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Iroigti Itrttlligjitit. FRANCE. The discovery has just been made in Paris, that an immense number of forged notes of the Bank of France, amounting, it is supposed, to the value of many millions of francs, are in circulation. The for.. geries (says the Daily News Paris Correspondent), are so ingeniously executed that several of the most ex- perienced clerks in the bank were unable to detect them. It was only after a bundle of suspected notes had been minutely scrutinised by several persons that the difference between the false and the genuine paper was detected. It was then discovered that out of a parcel of eighty-eig;ht notes, eighty-seven were forged. The affair is so serious that orders have been given at the Government offices not to receive notes in payment at all, unless they are first marked as good by the Bank. Instances have been mentioned to me to-day, of notes offered in payment of stamp duties being re- fused. As far as at present known, all the forged notes are of the denomination of 100 francs. 0 Prince Adalbert, of Bavaria, arrived in France on Thursday.-Intelligence was received on the same day at Paris, that the Count de Morny had reached St. Petersburgh on Wednesday, in order to represent the Emperor Napoleon at the coronation of the Czar. It would appear from the following statement in the Moniteur, that the French Emperor is about to bestow titles of nobility upon some of his adherents. The official journal says-" On landing at Marseilles, Marshal Pelissier found a letter from the Emperor, in which his Majesty informed the illustrious Marshal that he bad conferred upou him the dignity of Duke." -The Paris Correspondent of the Times writes-" It is reported that the elevation of Marshal Pelissier to the rank of Duke is shortly to be followed by the bestowal of other titles of nobility, and Count Canro- bert is already spoken of." The Moniteur of Friday, announces that Count Walewski has resumed his functions as Minister of Foreign Affairs, which office had been filled during his absence by M. Barocbe ad interim. The Moniteur also says that Marshal Duke Pelissier, having taken leave of the Emperor on Wednesday evening, at PlombIères, arrived on Thursday, at Paris, at five p.m., by a special train on the Lyons Railway. His Excellency was received on his arrival by the Marshal Minister of War, Marshal Magnan, and the Generals and Colonels of the Imperial Guard and of the army of Paris. A battalion of infantry was drawn up in the order of battle,in the court,to render him the honours. Marshal Pelissier ascended the carriage of the Minister of War, who drove him to his hotel, where an apartment had been prepared for the Com- mander-in-Chief of the Army of the East. A squadron of Chasseurs formed the escort. Throughout his pas- sage the Marshal received the most sympathetic greetings. General Falcon, the late Commandant of Saragossa, has arrived in France, and has chosen Tours for his place of residence. SPAIN. The accounts from Madrid are to the 4th instant. The last despatches received from the Captain-General — of Catalonia, stated that not a single armed band re- mained in the principality. By a Royal decree, published in the Madrid Gazette, the resignations of MM. Olozaga and Gonzalez, of the posts of Ambassadors at Paris and London, have been accepted. It is said that General Serrano has been appointed Ambassador at Paris. The correspondence from Madrid, states that on the 24th (that is to say, three days after the fighting was over at Barcelona), two battalions of Nationals, coming down from the mountains to the assistance of the townspeople, were met in the plain by the Queen's cavalry, and sabred to the last man. It is to be hoped there will prove to be exaggeration in this account. Anything more helpless than the position of the ill- trained National Guards, suddenly assailed on open ground by regular Dragoons, can hardly be imagined, and doubtless, if the latter were disposed to be merci- less, few would escape. The loss of the army in the streets of Barcelona appears to have been considera- ble, a great many officers having been picked off, and this may have induced the savage retaliation above recounted. The information as to the position of the Spanish Ministry is very scanty and contradictory, and the Paris Correspondents of the London morning journals, seem to put forward new theories daily. According to the most reliable accounts O'Donnell is endeavour- ing to reconcile the liberals to himself. It is said that he intends to maintain the constitution, to continue the measures of reform commenced by the late Ministry, especially the sale of Church property, and firmly to resist the return of Queen Christina to Spain. It seems to be agreed on all hands that without Liberal support the O'Donnell Ministry cannot be sustained, and also that there is a prospect of this support being accorded. ITALY. A national subscription has been commenced in Piedmont, at the suggestion of the Gazzetta del Popolo of Turin, for the purpose of presenting the Govern- ment with 100 guns for the new fortifications at Alessandria. The suggestion has been well received throughout the country, except by the Romanist party, who, of course, are highly incensed at it, and no doubt it will soon be taken up in other parts of Italy. The guns are each to be named after an Italian town. The Morning Post Correspondent at Naples, writes —" You will be surprised to hear that his Napolitan Majesty has allowed the army to present a magnificent sword to General de la Marmora, and the Liberals are forming a subscription to give Count Caroar some token of their regard. The King feels great alarm at the growing popularity of Piedmont, in conjunction with the unsettled state of the Austrian dominions. Seeing Sardinia supported bv France and England, I should not be at all surprised to fiud King Ferdinand becoming some day again Italian, and thinking of Venice, as in 1848. But of course events must pro- gress much further before he turns his back on Austria Although the Court openly speak of their triumph over France and England, and breathe further defiance still there is an under-current conviction that events may occur which shall oblige the Bourbons to even- tually abandon the Austrian Alliance." The Times' Vienna Correspondent says-" It is now some weeks since you were informed, from the Danu- bian Principalities, that the Croatian Granzer regiments were called under arms, and were said to be required for service in Italy. The order was very sudden, and there seemed a wish to keep it a secret. I now learn that several