The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

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THE OCCASIONAL SERMONS BILL. WE have been requested to publish the following correspondence between Mr Jenkins, of Panty- philip, and Mr Scourfield, our county member. It has reference to observations made in the House of Commons by the hon. member on the Occasional Sermons Bill, which have been com- mented upon with some severity by the Liberal Press, the writers in two or three instances even going so far as to make the unfair and—we pay add, looking to antecedents, singularly charge against Mr Scourfield of entertaining £ deep Jiatred towards Dissenters, tfhe reply of .Scourfield to Mr Jenkins satisfactorily explains lus enured speech, and proves that the comments of bis CriiJCS ^ave based upon an entire misconception of the appJ* cation of the hon. member's remarks; (Copy.) Pantyphilip, Fishguard, September. 1872. Dear Sir,—I believe a misconception exists as to the meaning of your speech on the motion to permit Lay Lecturers occupying Church Pulpits, made by you on the 26th of June last. Some Dissenters think that you (in that speech) intended, alluding to Dissenting Ministers. I do net believe you had any such intention, being so very inconsistent with your sentiments and acts through life towards Nonconformists generally of which we have ample proof. I am intimately acquainted witn your tenants in Dewsland, nearly all—if not all—of whom are Dissenters. I also happen to knew thft they have invariably been treated by you in a most considerate and reasonable manner on the expiration of Leases, &c., and that you are earnestly respected by them, not only in your capacity of Landlord, but also, as a liberal -minded Churchman, in the firm conviction that you wish them the same right of forming religious convictions which you elaim for yourself, and for these reasons I have frequently heard them speak of you in feelings of true personal friendship. In the face of these facts (stronger evidence than profession) I feel certain that the comments made on your speech are a misconstruction re- quiring your contradiction, and when I can lay my hands on:the publications containing the same they will be immediately sent you, I am, dear Sir, yours truly, (Signed) W. H. JENKINS. Dear Sir,—I am much obliged to you for sailing my attention to a misrepresentation of the mean- ing of what 1 said with regard to the Bill intro- duced by Mr Cowper-Temple into the House of Commons. The Bill itself contained no words bearing any reference to Non-conformists or any other religious body, but merely provided that any one might deliver a sermon or a lecture (I quote the words of the Act) so that it was not necessary for the deliverer of such lecture to be a professing member of any religious denomination, or indeed to profess any religion at all. I objected in common with a large majority of the House of Commons to converting places of worship into lecture rooms. That the members who represent the Non- conformist interest in the House of Commons did not consider the Bill as one affecting them, is proved by the fact of the general absence of anch members from the division. No member connected with the counties of Cardigan and Glamorgan, including Mr Richard, who said in responding to the appeal made to Dissenters that he did not feel any great anxiety on the subject, voted for the measure, and Mr Illingworth, who is one of the most able representatives of the Non- conformists, voted against it. It is easy to understand that all who attach importance to the maintenance of respectful attention to sermons delivered in places of worship, might hesitate in assenting to a measure which might have the effect of depriving these services of their distinctive religious character and influence by reducing them to the level of any ordinary lectures. I remain, vey faithfully yours, (Signed) J. H. ScoUKriELD. Williamston, Haverfordwest, September, 24th, 1872.

THE GENEVA AWARD. THE Arbitral Tribunal constituted at Geneva under the terms of the Washington Treaty has made its award. Great Britain is adjudged to pay to the United States a gross sum of about three millions and a quarter sterling! This is undeniably a sum of some magnitude," though hardly of the magnitude reckoned on by the Washington Government, whose total claim, irre. spective of the rejected demand for indirect damages, amounted to between nine and ten millions sterling. The award is made in regard to the acts of three only of the Confederate cruisers, namely, the Alabama, the Florida, and Shenandoah, the arbitrators having decided that in respect to the acts of any other of the cruisers this country was not responsible. Sir Alexander Cockburn, the British Arbitrator, dissents from the foregoing judgment, the only liability ad- mitted by him on the part of this country being in the case of the Alabama, though even in this case he has been guided by reason others than those put forward by the rest of his colleagues. It is to be regretted that Sir Alex- ander's able judgment, which was published in lut Tuesday's Gazette, did not appear simul- taneously with that of the majority of the Tri- bunal, for it would have been especially valuable then, not only from the acknowledged ability and independence of its author, but as affording means of insight into the reasons and arguments which influenced the other arbitrators in arriving at their decision, and so enabling the English public to form a more competent judgment than the award in itself rendered possible as to the way in whiph English interests and honour have been vindicated—or betrayed. That these have not been vindicated as they ought is plain from the fact that the verdict is so heavily against us. At the best the attitude which this country has been made to assume before the Geneva arbitra- trators cannot be descrioed but as that of defendant in a cause wherein he had already virtually admitted himself to be in the wrong, and whose nee, therefore, was but of a half hearted and very seU-accusing kind. We should not like even to Ulptot an English Minister of the gross and deliberate treason of intentionally preparing lor an adverse decision by pandering to the in- t satiable demands of the United States Govern- ment, but we cannot acquit Mr Gladstone and Lord Granvule of the most culpable blindness and weakness in having, albeit for an object so transcendantly important as the conciliation of American ijl-humour and the 8atiation of Ameri- can gree involved us in such a needless aggra- vation of th« on«mal diffiCuIty We are cast in damages 0 **tent of between three and four I* for what? In order to ipTn the United b™"r rsi"d andf kept leading political p^°"e»r «' «■ interests ma, hay. Anti-British "cry;" i, 'he of the rules of international L°dw ">« ">• novel Treaty should receive exemplary punishment |!|ustrat^on *n through the simplicity and P°wer that» patriotic statesmen, consents* ess he*" un- tion and thereby to her their intreduc- discouifiture and humiliation. mor« effectual England may stand condsan<(j als<> that and* pay the penalty for acts *^°re ltie world have been adjudged as in any never with public law but by the retros^ at Vanance of those new rules which she consent °Peration up by her apponent in the dispute 1 5° see Set if ever similar necessity should 0, wh'ch, enforcement against the United St*gk ^e'r wa are not mistaken in our egti^P *»U if American character, be repudiated bytLof lhe emptoii'v and contemptuously. But Per- extenuatiou ministerial blunders & iB tionfor our national humiliation, that theitgAv be the establishment of a thoroughly gool^?1 standing between England and the Uoited HS" \ye can only say we sincerely hope it tha past yields L>ut little foundation for such J tope It13 rathw tj be foared the wijah ik-M aim arrogance which have always marked the attitude of the American government in their relations with this country, and which was perhaps never more glaringly displayed than in the negociation of this very Washington Treaty, as well as in the manner in which America's exaggerated claims under it have been submitted to arbitration. Throughout the whole business the American government have with selfish con- sistency ignored every duty & every responsi bil- ity except that of taking all & conceding nothing. There are some nations, as there are individuals, whose friendship may be wcta and enjoyed-at a certain price, but it may happen that the blessing is not really worth the sacrifice demanded for it. We may of course manage to maintain friendly relations with the United States if, as heretofore, we are still willing to give way to their every whim and ill humour as would a' foolish mother to a spoiled child, but, after all, the question must inevitably arise whether that sort of thing has not been carried quite far enough, and whether a more cordial and lasting friendship might not result from our showing a little more firmness, dignity, and self respect than, under the guidance of those who for the present rule our destinies," we have been in the habit of showing. We greatly doubt whether the Washington Treaty and the arbitrators' decision will yield us the happy and pacific consequences which Liberal apologists predict, but there is one peirit at itagt about which WS cannot entertain the slightest doubt. it is this--that for the possibility of England's condemnation to pay these millions sterling to th'e United States We have no one but our own Government to tlmnk. this truth we have before asserted, and it receives fresh dot- roboration in the statement made by the Times' Geneva correspondent in communicating the Arbitrators' award, namely that there can be no doubt that, but for the retroactive effect of the New Rules accepted by Great Britain the whole of the claims must have been rejected by a majority of the Court, if not unanimously." By these new-fangled rules, then, we have made that criminal which before was lawful, which, in fact,, was in no serine a violation of international law at the time it was do/ie. Three millions and a quarter sterling is anoutrageubus fine for in to pay for our neutrality Henceforth", Seeing thht nentral duties are so onerows and any infraction of them, however slight or however tfhintertironal' and unpreventible, is visited with penalties sd tremendous, England may well be pardoned if she show herself a little less fondly enamoured of that policy of "nonintervention" which a certain school of politicians would have taught her was as safe as it was cheap, but which she has learned in the sounder though severer school of experi- ence, may prove as costly as it is dubious. England will pay the award, of course, and would have paid it had it been for twice the amount, but, nevertheless, the English tax- payer will still hold as mainly responsible the English Minister who, in his selfish solicitude for the safety of his party, forgot to secure his country against the extortions his weakness had invited and against a discomfiture his concessions had made inevitable.

