The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

REPRESENTATION OF HEREFORDSHIRE. IT will he perceived by our advertising columns that a requisition, bearing the names of the most respect- able and influential landowners of Herefordshire, has been presented to Mr. BOOKER, inviting him to come forward as a Candidate (or the representation of that important County in Parliament; and that he has accepted the invitation. The Hereford Journal says- "That Mr. BOOKER will be unanimously and trium- phantly elected admits not a doubt. ^Tbe cry of the Agricultural Interest is not much longer to be one of despair ;—triumph is being gradually worked and when every agricultural constituency shall return as their Representatives such men as Mr. BOOKER, the triumph will be complete. It were useless for us to add to the averments contained in the address to Mr. BOOKER;- his reply to the address shall also speak for itself." We, in common with the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood generally, heartily rejoice at the pros- pect of seeing our talented and exemplary neighbour in a sphere which he is so well qualified to adorn; and think that no honour is too great for one who has distinguished himself so ably as Mr. BOOKKR has Oft all occasions-as a private gentleman, as the considerate employer of large numbers of workmen, or as a magistrate and politician.

THE MARQUESS OF BUTE.-The birthday of this young nobleman was celebrated on Thursday with due ecliit,—banners decorated the shipping; and a royal salute was fired from the Dock-head at noon. THE Lord Bishop of Llandaff purposes to hold his next Ordination in the Cathedral at Llandaff, on Sunday, Dec. 22nd. Candidates for Holy Orders will communicate to the Bishop their intention of offering themselves, and "end their papers to John Burder, Esq., 27, Parliament- street, Westminster. Students of fft. David's College will be required to produce the Certificate of the Board of University Examiners; and Graduates of Cambridge, who have Titles on English Curacies, a Certificate of having passed the Voluntary Theological Examina-tion.- Ecclesiastical Gasette. MR. WEBSTEB, Piofessor of Elocution, has delivered two lectures in the Towu-hall, Cardiff, with marked success. ARRANGEMENTS are in progress for having a Regatta in our roadstead, the large open space inside Tenarth Head affording ample accommodation for aquatic amuse- ments of this description. —See ndvl. CUSTOM-HOUSE, CARDIFF, SEPTKMBER 6.-Removed under bond from London, by W. Bird & Son, 24 chests of tea, containing 12251bf. and duty paid thereon £133 19s. 8d. THE boyish practice of riding Ie Yeloripedes" about the town caused un a.ccidellta few evenings ago, as two of these machines frightened a gentleman's horse, which fell and threw its rider. No serious injury was sustained. MESMKiusM ASD CLAIRVOYANCE. —Lectures on'these subjects, followed by experirjuents, liave been delivered at the Theatre, Cardiff, during the week. The lectures were highly interesting, and the experiments really ex- traordinary. At the Town-hall this (Friday) evening our local friends will have the last opportunity of wit- nessing occurrences which have made indelible impres- sions upon the minds of many. -See Adv. MR. PENRY WILLIAMS, the eminent painter of Rome, who has reflected so much honout on the Principality, has been paving a visit to his friends in Glamorganshire and Brecoinshire, and reI urnll to Italy in October. DEATH OF Dlt. INGHAM.—Died on Ihursday, aged 78, fi„ a ghort illness, at his lodgings, Trinity College, ihe Colieire and rector of Garsinglon, Oxon. Dr. Ingram, on the'death of Dr. Thomas Lee, was elected to the headship of Trinity College in 1824. Mr. Ingram pro- ceeded to the degree of Matter of Arts on the 8th of May, 1800; to that of Bachelor of Divinity on the 1st of De- cember, 18c8; and to that of Doctor in Divinity on the 10th of July, 1824. Dr. Ingram published his Memorials of Oxford, a work of great antiquarian research, in 1827. -i—About fourteen or fifteen years ago Dr. Ingrain (under whom the late Marchioness of Bute and the Baroness North held a lease of the site of Wroxton Abbey) was on a visit to the late Marquess, at Cardiff Castle. Professor Webster, M.D., was executed at Boston, America, on the 30th ult., for the murder of his brother physician. FOUR MEN BURNT.—A dreadful explosion of gas took place on board the schooner Gertrude, of Cardiff, at a quarter to eleven o'clock on Thursday night. The ves- sel, which is in the Bute Dock, near the Dowlais wharf, was loaded with coal. A lucifer match was ignited in the cabin in the usual way—rubbing it against the floor or side when a loud explosion instantly followed, by which four men were dreadfully burnt, and the vessel damaged. The sufferers were conveyed to the infirmary. The new iron steamer, named the Princess Royal, launched a short time since, from the yard of the Neath Abb y Company, sailed from Swansea on Tuesday morn- ing, laden with 150 tons of copper for Bristol. It is in- tended that the shall ply for a few weeks on the Cardiff and Bristol station, after which she will resume the Swansea and Bristol station. Her commander is Mr. Matthew Jones, jun. SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.—An inquest was held (by adjournment) at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Friday even- ing last, before R. Lewis REECE, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of a newly-born female child, which two Irishmen and an Irishwoman had found in a recess on Cardiff bridge,at a very early hour on the previous Tues- day morning, as stated by us last week. Mr. EDWARD EVANS, having made a post-mortem examination of the body, said it was a well-formed female child; and he was satisfied that it had breathed. He saw no reason why it should not have lived if proper care had been taken. There was no external appearance of injury; but a step which is invariably and necessarily taken with ALL children who breathe had not been observed towards this infant and under the circumstances it would bleed to death.—From the tenor of Mr. Evans's evidence, the case appeared to be a most suspicious one, as there seemed scarcely a doubt that the child had met with foul play. The jury returned an open verdict, to the effect that the child had been found under the circumstances described by the witnesses; but that there was no evi- dence to show how its death was occasioned. GROSS OUTRAGE.-It is high time that those who have influence with the hordes of Irieli who inundate this town should interfere, and endeavour to prevail upon the wanderers to observe something like decency in their behaviour while resident amongst us. Not content with introducing filth, disease, poverty, and wretchedness is all its forms in their train, the Irish must need convert our streets and thoroughfares into arenas for carrying on their brutal fights, and disgust and shock peaceable per- sons with their horrible imprecations and savage contests. Scarcely a day passes but what finds the localities in wbi. h the Irish resort disturbed by some degrading exhi- bition, and the quietude which should prevail at mid- night is frequently destroyed by hideous faction cries and barbarous conflicts. On Monday evening last, a flght occurred in the neighbourhood of the Rising Sun public- house, Haves, between several I rish-ent no, not afight, but a tumultuous battle, in which brutes in the form of men attacked each other with the violence of demons. They were drunk. The noise and uproar were alarming. Several sustained severe contusions. Women fled scream- ing from the spot, and orderly men looked on in despair, not knowing how to deal with such frantic ruffianism. A policeman came up, but his single efforts were fruitless to stem the torrent of hellish passion which raged around. At length when the fury of the storm had nearly expended itself, the Mayor happened to arrive, and dispatched mes- sengers for additional police aid, directed the ring-leaders to be secured, and acted so energetically that in a short time several men were taken into custody and the mob dispersed. NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION OF THE POOR.— The following contributions have been remitted to the society from 20th July to 19th August:— CardiS.St.John .CI! t 9 Donatts, St 0 4 3 Marcross 0 5 0 Neath. 3 5 G Ruddry 0 11 0 Bed was 0 13 0 Michaelstone-.y-Vedw 1 0 0 CalCKBT.-A match, which at Its commencement was very little thought of, but which, ere it was concluded, excited the warmest interest. was played on Tuesday, on the cricket ground, near this town, between the Cardiff and Taff Vale clubs. The former club has had a season crowned with the most gratifying success; while the lat- ter has been occupied in assiduous practice, the result of which is, that although a junior club, and having to depend entirely on their own resources (while the Cardiff club has had the advantage of a professional instructor), they succeeded, after an arduous struggle, in scoring ex- actly as many as their seniors, and were almost conquer- ors. The following is a copy of the score :— CARDIFF CLUB. First Innuigs. Second Innings. Jackson, b. Lynn 2 b. Nottou 0 C. Staeey, c. Scott, b. Lynn 8 not out 22 F. Staeey, c. Lynn, b. Jones 82 b. Lynn 14 R. Jenner, b. June «. 0 b. Norton 0 Hodge, b. Lynn 2 b. Norton 8 Thorogood, b. Lynn 4 c. and b. Lynn 15 H. Jenner, b. Junes # c. and b. Lynn 2 E. Jenner, b. Lynn b. Lynn o Srothert, c. and b. Jones I b. Lynn i Stockdale, not out "••• e. and b. Lynn 2 F. Langley,' run out. « V Bye 1, no ball 1 2 Bj*no baU 1• le« bye I 3 Total first inning Total second inning. 69 TAFF VLLE CLUD- First Innings. becond tnmngs. Brown, s. F. Stacey, b. Jacks on 4 b. C. Stacey Payne, b. Jackson 7 c. Stockdale, h, Jackson 13 Mitchell,-not out .5 -e. and b. F. Stacey. 0 Davies, run out 11 b, Jackson 4 Lynn, c. Jackson, b. C. 8t*eey. 5 b. Stacey 2 Norton, b. C. Stacey 4 b. Jlicksoh 8 S. Marks. b. Jackson f notu-ut i. 0 Jones, b. C. btacey 0 b. II. Jenuer 14 Scott, b. C. Stacey l c. C, Staeey, b. Jackson 2 Sbapcott, run out. 1 c. F. Stacey, b. Jackson 3 Tilum-. b. C. Stacey o b. C. Stacey 1 JJjes 3, wide 1 4 Byes 4, wide 1, leg byes 3 8 Total first innings 42 Total second innings 76 P°RT OF CARDIFF. VESSELS LOADING FOREIGN. Masters. Cdrga. Where Bound. „V" lr Vaoghan coal Panama Anne BWC* JWallow Kio de Janeiro Hilding David coal Acapulco Janet KidstOQ iietf9 coal Sierra Leone London RinleV 'ro? £ iew York Edward Cohen coal Singapore Henrietta Miri" A,K*' iron New Orleans Thorndike K r, coa,t ^'exandri* Radost Katfr* cua| Malmo Gertruda Honkeld „ Constantinople FldeliS. Mridt^t Nat)te# Jeune Adolpbe Constant Messina Delnhvii Witt colll Nautes Leontine Emma Champ00 c0ttl *? £ "!?ndria Grace and James Young co#' Pra„KO lies coal N.nt« Indrais Ertand Columbia Hay coal P°n ^u Bon Pere Moyon Nantes Victoire ltoll t _oaj Malta Drago Gwinoricn co#j Marseille* Grand Frederick Dejoie j Nantes Fanny Ciozon Royal William Crisp 1 Lisbon Francis Mary Long Constantinople Tarah Prln'? Lai Nantes Jeune Marie Eleanor, Perrand 7*" Malta Su-anna Pearson ir0t{ 2J jj,e« Buryanthe Bendemana coal, Mu,seille« Fouls r'eaunde Carl Julie Sinming *°aJ A t Omnibus Libeaupir c0^ S'lr. Wigwancount Isaura iron Myosotis Cafsara coal ^ant Aleta Fordyce coal §art'e' Jules Cony the coal >antes Concordia Cfiristauson coal Linbon Ernest Pasco coal BourdeauX Aline Codet coal Hante* Old Peter Swinding coal Travenaun |er]e Codet coal K»nte« £ *uojr Cairon ooal Gibraltar "•Ml# Jollvtrr C9*l

CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAY. [Before Chatty Vacbell, Efq., Mayor, Chao. C. Williatns, Esq., and It F. Jenner, Esq.] This bein" the day appointed for renewing publicans', ceniflcates, a large number of landlords were ID attendance the majority of whom received their papers without any remark. But this was not tbe case with certain parties, as some of thOllÐ who have skittle alleys attached to tlieir houses others who keep singing siloon-, and one or two who are notorious brothel keepers, were told that the con- sideration of their applicat ons wa- adjourned tor fourteen davs. There were nineteen applications for new licenses. in disposingpf the foregoing cases, the MAYOR said—first, with regard to the new applicalions-" This is the first time that the lintof applicants has been submitted to me. My im- pression is that there are already in thi- town sufficient pub- lic-houses for all useful purposes. We adjourn our deci- sion till this day fortnight." As a reason for suspending the certificate in the case of a landlord who has a skittle alley on his premises, the MAYOR said,— We understand that plav is permitted in your alley to a very late hour—or rather, to a very early one-till day- light. That shall not be permitted; and we adjourn our decision on your ca«e till tlvsday fortnight." The landlorJsof saloons wera thus aikire*sed by his wor- ship: With regard to renewing your licenses, we adjourn our decision till this day fortnight, in consequence of your departing from the original intention for which inns were designed. I suppose these bills [the announcement of per- formances] were issued by your authority?" Answers in the affirmative were given. His worship proceeded,—"1 cannot conceive it is consistent with good order that such doings should be ca-rlerl on in your houses." The despicable characters-who keep houses of ill-fame were di«mi^ed very "Utnmarily and we understand that it is the intention of the magistrates not to grant certificates to the keepiri of those vile receptacles. UtGHWAY ROBBERY. Henry Davies. painter, and John Morgan, of Llantrissent, were charged with having stopped Edwin Lewis on the North-road, near this town, and with having stolen from him a watoh, 3s. 6d. in silver, and some cop per-money. From Supt. Stockdale's ftateinent wp inferred that the pr soner Morgan is wanted" by the police at Llantrissent, for breaking into a house and ill-u*ing a man. The pri- soner, Henry Davies, is an old offender and is .considered by the police to be one of the most hopeful candidates for transportation in this town.. Edwin Lewis said that he was proceeding from Cardiff over the Canal-bridge, and up the North-road. Three per- sons met him, one of uhom was the prisoner Morgan the others he could not identify as he became very mucaatarmed inconsequenceofthevioientthreatswhichwere made. The three robbers closed about witness—demanded his money or his life—threatened to knock him down unless he "delivered," upon whIch he begged them to take all he had, but to spare his life. This was about nine o'clock. His assailants took from hi 11 his watch and chain, 3s. 6d. in silver, and some copper. They then consulted. whether they had not better knock him on the head to prevent his appearing ajjaiust them; but ultimately they went "ft without doing him any further injury. Heg )t back intoCrockherbtown: and ag-tin saw the three men. He called P.C. Morgan (No. 9) an.) told him what had occurred. Morgan, very prompty. gave chase al.d secured oue whom he handed over to Eilwin Lewis to detain while he went in search of the others; but Lrwis, who stems to be»a man of no energy whatever, per- mitted hi- prisoner:o escape—detaining, however, his jacket, out of which the fellow slipped. P.S. Rollins sai<—About .half-past five yesterday even- ing I WdS un duty at the I saw Henry D,IV;C< crou the street in the ilirecli In of Lan"ore-courl, into wh'ch he tur.ied; and remained there xbout five or ten minutes I belie-e whe" hw went down he had this coat on when he callie back he had another coat on. with th>- collar turned up about his face. He went into the Cardiff Castle teer-house. I met him about eight, and I believe he had ao(lIill changed his coat. I met hiin again about ten, commg down Queen-street from the direction of Mr Bradley's lane. He said to me,—" You had better go up to the theatre. A man has been robbed there." Superintendent St>ckdale said that if the case were re- manded for a week, he had strong reasons to conclude that ample evidence would be obtained against Henry Divies. In the meantime the third per?ou gpoken of would betaken. Remanded for a week. A FIGHTING mtSHMAN. Julin Mahony, of Mary Ann-street, a very diminutive Irishman, a out the size of a f Jt-grown quart of beer, was charged with having, while "pot-«aliant, thrown olr his upper clothing and challenged the town of Cardiff to single coin bat. A young woman who seemed interested in the hero's fate, took him up, and was carrying him home to his mother out of harm's way—when a policeman appeared on the scene, and said that as the public peace was destroyed by the liisli of that locality, examples would be made of every offendt-r. Maliony was lodged in sa e custody, and this mornioll appeared with a mllst lugubrious aspect before the magistrates.— Mr. Jenner thought it would do thechampion good to cut his hair for him, as it hung in matted tresses over his greasy coat.—Fined 5s. and costs. VICE, MISERY, AND DESTITUTION. Eleanor Hughes, an unfortunate girl, was charged with being drunk and disorderly last night in the public streets. The necessary evidence having been given, the miserable defendant raid ehe resided iu K jnton's-coort, to which place she was resuming peaceably when she was met in the pas- sage leadiug thereto by Mr. Stib >s, barber, who brandished a poker and vowed she should not pass because she had listened at his door,—a charge of which she was entirely innocent. The Mayor Have you no virtuous home to gf} to? Can you not earn a decent livelihood without persisting in courses which should be abhorrent to every female's heart ? Eleanor Hughes: No, sir, I have 110 chance sincj I lost my character. The Mayor There, go home and abandon your present infamoui career ere it be too late. At a later period in the forenoon. Mr. Stibbs came up and obtained a summons against this young woman for an assault, declaring that she and others had behaved most outrageou-ly. SERroUS CHARGE AGAINST TWO LADS. Wiliiam John, aged 13 year*, the son of decent parents, residing within a few miles of tbis town, wa. charged b; Superintendent Langdon, of the Sott)) Wales Railway Company's police, wi'h having put a stone un the line, thereby placing a train in imminenl danger. P.C. Juseph Garrett said that he saw several boys on the line near Newtown. He "aw William John pick a stone up and distinctly saw him go deliberately and put it on the metal. A train passed in a very shotttme; and then the boy went to see nhat effect it had had on the stone. The stone was crushed to powder. Witness went on and seized the culprit. He was within a hundred yards of him when he put the stone down. Mr. Jenner Why not hollo out to him? P.C. Garrett: I had no time to do so, sir, as a train was approaching. The Mayor: But are you sure this is the boy ? P.C. Garrett: Positive, sir. I kept my eye on h:m. The Mayor: But nviy ynti not have been mistaken? Mr. Thomas Evans: He "as sent there on duty. sir, and it is not at all probable that he male a mistake, as he ■vewra distinctly be saw the'boy- commit the oORBoce. Superintendent Langdun mid "tonea were often put on the røils by boys from a mere spirit of want,muess-proba- bly intending no harm to any pop, but with the view of seeing whether the train would crush them or not. On Saturday morning another little boy—(who was brought forward, and who<e head scarcely reached the table)—threw a stone at a train as it was passing, and broke a pane of plate glMs. Mr. Thomas Evans: There is no middle course to be taken. You must either send the ca.e to the sessions or dismiss it at once. Mr. Dornford (clerk at. the Cardiff station) said it was not wished to press the charge against the boys, but simply to caution them. The Mayor said the offence was a most atrocious one. A stone put on a rail might turn an engine and train ou* of their cour«e—cause them to be thrown over, and accidents, or even loss oflile, might be the result. What was spoit to those boys and their thoughtless companions might be death 10 passengers in the train. The law is very severe in CHes of thi6 description and if sent for trial and convicted, the defendants might be imprisoned for two year". Their offenc wai worse than robbery: it almost amounted to an att mp at murder. He hoped their escape on this occa- sion would be a warning .to them. t Mr Jenner said that the defendants ought to be very much obliged to the Mayor, and also to the railway com Zny. for the lenient course taken by them. PII PC Garrett said, with reference t. the lesser boy, that his mother came on when be (Garrett) removed hinl and, other children from the line; and abused hi.it with all the violence of which an infuriated woman u Capable. The woman was called foiward and very gravely admo- nished. