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GLAMORGANSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES.
GLAMORGANSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. {Continued from our last,) NISI PRIUS. FRIDAY. His Lordship, Sir Jas. Parke, entered the Court this morn- ing precisely at nine o'clock and the cause suit was proceeded o with. WADDLE V. WADDLE.—This was an action between two brothers, for the purpose of showing whether or not the plain- tiff was entitled to recover the sum of £ 71 upon a promissory note, which the defendant held as purporting to belong to the said John Waddle. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., and Mr. Grove appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Evans, Q.C., and Mr. Benson, for thedefendant. The plaintiff in this case, is a master mariner, and the de- fendant a tradesman, residing in Llanelly. It appeared on the part of the plaintiff, that he used to, on his return from each voyage, adjourn to his brother's residence, and there remain until he left for sea. On his last visit in 1849, he had given moneys to his brother, amounting to 1:81. Previous to his leaving, he had received £ 10 back, which left an amount of £ 71 due, for which a promissory note made payable in February had been given, which note had never been accepted. For the defendant it was contended that the board and lodging of the plaintiff, which amounted to 78 weeks, had never been paid for, by which, at the rate of 15s. a week, a debt of £ 58 10s. had been incurred, and the balance of the amount, after deducting that sum, had been paid into court. Mr. Evans, in opening his case for the defendant, said that he did not, in point of fact, know who the real plaintiff in the action, was. It wan true that the defendant's brother was the party whose name had been used, but he thought it possible that this promissory note might have been made use of by the plaintiff, might have got into the hands of some jew broker of perhaps Blackwall, Poplar, or some other place, and now formed the present action against his client. The facts of the c,ise were Both plaintiff and defendant were sons of Mr. Hugh Waddle, of Llanelly, who formerly carried on business there as an iron founder. This gentleman became un- fortunate in business, and all his debts were discharged under the Insolvency Act. After this the plaintiff went to sea, and the defendant remained at home in business. When the plain- tiff returned from sea he used to come to his brother's house and there reside. The first instance occurred in IS'?- in that year he came and remained there, having meat, drink, and lodging during the whole summer. In 1846 he wer.tto asA, and did not return until 1847, when he again came to his brother at Llanelly, and was entertained as before, lie then again went to sea, and did not return until the month of April, 1849. He went as before to his brother's house, and after having every accommodation, together with what the house afforded, in the shape of food and drink, once more went to sea in. the month of December of the same year, w' "<! has been ever since. Now, on the part of his client, Mr. Evans did not deny that the promissory note, which had been put, had not been given by the plaintiff to the defendant, but said this, that the defendant was entitled to receive L-,n plaintiff for the board and lodging, meat and drink, "h h- supplied to the sailor during the years 1847, 1848, and >> r=>, for the time he remained at his house. That they were 'J-: to compensation it was clear, for was it to be supp'se -h«u man, who was not in good circumstances, could 1 brother who was, without having some remuner ile had no doubt his learned friend would tell the \.<;i rhc part of the plaintiff, that there was no intention o-li the ■ "f the defendant to charge his brother for what he eat au n :«nk during the intermediate time of his voyages, and whiili, h :> had before shown, was always spent at his brother s- it (Mr. E.) would soon prove such was not the case, lie v. show that a man by the name of Rogers, who was uL>.> a lodger in the house of the defendant, and who acted as his c,r-ra, had been requested to make a memorandum of the visits j which had been paid by the plaintiff to the fh-1 he might be properly charged with them. e/v-to s:< 1. ipitiion was a most extraordinary one. A given as a promissory note in December, and ,e embarked at once for sea, The note payable the 1 February, and on the 1st of March a letter comes "io r/f;j the payment of the £ 71 as due upon the dishonourer r A letter, it is supposed, must have been written to the solicitor ir London, who communicates with the defendant, thm him with an action, provided he should not send the nvrr-jy by return of post; and, almost as soon as a letter could have reached London, out comes a writ, upon the face of wlihh this ,a action was