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The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1881-01-07 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE GREEK QUESTION.  The Ambassadors of the Powers have collectively re, aanimended the Porte to accept the proposes European arbitration on the Greek frontier gum. Lion; but the Turkish Government persists in adhering to the line of frontier sketched in its Note of the 3rd of October. It is stated at Constantinople that tee Portecontemplatesengsging the services of a Gerna ii admiral. The Ambassadors have refused to accede to M. Timers proposal to send is collective note to the Porte in favour of arbitration, but individually urged the proposition on the Porte. A Cabinet Council has been held. ut Constantinople to deliberate upon a new draft of a note to the Powers. Several o• the Ministers suggested a more energetic wording of the documant, and proposed that the Porte should declare that Turkey could not snake greater mai. Sees than ware offered in the Note of October 3. If those were not accepted she would break off relations with Greece, the Hellenic Minister would receive his passports, and all Greek subjects in Tue. key would be expelled. These proposals have not up to the present been agreed to by the Council. The Prer at Vienna states that collective action will only he taken by the Ambassadors in Constantinople upon the arbitration question after the arrival there of the German representative, Count Ilatzfeld. Public opinion at Athens continues to be opposed to arbitration, and favourable to war to obtain the settlement of the Greek claims. Thirty-two thousand men of the reserve will shortly be called out for service, and also the.n-ten between thirty and forty years of ago belonging to the National Guard. The Pesther Lloyd publishes an article in which it describes the outbreak of war between Greece and Turkey as almost unavoidable as soon as the snow melts in the mountains.  Lord Beaconsfield has held a c!•inferenee with tho leading members of the Conservative party. News has come from a Persian source that Ayoub Khtut has caused the ex,eution at lletat of a Mellah of influence, who had Whited him great opposition. Permission has at length been given by ,the Austrian Covernnu sit Mr the holding of a monster meeting of Liberal peasants at Line ani the farination of a peasaute' association.  • Tim Lt•rithl” and Tibtp.opl. has reason to believe that in a very short time the promote's of the concession, for territory in licanou will aereive charter from her Jlajesty's tior,rumuit.  A portion of Shanklin Chine !VIM within the pt .w daya slipped, owing probably tu the provub : wet. A number of the streets were carried with the MOM Of earth, forming a rensiderable chasm. The thanka of the Admiralty have ben tenveyel to the members of the Atalanta Committee ter lb.: ie manner in which thev conducted the lengthened enquiry, and the exhaustive nature of their ieport.  t South Molton, Devon, on Saturday. ar, e , ~,ug men, named W. Spuond,i, John Leach, John Milan& were committed for trial 1 ....'targed with the murder of an old wan Dallied I L
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1881-08-05 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES.  The business of the Summer Assizes for the county of Glamorgan commenced at Swansea on Monday, the commission having been opened on Saturday. The judges were the Right Hon. Sir R. Baggallay and the Right Hon. Sir Charles Edward Pollock.  The learned judge, in charging the grand jury, said be was sorry that the calendar with which they would presently have to deal was a heavy one—heavy not only numerically, but heavy also with regard to the character of the offences with which the several prisoners were el arged. There aeri altogether as many as five and forty prisoners to take their trial. No doubt a number of the offences were of a trifling character, and such as he was sure they would have no difficulty in dealing with, but there were some upon which he thought it right to address a few observations to them. There were three cases of murder. Having briefly referred to the case of infanticide from Cardiff, his Lordship said that upon the other two cases he desired to make one or two remarks. All homicides were considered to be malicious, and to amount to murder until the contrary was shown. Provocation was sufficient to reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter, but provocation was not always sufficient. The jury would have to bear in mind when they considered the case of these two prisoners the nature of the provocation. One of the cimfft to which he referred was the charge against a militiaman of murdering a young woman. It was difficult to say that there was sufficient provocation in that case. The refusal of the girl to consent to the proposals of the prisoner would hardly be sufficient evidence, but there might be other circumstances which did not appear in the depositions. The chief witness would be a man who had been charged as an accomplice in the offence, and there might be sufficient evidence to reduce the charge to manslaughter, but he would suggest to them that it would be desirable to return the bill in that case, and then the common jury would hear all the evidence, and they might return a verdict of manslaughter. The ther case, in which a