The Aberystwyth Times Cardiganshire Chronicle and Merionethshire News

List week a county meeting was beld at Cambridge, under the presidency of the Earl of Hardwicke, the lord-lieutenant, to protest against the disestablish- ment of the Irish Church. The Duke of Rutland, the Conservative members for both county andborough, Professor Selwyn, Mr Forsyth, Q.C., and others, were present. Resolutions were passed declaring the Act of Uuion between Great Britain and Ireland to be in- violate that the union of Church and State, as a part of the common law of England, could not be severed without setting at variance the whole spirit of the constitution that the confiscation of any por- tion of church property would be an act of sacrilege and that, so far from the Irish Church haviDg failed in her mission, she was entitled to the cordial sympathy and support of all Christian people in the kingdom. The meeting appears to have been far from unanimous indeed, it is described as one of the most disorderly gatherings ever held in Cambridge. The case Ellis v. Williams was heard at the Court of Common Pleas on the 12th, before Lord Chief Just ed Bovill and Justices Byles, Keating, and Brett. Mr Turner applied in this and five other appeals from decisions of the revising barrister for Merioneth- shire, that the cases might be entered, although the notice required by the 6th Victoiia, cap. 18, had not been given. The 62nd sec. of the statute said that the appellant should, within the first four days of the term, transmit to the Master the case in writing, and also a notice stating bis iutention to prosecute such appeals. A similar netice was to be sent to the re- spondent. The 64th section said that No appeal shall be entertained or heard, unless such notice shall have been given." The learned counsel admitted that it had been held that the enactment as to the notice was imperative upon the couit, but he added that the respondents, for whose protection the notice was rt quired, were content to forego it. The court held that they bad no power to hear an appeal unless the notice had been given, and they, therefore, re- fused the application.

The "Countess of Derwvntwater" has been finecl 10s., and costs, for obstructing the highway with her habitation, but there is likely to be an appeal. The (English cricketers who wtnt out to America a few months ago for a cricket campaign, returned the other day by the City of Baltimore. At the desire of the Paisley Free Church.Presbytery, the 'bus prnp> v-tors of that town have agreed not to run their vehides on Sundays. A Chicago speculator offered Mr Pnnshon 50,000 dollars tor this winter's lectures. Mr Funshon decii- ned the offer. The Mornivg Avvertiser has announced the secession of the Rev. J. M. Bellew and his wife to the Church of Rome, and there is every reason to believe the statement is true. It is said there is a ready sale for "life pressrvcrs" at Blackburn, where one man sells from four to five dozen a week. They are intended for political arguments." A fire broke out on Thursday week on the pvmises of the Religious Tract Society in Paternoster-row. It was conlinedto the "round floor, but was not subdued for more than an hour. The Rev. Dr. Drew has addressed a Ion; letter to Mr William Bolster, president of the Limerick Farmers' Club, denouncing the land. laws, complaining of the selfishness and prejudices of the landlords, and advocating the giving of leases. On the 13th, at Wolverhampton, a eounty'policeinan named Nadin was committed for trial on various cbar- ges of robbery, the prosecutor being Major T'horney- crofc. Thomas Brown Hodgkinson, the defaulting clerk of the S'lutbport Improvement Commissioners, has been committed for eighteen mouths, with hard labour. It i, said he appeared quite overcome when the sei tence was pronounced. The Marseilles women seem to have a mania for poisoning. One woman, after making numerous at- tempts, succeeded in poisoning her husband. Some six women of Marseilles have been arrested lately for the same crime, brought about by the same cause— profligacy. The Pall Mall charges Gladstone with stumping" in Lancashire. Our amiable contemporary is slightly wrong in his cricket. William's game is not stumping but bowling out; and in spite of Ben's artfulness in defence, he feels already that his innings are as good as over.—Punch. Last Wednesday week the Rev. Brewin Grant delivered a lecture at the Town Hall, St. Helens, on Mr Gladstone's Irish Church policy. There was a large attendance, and the proceedings were not allowed to pass off without a disturbance. The other day, at the parish church of Hartley, a baby was christened by the Rev. W. W. Allen, one of the godfathers being the child's great grandfather, who is eighty-six years of age, and has living at the present time 6 children, 42 grandchildren, and 34 great-grandchildren, making a total of 82. At Webes-sous-Thuin, in Belginm, two triple births have just taken place. Madame Best Genie was a few days ago delivered of three boys, all in vigorous health a short time previously a farmer's wifoln the neighbourhood, Madame Lie via, gave birth to three girls. An Edinburgh journal reports the death of Mr J. B. Manson, for many years connected with the local press, who was found dead in his study. He had been engaged in literary work, for his pen had dropped out of his hand and a portion of fresh manuscript was before him. It is not known what was the exact cause of his death. The following appears as an advertisement in the Standard :—"Do not vote for Dr Sandwith unless you wish to lose your Sunday rest. Dr Sandwith is in favour of depriving the attendants at places of amuse- ment of their Sunday rest. He is anxious to see museums and similar places of amusement opened on Sundays; consequently, he is not the true friend of the working classes." A recent letter from Rome says:—" On Sunday Mr Odo and Lady Emily Russell had the honour of a private audience at the Vatican, where they were received in the most affable way by the Pontiff, who made very courteous inquiries respecting the health of those members of her ladyship's family who have had the honour of being presented to his Holiness." In Chicago two weekly papers have recently been established, conducted entirely by ladies. One of them, curiously enough, is called the Legal News, and is wholly devoted to legal intelligence from the courts of the North-Western states. Its editor is Mrs Myra Brad well, the wife of an attorney of the Chicago bar. The other journal is called the Sorosie (which is likewise the somewhat mystical name of a ladies' club in New York), and is devoted to "women generally." A singular variation of the Enoch Arden" romance