... back slums of this town than in the back woods of America or the wilds of the Antipodes. Few know exactly the condition of those who reside in such lo- calities as Stanley-street, China-row, Kenton's-court, Cardiff, or various places in Merthyr, Newbridge ...

... no doubt that the diminution would go on. Under ?? liea! mounts of recruiting, the house would perceive a consiierabtd ie slum- reduction. Recruiting was now carried on in thb' most economical manner; officers serving in dilfe.. rent parts of the country ...

... on. e ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR M, OsRTAR.-On tlhe morning of the 11th a sad accident occurred at the tunnel n between Merthyr and Aberdare, on the Vale of Neath Rail- it way, by which one man was killed and two others were se- riously injured. They ...

... on from Gellytarw to Merthyr, considerable progress has been made. The works comprised in Contract No. 10 may be said to be completed, as the ballasting only remains to be done, when the permanent way can be laid. At the Merthyr Tunnel the works have ...

... n. r. 3Mr. HUDSON moved that the Speaker issue his Warrant for - ; the election of a burgess to serve for the borough of Merthyr t v Tydvil, in the room of Sir John Guest, deceased. Mr. SCOTT PreSeeted a Petitiomm from Dunfermnline against 0 nunneries ...

... then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At the sitting of the house at four o'clock, Mr. Bruce took the oaths anid his seat for Merthyr Tydvil. The Sheriffs. of thle city of' London, appeared at the bar, and presented a petition, whiels was read at the table ...

... of Canterbury ; that not less theni £10,000 at year should be given to thle Bishop of London I and they think that these slums shotald be given for the sake of supporting thle dignity of the Church end for the malinte- nance, of the hierarchy . . . Why ...

... such societies in Cardiffand Merthyr as that of the Metropolitan,— the object of which is primarily the improving of the dwellings of the industrious classes—an improvement which all who are acquainted with the slums of Merthyr and Cardiff (so graphically ...

... Witlin a very short time upwards of two-and-a-hslf millions were collected by the official assignee, all of which had been slum- rbered over by the trade assignee ; and a gentleman, a banker, then in the House of Commons, who sup- Iported the bill, said ...

... been nominatedMessrs. John Evans, Gwernllwyn Newydd, Dowlais; William Evans, Gellivaelog House; Charles Her- bert James, Merthyr; David Rosser, High Street; John Bryant, Georgetown; John Jones, Golden Tea Pot, Dowlais; Edward Purchase, Ynysygored; John ...

... their God and to their brother man. Some men were food of asking what would Merthyr be but for the ironmusters I But he would ask, what would the ironmasters be but for Merthyr! They withhold wat-r from the town; but not only that, they would sell the ...

... at the groups of children in your streets, tattered and shoeless, straightway to fill your jails with crimi- nals-your back-slums with prostitutes. In this mass of human wretchedness are there no in- stances upon which 9,10 can be better expended then in ...