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ORIGINAL POETRY.
ORIGINAL POETRY. YOU BID ME WRITE OF HAPFIER THINGS You bid me write of happier things,— Of joy, of hope, of love You bid me picture this dark world Fair as yon heaven above. You tell me that this barren earth Will yield sweet flowers again You say beyond those darksome clouds Unclouded skies are lain. You say this weary life is not One dreary round of care And that no soul should be a prey To harrowing, dark despair. You bid me write of happier things, To scan life's brighter page, To let the good and beautiful Alone my thoughts engage. You bid me scan God's glorious works,- The heaven, the earth, the sea And mark the order that pervades The works of Deity. I love the beautiful of earth; I love the ocean's roar And fain would watch the varying tides Borne forth from shore to shore. I love to gaze on snow-crowned heights; I love the budding spring And love the sunny months that do Earth's yearly increase bring. I love to gaze on ebon skies, When by rude storms they're riven; I love to see bright countless stars, Studding the boundless heaven. I know, too, countless charms pervade This wond'rous world of ours And that some lives glide calmly on, As 'twere in fairy bowers. But 'tis not mine to sing of joy— Joy e'r eludes my grasp And even hope, sweet smiling hope, Flies ever from my clasp. EMILY STEPHENS.
EDUCATION OF WORKMEN.
EDUCATION OF WORKMEN. NOTWITHSTANDING all the efforts which have been put forth for the last twenty or thirty years, to diffuse educa- tional advantages among the bone and sinew of the country," as the working class is called, there can be little doubt that the practical education of the thousands who sweat at the furnace and toil in the mines is lamentably neglected. Men whose very lives, from the nature of their occupation, depend upon the strict observance of scientific conditions, are, as a rule, singularly ignorant of the bear- ings of the various phenomena by which they are surround- ed. The limited period during which—either from the necessities of a large family, or from causes not so perti- nent — school advantages are available precludes all possibility of a. boy bringing intelligence and active curiosity to bear upon his daily avocations. The associa- tions of his youth and the traditions of his order, render all incentives to home study to a very great extent unattrac- tive. Hence, it cannot be a matter of surprise that, under such repressive circumstances, the uneducated child be- comes the ignorant man, going through life, as it were, afflicted with intellectual blindness. This, it is needless to say, is a positive misfortune; a misfortune for the indivi- dual, and a. misfortune for the society in which he lives. It would require no special pleading, or much, if any, eloquence to trace the connection between this state of things and many strikes, which curse the district in which they take place. Among those who comprise the strictly productive classes, such as artizans, machinists, colliers, &c., the great object of education would seem to be the employment of such means as would lead to an intelligent appreciation of the specific work each has to do. Should not a carpenter, for instance, have some notion of the nature of the materials with which he is more immediately connected—some notion of the principles which he in prac- tice applies to the construction of articles coming within his department of industry ? Should not a mechanic, be he ever so humble, be acquainted with the laws governing the direction of force, the application of the mechanical powers, and the various elements which, in combination, go to secure the economy of labour? Would it be too much to expect to find a collier a good geologist; acquain- ts with the principles of ventilation, and with some notion of the qualities of gases ? In each of these cases the combination of theory and practice would not render a workman less efficient, while his value as a thinking unit in the social aggregate would be materially enhanced on the other hand, the bare application of physical force, with such skill as years of labour may have bestowed, leaves him very little for congratulation. It is labour without its poetry; material without ornament. The subject of labour, intelligent or crude from this point of view, is, we think, of such importance. The con- iderations flowing from it so vital in its influence upon many of the great social questions of the present age, to the solution of which philosophers and philanthropists have brought all their energies with but comparatively little result, that we cannot refuse noticing a lecture delivered in the Wesleyan Training School, on Wednesday week, by Mr. Buckm aster, the representative of the Science and Art Department, in connection with the Committee of Council on Education. We may here remark with regret the paucity of hearers on that occasion. The treatment of the various points would have secured attention and received appreciation on the part of the working men of this place, had they been present. Mr. Buckmaster gave a concise but able resume of the origin, changes, and present form of the science department,—how it grew out of a want long felt in the manufacturing industry of this country. The British producer could compete with any nation in the markets of the world, but he had to depend upon the pro- ducts of Continental schools for his designs. This was felt to be derogatory to a nation like ours. The rapid develop- ment of France, America, and other countries, led the Government to inquire whether the difficulty could be removed. It was felt that the inability to secure British designs was not due to any constitutional defect in the nation, but from the want of encouraging such establish- ments as were common in the two countries we have men- tioned. The period elapsing between the time of leaving school and the age when mental responsibilities were under- taken, was thought to be a gap that ought to be filled up. Schools for the study of art, in its application to manufac- tures, as also for the study of geology, mining, metallurgy, chemistry, &c., for the same purpose, were established. The results are pronounced satisfactory. A system of prizes is established, and every inducement given to ac- quire, during the evenings after labour, those subjects which are really so necessary to a correct appreciation of the nature of the industrial occupations which absorb the majority of our countrymen. Mr. Buck master, after stating that no school of the kind was in operation in South Wales, pointed out in appropriate terms the social bearings upon the operatives of this district, a consistent and steady pursuit of departmental knowledge would effect. The real value of study, apart from its extrinsic value, consists in its use as a means of mental discipline elevating the character, and ennobling the man. Every working man now has an opportunity of demonstrating that he is more than a mere machine, and the habits developed by con- tinual study will increase his self-respect, influence his domestic circle, raise himself in the estimation of his em- ployer, and confer upon him a power in his social relations with those among whom he is continually compelled to mix. MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.—IT C. Hunter. Esq., surgeon, has just been appointed medical officer for the factories within the limits of the Pontypridd district, under the provisions of the Government Factory Act. THE FENIANS AND THE COLLIERS.—We alluded in the last impression of the MERTHYR TELEGRAPH to the rumour that two packages, containing arms, had arrived at the Pontypridd station for some individuals in Treforest. The excitement in the minds of many does not we find seem to abate. It was currently reported among the colliers of the neighbourhood that an attempt had been made on the part of the Irish in Tredegar to suffocate the men underground by forcibly covering the air shafts. This was soon adopted by many as a positive fact. As there is a considerable number of the natives of the sister country employed in Treforest, and as it is pretty generally accepted by the alarmists that sympathisers and active participators in the foolish sentiments ascribed to Fenianism are to be found among them, it was of course thought that an attempt would be made on the part of these unlucky traitors to suffocate the men, murder their wives and families, includ- ing of course the inhabitants of the town, and lay Ponty- pridd in ashes. If there were any degree of reliance to be placed upon these rumours, the turn out of the colliers of the pits near the town for the purpose of devising proper measures to resist the attack contemplated would be justifi- able. Looking at the number of Irish residing in the place, at the improbability in the absence of arms of such a mad step, at the measures that could be promptly taken to nip such a senseless attack in the bud, the whole project must be regarded as utterly untenable and unworthy of notice. We know very well that the colliers are not actuated by cowardice, but from apprehensions for the safety of their wives and children, should they be rendered helpless by the carrying out of so diabolical a scheme as the one supposed to be contemplated. In Ireland, the seat of Fenianism, the inhabitants are calm and treat the whole aflair with con- tempt let via not be backward in expressing the same feeling. i
MERTHYR POLICE COURT.