CHURCII CHORAL FESTIVAL. We promised in our last issue to give a fulle- report of this Festival, deeming that it called for more than a mere passing notice. As there is hardly a diocese in England or Wales-we may almost say an Archdeaconry—in which an asso- ciation for the improvement of church music does not exist, it was surely time that an effort in that direction was made in our own county. The suceessful formation of this Society is one of the mauy evidences in the present day of new life and zeal in the Church of England and ot an earnest desire on the part of her ministers to make her services attractive and edifying to the people committed to their charge. Too long has the church suffered from the cold, dull, and heartless manner in which the services have been performed in our parish churches, a dullness positively repulsive to the young and uninstructed, and utterly unsatisfying to those who desired in the great congregation to give expression to their -religious emotions in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs. That the Church Cfhoral Society have taken the right course to correct these faults and supply these deficiencies must have been appareut to all who were present at the services last week, or to any one who will take the trouble to peruse the Service Book compiled for the occasion. By the Choir, consisting of upwards of 160 young persons, collected from eight parishes, some of them at a considerable distance, there was manifested the most lively interest in the happy work which they had in hand, while the manner in which they sang the Psalms and Hymns showed how much can be accomplished even by village choirs when their ordinary teachers are aided by the annual visits of a pro- fessional musician. It was not merely that the Choirs sang in correct time and tune, but by a careful modulation of sound as they passed from words of sorrow to joy, of prayer to praise, of doubt to holy confidence, they intelligently inter- preted their sense, in bringing it home to the minds and hearts of their fellow worshippers. This remark particularly applies to the chanting of the proper Psalms for the day, in which the pointing was most accurately observed, and the articulation distinct and intelligible. In selecting the hymns the oompilers of the Festival Book happily kept in view one great object of the Association, namely, to encourage congregational singing by directing attention to hymns and tunes calculated to become popular, and to gain a firm hold upon the minds and affections of the people. Such certainly are the hymns selected. Those who sang at the Festival will not easily forget the cheerful and triumphant strain of the beginning, Crown Him with many Crowns," or the hymn in the evening, Lord of our Life and God of our Salvation," in which the changing from praise to supplication were so well marked in the last lines of each verse..e Thou canst preserve us,* Grant as Thy peace, Lord," Peace in rhy Heaven." While so popular have the hymns, e, 0 Paradise, 0 Paradise," and" Hark, hark, my soul, angelic songs are swelling," already become, that the congregation heartily joined in singing them, and in the last instance caused the most noticeable failure of the day, by their not being acquainted with the rallantando, which the conductor had perhaps rather hazard- ously introduced into the last strain to the of the nymn. We cannot refrain from remarking how much the services lost in strength and fullness for want of a good organ. Harmonium, however good being utterly insufficient to support so large a chorus as that assembled at these Fes- ivals. We are pleased to hear that the influence of this association is gradually extending and that the conductors of several other choirs have intimated their intention of joining this union next year, in which case it mav become neoesaarv to hold a. distinct festival in some other part of the county. We commend the movement to the attention and support of all true and earnest churchmen of all parties and shades of opinion. It must be good to interest the young in the great work of praising Almighty God. It must be good to bring together into one place, portions of various congregations, and make them to feel that they belong to one and the same church, and are working in one common cause. It surely must be good to improve as far as human skill can do it the worship of God in his Sanctuary and to raise to a higher strain the song of Christian Praise.

THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. It is gratifying to find that this disease is de- creasing very rapidly in all the infectod districts of the county. The returns on Saturday last showed the number of infected places to be 64, and the total of diseased animals 446. From the returns received at the Chief Constable's office up to yester- day afternoon, it appears that a very great diminu- tion has taken place both in the number of infected places and the number of animals suffering from the disease there has been a total decrease of 204 in the number of aninala affected, and the number of places infected has fallen ;from 61 to 42.

HAVERFORDWEST BOARD OF GUARDIANS. A special meetiug of the Rural Sanitary Authority was held at the Hoard Room of the Haverford- west Union, on Tuesday morning. There was a full attendance of guardians, both elected and ex officio. James Higgon, Esq in the chair. Messrs. Doyle and I>avey, Inspectors of Poor Laws, met tho Guardians and gave the necessary instruc- tion.? and explanations. A/lc" the various mat- tors had h'ien fnllv disouesei, it was resolved that a commit-too consisting of eighteen gu-rdians, one third of them to be n; ojiao, be appointed to carry the Public Health Act, 187i, into effect, during the next six mouths.

