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PEMBROKE I
PEMBROKE I J ^°I.ICE APPOINTMENT.—Sergt. Evans, late of Haver- pr<West, has been appointed Superintendent of the Police district, vice the late Superintendent v,1 Kelly. Mr Evans enters upon his duties with the 8"est recommendations, a3 an active and intelligent Mlce officer. DKSEKTING SERVICE -At the Magistrates' C!erk's on Monday, before Dr. Bryant, l*aac James was J°ught up in custody of P.O. Owen, charged by Mr » 'lliam Powell, of Lamphey P.irk, in the paris'i of gu^Phey, with having, on the 29 h day of April. 18()6. jilted himself from his service without any ju-i cause a cense so to do. Defendant cons med to return to his t rvice, and was discharged from custody. Costs paid by te toaster, and ordered to be deducted from the de- ^ant's wages. PETTY SESSIONS.—These sessions were held at the l)°lvn Hall on the 4th inst, before W. H ilni, Esq., and a r Matisel. Thomas James, a travelling umbrella mender, "Wive of Rhymney, Glamorganshire, was brought up \?r?,Us-0(ly of P.O. Davies, charged by Mr Wm. Henry i, v'iams, station master, Pembroke Doclf, on behalf of Pembroke and Tenby Railway Company, with Suiting Thomas Brown, a porter of the said company, the evening of ihe 3rd inst. Thomas Brown deposed p ata porter on the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, at etobroke Dock station. At half-past seven p.m, defendant fa'ne to the station for a ticket: he was drunk and was >et»sed one. I removed him the train started, and when ,,Weat to close the gate the (defendant) came in through oegate and struck me, and through his conduct; was u%e Quarters of an honr before 1 could close the gate. the assistance of another porter we turned him up i kept him there till a policeman cams and took him to custody. The defendant was fined 2a 6d and 6s 6d in default of payment seven days in the House of Ori'ection. Pine and cost's paid. VJ^ESERTING A FAMILY.—On the 5th inst at the Town pa,i> before N. A. Roch, J. Adams, and VV. Hulm, E*q=, "Pt- H. Leach, and Dr. Mansel, Henry E vans, painter, of r,arn"street, Haverfordwest, was brought up in custody t p.C. Benjamin Owens, charged by Mr Robert Morgan "les. clerk to the Pembroke Hoard of Guardians, with "SUcting to support bi.s wite and child, now chargeable ,°the common fund of the said union. George Twigg /Posed: I am relieving officer of the Pembroke district, "the said union. I know prisoner's wife and r.hikl Y> are chargeable to the common fund of the Pembroke JHon since the 25th March last. I have heard that is a painter, and working at Milton Back. Thomas, examiued: I am one of the Overseers jj parish of Monkton. I know the prisoner to tie the and of Lydia Evans, who has been chargeable to P 6 Parish of Monkton for more than twelve months fo'lM a'so know that the prisoner had been working jj 'he last few weeks at Milton Back, near Carew, ami *e been informed that he got about 30s per week Defendant stated that he had been at work at 15a a fortnight last Thursday, and hia wages were recr6r week* was committed to the House of Cor- '°o for one calendar month with hard labour.
PEMBEOKE-DOCK.
