The Welshman

roOTF.-S WOODEX I.EG. I There is no Shakspcarc or Roseius upon record who, like Foote, supported a theatre for a series of years by his own acting in his own writins: and for ten years of the time upon a wooden leg This prop to his person I once saw standing by his bedside, ready dressed in a handsome silk stocking, with a polished shoe and gold buckle, awaiting the owner's getting lip; it had a kind of tragical comic appearance, and I leave to inveterate ,I,s the ingenuity of punning upon a Foote in bed and a leg out of it. The proxy for a limb thus decorated, though ridiculous, is too strong a reminder of amputation to be very laughable. His undressed supporter was the common wooden stick, wi irh was not a little injurious to a well-kept pleasure groulotJ, I remember following him after a shower of rain, upon a nicely rolled terrace, in which he stumped a deep round hole -it every othcr step he took, till it appeared as if the gardener had been there with his dibble, preparing—against all horticultural practice-to plant a long row of cabbages in a gravel walk.— George. Coleman, THE DWELLINGS AND FURNITURE OF THE RICH. I Expense in fnrnitnre i perhaps as innocent as anv ex- pense can be which is not meritorious. Yet the internal garnishing and decorations of a house have nothing of the public and patriotic attributes which may be ascribed to the h(1)se itself, if it be assigned as a work of archi- tectural art, to adorn the land from age to age. The garnishings are for the more exclusive and selfish enjoy- ment of the owner and of those whom whom he may ad- mit to his society, and thev .re fugitive and perishing. rI herefore the very large proportionate expenditure of the rich ¡\ these times of luxuries of furniture (desig- nated, perhaps, by the sober and respectable name of "comfort") is, to say the least, not to be commended. Moreover, many of these luxuries are in realitv less con- ducive to comfort than what is cheap and common and there arc many more which impair the comfort through the health The air we breathe in our rooms would be lighter and fresher if there were Tio such things as car- pets, window-curtains, bed-curtains, or valances; and the more full and heavy the draperies of a room, the less light and nimble is the air. And this effect is aggra- vated if the room is spacious. It is an error to suppose that rooms which are very large and lofty are more airy than others. They may be more airy than very small rooms, but they are less so (and this is well known to the asthmatic) than rooms of moderate dimensions, every corner of which is near to the external air. Again, the love of displaying cost and magnificence in furniture js seldom accompanied, even amongst the richest of the rich, by an indifference as to whether it is spoilt or blemished and yet solicitude on this point militates much against comfort. The sun is often shut out to save the colour of carpets and curtains, at times when pature's sunshine might well be preferred to the best of upholstery. In short, there are a hundred ways in which luxury overreaches itself—a hundred in which penance enters into the worship of Mammon. Double windows make our rooms close. Artificial waters poison our parks. And one truth the rich would do well to keep in mind, for very comfort's sake—that comfort, like health, may be impaired by being too anxiously cared for.— Notes from Boo fx. A RROTIIEIl's CRITICISM. Daniel (his brother), though no poet, was a severe, but facetious critic, He could often defect a flaw- where another could see nothing but beautv and to this young Zoilus Campbell submitted most of his juvenile poetry. A difference of opinion caused no abatement in their friendship; for, ever since the de- tection of their conspiracy in Mrs. Simpson's case, they had been more and more together, as if a sense of mutual disgrace had drawn the cords of sympathy and good brotherhood closer than ever. Daniel, however, would rather have lost his friend than the jest; and scarcely a day passed without some practical joke being played off on his brother Tom. One morning they were to have breakfasted very early; and for this purpose everything had been arranged over ni,,Iit. Daniel was punctual to the very minute, dressed, in the parlour, and anxiously waiting for his brother, whom he had just left in a state of unuual forwardness. But ten minutes having elapsed with no symptoms of his appearance, Daniel became im- patient, and called upon him to descend instantly, for breakfast was ready and the time up Instantly replied the poet. Another ten minutes passed with no better success. Daniel called to his brother a second and a third time but, receiving no answer, rose hastily from the table and went in quest of him. At the same iitstant the poet entered, and laying some pages of 111:1- nterript on the table There," lie, with all -Lir (,f S:1t¥t;¡r-ti"n, there is my apolojjy." A rare thought strrfqk me during the nitrlit-I was afraid of its escaping, and having taken tiie pen in my hand, I could not lay it down Vi-il I lia(l it to rli)-nic. You'll soon see whether I have been irllp or not. "Vn)" good," said let's have a look at it." There it is," s.-Iiii liaii(iiii!z it to Iiiiii with one hand, an(I helping himself to a ^jce of toast with the other. Daniel WJVS Rilent for a minute. ■ IT a very good this-very fine indeed Yes. I thought you would say so." And this is why you had so restless a night ?" "Yes; I had some poetical throes but you see I have hit it off at last," You hace, my boy," said Daniel, appearing to read with much attention. "Well—what do yon think of it inquired the poet, rather impatiently. Why," said the Nilie, to tell you the truth, I think it wants said the Qriiie, to tell you the truth, I tfiiiik it ivints fire, dou't you ?, "Perhaps," sair! the author, with he- sitation. Yes-it certainty wants ?'e;" and suiting iho action to the word, Daniel twisted up the manuscript and thrust it between the bars of the grate. — Memoirs of T. Campbell. CLEMENT LORIMER. The Editorial Sanctum.—Meantime Sir Harrowby Trumps produced a pocket-book, which he opened, and from which he took several cheques. Put in a para- graph in your next number, saying you've been mis- taken three words will do, and take this cheque for he whispered the amount. Mr. Spiffler made an eager motion, implying that he wished for information upon the whispered point; and O'Keene, having ma- naged for a moment to elude Trumps' attention, held up five fingers, and then formed two circles in the air with the feather end of a pen. Well," said Sir Har- rowby, come—what d'ye say O'Kecne threw a doubtlul glance over his visitor's shoulder towards his principal; hut there was no guiding information in the puzzled and downcast looks of Mr. Spiffler. Ile, there- fore, glanced first at the cheque and then at Trumps, and muttered some unintelligible words to himself. The baronet appeared to be fully prepared for this hesitation, and to have a prompt remedy at hand. Without more ado he drew back the precious slip of coloured paper which lay upon the desk, and quietly substituted another in its place. When O'Kccne lookerl upon it he slightly e levated his eyebrows, and immediately replied to the eager pantomine qnrstioll of Spifller, by raising one fin- ger and then drawing three airy circles with the pen. This information appeared at once to decide Mr. Spiffler, though not in the way in which O'Keene fully expected it would operate. The editor shook his head decidedlv, and significantly pointed to Trumps and then to the door, accompanying the motion with those vio- lent contortions of the mouth by which a man tries to speak visibly instead of audibly, so that O'Keene gupsscd rightly that his principal had decided against taking any bribe whatever, and wished the conference to he put an end to as soon as possible. All this time Trumps had looked discrcetlv in the direction of the window, so as to allow his companion to debate the mat- ter in his own mind without let or hindrance. Con, while telegraphing to Spiffler. held the cheque in hand, gazed with sparkling eves upon crery one of its golden j letters, and rubbed it fondly between his fingers, as though the thin paper were a luscious velvet, pleasant and grateful to the touch. And this continued after he had fully comprehended Spiffler's instructions. l'oor Con's fingers seemed unable to unclasp themselves from the magic paper. IN-liat enjoyment was there not corn. prehended in that little s<rap of transmuted rag'. —what days of pleasure and nights of revelry! How the very soul of the poor fellow yearned and longed to grasp that jnorsel of paper, and hug it to his heart! But Fate and Sir. Spiffier had dccreed otherwise. O'Keene made a violent effort, and flung the cheque into Sir Ilarrowby's lap. "There!" he shouted, take back your dross, and don't think to bribe me. or any honest man, from the discharge of his duty to his employers and to society." DUl'.LIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. A Colony Dinner.—The dining-room is exceedingly large, but the length is disproportionate to the width; punkahs, nearly the whole length of the room, are sus- pended from the ceiling; and, as we have a vivid recol- lection of the astonishment with which we gazed on these singular machines, we will describe what a punkah is like. In the tirst place, a frame of wooII, considerably longer than wide, is covered with white calico, to the bottom of which is attached a deep frill—flounce, we be- lieve, is the correct feminine term; this is suspended from tfie ceiling by strong ropes, while to the centre of the punkah is attached by a very long rope, passing through a pulley, which is pulled by a man stationed outside the dining-room, bv which means the THinkah is kept in constant motion. The utility of the trill is to catch the air, as the punkah waves to arid fro, over your head, and vcrv necessarv and pleasant is the artificial breeze thus created by the waving of the punkah, when the thermometer ranges from eightv-six to ninety-eight. There is the alight drawback that your careless servants are quite sure never to look at the iopes I)N. wlii(-,) the punkah is suspended, to see if thrv are not worn by the constant friction paused by the pulling of the punkah. It is v(,rv, ver y, %(,ry hi)t ct!l o,it t,) the punkah puller, Pull the punkah strong, vou la/.v nig- ger he gives an energetic pull—one in right good earnest, as much as to say, does that please vou ? — smash -smash—tlown will come the punkah on the din- ner table. destroying tho glass and crockery, making most awful uproar, and, worse than all, utterly destroy- ing voe.r dinner. This assuredly does not please you but even the downfall of a punkah causes different passions to take possession of the human breast. If it t.?f'sp).icc it, (,n i,ti ravc, at v In id servant about his earclessuess, laziuess. and stu- pidity— vow ihatyoii »; make him replace all that I-, broken-tamp, fret, funic, working yourself tip into j both fever and t\uy. But should this disaster occur at a f iend's house, v< u vi(?v ituith almost stoical indifference :)nd trnnuuiilitv the < quatiimity of your tcmp'T is not in the "least degree rofib d quietly ri-:ng from the table, t;¡kin "our ,,rvicite to ?ip, off your waisteoat the con- tents of the currv-dish, which, with some chicken eote- lettes, and a claret-jug. have been deposited, by the fall of the aforesaid punkah, in your lap; you drawl forth Tvith great deliix ration — •' Wluit—a—horrid—bore, but, like these blacks, so insufferably indolent, neglecting their business in every way." Whilst the host is in- "atielv profuse in bis ;1!¡"jc's for the mish."p, you quietly slip ;:v.:v, and finish \"I)I:r dinner— where you 1\ fr.d Ilc ('¡)1r¡((lts!.

