Monmouthshire Merlin

ODE TO WALES. LAIfD of the mountain, hail! Thy grand peaks arise From out the dee;m105t dale, To pierce the arching skies: Send forth thy mountain-cry, Which shook the. earth of old, It rings of liberty "Where'er its voice has rolled! Land of the forest, hail! .Deep through thy solemn shades The hollow storm-winds'wail, And thy d .rk verdure fades: clap thy leafy hands, And let thy sylvan mirth Awake the glowing band; Of freedom o'er the eartli Land of the torrent, hail! "Whose tumbling waters roar Down every channel'd vale, To every distant shore; Ye floods your thunder-roll Tar to the bellowing main, And rouse the free born soul With nature's choral strain Xand of the rivers hail! Let all that gem-like throng, Each tufted rock, prevail To swell the freeman's song; And while this infant host Their shriller notes eflhploy, Re-echoed by the c wst, Prolong the sounding joy! Land of the tempest, hail! Before whose angry sweep The roots of ages quail, And foams to heaven the deep; Send thou i s voice, and van, To peal, to waft the shout Of disenthralled man The universe throughout! Land of the meteor, hail! Thy mists as incense wreath, Careering on the gale, Or sleeping still b ;neath Let votive curls as erst Climb towering to the skies, As swells the awful burst Of all these hannonies Land of my fathers, hail! I roam, thy lineal child, Where'er thy vapours sail, Or leap thy cataracts wild; My fathers fought beside Thy noblest chivairy,— Nor fails the patriot tide, Nor shall till shrinks the sea! But dearest to my heart, That firm heroic band, • Of truth wh I took the part, For conscience made me stand; Your mouldering tombs I seek, Where greenest LEEK t yet nod8,- Ye being dead, yet speak, And prove your cause wasGod's, And oh! my father land, Dear as thy soil to me, As freedom's hallowed strand- In blood, in spirit free; Compel the hand that weaves The garland of thy fame, Among its proudest leaves To twine the martyr's name GWIDELLYK MORGAN WO. LLTWAKCH HE* and his soldiers. t The emblem of Wales. —————<—————

SOXXET:NOCTURNAL. (For the MERLIN.) How like a dead man's face is thine, 0 Moon! With white band wrapped around thy brow, As lying on thy couch of night's blue noon, Or moving on-uiiulterably slow; And tending to thy ocean grave, full soon To hide thy Jfors-like visage, when be!ow The locks of Thetis thou art gone: Thou frownest now Why looks thy visage so? Thou art a changing creature-like all things Created, e'en though beautiful they be; And of a strength Titanic they do seem And yet evanLhing as is thy beam; And is the gossamer on airy wings Fleets from the view so change-so fieet-evanish we Newport, Mon. IOTA.

ISCA SILUKUM: Or an Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Antiquities at Caerleon. By John Edward Lee, Esq., F.S.A F.G.S., Honorary Secretary of the Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association. London Longman and Co., Paltrlloder Row. Under the above title has just been published a volume to which we have great pleasure in directing the atten- tion of our readers. The particular district in which Caetleon is situated has long been celebrated for the dis- covery there of relics and remains of the Romans, and the talented aut her of "lsea Silurum" has previously published a volume, entitled Delineations of Roman Antiquiries at Caerleon," with a supplementary pam- phlet des .ribing a Roman building. In fact, sufficient evidence has been adduced by the laborious researches of Mr. Lee, and other zealous antiquarians of Mon- mouthshire to prove, that for along series cf years the town of Caerleon was the residence of the Secoftd Augustan Legion, which, from its protracted stay in Britain, obtained the name of Britannica. It also ap- pears, from the terms in which the place is mentioned by writers of the Middle Ages, that it had been and was then, a town of considerable note. Caerleon appears to have had several names. In Gale's copy of the Itinerary of Antoninus" it is termed ISCE LEGVA AVGVSTA-evidently, asserts Mr. Lee, a corruption of Jsca Legionis Sccunace Augusta. It was also called in the Huvenna list Isca Augusta and Isca Silurum. Hence the first ;itle of the work before us. Although the author has, with much modesty, desig- nated his beautifully illustrated volume a Catalogue," it is really worthy a much higher appellation. It not only describes fully, and with singular erudition, the ■various objects of interest which enrich the Museum of Caerleon, but it contains essays by himself and others upon the various buildings and fortifications which were laised during the R unan occupation, and also many de- tails in reterct.ce to the coins which have been found in considerable numbers in the