The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

A. M tboult be fttlefbl for a fall grate. Choapfoi of Ltgtrt Weishtt.-The coal dwet. A Wld#lp*ei& TRrfl,—-Ik big umbrella to a trowi. 1 Aft ««4ttnflr§ fs about to isoilb a volume of hfs-Icetehw^ Tarwv pnyoic to the dog; fie none of it. Afcd It-ww Sfclttr wty, Bert thtngto de when yon 50 shopping with (•dies.—Taka tote* Wbwt u-imoettel it ten a man whose over- w fa jp*wti to tr-, eool Wkat ptart tf coin doable its value by &#ftft%g fta half Half-a- erown. tr criminala are to be believed, none of ibem eftt had an bon*st conviction. Natw trouble yourself to do for another what he mm dojust as well for himself. Why not mil a smart dog a clever man ? a aoaart man a elarsr dog, you know. These if one striking feflemblanee between firmen and their poultry, Both delight in ftill eropa. JaliA did you eyerllee the Cat-kil Moun' V No> Sambo, bat rye seen the cats kill sift., A correspondent nike which tree has the ttrongtat bert. The hoarse chesnut, we ihonid suppose. When the Sultan loses bis temper, the ladies df the household speak of him as a harem- .em follow. When a woman comeS to the door and calls Hen.Rl.E' you may know that she is not in A iapiNl hnmaur. Mr John Jones says he wishes he could heir of aome plnwe where people never die, he would go and «nd his dii s there. Donglas Jeirold, on being told that pnnning wna the lowest form of wit, replied that it was therefore the foundation of all wit. A woman's tofigne never runs down; but it is often ill natured and voluble enough t 1 run down almost every thintr else. 'Dipped HI a week in-o a weak solution n accomplishments,' is the term now applied to girls professing to be so highly educated.' An Irishman complained to his physician that he stuffed him so much with drugs that he was sick a long time after he got well. Where does the Queen meet with the coolest reception ?-At the poist,oiffce-w here her head is put into & bag and carried in any given direction. He was botrad to be accurate, and he de' mmibed the woman's costume thus:—She wore an elefanfl suit or something or other, cut bias, and trimmed endwise; Unhappy with Either.—A young lady was asked recently which she preferred of two biothers. She responded, When I am with either of them I prefer the other.' A little fellow, on going for the first time to a eliuprh where the ptws were very high, was ..led on eofllingent what ha did in the church, when he replied, I went into a cupboard, and took a seat en a obal 1.1 A mu^elan, George Sharp, had his name on tftadoOT thut-f G. Sharp.' A wag of a fftiiiter, who knew something of music, early aia morning tfeade the following undeniable iigaifieant additiorf—1 Is a nat.0 Whan fiwe »f genfrrtl Grant's officers, justly tWtued ofearraption, endeavoured to intimi' date him with the assnftnea that they were • the fillani of State,' General Grant retorte.), «I snpaosa yen msan the eaterpillars.' Pnaanrf at the bar,' said the judge, is tbare anything yan Wish to say before sen. tftee is paeftd upon yon t The prisoner Joeked wiitftjlly tawaros the door, and reO OBOwd thn he would like to say Good if it would he agreeable to the com- whlft fe& feel disfnsted of life think of P*>r V. Taylor, af Whitehall, New York, vho has ttweÏYt4 three htndred letters from Iafiea arfa|>Ming matrimony, these epistles feiag tie result ofim announcement that Mr TaYrcyt will ikll kafr to'100,000 dollars if he ■ani«r wifhSa a year's time. The Directory bonnet is a leaiing Parisian novelty. It is high there the forehead, narrow ft tie tMelt, the string covers the ear, tying •nder the ehin, and the trimaiings are a mix* ttite of feathers, far, ribbon, and ornaments. The whole affair is frightfully ugly, but is the ftqre at the moment in the French capital. Master Charlie and his family are spending 4 few days at the house of that promising artist, IffVAndyke Browne, Mr V. B. Well, (Jhwrlie, boy, why are you looking hard at that Ilieurer Charlie—Why, mamma, says that every time she looks at thia picture it makes her sick, and I thought I'd see if it would me.' the following startling announcement was girea out by the parish clerk in a small church in Somersetshire recently where the rector has to divide his labours between two churches —'I gees notice nex' Sunday there wun't be no Sunday, 'cause rector's goin' to t'other parish fishin' By this the accustomed con' legation understood that the clergyman Would he officiating in another pari«h a few ftiles off. Fine Manners in Bostan. Are you the saleswoman of whom I bought this handker- ehief yesterday f' asked a purchaser at one of onr dry goods atores. I am the saleslady who served yon, madam,' responded the re* dueed empress in banged f air, long watch ebain, and ribbed fingers, who presided at the coyinter. I Well,' said the customer, 1'11 take a dozen more, and I want 0 take them to my washertady at once. I will get you tll send them to my carriage around the corner. My coach gentleman eannot get at the door juSt now for the cart of the ash gentleman.' He mu,t hare been a Darwinite without knowing it.-DaTid Crockett once visited a menagerie at Washington, and, pausing a Moment before a particularly hideous monkey, exclaimed— What a resemblance to the Hon Wr X I' The words were scarcely spoken when he tamed and, to his astonishment, saw •anting at his fide the very man waom be had eonpliiwaftted. 'I keg your pardon' •it the gallaat iCelonel; I would *ot hate nade the Niift tait I known your on near ase, end I aai taady ta aake the most humble 0olfy fer my anp&fdonable rudeness; but— Woking tint at tha insulted messber of Con, wkasn &aa vwitnythiay but lovely, and then at the esthaal apvpartd to him—' hang it if I fan tell vhethii I ought to apologise to you or to the monkey 1' CmOl.-Fair Oofc (during an interval in the Take): You're very len. of dancing, ain't you V Brown t I YaM. I go in for it a good deal/ Fair Qfte I wonder yon don't learn Unajftftly la tear* prion.¥ew Foot* mm Citen«iR»on4j): #Mrs Montgomery Jpkita's aamagel' Mrs Mentgemery AnktM: th« tmcht0u to wait.' !*«••«; fleams, Ma'am, h» eaya ho wfc't. He a^i he'a got another job a% twenty 4»v«Jr beet kind ef eomfM fisr poeplo who _a18id to iavotlh*tt wosoy'la Wnk share*. GoteraiMa* CoasoflMoa. An Air'Loom,—A spider's web. I

