The Welshman

PEMBROKESHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. I The Midsummer Quarter Sessions for the county of Pembroke commenced at the Shire Hall, Haverfordwest, on Tuesday, before the following bench of magistrates -J. H. Scourfield, Esq., M.P. (chairman) J. B. Bowen, Esq., Llwyngwair (vice-chairman); E. T. Massy, Esq., Cottesmore Lewis Mathias, Esq., Lamphey Park W. Owen, Esq., Withybuah Oliver Powell, Esq., Wyngron Admiral Lord Stokes, Scotch- well House; Lloyd Philipps, Esq., Dale Castle; Capt. E. Lloyd Philipps, Pentyparke; W. F. Roch Esq. Butter Hill; J. Harvey, Esq., Haverfordwest; Capt. Penry, Peterwell, Carmarthen Rev S. W. Saunders. St. Ishmael's Capt. Higgon, Scolton Rev J. Tombs, Burton Rev R. Buckby. Begelly Rev W. D. Berrington, Nolton; Dr Dyster, Tenby 0. E. Davies, Esq., Haverfordwest; W. H. Owen, Esq., Narberth, and T. Skone, Esq., Haroldstone Cottage. Mr William Sambrooke qualified as portreeve of Cilgerran. The Chief Constable reported that :he was sorry to have again to draw the attention of the court to the continued changes occurring in the police force. In the past twelve months eighteen per cent had been dismissed or had resigned. Those resigning bad done so in almost every instance to obtain better situations in other forces. Having a continual influx of recruits he could not keep up the force to that standard of efficiency that they had a right to expect. But so long as they remained the very worst paid force in the kingdom he could not expect it otherwise. He thought it his duly to bring these facts before the court, in order that if any com- plaint should be m&de of their shortcomings, the blame may not rest on him. Since the last court three con- stables had resigned at their own request and two had been dismissed for bad conduct. The Visiting Justices of the gaol reported that the health of the prisoners had been good as also their conduct, with one exception, that of a female, who had on two occasions been placed under mechanical restraint. The behaviour of this woman had also brought to their attention the great desirability of having a punishment cell for females. They also reported that in consequence of defects in some of the present rain water pipes some of the cells had become damp and unfit for use. They had been replaced by new pipes of a larger size. On the motion of Mr Massy, the Surveyor was instructed to prepare a plan of a new cell for the pun- ishment of females, and to report to the next sessions. The Visiting Justices were re-appointed. The governor of the gaol reported that during the quarter the daily average of prisoners had been 28; and their general health had been very good. Several of the prisoners now in the gaol were soldiers for various civil offences, and for many months past there had been a great number of soldinrs in the gaol. There were at present in the gaol 17 males and 4 females. In reply to the* court the gaoler said the ac- commodation in the gaol was for fifty prisoners. The Surgeon of the gaol reported that the health of the prisoners during the quarter had been uniformly good, and no special remarks were required. Charlotte Wilmot had been very riotous, and it was necessary to subject her to restraint. In the case of Sydney Alder, now in prison awaiting his trial for manslaughter, his health had been so indifferent as to call for extra care and diet. The Chairman said, with regard to the Joint Counties Asylum, Dr Hearder had sent down the plans of the proposed alteration of the mansion house. The plans had been approved in the other counties. Mr W.Owen said the alteration had been commenced. He should like to know what right they had to commence work that had not been sanctioned by this court. The Chairman said it was a matter of urgent necessity. The plans bad been approved by the other counties, and Dr Hearder came here from Cardiganshire on the second day of the last sessions. Although it was thought that the plans should be submitted to the court to-day, it was considered advisable not to delay the work for had they waited until now they would have lost three months of the most valuable portion of the year. Mr Owen said the matter had been taken out of their bands The Chairman said they stood in a different position to what they did formerly. They now received a contribution of £1400 or £ 1500 a-year from Government and if they made no demands upon the county except such as were absolutely necessary, he did not think they ought to object. And