The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

OV: ')' 1) OF TUE LATE REV THOM V asaU„ihe deeply-regretted incumb.nt of Ph> intimated, took place on Friday u\ ^a,!ng ft v. • °' 1,318 u sketch last week of the life and CSu,«i«v0"- exemPlary pastor, we studiously i** ".f t"s ifhai-n .anytlu,1S like an over-straiued t!divi|lual r ^uino somewhat apprehensive Kr i>Trl0 ^vouraKi'^ectiot>8 might dispose ua to view \> to\\d that our ak 8^1' bllt subsequent events R ,e tt»anif0if, j.f sketch acatcely did full X of tk i'^d. S beautiful traits whicn that 9 J^rishioners htlle dc'mi8e °f davits all horns uniform testimony to the purity of "i" f;1.t\v" the benevolencc, and the kindness of his disposition. His innumerable arts of generosity, his zeal, and disinterestedness have been generally canvassed ard discussed, Rnd scarcely has aLY "vent that has occurred in this parish been more uni- vreally Hepl red and regretted thftn the loss of this truly good and amiable pa t.-r. On the morning ot the day in questiYri, a numerous b dv of gentlemen and tradespeople met at the Town hall. and proceeded to Trevetbin church, situate about a mile from the tClwn, tn which place also, ir rather to the parsonage, the immediate friends of deceased, the clergymen of the diocease, and the children of the Ooytrev and Trevethin National schools also repaired. The shops and places of business were all closed. and the towh appealed for a time to be comparatively dc-u-rted. Long before the hour appointed for the remains of deceased being deposited in their last resting-place, a vast number of people assembled near the eacrrd edi6 c from contiguous and remote party of the parish, whose grave and serious deportment imported unmistakable signs that they were deeply impressed by the all- absorbing thought that they were about to part for ever with the last mortal remains of their beloved pistor, t,) whom they had been so long and so fondly endeared. Immediately after the doors of the church Inti been opened it became filled in every part, but owing to the vigilance of a number of the constabulary, as well as to the solemn nature of the occasion, the greatest order prevailed, so that little or tio Inconvenience was ex- perienced from the pressure of the crowd. Mr. H. J. Groves, of Newport, presided at the organ, and as the feelings of several members of the Trevethin church choir would not permit them to take part in the sorrowful pro- ceedings, three members of Mr Grove's choir, who kindly accompanied that gentleman from Newport, occupied their places. It had been arranged, we believe, that the funeral service should be conducted by the Ilev. Canon Price, but a warm attachment to deceased, formed by long uninterrupted friendship, induced the worthy clergy- man to refrain from undertaking a tiisk which his '"eelings might probably not allow him properly to perform, and the solemn duty, therefore, devolved upon the Rev. R. N. Kane, who, although apparently much affected, read the service in a clear and distinct manner. On the coffin being lowered into the vault, in which reposed the re rains of that excellent woman, the hate Mrs Davies, the crowd app-Mred to be very much affected, and even strong men unaccustomed to weep found themselves suddenly disarmed of their wonted firmness, and were compelled to wipe away the tear thai would not be repressed. The scene was truly a pathetic one, and perhaps not the least of its impressive incidents was that of witnessing some poor enfeebled old men, and widows who had as it were outlived all connections with the world and all hope therein saving the bot e of the life everlasting, wait patiently by the grave until they could be permitted to take a last endearing look of the remains of the pastor who had in their day ot sickness, (kspondcney, nnd tribu- lation, assiduously opened up to them the solacing and: eomforting assurances of the gospel, and whose band had even been open to relieve their physicat necessity. The solemn event was sought to he improved for the benefit of their congregations by several clergymen on the following Sabbath day. The Rev. Dr. James, of Panteg, delivered an impassioned and aff.-cting discourse in the morning at Trevethin Church, to a very numerous congregation, from Paul's Epistle to the Romans, xii., 11.. Not slothful in business, fervent, in spirit, serving) the Lord.' After showing how admirably the words of the text had been realised in the li'e and character of Mr Davies, the preacher attributed the secret of his success to an early and continued manifestation of piety, the possession of which tie sought to enlarge when a young mart at college, by attending prayer and other meetings for devotional exercises, which shielded him from vice, aod enabled him to leave Oxford clad in the armour of God.' Of the value of his services to the parish, the rev. preacher adduced the testimony of the late Mr Williams. M P. for the county, who said, on ore occasion, I do not know a clergyman that has done more for the eleva- tion of his people, than has Mr Davies of Trevethin.' Siennoiis of a kindred nature were also preached in the Town School, in the afternoon bythcRev.il NT. Kane, and in the evening by the Rev. W D. Horwood, at Saint James's Church, both 01 whom exhorted their hearers to be influ need in th<' conduct, oy their example of then-late worthy incumbent, who had been lIkened to a traveller that had thrown a way his staff and entered into rest.

nTr^'beITFil CONCERT.—A concert, under the patronage of J. M. Sutton, Esq, of Bloomtield. was given at the Rutzen Assembly Rooms, by the 1st Pembrokeshire Ar lliery Volunteer Britss Band, assisted by thp Tenby Choir. The band piayed some polkas, &c" with great taste. Mr W illiams's solo was enchored with genera) apptause. The concert passed off satisfactorily. SERIOUS CHARGE.—At the Town Hall, Narberth, on the 18th inst, before G. R. G. Rees, J. James, and J. M. Sutton, Esqrs, William Givyth-r, of Gumfreston, was brought up under a ivarraru by Sergeant Irving, on the complaint of Mary Edwards, of Bush, in the parish of Legelly, for unlawfully" supplying her with a certain Iloxious drug for thc purpose of procuring abortion. Thc ca.-e was adjourned to Saturday next, and the defendant was admitted to bail, himselt in £JOU and two sureties of £150 each.

THE TENBY AND NARBERTll RAILWAY. An important meeting took place on Friday last, at the Rutzen Arms Hotel, Narberth, of the llindowners and o-Iters interested in promoting a line of railway between tho Tenby terminus of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, aod the Narberth-Road Station oa the South Wales Railway, J. L. G. P. Lewis, Esq, of Ilenllan, in the chair. The Chairman, after stating the objects of the meeting, otied upon Mr Mathias, or any othergentleman who had pi.ms of the proposed railway, to lay them before the meeting. Mr J. Mathias, engineer of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, laid before the meeting plans of his proposed railway, which he said would commence at the Tenby It rminus of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, thence by l! ilybush, Bonville's Court, Begelly, Templeton, upper pi! rt of Narberth, (on a level with that part of the town,) to the Narberth-Road Station. Another branch might, ai some future time, be carried on from Narberth to u here the South Wales Railway crosses the Tave, thence tiJ Newcastle-Emlyn, there to form a junction with the n rrow guage railway to the Noith. He said that his proposed line could be made at a small cost, and would si rve the interest of the country through which it passed. Although rather circuitous, it did not leave out any ti wn or populous place. It would afford the means of c.. nmunication between Narberth, Tenby, Pembroke, and Pembroke-Dock, and would, he thought, yield a profitable 1'1 turn for the capital that might be expended on it. Mr Wright said that be was one of the Engineers of the Cardigan and Carmarthen Line, a connecting link between ti e North and Milford Haven. He proposed to make a la Iway from Pennar-Mouth, near Pembroke, by Carew, Y rbeston, Narberth. (three-quarters of a mile distant,) t< join the South Wales Railway near where it crosses t) Tave. and from thence to Newcastle-Emlyn. He maintained that his was the most direct route to the Haven, at d would form a portion of a narrow guagc line connect- ing the North with Milford Haven, and for these reasons emitted to the support of the meeting. Kdward Wilson, E<q.. of Hean Castle, proposed that tho meeting should give their approval to Mr Matbias's pi.in, as he considered it the best for his district, and he believed for the county also. At present there were 20,000 to s of culm annually raised in the collieries through winch the proposed line would pass this would be trebled w!