Brecon reporter, and South Wales general advertiser (1865-01-07)
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Breconshire (Wales) Newspapers 19th century
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA RAILWAY.
THE SHORTER CONSERVATIVE CATECHISM FOR 1865. I
EXECUTION QF THE CHAD WELL HEATH MURDERER.
HORRIBLE CONDUCT OF PARENTS TO THEIR SON.
--------A COLLIER'S ACCOUNT OF A PIT ACCIDENT.
AQED PAUPERS AND THEIR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
THE STUART PAPERS IN THE ROYAL -LIBRARY AT WINDSOR.1
ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER BY AN ' OFFI CER. I
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SELDOM has there been a year upon which we could look back as a nation with more grateful satisfaction and less regret than that which has just drawn to a close. The wild shriek of Irish
These Sessions were held at the County Hall on Saturday last, before John James Williams, James Williams, and J. Williams, Aberyskir, Esqrs.
The anniversary of the Prince of Wales lodge, of the above ancient Order, held at the Railway Hotel, Bridgend, Brecon, took place ou Monday last. The Members, numbering full 100 strong,
" So;" grumblers at the clubs say, " Ministers are j positively going to begin the business of the year without a programme." "Well," I answer, ! " perhaps so; but then remember that the
THE war in America still contimies. We will not, however, enter into details of the advance of General Sherman, or Thomas's victory in Tennes- I Isee; suffice it to say that the later accounts give
On Friday morning a horrible murder was perpe-. trated in the South Camp, Aldeishott, by an artillery-man, named ..Thomas Dumphy. Itappeara that this man has been lately suffering from insanity, and was
j An inquiry was recently held by Mr. John Hum I phreys, Middlesex coroner, at tbe Frampton Arms, jWell-street, Hackney, respecting the death by fire of IMrs. Mary Ann Bucke, aged thirty-eight. Mr. W.
! The last scullers' match of this unusually prolonged aquatic season has just been decided for a stake of X100, the competitors being-George Drewitt, of Chelsea, and Jack Maekinnay, of Richmond. The distance was
; A certain lady was anxious ta make her husband a present on the occasion of his birthday, and as it happened to fall in winter, and at, that time in a very severe winter, she thought that a comfortable morning
' n 4.1. -n . GENEVA, DEC. 30. At the J? ederal Assizes to-day judgment was pro-no ticed at 3 p.m. on the persona accused of taking part in the disturbances at Geneva last August. AD
NEW YORK, Dec ' 18. President Lincoln had directed General Dix to oov-r-termand his recent order authorising Federal soldier?" to enter Canada in pursuit of marauders. The com
—A lamentable occurrence took place during the Monday morning performance of the pantomime of "Cinderella" at the Royal Italian Opera, Corentgarden. During the representation of the gorgeous
An aggregate meeting was held in the Dublin Rotundo on Thursday evening. It was convened by the erd Mayor, in accordance with a numerously signed requisition, to which was affixed the names of a
A dreadful accident, attended with loss of life, occurred on the 15th ult., shortly before eight o'clock, on the Grand Trunk Railroad, about a mile and a half west of the Detroit and Milwaukie junction, through
The following account of the treatment of prisoners of war by the Confederates appeared in the Chattanooga Gazette:-A company bearing the title of the Georgia Home
A communication has been received from the Admiralty announcing the wreck of H.M.S. Racehorse on the night of the 4th ult., at 8.30 p.m., about five leagues south-east of Chefoo Cape, and about two
The excavations conducted at Gragnano, near Herculaneum, have brought to light a painting which derives its interest chiefly from the grotesque figures it represents. M. Bar re, who has described it, is of
The execution of Francis Wane for the murder of Amelia Blunt, took place on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, at Springfield Gaol, Chelmsford. Mr. Gepp, Under-Sheriff for the county of Essex,
An inquiry was recently held by Mr. William Payne,I coroner for the City of London, respecting the death of Mr. James Forman, aged forty-six years.I The deceased was a druggist's warehouseman in the
Shrewsbury has been the scene of a swindle so original in conception, and so bold in the oarrying out, as to claim a special page in the annals of crime. On Tuesday night last a quiet-looking Welshman
Andrew Marsden and Joe Wormald, the men chosen to contend for the" championship of England " and -CAOD, left London on Tuesday morning for Marston-gate, Hertfordshire, where it was intended they
Two Naval Officers Suffocated in their Berth.-The captain and mate of a Russian merchant ship lying in the Royal Dock at Grimsby, were, on Saturday morning, found dead in their berths. On
In the Sheffield County Court on Wednesday a decision of considerable importance under the Track Act was delivered by Mr. T. Ellison, judge. On the previous Wednesday an action had been heard in which
In the financial year 1883-1864, for which the report has recently been issued, the receipts from the Royal Forests and woodlands amounted to 33,9811., and the expenditure to 26,5651. The receipts from theI
-The Court of Assizes of the Manche has just tried a man named Bouvet, a small farmer, residing at Coulouvray-Bois-Beratre, on a charge of having, on the 18th July last, murdered his own son Auguste,
In her younger days she frequently visited Abbots-ford. Sir Walcer Scott was, at that time, well-known or generally understood to have written the " Waverley Novels," but had not publicly avowed the authorship.
