The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

BRECON EAOES, 18th and 19th September"1865. FIRST THE BEAUFORT STAKES. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h.ft., with 50 sovs. added by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, for two-year-olds.— Colts Sst. 101b. Fillies, 8st. 71bs.—Winners once, 3lb.; twice, 5lb.; thrice or more, 8lb extra. Those got by untied stallions or out of untried mares, allowed 3lb, but only one allowance. Three quar- ters of a mile. Closed with 19 subscribers. The SECOND Year of the FIRST BRECON BIENNIAL STAGES, of 10 sovs. each, with 40 sovs. added, for foals of 1862, now three years old, Colts 8st. 101b.; Fillies and Geldings 8st. 71bs.; Maiden three-year-olds allowed 7lb. Winners of 200 sovs. to carry 31b. extra One mile and a half. If a walk over, or only two horses start the proper- ty of one person, no public money will be given, and if only two horses start, the property of diffe- rent individuals, only half the public money will be added. 18 Subscribers. THE BRECONSHIRE STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h.ft., with 50 sovs. added. Handicap. To close and name to the hon. Secretary, or to Messrs. Weatherby, on the 30th of August, the weights to appear in Bell's Life on the 8th of Sept. The win- ner of any handicap subsequent to the declaration of the weights to carry 61b extra; if twice 10lb. If 5 or more horses start the second to save his stake. If the higest weight accepting be under 8st.101b. to be raised to that, and others in proportion. 2 miles. THE LADIES' PLATE, value 45 sovs. Han- dicap. Gentlemen riders. Professionals 71b extra- One mile and a half. Two sovs. entrance, to go to the Fund. To close and name as for Breconshire Stakes. SELLING STAKES, of 3 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added. 2 years, 7st; 3 years, 8st. 8lb; 4 years, 9st. 91b; 5 years and aged, lOst; Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. Winner to be sold for £ 60; if for £ 40, allowed 71b; if for £20, 141b. Three- quarters of a mile. HURDLE RACE of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added. 3 years, 9st. 21b; 4 years, lOst. 41b; 5yrs. list; 6 years and aged, list. 4lb Two miles., over 6 flights of hurdles. Winners of any Hurdle Race, 5lb extra; twice, or once of the value of £100, 101b extra.

SE003ST3D D-ATST. SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added. 3 years, 8st. 71b.; 4 years, 9st. 9lbs. 5 years, lOst. 41b.: 6 years and aged, lOst. 71b. The winner to be sold for £100. If entered to be sold for £80, allowed 51b. if for X60, 10lb, if for £50, 141b. if for £40, 181b.; if for £30, 211b. if for £20, 28lb. One mile. The FIRST YEAR of the SECOND BRECON BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 40 sovs. added, for foals of 1863; colts 8st. 101b; fillies and geldings 8st. 71b.; untried horses or mares allowed 3lb., but only one allowance, to be claimed at the time of naming. To be run on the Second day of the Races, 1865 three-quarters of a mile horses that have started three times and never won allowed 5lbs.; winners of any stake value 200 sovs. to carry 3lbs extra. To run on the First day of the Races in 1866, when three years old one mile and a half maiden three-year-olds allowed 71b.; winners of 200 sovs. to carry 31b. extra. If walked over for, or if only two horses start, the property of the same person, no public money will be given, and if only two horses start the property of different individuals, only half the public money will be added. 13 subscribers. THE BOROUGH STAKES of 10 sovs. each, 7 sovs. forfeit, and only 4 if declared by the 12th of September, with 50 sovs. added. Handicap. To close and name as for Breconshire Stakes, the winner of which to carry 51b extra. Acceptances to be declared to Messrs. Weatherby on or before the 12th of September. One mile and a half. THE STEWARDS' CUP, value 60 sovs,. added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. 3 years, 8st. 71b. 4 years, 9st. 71b.; five, six, and aged, 9st. 121b. Winners once, 41b.; twice, 71b.; thrice or more, 10lb extra. Two miles. HUNTERS' STAKE, a Silver Cup (value Twenty-five Pounds, given by the Fund) addad to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for Hunters bona fide till property of residents in South Wales, and in the counties of Monmouth and Hereford, and that have not been in a Training stable for three months previous to the race, and have not been chargeable for Race Horse duty during the current year. Gentlemen riders, 12st. each. Two miles. THE NURSERY STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 40 sovs. added, for two-years-olds. Handicap. Five furlongs. To close and name as for Breconshire Stakes. Winners after the weights are out to carry 7lbs extra. RAILWAY STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added by the Brecon, Merthyr, and Hereford, the Mid-Wales, and the Neath and Brecon Railway Companies. Two-years-old, 7st. 21b.; three, 9st.; four, lOst.; five, six, and aged, lOst. 41b. The winner to be sold for XI 20 if entered to be sold for £80, allowed 51b.; if for £40, 101h.; if for £20, 161b. m. and g. allowed 3lb.; horses that have started twice without winning allowed 31h. a winner of a stake of the value of 50 sovs. to carry 51b., and of 100 sovs. 71b extra. Six furlongs.