is narrated as an incident occurring in a country town of Cork. The heroine of the adventure, married ten years ago, was shortly afterwards torsaken by her husband, who emigrated to America. At the end of nine years she married again—the second husband, like the first, belonging to the labouring class. Soon after this the return of the first husband was reported, whereupon the woman, who had kept the fact of her first marriage a profound secret, immediately disap- peared, and the most diligent search by both husbands has failed to discover her retreat. From the Edinburgh Daily Review we gather the following particulars of a horrible discovery made the other day at Puggiston, near Montrose. It appears that a quantity of street manure in waggons from Glasgow, consigned to Mr Kennedy Erskitae, of Dun, had been put in the siding at the tile-work. One of the men happened to be near the waggon, and seeing something protruding from the heap gave it a turn over, when a terrible sight presented itself. It was seen to be a portion of some human body; and on a closer inspection it was found to be the half of a woman's head. The head was very cleanly divided down the centre, leaving a hollow where the brains had been and the tongue was left entire. A portion of the shoulder had also been left. The flesh appeared to be newly cut, the blood being still fresh upon it; and presented the appearance of having been in the hands of some one skilled in the use of the dissecting knife. A carious incident occurred at the Thames Police- court on the 13th. Two youths having been remanded by Mr Paget on a charge of assault, the magistrate declared he would let them go home again if any person would be responsible for their appearance, Their employer, "an exporter of horse flesh from France and Germany," stepped into the witness box and gave the pledge required. Mr Paget entered into conversation with him, asking him the effect on his business returns of Sir R. Mayne's late edict; and, having learned that the exporter had lost more than JE20 per week by it, and that some of the itinerant dog's- meat men had laid up their barrows and would have to go to the workhouse during the winter, he suffered the business to proceed. On Wednesday, the 11th, a man named Patrick Gallagher, aged about thirty, died at his house, Maudsley-street, Blackburn, from injuries received on Monday afternoon during the riots. It seemed he was in the crowd at St. Mary's ward, and it is alleged was seen to throw a stone at Police-constable Critchley, which felled him to the ground. Another police man named Ramsbottom jumped over the barriers and struck Gallagher with his staff, but it is not yet known whether or not death was caused by this blow. Police- constable Ramsbottom was knocked down immediately afterwards, and cannot tell what was the apparent effect of the blow which he struck at the dead man. Gallagher was a bricklayer's labourer, and he leaves a wife and two children. It seems that the criminal lunatic, George Turner, who recently made his escape from the Broadmoor Asylum, near Wokingham, while roaming at large, made an outrageous attack upon a young woman named Emily Betson (servant to Mr Thomas, clerk of the works now in course of progress at the Prince Consort's mausoleum at Frogmore), whose death has just taken place. While the young woman was walk- ing on the King's-road, Windsor, Turner suddenly jumped from a cart, attacked her, and nearly tore the clothes off her back. Betson, who was greatly alarm- ed, defended herself as well as she could, and severely scratched the lunatic, who made off. The Hon. Reverdy Johnson was present at the Sheriff's banquet in London, and spoke in the usual strain of kindly feeling towards England. Alluding to the difficulties existing between his own country and Great Britain, he said they were about to be successfully removed, and added-" In part that has been already accomplished, and by the kindness, patriotism, and love which Lord Stanley bears to his Queen and his Government, and by the same feeling which I hope influences me towards my Government, the rest of the dispute will, before the lapse of the present year, be successfully adjusted." Adverting to the presidential elections and the financial obligations of the United States, he said-" I tell you with all the sincerity in which a man can speak, that every dollar of that debt will be paid ia what the world recognizes as money."

LIVERPOOL CORN.—TUESDAY. Good attendance. LIVERPOOL CORN.—TUESDAY. Good attendance. Business limited in Wheat and Flour at about LAST FRIDAY'S PRICES. Indian Corn in good arstuest, at Is. advance; Mixed, SDs. 3d. Other articles firm in value. PRICES (Tueschiv weekl. English Flour 33s. Od. to 40s. Od. 1* 2801b Barley (malting) -15s. to 40s. t qr English Oata 4s. 2d. to 4a. 6d. ^!> 4511) Egyptian Beans 40s. Gd. to 41s. OJ. P 4801b LONDON, :\IoDA Y.-Last 'H-,ck's supplies of foreign Wheat and Flour were fair,but short in Oats, Beans, all I Peas. Exports 9 qrs. Beans, 7 qr", Pea-, HJ6 cwt. Flour. English Wheat G,301 qrs., foreign 21,3t>S qrs. Though the show of samples this morning from -Kent and Essex was only mode- rate, millers would not purchase freely without some con- cessions, which factors were indisposed to make; so little business was-done. The demand for low Russian qualities still continued, and prices were therefore fuily maintained; but the finer descriptions "nre neglected. Country Flour 21,183 sacks, foreign 4,763 sacks 3,223 barrels. These good supplies added to the previous dulness of the market, and country sorts were certainly cheaper to sell, as were all descriptions of foreign, both in sacks and barrels. Town prices were unaltered. Maize 21,087 qrs. Notwithstanding this large supply, priceswere fully supported. British Barley 3,522 qrs., fo: eign 13,721 qrs., and 120 qrs. Irish. English and Scotch malting sorls were fully as dear. Foreign of all des- criptions also maintained former values, but there was less freedom in sales. In Malt the business done was at fully the previous rates. English Oats 069 qrs., Scotch 513 qrs., Irish 3,841 qrs., foreign 9,404 qrs. The very limited supply, though it gave more firmness to prices, did not produce any advance. Native Beans n!3 qrs., fureign 2, IFS. All sorts, except Egyptian, were fuily as dear. English Per., 49S qrs., foreign none. This pulse maintained its value. Linseed 12,679 qrs. Exports 70 qrs. Seed vas firm, andcakes us. per ton dearer. CUKKENT PlaCES OF KP.ITISII GIUI AND FLOUR IN 1IAHK LANIL. Shillings ? v qr Whed, Essex and Kent (white), new 53 to 39 Wheat, Kssnx and Kent (red) new 52 54 Wheat, N ûrfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire <red) 53 54 Barley 57 39 Beans 45 47 Oats, Encrlish feed 23 35 Flour, household?.42s. to -170. V sack of 280tb. WORCESTER, SATURDAY.