brought. Such conduct he would submit was very unbrother-like, and a parallel case between two brothers he never recollected having heard of, Witnesses were then called, who more min tt s i ne i the substance of the learned counsel's adlr th.2 letters which had been sent were put in and oiP-, dated the 1st of March, which purported, t,) m the plaintiff to his solicitor, requested applic i toney, but should the request be not complied with, a i \i.c:' one to the solicitor stating that he would sunnlvciic defendant with a "ticket of uneasiness" was attached, letters 'were then read, and only one of the t lo as being in the handwriting of the plain; had little or no reference to the subject matter of the a Mr. Chilton having replied, his Loi, up, and the jury returned a verdict for the deft ATTWOOD V. THE TAFF VALE HAIL COMPANY.—This was a case tried before a special jury, c p of the following geutlemen :-Griffith Llewellyn, Esq, Wixi. Esq.; John Garset, Esq. David Samuel, Esq. J, V, James, Esq, David Francis, Esq. Thomas Llewellyn, Fsn. T'. It. Woods Esq. Win. Llewellyn Powell, Esq. —lacson, R-q, W. Crompton Booth, Esq. Thomas Williams, Esq., tale.- -urn. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., and Mr. Davidson appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Evans, Q.C., for the defendants. The declara'-Or. ",c;; that the plaintiff delivered to the defendants 2,00° tto-j i iron, 4 to be kept in their capacity of wharfingers, fo: n, oil- sideration, until it should be required-that. J~e- canie the duty of the defendants to take it; that in consequence of the negligence a- I ooncliv-r of the defendants or their agents, the irc, .v.«Uy j damaged, and that plainnfliad thereby su. :t- ■ to t. amount of £ 2,175. Tir? rrfendants plead, ••• .eral' issue secoii(iii,, that did not v -•■ t.1.3 iron to be taken care of ia the manner der i.-w- the statute of I i the cause of a" i -ait'eue within six years. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., opened the case at SOl:' tile part of the plaintiff, John Attwood, Esq., fo;¡" A.i for Harwich, and one of the parties to the ce d case of Small and Attwood, and, although the eir :n: might induce the jury to imagine that his clieA d to litigation, he thought, that before the it of the case, they would be fully satisfied that in had used his utmost efforts to avoid a lawsuit. o Taff Vale Railway Company unquestionably comprised a large num- ber of honourable men perhaps, he was not going too far when hs said that, in their individual capacity, they were all honourable men. It, perhaps, numbered no member who would have resisted a claim of this kind in his own private business; but public companies and; corporations, taken in their corporate capacity, possessed no souls, no consciences (a laugh) and it was only because the Taff Yale Railway Company was like others of its class, a soulless creat-ire, that his client had been reluctantly compelled to bring this action. All that Mr. Attwood alledged was, that the company L A not performed their duty towards him as wharfingers. His lordship would explain to the jury the duties which the law required of wharf- fingers. On referring to Mr. Storey's book, he found that the duties of wharfingers were of a more stringent character than those of common carriers, and not P 1 i s > stringent as those of warehousemen. In 18,12, the made large purchases of iron in this county. He had ^uvr.iased consider- able quantities of the Pennydarran Iron. Company, Thompson and Foreman, and pother firms, and had brought it to Cardiff by the Taff Vale Railway. At that time iron was at a very low price, but subsequently it rose to a very high price. At that time the plaintiff explained very minutely to the then secretary of the company the accomodation he required, and the space wanted on which to deposit the iron. He took particular pains to tell him that he was purchasing iron of various kinds and prices, different sizes, &c., and that he required it to be deposited on the wharf so that the different kinds were to be properly assorted, in order that when any particular kind was required, it could be removed without difficulty. An agreeement was subsequently drawn up and signed by Mr. Burgess, ,the secretary, with the consent of the company. The learned counsel read the agreement, which was to the effect, that the company agreed to allow plaintiff to deposit any quantity of iron on the wharf at one penny per ton per month but if the iron did not remain more than six months, then the charge was to be 8d. a ton per mouth, the company to remove it in their carriages free of expense, plaintiff finding the labour. By this agreement it was obvious, continued the, learned counsel, that the railway company were bound to keep the iron in a manner to preclude its' being damaged and what the complainant complained of. was, that by the