... H \T by an Indenture, dated the Third dav of December, I860, TH MAS MORGAN, of Aberdare, in the county of Glamorgan, and of Trecastle, in the county of Brecon, Grocer, Draper, and Iionmonger, Assigned all his Estate and Effects unto JOHN H^^JUKEEONAKD, ofjjfo. 30, Bridge-street, in th^^ity ot Bristol, Wholesale Ironmonger, an*Ul^fLT.A m Powjs^l, of Cwmpadest, SennyJ)M*Fge, mear Bj^f?on, in the ...

... SATUEDAY.—{Before J. C. Fowler, Esq.) FELONY.—Mary Allen and Margaret Norton, single women residing at Penydarren, were charged with stealing 18 lbs. of coal. the property of the Dowlais Company, on the 22nd instant.— The company declined to prosecute, and they were both discharged. DRUNKENNESS.—James Mahony, labourer, Penydarren, was fined 5s. for the above offence. -Daniel Kelehar, labourer, ...

... A PETITION to the Postmaster-General is in the course of signature in the village whose ob- ject is an increase of the salary of the postmaster. Before the establishment of an office here, all parties had to pay a penny for delivery above the stamp, and long after this unjust charge was done away with, the new office was bandied about as being inadequately paid. dE16 are allowed for the ...

... NOTICE.—The Railway Time Tables are published with as much care to ensure correctness as possible, but should they contain any errors, the publisher does not hold himself responsible for any inconvenience they may arise therefrom, as changes sometimes take place in the arrival and departure of trains without the knowledge of the Editor. Owing to the pressure of matter, we are reluctantly, ...

... ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MUBDER-A most determined highway robbery was committed at Mear-end, near Wroxhall, a few miles from War- wick, on Saturday night last. A pig-dealer named Smith was proceeding in the direction of Solihull,from the Warwick market, when he was stopped by three men, who no doubt expected he had some money, and who asked him if he hac any pigs to sell. They immediately knocked ...

... No. XII. ONE of the best milch cows Meyrick had was the Canal Company. Blakfemore, of Melin- griffith, was for a long period in the habit of putting them in Chancery, and the result was a perfect shower of demurrers, injunctions, and restraints. This was profitable work to Meyrick, for the Company was very wealthy, and favoured him with all their legal business. Legally they could not derive ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ITALY AND THE ITALIANS.—We anticipate on Monday next having an able lecture on Italy and its recent revolutions, from Mr. Elderton, whom our readers will recognize as the popular candidate at the last election at Merthyr. The lecture will be delivered at the Temperance Hall, and as the subject is one of great interest, and the abilitiesof Mr. Elderton by this time well ...

... TREDEGAR. THE Queen's name is a tower of strength. How long this truism will remain true is becoming somewhat doubtful now-a-days, from the liberal use made of it by patriots, benevolent-minded tradesmen, costermongers, and bug destroyers to her Majesty. Certainly our beloved monarch's reputation must be built up of no perishable stuff to bear all this superincumbent weight of puffing, but ...

... .Registration ot Births and DEATIJAF^ Merthyr Tydfil LOWEJ^^ I CHANGE OFREG^F^AA » M, JJ^TOTICE is hereby given^fhat Mr. I«rbertW^mes siy has been appoij^km Registrar of* Bipttns and Deaths for the abo^e district, ticm^Ir^^ob James, resigned. » As witness my hand this 26th dav>»f*November, 1860. FHANJP^TAMES, Superintendent Registrar. N.B.—Mr. Herbert James's residence is No. ^JPfant- morlais. > ...

... EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. rhe Editor does not hold himself responsible for the sentiment expressed by his correspondents. THE GOVERNMENT, THE WORKING 1 CLASSES, AND THE VOLUNTEERS. WHY does the government oppose the military organization of the working classes? Because it distrusts them and their loyalty, if armed; be- cause it believes that artisans and working men are of a democratic anti ...

... AUSTRIAN CHBoir. —A Paris letter, in the .Nord, It is rumoured, relative to the pamphlet Franuia Joseph 1. et I'Europe'—which faithfully expresses the disquietude felt in the financial world-that if Austria obstinately per- sists in declining to sell Venetia. all great bankers of Europe will come to an understanding to refuse her the support of their credit. RICH GL-D QuAR ...

... No. XIV. ONE of the most famous magistrates of the place in the olden time was Rowland Williams, of the Gwernllwyn, Dowlais, a place described by a Merthyr bard with some propriety as a nest of learned men. Mr. Williams's court was held, in the first place, at the Star, and afterwards in the long room at the Boot, where he reigned in terrorem, ordering vagrants to be confined in the stocks, or ...