battalions of these frontier troops, and nearly one hundred guns, have been sent to reinforce the command of Marshal Radetzsky." The Times' Turin Correspondent, writing on the 4th instant, says-" The news received here to-day from the Legations, though apparently trifling in itself, is really such as gives promise of events of the highest importance, not only fop that division of the country, but for the whole of Italy. It is stated that the Municipal Council of Ravenna, has followed the example of that of Bologna, and voted an address to the Pope, praying for the removal of the Austrian occupation; and it is added that many others, if not all of the municipalities of the large towns in those provinces, are likely to adopt similar resolutions." GREECE. A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette, says- "The visit of King Otho, of Greece, to Vienna, Carlsbad, and Tceplitz, has not been unattended with political results. Our Cabinet has employed its influence with the Western Powers relative to the occupation of Greece by British and French troops; and we now learn that the evacuation of the kingdom is determined on. The question of the succession to the throne has likewise been discussed; and our Cabinet has endeavoured to obtain the consent of England, France, and Russia to endow Prince Adalbert with the right exercised by his brother Leopold, namely, to renounce his pretensions to the throne in favour of his descendants." THE CONDUCT OF RUSSIA IN THE EAST. The Berlin Correspondenz Bureau says—"It is affirmed positively that Lord Granville, while still on his way to Cronstadt, received the official news that the differences between the Western Powers and Russia, with regard to the non-evacuation of Kars and the occupation of the Isle of Serpents, were already in the way of settlement." And further— "We hear that it has been proposed by France to draw up and agree to an additional article to the treaty of March 30, for the purpose of settling the matters connected with the Danubian Islands which were overlooked at the conclusion of the treaty of peace." A letter from Vienna, published in the Dresden Gazette, states that Russia has evacuated the Isle of Serpents, which has now been occupied by the Turks. A despatch from Constantinople, dated the 7th inst., says-, The squadron of Admiral Houston Stewart has sailed for the Black Sea, and will remain there until Russia, which still retains possession of Kars and the Isle of Serpents, shall have fulfilled the stipulation of the treaty of peace." Other despatches confirm the announcement that the British squadron has re-entered the Black Sea. THE UNITED STATES. The Fulton mail steamer arrived at Southampton on Friday, with advices from New York to the 26th ult. The freight on board consisted of specie for England value 105,000 dollars, and specie for France 627,257 dollars. In the course of the discussion in the House of Representatives on the Army Appropriation Bill, Mr. Barbour, of Indiana, moved to amend the clause making provision for the pay of the army by adding a disapproval of the code of alleged laws of Kansas, and the manner in which they were enforced; expressly declaring that, unless they should be confirmed by Congress, no part of the Federal forces should be employed for the enforcement, nor should any citizens of Kansas be compelled to aid as a posse comitatus of any officer acting as marshal or sheriff in that terri- tory. After a debate in which the Kansas troubles were fully discussed, a motion to further amend, by declaring that the laws of Kansas were null and void, was agreed to by a majority of 57 to 56. The first proposition as amended was then carried by 72 to 57 votes. „ In the case of Mr. Herbert, the representative from California, who lately killed a waiter at an hotel at New York, and who was put on his trial for murder, the jury have returned a verdict of acquittal. The Radical democrats" had met at New York, and resolved to support Colonel Fremont for the Presidency. This decision is regarded as having much weakened Mr. Buchanan's chance. Advices from California, received at New York, state that the Vigilance Committee had unanimously adopted a resolution to disband on the 24th of June. Mr. Brooks of South Carolina, challenged Mr. Burlingame of Massachusscts, for language in his speech on the Sumner assault. Mr Burlingame offered to fight with rifles in Canada at fifty paces, but Mr. Brooks refused to go there. Mr. Brooks has been arrested.-The Secretary of State has addressed a letter to the Governor of California, informing him that the Federal Government cannot interfere against t) the Vigilance Committee until requested by the Legis- lature of California, or until that body shall be unable to act in consequence of the insurrection. This is un- derstood to be in accordance with an opinion given by the Attorney-General. The Administration however, sympathises with the Governor against the Vigilance Committee.—The dates from Havanna are to the 17th of July. The American ship War Hawk had arrived from St. Helena with 568 Asiatics under the usual fictitious contracts for eight years' service." 610 persons were put on board the vessel; 42 had killed themselves by jumping overboard, or with poison, always secreted about their persons; and a few died of diseases usual on board a crowded vessel. Con- siderable excitement prevailed in consequence of the serious illness of General Concha, the Governor, who was labouring under an attack of typhoid fever. THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AME- RICA.- It now really seems probable that the scheme for uniting America and Europe by means of the electric telegraph may very shortly be realised. We read in the New York Times of the 8 th of July, that a small steamer, the, Arctic, has left that port under the command of Lieutenant Berryman, for the purpose of taking soundings preparatory to laying the submarine cable from Newfoundland to Valencia Bay, on the western coast of Ireland. It is not, perhaps, gene- rally known that between those two points the bed of the ocean rises in a long level plateau running east and west, and of considerable width. This plateau is com- posed of sand and shells, and presents a remarkably level surface. It appears to be undisturbed either by currents or icebergs, for shells are found across its whole width that have evidently lain there for many years. It seems as if marked out by nature for the purpose for which it is now going to be made avail- able. If the survey furnishes results as satisfactory as are anticipated, the work of laying the cable will be commenced immediately on its