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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ACCIDENT AT NKYLANo.-On Thursday one of the men employed by Messrs Jackson and Co, for the purpose of discharging the cargoes of the steamiers at the pontoon, accidentally had his leg broken by the sling breaking, and allowing a package to fail npon him in the hold of the Cork steamer. WKSLEYAN CHApjiL.—A lecture on 'John Howard, the philanthropisr: will be delivered at the Wesleyan Chape! thisevenint: by the UPV. \V. i) Walters. The chair will be taken by A. N. J. Stokes, Esq, of St. Botolph?, and the of tllf! lecture (which will commence at naff-past covcn o'clock) will he applied in, aid of the restoration of the Chapel at Merlin's Bridge. FAIK.—The annual fair WAS held on Tuesday, and was well supplied with cattle Had shoep. Superior beasts were in demand, and n brisk business was done at enhanced prices. The best qualities of sheep wore also in request, And sold at. improved rates. The show of entirtfborses was exceedingly pood, IInd attracted a con- siderable mi ruber of spectators. The pig fair will be beldto-d!iy (Wednesday.) LAMBSTUN.—A contest took place recently for the office of guardian for this parish. The candidates were Mr Hayes, of Easthook, and Mr Roberts. The first- named gentleman had, in compliance with a request from several parishioners, consented to be nominated fllr the office, and it was generally understood that the election would pass off without a contest. Mr Roberts, however, was nominated in opposition to Mr Hayes, and, on a poll, was defeated hy a maj. ritv of 20; the numbers being for Mr Hayes 30 for Mr Roberts 10. BAPTIST FORKIGN MISSIONS.—Services in aid of these missions were held at Hill Park Chapel, in trois town, on Sunday, the 5th inst, when sermons were preached by the Rev. H. W.Jon:"=, of Carmarthen (in Welsh), and by the Rev. W. Owpn (in English). On Monday evening, fue annual meeting was held, when addresses advocating the interests ot tljkt missions were delivered by the Revp. H. C. Long and G. H. House, in English, and by the Revs; W Owen, of Hill Park, I). Lewis, of Neyland, T. Davies, D.D., and Thomas Williams, in Welsh. The chair was occupied by John Lewis. E-q. The collections, made at the close of the services, amounted to about JE20. HAVKRFONNWEST nIFLJ: CORPs.-This corps made an excursion to Tenby on Easter Monday. The members mustered very numerously in the Castle Square at eight o'clock, and proceeded via Whitlund to Tenbv, where their numbers were augmented by the arrival of the Millord Corps. The corps marched from the Railway Station through the principal streets to the Race-course, and were put through a number of battalion movements by Col. Peel. The vatious companies, which were four in number, each composed of twenty tile, performed their drill very satisfactorily, and in a manner which elicited expressions of approbation from several officers connected with the battalion at Pembrokc-dock who were on the ground during the drill. At the termination of the exercises, the volunteers marched to St Julian Square, where they were dismissed. On their return to Haverfordwest in the evening, the members of the Haverfordwest Volunteers dined together at the Saluta- tion Hotel. The chair was occupied by Gnl. Peel and the vice-chair by Sergeant-Major White. The officers present were Capt Brady, Capt Massy. Lieut M'Miirtrie, Jinsign Evans, of the Cardigun Volunteers, and Dr Rey- nolds, of the fembroke-dook Artillery Volunteers. The dinner was very ably prepared, and everything was provided in great plenty. After the catering of the establishment had been done full justice to, the usual loysl and patriotic toasts wore proposed from the chair and were well received The heaMi of the chairman, of the officers of the corps and battalion, were also drunk, as were also other toasts of a local and personal character. The evening. enlivened by some excellent singing, was very acreeably spent, and the company broke up shortly after eleven o'clock. PEMBROKESHIRE AND HAVERFORDWEST INFIRMARY. —The ninth annual general meeting of the governors and subscribers of this Institution was held at the Board- room of the Establishment in this town, on Monday, the 6th inst, pursuant to advertisement in this paper! The chair was taken by E. T. Massy, Esq, one of the Vice presidents, and there were present beside, the fol- lowing gentlemen, viz., Messrs James Eaton Evana, Thos. Rule Owen, Richard Hart Harvev, Charles Pavin Phillips, James David Brown, F.R.O.S., John Brown, Thomas Hughes, and William John, M.R.C.S. The Treasurer's report was first submitted to the meeting, which showed rather a flourishing state of the