Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1860-11-07 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

COUNTY COURT.—(Before J. M. Herbert, Esq. Judge.) —William Bennett, auctioneer, appraiser, and house and estate agent, Cardiff, came up for examination, supported by Mr. J. Bird. Mr. Owen opposed on behalf of Mr. John Thomas, and Mr. Wilcocks for the assignees, Messrs. Gannett and Williams. Mr. Owen's grounds of opposition were—fraud and breach of trust, concealment of property, not giving a proper account of his estate, making undue preference' imperfect cash account, and defective balance sheet. After a long examination his Honour said there was no doubt whatever that this man (Bennett) had brought himself under the 78th clause of the Act by appropriating moneys entrusted to him by other people. It was absolutely necessary, when persons obtained possession of money for others—professional men, auctioneers, &c.,—that money should be forthcoming when called for. This man, therefore, having applied the money to his own purposes, had brought himself within the legal meaning of the 78th clause, and had rendered himself liable to two years. appeared to him to have been Bennett's practice to persevere in this course, for not only had he appropriated the moneys of Gannett and Williams, but he had previously misappropriated the moneys of Pardoe and Barnett. This appeared to be his business, for he commenced business when he was insolvent; it was therefore clearly an aggravated case, and he should remand him for nine months from the date of his vesting order.  ROYAL Gossip.—Paragraphs have lately made the round of the newspapers, both in this country and abroad, on the subject of a supposed engagement between her Royal Highness the Princess Alice and Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt. We believe that these announce ments are at least premature. The young Prince, it appears, has been over in this country during the last season with his brother, Prince Henry, and they have been guests at the Court of the Queen. It is said that Prince Louis will again sherd/ visit England upon the invitation of her Majesty He is the eldest son of Prince Charles, brother and heir presumptive to the Grand Duke, who has no children. The mother of Prince Louis is a Princess of Prussia, daughter of the late Prince William (uncle to the King, and whose name was distinguished in the great wars), and a sister of the Queen of Bavaria, and of Princes Adalbert and Waldemar; the latter of whom, now deceased, was well known in this country for the noble part he took in the dangers of our armies in Lord Hardinge's Punjab campaigns.-06server.  ATTEMr rEI. MArRIVWE.—On Saturday night, shortly before twelve o'clock, one of the most brutal and determined attempts to murder an aged parent took place at No. 6, Northampton-street, King's-cross, London. Thc unfortunate old woman, who is about seventy years ot age, is named Mary Harrington and resided at the above-named house with her daughter, named Bridget Harrington, a drunken and dissipated character, who was in the habit of brutally beating and ill-using her aged parent. On Saturday night she came home in a state of drunkenness and, it is said, was accompanied by some man. Slic demanded of the old woman the keys of some place where she kept what little money she hid, but meeting with a refusal she immediately seized the poker and beat her mother with it about her head till she became quite insensible, beating the skull in in one part. She then went to bed, leaving the poor old woman weltering in her blood. It was not until early on Sunday morning that the lodgers made any stir about the matter, when Mrs. Harrington's son was sent for, who, on finding the state his mother was in, called in the police. Mr. H. Sutherin, surgeon, of Aldenham-terraee, was then sent for, and he described the bed and bedding to be completely saturated with blood, and the injuries to the head of the most frightful character, his astonishment being that the poor old creature had survived through the night, having been so inhumanly left without medical aid. Although not dead, but little hopes are entertained of her recovery. The daughter, Bridget Harrington, was taken into custody and at once convey to the Platt-street station of the S Division, where the charge of attempting to murder her mother was entered on the police-sheet. There is but little doubt, from the state of the poor old woman on Sunday night, that the daughter will have to take her trial for the capital offence.  Printed and Published by the Editor and Proprietor THOMAS CLARK HENLEY, at the Tlcral4 Office, Nc. 22