HAVE?0r,DWK3T KII'LiJ ASSOCIATION. The 8114 nd moi tiog cf association was held °u Monday, TDOBCI.V and WiffaK'Hctoy, at ihe Har-1 ^Watona ~linage, near Haverfordwest. The pro- WQ3 an attxactivf- occ, nv? contained several J^uablg special wzeu giver b? Mrs Scourtield, Mrs J *n%ps, 0! Picton Castle; litui wavydor, jjord Keo 18 ington, Mr Scourfield, and Col Peel. The weather I was most unfavourable on Monday the rain fell in 1 torrents, accompanied by a high wind; and on Tuesday and Wednesday there were heavy showers at intervals, with strong varying winds. In spite, however of these disadvantages, some excellent shooting was made at all ranges. 001 Peel was present throughout the meeting and acted in the capacity of umpire with his usual ability and success. The duties of Secretary were most efficiently dis- charged by Mr J. R. Phillips, who has filled the office for several years. The weapon used was the Snider Enfield, with Government ammunition. At 200 yards the shooting was off the shoulder; and at 600 and 600 yards in any position. The majority of the competitors shot in the lying position, very few adopting the old regulation kneeling position. The following is the result of the various contests:— A Prize of £ lO by the Association, with JE5 added by Lord Kensington,' Restricted to members of the Haverfordwest Corps. Ranges 200 and 500 yards, five shots at each distance. Marks. Private David Phillips, L3 32 Corp.A.PhiHips.JM. 32 Private B. Richards, £1 28 A. LWis, £ 1 27 (Winners of loj,) Sergt. T. Byrne 26 Private W.. G. Skinner. 26' „ James Williams. 25 „ Thomas Waters 24 Sergt. H. Andrews 24 Private O. Morris 23 Sergt W. E. Jones 23 Private D. E. Thomas. 23 „ J. Jonea 23 Col. Sergt W. Morris 23 Sergt Thompson 23 Private G. Morris 23 Arthur Gray 22 John Morris 22 (Winners of 6<<.) Capt. Massy 21 Private A. Rowe 21 íi lievi Tliomaa 20 John DuckHeld 20 Co fin ty Member's Prizte of f20. Open to the fcafcSctlion. Flanges 20<i and 500 yards, Bve shots at each rang#* Marks Sargt. W. B. 32 „ T. Byrnfl, £ 3 01 Private W. Griffiths, X2 31 (Winners of EL) Captaiu L^wes, 30 Sorgt. T. L. James 30 Corp. E. White 29 Private Wm. Rigors 29 „ Lovi Thomas, 29 (Winners of 101-) 1; CJeorge Davies, 29 „ .B.pavieB, 29 Corp.D.DavioH, 28 Private Glorgo Morris, «J7 Col-Sorgt, Jones, Cardigan 27 Private T. J. Mathfas, Cardigan 27 Thomas Waters, i 26 „ Thomas Carter, 26: „ A. Lewis, 2(5 „ B. Richards, 26 John Morris, 25 Sergt. D. Morris, Cardigan, 24 Col Peel's prize of £10, divided into 24 prizes, re- strioted to the Haverfordwest Volunteers. Ranges 200 and 500 yards, live shots at each distance. Marks. Sergt Jones, £ 2 33 Private Gray, £ 1 31 (Winners of lOd.) Private G. Williams 30 t; JD. PhiiJips 30 Sergt. T. h. James 30 Private G. Morris (2) 29 „ A. Phillips. 28 Sergt Thompson. 27 (Winners of 5s.) Private A. Lawis 26 „ G. Davies (1) 26 „ T. Waters 26 „ J. Williams 25 „ F. Thompson 25 W. Wilkias 24 „ T. Carter 23- J. Duckfield 23 G. Lewis. 23 Corp. il. DaVies 22 Private B. Richards, ¡ 22 11 D.E.Thomas. 22 John Morris. 21 „ L. Thomas 21 Sergt Andrews 20 Private W. Edwards. ljjl The Pioton Castle Cap, presented for competition by the Haverfordwest Volunteers by Mrs Philippe, of Picton Oastle, with £ 10 added by the Associa- tion. Ranges 200 and 600 yards. Mflrhp Private G. Williams (Winner'of the Cup or ze5) 31 (Winners of £ 2.) Sergt Jones. 29 Corp. E. White 29 (Winners of £ 1.) Private Geo Morris (1) 29 It John Jones. 28 „ A. Phillips 28 (Winners of 10s) „ James^Reynolds 27 „ George Morris (2). 26 „ A. Lewis 26 Sergt Thompson. 26 (Winners of 5s.) Private G. Davies (1) i. 24 „ B. Richards 24 Bergt T. L. James 23 Private John Morris. 22 Tho Williamston Cup, presented by Mrs Scourfield of Williamston, for competition by the Haverford- west Volunteers, with £10 added by the association Ranges 200 and 600 yards, five ieho's at each distance. Private George Williams, (Winner of Marks. the Cup and £ 2) 30 „ James Reynolds, £ 2. j, 29 (Winners of £ 1.) Sergt Byrne 29 Jones <) a Private D. Phillips 28 r, ■ » ™ (Winners of lOs.j Private B. Richards 27 „ A Phillips 27 „ B. Davios 26 „ T. Rogers. 24 (Winner of 5a) Private G. Lewis, 23 „ T. Waters 23 „ W. Edwards, 23 Sergt. Thompson, 22 Battalion Prize of L20 divided into 16 prizes. Banges, 200,500, and 600 yards, five shots at each distance. Pcivt. J. Duckfield, ll-woat, 95 44 Corp. B. Davies, £ 4 43 Privt. A. Phillips, £ 3 40 Corp. E. White, £ 2 | 41 Privt. G. Morris (2) JEHOs 38 „ W. WilkinB, £ 1 | 37 Winners of 10s W. S. Evans, Cardigan, 37 A. Lewis, Haverfordwest 37 B. Davies 36 Sergt. Byine, 36 Winners of 5s Privt. G. Williams, 35 John Jones, 32 Borgt. Thompson. 32 Privt. G. Davies, (1) 32 „ T. Miller, Pembroke 31 Col-Sergt. Jones, Cardigan 31 Lord Cawdor's Prize of X5 divided into 4 prizes Range 600 yards, five shots. The first prize was won bv Private MAthiAa «# Cardigan, with the score of 17 marks.

HAVERFORDWEST PETTY SESSIONS. These sessions were held at the Shire Hall vester. day before J. Thomas,' Esq., (Mayor), J. Harvev Esq., and J. W. Phillips, Esq. 1BANSFBB OF LICENCES. The licence of the Blaok Horse Inn, Bridge street was transferred from James Evans to James Eynon. The liconce of the Globe Inn, Upper Market street was transferred from David Narbett, to John Noot. CHARGE OF OFFERING A BRIDE TO A POLICE OFFICER Thomas James, of Camrose, waa charged with offering 10a to Inspector Clarke for the purpose of procuring him an appointment in the County Con- stabulary. The defendant said he sent 10s to Inspector Clarke for the trouble he had given him, and that he did not know it was harm to do so. Tho Bench adjourned the case for a fortnight. USING ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. Caroline Phillips was charged with using abusive language in the Meat Market. P.C. Morse deposed that the defendant had used very filthy language towards a woman named Char- lotte Dawson and himself. The defendant also con- ducted herself in a very violent manner. The Bench bound the defendant .over tojkoep'the peaco for three months. DRUNKENNESS. Stephen Davies, of Colby Scott, was charged with drunkenness. The case had been adjourned to enable defendant to produce testimony in his own behalf. He did not appear, and Wm. Harries, called by Supt Williams, proved the charge, and the defendant was fined 10. with costs. Charlotte Dawson was fined 5s. with oosts for a similar offence. CRUSTY TO A COW. Thomas Jouoe and John Jones, two lads, were charged witli crucify to a cow. The last named defendant did n)t appear. Edward Morse proved the charge, which was of a very ornoi and tiietfnatmg character. It appeared also that the oifquce was comwilted on a Sunday after- noon. The Bench ordered both defendants to be com- mitted io prison for 14 days with hard labour. NON PAYMENT OF BATES. James Evans, late of tho Black Horso Inn, was summonod by the Assistant Overseer of St Martin's, Mr J R. Phiilips, for non-payment of poor rates mounting to .1:1 ij¡J, -id, The usual older ww wad,.

HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY COURT. The monthly County Court for the Haverford- west District was held at Jthe Shire Hall on Sat- urday last. Mr Lloyd, the Registrar, having heard the undefended cases, B. T. Williams, Esq., took his seat as deputy judge, in the absenoe of T. H. Terrel, Esq., The constitntion of the Court rendered it necessary to adjourn the case ot Evans and wife against Henry Harries, the plaintiff's claim being £50 for an assault Mr James Price being engaged for the plaintiffs, and W. B. Rowlands, Esq., for defendaats. There was also an action cf trover, damages £50,. brought by Evans and wife against Henry Harries. Mr Price for Plaintiffs and Mr Rowlands for defen- dant, which was also adjourned to October Court, as was also the case of Maryohurch and SaUnders v. Henry Ihomas. Mr W. John appeared for plaintiffs and Mr Price for defendant, Thomas Eley and Emma his wife v. Henry Jenkins. The case created considerable interest, the court being well attended thoroughout the hearing. The parties to the aotion were all persons of respectability,- residing at Neyland, and the peculiar circumstances appear to have been well known in the locality. It was a case in which the right to a pianoforte was disputed. Mr Hulm of Pembroke appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr W. John of this town for the defendant. Mr John pleaded never in- debted and no property. For the plaintiff Mr Hulm opened his case by stating that it was a painful nature, tne plaintiff being the daughter of the defen- dant, and the aotion was to recover possession of a pianoforte which was detained by the defandant. That the short facts of the case wárä. those, viz that the female plaintiff in the year 1864, being then only 1G years of age, became acquainted with a young man of the name of Mills. Sho was then living at home with her parents. At that timo ?M ,n^Werue bei,ng heldin the neighbour- hood of Nejland, where- they resided, and as Miss Emma Jenkins bad a good voice, Mr Mills asked her why Bhe did not srag a* those meetings; her voice being so good s sha repliod that she did not accept invitations to sing because she cstrid not understand music, and had no opportunity to learn as she had ncaT *umen tll6y been company nSy y6arB at th0 timo tl,iB conversation took place, the young man felt so deeply interested in Isi wilnie thoy were °ut he proposed to make her a present of pianoforte or harmonium, if her parents would pay for her instruction to this kJnd offor she wiJ nhtfti^«Iree^K tb^ ^n80nt 0f hor Paronta could be vear 1866 a ^r>r,f t°aUy beinK overcorae, in the 0^2 roLP n ;LWaa purcl,afi0d of Mr Ribbon, of leinbroke Dock, thO price, being £ 30; but Mr Mills impost one condition, that was scerecy on tho part of his lady love and her parcjsts. So the purchase was effected by Mr Jenkins, her iather, going to Mr Gibbon's house of business, where he selected an instrument whioh- he thought suitable, leaving it for his daughter to decide. She subse- ?o be senTto h tbe art'cIe whioh ehe directed tLI .father's residence on the following t l'f ng Mr Mills saw the young lady at i?ri0'Jlnd gavo hor 29 sovereigns being all the gold he had with him, and requested her th« SlSiL r otj3er £ l> wMtfh he g«?e to her and Bh6 handed it to bet mother brouBht a htn° Tl brougllt home- Mr Ribbon brought a bill reoerpted with him, the bill beine sheTaid °l M# ^enMns' her ^her, when off ♦ £ 0; her 'Cher's name being used in btoau8e Mr MiUs did not wish it to be known that he had made her the present i he also requested her and her parents to keep the matter mhuLTh* f°m h6r Bi8ter' 80 a 8tatement was cir- culated by her parents that the pianoforte was the gift of her uncle who had undertaken to pay for her musical education. In July,. 1867 Mr Mill* ill Neyland and in 1869, the te^def eVgeS J2 broken off, and Miss Jenkins some time after became enamoured with Mr Etey, the male plaintiff in the action, who holds a responsible position nnder Messrs Smith k Son at the Book stall, Neyland to whom she was married December 31, 1871. 'Mr Hulm said he should prove ownership for the plaintiff to whom it was given unconditionally, she keeSnf the key and in addition tc these faxfcs he shS prove other acts of ownership. Emma Elev the female plaintiff, had seen her Mother & SKI, entirely through the obstinacy of Mrs Jenkins, who wiU.. hatchet econer £ X ptaiS MM on behalf ol the Mr John, in stating the case for the defendants urged that it was Unreasonable to suppose thaf tu' piano was given bv Mr Mills tn Tiw! T .tho unconditionally. At the time the pi?ano *nS purohasedy Mills no doubt thought thaUhJ f«mT plaintiff would become his wife, and entertain^ high opinion of her vocal abilities, he felt S8 & that she should have an opportunity S S" music. Thepiano was bought, and an undLuS 8 was come to between Mills and Jenkins thftf^ instrument was to be nnder the control of thJuJ*0 and that if she married any other person if er> his disposal. • person was at JUSSSJ? 80PP0tl 01 a8hnJ"» — were hi. aughtor. and M proper, and i £ he had been trying thB ««= tbo,n8ht against the female defendant he shnnu V ,Milla had made out a good ease Th« tblnk she for plaintiffs. lho Verd«* would be Mr Hulm, on behalf of his nli««f animus shown in the throat made of n!-erred, to the and applied for an order for iZ ,n.g a hatohet, of the instrument, and asked the S'9'6 delivery a bailiff to remove it. The iudoo J? • sen? down his willingness to oomply with mg *ntimated said the threatjdid not originate ^°hn any injury to the instrument wnnu u °hent, and Court; he would undertake to a contempt of should be handed over at once. artiole Watts v. David Thomas.—Thi- — the balance of an account ^s.a^.«° or £ 1 18s lid. After a patient iav^ti c,laimed gave judgment for plaintiff, 7, i.fatlpn,lu8 honour instructed by Mr Price, appea' J1^ M,r. Rowlands Mr TjV. John for defendant. Tu- plaintiff and George Williams for balance 8ame plaintiffsued This case like the last possessed acco°^t> £ 6 10n, Mr Price appeared for plaintiff ° PT r° "Merest, given for £ 5 6s 6d. Judgment was Joseph Green, lessee of tho iu-ir Tolls, sought to recover the sum 0f for slaughter house and Market Tolla ? Davies. Mr Rowlands, instructed Tw Mif0 appeared for plaintiff, aud Mr Wm /k f6' defendant. There appeared to be stated, part of which, viz., ^loos fid ,.account Defendant also disputed the ri £ rht \!f i '8p-^e<i" collect the Tolls, kr John ,to Tolls at Milford should be let under f agreement, as was the custom at Hi af8ta-mped On behalf of plaintiff it was stated th?f ^dwe8.tJ' an annual rent of £ 60, was not subL^f P?i! rules or Act of Parliament that r»; Haverfordwest or other towns. Sir T govern ilton's Act, under which he was apnoinSS8 u am" a special Act governing the lettiL 0f 'fvneingt Milford only. His Honour thought hi«» 1' • collect tolls was good, he having h««m *° .m to by Col. Greville, and his agents but aPPom^ed the propriety of adjourning suSgested Ootober Court. Costs to abide the result