neighbourhood of Caerieon. Into the question of the origin of the name of the town. which is discussed at some length and with I much cogent and classical reasoning by the learned author, it is not necessary for us to go. The tracings of Human buildings which Mr. Lee indicates, and the par- ticulars of Roman remains which he gi v'c, fit! however, legitimately wkLiii our sphere, and with those we shall endeavour to deal. The shape of the ancient fortress of Isca may at present be traced very distinctly, partly by the remains of th" actual walls, and partly from an elevated ridge farmed from their ruins. Like most other Roman encampments known to have existed in Eiiglan and Wales, it appears to have been in the form of a square, with angles rounded, and with an entrance near I the middle of each side. That to the south-west led ¡ into a road now called the Broadway, aud very probably to a ford over the river. It is to be regretted, that for many jears before Mr. Lee and his coadjutors entered upon their interesting enquiries, the removal of stone from the ruined buildings, and their employment in the construction of modern edifices, had formed a remu- nerative occupation for the labourers of the district. The material advantages gained by the latter were un- doubtedly at the expense of the scientific band who have subsequently occupied the field, and many antiquities which would have graced the Museum, are thus for ever lost or destroyed. I hose portions of the walls of the fortress of Isca -which still ren ain are of no great height-probably only from ten to twelve feet in the highest part from the ground outside. Many of the stone ficings of the walls lhave disappeared in the way just described; and in -these places the walls consist of a very ir: egular kin 1 of masonry. The mortar, in genera!, is not mixed with pounded brick-, aithough this is the case near the corner of the wall, where strength was required. In the loca- lity known as the Broadway, many valuab'e rdic3 have been rtcovered, and those placed in the cases of the II useutn are described and illustrated in the catalogue. [ In 1855, the members cf the Antiquarian Society, of -which Mr. Lee is secretary, made some txtensive exca- vations at Catrwent, and the results of these are de- scribed in the catalogue, by Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P., and President of the Association. From this paper, which is accompanied by excellent lithographic engravings, we extract that portion relating to the Homan baths, which were then brought to light 41 Close adjoining the south-west corner of the wall, inclosing the tesselated pavement discovered in 1777, -was a rough heap or mound indicating the remains of former buildings. It was thought desirable to examine these, and excavation was commenced at the south side of the mound. A wall of very solid construction was discovered, and within this, at the depth of five feet, the men arrived at the door of a hypocaust. Some of the pillars, which were formed of sandstone, had been dis- placed, and among them there was a quantity of wood ashe?, with masses of slag. The excavation was pro ceeded with, and there was ultimately uncovered a small block of building, 31 feet by 34 feet, exhibiting a com- plete set of Roman baths, perhaps the most perfect ex- emplification of a private suite of baths attached to a dwelling house yet brought to light. Although it is not necessary here to go into the general question of Roman baths, it may be stated that the essential apartments of a Roman bath were :-the frigidarium with the piscina, or cold water tank the apodyterium, or dressing-room, tvhich was slightly warmed; the tepidarium, a mode- rately heated chamber, where the processes of anointing, perfuming, shaving, and other such operations were per- formed the calidarium, a strongly heated chamber, with a calida piscina. or hot-water bath and lastly the suia tori'tm, raised to high temperature with a dry heat." All these arrangements were discovered at Caerwent, and it is clear, therefore, that the ancient conquerors of Ibis island, made themselves especially comfortable there, and introduced luxuries of which the natives had pre- viously not even dreamt. The resemblance in some of their details of the Turkish ba: Is which at present ob- tain in the metropolis to those of the ancient Romans is remarkable, and goes to demonstrate the truth of Solomon's words, There is nothing new under the sun." Mr. Morgan, in his elaborate and extremely interest- ing paper, describes very minutely the means and appur- tenances with which the Roman baths were supplied, and has caused a model and plans to be made of the par- ticular bath referred to. The model is deposited in the