MERTHYR POLICE COURT. SATURDAY.— (Before J. C. Fowler, Esqs.) A Dishonest Lodger.—Thomas Rhind, a tramp, who called himself a 'carpenter, was charged with stealing a woollen shawl, valued at 6s, 6d., the property of Fanny Chanter. On Tuesday evening last the prisoner was in the Rising 's'un public-house, Merthyr, and was enquiring for lodgings. The prosecutrix told him he could lodge at the same house as she did, and he went with her, and stayed there that night. Prisoner left about five o'clock on the following morning, and after he had gone, the prosecutrix missed her shawl.—Mr. Lewis Jacob deposed that the pri- soner pledged the shawl at his shop on the Wednesday morning, and in the evening P.S. Thomas arrested the prisoner in High-street, and charged him with stealing it. Prisoner said he knew nothing about the b shawl, and only had 3s. upon it. He was in drink at the time. He pleaded guilty, and said he was very sorry, but the drink bad done it.—His Worship said he couldn't imagine that this was the first offence by the prisoner, but they had no means of knowing his antecedents. It was a dishonest act to take this shawl from the young woman after being con- ducted to a public lodging-house by her; and perhaps the money received from the pawnbroker's had been spent in drink.—Committed to Swansea gaol for three months' with hard labour. Transfer of License.—The license of the Adam and Eve Inn, Pond-side, was endorsed in favour of Mrs. Ann Lockyear, late of the Butcher's Arms, Caedraw. Three Sheets in the Wind."—The following were fined for getting into this delightful state, or gloriously drunk" Samuel Jones, for being found drunk and lying down near the New Inn, High-street, on the 24th ult, was fined 7s. 6d. including costs. P.S. Rees proved the charge. —David Walters, William Jones, and William Williams, appeared, from the evidence of P.C. Griffiths, to have been fighting one with another in Caeharris-street. Dowlais, on the 21st. They were fined respectively 10s. including costs. None of them appeared, but sent either wife or sister. The Charges against P.C. Llewellyn.— Before the busi- ness of the court had commenced to-day Mr. Simons entered, and on behalf of Emmanuel Simpson, of Gelly- faelog, applied for a summons against police-constable Thomas Llewellyn, for refusing to take two men into cus- tody when called upon to do so.—Mr. Fowler: Under what statute do you apply?—Mr. Simons said he considered this a. breach of duty according to the Constabulary Act." —Mr. Fowler When is the offence alleged to have taken place?—Mr. Simons: Two monihs last Thursday.—Mr. Lewis handed his Worship the statute, which required that the offence must be laid within two calendar months.—-Mr Simons said as it turned out that they were beyond the date. they mu°t seek some other remedy. His impression was that it was two months last Thursday, but (conferring with Mr. Glascodine) he would charge the offence within two months.—Mr. Fowler said he had no jurhdiction if it was not within the time specified by law, but he would make a memorandum of the application having been made. He supposed the application was founded upon the contents of the letter that had been rpad in court previously (given in last week's TELEGRAPH).—Mr. Simons Exactly that was a narrative, taken down from Simpson's lips, and was senttothe Superintendent, as it was thought it was his duty to enquire into it. Another Charge of Refusing to Admit a Policeman.— John Williams, of the Cambria beerhouse, Quarry-row, was summoned for refusing to admit P.C. Thomas Davies. The witness said he went to the house on Sunday, the 26th ult., about half-past three in the afternoon knocked at the door several times, and at last a woman came, who called out, who's there ?" Witness said police She walked away, and in two or three minutes the door was opened, when witness saw the landlord sitting with two men in one room. Witness saw no beer about, and asked if the men were lodgers. Defendant said, What odds is that to you; go out of my house."—By Mr. Fowkr I was detained there two minutes after I called out "police."—Defendant: He only knocked once. The defence set up was that the lock was out of repair, and that the nob being off, it could not be opened without the aid of a knife. The two men in the house, and also the servant girl, testified to the fact and indeed P.C. Melhuish, who afterwards saw the lock, fully corroborated their statement. In cross-examination, however, of one of the witnesses by the Bench, the other witnesses being at this time out of court, it was discovered that his evidence, in some minor particulars, was flatly contradicted, and therefore, as untruth was spoken in a matter of detail, the Bench considered that it was necessary to review the whole of the evidence of the defendant, and adjourned the case for consideration until Monday.— In giving his decision on Monday, his Worship said he had come to the conclusion that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction. The defendant was charged with re- fusing to admit a constable, and he (Mr. Fowler was satis- fied that there was a refusal in point of fact; because the landlady, or some one else, did walk to the door, knew it was the police, and then went away again. That amounted to refusing to admit. It was said, indeed, that there was something the matter with the lock, but when he found that the witnesses brought forward had attempted to mis- lead the Bench, and one of them had stated what was false, and that the evidence when contrasted would not bear the test, he could place no confidence in any portion of the defence. He considered the charge proved, and ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 40s. and costs. MONDAY.—(Before J. C. Fowler and E. J. Davies, Esqs.) Rhymney Pay.—William Thomas was charged with drunkenness and assaulting P.C. Evans. On Saturday evening last the prisoner went to the Rhymney pay office drunk, and, without producing his pay ticket, demanded his money. The clerk, seeing his condition, thought it would not be prudent to give him his money, and called the works' constable to turn him out. The prisoner re- fused to leave, and struck P.C. Evans on the breast. The prisoner was fined 20s. and costs; in default, fourteen days' imprisonment. Cold Goose and Mashed Potatoes for Supper.—Two muscular, hale and hearty fellows, David O'Keefe and John Griffin, were charged with stealing part of a goose, and some mashed potatoes, the property of David Emma- nuel Marendez, of the Crawshay's Arms, public-house. Last night, about twelve o'clock, Mr. Marendez and his family were together in the back part of the house, when the men slid in, unperceived, by a side door, and seeing the dainty dish before them, they could not resist the temp- tation, but at once comoumced supper without asking any- one. Mr. Marendez, however, happened to look in, and no doubt felt very provoked to see the choice slices of the breast disappearing so rapidly, and, what made it more unpleasant, his unbidden guests refused to leave, and were forcibly ejected. P.C. Stephens, in patrolling that way, saw the men who had been, as the landlord expressed it, cheeking him," after eating his goose, and at once took them to the police-station t? ruminate over their meal. The defence made was that they went to the house for a quart of beer nobody came when they rapped they had supper to paps time away till the host came; and what they had eaten they could pay for.—The Bench did not think it amounted to a felony, though it was a most un- mannerly trespass. It was a most impertinent thing to walk into a man's house and eat his goose and mashed potatoes- The men were then released from the dock, and in reply to the Bench, said they would pay for what they had eaten. In the Land of China.—Cornelius O'Neill, a young man, evidently ashamed of the charge he had to prefer, complained snickeringly to the Bench that he had been robbed of 9s. 6d, by Mary Rees. On Saturday night last the prosecutor went to a house in China, having previously changed half-a-sovereign. Sixpence of this he decided to spend in bis immoral transaction, and was with a young woman in the bouse of the prisoner Rees, who watched her opportunity, and took the money from the prisoner's jacket, ran downstairs, and left the house. Prosecutor fol- lowed her, but gave up the chase, and told P.C. Melhuish of the robbery, who apprehended the prisoner this morning. She denied that she had the money, and said the prose- cutor made the charge because she had summoned him on a former occasion. The prisoner persisted in saying that she did not take the money, and was committed for trial. A Carious Charge of Felony.—Ellen Nagle, an Irish- woman, with the loquacious powers so distinctive of her kith and kin, was charged with stealing half a sovereign, the property of David Edwards, af Dowlais. From the evidence it transpired that the prosecutor keeps a shop, managed by his two daughters. The prisoner went there on Saturday afternoon, the 2nd inst., and asked Catherine Edwards how they sold bloaters. Prisoner was told the price, but they did not please her, and she then asked the price of a cabbage, which was 2.Jd., but was ultimately sold to her for 2d. She laid down a shilling to pay for it, and the girl looked in the till for change. She saw that there was no sixpence there, and went to a chest of draw- ers, where her sister Ann had placed a half sovereign and two shillings a short time before. She took whvt she be- lieved to be a sixpence, but what was found to be the half- sovereign, and this and fourpence she handed to the prisoner, who at once left the shop. When the mistake was discovered, Catherine Edwards went to the prisoner's house and told her of her mistake, when prisoner, with con- siderable warmth, rose a poker and threatened to split the girl's skull if she said such a thing. Another customer, a Mrs. Samuel, went into the shop before the prisoner left it, and saw the prosecutor's d lughter hand the half-sove- reign to her, but said nothing, as she did not know what change was coming to her. Mrs. Samuel swore most posi- tively that it was gold, and not a sixpence, which the girl gave to the prisoner. Now comes the most remarkable part of thi3 case. P.S. Howlett deposed to arresting the prisoner within about an hour of the alleged robbery, when she, wis at her own house. She denied the robbbery, and said she had sixpence and fourpence given to her. When asked to deliver up what money she had about her, she banded sixteen shillings, in silver, to the sergeant, and gave a reasonable account of the way she came by it. The police sergeant asked if that was all she had, and suggested that she should feel in her bosom. She did so, and pulled out a piece of dirty rag, in which was wrapped carefully, and in rows, twenty-six sovereigns, but no half-sovereign. —His Worship said a question of criminal law was raised which he should like to look into, and remanded the case till Saturday. Bail was accepted, and the money belonging to the prisoner, given over to her. A Fightable Drunkard.—Cornelius Crowley was found by P.S. Howlett in High-street, Dowlais, on Sunday night, stripped and wanting to tight. The beer had got into his head, and he conceived everybody a foe to him. He was sent to prison for seven days. The Pig-stye NuLsanee.—William Hammond was sum- moned for assaulting Ebenezer Prosser, a mason. living in John-street, Merthyr. On Saturday night week the com- plainant went to the Royal Oak for his supper beer, about half-past eleven o'clock. The defendant was there, and when he saw complainant, he asked him the reason why he did not come to build his pig-stye. Complainant said he sent a little boy to say that he could not come. Defend- ant then got irritated and said, "D you, 1 know who stopped my pig-stye now, and rose a pint, which he threat- ened to throw at complainant. (It is well known that the Herculean inspector of the Board of Health has been en- gaged in the task laiply of effecting a wholesale clearance of piggeries, and the defendant thought the complainant had a bit of spite against him ) However this may be, after an angry altercation, blows were exchanged as rapidly as words. The complainant of course asserted that he was struck first, and said defendant got his head under his arm, and was "fibbing" away at him against the wall. Mr. Wrenn explained to his Worship that this was "getting into chancery." Some one cried out in the room to defend- ant, for God's sake let him go, or he will be killed." Mr. C. T. Wills, surgeon, said he did not see the complainant till Thursday last, when he had a black eye, his teeth were loose, and he appeared to be recovering from recent inju- ries. He seemed to have been bruised about the head, and said he had vomited a quantity of blood.—For the defence, John Evans, a collier, said complainant struck the first blow, and was going at the defendant a second time, when the landlord of the house pulled him away. He then went round the table, jumped at the defendant, and they had fast hold of each other for some time, pegging away as well as they could.—His Worship said there was no doubt a short and sharp fight, and complainant had the worst of it, but the answer to the charge was such that be could Hot convict the defendant,—Case dismissed. A Wanton Outrage.—Thomas Edwards, jun., who did not appear, was charged with doing wilful damage to the house, of Margaret Evans, a widow woman, living in Swan- street. On Thursday night the defendant went to the com- plainant's house in drink, and found the inmates in bed. To rouse them, he smashed several panes in the window. and ahused the woman ard her lodger. For this piece of mischief, he was ordered to pay 8s. compensation, and a fine of £5; in default, one month's hard labour at Swansea gaol. Distraining for Rent.—David Evans, of Dowlais, was summoned for breaking a window in a house belonging to Mr. T. Jenkins, of High-street, Merthyr. The defendant, who did not appear, is of unsteady habits, and owing to arrears of rent, which were not likely to be paid, had a dis- tress warrant served upon him. On Saturday week he went home in drink, and commenced to smash the window and despoil the house, saying he would have the value of his goods.—He was ordered to pay 7s. damage, and a fine of 20s. and costs in default, fourteen days' imprisonment.
