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ABERGAVENNY. THE LATE LORD LLANOVER.—The following address illuminated in black and silver has been sent to Lady Llanover by the Marjlebone vestry, in testimony of their sympathy and grief at the lamented death of Lord Lianover: Resolved, -That this vestry, having heard of the lamented death of the Right Hon. Lord Llanover, is desirous of placing upon record the ex- pressions of its heartfelt regret at this sad event, and of offering to Lady Llanover, his bereaved widow, its respectful sympathy and condolence. The promptings to this act are, first, a grateful recollection of the services rendered specially to the borough of Maryle- bone by the deceased nobleman as one of the Parlia- mentary representatives, and secondly, a cordial recognition of his public services generally. During the twenty-two years that he represented Marylebone in the House of Commons, as Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., he was ever most vigilant and earnest in all that con- cerned the welfare of his constituents on all legisla- tive questions affecting their local interests he brought to bear the ready application of his large experience, sound judgment, and eminently practical mind, and was ever ready by his vote and influence to uphold local rights and privileges. Amongst the most agree- able reminiscences of his connection with Marylebone, his urbanity, courtesy, and habitual kindness of manner will be long cherished. Of his public services generally, the passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act testifies to the sincerity of his professions as a friend of Local Self Government, whilst the great, improve- f ments carried out by him in the public parks of the metropolis when holoing: the office of Chief Commis- sioner of Works, show the warm interest he felt in all that concerns the health, comfort, and. social enjoyment ot the people. Foi these acts alone he is entitled to the gratitude of posterity." We may also state that the Queen has addressed an autograph letter to Lady Llanover, expressive of her deep sympathy and of her Majesty's appreciation of the services of Lord Llanover when a Minister of the Crown. THE MAY FAIR.—This annual reunion took place on Tuesday and Wednesday last, the 14th and 15ih inst. The weather turned out gloriously auspicious, and the attendance of pleasure-seekers and others being, in consequence, unusually numerous, the town presented a most active and cheerful appearance. As is cus- tomary on these occasions, the fore part of the day was appropriated to the conduct of business, and the after part to the pursuit of pleasure. The spacious cattle market was well attended, and a brisk business seemed to be carried on. The pig market was very scantily stocked, the animals exposed for sale being principally of the younger descriptions, and they went off very tardily at a low price, a pig four months old selling for 18s. The sheep market was not so well attended as we have seen it on former occasions. Lambs were disposed of at lod. per lb., shearlings at 9d., and sheep in the wool at 7id. per lb. The cattle market was crowded, and prices lately quoted at the local markets were maintained. Steers sold at from £ 12 to £ 16. A fine bull of symmetrical build fell under Mr. Ford's hammer for X22 10s. The horse market was well attended, but principally by animals of an inferior breed. Cart-horses fetched from zC26 to 227. The attendance of saddle-horses was meagre, and we did not observe many changes; those that were effected being at pretty high prices. All fairs have, as Artemus Ward would say, much of a muchness," differing only from one another in a few local charac- teristics, which are, however, being gradually effaced under the influence of modern innovations and im- provements. Abergavenny has, in common with other places, succumbed, in a great measure, to this individuality-destroying influence, but it still possesses sufficient characteristics to make an occasion like May fair savour somewhat of "old times." The suuar-loaf hat of the Welsh women has disappeared from our public gatherings, ana become a thing of the irrevo- cable past, and the" mother tongue" has long ago superseded the unpronounceable vernacular that "no fellow can understand;" but the "truly rural" atten- dance at our fairs from the English side is much the same as that of old. The stiff, wrinkle-less, spotless- "White smock frock, with the voluminous many-coloured Neckerchief, surmounted by a ruddy figure-head, may still be annually seen at the May fair the wearer is ^Iniost invariably accompanied t>y one of "ye gentle faire," whose oddity of apparel is in perfect keeping with that of her attendant, and would not fail to create a sensation in Regent-street. It is most ridiculously loud," and exhibits a most extraordinary tasre in the arrangement of colour. Both of these individuals have a somewhat awkward style of locomotion, arising from frequent journeyings over the "furrowed glebe." From the Welsh side we have an attendance of a totally different nature