THE rnyyjcT PEACE. A "'AL8E RUMOUR. The *pecitn rejjuner of the Central News, on in- quiry at the Nunhead Railway Station and the police station in the dibtrict, was informed that there was no truth in the report of a box of valuables having been discovered anywhere in the vicinity of Peaces late residence. Mrs. Thompson also says that peace never had any property, but always disposed of the pro- ceeds of his robberies to the receivers at the earliest moment. A PRAYER BY PEACE. Charles Peace has written letters to his son and son- in-law, which lire thoroughly characteristic of him. He declares that three of the witnesses at his trial perjured themselves, but he entreats his son-in-law not to attempt to a verge the wrong done him. "I feel," he says, no imbitterness against no person in this world, for if I must be forgiven I must forgive." He encloses a form of prayer, which he compeiled when in Pentonville, and says it will show the state of mind he is in. Although official information respecting Peace if strictly withheld by the governor of the prison at Armley, in which he is confined, the Central News correspondent learns that the convict is suffering from severe indisposition, and that he is unable to take any olid food. His diet consists of dry toast and beef tea. No members of his family have as yet visited him, nor has he received any communication from anyone excepting Mrs. Thompson, whose letters have greatly pleased the condemned man. The convict has written to his wife and family, hoping they would keep up their spirits as well as they could through the great trouble, and asking them to pray to God to have mercy on his soul. STORY OF HIS ESCAPE WRITTEN" BY HIMSELF. It is announced by the Daily Xeics that shortly after the convict Peace was removed to Armley he commenced a sketch of his career after committing the murder, and was engaged upon this sketch on thE night before his trial. The statement says that when he left Banner-cross on Nov. 29th, he bad no feai of being taken, knowing he had done nothing wrong. He did not disguise or hide himself, not having anj occasion to do so. When the occurrence took place, he came down the passage and stood in the middle oi the road, not knowing what had taken place. Did not know whether to run or walk away till he heard Kate scream. Knowing then what had happened, he took across the road to EndcliHe Crescent, walked to Broomhill, and took a cab to Church Street. The narrative continues, agreeing in the main with the detailed account already published. At Hull, shortly after he entered his own house, two detectives, entered, and Peace hid himself between the roofs while the house and roof were searched. Here he had a narrow escape. He slid down a spout into the next yard, and, leaving through a neighbour's house, he took lodgings and remained in Hull three months. Thence to Doncaster and London and Bristol, where, for the first time he saw a reward for his apprehension. After various movements in different parts of the country, he returned to Sheffield, passed close by Inspector Bradbury, at the police station, who however, did not recognise him. The narrative concludes—on his returning to Nottingham, he and Mrs. Thompson, after a little time, went to London, and during 1876 he twice visited Lord Shaftesbury's estate, at Wandsworth, bringing away jewellery, &c. He did a great many houses about Brixton. HOW PEACE PUSHED HIS INVENTION.— THE SEQUEL OF A .MUSICAL PARTY. Mr. Brion has narrated to a representative of the Press Association the circumstances of h:s acquaint- ance with Peace. The first meeting wa-accidental, aris- ing out of Mr. Brion going to enquire for a child that had been run over and had been taken into Peace's house. Peace then showed him an invention for raising sunken ships, and they agreed to work it together. Peace said he had plenty of money; his handwriting was good for thousands in the City. They made proposals to the Admiralty for raising the Vanguard and Enrydice, and to the German Govern- ment respecting the Grosser Kurfurat. They also applied to Mr. Plimsoll, who, however, could not assist them. They had a quarrel about Mr. Brion removing a part of the model from Peace's house to show a gentleman and Mrs. Thompson said Peace was so put out she wondered he had not shot Brion. Peace committed one of his burglaries on an even- ing when he was at a musical party at Brion's house. Excusing himself on a pressing engagement. When Peace, then known as John Ward, was in Newgate, he wrote in that name to Brion, asking him to go and see him, and to make certain enquiries. Brion by this means, discovered that the man he bad known as Thompson was the prisoner Ward, and he states it was through his influence with Mrs. Thomp- son that his identity with the Banner Cross murder was detected. Peace, in his letters, speaks of himself as neither St to live nor die, itzd attributes it to his 'having given way to drink. LETTER FROM MRS. THOMPSON. Before leaving Leeds Mrs. Thompson wrote the following letter to Peace, which was entrusted to a friend to deliver at the gaol:— February 7th. My DEAR John,—I have had my weary journey from London to this place only to be disappointed. It is too cruel, more almost than I can bear. They told me at the gaol I would have to go to the visiting committee, at the Town Hall, and they would give a paper to see you. I did so, and called at the office three times. They said only your lelatives would be allowed to see you, as if I were not nearer to you than any one else. I said I wanted to see you on important business, but they thought my going would disturb you. Oh, dear Jack, would it be so, for if it be true, then I won't ask to go any more. ] know, dear, that my visit would do us both good. I should like to see you once more. This letter will be left at the gaol by a friend. Oh, do write, and address S. Thompson, Post Office, Leeds, to be called for. I, as much, or more, wish for mercy for your unhappy soul. Bless vou.-I am. vonr most un- happy SUE.

THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS UNION. The seventh anniversary meeting in celebration of the founding of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union has been held under the famous union tree at Wellesbourne near Warwick. Mr. George Mitchell ("One from the plough") presided, and in opening the meeting read a letter from Mr. J. C. Cox, of Bel- per (an active supporter of the union, and a member of the Consultative Committee), who wrote saying that he thoroughly endorsed the energetic and necessary action of Mr. Arch in issuing his circular. Mr. George Mitchell addressed the meeting, and 'noe expressed his approval of what Mr. Arch had done. He characterised him as a man of the strictest in- tegrity, and said the more he knew of him the better he liked him, and strongly urged the labourers to be loyal to Mr. Arch as their true and tried leader.— Mr. R. W. Collier, the general secretary of the union, reported the results of Mr. Arch's appeal to the union, so far as they are yet known.

A MELANCHOLY HISTORY. At Bow Street, the Rev. George Butterfield, 35 years of age, a dirty, shabbily-dressed man, described on the charge sheet as of no home and no occu- pation," has been brought before Mr. Flowers charged with being drunk and incapable in Bow street. rhe defendant was taken into custody by Police- sergeant George Shipton, 15 E. B. From enquiries that had been made it was dis- covered that the defendant was a clergyman in the Church of England. He had recently been doing duty at a church in Kirton-in-Linsay, but for some reason was compelled to resign Through his in- temperate habits he brought himself into the greatest difficulties, and some few weeks since he was rescued from the lowest depths of poverty by a friend who had known him for some time. Through the influ- snce of his friend he obtained a clerical appointment, but was compelled to resign it in consequence of his passion for drink. Since that time he has lived in common lodging-houses and has associated with the lowest class of people. At a common lodging-house in New Church Court were found two portmanteaus belonging to the defendant. When taken into custody he was it a. helpless state of intoxication.—In reply to the magistrates, the defen- dant said he was very sorry for what he had done, but he was obliged to admit it.—Mr. Flowers re- marked on the serious and degraded position of a person who was supposed to be a clergyman of the Church of England, and fined the defendant 5s. The fine was paid.

By a fire at a Durham Colliery, over two hundred persons have b,-A- >t>*own out of employment for a giontri. SUICIDE THROUGH RELIGIOUS MANIA. On Friday morning, about nine o'clock, the body of a young lady, aged 21 years, was found floating in the water of the Theme, off Tuppin's Corn Wharf near the London Docks. The body, when conveyed to the mortuary by Thomas Evans, a lighterman, was searched in the usual way by the coroner's officer and was found to be Miss Emily Vernon, the only daughter of Mr. Groage Vernon, of Barnes, who has identified the body, and states that he missed de- ceased since Monday last. He expected this sad event had taken place when he received the telegram to view the body, as deceased was much given to romantic reading, and had often told him she believed the only "way people could get to heaven was by water. Deceased suffered much from religious fbania.

