know its facts, to be familiar with its problems, to master Its difficulties, and to enter with discernment and sympathy into all the phenomena of life. In other words, the Oburcb will have to do in Christendom what it does out- side Christendom. If it is to regain its old' position it must do it by the old way. He who would be chief mnst be servant of all. If it would win back the mind of the age to a realizing faith in the love of God, it must convince the un- believer of the reality of its love for man. No Church which, in Longfellow's fine phrase, is not as lofty as the love of God and wide as are the wants of man can ever hope to be universal. Any real need of humanity neglected by the Church creates a schism for which the Church is mainly responsible. That Church will most spoeaiiy gather the human race withirfits borders which is most helpful to the human race. The growth of religions is but one continuous application of the great doctrine Do ut des. Give, and it shall be given untoyou, istbe divme law from which not even the successor of St. Peter can be exempt. How came Christianity to transform the world ? Because Christians found in their faith a spring of energy sufficient to induca them to die gladly in order that they might help and save the maanest and worst of their enemies. They brought brotherhood to the slavo, help to the sick, food to the starving, and the infinite radiance of an eternal hope into the lives of men. If the Church can do the same to-day in similar measure, its triumph is assured. But is it possible ? I do not see any impossibility. The two great factors remain the same. Humanity is still sick at heart and sore of limb. The boundiess aspirations of the human heart are no more satisfied by the negations of modern materialism than they were when the followers of the Nazarene were burnt as torches to illumine the gardens in which St. Peter's now stands. And if there be not that love of God which Isd the early Christians to lay down their lives for the brethren, that assuredly is not because mankind cannot appreciate such testimony, but because love has grown cold in the heart of the Church. Of churches as of indi- viduals it may be said that they enter into the Kingdom prepared from the foundations of the world, or are cast into outer darkness, exactly as to the least uf these My brethren they fulfil or neglect the simple duties of brotherly love. I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: 1 was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me. I was in prison, and ye came unto me." It is the supreme test alike of th? Supreme Judge at the last assize and of the vulgar, selfish creatures who make up the mass of mankind. Whatever may be said as to the root of the tree which bears such useful fruit, it is the fruit which convinces the outsider, who is quite as unceremonious with churches which nothing but the leaves of the ceremonial and rites as waa Jesus of Nuzareth wit.h the barren fig tree. While the ultimate aim of the Church must ever be to teach men to lead the Divine life, it is one of the most promising signs of the times that the Holy See is beginning to use the organization at its disposal to help men to secure the conditions of a human existence. Nothing can bo more certain than that the Holy Father is a Socialist at heart-a sanctified Socialist, no doubt, but ono who ia bent upon realising as much Socialism as can be obtained within the limits of the Ten Commandments. His zeal, it may be, is not according to knowledge. Ho is surrounded by congregations or managing com- mittees, who are corapeteut to advise him upon alll mauner of things ecclesiastical and theological. But he has no consulters worth speaking of who can give him help or guidauce in doaliag with the complicated phenomena tlf social and industrial life. He is a theorist, a philosopher, rather than a practical man, and, like all idealists, is apt to imagine that be can rush in where men of experi- ence wculd fear to tread. But when he comes to deal with the social question seriously he will find that it is not a matter to be disposed of in the platitudes of an encyclical, or by the pious aspira- tions of a devout soul. lie has first to i-ecognise his limitations, which after all are the condi- tions of his strength, and then to discover the direction in which be can most effectively utiliza the uuique advantages of his position. The besetting temptation of tho Holy S!3Ð is to imagine that it has a peculiar dispensa- tion which exempts it from the necessity of taking the same paius to avoid blunders which are obvious to all who do not dwell in the atmosphere of infallibility. As a. result, the Pop", with the best intentions in the world, makes blunders which react disastrously upon his prestigs. There is something almost pathetic in the fatuity of his action in relation to the Hucial question in Ireland. There, if anywhere, it might have been expected that he would have avoided the mistakes into which be actually fell. His condemnation of the subscription to Mr Parnell, and his famous Rescript condemning boycotting and the Plau of Campaigu, may have been intrinsically right or intrinsically wrong. Of that I say nothing. What is cer- tain is that in both cases his Holiness neglected to take the most ordinary precautions needful to ascertain the facts of the case upon which he was pronouncing, and as a result he excited in the most devoted Catholics in Christendom an angry suspicion that the Holy See had been tampered with. The more I dive into the secret history of the Persico Rescript, the more utterly incompre. hensible does it appear. To launch a bolt from the blue in that fashion, contrary to the urgent counsel of the trusted envoy whom you had deputed to examine into the subject on the spot, aud without even waiting to bear a single word of explanation from your own Irish Archbishop, who was actually in attendance in the Papal antechamber in order to explain tbo action which you are about to condemn, is conduct that justifies a considerable misgiving as to whether tue Holy See is likely to be more of a blessing than a. nuisance in the field of social reform. The Pope, however, has had a lesson, tee also has learned something of the ueod for Home Rule. lu future he will do nothing of that sort without at least hearing the views of the Irish and American bishops. That prudent" resolve, if resolutely adhered to and logically carried out in other directions, will enable him to avoid pitfalls into which he would otherwise have plunged headlong. After all it does not require a divine revelation to recognise that a competent and con- scientious bishop on tbe spot, familiar with all the local circumstances, and face to face with all the practical difficulties, is more likely to see where the line of wisdom aud justice lies than the greatest Pope who ever sat in the chair of St. Peter—a very high seat, no doubt, but one which does not give its occupants eyes that see unto tba ends of the earth. If the Pope abandoned the attempt to steer the ship from the shore—the common delusion of mortals who have never been to sea— he would be able to devote bis attention more profitably, to drawing up sailing directions and impartiug to his representatives all over the world the impetus of bis social and humanitarian enthusiasm. There is still plenty of room in the campaigu against the ills of the world for an in- ternational Director-general of the Humanitarian forces of the world. As the world shrinks, be- coming every day, under the plastic influences of steam and electricity, more and more one vast parish of cosmopolitan humanity, the need for au international centre tor common action towards -common ends becomes more and more apparent Tbe Pope may be iu many respects unfitted to occupy that central post, but he has at least the aspiration to ocoupy it, and no mortal starts with greater advantages. If he can but inspire mankind with a sense of his absolute impartiality and his unswerving justice, not all the top hamper of his eqcIesiastioHl paraphernalia and theological mysteries will prevent his arrival. This may seem a vain dream to many who profess to believe much more in tbe Holy See than is possible to a Protestant, to whom the dogma of Infallibility and the spiritual pretensions of the Pope are are siknply incredible. But the fact is there. Mankind hungers and craves for guidance; we auk only to be led instead of being driven. Au- thority of the Old Order, established by miracle and enforced by the rack and the stake, has vanished from the world. But authority ia the New Era, which speaks with the voice of reason, which is established on an incontrovertible basis of established facts, and is supported by the tangible evidence of great secular services rendered by its meaus, will find mankind only too willing to obey. Human progress has shivered the old sceptre in the hands of tbe Pope, but it has left him free to graap the new sceptre which is visibly within bis reach. Will he grasp it! That is tbe Question which I have been discussing all day and every day ever since I came to Rome. He would like to, and yet he is afraid. Not without cause. Who can say what might follow if so much exceedingly new wine wire poured into the old bottles ? And yet that fear is but a phase of unbelief. Humanity wandering forloru in tbe wilderness of Sin cries aloud for a new Moses to lead it across the desert to the Promised Land of the new social order. It is not for the Vicar of Christ to shrink back dis- mayed from the responsibility of answering to that call. Leo XIII. is not indisposed to attempt the great duty. He sees that it is in contributing to the solution of the social question lies tbe supreme chance for the Church. Buthere, rAgain, comes upon him the second phase of the temptation in the wilderness. He is disposed to trust in bis infalli- bility to guide him aright, and to rely upon the divine inspiration to prevent; bis falling into disastrous mistakes, instead of; carefully availing himself of all the simple and commonplace pre- cautions which ordinary mortals know must be taken if they are to judge justly, act wisely, and erive helpful counsel. Like his Master, the Popo has been takeu up into the holy city and set on a pinnacle of the temple while the Tempter whis- pers in bis ear that he should'cast himself down, for it is written, "He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in tbeir hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any timn thou shalt dash thy foot against a stone." It is the old story of the Temptation of Presumption. We shall see before long if the Pope can thrust it by.

