The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

NORTH WALES SUMMER I ASSIZES- MONTGOMERYSHIRE. nc- commission of Assize for the County of Mont- pxs?ly, ai stted in Om' P(\P" of la.t week, wa. opened at Newt>wu, on Tllemay i!e'uuight, before Mr. Justice t*m,zr)t"n. U?i Wedi.,?.,?.y the court pro- ?ith the t,-i,,l (,f b,?i,,g ??(, 11 ttM?-M. The fuHowinf gentlemen were .wom as THE (JKAND JlltY. lion. H, H, Tracy, Gregynog. foreman. Ht)n.S.CUU.i'M!'y.e)!? John ?y!or.Efq.,Ms'ton'.MU. E. JF !,von tfi?ter. K*| Vtenorpxrt. «. D Pr, F?q, Cynffronydd. WmC?b.)tt.?..VM'?'-P'?' !'?-?:??"'??r'Si. ,I. R. Fq.. Drithiilr lnll. rh..rk.W')''i?.R"4,<?'? Thomas llowcn, teq. B. Humphreys. Eiq. IoutK'.mer'y. P IHrr:()n thrrhon. Esq C?ethowdl. ?.rtc<- .'one?. ESQ., Frenfr?th. Henrv NicbolU, Esq Brya-e-Tm issor. J. B.WilliMues, Kwj.. CUanhafreii. W. 0. (iohl. K»i» OartUnilll. John ;tephn.. Esq.. Newtown. R. F JOD(U. }. NcwtnW!l. P. It. Witti.?ine?- Hlyn Cogl!l. WBllam Lntemr, Esq., flolerw. Cjlonel Hunter, Mount SeverA, WUlum II, Adams, Ksq., Carno. The proclamation against vioe and immorality having Hi- LouDS'in>proceeded to the grand jury, 1;, )f the grand jury, I am happy to siaet so full an attendance of you here on the present »?c«si on. I expected from what was reported to me iu ]«nd'*n that there would lvive been very few ca,e., to Save coma before you. Certainly there seen).-) to have eases more frequently occurring recently than iu SV- early part 01 the time that has elalMed sine.' the Tut a-Msiw; at the same time there is no case which wid occasion much trouble to gentlemen of your ex- jrarimoe in common law. There is one case in which a wtfm-) and man, named Shaw, are charged with the It^hwav robbery of a person of the name of Hnghe., TTH' prosecutor seems to have been struck down when to m riding along the road, the woman came about Bern when he was struck down by the man; and he i-yvii'}, on coming to himself, that his money was gone. He 'Y.? found bv people on the road, who appear to ?Y? thonght that it was more a row than a roùucry.¡ It ?ill be f,) von to 930 from the evidence that wut jo before you, what were the realities of thecal, or vfaether the proscctitor was or not mistaken. At the mine time if you find that there has a highway robbery fcfljn committed, it is a very serious offence but there w- no property found oil the man, but it was found actttcrud a>>out. It a"pJar to me that the woman was i'w ::).t;)? wife, there will !w no ca-?e -?un?t her, for the bw says that she, being present, was acting under the exraion of her husband. His Lordship proceeded to wvfer to 8,11113 of the other cases iu the calendar, and concluded by urging the necessity of getting through the business as Hoon as possible. POST OVFICH CASF-, Thor)ut9 JontSf poutiuan, pleaded not guilty to the «?iarg3 of stealing at Buttington, on the 29th of May, *xty-t,wo penny postage stumps, the property of Will, l>?*tT->vrbarro w. Mr. Vaughan Williams and Mr. Coxon, instructed ly Mr. Zachary Brooke, jun., Solicitors* Department, Cfcmoral Post Office, appeared f«>r the prosecution; the prisoner was not defended. Mr. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS opened the case, and stated its, circumstances to the jury. William Leatherbarrow deposed—I reside at the iVTn, near Wtdshpool. On the 23th of May, I wrote directed the envelope produced. It was directed illY lVal. HaIQ"d"le, .t:!timHll nt.l. Blltm Moss, near Ifcvichesfcer. I put a quantity of postage stamps in it, with a stamped envelope directed to myself. This was to returned. I gave the stamps and envelope in tfw addressed envelope to Mrs. Davies, my landlady, to give it tv the postman, having first fastened it with &I,m. There WiB 5s. worth of stamps put inside. I ..W directions to Mrs. Davies to give it t? the po.tman luTself. Crews-examined by the prisoner through an interpreter. 1 wrote and directed the letter on the Sunday before pI wore apprehended. I saw you on the following Staidly, when I gave you a glass of gin. I asked you i>w i*> see if the letter had heeu received. To the Judge—When I saw the prisoner it wa, more th ni a week after th, letter was sent. The prisoner tori at that time you shall be sure to hear about the J.>tt,'r. I gave him the same directions as I had put the original letter. Otvu-exuttination continued—I cannot say that I fcwk a letter oat of lny pocket. I did writ? a part of letter, which you did take from me fur the purpose of i zan(1in6 it To tle Tu.lge—The prUonor was the letter carrier of district in which [ lived. Ke-t'Xauiined --I \«\>tc* the letter proJucjd on the asth o: May. I ivrote no other; to d:lY I did is all 8-n"e. To the Jud ;e -The stamps I sent was my club money. I;i, I went to lodge with Mrs. Davies I lodged with j a Vrs. Cook. Mrs. Elizabeth Duvies said—The last witness was lulling with me i:i May last. He had lodged with rae 1."1" four or five weeks. I taw the stamps which the yrxweeutor put in the letter. He had given them to me to iuvp, and I gave them back to hiir. I ;*aw the aUrrr.M put in the letter, ",11,1 the letter sealed up. I fftre it to the jxjstinan in the same state as I had it witii a request that he would put it all right. He said it wouH be all right. The pnsonerw.-n the letter car- rnt" for the district in which I live. I gave it to him at my own gate, at tha Cefn, Buttington. There wis "an, oll the letter at the time I gave it to him. Crot; >-exan»ined—1 gave the letter to the potman on fee 29th of May. Kiss Clark said—I am the post-miifcress at Welsh- pool. The prisoner was employed as a letter carrier tic the Buttington district. It was his duty as post nrr1"" to recdvtJ letwr, on the ronnd8 in his district. Ke was provided with an open pouch for the purpose by the post office. It was his duty to bring any let- kftt. which he may have received to the office at Welsh- pool. The envelope produced has never been in the oT,v at Welshpool. If it had been it would have been 8l"lll!pcl. There appeal's to have been a stamp on the Wter. Mr. John RanwdaJe said-l am station-master at Xarton Moss, near Manchester. I was there oil the S*h of Mav. I never received a letter in that euve- fope. I never received five shillings in stamps at the ilme. Cross-examined—Some time after the 29th I received a letter enquiring about the money. The letter wa.s .100, "William Leatherbarrow," and from that I sup- ¡ that it was written by the prosecutor. I think fmu tint that he must have written it. Job- Thomas Streiford said—I am a police-.sergeant ofcvtioned tt Welshpool. On the 27th of I took It' prisoner into custody. I took him to the 8t:ttiol1, »vl there I 8eareh,,1 him alld found the envelope and .1.