PEMBEOKE-DOCK. On the 1st inst. a corporal of the Royal Artillery buried in the tniiltary cemetery with the usual I PENNY READINGS.—The last of these entertainments the season was held in the Temperance Hall on ae evening of the 1st inst, when the building was densely °Wded. The programme was well rendered. The chair M taken by Captain M'Alpin. Admiral Loring, C.B., had a' handsome schooner yacht, the Scout,' built by Messrs Long, Allen & Co. jj, Summer, at this placo. She is now at Cowes, where thai .een 80 much admired by the nautical fraternity, a- Ken'leman has made overtures to Messrs Long, & Co. for another yacht precisely similar. This aks well for our shipbuilders. B^BR0KK DCCK GARRISON. — On Saturday week 8teal'|'rd battery, 7th brigade, R.A arrived here per Wr -r ^rom Piymoiith. to relieve the first and second «»eJ.9.rie'8 of 'he same brigade. The latter sailed the same a^"In8 for Plymouth. One of the men who were going Yes* Was severe,y ^nrt by falling into the hold of the jit*? • He was immediately taken on shore to the bos- SHj On Sunday morning week the depots of the 46th J)u..?5th regiments arnved per steamer Avoca* from Th« together with the staff of the 13th depot battalion. 8t0l.J Werc landed during the day, and the whole of their t(|S? and baggage taken to the fortified barracks and ^er iu'8. encampment. The 95th embarked on board hav Majesty's ship Asp, which took them down the treSf;Q t0 Hubberstone, the South Stack, and other for- injj ?! where they will be stationed. Hundreds of the <lay 8nts ▼isited the pier at Hobb's Point during the 5eUrMB^0KE AND TENBY RAILWAY.—The following of p0p,is being extensively signed by the inhabitants W nke. ^ck.—'To the Right Honourable the JourS,°Jmi?isaioner8 of <he Admiralty. May it please thj lord8hips, that we the undersigned inhabitants of present our humble petition in refer- 0jpr,Opo?vd.e5 £ ten3i°n Hne °f railway into Her aJ iy dockyard, m connection with the Pembroke M Tenby railway on the south side of the Haven, -at we your p^uoners whilst fully admitting the ge.rW .7°nWi aCCrue t0 the locality UoK^' We.1 as t0 th/ Dockyard from the construc «Ur1 8Uch ra.llway» an<? as ur8in8 your lordships, of ^earnest desire to see it carried out; yet venture to tho8eSt that the said ^ine PaS8in8 a'0D8 the principal tr.^oughfare of the town would be calculated to impeck i(j t°i to inconvenience trade, and depreciate property lie je "vicinity. That your petitioners further humbly 0 draw the attention of your lordships to the exis- eit) e °,f other routes equally practicable, scarcely more and less prejudicial to local interests.' Plans be forwarded with the petition to the Admiralty.
MILFORD.
MILFORD. 0F PERSONS LATELY DECEASED.—The Will of Panlel Dcneage Finch-Hatton, M.A, Prove(i in the London Court, the personalty S' thp ^.0rn under £ 45,000. The testator was a brother Iajest.v ,h Earl °' Wincholsea, and Chaplain to Her lato'n married Lady Louisa Greville, daughter of °ou. e^ountess of Mansfield, and sis'er of Colonel the ( £ art Fulke (ireville' of Castle Hall, in this ?'6o r la<3yahip is liberally provided for, and is brQitur» all immediste legacy of m,000. and all the 4,, Itlir,), library, pictures, jewels, carriages, horses, &c. )'s ffpn>! ,i°n lias appointed residuary legatee. All feaves t i • an<^ 'n <jreat and Little Weldon he f'nch.n«tt!i18 younBer son, the Rev William Robert »'8aCv nf ?Iu!n"'m^ec'or of Weldon, together with a « 8t, anit t th euctl of his daughters £ 7 000 in for her
NA-RBERTH.
NA-RBERTH. E*q. of this town,; 9t»a0ll> uati°n at '^e College of Surgeons,
CAEDIGAN.
