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CARMARTHENSHIRE SPRIMO ASSIZES.…
CARMARTHENSHIRE SPRIMO ASSIZES. I The-e Assize- commenced on Tuesday l.ist, the Judge, Sir H. Maule, arriving at about half-past two o'clock, escorted by the High Sheriff, W. Philipps, Esq., and a highly respectable cavalcade of equestrians, &c. His Lmdsiiip proceeded at once to the Town Hall, at the gates ot winch he was received by W..Morris, Esq., flavor, t e Sheriff, Ben Jones, Eq., and several of the Aldermen and Councillors. Tile Commission was then opened with the usual formalities, &c., and the court ad- journed until I I o'cityck on the following day. His Lordship, accompanied by the High Sheriff and lie Corporate authorities ot the town, proceeded to attend )Ivine Service in St. Peter's Church, when the service was- read by the Yelleraule Archdeacon Bevan, and au excellent and appropriate sermon preached by the Rev. Kichard Bovven Jonts, the High Sheriff's chaplain. WEDNESDAY. I His Lordship entered the Hall about eleven o'clock, and the Court was immediately opened. The following Magistrates for the coanty answered to their names Sir John Ma-usel Baronet: J. E. Saunders, b,q.; David Lewis, Esq.; R. G. Thomas. Esq. Daniel I'ryi)tt;rch, Esq.; H. L. E. Gwynne, Esq. C. Morgan, Esq., sen.; C. Morgan, Esq., jtiti. W. Peel, Esq.; W. Ch'Ain-bers, Esq., sen.; W. Chambers, Esq., jun.; Captain Havid Davies:-Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D.; J. W. Philipps, Esq.: T. Jones, M. D- J. L. Price, Esq.; 1). S. Davies, Esq James Tho;nas, ESfJ.; W.G. Hushes, Esq.; Capt. Boweil Davies; Cat,t J. B. Davies; George Morgan, Esq.; Howvl Gwynne. Esq. Lewis Lewis, Esq,; W. G. B. Protheroe, Esq.; Timothy Powell, Esq.; D. Jones Lewis, Esq. The following Coroners for the County answered to their names:—W. Bonville, Esq., and v- Price, 1".(I. I The following gentlemen formed the Grand Jury for I the county:— Sir John Mansel, Baronet, Foreman; J. T. Alcock, Esq., Mounthill; J. Biddulph, Esq, Llarigeiinech VV. Chambers, Esq., sen., Llanelly W. Chambers, Esq., jun., Llar.elly J. B. Davies, F,s.)., .Vlvrtlp Hill; David Davies, Es«., ^retn tiall; D. T. B. Davies, Esq., Maesycrigiau; D. Davies. -E,;FfO(](lvale; Howel Gwyn, Esq., Baglau Hall; if. L. E. Gwynne, Elh Rhydgurse; W. G. Hughes, Esq., Glaiicothv; D. II. James, Esq., Llwyndwfr; George Lloyd. Esq., Bru-nant; D. J. Lewis, E»q., Gilfach; Lewis Lewis, Esq., Gwinle David Lew is, Esq., Ystradey ('. Morgan, Esq., Hiivodneddin C. Morgan, FSt}., jun.. <!< (;eorge Morgan, Esq., Abercoihy; Timothy Powell, Esq., NV. G. 13. Protheroe, E"q., f]t>!e,ÜlIitl1; .1. N-V. Philipps, Esq.. Aberglasney. The following gentlemen answered to their n!1ffi-é"s¡ 1:lIl were not sworn, as the requisite numtier had been ob- tained, D iiiiel Pryt: etch, Esq., Carmarthen VV. Peel, E.-»q., Taiiaris; 11. Goring Thomas Esq.; James Thomas, Esq., Cacghis. We do not ever remember to have seen so large an as- semblage of Magistrates at any previous Arizes. Magistrates for the borough present—W. Morris, E-q., Mayor; E. H. Stacey, Ese¡.; D. Davies, Esq.; D. Pry- therch, Esq. T. T. Webb, Esq. Coroner, J. P. VVatkins, Esq. The following gentlemen were sworn on the borough Üralld J lIry: Charles Brigstocke, ESlh FOI cmau. J)avies, Esq.; William Evans, Esq.; Howell Howells, Esq.; Owen Jones, Esq,; (ieorge Ba^nall. Esq.; George -Children, Es-q. W. G. Jon<s, Esq.; Dalltel Joiies, Esq, Job Jones, Esq. E. B. Jones, Esq.; T. G. Lewis, Esq.; D. LL Mortimer, Esq J. Mortimer, Esq.; W.N. liees, Esq. J. N. Roberts, Esq.; J. J. Stacey, Esq.; W. Thoma- Esq. The Q leen's proclamation against vice was read, after which his Lordship proceeded to address the Grand J uries :— Gentlemen of tie drawl Jury for the County of Carmar- then,— ( observe witn considerable satisfaction that the cases which will occupy your attention, and which will occupy the petit jurit-s here, are with oil, exception ot flight importance. I am happy to say that the number ft' prisoners to be tried at these Assizes has been consi- derably reduced in consequence of the Magistrates of the (oullty having held an adjourned Quarter Sessions for <he trial of prisoners; they did very right in doing so, ;tml have done a very important service to their county, 1 y enabling persons who have civil causes (ot which 1 ■' have been informs.! there are a.great number) to try them at Assises instead of being put oil, which (natty inevitably have btfu had the Calen- dar be £ n heavier. The Magistrates, therefore, have done a very essential service by trying'p:isoners previous to the Assizes. 1 am not aware that there are anv cases whidl call for any particular observation on my part. When you have bills brought before you, you will have the goodness to take the shortest, and let us have it as quick as possible. Gentlemen alike Grand Jury for the County of the Borough Carmarthen,— As far as i alll aware, there is nothing of ;,Ily itnpoi tance calling for any observation from me, you had therefore better retire, and proceed with the bills at once. Mary Jones, against whom a true bill was returned at the la,t A>sizes, but who was not then in c.istody, was placed at the b ir, and el arged with having stolen two handkerchiefs, tiiree aprons, three shawls, and several nther articles of wearillg arparel, the property of one John Thomas, of Llanelly. The prisoner pleaded Xot Guilty. Mr. Vaiighau Williams stated the case for the prosccu- tiun. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor lives at Llanelly, and that en or about the 24til of June last, the prisoner entered his service, that II hen she came to the hou.e the prosecutor's child was very ill, that the prisoner nursed it carefully, but that in about two hours •after the child died. That tile wife of tht: prosecutor left home for a few days for change of scene. On the dav .iiter she left home, that is ozi tl)e *,Oth of -Jutie last, h twt"ell three and four o'clock in the morning, the pro- secutor heard a noUe, and Oil going to the door ot his 7 bed-r*jr>. that the prisoner was down stairs—he asked her vl'r.t she was tioilig-sile said she was ironing. He returned to bed, and shorttynfterwitrds heard the prisoner leave the house, he immediately got up, and after dressing himself, followed her. It appeared that after leaving the house, she went to a beer house called the Saddlers' -Arms, and left a bundle of clothes there, which, when found, proved to be the articles stolen. The pro- secutor met her on the bridge as she was returning towards his house, and gave her into custody of a police- man. The policeman on being exaniii ed stated, that he saw the prisoner going towards the Saddlers'-Arms on the morning in question, and that he met fiet- as site wits returning, and that the prosecutor callie up at the same tirse, when the prosecutor asked her where she had been, and where were the things that she had taken away from the house she denied having taken an thing, and d uiied having a bundle at all, although the polieetiwn had seen her with it shortly before. She also said that she had been to the shoemaker's, but could not tell to what shoemaker. She was then given in charge. Another witness was examined, who praved that she had come on the morning of the 20th of June, and knocked him up at the Sad(ilers'-Arn)s that she had then given him a bundle, which she desired him to keep till she called for ,it. The bundle was then produced, and the different artteles identified most positively by the prosecutor's wife. The prisoner further made a statement before the magistrates to the effect that she had lent her mistress fourteen sh'llings and sixpence, and that her mistress had told her to take the value of it in clothes should she need it. This statement was corroborated in part by the pro- secutor's wife, who stated that she had been lent fourteen shillings a;tJ sixpence by the prisoner, but denied telling her that she might take It ont, III clollts. Mr. Nichol1, on the part of the prisoner, addressed the jury, and contended that-the prisoner had been very much wronged, and that she had borne all her life an irreproach- able character up to the time of this-charge; that she had behaved herself so well even in this place as to call forth the approbation of her mistress, and who had promised her a substantial mark of her favour, such as mourning, c. He then proceeded to state that-the husband, on the morning in question, left his bedroom and went into the kitchen, where the prisoner was engaged in ironing (as was sufficiently demonstrated by the fire being burning brightly); that he then took liberties with her and at tempted to ravish her; that she resisted his endeavours successfully, but that in the struggle her gown was very much-torn, and her arms and sides bruised black and b lue. Stte tbenwfnt and packed up (as she then fancied) lo- t'WN things, after which she-left the house, leaving her cloak and apron behind her in the house that the pri- soner then, finding his designs frustrated, followed her and trumped up this charge against her. A great number of witnesses were called to give the prisoner a good character. Mr. V. Williams, in reply, ridiculed the absurdity of the defence set up, and said that with respect to the witnesses to character, it might he true that she had up to this time had a good character, but that if that had been the case it was the more to be regretted that she had in this instance yielded to the temptations of the devil and committed the theft with which she was charged. He then commented on the evidence for the defence, aid said that it was evident that there were two lines of defence set up—the one being that she had taken the articles in mistake, and the other that she had been given them by her mistress, as a present for her kindccss to the deceased child of the prosecutor. Non,, neither of these .statements could possibly be true, as in the first instance she had denied to the policeman that she had any bundle at all; if she had been innocent of the charge, she would at once have said that she had taken things^ but believed them to be heT own. He then said, that if the story of the attempted rape were true, she bad had plenty