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CRICKHOWELL. PETTY SESSIONS, FRIDAY, JULT 26 herMe W. H WEST, Esq Sir J. R BAILEY, Bart., T. DAYIES. Esq., a i d MAJOR HOTCHKIS BBYNMA WR.- LARCENY, Rai-riet Philips, of Brvii- mawr, was charg> d with bavins;, oil the 24th instant, stoot-ii one bed qu It and one sheet, volu- 7-. and 3.. respectively, th- ptope ty of Thomas Ross, »>awke. and 10"2il1-h..use k.. ver, Dr. nmawr. Co plain <nt Bra ed that he k. pt a loddng.holl"P io K ng-s rept, Bry- mawr: on Tuesday night, the 2'<- d instan', about hlllt-p.t ten o'clock, th" prisoner came to his house anti asked for a night'* lodsin^; she occupied a b. d at his t ouse that nijiht; the n, x, morning, abont ha'f past inne o'clock, fhe lef, and at ahout three n'c!. ck in the afi-rn "Oil of the same day he missed rhf rricl..s now produce- which be identified as his firnp.r,y; directly he found ■ ur the things were stolen he gave information d the fact t the sergeant of polic wit whom he went to a pawnshop kept by Mar Davies the quilt and i-heet were here p odii,A and giv. n into the JMISS ssion of the *erg-a t.—Hannth Reard-m, wife of Will »m Reardon, labourer, Brynmawr, stated that about four o'clock on Wedofsdav. the 24th in»t, the prisoner came to her (having been the>e previously while she was out, and It ft. the quilr and sheet), and asked her to buy rhem, saying she anted to get some tea and sugar for her little ones, who were in the union; she would not purchase them, bu took them to Mary Davies, the pawnbroker, who advanced 2s upon them. Emily Lyddon, assistant to Mary Davids, pawnbroker, proved advancing the 2s. on the goods, and subse- quently, on the request of Sergeant Joseph, giving them up. Sergeant Joseph said that on the evening of the 24th (Wednesday), he accompanied the prose- cutor to a pawn shop, in Worcester-street, kept by Mrs. Mary Davies; he enquired for the articles, now produced and identified, and they were given up to him by Mrs. Davies, in the presence of her assistant, Emily Lyddon; he apprehended the prisoner on Thurs- day evening, the 25th, and charged her with the of- fence; she rpplied "1 have not been to Brynmawr, and I did not sleep there.—The Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the assizes. The sentence pro- nounced upon her will be found duly recorded in our reporr of the assizes. GILWERN.—THE NAVIGATION INN AGAIN.-Mary Hinckley, landlady of the Navigation Inn, Gilwern, was summoned by P.C. Williams for supplying beer to a drunken man, on the 10th instant. The case was adjourned from the last court day. Mr. E. J. C. Davies was for the defence.—Complainant said that on Wednesday morning, the 10th instant, he saw Thomas Bevan of Gilwern, passing by the police-station in a state (if drurikenne-s; this was about ten o'clock; he afterward- saw him going back up the road with a man named Da, id Evans, who tad a load of hay; Bevan caught hold of Evans' arm, and they both pro- ceed. d, arm in arm, up the road they stopped near the Navigation Ion, and seeing Bevan in a state of drunk- e, ness, be (the officer) followed to see if th. y would suj ply him with drink when he got there, the two men were sitting down, just commencing a quart of beer; defendant bad been convicted for off<-r ces against her 1 cense on the 9th of April and the 26'h of April last he told her he should r,- port her, and she said the man was sober when he first came into the house, but a very little had made him drunk; Bevan had pleaded guilty at the coiirt that day week, and had been fined 5s and co-ts; h walt" r-tagerillg drunk." Cross-examined by Mr. Davies: I did not hear Miss Hinckley say she supplied the oth. r man with drink, not Bevan; she told me so when I serv. d the sum- mons upon her. Mr. Davies, for the defence, sairl that the man was rather fr- sh, he would not deny, and had been refused beer by Miss Hinckley, but meeting the man Evans, the two adjourned to the Naviyatron to talk -in a matrer of bu-iness. Evans ca!Jed for and paid or the beer, and Bevan had two or three "tot" glasses of it. He contended that th. clause of the Act upon ",hi. h they c »nvict«^d in su h cases wa. fl ameli for the purpose simpK of t-reventinti disorderly conduct in public-houses to put such a meaning on it, as would he conveyed by cunvit tint; in a case ofth » kind, w Id b- a monstrous inre.f..rence wito the liberty of the subject, such as ttle haw i-ever contem- plated. David Evan* was called, who said: I am ill the service of Mr. Caddit-k, f Blai a; I was driving my ma-tpr' W.jOI' fro'n th.. H 'p- lird t Blaii.au,.the day in ques i- n, when I met Tom Hevan; this was hf- tween tt-n and le-- n o'clock in the d'y; I could not see mu h particular the matter ",it h nim, arid he wem to the Navigation with me, at my req<>e»' I called f..r a quart of beer. afs(i paid for it; that qu*rt «-f beer wa* he o ly quart that was served to us he cameou' with me; white we were in the house the policeman came in, and Ie had a drop ot the beer; I catie-i < u to him to have it: he did not tell we at that. lime it was necessary he should taste it; B van and I had a conversation in the house about mowing he was talk- ing ;,b,.ut Koing up, and asked me who ther he should he likely to get a job there; I told him there was mow- in4 o be tot; there was nothing disorderly iu his conduct; he was comfortable; 1 ooseived him goins over the bridge; he walked as steadily as I could; I should say he was sober. —The Bench, after a httlr c >nsul at ion, imposed a penalty of tl, and 15s. costs. LLANGRWYN EY. -STEALING WOOL -Juhn Lewis, a weaver, Crickhowell, was charged by Mr. Richard George James, wool manufacturer, Llangrwyney, wi. h having stolen half-a-pound of magenta wool, value 2s. 6 f.—The prosecutor stated that on the 22nd of July, from what he bad heard, he sent one of bis men after prisoner, who was going home, saying that he wanted him the prisoner returned, and lie asked him what he had got in his pocket; he replied, "Nothing; why, what ia the matter ?" witness began searching prisoner's pocket, and a knot of yarn was found by one of his employes in his coat pocket; he asked him what he was going to do with it, and he replied, "Take it home for myself;" prisoner then went on his way home, towards Crickhowell, and he followed and gave him into custody.