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THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE TYNEWYDD DOCTORS. At the general raaeting of the British Medical As. sociation, which commenced its sittings at Manchester on Tuesday, the retiring president, Dr. Bartolome, of Sheffield, previous to vacating the chair, alluded to the services rendered by the medical men at tho recent col- liery accident at Tynewydd. He said the services of some members of the medical profession, which were not less heroic and not less valuable, were, ho was sorry to say, less valued than the services of those who merely worked by tho pick, the mattock, and the spadG. The mcdicid profession were acoustoiued to that stato of things, because they could not help it. They had deter- mined, however, to help themselves. Accordingly a com- mittee of the British Medical Association had been ap- pointed, himself amongst the number, to deal with tho whole question. They not only decided that those gentlemen who were engaged in theaceident at TynowyJd were worthy of public recognition at the hands of the association, as representing the medical public, but they had struck a medal which would do credit to the asso- ciation in anticipation of future deeds of heroism and devotion to the welfare of their fellow beings. (Ap- plause.) The annual report, which was adapted, con- tained the following resolution :—" That a gold medal be presented to Mr II. N. Davies, silver medals to Mr Washington David, Mr Edgar Dukes, and Mr Edmund S. Davies, and bronze medals to Mr Francis II. Thomp- son, Mr C. J. Jones, Mr J. W. Parry, Mr Rees Hop- kins, Dr. E. Lloyd, and Mr Ivor A. Lewis, together with an expression of warm approbation of their con- duct engrossed on vellum." The medals were presented at the second general meeting of the association held on Wednesday.

THE LATE JOHN FROST, CHARTIST. (cosc LUDED). In a pamphlet by Mr Frost, dated 1822, we find the following :— Tho only thing to which we can look with any confidence to restore the nation to ease and happi- ness is the press. exertions are making to prevent the circulation of writings favourable to liberty. Every petty tyrant sets himself in battle a'-ray, but the fiat is gone forth, that man shall be free; and all the efforts of tyrants to keep h: m in a state of ignorance will be of no avail. The feelings of men in the present day do not appear to be those proceed:ng from the impulse of tàe moment, but from principle. It is not a mere expression of party feeling, but a deadly settled hatred of tyrants. One would suppose that in a country called free, this disposition would be encouraged by those in power; that the magistrates of the country would encourage, rather than endeavour to suppress, a spirit of independence. But it appears to be quite the reverse, and some of them, in the exercise of their p are governed, not by the law, but by the circumstances of party. Let these wise men be cautious. Some of them possess property. A time may arrive, and that very soon, when the possession of that property will depend on those whom they now treat as slaves. Let our wise men be cautious. Let them look at the state of the world in general. Let them look at the state of things in England and Ireland. And if this review will not teach them wisdom and forbear- ance, nothing but actual suffering will have that effect. It is impossible for human ingenuity to preserve things in their present state much longer. Let us await that day with patience. Let us show ourselves firm and steady friends of our country and of mankind. Let U3 all at one point, and that is, an equal represent of the people in the House of Commons." Thus it will be seen, that more than half a century ago, and long before the People's Chartgt" was heard of, or even Lord John Russell's Reform Bill, John Frost was a thorough advocate of the most thoroughgoing Democracy. How he allowed himself seventeen years after- wards to be carried away by these feelings, and by his personal hostility to Mr. Prothero and his then partner Mr. Thomas Phillips and how he and his companions, Jones and Williams, took their unfortunate followers to Newport on the 3rd of November, 1839, and left nine of them killed in front of the Westgate; and how nar- rowly they themselves escaped a more cruel doom, to be hanged, drawn, and quartered; how they were kept in painful suspense from January 16th, 1840, until the 1st of the following month, when the sentence was reduced to transportation for life and how they were pardoned and Frost returned to England in 1856 all this is now an old story, and has been told many times over. In a work entitled "The Rise and Fall of Chartism in Monmouthshire," published in 1840, the writer, after referring, in no flattering man- ner, to the National Convention which sat in London in the year previous to the Chartist outbreak, and of which Frost was a member, thus proceeds:— Mr John Frost, now in the fifty-fourth year of his age, is the son of humble, and strictly honest parents, John and Sarah Frost, who kept the Royal Oak public-house, in Mill-street, Newport, for nearly forty years. His mother has been twico married, since the demise of Mr John Front's father. She is still living, and piteously afflicted at the fate of a son, to whom she has uniformly been tenderly and devotedly attached. Tho subject of this memoir, at a very early period of life, displayed a. quickness of apprehension and a pos. session of talents, which marked him, amongst his rela- tinns and associates, as a youth of much promise. It does not, however, appear that any means were adopted to add the advantages of a good education to great natural endowments; and after the common routine of such instruction as the children of persons in the situa- tion of Mr Frost of the Royal Oak, usually received, at that time, John, at about sixteen years of age, was put apprentice to a tailor, in Cardiff; and it is remembered, to his credit, that his conduct, during his apprenticeship, Wall steady and exemplary: he was attentive at his work-shop; he avoided public houses and was never known to abandon himself to that elysium of fools—that syren seducer, inebriety. It has been remarked that, at this.period of his life, he appeared discontented with his situation, seemed more inclined to devote his leisure hours to reading than to the company of his fellows, and waa reserved and unsocial to the extent of austerity. On his return to Newport, in the year 1811, he com- mancttd business as a tailor anù draper, in a house be- longing to his step-father, near the Royal Oak, in Mill Street, and was soon engaged in a profitable lino of trado. Shortly after his establishment in business, Mr Frost married the widow of a person named Geach, a timber dealer, who, with her two children, resided with her uncle, Mr Foster, a leading member of the corporation, and onoe mayor of the town. By Mr Foster s demise, Mrs John Frost and her two children derived a hand- some property and the acquaintances of Mrs Frost Speak of her conduct, in all relations of life, as amiable, affectionate, and exemplary. By Mr Frost, she is the mother of two sons, John ttnd Henry, and five daughters, the second eldest of whom is married to a gentleman of the medical profession. It is the generally received opinion, that a frequent perusal of the works of Paine and|Cobbctt first imparted to Mr Frost aspirations to the rank of a public writer, and about 1822, he first essayed the tronblesome course of authorship. The Burgesses of Newport claimed cor- tain properties, unjustly withheld from thom (as it was alleged) by the Corporation of Newport. Meetings of the inhabitants were frequently held—the subject was popular—Mr Frost took a prominent part in the agita- tion, and his talent and energy gained him golden opi- nions amongst the people. He also took part with the Monmouth Burgesses, in their litigation with the late Duke of Beaufort, and was an active partiaan during two or three contested elections. In 1822, Mr Frost was bail for his uncle, in an action of law, and became liable for the debt and costs and in the summer of that year he wa.s sent to prison for the amount, and subsequently sought the benefit of the In- solvent Act. The case was heard at Usk, and he was remanded for six months. The war of pamphleteering was a favourite mode of hostility with Mr Frost; and while he was undergoing the sentence of his remand, an action for libel was brought against