CILGERRAN PETTY SESSIONS These sessions were held at PontB«u« „ m the 24th instant, before M. Hartlev and ?n ^uesday, Lloyd, Ebqrs. J* JoneB The Jury lists for^the various parisbAa dred were examinedt and approved in, thehun- year. F vea Ior .the ensuiDg ATTEMPT TO UPSET A R&ILWAT ENOINIP Stephen Phillips, a lad, aged 16 vear« Ta^°Ks. apprentice, of Llainwen, parish of Cl™w r'8 to a summons charged by Mr Edwuwi T' ,PPEARE^ tractor on the Whitland and Taf Vain 0(?n" feloniously and maliciously putting uDon Tl-h railway, callod the Whitland and Taf Vain ° two stones with intent thereby to unset nr n» engine and trucks, used on the parish of Clydey, on the 11th Sep^tombSStot MrW.M. Griffiths, of SpilmS" BtS? « for the prosecution and Mr W. E. George if w" castle Emlyn, defended. °rge' ol New" It appeared from the evidence of David Rce« &XS3S2A SST; "STS^JiV8 Whitlaod to the Glog Quarry' SHSe S several empty trucke, the line being then cleaH m aU,U 20 minute, returned with tte e»S' Sd truek., loaded with h.lla»t, and atoZ and Baker on the engine, also 8 or 10 man and a lad named John Jonos on tho loaded trucks Thev picked up Jones about a quarter of a mile from Glog, and about a quarter of a mile further dow? Roes, the driver saw a man on the line betweenTho two rails. He blow the whistle, and the man looked round and ran off the me ou to a ban*. When with m about 100 yards of the place where the man was seen on the line, the driver saw a stone on one rail and Baker lookod aud said there wore two on it' The driver put tho brako Oil and did a!I Lo could to stop the engine, but without avail until the engine went over the stones and passod on about 30 or 40 yards. One stone was larger than the other the larger one being about 40 lbs. on the upper' rail. There was a curve at the piaco, aud tho smallor one was ou the other rail opposite tiie other. The eugine caught both at the same timo tho stones were Glow a:abs, and was the Same material aa the ballast, and were crushed to pieaes. If tho engine had passed at the foajjov Hpoei. it miKht have boeu dverth/owa Whoa tho engine stopped ihc prinoner on to-' of tho ontting Tliii driver sent tho stoktt and Unker to arrost iuni, when lit (prisoner) exclaimed I did not do it." brought him down on the curiae to Mr Lewis, tiaj contractor, about four miloo, to got Imj uatae and ^ddtoss. &bon', fivo minutes btifove the occutreut o, tiieboy, Juhu J .noj prtssod this very spot lowatds the engine, he waiT walking or stepping over the upper rail and looking down and was certain that there was no stone on that rail, and he saw the prisoner and two small boys on the line a little lower down than where the stones were put Jones spoke to him and passed him and saw the prisoner arretted, when the eugiuo mat stopped on their return. This occupied no more than five minutes, as Jones only went np a short quarter of a mile to meet the engine. Mr George in defence cross-examined the winesses sharply, but nothing was elicited, and called the little, boy aged 9 years, brother of prisoner, who appeared, to give his evidence very clearly. He said he and a smaller tiff T-ere Prisoner on the evening in question, inat w 6 /i?r *ke Purpose of seeing a new bridge nnL jfh- J i 6nglDe oame down- Prisoner re- quested his brothers to go home after the train would C he ,went UP the hne a short distance from tjem before he was taken by the men. QootSf then addressed tho bench on behalf of prisoner, stating that he being young they had power under a recent act, to deal with him summarily as a Juvenile Offender. =, The Bench consulted a a few minutes, and said, nat as the charge was an important one, and many lves had been imperiled, they had determined to commit the prisoner for trial at the next Assizes for this county, but consented to take bail for his appearance, which was given at once. PEMBROKESHIRE AND IIAVEEFORDWEST INFIRMARY. -Very liberal donations to the building fund of this institution continue to be forwarded to the Secre- taries during the past week, Lord Kensington and Mr Barham, of Treown, have each presented the handsome sum of jElOO. Mr T. Iioberts, of Milford, has also subscribed £10. HAVERFORDWEST VOLUNTEERS. — We extract the following from the Gazette of Tuesday :-lat Haver- fordwest,—EvE. Evans, gent., and G. R. Summers, gent., to be Lieutenants. We are sure these ap- pointments will give great satisfaction to the Haver- fordwest Volunteers. ST. MA.lty's CHURCH.—A service of thanksgiving for the harvest will be held in this ehorefc on Thurs- day evening next, when the sermon will be preached by the Rev. John Llewellin, B.A., vioarof Aoaster Selby, (formorly of High-street, in this town.) The offetmgs will be for tho benefit of the poor of the pariah. WORIUNO MKN 'S READING ROOT#,—Tb is room (wbich lir.s been oloecd for the lost three months for alterations) will be ro-openod on Tuesday, the 1st of October, The room offers great advantages to working meB—both asa place^of rer.rcation and instruction. The Dubscnp .on is 4 monthly or Is Id quarterly payable In advance. The room will bo open on Sat' ur,lay evenings at 6 p.m. and on other evenings (Sunday excepted) at t p.m. and bo closed at 10 p.tn RELiGmus TRACT SociETY.-The annual meeting Au,2iliary of this Society was heid at the Tabernacle Chapel on Wednesday/when W* Wi,liams' of Market 55L- U ng addresses were delivered by the A. vote oMhankB Ofttll0ar.t» and other gentlemen. .Tohn Jvanfl M T ? utnamm°usiy passed to Mrs ,rohn Pyans, of Market-f;treet, recognising her gene- rons efforts in behalf of the Society. g 8 LONlYON MTKSIBNARY SorTWTv Th& annual ser- Infa 111 °°nne1ca°n wi»h this Society were held at the London Kfiw J W' "iohardson, of H Hin' ihJ'* Y:- *n8' andbytho Kev. W. H. HIl], the deputation from the pØrént society. Mondav tlDguWaB ^eld at the Sl»me place on other centlfimnA deputation and several ab,y .addressed a very large Liberal colWt; Phillips, ex-Mayor, presided. pubho mfil lnl -118 ^1° .mado at the services and P meeting m aidgof the funds of the Society. adionrned meeting of this afternoon nrt, Council Chamber yesterday afternoon. T)i-ere were resent J. Thomas, Esq., fiS ^5 m0a' John ,ame8» Mr James B 5 Mr Williams, Dr. took niafl • Thomas. Some conversation nrm«/.n «6jln *ire'e*enoe powers of the tiarc.au t Publio rfealtbs Act, and it was nfrio- 4 1° u 'or a short time the application TT6 U N made for power to hold a meeting as yban Sanitary Authority. Mr Williams again of ♦ attention of the Conncil to the muddy ataoi the Portfield water, and suggested that it was desirable for the Council to endeavour to discover some means of bringing it into the houses in a pure 1J „ resolution was come to on the matter.— i he Mayor mentioned that the committee had let tue contract for building tho river wall to the Jubilee property, and that the work would be at once com- menced.