equally fond of gaiety, and equally strange in their tastei with the truly rural." These can boast of ruddy cheeks, but a healthful em- ployment had not much to do with causing them. lime was when the event of their attendance at Aber- gavenny fair was the signal for a violent faction fight, 80raewhat after the style of Ould Ireland." Happily, these things have become things of the past, and the sons of Old Cwmry" can now content themselves with returning "whence they came," peaceably acd quietly. The general appearance of the fair is much the same as at other places there is the usual confusion of tongues, gingerbread-stalls, toy-stalls, nut-stalls, &c., with the importunate invitations to "taste and try, before you buy there is a confused hubbub of sounds, comprising a very tempest of dissonance from neighbouring ballad singers, the customary squeaking of penny trumpets, ringing of bells, holloaing, bellow- ing, screaming, laughing, and elbowing, together with the mingled cries of "sold again," "here you are, two-a-penny," "oranges sweet," &c., varied with an occasional appeal, in a deep bass voice, of "Pity the poor blind." Of course there is a numerous atten- dance of shattered and disabled humanity, sitting by the wayside, begging." Why these individuals should fix upon occasions like these to ply their avocation, we cannot tell; we are probably engaged in considering whether people are more inclined to be benevolent at fairs and other places of public amusement than on other occasions, and debating in our minds whether it would not be advisable to bring these itinerant mendicants under the operations of the Nuisances' Removal Act," when our reverie is interrupted by an individual whose face proves that he has the greatest aversion to the application of soap and water, and who kindly offers us "three throws at Aunt Sally, for a penny." Not being exactly inclined for an indul- gence in that dignified species of recreation, we pass on to the centre-point of atl raction-tfue showyard." Here our attention is probably drawn to an individual, holding forth, in a most glib manner, on the merits of an entertainment (his property) which has been "just going to commence" this last half-hour at the least. Showily painted canvas, pourtraying the most won- derful and impossible wonders, not to be seen inside, attracts the admiring gaze of inexperienced juveniles and verdant greens." Beyond this show" is a tent of rather humble pretensions, before which an assembly i ug7at ^washe(l" is congregated. On the platform before this tent is an illustrious personage," with a battered visage, short-cropped locks, bullet- shaped cranium, and a neck that a phrenologist would tell you was indicative of the greatest stubborness in the disposition of the owner. He is a perfect specimen of the genus homo, possessing "brawn without brain." It needs not much discrimination to tell you that he is a member of the P. R. But listen! Another member of the "establishment" recounts to you in highly professional" terms how that his colleague defeated Conky Bill" in so many rounds, occupying so many hours, so many minutes, and so many seconds how the fight between his colleague and the Downy Ua" Suited in a glorious" draw." See how modestly complacent the subject of this harangue listens to the eulogies of his partner there they are-a modern Ajax and Ulysses,—the one "made to talk" and the other to fight," differing only from their ancient prototypes in that they have swamped all differences for mutual interest. The speaker then gIVeS a long dissertation on glorious achievements in the bloody field," by inviting you to step up" and witness a "set-to" between a local pugilist and his colleague, the charge being only « one penny ;» and, reminding you of the importance of practising the manly art of self-defence," he "will disappear behind the "arras" to superintend the "set-to" aforesaid which invariably does not "come off." Near this establishment is a strolling theatre, the aspiring Rocci of which are taking a preliminary promenade prior to retiring to satisfy the ardent cravings of the lovers of the drama. There they are in all the faded glory of trusseted grandeur, strutting up and down their limited stage with all the pomp and circumstance of monarchs, princes, knights, and gay cavaleros. They can treat you, for the nominal charge of three-pence, with a most exciting tragedy on the most approved blood and sawdust priiaciple can beguile the tears of romantic young noodles, and drive young Keans in embryo stage frantic. These in our childish inexperience, we used to envy, little wotting the discomforts of green- room mysteries," and the realities of "life behind the scenes." We did not see the monarch doff his regal robes to dine on the most unkingly fare-the sirloin of a red herring neither could we discern the troubled countenance and restless eye that lie hidden under the comic mask but so it is in real life, as well as on the stage, everything wears the mask of a deceptive appearance. Those who are fond of seeing the human body writhed into all kinds