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FANATICISM IN THE KHONDLA" VALLEY. Probably the time will come when religious enthusiasm will be, as a matter of course, toned down with a leaven of common sense and average intelligence. It has been the fate of the purest of emotions in all ages to be blurred either by the crazy enthusiasm of half dement- ed passionists, or by the fiendish fanaticism of the bigoted. It seems hard for human nature to remain upon the almost invisible line of in- telligent sanctity. By a strange misfortune the perverted imaginations of the human heart are even the greatest opponents to the simple re- gcneiatrve work of Chustianity, and men have even been known to torture their bodies to purify their spirit instead of doing the diame- trically opposite. The fountain of all thought and emotion is the human heart, and, when this how polluted source is cleansed, the sanctified outward life is the natural consequence. Then why does short-sighted man hope by bodily exercises,"which weare assured onsacrodauthor- ity profitlittlo, to cleanse the stream, when at the same time the fountain head casts forth all that is unholy? The conflict, which of course ensues, gives rise to all those contradictions which may be found at a Siiuthfield, or durin"' a Mahomedan Rhaumdan. The impurity con" sta itly welling up combining with the abortive attempts to acquire that religious satisfaction which alas so few experience, do not load to works of charity or even to an understanding of that universal affection which is the gleam of heaven. Iho ratner do they produce from the self-opinionated the works ot evil to which we have referred—when bigotry runs riot, and merciless persecution proves how deadened tho feelings have become to even the commonest emotions of our common nature. It has been said that half the furious wars of the world have been caused by personal ambition, and the other half by so-called religion. We are afraid there is too much truth in this state- ment, and althouga we deny the men of no religion the right to thereforo inveigh against everything that is pure and holy, we still think the matter to be worthy of th.-j considera- tion cf our spiritual leaders. inese reflections have been naturally aroused by the recent conduct of the Salvationists as they call themselves, in the Rhonddt, Valley- and elsewhere. While we ertainly do not apply the obvious inference to these people, so far as their conduct has come before tho puoiio, we would ask them whether they consider they are forwarding the most peace:ulof professions by bidding utter defiance to the law of the land r They were requested not to ob.;truci the thoroughfare, and persisted in doing so in spite of considerable forbearance from the authorities. Several of the ringleaders were summoned as they were bound to be if j ustico is to he main- tained in these valleys and fined. But they preferred imprisonment—a cheap martyrdom! and Oil Monday -1 the captives," as they are now of course described, boasted of their in- carceration. And what had they to boast of? 1 hat they had suffered starvation and imprison- ment for Chrlts's sake .J This they allege with that ready, wo were going to say impu- dent, assumption of the unthinking, and hol- low, enthusiast. W^ai fearful blindness, a pburispeaking Carlyle would call it bbisohomy hideous in its ignorance and repulsive in "that it daubs the purest of professions with the gaudy- paint of a self-seeking popularity. These "prisoners" would have rendered tho best sei ic-e to Christianity if they had never seen the inside of a gaol; and as to their suffering starva- tion tuny openly boasted on Monday that they ? had re;used the food given them and had asked 6 Gou to take away their appetites > Wo soleinly inform the ''salvation Army of the Rhond.ia Valley, that they are not by such conduct forwarding the campaign on which they have vol ;iiitin lly entered, and that if they persist in netting the example to all the loughs and vagabonds in tho neighbourhood in t.ius defy- ing the well meaning and well administered laws of this country they will earn to them- solves another name and be eventually put down as a nuisance. Th)11 it might be asked, what would we advise thtm to do ? Why conduct the work like sensible men. Let them make as much noise in these valleys as they liko. God gave them the lungs and if over wrought nature velJts itself in a joyous shout we do not see any harm in that, for there is to be a joyous shout in heaven. We do not object to a vigorous outdoor canvass for recruits and to our mind the waving field and the broad canopy of the firmament form the best chapel. III fact the whole world is one vast threatro in M 1Cl\ the works of God join in one song of auoi ation of their maker. The whisper of the wrnd, the flal) of the Swallow's wing, the dying hum of eventide, the gory sky, the silver rays ■ 11 which pierce the ebony vault, bespeak that mighty but gracious influence which blesses a world essentially its own. To praise