improper conduct of the defendants, he had sustained a great loss. It appeared that the wharf on which this iron was deposited adjoined the canal, and was on a level with it. It was composed of soft, new-made ground, and by the improper removal of the iron, it had sunk in the ground, and had been so exposed to the de- terioration caused by the weather, that, the greater part of it must be re-manufactured. It appeared that subsequent to the time the plaintiff's iron was brought to this wharf, a difference took place between Sir John Guest (then an influential director, if not chairman, of the railway company) and the late Marquis of Bute, respecting the renewal of the Dowlais lease. It be- came necessary that the Dowlais company should remove their iron from the Marquis's wharf, and they required the Taff Vale Railway Company to accommodate them with a wharf for their iron. In order to find a place for' the iron of the Dowlais Iron Company, they had deprived his client of his proper space. It appeared that Sir John's agent, Mr. Evans, likewise a director of the company, ordered a number of men to remove the whol of the plaintiff's iron, which had been assorted in various heaps, and it was piled in one large, ill-constructed heap, so as to occupy the least possible space. Mr. Attwood's agent visited the spot while the men were engaged in the removal, and asked them by whose authority they acted, but the men were instructed to answer no questions. He complained to the secretary who came out to make inquiries into the matter, but Mr. Evans told him to go into his office and mind his business. He, at the same time, told Mr. Davies, the plaintiff's agent, that unless he left the wharf, he would be thrown into the canal. Soon after- wards Mr. Attwood caused a notice to be served upon the com- pany, to the effect that he would hold them responsible for any loss or damage which he might sustain, consequent upon the removal of the iron. Mr. Chilton then read several documents, including correspondence between the plaintiff and defendants, on the application of the latter for payment of the rent for the use of the wharf: the plaintiff declined payment until his claim for damages was adjusted, but the defendants having a lien on the iron, plaintiff was eventually advised to pay. The sum, during the whole of these years, amounted to nearly £ 1,000. Evidence wa.4 then called in support of the case. Plaintiff's as-ent deposed to the facts opened by Mr. Chilton. Mr. Anthony Hill estimated the deterioration in the iron, consequent upon the removal into one large heap, owing to which it had sunk into the new-made ground, and become exposed to the action of the atmosphere and the water of the canal, at about 15s. a ton. He included in this the additional cost by the greater inconvenience of its removal. He had made an allowance for the natural de- terioration, which, under any circumstances, must have ensued, owing to the long period it had been permitted to remain on the wharf. Mr. Evans, Q.C., having made several objections of a technical character, which were overruled by the court, addressed the jury on the part of the defendants. He characterised the action as a most unfair and vexatious one, the ground of complaint being entirely destitute of substantial foundation, in 1843, Mr. Alt- wood entered largely into speculations in iron. Large quantities re deposited on this ground. It had been allowed to remain .'ii^re year after year, although, at various periods, ample oppor- tunities had been offered for his disposing of it at a much higher Nice than he hael paid for it. This ground in time became ex- ceedingly valuable, and was required for the accommodation of other traders. Mr. Attwood would not cause it to be removed, so Le company consented to its being placed in one heap, so as to occupy a smaller space, and he would show that the heap had been so constructed that it was less susceptible to the influence of the atmosphere and less liable to the deterioration than when left ex- posed in scattered lots, as originally placed. In this case the jury were called upon, in the absence of anything in the shape of data, to give an opinion upon a most difficult question. They were not asked what was the amount of the deterioration within the six years, but they were called upon to state what was the difference between the deterioration consequent upon the defendants' acts and the natural deterioration which would have taken place had the iron been left in its original state. At the conclusion of a very able address, the learned counsel called a number of witnesses in support of his statements. His lordship having summed up, the jury retired, and on their into court pronounced a verdict for the defendants. ,3 PitOTarILOE.