>en once this railway made an opening into Cardigan- sh re. Air Wright ignored the mineral districts, and T. nby as a watering-place. Nothing would be gained by having a competing lifle to Pembroke, so for these reasons he thought that the uteMtinx should eivethor suoport to Air Alathias's scheme. He concluded by pro. po-infr the first resolution. 'That this meeting having considered the proposed Railway between Tenby and N;:rberth, and the South Wales Railway fully approves ot the same, and will use every effor; to ensure its being carried out.' W. Owen, Esq., of Haverfordwest, stated that the Pembroke and Tenby Railway paniy originated with liirviself, hut it had not met with the support it should ha*e done. It never was intended to stop at Tenby. Tenby was a place of great importance, as a great deai of w. altli was brought into it hy strangers, and still more would be brought there if tourists bad not to travel over ro-igh rond." or have to cross the ferry at Hobb's Point. Much of the future prosperity of the place, and the southern part of the county, depended on having direct railway communication. Now which would it be best for them to have—a line that would connect all their towns, and pass through their mineral districts, or one that would not? He thought that there was but little probability of the line by Newcastle-Emlyn to Manchester, being completed within any reasonable period, owing to the difficulties which had to be contended with. He concluded by seconding Mr Wilson's proposition. .VI. Smith, Esq., of Denbigh, called attention to the fart. that the line from Newcastle-Emlyn to Pennar would pass by Narberth, Tenby and Pembroke, making its terminus at Pennar—a plaeo where at present there was no trade whatever. This scheme was a theoretical one, not likely to be carried out; it would cost at the lowest estimate ^300,000. Now Mr Mathias's projected line was only 14 miles in length, and would connect all those places. He had had considerable experience in railways, and from his own knowledge, could speak of thogrent increase in the value of land from railways. Tnis bad been estimated, by a gentleman who had the management of extensive estates, at 25 per cent. He would like to see Mr Mathias's plans taken up by the landowners of South Pembrokeshire, as he agreed with Mr Wilson in saying that it was one schemed for paying. Mr bavies (Davies and Roberts, railway contractors) said that the first thing to he thought of would be which would be the lino best for the district; secondly, the pro- bability of its being made; and, thirdly, the certainty of its paying a dividend. He was surprised to see gentlemen there that day to represent a railway company 12 years old, who as yet had only opened six miles of their line, now proposing to make 35 miles of railway. Our interest would be to get to Carmarthen, as from thence there was no doubt but what in two years the line to Manchester woutdbcopcned. At Pennar it would cost two millions to shut up the mouth of the docks, and who was going to find that Btun. Twenty years hence it might pay to make them, but now it was absurd to speak of It. G. White, Esq., Mayor of Tenby, stated that Mr Mathias's scheme would meet with the warm support ot tbomhubitantsofTenby, as the one best calculated to promote their interests, He thought it would be absuid to start a rival scheme, as it would be better to extend the line already made, which would certainly command the greatest amount of local traffic, and would have every prospect of paying. He believed that many who had hitherto held aloof would now come forward and assist. W., Hultn, Esq., Pembroke, considered that the Ten by and Nar'jerih Line embraced all that was required. It was a feasible one; it would have thesupportol the wealth of the county i and might be made in two year?. Mr Harries, Pembroke-! cck, spoi-e in favour of the same lnu, which, lie stated, would have the support of the inhabitants of Pembroke-Dook.. Captain Child inquired as to where the line would cross his property, as he should oppose it. fue chairman then put Mr Wilson's proposition to the meeting: when only one voted against it. Mr Roblin, Narberth, then proposed the second resolu- tion, which was carried unanimously:— [j I'll it tlio following gentlemen be requested to net us a ■J Cornmiitee, with power to add totheirnunsber: —Edward 8 WiNon, Esq., Hean Ca-tle; William Owen, Esq., ilaver- jj f'ordwest; G. White, E-q Mayor of Tiviby; S. Williamson I I'q., Sa'ioders'oot; \V. Ilulm, E-q Pembroke; J. M. I Sutton, E-q, B'oomfield; M. Smith. I'>q., Denbigh; Mr A B. Harries, Pembroke-Dock Mr Roblin, Narberth and Mf J. Collins, Narberth. 1.[r M. Smith said that, in selecting the names of aent'emen for the committee, local people alone had been taken, as they knew the country best C. R. Virkennan, E-q., said that he was urd.'r the impres-ion 'hat the meeting was called only by the pro- moters of the Tenby scheme, and for that reason he had not brought before them another, which was nearly identical with that before them, butlie hoped the meeting would not pled go themselves until they bad both bsfore them. AltÚ a vote of thanks had been passed to the Chairman, the meetitii* separated. Atnongfl: the gentlemeft wjio attendfed we noticed J. t, G. P. Lewis, Esq., Henllan j E. Wilson, Esq., HentJ On fie; \V. Owen, Esq, Haverfordwest; B. T. xWl:ams, Esq., Barrister-at-Law; J. Jatnes, Esq., S. kV ili-tmsori, Esq., Saundersfoot; G. White, Esq., Mayor o' Tf-nhy W. Ilulm, E-q., Pembroke; Captain Stanley, M. Smith, Esq., Denbigh;— Mathias, Esq., Tenby; Ja .1e.. .Mathias, Esq., C E. j Gower, Esq C. R. Vickcr- nwn, Esq.; T. Stokes, E"q.; W. Foley, Esq Satindersfoot M Hughes, Esq., Saundersfoot; T. Lewis, Esq., Captain C: 'Id, L. P. Gibbon, E-q Messrs Davies and Roberts, contractors for the Pembroke and Tenby Railway V"ssi's Cadman, A. B. Harries, Roblin, Griffiths, R sson, J. Phelps, E. Saies, J.Evans,Smyth,&c.,&c.

8 0 L V A COTTON WASHED ASHORE.— "ithin the last few days se. eral bales of cotton have t e, ti washed ashore on the North side of St Brides Bay, supposed to be from the W reck of the Sarah Palmer,' lately lost off the coast of bland.

OA E M A^RYHENTHI^K SECOND CARMABTHEN VOLUNTEERS. — COMPETITION FOR WIMBLEDON.—The third and final competition be. ti' den Messrs. Jones, Lewis, and Howclle, for the honour of representing fhis corps at the forthcoming Rifle Asso- ciation, came off at 2 p.m. on Monday, at the Danyrallt Rmge. There was a stiff breeze blowing, especially for the long ranges, and the volunteer was called upon to exercisc his judgment accordingly. The following is the sc,re I 210 yards. 500 yards. GOO yards. Total. fits pts tl. hts pts tl. hts pts tl. J, Jones 4 5 9 .5 12 17 4 7 11 37 I'. D.Lewis. 5 8 13 5 8 13 3 7 10 36 I-T. Howells. 5 8 13 4 9 13 ..2 2 4 3.) The following are the scores at each competition 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Total. J-Jones 33 14 37 84 T. I). Lewis 24 29 B:) 80 H. Howells 28 13 3) 71 Air John Jones, having mfllie the highest aggregate score, is cnlitlpd to proceed to Wimbledon. TIIF. CHARGE OF STABBING AT CAltMARTIIEN.At the Petty Sessions, at the Shire Hall, Carmarthen, on Saturday, Evan Evans was brought upon remand, and charged with having on the I Ltli iust., at Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, wounded and inflicted bodily harm upon one Griffith Rees, by stabbing him with a knife. Tie prosecutor deposed: I am a butcher, living at Pun teg. Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon of 'he 11 th inst. 1 was stabbed on the left forearm, and on my left hip, with a knife, but I cannot say whethei it was the prisoner Evan Evans who stabbed me, or another man who was with him. I had been fighting with the other man and got him down, and while I was on him the prisoner came on and kicked me. I got up an 1 struck him oown, and when on him on the ground I waS stabbed, I believe.—John Davies deposed: I hap- pened to be in the afternoon at the Emlyn Arms, Llan- arthaney. with one Titns Lewis, and I saw the prosecutor Griffith Kees, the prisoner Evan Evans, and a man named John L'-wis, there quarrelling. A fight soon commenced, ai d I saw that the prisoner, Evan Evans, had a knife open in his hand, which he brandished about. I told him to shut up the knife for shame to him, and he told mn I had better not come nearer to him, otherwise I should have the same thing. I then turned round towards th.' prosecutor, Griffith Rees, and found that be had been stabbed, and saw blood trickling from under his left sleeve over his hand, and on examining him further, I found he had been also stabbed on the left hip. The prisoner then went amongst some women, who hooted him, and afterwards into a passage, where I believe he shut up the kni'e, as I went up to him and gave him a go d caning.—Titus Lewis, of St. Catherine-street, was also examined, and fully corroborated the last witness in every particular.Mr David Rees Watkins also deposed as to the nature of the wounds.—The prisoner was then fully committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions to be holden at Llandilo fawr.

