The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The following telegram from our Special Corre- spondent with the Expedition was forwarded from Suez on the 14th of February, at 6 10 p.m. :— Sir Robert Napier to-day [date not mentioned] reached Attegherat. The vanguard is beyond that place, moving to- wards Antalo.' .ANNESLEY, Feb. 3. Six companies of the 4th Regiment and the 3rd Bombay Infantry have gone on to Senafe. The 45th Regiment has arrived at head-quarters. The 10th Bengal Cavalry has landed. ALEXANDRIA, Feb 15th (via Malta) Her Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis has ar- rived here. Advices received from Aden state that orders have been received to land there all cavalry arriving from India until required at Annesley, in order not to increase the difficulty of providing forage. Transports were passing Aden daily with stores for Abyssinia. Stormy weather in the Red Sea compelled the empty transports to put back to Annesley Bay. A large number of camels were waiting to be embarked at Berbera. SUEZ, Feb 15. Her Majesty's transport Euphrates, with the 42d Highlanders, arrived here to-day. LETTER MOM MR. RASSAM.—The Pall dtatt Gazette published the following letter from this very costly personage, dated Magdala, January 7: -—The force which is being sent to Abyssinia is enormous, and bad I been asked as to the number required 1 should have said that 6,000 men of all arms would have been more than sufficient. A force double that number will not only retard the advance of the army, but add greatly and uselessly to the expense. It is now three months since the pioneers of the expedition arrived at Massowah, and up to to-dav we have not heard that they have moved hitherward. Wakshum Gobazie, the chief rebel, who governs all the districts which lie in the road of the invading army, has promised to Tender the Brittish every assistance in his power, bat I know not whether his friendly offer has been accepted at head-qnarters. He has sent to me twice to write and hurry them on, and to assure them of his good-will. He said,' Let them consider my country as their own.' Our friend the King, who has been missing for two months, has suddenly turned up in this neighbourhood with his few re- maining followers, and is now not more than a day's journey distant if he chose to join us at a quick march. He has heavy baggage with him, several mortars, and a great many guns, which make his movements slow. One of the mortars, which was cast at Debra Tabor a few month ago, is said to weigh 15,OOOlbs, and if he manages to drag this heavy piece of ordnance up and down the difficult mountain road on either side of the river Chetta, the feat might fairly be called marvellous, aince all the country is in rebellion against his Majesty, and any day the rebels might surround him in vast multitudes and easily overcome his slender force. And yet the cowardly insurgent leaders have not the pluck to attack him. The "Wakshum Gobazie, the foremost among them, who is now encamped within two day's journey of him with about 30,000 men, has sent to tell his Majesty that he intends to attack' the common enemy' as soon as be descends the vaUey of the Chetta, and to crush' the serpent's head.' He had also promised to send a force on this side of the Chetta, to Dalanta, to prevent his Majesty from coming here. This has turned out all moonshine, for not only did he fail in his promise, but he has allowed bis people of Dalanta to avail themselves of the amnesty offered by the king, aud they have accordingly sent in their submission to him. The road is now open between this place and the Royal eamp, and the King is able to communicate freely with the garrison. His Majesty still keeps on the best terms with me, and every messenger who arrives is directed to pay me a complimentary visit. Three days ago he sent Yasbalaka Leah, his old and confidential messenger, with the following message:—• How are you, my friend ? Thank God I am quite well. I have now leached Baitahor and hope to be with you soon. The nearer I approach you the happier I feel. The reason I sent you to Magdala was because I wished you to be in my hoose, with my queen consort and son. I hope they have been kind to you and attended to all your wants. Your servant Mohammed Sa'id has reached Chelga with the stores for yon, and is now with my people there. I have also received every- thing that has been sent by your people from the coast. I have had a very large mortar cast which has detained me on the road, but when I reached Magdala and see you admire it I shall forget all the trouble it has given me. Ask your brothers (fellow captives) how they are for me. I am obliged to send the messenger in haste, otherwise I would have written to you.' On the strength of this courteous message I was advised by the chiefs to write to his Majesty a complementary letter and congratulate him on his safe arrival at Baitahor. What a degrading position it is to be obliged to resort to such gammon! When I entered the Eolitical service I never thought that I should have een driven to such strategy. There is no knowing what may occur when the king reaches this place; still I have strong hope that everything may yet terminate peacefully. I may not be able to write to you again, as the crisis is drawing near, and no one can tell what the violent monarch may do in a fit of rage. The troops may arrive too late to save oar lives. I shall keep on friendly terms with his Majesty to the last, as I have always done hitherto. As I have never been consulted regarding the tone which ought to be used in letters addressed to the King, he may one day receive a communication from the coast which may be distasteful, and then, woe betide as! Every one knows that as long as his Majesty continues to consider me as a person of some importance, and one who may be of service to him, our lives are safe; but if he is led to believe that his crown and dignity are at stake, and that I cannot help him out of his difficulties, he will be reckless.' Writing on the 6th January, the Rev H. A. Stem, says:—'We are on the tiptoe of expectation. The great Negoos, serpent-like, is crawling on. He, however, is not yet here. There is still between him and ns the Djiddah and not until he has passed that RuJf do I expect to see him on this Amba. The Waagwhum has retreated towards the T^ccazzie, but I believe this is a mere stratagem to allure his blood enemy into the chasm, where, hemmed in by laity rocks and perpendicular precipices, a comp'era vic- tory may be easily purchased. If the Wsagshum is not even a more dastardly coward than aU the other rebel chiefs, he will avail himself of the opportune moment and frustrate our oppressor's design. He has, unsolicited, pledged his word to Mr Rassam to *o effect this. anti if V<e is faithful to his voluntary engagement he will merit onr deepest gratitude. The Kiag, I am led to think, suspects some treachery, for in his latest proclamation he renounced all in- tention of coming here, after the most valuable bag- gage, the prisoners and some of the most useless Europeans, such as the most luckless fugitives, Mrs Rosenthal, and, perhaps, Mr and Mrs Flad and the children, were safely lodged in our fortress. Whether he is aware of the proceedings (the preparations of of the army) on the coast or not no one can possibly conjecture. His messages to us, and particularly to Mr Rassam, during the past week have been most flattering, though every one of our party knows how to appreciate such unmeaning trash. 1 am quite quiescent about the probable contingencies that may yet arise. God in His mercy has hitherto as I have repeatedly stated, most wonderfully sne. coured aad defended us; and now, when deliverance is almost at the door of our prison, I will not suffer a few transcient clouds to overshadow my bright future. About the movement of the troops we have net heard a word. I yearn to aee them, as I want V (God willing) to be with you next Easter/ 7* In a le»ter from Magdala, dated December 30, Cameron tlius writes to a friend who had 1"ted himself in his behalf:—41 see by the you were one of the first to urge the libe- i'myseifand fellow prisaiers by force of arms. »- -nnlrl f°r rae 1)dt t*> thatik you. N«> one Hhan mvwitt ^precated .war with this country, more m certain point. ButafterX heard, *1;^ King bad received two letters answered them, I saw no hope the exception of ai«w to tb« King'^extraordinary d°pli- l6S,on seetne^aBfcess, my opinion any rate, we are l&ach use writing— ()WD b. -=l,íef is, that to the X )«- or later. We don't know what may happen to us in the meantime; but it is an inexpressible relief to know, whatever turn things may take, this misery must soon come to an end. Anything better than lingering on in this way—to die at last of heartbreak or starvation, or both. Theodore, the king. has been threatening to kill one of the Europeans. If one were killed, the rest would soon follow. Remember me kindly to Sir Henry Rawlinson I see he has acted in the right spirit. See, I still hope to thank my friends some day in person. The mail is closing, so I must finish.'

