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THE CASTLE HOTEL FISHING CASE. WE reported this somewhat remarkable case very fully in our last issue. As will have been seen the two magistrates on the bench were divided in their opinion, and conse- quently no decision was come to in the matter. A gentleman named Millford purchased at the hotel a ticket to fish, for which lie paid a guinea. He shortly afterwards left the hotel, and continued to fish in the water to which the ticket gave him a right. He is afterwards sum- moned on a charge of trespass, the manager of the hotel stating that the ticket was not avail- able after the gentleman had left his establish- ment. Mr. Millford was of a different opinion and the question was whether there were any well-understood conditions and reservations at- tached to the purchased license which clearly took away the right of fishing after leaving the hotel; or in other words, whether continued residence was absolutely necessary to maintain the privilege. The case for the prosecution rested upon the assumption that the defendant must have known the conditional nature of the right from certain conversations, and also from the wording on a board which it is supposed he might have seen, and have thus been made aware of the unlawful act he was committing. It is quite clear that the charge could not possibly be made out upon grounds like these. Mr. Millford bought a sea- son ticket and paid a guinea for it. Was he compelled to reside at the hotel for the season" in order to make his privilege available? There is no pretence whatever that any such condition was imposed nor was anything adduced to give the shadow of proof of any such contract. We cannot help thinking that it is unfortunate the Hotel Company took up this case. Their intention certainly appears to be to limit the right of fishing to the visitor to the hotel, but there is no such limitation expressed. No doubt this was an accidental omission, since fresh cards, differently worded, have been printed and issued subsequently to this gentleman purchasing his right. The necessity the company saw for mak- ing this alteration ought to have stayed the proceedings against Mr. Millford. Besides this, it is pretty clear that the justices had really no jurisdiction in the case, which, under the cir- cumstances, was one for the County Court, if anything, and certainly not to be disposed of as a criminal charge. The card put in confers an unconditional right and in virtue of that right Mr. Millford may legally, as it seems to us, continue to fish throughout the season. It must be always remembered that we are speaking here of a legal right. In that light only the question is to be discussed. One of the sitting magistrates, Mr. Price, could not "get over the difficulty of the gentleman's angling with the ticket, knowing its limitations." But if these limitations are so loosely imposed that they may be disregarded at will, we can hardly occupy ourselves greatly with the good taste or moral propriety of the person who so disregards them. In all bargains the best advantages are sought on both sides, and when a man pays a sum of iiioney:for a certain right, he may close his ears to any verbal observations which clog that right, and rely upon his pur- chased privilege clearly and distinctly set forth in black and white. This is only another instance of the want of proper care in the wording of a contract, from which so much difficulty often arises and we don't see that the Hotel Company can very well blame Mr. Millford for a fault of omission on their part, much less that they can maintain criminal proceedings against him for exercising a right plainly conferred, and bought and paid for.

FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PABIS, Wednesday, June 27. OF course the attention of England is now divided between the critical situation of Her Majesty's Govern- ment and the war. As to the latter great event, you naturally look to the Continent for your information. I must again caution you against a variety of false rumours, some of which, as I said before, are propa- gated by the telegraph itself. While it is just prob- able that a great battle may come off in the course of a few days, some time must yet elapse before the opposing armies find themsel ves face to face. Stra- tegical movements have hitherto chiefly occupied the contending Powers, and in these Prussia has taken the initiative with remarkable energy, whereby she has assured the "solidarity" of every part of Northern Germany. In this position Prussia has only to await the turn of events. Austria is said to have shut herself up in the Quadrilateral. She has an army of 280,000 men now in the field; while the Prussians and Italians combined very much outnumber that force. The patriotic enthusiasm of Italy has gone great lengths, and she has an army of regulars and volunteers, under Garibaldi, of a most imposing extent. As to the ardour of Italy in the coming struggle, it may be stated that a call of only 14,000 volunteers was made, whereas 40,000 men presented themselves for enrol- ment. It was found quite impossible to arm and equip this number, so that the military services of 26,000 men have been for the present declined. Your readers will judge from this how great is the alacrity with which the Italian cause has been espoused by the ardent temperaments of the sunny South. Many state- ments profess to give an account of the movements of the contending hosts, but a profound mystery hangs over the operations of the Austrian general Benedek, whose head-quarters are at Olmiitz, and whose army occupies the frontier of Silesia. While nearly the whole of the kingdom of Saxony.^ is held by tW Prussians, the Austrians have declared V, netian provinces in a state of siege, as well as Trieste and the adjacent country. Every disposition is therefore made on all sides for a determin, d struggl", and it is just possible before this letter appears in print you may receive a telegraphic despatch announcing a very important engagement. But what you will be looking for from me is some intimation as to the disposition and tendencies of France in this important juncture of affairs. Now, I will not pretend to a knowledge of facts of which I am ignorant, nor invent others for the amusement and misdirection of your reader?. And I may tell you that, for the present at all events, France is apparently quite unconcerned with these great events which are on the point of taking place in the centre of Europe. No doubt the Emperor is watchful;" but unil some decisive turn in the situation shall have taken place as the result of the shock of arms his Majesty will pre- serve the same quiescent attitude. With Rome ann Mexico on his hands he has little reason to thrust himself needles-Iy into the quariel; and as, according to all appearance, Italy is tolerably well ablf to take cire of herself, the Emperor seems to be under no immediate apprehension that his interference will be called for on that side." Accordingly, France is, for the moment at least, as passive, and as sedulously devoted to the several occupations belonging to a state of profound peace, as could be desired by the most peace-loving subject of this or any other realm. All reports to the contrary are, you may depend upon it, utterly without foundation. The grfat works of the universal exhibition, which it pleased some Paris writers to say were suspended, or about to bp sus- pended, on account of the war, continue in active operation; and the various great improvements of the French capital, the several details of domestic policy, and in short all the arts of peace are as sedulously carried forward as if there were actually no wars or rumours of wars. The French Government put sues the even tenour of its way and I cannot help thinking it would be well if theuBritish Cabinet*'could just now boast of so much enviable tranquillity and national usefulness. The papers are full of a long trial at Brest of the crew of a French sloop, eight in number, for the murder of the captain, mate, and cabin boy, whom, after severely wounding in various ways, they threw overboard. The villains then plundered the ship and sunk her but one of them on returning home was so affected with remorse for his share in the conspiracy that he gave himself up to justice, and denounced his accomplices. After several days' trial four of the guilty parties have been sentenced to death, which they will doubtless, as they deserve, undergo the others were acquitted. The weather here for the last fortnight has been magnificent, mostly very bot, but sometimes relieved with refreshing breezes. Tourists, on account of the war, confine themselves mostly to France, and England will this year receive more than her usual number of French visitors.

