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fu^tvMJART.HKN Fair> on Monday and Tuesday last, was the ri with a tolerable supply of horses and cattle; but enjand for the latter was unusually limited, while the l°nner fetched but sorry prices. 1st A1I?I^R'RHEN POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Guildhall, June Before Edmund Hills Staccy and John George ER»RE'>8'I -3U'RES:—A SAD EXHIBITION OF FEMALE IN- stnf~jT\" Mary Cooke, a decently-dressed woman, who cW v was the wife of peter Cooke, of Tenby, was driirft Y Heni7 Westlake, police-inspector, with being evw and^capable of taking care of herself on the previous Dr .ln^- Complainant stated that, about eight o'clock the fnrm1(jJS even'nR he found the defendant (who he was in- -p ,ed eame to Carmarthen by the Phoenix" steamer from nnoki on the public quay in a state of intoxication, and wiok k'-ke care of herself. She informed him that she ati to see Mr. Thomas Lewis, of Priory-street: that he s mPted to take her there, in doing which she fell down mafil Piling complainant with her, and that ulti- w ln consequence of her being so beastly drunk, he „ °W'ged to take her to the station-house, and lock her P> where she had been kept to soberise herself until the present hearing. The magistrates dealt out a very severe oth IDland> which defendant appeared to feel less than any v. Person, and in consequence of her incarceration allowed r to be discharged.—David Davies, a vagrant, for refusing reak stones at the Union workhouse, was committed to p-e, read mill for 21 days.—Guildhall, June 4th. John -J^hop, Edward Fletcher, John Howell, David Phillips, Edwin Gouch, part of a supposed gang of pickpockets, e,re charged as being reputed thieves, and pursuing an "niawful calling. They were remanded till the following finJ' a policeman, formerly turnkey at Swansea, identi- them and they were severally sent to the house of rrection for the following periodsJ ohn Howell and FT/1* T Phillip for fourteen days, and John Bishop, Edward i ^tcher, and Edwin Gough for 21 days.—Samuel Jones,; °f Swansea, was convicted in the penalty of one filling and costs, for an assault on the person of William Kees, carpenter. IRE-DAMP.—An inquest was held on Tuesday se'n- ni6"t, at the New Inn, in the village of Pontyberem, Car- marthenshire, before W. Bonville, Esq., on the body of P alter Griffiths, who was burnt to death by an explosion of fire-damp, at the Pontyberem colliery. It appeared in evidence that the deceased, in company with several others, descended the pit, when there was a great quantity of fou!- ^■r in it soon after they commenced working, the explosion t°ok place, carrying everything before it. Fourteen persons were burnt more or less two lads are still lying in a hope- less state no blame is attached to the pit agent. Verdict, Burnt to death by fire-damp." "REBECCA" COMMITTED TO PRISON.—On last Monday Y'eek, David Evans, fanner, of Penlan,in the parish of Llan- nhangel-Yeroth, was committed by J. L. Davies, Esq., to' Carmarthen Gaol, for inciting persons, by threatening letters, to destroy Llanfihangel gate, last summer, and acting as Rebecca on the occasion.

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