The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

SUPPOSED MURDER IN WESTMEATH. — The body of a man named James Murphy, supposed to have been murdered on Monday night, was found on Tuesday morning on his own land near the town of Ballymahon. 0 SINGULAR VERDICT.—A young woman named Jane Parry, of Liverpool, was on the evening of Sun- day filling up a census paper, when she fell backwards and died almost instantly. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." A MERE MATTER OF FORM.—Cutting a dress. A FINE POINT.—"I say, did you see it done 1" —" No I was not an eye witness, but an ear witness." —" A near witness, and not a niyh witness! That's what I call a distinction without a difference Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and poverty will enforce dependence and invite corruption.

CARDIFF CORPORATION, A special meeting of the members of the Town Council was held on Tuesday the Mayor in the chair. There were also present Aldermen Pride and Alex- ander; Councillors E. Wrhiffen, R. E. Spencer, H. Bowen, P. Bird, J. N. Flint, C. Thompson, H. North, J. Elliott, J. McConnochie, J. P. Ingledew, W. Vachell, D. Jones, and T. Evans. The meeting was called to consider the question of allowing the seal of the Council to be affixed to a memorial sent by the Free Library Committee to the trustees of the late Rev. Rowland Williams, with respect to the bequest of his library. The MAYOR explained that at the last meeting a memorial was laid before them for the purpose of try- ing to obtain for Cardiff the library of the late Dr. Williams, which had been left to some town in Wales in the event of Swansea and Carnarvon declining to accept it. He had now before him a number of letters which had been written to Mr. Price, the hon. secre- tary of the Free Library, by Mrs. Williams, the widow of the late Dr. Williams, and in one of these, dated the ]4th May, 1870, she stated that Swansea had accepted the bequest, and she had no doubt that that town would be required to comply with the conditions of the will. In another letter, dated the 26th of December, she stated that she was inclined to think that if Swansea and Carnarvon had not stood first, Cardiff would have had a strong claim. In a letter dated the 21st February, 1871, Mrs. Williams also wrote to Mr. Price, with reference to the library of the late Dr. Williams, I am afraid that it would be perfectly useless for Cardiff to take any steps at pre- sent. According to the terms of the will the first offer must be made to Swansea and Carnarvon. Swansea had expressed its desire to accept the library, but before the books are handed over it would have to satisfy the trustees that the terms of the will would be complied with. Carnarvon and Swansea had not declined, and it seems to me perfectly useless, therefore, for Cardiff at present to take any action in the matter. Of course, what I now state is my own private opinion." The Mayor said the Town Council were not aware of these statements at the time the memorial was laid before them, but after this it seemed to him that it was hardly fair to a neighbouring town to endeavour to deprive it of <> library which it had the opportunity of b"in possessed of, and he, for one, regretted exceedingly ::1, ti- the corporate seal should have been affixed to r ir memorial. The Town Clerk had also received a c 1 from Mr. Glascodine, the Town Clerk at Swansea, ;r. which he expressed great regret at certain allege 11 contained in the memorial, which had evidently bee pared by persons who were totally ignorant of tb r- cumstances, and who had made no inquiries to as( the truth. He regretted that the Town Cou Cardiff had decided to petition the executors late Rev. Dr. Williams to obtain the bequest <>: his library but the fact was that the library ha be n accepted by the Corporation of Swansea, and they were now engaged in legal proceedings with the administrators of the will, in Chancery. Mr. T. EVANS did not regret that the Corporation had affixed their corporate seal to the memorial. The matter had now been before the Corportion of Swansea for fifteen months, and no effort had been made to comply to the terms of the will; he also thought that as Swansea was endeavouring to obtain some modifica- of the terms of the will, the Lord Chancellor should know that there was a town in Wales that would ac- cept the library and comply with the terms of the will. The Royal Institution at Swansea was a private one, and he, therefore, thought that it should be known that there was a town with a public library ready to accept the bequest according to the donor's request. Mr. THOMPSON thought that Swansea was not in a position to accept the library on the terms of the will, but were seeking to obtain such a modifi- cation of-those terms as would enable them to put the library into the Royal Institution, and that would not conform with the wishes of the donor, who desired that it should be open to all creeds and colours- Swansea was endeavouring to obtain such terms, and if they did not make known to the Lord Chancellor that they were ready to accept the library and comply with the terms of the will, he might allow the claims of Swansea, and modify the terms to their views while, on the other hand, if he knew that there was a town in the district willing to comply with those terms, he would not do so. It seemed to him that they should not give up the matter altogether. There were allegations in the memorial which, perhaps, would have been better left out but he thought an- other memorial might be prepared, leaving out those objectionable clauses. Mr. SPENCER was not present at the last meeting, but very much regretted that the Council had adopted the memorial. If Swansea did not do its duty they had no right to interfere and if Swansea did not satisfy the trustees, it was a matter that should be settled between the trustees and the Swansea Corpora- tion, not between Cardiff and Swansea. He thought they could not do more than let the trustees know that they were prepared to accept the bequest on the terms of the will, in the event of Carnarvon or Swansea declining to do so. The trustees had their discretion in the matter, and he did not think that Swansea would allow the library to leave the town. If the Lord Chancellor decided that the will should be impli- citly complied with, they had nothing to do with it. Swansea had tried to modify those terms, and he did not think that they had any right to step in between the trustees and them. Besides, he thought they were in the dark with respect to the Chancery suit. They did not know what was the object of the suit. He was very much averse to having anything to do in the matter until they knew that Swansea had de- clined it. The MAYOR mentioned that he had been informed that the Corporation of Swansea were preparing suit- able rooms for the accommodation of the bequest, and that instead of being put inside the Royal Institution, open only to subscribers, it will be open to the public, and the terms of the will would be complied with. He thought it was a most unwise step to endeavour to obtain the library from a neighbouring town in the way they were going to do. After some remarks from Mr. Howen, Mr. D. Jones, Mr. Evans, Mr. Ingledew, and Alderman Pride, Mr. THOMPSON moved, That the memorial to which the corporate seal was affixed at the last meet- ing be withdrawn, and that the Town Clerk be re- quested to write to the trustees of the Rev. Dr. Williams's will, and inform them that the Corporation of Cardiff was prepared to accept the library upon the terms of the will in the event of Swansea and Carnar- von declining to do so." Mr. BOWEN seconded the proposition. The MAYOR and several other members were entirely opposed to having anything more to do with the matter. Mr. Thompson pressed his motion, when Messrs. Bowen, P. Bird, Flint, Thompson, North, Ingledew, Vachell, Jones, Evans, and Whiffen voted in favour of it. Messrs. Alexander, Pride, Spencer, Elliott, and McConnochie voted against it. The motion was carried. As the memorial emanated from the Free Library Committee, Mr. THOMPSON said after such an expres- sion of opinion from the Council the Committee would not forward the memorial. The meeting then separated.

