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GLAMORGAN PEDIGREES.
GLAMORGAN PEDIGREES. (Descendants of Gwaethvod.) LEWIS, OF VAN. XXI. 2. WILLIAM Lewis, of the Van, which lie probably inherited on the death of his elder brother Edward, after 1030. He died 1661. He md, 24 Ch 1., 1618, Margaret, d. and h. of Lawrence Bannastre, of Lubeiihaip, co. Northampton, and of Biiii and Boarstal Tower in Oxon and Bucks, by Maria, d. and h, of Sir John Dvnham of Boarstal, by bis 2d wife Pe-elope, d. of Sir Richard YVenman. To the Boarstal estates William added largely by purchases in Bemewood Forest in 1654, from the estates of Sir Ralph Verney and other forfeited royalist lands. He and his wife adhered strongly to the cause of the Parliament. 14 Aug., 1630, was a return to an inquisition in which are set out various lands at Brill, Boarstal, and Oakley, ia the oc- cupation of John Dynham [State Papers Dom., p. 829.] Sir John died 10 Ch. I., and Dame Penelope held out Boarstal against the King's troops, and was residing there in 1668. Margaret Lewis md secondly Charles Stuart, 6tli Duke of Lenox and 4th of Richmond, K.G., as his 2d wife. She died before 1667, when the Duke acknowledged his 3d marriage with Frances Teresa Stewart. He died at Elsinore, 12 Dec., 1672, s.p. William and Margaret had 1. Edward. 2. Thomas Lewis, died an infant. 3. Mary. 4. Elizabeth. XXII. Edward Lewis of Van and Boarstal. Born in London, 30 July 1650, Bap. 8 Augt at Bourstal. Appears in a list of Glamorgan gentry in 1673, and was a subscriber to Gwilim's Heraldry. LProbably Sheriff of Bucks, 1675, and called in error Thomas."] His will is dated 13th Sept. 1672, and was proved in London 23d July, 1674, when he was 24 years old. By it Edward Lewis of the Vaune, Esq., bequeaths all his lands in Glamorgan, Brecknock, and Monmouth to Trustees to uses. 1st, to his uncle, Richard Lewis, remainder to James, son of Richard, in tail male, remainder to his cousin Thomas Lewis, of St. Pierre, etc. [The particulars of this last cousinship, which must have been through females, have not been discovered."] £ 6000 to be raised and laid out in lands for his sister Mary, wife of William Jephson, in tail male. Remainder of the portions settled on his sisters on his father's marriage to be paid. £1000 due to John Cholmley on morgage on testator's lands in Bucks and Oxon, to be paid. To Wm. Jephson £500. To William Morgan, living at the Redd Bible' in Bedford Street. Covent-garden, dSlOO. To the executors jE50 each. To his servant Reynold Stedman, £ 100. To other servants, one years wages each. Bequeaths all his Bucks and Oxon estates, sind all estates except in Glamorgan, Brecknock, and Monmouth, to his sister Mary Jephson and the heirs of her body, remainder to his uncle, Richard Lewis, and his heirs and assigns. Executors, Wm. Morgan, of Machen, Wm. Soame, of Thnr- loe, co. Suff, and Wm. Jephson, Esquires. Personal estate to W. Jephson and testator's godson, W. Soame, junior. To this wili was annexed a codicil, dated 4th July, 1674, and proved 23rJ February, 1674, 0. S. in London. It states that whereas by his will the testator has given all his Glamor- gan Brecknock and Monmouth estates to his uncle Richard Lewis for life, remainder to James his son, in tail male, re- mainder to Thomas Lewis, of St. Pierre, etc., he now revokes the remainder to Thomas, and directs that failing the issue male of Richard Lewis, the estates should pass to testator's right heirs. Further he revokes the interest bequeathed to Richard in his Bucks and Oxon estates. Also, he charges on the Welsh estates j6800 to Mr. John Cholmtey of the Golden Author (Anchor?) in Fleet St., to poor of Boarstal jB300, of Brill £ 200, to Mr. John Taylor, Minister of Boarstal dB300 and my horse Tucker." To his sister Lady Dayrell £ 2,Ono. Mr. J ephson £1000 and residue of his horses. Poor of Bedwas dBlOO. Mr. Anthony Bassett £30, his cousin Mrs Edwards of Llandaff an appointment of dB30, to Peyton Deere, her son, jEoO, Wm. Aglionby JE300, 2 cooaches, and two grey Flanders horses. To his cousin William Villiers £50, besides several other legacies to servants. 13th April 1676, a new writ was moved for Devizes, in room of Edward Lewys, Esq., deceased. [Com. Journals ix. 315.] 4 May, 27 Ch. II., cap. 3, 1675-6, the Trustees of Edward Lewis obtained an Act enabling them to sell certain lands in Glamorgan and Monmouth for the payment of the debts of Wm. Lewis, Esq., deceased, and the debts and lega- cies of Edward Lewis, his son, also deceased. Upon Edward Lewis's death the Welsh estates devolved upon his uncle Richard, and those in Bucks and Oxon upon his sister. XXII. 2. MARY Lewis of Boarstal, born 1654. She married 1st, settlement dated 3 January 1671, William 2nd son ot Wm. Jephson, M.P., Major-General and envoy from Cromwell and Sweden in 1657, by Alicia d. of Sir John Denham. He was executor to his brother-in-law Edward Lewis in 1674, of Boarstall in 1678, M.P. for Grinstead 1680, High Wycomb 1689-91, also Clerk of the Privy Council to King William. He died Trinity Sunday 7 June 1691. By a former marriage Mr. Jephson had Frances, who md., as his 2nd wife, John Aubrey, the devisee of Boarstall, and their daughter, Frances Aubrey, md. Denham Jephson, M.P. for Mallow, who died 1775. Mary Lewis, md secondly, Sir John Awbrey, of Llantrithyd, Bart., M.P. for Brackley. He died at Boarstall, 17 ? Sept., 1700, and is buried at Llantrithyd. rHart M.S., 2288.] By a former wife, Margaret, d of Sir John Lowther, of Lowther, 1st Lord Lonsdale, whom he married iu 1676, he had a son, afterwards Sir John Awbaey, to whom his stepmother be- queathed her estate, and whence csme the Anbreys of Llan- trithyd and Boarstall. Mary Lewis md thirdly, settlement dated 29-30 Sept., 1701 Sir Charles Kemeys,"of Cefn Mably, who died soon after the marriage. Her fourth husband was William Awbrey, of Brecon, L.L.B., ia 1668, of New Coll., Oxford, 2nd sou of Richard Awbrey, of Broad Chalk, and second cousin to Sir John Awbrey. There is a picture st Dorton, of Sir John Awbrey, with his two wives, Mary Lewis on his right, and Margaret Lowther on his left. Mary Lewis died 1717. Her will dated 24 August, in that year, was proved in the following January She describes herself as Dame Mary Kemeys. She left Boarstall and Pid- dington to William Aubrey, her last husband, probably with remainder to the son of her second husband, Sir John Awbrey. Her nieces, Frances Jeybsion, and Ijabell, wife of William Sandys? of Missenden, had 21,000 each. She left no issue, and her sister died before her, also childless. XXII. 3.—ELIZABETH Lewis, sister and coheir, born 6 Nov., bapt. at Boarstall, 12 Nov., 1654. She m d before 1674 1st, Sir Francis Dayrell, of Castle [Shudy] Camps, co. Camb., Kt., son of Sir Thomas Dayrell, Kt., by Sarah, d of Sir Hugh Wyndham, Kt. and Bt., of Pilsdec, co. Dorset. His will, dated 13 March, was proved 22nd March, 1675. He left his house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, his houses, carriages, and plate to his wife, then with child. Failing a son, he leaves Shudy- Camps and certain leaseholds in co. Camb., and lands in Bucks, to his brother Marmaduke, who eventually inherited. Lady Dayrell md 2nd, William Morgan of Tredegar, son of Thomas Morgan, of Machen and Tredegar, by Elizabeth, d of Sir George Wyndham of Sandhills. Wm. Morgan md, 1, Blanch, d and h of Wm. Morgan of Thurrow, co Brecon. She died 1673 leaving issue. He died 1682, leaving no issue by Lady Dayrell. Her picture is preserved at Tredegar. Sir Francis and Rlizabeth had—1, Wyndham Dayrell, died 16. 