conclusion. For this purpose two steamers will be employed; both will proceed to the middle point between the two coasts, each having half the cable on board, and from that point will sail either way for the opposite shores, pay- ing out he cable as they run. Ten to fifteen days, it is supposed, will be sufficient, under favourable cir- cumstances, for laying the cable in this way. Such an attempt, at first sight, seems to be preposterous and impossible; but, during the last 20 or 30 years, so many things which ouce appeared equally so, have become established and familiar facts, that we are for- bidden to pronounce any enterprise impossible, or any story of scientific triumph incredible. We sincerely wish success to this telegraphic project, and shall re- gard that success, if attained, rather with the wonder with which we look upon anything truly magnificent and marvellous than the surprise with which we receive the announcement of a fact totally unexpected. In this case we shall welcome the news a tieast gladly. Whatever can bind the two continents together more closely than at present in bonds of mutual sympathy and intere't—and nothing can do this more than rapid, easy, and frequent intercourse—must be the surest guarantee for future peace, harmony, and goodwill. If England and America understand their own inte- rests, and are resolved to pursue these interests in the spirit of honourable rivalry, which is alone worthy of either, it is to this object that the energies of both countries will be directed. By hostile rivalry, we can gain nothing, and must necessarily lose much. The natural field of exertion and activity that lies before both countries is the same; it is large enough for both and we may there, by mutual aid, gather peace- ful triumphs far more magnificent and enduring than any of those miserable successes which are stained by human blood, and in which what is lost by one is by no means gained by the other. We would have triumphs in which both should be victors—in which both should wear the laurels and share the spoil. We would have triumphs in which we might onjoy our own success without the painful consciousness that it brings sorrow to any other, or that our smile is founded upon another's tear. We would make our own cause the cause of humanity, freedom, and civili- zation, instead of building it up amid the ruin and misery, the tears and curses, of our fellow-men.— [ t Manchester Guardian. SHERIFF'S COURT.—FRIDAY. (Continued from our last.) CHAPMAN V. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. The case for the Company was concluded about twelve o'clock, when Sir Thomas Phillips proceeded to review the evidence, contending that there was no cause for which com- pensation could be claimed. Compensation was claimed on the ground that injury had been caused- to the house itself in consequence of noises, vibration, and loss of air, but he submitted that these objections to the use of a raihvay were not matters for compensation. With railway were not matters for compensation. With regard to the injury which was said to have been done to the article in which the claimant dealt-the beer, said to have been turned sour by the Vibration caused by passing trains—he thought he had adduced sufficient evidence to show that there was no vibration, and that injury could not have arisen from such a cause. He also contended that no injury had arisen from the interruption of the cart-way to Union-row, even supposing there had been a right of way—the interruption had in no degree lessened the value of the Three Cups. Mr. Matthews addressed the jury upon the whole of the evidence, and observed that there were four heads under which compensation was claimed. The first was that for a period of thirteen months, from December, 1854, to February, 1856, the footway in front of Canal- parade and the Three Cups had been obstructed, and upon this head he contended the ctse of the defendants' was'altogether undefended, and he could call with con- fidence upon the jury to award damages to the claimant upon that bead. The second head under which the claim was made was, that a public cart-way, which had existed between Corn-street and Union-row, and by means of which the claimant obtained access to his property, had been obstructed by the operations of the company and he thought that the evidence adduced to prove the public uses of this road, for at least twenty- five years, was conclusive, while it was shown that the tramroad had not been made more than twenty years. The other heads under which claim for compensation was made, was the inconvenient occupation of the house-by the obstruction of light and air, and by reason of the vibration, smoke, dust, and dirt. The learned Assessor summed up the evidence, and put the case to the jury, observing that the question resolved itself into two points, which included all the others. They would have to say, in the first place, how much, if any, damages they would award in respect of the interruption of the access for the passage of carts and footpassengers, both in respect-to the loss of customers and the inconvenient manner of obtaining supplies for the house; and, secondly, how much in respect of the convenient occupation of the house being interfered with by the fence, by the obstruction of light and air, and also by the vibration, smoke, dust, and dirt. They might also give additional compensation for the damage caused by the previous fence being allowed to remain where it was for a period of thirteen months. The jury retired, and after a somewhat lengthened absence,returned into court with a verdict for the claimant, for X105 10s. Od. For the damage done to the premises by reason of the obstruction of the access to the house they awarded £ 40; for the depreciation in the value of the property by reason of its diminished annual value, in the loss of trade, and in the obstruction of light and air, £ 45; and for the damage occasioned by the improper placing of the former fence, for a period of thirteen months, L20 10s. Od. JONES AND BLOUNT tI. THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. Mr. Matthews for the claimants; Sir Thomas Phillips for the defendants. Mr. Matthews state 1 that this was a claim made by the reversioners of the fee simple in the property of the Three Cups, for the permanent damage caused by the construction of the works of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. The injuries were precisely the same as those mentioned in the former claim, with the exception of the injury caused by the construction of the fence which had been allowed to remain for thirteen months-that had previously