of oppor- tunities of telling the story to the magistrates when examined be fore hem, and -that her not having done so clearly shewed that the story was now for the first rime trumped up. -1* was likewise stated that the prisoner was subject to fits, and that she had one while in the station-house, and another while being examined before the magistrates, which might sufficiently a< count for her beiog bruised and for tlfc way in which her gown was torn. His Lordship summed up the evidence, and said it certainly seemed to him rather singular that her master coming to her in his shirt was sufficient to alarm her so much as to cause her to be in such a flurry" HS to take 'her mistress's clothes instead of her own and he could not conceive why she shou'd take things that did not belong to her, even supposing her master had attempted to ravish hsr in the manner described by the witness. The jury, after retiring for a short time, returned a verdict of ( but recommended her to mercy on account uf the excellent character that had been given her. His Lordship told her that she had been found guilty on very clear ev btil the jury had properly given her the benefit ot any doubt that might have been enter- tained, and had considered very carefully previously to bringing in their verdict. If ever she did anything of this sort again, she would be liable to transportation for lite: a?, however, she had been recommended to mercy, and had already been imprisoned for eight months, lie should only sentence her to be imprisoned for the space of four calendar mouths, and to be kept ti hard labour during that time. 'vfr. ;ippi ieti to his Lordship to po.' a clause which was set down for trial a: the ensuing Brecon assizes, I between Rees Goring Thomas, Esq" ptainttH' and J. E. Saunders, Esq., and about 70 others, defendants. The Saunders, Hsq., aud a bont 70 others, defendants. The gendeirne. He appeared on b:h,df of the defendants, and begged his LordshIp woulu po tp' ne the trial nntil the next summer assizes. He stated that his application was founded on the fact that several of the witnesses could not be removed to Brecon in consequence of age, infirmity, or sickness, and that one in particular, Mr. David Rees Parry, of Llwyndwyfilltir, whose evidence was of great importance to the detendants, was incapa- citated, by an atud; 01'è\'l'Tl' go it, from mending Ht I Brecon without p itting his liu; III imminent peril. lie, further argued that th^ case would take up an immense t'I itie, a, it was one of great length and almost called I a special -assire, there b,illg- no less than I,) questions on the first issue, and the second issae involves the tr, lo 200 farm The action arose out of an award of the Assistant'Tithe Commissioner, and'the c<ise would involve a great deal of litigation. Mr. E. V. Williams appeared for^he plaiTjtilT, and argued that as the case had already hern disposed of three times, Ly Baron Alderson and by Lord Denman, his Lordship lwd no jurisdiction. His Lordship, however, thought that he had a jurisdic- ticfn, but declined to postpone the trial until his arrival in Brecon, when, he said, should one of the witnesses he absent in consequence of illness, and affidavits to that effect were p.:t in, he might be able to postpone it. John IJasnct was then placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a plank, the property of Evan Williams, a mason, of Llanon. Mr. Hill appeared for the prosecution. The tacts oi the case are as follows: —Morgan Griffiths, a farmer, living at Morlaes, in the parish of Llanon, in this county, was building a small wall, and had occasion to borrow four deal planks from Fviiii Williams, a mason about a fortnight afterwards one oi them was missing. In consequence of something lie heard, he obtained a search warrant, and searched the prisoner's house, when the wits found in a loft sawn in three pieces. The plank was produced, ilnd identified by Evan Williams, swore positively to it, by a iiail m-irk iii it as also by ■a mark of a burn which he said was done when lie was melting lead for the repairs of Llanoll Church. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. His Lordship having summed up briefly, the jury re- turned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned two calendar months. PutridI- Flaherty was charged with having picked the pocket of a farmer, named Evan Jenkins, of eight shillings and sixpence. Mr. E. V. Williams stated the case to the jury, and from the evidence, it appeared that Evan Jenkins is a farmer, of the parish of Conwil-Caio that in the month of January last, he attended Llandovery fair, taking with him a basket-of poultry and bntter; that he had when he went to the fair a cotton purse, containing ifve shillings and sixpenceill silver, and some coppers; this purse was in hi~ right hand pocket; he had also ;t l,ad sixpence in his purse. sold two fowls at ten-pence each the person who bought them gave him a five shilling piece, and lie gave three shillings and fourpence change, and put tire ert),r,ti in his purse. lie then sold a pound of bmter for trnpenee. The person who bought it gave a shilling, sini he gave twopence as change, putting the shilling likewise into his purse. Shortly afterwards he was near thebutter- market, and the prisoner coming from behind, tiires. his hand into his right hand pocket, and took out the purse while passing; the prosecutor instantly seized the -saw it wi,s clenched; and clearly saw it was the prisoner's hand. The prisoner then ran away, calling out stop thief," and the prosecutor followed him, calling out the same thing in Welsh. The prisoner was eventually stopped, and when stopped he dropped the purse, which was picked up by a constable, and the pro- i Fectitor claimed and identified it as his own, telling the j constable what was in it before it was opened. The purse was produced, and w is found to contain the 8s. (id., and the bad sixpence, as described by the prosecutor. The prisoner, who was defended by Mr. Ricliard,, stated, through his counsel, that he w:ts an honest bat unfortunate man, that he was a perfect stranger, and had a wife aud two cliildrvii. 1 lie jury found hnn Guilty. On being asked what he had to say why the Court should not pass sentence on him, he stated that he had been inveigled into the situation he now occupied, that he had been employed by some Lord and a Nl r. Arkwright. His Lordship told him that he ought to be ashame d of himself, and that such a story as that was extremely im- probable. He seemed a man of sitpei-ioi- edticatioti, and the circumstance of his having a wife and t-iiinily Only aggravated his guilt, by bringing misery and distress upon his innoeent family. The punishment to which he had mde himse)t' !ia!))e was ?t/??/'fti'/o? ?/- /?', which, ifearrit-J hit..) etiect, wou)d sub ect him to be sent out of 4? c:arncd into effect, would subject him to be sent out of the country, and be obliged to work in chains alt ms hfe; and skoukl he offend again, he would be hung with %,Cl. y httb' ceremony. As, however, this appeared to be his tim e^ ence, he should only sentence him to be impri- soned and kept to hard labour for the space of one year The prisoner, who was dressed very respectably, cried bitterly on being sentenced Edirar,ls and Hwbioek were then charged wwh having assaulted David Levy, with intent to rob him; a second count-charged them with a common as- sault. It appeared from the evidence rthát David Levy, the prosecutor, is a farmer, and that between the hours ot three and four on the morning of the lltliof February, he was driving his cart along the road leading from Llanddo passing Trallwn, when he found his horses stopped by the prisoners, and his handkerchief twisted about his neck until he lost his eye-sight; he, however, distinctly saw the prisoners, and swore most positively to them. He cried out and asked them what they stopped liitn for > they said they wanted a shilling, that they were police, men, and were watching a grate. They twisted his neck- cloth, and Ambrose put his hand in his waistcoat pocket; he missed three half-pence afterwards. He kept hold of Amhio.-e until he had assistance, when he gave him into custody. It appeared that both the prisoners were very drunk, and that they said they had been getting drunk at the Cawdor Arms, Llandilo. The prisoners, who were undefended, called several witnesses to give them good characters. His Lordship suturned up, Ntid after a short time the jury returned verdict of His Lordship said, that in consequence of their being drunk, and hoping it would be a calttÏon to them in future, he should only inflict a slight punishment on them; he, however, said they might thank the gentlemen who had given them a .good character, lie then sentenced David to four weeks and Haddock Ambrose to three weeks' imprisonment. Jamcf fcwis was charged with stealing a horse-brush. From the evidence, it appeared tlitt boy named Thomas Jones was employed in cleaning the horses of his m tstcr, .V'r.'Dtvid Jbs))ua Evans, of Kenarth, in this county; tltayhe used the brush and put it on'the stable window ct; "Friday evening, t'ie 10th instant; that he missed it oiv-the following day, and ongoing to the Emlyti Arms, at Newcastle Emlyn, the brush was found with the ostler, who swore that he bought it ot the prisoner for sixpence. The prisoner said llotbir; III Iris defence, and the jury found him Guilty. He was then charged with krving been previously con- victed at the July quarter sessions, 1810, at Llandilo, for felony. The prisoner was-identified by the Gaoler, and the certificate of his conviction was read. The jury found him Gudty upon this charge likewise. His Lordship said that he had been found guilty after a former-conviction, and that he was liable to be trans- ported for-life, that being the punishment for a second offence, to which he had subjected himself; but as he had stated that he had been induced to steal from want of food, he was sentenced to be imprisoned for one year, and kept'.o hard labour. The Court rose at G o'clock. THURSDAY. I His Lordship entered the Hall at 9 o'dlack, -and the I petit jury was sworn immediately. MANSLAUGHTER. j -.? ?l- I