The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-12-21 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

EPITOME OF NEWS.  The polling at Guildford took place on Tuesday. The Liberal party had good hopes of the return of Mr. Pocock, and at ten o'olook he was well ahead. By twelve, however, Mr. Garth headed the poll by a coneidere.ble nigjority, and maintained his lead to the end. At the close of the poll the uninbcra were— Garth, 340; Pocock, 301. estruction of tha Prince Albert, Old Rentroad.-0o Thursday morning a lire happened in the Priam Albert pubbe.house, when, in epite of every erection by the fireman, the premises wore totally deatroyed. The origin of the fire le unknown. Death from Lock-jow.—On Friday an inonest was held at Dockland on the body of Thomas Wharrell, aged 17. The deceased WAS hlpieg to out some oileake by a wahine, when the forefinger of the right band was nearly taken off. Lock-jaw came on, and he died from the affects. The lure returned a vordiot accordingly.  The Birmingham TArrrier.—On Timothy, the inquest respecting the death of Catharine 111mpton, who was murdered by her husband on the 23rd nit., was resumed. The husband, it will be remeinherel, committed suicide after having caused the death of his wife. A formal verdict of wilful murder was returned against him. The Fatal Piro at Hull.—The aijourned inquest on the bodies of Emily and fou4a neat earn, cho wore burned to death in the late fire in Carlisle-street, [full, was resumed on Monday. Several w,tuesses were examined, and all seemed to think it was impossible to cave the lives of the two girls. The inquest was wain adjourned. '  takators Drowned.— A number of &more were disporting on the lake of the chateau of Chemnitz, near Cologne, one day last week, when the ice suddenly gave way. Nineteen persona were got mit, bet eleven others were drowned, and fears are entertained that two mote have shared the same fate, as they have keen missing ever since.  _ A Voice from the Deep.—A bottle has been pink 0 up on the teach at Soho-.cuing, roar the flan,‘, by a fisherman, which on being opened oontainet the following t—" On board the brig Margaret, Oct. 22, lost our reckoning—sprung a leak on the 14th—hauds worn out at the pumps. We shall sink in an hour— all hope gone. Fonvard this, if found, to my brother, John Clarke, Prince of Wales Theatre, London." The burgomaster has sent it as desired, and Ale. Clarke is much distressed at the melancholy tidings. Extraordinary Conflict.— Freckleton Marsh, near Preston, has been the scene of an extraordinary series of conflicts for some weeks past. The Ribble Navigation Company erected a fence at the Marsh, and this being objected to as is trespass on popular rights, a number of men were employed to remove the fence. An opposing force was soon assembled by the company, and a series of desperate fights commenced, and may be said to be still in progress. So far the re. snit is a destruction of about 100 yards of the fence and the secretary of the company has given notice to the leaders of the popular party that they shall be held responsible for the cost of replacing the demoliehed fame.  The Great Yorkshire Show.—The fixture of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's show for 1867 haa been made for the first Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in Anguet, and the Thirst people are making good progress with their pubreriptionn, and offer the raceconree as the site of the show. The happy ides of adding the hound show on the last day is again to be carried out, and, it iR understood, is likely to become a more imposing eneetacle than ever. Mutiny OL oot.t s. - hR French transom t Engelke. et•Adeln, which left MILRRO on October the 4th for the Havanna)), with 466 emigrant eirlies on board, pat into Saigon on the 14th in coneennence of a mutiny of ti-cso men. On the 10th a Ostober a number of the Chinese suddenly rose, disarmed the guard, and mortally wounded the captain. The next in command, Lieutenant kfazieres, then ordprcd his men to fire, when 13 were killed on the spot, and the leaders, laid down their arms and were ironed.  A Word on afalgar-square.—Bir Robert Peel rood with troth- that rataigar-square was the fire.it site in Europe, and we cannot help thinking what the Emperor Napoleon would have made of it if it were situated in Para. Why, we ask, should its di ea) y waste of asphalte remain uudecorated by trees? Aca.nas in boxes and orange-trees ealiven similar open plai es in Paris, and why not here? Imagine, Rood reader, how bright it could be made by the judicious clubinatiun of marble statues and bright verdure, aud by the introduction of fountains, so constructed au not to play upon you with all the force of a fireeti4ine in windy weather.—Once a Week.  Apothem:lea Hall.—The