been settled by an action at law; they did not complain of any interruption of the foot- way opposite Canal-parade, for they did not mean to allege that it was narrower than it should be that they were injured in any way as far as the breadth of the pathway was concerned but they complained of the permanent injury caused to the property, by the obstruction Of the roadway from Corn-street to Union-row. Another gound for claim for compensation was for the damage caused by reason of the permanent presence of the rail- way, working prejudicially upon the letable va ue ot the house, in consequence of its being an annoyance to the occupier. The damage would, in his opinion, be a per- manent one, for the railway would last for ever. Mr.W. Graham said he took X30 as the annual value of the property before the railway was made, from which he deducted 15 per cent., for repairs, insurances, and voids, giving a nett annual value of £ 25 10s., which, at 18 years' purchase in fee gives J6459, as the value of the fee-that is to sell. The depreciation is so much at pre- sent that the house would let as a private house at Y,16 per annum, from which he deducted for insurance and contingencies X2 8s., leaving X13 12s. as the nett an- nual value, which st 18 years' purchase, would be X244 16s. Taking JE244 16s. from Y,459, it would leave J6214 4s. payable fifteen years hence, the present value of which would be j6103. Eighteen years purchase of the fee was, in his opinion, a moderate calculation. Cross-examined: As a beer-shop it wculd have let at £ 30 a year, but it would not have let for so much as a private-bouse. There was a difference of JE64 4s. between his valuation of the fee and that of Mr. Marmont, who calculated it at that much less than he did. Sir Thomas Phillips replied upon the evidence, and submitted to the jury that they could not say the railway would be any more permanent than the tramway had been, and that, therefore, there could be no permanent damage, if any, to the property, for which compensation' could be claimed. It had been agreed at the commencement that the evi- dence given in the previous ease, as far as it was appli- cable to the present case, should be taken as given, and the learned assessor observed that it was not necessary for him to go over it again, as the jury had already pronounced their verdict upon it. He contrasted the es- timate given by Mr. Graham with that of Mr. Marmont, and said the jury would have to say in the first plaqe what amount of damage they would award, in respect of the obstruction of the access from Corn-street to Uniori- row; and secondly, what amount in respect to the depre- ciation of the property caused by the permanent erection of the railway, and on the ground thit the. foundation had been shaken, the walls cracked, and that light and air had been obstructed and hindered from entering the house, rendering it permanently dark, uncomfortable, and unfit for habitation. The jury retired, and at the expiration of about an hour, returned into Court with a verdict for the claimants. They awarded JE15 by way of compensation for the obstruction of the access of passengers, horses and carts upon the road leading from Union-row to Corn- street; and £4 for the obstruction of light and air in the house, whereby it was rendered uncomfortable and unfit for habitation.
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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERLIN AND SILURIAN.] I SIR,—Oblige me by inserting the accompanying letter from the Board of Inland Revenue, with a few remarks on the subject, for the information of beer retailers in this town and elsewhere. For years past, the beer retailers of Newport have occasionally been put to unnecessary expense and trouble in obtaining and renewing their licenses, being compelled to go to Cardiff and elsewhere for that purpose, and sometimes to return (after expense and loss of time) without being able to accomplish their object. For instance, I, and four other applicants from this town, and one from Caerleon, were recently requested to go to Cardiff, just in the way 1 have described. We were told when we got there, The Supervisor is not at home come here at eight o'clock this evening." We did so; and were then told to come at half-past eight. This we did but no Supervisor was to be found. We waited until near nine at night, when all that could get to the railway station in time did so, and got home without their licenses; and those who could not were obliged to take beds and stay all night. By mustering our bonds and ourselves on the morrow, in Newport, .where we ought to have been first served, w« managed to get our licenses, but not without considerable additional expense. Of this the Commissioners are now aware, and have expressed themselves to that effect; and had they funds at their disposal (which they have not-none having ever been provided for such an unreasonable thing), they would defray those expenses. We are told, however, that they have issued directionsthat will entirely obviate any similar cause of complaint in future. This will be a great boon for the beer retailers, and with the fullest reliance upon the assurance thus given, I will take this opportunity, on their behalf, to return my most sincere thanks to the Commissioners for the very kind and impartial manner in which they have considered this matter-unsystematic as it has hitherto been. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE WILLIAMS, Dublin Porter House, Commercial-street. Newport, August 11th, 1856. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, August 8th, 1856. SIR,—In acknowledging your letter of the 17th ult., I am desired to express the regret of the Commissioners that yourself and your friends were put to inconvenience on the occasion to which you refer, by the unavoidable absence of the Supervisor, when attending to his official duty in another part of his district. They have no fund at their disposal from which any expense, rather unnecessarily, as they must observe, incurred on the occasion, could be defrayed-but they have issued directions which they trust will entirely obviate any similar cause of complaint for the future. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WM. CERBITT, Assistant Under Secretary. Mr. George Williams. [Mr. Williams requests us to state that, since receiving the above, he has also been favoured with a letter from Mr. W. Llewellin, Officer of Excise at Cardiff, inti- mating that the Supervisor has been directed to take steps to prevent such delays in future;" and that licences may be renewed before their expiration."]
ABERDARE.