GALLANT CONDUCT OF A CAPTAIN. At a meeting of the Liverpool Local Marine Board the other afternoon, the Mayor (Mr. T. Royden) pre- sented to Captain James M. Allen, master of the American ship Bridgewater, a very handsome piece of gold plate. The presentation was made on behalf of the Board of Trade, and was in acknowledgment of his humanity and bravery in rescuing the crew of the English barque Anglo-Saxon. During a heavy Atlantic gale on the 15th October last Captain Allen, while on his voyage from London to tft. John, sighted the Anglo-Saxon flying signals of distress. She was dismasted, half full of water, and quite un- manageable. Captain Allen stood by her all night, having previonsly taken on board seven men, who had left the wreck, and next morning he launched < boat ••ad rescued the remainder of the crew together with t^eir effocte, but the weather was so bad that this vft not accomplished before dark. The Bridge- water herself was shorthanded, and there was, con- sequently, a good deal of difficulty in launching the boats and handling the ship at the same time.

r ATTACK ON THE SHEFFIELD POLICE. Such a large number of serious robberies, chiefly of fowls and game, have recently been discovered in the north suburb of Sheffield, that additional police have been placed on duty there, and at one o'clock on Saturday morning two of these officers had a very narrow escape of being shot in that neighbourhood, near Rasen Hall. Noticing a light in a stack yard, the policemen discovered two men there, who said, Well, we have been waiting for you some time." The men were armed with guns, which they placed at shoulder height, and were about to fire at the con- stables, when one of the officers struck the gun aside with his stick. The shot Bred and the other man then fired at the second officer, but fortunately neither of the policemen were wounded. One of the robbers finding the officers unhurt, rushed at the police and dealt the officer Sargesson a terrible blow in the mouth with the gun, knocking him to the ground insensible, cutting his lower lip in twain, and demolishing all his front teeth. The two men then ran away, and succeeded in escaping, although one of them was chased for a considerable distance by the other officer, Police-constable Shepherd.

STRANGE OCCURRENCE NEAR BOLTON. An inquest has been held at the Keayon Arms Inn' Little Hulton, on the body of a child named Emily Ann Haslam, aged three days, the daughter of a col- iier residing in Allen Street, in that township.— Johanna Turner, grandmother of the deceased, said the child had a fit early in the morning, two days after its birth. She called in two neighbours, both of whom thought the child was dying. Soon after- wards it lay quite still, and they all concluded it was lead. A woman named Mary Parkinson then washei the lody, and it was laid out upon a box in another room.—Sarah Hurst, aunt to the deceased, said she went to see the child. When she removed the white cloth which was over its face the child moved its head and made a faint moan. Witness ran downstairs, and the child was afterwards carried in blankets to Mr. Porter, surgeon, who prescribed for it some weak brandy and water, and ordered it to be kept warm. The child, however, died next morning.—The Coro- ner (Mr. J. B. Edge) said it was very singular that four married women should have thought the child was dead. He did not think, however, there had been any negligence.—The jury returned a verdict of "Natural causes."

A VESSEL CAPSIZED IN THE MERSEY. A strange and serious accident occurred on the Mersey on Saturday, involving the immediate sink- ing of a vessel, the captain and crew of which nar- rowly escaped drowning. It appears that the brig Orozava, belonging to Ramsey, had been towed by the Bridgewater Trust Company's steamer St. Wini- frod from Runcorn to the deep water opposite the Garston Dock, where she was anchored, preliminary to going into dock to load. Shortly after being er anchored, probably owing to the lightness of her trim, the vessel heeled over in a squall, and sank almost immediately. There were on board at that time the master, Captain Simpson, and a crew of five hands, who were left struggling in the water. The tug, however, was still in the vicinity, and all the men were eventually rescued. Some of them had sustained injury from the falling rigging, the master being among those hurt. They were brought to the Landing-stage by the St. Winifrid, and after getting attention at the Receiving-house,Prince's Dock, some of those who had been injured were con- veyed to the hospital for treatment. Arrangements have been made, it is stated, for raising the sunken vessel.

THE PLAGUE IN RUSSIA. Official advices from St. Petersburgh, dated Febru- ary 8, announce that there have been no cases of plague in the government of Astrachan since the Gth inst. The dwellings in which people have been at- tacked by the plague or have died from it are sub- jected to a second disinfective process, all suspected articles of clothing being burnt. Arrangements are being made for establishing special cemeteries for the interment of persons who may succumb to the epidemic. All populous places are being supplied with nedicines and disinfecting materials. The official ac- count adds that by these measures the localisation of che epidemic is completely secured. The weather is bright, with eight degrees of frost. A telegram from Astrachan dated the 9th states that there was no case of plague in Wetlianka' and its neighbourhood. A doubtful case has occurred in the hamlet of Nico- lajehosi, district of Tyarevo, in the government of SaratofE, G,000 versts from Astrakhan. The Governor was awaiting the detailed report of the physicians. In Selitrenno and within the quarantine district there have occurred several fresh cases of plague, which proved fatal. The Governor left immediately for the locality of the occurrence. There are nine degrees of frost.

YOUTHFUL JACK SHEPPARDS. At Nottingham Assizes, Francis Vaughan and Harry Goodson, two lads, have been indicted for having stolen two revolvers, several pairs of skates, and some money, the property of Mr. Haynes, iron- monger, Nottingham. The evidence showed that for some time past money and goods had been missed, causing the assistants to be suspected. At length it was decided that a policeman and the manager should secrete themselves in the shop during the night. They did so, and having been there for a time, a youth dropped through the skylight, shone a bull's eye," and began to beckon some comrades to follow suit. At length catching a glimpse of the watchers, he decamped, but was followed quickly, and caught going to his home, which was the next door. An examination of the house resulted in Mr. Haynes's marked money and the above-named goods being found. As the mother of Vaughan did not come out of the matter creditably she was charged with having received the things, knowing them to have been stolen. In the house were found copies of "The Life of Jack Sheppard," &c. The jury found the boy guilty, and he was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, then to receive fifteen strokes with a birch rod, and afterwards to be sent to a reformatory for three years. The others wore discharged.

EXTRAORDINARY SEIZURE OF STOLEN PROPERTY. There is at present at the Bethnal Green Police Station one of the most extraordinary collections of stolen property ever seen in the metropolis. The goods are laid out in the library and reserve room, and consist of articles of almost every conceivable description of portable property. There are some dozen or so of gold watches of all kinds, silver watches, gold bracelets, lockets, chains, and guards, rings set with precious stones, silver spoons, forks, and fruit knives, and a quantity of good electro- plated ware, one set of forks, spoons, &c., being marked with the letter" B." There are also cigars, meerschaum pipes, small fancy thermometers, mantel ornaments of a peculiar kind, opera glasses, purses, books, photo cases and albums—some with portraits and some without—a large family Bible, a silver 3nuff-box—presented to Sergeant Siemen by Mr. and Mrs. Maitland—a Crimean medal, with the Balaclava and Sebastopol clasps, and three boxes, each containing a dozen silver thimbles. On the mantel- piece are some half a dozen clocks, several of which are of a very expensive kind, and around the room are scattered coats, jackotd, capes, and shawls, rolls of flannel, cloth, and linon, and about fifty or sixty pairs of new boots, and a large number of umbrellas. Piled against the walls were some sixty or seventy workboxes, of various sizes and kinds, some of which probably cost five to ton guineas. Cases of claret, champagne, and brandy, railway and carriage rugs, and a host of other things too numerous to mention. [ The whole lot when seized filled three large vans. They were seized about a ¡,weck ago by Inspector Wildey in company with Sergeants Rolfe and Wallis, at a house in Thomas Street, Commercial Road, the proprietor of which had been for the last twelve years suspected by the police to be a receiver of stolen property, but against whom they have never been able to establish any charges. Last week, however, two men were apprehended on a charge of burglary, and one of them referred the police to this individual for a character. Inspector Wildey thereupon went to the house, and the proprietor gave the man in question an excellent character. From what he saw Mr. Wildey was induced to ask for a search-warrant, the result of which was, that the whole of the pro- perty referred to was discovered there. Already articles relating to no less than thirty-two cases of burglary or housebreaking have been identified, and fresh identifications are occurring daily. Seventeen years ago the man in whose possession they were found was a poor labouring man. He now owns, it is said, some thirty houses in the district where he has been residing.