CAEDIGAN. BONCATH DISTRICT HIGHWAY BOARD—A meeting for the puriiosti of appointing the Chairman and Vice-Chair man of this Board, and for examining the estimates or the Surveyor for the year. was held at the Boncath Inn, on the *28th ult, being the first meeting of the Board in the parochial year. There were present: Dr Jones, of Glancych Thomas Colby, Esq, ot'Paivydcry; Benjamin Evans, Esq, Cydygill; A-a.T. Evans. Esq, of Cardigan; John E. Rees, Esq. of Berllwyd; William Phillips, Esq, of Trerhys; Capt. Bowen. of Pias Newydd; Messrs Thomas Rees, of Capel Colman; David Morgans, of Castellan; John Thomas, of Clydey; Stephen Davies, of Kilrhedyn Thomas Wit iams, of Bridell: John George, of Llantood; Thomas James, of Llaiifirnach; David. Thomas, of Llanfihangel; John Griffiihs, of Monington; Thomas Davies, of Manordeifi; and Levi Evans, of White Church. Before the closing of the me ting came John Colby, Esq., otFfynonej Colonel A. S Davies, of Pentre; and S. E. Colby, Esq, of Rhos-y-gilwcn- On the mot on of Thomas Colby. Esq, seconded by Asa J Evans, Esq, Dr Jones was elected temporary chairman. 1 he Clerk of the Board then read the a<'t empowering the election of a chairman, &c. Capt. George Bowon then proposed, ai d .VIr Asa J. Evans seconded, the re- election of John Colby, Esq, Ffynone, as chairman, when Dr. Jones said, that he hdd in a conversation with Mr Colby that morning ascertained that Mr Colby had determined to decline the chair for the present year The members expressed their regret on losing the ser- vices of a gentleman who had from the formation of the district been their chairman. Capt. Bowen and Mr Asa J. Evans accordingly withdrew their motion, when Mr Thomas Williams, of Bride 1, proposed, and Mr Thomas Rees, of Capet Colman, seconded, Major Lewis, of Clynfiew, as chairman, which WAS carried unanimously. Capt. Bowen then proposed, and VlrL n-i Evans second/d, Benjamin Evans, Esq, of Cydygill, as vice-chairman, who was duly elected. Mr Evans, in taking the chair, expressed his thanks in some feelinjr r. marks for himself and the chairman, Maj ir Lewis, who was absent. The e-tiuirttes of the ensuing year were then examined, and found to be slightly lower than those of last year by reason of the roads being in a very improved state. Orders ;n accordance with the estimates were issued to the Overseers of the various parishes in the district, and cheques for the Surveyor were diawn upon the Treasurer. -Cdpt. Bowen then moved, and Mr W Phillips seconded", that a culi en be built to cov<r the bvook running paraiif I with Saint Dogmell's High-street, in the parish of Saint Dogmells: the resolution was agreed to, and an order granted.-The Surveyor, according to an order made at the former meeting of the Board, produced estimates for the building of a bridge at Rhyd Emlyn, at the joint expense of the parishes of. Llanfair Nantgwyn and Whitechnrch. when a long discussion ensued, caused partly by the opposition given to the building by the Guardian for Whitechnrch,— On the motion of Mr Asa J. Evans, seconded by Mr Thomas Williams, it was resolved that notices for tenders be imme- diately issued for building a new bridge at Rhvd Emlyn, arcording to the phil and dimensions brought in by the surveyor, the sMd tenders to be sent to the office of the Clerk before Saturday, the 12th day of May next; and that a committee ot the following guardians and ex-officio guaroians be appointed to carry the resolution into effect, concurrently with the sur- veyor, v'z, Thomas Colby, g-q, Benj imin Ev.sns, Esq, Messrs Levi Evans, John E itees, and Thomas Williams. The surveyor at this stage of .the proceedings remarked that the re-election of so many o!d guardians showed that their services were appreciated, and there were a few new faces of very promising representatives. Capt Geo. Bowen, in reply, stated that it was a matter of justice to the surveyor that he, being one of the three guardians re- presenting the largest parish in the district (Saint Dog- meils) should acknowledge the services of the surveyor on beha;f of his parish, as well as the district at large.. He tendered him the sincere thanks o! the meeting tor his active and his assiduous attention to the duties of the office, and was happy to find that the expenses for the th*e maintenance and repairs of the roads was no more than two-thirds of the suiu spent at the commencement of his office, though the traffic had increased since the opening of the South Wales Railway to Haverfordwest. The motion was carried with acclamation. The meet- ing then broke up.
C 0 RR ESPONBfi NCE.
C 0 RR ESPONBfi NCE. We do not consider ourselves responsiblefor the opinions and sentiments of our Correspondents StR,—Some short time ago one of the membprs of the Lampeter Cotlege Eleven undertook to bring an eleven to plrty fifteen of the Haverfordwest Club. I am now in a position to say that the Haverfordwest Club would be happy to play an eleven of the Lampeter Club, leaving the other four out of the question, only name the day. ° I am, Sir, yours respectfully, A MEMBER OF THE H. C. C.