ABERDARE. DROWNED.—On Tuesday week, an inquest was held at the Bute Inn, Abernant, on the body of William George, aged two years and four months, the son of James George, labourer. The child was at his grandfather's house, and went out by himself. When search was made for him he could no where be found, till John Reynolds went to a pond, about 150 yards from the house. Perceiving some clothes on the water, he jumped in and dragged out the body, which was quite dead.-Verdict, Found drowned." COAL PIT ACCIDENTs.-On Tuesday week, an inquest was held before Mr. Morgan, deputy coroner, at the Boot Inn, on the body of David Beynon, aged 23, who died on Sunday last, from a wound he received by the fall of 15 cwt. of coal, from the crown of the Gadlys pit, where he was working. He was immediately conveyed to his lodging, and Mr. Davies, surgeon, attended him.—Ver- dict, Accidental Death."—Another inquest was held the same day, at the White Lion, Abernant, on the body of Daniel Thomas, aged ten years and nine months, who was struck by a fall of coal while working with his uncle and another man. He lived five days after the accident, but was insensible the whole time.—Verdict, "Accidental death." POLICE COURT.—THURSDAY. Before J. C. Fowler and the Rev. J. Griffiths. TRESPASSING ON THE RAILWAY.-David Davies and Philip Richards were charged with trespassing along the railway at Roberts' Town.-George Leach, the gate- keeper, stated that he had frequently warned them off, and on the present occasion he told them to take the foot- path, but they persisted in using the short cut to their homes.-Fined Is. each and costs, the defendants pro- mittiug not to offend again. ASSAULTS.—Mary Ann Bevan was charged with having used threatening language towards Ann Jones, whereby the latter declared that she was placed in bodily fear.- Bound over in X5 to keep the peace for a month.—John James was charged with assaulting Ann Jones at a public-house at Cwmsarbren. The defendant was druuk, and he got up and gave her three severe kicks, without her having given the least provocation.—Committed for two months' hard labour. B'JILDING WITHOUT LEAVE.—Mary Ann Davies and Benjamin Phillips were charged with having built cottages on Hirwain Common, without having first obtained the consent of the Aberdare Local Board of Health.—The cases were adjourned for a week.
MERTHYR.
MERTHYR. HAY-STACK ON FIRE.-About seven o'clock on Friday morning, a large hay-rick, containing about 120 tons of hay, belonging to the Penydarren Iron Company, caught fire, in consequence of the hay being carried in an unfit state. About a fortnight before, owing to the heating of the rick, a hole was cut through its entire length, and filled up with pit-wood, for the admissiun of air, but even this precaution was not sufficient. As soon as the fire was discovered, a large number of hands—between 200 and 3C0 from the iron works-ran to the scene of devastation, and there being an abundantsupply of water, the fire was soon got under. It is calculated that about 50 tons of hay has been destroyed. Fortunately there was no wind at the time, or, no doubt, the adjoin- ing rick, which is as large as the one fired, as well as the adjoining farm-buildings, would have been burnt down. PORTRAIT OF THE LATE THOMAS EVANS, ESQ.—Some time since, the agents and workmen at the Dowlais Iron Works, entered into a subscription of £100 for the purpose of obtaining a first-class full-length portrait of the former respected manager of the works, the late Thomas Evans, Esq., with a view of placing it in the new reading-room, at present in course of erection at Dowlais. The money having been raised, the choice of the artist was deputed to the members of the deceased gen- tleman s family, who have placed the execution of the work in the hands of Mr. Jones, of Merthyr that gen- tleman having given very great satisfaction in painting the likeness of John Evans, Esq., the late manager at Dowlais. The task assigned Mr. Jones was by no means easy of accomplishment. He has had to draw largely from his own imaginative genius- having never seen the subject of his picture while alive, and having nothing for his guide, but the verbal description of his former friends and relatives, and a small and very im- perfect portrait, which might be taken for the likeness of any one rather than him of whom it was intended. The painting is at present so far completed, as to enable one to judge of its merits, and we can therefore pronounce that the artist has succeeded in producing a representa- tion of the man, so far as our own memory serves us, as correctly as could possibly have been done, had the living subject been sitting before him. No one having formerly known Mr. Evans, can mistake whom the painting is in- tended to represent. We shall be greatly disappointed if the work, when completed, is not such as to give the highest degree of satisfaction to all who feel an interest in the subject. CYMMER COLLIERY EXPLosION.-The meeting held at the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of raising sub- scriptions for the relief of those who were rendered des- titute by the late fatal explosion in the Rhondda Valley, and which was adjourned till Tuesday evening last, was further adjourned until Thursday evening, the British and Foreign Bible Society having previously engaged the hall for the holding of their annual meeting.
POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY.
POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY. Before J. C. Fowler and William Thomas, Esqrs. NUISANCE. Thomas Williams was charged with creating a nuisance against the market-house.—He pleaded guilty, but said that he was not aware it was a treasonable" act.-Fined 10s. and costs. VAGRANCIES.—Phoebe liosser, a young woman from Haverfordwest, was charged with vagrancy, by sleeping in the open air. She had before been found sleeping on the ground, and cautioned.- Committed for seven days.- Joseph Melum, son of Old Peter the Pensioner," was charged with a similar offence.—He said that he was iniured at his work, and that he had no money to procure lodgings.-Committed for a week's hard labour.—Thomas Lee was charged with begging in High-street. A few days ago he enlisted into the East India Company's service, but being over 25 years of age, he could not pass. lIe now intended to enlist into the Glamorganshire Artillery.-Discbarged with a caution. HAWKIKG WITHOUT A LICENSE.-Nicholas Brady, optician, &c., many years resident in Merthyr, was charged with hawking spectacles and cutlery, without a license.-The defendant stated that he was formerly in good circumstances, but had been reduced on account of injuries which he received, and that he consequently was not now able to obtain a license, but a few friends of his bad allowed him to sell a few knives, &c., for them, to obtain a living, and he made the spectacles himself.- He was cautioned and discharged. BBER-SHOP AND PUBLIC-HOUSE OFFENCES.—David Dayiesj Beehive, Dowlais, was charged with haying hi# house open for the sale of beer before one o'clock on Sunday morning. He stated that all the parties were lodgers. Case dismissed.-The adjourned case of Elizabeth Williams, Gas View, Dowlais, was also dis- missed-the constable not being able to prove that the man whom he saw leave the house by the back-door, had had anything to drink.—Jacob Chatterly, landlord of the Rising Sun, was charged with having his house open for the sale of beer, at ten minutes before one o'clock on Sunday morning. The defendant stated that he married the landlady, who had kept the house twelve years, and since he had been at the head of the establish- ment he had endeavoured to conduct the business in as respectable a manner as possible. After closing the house on Saturday night, and while sitting down to eat a bit of supper, a rap came to the door. His wife opened the door, and the party asked them to let her have a pint of beer for a person that was ill, and as he thought it was wanted for such a purpose, he drew it. When the constable came, he stated that the woman who had had the beer was one of the worst characters in the town, but he was not aware of this when he drew it.—Mr. Fowler stated that if the defendant kept a chemist's shop, and beer were the medicine usually prescribed in cases of diarrhoea and cholera, the defendant would be performing an act of kindness to serve customers if any applied to him at one o'clock on a Sunday morning; but as beer was generally considered one of the worst things a person could possibly take under such circumstances, he begged to inform him, for his future guidance, that if he were again applied to for beer at such an hour of the night, and he refused to draw the beer, and the party died in consequence, a coroner's jury would fully acquit him of the crime of manslaughter. This time the case would be dismissed, but he must not appear there again with a similar tale. CAUTION TO HAULIERS.—It is an old proverb, that "a poor excuse is better than none," and so thought Benjamin Jones, when he appeared before the Bench on a charge of driving two horses, tandem fashion, at the rate of nine miles an hour, while he was sitting behind in a four-wheeled waggon, without reins to guide them. It was eleven o'clock at night, and the reason he assigned for riding was, that he could not keep up with the horses if on foot, and the reason he drove the horses so fast was, for fear of getting fined if the police saw him out after 12 o'clock at night.—He was fined 10s. and costs. ASSAULT.-Noralt IJollozeghoe was charged with assault- ing Mary Hayes. The parties live in Post-oiffce-lane, and have been frequently before the Bench on account of the differences existing between them.—The defendant was bound over in £5 to keep the peace for two months MERTHYR COUNTY COURT. His Honour, Judge Falconer, held his Court here for the present month, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last. The number of plaints entered were 360, but the following were the only ones possessing any public interest. ASSAULT.—Mary Jane Oat way v. Thomas Roberts.- This was a jury case; Mr. Simmons appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Smith for the defendant.—The plaintiff claimed £ 20 damages, for an alleged assault, on the 29th of May last. In support of the case, it was stated that the plaintiff worked for the defendant as shoe-binder, and that about noon on the day in question she sent home one boot by her younger sister, and promised to send the fellowone home, as soon as it was done. Mrs. Roberts told the girl that the boots were wanted, and that her sister cared nothing about their interests nor their work -she only wanted the money. When the complainant took the other boot home, she told Mrs. Roberts that she ought not to have sent the messuage she did by her sister. They had some little wrangling between them, and the defendant called her a liar. She replied that if she were a liar, so also was his wife. He then came round to her from behind the counter, caught hold of her, and pushed her towards the door-way, and when there, struck her a violent blow on the breast, and would have knocked her down, had she not caught hold of the door- post. After she had got home, her breast pained her very much, and she was obliged to apply to a doctor, the amount of whose bill was £ 2 5s., and she was able only to do partial work, earning only about one-third the usual sum for about eleven weeks.-On the part of the defence, it was stated by three several witnesses that no violence was used by the defendant towards the plaintiff —that he never struck her or even touched her—that she was abusive, and refused to leave the shop, when he or- dered her to go, and he merely took hold of the door and shut it, and so got rid of her. The door might have struck her when he closed it, but this was all.—The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. LIABILITY OF RAILWAY CARRIERS. —McWilliams v. The Vale of Neath Railway Company.-This was an ac- tion for the recovery of 14s. 6d., for damage done to goods, during their transit from Manchester to Merthyr. -The plaintiff was unable to prove that the goods were damaged while in the possession of the railway company, and the case was dismissed.-His Honour said that if parcels had to be conveyed by more than one railway, the safest plan was always to contract with the party to whom first delivered, for their safe transit, and then he would be held responsible, but this must be entered for according to the new law, and all agreements must be in writing. David Cole, and Mary, his wife v. The Vale of Neath Railway Company.-This was an action for the recovery of 15s., for loss sustained by the non-delivery of a hamper of fish, until nine o'clock on Saturday night, when it ought to have been delivered at half-past one in the afternoon. The hamper was sent from Swansea, and the South Wales Company took it on to Llantrissant, instead of leaving it at Neath.-His Honour told the plaintiff that she had brought the action against the wrong party.-Case dismissed.
PONTYPRIDD.