A BULL THAT GOT THE WORST OF IT.—An American paper inserts a comqjunication from a man named Blood, an engine driver on the Hannibal and Joseph Railroad, respecting an encounter between his engine and a bull near Callao. He said his train was coming along the track at the rate of about 20 miles an hour, when near Callao he espied a bull calf about two years old on the track. The calf stood there, the plucky scion of a noble sire, until the train had got within 100 yards of him, when he turned towards the engine and showed fight, pawing the earth, shaking his head, and seeming eager for the fray. Blood whistled at him, but the calf was a stranger to fear, and retained his threatening attitude until the engine struck him, after which, with all his courage, he "hadn't a word to say." Blood said he admired his pluck, but darn his judgment. The engine warn not hurt much.

LATEST NEWS. ♦ GUARDlkN OFFICE, Thursday, Noon. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE INSURRECTION. PARIS, Wednesday Evening.—A proclamation has been issued by the Commune, stating that the Versailles Government is acting against the law of warfare and humanity, for which reprisals will have to be made if the practice is continued. "If our enemies, "it pro- ceeds, "murder a single one of our soldiers, we shall replv by ordering the execution of double the num- ber of prisoners." The artillery duel between the Issy, Vanves, and Montrouge Forts and the batteries of the Versailles Army on Chatillon, continued to-day. Some skir- mishes took place, but without any significant result. An attack is expected for to-night, but measures are being taken to avoid further bloodshed. Accounts which reach Paris mention an infantry engagement as having taken place to-day on the heights of Chatillon, Clamart, and Meudon. It is stated that General Duval was shot by order of General Vinoy. The Com- mittee has ordered a levy of men between 17 and 35. There is no more doubt that the whole column of National Guards who passed Valerien under General Bergeret was cut off near Reuil, made prisoners, and taken to Versailles. MARSEILLES. MARSEILLES, Wednesday Evening. — The greatest tranquillity reigns here. The authors of the distur- bances have been completely defeated. 500 prisoners have been taken, and they will be sent before a Council of War. Telegraphic communication is restored.

THE CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE. ♦ GREAT BATTLES.— ROUT OF THE IN- SURGENTS. EXCITEMENT IN PARIS AND VERSAILLES. GREAT BATTLE. A great battle commenced at six on Monday morn- ing, when nearly 100,000 National Guards left Paris in three columns for Versailles. The insurgents believed that Fort Valerien would not fire upon them, and ad- vanced close up under the guns. When, however, it opened fire it cut in two the right of the Parisian force, and the communications were thrown into utter confu- sion. A large number returned to Paris, crying out that they had been betrayed. The retreat began at 8, and continued some hours. Meantime, those who had passed Valerien found their retreat suddenly cut off by the tire of its guns. THE "TIMES" TELEGRAM. The Times correspondent says the latest intelligence is that General Bergeret, with fifteen thousand men, had been completely cut off that Flourens, going to his rescue, was purposely permitted to effect a junc- tion with him, so that the two, with a united force of nearly thirty-five thousand men, must either surrender or give battle at the greatest disadvantage. Other accounts declare that Flourens has reached Ver- sailles. SACKING OF THE HOUSES OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONARIES. At seven on Monday evening fighting still continued outside Paris. Occasional shots were being tired from the heights of Clamart and Chatillon. The National Guards held the positions immediately around the city, and were in possession of the gates. Several of the private houses of public functionaries have been occupied by the insurgents. The residence of Prince Achille Murat has been sacked, and other outrages of the same kind are reported. ALLEGED SUCCESS OF THE VERSAILLES ARMY. When the Standard correspondent left the scene of action at three o'clock on Monday afternoon, a fiercely contested engagement was going on between the army of Versailles holding the heights of Bellevue and Meudon and the left wing of the Parisian army hold- ing Clamart, Vanvres, and Issy. After a very brisk exchange of artillery fire the Versailles force carried the viaduct on the left bank of the Versailles Railway, but the National Guards on the plateau beyond still held their ground with the greatest pluck, although their enemy was endeavouring to cut off their retreat. The result thus far is in favour of Versailles, the right mg of the Reds being crushed, and the left, though listing gallantly, was being forced back. WILD EXCITEMENT IN PARIS. PARIS, Monday (8 p.m.)—Notwithstanding the lefeat of the insurgents at Mont Valerien, the battle continues near Meudon. The interior of the city is quiet. The journals unanimously deplore bitterly the struggle, and urgently call for conciliatory measures. Rentes are rising, and are quoted 50.90 to 51.40. 10 p.m.—An appeal has been issued, addressed to the female citizens (citoyennes !) calling upon them to assemble and march in columns to Versailles to disarm the army. In some parts of Paris the wildest excitment pre- vails, a portion of the population appearing literally to have lost their reason. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. PARIS, Monday.—The Peuple Francais asserts that Lord Lyons has received a despatch from Mr. Gladstone, according to which the Prime Minister announced that he had had a long interview with the Emperor Napoleon, during which the conversation principally turned upon the present situation of France. THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND FRENCH AFFAIRS. BERLIN, Tuesday.—The Emperor this morning had a long conversation with General Goben, who arrived here from Amiens for the day. CAPTURE OF INSURGENT PRISONERS. VERSAILLES, April 4, Evening.—The Government troops this afternoon carried the position at Chatillon, capturing all the insurgents' guns. General Duval and several officers of his staff were shot. The insurgent General Henri has been brought into Versailles, with 1,500 insurgent prisoners, together with a large num- ber of guns. News has just been received that 2,000 more prisoners have been captured and the insurgents routed at all points.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. 1871. 1870. Taff Vale, week ending April 1 £ 6,481. £ 7,087 Penarth, week ending April 1 1,262. 1,366 Rhymney, week ending April 1 1,136. 1,068 Great Western, week ending April 2 81,807. 77,076 Llynvi & Ogmore,week ending April 1. 963. 836 ^—————