Ihtlfjw Jones was then chatgeu wuii t:.e manslaughter of John Evans, by shooting him wan a gun, loadclI with powder and shot. The facts of the case are as fOllows:Villiant Jones, the prisoner, is a gmiekeeper in the employ 0f Major Evans, of Highmead, in this county. On the night of the 1st of December, prisoner and three others were watching for poachers in a wood called Bryn, that while there they laid down until the approach of the deceased, John Evans, and another young man named Benjamin Evans, who entered the preserve where the men were hid, with their guns before them, pointing towards the men that were lying down. Soon after they had been in the plan- tation, a shot was fired, and the two young men, John and Benjamin Evans, now ran away at full speed, the pri- soner and the other men pursued them, and overtook John Evans, who tell down; he said that he was wounded. and a horse was got to convey him to Llanybyther; when he arrived there, it was found that part of the charge of shot had entered into his legs, a little below the knee. He was attended by two surgeons, but after twenty-one day's illness, tetanus or locked jaw supervened, and death ensued. The only medical man examined, Mr. John Owen Thoma", Lampeter, swore that this young man was a likely person to be predisposed to lock jaw, and thought that the wounds alone had not induced the tetan/ts, but that it had been brought on by fright and the wounds together. He further said, that the wounds at the time he saw them, (three days before the death of the patient,) were quite closed up and healed, and small marks only remaining, about the size of peas, where the shot had penetrated. It was also said that the prisoner had con- fessed that he shot at the man, but that he did so, fearing he was going to shoot him. Mr. Chilton on behalf of the prisoner urged that the evidence with respect to the shot was not so satisfactory as to enable the jury to find the prisoner guilty. He con- tended that t'ie jury ought not only to be satisfied that the prisoner shot the man, but whether the wound was the cause of death. He further argued that there should have been a pout mortem examination, as the external ap- pear ince of the wounds plainly would lead a person to believe that the wound had not induced death, and that there ought to have been an examination of the internal appearance of the wounds, lie further said, that the prisoner fired only in self defence, being afraid, from the direction in which he guns were pointed, that the deceased intended to shoothtm. He then called D. Bowen Davics, Esq., a magistrate tor this county, who gave the prisoner an excellent character for humanity and kindness of dis- position, having known him troni a child. Several other persons also gave hnn a good character. His Lordship briefly summed up, saying that the pro- secution arise- out ot the had hahit of Mealing pheasants, which game, he observed, really must be very tempting, as Esquires and farmers seem to go greater lengths, the one in preserving and the other in attacking, than in any thing e knew of. This is another added to the list of unfortunate cases in wlllch lives have been lost in conse- quence of the habit of stealing pheasants. His Lordship then said it was hardly likely that the prisoner could have fired in self-defence in the way shown by Mr. Chilton, as it was rarely known thatpoachers shot at gamekeepers, and the keeper must have known that, and had less cause to be afraid. The Jury almost immediately found a verdict of Gadty, but they recommended the prisoner to mercy. 11 is Lordship, in passing sentence, said he had no doubt of the guilt of the prisoner, and said it was a warning to others to be more cautious in handling guns for the future, as many accidents occurred through care- lessness of this description. A person for this offence is liable to be transported for lite, but his Lordship did not think tlHttjustice to the country required such a punish- ment in the present case and Oil account of the recom- mendation of the jury, and the excellent character the pr soner had hitherto borne, he should only deem it neces- sary to inflict the punishment of imprisonment. He was quue sure the p isoner would remember with regret to th end of his days that he had been the cause of the death of a fellow-creature. It war, in truth, a dreadful reflection for him. He was then sent -ict-d to six months' inipri.-onineut with hard labour. ir.ui sr n A11\"r.. 'I'lie next caqe wq- L,-ie,t before a borough jury. John Evans, John Davies, and David Ownn, were placed at the bar charged with having stolen, on the 1st of March instant, a quantity of lead, the property of Robert Crodeti and his wife. A second count charged them with stealing lead from a Mr. Jones; and the third charged them with stealing lead, the property of John Nicholl Davies. The case excited considerable interest, as the houses in this town have been stripped of lead at an alarming rate lately. The prisoners pleaded A 'ot Guilty. It appeared from the evidence that on Sunday, the (ith instant, :\1 r. Robert Croden, shoemaker, near the Cross, missed some lead from the penthouse of a house belonging to him in Picton Terrace. He had seen it there on the previous Tuesday. It further appeared that theprisonets had been offering lead for sale to John Davies, hatter, in Water-street, and that he had bought some; and that they had offered some more to John Daniel, cooper, in Quay, -street. The prisoner Owen told Davies that he had'come honestly by the lead, and that he had bought it in the country. The lead had been fitted to the part remaining I on the penthouse, and fitted exactly. The prisoner Owen, j when before the Magistrates, made a statement to the etleet that they found tha lead in a bag, near the Quay, This was the only sort of defence offered to the charge, but a great number of witnesses to character were called, only three of whom thought fit to make tkeir appearance. These gave the prisoners wellcnt characters," and ill r. James Evans briefly addressed the jury for the defence. His Lordship, in summing up, said it was clear that the teall had been stolen, and that it was found in the pos- session of the prisoners; if the jury were satisfied with the account they gave of how the lead came into their possession, they must acquit them if, however, they found that they had possession of the lead without beillg able to account sufficiently for having it in their keeping, they must find the prisoners guilty. The jury then retired. NiSl PRfUS. Thomas v. Pnntan and another. This was an action on a promissory note, in which James Thomas, Esq., Solicitor, Llandilo, was plaintiff, and Ann and Herbert Puntan (mother and son), of Cross Inn, near Llandilo, were de- fendants. M essrs. Nicholl and Chilton appeared for the plaintiff, and Messrs. V. Williams and Richards for defendants. It appeared that on the 12th of December, 184-0, Mrs. Pun tan and her son gave a promissory note to Mr. Thomas for ^.34 9s. Sd. that after it was given Mr. T. discovered that the stamp was not correct, he conse- quently got his clerk to draw up another note, and to take it to Cross Inn, to get Mrs. Puntan to sign it. This tlie-f-lerk did- and swore positively that Mrs. Puntan put her mark to it in his presence and in the presence of her son and Griffith Boven Jones, Esq., of Gwney. This part of the story was, however, contradicted fiiitlv by Mr. Jones, who swore positively that no note was signed in his presence. After his Lordship had summed up, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages &28 5s. for the first instalment of the note with interest. Doe dem. Chambers v. Thomas.— This was an action of ei ecttiieiit.- M r. E. Vdughan Williams opened the plead. itigs, aiid Nlr. Clillton, Q.C., addressed the jury on behalf i of the plaintiff. The learned Counsel stated that William I Chambers, Esq., was the present owner of the Stepney estates, and in that capacity he sought to recover from the defendant, Margaret Thomas, the possession of the allotment which belonged to Parkvrhos farm, upon which a cottage was built. In 1781 a lease was granted by Lady Stepnev of the farm ofParkyrhos to Daniel Thomas, his son Daniel Tnomas, and his daughter Margaret tllumas, for 9!) years, proviueu tliey all lived tor that period. Daniel Thomas the younger, who died some time ago, married the defendant, who continued to live after his death at Parkyrhos, and paid rent up to 18,35, when an action of ejectment was brought against her to recover Parkyrhos, the plaintiff contending that the defendant was not the Margaret Thomas mentioned in the lease; in which the plaintiff succeeded, Rrid the defen- dant was consequently ejected from the farm, and she removed to the cottage where they now reside. In con- sequence of the omission in the notice ot ejectment of this allotment the present action was brought. The counterpart of the lease was put in and read, the notice to quit was also put in and read. Mr. V. Williams then called Catherine Thomas, 78 years of age, to prove that the three persons mentioned in the lease were dead, that Margaret T homas the daughter was buried in Rsthesda chapel burial ground, •^8 years ago; another witness was called, who proved he had a conversation with Daniel Thomas relative to the cottage, when he said, in reply to a question why he did not built a better cottage, that it would last his life, and that at his death he and his family had no further inter- est in the property, but it wo dd return to the owners of the Stepney estate, which was proved was now in the posses- sion of the plaintiff by the plaintiff's agent, Mr. Frederick Lewis Brrtwn. Mr. J. Evans, Q.C., for the defence, contended that the notice te auit was bad, as it called upon to give up the tenancy on the 29th of September, whereas the tenancy commenced in June, when the lease expired. After n short reply from Mr. Chilton, Q.C., the judge directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff. Counsel for plaintiff, Mr. Chilton, Q.C., and Mr. E. V. Williams; attorneys, Messrs. Brown and Grove, Llanelly. Counsel for defendant, in r. J. Evans, Q.C.; attorney, Mr. J. VVill:ams, Carmarthen. JJiie dew. HSr. G. IF. Green and others v. was an action of ejectment, which the plaintiffs sought to recover from the defendants. Mr. E. V. Will iams opened the pleadings. Mr. Chilton, Q.C-i addressed the jury for the pla;ntiff- and stated th::t the action was brought to recover a place called Milton Cottage, in the parish of Llaugathen, in this county, whk-h the plaintiffs contended belonged to them by virtue of a mortgage of £,)00 ad vanced upon those premises by the plaintills. Certain documents,con- veying the property, were in, the attestation to which was clearly proved. Air. iN 1eliolli cross examined the attesting witness, which caused some merriment in court, but did not shake his evidence in th. least, and briefly addressed thejury, stating that they had a good cause in equity, and although they may lose in this, they may win in another court. Tiie learned Judge at once directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiffs. Counsel for plaintills Messrs. J. Evans, Q.C., and E. V. Williams; Attorney, Mr. P. G. Jones. Counsel for defendants, Mr. Nichoil; Attorney, Mr. J ames Thuma", Llandilo. T'Aomns v. iloK'dl.