PONTYPRIDD. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held at the Bridge End, on Monday last, before J. Morgan, Esq., deputy coroner, on the body of Lodwick Evans, aged 2.5. The deceased was a collier, and being an excellent swimmer and an expert diver, he got upon the middle arch of the viaduct to jump into the pool, called Pwll-y-Berw, at vhich place the water is about twelve or fifteen feet deep. His foot slipped just as he was going to jump, and, con- sequently, he was unable to give a sufficient spring to clear the foundation of the bridge, and his head coming against a stone, he rolled into the pool, and was seen to rise no more. His body was got out in about an hour and a half afterwards. His skull was found to be frac- tured very considerably.—" Verdict, Accidental death."
CRICKHOWEL.
CRICKHOWEL. A few days ago, a man, accompanied by a woman and two children, came to this locality with a donkey cart. He wanted to change the donkey cart for a lighter one for this purpose he went to a poor woman, named Price, who is in the habit of buying and selling butter. A bar- gain was made, Mrs. Price exchanging two carts, and paying him a sum of money for the bargain. She went to the Hay Market, as usual, where, to her astonishment, the police claimed the cart as one s'olen at Ludlow. COUNTY COURT.—On Friday last, the usual monthly Court was held at the Town hall there were several cases tried, but they were of no pubiic interest.
CLYDACH.
CLYDACH. On Sunday last the annual meeting of the Sunday Schools belonging to different denominations, was held at this place. A procession was formed at Pwllycwn, and marched thence through Cheltenham, and down to Gil- wern. Long before reaching the last- named village, the procession dwindled to a small number, owing to the intense heat of the sun, the children being glad to find shelter under the branches of some wide-spreading trees. Several pieces were sung at intervals by the choir. The remnant of the procession returned to the scale yard, near the Clydach Works, where they were addressed by Messrs. John Lewis, T. Lewis, Baptist minister, Mr. Wm. Ellis, Wesleyan, Thomas Rees, Calvinistic Methodist, Crickhowel, David Richards, Siloam, and Mr. Williams, of Darranfelln, &c. The corn harvest has commenced in this locality, and the weather is beautiful for field operations.
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THE FASHION.—We have it on the infallible authority of Jenkins, that it is no longer correct to say, the height of the fashion." When ladies -wish to convey the idea that any one of their acquaintance is at all bien mise, they affirm that she was dressed in the full breadth of fashion only perhaps it would be more exact to put it in the plural, as a lady's dress certainly takes now-a-days a great deal more than one "breadth." However, the t alteration in the term is a decided improvement that, like the dress itself, is now quite as broad as it is long."
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THE WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES DISTRICT BANK, BRISTOL. This splendid building has been erected for the West of England and South Wales District Banking Company, as their head office, and occupies the site of the once famous Bush Hotel, opposite the Exchange, in Bristol. It has a frontage of sixty-four feet, and covers an area of nearly 6000 square feet. The type of the facade is Sansovino's celebrated work, the Library of St. Mark, at Venice but, instead of being the reproduction of a por- tion of that work, as is the case at the Carlton new Club- house in Pall-Mall, the architects have judiciously dis- carded much of the original, and, by altering the propor- tions, and wholly introducing fresh detail and ornamen- tation, have succeeded in producing a facade that for architectural and sculptural beauty may fairly be said to have no rival out of Venice. The lower story, which is of the Doric order, is raised on a bold rusticated plinth, and consists of an arcade of five arches, the piers being decorated with eight attached columns, the neck of each enriched with banded wreaths of laurel leaves. Four of the recesses of the arcade are filled in with deeply-sunk windows, each having two detached rusticated Doric I columns, mounted on a pedestal course, and carrying an entablature from which springs an archivolt, enriched with banded wreaths of oak and laurel leaves alternately. The keystones of the arches are heads of sea and river gods, executed in the most spirited manner. The ten spandrils formed by the arcade are richly sculptured, each bearing a semi-nude life-size male figure, harmoni- sing with the masculine character of the order employed, and emblematical of the principal produce or manufac- tures of the county in which the company have their head office, and their chief English and Welsh branches. They are the city and county of Bristol, the county of Somerset and city of Bath, the city of Exeter and the county of Devon, the town of Newport and county of Monmouth, and the towns of Cardiff and Swansea. The keystones to each of these windows are emblematical of the various rivers which flow up to, or lave the banks of, the above-named plans. On the frieze above, are rendered the arms also of the various places just enume- rated. These arms are supported by cornucopise, and fine bold scrolls of acanthus running between, terminating in festoons of fruit and flowers over each of the columns. The upper story is of the Ionic order, the intercolumns having five large deeply-recessed windows, each having two detached columns and two pilasters, also of the Ionic order, carrying an entablature, from which springs a bold archivolt. The five keystones of the arches are finished with festoons of fruit and flowers. The ten spandrils formed by the arches of the windows are richly sculptured, each bearing a draped life-size female figure, in perfect keeping with the feminine and elegant cha- racter of the Ionic order here employed, and emblematical of the sources and patronage of wealth. The Ionic co- lumns of this story are attached, are eight in number and are of a very elegant design. The crowning entabla- ture of the fiwjade is proportioned to the whole height of the building, and is nearly eight