THE INSURRECTION IN FRANCE. PARIS AND VERSAILLES. PARIS, March 31.-Last night the delegates of the Commune surrounded the General Post-office in order to prevent the transfer of the General Post-office to Versailles. The postal service is utterly disorganised to-day. All the Post-office employes of superior rank have gone to Versailles. The Cri (lit Peuple of this morning says that the Com- mittee of Public Safety purposes arresting M. Rompart for exciting to disorder, and complicity with the in- surgents of Versailles. The same journal says, in face of the present grave circumstances, the most extensive powers have been given to the members of the different committees. The Electoral Committee insists on the verification of all the Paris elections, basing this demand on the irregularity and gross corruption which had prevailed in the voting lists established by the Empire. VERSAILLES, March 31, 3.35 p.m.—In consequence of the forcible seizure by the Commune of the General Direction of the Postal Administration in Paris, the Government of the Republic have decreed that no mail from Paris shall be received at Versailles, and letters addressed to Paris are now detained here. The Commune has commenced to interrupt the rail- way service between Paris and Versailles. Paris is in a state of the greatest consternation. The requisitions of the Commune, both for money and supplies, are causing the greatest alarm among the population. The price of meat in Paris this morning increased 25 per cent.

THE JEWISH ABDUCTION CASE. Mr. D. W. Davis and Mr. Barnett Lyone n f the Police Court, on Friday, with the written informa- tion charging the Rev. N. and Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hollyer with conspiracy but Mr. Jones, after hearing the information, declined to grant the summons, allowing the parties to take proceedings in a higher court.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT EBBW VALE. The adjourned inquest respecting the colliery explosion at Victoria, Ebbw Vale, was concluded on Friday, when the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the ex- plosion was purely accidental, but they strongly recom- mended that in future, when any spout hole had to be made, it be at once executed for the safety of human life.

INQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF THE BARK CORNWALL. The investigation inaugurated by the Board of Trade, into the running down of the bark Cornwall, of Swansea, from Sombrero to Gloucester, laden with guano, by the steamship Himalaya, of West Hartle- pool, from Newport to Revel, laden with railway iron, which took place off Lundy Island, on the morning of Sunday, 19th ult., was resumed on Friday, in the Nisi Prius Court of the Guidhall, Swansea, before Messrs. J. T. Jenkin and G. B. Brock, two justices of the peace, and the revising assessors, Captain Harris, R.N., and Lieutenant Elton. The court con- sidered that the Himalaya must be absolved from the consequences of this melancholy casualty; and being satistied that the master of the Himalaya did every- thing in his power to save human life, they returned him his certificate.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. ACCIDENT AT DOWLAIS.—A poor lad named Evans, who was engaged at the Upper Works, Dowlais, met with an accident by which he had one of his legs cut off and his side and arm fearfully mutilated by some passing trams on Wednesday last. FATAL ACCIDENT. —A man, named Edward Owens, fitter, aged 22, was killed at Penydarren, on Wednes- day, by the fall of a blast-pipe.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the House of Lords on Friday the Lord Chan- cellor laid on the table a Bill to disqualify peers from sitting in the House on being adjudicated bankrupts. Lord Northbrook, in reply to the Earl of Sandwich, said that the commanding officers of the militia regi- ments were consulted through the Lord-Lieutenants of the counties as to the most convenient time of calling them out. The Secretary of State desired this year to call the militia out in September, after the harvest, in order that they might take part in more extended drill and manoeuvres. b On the motion of Earl Granville the House adjourned until Thurs- day, the 20th April. In the House of Commons, some conversation took place upon the conditions of peace imposed by Ger- many on France, on the Tarpey case, and on other subjects of minor importance. Mr. Whitwell moved fur a Select Committee to inquire into the expedience of establishing tribunals of commerce, or of other- wise improving the administration of justice in causes relating to commercial disputes in England. The motion was agreed to, and the House adjourned. SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1871. Printed by the Proprietors—"The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Newspaper and Printing Company" (Limited), and Published by them at their Offices, St. John-street, Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan.