I LONDON MARKETS, MONDAY, MARCH 5. MARK LANE.—The supply of English wheat, by lan" carriage samples this morning, was very small. FactOr: were enabled to effect a clearance on nearly the sarae terms as Monday last. Foreign met a retail inquiry at about late rates. Barley, with the exception of the fineS English malting must be written Is. per quarter cheaper, Beans, grey peas and oats are a dull sale, and bar e supports our quotations white peas are not cheaper. Tbc top price of flour is reduced 2s. per sack. LONDON AVERAGES. d £ s. d. ?- t Wheat.. 1891qrs. 2 6 8 I Rve qrs. 0 0 Barley.. 1617 1 10 7 Beans 739 1 '? n; Oats 8564 0 17 2 Peas.. 272 1? AVERAGE PRICE OF SIX WEEKS. Week ending March IO.-Imperial-Gencral Weekly Average.—Wheat, 4os. Id.; Barley, 29s. Od.; Oats, 1" lid.; Rye, 2Gs. lid.; Beans, 30s. Id.; Peas, 33s. Id. DUTIES 1 0 1 0 1 0 QUANTITY OF FOREIGN GRAIN ENTERED FRER HOME CONSUMPTION DURING TIIE WEEK ESDI* MARCH It. '19 Wheat, Foreign qrs 2185q Beans qrs. 14'1q Barley. 10647 Peas .V Oats 7950 Flour brls. 17'™! FLOUR.—Flour has hung heavily on hand throughO I the week and though the millers have not yet alteld the nominal top price, all other sorts have rather reced I in value. Good marks of French were obtainable," j Friday, at 33s, and fair brands of American at 25s. Ve. barrel. We continue to receive supplies of the artic1 ( from France; and in one vessel from Rouen 1,000 sac" arrived. BREAD.—The prices of wheaten Bread in the metro; I polis are from 7d. to "Id. of household ditto, 5d. I 61d. per 41bs. loaf. PROVISION L\ltK ET8.-Th arrivals last week FRO" Ireland were 1,680 firkins of Butter, and 790 bales Ol; Bacon; and from foreign ports, 7,390 casks of Butt^f j There was a moderate amount of business transacte-'A in Irish Butter during the past week. We have bØf little alteration to notice in price from our quotations.Of this day se'nnight the supplies of best foreign are 10, creasing, and prices declined to 101s. to 102s. The bacO market rnled quiet, and holders submitted to a furth? decline of Is. per cwt., which caused a slight impro" mcnt in demand at the end of the week, and the marke closed firm at 52s. to 56s. landed for Irish. D 1\1 se¿¡ BUTTER MARKET.—We are now getting an increases supply of new Butter to market, and all sorts are dec'1 | ning in price. As to our stock of old Butter it seeO",I quite neglected, but should a buyer appear he may nl3ue. his own terms. Dorset fine new milk, 106s. to 108s. P''? cwt.; ditto middling, 90s. to 96s. ditto old, 56s. to 70S. Fresh Buckinghamshire, lls. to 13s. per dozen; d?' West Country, 9s. to 13s. i HOPS.—As might have been expected, owing to tb advance that has occurred since the commencement 0 I the season, on all the fine descriptions of hops, the dl" I mand is solely confined to the wants of consumers, out any speculative feeling. The prices remain fir without any alteration. j SEED.—The Cloversced trade was exceedingly dull and prices were lower. Most other sorts of Seeds we I also difficult of sale, with the turn in favour of t]¡ buyer. j| T i, T-, T-ki,r.ow -Since Monday last our n?"?? ket has continued tolerably steady. The deliveries not exceeded 1,507 casks yet prices, generally have bee: supported. To-day P. Y. C., on the spot, is firm at 4?' 6d.; and for delivery during the last three months, 41S; f 6d. per cwt. Town Tallow, 41s. per cwt., net cash; Rough Fat, 2?. 3,d. per Stbs. ——  SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—Our market to-d? 1 was very moderately supplied with each kind of fat stoc?; but from the various home-grazing districts, the frco receipts of beasts were seasonably large, and in excess of those noticed on this day sc'nnight, both as to numbe and quality. The dead markets being heavily supple with the last week's arrivals, and the attendance of both town and country buyers small, the beef trade bcre this morning was again excessively heavy, at a decli11 in the quotations paid on Monday last of 2d. per Slb5¡ A few very prime Scots produced 3s. 8(1.; but the gellef" I top figure for beef did not exceed 3s. Gd. per .Slbs., af which a clearance was not effected. The numberS ° sheep were again on the increase, and at least two-thif" of them were above the average quality. There wct nearly 7,000 sheep more in the market than at the corres ponding period in 1848. For all breeds the demand 05 heavy in the extreme, and to effect sales prices rccede 2d. per Slhs, from those of Monday last. The higM general figure for the best Do-.vns, in the wool, was 4s. 4d out of the wool, 3s. 10d. per RIbs. About a third of tit supply was shorn. The few lambs on offer realised froo 6s. 6d. to 7s. per Slbs. Calves, the supply of which %q5 very moderate, moved off slowly, at drooping prices. 1- pigs, next to nothing was doing. In the quotations 11 material change took place. Per 81b. to sink the offal.-Coarse and inferior beast 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d., second quaHty do. 2s. 8d. to 2s. 10 prime large oxen 3s. Od. to 3s. 2d., prime Scots, ltC" 3s. Id. to 3s. (id., coarse and inferior shp, 2s. lOd. t( 3s. 4d., second quality do. 3s. 6d. to 3s. lOd. prime coarS woollcd sheep 3s. lOd. to 4s. Od., prime South Do^ 4s. 2(1. to 4s. 4d., large coarse calves, 3s. Sd. to 4s. 4d., prime small ditto 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d., large hogs 3s. 2d. to 3-. 8d., neat small porkers 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d., suckliJI calves 18s. to 27s., and quarter-old-store pigs 17s. to 21s. each. Total supplies: Beasts 3,722, sheep 22,210' calves 114, pigs 260. Foreign: Beasts, 270, sheep 74 calves 56. I ..—

WEEKLY CALENDAR. THE CHANGES.—New Moon on Saturdill, f 2 ith of March, at 6m. past 2 afternoon.

HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES. FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. jCarmar- Cardigan! Tenby v9t' DAYS. then ]?ar. and and 'tb. Llanelly. j Bristol. Milford. ?"  MARCH. !H. M. H. M. H. M. H r9 Saturda' y.24l; R6 4 J6 49 5 34 7  Sunday I') -): 6 41 7 26 6 11 7 £ ? Monday, .26 7 19 8 4 6 49 8 34 Tuesday .271 7 ?7 8 42 7 27 9 1$ Ttic.qd-,ty .28. 1 8 1 1 9 22 8 7 9  Wrd 2110 6 8 51 10 S j Friday 30,10 5 ,10 50 8 51 10 Fi-i d ,,ty 5 ?10 50 9 3.5 11

1- LONDON GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS.—( Friday, March 16.)-E. and D. Also31 builders, Arlington-place, St. Geore in the East.- Ayres, farmer, Eltham, Kent.—H. Adams, scrivelle" Bridge to%n. -J. Rewcastle, copperas maker, GateS head.— T. Cr-agz, grocer, Blackpool, Lancashire. J. Cossins, linen-drnper, New Church-street, Porttoa" market.—J. T. Flynn, grocer, Birmingham.—W. Kelly, bookseller, Newport, .NJ onmouthslh ire.- J. Saddler, Weston-super-Mare, Sornersetshire. T. N ok sen., miller, Upminster, Essex.—W. Palmer, corn n? chant, Ru?elpy. Staffordshire.—G. Rait, tailor, Moorgar street.—W. Skinner, clothier, High-street, Aid?.t,?-T' Wesson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham.-H. Witc?' tailor, Manchester. BANKRUPTS—(Tuesday, March 20.)-G. Morris, bO ker and grocer, Isle of Wight.—J. Waite, licensed y tuallcr, High Holborn.-Cl,.at-les Oswin, dentist, HafW street, Cavendish-square.—Joel Wilson, turer, West Bromwich, Staffordshire.-It. Smith, tanneft Hathern, Leicestcrshire.-T. Carlill, grocer, Kingston upon-Hull.—J. Wesson, lace manufacturer, Nottiii-lilo" Jas. Hodgson and Joseph Hodgson, cotton spinncfj Underbank, Yorkshire.—T. B. Jones, brewer, Brecon- E. Brooker, carver and gilder, Clielt,nliani.-G. lime-burner, Wrexham, Denbighshire.—J. Lewtas; C;, binet-maker, Manchester.—H. ltidsdale and H. C- Chaunccy, share-brokers, Liverpool.— C. Lee, jeweller. Marlborough-cottages, St. John's Wood.—G. IIoW^ Northwich, innkeeper.

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CARMARTHENSHIRE ASSIZES. The Spring Assizes for this County commenced on Saturday afternoon last, when Sir AVilliani Et-le, the Judge of Assize arrived from Cardigan, and was escorted into this town by Walter Ilice Howell Powell, Esq., the High Sheriff, accompanied by javelin-men, in remarkably neat and useful uniforms, and a numerous cortr-.f;c of izeiitiernoti, ivlio proceeded immediately to the Shire Hall, where the Commission was opened by his Lordship, and the Court adjourned until Monday morning. On Sunday his Lordship attended divine service in St. Peter's Church, being accompanied by the Mayor of the town, and a large body of the respectable inhabitants, when the Assize Sermon was preached by the Venerable Archdeacon Bevan, the Hih Sheriff's Chaplain, who selected as the text, the 2nd chapter of Titus and the 11th and 12th verses. MONDAY. His Lordship entered the Court at 11 o'clock. The following Magistrates for the County answered to their n.,ime., John Mansel, Bart., H. Lawrence, M.D., D. Protheroe, M.D., E. P. Lloyd, W. G. Hughes, R. G. Thomas, J. T. Beynon, J. G. Phillips, Grismond Phillipps, D. Prythcrch, W. B. Gwyn, D. Davies, J. M. Child, J. Waters, W. B. Swann, W. du Buisson, J. W. G. Gwyn Hughes, C. Morgan. Jun., W. Morris, W P. Lewes: G, B. Jones, J. L. Thomas, Esquires, and the Rev. T. Gwyn. Coito-, George Thomas, and D. Price Jones, Esquires. The following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury for the County :-Sir J. Mansel, Bart., Foreman, E. P. Lloyd, J. G. Phillinos, W, G. Hughes, W. Morris, R. G. Thomas, W. P. Lewes. Grismond Phinipps, D. Davies, J. 1,1. Price, R. J. Nevill, W. B. Gwyn, J. M. Child, D. Prytherch, J. W. G. Gwyn Ilughes, W. B. Swann, H. Lawrence, M.D., J. T. Beynon, C. Morgan, Jtin., W. du Buisson, J. T. Alcock, J. Waters, and D. Protheroe, G. B. Jones, Esquire, also appeared, but was not sworn. The following magistrates for the Borough of Carmar- then appeared :—J. Lewis, Esq., Mayor, J. G. Phillipps, Wm. Morris, E. II. Stacey, David Davies, and W. G. Thomas, Equires. CORONER.— John Hughes, Esq. GRAND Jruv FOR THE COUNTY OF THE BOROUGH OF C\!DL\ltTlI E.-Iessrs, Bagnall, (Foreman,) Brod ie, Children, Thomas David, Lawford Evans, Geo. Goode, Heginbottoin, Howell Howell, John Jones, Geo. Jones, John Lewis, D. Ll. Mortimer, D. Nieholl, Ribhans, N. Rees, Geo. Shankland, W. Spurrell, J. J. Stacey, J. Thomas, John Timmins, E. B. Warren, and Matthew Wayne The customary proclamation against vice and pro- fancness having been read, His Lordship addressed the Grand Jurors as fol:ows GENII, MM EX OF TIIF. GRAND JURY FOR THE COUNTY OF C,\IOL\1tTHEX,-According to the informa- tion which I have received, there are five matters which are to be brought before you for enquiry, two of larceny, two of burglary, and one of malicious damage to property. two of I)tir(, I arv, a With respect to one of the cases of larceny, the property. an iron axle-tree, appears to have been left in such a position upon the public road that it might have been asserted by the party charged that he had found it. But I may here remark that if the owner of property which is picked up can be found out or ascertained, and the party finding the property does not endeavour to do so, he is just as much guilty of larceny as if he had taken and stolen it from the right owner. It appears, however, in this case, that there had been something like an ex- press notice of ownership served upon the pl'i:,(J1¡cr, and in that case you will have no difficulty in finding a bill. With regard to the two charges of burglary, it appears that one of them was committed several years ago, and the proof against the parties charged, rests chiefly upon the evidence oi' an accomplice. From the depositions I gather, that there were three persons concerned in the burglary in question, and that one of them has given information against the other two. i lie usual practice of law. in cases where the evidence of an accomplice occasions a charge against parties, is that it should be requirerl to be affirmed by other testimony. -No,v, although I acquaint vou with the fact that this is the usual practice of law, yet it is clearly within the province of the Grand Jury to found their decision upon the evi- dence of the accomplice alone,if they are confidently of opinion that it is iustly entitled to implicit belief. It is more than probable, however, that you will find evi- dence offered in confirmation of the accomplice's state- ment. With respect to the other charge of burglary it seems that the prosecutor having suffered from thefts on several previous occasions, was on the watch when the prisoner entered her premises, and consequently the prisoner retreated, without taking any of the prose- cutrix's property with her. To constitute the crime of burglary, it is necessary that there must be a breaking and entering the house in the night time and there must also be a felonv committed, or an intention existing on the part of the person so breaking and entering to com- mit a felony. Now,whereaperson breaks and enters into another party's premises in the night time, it is hardlv to be inferred that there can be any other intpntion j than that of committing a felony. As the party re- I treated from the house, however, without committing ] any theft, a search was instituted at her residence and a great quantity of property belonging to the prosecutrix was found there. It is a* rule of general law that one crime cannot be used to prove the commission of ano- ther, yet when a question of intention supervenes, as it is clear it must do in the present case, I know of no ob- jection that can be entertained to the offering of evi- dence of other crimes to prove that intent. The evidence of stolen property belonging- to the prosecutrix being found in prisoner's possession, although taken at other times, is 1 think in this case evidence that can be offered in proof of the intention of prisoner in the pre- sent instance. As regards the charge of having com- mitted malicious injury to machinery, this is a very serious crime, where several parties unite or combine to perpetrate such outrages, but if, as in this case it is likely to be asserted, the party charged acted under the belief that he had a right to act under the orders of the owner of the land the steam engine pipe passed over, then it would be a justification of his conduct. I see from the depositions that something of this kind will be brought before you as to whether the prisoner had a bona. jidc belief that he was authorized by the owner of the land to sever the pipe of the engine. If you think he did so you will probably not find the bill. The statute says that it is a felony to injure machinery, but it expressly adds that it is no felony if the party firmly believes that the real owner gave him authority to do so. Although this is a matter which more probably will not come within your province, but will be brought out on the trial here, by the wi tnesses for the defence yet if you find from the depositions or any of the evidence adduced before you that there is reason to think there was a fair belief in the matter you will give it your serious consideration. Those are the only cases that will be brought before you, and if any qnestion of law arises, it will be my duty, as it will be my pleasure, to afford yun any information, or to an- swer any questions you may put. It is not necessary for me to detain you by any further observations. G,TT,T-.)Ir. OF THE GRAND JURY" FOR THE COUNTY OF THE BOROUGH OF CARMARTHEN — In this case you arc called on to consider two matters, one being a charge of simple larceny, and one a case of a very aggravated larceny, being a charge of robbery against a person em- ployed in the Post Office. In the first mentioned case, a spoon was taken, and I draw your attention to the case simply because a statute has lately been passed in which it is enacted that where two persons are charged, the one for stealing, and the other for receiving the stolen property, the prosecution is authorised to put two counts in the same indictment in the one charging the stealing against