him by an eminent professional gentle- man in this county, against whom he ùirecteJ tho must unmeasured invectives that gentleman obtained a ver- dict from a jury of his countrymen, with £lCOOda.mages. Mr Frost pleaded his own cause on the occasion. He was then made a. bankrupt, and, as he could not pay the fine, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Cold Bath Fields. When Mr Frost came home, at the expi- ration of his imprisonment, he was met on the road, three miles out of Newport, by no less than ten thousand persons with flags and bands of music. The carriage in which he rode was drawn by the populace onward, until it came near the bridge, when ho was taken out, placed in a chair, and carried on men's shoulders in triumph round the town. It is said his advice at this time was much sought after in cases of difficulty by his fellow- townsmen, as he was considered a ma.n of much judg- ment, although it could not fail to be perceived that he was extremely ambitious, and possessed a stern and un- forgiving temper. Mr Frost henceforth took an active part in the poli- tics of Newport, and carried on a paper war against his political opponents, but chiefly against Messrs Prothero and Phillips, towards whom his hostility was immiti- gable. During the elections of 1831, he evinced his charac- teristic activity; and when the Municipal Corporation Act came into operation, he was elected to the Town Council of Newport—was recommended to the Home Secretary, for the appointment of Borough Magistrate, and was appointed accordingly; and he also filled the offices of Mayor and Poor Law Guardian. He was found an able and efficient Magistrate, and generally presided until his dismissal from the bench. In this man, considerable vigour of intellect has been lamentably misapplied; and talents that might have served his country have been perverted to the injury of the common weal; for the instigators of revolt—those who would introduce the law of force—are the real enemies of freedom. Mr Frogt is about five feet seven inches in height, rather stoutly formed his personal appearance and manner are at variance with recklessness or violence of cooduet or eharaoter. The expression of his countenance is mild and thoughtful; and his manner would be re- garded as indicating more than usual benevolence and I kindness of disposition. In the tones of his voice, too, both in conversation and when speaking in public, there is something pleasing and conciliatory. The appearance of an individual holding her Majesty's Commission, in the Convention, became, as might ha va been conjectured, a subject of much public discussion; and the Noble Lord at the head of the Home Depart- ment, was taunted from several quarters, for an appoint- ment which he had mado on the recommendation of many of the inhabitants of Newport. To have with- drawn the Commission, in consequence of its holder having juined the Conventi<>n, would have been a bold and decisive step; bat the taking of such a step would, at onoe. have had the effect of pronouncing the Conven- tion to bj an illegal assembly; and the Government must have been compelled, by a due regard for the public safety, and its own character, to have taken prompt measures for its immediate dissolution. Doubts, however, were entertained as to the power of any exist- ing law to abate the political nuisance; and the conse- quences of a failure would have been so perilous to the best interests of the State, that they could not well be hazarded by any of its responsible functionaries. The movements of the different delegates were, however, vigilantly watched; and when Mr Frost was found at- tending a meeting, at which language of a violent and inflammatory nature was used, Lord John Ru?sell was prompt in his cotrrnunications, but certainly lenient in his resolves. His secretary, the Hon. F. Maule, by his Lordship's desiro, enquired whether Frost was a delegate to the National Convention, and whether he had at- tended a meeting held at PontypooJ, on the first of January, 1839, at which violent and inflammatory la.n- guage had been used, which, if true, said the writer, must cause your name to be erased from the Commis- sion of the Peace for the county of Monmouth." To this letter Frost replied :— Newport, Monmouthshire, Jan. 19, 1S39. My T.ord.—In your Lordship's letter of the ICth, there is a miacake. I am riot a magistrate for the county of Momuouth, but for tbe foorousjh of Newport, in the county of Moumoulh. Tn the spring of 1S35, the councl: of the boroiijjh recoro- mended me as a proper person to be a justice of the peace. I w.i* appointed, and 1 behove that the lIJhabitants will bear honorable testimony as to the manner ili \hich I have prr- formerl the dutie* of that office. Whether your Lordship will retain my name, or cause it to be erased, is 10 me a matter of prrfect indifference, for I et no v,¡] lie on :1 office dependant I"r Hs r>r-TIR::■" ir.e. not :1iJ"()rrlln tf) the mode in which its duties are tier formed, rmt on tne win ot :1 :"HreIan ot state. For what tioos your Lordship think it incumbent LO net my 11"111( era-etl from ihe eomroi-sion of tr.e pcace ? For aa"ndm:{ a meeting at 1 oatyp. o:, on the 1st of January It ih-j public papers can bencredited, your Lordship declared that such meetin were not only lpg-al hut commendable. Bat violent ann intiamrnatory languae was used at that By whom ? nut by me. I deny that violent and inflammatory language was used, and I call on your Lordship to prove the charge. I WIll o further to say, tha.t:1- no meeting at which I was present, was violent and inflammatory language used, There was a time when the Whig Ministry was uot so fastidi- OI1 as to violent and inflammatory language uttered at public meetings. liy wh it authority does your LorJ-hip assume a power over cO:1duct of mine unconnected with ir.y office? By what autlioritv does our Lordship assign any action of mine as a pri, ale individual as a justification fr erasing my name from the commission of the peace 1 Am I to hold no opinion of my own, in respect to public matters? Aiu I to be prohibited from expresiina: th it opinion. if it be unple.isiug to Lo-d J. Russell ? If. in eX[1re.in'r that opi>¡¡oTl, I act in strict conformity to the law, can it be an offence t If I transgress, is not tbe law suf- ficiently strinlrent to \J1\Ilih me! It appears from tbe letter of vour Lordship, th.tt I, if present at a public meeting, should be answerable for l-insruaae uttered bv others. If these are 10 be the terms on which her Mai sty's cummi-ioll of the pcace to be hoidvn, take i- back a^ain, for surely none out the most servile ef men would bold It ou su :h ierrus. r. it an offence to be appointed a delegate to convey to the constituted authoriti s the petitions of the people ? Why, my Lord, have we not had, for many yea s, delegates sitting in London during the session of Parliament, to superintend the presentation of petitions to enact, alter, or repeal laws? Can it be u crime for a person to be appointed at a public meeting to get laid before the House of Commons a petition, praying that the Legislature will restore the ancient constitution of the country ? I know of no body calling itself a convention. Your Lordship is aware that a convention existed at one time in this country. Your Lordship is aware what that conven- tion did. and that its acts.are called glorious. "I was appointed a justice of the peace, to administer the Jaw within the borough of Newport. Was the appointment made, that the inhabitants might beneiit by the proper exercise of the authority intrusted to me ? Or was it made to he re- Called at the will of your Lordship, although the inhabitants might be perfectly s itisfied with the performance of the duty ? Your l ordship receives a very large sum of money for holding the office of Secretary of State, paid, in part. out of the taxes raised on the inhabitants of the borough. Does your Lordship owe them no duty ? For what is your Lordship invested with authority 1 To he exercised merely at the caprice tOf your Lor-iship, regardless uf thc etfects that Illay fulJu,1 I have served the inhabitants for three years, zealously and gratuit- ously, and the opinhns which I have formed as to the exercic of public authority teach me that they, and nut your Lordship, ought to decide whether I ought to be struck off the commis- sian of the peace. '• Filling un humble situation in life, I wou1d yield neither to your Lordship, nor