The Welshman

HOUSE OF COMMONS. -MONDAY, MARCH 2G. Lord John Russell, whose recent indisposition ap- pears to have almost entirely abated, announced that if thqy concluded the discussion of the Navigation Laws that evening, he proposed moving that the report be brought up on Friday. In the event of the Rate-in-Aid Bill hems read a second time before that day, he would move a Committee of the whole House, for the purpose of advancing £ 100,000 for Irish distress, on the faith of the rate-in-aid. He should also move that, after the 19th of April, orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motion every alternate Thursday, for the remainder of the session. lie also should move, on "Wednesday sc'nnight, that the House at its rising should adjourn until Monday the IGth of April. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were severally passed through Committee. The House then went into Committee on the Naviga- tion Laws. The clauses were agreed to, and the report was or- dered to be brought up on Monday next. Lord J. Russell moved the second reading of the Poor-law (Ireland) Rate-in-Aid Bill, which was opposed by Mr. Hamilton, who proposed that it be read a second time that day six months. The Hon. Gentleman opposed the Bill on the ground that it was impolitic, unjust to- wards the industrious and prosperous part of Ireland, and inadequate to accomplish the end in view; but, above all, it was legislating for Ireland in a provincial and not in an imperialsente. Mr. Corry seconded the amendment on the same grounds. Sir William Somerville was rather surprised at the arguments of his Hon. Friends, the proposer and se- conder of the amendment in opposition to the proposed Government measure. They should recollect that a great emergency existed, and that it was absolutely ne- cessary that something should be done to meet it. But some Hon. Members, opposed to the Government, said they would prefer the introduction of the income tax to Ireland to the rate in aid. Now, he, as an Irishman, felt called upon to say, that he should prefer the rate in aid to the income tax. After a discussion, Sir John Walsh opposed the measure, as being inade- quate for the purpose intended by it, and commented on the impropriety of voting a sum of EIOO,000 upon the eecurity of it, which the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had that night intimated his intention of calling for. Sir George Grey contended that if the measure was felt by those who opposed it to be inadequate, it was their duty to propose one which they conceived would meet the emergency. The opponents of the Bill had on previous occasions stated that they would much pre- fer the income-tax to it, and he supposed, if they were anxious, Government might be prevailed on to extend that measure to Ireland, although its machinery could not be put in motion so as to meet the exigencies of the present case. On the present occasion, however, he had heard no word of the income-tax. As to the sum of £100,000 proposed to be devoted on the security of the measure, the Hon. Member lud misunderstood what the Noble Lord proposed. What the Noble Lord proposed was, that when the Bill passed through a se- cond reading he would move that it be referred to a Committee of the whole House that in such Committee he would move that a sum of EIOD,000 be advanced on the security of it, to meet the present distress, and that a clause be inserted in the Di:\ authorising such grant but which of course would not be advanced until the measure passed that and the other House. On the motion of Mr. Napier, the debate was t?(n Adjourned. Th,? — -e .1.. J- ,e men uisposed or, and the House aJj"urned at LaU-past twehe o'clock. TUESDAY, MARCH 27. I Mr. Adderley moved that an humble address be pre- sented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased, out 01 consideration for the honoura- ble pride and moral welfare of her subjects, the people of South Africa, to order that this hitherto unpolluted colony may be spared the disgrace and affliction of being made a receptacle for the convicted criminals of the mother country, whether as prisoners, free exiles, or holders of tickets of leave. The inhabitants of the Cape, on hearing of the intention of Earl Grey, held a meeting, the largest ever held in that colony, at which a torrent T)f indignation burst forth, and they declared that if convicts should be sent there, they would never give employment to one of them. The noble earl by way of justification for sending convicts to the Cape, without the consent of the colonists, alleged the ex- penses attending the Kaffir war, for which this country should have something like compensation in this shape; an excuse which he considered as an insult to the colony and derogatory to the honour and dignity of the mother country. He appealed to the house not to peril our colonial empire for the mere purpose of shielding from censure a Colonial Minister. Sir G. Grey warned the house against the sudden adoption of the motion of the hon. gentleman, which would be nothing less than pronouncing a verdict against the whole system of transportation to any of our colonies whatever. He hoped he had stated enough to induce the house to reject the resolution. After a short discussion, Mr. Adderley withdrew his motion. Mr. W. Fagan then proposed a resolution, with a view to abolish the tax called "ministers' money in Ire- land, and with a view to providing a substitute which should not press so heavily on the Roman Catholics. Mr. Grogan opposed the motion, as an attack upon the property of the Established Church. After a brief debate, the house divided, and the pre- vious question was carried by a majority of 72 to 44. The remaining business was then disposed of, and the house adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. I The house went into committee on the Indictable Offences (Ireland) Bill, After which the house resumed, and the report was brought up and ordered to be considered on Wednesday, the 18th of April. The house then went into committee on the Summary Convictions (Ireland) Bill the several clauses of which were agreed to without any amendment. The house again resupied, and the report was ordered to be brought up on the 18th of April. L^SULOITP AND TENANT 31 LI-. I Mr. Pusey moved that the house should resolve itself into committee on this bill. Mr. S. Herbert moved that it be an instruction to the committee to extepd the bill to Lieland. It was said that the laws between England and Ireland should be assimilated, and if the Landlord and Tenant Bill were good for England, he could not see why it should not be equally good for Ireland. Mr. Puse)" said, if the bill should be approved of by the Irish members, he had no objection whatever to the hon. gentleman's motion. Mr. S. Crawford approved of the bill, and believing it to be a step in the right direction, though not going far enough, he would support the proposition for extending it to Ireland. Col. Sibthorpc repeated his former objections to the bill. which was a meddling mischievous interference between landlord and tenant. The instruction was agreed to, and the house then Wt'nt into committee. In reply to a question from Mr. Jlenley, Mr. Pusey said he intended so far to alter the bill, so as to give compensation to tenants obliged to leave their farms by their landlords; but not to those tenants who would leave on their own accord. He had the less object ion to this alteration, as the bill was to be ex- tended to Ireland. Mr. II. Drummond regretted that they had agreed to extend the b: 11 to Ireland, fur now they would have an Irish debate on every clause of it. Mr. Agli"nby thought they could not get through the committee in a week, for the Irish members would be bound in tluly to look closely to its provisions, now that it was an Irish bill. A discussion arose as to whether compensation should be confined to those tpnants who were obliged to lea\e by notice from their landlords; after which Sir 11. Peel said, if the proposed limitation were adopted, it would render the bill almost inoperative. The very best tenant might have good grounds for leaving his farm, and under such a provision he would pot be liktly to hurst his capital in the land during the last few )cars of his lease. What consequence was it uh'> mitjlit give the notice when the out-going tenant wonM receive compensation only to the amount oi llis ljn,'rl):pn1f':¡.. Mr. Hein-'v said it wv.i V be un j ust, to ocr^r.s • a li•r. e interest„ si;c ,1:¡II,1J0 (oir.ptj the; t Mr. Pusey said he had proposed the limitation against his ou u opinion, -,lid in deference to that of Mr. Hen- ley, but in consequence of what had fallen from Sir It. Peel he should withdraw it. After a short discussion the amendment was with- drawn. A:Lr a most desultory discussion, Mr. Henley moved that the chairman should report progress, for no one could possibly tell what they were voting upon. Another equally desultory discussion ensued, after WIlld" Mr. Pusey assented to the motion for reporting progress. Lord A. Brook said, it now appeared that as much time might be employed in English discussions without any profitable issue, as by Irish ones, which had been adverted to by Mr. II. Drummond. The house then resumed, and the committee was fixed to be again resumed on the first Wednesday after Easter. IIIGIIWAYS; SOUTII WALES. Lord Emlyn wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure for the management of the highways in South Wales during the present session. Mr. C. Lewis said the bill which had been already in- troduced this session included both the turnpike roads and highways of England and North Wales, and placed them under one common management. Those of South Wales had been legislated upon separately, but if that bill was carried it was intended that the law in South Wales should be assimilated to that of the rest of the kingdom. In reply to a question from Mr. Gladstone, Lord J. Russell said he would proceed with the Rate in Aid Bill on Fiiday. Mr. Moffatt obtained leave to bring in a new Insol- vent Members' Bill, with amendments, and the original bill is of course lost for this session. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were severally read a third time and passed. The remaining business was then disposed of, and the house adjourned.