—Mr. E. V. Williams opened the pleadings. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., then addressed the jury for the plaintiff, and observed, that this action was brought by Mr. Simon Thomas, a fanner, residing at Poutcarreg, !? L r ti?ii town, to rccover the sum of ?ii 215.I. 6d. from Mr. John Howell, all attorney of this town. The cause. of action arose from the following circumstance :—The defendant let to the plaintiff a farm, callcd Nantykee, adjoining his other farm and while in his occupation, a neighbour of his, named John Williams, claiiried a right of road over a part of the farm of Nantykee; but Mr. Howell, being an Attorney, brought an action against him in the name of Simon Thomas, without his knowledge or consent. When the plaintiff finds out that the action is commenced, he remonstrates with him, and tells him that he shall not use his name without first his (the defendant) giving iiim an indemnity that no cost or injury may befal him (the plaintiff) in the business. The defendant gives him the required indemnity. The plaintiffhad an execu- tion put in his house for the sum of jC62 15s. 6d., which he was obliged to pay and he further brought an action against plaintiff for his rent, which he was obliged also to pay, as well as defendant's costs. Mr. E. V. Williams then called J. Thomas, Derllys, father of plaiiitity, who proved the signature of defendant to the indemnity, which was put in and read. Thomas Lamb was afterwards examined, and proved the levy upon plaintiff's cattle, and the payment of iC.58 and some shillings, the aiiiourit oftlie execution, and the re- mainder (amount ot the levy) iiiakim-, a total of £ H2 15s. Gd. Mr. Lew is Morris was then called to produce the original writ, which he did. Mr. J. Evans, Q.C., in cross-examining Mr. Morris, elicited the fact that no fees were payable on levies of the description above alluded to. Mr. Evans, Q.C., tor the defendant, contended that the indemnity was not bunting, as there Was no consideration in the body, and it would not do to conjecture a consi- deration. His Lordship overruled the objection. The learned Judge then summed up, and said that the plaintiff claimed an indemnity from defendant, which was given but defendant said he might trust him without one. His Lordship said, the defendant must pay the £ 62 los. 6d. The plaintiff was obliged to pay a fine of £ o for having the agreement stamped, but he cannot get that sum in addition, as the law will not Itdmit of it; I wish I could give it him as he deserves it. Verdict for plaintiff. £m, ljs. (id. damages. On the application of Mr. John Evans, Q. C., leave was given to move for a nonsuit or reduce the damages. Counsel for plaintiff Messrs. Chilton, Q. C. and E. V. Williams; Attorney, Mr. Richard Rees, Carmarthen. Counsel for defendant, Mr. J. Evans,Q. C.; Attorney, in person. Wood v. Rr>j'rr<>.— I n this case the record was withdrawn. James v. James.— This was an action for debt, and a verdict was given for plaintiff by consent of defendant, damages .t'l:lö 13s. Od. ISrown v. Adams.—This was an action brought by Frederick Lewis Brown, an attorney, of Llanelly, against E. II. Adams, Esq., of Middleton Hall, for the sum of £ H> 10s., for work and labour. It appeared that in the year 18-J'2, Mr. Adams contested the representation of the county of Carmarthen; that he appointed Mr. Lewis Morris his electioneering agent, and that Mr. Morris sent a retainer to Mr. Brown to hire him on behalf of Mr. Adams at the ensuing election. The retainer was accompanied by live guineas, which was con- sidered as binding Mr. Brown to Mr. Adams's service. Mr. Brown, in consequence of instruc ions received, forwarded lists of voters, and served motions of objec- tions and claims on the overseers, & He attended the Revising Barristers' Courts, and three of his clerks with him, and that he did other work, for which altogether he charged £ TO 10s. The speech of the counsel for the plaintiff, lir. Chilton, let out a few of the schemes by which electioneering agents pursued their tactics, and the instructions sent to Mr. Brown were curious and laughable in the extreme. He was desired to form committees, district committees, and parochial committees, and to invite into the com- mittees as many Dissenting Ministers and persons of the lower order of people," as convenient. To call upon every elector and ascertain his politicai principles, and as to who would be most likely to influence them, this, as the learned counsel observed, was a touch at the wives." He was likewise to ascer- tain the church or chapel which each voter attended, and every voter was either to be sent for or called upon, and great stress was to be laid upon the fact of returning an Anti-Reformer with a Reformer. There was then some curious" bush fighting" with respect to the return of Sir James Williams, the voters being recommended to plump for Mr. Adams, although he had agreed to split his votes with Sir James. The consequence ot this ma- nceuvering was that Mr. Adams was elected, and Sir James was turned out. I r. Wilson, the counsel for the defendant, contended that Nl r. Lewis Morris did not order Mr. Brown to attend the Registration Courts, neither did he give him authority for hardly any of the items mentioned in the bill, that he certaiiilv gave him a retainer for the election, which election Mr. Brown never attended, he being then in London. His Lordship summed up, and thought with Mr. Wilson, that Mr. Brown had no authority for attending Registration Courts, although he had tor the other items in the bill. His Lordship deducted the items, and recommended the jury to find a verdict for jCH. Th. j'iry aiter a short consultation found a verdict for the plaintiff. f)am:lg,>s £;5. His turdship asked them how they made that amount. A juryman answered that they had deducted the expen- ses at the barristers' c-ourtq, and had added £ 11 Ils. ior Mr. Brown's activity at the election, as several jurymen happened to know that Mr. Brown had been extremely active. .I His Lordship then had the jury who had been locked up brought into the hall, and he asked them if they had r.ny dififculty in ifnding their verdict? One of them replied that there were nine for an acquittal, and three for conviction. His Lordship then kindly summed up the evidence again for them, and they declared they were as far from agreeing as ever. His Lordship then directed them to be locked without firt, candle, meat, or drink until 9 o'clock on the following morning. The Court rose at about 7 o'clock. FRIDAY. The Court opened this morning at nine o'clock, when the borough jury were brought into Court, having been locked up all night, at last they agreed to a verdict of guilty against the prisoner,, for stealing lead. The learned J udge sentenced the prisoners to four months' imprison- ment and hard labour. Mr. George Thomas, jun., who conducted the prosecu- tion, did not proceed with the other two bills which were found against them by the grand jury, for stealing lead, the property of two other parties. Doe dem. Williams v. Traters.-This was the first cause tried to-day, and was proceeding when we went to press. It was ultimately arranged we believe, by consent, that the defendant should put the premises in repair.
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BIRMINGHAM CHURCH RATE.—The poll has closed. The Kross numbers are, for the rate, 89 against it, 3,889. Du-rii.s ON FRENCH BIUNDY, &c.-Onucl,-putation, consisting, amongst other persons, of several members ot the French House of Commons, waiting upon M. Guizot some few days back, and urging the termination of the treaty with England, the following was the answer they received :Nl. G,,iizot expressed his thorough conviction of the benefits which would arise from this great compact, and the incumbent duty of bringing it to a conclusion but, he added, that at the present critical moment it was not possible to proceed with a measure which, amidst its great advantages to the community at large, militated so much against so many peculiar interests. He at the same time said, that as soon as the elections (which will take place in July) were accomplished, the treaty of commerce would be the object of his earliest and most zealous efforts. Until the month of August or September, therefore, this subject was destined to remain latent, or in abeyance. In the mean time, the French wine-growers entertained a hope of obtaining a reduction at least upon brandy. The duty on brandy is 600 per tent. on the higher and 1,200 per cent. on the more ordinary qualities. Only £ 300,900 worth is imported yearly into England, while nearly ten times the amount of what is called French brandy is sold in this country. The duty is enormous; the fraud and smuggling practised still more so. The consequences of adulteration alone are highly injurious, as brandy is employed even medicinally mixed with water as a drink —and 0 I account of certain principles (which one of the greatest English. philosophels has demon- strated) it possesses, when pure, a salubrity which no other strong spirituous liquor possesses. DAMAGED T^A ANC ADULTERATED SUGAR.