RULES AND CONDITIONS. 1. All disputes to be settled by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint, and such decision to be final. Newmarket rules to be adhered to un- less otherwise specified. 2. Not fewer than three horses, belonging to dif- ferent persons to start for each race, or the public money will be withheld. 3. All objections to be made in writing. 4. To close and name for all Plates and Stakes (not otherwise specified) to the hon. Secretary, in Brecon, before 9 o'clock p.m., of Saturday the 16th of September, for first day's Races, and for the second day on the evening before running. All entries to be delivered in writing. 5. The winner of each of the Selling Stakes to be put up by auction in the usual way, at the sum named in the entry, and if sold, the surplus (if any) to go to the Fund. 6 Ten shillings, entrance money, for each horse (except where otherwise specified) to be paid to the Secretary at the time of naming. 7 Each of the winners to pay One Guinea for scales and weights. 8 All Stakes and Fees to be paid to the Secretary, or to Mr. J. Hall, by 11 o'clock, a.m., of the Race day. 9 No booth or stand to be erected on the Race iround unless by a subscriber to the Race Fund of Jne Guinea, nor any horse to be plated by a smith One Guinea, nor any horse to be plated by a smith .ch(\ i? not a subscriber of One Guinea. ö ttUUllVlVW _n_- 10 The declarations of forfeit to be made on a day to be named when the weights are published. 11 The colours of the riders must be named be- tween the hours of 6 and 9 o'clock the evening before running. Any rider appearing in different colours to those named to pay half-a-guinea to the Fund, or not allowed to start. 12 A winner of either of the handicaps to sub- scribe to the corresponding race of the following year. 13 Horses to stand at the house of a subscriber of not less than 1 sov. to the Fund (and that subscrip- tion to be paid on or before September 16th,) and all prior stakes and entrance money to have been paid, or not entitled though they should come in first An Ordinary on the First, day of the Races, and a Ball on the evening of the Second day. THE EARL OF COVENTRY, ) HONBLE. G. C. MORGAN, M.P., } STEWARDS. WALTER DE WINTON, ESQ., ) WALTER DE WINTON, ESQ., ) MR. D. BROWN, Secretary and Treasurer. MR. JAMES HALL, Clerk of the Course. MR. T. MARSHALL, Judge and Clerk of Scales. MR. MARTIN STARLING, JUN., Starter.

