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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-Sermons in aid of; this Society were preached in the churches of St Mary, St Thomas, and St Martin's, on Sunday week, by the Rev J. H. A. Philipps, of Picton Castle, the Rev Charles Cooke, Association Secretary, and the Rev Dr James, of Panteg, the deputation from the Society. The annual public meeting was held on Monday evening at St Mary's Schoolroom, when admirable addresses were de- livered by the Rev J. H. A Philipps, (who presided), and by the deputation. Collections in aid of the funds of the Society were made at the services on Sunday and at the public meeting on Monday evening. HENRY'S MOAT.-Recently. the Rev C. H. Barham, with that liberality for which he is proverbial, entertained at dinner at the Tufton Arms, about 70 farmers, resident in the neigbbourhood of Trecwn. The rev. gentleman presided, and the duties of vice president was performed by Mr Ridet. The dinner was prepared with great liberality, and reflected much credit upon Mr and the Misses Thomas, of the Tufton Aarms. After justice had been done to the good things provided, the usual toasts were proposed,and some admirable observations were addressed by the rev. gentleman to the assembly. The health of Mr and Mrs Barham was pledged with great enthusiasm, and was very ably acknowledged by the president. The company also drank the health of Mr Rider, who responded in a neat speech. The company spent the evening in great conviviality, and separated at an early hour well pleased with their entertainment. WERLEYAN CHAPEL BUILDING.-The Rev W. Morley Punshon, it will be remembered, undertook to raise by personal effort ten thousand pounds towards building new chapels at favourite watering places. He gave himself five years for the task, which notwithstanding the interruption of severe and long illness, he has fully accomplished. The Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Chapel Building Society is going a head. Last year a few rich men subscribed £15,000, making the whole in- come JMO,000 this year Mr Sheriff Lycett has beaded a new subscription list with the noble gift of £ 6,000 to which the brothers M'Arthur have added £ 3,0C0, tha whole of this one list amounting to £17,000. But the sheriff does not stop here he offers, besides, JE500 each to ten new chapels, payable on their individual com- pletion.English Independent. HAVERFORDWEST RIFLE CORPs.-The contest for the prizes given by Col. Peel for attendance at drill in the months of May and June, took place on Monday evening. The ranges were 200 and 600 yards, five shots at each distance, Wimbledon targets and scoring. The following is the result of the shooting:— 200 600 Tl. 1. Private A. Lewis, (10s). 16 15 31 2. „ G. Davies, (5s) 12 14 26 3 „ John Morris, (4s) 14 12 26 4. Sergeant T. L. James, (4s) 14 12 26 5. Col.-Sergt. Morris, (3s) 10 14 24 6. Private R. 1. Jones, (3s) 14 10 24 7. Private D Phillips, (3s) 13 10 23 8. W. Rogers, (3s) 9 14 23 9. Col.-Sergeant W. E. Jones, (3s) 14 9 23 10. Private D. P. Davies (2s) 15 8 23 LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF PRENDER- GAST CHURCH.—The foundation stone of this church was laid on Thursday in the presence of the church- wardens, Mr John Harvey and Mr Philip White, by Mr John Davies, builder, of Tower Hill, who has the con- tract for the restoration of the church. The stone con- tained the usual hollow, in which was placed a bottle containing the names of the rector, the Rev F. Foster, and the churchwardens, and several coins of the present reign. A statement was also inserted recording the fact that the church was rebuilt in 1867 by Mr Davies, and that nothing was found to indicate the date of the original structure. The church will be restored under the direction of Mr W. K. Ladd, architect, of Pembroke Dock, and the contractor (who has commenced the work with great vigour) antici- pates that it will be completed in about eighteen months. We should mention that the rector was unavoidably absent, and the ceremony was performed in a private manner. Later In the dav the men engaged in the work were provided with refreshments by the contractor. PRESENTATION TO THE REV J. B. ROWLANDS.— Last (Friday) evening a handsome silver salver was presented to the Rev J. B. Rowlands—[brother of the Rev W. Bowen Rowlands, Headmaster of the Haverfordwest Grammar School,]—by a number of the parishioners of Saint Margaret's. The salver was of elegant design, and bore the following inscrip- tion Thou has been a strength to the poor.' Pre- sented to the Rev John Bowen Rowlands, B.A., Oxon, by the congregation, as a mark of their appreciation of his untiring exertions in promoting the spiritual and temporal welfare of his parishioners, June, 1867. Rochester and Chatham Journal, June 22.