-In the last poor-law circular, a letter appears from a London tradesman, containing an admission of having served a union in this country" with tea that had been immersed in salt water, and sugar that had been adulterated;" and. offering, in consWeration of the board of guardians with- (I awillgthat he will pay the bill of costs as between attorney and client, and give -t-i to any charita- ble purposes the toard mav point out; conditionally, that tiie board does not publish his letter, but forward it to the commissioners to be made such use of as if they may think. The collln. lissionersillow the compromIse, but pub- lish the letter, as a proof, they say, that the boards of guar- dians have the means, if they exercise proper vigilance, of effectually protecting their own body, and the poor, against any frauds wnich may be atteiinped." The true version of her Majesty's tasting the grog; on board of the Queen during her late visit to Portsmouth, is as follows :-Strict orders had been given to the men that when her Majesty came down to the lower deck to see them at mess, they should not speak a word, but I preserve as profound a silence as possible. Jack of course was too much taken up with watching the royal visitor to think of talking, save, perhaps, the desire of whispering to his messmate a comment or so on the mpteor passing before him. All was still. Her Majesty tasted the cocoa, and approved of it-yet all was still. Her Majesty then inquired whether there was no stronger beverage allowed the men, and forthwith a tumbler of three-water grog" was handed her. She raised it to her lips-when Jack forgot his orders, and tJre, distincr cheers ran round the deck with such "a will, that the ship's sides seemed to start with the sudden explosion. The honour done was more than a sailor could bear without clearing his heart by an h jzza and her Majesty must have read in those honest cheers the spirit with which the British tar is ready to meet her eileillies-for he enters into action with the same enthusiastic cheering which then burst on the royal ear. He meets friend and foe with a similar greeting—a voice fraught with terror to the one, but, in the Wl--er, inspiring trust, security, and con fiLletice.-J,ii Bull. ASSIZES.—CARLISLE, MARCH 5.-The on'y case of interest here was that of an old man, 73 years of age, of vcnerablc appearance, whose head was silvered o'er with grey," who tvas charged with stealing lilbs. 'weight of pea-straw. He had had the misfortune while in jail to break one of his legs, and was brought into Court on a m.ui's back, and placed in the dock in a chair. When called upon to plead he answered in a very firm toria, I am not guilty." He was possessed of a field, a able, and cowhouse. He had not ar;y coiiiisel, nor tild he apparently take any concern in the proceedings, but seemed 'to trust to the consciousness of innocence, and calmly waited the result. The evidence against him was extreittely slight, and the jury immediately pronounced an acquittal. The judge directed the keeper of the jail to discharge him as soon as he foulllfit convenient to go a id he was borne away in the same manner as he was brought. The verdict appeared to give general satisfaction. BEDFORD, MONDAY, MARCH LK—THE QUE-EN V. BURKE, LORD CIIETWOOD, AND TEN OIIIERS.—This was an indictment for a riot and assault, committed by the several defendants in the month ot' February,, 1841, at Holleut, in this county, on the occasion of a prize-fight between two persons of the names of Adams and Cain. Mr. Gunning, for the defendants, said he was instructed to withdraw their plea and to allow the Crown to take a' verdict against them. The defendants were satisfied, on reflection, that what had taken place could not be justified in a court of law and that being so, they were desirous of taking the only course wh:ch could be properly adopted. On the. behalf he was instructedto make every apology which gentlemen ought to make, and which gentlemen ouglltto expeet and to receive. j|r- Andrews, for the prosecution, said, that after what he had heard he would only say that his clients were perfectly satisfied. He had only to add, that in consequence the defendants would not be called upon to receive the judgment of the court. The learned Judge (Lord Chief Justice Tindal,) said, there could he no possible objection to the course proposed by the counsel for the defendants, and the jury would, there- fore, return a verdict of Guilty, Such verdict was accordingly returned, and thus ainicaldy ended this long- pending prosecution. EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT CARLISLE.— About two o'clock on Saturday morning a fire was dis- covered at the Anget ?"S'ish-street, Carlisle, kept by a wico v named Christopherson. The police officer, who discovered the nre, knocked loudly at the door, and sprang his rattle, but did not get an answer for twenty minutes, when Mrs. cnstophersen appeared in her night dress and opened the front door. The only inmates of the house were—Mrs. Cristopherson, her daughter Fran- ces, and the servant Mary Blaylock. The police officers were quickly upon the spot; but so furiously was the fire raging, that it was found necessary to take Mrs. Christ- opherson, her daughter, and servdllt, out of the front room window. The ffre engines were quickly brought and being plentifully sûpphed with water, the fire was subdued in about an hour. Mr. Graham, the superin- tendent of police, on entering the premises, soon became convinced that they had been wilfully set on fire, the flooring being torn up, and peat sticks and shavings placed therein for firillo, the premises. The landlady, her daughter, and servant, were accordingly examined before the magistrates at the Town Ilall, at eleven o'clock, when the servant made a confession to the effect that she had assisted her mistress in setting fire to the house at her own desire. The mistress did not deny her guilt, but said the servant first proposed the commission of the crime, as she wanted to go to her husband who was in America. The prisoners were remanded. The house had been insured in October last. CONVICTION FOR INIURDFR.-At the Nottingham Assizes, on Saturday, John Jones, alias Samuel Moore, aged 2i, a shoemaker, was tried for the murder of Mary Ilallam, at Mansfield, on 30th December. The prisoner had for a short time lodged with the father and mother of the deceased, where he became intimate with his un- fortunate victim. The parents did not at first discourage his attentions to their daughter, but subsequently, from causes which did not transpire at the trial, they objected to them, and required him to loavO, tW house. On the day of the murder they had left the deceased at home with a female friend, but on their return home she was missing. After searching in all directions for her, the father took a lantern and went to a shed where the pri- soner worked, and there dIscovered his daughler wehering in her blood, with her head nearly severed from her body. The prisoner, who was almost immediately afterwards appreliended at a public house in the neighbourhood, at once confessed the murder, saying, "her father and mother wotil-I riot let him have her, and he was determined that no one else should. He had, therefore, destroyed her, and intended to have killed himself afterwards, but could not carry out his intention- He knew he must die, and it was right he should. It would he a warning to others." The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the judge sentenced him to death. Farmers'' and ;urd"II£r.' Had Storm Insurance Company. —The petition for leave to bring in a bill to establish this company, was presented to the House of Commons by P. Pusey, Esq., M.P., on Wednesday, and leave granted. CONI-ESSION OF A MURDER.— Information has just been forwarded to the authorities of Ireland, respecting a confession of a murder having been committed by private Robert Murray, of the 8!)th regiment. From his state- ment it appears that he was in company with two men, by the name of Henry Shaw, and a man named Hicks, at the murder of Mr. M' N are, between the towns of Belfast and Lisbourne, in Ireland, about the latter end of February, 1821, which Murray charges upon the two individuals named. Mr. M'N are's brother ofFet-ed,14)01. for the apprehension of the murderers. PROCf;SSIO:Hecently at Dublin, a great number of Orangemen, upwards of ninety, were arraigned for walking in procession, &e. When mustered they entirely filled the gallery, the old dock, front dock, and every other available spot where a prisoner could be kept in the custody of a gaoler. They submitted, and were sen- tenced to various amounts of fines, from £ 2 to £ 10. REMARK\RLE FECUN I)ITY.-On a gentleman's farm, in the neighbourhood of Pwllheli, a fine ewe was found to be unwell for some days, and was observed not to be able to follow the rest of the flock. One morning last week, a raven was seen near the place where the ewe was resting; on a dose inspection, it was found that the raven had actually picked one of the sheep's eyes out. The worthy owner, on hearing of the circumstance, ordered the ewe to be sfau?htercd and buried. On opening it.nvefull grown lambs, three males, and two fem'dcs, were fJund in ?;ts bell), C'urnai-voii /YfraM. Dr.s-TRUCTioN or 6,000 MEN"! -Theaecmtits received from the theatre of war confirm the worst fears which rumour had excited regarding tlie destruction of (>,000 men in Afghanistan, anti the total overthrow of our re- cently acquired power in that quarter, together with the unsatisfactory progress of the Chinese ttfair, &e. &-c.- A 'o/uvifurmist. DISASTERS AT SEA DURING THE HURRICANE.