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT. Sarah Davies and Ann Piice, two infamous wretches from Whitmore-lane, were charged with t.eating one of their own class, named Anne Price, who has just recovered from an almost fatal attack of fever..—Complainant deposed that she had been struck by both defendants; and as they could plead no justification, they were severally convicted in the pena'ty of 5J. and cost" in default of payment to be imprisoned for fourteen days.—Commi: ted. BREAKING WINDOWS.—RETRIBUTION. Anne Pearce and Anne Owens, two young cir's whom >ice and gross depravity have already rendered quite repulsive, were charged with having (in company with other' nottn custody) broken the windows of Mr. John Barnes, the keeper of a notorious beer. house in Whitmore-lane. Mr. R. Lewis Reece appeared for complainant. Harriett, the wife of Samuel Walters, said Last Friday night week, at about ten minutes past eleven o'clock, I heard windows go to pieces. I weut to the door—to my own doo"-and across the street to Mrs. Barnes s. I saw Anne Pearce break he or six panes of glass. She broke them with her net. I saw the other girl jumping up and breaking four or five of the upper panes. The panes are worth about a shilling each. I am generally up late, as J keep a little shop. Anne Owens suid that she and other young girls had long been in Mrs. Barnes's house, where they were kept on cer- tain t..rms named by her. On the day in which this adair happened, they were turned out because they would not go upstairs with the lodgers (seamen), and 118Y Mrs. Barnes Is. 6d. each out of their miserable earnings. Mrs. Barnes sad it was not tfue; "Girls" dil nothing but drink in her house like other customers—nothing more. The Mayor Is your house a brothel ? Mrs. B met: No. sir I deny it with both ban-If. The defendants entered liito sickening details of the mode of life led in this vile house. Mrs. Barnes again affirmed that sb. was not guilty of the infatt10lts practices attributed to heK The Mayor: I believe it doe. not alone rest on the testi- mony of tnese miserable atvl.ruined ".i..18.. I believe you do keep a notorious house; and that being so. a person at your advanced 8geof life has already one foot in hell. Your conduct is u'terly.abominable. Mf. Baraes: I don't keep them, siri The Mayor: I can see through your conduct. You want other and newer victims than these creatures; and you turu them out. You ought to be ashamed of yourself to come before a court of justice. You are oue of the pests of ""Mrs*' Barnes: If I do not get justice here I must get justice somewhere ehe. that is all. The Mayor: In conscquence of the reputation of your house I will take on myself to dismiss this case. Mr R. Lewis Reece asked the Mayor to reconsider his decision He (Mr. Reece) was not a««re that Mrs. Barne9 kept such an improper house; for however notorious she had rendered herself he had not heard ot it. The Mav< r These are two unfortunate girls whom she has ruined. Fresher victims are required and obtained: the J uirls are turned out, and io a moment of 1rr.ta.10n they bre k her windows, for which she ,eeks to punish ,hRj £ R Lewis Reece 1 Js the woman, because >he keeps an improper house, to go unprotected ? Is .she to be attacked with impunity? Because your decision amounts to that Mr. C. C. Williams: Certainly not. But in this case she turned the girls out of the bouse. Mr. R. Lewi. Reece: Have you any proof of that? Mr. C. C. Williams: Their own Statements. Mr. K. Lewi. Reece But their own staleinent ought not to be taken.. The Mayor: Why not, when it is supported by so many corroborative circumstances? I may be legally wrong, and will take the consequences; for I entirely exonerate Mr. Williams from any share iti this decision. Look at the cir- cumstances of this case. Here is a woman who takes these two girls into her house. She wants them to prostitute themselves. They refuse to do it upon the terms prescribed, and then she turns them out of the house. I cannut con- ceive that the law can lay any penalty on me for refusing to convict in such a rase. Mr. R. Lewis Reece: But. sir, you place her without the pale of the law by your decision. The Mayor: She has placed herself without the pale of decency, and violates every Christian precept daily. jfr. R. Lewis Reece: But. sir, if it go abroad that the m«» be attacked with impunity ^he Mayor: Oh no, it will not. That is not so. The est case that comes befote us shall be met, as this was, ° dinR 'ls raer'ts« *ud any party wantonly and decor j | y stacking bar shall be"severely punished. unpr° p 'Williams s I do not think that Mrs. Barnes < r anV personal injury. need l«»r J -6 Reece: Yes, sir; but any of those girls who Mr. «• wiU come on again with the same story, may attack ne youcao (jardlr rely on what they Mr. S»T. »>r> r do b«He»e their statement, I assure you. The Mavor: °« W,u, then, *t)»Q th« ant cut coawi,

COWBRIDGE PETTY SESSIONS. [Held on Tuesday. Vefore R. C. Nicholl Carne, E-q. mayo » and C. Ballard, Esq., baililf.] Mr. Gardner, landlord of Ihe Bear 11111, was charged by David Edwards, po-t hoy," late in his employment with striking him with a ftck on the face, thereby disfiguring and otherwise disabling him. David Edwards fworu I took a ( air of horses to Cardiff on Tuesday last. and cime home about half-past eight in the evening. The cause of my being late was that the horses were too weak to travel- one of them fell down when in the yard and MrJ. Gardner abused me for being so long. Mr. Gardner came and asked what was the mutter, and told me not to name myoid master, Mr. Ballard, to him. He then took hold of my coat, and we scuffled together. I was called a thief by Mrs. Gardner. I told her to go in and minfi her own business. I went into the stable to fetch my tools, and Mr. Gardner locked me in with May the ostler and my wife. I told him that unh ss he would open the door I would go out through the window. I made an attempt to do so, when he struck me with a walking-stick on my face, and broke the brim of my hat. Dr. Lewclin and Dr. Wil- liams came and examined my wounds. Cross-examined by Mr. Gardner: ) never struck you first. I left home about ten o'clock in the morning and came hack at baif-past eight. The usual time allowed for going to the pscketl at Car.tiff is seven hours. 1 have not been able to work since. Two men took me home after I was struck. Mrs, Gardner called me a thief. I did not call her a 1). y w——; but I told her she looked like one. George Langley was then called by complainant, and stated that he was standing in the yard, and saw Mr. Gard. ner strike complainant through the window. Complainant called Mrs. Gardner a w and Mr. Gardner a b y scamp. He might have called him a rogue twice. Dr. Williams sworn: I saw David Edwards; he Was on the ground he ha,1 a cut on his nose; the blood was flow- ing from the cut; the injury was above the cartilage; I think there will be a scar there; one blow might do all the injury. Dr. I.ewelin was called in to see the man, and I gave the case into his hands. Mr. Gardner then called on William Lewelin, who was sworn I remember being in the yard on Tuesday night. David Edwards and Mr. Gardner were scuffling. I was not there at the commencement. I heard Edwards abuse Mr. Gardner through the window he said—"I wiIljtet out of the window and kick you." He was then struck through the window; he walked out of the stable. By D. Edwards: I did not hear Mr. Gardner send for a stick. You did not tell me you had no lood for the horses. Joseph Alay sworn I was in the yard when Mr. Gardner came there; he did not speak cross to David Edwards. I went to fetch a light. I heard Edwards abuse Mr. Gardner shamefully. Mr. Gardner gave him no provocation. He. his wife, and myself went into the suble, and Mr. Gardner locked the door. and said he would send for a policeman. I heard Edwards abuse Mr. Gardner through the window, and also make use of the vilest language with respect to Mrs. Gardner. Mr. Gardner addressed the court—hoping they would take into consideration the very great provocation he had received from the man, at the same time trusting the court would deal as leniently with him as they could. Mr. Nicholl Came said the decision of the court was. that Mr. Gardner be fined £2 and expenses, in ail £3 9s. (¡d. which sum was immediately paid. Richard Dar.ies, bookseller, was brought up in custody of P.C. Adains. chirged with stealing several books—includ- ing ledgers, day books, other account books, and works,- from the shop of his father, Mr. Divies, of Cowbridge. Mr, D. Davies stated to the bench that his son had lived with htm so.ne time, but was mirried a few weeks back since which time he had endeavoured to persu.de his eider brother to turn his father out of doors, so that thev m gl.t have the business. Mr. Davies said that he had failed in trade about two years back, since which time the busi- ness has been carried on in the name of the .ons- but he had never assigned the property over to them, or promis-d to do so. He had now settled with his creditors, and consi- dered the account books in the shop, as well as the stock in trade, to be his own. The sou hera interfered, and told the court th-it he en- tered a protest against th" proceeding, as the warrailt W..8 not formal, and requested the chairman to read it over. The Chairman told him he did not intend (after the ex- phnation given by his father) proceeding with the ca-e as oneoffetony if he did it would very likely turu out serious but should order the books, which were brought into court by the officers, to be restored to the father, which was done, and the son an,1 his wife left the court heaping bless- ings of a strange nature on their aged parent.

MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. ABERDARE.—The adjourned inquest on the body of Noah Howell, was held oil the 5th, at the Plough and Harrow tavern, Aberaman, before Mr. John Morgan. The deceased was a collier, aged H, who was killed on the 30th ult. The jury brought in a verdict of "acci. dental death." FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held at the Horse and Groom Tavern, Dowlais, on the 7th inst., before John Morgan, Esq., deputy coroner, on the body of William Parry, aged 30, who came to his death by falling headlong into a pit on the fith. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death." ANOTHER ACCIDENT.—Another inquest was held tt the same place and time, on the body of Margaret Mile% a young girl, who was killed by the overturning of a cart on the 6th. Terdict—Accidental Death. SUDDEN DEATH—An old man, named David Johr, well known to the inhabitants of Merthyr, as the keeper of the Abercanna Garden, died suddenly on the 6th inst., in bed at Abercanna. An inquest was held upon the body the next day, before the deputy coroner; and a ver- dict returned by the jury of Died by thu visitation of God." PONTWALBT.—The adjourned inquest on the body of William Williams, collier, aged 28, whose death re- sulted from the melancholy accident which occurred at Pontwalby, and which was so fully reported in our last, took place before the deputy coroner, at the Butcher's Arms, Pontwalby; the jury after having deliberated for two hours, and meditated a verdict of manslaughter, finally agreed to return one of "accidental death. THE BURGLARY AT COLLET UcHAF.—This heartless robbery, the particulars of which appeared in our last, has, from its atrocity, crekted considerable interest in the neighbourhood,—a general wish being expressed that the two villains who could so heartlessly plunder and ill-treat so very aged and delenceless a female, may be speedily brought to justice. We expressed a confident belief that in the hands of Superintendent Wrenn their capture would soon be effected; and we are happy to state that two men, named Rees Evans and William Richards, were apprehended by that excellent officer on Tuesday night, and safely lodged in the iWerthyr station-house; since which they have been positively identified by the old woman as the men who robbed her. GRAVITATION.—We have frequently heard grave men, with learned looking spectacles, talkiug about something they catt the law of xrantatiun. by which apples fall to the ground, when echool boys learn natural philosophy by shaking the trees; and from what recently came under our notice, we suspect that there may be some truth in what these gentlemen say. A few evenings ago, while we, as ie our wont, were taking a little "owl exercise," a gentleman, in an entire state of beer, particularly attracted our attention. He seemed to have a notion that the street was scarcely wide enough for a man of consequence, and so frequently perfotmed the operation called "surveying," that we at the moment suspected that he might have been in the employ of the Public Health Board but as, on enquiry, we leagued that since its election this board has not been heard of, this must have been an erroneous inference of ours. Our friend continued for some time to describe a zig-zag course across the road, until in the neighbourhood of Bethesda Row, he inclined a little too much one side, and rolled nown the tip, performing sundry graceful evolutions in his course, until he was sufely landed on the tram-road be. neath. Since that time we have beg:m to believe in the law of gravitation. ABERDAUB POLICE.—[Thursday. —Before G. R. Mor- gall and Witiiam Thomas, Esquires].—Morgan Davies, of the Ship and Castle, was charged with keeping his house open before one o'clock on Sunday, August 25. Fined 10s. and costs.— Evan Davies, boatman, charged with an offence against the canal bye-laws. Fined 5s. and costs. — Rviin r/iomas was charged b., P.C. David James with being drunk and disorderly at Jackson's Bti lge on Friday night. Fined 5s. and costs.—James (VHearn and John Dalton were charged by P.C. Webber with a similar offence. O'Hearn was fined 5s. and Oal- ton discharged.—David Williams of Blaengwawr, was charged by Howell Williams, assistant overseer, with having assaulted and bitten him on the 4th inst. Fined 5s. and costs. Charles Tomkins, sinker, was charged with having deserted his family and left them chargeable to the parish of Aberdare. Committed to Swansea house of correction for month with hard labour.—Evan Thomas, charged with the same offence, had a similar sentence. —John Hughes and Chas.,Priest, charged by Sergeant Parsons with being drunk and disorderly, were discharged with a reprimand. MERTHYR POLICE COURT.—SATURDAY. [Before W. Thomas & Lewis Morgtn, E^r-.] Margerey Evans, of Dowlais, was charged npon the infor- mation of Superintendent Wrenn, with having sold beer without being licensed to do so, on the morning of Sunday, the 1st inst. It appeared that a number of persons were drinking and fighting in her house at three o'clock on the morning in question. Finl!(It:2 10s. and costs. Evan Thomas, puddler, charged by P.C. David James, with having been drunk and disorderly last night was fiued titestntting". James O'Herne and John Dalton Irish labourers, were charged by P.C. William Webber, with a similar offence to the above. O'Herne Will floed 55, and Dalton discharged with a caution. Margaret Cole was charged by Jeremiah Coony with hav- ing assaulted him by throwing a stone through hI" window, which cut him on the head, on the 31st ultimo. Fined 10s. and cosb, and in default committed forl4d«ys.—In this case there must have been some deliberate perjury com- mitted by the witness or witnesses on one tide. 1 wo swore positively that they saw defendant pick up t stone and throw it at Coony: but a woman called for the defence swore that she was present the whole time, an t that defend- ant never threw or touched a stone at all. The perjury of witnesses we-n-e so frequently obliged to listen to, in t'lis court, is truly appalling, and tM should be glad to see an example made of persons who are guilty of so heinous an otfenre. Ellen Bryant war charged by Ann Djoaghue with hav- ing wilfully broken eight squares of glass in her window ou the 3rd inst. Fined 2s. 6d.. the value of the glass, aud costs, and in default committed for 14 days to hard labour. Lewis Griffiths, collier, charged by Griffith Thomas with having assaulted him on the 2nd inst. As both appeared to have been in the wrong, they were ordered to pay costs be- tween them. MONDAY—[Before Wm. Thomas, Esq.]. TheontybusineM) transacted this morning was ihe dis- posal of a drunken charge or two, and listening to applica- tions for summonses &c.,—a most unusual circumstance for Monday morning. WEDNESDAY.—[Before Wm. Thomas and G. R. Morgan, Esqrs.] Daniel Jones was charged with having stolen an ash-tree the property of Lord Dynevor, from the Getting farm, near Merthyr, on the 9th inst., Sergeant Rees deposed that about five o'clock on Tuesday morning he found the tree under the doors leading to the yard of the New Inn, High- street, the butt was too larue to admit it under the doors. The prisoner was standing opposite it, and "aid it belonged to him, that he found it in a wood. He afterwards said he got it from amongst the cord wood on Getting-farm and was going to sell it to James Millward, the landlord of the New Inn, to make a ladder. John Ward, the farmer, identified the tree as one stolen from the farm. The pri- soner was committed for trial at the sessions. A SMASHER.—Samuel Cattle a uawy "employed on the railway-works, in the Vale of Neath. was charged with having uttered counterfeit coin t., Joseph Jonathan, at Poutoeath-Vaughan. It appeared that P.C. Thomas hav- ing suspicion of the prisoner, made enquiries, and found several pieces of base coin had been passed iu beerhouses iu which the prisoner had been drinking. He was appre- hended, and one counterfeit shilling found upon him. Upon the application of the superintendent he was remanded to Saturday. THE BURGLARY AT COLLEY UCHAF.—Reet Evans, con- tractor, and William Richards, labourer, were charged with having broken and entered the boule of Ann Wafers, on the night of the 25th ultimo, and stoleu therein ten sove- reigns, one ha'f-guinea, four crown-pieces, fi»e-peuce, three farthings, and six yards of blue cloth. Superintend- ent Wrenn applied to the bench to have the case heard pri- vately. The men, he said, were only appreheuded late last night, and consequently the evidence may not be complete. The magistrates adjourned to a private room and heard the case against the prisoners. We are therefore not aware of the nature of the evidence advanced against them, further than that they were positively identified by the old woman as the men who robbed her- They were remanJed till Saturday. 8KETTY Nsw CHURCH,—We understand that the ceremony of the consecration of this elegant little church bat been postponed from Wednesday neit, September the lift, to Wftdueiday, September Mtb. LLANVAEON. —On the 9th instant, the Llanvabon Wo- men's Society celebiated their anniversary. At ten o'clock the sisters metat the club-room, in the Wellington Inn. Afterthelapse of half an hour, they turnedout. all very neatly attired, and, being arranged ill procession, proceeded to the Llanvabon Methodist chapel, headed b\ Mr. Jenkins, minister, and Mr. E. Thomas, secretary, whrn Mr. Jenkins delivered an eloquent sermon to them. The sisters sang a hymn; and after Divine service, they returned to the club-room, where the worthy hostess fol- lowed her guests to the dining-room, taking one end of the table herself, and the host presiding at the other table. The dinner was in every respect worthy of the occasion. The cloth was then removed and Mr. Jen- kins was voted to the chair, and Mr. S, Leigh, surgeon, to the vice-chair. The Chairman delivered an excellent speech on the benefits arising from societies of this nature, and complimeuted the worthy host and hostess for their admirable management of the table. Then Mr. Leigh rose and addressed the company in his usual happy man- ner, stating that he was delighted to be surrounded by so numerous a company, which had formed themselves into a society for such good purposes, which was governed by truth, love, and friendship; and where such principles prevail, the result must prove prolific of great good. The remainder of the day was spent in the most rational and agreeable manner.

