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PEMBROKESHIRE EASTER QUARTER SESSIONS. T4,se Sessions were held on the 9th instant, before ii e'IrY Leach, Esquire, Chairman, and the following ?l 49i'stratcs .-Col. Owen, Capt. Ackland, J. P. A. LI. Ph",iPPs, W. C. Allen Philipps, George Roch, John J Harries, John Harding Harries, William Edwardes, ? '??ry Philipps, James Higgon, Nicholas Roch, J V ro°k Swann, John Lennox Griffith, Poyer Lewis, ??Mn '? Propert, Launcelot Baugh Allen, Gilbert James lllrrie., W. D. Jones, M. D., John LI. Morgan, M. D., ??s Grimths, William Henry Lewis, Moses Griffiths, ?'?tn Jones, G. D. Griffith, George Dunn, Thomas J ? Thomas, Esquires, the Revs. Thomas Martin,  James, J. Pugh, William Watts Harries, Samuel IW Saunders, and William Harries. fter the usual preliminaries, the Chairman addressed t)j Jurors as follows :-Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,- he ??'?ons which on the present occasion I am tkllea upon to make will be very few; and, considering t??jt?. ?ue of your time at this period of the year, it will ? Le satisfactory for you to know that you will shortly relieved from the discharge of your duties. The Z., t"'t circuit of one of Her Majesty's Judges has re- le a4"'l you from duties which you are ordinarily called ?o ? ? Perform. At present there are but two prisoners f0f *?1: one only appears on the calendar, the other is Out °? bail; and I do not think it necessary to call ? a Particular attention to either of these cases-one a charge of stealing a turkey. Now, a turkey being kr, ?'Oal fit for the food of man, the stealing of it is b ? declared to be larceny the evidence will be L;yf,te you, and if it be satisfactory, you will of course ?rao f true ??! the other is a charge of stealing some 4tic 'es belonging to a colliery, I thought on the first ?6? °? this, it was so connected with machinery, as to b,.rl ? 't under a particular statute, but I find that it is tot ?' but an ordinary offence at common law. I think rieed not say anything more, than should you expe- Jieil Ce any difficulty, it will be my duty, and afford me £ at Satisfaction to retider you any assistance you may re ?sfaction to render you any assistance you may ? \?' ? ??? only add, that I have much pleasure ?U '?s?K so highly respectable a Jury, and you '*ill bear in mind, Gentlemen, that any 12 of you will eiloUgh to find a bill. With these observations, I le4v ? ?°? to the discharge of your duties, from which, ?)i  You have finished, I shall be happy to dismiss you tt?o ?ble you to attend to those avocations which at -h??son of the year must be so important to you all.  the Jury were deliberating on the bills of in- 4b,eut, Mr. John Henry Philipps begged, in the h06 of Earl Cawdor, to put the following resolution ?Tt'? all persons having any demands upon the county required to transmit their bills to the Treasurer at le4. at 21 days before each Quarter Sessions, without ?T'i)Ic? they will not be paid until the following Quarter. •Jejjj the Treasurer do make out an abstract of all der44'lds Upon the county, and transmit printed copies t!)6t °?y post to the clerks of the Petty Sessions of  undred at least ten days before the General Q? rter Se..i.? ?.' to be forwarded by them to each of ??ce j'? ?Blstrates within their district; and that it be tt, ORIQrilelicled to the Magistrates in each division to hrild a Meeting in the week immediately preceding the r4,Q4 rter Sessions, in order to examine into the legality ?(}'? Pri- ety of the charges containe d in such a b stract. ??priety of the charges contained in such abstract. ?t? ?rand Jury having returned a true bill against 1)11e '? ??et', for stealing a turkey, the property of ?St*?? Roberts, the following evidence was adduced Step f *? the prosecution:— B?erf? Roberts I had occasion to leave home for 4verf or V, Let, on the 13th March last. On my return ?et \r ?tha Owen she told me a boy had taken one Dlet M ar'ha Owen she told me a boy had taken one turkeys, and was proceeding to Haverfordwest Mt^ T* ? went home and saw there was one gone, and then  went to Haverfordwest. On my way there I et ar aret Evans and Fanny Mathias; they had a ?e' ?'? ??"?; ? was the one that had been taken tUr](- vt'it t em; it was the one that had been taken ?  i? ?et Evans I know the prisoner. I recollect tel,i g him about 11 o'clock in the morning in March t,Pas sing my house. When he returned about three w el, 'e k '?c had a turkey with him. I went to Stephen Robert8 > ?