-The same journal states in another paragraph that the rev gentle- man preached his farewell sermon on the evening of Sunday the 16th inetant. The text on the occasion being 4 Thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee—and they two made a covenant before the Lord' 1 Samuel xxviii, 17-18." The disinterested character of Christian love, of which the conduct of Jonathan furnished a remarkable anticipatory example, was made the foundation of a comprehensive sermon, which though lasting nearly an hour and a quarter was listened to throughout with marked attention by a larger congregation than has been collected within the walls of the church for a very considerable time. ■MIDSUMMER QUARTER Scssio.s. -These sessions were commenced at the Shire Hall on Tuesday, before the Chairman, J. H. Scourfield, Esq., M.P., and a bench of magistrates. The usual reports were received and con- side fed. An order was made for the re-building of C wmmorgan Bridge and improving the approaches.—The application of Capt. Stokes that he be permitted to pro- mote the constable now acting as his clerk to the rank of Sergeant, was granted.-The court adopted the re- commendation of the joint committee appointed to enquire as to the right of the Town and County of Haverfordwest and the County of Pembroke respectively in the asylum building in St. Thomas Green. It will, be remembered that the committee recommended that a lease of the building should be granted to the County of Pembroke, and it should be used for militia purposes.- The motion of Mr. Harford that the county accounts should be published in the local papers, instead of being printed in books, led to some discussion, and was post- poned till next sessions.—The proposition made by Mr Harford that the pipes of the stoves should be removed from the outside to the inside of the Hall at a cost not to exceed Y,7 10s, was referred to the Hall Committee.- The police were empowered to require any person found fishing within the East and West Cleddy Fishery District and the Carmarthen Bay Fishery District to produce his license.-The court adjourned shortly after two o'clock. The trial of prisoners will commence to- day (Wednesday) at 10 o'clock. HAVERFORDWEST RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The annnal meeting of this association will take place in the week commencing the 5th of August. The shooting will commence on Monday, and be continued on the fol- lowing days. There will be an All-Comers' Prize of £ 20, divided into prizes of £ 10, £ 5, £ 3, and £ 2, shot for on the Tuesday at the same ranges as the Queen's Prize, and a prize open to the Pembrokeshire Battalion of Volunteers. The programme is in preparation, and will be issued as soon as the arrangements respecting the special prizes are completed. ROOSH PErTY SESSIONS. These sessiprs were held a', the Shire Hall on Satur- day before the Rev P. Phelps, Capt Child, and J. P. Jones, Esq. NO HAMS ON CART. James Richards was charged with using a cart without having any name painted thereon. The defendant (who did not appear) was fined 6d and CO its. ALLOWING AN ASS TO STRAY. John Thomas, of Denant Mill, was charged with allow- ing an ass to stray. The defendant said the ass was kept in a moor at Denant Mill. Some of the gentlemen who lived in the neighbourhood passed along the moor through which there was no public pathway; and the ass got out be- cause he could not keep a gate on the place. He did place a gate there, but it displeased his neighbours, and he removed it to oblige them. The police used the path too. P.C. Williams said the path was a public one. The defendant denied that it was, and he was in his present position solely through obliging his neighbours. The Clerk remarked that the gentlemen ought to sub- scribe to pay the amount of the fine and costs. The Bench fined the defendant Id and costs, amount- ing altogether to 7s 3d. STEALING MONEY. Morgan Diamond, a youth under 16 years of age, was charged with stealing 20s, the property of the Great Western Railway Company, at Llanstadwell, on the 16th of June. The prisoner pleaded guilty. In reply to the Bench, Mr Miles, Inspector on the Great Western Railway, said that the money bad been taken out of the booking office during the Clerk's absence. It was also stated that the prisoner's character bad been very good up to the commission of the present offence. The Bench ordered the prisoner to be sent to the House of Correction for one month. ASSAULT. Nicholas Grunnow was charged with assaulting Dan Bennett. Neither party appeared, and the case was struck out.