SUICIDE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. On Friday, Mr W. Carter, one of the coroners for Surrey, held an inquest at the Star Hotel, Norwood, on the body of a young man named Lee, who com- mitted snicide on Tuesday by throwing himself off the northern tower of the Crystal Palace. Mr Hart, and Mr Rose, clerk of the works, attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the Crystal Palace Com- pany. The evidence adduced at the inquiry went to show that between five and six o'clock on Tues- day afternoon, as the men employed about the Palace were leaving off work some of them heard a noise in the vicinity of a smith's workshop at the northern end of the building as if of something which had fallen down from the tower. Two of them went forthwith to find out what had happened, and dis- covered the body of a young man about twenty feet from the shop door and ten or twelve feet from the northern tower. i surgeon was immediately sum- moned to examine the body, which he pronounced to be dead. The skull of the deceased was crushed, and several of his bones were literally smashed to pieces. The features of the face, however, were not in the slightest degree mutilated or distorted. Some silver and a cigar case were found on the deceased, as also a church service, in which his name, Thomas Lee, was found inscribed, with the date the 18th of January, 1868. It appears that deceased had been a draper's assistant, first at an establishment in Essex- road, and. secondly, at another house at which a similar business was carried on in the Borough. On Monday he entered the service of a West-end firm as salesman. He was at the same time informed by one of the managers that it would be necessary for him to obtain a recommendation from his former em- ployers. He referred the manager to the principals of the house in Essex-road, in which he had at first served as assistant, and they, in reply to a communi- cation addressed to them regarding the character of the deceased, stated that they had already given him a recommendation to the firm in which he had been employed in the borough. On application being made with a view to obtain the recommendation required, the principals of the last-mentioned estab- lishment returned such an answer that his actual employers found it impossible to retain the deceased in their service. It appears now, as stated in evi- dence by one of the brothers of the deceased, that there had been two persons named Lee in the em- ployment of the firm in the Borough to which refer- ence had been made. One of these was the deceased, who had always been well conducted, and the other was a man of a most dissipated and irregular charac- ter. When the firm iu the Borough was applied to for a recommendation of deceased, they believed the inquiry was made regarding the other person of the same name to whom we have alluded. On being compelled to leave his employment the deceased was greatly depressed, so much so, that one of the prin- cipals advised him to consult with his brothers, with a view to obtain the necessary recommendation from his previous employers. Be called twice at the house in the borough, in which he had formerly served as an assistant, but on both occasions the manager was out. His brothers advised him in the meantime to go down to the house of his mother, who resides in the neighbourhood of Norwood. Instead of doing so, however, he (proceeded, it would appear, direct to the northern tower of the Crystal Palace, from which he precipitated himself. The boy who was in charge of the tower deposed that deceased looked very pale and sickly when he applied for admission. Deceased must have thrown himself off the top of the tower, for it would have been impossible for him to have thrown himself out of any of the windows in the structure. It was stated that the distance from the gallery of the tower to the place in which deceased was found is over 200 feet. The coroner having summed up the evidence, of which we have given the material portions, the jury returned a ver- dict to the effect that deceased had committed suicide while in a state of intense mental depression. The Coroner added that he wished it to be publicly under- stood that the circumstances regarding the refusal of a recommendation of the deceased had arisen entirely from a misconception. We are requested to state that the northern tower will remain closed until an iron cage be erected around and above the gallery of the structure similar to those which have been placed on the Monument and the Duke of York's column.