BRECON CHRIST'S COLLEGE. EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS AND AWARD OF PRIZES. At a meeting of the Governors of this institution, held on Tuesday, the 19th inst., the Rev. Charles Williams, D.D., Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, gave in his report of the yearly examination, now for a second time conducted by him. The Archdeacon of Brecon, the Ven. R. W. P. Davies, presided as Chair- man: the other members of the Committee present being—Col. Pearce, K.H., of Ffrwdgrech, Dr. Lucas, and the Mayor of Brecon. The meeting adjourned at two o'clock to the schoolroom, already occupied by the pupils of the school, and where a large number of ladies and gentlemen were assembled, including-Mrs. R. W. P. Davies, Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. North, Mrs. Bad- ham, Mrs. J. D. Williams, Mrs. W. H. Parry, the Rev. Herbert Williams, vicar of Brecon, the Rev. E. N. Dunbleton, John North, Esq., the Rev. J. D. Williams, the Rev. W. H. Parry, and Mr. T. Butcher, Master of the'College; John Jones and J. A. Scott, Esqrs., late pupils of the same, and others. The proceedings were opened by the Head Master, who observed that it was well to get over first of all that which was the least satisfactory part of the pro- gramme. He was unable to say from what unexplained cause he had not received the prize-books for actual distribution, which be knew to have left London bv rail on Friday. He telegraphed to Hereford, but the box had not arrived there an hour ago. He was sorry for the winners, but believed they would be compen- sated for the momentary annoyance by the sympathy and applause of their fellows. His (the speaker's) more pleasing duty was to request the Chairman of the Governors' meeting to announce to those present the results of its deliberations. The Archdeacon of Brecon, after a few prefatory remarks, read out the following report, which, we print in full, and in commenting upon which he after- wards expressed the gratification conveyed by it to himself and his colleagues, and their sense of the honour conferred upon the school by the presence of the Rev. Dr. Williams. The name of the Principal of Jesus College must always give weight to his words; and they were such as might be expected of him,tem- permg a kindly praise with wholesome criticism. EXAMINERS' REPORT. Christ's College, Brecon, June 19,1866. My Lords and Gentlemen,-I have once more the honour of presenting you a report upon the school, of which you are Governors, and which you have a second time invited me to examine. As ITIiht be expected, the school being under the superinten- dence of the same accomplished scholars, and having the instruc- tion of the same able teachers as in the previous year, my last report might with little modification stand for this, and I thick that little modification is on the side of improvement. The changes that have been made in the subjects of studv in the Upper School are in my opinion extremely judicious, and the books read are such as the age and attainments of the pupils enable them easily to appreciate and sympathise with. I could wish, as I did in the last year, that the boys in the different forms exhibited more quickness, readiness and facility in the analysis both of words and sentences, and in some of the forms I think the method of parsing is susceptible of much improvement. A large number of the pupils displayed a very creditable acquaintance with Euclid and with elementary Algebra. On the whole I consider the young students to be very well taught, and it was a pleasure to me to observe in some, whose examination of last year had not passed from my memory, very considerable improvement. In the sixth form Bowcott passed the best examination, and I recommend him for the prize given by the Bishop of St. David's. I think, too, that he is best entitled, in respect of attainments, to an exhibition at the University, should one be assigned, In the case of the Bishop of Llandaff's prize, I should consider its division between Bowcott and Arthur Williams just and equitable, as their examination was very nearly equal, both in good points and in imperfections, and the examination of the other pupils was by no means so good as theirs. In the fifth form I place J. Williams first. In the fourth form, Thomas Davies first, and Price recom- mended. In the third form E. Davies first. My examination of the second and first forms was too brief, from the pressure of time, for me to trust any distinction that I could have made. The second form exhibited intelligence and readiness in mental arithmetic, and the first was composed of little boys, who seemed most anxious and willing to learn. I conclude as last year with expressing my earnest hope, and I may add, my confident expectation, that Christ's College may prove to be a centre and source of moral and intellectual culture and improvement, and of benefits of the best and highest kind, within and beyond the sphere of its own immediate neighbourhood. I have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, CHAHLES