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SIR,-We have discovered what we consider. druidical remains in this neighbourhood, which may perhaps be of interest to your antiquarian readers. Tbey consist of four sepulchral urns, containing human bones which, judging by the charcoal found with them, had evidently under- gone cremation. They were foupd on the top of the hill above Milton, and on the ridge that rups from Tenby to Pembroke. The first was turned up in ploughing, the others were dug out, and although great care was. used, we could not get them out whole-they were too rotten to hold together. I made also a careful search for some relic of the period, but neither implement or ornament oould be found. I enclose you a rough sketch of two of the urns, also a piece of skull that you may judge whether it is human "[ Perhaps, sir, it- may have belonged to a great chieftain or hero more than two thousand years ago. I am, Sir, Tours respectfully, MAURICE ORMOND. P.S.-There was no barrow over them: no doubt ages of cultivation had levelled the ground. Milton Farm, near Pembroke, May 7th.
HAVER F 0 RD W E ST MAEIET.
HAVER F 0 RD W E ST MAEIET. Saturday May 5, 1866. Beef, 6d to Sd Mutton, 7d to 9d; Lamb, IOd to 12d Veal 3d to 7d, Pork 6d to 7d; Butter, Is ld to Is 3d; Eggs,20 for Is Od Fo\Ws, 2s 9d to 3s 6J per couple; Ducks, Ð8 Od to Os Od ditto Geese, Os Od to Os Od; Turkeys, Os Od to < s Od each; Cheese, 3d to 5d per lb; Potatoes, 24 lb for Is Pigs, Os Od per score.
Family Notices
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. Notices of Births, Marriage;?, and Deaths, should be sent to us in Manuscript, properly authenticated. We cannot under- take to search other papers for these announcements, which are frequently found o be incorrectly printed, or turn out to be untrue. R, „ „A BIRTHS. (Jn the 30th ult. at the Waterford Packet' Inn, Hakin, the wife of Mr William John, Trinity Pilot, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Crt the 3rd inst., at the parish Church of Prendergast, in this town, by the Rev F.Foster, M.A, D. R Ev ns. Esq, of Penrhewgaled, Cardiganshire, to Matilda, daughter of our late much respected townsman, Mr Walter Rey- nolds,. Picton Place, Haverofrdwest. On the 2nd instant, by, licence, at-the Albany Chapel, in this town, by the Rev James Williams Mr John Evans, of-this town, to Mrs Martha Gregson, of the Dragon Hotel, Hill Street, in this town. On the b.t inst, at Llanhowsll Church, in this county, by the Bev John Davies, B D., Robert, eldest son of R. H. M. Yeates, Esq, formerly of Hendre, in this county, to Miss' Agnes J. liaviland, Mariners'-square, in this town. v DEATHS. On the 3rd inst, at High-street, in this town, Mr R. P. Pratt, jeweller, &c, riged 33 years; deeply regretted, On the 26th ult., at 7, llock House, Tenby, Henrietta Justina, relict of Michael Reynolds, Esq., M.D., late of H.M. 59t& Regimeilt, and' fourth daughter of the Gover- nbtaTh<Mri&s DiedertchEreta.. of Geytoa, aged 83 years. 09m.Wk ul.t.»i at;Place, Swansea, Miss Jarie Lp^rU, & member of the Society of Fri«nde, aged 90 years,"formerly a resident Qf tMe toWD, j
MAY.