\<1 letter in hia waistcoat pocket. The envelope had txt-n opened. I found ::0 stamps on him. This was droeted to William Leatherbarrow. Crom-exaltliti ed-I took th) letter from your pocket. The prisoner's statement before the magistrates was and read. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, in his defence, said the prosecutor omt. for him to write a letter for him, which he promised tro dJ, and gave him a copy of a letter which he had to ami. He also said that the letter which was found "V'II him was a copy of the letter which he sent, and fciforc the answer could be received he was taken into oartody. The JUDUK recalled the prosecutor, who denied the ■Catsuient made by the prisoner. VUo prisoner called the llsv. D. P. Lewis, of Butting- tm, Captain Pryce, of Cyffronydd, and othr" who gave Sir* an ex"ellent character.. HU I JORDSHIP, having minutely summed up the ew, the jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner mriltv. A second charge was laid against the prisoner of frod'tentiy converting to his own U80 at W 018hpool, the 25th of March, 13t52, the sum of ten pounds, the jprvjKMty of Thomas Jones. who in this case, Mr. acouan* w II.I.HMS, who appeared in this case, dccimcd to offer any evidence. A third charge of at 011 the 18tli jr2y of Mav, 1SO2, a letter, the property of the Post- ■wter-Ganeral, was entered, and upon this Mr. M'IXIVUE àrlinoo to any evidence. In passing sentence, the learned judo commented en the enormity of the oft,mce which had been com- Kitod, and the necessity which existed that the public Aould ba protected. The due protection of the public ill ooch cases demanded the infliction of a heavy sen- tence. In passing sentence he should,, however, take into CIIIideratiun his previous good character, but he coctld Udt forget the fact that there were other charges Ibtd against him. The aentence of the court Wila that tfae prisoner bo kept in peual servitude for three jwta. STKAT.I.N'G CI.OTHl.va AT CKMMES. Kdtoard Kdlaj, 3S, labourer, pleaded guilty to the "'1;" of stealing at Cemvnes, on or about the 2nd day «tf .Ally, 1882, one coat, one smockfrock, one moleakiii jaket, and one linen slop, the property of John Davies. JSc-it."led to four mouths' imprisonment, with hard I Stiver. FKLONIOIS ASSAULT AT L,L\NFYI.MX. ThtHV.t Dickson, 3tJ, miuer, and Hdwavd White, 22, labourer, were indicted for feloniously assault ng, with intent to murder, at Llaiitylhn, on the 23th day of June 18R2, one Lloyd Jones, and sterling from his per<"n one watch. When the priaoueM were charged, th»y pleaded not guilty, and were ordered Jown.hut i?e)-?rd.ou knowing that the eh?e of attempting tommncrwojid not b3 presented, they withdrew the pkt and pt?ded gnUty. Sentenced to six years' penal servitud Mr. YeA.VOKAN V.'ILI.IAMS, who held the bri.et .f.or the piMsccutiou, made application to hi, lordship in favour of a Mr. John Jones, who had acted nobly in th) ap. prehension of the prisoners and took them into cus- iiit.) the case, his 111Tl1:hip lirc:ed that the ,mu of C2 should 1), given to this individual, as mark uf approbation of his praise worthy couduct. SHOPLirmu AT :,W:irlanll:ny. James Smith, 81, file-cutter, George Jones, 22, la- IJO irer, James Driver, 1: cotton-worker, and John Jark- °0". 21, labourer, plead",1 nol guilty to the charge of breaking and entering, at Montgomery, on the 2nd day of July, the duty of Alfred Parlow, aad stealing there- from fonr walelwe, his property. )1r. M'INTYI:E appeared for the prosecution, and having briefly stated the case, called Mr. Alfred Pariow, who dtJpJ,>d-1 am a watchmaker, and carry on business in Broad-street, .Montgomery. My shop window faces to the street. I had watches in rn,. winclllw on th" morning of th,) 22u,1 of July. On tliat ll10ming I was upstairs and heard a cr:3hat tho window, I then ran down t:) the front door, aud saw some men turn the corner of Bach-street. I saw two men. 1 fol:owed after them, and then saw Mr. Charles Davies, a butcher, who, at my call, detained tha four prisoners. When I got up to them they gave up to me three w,\lche3. The parties wh" gave "p the watches are Smith, Driver, and Jackson. Jackson gave up his directly--the other two just after. Jones did not give his up at all. At the look-up I saw another watch given up. The whole of the watches were on that morning safe ill my shop. Mr. llich U'.l Williams deposed—I am an assistant to Mr. Charles Williams, draper, Montgomery, whose shop is next door to that occupied by the last witness. Oil the morning of the 2nd of July, I saw the four prisoners come from the direction of the Town-hall. I am sure that they are tho persoiu who came close to 1110 and passed by our shop. Thev went and I saw two of them strike it with their sticks. I t:t\v the.11 take something out of the window. I cannot tell which of the two did it, as they were round the window. All of them took something out; I am sure of it. They then ran round the coruer. I did not see them takn: James Owen 8ai<1-1 am a poliJe,col13table stationed at Montgomery. In couse-pienee of information which I received, I went to the '1'O'n.hall, where I found the four I'ri_,):1er3 in the custody of several other persous. I took them under the Town-hall. I flaw the prisoner George Jones there. He slipped in the cell, allll I ioll,???,l him directly. There were none of th" others in at the time. I wnt to the spot where he had gone to and there found a watch. It had been placed on the corner of the straw. I reeeived three other watches from the parties who had them in custody. I heard the prisoner Jackson say that they c"lIl.1 no longer do as they had been doing, and they should break into "omc jeweller's shop. Jone3 and Driver wúre near, but Smith was about 40 yards off. I had found them with lodging. the night before. The whole party had no property nor money. They said they were all 8tmugc't8. Mr. Pariow was recalled, and identified the whole of the watches as being his property. The prisoners having no defence to make, the learned judge summed up, and the jury returned a verdict a"ai1l8t the whole of the prio<ler:3. The prisoner mith pleaded guilty to a former con- viction for larceny. The Ju DOE, after commenting on the nature of the offence committed, senteuced Smith t,) four months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and the others to three months, with hard labour. BREAKING AND ENTERING AT NKWTOWN, James Connor, 16, weaver, Michael Jackson, 20, la. b.rjrer,.rtdt?