funds. The balance in hand on the 31st December, 1866, was JE41 lis. During the year 1867, about X450 had been expended on the establishment, and jE60 invested in the fends, making up nearly £ 500 while the receipts amounted to £ 574 12s, which the previous balance augmented to £ 619 3s, thus leaving a balance at the end of 1867, of about S120 in hand. Of this sum another JE50 was ordered to be invested, which, added to £ 1750 already in the funds, will bring up the capital stock in hand to £lROO, still leaving a balance available for the current year of about £70. The medical report also showed that a large amount of suffering had been relieved during the past year, and that nearly 1,000 patients had been attended to and supplied with medicines. As these reports are now in the printers' hande, and will shortly be distributed to the public, we need not at pre- sent enter more into detail, but will let them speak for themselves. All the members of the Board of Manage ment and the officials were re-appointed, with the addi- tion of Mr Gwynne Vaughan Harries, M.D., of Pembroke Dock, and Mr Hooper, M.D., of Tenby, as consulting physicians'; and Mr W. D. Wathan, M.R.O.S., as con- suiting surgeon. Votes of thanks were also given to the madical board, the dispenser, the auditors, the house managers, the house visitors, the clergymen, the dissenting ministers, and other friends, as well as to several ladtea for presents to the institution. The salary of the Secretary (Mr W. E. Owen) was increased from £ 25 to £ o0 per annum. Some alterations were ordered to ba made in the building, so as to aff,rd increased facilities for its management. After these matters had been all settled, the meeting broke up, a vote of thanks to the chairman termiDatintheg proceedings of the day. We cannot conclude this brief notice without recom- mending this admirable Institution, which appears to be so well managed, and aJLrds such great benefit to our suffering poor, io the consideration and support of all classes of charitable and benevolent persons. PEMBROKESHIRE EASTER QUARTER SESSIONS. WEDN ES DA Y. The Court assembled to-div at 10 o'clock. The magistrates on the Bench were the Chairman, J. H. Scourheld, Esq, M.P, W. Stephenson Owen, Esq, and James Bowen, Esq. NEW MAGISTRATE. John James, Esq, of Trenewydd, qualified as a magistrate for the county. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been reaii, The Chairman charged the Grand Jury. He said Gentlemen of the Grand .Jury,-On the present occasion there are only two cases in the calendar; there- fore so far as the number of prisoners is concerned I have to congratulate you, myself, and the County o! rembroke upon a comparatively clear caleadar. It is. remarkable that the cases are the only two of the kind that have been brought before me during the period I have acted as Chairman of this Sessions, extending nearly to 20 years. The two cases are peculiar: I have never had a case before me like them, all the time I have acted. The first is that of a person who is charged, not with stealing a sheep, which is a crime of which most jurymen have heard, but with shooting a sheep. It is preferred under a particular statute, and it is under that, if yon are satisfied upon the evidence, the prisoner would be convicted. What you will have to be satisfied with is that the person did wantonly and deliberately not accidentally.-kill another person's sheep upon which he had no claim whatever. If a person were to shoot a wild beast from which he was in danger, he might be justified in doing so in self defence, but the same argument would not apply to sheep. In, order to find a bill, you must be satisfied that the party charged did wantonly and deliberately wound the sheep. The learned chairman, after remarking on the second case which he described as being of a peculiarly disgusting nature, and one which, he was happy to say, had never previously been brought before the Court during his experience, dismissed the jury to their duties. A true bill having been found, the Court proceeded with the trial of prisoners. Pete,' Campbell, 19. soldier, was charged with assaulting William Griffiths, with intent to commit an abominable crime, at Pwllcrochan, on the 15th of March, 186H. Mr T. R. O. Powell (instructed by Mr Hulm) prosecuted: the prisoner was not defended. The details of this case are unfit for publication. The jury found the prisoner not guilty, and he was discharged. The Grand Jury found no bill" against Gabriel Jenkins, charged with maliciously wounding a sheep, the property of James Bowen, at Newport, on the 22nd of February, 1868. This concluded the business of the sessions, and the Court adjourned till Saturday, the 9th of May. HAVERFORDWEST QUARTER SESSIONS. These sessions were held at the Shire Hftll on Thursday, befo'-e the Chairman, W. S. Owen, Esq, James Bowen, Esq, W. Owen. Esq, T. Rowlands, Esq, James Higgon. Esq, and T. Rule Owen, Esq. OZD NEW MAGISTRATE. John Madocks, Esq, qualified as a magistrate for the County and Town of Haverfordwest. THE TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS. A county rate of twopence in the pound was granted on the application of the Treasurer. COMPLAINT BY A PRISONER. The Chairman Here is a letter which has been handed to me from a prisoner named Thompson. who was convicted for uttering fhise coin in 1866, and sentenced to two years' hard labour.