if they had not commenced some part of the work, the past three months would have been thrown away, and the result would have been that they would have to do the same thing at a greater expense. Mr Owen said the Government did not contribute towards the building. The Chairman said the Government contributed a portion of what used to come out of the pockets of the ratepayers so that it was the same thing. Dr Dyster said the delay arose because the Cardi- ganshire sessions were held on the I"amc day as the sessions for Pembrokeshire. But, notice of the pro- jected building bad been given by him. The Chairman said the whole of the expense was only about MOO, and the building would accommodate about 00 epileptic patients. He thought they had better confine themselves at present to looking at the plans they could come to the application for money aghm. The Bridge Surveyor in his report mentioned that Fishguard new bridge had been complded and opener) for traffic and the contractor bad performed the work satisfactorily. He had not yet had an opportunity of going into the quantities but hoped to do so previous to the next quarter sessions. It was his opinion tlrat the piers of the old bridge should be removed. If allowed to remain they would have a tendency to injuriously affect the foundations of the new bridge. The owner ot the mill above the bridge has caused a diversion of the river, which would also act injuriously upon the foundations. Generally, he thought it would be an advantage if the distance above and below a bridge where the county had jurisdiction were properly detined. He directed attention to the necessity of making a large drain across the hill on the Fishguard side, to prevent the water scouring and injuriog the roadway during floods. The Treasurer's accounts were received, and a county rate of a ball-penny in the pound and a police rate of the same amount were ordered. In reply to Mr O. E. Da vies, the Treasurer said these rates were est'mated upon the last assessment. The Chairman said the next motion stood in his name. It was, That the magistrates do take into consideration the state of Maenclochog police station, with the view to the enlargement of the present building or the construction of a new one." In reply to the Chairman the Surveyor said he had no plan prepared. Mr W. Owen asked whether the additional accom- modation was required. The Surveyor said the accommodation might be re- quired. The Chief Constable said the Goveerament Inspector had condemned the present building altogether and they now depended upon the Government for CI300 a-year. ? ?Ir W. Owen said the present house was built upon the plan of tbe;Governroent as was also the station honse at Saundersfoot. The Chief Constable said they had constructed a new station house at Saundeisfoot. Capt. Higgon said it would be very injudicious of f'.ein to ignore the recommendation of the Inspector. The Chief Constable said there were large fairs held at Maenclochog, and sometimes there were as many as five or six prisoners in custody. But it WitS not so much the want of cell accommodation as a place for a police- man and his family to reside, that was most required because he could not place a single man there. After a few further observations the Surveyor was instructed to look at the station house and report to the next sessions the cost of a new building or the enlarge- ment of the present building. The Chairman said the next business was to receive the report of the committee appointed at the last quarter sessions "To take into consideration whether the county of Pembroke do pay to the corporation of the borough of Pembroke the sum of £ 10 per annum for the us of the Town Hall for holding petty sessions for the hundred of Castlemartin." The following is the report We, the undersigned, being a quorum of the committee appointed at the last Quarter Sessions to inquire and report as to the demand by the Pembroke Town Council of a rent of t 10 per annum for the use of the Town-hall, Pembroke, by the magistrates of the District County Petty Sessions, beg to report as follows :-This demand being made now for the first time since the building of the town-hall, a period of more than fifty years, the questions naturally ,trise,-First, whether the Town Council are the owners of Jie hall' and, second, if yes, whether their ownership is net to a certain extent qualified by a right of the county migistrates to use the hall for magisterial purposes. It ajvears that the