4. aged 22. 2, Elizabeth, a posthumous child. Wynd- ham, however, may have been, and probably was, the issue of a former marriage. Lady Dayrell's will is dated 9 January 1675. The Boarstall estates are still held by the Awbreys, the ddscendants of the devisee, but the blood descent of the owners of the property, which had descended from a very remote period, and was held by cornage tenure, ended with Mary Lewis. [Kennett's Paroch Antiquities II., 408, Lipscombe's Bucks. The Aubreys were connected with the Jephsons in the next generation by the marriage of Frances, d of Sir John Awbrey, Bt., with Denham Jephson, M.P. for Mallow. XXI 3.—RICHABD Lewis of Corsham, and afterwards of Edington Priory and Van, Esq., 3rd son of Sir Edward Lewis and Ann Saskville, was M.P. for Westbury, co Wilts, 1660, 1689-90, 1695,1698. Purchased the Manor of Corsham 1694. Was trustee on his niece, Mary Lewis's marriage with Wm. Jephson in 1671, and with Sir C. Kemeys in 1701. Heir male under his nephew's will of 1672, and probably succeeded to the estates on his death in 1675. Demised Energlyn to Roger Powell in 1696. Died 1706, and is buried in Corsham church. He married the daughter and heir of —— James, Esq., and had—1, James Lewis, living 1672, and named in the will of his cousin as in succession after his father to the Glamorgan estates. He was living in 1674, but probably died before his father, anmarried. 2, Thomas. XXII.—Thomas Lewis of Van, St. Fagans, and Soberton, co Hants, Esq., which last estate he seems to have purchased; also of Hanover-square, London. M.P. for Chipping Wycomb 1680-1, 1688-9, 1695. Unseated for Whitchurch, Hants, 1708. M.P. for Winchester 1710,1713 Hampshire, 1713; Southampton, 1715; New Sarum, 1727; Portsmouth, 1731. A new writ moved for 1 Feb. 1737, he being dead. [Butler Parly Reg. L 9, 160, 341.] He sold Corsham House and manor in 1706 to the Methuens. He is usually described as of Soberton. Died there 22nd November, 1736, and is pro. bably there buried. In Glamorgan he seems to have pre- ferred St. Fagans, and to have utterly turned his back upon Van. In politics Mr. Lewis is said to have been a Jacobite, and to have fined £ 10,000 to escape the cones- qnences of a detected correspondence with the Pretender Sir R. Walpole is reported to have stood his friend, and his will certainly bears much of friendship for the Minister and his family. That document is dated 6 May, 8 Geo. II. 1735, and was proved in London, 16 February, 1736. He describes himself as Thomas Lewis, of Soberton, where he directs his body to be laid. All his debts (excepting £25,000 which will be due at his death to the representatives of his son-in-law), and his funeral expenses to be paid out of his personal estate. Jewels, watches, and rings to his wife, Elizabeth. Plate and goods in Hanover Square to his grandson, Other Lewis, N. of Ptymoutb. Plate and goods ai Soberton and St. Fagan's, Castle, to be heirlooms with his real estates in Hants and Glamorgan. The poor of Soberton, of Droxford, and of St. Fagan's IPAO in each. Residue, with consent of wife, to be vested in securities, the interest to his wife for life, and afterwards in case of his real estates iu England, to pay off legacies of £ 30,300, residue to his grandson. To Sir Robert Walpole, K.G., £10,300. To Horatio Wal- pole, his brother, £ 6,000. To Sir John Bridgman, of Castle Bromwicb, Bt., £ ^,000. To Richard Mead, M.D., d62, u". To Mr. Fortescue, of Buckland Tilleigh and Lincoln's Inn, £ 3,000. To his faithful servant, Jonathan Deer, senior, £ 2,U00 To his servants, £ 2,000 among them. To Airs. Mary Rayner, of Chelsea, £ 2,000. To the Hospitals of St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, and Chris-tchurch, each gloo. Poor of Portsmouth, £ 1,000, at discretion of Sir Charles Wager. All to be paid within 2 years, out of his Eng- lish i real property, Also to his god-daughter Henrietta Louisa Walpole, daughter of Horatio, £3UOv. To Charles Fielding, gentleman, £ 2000 To Henry Llewelyn, of Cardiff, gent., £ 1000. To Mrs. Margaret Gallard, living in his house, £ 1000. To Robert Hawthorn, gent, Edward Carlton, his servant, and Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughan, all of Soberton, dBKJOO each, all to be paid in two years, out of real estate in Gla- morgan. Also JB25,000, as agreed under Lord Plymouth's marriage settlement, |to be paid out of. real estate in Gla- morgan. Real estates left in Trust to Fortescue and Deer to raise legacies, etc., and then settled on sous, if any, and daughters in succession in tail male, etc. Executors, Sir R. Walpole, Bridgman, Mead, and Fortes- cue, all of whom proved, Fortescue being then a Baron of the Exchequer. Thomas Lewis married a lady described in her marriage settlement as Elizabeth Tumour, ot St. Martins in the Fields, spinster, date 8 Feb., 1709. Her trustees were Edward Lisle, of Crooks Easton, Hants, and Hellry Stevens of Culham Court, Berks. There were settled upon her Soberton Manor and Manors in Glamorgan, the farm or Glynerglyn and Melyn-ynis-Tirch in Eglwisiian, lands iii- herited from Mr. Lewis's father Richard in St. Pagans, Wenvoe, MichaelstonsuparEly,Pentirch,Colwuistone, Langan, Ewenny, Penarth, Landoch, St. Andrew's, Barry, Lavernock, Bedwas, Ruddry, Aberdare, Lanwon 110, Eglwysilan, Radys, Llandaff, Roath, Lanishen, Cardiff St. John and St. Maiy s, Lanvabon, Lisvane, and Merthyr Tydvil, excepting certam messuages in Merthyr and the Granges in Llandaff and Canton. Also £300 per annum pin money was settled on the lady. Mr. Lewis seals with a Lion rampant for both arms and crest. Mrs. Lewis survived her husband. They had but one child. XXIII.—ELIZABETH Lewis, of Van and Soberton, sole heiress. She married at:21 years of age. Other Windsor, 3rd Earl of Ptytnouth, having £ 40.000 for her portion, of which £ 15,( 00 was paid down, and £ 25,000 secured to be paid after Mr. Lewis's death. The earl settled lands in Worcester, War- wick, and Cheshire, to £ 4 000 per ann. Lord Plymouth, who was born 30 June, 1707, died 23 Nov., 1732, and is buried at Tarbick, co. Warwick. His will, dated 19 June, 1732, was proved by Mr. Lewis, 11 Dec., 1732. Countess Elizabeth died 9 Nov., 1733, leaving one infant son. XXIV.-OTHER LEWIS Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth, born 1731. Ld. Lt. of Glamorgan 25 March, 1738. After the death of Thomas Lewis, was a decree in Chancery, in which certain creditors of the estate were plaintiffs, and Sir R. Walpole, Orlando Bridgeman, and Richard Mead, junior, and others, defendants, under which Mr. Lewis's will was estab- lished, and the trustees advisea to apply for a private Act, and to sell, as the debts and incumbrances exceeded the rental The Act was obtained 14 Geo. II., cap. 7, 1740-1, and amended 17 Geo. II., cap. 24, 1743-4, and 19 Geo. II., cap. 17,1745-6. The first Act vested from May, 1740, the free- hold and leasehold estates of Thos. Lewis, of Soberton, de- ceased, in trustees to be sold to raise monej to discharge debts and legacies the second enabled Other Lewis, of Plymouth, a minor, to purchase the estate of his grandfather IN Gla- morgan and the third enabled the Earl's guardians to let leases during his minority. Under the second Act the Gla- morgan estates were bought in for £47,000. Earl Other Lewis was grandfather of Other Archer, the 6th Earl, of Maria, Marchioness of Downshire, and of Harriet Clive, Baroness Windsor, the present owner of Van and St. Fagan's.
CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held on Satur- day, W. Alexander, Esq., in the chair. There were also present, the Mayor, the Revs. C. Lewis. T. H. Jones, A. Jen- ner, and H. J. Thomas, Dr. Paine, Messrs. J. Bird, P. Bird, W. Vachell,E. P. Richards, R. Cory, D. Jones, C. French, J. Evans, Thomas Williams, &c., &e. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Master of the Workhouse reported that during the week 61 paupers had been admitted and 70 discharged, leaving 240 in the house, being a decrease of 34 on the correspond- ing week of last year. Mr. J. Bird remarked it was the largest decrease he remem- bered since he had been connected with the Board. The Clerk It speaks well for the state of the town. The master of the Industrial Schools reported the number of children there to be 163, being an increase of 6 on the cor- responding week of last year. The master reported that the donkey did not stand his work as well as usual. The Chairman observed it was quite unfit for work, it could hardly stand. Mr. P. Bird concluded it was past work from old age. The Clerk said originally it only cost the Board JEl. After some further rather humorous remarks on donkeys in general and this one in particular, the master was requested to purchase another. It was thought a good one might be ob- tained for 30s. The master of the workhouse reported that a boy who for- merly belonged to the school, had returned to the workhouse. He had behaved in a very disorderly manner, and the master said the only punishment he could inflict on him was to compel him to work the pump. He was requested to lock the boy up n the pump yard for several hours each day during the next week. The Clerk read the master's report of the Industrial School, which, as usual, gave the number of gallons of water used at the school during the week, as registered by the meter. Mr. Thomas Williams again obtruded his ideas on economy, suggesting instead of paying the Cardiff Water Works Com- pany for the quantity of water used, that a pump should be erected. It was, he said, the most foolishest thing in the world not to have a pump. But it's the way with everything here, to throw money away as if it were dirt. Why I could have dug a well for i20. Mr. P. Bird remarked that he was not a guardian wheu the schools were built, but he had always been of opinion that there should have been a well sunk at the school. Mr. J. Bird: I propose that Mr. Williams should be en- gaged to dig the well at £20. Mr. Williams: Why I could do it cheaper nor that. You don't want to dig down 10 yards. After a little laughter the subject dropped. The Chairman said that Mr. R. O. Jones had visited the school within the last few days, and in his report had recom- mended that fresh meat be substituted for the salt meat now used. It appeared at present salt meat was not only one of the articles of diet, hut the soup was made from it also. Mr. Jones recommended that not only should the salt meat be discontinued, but the children should be supplied with plenty of fresh vegetables. The suggestion was ordered to be carried out. The Clerk reported that the School committee had met, and they had considered the applications of the master and matron for an increase of salary. They recommended that the two children belonging to the master and matron should he al- lowed to reside at the schools on the payment of the usual charge for their rations. They also recommended that the matron's salary be increased £10 per year. Several small al- terations in the interior arrangements and a garden roller were recommended as desirable. It was aiso considered desirable to make an application to the Poor Law Board to allow a salary to be paid to a girl, named Maria Samuel, acting in the capa- city of assistant school mistress. Mr. J. Bird, in moving the adoption of the report, men- tioned that he thought the additional salary allowed to the matron would repay the charge of maintenance made by the guardians for the children. Mr. W. Vachell seconded the motion. The Chairman said the matron's duties had very much increased since her appointment. She was really very diligent and most attentive to her duties. Mr. J. Bird: What do they waut a garden roller for ? The Chairma n: The paths have been recently covered with small broken stones, &c., and a roller is wanted to make the paths level. The boys will be employed in rolling them under the charge of the trainer. The Clerk asked what sum they should suggest to t he Poor Law Board to allow as the salary to give Maria Samuel. Mr. J. Bird proposed zC6 per year. It would remove her from being a pauper, and would be sufficient perhaps for a beginning. She was, he said, a very deserving girl. The report of the School Committee was then adopted. The Clerk read the report of the Sanitary Committee ap- pointed a short time since to consider the desirability of a re- division of the Union for sanitary purposes. They recom- mended that the parishes of Caerau, Pendoylan, and Welsh St. Donatts be added to the district now under the inspection of Superintendent Sadler, and the remaining parishes not having an inspector of nuisances appointed by the Board or under the control of a Local Board of Health to be under the inspection of Superintendent Thomas. Also that a perma- nent committee be appointed to meet on the first Saturday of every month, and that the inspectors report monthly to the meeting. Dr. Paine moved the adoption of the report. The Rev. H. J. Thomas objected to the report of the com- mittee. At Pentyrch they had appointed an inspector of nuisances who visited the various parts of the parish, and was most indefatigable in the discharge of his duties. He could not see why such an appointment should be interfered with. Mr. J. Bird I should like to know if any reports from this most efficient inspector of nuisances has been sent to this Board ? The Clerk: No. Mr. D. Jones: Have reports been received from any other inspector ? The Clerk: Yes; from Superintendent Sadler. Mr. Thomas: I shall move as an amendment that the report be not adopted. Mr. J. Bird seconded the adoption of the report. After a little further discussion, Mr. Thomas altered his amendment, that so much of the report as relates to Pentyrch be not adopted. y Mr. E. P. Richards asked Mr. Thomas if he would have the kindness to state the grounds on which he moved his amend- ment, because they must consider if they appointed a com- mittee and that committee sent in a report, unless they stated the grounds on which the report was not received, no com- mittee would act. He bad always endeavoured to have the names of those gentlemen who objected to committees placed on committees in order to avoid if possible these discussions. Mr. Thomas: I myself, individually, care nothing about committees. I don't advocate committees, as I think all these matters should be left to the Board. Therefore, I feel I shall never respect the reports of committees, and I will never delegate to others that right which I feel I ought myself to discharge. Mr. Williams seconded the amendment of Mr. Thomas. Dr. Paine, in replying to the efficiency of the Inspector of Nuss inces appointed by the parish of Pentyrch to the manner which he discharged his duties, and to the sanitary condition of the parish, mentioned a circumstance that some short time since an inhabitant of the parish who had been suffering from a nuisance applied to him (Dr. Paine), knowing he was the officer of the Cardiff Board of Health, to ask what steps he should take to have the nuisance removed, stating that he did not know to whom to apply. He (Dr. Paine) had had occasion to pass that way, and although the nuisance had been there for a considerable time, and although the parties have had complaints made against the nuisance, no steps had been taken to get it removed. He trusted the report of the committee who had spent a considerable portion of time on the matter would be adopted. It was not a question where private feeling should be allowed to interfere. They were to consider the public good, and from the experience he had in this particular