—[The Chairman read the letter, which referred to some moneys which he alleged had been taken from him by the police when he was apprehended, and which he stated were withheld from him.] Mr Cecil: This is the third time the prisoner has asked the same question. He did so once through Mr Harford, once through Mr Massy, and once through the Court. There i3 no pretence for his statement whatever. Chairman; Have the Visiting Justices enquired into this case? Governor: Yes. Chairman Mr Cecil is not an officer of ours this matter ought to be brought before the Watch Committee. Mr Cecil: There is no pretence whatever for the statement. The only money found was upon the other prisoner, and that was handed over to Mr Price by the other prisoner's authority. Mr W. Owen Then there was no money found upon him? Mr Cecil: He sent away the last money by a post office order only a few minutes before I ar- rested him. The money found At the lodgings was some coppers and silver, which he in open court declared he never saw or had anything at all to do with. Chairman It seems to me to be a matter for the Watch Committee. If the prisoner thinks justice has not been done him, when he comes out he can sue the policeman. Will you, Mr Sanders, be good enough to tell the prisoner that the matter has been before the Watch Committee, and it he thinks be has a good claim, he can sue the police man ? Governor: If was by direction of the Visiting Justices that the matter was referred here to-day. THE CORONER'S SALARY. Chairman: There was a discussion at the last Quarter Sessions, on the motion of the Rev James Philipps, that the salaryhithertopaid to the Coroner be discontinued. That discussion was adjourned until this Quarter Sessions. Mr Philipps is not here to-day, and I don't know'whether any magis- trate will continue that discussion. Since the last Quarter Sessions I have had an opportunity of looking into the case. The order was made under the Act of Parliament passed in 1860, by which the Coroner should be paid by salary ¡,n lieu of fees. I don't think the magistrates fully considered the Act of Parliament when they made the order-, for the Act is entitled, an Act relating to the election, duties, and payment of County Coroners. On my reading of the Act, it relates to coroners of a county elected by the freeholders of the county, and not to borough coroners or coroners appointed by char- ter having any peculiar jurisdiction. I have looked over the Act of Parliament, and I can only find two kinds of coroners, one appointed by the Cor- poration, who is not to be an alderman or a coun- cillor, and who is paid by the Corporation under the Municipal Corporations Act, and the other is elected by the freeholders of a county. Clearly in this case the Coroner is appointed by the Corporation, and the Act does not apply, because it relates to county coroners. I think the order made under this Act of Parliament is decidedly wrong, and if we are bound to pay the coroner, we are not bound to pay him a stipend, but in the same manner as before the Act was passed. My own opinion is very strongly in favour of the motion of the Rev James Philipps. Mr W. Owen That there shall be no stipend ? Chairman: The payment should be by the fees of office, and not by salary. Mr Madocks: TheMnyor was always the Coroner. Chairman: I think the Act was quite miscon- ceived in making the payment by salary. Mr T. Rule Owen It was postponed in conse- quence of Mr Philipps being absent; be is not here, and we are not more numerous than we were then. I think we ought to adjourn the question again. Chairman The payment is going on. Mr Higgon: The only question is whether we ought to pay him or not. Chairman Mr Philipps's motion was that the £10 hitherto paid as salary to the Coroner should be stopped. Mr Madocks Ten pounds a year will not clear the expenses of the Coroner he is out of pocket. Mr Higgon The sole question is from which fund is the salary to come from ?