THE REV. CHARLES WHITE ON…
THE REV. CHARLES WHITE ON THE RECENT OUTBREAK IN JAMAICA. IN consequence of the previous announcement, a large con- gregation assembled at High-street Baptist Chapel, on Sunday evening last, when the Rev. Charles White gave a discourse on the recent outbreak in the island of Jamaica. The chapel, though not inconveniently crowded, was full, every seat in the galleries and the body being occupied. After the hymn, Before Jehovah's awful throne," had been sung, the preacher read the 2nd chapter of St. James's epistle. The usual devotional exercises followed, and Mr. White then selected as the basis of his remarks the pas- sage —"Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad," Eccles. vii, 7. In commencing, he said—It has always been my opinion that all the revolutions, rebellions, revolts, and riots, re- corded in history, are traceable to one and the same source. The people, in small or in large numbers, suffer from real or imaginary grievances, and, after endeavouring for a long time in proper and constitutional ways to get redress from "the powers that be"—the government being, generally speaking, slow to redress injustice—they grow weary of using fair means, and, unfortunately, become maddened and resort to foul, to get that which they strove in vain to obtain in a legitimate and proper way. The French Revo- lution, the different insurrections of Poland, the wars in the time of Oliver Cromwell, are illustrations of the truth of this remark. The French revolution was simply an out- break against the tyranny of the rule in France; the peo- ple of England had grown weary of the tyrannical reign of the first Charles, and when they failed to gain what they wished, a revolution was the result. The same is true, to a certain extent, in smaller matters-the Chartists riots and the outbreaks in Ireland for example. You know that before the Chartist riots took place, a petition, signed by tens of thousands of persons, was sent up to the British Parliament, to endeavour to obtain in a fair and constitu- tional way that which was thought to be the just rights of the people and, when the People's Charter was treated with contempt, the people became mad and resorted to force—they always resort to force, but still it is generally the result of the refusal of fair demands. Ireland has often complained of her grievances, and her representatives in the House of Commons have always protested against im- posing on her an Established State Church the Church of England the people don't want, wont believe in, or love, and until it is removed, we shall continue to hear of petty revolutions, Fenian movements, and such things. There is no effect without a cause and all outbreaks are simply the effects of some causes that have preceded. When men do rise up in a vengeful, an angry, and vindictive spirit, they do commit acts which cannot be justified. I don't pretend to justify them, but simply state as a fact what has always been the case at all times. If you hold the rope too tight, the danger is, that when cut there will be a terrible re-action. If a young man is brought up in an or- thodox, austere religious school, the danger is that, when he obtains his freedom, he will go off with a bound into scepticism, rationalism, or atheism. The same is true, to a certain extent, though in a smaller degree, of a body of men. The people of Jamaica had suffered terribly from increased taxation; there was famine and nakedness among them, for the common articles of clothing could not be purchased, and many went entirely without clothes, while others could not get half enough to satisfy the crav- ings of hunger. They complained to the governor of that colony—no fit representative of the reign of Queen Vic- toria-complained repeatedly, but without result. Then Dr. Underhill himself wrote to the Colonial Secretary, in- forming him of fthe state of things in the island. George William Gordon, a member of the Jamaica Parliament, of whom we shall have to speak hereafter, brought before that assembly, in a most vivid manner, the condition and the wants of the people but it was all in vain. False re- presentations were continually sent to this country of the state of things. I have seen and conversed with people who lived in Jamaica before this outbreak, and among them are those whom I could number with my personal friends, missionaries or travellers, and all agree in saying that the condition of people was heartrending and terrible in the extreme. The people were becoming dissatisfied, and that prepares the way for an outbreak but, after all, that which has been called a rebellion, an outbreak, a re- rolution, was really a mere nothing. The riots that took place in this town, some years ago, were really far more formidable in their character than were these things in Jamaica. One man was taken prisoner; the crowd around him thought he was taken unjustly, and they rescued him. Then commenced operations, and those frightful scenes at Morant Bay. The mob became infuriated—as mobs will when they think themselves harshly or improperly dealt with-and so the military fired upon them, unarmed as they were, and the result was that they rose up and burnt the Court House. Hence the scene, which by the way has been very greatly exaggerated by some of the organs of the press. I don't attempt to justify the murders committed by some of the natives of that place, at that time, and under great provo- cation. It was a great sin on their part to resort to force of that kind at all. But, if you lament that petty out- break—it was nothing more—if you lament the result of that small riot—for that was all it was —what will you say of the wholesale butcheries, the terrible massacres resorted to by the agents of the English Government to trample it out. I can say nothing, but only feel sad and sick at heart when I read of the way in which that matter was settled there. I don't think ten men were killed altogether by those who began the riot-I don't think one soldier belong- ing to our army was killed—but the number of blacks in that island put to death by our officers, shot down like dogs, or bung with scarcely the form of a trial, is put down, according to the latest accounts, at 2,000 Two thousand butchered only to avenge the death of a few When we look at these facts, we must feel sad indeed the way in which it was done, and the way in which people talk about it. The man who sent this report :alks as if he boasted, as if he was glad of these infernal deeds. That, however, was the way by which an outbreak was to be crushed out in an English colony, under English rule and that is the way Russia crushes a rising in Poland. Houses and chapels were burnt down simply to create terror in the minds of the people—to create a wholesome terror, that was the only excuse. The Maroons, too, the savage aborigines of the island, were actually employed to hunt the natives down like sheep. Just fancy pressing into their service the worst barbarians of the island, as savage as the Red Indians, and perhaps more so, to hunt dowh defenceless men, women, and children! And whilst men were hanging, one of our agents actually commanded these Maroons to execute one of their war dances round the victims while expiring, seemingly with the intention of making the car- nival as terrible and as diabolical as it was possible. One reporter says they enjoyed the sport. One man, for scowl- ing, and scowling justly under the infliction of the lash, was hung by his persecutors; and all this occurring in this age, in that island, done by the representatives of this country. But, friends, we have no time to enter into the minutias of these proceedings—we are almost afraid to trust ourselves to speak upon the subject at all. There is only one case I will bring before you now of rank injustice. I refer to the execution of George William Gordon- I have read all the despatches which have come to this country since the commencement of this disturbance, and I say now, in the coolest manner posssible, and feeling that it is plain truth, that George William Gordon is a murdered man- murdered in the name of law and justice. Take the facts of the case. He was member of the parliament of his country, and was what John Bright or Mr Forster would be in ours—a leader of the liberal party. Mr. Gordon lived in Kingston, a place where martial law was not in force, and his crimes, if they ended there, were committed long before the outbreak. The governor went in person and took him prisoner, after he had surrendered himself. He was taken by a civil warrant to Morant Bay, where martial law was in force, tried by a court martial on Satur- day night, and was executed on the following Monday morning. There were only two naval omcers and an ensign of the army to do this deed -three men in the in- terests of the planters and the whites, who hated the politics of Gordon, and who pronounced his doom. Only one hour before his death was he told that he was to be executed at all. I can see nothing wrong in his character. 1 have read the document that was used in evidence against him, and 1 cannot see anything in that more revolutionary or seditious than in half the speeches delivered in the British Parliament every session, by some of our Reform members. The truth is, Gordon was sacrificed simply to party and planter feeling. He was the friend of the negro raie, the friend of the coloured people he spoke out boldly against the oppression and injustice that had prevailed, and now this was thought to be a good chance for getting rid of him. He said to one of his friends, "I know if they get a chance to dispatch me, they will do it." The chance oc- curred thc:y availed themselves of it; but the end is not yet. The preacher then read the pathetic letter addressed by Mr. Gordon to his wife in prospect of death, and said that no doubt his execution would be made the subject of a thorough investigation. He passed on to allude to the way in which Dr. Underhill and the Baptist denomination had been mixed up in this aflair. The rev. speaker said—At this time the missionaries, secretary of the society, and the whole Baptist body, are under the most serious charges. Dr. Underhill simply wrote a private letter to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Cardwell—not intended for publication— calling his attention, as secretary, to the condition of Jamaica. The letter is very calmly expressed; indeed, if I have one fault to find with Dr. Underhill, it is that he is somewhat too mild, and cold, and formal. There is nothing in it to excite people to rebellion and deeds of blood but if it was one of the most revolutionary documents ever writ- ten, it is not Dr. Underhill who is to blame, but Governor Eyre himself; because when the Colonial Secretary for- warded it to him, he immediately caused it to be printed and spread about; and after he had done that, he had the hardihood to say that that letter of Dr. Underbill's was the cause of the revolt; but in the same despatch he says that George William Gordon was the cause. Well, which is the cause? We say, neither of them by any means. The letter can be read by anyone; still the Governor, in his despatch, by inuendoes and false statements, would have us believe that it was the cause of the bloodshed and the mur- ders. And, sad to say, many papers that claim respecta- bility, echo this unfounded charge of the Governor's. The Baptist missionaries caused it. Who says this? The Times, chiefly, among journalists- But can we wonder at it? Was it not the Times newspaper, some years ago, that charged the best missionary that ever lived with being the author of a bloody rebellion, William Knibb?