THE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE HIVER CLEDDAU. (To the Editor of the "Müforclllavcn Telegraph.") DEAR SIR,—I wish to supplement and correct the aceount of this accident, which appeared in o?*!LPa.P7H °Tf thG 18th in8t?nt" 0n the evening of the 17th I was in my house with only one domestic (my family being from home) and was that d?lS London newgpaper by the light of a lamp, although it was only just 7 ° the blinds—heavy Venetians—being pulled down. My attention was attraoted tJ some splashing and laughing on the river, of which, as it has been of frequent occurrence this 1 took httle notice, until it was suoceeded by an ominous silence, and then two or three cries for help. I looked out of the window of my house, having to pull up the blind* and saw a crowd of people turn away from mv ri«r) ^dbffh t0 othr (i00kiD* d0",n th« «verj, and I then ran out of mv front instead of descending, as I otherwise should have fron°t if suiail garden area on the river in front of my house. As I passed through the PASSAFITRTN THO j— T INE the hnHnrnZe lu t. my domestic at the bottom of the steps leading out to the garden and m reply to my question, I received far answer that she thought somo ,ono was in tho house and1^1^1/ ^ffcerwar<Js 1 went out of the Snfa Z thp liriBot K almost simultaneously two men of rny gSXdf„Ttf rre?at 'k St 0 •so as to pass up to the other rrltl throu2h> leads to the publia thar«. above, which having to unlock both gates whi^6 didi this' At this time the third mnn Lk i.Were ^yed. know of my steps, was drn«^° perIlaP8 not off, higher UD APIINOT °wning not ten yards extended hand then oi^a Wa^' w^en an minute earlier, would £ ?l|Tg at a have saved him. But neiH,« .uman Probability to myself was tho least il ff my domesti« or tragedy thht was hannpn!, glven of the although it must have beeu n-ito f°f °^0se to us> After lhad seen tho three b0VR° pe0ple' danger below the bridge and It Wt ,were ia down through the arches, rescued 1 fl°ated turning to .ny house with some othi W*8 cougratulating ourselves on tze fol,tlluate prol- servation of the whole crew of the hl! lu pre_ were horrified to hear a little cirl s».v tt' we a man threw Up 1^1"had against my wall, ubom the bridge, at a snot u she pointed out, aud where the bodv wa^ 1?^ IT?/ WhiIst we were all wonderh!1" whether it was really true, and that such a th- wi to be6 5CCU>rredV'ind a8kin8 each other wlut Ouv Tf °ne' a carne UP from the Old of H was murnitid by two young gcntlempn weteVrp who with* auothcr oflicer wilh'tL £ T.U$ !t0 g0 dow11 t0 l'omhroke I)0ck wis "i r e ,nome,1t they knew where thero hoat inits plao/tl eS^0"' the iv> i-,> i c tlie other sounding with an o ir tlu» «,rTf' Wlt 10,ut assistance, they ?ou d i lo ;i ^Aand,he was carried »P^ tViSS Kelly, aided b/thrSdem^T f P" the Marshall Hall method m°<hca tned hour and a quarter withl?/ re^seitation for an of the olGcerqwho aided Dr STv i«* Tlhen.ame to uiidoritaud, Mr ^ILVughl oTsK personal convenience was allowed to interfere with their anxious solicitude to do all they could to save a fellow creature's life. Conduct like this is a credit even to so distinguished a regiment as that to which they belong, and well deserves this passing notice of it. I am,|dear Sir, Yours truly, Picton Place, Haverfordwest,J°UN :IIARVEY• September 20, 1872.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES7 AND DEATHS DEATHS! Crs!dotn°M?wm-Wlp at h'S re8ldonoe. NaP'"er Villa, decLe, am (,rCeni8h' aS«d 84 years. [The Haverfordwest!]"1411 WaS H freeman of tho borouKh Ou Tuesday, I7th Sept., at tho Vioarasre Yardlov M A afKcraof0t<! Hp08"' rth° Ucv' Henfy'Gwylher',

„ TENBY! maa«°LtND MoDTH I>A«.—ThiB disease has nAr -r Kppearan0e on tb« farm of Cornishdown, ;(ySu.Afnb7' several beasts, the property of Mr W. wibbs, having been found to bo suffering from it on f6 was a sale of 8tock on *ho above nraT; that day, and the discovery! was made just previous tc the sale taking place. BELIQIOUS TSICT SOCIETY.-On Monday evening the annual meeting of the above sooiety was held in the schoolroom of the Congregational Chapel, Warren-street. The Bey, Dr. Cathoart, of London, Present as a deputation Jrom the Parent Sooiety ana addressed the meeting at some length. There was a fair attendance.

NARBERTH. COUNTY COURT.—Narberth monthly court Was held ou the 19th inst., before B. T. Williams, Esq., his honour Judge Terrell being ill in London. Some contested cases had to be adjourned until next Court, and the remainder of the cases, which were of no public interest were disposed of by the presiding Judge. RI B M PETI A WCE.—An important tqmperance meot' ing took plaote in this town on the 10th inst. About 2 o'clock tbef members met at the British school, and having formed into procession with the fife and drum band loading walked through the principal streets..The Rev H. C D. Chandler, who has for some time past taken great interest in the society, invited all the members to take tea and cake at the National schoolroom. theappear- anco of the oompany was highly respectable, and their banners, medals, &c. gave the procession an imposing appearance. The public meeting was held in the evening at the National schoolroom, tho Rev Mr Chandler in the chair; good practical speeches were delivered by Mr Phillips, Haver- ford west, and some friend from Carmartnen. The meeting was well attended, and the convincing feeta given we trust will have an impression on mdny of the hearers. The choir, conducted by Mr Burt/ sang several temperance songs with pleasing eflfect-y m fact the whole; meeting was a complete suocess. >