any of your order, In a desire to see my country powerful and prosperous. Twenty years' reading and experience hare convinced me that the only method to pru- duce and secure tbat Iate of thin": is a I e8toration of the ancient constitution. Deeply impressed with this conviction, 1 have laboured to obtain the ends by means recognised by tile Haws of my country—petition and *or this your Lordship fthinks I ought. tu he stricken off the commission of the peace! Violent Bnd inflammatory language indeed I am convincetl that in my own neighbourhood, my attending at public meet- ings has tended to re8trai:¡ violent language. Does your Lordship wish that peace should be preserved I have always been a preserver of the peace, and of this YOIlr Lordship may be convinced, by applying tu the Duke of Beaufort and Lord Granville Somerset. Probably your Lordship Is unaccustomed to language of thi, description that, illY Lurd. is a misfortune. Much ofthe evils of life proceed from the want ul sincerity in those who hold conVer\5e with mcn in authority. Simple men like those tn-st who prophesy smooth thins. I remain your Lordship's obedient Servant, JOH FROST. To Lord John Russell, &c." Though the tone of the above letter was not calculated to conciliate the Government, it was not deemed advisable to strike Mr. Frost's name immediately off the commission of the peace, but another occasion was sought, and soon found, for doing so. Some years after Frost's return from transport- ation, the writer of this notice received from him the following letter :— STAPLETON, MAT 27TH, 1865. Dear Sir,—I am in very good health. On Thursday last, I entered into my 81 st year, and really I and very little difference in my physical and mental powers compared to what they were forty years ago. I am at this moment a much heartier man than when I was sent out of England in 1840. About four years ago a controversy took place in the Star of Gwrnt, between a gentleman writing under the name of Inquirer and my- self, on the subject of Spiritualism. In one of my letters I make use of this language "It is my intention to begin, in a short time, my autobio- graphy. There are some thin in my eventful life which I should be sorry to carry with me to the grave," &c. It would really give me pain were I not afforded the opportunity of realizing my intention. But the time for publication is not arrived, nor would it be right to treat this subject in detail. It must appear as a whole should it ever appear. The time is, I believe, not very distant when public matters will engage the attention of the public much more than they do at present; I must wait that time. Yours truly, JNO. FROST. For a man in his 81st year to talk of waiting for an opportunity seemed somewhat ludicrous, but twelve years having since transpired, during which time his intellectual powers do not appear to have become much impaired, it is very possible that papers may have been prepared by him which will now be published and throw light upon his connection with the Chartists and theii plans, with irspect to which a newspaper at that time gave tho following statement:— The evidence taken before the magistrates during the protracted examinations of the Chartist prisoners, though entering minutely into the de- tails of their operations, was remarkably silent as to their plans and schemes. One of the witnesses, however, who was examined before the Grand Jury, stated, we understand, in effect, as follow3:—"I attended a Chartist meeting on Sunday, the 3rd of November; Jones, the watch- maker, was present and addressed the meeting, told them that as soon as he had collected his men together (five or six thousand well armed,) he should capture Mr. Boberts, Superintendent of Police, also Jordan his assistant,—then break open the ironmongers' shops at Pontypool, and take the arms,—go to Pontypool Park, seizo Mr. Leigh, the Lord Lieutenant, and all the arms they could find there; then would also visit Llantarnam Abbey, and likewise take any arms they could find there from thence proceed to Newport and join the Blackwood men, and attack the town; and upon its surrender a proclamation would bo posted to the following effect,—" VTe, tho Executive Government of England, call upon all to support the Charter," and signed John Frost, President. The witness could not remember more of what Jones stated that the proclamation would contain, but it was to the effect, after calling upon all to support the Charter, that it would give further instructions how they were to proceed to establish it as the Law of the Land. How much or how little of truth there may be in the above it would be interesting to know, and we shall be glad to learn that Mr. Frost's promised autobiography is in the hands of the printer. But whatever may have been the im- mediate objects aimed at by hIm. and his associates, we quite endorse the sentiments of the author of Hidden Fire," a novel in three volumes, published in 1867. In closing that interesting story of the Chartist Riots, he re- marks :—"Chartism is now almost an obsolete word, but Reform is still a sound that has the power to excite some of the noblest hearts in England a sound that will not be quite hushed till men are more just to each other, and brotherly love felt more as a real existing thing, and not a mere figure of speech." Tho Daily News, in a leading article on the death of Mr. Frost, says —" He came back to an England which hardly knew him. His career and his agitation were a failure, but he had his revenge, too, in time. He lived to see all that was really desirable and practical in the Charter— three of the six famous points—carried into legislation by the successive efforts of Tory and Liberal Cabinets." The six points referred to were—1. The exten- sion of the right of voting to every male native of the United Kingdom, and every naturalized foreigner resident in the kingdom for more than two years, who should be 21 years of age, of sound mind, and unconvicted of crime; 2. Equal electoral districts; 3. Vote by ballot; 4. Annual Parliaments; 5. No property qualification for members and 6. Payment of members of Parlia- ment for their services.

SATOKDAY. Before Col. Byrde, C. J. Parkes, Esq., and E. J. Phillips, Esq. ASSAULT. Ellen Price was charged with assaulting Bridget Bryan, at Blaenavon. Defendant did not appear. P.c. Strettou proved the service of summons. Complainant said it was all about defendant's children going into her garden j she spoke to; defendant about it defendant threw stones at her, followed her up-stairs, and "leathered" her till she did not know whure she was. Fined £1, including costs. KlOtOVING GouDS TO AVOID A DISTRESS. Richard Siniili was charged with removing his goods'to avoid a distress for rent. b Mrs Smith appeared, and said she did not know where her husband was j he bad gone to look for work. It. appeared that defendant owed 28s. 8d. for rent, which became due on the 6th of July. Adjourned for a week, to allow the parties to settle. ALLOWING A DONKEY TO STRAY. George Parsons was charged with allowing his donkey to stray, iu the parinh of Panteg, ou the 7th of July. P.c. 17 said that 0n the date above named he found defendant's donkey straying ho had cautioned defendant about allowing his doukey to stray repeatedly. Fined BREACH OF TUB PEACE. Philip Richards and Geo. Oiiver were charged with u breach of tho peace, by lighting, on the 21st of July. Defendants did not appear. P.B. Lcwi proved the service of summons. P.o. Saunders said that at 10.30 p.m. ou the date mentioned he found defendants fighting at Abersychan there was a large crowd of people around thoU). Sentenced to 7 days each. Richards's wife was present, and said, "All you must do is to go and fetch him, and then you must keep me and my children." ANOTHER BREACH OF THE PEACE. William Richards and Frederick B-Jwen were charged with a breach of the peace, by fighting. Richards pleaded not guilty Bowen, guilty. The police officer said he was on duty in George street on the Saturday night previous, and saw defendants fighting. Richards said he was going home, and saw Bowen sitting on a wnll outside his door asked him for a match Bowon asked, II Why don't you buy matches?" told him he would if there were any for sale, when Bowen jumped off the wall, and knocked him down. Bowen said that liichards had been in the habit of coming to his house and asking for work, and they were sometimes unable to get iiiui out. Fined 