—Daniel Roberts, spinner, Llangrwyney, stated that he saw prisoner take the yarn, which was white when he took it; he went with it to the colouring room, and then dyed it; he then went and asked his master if he had sold any yarn to the prisoner, and his master said, No;" the prisoner was followed, and brought back, and he found the yarn in his pocket; had seen him take yarn two or three times before.—The prosecutor said that, for the sake of prisoner's wife and family, he did not wish to be severe upon him.—The Bench sentenced prisoner to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. BRYNMAWR. -THE DUKE iNrf.-Charlotte Gage, ne Ingram, was charged by P C. Evans (26) with having supplied beer during prohibited hours, on Sunday, the 21st instant.—The complainant visited the house on the day named about eh-vt-a o'clock in the morning, and knocked at the door for admittance a voice asked who was there, and b replied, policeman;" htl then heard some person say inside, "The policeman is at the door, no out through the back door;" he went round to the backdoor, and met fourineacoming out of the house there were two m- n in the house besides he saw Mrs. Gage takmg a pint from the kitchen into the parlour he went to the parlour and found beer in the pint; it tasted fr. sh, as if i had been recently drawn he told her he shwuid report her she sid the beer had been drawn since Saturday night. Joseph Delamore said that he went to the house on Sunday morning to fetch some meat he had put there the morning before; while be was here the policeman came tnere were four or five men outside the door wai-titig drink, but Mrs. Gage would not supply them. -The Bench examiued this witness very minutely, and after due deliberation fined defendatittl and 10s. costs. BRYNMA WR.- THE BUTCHERS' ARMS -Samuel Leary, landlord ..f the Bu,chprs' Arms Inn, Brynmawr, was summ-med for a sim'lar offence as the defendant in the p evittus case, on the same date, and by the same compl;tinatit.-Complairiant visited the house about half-past eleven o'clock, and after waiting three or four minutes ar, the door for admiitance the d fendaot'u wife let him in; be asked her if anyone was in the house, and she replien, "No, nobody in a room, which was fa-tened, he fou-id six men and two women, and in the adjoining room he found two pints, the n containing b, er and the other porter; that containing porter was half full.—Fined £1 and 9s, costs in default, a distress to be levied; failing that, one month's imprisonment BRYNMAWR -THE BRECON ARMi. P.C. Evans visi eij this house, kept by James James, and found three men sitting r-un-, a table, w -ten was wet; he found no pilits coiitaiiiing beer the house was a verj respectably conducted h >use.—A witness was called, who proved that no drink was drawn on the day in question nmil service time was ov. r.-Cat-e dismissed. A SAVAGE As-iAULT.- uvillian Lewis wa* summoned for assaulting i bomas Willi ms, both of the TWYh, on he 24th. It lOt-ems a quarrel aruse between the defendant and bis wife, wi- h whom the complainant lodges, aboqt the ch-ld i the deftudaut began to aitsull I the wife, who had the child in her arms she threw the child to the lodger, who stooped down to put his shoes on to get out of the row while in this position the husband look up th* fire shovel, and struck him with it on the head when be came to himself he was in the yarn, bleed ng profusely. The wife said, in answer to >nquiri-s from the Bpnch, that defendant was a very cruel husband, and had repeatedlv ill used her. A summons had been taken out against him for assaulting his wife on this occasion, but the charge was wlthrlra.wn.-Defendant was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.

BRYNMAWR. NAKTTGLO-On Saturday last, the 27'h ult., the Naroygio Iron Wo-k- -eas(-d labour, the members of the various hen. fit societies in Brynmawr and Il.i:h'urh',o:i il,-int, in 'h- habit, of "alkin in pro- cessio.i and c..le'.r..tin¡: he anniversary of their societies. A oongst the old^s*-Established lodges, who "ept "p h's cu-i'O Ji, we noticed 9 THE FIREMAN'S SOCIKTT. held ht the BIIII" Hotel, Nttiitvelo. Th- m-int-rs met at their loljfe-room, ,,nd f,er trau,-crin-- thei!- usual business, they pro. ceeded t.. Nantyglo church. wher- an :.b e ad ap- rop-i te di-coU'Se was delivered by the Rev. J. Morgan. Af-er th concl,t-io!- of Divinpxprvictm, they walk d in pr,ces.,io through the pr ncipal stree's of Brynmawr, headed hy the Nantyglo drum and fife bawt, and r* tomato their IIPdcinus clu^-r- on». where atiexe-lien- dinner had been ur videdby Host Williams. The p..st prf-ndi I ;.roceeilit-gs were of an interesting churacte and he company s-para,.(I;it an advanced hour, having ti.or.-u.hly njoy.-d themselves. THE ST. JOHN'S LODGE, Philanthropic Order, held at the Bridge Inn, Brynmawr, celebrated its an- niversary by an excursion to Newport. The mem- bers assembled lit their lodge ro m. at seven a.m., and having concluded the ne^es^ary bu< ness of such occasions, walked in procession to the Nantyglo rail- way statioo, be.-ided by the temperance band. The merry vuyageurs enjoyed a most pleasant trip, and return ed tly the nine p.m. train. THE OLD FIREMAN'S SOCIETY, held at the Globe Inn, Brynmawr.—The members of this old and thriving society assembled at their lodge-room, at eleven a.m., and proceeded to go through the usual routine of business. A considerable number partook of an ex- cellent dinner catered by Host Hobbs. We under- stand that very heavy and numerous calls have, during the past year, been ma 'e upon the funds of this lodge, the amount of sickness occurring amongst the mem. bers having been considerably above the average. We are, however, 'happy to announce that, notwith- standing the depressed state of the iron trade, very few members have rendered themselves unfinancial" by neglecting to pay their contributions. THE TRUE FRIENDLY FIREMAN'S SOCIETY.