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CHURCH DEFENCE ASSOCIATION IN THE DIOCESES OF sr. DAVID'S AND LLANDAFF. The quarterly meeting of the General Committee of this association was held at Carmarthen on Tues- day last, the Rev. John Sinnet, rector of Bangor Teifi, Cardigan, in the chair, when several im- portant matters were discussed, and resolutions passed relating to the business of the association during the ensuing quarter.

THE SO I TH WALES ATLANTIC LKE. By cable telegram, received by the South Wales Atlantic Steamship Company from their agents in Mew York, we learn that the steamship Glamorgan (Captain Laybourne), of their line, arrived out in New York early on Wednesday morning, all well, after what appears to be, for her, a long run of It) days. This. however, was a comparatively quick passage, taking into consideration the fact that she lost two of the blades of her propeller when about midway across the western ocean, and certainly speaks much in favour of the strength of the vessel, and the skill with which she was navigated, that she reached her destination in so comparatively a short space of time. The steam- ship Pembroke (Captain Williams), left the port of Carditf Oil Wednesday afternoon, at ,i,;)ù, with a full cargo and lit* passengers. The following are the names 01 the cabin passengers —Mrs. Chi vers, Diisg Catherine Ann Davies, Mr. Louis Benussi, Mr. George Heath, and Mr, Grandhe'd and family.

THE LABOUR MARKET. The home labour market remains depressed in several important branches. In S'arfordshire large numbers of men are still on strike, and in the Eastern counties the look-out of agricultural labourers as yet Fhows no signs of coming to a close. In the west of Scotland a heavy redaction of wages has been accepted by the miners, and even at reduced wages work is not over-abundaut. In South Wales notices to close works, in default of reduction being accepted, have been very generally given, and in othe r quarters evidence of a falling market may be c bserved. In the textile departments work is getting brisker, and woollen, flannel, lace, hosiery, and ribbon industries are well employed. From the United States decidedly better reports continue to be received, and demand for labour is reviving. It m"y i lso be observed that emigrants' fares from New Y?rk to < hicago have been materially reduced. In France great distress still prevails amongst the artisan da! ses, and disappointment has arisen at the non commencement of various public works in l'a lis. The stream of emigration to the Australian 1 colonies and New Zealand continues, and cousider- able numbers of labourers are also leaving the agri- cultural districts for Canada. From the South African gold-fields recent advices are discouraging, but navvies are required for railway construction iu the same colony. London trades are fairly em- ployed.— 11.,