-Tliis was an action in which John the plaintiff and Messrs. Protheroe and Richards -,iits,. and was for the purpose of deciding whether the ■. tiff did not possess a certain small tenement at Merthyr of t: Evan Richards, and also whether the purchase money had been paid. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., and Mr. Thomas Allen, ap- peared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Evans, Q.C., and Mr. Pullen for the defendant. This case has been so repeatedly before the public that it is totally unnecessary that we should enter into detail respecting its particulars. The facts of the case as gleaned from the learned counsel's opening are these In the year 1807 a lease was granted by the late Mr. Wyndham Lewis for 99 years to Evan Richards, at a trivial rent of one peppercorn per annum, provided he would build a wall at the end of the ground which would separate it from the river Taff, which ran close by. Evan Richards, it seems, built a small hovel there and occupied it for some time, but at length died, receiving at the time parish relief. Evan died in 82B and left behind him three sons. The property then came into the possession of Jenkin, who at his death be- queathed it to the present plaintiff, James Evans, because, as he said, he had conducted himself towards him (Jenkin) as a christian and a friend. It was left by will, which will was read immediately after the funeral of Jenkin Richards, and although many persons were present no one challenged the right of pos- session of James Evans. After taking possession he remained undisturbed until the year 1841 but, unfortunately for him, in 1835 he expended upon the property a large sum of money amounting from £100 to E200, in building a good comfortable public-house. The defendant, Henry Protheroe, is a man of wealth, and holds land immediately adjoining the property of the plaintiff, and in 1841 he brought an action of ejectment against James Evans, asserting that he had no title what- ever to the property he held. This was followed by i(!h have been duly noticed, and which the learned expi i.,ied at length, together with other matters, hav ■ °r'fore been published. Witnesses were for pla uliff, and after a lengthened cross-ex- L «. divers, who addressed the jury at great len.<r.. is', iiv.ri.ur carefully summed up, and the jury re- turned a vor.i::t for plaintiff, as regarded the right of posses- sion, and were also of opinion that the purchase money had beei-i paid. HOPKINS V. PRICE. Mr. Grove and Mr. Thomas Allen appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Evans, Q. C. and Mr. Pullen for the defendant. It appeared that David Hopkins, about 66 years ago, came in possession of certain land upon Coed-penmain Common, which he held up to 1836. Vim. Hop- kins, who survived his father, and who had been away from home in the army service, did not go to live with his father, when he returned, but built a house for himself upon the same spot of ground which he enclosed. The action was brought for an encroachment upon the common, and also as to his right of possession. It having been proved that he had held undisputed possession for a space exceeding twenty years, a verdict was given for the pliintiff; and with regard to the right of land, it was the opinion of the jury that no encroachment had been made.
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DEATH OF KIRBY, THE ENTOMOLOGIST. We regret to announce the death of the Rev. William Kirby, M.A., rector of Barham, Suffolk, at that place, where he had resided 68 years, on Thurs- day, July 4, in the 91st year of his age. Mr; Kirby was Honorary President of the Entomological Society of London, President of the Ipswich Museum, and Fellow of the Royal, Linnean, Zoological, and Geological Societies, besides being honorary member of several foreign societies, and has left be- hind him an imperishable name as one of the first entomologists of this or any age. This title he would have assured to himself had he written no other work than his Monographia Apum Angliae," published in 1801, in two volumes, 8vo., in which, from materials almost wholly collected by himself, and the plates of which were mostly etched by his own hand (having taken lessons in the art for this express purpose), he described upwards of 200 of the wild bees of this country, with a large- ness and correctness of view as to their family (or as they are now considered, generic) divisions, that excited the warmest admiration of British and foreign entomologists. But when to this great work we add his other entomological labours—his numerous and valuable papers in the "Transactions of the Linnean Society;" the Introduction to Entomology," written in conjunction with Mr. Spence the entomological portion of his Bridgewater Treatise On the History, Habits, and In- stincts of Animals and his description (occupying a quarto volume), of the insects of the "Fauna Boreali Americana" of Sir John Richardson it will be evident how largely and successfully he has contributed to the extension of his favourite science f and all this without encroaching in the slightest de- gree on his professional or social duties, for, while ranking so high as an entomologist, he was, during his long life, a most exemplary and active clergyman, beloved by his parishioners of all. ranks, and one of the warmest of friends, and most simple-minded, kÜfd-hearted, and pious of. men.