the Maker in the midst of his own handiwork seems fitting indeed, and to praise him at all seasons is consistent with the interminable character or tho blessings we receive. But the brains which r f e has also given us, and the surrounding circumstances which led to the far seeing waning, 130 wise as serpents," remind us that we are not alone in the world and if we are really in earnest; if the Salva- tionists" of the Uhondda are single-eyed in their profession, there will bo no more of these deliberate and ba^e-faced attempts to work up sympathy for individuals. W e presume some of these people will go about tho country with an additional interest," an adlitioual claim upon the public attention on account of their having been in gaol. But this is charlatanism, for they have only themselves to thank for it, and the speciality would not bo put forward by a third rate music hall artist. No good can come out of what has just occurred, but we hope that the peisons concerned will solemly and earn- estly sound their own motives. The human heart is deceitful above all things and desper- ately wicked," and there can be no question th it these Salvationists thought they were doing a good thing. If th,:se observations should open their eyes to the contrary, and should lead them to continue their gospel work quite as vigorously as. ever before, but with a ctue regard to tho.-e laws which harm no man rnd keep the country togothe: then wo shall bo thankful and we feel satisfied that the now wrongly vented fervour turned into the purer channel would redund to the glory of that Creator who made, saved, and pieserves us all.
THE ZULU WAR.
THE ZULU WAR. The following letter has just been received from Sorgt. Jones, son of Mr. Timothy Jones, signalman in tho employ of the Aberdare Coal Company. Tho writer is well- known in this locality, having formerly been. a drapers' as- sistant in this town — Camp Dundee, 7th July, 1879. My Dear brother, —Your ever cheering letter j reached me yesterday evening, and I answer it by return of post, which will satisfy you again for a while that I am on the laud of the living. You cannot imagine with what pleasure I dis- covered that you, too, favour our fated Com- mander-in-chief, Lord Chelmsford. I am perfectly aware that nearly the whole of the Conservative as well as Liberal journals con- demn his mode of campaign, but what did they know of his tactics from the receipt of the brief neffs, that they should condemn him without even a trial and hear what he had to say ? Some blamed him for dividing his forces, others for going too far from camp, others for going out at all. Now, my opinion is this, Lord Chelms- ford did what any man would have done, viz., he went out to fight the enemy where he knew he could find him, (in his front) while he left his left flank where the enemy was still in greater force than in his front (but he did not know this) unguarded save by the brave 600 of the 24th, but whatever anyone may say, I snail always remain convinced that he did everything for tho best. Wo, the 24th, ought to know what he is made of. Thoro is not a man in tho 2fth that would not fignt and most willingly die for him. ever since we met him on our way back to camp where we were perfectly ignorant of the loss of so mary lives and such an abundant supply of stores, ever since the 22nd January, when he halted us and said, "My lads of the 24th, I know I can trust you, you must re- capture the camp by the point of the bayonet and work your way through to Rorkes Drift." There was not a quiver on his proud lips. and although his brief address was given in gravity, yet it was encouraging and confidential, and every man would willingly have gone through fire and water for him. Who should know bettor than us, who are the subjects of his loving care and attention ? You alluded to the hardships we have to endure here. You really have no idea what hard times it is with us. I have not slept with my clothes and accoutrements oil' for the last 6 months. I gave you a discriptive ac- count of what wo had to suffer for the first mouth or two at ilorkes Drift after the retreat from Isandula we had the most cruel weather to contend with, added to this, v/o had neither clothes, blankets, nor any shelter from the angry elements, nor vessels to cook our food in. I am sorry to have to paint the misery of war in each letter, but God help mo, my sufferings are indeed terribly hard. n 1 have no idea what 1 snail turn my hand to when my time of service expires. I am per fectly certain I shall never bo able to work at any hard employment, but I must trust to the godess Fate to rule my future, I suppose. We had news here on the 5th instant of a battle that took place between tho contending forces. Ulundi (the king's kraal) has been utterly destroyed and a thousand Zulus killed. Our losses, I believe, were about 30 or 40 killed and double that number wounded. You will perceive that we now form part of the Border Guard. Wo asked the general to go up with him to Zululand, but