—Knibb, who, on the eve of the emancipation of the negroes, was preaching to them to be quiet, for that "even now the people in England are raising money for you be quiet, and prepare for your freedom." This man was charged with being the author of a rebellion. It is enough to instance the one fact, that there were from 900 to 1000 members in his church, but only three or four were concerned in the rebellion. If he had been the leader he would have persuaded his black converts to join him but it was not the case. It is now the same paper that has slandered Dr. Underhill. Can we wonder at this? Did not the same paper shamefully calumniate Cobden, the greatest patriot that ever lived ? Did it not villify Abra- ham Lincoln up to the day of his murder, and then, when it knew it would not pay to abuse him, turn round and bepraisehim? JU uussionariea are charged with this out- break, it is simply a charge like others. There is no proof of it whatever. If it means that Baptist missionaries, and other missionaries—and here is the secret of the whole thing-are foes to slavery; if they preach that Jesus Christ came into the world as much for the blacks as for the whites; if they mean that they do not regard a man's colour, his training, or position, when they preach the religion of Jesus if they mean this, I care not if they repeat it. If, in the eight of1 the Times, the Daily Tele- graph, and the Standard, it be a vile thing to hold that Jesus Christ came to save all classes and conditions of people—if it be a crime in their sight to preach that injustice and tyranny must not be practised in the name of Christianity—if it be a sin to say that slavery is an un- christian institution, then let us be more sinful in the esti- mation of these journalists. If it be a sin to preach up the common rights of all people-if it be a sin to say that Jesus is the sinner's friend, and that he came into the world for the purpose of destroying the cause of sin—if this be vile, let us daily become more villainous. Here is the real fact of the case They hate anything like emancipation. They always sneer at missionary work and, doubtless, had they lived in the time of Jesus would have been among the first to sneer at H)m. The old spirit is still in existence, it is only cropping up afresh. The journalists who advocated slavery whilst the armies of North America were crushing it outin the South, only want to show that emancipation has not answered its promises in the island of Jamaica. They are simply trying to set down good efforts and good institu- tions. This is the explanation of the whole. If preaching against the injustice and tyranny of the white over the black be the cause of the disturbance, we cannot help it. Our motto shall still be kept in view, "Fiat justitia, ruat ccelumWhatever happens, we will stand up tor that which is right and true. It is the fashion of some journal- ists to charge upon Christianity that which does not belong to it. Newspapers sometimes tell us that men persecute each other in the name of Jesus; if they do, they blaspheme His name; it is no part of Christianity it is only a part of men's abuse of it. If they want to know what Christianity is. they must take it from His own mouth, for His reign was gentleness, peace, and love. We may therefore feel pretty calm under these charges and, in fact, some of the papers which made them are al- ready beginning to withdraw them. The history of this irruption is not yet written; it is too soon to decide. When the matter becomes clear, and is read in light of history, it will be seen far from being that the missionaries have been only obliged to say something against wrong- doing and wrong practices. We have onl) had one side, and we may be sure they who have been guilty of such things have made good their case. The men who have fallen and are butchered can tell no tale. They can say nothing of the wrongs they endured, the cruelty, and the injustice they suffered. We cannot hear the tale from them, but surely we shall have the tale from somebody? We have only seen one side, and that revealed by the Governor and his friends, the friends of the white people; and from their own statements we condemn them. We have yet to hear of the wrongs of the blacks. The rev. gentleman then re- ferred to the necessity for justice being done in the case of Mr. Gordon, and thejpossibility of assisting Mrs. Gordon to commence a prosecution against those who hung her hus- band. should the Government refuse to take the matter u). Mr. White, in concluding, said—I thought it proper to bring these matters before you, because Underhill, Knibb, and other Baptist missionaries and workers have been wronged, and you must not listen to the tales circulated in these papers. True, they have a mighty influence for evil. When asked if I admit that the Times is the best paper, if you mean intellectually, I say it is are not its articles of high literary merit? I say, certainly they are; for the greatest men are employed to write for that paper; but if you ask me, Is it the most just? Is it the most truthful? Is it the most conscientious ? I say, by no means; but quite the reverse of all this. Let us not be led away by mere ability in journalism. Must mere intellect make up for want of heart ? Surely not; we care nothing for the man who has a bead, if he has not a good heart; we care nothing about a man unless he has honesty of purpose and nobleness of soul. You may look for intellect in the columns of the Times, and you will find it; but you will look in vain for principle or conscience. We know it had to unsay all it said during the American war but the Daily Neios and Star were consistent throughout; and I believe that they will prove to be consistent atrain in this affair. The Times, Daily Telegraph, and Standard, ple\se a certain class, but we must guard against being deluded by them. Dr. Underhill causing a bloody outbreak! Would any man who ever saw him say that? Would any man who ever knew him say that ? He is a personal friend of mine, and a more gentlemanly, lenient man I have never known. For him to harbour the idea of per- suading the blacks to murder the whites is in itself preposterous. I take it to be the highest praise Dr. Underhill, the Baptist body. and its missionaries can pos- sibly obtain to be abused in the columns of the Times the greatest praise accorded to any men or any society engaged in a. good cause. Let us not fear for our missionaries, for our denomination, or our secretary; because their names will yet come out clear, bright, and beautiful, unspotted and untarnished. The discourse, of which the above is an abstract, occu- pied about forty minutes in delivery, and was listened to with the greatest attention.
ABERDARE POLICE COURT.
ABERDARE POLICE COURT. TUESDAY.—(Before J. O. Fowler, Esq.) A Drunken Freak. Samuel Ellis was charged with breaking, and doing wilful damage to two pans, in a urinal, the property of Mr. Thomas Polin, of the Ale and Porter Stores, Maesydre. On the 4th inst., the prisoner went into the stores drunk, and asked Mr. Hallasey to fill him a quart of beer. He was refused, and went out, and shortly after Mr. Hallasey heard a crash, and on going to look found that the prisoner bad broken two pans in the urinal, worth 18s.—His Worship said the act was one for which drunk- enness was no excuse, and ordered the prisoner to pay the damage, and a fine of 50s.; in default, one month's im- prisonment. A 'la8te f01'l'1'ipe.-Thomas Tanner was charged with assaulting P.C. Edmonds when in the execution of his duty. About a quarter-past nine in the evening of the 4th, the constable went into the King's Head Inn, Aberaman, and found that prisoner had stolen some tripe. When he came into the "bouse he was drunk, and the landlady said she did not want to prosecute. The prisoner, when he heard that, began to abuse the policeman, and told him if he would pull off his blue coat he would fight him, and perhaps it would be pulled off some day. The constable then took him into custody for being drunk and riotous, and when they had proceeded some distance along the turnpike road, the pri- soner tried to get away. P.C. Poyntz then came up to assist Edmonds, and they got the prisoner as far as the turnpike gate, when he caught hold of one of the posts and clung to it tenaciously, and said all the police in the place should not take him. He kicked the constable, but did not hurt him much", and in return had one or two raps which had the effect of inducing him to go along more quietly to the station.—His Worship said if the prisoner had come quietly like a rational man at first the charge would not have been preferred. As he appeared to have suffered already to some extent he would be discharged. Drunk and Riotous.— John Rosser was brought up under a warrant for drunken and riotous conduct on the 12th ult., in Gloucester-street. P.S. Matthews proved the charge, which was not of a very flagrant character, and the pri- soner was ordered to pay 7s 6d. fine and costs. An Important Mistake.—David Davies, a youth, was charged with assaulting P.S. Matthews. On the 3rd inst., there was a dog-fight in Commercial-place, and when the sergeant went up to stop it, some men parted the dogs and ran away. The sergeant then walked up the street as far as the Castle Hotel, and on turning his head saw the defendant move his arm, being then about 20 yards from him, when a stone came whizzing by his head. The defendant picked up two other stones, but dropped them and ran off. On being overtaken, he said he did not intend to throw at the sergeant, but at the dogs.—His Worship called attention to the improbability of such a statement bein^ true, and said it was clear the defendant intended to hit the sergeant, but for what motive it was impossible to say. One could only suppose that the defendant cherished some dislike to the police for doing their duty. It was a most cowardly thing to attack a man in such a manner. Defendant must pay a fine of 20s. and costs in default, he would be im- prisoned for fourteen days, with hard labour. The Public Park Wall.—A Caution to Other Offenders. —David Merryman and Llewellyn Lewis were summoned for having-committed wilful damage to-a certain wall, known as the Park wall, the property of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Aberdare, to the amount of one penny.—Mr. Howel Williams, in support of the in- formation, showed that the wall enclosed land, vested since August last in the churchwardens and overseers.—P.S. Thorney in proving the charge said, on the 16th ult., he saw the defendants go over the wall, and on examining the place where they got over, he found that the mortar had been knocked out from the interstices of the stones. One of the defendants said he did not know that they were doing harm. Thought there was a road that way, as he had seen other people going in the same direction. There was no notice put up to warn people. -His Worship said he thought that a six foot or a five foot wall was sufficient notice that no one was to go that way. If that would not stop passengers he did not know what would, and hence the necessity for stopping this kind of thing. The defend- ants must pay the damage, 5s. fine, and costs, being 13s. 10d. each.—Mr. Williams said it was a hard thing for men to be brought up and lose a day's work, and pay a fine, but the authorities hoped this would be a warning to others. Cabbaging a Savoy and what he paid for it.—Jenkin Harris, a collier, of Mountain Ash, was charged with steal- ing two savoy cabbages, the property of George Walker. On the 25th ult., being Saturday evening, William Thomas, head gardener to the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, saw the prisoner coming from all allotment behind the church, whsre the prosecutor has a plot of land. Saw that the prisoner had two cabbages and two savoys, which fell from his pocket; and as he had no ground there, witness had suspicion that he had been getting a Sunday boiling in a dishonest way, and at once stopped him. A crowd gathered around, and P.C. Rees came up. Saw the vege- tables on the ground, and brought the prisoner to the police station. The stems of the savoys were produced, in court, and Mr. Walker, as a skilled witness, had no hesi- tation in saying that they corresponded with the heads cut from them.-His Worship said the case was as clear as pos- sible. Prisoner went to a field at half-past eleven at night, was seen coming from there with the vegetables, and a knife in his possession. He (Mr. Fowler) could see that one of the savoys fitted one stalk, although the other stalk appeared more shrunken. He was surprised that a collier should take such a petty advantage, at the risk of losing character and credit, simply for the sake of a few trumpery cabbages. It was very hard if allotments where working men had ground could not be kept sacred and it was most important that they should be protected from such petty depredations. Prisoner would be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in Swansea House of Correction for fourteen days. Gondo America.—Lemuel Harris, who did not appear, was charged with assaulting Thomas Davies. From the evidence of complainant, who is a. foreman of puddlers, it seems that on the 2nd inst, he was distributing the pig iron equally among the men, as was his duty, when some ob- jection was made by the defendant, who ultimately struck complainant with a tin jack on the left cheek. Complain- ant had a large plaister on his face, and said his cheek was cut open and blea profusely at the time.—His Worship said the assault was one of a serious nature, and ordered a policeman to go and fetch the defendant. The policeman returned without him, and said it was reported that he had gone to America.—Ann James gave corroborative evidence of the committal of the assault, and his Worship ordered defendant, when found, to be imprisoned for one month. Returned ftom, America.—Eliza Nicholas, Cwmbach, v. Thomas Rees. Complainant had a child on the 10th of August last; defendant was the father, and had given her a sovereign since he had returned from America. Had Swern a child to the same defendant three years ago.—Pater- nity admitted.—Order 2s. 6d. per week from August up to the present date, 2s. per week afterwards, 5s, midwife, and costs. More Bastardy Cases.—Thomas Jones was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. for the first six weeks, 2s. per week afterwards, 5s. midwife, and costs, on account of his illegitimate child by Margaret Williams, of Llwydcoed. Defendant, who did not appear, said to P.S. Thorney when served with the summons, They kick up enough fuss about this child as if one had not been begotten before." Ann Davies, v. Thomas Richards. This was an adjourned case in which Mr. Smith appeared to day for complainant, and Mr. Simons for defendant. The first witness for complainant was her sister Jane, who gave positive evidence of com- plainant's criminal intercourse with defendant. — Mr. Simons elicited from witness that she had had one bastard child, and her sister two. She was ashamed to come last court day to give evidence (!)