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CARDIFF. I <;HAMMm ( P TKADJ?. At the Tcwc-hall. en Tuctday evening, there was more that too u:ml muster of the members of this chamber, tho snbjcet tor iiKcussion being 01 gr;at local interest,e reciaily tu shop assutants, by whom wtition, to wh;,Tl t tbo meotim'. The Pretiiient, Mr. Edward Weir.a, 0 :cupied the chair, and it was ananlaiously resolvod, en tie propositi',n of JUr. Wiliiaaa Jones, setonded by ilr..lames Sundorr, that tho members cf the chamber jlo&e their respective ostablishmcnts ever/ Vt e imesJay throughout the yoar, eoinmen;lag ca Weast-bu.iy xieut, rh May. CUAH-tJ; Aixr f. police court, ytsiotday ruovning (ucforo lTr. Alder- man 1'iido and Dr. Edwards), John l'rlimm, master of the s.toaraer ilcLeod, lying in tho East Lute Dock, was charged under an adjourned sum- mons with ,ouci;.lii« three eases of brandy cn the vessel. The prosecution for the Board ot was condn.ted by Mr. Idillor, <Jellectoe of Customs and Mr. J. T. '>"a'.hcll dafended tho captain. The :ase was & d-ourBcd on Monday last iri old that elr. Miller !u?ht eo:¡] the a;.d:: j. ti?t as ? the ,ours?j they hr?!)Jf' to pur"-?, ?:;d it L:rt b?n dt-ided to pros? for ?'cbli the 1utyen tho stiii'itB'under ?he.Ctt!.M HM d ti.o Act^ 't u!io.?:i: -I:i(i cf -.f,o Ac, '■eaiel.c.l the vessel >ipoa sotr.-J -nfory.r.hon given t!]? aau.l foun 1 t leeo eses, ccnt?..ningte.tt-y) tff..?ndy,i:mt-'nkun.'o:'tb? .wta.?'-t ?hJc. It wit '-1 -1 that the kandy ?M net :n '?j ve^el At H'? end London, the pcrts at wld h th'j called. Witness were, called t( prove that the brandy was found in the tank, í'lhLb was a place never used for stores, and that when *i. 2 npjrit v, as put on board at Penavth, in vTanuary last, it v; pla ced in a ditierent place. For the defence, it w..a urged that the cases were on board at Hull ana London, but were in the tank, and the reason why they were not seen at London was because the mate had neglected to report them. Mr. MaDer, agent for Messrs. Breslau and Co., the owners, proved that stores were kept in the tank in several of their vessels. The Bench, after giving full consideration to the evidence, decided upon dismissing the case, but observed that the issue might have been differ- ent had the prosecution charged th: captain with not reporting to the customs that the cases were on board. A REMANDED SEAMAN.—James Barry, sailor, was charged on remand with neglecting to join the Uganda after having signed articles in the presence of Mr. Hughes. Marine constable Chick saw the vessel sail on the 17th, without the prisoner. Search was made for him, but he was not to be found till it was too late, when he was apprehended at Newport and brought back. The Bench sent him to prison for six weeks, with hard labour. THE CHABGE OF UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN.— James Johnson, the man who has been charged with uttering counterfeit coin at the Custom House Hotel, was formally committed for trial at the next sessions. SEKIOCS CHARGE.—Charles Johnson was charged under a warrant with harbouring a deserter from the ship Moranga. Mr. Ensor, who appeared to prosecute, applied for a remand till Friday, because he was not ready to proceed then. The man who had been harboured had not been before the court, and he did not wish to prejudice the case. A wit- ness whom he intended to call was in Bristol. Mr. Blelloch opposed the application on behalf of the defendant, and said his witnesses would be leaving in the Pembroke that evening, and his case would be brought to nothing without them. The Bench granted the remand, but allowed bail. CHABGEOK ASSAULT.—ASpanishseaman, belonging to a ship in the East Bute Dock, was charged with assaulting a boy nine years of age, on Tuesday afternoon. The boy it appeared was plying his trade as vendor of newspapers, and when he went on board the prisoner's vessel was sent off and thrown down a ladder. When he had got away the prisoner came down, threw stones at him and struck him on the head. A witness named Horsey, who was near, said the boy was about twelve yards off when the stone struck him full on his head; while another man said the distance was abouti 40 yards, and that the stone bounded and struck him. The Bench believed that the stone did bound and strike the boy, but that no harm was intended. They therefore fined the prisoner Is. and costs, and autioned Horsey to tell the truth when he gave evidence in the future. THREATENING THE POLICE.—A boarding-house keeper named Antonio Cravalich, living in Bute- lane, was charged with using threats towards Sergeant Tamplyn on Wednesday, the 22nd inst. The prosecutor stated that about 12.30 a.m. he passed the prisoner's house in company with Police-constable Cox from Maria-street to Sophia- street. When he got into Bute-street he noticed two men following him. He then returned to the corner of Maria-street, and saw under an arch several men, who had been standing at the prisoner's door, crouched close to the wall. After they had had gone away he found a poker, a cudgel, and two knives. He (witness) then went to the prisoner and cautioned him, and in reply prisoner said, Yon'll be dead in a fortnight." In answer to Mr. Blelloch, witness said he was afraid and wished the prisoner to be bound over. The Bench then ordered the man to find sureties to keep the peace for 12 months, himself in £50, and two in £ 25 each. INFRINGING THE LICENSING ACT. Thomas, Roberts, landlord of the Duffryn Tavern, Garth- street, was summoned for keeping his house open after 11 o'clock on the 18th instant. Mr. Blelloch defended. Sergeant Tamplyn said he visited the house at quarter to 12 on the night in question, and found several people there, with beer on the counter. Some of the people were lodgers. Mr. Blelloch ad- mitted the facts, and said defendant had kept the house orderly for two years. The Bench, taking this into consideration, fined the defendant 20s. (the lowest penalty) and costs, without an endorse- ment of licence. BEGGING NuiSANCE. -A cripple named Henry Buxton was brought up charged with causing an obstruction in Bute street. The prisoner had been begging on the previous evening, and caused a crowd to assemble. Several persons complained of him, and he was taken into custody. Fined ps. and costs, or, in default, seven days. THEFT OF A BLIND.-Edwa.rd Rees and James Hopkins were charged with stealing a blind from a horse's head in the Ten-acres-field on Wednesday, the 22nd inst., the property of Michael Bowen, of Roath. The prosecutor put the horse to graze in the field in the afternoon, and when lie went to fetch it the blind was missing. He made inquiries and finally went to get a new one. While talking about it Mr. Moon, from whom he was making the purchase, said he had one he would sell. Upon looking at it prosecutor claimed it as his own. The prisoners were afterwards apprehended, and the theft traced to them. They both pleaded not guilty, and were sent to prison for ten days each with hard labour. SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND Dum;, Lr.AXD.vi T-.— Mr. Melyille begs most gratefully to acknowledge the receipt of E8, being the amount of offertory in St. Asaph Cathedral on Sunday last in aid of the funds of this school, per Rev. John Sturkey, B.D., hon. sec., Vicarage, St. Asaph,

) NEWPORT. HUMOURING A SEA.NIAN.-Yesterday (before the Mayor, Mr. Wyndham Jones, and Mr. James Murphy), a seaman, named Richard Andrews, was charged with being drunk and refusing to join the ship Dunloe. After hearing the evidence of Mr. George Lloyd, defendant was asked if he woull return to his ship, and he said No." He was then reminded 4hat he was liable to be committed to prison for ten weeks; to which he replied he was quite willing to accept that alternative. He was committed for ten weeks. SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONS.—Mr. George Batchdor, the clerk to the School Board, appeared to prosecute several persons for neglecting to send their children ioschool. Henry Bissicks, insurance agent, Baldwin-street, was the first case heard. In December last] Mr. Brown, the visiting officer, called at the defendant's house and made inquiries us to the children. Defendant's wife said she had one child, and he was six years old last birthday. In March he called again, when the child had not been sent to school, and Mrs. Bissicks said she did not consider her child was old enough to attend. A notice was then served upon the defendant. Mr. Kkuchelor pressed for a penalty, as defendant had been guilty of great contempt throughout. De- fendant promised to send his child to school, and on that promise he was fined only 2s. 6d., including costs.— James Dunn appeared by his wife, and she 1 said the boy was 1:; years of age. Mr. Brown said that a fortnight ago Mrs. Dunn told him the boy was 12, and the boy also said he was 12 last birth- day. Mrs. Dunn also said to Mr. Brown she wished he would send the boy (who is her stepson) either to school or to gaol, as he had given her two black eyes. The boy is allowed to run about the streets, and live in a neglected condition, and can neither read nor write. Mrs. Dunn said she thought her husband would send the boy to school. A fine of 2s. (id. was inflicted.—John Hans, employed in a steam boat, was represented by his wife, and presented a certificate showing that the boy had been attending Trinity Church School about six weeks. Mr. Brown said he had inquired at all the schools, and could not trace the boy. Hence the summons was issued. Dismissed.-itichard Buck- ler, a bmwney Pabourer, who said he had had hi children, and six alive, was summoned with respoct to three, who were said to be 10,and 0 yotis respectively. Defendant denied thai he ttd chil- dren of those ages, bit, there W..I', one boy who would be 13 no). t, July. HJ prJttÙeJ tJ t'erdlhj.i boy to sohocL Failing to do thit, ho wè. iopay 2s. 6d.—He-iry Williams appears 1 by his wife. This case shared that defendant rJn l his wife had ;D, vhyiic; f'I'\t'_1 ;(ltle .J: tll. "T?!\W;;ag ofB.œy:. To pay .1. tino of fi%o in defanlt of sending the ??O SIIOIDI next Monday.