10s. each. PROHIBITED HOURS. David Morgan, landlord of tho Carpenters' Arms, Llanhithel, was charged with keeping his house open for tho sale of intoxicating drink on the 15th July. Mrs Morgan appeared, and handed iu some papers defining the term traveller, tho defence set up being that the parties found in the public house came under that definition. P.c. 105 said that Sunday, the 15th inst., lie saw a man, named Edward Davies, with a pint in his haud tho tap-room was full of persons who bad como to a funeral. The Bench considered that the publican had been misled by relying on the definition given of a "traveller" iu an old Act of Parliament, and ordered him to pay costs. George Richards, George Champion, William Young, James Bowen, Ebenezer Motgan, James Cocker, and Ellen Cocker were charged with being in the Carpenters' Arms, a licensed pre- mises. It was also assumed that these parties were ignorant of the law on the subject, and were fined 2* 6d each. ALLOWING CATTLE TO STRAY. Thomas Williams, Matthew Barrett, and Win. Matthews were charged with allowing their cattle to stray an trespass on lands, the pro- perty of George Daniel. James Williams was further charged with al- lowing his cattle to stray on the property of the Pontypool Fire-brick Company. Mr Greenway prosecuted. He intinxated to tho Bench that Mr Daniel had no wish {.o press the charge against tho defendants,if they would only enter into engagements nut to aHow their eattlo to stray again, and pay the expanses in the prCMent suit. Ordered to pay expenses. TRESPASS. James Fox, aged 10 years, was charged with wilful trespass, on tho property of the Blaena- von Iron Company, by stealing sand, on the 20th July. P.c. Ford saw tho boy go to a heap of sand- toues, pull down two or three tons, and take away a couple of lumps; these stones are burn- ed, ready for pounding; they are used for puddling furnaces. Ordered to pay os. BLAENAVON FEMALES. Catli erine Holland was charged with assault- ing Margaret Jordan on the 12th of July. Complainant said that she had occasion to go into the house of one Mrs Turner when she left the house, Mrs Holland followed, striking her with sto-ies. Margaret Watkins saw tho woman Holland throw a stone at Mrs Jordan, and it struck her. Defendant Did you see me fling a stoue? Witness r did; and here it is. Defendant May the Lord forgive you. Witness: I hope he will, and yuu, tuo (Iaugh- Iter). Elizabeth Fenton was called for the defence, and said that Mrs Jordan pushed her tongue out at Mrs Holland, and the lalter threw a stone but she could uot say whether it struck her or not. Fined 14., or 14 days' imprisonment. Defendant, who had two children with her, asked for time to pay the fine. Supt. M'lntosh said that defendant owed for several fines already sho was in the habit of bringing four or five children with her in order to excite the sympathy of the magistrates. Under the circumstances, he should ask for a commitment. A commitment was granted. ASSAULT. Daniel Thomas was charged with assaulting Alfred Warren. Defendant did not appear. James proved the servico of summons. Complainant deposed that on the Saturday night previous ho sat in his own house drink- ing a pint of beer defendant came into the house, and complainant asked him to drink dofendant eat down, and directly he began to knock the table complainant told him he had better go home and knock his own table; some words followed, and complainant added, He hit me, and followed my wife and hot her." Fined 10s. 6d., or 7 days. CHIMNEYS ON FIRE. John Brinkworth was charged with allowing his chimney to be on fire at Blaenavon, ou the 18th J uly. P.8. James said he saw smoke and fire issuing from the chimney; he went into a cellar, and there saw a good fire, and some paper had been burned in it. Temperance Nicholls said she had been sweeping the shop, and she put a bit of paper on the fire; it did not cause any fire, only a I little smoke the chimney was not on fire. P.s. James was re-called, and said the chim- ney was on fire. Supt. MTutosh There must be perjury some sitlo or otber: James said he eould produce a witness who saw the chimney on fire; several persons saw it. Ordered to pay the expenses. William Dash, Blaenavon, was charged with i a similar offence on the 12th ult. j P.R James proved the charge. There was a quantity of straw on the fire, aud Mrs Dash was standing on the road watching how the chim- lIey butoed. Ordered to pay the expenses, 7s. NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES. John Brewer, farmer, Guytre, was charged i with non-payment of wages due to John Jen- kina,the amount sued for 12s. 7d. Mr Greenway defended. Complainant said that he agreed with defend- ant to mow eight fields of hay flud clover at 2s. 9.1. per acre, defendant to supply one gallon of cider to every acre. A bill was put in, and for two fields com- plainant had charged at the rate of 3". per acre. Defendant said that the quantities in com- plainant's bill were not correct, and put iu a printed statement of quantities taken from the Tithe Map complainant, ha said, had over- drawn bis quantity of cider by eight gallons; complainant had also left him before he finished his contract, and he was forced to have two fields mowed by a machine. Complainant said that defendant had allowed him to mow two or three days for another farmer. A dispute here arose between complainant and defendant, when the former exclaimed, "There is HO more hold on thee than a frog a-jumping" (laughter). An order was made upon defendant for the payment of £4 Is. 3d. John Brewer was further charged with the non-payment of £1 3ö., wages due to Lemuel McCarthy. It appeard that complainant was engaged at 4s. per week by defendant, the agreement to cease at Michaelmas next, but complainant gave a week's notice, and even left defendant's ser- vice before the week had expired. Ho now claimed five weeks' wages, less Is. which had been paid him, and also 4s. for the week's notice he had not served. Complainant said that he agreed with do- fendant at 4s. per week till Michaelmas, if he would not leave before complainant gave a week's notice, and when in bed, defendant came up, ordered him out, and kicked his clothes out of the house. Defendant denied this, but another, who was present, corroborated eomplainaut's statemeut. An order was made for IDs. BASTARDY ARREARS. Thomas Powell, Pontnewynydd, was charged with ncni payment of £1 28 Gti, bastardy ar- reas, duo to Susan Thomas. Ordered to pay. THREATS. Henry Holder was charged with using violont threats towards Susan Redwood, at Abersychan. The charge was not proven. Cemplainant had to pay the costs. DltUNIfENNESS. Joseph Ilariis waa charged with being drunk and riotous, on the 2lal July, at Blaenavon. The constable who proved the charged, found the defendant lying in a gutter, quite drunk. Fined 10s. Ann Lee, Sobastopol, was charged with being druuk and riotous on tho 27th ult. Defendant: I can't say that I bad not had a drop of beer, sir. P.c. Beanland found defendant Olil the canal bank, very tipsy, aud making use of very abu- sive language thera was a largo crowd of people around her sho had been turned out of two public-houses, and another publican was in the act of turning her out also when he met her. Defendant entered into a long statement. When the policeman met lwrsbe had only taken two pints of beer, and bhe drantc another after ward, and was not then druuk. The magistrates intimated that if she were brought before them again she would be sent to gaol without the alternative of paying a fine. Fined 10s. Peter Driscoll was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit tho Star beerhouse, Aber- syehan. P.c. Sanders was called to the Star beerhouse, and found defendant very drunk; ordered him to quit, but he would uot leave the house. Finod 10s.

GARNDIFFAITH. FUNERAL SERMONS.—The Rev. D. M. Davies has been engaged for the past three successive Sundays in preaching special sermons in memory of the dead. The first sermon was preached at the Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in memory of William Williams. The other sermons were preached at Sardis Independent Chapel, and had reference ta the deaths of Job Edwards and Robert Giles. The attendance was unusually large at each service. Mr H. Collier, of Pontnewydd, preached a very impressive sermon on Sunday week, at Bethel Primitive Methodist Chapel, in memory of two departed friends who had been connected with the chapel.