LITE UPRIGHTLY-Tha poor pittance of seventy years is not worth being a villain for. What mat- ter is it if your neighbour lies in a splendid tomb 1 Sleep you with innocence. Look behind through the track of time; a vast desert lies open in re- trospect through this desert your fathers have journeyed wearied with tears and sorrows they sink from the walks of man. You must leave them where they fall, and you are to go a little farther, where you will find eternal rest.-The Moralist. GREAT GUNs.-The Secretary of the United States Ordnance Board thus reports officially to his government:—' The 20-inch gun has been fired with a charge of 200lb of powder and a shot weighing 11001b. and I have no hesitation in saying that tbia may be the regular charge for this gun. The range of 25 degrees elevation was more than four and a half miles.' We are busy adapting 68-pounders. Look out somebody And, as the Yankees say, Stand from under J'—Army and Navy Gazette. THE EFFECTS OF PIPECLAY.—Two officers of the 54th regiment have been writing to complain of a paragraph which has appeared in this paper. The officers say that bandsmen never wear their tunics when damp. Have they ever asked a bandsman the question ? Have they ever heard of such a case as the following ?—A bandsman is playing at parade in the morning, a shower comes on, and his white tunic is stained and splashed. In the afternoon he has to play again, and to makQ a decent appearance, is obliged to daub his tunic with wet pipeclay, which, soaking into the thick woollen cloth, lays the foun- dation of disease, such as killed poor Solomon. We repeat both our statements. First, that our bandsmen are often obliged to wear their tunics whilst still damp, and even wet, with pipeclay; and second, that Soloman almost in his last moments attributed his illness to the practice.- United Service Gazette. HAVE YOU ENEMIES?—Go straight on and do not mind them. If they are in your way, walk round them, regardless of their spite. A man who has no enemies is seldom good tor anything the is made of that kind of material which is so easily worked that every one has a hand in it. A sterling character is one who thinks for himself, and speaks what he thinks. He is always sure to have enemies. They are necessary to him as fresh air. They keep him alive and active. A celebrated character, who was surrounded with enemies, used to remark, They are sparks which, if you do not blow, will go out themselves.' Let this be your feeling while endeavouring to live down the scandal 01 those who are bitter against you. If you stop to dispute you do but as they desire, and optn the way for more abuse. Let the poor fellows talk—there will be a re-action if you perform bat your duty, and hundreds who were once e!ienated from you will flock to you, and acknowledge their error.—Rev Dr Campbell. A LOVING SWEETHEART.—The following letter was the cause of much amusement on its being read during the trial of a recent breach of promise of marriage case :—' My dear, sweetest ducky,—I am so happy to hear from you so ofteflr—it affords me sich grate pleshur. You always was so deer to me I hope you will suae You know I never hinted nothing abcut Carriage and I never mean to -take yc<T own time for that. I shal always remember the old sayin', procrastinatioa is the tbeef of time, but mother savs nothing should be done in a hurry, but ketchin' aeas. The fondest wish of my heart is that we may sune become one. Dq- you ever read Franklin's Extracts—his re- marks concerning marriage is 8Q delitelul. Oulr- Ijearts, be scz, out to assemble on u^othe| io every they ought to be hetergemonsj*6o that out Tinion may be mixed as well as uniting— AN AWKWARD CONJUNCTURE OF INITIALS.—There is a good story flying about. Mr Alfred Pye was employed to design a gateway for the palace of Cudesden; and when it was finished Bishop Wil- berfotce liked it so well that he graciously sug- gested his own initials being placed over one pillar and those of the architect on the other. But when it was proposed to put • S.O.' on the right column and 'A.P.' on the left, the prelate objected that that would never do, as it palpably spelt Soap.' DR. LIVINGSTONE.—The Natal Mercury of the 11th of January copies the following from the Trans- vaal Argus, received in December:—' Mr Marthinus Swarts, the elephant hunter, who has just returned from one of his annual shooting excursions in the interior near the Zambesi, informs us that in June of last year he spoke to some natives who had accom- panied the great traveller, whom they call' Minarie,' signifying Good'—the name to which Dr. Living- stone is known to the natives. These men Mr Swarts met three days' journey north of the Victoria Falls, who informed him that iu the beginning of April last Minarie' (the doctor) stated to them that he was now going away, and dismissed them, giving them various presents, and also sending presents by them to Retanga. This took place at a certain spot 20 days' journey on foot from where Mr Swarts met them, and close to some very large river which runs in an easterly direction. Retanga is chief of the Barootsi, and Cepopo is his chief captain. This very large river has its sources at some distance from the Debebe, and is described by the natives as considerably l.er than the Zambesi. Mr Swarts further says that the coast cannot be far distant, as the natives had sea shells in their possession, which they stated they had got from the big water, meaning the sea. Mr Swarts also says it would be impossible for the Doctor to transmit any letters, as no native could be induced to carry them beyond his own tribe, for ven- turing beyond certain death to the messenger would be the consequence. So far as we know, this very large river is not laid down on any map, and, being hitherto unknown, it is very probable that the Doctor, after dismissing these native servants, had prsceeded to explore it, intending to reach the coast at a point where this river discharges itself into the Indian ocean/ FATAL SHIPWRECKS.—At least 14 lives, in addition to several vessels, weralost on the coast of Cornwall and Devon during the furious north-westerly gale which raged from about 1 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 19th inst. The schooner Gipsy, of Chepstow, with coals from Swansea for Rouen, went ashore on the ridge outside St. Ives pier, and the lifeboat was promptly launched to take off the crew. On proceeding towards the vessel, and while the grapnel was being got ready, a tremendous sea struck the boat and washed the coxswain and two of his companions overboard. Two oars were lost, and several minutes elapsed before the three men were picked up. Soon after this the crew of the vessel were rescued, and in a few minutes more the vessel went to pieces. About this time the crew of the lifeboat discovered that seven of their townsmen were struggling for life about a quarter of a mile to wind- ward. Three gigs had been launched to aid in the rescue of the Gipsy's crew, and one of them had capsized. It was only by a series of skilful and daring efforts that six out of the seven men were saved. The Four Sisters, Cavalin, master, with corn for Cardiff, ran ashore on the north- eastern side of Cape Cornwall, and rapidly broke up all hands were lost. Off Bideford the brig Jenny Jones, while the crew were clinging to her masts, was hurled by a tremendous wave against the rocks at Milford-cliff; she went to pieces almost directly, and her crew, eight in number, were drowned. The smack Phantom drove on the back of the breakwater at Brixham, and became a total wreck. A small brig was observed in great distress of the Land's End, and it is believed- she went down with all on board. Several minor casualties are reported. FRACAS IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—The ordinary proceedings of the Norfolk and Suffolk hunt were varied on Thursday by an incident which has given rise to much gossip, and which promises to give employment to the gentlemen of the long robe. The meet took place at Aldeby, and the hare, it seems, in her windings eventually led the way through a field belonging to Coleman, of Toft Monks, who, it is well known, is opposed to hounds or huntsmen traversing his property. While puss was in full flight across the ground, and before the hounds could come up, she was shot down by one of Mr Coleman's men. Mr Maple- stone, a near neighbour of Mr Coleman's, rode up and demanded possession of the hare, but the man refused to surrender it. At this stage Mr Coleman and others of his men appeared on the scene, and, some high words following, Mr Maplestone got un- horsed and a general melee is said to have ensued. Mr Robert Larkman, jun, one of the huntsmen, seeing the position of affairs, and his friend Maplestone surrounded by an angry gang of rustics, rode through them, and flourishing his whip, he laid about him vigorously. Encountering Mr Coleman, the latter demanded his business there in language described as more forcible than polite, which was replied to in terms of equal energy. It is said that Mr Larkman followed up the interchange of compliments with the application of his whip, which he laid to some purpose about the head and shoulders of his opponent till forcibly drawn off by other members of the hunt. We are told that a number of summonses have been served on the part of Mr Coleman, some for the assault, and some for trespass. A couple of months ago a hare was shot on Mr Coleman's ground under similar circumstances by one of his men, and we are informed that he had fciven notice to the master of the hunt of his objection to his fields being ridden over.—Bury Free Press. A RUNAWAY RAILWAY ENGINE.On Wednesday evening two engines on the Caledonian Railway near Greenock were engaged shifting coal waggons from the main line down the incline at the Greenock station to the coal depot at the low level. There being only a single line of rails on the incline, the driver of Ithe engines, who was proceeding down, observed the other engine coming up, and engaged pushing a train of empty waggons before it. The danger of a collision was at once seen to be great. The driver of the down engine immediately shut off his steam, and again reversed it, in order, if possible, to avert, or at least lessen the effects of the imminent collision. The stoker of the engine, likewise seeing the danger, jumped off the locomotive. Before the latter engine could be brought up, however, the up train came into collision with it, and it is said the force of the concussion threw the driver of the down locomotive off his engine upon the metals; the con- sequence was that, immediately after the smash took place, the down engine, having its steam reversed, began to ascend the incline at a rapid rate, and gra- dually increasing its (impetus, when it attained the level started for Port Glasgow at great speed, the danger whistle blowing all the time. The Greenock and Perth goods train had but shortly preceded it, and the various pointsmen along the line hearing the whistle of the approaching engine showed their danger signals—but all to no effect. On went the unbridled fiery steed,' and dishing past Port Glas- gow station, was suddenly brought to a stand by coming into collision with the train standing at the goods station near Port Glasgow. The break van of the train was considerably damaged, and had to be uncoupled and brought back to Greenock. Fortu- nately no person is reported injured. THE TRIALS OF EARTH.—The severe trials which God sometimes inflicts are seldom of long duration. They are not only sent in wisdom and love, but they are abridged also by the same wisdom and love. Life itself is hut short, and when on some emergency the Lord calls his child-to suffei, we see with what tenderness the Lord comes to his relief. He only just suffers him to bear as much as is necessary to evince the rectitude of his heart before God, for the instruction of those who love and serve him, Every trial here is preparatory to a state of glory, and by them believers are led by the Spirit of God into a knowledge of their own character and of the perfections of Jehovah. Our state hereafter will be connected with everv disci- pline here below. Divines have disputed respect- ing different degrees uf glory iu heaven, but there will be a difference I have no doubt whaiever. For instance t6 begin with the Saviour himself in his human nature. The suffering which he under- went when hare below, enabled him to enter into the perfections of God in a degree in which they can never be known by any of his brethren. Who cnn tell us wbat. is meant by these words f being made perfect through suffering '—the perfection to which his humanity was carried when presenting bis Father with a sacrifice for sinners. His bliss is propqRioujite to the depth of his suffering, and and there is to be found in this truth an analogy which may be applied to his brethren for we read in Scripture, 'Our light afflictions which are but for a moment work ont a far more eternal weight of pjQry-' They are used as instruments in the hand of God, in teaching us-truths which are absolutely flepessary to enable us to drink deep draughts of fwory above. What an encouragesent have we then to approach tfce Lord continually, beseeching him not ouly to give us resignation and submission to his will, but also to be grateful to him for every affliction here. Whatever portion of suffering may be allotted to us here, may we be enabled to say perpetually, not my will but Thine be done, thus glorifying bim in our life and.death that we may be glorified in him for ever,—}V, ffoiovlls 0* 'Sunday &