—At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheaf, on which no reduction was saL- mitted to. Barley 6d. to Is. per qr. dearer. Oats held for more money. Beans Is. and peas Gd. per qr. dearer. G LOU CE STEll, SATURDAY.—Fair supply of English wheat for which farmers accepted, with reluctance, a decline of Is. per qr. The demand for foreign was of small extent, at about previous prices. Grinding barley and oats firm. LEICESTER, SATURDAV.—The show of wheat was toler- able, and the attendance of buyers and sellers moderate. The demand proved healthy, and prices were the turn in favour of the purchaser. Dull trade for barley, at receding rates. In oats and beans there was very little doing. PETERBOROUGH, SATURDAY.—Fair attendance of buyers and sellers, and a tolerable supply of wheat. Business ruled actively, and last week's rates were, for the most part, fully realised. Barley and oats in short supply, and former rates were cstabii-hed. Beans were a meagre supply, and a little dearer. NOTTINGHAM, SATUP.DA Y,-The attendance of farmers and factors was fair, and the show of wheat moderate. Choice qualities were in request, and fully as dear, while in- ferior ditto were rather cheaper. Barley moved otf at re- ceding terms, and oats quite as dear. CAMBRIDGE, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of wheat from the growers at our market, but business ruled somewhat dull, and last week's currencies were established. Barley, of which the show was small, changed hand., at hard- ly late rates. Oats and beans firm, and about the same in value. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY.—There was a fair supply of wheat in our market to-day, but the sales reported are not many, the excitement of the coming elections interfering with business. What sales of wheat are reported stand at from 8s. 6d. to 8s. 8d. per 751b for new and at from 7s. 6d. to 8s. per same weight of red. Barley was in shorter supply, and, with a good enquiry, sales were readily effected at f om 6s. 8d. to 7s. 3d. per 38 quarts of malting; grinding qualities were slow in demand, and realised from 23s. to 24s. per sack of 13se. 101b. Malt fetched from Ds. to Ds. (jd. per imp. bushel. Oats sold pretty freely, at from 22s. Gd. to :¿38. 6d. per sack of 12sc. 101b. Peas brought from 20s. Gel. to 21s. 6d. per sack of 12sc. 101b and beans from 22s. 6d. to 23s. per sack of 12sc. WELSHPOOL, MONDAY.— Wheat (per 80lbs.), 8s. 6d. to 8s. 8d.: Barley (per 40 qts.), Gs. 6d. to 6s. 9d.; Oats, (per bag), 20s. to 24s. Od. Eggs, 1G for is. Butter, Is. 5d. to Is. 6d. per lb. Fowls, 2->. Gd. to 3s. Od. per couple Ducks, 4s. Od. to 4s. 6J. Potatoes, 5s. Od. per bushel.

METROPOLITAN, MONDAY.—The total imports of foreiun stock into London last week amounted to 7,899 head. In the corresponding week in 1867 we received 16,685; in 1866, 15,822; in 18!55, 18,365; and in 1864, 16,713 head. Owing to the non-arrival of some of the boats, the number of foreign stock on show here. to-day, was very small, and in but mid- dling condition. The trade was, therefore, of a nominal character, and without quotalde alteration as to prices. From our own grazing ditrids we received fair average supplies, and the general quality of the animals was improv- ed. There was an improved feeling in the trade, and really choice Scots and crosses realised a s.iglit advance, the top price being 5s. 6d. per 81b. From Lincolnshire, Leicester- shire, and Northamptonshire we received about 2,100 short- horns; from other parts of England, 40) various breeds; from Scotland, 98 Scois and crosses; and from Ireland, 150 oxen, &c. The supply of Sheep on sale was somewhat smaller than on Monday last; and, the demand being rather more active, the quotations had an upward tendency. The extreme price for best Downs and halt'-breds, however, did not exceed 5s. 2d. per 81b. There was a steady inquiry for prime small Calves, which commanded late rates; but in- ferior animals were neglected. The Pig trade was quiet, and prices generally remained unaltered. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The supply of cattle and sheep at market to-day was less than on Monday last. The demand for both was good at higher prices. Beef, 4Jd. to 7!d., and mutton, 5d. to 7Jd. per lb. There were at market 3,162 cattle and 9,199 sheep. The great Christmas market will. be held at Stanley on Monday, December 14th.

LONDON HOP, MONDAY.—Trade during the past week has shown no improvement, buyers only operating for imme- diate wants. The continental markets are much depressed, owing to the quantity of hops offered, and low prices are submitted to, without improving the demand. Recent ad- vices from New York report no change in the market, fine samnles being still firmly held for better values. Mid and East Kent. £ 2 10 5 0. 8 8 Weald ofKents. 2 0. 3 5 4 15 Sussex 2 0 3 0 4 4 Farnhain 4 0 5 0. 6 0 Country 4 0 4 10 5 5 Bavarians 2 1G 3 10 4 10 Belgians 2 2. 2 10 3 0 Yearlings 3 0. 3 10 4 4 LONDON WOOL, MO';DAY.-The demand for English Wool has ruled very inactive, and in some instances lower prices have been accepted to effect sales. The stocks of Colonial produce in London are understood to be heavy; and the probable quantity to be offered at the next series of public sales will be about 120,000 bales. In the face of such heavy imports, a further fall in prices must not be unlooked for. FUIHBKNT PRICES OF ENGLISH WOOL. s. d. to s. d. FLEEcEs-Southdown hoggets per lb. 1 2J 13 Half-bred ditto 14 15 Kent fleeces 1 3 1 3t Southd'n ewes and wethers 1 2i 1 St Leicester ditU „ 13 1 gi SORTs-Combing „ 1 0 1 6 Clothing. 1 2 1 7 LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—The supplies of Potatoes on sale at these markets are still large. Prime qualities have met a fair sale, but inferior produce has been neglected. The import into London last week consisted el 516 sacks 187 bags from Boulogne, 2 casks 30 bag Hamburg, 166 baskets 7 barrels Rotterdam, 850 bags Harlingen. 13 bags Amsterdam, 339 bags Antwerp, 20 bags Belbao, 105 sacks Bremen, 542 sacks Dunkirk, 157 tons Trondille, and 273 bags Ostend. English Regents 70s. to 150s. per ton. Scotch Regents 70s. to 140s. „ French. 40s. to 858. LONDON PROVISION, MONDAY.-The arrivals last week from Ireland were 1,413 firkins Butter and 3,587 bales Bacon, and from foreign ports 24,337 casks, &c., Butter, and 491 bales Bacon. The sale for Irish Butter was slow during the past week; holders are very firm, influenced by the high prices paying in Ireland. Foreign met a good sale; best Dutch advanced to 134s. to 136s. The Bacon market ruled quiet early in the week, and sales of best Waterford made at 66s. on board; but at the close of the week there was more inquiry, and an advance of 2s. required. BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND SKIN MARKET SATURDAY.