NEWPORT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE SIR CHARLES MORGAN, OF TREDEGAR, BART.—It will be in the recollection of our readers, that in the year 1846, a committee was ap- pointed for the purpose of erecting some testimonial to the late benevolent and respected Sir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar and a large sum of money was subscribed by the gentlemen of the counties of Monmouth and Glamor- gan, and other distinguished persons, amongst whom may be named her late Majesty the Queen Dowager and his Royal Highness the late Duke of Cambridge; but before this object could be matured, Sir C. Morgan had ceased to exist. The committee determined to advertise for designs, and, from the many which were subsequently sent in and exhibited in the council-room at Newport, the committee unanimously selected the design of Mr, Evan Thomas, of Belgrave-place, London, of whom the inhabitants of the Principality have just cause to be proud, when they look at the admirable work executed by their own countryman. The design exhibits the late respected baronet seated in a chair of classic form: the attitude is perfectly natural, and the likeness most striking. The whole is cast in bronze, and is larger than life. The figure is placed upon a very handsome pedestal of Aber- deen granite, and is erected in the small square in front of the Tredegar estate office, Newport. The committee to which we have referred, consisted of some of the leading gentlemen of the country, Sir Benjamin Hall being the chairman,&Mr John Hellicar, of Newport, the honorary secretary, to whom especially the greatest praise is due for his unwearied exertions to carry out the objects 'if the committee. It was in contemplation to have had some public demonstration on the completion of this work; but in consequence of the desire expressed by the family that this should not take place the intention was aban- doned. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY BIUDOg OVER THE WYB.— The site of this additional bridge will be a short distance below the old one, and the staple material will be iron, the castings of the piers being of that article or rather the piers will be formed of iron tubes filled up with con- crete. The first objects that attract the notice at present are the great and novel works constructed in the river, the cast-irou piers, the foundation of which is upon the solid rock at the bottom of the Wye. The piers on the land side are six feet in diameter, and those in the water are eight feet. They are bolted together in sections, and will be filled with concrete as soon as the woikmen have ex avated the rock and sand beneath the iron rilll, so as to ensure an equal foundation at the base. On the top of these iron-cased piers will be placed the roadway for carrying the trains of the South Wales Railway over the river to Gloucester; but whether it will he by a tube, or by a partly suspended medium, the spectator has no means of ascertaining, except that a tube is being made similar to that at the bridge over the Severn on the Glou- cester and Forest of Dean Railway, and made of large iron plates. The greatest difficulty in this new construc- tion at Chepstow appears to be from the water pouring so fast into the iron piers that it requires a large steam- engine to pump it up, so as to enable the men to work under the iron, and thereby secure a uniform and solid foundation. CHUKCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—On Sunday last, seimons were preached in Saint Paul's Church, Newport, in behalf of this society, by Rev. Edward Squire, vicar of Swansea, and late missionary to China; and on Mon- day evening the annual meeting was held in the N a. tional School room, Sir DIGBY MACKWOHTH, BART., in the chair. The honourable baronet addressed the meet- ing; and was followed by the Rev. D. Isaacs and the de- putation, the Rev. E. Squire, who introduced the most interesting statements. The Rev. Henry Wybrow, minister of St. Paul's, was proceeding to address the meeting upon the advantages which the assistance he had received from the society enabled him to secure in the sphere of his labours, and was alluding in terms of affec- tionate respect to his late curate, the Rev. D. Dickson, when he fell into a fainting fit and was obliged to desist. A liberal collection was made at the doors. KGATTA AT NEWPORT.—One of those pleasing and most interesting sights took place near Newport on Monday last, between the various pilot boats. At half- past eight 111 the morning, our attention was aroused by the faring ot guus; and on proceeding to the Dock, we were delighted by the beautiful manner in which the boats were arranged by their respective masters, who were impatient to try their sailing qualities. The day was exceedingly fine, but hardly fit for the occasion, as the wind was very light. At half-past nine, the steamer Sampson was backed into the Dock, and the lovers of aquatic sports succeeded in securing places on board. The boats having started, amid great cheering, gradually drew down the river, the banks of which were thickly lined with spectators. The contest now caused consi- demble excitement, opinions being freely given on the qualities of the boats by the "knowing ones." Several sweepstakes were made up, and those who drew the Vic- tory (the favourite boat, by-the-by) deemed themselves sure of success; and in the race to the Holmes were likely to be so fortunate; but fortune—that tickle jade- stepped in and turned the day in favour of the Ganymede, who drew ahead of her competitor in gallant style, and kept the lead to the winning goal—the mouth of the river. Some of the boats, through the turning of the tide, were unable to get round the Holmes, and conse- quently gave up thteontetl. At the close of the race the commander of the Sampson ordered all steam power to be put on, and overtaking the victorious boat and her unsuccessful competitor, saluted them with three hearty cheers, and bade them try who would then be successful in gaining the Dock first. The bets now were verv free. and the Victory seemed to be a general favourite; but the champion of the first contest again secured the honours of the day. The names of the first-class boats that started for the race were the Victory, Ganymede, Miranda, Pe- trel, Hopewell, Providence, Sarah. INQUEST—An inquest was held on Tuesday last at the Six Bells Inn, Stow Hill, on the body of John West alias Bailey, before William Brewer, Esq., coroner. It appeared that the deceased, a native of Bath, but was lately residing at the house of MarY-the-Cripptc. in i riarsfields, whence he went to seek employment from the euginemeu, at the Courtybella station of the Western Valleys Railway, on Monday evening last. At about six o'clock the No. 22 engine, driven by George Fieldhouse, came up at a slow pace, for the purpose of moving some coke trams off the main line to a siding, when unfortu- nately at the time deceased attempted to cross the line between the waggons, and was crushed between the buffers, the engine driver not perceiving him until alarmed by some of the workmen in the shop, who wit- nessed the accident. He was immediately taken to the hospital, and attended by Dr. Hawkins, but expired in about three hours. Verdict, "Accidental death," the jury expressing an opinion that the least blame could not oe attributed to the engine driver. MR. ROBERT PARRY (Rohyn Ddu) was invited to see and spend a few days with a respectable family at the Ebbw Vale works, and accordingly left Cardiff on Satur- day, the 7th inst., for that purpose. At the pressing solicitations of old friends, he delivered two lectures ul1 Sunday, and one on Monday, on the Temperance ques- tion, and also oue on Monday evening at the Company's girls' school.room, on the advantages of self education. All Mr. Parry's addresses were to the point, grand, and convincing, his reasonings were sublime, and his elforts among us will long be remembered with gratitude. NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11TH, 1850. Beef, 4jtl. to 5d. per lb.; mutton, 5d. per Ib, Iamb, 5^(1. per lb.; veal, 4^d, to 5d. per lb.; pork, 8s. to 8s. 6d. per score. The market was well supplied with stock but things went olf rather slow. POULTRY MARKET.—Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per couple Ducks, 3s. to 5s. per do.; geese, 2s. 9 1. to 4s. 6d. each; leverets, 2s. 6d. each grouse, 7s. per couple partridges, 4:t. per couple. FISH MARKET.—Soles, Gd. to 8d. per lb.; salmon, lOd. to is. per lb.: turbot, 10s. to 15s. each lobsters, Is. 3d. to Ss. each; crabs, 4d. to Is. each sprats, 2d. per lb. guruots, 8d. to 6d. each native oysters, 9d. per dozen Mumbles do. 3d. per dozen; shrimps, 4d. per lb. We have had a large supply of sprats, which appear very fine. Cops AND HAY MARKET. —Wheat, 40s. to 4'2s. per quarter; oats, 16s. to 17<. G.I. per quarter; barley, 20s. to tos. per do.; flour, 35s. per sack seconds ditto, 33<. per do. thirds ditto, 23s. per do.; new hay, 45s. to 50s. per ton; old do., 55s. to 60s. per do.; straw, Is. to Is. 4d. per dozen. Trade it rather dull this week, there beinar scarcely any demand. NEWPORT PETTY SESSIONS, MAGISTRATES' OFFICS, NEWPORT. Sept. 7.—[Before Kev». Jas, Cotes. T. PlIP", and 0- Morgan, Esq., M.P.]—Mr. Murrell, the Po.>r-law audit- or, applied to the bench for summonses ajain^t the late Overseers of several parishes for non-payment of the several balances found hv him due at his la<t audit, wlrch were granted. John Butler and Edwin Be'tan were put to Hie bar b,v that active officer, Ser^t. Trewartha, of Castletown, who dinged them with stealing* pair of stockings, a handker- chief, and an iron pot, at St. Mettons, on Wednesday even- ing last. Trewartha found the meu at Adamsdown, near Cardiff, wheie they had been loitering about for some time, thieving by night and sleeping in the day time he found the stoleu property upon them.—They were com- mitted for trial. CASTLETOWN PETTY SESSIONS.—At theCoach and Horse* Inn, Tuesday, September 10. —| Piesent— Rev. JIIS. Coles, and O. Morgau, E*q., M.P.J — "John Anderson my Jo John."