THE CHURCH ASSOCIATION. On Tuesday the third annual meeting of this association, of which the specific object is4 to prevent, the Romanising of the Church of Erurlnnd,' was held at St. James's Hall. Mr J. Campbell Colquboun occupied the chair, nnd was supported byMrT. B. Horsfall, M.P. Canon M'Nelle, of Liverpool, Dr. Cowan, of Reading, Rev C. Ryle, and a large number of clergymen and laymen interested in the promotion of the society. The chairman, in opening the proceedings said that the Church Association had been lately accused of being too fond of criminal prosecution, but he thougbt they would find an apolopy for their mode of action in the columns of a journal which was neither Low Church nor Evangelical-he meant the Examiner An article in that paper had warned them that England was now drifting towards an issue from which there was no escape. Were the principles, it asked, of the Reforma- tion to be no longer open ? and were they now to believe in the miraculous power of the priesthood, and their power to hind or loose in the world to come? It was against this, it continued, that England revolted 300 years ago, and there was now an active conspiracy in operntion to upset the principles of the Reformation. If the Establishment, it added, was to be maintained, the mind of the nation must decide what the character of that Establishment would be. The prosecutions entered upon by the Churoh Association against prominent Ritualists had been undertaken with a view to ascertain what the law of England really was. They would go to Parliament shortly, and a^k it to make law more definite and certain. To carry out the objøcts of the association they required a guarantee fund of £ 50,000. It had been said that was a large sum, hut they did not remember what their fore- fathers had sacrificed for the faith at Smithfield and at Oxford. There was an institution called the English Church Union, for whioh a more appropriate name would be the Romish Church Union, for that association was now disseminating, he asserted, doctrines of the most flagrant Romanism. One of the most astute prelates in England, the Bishop of St. David's, had declared that everyone who did not wish for the absorption of the Protestant Churoh into that of Rome must condemn the association to which hcy(tbe speaker) was referring. The Bishop of Oxford had presented a petition from a notorious Ritualist in the face of Convocation, praying that the • reserved' Host mightbe carried from the churches to the houses of sick people. Such a document ought to have been flung to tbe wind by the Bishops of England. The same Bishop had. by evasion after evasion, delayed the proceedings of the Commission on Ritualism, but the truth would ultimately prevail. The Commission had recommended a nniform mode of vesture in churches, and he had reason to believe that it would condemn the use of incense and lights. The Ritualists put every possible difficulty in tho way of a speedy settle- ment of the questions in debate between themselves and the Evangelical party. In the prosecution of the Rev Mr Mackonochie, the Ritualists had maintained that the articles of the case were not at first definite enough. By the time, however, they were amended a new judge had been appointed in the place of Dr. Lush- ington, and then the Ritualists had refused to accept the altered articles. The speaker then discussed at some length the authority on which the Ritualists rest their case, and added that the Protestants of England would never sanction the idolatry of the mass, and if they wanted to find tbe truth they should go back to the. Bible and the teachings of the great fathers of the English Church. Mr T. B. Horsfall, M.P., proposed the adop. tion of the report of the association for the past year. In doing so the hon. gentleman said that there should be no mistake regarding the objects of tho meeting he had the honour to address. They were not there to discuss the prinoiples of the Church of England and Ireland, which were founded on the word of God. They were not there to discuss the propriety of the use of ex- travagant vestments, but they were there to contend for the faith. Were they content that the principles of that faith should be reversed ? The Ritualists had made steady progress during the last two or three years, and it behoved them to arrest their further advance. There had been lately an inclination among many good men to disparage the Prayer-book, and to make more lax the subscription to the 39 Articles. Some anti-Ritualists were assieting their enemies by demanding a revision of the Prayer-book. But the weighty question amse, who was to revise it ? As a friend of his had stated, when ho knew who were to amend the Prayer-book he would then give his opinion regarding the advisability of alter- ing it. Let them beware of small changes, for there were some who might be marching with them, and, perhaps, carrying their colours, but who were in reality traitors to the Church. Mr W. Morley seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. Canon M'Neile proposed the second resolution, which was to the effect that whatever effectual measures were reqaired for restraining clergymen from departing from the order and Articles of the Established Church, and it was essen- tial that the Ecclesiastical Courts of England should be reformed in order that aggrieved parishioners might find redress of their grievances without extravagant cost or delay, the council of the association be requested to use its exertions to attain those objects. The rev. speaker said that controversy was indispensable for the preser- vation of truth. Agricultural labour, medical science, and education were all great controversies, & Christianity was a controversy against the corruption of truth. As regarded their future happiness, God had spoken clearly. The climax of infidelity was the rejection of all religion, and non-intervention in religion was now becoming as fashionable as non-interventian in the affairs of other States and nations. 300 years ago the corruption which had been made in the Word of God, and enforced and tied on the neck of Christendom by a sensuous priest- hood. had been rejected in England, and now an attempt was being made to bring the people of this country back to the medieeval corruptions from which our fore-fathers bad been emancipated. He had last year recommended that a case should be stated to the Ecclesiastical "Courts with a view to ascertain what the law of England really was. That had been done, and no one could call it per- secution. Ritualists and anti. Ritualists respectively had claimed that thelaw was on their own side. If their boasts were sincere, there could be no objection to the case being stated es he had suggested; but if the boast was insincere on either side, then the sooner a disengenuous bravado wereput to silence the better. Thev owed a deep debt of gratitude to their council in the Ecclesiastical Courts, not only for the light they had thrown on the Church, not only as an ordinance of God, but also in a relative position as the ally of a Christian State. More should be done than what bad been undertaken, for they still require a case in which doctrine would be discussed. But it was said if tbe association promoted such a case the Broad Churchmen would be against them. He answered that they must have some certainty about the law. But it was urged that the Ritualists would continue their high ceremonial even if the law were decided to be against them. He said however he was afraid of ambiguity, we had nothing to fear from the open violation of the law. Archdeacon Denison had lately, in Convocation, depre- cated the differences amongst various seotions of Protes. tants, because, he said, all their efforts were required to keep the oountry from infidelity. If Christianity were inseparable from ritualistic practices, he (the speaker) believed that both would fall before the intelligence of the age. Regarding the improvement of the Ecclesiasti- cal Courts, they might, he said, take an example from Ireland, where in 1864 the Ecclesiastical Courts hsd been reformed. They had been assimilated to the Courts of Common Law, and now presented a ready approach to justice without any dilatory process. The people of Eng- land should also look alter the Churoh Discipline Act, which gave Bishops the right to stop certain practices in churches. Some more ready mode of proceeding should be supplied to aggrieved parishioners than that which would be now aff^^ea by references to their respective prelates. He would recommend the clergy to be active and vigilant, so that their enemi"s might not be able to allege anything against them. Dr Cowan seconded the resolution, which was adopted. A proposal to raise £50,000 as a guartntee fund was then carried, after which the proceedings terminated.

