The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

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THJE great Loyalist Meeting that was held in Dublin on Tuesday evening, at which Lord Hartington as chief of the Liberal Unionist party, and Mr Goschen as a leading member of the cabinet of Lord Salisbury, were re- ceived by a vast assemblage of patriotic Irishmen determined to support the Union, is likely to mark the opening of a new epoch in the political history of Ireland. We have said again and again, that there are two Ire- lands two peoples who though living within the same geographical area, speaking the same language, associated with each other in civil and commercial affairs, bound by the same interests, are yet entirely distinct and separate from each other ;-the one, supposed to be the numerical majority, consisting of the ignorant, the unpropertied, the restless masses, incited to violence and discontent and hatred to the existing Government by a revo- lutionary priesthood and a band of reckless agitators, who, under the guise of patriotism, seek to undermine the foundations of British power, to defy the authority of law, and de- stroy the Empire the other, which has been regarded as, in point of numbers, the weaker, comprising the educated, the owners of property of whntover kind, the commercial community, all without respect of creed or party who have anything to lose, or who desire .the preservation of law and order, and the maintenance of the Queen's authority. But until the present, the latter—the industrious, peaceful, loyal Ireland-has permitted the missionaries of violence and rebellion to pur- sue the evil course of agitation uncontradicted and unopposed, relying upon the strength and C5 fidelity of the loyal people of Great Britain and the firmness of the Queen's Government to protect Ireland from the effects of the con- spiracy which bad been entered into between the rebel section of her people and the blood- thirsty Irish Anglo-phobists of the United States. The time, however, has come when it appeared desirable for loyal Ireland to give some risible and tangible demonstration of the strength and reality of the Unionist feel- ing that prevailed, and the de termination of the loyal population to resist at all cost the attempts of English Separatists and American dynamiters to accomplish the national inde- pendence of Ireland, and the overthrow of the British Empire. The outcome of this resolu- tion was the meeting in Leinster Hall on Tuesday night and the magnificent banquet of Wednesday night. Such a meeting as the former, it is quite safe to say, was never be- fore held in Ireland. We do no mean to say that there have not been very much larger popular assemblages, for since the days of the monster meetings of O'Connell there have been many occasions on which vast concourses of the Irish peasantry led by their priests and stimulated by the inflammatory appeals of mistaken zealots or well-paid emissaries of treason, but they represented neither intelli- gence nor conviction, and were merely the ignorant dupes of those who used them as mere counters in the political game they were engaged in playing. Not so the Dublin meeting this week it consisted of the middle [ and upper elasses and the best men amongst I the artizans of the land. The chiefs of the mercantile community, the representatives of f the railways, the shipping, banking, and the f other great joint stock enterprises of Ireland, f the Provost, and a large number of the most t distinguished graduates and Fellows of the > University, the most eminent practitioners, of liberal professions, Protestant, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic, Conservatives, Liberals and Radicals ignoring in the emergency that has arisen their party differences, respectable representatives of the mechanic and labouring ■ classes, all gathered round the platform on which were met the best and most distin- guished of Irish patriots, to sustain the Eng- | Hsh representatives of the great Unionist Party, who came to assure their Irish com- patriots that in this contest for the mainte- nance of the Union, the strength of the Bri- tish people and the resources of the British Government would be employed without stint in the promotion of their common cause. The speeches of both Lord Hartington and Mr Goschen, though different in their aim and structure, and each bearing the distinct characteristicts of the orator who delivered it, rose to the occasion, and will have a deep and an abiding effect. Lord Hartington pointed out -the great leading principles that are involved in the Home Rule controversy, and in his calm and convincing manner pointed out the ground- lessness and the impossibility of the demand for a separate nationality for Ireland. The common assumption in the minds of the Eng- lish Home RulerA that the Irish people are in favour of Home Rule, was disproved by such a meeting as he then addressed consisting as it did of many thousands, representative of every class in the country except the peasantry. Such an assemblage congregated in the Me- tropolis was a living argument of the fallacy of Irish unanimity on the question of Home Rule. But his Lordship did not rest here. Even supposing the demand for Home Rule came from a much larger section, or even from the entire body of the inhabitants of Ireland—a supposition which it is impossible to entertain-it does not follow that therefore the demand for separation should be conceded, for then the question would arise of the in- terests of the other portions of the United Kingdom, of which Ireland is but an integral part. The British Empire must not be over- thrown, theUnited Kingdom must not be dis- integrated, even though a fraction of some seventh or eighth of the population, but so far from this being the case, it is a matter of consi- derable doubt whether one half the population of Ireland—numerically—are really in favour of Home Rule, while it is absolutelv certain that the great majority of the educated, the propertied, the commercial and the producing classes are against it. As Mr Chamberlain, in his Ulster campaign, decisively proved that there are two Irelands, so Lord Hartington made it equally evident that in all the ele- ments of social prosperity and national Strength the loyal Ireland is vastly the more powerful. Mr Goschen pointed out in a most eloquent and vigorous speech the value to Ireland of her union with Great Britain. The eapital, the enterprise, the culture of the country are all in favour of the British con- nexion, and it would be fatal to Irish as well M British and Imperial interests to surrender to a band of revolutionists, whose only object is the dishonour and downfall of the British Empire. The first need of Ireland is the maintenance of law and the repression of anarchy. In that task the Government are now resolutely engaged, and the Dublin t demonstration affords a gratifying evidence [ of the estimation in which their labours are [ held by the great loyal population of the country. ¡