INSTALLATION OF MR. MACAULAY AS LORD I RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY. The installation of Mr. Macaulay took place this day in the common hall of the college. Mr. Macaulay, in his robes, as Lord Rector, was supported on either side by the Rev. Principal M'Farlane and Professor Ramsay. The customary formalities over, Mr. Macaulay ad- dressed the assembled students. After returning thanks for the honour—the unsolicited, and, on his part, un- anticipated honour of his election, he proceeded to state the difficulty he felt in clothing his feelings in language adequate to the occasion. Even that great master of eloquence, Edmund Burke, had, on his election, felt it difficult to arrange and lay his thoughts before them. And, in truth, there was no spectacle more affecting and striking, than that of a great historical place of educa- tion on the day of a public solemnity and this day was rendered still more notable by its occurring in the four hundreth year of the existence of the University. On the occasion of such a jubilee, it was but natural for their minds to wander back to the early times of the institution, and to trace its progress to maturity. The University of Glasgow was founded at a period which was a turning point in history-at once an era of great destruction and of a great creation. The empire of the east was falling, the Byzantine period was passing away, and a victorious sultan was devastating the relics of classic times in Constantinople. In a corner of Europe a few German artisans were cutting and ar- ranging the first printing types. At this period lived Pope Nicholas V., once an obscure scholar-a magnifi- cent patron of literature, science, and arts. He it was who founded the University of Glasgow, and endowed it with the same privileges as the University of Bo- logna but in his exertions for the revival of letters, the Pope was unconsciously the head and harbinger of an approaching revolution. Knowledge, called to be the hand-maiden of superstition, overthrew superstition in 100 years after Pope Nicholas. For he would trace the progress of the University by centenary periods. Eu- rope and Scotland were in the agonies of that great movement-the Reformation. The great scholars of Scotland were then the great Reformers of Scotland. Need he mention such names as those of Knox, Bu- chanan, Melville, and Maitland. Pass another century, and we are in the midst of another revolution. To the battle between Catholicism and Protestantism succeeded the battle between Prebtism and Puritanism. During the second century of the University closed in the darkest days of that troublous age. Another hundred years roll away, and we come to happier times. The civil and religious liberty of the people had been bought and paid dearly for. The empire was prosperously making pro- gress, and in no part of it was the advance more extra- ordinary than in Clydesdale. Then their University bore a rich harvest of great names—men renowned a- natural philosophers, moral philosophers, mathema- ticians, jurists, philologists, and poets. Such men as Simpson, MilleT, Y ounf, Ileid, Stewart, Black, James Watt, and he might addd Thomas Campbell. Linked to such names the University of Glasgow need fear no comparison with its prototype, the University of Bo- 1"5' another century was now a<>uu, lu commence, and, he believed, under most happy auspices, for he dis- regarded the ominous forebodings he sometimes heard u- tered. For years, he had seen nothing but growth, while hearing of nothing but decay; and, indeed, the more he examined the constitution of this country, the more convinced he was that it had nothing of age in it, save in its dignity that it will be handed down to a late posterity, and that in its shade the great academical institutions of the land would prosper and increase. He trusted that during the next hundred years the Uni- versity of Glasgow would continue to deserve well of its country and of mankind and that, at the installation of 1849, the people would have to congratulate their successors upon the continued glory of their University- citing, perhaps, to testify his assertion, the famous names of youth who might now be listening to him. The address of the Right Hon. Gentleman was fre- quently interrupted by vociferous applause.

WehearthattheAustrianCabinet has proposed to the English and French governments to convoke a Con- gress of the Powers which signed the treaties of 1815, for the discussion or; the entire European ques- tion.-Globe. We understand that the amount of gold recently re- ceived by various mercantile houses in London from California is, in the aggregate, rather more than £ 40,000.— The Times. EXCURSION TO PARIS IN EASTER WEEK.—A plan for an expedition, on a large scale, by way of return for the late visit of the French National Guards, is now in active organization. The French Government have offered every facility for the gratification and accommo- dation of the visitors. A committee of surveillance will be constituted, who will be allowed the privilege of granting pass cards to the visitors, free of all charge, and without trouble. The arrangements are of a nature to promise a pleasant excursion at a moderate expense. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Her Majesty's Govern- ment has determined to offer a reward of C20,000, to be given to such private, or distributed amongst such pri. vate ships, of any country, as may, in the judgement of the Board of Admiralty, have rendered efficient assis- tance to Sir John Franklin, his ships, or their crews, and may have contributed directly to extricate them from the ice. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SlIt CHAS. JAMES NAPIER, G.C.B.—The gallant Commander-in-chief for India, took his departure on Saturday, when he left Upper Berkeley street for Marseilles, acompanied by Col. Geo. Napier, Captain Pitt Kennedy, his extra aide-de-camp and military secretary, and the members of his suite. Lady Napier does not accompany the Gallant General to the scene of his future labours. SO¡;TH DERBYSHIRE ELECTION.—On Friday, Mr. William Mundy, of Markcaton-hall, a distant relative of the late member, was duly elected. Mr. Mundy then addressed the electors. He thanked them for the high honour they had conferred on him, aud went into an explanation of his political views on the most prominent public questions. He stated his opposition to free trade unfairly carried out—to any interference with foreign Powers—to any more concessions to the Roman Catho- lies-to the repeal of the navigation laws-and to the admission of Jews into Parliament. DEATH OF THE BLACK PRINCE.—Louis Christophe, the soi disant Priuce of Hayti, who figured so pro- minently towards the close of last year at some of our police-courts, died on Sunday last in the workhouse of Saint George's-in-tho-East, and was buried on Wed- nesday. The Black Prince, as he called himself, had been several times committed as a rogue and vagabond, and had been for some time in the workhouse. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER QUEEN OF SARIHMIA.— The ex-lioyal family of France have just received intelli- gence from Itay of the death of the Dowager Queen of Sardinia, only surviving sister of the amiable and pious consort of Louis Philippe, The deceased Queen expired on the 11th inst. at Savona, Her late Majesty, Marie Christina, was daughter of Ferdinand IV., King of the Two Sicilies, and married Charles Felix, late King of Sardinia, the 7th April, 1807, but did not leave any | family by that monarch, who died iL 1S 31. Her Majesty had completed her íOth year. EXECUTION AT WORCESTER.—W. Pulley, convicted it the last assizes of the murder of a young girl near Pershore, underwent the extreme penalty of the law this morning at the top of Worcester Goal. From an early hour many thousands were assembled in all the roads and approaches to the goal, and the execution was arranged to take place at 12 o'clock. Pulley had made a confession to the chaplain, the Rev. J. Arlington, of his crime, and of the justice of his punishment. At 11 o'clock Divine service was performed in the goal chapel, in the pi-csonce of all the prisoners. Pulley was very attentive, and joined in the services. He had been docile and penitent throughout, and thankful for the I "ttClJti()lL; (,f the chaplin. At 12 o'clock the service ¡'eíng ended, he ascended the ladder without the slightest hesitation In a short time the bolt was withdrawn, and a fvw ><it tremors were all that was visible of p .in or nr ,? i ? i, i r, o (1,1 ? i s t a k,, '-v n ;>n;' l bu *c erneriv in the = of »:;r