department, unless they had persons responsible to this Board for carrying out the provision of the Nuisance Removal Act they would do but little public good. It was a matter of considerable public importance that the provisions of the Nuisance Removal Act should be efficiently carried out. MR. Thomas, with some emphasis I don't believe a word Mr. Paine has said (order, order). Mr. Paine appealed to the Chairman for protection. vie said Mr. Thomas had made a most ui) remark. He had been an attendant for many years as one of its medical officers. Now he was a guardian, and as such Mr. Thomas's _aI. The remark Mr. Thomas has just made was exceedingly 1,0 TYONLD not say ho-.v tar the re- unbecoraing a gentiemaii ne IAOUKI mark might be becoming A clergyman. Mr. J. Bird, before the business proceeded any further, con- sidered it necessary that Mr. F »">mas should apologise to D>. Paine and the Board for' the remarks1 he had >n:ule; for in effect they stigmatise,1 Dr. Paine as the utterer of falsehood. He should move, unless an apology was made, that some STEPS should be taken with reference to it. Mr. Richards, in SECONDING the motion of Mr. Bird, sari: I quite agree with this coui se, and 1 do so 011 this giouiu Having some interest in the Union, I feel very much obliged to Mr. Alexander, who has 1;aken upon himself the duties of vice-chairman. I feel also OBLIGED MR. Pride, to MI.J. Bird, and others, who, as members of committees, give a laige portion of their valuable time TO the demauds of this Union, and I take some degree of shame upon myself that 1 do not follow their example. Now, let us look at the question, 'AU'3 • Are there to be committees or not? Mr. Ihomas had ob- jected to the report of the committee. I SHAU IN0VL' • Thomas be added to that committee. (Mr. lhomas: 1 shau t act.) MR. Thomas is not to interrupt me. J consider when one guardian accuses another of falsehood, particularly when that guardian is a clergyman of the Church of England, it is exceedingly unbecoming. (Hear, hear.) IF it was the poorest guardian who attends here, no MAN, whatever his position, has a risrht to say that man has said a falsehood. (Hear.) I has a right to say that man has said a falsehood. (Hear.) I do hope we are now going to HEAR an explanation of this scene. I come here to support tlJe Chaiiman in conducting the business of the meeting iu A proper maimer, and if M R. Thomas were to occupy the EB.tir with such scenes as th' LIE could not remain in it three weeks. (Mr. D. Jones): He could not fill it at all. I say is there 110 man in this Union whose opinion is not worthy to be received. Look at the trouble Mr. Uird has taken in the interllal arrangements of the house. How much rouble do these committees relieve the board ? As a friend of mine, and one whom I hope to call a friend for some time to come, I hope Mr. Thomas will forbear making these remarks. As a clergyman of the Church of England, to which I belong, I hope he will not so far demean himself as to repeat what he has said to any guardian, but more parti- cularly to Dr. Paine. Dr. Paine has been connected for years with this Board as a medical officer, and whether or not he deserves the encomiums passed on him, he has been elected as a member of this Board, and as such has a right to give his opinion as freely as any other member of the Board, and any remark made by the members no one would be so base as to assert what was not to be relied on or false. Mr. Thomas: I did not say it was false, but what I was going to say was, only I was interrupted and not allowed to. finish, that I did not believe the statement. Mr. J. Bird: You said, I deny the tiutlifulness of the statements you have made. Mr. Thomas I said I didn't believe it. Mr. Richards: I ask Mr. Thomas to withdraw the observa- tions. Mr. Thomas: I said I didn't believe it, nor do I. Mr. Tho- mas added that he had never been hostile in any way, and had never acted in any way hostile to Dr. Paine. He must say the remark he made did not apply to Dr. Paine It was well known to every individual in the parish that they had an officer who had been about the parish from time to time serving notices for the removal of nuisances. The indi- vidual who informed Dr. Paine of the nuisance could not have been an inhabitant of the parish he must have been a stranger. stranger. Mr. J. Bird: The words you made use of I have here written down. I don't believe a word Dr. Paine has said. D'% Paine That is what he said. Mr. Thomas I did not believe the statement was true. Dr. Paine considered that Mr. Thomas had sought, now to put another face on the expression. Since Dr. Paine had been a guardian he had never committed himself to an act or said a word that would bear a construction that a personal feelin°- existedbetween himself and Mr Thomas. Mr Thomas had there" fore no right to make personal observations of such a character and then endeavour to get out of them by endeavouring to change their import. Neither could he accept any such state- ment as a withdrawal of the expression. Mr. Richards did not think Mr. Thomas meant what he said. Mr. Thomas: It was not said with a view to tell Mr. Paine he was telling a falsehood; but it is well known that we have an officer and the person who informed Mr. Paine if an inha- bitant, must have well known he could have applied to this officer to have the nuisance removed. The Chairman Do you withdraw the expression ? Mr. Thomas: As applied to Dr. Paine it is withdrawn. The Rev. C. Lewis hoped these personal discussions would not interfere with the object they had in view. There was very little doubt that the sanitary condition of the union had not been attended to in a proper manner. He had not seen an inspector of nuisances in his pa-ish, and he did not think there had been one. Neither could he see how Superintendent Sadler could efficiently inspect fifteen parishes iu addition to the very heavy duties he bad also to discharge. The Chairman It is done by the police. Mr. C. Lewis It is not done by the police willingly. He 'had beeu informed by some of the men that they were not satisfied in doing the work by deputy when the superintendent gets the pay, and he thought it was unfair to call on the men to find out the nuisances and give the information to the superintendents, who get the pay for it, He knew if the superintendents of police had to examine all the parishes it would not be done by them. Mr. D. Jones had had something to do with Cardiff, and he knew that the system of employing superintendents as inspec- tors of nuisances would not work well. The best persons to appoint to that office were in his opinion the sergeants of police to act as inspectors over those parishes in their particular districts. They would be able to act much more efficiently as their districts would be smaller. The Clerk, at the request of the Chairman, explained the report. At the first meeting of the sanitary committee the view unanimously taken was to place the appointments in the hands of the sergeant of police. A communication was madft to the Chief Constable, Col. Napier, asking his permission fot the appointment to be vested in the sergeants. The reply was in the negative, and the committee were therefore obliged to fall back 011 the superintendents of police. Mr. D. Jones observed that the woik had never been done and it never would be done by the superintendents. Dr. Paine mentioned, in continuation of the explanation given hy the Clerk that after the committee had made the application to Colonel Napier, and had received the reptydc-, dining to vest the appointment in the police sergeants, the superintendents were requested to attend the committee. They did attend and they stated that it would practically amount to the same thing as if the sergeants were appointed. Every policeman would receive instructions to visit every parish on his beat and report to the superintendent the existence of any nuisance. The police sergeant would serve a notice on the parties to remove it. Thus although the duty would be nomi- nally done by the superintendents the practical working of it would be in