—BURNS —A inan having the appearauce of a tailor, who was without hat, coat, or shoes, and who gave his name John Anderson, laid he "al a Scotchman, was charged by Sergt. Trewartha, of Castletown, with g.>in^ about to differ- ent public-houses and ordering beer, without the means of paying for it; and also with beggary —Committed for four- teen days, Mr. Coles remarking that he had seldom to com- mit a Scotchman. This was by adjournment the general annual licensing meeting for the division of Newport, when tweuty-tlnee licensed victuallers appeared and renewed their licenses, after suitable admonitions from the bench—Mr. David Griffiths, of Risen, applied for a new license, which was refused. Mr. Coles said the house was kept as a beer- house. and that did not require the sanction of the bench. It was mentioned, however, that the legislature contemplate requiring the certificate of two magistrates before granting beer-licenses ill future—a provision which would improve the character of the beer-shops and lessen their number, as none but respectable houses and respectable persons would obtain the certificate of two magistrates. The beer-hou«e system has been found to be a vast moral evil; and if the provision we have alluded to (the result of a committee of the House of Lords), does not become law, the best plan would be for the magistrates to grant spirit licenses to the beer-house keepers, which we are persuaded would tend to make their houses respectable, and would bring them en- tirely within the power of the magistrates, who could, for misconduct, at once and entirely withdraw the license. The beer-shop can be set up at any cornerwithout the sanc- tion of the local authorities. The main street of Newport is full of them, and there are no less than 150 in the town and neighbourhood, all licensed by the excise and not the magistrates; and should the latter, 111 some rare instance, have the power to take fay a license, no soouer is that done than a new Iken-e is taken out in the name of some uncle's cousin, or such other relative, whose name is put up over the door, and the system within catried on by the same parties, who laugh at the farce of the magistrates taking away the license If a number of the beei-houses were licenced as Iuns they and their keepers would at once be within the power and authority of the magistrates, and the low beer-'hops would diminish; and as the beer-shop can be kept without the mxgiNterial sanction, it had much better be kept with *uch sanction and iu an improved shape. 'Tis anity the Tredegar wharf company do no: see the policy of protecting their line estate and the moral health of the vast population growing up upon it, by obliterating three-fourths of the Newport beer-shops, a power posst nadfff « pqvc* QtQt ifttcrted In.1I lb. company's !••««. ON Saturday the were brought by ste;im jiu-ki-i 1,. Nrujmri, MII.I d in the parish church ol M alpas, ne:ir the residence 't rhomas Prothero, Ksq. (her lather), who is inconsolable at her sudden and unexpected decease. BUISTOL BLIND ASYLUM—On Friday last, Newport was visited by the members of the Biistol Asylum, who spent their annual treat at the Six Bells Inn, Stow Hill. They amused themselves with playing and singing until fhe.hour of 3 o'clock, when dinner was kindly provided by the excellent hostess, Mrs. John. At four o'clock they again returned to the steamer, and embarked for Bristol, expressing themselves as having very much en- joyed their holiday. NEWPORT POLICE .—MONDAY. [Before Thomas Hughes and William Evans, Esqrs.] Darid Sheahan and Tltoma3 Saimbllry apprehended on sus- picion of stealing a satin vizette, found in their possession, were discharged the police not being able to discotcran owner of the property, although evidently stoleu. John Box and Benjamin. Gould were charged with stealing a loaf of bread and a piece of cheese out o! the shop of l\Ir, John Parsons of Pillgwenlly. The prisonerll were strong hearty men, and deicribed themselves as miners; but the superintendent informed the magistrates that they were discharged soldiers. Mr. Parsons not wishing to prosecute at the sessions, the prisoners were discharged. Ann Lowley was charged, by P. C, Bath, with being drunk and disorderly in Comnieicial-street on Friday night last. Ordered to piy 4s. 6d. fees. Mary Tunstatl « as charged, by P.C. Williams, with being drunk and disorderly in Commercial-street, ou Saturday night last. Discharged with a caution. GRAND FANCY BALL AT CHEPSTOW. The title which we place at the head of this nrtiric is sufficient to indicate to our readers the subject on which it is wiitten and to induce them to treat it with becoming attention for, be it remembered, a "grand fancy ball" i. no ordinary event and the one we are aliout to introduce to public notice is the first ever held in Chenstow within the memory of that venerable abstraction—the oldest in- habitant. Be it, then, known that moved by a laudable desire to promote social intercourse and to alfurd the means of ele- gant recreation, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. SNEAO determined upon giviug 811 entertainment of the ahove description. In due course it took place, namely, on Thursday, the 5th instan', and wa., in every respect, most successful. And although it was a private ball, yet it possessed so many admirable characteristics and excited so much attention that it stands forth in bold relief ant claim* the homage of public journalists. We hasten to discharge our duties to those who were concerned in its establishment. Forty-two ladies anil forty-six lCelltiemco graced the oc- casion, forming an xrrjy of female loveliness and manly bearing seldom equalled. The following is a list of the company:— LADIES. V a tft f: s. Dresses. Mrs. S:iea<] Tire Maid Allium „ Sylvester d" Dress of the time of Queen Elizabeth Thomas Kvaus Full Dri^s Trevor Morris Inez de Castro „ Full Dress „ Frederick Cfnrke Ditto Rich.trdPindi.r. Ditto „ I.lord i'owell Ditto Bilidwytl Ditto „ Tudor Castle Dito Geale Dilto „ James Evans Ditto „ lSushby Ditto Djriu Ditto Keos Ditto Hookey D.tto Miss Jemima Davies. Ditto Kin^ Ditto „ Gertrude King. • Lady of the time of George II. u Margaret King Jennie Deans Isabella King Anne ot Geierstein ..Price. Full Dress „ Wittington Ditto Evans Ditto „ Charlotte Evans Ditto „ Emma Evans Ditto „ Leathart • ke Dame Blanche „ E. M. Fairy Qieeu „ M. G. Bisse l'olka Howell Full Dress „ Chapman. Ditto „ Woollett Greek Lady „ Helen Wollett ^'aruiiiriheushire Peasant „ Bushby Ilindostau Lady „ Russell. Full Dress „ Wilson. Lady Grandison „ Mauderley Full Dress M.M.tndprtey. Ditto Busliby Court Dress Thomas Full Dress ..Vianing. Ditto The" Sappho" Ditto GENTLEMEN. Names. Dresses. Mr. J. B. Snead Spanish Cavalier „ Sylvester Gentleman Jockey Thomas Evans Greek Dress Trevor Morris, MD. Full Dress „ W. E. Toye Ditto „ Frederick Clarke Ditto Richard Pindar Ditto „ Lloyd Powell Ditto Baldwyu Ditto „ Tudor Castle Ditto „ Geale Ditto „ A. C. Jenkins Ditto „ Thomas King Ditto „ Wm. Roberts. Monmouthshire Ilunt Captain John King, R.A. Uniform Mr. St. John Maule Full Dress „ Arthur King Sailor „ Herbert Goold. Lord Chesterfield-Court Costume of the time or Veo. II. „ E. J. Baldwyn Beaufort Hunt „ Trevor A. Williams Hindoo Prince „ James Evans Chinese Mandarin „ Henry Warren Full Dress i, James Bisse Fancy Dress „ S. Sandford Full bress „ Alfred Ciiapmau Ditto „ J. E. Chapmm Ditto „ E M. Curre Ditto Hill Ditto „ Egerton Isaacson Ditto „ John Bushby Royal Gloucester Hussar Charlea, Bushby Turk „ Poster Full Dress G. F. Quinton Ditto „ Russell Ditto Captain Richard Jones Monmouthshire Hunt Mr.H.Liv..tt. Indian Prince J. Ituisell. Full Dress It. F. Woolfet. Greek „ Dennisou.. 8ir C. Grandison „ Willis Regimentals Dilke ) Ditto „ Weston f 77th Ditto „ Bertram f Regt. Scotch Fish-wife Foster < Regimeutals „ Walmesley Ditto Master Galindo Domino And now comes a mo«t difficult task,—we must say some- thing of the dresses but what to say or which to select for particular commendation p izzles us more than arit,tiiing yet ever did. We cannot err, however, in repaying the ta:r hostess for her bo-pitility by giving her the preference and we say that The Aiaid 01 Athens" was a rich creation of exquisite taste—admirably appropriate and very good. The Lady of the time of Gerr^e ihe Second was also un- exceptionable. The Hindostan Lady and Lidy Grand isou were generally ad.u>red. The Carmarthenshire Peasant wasorrect; and the character judiciously supported. The Sp nnh Cavalier's dress was very (to J.l; & the proud bearing of the Don well assumed. The G i-, ek dress was correct. Lord Che-terlield was excellent, as were also the Hindoo Prince, the Chinese Mand irin, and other characters. In fact, ALL were first-r ,te. Some of ti>e full dresses" were ex-remely magnificent. The spirits of the company kept pace wi-b the joyousness and novelty of the occas on and it was genera I y remarked that a inerrier or a h tppi. r party had never been kuovru,— delight a'1I1 sa'isfact oii beamed on every countenance. DuiCiiig was •ijiiriie ily nuilltlilled tbrnui;h."H. And here we would ob.orve ihit much credit is dlle to the band of Mr. E. Itevnolds, of 15, S^y.noiir-street, Bttli, as they played in exq-iisite style theuewest aud beat pieces, leaving uothing to Mtsh for Ms far as MUSIC was com-er.ied, many being irresistibly impelled to dance who. certaiiily, did not intend doing so till moved by the concord ot sweet sounds wiih which the company were charined. ( The supper comprised all the delica-ies that skill cou'd contrive or ihe mo.t fastioious taste imagine. It was ire- pared by Mr. It. Fisher, of Bath j and served up in a style truly sunerb. t The Sappho"-that deliciom warbler-wai present, and ench inted the company with her captivating lays. Her songs were beautifully given, making an impression on her hearers which tune cannot obliterate. III cuncluding this imperfect sketch of a most biilliant party, we would beir to compliment Mi. and Mrs. SNEAD upon the almost "nparittieic t achievement which they IL\Yt' accomplished; and we also express a hope that their exam- pitt may not prove fruitle.su.