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A GOODS GUARD An inquest was held at the Railway Station Pembroke, on Monday last by W. V. James, Esq., coroner, on the body of Isaac John, who vras killed on the Railway at Mmorbier. The Jury having viewed the body, the first witness examined was Samuel Davies who said 1 am Engine Driver in the employ of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway Company, and I was employed as such the day before yesterday. I was driving the down passenger train from Whitland due at Manorbier at 1.22 p.m. Deceased was a guard of the goods tr-in. He came from Penally to Manorbier on my engine. I understood from him he had lost his cap Roing up the line, and came on the engine to see if he could find it. When near Manorbier 1 did not see him getting down but from what some passengers said, I looked back. I had not stopped then, but had come four or five yards ahead of the platform. I saw deceased between the platform and the steps of the carriage. I stopped as soon as I could. The next time I saw him he was lyinsj across- a rail, the carriages had been unhooked Mr John Leach said: I live at Ivy Tower' near Tenby; the day before yesterday, I w as at Manorbier station waiting for the down mid-day train, and as it drove up to the platform I saw a man attempting to step off the engine t some way or other he missed his step and went down between the engine and the platform. The train was in motion at the time 1 the first carriage seemed to strike him between the platform and the carriage he dropt when he got clearlof the first carriage and got under the second, and its wheels went over him. I saw the last wheel go.ng over his leg. He was extricated as soon as possible. Dr Newsam, of Pembroke, said The day before yesterday I was sent for to the Pembroke railway station; I saw Isaac John there. I examined his injuries. There was a comminuted fracture of the left leg the lower portion of the bowels were entirely gone. It had cut through ti no vessels and nerves of the lower extremity He lived a few minutes and then died. 1 e jury returned a verdict of accidental death, deceased was a married man, and leaves behind him a wife and three children suddenly deprived of their means of support.

GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT STOW- MARK ET efeht Sifc;8' a fr before place in the house of .>e0rj^nt°M cSrfh7the d°°ii instructor to the mfle corns at J M 'Carthy wan viry severe!, burnt leg, and arm. and his etdest toy, a lad 14 oA^ years old, who was sitting with him was ItilioH ah M Oaifchy was m^h burned about the face and arms, and the daughter, nine years of age, had a severe scalp wound. The cottage in which the family lived is a total wreck and the cottages on each side have suffered severely from the effects of the explosion. It is not known what was the cause of the gunpowder exploding, nor has it been explained why M 'Carthy came to have a quantity of powder in his house. The scene of the explosion is the neighbour- hood of the gun cotton works, which are still in ruins, and great consternation was created in the town by the oiroulation of a rumour that another gun-cotton explosion had taken plaoe.

MARRIAGE MADE EASY. Among all the easy modes of contracting mar- riage patronised by humanity there is, probably, none more facile and peculiar than that sanctioned by ancient Jewish custom. By it, the only con- ditions necessary to the validity of a marriage are the reoeption by the woman of the gift from the man and the utterance by the latter, while mak ing the presentation, of the words, I consecrate thee to myaelf with this." Nothing can be much more simple than this procedure. So thought a young Algerian Jew, who, being in want of money, took this quas:-ceremony as the baois of a wily I"'I.J. .1 ° «ne intended victim being a young Jewess, who, besides boasting considerable per- sonal attractions, possessed the cash qualification desiderated by the cupidiuous Hebrew. lIe dis- guised himself as a jeweller, and waited upon his would-be dupe with an assortment of wares. He induced her to chose a bracelet, and, upon her discovering that she had not paid him the full price for tho ornament, handed her a coin, at the time pronouncing the above given sacra- mental words. She instantly threw down the piece, but was subsequently summoned before the rabbis, & although the latter decided that marriage had not taken place, she was so upsetand agitated by the audacity of the affair that she died in a few days.

THE FORTHCOMING TICHBORNE TRIAL. The Sunday Times' says :-<• Mr Hawkins, q.C. was originally retained to held the leading brief on behalf of the defendant in the Tich- borne v. Lushington" case, while Sir John 1aPP°.ult1od to ,tne d%»ity of Attorney. General he took precedence of Mr Hawkins, and led in tho late notorious trial. We are in position to say that the same learned counsel will appear to prosecute at the forthcoming trial at Westminster Hall, in November nexf as held p 1!1 common law action, except tho Attorney Generai wh0 mil hold a brief aud aot sub sUentio giving his able assistance at the consultations N.5E!4?K,ACCIDENT.— The other day a miner sho^? Edward Snell, having had permission to Liskpar^Ver STJe.,Iaudfl near tho town mills, out P,roy Ihimself witii a gun and went lioenoo%,n P'JT<>se. Not possessing a 10s. Cun vuh i' 1U 0 ?1' °vade the law, carried tho Wr l0ud,i,i coat. Thi« 4 cli-n-'fe oi i -V:!3 800,1 cause of the dis le- ia 7 'r': i shaU"'cd the P' fellow's tiuu 0" consulta- a,nPutation of tho H iminineiiiato Thi iSf .tn I"' Wa!d.f'««d to be necessary children. 'B a e aud seven young Pat At, BUll p(G,,1T __T, states that some exciter J°urnal des Lande that department by late' blill cau ;e(i iu d Armagoac 0110 ^J At BastMe- mau

]. GERMAN DUEL IN L-ONDON. • "7^° gentlemen, said to be well known it i ii° receptly quarrelled about a lady, and ™I.8M i6!' feelings were so bitter that they uia not be appeased without resort to a hostile meeting. Seconds and a medical man were accordingly engaged, and the duel was arranged to take place in Finsbury Park. The combat waS: not, however, permitted to take place there, and tne belligerents were compelled to proceed some distance farther, to a spot where they were screened from the observation of ohance r £ edge. It ig asserted that they then tought with dagger knives, having blades seven1 inches in length that the distance they stood i apart was only at arm's length, and the pOliti on I toe to toe. The eyes of each combatant was pro- tected by a vizard, and two of the fingers and the ?jUI?i-j^ere Protec'ied by the guard of the knives. Hostilities commenced about seven o'clock, a''d in the first few passes the slightest antagonist wounded his adversary twice in the right arm. • ,youn<?8? however, were not of a character j11 the opinion of the bystanders—to eaoa* an end of the duel to be declared. The contest pro>- ceeded, and the thrusts and parries followed eaola other in fierce succession. The combatant who hadt gained the earlier success seemed to have lost" nene. for after twenty minutes' severe fightings he lost his guard and received an ugly wash froan the comer of the mouth to the end of the ear. • ihe Physician and seconds here interposed, and'- hostilities were suspended. The dangerously wounded man was cenveyed in his carriage to the rman Hospital. He was speechless when removed, and all communication with him in- volving the use of speech has been forbidden.