IT is seldom journalists have to comment upon a succession of murders so deliberate and deter- mined as those committed at Holborn and Ramsgate by Stephen Forward, alias Ernest Southey. There are circumstances in the case which take it out of the catalouge of ordinary murder, and, while they render the crime even more appalling invest it with something of the interests attaching to a psychological problem. An eminent writer entitled an essay- On Murder, considered as one of the Fine Arts." Forward appears to have been quite capable of sitting down, with every appearance of since- rity, to write a treatise on Murder considered as a Benevolent and Meritorious Action." The history of Forward is in some measure a history of the crimes with which he is now charged; and in order to obtain a clue to the motives which led to them, we must take a brief glance at the more prominent stages in his career. We find him thirteen years ago in business as a baker in Ramsgate, but in no way remarkable for his business qualities. Restless idle, and negligent, he soon got into difficulties and his business was sold for the benefit of his creditors. He then went to London with his wife and child, and appears to have obtained employment at a sailcloth works, and subse- quently as commission agent. But after a few years residence together in the metropolis the wife was sent to Ramsgate and all she after- wards saw of her husband was an occasional visit. By the kindness and assistance of some friends she obtained a means of livelihood. for herself and the child, and continued to support herself honorably and respectably. Forward's visit ceased entirely about seven years back, and the wretched wife saw him no more until the night preceding her murder. Her husband, from the time of the separa- tion, if not before, appears to have given him- self up to idle and vicious courses. He sought that peculiar mode of life known as "living by his wits," and became a betting-man and a billiard-marker. In this character he ap- peared before the public last year, in a case which attracted some attention. The Earl of Dudley was summoned for assault by a Mrs. White, who was cohabiting with Southey, but, as it now appears, was the wife of a school- master in London, and the mother of the three children recently murdered in the Holborn coffee-shop. The alleged assault arose out of an application made to the Earl for payment of a gambling debt contracted by his brother (the Hon. Dudley Ward) with Forward, who was then calling himself Ernest Southey. The debt originated in a game of billiards, in which Southey appears in the first instance to have made a bet of five shillings with Mr. Wàrd, and by degrees to have led him on in play until he had lost upwards of a thousand pounds. The Earl refused to pay this claim, and, the woman persisting, his lordship turned her out of the house. On the hearing, the summons for assault was dismissed as a trumped-up charge; but the affair pro- duced an extraordinary statement from the man Southey which was published in most of the reports of the case, and which appeared to be designed to represent him as an unknown hero, who had for years been struggling not only to maintain an honourable position for himself, but also to rescue others who had fallen in the world. In this document his own history as Stephen Fordward was judiciously ignored; his con- nection with Mrs. White was set forth as an act of philanthropy, designed to "save" her; the consequences of his own folly and Crime were urged as reasons for the world's sympathy; and something like a demand was made upon society in general that it should give him a helping hand. The high moral tone affected in this statement, taken in connection with the actual character of the writer, made it a most remarkable document. But in particular passages, it also seemed to foreshadow the crimes which have since been committed, for we find in it such sentences as the following:— "I submit my position to the world, in the belief that any man in desperate extremity is justified in calling upon his fellow-man for aid —that private misfortune should not be allowed to become public calamity." And again, For me the love of life is gone, and I have the courage, which much suffering gives to do this my duty to society, by striving all in my power to avoid a calamity, and to ask in return that society will fulfil its duty to me." The writer concluded, I submit the truth to the world with painful reluctance. Penance does not atone for wrong, and I seek the power to make reperations; money represents that power." So that the whole document was, in fact an elaborate and ingenious begging-letter. We hear no more of Ernest Southey until the recent shocking events. It now transpires however, that in June last the woman White left him in consequence of their utter wretch- edness together, and obtained a situation as nurse in a family about to leave England for Australia. Thither she sailed without the knowledge of Southey, leaving