THE TASKER CHALLENGE CUP. We chronicled in a recent number of our journal the success of the Haverfordwest Volunteers in their competition with the 1st Cumberland Volun- teers for the Challenge Cup, the gift of the Rev James Tasker, Hon. Chaplain of the latter corps. It will he remembered that the cup was given by the rev gentleman for annual competition, and was to become the property of the corps which should win it twice in succession or three times in all. In the first contest, which took place in June last year, the Haverfordwest volunteers won by twenty marks; the second contest took place in the beginning of the present month, when the Haver- fordwest were again victorious, and became the winners of the Cup. It was, from the institution of the match, the intention of the Itaverfordwest competitors, should they be so fortunate as to carry off the trophy, to present it to their com- manding officer, Col. Peel; and their skill in the use of the national weapon having enabled thera to do so,.their wishes were carried into effect on Wednesday evening, at a dinner given by Col Peel to the competitors, markers, registrars, and some of the non-commissioned officers of the corps. In addition to these there were present Capt Stokes (who had verified the targets in the late match), Capt Brady, adjutant of the battalion, and Mr Barham, of Victoria Place. The chair was occupied by Col. Peel, and the vice chair by Capt Brady. The dinner was prepared on a scale of great libe- rality, and left nothing to be desired in the way of eating or drinking. Full justice having been done to the good things provided, the usual loyal toasts were given from the chair, and were duly pledged. The gallant chairman then proposed the health of the Rev James Tasker, the donor of the Challenge Cup, speaking in the highest terms of the rev gen- tleman's character, and eulogizing the patriotic feeling he had evinced in his liberal encouragement of the Volunteer force. The toast was drunk with three times three, and one cheer more,' to which were added the usual Welsh honours. Sergt Major White then advanced to the Chairman's table, and said that he had a duty to perform, and he thought that was the proper stage of the proceedings to do it. He bad been requested by the winners of the Challenge Cup to present it to their Com- manding Officer: he did not know why he should have been selected for the duty, for he must con- fess that he was but an indifferent hand at speech- making, and looking back to his performance as a competitor in the last year's match, he was sorry to say his skill as a marksman was no better. He, however, had reason to congratulate himself on his discretion in retiring from the last com- petition, as the gentleman who was his substitute made a very good score, and he had no doubt thrt if a similar arrangement had been made with regard to his present duties, the proceedings would have been in an equal measure improved. The duty however, was a very pleasing one, but his speech must be brief. He should simply imitate the example of the old sea-captain who once performed a similar duty, and say, Colonel, here's the mug.' The Sergeant-Major then, amid considerable laughter and cheering, banded the tankard to the gallant chairman. The cheering having subsided. Col. Peel said be was very grateful to the gentlemen who bad deputed the Sergeant-Major to present him with so valuable a gift. Referring to the speech of the Sergeant-Major, the gallant colonel said that he must correct V18 to the authority of the anecdote be had related. The speech he had attributed to the sea-captain was, he believed, made by an old fox- hunting farmer on the occasion of a presentation to a country squire who bad afforded good sport to the lovers of the chase. The fox-hunters were so much pleased with the sport the squire bad provided for them that they resolved to present him with a testimonial which assumed the form of a cap. The money was quickly obtained, but the great difficulty remained as to who should present it. The duty devolved upon an old fox- hunting farmer who rode hard to the bounds, and he in presenting the cup said: 'Squire, here's the mog.' (Loud laughter.) The squire made a reply which, if be were to quote it then, would answer his purpose ex- ceedingly well, but be did not intend to do so. Tte Squire, taking the cup, said, Thank ye, Tom.' (Roars of laughter.) He, however, admirably appropriate as the squire's reply was to the present circumstances, did not ntend to uote it. He WM (tMply gftneful to them for r their gift, and should place the highest value upon it. He had now been for rather more than seven years com- mander of the Haverfordwest Volunteers: the honour, which was the greatest ever bestowed upon him, was offered him. and he accepted the command with the greatest diffidence. He was comparatively unknown to the young men of the town, and he did not know what success he might obtain in the new capacity. He !ooked back upon his connection with the corps with the greatest pleasure: he was treated with the utmost pos- sible attention and kindness by everybody in it, and he believed there was a mutual