-The members of this lodge met at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn to celebrate their anniversary. After having partaken of the edibles provided by Hosteft Morgan, the members proceeded to business. Secre- tary Evans placed before the assembly a financial statement of the lodge, from which it appeared that the funds are in a prosperous condition. Few mem- bers have sacrificed their claims to the benefit of the funds by non-payment of contributions. Mr. Evans, we hear, is about to resign the secretaryship of the society, and by the unanimous wishes of the members, Mr. John Perkins has been elected as his successor. BL.&ixA.-The Foresters' Society, held at the Blaina Ion, celebrated their anniversary on the same day After having attended Eivine service, the members walked in procession up to Brynmawr, headed by the rifle corps band, (Mr. Dowells, leader.) They then re urned to their court-room, whtre an excellent re- past had been prepared by Host Denner. Full jus- tice having been done to the viands provided, Mr. R. Kigby was c lied to the chair, and Mr. W. Morgan, to the vice-chair. A most pleasant evening was spent. THE FETE AND GALA. On Monday last the second annual fete was held. The weather, a very important element, proved au- spici.us-thp sun shone brightly, and the sky was cloudless. Considering the exposed position of the "park' (!) the air was not so chilly as might have been expected. The attendance, 'specially in the evening, was very numerous, and in this respect also the movement may be regarded as a success. At one o'clock the bell (tile town crier's) rang for A Poyv RACE of li mile, prize 20s., for ponies under 14 hand. high-3 to start or prize withheld. Entrance money added. Second to save stakes. Three ran. Mr. Llewellyn's D'Estoumel" (Smith) 1 Mr. Date's "Jerry" (Caddick) a Mr. Carter's "Monmouthshire" (owner) a 1 ne winner is a spirited little pony, and ran game, notwithst-nduig that the ground was ittest uittayour. able. Mr. Dale's Jerry ran exceedingly well, but ,-I,i--s-d a fl «g. The winner is by the Duke "f Beaufort's B .bington," out of Star of Gwent," out of •* Her- cule». Poyy RACE, 1 mile—20s.—2s.$d. entrance, which was to be added—for ponies under 13 hands high. 3 ran. iixr. j.ems s r>oo .tuaiey i Mr. Curtis's "Abergavenny Lass" 2 Messrs. Ketchennam and Gravenor's pony. 3 A DONKEY RACE of mile-prize 10s. 3 ran. Delamore's Kinp Edward" j Hughes's "NoneSuch" 2 Delamore's Queen of the Day" 3 TOOT RACE of 1 mile-prize 20s.—not open for profeagonAU.- 3 ran. W. H. Addis, Crickhowell j Hughes, Abergavenny t Kitchener, Brynmawr 3 tiugti-s cut out the r uniting, and made a good lead t'll within tob -ul- thir y y -r ;s fr m hom-, wh-n the wim er, who up to that point had been close to his heels, put on a spurt, aod wlin by five or six yards. 400 YARDS FOOT RACE-prize 10s. 4 entered. T. i)avies, .caigarth I E. Howells i J. Griffiths 3 F. Goodwin, Abergavenny. 4 ThIs race was rendered interesting from the fact that T. Davies, of Talgarth, better known on the turf as Tom of Talgarth," bad entered. He had hoped to meet his rival of the Principality-the Merthyr man, Mr. A. Good win-and was somewhat disappointed that he did not show up. The race, as it was, was a capital one. T. Davies led off at a good pace for the first 360, when Howells passed him Tom, who had been re- serving himself, ran at his heels till within a short distance from home, when he gave him the go-by," and won by about two yards.—Betting two to one on. Tom made an interesting match— £ 25 a side—on the ground, which will come off in a month's time. Par- ticulars will appear. FOOT RACE, 200 Yards-prize 10s. 3 ran, with the following result:— J. Hender i J. Price 2 T. Everson 3 A foot race of 200 yards for boys under 14 years of age, prize 10s., was won by a lad named W. Williams. A hurdle race of 400 yards, and a three-legged race of 200 yards, for 20s each, did not fill. We cannot close our notice of the racing without mentioning that the management of the course did not do credit to the affair, and a good deal of confusion was caused in consequence of the course not being "roped" off. We doubt not this inconvenience wiu be remedied at a future fete. In one part oi the grounds Mr. R. B. Jones laboured most assiduously in superintending and assisting Professor Laycock with his balloons. A pretty "stjflih breeze" was ^lowing, and some little difficulty was experienced in launching 'liem. Nevertheless, this department of the amusements was very ably and successfully carried out. and gave great, satisfaction to the numerous crowd of spectators who assembled to witness the ascent. The votaries of the Terpsicborean art were highly gra. tified with the provisions that had been made for their delectation. In front of tne principal marquee (that of Mr. Wain), were stationed the bands of the 2nd Breconshire Volunteers, and the Brynmawr Philhar- monic Band, conducted respectively by Mr. Vowells and Mr. Gwillym Gwent. The former confined them. selves at first to playing operatic selections and marches, while the latter gave employment for the light fantastic toes" of those inclined to tread the pleasing measures. As the demand for dance music became more general, the aer vices of both bauda were enlisted, and dancing was continued with unabated interest and spirit until the cl««se of the day. "Creature comforts" were amply provided by Mr. Wain, who was kindly and gratuitously assisted by the landiady of the Prince of Wales and Colliers' Arms. The alacrity and courtesy which characterised the manage- ment of this most importaut part of the proceeding 1 gave the greatest satisf action, and does Mr. and Mrs. Wain the greatest credit. The beverages were of a first-clas quality, and prices reasonable. The day's proceed'tifes closed with a grand feu d artifice, con- ducted by Profe-sor D»»-r and Mr. K. B. Jones. Long and repeated rounds of cheering greeted this part of the s -orts, and the cheering was increas d tenfold when th- ntme Wain" appeared, designed in varied col iurs ot light. W<* were disappointed in not seeing ih* name of Mr. Wain's co frere, M-. Jones, honoured in a similar manner. The band of the 2nd Brecon R,ft,. Voluoteers -,Iaved the sa,ge%ti,e piect-. ''Wales," .n.i the park was cl-ared, all having gone on quietly aud comlortably, and in such, a manuer as to t nlard increased support for the n- x, gala.