/t!? yoy(?''? 19, pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking and entering at Newtown, on the 2/th day of June, 1S82, the dwellinghouse of l),>vid Davies, and stealing therefrom one shirt and one hand- kerchief, the property of one Peter Williams. The prosecutor, Mr. Dade", was called and examined by the Judge, in reference to the amount of damage which had been done by the pris nitjr^u entering the house, and which did not appear to be"much. Senteuced to six mouths' imprisonment, with hard lal.>ùur. STEALING AT BS11RIEW. Robert Gouyh, 38, labourer, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing at Berriew, on the 1st day of July, 1862, one pair of stockings, the property of Ebenezer Evans; also to tealing, at lierriew, on the 1st day of July, 18U2, one pair of trowsers and one pair of stock- ings, the property of Samuel Hiudley alio, to several previvous convictions. Sentenced to one year's imprisonment with hard lot- bour. STEALING CLOTHING. John Sitrn) (not in the calendar) pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing several articles of wearing apparel, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour; and Ja mes Ward, also, not in the calender, pleaded guilty to two chargesof character. S'3ntBDct, to four month's impri3õnlllent with hard labour. SETTING FIRE TO A BUILDING AT MONTGOMERY, Alfred Ilaymxrd and hlm Robin30n pleaded guilty to setting fire to an out-building, in the occupation of Mr. Edward Weaver. The particulars of this were given in our l".t impression. Sentèue-Three years penal servitude. STEALING MONEY AT FORDEN. Willia¡n Simmons, 25, labourer, was indicted, and pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing, at Forden, on the 12th day of July, 1882, eighteen shillings, the property of John Pearce. Mr. Vaughan Willhms conducted the prosecution; the prisoner defendent himself. Mr. V. WILLIAMS stated the case and said-Thlt the only question which could arise in this cas", was that of identity, but that from the evidence which he should 1 adduce of the prisoner's dress, and general appearance, there could be little doubt that he was the guilty party. Mrs. Sarah Pearco, Jane Davies, and P. U. James Owen, having been examined, The prisoner in his defence said-That he knew nothing about the money. He admitted that he was at the house, and knocked at the door, but as to the money lie knew no more alnllt it than ,1 unborn baby. He accounted for his running, by the fact that the weather was showery at the time, and he went over into the field for shelter, where he remained for about half an hour. He then went on into the village of Forden, where lie met the minister, and told him his tale, who gave him 6 pence, and that was the money which the officer found upon him. The learned Judge lucidly summed up the case, and the Jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the pri- soner. THE IIOnDERY wrTU VIOLENCE AT NEWTOWN. John Shaw, (JO, labourer, and Jfarf/ciret Shaw, 59, | hawker, were indicted upon the charge of feloniously assaulting at Lbn:Iwehail'll, on th" 23th day of March, 1862, one Jonathan Hughes, putting him in bodily fear, and stealing from his person certain moneys his property. To the charge both prisoners pleaded not guilty. When the plea was taken, the male prisoner address- ing his lordship, applied that the £1 14", (id., money f(Jnnrl upon his person at the time of his apprehension, should be returned to him, in ordcr to b) appropriated to his defence, upon which a conversation took phce between the learned Judge and M r. M'intyre, who held the brief for the prosecution, whereupon the money was ordered to be given up, and the case to stand over. When it was again called 011, Mr. M'intyre appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Morgan LhyJ for the defence of both prisoners. Mr. M'INTVRE then at considerable length oponed the case to the Jury, and detailed the various facts which were afterwards sworn to in evi lence. Ill the course of his remarks he stated that it would be a question upon .which they would be directed by his lordship, as to whether the female prisoner, acting under the direction and CT>U".rol of her husband, could be held responsible for my p 1 "ticipation she had in the affair, whatever the conclusion at which they may arrive might be ill refer- ence to the male prisoner. He then called Mr. Jonathan Hughes, who said—I am a farmer, and live at Pandy, near lJerriew. I wars at X ewtown on the 2oth of March. I left there about half-past ten at night. I went home in the direction of the Llitufair road, and before I got to the gate, I was leading my licirse, by the bridle, a person came up to me, and then another, a lIlan and a woman. I believe the woman came first, she came Oil the left side, and the m.1I on the right side. Neither of them spoke to me. The woman caught hold of me, and the man cam; 011 and knocked me 011 the: head with a stick several times. I found that my money was gone. After this they both leit me, and turned back for town. It was after they ''slackened" from me that I found mv money was gone. After this I ran on, and got hold of the woman with my right hand when I had hold of her, tlie man was striking me with the stick. I got hold of him by the breast with the Iti, iiiiiitt, and struck them both together, and we all went down. [ held them both till the people came on. Astley fcanw on fir.it. I am sure that I held the man till Astley came up. The man that Asiley got hold of was the man who struck me. I saw him again in the lock-up, that man is the prisoner. I believe the female prisoner is the woman, but I C;\llt say more. She is about the size of the woman that caught