esteem and affection between them, which made the tie between the oom. mander of a corps and its members more durable, and at the same time more than ordinarily agreeable. (Applause ) Shortly after their establishment they acquired considerable proficiency in drill, but with regard to their knowledge of the rifle, he believed that the most they could do then was to hit a haystack. As they got older and more experienced they made pro- gress in rifle shooting, and they could now turn out a goodly number of marksmen, a tangible and valuable proof of whose sk ill he held in his hand that evening. It was a true saying that to maintain peace they should be prepared for war, and be believed the volunteers origi- nated the greatest peace movement the country ever saw. Shortly before the force came into existence, thedefence- less condition of the country was frequently talked of on the Continent, and there were certain military men in a neighbouring country who openly talked of invasion, and looked upon the conquest of England as a very easy matter. Having but a small regular army, scattered all over the world, the country was, it might be said almost defenceless, and this feeling brought up at once a large army of volunteers, and so rapidly did it augment in num- bers, that only a few months afterwards he was present at a levee when upwards of 3,000 officers of volunteers were presented to her Majesty. The volunteers convinced foreign powers of the strength of the country, and they heard nothing afterwards of the threats of the military officers on the continent. The movement was a great one, and was be believed the means of securing peace, the blessings of which no people knew so well to enjoy and appreciate as the inhabitants of our own country. Reverting to the presentation, he said that the tankard would be ever carefully preserved by him. He was grateful to Mr Tasker, who, though resident in a distant county, had so kindly remembered the Volunteers of his native town, and he was thankful to the competitors, to whose skill and generosity he was indebted for the handsome present made to him that evening. Again thanking them for their gift, the gallant colonel resumed his seat amid loud and prolonged applause. Later in the evening, the health of Capt. Stokes was proposed. The gallant officer is exceedingly popular with the volunteers, having evinced a readiness to assist them on all occasions, particularly on the rifle range, where he has frequently taken command of firing squads, and even performed the duties of bugler and registrar His health was drunk with musical honours. In responding, he remarked on the excellence of the shooting in the contest for the challenge cup. Outers and misses were the exception, and centres the rule; and being an old soldier, and having had some experience in target practice, and been shot at himself, he could assure them that the accuracy of the firing had astonished him, and that its excellence made him the more vigilant in verifying the targets.-The health of Capt. Brady, adjutant of the Battalion, was also drunk with great cordiality. The gallant officer returned thanks in an able speech, in which he referred in complimentary terms to the shooting in the match, and exprpssed the belief that it was the best ever done on the Haverfordwest range. His con- nection with the battalion had been one of great pleasure to him, and he hoped it would continue for many years -Various other toasts followed, including the health of the Chairman (who responded in a feeling speech), Success to the Pembrokeshire Battalion,' 'the health of Sergeant-Major White,' 'the Non-commissioned officers of the Haverfordwest and Narbertb Volunteers,' 'the health of Mr Barham,' 'Armourer Sergeant Phillips,' I Quarter-Moster-Sergeant Evans,' and many others which want of space compels to omit. Songs were sung by several members, and the evening was spent in great harmony and conviviality. We should not omit to mention that the Chairman proposed the health of Mr Ben. Davies, proprietor of the Queen's Hotel, expressing his thanks to him for the very able manner in which he had prepared the dinner, and wishing him success in his new en terprise. Mr Davies briefly responded, observing that his object was to give satisfaction to those who honoured him with their commands, and it was very pleasiug to him to find that he had succeeded on the present occasion. We would also add that the tankard is of large dimensions, and is constructed of solid silver. The lid contains an inscription, stating the object for which it was given by the rev. gentleman, and the conditions of the contest. The winners' names in 1866 and 1867 with their respective scores are engraved in the front part of the cup. Between the scores for the two years are the aggregate totals, and beneath them the inscription Presented by the winners to their commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. Peel, June, 1867.' On the lip of the cup is the family arms of Col. Peel. The engraving is very skilfully executed, and reflects much credit upon Mr T J. White, jeweller, Market- street, at whose establisment it was executed.