MAY. Thrice welcome, cenial month! whose balmy sway Fosters, to full magnificence, the show Of blossoms that rejoice the face of day, And, in the fructifying sunlight, glow, Airs, precious with perfume, are thine to breathe, And partieolour'd rohes lire thine to wear; Favours for thee, the cherry-orchards wreathe; For thee climb. white the promise of tvie pear. The pink-ey'd applecup prolongs thv reitrn Daisies and buttercups, and oowslips gay The hawthorn's flakes; the tulips' gorg'ous train; The lilacs' piurn'il; the chesriuts' tall array; Nature keeps holiday, whilst thou, the Q-ieeii Of rustic sports, do'st rear thy Mavpole ou the green. A Century of Sonnets. By Jacob Jones. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VIENNA, MAY 5 (Evening ) Tt is rumoured that the Austrian Cabinet have decided to reply to the last Prussian note in conciliatory and moderate terms, declaring, however, at the same time that in the present state ot affairs Austria cannot disarm. The municipality of this city are making arrangements to provide stabling for 4,0 0 cavalry horses. Saxony, YVurtemberg, Hanover, and Electoral Hesse are said to have given assurances to the Austrian Go- vernment that they will lend their support to Austria in the event of a conflict with Prussia. Bavaria has ad- dressed communications of a friendly nature to the Aus- trian Government, without, however, taking up any decided posiiion. 'The Middle Spates advise Austria to lean entirely on the Federal Diet in the question of the Duchies. Rumours are current here that, the Austrian Am- bassador in Bi'ilin and the Prussian Ambassador in Vienna will shortly be recalled. It is believed that important negotiations are b^ini; carried on between the Austrian and French Govern- ments with regard to lta!y. The Vienna journals publish intelligence from Florence, stating that the Italian Government is in negotiation with a London house for contracting a. loan. It is P-1-40 slated that it is intended to raise an Italian loan of 750 million lire by voluntary national subscrip- tions. General Prim is expected to receive the command of a division of the Italian army. It is rumoured that Venice will shortly be placed in a state of si' ge. BKF.KOIA, MAY 5. A camp of 15.0V men will be e.«taidi>hed at Pola. The eoai-t of D-ilrna ia is being ¡"ni;ï, d and ilie garrison of Trieste has been increased to 1 1,000 men, consisting principally of Croatian regiments. A GUAM, MAY 5 Intelligence received here announces tliat «r at arma- men's, concentrations of troops, and preparations for edmmericii'g a campaign, are sroing on amongst the Austrian forces on the Servian frontier. PRUSSIA. BERLIN MAY 5 (Evening). Ministerial ordinances have been issued pi a"il)g certain restrictions upon the granting of passports to Prussian subjects wishing to go abroad. Tliis me-istce has been ad jpted in consequence oF the steps taken to raise the different divisions ot the army to their war i-trerigth. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 4 (EVENING). Prussia is s«id to have,declined all negotiation on the lefii.iiive solution of the question of the Duchies on the basis proposed by Austria. An official notification in reference to the issue of the proposed Government, currency is shortly expected. Pa- per money will not be i>stud bv the Government i'self, but by the National Bank of Austria, who will issue notes of one and five florins to the amount of one hun- dred and ten millions. This amount will he placed to the account of the Go- vernment, the latter reserving to themselves the right to order the issue of torty more million of florins. VIKNXA, MAY 5 An Imperial decree has been promulgated to-day an- nouncing the issue of one-florin and five-florin bank notes, which are to be placed to the account of the Go- vernment. The authorisation granted to the National Bank to issue notes of thee amounts for its own account is suspended, and the said notes are placed to the account of the public debt. The decree release3 the National Bank of Austria from the obligation of givinit specie in payment of its notes on presentation. The latter will henceforth circu'ate as Government notes and must be accepted in all payments as legal tender at their full nominal value. The supervision of the aame is confided to the Com- mittee of Control over the Public Debt, and the amount to be put in circulation is not to exceed one hundred and fifty millions. The National Bank will be compelled to pay in its own bank notes the equivalent for any sum presented to it (of a higher value) in one and five florin notes of the Government currency. The decree delares this financial measure to be neces- sary in order to meet the demands upon the Treasury, which have arisen in consequence of the complicated foreign relations of the empire, and the threatened out- j break of war. The oScial Wiener Zeitung says :—4 This measure, un- favorable as its effect will be upon Austrian currency is, nevenheless, the best thing that could happen in the present difficult state of affairs.' All hopes of peace are not yet abandoned. The Ministry of Marine has issued a notice, stating that surgeons are required in the naval service. <►_ DREADFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—A dreadful colliery explosion is reported to have occurred on Friday evening at the Garswood Colliery. Haydock, near Saint Helen's, belonging to Messrs Bromilow and Co. It is supposed that the explosion was caused by blasting. Thu only particulars which have come to hand are to the effect that eight men were drawn dead out of the pit, some of whom had been burnt to death, and the others suffocated by the choke-damp whilst attempting to escape. It is a'so said that eight other men were very seriously injured, ana four of them are not likely to recover. Another report says that the numbers who were drawn up from the pit dead amounted to ten.