NOVEL ACTION AT NEATH. REMOVING AN ENGINE BY FORCE. At the county petty-sessions, held on Friday— beforo Mr S. H. Rowland (chairman), and Messrs W. liuntec and J. B. Paudon—Thomas Leysonf timber merchant, Neath, and six of his workmec were charged with wilfuliy doing damage and injury to a building known as St. Cuurch, Melincrythan, now in course of erection, by breaking into aud^destroying a shed, for whicis 40s damage was claimed. Mr W. H. Davii appeared for the building committee, an i Mr Piews represented the defendants.—Rev Henry Williams, curate, said that the defendant, Mc Leyson, claimed an eugine as his property. He removed the same hy force, and in taking the engine away broke the shed and tho board- ing, which need not have been done if proper and reasonable care had been taken. — During the hearing Mr Hunter called Mr PJews' attention to one of the clauses in the contract, whereupon Mr David indignantly ex- claimed that it was a most unusual thing for a magistrate to assist an advocate in that way.— Mr Hunter retorted they were there to hear the whole truth.—Mr Plews contended that the defendants only used such force as was necessary aud reasonable to take away Mr Leyson's pro- perty.—After a protracted hearing the bench awarded the complainants 40; damages, the coats aud advocate's feo.

SWANSEA lULLS IN PARLIA- MENT, Only two bills are to be promoted in Parlia- ment during the coming session which affect Swansea. That of the Swansea Bay Railway Company only aims at the acquisition of enlarged powers for providing auxiilianes to the line which will soon be completed; the confirmation ol certain agreements already entered into, Ac.; and tbe granting of compulsory facilities and running powers over tho Taff Vale Railway, which the Rhondda line tops ac the extreme end of the valley. A bill which will require close watching by the local public bodies is tllat promoted by the Tram- ways Company, which seems to aim at obtaining the powers possessed by a railway company on at Jeast that part of the system known as the Oy3termouth Railway. This-is the result of the pttwers cooferrfld on tbe owners of the line under the Mumbles Railway and Piers Act obtained lasf year.

THE HEREFORD MUNICIPAL PETITION. In the Queen's Bsnch Division yesterday-* before the Chilolf Justice and Mr Justice Mathew—Mr R. Wright appeared in the case of Preeca and Hardiug to sbow caUII8 against a rule calling upon Mr M. Jones, election)commissioner for the trial of the municipal election tor Here- ford, to show cause why he should not strike ont the list of the voters scheduled iu his report for bribery. The court held that they had no juris- diction over the deoision at an election com- missioner.

HER LIFE WAS A LIE. At Worcester Assizes yesterday, John Outh. bert, surgeon at Seiby Oak Workhouse, was cliarged with committing an unlawful operation on a nurse in that institution, who in cross- examination discredited her previous evidence, and said her Hfe for five years had 038n Ii living lie. The prosecuting counsel withdrew from the case, and by the Judge's direction the jury acquitted the accused.

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