BADGES HUNTING.—Early on Monday morning a number of gentlemen, accompanied by Martin, the keeper, and five or six couples of dogs, proceeded to Vennyfach, for the purpose of engaging in this sport. After searching for two or three hours they were obliged to return to Brecoa without obtaining any sport.

THE HIGH SHERIFF'S ORDINARY. On Saturday evening the High Sheriff enter- tained a party of magistrates, gentlemen of the bar, and others, to dinner at the Wellington Hotel. There were present: John Mo'gan, Esq., High Sh riff (Boljjoerf), in the chair, supported on his right by the Hon. Godfrey Morgan, M.P. for the county, and on his left by liowel Gwyn, Esq., the member for the borough; J Davies, Esq.. Mayor; David Thomas, Esq ,jun., Untfer-Sheriff (vice chair); R-v. Garr.ons Williams (Abercaml-is), the Rev. J. D. Williams, Colonel Bridgwater, D. A. Price, E"q., Geo. Overton, Esq., H. P Price, Esq., E. Pateshali, Esq., J. A. F. Snead, E-q, E. J. Davies, Esq. (Merthyr), Lewis Hughes, Ksq., the Rev. William Hughes (Ebbw Vale), J, R. Cobb, Esq., — Morgan, Esq, T. D. Williams, R Williams (Skethrog), J. Williams (solicitor), J. James (Sl*ch Villa), J. Prothero, S. B. Evans, D J.ffreys Pllwell (Bronllys), D. Brown, P. Bright, Evan Jones (Bank), T. B. Corninh, T. C. Perks, D. Downes, G Vaughan, J. Hughes, J. Evans, T. Trew, Rev. Rees Price, &c., &e. A sumntuous repast was placed upon the table in a very tasty manner, and vases of choice flowers also decorated the board. On the removal of the cloth, the usual patriotic toasts w'.re given by the Chairman, and loynlly responded to. The Chairman then proposed the health of the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese, which was very appropriately responded to by the Rev. Garnons Williams. The Rev. William Hughes, the Sheriff's Chaplain, also returned thank., for the manner in which his limine had been r ceived. The Chairman said the next toast ti- had to propose was the healtn of tb Army Navy, Militia, and Volun" ers With the army he be^ed t<» couple the name of the Hon. Maj >r Morgan, who had served in the Ru" ian c^mpaixn the Jlav), that of Admiral Price; -ithih,-mititit. that of C lone] Bridgwater, aart the volunteers, that o Ensign John James. (Ap- plause.) The Hon Maj r Morgan returned thanks for the army. He said he had aiways to regret, that when he returned thanks on behx'f of the army, there was no one to do it but him-elf He thought that. Brecon ought to have some soldiers,and Vir. Gwyn ano him-elf had more than once been to the authorities with tho view of getti g some sent here, and tho"gh they had not met with the success they had hoped to, they believed that before very long they should have the gratification of seeing soldiers in Brecon. For the army he could answer that they were always na,iy to obey orders in time of peace or war. The subject of Reform had been lon the great question in the country, and one of the next subjects in Parliament would be the reform of the army But he could assure them that though they may be able to have a cheaper army they could never have a better one. They had always done their duty as the British army should do, and hey bad always dona their best to retain the g od name which they had held so long. (Cheers.) He tbegged to return thalks for the army, and s'neerely thanked them for the manner in which his name had been coupled with the toast. (Cheers.) Colonel Bridgwater replied for the militia., in an appropriate manner. Captain Pateshall, in responding to the toast on behalf of the volunteers, remarked that it was nearly twenty years since he had left this neighbour- hood, and du, ing that time very many changes had taken place but he was happy to be amongst, them on that occasion, and he had great pleasure m thanking them for the kind manner in which they had received the toast of the voluuteers. Mr. Howel Gwyn next proposed the health of the Hinh Sheriff tor the county, and said that he was sure they would all agree with him that that gen- tleman had discharged his duties in the best manner possible. The Chairman responded in a very amusing manner, and said he was sure if he could he would be High Sheriff next year again. He then proposed the health of Lord Tredegar, which was cordially druuk, and very appropriately replied to by the Hon. Major Morgan. The Chairman next proposed the health of the borough member, Mr. Howel Gwyn, and in the course of his observations remarked tha they did not want any Reform ther,they would never be better repre- sented tnan they were at present. Mr. Gwyn said it gave him great pleasure to see them all present as they were. He did not think that a proper time for politics, but he thought fit to tell them that he felt justified in voting as he had done during his time in Parliament. The worthy chairman had referred to the subject of Reform. He had told them before that he was in favour of the JE6 fran- chise, and that had been passed by Lord Derby. He thought it would have stopped there, but Mr. Glad- stone had come forward afterwards and moved for a .£5 franchise and he should not wonder if another member came forward and asked for a X4 franchise. He hoped, however, that if such should be the case the country woul i be the better for it. He con- sidered himself now almost living amongst his consti- tuents, or at least they were next door neighbours. Many years ago, when he first came amongst them, it took him more than seven hours to drive from Neath to Brecon. That day it had taken him only one hour and a half, and therefore, though he did not live in their county, he lived as n ar as possible to it. He thought they bad great reason to try to get the Bar- racks filled wth troops. He would do all in his power to get them filled, and hH had great reasun to b lieve that in the forthcom ng winter, they would itli have the ^ratification of seeing the Barracks full of troops. (Cheers.) The Chairman next proposed the health of Baron Channtli, which was received with honours. The next toast givei- b.% the Chairman was th "Agricultu ists of Brec -n," which was respond d to in a neat c-peech by Mr. D -wries. He also proposed the "Mayor and Co-poration," which was appropri- ately replied to by Mr. J Davies, Mayor. Mr. T. C. Perks said they had one more duty to perforin before they left, and that was to propose t he toast of the "Ladies," coupled with the name "f the lady High Sheriff. This toast was warmly received, and concluded the proceedings.