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THE WEDDING MARKET.—At a recent dinner of the friends of some amalgamated benefit associa- tions,' a wit descanted on this subject, and gave the following as the 'report of the present state of the wedding marketSpinsters Light articles not in demand richer sorts much inquired afrer termg generally prompt. This restricts the market. Mediums, well made and carefully got up are z;1 steadily on the advance. Widows rule firm, and, if substantial, are occasionally inquired after. Bachelors An sorts of goods find a ready market. In the finer class, swells have nearly disappeared, and a more serviceable article is now offered. Here, too, the mediums are most sought after, the texture is finer and more serviceable than hereto- fore. Flimsy and unwarranted goods are flat. Old maids and old bachelors: Quantities of pre- vious years' goods encumber the warehouses, and are not quoted. If sought after by speculators for export, no doubt good articles may be found at easy prices. Z, THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S QUARTERLY RKTURXS. -The quarterly returns of the Registrar-General concerning the births, marriages, and deaths of the United Kingdom, shon that in the quarter ending in December last, out of a population esti- mated at 30,004,519, there were 142,304 persons married in the quarter ending on March 31, 265,663 children were born and 1S5,138 persons of both sexes died. In tne quarter that ended December 31, 1865, there were 114,100 persons married in England. In London the weddings rose from 7,856 and 8,711 in the December quarter of the two previous vears to 9,746 in that of last year. In Lancashire and Cheshire, which together • contain a population not much exceeding the me- tropolitan, the marriages in the same three periods were 7,635, 7,253, and 8,576. In the northern counties they were 2,917, 3,173. and 3 2/4. In Monmouthshire and Wales 3,329. o;416. and 3,538. In Yorkshire 5,659, 6 027, and 6,291. The marriage-rate per annum, in the December quarter of 1865, was 2,148. This result represents the proportion uf persons married to a Wundred in the population. The average of ten corresponding quarters, was 1,981 per cent. Weddings are always the most frequent in the Christmas quarter, and in that of 1861 the marriage-rate was 2,022; but within the range of the comparison, viz., the ten years 1856-65, a rate as high as 2'1 per cent is without any example, with the single exception of that which is supplied by the present return. Of children born in the March quarter of the present year the number was 196,737, against the high number 194,287 in the corresponding periol of 1865. The annual birth-rate for the same period was 3 776 per cent, the average being 3 614. The birth-rate is always higher in the first six months of the year than in the last but the tables for the last ten years furnish no instance of a rate so high as that which prevailed last quarter. London I yielded its fair contribution to the increase; the births were under 30000 in the metropolis, and slightly above that number in Cheshire and Lan- cashire. In some counties, as Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, and Leicestershire. there was a decrease, for whicl^others, chiefly in the northern parts of the kingdom and in Wales, more than compensated by their increase. The births were very numerous in Surrey. Devonshire, Lancashire, Durham, Northumberland, Cumber- land, and Wales. Whilst the births were 196,737, the deaths were in the same time 138,233, and the excess of the former over the latter was 58,504. The natural increase was 650 daily but this was disturbed by migratory tendencies, always in active operation. The weather in the quarter was un- favourable to health, and, by exciting or aggra- vating pulmonary diseases, carried oft many per- sbns of advanced age. The total number of deaths in England and Wales was 138,233, which implies a rate of mortality above the .average of ten pre- vious winters, though not so high as it had been in the winters of 1864 and 1865 In these two periods 142,977 and 140,646 deaths were registered.
THEOBROMA CACAO.