ho replied that any young regiment would do to go to the front, and he could not trust such important places as the border drifts to others than the 24th and others who are broken in to the campaigning out, but I don t think we need grumble at being left behind, for everybody knows that the gallant .iitu have done their duty in South Africa since the outbreak in Kalfraria. We have marched tiio country over and over again, and slept in bush and rock, have had to drink the bush filthy water, and have had to put up with very scanty food and clothing. Oh yes, talking about the condemnation of Lord Chelmsford, by the penny journals, I have read two or three articles in the Saturday Review, which charged those who were fighting in the camp with cowardice Does anyone believe that they were cowards ? No, neither does the editor of the Review beliove they wore, but I suppose he would heartlessly charge the bravo men with cowardice for the purpose of drawing more at- tention towards his journal. The sad but glorious death of those brave men imputed with cowardice and tho patient endurance of the living with incompetency and carelessness! May England regret such usage of her brave sons, is the sincere wish of, your affectionate brother, EVAN JONES, Sergeant. 2nd Bat. 24th Regiment. —I forgot to mention my further pro- motion. I vvus promoted Sergeant 011 the 3rd April last. You need not expect to learn of any further steps as I am now what is generally °j*tho top of tho tree of Non-commissioned officers. I think, if my memory fails not, that I sent you my first letter from South Africa as a Private, second as a Lance Corporal, the tnird as Corporal, the fourth as a Lance t-ergeaut, and the present as a Sergeant.
! IRON AND COAL TRADE.
IRON AND COAL TRADE. (From the Mining World.j Tho future of the iron trade still looks more hopeful, and the news from across the Atlantic is still encouraging. Railway- iron orders for the United States are being worked out, and during the past week the Rhymt.oy Co. has forwarded to the States about 3,00 ) tons of this commodity. Orders on other accouuts are reportod to be not quite so scarco and, altogether, business may be said to look brisker. And though it is premature to speak of a general revival—which, after all, may be only temporary still it must be remembered that for the last month the improvement has gradually increased. The lownoss of prices, however, still militates much against iron- masters. Not quite so much appears to be doing in Bessemer steel rails, liars are quiet. The notices to terminate contracts at the Melingriffith and Pentyrch Works have ceased and at the latter establishment the blast furnace haj been blown out. There is a rumour- generally discredited—that the Marquis of Bute intends to buy the works. It may be noted that the steel ropes, of immense strength to be used for raising the German ironclad, the Grosser Kurfurst," are being manufactured at the works of Sir George Elliott, at Cardiff. All the fittings are of pure cast steel. The tinplate trade must be reported as in a rather unsettled condition. In the Swansea aud Llanelly stctions of the district the men, as a rule, are idle It was thought at first that an amicable arrangmont would be como to between the parties, but now that does not appear to be the case. A meeting of manufacturers will be held early next week. Meanwhile business is curaplained of as sluggish. As for the coal trade prices seem to be a little more regular. The output is couse- quently larger, and shipments are improving. Tho demand for steam qualities is good house coals are materially altered. Tho dispute at the 1 redogar Collieries continues, aud the men have brought out their tools. At Dinas the strike is virtually at an end. Last week work was stopped at an Abernant Colliery, in consequence of the pit flooding during a heavy rain storm. The colliers of the district appear resolved to nave a "genuine" nili,.ers' union for the district, special delegate meeting is to be held tj discuss that matter. Six have beeil appointed, four of whom will if allowed, give evidence before the Royal Com- mission upon accidents in mines. A number of hauliers employed at tho Tynybedw colliery have been summoned for absenting themselves illegally from wOlk. Defendants went to attend some sports, great loss was sustained by the company. Each defendant was ordered to pay 20s damages, and costs 7s. Tho company t 1. allogvd they had lost £ 21 and a contract for 700 tons by the defendants' conduct. The report of the South Wales Colliery Company is to hand for the half-year ending 2>:th June last, and the balance-sheet shows a loss of X i,511 15s. od. A call of 10s. per share, payable on the 1st November next, has been made, making £ 24. 10s. called up. The directors of the Alexandra (Newport) Dock Company have declared the usual dividends for the last half-year on the first and second preference shares. It is behoved that next year the original shareholders may receive something in the way of dividend.