SALE OF PROPERTY.—The house in High ttreet, and premises and gardens in Hill lane, advertized for sale in our last issue, were put up V by auction at the Swan Hotel, on Saturday, by Ifr W. J. Davies, of Pembroke Dock. The pro- k perty was knocked down to the Ex-Mayor, (Mr I T. James) for the sum of £925. I We are very pleased to hear that the degree [ of Doctor of Music has been conferred on [ l £ r F. B. Greenish, Mus. Bac.,<bv the University t of Trinity College, Toronto. This University k was established by Royal Charter in 1852, and F we understand has recently extended its exam- [ in&tions for musical degrees to England, the chairman of the Board of Examiners being Dr. 1L J, Hopkins, the well known organist of the I Temple Church, London. Mr Greenish is also, 1/ v as our readers are aware, a Bachelor in Music Ot Oxford TThjversity, and we have much plea- MtM in congratulating hin on having now added; i ■ a Doctor's Degree to bis many former successes l JII the study of the science of Music.. i :iiiiii;8ii PEMBROKESHIRE FARMERS' CLUB. — The quarterly meetings of this C. ub have been fixed for the third Saturday in the months of December, 1887, March and June, 1888. The next meeting will bf' 1" i 1 r r!an Hotel on Saturday, the 17th ]:.& I UrW. Roberts, of Rippes- ton, will introduce a discussion on 'The advisa- bility of giving prizes for the best cultivated 10 farms.' THE NEW SIXPENCE. —A Royal Proclama- tion is published in the Gazette" ordering the coining of a new sixpence, which is to bear designs as follows For the Obverse Impres- sion Onr Effigy with the inscription Victoria Dei Gratia Britt: Regina F.D. and for the Reverse the Words Six Pence' placed in the centre of the piece, having an Olive Branch on one side and an Oak Branch on the other, sur. mounted by the Royal Crown, and the Date of the Year between and below the branches, and a Graining upon the Edge." ROOT CROP PRIZES.—As announced in our last impression, Mr W Roberts, of Ripperston, was agmin successful in the competition for the Ten Guinea prize offered by Messrs Proctor, of Bristol, for the best crop of five acres of swedes grown upon any farm in England and Wales with their manures. The prize crop weighed 29 tons 4 cwt. Mr Roberts has carried off Messrs Proctor's prize on several occasions, and he possesses mauy memorials of his success fn the form of silver cups, silver tea services, and a gold watch and chain. This year Mr Roberts has selected a set of silver mounted harness, which has been supplied by Messrs Baker and Jones, of High Street, at whose establishment it is now on view. An inscription is engraved on a plate on the bridle, recording the name of the winner and the date of the competition. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—A promenade con- cert, promoted by some generous friends of the Horticultural Society, took place at the Masonic Hall on Friday afternoon. Combined with the musical entertainment was an afternoon tea, in the preparation of which several ladies very kindly gave their valuable assistance. There was a large attendance, and the arrangements in the musical and refreshment departments left nothing to be desired. In the evening a second concert: was given, and this also was well patronized. The concert was a great success from a musical point of view, and as a financial experiment, it was also most satisfac- tory, a sum exceeding JE10 being realised for the funds of the Horticultural Society. The follow- ing ladies and gentlemen took part in the render- ing of a very excellent programme:—Mrs George Mrs J. Reynolds, the Misses James, Miss Willi- ams, Miss M. Williams, Miss B. Thomas, Miss Powell, Miss Noott, Miss Jenkins, Miss Baber, Miss White, Miss Wilson, Miss Pavin Phillips, Misses Harding, Miss Thomas, (Rock House), Miss Johnston Rev M. A. James, Mr James Thomas, (Rock House) Mr Jenkins, Mr T. Jpnkin*, Mr Johnston, Messrs Dawkins, Mr Howard Davies, Mr W. D. George, Mr Hood Williams, Mr Spriggs Thomas, Mr Bendall, Mr J. H. Lewis, Mr W. R. Devereux, Mr C. Rogers and Mr G. Lewis. The promoters of the con- cert desire to thauk the ladies and gentlemen who so kindly helped them on this occasion, and have great pleasure in announcing that after payment of expenses a balance of £ 10 3s. 7!d. remains for the benefit of the Society.

DULWICH ELECTION. VICTORY OF THE CONSERVATIVE. Polling took place on Thursday to fill the vacancy in the representation of the Dulwich Division of Camberwell, caused by the appoint- ment of Mi J. Morgan Howard, Q.C., (Conser- vative), to a county court judgeship. The can- didates were Mr John Blun Jell Maple (C.) and Mr James Henderson (G.L.). The poll was de- clared late last night as follows Maple (C.) 4,021 Henderson (G.L.) 2,609 Conservative majority 1,412 At the last election Mr Morgan Howard was returned unopposed. In 1886, the first and only instance of the constituency being polled, Mr Morgan Howard had a majority of 1,694. A NEW INDUSTRY IN SOTTTH WALES. Our representative was lately shown round the organ building factory of Messrs. Wade and Meggit, delightfully situated at Tenby, and also inspected a magnificent two manual organ of large size, now rapidly approaching completion. This instrument, when completed, will possess 31 stops and no less than 1,474 pipes and is con- structed on a new style of tubular pneumatic Drinciple. This has the advantage of being perfectly noiseless in its action, non-liability to get out of order, lightness in touch, and prompt- ness in speech. The tone and workmanship is of the very highest character, aud would reflect credit on the first firms in the kingdom. In this fine organ over a quarter of a mile of tubing is used in connection with its tubular action, and it will be fronted by a very handsome carved case in pitch pine and oak, with glass doors and decorated pipes, designed by Mr George Morgan, architect, Carmarthen. The instrument in ques- tion is to be opened at the English Baptist Chapel, Carmarthen, on the 22nd prox. The firm of Wade and Meggitt recently finished an organ, which has been much admired, and was opened on the 11th ult. in the presence of the Lord Bishop of the diocese and a large Masonic gathering at Monkton Priory Church, Pem- broke.