Monmouthshire Merlin

MONMOUTH. THE STORM ON SUNDAY LAST. This ter- :h ific storm which in many parts of the country has caused at uch S'rable rava-eT^ felt at Monmouth and m its ,d fi?hbo»P hood U passk over ft; f felt o'clock in U,e|vc„h,g, K|. 'fcporary cessation of public worship. ,iiirWpnflpd J &U8ed bevond the overflowing of some shoots, °Wever much to the inconvenience of the inhabitants, some f thrfcu™ being completely, flooded TUe gardens a too, Offered considerably from the violence of the tempest. In the 's eighbourhood the sad effects of the storm were eitexten- d ively and severely. In the parishes of Grosmont, t. VVeo- 6rds, Ganerew, and others in those directions. Scarcely a irnier but has to deplore the partial or entire destruction ot j&tae of his crops c t. On Tuesday last, the first anniversary ot the Peniig of the New Independent chapel, Monmouth, took h lace in that town. Sermon* in the morning and afternoon ere preached bv the Rev. John Jack, of Bristol; aad in the e ening by the Rev. J. Hyatt, of Gloucester. The services d era of a peculiarly solemn and interesting nature, and the •ngregations were good. Upwards of £:M. were collected upon 1- Ie occasion. t J ■e On Sunday last, a young man, named Pncnard, k ho resided at Lydney, was drowned whilst crossing the river 7ye on returning to his home from a visit to his friends. The d idy was not found at a late period of the week. The deceased 18 Its left a wife and two children to deplore their loss. The luse of the accident does not appear to be known. On Monday last, the Druids of Monmouth gave 'I benefit to the widow of the late Mr. Joseph Harper, of the herry Tree, who, during his life, was an active member of 6 ^The Celebrated and veteran vocalist, Braham, y Jsisted by his two sons, made his bow to a Monmouth audi- lce on Thursday morning and in the evening. The attendance as, of course, very large on both occasions.

i-' CHEPSTOW. On Monday last, the Chepstow club of Odd ellows (Beaufort Lodge,) walked in procession to church, i, bere an excellent sermon was delivered by the Rev. J. B. ibriel thev afterwards returned to the Greyhound Inn, to vjoy the creature comforts which were provided for them by [rs. Watkins, the landlady. n The storm of Sunday evening, which has done ? much damage in various parts ot tins county, was but lt WtSSv felt in the vicinity of Chepstow. We have not heard y I' any serious loss being sustained. The lightning was very d )vid for some hours, attended with but little thunder Nnw that it is pretty certain the Great Western L !omLv Will carry their bill through the Lords, as far as re- ■- ltes to Chepstow, 'the good people here are on the qui mve, nticiiatin»- that the pick axes will shortly be in motion in reParing the way fc>r the raiIs-

e C ARDI V F. e K BURGLARY.—On Tuesday morning, between 4 and two o'clock, four persons entered the Cardiff Union- II ouSe by one of the back doors, then pioceeded upstairs and itergd the room where the boys slept, about forty in numbei. '^e schoolmaster, Mr- Herbert Rees, a quiet and inonensive |an, was asleep in the same room. The burglars proceeded .f his bed, and, witli a heavy bludgeon, struck him several r tties about the head, leaving him in a senseless state, i hey ten took a box, containing his clothes and a deposit receip If .£100. Having emptied the box of its contents, they left It s the garden. They also took five shillings in silver belong 1 Ig to Mr. Rees. The police are on the alert, and it is ex- Ected they will soon succeed in capturing the brulal ilepre- 1 itors. T ACCIDENT AT THE BUTE DOCK.—On Tuesday r 18t, as a man named Thomas Blackmore, a porter belonging the steam packets, was taking a box from a cart to put it on e Sard the Lady Charlotte steamer, the cart suddenly tiltedand locked hun over the pier head. a height of upwards of forty et: fell on his back, and received a severe contusion on ° is head. Mr. Thomas Evans was immediately in Attendance, e id dressed his wounds and we are happy to say that the un- t Tturiate man is in a state of recovery. PETERSTONE FAIR.—This fair was held on » 'uesday ]Mt • it was well supplied, and the attendance ivas limerous. 1