both the prisoners, and the other charging the receipt of the stolen articles against both the prison- ers. It verv often happens that the possession of the property stolen lies in the party who has not stolen it, and this salutary statute has therefore been passed in order to prevent substantive justice from being defeated by technical objections, and to prevent the guilty from escaping the consequences of their crimes. Looking at the depositions therefore in this case, and the fact that the indictment contains two counts in accordance with the recent statute, I wish to in- form you that you are at liberty to find the bill against the prisoners upon both counts of the indictment. With respect to the other charge, which is of a vcry aggravated description, bein? that of a Clerk employed in the Post Office steatin? a letter, or rather stealing a letter and the property contained in that letter, the statute has defiued the offence very clearly, and I will therefore make no comments upon the case or explanation of the law. If you arc satisfied the prisoner took the letters, or took the property from the letters, it will he your duty to find a true bill. It is not necessary for me to dllain you with any further observations, but if any question of law shouhl arise. which however I do not anticipate, I shall be most happy to rende r you my assistance." The Grand Juries then retired, and in a short time returned into Court with several bills. lVizaheth Smith, was charged for having, on the 13th of March, in the parish of Pembrev, stolen an iron axle- tree, the property of Jonathan Morse. The prisoner who was undefended, pleaded Ao £ Guilty. Mr. Lloyd Hall appeared for the prosecution, and without addressing the Jury, called the following witne«se* — I tyti a f?irmer, living Jonathan Morse, examined ;-1 am a farmer, living atPencoed, in the parish of Pembrey, in this county. I have been in the habit of carrying sand for Messrs Nevill, Sims, and Co., to their Copper Works, at Llall- elly. I carried it part of the distance, in the trams on the tram road. About twche months ago one axle- tree of the trams became broken, anil I borrowed one of Mr. M'Kiernin, and told a blacksmith of it. I then got a spare axlctree for the tram, and placed it on the premises of a cottage, called Glanyrafon, at the pine end of the house. At that tinve an old woman named Mary lived there. She died nine or ten months or rii-)re ago, and prisoner came to live there afterwards. When prisoner came there the axletrec was at the pine end of the house. The pinc, vnd of the cottage is not adjoining the road leading to the tramroad. The axh trre stood on the brink of the river, where the occupiers of the house kept coal. I saw that axlctree last there on Tuesday night, at eight o'clock as I was going home. When I was going away from prisoner's house, a cart and donkey bad crossed the tram road, about 40 yards off. I saw nothing but a spade in the cart. I desired the driver to take the c.rt off the tram- road. I have since found out who that driver was. Daniel O'Shee says he is the man, and the driver was a short man like him. I turned back again to Glanyrafon after a short time, and saw prisoner. I told her to take care of the axlctree that night, and to keep it till next morning. I did not tell her anything about, the donkey cart. Prisoner said it t-is not my iron, but it belonged to Thomas of Gam. 1 told her it was my iron. She said nothing to that, I then went away. The cart was in the same idace then as where I saw ii before. The axletree weighed from 1 ewt. to 1 GO lbs. The following day I ii-(iit to Glanyrafon about two o'clock in the afternoon. The axletiee was gone and I told prisoner so. She asked me if she was my servant, and perhaps the boys had hidden it. That «as all that pa-.scd. The axl.-tuv is heie. (Produced.) That is .he a.\kt:ec I have Uiu ;;ptakiiiv: about. Cross-examined by prisoner :-1 told her I would give her Od. if she could find the axlctree. Daniel O'Shee, examined :—I am a baker, living at Llanelly. When I have no work at my trade, I collect bones, rags, &c" and sell them. I frequently go to Pembrcy. I had dealings with pi-i.,nnp, aii(i bought the iron axletree of her 9 days before I fctched it. She offered it to me for one shilling, and I bought it of her for that sum. She told mc it belonged to herself, and that no one else had a claim upon it. On the 15th of this month I hired a cart and donkey of James Collins, and took it towards Glanyrafon. I recollect last witness telling me to remove it from the tramroad. I did remove it and then went into prisoner's house again, where I was before the prosecutor came up. They spoke in Welsh which I did not understand, and I asked her after he was gone what they had been saying. She told me that he wanted to buy the axletree, but had no money to pay for it, and that I was to take it as I had bought it before. I paid her 8d, in priTt rnyment of the shilling, and told her that when I called at Pembrey next, I would pay her the remainder. I put the axletree on my shoulder, but she said it was too heavy for me, and she would assist me. There was a small stream of water between her house and the cart, and -oshe helped me with the axletree over the stream and into the cart. This was about S o'clock, and I went home with it. It was about 2 miles or 2 toiles from my home. I got home about 9 o'clock. I put the cart and the axletree in Jas. Collins's backyard, and left it there. On the following morning I made a bargain, and sold it to Jas. Collins for 2s. 4d. I saw the axletree put on board a ship, called the Henry in Mr. Nevill's dock. This was on the Wednesday. I was shipping old iron all day long and put it on board myself, about half-past 3. I believe the axletree produced to be the same, but will not swear to it, as I had no opportunity to put marks on it. A little after 9 on Thursday morning at my own house, she said she would sooner than £ 10 to see me, as the owner of the axletre had come for it. I said it is a good job you came for it so soon, as it is on board the Henry, and I have no claim on it if James Collins will give it up. She told me she would pay me mv expenses for fetching it back, and also my expenses to Pembrey. I sent my little boy to Collins's, and I went down after- wards. I told the little boy to tell Collins to give up the axletree. I told prisoner if she paid me Is. 8d. for my expense and trouble, and for payment of a toll gate between Pembrey, I would give up the axletree but not without. I told Collins if she gave him the Is. Sd. to give up the axletree. James Collins has since given me the Is. 8d. Cross-examined There was no one present when I paid prisoner for it. There was a little boy and a young woman in the cottage. I did not say anything about the axletree before that boy and young woman. I bought the axletree 9 days before, but there was no one present then. By the Court:—I became acquainted with prisoner about a month or two before, when I bought bones and rags from her. I do not think I bought more than once. I bought about two penny worth. James Collins, examined :—I am a fruiterer and dealer in old iron at Llanelly. I frequently buy iron of O'Shee. I bought an axletree on Wednesday morning from him. lIe borrowed a donkey and cart of me on Tuesday, and returned it to my yard about 9 o'clock. I bought the axletree for 2s. 4d. The axletree weighed 1031bs. We generally give from Is. (id. to 2s. 3d. per cut. for old iron. It was wrought iron, but I thought it was not when I bought it. I know prisoner, and saw her on Thursday morning about 9 o'clock at my standing in the market. She asked if I had bought an axletree. I told her I did. She asked if I bought it from an Irishman named O'Shee. I said 11 ycs." She asked what I gave for it. I told her 2s. Id. She said" Dear me, only Sid. lie -ave me." She told me sife must have it back, or else she should have to pay 10s. for it. I told her it had been shipped on board the Henry, and and was under a deal of lumber, and it could not be got without great trouble, as the vessel sailed for Bristol next day. O'Shee came down while we were speaking. I told him the woman wanted the axletree back. He said that she did. I said I was willing to give it back if he paid me hack the 2s. 4d. He said he would but prisoner must pay him Is. 8d. for his trouble. She said she would, but she had no money. She said she would try to borrow it, and he told me to receive the Is. Sd. and to give up the axle- tree. She came back in a quarter of an hour, and gave me 2s, and I gave 4d. back. She gave 3d to my little boy for getting the axletree out of the vessel. She said she would give me nJ, and gave me 3d. to give to the boy. My boy afterwards brought up the axletree. Prisoner went up to see it. I saw it next with George James, the policeman, the same day. George Joines, police constable, at Llanelly Copper Works.