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SIXTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. ,es of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, should be sent to SlD Manuscript, properly authenticated • W e cannot under- 6 to search other papers for these announcements, whicn te frequently found o be incorrectly printed, or turr out BIRTHS. OfVf 'he 19th inst, at Dew-street, in this town, the wife Or/ u win PI|i|l'P8> tBilor. of a daughter. Hf JJ 8th inst, at. Crundale, in this county, the wife On H' -Thomas, Esq, of a son. CW "e 17th inst, at Matiorbeer, the wife of Mr W. D. ^•ofason. T»i( '"e 18th inst, at the Police Station, Milford, the br0uof Police Sergeant Michael Carroll, of the Pem- eshire Constabulary, of a daughter. Qr MARRIAGES. the at St. Mary's, Bryanston Square, by the Rev George Bellewes, Mr Colston Of j*t"i youngest son of Mr E. B. Oke, late Supervisor ancl Revenue, of this town, to Philadelphia, *ate Sands, of East Farleigh, 0 DEALFLS. lonKn21st inst, at No. 7, High-street, Tenby, after a ^lkiJ?esS' Henry Rawlinson, youngest son of Mr W. On th! o1!' °tienQlst, aped 20 years. r Joh M iD8t'at residence, Main-street, Pembroke, V hjs Morris, boot and shoemaker: deeply regretted On thn^o family and friends, aged 70 years. 80n 0( inst, at Milford Turnpike Gate, Stephen, OQ Smfj E<iward Matbias, aged 16 years. ?arU, D" 'I'e 26th inst, at Albert Terrace, Regent's \ii° ea Hannah, the beloved wife of George Esq., 0f the Inner Temple, and Cilrhiw, in

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. MAGDALA TAKEN. — KING THEODORU? KILLED.—THE PRISONERS RELEASED ONLY A FEW ENGLISH WOUNDED. ZOULLA, APRIL 18. Magdala was taken by storm on the 13th instrait King Theodore was kjjled. The prisoners wert surrounded, and 14,000 men laid down their arms The casualties among the British troops are only one officer and 14 men wounded. The loss of the enemy was 500 and 1,500 wounded. Three months' provisions have been accumulated with the troops. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 26. The following telegram, dated Alexandria, April 25tb, has been received from Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt :— "The following telegram has just reached me from Suez:— "Theodorus has been defeated near Magdala; has surrounded all the captives and artificers, and has retired into Magdala. "Magdala was taken by storm on the 18th. Theodorus was killed. The troops suffered very little loss. 14,000 men laid down their arms. HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. (Date not given.) All the European prisoners, numbering sixty men, women, and children, have been delivered over to Sir R. Napier, and are now on their way to Zoulla. All Theodore's army have been either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. CONCLUSION OF THE WAR IN ABYSSINIA. DEATH OF THEODORE. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 26. Secretary Sir Stafford Northcote has received the two following telegraphic despatches from the Commander-in-Chief of the Abyssinian force :— (Without Date.) No. 1. "An engagement took place before Magdala on Good Friday between our troops aud the army of Theodore, in which the latter was defeated with heavy loss. Casualties on our side-Capt Roberts, 4th Foot, wounded in the arm, and 15 rank and file wounded. No one killed. On the two follow- ing days Theodore sent into our camp every European that he had in his power, both captives and employes. Theodore has not yet surrendered himself, according to my demand. He has been given twenty-four hours to decide. The King's n 0 troops are completely demoralized. "ROBERT NAPIER." APRIL 14. (No. 2 ) "Theodore's army much disheartened by the severe losses of the 10th instant. A portion of the chiefs surrendered the most formidable position of Shilasse (1), and many thousand fighting men laid down their arms. Theodore retired to Mag- dala with all who remained faithful. Magdala taken by assault on the 13th under cover of Arm- strong steel guns, eight-inch mortars, and rocket battery. Ascent to gates most formidable. Theo- dore killed, defending to the last. Our loss small. Army will return immediately. About guns and mortars taken. 