— Hides: 951b. and upwards, 4|1. to Od per lb; 851b. to 941b., 4Jd. to Od. per lb.; 751b. to 841b., 4^1. to 4.\d. per lb.; 651b. to 7-11b., 34 1. to 4d. per lb.; 561b. to 64lbs. 3ù. to 4d. per lb.; 551bs. and under 8Jd. to Od. per lb.; cows. 0.1. to Std. per lb.; bulis, ,s v 3gd. per lb.; flawed and irregular, 3Ad. to 3t5d. per lb.; horse, 5s. 6,1. to 12s. 6d. each. Calf: 171b. and upwards, 4Jd. per lb.; 121b. to 161b., 7Jd. per lb.; 91b. to 111b., 7Jd. per lb.: light, 7j 1. per lb.; flawed and irregular, 5^d. per lb. Wools, A 1 6s. 3d.; A, 5s. 0d.; B, 3s. 8d. WOLVERHAMPTON HIDE, SKIN, and FAT, MARKET, Saturday.-Hides 951bs. and upward-, 4.1d. per lb.; 851bs. to94 lbs. 4^d. per It).: 75Ibs. to 841bs., 3a. pcr lb. 6olbs. to 741bs. 3Jd. 4 11 per li> 561bs. to 641bs., 3|d. per lt>. 55!bs. and under, 3id. per It). Cows, 651bs. and upwards, 3Jd. per lfi.; 641bs. and under, 3Jd. per It): bulls, 21d. to 8Jd. per lb.; flawed and irregular, 33d. to 3id. per lb.; kips, 3d. to 4d. per lb.; horse, 5s. 3d. to 12s. 6d. each. Calf; 171bs. and upwards, 4 £ d. per lb.; 121bs. to 161bs. 7d. per lb.: 91bs. to lllbs., 7&d. per lb.; light, 7Jd. per lb.; flawed and irregular, 5.1d. per lb. Wools, Ss. lid. to 5s. Od. each. Fat, Sid. to 4kd. per lb. LONDON PRODUCE.—SATURDAY. SUGAR.-Scarcely any change in value. Transactions small. Fair business in refined. Brown lumps, 41s. 6d. per cwt. COFFEE.—Good to fine and native Ceylon sold at 47s. 6d. to 50s. Middling plantation, 72s. to 78s. per cwt. TEA.—Many transactions in blackish leaf Congou, out of recent arrivals, at full prices. RICE.—On home trade account little passing. Floating cargoes of soft grain wanted for the Continent, at previous rates. TALLOW.—Prices, 51s. 9d. to 52s. on the spot, and early delivery.

Mrs Elizi Lumley, the lady charged with unlaw- fully intermarrying with Major William Brownrigg Lumley, her husband M. Alexander Victor being at the same time alive, has been committed for trial, and bound over in her own recognizance to appear. A brutal fellow of the name of Staples has been committed for trial, at Greenwich, for throwing vitriol upon a woman named O'Neil, with whom he had co- habited, off and on," for seven years. It is time an example was made of one of those monsters ia human form who have recourse to the now common practice of vitiiol-throwing.

NEWTOWN, FATAL FIGHT. On Tuesday week a fight, during which one of the combatants received injuries which terminatod fatally, occurred at the Holly Bank, a small public house, dis- tanfe about 2! n,iles from Newtown, on the Dolfor Road. It appears that two men, John Jarman, a far- mer living at Llananno, Radnorshire, and Edward Williams, a carrier, living at Lower Ceunant, in this county, were drinking, in company with a number of other men, at the public house, when some words arose between Jarman and a woman wno was in the kitchen with them. Williams took the woman's part, and from words the two got to blows, and went out- side, and in a few minutes Jarman returned alone. In nlwul an hour afterwards Williams was found lying dead on the road, with marks of violence about his head and f ice. The police went in search of Jarman, who was apprehended at five o'clock on Wednesday morning, near St. David's Well, by P.S. Ross. The dec ased man was in his 40tit year, and has left three young children. On Wednesday morning an enquiry into the cause of death was opened at the Public Room?, before Dr Slyrnan and the following jury :lesrs Richard Meddins, Cornelius Morgan, Robert Goodwin, Richard Bennett, Richard Lloyd, Alfred Ford, Richard Mor- gan, Joseph James, Samuel Nightingale, John Turner, Thomas Evans, John Williams, Richard Francis, D. P. Kinsey, William Jones, Thomas Davies, and David Humphreys. Mr Jones appeared for Jarman. The jary having viewed the body and the place where the affray took place, the enquiry was adjourned until six o'clock, when the following evidence was taken. Edward Williams, father of the deceased, said that he saw the deceased in Newtown on the previous day, and was talking to him. He appeared to be in his usual health, and was then at the Sun, eating some bread and cheese. Witness identified the body which the jury had seen as that of his son. Evan Woosnam, son of the landlady at the Holly Bank Inn, said he had known the deceased for eight years, and that he often called at the house. He was a c ii-rier of coal and lime between Newtown and Pen- ithon. He came to the house on Tuesday evening between eight and nine o'clock, with John Davies who, however, did not call at the inn. Deceased seemed a little fresh, and was leading the first of two horses which be had ia the cart at the time. John Jarman, Thomas Trow (Cwmcorn), Edward Morgan (Pwllperran), John Colley (Tycornel), and Samuel Smout's wife, were in the house. John Jarman bad been in the house about half an hour before the deceased arrived Jarman was sober. [When pressed witness admitted that both seemed to be much in the same way, being rather the worse for I:quor. In about a quarter of an hour witness heard a quarrel in The kitchen, and on going in found Williams and Jarman stripped to their shirts, apparently ready for fighting. TIe heard Williams challenge Jarman to fight, and be ordered both out of the house. He saw some blows struck, Williams apparently being the aggressor, and striking Jarman first. Witness caught hold of Wil- liams and made him it down, but he got up again and struck Jarman on the hend. They afterwards went out, stripped, Williams challenging Jarman to fight. George Humphreys, who had come into the house in the meantime, went out with them, witness remaining in the house. Humphreys, who was lodging in the house, returned in about five minutes; he called for a glass of ale, but said nothing about what was going on outside. Jarman came in almost directiy afterwards, and called for a pint of ale. There were some marks on his face, and blood was running down his cheek from a wound under his eye. He said nothing about Edward Williams, and they thought that he bad gon" home. He afterwards saw his mother and Humphreys bring Williams into the house, dead. Witness then started down the road, by his mother's directions, and met Sergeant Ross when he had gone about three- quarters of a mile. Jarman went home in his spring cart before the body was brought in. Witness saw him off the premises. George Humphreys said that he was at the Holly Bank on Tuesday night. When he went into the house he