MONMOUTH. TUB ,}'rIOR OP POST-o,ijri Awowwcf>A- TiON.A special meeting of the council body was held at tie Town-hall on Tuesday, Alderman Wptkipii pre?iding. There were alse present. Councillors T. James, Hill, Vi. ard, Whitehead, Jiyan, Trpplas, Prosaer, Baker, and Cossoni. The Chairman said th^ only business which thoy had to transact was to enaction tho letting of the jury room to tho Post-office authovl'.ies t.ittll proper a colliruodation could be procured. If their sapc- tici Tor? given, lie would adjovrn the meeting until sir o'clock this evening, when the Mayor and Town-clerk would be present. Mr. Coasena "questioned the chairman as to he w th:s question originated, tho placing of the .:ti.-y room at the disposal of Post-ctave authorities ? The Chairman explained thai 'dio afVc.ir arose out cf the authorities having received notice to leave the present* urenise! aad It bail been reggested that the. jury wold be c, raost convenient; for the pv.bli-. Mr. Cos-era "aid L 3 had understood that the u charg* had takenMrs. Nicholas's promises in Church-street. It was explained that, this we.s an nccotun of tho short notice to Iuiij which had been received. Mr. Cosse?-) sai 1 he had heard of a reccing held ct the market t0 elisensa this propcia1, an-1 wentca -.0 etn- pl.in about tha hole-arid He which some business jiaite. s v, ere niidv.eteel. He pointed out that Unr'] had been'nothing ;oLiic:^ ally done, b-ei that certain propositi ens had reached tho jyor t", th-? tiuvj Homo gojitlQDion had been vie-vi:]g the market promises as a possibly '■it place for those of apernanent* ost-ofiiee, Andfrorc an intimation reeeieed 1'i'om Sv.pt. Wneelacn, he appointed half-pasf two 0' .lock on Friday to meet some gentlemen, Major Tyler being ore, who thought that if a portion of the premises were con verted into post o.h"e precises, A citib-room for gentlemen woeld be essentia]. After a good deal of talk, the Chairman said: > .entleL.en,—We are here to grant the use of tile Jury-room or net. Mr. T. James speke, and said the conditions shou.I be named, and ultimately it was resolved tbd 10s. per week be the terms, including gas, which W.jS agreed to, and the meeting was adjourned to further con- sider the subject of post-office accommodation et the new market-house premises. POST-OFFICE AM-OI^VEST.—Mr. Wrc. Cil e-n, late of Monmouth Foiges, has been r.ppo.nted postmaster for Monmouth.

ABERCARNE. ABERCARNE. PRESENTATION.—One of the most interesting gatherings that have recently taken place in Aber- carne was that in the Town hall on Monday even- ing. The occasion which brought together such a respectable audience, and which elicited such enthu- siasm, was the presentation of a testimonial to the Rev. D. Saunders, late minister at Lord Llanover's Welsh Presbyterian Church, who is about to leave the locality. Mr. Phineas James, of Abercarne Isaf, was unanimously voted to the chair, and after briefly explaining the object of the meeting, called on Mr. H. B. Hughes, the secretary of the Testimonial Fund, to read the address. After which it was explained that the congregation had unanimously passed a resolution to present Mr. and Mrs. Saunders with a suitable testimonial, as a token of their love and respect for them during their residence in Abercarne. The Chairman then called on Mrs. Edwards, Victoria House, who pre. sented Mr. Saunders with a very handsome gold watch and chain, valued at £4.14.. Mrs James, Tylacoch, in a similar mannor presented to Mrs. Saunders an elaborately designed timepiece, value 32 guineas. Mr. Saunders returned thanks in an eloquent address, which was frequently interrupted by the plaudits of the audience. Others who addressed the meeting were Mr. Lewis, clerk; Mr. D. Thomas, Chapel-of-Ease; Mr. J. P. Hughes. druggist; Mr. H. Jones, Cwmcarne, Mr. Howell, Chapel-bridge; Mr. Jones, Blaenblo- den; and the Rev. W. Williams, Garn Chapel, all of whom spoke in eulogistic terms of Mr. Saunders as a man, a friend, and as a Christian minister, re- gretted his leaving Abercarne, and wishing him many years of prosperity and happiness in his new sphere of labour. It is due to add that the pur- chasing of the testimonial was entrusted to Mr. Henry Jones, Cwmcarne, who made a special visit to London for that purpose, and much praise is due to him for the taste displayed in the selec- tion. The usual votes ot thanks terminated a most enjoyable evening.