WILLIAMS, D.D. To the Governors of Christ's College, Brecon. The Chairman, in the next place, requested the Head Master to read over the list of prizes, and the several boys to whose names they were attached were congratulated by him, in the name of the Governors, and kindly cheered by their schoolfellows as theypassed down the centre of the school-room. The Archdeacon especially complimented the Captain of the school on his appointment to be the first holder of the Parry de Winton Exhibition. LIST OF PRIZES. Exhibition of £40 for three years Bowcott. Bishop of St. David's classical prize Bowcott. Bishop of LlandafE's Greek Testament prize .Bowcott. ) A. J. Williams. j Class prize for general merit Volley. Eifth Form—General John Williams. „ J.V.Kirk. Fourth Form—General A. Price. „ II. Davies. Third Form-General E. Davies. „ „ ff. Morgan. Second Form—General Charles Trew. ,< „ Arthur Lane. First Form — General W. D. Steel. „ S. Rich. Drawing Prize Joseph Wdliams. Extra prizes II. C. Davies and D. G. Vawghan. Head Master's prizes for Euclid and Algebra—7'. B. Jones. Ditto for Euclid and writing .H. C. Norlh. Archdeacon Davies's prize for French and German A J. Williams. John Williams (5th Form) was also elected a Foundation Scholar of the College. Archdeacon Davies then said that he could not be content wishout offering the warm thanks of the Governors to the Rev. Dr. Williams for the valuable services to which he had already referred. It was- most encouraging to receive the assurance of so ex perieneed and skilful a judge, that Christ's College, in the hands of able masters, was successfully conducting the work of education. He expected TIO less than this, from his personal knowledge of the Head Master and his colleagues; but the verdict of Dr. Williams was extremely important, and added largely to the confi- dence which they already repo-ed in those gentlemen. Colonel Pearce had very great pleasure in seconding the resolution and adding his testimony to the value placed by the Governors on the labours of the Principal of Jesus on their behalf. He had had the pleasure of presiding on a similar occasion a year since, and was now only confirmed in the favourable opinion which he had then and always entertained of the College. Education had greatlv advanced in re- cent years. He thanked Dr. Williams tor coming among them, and was glad to hear from him that Chiist's College was not being I. ft behind in the race. Dr. Williams acknowledged the compliment in suit- able terms. It had, he suid, gratified him last year to make, and this y, ar to renew, a personal acquaintance with the School some of whose pupils he had pre- viously known at College. He had been curious to ascertain what results were accomplished by the icaching of the able tcholar who presided over its operations. He had sufficiently cbrracterised them in his written report, and they had not been overstated. He was in the hahit of admitting to Jesus College young men, whose opportunities for classical ground worK had been singularly slight, and who, in the year and-a-half or so they had been able to devote to it, would have progressed amazingly by a limited num- ber of lessons in Sophocles, such as the pupils of Christ's College in the higher classes bad access to. And yet these young men, struggling painfully against their early disadvantages, by mere strength of will md determination acquired creditable positions in the University examinations. His inference was that "strength of will," as he had expressed it, was a powerful aid in supplying the deficiencies of scholar- ship, and that they who had such opportunities for scholarship set before them, at least should not suffer themselves to be outstripped by their less fortunate rivals. He mightin the meanwhile safely congratulate both Governors and Masters on the creditable position of the school he had examined. The Head Master was reminded, by the mention of Governors and Masters, of a debt which all of them owed to the former, and he, at any rate, to the latter. They missed Sir Thomas Phillips and others who were part of the governing body—but they had, besides Archdeacon Davies, others of their friends and well- wishers able as well as willing to attend. They had daily evidence-he at least had it-of the liberality and good feeling of the individual Governors: it was to their several contributions that the boys owed the new ball-court, and their generosity and zeal gave prospect even now of additional improvements to their Chapel. To his fellow-masters, he himself was indebted for the steady and active work to which, side by side he trusted with his own, was due whatever was com- plimentary and satisfactory in the Examiner's report. To the ladies who had favoured them with their com- pany, he would challenge the boys to offer th, ir thanks, not in speech, but with the demonstrations more fami- liar to themselves. Three cheers accordingly for The Ladies," "The Examiner," The Governors," "TheMasters," and The Prizemen," brought the half-year to a happy termination.