llRECONSIlIRE LENT ASSIZES. I Sir William Erie, the Judge of the Assize, ar- rived at Brecon from Carmarthen on Friday last, at three o'clock, in the afternoon, escorted by William Pearce, Esq., High-Sheriff, accompanied bv javelin men and a numerous party of gentlemen, who proceeded forthwith to thc Shirc-hall, where the Commission was opened by his Lordship, and the Court immediately ad- journed till the following day. His Lordship attended Divine Service; the same eve- ning at Saint Mary's Church, when the Assize ser- mon was preached by the Rev. Hugh Bold, the High- Sheriffs Chaplain. SATURDAY. His Lordship entered the Court at 10 o'clock, when the following Magistrates were sworn on the Grand Jury Joseph Bailey, Esq., M P., foreman, Howell Gwyn, M.P., J. P. De Winton, W. R. Stretton, John Lloyd, NValter Alaybery, W. It West, Rhys D. Powell, Morgan Morgans, G. J. Williamson, Capel Miers, P. M. Pell, J. Jeffreys De Winton, E. D. Thomas, J. Prosser Snead, H. Powell Price, D. Watkin Lloyd, D. G Leeneton, Wood-house, John Evans, Howell Williams, Rees Wil- liams, Esquires. Coroners.-Ifenry Maybery, Esq., and Evan Thomas, Esquire. His Lordship, in addressing the Grand Jury com- mented upon the number and importance of the cases, which would -be brought under their consideration. Amongst others, there was a charge of murder, respect- ing which there could be no difficulty in finding a bill. He alluded to the case more particularly in consequence of the gaoler having declined to receive a voluntary statement of the prisoner's unless in the presence of a magistrate, which, in his opinion, ought to have been taken in furtherance of the ends of justice. No one however could blame the motives which actuated the gaoler. Another charge in the calendar was one for arson. No doubt could be entertained that the crime had been committed and with the malicious motive sug- gested, but it was doubtful if the evidence would bring it home to the prisoners. There was likewise a serious case of an aggravated offence under the game laws, which was connected with the last case. After briefly noticing one or two other cases, His Lordship requested the Grand Jury to take the shortest bills first. While the Grand Jury were examining the bills sent before them, the following Nisi Prius case was taken :— Ilolford v. Pritchard.—This was an action brought against defendant for non-payment of sundry rents, alleged to be due. It appeared from the evidence given by Mr. D. Brown, agent to Mrs Gwynne Holford, that defendant, in 1S46, rented a fishery at C50 a year, which extended from Llanhamlach to Llansaint-ffraed; but defendant refused to pay the rent in consequence of William Williams, of Scethrog, interfering with his transit over Mr. W's ground in fishing. Defendant, therefore, claimed allowance in the rent to compensate for this interference. After a most able speech from Mj. Sergeant Jones in defence, His Lordship summed up the evidence, the jury retired for a short time, and ie? turned a verdict for the plaintiff, for the claim made, allowing E10 to defendant. Attorneys for prosecution, Messrs. Maybery, Williams, Cobb Counsel, Mr. Chilton for defendant, Mr. Thomas Bishop, Counsel, Mr. Sergeant Jones. Maybery v. Pugh.—This was a writ of ejectment brought against defendant. Mr. Chilton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Jones for defendant. Verdict for plaintiff. Attorneys for plaintiff, Messrs. Maybery Williams, and Cobb for defendant, Mr. Thomas Bishop. John Hughes v. William Awbrey, were placed at the bar, charged with having in January last broken and entered the shop of James Stanton, and stole therein one loaf of bread. The prisoners pleaded guilty, alleg- ing excuse that they wanted food and lodgings that night, the weather being wet and boisterous. His Lord- ship cautioned them not to proceed in such a criminal course in future, and sentenced them each to 3 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Thomas Sexton, aged 38, was next placed at the bar, charged with having, at the parish of Baynor, stolen a shovel, the property of John Matthews. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three weeks' im- prisonment with hard labour. Ralph Jackson, aged 30, charged with having, in the borough of Brecon, stolen a fustian jacket, the property of Henry Moseley. The evidence for the prosecution was extremely clear, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sentenced to three months's hard labour. Counsel for prosecution, Mr. Tennant. William Cross, aged 24, and Joseph Johns, aged 23, charged with burglary at Llanelly, and stealing from the house of Richard Price, three loaves of bread, one piece of bacon, several cheeses, and other goods, pleaded not guilty. Mr. T. Allen was counsel for the prosecution, and called witnesses. Elizabeth Phillips examined :—I am housekeeper in the employ of Richard Price. I remember the 13th of November last. I lock up the doors at ten o'clock. Master was not in then. He came in shortly after. I locked the door after him, and bolted it. I also bolted the back door. I was up next morning at seven o'clock, and found the dairy and back door open. I missed the cheese from the dairy. Master came down stairs shortly. lVc- n-cy mimed bread oti the shelf in lQ dairy, and likewise found that some mutton and bacon had been taken. I saw these articles last at eight o'clock on the previous evening. There is an opening in the window, about 18 to 20 inches by 9. We bought the bacon the evening before. Pochard Price exat-nined -I live at Pentwyn-llydach. Phillips is my housekeeper; I came home a little after ten on the night in question. I remember the door being closed. When I got up in the morning I found Phillips in the kitchen. I heard something fall in the night resembling a jug or basin. I did not go down then. At two or three o'clock, I heard the noise. Cross-examined by prisoner Johns :—When I heard the noise, I sent my servant man now out of my employ to see if my bullocks or sheep had broken out; he went through the front door. I tried if my boy could get through the window on the following morning. He got through well enough. There was a blacking pot found fallen under the window and broken. Re-examined by Mr. Allen :-My servant was not half an hour out and returned before the clock struck three. The window is upright, and measures two feet, by nine inches. William Fuller examined :—I am a sergeant of police in Monmouth I was on duty on the morning of the 15th, about half-past one in the morning. I saw the prisoners coming from the Abergavenny road. I asked where they were coming from ? They said, they were coming from Ross. I then had suspicion of the parties as they were coming from a direction opposite to Ross. They both had bags along with them, and a tin kettle in which there was a cheese. I asked what they had got they said food which they had bought at Gloucester. I took them down to a house where I got assistance to take them into custody. Cross-examined by prisoner Johns :—I was perfectly sober coming from the Rising Sun. I was called in there oil duty. Richard Day examined I am superintendent of police at Crickhowell. I received the property from Fuller. Mrs. Phillips identified the bread by a mark on the top of the loaf, and also the cheese as Mr. Price's. Mr. Richard Price also identified the bread and cheese. The learned Judge summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of Gitilty.-A previous con- viction was proved against the prisoner, Wm. Cross, at Usk Quarter Sessions in June last, and the sentence of the Court was then passed, that each be transported for the term of ten years. Attorney for the prosecution Mr. Davies, Crickhowell. Thomas Voss, aged 24, charged with having stolen a salmon in February last, the property of John Lewis, in the parish of Cantreff. Prisoner pleaded Guilty. Sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour, and cautioned not to appear before the bar again in peril of transportation. He lately been re- leased from Cardiff gaol after eighteen months' impri- sonment. William Hitchings, aged 19, charged with having in the parish of Llanelly, stolen a fustian jacket, the pro- perty of Joseph Williams. Pleaded Guilty, and was sentenced to one month's hard labour. John Smith, charged with stealing a cake, the pro- perty of Edward Moss, confectioner, Brecon, pleaded Guilty, and the learned judge considering he had been in custody since January, sentenced him to only one day's imprisonment. John Walker and John Doughty were charged with feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Watkins, of Pontybithel, in the parish of Llanigon, the 6th of February. The following witnesses were examined on the part of the prosecution Mrs. Watkins examined :-1 left the house at ten or eleven o'clock in the forenoon. I locked the door with a padlock. I returned about eleven o'clock and found the door broken open. I saw two men run out of the house. 1 am sure of Doughty-not certain of the other. Doughty had a stick in his hand, and a basket in the other hand. I cried Murder A man named Jenkins came to me; they ran towards Hay. I ran after one for some time, and then I stood until Wil- liams came to me. I saw Doughty run across the field; he dropt the basket in the meadow. Williams came with me to the house, the staple was taken out, and the dairy door wan open. I picked up the basket. I found it where Doushty was running; it was about fifteen yards from the house. I found in it a coat, a shirt, and handkerchief. I next -tv Dt)ughty in the g:tol it Ila)-, and instantly said, "That is the meln:" Walker, I believe, was the person that was with him. John Williams examined :—I remember the cries of "Murder!" I saw a man run about 600 or 800 yards. The door was broken open. William Jenkins examined :—I heard the cries of Murder!" I had a dog with me. I ran a mile and a half after Doughty. He ran towards Dishpool. I called to a ploughman for help. We both caught him, and took him to the station-house at Ilay. I received Doughty from Jenkins into my custody. I found Walker in a lodging-house. I look their shoes and compared them with the footsteps in Mr. Watkins's fold; t;iey corresponded. The learned Judge summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentenced to fifteenth mon'.lu' imprisonment •vi M: hard labour. -,n TO.