CURIOSITY SATISFIED.—Some people will probably enquire why the name of the most precious of gems has been selected for the DIAMOND BLACK LEAD.' The manufacturers will try to satisfy them, because firstly on account of its purity, secondly its bril- liancy, and thirdly its great value.—Jteckitt and Sons, London Bridge, E.C., anC Hull. IIOLLOWAV'S OINTMENT AND PII.T.S.—Scurvy, skin, diseases These unsightly complaints are the source of much annoyance to thousands. Whilefrctting the mind, they irritate the nerves, and produce a continuous slow fever, disordered stomach, and restless this state Hollsway's Ointment & Pills are an immediate and nights. For certain remedy. Cure the cause and the disease will cease. Under the influence of these approved medicaments the blood regains its purity, the skin resumes its healthy functions, the tongue cleans, the tainted breath departs, and the languor and nervous depres»ion disappear. No corrupt humours can with- stand the purifying principles of these remarkable remedies, which expel all morbid matter from the system. They likewise correct all irregularities of the liver and promote digestion. 'NECESSITY THE .MOTHER OF INVENTION.'—Ribbons not bemg wanted, Messrs J. and J. Cash, of this City, have employed some of their looms in an entir. ly new article of manufacture, vi. stripes of muslin of all con- venient widths of Frilling.' woven in the loom, so that a firm edge resembling a hem is formed on one side, and a running thread is inserted on the other, by which the material is gathered up for frilling purposes. Every lady who knows the expenditure of time and trouble in hemming and whipping breadths of muslin for frills, will thank Messrs. Cash for the invention. It has been perfectly successful; and considering the depressed state of the staple manufacture, this, which may be regarded in the light of a new trade, and likely to prove a thriving and permanent one, is a most fortunate invention, as it helps to employ some of the surplus labour of the place. Coventry Herald. STATISTICS AS TO THE CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION.— In an able letter on the Statistics of Medical Science, the late Dr Alison, of Edinburgh, asserts that One fact, re- cently ascertained on so large a scale as to leave no doubt of its truth, is the good effect of Cod Liver Oil in tuber- cular diseases, including pulmonary consumption, pro- vided only that it can be retained on the stomach to the extent of an ounce and a half or two ounces per day.' This essential assimilating property is remarkably and peculiarly possessed by Dr de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil, which all medical experience shows may be continuously administered for a long period without in- convenience, and until the desired effect is accomplished. Dr Sheppard, Medical Superintendent at the Colney- Hatch Ldnatic Asylum, says, 4 Dr de Jongh's Oil has tlJe rare excellence of being well borne and assimilated by stomachs which reject the ordinary Oils;' and Dr Waudby, late Physician to the Hereford Infirmary, thus testifies to its efficacy in his own case 41 take Dr de Jongh's Oil without difficulty or dislike, and with as little inconvenience as water alcne. Not only in my own case, but in many others I have seen, it has caused an improvement of chest symptoms, and an increase of weight, so soon and so lastingly, as to be quite remark- able. I believe Dr de Jongh's Oil to be the most valuable remedy we possess for chronic and constitutional disease.'

PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.—Single blessedness ia a nuisance, especially during a bard frost. Wedded com- forts arc poor substitutes for wedded wives. To the hu-iband of a vixen there is, emphatically, no place like home. Benedicts whose Beatrices are addicted to dupli- cation may console themselves with the reflection that happiness was born a twin.' It may be some comfort to unmarried men with holes in their stockings to remember that ronts generally are on the increase. I DUELLING IN PRUSSIA.—A duel has been fought »:cur Strasbourg between Cotint Sehleinitx, formerty Minister for F'ireij;n Affairs, and at present Minis'er of the R." a) Household at Berlin, and Colonel de Loen, military "nvoy at the court of the Tuileries. The fcobnel r;s wounded in the chest by a ball, and it is feared dat he will not survive. THE ALABAMA.—CAPTURE, OF A CARDIFF SHIP.— i'p.KNAMBUC >, April 30.—The Alabama has captured the following vessels near this port: The Kingfisher, from Liverpool to Calcutta; Qh irlcs Hill, from Liverpool to Monte Vidco; Louisa llatch, with a cargo of coal, fiota Cardiff to Ceylon; Kate Corey, and the Lafayette. Th" Florida captured the barques Henrietta and Oneida off Pernambuco, and put fifteen of their crew on board the French transport Tremontm, for conveyance to this port. A BAD BARGAIN.—A humourous affair occurred fit Ross fair last week. A buyer from Birmingham could not come to terms with a farmer for a prime lot of sheep. At last they agreed, a certain price per pound being namfid, to draw and weigh, uc.^ the seller to draw the lightest and the buyer the heaviest until the laet sheep, which was to represent the average. The Brum- magem had nearly 8a. per head more to pay than if he had accepted the original offer. SAILING OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—On Saturday last the Great Eastern left the Mersey for New York, amidst the hearty cheers of several thousands of spectators, who thronged the pier-heads and landing-stages to see the big ship off. She takes out 600 passengers, 80 of whom arc first-class, and 2,000 tons of cargo. The statement put forth by a London centemporary to the effect that this ship would take out 1 300 recruits for the Federal army is incorrect, as no application was ever made to the agents of the Great Ship Company to fit up ac- commodation for such a large number of male pas- sengers. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ADELUDE WHARF.—On Monday Mr John Humphreys, coroner, held an inquiry at the Anchor Tavern, Shadwell, respecting the death of Henry Philip Whitaker, aged 14, who lost his life under the following circumstances —Deceased was a news- vender's boy, and was on on board a Yarmouth steamer at the Adelaide Wharf, London Bridge, ]ast Saturday week. A bell was rung for all on board to go ashore, but deceased did not leave until the wooden bridge Was in the act of being drawn on shore. He then rushed towards it, but he missed his footing, and was precipitated into the river. He was instantly carried under by the current, and all attempts to recover him were unavailing. A netrs- vendor, named Whitaker, uncle of the deceased, said that numbers of boys were drowned in a simihr way, from their over-eagerness to sell their papers inducing them to remain on board t.ho departing steamers until the vessels were actually moving from the shore. A verdict of' Found drowned in the Thames,' was returned. YANKEE AMMUNITION.—General Butler, when examined bv the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the VVar, was asked whether intoxicating liquors are used in the Federal army. To this General Butler replied:- 'They are to a most woful extent.' As an illustration, General Butler said' We used to send a picket guard up a mile and a half from Fortress Monroe. The men would leave perfectly sober, yet every night when thev came back we would have trouble with them on account of their being drunk. Where they got their liquor from we could not tell. Night after night we instituted a vigorous examination, but it was always the same. The men were examined over and over again their canteens were inspected, and yet we could find ino liquor about them. At last it was observed that they seemed to hold their rifles up very straight, and upon an examination bein; made, it was found that every gUll-barrel was filled with whisky and it Î3 not always the solders who do this. I ordered a search of the Adams Express Company, and examined the packages sent to the soldiers by their friends, and, in one day, I have taken 150 different packages of liquor from the trunks, boxes, and packages sent to the soldiers by their sympathising friends at home.' EMIGRATION FROMTHB COTTON DISTRICTS.—Arrange- ments have been completed for sending out another set of emigrants to Australia from the distressed districts of Lancashire. The Southern Ocean, which was advertised to sail on Saturday last from Liverpool for the port of Melbourne, but which has been detained for some few days to suit the convenience of passengers, will take out upwards of 300 emigrants from Manchester and the neigh- bourhood. The quota whose passages have been paid, and whose clothing and other requirements for the voyage, &c., have been supplied by the local committees, numbers about 80 statue adults, the remainder consisting of persons who have heeu accepted by Mr Knight, the emigration commissioner appointed by the government of Victoria, and whose expenses have been entirely defrayed out of the funds placed at that gentleman's disposal. The Victoria Station on Saturday morning presented such an appearance as might easily be imagined to belong to such an occasion. The emigrants appeared to be in high spirits. The contingent, which has been equipped and sent out all at the expense of the Manchester local committee, has entailed a cost upon the funds of about £1,100, GARIBALDI.—A Turin letter in the Nuremberg Corres- pondent states that a few days ago a party of 25 English- men arrived at Caprera to pay their respects to Garibaldi The latter thanked them very warmly for that proof of their sympathy, but at the same time expressed his regret at only being able to received two of the party, the "tate of his health still requiring repose. Since 1839, 160 steamers have touched at the island of Caprera, where formerly no vessel ever stopped, and more than 16,000 persons have landed. Four Neapolitan vessels bear the name of Garibaldi. The general is godfather to 4,500 children, and 2,000 boys have received his name. During the last three years he has received presents to the amount of 16,000f. The majority of them are agricultural implements, chiefly from England. During the same period be has received other gifts representing a value of nearly one million. Garibaldi is honorary burgess of 20 cities and towns, and honorary president of 120 associations. He has 21 swords of honour, of which 11 have been sent from abroad. Since 1859, 3,000 addresses of devotedness have been sent to him. In consequence of the improvements introduced into the cultivation of the land which he possesses at Caprera, his annual revenue from it now amounts to 3,000f. Originally it was almost nothing. FINE RIFLE SHOOTING.