- Gardener's Chronicle»• FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. The interment of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Cam- brdge, took place on Tuesday morning, in a vault beneath Kew Church. The outer coffin was, on Monday night, conveyed from Messrs. Bantings, in St. James's-street (who, as the undertakers to the royal family, have the superintendence of the funeral), to Cambridge-house, where it received the inner shell containing the royal remains, and was finally screwed down. At five o'clock in the morning a guard of honour, composed of a company of the Coldstream Guards (the late duke's regiment), mounted in the court yard of Cambridge-house, from whence the funeral procession moved at the early hour of six o'clock, in the follow- ing order — A guard of honour mounted in the court-yard, in front of Cam- bridge-house-the Coldstream Guards. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying four of the medical attendants upon his late Royal Highness. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying medical attendants and chaplains to his late Royal Highness. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the Equerry of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Equerry of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and two Equerries of his late Royal Highness. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying three Equerries of his late Royal Highness. A. mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the Equerry of his Majesty the King of Hanover, the Representative of the Hanoverian Embassy, and the Groom in Waiting, and tiie Equerry of her Majesty the Queen. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the Lord in Waiting to the Queen and two of the bearers of the pail. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the Vice Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, and two of the bearers of the pall. The carriage of his late Royal Highness, drawn by six horses, conveying the coronet and cushion and the baton and cushion of his late Royal Highness. THE HEARSE, Drawn by eight horses. Hiss Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Sterelitz, with their attendants, and the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's House- s hold, met the funeral at the residence of his late Hoyal Highness, on Kew-grcen. Upon the arrival, at the residence on Kew-green, the body was removed from the hearse, and those who had accompanied it from London quitted the carriages in which they had been conveyed, and the procession to the church was formed in due order. Upon arrival at the church, the body was placed upon tressels in front of the communion table, and the coronet and cushion, and the baton and cushion laid thereon. His Royal Highness (Prince George) the Chief Mourner, his Royal Highness Prince Albeit, and his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg StreUtz, took their places at the head of the corpse, the Lord Chamberlain and Vice Chamberlain, and the Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State, at the feet of the corpse. The other persons composing the procession remained in the royal gallery and in pews provided for them in the church. The burial service was read by one of his late Royal High- ness's chaplains, the vicar of the parish of Kew, being in his place at the communion. The part of the service before the interment being read, the body was borne to the vault at the entrance to the chapel, fol- lowed by his Royal Highness the chief mourner, by Prince Albert, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Lord Chamberlain, &c., and was deposited therein. After the Chief Mourner, Prince Albert and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Srtelitz was conducted by the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's household out of the church, followed by their attendants and others present at the solemnity. A Guard of Honour was mounted in front of the church -the Coldstream Guards.