CORRESPONDENCE. ,J' ECONOMICAL DIRECTION. To the Editor of' the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. SIH,—Among the too numerous iu-t inces of waste ot money by directors of railways, the proprietors of shares in the Taff Vale can look to the expenditure of their directors without reproof. The station at L'a i.laff has now existed for some ye in, and the company hive not yet provided a single chair for the wa:tiug room. Nodoubi the directors are both giamuiatically, and anagramtn itically correct, for the very meaning of the word station isn standing, -an.t the anagram of station is I sat nnt.—Your obedient servant, ONE OF L'ING STANDING. Since writing the above. I am told that a bench has been provided, but though the travellers may be promoted to the bench they can have no chairman. CRICKET AT DOWLAIS IRON WORKS. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. SIR.—Ou f'hursday last the gune of cricket was indulged in lit Dowlais. by as fine a displiy of fellows as we have wit- nessed for a c msidera'-l^ tiine,^Jthe manager of the Dow- lais Iron Works, John E*ans, E,q., giving every facility which lay in his power to promote the convenience and enjoyment of the players and their friends. We, however, who took notes on the occasion, were made as happy as we could with. and at the commencement weie informed by one of the players that it was a frame between ten of All England auainst ten of All Wales. In this matter, however, we did not feel so much interest, as we happened t < have been born in St. Helena. This we siive en passant. The score, then, at the winding up of affairs, stood as follows ENGLISH. WELSH. Huxham, c, Martin, b. Har- Martin, b. Huxham 23 rison Thomas, e. Cull Id Cull.b. Harrison IJ Davis, r. Ludd 1 Howard, b. Jenkins 5 Jenkins, b. Ladd 3 Ladd, b. Harrison. • Hopkins, not out 3 Wharton b. Harrison James, b. Gates I Shakell, h. Harrison 3 M. C. Harrison, leg before Gates, b. Jenkins wicket 0 Jones, c. Hopkins 0 R. Harrison s. Ladd 6 Prosser, b. Jenkins I Williams, b. Gates 2 Ellis, not out Lewis, e..Shakell 1 Wides 5, byes ■* 9 Wides 4, byes 3 7 Total 49 Total 59 Thus the Welsh beat the English by ten. We, however, beiird the English say, that they were determined "to have another try," 10 which we trust that by this time they have made arrangements for. We hope that both parties will send us an invitation, as we have given as faithful t record of their doings as we possibly C lultl have done- Wishing both English and IVelsh every success, WeBrf.sir, yours truly, Sept. 10, 1850. TOUUISTS 10 TYNISYBWLL. We enclose our cards shoulll either of the parties desire to know our address. PASSPORTS FOR LOMBARDY. To the Editor of the Times. SIR,—I fear that the letter of "An Old Subscriber," in the Times of Saturday, may mislead those who wish to enter Lombardy. The instructions issued ftom Milan on the 9th of July to the Chief of the Police at Sesto Calende were, on the 19th of July, shown to me, as they were to another of your correspondents of a few days back. They stated that each Englishman entering Lom- bardy must be furnished with a passport from the Minis. ter of Foreign Affairs in London, which must likewise be vis6 by the Austrian Minister in London. In vain I urged that I had left London before the date of the Vi- enna decree. The Chief of the Bureau adhered to his instructions, and would accept of nothing in the place of the name of Palmerston. In the f*ee 0f these thin« slate men.. Irow feerman Austria are beside the question I IQt, vir, your obedient aenant J, College, MJ.'S'™ WM. DYKE,

\,)I¡CE:, \J;S(J,K v THE 0-ossC*v\TtvK se. f.- • J Pol-tic-, Li eia u e, a > 1 8 „• re 1, m.M • !i. P. t it, 17, Upper U'el!ingt< 11 -«treet Strand THE (irst numher of t'.is periodwil N:>W I e« bet.) o U'. As a reason for its a;ip> araiice Ill" 1 dit >r st-res,— However ably the battle of Conservation has Iwen fought during the last twenty years in the pa:es of Blackwood, the want of a Metropolian orga-i of the Tory party—a LONDON CONSERVATIVE MA(i\zlsE-has been long felt, and never sutT- ciently supplied. We have uo wish to undprvalue the pxertions of the brawny sons of Edina, or to disparage the prowess of the redoubtable crutch of Christopher North, se, long and so glo- riously wielded-a very Colossus of jaw.bones-towarùs the annihilation of Radical asses; but the Sage is old, and can ill bear disturbing from the well-merited repose of the Dies Boreale8. His old companions, like the minstrels, all are dead; aud finally, to say the truth, in these feverish, railroad times, we have grown somewhat tired of having to wait a month for a Scotch summary of what is passing before our fares, and seeing the excitement, and tremor, aud hurly-burly of home politic?, subjected to the slow, though orthodox, filtration of the modern Athenians. As by recent experiment it is fonnd, that the rays sent forth from the centre of the sun have in them more of photogenic power than those eniiited from the circumference, so surely, should the great battle of Protection he contested with tenfold strength and vigour in London, where the enemy muster thickest where their influence is greatest—where are situated their arms and their proVisions-the pomp, the pride. and the cir- cumstance of their glorious (1) war. Dublin, with its University, bdmburgh, with its Ebony,' capitals of the sister kingdoms serve well as outposts and videttes; but the great champ clos is here in London-"—the'metropolis of the worJd-iu the shadow of the Parliament-house—in the centre of all the intrigues and corruption of Nepotic Whiggis'm—the abominations of Dowuing- street, red tape, despatch-boxes, family government, Grey-Elliot dynasties, and Mr. Thomas Carlyle's Latter Day Pamphlets." The title of this magazine is sufficient to explain its objects and intentions Ihe contents ot the first number are,— Prospects and Policy of the United Party of Conservative Protectionists; Purses and Coffins, being'the Story of l.a. y Gombroon A Few Words on the Surgical Treatment of the late Sir Rober; Peel, by a Country Surgeon; Jack Straw, a Chapter in the History of the Commons of Enldalld; The Ionian Islanos, and How the Whigs Protect "thon; A History of the Commerce of England under Protection, by Dr. Michelson with vaiious minor pieces. The work bids fa'r 10 be one of the most useful, entertaining, and iuttruc- tive of the day. THE LOOKER-ON,—A Literary Miscellany. London W. and T. Piper, Paternosier-row. THE merits of^ this delightiul mis^'elbiny are now generally appreciated. The September nuuiuer contains,—The Doc- trine of the Myth; Halt hours with Charles Dickens; Nil. Ill. Oliver Twist; A Few Thoughts on Mu»io Great- ness and Goodness; Literary Gleanings; Materials tor Thought. &c.,&c. It was trom a reient number of this little work we lately copied the artie'e on •'Learning a Lallg"uap;e" -replete with practical views and the soundest common sense. PLEASANT PACES row "Y<uM; Pr.oi R.I: ON TIIE ISKAJ-T Sell:1, SVSTKVI. Loudon lloui»t JIJ and l-lonemaii. MANY "dulrs, whose iruy have Lee 11 neglecle.1, can derive much useful information from tiie peni«al of these pleasant pages." We allude more I artinularly to the 1",SOIlS in Natural History, History, and Geography. It is a work we strongly recommend to parents. THE HOME Cxiici.E, — A new Weekly Family Magazine of l-i erature, Science. Arts, Tales, Domestic Cooker., Na- tural History, Gardening, Needle-work, Wax-flowers, Music, Chess Problems, Enigmas, and General Know- ledge, devo'ed to Fathers, bother-, Daughters, Sons, Apprentices, Servant*. London Pierce Egan, G0.V, St, M CharilJg-.cras,. THE September number of this highly interesting publica- tion contains a brief, but well-written, history of Merthyr Tydvr. There are also numerous articles of merit, all of which amply deserve perusal. From the Column for Studious Youth," we take the following question, which we submit to the young folks of this place :— "Four bop, Tommy, Henry, Mahlon, allll Joseph, plaved a game at l1Iarblt's. Joseph, being the head plajer, won, from each of thelD, the following; From Tummy, he wall Just as many as he IJOssessed when he commenced playing; from Heluy, the square root of what he then had, and two more; and from Mahlon, he won the square of all he then possessed after which he foulld that (he aggregate of marbles he then had was 506, How many ùid Joseph will from eitch party "An Old Sailor" prop ses the following question, which some of the young sailors of this port may solve:- "From Dover to Calais the direct course is east, and the ùis- tance is 37 miles. What course must a stpamer take, to mak.. the trip from Dover, upon the direct course and distance, anù what time will she he in making it, supposing her paddle-power to bp l2 miles per hour-the tide setting ùue south, at the rate of six miles ppr hour, and a strong wind from the N.W., setting six miles per hour1" This number is au exceedingly good one. THE FAMILY FRIEND,—A Magazine of Domestic Economy, Entertainment, Instruction, and Practical Science. LOll, don Houl;¡tol1 and Stoncman, 65, Paternoster-row. AN admirable little work—very cheap and very good. THE ENGINEER AND MACHINIST, and Engineering and Scientific Review. London: W. S. Orr and Co. THIS is one of numerous works which now issue from the press for the use of scientific men. It appears to possess considerable merit.