THE ORIGIN ov THB CRAWSHAY FAMILY TO THB ROAD OF In the Telegraph we have noticed the almost fabulous wealth of this Welsh family, and it may be interesting to many of our readers to learn how small beginnings may terminate in the annual Income of the Sovereign of «reat Britain. In the last century the original Crawshay, then a farmer's son, rode'io London on hia pony (blS sole property) to seek his fortune. He began by sweeplog ,out the warehouse of an iron- monger, who was of "iscr'niinating minrl, and saw that young Crawshay hud goou stuff him. The ironmongtr had been successfully speculating in sending Ollt iron pots to America, and his astute apprentice observed, that if the Americans many pots they must want books to hang them oa. « hereupon the master not only took the bint, but kindly determined that Crawshay should send them out and that he would lend him the money for the pnrpose. Upon this venture was realised one hundred pounds, anfi from that time tho farmer's son moved rapidly upwards, being first taken into part- nerithip by his ronster, and uumiately becoming an iron king in South Wales, "hose descendant lately deceased, has left, it is computed, above seven millions sterling. It is a curious fact that from this stock have arisen (in so short a time) two baronetages, and peerage—that of Hanover.

EFFICACY IN SKIN DISBASES OF Da HE JONOH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LWEK OIL,-In these distressing complaints the beneficial effects of this celebrated Oil have been most remarkable. thomas Hunt, Esq, sur- geon to the Western Dispensary for Diseases ol the Skin, ill testifying to its efficacy in cutaneous affections, ob- serves:—'] had never heard that Cod Liver Oil bad been found extensively useful in skin diseases (except in those of strumous origin) until I happened to meet with the widely circulated observations of Dr de Jongh. I resolved to put it to the test of experiment, and I have prescribed it in about one hundred and twenty cases of skin disease. It is bare justice to Dr de Jongh to say, that the success attending its use in dispensary practice fully satisfies me that he has not exaggerated its value. To avoid the chance of adulteration, and 10 secure uni- formity of quality, I have invariably prescribed, in the cutaneous cat.ee herein alluded to, the Oil sold in bottles with Dr de Jongh's seal upon them.' DrdeJongh's Light Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in capsuled im- perial half-pints, 211 6d pints, 48 yj quarts. 98; labelled with his stamp and signature, without which none can possibly be genuine, by his sole consignee*, Ansar, Har- ford, and (Jo, 77, Strand, London; and respectable chemists. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—The very agreeable character of this preparation hai rendered it a general favourite. Invigornting and sustaining, with a rtfined and grateful flivour developed by the special mode of preparation applied, this Coooa is used as the habitual beverage for breakfast by thousand who never before used Cocoa. Cucoa stands very much higher than coffee or tea,' Dr.. Hassall says, and 'contains every ingre- dient necessary to the growth and sustenance of tbe body.' It is made simply oj pouring boiling water or milk on the preparation as tjold, io 11b" |lb.f and lib. I pftcketa, j

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. Sir Stafford Northcote has received tbe following telegram from Sir Robert Napier, dated the Cth of February :— Major Grant, whom I had deputed to Prince Knssai, has been well received by the Prince. My letter and presents were suitably received in an open Durbar, attended by 2,000 chiefs and people. Owing to the Prince being engaged in certain cerf- monies, a private interview had not taken place. The people around the Prince seem to he well dis- posed towards U8. and the women of Adwa received the mission on its entry to the town with a hearty cheer in honour of its arrival. No complications are to be apprehended.' This telegram was delayed by an interrup- tion in the line.

