... At the Westminster Police-court, on the 11th inst., Charles Legg was charged with brutally assaulting his daughter, Mary Eliza Legg, 13 years old. The prisoner has been married three times, and the only child—that one in question—was by the first wife. According to her evidence, three years ago, when at Dorchester, he seduced her. This illicit intercourse has been kept up ever since, and seven ...

... RELIEVING OFFICER WANTED. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Guar- _1_1 dians of the Neath Union will at their Meeting to be holden at the Union Workhouse, Neath, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of January, 1869, proceed to APPOINT a RELIEVING OFFICER for the 1st Central District of the Union, in the room of Mr. Jenkin Francis, resigned. The District comprises the Parishes of Neath, Llantwit Lower, ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN.' SIR,—The position of the Canton Local Government is now exciting a good deal of attention. The law gave this Board nine members, but there appears to be ten persons acting as such, and either the whole of the proceedings must be informal or one of the mem- bers must have been illegally elected. As far as I understand the state of affairs, the returning officer ...

... A repetition of the diabolical aflair which occurred fn North Tay-street, about five weeks ago, when a merchant's office was robbed and afterwards burned, took place in town early on the morning of the 7th inst. About half-past three o'clock the police- man, whose beat includes the Long Wynd, discovered smoke issuing from the premises there occupied by Mr. Alexander Mitchell, plumber and ...

... On the 11th inst., Mr. S. F. Langham, the West- minster deputy coroner, held an inquest at St. George's Hospital on the body of Harriet Greville, the wife of a silversmith. Her husband had been separated from her for some time, and allowed her 12s. a week, but some three months since ceased the maintenance, and left England, necessitating her going into Newino-ton workhouse. She came out some ...

... At Langborough Petty Sessions, Middlesborough, on the 8th inst., John Taylor, late a gamekeeper in the employment of Mr. Thomas Yaughan, Gunnergate Hall, was charged with assault. The prisoner had been discharged from his situation in September last, and was succeeded by Thomas Meek, the prosecutor. Taylor had an impression that he had been unfairly supplanted by Meek, and expressed his ...

... GLASGOW SHIP BURNED AT SEA.—Intelligence has been received, by telegram, of the burning at sea of the ship Persia, of Glasgow, 1,289 tons, Captain James Clark, which sailed from Greenock for Bombay with a cargo of coals on the 21st August last. The officers and crew, we understand, were all saved. The Persia was a splendid vessel, built at Quebec in 1864, and was classed seven years A 1. She ...

... DEATH OF VISCOUNT STRANGFORD.—Viscount Strang- ford, one of the most learned and accomplished of linguists, an Orientalist of the highest order, a brilliant writer, and thoroughly versed in the most momentous questions of the East, died suddenly on Saturday night. He had never been in very good health, and during the course of last year was often ailing. But latterly he seeded to remarkably, ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE EPIPHANY ADJOURNED QUAR- TER SESSIONS.—The Adjourned Sessions were held at Swansea yesterday; E. M. Richards, Esq., M.P., charging the Grand Jury in consequence of the learned Chairman not being able to be down before the first morning train, on the arrival of the Chairman two courts were opened, Mr. Richards presiding in the Second Court. The business was concluded shortly ...

... MONDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner HILL.) RE T. E. THOMAS, Neath, Grocer and Tallow Chand- ler.—Mr. J. Inskip, who represented the assignees, said that a few weeks ago the bankrupt obtained anadjoum- ment on the ground that he was about to carry out a proposal for the benefit of creditors. Since the adjourn- ment lie had sought to get an answer from the bankrupt, through Mr. Salmon, his ...

... The remains of the late Colonel Wyatt, C.B., 65th Regiment, who died on the 6th inst., were interred on the 11th inst. at Dublin with the full military honours due to an officer of his rank. The entire regiment, with arms reversed, preceded the coffin, which was borne on a gun carriage drawn by six black horses, and afterwards fired the farewell volley over his grave. On the coffin were laid ...

... gistilitt Jfrtcs. LLANDAFF. POLICE COURT.—The subjoined cases were brought before Messrs. Booker and E. W. David, on Monday COAL ROBBERIES.—John Radley was charged with stealing a quantity of coal, the property of the laff Vale Railway Company, on Sunday morning. Mr. J. Bird appeared for the company, and Mr. Morgan for the defendant. Police-constable said he was on the road leading from ...