BRYNMAWR. I LOCAL BOAIII). -A meeting of this board was held at the Town-hall, on Wednesday, when the follow ing gentlemen were present: —Messrs. Geo. Hicks, J. W. Walters, Thomas Havard, W. Evans, A. E. Evans, D. Morgan, and T. Watkins. The consider- ation of the medical officer's report was deferred. A letter was read from the Local Government Board in reference to the proposal to borrow a thousand pounds to pay off certain loans which the local board had previously contracted. The Local Government Board expressed their regret that the local board had failed to comply with the provisions of the statute in reference to their loans, and they required that the deficiency existing be made up from the current rates. In another letter the Local Government Board ordered that the provision for the repayment of a sum of 2150 which had been borrowed from the Cymreigyddion Lodge of Odd Fellows be made by means of a sinking fund to be made up out of the ourrent rates. The Chair- man said that a special meeting had been held for the purpose of preparing an estimate of the rates required during the next six months, and to see what could be done to prevent them from getting into the unpleasant position in which they had been in the past. Were they to make a provision for the payment of the whole amount of the money due to the Lodge, it would be necessary to levy a 2s. rate; but it was only recently that they had had a 3s. rate, and it was considered that anything more than a rate of la. 6d. would be too heavy. It was therefore determined to pay the loans the repayment of which had been so long neglected, out of two rates instead of one, and by adopting that course they would make the burden much tighter for the ratepayers. Then he believed that by two rates they would be able to get rid of that debt which they had allowed to go on for so many years. There was no doubt that the last half-year would be much less expensive than the present. The first rate must therefore he a rate of Is. 6d. in the JE, and probably they would find a rate of Is. sufficient during the second half year. The amount required during the half-year would be it7 14, to pay off a portion of the debt and the current expenses of the board. To meet this they estimated that they would receive the following sums:—Water rate, 2100; cemetery, £ 40; penalties, £ 2; general district ra e, £ 525; arrears to be collected, 1:1)0. He was glad to say that they had in the bank the sum of £105 4s. to their credit. The board had never before stood in such a good position since its formation ex- cept when it borrowed J6700 in 1866. The accounts had been allowed to go on from year to year with- out any proper supervision as far as the members of the board were concerned, and the ratepayers be- came so dissatisfied that many of them went and examined the books for themselves. The books were utterly unintelligible, however, to anyone except those who understood the way in which the business of the board was carried on. It had been ascertained that the board had been allowing itself to get into a worse and worse posi- tion as time went on, and even a balance of 2200 out of the 9700 borrowed in 13H6 (which was in- tended for the formation of some filter beds at the waterworks) was aho spent. He did not blame anyone in office at that time for this state of things, because all the members of the boar! were equally to blame for it.—The rate of Is. (id. in the S, of which notice had been given, was con- firmed, and a petition to Parliament in favour of the construction of a line of railway by the London and North Western Railway Company from Blaenavon to Pontypool through Abersychan was adopted, the chairman baing requested to sign the same and forward it without delay. There was no other business.

FOREST OF DEAN. BURNED TO DEATH.- At Blakeney, on Tuesday, an old woman named Edmunds, while engaged with her household duties, had the misfortune to set her dress on fire, and although rescued siio lived only a few hours after the painful accident.

PONTYPOOL. BEGINNING A CAREER OF CRIME.—At the Ponty- pool Police-court on Wednesday, a short, miserable- looking girl, only 17 years of age, was sentenced to two months' hard labour for stealing some old articles of wearing apparel from the house of Charles Rodway, at Pontnewynydd. Although so young, the prisoner has already a remarkable history. Some time back she was ohwged with stealing a pair of boots at Bosq, Herefordshire, and was sent to an industrial school for two years. Last summer she preferred a charge of criminal assault against four or five lads at Cardiff, and they were committed for trial, but the grand jury, having learned something about her character, threw out the bilL In Decem- ber last she was sentenced to 14 days for prostitu- tion at Newport, and she was sent from Usk prison to the House of Mercy, at Neath. In January, she smashed her father's furniture, and beat her mother about the head with a poker, at Cwmtillery, and assaulted the policeman who was called in to appre- hend her. Since then, she lived as paramour with a man at Cwmtillery till he ran away from her. On Wednesday in last week, by means of a plausible t-iia, she got into Rod way's servios, and on Monday she ran way with the clothes. THE J rirn vBT Itis-jTn=.-The committee have jaut made an important addition to the attrastions of the library by purchasing complete seta of the of library bD ] Z kono a Ei*Adon, W. IEL works of Charles Dickens, Miss Eraddon, W. H. Ainsworth, and Smedley, with selections from the works of Mrs. Henry Wood, Chaxlotte Bronte, a.nd I Mrs. R^ldall. Thi< ought t, t,"nilt more people to becoiae Ritmbt'rj, tho sntc'e.i fee being leally sts low as to be almost nomiti-.l. TKK NIGHTINGALE was. WO are iufo-wd. heird at Twynylfrwd-bridge, Ab"r'y':b.l'l, Oil Mo'ndiy night. Tl,,e cuckoo m:ttle hii Lwt w-ee!c. No s* anow ha3 yet been seen here.

HEREFORD. I J;RK;HTI'CL DEATH OF AN JN>VNT.— On Wednes- day morning Mr. J. Lumfcc, oisy coroner, presided at an inquiry held at the In'irtn try into the circum- stances of tho death of a child of s ix yous named John Francis Sidney Peaehey.son of John Peachey of Stretton Sugwas, who W.A aocidently crushed to death by a heavy iron roller,which is alleged to h tve passed completely over him. The evidence showed that the deceased accompanied lad named William Price to a blacksmith' shop to fotch the roller after it had been repaired. A horse WCJ employed to draw the roller home, and Price rodo upon the4 woodwork, leaving the decer.d to "an behind. On arriving opposite the house of Mr. John Peachey, Matilda Peachoy, a sister of the lecc.wed, called out to him to come to her, but as he did not obey she ran after him, and he, to gei out of h%r way, ran to try and r.io-r.t the roller, and in Joing so .slipped under: eath and was horribly crushed. He was convoyed to the Hereford Infiraary at on,.o, and though he i-allie,t slightly it first, ho succumbed 0:1 Holiday last to the eifects of tho injuries he had received. Mr. Moore, the house-surgeon, lbposed that the child w £ ii brought in suffering, fror-i concussion of the briin and a frafeturcd thigh, v?iib numerous con- te.do^s about the body, a;;(t I that i-. was aII2,ltter of surprise to him that the deceased was not still ia ne orribly crushed, considering the weight of the roller. The jury fOtilld that there waa no bl.teae attiehing to any one in the matter, and, with the acquirscence of the coroner, returned a verdict of44 Accidental death." A CAUTION TO OWNEKS OF I)o. -At Hereford, yesterday, a lad named Tringham, the son of a tailor, was dreadfully bitten by a dog owned by a man named Hobson, as he was passing th&t per- son's door. The wounds were at once cauterised, and information having been given to the authori- ties, the dog wl--s ordered to be destroyed, which was done under the superintendence of three persons.