PEMBROKE. OPENING OF THE CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPEL. This handsome and substantially-built chapel was opened for divine worship on luesday and Wednes- day last. Sermons were then preached by the Revs. D. Charles, A.B., Abercarn, J. C. Edwards, M.A., Liverpool, D. Rowlands, M.A., Llanidloes, G. Wil- liams, Saint Davids, and Joseph Evans, Carmarthen. At the close of each service, collections were made towards liquidating the debt* and the handsome sum of zCl58 was realised. On Sunday last the Rev. Wil- liam Howells, President of Trevecca College, preached in the morning, afternoon, and evening. The popularity of this gentleman drew together large and seemingly highly appreciative audiences, and further contributions, amounting to zC56 were made; thus making a total received at the opening services of £213. It is a pleasing circumstance, and one calculated to afford much gratification to both pastor and people, that members of other congregations in the town and neighbourhood dis- played their kindly sympathy by liberally contributing at those services. Through the untiring efforts of the postor, the Rev. W. Powell, strenuously assisted by the church and congregation, the total sum now ob- tained is about £ 1,000. A debt of between J6600 and zC700 still remains; but with such working people, we anticipate this will soon be cleared away.

PEMBROKE-DO OK. MUSICAL ENTEETAINMENT.— An entertainment of this description was given at the Temperance Hall, on Tues- day evening by Mr W. Ribbon, assisted by a few ama- teurs of the town. The entertainment was for a charit- able object, but from the small attendance we fear the results must be very small. The musical performances, however, were very good, and gave much satisfaction to the few who were present. PEMBROKE Docic.-Major- General the Hon. Sir A.A. Spencer, K.C.B., accompanied by some of the staff officers from Plymouth, arrived here on the 26th inst., and inspected the Royal Artillary and 13th Depot Battalion, and was very much satisfied with the appear- ance of the whole of the troaps, &o. Friday, the 28th inst,being her Majesty's coronation, a royal salute was fired from the defensible barracks by the Royal Artillery, also by the guard ship Revenge. Recruiting for the Army is resumed, and all soldiers enlisting now under the New Enlistment Act,will be allowed to reckon service from the age of 17, instead of 18 years SHEEP KILLING AT PEMBROKE DocK.-Dnring the past fortnight or three weeks a number of sheep have been worried and destroyed by a dog or dogs, and the persons who were the sufferers have been on the qui vive to endeavour to find out the nocturnal depredators, and on Saturday night their efforts were partially crowned with success. On that night the son of Mr E. Gibby, Hill Farm, accompanied by a farm servant, who was armed with a double-barreled gun, were watching the sheep when they succeeded in shooting a very large terrier bitch, which proved to belong to Mr Bowen, coal merchant. She was attacking a fine ewe at the time, and succeeded in killing it before the man fired the fatal shot..