♦ FRIENDSHIP.—When I see leaves drop from their trees in the beginning of autumn, just sucb, think I, is the friendship of the world. While the sap of maintenance lasts, my friend swarms in abun- dance, but in the winter of my need, they leave me naked. He is a happy man who has a true friend at bis need but he is more truly happy who hath no need of his friends.—The Reflector. ONE DROP AT A TIME.—Have you ever watched the icicle as it formed 1 Have you noticed how it froze ouedrop at a time until it was a foot long or more? If the water was clean the icicle remained clear, and sparkled brightly in the sun but if the water was slightly miyldy the icicle looked foul, and its beauty was spoiled. Just so our characters are formed. One little thought or feeling at a time adds its influence. If each thought be pure and bright the soul will be lovely, and will sparkle with happiness; but if impure and wrong there will be deformity and wretchedness. A RESULT OF COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION.—The financial collapse of 1866 is having deeper effects than has been imagined. The public has been made acquainted with several great failures following close upon it, but the cases of hundreds who have suffered severely will,, perhaps, never come to Ught. A striking fact, however, in connection with her Ma jesty's customs clearly proves how great the devas- tation has been among private individuals in conse- quence of that panic. In the Inland Revenue De- partment at Somerset House, as the public are aware, is kept a register of all those persons paying duty on carriages and horses, and at this office notice has been received, since the 31st of December last, that 1,600 private persons intend to discontinue keeping their carriages, and claim therefore, to be exempt from duty in the financial year 1868 9. This wi!l cause a noticeable deduction in the balance which the Chancellor of the Exchequer will next have to ex- hibit. The loss to the revenue by these withdrawals will not be less than £10,000 per annum. BABY FARMING AND BABY MURDER.—In carrying on the investigation into the character and conseqnences of the system of baby farming in the metropolis the British Medical Journal has become possessed of clues, which it has followed up, which lead to its now publishing the proofs that in many parts of the metropolis there is carried on, under the most flimsy disguise or quite openly, a criminal trade equally dangerous to the morality and the health of the community, and constituting a felonious offence. It produces evidence that the majority of the persons who publicly offer retirement for ladies, and facilities for leaving baby,' are engaged in this tramc and it gives verbatim extracts from the notes of conversations in which these persons have announced their business and stated their terms. All ranks of society are involved in injury by this system; and the statements transcribed in the British Medical Journal are such as lead us to the conclusion that this traffic in life is extensive that it is carried on in open daylight, and without any concealment; that the police authorities could easily stop a great majority at least of these crimes, as now practised; and that all classes of society are interested in some steps being taken for the purpose. OVERSTOCKING OF GAME,—On Wednesday and Thursday a case was tried in the first division of the Jury Court, Edinburgh, before Lord Barcaple, in which Mr George Syme, farmer on the estate of the Earl of Moray, Fifeshire, sought damaged to the ex tent of £270 from the trustees and executors of the late earl, with whom he had entered into certain leases. The issue laid before the jury was whether during the vear 1865, the late earl had upon the lands leased by the pursuer an 'unreasonable and excessive stock of game' beyond what existed thereon at the dates of entering into the leases, to the loss and injury of the pursuer. In the course of his evidence the pursuer stated that one evening in 1865 he counted between 70 and 80 hares in a field of twenty acres, while the pheasants were so nume- rous that it was impossible to count them.' He had seen on six or eight occasions 70 or 80 pheasants in a field at a time. It was urged for the defenders that the farms on which the loss was alleged to have been sustained were near the mansion of Donibristle that they were surrounded by coverts, and in a situ- ation where game might be expected to abound. Evidence was led to show that the farms had been let at a low rent on account of their being liable to injury from game; and that any tenant taking them must necessarily have that in view. The jury re- turned a verdict for the pursuer, awarding £197 damages. VITAL STATISTICS.—-The Registrar-General has just published a summary of his weekly returns for 1867, by which it appears that in the middle of last year tbe population of tHe metropolis numbered 3,082,372. This great and unrivalled aggregation of human beings covered a space of 122 square miles, intersected by the river. About three fourths of the whole population, occupying 51 square miles, are on the northern banks of the Thames, and the remaining quarter, occupying 71 square miles, are on the southern bank. Within these limits 112,264 births and 70,588 deaths were registered. The male births and the male deaths were in excess of the female, notwithstanding the preponderance of the female element in the metropolis, which is as 114 to 100. Nearly 10,000 persons less died last year than in 1866. The rate of mortality was 2 298 per centum of persons living—in males 2 532, females 2*093. In the past five years the rates were successively 2 356, 2-447, 2-653, 2 456, and 2 648 per cent. In Birmingham the death rate last was 2 427, in Sheffield 2 467, in Liverpool 2-557, in New- castle-on-Tyne 3-079, in Manchester 3 140; in Dublin it was 2*706, in Edinburgh nearly the same, in Glasgow 2'854. In estimating the fruits of sanitary labours in the older neighbourhoods, it should not be forgotten that the condition of popu- lations increasing rapidly within fixed boundaries has a contant tendency to deterioration—that the rate of mortality uncontrolled must rise and if there reasonable ground to believe that the great engineering works that have been undertaken in the interest of the public health have checked this tendency, and, though they have not extirpated epidemic diseases, have to some extent quelled their fury, this result must be regarded with satis- faction and hope. Whooping cough carried off many children all over London; and diarrhoea, which was the most fatal of the zymotic class' caused 2,942 deaths. Cholera, chiefly cholera in; fantum, was fatal in 241 cases; typhus, typhoid fever, &c.. in 2,174, against 3,232 and 2.6SI in the two previous years. There were 7,501 deaths from bronchitis, 3,627 from pneumonia, 8,817 from phthisis, 3,003 from disease, 39 from privation, 100 from purpura and scurvy,156 from delirium tremens a.ud intemperance, 2,148 from accident or negli- gence, 104 from homicide, 260 from suicide, 3 public executions, 34 other violence not described. The thorough systematic cleansing of the streets and the regulation of the traffic on them are subjects which urgently claim public attention. 164 deaths from injuries caused by horses or vehicles in the streets were recorded in 1867. Ten persons were killed by horses, 3 by carriages, 7 by omnibuses, 17 by cabs, 32 by waggons, 5 by drays, 43 by carts, and 11 by vebiclcs not described, COSTS OF INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.—A Parlia- mentary return shows that in the fiscal year 1860- 61, the expenditure on management and on inspec- tion of schools in Great Britain amounted to £8 5s 7d per cent. of the £798,167, the Parliamentary grant for public education; in the year 1865-67 it was £11 7s 2d per cent. upon the ^694,530, the Parliamentary grant for that year. But this ex- penditure on management and inspection was less per scholar present on the day of inspection in 1866-67 than in 1860-61, being Is 31d per head in the earlier year, and Is lid in the latter year. GREAT Loss OF GAS.—A singular fire occurred late ou Tuesday night at the works of the United General Gas Company, Limerick, A storm was raging at the time, and a strong gust of wind caused a gasometer which contained 200,000 feet of gas to cant over and fall against a wall; and the wall giving way, a large breach was made in the gas- ometer, from which the gas rushed out with im- mense force. When the gas reached a lamp in the yard it caught the flame, the blaze spread rapidly to the breach, and nearly the whole of the gas which the ponderous vessel contained was burned out within an hour. The light was visible for miles round the city. THE PEABODY FUND.—The annual statement of how the Peabody Gift to the Poor of London has been administered, and how the plan has operated during the ye. 1867,_was published last week. It shows that the original fund has been increased by rents and interest on unexpended capital to the extent of £20,042 6s 4d, making the sum total at the end of December, 1867, £ 170,042 6s 4d. The cost of general management of the trust daring the year was, including salaries, printing, stationery, &c, £268 15s 4d. Mr Peabody's second donation of £100,000 will be available for objects of the trust in July, 1869. The buildings at Spitalfields and Is- lington continue fully occupied, with increasing de- mand in anticipation of vacancies. The Shadwell buildings, containing 195 tenements, were ready for occupation at the close of 1866 but the depression of business, and consequent suspension of employ- ment in that part of London, has caused them to fill slowly; 175 families were resident at the beginning of the present year, and the number is gradually increasing. The total population in all the build- ings erected by the trustees is 1,583. The sanitary condition of the houses is excellent, and appears to secure almost an immunity from diseases incident to crowded localities. Satisfactory evidence of the social effects becomes every day more apparent in the peaceful deportment of the tenants, the improved order within their apartments, and the disappearance of excess of all kinds. The healthy aspect of the children, the neatness and tidiness of their dress, and their inoffensive happiness at play in their ample and secluded grounds, secure from evil street intercourse, abundantly justify the belief that a beneficial influ- ence is being exerted over the future of the working classes by the signal improvement thus introduced into their dwellings and domestic habits. STATISTICS OF EDUCATION.—Returns have been published of the nnmber, so far as can be given or estimated, of children in inspected schools in the year ending the 3lst of August, 1867, distinguish- ing how maey of such children belong to families which are considered as poor. The first return (A) gives the total number of children on the books of schools actually visited by Her Majesty's in- spectors in England as 1,376,882: and in Scot- land 216,030. The number of children belonging to families which are returned by the school mana- gers as above the class who support themselves by manual labour in England are estimated at 17,567. This return is calculated on actual returns, wherein the managers of schools profess to distinguish children not falling under Article 4 of the Revised Code from others, and so far the return rests on direct testimony. But Return B is calculated on the number of children paying school fees, at different rates, and is said to be probably the more trustworthy of the two. This return is the same as Return A in giving the number of children on the books of schools visited by the inspectors but it states the number of children paying school fees not exceeding 4d per week, in England, to be 1,340,576 and in Scotland, 199,401. The number of children whose school fees exceed 4d per week are, in England, 36,306, and in Scotland, 16,629. The total number of schools of all denominations visited on account of annual grants was, in Eng- land and Wales, 6,443; in Scotland, 1, 466; and of schools visited lor simple inspection only, in England and Wales, 82 and in Scotland. 11. GREAT FIRE IN MARYLEBONE.—On Sunday morn- ing, shortly after midnight, a fire which assumed the most serious aspect, and destroyed a vast amount of property, broke out in Portman-market, New Church- street, Marylebone, exactly opposite the Marylebone Theatre. Owing to a high gale of wind the flames extended with frightful rapidity. Portman-market is composed of, a regular square of buildings, con- sisting on three sides of shops and dwelling-houses, and on the fourth of a line of stabling and sheds for storing hay, &c, and enclosing an extensive open area, which on market days is crowded with stalls and itinerant dealers of every description. Fronting the main street is a boot and shoe warehouse, and in this shop, shortly after twelve o'clock on Saturday night, the fire was first discovered. An attempt was made by a mob to save' the contents of the shop. but the door was held fast by two policemen until more aid arrived. The flames shot out simul- taneously with the arrival of several engines, and whilst the hose was being laid out the fire spread to an adjoining ironmonger's and attained a teriific force. Unfortunately, when the firemen brought the hose to bear it was found for some time to be useless, a puny jet of water proceeding from it amidst the jeers of the bystanders; and although the firemen, guarding their faces as much as possible, walked literally up to the fire, the water dribbled in an impotent manner upon it. A powerful stream was soon obtained, but the conflagration had by this time extended to several shops down an avenue, and its entrance was a perfect furnace. Twenty minutes had not elapsed after the flames had first broken out when they shot out in a continuous body from the roofs of some half-dozen of the shops in the avenue, and reached far into the air above in the form of a pyramid. Despite the number and power of the fire engines, and the energy with which they were worked, the flames rolled on until thp whole of the avenue had been seized, and the open area of the market was brilliantly illuminated. At 1.30 the fire was evi- dently giving way, although it was not till an advanced hour in the morning that it was entirely extinguished, when it was found that several shops in New Cnurch- street and the whole of the market avenue were completely destroyed altogether 20 shops were laid in ruins. A large number of persons who were suddenly rendered houseless were taken in by neighbours. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of the Right Hon. Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport, of Cricket-lodge, St, Thomas, near Chard, Somersetshire, and of Wimple- street, was proved in Her Majesty's Court of Probate on the 3rd inst, and the personalty sworn under £20,000, the executors appointed being the Right Hon. Charlotte Mary, Baroness Bridport, his relict, and Major-General thejiight Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood, Baron Bridport, his only surviving son, who is the acting executor. The will is dated July 15, 1861, and the testator died on January 6th last, aged 79. The deceased was the second son of Henry, second Viscount Hood, and succeeded his granduncle, the celebrated Admiral Viscount Bridport, and mar- ried in 1810, Charlotte Mary, only surviving child of William, first Earl Nelson. The testator bequeaths to his relict, in addition to all other provision, an immediate legacy of £1.000, his leashold residence in Wimpole-street, with the fixtures, furniture, and other effects, both in his town and country residences, with certain portions of the wine, also his carriage and horses. The rest of his effects he leaves to his son, the present Baron.—The will of Mr Joseph Straker, of Benwell, Northumberland, was proved in the rigistry at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the personalty sworn nnder £250,000, the executors and trustees being Mr John Straker, the testator's son, and Mr John Coppin. The will is dated June 30,1863, and a codicil June 28, 1867; and the testator died on October 13 following. To his eldest son he leaves a legacy of £10 000; to his son George the interest of £25.000 for life, and the principal to his children. He devises his estate at Lee Riding, Bywell, St. Conde, Northumberland, to his son-in-law, Henry Straker, for life, and afterwards to the sons of the latter, Joseph and Henry Straker.—The will of William Barnes, of Berkhampstead, Herts, was proved on tha 2nd ult, in the London Court, under f 3.000 personalty. The will is dated September 13, 1866, and contains the following bequest:—I give and bequeath unto the Chancellor of the Exchequer for Great Britain, for the use of the nation, all my estate and effects whatsoever, and wheresoever, both real and peisonal, after having paid all my lawful debts; and three bequests of ^'100, £50, and £40 to his servants, all free of duty, the executor to receive, full compensation for his trouble. Should the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer refuse to accept the same, it shall revert to the executor, the Rev Thomas Suell, Independent Minister, to be used by him as shall appear to be most in harmony with the mind of the testator as expressed by him.—The will of John Ransom, stud groom to Her Majesty, of the Royal Paddock, Hampton-court, Was proved ucisf £5,000, Illustrated London Newi.