Glamorganshire Summer Assizes, 1 CARDIFF, TUESDAY, JELY S. The Summer assizes for this counfy commenced on Tuesdny last before SIB THOMAS COLTMAN, Knight, one of her Majesty's Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. The Hi^h Sheriff, Rober Savours, Esq., held his ordinary at the Cardiff Arms Hotel, and upwards of fifty of the leading o-entlemen of the county dined with him. The luxuries of the table were necessarily left at an early hour, as at five o'clock the procession left Cardiff to meet the Judge at the verge of the county, and on the return of the corteg6 the assize commission was opened in due form, at the Shire Hall, at six o'clock. WEDNESDAY. At ten o'clock Sir Thomas Coltman, accompanied by the High Sheriff, proceeded to St. John's church for divine service, and to implore the grace of the Most High for the proper dis charge of the important and solemn duties about to be under- taken. The service was read by the Rev. W. I,. Morgan. The Rev. — Edwards, of Cowbridge, preached an appropriate and impressive discourse, from Romans, 13th c. and part of 4th verse. At about half-past eleven, the court was opened, and his Lordship having taken his seat, the following magistrates answered the call of the officer of Ohe court:—Viscount Adarc R. Bassett, E q., Richd. Bassett, Esq., of Bonvillestone; T. W. Booker, Esq., Velind,,a R. Beauclerk, Esq., Walter Coffin, e 't Esq., Rowland Eothergill, Esq., J. Hewitt, Esq., John Hom- fray, Esq., It. F. J^nner, Esq R. 0. Jones, Esq., William Meyrick, Esq J. B. Price, Esq., R. Savours, Esq., Hia;h Sheriff; "fthitlock Jucholl, Esq., Henry Thomas, Esq., J. Turberville. Esq. C. H. Williams, Esq., Rev. A. Dean, Rev. James Evans, and Rev. E. W. Richards. The following coroners were present: Cuthbertson, Esq., R. L. Reece, Esq., and A\m. Morgan, Esq The gentlemen sworn on the Grand Jury were: iscount Adare, AV. Meyrick, Esq., J. B. Pnce, E';q" H. Hoilier, Esq., Coffin, Esq., R. Fothergill, Esq., R. I Jenner Esq., j. Hewitt, Esq., J. Homfrav, Lsq., Bassett, Esq J. Homfrav, Esq., R, Bassett, Esq R. O. Jones, Esq., R. Beauclerk, Esq., 1. \V Looker, Esq., R. Bassett, Esq., Bonville- H. Inomas, Esq., stone H. Inomas, Esq., stone J.-P. Turbenillc, Esq., E.David, Esq., Nicholl, Esq., c. H. Williams, Esq. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been, read, his Lordship delivered the following charsre to the Grand Jury. Gentlemen of the Grand Inquest :-I am extremely happy to perceive, from the calendar before me, that your duties on the present occasion, will be unusually light; and there is no case to come under your notice involving points of much difficulty. The first case which appears to be of importance, and to which it will be necessary for me to allude, is No. 2 in the calendar, in which Nathaniel Williams is charged with the manslaughter of David Havard. Such cases as this, gentleman, are not of unfrequent occurrence. The prisoner is charged with having driven a waggon with such violence and carelessness, that lie knocked down the man Havard, thereby inflicting such injuries as caused his death. I wish you, gentlemen, to observe that in such cases, although it may appear that the injuries are acci- dental, still the fact of the result bein- accidental, should not prevent your finding a bill, in order that the prisoner may be rendered liable to a prosecution for a carelessness which i; too often the cause of fatal consequences. Such persons must be made to suffer for their recklessness, notwithstanding it may appear there was no malicious intention on their part when the accident, from which the death ensued, took place. There is, gentleman, another case of manslaughter, not in the calendar, in which the prisoner is charged with having used much per- sonal violence the question for you to consider will be, whether the deceased died in consequence of the injuries inflicted by the person charged with the crime and if you shall be satisfied of that, then the prisoner will be liable to the charge of man- slaughter, and punishable for that offence. There is, gentle-j men, only one other case to which I consider it necessary tol direct your attention, in which the prisoner is charged ;ith having used a poker in a quarrel. The prisoner in this case will be indicted for maliciously wounding, and the question for you to determine will be whether the prisoner used so much violence as would be necessary to support such a charge, or whether he is liable only to an indictment for a common assault. Gentlemen, the other cases aie of a comparatively unimportant character, and require no remark from me; you will, therefore retire to your room, and furnish the court with some bills at your earliest convenience. The Grand Jury having retired, his Lordship intimated that the hearing of the case of Dunraven v. Malins was to be de- ferred to Monday, in consequence of an application from Sir T. Wylde, to that effect. Mr. Grove, in this case, stated that Mr. Fitzroy Kelly was unable to attend, and that the management of the case for the Earl of Dunraven had been entrusted to Mr. Cockburn. John Martin and William L. Powell were indicted with having placed in a channel at the entrance to Aberavon a vessel, thus obstructing the navigation. The prosecutor did not ap- pear, and the defendants were acquitted. The following persons were then sworn as the Petty Jury :— Jenkin Harris, John Herne, Daniel Daniel, George Clinton, Robert Frederick, Henry Charles, Richard Yorath, John Hansell, Thomas Wride, Wm. George Allen, George Spencer, and the court proceeded to the TRIAL OF PRISONERS. James Roberts (neither read nor write) was charged with the manslaughter of David Jones, in the parish of Llanguicke. .Mr. Nicholl Carne appeared for the prosecution, and ad- dressed the jury at some length. The observations of the learned gentleman went to show that, notwithstanding it might appear to the jury that at the time the injuries stated in the indictment were inflicted upon the deceased, the deceased was bealfhln0^ °f h.eal'h> exhausted from fatigue, or had his health,n any way impaired,still, if the injuries inflicted by the pri- soner in any degree, no matter how small, accelerated deceased's death, the prisoner would be as much guilty of manslaughter as if the bruises had been inflicted upon the body of a healthy man. The learned gentleman then related the facts of the case, as they appear in the following evidence;- Benjamin Evans, who gave his evidence in Welch, said: I reside in a cottage on a common in Languicke on the 9th of June the deceased and prisoner came to my house and asked for lodgings for themselves and others who were with them. On Tuesday morning two of them left me, David Jones was one of those who went away the prisoner stayed there from Mon- day night till Saturday morning. lIe seemed to expect David Jones and another man back, and he went to look for them on Friday evening he brought the deceased back. When they came back they came into my cottage. Sometime after they came, I was attracted by a noise outside, and I went to the court near my house, and saw the prisoner beating the deceased. I tried to prevent him, ibut he afterwards beat him against the wall, kicked him in the breast, &c. Deceased afterwards sat down on the threshold of the door. The kick given him by prisoner was a very severe kick. I threatened to call persons to prevent him from beating deceased, and he said he would kill them and me; he then beat a girl who was there called Betsy. My wife who was also in the yard) and I went into the house, and said we would have no more to do with them. Prisoner said he was beating the deceased, because lie had spent his (prisoner's) money; the deceased, while sitting on the threshold, said lie would pay prisoner what he had spent of his money. Alter I had gone into the house, they called me out into the yard, and I then saw the deceased there, the pri- soner supporting his head. The prisoner, who seemed much alarmed, said he feared he had killed him, but he hoped he was in a fit. The deceased never spoke after. I sent for a surgeon* who came about half an hour after. Before the sur- geon came, the prisoner asked me to say that deceased was in a fit. I said if he was dead, he must take the consequences. Mr. Thomas, the surgeon, asked me whether I had seen any in- juries inflicted upon the deceased. I said I had not, fearine the prisoner would run away. or do some injury to himself. I went to a farmers house, after placing the deceased in bed, and told the farmer what had happened. I stated to the doctor what had taken place. About one o'clock in the morning T sent for a policeman. The farmer to whom I went was Evan Bevan. It was past ten when I saw deceased on his back in the yard. The prisoner cross-examined the witness, who stated that he had never borrowed any money from prisoner, nor ever offered him any brass or copper for sale. Ann Evans corroborated the evidence of the former witness as to the prisoner and deceased having come to her house and slept there on Monday night. She added—On Tuesday morn- ing deceased and others left my house, but I cannot say whether the prisoner sent them. The prisoner went to look for de- ceased on Friday, and came back with him, on Friday evening. I saw the prisoner some time after coming back drag the de- ceased out of the house. I went out after them. I saw the prisoner aking hold of deceased and beating him against the ou wall by his shoulders, &e. I saw the prisoner give him a kick or two near his head. I said Do not hurt the boy" He said he would, for he had caused him great loss. The deceased acknowledged his fault, and promised to pay him every half. penny as soon as he could. My husband threatened to send for a policeman, and the prisoner said he would kill as many as hnli Prisoi2C1' then beat a girl called Bet^y; and mL .? me 8° into the house, or we should have it fancied they warned^him omJ tobe?7 ^U8ba pd .t0 g° t°hUt' 1 tendl 1 saw him lying on his back. I think he was dead he did not speak after. ffeon 'nractisin "TnSrll0maS{,SUrseon' sworn> sa.Id: I am asur- was sent for lo J\n^™arthen- Friday, 13th of June, I and got there about ten^cWt L,nSuicle> i? N *NR?»R; nation I fo.fnd hn V w*thout e^t. On further exami- was ODened bv Mr V\V-FV t>^n the followinS Sunday the body was opened by Mr. Wilham Price Evans and myself On mr- On Si3"^ 'Vv"011'; 1 f0"'?d th« chest discoloured. There was a considerable effusion of blood. I here was a slight effusion of blood by the left ear During the taking of this witness's I M n t fh^prisone^but'hav ,nowl'eccived instructions to°defen°d he must beg'that the^uClms^ l° C"Se' might be read to him. °' tllC Uvo fonuer witnesses formeAa^ofVr '"Th^ l° 'he/aPPlicat[oil» ;|nd having read the nro?eeded --Tht ?maS S (surSeon) evidence, Mr. Thomas dncpdhva'hlniv v a,_K near left ear might have been pro- donht tbit tVip or^ intemperance. I have no Thprp were n p •jSl0rl „ 011 the brain caused death. I T on the person of the • siould think that he was from seventeen to eighteen years of age. Cross examined by lr, Groves.-The appearances on the brain of deceased were similar to those presented oil the brain of persons dYIJg of intemperance, and I should have judged It more probable that he died of intemperance than from the effects of a blow. "^vrl'?s' surSeon) examined: I am a surgeon, re- bodv^if Morns lown. On the 15th of June I examined the on df rfla1,,PerS:m at LanSuicke> with last witness. I found D^arLncp f.^X if-VfaTOIlOfnbl00d on brain. I saw no ap- had been addiM-p1?1*- .have judged that the deceased bf^odbr,het^ »f Cross-examined by Mr. Gro^rTfTl,, without knowing; anything nfVi?! • 1 had examined the body said it ™ a czi o7Sng"c °t!w'JS™'1 "h°u1'1 any external mark indicate of dlath h?'• u ""1 P""?1,™ external violence. aeath having being caused by Ihe evidence of this witness concluded t 4i secution. <uiauaecl the case for the pro- The learned judge informed the iurv tW if fied, from the evidence, that the Jri I, j y 7ere 8 ceased as to cause his death, then thev wm,1H c /i •beate" de", manslaughter but if they thought that tip ,ty of tacked deceased, and yet had not so beat Pr.lsoner had at- death, then thej wonld find lrta guiU?ln™ assault. merely of a common The jury, after a few minutes consultation n guilty of a common assault; and hi. Lordship se, eno^him Swanse™ "n,,n*0"ent HouseS, CoStaTt Swansea. Attorney for the prosecution, Mr. O. D Rhv* nf J Attorney for the prisoner, Mr. 'w. Walter o/sWlSa Robert Jones und Joseph U right, were chamed i, stolen 20lbs. of lead, the propm, ot I^S £ iT|XJ £ "5 Cardiff. Mr Vaughan Williams appeared for the prosecution, and ]\Ir. Wilson defended the prisoner Jones. William Lewis and Hannah Fullylove, being examined bv Mr. V. Williams, stated what they knew of the case, the gene- ral detail of their evidence, being the same in substance as that given in our Cardiff police report of Monday last, to which we beg to reftr our readers. The evidence of the next witness not having been taken before the magistrates, we supply that deficiency by giving the sub- stance of it here :— Edward John, sworn, said: I live in Cardiff, and know the prisoner. I saw the prisoner Jones about four or five o' clock on the 3rd July, in Whitmore lane. I know the shop of Stau- renghi, the marine-store dealer; I saw Jones passing near that shop: he had some sheet lead, folded up, with him. Stiven Staurenghi, Police Superintendent Stockdale, and Joseph Davies, severally made statements corresponding in their general features with the evidence given by them before the magistrates on Monday, and reported in our Cardiff police, given in the present number. Joseph Davies being the last witness for the prosecution, Mr. Wilson addressed some lucid observations to the jury, his lordship summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Jones, acquitting Wright. Sentence :— Three months' imprisonment THURSDAY. The Court assembled this morning at nine o'clock. CHARGE OF ROBBERY. The first case heard was that of James James and William Hudsoll,two decent-looking men, the former of whom could read and write imp., the latter could neither read nor write, charged with stealing £10. 3s and a canvass purse, from the person of Jenkin Lewis, at Merthyr, on the 17th June last. Mr. Wilson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Vaughan Williams for the prisoners. Mr. Wilson stated the case to the jury, and called the follow- ing witncsses Jenkin Lewis, who gave his evidence in Welsh, said I am a dealer in oats and hay, and live at Landovery. I was at Merthyr on the 17th June last, and had about £10. 13s. in my pocket. The gold and silver were together in a canvass purse. I went to a public house called the Wellington, at Pontystorehouse, and saw the two prisoners there. I drank about two quarts of ale there-a pint at a public house ealled the Neptune, and share of a quart somewhere else. The prisoners sat each side of me in the Wellington, at Pontystorehouse. I had the money in my right side pocket. I left that public house about twelve, having paid for the beer before I left, from Is. 9d. to 2s. 3d. I put my money back into the same pocket, after pay- ing for the beer. The men left the house with me, and I was quite sober when I left. James James took hold of my right arm, and William Hudson of my left, as we went from the house, and they asked me to go to James James' house, to have some victuals. They were trying to pull me in the direction of a place called theArchway, but I refused to go, and would not go any further with them. While the men were with me on the tram-road at Pontystorehouse, James James put his hand into my right side pocket, and took out my purse, containing the sovereigns, &c. He then ran under the arch down to a place called the Cellars. Hudson just at the same time put his hand into the other pocket, and said, with an oath, There's only qd. here," and then ran away. I then went back to the landlord, who came out with me Soon after,.I saw a police- man. The money anù purse were mine. Cross-examined by Mr. V. Williams The money was all in the purse, and I paid for what I drank in the house, out of the money in my purse. I did not want more beer, when the land- lord said it was time to shut up the house. I had drunk nothing but ale on the day in question. I knew that bad women lived in the archway, at Merthyr, but had never been robbed by them. I felt my pockets occasionally in the public house, be- cause I was among strangers The prisoners and I left the public house at Pontystorehouse together. We had been playing dominoes, but I never offered to make a bet with Robert Jenkins, and did not show my purse. Mr. Wilson called George Jenkins, but did not examine him. On being cross-examined by Mr. V. Williams,he said I am landlord of the Wellington, at Pontystorehouse. On the 17th June last, the prisoners and the prosecutor were in my house, and they left together, between eleven and twelve o'clock. The prosecutor came back in about a quarter of an hour, and told me he had been robbed, and I went with him to the Big Arch, where I saw Wm. Hudson. I asked him if that was the man who robbed him, and he said he was not, but it was the man with a velvet coat (Jemmy Jemmy.) The prosecutor paid for the beer drank by Hudson and Jemmy Jemrny, and took the money for it out of his pocket without pulling out his purse. He offered to play dominoes with any one in Merthyr. The prisoner asked for more beer as he was leaving the house. By Jemmy Jemmy 1 understood him to mem James James. Arthur Harris, examined by Mr. Wilson: I was a policeman at Merthyr when the robbery was committed. I went with the prosecutor, in consequence of information from'him, to a place called the Archway, and he pointed out Hudson as a person who had been with him when he was robbed. I after- wards saw James James in the street, and the prosecutor said he thought he was the person who robbed him. James James had on a velvet coat on the night in question. I took the prisoners into custody, and searched them. James James had about two shillings in his pockets. Mr. V. Williams, addressed the jury at considerable length, with a "view to myaldate the testimony of the prosecutor respecting his not having been drunk, after drinking the large quantity of beer which he acknowledged be drank, his state- ment respecting his care of his money, &c. The learned Judge summed up the evidence, and the jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Attorneys for the prosecution, Mr. Davis, Merthyr; for the defence, Messrs. Perkins and James, Merthyr. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Aathnniel Williams was charged with the manslaughter of David Havard, at Merthyr, on the 14th June last. This was the case of furious driving to which the learned judge alluded in his address to the grand jury, Mr. Nichol Carne appeared for the prosecution, and lucidly stated the case to the jury, illustrating his remarks by a dia- gram showing the relative position of the streets through which the prisoner was driving the waggon, the spot where the deceased was standing, &c. The learned counsel called the following witnesses. 0' Charles Newcombe, examined by Mr. N. Carne: I live near Pontmorlais bridge, at Merthyr. On Saturday, 14th June, my attention was attracted by the noise of waggons being driven past my house and on looking out I observed they were coming, one from the Dowlais road, and the other up the main street from Merthyr, and both were going towards the Brecon- road, The prisoner was driving the one from Dowlais, and William Price that from Merthyr they were both whipping the horses. Having passed a corner of the street near the bridge, Williams oyertook Price, and ran into Price's waggon. At the time of the concussion I observed a man struggling on the ground, knocked down by Williams' waggon. I think there were four horses in Williams' waggon, two abreast. The spot where this happened is a much-frequented part of the town, and it took place on the market day. Cross-eamined by Mr.Y.Williams The road is narrow where the accident happened, in consequence of a tram-road having been illade there. The deceased was a very old man. The road from Dowlais into Merthyr is a descent, and round the angle to Brecon it is an ascent. Mrs. Davis, examined by Mr. Carne I live near the bridge at Pontmorlais. On the day of the accident, I observed two waggons near my house, one driven by Wm. Price, and the other by Nathaniel Williams. Price reached the road to Brecon first, the other overtook him there, and ran into his waggon, the harness of one of the fore horses of Williams' waggon dragged Price into the gutter, and the hind wheel of the waggon went over him. The waggons were going very fast. Nathaniel AVilliams was sitting on the shaft of his waggon, and had no reins. The wheel of the waggon passed between the legs and over the right side of deceased. My house is nearer to where the accident happened than Mr. Newcombe's. Cross examined bv Mr. V. Williams: Price began to whip his horses just at the ascent near my house, and Williams whipped his near the same place.. Evan Evans, a miner, who gsye his evidence in Welsh, ex- amined by Mr. N. Carne: The witness stated that he was pre-, sent when the accident took place and ran after the horses to try to stop them. He saw the whee go over the deceased being about ten or twelve yards from the spot at the time. Mr. Edward Davies, examined by Mr. V Carne: I am a sur- geon, living at Merthyr. On the 14th of June I was called to examine a man who had been seriously injured. I found him on the road near Pontmorlais bridge, and had him taken to his house; on examining him particularly I found considerable ex- travasation of blood, a fracture of the left haunch bone, a wound between the legs &c.; he died within 48 hours. I think he died of the injuries described. Mr. V. Williams submitted that the indictment was not proved by the evidence inasmuch as it charged the prisoner with wilfully driving the waggon against the deceased. His Lordship decided that the indictment could not be so interpreted—that it merely said he was wilfully driving, but not that he wilfully drove against deceased. Mr. V. Williams then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, calling several witness to character, and the learned judge perspicuously analysed the testimony of the witnesses to the jury—who returned a verdict of guilty, strongly recom- mend ingthe prisoner to meicv on account of the good character he had received. Sentence: Three months' imprisonment in the house of correction at Cardiff. Attorney for the prosecution, Mr. Russell, of Merthyr for the defence, Mr. Overton, of Merthyr. BRUTAL CONDUCT. John Rens was charged with cutting and wounding John Morrison on 7th June last, at Merthyr Tydvil, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Richards appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. The first witness called was John Morris, who, being ex- amined, said: I am a rag gatherer, and live at a place called the Red House, at Merthyr. On the 7th of June last I went from my lodgings to the house of Mid. Murphy, who lives just above the Red House; the prisoner lodges with him. My sister also lives at Michael Murphy's, with the prisoner; they are not married. When I went into Murphy's house, I saw an old woman, Michael Murphy, John Rees, and my sister. John Beedles was with me. The moment I went in, John Rees ordered me out. I told him I would not go out for him, but if the master of the house told me, I would—he then struck me with a poker on my head. There are six or seven cuts on my head caused by the blows given me by the prisoners. (The witness here showed some marks on his head ) The first blow of the prisoner knocked me senseless—I think I had some con- sciousness on the same evening when the surgeon was with me. I believe I was taken to my lodgings, and the surgeon fetched for me. John Beedles examined by Mr. Richards: On the 7th June I went with the prosecutor to Michael Murphy's house. Morris's sister was there, with several other persons—[The witness here corroborated the testimony of the first witness as to the con- versation and quarrel which took place in Murphy's house, be- tween the prosecutor and the prisoner.] He continued: On o-oing to try to save the prosecutor from turther injury, Michael Murphy thew me out doors. On my trying to return, they threw John Morris out into the street, and the prisoner held up his head with one hand, and beat him with a poker which he held in the other. I then took him to his lodgings, and a sur- geon was sent for.. Mr. James, surgeon, examined I was sent for to go to the Red House, at Merthyr, on the 7th June last. I saw John Morris there; lie had plasters on his head—there were six wounds on his head, one above his eyebrow, an inch and a half long down to the bone. All the others were bad ones, aud nearly down to the bone. I did not consider from the wounds that 'he was in danger, but thought there might have been dancer from the manner in which they hadbeen inflicted. At the request of the prisoner, Beedles was recalled, and on his bein«- examined by the learned .judge, it was elicited that the eirl° Morris had lived with Beedles for more than three years and that she afterwards deserted him, and cohabited nrisoner: this, the prisoner stated, had caused jealousy on the part of Beedles, and he bad therefore, been swearing to be his butcher! for a long time before. His 1-rdship having summed up the evidence, thejury de- liberated for a short time, and returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault. Two months imprisonment, with hard labour in the house of correction at Cardiff. Attorney for the prosecution, Mr. Russell, of Merthyr. NISI PRIUS. The case of Howell v. Jenkins, an action for debt, was withdrawn. WEARING f- SMITH. Mr Chilton Q.C., informed the learned judge that an ar- rangement had' been effected between the parties, and that the ments oi the ease^ would, therefore, not be. brought before the eon" and lie would merdv ask the jury, c.mplmice w.th that arrangement, to give the plaintiff a verdict 01 ^,80. Ihjs arrangement was accepted by the court, and the veidict given 8CIC« 11 vat Mi\ ^Vearing was engaged bv the proprietor Of the luansea Journal (Mr. Smith) as editor-ot that paiper.iand a dispute having arisen between the parties on the question of salary, this action was brought for the recov sryof a certain amount said to be due by Mr. Smith to the said Mr. bearing. Mr. Groves and Mr. Severn appeared for the defendants. ( To be concluded in our next,)