MERTHYR. I PBorosED LOCAL 'IMPROVEMENTS. —On Yeskr- day Mr. Arnold Taylor, from the Local Government Board, attended at the Bush Hotel in compliance with a requisition from the Local Board, seeking an inquiry as to the justification of an application of inqu* y as to e jus *ties 'on of a? af 45, for the the Land's Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, for the purpose of securing certain lands, &c., to effect a widening And improving of certain parts of the parish, the details of which are already well known to interested parties. Mr. William Jones, chairman of the Board of Health, was present, as also Messrs. William, clerk, and Harpur, surveyor. The detaila of the proposed improvements were explained to the inspector j by the surveyor, who subsequently gave evidence in support of the sixteen improvements enumerated in the scheme. In certain instances, however, projected improvementa were abandoned as premature just now; the repudiation of one, however, was ques- tioned, and that was the very desirable improve- ment suggested by Mr. Gould some time sinco of free access either way from Merthyr town and Brecon-road. Juat as the inquiry was about to close, Mr. Peter Williams called attention to the fact that one of the most urgent improvements in the whole scheme had been set aside, and pointed to the want of immediate and we communication between the central part of Merthyr and the populous district of Brecon-road. Mr. Williama argued with much force upon the necessity of a good road from Brecon- road to Glebeland, instead of enforcing, as at pre- sent, a circuitous route. And he contended that if a carriage-road were impracticable, by all means a proper pathway should be substituted for the pre- sent Ipiecipitous line of passage. The inspector promised to view the locality before leaving, and members of the Board of Health present justified Mr. Williams's argument. The inquiry lasted two hours. ,PAWFUL DzATH.-An inquest was held yester- day at the Glamorgan Arms, Abercanaid, before Mr. Overton, coroner, on the body of a lad named Rees Williams, aged 14 years, who met his death on Mondav evening through the following circum- stances. Deceased and other boys were playing "hide and seek," and deceased ventured too near the furnace gas tubes at Plymouth Works and was suffocated. A verdict of h Accidental death was returned. CAUGHT AT LAST.—Richard Old, charged with wounding John Lloyd at Mountain Ash, recently was committed for trial. The details of this case have already appeared in our columns. Prisoner and his brother two months since attacked another man in a coal pit at Mountain Ash. Prisoner escaped, but his brother was apprehended, and after one or two adjournments, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Richard Old (prisoner) was ap- prehended a day or two since at Mountain Ash in 44 an old retreat." He was committed for trial. Mr. Plows prosecuted, and Mr. Beddoe defended. STEALING A COAT.—Daniel Martin, for stealing a coat, hat, and cap, the property of John Jones, of Dowlais, was committed for trial.

CAERPHILLY. I DAMAlJING THB CANAL.—At the monthly petty session, on Tuesday (before Memm Willaws, Davies, and Williams), George Chaplin, a boatman, was charged with having on the 13th of April, while in charge of a. boat using the Glamorganshire Canal t t. '.h.. '? CardiS 1 d? poM.t" 7J_. dd, thri?wn a quantity of limestone ?he, J. S. Corbett appeared for the Canal Company, and stated that it was a common occurrence among the men in charge of the boats to throw out large quantities of their con- tents in order to relieve them. This was frequently done with limestone, iron ore, and pitwood, and thus, while a loss was entailed on those to whom the goods belonged, theCanal Company wereputtoagreat deal of expense for effecting the necessary clearance. Defendant had commited the same offence again on the 22nd instant, and another summons had been taken out against him. Police-constable Dix, in the employ of the Canal Company, having- given evidence, the Bench cautioned the prisoner, and fined him the mitigated penalty of 40s. and costs, or, in defanlt, one month a imprisonment. RIDING WITHOUT A RAILWAY TICKET.—William Jones, a labourer, from Llanfabon, was charged with having, on the morning of Good Friday, April 3rd, ridden in a third class carriage upon the Rhym- ney Railway from Pwll-y-Pant Station to Ystrad Junction on the above date. On behalf ot the Company, Inspector Rees and Inspector Matthews were present to watch the case. Inspector Matthews stated that defendant entered the compartment of a third class carriage on the morning in ques- tion, got out at Ystrad, and slipped quietly down the embankment, where he hid himself. Defendant had done the same thing before, and had been cautioned about it several times. The com- pany wished to press the charge, in order to make an example of this case as a warning to others.— Defendant admitted the charge.—The Bench asked what the penalty was under the Railway Consoli- dated Act ?-Inspector Matthews: The penalty is forty shiUinge.-The Bench inflicted a. fine of 20s. and costs, which amounted to 19s., or, in default, one month's hard labour.