THE LONDON MARKETS. I CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, LOKUON, Feb. Fair average supplies of wheat are on sale in the hading country markets held on Saturday. Fine pareett btiOC scarce, were disposed of at an advance of la per quart* Inferior sorts were unaltered in value. Flour quiet. Barley, oats, beans, and peas moved off slowlf*- The One samples of English wheat brought forward" Mark-lane to-day were mostly of inferior quality. TbOl was only a limited attendanoe of millem, and sales In SIL descriptions progressed slowly; nevertheless last MOfl- day's quotations were well maintained. With wheat the market was well supplied. The demand W Inactive, but prices were supported. A moderate qusD* tity of barley was on tbe stands, in which the tran»a< tions were on a moderate soale, on former terms. M»' attracted but few buyers at late rates. The supply oata was small. Fine parcel* were disposed of at sligh'y enhanced quotations, whilst inferior sorts were neglected* The trade for beans was heavy, and prices Fred a drooP" ing tendency. Peas moved off slowly. FiIft. pticool however, were realised. Flour was qorer,. t)»t cheaper. A portion of the loug-expeoted orerdbe' has at length made its appearance. A coaslderaA*'1 butiness has been transaeted in wheat, and notwitl' standing tbe large quantity on offer prices hare Is to 2s per quarter. Only a moderate business ha»bee°' passing in maize. Barley has been 3d and 6d per dearer, with an active demand. Rye has ruled qofe^; Beans have commanded rather more attention. Ilbs. market for linseed has ruled steady. No change bit; taken place in the value of linseed cakcs, but the demand for them has been limited. Rapeseed haa been very at improving prices. I JTBTTISB. Shillingsper Qr.\ Shilling* f* Wheat—Essex and Kent, Oo/s—English feed 3f white 63 72 Poland 90 \[ Ditto, red 61 631 Scotch feed 29$1 Norfolk, Lincoln, and Ditto potato H Yorkshire, red 62 65 Irish feed, white 2* *? Barley—Malting 40 46 Ditto, black 24 Distilling as 39'Beatu—tGreen 43 «» Chevalier —| Tioks Grinding 35 36! Harrow V f0lk,and 68 .3 P^J^Ute boilers"II <1* -25 Kiagstone.Ware.&town ^<rLfown;' houR'ehold »< • Household VW Brown 58 bOj Country 49 35 39i Norfolk and Suffolk

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAKK.Ul LONDON, MONDAY, February 24.—There was only ■' moderate show of English beasts in to-day's market. full average number came to band from Scotland^ the arrivals from Ireland were Kmited. Rather to000 activity was apparent in the beef trade at tbe rates e*r''} rent on Monday last. For tbe best 9ee«s and cros"' 4s lOd per 81b was paid. From Norfolk »»d Suffolk received about 1,300 Scots, shorthorns, from otb«" parts of England, 980 of various breeds; from Seotlao{j» 420 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 1(70 oxe». Tjj* market was scantily supplied with sheep. In most) sales progressed steadily, and prices ware well The quotation for sheep, in the wool, was fully 5s;- 0 of the wool, 4a 4d per 81b. The demand for lambs inactive at from 30s to 35s each. Calves were scarcer* prices quite equal to Monday. The pork trade was heavy" on former terms. Very moderate supplies offofoifp stock were on offer. For all descriptions the inquiry "aP limited, and the tendency of prices was in favour 01 pgr" chasers. Per Slbt. to Mink the offut Coarse and iaferior s. d. «. d.iPrimecoaraewooUed s. d. «• beasts 3 2 3 4] sheep 444 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 0 Prime South Dowm Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Sheep 4 10 5 J, Prime Scots, &c. < 1(1 i 0 Large coarsd calves 4 0 t j; Coarse and inferior Prime small uitto 4 10 5 .1 sheep 3 2 3 4 Large hogs 3 4 S 1 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 Neat small porkers 4 0 4 Sucking Calvfia 22# to 24s; and Quarter old Store ft/v 2S» 1 264. MOG.