MONDAY. THE CWMGOODY MURDER. Thomas Williams, alias James GrijUths, was charged with the Wilful Murder uf Thomas E dwards, at Cwm- goody, near Brecon. Mr. Sergeant Jones addressed the jury for the prose- cution, remai king that the mere statement of the serious charge against the prisoner at the bar, as read by the officer of the court, was sufficient to impress them with the solemn duty they had to perfGrrn It would, there- fore, he was convinced, be superfluous on his part to use any exhortations that they would give thlir closest attention while he briefly stated the principal facts, by which he mirposed substantiating the evidence of the various witnesses. As a tragedy of the charactcr, the one uuder present coniùeration was of very rare occurrence in that district, the matter must have given rise to conversation and discussion. lie therefore hoped they would exclude from their minds all rumours which might have reached them previous to being caned into the jury box, and arrive at a conclusion from the evidence of the witnesses and from the evidence only. It would appear that the prisoner at the bar, who had gone by the names of both James Griffiths and Thomas Williams, some time prior to the last harvest had been engaged under the latter name as a farm servant, by Mr. J. Powell, of Cwmgoody. Another servant, Thos. Edwards, had been in Mr. Powell's service for about two years. The prisoner and Edwards continued in the service until the 17th of November, the day on which the occurrence giving rise to the present inquiry took place. They had lived together on amicable terms, and on that day both were to have left the service—it being Brecon hiring fair. The prisoner and deceased slept together. The other inmates of the house were Mr. and Mrs. Powell, a son, and daughter, and Elizabeth Phillips, who had lived as a servant in the family for five years. The first person whom he purposed calling before them was the son, who got up about five o'clock on the morning of the murder, and found that the pri- soner and deceased had gone out before him. He sub- sequently saw deceased sitting on a chaff-cutter in the stable, and the prisoner standing near him. Soon after- wards the son left, for the purpose of taking a horse to a smith's shop. The witness who would speak to the next scries of facts, was Elizabeth Phillips. She got up about a quarter to six, and having lighted the fire, observed that some persons had gone out—the door hav- ing been opened. On going out she saw the prisoner near a dungheap, by the garden gate. He said, in answer to her question, that he had got up at five o'clock. She replied, "No, you got up earlier than that." He how- ever said he had not. Prisoner accompanied her, part of the way towards the brook, to which she was going to obtain water and after some conversation, which would be more fully detailed in evidence, her attention was attracted by groaning, proceeding apparently from the dungheap. Being in the month of November, it was quite dark at that time. She returned to the house, and hearing footsteps in the bed-room occupied by pri- soner and deceased, she called out. Prisoner answered, and came down. She remarked that she heard groan- ing outside. He smiled and said, what can it be. They both went out in the direction of the dungheap, but he stopped short of the place from whence the groans proceeded. The witness then returned to the house for a lanthorn, and the prisoner pretended to follow, (but from that time he had disappeared, and was not found until taken into custody from Ipswich gaol several weeks afterwards.) Soon after this Jannet Powell, the daugh- ter, came down stairs, and the son had likewise re- turned from the smith's shop. Elizabeth Phillips, with others, proceeded towards the heap from whence the groan was heard. At first they did not discover Edwards, but on returning to the house they told Mr. Powell of what they had heard. He then proceeded to the place where Thomas Edwards was found in a state of insen- sibility. He was covered with blood, and his skull dreadfully fractured. Having been taken into the house, medical assistance was procured, but he expired the same evening. Previous to his death the decased had used various expressions, but being in a state of insensibility at the time, those words could not be given in evidence. In addition to this it would appear that in a gutter near the dungheap an axe was found con- cealed, which had been last used by Jannet, the daugh- ter, who left it in the rick yard, some distance from the place in whioh it was afterwards found with marks of blood upon it. The deceased's hat was found, and on the back part, corresponding with the dreadful fractures on the skull, was a hole, evidently made by means of some blunt instrument. In the garden, near the spot where the servant girl first saw the prisoner, was a pitch- fork, on which were also marks of blood. Suspicion naturally fell on the prisoner, and on the 6th of Jan., Mr. Powell saw him in Ipswich gaol, and on his alluding to the crime, prisoner hung down his head, and made no remark but he subsequently sent for the gaoler of Ipswich, expressing a wish to say all about it," but that gentleman refused to hear him except in the pre- sence of a magistrate. A waistcoat and shirt were found in the prisoner's possession, which would be identified as belonging to deceased. In addition it would be found that prisoner's shoes were found outsids Cwmgoody house, as though thrown from the bed-room window. It would be for the jury to say whether the shoes and deceased's clothes had not been so thrown while pri- soner was up-stairs, and that the boots were accidentally left. There were various other cirfcumstances which the jury should hear from the witnesses. It appeared that a day or two before, Mr. Powell had, in the pri- soner's preser.ee, f .lid l i ^wfvvcle 30". The jury would observe that the prisoner left without applying for 7s. or Ss. which were due to him, although he had asked (or them bdore they uterc due. It would he for the jury to take into cansidertion the whole of the pri- soner's conduct, and the circumstances of the case ge- nerally—his being seen that morning with ùeeeaseù- his conduct in his conversations with Elizabeth Phillips -—his mysterious disappearance when mot required, and after his attention had been directed to the groaning— his leaving without his wages, and his being afterwards apprehended in a distant part of the country, with a portion of the deceased's clothes in his possession. After some further observations on the case, the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. The following witnesses were called:— D. Powell, examined :—I am son of Mr. John Powell, Cwmgoody, which is about 2 miles from Brecon On Friday, the 17th of November, 1848, I lived with my father and mother at Cwmgoody, as did also Jannett my sister. Elizabeth Phillips likewise lived there and deceased and the prisoner, who was called Thomas Wil- liams. We all slept in the house. Prisoner slept in the same room with Edwards. I got up at a quarter past 5 o'clock on the 17th. Prisoner and deceased got up at 5. I went to the stable, but no one was there. I then went to the house with a candle, and lantern. I afterwards went out and saw prisoner and Edwards in the stable with, the horses. I then went to the black- smith, which is about half a mile distant. I saw Thos. Edwards in the chaff-room before I went. The chaff- room is inside the stable. They appeared friendly when I saw them last, and always were so. I returned from the blacksmiths at a quarter past 6. I took a horse there, and when I brought it back, I took it to the stable. The stable was dark. I hallooed aloud, but no one answered me. I went to the house and saw Elizabeth Phillips there. I had seen her before that morning. Elizabeth Phillips told me to come to the mixen" or dungheap which is about 12 yards from the house, and close to the garden gate. I went, and in doin so, trod on the" mixen." I heard nothing. I went to the stable and called, but no one answered. I went and told Elizabeth Phillips there was nothing there. We went out again together she cried out and went back to the house. My father was not up. I called father." He slept in the parlour, and having got up, came with me to the" mixen." My mother rose then, and Elizabeth Phillips, my