hold of me. I thought that when I caught hold of her, that she was a short person. As near as I can think, I had t:107 in my pocket, most of it in notes. and some in gold. Cross-examined by Mr. M. Lloyd-I am not certain within 10s. of the amount I had. I cannot tell nearer than that. I had money iii my pocket going to the fair. I had about £ 60 going into the fair, and sold some tilings th:vc. I sold a couple of horses there. I received enough of money in the fair to make it up to the amount I have stated. I caunot say exactly what I receivod there, as I both received and paid money. In doing my business I had to go into public houses, and had some beer certainly (laughter). I can t tell how much beer I drank. Mr. Lloyd—Did you drink a quart ? WituessIt is likely I did. Mr. Lloyd—Three quarts \itnc8i!I can't say. Mr. Lloyd -Had you four quarts ? Witness-I can't tell how much I had. Mr. Lloyd—Then you don't say no to four quarts ? Witness -I don't know how much. Mr. Lloyd—The Newtown beer I suppose is pretty strong ? Witness—Fairish (laughter). I cannot tell how much gin I drunk, I cannot remember that I drank any. I did not drink much that day, because I was sobsr. I don't remember what spirits I drank. I can t tell you li )w much, because I don't know myself (renewed laughter). The last place that I was at in Newtown was tli, Black Boy, where my mare was. When I left there, I did not mount the mare, but led her in my .hands to the place where I was attacked, which may be about a quarter of a mile. After the prisoners attacked me, they went back in the direction of Newtown, but the second scuffle took place within ten yards of the place of the first. After the scuffle several persons came up. [ cannot tell how many persons were on the road. There was a good lot of money en the road. I was not there at the time it wai found. I had a ti.k in my ;II;Ie did not use it, :8uî mla' o,cl' and the woman on the other. I cannot tell in which hand I held the stick, nor can I tell where I lost it. To the Judge—I am sure I caught hold of the woman that had taken hold of me. I had not offered any wo- man I neyer spoke to the woman before she attacked me. I had not spoken to either of the prisoners before they had hid hold of me. Mr. Richard Astley said—I am coachman to Mr. Luteiier, of Dolerw, and live on the Llanfair road. I recollect hearing the cry of murder from half-past ten to eleven on the fair night. I heard murder shouted out several times over from 'my own door, and I pro- ceeded in the direction of the noise. When I went there I found them in hold, Hughes bad hold of the prisoners, and was bawling out murder. The male prisoner was trying to get off- I did not see the female prisoner. I sooke to the male prisoner and said to him, "hat are yon doing here," the prisoner said, This man is trying t o murder me." I said "lint it is the iniii who is crying murder." I loosed them and went a little way with the prisoner. He gave his name as ltobert Jones, and said he lived up above. He could not tell the name of the house he lived in. He begged of me to loose him, as they would be coming after him to murder him. I did not see the female at all. The male prisoner did not complain of the female being illused. I turned back a dozen or twenty yards towards Newtown, when Hughes cried out I am robbed. I cried out stop thief, and the prisoner was stopped and brought hack by Charles Owen. I am sure the prisoner it the mall that Hughes had on the ¡;round. The witneas was crosss-examined at a consiùerable length by Mr. Lloyd, but nothiug favourable to the de- fence was elicited. Mr Charles Owen, brewer, at considerable length de- cribed the proceedings as detailed by the previous wit- nesses, the addition being, that when Astley loosed the male prisoner, hc took off his hat and coat and threw them on the ditch. He kept hold of the prisoner till he was given into the custody of the police. Mr. William Baird, chief constable, Montgomeryshire police force, deposed, that on the night of the robbery, lie received information of it, and at. once proceeded in the direction of the Llanfair road, wlieu near the en- tranc) of that road he met Astley and Owen having the male prisoner in their custody. He directed one of the constables to take and lock him up. He received a bun- dle of notes from Astley and from the constables, to the amount of ESO, and fourteen sovereigns. On the fol- lowing morning went to the place and found nine and a half sovereigns more, which made £ 103 10s. In the lock-up he asked the prisoner for his wife, when he said that he had not any wife at all. William Breeze, P. C., deposed to picking up a portion of the money on the road, and the purse, which he handed to Mr. Baird. Charles Owen was recalled, and stated that the coat and hat had been picked up by a man of the name of James, and handed to the police constable. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones said-I live in this town. On the 25th of March the prisoner came to my house about three o'clock, the man first, the woman soon after. He made enquiries for a bed, and engaged one for both. The male prisoner was in and out of the house several times in the course of the evening. He came in about six o'clock and asked her to go out with him, which she did. He did not come in again. The woman came in between twelve and one o'clock. She was covered over with mud, from the top of her head to her feet. Her shawl was the same. She washed the clothes herself, and put them before the fire to dry. In the morning she had left before I was up. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Morgan Lloyd made a vigorous and ingenious defence for the prisoner. The learned Judge then summed up at great length, and the Jury, after consulting for SolU time, found the prisoner John Shaw guilty, but acquitted Margaret Shaw. A previous conviction was pleaded by the pn- In answer to the usual question put by the clerk of the arraigners, the prisoner solemnly swore that he was not guilty of this charge, and claimed a lenient sentence, on the ground of his innocence and age. Sentenced to three years penal servitude. This closed the busness of the assize. MERIONETHSHIRE. The Commission of Assize for the County ofMerion- eth was opened at Dolgellev, on Friday last, before Mr. Justice Crompton. The learned Judge, who arrived from Newtown about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, was met a short distance from the town by the High Sheriff, Samuel Holland, E.iq of Plas yn Peiirhyn the Under Sheriff Edward Breeze, Esq. and the Sheriff's Chap- lain, the Rev. T. Lloyd Kyffin. After an exchange of the usual courtesies, his Lordshi^ p WM escortetl to the Shirelmll, {a posse of policemen, in sombre uniform, served the purpose of javelin-men,) where the Commis- sion of Assize was opened in due form. The Court was then adjourned until 10 o'clock the following morning. At 5 o'clock, Mr. Justice Crompton attended divine senice at St. Mary's Church prayers were read by the Venerable Archdeacon White, the lessons by the Rev. J. Trice; an able and appropriate discourse was afterwards delivered by the Sheriffs Chaplain, who took for his text, 1st Timothy, ii. 1--4. At the conclusion of the service, his Lordship was conducted to his lodgings. On Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock, the Court opened for the despatch of business. The calendar contained the names of two prisoners only, and there was 'no civil came for trial. The following gentlemen were sworn a £ THE GRAND JIJRY. W w. E. Wynne, Esq., M.P., foreman. John Lloyd, Esq Kh igatt. 3,,h Nanney, E?q Niaesyn'I'l C?. Tottenh,,??, Berwyn Home. ugh John Reveley. En-, Brynygwiu. D "?'mMmj, Etq Deudmeth (?Mtto. L?wi- Williams, Esq., Vronwnion. George Pryce LIO??,? Esq, Plas yn dr.. George C.?,)n, E;q Blaenyddol. John Jones, Esq., Vachddeiliog. J. W Greaves, Esq, Wm Pryce "n"' Esq. NW. 'Nithy e, E,q Wern. John Casson, Esq., iilaenyddol. John Jone3, Dsq., Vnyafawr. John Push, Esq., Aherdovey. John Edward Parry, Esq Glyn Hall. John Jones, Esq., Bata. w V?'tg?n Jone?. Esq, Fe?tini?. W. H. Bia(?kden, EMI" T.nybwleb. W. B. Glegg, Esq Bala. E IV Mathew. Esq., Wern. James Oliver, Esq., Brynllewelyn. 4j ,,l p hi. After the reading of the usual proclamations, his LonDsmr very briefly clial-grecl he Grand Jury. He was happy to see so full an attenchnec of their body, aud also to find from the calendar that there was, as usual a great absence of crime in the county. The cases that would be brought before them were very simple, and would not present any difficulty to gentlemen of their experience. The learned Judge then shortly recounted the leading facts of the two charges contained in the calendar, and afterwards dismissed the Grand Jury to their duties. HOBBEB»OF SJATI, TABLES AT COITRIS, I John Griffith, 37, quarryman, was indicted for break- ing into a warehouse, and stealing therefrom two stone tables, the property of Mr. Thomas Smith Nicholls. Mr. Vaughan W illiams prosecuted; the prisoner was not defended. Mr. John Jones, solicitor, acted as interpreter. Thomas Nicholls said he was son of the prosecutor, who lives at Corns, and is a surveyor; he sell slatc ta- ble. Itemember the prisomr coming to me to buy slate tables, about five weeks ago; sold him a table valued at (2s.; it was a chess table; it was at the warehouse; lie afterwards came to me at the works, and asked for the key or the warehouse; he said he had come for the ta- ble he had bought. I lent him the key; next morning I mirlscd two tables and a box from the warehouse the chess table was also gone; those tables were the pro- perty of my father; have seen the tables I missed since that time they were in the possession of the police; the tables prodncJd are those I missed. Thomas Smith Nicholls, the prosecutor, identified the tables produced oa his property; he missed them on Wednesday, last week the price of one of the tables is ji;l;t:idtha father 18s.; but he hatl valned them at 32,1.; he never sold the tables to the prisoner; the key was lent to prisoner on the 8th of July. P.C. Cadwaladr Jones said that on Thnraday,thel0th of July, he went to the house of David Davies, of Mach- ynlleth he found the table produced took it to the prisoner, and charged him with stealing two tables he said the table produced was the one he had brought down the day before from Corns found another table at Machvnlh'th, on the same day, at the Skinners' Arm, which he also produced told the prisoner where he had found it, and he replied that he had brought both down the day before by the coach I cautioned him not to say anything to me unless he wi-hed he then said he sold the black one to David Davies for 3. he said he did not sell the other one, onlylaffc it at the Skinners'Arms; he saiil he came down from Minffordd, four miles this side of Corns; ho said he bought one, and had the key, and went to the warehouse and took the table that he brought by coach to Minffordd, and sold it there for 6s.; and that he then went back to the warehouse for the ta- ble produced. This was the case for the prosecution, and the prisoner, in replying to the court, declined to say anything to the 3 The learned Judge lucidly 3uramed up the case, and Jury, alter retiring for a few minutes, convicted the prisoner. The prosecutor strongly recommended the pri# soner to mercy, on account of his previous good character, and the seriuu illness uf his wife. The Judge sentenced him to 6 months' imprison :neut, with hard labour. IIOUSEBUKAKiNG AT LLANDDERFEL, TfliAR BALA. Johi Fritter, 28, painter, was charged with bre iking into a dwelling-house, and stealing therefrom a p iir of halfboots, the property of Samuel Williams, of Llan- dderfel. Mr. Morgan Lloyd prosecuted; the prisoner was un- fended. Mr. John Jones, solicitor, interpreted. The prosecutor said he lived with his father in the of water-tight boots hanging in the kitchtn; ahout 12 o'clock at noon, after coming from chapel, saw the b,)ots safe; missed them between 2 and 3 o'clock; his sister said something to him about 4 o'clock, and he then went in the direction of Bala, where he saw police con- stable John Jones; they both came in the direction of Dolgelley, and about a mile and a half from Bala they came up with the prisoner, who was alone, and had on the boots in question; the boots produced were those he lost, and were his property. John Jones, police constable, stationed at Bala, sai,1 he was in company with prosecutor when the prisoner was overtaken; witness took the boots from the prisoner at the