Museum at Caerieon, and the plans are copied on a re- duced scale in the "Illustrated Catalogue." "One problem," says the writer, "remains unsolved, and that is where the Romans obtained water for the Caerwent baths." The brook is distant, and is dry in summer, and the village is now supplied from wells; and this we must conclude is the.source whence it was procured by those who used the baths. To have carried the water by hand through the chambers would have been very inconvenient, and it is possible that there may have been some contrivance in the walls, now destroyed, for its in- troduction from the outside." Thomas Wakeman, Esq., contrihutts to the catalogue Some Notes on the Early History of Caerleon," and in fact gives a chronological resurre of events connected with the ancient town or city as it once was, from A.D. 892, when the Danes plundered it, down to the year 1236. To the Rev. C. W. King has been entrusted the task of classifying the extraordinary number of coins which have been at various periods discovered in the district, and these are not among the least interesting of the contents of the Museum at Caerleon. Only four gold coins have been found in the vicinity, and those of chief numismatic interest in the list furnished by the reverend gentleman are the silver Carausius with the emperor on horseback. The rarity, the type, and the workmanship of these coins constitute their value. The metal, too, of which they are composed, is much purer than that of other coins of the period. It would be vain for us to attempt, within a short space, to enumerate the items of interest which have been collected in the Museum at Caerleon, and of which, in most instances, copious descriptions are furnished in the work under review. The people of Monmouthshire have just ground for pride in \he possession of such an invaluable institution, and they are fortunate in having selected a gentleman well qualified for the onerous duty, to edit Isca Silurum." It wou'd be-unfair towards Mr. Palmer, the litho- graphic printer of Newport, to omit saying that, in the execution of the fifty-two whole page engravings which ornarrent the work, he has displayed an amount of ability which entitles him to the highest commendation. Mr. Lee himself was the artist from whose designs the engravings were made, and this with a view to lessening to the public the cost of the Illustrated Catalogue." The volume is gracefully inscribed to Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P.S.A.; and again we cordially commend it to the notice of antiquarians, arehmjiogists, architects, and others.-Building Neivs.

THE LAST DAYS OF MR. BUCKLE. Mr. J. S. Stunrt Glennie, the travelling companion of Mr. Buckle, in Syria, has written from Beyrout an in. teresting account of that writer's last days. We give the substance of his communication He had over- worked himself, and suddenly felt the effects of it after the publication of his second volume last spring, In October he left England, accompanied by two boys, the sons of a friend, and spent the winter on the Nile. He was so much better, that in the beginning of March we left Cairo together for Sinai and Petra. Greatly im- proved in health by the six weeks in the Desert, be un- dertook the more fatiguing travelling on horseback through Palestine. Again his ardent temperament—or rather, as I now think, the restlessness of an over. excited nervous system- made him do too much; and though, on the 27th of April, he expressed himself as feeling never to have been in better health in his life, he was that day seized with diarrhoea, and afterwards with an attack of sore throat, which detained us at N az Irelh for more than a week. He never recovered his Desert strength, and we had to stop a couple of days more than we had proposed at Sidon, and take the easiest, though least interesting, route to Da- mascus. At the sudden view of that famous plain, on emerging from the rocky defile on the eastern ridge of Anti-Lebanon, he exclaimed, It is worth more than all the pun and fatigue it has cost me.' Alas! how much more it was to cost him. The fatigue again brought on diarrhoea. The quantity of opium prescribed, though small, yet, with his pecu. liar constitution, produced delirium for about a quarter of an hour; and it was touching to hear him exclaim, in the midst of his incoherent utterances, '0: my book, my book I shall never finish my book The French medic.il officer, however, whom he consulted, not only asstmd him, but myself privately, that there was nothing whatever to fear, only that it would be advisable he should give up the proposed excursion to Baalbeck and through the Lebanon, and return by th'e French cafriage-road to Beyrout. On these assurances, and