°?*? and asked his daughter if she had sold 4 tuM, ?! ?s said, no. I asked her if she had lost filIL'. le ?? she would see. She searched and found t, k turkey cock was gone. I saw the prisoner at a ?o? '? Castle Terrace. When he saw me and Fanny ??L'? he threw down the turkey and ran away. e took it up in my presence. On our way home V jj, the prosecutor and showed him the turkey, and he g 't was his. We then carried it home for him. !? .?y Mathias: I know the prisoner. I accom-  Margaret Evans to Haverfordwest. I saw the !?i? ? there at a door with a turkey in his hand. ? an towards him, and I said, We have caught hvi ran towards him, and I said, We have caught Y?q ??'" he threw down the turkey and ran off. ? ? ??'ng we met the prosecutor and showed him ?e t, ? ?' and he said it was his. We then took it ho., I ?m. f? ??'?1 Terry I know the prisoner. I apprehended ,hitjj _11 the 14th March. I asked him if his name was ^Utl ^r' he said, no, his name was Owen. I told him W \48 charged with stealing a turkey he said he was ?ty ?ry he had stolen it. I cautioned him not to ?."?e himself. What he said he said voluntarily. ?y ?'ct—GMt?y. Sentence-One months' impri- 4or 4r4e"t in the house of correction the last week in 80 4 t4t? ?S?ement. • ?t/?'? James, for stealing colliery articles. Bill 01 RURAL POLICE. "wen, Vice-Lieutenant, said that in pursuance "f j °? iven at the last Quarter Sessions, he moved ?P h?? .? Rural Police for Pembrokeshire, to be sta- ttern ? ?our districts, namely, Narberth, Kilgerran, ?  ?ad ungleddy: that it was the intention of the Ieerl,t ar0t ate to withdraw the Metropolitan Police, HoSe erV'Ces he had employed for the last six months, t?e county—their services were wanted elsewhere letter Confirmation of his statement he would read a 'etter ?'? Col. Love, directed to him as Vice-Lieute-  the county. He thought it probable that an ?Uth might be raised that day that we were not in ,tkr,tOf such a force from the present apparent tranquil %tat Of the country. He acknowledged with great M*?? t re the present peaceable state of the country, and ^at ;t ?s not likely to see the same outrages as those to, '?itt,d last winter. But for this were we not in- ?bt? t, the metropolitan police? they had acted most ?o??° 8. showing great patience, good temper, and a illI. n 9 aehnty; but they were to be withdrawn, and ?1{? ?'?y; but they were to be withdrawn, and ?? should be taken for the maintenance of the ?lie ??' He doubted whether the peace could be ?Per Woj.?d "Pt with the ordinary constabulary force, and rteIV 1efor the magistrates to say whether by the 's t??a) °f the metropolitan police and the rejection of p,. ??R, they would not be subject to similar n??a ts those which had produced such calamities to andL neighbouring counties. Unless they could the; Iear on this point, they would support his ?OsRit'°?' The counties of Carmarthen and Cardigan ?? Ural Police. Was this county a better one ? It tru he himself had clung to the idea that the .'?*<} ? sl?i" people were better than their neighbours  Wit I great reluctance he got up to make the r?, t ?Position. He was aware that it was an un- 41 a'r "I I ?? what alternative had they? It was t??tel??"??' t the parish constables were inefficient— th ey Were not worth their pay; and unless some fh?'?t .??edy were adopted now, he feared at some ??e '? they would say they regretted they did not kRrt,,to  Proposition in the early part of 1844. He .?1? 4 4Ned lem how they took the responsibility of the al- h^Miv ad concluded by leaving the matter in their ??.t)??S they would give it their best consideration. L 13. Allean' Esq. seconded the proposition, saying, ^t jt as a Matter that required a good deal of con- ? ?i,, ? "Ptore rejected. As far as his judgment t?? he 10uRht the country in favor of police; and n? t? °"ly objection was the expense. He admitted ?? it t it' 8areat objection, but at the same time ^40t llg!!t j, t'Ir the circumstances it would not do to t))? ?ad Ountry an unprotected state. Gross out- Cfi ? Co?i e, committed-outrages of a nature that lb coult; ?ot forget. In the northern part of this n?tfy ? "? ?? murdered for fidelity to his master- ?)'?''Pet??''s are brought to justice by the London t? ?-??. —the°0untry police were unable to do so. In ? ?'