—Mr. Simons said that ha could not struggle against the evidence given, and remarked that the whole family were accustomed to that kind of thing.—An order was made, 2s. 6d. for the first eight weeks, Is. 6d. afterwards, 5s. midwife, and costs; advo- cate's fee allowed. The Cemetery Case.—Mr. Smith on behalf of the Burial Board stated to-day that it was not their intention to carry the prosecution further in this case, which has excited so much attention. A Legal Bone of Contention.—Mr. Simons said there was a case heard this day week in which two men were charged with misconduct in the service of Messrs. Nixon & Co., of the Navigation Colliery. He applied to his Worship again for a certificate of dismissal in the case.—Mr. Smith, on behalf of the Company, objected to the power of the Bench in the matter.—Mr. Fowler How do you argue the case. Mr. Simons said it was a mere decision which his Worship would have to give, and applied to all cases under Jervis's Act.—Mr. Fowler: You took an objection that the information was not in writing.—Mr. Simons I took two points first, that there was no information in writing; second, and upon that the case was dismissed, that the sum- mons did not sufficiently set out a reference to the special rules.—Mr. Fowler thought there was a precedent in a case which had lately been reported in the pamphlet reports, and said he should like to look into it before giving a cértificate. Practical Joking.—Elizabeth Grady, an Irishwoman frequently out of luck and in trouble, was charged by Eleanor Kennedy, one of her countrywomen, with steal- ing from her person 5s. lOd a tin box, and needle case. On Monday evening Kennedy, who lives at Aberaman, went into Grady's house, when she had the money in a tin box in her pocket. She afterwards went to a bakehouse, and while there the prisoner came to her and holding up a needle case said, see this Kennedy at once dived into her pocket, and found that she had missed her needle case and, what was worse, her money. She asked prisoner how she came by it when she coolly replied, it was all a joke," and Kennedy said, and a quare joke it is." She then charged her with taking her money which was indignantly denied. Prisoner adhered to her statement, and said before Kennedy charged her with taking it she accused her two children. Prosecutrix Indade I didn't.—Remanded. Ellen Tivcy. v. Llewellyn Johns.—This was a case which created considerable amusement in court through the pro- ductions of several amatory epistles that had passed be- tween the parties. Mr. Simons opened the complainant's case, and Mr. Robinson Smith appeared for the defendant. The complainant is at present residing in Picton-street, Aberdare, and had formerly lived with her brother-in-law, Mr. Oliver, a railway contractor of Llantrissant, where the defendant, a shoe manufacturer, also resided. The defend- ant commenced paying his addresses to complainant in the autumn of 1864. An illicit intercourse was said to have commenced in September or October at the Cross Keys Inn. In November, Mr. Oliver left Llantrissant and came to live at Aberdare. His sister-in-law, the complainant, came with him, and the defendant still kept up a correspondence. In January last he came to visit her, and as the result of that visit, complainant became pregnant, and went to see de- fendant at Llantrissant in March, to inform him of her condition. He then slighted her, and she wrote him a letter, which will be found in the defence. The child was born on the 11th of October. Mr. Simons produced a bun- dle of letters penned for the defendant, who could not write, to his dearie. The defendant had promised marrige to com- plainant orally, and the letters, the learned advocate said, would confirm it. One dated October ran as follows:— "After that I saw you this morning, I, not having the pleasure of expressing my tremendous feelings—(Mr. Simons supposed it to be—laughter)—ever since J had the honour of speaking to your fair form, my intentions, as stated herein, are to enlighten the burden which lies on a true undeceivablelover." Another letter commenced—"My dear beloved Ellen,—I duly received your blissful—(then the learned advocate was puzzled and suggested) heavenly— (laughter)—and encouraging letter. Your sbft, gentle words at once set at liberty all that enormous weight that lay upon my heart, of which none of the fair sex could relieve me but my dearest Ellen (roars of laughter). Sorrow has ground me down—(continued laughter, when Mr. Simons observed, he's evidently in the world of sentiment) —Sorrow has ground me down all the night past, regard- ing that I could not fulfil your desire, which was difficult for me, as I have to attend chapel meeting (renewed bursts of laughter). For such inconvenience I hope you will for- give and not despise me. When I was down in the after- noon, only the pleasure of having a glance at you at a dis- tance. and when I cast a look towards your residence made me rejoice; for wherever you place your footstep that is indeed the place I do love (laughter).—His Worship It's evidently poetry of a high order in the form of prose.— Mr Simons Some are highly poetical and loving in style. —His Worship: Then they don't alter.—Mr. Simons: Alter, sir; they get hotter and hotter every step (loud laughter in which his Worship joined). One dated Decem- ber, 1864, began- I duly received your letter, and it at once gave me great comfort to find you still true to your promises, for what you say is thought of by me for a month, and does not create comfort, or release my mind from think- ing of you. This I hope will last as I shall be the same to you. Still I wish you to be at ease till I can visit you next I Saturday night, at the school, by the seven o'clock train. I earnestly desire you to come to meet me, as I am a stranger there—(meaning Aberdare).—This journey would have been impossible for me except With my desire to see you." On January 5th, 1866, defendant wrote—" My heart and On January 5th, 1865, defendant wrote—" My heart and 1 hand to Ellen. Dear love, I am glad to inform you that I arrived home in safety; thank God for this; but I am unable to furnish you with news that I think will solace I you, &c." The next letter said Mr. Simons bore date Feb. 15th. and commenced, My ever dearest." After this the girl found herself in the family way, and then this chapel going gentleman cut his stick.—Mr. Smith Stop, stop I you are examining.—Mr. Simons elicited from complainant that after this letter the intimacy ceased, and defendant got married immediately to some one else.—Mr. Smith then cross- examined the complainant at some length as to the dates when she was improperly intimate with defendant. Com- plainant still said she first knew the defendant at the Cross Keys Inn, but that he disgraced her at the Wayne Arms, Aberdare, in January, but did not know what day.—Mrs. Hooker called by Mr. Simons, said one day in January last she went into Mr. OJiver's house to borrow the bellows. She called out, but could get no answer; as she was return- ing up the passage, saw the defendant rise from a sofa, and complainant looking confused.—Mr. Smith [ suppose you told Mrs. Oliver of this.—Witness, tartly No I didn't, it was not my business.—Mr. Smith: Well don't get cross. Perhaps you mentioned it to Ellen.—Witness: Yes, I did a day or two after. (The witness then repeated a bit of very good advice which she gave complainant as to keeping away from Llantrissant.)—Thomas Davies on^being called, said he knew the defendant very well, and had seen him come to Aberdare. About Christmas time last year, the defendant slept at Mr. Oliver's, as it wasf a wet night. Witness was with him. Next morning as they lay awake, said defend- ant, what do you think about her ?'' (meaning complain- ant). Witness said she is a tidy respectable woman as far as I know." Defendant said, I think the same, and intend to marry her."—Mr. Smith, on behalf of defendant, made some remarks upon the extraordinary way in which complainant gave her evidence, and her inability to fix upon the dates when criminal connection took place. One would have thought that the day of their first coming together would have been most thoroughly fixed upon her mind. He alluded to the inprobability of the complainant know- ing she was pregnant so soon after the defendant's visit to Aberdare, and going down to tell him in March of her con- dition. Was it likely that after the complainant had met the defendant in Llantrissant, when the connection between them was broken off, that she would be the woman to write an angry letter without saying you are the father of my child and I will make you pay ? But after that visit she sent defendant a letter as follows :—" I have sent this little boy up for you to send my letter stamp and pocket handkerchief, and letters. Your letters I can keep, and make you prove your words and I may say that both you and your sister are both short of common sense. There are as good fish in the sea as ever was caught, and you have given me the hat to catch them, but I have another myself. I only wanted to make a fool of you, and everyone in Llan- trissant says you are one. I hope you can read this, as I know you are not able to write. I can see I am brought up in a very different way to what you have been; and wherever you go you will never prosper, so you can go to the divil and all your lot.—I remain, your better, Ellen Tivey, and not ashamed to show myself anywhere if you are." The learned advocate said upon this letter there was sufficient to show that this was a trumped-up charge. What did the phrase mean, as good fish in the sea as any caught, and you have given me the hat to catch them?" If complainant could declare within a month of the time to defendant that she was with child, she would not be the woman to say "I have another, and so on." There was not a word of complaint except "I have your words and I can make you prove them." From the month of March down to the time she was confined she never went near the man she did not even send to him and there was not a tittle of evidence that any communication was made of such a fact till the present summons. Was that the conduct of a straightforward woman, to go on without saying a word ? She was not likely to be the'fooljwhicli she seeks to make of him, and "everybody in Llantrissant knows he is "—she was not likely to lee slip the slightest opportunity to nail fast this man to this charge. Was it not likely when she told him she was disgraced, and if she believed he was the father of her child, that she would have said you have dis- graced me I will make you pay for it ? But not a word of complaint; not a word of the disgrace she had sustained simply, I wanted to make a fool of jou, and I have done it." That was not likely to come out of the mouth of a person speaking trutli—not the testimony to come out on the spur of the moment—at a time when above all others she would have been likely to speak truth, if the defendant was the father of her child and upon that alone he thought he might ask for .110 dismissal of the case. Mr. Smith then reviewed the evidence, and made a few re- marks upon the letters, but called no witnesses.—His Worship complimented the learned advocate on having seized every feature in the defence which had suggested itself. But he (Mr. Fowler) thought the passage about the fish in the sea as good as had been taken out, could be simply interpreted as indicating pique and vexation on the part of the girl, who had been thrown off by a long ac- customed lover. Really nothing more could be made of it than that. But looking at the case generally, if there had been no immorality involved in it, it would have been very amusing. It a breach of promise, one might have indulged in some amusement, but where there was immorality at the bottom, it was not becoming of those who had to deal with the case to derive amusement from it. Putting the letters aside, there was quite sufficieht evidence in the case to warrant him in making an order, and if the defendant was dissatisfied he was in a position to get a revision of the decision. He (Mr. Fowler) had no hesitation in making the order, as he thought the defendant was decidedly the father of the child. Defendant had not instructed his advocate that the girl had been keeping company with any- one else. His conduct was very wrong, because there was no moral doubt, if there was a legal doubt, that he was the author of the letters. And. after writing those most loving letters, and leading the girl to believe that he was most intensely attached to her, and then promising marriage, he turned round and left her in the lurch when he knew she was pregnant. This was the compensation he made when she had yielded all that was dearest to her. An order was then made upon defendant for 2s. Gd. per we^k for one year, 2s. per week afterwards, 10s. the midwife, attorney's fee, and costs. ■ i >
ABERDARE.