POLICE IKTELLIGEIVCE. NEWPORT TOWN-HALI^—^VEDXESDAY, JrLY 9, 1845. Pre sent-Edward Dowling, (Mayor), and Thomas Hawkins Esquires. T EACE WAEKANT- TUE MONSTER." a Brown, a respectable and interesting looking woman, •ought the protection of the law against her husband, Mr. Isaac Brown, "ho keeps a China and earthenware shop in Mar- ket -street. Previously to opening the case, Mr John Phillpotts, who professionally supported the defendant, offeredf on the part of 'l j e'lte^ mto an arrangement the result of which would be a separation from, and a weekly allowance to, the com- plamant. This pi "position Mrs. Brown refused to entertain, unless a round sum was given her to enter into business as he feared that some conversion of property mi-ht take place, which would leave her in the lurch. mi0ni iah.e The matter was then entered upon, and the complainant, on being sworn, deposed that on the night of the 7th instant, Mr. Biown came home in anything but «an agreeable or connubial mood-that he began to use bad language to her, and when his supper was offered to him, he abused her for sending out for meat, seeing that there was bacon in the house-flung the con- tents of a dish at her head, which was hurt by the viands-put a lighted candle up to her face, which would have been burned had she not put up her hand and made an effort to prevent it, on which occasion her daughter appealed to him, saying Do not burn mother, burn me,that apprehensive of his violence, as he said he would strangle her, she went to sleep with her daughter but that he made her get up early in the morning, attempted to force her down stairs, and brandishing an umbrella over her said he would knock her head off or at least break it. Mrs. Brown was cross-examined by Mr. Phillpotts, who ex- perienced some flashes of the lady's ire.—She well knew a wife s duty they did not lead a happy life would not answer imper- tinent questions; read invoices for her husband; never refused to do so except when asked to read them three times over, or to obey his lawful and reasonable commands never cast reflec- tions on Mr. Brown for not being a scholar-that would be a mere trifle if he acted properly towards her he was not a stingy man, but of an ungovernable temper, and continually charging tier with criminal acquaintance with certain persons,—(Here the complainant mentioned the names of some Respectable gen- tlemen in Newport, with whom her husband had said she was improperly intimate,)—on her oath without the slightest cause and, in fine, she would swear she was In dread and fear of her life. Mr. Phillpotts contended that the course then adopted bv Mrs.Brown,was the product of malice, not from any real fear of violence, and that the slight chastisement which she received was only the result of her disobedience and misconduct towards her husband. The Magistrates, who were obliged several times to interfere between the contending.parties, and to repress the introduc- tion of irrelevant matrer, bound Mr. Brown over to keep the peace towards the public in general, and Mrs. Brown in parti- culars, for twelve calendar months, himself in £50 and two sureties in £25 each. Mr.JSamuel Hancom &mg, and Mr. Mooney, builder be- came his sureties.