? °?1 ? ?'S?hourhood a clergyman is shot at by an '))?in. ??y they could not for one moment say ?a ?Cou,? m llich such things as these took place, 'k It i11 a state °? Perfect tranquillity. His belief was th ;,t a Uurai hPo]¡ce "'°"? be the best plan, and ulti- ?t ?y the ch P?? plan-it would limit the expenses "f -'?t???Y should meet the evil in the mode most applicable to the outrages committed. It was a matter of great importance, and he hoped it would have the impartial discussion of the county. The Rev. T. Martin said, the Vice Lieutenant had discharged his duty by bringing forward to their con- sideration the question of a Rural Police. He knew that the Colonel would not but on peculiar grounds have given notice of his proposition at the last Quarter Sessions. It was an undeniable fact that scenes highly discreditable—outrages truly disgraceful had been wit- nessed in this part of the country, but they had va- nished, and were now the things of by gone days and the idea that might was right had entirely fled. The Colonel had alluded to the County of Carmarthen as having a Rural Police—but there the whole county was subject to the burden of that body—Cardigan was in the same position. The county now was peaceable and tranquil. Men were coming forward voluntarily offering their services to preserve the peace. It fell to his (Mr. Martin's) lot in one district to enroll 100 men, he found them determined to abide by their oath and he would ask the magistrates now under these circum- stances, and when all was peace and tranquillity, would they call on this county, burdened as it already was with taxation and agricultural depression, to pay f2000 a-year to preserve its peace. The Rev. Gentleman concluded by negativing the proposition, and proposing the folbwing amendment. The magistrates having been invited to decide upon the propriety of the introduction of a Rural Police, feel themselves called upon to decline such a measure on the present occasion. Perfectly well aware of the depressed state of agriculture they are averse to impose any heavy additional burden upon the yeomanry and industrious' population of the county until they receive such information as shall clearly demonstrate the im- possibility of preserving the peace and security of society without the introduction of the expensive agency of Rural Police." J. P. A. Lloyd Philipps, Esq., seconded the amend- ment. John Henry Philipps, Esq., could not agree to the introduction of a Rural Police. It fell to his lot 5 years ago to make a similar proposition to the one he now held in his hand. It was rather singular in the course of a man's life that having made a proposition which was rejected, he should five years afterwards be called upon to make a similar one. The sentiments he expressed on that occasion were still his. If he could not remember the precise words of that proposition yet his memory served him in essentials. He was not prepared to go the lengths to say that a county limited in its population was in the position to pay so large a force as that contemplated by Col Owen, yet he would not say that it was not necessary to do anything at all: he thought the provisions of the act 5th and 6th William the 4th, if carried out, sufficient to preserve the peace of the county. And then there was the difficulty of aban- doning a Rural Police. He did not see if it were once established how they could retrace their steps. And what could a Rural Police do of themselves ? Why, nothing at all. The preservation of the peace of the county, would depend upon its good inhabitants: and no good could be effected without organization of the whole. Mr. Philipps read his proposition, which was as follows :— The magistrates though they do not feel themselves called on to impose such a burden on the rate-payers as the Establishment of a Rural Police would involve, are of opinion that the altered state of society arising from increased population and more rapid intercourse with other parts of the Kingdom demands some correspon- ding alteration in the constabulary force and they are prepared to give their best attention to any measure for its improvement which may be found consistent with the maintenance of local control, and removing of local taxation." H. Leach Esq., complimented the meeting on the honesty, candour, and good feeling, which prevailed during its discussion of the Vice Lieutenant's propo- sition. He would give the Vice Lieutenant full credit for the honesty of his intentions, and for the