Y STRADG YNLAIS. I BOYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—This society has just communicated to the Rev. Dr. Walters, rector of Ystradgynlais, its determination to award an honorary bronze medal to one Simon Eynon, a farm servant at Penygorof, in this puiah, The groonds on which this medal ia awarded may be gleaned from the following pwdoWan:-It appears that on the evening of the 26th of February last, as the children were returning lunne from school, a little girl of the name of Catherine Anne Thomas, aged ?mJy four years, a daqhter of the Rev. kewy ThomM. a Baptist a. =.,rt of this place, sedden- tally fell into the river. A little farm servant-boy, named Simon Eynon, aged 12 years, jumped into the river after ]her, and was carried down thestream about 60 yarda, holding the child faat by the arm, about 60 yarde, 1 = y t r help. The courage of the and calling out lustily for help. The courage of the boy will be better appreciated when it is further stated that, in consequence of an accident that had befallen him, by which one of his fingers had been fractured and two others t1r injured, his arm was at the time suspended m a sung. There can be no doubt but that the child's life was 8&ved by the boy's exertions. During that time the attention of Mr. David Davies, grocer, WM attracted to the .pot Bir. Davitl D ""f the boy for help, and he a. i.i-d into the river, and thereby rescued both the boy and the little girL If they had been left to them- Iwvea a short time longer they both would have gone into the rapids and been drowned. Thesefacts. were communicateel to the Royal Humane Society by the rector, Dr. Walters, who lias recently received the letter referred to above.

SWANSEA. I POLICE COURT.—At the police-court, yesterdw, William Rees, a militiaman, was sent to prison for a month, in default of paying a fine of 40s., for absenting himself from the Glamorgan Militia with- out leave; James Dowce, for sleeping under a rail- way arch at St. Thomas, was sentenced to 10 days' hard labour; and Catherine Jones, charged with assaulting Mary Jones, was sent to the house of correction for ten days in default of paying a fine of 2us. and costs.

BRIDGEND. I THE PROPOSED Fox HUNT IN GLAMORGAN- SHIRE.- An inliuentially atteneled meeting, called for the purpose of considering this subject, was held in the Town-hall yesterday. The chair was occupied by the High Sheriff, and there were pre- sent a number of the county gentry and a largo proportion of the principal farmers in the district. A resolution, inviting Mr. T. M. Talbot to under- take the mastership of the proposed pack, was unanimously passed, and Mr. Talbot thanked the meeting for the honour, and expressed his willingness to undertake the task. He suggested a number of provisions which he considered it would be well to adopt and pro- posed that the hunt should extend through the vale from Aberavon to Cardiff. Mr. F. E. Stacey, who was present, gave out an intimation that he should withdraw his pack of harriers in favour of Mr. Talbot, as he believed the county was not large enough to maintain both harriers and foxhounds. The meeting unanimously passed a resolution, cor- dially thanking Mr. Stacey for his efficient manage- ment of the harriers. A committee, consisting of Memorai J. R. Homfray, G. M. Traherne, Gwilym Williams, D. H. Davies, Major Ballard, and Capt. Traheme (tx-ojffkin), was appointed to manage the interests of the hunt; and Captain Traheme was also requested to act as hon. treasurer of a fund pro- posed to be raised. Th.tbg terminated fter a vote.of thanks to the chairman had been passed.?

TENBY. I SALE OF TIUC PARSONAOI AND GLEHE.—We are informed that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have sold the panonage house and glebe of Tenby to Mr. R. FothergiU, M.l' for the sum of J?9. a portion of which will be appropriated to the bunding of a new rectory in a more convenient situation, and the remainder to the augmentation of the living. TOWN COUNCIL.—A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday, the Mayor (Mr. J. Gregory) in the chair. The corporate IM1 WM J. Gregor Yge mortgage deed for ?i.OOO, and further affixed to d frth.r sums, not exceeding 210,000, for the purpose of carrying out the new waterworks. The Society for Protection of Life from Fire having granted a fire-escape to the town, the seal was affixed to the agreement for the same. The corporation have recently built a shed for its receotion in a conveni ent situation adjoining the town walls, near the south-west gateway. The escape will now be for warded in a few days. The late surveyor to the corporation. Mr. E. Rowland, having made applica- tion for a quarter's salary, in lieu of not having had three months' notice given him by the ll pre- vious to discharge from office, the application was refused. It was ordered that an house to house inspection of the borough be made by the Inspector of Nuisances. The meeting then broke up.

WHITLAND. MIMOM.VL T.\BLU.-A very costly and ple?&nt tablet has been erected at Nnareth Baptut Chapel'l Whitland, in commemoration of the Rev. Theo- philus Thomaa, late minister of that church. The work, which reSectt much credit on MeMM. HM- ries and James, stonecutters, Whitland, is ele- gantly finished, being compoaed of a block of white marble, framed and supported on blocks of best Belgian black marble, anaoearing the follow- ing inscription44 In memory of the Rev. Theo- philus Thomas, of Blainillwe, who departed this life 15th June, 1871, aged 63 years. He aresided as minister of this church and Bwlchgwynt for 28 years, and contributed largely towards building and rebuilding this chapeL He also built the ad- joining house for the minister at his own expense. He served his generation faithfully, beloved and respected by all. The righteous shall be in ever- lasting remembrance.' This tablet was erected by the Church."

PEMBROKE DOCK. I COUNTY COURT.—The Lord Chanoellor has ap- proved of the appointment of Mr. Sackville H. Owen, Bellmoor, Narberth, to the regis, trarship of this county court, rendered vacant throtudi the death of the late Mr. R. Lunning. The appointment of Mr. Owen, who is so widely known throughout the county, ap- pears to have given general satisfaction.