€i)ttorial £ om;ipauOcnce.
€i)ttorial £ om;ipauOcnce. COEhEE PALACE FOR ABERDARE. To the Editor of the ABRRDAUH Tnn.s. Sir,— 1 would rospoctfully ask when may we expect the promoters of the Aberdare Club and Institute" will open in this town a Coffee Palace, similar to the Aberdare Arms, Mountain Ash, which matter appears to be with them ill contemplation P The want of such a place is very acutely felt. It was rumoured a year ago that Lord Aberdare proposed conferring such a boon upon us. This at the time caused others who had the matter in mind to suspend action in favour of his Lordship's. Since then nothing has been done. A Coffee Palace will prove a financial and social success inAberdare. We look to our worthy Vicar, Rev. J. Wynne Jones, M.A., in this matter. A word in reply from him will oblige.—Yours truly, COCOA NUT. Aberdare, 9th Sept. 1879.
THE BOROUGH ELECTION.
THE BOROUGH ELECTION. To the Editor of the A I'.I'.RDA.IE Tines. Sir, -Is Mr Ilenry Richard a free agent, or is ho only seemingly a consenting party to this linking of his name with that of Mr James iu the placarus covering the walls of the borough these days ? One cannot help thinking of John J3. Gough's pasteboard boy, a figure cut out of pasteboard, and worked by a string, which, wneo pulled. turows tho figure into any and ail shapes described. Feel's are entertained that this mes-alliance will cost our dear old friend his seat, that he will be pitched out to make room for his patron. it is to be hoped the borough will not repeat the folly of 1869 the rejection of Mr Henry Austin Bruce is the standing blot we cannot rub out. Will unseat- ing Mr ilenry Richard improve our damage! fame, under the assumption that two biaoks sii"ll make a white? Or rather will the Nemesis retaliate upon him, he being the Scapegoat for this sin of himself and his introducprs? for those who throw out Mr Bruce were Mr Richard and his friends, but for whom our noble old membor would have been left in uudistu' bed possession of his seat: Mr Fothergill simply aspiring for the second, which he got. and holds and probably will hold in defence of all comers. Those who seek to return Messrs Richard and James will fail in their attempt, one of the two will certain- ly bite the dust, for plumping probably will be the order of the day. Mr Fothergill, being tho working man's friend, the powers that be are on his side. "Trûch Gwlad nag Arghvydl:" The working men will put him in. His kindness 12 years ago to the poor old men, who were turned out of our collieries is not yet forgotten. Onr work- men love to call to mind, how when 70 poor creatures were turned adrift, on account of their agedness and infirmity, Air Fothergill took ihom in and gave them 12s. per week each. In thuir day ot adversity he befriended them: in his day, their sons will beiriend and support him. The parties, to whose unwisdom in 1839 we were indeoted for the loss of one of the finest members Wales ever produced—Mr Bruee —are those now acting on behalf of Messrs Richard and James. As in those days their linking Bruce and diehard resulted in the ousting of Uruce, so now their linking of Richard and James may result in the ousting of Henry Richard, Mr Fothergill as the working man's Candidate heading the polL Evidently the difficulty of their task staggers them for please note how questionable and shifty are the measures they adopt! The aban- donment of the name Nn-iconformist as applied to their Committee, apparently in the hope of attracting Churchmen's votes and support. Do thoj' not know, "t.hr rose 67 an// other n tm will smell as sweet, and that the aroma ot Dis-Estab- lishment from Messrs Richard and James will oifend sensitive i'hurch in da "t!, er nostrils, who stilif a pair of foxes near the hencoops of old Mother Church ? Also note 2. Their flying in the face of their best friends u forward a Unitarian, under tho plea that Religion has nothing to do with Politics, which next to the Denial of the Divinity of Jesus Christ is perhaps tho foulest and most disastrous untruth in Christendom. For did not our Ble-sed rounder of Religion decree, He that Uvcih by the stcord shall perish by the -sword* The shutting out of Jesus Christ from our flouse of Commons has caused all our legislation to be a denial oi that decree but what is the result ? To our sorrow by haudling tho sword, we have hanged round our necks a national debt of £ 800,000,000, which is weighing us down into the valley of the shadow of death, not oue penny of which need have been contracted but for our Godless legislation and. our negation