the hands of the police sergeants. Mr. D. Jones asked how the police would act when their notice failed. Dr. Paine: The sergeants would serve the notice on the owners of the property where the nuisance existed, and if the owners failed to remove the nuisance the superintendents of police would order the proper legal proceedings to be taken in accordance with the provisions of the Nuisance Removal Act The plan similar in its operations had been carried out effici- ently in towns, and there was little doubt it would operate as efficiently in the rural parishes. Mr. J. Bird rose and with some warmth of manner said I think when persons come here, either in the discharge'of their public duties, or as denouncing the appointment of committees to any one particular part of our proceedings they should be a little consistent in their own conduct. They are willing enough when here at little inconvenience to them- selves, or by the exercise of but little labour, they are then willing enough to accept the report of a committee, when that committee has spent hour after hour of valuable time in its preparation, and the members of that committee had attended at much personal inconvenience to the discharge of those duties. They are willing enough then to accept the reports of those committees without asking a question but when the report of a committee happens to effect the disposal of any paltry patronage, touches any personal feeling, or comes in contact with any particular friend or hobby, they are then ready enough to cry out" I hate committees, and there should be committees of the whole Board." That they may attend to the appointment of some twopenny halfpenny patronage they say no committee shall dictate to me what I shall do. But let them come here on the last Friday in the quarter when this table is strewn with every article of cfothino-for the pauper inmates of this house to wear, and every article ot food for them to eat. At such times the guardians of these rural parishes take care to remain by the comforts of their own hearth, and have to the town guardians the most im- portant of the duties to be discharged. They are never in at tendance when the important, details of this great house are to be discussed, the town guardians do not receive from them then any aid whatever. Not that I am aware that their assistance would be of any great value, 1 do not know what advantage they would be to the committee in deciding on the quality of any particular article, except, probably, in one department,— they may be able to say how many degrees above proof one particular article of beverage may be, or how much one ought to drink, or how much one ought not to drink; but upon the more important details, details which give us so much trouble, they render no assistance, and this person who talks so much, I will not say does so little, but who comes to day and say "I do not love committees those committees whose labours you accept without scruple, and probably without being conscious of those labours' while the same person who cares nothing for committees, would act independent oi them, and would not accept their reports, accepts them. I say it is not fair that you should accept the labours of those who have, quarter after quarter, to workout the details of this great house, and I quite agree'' with all Mr. Richards has said respecting the advantages of committees, but I say, to be consistent you should not refuse to accept their reports (hear.) On the conclusion of these remarks, a large number of the country guardians left the room. The Chairman told them not to leave, and Mr. Richards endeavoured to prevail upon them to stay. One only, Mr. Thos. Williams, had a few words to say. Mr. Richards called on them to support the chairman, if they would not take his place. He, as one of the country guardians, told them it was their business to support the chairman. Mr. Williams said something respecting the RAIDING of the salaries of the officers of the Board, and he could not see what they had done for the money. Mr Richards asked Mr. Williams if he would not take the chair to stay. He asked if any of the country guardians would be on the committee. Mr. Witliams What is the use of our coming here if the committee settle everything; we have no voice. Mr. Richards I say you have, and you should give them your assistance. Mr. Williams None of the country guardians are on the co III UI it 'ees. Mr. Richards: When there is a committee proposed I will propose some of the country guardians. Mr. Wiiliams then left the room, complaining as he went. The Chairman put Mr. Thomas's amendment, but only one voted for it. The original motion was then put and carried. Dr. Paine proposed that the Rev. C. F. B. Wood, Messrs. C. French, J. Bird, Eli Evans, and himself should form the sam- tary committee. Adopted. The Clerk read a letter from the Poor Law Board, inclosing S-CQVY of the letter sent to Mr Lewis, the assistant overseer of bt. Mary's pan's* The letter informed Mr. Lewis that if he was desirous of retaiulùg the office, he must at once pro- vide himself with an additional surety for the one deceased, and requested him at once to inform the Board, if he was pro" vided with that additional surety, or wlietlw to lesign his office foi th with.- lie was prepared The Chairman remarked that qq 1 be ■ t0 this letter..1 would be required This was an the public business, O11 inquiry we found that th» sp consisted of Dr. Paine, the Revs. T tt t S;ta iV^n c?.m!'?.ltte1e W. Biuce, and Messrs. A lex L1 ,s' I held that morning, the three gr .trench. At the meeting with Mr. French only were r belonging to the town, correct, that though couutr -1 att?.dance, and it was quite mittee, they seldom guardians are placed on the com-
RUMOURED OF BRISTOL AND CARDIFF…
RUMOURED OF BRISTOL AND CARDIFF VESSELS. °f August last two barques sailed from /ai 1 >01 QU()jiec_ Q[ie them was the Cardiff, and the other the Prince of Wales, j1", find ihey sa;le>l for a few days in company. a .ter vessel is of 731 tons register burthen, and will carry 1,100 tons, but on this voyage she had en hor ird only 500 tons of coal. She belongs to Messrs. » P Snell and Co., of Queen-square, and to Mr. S. Alsop, of Prince-street, Br st"), and was commanded by Captain Coul-on, having a crew numbering 16, all told. hverything was supposed to be right with the ships until last week, when the following intelligence was received in Bristol:— St. John's, N.F., Septem- ber 27.—The barque Pnnce of Wales, of Bristol, has foundered at sea." .Naturally great excitement was caused on the receipt of the above intelligence, the triends of those on boaid being painfu'ly anxious for further details, but none arrived, and tue maiis from America were looked for with feelings of the intensest nature. The mail came in on Sunday, but no news respect- ing the vessel was conveyed, nor had she arrived at her destination. The same was the case with the Empire, respecting which no information c ime from Quebec, but a report reached Cardiff that she al-o was lost. Nothing reliable can as yet be ascertained with regard to either of the ships, although a rumour is prevalent in Liverpool that a Dutch barque, the Iollens, Captain Verthager, hound from Rotterdam to new \ork, had picked up a shipwrecked crew, supposed to be that of the Punce of Wales, If there be any truth in the statement of the loss, it is to he hoped that the last-mentioned rumour also rests on good foundation. The Prince of Wales, we may add, is only partially insured, so that great loss will be sustained by the owners if she has foundered. Another disaster to a Bristol ship is reported in the abandonment of the Eliza Olive, the crew being compelled to leave her on the 21st of September in the course of a voyage to Quebec, from Antwerp,' in lat. 47 N., long. 37 W. She was owned by Mr. Brain, of Rtidcliff-backs, Bristo), and that gentleman has received a letter from the captain, stating that the whole of the crew were picked up by a French vessel hound from Newfoundland for Bordeaux, and were landed at the latter poit. Their arrival in Bristol is daily expected.