their child, a little girl behind, in the care of a benevolent lady and some friends who had taken compassion on her. Southey endeavoured to obtain possession of this child, but in vain; and he next placed himself in communication with his paramour's family, in order to secure the three children of whom Mr. White was the reputed father. The latter appears to have given them up very readily, having probably considerable doubts as to their actual parentage; and Southey took them away, for the purpose, as he alleged, of embarking them, with their mother, for Australia. Instead of this he proceeded to the coffee-house in Holborn, where he contrived to effect their death by poison a few hours after. There seems to have been no reason what- ever for this most wanton and appalling crime. The three children were living with their reputed father, and not in any way a drag upon Southey's exertions—if he ever made any of an honorable kind. As little reason was there for the atrocious double murder, which immediately followed, at Ramsgate, for the deserted wife was maintaining herselfin indepen- dence, and does not appear to have ever troubled her worthless husband after the separation. Before the magistrates at Ramsgate, the prisoner -who possesses a mania for self-laudatory and exculpatory scribbling—read a document after the style of that published last year, in which he declared that he "hdxl worn out every power of mind and body in his efforts to secure a home for these children; and also five other persons hopelessly dependent upon him." He continued, "Every last hope had perished by my bitter and painful experience of our pre- sent iniquitously defective social justice, and for this I shall be charged with murder. I repudiate and deny it; I throw back the charge upon the men who have by their gross and criminal neglect so brought about these sad and fearful crimes, on those high dignitaries of the state, the church, and justice, who have turned a deaf ear to my heartbroken ap- peals." Among these dignitaries, he mentions the Bishop of London, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Gladstone, the Earl of Shaftesbury, &c., all of whom seem to have been called upon by this man to help him out of the straits, real and pretended, into which his own aggravated misconduct had led him. The document con- eluded with the assertions that under all "the horrible run" of his life, the writer had "done for the best." It will be for a jury to pronounce an opinion upon the true character of the crimes for which Forward alias Southey is now committed for trial. It is for them to say whether he has possessed, an intellect so disordered and a mental perception so blinded as to render him morally unaccountable for his acts; or whether his caxeer has been simply that of a profligate adventurer, baffled and disappointed in his schemes to live without industry and without principle, and determined at last to obtrude himself into notoriety by revenging his disap- pointment both upon his own connections, and upon that society which he has now shocked and outraged by his murderous deeds.

BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS. These Sessions were held on Monday last, at the Town Hall, before George Cansick, Esq., Mayor, and Joseph Joseph, Esq. Margaret Price, and William Chambers, were summoned by James Williams, for an assault, but did not appear. The case was adjourned for a week. Thomas Pugh, laborer, was summoned, charged by Superintendent Lee, with being drunk and indecent in the street. Fined 10s and costs, to be paid in a week.

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING. A Special meeting of this Board assembled at the Board Room, on Monday last, for the purpose of disposing of the garden belonging to the police station, to the Neath and Brecon Railway Compa- ny, to build a bridge across the river Honddu and the Postern. The following gentlemen were pre- sent,—Geo. Cansick, Esq., mayor, in the chair. Alderman—David Thomas, Esq. Councillors- John Morris, John Griffiths, Thomas Williams, John Davies, Phillip Bright, and Thomas Trew. Mr. Carfell attended the meeting on behalf of the railway company, and stated that they were anxious to proceed with the work with as little delay as possible. Mr. D. Brown was the valuer for the Company, and Mr. Kirk valued for the Board, and if the two could not agree, another person would be called in to decide between them, and that decision to be final. The amount of Mr. Brown's valuation for the garden was £84. Mr. Carfell was then asked to retire, and a con- versation ensued, when it waa unanimously agreed that the Board should adopt the usual course as required by Act of Parliament, i.e., by paying the amount of the valuation of Mr. Brown into the Bank, the railway company could have possession immediately, and the matter to be settled by arbi- tration afterwards, in consequence of the valuation of Mr. Brown being so far below that of Mr. Kirk. The meeting was then adjourned until that day week.