—from the County Stock or from the Borough Fund ? Mr Madocks: It has always come from this Court. Mr T. R. Owen: Mr Harford proposed at the last meeting that the order should not be rescinded, and I seconded it. With all respect to the Chair- man, I don't think I should be doing my duty if did not now move that the salary be continued. Mr Madocks seconded the motion. Chairman: The Act of Parliament relates to the election, duties, and payment of the County Coio- ners. The Mayor claims to act under the charter ot the Corporation. Mr Higgon moved that the salary be discon- tinued. Mr J. Bowen seconded the motion. The Chairman here explained to the Mayor, J. W. Phillips, Esq, (who had just entered the Court) what had transpired in reference to the question of payment of the Coroner's salary. Mayor: Can you point out in what way the salary is to be paid 1 Chairman Wet!: the Mayor was formerly paid as Coroner for what work he performed, and he claimed to act under charter. Mayor: How will the public be benefitted by the change 1 Mr W. Owen That is another question. Mayor: I don't see what course will be open to the Corporation if payment of the salary is discon- tinued but to petition the Crown to revoke the Commission of the Peace under which you act, and in that case your Worships will be swept away with the salary. Chairman I can only say that I don't think the magistrates will be likely to alter their course by ItheSa!arv.. any threat of that kind. (Hear. hear.) Mayor: It is not a threat: I only state the ad- vice given by Sir William Follett to the Corporation some years ago. The Mayor is Coroner by virtue of the Charter of James 1. Clerk of the Peace He is appointed by the Town Council. Mayor: As soon as the gentleman is elected Mayor he becomes Coroner by virtue of his election. A division then took place, when there voted- For payment of the salary. Against. Mr T. Rule Owen Mr Higgon Mr Madocks Mr J. Bowen-2. Mr T. Rowlands—3. Mr Rule Owen's motion that the salary be con- tinued was therefore carried. Mr W. Owen did not vote on the question, observing that he was not suffi- ciently acquainted with it. THE APPLICATION OF THE FINES. Chairman There is another motion in the name of Mr W.Owen, that the penalties imposed by the justices acting in and for the Borough of Haverfordwest upon summary convictions be paid into the hands of the Borough Treasurer. Mr W. Owen Mr Chairman,—There are certain fines imposed in certain cases, and the only question is to whom the fines should be paid-whether to the town stock or to the Corporation. The Corporation are at the expense of maintaining the police, and these fines arise from the duties of the police. I think it is only right and fair that the fines arising from their services should go to the fund which sup- ports them. The fines are considerable I believe there is a large amount now in hand, and Mr James, the magistrates' clerk, only awaits the decision of this Court as to what fund the fines should be paid to. I propose that the fines arising from the services of the police be paid to the same fund as supports them in the performance of their duties. Chairman This is another point of law it all depends upon the act of parliament they have always been paid to us. At the last Quarter Sessions the Town Clerk was kind enough to let me see a case which had been laid before a gentleman of this circuit; but I don't think the facts laid before counsel are sufficiently stated. It all depends upon the act of parliameni, which states that where there is no direction given as to the payment, then the Clerk shall pay the same to the Treasurer of the county for which such justices shall have acted. The whole question turns upon that, and the magistrates do not act for the Borough of Haverfordwest, but for the county of Haverfordwest. For myself I may say that there seems to me to be no doubt upon it* The Mayor is not a borough magistrate. There are y no borough magistrates. The Mayor claims to act by charter, and all acts are done as a magistrate of the county. If he issues a writ, it is not as a borough magistrate, but as a magistrate of the county, and all summonses are issued for the county, and not for the Borough of Haverfordwest. We do not act for the borough, and therefore the fir.es must be paid to the Treasurer of the county. But beyond this, it has been decided very recently that a borough under this act of parliament must be a borough having a court of Quarter Sessions granted by the Crown under the Municipal Corporations Act. The Mayor is here perhaps he would like to be heard in support of the contention of the Corporation. Mr W. V. James Perhaps you will allow me to say that, with all due -deference to you, if you make an order, it will be for me to consider whether I shall obey