THEOBROMA CACAO. S .uth America is the home of this tree. Dampiers the voyager, who visited the Caraccas in 1682, says: —' The coast is a continual tract of high ridges of bill, I and valleys, which alternately run pointing upon the shores from North to South. The valleys are from two to five furlongs wide, and in length from the sea threo or four miles. Cocoa-nuts, of which chocolate and cocoa are made, are the main product.' A Cocoa plantitiofi — or walk, as it is called-may contain some thousand frees, besides wbivh, it has grouped about it the stately coral tree, as a protection for the young trees from the too scorching heat. TLey are not unlike the cherry in form, and seldom exceed twenty feet in height. The nuts are enclosed in pods as big as a man's fists put together, and will number almost a hundred in each. The crops are in December and June, and a vrell-bearing tree will produce twenty or thirty pods, which are gathered during a period of three weeks or so, as they turn yellow. As a ripening process, they are then allowed to lie in heaps, and afterwards spread out in the sun on mats, and when dry, each nut, (about the size of a kidney bean) has a hard thin skin of its own. When required for use, they are roasted, and the husks removed. Many milliors of pounds of Cocoa are now annually consumed in this country, while prior to the reduction of the duty in 1832, the quantity was not half a million. But although this progress has been made, an adverse influence has continually been tending to check its con- sumption in the attempt of some manufacturers to gratify the public desire for a cheap article, and throwing on the market that only which is inferior and adulterated. However, shortly after the reduction of the duty, the doctrine of Homoeopathy was introduced into this country, and greatly stimulated the use of Cocoa. Being almost tne only beverage recommended to those under the homce spathic mode of treatment, it became very essential that a preparation of a quality at once attractive and pure should be made obtainable for their f use. James Epps, the homce ipathic chemist first established in this country, was induced to turn his attention to the subject, and with the assistance of elaborate machinery, succeeded at length in perfecting the preparation now bearing his name. The very agreeable character of this preparation soon rendered it a general favorite. An additional recommendation was the facility with which it could be prepared for the table. It but required two teaspoonfuls of the powder to be put in a breskfast cup, then to be filled up with boiling water or milk, and the beverage was ready. I But, although this preparation had been especially introduced for the use of homce ip»thirts, medical "men of all school-, aoon began to recommend it. Its natural attractiveness of flavor, and its developed grateful qualities, soon obtained for it a position which had only been withheld from cocoa through misadventure. Dr Hassall, in his work, 4 Food and its Adulterations,' says Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body.' Again, I As a nutritive, Cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee pr tea.' Dr. Lankester, says:—'Cocoa contains as much flesh-forming matter as beef.' Dr Liebig, saysTheobromine, the most highly nitrogenised vegetable principle.' (The most nutritious food i$as a rule highly nitrogenised.) ^r Hop^ei; s^ysAdmirably adapted for the sick —for tljose in heauh it is a luxury,' jBppj?'8.Coc?%_qr, ai -ii^is ,pwre frequently co;e, 'Bops>. ^opi«opathyj <2p'qpa, is secured in tlb fib and ilb tja-lioed^ labcllad packets, and sold by Grocers, Cou-» Groce fectioaera, and Chemists,
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j teriffer of Mi- Compton is that he pay £ lot) per for the gas works, the Corporation paying him per annum for each of the public lights, and he will JPpty consumers with gas for 5a per thousand feet. e4 the consumption with consumers exceeds two illion feet he will reduce it to 4s 6d per thousand feet. *ttj>e*tent °*" *ea8e to °r 5 ears' tern"nable option of lessor or lessee. letter was read from Mr A. De Rutzen, the arbi- &tor appointed to decide in the case Lock v. the Tenby p°8rd of Elealth, offering to let the case be argued in the of Queer's Bench. to It was resolved that the Board of Health would object 4'17 further proceedings. That they were perfectly ^Wfied to leave the decision with Mr De Rutzen. letter WAS read from the War Office offering the ■ration £ 800 for St. Catherine's Rock. .rom the proposition of Mr Gifford seconded by />» ,ertnaa Rees, it was resolved that the offer be ac- C9Pted. The meeting then separated.