South Wales Echo

33trtbfit Carriages, anb Scatfjs, No announcement will be inserted under this heading unless authenticated by the name and address of the sender, and accompanied by a remittance for Is for 2.5 words or less, and 6d. for each additional 5 words. BIRTHS. WARREN.—On the 18th inst., at Excelsior Villa, Coneybeare Road, Canton, Cardiff, the wife of Mr. William Warren, compositor, of a son.

k THE WATER SUPPLY AT CARDIFF. I The water question is now engrossing very general attention in Cardiff, and the action of the Corporation in reference thereto, is being watched very closely. This arises not only from the importance of the subject itself, but from a belief on the part of many of the ratepayers that some of the Councillors are showing a disposition to refrain from following up various lines of inquiry which are calculated to lead to the most economical and at the same time most effectual results. Much apprehension is felt by the ratepayers as to the ultimate course the Corporation will take to ensure a proper water supply. aud it would be a great relief to them if an official intimation was given as to the actual poeition of affairs. What with Corporation, lioard School, and Poor Law debts, householders are really compelled to scrutinise the actions of the Corporative body now that there is the possibility of another great debt being contracted. Ratepayers representatives attended the last meeting of the Council. They were there to watch the professional and responsible represent- atives. The water supply question did not then come on, but from what we hear it seems likely that when it is introduced for discussion, more ratepayers will attend and the public feeling in this matter being so highly wrought, we shall hardly be surprised if ratepayers' meetings are called to consider the subject, also. It seems that some of the older members of the Corpor- ation had decided in their own minds upon the purchasing of land near the Llanishen reservoir, for the purpose of extending the water-works system in that direction. This scheme it is roundly calculated will require an outlay of £ 100,000, But since this proposal was ventilated, two other propositions have been brought forward and apparently in the rate- payers' interests. First there was the scheme by which a water supply could be obtained at a small cost by means of Artesian wells, and latterly a scheme for utilising water at Ely. Now, the general impression is that the older members of the Corporation having made up their minds to buy lands and spend monies on a liberal scale, decline to deal with these later propositions in a befitting manner. But the ratepayers nevertheless do not regard them in this case as Medes and Persians, and they are evidently of opinion that the younger members of the Council must adopt an attitude of hostility towards them. It would have been better if the older and, presumably, wiser men had obviated the necessity of such a course, but the position of affairs must be taken as it stands. There is a remarkable prejudice in the Council against new men, and anything like independent action on the part of the latter often meets with rebuke. Young Councillors cannot always face alder- manic severity, and it is, perhaps, very few of the modern members who successfully pass the ordeal of being "sat upon." It is perhaps the newness of the scene that perplexes them for it has not infrequently happened that promises made to the ratepayers in the most emphatic fashion at municipal contests have never been redeemed in the Council. But as there are exceptions to every rule, so in this. Now and then such men as Mr. SHACKELL, Mr. TROUNCE (who assisted Mr. CLEMERSON sometime since to form a Ratepayers' As-ociation), and Mr. BEAVAN make a resolute stand, or ask pertinent questions with a determination to get answers. Still they are necessarily in a minority, under the circumstances indicated. A change must however come over the spirit of the scene, and the eccentric ideas of the antiquated must give way before the advance of intelligent inquiry. The water question must be considered more thoroughly in all its bearings, and we call upon Mr. JACOBS to insist upon the merits of the Artesian well scheme being exhaustively dis- cussed, and we also hope that Mr. LOUGHER will see that proper attention is given to the Ely water proposal. It seems to us that with the two alternative schemes before them, the Council will have good grounds for abandoning the original preposition, and that, unless they can show very substantial reasons for their determination, they cannot fail to accept one or both of these means of supply. We publish a remarkable communication in another column respecting the discovery of a spring at Ely, and it certainly appears that an explanation is needed as to the manner in which the propositions of a thoughtful ratepayer were received by the Water- works' Committee. And, as we have said before, it is especially desirable that ratepayers should know exactly. how matters stand, as the air is thick with rumours that ought to be dispelled. .0

EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE. I The revelations made before the Election Ccmmissioners have startled the political :world from its propriety, and believers in the efficacy of the Ballot Act have had their faith rudely shaken. There can be no doubt about the prevalence of corruption in many boroughs, but fortunately it is only among small constituencies that bribery, intimidation and treating seems to have been carried into effect. In large communities unscrupulous agents arc compara- tively powerless, and "Men in the moon," as the mysterious visitors arc called who scatter money broadcast at election time, have but little chance of buying-up free and independent voters" in important towns. It is, perhaps, not surprising that a city like Oxford should form an exception to this rule. Clerical influence is not favourable to the development of freedom, and not a few of the tradesmen there who thrive to a considerable extent by fleecing undergraduates of the Verdant Green order, would feel scarcely any compunction in des- poiling a candidate when opportunity for so doing presented itself. It is quite a mistaken notion to suppose that working-men are the chief sinners in connection with the different forms of electoral corruption brought to light by the inquiries now going on. Far from such being the case it turns out that the uncd guid and rigidly righteous," eminently respectable I y persons, Aldermen, Councillors, members of School Boards, Cathedral officials, College Dons, professors, doctors, merchants, wealthy trades- men. and, almost as a matter of course, lawyers in abundance, are tainted with the vice The trail of the serpent is over them all, and citizens held in repute as the possessors of innumerable virtues, are found to be very human indeed when partisan passions prevail. The fact is that in connection with political contests victory for its own sake is often sought to be achieved at any cost rather than the vindication of a right or the assertion of a principle. Too much is made of mere Blue or 41 Red and too little of truth and justice, on such occassions. This is especially the case, as we have said, in small constituencies, which are still" pocket boroughs in the sense that a very great many electors may be bought. Even in important centres of population attempts are often made to tamper with voters, and occult influences are exercised upon unstable, weak-kneed politicians of the most infamous kind, and with deplorable results. Public opinion, however, is strong in such places, and honest men in the mass have less difficulty in bringing the moral force of their indignation to bear effectually against truculent hirelings than where they are few and far between. The electors most of all to blame for bribery, belong to a class the members of which, are in a position to spend money for the accomplishment of their designs, and those who have laid themselves open to the charge of being mendacious and corrupt mainly rank among the loafers, idlers, social pariahs, and political parasites with which unhappily the majority of towns and counties are afflicted. To the honour of the working classes it has not been proved that they commonly or even frequently sell their rights, or exercies the franchise solely for sordid purposes. No doubt there are black sheep in the flock, but the privileges of citizenship are estimated by the majority of them at their true value and they scorn bribery, treating, and disreputable practices generally as forms of fraud reprehensible in the highest degree. The inference to be deduced from the facts at present disclosed is that large constituencies are less corrupt than small, and upon this hypothesis we may look forward with hope to that redistribution of seats which must inevitably follow the extension of the franchise to counties on the basis analogous to that whereon electoral right has been established in boroughs. It is understood that the question will be dealt with next Session, and the Welsh members will not be slow to follow Mr. TKEVELYAN, Mr. LEATHAM, Mr. DILLWYN and others, who stand pledged to assist the movement by every means in their power. When the Bribery Boroughs have been absorbed into electoral areas of large population, a change for the better may be anticipated. The effect of education upon public morals will also have beneficial influence, and feelings of self-respect will be engendered in proportion as a sense of individual responsibility deepens throughout the land Happily in Wales a spirit of earnestness prevails to an extent unrivalled in any other part of the kingdom, and the present high standard of political ethics throughout the Principality justifies the aspiration of thoughtful Welshmen C, to the effect that their compatriots, will continue to set an example of prudence, firmness, con- sistency and honour in the exercise of their electoral rights to the country at large.

AN IRISH OPINION ON ENGLISH POLICY. The Dublin fVeekly News says—"An official return recently issued from the Home Secretary's office states that there were no less than 153 verdicts of wilful murder returned by coroners' juries in England during the past year. There were verdicts of suicide in nearly 2,000 cases but—and now comes the most startling fact of all—in well nigh 10,000 cases of apparent death by violence the cause of death could not be determined. How many of the last were in all probability murders Yet there is no bother raised in England itself over these astounding facts,for which official authority is given. Perhaps it is because the self-constituted guardians of public morals in the British press despair of stemming the tide of bloodshed among their own people, that they turn all their attention on us Irish, hoping that, by raising a sufficient outcry when a murder occurs among us, we may be deterred from following the dreadful example set us across the the Channel. Whatever their motive, if that end be achieved we shall have no cause to quarrel with them. Irishmen should pray to be saved from following British example in anything."—The same journal also remarks that "It is worthwhile noting just now that out of nineteen battalions of the British army stationed in Ireland, not even one is purely Irish. The whole force here is English. There is not even a Scotch battalion in Ireland. Is it the belief of the authorities that if any shooting of the Irish peasantry is to be done, whether with "humane" buckshot or mere rifle-bullets, the Englisq battalions can be more safely relied upon to do it than Irish or even Scotch ones ?

I THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. I I MEETING AT THE TOWS HALL. I Our attention has been called to the luke-warmness with which public temperance work has recently been signalised, but we may state, for the information, more especially of local teetotallers, that a committee meeting was last night held at the Town Hall, for the purpose of arranging a campaign for the winter season. Hence, we may expect that the Cardiff Temperance Prohibitive Association-a Society of which we have heard little more than its name-will be shortly to the front. The Chairman is Mr. J. Cory the Secretary, Mr. G. A. Edwards.

GREAT FIRE AT SHREWSBURY. I THE TOWN HALL IX FLAMES. I 1 SPECIAL TELEGRAM. 1 I SHREWSBURY, FRIVAY EVENING. A disastrous fire broke out here to-day, at the Town Hall, an. I the greatest excitement has consequently been caused in the town. The building it still in tiames, and it is feared that it will be totally gutted. What makes the matter worse, is the fact that a number of valuable books and documents have already been destroyed.

THE WATER QUESTION AT CARDIFF. I IMPORTANT REVELATIONS. I [SPECIAL COMMUNICATION TO THE Echo.'] I In the first number of the Echo a question was put with respect to the truth, or otherwise, of a report to the effect that Alderman Jones had been informed of the discovery of an important spring of water at Ely, which might be utilised at a comparatively small cost. We heard nothing further of the matter, until this week, when Mr. George, of Canton, the gentleman who discovered this source of supply, furnished us with the following written statement. The facts therein contained are so remarkable that in the ratepayers' interests, we publish the communi- cation almost in its entirety STATEMEMT BY MR. GEORGE. I "Finding during the past summer months that the Corporation were at their wits ends as to how a sufficient supply of water was to be obtained to meet the growing requirements of the town and district, it occurred to me that it would be almost criminal in me to further conceal the fact of the existence of an abundant supply of good and pure water within the limits of the Borough, or on its immediate margin, and that such supply wtis easily and unexpensively obtained by piercing a certain white lime- stone rock (White Lias). These few facts [ communicated privately to one or two members of the Water Committee who placed the matter before its members requesting that I might be brought in and examined This suggestion evidently did not meet the views of some one or more of the lea,ling members, but it was agreed that the Town Clrak should write me on the subject. I consequently received a letter from that functionary requesting me to make a proposal. In reply to this missive I humbly said that it would be presumptuous in me to make any proposal as to supplying the requirements, but pointed out therein the existence of the abundant supply, and its ultimate value to this growing town, and suggested an investigation of the subject. This reply seems to have suited the few members who attended theWaterCommittee, on Friday, the 22nd October, to a T, and enabled them to report to the general board that Mr. G. has refused, or failed, to make any proposal. This disposes of the entire matter, and shows how anxious some committees are of benefitting the town they represent by investigation of a subject submitted by an outsider who has (by accident) become acquainted with such a valuable source of supply, and who freely places at the disposal of the Corporation the benefit of being in a position to supply the town and its outlaying district with a good and pure water in lieu of that now obtained directly and indirectly from the Ely river. I am by no means desirous of thrusting on the Corporation any icild or pd scheme of my own, but would again with all humility point out that an unlimited supply does really exist, and may be inexpensively obtained. I desire that the fact may be recorded for the benefit of future generations who may require the supply (say 20 years hence) but may possibly not be so fortunate as the present Corporation in procuring loans for a more exten- sive scheme. ) Touching, in the first place, on the sale by the Water /Works Company to the Corporation, I cannot but think that they were perfectly aware of the step they were taking, knowing that the quality of a portion of the water supplied was becoming so far below the standard that prosecutions mt result, and that they would ultimately have to abandon the Ely River Supply without the slightest prospect of being able to supply the deficiency at anything like a remunerative outlay. In the case of corporations becoming proprietor it may be noted that the Public Health Act does not provide a prosecutor. Were the public of Cardiff, who are the consumers, able to see the tilth from piggeries, &c., that is swept into the river, scarcely a mile above the spot where the supply pumps are fixed they would undoubtedly be astonished,"