of unnatural shapes and contortions, will have an opportunity of doing so at the "tumbling show" over the way. By way of offering an additional attraction to the public here, the services of a German brass band have been retained the music discussed is anything but eloquent," each member seeming to be vieing most industriously with his Neighbour in creating a discord. At this portion of the fair the noise and confusion are even more intense than in the town. The squeaking of trumpets, the roaring of the beasts from the adjacent menagerie, the delightful (?) strains of a barrel organ with a respect- able per-centage of notes d, ficient, the dull thumping of a drum with one of the heads out, the brawling of noisy brats at the swings and "merry-go-rounds," the scraping of villanous fiddles, the ringing of un- necessary bells, the tocsins maddening sound," and a miscellaneous hubbub of a whole host of noisy men and women, form a tintamarre, as bewildering and unbearable as it is possible to conceive. Here a Cheap Jack attracts a numerous audience, cracks his jokes, and sells his wares, in the most good- humoured fashion; there, amongst a "crowd of gazing people," a "gentleman," with the most astonishing gift, of volubility, practises on the credibility of "truly rurals," and others of "nature soft," by a most in- genious system of "Jeremy Diddlerisin,"—asystemthat amounts,in fact, to nothing short of absolute swindling. The "gentleman engaged in this disreputable pursuit treats his delighted victims with the most thumping perversions of veracity; the smooth tongue and soft deceit" of volubility tickles the fancies of the "green- horns," and volubility coolly pockets their cash. Really, he has such a pleasant way of "diddling" them that they cannot re-Ist it, nor help laughing when they are deceived. Human life again COUNTY COURT, THURSDAY, MAY 9TH, before His Honour Judge HERBERT. The monl hly sitting of this court was held in the Police Court, on Thursday last, when above the average number of cases were brought forward for adjudication We select the following as being of interest to the general public Batt v. Walby was a claim for £1 7s. 4d., preferred by W. F. Batt, assignee of George Frankham, late beerhouse keeper, for the amount of a beer score, Mr. Lloyd, of Pontypool, defending. Plaintiff was unable to produce the book containing the entry of the account, and the case was accordingly adjourned till next court day. Davies v. James.—In this case, the plaintiff, James Davies, a farmer at Pen-y-graig, near Llanfoist, Abergavenny, sued the defendant for the sum of £ 1 Is, 8d the balance of an account for potatoe ground and potatoes. Mr. H. L. Baker was for the plaintiff, defendant being unrepresented. No contract was shpwn with the defendant, the agreement having been originally made with the daughter-in-law of the defendant.—Nonsuit. Davies v. Parry.- The same plaintiff sued Henry Parry for JE1 2s. 6d., for balance of an account for potatoe ground. The defendant had subrnilted an account to the plaintiff, in which he admitted his claim of 18s. The original account was £3 8s. 9d., but the defendant pleaded a set-(.ff of X2 12s. 9d. This claim was corrected by the defendant, and the correction allowed, His Honour making an order for the amount claimed, payable by 4s. per month. Thomas v. Davies and others was a claim for X25, due from the defendants, who are a building committee of the Baptist Chapel, Blaenavon, to Lewis R. Thomas, practical engineer and surveyor. Mr. D. Walter Davies was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lloyd, Ponty- pool, for the defendants. From the opening statement of the solicitor for the plaintiff, it appeared that in June, 1865, alterations being in contemplation for the Blaenavon Baptist Chapel and vestry, the plaintiff was employed to prepare the required plans, charging 2 £ per cent. for the preparation of tne plans and 2- per cent. for superintending the works. Mr. Davies said that the only remark he would have, to make on the case was that the plaintiff prepared plans of the whole of the buildings, before the plans of the alterations, and no specified chat ge was made for them the charges were made according to the usual rate. The work was got up by the ptántlff and hIs brother, Thomas Thomas, also a surveyor and practical engineer, an understanding having been come to between the two brothers that Lewis Thomas should receive pay- rllent for the work. When application for payment of the claim was made, the defendants refused, and after repeated applications recourse was had to the present action.—The defence preferred was that the witness, Thomas Thomas, brother to the plaintiff, taking con- siderable interest in the welfare of the chapel, offered to f-ffect the necessary alterations gratuitously in the second place the plans were not adhered to.—His Honour remarked that a tribunal of that kind always leaned strongly against gratuitous services, unless it could be proved in the clearest possible way that such a gratuitous offer had been made. When a professional man was employed, he ought to be paid for his services.