CHEPSTOW PETTY SESIOS-TBURSOAY, JULY 3. Present :-William Currio. William Hollis, and John King Esqrs., and the llev. James Davis*. James James, a waggoner, in the servico of Mr. John Sharp of Thornwell Farm, near Chepstow, was summoned by the Surveyor of the Cbepstow District of Turnpike Roads for negligently leaving large stones in the centre of the road at St. Pierre-hiii. after having used them in blocking his wheels, thereby endangering the lives of such of her Majesty's liege subjects as may have then had occasion to pass down the hill in coach, carriage, or other vehicle. The case was fully proved by one of the men at work on the road at the time • and as this offence has become prevalent of late, the Bench determined to find the culprit in the penalty of five shillings and costs, which was forthwith paid. Edward Stidder, a servant of Mr. Birt, of Moyne's Court Farm, was also convicted of a similar offence, and fined a like sum. Robert Wolford, the proprietor of a travelling theatre, ap- peared to answer a summons which had been issued against him, on the information of the police, for keeping open a place for the performance of stage plays without being duly licensed. The defendant pleaded ignorance of the recent statute, which renders such performances illegal; and after being admonished by the Chairman wa& discharged, on his promise to vacate the town without delay.

TOWN HALL, CARDIFF, JULY 7. Present—Henry Morgan, Esq., and Rev. James Evais. Joseph Wright, labourer, and Robert Jones, plastenr and tiler, were charged with stealing lead, the property of Joseph Davis. William Lewis, sworn I am servant to Mr. Edmunds and keep a coal yard at the back of the railway station. On Thurs- day last, between three and five o'clock, I was mixing maiure for the land, about 100 yards from Mr. Davis*stable, anc saw Jones bring a ladder and put it against Mr. Lewis' proptrty, adjoining Mr. Davis'. Joseph Wright was with him, but Idid not see him do anything. Jones went up the ladder and vent on the lead gutter between Mr. Lewis' and Mr. Davis' propg-ty. He climbed up the wall above the gutter, where there is a jipe that carries off the watpr, and got to another gutter. He cime to the front of the stable, and I saw him rise the lead and draw it out of the wall, lap it over, and put his foot on it. I ;vas about twenty yards from him. He lifted up the lead and went out of my sight. About three nllnutes after he left I went to the place where the lead had been, and found twenty-seren feet were gone. A portion of the lead was left, six inches wide. He was on the premises about an hour and a half. I have since seen some lead brought to be fitted. It was put on the roof, and fitted the place. I did not see Wright do anything but speak to him, and walk back and fore all the time. After J ones came down he took the ladder through a court in front of the premises, and left it there. Anna Fullilove, wife of Joseph Fullilove, gardener: I live close by Mr. Davis' premises, in Crockherbtown. On Thursday evening last, between four and five o'clock, I saw Robert Jones coming out of a passage leading from Mr. Davis' building to the public street, with some lead rolled up in his apron. I did not see any one with him. Stivin Staurenghi: On Thursday, between three and four, I was at Mr. Taylor's. the Bute Arms, when my mother-in law sent for me. I went home, and found Robert Jones at my house, with the piece of lead which is produced; he offered it for sale. It was 6Hbs, and I gave him one penny a pound for it. Mr. Stockdale asked me if I had bought any lead, and I said I had, and gave it to him. Jones told me he had pieked it up at some building where he was working. Wright was not with him. Mr. Stockdale: I got the lead from last witness on Friday evening, I took it to Mr. Davis' premises, and compared it with a piece of lead in the gutter that is between Mr. stable and other premises, and a portion left in the wall. On lhursday l took Jones into custody. When the officer was sleeve8 m ll6 found the knife "produced secured up his i/°"fs said fonnd the piece of lead two months' ago, oz the ota quay, amongst some rubble. Ihe knife he was using to clean eys out of potatoes, when Mr. Stockdale took him. ? ri ed.t° ,ta,ke their ^ial at the assizes. A bell-hanger, was charged by William Jer.kins, Jenkinh^^ 2s" 6d" 011 T^rsdly last. F TI • \n the course of the week he had cone a to threepence. On Thursday Tpnkfrw ° f?tch, u'and gave him half-a-crown to pay for it. down tn o wt t'lrew on the vice bench, and s:ooped o° £ Jy v ie cflange from a box. He then threw dovn the VhrAo • 1S Picked UP, and went away; but he bad not u„ loolcerl fmi.nu'es before Jenkins missed the half-a-crown. lodsino-s AIH T 'I^ COuld not rind il> and went t0 Da\is at his He could „ f.lm lle had taken it, but he said he had not. Mr Mnitl lf' and Da™ custody. with tW Is saif there was a good de»J of mystery connected roo J a bound Davis over in his own recognizances, Al/nlipl n16 surety in £ 10., for his appearance at the assizes. on u. Ar Tj ger was c5larged with being drunk and as- discharged Hams-Mr- Harris did not appear ani he was —DrJcharged" WaS charSed with fighting with Louisa Porter. Martha Davis, a child of about ten or twelve years of age, charged Catheune, Margaret, and Miry Ann Morgan, whose ages varied from eight to twelve years, with assaulting her. She said that on Monday last, she was sent up town by her mother, and when on the way she stopped by a show, when Mary Ann, Margaret, and Catherine Morgan, came and violently assaulted her.-Mary Ann Thomas corroborated the statement, and they were severally fined 2s. and 5s. costs, or four days imprisonment.