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The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week. THE CANDIDATES FOR BRECON—The Times of yester- day says Mr. Howel Gwyn. of Duffryn, near Neath, has issued his address to the electors of this borough. He declares himself an Independent Conservative, strongly attached to the Established Church, but at the same time willing to relieve Dissenters from the payment of church- rates. He is opposed to the income-tax save as an excep- tional measure in time of war to provide for the exigen- cies of the country. Mr. Gwyn sat for Penryn for several years, and he unsuccessfully contested Barnstaple at the last general election. The other candidate is the Earl of Brecknock, son of the Marquis of Camden, who comes forivard on moderate Liberal principles. The contest is likely to be a severe one, as parties are pretty evenly balanced in the borough. SECOND CROP OF SXEAWBEEEIES AT COWBEIDGE — A gentleman received on Monday, in a letter from Mr. Titus Lewis, r.S.A., at Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, the following contribution to the history of the "Season of marvellous things To show the warmth of the weather, let me tell you that 1 picked yesterday a dish of ripe strawberries in my garden. I had an immense crop in the summer, and I have now quarts of them nearly ripe. Three of these strawberries weigh an ounce." THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN MONMOUTHSHIEE. We are glad to state that the report of the cattle plague having ap- peared in this county is entirely unfounded. On Penyraig farm, Llanbennock, a few animals were attacked with the foot and mouth disease, but no fatal cases occurred. This disease is very prevalent at Bishton and Magor and the surrounding district, and appears to have extended to Kemys, LlanhennoclT and Malpas. PENNY READINGS.—The penny-reading campaign of 1865-6 opened on Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Newport Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute. The room was well filled aud it is but just to say that frequent and well merited applause was bestowed throughout the evening. The programme was varied and pleasing. The Maj-or occupied the chair. THE CATTLE PLAGUE IN NOETH WALES. — The cattle plague has extended ijhio North Wales. A few days ago it appeared at Merton, /i&r Wrexham, and it has since attacked ^several animals in thi lieighbourhood. One of the inspectors r^jorts that on Mond^j he visited a farm at Bangor Iscoed Flintshire, and there saw six auimals lying dead, and many mork attacked by the disease. WMCK. OF A BRISTOL VESSEL.—Intelligence has been received of the loss of the Dane, a vessel belonging to Messrs. Green Vnd Co., of Bristol, though, fortunately, the crew were saved. '1 he Dane, which was commanded by Capt. Brown, tailed from Cardiff towards the end of September last, for J licunte, laden with 773 tons of coal. 1 he crew consisted Ipf the master, Capt. Brown, chief mate, officer and 14 men. On the 5th of October she sprang a leak. an foundered in lat. 47, 30 N., long. 11 W. '1he captain an creW took to their boats, were picked up by a barque outward bound from Swansea, were reshipped the sanie day an board the Arthur Pardoe, of Plymouth, and landed at Dover on Wednesday morning. The crew were take in at the Sailor's Home, Dover. FEVTR BOSPITAL AT CLIFTON.—The Clifton Board of Guardianslyesterday resolved to erect a permanent fever hospital at'a cost of about £ 600. The new building is in- tended to accommodate about thirty patients, and is to be so constriMted that, on an emergency, temporary wards can be adqjed at each end. In taking this step the Guard- ians have' provided for an acknowledged public want. During the ravages of typhus a few months ago it was shown that the disease was brought under control as soon as the temporary hospital was erected, and consequently there is every reason to anticipate that the new hospital will have a most beneficial etfect on the health of the densely populated localities in which fevers and contagious diseases usually originate.— Western Daily Press. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WALES UNION RAILWAY. One of the railway officials at the Lawrence Hill Station of the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway met with a serious accident yesterday. Edwin Churches, the official in question, was getting into a train at the above station just as the carriages were in motion, and he fell between the platform and the carriages. He was dragged a dis- tance of 40 yards, his ribs being fractured he also re. ceived a severe scalp wound and several other injuries. He was immediately taken the General Hospital, and we are glad to learn that he is progressing favourably. THE FENIAN PROSECUTIONS. — On Thursday, the six Fenians arrested in Clonmel, together with Denis Dowling Mulcahy, medical student, and reader in the Irish JPeople office, were committed for trial.
CARDIFF POLICE COURT.
CARDIFF POLICE COURT. FEIDAY.—(Before R. 0. Jones, Esq.) LOAN SOCIETY CASE. W. Venn was summoned by the authorities of the Cardiff Mutual Loan Society for the sum of £4 2s. 6d., being a balance of a loan advanced by the socie y to the defendant. The bench after hearing the case, made an order for the paymeut of the amount due and the costs. CEUELTY TO A HOESE.—Richard fchadwell, a lad, was summoned for working a horse in an unfit state. The lad when asked by Mr. Jones what he had to say for working the horse in that state, replied I have nothing to say." The master said he had a job on Thursday which took him to New- port, and he took one of his horses with him, and told the lad to take this horse to bring a load of coal from Cardiff to Canton. He had not seen the horse for a week, and he did not know the condition the hoise was in. Mr. Jones said he had examined the horse and it was in a bad condition independently of the sores on the back. Fined 10s. and costs. Mr. Jones said if the horse was worked again, the owner must be summoned. DKUNK.—Honorah Doyle admitted that on the 9th iust. she had taken a drop too much, but she was very quiet. P.C. Harris, however, said she was not only very drunk bat also very abusive, and created a great disturbance in Bute Road, on the evening in question.—Fined 5s. and costs. LODGING HOUSE CASE.—John White, the keeper of a lodging-house in Evelyn-street, was summoned for having more lodgers in the house than it was certified to receive by the Medical Officer of the Board of Health.—Sergeant Hibbs said he bad served a notice on the defendant to reduce the number of lodgers to eleven. He had visited the house since and found seventeen persons there.—Ordered to reduce the number to eleven and lined 10s. and costs. ASSAULT.—Daniel Bryan, a genuine specimen from the sister isle, was summoned for an assault on Timothy Macarthy, the son of a man keeping a beer-house. Complainant said on Sunday evening he was in the tap-room of his father's house and heard the defendant talking to his mother and saying she was a fine woman, and they were all a proud family, with a gieat deal oi protestant blood in them. Witness went out, with the intention of going to bed to get out of Bryan's way when he heard Mrs. Bryan talking to his mother on the same subject, and soon after she sent out Bryan to beat him. Wit- ness went into the street to have peace and quietness, but the defendant followed and struck him several times. The defen dant produced a knife, which he said the complainant had attempted to use about his father, and called a witness to prove that he did not commit the assault, but the magistrate tined him 10s. and costs. ALLEGED PORK STEALING.—Thomas Joyce, a marine store dealer, of Tyndall-sireet, was charged with stealing four barrels of pork from a ship lying in the East Bute Dock.— Supt. Stockdale said he was not prepared with the evidence against the prisoner, and he must ask for a remand till Mon- day. The application was gran ted,^bail being taken for hIs appearance. -■ < ..i«; •.> I u SATURDAY.-(Before the Mayor.) REFUSING TO PROCEED TO SEA.-William Kent, a cook, was charged with having signed articles and then refused to proceed to sea. The captain of the Kate said the defendant signed articles to join the ship at Newport on the 11th inst., but he did not come on board, and the ship sailed and put into Cardiff very shorthanded, where he met the defendant and gave him into custody. The defendant said he could not go on board as he had no clothes. The captain said he had paid him a months advance, but had supplied his place with a sub- stitute and did not want the man on board again. The Mayor enianded the case till Monday. STREET DISTURBANCE.-George Grey and Daniel Thomas were charged by P.C, Sercombe with creating a disturbance near the South Wales Railway station. The police constable said, SIX 0 clock, last evening, he was sent for to separate the defendants who were fighting in the road near Mr. Goyersyard Grey, on being asked what he had to say, replied ihat lie was on his way to the South Wales Railway Station to go to Bristol, in company with a female, wheu the other defendant Grey ran up against the woman, and he, (lhomas) turned round and told him to mind where he was going, when he struck witness, and then witness struck back. LHU other defendant said he was going down St Mary's street to look after some hampers of fish that were coming to him hom Bristol, when he saw the defendant and a woman with him; they were quarrelling,and Grey struck the woman, and said he would kill her before he went to Bristol. He (Thomas) then said, "D'JU't strike the woman," and Grey then hit him.-The woman was called, and admitted that Grey and she were having a few words, but there was no occasion for Thomas to interfere.—The Beuck determined to dismiss the case.
ABERDARE BOARD OF HEALTH.