A German-Swiss Commission has been appointed for the rectification of the frontier between Switzerland and the principality of Lichtenstein. Herr Lehnbach, the Munich artist, has been com- missioned by the German Emperor to paint a portrait of Prince Bismarck for the National Gallery. AN AMERICAN FREE DINING ROOM. Mr. Vere Foster has been describing, in a lecture delivered at Belfast, some of his recent experiences across the Atlantic. Not the least interesting is a sketch of a free dining saloon in New York, established for the relief of the poverty-stricken and distressed. Mr. Foster says that, happening one day to pass through a back street in the poorest part of the city, his attention was attracted by the following words in large letters, on a huge flag, stretched across the street:—"John W. Farmer's Free Dining Saloon. Plenty to eat and nothing to pay." Amused by this novel an- nouncement, he enquired the meaning of it of a policeman, and was invited to walk inside. He did so, and, seeing the proprietor engaged in serving out soup, he questioned him and ascer- tained that the establishment had been open between five and six weeks, and that 500, 600, and 700 persons were daily supplied with breakfast and dinner free of cost, while on Saturdays the number supplied amounted to a thousand. Greatly interested with what he saw and heard, Mr. Foster asked the proprietor if he would accept a subscrip- tion. The answer was, No, thank you, I intend to keep it up myself as long as I'm able. If you've any fancy for that sort of thing you'll find plenty of opportunities for it in other parts of the city." Mr. Foster concludes his anecdote as fol- t lows:—I asked, "What is your business?" He ] replied, "I'm a plumber by trade, but times are dull just now." I then asked, II What do you give 1 the people to eat!" You can step to the table, sir," ] he replied, "and see for yourself; I'm busy." So I went forward and took my turn at the first vacant t place, and got my dinner. Soap, fish, potatoes, and 1 bread. Cut and come again. No questions asked, t P, People going in and out all the tima. The cooks 1 and attendant* all voluntas* X 4

MURDER IN A PUBLIO-HOTTSB. At the Thames Police Conrt, London, James Sims, po imn, has been remanded on the charge of murder- ing Annie Sims, on Monday afternoon, by cutting her throat in the bar of the White public-house, Shadwell. The evidence showed that the prisoner and the girl, who was known as "Big Annie," were standing in front of the bar drinking, and had a quarrel, apparently about money. Suddenly the pri- soner, who was standing on the right hand side of the woman, drew out a razor and cut her throat, causing instant death.

A SIIIP ON FIRE. The screw steamer Prospero, Captain Porieus, of Hull, bound from Sunderland for Rouen, coal-laden, put into Dover on Monday with a fire in her fore- peak. One of the South-Eastern Company's fire engines was immediately shipped on board, and the vessel again steamed into the bay, where the fire was extinguished, after which she returned to the har- bour, on entering which, through getting too much headway, she ran against the Granville Dock head, and slightly damas^f her bows. She was afterwards, for the safety of the shipping in the harbour, moored in the middle of the outer harbour in case the fire should break out again.

A SHIP'S CREW DROWNED. The New York papers publish a Baltimore despatch reporting that the oyster schooner Adamantine, hound from Potomac river to Baltimore, had been found sunk in the bay between Kedge's Straits and Smith's Island. Her captain, Horace Baker, of Philadelphia, was found lashed to the topmast, and the bodies of nine men, composing her crew, were found lashed to the deck, which was several feet under water. The names of the crew cou'd not be learned. The inhabi- tants of Smith's Island saw the wreck on the morning of January 22, but owing to the rough weather were unable to get out to it, although the captain was seen signalling from the topmast where he was lashed. It is thought probable that the Adamantine was sunk by striking on the wreck of the steamer Express, which was near by.

FEARFUL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION. On Monday morning, shortly after nine o'clock, a terrific explosion took place at the gunpowder works of Messrs. Sharpe and Co., situate at Chilworth, about four miles from Guildford. These works are situate in a long valley, known as St. Martin's Vale, at the foot of the well-known hill of that name, and they comprise a series of detached buildings, intersected by a running stream. The building in which the ex- plosion took place is known as the Press Room," and is very strongly constructed of wood and brick. At the time two men, named Goodchild and Baker, were engaged therein, but both being killed no clue whatever is given as to the cause of the accident. The bodies of these poor fellows were fearMtty dis- membered by the explosion, and it was 'Vitti groat difficulty they could be recognised. Both art) married men, and leave wives and large families.

MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A DQCTOR. At the Coventry City Police Court, on Monday, be- fore the Mayor (Mr. M. Scampton) and Messrs. W. H. Hill and H. Soden, Thomas Millerchip, surgeon, Bishop Street, was charged with having, on the 25th January, feloniously killed and slain George, the in- fant son of George Bastock, Bishopgate Green. Mr. Neale appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Buller (Messrs. Buller and Bickley, Birmingham) defended. -It was alleged that the prisoner was medical officer of the No. 2 district of the Coventry Union, and that a note was issued on a Tuesday evening for the pri- soner to attend the deceased, its mother and another child of hers. The note was delivered to him on the Wednesday, but in spite of repeated messages he failed to attend, and it died on the following Satur- day. It was alleged for the prosecution, that medical aid would at least have prolonged life, and possibly have saved it-. For the defence it was urged that medical aid would not have availed, as the child was small and weak, and that it died from want of nourishment. After a long enquiry, the magistrates adjourned to consider their decision, and on coming into Court, announced that, they considered it a fit case to send for trial by jury. The prisoner then pleaded not guilty, and reserved his defence. On ap- plication of Mr. Buller, the Bench agreed to accept bail -the prisoner in £ 200., and two securities in £ 100.each

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. David Townrow, farmer, living at Ashover, neai Chesterfield, has just committed suicide under peculiar circumstances. He had taken great interest in the history of Peace, the Banner-cross murderer, and, being unable to read, he hired persons to read the sensational accounts of the convict's life. Subse- quently he manifested a peculiar interest in the modus operandi of hanging, and particularly in the manner of forming the hangman's noose. A few days ago Townrow showed unmistakable symptoms of mental derangement, and was consequently watched. He at length succeeded in evading observation, and. hanged himself in his hayloft.