—'Daily News.' AGRICULTURAL RETURNS. The following are the acreages under each 0 kind of crop, bare fallow and grass, and number of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs, as returned upon the 4th of June in the years 1887 and 1886, in the county of Pembroke — Total area of land and water in acres 393,682 393,682 Total acreage under all kinds of crops, bare fallow and grass, not including nursery grounds and woods, the acreage of orchards and gardens, not devoted to any crops or grass 307,276 306,568 Wheat 3,343 3,354 Barley 21,923 22,842 Oats 26,096 26,048 Rye 81 51 Beans 4 8 Peas 84 68 Potatoes. 3,063 3,008 Turnips and swedes 8,294 8,084 Mangolds 1,360 1,195 Carrots 12 12 Cabbage, Kol Rabi, and rape 515 515 Vetches.&c. 214 253 Clover, sainfoin, and grass, under rotation-for hay. 16,312 16,047 Not for hay 19,540 16,624 Permanent pasture For hay 40,828 3,q,764 Not for hay 163,107 168,037 Bare fallow, or unciopped arable land 1,600 1,660 Horses:— Used solely for agriculture 8,488 8,241 Unbroken horses and mares kept solely for breeding. 6,268 6,337 Cows and heifers in milk or in calf 33,677 33,968 Other cattle 2 years and above 16,251 17,417 „ under 2 years 38,917 40,770 Sheep—1 year old and above 49,687 52,343 Sheep—1 year old and above 49,687 52,343 nnder 1 year old 49,968 47,073 Pur. 26,763 24,153 The returns for pigs do not include those kept in towns and by cottagers with less than a qnarter of an acre of land. Capacity in cubic ft. 1887. 1886. 1887. 1886. The number of silos. 5 5 10,988 8,543

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at Summerville House, Haver. fordwest, the wife of Mr F. R. Greenish, of a daugh. ter. On the 25th ult., at the Old Bank House, Pern- broke, the wife of Mr G. LI. Griffiths, spirit mer- chant, ifcc. of a son. On the 27th ult., at the Police-station, Little Haven, the wife of P.C. James Thomas, Pembroke- shire Constabulary, of a son. On the 26th ult., at Manor Oweu, the wife of the Rev T. Johns, of a son. On the 24th tilt., at Upper Scoveston, in this county, the wife of Mr James Davies, of a son. On the 20th ult., at Saxnmndham, Suffolk, the wife of Rees Lewis, butler to Sir Charles Philipps, Bart, of pieton Castle, of a son. On the 14th ult., at Rather Lane, in this town, the wife of Mr Thomas John, jjroom, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 24th ult., at Llans tad well Church, Neyland, by the Rev Mr Ramsey, Mr Thomas Morris, of Haverfordwest, to Eliza Jane, eldest daughter of Mr William Harries, Trinity Service, Neyland. On the 19fh ult, at the Baptist Chapel, Narberth, by the Rev B. Thomas, Mr Benjamin Eynon, watch- maker, to Miss Mary Henton, of the Plain Dealings' Arms, Narberth. DEATHS. I' On the 18th of November, at the Citadel, Cairo Egypt, Frederick Caleb, the baloved child of Sergeant J. C. Waters, 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, aged 14 months. On the 26th ult., Mrs Catherine Smith, for many veara matron at the Castle-gaol, in this town, aged 77 years. On the 29th ult., at Orange Hall, Pembroke, Mr Alderman William Thomas, aged 78 years. On the 29th ult., at Qnay-street, in this town, Ann, wife of Mr Henry Thomas, plasterer.

THEATRICALS. An amateur theatrical entertainment was given at St. Thomas' School on Thursday week, under the patronage of Sir C. E. G. Philipps, Bart. The pieces represented were Orange Blossoms" by J. P. Wooler, and Tom Cobb" by W. S. Gilbert, the well known collaborator of Sir Arthur Sullivan. In Orange Blossoms,' Symmetry (a woman hater) already ruffled by the settlement of his newly married cousin Isabel and her husband Clarence in his im- mediate neighbourhood, is reduced to despair by a letter from an old friend, Falcon Hope, announcing his intention of paying him a visit and of bringing with him his bride and a mys- terious being denominated Little Loo. To revenge himself on Hope and Clarence for in- flicting on him the society of their womankind, he attempts to set them by the ears by taking advantage of certain ante-nuptial flirtations between Mrs Hope and Col. Clarence, and Mrs Clarence and Mr Hope. By the irony of fate, the misogynist's tenure of his property depends, under his uncle's will, on his marriage within a week of the date at which the play opens. Failing this his property reverts to little Loo, a man hater, and a cousin of Hope's, whom the latter has brought with him with the laudable intention of making a match between the rival claimants, who are unaware of their mutual re- lations. Symmetry succeeds in persuading the husbands that the old attachments are not dead, and in bringing them to the verge of a duel, which is only prevented by little Loo's exposure of his plot. This matter being satisfactorily explained, they turn on Symmetry and compel him under pain of fighting both to make an offer of marriage to little Loo, who, to his sur- prise and horror, accepts. On their hearing from Hope the terms of the will, she declines to take advantage of her position. This magnanim- ity inspires Symmetry with new faith in femi- nine nature, and he goes a willing victim to the hymeneal altar. Of the characters in this piece Mrs Clarence (Miss M. Williams) was very arch and piquante as Symmetry's free and easy cousin and showed to special advantage in her scenes with him. Mrs Hope (Miss Shettle) made a very charming bride, and sustained her part well. Little Loo (Miss Owen) in a short but difficult part was of great assistance: her intonation and facial ex- C, pression being exceedingly good. Symmetry (Mr James) gave a good and vigorous character sketch. As Colonel Clarence, an irascible and elderly military beau, Mr George showed his usual power. Mr Hill as Falcon Hope, the young bridegroom, did his part well, but has not lost a certain stiffness on the stage. The second piece "Tom Cobb" depends for success rather on dialogue and situation than on plot. The principal character, an Irish adven- turer, Colonel O'Phipp, makes an income bv borrowing money from aspirants to the hand of his attractive daughter Matilda. As the play opens be dismisses one suitor, Tom Cobb, whom be has fleeced, in favour of a brother-surgeon Whipple. An old pauper who bore a striking resemblance to Tom, and was currently known by his name, having just died, Whipple, to get his rival out of his way, persuades him to make use of the death certificate of the defunct pau- per as a discharge in full of his pecuniary liabili- ties, and to lie perdu. To heighten the effect Tom makes a will leaving all his property to Matilda, which the Colonel applies to a hoard discovered by Whipple secreted in the old man's room. Tom hears of this; and finding that a reward has been oftered for his