BRECON COUNTY COURT. The usual monthly sitting of this Court was held be- fore Judge FALCONER, on Friday, the 22nd inst. The causes which possess some public interest we append: EDWARI) WEBB V. THOMAS POWELL. This was a claim of £10 8s. Od. for flour. Mr. Thomas Bishop appeared for the defendant. Plaintiff said that while the wife of the defendant kept a shop at Defynock he sold him some flour; he had solicited payment, and had been promised the amount.—Mr. Bishop: We deny the debt. We say it was the son's debt, and not the father's.—Plaintiff in cross-examina- tion said: I had first entered in my account book the name of Morgan Powell," for I thought that that was the name of the defendant; as soon as I found my mistake I struck out" Morgan" and put "Thomas;" the bills sent in have been in the name of Morgan Powell.-His Honor: Who did you see when you sold the goods ?-Plaintiff: The wife.—His Honor: And who gave you the name of Morgan? How did you put Morgan on the bills?—Plaintiff: I thought defen- dant's name was Morgan Powell.—His Honor: How many sacks of flour were sold ?-Plaintiff: It is a run- ning account.—Mr. Bishop: There is no doubt the account is correct so far as it goes. Were the goods all delivered at Defynock ?-Plaintiff: Yes.—Mr. Bishop: Mrs. Powell ordered the flour. Now, did she tell you it was for her son Morgan Powell ?-Plaintiff: No; she did not.Nfr. l,isl,.op: Did you see Thomas Powell at all on the subject? -Plaintiff: No.—Mr. Bishop; Were you ever at the house at Defynock yourself? -Plaintiff: No.—His Honor: Did Thomas Powell live at all at Dd"ynock? --Mr. Bishop: He has not for the past seven years.—The plaintiff: He was backwards and forwards there.—Mr. Bishop: We ad- mit the delivery of the goods, and I will state shortly the evidence About seven years ago, Thomas Powell and his wife went from Defynock to Llauelly, in Car- marthenshire. The son, Morgan Powell, who was a butcher, remained at Defynock, where he carried on his trade. About a year ago last spring, he was taken ill with rheumatic fever. He lived in lodgings at the time, aid sent for his mother to attend him. The mother came, and they remained in the lodgings for some time, when they removed to a house. Morgan Powell paid all the expenses of house-keeping with the profits from his trade. Wishing to gain something while confined in the house, he asked his mother to sell flour for him; and he sent her to Mr. Webb, at Brecon, of whom some flour was ordered in the son's name, She will prove that, while the husband, Thomas Powell, will say that he had had no notion of the transaction—that he never gave his wife his consent to pledge his credit. Morgan Powell died some time in the course of this year, and he left sufficient assets to pay every one, provided they could be got in. The principal part was due from railway contractors, and they have not been collected-the mother not wishing to interfere in the matter. I need not mention to you; Honor that unless the husband gave an expressed or implied consent to the wife to pledge his credit, Webb cannot claim of him.—Plaintiff: She gave me the namt of Thomas Powell when she ordered the goods.—Mrs. Powell gave evidence confirmative of Mr. Bishop's statement, and, in reply to questions by His Honor, her evidence was unshaken.—Thomas Powell (sworn): My wife opened a shop at Defynock, and I visited her now and then; she was carrying on business for ill) son, and never asked me for a shilling for the purpose; I never gave her leave to order anything in my name. —His Honor: Did she tell you she was ordering flour? —Defendant: For my son, she said.—His Honor: Di( she get any profit for herself?—Defendant: For him.- His Honor: And she had no authority to get flour in your name?—Defendant: No.—Mr. Bishop: That is tne case, your Honor.—His Honor: I should have de cided against Powell if the name of Morgan Powell bad not been originally taken. It might have beet that Morgan Powell had made the arrangement re- ferred to as a means of increasing his income, and tha' would not make the husband liable.—Mr. Bishop: I the son had lived all would have been paid.- Hi Honor: Well, a woman living in the household of her husband has authority to buy things necessary for tin household. But when separated, whether from a quarrel, or from the necessity of attending a membei of the family as in this case, it is the duty of the per- son dealing with the wife to know why she is living away from the husband. Then the husband is not liable for an involuntary act of the wife, and, without sufficient excuse, what she ordered, he would not be bound to pay for. But when living with a person in. dividually, and told to buy goods in his name, then the only person you can look to is the person who gave his name, and that was Morgan Powell. The plaintiff's claim will be against Morgan Powell's estate. I therefore order a nonsuit. WM. FRASER V. MARGARET PROTHERO. This was a claim of 15s. for goods supplied. The plaintiff is an itinerant vendor of tea, cloth, and other articles, and the defendant (who was absent from Court) is also known by the name of Bennett. She formerly lived at an hotel in the town, where she be- came the object of an amorous attention, which pro- duced episodes upon which-with a little extenuation and flourish-might be based an interesting comedy In short, after many a sly glance from the captain with his whiskers," and after the immersion, in a queei vehicle of a less juvenile aspirant for favors, in an attempt to escape from a retreat unseen, she is alleged to have decamped from her situation with a good deal of precipitancy; indeed, so much so, that she wa, speedily followed, and, when overtaken, was found at a railway station, where (however suspicious the cir- cumstance may seem), the gallant gentleman whose "glances" had been so often bestowed upon her put in an appearance. The pair had been, or were about to be, "booked," when they had to succumb to much dis- comfiture by the appearance of a gentlemen—under whose direction this modern Juliet was. This gentle- man took the girl back to her service, and Romeo had to endure a fru tration—the disconsolating nature of which few, without his great experience in these matters, could describe. An order was made for the rent. T. GRIFFITHS AND SON V. THOMAS FARE. This was a claim of t9 14s. Od. for hauling timber. Mr. Games appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr. Bonne! Bishop for the defendant.