town-hall, with the market-place under- TJath and adjoining, was built between the years 1820 and lr.23, and the ground on which they stand is stated to have belonged, at any rate in front, to the late Sir John Owen. The cost of the building was, the committee understand, defrayed partly by the Corporation, and partly by donations from the resident gentry and tradesmen, aided by gifts from tirms in Bristol and other towns connected with the trade of Pembroke; the obvious intention of each pay- ment being to provide a hall and market for the various public uses to which such structures are usually applied. Sir John Owen is said to have given liberally towards the structure, but whether his land was given or sold by him the committee are unable to say. A deed is said to be in existence, or to have been in existence, showing the title of the old Corporation, and theretore of the present body, to the building in question, but it is not forthcoming, nor can the committee learn that such a deed has been seen by any living person. It is obviously for the Town Council to produce this deed, if th"y rely wpon it, or at any rate to give secondary evidence of its contents, if missing. In the absence of this evidence of title, the committee can only consider the title of the Town Council to rest upon user, and it seems to them that the title of the county magis- trates rests upon the same basis. Even assuming that a deed, as mentioned above, once existed, and has been lost, he presumption would be, as no demand has ever been I made for so long a period on the county magistrates for rent, that no right was given by a deed to demand it Im- mediately upon the erection of the present Hall, both the old corporation (succeeded under the Municipal Corpora- tions Act by the present Corporation) and the county magi- strates have to the present time used the Hall for their various purposes without let or hindrance on either side. When the Hall was built and until the Municipal Corpora- tions Act was past, the county magistrates were the only dispensers of justice, excepting the Mayor for the time being, sitting, the committee believes, as one of them. The county magistrates were, therefore, the only parties who could then use for judicial purposes a building certainly in part erected for this object. It has been advanced on behalf of the claim of the Corporation that they and not the magistrates have repaired the Town Hall, and the fact has been taken to show sole ownership on the part of those who did the repairs. But this by no means follows, inasmuch as in very many cases there exists a right of user, without a correspondent liability to repair. The evidence the committee have been able to collect depends in a great measure upon the recol- lection of the older inhabitants of Pembroke. It is of a similar nature to those proofs which are admitted in courts of law in cases of user, rights of way, and other rights, where time and the absence of written documents render it necessary to prove what is probable rather than what is certain. The committee however think they have learnt enough to warrant them in expressing an opinion that the right of the County Magistrates to use the Hall is co- existent with the right of the Corporation to the building. At the same time, while objecting to the claim of rent, they see no reason why a fair periodical contribution should not be made, ex mero moter, and saving the question of rights by the county magistrates, towards the necessary repairs and current expenses of the Town-hall, so long as they continue to use it. Upon this Mr Lewis Mathias had sent the following protest:- The committee appointed at the last quarter sessions to consider whether the county of Pembroke should pay the Corporation of the Borough of Pembroke the sum of £10 per annum for the use of the Town Hall in Pembroke, having reported that the county have from the erection of the building to the present time bad the free use of the same without any payment, I deem it not advisable to comply with the request of the Corpor- ation, but propose that an annual sum not exceeding X5 be granted to meet the expense of heating and cleaning the same." Mr W. H. Owen said that at Narberth they paid j612 a-year to the hall-keeper, but they did not pay anything for the use of the hall. The Treasurer said that was quite correct. The j612 was paid as salary to the hall-keeper, and not as rent. The Chairman said they could not ignore the report of the committee. If