— Considerable sensation has been excited during the last two or three days amongst the numerous frequenters of Lloyd's, by the iiisastrons accounts that have been rc- cei ved from all parts of the coast, detailing the dreadful effects and destruction ot lite and property during the tremendous hurricane on the morning of Thursday last, which appears to have extended over the whole of Eng- land. Already has intelligence been received of the loss of 2-J vessels, attended with an awful sacrifice of human life; and from the great quantities of spars and pieces ot wreck that have strewed the coast since, it is apprehended that many others foundered during the storm. Among the other vessels lost amidst the fury of the storm are the following:—1 he 1 ujo, a large sloop, belong ng to Bristol, Williams, master, lost on the Nass Sand. All on board, consisting of five individuals, were drowned. The sloop Betsy, belonging to Boston, drove on the rocks near S keg- ness, a few miles from Wainfleet, and immediately be- came a wreck. Crew saved themselves by the stern boat. The brig Mary Ann, on her voyage to Lisbon, from Shields, heavily laden with coals, foundered near Beachy Head; the crew saved by means of the longboat. Vessel valued at 2000/. The Minerra, belonging to Sunderland, wrecked at the entrance of Calais harbour; crew saved by the lifeboat, manned by s amen belonging to her Ma- jesty's packet Widt/eon. Loss estimated The Sylph, Captain Levins, of and for Jersey, from Shields, with a cargo of coals, sank in about It fathoms water, Beachy Ilead bearing east by south, Shoreham north, and three miles from land; loss said to be 8001. The schooner Ann and Mary, commanded by Captain Crostli- waite, at the entrance of Montrose harbour: the crew (exccpt one) were lost. The brigs Nottinykam, from Yarmouth to Belfast, and Maria, from Santander for London, were totally wrecked off Dungeness: two of the crew belonging to the latter named vessel perished. The Alert, from London to Portsmouth, with government stores, drove on shore near Selsey Bill, and is expected to become a wreck: the crew and master's wife took re- fuge in the rigging for five hours, and almost perished with wet and cold, but were saved. The Dove, a fishing smack, foundered off Nettlestone, and the sloop Thomas, belonging to Perth, went down near the entrance of Dun- dee harbour; the crews of each vessel were saved by the rigging. There are several other vessels lost, but their names are not exactly known. MYSTERIOUS lISIT.-Or, Friday morning at day- break, a French frigate was discovered lying at the Nore. The Campcrdown guard-ship made signals to her which were not answered. The Growler man of war steamer was immediately ordered to speak to her, but before the steam could be raised the stranger hoisted her sails and disappeared. The visit of an armed vessel of a friendly nation so far inland and under such circumstances, is a mystery which puzzles seamen, as well as landsmen. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn went to Westminster school on Tuesday week, to solicit an "early holiday" for the scholars in honour of St. David's Dav. The custom was established by the late Baronet, who, like the present Sir Watkin, was educated at this school. Following the custom of his father, Sir Watkin also presented a so- vereign to every boy who claimed Cambria as his birth- place, or as the home of his ancestors. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who was educated at Westminster, always procures a holiday for the boys in honour of St. Patrick's Day. THE LATE THEODORE IIOOK.—1 lie complete destitu- tion of the family ef this popular writer may be judged from tire fact that his personal property has been sworn under the value of klOO. The will and codicils are very short, the whole being on a single sheet of letter-paper, and dated as far back as 1828. A CONSONANT" ERRATUM.—A printer some time ago by 4 slight mistake, libelled an honourable man of the last Parliament, by styling him the "member for KnavesLorouyh." Would not a medivs terminus between that and Foolsborough serve the present time remarkably pat. STEEPLE-RACING.—I certainly am averse to it as at present conducted, having had too much experience if what horses can do over a country, not to be convinced that we trespass too severely on their noble and generous nature when we require them to go four miles, in these races, at a racing pace; and I also, despite his d ispleasure, shall continue to protest against the general disuse of the bearing rein on road coach horses. With its disllse the neatness of coachmanship has disappeared, and many a good hoise has been sacrificed by doing half the work of his partner when under an unskilful hand—to say nothing of the several fatal accidents that have resulted to coach passengers from this cause alone.—Ninirod. TO1 PAINE ANt) SIP. It. PEEL.-Tliere are only two instances within memory of a person being burned in efligy at Carnarvon, and that these two individuals were the celebrated Tom Paine and the present slippery tory premier, Sir R. Peel.—Carnarvon Hfrrald.. LABOUR AND WAGES.—At Strdtford, in Essex, up- wards of one thousand persons are employed in stay-mak- ing. After labouring 12 hours per day their earnings do not amount to 2 £ d. each. How TO CURE THE RHEUMATISM. A respectable tradesman in Market Harborough had been afflicted with the rheumatism, for some time past, from the left hip to the toot, so as scarcely to be able to attend to business. About three weeks since, coming down a ladder, when he had two steps to descend he thought he was at the bot- tom, and put his left foot out to touch the ground. The sudden jerk removed the rheumatic paiti, and he has not felt it f'uee.—Jjcicestcr Mercury. THE PREMIER AND THE PASTRY COOK.-Tiie Con- stantinople correspondent of the Morning Chronicle relates a curious anecdote of the new prime minister of Turkey, Izzet Mehemet Pacha. The vizier has revived the old practice ot perambulating the capital incognito, and went the other day, into the shop of a pastry-cook, disguised as a mendicant. Tendering half a piastre, lie requested to be served with an equivalent amount of a certain dainty. The shopkeeper replied that he did not sell it in such small quantities. The vizier importuned him to comply—the confectioner was obdurate. The seeming beggar persisting in his prayers, and expressing his ardent longing for a taste ohhe "cadait" he coveted, the passionate pastry- cook exclciÍmed," You may have a taste of iiiv ifyou likt- "Well, sirrah;" said the vizier, throwing off his disguise, I'll accept your offer, but it shall first be roasted Then, crying" Ho there!" two or three stout attendants rushed into the shop. The vizier gave them instructions how to act, and, seizing the poor cook, they seated him on a plate of heated iron, by which he was so severely burned that he afterwards died! [" 0, the wretch of a Turk I17 the old ladies of England will exclaim. And trulv the Turkish vizier must be a coarse brute. In this country, matters are managed with more refinement. Our Viziers tor- ture poor men to death with a sliding scale."] BUDDUGOLIAETII.—One of our Welsh cotemporaries after congratulating the Principality on having a royal prince of its own, thinks it "not irrelevant" to commu- nicate a few "interesting facts" for his future know- ledge," and forthwith indites a long, learned, and labo- rious article, explaining to His Royal Highness many matters which had possibly puzzled his in.ant mind, but which he will now understand with the greatest ease. We give a sample of Taffy's teaching:—"Among the millions of human beings that obey the rule of our gra- cious Queen, (he observes,) perhaps there are only a few literati in Wales who are aware that she is not the first sovereign of that name who has swayed the destinies of Great Britain. Victory, translated into the Ancient British language, i,s -hudduyoliaeih victorious, hudduyawl victrur or she who conquers, bttddug, (where the double d has the sound of the English tIt, in this, that, them.) Now Buddug was the real name of Boadicea, the brave though unfortunate Quef-n of the Icei, mentioned in Iloman history. We observe, then, that Victoria and Boadicea are pretty nearly identical; so that we are ROW governed, not by Victoria the First, but by Boadicea or Buddug the Second. There is no distinct account of any other Buddug or Queen Victoria in ancient British history." The reading of some of these hard words" will help his Royal Highness to cut his teeth." FACTORY FEMALES IN AMERICA.—The most striking and gratifying feature of Lowell, is the high moral and intellectual condition of its working population. In looking over the books of the mills we visited, where the operatives entered their names, I observed very few that were not written by themselves; certainly not five per cent. of the whole number Wfr signed with a mark, and many of these were evidently Irish. It was impos- sible to go through the mills, and notice the respectable appearance and becoming and modest deportment of the "factory girls," without forming a very favourable esti- mate of their character and position in society. But it would be difficult indeed for a passing observer to rate them so high as they are proved to be by the statistics of the place. The female operatives are generally boarded in houses built and owned by the" corporations" for whom they work, and which are placed under the superintendence of matrons of exemplary character, and skilled in housewifery, who pay a low rent for the houses, and provide all necessaries for their inmates, over whom they exercise a general oversight, receiving about one dollar and one-third from each per week. Each of these houses accommodates from thirty to fifty young women, and there is a wholesome rivalry among the mistresses which shall make their inmates most comfortable. We visited one of the boarding-houses, and were highly pleased with its arrangement. A considerable number of the factory girls are farmers' daughters, and come hither from the distant States of Vermont and New Hampshire, &c. to wor k for two, three, or four years, when they return to their native hills, dowered with a little capital of their own earnings. The factory operatives at L->well forma community that commands the respect of the neigh- botirliood, and of all under whose observation they come. No female of an immoral character could re- main a week in any of the mills. The l1per;n- maittaweekinanyofthemiHs. The su p erin- tendent of the Boott Corporation informed me, that, during the five and a half years of his supcrmtcn- dence of that factory, employing about nine hundred and fifty young women, he had known of but one case of an illegitimate birth—and the mother was an Irish immi- grant." Any male or female employed, who was known to be in a state of inebriety, would be at once dismissed. 