SINGULAR CONDUCT OF A LUNATIC. 4 young Frenchman, a tutor, giving the name of Clairet, has been brougiit before the Brighton magis- trates on remand, charged with attempting to shoot a police-constable. Previous to his being arrested he had visited several newspaper otlices in the town, re- presenting himself as a literary man, moving in good society, and desirous of furnishing them with con- tributions, and in one instance, on being told that his assistance was not required on a local comic periodical called the Dolphin, had returned armed with a revol- ver, threatening violence if his services were not retained. Subsequently he visited a police-office, and excitedly demanded '"satisfaction," leading to the belief that he was labouring under the influence of drink. On being requested to leave, he pulled out his revolver and tired it point blank at the otlicer fortunately without injury, as the charge did not contain a bullet, although several were afterwards tound on him. When first brought up, he appeared to be suffering from delirium consequent on excessive drink, and was sent to gaol in the expectation of his recovering but he proved to be hopelessly insane, and was ordered to an asylum. 7

DARING ESCAPE FROM A POLICE STATION. A man named William Haines, who had been ap prehended on a charge of felony, and pending a magisterial enquiry confined in Atherstone Police Station, has just effected a daring escape from custody. On each day during his confinement he was allowed to wash and take walking exercise in the airing yard adjoining the station. In the yard is a door leading into the street, but as it is lined with iron on the inside, and secured by two massive iron bars, fastened at the ends by strong padlocks, it was considered un- necessary to keep a watch on the man's movements. Subsequent events proved, however, that Haines longed to breathe the fresh air of freedom, and wat capable of exercising a great amount of ingenuity tc secure that object, for within a quarter of an houi of being conducted into the yard by Police-constable Ward, it was discovered that the street door was open, and that Haines had escaped. Examination proved that the man, who is a fitter, must have possessed himself of a nail or stout piece of wire, as the wards of both locks were broken, and the bolts shot back. From whence he obtained such an articl6 is almost incomprehensible, as, when taken into custody, he was searched, and apparently everything in his possession taken from him. The man has not yet been apprehended.

< The Druid iron-corvette has icit vnauiam iur Sheerness, where she is ordered to bo brought forward for immcdiato commission. It is expected she will be sent to join Admiral Sullivan's squadron operat- ing against tho Zulus on the coast of Africa. A deputation of coroners from differont parts of Ireland waited on the Chief Secretary, the other day, seeking to be placed on an equality with their breth- ren in England. The Chief Secretary said he would look into the subject, with the view of assimilating the law of the two countries. The Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company have made a profit for the past vear of £ 60,000, which after writing off £ 16,000 for depreciation of buildings and utensils and adding £ 1G,000 to the reserve fund, will leave available for distribution among the share- holders JE28,000, equal to 18 per cent. There are serious deficiencies in the clothing and victualling stores of the gunboat Dasher, and it appears that a systematic system of robbery of Govern- ment stores on board has been going on some time. To investigate this a court of enquiry has commenced its sittings on board the Dasher. It is stated that O'Leary has consented to make a match with Rowell for the belt, and has signed the articles forwarded to him by Sir John Astley. O'Leary proposes March 3 or 10 for the commence- ment of the contest, in New York, and Sir John has telegraphed accepting the latter date. On the occasion of the Duke of Connaught's mar- riage, his Royal Highness's regiment, the First Bat- hllion of the Rifle Brigade, will furnish the guard of honour, and the band of the regiment will likewise attend at Windsor. yTll the officers of the regiment have been invited to be present at the ceremony. At the Barnsley Police Court, a miner, named Walker, has been committed for trial on a charge of highway robbery and assault. He dogged a young person, named Wilkinson, on her way home, knocked her down, robbed her and also committed other rob- beries in the neighbourhood. The telephone is in use at the large mines in Cali- fornia, some of which have lines about thirty miles in length. The great Comstock line, for instance, is completely furnished with telephones. The New York Department of Docks is arranging for the use of Edison's carbon telephone by their divers. The brigand chief Calandra, who a year ago mur- dered an innkeeper at Cava, near Genoa, has been captured. He has only returned a few days from France, and had a large sum of money upon him, as also a revolver and stilettoes but, finding the house sur- rounded, he gave himself up without resistance. The Electrician says it is stated that the cost of the electric light during the experiments carried on in Billingsgate Market, including interest, and depre- ciation on plant, engine-power and carbon, was up- wards of X4 per night, against rather less thaa X2 10s. per night for gas. Last week the total number of paupers in the metropolis was 90,8-14, of whom 44,987 herein Work- houses, and 45,857 received out-door relief. Com- pared with the corresponding weeks of 1878, and 1877, and 1876, these figures show an increase of 4,708. 4.739. and 1.921 respectively

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST BOYS George H. Pennington (10), and E. Penningtor (12), sons of a tailor living at Little, Budworth have beens indicted at Chester Assizes for shootings gamekeeper, named Alfred Barnard, with intent tc murder him. — Mr. Burke Wood and Mr. I. Williams prosecuted, and Mr. Higgins defended the prisoners.—The case against them was that on the 20th November the younger prisoner came tc Barnard's house and told him a neighbour wanted to i1 see him. He went, but found that no one wanted him, and as he turned to his house a gun was dis- charged at him through a hedge, it was alleged by the prisoners, and he was most seriously wounded, no fewer than 170 pellets lodging in his body. The boys were seen near the place loading a gun, and a fun newly discharged was found concealed under the edge bank, the cap on which compared exactly with some found on one of the prisoners, and some pellets found in one of their pockets corresponded exactly with those found in Barnard's body. Nc exact motive could be attributed, nor was any direct motive alleged in court; but the boys have been several times punished by the keepers for mis- behaviour, and it is supposed that their object was something in the nature of revenge. It was stated by the police-superintendent of the district that the lads, young as they were, had been before the mag- istrates twice, and he was of opinion that the elder lad was somewhat "lacking," and not so sharp ag his younger brother.-cilr. N lcllollS, tho schoolmaster, whose school they had not attended for four weeks before this occurrence, sa;d he thought both boys were as sharp and intelligent as the average of coun- try lads.-The prisoners were acquitted.

DARING ATTACK ON A BANK. The Melbourne Argus gives the following account of a recent bank robbery in Victoria —The latest ex- ploit of the Kelly gang of bushrangers is character- ised by a great amount of daring and impudence. They evidently hold the police and their arrange- ments in contempt. Mr. Younghusband's station was stuck up about midday on Monday, December 11, and more than 20 able-bodied men were made prisoners by the four desperadoes. The station is situated close to the railway line and about three or four miles from Euroa, and was evidently seized as a vantage ground from which to descend at leisure upon the branch of the National Bank in the township. The outlaws carried out their plans in broad daylight with complete success. Their pursuers were all far away, and at the local police-station there was only a single constable. After passing the night at the station, and regaling themselves on the good things there obtain- able, the two Kellys and Stephen Hart, one of the hitherto unknown offenders, drove down to the town- ship in the afternoon and cooly stuck up the bank, made all the inmates prisoners, and carried away some £ 1,900 in notes, gold, and silver, without any outside person in the township becoming aware of their pre- sence. Mr. Robert Scott, the manager of the bank, his family, clerks, and servants were driven to Mr. Younghu^band's station, and were placed among the 3therprisoners. The gang rode off about nine o'clock, Etfter ordering their prisoners, on pain of severe re- tribution, not to leave the station for three hours. They went in the direction of Violet Town, but a black tracker has foun I that they doubled back to- wards the Strathbogie Ringers. The fourth offender proves to be a man named Joseph Byrne, and he was left in charge of the prisoners at the station while the bank was being robbed. Ned Kelly was very com- municative, and admitted it was he who shot Con- stable Lonigan. lie further said Sergeant Kennedy made a brave and determined resistance before he was overcome and shot.