of Christ, and what is the massacre of Isandula and of ( abul, but terrible verifications of the trutufulness of the decree ? Whatever is not of faith is of sin, and hath not, doth not our sin find us out ? i The Committee of ilichard and James repel the working men by their abuse of tho best filend the working men ever had in Aberda,ro- Mr liiohard Fothergill. Pa ul writes of some in his day "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." I have no hesitation in saying that the most stupendous act of folly some of the noble non- conforunsts of Merthyr and Aberdare have politically ever been guilty, is to go ill for a Denier of the Divinity of their Lord and ,\1 aster, for great as is the curse of Death, which slays 140,000 souls and profligates £ 200,000,000 per annum in this country, yet the curso of /nfi uditg is a bigger monster of blacker dye, for it is the sin of all sins, the parent of all sins, and pro-emiueutly the sin which it is the special mission of the Holy Ghost to innihilate for, "/Ie will reprooe the world of sin, because they believe not in me," (Christ.) But now in conclusion shall I say that ibrough prematurity of thought, and without ,ull.y taking in all aspects, that this somewhat nasty step was taken ? However, let me com- mend upon the attention of one and all my dosing subscription, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEJFD.
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LOCAL NOTES. THE REVIVAL, OF TRADE. Anyone who has studied the revealed opera- tions of our industrial capitalists within the past month will have had his eyes opened to the encouraging fact that trade is decidedly reviv- ing. It was announced about the 20th of August that a representative of the Canadian ministry in England had ordered no less than (>5,000 tons of steel rails of which the Dowlais Company received an order for 10.000 tons. A few days later it went forth that in conse- quence of the sudden demand for iron rails in the United States the Dowl&is Company also received orders for 15,000 tons of iron rails the price agreed upon being £4 f.o.b. at an English port. Bes.des these orders for rails their has been a general strengthening of prices in other departments of the iron and steel industries. The market reports from Scotland, Noith Lancashire, Cleveland, and the Black Country are exceedingly encouraging wnile in the Prin- cipality all those iron works which have de- veloped a steel department are looking up." Dowlais, we hear, is about to undertake the manufacture of tin plates and tires and it is reported that of late skilled labour has been much in demand there. The coal trade, too, has been iu a very flourishing condition in the Principality, and from the appearance of things all over the country the trade for this winter for the coming spring may be very safely cal- culated upon. We may therefore congratulate ourselves upan the undoubled change which has taken place in our trade prospects. Of course, we cannot expect to feel an im- mediate effect in a general sense. Still, matters have taken a turn, and instead of the dull dead level of depression which formed our horizon a shoit time ago, we have au early prospect before us. We hope that learning from the past our employers and workmen will not between them kill the goose with the golden eggs by a repeti- tion of their suicidal squabblings. The former should be ready to accord to their men who have shared in poverty and want the distress of the past ilve or six years' partnership in the bettor state of things, and the latter should be willing to wait until their employers have first received the wherewithal to increase their wage-rates. Oiton this" wherewithal is the outcome of the action of the men pending its influence on the customers. For instance owing to the determination of tho miners of West Scotland coal has increased from Is. to Is. 6d. per ton in value in that quarter, and the men's wages have already been advanced 6d. per day. s-till, it would be better if the masters and men could act together ill enhanc-. ing the value of the mineral in the estimation of the customers, and it should never be for- gotten that one month's strike is more mis- chievous than throe months of small profits and lows wages. 