ABERDARE. A CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.—On Wednesday afternoon a. little boy, the son of Thomas Bowen, a collier, living in Chapel-row, was so badly burnt that he died. Deceased was left in the house by himself, and fell into the fire in the absence of his mother. He was severely injured on the face, arms, and body, and after much suffering for about five hours, expired in a state of insensibility. An inquest is to be held. ABERDARE BOARD OF HEALTH. -At a meeting of this Board, held yesterday (Thursday), in addition to the usual routine business, the Board unanimously adopted a resolu- tion, which was moved by Mr. Rhys, and was to the effect, that it was expedient to call a public meeting of the owners of property and rate-payers of the district, to consider the question of the Mountain Ash separation. It will be seen by our advertisement columns of to-day, that a meeting has accordingly been convened to take place on Thursday, the 14th of tne present month. A Boy SUFFOCATED IN SMALL COAL.—An inquest was held at the Queen's Hotel, before G. Overton, Esq., coro- ner, on the body of William Henry, aged eight years, the step-son of John Sheen, a. labourer, of Hall-street. The boy frequently went with his step-father to assist him in Elliot's Cwmdare pit. On Saturday he missed the boy, and on enquiry, learned that one man had seen the boy's little shovel on one of the trucks, which a man named Simons had been filling from a tram with small coal It at once occurred to him that the lad had perhaps been smo- thered in the coal, and he at once determined to search the wagon where the shovel was seen. Amongst the coal the lad was found quite dead. It is conjectured that he was on the small coal, where he should not have been, when Simons opened the trap door suddenly, and deceased was precipitated with the small coal into the wagon below, and so was suffocated. Adjourned till the 12th inst. PENNY READINGS continue to flourish here at the rate of three meetings a week. True, the entertainments given at the Temperance Hall are not marked with quite the same success as last season, but they are nevertheless in a fair way of winning a good position. The audiences has been a pretty numerous one on each occasion, but owing to the unwillingness of good readers and singers to come forward, the entertainments have been marked by many defects. They are all, however, of a curable nature, and time will, no doubt, work the desired improvement. The last enter- tainment at the British Schools, which took place on Fri- I day, the 1st instant, was presided over by the Rev. J. J. George, and was of a successful character. At the Music Hall, on Monday, the proceedings were under the guidance of Mr. T. H. Evans, and everything passed off most plea- santly. The usual entertainment was given at the Tem- perance Hall last (Thursday) night. t TRADE. Notwithstanding the exceedingly unpropitious character of the weather, the works of this district are pro- gressing most steadily. All things considered, the col- lieries are exhibiting remarkable briskness, and the men seem to be bending to with more than the usual steadi- ness. Christmas time mostly brings a lull, but at present there is not the slightest sign of any falling off in demand or supply, if we except, as we must do, that caused by the interference of the weather. Out-door operations are much interfered with, but we think we never remember so much work of every description being carried on out of doors during an inclement season as there is at present. Short days and the rain notwithstanding, builders stick to their work with unflinching pertinacity, and even patch- men and quarrymen seem to cling with more than the usual determination to their operations. "How TO LIVE HAPPILY."—On this subject, Miss R. S. Evans delivered a most amusing and instructive lecture, on Tuesday last, at the Temperance Hall. Mr. David Davis, Maesyffynon, high-constable of the town, occupied the chair, and there was a numerous and orderly audience in attendance. Miss Evans spoke with great fluency, and her discourse was marked by great originality. Her manner was pleasing, and there was a deep vein of common sense running through the whole of her lecture Plain truths were driven home to the hardest hearts, and good advice given to all. By adopting Miss Evans's maxims, and living after the manner of her prescription, the sourest old bache- lor would soon become an example of sweet temper and happiness. A hearty vote of thanks was awarded Miss Evans at the close of her discourse, and upon the motion of the Rev. W. Roberts (Nefydd), the audience thanked the chairman for his admirable presidency. PRESENTATION.—On Wednesday evening, an interesting meeting of the members of the Gwron Lodge of Alfreds and a number of their friends, was held at the lodge room,' Old Bank Inn. The Rev. Dr. Price, having been pressingly invited, took the chair on the occasion. Having opened the proceedings, which were enlivened with pleasant vocal music, the chairman called upon Mr. E. D. Howells, who, in a practical speech, explained the position of the Order of Alfreds. Mr. Henry Davies, secretary to the lodge, afterwards detailed the progress of the Gwron Lodge. Mr. David Williams, an old collier, then presented to Mr. Chas. Jones, a collier, who met with a serious accident in one of the Gadlys collieries, with a purse containing the net pro- ceeds of a lecture, delivered for his benefit by the Rev. Dr. Price. The sum presented amounted to about £40, and the recipient thanked Dr. Price and his friends of the Gwron lodge most warmly. A number of suitable speeches were made in the course of the evening. At the close, a hearty vote of thanks each was awarded both chairman and vice-chairman, the latter being Mr. E. D. Howell, corres- ponding secretary of the district. Allusion having been made to Dr. Price's candidature for Brecon, the Rev. Dr. said, if alive and well, he should issue his address to the good people of Brecon in the course of a fortnight, an an- nouncement which was received with prolonged cheering.
PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. The following is a list of the new railways or deviations affecting the principality, for which bills are intended to be submitted to Parliament in the ensuing session :—Aber- dare and Central Wales Junction; Aberdare Northern; Aberdare Valley and Caerphilly Junction Abergavenny and Raglan; Barry (Penarth and Cardiff Extension) Brynmawr and Blaenavon; Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction (Northern Lines); Ditto (Southern Lines); Bute Docks (Cardiff) Cambrian (New Works); Cardiff and Newport Railway and Pier; Cambrian Docks; Glyn Valley; Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction; Llanelly Railway and Dock London, Worcester, and South Wales Llynvi Valley (Extensions, &c.); Midland and South Wales Junction; Newport (Monmouth) Borough; Neath and Brecon Pembroke and Tenby Rhymn y (New Lines); Sirhowy Extension Swansea and Clydach Swansea Vale Swansea General Railway Station and Hotel; Swansea Vale of Crickhowell; Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Deviations and Extensions).
LOOAL RAILWAY TIME TABLES.