—Mr. Bishop informed hi, Honor that the amount held by his client to be due hart been tendered, namely: X7 12s. Od.—His Honor (read- ing): When the defence is tender, such is not avail- able unless, prior to the hearing of the cause, the de- fendant pays into Court the amount alleged to have been tendered."—Mr. Bishop: That is what I wish to do now. We tender the amount named.- -The amount referred to was handed into Court, and Mr. Bishop continued: Our defence is this—We say a contract was entered into for what was to be done, and the plaintiff says it was day work.—The case, which in hearing occupied a long time, and was "as dry as a -tick," resolved itself into one of the nature defined by Mr. Bishop in the above sentence, and His Honor, in giving judgment, which he did for £ 7 12s. 0d., re- marked that that amount covered the contract. H» allowed, also, a sum of 4s., which defendant said ha* been paid in a former account, but which plaintiff- denied. THE MID-WALES RAILWAY CO. V. CHARLES GIBSON. This was a claim of £ 19 19s. 3d. for rent of premi- ses and the carriage of goods. Mr. Games appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. T. Bishop for the defendant. Mr. Games: This is an action brought by the Mid- Wales Co."against Mr. Chas. Gibson. It appears that in 1864 and 1865, and in the early part of 1866, Mr. Charles Gibson acted as carrier for the Mid-Wales Railway Co., at Builth, on certain terms. They wert to allow him 2s. 6d. a ton for the carriage of goods to and from the station. It was a part of the contract, as is usual in these matters, that where goods are de- livered just by a station to the carrier, that that agent, seeing the tickets, it becomes his duty to collect the -ums on the various parcels. It appears that goods, forming the particulars in this case, were delivered to Mr. Gibson, the carriage of which amounted t" S31 8s. Od. And I also see by our particulars that Mr. Gibson at that time appeared to have a very large quantity of goods consigned to himself; for I see, by the entries on the books of account, and the particu- lars before me, that the name of the person to whom they are consigned is "self." It appears, also, that Mr. Gibson, at that time, was dealing largely as an agent in the beer, ale, and porter trade, and a greater I part of the £;31 was for goods consigned to Mr. Gib- son, and for which he would have to pay as any other tradesman. Now, the accounts seem very numerous, and on the face of them will present some little diffi- culty to your Honor; but I think I can reduce the thing to a question of two or three items because from an account from Mr. Gibson, it seems he has ad- mitted the whole of the items except two, which are the only ones now in dispute. It will appear on the particulars before your Honor that one item is a charge for rent, and with that exception there will be no difficulty about the matter. Mr. Bishop: If I understand you, you abandon the Adi 8s. Od ? Mr. Games: No; you have admitted by Mr. Gibson's particulars —— Mr. Bishop: You admit it is settled. Mr. Games: No; I see the X31 has been reduced by carriage, by Mr. Gibson to the Company, to X16 odd. His Honor: X2 Is. 8d. has been paid into Court. Mr. Games: I bad never heard of that, thouo-h I suppose it has gone in in the ordinary way. Well I think the only itelll besides that of rent is one for car- riage of coal from Newbridge to Builth, and which amounts to X3 13s. 2d. Now, it is contended by Mr Gibson, I believe, that that carriage be has paid for to some other person-a party of whom he bought the coal. We say we know of no transaction with another We carried the goods, and we have not been paid. Therefore, I shall lay before your Honor a statement of accounts to simplify the matter, and will now pro- duce the Company's books. His Honor: The way to try an account is to call defendant and asks what he admits. Mr. Bishop: We cannot in this case, because there are questions of facts and law. Mr. Games: I will take your Honor's suggestion. Mr. Gibson: I disputed an item of £3 4s. 6d paid on a truck of coal consigned to the Montgomeryshire Coal Company, and sold to my man at a certain price, which I paid; the next item, I think, was Xi 6s 8d. for rent of wharfage at Builth, from 1st of February to 31st of May; cash paid, £ 3 6s. 2d. is the third item- they subsequently gave me credit for that. Mr. Games: That reduces it to two items. His Honor: Is tkere any other account? Defendant: I have none. His Honor: Now, you can begin to give evidence on these two items. Mr. Games (to defendant): Did you occupy premi- ses charged at X5 6s. 8d. ?— Defendant: No.—Mr. Games: Have you given the Company notice to quit there?—Defendant: You have my letter.—Mr. Games: That is not my question. You must explain. Did you give notice to the Company to quit certain premises for which they charged you at Builth ?-De- fendant: I did not, up to May.—Mr. Games: Did you give notice to the Company?—Del'endant: I gave Mr. 0 Ward, the station-master, to understand that I did not require it; it was not a notice; I said I should not re- quire any longer the small space of ground upon which there was some coal; that was on the 23rd of December last.—Mr. Games: When was that notice to expire?—Defendant: I don't understand you.—Mr. Games: What was the extent of that small piece of ground.—Defendant: 17 square yards.—Mr. Games: What might you have used it for before?—Defendant: I did not use it at all.—Mr. Games: Had you coal on it-I say up to May?—Defendant: I did not use it.- Mr. Bishop: He is charged, first of all, with having a part of a wharfage up to the end of May. Then foi having it from then to the end of Christmas. He de nies having any coal on it before May.