sister, my father, and myself, went to the mixen." It was moon- light. We then found Thos. Edwards on the ground, a little way from the mixen," by the garden door. He was alive. We took him up and brought him to the house, and I was sent to Brecon for Mr. North, the surgeon. I was before the magistrates in February last, and saw some clothes there. Elizabeth Phillips, examined am maid servant at Cwmgoody, and was so in the month of November last. I was there 5 years. I got up that morning about a quarter before G. I lighted the fire and found some person in the kitchen. The door was open. After I lighted the fire I took a pail and went a short way for water, when I saw Thomas Williams standing at the garden door near the pigstye. I asked" what are you i doing there ?" He made no reply. I went to the brook he followed me. I asked what time he got up. He said "about 5." He followed me about half way and then turned back. I went for water and returned to the house. It was partially moonlight. Near the garden door I heard a groan. I did not see anything. I went to the yard and put the pail down. I went to the stable and called" boys." There was no light. I returned to the house and heard foot-steps in the servant boys room. I called Tom," he answered me and came down. There was a window fronting the field in the servant boys room. I was present when the boots were found out-side under that window. They were Thomas Edward's boots. When he came down stairs I said boy, there is something at the garden door." He smiled and said what is there." I asked him to come and see-he went before me, and a little further we both heard groaning, and prisoner said :—" In the name of God what is there ?" I went to the house and he came after me. He stood in the large yard. I turned my head, and said, "Come for a light to see what is there" I went for the lantern. He did not come in, and when I came out I could not see him. I had no lantern going out then. I did not see prisoner after- wards until I saw him before the magistrates. After I came to the house, master's daughter got up and we went to the garden door together. We did not see any- thing. D. Powell arrived shortly after. I told him what I had heard. We went together and he saw nothing but I saw something near the cltllwldll nnd went back to the house, r.nd called Mr. and Mrs. Powell. Mr. Powell took his walking stick and touched what I hid seen with the stick. It was Edwards, win) then spoke. He was carried to the house and placed by the fire. He died at twenty minutes past six that morn- ing. Edward s had been thcre about two years anel a half. I was before the magistrates, and saw some clothes. I knew the waistcoat, it was Edwarùs's, Cross-examined hy prisoner — I mostly lighted, the fires in tbe winter time. The fhc' was 1i"hted when I returned from the brook. I did not see J';llil't PowclL I did not see Jennet come down stairs with prisoner. Jennet did not speak to 111<: at the Üml the pri:wlwr came down stair*. I him the last time on the s'ene:- 11 t:.¿: :-4r: fVd -hit wiC h e i.'ile ;ti. By His Lordship :—I heard steps in the servant boys room as of persons walking. Cowherds's clothes were kept in that room. They were hanging about the room, The hoots werea little distance from the window about a yard oil. There is a casement to the window a man can get out tbroug\¡ the window, wbidl is ahuut 12 feet from thr ground. Williams was dressed in a round fustian jacket as usual that, morning. I believe that it was Thomas Williams's steps I heard. He came down and the stpps ceased. 1 believe it wa9 not J Plmet's steps. He came from the direction of that room. By prisoner :— Thomas Williams came down before Jennet Powell about 5 minutes after and less, my mis- tress hrard the steps up-stairs. John Powell examined :—I am a farmer residing at Cwmgoody. On the morning of the 17th of November I was called up at half-past 6 o'clock I was told some- thing that led me to go to the "mixen." I was followed by my wife, my daughter, my son, and Elizabeth Phil- lips. It was partially moonlight. When I was about 3 yards from the dung-heap, they said there he is." I saw Edwards then myself, at the foot of the dunghill, and about half-a-yard from it. He had his head bent down. I took him up and carried him into the house his head and face were covcred with blood. I sent my son for Mr. North, surgeon, of Brecon. I knew a blacksmith of the name of Probert; he is now dead. He came there at í- o'clock that morning, Probert and I went out to the garden door, Probert looked over the door and saw a pitchfork. He opened the door and held the pitchfork up. We both looked at it, but we could not discern what was on it. We stuck it in the ground until daylight. I saw it afterwards where we left it. There was blood on it, the marks being about as much as two hands apart. Each mark was as broad as the breadth of a hand. I kept it until after the in- quest, and then gave it up into the custody of the con- stable, Richard Beard. When I gave it him it was in the same state as when I found it. I searched for the lantern in the stable. It was not there as usual. I went into the chaff-room, and trod on a hat; it was Edward's hat. This was after I left the pitchfork in the ground. There was a hole cut through the hat; I felt the lantern in the chaff-box. I don't know whether there was a candle in it or not. I took the hat into the house. When I went out I felt the hole in the hat. I kept the hat until February. I then gave it to the con- stable by orders of the magistrates, in the same state as I found it, on the morning of the 17th of November. Before I saw the pitchfork I noticed that the mixen which contained about 2 cartloads of loose dung, was thrown about considerably. In an hour after I saw a a great pool of blood there. The constable was with me. It was between the dung heap and the garden wall. The blood was about three yards and a half from where I found Edwards. The dung heap was steep so that he could roll down there. On the Monday following, while stirring the dung, I found a piece of skull bone in it. When Edwards was alive he appeared to be insensible. He was two years and a half in my service. Prisioner came to my service in August. I then engaged him for three weeks, at 3s. per week with his diet. He continued till the fourth week without an agreement. I then asked what should I give him if he stopped until Brecon fair. We agreed for 12s. until then, and 2s. ex- tra for thrashing. He asked my wife for money, and my wife gave him 4s. 6d.; he asked me also for G or 7 shillings to buy a pair of trousers. I refused until he had earned them. The Saturday previous to Brecon fair I paid Edwards 30s. Williams was present in the chaff-room. I gave prisoner a couple of shillings. It was half-past seven in the evening. They went to Bre- con that night. Prisoner did not tell me on the 16th he was going to leave. lowed him 7s. 6. I told him to buy a pair of trousers at the fair. I was sent for to Ipswich, and saw him there in the custody of Johnson. When I saw him I said I was sorry to see him there. I said I never thought he would do such a thing in my house. My wife gave me a hatchet about 8 o' clock on the evening of the 17th of November. It was my pro- perty. There was blood on the wooden handle near the iron, and also on the edge of the axe. I put it with the pitchfork. After the inquest I gave it the consta- ble. My son saw the pitchfork at half-past seven the night previous. Cross-examined by prisoner :—I did not see my son use it on the evening previons. Mary Powell, examined :—I am the wife of Mr. John Powell. On the 17th of November Thomas Edwards was carried into the house. I attended him, and he died at 20 minutes past six. I went out with Elizabeth. Phillips that afternoon, and on passing the gutter under the wall, I found an axe. The gutter was open. I observed the handle in the gutter under the old kitchen wall. I took it out there was water there at the time. The end of the axe was in the water; the iron part being immersed. There was blood near the iron on the handle, and on the iron also. I knew Thomas Edwards's shirt, his name was marked on the side with cotton. In February last, I believe it was his shirt I saw before the magistrates the mark of the picking of the name, however, was out. Cross-examined by prisoner :-1 said bcfure Lhc ma- gistrates I could not swear to it. Jennet Powell, examined :—I am Mr. John Powell's daughter. I remember the 17th of November last. I do not know what time I got up. I saw prisoner. I went to his room ùoor, and called Tom." I asked if he was up. He said Yes." I saw Elizabeth Philips rise about half an hour before. I knew after I went down stairs that Ed wards was down. I saw prisoner going- down stairs. I heard no noise. I used the axe thp previous evening about four or five o1olock. I uJ it for cutting wood in the rick yard. I left it on the block in the yard. There were no marks on it when I left it. The axe is generally kept in the back kitchen. I know Edwards's waistcoat. I saw it before the ma- gistrates. By his Lordship :—I never saw prisoner after he got down stairs until I saw him before the magistrates. When I saw Elizabeth Williams first that morning she was washing her hands. After I called Tom," I was not many miuutes putting on my clothes. "When 1 called him his room door was open. It was dark, and I could not see him. He had shoes on, I heard him walking in the room, and I got up, it being an unusual hour of doing so. Cross-examined by prisoner :—I came to his door because it was so early. 