The many friends of this gentleman in the north of England will regret to hear that he departed this life at his residence in London on Friday last. Mr. O'Brien, who was an Irishman born, received his edu
The Dundee Advertisei- announces an awful occurrence in that town. At 7 o'clock on Monday night, a large crowd of men, women, and children had gathered near the entrance to Springthorpe's Musical Enter
An action, by Mr. White, traveller to Messrs. Grimble, the distillers, was brought in the Court of Common Pleas, last week, against Messrs. Phillips and Dahnel, wine merchants, Mark-lane, to recover compensation
Desperate Affray with. Poachers.—Two game-keepers named George Johnston and John Hay, in the service of Sir James Hall, of Dunglas, Bart., were in a plantation called Penmanshiel, situated near Grant's
Mr. W. F. Windham is once more getting his living driving the coach from Norwich to Cromie and back. A premium of £1,500 has been paid for a three years' contract for providing refreshments at the Agricul
A curious case came before Messrs. T. Colemore and A. Dixon, at the Erdington Police-court the other day, A "lady of respectable appearance," aged thirty, who gave her name as " Mrs. Young," was charged with
• At the Glasgow winter assizes, before Lord Ardmil! Ian, Mike M'Glinchy was charged with rape, " in so far as, on the 16th July last, on the Broomloan or Sandy Holes-road, parish of Govan, he attacked Mar
The will of the Right Hon. Lady Arabella Alvanley, of Bruton-street, was proved in London by the executors, Mr. Richard William Peirse, of Northallerton, and Mr. Charles Reynolds Williams, of Lincoln's-inn-
A correspondent of the Daily Nevs, writing from New York, says:—The exasperation caused here by the discharge from custody of the St. Albans raiders is so intense that, great as is the difficulty of getting Eng
The obituary of a local contemporary contains the death of Mr. William Graham, an " old post-boy," who, in his time, has perhaps driven more runaways to Gretna, "for better or for worse," than any other
A very curious sale took place lately which attracted all the fashionable world of Paris. The catalogues were splendidly printed, and got up utterly regardless of expense, and contained the list of the furniture,
Two young men, belonging to the gipsy class, who gave the names of Sirrender Smith and John Lewis, were finally examined at the Wandsworth Police■ court, on a charge of being concerned in stealing
A young man, dressed in clerical style, who said his name was William Thomas, and that he was a clerk, but refused to give his address, was charge! before the magistrate at Bow-street with uttering forged
We made good cheer though we had no beer, No brandy, rum, or gin ; And we drank about the old year out, And we drank the new year in:'
. Industry and Perseverance.-A spendthrift said, " Five years ago I was not worth a farthing in tbe world; now see where I am by my own exertions."
THE Queen, with the junior members of the Royal family, has spent the holiday time in great quietude at Osborne. Her Majesty distributed Christmas gifts on Saturday afternoon to the wives of the labourers and
FROM what we have heard, says Herap-ath, we think it very probable a parliamentary committee will be formed next Session to consider the subject of railways.
ME. SAMUEL WARREN, the author of " The Diary of a Late Physician " and " Ten Thousand a Year," is in a state of health that almost precludes the possibility of a recovery.