they did not pay rent they could contribute something towards the expenses. The question was how much they should give. Mr Mathias proposed that L5 a-year be given. This was seconded by Capt. Higgon. Mr O. E. Davies said he did not think X5 was suffi- cient. Seeing that they had had the use of the hall for the last fifty years, and bad paid nothing towards the repairs and other things, he felt disposed to move as an amendment that £10 a year be paid for repairs and attendance. Mr Mathias said the committee ignored the repairs altogether. Mr Davies said that if they had a right to the use of the hall, they were liable to pay for repairs. He thought Y,10 a year was a very moderate amount. Mr Massy seconded the amendment. On the votes being taken, there were 12 in favour of a £5 payment, and four for £ 10. Dr Dyster moved that a sum not exceeding £ 238 be paid to the committee of the Joint Counties' Asylum towards the expense of altering the Mansion House at Job's Well. He said it would perhaps be well if be said a word or two. It would be in the recollection of most of them that when they purchased the property at Job's Well there was a'house there which had been built by the late General Nott. The house was too small to form the nucleus of the Asylum itself. It was soon seen that lunacy was more prevalent in the three counties than was at first supposed, and there was very little doubt that the Asylum would soon be too small. He regretted that there was still a reluctance to send patients to the Asylum in the early stage of the affliction, and hence the number of patients discharged cured was so small. They were not received into the Asylum until their recovery was perfectly hopeless. With regard to the Mausion-house, it would supply accommodation at a cost of about £:)0 per bed, while the cost per bed at the Asylum was £100. It was intended to place epileptic and convalescent patients in the Mansion-bouso, and he thought it was a very proper thing to remove them from the ordinary lunatics. With regard to the conveyance of lunatics to the Asylum, he considered it objectionable that policemen in uniform should be employed tor that purpose. He did not consider that it was the duty of policemen to convey the ordinary lunatics. The Act of Parliament distinctly stated that it was the duty of the overseers to convey, or cause to be conveyed, such lunatics," and so forth. It did not say a word about the police. He thought the police should only be allowed to convey criminal lunatics. The Deputy Clerk of the Peace-And wandering lunatics the police are bound to look alter them. Dr Dyster said the Act provided that all pauper lunatics should be conveyed b) a relieving officer, or by the overseer, or caused to he conveyed by them. Mr O. U. Davies said that in this county they never sent their lunatics to the Asylum in charge of the police. They employed a man for that purpose. He did not know wh^t the practice was in the other counties, but in this county they had never to his knowledge employed the police for that purpose. Mr Dyster—The clerk at the Asylum is here, and he says that a woman was brought there not long since by one policeman alone. The Chief Constable-From what county Mr H. T. Hughes-Frorn Cardiganshire. Captain Higgon-We do not send policemen from this county. Mr Oliver Powell-There is no objection to send policemen with patients. I think they are very proper persons to entrust with such a duty, but their uniform is very objectionable (hear, hear). I would recom- mend that where a policeman is employed on such duty, be should put on plain clothes, and that on each occasion he should report to his chief constablo why be did so. The Chief Constable—There is no objection to that at all. The Chairman said, as far as be understood the feel- ing of the Court, they only expressed an opinion with regard to the employment of the police in plain clothes, but gave no positive directions. He thought that the police would be very properly employed in the convey- ance of patients to the Asylum, and they may put the overseer in a very critical position if they prevented him from getting the services of the police. The duty might b8 done without the intervention of the police, or the policemen might do the duty, and go in plain clothes. lie did not think it necessary to give any directions. The question before the Court was, that a sum not exceeding L238 be paid to the committee of the Joint Counties Asylum.: Rev J. Tombs—What number of private