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4 4 YINfl A Ml DO IN aTHE Ll' ? A' K WAltAiliiii:* OF oUR MINISTERS. TO THE EDITOR O: TUB 44 WEPTKRJf MAIL." Sill,- Will you, t! rough the medium of yo u valuable paper, allow mo to deplore the lakew.trni- rcsof Nonconformist ministers in publicly aidii e tfco cood to which it heart they are unquestionably wedded TLere is tiia, Wtf'trn Mail of yours- 1 ;a suie they like it, and will in a moment relate eiieunictantial proof of the fact. Yet, at tb" Mtrthjr School Board the other day there wts not a man ami Al who hud the courage to come for ward, an, .rank, outspoken mil!iner. -I.-uow- i' dge his «. IL fact, they never tell their low. but let concealment like it worm in the bud f, 00 Oil their damask cheeks. TI ey pine in thvugLi, and in the privacy afforded by the interval e'.c.psir^ he tween the arrival of trains at our railway "tion to comfort themselves liS to allow xttoiii iiiu^} rail- way officials and book stall ktepeis to read tic ir H n Iloken, unavowed affection, fchall I nrrr.te n act 1 A reverend gentleman, who has not had t!:e er >i- isttnt pluck to publicly say his say in b- h^ii of the Watern Mail during the recent dis.siiou* is accustomed, morning after morning, to go down to the railway-static;), .md, having tuk .n up.i pjsi- tion near the bookstall, commences to interrogate the salctinan thut: How do the sale of the s'n,ifh Walts Dall, -V 'Ci go on, you think, now Veiy badly, air, indeed'" is the reply. De.ir i me well," he exclaims, while he glance* over the olumns of the journal just named: "4 tIo,v very bad-indeed to goodness! People hold in. their pennies back from their friends like as this. Ar.d as he glances at the col :mns of your contemporary, he shakes his head a couple of times, after which performance he, suddeuly plunging his hand mto his pocket, a%ve oz,-t a penny at which he looks wistfully, while folding up the papor in ques- tion, he whispers audibly, before making his exit, 44 Will you let me have a Wettern Mail plo i m ? That paper is then accordingly sold him, while the Radical news sheet remains Behind, and the over- joyed grandmaster of Bethel, Zoar, or Bethany, or —— m goes home to read the Western ilfail I The news-vendor cannot for the li e of him understand how them men preach one tbinll and do the opposite. If the screw, chapel or otherwise, by which they Me kept down, be not .pewily lazed, I fear we .haU hear of the Mdden and—BhaU t say it !-unprcmded death of Mme of our ministers, and thatbdore long.-I am, kc., A PARTICULAR BAPTIST. Merthyr, April 29.

HYDROPHOBIA. TO Tal mlTOR OF THJI 44 WBBTKRX MAIL." SIR,—Having noticed lately the vast army of dogs that abound in the streets of Cardin, I thought it may be acceptable to some of the in- habitants to be informed of s remedy against hydrophobia. It appears that a Saxon Forester named Gastell, a Fed 82, being unwilling to take to the grave with him a remedy he had used for 50 yeais against the bite of a mad dog, states lie hM rescueef many hundreds of human beings, as well as cattle, from this fearful death. 44 Immediately wash the wound clean with warm vinegar or tepid water, and then dry it; then pour on the wound a few droM of muriatic add, which will at once kill the poison."—I am, &c., CAUTION.

THE EXECUTION OF SCOTT AT FORT GARRY. Mr. John Bruce, ex-President of Riel s original Provisional Government, has supplied to the Manitoba Gazette the following statement relating to the execution of Thomas Scott on the 4th of March, 1870, under sentence of a tribunal of war :"— Six soldiers had been chcsen to shoot Scott. I have here to write the name of a man whose behaviour in that circumstanoe reflects on him the greatest honour. Augustin Parisien, one of the six soldiers, declared openly that he would not shoot at Scott and, in fact, he took off the cap from his gun before the word of command—' Prexent i'—waa given. Of the five balls remaining onlv two hit the poor victim, one in the left shoulder, the other in the upper part of the chest, above the heart. Had the other soldiers missed the mark un- intentionally, or had they willingly aimed too high, too low, or aside? It is unknown. However that may be, as the two wounds were not sufficient to cause death- at least, sudden death-a. man named GuiUemette swpped forward and dMchMged the contents of a pistol d<xe to 8cott's head while he was lying on the ground. Thia ball, however, took & wroien ?. ? 0n. It went into the upper pan of the right cheek and came out Mmewhefe about the CM?iiage of' the nose. Scott WM .till not dead, burt itt did not prevent his butchers from placing him alive, and still speaking, in a kind of coffin made of four rough boards. It was nailed and placed in the south-eastern bastion, and an armed loldier was placed at the door. Thia would seem like a story made at one's ease if there were not several witnesses full of life who heard, be- tween the hours of 5 and I) in the evening, the un- fortunate Scott speaking from under the lid of his coffin, and it is known that he had been shot at half-past 12. What a long and horrible agony! and what a ferocious cruelty on the part of his butchers The words heard and understood by the French Metis were only these :tty God! my God Some English Metis, and others speak- ing Scott's tongue, heard distinctly these words,— 4 For God's sake, take me out of here or kill me Towards 11 o'clock—that is, after ten and a half hours of frightful agony-a person, whose name 1 shall withhold for the present, went into the bastion and gave him the finishing stroke, with ;l butcher's knife, according to some with a pistol, according to others. That same persoa, after having inflicted the last blow to poor Scott, said, as he was coming back from the bastion, The dog shall not speak any more he ia dead this time.' The corpso was left in tho south- eastern bastion a few days, being kept by soldiers, relieved each in their turn. On the • third or fourth night, I could not say precisely which, the corpse was taken out of the bastion, placed in Dr. Schultz's sleigh, taken towards the Red River, and stopped about one mile and a half from the fort, nearly opposite the River La Seine. By means of a large stone tied to the corpse, the body of Thomaa Scott went to the bottom of the river, to come thence no more. A few words mor, and I am through this horrible tragedy. It was in the afternoon of the day when the execution occurred that the corpse was placed in the coffin, and it was later taken out of it in the bastion; but, in order to avoid suspicion, a grave had been dug inside the gate facing the Assiniboine River, a few steps to the right, and it is there the coffin which was thought to contair Scott's body was lowered." Louis Riel, who ordered or sanctioned the execution of Thomas Scott,, has been, it will be remembered, elected a member of the Dominion House of Commons, and there was great excitement at Ottawa when it transpired that, on the 30th of March, he went tn the clerk's office, took the oath, and signed the Parliamentary roll. It is stated that a military force was kept in readiness to act in case of need. It appears that a true bill was found against him on the charge of murder, and that a warrant is out for his apprehension. The case was discussed it the House, and an order was made that he do attend in his place. But it was doubtod whether he would judge it safe to make his appearanoe.