Mr. Arthur Charles, Q.C., has boon appointed a member of the Council of Law Reporting, in suc- cession to Mr. Justice Stephens. The Royal Mail steamer Celtic, from New York, due in Liverpool has been spoken, with propeller dis- abled. about 900 miles from Fastnet.

EXCITING CHASE AFTER THIEVES. An exciting chase after a couple of burglars too! place a few nights ago, over the roofs of a lofty blocl jf warehouses in Southwark Street, London. As the policeman on duty was passing the premises of the Bakers' and Confectioners' Tea Association and Masonic Tea Association he discovered that two men were in the basement. With the aid of another constable he obtained entrance into the building and the thieves were pursued from floor to floor and over some eight or nine warehouses till further progress seemed barred by the wall, some 12ft. or lift, high, of a printing office recently erected on the top of their premises by Messrs. Hudson and Kearns, the well- known stationers and printers. This induced the policemen to believe that the men were either con- cealed in some one of the warehouses over which they had passed, or that they had crept by way of the front parapet into the printing office, though they could not ascertain this without the most imminent risk to life. Retracing their steps, they sent for assis- tance, and a cordon of police, comprised of some thirty-five men, was drawn around the whole block of buildings. The blockade was kept up till eight in the mqrning, by which li ne the authorities had arrived at the convection that the men were hidden iJl some pal'f the premises belonging to Messrs. Hudson and Kearns. On the arrival of this firm's timekeeper the police virtually took possession of the premises, and some two hundred hands were kept waiting at the door till a thorough search had been made. On reaching tha roof it was ascertained that the man bad by some extraordinary means scaled the wall, passed over the slanting roof, and descended the other side, but that in doing so one of them had fallen on to the top of the neighbouring house and had broken his leg. Here the poor wretch had re- mained for nine hours, and was found in a deplorable state of exhaustion, caused by the night long exposure and the pain of the broken limb. He begged for a little water, which he drank with the greatest eager- ness, and stated that his companion, finding that \e could 110 him no good, had been obligod to look after himself, and had got through a side window into the printing office. This proved to be the fact, for the missing thief had out a large hole through a glass roof on the ground floor, and escaped probably before the cordon of police had been completed. The injured man was taken to the hospital. Owing to the vigi- lance of the police, no booty had been secured, although the offices of the Bakers and Confectioners' Tea Association and Masonic Association had beer ransacked and the cash-box broken open.

Cardinal Manning is at the Hotel Windsor, enreuit for Rome. Pleuro-pneumonia exists on a farm at Wiganthorpe, near Malton. So far the outbreak has been localised Martha Armstrong (18), described as a servant, na» been charged at the Wandsworth Police Court, Lon- don, with abandoning and endangering the life of an infant of which she ha l been recently confined in the Wandsworth Workhouse. The prisoner was com- mitted for trial. At Wigan County Police Court, R. Taylor, fore- man in the employment of the Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Company, has been charged with com- mitting a breach of the Mines Regulation Act. The defendant, who had opened his lamp while in the pit, and thus caused an explosion, was sentenced to one month's jmprisonment. In the Nisi Prius Court, at Liverpool Assizes, Lord Justice Thesiger made some severe remarks upon evidence given in an action brought to recover JE2,000, alleged to be due as commission for obtaining a purchaser for a slate quarry. His lordship said there could be no doubt that wilful and corrupt per- jury had been committed. At the Middlesex Sessions, William Werry has been charged with stealing a sovereign alleged to have been accidentally dropped on the floor of a savings bank office by the Pl" secutrix, who had with- drawn X8 from the bank. The jury acquitted the accused, but assured the prosecutrix that they did not moan to express by their verdict any disbelief in her testimony. Though we are at war with Cabul, the Afghan merchants, we learn fi om the Indian frontier, cross into our territory as usual with their merchandise with the most thorough confidence, and Afghan navvies," who form the best labourers of the Public Works Department in India, go on calmly with their roads, and send for their relatives as before. According to tho Democrat, San Francisco is to be the first city whoso streets are to be lighted entirely by the electric light. It is proposed to divide the city into districts, varying in extent from one to three miles, each of which will be fed by a sufficiently powerful Gramme machine. Tho mach noa have already arrived at New York, and arrangements have been made for adopting two or three different patents. Mr. William Jacques, the manager of the London Tramways Company (Limited), has been suirhnoned at the Lambeth Police Court by a conductor, recently discharged from the company's service, for detaining £ 5. left by complainant as a deposit on entering the service. An agreement signeel by the complainant was put in, and upon that Mr. Hannay dismissed the, summons. A Plymouth correspondent states that an Order in Council will shortly be promulgated relative to the promotion and retirement of commanders and lieut- > enants, the principal features of which will be a re- duction in the compulsory age retirements of lieutenants, an increase of the commanders' list by fifty, and additional pay to all lieutenants who have served more than ten years. A very bad case of fraud was disposed of at the Leeds Assizes. William Beatson, for many years in business as a chemical manufacturer at Masborough, was convicted of defrauding a person named Mycock of £ 5,000. Beatson had obtained the money on the pretence that his business was flourishing, the fact being that he was insolvent at the time. Mycock was ruined by the loss. The prisoner was sentenced to hard labour for IS months. At a meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works the recently published Order in Council providing for the registration of cowkeepers, dairymen, &c., and as to the lighting, ventilation, drainage, and water supply of dairies and cowsheds, and the prevention of the contaminaion of milk, containing also regula- tions for the cleansing of dairies and cowsheds, was referred to the Special Purposes Committee, with in. atructions to carry out the Order. GeoTge Walker, shopkeeper, and afcent for the Refuge Jriendly Society, was, at the Chelmsford Boroujjl Couvt, committed for trial on a charge of; < embezzling various sums of money received by him from MmbqcisS on behalf of the society. evidence < showed ttact he received moneys from penons who (\ could neither reed nor Write, end simply made a crcttl in their boo$s instead of the amount seoeived. The same defendant was not long ago committed to the 1 Assizes on a similar charge, but was acquitted