0 "ROBERT NAPIER." We have received the following telegrams from our Special Correspondent with the Expedition: — "APRIL JO. "The British forces are etossing the Bashilo. Magdala is about ten miles distant. The enemy is in front of Magdala, posted ia very strong posi- tions, with escarpments and ravines, presenting great difficulties of approach. Apprehensions prevail in Magdala lest Theodore should escape. Sir Robert Napier has demanded that the captives be giveya up to him, but Theodore has not yet returned any answer. A battle is shortly expected. The weather has been very severe. The health of the army is generally good." "APRIL 12. "King Theodore attacked the First Brigade near Magdala on Good Friday, but was repulsed with heavy loss—about 500 men being killed. Bri- tish loss One officer wounded, nineteen non- commissioned officers and men wounded. Dark- ness stopped the pursuit. The enemy left their wounded on the field. On Saturday Theodore sent in a flag of truce and offered to treat for uncondi- tional surrender of the English prisoners. The captives have joined the camp. It is believed the remaining Europeans Hvill be surrendered. The Abyssinian troops are utterly disheartened. Theodore has attempted suicide. Capt Roberts, of the 4th King's Own, is wounded seriously." APRIL 14. Magdala was stormed yesterday. Theodore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made a desperate resistance with a few devoted followers. Theodore killed himself with his pistol as the British troops approached him. The British loss was about ten men wounded." [These telegrams were forwarded from Suez, via Malta hne, April 25, 9 p.m.] Another despatch, direct from Suez, dated Head Quarters, April 14 "Magdala was stormed yesterday. Theodore was deserted by nearly all his army, but made two desperate attempts at resistance with a few de- voted followers, and finally killed himself with his pistol as the British troops approached him. "British loss, ten men wounded." The representative of the New York Herald in London yesterday received the following telegrams from the Special Correspondent of that journal with the Abyssinian Expedition :— (No. 1.) (No date. Probably April 7.) Reports have been received from spies to the effect that King Theodore intended moving, Sir Robert Napier instantly crossed the Jeddah river, and established his head-quarters on the plain of Talanta, 20 miles from Magdala. Many animals were lost while crossing a terrible ravine, eight miles wide, 3,500ft descent, 4 500ft ascent. The troops marched over King Theodore's road, which is 30ft wide. Sir Robert Napier made a reconnais- sance of Magdala this morning. He sighted the King's camps and defences. The fortress appeared to be impregnable. To-morrow we expect to be at Z, p the Bashilo, ten miles from Magdala. A letter has been received from Mr Rassam, dated yesterday, warning us to beware—that Theodore was mov- ing." (No. 2 Bashfclo, April 8. A second reconnaissance was made before Mag- dala this morning. Theodore has 28 guns mounted outside. Sir Robert Napier has sent a letter demanding the release of the captives. Meanwhile the army is concentrated on the river. Scaling ladders and torpedoes are ready for an attack upon the fortress." "(No.3) "April 10. The army is now concentrated before Magdala. in position, six miles from the fortress, Theodore'); tamp is in view, on a tremendous height. Attack <oon." (No. 4.) Magdala, April 13. "The truce ended this morning. King Theodon lad not surrendered. Fallas Selasae Islange (?) hat surrendered at once without fighting. Theodon tad retreated to Magdala. He planted five gunf it the base of the ascent. When General Napiei :ame in sight the King opened fire. The Englisl replied with 10-pounder Armstron-, guiis and] 7-pounder rockets. The King left his guns barricaded the sally-ports, and opened with mns ketry. He gave no signs of surrendering. The bombardment lasted three hours. An assault was then ordered. The fortress was carried after vigorous resistance. The Abyssinian loss is 68 killed and 200 wounded. The English loss is 15 wounded, rank and file. King Theodore was found dead, shot in the head. His body was recognised by the Europeans who had been released. Some say be was killed in battle, and others that h< committed suicide. His two sons have been taken prisoners. The fortress presents many evidences of barbaric splendour. Among the trophies taken are four gold crowns, 29,000 dollars, 1,000 silver plates, many jewels and other articles, 5,000 stands of arms, 28 pieces of artillery, 10,000 shields, and 10,000 spears. The European prisoners will depart for the sea-coast to-morrow. The army will depart immediately." — —♦ ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. The following communications were received from the Colonial Office on Saturday afternoon l' Earl of Belmore, Sydney, to the Secretary of State, Colonial Office. On the 12th March a person named O'Farell deliberately shot his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh in the back, at a public picnic given in aid of the Sailors' Home, at Clontaf Middle Har- bour Jackson. Providentially the wound was not fatal, and be is now able