mate was charged with a murdering a sailor, was of a similar diameter. The mate was provoked to a very great extent, and he struck the man a blow with some weapon which knocked him down and killed him. His Lordship suggested that the grand jury should pursue a like course with regard to this bill. There were two cases of manslaughter. The one in which a gamekeeper was charged with shooting a man illustrated the general principle that where a man does any unlawful act which is not in itself a felony, and thereby causes the death of another, he is guilty of manslaughter. The other, in which the prisoner was engine cleaner, was a case in which a person was guilty of culpable negligence of the duties with which he was charged. The learned judge next referred to some other cases, and then dismissed the grand jury to their duties.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1874-07-03 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SERVANT GIRL, THE BAKEAS, AND THE CHAMPAGNE. Householders intending to leave their dwellings in charge of servants may be invited to study the report of a case which came before the Middlesex Sessions last week. Mr. Nannetti, a wine .mere chant, of Mark lane, residing at Kensington, had occasion to leave London for some months, with his family, and he left the house in charge of a The ocean yacht race from Dover to the Isle of servant, Isabella Milne, who had been with him for Wight was won on Tuesday by Mr. K. Turner'!" a year and a half, and therefore was presumably Cetonia. trustworthy. But Miss Milne had termed the acquaintance of two bakers' men, named Abbey SUDDIN DEATH OF A lerryir. —On Tuesday, in and Nichols, of manifestly loose minciples ; end Dublin, ea a lady named Tindal alighted from hew as soon as Mr. Nannetti's back was turned the carriage, for the purpose ef making purchases in a intimacy bore dangerous fruit. This gentleman drapery establishment, she fell dead in the streets had left a well-stocked cellar of wines and beer Death is supposed to have resulted from disease ef on the 4th of February last; he returned on the the heart. 4th of May to find that large quantities were SENTENCE OF Daerrie—At the High Court of missing, and could learn from his servant nothing Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, Ma tin Gilboy further than that the wines had a singular habit was found guilty of the murder of William Arm. of "exploding." and of so wasting themselves in strong on the 25th April, and was sentenced to be the recesses of their bins. Mr. Nannetti. know. executed on July 21st. The jury recommended the jog that, whatever their fault, port, sher y, and prisoner to mercy. ale were not in the habit of " going off" like on Tuesday afternoon a deputation of merchants ginger beer, utterly disbelieved the explana- interested in America and Australia welted on tion, and gave the woman into stistody. She Lord John Manners to urge the desirability of pleaded guilty, and got six months' imprisonment, forwarding mails by the White Star steamers as with hard labour. Meanwhile, however, she had, well as by the Cunard and Inman lines. The Poet. by her confession, implicated the two prisoners, niaeter-General promised consideration. and they were apprehended and tried last week. Two of the most prominent of the London ph;. Her story was that on the Monday after the Chelsicians are in precarious health. Sir Charles Lo. sea election—a thirsty and exciting period—Abbey pock, the distinguished ober etrisian" ,is lying dans called on her, and asked if she had anything to gerously ill of disease of the heart at Tunbridge drink. She answered in the negative, whereupo i Wells, and Dr. Andrew Clark, medical adviser tie he rejoined that she had plenty, and that Mr. Gladstone, is suffering from fainting fits. he would mend the lock of the cellar door if it were once broken. He then took Two
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1874-08-28 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

EXTRA.ORDINARY TRAGEDY AT A  MANCHESTER CLUB T-lOU E.  A sensation was created in Manchester on Tuesday by the report of a tragedy in one of the clubs of the city. The facts unfortunately more than bear out the rumour. They are these :—Mr. Alexander M•Lean, a young merchant in the city, went in the afternoon to the Prince's Club, in Cheapside, of which he was a member, and in accordance with his usual custom resorted to the committee-room for the purpose of writing private letters. Previous to his arrival Mr. Herbert Thomas Barge, at,other member of the club, and also a young merchant, had called at the club, and in a somewhat excited manner asked the porter when Mr. lift Lean was in? Mr. M'Lean had not been long in the club before Mr. Barge returned, and being informed that the gentleman he had asked for was now in, went upstairs. The porter saw him enter the room where Mr. ftitl,eau was alone writing, and before closing the door noticed the two gentlemen shake hands. Scarcely, however, had he got to the bottom of the stairs when he heard three pistol shots in rapid succession, and, on rushing back to the committee room, he saw both gentlemen lying on the floor, and blood streaming from their heads. The police were at once called in from_the detective-office which adjoins the club, and medical aid was sent for. Before the doct rs arrived, however, both