patients are there in th« Asylum. The Chairman-The number appears in the printed report. Mr Tombs said they should fill up the Asylum with pa ients they were obliged to receive before taking those they were not obliged to receive. They were not obliged to find accommodation for private patients. Thi Chairman said the motion before the Court bad reference to the utilising of a building already built. They would get a lar¡.:e amount of accommodation for the money, the situation was good, and the building would be available for a class of persons whom it was necessary to detain at the Asylum, but who would be better separated from the ordinary patients. The ex- pense was £ 800, and he considered that it would be money well spent. Mr Mnssy seconded Dr Hoarder's motion. The Chairman said the committee did not bring any patients to the Asylum they were sent there by the county. The county had sent nearly 140 patients to the Asylum. Why they had sent so many was another question. The committee were bound to find accom- modation for them, and they could not do so in a cheaper manner than they were now doing. Mr W. Owen said that application had been made for JE238 for an extension of the Asylum at Carmarthen.. They had beard a good deal from Dr Dyster as to the number of patients to be accommodated, and the saving to be effected by making the alteration now, but they must not suppose that L238 would be all that it would cost this county. There was the whole cost of the furnishing and fitting-up, and the extra staff of officials that would have to be maintained in consequence of the extension. This asylum was established in 1865, and the committee nave published ten yearly reports. It appears from them that 134 patients have recovered, and that 203 have died, so that death has killed 69 more than the doctors have cured (laughter). Lord Shaftesbury, who is the honorary chairman of the Lunacy Commission, said in the House of Lords that after careful enquiry in England and America he had ascertained that three-fifths of the cases of insanity arose from the use of intoxicating drinks. Tbrfoe-fifths of 134, cured in ten years, is about 90, so that if you deduct that out of the number cured you will find what small advantage you have gained. The building of the asylum bad already cost them about £ 60,000 or thereabouts, in addition to from £ 8,000 to £ 10,000 a year for its maintenance. Taking Pembrokeshire as about one-third of the union of counties, and paying one-third of the cost, we shall then have about 30 paupers from Pembrokeshire cured in ten vears, making three in each year. This was all the advantage the) reaped from the enormous outlay to which he bad referred. He (Mr Owen) complained of the large sum of money spent out of the county in the erection of the asylum. It was too late to remedy this, but he urged them to stop now. He might perhaps stand alone now as he bad done before on this question, but it was a serious matter, and be would not himself vote a 6d towards the extension. The motion was then agreed to. The following motion of Mr Mathias was unanimously adopted—" That the Police pay be changed from a weekly to a daily pay and at the proportion following -viz. the sergeants from £ 1 58 7d per week to 3s lOd day. First class constables from tl 2s 6d per week to 3s 3d per day. Second class constables from it Is 6d per week to 3s Id per day. Third class constables from IDs 6d per week to 2s lOd per day, and fourth class constable, from 19s per week to 2s 9d per day. Mr O. E. Davies said he wished to refer to a resolu- tion passed at the last Quarter Sessions respecting the payment of 16 per annum, to the two superintendents. and the Inspector of police, for granting pedlars' Certi- ficates. The Chairman at the time said he had brought forward the motion entirely on the suggestion of the Chief Constable, who stated that in his opinion the allowance would only be fair and reasonable, being about 21- per cent. on the amount received. On looking over the accounts for the year 1874, he (Mr Davies), found the sum of j618 8i carried to the credit of the County, for which (taking this as a fair average for the future), they would have to pay 33^ per cent. being actually one third of the whole amount received. He did not know on what rule of arithmetic the Chief Constable based his calculation. These were, however, the facts, and if all the revenues of the country had to be paid for in the same proportion they may soon expect a National