discovery by Messrs. Docket & Tape, Solicitors. naturally supposes that he is wanted for forgery, and comes to the Colonel to demand the destruction of the will and a restitution of the property. In a very comic scene, the Colonel, backed by Matilda and Whipple, refuses to acknowledge any previous acquaintance with him, and offers him a pension of £ 1 a week so long as he con- sents to style himself Major-General Arthur Fitz Patrick, the name of an Indian officer se- lected from the Timea' obituary. It happens that the late and gallant officer had, by his > poetical effusions in a local paper, won the heart r of a certain Caroline Effingham, a member of a romantic family, and had engaged himself to her by submarine telegram. The poet-soldier having proved faithless, the injured damsel was thirsting for pecuniary consolation. Tom has no sooner accepted the Colonel's offer than the Romantic Family (Mr and Mrs Effingham, Caroline their daughter, and Bulstrode their son) enter to pay a call on the Colonel, who in- troduces Tom to them in his new capacity whereupon he is immediately requested either to resume his engagement to Caroline or become a defendant in a suit for breach of promise. On consideration, he discards the faithless Matilda, accepts his inherited liabilities, and faith un- faithful keeps him falsely true." The new Major-General makes a gallant attempt to keep up his poetic reputation, and is hailed as a heaven-born genius by the Romantic Family. The Colonel, thinking that his ill-gotten wealth is now safe, and that fear of detection will pre- vent the Major-General from ever resuming his real name, stops his pension. Tom, driven to desperation, and finding that Bulstrode is articled to Docket and Tape, reveals his iden- tity, and is informed that it is not as a forger that he is wanted, but as heir-at-law to his grandfather, the old pauper Tom Cobb, and that he is entitled to certain invested property be- sides the sum misappropriated by the igenuous Colonel. Caroline considers the wealthy sur- geon as quite worthy to replace the poetic warrior. Maltilda, who is of the same opinion, endeavours to reassert her old influence, but is promptly repudiated and left to indulge in mutual recriminations with Whipple and her worthy progenitor. Tom Cobb went briskly throughout, and, judging by the laughter which it excited, was much appreciated by the audience. A piece containing two Irish characters naturally pre- sents considerable difficulties to an amateur company but we think that Matilda and the Colonel, although they doubtless would not have satisfied the critical ear of a native, yet ac- quitted themselves very creditably, and showed evidences of careful study. Miss Owen, as Matilda," showed that she has inherited the well-known histrionic powers of her father, our present Mayor and her appearance fully ac- counted for the success of the Colonel's method of raising the wind. Miss Shettle as Caroline Effingham" delivered her poetical rhapsodies extremely well, and has proved a most valuable accession to the company. Miss M. Williams made a capital Mrs Effingham," and gave no indications of having taken the part at very short notice. Mr George as Colonel O'Phipp," was the mainstay of the piece; and this was perhaps the best acted character. Mr James as Tom Cobb" seemed quite at home in his part, and was very funny in his effort to be poetical. Mr Howard Davies as usual was irresistibly comic as the aged father his catoh words creat- ing roars of laughter. Mr Hill contrived to make himself as unattractive a character as the play demanded. Mr Colin Davies was as tragic and sentimental a solicitor's clerk as one need wish for. Mr Robinson scored his point as the Footman. The Orchestra, who, as usual, very kindly gave their services, played a most enjoyable programme, and greatly contributed to the suc- cess of the whole performance. The Scenery deserves great praise, and was decidedly better than that usually found on an amateur stage. The garden scene was especially pretty and most natural; and owed much of its beauty to the plants which Sir C. E. G. Philipps, Bart., kindly lent fot the occasion. The ladies' dresses were exceedingly pretty and appropriate, and the get-up all round very good, the complete disguises of Miss Williams and Mr Howard Davies as Mr and Mrs Effingham, being quite triumphs of art. The perrnquier on this occasion was Mr Hooper, of Tenby.

CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS.—Forth- coming Exams. Second Class Clerkships, Lower Divisions, Outdoor Officers of Customs, As- sistants of Excise, Engineer Students, Naval Con- structors, &c. Good Salaries and Pensions. For full information and recent examination papers see the CIVIL b&K VICE YEAR BOOK for 1887, revised and considerably enlarged. Paper. 2s. 3d., cloth, 2s. 9(1- i post free.-SHErpARD & ST JHN, 6, St. Bride Street, London, E.C. CHEAP WINE FOR THE PEOPLE.—Sir Charles A. Cameron, ex-President of the Royal College of Surgeons, in the DublIn Journal of Medical Science' remarks—' ben People talk of adul- teration of claret and wines, they must be ignorant of the fact that there is no material so abundant or so cheap to prepare wine from as the grape. It must not be inferred however from my remarks on the cheapness of claret that it is the only pure cheap wine in the market. In Spain and Portugal the quantities of wine produced annually are enormous. We have now Port and Sherry which can be bought at a Shil- ling a bottle. Are they pure ? Just as genuine as the dearest port and sherry, but containing somewhat less of added alcohol. A short time ago I purchased specimens of port and sherry at one of Messrs W & A Gilbey's branch establish- ments in Dublin, and submitted them to analysis. They proved to be as genuine as the most expen- siTe wines of the kind, but they contained a little.less alcohol—a difference, to my mind, wholly in their favour.

= THE PRINCESS OF WALES. I BORN THURSDAY, 1ST DECEMBER, 1844. See, a flag it flutters from the Castle top What's up to day ? they say. 0, that rag there rattles till the wind does drop 'Tis our Princess's Birthday." Yes, and there it shall stop, for to prove that we're not Disloyal as some think For it tells to the sight, we're a trnsty lot. Our coming Queen," we'll drink. Of her praise I would speak, of that woman meek, But words they come too fast And I cannot express to my mates, I guess, Her goodness in the past. But of this I'll sing, ay, of this very thing To the poor she's good and kind, And thro' all my life, thus of our Prince's wife I will think and bear in mind. PRYDFARDD 1 Haverfordwest, Thursday, 1st December, 1887.