THE VERMONT RAIDERS.—We confess to feeling some doubt whether offences of the character of this some doubt whether offences of the character of this Vermont raid ought to be dealt with under the Extra
THE Berkeley Hunt has been unusually unfortunate ,this season. The huntsman is down with a broken thigh, though fast recovering. The second whip is laid up with a dislocated collar-bone, and Edwards,
From Birchin - lane.—Strange that schoolboys should like Christmas, seeing that it comes the fag¡end of the year.-Punch. A schoolboy having good-naturedly assisted an
Leonato fretting his very heart-strings away at the wrongs of his daughter, cruelly slandered Hero, is in vain exhorted by his brother Antonio to control his feelings, and resist the tyrannous strength of his
Charles James, a coach-painter, carrying on business in Edward-street, Kenniùton - road, appeared at Wandsworth police-court, in answer to a summons charging him with assaulting two young women on
Two tall, ill-favoured fellows, who gave the names of Frederick Langston and John Nicholls, were brought up at Westminster, on Wednesday, charged with J'obbing the house of Mr. Bird, foreman to Mr. WatHng,
An Iron Letter.—By the last American mail, a letter, which is remarkable both as a documentary curiosity and as a specimen of manufacturing akill, was received by the Birmingham Journal. It is
Mr. Payne, Coroner, held an inquest respecting the death of Mr. Thomas Campbell, aged forty, a clerk in the War Department, and who lived at 5, Walmerroad, Plumstead. John Hay, 11, Sweetenham-place,
The following account of the dreadful accident at Leeswood Colliery, near M'jld, as related by Robert Hughes, one of the men in the pit at the time of the accident, will be interesting:—
Among the applicants who appeared before Mr. Dayman, at the Wandsworth Police-court, was a little old woman, who gave the name of Alice Blake, and the address of Gardiner's-cottages, Battersea. She
Among the treasures of the Royal Library, at Windsor, are two collections known respectively as the " Cumberland Papers " and the " Stuart Papars." The first consists of letters, &c., collected by William
M. Victor Hugo is now as popularly known (says a local paper) for hia liberality a,nd kindness to poor children as for hia literary taste and productions. Forty-one children are entertained fortnightly—say
—;.■».■ (..,,1.:':: " Hxinning " a .Religion.—" To run" is a term of modern American locution, meaning to start,
A point of considerable importance has been raised regarding the manufacture of artificial manures, and its effect upon the sanitary condition of the locality in which it takes place. It appears that in the borough
In a notice of an Exhibition of Art Industry now being held in the Palmig do 1'Industrie at Paris, a contemporary says-" The >pretty things are plentiful, and the collection includes one or two amusing in
The following are extracts from the Pope's Encyclicol Letter:-To our venerable brethren, all the patriarchs, priimates, archbishops, and bishops, in communion with
The warblers of the grove are flown, and from the shrub the jay, And from the tree-top calls the crow through all She gloomy day.
A fatal catastrophe occurred last week at the village of Preston Plucknett, about a mile from Yeovil. It appears that Lieutenant Langworthy, of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, who is now on a visit to his father, the
Rebecca Evans, a fine-featur4 and well-grown girl, with a profusion of hair breath a black hat and feather, was charged, at else Worship-street Police-court, with stealing a ck-ass and a blanket, the property
Drunken Leap through a Window.-A militiaman, named James Robinson, of Leeds, jumped through the grand jury room window, the other day, on the ground floor of the Public Office, Birmingham,
CITY, JAN. 4.—The stock markets remain firm, with r. eerq.llyf}1Vonr:l,hlp..o:ua.on°J"-' cJ-j-cLc-1 Oll.lJ:T by the ab,) of business. The funds have again improved -1 per eeut. The discount market is quiet to-day, and good threc
A Polite Rebuke-Frederick, callerl tho Gl"3<:.t-of Priissia, was a very great snuff-taker. To 8ale too trouble of continually putting his hand in his pocket, he had a snuff-box on the chimney piece of every room
These General Quarter Sessions commenced on Tuesday last, and were held at the Shire Hall, when the following magistrates were present:-The Rev. Hugh Bold in the Chair; Rev. C.
commenced at the hour of ten o'clock, on Wednesday morning, when the following gentlemen were sworn on the /! MiV'Josgpli Bags, Brecon foreman; Messrs.
These Sessions, were held on Wednesday, the 28th December last, before the Rev. C. Maybery, J. W. Frederick, Esq., and T. J. Evans, Esq. John Gould, of Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, miner, was
CHRISTMAS AT THE WORKHOUSE, LLANGATTOCK. -On Christmas day the paupers in this Union were regaled with a go°d dinner of roast beef and plum-pudding, by the Guardians.