finding him apparently much better on the 21st, I regret to say I was induced to leave him, and go the long route through the Lebanon alone, in the confident expectation, however, that I should find him awaiting me at Beyrout, re-invigorated by the sea air. and ready to proceed on our joutney to Greece and Turkey. I need not say how shouted I was to hear at the Consulate yesterday (31st of May) that, on the evening of the day I left Damascus (the 21st), he was seized with typhus fever, sank into an unconscious stupor on the 26th, died, and was buried on the 29th. One thing, I confess, I fear may have hastened the end he was leeched. But the kindness and attention of cur Acting-Consul, Mr. Sand- with, the American missionary, Mr. Robson, and the Ame- rican physician, Dr. Barclay, who went up expressly from BI-yrout, must be warmly acknowledged. The stimulants applied by the latter had only the effect of producing the partial and very temporary return to con- sciousness which preceded his disease. Though Mr. Buckle's lamentable death leaves undone not only so much of what he intended, but of what he had pre- pared elaborate materials for, I am glad to say that his posthumous works may be no less valued than thosa which have already appeared. I fear that the outlined essay, 'On the Ultimate Causts of the Interest of Money,' 'On Bacon' (which would have been chiefly an essay on Method,) On Shakspeare,' and On the Influence of Northern Palestine on the Origin of Christianity,' may not be found in a sufficient state of forwardness to be published, as he proposed, collec- tivdy with the papers he had contributed to Eraser's Magazine; but great parts of the special History of Civilization in England' exist ready for publication, and his common-place books, with their immensely varied yet methodically arranged extracts, will form the most curious, interesting and valuable collection of materials that has, probably, ever yet been published as the work of a single English student, and their publication will be according to his own intention in case of the noc. completion of his work.—Atheiiceum.

PRACTICAL TESTS OF PULPIT ELOQUENCE.—Just be- fore the recent ordination, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol adopted a very simple but efficient plan for test- ing the sermon-writing powers and ascertaining the mode of delivery possessed or practised by the candidates for priest's orders. He requested each of them to send him in two or three of their sermons early in the week, and these he either read or, partially read, as he subsequently made obsetvations on' the matter which they contained, to their several writers. Nor was this all. On Friday, he requested them to meet him at Clifton Church, and be himself being the sole auditor, (having carefully closed the doors, so that no addition should be made to this very limited congregation), he handed each candidate in turn one oflus own (the candidate's) sermons, and telling him to mount the pulpit, listened while he delivered a portion of the discourse. Wfitn the young clergyman fiad gone through a third or so of it, he called out to him to slop and begin again towards the end, so as to learn his style of peroration. Thus, his lordship had all to himself the full benefit of clergy," in the shape of some six or seven discourses, the delivery of which, if not profitable to the auditor, was probably at least very useful to the preachers themselves, as advice from so good \nd judicious a pulpit orator as the Bishop could not fail to bs of advantage to the youthful clerics. We cannot say if the plan adopted by his lordship is a wholly novel one, but we have not heard of it being practised by other prelates. It is cer. tainly a good one. The effect of the scene, bad one been able to look on it, would have been peculiar—the Bishop, sole congregation, addressed by those who aougitt to be ordained by him on the following Sunday. It looked like a reversal of the old Monkish miracle—St. Anthony, instead of preaching to, being preached to by the little fishes. Nor was this the only mode by which the Bishop sought to become acquainted with the characters and mental calibre of the candidates. We stated last week that they were (as during the episcopacy of Dr. Baring) entertained and lodged by Dr. Thomson, who took two houses for them in the Crescent, where they slept and breakfasted from Thursday to Monday, lunching and dining with the Bishop at his residence in Rodney-place, upon which occasions he conversed freely with them on clerical and other subjects, so as to draw them out, and ascertain their ability and opinions, not only on matters which appertained to their sacred calling, but on things in- general.-Bristol Times.