Bankruptcy. The Superintendent of the Haverfordwest police whose average receipts during the last three years was 115 a year received £ 1 a year for doing the same work. True the matter to which he had drawn their attention was but small, but that was no reason why it should not be rectified, he would therefore give notice that in future a sum not exceeding 10 per cent. be allowed instead of a fixed sum of X6 per annum. Mr Tombs said it appeared as if they were paying a large amount for collecting so small a sum as had been collected last year, but it should be remembered that in the last three years £100 had been collected. Mr Davies said he was looking to the future. He gave notice that at the next Quarter Sessions he would move" That. in future the sum of ten per cent on the amount received be paid to the two superintendents of Police and the Inspector, for the granting of pedlar's licenses instead of the fixed sum of six pounds a year. The committee appointed to ascertain the best mode of warming the Shire-hall reported that they obtained tenders from Messrs. Bright aud Garrard, engineers, of Carmarthen, which with the plans and specifications of the work, were submitted to the Court. The tenders for the whole of the work amounted to X107. Mr O. E. Davies said if they placed a gallery round the ball to prevent the present echo, they would be doing some good but as to warming the hall, they had sat there for forty years and bad got on very well. It was ordered that the committee proceed with the warming of the hall immediately, and that Messrs. Bright and Garrard be instructed to commenGe the work at once. It was ordered that warrants be issued against the parish of Llanychllwydog for nonpayment of rates. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee under the Intoxicating Liquors Act, viz., J. H. Scourfield, Esq., M.P. (chairman), J. B. Bowen, Esq. (vice-chair- man), Lewis Matliias, Esq., Colonel Lewis, J. S. W. James, Esq., J. L. G. P. Lewis, Esq., James Higgon, Esq., J. P. A. LI. Philipps, Esq., W. Owen, Esq., John Leach, Esq., J. H. Harries, Esq. This concluded the business. TRIAL OF PRISONERS. The court sat on Wednesday at ten o clock for the trial of prisoners, J. B. Bowen, Esq., presiding. The calendar contained the names of two prisoners only. BenJamin Morgan, was charged with assaulting and beating Henry Davies, at Llanstadwell, on the 1st of March, 1875. Mr Lascelles, instructed by Mr James Price, appeared for the prosecution, and prisoner was defended by Mr William John, town clerk, Haverford- west, instructed by Mr George Parry, Pembroke Dock. Verdict, Not guilty." Joseph Richards, was charged with breaking and entering the dwelling house of Benjamin Watts, at \Vells Park, and stealing one purse, one bunch of keys and a quantity of bread and butter, the property of the said Benjamin Watts, in Rudbaxton, on the 3rd of May, 1875. Mr James Price appeared for the prosecu- tion prisoner was undefended. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the house of correction, and afterwards ,to be sent to a reformatory for three years.

CORONATION DAY AT PEMBROKE DOCK. On Monday last there was a general holiday at Pembroke and Pembroke Dock, in order to cele- brate her Majesty's coronation. There was the annual Conservative fete at Bush, and a counter attraction in the form of a regatta at Pembroke Dock, got up by the Liberals. The weather in the morning was unfavourable, heavy rain falling at short intervals, but matters improved as the day advanced; and, with the exception of one heavy shower, continuing for about ten minutes, there was no inconvenience experienced throughout the even- ing. Business was almost, if not entirely, suspended at Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, and Neyland, and a great many persons flocked in from neighbouring towns and the surronnding country to share in the day's amusements. There were some thousands of persons in the pretty grounds round about the once pretty mansion of Bush, and a good committee had catered well for an excellent afternoon's sport. The managers of the rustic sports were Capt Balantinc, Capt Anderson, Capt H. J. Adams. Capt Adams of Holyland, who was also named as one of the judges, was unavoidably absent. Mr J. H. Truscott did the duties of secretary, and Mr James Truscott and Mr T. W. Phillips were clerks of the course. Mr G. Slogget and Mr James Cross were the starters, and Mr Joseph Gibby and Mr John Hitchings were amongst the members of the