1 never heard prisoner getting up so early before. Richard Beard, examined :—I am a constable for the parish of St. David's, Brecon. I was at Cwmgoody on the 17th of November last. I went with Powell to the dunghill, and turned up a little dung with my foot under which was about a pint of blood. The dung was on the top and appeared to have been freshly moved. 1 was afterwards engaged in searching for the prisuner. I proceeded to Merthyr and the Iron Works. On my return I called at Cwmgoody; in two days after I re- ceived an axe and a pitchfork from Powell. In Feb. I received the hat. They have been in my possession since and are in the same state as I received them. Mr. John North, examined ;-1 am a surgeon prac- tising in this town. On the 17th of November David Powell came for me. I went to Cwmgoody at a quarter past seven. Thomas Edwards was lying on the settle. I hacl him taken to bed. lIe was not insensible but occasionally restless. I observed a deep wound on the back part of the head, with several separate wounds running into a centre, which may be called incised wounds. I found the skull fractured, and a small portion of the brain appeared, being about the size of a pea. A portion of the skull, about five inches, appeared as if beaten in by a blunt instrument. I re- moved several portions of the skull. I thought it necessary to make an incision to get some portion out. Two large portions 1 thought it best to leave there. I extracted some small parts also. The part produced by Powell might be missing unnoticed. By his Lordship I am certain there must have been two blows given to make the incision by a blunt instru- ment. The lining of the interior of the skull was cut so that the size of a pea of the brain was exposed. It might have been made by the corner of the axe. Cross-examined :—It might be produced by a sharp or blunt instrument. I observed a wound on the left cheek, which was very small, and another on the fore- head. The skull was not bruised. The marks on it might have been occasioned by a fall. The wound on the cheek might have been occasioned by a pitchfork or other instrument. I used all my skill to recover him. I left at a quarter before five. I had no expecta- tion of his recovering. Fractures of the head were the cause of his death. I saw the axe that day and took hold of it. I had blood on my hands at the time; there was however blood on the axe when I saw it first. The stains at present visible were on when I saw the pitchfork that day. The marks of the blood were then visible. By his Lordship:—There was no other injury except on the head. Mr. Johnson :—I am governor of the county gaol at Ipswich. The prisoner was in my custody. I recollect Powell of Cwmgoody coming to me. Powell said—" I am sorry to see you here, Tom." Prisoner said nothing. There was no charge mentioned to the prisoner pre- viously. I took possession of his clothes. I sealed them up and brought the prisoner and delivered him to the governor of Brecon gaol. I attended before the magistrates. The bundle was not opened until I came to Brecon. All the witnesses saw the clothes. When prisoner sent for me on the Thursday previous to com- ing to Brecon, I told him of the charge against him about the murder. He said he wished to inform me respecting the Cwmgoody murder. I thought it im- proper that I should take his confession in the absence of a magistrate. Elizabeth Phillips re-examined:—The clothes being produced. This is Thomas Edwards's waistcoat. I know it by the fiure and spots on the breast. I saw him wear it. lIe had it when he first came to Cwm- goody. I went to the room at times and made the bed. I saw the waistcoat many times hanging on the door, and at other times bv the window. I cannot swear to the handkerchief, but it is very like Edwards's. His clothes were mostly put up in it to be washed. His sister washed for him. Cross-examined by prisoner :—I have no mark on it besides the pattern, but I am quite sure of it. By his Lordship :—I never saw one like it before. D. Powell re-examined saw a waistcoat of this pattern with Edwards, and also this handkerchief, car- rying his shirt, &c., to be washed. I have seen the pitchfork. I believe it was the one I had littering the mare on the night of the lGth of November. I then put it under the manger. There is no other pitchfork of this description on the farm besides. Cross-examined by prisoner —This i> the smallest pitchfork on the farm. To the best of my knowledge this is the one I used Prisoner "5 not with me while litteiiiig 'he marr John Powell re-examined: -1 know this waistcoat to be Edwards's. 1 am surc it is his I know the but- tons. He wore it always on a Sunday. I saw a hand- kerchief like this about his clothes. This is the axe my wife gave me with marks on it. The pitchfork pro- duced is mine. I have 110t another 5LI small as this on my farm. This is Edwards's hat. The window is a case- ment, and a boy could get through it. Mary Powell re-examined — The shirt is very like I Edwards's, The mark is drawn out, but a trace of a T is to be seen now, and also a part of the letter E marked on the gusset. The axe produced is the one I f0und in the ùrain. Jennet Powell re-examined :-1 am sure this is Ed- wards's waistcoat. This is the axe I left in the rick- yard. Thomas Davies examined :—I am a tailor in this town. I have had occasion to see Edward's dress. I measured him for a coat on the 15th of September last; I observed the waistcoat produced, upon him at the time. Trie collar does not correspond one side is larger than the other. Cross-examined by prisoner :—I am sure this is the waistcoat he had on and no other. I could not swear to the waistcoat before I saw the collar. Prisoner, on being asked if he had any observations to make to the jury, said, I do not know what to say," and afterwards added, "I leave the case in your hands, my lord." His lordship commenced summing up the evidence at 10 minutes past two in the afternoon. He observed that it was hardly, necessary for him to remind them that the inquiry in which they were engaged was of the most vital importance both to the prisoner at the bar and to the interests of society. To the prisoner it was of the last importance, because he was arraigned upon an awfully grave charge. It was not the less important to society, when a great crime had been committed, that the perpetrators should be punished when the evidence was so conclusive as to justify a conviction. This was, therefore, an inquiry, to the consideration of which they should bring all the powers of their minds, and arrive at their decision with the greatest care and coolness, so that the interests of the prisoner might on the one hand receive full consideration, while on the other they should not shrink from their duty to their country. It was also his duty to tell them to discharge from their minds all impressions made by any reports in reference to this case which might have reached their ears out of that court. In some cases it was a question for the consideration of the jury whether an intermediate verdict ought not to be returned, but in this case his lordship could