gentlemen were dead. Mr. Deputy Chief Constable Coathorpe made an immediate investigation; but no papers were found on the deceased which threw any light on the tragical occurrence. From the position of the wounds, and the fact that a six-barrelled revolver was found in the hand of Mr. Barge, it was evident that he had shot Mr. APLean, and then destoyed himself; but there was no one within hearing of the gentlemen at the time. Curiously enough, the only other gentleman in the club at the time was Mr. Barge's brother, who was washing in the lavatory; but he says he cannot assign any motive for hie brother's act. Mr. Barge was recently married. Another account states :—The death of Mr. Barge followed that of his victim within half an hour, and both bodies now lie in the room in which the tragedy occurred. Mr. Barge was married a' short time ago, and surmise naturally connects the murder with this fact, though there are no grounds yet furnished for such a basis being established. Mr. Barge, on entering the club, asked if Mr. M•Lean was there, and was shown to the room by a page. Mr. M'Lean was there alone writing at a table when Mr. Barge entered, and was seen to shake hands with him, and heard to ask him how he was. Before the page had reached the bottom of the stairs he heard the report of three shots, and running back, saw both men lying on the floor. The Central Police-office is but a few doors fromthe club, and two detectives were immediately on the spot. When a medical man arrived, he found Mr. M•Lean dead, and Mr. Barge, who still held the revolver in his hand, was in a dying state. The event has created great excitement in Manchester.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1874-09-11 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

COMPLAINT AS TO HOUSE DISCIPLINE.  The Chairman read a letter which he had received from a Mr. Boundy of Aberkenfig, complaining that his sister who is deaf and dumb, and an inmate of the workhouse, had been improperly treated and did not receive her meals regularly. She had viiited him on the previous Sunday, and complained of pains in her aide and showed bruises on her arm. The complainant admitted that his sister was a little fractions.  The Master said that he was not well on the previous Sunday morning, and was, therefore, not on duty in the hall. The matron was on duty that day and in compliance with an order from the vice-chairman, that food should not be carried from the hall, prevented the woman Bonndy from taking away some of her food on the morning in que:tion. The brother said he understood from his sister that the food had been withheld on several occasions. He returned with his sister on Sunday evening, and the cook corroborated what -his sister had told him.  Archdeacon Blosse said it was the duty of the cook to report the matter to the Board. The Cook was called in and she said that the woman Boundy came to her crying, and on enquiring the cause a woman who was in the same ward said that she had been hit with a cane by the matron. If the woman did not go into the hall the same time as the others she would not get her food. The Matron said that she had a cane in her hand at the breakfast table on the morning in question. She had never had one at the meals before, but the boys were eo unruly that she had it to keep them in order. The Chairman remarked that the Matron had no business with the cane, because punishment for any offence against the house regulations could not take place for some hours after. It was not likely by such means she would conciliate those about her, and physical force was not the thing to begin with. The Matron said that she was obliged to be prepared, and she would not sit to be murdered or struck by man, woman, or child. The Chairman said that any person who asserted those views was not fit to be a matron of a workhouse.  pip Vice-chairman thought the Board ought to pass a resolution that there should be no corporal punishment by the officers. The Chairman said that there was no need for such a resolution because the practice was illegal. A suggestion was made that the brother of the woman should try to get a place for her where she would be cared for, sod he promised to try to make an arrangement of that kind. The Chairman referred to a case which had been brought before the magistrates at their sitting on the previous Saturday, and he understood the Bench to be of opinion that if a little better discipline was observed by the master they need not have been troubled with the case.  The master said that the man taken before the magistrates had acted very badly while in charge of the boys. Several members were of opinion that the man was not a fit person to be entrusted with the boys as he was given to intemperate habits.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1870-03-04 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