DEFYNOCK. PETTY SESSIONS, TOURSDAY, JULY 25, before EDWARD JONES, Esq. (V,iridrt-). WILLIAM REES, Ecq. (Liandoverv), and LEWI* HUGHES, E q. RIDING WITHOUT REINS. Thomas Price, of GiKach, Llywell, was summoned for ri< in^ wit-iout,reins, on his timber carnage, on ti e 20th of June last. Defen- dant's father appeared on his b- half. Mr. Supf-r iu- ten lent P--ice informed the Bench ihat he understood that the offence was admitted. He had never known anything against the defendant before he bad always known him to he very careful. Their Worships fined defendant sixpence only and the costs, which amouuted to 8s. ALL FOR LOVE.— Thomas Price, a farmer's son, of Cwmcamlais, Defyn cit, and Jenkiti David, auo of Defynock, were charged at th- instai ce of P S. Thos. Gabriel, wi-h beiitr drunk and riotou* in thi- public streets, at Defynock, on the 8th instant. Neither of the defendants appeared when their names were called. P.S. Gabrtel proved personal service of the summons on b th parties, on the 23rd instant, and said that on Monday lIiht. tne 11 • h of this month, he neard a great disturbance in the street near the Bull Inn, between eleven and twelve o'cb ck, and i-n -ip,, up to the place he found both defendants diunk and fighting with each other, a good many p-rsons being around thetn; he did not take them into custody, but separated them, and persuaded them to go home both of them wne srrit ped he never knew any hing wrong of them before, but both seemed to he r spect- able young men. During the hearing of the case, the detenda t Price's brother appeared, and stated that defendant could not appear on account of a horse having kicked him on the preceding day He p'e-ided guilty to trie charge. The defendant D"vid, who had made his appearance, said he was in the Bull Inn, on the night in question, between eleven and twelve o'clock the Oefendant Price was there also, and asc ed him if h. would come outside wi h him for a moment he went, and when they had got out. Pr ice said, 11 D- you, you are the cause of preventing me from having a certain young WOman in this town," and he struck him he then defended himself, andthecou- stable came up and stopped them. Defendant had no witness to prove the truth of his statement, and both defendants were fined 10s. and the costs, which were paid forthwith. ASSESS TAX COLLECTORS.—The following persons had been summoned to appear, and were duly ap- pointed, as the assess tax collectors for the various parishes, for the ensuing year, viz. Cray, David Watkins, of Pengosffordd Glyn, John Williams, of Brynbolgoed; Llanspyddid, William Jones, of Bol- goedmaen; Maescar, John Morgan, of Defynock; Modrydd, John Prosser, of Twynnoyadd; Penpont, Rees Davies, of Blaenrheon Senny, Thomas Jones, of Tylebychgoed Selydtch, Rees Davies, of Pentre- velift St. DavidV, Rees Williams, of Llanfaes, Brecon; Trayanglaes and Trayanmawr, Richard Watkins, of Trecastle. Each of the foregoing persons appeared in answer to their names, and undertook to discharge the duties which would eventually devolve upon them. REASONABLY ExcusFD.-Amongst those who were summoned as above, there were a few who wished to be excluded from the number, pleading that they were no scholars. The surveyor of taxes, however, stated that that was of no consfqllence, as the duties were very simple, and it was often the case in many parishts that those who were appointed could nei! her read nor write! Their ple-t wa-i therefore not allowed. But that of James Fraser, a Scotchman, who stated that, he had only b en resident in the parish 15 months, and knew bur little of the n-ighbourbood, and less of the people and the Welsh la guage, was taken into con- sideration, and it was u't matel.v decide(i by the magi- strates that he should be excused, and that the former collector should be re-appotn ed for the ensuing yfar.

HAY. COUNTY COURT —There oe, e over one hundred new eaSt s set down fur hearing at this court on Tue-day lazt, seven judgment su mmonses, and "ne bankruptcy case. The more important of these were a> jnurned to next court in consequence of the inability of the attorneys to attend, bi ing engaged at the Brecon Assizes. Those cases that were disposed of were of the usual character, and possessed but little public interest. MABRIAGE REJOICINGS —The rejoicings upon the occasion of the marriage of one gentleman of this neighbourhood are still fresh in the memory of our read rs. It is now our pleasure to announce that another gentleman, esteemed both for his public and private worth, has taken a similar siep-we alitide to the marriage of the Rev. R. Lister Venables, of Clyro, to Miss Pearson, which was appointed to take place on Thursday last. The happy event was commemo- rated at Clyro and Hay by regaling the children of the National Schools and the inmdtes 01 the Union Workhouse. It being market day at Hay prevented the possibility of public rejoicings, but a subscription is on foot to present the reverend gentleman with a testimonial upon his return home. There are few who have worked harder for the public welfare than Mr. Venables, who may be said to have made it a life- long study to make himself useful. BRECON INFIRMARY.- C"lleetions were made after morning 11"d evening services in the parish chur ch, at Hay, on Sundav last, in aid of the funds tor tht support, of Brecon County Infimaty. OTTER HUNT.—Lord Hill's otter hounds met at Hay bridge, a little after four o'clock on Tuesday morning Th y were accompanied by W. De Wint<»n, Esq., and a large party of gentlemen from Maesllwch Castle, rind ta'er in thp morning several ladies on horseback joined in the sport. The Wye is not considered as favourable for otter hunting as some smaller rivers, o-Aing to its -idth and great depth in many parts, giving the oteli too fireat an advantage. liao pre- caution was taken to prevent his passing down the river, by keyring a large fire borninir during the Td- ht upon the bridge, and also utrbrnearh upon the river bat k. A large number of persons from Hay accom- panied. and after exploring the bank up"n both sides for a couple of mHt't<, the dogs came upon a scent opp-'site to p" idwwye, tear Llowes. Here the animal "as caught sight of several times, bu owing to the depth of the water and hollow i atur- of the bank on the Breconshire side, the hun, hai to be given up, after about t»f hourssearch. Wednesday morning the mf-et was at Boutjhrood bridge and t' e river was explored as far s Llangoed, and back to G "ngwye pool, wh-rt- a very fine otter was killed, affording capital t-port.