0 A VISITATION. That dreaded equine disease th^ glanders has made its appearance in these Valleys. At the Cwmaman Company's pit, Aberdaro, recently no loss than eight animals out of the forty engaged were found to bo affected. We are glad to say that the management acting ,]c upon able veterinary advice had tho eight suffererd put out of their misory at once, and we hope that thereby the local outbreak was stamped out. Our readers may not perhaps be awaro that this fearful complaint is more dangerous to the human race than hydrophobia his was the expressed opinion of a London magistrate tho other day, when considering a case in which some members of a family who were living over a stable had actually died of this terrible plague. Imagine such an epidemic I Mic spreading through a colliery full of meii Such a thing will not bear thinking adout and too much praise cannot be given to the above i Company for their prompt action, even though it involved them in considerable pecuniary loss. THE QUESTION OF CREED. Points involving the treatment of pauper children who may not belong to the Church of England, or to olle or other of the numerous bodies of protestant desseuters, are constantly cropping up at the Merthyr Board of Guardians, This partly arises from the majority of opinion upon tho Board and partly from the action fol- lowed by the Roman Catholic Church in dealing with any christened member of its flock. The Catholics while they cannot undertake in every instance tho temporal responsibility of each of their pauper children and perhapy, considering tho narrow and exclusive character of the creed" it is better for the common welfare of the com-' munity that thoy cannot—still insists upon tailing tho most active mterost iu their welfare. And sometimes this interest cashes with that poor Law, which is framed lor the general body of paupers. Of course, wherever there ia such a contention and as wo do not happily iive iu the days of a Gardiner or a Bonder,"the dictates the days of a Gardiner or a tuo dictates of the sect mast give way to the provisions of the law—the money of the ratepayers may, of course, provide for tho helpless of all creeds alike but it must notand shall not be made to sub scribe towards the support and promulgation of any creed,Protestant or Papist. Taking this much vexed question thus in the abstract, wo think Mr Rhys was right when ho defended the ex- penditure of tne master of the Abordaro train- ing School in the sending a Roman Catholic girl to a convent school in Loudon. She was too old to remain at tho Aberdare establish- ment, and in the ordinary course of things she would have gone out to service. But the people of her own faith intervened and offered to take her to a training establishment of then- own—and she was sent there. We as Pro- testants would have preferred her being sent out into a respectable family, for we mistrust convents and convent schools. But we look upon all this from our own point of view, and, in administrating public aifairs, it is necessary to be just, especially in dealing with those who do not see eye to eye with us on tho one engrossing subject: of man's consideration. I'OLiTUNE TELLING. AVe supposo that so long as tho world lasts there will be a spice of the superstitious in the composition of theaverage man and woman, Frolli the gross impostures of the winking and weeping Madonnas promulgated with rack and gibovit by a fiend liko otnas de Torquema la, we have passed to tne palpable swi idles of French peasant girls and the unholy but rich harvests of Lourdes t nd other modern shrines. 8u«h ciever juggfers as Maskclyne aud Cooke, and Dr. Lynn, have helped to explode a good ueal of this nonsense, including the latest swiudle, spiritualism but still there are the roaming dervishes of the art, mostly old women, who realise pretty frequently from credulous servant girls, there are one or two resident in tnis locautv we know and one of them, Mary Vaugaan, was sent to gaol by the Merthyr Liench recently for telling fortunes at Aberdare and at Merthyr. There was tae usual cant about a white and a dark ma-n. and money was passed. Mary V;tzigazL,. could not foretell her own lot, for she liov languishes in gaol -such is the irony of fate j