BREAD. LONDON, MONDAY, Feb. 24.—The prioes of bread in the Metropolis are from 8 £ d to 9d; of housebote ditto, 7d to 8d per 41b loaf.

HOP MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, February 24.—In all deserfptio"? O' hops the transactions have been on a limited K**7 The value of fine parcels has been fairly supported^ b* inferior sorts have been easier to purchase. The markets have ruled heavy on former terms.

POTATO MARKET. LONDON, MONDAT, February 24.—Large supplied potatoes are on sale in the various markets. With demand, prices have ruled in favour of buyers.

WOOL MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY. February 21.—Very few tions have taken place in colonial wool, owiDg W near approach of the public sales, which will be sofl1 menced on Thursday next. In English wool a mode1* business has been doing on former terms.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY TIME TABLE, t « WICEK PAT8.— tTP TRAINS Bie giauon*. ;cW claUVl 2;cW 1 2\eW%. ¡01aIl8.,01aIl8'll Ik 2101&1111.1 Ik Mil. Starting from a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. f- 0 New Milford 8 35 11 15 5 0 6*2 41 Johnston 8 50 11 30 5 14 91 Haverfordwest. 9 0 11 40 5 24 ij I41 CHarbesio. Road 9 II 11 53 7 21 NarberthRoad 9 26 12 9 1 'I 26J Whitland 9 47 12 24 6 • 7 82 St. Clears 9 59 12 39 • 1 401 Carmarthen Jnc. 8 50 10 17 10 6 27 « 60 Llanelly 9 40 10 57 1 50 7 40 72 Swansea 7 30 9 55 11 ]o 2 15 7 2f zL 77 Neath (dep.), 7 58 10 37 11 39 j 54 7 51 5— 114 Cardiff 9 45 12 31 12 47 4 43 #2 — 114 Cardiff 9 45 12 31 1247 4 43 9 5 126J Newport 10 30 1 25 1 15 5 12 • 24 1431 Chepstow 11 22 2 20 1 43 6 2 9 »1 I7lf Gloucester (dep.) 12 45 4 5 2 40 1&2 12 40 178 Chcltenham(arr) 1&2 5 5 SO 7 35 11 30 .•••" 20S Swindon (dep.). 2 45 6 10 4 10 0 10 2 20 ••••" 285 Paddington 5 5 9 45 6 0 ill 15 4 trjEKK HATS.—DOWN TRAINS. S* 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,&2, 1,2,3, S « Stations. claM.jclaMejclasB.jl 1c 7 c Mil. Starting from a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. t- .*?' 0 Paddington 6 0 9 15 4a 77 Swiuden(dep.j 9 25 11 j II 5 121 Cheltenham (dep 6 10 10 25 12 10 £ £ 114 Gloucester (dep.) 6 35 11 10 12 55 1" 1414 Chepstow 7 44 12 16 1 45 i,« 1584 Newport 8 35 1 0 2 30 J Ja 170i Cardiff 9 8 1 28 2 51 if 208 Neath (dep.) 10 57 3 13 3 58 » 216 Swansea 11 10 3 15 4 0 8 •> t§ 224 Llaneu, 11 58 4 50 4 45 8 49 If 244} Carmarthen Jnc. 12 49 5 45 5 45 fl 25 253 St. Clears 1 4 6 2 6 2 9 41 ."Im 258j; Whitlana 1 19 6 18 6 18 9 55 264 NarberMiBoad. 1 33 6 31 6 SI 10 J 270J' Clarbestqn Road 1 47 6 44 < 44 10 22 rf 275}|Haverfoidwest. 1 58 6 56 6 56 10 34 i( 2804.Milford Road 2 13 7 10 7 10 10 48 285 New Milford 2 24 7 25 7 25 10 58 • OKDAI8.—Vf TRAINS. BUNDATS.—UOWN 1,&2, 1,2,3, X,2,3, 1,2,3,1,2,j class, class, class. class.'class.|clan.|» From a.m. p.m'. p.m. From a.m. a.m. a.m. N. TH1. 11 0 5 0 Pad ,0 0 MilRoad 11 13 5 14 Swm.m. H.West.111 23 5 24 Chel.de | 20 Clar. Rd 11 36 — Glou.de 350 1* Nar.Rd-t 11 49 5 50 Chep 4 38 1 Whit. 12 1 6 0 New 5 25 21 StClears 12 15 Cardiff 5 49 JJ Car.Jnc. 12 27 6 27 Neathde 7 38 » *» Llanelly 1 23 7 6 Swan.de 7 55 if Swan.se 1 45 7 20 Llanelly 8 33 J U Neath. 2 22 7 51 Car.Jne 9 20 » Cardiff. 3 56 9 2 StClears 9 86 I" New. 4 28 9 24 Whit 9 62 Chep. 5 6 9 51 Nar.Rd+ 10 7 »" Gloa. de 6 25 12 40 Clar. Rd 10 23 .if Ohel. or l&S H.West 10 Si •' U 8wi*u de 8 20 2 20 MilRoad 10 50 Is Pad. i: » i 35 N. Mil. n 5 Pad. i: » i 35 N. Mil. .m.. 11 5

MILFORD BRANCH LINE OF RAILWAY' From Johruton (late Milford Road) to Milford. —— —: -rT«s- UP TRAINS—WEEK BAYS. UR TR*1*- a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. a. m. I P* Milford..dep 8 35 11 10 1 50 4 55 6 40 II 0 9 Johnston arr 8 45 11 25 2 5 5 9 6 55 H 10 DQWK TRAINS WEKK PATS. POWW [a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m, a.m. P' at, Johnston dep 9 10 11 35 2 15 5 20 7 20 11 20 5 Milford.arr 9 20 11 50 2 30 5 35 7 K 11 30

PEMBROKE AND TENBY RAILWAY. UP TRAINS—WEEK DATS. 11,2, gov. 1,2. gov, 1,2. gov. l,2,gov.|l,2»»^« FROM. ■ 'T a.m. a.m. p.m. ip.m. P^* Whitland 6 15 10 5 1 25 6 30 Narberth. 6 30 10 20 1 40 6 45 Kilgetty 6 4H 10 36 1 56 7 1 Saundersfoot 6 51 10 41 2 1 7 5 Tenby dep 7 20 10 50 2 10 7 15 Penally 7 23 10 53 2 IS 7 19 Manorbeer 7 32 11 9 2 20 7 27 Lamphey 7 40 11 18 2 31 7 36 Pembroke 7 45 11 22 2 35 7 40 Pembroke Dock arr 7 55 11 30 2 45 7 48 DOW. TRAINS-WREK DAYS. 1,2,gov. 1, 2.gov. 1, 2.gov. 1,2,gov. 1, nOK — a.m. a.m. p.m..m. PJP' PembrokeDock dep 85 10 45 3 15 6 15 Pembroke .dep 8 13 10 53 3 23 6 23 Lamphey 8 17 10 57 3 27 6 27 Maacrbeer 8 27 11 7 3 37 6 37 PenaLy 8 35 11 16 3 46 6 45 « Tenby. 8 45 11 25 5 0 6 55 Saundersfoot 8 54 11 35 59 7 5 Kilgetty 8 59 11 39 5 13 7 9 Narberth 9 15 11 57 5 31 7 29 Wfcitland 930 12 12 5 45 7 44

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