knowledge. It was not material on which count the plaintiff recovered. They (the jury) must remember, however, that the defendant was a person well skilled in the manufactu e of these article, anrl mu-t be taken to be acquainted with the nature of the articles so'd. And it was important that when a person undertook to supply articles of this kind they should be acquainted with their nature and quality. He now left the lepre- sentations of the defendant, and came to the perfo m- anca and certainly a more dismal statement he could hardly put before them. When the machine was brought to the crops he could hardly say whether it did its work ill or not., for it would not work at all. It spoiled and tore the crops to pieces, and reaping them was out of the question. They had heard of Peter Pindar's razors, which were made to sell and not to shave. That reaping machine was mde to sell and not to reap. The whole parish of Devynock turned out to see if they could make it work, but their united wisdom could not make it do so. It could not be said that this was in cocsfqu- nee of their not being acquainted with such machines, as gentlemen in Brecon who were acquainted with machines of this description tried to put it to work, but without success. The machine was a source of great annoyance to the plain- tiff. but he would not have tried this case if the defen- dant had met him in a fair spirit. Plaintiff wrote to the defendant to take back the machine, and on the 14th Sept. he received a letter, in which the defendant said that he could not take the machine back at the close of the season on any account, and that it was not his practice to take machines back. He had also paid the person for it. He knew the machine would work if set property to work, and he would send a man to set it to work, but would not take it back. The plaintiff subsequently sent the machine to Dudley, and it was was again sent back to him. The jury would not be surprised to hear now that an attorney came upon the sctne, and a writ was issued and the cause heard at the Herefordshire assizes. The gentleman who was at present the plaintiff's attorney was the then defen- dant's attorney, Mr. Harding suing the present plaintiff fur the price of the machine. The now plaintiff's attorney was too late for the hearing, and the case stood first on the list for trial. The effect of this was that the cause WliS tal".n as utuh f, nded. The present, defendant on that occasion pet formed a htil- piece of adroitness which was like some otlier matters. The learned Judge, in order to ascertain r bat thtTe was no reasoi able ground for a defence, began to inquire of the present defendant and the then plaiiit-f fwhfther the machine was according to contract. The plaintiff had given to the defendant a testimonial for the m w- ing machine, saying it worked well. Wh, n th, learned Judge asked about the reaping machine, the present defendant handed up the testimonial he had received for the mowing machine, and the learned Judge, not having the clue they now had, assumed that that testimonial applied to the reaping machme. He therefore told the jury it was impossible to say the now < Jahltiff had not received it, or was not satisfied with it. A verd'et was therefore given for the now defendant, and then came the motion for anew trial in the Court of Exchequer, the decision there leading to the present act on. The learned counsel detailed the further history of the machine, which will be found in the evidence helow, and concluded by saying if he proved these facts he should ask for a verdict in favour of the plaiiitiff. Mr. James Chalmers, farmer, of Loscoed, Defynock, sairl I was at tt>e Bath a< d West of Kngland Agri- cultural Show at Hen ford, in July, 1865 I met the defendant, Mr. Ha d ng, and purcr-a^ed a moving machine for X22, winch he sent, ten diy* after I s, t it to work,ai.d found it, worked all righi; subsequently, on the 12th July, I sent him a testimonial, if which I have a copy I said i' was a good machine, and that it worked well; on the 15th July I rpcfved th" letter produced from the defendant, in an.-wer to a le>ter from mys. If. (At this Mage the letter., written by the plaintiff to defendant were produced, and r- ad hy His Lordship.) After the correspondence, the reaping machine was delivered at Brecon station I received it about the middle of August, about five days after it left DUlslpy; I had corn to cut tbat year, and I tried the machine on the Sltt August with some oats it was in a right state to cut; one of my men who understood the machine put it together he had also put the mowing machine together I was present. at the trial; it was not an efficient machine, and did not do its work before it was put to work I saw it tl ied in a barn the cogs appeared to be too short, and were entirely worn down they would not work, and the machine smashed down the corn, while the knives stood dead still I did everything I could to make it work, but could not succeed; on the faith of this machine I had no men to work on the 1st September I gave the machine another trial, and the same result followed; we tried it on level ground—there could not have been a better field in England I communi- cated this to Mr. Harding on the 12th September, and got no answer I had previously told him the machine was bad-before the second trial; a correspondence took place, and the result was that IÆr. Harding took out a writ against me for the zC16 16s.; I determined not to pay it; the case came on for trial at Hereford in March, 1866; I attended with four witnesses, and employed counsel, but my attorney did not come the judge heard the cause, and my defence was not made the plaintiff handed in a letter to the judge I did not know what it was I saw my testimonial, which the judge had, and handed it to Mr. Games after Mr. Games came His Lordship proposed to try the case again, but Mr. Harding was gone (laughter) I paid the 16 guineas, and in fact I paid X97 or more (laughter) I tried the machine in a field of oats on the 31st July we tried it four times round a 17-acre field on the first day, and four times on the second day we worked over half-an-acre of ground the corn smashed I valued at jE3 5s. on the first day, and the same amount on the second day I had two strong horses at the machine, and the use of those horses for two half-days I valued at 10s. each; one man was driving, to whom I gave 3s. 6d. a day three men were required to work a good machine I was giving them 3s. Sri. per day I paid 91 8s. for the carriage of the machine from Dursley, and 7s 6d. from the station to the frm it took two-and-a-half hours to put up the machine, and the value of that time for the men would be 2-. 9d. find ny; the machine would not work I sent it back, and paid the carriage. (His Lordship thought 'his could not be received.) The mat-hint.1 was f>nt back to me, and I sold it at Brecon; there was another trial of the machine in public, and I paid £2. 