-Ip. consequence of information I received abont 1 o'clock on Thursday, March loth, I went to make enquiries about an axletree on board the Henry, and afterwards of John Collins. I went to Collins's house and found the axletree there which I now produce. It has been in my custody ever since. John Collins, son of John Collins, a previous witness, examined:—About half an hour after the axletree was brought from the ship, prisoner came to my father's yard. She came and looked at it, and said Here it is, what did your father give for it." I said 2s. Id. She said" The oM devil only Rave me 8d. for it." The prisoner, in her defence, denied most vehemently that she sold the axletree, and asserted that she was in- duced to go and look for it after its removal by the pro- secutor, who told her that as it was taken away from her possession, it having been left in her care she would he responsible for its replacement. She asserted also that Daniel O'Shce's story was untrue, and offered to prove that she had not been out of her house on the night in question. She admitted the testimony of Col- lins and his son to be fully correct with the exception of their statement that she said O'Shee had bought the iron of her for 2s. Sd. The following witnesses were then called on her be- half:- Jane Brown examined :—I remember what I saw in Glanyrafon on Tuesday night. A man came in to light his pipe. Prisoner said he should. Morse came by and called out. The man immediately ran out of the house, and I never saw him again. I did not see her out of the house, and I am sure she did not go out until it was long after nine o'clock. Cross-examined:—I live about twenty yards from prisoner, and am her sister. I am married and was at my sister's house from before dark till after nine o'clock. I have one child aged eleven which was with mc. I was knitting a stocking. I know it was nine o'clock because my husband comes from work at that time. My sister was sewing all the time. I remember Morse crying out Hoy He came to my sister's house five or ten minutes after. My sister went to the door to talk to him. There are two rooms in the house. I was in the room on the right hand. There was a can- dle on the table. My sister did not go to the outer door. Mary Thomas examined —I was in the house on the night in question. I went there betweecn seven and eight, and stayed all night. A man came to the house to ask to light his pipe. The man who lost the axle- tree called out Hoy," and the man ran out. My sister did not go out of the house. We went to bed about 10 o'clock, and got up about seven. My mother lived 33 or 34 years in Glanyrafon. I have known prisoner 33 years, and never heard anything against her as re- gards honesty. Cross-examined — Prisoner was preparing supper, and Jane Brown was knitting a stocking. There were several more people than David Morgan David Charles, Betsey Williams, John Thomas, myself, and prisoner were present. They are all grown up, and John Thomas is about 17 years old. None of them are here to-day. They were in the house the whole time, and none of tliein went out. Mr. Hall replied, and argued that it was evidently a trimmed up defence, as the women who were witnesses for the defence had evidently spoken about what passed between the time of Morse's crying out and his return to the prisoner's house. It was sworn distinctly that prisoner sold the iron, and her own admissions as to the price she received for it was detailed by other witnesses with fidelity. His Lordship summed up, observing that it was clear the iron had been stolen, and if the jury believed the prisoner sold it to Daniel O'Shee, she was evidently guilty of stealing it. The only question for the jury was, did they or did they not believe Daniel O'Shee. The jury after consulting for about 20 minutes, re- turned a verdict of So Bill, amidst universal laughter. The foreman however quickly altered the verdict to Not Guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. POST OFFICE ROBBERIES. Ann Matthews, was placed at the bar and arraigned for having, whilst employed in the service of the Post Office, on the 19th day of December, 1818, stolen a letter addressed to "Rhys Beynon, Esq., Per. C. C. Walkey's, Luckton, Leominster, containing two sove- reigns, the property of Her Majesty's Postmaster Ge- neral. The second count in the indictment charged her with having embezzled the letter aforesaid lhe third laid the charge against the prisoner as having secreted the letter the fourth charged the prisoner with stealing two sovereigns out of a post letter, sent by post, the property of Her Majesty's Postmaster General. The fifth, charged her with stealing one post letter, one other letter, one sheet of paper, one piece of pnpcr, one letter cover, and two sovereigns, the pioperty of Her Majesty's Postmaster General, and the (ith and last count laid the above articles as the property of John Thomas Beynon, Esq. The prisoner, who appeared less dejt-cted than at her last examination before the magistrates, in a low voice pleaded not guilty. She was likewise arraigned for having, while em- ployed under the Pot offic of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 2nd of January, 1819, feloniously stolen a letter addressed to Miss Mary Duties, East View, Newport, Pembrokeshire," contain- ing a shilling. In like manner to the former indict- ment the letter was variously described in fi counts, in various shapes, and as the property respectively of the postmaster General and Miss Ann Davies. She was charged under a third indictment for having s'olen a letter, addressed to "Mrs. Colby, Ffynone, Castle Ivnlvn, Carmarthenshire," and containing a topaz ring and brooch. This also contained G counts, variously describing the property as belonging to the Postmaster General and Mr John Colby. A fourth indictment charged her with tealing a letter addressed to "John Owen, Merlon College, Oxford," containing a box and ring, the property of the Post- master General or of Col. Hugh Owen Owen, Llanstinan, Pembrokeshire. The fifth indictment charged the prisoner with steal- ing a letter containing one sovereign, nnd addressed to Mrs. Anne Griffiths, Sheep Street, Narberth, Pem- brokeshire." Six counts were also in this indictment. The sixth and last indictment found by the Borough Grand Jury, charged the prisoner with stealing a letter clntaining :211.11f sovereigns addressed to Messrs. Man- sell & Co., Tea Dealers, Bucklersbury, Cheapside, Lon- dIm," described iIl G counts as thc property of the Post- master General or the Rev. Rees Griffiths. To each anù all these indictments the prisouc.r pleaded Not Guilty. The first indictment in order was first proceeded with. Mr. Chilton, Q. C., and Mr. Wilson appeared on behalf of the Crown, while tbe prisoner was de- fended by Mr. John Evans, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Lloyd Hall. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., rose to address the jury for the prosecution. He said :—May it plcase your Lordship gentlemen of the jury ;-In this case I appear for the prosecution, and 1 ha,e a very painful duty to pprform and, I am afraid, you will find that you will have a very painful duty to perform also. You are to en- quire whether Ann Matthews has been guilty of the offence with which she stands charged, namely, that she, being employed in the Post Office in this town, during such employment did steal a letter which came into her hands pursuing her occupation. That will be necessary to be proved before you can convict th° prisoner. It is absolutely necessary for the hap- piness and interest of all persons in this country that whatever is entrusted to conveyance by the Post Office should be held strictly sacred, and in order that that should be so it is lso absolutely necessary that all persons employed in the Post Office should haye good reputation and characters, and their conduct should be such as to entitle them to the fullest and most implicit confidence. The reason why I stated that this would be a very painful enquiry is because the prisoner is the daughter of a man who for no less than 32 years has held the office of deputy Post Master of this town, and filled it during the whole of that time without the slightest impeachment of his character. The prisoner has been for 12 years em- ployed in the Post Office under her father, and has been in the receipt of a salary of JE40 a year. In con- sequence of a quantity of letters that ought to have passed through the Carmarthen Post Office in transit to other places not having so passed, thp Inspector General of the Post Office, Mr. John Ramsey, was directed to make enquiries into the matter. For that purpose he ac- cordingly arrived in Carmarthen on the IGth of January, and on the 17th he saw the prisoner Ann Matthews, at the Post Office. He desired her to enable him to search her drawers, and went into a bed room with her accompanied by her sister. The prisoner unlocked some drawers in which Mr. Ramsey found three letters which induced him to give her into custody, she locked up her drawers taking the keys with her. Mr. Ramsey, however, locked the bed- room door and kept the key. The prisoner was then taken to gaol, and on the 10th Mr. Ramsey having in the mean time had some keys given to him which were taken from the prisoner by the matron of the gaol, he again searched, and in a box which he unlocked with one of the prisoner's keys, he found 2G2 letters, £9;) in Bank notes, together with a number of trinkets, and a large quantity of valuable property. Amongst the letters was the one which is the subject of the present enquiry. It was addressed Rhys Beynon, Esq., the Rev. C. C. Walkey's, Luckton, Leominster I shall call Mr. Beynon to prove that Mrs. Beynon at his desire, and in his presence wrote a letter to his son in school. Mr. Beynon put in a card two sovereigns, and then put the card and the sovereigns in a letter and the letter in an envelope. The letter was next put in a bag and the bag locked, and sent to Narberth. The Post Master at Narberth will prove that the letter went regularly through his office, and must have arrived at Carmarthen on the morning of the 19th of December. The prisoner, Ann Matthews, was on duty at the Carmarthen Post Office on that day. I will call also Mr. Beynon's son, and that young gentleman will prove that he never received any such letter as that his father had transmitted. I regret very much that I cannot think the jury will have any doubt upon their minds as to the prisoner's guilt, and I still more deeply regret that I shall be compelled to call the prisoner's sister as a witness to prove her employment in the Post Office, but I disclaim all intention or wish to cast the slightest imputation upon that sister's character. The following evidence was then adduced in support of the casr fl1r the prosecution — John Thomas Beynon, Esq., examined by Mr. Wilson :—I live at Trewern. On the 18th of December last, my wife by my directions and in my presence wrote the letter produced. I put 2 sovereigns in two slits in a card, and put the letter in an envelope, and my wife sealed it in my presence. I saw it put in my post-bag as usual. I have one key of the bag and the postmaster has the other key. I heard on the following Friday that the letter had not reached its destination. Cross-examined :—I put the sovereigns in the card, and the card in the letter. I