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PONTYPRIDD. I LEGAL EXAMINATION.—We are glad to learn that Mr. Harry Cousins, son of the late Mr. J. G. Cousins, of this town, has just passed his final examination and been admitted an attorney. Mr. Cousins served his articles with Mr. Robert Thomas, solicitor, of Pontypridd, but for the last year has been in the office of lit. Thomas Clark, Doughty- street, Bedford-row, London. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-At the petty sessions, on Wednesday (before Mr. Gwilym Williams), Joseph Cwmmer. John Stephens, John Dew, and William Emery, boatmen, were charged with stealing eight rails, the property of Mr. T. G. Thomas, of the Heath, near Cardiff. Mr. Grover prosecuted. Thomas Williams, haulier, living at Wallron, Pon- typridd, said that he was employed on the tramway near the town by the Glamorgan oanaL On the 7th April the rails on the tramway were all complete. On the 22nd he discovered that eight rails had been taken away. William Jones, overlooker, said that he missed the rails in question from the tramway. Ten altogether were missing. They were stamped with the initials T. G. T." Five of the eight rails pro- duced were stamped, and the three others not stamped, he was quite satisfied, were Mr. Thomas's property, but he did not like to swear it. He ac- companied the police to Cardiff and found the miss- ing rails at a shop there, but could not tell in what street there the shop was situated. Samuel Griffiths was the local agont for Mr. Thomas, at Treforest. I identified the rails produced as Mr. Thomas's property. The value of the rails per ton was £ D. The value of the eight plates produced wask2lOs. Police-gonstable Menhennick said that in consequence of information he had received from Superintendent Matthews, he went to Cardiff with the second witness. Discovered the rails pro- duced at Mr. Graxson's, marine-store, Evelyn-street. On proceeding into the shop he saw the foreman, and took possession of the rails. On the Saturday following went with Sergeant Bees to Joseph Cwm- mer's boat, on the Glamorganshire Camd, and the sergeant took him into custody. Charged him with the robbery, when he said he did not know anything about it. He (witness) told him that he knew he (prisoner) or his brother had been to Cardiff on the 15th, and upon this the sergeant went in search of the brother, when prisoner said there is no good in looking for my brother. ':he other prisoners were then apprehended, but denied having participated in the fruits of the robbery. The weight of the rails was 4 cwts. Sergeant Raw aid that John Dew had told him, In answer to the charge, that he had as- fisted) to carry the stolen rails to the stores, but that Cwmmer had the money for them, and that h I had not received any of t'.e n:oi ey. Stephens | told witnem an Sur.day lust, 41 I only I took one to the stores, and tn.it had been in the boat three months." On W<"ltios l.iy iivirti- ;ng Dew and Steph»ns said that it w,i ii, i,ity t" I Emery that he was inncront. Henry Perdue s iid that he was foreman at tne marine .-tores in ques- tion. On the 9th inst. he bought two rails of a man named Meyer, (hi the 15th iast. be bought six rails from three men who gave the names of Jenkins, Dew, and Cwmmer. Ho identiffed Ste- phens, Cwmmer, and Dew, who gave the abo. e names, as being the parties who sold them. blr. Perdue here mentioned parenthetically that he did not know that the rails were" tram plates." Did not understand anything about them. Mr. Grover asked him how long had ho been in business. He replied, four years, but he a;3ured the court that he was ignorant as to what the rails were used for. He paid for tho rails at the rate of lis. per cwt. The case against Emery was withdrawn and he was discharged. The other prisoners ploaded guilty and were each sentenced to three months imprilbnment with hard labour. Purdue's ex. penses were not allowed. ASSAULTING THE^OLTM—David Price, Heol. fach, was tined 40s^td costs for 3n Meault upon Police-cowtable Cox m ASSAULT UPON A?Wo?'?! R?cha-d Powell, aIJM Cornish Dick," was %-ith aa&%Ylin? HatB?h George, by striking he: He waa &ned 10s. and costs. AKSAULTINGAWIFE.—John E¡;,r!l, Gyfallion, was charged with beating his wife, named Mary. It appeared that the wife had thrown lime into the defendant's face in sclf-defcnce, a'.d that a great scrimmage took place, during w-i h b3 defendant, struck a man who interfered between them on t1:o head with an iron saucepan. He hud been on a former occasion bound over io keep the peace towards his wife, and was sow sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. 1 CuiUNG AND WOUNDING.—John Bmme t&Uor, Gyfeillion, WM Mat to gaol for two mont6 with hard labour for an assault he had committed upon Thomas Fisher. BOBBERY FROM A SHOP. John Blacken, a travelling tinker, was charged with stealing a pair of U ployer." from the counter. It ap- peared that the prisoner had been em- ployed at the prosecutor's works at Ponty- pridd, but had left. On Wednesday he came into the shop, and a watch was kept upon his move- ments, and he was seen by a boy, named John Hobnan. Information was civen to the police, and Polioe-constable Osman discovered that he had pawned the article. He was apprehended at the Bunch of Grapes. He was intoxicated at the time. He was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour. A WIFB BXATBR.—Daniel Dixon a collier, Tre- orki, was charged with assaulting his wife, Letitia Dixon. The defendant had but recently come out of gaol for a term of imprisonment for a like offence. Complainant, who, it appears, is a very violent woman, now came forward and said she did. not wish to piess the charge. She mid that her husband ha truck her on the face, and had aho struck her with stones. On the other hand the defendant said that he was in bed, and the com- plainant called him bad names, and that she went outside and pelted the door with stones. She had also smashed four panes of glass. He was sen- tenced to two.months' imprisonment, with hard labour.