CHRISTMAS MARKET. SIR,—The Town Council will soon be fixing the date of the Christmas market. May I express the hope, which I feel sure is very generally entertained among the many employees in the town, that in doinc so the Council will act on the precedent of 1886 ind avoid naming Christmas Eve ? I am t"ld that farmers find it very inconvenient for the market to be so late, that poultry, &c., cannot be sent to its destination in England in time for Christ- mas Day but I write far more in the interest of that large class who will have to spend their Christmas here if the market is on Christmas Eve, but who would be able to enjoy it with their friends at a dis- tance if any othhr day were fixed by the Council. I am yours, &c., W. S. de WiirroN. Haroldston, 21st November, 1887. THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVA- TION OF BRITISH INDUSTRIES. SIR,-I am much pleased to find that at last there is to be a move made for the preservation of British Industries. I had the pleasure of attending a large and influential meeting held at the Castle Hotel, on Saturday last, composed of all shades of politicians, at which it was unanimously held that British Indnatries must be preserved. Mr Roch Davies was voted to the chair, and in a few words described the object of the Association. The Chairman put the matter in a simple and clear way by taking our Town Market as an example, say- ing—"You are all aware that none of us can bring any produce to sell in this market without paying toll I will ask you what is that toll for ? It is to pay the expenses of building the Market, to keep the Market House and approaches clean, and to maintain the fabric. We will suppose that the governors of the market were to make a law that all the people from Castlemartin, Fishguard and St. David's, were to be allowed to sell their produce in the market free of toll, and only the people of Haverfordwest were to pay. Would you consider that just ? No. Well that is what our rulers have decided for us, and I think it is high time we should make our protest against such unjust laws. Great Britain is the market of the world. Any foreign nation who has any surplus pro- duce sends it to the Untish market, and why 7 because it is the only market in the world that is free of all toll, while every other nation puts from 10 to 30 per cent on all imports. If Free Trade was what its name implies, we may not have much to say, but with us it is free to the foreigners only, a heavy dnty being placed on all home produce. Who is it that maintains this great market, and this great nation ? Why, you and I, and all labourers and manufacturers paying rates and taxes, which amount to more than 10 per cent on all our produce. There are over 150 millions of foreign manufactured goods imported into our market every year, which never pay one penny I towards the maintenance of this nation. The foreign- ers have elbowed us out of our own markets by send- ing us cheap and poor articles which the ignorant public buy. Go into any shop here or anywhere else, and you will find foreign goods staring yon in the face, which have not paid one copper. Why are our manufactories and mills in our great towns at a stand- still ? Why are there such thousands of unemployed in London and elsewhere ? It is because the for- eigner has driven them out of their own workshops. I Why is the British agriculturer brought to the brink of ruin, and the farm labourer obliged to work for a bar3 10s. a week, and many men cannot get that ? It is because farm produce is imported to such an ex- tent that nearly one-half the land is turned ont of cul- tivation. Twenty j'ears ago England produced over j 16 million quarters of grain now she does not grow 8 millions, and why ? Simply because it will not pay. I I myself sold in this market this year 661b. of the best wheat I ever grew for 3s. 10d., and Mr Rees, the mil- ler, will tell you that it was the best wheat he ever ground. Just look at the milling trade, and the loss thereby of labour. Mr Rees mentioned to me that in his small way the trade was disastrous. He formerly em- ployed four horses and four men, but now he has done away with his horses and only employs one man. If 10 per cent duty was put on the 150 millions of manufac- tured articles, it would turn in 15 millions of revenue. It would not raise the price of articles to any great extent, but would put the British labourer on a level with the foreigner, and the 15 millions may be used to relieve the land which now bears an undue propor- tion of the burdens of the nation." The Chairman brought many other strong and pertinent arguments to bear on the subject, and ended by impressing on the meeting the necessity of making the object of the as- sociation as widely known as possible, especially among the labourers and mechanics, who have at all times to bear the brunt of the battle. He invited all, from the lord to the peasant, to come to the next meeting, which I understand will be held on the 10th of next month. I am, yours, &c., A SYMPATHISBR. FREE TRADE, FAIR TRADE OR PRO- TECTION. SIR,—I am old enough to remember something of the bad times we used to experience before we had Free Trade in this country, and I must admit that the sufferings of tht poor at present are not to be compared with what they were in those days. It must also be admitted that the wealth and trade of the Country have enormously increased since the adoption, and it is presumed, as the result of Free Trade. Still, it has occurred to me that in me anairs of a Conntrv, a policy that might have been wise and good at one period of its history, may in the conrse of time require extensive modification, if not entire reversal, and this may be the case with respect to the Free Trade policy. Mr John Bright, in regard to the agricultural depres- sion, seems to think that it is only a question of the reduction of the landlords' rents, forgetful of the fact that corn, particularly wheat, cannot be grown in this country at the prices now realised in our fs if the farmer paid no rent at all. Then S11" • re- duction of 50 per cent in the rents <liu i, our farmers to compete with foreign growers of corn, all has not been settled thereby. True. the farmers have been squared, bnt the country generally has sustained a permanent loss of several millions annually, the landlords having only half the amount they formerly had to spend in support of s^opket.perS) mechanics, servants, labourers and others. Now it is almost universally admitted that times are better for all classes when prices for all kinds of commodities are neither very high nor very low. Thig, being so, I should not be at all sorry to see a moderate duty im- posed on the importation of all sorts of foreign goods, sufficient to keep up prices to a point at which they can be produced in this country. But if it can be shown that this will bring about similar times to those we had from 40 to 45 years ago, and which really were the cause of the Chartists' riots, why then I shall remain Your's &c., A Frer TRADER. Haverfordwest, Dec. 1st, 1887.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. ] ( The Pembrokeshire Foxhounds will meet on Mon- t day, December 5th, at the Sor.th Wales Hotel, Ney- ( land and on Thursday, December 8th, at Triffleton I Bridge. Each day at 11 a.TO. The South Pembrokeshire Fox Hounds will meet on Tuesday Dec. 6th, at Thrustle Mill, and on Friday. Dec. 9th, at Ivy Tower., each day at 10.45. •=<fMr Powell's Foxhounds will meet on Tuesday, the ] 6th inst, at Talybont, and on Fridry the 9th inst, at t, Penycoed Upper Gate each day at 10.30. n The T vyside Foxhounds will meet on Monday, the 5th inst, Llwyndafydd (Llangeler), and on Thursday, t.: the 8th inst, at Troedyraur Farm •, each day at 10.45. Mr T. P. kewes Harriers will meet on Tuesday, the 6th inst, at Ihe Lamb InD) and on Saturday, the i 10th inst, at Rhydlewis (by permission) each day at [ 10.30. 1

I-THE LATg SHIPWRECKS OFF CAPE HORN.—EX- E§Sict of letter from UAVID (late Master), of -the barque Colorado, of Glasgow.—' Having lost our ship on Staten Island. 0n the 5th of July last, and having saved neither effects nor provisions, we were then compelled to travel over tne island for ten days, subsisting on nothing but shell-fish and seaweed our ship on Staten Island. on the 5th of July last, and having saved neither effects nor provisions, we were then compelled to travel over tne island for ten days, subsisting on nothing but shell-fish and seaweed On the 19th of July we came across another ship- wrecked party of seventeen, the surviving paitof the crew of the British slup Dunskeig,' of Glasgow, fourteen having perished through exposure. Now, the ship was lost on the 23rd of June, and a lot of the cargo, consisting of Epp's Cocoa, was washed ashore out of the wreck. Tli*"e was nothing saved except the Cocoa, and we, numbering twenty-five men, were kept alive on it up to the 20th of August, when we were rescued by the steamer I Murcurio,' of Buenos Aires, and landed there on the 13th of September.' "Too much praise cannot be given to this Cocoa tor the preserved state that it was in, aftei being in the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of the 'Dunskeig,' for a. fortnight, and then washed ashore, and lyiug on the beach and rocks of Staten Island for about six weeks, subject to the exposure of the severest weather on the face of the globe.' The island is situated iu a region of perpetual ice, snow, and storms and after I all this test, it was as fresb and dry as if in the works. As we had a good stock of it there, we used it in a liquid state for drink, and also made, it in a thick state, like porridge, and we also baked it on the fire,! which mads splendid bread and kept us alivy and) warm on this barren island.'