it. I think after the case decided last term- the Queen against the Mayor of Heigate-I should certainly decline to pay the fines to the borough. I I am considering whether I should not take the responsibility of paying the county again. It must be remembered that the clerk is in this position :-he is indictable under that act of parliament if he does not conform to the law, but I will do as the Court may wish, if it will indemnify me. Mr W. Owen I think you stated last time that you only waited the decision of the Court to pay the fines. Mr W. V. James But the Court of Queen's Bench has altered the state of matters entirely. If the Court or Corporation will indemnify me, I will pay them as they may direct. -I Chairman I don't know whether the Corporation will go to law, as we are bound to do. They may abandon their claim after the decision in that case. Mr W. V. James If the Court or Corporation will indemnify the Clerk, I will pay them to anybody; but I need hardly say that disobedience, of an act of parliament is an indictable offence, and I cannot shut my eyes to the late decision of the Queen's Beach, which was on a dispute as to where the fines should go. The Mayor: The learned Chairman has referred to me, and with regard to the fines I merely wish to say that I am not here to-day to enter into any ar- gument or discussion about them. I have always thought it was a matter of very considerable difficulty, and that the best way to settle the question would be to adopt the course which Mr James has suggested frequently in private, namely, that the matter should be placed in such a form that we could take the opinion of the Queen's Bench upon it, and then no further difficulty or responsibility would rest upon either party. Chairman It seems to me to be an unnecessary expense, Mr Mayor. Mayor I must confess that it is a matter of very considerable difficulty, from the attention I have given to it. Mr W. V. James: I suggested that there should be a I friendly indictment against the Clerk for a disobeditnet of an order, and then the Court could get the opinion ut the Queen's Beacb, Mr W. Owen There must be an order first. Mayor The object would be merely to set the ques- tion at rest. Mr W. V. James: I paid the fines to the County until I had a notice not to pay them. Chairman: You will pay them now after the recent case ? Mr W. V. James I shall pay them to your Treasurer now. Chairman Then if the Corporation think fit, they can indict you. Mr Madocks: I don't know what the law may be; but I think it is very unfair, when two persons are brought up acd fined, and one pays the fine and the other goes to prison, that the magistrates should have the benefit of the money paid, and the Corporation be com- pelled to pay the costs for the man who went to prison. When a man is fined, but goes to jail, the Corporation pays the expense, and when the fine is paid, it goes to the Town stoi-k. The Chairman It is a question of law. The discussion then dropped. TUE CORONER'S EXPENSES. Two bills, amounting in the aggregate to about £$t were presented from the Coroner for holding two inquests. The several items were examined, and having been found correct, the accounts were ordered to be paid- The Chairman remarked that the expenses of the Coroner used to be about iC5 a year, including everything, but this year they amounted to j616. !<' THE CRIMINAL BUSINESS. The Chairman, in addressing the Grand Jury, stated that there was only one case to be brought before tbem, and that of so simple a character as to require very few observations from him. Having stated the principal features of the case for trial, and briefiy explained the law affecting it, the learned chairman dismissed the jury to their duties. A true bill having been found, William Edicardes, 23, labourer, was charged with stealing one great coat and one pair of gloves, together of the value of £ 2 10s., the property of William ThomaS, at St. Martin's, in the town and county of Haverford- west, on the 28th of March, 1868. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr W. V. James prosecuted; and Mr G. L. Owell defended. Mr James having stated the case to the jury, called William Thomas, who deposed I am a farmer living at Froghall, in the parish of Spittal. I was at the SwaO Inn in Haverfordwest on the 28th of March. I left all overcoat and a pair of gloves in the smoking room about 10 o'clock, and went out about the town. I wort bitek to the Swan Inn about half-past four o'clock. I could not find my coat or gloves. I next saw them on the following Tuesday in possession of the police. The articles produced are mine. By a Juryman: I did not give the articles into the charge of any person. I put the coat on the back of II set tie. Ann Walters: I live with my father in Ruther Lane, Haverfordweet. I know the prisoner, and saw him 011 the 28th about one o'clock. We went to the Swan Inn about three o'clock, and had something to drink; I sa^ a coat on the back of a settle there. The prisoner said whoever left this coat here must have been dfunk and that he would take iff and that if any one should enquire for it, he would say he took it in mistake for his ownt and that it was made for him, and must be his." went out: he did not put it on. Another yonng nift2 and myself begged him to take it back. After a while he went back, but be did not return. The young maa went after him, but he could trot find him. He was tW worse for beer. I went to the gwan Inn in the evening to enquire about the coat. By a Juryman He did not conceal the coat. Cross-exmiuined: It was quite light when he took tb0 coat: he put-it on his arm, and wa^sfed out with it the broad daylight. There was no atterript to conceal it: Le went back to the Inn with the coat, Sst I did n him again. Re-examined; He bad no coat of hitftrm wbaa he went into the Swan. f P.O. Harries: On Sunday evening about' 3'fo o'clock I saw the prisoner on the Old Bridge coming towards the Swan. He had the coat and gloves with hhn be "øS about handing the coat to the girl when I apprehended him. On the way to the Station House, he said be ba. taken the coat in mistake for his own that Se took It to a public house :n Prendergast; that he bsard the police1 had been at his father's house that afternoon :-tM be thought it was about tbe coat and he was going take it back; that he had a coat of his own, and1 lost it, and that he thought it was his. if Cross-examined He had not delivered the coat to girl when I arrested him. I took the coat from prisoner and Dot from the girl. This was t&e case for the prosecution. t Mr Owen addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner contending that there was no proof of theft. There no evidence whatever adduced to prove that the prison^ stole-the coat. The prisoner took the coat in 8^? intoxication, and when its influence was over, he { what reparation was in his power by returning the to the custody of the girl at the Inn from which he taken it. The Chairman summed up the evidence. The Jury retired, and, after a long deliberation, turned a verdiet of guilty, but recommended the prisollet to mercy pn the ground that no charge had been Prfj viously made against him, and that there was some do" whether he would have committed the offence if he not been the worae for drink. t ea Mr W. V. James, on behalf of the prosecution, in the recommendation of the jury, stating that nut'JllIgt whatever had previously transpired to cast the slight suspicion upon the prisoner's character. Mr G. L. Owen also drew the attention of the Co to the fact that the prisoner had already long period of imprisonment, having been confined the 29th of March.. • m The Chairman, in passing sentence, said: Wrlha oC Edwardes—-You have be«n convicted of tbe offeno0' stealing a great coat and a pair of gloves. The have patiently heard the evidence brought against J and you have been defended. The jury have ^e%6. very merciful view of your case, beeause they hav8 commended you to mercy, in which reoommeDo8 g, the prosecution has also, joined. I am glad, as I j0 am, to be abl9 to give effect to a recommendation mercy, and the sentence which the Court will pasS 'JLgt you will be a light one, and I sincerely hope and that the effect of the sentence will bo to induce yO 1'b8 future to lead an honest and reputable and sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned kept to hard labour for one calendar month. The Court then adjourned.

ROOSE PETTY SESSIONS. Qn These Sessions were held at the Sbire Hêhnd, Saturday before A. B. Starbuck, Esq., Capt- and Rev. P. Phelps. NON-PAYMENT OF RATr-,S. O;rer, Thomas Harries Cole was charged by the h pOo" seers of the parish of Walwyu's Castle Wit 19 payment of rates. ods This case had been adjourned from a Pr sessions.. fnrIii2^ Mr Starbuck said that had he been in^ea& that the overseers -had been desired to "0 otflf alteration in the rate, so that the defendai ^jefr not be required to pay more than the su'?1 0vef* he stated he was willing to pay, but that t seers had not made the alteration. o^et The Overseer stated that there was made by the assessment committee to re defendant, o8v tbe The Clerk said that the defendant mUs rate, though it was a very hard case e(J There was a whole undivided farm, aS do11 one sum by the committee.- T'here wa,^ that the assessment upon the wh°i'e fthefafl J fair one. The defendant held one par gpp, 8° and the other was held some other p