gave it to Mrs. Beynon to seal. I never had it in my hands afterwards. I saw it put in the bag. Mrs. Bcvnon locked the bag. There were no other letters in the bag that day to the best of my knowledge. Catherine Sophia Beynon, wife of John Thomas TIe) non, Eq examined by Mr. Chilton :—I wrote this letter on the 11th of December, and I saw Mr. Beynon put the sovereigns in the card and the card and letter into an envelope. I sealed the letter and put it in the bag. I locked the bag and sent it down stairs by one of the servants. I kept the key. Edward Thomas always takes the bag. He is here. Edward Thomas examined by Mr. Wilson :—I am a servant to Mr. Beynon, and take the bag to Narberth every day. I shall have carried it two years in June. I take the bag every day except Sundays. Cross-examined;—The bag is always given to me locked. I never opened it, nor ever knew what was in it. Mr. James Williams, assistant postmaster at Nar- berth, examined by Mr. Chilion:—Mr. Beynon has a bag, and I have a key of the bag at Narberth. It is regularly brought to me locked. This letter must have passed through our office on the 18th of December. I remember the circumstance of the letter coming to our office by the three stamps on it. That would go on to Carmarthen on the morning of the 19th. I made up the bag that night, and to the best of my belief that letter was in it. Cross-examined :—The letter had three stamps on it, but only required two. I weighed the letter. It would have been marked extra if needed. I never saw an instance of money falling out of the letters into the bags. Rhys Beynon examined by Mr. Wilson:—I am the son Mr. J. T. Beynon. In December, I was at school at the Rev. C. C. Walkey's, Luckton, Leominster. I received no letter from home in that month. Mr. John Ramsey, Inspector General of the General Post Office, examined by Mr. Chilton :—I was desired to come to Carmarthen to make enquiries in conse- quence of complaints made to the General Post Office. I arrived on the 16th. On the morning of the 17th, I saw Ann Matthews at the Post Office. I showed her some handwriting and asked if it was hers. She denied it. I stated I was not satisfied with her reply, and should like to see the contents of her drawers and boxes. She made no objection in fact she said nothing. I accompanied her with her sister, Sarah Matthews, to a room up stairs. I followed the prisoner to the bed-room, she produced several keys and opened some drawers in a chest of drawers. I found letters directed to other persons. I also found among other articles, a miniature union jack flag, which had been applied for to the Post Office authorities, as not having reached its destination. On finding this property I locked the room door, put the key in my pocket, and brought her down stairs. I communicated with a professional adviser and gave her into custody. Before she went to gaol her mother accompanied her to fetch a shawl, and locked the door and gave me the key. On the 19th I found the door locked, and unlocked it with the key I had. When I went to the room on the 19th, I was accompanied by Sarah Matthews, having received keys from the gaoler that morning. We found a tin box under the bed, and one of the keys obtained from the prisoner opened it. I found 2G2 letters with envelopes, 93 letters with- out envelopes, 52 covers of newspapers. In another, a wooden box, I found £95 in Bank of England notes, and in two boxes I found 28 purses, and a great quan- tity of valuable property. I forced the deal box open with a chisel. Amongst the letters I found the one now produced, open, containing the card, and in every respect as it is now. The letters were all addressed 10 different parties. Some few of the letters were ad- I dresspd to prisoner, and also some bills. Cross-examined :— Found this letter in the tin box. The wooden box was locked, but neither of the keys would fit it. Most of the 52 covers were torn open. Many of the letters were open and twisted up as if ready to be thrown into the fire. Most of the purses were new, Mr. George Stephens, governor of the County Gaol examined by Mr. Wilson:—I received prisoner into custody on the night of the 17th January. I received some keys from the matron, and the next day in pri- soner's presence, I asked are these your keys that were taken from you by the matron yesterday r" She answered Yes." I gave them to Mr. Ramsey. Miss Sarah Matthews, sister of the prisoner examined by Mr. Chilton am the daughter of the postmaster of this town. He has been postmaster thirty-two years. I have been employed in the Post Omce, twenty years, and my sister ten or twelve years. Her salary was £10 a-year. I remember Mr. Ilamsev coming to the office on the 17th January. I accompanied him to my sister's room. It is not I believe usually kept locked. She sleeps there alone. I accompanied him to that room again on the 19th of January. My sister was engaged in the office on the 19th of December. Cross-examined sister ate and drank and lived with my father, besides having a salary. A considerable time before Mr. Ramsey came she had not spoken to me or my father. Ir was for some months. I saw her at meals and in the office, and she never said one word cither to me or my father during all that time. On former occasions she has frpqventlv had fits of silence for months together. I never quarrelled with her or gate her any ground of offence to cause such a thing. She has received money from newspaper agents to pay newspaper bills which she had to hand over to my father. She used to hand it to him by placing it on a paper. and she wrote the amount on the paper without saying a word. The Post Oifice hours commence at seven in the morning. My father, my sister, and myself attended to the duties of the office. The duty ends at half-past ten at night. M" v sister did not attend to the business quite a.- much as I did. When not engaged she went I to her own room. She went out a good deal, but I do not know where. She went visiting very little. I have many intervals in the day eIuring which 1 am not wanted in the Post Office. I do not recollect my sister hadng fits. The letter having been put in, this closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. John Evans, Q C., M.P., addressed the jury for the prisoner. He said: — I appear in this case as Connsel for the prisoner at the bar. I have no doubt of the sincerity of my friend Mr. Chilton, when he told you, gentlemen of the jury, that the task he had to per- form was an exceedingly painful one, hut my task is infi- nitely more painful, as the interests of the prisoner are entrusted to ine, and that most inefficiently I shall be enabled to perform the duty which devolves upon me, I am convinced. I cannot help at the outset referring to a number of reports which have been circulated, and pragraphs insfTted in newspapers which can hardly fail to have met your eye, as these events have created much sensation in this portion of the country. The impression of the rumours and publications I must most earnestly entreat and beg of you to discharge entirely from your minds, and I trust you will feel it your duty to decide entirely according to the evidence adduced in the case. I feel and am sure you also will feel great anxiety in the discharge of your duties, on this occasion. Here is a man who for 32 years has performed the important duties of Postmaster in this town, uprightly and ho- nestly, and in his old age he meets with the dreadful calamity of seeing his daughter brought to that bar to answer for an alleged crime. Both your sympathy and mine are undoubtedly and but reasonably his. I do not complain of any of the evidence adduced or of the manner in which the charge has been preferred. She is charged, first, that she stole a letter containing money secondly, that she secreted the letter, and also with having stolen and secreted a letter with the con- tents mentioned in the indictment. By the Act of Parliament these offences are all so many different degrees of crime, and if it should be found that none of the money which she has been charged to have stolen, ever reached the possession of the prisoner, that will bring the question to the minor offence in the indict- ment. f will make as few remarks as can be made upon this affair, and I will begin by saying that I have no doubt of the veracity of the evidence tendered on behalf of the prosecution. That the money in question was put in thc letter appears certain. It is for you to say whether you are satisfied that the letter still contained it when it reached Carmarthen. I will make no observations upon this point, as I am entirely desirous you should draw your own conclusions on this subject. But there are circumstances detailed in the evidence of Mr. Ramsey which cannot fail to excite at once astonishment and surprise. Yon are told that amongst the property which was fonnd in the possession of the prisoner is a large quantity of new purses, a quantity of old letters, and old newspaper covers. It is a most singular thing that any body should appear desirous of making a collection of old newspaper covers or purses, and if she be in reality guilty of the crime imputed to her she seems to have adopted none of those palpable means of concealment which. would be supposed to be most readily and promptly adopted by other per- sons under similar circumstances. That certainly denotes a strange peculiarity of mind in the prisoner, and it is most singular that she should have abstracted all this large amount of property, that she should have kept it all ready to be scen upon the first inspection, and that immediately upon Mr. Ramsey's application she took him stairs, and at once opened those drawers which contained evidence of her guilt. If she had a felonious intention such conduct was certainly very re- markable, nor was it the less so that although, as is alleged, she has committed so many robberies of this kind, she appeared to have adopted no means whatever for concealment. But in the cross-examination of her sister there appears something more remarkable still, as regards the constitution of this young woman. She states that although there had