lock-up; prisoner denied having stolen the boots, and said witness would be sorry for it if he took him before the magistrate. Elizabeth Thoma., sister of prosecutor, said that on the day in question she w;is at Llandderfel, and saw the boots l'roducecl hung on the nail in the kitchen she had occasionally cleaned the boots in question, and could identify them as her brother's; saw the prisoner on the day referred t" coming from the yard attached to the house; it was between half-past two and three o'clock when she saw the prisoner in the yard there were two others standing in the road, they were joincd by the pri- soner, and all three went in the direction of Bala they were all strangers to her; she told her brother what she had seen. The prisoner declined to say anything to the Jury in his defence. He was found guilty, and sentenced to 4 months' im- prisonment, with hard labour. This closed the busilless of the Assizes. The Court rose at 12 o'clock. CARNARVONSHIRE. The 1tIirhnmmer Assizes for the County of Carnarvon were held at the county town on Tuesday last. His Lordship (Sir George Crompton) arrived early in the if- ternooil of Monday, and proceeded to St. Mary's church, accompanied by the High Sheriff, D. Williams, Esq., where the assize sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. T. Lloyd Mostyn, the Shoriifi Chipliin, from Job xxxiv. 29. The Court (which was held at the National School- room) was re-opcued at 10 o'clock the next morn- ing, wheu the following gentlemen were sworn on the GRAND JURY. J. G. Griffith, E<q Foreman. X. Mathew, Esq. J. V. H. Williams, Esq. S. Holland, Esq. C. Millar, Esq. James Wyatt, Esq. Henry M'Kellar, Esq. J. Millington, Esq. Hugh Jones, Esq. J. Lloyd Jones, Esq. John Jones, Esq. C. J. 8ampsoII, Esq. T. Turner, Esq. E. W. Mathew, R,q. Owen Evans, Esq. G. II. Owen, Ertq. Owen Jones, Esq. Owen Urittith, E.*q. John Ellis Lloyd, Esq. Hi LOnDRIP, in his charge to the Grand Jury, com- plimented them on the paucity of crime in this county, and said there were only two prisoners for trial that day and in one case, that of a man for stealing a cow, the evidence was hardly sufficicnt to convict for a felo- nious intent in the transaction with which the prisoner was connected. After fully detailing the circumstances and nature of the charge, he dismissed them to their duties. STEALING FROM THE PERSON. Margaret William*, a young woman of dLsreputaole character, pleaded guilty to having stolen XI 17s. in money from the person of Robert Thomas, at Carnarvon, ou the night of Saturday, the 19th inst. It appears, according to the man's own statement, that on the night in question he left Carnarvon a little worse for liquor, for hid home at Port Dinorwic, and that when near the railway station he was accosted by this lady, who walked along with him a distance of about a quar- ter of a mile on the Bangor road, and put her hand into his pocket, and stole the sum above named. Of course, this varied a little from the prisoner's statement, who stated that it was the prosecutor that accosted her, and insulted her dignity by offering her a sixpence, at the same time parading his gold and silver before her eyes. A previous conviction of felony was a.1mitted by the prisoner, after which His LORDSHIP said he would have to inflict upon her a severer punishment than what she had previously un- dergone, and sentenced her to 8 months' imprisonment, expressing a hope that she would come from gaol im- proved in character and morals, and determined to lead a better life. STEALING A HEIFER. The Grand Jury ignored the bill against Evan hvans for stealing a This concluded the criminal business of the Court. EXECUTOR'S LIABILITY. Ihiffhes and Jones v. Owen.—This was an undefeuded action to recover the sum of £100 from William Owen, the executor of Thomas Owen, deceased, made under a common bond for £200. Mr. M'intyre and Air. Morgan Lloyd appeared for plaintiffs. Mr. M'intyre said the action was brought by two per- sons against William Owen, for the recovery of cioo, amount due upon a bond given by Thomas Owùn, as long ago as 1841, and arising out of a contract of mal" riage he entered into with one Catherine Huberts. The deceased made rather a curious will, and left Wm. Owen his executor, who had got as much as X240 forthestock and property remaining after the death of the deceased person. Having detailed the above amI some other cir- cumstances to the Jury, he hoped he could make it slIf- ficiently clear to their minds that his clients were enti- tied to recover the sum claimed upon the issues he had raised. He then called the following witnesses, examin- ed by Mr. Morgan Lloyd • Thomas Morris said he knew Thomas Owen, Muria, who is dead. He diell three years last June. He (the witness) was asked by William Owen to value the effects of the deceased. Did iio and was present when they were sold by private bargain to Hugh Jones. Heard W. Owen sell the stock to that person. Hugh Jones pail] £50 as part payment for the same; saw another ;£50 paid afterwards. Thought he (the witness) made an agreement between them. His LORDSHIP then addressed the Jury, and pointed out to them that the right of action was against the person who Iwl administered to the deceased's property. The. defendant, it appears, did not deny the existence or the execution of the bond, but that there was no pro- perty or assets to pay the plaintiffs with. But the wit- ness Thomas Morris, and he was not contradicted, swore to having seen £ 100 pairl on two different occasions to the defendant. Under those circumstances, he left it to them to say whether they thought th"re was sufficient money left to pay the sum which was now claimed. The Jury was about retiring to consider their verdict, when they were told by the Judge, amidst some laugh- H„'t there was nothing, in fact, to consider, having before them the undisputed evidence of Th?. M.r?. They then gave a verdict fur plaintitts. OCCUPATMN AND TEUANCr. O 'S Lemon v. F. <>>/?,-Mr. M'intyre for planum, v. l? C ro f t and Mr. Morgan Lloyd for defendant. Mr. M'intyre, instating the case, said the pUmtift in this a"tion was a merchant, rending at Liverpool, and who owned some hu..? at H.ndnduo. The d,- fendant wv-w also a stranger in this country and was stayin?tDand?dno. He evinced a great desire to ,? .? h.u.e in that phce, and, after some talk, a ued ?h a ?r Kearney, the phmtitTs agent, t? take Hwyn- on The plaintiffs clerk, named Wall, was sent over from Liverpool to settle about the letting of that honse. Cr,,ft to) t:,k? it fr..i ti,e Ist of Nov. tt) the 1st of ?v at a rent of £ M. Mr. Croft was d"i"),I, th-,it f the rooms should be peered, and ?reed a, ? what sort of P.?e.