i Newport. Arrivals and Sailings for the weec endineJuly 9, 1845 r, „ A RHI Y EP. (juilelmo, Broeg, Jersey Falcon, Phillips, Wave, Honquez, Guernsey Active Feteme, Cesarine, Salla, Brest; Fredericke, Marchwardte, L Orient, ballast.— "Vilham, A y lands, Cheps- tow; Venus, Walford, Chrd, Heirbrow, St. Pierre, Mtrrett, Biidgwater, hay. Bee, Rymer, Bristol Packet, Duddridge, Hridgwater, malt. Star, Richarcs, Bridgwater Friendship, Fryer, Gloucester, flour—Mary Jane, Stokes, Youghal, cattle. Catherine, Davies. Cardiff; Thomas, Brewer, BIde ford; Venus, Benoke, Wateiford; Hirion, Terry, Coik; Young Gipsey, Davies, Liverpool, sundries William, Smith, Bullo, metal.-Frampton, Hawkins, Lymev; Swift, Hiscox, Cheps- tow, cordwood. Fortitude, Lews, Pilot, Beynon, Prudence, Edwards, Bridgwater, bricks. Sanson, Bayant, Bridgwater, straw.—Bristol Packet, Williams, dolphin, Hawke, Swansea; Margaret, James, Gertrude, NwmlU, Southampton, iron. Agenoria. Jones. William and Eliz" Price Whitehaven; Ex- eel lent, Daughton, Gratitude. Ricltuds, Barrow, non ore. Emma, Davies, Cork, pigs. The market boats from Brstol with sundries. „ SAILED Cornucopia, Hughes, Hariingen, to^ls and iron- Alicia, Johnston, Grenada, steam coals.Prot.ector, Dove, Madras, steom coals.—Patriot. Keteiboter, Stettin, rail iron. Frolic, Talbot, Hamburgh, r.il iron—Diammd, Pearee, Halifax, coals. — lrue Friends, Cutbarth, Hamburfh, rail iron.—Jenne Anne, Digoi, Nantes, steam c,„als.-Alfred Parlow, Steitin, rail iron. —Herman, Muller. Stettin, nil iron —Wanderer, Palk, Corfu, steam coa's. Juiia, Attwood, Hamburgh, rail iron. Emily, Broch Bermuda, coal Cape Puclet, Anning, Cronstadt. pig ^•Kn^P I 'c. amaica» coa!s' Vesta, Rohler, Stettin, Mathilde, Schultz, Stettin, railway iron. Fanny, Agles, Annand Sophia, Davies, Sand- wich A0nes, Quaiie, Dublin Syl'snus, Stephens, Faversliam; Thomas and Mary, Yeo, ifihiven; Surprise, Richards, ThvmnfnnDHniV yal 0ak. Matihas, Swansea; Elizabeth, Excellent wllh ^asters- Ha>t- ^Ptive> C°0^' G1,0UCeS^er Excellent W itheis, Cardiff; Marv, Sutton, Robert Law, but- .^Penment, Perriaiii, Newcastle; Glamorgan, ( The ma?Ler,1CK Catherine, Davies.Neath, iron and tin plates. Erisl01 wil> sandries'" -+-

.iS*.™ The Brecon Tuly Fair, on Saturday la.l wereYn excln* ♦ SUpply of draugW horses' several ofwlnch ( mices in condition, and Wy of them realized good number of nCe °f former fai^- There Were alS° a argC 1 „ mountain and other ponies, and a great many were there w™ at much advance in price. In the cattle market other Wn ^°mC good cows ana calves, which, together with ] attended™edca"le, sold at very advanced prices many dealers ] earlv ho,n<Lalmost a11 were cIeared from th<L ma. f f 1 fleecv hro A heeP also found ready buyers for the whole of the nnt In at P"ces rather on the increase,—but there were i, ,1r arinaity m the PP1'S as we have noticed latterly, as the season j casing. The lamb season is now about commencing, fW ls expected that the sale will support the good prices filVf i Y liarvcst has partially -lomnicnced, and the soil is well ] fal ed generally with very heavy crops. The gram crop about thp ^ei§ Urhood likewise appeal to be very luxuriant.-At trie pig fan- on Monday there was not so many in the market by n'i™ber a* we have seen at late fairs, and in the morn- t ing they did not realize the high prices they have fetched at ] the late markets, but an advance took place before twelve o clock of about 2s. per head in stores, which were worth about ZbJ- a-piece. The whole of the swinish multitude were cleared } off very early in the day, and many small farmers and country labourers who intended purchasing wre obliged to return home without doing so. <

HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, JULY 8. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. On the order of the day being read for bringing up the report of the South Wales Railway Bill, Mr. Vivian moved that the report be taken into considera- tion on Friday, 11th July. Captain Berkeley said that the usual time for considering the report would be on Tuesday next, and he saw no reason why they should deviate from the usual course. Mr. Greene considered that the usual rule of the house ought to be observed. If they violated it in the present instance it would be drawn into a precedent. Lord Granville Somerset said the question was, whether or not the House would throw an impediment in the way of a great national undertaking. The Chairman of the Committee had reported in favour of an early consideration. It was an impor- tant national undertaking, and the question was, would the house consent to these impediments in the way of the Bill upon a matter of form, and after the report of the Chairman in its favour ? Mr. Estcourt thought that the orders of the House ought to be strictly observed. Mr. Labouchere would be sorry to throw any obstruction in the way of the passing of the Bill. At the same time, it was of the utmost importance that the regulations of the house should be observed. This Bill was supported by a powerful company, possessing great parliamentary influence, and he considered it most objectionable that parties connected with railways who possessed influence in that house, should use that influence for the purpose of inducing the house to depart from the standing orders. Mr. Vivian was anxious to have a communication between South Wales and Ireland. He was no railway shareholder, but hoped the house would order the report to be considered on Friday next, thereby giving three clear days. An Hon. Member, whose name we could not learn, had no desire for any peculiar indulgence to the South Wales Railway, but thought the Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee might, with great propriety, extend the license now proposed to be given to the South Wales Railway to all other railways si- milarly placed. Mr. Sheil had no personal communication with the South Wales Railway, nor any share in any particular railway. But he was connected with the south of Ireland, and felt an interest in the welfare of Ireland generally, which he thought would be promoted by this Bill. When the Holyhead Railway was brought under the consideration of the house, the Minister said the interests of Ireland must be a paramount obligation. Why should they not be so considered in this instance ? Mr. Spooner moved that the order requiring the proposed amendments be referred to the standing orders, be suspended. After some observations from several hon. members, the house divided, when there appeared— For the motion of Mr. Spooner. 70 Againstit. 65 Majority in favour of the Bill. —5 MONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The report on the Monmouth and Hereford Railway Bill was brought up Mr. Talbot proposed to submit to the committee what he be- lieved would be an unopposed bill, which was a very refreshing thing in these times. Mr. Cripps, who appeared on the part of Mr. Jenkins and other merchants of Gloucester, said he believed that arrangements had been entered into between the parties for whom he appeared and Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the company, with which thev were satisfied. The clerk of the committee read over the names of the usual prrties who had signified their intention of opposing the scheme, but none having answered, it being understood that amicable arrangements had been come to, Mr. Talbot proceeded to say that it would be necessary to amend the preamble of the bill in consequence of the promoters having abandoned their original intention of crossing the Se- vern. ° The scheme before the committee was for the purpose of constructing a line of railway from Monmouth to Hereford, and also to construct two branches, one to the Forest of Dean, and the other to the eastward, to connect the line with the London and Gloucester, thus affording railway communication to Here- ford, Ross, the Forest of Dean, and so on to Monmouth, termi- natine: in the parish of Bluisden, where it would join the South Wales line, which had been favourably reported on by the com- mittee to which it was referred, called the Gloucester and Forest of Dean line, but which was thrown out in the standing orders committee, would be applied for next session, with which this line would ultimately form a junction. The length of the line before the committee is 34 miles, and the cost £ oo0,000. The Report of the Board of Trade set forth that the line would be a favourable one to the district through which it was proposed to pass, which, the committee were no doubt aware, abounded in valuable minerals. At present the cost of trans- mitting a ton of goods by the Wye, which, from the frequent insufficiency of water, and from its being totally shut up, so far as navigation is concerned, during some of the winter months, was from 6s. to 8s., and by land conveyance, 13s.; whereas by the proposed line it would be 6s" reducing the price of coals, at both Monmouth and Hereford, from 21s. to to lis. per ton a material reduction, and one which would not only be of great importance to those extensively engaged in the manufactories of both these towns, but to the poor. Mon- mouth was an important agricultural county, and from the nature of its soil, lime, which was found in abundance in the Forest of Dean, was in great request, but which for the high price, augmented as it was by the present imperfect mode of conveyance, was not used to the extent it would be, if the means of railway accommodation were afforded to the district. From Herefordshire, bark and cider (which was now a mere drug in the market, from the imperfect and insecure accommodation, and which was sold at 4d. and 6d. per gallon, hardly enough to repay the trouble of cultivating the apples, or of the expense of bruising them) would be sold at a very much improved price, and would be in greater demand. The trade in hops would also be improved; and instead of having no market but at a distance, one would be established at Hereford, which would be a great convenience to the persons engaged in the trade. There was nothing in the engineering details with which he ought to trouble them. He therefore was in a condition to call upon the committee to report in favour of the bill. The learned counsel then called the following witnesses— Mr. Davis, on behalf of the Forest of Dean Railway, said he should not oppose the bill, as the directors had come to an un- derstanding with the directors of the scheme before the com- mittee.. Mr. Cripps said, if it was the intention of the promoters of the bill to carry the traffic from Westbury via Gloucester, by the north bank of the Severn, he was instructed to withdraw all opposition on the part of those for whom he appeared. Mr. Talbot said he was instructcd to say that it is the inten- tion of the promoters to carry the traffic to Westbury, via Glou- cester, from the north bank of the Severn, and so on to London. Mr. Anthony had directed his attention to the agricultural capabilities of Herefordshire, as also of the counties adjoining. The richness of the soil exceeded that of many other counties. Its capabilities had not been fully developed, which he attri- buted to bad communications a cheap supply of coal would be of very great importance to the line of Hereford. Hitherto it had been conveyed from the Forest of Dean by colliers, and by small land conveyances. The river Wye was sometimes parti- cularly unfavourable for navigation. The cost of a ton of coals at Hereford was 17s.; but, owing to irregular carriage, the price last winter was increased to 25s. The price of a ton of coals at the pit's mouth was 6s., so that the greater portion of this was expended in carrying the coals to their destination. Coals were brought from a greater distance than the Forest of Dean. The agricultural produce was exported coals were not exported at all because there were not sufficient means of transit sea. The exportation of fat cattle would also be of great importance. Copsewood was grown to a great extent, but the sale was bad on account of want of pioper communication. The trade in bark laboured under similar disadvantages. Monmouth pro- duced a great quantity of hops which were sent to Worcester, at considerable cost to the consumer, by which the trader's profits were materially reduced. Railway communication would es- tablish a market in Hereford as well as in Worcester. The pre- sent water conveyance to Hereford was exceedingly circuitous. The trade in cider would also be greatly increased, the apples were now wasted or given to the pigs, because there was not a sufficient demand, which he attribgted to the want of proper and expeditious means of transit. Cider was now sold at 2d. and 2jd. per gallon thus the trade was almost destroyed, and the growers and brewers of it scarcely remunerated for their trouble by canal conveyance it got flat. Mr. Thomas Powell, of the Old Forge, between Ross and Monmouth, and for a considerable time engaged in the corn and timber trade, corroborated the testimony of the witness as to the unfitness of the Wye for navigation, and the expense of carrying coals to Hereford, and of the advantages which would rssult from the construction of the proposed line, to those re- siding l the districts through which it would pass; the trade in fat cattle was greatly injured from there being no conveyance for the cattle, which were obliged to be sent away lean. Mr. Brunei said the Westbury branch, communicating with the London and Gloucester Railway, would be eight miles in length, the Forest of Dean branch four miles and twenty-eight chains. It would open a communication between the mineral district of the Forest of Dean to Monmouth, Hereford, and Ross, and with Gloucester. The cost would be £ 550,000. The country, which was rough, did not present any serious engineer- ing dIfficulties; several tunnels, the largest of which was 1432 yards, were scattered along the line, which would be easily worked, o the material was red sandstone; the sectional area of the tunnelling was twenty-eight feet by twenty five the severest gradient on the.line was one in eighty one, extending to a distance of two miles and fifty-six chains with that exception, the gradients were moderate; the gradients were steep, as com- pared with those on the South Wales line. The smallest radius of a curve was eighteen chains, which, as it was close to a sta- tion, was not objectionable. Several roads would be crossed on a level, but in doing so the convenience and safety of those in the locality had been consulted no engine would be worked by assistant power. General Johnstone: Do you consider coal a desirable traffic on railways generally ? Mr. Brunei: There is nothing in coal itself that is undesira- ble. As a traffic it is good; all the great lines carrying a great quantity of coals. The working expenses would be 40 per cent. on the gross receipts. Mr. Charles Saunders, secretary to the Great Western Com- pany, produced the traffic tables and the estimates of the reve- nue which they expected to realise, viz., £47,769. 18s. 5d.,from which 40 per cent. of the working expenses would have to be deducted— £ 19,108. leaving a net income of jg28,661 188. 5d.; but a considerable addition JfcJthe traffic was expected. The Chairman then, withjjf clearing the room, declared that the committee considered that the preamble had been proved. The clauses were then agreed to; and the chirman having been ordered to repeat their decision to the House of Commons, the committee separated. WEDNESDAY, 9. The Commons met at twelve o'clock. # The Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Bill passed through committee. The standing order 123 relating to Railway Bills was ordered to be suspended for the remainder of the session. On the motion that the Universities (Scotland) Bill be read a second time, Mr. Macaulay, in a most eloquent speech, supported the measure, and complained of the conduct of the government in flow opposing it, when, by their conduct they had hitherto led the supporters of the measure to understand that they did not object to the bill. Sir J. Graham defended the conduct of the government, and said that last year they had resisted a measure exactly similar to the one now before the house. Mr. J. §. Wortley commented in severe terms upon the Free church of Scotland. He thought it necessary that the Church M Scotland should be connected with the state, and was opposed to the present measure. No new tests had beeu imposed, but tie thought they ought not to do away with the tests which dready existed. The house was subsequently addressed by Sir G. Grey, Sir P I?sIi9' Mr- Pringle, Mr. C. Buller, the Lord Advocate, Mr. P. M. Stewart. Sir R. Peel, and Lord J. Russell, after which house divided, and there appeared for the motion, 108; ] 19amst it, 116 j majority against the motion, 8. ] Mr. Watson then moved that the house go into committee on ( }f42 li° Relief Bill which was negatived by a majority j )f 42. Tbe other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the ] lOuse adjourned at a quarl er past one. ] ===== }

Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, after j .|Kmg a farewell of the King and Queen of the Belgians on 1 ionctay morning next, will proceed by railway to Gosport, and 1 ,'e,re on board the royal yacht for Cowes. Her Majesty ] louco rince Consort contemplate sojourning at Osborne- ] he P until the elose of that week. The Prince of Wales and < T nJjnT^SS will accompany their illustrious parents. 1 penman and Mr. Justice Patteson commenced t»e 1 Circuit OR Thursday, at Abingdon. ►