BRECONSHIRE RIFLE COMPETITION. The following is the scoring for the County Prize and Medal and Battalion Cup COUNTY PRIZE AND MEDAL. BRECON. 600 700 Total. Serjeant Trew 6 2 8 J. Williams 0 R 0 Corporal J. Morgan 7 0 7 Private H.Bennett. 3 4 7 „ J.Matthews 4 R 4 „ W. Williams. o R 0 T. Powell 9 6 15 „ W, Brown 12 6 18 J.Brace. 10 5 15 „ J.Griffiths 2 R 2 BRYNMAWR. Serjeant W. Hore 13 11 24 Corporal Davies 3 0 3 Ensign Butterfield 4 10 14 Serjeant Griffiths 10 11 21 „ Jones 9 10 19 Corporal Webb 7 4 11 Private Roberts 11 3 14 Morgan < 7 7 14 „ Bush. 4 6 10 Corporal Marfell 8 2 10 CRICKHOWELL. Ensign Parry r 6 2 8 Private Wilson. 3 R 3 „ Worts 7 10 17 „ Price. 2 R 2 Serjeant Prosser 11 3 14 Private Evans 14 0 14 Corporal Dendy 9 2 11 Serjeant Taylor .11 9 20 Private Lewis .4. 10 9 19 „ Evans 2 R 2 HAY. Col. Serjeant Price 0 0 Serjeant Llewellyn 2 2 „ Pritchard. 4 4 Corporal Hope 0 g 0 „ Brentnell. 5 '-g 5 „ Baker. 0 0 „ Denby 2 2 Private Price 3 3 Prothero. 2 2 „ Webb 4 4 BUILTH. Ensign Howells 7 R 7 Serjeant Price 2 R 2 Private Lewis 0 R 0 „ Pritchard 2 R 2 „ Malarby 2 R 2 Serjeant Powell 8 8 16 Col. Serjeant Powell 2 R 2 Private Williams. 3 R 3 „ Prosser. 6 2 8 „ Jones 2 R 2 CRICKHOWELL Sub-division. Major Gwynne 10 3 13 Col. Sejeant Ward 5 0 6 Private Harris 13 0 13 „ Windoss 4 R 4 „ Lindon 3 R 3 „ Sharp 14 9 23 TALGARTH Sub-division. Serjeant Jones. 7 R 7 Corporal Davies 2 R 2 Private Davies. 2 R 2 Corporal West 5 2 7 Private Evans 3 R 3 Winners—1st, Seijt. Hore, S12 and medal, 2nd, Pt. Sharp, S6, 3rd, Seit. Griffiths, £ 4, 4th, Serjt. Taylor, X3, 5th, Serjt. Jones, X2, 6th, Pt. Lewis, X12 7th, Pt. Brown, X12 8th, Pt. Worts, £1. THE BATTALION CUP. BUILTH. 200 500 Total. Ensign Howells 15 5 ••• 20 Serieant Price 12 0 ••• 12 Private Lewis 16 6 ••• 22 „ Pritchard. 14 6 20 „ Malarby 11 0 11 Serjeant Powell 12 8 20 Col. Serjeant Powell 13 16 29 Private Williams. ••• 8 „ Prosser 17 „ Jones 13 2 15 174 CRICKHOWELL Sub-division, Seijeant Pierce 10 3 13 Corporal Dendy 16 4 20 Private Windoss 14 2 16 „ Harris 10 3 13 „ Lindon 15 6 21 83 TALGARTH Sub-division. Ensign Perrott 9 4 13 Serjeant Jones 15 3 18 Corporal Davies 12 4 16 „ West 18 17 35 Private Evans 14 9 23 105 BRECON. Ensign Evans 12 14 26 Serjeant Trew 12 9 21 „ Williams 13 11 24 Corporal Morgan 9 9 18 Private Bennett 17 15 32 „ Matthews 8 8 16 „ Powell. 15 10 25 Brown 14 12 26 „ Brace. 13 13 26 „ Griffiths. 6 4 10 001 BRYNMAWR. 200 500 Total. Serjeant Hore 11 10 21 Corporal Davies 15 6 21 Ensign Butterfield 14 8 22 Serjeant Griffiths 17 14 31 Lieut. Jones 16 10 26 Corporal Webb 13 8 21 Private Roberts 10 13 23 „ Morgan 15 0 15 „ Bush 14 13 27 Corporal Marfell 16 7 23 230 CRICKHOWELL. Ensign Parry 13 8 21 Col. Serjeant Ward 12 13 25 Private Wilson 12 10 22 „ Worts 16 11 27 „ Price 16 14 30 Serjeant Prosser 14 5. 19 Private Evans 15 10 21) Serjeant Taylor 17' 7 24 Private Lewis 15 11 26 j* Evans 12 7 19 238 HAY. Col. Serjeant Price 13 0 13 Serjeant Llewelyn 9 6 15 „ Pritchard 11 8 19 Corporal Hope 17 5. 22 „ Brentnell. 12 11 23 „ Baker 18 7 25 „ Denby. 13 3 16 Private Price 6 8 14 „ Prothero 6 4 10 £ „ Webb 18 6 24 | 181 I

PRESENTATION TO F. BROUGHTON, Eso. f On Saturday last, at 3 p.m., Frederick Broughton. Esq., late manager of the Ulster Railway, and now j manager of the Mid Wales Railway, and residing at Llandefaelog house, near Brecon, was presented with a magnificent testimonial, in the Chamber of Commerce, by a number of gentlemen of Belfast who appreciated his conduct while acting in the- responsible position which he occupied in this town. The presentation consisted of a service of sterling silver plate, an epergne of original and elegant de- sign, forming a happy combination of solidity and j lightness; four dessert fruit dishes to match, several other articles of plate, and a valuable gold bracelet to Mrs. Broughton. The Mayor occupied the