—Mr. Games: Well, he occupied the premises so far as we were con- cerned.—His Honor: My account has nothing to di with anything after May, he says he did not use it up to May.—Mr. Games: The first item before us is tht £5 6s. 8d.—Mr. B shop: That is from February toeno of May.—Mr. Games: Then you did not give the Com- pany notice until December, 1865, that you no longe equired that piece of land?—Defendant: No, I did not.—Mr. Games (producing a letter) And is thatthi otice?—Defendant: It is my own hand-writing.—Mr. Bishop: It is a letter in which he states he quits it; ii is not a formal notice.—Mr. Games: You don't sa, Nhen you were to quit. Did you believe you were to give it up at a moment's notice?—Defendant: I be- iieved so.—Mr. Games: When did you last have some- thing on it?—Defendant: In December, last year.- Mr. Games: Well, with regard to the other item oi £ 3 4s. 6d. Why do you say you should not pay that'; —Defendant: Because it was for coal consigned to th, Montgomeryshire or North and South Wales Coa Company, for their agent at Newbridge.—Mr. Games: Who bought this coal afterwards?—Defendant: M> man bought it for me.—Mr. Games: Do you dispute chey carried it?—Defendant: No; but I do dispute paying 23 4s. 6d. charged on from Newbridge.—He- Honour: Let us dispose of the Y,3 4s. 6d. first.-Air. Games: We have had that account since the actioi was brought. Now, there is the account you mad, against the Company. Is that a correct one?—Defen Int: No; the first item, X5 10s. 9d., has been paid.- Mr. Games: Then you sought payment twice?—Mr. Bishop: Don't impute that.—Defendant: I had no posted my cash-book then.—Mr, Games: I think tin vhole of the items are now disposed of, excepting bat of the wharfage, and I will call my clients t( prove its occupation.—His Honor: You can do this Let them call their witnesses, and you call them bad tgan afterwards. John Ward: I am a station-master at Builth; I know he piece of land formerly occupied by Mr. Gibson; it s 320 square yards; he has had small coal and bricks on it, together with some beer barrels; it is usual t< charge Is. per annum per yard for wharfage; othei agents have paid the same on the 6th of October 1865, he occupied the land in question, and gave notic. o me to give it up on the 23rd of December, 1865.— By Mr. Bishop: The Brecon Coal Company have som If the wharfage; the North and South Wales Coa Company have also a portion of it; so has Mr. Prothero; defendant did not occupy the whole of the wharfage, but he rented it all; he did not occupy 320 square yards with his goods; I see he rented it from the accounts. Thomas Handley: I was station-master at Builth in June, 1864, from the first of that month I recollect Mr. Gibson taking to the piece of land in question; ] think he rented it from the 1st of February following; he rented 320 yards, and it was taken of the Mid- Wales Company; I believe the premises were in his possession, as tenant to the company, to the 23rd 01 December, 1865 although he had not barrels over th whole of the wharf he was at liberty to occupy tht whole of it.—His Honor: What portion was assignee to him?—Witness: 320 yards.—His Honor: How? Were there any boundaries?—Witness: A stake wa, driven in to show the length of it.—His Honor: Were vou present when he made the bargain for coming in? Witness: No.—His Honor: Who made it? How does the man get a licens to use it? If he wanted to use it what would be the proper course to take to procure it?—Witness: Apply to the manager.-Hif Honor: And what notice would the station-master get? Any?—Witness: No; but I believe the agree- ment was between the station-master and Mr. Gibson —His Honor: If I go and take another man's piece of ground, it is presumed in law that I am to pay for it; and a jury determine what is the value of the ground —Mr. Games: Did he place his goods where he pleased m the wharf?—Witness: Yes; indiscriminately.- His Honor: What are the limits, metes, and bound- of this piece of land? Show that.—Mr. Games: Wt ry to show by inference that the company succeeding Mr. Gibson and preceding him occupied the same.— His Honor: It would still come back to this: Ther. vas something occupied no doubt, but what were tho limits, metes, and bounds?—Mr. Games: What th. boundary of this His Honor: Suppose some ,ne else came and put their goods there, how can yoi make out that defendant had a right to exclude them; —Witness: A stake was driven in to divide it, atic he rails would show the length of it on the other side One shilling per yard per annum is a fair price.—Mr Bishop: We admit that that is the usual charge. Do you recollect a truck of coal coming from Newbridg. ,ri(i remaining there about a couple of months ?- Witness: No. — Air. Bishop: Do you mean to say tha Mr. Gibson had more than one heap of coal on thi wharf ?—Witness: I cannot recollect-Mr. Bishop- You don't mean to say that it spread over the 321 yards?—Witness: No.—Mr. Bishop: Did Mr. Gibsoi usually sell out of the trucks?—Witness: I doii know for generally; he did sometimes.—Mr. Games: Did defendant succeed the Montgomeryshire Coa Company in the business of the wharf?—Witness Well, I could not recollect.-His Honor: You wer. there in June, 1864. Well, they say that somebody. whether rightly or wrongly, came into occupatioi from February to May, 1865, and would you not know who occupied it then?—Witness: Mr. Gibson, [ think; that is what I always understood. — His Honor: Would you not know as the station master?—Witness: Yes-His Honor: He ought t. know. Who was there from February to May, 1865? Was it the defendant or the Montgomeryshire Coa Company?—Witness: I don't know.—Mr. Games: Did you see Mr. Gibson occupy it?—Witness: I saw a man supposed to be employed by defendant.—Mr Games: In whose name was the business done?- —Witness: In defendant's. [ Mr. Jebb: I was the general manager of this liol in 1864; I know the piece of land in question; after i was staked out, it was first let to the Montgomery shire Coal Company; it was measured out for them but they ilever occupied it; it was, however, charged to them on the books of the Company; the space, however, was not re-let to any one.