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Merthyr Telegraph, and General Advertiser for the Iron Districts of South Wales

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

... On the 16th January last we published, at the ex- press request of the Rev. M. A. Bruton, au extract from the Westminster Gazette, commenting in an offensive manner upon Mr. Meredith, the Master of our Workhouse, at the same time we prefaced it with remarks of our own deprecating the language used by the Gazette. We regret to find that, notwithstanding our observations upon the Gazette extract ...

RHYMNEY INTELLIGENCE

... MORIAH INDEPENDENT CHAPEL.— Quarterly services were held in this chapel on Sunday last. when able and eloquent sermons were given by the Hpv. T. Selby, Jones, Preweii, and Miss Paynter. The attendances were very large, and the chapel, which can hold 1200 persons seated, was full at two o'clock, and some hundreds had to stand. The collec- tions were good. SCHOLASTIC.—Many of the readers of this ...

MERTHYR POLICE COURT

... SATEBDAT.—(Before J. C. Fowler, Esq.) UNDER PROTECTION. John Marsden was charged with being drunk in High Street at half-past eleven last night.-P.C. Jennings saw the prisoner drunk and in a most incapable state, being neither able to stand or walk. He had a. bundle with him, and as some prostitutes were round him, he brought him to the station for safety.—Fined 5s., which was paid. THE CAT ...

ABERDARE INTELLIGENCE

... THE POOR OF ABERDARE.—A soiree and social meeting, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the relief of the poor of Aberdare, was held on Tuesday evening in the Cardiff Qastle. His Honour Judge Falconer presided in a very felicitous manner, and delivered a short address. Singing and dancing made up the amusement, and a large party spent a very pleasant evening. TERPSICHOREAN SOCIETY.-The ...

THE HULL THEATRE BURNT DOWN

... .The Tieatre Royal, Hull, was on Friday night totally destroyed by fire. The audience had left the building before the fire broke out, and the only per- il ni on the p corses were the check takers and the gas-man. They were just leaving the theatre when they heard a shout, and on looking up perceived that the upper storey was illuminated. An alarm was given, but the flames made such rapid ...

MERTHYR POLICE COURT

... SATURDAY.—(Before J. C. Fowler, Esq.) OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES. Ann Evans was charged with obtaining three woollen shawls, and three woollen turnovers, value £3 10s., the property of David Ross, and also with obtaining a silk um- brella, a pair of kid boots, a pair of leather boots, and four pairs of stockings, the property of William Hodges, both of Aberdare.—Mr. Ross said he was a ...

ABERDARE POLICE COURT

... TCESDAT.-(Before J. C. Fowler, and B. ff. BAys, Mtqrs.) A rOBGlTING KAN, Evan Lloyd was charged with assaulting David Walters, who declined to press the charge, but expressed a wish to have the defendant bound °veJ, y Jcecp the peace.—The Bench s*id the complainant might give evidence, and they would decide what the decision snoul ...

'' II. BEAUFORT

... II. BEAUFORT. THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS.—We have no recollection of so many deaths from accidents of the kind happening here in so short a time as during the past few days. Last Friday morning the inhabitants were startled with the sad news that a young man of the name of Richard Morris had been found dead on the mountain, and many were the rumours flying about as how he came to meet such a sad ...

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. '.';

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. SEIZURE OF DISEASRD MEAT.—On Saturday Mr. Howells, nuisance Inspector, seized a quantity of putrid meat from one of the stalls in the market, kept by Mr. Richard Williams. It wns examined by Dr. Dyke, who pronounced it unfit for food and was afterwards inspected by his Worship, Mr. Fowler, who, after hearing Dr. Dyke's evidence, made an order for its destruction. It is only ...

ABERDARE POLICE COURT

... TUESDAY .-(Before J. C. Fowler and R. H. Rhys, Esqrs.) DESERTING FROM THE MILITIA. t!,f^Glan'Srgtn'MilitiaeXf {\T wont to America, and whej j!Ju ?ef,erlant s^d he to the regiment at Cardiff, but received™ r^Tv-H^ry was not there in 1867. He joined orimmllv i between that and lSGo he was excused fro thQ on the ground of ill health but was re-attested'tL follow- ing year.-His orship asked why ...

TREDEGAR COUNTY COURT

... Wednesday, February 17th.—(Before His Honour JUDGE HERBERT.) Squaring Up Grocery Accounts, Daniel Gwillym, of Beaufort, summoned fourteen delinquents for sums from to £ 8, due for grocery. —Moderate payments were or- dered in each case, and one was withdrawn, the defendant having gone to Yankee land. Thomas Price, Circle, obtained small judgments against a lengthy list of defaulters in the ...

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... MR. COBDEN ON CLERICAL FONDNESS FOR WARLIKE TOPICS. Mr. Cobden thus concluded a letter to a minis- terial correspondent:—Will you pardon me if, before I lay down my pen, I so far presume upon your forbearance as to express a doubt whether the eagerness with which the topic of the Duke of Wellington's career was so generally selected for the pulpit manifestations, was calculated to en- chance ...