ability which he had exhibited that day. The matter in question was most important; and he (Mr. Leach) had given it his mature consideration and if he could not boast of equal consistency of opinions with his talented friend Mr. Philipps he felt he could boast of equal honesty of intentions, and could not support the proposition of his friend Col. Owen. He (Mr. Leach) was free to admit the inefficiency of the present constabulary force to com- pete with evils similar to those which had recently exis- ted but those evils had passed away, never—he hoped —to return; and he held in his hand a declaration signed by 1,700 of the yeomanry of the county by which they pledged themselves to the utmost of their power to preserve and protect the public peace and this was no small matter. He knew the yeomanry of this County well they were not given to lie.—He would take the declaration of these seventeen hundred farmers as a guarantee for the fulfilment of what they pledged. Let the magistrates be true to themselves. The country was already heavily taxed, and in its present depressed state of agriculture he could not vote for the estab- lishment of a force which would subject the county to an additional tax of about £2,000 a-year. The Chairman then directed the Clerk of the Peace to take the sense of the meeting, when there appeared— For Col. Owen's proposition, 3 for Mr. Martin's amendment, 28; majority, 2o. Mr. Philipps's propo- sition was then put as a substantive motion and agreed to. —————— TENBY STEEPLE CHASE.—The projected grand Steeple Chase came off on Monday last, about four miles from Tenby, and afforded to thousands of spec- tators a highly exciting and interesting sight. The day proved auspicious, and being a holiday, half the population of the neighbourhood were assembled to witness the race, which was very well and closely con- tested, and finally won by Smolensko, in consequence of Gipsey-Girl falling, in the act of clearing the last obstacle in her progress to the goal. But for this un- lucky accident, the honour of the day had been hers. From the fact that some of the horses had contended together before, both at Haverfordwest and Cardigan, the thing excited great interest, not only in the neighbour- hood of Tenby, but also in the sporting town of Haver- fordwest, and many were the conjectures and beta as to the result. The entries were more numerous than at any previous Steeple Chase, there being fifteen in num- ber, but it damped the spirits of many when it was known that the favorite mare Kitty was not to go," as she was objected to on the ground that her being en- tered with Mr. Seymour Allen, of Cresselly, one of the stewards, instead of at the Coburg Hotel, as specified in the bills, disqualified her; her withdrawal, however, detracted much from the interest of the race, as she would have here met some of her previous companions in the field; and it was considered would have pressed them close. The morning of the race was lovely, but at 8 o'clock a dense sea haze came on, which rendered it doubtful whether the performers in the race would be able to see much farther than their noses; about twelve, however, the sun dispelled the mist, and a cloud- less sky and a hot sun put every one into good spirits. The scene of action was close to the residence of J. Myers, Esq., at Ivy Tower. There were altogether about 45 leaps, distance 4 miles, and the whole of the course, which was circular, could be seen by the spectators. At three o'clock, 10 came to the post, and having first paraded in front of the spectators they proceeded to the starting field. Having formed in line the word off" was given by Mr. Seymour Allen. They all took the first bank steadily, Giraffe slightly in advance. In this order they proceeded to the turning flag, Mr. G. Lock on Gazelle having first measured his length on the ground, Giraffe then led at a good pace to the road followed by St. Botolph, Gipsy Girl, Dr. Faustus, and Smolensko the rest well up, they all got safe across the road. Giraffe cut out the work across the first field, and at a racing pace into the St. Florence Lane. They all got across the first ploughed field in the order mentioned into the large field on Mr. Lock's farm at Jordanston. This was rather swampy galloping ground, and through this John Davies led them at such a rattling pace, as to raise doubts in the minds of some, whether Giraffe could live through it. At the