OLAMORGAX QUARTER SESSIONS. The Easter Quarter Sessions for Glamorganshire commenced on Tuesday, at Swansea, before Mr. R. 0. Jones, Chairman, and the following Justices Messrs. J. C. Fowler, John Richardson, G. B. Strick, J. P. Budd, N. P. Cameron, J. Trevillian Jenkin, Richard Richards, Iltid Thomas, S. S. H. Horman-Fisher, G. T. Clark, T. Penrice, Griffith Llewellyn, Wm. Armine Morris, C. T. Wilson, Walter Griffiths, J. H. Rowlands, J. T. Dillwyn Llewelyn, J. W. James, C. H. Williams, James Lewis, Wm. Edmond, Wm. Llewellyn, Arch- deacon Blosse, and the Rev. C. R. Knight. The following were sworn 011 the grand jury :—Mr. Cornelius Amesbury, foreman; Messrs. Joseph Andrew, James Bishop, James Fulton, William Bowen, Walter G. Clutterbuck, Charles George Dyke, Wrilliam Davies. George Irish, Thomas Williams, Charles White, John Weston, James Nicholls, Benjamin Rees, Hopkin Jones, David John, and .Jonah H. Morris. The CHAIRMAN, in his address to the grand jury, stated that there were about thirty prisoners for trial, andthe-cases consisted of the ordinary ones of felony which had generally to be dealt with in this country, except one of wounding, which differed somewhat from the usual class of offences. There was also another case of stabbing a mare, which, as the law now stood, was felony. Another case rather differed from the usual class of cases. This was 0:10 in which three boys were charged with tampering with a boiler, by turning on a stop-cock and allowing steam and water to escape, There was also another case of tampering with a drum, which would require their attention. Before dis- missing them, he wished to draw their attention to two Bills of importance, which he saw by the papers were about to be introduced in Parliament. The first was a new Bill for the purpose of licensing public- houses, upon which depended the comfort of many people, and the good of society, together with the dis- couragement of crime. He believed if anything would discourage crime it would be the proper regulation of public-houses, for three-fourths of the crime committed in the country emanated from the influence of public- houses. He merely drew attention to this because, as the Bill was just being bronght in, any remarks made by public bodies, or through the papers, would natu- rally influence the reception which the measure might have. The other Bill was for the purpose of con- solidating the rates and securing uniformity, which was also an important matter. He then dismissed the grand jury to their duties. COUNTY BUSINESS. Justices added to the list of Visiting Justices for the prisons:—For Swansea, Messrs. N. P. Cameron, J. Trevillian Jenkin, James Lewis, and J. W. James and for Cardiff, Messrs. T. J. Evans and the Rev. D. Walter Williams. FINANCE. The CLERK of the PEACE read the report of the FINANCE. The CLERK of the PEACE read the report of the finance committee as follows :— At a meeting of the finance committee held at Swan- sea on Tuesday, the 28th day of March, 1871—present: Messrs. George Thomas Clark, William Gilbertson, Howel Gwyn, Robert Oliver Jones, Charles Rumsey Knight, Griffith Llewellyn, Thomas Penrice, and Rhys Hopkin Rhys (Mr. George Thomas Clark in the chair). Several bills against the county have been before your committee, and examined, and being found correct they recommend payment. Those relating to the expenditure of the several county prisions, the coroners' accounts, and the police, have been examined by the auditor and reported correct. They are as follows General county expenditure, :£1,600 4s. 4d; for the county gaol. dSl.174 6s. 3d. for the House of Correction, £1,055 11s. 6d. for the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, :£333 10s. 3d. The treasurer's account having been examined by the auditor, und certified by him as correct, a balance of £1,877 13s. lOd. appears due to the county on the general account, having estimated the ex- penditure for the ensuing half year, we find a rate of lid. in the j6, producing JE6,079 12s. 8d.. will be required. Your committee recommend that in future a sum not exceeding £400 be allowed each quarter towards the ex- penses of the respective county prisons, to be paid to the governors thereof, by the treasurer, by monthly instal- ments, 90 receipt of orders from the clerk of the peace for such sums as he may find necessary. They recom- mend that the report of the county surveyor on the state of Pontwalby be referred to the Bridge Committee, and that they be requested to take such action, and in. cur such expenses, as they may consider necessary. And with respect to Loughor Bridge, they beg to refer to their former report. The auditor having made a re- port on the re-arrangement of the coroners' salaries, we recommend that the composition in lieu of fees for the the next five years be based thereon, and the clerk of the peace is directed by us to communicate with the coro- ners, and send each of them a copy of the auditor's re- port as far as each is respectivly interested. Your com- mittee request that the attention of the executive com- mittee appointed under the provisions of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, be called to the ex- penditure incurred in carrying out the provisions of the Act, and we suggest to them whether the crisis of the disease being now passed, the powers of the several local committees may not be safely withdrawn. The expenditure during the quarter was shown to be Gaol and House of Correction, £2,073 Is.; clerk of peace, JE160, lis. IOd. coroners, Mr. Cuthbert- son, Neath, jE87 7s. 3d.; Mr. Overton, Merthyr, £ 278 17s. 9d.; Mr. Reece, £ 142 Is.; Mr. Strick, Swansea, £136 16s. 9d.; Mr. Stockwood, £6 16s.; lunatics, .£133 lls. Id.; printing, &c., .f51 6s. 7d.; deputy clerk of the peace, £22 Is.; county bridges, £145 15a.; pensions, £ 128 3s. 9d.; militia, £ 64 8s. 4d.; reformatory; £42 8s.; salaries of treasurer and auditor, £200; total, jE3,673 12s. 4d. The report of the Finance Committee was adopted, an order being made to put the swing bridge at Loughor into repair, the question relative to change in the payment of the coroners being referred back to the Finance Committee in order that the coroners might be communicated with. The CHAIRMAN, in reference to the withdrawal of the operations of the Contagious Diseases Act from the county, said that the Act was kept in operation at a cost to the county of JE 1,000 a year, and it would be for the consideration of the court whether this should be continued or not. The question was eventually referred to the Ex- ecutive Committee for their consideration. The Rev. David Williams, of Clarefield, Pontypridd, and Messrs. Thomas Pearce and James Lewis were added to the Finance Committee. POLICE. The CLERK of the PEACE read the report of the Police Committee, of a meeting held at Swansea on the 28th of March. Present—Messrs. G. T. Clark, W. Gilbertson, Howel Gwyn, R. O. Jones, Charles R. Knight, Griffith Llewellyn, Thomas Penrice, Rhys Hopkin Rhys. Mr. G. T. Clark in the chair. The several claims on the police rates were laid before the committee, and they recommended payment of salaries amounting to £114 Is. 5d.; Merthyr district, :£49 12s. 7d.; Newbridge, :£52 18s. 7d.; Ogmore, :£26 17s. 6d.; Swansea, JE16 17s. lid.; total, £332 8s. The report concluded as follows :—"Your committee recommend that a sum not exceeding JE50 be granted for alterations at the Merthyr police station. They have also con- sidered the recommendation of the chief constable for granting a superannuation allowance to Inspector Thomas, who has been in the police 28 years, and is now become infirm. They recommend that he be al- lowed a pension of jE40 a year. Your committee also recommend the court to grant assistance to the widows of Sergeants Dunlop and Vanstone, who both died in the service." The Clerk of the Peace reported that he had entered into contracts for the erec- tion of new stations at Aberdare, Treherbert, and Mumbles. Payments to be made to the contractors at certain periods, on certificates of the clerk of the works. We therefore recommend that the necessary advances be made by the county treasurer on the usual orders of the Clerk of the Peace. Having estimated the expenditure of the ensuing half-year, and taking into account the erection of some of the police-stations already contracted for, we find the following rates will be required: Merthyr District, .£1,233 13s. ljd. Newbridge, f873 6s. 9d., the balance in hand being £9002<1. 8d. Ogmore, jE305 14s., the balance in hand being JE173 7s. 8d. Swansea, £931 lis. 9d., the ba- lance in hand being £1,031 17s. On the motion of Mr. CLARK, seconded by the CHAIRMAN, a pension of .£40 a year was allowed to Inspector Thomas. With regard to the proposal to grant assistance to the widows of Sergeants Dunlop and Vanstone, Mr. C. H. Williams and the Chief Constable spoke highly of the services rendered by the late Sergeant Van- stone. A sum was voted to the widow of each, equal to one year's pay. The report of the Police Committee was adopted, and the rates asked for were made for the several dis- tricts, as recommended in the report. LUNATIC ASYLUM. Messrs. J. H. Rowland, William Gilbertson, and C. T. Wilson were added to the list of Visiting Justices to the County Lunatic Asylum COUNTY ASSESSMENT. I The Clerk of the Peace read a report from the County Rate Assessment Committee, which was ordered to be printed and circulated throughout the county, to be brought up at the next sessions for con- sideration. It appeared that the rateable property of the county had increased since the last assessment from JE1,296,989 to '£1,496,/22! being an increase of ::t199,733, and that the committee, in framing their report had taken for their basis the valuation list for the relief of the poor, and that where this was found inequitable they had made the requisite reductions, or otherwise, as the case might be. EXTENSION OF LUNATIC ASYLUM. The Ven. Archdeacon BLOSSE, pursuant to notice which had been given at the last sessions, moved that increased accommodation for female patients at the county asylum be made, as recommended in the report of the Visiting Justices, and that a loan be ordered for that purpose. Mr. T. JENKIN seconded the resolution, which was carried. COSTS OF PROSECUTIONS. The CHAIRMAN brought up a report of the com- mittee appointed to consider as to the disallowance by the Treasury of certain portions of the costs in pro- secutions at assizes and sessions, and it was understood that the attention of the Treasury should be drawn to the subject, with the view of change in the mode of payment of costs. The Treasury, it appeared, had recently disallowed costs to a very considerable ex- tent, an I a change was deemed desirable. TAXATION. A memorial from the guardians of the Merthyr Poor Law Union on the subject of taxation was ordered to stand over to be considered at a special ad- journed sessions, to bo held in the course of a few weeks. THE AFDITORSHIP. An application was made by the treasurer for remunera- tion for extra services performed bv him in the audit of sessional and other accounts prior to the appoint- ment of an auditor, and the question was adjourned till next sessions, as was also the re-consideration of the quarterly allowances made to the several county prisons, and the consideration of the expenses incurred under the Contageous Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869. This concluded the County business.