to. go aboard his ship, and hopes shortly to resume his duties. The ball was easily removed on Saturday, the 14th March, by Drs. Watson and Young, of Her Majesty's ships Challenger and Galatea. O'Farell fired another shot the moment he was seized, which severely wounded a gentleman named Thorne in the foot. The ball has been extracted, and he is doing well. The assassin, who owns himself to be a Fenian, was arrested on the spot. In consequence of the report of a medical board Commodore Lambert has ordered His Royal High- ness to return to England as soon as he is suf- ficiently recovered, which will probably be next week." Immediately on the receipt of the news the Duke of Buckingham proceeded to Osborne to inform Her Majesty. LATER PARTICULARS. LONDON, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Duke of Buckingham, Secretary for the Colonies, has received another Australian tele- gram. dated Sydney, March 31st, which reports that the Duke of Edinburgh was progressing favour- ably. t) 0 The nature of the wound is described thus:- "The ball entered the back, half an inch from the spine, struck the ninth rib, followed round the course of the rib, and lodged five inches from the umbilicus, and four inches and a quarter beneath the right nipple, having traversed a distance of twelve inches and a quarter. It was easily re- moved on Saturday, March ]4th, by Drs Watson and Young, of H.M. ships Challenger and Galatea .The assassin, who avowed himself to be a Fenian, was arrested on the spot, and was arraigned before the Supreme Court yesterday on the capital charge of wounding with intent to kill. On application of counsel for defence, postponement of the trial till Monday next was granted. A defence on the ground of insanity will be set up. In consequence of the report of the medical board, I have ordered His Royal Highness to return to England as soon as he is sufficiently recovered, which will probably be next week. OSBORNE, APRIL 26. The Qneen received yesterday the painful intel- ligence of an attempt upon the life of the Duke of Edinburgh at Sydney, Nevv South Wales. Her Majesty has to-day received a telegram from 11 11 His Royal Highness, informing Her Majesty that he is progressing most favourably. Z, 11 TRIAL AND SENTENCE OF THE ASSASSIN. t By a telegram, dated Sydney, 31st March, 1868, information has been received at the Colonial Office, from the Earl of Belmore, that the prisoner 0'Farr»l was arraigned on the 18th March, before the Supreme Court, on the capital charge of wounding with intent to kill. The prisoner applied for a postponement of his trial, which was granted. He has been tried, and was found guilty" on the 3lst of March, and sentenced to be hanged. ■ «&•- FENIAN TRIALS. The trial of the four Fenians charged with the Clerkenwell murders, was resumed on Monday. His Lordship commenced his charge at a 'few minutes to twelve o'cloc^. He began by explaining the state of the law of England in relation to com- plicity in a case of murder, and reminded the jftry that if those who blew up the prison wall did so well knowing that they might thereby occasion loss of life, they were thereby guilty of the deaths which resulted by that act. Passing to the evidence, there could be no doubt that the man Mullaney, upon whose testimony the case of conspiracy sought to be established by the Crown mainly rested, had been an accomplice, and such testimony, especially in refer- ence to those he sought to incriminate, must be cor- roborated. But it need not be confirmed in'every minute particular by disinterested persons it would be sufficient if its general features were established by those who could not be impeached. The Lord Chief Justice then passed in review the various items of Mullany's evidence, dwelling at length upoo the letter brought by Mrs Barry to Murphy at Mullany's house. No one could doubt the letter was Burke's and it was by the aid of copperas that its contents were made apparent. Ihe letter, Mullaney said, was shown to Barrett, and subsequently to the-other prisoners. At the meeting which must have been held earlier than Mullany said, another meeting was arranged for and held inta room in the Castle-yard. If must be left to the jury to decide if they could believe Mullany's-testimony that the prisoners were present on that occasion. It was a somewhat curious fact that when Mullany was told that a quantity of gunpowder was to be bought, he asked what it was for, when, according to his statement, he had been told what was to be done. When examined, he ex- plained the matter by saying that he did not know so much was to be obtained, and, further, that while talking it was noticed that a strange man was pre- sent who was not