t —- i Ervs's COCOA—GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING.— By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well- selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a. properly nourished frame."—CIVIL SERVICE GAZETTE. Printed and Published by HENRY HUGHES, Junr., at bis GENERAL PRINTING OFFICES, Pontypool, in the County of Monmouth.—Saturday, Aug. 11, 1877.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA..—The Agent-General for South Australia (Sir Arthur Blyth, K.C.M.G.) has received the following telegram from Adelaide, dated July 26th — The new lines of railway sanctioned last session are advancing rapidly, three being in progress, and tenders invited for 1st October for the construction of "200 miles of the line from Port Augusta northwards. The tele- graph to Eucla is completed with iron poles throughout — (This is the South Australian half of the telegraph line connecting South Australia with Western Austra- lia). Send an extra emigrant ship in October. A fort- nightly mail seruiee via Suez has been suggested by the South Australian Government to the adjoining colonies. The revenue for 1876—7 has exceeded the estimates. The following vessels have arrived, all well, Eaton IT all,' Tdk Wan' (London), and Pnpa' (Hamburg), liarvest prospects are good, and a largely increased area is under crop, price of wheat per bushel, 7s. Sd, HOLLOWAY'S TILLS AND OINTMENT. — Dyspspsia, Jaundice—Those complaints are tho results of a dis- ordered liver, which spcretes bile in quality or quantity incapable of digesting food. Digestion requires a freo flow of healthy bile, to insure which IIolloway's Pills and Ointment have long been famous, far eclipsing every other medicine. F »oJ, irregularity of living, climates, and other causes are constantly throwing- the liver into <ii order, but the important organ can. under all cir- cumstances, soon be regulated and healthily adjusted by Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which act directly upon its vital secretion. The Ointment rubbed on tho skin penetrates immediately to the liver, whose blood and nerves it rectifies. One trial is all that is needed a t cure will soon follow. CAUTION.— MESSRS. REOKITT & SONS beg to caution the public against imitation square Blue of very inferior quality. The Paris mllo in squares (used in the Prince of Wales' Laundry) is sold in wrapper, bearing the name and Trade Mark.

MONDAY. Before C. J. Parkea, Esq. ALLEGED FELONY. Bridget Kane was charged with stealing a cue umber from the stall of Charlotte Morgan, on the night of Saturday, the 4th JOst., in the Mar- ket place, Pontypool. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Charlotte Morgan, wife of Jas. Morgan, Ponty- pool, deposed she kept a "standing" in the Pont- ypool market, and sold vegetables ou Satur- day night prisoner and her sister came to the standing, and wanted to know the price of cab- bages told them the prices they went away, but returned iu about five minutes, and wanted to buy some cabbages prisoner bought three cabbages, and paid for them prisoner then asked her the price of cucumbers told her4^d.; she took hold of one, and prosecutor told her she could have it for 4d understood she was going to buy it she (defendant) went to speak to a young man who was standing near his name was Thomas Davies; when she had finish- ed speaking with the young man, eho walked away called after her, and told her she had not paid for thaf.t;ucumber the young man told her to come back* and pay it she however went on to her sister she returned, and wanted prose- cutrix to search her, saying she had not taken the cucumber told her she had, and if she would not givo it up she would bo given into the custody of the police lots of peoplo came round tho standing, and stole alleho had on it; P.c. Gardner arrived, and prosecutrix gave pri- soner into his charge. In answer to prisoner You did Dot ask me the price of cherries, Morgan Davies, son-in-law of prosecutrix, said that his wife and himself had been to his mother-in-law's stall purchasing sumo peas saw prisoner, her sister, and some man who had come to the stall to buy cabbage a young man stood near the stall and took a cucumber she took it from him, and put it in her pocket he said he would not pay it, and she walked away; prisoner asked him to pay for it wit- ness told the young man to take the cucumber off her tho prisoner denied having it- Prisoner I never put it in my pocket. P.c. Gardener said that at 10.30 on Saturday night Mrs Morgan called him out of Crano-st. he went to Maiket-st. there was a crowd near the standing prisoner and her sister were there using most filthy language towards Mrs Mor- gan brought prisoner's sister to the station, knowing that prisoner would follow she did follow, and witness charged her with having stolen a cucumber she offered to be searched she was searched, but tho cucumber was not found on her. Margaret Tobin, sister of prisoner, said that on Saturday night she and her sister came to the market to buy cabbages; they wont to Mrs Morgan's standing just as her sister got to the end of the table and began to choose some cabbages a young man caught hold of her and asked, Will you have a cueumber ?" she said, "Yes, give it to ine the young man took a cucumber off the stall and gave it to her she had it in her hand for about five or six minutes he then said, "You have to pay for it she said, Are you not going to pay for it ?" she then went to the stall, took a cabbage in her hand, and put tho cucumber back tho peoplo I began shoving her about she would not go from the placo till she was searched. Prisoner then made a statement much to tho same effect as that made by the last witness. Remanded till Wednesday. ALLEGED FOWL STEALING. William Taylor was charged with stealing a fowl, the property of Thos. Wathen, at Bluon- afon, on the 4th of August. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. The first witness culled was Rosella Broom, wife of William Broom, mason, Blaenavon. She deposed that on the 4th inst. she went to feed her fowls a neighbour said that some one had been killing a fowl she saw the head of a fowl on the ground not far from the house she took the head to Wathen's door Wathen was in bed. but he got up, and going tp the cot found feathers strewed about the head produced was the one she picked up, and was the bead of a fowl which she had sold to Wathen. Thomas Wathen, collier, deposed that he kept fowls; on Saturday night, about 9 o'clock, he took a candle out to see if the cot was safe the fowl in question was there then on Sunday morning the last witness came to his door and knocked she held up the head of a fowl, and asked if it was the head of his fowl ho said "No," that ho had seen his fowls all locked up safely on Saturday night, at. 9 o'clock he put l ou his trousers, examined about the placo, aud found that the head was that of the fowl which was missing went in search of a policeman met one, and asked him to come up he did so, and examined tho place; most of the neigh- bours wished their houses to bo searched in order that uo suspicion would attach to them the feathers and feet of the fowl produced ho could identify as those of the fowl belonging to him. P.c. Rudder said that at 7.30 on the morning of the 5th inst. he was on duty at King-street, Blaenavon Broom gave information respecting a fowl which ho said he had lost went to his house, and examined the premises saw some blood about the place, and at about 200 yards from there he discovered some blood upon a wall near tho placo where prisoner lived exa- mined tho yard attached to prisoner's house Raw a bucket with some ashes in it there wan blood leading into prisoner's house and up to the fire-grate sent the owners of the fowl fop. P.s. James the feathers aud legs of the fowl were in the ash bucket. Iu answer to prisoner You told me I could search the house during the time I was search- ing the house prisoner's father walked off with something under his arm. A voice Why didn't you follow him ? P.s. James deposed that from information re- ceived on Sunday morning he went to prisoner's house he searched an up-stairs bedroom, and found the trousers produced, turned inside out, hanging behind the door; turned the trousers and examined it, and all down the left leg he found spots of blood, which were theu quito fresh down stairs, under tho grate, he found two small feathers, corresponding in colour to the feathers of the fowl missing (feathers pro- duced in the ash-tub he found a quantity of feathers, also the feet and entrails of a fowl the feet and feathers were those which he pro- duced examined prisoner's coat, and found a quantify of blood on the inside, and also on the left side of the coat corresponding with the left leg of the trousers afterwards examined the premises where the fowl was stolen from, and about 40 yards from the Got he saw the place where the fowl had been killed; there he found a lot of feathers corresponding in colour with those he had found on the premises of prisoner; prisoner said the blood on the trousers was the tdood of an eel which he had killed in the canal on Saturday week previous tho blood appeared to be fresh he said nothing when the blood upon his coat was pointed out to him. Prisoner was remanded until Saturday. DRUNKENNESS. Anne Draper was charged with being druuk and riotous. Fined 10s. Joseph Lewis was charged with a like offence at Cwmbran Fined 20s. E. A. Williams was charged with beiug drunk and riotous. Fined 10s.