Sirlfts, .gflapiages, and Elfaths. BIRTHS. BRUCE. — On the 1st inst., at the Rectory, St. Nicholas, Mrs. William Bruce, of a daughter. iiVNS"—inst., the wife of Mr. Christmas Evans, Great Western Railway, of a son. HARRIS.—On the 25th ult, at Llandefalle Rectory, Breconshire, the wife of the Rev. Walpole Harris, of a son. MATTHEWS.—On the 30 th nIt., at Pontypridd, the wife of Mr. Superintendent Matthews, County Constabulary, of a daughter. MERRY.—On the 23rd ult., at No. 1, Devon-terrace, Swansea, the wife of Mr J. S. Merry, of a daughter. RONNFELDT.—On the 3rd inst., at 4, Lyncombe-terrace. Partridge-road, Cardiff, the wife of Mr. W. Ronnfeldt, of a daughter SASS.—On the 31st ult., at 26. York-place, Portman- square, the wife of Edwin Etty Sass, Esq of a son. WEBBER.—On the 6th inst., at WyndcHne House, Roath, Cardiff, the wife of Captain F. W S. Webber, Adjutant to the Glamorgan Kifle Volunteers, of twin daughters, prematurely. MARRIAGES. JONES—REYNOLDS.—On the 21st ult., at St. Mark's, Myddelton-square, by the Rev. Mr. Macarthy, William Henry, only son of William Jones, of Woodgreen, to Laura, sixth daughter of the late Thomas Reynolds, of Frederick-street. WALKER—S TOCKWOOD. On the 30th ult.. at Cowbridge. by the Hev. Thomas Edmondes, Mr. Frederick Walker, solicitor, Portsea, Hants, to Jane Maria, second daugh- ter of Mr. John Stockwood, solicitor, Cowbridge. DEATHS. BUNCE.—On the 29th ult., at Coldbrook Park, Aber- gavenny, aged 66, Ann Bunce, for upwards of fifty years a faithful and beloved servant in the family of the late Henry Fawcett, Esq. EDWARDS.—On the 27th ult., at her residence, Vron. Dolgelley, Jane. relict of the late Captain Lewis Owen Edwards, J.P. of the county of Merioneth, aged 80. PHILLIPS.— On the 3rd inst.. at his residence. Tower- road, Birmingham, Henry, the fifth son of the late Mr. Henry Phillips, of the Old Brewery, Cardiff RABY. On the 27th ult., at Southport the Rev. William Raby, vicar of Ardsley, Barnsley, aged 35. SLARK.—On Saturday, the 1st inst., in her 72nd year, Anna Maria, wife of William Slark, Esquire, of Ter- race House, Heme Bay. WALSH.—On the 30th ult., at Canton, Cardiff, Robert, fifth son of Robert Walsh, Esq. of Bolton-le-Moors, in his 39th year.