T E N B Y. ———— FATAL ACCIDENT AT IENBY.—About seven o'clock on Sunday morning, the people of Tenby were aroused from their usual quietude by the news that a man had fallen over the quarry, near the railway station, and was killed. Between six and seven o'clock that morning a man named Thomas Phillips was walking along the line in the direction of the South Sands to bathe, and when he had crossed the viaduct be saw a well-dressed man on his head between the railway point and the cutting. On going up to him he found that he was quite dead. After shouting out from the viaduct some men cama to him from the Green, and a boy was dispatched for a policeman. When Head Constable Harrison arrived they took the body out from the position it was in, and it was found to be that of Mr William Savage, of Norton House, Tenby. Mr Chater, surgeon, was quickly on the spot, and after examining him said that the skull was fractured, and he must have been dead several hours. He had fallen from the field above, a height of about twenty feet. The sad affair has cast a gloom over the whole town.

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HAVERFORDWEST RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. DRILL INSTRUCTOB—SERGEANT-MAJOR RHD. Drills for the week commencing July 1, 1867. { h £ £ -g & £ 4s "3 ►» ■=) *3 1? h U «8 U § i ? | a g E H e g P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P..M P.M. Squad Drill 8 Target Practice Judging Distance Position Drill 9 9 9 Aiming Drill Battalion Drill. GeneralMuster 8 8 Blank Firing Target Practice 5 5 ,t> 5 Band Practice 8 8 Captain for the week, Captain Carrow. Orderly Non-commissioned Officers, Col-Sergeants W. E. Johes, W. H. Morris, and T. Smyth. (Signed) X. PEEL, Lient.-ColoneT, Commanding 1st Administrative Battalion, Pembrokeshire Rifle Volunteers.

PEMBROKE PETTY SESSIONS. COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. [Saturday, June 29th, before L. Mathias, W. Hulm, S. P. W illiams, Esqrs., and the Rev J. Phelps. Supt. Geo. Evans charged George Young, a huxterer, (who was brought up in custody) with unlawfully having in his possession regimental necessaries, viz., one pair of boots of the value of 8s. 6d. Geo. Morris deposed. I am a police office; of the County of Pembroke, stationed at Penally. On the evening of the 26th inst. I apprehended a deserter from the 47th regiment named John Jox. Finding that he had disposed of his regimentals I went to the house of defendant the next morning and found the boots now produced on his feet. I know them to be regimental boots; I went then, from information I received from Fox, and took the boots from the defendant. These are the same boots. Cross-examined You gave the boots to me after I identified them. You said you had swapped a pair of boots for them. I had possession of them then. John Owen deposed: I am a sergeant of the 47th regiment, stationed at Pembroke-dock. John Fox belongs to the same company as I do; he deserted on the night of the 24th. The boots produced were Fox's; the No. 1224 is his regimental number. An attempt has been made to erase the number. The value is 8s. 6d.; they are new boots. Fined Lb, and treble the value of boots 25s. 6d., and uosts 19s., to be levied by distress, in default two calendar months in the house of correction. BOROUGH PUTTY SESSIONS. [Saturday, June 29th, before the same magistrates.] Supt, Geo. Evans charged James Bees with cruelty to a, horse., James Heroert deposed: I am a police -officer of the county, stationed at Pembroke. About half-past 11 on the morning of the 21at irtst., in company with another constable, by1 Bush Lodge, I saw defendant coming towards Pembroke-dock with his borse and cart drawing and. I observed matter trickling down the horse's shoulder, on the right side from under the back saddle. The horse seemed to be drawing on one side towards the left. I stopped the horse and examined it and found eight wounds, two on left shoulder under collar; one on right shoulder under collar, pressing on them one on top of neck under collar; one under back saddle; one on rump under breaching; one on each shoulder where the chain goes; the horse was suffering. Blood and corruption issued out of the wounds. When the horse started again it seemed to flinch he drove to Pembroke Dock. I asked him if be was not ashamed of himself; he said he did not know that it was so bad. Convicted and committed for seven days imprisonment with bard labour.