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CRICKET.—CROWN, MOUNTAIN ASH, v. STAR, AUERDAKE.—This match was playe l at Aber- dare on Saturday, 6th inst., and resulted in a victory for the home team by five wickets. GRAND EVENING CONCERT.—It will be seen from an announcement in our advertising columns that a grand evening concert wilt take I place at the Temperance Hall, in this town, on Wednesday evening next. The entertainment promises to be of an unusually attractive character, the following eminently distinguished artistes having been engaged for the occasion, viz: Madame Edith Wynne, Mr. W. H. Cummings, Vlr. Lewis Thomas, Mr. John Thomas (Peucerdd Gwalia), and Miss Bossie Waugh (Eos Mvnwyj. Mr. Ed Lawrance, of Merthyr, will act as conductor, i he programme is a most attractive oue. The promoters are deserving of the support of the public for pro- viding such an array of talent on the occasion, and we shall be much disappointed if their enterprise is not thoroughly appreciated. 9 I ltIFLE COMPETITION.—On Saturday after- noon last, at the Glandare range, the 14th G.R.V. held their usual monthly competition for the Officers' Challenge cup, when Sgt. Parker was again declared the winner. This being the third occasion on which he has scored the highest number of points, the cup now becomes his property. MERTHVR BOARD OF GUARDIANS—•There was an unusually large attendance of the guardians on Saturday last. vir. G. T. Clark presided. —In consequence of the death of Dr Thomas, Cytarthfa, Dr Biddle nominated Dr Dyke as his deputy. The nomination was ap- proved of. A correspondence which had taken place between the pay-officer, Mr Thomas, and the Local Government Board, anent sub-charges of £ l 11>3 3d, which had been made by the auditor, Mr. Jones, on the ground that the pay- ment was illegal, was referred to. The clerk was instructed to communicate with the board in Loudon on tne subject. Mr. and Mrs. Dew, the former the porter of the house, and the wife a servant in the laundry, wrote, resigning their positions. The resignations were accepted, and advertisements ordered to be issued.—A! r.D. Davies, Giebeland, move the appointment of a committee to inquire and report as to the em- ploy ment of paupers by the master.—The Chairman asked if anyone seconded the motion Mr. James seconded the proposition. Mr Rhys moved an amendment that, until the charges be put down in writing, no committee be ap- pointed.- i he Rev. W. Davies seconded che proposition.—The amendment, upon a division, was carried.
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ABE ii DA RE POLICE COURT. TUESDAY—[Before R. II. Rhys, J. Lewis, D. E inili'ims, and ll. Edwards, E,\qs.) DRUNKENNESS.—David Davies. haulier, was charged by P.O. Hees with being drunk and riotous, in Commercial-street on Saturday last and lined 10s. and eoscs. Rees Alorgau, charged by P.S. Cole with a similar offence, it,, Viarket- street, on the same night, was fined 5s. and costs. — Kees Rees, charged by P.C. James with a similar offence in the same street, on the same night, was fined in a like amount. Henry Edwards, for being drunk aud fightin"- in Com- mercial-street, on the 31st ult., was lined in a like amount. P.S. Cole gave evidence. William Davies, for being drunk in Duke-street, on the 1st inst., v/a- lined in a like sum on the information of P.C. Ja.nes.—Thomas .!ones for being drunk in Cardiff-street, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs. P C. Rees gave evidence. "CAT AXD DOG." -Thomas Howells and llenrv Phillips, for playing tho above game in Miil-streat, on the 27th ult., were lino-d 2s. 61. each aud cost3, on tho information of P.C. Nicholas. REFUSING TO QUIT.—Thomas Davies was fined 10s. and costs for refusing to quit the Brecon Arms, on the 2nd inst. P.C. Morgan Davies gave evidence.—Edward Appleton, °for refusing to quit the New Inn, High-street, ,vas "!at similarly dealt with. POCKET PICKING—Mary Jane Powell alia, Dick i urpin, aged 17, of Aberaman, was charged with stealing a purse containing 13s, from the person of Rachel Benjamin, wife of it collier, living at Forge Trip, Abornant. On Saturday night, a little past nine, tho pro- secutux was standing outside the Aberdare Market, in Market-street, when jtrisouor was observed by a youth named John Williams to abstract something from her pocket and walk quickly away. He knew the prisoner, and in- formed Mrs. lienjaoriin of what he had seen, upon which the prosecutrix discovered that she had lost her purse containing half a sovereign and 3s. Information was given to the police, and the prisoner was the same night apprehended. Miss Ellen Colcomb stated that on Saturday night prisoner had changed a half-sovereign at thu Farmers' Arm-, public house. P.C. James James said that at 11 o clock on Saturday night he arrested prisoner near the Welsh llnm. and on charging her at the station with stealing the purse and 13s, she replied, "I did not take anything. She then had in her possesion 2s b„jd in money, a new basket, two pairs of stockings, some ribbon and lace, a brooch, locket, and chain, and a bottle of rum. Prisoner said she had bought the basket, stock- mgs, and ribbon_for-ts. 3d; the brooch, locket, and chain for os