EXECUTION.—The convict William Bull, aged 21, who was convicted at the last Bedford Assize of the murder of a poor imbecile named Mary Marshall, 51 years of age, at the village of Little Staughton, was executed by Calcraft at eight o'clock 011 Monday morning, within the walls of the county prison at Bedford. The culprit had shown perfect indifference to his fate ever since his conviction, in spite of the chap- lain's attentions to him, but he had admitted his guilt in several statements. On Monday he shed tears, and said he was pardoned. He seemed quite penitent. ANOTHER CURE OF DISEASE OF THE LUNGS OF TEN YEARS' STANDING BY DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. From Mr. D. Verrent, Coast Guard, Mountcharles, Donegal: "Please send me another box of your valuable Wafers. I am happy to inform the public that they are all they are represented to be. I have a child who was affected in the lungs, and they are the only thing that have done him any good. The complaint was of ten years' standing. I have tried all other means in vain. You can make whatever use you wishofthis it is at your service." Dr. Locock's Wafers give instant relief to asthma, consumption, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice, and have a pleasant taste. Price Is. ltd. and 2s. 9d. per box. Sold by all druggists. [5923 Tea ordinarily passes through numerous hands, and has to bear multiplied profits from the Chinese grower it passes to the merchant, next to the tea broker, then to the London wholesale dealer, afterwards to the Pro. vincial trader, and finally to the retailer but by W. H. and F. J. Horniman's mode of supply, all they import is sold direct to the public agents; therefore, uniform good value is guaranteed to consumers. See list of local agents in this paper.

CARDIFF POLICE COURT. MONDAY. (Before Mr. R. O. JONES, Alderman ALEXANDER, and Dr. PAINE.) CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—William Stephens, a sailor, belonging to the Jasper, of St. Ives, appeared on a remand, charged with wounding George Bloor, the mate of the vessel, on Thursday last. The wounded mau was conveyed to the Hospital bhip, where he still remained in a dangerous condition, and was quite unable to attend. The prisoner was again remanded for a week. David Power, a tailor, living in Mary Ann-street, was charged with wounding a young man named William Bailey, a labourer, living in Little Frederick-street. The complainant went to the prisoner's house to visit a lodger on Saturday night, and when sitting down in the house the prisoner asked him to treat them to a gallon of beer. The complainant refused, and the prisoner then took up a tin can and struck him a violent blow on the face, inflicting an incised wound about an inchin length. The prisoner, who was a much older man ti an the com- plainant, alleged that the latter kicked him first, and dragged him into the street, and he then used the can in self-defence. The prisoner, who had a slight bruise on the leg from a kick, was sent to prison for fourteen days, Thomas Jenkins and Thomas Jenkins, jun., farmer and farmer's SOD, living atCathays, were charged with assaulting and wounding Thomas Mitchell, a la- bourer, living at Cathays-terrace. The complainant rented a small piece of garden ground at Cathays, and the defendant had also land adjoining and there ap- peared to have been some dispute about encroaching on the defendants' land. They met on Saturday; from words they went to blows, and the younger defendant, who was then disputing with the complainant, knocked the latter down, and hit him several times while on the ground. The father then came up and told the younger one not to beat the complainant. While on the ground the senior Jenkins kicked the complainant in the face, but whether it was intentional or not the complainant could not say. The defence of the younger one was that the complainant was trespassing and kicking up some seed that had been planted by him and on refusing to leave a struggle ensued, the complainant receiving the worst of it. The Bench were of opinion that the younger one had assaulted the complainant in a very serious and cowardly manner, and he was sent to prison for two mouths. The senior defendant was discharged, hut he wasvcautioned by the Bench, who told him that he behaved in an unfeeling manner when, seeing the ¡ complainant severely injured about the face, he left him there to get up and go away as he could. THE DRINK.—Cornelius Donovan, a labourer, was charged with being drunk and assaulting a young man named Lean, in the Arcade, on Sunday evening. The defendant was drunk, and challenging some of the people there to fight: and seeing the complainant and a number of others at the top of the Arcade, he struck the complainant, knocked him down, and fell on him when down. Sent to prison for ten days, with hard labour. DENS.Susan Roberts, a woman of respectable ap- pearance, was charged with keeping a house of ill-fame in Havelock-street. The case was proved by Police- constable Smith, and the prisoner was sent to prison for one month. TUESDAY. (Before Alderman ALEXANDER and Mr. E. WHIFFEN.) LARCENY.—Johanna Lewis, a poor woman, was charged with stealing two bundles of linen, the property of John Smith, of Baker's-row. The bundles were sent by the prosecutor to a Miss Jones, who keeps a mangle in Wharton-street, on Friday evening. The prisoner was at the house when the linen was left, and in about an hour she called a boy from the street, and gave him a halfpenny to fetch the clothes for her, the prisoner in the meantime waiting in a court close by. He did so, and the prisoner afterwards pledged them. Remanded til) Thursday for further evidence. ROBBERY.—Alice Lee, a woman of bad character, was charged with robbing Joseph Randall of a purse and £ 2 10s., at a house of ill-fame in Homfray-street, on Monday night. There was no evidence that the girl took the money, and she was discharged. WEDNESDAY. (Before Alderman ALEXANDER, Mr. E. WHIFFEN, and Dr. PAINE.) AN IRISH YANKEE.—David Grant, an Irish Yankee sailor, was charged with being drunk and assaulting Police-constable Glover, on Tuesday evening. The police-constable was called into the Ship and Pilot public-house, James-street, to remove the defendant, who was behaving in a very violent manner. When outside the defendant commenced pulling down the shutters of the neighbouring houses, and on being re- quested to desist he attacked the constable, pulled him down, and kicked him. The constable then drew his staff, and struck him a blow on the head. The de- fendant was severely wounded, but it appeared to have down, and kicked him. The constable then drew his staff, and struck him a blow on the head. The de- fendant was severely wounded, but it appeared to have been caused accidentally. The defendant was still very violent, and it required two constables to remove him to the police-station. Evidence was given to show that the constable acted with great forbearance, and the defendant was sent to prison for a month. LARCENY.—Alexander Cook and William Jones, two seamen, were charged with stealing a shirt and other articles, the property of August Taylor, a seaman. The parties were lodging in a boarding-house in Frederica-strect. The prisoners left the boarding-house on the evening of Tuesday, and soon afterwards the prosecutor found that his chest had been broken open, a shirt and a number of articles of wearing apparel taken from it. The prisoners were taken into custody by Police-sergeant Lewis, and a shirt, the property of the prosecutor, was found on Cook. He denied that he stole the shirt, but admitted that he was in the kitchen when the box was broken open. The other prisoner had sold some of the other articles to a man in Bridge- street. Remanded till Monday. DOCK ROBBERIES.—Thomas Richards, a labourer, was charged with stealing a piece of pitwood from the smack Antelope, lying in the West Dock. The prisoner went on board the vessel on Tuesday and asked for a piece of pitwood, which the captain refused. He was afterwards found on the West:Dock carrying a piece of pitwood on his shoulder. He was taken into custody but it was subsequently found that the mate had given him the wood and the prisoner was consequently dis-, charged. Patrick Culvert, a ballast man at the docks, was charged with stealing a piece of rope from the ship Valentine, in the West Dock on Tuesday. The prisoner had been at work on board the ship on that day, and when leaving he concealed a piece of rope about him. It was afterwards found that 35 fathoms of rope had been taken from the vessel at different intervals. Sent to prison for one month with hard labour. ASSAULT IN THE ARCADE.-William Catlin, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with a violent assault on W. Hale, the police-constable in charge of the Royal Arcade, on Saturday evening. The defendant was very noisy, and on seeing the complainant, annoyed him by putting a fish in his face and threaten- ing to knock him down. When near the entrance to the Arcade he knocked the constable down, causing his nose to bleed. The constable attempted to take him into custod, but was unable to do. so, the defendant in the meantime striking him several blows on the face, covering his face with blood, from the effects of which he still suffered. Fined JE5. or a month's hard labour. THURSDAY. (Before Alderman ALEXANDER, Mr. WHIFEEN, and Dr. PAINE.) STEALING LEAD.-Edward Llewellyn, a mason, was charged with stealing 91bs. of lead, the property of his master, Mr. John Elliott, builder. The prisoner had been in the employ of Mr. Elliott for some months, and during that time he had at intervals missed a quantity of lead piping. On Wednesday the prisoner was seen to put some odd pieces in his pocket, and on being searched by a police-constable, 91bs. of lead piping were found in his pockets. The prosecutor had been building five houses, and the pieces had been cut off the ends of the waterpipes. When taken into custody he admitted having taken the lead, and said it was done to enable him to get drink. Sent to prison for two months. FALSI PRKTENCES.—Frederick Davies, formerly an assistant to a pawnbroker, was charged with obtaining 2'2 from Mrs. Ann Bert, of South Church-street, the pro- perty of a man named John Ogilvie. Ogilvie formerly lodged at the house of Mrs. Bert, and was committed for larceny before the last Sessions. A young man named Morrissey had in his possession £ 2 3s. (3d. belonging to Ogilvie, which he handed to Mrs. Bert, to keep for him. On the 17th and 28th of March the prisoner brought two notes to Mrs. Bert, purporting to have been written by Ogilvie while he was in gaol, requesting her to pay the £ 2 to the prisoner. When Ogilvie arrived at Car- diff, after being acquitted at the Quarter Sessions, he ap- plied for the money, and found that it had been drawn by the prisoner without his authority. Remanded till Mon- day for further evidence.