SAD TRAGEDY AT CARMARTHEN. A MAN MURDERS HIS DAUGHTER. Another murder has been added to the long list of tragical events that have happened dur- ing the past week. This time the scene lies at Carmarthen, which has enjoyed a comparative immunity from crimes of violence for some time. In this case Henry Jones, milk vendor, 8, Blue-street, 38 years of age, murdered his daughter, Annie Jane Jones, a little child of between six and seven years old. Between four and five in the afternoon, Police Sergeant Hughes, hearing that a mau had mur- dered his child, went down to the house, and there found Jones sitting in the kitchen on the settle with the child on his lap, with his throat cut from ear to ear. The man was fondling and caressing the child, saying My child My child;" I- I did it;" Come here my child," and making use of expressions oi that sort. The child's throat was cut so as to expose the vertebrae, and in the man's pocket was found a razor covered with blood. His face, hands, and clothes were also covered with blood, while a regular pool was on the floor. The man was alone in the house with the child, and in con- versation said that he would have done the same to his other child if he could have got her in. Dr W. P. Hughes was called in, but the child, of course, from the terrible nature of the wound she bad received was dead, indeed, must have died almost immediately. The man was ar- rested, and is now at the police-station. MR STANLEY IN DIFFICULTIES. A dispatch addressed to the Inaependance Beige' from Leopoldville, in the Congo Free State, says that when the last mail left, Tippo Tib, who was recently appointed Governor of Stanley Falls, had not yet sent the promised carriers to Mr H. M. Stanley at Yambuya for the carriage of ammunition and general stores intended by Mr Stanley for Emin Pasha. The members of Mr Stanley's rearguard were power- less to carry the stores forward alone, and the expedition, therefore, proceeded without the requisite means of relief. It is asserted that Mr Stanley's expedition has latterly suffered afresh from famine, and that many of its members have died. The action, or rather inaction, of Tippo Tib has strengthened the suspicion that he is not loyal to the State. If this suspicion be justified, Mr Stanley and his followers may be put in a great dilemma, if not Itl. danger, for the cunning old chief has it in his P0^ to raise up legions of enemies between Mr Stanley and civilisation. A GARDEN BAROMETER.—One of the simplest of barometers is a spider's web. When there is A prospect of rain or wind the spider shortens the filaments from which its Web is suspended, and leaves things in this state as long as the weather is variable. If the insect elongates its thread it is a sign of fine calm weather, the duration of which may be judged of l>v the length to which the threads are let out. if the spider remains inactive it is a sign of rain but if, on the contrary, it keeps at work during the rain the latter will not last long, and will be rain the latter will not last long, and will be followed by fine weather. Other observations have taught that the spider makes chmges in its' web uvery 'twenty four hours, and tuat if such changes are made in the evening, just before ssnset, the night Will be clear and beautiful.— 'La Nature.' II --d. -A. I CONCERNING BELLS. I The origin of the bell is not known but a knowledge of it goes back to a period beyond the written history of nations. The pious Dionysius Barsalabi, in his Dissertation on Bells, asserts that he finds it recorded in several histories that Noah received a command that the workmen employed in building the Ark should be sum- moned to their labour by the strokes of wood on a bell but the earliest mention of them in Scripture is found in Exodus xxviii. 33-35, and xxxix. 25, when speaking of the necessary ornaments for the hem of the high priest's robe in and beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof and bells of gold between them round about: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pome- granate, upon the hem of the robe round about. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.'—'And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe.' It is possible that the Assyrians and Egyptians used bells exclusively in religious rites but the Greeks and Romans employed them for secular as well as for religious purposes. At the British Museum may be seen, in a case in the Nimroud Gadery of Assyrian Antiquities, eighty small bronze bells with iron tongues, which were found by Layard in a caldron, when excavating Nimroud—the Ancient Calah of Scripture-on on the banks the Tigris, the approximate date of which city may be given from B.C. 885 to 630. The great feasts of Osiris, the judge of the dead, were inaugurated by the Egyptian priests with the ringing of hand-bells and the Greek priescs of Cybele followed the same custom when they sacrificed to the mother of a hundred gods.' Later, they were in more general use with both Greeks and Romans. Pliny refers to the sound- ing of a bell in public places in Athens to ad- vertise the sale of fish—doubtless, the predeces' sorcf the modern town crier, who may still be heard in remote country districts. The Greek sentries in camps and garrisons, when they heard the ringing of a bell, knew the relief- guards were approaching, and were bound to answer the signal. At Rome also, the musical tinkling, announcing the hour for the indul- gence of the luxurious bath, was welcomed by the Romans, who made great use of bells as per- sonal ornaments, and adopted them for em- blems on their triumphal processional cars. The small quadrangular hand-bells, made of thin plates of hammered iron, riveted together at the sides and bronzed-a form represented on some of the old Irish stone crosses, and speci- mens of which are in the British and Hibernian Museums—were exclusively used for ecclesiasti- cal purposes. Their introduction into Britain is generally assigned to the wandering monks, who in those early days of Christianity made (frequent pilgrimages to Italy. Ireland possesses a rich collection of these old bells, some of which with a traditional history, are preserved in costly shrines, embellished with gems. In the Annals of the Four Masters,' mention is made of the Bell of St. Patrick,' which has ever been held in special veneration because of the belief that it wa3 the property of that saint. For genera- tions this relic was in the possession of the Mul- holland family, who kept it buried, in order to insure its safety during the disturbances which so frequently troubled their country. The last descendant of the family bequeathed the trea- sure and the secret of its hiding-place to the late Adam M'Clean, who, on searching, duly found in the spot indicated a strong oaken box, con- taining the old bell, enclosed in its lovely shrine, and with it a Bible written in early Irish char- acters. This bell is only six inches high, five broad, and four deep the shrine is of beaten brass, covered with an antique design, of gold and silver filigree, worked in complicated con- volutione and knots. The whole is profusely studded over with rock, crystals, garnets, and other precious stones. It is now in the Royal Irish Academy, an interresting collection, that includes the almost unique 'bell of Armagh,' be- sides others, rivals in