... THE DECISION ON THE BOILER GAUGE CASE. THE INSPECTOR OF MINES v. TRURAN. -It having been ascertained that the term of three months, from the period of laying the in- formations, would expire on Friday, a special sessions was held on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of enabling the magistrates to deliver their judgment. The magistrates on the Bench were J. C. Fowler, Wm. Thomas, and D. Evans ...

... A BRUTE. Thomas Morgan, collier, residing at Pontystorehouse, was charged by Ann, his wife, with ill-usage. It appeared that the defendant .had been paying his devotions at the sbrine of Bacchus till midnight, ind that under the influence of the jolty god he imbibed the notion that he was one ot the lords of creation, and that women and children were nothing better than brute beasts. ...

... ENGLYNION J XR. WILLIAM THOMAS, (AlwÐ Morlaia), Teiynwr, Merthyr, yr IJ el4.,ÛliAJdd virth clmareu 'r Delyn \deir-ret, ya Eitieddjod ■einiol, .J.<tdar, Qorj-henhaf Y 7fed, 1857. Diairigen da ei ymgais,—yw William Thomas, (Alaw :>1odais) ¡ O! Kwvnol yw sain ei lais, Y yw a glywais Sain ei delyn svlii swvnawl,-—i'n meddwl, Maeddodd —bn fycklutfawl! Yn rhwydd iawn fCirdd rhoudwn fawl A f'o ...

... AUTUMN. With berries the hedgerows are hung, And yellow leaves cover the ground; The wild flowers have died one by one, Until there are few to be found. Each cornfield and pastare is bare, With ruts all the roadways abound Cold and bleak is the Autumnal air, Aud the wind has a wintry sound. In the valley and on the high hill, The reign of the mist has begun; And rarely is river or rill, Lit up ...

... MR. SPURGEON AT THE SURREY GARDENS.— On Sunday morning last, notwithstanding the crowded state of the trains for the various places of Whitsuntide-enjoyment, about eleven thousand persons were attracted to hear the Rev. C. Spur- geon, leaving some hundreds outside the gardens who could not be admitted. Among the visitors were the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Truro, Lady Peel, Lord and Lady ...

... Constructiön. of Works and supply of Water by Local Board of Health, and Powers of Borrowing, and further Powers to such Board. Repeal of the Merthyr Tydfil WaterWorks Act, 1852. VTOTTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Appli- -Ll cation is intended to be made to'Parliament, in the ensuing Session, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Local Board of Health, for the district of Merthyr Tydfil, in ...

... laid that she was sent by her mother to Mrs. Davies's shop for 141ba of flour, and as she was carrying it home on her head, Mrs. O'Mara, who was standing at her door, called her accros the road, and when she went up to her she took the llourfrom her head, emptied the flour out of it, returned her the empty bag. Her mother sent her to Mrs. O'Mara's for the flour, but she re- fused to give it up ...

... WE generally find the persons composing pub- lic boards, however able they may :be indivi- dually, are, collectively, inefficient; affording too often by their actions an excellent target for the shaft wielded by a sarcastic or indignant hand. This seems strange,yet,is rsallynot so; angular tempered, bilious men, come in contact with the amiable; some are lethargic, others love opposition for ...

... MODIFICATION OF THE INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX. ON Wednesday evening a public meeting was held at the Temperance-hall, convened by Mr. T. W. Goodfellow, the High Constable, in com- pliance with a requisition presented to him for the Durpose of considering the propriety of peti- tioning Parliament to considerably modify, if not to abolish, the income-tax, according to the kind and amount of the ...

... BRYNMAWR FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident terminating I fatally in its results occurred on the 11th inst., to J a collier, 22 years of age. named Edward Tibbs, whilst working in the Wain Level, situated in this locality. It would appear that at the time of his death,deceased was more particularly engaged in removing a large piece of coal that had fallen in his way, when, unfortunately, from four to ...

... CHEAP CURATES.^—A striking instance of the unequal; distribution of clerical loavea and fishes has just come before the Ross County Court. The curate of Hope Mansell, a small county parish in Herefordshire, appeared in answer to a summons after judgment for non-payment of an account for groceries and provisions. The reverend defendant begged the mercy of his creditor with tears in his eyes, ...

... FRIENDLY COUNSEL TO ABTIZANS. No. III. captivat,ing book lias been written, entitled, U How a Penny became a Thousand irouuds, but the author not showing how the penny was to be realized, another gontleman has issued a pamphlet which he heads The Conquest of Poverty; or, the Right Road to Riches. In this little book he shows how the first penny is to be made which tends to wealth, and he has ...