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. Sin,-I beg to contradict the accuracy of a statement tha appeared in one of the columns of your publication of last week That of the Welsh revenging themselves of the Irish, for breaking the windows of a dissenting chapel in this place, by con- gregating in large numbers about the Catholic chapel and demolish- ing the whole of the windows. No such thing occurred—not even one square of glass has been broken, nor did any of the Welsh congregate about the Catholic chapel," as inserted by you. I also beg to correct you, Sir, that it was not in a Beer Shop" that the .Irish became "Jolly, but in an unlicensed house of one of their own countrymen, where they continued drinking all Saturday night, until an early hour on Sunday morning, and before dis- persing they disturbed the quietness of the neighbourhood, and engaged in that most unhallowed proceeding of desecrating the Sabbath, by breaking the windows, and otherwise blemishing one of the temples, erected for the Holy purpose of worshiping the God of the Sabbath. A RESIDENT. Dowlais, 15th July, 1850. [The particulars of this "disgraceful row" were furnished us by a person in whom we have every confidence. That he might have been misinformed, in this instance, we doubt not, and feel pleasure in giving insertion to the foregoing .-ED ,J
THE COUNTY COAL WEIGHING MACHINES.
THE COUNTY COAL WEIGHING MACHINES. Fiat justitia, ruat caelum." TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. DEAR SIR,-I perceived by the report given in the Piuxcr- PALITY of the proceedings at the last Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions, at the borough of Usk, that Mr. Graham, the ap- pointed inspector of weights and measures for the county, made a report to the magistrates to the effect that those machines were not the standard weights of the realm, that these balances were unjust in their operations in favour of the masters and against the colliers. It appears also by Mr. Graham's report that he had not in his possession a single weight large enough to test these machines, and that by a certain Act of Parliament, he ought to be furnished with a weight of 1121b., to enable him to test these weighing machines, in order to see that justice is done to both parties. Mr. Graham's application for such weight as directed by the law, reflects very great credit to his character and principles but we are given to un- derstand that the magistrates of our county, there and then assembled, thought proper to decline giving any attention to Mr. Graham's complaint, or application for the remedy, at the last session. But, Mr. Editor, 1 only wish to draw the atten- tion of the public to this very important subject, and shall leave it for them to decide how far did the behaviour of the magistrates in this instance, by postponing a matter of so much importance to such a numerous and useful class of the community (as undoubtedly the colliers are) to another sessions, did become the character and office of the adminis- trators of law and justice but I must say, that there are now plenty and too many disputes and causes of grievances between the coal-masters and the colliers respecting the price, the truck- system, and other differences, without allowing cause of disputes about machines to arise between them again. The magistrates could put a stop at once to all disputes that may accrue res- pecting the machines, by taking the proper means ordered by the law in this case, to secure the rights of both parties, and grant the inspector the proper weights required at once, and not delay it till further time. It is evident if these machines are not correct, as stated, that each collier will have to lose a great quantity in weight of his coal and earnings before the next sessions, and the colliers will have to bear this patiently (I hope) till then, notwithstanding the injustice of such for- bearance, when I hope the magistrates will see it their duty not to defer it any longer. I hope you will pardon the freedom I have taken in exposing these circumstances, and should you think proper to insert this in your valuablejoiirlial ilext week, you will kindly oblige many besides your very unworthy servant. A SPECTATOR. Blackwood, July 14th, 1850.
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EXPORT fOF COALS. The total quantity of coals shipped coastwise at the several ports of England, Ireland, and Scotland, to other ports of the United Kingdom, during the year 1849, was 8,291,288 tons; cinders, 38,440; culm, 222,879; total of all sorts shipped in 1849, 8,552,706 tons, as against 9,074,079, in 1848. The total quantity of coals, cinder, and culm exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries and British settle- ments abroad, in 1849, was 2-,828,039 tons; the declared value of which was E 1,087,122. The exports, in 1848, were 2,785,300 tons, and the declared value, £ 1,088,221. The duties received, in 1849, on export coals, were £ 3,233 13s. 2d. The total quan- tity of coals brought coastwise and by inland navigation iuto the port of London, in 1849, was 3,i7tJ,189 tons; and, in 1848, ■3,380,786 tons.- CARMARTHENSIIIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. The commission for holding these assizes was .opened late on Saturday night last, before Baron Parke. His lordship did nor arrive from Cardiff until after 11 o'clock on Saturday night. Sunday the learned judge attended divine service at St. Peter's church, when the assize sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Cilycwm, chaplain on the occasion to the high W. Harries Davys Campbell Davys, Esq. MONDAY. This morning his lordship proceeded to the Town Hall, at nine o'clock precisely. Contrary to the usual practice, the learned judge called on a civil case before the grand jury were sworn in, with the view of enabling grand jurors from distant parts of the county to arrive. Consequent upon this arrangement, several of the petty jurors were taken by surprise* and a considerable num- ber of them, in default of attendance, were mulcted in penalties of JE5 each. The following case was then called. DAVIES v HARVEY AND LEWIS.-This was an action in replevin brought by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendants for an alleged illegal distraint on his farm, at Tanyrdu, near Car- marthen. The plaintiff, D. Davies, was the tenant of the farm, and the defendant was Mr. Robert Harvey, now of Dunster, and formerly of Swansea. Counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Fitzwilliams for the defendant, Mr. Sergeant Jones and Mr. Grove. The defendant Lewis had merely a nominal interests in the suit, being the bailiff who effected the distraint. The defen- clant pleaded a ju,-tlficition-tliat the distress was made on account of arrears of rent due to March 25th. In the replicatioiJ the plaintiff denied the tenancy. The form of the pleadings was such that it became the duty of the defendant's counsel first to address the jury. From Mr. Sergeant Jones's statement, it appeared that the defendant Davies was the tenant of the farm in question, and whether he held the tenancy under the defendant, Mr. Harvey. would be one of the questions for the consideration of the jurv. u It became his (Mr. Sergeant Jones's) duty to satisfy the jury tiiat the plaintiff Davies held the farm from his client. He was not in a posiiion to show that he had actually paid rent to Mr. Harvey himself, but the circumstances under which it came to his posses- sion were the following :-This farm which was now worth £ 70 a year, at one time belonged to Mr. Thomas Jones, a merchant, of Carmarthsu, who died April 4, 1820. He should show that from that time until January 15, 1848, the rent of the farm was to Miss Sarah Harvey, of Carmarthen as the nearest relative of Thomas Jones. She died about two years ago, and by her win, dated Nov. 1846, bequeathed all her property, both real and per- sonal, to Robert Harvey. Subsequently, a dispute in reference to the will took place, and the affair was thrown- into chancery. The tenant (the present plaintiff) hearing of these adverse claims refused to pay rent at all. The defendant consequently put in a distress for the half year's rent, winch forms the subject of the present action. He (Mr. Sergent Jones) would put in the wiil, &c., and it would be for his friend who appeared for the plaiutitf, t) give his answer to the case. Then he (the learned sergeant) would go into the real merits of the question, which, in the pre- sent stage of the case, he was precluded from doing. Witnesses were then examined in support of the case. I i cross examination, the witnesses stated that a Mr. W. Jones, solicitor, of Carmarthen, acted for many years as agent to Mr. Thomas Jones, and subsequently received the rents as trustee (not as agent) of Mrs. Sarah Harvey. They likewise admitted that the farm, at one period, had been divided into 4 portions for the purpose of multiplying votes. Mr. Wilson having addressed the jury for the plaintiff, called a number of witnesses to prove that the will in favour of )] Harvey, had been revoked by a certain conveyance made to tne Rev. Mr. Picton, with the view of multiplying votes. Although this was an illegal and fradulent act, still it was maintained tL, it amounted to a revocation of the will in favour of Miss Ilarvey. Evidence was likewise adduced on the part of the plaintiff, With the view of showing that Mr. W. Jones acted as trustee for Miss Harvey, and not as her agent, and that she had only a life interest in the estate and had not the power to devise it to the defendant. Sergeant Jones having called evidence to rebut the testimony given by the plaintiff's witnesses, His lordship summed up, and in the course of his remarks said that the defendant had, in the first instance, made out a facie title to the property by producing the will of Thomas J one, who had devised the property to her, and if this would not establish the claim, defendant said that lie had a right to it because the heir-at-law was barred, he, or rather the testator, Miss Ilarvey, having been in possession for upwards of twenty years. But the flaintifT had answered that