and the bottle of rum for Is. 2d. making altogether three halfpence more than the 13s. Prisoner thou began crying, and said that whan she came out of gaol last time she made up her mind that she would not go back there, but here was was in agaiu for the same thing They had behaved very bad to her at home. The prisoner denied making this latter statement, and having nothing to say in her defence, was committed, for trial at the quarter sessions, bail being- refused. DARING THEFT BY A YOUTH. David 1 Daniel, a lad about 12 yoars of age, was brought up charged with stealing 5s. 7d from tho C wmdaro Board School, on the 22nd ult. Mr. Gery, clerk to tne School Board, prosecuted. Mr Win. Woodhead Yates, master of the school, deposed I wont to the schools about 8 o'clock, on the morning iu question, and found my desk unlocked. The previous evening I had loft therein 8s. Id. in copper, school fees belonging to tne Aberdare School Board LTpon examin- ing the desk I found that 5s 7d. had been taken out. When [ admitted the scholars, I knpt a sharp look out and found that this boy had a quantity of sweets and was giving them I very freely to the other boys in the class. I called him out and asked what ho had in his mouth. He showed me some sweets. I then asked him if ho had any more, and he said no, but as I had seen him put something into his pocket, I told him to turn his pockets out. He was very reluctant to do so, and at last I put my hand in his coat pocket and found: some sweets and od in coppers. I then told him to unbutton his coat and found his waistcoat pockets full of cop ors, amounting to 4s 9bd. When I found the 3d in his pocket, he said it Al I belonged to his fataer. I then taxed him with taking money from my desk. At first he denied it, but when I threatened to give him a good thrashing he confessed and told me whare he had spent the remaining 4|d I asked him how he got into the school and he said it w.is through tne lavatory window and that ho had opened my desk with a key that belonged to himself. I asked him for the key and he said he had lost it by climbing over the school wall I failed to find the key. The lavatory window was broken during the holidays. By Mr. Ithys I believe the boy has been punished by 1 his father. P.C. Cross stated that last witness called him to the school, and the boy, who was present, was crying. He said he was ver-r soiry he had been so foolish, but would not do such a thing agaiu. Prisoner pleaded guilty to 1 the charge. Mr. Gory said the Board wished < the Bench to deal leniently with the prisoner, t as his father had already punished him. The I; iienca oidered prisoner to receive six strokes t with a birch rod. t DISOBEYING AN OKDEU.—William James, collier, Ystrad, was sent to prison for two months for neglecting to pay X3 10s. due under an affiliation order made m October last year. at the instance of Jane Evans, Cwmbach. AFFILIATION. William Davies, employed at the tin works, was charged with being the father of tho' illegitimate child of Elizabeth Jones, Roberts lown. Mr G. James prosecuted and Air Thos Phillips defended. Tne case took up a considerable time in the hearing, but was dismissed for want of sufficient corroborative evidence. SCHOOL BOARD CASE.—George Hall, painter, fountain Ash, was summoned by the Llau- WOllHG school Board for not causing his child to attend the Duffryn School. Mr Shiptoa I proved the case, and defendant was finod 58 including costs. STEALING RAILWAY SLEEPERS.—Mary Wil- liams, a married woman living at Roberts' Town, was charged on remand with stealing a number of railway fcloepers, usod as as a fence, and belonging to the Great Western Railway Company. The case was proved, and a fine of 10s. and costs imposed. BREAKING A WINDOW —Henry Harding was summoned for breaking a pane of the property of W. Todd, Oxford-street, Mountain Ash, on the 26th ult Defendant admitted the offence, and stated he restored the glass next morning. The Bench ordered him to pay 3s 6d, the cost of the summons. ASSAULT. John Lowis, collier, Cwmpennar, was summoned for assaulting Ebenezer George, i Complainant alleged that as he was going home at half-past 11 at night the defendant set at him and abused him, striking him down and after- wards kicking him on tho ground. Defendant said that complainant struck him first and 1 called him a turncoat." Tho case was dis- missed. TRESPASS.Thomas James, a lad residing at Cwmaman, was charged with being found in an orchard, the property of .ir George Elliott. P.C. Reed proved the case. Ordered to pay Id. damage, 5d fine, and costs.