LOOAL RAILWAY TIME TABLES. TAFF VALE RAILWAY DOWN—WEEK DAYS. | I3UNPAYE 1,2,a 1^,3 1,^3 1,2,^1,2,3 1,2,3 FROM a.m. p.m p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m Merthyr 8 15 11 5] 2 40 6 40 9 10 4 1C Troedyrhiw 8 23 11 12 2 48 6 48 9 18 4 18 Troedyrhiw 8 23 11 12 2 48 6 48 9 18 4 18 Quaker's Yard J. for Quaker's Yard J. for N., A., & H. R. 8 34 2 59 6 59 9 29 4 29 Aberdare 8 15 11 1 2 40 6 39 9 10 4 10 Treaman 8 19,11 5 2 44 6 44 9 14 4 14 Mountain Ash 8 H 13 2 52 6 53 9 22 4 2 Aberdare Junction 8 43 11 29 3 8 7 9 9 38 4 38 Treherbert 8 14 2 39 6 26 8 65 3 56 Ystrad 8 23 2 48 6 36 9 4 4 4 Pandy 8 34 2 59 6 47 9 15 4 15 Porth 8 38 3 3 6 52 9 19 4 lk liafod 8 42 3 765692(423 Newbridge 8 56 11 42 3 21 7 21 9 51 4 51 Treforest 9 1 3 26 7 29 9 56 4 56 Walnut Tree June. for Rbyrnney Railway 9 14!11 57 3 29 7 42 10 95 9 Llandafl' 9 22:12 53477'0 10 17 5 17 Cardiff 9 31il2 14 3 56 759jl026¡526 Cardiff Docks 9 31 12 1435iJ 10 26 UP.—WEEK DAYS. 1 SUN DA 1,2,31,2,3 1,2 1,2,'> 1,2,3 1,2,3 PROM a.in.! p.m. p.m. p-n>. a*m* p.m Cardiff Docks 9 15 12 30 3 6 6 25 8 50 3 5< Cardiff 9 25 12 40 3 15 6 35 9 0 4 0 Llandaff 9 34 12 49 8 24 6 44 9 9 4 » Walnut Tree June, for Rhymney Railway 9 43 12 57 3 33 6 54 9 18 4 18 Treforest 9 56 1 9 3 46 7 7 9 31 4 31 Newbridge 10 2 3 52 7 23 9 51 4 51 Hafod 10 9 3 59 7 31 9 4 58 Porth 10 13 4 3 7 36 10 2 5 2 Pandy 10 18 4 8 7 42 10 7 5 7 Ystrad 10 §9 4 19 7 5* 10 18 5 18 Treherbert 10 37 4 27 8 3 10 23 5 26 Aberdare Junction 10 14 1 26 4 4 7 2* 9 ^9 4 49 Mountain Ash 10 26 1 37 4 16 7 37 10 1 5 1 Treaman 10 34 1 45 4 24 7 46 10 9 5 Aberdare 10 38 1 49 4 28 7 50 10 13 5 13 Quaker's Yard J. for N„ A..&H.R.. 10 23 1 35 4 13 7 35 9 58 4 £ 8 Troedyrhiw 10 34 1 46 4 24 7 4610 9 5 Mountain Ash 10 26 1 37 4 16 7 37 10 1 5 1 Treaman 10 34 1 45 4 24 7 46 10 9 5 Aberdare 10 38 1 49 4 28 7 50 10 13 5 13 Quaker's Yard J. for N., A..&H.R.. 10 23 1 35 4 13 7 35 958 4 [8 Troedyrhiw 10 34 1 46 4 24 7 4610 95 Merthyr. 10 41 1 53 4 31 7 5 10 16 5 16 NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, & HERE- FORD & TAFF VALE EXTENSION. WIIBJt DAY8. 0t7N»A t 8 1,2,31,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3, 1,2,3. 1,3 FROM a.m. p.m.: p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. Merthyr dep. 9 2i)il2 15 4 20| |10 5, 8 (J Troedyrhiw 9 29il2 2i| 4 i9| '10 12 8 7 Ouaker's Yard 9 45 12 42 4 501 7 20 10 30 8 27 Llancaiach (Nelson), 9 53 12 49 4 58 7 28 In 38 8 b Rhymney Junction..110 1 1 0 5 9 7 38 10 48 8 4 TredeirarJunction(Bd 10 7 1 7 5 16| 7 45, 8 52 Crumlin. 10 17 1 17 5 26; 7 55; 9 2 Pontypool 110 35 1 37j 5 47 8 15', 9 2t Newport arrlO 10 2 13 5 12 4 30 1 38 9 45 4ep 10 25 1 3J; 5 40 9 55 9 2J 3 4, Pontypool R dep 10 53 1 51 6 6 9 454 7 4ep 10 25 1 3J; 5 40 9 55 9 2J 3 4, Pontypool R dep 10 53 1 51 6 6 9 454 7 ■Nantyderry 11 5 6 16 EP 10 2 4 19 Penpergwm 11 15 6 23 c 10 10 4 2U Abergavenny 11 s5 2 16 6 32 3. 10 20 4^37 Llanfihangel 6 45 10 30 4 4» Pandy 11 44 6 52 UI 10 37 4 56 Pontrilas 11 57 2 40 7 4 a 10 50 5 10 St. Devereux 12 8 7 14 << 10 58 6 18 Tram inn 12 18 7 22 11 5 5 26 Hereford 12 2* 3 5 7 85 11 15 5 40 WEEK DAYtI. I SUNDAIS- 1,2,31,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3..1,2,3 1,2,3 FROM a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Ip.m. p.m- Hereford 8 5 12 35 3 35 8 Oil 40 7 5» Tram inn 8 17 8 Kill 53 8 St. Devereux 8 2} 8 20 12 2 8 1^ Pontrilas 8 35 1 0 4 2 8 30 12 121 i 2l fandy 8 49 8 4;ll2 25 8 32 Llanfihangel 8 57 8 60 12 32 S 40 Abergavenny 9 J 2 1 31 4 25 9 4 1 2 45 8 5c Penpergwm 9 22 4 33913 12 53, 91 Nantyderry 9 32 9 23' 1 OJ910 Newport arr. 10 10 2 13! 5 12 4 30 1 38 9 45 dep. 10 25 1 30 5 40 9 55j 9 20 3 46 Pontypool Road.dep. 10 0 2 5 5 6 8 0 Pontypool 10 7 2 12 6 12 8 7 C umlm 10 25 2 30 5 30 8 25 TredegarJunction(Bd 10 3i 2 38 5 38 8 33 R lymney Junccion.. 10 38 2 46 5 44 8 39 Lhncaiach (Nelson) 10 47 2 55 5 56 8 48 Quaker's Yard J. 10 57 3 5 6 6 9 5 Troedyrhiw 11 8 3 16 6 16 9 16 Merthyr 15] 3 23 6 23! „ 9 23} £ VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. UP.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDATB 1,2,3\1,2,311.2. 1,2,31,2,31,2.3, 1,2,3 >" PROM a.m. a.m. p.m.1 p.m. p.m. (a.m. p.m G Swansea 8, 011 0I 3 0 5 15 7 60I 8 <50 6 45 3 Briton Fy.R 8 10 11 10! 3 10 5 25 8 Oj 9 0 6 55 3 Neath Aoby 8 16 11 16! 3 17 5 31 8 6 9 6 7 1 Neath 8 21 11 *2 3 27 5 37 8 LL( 9 11 7 6 •5!Aberdylais 8 25 11 27 3 32 5 42 8 16 9 16 7 10 » Resolven 8 £ 5 11 371 3 42 5 55 8 27! 9 26 7 20 JZ^GLYN Neath 8 43 11 45! 60 6 5 8 36J 9 34 7 28 *3 iHirwain a 9 5 12 2| 4 8 6 30 8 5 1 9 ,0 7 45 Hirwain d 9 1112 9 4 15 6 4<> 8 581 9 55 7 46 [3 Llwydcd. 9 LTI 12 15 4 20 6 45 9 4<10 1 7 51 Abernant 9 21 12 201 4 2 > 6 50 9 9«10 6 7 56 I Merthyr I 9 31 12 30' 4 38 7 6 9 2010 17 8 6 Hirwain 7] 9 10 12 6I 4 10 6 45i 9 0, 9 53 7 50 Aberdare 9 20 12 15 4 20 6 55] 9 10 10 3| 8 0 MountnAsh 9 32 12 27| 4 ?6 7 7} ■ 10 15 8 10 V A 9 41 12 37, 4 46 7 17 -A 10 25 8 22 Quaker SY.^ G 46 12 42: 4 50 7 20 10 30 8 27 SI Llancaich.. 9 56 12 49! 4 58 7 28 £ 10 38 8 35 2 Rhymney J. 110 1 1 0, 5 9 7 38 10 48 8 45 Tredeprar Jn 10 7 1 7 5 16 7 45 3 10 55 8 52 2. Crumlin 10 I7j 1 17| 5 26 7 55 "S 11 5 9 2 Pontypl. Tn 10 35] 1 37 5 47 8 15 11 25 9 20 S Postypl. Rd 10 40 1 42] 5 52 8 20J <§ 11 30 9 25 £ Monmouth ill 55 3 5 7 5 • j 12 3010 30 £ PontypoolR I10 53 1 57I 6 6 4 8 Hereford 12 28 3 5 7 35 6 40 TS Worcester.. 2052590. 16 £ Birminghm. 4 0 7 20 Shrewsbury 2 40 5 5 10 53. 4 45 «. 2 40 5 510 53 4 45 «. Chester., a 415 7 01215 a.m. Manchestr. 6 5 9 15 3 55 Birkenhead 5 0 7 4;)13 5 Liverpool 5 2 8 5 3 40 35 Liverpool Ti 5 35 7. 3 5 7T~f 7T Manchester 5 40 2 45 Huddersfild 7 32 • Leeds 8 20 K Preston. 5 50 3 28 Glasgow 12 35 7 22 Edinburgh 1 25' 7 10 DOWN.—WEEK DAY | 8PKPAY8 1,4, o k,z,j j/) 1,4,3 L,<» »,2,3 1,2,3 FROM a.m. p.m. p.m. p.1II.1"m. a.m. LtD. Edinburgh 9 3010 30 Glasgow 9 10 10 45 FRE9,T0TT 3 42 8 3C Leeds 7 q Huddersfield 10* 0 8 2/ I Liverpool 7 30 9 30 VLA"Chester 1 7 60| 9 20) Liverpool TI 7 3011 10 TTTT Birkenhead 7 5°111 3f' 8. Manchester 6 30, 9 50 Chester 8 45 12 1 # Shrewsbury 10 30 1 40 >> Birmingham 7 45 12 5 7 45 S Worcester 11 5 2 0 10 5 Hereford 85 12 85 3 36 11 40 PS Pontypool Rd 9 44 1 46 4 60 1 15 a Monmouth 8 40 12 45 3 51 7 0 4 55 FE Pontypool Rd 10 0* 30^1 2 5 5 5 8 0 5 55 « tlontypoolTn 10 7i8 37-G 2 12 5 1 8 7 6 2 £ (-rumlin 102.