in their counsel. Of the meeting aid to have been held at William Desmond's, his lordship remarked -that the details of the explosion vere arranged. But how was Mullany confirmed ? There was the evidence in reference to the letter from Burke, that an attempt was made to convey to Burke, fortiona of copperas in one of his stockings, and also bat when arrested there was found upon him a bulb -ontaining a substance by which a letter could be vrittpn, which till the copperas was applied, would be nvisible. In reference to the powder, there was he corroborative testimony of the shopman who sold t and the carman who delivered it. Again, there vas the conduct of Burke in the exercising ground )f the prison on the afternoon prior to the day of the xp!osion. to show that a well arranged plot to blow lown the wall had been devised,, and there were the two balls, one thrown over the wall each day, to prove that Burke knew what had been arranged. The facts ;f the 12th and 13th still more strongly confirmed the witness. This, of course, left untouched the question whether he was correct in the evidence he jave to associate the prisoners with the crime. Of he attempt at explosion made on the 12th Mullany ;ould say nothing, for he would not risk his life ia he neighbourhood, but there was abundant evidence 10 the point, the whole of which his lordship referred o in detail. Coming back to Mullany, if he could Ie believed, the very night of the attempted explo- sion he saw Barrett, and heard from him the deter- mination to light the squib the next day. Referring to the next witness, Vaughan, the Lord Chief Justice remarked that though he could not say he was an accomplice, he was certainly no better. He was a man who came forward only for the sake of the re- ward, had been degraded from the rank of corporal in the army, had then deserted, and judging from all that had been stated bad been addicted to habits of intemperance. The evidence of such a man, espe- cially as it was evidence referring not to facts but to conversations, must be received with the utmost cau- tion. The conversation stated to have bren held with Timothy Desmond, his lordship could not but regard as being involved in great uncertainty. The events of the 13th, the day of the explosion, were next made the subject of comment; and the evidence of Allen, a woman who was blown down by the ex- plosion, the boy Moseley, the boy Wheeler, who had seen the barrel against the wall of the prison with the squib in it, and identified the men who placed it there, was read over. The effect of the evidence was that three men were seen conveying the barrel on a truck, and placing it against the wall in exactly the spot pointed out in Burke's letter. The Lord Chief Justice then read through the evidence given by Mrs Keppell and the boy Mullany, tending to corroborate Mullaney in what he had stated in reference to Bar- rett, and what he said and did in the interview alleged to have taken place on the evening of the ex- plosion. He proceeded to touch upon the conversa- tion which Vaughan said he had with Timothy Des- mond after the explosion, and another conversation, with William Desmond and English, in which he asserted the former said that Timothy Desmond's being taken into custody served him right, for he had no right to have been at the explosion. This evidence must be taken, however, with the caution which he (the Lord Chief Justice) had already pointed out must apply to the testimony of such a man as Vaughan. It became necessary then to see how the case stood against the prisoners indi- vidually. Taking the case of William Desmond, it must be remarked that Mullany when first at Bow-street, said nothing about his having been concerned in the conspiracy, and only remembered the fact that be was so on turning the matter over in his mind. Mullany was corroborated by Vaughan, no doubt, but perhaps the jury would not think that that was sufficient corroboration, two bad witnesses not going far to make one good one. There was nothing to shew that William Desmond was at Clerkenwell, and practically Mullany's evidence was only supported by that of Vaughan. The case of English was the next considered, and the evidence of Mullaiiv in this in- stance was corroborated, as far as his" visits were concerned, by Mrs Keppell and the apprentice Morris. As to his being at Clerkenwell, the land- lady of the Bells believed she saw him on the day of the explosion, when he came for refreshment. The carman Strattan, who said he saw English at Bells in and out all day, was not a satisfactory witness, and his demeanour when in the box shewed that he had, as he said, been drinking be- fore he came into court. There was no doubt