saw Williams, with his jacket off, challeng- ing Jarman to fight. At that time Jarman had his jacket on. Evan Woosnam then came in and made Williams sit down, telling him that he should not fight, and he (Williams) then slapped Jarman in the face with the back of his hand. After having four or five rounds in the house, they went out, Jarman driv- ing Williams cut before him, and witness followed them. Edward Williams was trying to get out of Jarman's way, and said that if he did not be quiet he would make him pay for it. Jarman was kicking him. Witness only saw one blow, all the rest were kicks in- flicted by Jarman. He did not see Williams kick Jar- man. After the row had been going on four or five minutes Williams fell, calling out witness," and then Jarman struck him and gave him a "running" kick on the chest or stomach. Williams dil not stem to be making any effort to defend himself, but was try- ing to get out of the way. After the last kick de- ceased groaned, and, Jarman going in the house, wit- ness went up to Williams and tried to get him up, but failed and went in the house, sat down without saying anything about what had occurred, and called for a glass of ale. He thought that Williams was drank and that he would get up and go with his team. Wit- ness saw the place where the body was found, and it was the same place in which he had left him. In about half an hour or an hour after he had left the deceased, Mrs Woosnam went out and found the body. Witness helped Evan Woosnam to bring the body in and noticed that the left eye was blackened, the mouth swollen, and a little blood about the face. He did not observe him take off his waistcoat when in the house it was on the body when brought in. When they were fighting in the kitchen Jarman ha 1 his waistcoat off, and Williams his coat. Evan Woosnam and Pryce Owen were in the kitchen. John Colley was lying on the bed. The body was found about ten yards from the house. There was another person on the turnpike road when the fight was going on, but who it was he could not say, as no words passed be- tween them. Witness tried to induce Jarman to let deceased alone, as he thought he had had enough. P.S. Ross said that on going his rounds on Tuesday night he met Evan Woosnam about three-quarters of a mile from the Holly Bank. He went there and found the deceased in the kitchen, lying with two jackets under his head. He was dead, and he gave instructions as to the laying out of the body. He then went after Jarman and apprehended him at five o'clock that morning at St. David's Well, and on charging him he said that he did not know that he was dead, it was only a bit of a scrimmage, and after he went outside he never touched him. The people in the house, with the exception of Humphreys, were very reluctant to give any information. He found Williams's team on the road the horses had been taken out and the gearing was thrown on the top of the cart. The man who was looking on was a passer bs, he believed, and went on as soon as the row was over. John Colley said that he went to the Holly Bank about four o'clock on Tuesday evening, and lemained there until after the body was brought in. He saw Williams throw off two of his garments, stripping to his shirt, and then smacking Jarman in the face with the back of his hand. Jarman said that if nothing would do he would fight him, and he then stripped. Both were rather fresh. Witness was not drunk he was not very well and was only at his third piut of ale. They had a scrimmage of about five rounds in the house, but it seemed harmless enough. He saw nothing of the fighting outside the house. At this stage of the proceedings the enquiry was ad- journed until the following Friday. On Thursday morning Jarman was brought before Major Owen, and, at the request of the police, was re- manded until Monday. The inquest was resumed at ten o'clock on Friday morning. Mr John Jones again appeared for Jarman. George Humphreys (recalled) repeated his evidence as given on the previous occasion, and added that he saw no poker or tongs used that night. He had the tongs in his hand during the scuffle, but he would swear that he did not use them. He took them out of doors to defend Williams, but he did not use them. Ann Woosnam, landlady of the Holly Bank beer- house, said that another man and Jarman quarreled about a woman named Smout, and Williams took her part. The quarrel was taken up by Edward Deakin, who set Williams on to fight. Jarman said that he did not wish to fight, and then Williams ran out, pulling off his clothes, and throwing them into the house through the door. Her son Evan came in at the time, and endeavoured to prevent them from fighting, and caught hold of Williams, whom he made sit down. Williams, however, got up again, and struck Jarman in the face, and that was the only blow struck in the house and they then went outside, all, except John Colley and herself, following them to see the fight. She heard blows for about ten minutes, but did not see the fight. The people came in before the fight was finished, George Humphreys being the last to come in, Jarman immediately preceding him. She did not see Humphreys take the tongs out she took them out of his hands when he came in, and asked what he was going to do with them. He said that he thought o hitting Jarman. Between nine and ten o'c'ock all the parties, except Humphreys, Colley, and Jarman, left the house. In about ten minutes afterwards Jarman left the house, and Evan lighted him to the door. Sfee went to the door to see if there was anyone about the premises, aad saw a body lying on the sile of the hedge, a short distance from the house. She went up to the body, and called her son Evan, and George Humphreys, who carried the body into the house, and they then saw it was that of Williams, and that he wrs denrl. Dr Jones said that he examined the body of the deceased on the previous day. From a general exter- nal examination, he found four marks of bruises 011 the forehead, one behind the left ear, under which blood was effused between the scalp and the skull the left eye was contused and blackened, and the pupils of both cyes were dilated. There were four marks of bruises on each arm, one mark of a similar character on the left hip, and two marks of bruises on the abdo- men, one on each side, opposite the cirtilages, on the right side of the tenth and eleventh ribs. The skull was free from injury, and the brain natural and unin- jured, and the cniy thing observable iu the head was come congestion of the m-vnbranes. The ribs i.nd chest were uninjured, and the heart and lungs free from injury and disease. The right side of the heart contained a small quantity of blood, but the