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. Sept. 9, the lady of Mr. H. J. Paine, surgeon, Cardiff", of a daughter. Sept. 10, at Persondy, Glyntawv, the lady of the Re". Evan Jenkins, incumbent of Coelbren, of a son. Sept. 6, at the Tredegar Arms, Bute-terrace, Cardiff, the wife of Mr. M. O'Hagan, of a son. Aug. 31, at Bruton. Somersetshire, the lady of Theo- dore Paul, Esq., of Pendoylon House, in this county, of a daughter. Sept. 5, at Rhydfellon, Treforest, the wife of Me, Thomas Jenkins, of a daughter. Sept. 10, the wife of Mr. Thomas Llewellyn, Globe Inn, Newbridge, of a son. Sept. 3, the wife of Mr. William Palmer, carver and gilder, Wind-street, Swansea, of a son. Sept. 3, the wife of Mr. John Phillips, Coffee House, Orchard-street, Swansea, of twins—son and daughter. Sept. 4, at Badger Rectory, in the county of Salop, the lady of the Rev. T. F. Boddington, of a daughter. Sept. 8, at Clifton-street, Swansea, the wife of Mr. T. Reed, master of the Times Bristol trader, of a son. Sept. 10, the wife of Mr. Edwin Jones, master mari- ner, Pleasanl-street, Swansea, of a daughter. Sept. 5, the wife of Capt. Williams, uf the Neath Abbey, of a daughter. Sept. 9, at Marhs House, Pyle, the wife of Mr. Robert Matthews, of a son. MARRIAGES. Sept. 3, at Wansbeck, in the Duchy of Holstein, by the Rev. Adofphus Hansen, Crawshay Bailey, E?q., High-sheriff of Monmouthshire, to Ann, widow of the late William Bailey, Esq., of Lewisham. Sept. 9, by the Rev. Mr. Fuller, at Bethany chapel, Cardiff, Mr. William Davies, Melingriffith, to Mary, only daughter of Mr. Morgan Evans, of the same place. Sept. 7, at Merthyr Church, by the Rev. J. C. Camp- bell, by license, Mr. John Evans, grocer, &c., Pontmor- lais, Merthyr, to Mrs. Julia Prosser, of Dowlais, and daughter of William Morgan, Esq., of Penrhiew-wen, near Brecon. Sept. 5, at Westbury-upon-Trym, Mr. D. H. Walsh, outfitter, High-street, Bristol, to Sarah Jane, second daughter of the late Mr. Philip Goodhall, of Michel Troy, near Monmouth. DEATHS. Sept. 3, aged 8 months, Joseph Albert, son of Mr. William Jones, printer and bookseller, Bridgend-house, PontypiMd. Sept. 4. after a short illness, aged 47 years, Mr. John Western, Quay, Swansea,—a man much and deservedly respected. Sept. 1, at Dalkev, near Dublin, aged 83, Admiral R. D. Oliver. Sept. a, at Hampstead, aj-pd 20, James Henry, only son of the late Rev. James Davis, of Shirenewton, Mon- mouthshire. Sept. 8, at Tofhill Cottage, Plymouth, Joseph Ball, Esq., late of Cardiff, aged 53. Sept. 8, after a very short illness, Mr. Williim Better- Ion, of the Wyndham Arms Inn, Uridgeud. He was much beloved in the neighbourhood, and his loss will be leeply felt. Sept. 3, at Rodney-place, Clifton, T. Perrott, Esq., iged 79. Sept. 10, at Neath, Mr. "William Andrews, landlord of :he Full Moon, formerly of the Lamb Inn, Neath, aged 16 years. Sept. 3. at Thornhill, near Caerphilly, Mrs. Elisabeth Lovell, wife of Mr. Isaac Lovell, aged 58 years,—much respected by all who knew her. She was the daughter of the late W. Allgood, the celebrated japanner of Pon- typool, Monmouthshire.

THE SIAMESE TWINS.—Dr. Warren, of Boston, lately communicated the following amoni; other interesting par- ticulars in regard to the Siamese twins:—The connecting substauce is very strong, and has no great sensibiHty it can be severely handled without causing pain. No pulsa- tion ves el can be felt in it. The slightest motion of one is immediately followed by the other in the >amedirection, so that the same wish seems to influence both this is quite involuntary, or a habit formed by necessity. TheyalwHYs facein olle direction, «tanding nearly side by iiiie, and cinnot, without inconvenience, face iLl 01JP08Í1e directions. 0ne Is rather more intellectual than the other; the most intellec- tual being rather irritable, the othp, being extremely amia- hie. The C6nnpctÎon between these twins might afford sOlne very interestinK observations in physiology, theren- peutio, and parlology. There is, doubtless, a connection by minute hlood vessels, ab,¡orbent., and nervous filaments, which m:j;ht transmit (he actions of medicines and the causes of disease. As far as known, any indisposition of one extends to the other; they a-e inclined to sleep and eat at the same time and in the same quantity, an f perform 111 the same manner other similar ac: It is supposed Ihat, when they are touching one awakes both, but when RWake. all impulse given to one does not affect the olher. The slightest movement by one is soon perceived by the other, and a careless observer might think they acted simul- taneously. No part seem- to have a peiception common 10 both. except the middle of the connecting 8ubst.IOCU and its neighbourhood; for when an impression is made at this part, it is felt t y both. while beyond this space it is felt only by the one of the side to which it is applied. From the limited vascular aod nervous counection that can be (lIs- coveted, Dr. Warren supposes that the iufluence of medi- cine, transmit e 1 from one to the other, would be incon- siderable, and the same would apply to most diseases, for instance, a slight fever would not probably extend from one to the other; whi'e diseases communicate through the ab- sorbents or capillaries (as sinall-oox) would be readily transmitted. The beating of both beans coincide exactly. as also the pulses under ordinary circumstances; if one exerts himself without the other, his pulse alone will be quickened, while the laiter is unchanged. They, breathe also exactl, together. This harmonvin corporeal functions would lead us to a-k if there be a similar harmony in the intellectual functions; if they are identically the same per- sons. The c is no reason to suppose that their intellectual operations are any male ihe same than they would be^ III any twn persons, confined together, educated under sImilar circumstances, and with similar ha its and testes. Then would coone the question whether they could be separated with safety. Perhaps such an operation would not be necessarily fatal, bUl the lwr toueum, may be continuous froll1 one to the other, alld the opening of this great Serous cavity might be attended with dangerous symptoms. Should onedte before the other, it should tie immediately per- formed, 1 ut 110 sursjeon would be justified in aiteinptin" such an operation to free them from a mere inconvenience" which inconvenience, if we may beliexe the reports ot their domestic allairs. and Hou ishinff condition in worldly goods is, afier all, of no very great consequence. New York Courier and Knquirer. SPAIN.—MADRID, SEPT. 1.—An official despatch re- ceived yesterday by the Government from the Captain- Geiieral of Caiidonia, announces the capture and death of ihe Central,sta chief, Baharao, who, for more than three months has kept in continual movement the whole of the !,r23; H TV,n^- Ue *as seated m his mother's house the Milage of St. Andres ,!e Palmar, where the volunteers of Catalonia (mozos <ic c&cnadra), who had been In, LaJ'y VU ot' him, ovc.took him. They at.acke. reso.ntely the piece of Ins refuse, where his bro- j his paruzans also were, and after an obiii- e ewce during which v wo of the voli^taer^ were Will* d, aucceei.ed in entering the house, when they immediately put nnn and hi* companions to death.and severely wounded ms brother, who however had tile goou fortune to make his escape. At this moment there is not IIlIinglc iusuttfent in arms in Catalonia. Two sailing ships, the trigs Sobeiano a" I the Gentry Laborde, are being fitted out in ibe port ot Cadiz, which, with two steamers that are hourly expected there, will couvev the first division of the expedition recently organized for the island ot Cubll. Orders have been given for the departure of the regiment El Rey. and one or •quadroDS of cavalry, which are to embark ti th. early part of$hc preient month,