that Timothy Desmond was at Clerkenwell on the 13th but was he engaged in the conspiracy ? The evi- dence referring to his case was read over at length by his lordship. The effect of that evidence, espe- cially that portion of it given by Inspector Thomp- son, negatived the idea that Timothy Desmond was at the scene of the explosion, or could have taken an active part in the firing of the barrel. It was stated that he was drunk. It was not shewn that he had been admitted into the councils of those engaged in the conspiracy, and it was possible he, knowing that something was to happen, had been attracted there simply by curiosity. Ap- proaching the case of Banett, if Mullany was to be believed, his guilt, his lordship remarked, was clear. In several respects he was corroborated by Mrs Keppell and the apprentice Morris. It was much to be regretted that Mrs Mullany, who was said to be present when Barrett was washing his neck after the explosic/n, and who, it was stated, took away a bundle of clothes, was not called, as she could have given most material evidence. It had been remarked as strange that the Crown had cot called Mrs Martin to prove that the man who visited so frequently at her house was the pri- soner Barrett, but the answer to that was that she was known to have Fenian proclivities, and it might well be said that Mrs Martin was, of all others, the person whom the defence should have called to say the man who used to visit at her house, and who was seen walking out with her on the Sunday night, was not the t, prisoner at the bar. t, The charge occupied four hours in delivery. The jury, after an absence of two and a halt hours, returned a verdict of not guilty against William Desmond, Timothy Desmond, and Nicholas English and of guilty against Barrett. The prisoner addressed the coart in a speech of half an hour s length, in which he protested his in- nocence. Sentence of death was pronounced by the Lord Chief Justice. AUSTRALIAN TREES.—Measures are about to be taken for the protection and preservation of the State forests of the colony of Victoria. A com- mission, appointed by the Government to inquire into the means to be adopted for this purpose, has recently made a report upon the subject. As illus- trating the natural growth of timber in the more favourable districts, it is mentioned in the report that Mr Percy Hodgkiuson recently measured near the source of the western branch of the Wori Yaliock Creek, a tree {Eucalyptus Amygdalina) that had been felled for splitting; its diameter one foot above the ground was 19ft. and at 70ft, from the butt-end 9ft; its length in a straight line was 330ft. Many of the adjacent standing trees were, however, evidently of much greater Z, height than this. A grove of the same kind of timber, at the head of the creek, contained on an acre of ground twenty large trees, of an apparent average height of about 350ft., and 38 saplings of a height of 5oft., the whole being surrounded by a dense undergrowth oflarge fern-trees, mu?k, dogwood, &c. 0 0

SAVERFORDWEST.MARKET. Saturday, April 25, 1868. to 7e?f> to 8d Mutton, 7d to 9d; Lamb, 3d to lOd; Veal 4d ita_?> f°rk 6(1 to 7d; Butter, 1b Od to is 3d Effgs, 18 for Is GP„ s> 3s 6d to 4s Od per couple; Ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ditto; to i' 0s to Od, Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od each; Cheese, 3d l3ibsfer U); Bacon Pigs, Os Od to Os d per score; Potatoes

jy*. Verbena followed ia the ruck for some th when he wa3 caught. Paddy and Castlemartin sten ^ent to the front, with Count well up, and in a time thereat either fell or were beaten off. Mr *< who up to this time, held a commanding lead and With great judgment, on arriving at the fenee lead- 8 into the road, went about thirty lengths out of his the advantage of which was immediately taken by 'Utter, who also rode beautifully. Mr Price soon re- j are<i himself, and caught his adveraary over the last e,\0e» but the crowd pressing forward his horse swerved, he again lost considerable ground, but he made a calf6 an<* brilliant effort, and bis horse answering to his gained every inch on Castlemartin, who, however, „0Q a splendid race by half a length,!|two lengths se- eing Paddy from Count. Y A PONY RACE. °r Ponies not exceeding 14 hands. Owner3 to be Qualified as in the Farmers' Stakes. About 2 miles, r^tch Weight. Post entry, 5s. First Pony, £ 5 and Stakes Second Pony, £ 1, j^mes, Llwynycrwys' pony 1 *h°mas, Cwmbwch'a pony I illiams. Parky bola's pony.. 3 j. race created much amusement, the third horse ™ lng ridden barebacked, and it calls for no description g taat the race was an exceedingly fast one, and little animals cleared the big banks in a wonderful