committee who assisted in the carrying out of the programme. Everyone did his duty well. The course was well kept throughout, and the competitors had not the slightest cause of complaint. The band of the Castlemartin Yeomanry Cavalry, under the leader- ship of Mr T. W. Thomas, was in attendance and played a very nice selection of music during the afternoon while the rustic sports were proceeding, and subsequently during the dancing on the lawn in front of the mansion. The rustic sports, which were really excellent, commenced soon after two o'clock. There was a roped course three hundred yards round, and nobody had any difficulty in seeing the contests. The first event was a 100 yards race, open, for which there were about a dozen starters, C. Nicholls of Tenby, came in first, T. J. Slogget, Pem broke Dock, 2nd, and J. Thomas of Tenby, 3rd. It was a well-contested race, and for a short distance Nicholls appears to be the best runner in South Pembrokeshire. The high jump was well contested. James Nicholls of Tenby did very well, clearing 4 ft. 91 in., but the first prize was taken by Jeremiah Boswcll, a gipsy, whc cleared 4ft. 10 in. We have on many occasions seen a greater height cleared, but Boswell's last jump was a magnificent feat, the distance covered being marvellous. Taking the extent of ground into consideration, it was one of the finest jumps we have ever seen. The 200 yards race produced about a dozen starters. The first prize was taken by T. J. Slogget, Pembroke Dock, who put on a splendid spurt at the end and won rather easily by half a dozen strides. C. Nicholls of Tenby, came in second, and J. Slogget, Pembroke Dock, was rather a bad third. The race of 300 yards for boys under 15 years brought twenty com- petitors, the best being 11. Phillips, Pembroke Dock, 2nd, William Davies, Prospect-place, Pembroke Dock. For the third, prize there was a dead heat between Facey and Adams. The sack race brought nine or ten competitors, and afforded a good deal of amusement. There were a couple of military men competing in this race. They were objected to by the other competitors, but inasmuch as the race was open to the world, and the military men are amongst its citizens, the objection was overruled. C. Livsay, an Artillery man, won rather easily. He trotted the whole distance in good style. The second was Christopher Evans, ttth Regiment, and tho 3rd was Jeremiah Boswell. Most of the competitors fell; so did Livsay, but he was on the safe side of the winning post when he got knocked over by Evans. The 400 yards race for men under 26 years was very well con- tested P J. S l o,(, tested T. J. Slogget won; James Nicholls being second, and A. Nicholls third. It was a really splendid race, the competitors, some dozen of them, being good men without an exception. The way in which the winner pulled up his ground in the last hundred yards was rSally astonishing. There was nobody like him on the ground this year. Jeremiah Bosweil came in a very good fourth. The 200 yards race for boys under 12 years brought such a large number of competitors that they had to be started on twice, and the best four in each race went the course a second time. The first was J. H. Harris, Pembroke Dock, 2nd E. Fortune 3rd R. Panton; 4th H. G. Russant. The half-mile open race was splendidly contested. James Nicholls came in first: G. Ware, Royal Artilliry, 2nd: and Morse, Pembroke Dock, 3rd. It was such a splendid race that all the other competitors were presented with a shilling each. The race for old men brought two competitors, Teddy Batts, and Dr Howells. They were each about 80 years, and went the distance, 100 yards, in very good style. Teddy, who was in better racing condition than the Doctor, won rather easily by several strides. The Doctor chaffed his more fortunate com- petitor with regard to his age. The only evidence Teddy had, was that he remembered his father killing a pig, and heard the pig crying. What more satisfac- tory evidence of antiquity could be given. People began to kill pigs at a very early date after the Creation. To this ancient pair succeeded about a score boys under thirteen After a well contested race A. George, came in first, W. G. Davies, 2nd James Denny 3rd; William Cole 4th. There was a very good wheelbarrow race. Seven or eight couples started, A Nicholls and G. Ware winning easily; Thomas Barrett and Henry Barrett being second. The chief event of the day was the mile race, for which there were nine starters. They had to go