EtmUott Hetter. [WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE 80UTH WALES ECHo."l FRIDAY Morning. A council will be held to-morrow at Balmoral, and two cabinet ministers it is believed have left London for that place in order to be present. As the Queen returns on Monday to Windsor, and the arrangements for the further prorogation of Parliament according to law need not be made before Wednesday next, it would seem that Her Majesty's servants have been somewhat unnecessarily called upon to undertake a weary journey at a most inclement period. Why could not the Queen with the advice of the one minister in attendance upon her, have settled the matter ? It appears to be certain that Parliament will be summoned to meet on the first Thursday in Jtniiary, a month earlier than usual. So much the better for the business of legislation in general and of Ireland in particular. The Cabinet Council on Wednesday lasted more than four hours,'and rumour has it that a'Land Bill for Ireland was discussed at considerable length. An earlier meeting of Parliament it is said was also determined upon. A fund for the relief of the sufferers from the earthquake at Agram has been opened by the Lord Mayor of London, and a generous response to the appeal is confidently looked for. On Sunday there are to be meetings of Irish Home Rulers in Hyde Park, on Peckham Rye, and Black- heath. A number of Orangemen have also threatened to turn out, in opposition to the sympathisers with Mr. Parnell and his colleagues. Should they do so, the police it is thought here, may have a difficulty in maintaining peace. It is, however, sincerely hoped that a collision will not take place. An attempt to turn Kensington Mansion—the famous house that Baron Grant built—into a Club, is again being made. Five hundred gentlemen are invited to contribute five hundred pounds each, on a kind of tontine system, the survivor of the five hundred to become proprietor of the mansion and estate, which originally cost nearly half a million of money. The reception which General Roberts met with on his return from Afghanistan was most enthusiastic. The proceedings at Dover were cordial in the extreme, but in London Sir-Frederick has had something more than an ovation he has been greeted in a triumphal manner, and is the lion of the day. The Qu"en has sent a congratulatory message to the hero. The Prince'of:Wales has ,b(,i-n him the greatest attention, and both at the Horse Guards and the War Office he has been welcomed with warmth and hospitality. The mother of General Roberts, who lives at Hampton Court, was visited by Sir- Frederii iv in company of Lady Roberts, immediately after his arrival in London. By the way, I hear that the General is a Welshman, and not as the new Lord Mayor declared the other day, an Irishman and fellow- countryman of his own. The success of Hanlan in his contest against Trickett, has been the subject of comment and congratulation. The banks of the river from Putney to Mortlake were thronged on Monday, notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather, and there were more boats on the broad bosom of the Thames than are usually seen in November. The quiet unostentatious rowing of the Canadian impressed every one most favourably, and it is evident that able as Trickett, the Australian is, he has come to London once more to learn a few salutary lessons in aquatic sport. Both are good iron evidently, and the race passed off in a highly satisfactory manner. The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, with the decoration of which infinitesimal progress has been made during the last twenty-five years, now ask for money wherewith to buy a "great bell." They now have a peal in the long vacant belfry, and that on which the hour is struck in the clock tower, tolled on the death of the Sovereign and a few other personages, is very powerful and sonorous, and might be turned to more general account. Why a new big bell ? The money would be better laid out in assisting to carry out Wren's desiuns for the interior, or in casting away the hideous monument to Queen Anne which disgraces the capitular body, offends the eye of every passtr by, and disfigures the open space in front of the western portico. While writing about statues it would not be out of place perhaps to ask whether anybody in Waies can tell what the authorities arb going to do with the statuary horse stabled in the Crypt, which was intended by the accomplished artist and designer of the Wellington Memorial to dominate that splendid work P Londoners do not know what the Dean and Chapter intend to do with the horse, perh ips some of your readers in the Principality can throw a light on the subject. The speech delivered by John Bright at Birmingham on his birthday has created a sensation here. The Tribune of the p, ople entered upon the seventieth year of his age, on Tuesday last, and his address to the members of the new Junior Liberal Club in the Town Hall oi the Midland Capital, shows no signs of diminished vigour. The old man eloquent, however, fell into error, fond d Saxon L 'trature as he is, in talking about the Roman augurs and the etymology of the word "inaugurate." It was us much out of place on the part of plain John Bright as it was unwise of Richard Cobden to introduce Thucydides to the House of Commons. However, there arc spots in the sun, and a little bit of pedantry will sometimes be displaced by the wisest of men. It is satisfactory