feet high. The frieze is highly ornamented with sculpture, and is divided into five compartments by shields. The figures are semi-nude life-size boys, engaged in die-sinking, coining, engraving, and printing-notes; others are acting the parts of merchants and bankers, altogether making a busy scene. The cornice is of a very bold and elaborate character, and the facade is finished above with two large and hand- some vases at the angles, and with four smaller interme- diate vases over the columns. The centre opening in the lower order leads to the en- trance-hall, which is of the Doric order, finished in fine Corsham stone, and covered with a vaulted ceiling of the same stone, deeply coffered and enriched. The hall leads to a circular vestibule, also of Corsham atone, and lighted by a large dome light filled with stained glass. From the vestibule, the banking-room is entered-& noble hall, seventy feet in length, forty feet in breadth, and forty feet extreme height, surrounded by coupled de- tached columns, having pilasters behind—all mounted on a stylobate, and carrying an enriched tablature, all of the Corinthian order, and finished in the finest Corsham stone. From the entablature springs a semicircular vaulted ceiling, executed with hollow bricks, set in Port- land cement, and finished with elaborate plastered work that will be decorated with gold and colours. The room is lighted by twelve pieces of stained glass in the vault, each six feet square, and also by a large semi-dome and seven panels at the end, all filled with stained glass. The floor before the counter and the floor of the circular vestibule will have encaustic tile pavements, executed by Messrs. Minton and Co. The basement story contains large vaulted repositories, stationery-rooms, cash and plate safes, and accommodation for a porter. The ground-* floor contains the banking-room, board room, directors' and managers'-rooms, cash and book safes, and all other requisites. The design for this building was one of fifty sent for competition, 'and is the work of Messrs. W. Bruce Gingell and Thomas Royce Lysaght, of Bristol. The ela- borately sculptured details are by Mr. John Thomas, of Alpha-road, late of Church-street, Paddington. The cost of the building and land will be about £ 30,000, -TIle Illustrated London News. n-_
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COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. — The reported com- mencement of the rebuilding of this theatre on its late site is incorrect. The site of it has not been taken neither has any contract for rebuilding it been entered into. THE LARGEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD.—The American steamer Vanderbilt, the largest steamer in the world, has had a trial trip at New York. Her paddle- wheels made 16 revolutions a minute, and it is considered that 18 revolutions could be got out of her. Twelve of her revolutions were equivalent to 14 knots an hour, and with 13 miles an hour only she could cross the Atlantic in ten days. Her length is 365 feet, breadth of beam 46 feet, depth of hold 326 feet. She is 5,000 tons burden. She will draw 20 feet when loaded. She will carry 1,000 tons of freight, l,5l0 tons of coal, and 800 tons of water. Her crew consists of 160 persons. Among them for the engine department will be 4 engineers, 18 coal heavers, 24 firemen, and 3 water tenders. Her steward's depart- ment will consist of I steward, 8 cooks. 24 waiters, and 3 porters. She has 5 decks and sixteen watertight com- partments. Her tollg nes consist of two overhead beam engines with a power of 5,000 horses. The boilers are tubular, each 30 feet long, and weighing 60 tons. The cylinders are 90 inches in diameter and 12 feet stroke. The wheels are 41 feet in diameter, and the boiler surface is 20,000 superficial feet. She has 32 furnaces, and she will consume 100 tons of coal in twenty-four hours. Her floors are fastened through her keel with copper bolts: the bolts weigh 50 tons. She is iron strapped throughout. She has been built by day work and not by contract, and her cost will be nearly 1,000,000 dollars. The new frigate of immense size, now in course of building at the Royal Dockyard at Pembroke, the Diadem, is so far advanced in her construction as to be ready to be immediately caulked, for which purpose men have arrived at the yard from Plymouth. The Diadem is the first of the new class of enormous frigates, building to match the Americans, and, though only to carry 32 guns, her length and tonnage are equal to a ship of the line. Her length is 240 feet, and her tonnage will be upwards of 2508 tons. The armament of this ship will be enor- mous, being 3'2-68 pounders, or 8-inch shells, with one pivot gun of 95 cwt., and 10 feet in length, Her engines are to be of lOPO-horse power, and, as her model is ex- ceedingly good, it is expected she will be very fast. A large number of men are employed upon her, as she is to be launched as soon as possible. The Doris, sister ship, is also advancing.
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FROM FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. W Rose, Sydenham, ship smith. J. W. D. Lock wood, Crown-court, Threadneadle-street stockbroker. D. Thomas, Plymouth and Devonport, grocer. FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Brett, St. George-sireet, Ratcliffe-highway and High-street, Poplar, boot manufacturer. John Lindsay, Sydney, New South Wales, merchant. Victor Chaudron, Leicester-square, and Florent Babiu, Debtors Prison, Wlutecross-street, perfumers. Henry Hernck, Epsom, licensed victualler. Joseph Thompson, Bishops Stortford, draper. Joseph E teen, High-street Kensington, grocer. Mary Bullivant Walters, Birmingham, hotel-keeper. Walter Dale. Wolstanton, Staffordshire, builder. Benjamin Holmes and Charles John Morris Lewis, m ^J^mingham, boot and shoemakers. i • Oliver, Prestbury, near Cheltenham, livery-stable- keeper. H. Gardner, Wellington, Somersetshire,manufacturer. J. Cooper, sen., J. Cooper, jun-, and J. Cooper, Chis- worth, near Glossop, Derby, cotton spinners. J. Tay'or, Tottington, Lower-end, Lancashire, cotton- spinner. J. Bramoley, Holcomb Brook, near Bury, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer. 1 W. JLawford, Liverpool, oil crushor.