see no circumstances con- nected with the matter that should justify such a ver- dict. It was for the jury, therefore, to say whether the prisoner was guilty or not guilty of wilful murder. After some further observations on the case generally, the learned judge said that the jury should first inquire whether the prisoner was in a position which afforded him an opportunity of committing the murder. Could he have committed this crime if he chose ? Next, they must look into, and make a careful comparison of the various circumstances detailed in evidence, as pointing to the prisoner or any other individual in connection with the crime. Next they must take into consideration the prisoner's conduct previous to the time of the commission of the alleged crime, at the time of its com- mission, and subsequently. They must lastly direct their attention to the motives suggested on the part of the prosecution as influencing the prisoner to the com- mission of this crime. Not that they ought to expect, in cases of great crimes, to find anything like an ade- quate motive to the commission. On the other hand it was generally found that the motives were utterly dis- proportionate to the magnitude of the offence. His lordship having carefully recapitulated the portions of the evidence bearing upon the above points, and made such comments as occurred to his mind, concluded by saying—" Now, gentlemen, take these circumstances into your calm consideration, as men of firmness and conscientiousness. If the facts adduced in evidence leave on your minds a reasonable doubt that the prisoner is the man who committed the murder, you must give him the benefit of that doubt; but if, on the other band, they leave a firm and abiding conviction that he was the man who committed the murder, then you must say so by your verdict." The jury then retired, and after an absence of ten minutes, returned into court with a verdict of Guilty.— Proclamation for silence having been made, His lordship put on the black cap, and said Thomas Williams, you stand convicted by the verdict of a jury, of an aggravated wilful murder. I have carefully at- tended to the evidence, and feel bound to state that it leaves no doubt on my mind that the verdict is right. It appears to me that you had planned your crime with calmness and deliberation. You had made preparations for carrying into effect your awful design. You had prepared the dreadful weapon, and thus planned the death of a man who was your friendly companion. You had likewise planned and contrived a way in which to conceal your guilt by covering the corpse, and all this appears to have been done for the purpose of getting possession of his property. By Divine and human law the punishment of death is awarded to the crime of murder. So far as it rests with me the law will take its course. 1, therefore, exhort you to implore your Heavenly Redeemer, and pray for that mercy which is denied you in this world. His lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form, holding out no hope of mercy. During the whole time the sentence was being passed the prisoner covered his face with his handkerchief, resting his head on the front of the dock. The unhappy youth was immediately removed. William I'ujh, ostler, aged o3, was next placed at the bar, charged with having stolen at the parish of Builth, one sovereign, two half-sovereigns, one five shil- ling piece, and two half-crown pieces, the property of David Evans. It appearell from the evidence given, that the prisoner was entrusted with £2 10s. of the pro- secutor's money to pay for sheep, from the prosecutor David Evans, to James Evans, Llansaint-ffraed, in Rad- norshire. Prisoner, in his defence, said he must have been drunk. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Imprisonment for four calendar months with hard labour. Attorney for prosecution, Mr. Pugh, Hay. Samuel Thomas was charged with having on the night of Saturday the 10th of February last, with two other persons unknown, been found on the preserve game land of His Grace the Duke of Beautfort, by the keeper, Mr. G. Diddams, armed with a gun, and accompanied by a dog, contrary to the statutes in that case provided. The following witnesses were called for the prosecu- tion :— Edward Gwyn Diudams examined :-1 am keeper to His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, I and three other men were at one o'oclock in the morning, on the 10th of February last watching about, at a distance from the wood. We heard a shot and drew up in the direction from whence we heard it. We heard another shot, and found that men were in the wood. My com- pany, with John Lewis, Morgans, and Winter, ran after them. I was first and saw five men going over the hedge, when I lost them. I saw a dog coming towards me at the time. We heard another shot and saw three men. I ran after them and caught prisoner, who had with him a brace of pheasants, a flask, and the stock of a gun. It was about quarter before G in the morning. It was a light morning. I did not know the other two men, I have seen the dog before at night, and the prisoner has smce owned the dog. Edward Winters examined :—I was with last wit- ness on the night in question. I heard several shots 5 minutes before I saw three men coming from the plan- tation. I and Morgans assisted Diddams in chasing those men. I overtook prisoner and called for assistance to Diddams he searched him and found some pheasants on his person, a flask, and some shot. The prisoner claimed the dog. John Lewis examined :—I was out on the night in question with the last witness. The prisoner claimed the dog. I could not find the barrel of the gun. He said in Welsh that he gave 12s. for the dog. David Powell, builder, and Wm. Thomas, innkeeper, llrynmawr, were called for the defence, who gave the prisoner an excellent character. The Judge summed up the evidence, and the jury re- turned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to ineruy.—Sentence, 3 calendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Attorney for prisoner, Mr. T. Bishop for prosecu- tion, Messrs. Maybery, Williams, and Cobb. '.Josgph Brown and Thos. Webber, soldiers in the 14th regiment, were charged with having stolen a pistol, the property of Mrs. Mary Lewis. The following witnesses were called :— Mary Lewis, examined:—I am landlady of the Cross Keys, near Llanvaes, Brecon. On the 8th of March there was a feast at Llanvaes. The prisoner was drink- ing in my house. I him the prisoner coming down stairs, and observed one puttin something in his bosom, which he took from the shelf in the kitchen. I ran after prisoners to the bridge and caught them both, and gave them into custody. One of them turned aside to a gate near the Bridge, previous to my cat¿hing them. I accompanied three young men to the gate, and found the pistol within a yard and a half from the glJte. Cross-examined by prisoner Brown :-1 saw the pistol about half an hour previous to their coming down stairs. By His Lordship:—There had been company drink- ing in the kitchen who had left ten minutes previous. Alfred Griffiths, examined :—I was at the Cross Keys at the time I heard the cry stop thief." 1 observed Webber turning to the gate. Mrs. Lewis charged him with having the pistol, which he denied. I found the pistol at the gate and within a few yards from it. I gave the pistol to the constable Llewellin. Cross-examined by prisoner Brown:—I had been out I ten minutes before the prisoners. I came to prisoner Brown on the bridge, and asked what was the matter. He said I don't know, I will go back to see." Pri- soner asked Mrs. Lewis what was the matter. Mr. John Llewellin, examined :—I am a constable; the last witness delivered to me a pistol. I gave it to police constable Jones. P.C. William Jones, exami ned ?—Llewellin gave me the pistol produced. Mrs. Lewis re-examined by His Lordship :—I came from the parlour as the prisoners were going towards the chimney piece. I saw one put his hand to the mantle picco, and then thrust it into his bosom. The judge summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of Sot Guilty. Attorney for prosecution, Mr. Stephen Evans Coun- ser for prosecution, Mr. Grove. This terminated the assizes. His Lordship left on Wednesday morning for Prestcign. In our last paper a paragraph was inserted iu which1 was inadvertently and erroneously stated that the prlCnl of bark wnsflO a ton, whereas it should have | 1 quoted tt i:ll,) a load. F."