not been the slightest pretence for a quarrel with her father, mother, and sister, yet for months the prisoner would not utter a syllable to them, but maintained a perverse stolidity. Is she in want that she attempts to appropriate so much money and so many valuables ? No. Nothing of the sort for in addition to, and independent of her mainte- nance being provided for by her father, she had a salary of £ 40 a year from Government. There coull be no reason then in that respect for anylhing of this sort. What then could be the insane fancy which sbe appears to have taken into her head to appropriate to herself all these articles which it is alleged by the pro- secution that she has abstracted? It is for you, gen- tlemen of the jury, to say—from the evidence given on the part of the Crown, and that which it will be my duty to submit for your consideration, and which I beg you will hear attentively,—whether there is anything peculiar in the constitution of this young woman which could cause such a state of mind as that which it was unfortunately but too evident to fear there existed. Now, there has been a great deal of discussion with regard respectively to the different stages of lunacy, mania, mental alienation, and moral madness. I have a book here compiled by a learned and scientific man, which contains the observations of a very, very learned person on this subject, now lost to science and to the world, I allude to Dr. Prichard, and the book I refer to is Dr. Beck's work, in which Dr. Prichard says:—"Moral insanity or madness consists in a morbid perversion of the natural feelings, afTections, inclinations, temper, habits, and moral dispositions, without any notable lesion of the intellect, or knowing and reasonable faculties, and particularly without any maniacal halluci- nation." There Dr. Prichard ends his remark, or rather the remarks that have been quoted as his are drawn to a conclusion, and Dr. Beck takes up the subject. He says :—"According to our author indi- viduals of this description are often before the idea of their insanity occurs, reputed to be of singular, way- ward, and eccentric character. They commit many equivocal actions, their temper and disposition are found to have undergone a change, probably in conse- quence of some misfortunes or loss, or from some shock to the constitution. The alteration is gradual, but sufficient to excite the apprehension and solicitude of friends, and though these may be unwilling to recog- nize the actual disease, yet they must notice caprice and fickleness in pursuits, united to the total penersion of affections. Enmity against their dearest friends it a frequent trait in such individuals." Enmity against their dearest friends; (continued Mr. Evans) is not that precisely apposite to the case under investigation ? Is not the extraordinary caprice of the prisoner fully proved and—together with the singular state of mind of the prisoner in reference to her father, sister, and mother,—with whom she lives day by day, but to whom she addresses not a single word, and in order to avoid communion with them actually writes on paper what she has to inform her father of, when a word would suffice for an explanation—are not these circum- stances sufficient to (xcite a doubt as to her responsi- bility? Persons in this state or condition of mental alienation,orinordinatepropensity,have usually pecu- liar and unaccountable feelings and perpetrate extra- ordinary actions. I can instance the case of the beautiful Cathedral or Minster of York which was unfortunately the subject of a conflagratin occasioned by the eccentricities of a man named Martyn, who had set fire to it in consequence of the propensity to which I have alluded, and who undoubtedly can be referred to the class cited by Dr. Beck. But I will go further. I will prove that in infancy the prisoner was subject to violent fits, insomuch that having been sent out to nurse, the wetnurse dreading the violence of the con- vulsions. and fearing the responsibility, had actually taken the child back to her parents. These were not fits of rare and trivial occurrence, but such as she exhibited constantly, and of an alarming nature. She was also always peculiar for great eccentricity of character, of which you, gentlemen of the jury, have already had some intimation and specimens in the evidence of her sister. I am aware that it will be said by my learned friend, and said truly, that the conse- quence of adopting, in such cases as tl)i, the doctrine of admitting the irresponsibility of individuals, may be very serious indeed, and so it will if YOIl take the crime itself as the sole test of insanity. To a certain extent, it may be said that crime is a proof of the existence of a diseased mind. But here it is not confined to that test. Here there are other marks, and probably there are evident defects on the mind, person or conduct of the prisoner which lead to the conclusion of irresponsibility, irrespective of the absurdity, futility, and criminality of the crime perpetrated. It would be proved that the prisoner was subject to a certain description of bodily disease which is known by medical men to be the cause of great irregularity in the mind of the person afflicted by it. But from what cause soever it proceeded, that inscrutabl organ of the brain-which no one could account for, and the origin and developement of the action of which no one could discover—showed in the prisoner's case a decidedly peculiar and eccentric propen- sity, which was observable by every body with whom she had any thing to do, and which was consummated now by the act which we are assembed to enquire into. I am perfectly aware of the dangerous nature of evidence respecting insanity, and if I relied on the crime alone, such evidence would mark all classes of society. The prisoner's crime, if crime it can be proved to be, has been accompanied by conduct at other times and to I other persons by certain proofs of an affliction of the mind. I am also aware of the consequence of the line of defence that I have adopted for should my client be convicted of the otfencc laid to her charge, and the jury shall be of opinion that the crime was committed under the alienation of moral responsibility, the unfortunate pri- soner will not, vou will remember, be discharged, but placed under restraint for the rest of her life. Need I assure you, gentlemen of the jury, that educated as she has been, and brought up as she has been, such a sen- tence and such a punishment would be equivalent to a punishment of death. Although the crime with which she is now chared would causc her on conviction to be liable to transportation for life, yet if such a young woman should be convicted, there can he little doubt, in the event of the full sentence of the law being carried into effect, that the promulgation of such a sentence would be equivalent to her condemnation to a lingering dpath, much worse a great dpal than if the infliction of snch a sentence had bcen more immediate. If you are of opinion that from some cause or other—which neither vou nor I can fathom,—there was an irregularity in this young woman's conduct which rendered her irresponsible for her actions, under my Lord's directions, you will rind her not guilty on that ground, and the consequence mav be that the unfortunate prisoner will be a victim of seclusion for life. I know not what I can add. It has been openly proved by her sister that she was remark- ably irregular of conduct, but I could not call her father to depose to this as his feelings have been sufficiently I harrowed on this occasion. I will however prove by others that she has been afflicted in the manner I have mentioned and alluded to, and it will then remain for you to form your judgment on the whole facts of the case. The following witnesses were then called for the defrnce: Mary Lewis, examined :—I am a washerwoman, and nursed prisoner when she was a baby, alld have known her ever since. I was wet nurse to her for twelve months. Her health was very bad from fits. She had occasionally a kind of convulsion fit. I recollect when she was nine months old, she was very ill and I took her home, as Iwas afraid she would die. I remaillrd at the Post Office with her three weeks. The fits were then very bad so bad that we from moment to moment expected her to die. She was attended by the late Dr. Prytherch. Since then I have seen her from time to time, and she has not treated me as I should have ex- pected from a foster child. I have been in the habit of mangling for the family. About 12 years ago I knocked at the door, and asked to see Mrs. Matthews. Miss Ann Matthews said her mother was not in, and on my asking when I could see her, she banged the door in my facc, and said she knew nothing about it. Cross-examined:—I have had ten children. It is very common for children to have fits when they are teething. Mary Jones examined :—I have been employed as a washer-woman for many years in Mr. Matthews's fa- mily. 'I have known prisoner 20 years. At times she would be very sociable and familiar, and at other periods, without any quarrel having taken place, she would pass me by, and slam the door in my face. I knew of her not speaking to her father and mother. She was not regular in her health. Thomas Davies examined :—1 am a letter carrier employed in the Post Office from 10 to 12 years. During that period I have known prisoner. At some times she would speak to me and at others not. Last year, in 1818, she was from seven to nine months with- out speaking a word to me. I gave no cause of offence, I never asked her the reason I have seen her for a month at a time without speaking to her relatives. Cross-examined :—She assisted in all the duties of the office, giving out the letters, and performing all the other necessary duties. Mr. John Evans, Q.C.:—" Oh yes she was very clever at that." David James examined :—I have been letter carrier for nine years past. The prisoner and I were on very good terms. She spoke to me always on business I have known her silent for some periods. I never heard heard her speak to her sister since I have been at the Post-office. She has not spoken to her father for one year, I think. She was strange for "taking dislikes and mills." John Dowen, Esq., M.D., examined :—I am a phy- sician and magistrate for the County. About 20 or 30 years ago I lodged at Mr. Matthews's, and have been acquainted witb prisoner for that period. Her temper was morose, sometimes cheerful and sometimes silent. When I asked a question she sometimes would answer me cheerfully, and sometimes bn silent. I once had occa- sion to ask for a post-office order, and she would not answer. I recollect tbat she smiled in my face, (it was not exactly laughing) she gave me no answer. I bc- lieved her to be perfectly honest and upright. John Edward Saunders, Esq. examined :-1 am a ma- gistrate for this County. I hine known prisoner's fa- ther more than 40 years. 