The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1871-08-18 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.  been  At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday Charles Bolton, 42, appraiser, and Joseph Tanner, , 32, broker, was indicted for unlawfully conspiring ; to steal certain household furniture of the value of .£3OO, the goods of Mr. George Chambers, a licensed victualler, and with stealing the same. The case WII9 a remarkable one as involving not only a question or enormous usury, but affording revelations I generally as to the money-lending system in the : metropolis. The prosecutor had obtained an advance of £l2O from a money-lender, named Page, for which he paid something like 300 per cent. Having been informed by a friend that he ought to get bettei terms, he went to the prisoner Bolton, who carried ; on business as a house agent in Pimlico, and whe professed to make advances, when it was arranged that the prosecutor should give him a bill of sale on his furniture in consideration that Bolton should pay off the bill given to Page. Subsequently to this, however, the whole of his furniture was swept away from his house at Brixton, under Page's bill lof sale. The prosecutor, with the assistance of his 'friends, then removed to an hotel at Hendon, which Ibe furnished. Soon after this Bolton called upon him, when he gave him £lO to get rid of him, as he said, and promised him another £2O. On a subsequent occasion Bolton, and Tanner, who was one of ' his assistants, but who was represented as Detective 'Tanner who brought the notorious murderer to Ithis country from America, came with a van to take I away prosecutor's furniture under Bolton's bill of sale, for which, it is alleged, no consideration was given, Some policemen were present at the time, and prevented them from effecting their object, but they returned at another time when prosecutor was out, and took away a van full of furniture, wine and I spirits, jewellery, and other things valued at £3OO. ' The jury returned a verdict of not guilty of conspiracy and stealing against Tanner, who was ther.• fore acquitted, and of not guilty of conspiracy ;against Bolton. The latter was then put upon his I ;trial on a charge of stealing.  Mr. James wenn, tne weu-snown pianist, nits been in London for a short time, but returns almost immediately to America.  1 Astley's Theatre will shortly be re-opened, under the management of Messrs. Sanger and /n., for equestrian performances. 1 Herr Moeenthal has finished a new drama, ent is led "Madeleine Moreau," the subject of which is derived from the life of the society of the pr % sent day.  I The "Tale of Beryn," from the Duke of No thtimberland's unique MS. is now all in type, for the Chaucer Society, under Mr. Furnivall's editorship.  I The series of works illustrative of the legendary period of Irish history will be brought to a close by the author, Mr. Patrick Kennedy. in a volume of .Bardic stories.  lOn Monday, at the brewery of Me-'. Bill ir 1, at Norwich, a man, name 1 William Ws; er,, about 30 years of age, fell into an empty beer vat, and Ibefore he could be extricated he was suffocated by t carbonic acid gas which had accamolatedat the bottom of the vat.  At Chew Magna, near Bristol, on Sunday, during 'a thunderstorm, a young man from Bristol, named 'Richard Faux, was struck down by lightning. He :was picked up insensible, and continues in a pre!carious state. At Maesbury, near Wells, two cart i horses were struck dead by the lightning. Lieutenant General Sir Tames Hope Grant, corn. 'mending the troops at Aldershot, has given orders Ifor the sentries when on duty, to discontinue wearing knapsacks until the weather gets cooler. & garrison order has been issued at Woolwich ;suspending the daily drills between the hours of ;ten and four during the hot weather, and discretion is also given to commanding officers to dispcnse with all regimental duties and exercise atoll huts if the health of the men under their command is likely to be affected thereby.  Till