0 The average wages, clear of bread, amount to two dollars a week. Many all aged t'iitliet- or nifftlier in tlie country, is made happy and comfortable, by the self-sa- crificing contributions from their affectionate and dutiful daughter here. Many an old hon e tead has been cleared of its incumbrances, and thus saved to the tanllly by these liberal and honest earnings. To the many and most gratifying and cheering facts, which, in the course of this examination, I have h,td occasion to s:ate, I here add a f-w others relating to the matter now u tder discussion, furnished me by Mr. Carney, the treasurer of the Lowell Institution for Savings. The whole number of depo- sitors in this institution, on the 23d J uly, w is nineteen hundred and seventy-six; the whole amount of the de- posits was three hundred and five thousand seven hun- dred and ninety- six dollars and seventy cents, (about £ (>0,000.) Of these depositors, nine hundre d and seventy-eight are factory girls, and the amount of their funds now in the bank, is estimated by iNIr. Ciirne)-, in round numbers, at 100,000 dollars. It is a comn.on thing for one of these girls to have five hundred dollrrs in deposit, and the only reason why she docs not cxcce i this sum is the fact, that the institution pays no interest on any larger sum than this. After reaching this amoud. ,lie invests her remaining funds eise,,N-liere. -Joseph S.'urge's Visit to the United States. Tin Welshman has now been established for more than Ten years, and erojoys a considerable share of public patronage. It has fought under the banner of" RATIONAL AND PROGRESSIVE REFORM," with undeviating rectitude, and undaunted courage, holding on its course "through evil and good report," notwithstanding a series of pro- secutions in its earlier career instituted for alleged in- fringements of the absurd, unjust, and now universally con- demned law of libel. Rendered prudent by experience the Welshman has become wiser, and perhaps also more wary as well as more considerate but though carefully avoiding the colour even of calumnious personalties, it is no less fearless and uncompromising in its Political Principles now than it was tiion; for we continue in its columns the advocacy of Liberal Whig principles in the true sense of the term—in matters ecclesiastical recognizing but one authority in matters Political but one rule. The friends of Civil and Religious Liberty we bow the knee to no lawgiver in the Church but Christ—we pay deference to no State policy which bases itself upon an infraction of uni versal justice. Do unto others i's ye would that others should do unto you," is the polai" sfar about which we wish to revolve. The Welshman claims, moreover, SUPERIORITY in all the various branches of a New.T,,iper:-tlie n.,)ezt inter- esting and useful as well as the LATEST intelligence in the political, trading, agricultural and ecclesiastical world are carefully condensed in its columns; "a week.! r retrospect" of the news of the Metropolis up to Wednes- day evenings is supplied by a gentleman, residing in London, who is possessed of peculiar facilities in obtain- ing information; reports of all public proceedings in the counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, and Gla- morgan, will be presented faithfully to the public; and no effort will be spared to make the Welshman AN ACCU- RATE AND COMPLETE RECORD OF ALL LOCAL AS WELL AS POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE OF PUBLIC INTEREST. As an advertising medium, the Welshman presents a peculiar claim, not only on account of its extensive cir- culation (being never less than 4,000 a month ;) but from the circumstance of its being the only Liberal paper pub- lished in the counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardi- gan. In conclusion—and while avowing that our objects are the advocacy of opinions which we deem essential to the happiness of our species, and the realization of a fair re- muneration for our toil and capital—we call upon every man to do his duty we call upon every Reformer in the districts through which the Welshman circulates, who really values his principles, and wishes to see them ex- tended, in order that they may become triumphant, to prove his sincerity of heart by earnestly and SUB- STANTIALLY supporting the paper whose con- scientious and uncompromising advocacy of truth is in unison with his own sentiments.
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CARMARTHEN, FRIDAY, MARCH 18. I The three great events of the past week were the disastrous news from the East, the Division on the second reading of the Corn Importation Bill and the Financial Statement of the minister; nor has there transpired since anything of equal political importance, or indeed anything at all calling for comment. With regard to India it is necessary only in addition to the intelligence already in the possession of our readers to refer them to the statement made by Sir Robert Peel last Friday which will be found in our present impression. The minister, it will be seen, said that Her Majesty's government were resolved to take every means in its power to prevent that partial disaster from producing any injurious effects, and he had not the slightest doubt that parliament would give it its confi- dence and support. Whatever demands it mig-ht be necessary to uir.ke to repair that disaster, in ordor to satisfy the public in that country and in India, and throughout the world, they were determined to abate no exertions in order to maintain their Indian empire." This announcement was received by the House with loud cheers, and so we may expect a war in the East-more sanguinary and costly we appre- hend than short and glorious. There is however no help for it. The division on the second reading of the new Corn Importation Bill (the result of which was published last Friday night in a second edition of the Welshman) is chiefly remarkable for the enlightened and statesmanlike sentiments delivered during the debate by the leading members opposed to the sliding scale. Lord Howick's speech more especially abounds with the closest and most cogent argument clothed in the convincing elo- quence Of truth, and it would be hard to say whether the soundness of his lordship's views or the beauty of the language in which he conveyed them will be more admired. In such a case where every passage is alike good, no selection on the ground of preference of course can be made, and we enrich our columns with one or two of them, only because they are the shortest. Speaking of that very equivocal thing called "protection" Lord Howick said As to that argument, he protested against such a use of the word "protection." (Hear, hear.) It was an absurdity not suited to this age of the world. The only protection to which agriculture, or any other branch of industry, was entitled, was that which secured to every man the fruits of his own honest labours.—(hear)—which protected him from being subject to be deprived by others of a part of the produce of his own industry. (Hear.) That was the only protection which he had ever acknow- ledged to be due to agriculture or any other branch of our national industry. (Hear, hear.) But was it not an abuse of language, when, under the name of protection, they gave any particular class of the community the power of saying to their fellow-subjects and fellow- citizens-" You shall take those things which we produce at higher prices than similar articles which you might purchase elsi where; you shall not be at liberty to make the most of the produce of your industry; you shall not be at liberty to exchange that which you have produced in the manner most advantageous to your interests but, by a fiscal regulation which we have introduced, it is our intention to compel you to pay more tor the articles of domestic produce than you would pay for the same kind of articles elsewhere." The following extract from his Lordship's speech cannot be read without interest as well as conviction. How truly and eloquently does the Noble Lord allude to the disposition and direction of men's minds and actions by an all-wise superintending Providence.— In the whole order of creation there was nothing more marvellous, and, at the same time, more striking, than the manner in which, by the combined operation of a number of individuals, none of whom, perhaps, be- stowed a thought upon the public necessity—each seeking to promote only his own private and individual interest— the supply of food to a great community was regulated. The manner in which, without waste, without interrup- tion, without irregularity, each individual of a large nation was supplied with a proper portion of food, in proportion to the supply—the price varying in such a manner as to enable the production to be continued, and at the same time without undue pressure on the consumer —the manner in which all these things took place without interference on the part of any public authority, by the mere agency of a set ot traders, who were as unconscious as t, s of some vast machine of the result of their combined operations, was indeed wonderful; and the more one considered this beautiful mechanism of society, the more must one be convinced that it was the appoint- ment of unerring wisdom, and infinite benevolence. (Hear, hear.) Yet it was with this system that man presumed by the clumsy contrivance of legislation to interfere (hear, hear) and not satisfied with the order of society appointed by Providence, and with the means which Providence had established for the regulation of the supply of food, but must attempt to correct and improve what Providence had established. It really was quite extraordinary to observe how slow we were to learn the folly and presumption of such interference. There were men now alive who could remember the laws passed bv our ancestors against forestalling and regrating bring enforced, and