TUESDAY. Before the same Magistrate. ALLEGED THEFT OF CLOTHING. Mary Jane Greenway was charged with steal- ing one black cloth jacket, oue black silk velvet jacket, one light grey cloth jacket, one muslin dress, two skirts, one child's blue serge dress, one black silk cape, one petticoat, one child's jacket, and one woman's dress, value £6, the whole being the property uf Philip Morgan, Mamhilad. I Remanded till Saturday.

WEDNESDAY. Before Colonel Byrde and C. J. Parlces, Esq. THE CUCUMBER STEALING. Bridget Kane was charged, on remand, with stealing a cucumber from the stall of Charlotte Morgan, Pontypool. The depositions of the various witnesses ex- amined on Monday were read over. Thomas Davies, furnace-man at the Tin Mills, Pontymoil, said that on Saturday night he went to Mrsi Morgan's stall, and was agreeing about the price of a cucumber he had taken it in his hand, thiuking to buy it, when prisoner took it out of his hand and put it in her pocket she wanted witness to pay for it, but he refused to do so she left the standing, and he left it too prisoner, her sister, and some man began pull- ing him about, aud ripped his coat all to pieces; had never known the woman before. Colonel Byrde It is strange that she should want you to pay for a cucumber ? Sarah Vaughan was called for the defence. Sho was passing through the Market-place on Saturday night, and saw prisoner at Mrs Mor- gan's standing the young man caught prisoner round the waist, and asked her if she would have a cucumber; she said, "Yes, if yon pay for It; he took one off the standing and put it in her hand; ho said afterwards he would not pay for it she put the cucumber back on tho standing the young man struck her on the chest; prisoner did not move away from the standing during the whole of the time. The prisoner was acquitted.

GLOUCESTER ASSIZES. A MONMOUTHSHIRE MINING DISPUTE. David Lawronco and wifo v. David Jones and a third party. The claim was ono fur rent. The plaintiff is a surgeon, practising at Pontypool, and living at Llan- gibby Castle. The plaintiff had let, under lease, to David Jones, certain mineral rigli#6. One of thorn consisted of a scam of coal known as the Abertillery Vein and the lease also included tho soam of coal that may bo found next in succession" under that seam of coal. Beneath the Abertillery vein was a thin band of ooal, which plaintiff admitted was not more than from one to two feet thick. This was the one—called No. 2 in the trial —which tho plaintiff wished to enforce tho defendant to work, instead of a still lower vein, called Williams's or No. 4, which tho defendant asserted his right to as the next in succession" to the Abertillery vein. Plaintiff, in the witness-box, said he had not prevented Jones from working the No. 4 vein, but had given him to understand that if ho did so he would be subjected to logal proceed- ings. After a long hoaring it was agreed to withdraw a juror.

NoT PROVEN."—Presbyterian Minister: "Don't you know it's wicked to catch fish on the Sawbath ?" Small Boy (not having had a rise all the morning): II Wha's catchin' fesh ?"—Punch. PANTEG CHURCH CHOIR.—This Choir went on Tues- day last to the Festival of the LlandafF Church Choral Association, at St. John's Church, Maindee. They went by the 8.45 train from Pontypool-road to New- port, and walked to the Church. After the service, they had dinner in a schoolroom, and afterwards went by train to Caerleon, where they had tea, and at 8 o'clock gave a concert in aid of the funds of l'anteg Church. The choirs altogether numbered nearly 400, and the Church was very much crowded. The sermon was preached by the Rev. G. Huntingdon, of Tenby ADVICE TO MOTHEUS t-Are you broken tn you rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mas. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING Smup. It will relieve the poor sufferer iin mediately. It is perfectly harm- less and pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, anthe little cherub awakes" as bright as a button." It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ia sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at le lid per bottle.—Manufactured in dew York, and at 493 Oxford-street, London. THROW AFPKCTIOKB AND HOABRENEHB.—All suf- from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate n lief afforded by the use of Brown's Bronchial Troches." famous lozenges "are now sold by most respectable chemists in this country at Is Hd per box. People troubled with a "hacking (1I11,11," 1i s'ight cold," or bronchial affections, can- in t try thr-m t on noon, as similar troubles, if allow ed to rriv'n-is, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatio us. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial Tror:ti«3" aro on the Government Stamp around i:ash4H>—Manufactured by JOHN I. BROWN & SONS, t^.suirji, United States. Depot, 493 Oxford-street, London, FLOUTHNE !—FOR THE TEETH AND BREATH.—A few drops of the liquid l loriline sprinkled on a wet tooth-brash produces a pleasant father, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to tho teeth a peculiar pearly-whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. The Fragrant FlorÜine, being composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is deli- cious to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Price 2s 6d, of all Chemists and Perfumers. Prepared by Honxy O. 493 Oxtord-etreeV iVmdou. VAI.UABLE DISCOVEBY FOR THE FlAm. If YOUR hair is turning grey or white, or falling oJ, use The Mexican Hair Renewer," for it will positively restore in every case Grey or White hair to its original colour, without leaving tho disagreeable smell of most Restorers." It malies the hair charmingly beant ifnI, as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots, where the glands are not decayed. Ask youz Chemist for The Mexican HAIR IIenkwek," pro- pared 1 y HENKY 0. G VLI.VV, 493 Oxford Street, Lond.-ti, and t»-id by Chemists iUid. ienmuera everywhere at os 6d per Bottle.