—At the Liverpool Rifle Brigade Prize Shooting Meeting on Saturday se'night the first and most important match was the Rifle St Ledger, open to all the world—1st prize £ 50—2nd £ 20—3rd £10-4th £5. Distances 200, 600, and 800 yards, seven shots at each range Wimbledon scoring, hits and points added any rifle not exceeding 101b in weight, and auy pesition. Six points given to three groove Enfield rifles, bona fide Government issue, with Government ammuni- tion. There were 53 competitors. The 1st prize was won by Mr G. A. Rawson, of the oth Liverpool Rifle Volunteers, who made the extraordinary score of 80 points. Mr A. Ashtan of the 5th C. R. V., Captain Heaton, of the 3rd Manchester (a crack rifle shot, and frequent winner at Wimbledon) and Ensign Brazil, of the 61st L. R. V. each scored 76. The ties were shot off at 800 yards Mr Ashton and Mr Brazil each made a hull's eye, and Captain Heaton a centre, giving him the fourth prize. Now came the struggle for second honors, and immense excitement followed each shot for finer shooting could not be witnessed. The first shot each Mr Ashton and Mr Brazil scored bull's-eyes. In their third, bull's-eyes. In their fourth, bull's-eye*. In their fifth and final shots Ashton made a bull's-eye, and Brazil a centre. The former, therefore won the £20 prize. SUDDEN DEATH. On Monday last an inquest was held before Alexander Guthbertson, Esq,, coroner, at the house of Mr Stephen Powles, the Talbot Inn, Neath, on view of the body of Mr R. Jenkins, of James-street, aged 63, who suddenly expired at his residence, at six o'clock in the morning of Saturday the 16th inst.—David Jenkins, lion of the deceased, having been sworn, stated that he (the deceased) rose on Saturday morning, about half-past five o'tlock, and went down stairs to see what time it was. He came back, and said to my mothor that it was too early to call me. When the clock struck six he called me from his bed, as was customary for him to do every morning, and said it was time to go down. He called me twice after that. I went down into his bedroom and looked through the window. He asked me if it was raining, and if it was not blowing hard I said 'Yes.' Ho then directed me to go the kiln and he would follow me sfter breakfast. A few minutes afterwards my sister called me back, saying there was something the matter •with my father. I then went back to his room, put my hand under his head, and said 'Father!' several times but had no answer. I then sent for Dr Jones who was immediately in attendance, who told me that my father was gone. My father was in better health than 1 had ever known him, and been at his work on the previous day as usual. He was a most temperate man, and had been a teetotaller for twenty-four years. The jury gave au immediate verdict that the deceased's death was 4 by the Visitation of God.' A WOMAN WARRIOR.—There can be but very few spectators, and stiil fewer actors, left of the events in which Mrs Ann Perriam took a busy part, says the Illus- trated London News. Aged 93, she was a married woman in the year 1795, a date anterior to that in which some great-grandfathers among us first saw the light of day. At that time her first husband, Edward Hopping, was serving as a seaman on board Her Majesty's ship Cres- cent, commanded by Captain Sir James Saumarez. Up- on the ship putting into Plymouth for repairs after along cruise ou the coast of France, she proceeded she proceeded thither to meet her husband, and, at his request was al- lowed to occompariv him to sea. At that time a certain nu nber of women of good character were allowed to sail with their husbands. Upon Sir James Saumarez's sub- sequent removal to the Orion, Hopping and his wife followed him. Mrs Perriam served on board the latter ship five years, and during that time witnessed and bore her part in, besides many minor engagements, the fol- lowing great naval battles:—At L'Orient, on the 23rd of June, 1795; off Cape Saint Vincent, on the 14-th of Feb. 1797; and at the glorious battle of the Nile, won by Nelson on the 1st of August, 1798. Mrs Perriam's occu- pation while in action lay with the gunners and magazine men, among whom she worked, preparing flannel cart- ridges for the great guns. Her recollection of the share which she took in these great events is still vivid and at the advanced age of ninety-three the veteran heroine can recall with pride and interest incidents of the hard- won fights in which she discharged a man's—more than a woman's—part. It may be mentioned that her brother fought also in the same ship, with twelve other young men from Exmouth, her native place, who volunteered especially for service under Sir James Saumarez, one of whom diud all Admiral. Of this number Ann Perriam is the sole survivor. Indeed, the number of those who fought at Saiut Vincent or the Nile can be very tew now. After the loss of her second husband, Ann Perriam maintained herself honestly by selling tish in the streets of Exmouth. In her eightieth year increa?. II; debility compelled her to discontinue that occupation. Having outlived all her friends and children, and possessing but scanty means in her declining years, she is not sur- rounded by those comlorts which her busy life and strange services have secured her. I THE POOR AUTHOR IN ALL AGES.—If the flower- strewed before me had but a little gold, led on them, should be the happiest dog in the woiid. It is strange that the people who value tie s'ifk so much, should not feed the poor worm who wastes himself in spinning out to them.—Moore. A POET'S SENTIMENT.—When Sir Francis Cbantrey was building bis mausoleum, be said to Allan Cunning- ham, his friend aiiu principal assistant, that he would make the vault large enough io contain him aiso. 'No,' said Allan, I should not like even wiVt'fi am dead, to be so shut up. I would far rather rest where tire daisies will grow over my head.' ALARMING GALE.—From an early hour in the morning up to mid-day on Tuesday, with but slight intervals, it blew a perfect hurricane from the E.N.E., but frequently chopping round to the >J.o.E and W. by N., causing not 0:11y injury of a seriou3 nattfrj to many persons, but ieflicting considerable damage to property ?rr and around the metropolis. AN ORDER WORTHY OF BEING FOLLOWKD.—When Lord Gough was in command of the British troops in India during the Sikh War, a circumstance occurred highly characteristic of the gallant general. During a hot engagement in that memorable campaign the genera's of divisions were looking out for the Commander-in- Chief to receive orders how to deal with a fresh division of the enemy which was rapidly approaching. After some time his lordship wae lound in the thick of the fight leading the 27th, of which he was colonel. On being asked for the necessary orders he turned round, wiped the perspiration from his brow, and with perfect coolness laconically replied, 'Beat them.' Orders to this effect were given, and it is unnecessary to say that they were carried out without delay. Two IVORY INLAID CHAIRS, taken by Warren Hastings ftom the palace of an Indian Prince at the time he was Governor-General of India, were offered by auction at the sale of the late Lady Olivia Barnard Sparrow's effects at Brampton Park on Friday. There was considerable competition for these chairs, and they were all sold for £HO, to Mr Medland, who, it was understood, was acting on behalf of the relatives of the deceased lady. Mr Hastings sent altogether six chairs to England. Two of them went into the possession of the Princess Charlotte; and after her death, and the acceptance of the throne of Belgium by her husband, they were sold to Lord William Bentinck, and presented by his Lordship to the late Lady Olivia Sparrow. The other four are in the possession of the Marquis of Hertford and Baron Rothschild REMARKABLE WORKS CF HUMAN LABOUR.—Nineveh was 14 miles long, 8 wide, and 45 miles round, with a wall 100 feet high, and thick enough for three chariots abreast. Babylon was 50 miles within the walls, which were 75 feet thick, and 100 high, with 100 brazen gates. The temple of Diana, at Ephesus, was 420 feet to the support of the roof. It was 100 years in building. The stones are about 60 feet in length, and the lavers are 208. ttempioyed 320,000 in building. The labyrinth in Egypt contains 300 chambers and 12 halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins 27 miles round, and 100 gates. Carthage was 29 miles round. Athens was 25 miles round, and contained 3-50,000 citizens, and 400,000 slaves. The temple of Delphos was so rich in donations that it was plundered of £10,000,000. and Nero carried away from it 200 statues. The walls of Rome were thirteen miles round. THE ORI*HFUS.—A dispatch from the senior officer 01 the New Zealand station to the Admiralty gives an acconnt of the efforts made to recover the bodies of the brave men who perished on board the Orpheus, and to give them Christian burial. The natives on the coast were most friendly, and rendered the parties every assistance. They had buried several of the bodies which had been cast up on the beach before the arrival of the English party, and among others the body of Commodore Burnett, which was, however, disinterred, removed to Auckland, and there buried with military honours. Above 5U bodies altogether have been found and buried by the natives and the party sent in search. Very few articles connected with the ship had been washed ashore, and nothing of the wreck appears above water but the stutnp of one of her masts. A RAP AT THE PRINCE OF WALES!—The Era savs that during the performance at the Haymarkd Theatre, in London, the other evening, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales-occupying the Queen's box—were so completely out of sight of the audience, that when Miss Louise Keeley, in her song introducing many well-known burlesque characters, came to the verse, Here's the Prince of Happy Land, Once he reiened at the Lyceum; And here's another Prince at hand, But being Invisible you can't see him, the audience applied the verse to the Royal visitors with such loud and continuous laughter, that Miss Keeley became embarrassed. However, at the end of the Pano- rama of the Prince's Tour, and while the orchestra was playing God save the Queen,' the Prince led the Princess to the front of the royal box in full view of the audience, who received them with acclamations. CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.