case by giving parole evidence (the original document having been lost) of a subsequent demise by Thomas Jones to certain trustees for the benefit of 24 persons, with the view of splitting votes, an act illegal in itself, but which did not invalidate the demise. The plaintiff did not pretend that he was the owner of the farm. He knew lie must pay rent to the party who let to him, but he maintained that Miss Harvey had only a life interest in it, and that Mr. W. Jones acted sifnply as her trustee, and that now, after her death, the farm reverted to 'P. Jones's heirs. His lordship's opinion, in point of law, was tiE the will produced did not vest the real property in Miss Harvev, but the jury had nothing to do with that. The only question for their consideration was—whether W. Jones acted as Miss Harvey's trustee at the time the farm was let to the plain till, or was he ner agent, she being the actual possessor of the farm. The jury found that he acted as trustee, and that Miss Harvey had a life interest only in it. Verdict accordingly for plaintiff. The following magistrates answered on their names being called over — Sir John Mansell, Bart. Dr. Lawrence D. J. Edwardes, Esq. D. A. S. Davies, Esq., M.P. J. G. Philipps, Esq. I D. Prytherch, Esq. D. Davies, Esq. Lewis Lewis, Esq. D. Pugh, Esq. J. II ughes Rees, Esq. J. Lloyd Davies, Esq. Ww. Pecl, Esq. Timothy Powell, Esq. W. Du Buisson, Esq. W. P. Lewis, Esq. Howel Gwyn, gq., M.P. C. Morgan, jnn., bsq, T.- C. Morris, Esq. C. W. Neville, Esq. William Jones, Esq. William Morris, .Esq. CORONERS. G. Thomas, jun., Esq, D. Price Jones, Esq. GRAND JURY. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury foi the countv Sir John Mansell, D. A. S. Davies, Esq., M.P. Howel Gwyn, Esq., M.P. Henry Lawrence, Esq. W. P. Lewis, Esq. D. J. Edwardes, Jsq. J. G. Philipps, Esq. D. Prytherch, Esq. I David Davies, Esq. Lewis Lewis, Esq. J. H. Rees, Esq. Bart., Foreman. J. Lloyd Davies, Esq. William Peel, Esq. Timothy Powell, Esq. William Jones, Esq. W. Du Buisson, Esq. • G. W. Neville, Esq. C. Morgan, jun., Esq. T. C. Morris, Esq. W. Morris, Esq. J. W. O. Cross, Esq. The magistrates and grand jurors for the borough were likewise called over, but there were no cases to be brought before them. The usual proclamation against vice, profaneness, and JIB- morality, having been read, The learned judge charged the grand jury. His kjrdship remarked, that the discharge of their duty, on the pr&Rein occasion, as the grand inquest of the county of Carmarthen, would occupy but a small portion of their time. It was, how- ever, necessary, according to the constitution of this country, that this preliminary inquiry should take place. His lordship could not congratulate the grand jury, merely from the state d the calendar, on the decrease of crime in this county, because he was aware that the magistrates of the county adopted the saivi- tary practice of holding an adjourned sessions prior to the assises., for.the dispoaal of all cases triable at quarter sessions. The present calendar, therefore formed no index to the state of crime, as the six cases in the list had arisen since the last adjourned sessions. The first case to which he should call their attention was one In which was involved a serious imputation against a young woman, of having murdered her illegitimate child. Li all cases of this description, it was necessary that the grand jury should be satisfied that the child had been born alive. In the present C:U" they would probably find some difficulty in ascertaining this. It was not sufficient to be satisfied that the' child had breathed, be- cause it frequently appeared that this had been the case, and yet the infant born dead. In the prese t case, the medical man stated that the child's skull had been fractured. It would be their duty to inquire minutely into this evidence, to ascertain whether this had been done accidentally, in consequence of the prisoner being unaided at the time of its birth, or whether it hod been done purposely. Should the latter supposition turn out to be, in their opinions, the correct one, this might probably induce them to arrive at the conclusion that the child was born alive, because the prisoner could have no object or motive in inflicting this injury on a still-born child. It would be observed that. the prisoner had made a certain statement. It would be their to take the whole of this statement into consideration both what told against the prisoner and what was rather in favour of her. At the same time, they were not bound to attach the same credit, to the whole of it, but rather examine into the whole, and see what portion squared with the rest of the evidence. Irld facts of the case. Another case of a serious character was one in which a husband was charged with having attempted to strangle tlle wife by means of a cord. It would be for the grand jury to