The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-06-07 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

POLICEMAN DONE.—On Friday morning a man named William Medley, a bricklayer's labourer, was in custody at a police-station in Kidderminster, with seven or eight others, awaiting his removal to Stourbridge, to answer a charge of forgery. A police  our character as Englishmen, and subscriptions, through the aid of Col. Lloyd Lindsay and others, are flowing in, and we trust that our national hospitality will bear comparison with that which our noble volunteers experieneed at the hands of the Belgians last year. Pm decision of the Government in reprieving the Fenian convict Burke has given general satisfaction, and even in Ireland it has added to the popularity of the ruling powers of this country. The Cork special commission for the trial of the Fenian prisoners has closed, and only the Limerick Commission remains. The results of the Cork trials have been that five prisoners have been sentenced to* execution—one to fifteen years' penal servitude, one to ten years, five to seven years, twenty-seven pleaded guilty, and were discharged on bail, and nineteen were remanded for trial at the forthcoming assizes. One of the latter is charged with the murder of Sheedy, a policeman, on the night of the rising. Four were acquitted, including Colonel Condon and the alleged Head Centre O'hfahony. Both of these prisoners are retained in custody under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act. It is hoped and believed that should peace and order be established in Ireland, the Government will look mercifully upon the poor deluded creatures who took part in this abortive insurrection. Aster as politics are concerned, there appears ti be a general feeling in favour of the Government Reform Bill. Of late there has grown up in the House of Commons a conciliatory disposition, and the Liberals generally, amongst whom we may notice Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright, have expressed themselves satisfied with the concessions of the Government. By slow degrees it has advanced through committee, the Redistribution of Seats clauses alone being the bugbear; with this the ' Whitsuntide holidays arrived, and Mr. Disraeli has promised to reconstruct the bill so as to suit the views of the majority of the House of Commons; after the Whitsuntide recess we may expect that the measure will rapidly pass through its various stages and become law before the close of the Session. The Reform League admit that this is as great a measure of Reform as they ever anticipated, and the society will only remain in existence to advocate the ballot principle of voting. A NUMBER of Irish Conservative members had an interview the other day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Chief Secretary for Ireland, to explain their opinions upon Irish Reform. The majority were opposed to any material lowering of the franchise, and were in favour of an extension of boundaries rather than the grouping of small boroughs. Mr. Disraeli heard all the arguments, but confined himself in reply to a statement, that the Government desired to introduce such an Irish Reform measure as would prove, he trusted, eminently satisfactory and beneficial. FOR some time there has been a growing feeling against the prevailing custom of quartering militiamen at public-houses and beershops during the annual training. A resolution condemning the system was recently passed by the corporation of Preston, and at their request this was presented by Sir T. G. Hesketh, one of the borough members. to Lord Longford. From the conversation that ensued, it appears that the subject is under the consideration of the War Department, and that there is reason to believe something will shortly be done to remove or mitigate the evil. ONE of those " hair-breadth " escapes which often strike us with awe, occurred the other day at Walthamstow, and we hope it may be a warning to travellers never to act contrary to railway regulations. Mr. Eustaee S. Butler, an officer of Customs, was attempting to get into the guard's van of a moving railway train, was krocked down and one of the wheels of the van absolutely passed over some of his hair and severed it from hie head as he lay on the ground. Singular to relate, this was the only injury the gentleman sustained.  serjeant went into the cell to speak to one Of the prisoners, when Hedley slipped passed him, and got to the door, which he pulled to after he had got out, thus leaving the serjeant in the cell. He then went down a passage, unfastened a door, and got into the street, and has not up to the present time been recaptured.