—The governors of this corporation held a meeting at their house, 2, Bloomsbury-place, on Saturday last, when the cases of 37 widows and 89 aged single daughters of deceased clergymen were brought before the board, having previously been carefully considered by the standing committee appointed to examine and report upon all applications for relief from the funds of the society. Twenty-two widows and twenty-three daughters were then elected to life pensions of j610 per annum to supply the vacancies which had occurred in the pension lists during the last 12 months, and small donations were given to 76 other widows and daughters. The total number of ladies in receipt of pensions from the cor- poration is 712, and probably there is scarely a parish in England or Wales which at some time or other during the 209 years of this venerable society's existence has not thrown upon its funds the widows and orphans of some devoted clergyman, whose scanty remuneration, when alive, barely sufficed to furnish the commonest necessaries of life, and could not possibly provide for the maintenance of his family when death had removed him from the trials and privations of life. During the last few months the governors have distributed £4,.500 in donations to poor clergymen, their widows, and aged daughters, and in grants towards educating and putting out in life clergy children. In June the main benefactions are for poor clergymen with large families, and in July vacancies are filled up amongst the widows' and daughters' pensions of a higher amount than jElO a year—the highest being £25. FAT MEN,—The 'great Mr Bright,' mentioned in Lambert's exhibition-bill, was a grocer at Maldon, in Essex. He may partly be said to have born great, for he was of a family noted for the great size and great appetites of its member?-. Bright enjoyed good health, married at the age of twenty-two, and had five children. An amiable mind inhabited his over-grown body. He was a cheerful companion, a kind husband, a tender father, a good master, a friendly neighbour, and an honest man. 'So,'says his biograper, 'it cannot be surprising if he was universally loved and respected.' Bright died in his thirtieth year at the net weight of 610 pounds, or 44 stone, jockey weight. His neighbours considered that death was a happy release to him, 'and so much the more as he thought so himself, and wished to be released.' His coffin was 3 feet 6 inches broad at the shoulders and more than three feet in depth. A way was cut through the wall and staircase of bis house to let it down into the shop. It was drawn to the church on a low-wheeled carriage, by twelve men; and was let down into the grave by an engine, fixed up on the church for that amidst a vast concourse of spectators from distant parts of the country. After his death a wager was laid that five men, each twenty-one years of age, could be buttoned in his waistcoat, It was decided at the Black Bull Inn at Maldon, when not only five, as proposed, but seven men were enclosed in it, without breaking a stitch or straining a button. A Mr Palmer, landlord of the Golden Lion Inn at Brompton, in Kent, was another great man in his way, though not fit to be compared with either Bright or Lambert; weighing but 25 stone, a matter ot some 380 pounds less than the great Daniel. Paluior came to London to see Lambert; yet, though five men could be buttoned in his waistcoat, he looked like a pigmy beside the great Leicestershire man. It is said that the superior greatness of his more corpulent rival in grossness so affected Palmer as to cause his death However that may be he certainly died three weeks after his journey to London. A part of the Golden Lion had to be taken down to allow egress for his coffin, which was drawn to the grave in a timber waggon, as no hearse could be procured either large enough to admit it, or sufficiently strong to bear its weight.—Book of Days. NATIONAL TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.—The annul meeting of this society was held on Tuesday evening at Exeter Hall, which was well filled. The chair was taken by the President, Samuel Bowley, Esq., and, after prayer by the Rev. W. W. Robinson, M.A., of Cfielsea, Mr Tweedie, one of the hon. secretaries, read an abstract of the annual report, which commenced by referring to the special effort that had been made to promote temperance during the International Exhibition. These inciuded three meetings in Exeter Hall; one at the Crystal Palace, attended by about 20,000 persons; one at Surrey Chapel; one at the Lecture Hall of the Young Men's Christian Association; a ministerial conference at the London Coffee-house, attended by 80 clergymen and ministers; a medical con- ference at the residence of the treasurer, S. Gurney, E*q., M.P.; a breakfast to foreign members of the Social Science Association; a Band of Hope Conversazione at Fremason's Hall; a temperance congress, extending over three days, at which 45 papers were read and discussed and 5U sermons by ministers in town and country. The report stated that the general operations of the league during the year included 820 addresses by hon. deputa- tions: 610 lectures by agents; and a mission to sailors, in connection with which 482 visits had been paid to vessels in the port of London 99 meetings had been held on board ship, and 128 elsewhere; and 2,457 temperance and religious publications had been sold to sailors, of which 301 were copies of the Sacred Scriptures. A missionary who had laboured for two years and a half to promote temperance in the army was of opinion that at least 15 percent, of the soldiers in the British army were teeto- tallers. A great deal had been done at Aldershott Camp and at the garrisons of Woolwich and Warley. The Military Temperance Society, formed about two years ago at Woolwich, had enrolled 777 members, including the commandant of the garrison, 1 chaplain, 1 surgeon, 1 colonel, 3 majors, 3 captains, 2 lieutenants, 6 sergeant- majors, 54 sergeants, 64 corporals, and 33 bombardiers. At Warley, dunng the eighteen months that had elapsed since the Temperance Society was formed, 1,571 soldiers had signed the pledge. This number includes 1 captain, I schoolmaster, 3 staff-sergeants, 26 sergeants, 24corporals, and 36 bombardiers, the remaining 1,480 being gunners, Many of these men, on leaving VVoolwirh and Warley, had formed temperance societies at other military stations in India, Corfu, Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Gibralter, Malta, Hong Kong, and other places. The League had a district agency in the Midland Counties, in connection with which numerous meetings and conferences had been held to promote temperance amongst the upper classes. Six meetings ot young men had been held in citv warehouses; and fifteen, the average attendance at which was 1,200, had been hebi at the Lambeth Baths. The cash account showed that the and exp',nill_' ture ot the society had been £3,OM; £ ()&, is t'i{,lll th*' prec'-diiig year. The Mib.vquei.t speakers*^ere W. H. Darby, E>q., of Brymbo; R. •nirt;^ Esq., M.D., War- rington; the Rev. W. M. lj'iyior, M.A., ot the Scottish Temperance League Mr Assistant. Deputy-Judge Payne, the Rev. R. "1* A., the Rev. Newman Hall, L.L.B., &c. Pet ttions to Parliament were unanimously adopted, with acclamation, in favour of Mr Somes's Sun- day Closing P.,ill, A COSTLY SMOKE.— A man nam-d Morri-% who keeps a public house at Kiilea, near Dunmore, filled his p^e last Monday evening, and hnrjn.T ignited a match put his hand in his pocket and pulled «i»t« crumpled piece of paper which lie lit and applied to the p'iee He threw the paper on the ground, extinguished it vvit'A his foot, took it up and discovered he had burned a £ 0 nottf. Only the letters 'OUNDS' and the managers name we. intact.— Waterford Cit zen. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—About two o'clock on Sunday morning a vessel laden with stone, and which was moored in the Leeds Cut, near the Crown Point Biidiie, sunk in the rirei\ 10 the cabin at that time George Kendall, the captain, Ms wife, and four children were sleeping-tbe two former, and the two younger children ct one end of the vessel, and the other two n: the cabin at fhs other end. Kendal and his wife, and one oftheetitdrec, a boy, twelve years old, were able to escape, but unfortunately the others were drowned. Their names are Thornton, aged nine; Olive, aged seven and Hannah, aged five. NEGRO HF.ROISM.—A letter from Washington, Nort I Oa'ro'lina, tells the story of a brave negro who lost hi, life during the siege:—' A flat full of soldiers, with a few negroes, attcmytecfyp land at Rodman's Point, but Were lvpulsed by a terrible fire of rehel bullets-all tumbling into the boat and lying naf fc cscape being shot. Mean- while the boat stuck fast on s?5ore, when the noble African sa;d, "Somebody's got to drs to git us out cf dis, and it may as well be me!" Me th?7: deliberately pot out and pushed the boat off, and fell intopierced by five bullets. Dr Ware afterward.; amputated a leg and resected a part of one bone in the arm, but the man of course died.' FRENCH GRAVES IN THE CRIMEA.—We have already Mentioned the retnrn to France of Colonel Colson, who had been sent to the Crimea to rectify the state of the French cemetery at Sebastopo1. According to the report of the colonel he found the place in the most deplorable state; the tombs had been profaned and the burying ground had been treated in the most disgraceful manner. A decision has been, the -'ore, come to, that all the remains of the French sole- 'rs shall be collected together into one'spot, over which a commemorative monument will be erected. The wbrle will be surrounded bv a strong wall, and a person placcd in charge of it. The town of Sebastopol is not, it is said, in a better condition then the French cemetery; everything is in ruins, and scarceJy any houses have been rebuilt. THE LAUNCH 0'" AN IRON-CASED VESSEL, built for the Russian service from a Russian design, took place at the Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Yard, Black- wall, on Monday, the lilth inst. obe is named the Per- venetz,' or 'Firstling,' and she is the first-clad ship in the Russian navy. The Government appears to have made a good start in her design. To take oUlY one of her quaiities-she draws only fourteen feet of wster, which is lighter than any ship in the English iron- Cased fleet except the Enterprise, and she is only one- third the size. The nearest approach to her in size is the Royal Sovereign, now converting on Cowper Coles' principle, but she is «Alculafed draw twenty-two feet of water. It will be seen, therefore, that the Russian designer has shown great skill in his plans. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.