—Several witnesses were called to prove the gratuitous offer, and that no mention was made of Mr. Lewis Thomas's name in connection with the proposed alterations.—Several attempts at a mutual settlement were made, backed by the suggestions of His Honour, who said that it was unreasonable to expect that the alterations would be made free ot cost, as alleged by the defendants.—The parties retired from the court to confer, and ultimately settled the case as recommended by His Honour. Harvey v. Heath was a claim preferred by Thomas Harvey, farmer, against Enoch Heath, for X3, the price of a root-pulper which was, he alleged, sold to him by his son. Mr. Baker was for the defendant. The parties reside at Brynmawr. Mr. Baker urged in defence that the pulper was borrowed while a turnip-cutter defendant possessed was out of repair. The pulper is still at the farm, which defendant left in March last.—His Honour decided that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the cost of the instrument, as it was kept such an unreasonable time that in the eye of the law it amounted to a sale. Order for payment in a week. Phillips v. Prosser.—In this case the plaintiff, David Phillips, sued William Prosser, of Lloyndu, for the sum of X2 19s. 8d., the amount of damages done to his fruit and vegetabl-s by defendant's gheep. Mr. Farqubar was for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. L. Baker for the defence. In the course of the case it was elicited that the plaintiff's fences were insufficient, and that defendant had several times given notice to the plaintiff to have his fences repaired. The plaintiff's wife stated that she bad seen the sheep coursed over the hedge by dogs. His Honour said that it was pi oved other people's sheep were in the garden besides the defendant's, and he therefore gave judgment for X1. Hazelby v. Adams.-Plaintiff, a boot and shoe maker in Abergavenny, sued Ann Adams, widow, for 19s. 9d., for boots and shoes supplied. Mr. Farquhar was for the plaintiff, and Mr. H. L. Baker for the defendant. The goods were supplied to the son and debited to the defendant, plaintiff alleging that she authorised the son (who is 24 years of age) to have goods) when in her employ, but to be refused when not so. The defendant stated that the son had obtained the goods without her authority in this case, and judgment was given for the amount paid into court, 3s, 5d. PETTY SESSIONS, MAY 15, before the Rev. J. H. FARQUHAR, J. C. HILL, Esq., T. DAVIES, Esq., and J. G. WHEELEY, Esq. CHARGE OF STEALING A BEER.BARREL.- William Pritchard, drayman to Mr. Nathaniel Cook, of Aber- gavenny, brewer, was charged with having stolen a cask, value 15s., the property of his master.—Mr. William Holman, clerk at Mr. Cook's brewery, stated that on the lltli instant, between nine and ten o'clock in the evening, he saw the prisoner rolling a barrel from the premises of Mr. Cook, through a garden adjoining, thence through a passage leading into Frogmore-street, and into a house occupied by a man named Thomas Wyle while he was rolling the cask away witness told him he was doing wrong, and threatened to tell Mr. Cook if he did not return it prisoner said that he would not take it back now he had brought it so far witness then asked him why he took it, and he replied that he did it to save his butty."—It would appear that another d, ayman, in the employ of Mr. Cook, had used the cask to fetch dye for the man Wyle, who was a flannel manufacturer. The prisoner, it seems, took the cask away in order to get it cleaned and thus screen his companion. The witness added that Mr. Cook had recently lost a great quantity of liquor and other things from the brewery, and he brought the prisoner forward as an example to the rest of the employes he did nor, however, wish to deal severely with the prisoner, as he did not believe that he took the cask with the intention of stealing it. -The Bench said that under that consideration they must dismiss the prisoner he had decidedly done wrono- in removing the cask, and they therefore recommended him to be careful in the future. AN OLD OFFENDER .—Joseph Bowen, a man whose name is by no means strange to the police-calendar, was brought up in custody charged with frequenting premises for an unlawful purpose -P.C. Dare stated that he found the prisoner in the Boar's Head yard, in Cross-street, about twenty-five minutes to two o'clock on the morning of the 14th instant; he asked him his business there, and he gave a very unsatisfactory answer.-The Bench cautioned the prisoner as to his future conduct, but seeing that the charge against him was not clearly proved, they would discharge him. CHARGE OF HORSE STEALING AT ABERGAVENNV FAIR.—Joseph Smith was charged with having stolen a horse, value 35s., on the 14th instant, at Aberga- venny.