The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1878-03-16 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

BEIRMETNICEBS. The Atuenect a Quarterly Journal of btebrieLy reporta that statistics indicate that most of the suicides following inebriety occur among beemininkere. The ultimate affect of lager beer, in many cases, is melancholy, with a tendency to suicide. This is moat prominent among the Germans. whose phlegmatic disposition is favourable to such a result. Beer has a pe. miner psychological action on the organism, developing. low grade of depression an all cases. Mr. Justice Lindley, on Saturday, in an action against Madame Lablache for the value of some relle7v, Act, under tilitetultarirryheld her earnings to her separate use, provided that a woman protected by this Act might rue, but it said nothing as to her being cued. He therefore allowed the demurrer that the claim wee bad, in. as much as the defendant's husband wee not included n it. The Spanish students who are now on a visit to Paris were received by the Prince of Wales on the first floor of the Betel Bristol on Saturday. They played a serenade, and remained threaquartera of an hour. The Priam said be hoped to see them in London, bet the spokesman replied that they were obliged to ffo beak to their studies at Madrid. A collation was given them by the Prince. The students deny as libellous the allegation that they collect money. •  The corpora- tion of Blackburn, acting on the I advice of their to magas*, have thought proper far two years to withhold the reward of Arid which they offered for the discovery of the mar. darer of the little girl Emily Holland. It will be remembered that amen named Taylor, by the um of • bloodhound, discovered a portion of the body In the hawse of rah, a barter, who was after. wards convicted and hanged. The friends of Taylor took up the matter on his behalf, and the council I have at length ocutented to pay the money. The Republican papers of Paris animadvert I arongly on • paesage in Father Monsabre's arid Lest sermon In Notre Dame on Sunday. He is reported, and apparently admitted, to have et. claimed, "The time has gone by when the troth. Bond my went through Prance, The king is deed long live the king' This nation lase Mattered itself by imbetitating the mandates of its Gehl* will for the reign of stable and legitimate ardes.cY.l.....nor en Saturday, ordered driposeseibee taken by Mr. Edmunds against tiorAiksomemeral to he mineed, on the ground at that u. ea dam at the ,process of the meat =ell agadat to ansolude the litigation by wkiMg. Iliherates Me endeavoured for 15 yeme .et Aids kegs sum of money as a mipeeiewmiel SW servant, aotwiteemadiag OrModica, it was found that be is seeessidesable an. to the Crown. "Loasavios To Now 7.44LANI).—The imp deePellalied by eir Julius Vogel, the leise&Giesitbe New Zealand, with ensPea Mei ere reverted to have mitre' at s—The Otimborough, Mesh lege' freei orw 3 for Mims awl Welliegioe ; the which _ _ .aue Mee Clbsie 'dye ; • /mi. areikes Ne ars II f __ A atedisi ;lasi  I=4_  George Garrod, a cook, Mary Ann sister, and Sarah Garrod, his mother, a won 10 mai of age, were on Monday indicted at the Notts! taiminal Court for studios • quantity of plait, the property of Alderman Sidney. The jury found the male prisoner guilty, and acquitted the women. Former convictions for felony having been proved against him, the Retarder sentenced him to be kept in peaal servitude for 10 years. Messrs. John and Peter Smith, of Andover. U.S., have just bees contributed • magnifoent educational gift to Brechia—their native town. T'lleebave forwarded the sum of .82,000 to be in. vested, and the anneal imam to be applied it promoting the higher education of the young beknging to the locality by the provision of bursaries for enabling them to prosecute theto studies at any secondary school or college. The Irish students of Glasgow University, who are said to number about • hundred, have agreed to entertain Mr. F. H. O'Donnell, M.P. fortTi ngarvan, to dinner, " in recognition of his mine.* as • scholar and his sorehead' to the national cause." The banquet will be held about the ruidd:e of the present month, when the hoB, gentleman visits the city along with Mcior O'Gorman, M.P. for Waterford, to sestet in the " derootstrations " connected with the St. Patrick's Dig celebration. Prince Blemarok, relates the Stras,Arry Otimee, was ono, asked by Count Ensenberp, formerly Hagan Envoy at Paris, to write something Mt his album. The page on which he had to write contained the autographs ot Guizot and Thiers. The former had written—" I have learnt in on; long life two rules of prudence. Ihe first is Ile foe give ronch the second is never to forget." Coder this Tbiers had ,aid,—"A little forgetting would not detract from the sincerity of the forgiveners." Prince Bismarck added, "As for me, I have learnt info-get much, and to ask to be forgiven much." The wellknownScottiehsculptor, Mr. LIMEOE,3II Macdonald, died on the 4th inst, at his residence It Rome. The deceased artist was born in Perth on February 14, 1, n. Ha went to Rime en 1822, and wee one of the small and distinguished group of young artists, among whom were Gds. eon. Eastlake, Kirkap, Penry-Williams, Lane, Wyatt, Rennie, Westmariott, Bonomi, Severn, and Oettersiole, who in 1822 founded the British Lcademy of Ante In Rome, of which institution Mr. Macdonald was at his death& trustee, and his son Mr. Alex. Idacdonald, a member of the coin • mtttee.