—»Ths steamer Belgium, from Ostend, arrived at St. Katherine's VVharf, on Sun- day evening, in a very damaged condition, caused by her coming into collision with a Dutch barque, reported to be the Wilhelmina, for Amsterdam. The collision I took place about one o'clock on Sunday morning, about fofty miles from the North Foreland, the Belgium being struck by the barque on the port bow, carrying away the bulwarks, poff paddlewhcel, the house on deck, and doing other extensile damage to the ship. After the vessels cleared, the barque again got in collision with the Belgium on the other side, and occasioned more damage. The shock is described too have been very severe, and a female p.ssenger is stated to have been in- jured by a piece of wood striking her. Four cr five bul- locks on board were killed by the collision. It is stated that the crew of the barque refused to give her name, when some hands from the Belgium boarded her, and, 0:1 going below, referred to her log hook, and found her name and voyage as before mentioned. The steamer lay to for five hours, and she then proeeeded at slow speed with one engine. Later in the day she had the assistance of a tug, and came up the river. RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN AMERICA.—We took OUi' places for Boston at New York, and received checks of our luggage. These checks are round bits of tin with numbers on them. One is given to the passenger, the other with a corresponding number on it, is fastened lo bi5 luggage with a leather thong. The luggage van is kept locked, and nothing is given up unless the check is produced. This is very convenient, especially in long journeys, where you have often to change from land to water. The railway cars (which are all of one class) differ greatly trom ours: each car is calculated to hold sixty to seventy persons. There is a narrow passage down the centre, and a door at each end, opening on a narrow platform. The seats are arranged 011 each side of this passage, at right angles to it. Each seat is cal- culated to hold two persons, and is provided with a moveable back to the engine as you please. Backs and seats are cushioned. A row of windows, furnished with Venetian blinds. runs down each side of the car. In the winter a stove is placed in the centre of each carriage, which, though it keeps it a comfortable temperature, makes the air close and disagreeable. Generally, in each train, there is a ladies' carriage, into which none arc admitted except those travelling alone, and ladies with their attendant gentlemen. At one end there is a re- tiring room for ladies exclusively; sometimes there are two. One of them is furnished with a sofa, which in case of illness is a great comfort.-An Englishwoman's Experience in America, by Marianne Finch. A Frenchman in good circumstances has for a year or more tenanted a small house close to the hotel La Gran Brettagna, on the road to Qui si Sana, close to Castella- mare. Singular in his habits, it was the common opinion that his mind was affected. On fast days he insisted on having fish served of a particular length, and on other days a fowl of a particular size and measurement. Woe to the landlord if his orders were not obeyed to the letter. Most of his time was spent in strict seclusion, when he occupied himself in making machinery, but of what kind was unknown, as no one was permitted to inter his room. On the night of the 26th of April a heavy sound was heard in the house, but it led to no inquiry, as E. Couvreux was a man of aueh peculiar habits. On the following day however, some alarm was created by his non-appearance, and the police were sent for. To repeated knocks no answer was returned, and at last the wall was broken through and the room entered when the following ex- traordinary scene presented itself:—A perfectly formed guillotine stood in the centre of the doorway leading into another room; the knife bad fallen, and on this side lay a body, while in the other room lay the head of the poor victim of insanity. On the table was a letter directed to his brother in Paris, in which, among other bequests, he leaves lOOOf. to his landlord and lOOUf. to an inhabitant of Castellamare. Regular in bis payments and conduct, he seems to have had but one object in life which was to construct the instrument of his death and it is described of the most delicate construction. ATTROCIOUS CONDUCT OF THE MILITARTIN PRUSSIA. —A serious riot, attended with most lamentajle and fatal results, occurred a few days since at Bredinken, arising out of the determination of one of the inha- bi:auts to drain a large pool of water from which the residents in the village drew their sole snpply from all domestic purposes. The proprietor had been several times resisted when about to commence the operations be had in view, and at last he called in the aid of the military. The poor women of the village were the chief rioters, for they would have to fetch their water a dis- tance of a mile or two had they been deprived of the customary source. They resisted even the soldiers; and the latter were speedily commanded to make use of their weapons. They shot and bayonetted the crowd without mercy. Nine persons were shot dead at the first volley, three more died before they could be carried off the field, and another three are on the point of death. A large number of the villagers are suffering from their wounds. The most abominable fact about tbe affair is that many of the poor women were found to have been bayonetted in the back. They were pursued by the soldiers and stabbed by them when they had already begun to take to flight. A private letter, published in the Berlin papers, gives some painful details connected with the occurrence. The writer says: On the 9th of May I made an excur- sion to Bredinken, in company with a physician and two other persons. On our arrival we found that ninety-five men of the 43rd regiment had just come in from Lotzen. A death-like stillness prevailed in the village. When we had viewed the spot where the twenty-five soldiers, under command of Lieutunant Kossak, had fired on the rioters, wo went, escorted hy the schoolmaster of the nextvii- lage, as well as by several villagers, to visit the twelve corpes lying in their coffins, and thetwenty-nve wounded, of whom, according to the opining of the physician, three more will die. Most affectinz was the aspect of the corpses, ot which the majority were women, and one of them pregnant. Most of them had bayonet and shot wounds in the back and side. Through one woman's neck two balls had passed; one man was shot through his heart, and another had his nght cheek torn away by a bullet. A landed proprietor, Kariot by name, had received three stabs with the bayonet and a ball in the breast; his skull was also fractured, and we saw the brains on the ground. A GHosr IN A BELFRY.—The inhabitants of a secluded village of the Montagne Noire, in the department of the Aude, were roused from tbeir bed one night last week by the sound of the tocsin '—for such is the pompous phrase used by a local writer to describe the ringing of the single bell of the small parish church. The idea of a fire first suggested itself to the minds of the villagers, hut as no fire was to be aeen they flocked to the church to see what was the matter. To their great astonishment, however, the church door was locked no voice responded from within to their loud shouts ot inquiry and yet the bell continued to ring loudly and hurriedly. The cure was called up and brought the church key. With trembling steps and beating hearis the crowd followed their pastor into the sacred building. They penetrated in to the belfry, and—oh! horror of horrors! the bell-rope was violently agitated and pulling the bell by itself. The good priest himself was scared at this fearful phenomenon, and his followers, pale with terror, dropped down upon their knees, and crossed themselves. It was midnight, the hour when spirits walk abroad. The priest, armed with his goupiilon, proceeded to exorcise the demon but all the holy water in the church was soon exhausted, and yet the d.eadful bell continued to sound. At length a peasant, iiore intrepid than the rest, volunteerd to climb into the steeple, a'C,d look at the hell itself. As he mounted the dark narrow winding ladder which led to the abode of mystery, the terrified parishioners below muttered their paternosters with increased rapidity. In a few moments an unearthly ghriek from the devoted messenger Ictt no. doubt on the minds of the people below that he had met with the de^Q himself. As the unhappy man approached the bell did indeed cease to sound, but by the flickering pale light of tis lantern he saw crouching down close to $??„clapper a blaek monstrous hideous form, with two yellow eyes which glared full upon him. The poor man minted away, and for s me minutes an awful silence reigned in the churuli. Tnen by a sudden and simultaneous impulse several men resolved tu see what bad become of their comrade, and iimartmg courage to each other, I ru ed up the ladder together. On nearing the bell they found a large polecat, who bad got one of his furl; feet entuLgled in the rope, and who in his enieavoiifs to escape, had been the cause of all this terrible c," motion in the Montagae Noire. SUDDEN DEATH.— ,r J. Veitch, proprietor 01 7ar Topsham-roai Nurseries, Exeter, died suddenly, and under unnsnaPy sad circumstances on Thursday laat. On? t^e preceding TUu/sisy Mrs Veitch, the wife of Mr Yeitchy died at their residence,. Buckerill Villa, Exeter, and if \tas fixed that her funeral sbottLd take place on Thursday, Preparations for this were made. Mr Veitch got up at the usual time, and, he weiaS eat silently and sorrowfully w.Tiurnitig the ions of th? heloved owe. He gathered some li!;es hi the garden, and ou returning placed them in the coflin with the corpse. He then turned away, and sat down, at th"- same time saying, I Olh, dear! I never can go through this,' and immediately fell a corpse. The intended funeral was at once pat off, and now husband and wifa will be buried together. THE ROYAL Ge:" F.^CROITRFS.—It is stated that a suc- cessor has been appointed to Sir William Armstrong as superintendent of the Roy al GlIn Factories, the gentlemaa who has been selected being an oivirerof high standing in the Royal Artillery, distinguished for his experience and 5cieritific attainments. One of the conclusion most 'early established by the evidence recently taken before he committee of the House of Commons on the Armstrong gun question is, that the multiplicity of elements unavoid- t.ti y introduced into the subject demands a more precise mi I a technical reconsideration and the highest military authority, it is undsrstood, has expressed an emphatic opinion us to the abso-lure necessity of placing a military iivin nt the head 01 the Royal Gun Factories. The genemt impression, we hear, amongst naval, military, and official ri: ties is, thwt too exclusive an attention to the purely im cbanical element has been the great mistake, leading us into a series of experiments without any definite result except their enormous cost. It is expected that Mr At-derson, the present Misistant-snperinteadant, will be promoted to superintendent engineer to the War Officeat b:s present salary of jEt.COO a year.