1 have known prisoner 10 or 12 years. I can speak as to the family, but do not know her personally. I never heard anything against her character for honesty, nor against any of the family. Daniel Prytherch, Esq. examined: -1 am a magis- for the county. I have been acquainted with the family of the Mathews for 30 years. I always considered pri- soner a most correct and respectable person. Venerable Archdeacon Bevan, M.A., examined :-1 am vicar of this parish. I have known the prisoner's family 13 or 14 years. I never heard a whisper against her moral character, and always considered her a most respectable and well conducted young person. Rev. D. A. Williams, examined :—I am incumbent of St. David's Church, in this town. I have known prisoner's family 30 years. I never heard anything to her prejudice before this transaction, and always con- sidered her a well conducted and honest young woman. W. Morris, Esq., examined am a partner of the firm of Messrs. Morris and Sons, bankers. I have known prisoner's family nearly all my life. I always considered her character most irreproachable. Dr. Lawrence, examined :—I have known prisoner's family about 30 years. Her character has always been excellent. I am a medical man. [This last answer was given in reply to a question from Mr. Chilton.] E. H. Staccy, Esq., examined :—I have known the prisoner's family for 30 years, and never heard the slightet imputation upon the prisoner. I also am a medical man. Mr. Chilton replied for the prosecution. He said: — It is my duty, and I assure you again it is my most painful duty, to have to make any remarks on the evi- dence set up on behalf of the prisoner. As to the character of the young woman charged with this most serious offence, I will observe that as in consequence of her daily occupation, she must have been most exten- sively known in this locality by persons of the very highest respectabitity and capability of knowledge of her competency, it appears that tbat is a strong argntnent for presuming against her insanity. Amongst the wit- nesses called for the defcnce, there were three medical men, Dr. Dowen Dr. Lawrence and Mr. Stacey, and they had each an opportunity of judging of the prisoner's character, having known her from infancy, and neither of them has told the jury that they were induced to suppose that there was any moral hallucination in her conduct. But Dr. Bowen had described the particulari- ties connected with the prisoner. He said in effect that she was a woman of a changeable temper, and that she would frequently speak pleasantly to him, while at other times she gave no reply whatever to his queries. I hope that I shall not be accused of speaking with levity in a case like this, but I will ask, how many of us all are there not that can easily be accused of being "some- times cheerful in manner, sometimes morose, and some- times silent." I will now come to the nurse. She tells u that tbe prisoner, when a child, had fits, It is not uncommon that in infancy children should be subject, especially during the teething, to convulsion fits. It was as common as child-birth itself. It appears, how- ever, that in riper years, there is no evidence that the prisoner has been subject to fils of any kind, except fits of silence. If it was supposed that the prisoner was insane, who would be the parties most proper to be called to support that plea? Who would be expected to be called to prove that the young woman was irresponsible ? I regretted that it was my duty to call her sister to depose to certain facts; and I abstained from harrowing the feelings of her father and mother by not calling them to prove the same facts. But if her father had believed and been convinced as regards her irresponsi- bility, would he not have hastened into the witness box to say so, in order to save his child from an igno- minious imprisonment. But the father cannot. say so. Neither can the mother, and neither of them conse- quently appear, although it is in the power of the pri- soner to call them. It, on the contrary, appears that the prisoner always spoke rationally and attended properly to the duties of the office up to the very moment of her apprehension. Can you suppose gpntlemen of the jury that her respected father, who has held the office for so many years would have allowed his daughter to attend to the duties of the office, and placed the most implicit confidence in her, if he had the slightest intimation that insanity pervaded her mind. My learned friend has said that there was no attempt at concealment, but I will ask whether locking up the letters in a tin box, of which she kept the key, and secreting that box beneath her bed in her private room was not a prevention of detection s1lch as might be ex- pected in a case like this. I will not go further with the case. The law says that where the plea is that the prisoner is irresponsible for her conduct, the onus lies upon the prisoner's counsel, and whether you believe or disbelieve the evidence he has offered or that has been offered for the prosecution, it will equally remain for you to say whether the young woman at the bar was responsible for her actions, and if she was so, there could be no doubt of her guilt upon this charge. His Lordship summed up, and said that the questions for the consideration of the jury, were-1st. Was the prisoner employed in the Post Office, and in respect to this he would observe that her own sister had shown that she was in the receipt of f40 per year from that service for 12 years past. 2ndly. Did she steal a lettN with so- vereigns or without sovereigns in it. The Counsel for the prisoner asked for an acquittal on the ground of in- sanity. But the jury ought, not to acquit a prisoner on that ground unless they were convinced that the party was incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, and that they had not been swayed in the exercise of the mind of a healthful person. While, however, the pri- soner had had the power, and had taken the opportunity of fulfilling all the duties of life up to the last moment of her apprehension, he would agree with the Learned Counsel for the defence, that there was danger to bring forward such a defence. Was there reason in the pre- sent case, however, for supposing that the prisoner could not distinguish right from wrong, or that she was not responsible for her actions. They did not find any want of correctness and sensibility in the discharge of the duties of the office, and never on any occasion had any want of perfect gnod sense to carry on these duties been mdnifested. He did not find from the evidence of either of the men connected with the office that she was incapable of performing her duty. Dr. Bowen had said that she gave him no answer when he asked for a Post Office order, but still she gave him what he asked for although she did not answer him. The learned Counsel for the defence had stated that there was no motive for the crime. Almost every criminal when he looked hack upon the first crime he had committed would probably feel that he had not been justified in so doing, but that would not be a sufficient answer to a departure from the path of rectitude. The prisoner might have had Forty Pounds a-year, and other luxuries, but if the desire existed in her mind to accumulate more money, or to become possessed of more jewels and other valuables which passed through her hands although it was absurd to part with her honour and integrity at the expense of guilt, yet she was equally and conclusively guilty. Other evidence had been offered that she had been afflicted in childhood with convulsions. Almost every human being was so. But there was no sign that the prisoner was irresponsi- ble or irrational she might have been varying in man- n r to people varying in circumstances, as washerwomen and magistrates, but that was no proof of irrationality. With respect to her not speaking to her parents and her sister, that point had undoubtedly considerable weight, but if she had been for some time past tile path of guilt, want of speech to her friends ;ni.l rel" tions would be quite sufficient to account for the menta depression which occasioned it. If the juryweretoaC quit her oil tl)c around of ins.-itii-,v, it woial(i be attended with considerable public danger and public harm, regarded persons in high pub!ic office. but on t,8 present occasion he saw not the slightest SYOfr torn or sign of insanity up to the time of the cof1 mission of the crime. The jury would therefore sW whether the prisoner was guilty or not guilty, and 1 guilty they would he at liberty to say, in accompanYllIg their verdict, whether insanity occasioned the act cof1 plained of or not. The jury retired at five o'clock, and were locked uP until half-past nine when they were conveyed to the Judge's Lodgings, and delivered a verdict of GuiW' accompanied with a recommendation to mercy. < (Continued in our 2nd page.) f ? OM?' ) A CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER.—On Saturday last there was exhibited, in the Liverpool Underwriters' Roonl" a curiosity from California, in the shape of a newspaper, It is entitled the Californian, and about the size of the Neto York Sun, and printed equally as well as that paper The news appears rather scanty, as the main portion0 the paper is devoted to advertisements. 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