to 1. am that Mr. Bright, has arrived at the just conclusion that the grievances irom which Ireland suffers cannot be redeemed by physical force, and the public will agree with him that when millions of money can be spent upon little wars, a large outlay ought not to be objected to with a view of securing a better state of affairs in the Emerald Isle, and especially in respect to the tenure of land. The Bright Clauses of the Act passed nearly ten years ago, have never been strictly or generally enforced in the interest of tenants, but it may now be expected that a comprehensive measure will be introduced next Session, dealing with the Irish Question on a comprehensive basis, and in a spirit of liberality. Several Cabinet Ministers have pledged themselves to this effect, and they will certainly fulfil their promises. Great agitation is going on among those interested in the London Water Companies, and unity of admin- istration is advocated on the ground that it would save considerably more than a hundred thousand a year. It is curious to note the abnormal state of activity on the part of many Boards of Directors, and their anxiety to extend their operations. It is because the wish to raise dividends with a view of enhancing the claims for compensation which will have to be advanced when London takes the supply of water into its own hands ? A raid is being once more made against the refreshment houses in the Haymarket, and unsavoury revelations have of late been made before the magistrates. The social evil continues to grow notwithstanding all the efforts of ethical reformers, and has assumed alarming proportions in the Metropolis. In considering a question usually discussed with bated breath, it will be well to bear in mind the fact that there are a million—ten hundred thousand—more adult women in England than men. Mo.e opportunities for the employment of women are sternly demanded by the exigencies of the times. Our Inspector of Police recently stated in evidence before a magistrate, that no less than seven hundred disreputable women had been proceeded against, in one month, for loitering in one locality alone-that of Regent Circus. There is something very rotten in another state than that of Denmark. The School Board of London are busy building schools, and land has just been bought for the purpose of erecting forty more than those already commenced. The doubtful policy of following the architectural style known as that of "Queen Anne," and adopted in the School Board offices on the Thames Embankment, and the schools in London generally, it is to be hoped will not be invariably followed. It is quite time a change took place, and something of a more novel kind ought surely to be possible in those days. The Queen's retum-from-Balmoral to Windsor is looked forward to with satisfaction. Great inconvenience must necessarily be occasioned) to "Ministers in". travelling backwards and forwards, a distance of a thousand miles, when her Majesty-,is resident in'her Highland Home. Tradesmen, too, complain that the winter season is made worse for" them, bytthe absence of the Court'from London audits immediate neighbourhood.~ The last objection is comparatively unimportant,thowever, and it is on public grounds that the presence of the ^Sovereign near the capital is most to be desired. A rumour has been revived to the effect that the Prince of Wales has it in comtemplation^to visit Breconshire, with a view of 'selecting a temporary place of residence.

I CARDIFF POLICE COURT. MONDAl-Before) Mr."JR. O. Jones, and Mr..1. I M Connochie. Ax OLD FACE.—Ann'Edwards, who has been in the court on 35 previous occasions, was now sent to gaol for 10 days, for being drunk in Crichton-street. She had only just come out of the Workhouse. A FREQUENTER OF THE Docr,Patrick Shea, a seaman, was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel and a purse containing 2s., the property of Edward WiiistOlIc, seaman. Bute Dock-constable Cottrell said that on Sunday morning he met the prisoner coming out from the east side of the Bute Dock, in the direction of Tviulal-street. He had a rather bulky appearance, and witness stopped him- He found prisoner had on two waistcoats, two guernseys and three pairs of trousers, and he said he belonged to a schooner lying on the gridiron, and was going to a friend s house to stay. Edward Winstone stated that the clothes were his property, and that they were stolen from bis ship on Saturday night. Prisoner wall committed to gaol for three months. ROBBERY IN CASTLE-ROAD.— Timothy CougliliD, labourer, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of John Hopkins, draper, Castle-road- Prosecutor stated that on Saturday night the prisoner came into his shop, and bought a pair of stockings. After he left a woman told him he had taken a pair of boots. Prosecutor followed prisoner, and asked him if he had taken a pair of boots. He let one boot fall, the other was found near the shop door. Prisoner was apprehended by Sergeant Richards. He said he will drunk at the time. The bench committed him to gaol for one month. ILLEGAL PLEDCII-N-G.