The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1880-01-23 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

WEEKLY GOSSIP.  The police are still without a definite clue tothe Manchester murder. They have photographed the eyes of the deceased, acting on the supposition that a person kilted suddenly retains on the retina of the eye the object last seen.  Mr. Serjeant Parry will leave many a person to regret him. It was rather a sad thing that his wife should have expired so near his own decease. A genial man was he, and many a client will miss his kind face.  All places of worship are generally considered sacred. Some people don't think so, however, for the Hey. Father Bakanowski has been shot at while celebrating Low Mass at St. Peter's Church, Hatton Garden, London. Damage to a large extent was done, and the culprit will, we hope, reap his just reward.  The Great Western Railway Company have commenced alterations in order to afford greater accommodation at Bridgend Railway Station to passengers. It has long been felt that something was required to be done, and the lowness of the platform which wasnoticed some time silige in these columns by " Spurius Lartius" is really a serious inconvenience, more especially to females.  The distress in Ireland seems to be assuming large proportions. While a few hot headed people are raving about the wrongs of Ireland the people are starving. The police have had to interfere in two or three ejectment cases, the women suffering rather severely from bayonet thrusts. A letter from the Earl of Dunraven on the subject occupied seven columns of a New York paper.  Now that we have got a new postage stamp, could not the Govermuent be prevailed upon to give us a better system of money orders? The present charges for Post Office Orders are excessive, and their use is complicated. A situpier mode of transmitting small sums of money would be very desirable. A bill has, we understand, been prepared with this object, and will be laid before Parliament during the coining session.  Everyone is interested in the accounts of receipts and expenditure. The last return gives us the receipts on account of revenue from the tat April, 1.879, when there was a balance of £6,915,756, to Jannary, 1880, were £66,607,300, against £57,284,710 in the corresponding period of the preceding financial year, which began a balance of £6,243,389. The net expenditure was £67,20,045, against £6'1,817,847 to the same date in the previous year. The Treasury balance on January 10 amounted to £1,070,930, and at the same date in 1879 to £1,151,504.  Titled ladies do not always keep out of mischief. For instance at Portsmouth, Lady Maud Herbert was convicted of kidnapping a child aged 5 years. Seven previous convictions were proved against her, and although the prisoner declared she would not "lose her Bible for ever so" and "had no evil intention," the Recorder didn't seem to see it, but oedered that she should be kept at the country's expense for seven years. When she comes out she will be 32 years of age.  A meeting of unemployed workmen was held in Hyde Park, London, on Saturday last. Upwards of one thousand were present, and it was stated that in the building trade alone there were thirty thousand men out of employment. The leaders of the meeting bubsequently had an interview with the Lord Mayor, who promised to use his influence with the contractors for the new Fruit and Vegetable Market to take on many additional workmen.  The Maesteg Local Board have at length approved of plans of proposed Town-hall, and tenders have been invitect for the erection of the structure which is to be made capable of holding 17b0 persons. The want of a commodious public building for the holding of public meetings, concerts, &c., has long been felt, anti but for the kindly help in this respect on the part of the managers of chapels and schools the inhabitants would have frequently been " cornered " for room.  As we anticipated, the proposed alteration in the rules of the Glamorgan Agricultural Society for the purpose of doing away with the triennial visit to Cowbridge was carried on Tuesday, at the annual general meeting. The proposition was so fair and equitable on more grounds than one, that apart from natural sentiment, there was no questioning the soundness of the suggestion. The way in which it was agreed to, is another proof of the loyalty of the inhabitants of the Vale towards this society, and an additional instance of their desire to promote its interests.