IRELAND. DREADFUL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PEOPLE.—LOSS OF NINE LIVES. The Cork Reporter, of Wednesday week, brings intelligence of a dreadful conflict between the police and peasantry, at called Ballinbassig, about seven miles south of the city of Cork. Eight of the country people were shot dead, and a great num- ber, it is supposed, are dreadfully wounded. The facts are these :-There is an annual fair held in the village of Ballin- hassig on the 30th of June, which is usually well attended by all the farmers and people in that district; and it is customary to send a small police force to the fair, to keep order and pre- vent riots, or the disturbance of the peace. This was done on the present occasion, the police being nineteen in numbe About half-past seven o'clock, when the business of the fair had concluded, a number of persons remained near the fair field and about the village. At a place called the Cross-road, there are two houses, the one a public-house on one side of the road, and the other a kind of dispensary, on the other side. Two men quarrelled here-a general melee ensued—the police interfered to arrest the principals and having carried off one of them to the dispensary, an attempt was made to rescue him from their hands. The police, without any order from a ma- gistrate, and no riot act having been read, fired. At the first fire, several fell, and the police then came out of the dispen- sary some of them fired again, and again returned and the whole party once again rushed out. and the people having by this time run in all directions, they turned up by the bridge in the direction of their barracks. When they went from the dispensary, a small body of people followed them; and though no attack was then attempted, one or two of the police turned round, and again fired with the same aim and effect that sig- nalized their previous proceedings and the result of whieh was, that eight persons were killed, and twenty-five wounded some of them, it is feared, mortally. The whole country seems to be getting into a most alarming state. THE CORONER s INQUEST. VISIT TO THE BODIES. CORK, FRIDAY MORNING.-The coroner's jury commenced sitting to day. A correspondent of the Cork Examiner writes as follows.—" i have, during my life, witnessed many sights of distress, and some of horror; but never till yesterday could I have imagined that it was possible to crowd into the brief space of a few hours, such an accumulation of heart-rending and appalling spectacles as I then witnessed, when accom- panying the jury on their sad duty of inspecting the bodies of the slain, as they lay in wretched hovels through the country, within a circuit of some 14 or 15 miles. The cavalcade, con- sisting of a number of horsemen and some dozen gingles, out- side cars, and gigs, left the Mill at eleven o'clock, at which time the raitl began to fall more heavily than it had during the morning, shrouding the face of the country, and giving to every object a mournful air, in keeping with the sad duty which was then about to be undertaken. Besides the coroner and twenty-three jurymen, the cavalcade consisted of several gentlemen, including Drs. Wall and M'Evers, of Cork, and Dr. Tresylian, of Ballinghassig Messrs. Walsh, Kenealy, and Maguire (barristers); Mr. Philip O'Connell (solicitor); the Rev. Mr. Hallinan, PP.; Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan, P.P. and a number of others. The first hovel before which the cavalcade halted was that of the brother of Julia Callaghan, whose maiden name was Holland. This was about two miles from the scene of slaugh- ter, at a place called Ballingromoola. As we approached this miserable habitation, the sounds of wild lamentation were heard issuing from the low door, the only aperture except the chimney, by which air and light were admitted within the dreary walls- A group of men surrounded the door, and in the midst of them I perceived the young husband of the dead woman. The coroner the clergymen, and other gentlemen, induced the crowd of people, principally women, who crowded the apartment where the corpse lay, to leave it for a time. in order that ail the jurors might view the body, and the medical men should satisfy them of the exact nature of the wounds, either by a close inspection or a post mortem examination. I saw the fatal wound by which this young mother met her melancholy death, and I have heard the doctors agree in opinion that the ball entered at the back and issued out at the stomach. I may he'e state that these gentlemen unanimously agreed as to the most material and important fact, that, with the sing'e excep- tion of the last body examined, that of Timothy Kerrucane, all were struck in the back, the balls coming out either in front, or, taking an oblique direction, making their appearance at the side. I need not tell you that the smallness of the wound, and the inverted nature of the edges, are almost conclusive evi- dence with any person accustomed to see gun-shot wounds that the ball has entered in the direction where such appear- ances are clearly observable. In all the cases I have alluded to, and with the single exception I have mentioned, the ball entered the back. I shall leave it to the details of the evidence to prove whether the slaughter was not principally committed on those who were flying from the fatal scene or not. But, so far as the testimony of the physicians, on inspection, has gone, the fact I mention is positive. The jury then proceeded over a rugged road to Adams- town, where, in a filthy hovel, not twelve feet square, sunk in a lag, and surrounded by foetid stagnent pools of slime, lay the body of John Desmond. To say that the remains of this unhappy victim presented the most awfully hideous and revolt- ing appearance that could be seen by mortal eye, is only to give a faint notion of the reality. It is horrible to think that this hovel was: filled during the previousi night, and during that day, by crowds of country people, who must have inhaled an atmosphere literally poisonous—worse than that of the worst charnel-house. The body of Maurice Corkoran, of Adamstown, was, if possible, in a more advanced state of decomposition. It was perfectly black; and so swollen were the features that the face resembled that of some gigantic African idol, horrible and re- pulsive. A wife and four children live to mourn for a husband and a father. A po.<t mortem examination was held on the body of Jere- I miah M'Carthy, of Ballyheeda, who left behind him an infant I child and wife. To add to the list of horrors, this poor creature 1 has been for years afflicted with the falling sickness,' and is now without a protector for her own helpless state and that of her child. In the same direction lay the body of Jeremiah Coghlan, a fine young man, who has left behind him an infant child and a pregnant wife. The body of Cornelius Forde, of Bollinalooha, presented an equally horrible spectacle as the bodies of Desmond and Cor- koran. Forde was the only support of an aged father. "The last body was within three miles of K nsale; it was that of Timothy Kerrucane, who has also left a wife and young child to deplore his untimely fate. Within a few yards of each lowly habitation you might see the hearse lying on its shafts; while round the door, and on the road opposite to it, were grouped hundreds of the peasantry of both sexes, in their best attire, as is usual in Ireland when at- tending a funeral. Grief I saw in every form and expression but there was not, what might naturally be expected under the circumstances, either rage, or a seeming desire for revenge. It appeared to me as if every feeling were merged in grief and consternation, and the people wore the air of those who had been struck down by some terrible blow, which even then they could not rightly comprehend. The cavalcade returned to Ballinhassig at six o'clock, after a long and painful journey of some 16 or 18 miles, and of seven hours' duration." The jury afterwards proceeded to hear the medical testimony. The inspector of police gave the names of the men who were on duty on the night of the affray, and offered to give every facility for conducting the most searching inquiry. STATE OF C.A.AN.-Letters from Cavan state that the town of Killeshandra was, from Tuesday night, at eight o'clock, up to four o'clock on Wednesday morning, in the undisputed pos- session of 500 Ribandmen, armed with guns, pitchforks, scythes set straight, and every other imaginable species of offensive weapon. The precise object of this formidable demonstration is unknown, but the inhabitants were throughout the night kept in momentary expectation of a general assault upon their houses. It would seem, however, that the display was merely for the purpose of exciting alarm by the order and discipline of the Riband troops, who were marshalled under leaders and obeying the word of command, right about," march "halt," &c. MURDER.—A woman of loose habits, named Elizabeth Preece, who was enceinte at the time, was lately brutally mur- dered at Pontesbury, Salop. Her body was discovered in a coal-pit with marks of great violence about the head. SWANSEA CAN-AL.-At the annual meeting of the proprietor s on Monday week, a dividend of fifteen per cent. was declared

CORN AVERAGES, For regulating the Import Duties on Foreign Corn, from the 10th to the 16th July 184.5, both inclusive. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Rye. I Beans. Peas Ave- s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d rase. 47 7 29 10 22 7 31 5 38 4 38 0 DWtfy. j 21 6 0 1106 4 t> | 4 « An Account of Coal and Iron brought down the TRAM-ROAD and CANAL, for the Week ending July 5th, 1845. Tram-road. Canal. TONS. CWT. TONS Thomas Prothero 699 7 75 Thomas Powell 1611 9 150 Rosser Thomas and Co. 252 3 T. Phillips and Son 368 5 Cargill, Carr, and Morrison 669 11 W. S. Cartwright 163 9 200 The Tredegar Coal Company 713 8 Joseph Beaumont 190 5 Rock Coal Company. 592 1 Roger Lewis 235 5 Joseph Jones 158 2 John Jones, Victoria. 155 3 James Poole, jun 6 0 •••• John Russell and Company 1373 14 •••• Latch, Cope, and Company 394 13 Lewis Thomas and Company JILmes Watts Robert Roe R. J. Blewitt JohnVipoud •• J. F. Hanson British Iron Company Gwillini and Webber JohnDavies Total 7482 15 1475 iron 4 1439 TAFF VALE RAILWAY TRAFFIC, For the week ending J "ly 5,1845. 1 5- Passengers I" 20* f General Merchandise 2 J? W. Coffin and Co Thomas Powell Llancaiach Branch. I jg g Ditto Lantwit Branch ..24 Duncan and Co Dowlais Co ° J. Edmunds ?0 5 5 Insole and Son Dan-y-Deri Colliery 7 » b £ 1052 6-2 PRICES OF SHARES AT BRISTOL. COMMEBCIAL ROOMS, BRISTOL, JULY 9. „ '• Pricr pir M«f Birmingham & Gloucester Railway ex new 100 133 135 Bristol and Gloucester Railway 30 26 28 Bristol and Exeter Railway 70 93 95 Great Western Railway 80 123 125 Ditto Half Shares. 50 63 65 Ditto Fifth Shares 20 23 25 London and Birmingham 100 243 246 London and Brighton 50 Manchester and Leeds. 73 90 100 Taff Vale 125 189 130 Blaenavon Iron and Coal Company 50 Rhymnev ditto 60 Bristol Dock Shares 70 Ditto Dock Notes 10pm Ditto Gas Company 41 Clifton ditto •— West of Eng. & South Wales District Bank 12 Monmouth and Glamorgan Bank. SouthWales Railway j

FLORICULTURAL FETE AT CHEPSTOW CASTLE. To the Editor ot" the hloum mlln/l rf 31 u ^'c'TT^ 'iS re';ict'irfce I deign to not'ce a lettei s igned A Subscriber, in the Heacon of Saturday hist. The interest which I feel in the success of the t'bepstw l'nit..d Horticul- ura ociety alone induces me to take cognizance of the niaic- volent and unfounded report which it contains. or?U!r F1°^" >'ou are aware, sir, took place 011 the une ast. I he band of the 75tli Regiment on tliatocca- sion, was more immediately under my direction than any of the other gentlemen of the committee with whom I had the pleasure to co-operate. They commenced their (I tities at half- past one o clock, and terminated them at a quarter past five,- rather a longer period than was required by the arrangement made for their efhc.ent serv ices. None of the plants, flowers, fruits, or vegetables exhihued for competition, 'were removed until FIVE o CLOCK, he penod mentioned in rule the eleventh of the society s regulations. In corroboration of these truths, I have the authority of the military commander of that day on the one hand, wh.ch he has kindly permitted me to use. and 1 could obtain on the other, the testimony of hundreds then assembled to view one of the most enchanting scenes ever wit- nessed in Chepstow CMFC. It W difficult tolr?i™ at tl" To- tive which has prompted so malicious an attempt to brine the directors of an innocent recreation and intellectual amusement into disrepute. "A Subscriber" and his friend will fu) in their wanton injustice and vindictiveness in pndeavouring, by such means, to arrest the progress of a society based upon principles at once fearless, independent, and truthfn)- 7!r'Jlm,St*ke y°m' acuinen> 0,1 reading the narra- tiveof A subscriber attentively, you, who were present at the exhibition, are not convinced that it resembles Falstaff's story of his men in buckram, consisting of lies gross as a mountain, open, palpable."—I remain. Sir, yours faithfully, ru ♦ n,VI1 TREVOR MORRIS, M.D., Hon. Sec. Chepstow, 9th July, 1845.