ABERDARE BOARD OF HEALTH. The usual fortnightly meeting of this board was held on Thursday last, the following members being present—Messrs. David Davis kill the chair), R. H. Itliys, M. Edwards, J, Wil- liams, T. Davies, R. T. Roberts, D. Richards, and Rees Williams. The minutes of the last meeting having been read over and confirmed, cheques for various amounts were signed. The Medical Officer's report, of which the following is a copy, was then read To the Members of the Aberdare Board of Health. Gentlemen,—The returns of mortality for the last three months, ending Sept. 30th, 1865, indicate a favourable condi- tion of the public health as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1864, and also as compared with the previous three months of this year. The number of deaths during this quarter has been 186, which, compared with the same quarter of last year, viz., 240, will show a decrease of 54, and if compared with the last three months, viz., 300, will show a decrease of 144. During the three months which have expired there were 425 births, showing an increase of 55 over the same quarter of last year, and also an increase of births over deaths in this quarter of 239. H The market and slaughter houses have been duly inspected, and during the last three months the inspector had occasion to seize some veal, fish, and fruit, which I examined and found unfit for human food. I also examined several houses as being overcrowded and pre- judicial to the health of the inhabitants. The lodging-houses have been regularly visited, and their condition, both in respect to cleanliness and attention to sanitary regulations is emmi- nently satisfactory, and reflects much credit upon the inspector to whose vigilance this result is mainly to be attributed. I beg to report that I have during the past month made fre- quent house to house visitation in the localities where the local excitant causes of disease may be expected to exist, and I am enabled to state that with few exceptions a great num- ber of our dwellings are unfortunately overcrowded, in conse- quence of the scarcity of houses in the parish. I have to report that the bed of the river Dare, and also the Dover brook, are in a very offensive state, and calculated to excite disease, especially in dry weather. It is desirable, if possible that the surface drains in the streets and the courts in the town should be flushed with water to carry off the house im- purities thrown into them. I beg to call your attention to the following streets:— Meiriou-street, St. John-street, Margaret-street, Cynon-place, Clive-place, Ynyslwvs-street, Catherine-street, David Price- street, Tail-street, Cardiff-road, Club-street, Mason-street, Glamoigau-stieet, Victoria-row, and Bethuel-row, Cwmbacb their surface drains being out of repair.-I remain, gentlemen your most obedient servant, DAVID DAVIES, F.R.C.S., &c. The Surve3for was ordered to inspect the streets in question The Surveyor was ordered to inspect the streets in question and report upon the same to the Board at the next m. eting. The Board next directed the Clerk to ascertain the powers of the Water Works Company relative to their charges for laying the pipes for supplying water. Mr. Rhys remarked that as the company had the monopoly of the supply, it was only right they should afford the public every facility for obtaining it. Mr. Evans, of the Rose and Castle Inn, Cardiff-road, com plained of the removal of a gas lamp from near his premises, as he thought that before its removal it served the double pur- pos of lighting the level crossing an 1 letter-box close by. The Board said that the lamp had been removed for the purpose of equalizing the distances between the posts, and they did not think it would interfere with the crossing if, however, it should be found that the removal interfered with the safety of the public another lamp should be erected. Mr. Daniel Thomas complained of a nuisance near his house, and the Surveyor was requested to look to the matter. The report of the Nuisance Inspector and that of the Surveyor were then read, and a short discussion followed on topics mentioned in the latter. Mr. J. James, Gadlys Works, asked the board to kindly allow their surveyor to give evideuce in a case of dispute in connection with the Wayne's Building Club. The board acceded to Mr. James's request. After a few remarks from various members in reference to the town watering-cart, the board separated.
MONEY & RAILWAY MARKETS. —FRIDAY.
MONEY & RAILWAY MARKETS. —FRIDAY. Consols closed steady. Railways opened dull, but closed firmer in tone J London and Leeds shares were transacted in on improved terms, and Metropolitans were very firm; Canadian stocks were dull at the opening, but finished a shade better; Americans, too, were dull, and rather easier. Foreign stocks are quoted at easier prices, but no feature in the day's business calls for special notice. Banks steadily maintained former currencies; London and County and Imperial Ottoman shares were in favour. Mis- cellaneous steady. CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was very limited but most of the samples was in fair average condition. Good and fine parcels were in fair request at prices equal to Monday. In other kinds very little was doing at late currencies. We were again well supplied with foreign wheat. As a portion of the supply at hand has gone direct to the millers, the transactions were on a very moderate scale, at last week's quotations. The floating trade was very quiet. Prices, however, were fairly supported. PRODUCE MARKET.—FRIDAY. The raw sugar trade was good, and higher prices were realised than those of Friday last; more busi- ness was stirring in refined, low lumps fetching 44s East India coffee at public sales obtained extreme rates. New seasons Congou tea sold at 2s. to 2s. 10d., and in.small packages at 3s. to 3s. ld. many transactions were concluded. Rice was in good de- mand; large parcels of soft-grain were disposed of by private at 10S. 6d. to lis. Fine Calcutta saltpetre realised 24s. to 24s. 6d. Tallow steady; new P.Y.C. 47s. 9d. to 48s.
DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND…
DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF PORTUGAL FOR BELGIUM. PARIS, Oct. 13.—The King and Queen of Portugal left yesterday for Brussels. Their Majesties will re- turn to France at the commencement of November, and will then go to Compeigne. The Emperor presided at a Council of Ministers to-day. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 13.-According to the Ptesse of to- day the negotiations for the conclusion of treaties of commerce with England and France are nearly termi- nated. The International Inquiry Commission is stated to have been formally dissolved. AUSTRIAN FINANCE. VIENNA, Oct. 13.—-An official statement of the ex- penditure for the month of October will shortly be published, from which it will be seen that the nearest possible agreement with the estimates voted by the Reichsrath has been effected by the Government. An imperial decree is expected by which the members of the committee for the control of the public debt will be confirmed in their functions.
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THE EXECUTION OF CURRIE.-An unnecessary piece of torture was inflicted on the soldier Carrie, hanged on Thursday for the murder of Major de Vere. The Rev. J. Greener, the Presbyterian minister, arranged, it is stated, with Calcraft, that the drop should fall at a particular sentence in his final prayer. The culprit stood on the drop, praying for himself, let us hope, instead of listening to another; but even that horrible situation could not make a Presbyterian shorten his supplications, and Currie stood with the cap over him ex- pecting instant death for more than three minutes till the very crowd below began to murmur at the cruelty. WELSH FARMERS IN LONDOM.—Mr. Morgan, solicitor, of Newgate-street, appeared before the Lord Mayor at the police-room of the Mansion House on Friday, and related a sad story of loss from the prevailing epidemic among cattle. On the 11th of August, Simon Williams, a Welsh farmer, left his residence in Merionethshire to come to London with a herd of 124 cattle. On the way he sold twelve of them, and brought the rest to Barnet fair. There they caught the disease, and the whole of them had since perished, except three, and those three were stolen, entailing on him a loss of about £ 2,000. He had since discovered that the three that were stolen had been sold to a sausage maker, and had proba- bly now been converted into sausages. Another case was that of John Jones, also a Welsh farmer residing in Merioneth- shire. He came to London abont the same time with a herd of 105 black cattle. He sold 32 of them on the way to Barnet fair, and all the rest, 73 in number, had perished. The conse- quent loss sustained by those two men amounted to between JTJ2,000 and 93,000 they had since spent their last shilling in burying their dead cattle in the fields of Middlesex. '1 he poor men have in consequence been reduced to ruin, and were without the means of returning to their own country. The Lord Mayor presented them witk 96 from the poor-box, and incidentally remarked that the public had responded to the appeal for subscriptions very sparingly."