age and beauty. But as a priceless specimen of the skill and workmanship of those early days, none of the caskets in which each bell is placed equals that of St. Patrick. Supplementary to these small bells, used in the services of the Church, are others employed for the administration of oaths, which oaths were considered essentially binding and sacred. Apart from the veneration felt for these bells, superstition sometimes invested them with pecu- liar powers, like the bell of St. Colomba,' for example, known as Dia Diagheltus (God's vengeance), which the taker of the oath believed could inflict on a perjurer a terrible and inde- scribable punishment. Dr. Beresford, the late Archbishop of Armagh, had four very curious old bells of this class. The venerable prelate purchased them at different times, and in differ- ent parts of Ireland, from peasants, whose rever- ence for their sanctity had declined in these days of progress, and who, fortunately, were not unwilling to part with things to them com- paratively worthless, but above all price to a collector. The suspended bell is a recent introduction, compared with the antiquity of the hand-bell, used in heathen as in Christian times in the celebration of religious rites. The development of the heavy swinging bell, from the time of the Anglo-Saxons to that of the Normans, must have been tolerably rapid, when the great size I and strength of the belfries, built by the latter, is considered. About the middle of the seventh century, in the reign of Egfrid, Benedict, Abbot of Wearmouth and of Jarrow-upon-Tyne, pre- sented some large bells to his church and about the same period the Venerable Bede re- lates how the nuns of St. Hilda, at Whitby, were summoued to prayers by the sound of bells. At the Dresent dav. verv few bells are left bear- ing authentic dates previous to the Reformation, although it is said that one was removed from the belfry of an old Church in Cornwall, in- scribed Alfredus Rex,' which must, if the in- scription was correct, have been in use for a thousand years. The most reliable guide for deciding the approximate date of the casting of a bell is the several marks and stamps impressed upon it by the founder, for it is generally known in what century any noted founder lived and they were also fond of inscribing on them quaint mottoes, sometimes of exhortation, sometimes of warning, a definition of their use, or an injunc- tion to attend to certain duties. In 1675, an old peal of bells, each bearing a motto, was taken down from the belfry of St. Michael at Coventry and recast. No. 5 was the workmen's bell I ring at six to let men know, When to and from their work to go.' No 7, the sermon bell, running thus: I ring to Sermon with a Lvsty Bombe. That all may come and none may stay at home.' No 8 implies the frequent occurrence of fires, when the greater part of the houses were built of wood instead of stone I am, and have been called the Common Bellr To ring when Fier breaks out to tell.' An old bell at St. Sidwell's, Exeter, is, like many small things in this world, both assertful and boastful 'I mean to make it understood That though I'm little, yet I'm good.' Another, hanging in Newton-Abbot Church ,hasa similar inscription; Although I am both light and small, I will be heard above you all.' Devonshire has its full share of fine medieval churches scattered about the beautiful rich county, and these churches, as a rule, have heavy peals of ancient bells. The peal in Exeter Cathedral, ten in number, claims to be the heaviest as well as the sweetest in all England. Among the melodious bells of Dewsbury, in Yorkshire, is one called Black Tom of Sothill,' which was presented in expiation of a murder, Its lugubrious sound booms out and breaks upon the midnight silence of a Christmas eve, when its solemn tolling is known as the devil's knell,' signifying, that when Christ was born, the devil died. Legendary superstition has always invested bells with miraculous powsrs and strange influences but why the so-called spirits of darkness are credited with a strong aversion to their din, has never been satisfac- torily explained. In many Catholic countries, the church bells are set ringing during a thun- derstorm, a superstitious practice which pre- vailed in England before the Reformation, for Latimer alludes to it, saying, that the devil might take flight, and so the storm subside.' Wynkyn de Worde also believed in its efficacy, besause,' he writes, 'evil spirits no doubt moche when they hear the bells rongen.' A remnant of the same faith lingers in the tolling of the Sanctus' or passing bell, which, pre- vious to the eighteenth century, was sounded before, not after, the mortal had joined the great majority and the Italian will account for the deafening uproar of bursting bombs in the piazza in front of the church, and the pro- miscuous clashing of bells trorri the campanile, during the celebration of the festa' of a local saint, by Paying that such noise pleases the saints, and drives away the devil.' Sailors are sspeciaily credulous of the good or evil omens of be.'ls set ringiug and stories of them having been heard above the roar of the ocean, and 1 the whistling of the wind during stirms, like < :he lost bells of Tintagel, oi those of the sub- j nerged city between the Scilly Isles and the 1 Land's End, are too familiar to bear repetition. t Moore founded his plaintivo song. Silent, 0 1 VIoyle,' on an old Iiish myth on the power of i Church bells. I Tho daughter of Lir was by 1 ] in IL- f."™' m some supernatural power transfotmed into a swan, and condemned to wander for many hun- dred years over certain hills and rivers in Ireland till the coming of Christianity, when the first sound of the church bells was to be the signal for her release.' The Netherlands claim the first introduction of chimes which, by the way, are nowhere sweeter, or more welcome, than in London city on a fine Sunday, when the quiet of the well-nigh deserted streets is em- phasised by the contrast of the whirl, the rush, and the full throbbing life of a week-day. The carillons of Ghent, Bruges, and other continen- tal towns are played by means of keys attached by bands to the bells, on the same principle as a piano but in England—where the art of cam- panology is brought to a higher perfection than i:i any other country—the good old fashion of swinging them by pulleys is still universal.— 1\ ChlmLer's Jonrna1.' THE CORN MARKET TI.e Farmer of Monday says Last week's mar- kets were g-n»;rally dearer, and the change of weather now i-, Mark-!ane dull This morning quotations were vt li maintained, not exceeded Wheat in small, andflmii iit large, supply. English wheat unaltered; foreign sometimes dearer. Indian corn, malting b:irh;;», iiii(i malt d til; feeding barley, maize, oats, arid lie,-ins full prices Flour unchanged; prices steady, but i-t;t;.il purchases small. Cargoes firm. German import diui'.s reported doubled, and commence at o:;c.. EXRCUriON AT GLOUCESER. Enoch W-idley was executed in Gloucester Prison on Monday for the murder of Elizabeth lla'woih K»'ans, at.