The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1877-12-28 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

NOTICE.  The main object of this address was to draw attention to the very valuable testimony which has been given by Mr. Forbes on some matters of foot felt to be of great moment in relation to the war and the Eastern Question. Its next and axinor purpose was to draw a clear and rather broad distinction between his evidenoe as a witpass and his historical reasonings or political speculations. re tits coarse of it I cited from Mr. Jasper More's reoent work on Bulgaria, for the purpose iesoribed in the text, a charge against Midhat Pasha, to Which, it having thus been brought to We notice, he has given, in the Daily Telegraph of flis 1.50 th of December, a direct and detailed contra:lloton. When I made the citation, I had found in Mr. , Mores work an identification of his informant suftalent as I thought, to fix responsibility upon him, end I over-hastily concluded that Mr. More would have no difficulty in giving his name, so that the charge might be duly supported or withdrawn. As soon as I saw the oontradiotion I made the necessary inquiries. It learnt that Mr. More did not venture to name him —on account of the grave personal risks to which he might be exposed. In the ease of a country like Turkey I cannot question for a moment the sufficiency of this reason. I think it my duty to treat as anonymous this snousation, of which the authorship cannot be eompletely traced. I also think it wrong for one who has taken the exceptional part in the Eastern Question that has fallen to my lot to oir*albite, even without adopting it, an anonymous *causation. Against snob an accusation the pereon at whom it is aimed is at once entitled, so far as I am concerned, to the full benefit of his oontradiotion. I, therefore, apologise for the fault, into which I have been led by an erroneous eonstruction, without hesitation and without reserve. . . . .  I shall 'do what in me lies to give this apology publioity and I *hall likewise transmit it to his Highness Midhat Pasha. At the same time I must remark that I still remain as his accuser upon the far more flagrant matters which torn: the subject of my "Lessons in Massacre," published nine months ago, and with which I have, In at least two passages, associated him by name. I should be glad to be placed in a position to withdraw or qualify any of those accusations. They are plain enough, and his Highness will find ii. them nothing of the cruel irony or indirect mean: of which he thinks that my citation from Mr. More has given him reason to complain. Hawarden, Chester, December, 1877.  Intelligence from Saint Jean ((lard) states the the parricide Dumas has hanged himself in t 1.,) prison where he was confined. The Parsee cricketers of Bombay have engagol W. M'lntyre to come out during the cold seas° 1 and " coach " them for their contemplated visi to England in May next.  Harry Bowles, 26, farmer, was committed f, trial by the Oxford county magistrates, on day, on on a charge of wilful murder of Hannah Allen, to whom he had been engaged. As the strike on the Great Northern Railway Ireland continues, the Lord-Lieutenant has co i municated with the Inspector-General of Co stabulary on the advisability of having a force police to guard the line.  Late on Saturday night a fire was discovered a farm about seven miles from Liverpool, at Orrell hill, which resulted in the destruction a.! three large stacks of hay. The police believe th. the fire was caused by an Incendiary.  At a meeting of cotton spinners and doublers !I the Halifax district, held on Saturday, a propo..tion was adopted in favour of working only to : days a week for four weeks, provided that thre fourths ef the trade would agree to that oour3e.