CARDIFF LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The monthly meeting of this Board was held on Friday, the Mayor, Alderman C. W. David, in the chair. There were also present, Aldermen Reece, Alexander, Pride Councillors E. Whiffen, Thomas Evans, D. Jones, P. Bird, H. Bowen, W. Vachell, and L. Davis. RATES. The collector for St. Mary's reported that he had collected of rate and arrears up to last return £ 2,136 2s., collected during the past month :£819 10s. Id. leaving a balance outstanding of JEI,702 14s. The collector for St. John's reported that he had collected of rate and arrears up to last return CG13 6s. 6d., collected during the past month .£303 Is. 3d.; leaving a balance out- standing of £ 709 4s. 8d. TRAMWAYS. The MAYOR said he had requested Mr. Salmon to write to Mr. Ensor for a copy of the amended order respecting the street tramways before it was submitted to the Board of Trade, that they might know if the promoters had carried out the suggestions and recom- mendations of the Council before the order was ap- proved by the Board of Trade. After the approval of the order by the Board of Trade the Corporation would be bouud by it, whatever that order may be. The TOWN CLERKjsaid he had received a reply from Mr. Ensor, stating that he had received from Messrs. Asher and Morris a letter, informing him that they had not received a copy of the amended order, but that the order would be amended in their own terms by the Board of Trade themselves. They would endeavour to obtain copies of the amended order and send them to the Town Council as early as possible. Mr. VACHitLL That is not altogether satisfactory. The MAYOR No but it states that the Board of Trade would amend the provisional order themselves. Mr. VACHELL Will it not be as well to communi- cate directly to the Board of Trade? Mr. ALEXANDER: Let us petition the Board of Trade, and ask for a copy of the provisional order be- fore the seal of the Board is affixed to it. The suggestion was adopted. REPORTS. The reports of the Finance, Public Works, and Cabs Committees, were read and adopted without dis- cussion. On the reading of the Lighting and Water Com- mittee, the Town Clerk read a report from Mr. Drane, who had twice since the last meeting examined the quality of the gas. He regretted that, either from his own inexperience, or the inefficiency of the apparatus, or both, he was unable to give an accurate report of the illuipinating power, which he described as equal to 123- caudles, the quality, according to the Act, 4 being 14 candles but he was struck with the quantity of ammonia in the gas. Its presence was very marked. It diminished the illuminating power, and was very injurious to articles of metal in a place where the gas was consumed and it also might be satisfactorily removed by the Gas Company at a very small cost. The MAYOR thoughtl a resolution should be passed to send the report to the directors of the Gas Company. There was an ambiguity as regarded the illuminating power, but there was no ambiguity with regard to the ammonia in the gas, and the attention of the directors of the company should be directed to it. Mr. JONES said the machinery for testing the gas was not in good working order. 11 Mr. VACHELL Then we should get machinery that will determine accurately the illuminating power of the gas. The report was ordered to be sent to the Gas Com- pany. SMALLPOX. Dr. PAINE, the Medical Officer of Health, attended the Board, and presented a report on the health of the town for February. There had been 71 deaths during the month, which 011 the estimated population was 24 per thousand, a number slightly in excess of the ordinary average. The deaths from smallpox were only four, all of them imported cases, one being that of a woman who had recently come from London, and who resided in Tyndall-street. One, that of a seaman who had been removed from a boarding-house in the town to the Union Workhouse, and two seamen who had died from it on board the Hospital Ship. There had been no extension of the disease in the town. He had been in communication with his medical brethren, and only three cases of smallpox had been '(, reported to him; two of them were in the house in Tyndall-street, where the woman from London died, and one in Carpenters' Arms-court, but all these cases recovered. Vaccination and revaccination were going on very satisfactorily, and Mr. Hier Evans, the public vaccinator, reported that the number of cases of vaccination was considerably on the increase. He had also inspected some stables on the Cathedral- road, kept by a Mr. Andrews, and found them over- crowded and badly ventilated, and-the liquid matter running a way on the surface, causing offensive ex- halations prejudicial to the health of the neighbour- hood. The place was kept in an improper state, and he had forwarded to the Clerk the necessary certi- ficate for the Board to take proceedings. Mr. THOMAS EVANS said he had omitted to send his return to Dr. Paine, but he had not had a. single case of smallpox for years. The MAYOR asked Dr. Paine respecting the cases of smallpox reported to him, if the parties were suffer- ing from a virulent form of the disease. Dr. PAINE said they were reported to him in the confluent form, but they recovered. He thought that vaccination was going on very satisfactorily. He visited the case in Carpenters' Arms-court, found a boy in the house unvaccinated, and in the same yard found two or three children unvaccinated. He im- mediately vaccinated them, and there had been no extension of the disease. The case to which he re- ferred occurred a month since. The MAYOR I think it is very satisfactory. Mr. WHIFFEN I think we are very fortunate to be so free from the smallpox. The Town Clerk was also requested to take the ne- cessary legal proceedings to get the nuisance on the Cathedral-road abated at once. MISCELLANEOUS. The SURVEYOR produced a plan for flushing the Park-street and Wood-street sewers from the river Taff, which was approved of, the estimated cost being about £ 100. He also recommended that a portion. f Park-place should be pitched and paved which was agreed to. Six tenders for the supply of copper gas-lamps had been received, the highest being the Cardiff Gas Company, £ I 3s. 6d. each; the lowest Messrs. Baker and Horton, Bristol, 16s. each. The tender of Messrs. Baker and Horton was accepted. Messrs. Cross Brothers' tender for the supply of iron frames and gratings, at jEl 6s. each, was accepted. A tender for enclosing the trees in Tredegarville was referred to the next meeting, the price asked being considerably in excess of the price said to be paid in Bristol. On the motion of Mr. P. BIRD, it was resolved to fix three lamps, instead of two, to the fountain at the corner of Westgate-street and Canton-road. The addi- tional cost was stated to be :£4. The meeting then broke up.