-Kemploy. The Prisoner had been a soldier i:1 India, and was sent home as not; being of sound mind. He wad detained at Netley Hospital some lime, and then discharged the service. He afterwards went to his relatives at Keinpley, and prctendfd to tuake love to the deceased, a field hand, attacked her as she was going home from work, and cut her with a knife in nearly 40 places. She soon bled to death. Wadley's conduct has been penitential through- out, and he uttered a prayer for mercy as the drop fell. Berry, the executioner, gave a drop o i five feet six inches, and the culprit appeared to die instantaneously. MR HARRINGTON'S ARREST. Mr Edward Harrington, M.P., for West Kerry, and editor of the Kerry Sentinel,' was arrested in his office at Tralee on Thursday, on a warrant charging him with having published in his paper, on the 29th of November, a report of a meeting of the Tralee branch of the National League, that association having been suppressed in County Kerry since the 22nd of November. Mr Harrington demanded to have the warrant read to him. The inspector at first refused to do so, but on Mr Harrington saying he would resist the arrest, the warrant was read. Mr Harrington was removed to the police barracks, and subsequently released on bail. On return- ing to his home, he addressed the crowd from his window, defying the Government and assert- ing his determination to continue publishing reports of the league meetings until forcibly s topped. 0 CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. At Worship street on Monday, Elizabeth Cooper, 31, married, living at Rushmore road, Clapton, was charged with causing the death of Eliza Leonard, by beating her about the head on the 22nd inst.-Inspector Bond, J division, stated that the two women had resided in the same house, and on the 22nd inst. they had a dispute on some domestic matter. They were on the stairs, and the prisoner was alleged to have seized the deceased woman? by the hair and knocked her head against the bannisters. These circumstances became known to the police on Saturday asternoon. The woman was then in a dying condition and was being attended by a medical man. He (the Inspector) visited her, and took the prisoner into custody. He then visited her again in company with Mr Daly, J.P., and the woman made a deposition, in which she stated positively that the woman Eliabeth Cooper had caused her injuries. Mrs Leonard knew that she was dying when she made this statement. The prisoner was present. Leonard died. at four o'clock on Tuesday morn- ing, and the doctor had been unable to state the cause of death. He (the Inspector) therefore asked for a remand to allow of a post-mortem examination, and an inquest being held.—The Prisoner said she never saw the woman on the day when the assault was alleged to have been committed, but she admitted that she had had a dispute with the Deceased. Mr Hannay advised the woman to say no more at present. He granted a remand, but said that he would accept substantial bail for her appearance next week. EXTRAORDINARY COFESSION OF MURDER. On Sunday afternoon a man, who gives the name of Henry Sides, and who states that he is a son of Walter Sides, Glass Cut Farm. Oswes- try, gave himself up to the Newcastle-under- Lyme police under circumstances of a most ex- traordinary character. About four o'clock the prisoner met Police-Sergeant Mundley and asked for the police-station, stating that he was anxious to confess himself the perpetrator ot a terrible murder. The man had the appearance of one I in full possession of his faculties, although it was evident from the restless and furtive expression of the eyes that he was labouring under some strong depression, The sergeant accompanied him to the station, and there he made the follow- ing circumstantial statement — I am a clerk, and was formerly in the employ of Lord Hereford, at Ty'nyeoed. On the 23rd or 24th of November, 1886. Margaret Cowen, a domestic servant, came to see me, 1 kept company with her. I took her for a walk to Penmase Farm kept by Mrs Vaughan, at Llan- fillo, Brecon, About ten p.m. I gave her a bottle and asked her to drink. It contained port, wine. I had mixed tiome landallum and some other drug with it. After she hid drunk it she becau.e ill, and lay down on the grass in the orchard and died in a few minutes. I then took her to the hedge side, and left her there until about one o'clock the following morning, when I returned and dug a hole and buried her at the back of the bank. I found some lime in the garden, which I put on her before I put the turf on. It took me until abont 4 a.m. to dig the hole and bury her.' This confession was taken in writing by Police- Sergeant Bentley, and prisoner signed it in a cramped and unsettled hand. The statement was of so extraordinary a character that the police doubt the sanity of the prisoner, but he firmly adhered to the circumstantial details of the terribl uurder. He added that he had been wandei g over the country since the date fixed a. on which the crime was perpetrated, and • unday he walked from Nantwich. The pn ■oiier is 27 years old, and stands 5ft. 7in. high He is attired in corduroy trousers, with a light jacket and vest, and on the left ear there is a running sore, which he ascribes to a severe cold. The police have com- municated with the authorities at the Welsh village named as the scene of the callous murder. The prisoner was brought before Messre. C. Massey and J. Griffiths at Newcastle Borough Police-court on Monday, when Police-Sergeant Mandlev deposed I was in Red Lion-square at ten minutes to four o'clock yesterday afternoou, when prisoner came and asked for the police- station. I told him I was a sergeant, and asked what he wanted. He said, I want to give my- self up for a very bad crime.' I said, What is it ? and he replied, If you will go with me to the station I will tell you all about it.' I took him to the sfation, and, in the presence of the Chief Constable and myself, Sergeant Bentley took down his statement. The Chief-Constable, in reply to a question, stated that he had locked up the Hue and Cry,' but could find no trace of crime. The Magistrates Clerk 1 believe there is nothing in it at all. Prisoner had no questions to put, and he was remanded for a week. It turns out that the extraordinary confession of the man Sides is absolutely without founda- tion. Llanvillo, situate about seven miles from the town of Brecon, is an extremely quiet place and very sparsely populated. This sensational report, however, which flashed along the district with lightning speed, caused a large number of the inhabitants to congregate fogether at the spot indicated. When the police arrived plenty of willing hands were found to assist them in the work of search. A considerable quantity of soil was turned up, but there were no signs of human remains, and so the task was given up late in the afternoon as a hopeless one, the po- lice being satisfied that there is no truth what- ever in the revolting statement. It should be stated that the police discovered several bones in their search, but they turned out to be the bones of animals, and it was afterwarda ex- plained that several dogs, &c., had been buried in the vicinity. Sides was employed as a farm labourer at Penmaes Farm, of which the or- chard in question is a part, in the autumn of 1886, and at that time a servant girl, whose name has not transpired, resided there also. 3he left in the November of 1886, end is still living in the neighbourhood of Talgarth, and is well known to the inhabitants. Sides was em- ployed on this farm at the time of the alleged