practices denounced from the scat of justice as mischievous and injurious, which every man of ordinary education was now convinced were not only innocent, but of the greatest advantage to society. We now understand the fol'y of interference, so far as internal trade was concerned; freedom was established in that branch of commerce; but with respect to our foreign trade we still obstinately clung to restrictions and con- trivances framed in the silliest spirit, and characterised alike by folly and presumption. (Cheers.)" We have on many occasions avowed our con- viction that Sir Robert Peel having been impelled by the flood-tide of public opinion to strike the Tory flag which had heretofore been nailed to the mast in favor of the old Corn-laws would be l compelled to surrender to the sense of the nation —to that great power against which no Minister, no Parliament, nay not bven Majesty itself with all its means and applicants to boot, can long or successfully withstand. Lr:)l"d Howick is of the same opinion. His Lordship said that it was plain that Sir Robert Peel cO'uld not stop where he began the sliding-scale cot,.tld not be deemed, nor was it, a final measure. The agriculturist had returned a4, majority to Parlia- ment, and established a government 1"1 which they had implicit confidence, and which was s tronger than any government that had existed for some .years. Whence, then, had it been that this ministry had, ..immediately on their accession to power, struck the which had hitherto been nailed to the mast in favour of the corii laws ? Obviously, bctause it was perceived the it the tceight of public opinion had been decidedly directed against the existing law. The right hon. baronet would, et-c long, have to come down to the House and confess that hi- was at length convinced by experience that the measc-re would not work well, and that it was his duty to alter it. Nobody knows this better than Sir Robert Peel himself. He knows that the Government scheme gticisfies no class in the country the right hon. bart. perfectly aware that the agriculturists are disappointed, the manufacturers dissatisfied, and the masses disgusted. Hence nothing would less surprise us tan to see Sir Robert come down to the House n xt Session with another and more substantial concession to the country on the sub- ject of the Corn- laws-those laws to foretell the end and utter extinction of which requires no prophet. The pear hc.'w'ever is not at this moment quite ripe. There is a n,53 of stupidity and pre- judice to be cleared away .from the minds of the more ignorant amongst the a^*ri^tdturists before a. just and comprehensive measure can be carried through a House of Commons, constituted as the present one is, and of which the gt.eat majority think they have a direct interest in the of all corn, but that which is grown 011 tllcir L',w- estates. This erroneous view however is fast giving way. Lord Howick said that in the country with which he was connected, he was enabled to say that the opinion of the best and ablest agriculturists been shown in the strongest manner to be in favour of a change of the Corn-laws. They had little fear even of a greater change than that which was last year proposed. It was notorious that in Scotland and irt the north of England, and, indeed,' wherever the land was best cultivated, and where the best informed and most intelligent race of farmers was to be found, the opinion in favour of a change was general and almost universal. It was in those parts of the country alone where the most barbarous and negligent system of agriculture prevailed that any apprehension as to the effect of an alteration of the law was at all entertained." What Lord Howick says of Scotland applies also to Wales, for in the Principality as elsewhere we invariably find intelligence and industry, in favor of a fair trade in corn, while ignorance and indo- lence on the contrary naturally enough are seen standing side-bv-side, unobservant of the signs of the times—inattentive to the great revolutions which are constantly proceeding according to the order of Providence, and criminally indifferent to their own interests and the common-weal. Hap- pily the number of the stolid and slothful is small as compared with the intelligence and industry of the country and that number too, small as it is, is now daily diminishing.
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On the Budget, the remaining topic alluded to in a preceding article, we have left to us but small space for remark. The subject however is an important one, and the details connected with it, which may be seen in our Parliamentary report, will be read with an avidity proportioned to their great importance by such of our subscribers as have not already seen Sir Robert Peel's Financial Statement. More taxes are the burden of the Tory Minister's new plan of finance. He tells the House that they ceuld not reconcile it to their consciences to hope for relief from diminished taxation—that in addition to the heavy taxes already dragged out of the pockets of John Bull every quarter-day the Premier must be permitted to bleed him still more, and to take from him annually upwards of Four Millions and a qusrter. Depletion is the state- doctor's direct object and accordingly he purposes to take away from every man or rather from every man above the rank of a pauper about f3 from every hundred pounds inco;ne-no matter whence the income is derived whether it come fro:n capital or from labour the tax-gatherer's claw is to be laid upon it. Comforting this for the trader and indeed for all classes save the millionaires, the very opulent, who are obviously the only people that ought not to be exempt from bearing the brunt of this new blow and great drain on the resources of the country. The income tax is not only a heavy blow and a great dis- couragement to the industrial classes of the commuuity but it is a bad tax in every respect. From its inquisi- torial character, it is odious in the highest and most offensive degree conceivable. It is indeed so repulsive to the habits and feelings of Englishmen, that notwithstand- ing all the cant employed about it, out, as well as, in Par- liament, we do not believe the country will tolerate its imposition or cease to regard it with hate and indigna- tion if it be carried—as of course it will in the present House of Commons, which is but a public convenience fjr sick and superannuated Conservatism. We would hsre invite attention to the resolutions against the princi- ple of an income tax, to be laid on the table of the House of Lords, by Lord Brougham; they are declaratory of the injustice and impolicy of a tax on income which ought to form no part of the ordinary re- sources of the state. "Revive the Income-tax sa s the Chronicle, and you must revive the odious inqui- sition by which alone its amount can be ascertained you must again make some of every man's neighbours spies on him, and others tyrants over him. Again you will shake down every tottering fortune and unstable credit in the land; and impose on distress the necessity of sub- mitting to the pressure of undue taxation in order to escape a fatal exposure. Again you must bear hard on the honest, and, after subjecting them to their own scruples, and insulting them by injurious doubts, squeeze out of their consciences enough to supply the deficiencies created by the knavery to which you give full scope." To a Property-tax we should offer little objection, but an Incomc-tax-a tax, be it remembered, which robs honest industry to pamper mistaking monopoly-which violates the sanctuary of our hearths, invades the privacy of our homes, calls for our Bankers'-book, examines our ledger, and in short, ser.ds a person armed with the authority of law to pry into all our private pecuniary concerns-we hold, we say, an inquisitorial tax of this tyrannical and detestable description, an infringement on the rights and liberties of the subject, if not a violation of Magna ( harta -at all events, a more tin-English measure could not have been devised. In its operation too, it will be no less hateful and unjust than partial. Having thus unreservedly expressed our opinion of the worst feature in the new plan of finance we n--ist now in candour, not only avow our concurrence with the ge- r.eral fiscal policy which Sir Robert Peel's scheme embraces, but also congratulate the country once more upon the progress which sound views seem to be making. The minister it will be seen despite the notorious repug- nance of his Tory followers to Liberal (which lS hut another name for rational) principles of Z-Gi-nmercial polity comes down to the House and declares to them, and in the face of the country that nas wrung this con- cession even from a Conser vative Cabinet that the tariff must be reformed-tbrt the day for high duties and restrictions has gone by and a better system must instantly acted :Ipon. The first Minister of the Croyin iih short espouses those selfsame principles which the ff elshmar has feebly perhaps, but often an4 tirgently advocated m these columns—our own laisez-faire com; mercial policy is, in principle, adopted by the Premier. On looking at the tariff, the right hon. baronet says, he. finds two hundred different articles subject to various rates uf duty; he proposes a complete- revision and 1\ comprehensive alteration. w The general principle upoi\ which we will proceed (he says) will be, first, the removai and thfr relex,ation of duties of a prohibitory nature (hear, hear, and loud cheers) and secondly, a reduction of the duties upon the raw materials for manufactures to, a very considerable extent (renewed cheering from the opposition.) In some cases I propose to retain merely a nominal duty for the purpose of affording statistical information; and in no case, or in-scarcely-any case, will we propose to lay a duty upon raw ina-terials for manu- factures exceeding 5 per cent.; and as I said before, in, many cases the duty will be merelya nominil one (hear. J With respect to the duty upon articles which are partly manufactured, I willalso propose a considerable reduction, I shall propose, speaking generally, and not in reference