The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1877-01-26 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

GAIIEKEF.PER NINETEEX YEARS AGO. The man William Taylor, who is charged, on his own confession, with having murdered George Norton, a gamekeeper, In a poaching affray at Child's Emil In iSiT, was brought before the bench at Market Drayton last week, and committed to take his trial at the irsizes. Witnesses positively sta.'s that the prisoner, ellen at Eccleshall, Stafford, denied thetthe murder was committed with a knife. Ile said It wis a spretr, " for I sin the man that did it. The spear was sunk in the ash stick, which bad D. large iron nut screwed from the other end. The spear was not pushed straight into the 11034, but upwards." After the event he and his companions lay for three weeks iln a coal pit, to escape detection. The prisoner, who I •at the time of his apprehension was following the occupation of a carol singer in the Black Country, now ' stoutly maintains that he is innocent, and that the charge against him is founded on spite. One of the witnesses identified him as a man living close by at the time the murder took plsce. Four men were con victed at the time, two for manslaughter and two for night-poaching, and forty poachers wore concerned in the affray,  The members of the Government who are announced to be present at the Liverpool Consery a' lye demonstration next week are the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Home Secretary, and Lord Sandon. On the following day the three Ministers wilt attend a banquet, which is to be given in the Town Hall by the Mayor. Lecturing at Leamington, last week, the Rey. Cr. Cumming, incidentally mentioning that he was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, predicted that the Jews would soon return to Jeruvalem, that the Turks would again repudiate their pecuniary obligations, and that the close of the present eoououly is rapidly approaching.  The Wershipfel Contpany of Shipwrights intend to !iv sent the leader of the At atie ExpAltion with the treedeni of their et...sup:al at% banquet on the 27th itstant.  The Ipmekh Reform Mb wee opened Ilst week. Speech, s wer.. de:irmmi by 'ha Liber:d C mdidates fur he borough, -.' Ir. 11, ory Wyntlimsu West, Q.C., and Ur. Edward Grimwstte.  The Council of the P.,ty:l! Acadesny For the eurrrnt year comistA of tt.e Lallcheer, C,4ll:rn, I.e&e, Elmore, Poynter, Cope, Woollier, a:id Sir J. Cit.:tat.  An officer of the Blues has backed himself against a sporting baronet to ride ten utiles over a fair bunting country while a snail walks ten inches on a greased board. At latest advices trout trainink-quarters the snail was in splendid condition, and was taken out daily for an afternoon crawl. The odds are 6t04 on the Elan.— Yon'ck.  Mr. Henry Taylor, the English labourers delegate, having recently delivered spe,ches in Victoria, in which he expoied the fallacies of protee.i.n, be was greatly interruined a some xubsequent westing*.  At the minimal Conference of the Ch'e'er Branch of he Church of lilusland Temperance Society held at Liverpool last welt. a discuvaion took place on the advantasei of free trade in licences verams restriction.