THE Tbree Choirs Festival will be held this year at Gloucester Cathedral, commencing September 4. ACCIDENT.—On Monday, a lad named Michael, son of Mr A. Michael, fell over a wall near Albion Terrace, and bad bis arm broken. THE annual assembly of the Welsh Congregational Union commenced their proceedings on Tuesday at Port Madoc. THE South Wales mail was delayed three hours at Swindon ou Sunday night, by a goods train running oif the line. No one was injured. THE LOWER MILL,—We are glad to state that twelve furnaces, for the working of best iron, were started at these works, on Monday last. THE Rev. J. E. Jones, of Llantarnam (late of Ponty- pool College), has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Pattishall, Northamptonshire. HEALTH OF MR. ROBERT CRAWSHAY.—We learn (says the IVvstern MailJ that Mr Robert Crawshay is still iu a very critical state of health, and that his London medical attendants have been sent for. AT a colliers' delegate meeting held at Merthyr, on Monday, it was resolved that a new union should be started, and called the Amalgamated Association of Miners, with Mr Thomas Ilaliiday as president. THE Committee of tho Baptist Missionary Society have accepted the services of Mr W. J. Price, of Ponty- pool College, for mission work in India, and he expects to have England in the autumn for his new spture of labour. THE MORMONS.—We find that the Mormon body are bestirring themselves in our neighbourhood. They hold meetings every Sunday at Talywuin. They are also circulating a pamphlet, written by Elder Musser, treat- ing of the question of Mormonism. THE CASE or MR JAMES BROWN.—We are informed that steps are being taken to memorialise the Home Secretary to procure a mitigation of the punishment awarded to James Brown, which is generally deemed to be excessive.—Soush Wales Daily News. LONDON & PROVINCIAL BANK..—On our first page appears a copy of the balance sheet and condensed re-- port of the proceedings at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of this Bank. which shows the strong position of the Bank, and that a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum was declared. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Monday, a woman, carrying a young child, was coming down Crane-st., and when near the King's Head, a water-shoot, which had been placed in an upright position against the market wall, was by a gust of wind thrown across the street, falling within a few inches of where she had stood. THE keepers of the Usk and Ebbw Association netted the river Usk on Tuesday, August 1, when they caught about 62 salmon, one of which (taken in the celebrated Bell Pool) weighed 43|lbs. This is the largest fish that has been taken in that district for many years. It is said that about 80 years ago a monster fish, weighing 791bs., was caught near Usk. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—Dr. Pope, the new presi- dent, was born in Nova Scotia in 1822 was appointed a Wesleyan minister in 1842, and has, since 1867, filled the divinity chair of the Didsbury College for Modern Theological Scholarship. He is the author of one or I two theological works, and has been for several years the editor of the London Quarterly Review, PJC-NIC.—The choir of Crane-street Church had their first annual pic-nic at Raglan Castle, on Monday last. They were joined by tho teachers of the Sunday School and members of the congregation, making in all a party of about 80. An excollcnt tea provided at the Castle by Host T. F. Edwards, of the Beaufort Arms, brought to its cloie a most enjoyable outing." THE central-board of the Miners' National Union will shortly consider the question of production in the coal and iron trades. With this object in view the central board has requested Mr Macdonald to prepare a scheme for their consideration, and a suggestion has been made that a deputation should visit France, Belgium, and Germany to ascertain the actual condition of things in those oountries. THE trial of Mr James Thomas, the manager of tho Tynewydd Colliery, who was indicted for the man- slaughter of one of the victims of the Tynewydd inun- dation, was brought to a close at the Glamorganshire Assizes on Tuesday. The jury, after considering for three hours, failed to agree upon a verdict, and the ac- cused waa bound over to appear at the next assizes at Cardiff if called upon. AN extraordinary fact in connection with the health of Penarth was stated by the medical officer of health, at tho local board meeting, on Monday. During July there were but two deaths in the three places compris- ing the district, aud in the past three months there were II deaths in all, out of a population of 4,000. The births during the same period were 51, five times as numerous as the deaths. SUDDEN DEATH—Oa Thursday morning, a young man named William Jenkins, aged about 23 years, was found dead iu bed at the Hospitality Inn, Crumlin-st. Deceased, after his day's work, ate a hearty supper on Wednesday uight, aT1J sooratxl i H the. hest of spiri 18. Un Thursday morning, about 5.30, he was called, and, on someone going to his bedroom, ho was found to be dead. HABITUAL CRIMINALS.—Tho Register for the years 1869 to 187G, recently printed at Brixton prison, gives the names and aliases of 12^161- habitual crimi- nals in England aud Wales during that period. The general prison registers from Deo. 11, 1S69, to March 31, 1876, contain 179,001 names, so that nearly 1-llth of the total number belong to the habitual crifninal class. 1,000 MILES IN 1,000 HOURS.—Madame Richards on Thursday completed her tas;t of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours, at Cwmhran Gardens. During the time she was accomplishing this feat, there was from tune to '1 time a great influx of visitors to the Gardens, especially on Sundays, on some occasions no less thau 1,500 tickets having been collected at tho Po-utrhydyruii and Pontnewydd railway stations. 'I" PONTYPOOL FLOWER SHOW.—From the promises of support given by intending exhibitors, a capital Show may bo anticipated for Thursday next, and the splendid band of the Grenadier Guards is sure to be a groat treat to all lovers of good music.—We noticed at the New- port Flower Show last week that our spirited towns- man, Mr E Fowler, jun., took two prizes, the first for roses, with Lord Tredegar second and tho second for exotic ferns, for which Lord Tredegar took first prize. ST. ALBAN'S CHURCH.—On Wednesday and Thurs- day in last week the Feast of Portiuncula-a feast in connection with the Franciscan Order—was celebrated in the above Church. On Thursday morning, at 10.30, there was solemn high mass and sermon by Rev F. Augustine, O.S.F.C. On Thursday evening, there were vespers, benediction, and sermon by Rev. F. David, O.S.F.C., who preached from the text, Perse- vere to the end, and you shall be saved." AT the Newport Police Court, on Monday, Joseph Little, a respeetably-dresscd man, was charged with stealing coal, the property of J ohu Vipond and Co. P.c. Parker said on Saturday morning he was on duty near the Newport Dock, and saw the prisoner go to a truck with the prosecutors' name on and throw five lumps of coal off. He went to the prisoner, who denied the charge, and said there must be a mistake. In cross- examination, witness adhered to his statement that pri- soner was the man who threw the coal off the truck. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and said he had never been charged in a police-court before. Seven days' hard la- bour. THE thirty-second anniversary of Court Loyal TIan- bury, No. 1939, of the A.O. Foresters, was held on Monday, the 6th inst., at the Winning Horse Hotel, Pontypool, where a procession was formed, headed by the band of the 2nd Mon. Volunteers. After visit- ing several of the friends of the order, they returned to the court room, where Brother George Jeremiah (the worthy host) and his wife had provided a dinner which gave great satisfaction to all, and to which 85 sat down, After dinner the chair was taken by P.C.R. Brother Wm. Jenkins, and the vice-chair by P.C.R. Brother William Trollope, when the usual toasts were given, interspersed with some very good songs. On the whole, a very pleasant evening was spent. BAPTIST CHAPEL, GLASCOED.—The annual tea- meeting in connection with the above was held on Thursday, the 2nd inst., when nearly 400 persona took tea in the chapel, which was tastefully decorated with flowers and evergreens. After tea, the friends adjourned to afield (kindly lent by Mr W. Rosser, Petingale Farm), commanding a splendid view of the surrounding country, in which the young people enjoyed the usual games "Jolly Miller" coming in for the lion's share, though we have not been able to ascertain who the said Jolly Miller" was, when he lived or where, only that he lived by hitoself, poor fellow A public meeting was held in the chauelat half-past seven, presided over by the Rev. J. Tucker, late pastor of the church. The Revs. D. Lewis, of Zion, Tontypool, and W. Morgan, of Usk, and Messrs C. Joshua (l ontypeol College), and W. J. Pady, of Goytre, addressed the meeting. The addresses were earnest and practical, such as were calculated to do permanent good. The. uôual votes of thanks and the benediction brought this pleasing and profitable meet- ing to a close. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.—On Monday last, a littlo bov named Davies, about 4 years of age, whose parents live near the Lower Mill, had a remark- ably fortunate escape from drowning. lie fell into the canal while playing en the bank with a companion, who vainly tried to get him out with a stick, as the poor little fellow floated near the surface with his head down. At this time it happened, most fortunately, that the Rev. W. N. G. Eliot was passing that way, and seeing tho boy striving to get something out of the water, went near, and when he saw what it was, at once wadod in, and brought out the drowning child in quite an un- conscious condition. The child, who would certainly have drowned had he been left in the water only a few more minutes, was carried into a house, where he was stripped of his wet clothes, and the usual means taken for his restoration hy Mr Eliot, a lady and gentleman who also happened to be near the flpot. and the neigh- bours, as well as Mr Rogers, assistant to Mr Essex, surgeon, who had been sent for immediately. The child remained unconscious for about ati hour and a-half, and it was not until after two hours had elapsed that be could be pronounced "ut of danger. lie is now, we arc glad to sa), going on well. HANBURY RIVLE CORPS.—The Monthly Chal- lenge Cup was shot for on Thursday Evening, at the Cwmlickey Range, when the following scores were made—Corporal Moxham, 43 points, Drill-Instructor Bessant 42 points, and Captain Williams 41 points. Corporal Moxham was declared the winner. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE BAPTISTQUARTERLY MEBT- INGS*—Tbe quartealy meetings of the Monmouthshire Baptist Association wsre held at Llanelly (Brecon- shire) duri g the latter part of last week. The chair was taken by Mr David Edwards, the elected chair- man of the association for the year. Arrangements were made for visiting the churches of the county to make an appeal in aid of the memorial scholarship for the late Cynddelw. The churches were urged to con- tribute towards the expenses of the Baptist Union in Great Britain and Ireland. A strong disapproval was passed upon the conduct of the Rev. Ll. Jones, of Abertillery, and the parties co-operating with him, in the steps they have recently taken in that place. The ministers who took part in the preaching services were the Revs. Jones, Beaufort; Roberts, Llantarnam; Jones, Abersychan; Evans, Pontypool; Lewis, Risca; Morgan, Bassaleg; Walters, Sirhowy; Thomas, Croesyparc; Maurice, Tirzah; Jones, Blaenavon; and Hughes, Darrenvelen. The next meetings were arranged to beheld atTiizah, on the last Tuesday and Wednesday in October next.