—Mr. Games: Dl vou know whether Mr. Gibson was their agent at that ime? Witness: Not the Montgomeryshire Coa. Company.—Mr. Games: Who was?—Witness: They had no agent.Mr. Games: Mr. Gibson afterwards took on the business that the Montgomeryshire Corn Rany intende cl.- Witt i ess: He did carry on a business there.—Mr. Games: When did defendant occupy?- Witness: It was not let to him.—Mr. Games: Have you any memorandum, showing when he first entered upon these 300 odd yards of the Company's premises, and upon what terms? Witness: There was no agreement made on the subject.—Mr. Games: As you say there was no agreement made, perhaps you will tell me when you saw defendant occupy the premises for the purpose of carrying on the trade of a coal merchant, &c.Witness: Several months the ground was unoccupied.—Mr. Games: Can you tell the exact date the defendant occupied it?—Witness: It was not for some months after February.—Mr. Games: Din be succeed the Montgomeryshire Company ?—Witness: When he found they were not going into trade, he thought there was a good opening for him; and I believe he commenced tradirig.M, Games: Do you know when he gave up the occup ition?--I-lis Honor: His letter shows that.—Witness: He was trading when I left.—His Honor: Whose duty is it to do this sort of thing: to determine who shall occupy a piece of land for his business?—Witness: The managers — His Honor: Then it was yours?—Witness: Yes.— His. Honor: Would it be the duty of the station- master to report if he saw anyone udug any portion? —Witness: Certainly.—His Honor: Was there any such report?—Witness: No; there was no application or report from the station-master.-Ily Mr. Bishop: I should think, if defendant used the wharfage, he would be responsible for the space he took up. Mr. Handley produced the station ledger, in which there was an entry of the rental. Mr. Games: Since you, Mr. Handley, have seen the station ledger, have you refreshed your memory as to the renting of the wharf? Mr. Bishop: Is it in your handwriting?—Witness: No. Mr. Bishop: Did you see it made?—Witness: No. Mr. Games: It is done by his c!erk. His Honor: He says he did not see it. Did you tell him to make the entries?—Witness: Yes, from instructions from the traffic manager. On the 1st of February, 1865, it commences. Mr. Games: Who is the traffic manager?—Witness: Mr. Jebb was. The account is one from the month of February. Mr. Bishop: Was this entry made in June or February?—Witness: The book is before you. Mr. Bishop: Is it not made in June? Witness: The date is at the top of the book. iAIr. Bishop: And you don't make it in the month of February, or the month of March, or the month uf May, but not until June. Will you swear that Mr. Jebb instructed you to enter that ?—■Witness To charge rent from the 1st of February. Mr. Bishop: Just consider yourself. Did you charge the defendant with this?—Witness: Yes- from the 1st of February. His Honor: The entry is in June. Mr. Bishop: Will you swear that Mr. Jebb was the manager at the time that was entered in June? Wit- ness: He gave me directions when he was traffic manager. I don't say what date or month. Mr. Bishop: It might be in January then ?—Witness: I won't say. Mr. Games: You make up monthly accounts in ,Tune? -Wit n (!ss: Yes. Mr. Games: Do you make out wharfage accounts half-yearly?-Witness: They are made up in the traffic accounts for the month. Mr. Games: The rents are ?-Witness: Thev were at that titrie. Mr. Games: How are they now. Do you know? —Witness: No, I don't His Honour: Then the entry was made after Mr. Jebb's authority ceased. If he gave authority, it has neen contradicted by him on oath now. Mr. Games: Previously to this entry, did you see the wharf used by any oiie?-Witiless: Yes, some time oerore; I should fancy for months. His Honor: That is not the difficulty. I dare say he states what was correct. But suppose any one in this town, in the belief that he could do some busi- ness were to put a barrel on any large space in the own, surely that would not be said to be the occupa- tion of the whole space. Mr. Games: I go oil the occupation of it by coal, bricks, etc. We don't fix it from 1st February, but within three weeks a flourishing trade in bricks and all the rest was going on. His Honor: You must prove it. The witness says ne put his goods there indiscriminately, and that he had seen barrels and bricks there. Mr. Handley (in reply to Mr. Games): I have seen two or three trucks of coal there belonging to Mr. Gibson; these trucks contain eight or nine tons each, hat would be about 24 tons at a time; there was dso lime theie; I forget whether I saw bricks; I have seen a great many barrels there; he dealt very largely in pale ale.—His Honor: The question is—to what extent he is chargeable.—Mr. Games: During the whole of the time you were station-master did you see my one else occupy this piece of land.—Witness: I could not say. Others had a truck of coal on there sometimes. I never authorised any one to bring coal rhere.-Mr. Games: Could any one bring coal on the 320 yards without the consent of Mr. Gibson.-Wit. ness: Not legitimately, I should think.—Mr. Bishop: Has not Mr. Prothero coal there?—Witness: Per- haps so.—Mr. Bishop: And did not Mr. Williams load nark from there.—Witness: I will not say he did not. —Mr. Bishop: Was not timber loaded from there? —Witness: I don't recollect. Mr. Games: That is our case. His Honor: And you are very likely to break down unless you give some proof of the time it was occupied. Besides, the station-master says it was not his authority to let. The man was there, and he used some part of the wharfage; but you don't prove what he took. Mr. Bishop: We don't deny use and occupation of a small quantity. Mr. Gibson (re-called): At the end of May I did not use any of this wharfage, but I saw a heap of small coal there one day, I believe in June; what I used as measured by a witness present, was 20 square yards, which, according to the scale of Is. per yard per innum, would come to 20s. for the whole year; taking, however, five months out of that, it would reduce the amount to 16s. at the most; I did not keep barrels there at all; the empties were brought there for the railway people to take then. away; I put no lime on the wharf.