-William James was charged with illegally pawning a watch, the property of Eva" Thomas, a striker, residing in Woodville-road. Prose- cutor gave the watch to the prisoner to clean. Prisoner pawned it at the shop of Mr. Fligelstone for 15s. 6d. The Bench ordered the prisoner to pay the value of the watch (£2), a fine of 5s. and costs, or to go to prison for one month. The watch was also to be handed back to the owner. ASSAULT ox A 'Bus DRIVER.—William Morgan, sailmaker, Cardiff, was charged with assaulting a 'bus driver named Frederick Hann, and was fined 20s. and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour. SAVAGE CONDUCT OF A SON.—John Shaughnessy, who had been in trouble before, was sent to gaol for six months, with hard labour, for having wounded his mother, Honorah, who said he struck her on the head with the bucket produced. P.S. Richards stated that the wound was two inches long and extended to the bone. T LTESDAY. -Before the Mayor, the ex-Mavor and Mr. J. W. Vacliell. HOUSE OF ILL FAME.—William Fowler was charged with keeping a disreputable house at No. 7, Gough* street. Inspector Lewis deposed to visiting the house on the 27th of September, the 19th of October, and other dates, and finding bad characters there. Police' constable Dyment corroborated. Prisoner had been previously convicted of a similar offence, and the magistrates now committed him to four months' hard labour. INDECENT ASSAULT BY A SOLDIER.—John Naven, a soldier, was charged with attempting to commit an indecent assault on Bridget Cross, a young married woman. The prosecutrix said she was the wife of Oliver Cross, the hospital sergeant at Cardiff Barracks. On Monday night, about half-past nine o'clock, she was proceeding alone from the barracks to the town, and when near the Crwys Cate she met the prisoner and another soldier. Prisoner stopped in front of her, and attempted to put his hand under her clothes, and partially succeeded in doing so, but she held on by his arm and asked him did he know who she was. He replied he did not. She then said she was the wife of the hospital sergeant, and the prisoner desisted, and said he thought she was the young girl he was going to meet. She replied that it was a strange way of treating any young girl. She gave the prisoner in40 the custody of a corporal of the guard, who happened to come near at the time. James Cotter, a private, said he was in the company of the prisoner at the time referred to. When on the road prisoner said he would put his hand under the clothes of the first woman they | met. Mrs. Cross passed, and witness went on aboi^ twelve yards, when lie heard the prosecutrix ask why the prisoner put his hand under her clothes. Witness went back to them. Prisoner was not the worse for drink, as far as lie (witness) could see. It appeared from the statement of the corporal, who was in court but was not sworn, that the prisoner had enlisted about three months ago, but that lie had been bom ill the regiment. Prosecutrix's husband said the prisoner had been dismissed from the army, where he had been a drummer boy, or something of that kind, his conduct being so bad. Prisoner had nothing to say. The magistrates considered the charge a serious one, and they committed him to hard labour for one month. WEDNESDAY.—Before Alderman Evans and Mr- J. W. Vaohell. OBSTRUCTION.—Arthur Leary was lined 10s. and costs, or, in default seven days' imprisonment, for causing an obstruction in Custom House-street. POOR LAW PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A\ EX-\YoRKHOCS': MASTER.— Daniel Williams, late masigr of the Llan' dovery Union Workhouse, was summoned by Warrant- officer Pritchard for the non-maintenance of his child- The defendant's wife is a nurse at the Cardig Workhouse, and she has kept the child for a considerable time, but it has now become chargeable to the union- Thc defendant is at present a farm labourer, in the employ of his son, at Llandovery, and on being served with the summons said he was only in receipt of 12 per week, but offered to pay 2s. He was now ordered to pay 2s. 6d. a week and costs. FRIDAY. -Before Mr. R. O. Jones, and Mr. J. W- Yachell. Yachell. A SELF-ACCUSED DESERTER, William Eyre, was charged, on his own confession, with being a deserter from the 9th Foot, at Limerick. Police-constable DavId Smith said the prisoner gave himself up on Thursday night. Prisoner was remanded for a week. OBSTRUCTION. 1 atrick Ryan, Drunk and obstructlye in Butb-street, was fined Ius. and costs, or, in default 10 days imprisonment with hard labour. Police-constable Edward Davies proved the case. Ax OLD OFFENDER. Margaret Davies, who had repeatedly been before the court, was sent to gaol lor one month, with hard labour, for being drunk and disorderly in Bute-street, Police-Constable Adams proved the case- GARDEN ROBBERY BY A LAD.-George Lane, 15 w/Ø fined Is. and costs, for stealing cabbages from the gardeO of Mr. F. Case, Canton. Two younger boys brought up on the same charge were dismissed. A BAD HOUSE IN CAROLINE-STREET.—Louisa Kirbyt charged with keeping a disreputable house at No. Caroline-street, was sent to gaol for 3 months with hard labour. Inspector Lewis and Police-cunstable Dyment) proved the case. labour. Inspector Lewis and Police-cunstable Dyment) proved the case.

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