-r Till: ENGAGEMKNT WITH TIIK MONGOLS. The correspondent of the Standard, who ac- companies the Army of Gen. Roberts in Afghan- istan, gives the following account of the tooting a'd burn'na; of the villages of tribes implicated in the murder of camp followers :— By four o'clock in the afternoon fighting was practically at an end. The enemy had been beaten at every point of attack, and had learned a lesaon regarding the respective merits of jxzailK and charahs and breechloaders and steel guus- of wild fighting and good generalship—and of confi ence in mere undisciplined numbers and confidence, skill, and good weapons. General Roberts issued an order that the villages which we had taken should be first looted and then des- troyed. No news in the world could have been more welcome to our camp-followers—bearers, mule-men, camel-men, and horse-keepers. Their experience of Afghanistan hitherto had been that they were distined to be the looted or the mur- dered but now that they were called upon to fill the role of looter their surprise and enthusiasm were exhilarating to see. 1 suppose my experi- ence resembled that of many. My hcrse-keeper as a rule is the most lethargic of mlHl. lie never moves except at a saunter. He scarcely ever smiles. He moves throogh life as if he were playing a part in a dream, and had no more right to emotional feelings than a character in a dream would have. He does his duties in a raechauic I way to enable him to do so properly he eats and drinks; then he rounds it all off by going to sleep. Well, I told this man the order about the loot. He opened his eyes wide, be looked in the direction where a turbulent stream of camp fol. lowers was flowing, and he ran away from me with- out saying a word. I bad never seen him run before, and now I was rather glad I had told him about the loot, because it settled a question which had sometimes perplexed me, as to whether he ever could go beyond a saunter. I did not see him all that afternoon, nor until late in the even- ing but. although during that time I frequently wanted femebody to |hold my h"rse and could not get nobody do so, I imagined, I was compensated for my annoyances by the discovery that my syce could run sometimes. I went round the villages that were being looted, and saw some of the most comioal sights imaginable. Hindoos were running along the top of walls or over roofs in full chase after hens, which generally flew into the arms of somebody down below, to the utter disgust of the perspiring chaser up above. Sheep were chivvied" from one mud hovel into another, and, as these hovels were as dark as pitch in the far off corners, there was many a spill and howl as some frightened animal rushed among the legs of those who were in pursuit of it and knocked them over on their backs. One man who had been thus deprived of his legs as a standpoint, afterwards ran wildly out into the open and protested that he had been attacked by an Afghan with an enormous knife, and so caused a number of his companions to rush with a shudder past the place where the encounter with the sheep had taken place. Mule men were to bo seen marching away with charpoys (a native bed, consisting of a network of ropes stretched on a wooden frame with four coarse legs) on their heads, although a moment's reflection would have shown them that they had no means of carrying such a luxury on their march. British soldiers might be seen trudging into camp with a squacking hen grasped by the neck in each hand; peaceful-looking Bengalees came forth from villages smiling with conscious pride be- cause they had an old matchlock slung at their backs, or a charah stuck in their cummerbund- I saw one sowar who had inherited a peok of troubles through his desire for loot. He had tied up his horse and rushed into a village, whence he issued in a short time with a sturdy sheep. He fastened the prize to his horse's rein, mounted, and then spurred on his steed. The horse went onwards, but the sheep had a mind of its own, and preferred going backwards, or running be- tween the horse's legs. Then the sowar bad to dismount and drive the sheep before him, where- upon difficulties arose with his horse, which got frightened at the sheep and tried to run away. I left the sowar holding on with one hand to tho reins of his horse, and with the other to the neck of the sheep, and whether he got them both home safely I have never heard. At one time, the odds were certainly one hundred to one that lie would either have to abandon the sheep or the horse. I saw another soldier who had been much more successful in his plundering. He belonged to the 21st Punjab Native Infantry. He had been one of the first into a village, and had found hi> way at once to a stall, where there was a mare standing with a mule at foot. He found an oiri cloth saddle in a corner, fastened it on the mare, mounted, and rode out of the villatte, while the little mule trotted cojnplacently beside its dam. Although h. had his rifle in one hand and the reins in the other, he had much less difficulty in getting bnck into camp with two animals thai the sowar had with one. I myself got some loot. In a h6use in one of the villages I found a jazail about ten feet long, with big prongs fastened at the muzzle to support it on the ground when tht- owner desires to take a particularly deadly aim. I also found in a corner (where I found the Scpo\ who gave it me for a rupee) a buffalo-htde shiek- s'udded in ihe middle with four large star-shapeo nails. As I issued forth with these articles I wa, so conscious of looking preternaturally mur- derous that out of sheer modesty I had to get coolie to carry them for me to my tent. The Commissariat Department officers were eaily afoot for loot, the best of which they and th ir men carried away before the miscellaneous loot- ing commenced. They secured an immense quantity of grain and upwards of fne hundred of cattle. It is a pity they were unable to carry away more grain, for hundreds of tons of it were destroyed in the subsequent conflagration. When the time for looting had expired, the order for burning was given. Soldiers rushed hither and thither through th3 intricate mud lanes with lighted wisps of straw, which they fastened among the beams and thatching. In ten minutes as many villages were in a blaze. From Koondie on the west to Mahomed Kheyl on the far south-east the horizon was marked by masses flame. At five o'clock I rode across to a large village, around which which a large number of troops were still gathered. Major Stewart was there with the troop that had made the brilliant charge earlier in the afternoon. had met the unfortunate duffadar's body on the way. It was strapped face downwards on his horse, whicb was being led along by two sowars, each guiding his own horse with his spare hand' Mr Christie, the Assistant Political Officer, who was with me when we came up to the cavalry, recognised the native officer a fine-looking Patban about forty-five years of Age--a man who has done splendid service for us on the frontier, and who is a near relative of the late reigning family of Cabul. WeV, Shahzada Wully Mahomed," said Mr Chrintie, ii have you had any work to do to-day ?" The Shahzada said riot a word, but grinned and held up his tulwar. It was covered with blood. We noticed after- wards that every sabre in the troop was in the same condition-which was eloquent enough testimony to the execution that had been made in the course of Major Stewart's little cross- country gallop. Near the troop of cavalry Cap- tain Jervis was waiting with his mountain gnns Captain Carruthers was close at hand with a com- Sany of the 21st; and Captain Spens was a short istance off with a company of the 72d High- landers. All were waiting for orders in respect of the village close by. When Major Stewart and his men formerly swept past it not a soul was visible when he returned it also wore the lip. pearance of desertion. Now, however, it was known to be full of people, and two shots had been fired at our troops from the walls. Major Walterfield (who, with his police, had also had a successful charge upon the enemy, nine of whom were killed, three by a little Mahometan with a revolver), rode up tnd gave instructions that every person in the pbee was to be turned out. Thereupon the tronpt formed round it and the 21st Infantry entered with fixed bayonets. There was anxiety for a few minutes. Would the enemy within, like rats ia a hole, fight des- perately, or come out quiefly f They wisely chose the latter alternative. The people who were turned out were motley to a degree. F-erly all were bareheaded, and their ragged cll "ing was dusty and disordered. Many were wounded. Some had blood trickling down their faces, others bad maimed hands or feet. Ore unhappy wretch, whoat long blue cotton garment was sataratei with blood from head to foot, had a terrible gash between the neck and shoulder, and he moved along, guided by the Sepoys, as if he were in a trance. When the soldiers left him he threw himself wearily on the ground and gathered his head and feet together. Upward. of niziely pri- soners were taken here, and, together with the wounded, they were teat into camp undep a ftrong escort. Some hortes and eettle were taken ( out of the village, which was then delivered up to the fftnaew. 