WEEKLY CALENDAR. Moon's Age-New Moon, 27tb, 51m. past 6 morn. L)ay of Sun SunSets. « 00n Moon Sets.! Month Rises. Rises. Year 23 3 46 8 18 4 56 8 54 179 29 3 47 8 18 6 3 9 19 180 30 3 47 8 18 7m 13 9a 41 181 1 3 48 8 18 8m 26 10a 0 I 182 2 3 49 8 17 9 36 10 18 I 183 3 3 50 8 17 10m 49 10 37 j 184 4 3 51 8 16 12a 6 10 56 I 185

AMERICAN FINANCES. The destiny of America is either to undergo an enor- mous financial disaster, or to found on the ruina of the old a new school of political economy. Her present system of finance is entirely irreconcilable with the prin- ciple of what Mr. Carlyle delights to call the dismal science," and either that dismal science or the present state of things in America must be overthrown. The world is not wide enough to bold them both. Every mail that reaches us from America, though it brings with it abundant proof of the very sensitive nature of the New York stock market, and the upward tendency of gold, is filled also with reproaches addressed to us by the American press for doubting the stability of the state of -things which has obtained the support of the people of the United States, which still commands their unlimited confidence, and has certainly been able to maintain itself and the war, of which it is at once the parent and the offspring, in a manner quite unexampled in the history of the world. The American press does not, indeed, give itself the trouble to refute the reasoning by which its English contemporaries seek to prove the instability of the vast fabric of credit which has been reared in the United States; they content themselves with an appeal to facts :—" You talk of depreciation. Look at our share list. See how we have been able, without embarrass- ment to anybody, and to the great gain and advantage of many well-deserving citizens, to raise our army from 17,000 to 700,000 men, to create a flotilla which has blockaded the coasts and swept the rivers of a continent, and to carry on war on a scale of which the world has hitherto seen no example. You talk of depreciation and discredit. The confidence of the public in our stocks is inexhaustible. We have just issued £30,000,000 sterling of inconvertible notes, and are about to issue £30,000,000 sterling more, most of the latter being for small amounts, and destined to displaced the use of silver even in the transactions of ordinary life. We have discovered a vast mine in our own confidence and out own ingenuity. Let the States of the Old World embarrass themselves with the gold and silver, and chill the martial ardour of man- kind by the imposition of taxes; America scorns such antiquated expedients. Has she not paper and a print- ing press ? Does not promising to pay do just as well as paying, and cost much less ? France may repine at her deficit of £40,000,000, England may murmur over her Army and Navy Estimates, Austria may evince unmis- takeable tendencies towards bankruptcy, but America smiles at the weaknesses of old and enfeebled States, and is able to dance under burdens which bow the heads of the old and decrepit nations of Europe to the very earth." What are we to say to all this? We have but our old-fashioned creed and our Old World experience. Let us, as some palliation for the ecrors into which we are so confidently alleged to have fallen, state a few of the doctrines "Which have reduced us to this pitiable state, and drawn upon us the general contempt of the papers that enlighten and represent the public opinion of America. vVe have, then, we freely confess it, up to the present time always believed that wealth is the accumulated result of human labour; that the wealth of a nation is the aggregate of the wealth of its indivi- dual citizens; and, consequently, that a nation is rich in proportion as it is idle and extravagant. We have always believed that a nations's credit was in proportion to its wealth, and that it is impossible, for any longer period, to found credit on any other basis. We have al- ways supposed that nobody would be willing to ex- change wealth except for wealth, either in possession or prospect. We thought money meant gold and silver, or paper, as their representative, convertible at any time into gold or silver and we have ventured to hold that paper not convertible into gold or silver, though it may circulate without depreciation up to a certain point, is in itself worthless, and exposes the nation that put its trust in it to the most dreadful calamities. We have further observed that there are some uniform features which mark every financial crisis. There is an unrea- sonable confidence in some particular kind of invest- ment, and there is, from some cause or other, either from the indiscrett operations of Banks or from some other inflation of the circulating medium, or from undue individual credit, a great facility of obtaining the means for such purchases. These are in tte main, expressed briefly, the principles which have led us to doubt the stability of American finance, and we confess even now, after their triumphant refutation by the New York Press, and th" severe censures which have fallen on ourselvep, we cannot but think they have a considerable plausibility. Let us now turn to the state of things we have found in America, and see whether, if these principles