next fence Smolensko, who was close in his rear, fell, cut his rider's (Evans) head, whose wits in consequence went wool-gathering, and nearly all the horses passed him through Somerton big field pace was the order of the day, Giraffe still first into and out of the Carew road. St. B. fell on getting into the ploughed field. As to the rest the pace had been so severe that they ran out of the race, the race however is not always to the swift, as the sequel will prove, for Oil getting into the uphill field at Cotchilard, Giraffe cried "Hold! enough" the opinion of all is, either as John Davies said, the breastplate choked him, or the pace, it was certain that at the next fence into the clover field he fell, as did Dr. Faustus, Smolensko here came up with them, and into the ploughed fields towards Redbert. They went as follows: St. Botolph with a very strong lead, Gipsy Girl 2nd, Smolensko 3d, the rest we believe thought they might as well get home by the nearest cut near the turning flag at Red- bert Court. St. B.'s rider mistook the flag, and had to turn back, by which he lost ground, and shortly afterwards fell at a bank, which enabled Gipsy Girl to overtake him, she was on his quarters when Griffiths remounted. Smolenslw also fell and was some time before he took his leap which to all appearance threw his chance away. The race was now between St. Botolph and the Gipsy Girl, they took their banks nearly together, being alternately a length in advance. The Gipsy fell, but Davies was at work in an instant, overtook St. E., and at the last fence but one they were together the field before the winning one Gipsy Girl was slightly in advance, and tried the last bank first, but failed, it was evident she had nothing left in her. St. B. now tried, failed once, but on the second attempt took it well, but on landing Griffiths fell off evidently exhausted, for he had not strength to catch his horse. In the mean time Davies tried the Gipsy, she failed again and sent him a purler over her head into the winning field. The crowd now rushed in, and loud were the vociferations not to catch St. B. During this excite- ment, with St. B. in the winning field, and Davies on the other side, Smolensko came up and cleared his last bank in excellent style and came in the fortunate winner, Confidence 2d, Gipsy Girl 3d, the rest at their leisure. After the chase had concluded, an excellent dinner was served at the Cobourg Hotel, which was attended by most of the gentlemen, and several trades- men of the town. On Tuesday last two boys, aged respectively 4 and 5 years, sons of William Morgan and Rees Jenkins, of Langum, Pembrokeshire, were poisoned by eating hemlock one was discovered by his mother lying out- side the door apparently lifeless, when the mother caught him up thinking he was in a fit, and he breathed his last in her arms the other seeing his playfellow ill, had gone about a hundred yards from him by the parent's direction to get some assistance, when he also fell on his face and soon expired. The Petty Sessions for the hundred of Kemes was holden at the Castle Inn, Newport, (Pembrokeshire,) on Thursday, the 4th inst., before the Rev. John Pugh, Clerk, Chairman, James Bowen Bowen, Esq., Troed- yr-aur, J. T. W. James, Esq., G. D. Griffith, Esq., and James Bowen, Esq., Newport. The different overseers of the Poor for each of the parishes, in the hundred were appointed also the parish constables nominated, and also a return made of the surveyors of highways for the ensuing year. An order of removal was granted to the overseers of Llanychllwydog to remove Thomas Reed, and his wife to the parish of And an order of affiliation made upon Mr. John Owen, of Graig, in the parish of Mount in the county of Cardigan, for the expense incurred and maintenance of a bastard child begotten on Hannah Christmas, of the parish of St. Dogmels the sessions were then adjourned. On Monday last a meeting was held at the vestry of St. Mary's Church, Tenby, in order to elect the church- wardens for the ensuing year. The persons chosen to fill this responsible office were Mr. Clark, who was re- elected for the third successive year, and Mr. King, in the room of Mr. Walkinton. NARBERTH UNION.—J. H. Allen, Esq., of Cresselly, has been elected chairman of the Narberth Board of Guardians. The Rev. R. B. Jones, and James Stretch, Esq., were elected vice-chairmen.

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