The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1877-07-06 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SAD CASZ.—A case of a very painful character has been beard by the Stockton Borough Bench. 41. woman mimed Eiizsbeth Dixon, 44 years of age, was 'brought up in custody charged with vagrancy. Mr. Dixon, fish merchant, Ramsgate, stated that on Tuesday week, between eight and nine o'clock, the prisoner came to his premises and asked for money. He -declined to give her any, and she refused to go away, and he thereupon gave her into custody. She was the widow of his brother, and for about twenty years had been wandering about the country, leading s dissolute life. She was the daughter of Captain Pearson, who was formerly harbour maetes at West Hartlepool. Captain Pearson was a very sensitive man, and the result of the prisoner:o misconduct was that he was now a hopeless lunatic in Sedgetteld Asylum. Every time the prisuner visited the town she ealtrd a se t his (Mr, Dixon's) house, and his wife had even taken off her own clothes to give her. Her mother and sisters had done their utmost to reclaim her, but their efforts had been totally unavailing. Tiw prisoner, who had nothing to Bey, was committed to prison for a month. The Queen, with thp Princes: Beatrice and I suite, 'proceetied from Wiu4sbr London on Sattirday,lor the Rurpose of *Lying a visit to the lEmperOr and Empress of Brazil. Her Majesty returned to Windsor 10 dinner in the evening,  The Princess Louise last week laid the foundation stone of a dining hall, to be called .‘ The Louise Hall," and forming part of the National Industrial Home for Crippled toys at Kensington. Theo hall will be capable of seating 100 boys.  Tire LlvEnrool. Gm; Wmixs.—The r.m.nrnittee api)ointe4 exanune into idle a4fair3 of the Liver, tkoo4 Gas' inpany has+ 4ntgesled iri he ineereeti : of the in; tie that the works iheiild be *melt hver and mapsiged by the CorpOraoo44, -  _ . bleuquell Wee given 'nu ethge night to Mr. Brassey, M.P.' at Hastings, to weloome the lion. member and Mrs. Brassey and family on their return from their voyage round the world in the yacht Sunbeam. The company numbered about PO.  The Rev. Jame. Doran, a parish priest in Ito in, was whiteout boating. by the capsizing of a pleasure boat. A lady and two gentlemen who were in the boat were saved. The Royal Agricultural Society's show commences at Liverpool on Monday next. The entr.es of stock number 1305, and of implements 6930. The value of the prizes will amount to nearly £6OOO.  The Duke of Richmond, in reply to an application from the Artisans' Institute, states that he sees no chance of the department being able to increase at present the Government grants for scientific instruction.  The marriage of the daughter of the Lord Mayor of London is fixed for August 6th, and not August 9th, as stated. A special licence was granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to enable the marriage to be celebrated in St. Nes Cathedral.  For some time past boring for coal has been going on at Newent, Gloucestershire, and coal has just been struck at a depth of about one hundred yards. The seam has already proved more than six feet thick, and the boring is still continued.  After a strike of twelve weeks' duration the Cardiff Master Builders' Association have conceded to the operative stonemasons the half-penny per hour demanded by them, thus making their wages Md. per hour. Work has now been generally resumed throughout the district.  Rebecca Fellows, granddaughter of the lato Mr. Fellows, who for many years acted ai guide to the visitors to Dudley Castle ruins, attempted to coin. mit suicide in the VI stle grounds on Saturday by shooting herself. Mlle inflicted a serious wound in the region of the hetirt, and is in a dangerous eon. dition. .  The Ciril Service Renew understands that at a cost of £2B. 15s. the Patent Office Museum has acquired the Rev. Patrick Bell's reaping machine. It adds that this machine was never patented, but that it has been purchased as an important link in the history of invention as applied to reaping machines.  A memorial has been addressed to the Marquis of Salisbury by the Council of the East India As. sociation in opposition to the proposed abolition of the Indian import duties on cotton goods. The memorialists combat at some length the arguments urged in Manchester and district in favour of the abolition of the duties.  Although there is an open work of some strength called Fort Paul, about seven miles below Hull, the defences of the Humber are in a very poor way, and the Army and Nary Gtutette learns that the attention of the authorities has been directed to this state of defencelessness, and that MajorGeneral De Bathe was engaged last week in selecting ground for the site of a regular work near Spurn Head.  An extraordinary suicide has occurred at Sun. derland. A young man named John Forster wrote to his mother that he intended to put an end to his existence in consequence of his sweetheart having cliscarded him. Afterwards he went to the house of the young lady's parents, and taking up his position opposite the window, deliberately shot hinfself in the abdomen with a pistol. He died a few minutes after his removal to the infirmary.  Knowsley Park was on Saturday the scene of the annual picnic of the Salford Constitutional Association. About WOO members and supporters of the association attended. In the evening a meeting was held in the park, at which Colonel Walker, M.P., in moving a vote of thanks to the Earl of Derby for throwing open his grounds, made some allusion to political topics, and warmly commended the manly and straightforward policy of the Government in reference to Eastern affairs. In a case of assault heard- by the Warrington magistrates last week, the defendant complained that, so far from being the aggressor, he himself had been subjected by the prosecutors to violence because he would not icin a local secret society. Among his reasons for objecting to conuect himself with this organisation was one that members were compelled to take a very sanguinary oath expressive of their readiness to kill father, mother, sister, or brother, when a colleague was in distress. The society, he said, was connected with the " Dibernians," who held their meetings at a jerry house every Sunday afternoon.  An alarming explosion occurred in a house in Huskisson street, Liverpool, on Saturday. In the absence of the family the house was in charge of a woman, who, finding th,t there was an escape of gas in the dr•wing room. sent for a plumber. The man, on arriving, incautiously struck a light, and • violent explosion followed. The windows on the ground floor were blown out, those on the second floor were partially shattered, and the furniture in the drawing room was damaged. The woman was thrown down and remained insensible for some time, and the plumber suffered injuries.