chair, { and in a lengthy and complimentary address, | before a respectable audience said—Gentlemen, we < are assembled here this evening to dp honor to a gentleman who proved himself in the situation he occupied for a considerable time to be a most effi- > cient officer. (hear, hear.) His services were very I highly appreciated by the company that he served, and, as the best proof of it, they raised his salary until it amounted to what blight be looked upon as a very large and respectable one indeed: After they had raised his salary, and given him thus a token of their esteem and regard, they had engaged j him for a number of years at that fixed salary, 1 when an offer was presented to him considerably J more advantageous than that which the Ulster Railway directors had placed at his disposal; and I to show the appreciation of the merits of ou r f: riend J Mr Broughton, they at once released him, so that he might embrace the opportunity of advancement t presented to him. As an individual member of [ society, I think I may safely say that Mr. Brough- ton lived in the affection of those who were well f acquainted with him, and as the best proof of that when we look at this table to-day, and this splen- did present, that is sufficient to show the esteem in which he was held, It has given great pleasure to those who have subscribed to this memorial and of good feeling and affection to subscribe the small sums which were required—there being so many J subscribers-to produce this testimonial of jegaref. A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor and the meeting terminated.. We should add that, on Wednesday last, after £ the meeting of the shareholders, the directors of the Ulster Railway Company presented to Mr. Broughton, their late general manager and secretary,. a splendid time-piece, with bronze candelabra and acompaniments, bearing an inscription, expressive) of their esteem and regard.-Belfast Paper. f J

BRECONSHIRE CHARITIES. From the Commissioners' Report of 1836. PARISH OF LLANVIHANGEL TAL-Y-LLYN. DONOR UNKNOWN This parish has for many years been in possession of a cottage and a small garden, situated in the village of Llanvihangel, said to have been given by a servant of Mrs. Phillips, of Noyadc1 with the condition that the tenant should annuall distribute among the settled poor of the parish 20 worth of bread at Easter. This distribution regularly made at the period above mentioned the presence of the parhocial officers, and fi quently that of the minister. The premises ai worth X2. 10s. per annum, and are occupied by on* John Prosser who was put in by the parish, anc pays no other rent than the bread mentioned above. This parish is likewise possessed of another | cottage situate in the village, but from whom I derived or in what manner is not known. » This tenement has been occupied for upwards of 30 years by a person rent free, but the minister has insisted upon his paying Xl 10s. per annuL. as rent. No payment has yet been received upon f this account, but the money have been promised forthwith, and it will then be carried to the poor's rates. There is no evidence to show that tlill charity property. j The sum of XI is annually received from Hugh Bold, Esq., of Brecon, as a tenant of a piece < j land containing about three roods, situate iu this parish, called Pwll-y-mere. It is not known how ) the parish acquired this property, and there j appears to be no document in existence relating to it. The rent has always been employed in the pur- chase of sacramental bread and wine.

Heati* On the 16th inst., Frank Osborn Watkins, son of Mr. T. L. Watkins, plumber and glazier, of this town, aged 15th months. Printed and Published by DAVID his residence on the Bulwark, in the t-hap j of Saint Mary, in the Parish of Saint "Jon Evangelist, in the County of Brecon. SATU U AUGUST 19, 1865. -JM