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LORD CLARENDON AND SIR E. B. LYTTON ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. An agricultural dinner at Watford on Monday evening afforded the Earl of Clarendon, who resides near that town, the opportunity of vindicating the conduct of the Government in relation to the cattle plague. He recapitulated the successive steps taken by the Privy Council to show that the Government had not been precipitate on the one hand or remiss on the other, and went on :—" The Government have been blamed in two ways, in one for not being vigor- ous enough, in the other for being too vigorous. With respect to the first, I own that if we had lived in a despotic country, very different measures would have been taken. Every infected district would have a cor- don of soldiers placed round it, every animal would have been killed, and every man suspected of violating the regulations would have been put into prison. So stringent are the regulations in Germany, that only a few days ago a stuffed wolf was prevented from cros- sing the frontier, for fear of spreading the infection. But no despotic measures can be attempted or succeed in this country unless they carry public opinion with them and it would have been in the highest degree imprudent if any arbitrary provisions had been issued before they were necessary. The Government have been strongly blamed forthe forcible prevention which enabled inspectors to slaughter cattle without the consent of their owners; but I contend that some such measure was necessary if any such attempt was to be made to stop the progress of the disease. I have no doubt that many of these inspectors have given great cause for complaint; but it is not the fault of the Government or anybody else, if in a great crisis like this a sufficient number of men possessing veterinary skill should not be able to deal with the disease in any other way. As yet no remedy has been discovered for this dreadful malady except by isolation or the de- struction of the animals affected by it. The Govern- ment have felt reluctantly compelled to resort to the experience of foreign countries to stop the progress of the disease. Knowing the anxious care which the Government have bestowed upon the subject—know- ing the diligence with which they have sought for ad- vice or information—I venture to hope that all reasonable men. making allowance for difference of opinion, will admit that more could not have been done, and that that which has been donft could not have been done better." Sir Bulwer Lytton was at the same meeting, and, like the noble Earl, spoke principally upon the cattle plague. He ridiculed Mr. Gamgee and the authori- ties who insist upon killing infected beasts I recollect," he observed, that, during the last days of the great American war, Lord North, with his usual dry humour, said, 'I am sure I don't know if our generals frighten the enemy, but I do know that they frighten me.' Well, gentlemen, this time our enemy is the cattle disease, and our generals are the vete- rinary surgeons. I am not quite sure that they will frighten away the cattle disease, but I am sure that they are sufficient to frighten the cattle keepers When Professor Gamgee tells us that we have no remedy or hope of remedy, except the slaughter and burial of the animals attacked, a man would be more afraid of sending for the cattle doctor than of send- ing for the executioner. There is not a sino-le instance—and I defy any man to point out one-^in the history of the world, of any epidemic attacking either men or animals, in which every man or everv animal so attacked has perished. It is very clear therefore, that the disease is not in itself incurable • and when a man tells us that as soon as the disease breaks out, in the earliest stage, there is no remedy but slaughter, all I can say is, that he tells us some- thing which is against the universal experience of history, and, as I believe, against the laws of nature."
THE DIFFICULTY WITH AMERICA.
THE DIFFICULTY WITH AMERICA. The correspondence between Mr. Adams and Earl Russell was commented upon yesterday by several of the London papers. 1 he limes thinks the commission proposed by Earl Russell will accepted. The Daily News is of opinion that the claims for reparation ought to be met by a direct negative, but hopes that the good sense of modern statesmen may before long find a solution for difficulties which inav BO serious but are surely not insuperable. The Daily Telegraph say s the country will be perfectly content to take the lawsto which America herself adhered fifteen years ago. If it was clear in 18O0 that Portugal could not claim compensation for IT I^IV/T 'LER CO™>»erce by cruisers fitted out from the RIM NT U RER'] FMUST EQUALLY clear iu I860 that England cannot be liable for injuries committed beyond her jurisdiction by either of the parties iu the late Transatlantic war. The SRBTDSED 6 proposed commission will most prO bably be declined.
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THE BONE CAVE AT RYHOPB COLLIERY.—A great addi- tional quantity of human and other animal remains has been discovered in this cave within the last few days, and as it has not yet been fully explored, or its termination reached, it is likely that still more will be found as the quarrymen go on with their work. Among the bones dug up on Thursday las t AJE ,U- MFL- skulls, male and female, the lower jawbone of a child of five or six years old, and a number of othtr bones almost enough to construct another skeleton. The dimensions of the two adult skulls areas follows:-Circumference of botb, TPIFNR LOT O"68 'A™|FER» 7fin. and 7fin.; across the pos- tei ior lobe, 6in. and 5|in.; and across the anterior, 5in. and ?RE, A S0 MOYE B?NES OF badgers, foxes, cats, labbits, &c. Including what has been carried off by the »N" T!LE[E MUST BATE BEEN several bushels F J A, FEE,VERAL BLTS OF charred wood have been found, and also a chip of wood, clean cut with a verv sharD axe, indicating the date of the human remains within a few centuries. In a little recess near the roof of the cave was dis- covered a number of small bones of different kinds, evidently placed there by hand, just such a depository as a girl playing at housekeeping might be supposed to make. Some of the or, bones appear to have been broken with a hammer, and one\- of them bears the mark of having been sawn through. The most probable conjecture now is that these relics are those of a family of thieves or robbers, or of refugees from invasion or peisecution, and that they had met their death suddenly and unexpectedly-perhaps by suffocation, like the Macdonalds, of the Isle of Eigg, at the hands of the chief of Macleod, or the Arabs in the cave of Dahra, at those of General Lamoriciere. There would be plenty of brushwood near for fuch a PURPOSE ALLEGJJD CASES OF CHOLERA AT EPPINO.—THG"Fall Mall Gazette of last night has the followingSome fuller particulars are given this morning of the pestilence which has broken out at Theyden, near Epping, and which was briefly noticed yesterday. There is a great deal of alarm in the neighbourhood, and rumours of all kinds ate afloat, but the simple facts and they are painful enough—are these—Mr. SieThe had ER' HAD ,BEEN TO Weymouth, and while K 1. E S?VERE .AT>ACK OF ILLNESS- HE. however, got N R,R* A", RET"1-ned to bis home on Sunday, September 24th. Ou luesday the 26 th, Mrs. Groom bridge was attacked, but recovered, although in a very delicate state. On Saturday, the 30th, a little daughter of Mr. Groombridge's was. attacked and died in about eight hours. The same night a boy, who was accustomed to sleep in a room in one of the out-buildings was taken ill but has recovered. These patients had been attended by Dr M'Nab, sen DR M'Nab jun and Dr. Clegg. On Monday Dr. M'Nab, sen., w'as seized! and died 011 luesday morning, about ten hours after he was first attacked. On Tuesday another daughter of Mr. Groom- bridge was taken ill, but has recovered. The next day the housemaid was attacked, but has also got over it. The disease, however, had not left the house; for on Friday last Mr. Groombndge was again attacked by it, and died after an illness of ten hours. A man named Riley, a farm labourer, at work on the premises, was attacked by it on Friday night, and died early on SATURDAY morning. The mother of Mrs. Uroombridge, a lady, eighty-seven years of age, also caught the disease on the same day, but is at present alive Mrs. Groombridge hid get OW the attack of cholera* and was doing very well until she heard that her husband was dead and then she said she had nothin more to live for. She refused to take food or anything UAIT was proper for her in her stata.of health, and the *NSENCE was that she soon sank and DIE$»^THE NGXFFFCTIM is Mrs. oaville, a poor woman who went toTiifTlfiey out. She was attacked a day or two after, and died on Tuesday, the 10th. The cases amount to twelve in number and have resulted in five deaths. A Government commission has been appointed to make inquiry in the nature of the disease. At present it seems very doubtful whether it is cholera at all. It seems that the well from which the water that supplied the house was taken was poisoned by communication with a cesspool, and it may turn out that the disease is entirely of local origin, and had no connection with Mr. Groombridge's visit to Wey- mouth, or the cholera epidemic which prevails in parts 0 f Euiope at the present time. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1865. 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