—Mr. Games: What quantity of coal did you receive from February to May, 1865. Witness* My returns for the end of the year averaged twelve rons per week.-Mr. Games: Did you ever see any property of yours beyond the limits of the 20 yards, as marked out by you-Witness: Only empty barrels, and they were all over the place.—Mr. Games: We and he averaged 37 tons a week from the month of February. Mr. Bishop: There is this fallacy in that argument, it does not prove the occupancy of the wharfage, because the coal was generally sold out of the trucks. John Thomas: In 1865 I was an agent at Builth for Mr. Gibson in February all the coal I sold was from trucks; in June there was some coal spilt from a truck; and Mr. Handley told me to unload the truck, and I iid; the coal spilt with the other was put on the wharf; I was present when Mr. Wright measured the he ground; I held the tape for him. His Honor: And it seems its measurement must be aken, for he was the only person who did measure. it seems to me that when a man takes possession of mother man's ground, he ought to ask leave, but the xcuse in this case may be that the representative was looking on and walking over the ground every day, md therefore it was his duty to communicate to his openers and say "make a bargain with this man." But it is impossible to charge for land to a company who never came into existence there. Surely, you teed not carry it further. Mr. Bishop: I will call Mr. Wright. His Honor: But here is a man who says he held the ape. Mr. Bishop reminded his Honor of the amount that iad been paid into Court. llis Honor: Well, that is all they can get. Mr. Bishop applied for costs, which were given. HUGHES V. JONES. This was an ejectment suit, adjourned from last Courr, when it was thoroughly gone into. The jlamtift was nonsuited, having failed to prove the uemand to give up the premises. NOTT V. JONES. This was a judgment summons, adjourned from last Uourt. The defendant was now committed for 21 days •n the ground of fraud. The warrant, however, was' ordered to be detained for twelve days, to give defen- dant time to pay the amount sought to be recovered by the summons.

BRECON POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, SATUEOAV, before the Mayor (J. PROTHERO, Esq.) RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.—JCMES Jones and Fi-ark Healy were charged with feloniously receiving a quantity of tobacco, the property of Mr. Benjamir he grocer, from Edward Field, an errand-boy in the employ of the prosecutor. Superintendent Lee de- tosed: From information I received from Mr. Ben- jamin that he had lost a quantity of tobacco, I went to 4r. Charles Hughes', High-street, and there received '.hree packets of tobacco, which I now produce* I charged the prisoner Frank Healy with receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen property I fur ther charged James Jones with offering four similar packets to Henry Kettle, High-street, also the pro- perty of Mr. Benjamin, knowing the same to have oeen stolen; Jones admitted the offence, Healy denied it. John Benjamin deposed: I am a grocer, living in High-street; On last Tuesday week, Mr. Kettlef of Ship-street, made a communication to me, in conse- quence of wliic,.h, and other circumstances, I marked my packets of tobacco, and in the evening of the same day I missed four packets; I think I have lost about 19 packets altogether; the tobacco produced is the same sort as that I missed; on the evening of the day in question Healy was watching about the premises for a long time; the packets produced are not marked. Charles Hughes deposed: I am a confectioner, and live in High-street; Superintendent Lee called on me some time since, and asked me if I had bought any tobacco lately; I said 1 had, and described the person of whom I bought it it- was Frank Healy, now present; I have bought tobacco of him I dare say half-a-dozen times- he brought it openly and I took him to be on the line • £ remarked to him that I thought he must be a loser by the truck system, as he lost 2d. in the half-quarter; I thought he had it in that way, as I have bought a good deal off the navvies; I cannot say whether any of it was Franklrn's tobacco; he said it was a disad- vantage to him. Cross-examined by Healy: I cannot say whether you said there was a navvy in the brewery wanted a shilling; you said it was a losing game, and t answered it was not out of my pocket. Henry Kettle deposed: I am a grocer, and live in the Struet; about three weeks ago James Jones came to my shop and offered me four half-quarters of tobacco; he said he had received them from Mr. Benjamin for work done, instead of cash, and the reason he gave for sell- ing it was because it was getting dry, and he would not be able to smoke it all himself; he asked me what [ could give him each for them; I told him I mostly gave 6d. each for them from the works he sglid I ought to give him 7d., as he would then be losing id. eacii, so I gave him 2s. 4d. in cash; I told him I could not get anything out of them, as he was having cash tie came again, I think it was the same week I was not there, but my wife bought some tobacco off him; L think it was two packets; I was angry about it, as 1 thought there must be something wrong, and I snokc about it; he came again when my niece was in the shop, and she sent him to Mr. Kettle, of Ship-street; I believe Mr. Benjamin by that means got information; the tobacco I purchased off him was of the same description and same quality as now produced. Edward Field deposed: I am a porter with Mr. Ben- jamiq and am 17 years of age; I was asked by the two prisoners for some tobacco, which I gave them at two or three different times; they never came together; Jones asked me first, about three weeks ago; they never gave me anything for it; we were never drink-