—Solomon Maker,haulier, from Newport, stated that he attended the Abergavenny market On the 14th, and at about two o'clock in the afternoon bought a horse: of a man named Banner, from Little Mill, for 35s.; the animal was then tied to an iron bar provided for that purpose, and he went into the town upon other business on his return, about five o'clock, he found the animal gone; he searched, and made in- quiries of several people respecting the missing animal, and was informed by a man in the market the way the horse was taken he then gave information to the police, and went, in company wi h Sergeant Edghill, as far as the Hereford-road turnpike gate he jiftervrards saw the horse in the stable of the Britannia Inn, Abergavenny.—Henry Organ, hawker, said he bad his van in the fair, and remembered the owner of the horse coming to him and making inquiries about his missing horse, and he told him he had seen the prisoner taking a horse out of the market, but could not tell whose horse it was nor what was the colour of it, as he was a considerable distance from him when be saw him the prisoner came to him; he had told him before in the day that he wanted to buy a horse, but did not say he had bought that one.—The case was remanded till the 22nd, for the production of additional evidence. RINGING THE CHANGES.— W illiam Ashley and Louisa Ashley, al'as Lucy Jones, were charged with having uttered counterfeit coin, at Abergavenny, on the 9th instant.—John Mara, apprentice to Mr. William Price, grocer, Abergavenny, stated that on Thursday, the 9th, the female prisoner came into Mr. Price's shop and asked him (witness) if they had any fresh butter he replied that they had not, and she said she would take a quarter of salt butter, which he served her with she tendered a 2s. piece in payment, and he gave her change; be put the 2s. piece in a drawer, where were some good halfcrowns, one good 2s. piece, and some small silver; they afterwards discovered that the 2s. piece was counterfeit, and Mr. Price, having marked it, put it on a shelf by itself, and after- wards gave it to the police-sergeant.—Hanbury Hicks, an apprentice to Mr. Price, grocer, stated that the female came into the shop, and asked for some meat he served her with a quantity, the price of which was 3s. 4!d. she gave in payment a halfcrown and Is. he gave Mr. Price the halfcrown, and on his weighing it it was found to be counterfeit; Mr. Price told her it was bad, and she opened her purse and said, I will give you another then."—Emmanuel Snooks, shoemaker, Jiving in Cross-street, stated that the prisoners came to lodge at his house last Monday week, and they lived and slept together while there on Monday, the 13th, the male prisoner asked him if he had any money, aud on witness replying in the negative, he (Ashley) told him he would put him in the way of getting some; witness asked him how, and prisoner produced a halfcrown and a 2s. piece, telling him they were bad ones he then wanted witness to go to Crickhowell Fair with him, but he declined to go witness then went to his employer, Mrs. Evans, and threw the 2s. piece prisoner had given him into the fire in her presence; the same morning Sergeant Edghill came to witness's house and apprehended the prisoners; he afterwards searched the room, and found nine halfcrowns and eleven 2s. pieces in a clothes basket in the room.—Cross- examined by Price: I gave you 5s in silver. The witness explained to the Bench that after he bad been paid his wages at Mrs. Evans's he went home, and his lodger (Ashley) asked him if he had got any half-crowns, and gave him 5s. for a half-crown, a 2s. piece, and 6d.-Sergeant Edghill stated that the prisoners probably wished to provide themselves with good coin, in case they should be suspected.—Ser- geant Edghill deposed About eight o'clock on Mon- day evening I went to the prisoners' lodgings, and Ashley came to the door I told him I wanted to see what he had got about him, and searched him I found nothing on him I then asked to see his wife, and was going into the next room to her when she rushed upstairs; I followed her up, and she turned to the right into a bedroom; as soon as I had entered that room she went to another room that seemed like a workshop I told her I wanted to see what she had got, and she produced a purse from her pocket it contained one half-crown and two 2s. pieces; the 2s. pieces were counterfeit; I then went back to the room where I had seen her go to a clothes basket, and, putting my hand into the basket, lockout a parcel containing 14 bad half-crowns and 23 2s. pieces I took them both into custody, and on my charging them they said nothing about half- an-hour afterwards I received the other parcel of coins from Snooks.—Mr. Thomas S. Rowe, watchmaker, tested the coins, and found the two 2s. pieces taken from the female prisoner's purse bad the whole of the coins in the parcels were also bad. NEGLECT OF FAMILY -Edwiii Griffiths, blacksmith, was charged with having allowed his two children to become chargeable to the parish, he being in a position to maintain them. An investigation of the case showed the most gross neglect on the part of the defendant, and the chargeability having been duly proved, he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.

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