- wOHM do. There w.. ? man of the lIame of llogers also employed in the gaiMen, wh n Croft directed to plant some cabbages for him. PUintifi thinking that the hOHse was let to defei?d.?!,t, ga^. i p)ie??ording]y to those who enqum-d for it. S"me time after, defendant made known that he had cl^ unked his mind, and that he was for going to Lisbon, to winch place he, however,did not go. From the evidence, he be clear to them, as stated, that the "vuö" H' house wm taken from Mr. Lemon's agent. The house was papered, in accordance with Mr. Crofts directions the garden was ordered to be dug; and, for some rea- son or other, instead of taking the house as agreed he chose to turn round, and say, "I shan not take it; I have changed my mind." If he had c.ianged his mind not to take the house, he (Mr. M'intyre) hoped that the Jury by their verdict that day would say that he should not change his mind to pay for it. He then called the plaintiffs agent, .Jarne, Kc"rney, who said that he was a plasterer, at Llandudno; was agent to Mr. Lemon, of Liverpool, who had a house named Llwynon at Llandudno to let. It was furnished. There was a garden belonging to it. Saw the defendant, who came to me about the] st ot October last, and asked me the letting price of Llwynon. Said he would give £40 for it from the 1st of November to the 1st of May. I sent the offer to plaintiff, who sent bis clerk, Mr. Walls, and they came to terms. He offered to pay £.10, with a discount. Mr. Walls said, We are not needy for money we'll wait till it comes due." Defendant agreed to that, and gave me direc- tions about papering two rooms and tlie lobby. Had that done. I know llogcrs, the gardener, whom I Raw cleaning the walk—our tenant having gone out a fort- ni"ht before his time. Saw the defendant coming to the garden in about two or three days or a week after the bargain. Tenant had not left at that time. Mr. Croft met me at the small gate, and said, KL;ti,tiey, I want you to do some things for me now." Croft, l.o- gers, aud myself then went to the garden. Defendant told Rogers to put cabbage seed down where he thought best, and said that he would pay for the work and the plants. Rogers did prepare the ground, and sow the seed but I didn't see the gardener there after the te- nant had left. His Lordship, seeing that a nice point of law, as to the occupation, was likely to be raised, suggested an honour- able settlement between the parties; as his ruling in the case might lead to endless expense to the persons con- cerned, by an appeal to the Court of Exchequer and the Court of Error. This timely hint had the desired effect a juror was withdrawn, f20 to be paid by plaintiff, each party to pay their own costs. Another case, a Breach of Promise of M irriage," from Llanllechid, for which a great number of witnesses lmd been brought together into Court, was settled ami- cably out of doors without a recourse to the unpleasant expose of a public tribunal. The Court then rose at 12 o'cJock. Counsel in Court -E. Bevan, A. J. M'lntyre, Morgan Lloyd, Gaunt, W. W. Ffoulkes, Hwettenham, R. Vaughan Williams, A. Coxon, Horatio Lloyd, Iguatius Wil- 11r¡n".

mlftrint ^IULIANWNT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Earl of CARNARVON called attention to tl,e colonial estimates, and criticised the policy of the Government in expending money on fortifications at places where, he said, they were ueJe& His argument was, that if the colonies valued their connection with this country, they ought to provide for their own defence. He parti- cularly alluded to Canada, which had refused to raise an active militia force of more than 10,000 men, al- though threatened with invasion by the Federal tates. Duke of NEWCASTLE disputed the accuracy of the noble earl's figures, and averted that the colonial expenditure was decreasing. He remarked that the War Office and colonial authorities were engaged in consider- ing the best plan of defending the colonies, and that their joint Report would be published in a few days. His Grace regretted the decision of the Canadian legisla- ture with respect to the militia bill, and promised to lay upon the table certain correspondence relating to the subject. HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five o'clock. On the motion for the third reading of the Kent Coast Railway Bill Lord CHELMSFORD complained of the monopoly given to the company over Hamsgate Harbour, and moved the omission of the 11th clause. ——After some discussion, the clause was agreed to, and the bill was lead :t third time and passed. The Marquis of C'LANitiCARDr: moved for details of tli() expen- diture upon the Shannon Navigation in 1859, 1300, and 1802. The moitou was agreed to. Lord DI;NGANNON called attention to attacks made on the warders of Park- hurst Prison by convicts, who escaped additional punish- ment.—-Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that he would direct inquiries to be made into the matter. -L.(l EJlUHY presented a petition from Fellows of Colleges in the University of Cambridge, alleging th_t the dcclarrtion of conformity to the Liturgy, according to the Act of Uniformity, before admission to fellow- ships, was injurious to the interests of the University, and praying for the repeal of that Act. In reply to the Earl of Leitrim, Earl URANVILLK said that Govern- ment had agreed to the appointment of a gentleman to inquire into the works on the Upper Shannon, but were not prepared to advance any money for the completion of the works. Their Lordships adjourned at half-past seven p.m. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Karl of CARNARVON corrected an error into which he had fallen on Friday, in reference to the increase of the colonial expenditure. He said he found, on subse- quent investigation, that he had mixed up with tho civil and colonial expenditure, the estimates for the diplomatic and consular services. The Duke of NEW. CASTLE was giad that the Noble Earl had corrected the error, as a very erroneous impression prevailed out of doors in consequence of the statement made oil Friday night. His Grace submitted to the House certain re- turn., which showed that in 1850, the colonial expendi- ture amounted to £ 151,000; in 1S59, to 1182,000; and in 1S02, to £ 113,000. The Thames Embankment Bill was read a second time, the Duke of BUCCLEUGII having explained that he did not intend to offer any opposition to the decision of the House of Commons. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. CLAY and Mr. J. C. EWART appealed to Mr. Lind- say to postpone the important motion of which he had given notice. The lion, gentleman declined to comply with the request, and proceeded to submit his resolu- tion, which was couched in the following terms That, in the opinion of this House, the States which have seceded from the Union of the Republic of the United States, have so long maintained themselves under a separate and established government, and have given such proof of their determination and ability to support their independence, that the pmpriety of offer- ing mediation with the view of terminating hostilities between the contending parties, is worthy of tlie serious and immediate attention of her Majesty's Government; and that, with this object, this House will cordially sup. port her Majesty in any measures she may consider it expedient to adopt, in concert with other powers, to put an end to the civil war in America." Mr. Lindsay's speech was simply a recapitulation of the arguments which have been adduced in previous debates on this subject. These arguments-which appear to a Confe- derate irresistible, to the neutml observer strong, and to the Northerner absttrll-were disputed by Mr. Taylor, who declared that the South could not maintain it. in- dependence. He implored the House to reject the zito- tion. Lord A. V. TEMPEST supported the resolution, which was opposed by IIfr. FORSTER, who thought that if we abstained from interference with the belligerents, the North would in time discover the hopeless nature of the task they had undertake?!. Mr. WHITESIDE strongly urged the recognition of the Confederate Go- vernment which, he contended, would be an action in accordance with precedent, practice, and intemational law Mr. GREUORY followed on the same side.[r. s- FITZGERALD having moved the adjournment of the debate, Lord PALMERSTON rose and expressed a hope that the House would at once decide on Mr. Lindsay's U10¡.H!, as the postponement of such a question would not be beneficial. -Ultimately, Mr. Lindsay withdrew his UIO\1011, ¡ HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONOAT. Attention was drawn to the fact, that during the last ten years, the expenditure under the head oi superannua- tion allowances, has increased to the extent of X200,000, the sums for 1852 and 1862, being £ «70,000 and £870,000. It was also stated that we are spending the large sum of E5,500,000 oil non-effective services. Mr. S. FITZOKRALD made a statement respecting the re- cent anomalous position of British interests at New Or. leans. The proceedings of General Butler in the city, have caused considerable anxiety, and a strong feeling lately prevailed that the Government ought to lose no time in establishing in New Orleans such protection all was necessary to relieve British subjects, as far as pos- sible from the severity of the restrictions imposed by Butler. The absence of Mr. Mure, the English consul, who is now in this country, and Butler's repudiation of the claims of Mr. Coppell to cct as vice consul, appear to have led to the conclusion in certain quarters, that her Majesty was virtually unrepresented in New Or- leans. Mr. LA YARD explained that the Government lwlnot neglected its duty iu this matter, and that, al- though some difficulty existed in the first place, the Government, of the United States had recognised the powers of the vice-colI,;ul.Mr. Fitzoehald inquired if the Government had received any information of the reverse allced to have been sustained by the British and French forces in China. Sir C. WOOD replied iu the negative. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY. Mr. COBISETT and Sir G. EOWVEU, as the respective advocates of the railway and post-office servants, exposed the grievances of those bodies, and claimed for them effectual Parliamentary interference. Both members refrained from submitting any motion ou the subject, but said they would demand a full inquiry on the sub- ject next session. Mr. VILI-IKKS obtained leave to introduce a bill to enable Boards of Guardians in tha distressed districts to resort, if necessary, to rates-iu-aid. Several Lancashire members generally approved of the measure.—Adjourned. HOUSB OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Tramway Bill and the Judgments Law Amend- ment iiiii were withdrawn. Sir B. LKIOUTON moved that the house go into committee on the Night Poaching Prevention Bill. Sir (J. GREY repeated several of his objections to the measure, and Mr. W. Iv. FORSTEH appealed to Sir B. Leighton to postpone legislation on the subject until next session. Sir J. PAXTON, who believed that the bill would tend to make the police unpopular in counties, by causiug the lower classes to regard them as semi-gamekeepers, moved as an amend- ment that the house go into committee that day three months. The amendment was sècondcd by Lord HEX. LEY and supported by Lord STANLEY. After some further remarks the house divided, and the motion for going into committee was agreed to by a large majority. It was, however, impossible to ma'.e any progress with the bill in committee, owing to the determined opposi- tion offered to the first clause. At a few minutes to six-the hour fixed for the adjournment of the house- an attempt to report priJgresB was successful, and con. sequently the sitting terminated without any practical result so far as this bill was concerned.

The body of Mr. J. 11. Winstanley, the missing High SheriU of Leicastershire, has been discovered in the Moselle, which joins the Rhine near Coblentz. It is supposed that the unfortunate geutleman committed suicide whilst in an unsolmd state of mind.