WIFE MURDER IN WOLVERHAMPTON.  It an early hour on Sunday morning a miner, named Patrick Jennings, took the life of his wife, Catherine Jennings, under circumstances of treat brutality. The man lived with his wife and his six children at Moseley Hole, a mining village upon the fringe of the borough, and they were each about 40 years of age. He has the ill-report of being possessed of a quarrelsome temper, and to have often beaten his wife. Upon such occasions the woman is known to have had fits. On Saturday night, after the man had been at home for more than twenty weeks suffering from partial maiming whilst stwork, and had resumed work only three days before, he went with his earnings to Wolverhampton market, accompanied his wife. They are knownto have gone into several public-houses. At midnight they were seen on their way home, when Jennings was beating his wife, and dragging her along the road. At a point on the road where there is a blacksmith's shop, he dragged her to the rear of the building, and there resumed his beating of her, using, it is feared, the half of a brick as a weapon. At five in the morning he staggered into his home where his children were still sitting up for their parents, and told his son, aged about twelve or thirteen, to "come and help him home with his mother." The two fetched her from behind the blacksmith's shop, and the testimony of the boy is that she ceased to breathe just as they passed over the threshold. The children called in neighbours who found the woman dead, her face and nearly the whole of her body dreadfully disfigured and bruised, the result, apparently, of kicks; and a wound beneath the ear towards the back of the head from which the blood had freely flowed. Shortly afterwards the husband followed into the back kitchen and said, It is me that killed her; it's to my grief. I killed her, I did." On Monday the prisoner was brought up in the Wolverhampton Police-court, and testimony given to his having been seen kicking and beating her, at the same time that he had in his hand what appeared to be either half a brick or a blast furnace cinder. With the same weapon he threatened to knock out the brains of men who inteipmed, and justified himself by saying that he had " a right to do aa he liked with his own wife." The police produced a broken brick, upon which there was clotted blood, This they had picked up behind the blacksmith's shop; where, too, there was much blood, alike upon the building and upon the ground. The prisoner's defenoe was that he and his wife had drunk brandy, and that it had overcome them. He added that when his wife had taken drink she had fits. He was remanded.  It is probable that no successor will be appointed i to Major General Sir J. Smyth, K.C.8., n the command of the centre division of the Madras Army.  The Queen of the Netherlands arrived at Torquay on Monday evening. Her Majesty, who was received at the station by Colonel Palk and a volunteer...A-mord. is lodged at the Imperial Hotel.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1870-07-29 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

PURCHASING ARMS. company, who had both in consequence of the A special telegram from Berlin says it is • large quantity of coal which had been removed, There is not to be a "religions" census nest year it was a minute or two before he recovered from the The Limerick lamplighters have struck, and ttie "that. the rev. swearer should have a conspicuous Southern Europe and France they are in full swing insensibility it produced. The lightning also struck lace in the song." After an hour's retirement, the with the gatherings, and the lament in Hungary is and. that rendered unworkable by the encroach- glare —a motion that religious pro ession in En 1 • thf - streets of the city are in partial darkness at night. ta reported there that the French Government meet, sustained very extensive losses, amountshould be included in the return having been re- a row of six houses at Fulham. In one of them an rd joined his good-humoured company with the want not only of hands but machines do so much Mr. Kershaw, 35, of St. ,-"aul's road, London, stir- following verse. ;__ , Y • , is purchasing arms at Siege, in Belgin , in jug to several thousand pounds. The defendants , alleged thatwhat tl • hid- t its done was no illegal, jected in the House of Commons by 93 to 77. In elderly woman felt a severe blow on the head, which threw her down on the floor, where she remained fell from the to el an omnibus on Friday !sayer, . p To view dull-fashioned, boasted feats, work at once. If ever there was a season that exhibited in its true light the suicidal and outrageous .night, andwas killed. Her fennel clumps of pine, sir, character of war, this is the one ; the smiling but ' through an American, the pretext being.that being justified by an agreemeet which had been Ireland the religious comets will be taken as usual ; for some time in a state of insensibility. The occuTh • authorised to contradict the an- Her frizzled walks, her painted seats, scanty corn-fields being a standing protest against for shi they are p ment to the United States m . arrived at between their several agents, but plaintiffs denied the existence of any such agreeent. and in Saotland there will be a similar return. It is England—th it peculiar enlightened country— pants of the next house were out, but on their reThe Post is turn home they found the plaster torn off the walls nonneemen . t that the Dean of St. Paul's has appoin- And all things vastly tine, sir, the murderous act, and yet, strange to say, the Taylor, th ted his brother's' law, the Rev. H. A. to e One evtning on her lawn we met; Mr. Grove, Q.C., remarked that before the pre. in several places, and traces of the course taken byvery countries on the verge of this deadly strife do I tell the story true V ye ;