be true, there was not enough to justify their application. We saw a gnat country too recently settled over a great part of its surface to admit of any great accumulation of capital in the hands of its population. We saw that population flinging aside a highly productive industry,. in order to lead a life divided between an inert con- sumption and the active and wasteful destruction of the capital of the country. We observed that the persons thus withdrawn from the production and accumulation to the consumption and destruction of capital were re- warded for their wasteful application of their energies at an enormous rate, the pay of a private soldier being equal to that of an officer in an European army. We conceited that this great destruction of wealth, attended with this vast increase of expenditure, must be destructive to the national credit, and, in fact, the mera prospect of it, before the process of destruction and expenditure began, had that effect; but when the contest grew warm and the passions of mankind were fairly aroused the credit of the country improved. We observed that while the expenditure was estimated at J61,000,000 sterling a day, but was probably at least double that amount, the people availed themselves only of their credit, and did not take, and have not up to the present moment taken, upon themselves any burden whatsoever. We knew that military success was one thing and financial security another, and we thought taxes would be a better security for revenue, and consequently for payment of the interest, than victories. We had, besides, and have still, the very gravest doubts as to the ability of the Central Government to enforce upon so many almost independent States the payment of a heavy amount of taxes. We thought we saw reason for believing that the West, poor and warlike, would think it had done enough in break- ing the long line of the Confederates, and would refuse to bear its share in the heavy general burdens, and we were confirmed in this view by remembering how very light is the taxation to which America has hitherto submitted, and how totally new and unprecedented is the nation of the payment of a direct tax to the Central Government. We had also great misgivinas-first, as to the power of the North to subdue the Sjuth, and then, supposing that feat accomplished, as to the po-sibility of rai.-ing any revenue from that exhausted territory, or of reducing establishments imperiously required to keep down a population annexed by the sword and chafing under the feelings of subjection and degradation. Such was our view of the financial position of America. With the exception of the absence of taxati m, most of these evils were inevitable, and not on that account the less real or the less formidable. But to these inevitable evils the Government of the United States, with, so far as we can see, the unanimous assent and approbation of the people and the Legislature, has seen fit to add other evils of its own creation. The disorder of the financial departments has rivalled the peculations and irregularities in the departments of expenditure. The revenue has been raised, some of it by the issue of stock, and a good deal by the circulation of certificates of indebtedness, to the amount of which there seems to be no check whatever. The Government has, besides, issued its promises to pay to the amount of £30,000.000, and seems to contemplate the issue of £30,000,000 more. The banks, determined not to be outdone in the race, are all issuing inconvertible currency, at the rate, it is computed, of two dollars for every one issued by the Government. This enormous creation of a fictitious circulating medium, neither valuable itself nor con- vertible into anything else that is valuable, coincides with a point of time at which trade is at a standstill, manufacture is paralyzed, agriculture is deprived of its needful hands, and commerce is stagnant. There is no legitimate use for all this vast creation of money, but Government hns found for it an employment. It has created vast quantities of worthless stock, and it has created vast quantities of worthless counters to gamble with. The whole activity of the nation, which ought to find flilegitimate development in the promotion, produc- tion, and accumulation of wealth, is employed in purchasing the right to become creditors of a ruined State with the worthless imitation of money.— Times.

A most extraordinary circumstance, (which our fair readers when presiding at the tea-table frequently con- demn,) is Merchants quietly allowing the Chinese to cover with artficial colour, many of the Teas intended for home consumption. The practice is especially reprehensible, as the "facing" is used to disguise, and get rid of worthless brown wintry leaves; this custom is so universal that Dr. Hassall, the chief commissioner of the Lancet Sanitary Report, visited the Docks, to examine personally, the early arrivals of pure green imported by HORNIMAN & Co., London. So great has the demand now become for uncoloured tea, that the Dock Co'mpanies' printed returns show the present stock of pure green to be above one million pounds.-Agents throughout the kingdom supply Horniman's Pure Black and Green Tea, secured in Packets. Pure green is an olive hue.