left ven- tricle was empty. The stomach, intestines, and other ao tominal regions were natural and free from injury and disease. The upper part of the spinal column was uninjured, and he found that there was an entire absence of any appearance in the body that accounted for death. Looking at the empty condition of the heart, he was of opinion that such death took place quite suudenly, as if from a shock of some kind upon the nervous system. The bruises upon the head, arms, and ether parts of the body, had the appearance of having been produced by kicks. Edward Deakin, the Scrubbs, Radnorshire, said h was in the house, and went there with Edward Macklin. They were returning home from Newtown. He heard Williams and Jarman quarreling, and calling one another hard names, after which a few blows passed. He did not see who slruck the first blow, but Williams fell down undermost, and he pulled Williams up and tried to make peace. They had three or four rounds in the house, and then Williams left the house, Jarman immediately following with Evan Woosnam. They were followed by George Humphreys. In five or ten minutes Woosnam and Jarman returned with Humphreys, and the two former set upon Williams, and kicked him several times. Jarman and Woosnam kicked him in the house, and he cried out, "If you let me alone, I'll give you the best." John Lloyd, farmer, said that he was at the Holly Bank, and was looking on at the row. He saw Williams and Jaiman get to blows, but did not know who struck the first blow. He did not see any of them fighting outside. ° ° The Coroner, in summing up, said that the evidence piven by Humphreys and Deakin, who were strangers in the place, was, in his opinion, reliable but as for that given by the Woosuams, he did not think that they tvere to be believed. The court was cleared at six o'clock for the jury to consider their verdict, and at half past seven, after re- examining nearly all the witnesses, they returned a verdict of manslaughter against John Jarman, and also against Evan Woosnam for aiding and abetting. Both were committed for trial, on the coroner's war- rant, at the next assizes. Mr Jones applied that Jarman might be admitted to bail, but the Co-oner declined to entertain the appli- cation at present. He would accept bail for Woosn im, in two sureties of £50 each, and himself in £ 100, and said that if he decided to almit Jarman to blil, it would be in the same amounts. No bail was tendered f,)r Woosnam, who was removed in custody. The Chief Constable, Mr Dauily, was present during the enquiry. Tae prisoners will be brought before the magistrates thu morning at the Petty Sessions.

<*>- THE WELSH COLONY IN PATAGONIA. The Welsh colony in Patagonia, concerning the condition of which some distressing details have recently been publish- ed, appears to have suffered unusual vicissitudes. The colony OWLS its origin to the efforts of irriNT. D. Jones, of the i college at Bala, in Wales, who seems to have been strongly desirous of cst, blishing a settlement at which Welsh would be understood, and to which persons speaking that language only could proceed with less disadvantage therefronrthan would be likely to attend them in other colonies. Application had previously been made to the English government for a grant of territory for that purpose, but the request being refused, Mr Jones and his friends directed their attention to South America, where the late Admiral Fitzroy, who surveyed the coast of Patagonia, had reported the existence, on the River Chiipat, of a locality admirably adapted for the purposes of a settlement. Admiral Fitzroy's asserlions were, in some measure, corroborated by a statement made bv Sir Woodbine Parish, in his History of Buenos Avres and the Provinces of La Plata," to the effect that the valley was extremely fertile, possesing a rich soil, and being covered with herds of wild cattle. In 1863 a committee was despatch- ed from W:il(,,3 to Buenos Ayres for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the Argentine government to the formation of the proposed colony, but although the Argentine authorities regarded the project with approbation, the national congress refused its consent to the establishment of a European settlement within the limits of the republic, the consider- ations in favour of such refusal being the religion of the pro- posed colonists, and the fact that wherever a body, however small, of the Anglo Saxon race establish themselves, they always finally succeed in possessing themselves of the whole 0 country. It was added that in this particular instance the colonists would be supported in their ambitious views by the neighbourhood of the British establishment at the Falkland Isles, which are situated near the Patagonian coast. Un- deterred by this rebuff, fresh agents were again sent to Buenos Ayres, and at last the Argentine government de- clared that they would do for the colonists all that was per- mitted bylaw, namely, allow each family settling on govern- ment land 100 acres of ground. This appeared to satisfy the Welsh agents, who returned, without loss of time, to their employers in W.iles, for the purpose of reporting progress. The next thing heard of the scheme was the establishment of a Welsh emiyrati m society, controlled by a central com- mittee in Liverpool. Under the auspices of this society a notice, printed in Welsh, was extensively circulated through- out various portions of the Principality, setting forth in glowing terms the attractions of the proposed settlement in Patagonia, and stating that, in addition to the 100 acres of land presente,l to each family, the first batch of emigrants would receive gifts of horses, cattle, wheat, implements, < £ :c. It was, however, added that" there is no certainty about the amount of these gifts it is judged that they will be at least five horses, ten cow, twentv sheen. two or three necks of wheat, a plough peculiar to the country, and a number of fruit trees to every family." Further on the reader was told, It will be planned through the agents to have wheat for bread, iii well as for sowing, for four months, i.e., until the first crop from the earth;" also, there will be abundance of animal food." These statements-which were not exactly true—were readily accepted by the simple peasantry by whom they were perused, and at length a vessel, the Lady Hatton, was chartered by the society to convey 150 emigrants out, on the 27th April, 1865, but the ship not arriving at Liverpool on the day fixed for her departure, the emigrants returned to their native homes. Mr Jones, who appears to have possessed considerable faith in the movement, un- willing that the emigration scheme should suffer from