í18:õg 23053' 825 C 20 « Tredegar Jun 10 329 3& 2 38 6 3.. 8 33 6 S3 f RhymneyJuo 10389 9^ 3 44 5 8 :-1} 6 34 ç: Llancaich 1C 47 9 17å 2 55 55; 8 50 6 45 Ouaker's Yd'A •• 10 559 251 3 2 6 2 8 5- 6 63 WA"ERSYD D N 09 3 7 6 8 9 8 6 88 Mountain Ash 11t09385 3 17 6 18 9 13 7 8 Aberdare 8 40 11 22 9 50J 3 59 6 3 9 25 7 20 J Hirwain 8 0 11 32 3 39 6 4 9 35j 7 30 Merthyr ..F 8 40 11 0 1 30, ti 15 9 16. 7 10 Abernant.. 8 52 11 12 1 41 6 25 9 27 7 22 JE Llwydcoed 8 57 11 17 1 46, 6 30 9 32 7 27 S Hirwain A 9 3 11 23 1 52| 6 35 9 3H 7 33 « Hirwain d 9 511 34 1 54 3 40 6 45 9 40] 7 85 ■2 Gtyn-Neath. 9 25:11 (.0 2 14 3 59 7 310 0 7 66 g Resolven 9 81 LI 59 -2 22 7 11 10 8 8 8 £ Aberdylais 0 46 12 8 2 32. 4 12 7 21 10 18 8 18 *3 Neath 9 51jl2 14 2 37I 4 18 7 26 10 23 8 18 « Neath Abbey 9 56112 2' 2 421 7 31 10 28 8 23 « Briton Fy.Rd 10 1112 28 2 48 4 271 7 «7 10 34 8 29 Swansea 10 15112 40 8 5 4 40! 7 55|10 601 8 46 Pr A Train leaves Merthyr for Abernant, on Sundays, at 5 Opm., arriving at 5 15 p.m., returning from Abernant at 5 30 p.m.. and arriving in Merthyr at 5 45 p.m. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY. BRBCON AND MBRTHYR aNCTION. DOWN — WEEK DAY*. | SUNDAYS 1,2,3, 1,2,3. 1,2, J 1,2,3. (1,2,' 1,2,3 1,2,8 FROM A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.RA. A.M. P.M* MERTHYR(COACH) 7 35,10 0 11 ^0 3 0 4 46 DOWLAIS OR PANT 8 50 11 15 12 50 4 0 5 45 •• DOLYGAER 9 0 11 25 1 0 4 10 5 55 •• TALYBONT 9 30 11 1 30 4 9 63U TALYLLYN 9 42 12 20 1 40 4 50 6 45 BRECON 9 55 1 F 01 6 55 „• BRECON DEP. 7 15 12 20 4 50 ± TALYLLYN 7 2512 40 5 0.. (2 THREE COCKS 7 45 1 12 5 20 BUILTH 8 20 1 45 5 55 .R •5 RHAYADER 8 55 2 30 6 30 TLLANDILOES 9 30 2 50 7 10. ± TALYLLYN 7251240 5 (2 THREE COCKS 7 45 1 12 5 20 BUILTH 8 20 1 45 5 55 .R •5 RHAYADER 8 55 2 30 6 30 ;:¡a TLLANDILOES 9 30 2 50 1 1 0 NEWTOWN 10 30 3 25 8 0 .2 WELSHPOOL 11 15 4 5.. 8 40.. •• .S SHREWSBURY 12 15 4 55 9 30 • S OSWESTRY 12 15 5 10 930 WHITCHURCH 12 57 6 0 CREWE 1 45 7 01. Liverpool 3 30 8 50 Manchester 3 0 8 10 UP—WEEK DAYH. iw. 1,2,3.1,2,3ii, 2,{j rr FROM A.M. A.M. A.M. JP.M. MANCHESTER 7 50 10 45 LIVERPOOL I • • • 7 30 10 30 CREWE | 9 012 3C _• W hit jhurch dep.. • 5 30 9 45 1 15. .3 Oswestry 6 45 10 35 2 5J IS Shrewsbury 6 30 10 30 1 50J S Welshpool 7 30 11 30 2 53L QLNEWTOWN 8 6 12 3 3 25| Llandiloes .dep. 8 55 1 10 4 15I | Rhayader 9 30 1 45' 4 5FFL £ Builth 10 5 2 15 5 2M < Three Cocks 10 45 2 45 6 5L 3 Talyllyn 11 5 3 5 6'2« G (Brecon 11 15 3 151 6 40» 1 WREX PATS. SUNDAYS BRECON 7 30 11 20 4 10 TALYLLYN 7 4011 3<I 3 0 4 25 6 40 TALYBONT 7 5211 5> 3 16 4 35 6 55 DOLYSYAER 8 25 12 25 3 35 5 15 7 30 DOWLAIS OR PANT 83 12 35 3455% 7-I0 MERTHYR(COACH) 9 20 1 30 4 30 6 16 8 ■■ HEREFORD. HAY, AND BRECON SECTION. UP.—WEEK IhYS. SUNDAYS Merthvr (by Coach) 1 7 ?5 10 0 3 Of .T* Dowlais 8 50 11 15 4 0 Brecon dep. 7 OJLO 15 1 0 530. Talyllyn Junction. 7 10jl0 25 1 10 6 40 Talgarth 7 22 10 38 1 25| 5 65 Three Cocks Junction 7 3010 45 1 33, 6 5 Olasbury 7 3511 0 1 40 6 10 Hay 7 45 11 10 1 50 6 25 Whitney 7 56 11 20 2 01 6 35 Eardisley 8 311 30 2 12 6 42 Kinnersley 8 1011 36 6 47. Moorhampton 8 2211 44 2 25 6 57 Credenhill 8 35 11 54 7 10. Hereford. 8451210 240 72.j. Liverpool 2..s 5 20 8 5 Manchester 2 54 55 810 London. 3 016 10 9 0 DOWN.—WEEK DAYS I SUlfDATI London dep, j 6 0 1 15. Manchester(Lond.RU.. 7 50 9 30 1 30 Liverpool (L.Stage). 7 46 9 30 1 5 Hereford. dep. 9 4512 50 2 60 8 0. Credenhill 9 57I 1 3 3 2 8 12 Moorhampton 10 8 1 15 312 826. Kinnersley 10 18| 1 23 3 20 8 35 Eardisley 10 25! 1 30 3 25 8 40 Whitney 10 32 1 40 3 33 850. Hay. 10 40 1 50 8 43 9 0 lilasbury 10 50 2 (J 300 910. Three Cocks Junction 10 55, 2 5 4 t 9 16. Talgarth 11 8] 210 4 8924. Talyllyn Junction. 11 22I 2 20 4 22 9 40 Brecon arr. 11 401 2 30 4 35 0 60 Dowlais 12 35 3 45 5 25 Merthyr (by Coach) 1 30 4 30 6 15 BHYMNBY AND -NEWPORT PECTION. OF.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS 1,2.3,1,2.3.1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1.2,3, FROM a.m. p.m. p.m. A.M. p.m. Newport (Dock-str.) 9 20 2 4O 6 0 9 301 7 0 Bussaleg Junction 9 FCO 2 50 6 10 9 40 7 IFF Rliiwderin 9 35 2 56 6 15 9 46 7 16 Church Road 940 3 (i 6211 » 52; 7 22 Maehen 945 3 5 625 10 0 7 85 B-dwas 9 55 3 1 63j 10 16' 7 <IS Maesyewmmer 1010 3 30 650 I" 30: 8 0 P*ngam 1" 20 3 40 7 0 16 40 8 10 DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS 11,2,8, 1.2,3, 1,2,3,( 1,2,3, 1,2,3, FROM a.m. a.m. p.M. a.m. p.m. Pen (ram 7451120 40. 7 45 5 0 viaesycwmmer 7551130 4 10.. 7 5 ) 5 8 Bedwas 8 10 11 45 4 25.. 8 10 5 23 Machen 8 20 11 55 4 35.. 825540 Church Road 8 25 12 0 46.. 8 38 6 46 Rhiwderin 8 30 12 10 4 45.. 840 6 65 Bassaletr Junction j 8 35 12 15 4 65 8 45 6 6 Newport (Dock St.) 8 50|I2 80) 5 10 9 0| 6 20 SIRHOWY RAILWAY. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAYS 1,2.3 1,2,3(1,2,311,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,8 1,2,3 FROM a.m. p.m. pro. p.m. a.m. p.m. p.m.. Sirhowy 7 Q12 28 4 461 8 18 8 10 4 5 7 27 Tredegar 8 2 12 34 4 52 8 21 8 4 10 7 30 Blackwood 8 29 1 0 5 19 8 39 4 34 „ T LA 8 34 1 5 5 24 8 44 4 89 Tredegar JN. | 8 36 L 10 5 26 8 46 4 41 Risca 9 0 1 32 6 60 9 1* 5 5 Newport 9 25 1 62 6 15J 9 85 6 30 I, UP.—WEEK. DAYS. | SUNDAYS. 1,2,8,1,2,311,2,3! 1,2,311,2,3 1,2,311,2,3 FROM a.m. a.m. p.M. p.m. s.M. a.m. jp.m. Newport 9 40 2 20i 6 60 10 0 6 0 Risca 10 1 2 45 7 10 10 26 6 20 1, 1 T ia 10 27 8 8 7 33 10 48 6 43 Tredegar 10 34 3 10 7 35 10 50 6 45 Blackwood 10 41 3 18 7 43 10 581 6 53 Tredegar 7 50 11 6 3 44 8 10 8 3 11 24 7 20 jirhowy 7 5S 11 9] 3 47 8 14| 8 6 11 27) 7 28 Printed and Published by PETER WILLIAMS, at the TELEGRAPH Office High Street, in the Town and Franchise of Merthyr Tydfil, in the County .of Glamorgan.—SATLJTLDAY, DSCEXBER 9, 1865, 1