BLAENAVON. THE ANNUAL TREAT to the teachers and scholars at- tending the Sunday-school in connection with the Eng- lish Congregational Church, Waun Field, was given on Monday last. After parading the streets of the town, they repaired to the Forge Hammer Rooms, where a good tea had been provided, to which ample justice was done. Tea being over, the children adjourned to a field, where different innocent games were indulged in till dark. THE ANNIVERSARY SERVICES in connection with the Zion Baptist Sunday School were held on Sunday last, when three able sermons were preached by the Rev. W. L. Mayo, of Chepstow. During the day the children recited in a manner which reflected very great credit on their teachers. The attendance was large at each ser- vice, and liberal collections were made in aid of the school funds. On Monday, the children had their an- nual treat of tea and cake, &c. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing various innocent games. TEE REV. II. STOWELL BROWN, of Liverpool, on Monday night last, at Iloreb Baptist Chadel (kindly lent for the occasion), delivered his able and popular lecture on Christianity and Common Seuse." The rev. gentleman, during the delivery of the lecture, was frequently applauded by the large audience assembled. J. T. Edmouds, Esq., Cwmavon House, occupied the chair on the occasion. At the close, hearty votes of thanks were accorded to the chairman and lecturer, and to the friends for the loan of the chapel. The proceeds, which, no doubt, will be considerable, are to be applied to the funds of the Ebenezer Welsh Baptist Chapel.

TYNEWYDD-THE ALBERT MEDAL. The Albert Medals and the House of Com- mona aud Mansiou Houpe Funds have been dis- tributed to the suffeersat.the Tynewydd Colliery and those who assisted iu various ways in tho. work of rescuing the entombed colliers, who had been confined for ten days withiu what may be termed a hole in a coal pit, by the water that had Hooded tlio pit, but which had at the same time, fortuuatuly for these other- wise most uufortuuate men, driveu the air before it, so that the air which could uot escape from the stall any better than the men, was made to do the two-fold work of euabliug the men to breathe, and at the samo time of keep- ing back the water from drowning them. The cause of this seemingly inexplicablo oircutn- etanco is the fact that air, although elastic and compressible, cannot bo compressed beyond a certaiu point, and after the water had forced it into tho stall, whence it had no outlet, and it had been compressed as much as it could be, tho water had no further eiloct upon it aud so waa kept back. did this air thus prevent the water from euter the stall, but it also enabled the man, on account of its Coin- pressed state, to live for a longer time without food than it is very probable they would otherwise havo been ablo to do. This would appear to have been observed iu other some- what similar instances. Tho compressed air, however, although it befriended the imprisoued men so effectually, became oue of the princi- pal difficulties of the rescuing party, for if a hole had suddenly been made through the coal into the place w hero the imprisoued men were confined, the air would of necessity escape immediately, and with all the greater fores from its being compressed inside, uot only with great danger to the working party of rescuers, but to the unfortunate men in the stall, who really were dependent upon the air being sufficiently compressed to force back the water, which must havo inevitably drowned them after all bad not the pumping, which had been so vigrously kept up, after a time reduced it below the dangerous level. It will be re- rnered that when the end had nearly come, one of the men was driveu with great violence against the wall by a sudden escape of air, bat the hole through which it prematurely found vent was promptly filled up, or the conse- quences may have been most disastrous. This difficulty was foreseen, aDd precautions were taken against it, by the managers and engineers who superintended the work, and to them great praise is due for the very clever aud scientiliu carrying out of this most wonderful and success- ful enterprise. We all know that our beloved Queen took such an interest in the work of rescue, that she constantly telegraphed for fresh information, in which anxiety she was joined by all classes throughout the country, and that she has always been foremost in re- warding great and noble deeds. She has done so on this occasion, aud more adequately to mark her appreciation of the mighty efforts which were sustained so willingly and with such enduring perseverauce and heroic courage, has created a new order of merit The Albert Medal," with which she has been graciously pleased to invest tho following 25 men, who are thus the first recipients of the honour. ALBERT MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS.—Daniel Thomas, colliery proprietor, Biithwynydd, Rhondda Valley: William Beith, mechanical engineer, of Harris's Navigation Colliery, Quakers' Yard; Isaac Pride, ool— lier, Llwyncclyn Colliery; and Johu William Howell, collier, Ynishir Colliery. ALBERT MEDAL OF THE SECOND CLASS.—George Albett, collier, Tynewydd; Charles Baynham, collier, Brithwynydd; Richard Hopkins, qollier, Ynishir Col- liery Richard Howolls, overman, Tynewydd Charles Oatridge, collier, Tynewydd; John Williams, collier, Pontypridd Colliery Robert Williams, collier, Dinas Isa.f Colliery; Edward David, collier, Havod Colliery; William Morgan, collier, Havod Colliery David Reea, fireman, Tynewydd Rees Thomas, collier, Tynewydd David Davies, colliery owner, Penrhiwfer; Thomas Jones, colliery owner, Ynishir; Edmund Thomas, col- liery manager, Llwyncelyn James Thomas, colliery owner and manager, Tynewydd; Thomas Thomas, colliery manager, Ynishir Thomas Getrych Davis, colliery manager; Tylacoeh David Evans, colliery manager, Ferndale; David Jonos, colliery manager, Cymmcr Level; Henry Lewis, colliery manager, Ener- glyn Isaiah Thomas, colliery manager, Brithwynydd; and William Thomas, colliery manager, Resolven.

<13trtbs, IBiiru'agcs, nntu Bcatljs. DEATHS. Aug. 1, at Stack-square, Blaenavon, aged 82 years, Mr Evan Llewellyn. Aug. I, at the Tranch, aged 23 years, Sarah Ann, daughter of Mr James Jones. Aug. 7, at Carudiffaith, aged 22 years, Catherine, daughter of Mr Patrick Christopher.