11 was si* o'eloek before the Ay's work was done. The night tb«t set in upon this arduoue day was ne of wonderful beauty. The.Oft sho»» in a blue Ay 111M. fecked with ripplv molt clouds. On the broad plain areuad u. villous were Warning luridly. Soaretiaiee, a a roof fell in, spwrys of tre Aot high into the air. Alto- tether, the scene was one as wggestire of the i revs o war »uty. The weather was cold, but we h <d 'fl* iced warmed our hands at the villages of Khoet- \s there was a possibility that the entuiy would r; assemhie and make II night attack upon the camp, strong pickets were posted all round us but 'he night passed without any serious aJarp1.. Our loss during the day was two men killed, foUt wounded, and three camel drivers murdered* The enemy's loss could not have been less one hundred killed and twice as many wounded* On Sunday morning a number of workmEn were employed on the Wye Valley Railway, between Chepstow and Tintern, repairing the ballasting which had been made insecure by the recent severe frosts. 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The remedy. °. these disasters lies in some purifying medicine, h:e these Pills, which is competent to grapple with t mischief at its source, andstamp it out witheut ihe nerves or weakening the system. Hollowaj's *1 fx'ract from the blood all noxious matters, ref/* the action of every disordered organ, stimulate the and kidneys, and relax tbe bowels. In curing obet^ complaints these Pills are remarkably effective, pecially when aided by friction of the Ointment oO 1 »lls. This double treatment will ensure a oertaij'' steady, and beneficial progress, and sound health ,,1 soon be re-established. Advice to Mothers!—Are you broken in y?°J rest bv a sick child suffering with the pain of cuttinq teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle 01 MRS, Winslow's Soothing SYRUP. It will reUeve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harn>* less aad pleasant to taste, it produces natur*'» quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." -S soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays Eain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is th* est^ known remedy for dysentery and whether arising from teething or other causes. MP* Winslow's Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine everywhere at Is lid per bottle.—Manufactured New York, and at 493 Oxford-street, London. (- Throat Affections AND Hoarseness.—All sa fering from irritation of the throat and hoaraene* Will be agreeably surprised at the almost iinmecti* relief afforded by the use of Brown's Bronchi* Troche3." These famous lozenges are now so by most respectable chemists in this country Is lid per box. People troubled with a hacki^B cough/a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, eft not try them too soon, as similar troubles, if alio we^d progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthma, affections. See that the words Brown's Bronchi Troches" are on the Government Stamp each box.—Manufactured by John I. Brown & Sosj Boston, United States. Depot, 493 London. Valuable DISCOVERY FOR the Hair. — If 7$^. hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, nse "Tb* Mexican Hair Renewer," for it will positively resto** in every ease Grey or White hair to its original eelooft without leaving the disagreeable Bmell of "Restorers." It makes the hair charmingly beautify as well as promoting the growth of the hair en ■pots, where the glands are not decayed. Ask yout Chemist for "Thb Mexican HAm Kejteweb," pre- pared by Hekby O. Gallup, 493 Oxford Strew London, and sold by Chemista and ¡>erfuJlv- tTerywhere at Sa 6d per Bottle. Flortlihe !—For THE Teeth AND Breath. few drops of the liquid "Floriline" sprinkled on « wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, wbicb thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites ot Inpuntl.es, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stop' tecay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whitene3^ Hid a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removof ill unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth ot obacco smoke. The Fragrant Floriline," bt"lll.g composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is deh. ions to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery 81 he age. Price 2s Ga, of all Chemists and Perfumers. 'reparcd by Henry C. GALLUP, 483 OxIord-stroet. f.onlton. Hbalth WITHOUT Medicine, inconvenience, or eS- ponse in dyspepsia, chronic constipation, nervons, bilious, pulmonary, and liver complallltS debility, asthma, wasting in old or young, nnasea, &114 vomiting, restored by Du Barry's Delicious Foo»" t Ravalknta Arabica (whichsavea retimes iwcfJ* in medicine,) and cures chronic indigestion (dysp*?*i'' tiabitual constipation, diarrhoea, haanoorrhoids,. J., complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, Uinda of fevers, tore throats, catarrhs, colds, iHfluC'J noises in the head and eara, rheumatism, gout, and impurities of the,blood eruptions hysteria, nenraltf'* ratability, sleeplessness, low spirits, spleen, nidity, palpitation, heartbnrn, headache, debib'J'* dropsy, cramp, spasms, nausea, and vomiting .fter mating, even in :pregnancy or at sea sinking tiClt cough, astbma, bronchitis, consumption, epiiepsy, diabetes, paralysis, wasting away, and feverish and bitter taste on waking, er caused onions, garlic and even the snjell ot tobacco or driØt. 30 years invariable success with adults and deHCS*? infants, 90,000eures of cases considered hopeless* ta ns four times as much nourishment as meat. also the only recognised food to rear delicate successfully, and to overcome all infantine ia teething, weaning, measles, fevers, diarrhea, eruptions. Fed on this food. Infants t.(1f: be tjr than on nurse's milk, and the most rMtleM slop soundly all night through. Cur# No 89,91& "Iwenty-flve years ncredlble miseries from cbiof}'" dvspepsia, nerrousness, sleeplessness, low spif't'j debility, and swellings all over to double my nator' siae—miseries 1 endured, and for whieh I tried best advice in nino Sinee 29th of March last, 1 lived entirely on DU BARRY'S REVALfitfl* ARABICA FOOD without taking any meat. 1 felt so well in my life as I do now, all the na»ing lelt me; 1 have lost all nervoosness, I 8'feij well and feel happy. Indeed my friends say 1 j like a new man—nothing like what I was before :( look your food, Pray make what use you likeof'^l letter. Rev. CHARLES TUSON, late eurate of Mary's, Cardiff- Monmouth, 30tb August, 1876." i! 12,140,, Chichester, 20th Nov. 1876. RbValekta Arabica Biscuits have relieved v\e ot a chronic dyspepsia, which for some years rn! my life quite a burden. Yours, etc., (Rev. J. S. T. bIt Du BARRY'S Revalknta Arabica FOOD (sulta 10 packed for all climates) sells. lu tins. Jib at 2s} of 6d 2lb 6s. 5 5lb 14s. {121b 32s 241b 60s. tins are sent Cree by post to ail parts of the king" on receipt orfs 4d stamps or post office order. tg Du Barry's Ravalbnta Arabica Chocoi* Powdbr. in tin Canisters For 12 eups at 2s; oups at 3s 6d for 48 eups at 6s j for 120 288 cups at 34s for 576 cups at 64e Du Barry's Revalbsta Biscuits.—They 60 he most Irritable^ stomach and nerves, in *all8f(i and sickness, even in pregnancy or at sea, heart&a and the feverish, acid, or bitter taste on waki|1 £ ,,i|[ or caused by onions, garlie, and even the by tobacco or drinking.—lib, 3s 6d; 2 lb., th; Ó 1" 15s, 12Ib., 32s 24 lbs., 60s. nt DEpoM: DU BARRY &CO., No 77, LI mi ted Street London, W.; and throogh all Grocers Chemist in the world, fe Delicate Children.—Weakening Diseases Tenic Treatment.—Tbe condition of the blood Children suffering from General Debility, Spinal Disease, Wasting, Paralysis, and Consumpt,(' from Spasmodic Croup, Epitepfy, Worms. Weak M_|(. inti all Eruptions, is one ofpeverty, requiring a *.°:e8 to enrich it and clear the system from sh rhe best Medicine lor all the above ailment ^r*to man PHiLLirs Tonic Drops, which w;ll ado -he cheeks and restore tbe little patient to robust ef md parents should not fail to gite them a P ;ourse. Prices 8$d, 2s 3d, and 4s6d.—Of all Dr t large bettle aent fsr 5s P.O.O. by the ef of St sdmaa't Teething Powders, the safest remeaJ ;heir kind for Infants Teething, Depot—78, East r° London, N. t'rinteai by the Proprietor Tho sab Lbwis residing at Saint Thomas Green, in the a County of Haverfordwest, and published by bl,aid the Offices in Bridge Street, in the Town aad Coanty. On Friday, February 14t.b, 1879.