10s. to Messrs. Hodges and Wright for removing it to Penlan Park, and setting it up at the trial I had also to pay for the mea and horses, which was 12s. I paid the auctioneer a guinea; the machine sold for 12s. 61. Cross-examined In the letter on the 18th July was enclosed a erawing and description of the machine, simi-ar to that produced, and I t-ad a like (,ne g;ven mp at Hereford it is an American patent, and I believe the defendant is only an agent for the sale of them I might have had the testimonials produced sent me, but I do not recollect; I put the machine together in a barn in the first place, on the 27th of August I had directions sent me to put it together, aId lIbout thaI there was no difficulty I could not make the machine rotate in the barn; I car not say that I sent a I tter to the defendant about, the machine before the 12th September I did not ask the defen- dant to send me a man to put up the machine on the 20th October I sent a etter to defendant, saying that the machine would not no, and that it would t ut me to extra expense, but that I would take a single-horse one next ye.r I received a reply, dated the 25'h, saying defendant would not take the machine bank, but would send a msn next year to put it up I would not have taken the machine as a gif; it was the machine that knocked the corn down; "e tried it eve-v way tte trial at Penlan took place in Augu.-t, 1866"; Mr. George Hughes bought it; I have not heard that it is working b w..ll now; I have never put a machine of this kind together before Re-exarointd I have seen thtm after they have bt en put together David Evans, who assisted to put the machine together, was accustomed to machin s the harvest time was the best time to sell the ma(tbine. A question arose as to whether the plaintiff was entitled to damage for any extra expense to which he had been put in reaping his wheat, in consequence of not having hired men. His Lordship said he had great doubt about it, but would reserve the question, allowing evidence to be given upon it The plaintiff further said that he had no men ready fcr reapin" his crop, and the consequence was that it fell down on the ground, and was wasted; he could not say what was the value of what he lost in this way he calculated the whole amount of his loss and exposes at £ 131 10s. he had to go to extra expense in getting men to cut the crop. Mr. David Evans, in the employ of Mr. Chalmers, said I used to work for the Dowlais Company, and was accustomed to machines I helped to set up this reaping machine in 1865 it was set up according to the plan I saw it tried in the corD, when it went over it; the cogs were worn away, and could not get any ho^; the machine smashed the corn. By his Lordship I They stopped the machine, and examined the cogs to try and make them hold. Cross-examined I am still in Mr. Chalmers' ser- viee, and get 10s. per week CilIi read a little, and could understand the plan; the sails would not work I was two seasons at Dowlas, and fixed up a hay machine I never saw a corn-t utting machine put togt ther before. I had touietliiiig read to me about a st-iffii,g levl-r. James Smith, a shepherd, said he lived withtheplain- tiff, and remembered two trials of the machine taking place; he had previously assisted in putting the machine together, and it was put up well he had before put up a bay machine he had a plan. but did n"t look at it the machine went over the corn, and tut off the tops of some, and pulled out 'he roots of others the knives kept in million; the wheels went round, and the cogs cau bt-ill some places. C, oss-examined I was paid 21 per week, and had a house free. John Kernick. a machinist, said hø. had been fore- man to Messrs. Hodges and Wright for twenty-three years; he had examined this machine, and cleaned and oiled it, and found that it was not in a condition to work the cogs, which ought to have gone into each other to the ex'ent of about three-quarters ot an inch, only got in to the extent of anout one-eighth of an inch, and therefore continually slipped out, and thus failed to act effectively; the machine was tried re- peatedly on the 22nd in a field of oats Mr. Handley, Mr. Nott, and Mr. Cornish were present to see it nobody could have got the machine to work as it was; any labouring man could have put the machine together he attended th- sale and bid 10s. for it. By his Lordship His opinion was that the machine was never deep enough in gear. Cross-examined There are two or three levers some of them regulate the grip of the cogs I have seen Wood's patent before, but never put one together I have repaired them have seen Wood's machine cut grass, but it did not do it very well a good number of Wood's patent machines have been sold in the country I did not recommend the plain- tiff to send to defendant for a man to put the machine together it could not improve a machine for it to be knocked about for twelve months at a railway station. Re examined There was no regulating lever in the machine. Mr. John Handley, a farmer, living at Pontwillim, said he was acquainted wi h machinery lv was asked to go and see the machine in question tried in August; he had seen it put together, and parioularly examined it there was no difficulty in putting it together it d'djiot require an experienced person to put it together ;T.he machine moved for a yard or two, and then the cogs slipped, the knives stopped, and the machine knocked down the corn be saw it tried again with quieter horses, bu: the same result followed; h" believed the cogs had been p'ac^d too far apart 'hey ought to have been nearer, and that, would h,.ve allow d for W'ar he did not consider the machine was wor h anvthina to a farm. r. Cross-examined I hou. ht the machine would not work because the cogs did n,.t bite; I examined the machine to see if there was any apparatus to put the cogs closer together, but could not. tiltd any. By his Lord-hip: I think there was a fault in the original construction of the machine. Examina ion continued New cog wheels could have been put it, the machine and re-adjusted. Re-examined: I could see how much the coirs had been wurn; two days' work the year before would not have so worn them. Thomas Cornish, a miller, of Llansyddid, said he was present at the tm! of the machine at P-nlan he had previously miou-el,, examined it it did not do its work at all; the experiments were 'ried several times, hut. always- with the same effect; the crop upon which it was tried wa a very favourable one no one could have worked the machine he concurred in what the last -wit-u ss had said. Cross-examined: Had not seen Wood's machine wotk before. He-examined: There was nothing difficult ti.) under- stat d about the machine. Mr Na!haiii< 1 Cook Bendill, of Abercuodrig, a;d he had been accustomed 'o machinery; he W:1 present at th, .,t th. mach n, wdlc:- took pi .ce, t. thou¡.:hl, on the 23-d August; the machine was put together properly, and the crop was favourable; trie wheels slipped, atd the knives stopped; he thought the ma- chine had not been made deeji enough in g. ar. Mr. Edward Nott, of Brei oit, said he h d been familiar with machinery for a numb- r of years; he went out of curiosity to see this machine; it would hardly work at all, and beat down the et), n he was present at the sale, wh..n it went for 12s. 6d.; th. fault of the machine was in the pinion that worked the knives. Mr. James Ho wells, town crier of Brecon, said he cried the machine for sale in the public streets with a good bed and a loud voice (laughter). By Mr. Bowen: I had my uniform on (renewed laughter). Mr. Hughes, general dealer, Brecon, said: I attend- ed the sale of the reaping machine; there were farm- ers, and ironmongers, and machinists there; the bid- dings began at 10s., and I bought it for 12s. 6d.; 1 offered a gentlen an 2s. 6d. to take it off my hands (laughter); I thought by laying out 30s. on it I might make something of it, but I could not find a partner (laughter). Cross-examined: I sr-nt a letter to Mr. Harding offering him to let him have it for £2 2s.; I afterwards sold it to a Mr. Williams for a sovereign; I under- stand it is working well; he got a better bargain than I did (laughter). Mr. Wm. Wright, of the firm of Hodges & Wright, said that for nearly forty years they had dealt in machinery and agricultural implements; he attended the sale, and examined the machine in question; it had no working parts in it; if it had worked once he did not think it would again; he put it up for 10s.; if it had been a machine that would work he should have bid for it; there was a great difference in the castings of machines; some turned out good and a number bad; when machines were returned they were generally cast aside, as not being worth repairing. Cross-examined I have no particular knowledge of Wood's machine I am acquainted with them as well as with others. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Bowen submitted that the correspondence on which the plaintiff rested his case did not set out a warranty at all, but only a representation. The first count was not proved, and no evidence was offered on the second count. Mr. Bowen further contended that the defendant was merely the agent for these machines. His Lordship promised to take a note of antj con- sider the objectiqns, and said Mr. Bowen must go to the jury. Air. Bowen then addressed the jury on the p-irt of the defendant. He first of all referred to the manner in which the parties got acquainted, and the corres- pondent e that took place in reference to the machine. He then urged that the defendant stated in his letter that if the plaitit,ff were in any difficulty abuut put- ting up the machine he would send a man to do it. The plaintiff, however, took no notice of this offer, and did not send for a man as he ought to have done. If plainiiff had taken this precaution the machine could have been put into wo-king order for a very trifl ng sum. When the defendant summoned the plaintiff at Hereford for the v lue of the machine, it would have bet n periectly competent, for the plaintiff to have brought a cruss action. This, however, the plaintiff did not do, and the first thing they heard of it was i. February, wh, n the defendant received a letter from Mr. Games c ai'ning X131 19s. 6d. for damages caused by the alleged breach of wal ranty of the reaping machine. That day the actual claim made ou' by the plaintiff, and including the value of the machine, was JE26 13s. Tne learned counsel then proceeded to state the evidence he was about to call on the part of the defeddaii- in reply to the case, and said he should prove that ti,e mchitie was sent to Dursley station in a perfect condition, and that it was now in the possession of a Mr Williams, who, after a tew trifling alt,ra-ion, found it to work very well. The following evidence was then culled :— James Law, in the employ of the defendant, a machinist, of Dursley, Gloucestershire, said 1 hail to repair an j fit up a mowing aud reaping machine it was one of Wood's c -iut)int-d machines I cleaned it and put fittings on it, and s aioed and oile a it; it was in proper working outer when I fiuished it; I rri. d ir. by drawing it backwards and forwards in the yard the cog wheels moved all right and turned the knives; I afterwards took it to pieces and packed it there were five pieci s, and these were packed in srraw I have taken to piec. s and fitted up a number of these machines two horses are supposed to work the machine itself; some time after I went to Dursley station and saw the machine, which had soil upon it as far as I could see it was in fair working order if it had been put together. By his Lordship I judged that the machine was in order because the parts were not broken or worn the woodwork was damaged. Mr. John Watts, under steward to Lord Ducie, stated that they had used Wood's mowing and reaping ma- chines for seven years, and they bad given every satisfaction. They had them from the defendant, He saw this machine at the railway station, and it was in good working order. Cross-examined It was in pieces when I saw it. Mr. Haywood Williams, of Welshpool, said he was in Brecon a short time ago, and saw a reaping machine, which he bought of Mr. Hughes. He sent it to a foundry at Lianidloes, and gave directions to have it put in proper order. He saw it cut a field of grass, about an acre, at Llanidloes. The field was an unfavourable one. Two horses could draw it easily. He had spent about C5 on the machine. Cross-examined He believed that one new cog- wheel was put on. He did not know that the pinion bad been altered. Mr. Thomas, of the foundry, Llanidloes, said he had had great experience in repairing agricultural im- plements. He had to repair a machine for Mr. Wil- liams. A pi ion had got loose and shifted, and the flange had come in contact with the t.eth of the bevelle t wheel, throwing a greati-r strain on the lever, which consequently threw it out of gear it I was the lever which allowed tfce teeth to pass, the damage was done by friction. It would he caused by a machine not being properly put together. He put a new eog whetl and adjusted the pinion. He aft. r. ward", tried it and fou<d it to work well. Cross exnmined The pinion had got loo"e. If the wedge had been put in prop, i-ly the pinion would not have moved. Anybody ho wi,,4 acquainted with machinery c uld have detected what was wrong. It is heavier to cut gra"s than corn. This machine wa< about nine-and-a. hit If cwt. This was the d.fellrlant' case, and Mr. Bowen having summed up the evidence, Mr. Giffard replied upon the whole case. His Lordship reviewed the evidence in a very impartial manner, and with great minuteness. With regard to the statements in the letters, his impressi"n was tha' they amounted to a warranty, and he ruled that they (iid so, granting leave to the defendant to move for a nonsuit up n that point. Having gone through the evidence, his Lordship first ot all put it to the jury whether there was a breach of the contract on the first count of the declaration, and whether there was a breach with the knowledge of the de- fendant,, as alleged in the second count. The jury retired to cuii-ider iheir verdict, and after a short time returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff upon the first couut, and for the defen- dant on the second. His Lordship then addressed a few observations to the jury in reft-rence to the question of damages, and desired them to assess the amount for the loss of the c.'op separately. After a short consultation, they gave the plaintiff 228 13s., exclusive tlf the loss of the crop, and fixed this loss at 10 guineas. Leave was given to the defen- dant to move for a non-uit, or to have the damages reduced by the 10 guineas. This concluded the business of the Assize.