LIVERPOOL GUANO AND SEED, &c., MARKET. MAY 19. (From Samuel Dowries A Co, General Broktr, Exehangt Court, LirerpoolJ Of Guano, import 1130 tons of Upper Peruvian, which wi!) he offered at auction on the 19th inst.; 300 tons of Kooria Mooria reported at £ 3 10s per ton. Nitrate of Soda has been in steady demand at_ tbe quotations; a small cargo sold to arrive at 12s 9d. Numerous inquiries on speculators account for decorticated Cotton Seed Cake; other oil cakes are dull. Cloverseed, numerous buyers of fine quality of North American; red Cloverseed Is scarce, and would command 38s 6d, sales 500 bags. We bare again to report that higher prices have been paid for Bombay Linseed from 69s to 73s 3d; tbe latter price was paid at auction to-day the nearest prices are 71s 6d to 72s, with very little offering; Niger at to 54s 3d. The Tallow market has been quiet during the past week, with only a limited demand on the spot, and [' for forward delivery superior Souths sold at 42s 6d to 42s &d, and Nurtiis at 42s 6d. £ s. £ s. Unseed Cakc- JE e.tif.d, Guano, Feravian 12 8 to 12 8 American 9 0 9 0 Do.Upperdo.oO 6 S English 9 10 1(1 15 ichaboe —— Cottonseed Cake 6 0 6 • Patagonian 2 5 3 5 saltpetre 0 37 0 35 Saldanha Bay 45 0 0 Brimstone, 2ndll Kooria Mooria 0 0 3 10 and 3rds 6 8 6 5 Pedro Keys —— Nitrate of Soda 12 9 .3 0 111. of Ammonia 11 0 15 OLitiseed, Bombay Bone Ash <1 !0 415 perqr. 0 72 0 0 TatloT. 1st PVC. 0 46 46 0 Cloverseed 0 35 6 3ft

MR. JAMES RIBBON, PtAKO-FOUTE, VIOLIN, AND VIOLONCELLO TEACHE* Piano-Fortes Tuned. UBSIDEXCE ST. THOMAS-STREET, HAVERFORDWEST PHILPuTT, TAMLYN, & MORGAN, LANDSURVEYORS. LANDVALUERS, ACCOUNTANTS # AUCTIONEERS. Offices, opposite the Shire Hall, Haverfordwest. WANTISD, in a Drapery Establishment, a respectable- Youth an APPRENTICE.—Application to be> made to Messrs Davies Brothers, Nott Square, Carmar- then. SHOOTING VvTANTED to be hired for the coming S season, within a radius of six miles of Milford, and on either side of the Haven.—Address, Captain PapiKoo, Milford. HAVERFORDWEST. GREYHOUND INN TO BE LET, for a term, ready Furnished, with immediate possession.—To treat apply to Mr T. M. Lewis, Mariner's Square. DEVONSHIRE CIDER. JOSEPH HALL has just received a CARGO of tbe above. Pale Bottling, Sweet, Rough, and Medium CIDERS, in Casks of various sizes. Stores, Waterloo and Oxford Street, Swansea. N.B.—The usual discount to the trade. SLATE. SUMMERTON QUARRY, LITTLE NEWCASTLE. MESSRS EARLE & COX beg to inform the Gentry and Farmers in the neighbourhood, tbat tbey now have a large Stock of Locals on hand, at ]5s, and 20B per thousand at the Quarry. THE BRITISH MINER & GENERAL NEWSMAH: A PUBLICATION devoted to the interests of the Working Miners of the United Kingdom, Pub- lished every Friday afternoon, in time for the evening post. Prioe 2d. Stamped 3d. To he had at the Office, 7, Burleigh-street, Strand, London, and throughout the Mining Jistrietsof England, Scotland, and Wales. 'f^HE PARTNERSHIP lately existing between Messrs L George and Edward Picton Phillips having termi- nated by the death of Mr George Phillips, it is respect- fully requested that all claims upon the Firm be sent to Mr Edward Picton Phillips, and all debts due to the Firm be paid either to him, or to Mrs Sarah Phillips, widow of the deceased. May 1st, 1863. M I L F 0 R D. UNRESERVED SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. MR HENRY DAVIES has been instructed by B. H. Bailey, E«q. to Sell by Auction, at his residence, HAMILTON TERRACE, on Wednesday next, the whole. of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. &c., &c. Credit will be given subject to Conditions of Sale. Sale to commence at Three o'Clock. LLANELLY RAILWAY AND DOCK COMPANY. Extension Lines.—Loans on Mortgage.—Tbe Di- rectors of this Company are prepared to receive LOANS in sums of £ 100 and upwards, on security of Debentures to be issued at par, for three, five, or seven years, under authority of their Acts of Parliament of 1861 and 1862. and bearing interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, payable half-yearly in London. Applications to be made to the Secretary, at the Com- pany's Offices, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. By order, (Signed) R. GLASCODINE, Secretary. Llanelly Railway and Dock Company, Llanelly, May 7, 1363. HAVERFORDWEST. THE ORIGINAL CHARLESTOWN S ERE N A DE R S, Messrs. Tracy, Lloyd, Herbert, Paddon, and Jones, (Amateurs of Pembroke), will visit this town ON TUESDAY EVENING, 23rd OF JUNE, 1863, WHEN THEY WILL GIVE A G E A N D CONCERT Of Vocal and Instrumental NEGRO MUSIC Under distinguished patronage.—Particulars will appear in future advertisements. CARMARTHENSHIRE—PARISH OF LLANGAN. rpO BE LET BY TENDER, and entered upon at L Michaelmas next, all that Messuage Farm and Lands called BRYNGWELLTTN, situate in the above parish, containing about 95 acres of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land. Also, the tenement of COLLEGE, containing about 15 acres of Arable Land adjoining. The two places will be let together, or separate. Mr Thomas Jones, of Bryngwelityn, will show the lands. All Tenders to be sent to John L. G. P. Lewis, Esq, Henllan, Narberth, on or before the 21st of June next. This will not be repeated. I ienl:an, May 15th, 1863. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861. ORDER OF DISCHARGE. In the County Court of Pembrokeshire, holden at Pembroke. |N the Matter of WILLIAM HAY, of King street, J. Pembroke-dock, in tbe county of Pembroke, pre- viously in lodgings at the house of William Davies, in Upper Prospect Piace, Pembroke-dock, in the same county, House-builder and Joiner, a Bankrupt. Whereas at a Public Sitting of the Court, held this day, the Court granted an Order of Discbarge to the said Bankrupt, notice is hereby given, that an Order of Dis- charge will be drawn up and delivered to tht said Bank- rupt after the expiration of thirty days from this date, unless in the meantime an appeal be duly entered against the judgment of the said Court. Dated this twentieth tiay of May, 1863, ROBERT LANNING, Registrar. SAINT DAVID'S INCLOSURE. rilfie Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales t hereby give Notice, that a Meeting of the Per,ons interested in the Waste Land of the Manor of Dewsland. situate In the PíHltoh of St. David's, in the county of Pembroke, will lie held on the 18ih day of June tint, at the hour of elcyen in the forenoon, at the Commercial I'm, in 'he ^aid p;:iish. for the purpose of appointing a Valuer in tlie matter of the Inelo.sure ol the said Lands, uad.r tlie prwiSions of Tile Acts for the Ineloture, lixchange, and Improvement o: L:tnd: AHd they further give Notice, that a majority in num- ber, and III respect of interest 01 such persuns, may at sin h Meeting, resolve upon Instructions to the Valuer, not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the Pn visional Order made by them in the mat er of the said Inclosure. Witness my hand this 20th day of May, ;-c be year of our Lord 1863, U. ^TTLRSHAi/ y flur ot **oard.