THE CLAIMANT THREATENED. The Claimant during his stay in Liverpool last week, received a letter at the North Western Hotel addressed to "Sir Hoger Charles Doughty Tich- borne." On opening the missive, he found ott the top of it rude sketches of pistols, daggers, and a death's head and the warning, whieh it r go contained was to the following eSeot:—"That the writer sent this warning to claimant not to appear at the Amphitheatre that night# for if he did his blood would flow." The writer added that be had sworn at the shrine of the Virgin that, if the claimant appear, he should die either by pistol or dagg»r> a /l ? Yri^er) fell there were others who1 wouldjtaite his place." This document was signed One you have wronged. Beware." THE PRICE OF AN EVR.-At the Leeds Assize* on Wednesday, an iron turner named Saddle obtained a verdict for £ 500 for the loss of all' eye, which had been destroyed by a pellet from a gun said to have been discharged by the defend- ant,1 a Mr Smith, whilst shooting same laO autumn, THE RINDERPEST.—-In consequence of the proximity of North Lincolnshire to the rinderpest affected districts in Yorkshire, the Lincolnshire farmers have become alarmed, and the Lincoln- shire Chamber of Agriculture has called upon THE local authority" to oensider the propriety closing fairs and markets in the parts of LinW for A period of six weeks. The movement the'Support_of Mr Heneage, Mr H. ChapU"' and other influential landed proprietors. A NOVEL TEST OF DRUNKENNHSS.—At A meetifl# I A NOVEL. TEST OF DRUNKENNHSS.—At a meeting I of the Islington guardians on Tuesday it trapS" P^FECT that the master of the district has tSfteovfejred method of settling vhethef a persoff drunk or sober, and now that TB* stringent r«gSaiati,ons of the new Licensing Act in force the fac!t i» Tfell worthy the attention police inspectors AND laagistrateff. The MASTER' plan is to require any pauper to ''Truly rural J" and if H^ cannot he him to be drunk. The guardians ITTTYE the test. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A SnOOTM-a. ONSIZ]O —On Saturday evening a serious aeccidfenC curred at a shooting gallery, in Birmingham. the day in question a shooting gallery was EIREETB<P on a piece of waste ground adjoining the #T*ECP and assome boys were standing at the BADR, bullet passed thro.,gh and wounded 0110 of TW ads nARAED DAVID Holloway, in the neck. TB* THS P *1?* WAA, conveyed with all speed T<> let 1 11 WAS FOU^ the bul. let bad passed through the BACK of the neck, »N4 was lodged in the throat, and the house wall obliged to cut the throat in order to get A* the bullet. The critical operation was u y performed) ftnd the bullet was Hopes are entertained of the lad's rMOvery. THE PRUSTS 011 tMmE.—The Patrie 0 Geneva says S-" A lady of Bourg (Ain), MD«»* T lf lately bequeathed to the parish bh* ( VU™ °J ON condition that 40 | should be »atid year, 90 for the 0 her own soul, and 20 for that of her HASBAN^ Ihe ecclesiastics, cansitfering that the nric» masses have risen, like ALL other COMMODITY that it will still augment, and that, coasequ/ the work .mposed by tho legacy will da<Jf greater than the advantages derived from it, WR refused to accept the money." FATAL DUEL—A fatal duel has lately plaee near.Laval, Mayenne. SOME time Baron Ritter receiver of taxes at Mayenne, *$?. struck in the drawing room of the Baronet I Reze, by M. Appleton, filling similar fanctio"- In consequence, a hostile encounter took pl'iet" in the wood of Huisserie, the seconds of this L»T% being M. de Roquefeuille, landed proprietor, OON an officer of the staff at Rennes, and those df Baron, M. Carre Kerizouet, deputy, and le, Chammisso, a gentleman of fortune. M. APP t-, ton received a ball in the breast, and WA» *J,' once considered in great danger. He was to the residence of a relative, M. Texier, NOT*R*, AT Laval, where he lingered on for some and at last expired three days back. CUBIOUS MARRIAGE IN FRANCE.—«' MD** anf hr,J.lgll0nr tbe Salut PvUic °{ hl* £ ]> • J! statuary, has just married Kouvier, Radical deputy for Marseilles. th^P^h ?at *emind our £ ?! Aun ,8Ult bro?8ht » few years since H the Abbe Constant, husband of the lady mentioO^ 122; TT her* She served I streng hSw. a™ spouse when she learned that jJ had been ordained, and she did »ot besita* consider herself as free from all ties, amce eh# £ now remarried. The most curious part of affair is that children were born from the union. The father, who claimed them, had &T demand rejected, in spite of the eloquenoe of Jules Favre, then all powerful in the Paris and the Tribunal would not even admit under th§ title of recognised children, seeing marriage with the Church excludes the mouial state and everything whioh may from it." ,f YoiiUNTBERS ANO THEIR ARMS. A War office circular has just been issued, DI^F ING an examinaiion during the autamn ot 1 g Snider rifles issued to rifle volunteer /L well as a portion of the arms issued TO J* engineer volunteer force. The circular øt" A" that the arms to be examined will commaOp- with those issued to tile 23rd Mi diesex i Volunteer Corps. The arms of tbe follo*1"} co'rpB of Engineer Volunteers will also be oxaW'j viz. 1st Devoy, 1st Flint, 1st Gloucester. Hants, 1st Lanark, 1st Lancashire, 1st and 2nd Yorkshire ("West Riding)." The cular further states that for the future r+ S>nider arms will be examined once in every instead of once in every two years'' cioenlar issued from the War office, U as follo^^ Representations have been made to tbe$7 L retary of State for War, that the breechload'^J cartridges of certain volunteer corps are private magazines in the same masonry ment as loose gunpowder, notwithsUnding instructions conveyed in paragraph 8 clause '2 Auxiliary Fojrces Circular, 1872. Any cartridgJJ so stored, whether in magazines belongi11? j- stores, or in those of private individuals. B»°0t at once removed." b* What should vagrant < drink from ?— mian glass. =-

THOMAS POWIS REYNOLPS, ARCHITECT, 1. HILL STREET, HA VERFORDWES ,i" Designs with Specifications prepared for cal Sobool, Public and Private Boildines. rf(2 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DECORATlOj^ DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. ait THAT thn Partnership htnly saUsistintf bot*0eOa„li 'ho uij.'l^rsigne*! WirjJAW VVIF.LTAMS JOnN J()NKS, in the hti«incss of Timber M<?reb" j(i and bnw Mill Proprietors, carried on at 0f I ^vVrr/fu0' i^"brok0' "nd0r lll« stylo °r6i d»f A ILLlAMo & COMPANY, ou the II n t sotvcil hy Hi'llunl COTlOCIlt, 8" iti xfl in ui't« <lre to or owinj? by the lato Firm *"|,f received and paid by tho said William WilifFtmIllflit whom and on whose sole behalf the said boølneel 111 luture be carried on. WHuess our hands this ninetocth day of SepteøJ IS7? S WILLIAM WILLIA^S' JOHNJONETS, A Witness to the Signature ot William Wilh/lDlB, John Jouos, K. M. JONES, Accouutaut, Pambsoke,