—Beneath our notice. 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Obstinate and short-sighted indeed must they be 1140 cannot perceive that events in England arc rapidlY tending towards one bourne-who do not perceive tb1 the old current of radicalism is daily taking a nelfl form—that tributaries hitherto unrecognised are being daily developed, and that a force of power unanticipate4 and unmeasured, are bending the universal strealÐ opinion and thought and enquiry whither it "II never bent before. Lacking in perception, too, lDusl they be who have no care for events as they appeal who heed not the signs that are cast daily upon the surface of society-who would fain believe the world (I the same to-day as it was yesterday, and that it will nol alter to-morrow. Nature's law is progress, whatefer man may wish and to progress we must change. Now the wire, and the charitable, and the liberal. will at each glance they cast over the surface of affaif4 perceive that the contour of the populace is changing" The position of class, as respects class, is altered to relationship of interest is varying we have no lollge, the antagonism that was formerly to be witnessed; Of all events it has changed venue. So have friendshio shifted their position the love of a class for a class, sO interest for an interest, one trade for another, bO vanished-perhaps, only to change their preference ta other peculiarities-but certainly they have vanisbed- We take the change as a great fact," and record it", such. Looking neither with the eyes of a prejudiO4 partizan, nor the feelings of an amateur politician, 0. can see that there are other tokens in the manifestatiop than a mere proof of the existence of mental difference" It betokens that social revulsion, which is the result a new code of laws, a new system of international relvi tions-a new footing on which to stand the giant M* and his works. | The one great and tenable proof of the progress The one great and tenable proof of the progress'? nature of society is the change taking place in the COO' nection between landlord and tenant, in the agricultU districts. It is a second edition of the changes tb". have come o'er the spirit of human relationship towns. New laws have created new feelings Ile habits of life have made new interests. The grazier tJ longer looks to the squire as an undoubted model; tio tiller no longer deems his lord a law-maker by Tlo divine; neither are his acts deemed all perfection, are his ideas deemed all heavenly. The dream b>![ been broken, and bride and bridegroom have separ»te^ But it is a painful separation-not at the altar of inOT cence and purity, and after.a long and tiresome we dl o* in which feelings have been mutually smothered, vici0^ passions have alternately held sway, and desires rutt wild, rendering barren and unproductive tb' | field whereon should have been strewn the good amicability and unanimity. j Foreshadow whatever it may-and we believe ft It but the prelude to still more startling metamorphosed we cannot but regard this change as certain and The repeal of the Corn Laws has done much to smotbøl that explicit and cheering love of one another, tbJl endearing unanimity which existed between the varioøl grades of the agricultural interests. The farnJer' ¡ representative is no longer accounted in the ordifl^f parlance" the farmer's friend." His guidance-ship Jl no longer deemed valuable. His counsel is not listen i to as of yore. His prescriptions are not the do-all 3n j be-all of physical regeneration, nor are his efforo looked upon as the sincere self-denying struggles ot philanthrophist. The faith which free-trade disturbed, Mr. D'Israeli's motion and the support it received, b" altogether rooted out. It is the finishing act of a ne" phase of social existence—the consummation of a cban as marked as any that revolutionist ever wrought anarchist ever sought. But though we do not blind ourselves to the trf^j we lament it. We regret a separation such as tbol which betrays an estrangement of feeling, and a cru of the common interest. We believe that what the farmers seek as a matter of justice, should have beeØ conceded as a thing of necessity and of right. Tho,e who have sympathised for ages, would be better if tbel could maintain community of feeling still. To is to weaken—to array in hostility sections of IneP who have been friends and co-workers, is to rO' Xe enemies the more deadly because they have a lnolf, ledge of each other's feelings and each other's ace01" v plishments. Brother can often defeat brother, not account of superior physical strength, but becatJØØ he has had opportunities of studying and bending the mental tendencies, and the strateg t deficiencies of his constant companion. Hence it I that we dread the transition state that must inter,eo$ between the new settlement which awaits the rcl^ position of landlord and tenant in agricultural distflctt The bursting of old bonds will be more painful tbll- the adjusting of new conditions. Such speeches as tb; farmers have lately delivered themselves of, and such aCel as some of the landed interest have lately to perpetrate, must be creative of failure feuds. out of the tumult will come much thmany of oor, readers wot not of a social revolution, which, though n:, designed, will greatly influence the future interest the United Kingdom..

1- LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. I CARMARTHENSHIRE. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.—The Queen held a l??f? Il r n MAJ ESTY's LF v u B.-The Queen held a of* Wednesday afternoon, in St. James's Palaee. "? Majesty arrived from Buckingham Palace, escorted b party of Life Guards. His Royal Highness the 1?)) ditary Prince of Parma attended the levee. The 0"? and Prince Albert having entered the Throne-room, foreign diplomatic circle was introduced. The geo,$ circle was attended, amongst others, by David • M. P., J. H. Vivian, M. P., H. Gwyn, M. P., E«<lrV, Hon. G. R. Trevor. M. P., Sir II. de la eche, Co!-  Wood, W. Jones Hoyd, ?Esqrs., was presented to Queen by Mr. Vivian, M. P.; Lieutenant Wingneld ? his marriage, by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. &e° .(0 f Rice Trevor Captain Peter Richards, C.B., on ret".? from foreign service, and appointment as captain sW c intendent of Pembroke Dockyard. j SPRINO CATTLE FAIRS,—These fairs commence si Narberth on the 21st instant; the shew was a fair 0, Fcfl age one for all description of beasts, but very lit?e business was done, and that at from E2 to E3 per b lower than last year, consequently a great man y ,vere turned out unsold. There were many of the pri"?? dealers absent, or who declined to run the risk of P? chasing at the above named reduction. Fat C? fetched from 4d. to 5d. per pound, according to qIlIø sinking the offal. Sheep were in large supply lo demand was very languid, and a great many fine a0'"?. were unsold. Horses were in short supply, ao? ? demand sluggish at late price. The Pig fair, °*? the following day, was well supplied, a great manycha""? Ot 19 owners at a slight reduction on late rates. Ne^^ mlyn fair was held on the 22nd, and Cross Inn  23rd, with Pig fairs at each place on the days foUo?' The remarks on the Narberth fairs will apply to CARMARTHEN PETTY SESSIONS.—On Saturday?)), before J. E. Saunders, J. G. Philipps, Daniel ryt her0b, and Grismnnd Philipps, Esqrs., the Overseers of "° e,, than 18 parishes, were summoned for not having ?ft in their "caMs" to the Treasurer of the Carm#^ ?< Union. All were ordered to pay forthwith, all All, payment was in each case accordingly made. p Gcorr/e Davies, late of the Ivy Bush Hotel, was 500' ?'cwye /)(.tt't M, tate of the Ivy Bush Mote!, was  moned for non-payment of poor rates upon » .? in the parish of Llangunnor. It appeared that t bere l,o was a dispute as to the proper apportionment bet -? the outgoing and incoming tenant of the farm, .Oto the magistrates decided by dividing the amoun due proportions.—Mr. George G??/e, auctioneer' Oro summoned by the surveyor of highways, for no--P-Y'OcOt of highway rate, amounting to 3s. Id. for the fa, Morfabi?i). Mr. Gocde's Jcfence was that the to" had not been repaired, but the magistrates informr^ th?t his was no defence at aH, and ordered him  the ritte with costs.