MIL FOR D. ()It}) It —— S")', tL AILW A. Y BILL, In the House of Commons dfUilWayBiU Wa9 read a thUd ?Hr^> b!?-'S|'S for 1 TKIN1TY EsTABMSilMKNT. —The V? th6 "'ft now mm1 ,0V<J estat)hshmeui, near Pembroke '^tgg will i'1 we are'nforiLed that ina lew future rm removed Irosn Millord, and its with nU"te^ fi llial Place- Several iNol0 ^eylan7 V^18 e?tabhsha,ent httVe already >!iC4,»rv&l.t*i:o!h!,r8,are about to follow* d tri^L* "at inflf^ establishment so long stationed ^l^Plv di,^comm CtaCOn8iderable a«>ount ol ir jurv 0'1 VH ?UN!TY'-AND 14 IS UNNECESSARY LOGAV »n interest^n^h1114"'8 ge"crally we'l J 'hood prosperity of the town

^or|kk ln8 coranL' ion, with th«» S-»utS Wales K-ul^av '"lijg a 'Narberth Road Station; tbe line could b- °fthe n/1 <,l'oaP rate. He then entered into the details The l^e pr^poscl railway. *hV rnan nex,; 'due^d Mr S-ni'h to the mei; Wat'l' an(^ spceeh, Said that what %t). 'las -ad said left littl for him to say, bu' In- t,n ^present the Tent.y, Pembroke, and Petn- ^"lect'^a''wr,'T- He p«in'ed out the liiribilitv of fjij '>:e different towns in Wales with each other, 6 fto V)wns in England, by nil. He thought the ^tiv? ^y to Xarhertli ould be made at a eom- •^Mtli V- r',e!,P r,1*e !^e landowners W mid consent to Slj tl|:ij,ind at a fair price; The railway, if needed, i^lar f ^bected with the con tern plated dicks at Ming ,L °'1 v-rV smdll sura. Hewasanxioustohave hn,hT0"ih» 'et whoSver or will do it, but by all Hrtv -?Vk done; dhd it should certainly have hi? 1'kin* then proposed the following resolu- >Sth 5" ^i* rnee^if>;i having taken into considera- 'l<r»6 >sed extension of the Pembroke and Tenby ? to Narberth Road, is of opinion that the under- '"KDOV.8 *3hly desirable, and is deserving of every -Mr V, 'l'he n,rT.'r!rf' seconded the resolution. Hivi l;|nan sn'd that he did not believe the Tenby, lS* r,n<' '>em^roke Dock Railway could be efg. ^'I»a i:being connected with the South Wales r A n rc?0^u<0n WRS t'len uarri"d unanimously, tbo'p Harries proposed that it should bo suggested '0alter e,n^r< Pembroke, and Pembroke Dock Railway fjthe f'le'r proposed terminus at or nenr flobb's Point K{1ieiit s'^c the Pill, which would be more con- .etf.„ f"o town and also her Majesty's Dockyard. ['hv.'1 Imposed the adoption of the following memo- To tb 6 Board of Directors of the Pembroke and Tenby 'tf, Railway Company. "^morital of the owners of property—merchants, *eth iln(^ °^er inhabitants of Pembroke Dock, i X-7 '"portj^ • 0<Ir memorialists, fully recognising the great J'SoutJ10, railway communication between the towns Indo f PI.tn brokeshire. desire to express their grati- Min„'r. t!;e exertions you have made and are still '*avlU cari7in3 out l';e Pembroke and Tenby to 3L ,/rur memorialists tiro infprmed that it is in- r>10 sa'd railway should form its terminus at XLoint- sy Ooi ,ernoria^st8 respectfully submit that if the rail- carried to and along the South West shore tlQ1 "n I'ill, insted of liobbs Point, that such altera- 'I corduce most materially to the advantage of r, ^Pre ^le Pu^'c generally using the railway. l? 0H tK 18 P^sent time a coosiderable trade carried n^h Wales shore of Llanion Pill, and your not cdtertain any doubt, that if more oonven't,nt accommodation could be pro- fnr r lr5e landing and shipping of merchandize, I irect a,thillS the same into the country by means Vly t:°nnection with the railway, the trade would he bd tbe In,'r«aFed, to the benefit of the railway company } tÛllr to" n .generally, jHe wWTT,°rialist8 would also point out, that should *e to entertain the suggestion, the station of the y could be erected near the foot of Pembroke- proximity to the Market-place and central j|| u 'own, and would also, at the same tiine tl Ui)i'e notnl;any> theconeentof the authories, to 0'ltyai.!ntercepted communication with her Majesty's jJour. t> 1'ion ?n,or'aUsts sobmit tnese matters to the consi- >'°ur board, and would be bappy to rende- Jl in the carrying out of the same. jV|j 'lrr;es supported this rescdution by a lengthy .'stiij plearlv showed how desirable it was tor the of Pembroke Dock to use lOll legitimate .C:,rry the railway along their fore shore to 'K CEN,RA^ Pai"t °f the town. He (Mr H«r- t^^t at having ascertained that the company bad ('f t|)e "8< d any pur<-haso with the Woods and Forests jjj%(to"ri'' shore ol Ho: bs P int, and that the present 'u''y concurred in his views as to the proper JVi0n a terminus, he had determined to agitate the fcCt, had attended all the recent railway ineet- V ')UrPose of advocating this scheme, and that fxhted to find that-the inhabitants were fully h liin ° ^Rnefit they would drrive by this alteration, v1'iej » '10 ^ever, bear in mind that there might be thi8 interests would naturally cause them to ^heme with a somewhat jealous eye, and that djN<lerfiero °re» incumbent upon one and all to put their k^to^ to l'le wheel to strengthen the hands of the if^n^80'* contractors, that they should be enabled to that might be offered to the scheme k!cUl0ll them. He further remarked that it was Ur^e t^e terminus should be at Hobbs V a Purpose of facilitating the ferry with pas- i the haven. As in the present scheme it fo Wa(>e und tht't, ;i proper and more convenient land- erected at small expense at the pro- it! %Ut lon) and that at the present time nineteen out c Passengers would infinitely prefer being landed », re of the town. regenna seconded the resolution which was iiv S^lnimousl-v' as a director of the railway, said he would ^9 {j^Qiorial his best consideration when it came it, ,6 ^'ectors. He at present saw no reason to op- V^do he added that Mr Meyrick was nearly the pas*ner the district through which the railway ^ir "4 m' 8n<^ come forward in a very liberal V vMc § ^ner to meet the views of the directors. could not speak too highly of him, and l^-e memorial his beat consideration. He ra^'e experience in railway matters, and Jhe no great difficulty in the way of carrying %• ^iir l^e m,'mor'a^st?- lvCntend^ni Hu«he'. in a humerous speech, asked if it Vl Eood ° fr,3rent the public landing and embarking 8 as heretofore, at the foreshore at Pembroke li^S It*1' to^ replied that the company would not be al- \teitaitji'lonoP0^8e the whole of the foreshore, but 5 mu8t have a right to their own terminus, ughes then expressed himself perfectly satis- ''tiv'y Hsl?8?8' H.M. Customs, (who had been pre- "'l ° 8uPPort the motion,) rose and said that ^cient-a' capacity he thought he was in possession '"formation to show the gentlemen present, \ft<lo'iVetl-,ler t^e foreshore is converted into a proper *41 *8 t{fU,; P^ace ^or the landing and shipping of mcr- [\ ^Uenn ^elter 'or the prosperity of the port, as he five H ^nown coasting vessels having to wait ^'5e^ore tf"<re was sufficient water to \3ct of°u-bea°h and diseharge their cargoes, 'NI e> th 8 was t0 t^e Port a had name. He, \( ^olli(jf)/Jght that the trading community of the Vtj Ho w °nly too ready to support the plans of 'hei eue willinK to embark their capital in con- F •eac'1» which was the same now as it was tk*n'° a ProPer and convenient landing place. NhJ- t an^ uomPany that would lay out their St n8 of lnip.roveinent8 of that kind, were fully V" Hn a a ^a'r and moderate return for their outlay about thirty to forty ships arrived an.iy 'rom ^oreign ports with cargoes for the Ni* n,erchants of the town. He (Mr Morgan) Nv* thfcinStraTe<^ that, if facilities were afforded for \ili*0uld Vesse's with outward cargoes, a new j\(,4ritaco'u11^ therefrom, a trade which our own the j c"mmand. and which would considerably jNth^ieg r'E^ 8 town. Ho thought that RV. F Jenkins, who were the gentlemen to HVrkr «hip, came, would fully endorse tk^a^ tK to draw tneir attention to iSo!^8' ^e disbursements made by ehips loading ( to ^'Pa d^ Very ^n^h greater magnitude than fta ls°'lar8*ng inwards, as tbo owners have in J?°Ha 'r shjSe l.° lay a large stock of provisions and (Nth* ^nrf8' many cases, for a voyage of eighteen ^tli 8oone Cr these circumstances Mr Morgan said j fetter' ProP08ed improvements were carried ^^l|y CoJarrie« 8ftid that his friend, Mr Morgan, was ,i <?»'' a°d that to his certain knowledge up- 4rri*in a ^ear would be left in the town by H »6llt» if iif cargoes for bimselt or to his con- C8e 8^'P8 could be fitted out and loaded Reargues. >tt'n ew'8 t^en proposed that the following com- tiNa (ij Sentlemen shonld be aopointed to confer 'Mr.' All°t0r8 t*18 "ilway. V'zv Messrs J. Tre- 6?' Yerward, A. B flariies, Brahara, n{?» -Navies, ar.d NV. 11. Ln« is. h^M?llriiih! e 8econded the proposition, which wai also K U°u%- »^6V^r cii^0P°a>-d a vote of thanks to Thomas Meyrick, ^rom England to attend the meeting, r.nd 'Cjr e assistance and cordial support ha hod 'Cjr e assistance and cordial support ha hod Nd" C-Ut* 8inc« the commencement. v')tu 0V"IJ ^aving been carried, Mr Smith pro- S^Paeg^ lhftnks to the chairman which wasunani- tr>e meeting broke up.