this untoward event, re-collected the disappointed people, to the number of 153, including men, women, and children, who finally started in the Mimosa for the east coast of Patagonia, on May 31st, 1865. One-third only of the party were able- bodied men, a circurnstaucc to which the subsequent diffi- culties experienced by the colonists were primarily attributable. After a voyage of upwards of 7,0'10 miles, the emigrants arrived at Bahia Nueva on the 28th of July, h iving lost five children at sea. Here they were detained a month or six weeks, having no means of transporting their effccts to the Chupat. At last the women and children were conveyed from Bahia Nueva to Chupat, forty miles distant by land, and seventy miles by sea, in a schooner called the Mary Ellen. The voyage was not expected to have lasted more than a couple of days, but owing to the prevalence of tempestuous weather the vessel was no less than seventeen days making the passage, nearly all the women and children being kept huddled together during that time in a semi-starved condition in the shin s hold. This disastrous vova"* occasioned the deaths of live more children. The male°colonists for the most part proceeded to the Chunat on foot, in small parties, the route lying through a wild and uninhabited district. Some of the men, being ignorant of the landmarks of the district, found themselves obliged to pass four or five nights on the road, in the open air, and nearly without food. On arriving at the site of the intended settlement it was found it being the beginning of October .—that the ^or sowing had passed by, and that to a great extent they would become dependent on their own resources. Some dissatisfaction was expressed at this, the more so that the agent, Mr Lewis Jones, announced his in- tention of proceeding in the Mary Ellen, which formed the only link between the settlers and the rest of the world, to some other place where the prospect seemed brighter. Meeting on his way a vessel lnden with stores, ordered some time previously by him, he returned to the colonists whom he had so hastily deserted, but they refused to have anything to do with him. About the beginning of 1865, accounts from Patagonia and Buenos Ayres reported that over one-third of the emigrants had fallen a prey to famine and want of water; also that the situation of the survivors was precarious in the extreme. These reports being broug it under the attention of the English government, the Earl of Clarendon forwarded in- structions to Mr Ford, at Buenos Ayres, to investigate the whole matter, and to procure for the emigrants whatever as- sistance and protection the government of the Argentine Republic could afford them. Mr Ford found that the alarm- ing statements made respecting the condition of the colonists were devoid of truth; at the same time he expressed his be- lief that the colony had little chance of permanently estab- lishing itself unless assisted by the Argentine government. The men were generally unacquainted with farming work, and displayed considerable lack of energy. In almost every possible respect they were totally unqualified to act as pioneers in a land at present occupied only by Indians and wild animals. To the credit of the Argentine government it should be mentioned that, despite the incapacity of the emigrants, they were taken under its protection, and regularly supplied with food and other necessaries, the Argentine authorities being now desirous to promote at any cost the settlement of a colony under their flag, on Fatago- nian soil, which they claim as Argentine territory, but which, from its hitherto unoccupied condition, has been open to dispute, although no direct question as to its rightful sovereignty has been pressed upon the government. At first Mr Ford, and Senor Kawson, Argentine Minister of the In- terior, were led to believe that the emigrants were an inher- ently idle and la/>y bo ly» afterwards they acknowledged their mistake. Whatever might be the shortcomings—and these were not few-of the Welsh settfers, they were willing '"The sen,5th(!y C-U!'1 t0 d-eTCl°P the "sources o? S0!ly the se',t'ei» occupied a series of farms extending TOO a dlsta°CG of twelve miles, the number of farms of 100 acres each, measured out being 500. It was computed that the valley of the Chupat could, if properly cultivilted, support a colony of about 20,000 souls. It £ ar" to^ have frequently attracted, by reason of its rich fffitV the ■tention ot explorers, as being a locality suitable for a European settlement; and about thirteen years since an Argentine colony attempted, but without success, to establish itself on the snot no w forming the head-quarters of the Welsh settlement. The chief drawback is the absence of wood an inconvenience proposed to bo remedied by plan W blr "0 numbers of fast growing trees, such as the willow°or the been^eS W PlanUtious of olive trees have also By the middle of 18GG, sixty acres of ground had been so«n with wheat several houses and fences erected teS miles ot cart-road completed, and other improvementsEf- fected. A portion of the settlers had also formed themselves into a volunteer corps, tor protection against the neighbour- ing Indians, whom notwithstanding the professions of good- will made by the leading Caciques, they greatlv disunsted havmg been told how on more than one iccasionthe Spanfsh colon} at Patagonia had been plundered bv the Indium Nor were they ignorant of the fact that only a f,w vears r?v?'„r PN° °f,T'!ta?r0aii,nS- a,lowc<l Commander Alan Cxaidnei, K.N., and his companions to starve to death and murdered the crew of the Ocean Queen. The chief difficulty ith which ilie colony had to contend was its isolated posi- post andg200C mi^Ps f° ""If fl'°m th° ncai'cst established thoVi ♦ ?? 1(1 nearest market. Moreover single w ltC.r°PS WC1? t0 be total|v destroyed in a nil nif?ht by one ot the Pampero winds which occasion- ally sweep across th.^ plains. At the be4ini, j of w ™ A "lauler^ t COlTy Wtt% anythin" but f»vour,!we,JanI Slatpd '*1 trom Buell0;; Avres to Lord Stanlev getlfer with thp°n ir"° °f the settlers' wheat harvest, to- to make anv fnT?,nmlIlm"I1?ss of the Argentine government thie authoriffn f PecuuiaiT advances, had led the Argen- ii"s fn"mthe Chunn? P-r^i° idea of removing the co'on- ot' aids near the L'ttivuei'. ot ottering them the choice nf "ntn IV T™cttle,"uut ot Patagonia, or in the province of Santa I Two months later it was announced that thp temPo:arilv suspended its decf- that 'the Argentine ft™11"? statc:cl the colonists the subsidy hitherto™ cc'ved bv thBC°n ^« oth<T T,f,Cf y T ? ?1eteTinGd in one way or the StVr.-i>2(7rS S &UaU *l'0bab!j' W m°re of thc matter.-Daily J.e¡¿'s..

"SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DRAIS." Next to the indignation with which a traveller in a railway carriage meets the charge of having been asleep, we knotv nothing so vehement as the dtTnial of a householder that there is anjthing vvrou- with hia drains. Every one of us is familiar with the tnne Not a house in the town is so sweet;" "I nm so very particular on that point" The drsins were all taken up and put down fresh only last autumn j" and so on. Nevertheless there is illness in the house- oi two inmates down, perhaps, v ith febrile jmp oms of typhoid character and we unhesitatingly is tbat To!dTuagrst the drainS" Tbe res^ is that an old brick drain is found full of soil a modern drain-pipe ceases abruptly, and lets the soil V7;thkr Tooted cesspool is revealed beneath the kitchen floor; or what is still more frequently the case, the traps" to the drains are found to be thoroughly out of order. And here we would desire to record a calm, unhesitating opinion, derived from long and bitter expeiienee' that, with marvellously few exceptions, builders know nothing whatever about the elementary principles of drainage. In every walk of life there are doubtless persons who pretend to understand their business when they are really very ignorant of it-and pretend, moreover, with a ratio of success which varies directly with the public want of knowledge of the suljecf. u we snow of no such general, dense, rcckless ignorance as the builder's ignorance of drains. His idea of the subject begins and ends with this-a so-many-inca pipe, a trap, and concealment. Conceal- ment has as great charms for the builder as it is said to have for any women of high repute for tidiness, who often meddle wirh and thrust out of sight things which are of great importance, but which they are incompetent to understand. And this is very much the case with the builder. He will bury a dram-pipe in a wall where its integrity can never be teste(i carry it, quite unnecessarily, under floors; display in fact, endless ingenuity in concealing what ought to be ever easy of examination. With a blind, unhesitating belief in a trap, which is often out of order and never safe, be will so multiply the sources of danger to a Householder a3 that the very completeness of the rnain-drairnge system shall become, thanks to his blundering, a curse rather than a blessing. Plenty has been written upon the subject, and the builder, with very little trouble, could make himself ac- quainted with what, with due submission, we must look upon as a part of his business. But just as he perpetuates all the worst features of our houses-the chimneys which do not drav and the fireplaces which waste the fuel, the roofs and walls which let in the heat in summer and the cold in winter,-so he med- dles and muddles the drains. Sufficient for him if the drain-pipe and the trap figure well in the Lill, though the latter may he only a trap for disease, and the whole business a job."—Lancet.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. VSAmhS!" •; ) South Wales *1 1B67. i *7o.VJ9 r ondon and North Western i Shrewsbury and Hereford I IAVV Shropshire Union j £ 124 552 £")UTJ.1t.T LV° miles open.]-Return, of liarnc for the week ending November 7th 1868 Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, £ 1421; merchandise, minerals, and cattle filqco' Total for the week, £ 2809. Corresponding week iu last year, 176 miles open r-Pas^engers, parcel, hnrit carriages, dogs, and mails, £ 1436 • merclnmdic nl^ qiiJ r».i++I, D\•}?> £ m 6 Cllanaise, miner Total the week, £ 2762. •Aggregate to this date, £ 61484 ditto last year, £ 54086 lJnEcos AND MERTHYR RAILWAY.—[54 miles open 1 For week ending 1st November, 1868 ;-PasseDgcrs. parcels, &c., £ 166 Os. 91.; Roods and live stock, £ 775 12s. 5J.—total, £ 941 13i. 2d. £ 17 8s 91 per mile per week. Corresponding week last year 48 miles open--Passengers, parcels, &c., £ 78 3, 21- sT S £ °19 2VMOCk,i!8M 'ot«t »17lk 17s.' Gd. per per Week- IncreaBe, £ 2 £

The man Spiller has been committed for trial on he charge of abetting Capt. Mackav in the murder of Constable Casey, on the occasion of Mackay's arrest. William Braithwaite, a tailor, charged with the murder of a man named Donovan, at Liverpool, during a street quarrel, has been committed for trial. Last week a German tailor, named Kolicliki, stabbed a fellow-workman of the name of Gouldbe'rg with whom he lodged in Wbitecbapel, with a pair of shears, inflicting severe wounds upon the cheek. K dicliki is in custody. Last week a young man named Lambert, son of a h<mtt vo werreSo-,Ct ,aCC^ent!llly shot his father, while men. snooting along with other gentle- At Leeds, a man named John Wood has been sent to gaol for seven days for impersonating a voter at the municipal election. The man Fairfield, charged with stealing coins medals, &c., from the United Service Institution, of which he was a member, has been sentenced to penal servitude. An attempt made to construe his eccen- tricities into evidences of insanity failed. Ho:LLOWA Y'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Counsel for the Delicate.—those to whom the changeable temperature is a protracted period of trial should seek the earliest opportunity of removing all obstacles to good health. This coohng Ointment, perseveringly rubbed upon the skm, is the most reliable remedy for overcoming all diseases of the throat and chest. Diphtheria relaxed tonsils, sore throat, swollen glands, ordinary catarrh and bronchitis, usually prevailing at this season mav be arrested as soon as discovered, and sve, i. } b? Holloway's simple .nfiSffiS This Ointment and Pills are highly commended for the facility with which they successfully contend with influenza they allay in an incredibly short time the distressing fever and teasing cough. A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.—The Civil Service Gazette has the following:—" There are very few simpIe articles of food which can boast so many valuable and important dintnnr properties as cocoa. While acting on the nerves as a centll Simulant, it provides thebody with some ofthe K* elements of nutrition, andat the same time corrprf« vigorates the action of the digestive ThesJbeSoflcirf effects depend in «P°n themar preparation, butotiatc3 je,rrs such close attention has been, ii'e?"ilt'v in fecurin" itwlT mentofcocoa ^at there is no difficulty every useful quality fully de- ^EomoeSnhic fveLa«nnVWCh Epp3 b? w rmv reparation of cocoa has never been smi SfEpps^f Cocoa 1ms "spreid Sb v th? ftthe extraordinary merits \rprii™? simple force of its own have agreed in Iedical men of all shades of opinion beneficial article ofTotT g U as tthe s,afest and most This superior!?v n? « ?or Ferson^ of weak constitutions, others il o J a particular mode of preparation over all edIrom PTf °f f!'e be ohUun- n'ltnroi^i causes By a thorough knowledge of tha nntv't 3 wllich Soyern the operations of digestion and lutution and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided o ir breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which mav «n™ us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be trriduillv- built up until strong enough to resist every tendency ta disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point.°We mav escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves we'll fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frirac.11