sixtimes round the course. Morris, Pembroke, gave up at the end of the first round. At the end of the second round Hooper of Jeffreston was first, G. Ware 2nd, T. J. Sloggett 3rd. At the end of the fourth round there were only four in the race, Ware, Hooper, Morse, and T. J. Sloggett. At the commencement of the last round Hooper went away and looked more dangerous than anybody else; but 150 yards from home Sloggett put on one of his fine spurts and won as he liked. Hooper went to the post second and Ware third. Twenty-four boys under 15 years started for the quarter mile race the 1st being George Adams, 2nd A. Davies, 3rd W. Facey, 4th C. Briggs. There was a large number of starters for the 100 yards race for bovs 10 years or under, George Sloggett being 1st, James Barrett 2nd, J. Sloggett 3d, W. G. Carthew 4th, J. Organ .5th. There was a very good three-legged race. Jones and Nicholls wining, Toppin and Gillies being second. Four started for the liOO yards hurdle race. Hooper gave up at the end of the first round. James Nicholls won rather easily, Jeremiah Boswell being second, G. Granger, Royal Artillery, third. The 400 yards race for men over 42 years was won easily by Collins, Royal Artillery, George Sloggett being second, and C. Livsay third. The 200 yards race for men over 50 years was also won by Collins, George Goring being second, and Patrick Moon third. In the long jump Boswell was first, covering 21 feet. Dancing was kept up with some spirit until dark, when there was a display of fireworks and some balloons were let off. The regatta was held at Hobb's Point, commencing shortly after one o'clock, at which time a large con- course of people interested in aquatic amusements had congregated on the pier, on the heights adjoining thereto, and on every vantage point. The Haven, too, was studded with craft of all kinds, from tb3 man of war to the less pretentious steam launches and sailing wawls. The winning vessel was moored off the pier, on board of which tha committee, kc., were located. The judges were-Capt,. Brown, H.M.S. Nankin and Mr J. D. M'Murdie, Neyland the starter was Mr W. Davies, Customs, whilst Mr Nicholson and other gen- tlemen assisted in the general details of arrangement, the proceedings going off satisfactorily. The first event was the vateh race of craft under 20 tons, the vessels entered being the Cicilia, and the Esperanza, belonging to the same owner, Mr F. Jones, Milford, the race being won, if race it might be called where there were no other vessels competing, by the Cecilia, the prize being a silver cup. The next event was for open or half-decked boats not exceeding 19 feet over all-lst, X4 Rose of the Ferry, J. Brace 2nd, XI 10s Cheeky Billy, R. C. Cole. For fishing boats, open or half decked—1st X5, Robert and Hannah, R. Abram 2nd X2, Fidget, James Thomas. Race for Mechanics, 30 ft. Gigs.—1st, .£6, Magic, F. Jones 2nd, X2, Comet, S. Frise. Race for apprentices.-lst .£3, E. J. Reed, James Thomas 2nd, Y,2, Star, S. Frise 3rd Xl, Needle W. Lewis. Race for ten-oared cutters.—1st, £ Q, Malacoff, J. Evans 2nd, £ 2, Constructor, J. Jenkins. Race open for 30 ft. gigs-—1st, £ 6, Quiz, R. Miller 2nd, < £ 2, Magic, F. Jones. The Quiz fouled the Magic, it is said, three times, and an objection was raised against the Quiz, which will be decided by the stewards. Five gigs ran. Race for Military 25 ft. gigs.-Ist, X3, Needle, T. Nicholl; 2nd, J. Bottle.. .83, E. J-r ? Reed., Race for shop assistants, 21 ft. gigs. 1st, £3, E. J. Reed, J. Lawrence, Race for Pembrokeshire Volunteers, 30 ft. gigs.-lst, X4, Comet, S. Frise 2nd, Quiz, R. Miller Race, pair-oared, for watermen. 1st, £ & Blazer, J. Davies 2nd, tl, Yellow Bunting, J. Palmer 3rd, 10s, Flower Girl, M. Thomas. Race, open for working gigs, 21 ft. 1st, X4, Thomas and Elizabeth, G. Lloyd; 2nd, 30s, Peg and Awl, J Davies. Extra Race, 21 ft. gigs.-lst, .£3, Star, S. Frise; 2nd. X2, Lamp 3rd, Yl, Heather Belle, W. Thomas. There were dinners in the eveniug at the Victoria and Bush Hotels.

TRADE RUMOURS IN SOUTH WALES.—Rumours cal- culated to create anxiety are being freely circulated in reference to several branches of local industry in West Glamorgan, an impending crisis being evident. Two extensive works are unhesitatingly named, and one or two smaller concerns are said to be sure to follow in the event of the larger giving way, of which there is said to be little doubt. The commercial outlook in the dis- trict named is one which causes very considerable dis- quietude.