CROWN INN, ABERGAVENNY. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. iUSl»rIn perusing your paper of the 28th ult. I found, in the Abergavenny Police Report, an allusion to my house. It was as follows The Crown Inn, from whence thev emerged, was reported as being no better than it ought to be." Upon inquiry, I found P. Cusack had thought proper to tra- duce my character before the presiding Magistrates. In jus- tice to me, Sir, I hope you will insert this letter, that the world may hear my justification as well, as they have read the accusation. P. Cusack was in the habit of frequenting my house, and was upon intimate terms with me; but, a short time ago, he had angry words with my hostler, and insisted upon my discharging him, which ( refused to do. Since then he has tried to do me every injury, by speaking of my house as a lesort for bad characters. I have lived in Abergavenny many years, and my house is kept as orderly as any house in the town, which many respectable inhabitants are ready to testify i but when a man in office fancies himself aggrieved, there is no knowing where his revenge will end. Is it because two persons emerged from my house, and fought in the public street, that it is to be reported as no better than it ought to be ? I am Sir, yours obediently, July 9th, 1845. JOHN HORTON. -»

To tht Editor of tht Monmouthshire Merlin. Cardiff, July 9th, 1845. MY DEAR SIR,-Allow me to treat you and your readers with a morctau I have lately met with in the yard of a "sculptor" in this town. The following couplet, beautifutly chiselled upon a tombstone, is the gem to which I refer:- were—but word* will fail to tell what Parent# ought to be,-—they were that." t°™ £ 8tone will shortly be erected, and bear the date of the iorty-hrch year of the nineteenth century. However much it may say for those it is designed to commemorate, it says but very little for the father of the couplet. There are things to be seen in churchyards besides ghosts. Mr. Editor,-some things most tangible. There are to be seen the spirits of the past, but in no aeiial shape. You can talk with them, and touch them, unharmed nay, they will bless you, if you will. If. as Shakspeare says, there are sermons in stones," surely very serious ones must be found in tomb. stones. They preach, however, other things besides sermons. They teach, instruct, inform. They give commentaries upon the mental attainments of the races that are gone, and eternize their literature in stone. What a commentary will the tomb- stone I have referred to, be upon the general attainments of the present age What a literature will it eternize for us Poets, look to it! Preachers, look to it! Patriots, look to it. Pious men, look to it! The people are ignorant—liovv ignorant, let the couplet I have quoted tell. I am, Mr. Editor, your obliged and sincere CORRESPONDENT.

DEATH OF GENERAL JACKSON. The Louisville Democrat contains the following melancholy intelligence The term of General Jackson's eventful life closed on Sun- day, the 8th ult., at six o'clock. On Sunday morning the re- port reached Nashville that he had expired owing to his having fainted away in the attempt to remove him from his chair to his bed. He, however, recovered for a few hours. "A short time before his death he took an affectionate leave of his friends and domestics, retaining to the last his senses and intellect unclouded. He expired with the utmost calmness expressing the highest confidence in a happy immortality through a Redeemer. } General Houston landed at Nashville, at half-past six on Sunday evening, and set off in haste to the Hermitage, but was met by the physician, who informed him that the general was no more. 0 We receive this intelligence from Colonel J, C. Eldredge, who accompanied General Houston from Texas, and who is -S way *° Washington city. ,simPle announcement of this melancholy, though long- nf a excite the deepest emotions in the hearts i,- The memory of Jackson belongs to r7: history will contain the record of his valuable services, his sterling patriotism, and a nation's gratitude will be his monument. terday1 morning*' We ^derstand, was to have taken placc yes- priate to'cc^ion1 ^0^ P*ssed rcsol"tions appro- with other citizens and rtt l f a J01Ilt commlttee t0 confer more general manifestation'of rtV Tr meetin £ a Plan for a J0nv0f Prorid««'e V'eW0' died June 8th, ,«4? 7«th^eaj°.^n March 15, 1767, and died June 8th, lsu. 1ù.. vear." Ei^' "^hllSe%^r°So'1foVml £ eav?,rsf Edwar? L' C mL house of C, and Hirt, Our advices from Montreal extend to ♦>,» ,M which we learn that great exertions were V I'1 I good sale, by auction, but linl, busi»e,s » Ju^ry It was said that the Hon. Louis M'Lane of Tun;,™ V been offered a special mission to England in rela ,0^0 the Oregon question. u 10 Ule

On Friday afternoon, at four o'clock, Mr. Fitzroy Kellv re ceived his appointment as Solicitor-General. Had Sir Robert Peel been able to make up his mind at once, he would have exemplified the proverb bis dat qui cito dat; as it is Mr Ivellv musKcour the country for a seat, after having been obliged to decline the invitation of the people of Exeter. This act of tardy justice pays but a poor compliment to the learned gentle- man, for he must be convinced that he owes his appointment more to a dread of outraging the feelings of the Bar by a piece of favouritism, than to any predilection in the head of the Go- venpaent for himself.-The Times. THE SLAVE TRADE. Extract of a letter from H.M.S. Fer- ret, dated 21st April, lat. 5.25 S., long. 11.4 E. We have just taken a brigantme with 680 slaves on board, one day from Ka- benda, where we saw her on the 16th instant, under American colours, as the Uncas, of New Orleans; at present she has neither papers or nag, and in fact we have not as yet found who is the captain of her all on board deny the honour; the crew and passengers amount to 24 or 25; you may suppose she is a good-sized craft, to carry 700 souls. She will take this to Sierra Leone, where we send her to-morrow, under charge of Lieutenaut D. Dornford, as prize-master. We understand our relief is out; you may, therefore, expect us in England almost as soon as this letter. RAILWAYS fl. HORSES.—Mr. Cubitt, the engineer. sometimes gives curious answers to the questions put to him before rail- way committees. Being asked the other day whether the noise would not frighten the horses used to drag the boats on a canal adjoining the projected line, he said, Oh no, they are not frightened itatnow-a-days buthow they can have be- come accustomed to the noise of a proximate railway we can- not imagine. One poor disconsolate horse, however it ap- pears, could not reconcile himself to his fate-probably lie could not get a canal-boat to drag-and so he committed sui- cide by placing himself in front of the carriages on a railway, and was instantly cut to pieces. Fortunately no serious acci- dent happened from the concussion to the passengers; though perhaps, like another Samson, the unhappy animal patrioti- cally contemplated at his death being revenged on those by whom so many of his race havfe!allen into disease. FINP°SL°WWV GLEN DOWER.—We regret to state that this fleet T- yefS' f°rmed one of the fast packet the hpaw wain ^ee1} Liverpool and New York, was lost during railed wIJ wind on Wednesday se'nnight off a place mpnt nf 4-v. a,.0Q coast of Carnarvon. At the commence- hnvinr. f s^ormi the ship was lying at anchor off Port Madoc, a j W y8 previous come round from Liverpool, and was ^ake her departure for New York on the 10th instant. During the first few hours she bore against the fury of the gale admirably, but ultimately the heavy sea from the main ocean drove the ship from her anchors towards the shore. Her commander, Captain Parson, seeing her imminent danger, ordered the masts to be cut away, which for a short time had the desired effect, but the storm becoming more fierce, she was carried amongst the breakers off the above place, where her destruction and that of her crew seemed inevitable. The casu- y 5eiJn?u0bSCrIed £ yt £ e ^habitants of Port Madoc, hundreds crowded the sands offwhere the unfortunate ship lay bumping amongst the rocks. The hfe-boat from Studwell-roads was im- mediately conveyed to the spot, and after several attempts, gained the wreck, and saved every one belonging to the vessel which appears a complete wreck. She was nearly 600 tons bur- den, and her loss is about £7,000.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 4, BIRTH. v- T\.C ult., at Trelonis, near TafF Well, Glamorgan- snire, Din as, the wife of Mr. P. Sharpe, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 3rd inst, at the church of St. Mary de Lode, Glo'ster, Henry Fox, EM., second son of Thomas Were Fox, Esq., of Plymouth, to Marv Charlotte, eldest daughter of Thomas Russell, Esq., of Wotton Lodge, near Gloucester. June 28, at Llanelly church, Breconshire, Joseph, eldest son of Mr. Charles Williams, road contractor, Llangunnider, to Janntte, fouth daughter of Mr. William Bevan, of Pencoed-yr- ynis, in the same parish. The united ages of the happy pair amounted to only 38. ° At Penalt church, near Monmouth, on Thursday last, Mr. James Davies, toll-collector, to Mrs. Elizabeth Giles, of Penalt. At St. Mary s church, Monmouth, on Tuesday last, Mr. Wm. Williams, to Margaret, relict of the late Mr. Wm. Sanders, all of the above town. DEATHS. On Saturday last, in child-bed, the wife of Mr. Clarke, wheelwright, of Chepstow. At Chepstow, the wife of Mr. James Thomas, shipwright. On Sunday last, at his house, in Bedford-square, London, Mr. Sergeant Atchley. The learned gentleman was a native of Wales, and was greatly esteemed for nis urbanity and kindness of heart. On Wednesday last, at Monmouth, aged 28, Ellen, daughtei of the late Herbert Harries, fiiq-, of that town.