Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1857-11-18 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ASSAULT.-HOITy lVillivaas was charged by David Charles with stealing his bundle, containing a velvet coat, a flannel shirt, a smock frock, a pair of woollen stockinr, and the handkerchief the I things were wrapped in. l'he prosecutor, a mason, said that he lived at Llwydeoed. On Saturday night last he was going home to his lodgings from Aberaman. lie met the prisoner and another man by the Aberaman coke-works, and they walked with him to within 200 yards of his lodgings. He then bade them good night, when they caught hold of him and threw him down in the road. He tried to fight his way through them, and cried out "Murder!" The priftmer and kin companion tore his coat off his back, tore his shirt out of his trousers, and kicked and injured him in the face. The other man ran away, but beheld prisoner fast till a policeman came. The 'handle produced by P.C. Gilding belonged to him—P.C. Gilding said, about two o'clock hut Sunday morning the prosecutor brought the prisoner to the police station, in Mill-street, and charged him and another person with robbing him. The prisoner said that prosecutor had been challenging his mate to fight all along the road, and when they did commence fighting he took his mate's part. His mate afterwards ran away and left him to struggle with the prosectom alone. but he did not know whether his mate took away the bundle. Witness took the prisoner into custody, and the next day went to the lodgings of William Thomas, prisoner's mate, and found the coat and bundle. Thomas had gone away. The prisoner was committed for trial.  other matters. With regard to his books, Ido not wish ait'llibltnemnit:klnkeeenum,7p.rohmshpbeurtboiot'kb'smius7ot ntiobnerlilrevt.u.ethmebetbrkruedv.ithiaPat:loi:b: for a tradesman, especially where he lives by buying and nelliog, and persons who have the misfortune to beilliterate, unless that misfortune be compensated by large , capital, or some other signal advantage, ought to remain in the position of working men, and not to aspire to become master tradesmen. With regard to the conduct of snob a person in attempting to force a trade against long established houses possessed of capital, I can only say that it partakes of folly in a very large degree, and worse than folly if it were not open to the same answer as that given to objection of not keeping proper books. It may result front want of knowledge, but in either ease the consequences to the creditors are much the same. His Honour then refereed to the statements made by the bankrupt as to advance orders, which he said it was very difficult to believe were founded in tnith, and continued, —I come altogether then in this ease to be very doubtful whether I ought to grant ant' certificate at all. At thsame time I am not forgetful of the very just and senate ble remark:4 made by Mr. Clifton upon the matter, and I hope that I an, not shrinking from doing justice if I say that there shall be a certificate of the third class, but A must be without protection, and after a suspension of 18 months.  can trade. The discredit and distrust which have resulted from these events, and the withdrawal of a large amount of the paper circulation authorised by the existing Bank Acts, appear to Her Majesty's Government to render it necessary for them to inform the Bank of England, that if they should be unable in the present ewergency to meet the demands for discounts and advances umm approved securities, without exceeding the limits of their circulation prescriber' by the Act of 1844, the Government will he prepared to propoae to Parliament upon eta meeting a Bill of indemnity for any exeess so issued. It order to prevent thin temporary relaxation of the law teeing extended beyond the actual necessities of : the oreasion, Her Majesty's Government are of opinion that the Bank terms of discount should not be reduced below their present rate. Her Majesty's Government reserve for future consideration the appropriation of any profit which may arise upon issues in excess of the statutoy amount. Her Majesty's Government ttre fully impressed with the importanee of maintaining the letter of the law, men ins time of considerable mercantile difficulty, ; but they believe that, for the removal of apprehensions which have checked the comic of monetary transactions, such a WIMP° RA is now contemplated has become necessary ; and they rely upon the discretion and prudence ef the directors for confining its operation within the strict limits of the exigencies of the ease.— We have, he.,