OVERSEERS. On Friday the magistrates appointed Mr. Hall, draper, High-street, and Mr. W. Nell, Eagle Brewery! overseers for St. John's parish and Mr. Augustus North, brewer, Bute-street, and Mr. Edward Cross, ironmonger, St. Mary-street, overseers for the parish of St. Mary. -+-

LAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY'S POLICE. (Before Mr. R. O. JONES, Mr. W. D. BUSHELL, Aldermen PRIDE and ALEXANDER, and Mr. E. WHIFFEN.) CHARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS—Charles Dillon, a rag and bone collector, was charged with re- ceiving a quantity of pig iron from a man named John Harris, knowing it to have been stolen. The prisoner was seen on Thursday week, by a man named Nicholas Conway, a fruit dealer, living on the Canal Bank, to receive a piece of pig iron from Harris, who had charge of a boat on the canal, laden with pig iron. Harris took the lump of iron from the cargo, and handed it to the prisoner, who gave him 6d. for it and the prisoner immediately put the lump of iron in his bag and walked off with it. The man who gave the information to Police-constable Dix was unable to swear to the number of the boat; and as there was no evidence of the ownership of the iron, the prisoner was discharged. (Before Alderman PRIDE and Mr. E. WHIFFEN.) THEFT.—Charles Hall, a sailor, was charged with stealing a black cloth coat, the property of Solomon Green. The prisoner stole the coat from the doorway on Friday, and entered the shop and afterwards offered it for sale. He was at once given into custody. Sent to prison for two months' hard labour. WATCH STEALING.—John Grant, the second mate of the Chili, of Nova Scotia, was charged with stealing a silver watch and guard, the property of a sailor named Henry Payne, on board the same vessel. The robbery was committed on the voyage from America to Cardiff. A Dock Police-constable, on Friday, searched the vessel on its arrival in Cardiff, and found the watch in the prisoner's box. The evidence of the robbery was not sufficient to convict the man, who was discharged, the Bench considering that there was a collusion be- tween the prisoner and the first mate to commit the robbery. ——————————