NEVVPOIU' TIDE. I'AiiLa,, HIGH WATER. DEPTH AT DAYS. MOBN. j EVEN. DOCK GATES June, 1862. H. M. H. M. FT. IN 28, Saturday 7 23 7 37 26 3 29, Sunday 7 59 8 12 26 6 30, Monday 8 36 8 44 26 6 1, Tuesday 9 12 9 23 26 2 2, Wednesday 9 50 10 1. 25 5 3, Thursday 10 28 10 39 24 7 4, Friday 11 7 11 25 23 5

THE CHANNEL FLEET AT MILFORD HAVEN. For a second time, within the period of two years, a portion of the Channel Fleet is moored within the waters of Milford Haven. The visiting squadron this time is much smaller than the former but the law of compensa- tion obtains all the world over, despite Admiralty orders and pressing claims- of the service," and the smaller squadron this year possesses two objects of attraction and interest, of which the former and larger division of the fleet could not boast. First, there is a real and live Prince to be exhibited. Prince Alfred, the second son of our beloved Queen, is a midshipman on board the St. George," and this splendid ship is now moored off the Dockyard, where she will remain until after the launch of the iron-plated ship, The Prince Consort," on Thurs- day evening as Prince Alfred will name the vessel. The presence of the Prince is the great source of attraction to sentimental young ladies, and the worshippers of rank and royalty. The other object of interest is the War- rior," the famous iron-plated ship, built as a challenge ship in Jeply to the French Emperor's construction of La Gloire." This magnificent specimen of naval archi- tecture, and of British resolution and skill, is moored just above the Blenheim," and immediately off Hazlebeach. The first part of the squadron, consisting of the Re- venge," the Warrior," the Emerald," and the Chan- ticleer," arrived on Saturday morning. These were followed, on Sunday, by tbo "Trafalgar"—which also formed one of the former squadron which visited Milford Haven two years ago—and, on Monday morning, by the "St. George." The "St. Qeorge" was at Brest on Friday, whence she left on Saturday, for Milford. She steamed up the Haven to the Dockyard at dead low water spring tide, affording another proof, if another proof is really sflfed, of the value and unrivalled capabilities of our faimrharbour. Immediately on their arrival, Capt. Jackson, with that spirit of enterprise so characteristic of him, and in order to give every accommodation to the public, and every facility for visiting the fleet, commenced to run his small steamers from Neyland and Hobb's Point to the fleet every hour. We understand that this service will be continued by Capt. Jackson's steamers during the stay of the squadron in the Haven. On Mon- day afternoon, the ship highest up the harbour was the Chanticleer," Capt. Sterling. She is the smallest of all the visiting ships, but is, nevertheless, a fine steam ship, and is supplied with 17 large guns. She was stationed immediately off Hobb's Point, but her mooring place is, we believe, lower down the harbour, and she had ran up above the Point" on Monday for purposes of coaling. Next below her is the St. George," on board of which is his Royal Highness Prince Alfred. The 1! St. George" is commanded by Captain the Honorable E. Egerton, and carries 86 guns, Armstrongs and others. She is anchored immediately off the Dock-yard, and between the yard and Neyland, and is the first line of battle ship in commission that has ever lay off the arsenal. The third in line is the famed Warrior." She is mocred immediately above the Blenheim," as we have said, and opposite Hazlebeach. She is a magnificent looking ship as she appears from the deck of the advancing steamer, but in consequence of her great weight of armour plating, she lies low in the water, and her immense size and fine proportions are scarcely conceived until we visit her deck and inspect her armament and capabilities. She is commanded by Captain the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C.B., and carries 40 guns, most of them Armstrongs. The fourth in order is the Revenge." She is the flag ship of the squadron, and bears the flag of Rear Admiral Smart, K.H. Sir Thomas Smart was formerly Superintendent of the Pembroke Dockyard. The Revenge" is commanded by Captain Fellowes, and carries 73 guns. She is moored a little below the Blenheim," and opposite the Wear point. The fifth ship is the Emerald," of 35 guns, com- manded by Captain Cumming. She is moored a little below the flag ship nearer Milford, and below her is the last ship of the squadron, the fine and beautiful Trafal- gar," commanded by Captain Dickson. The "Trafalgar" carries 70 guns, and for beauty of outline and proportion is a magnificent object as she rests calmly upon the waters. Not far from the Warrior," and immediately off Hazle- beach, there are moored eight gun boats, which have re- cently been stationed in the Haven for the protection of the Dock yard. These boats, as they are called-although they are of large tonnage and dimensions, and built to draw but a few feet of water-are supplied with two guns each of large calibre and power. Their crews are supplied from the Blenheim" for the present, and they are under the control of the Blenheim's" Captain, Lord Frederick Ker.—Haverfordwest Telegraph.

CHBONOLOGICAL COINCIDENCES.—The two great poli- tical regenerators, Fox and Mirabeau, and the two great poetical regenerators, Alfieri and Goethe, were born the same year, 1749. The year 1759 saw the birth of Pitt, Schiller, and Burns; and Pitt was by temper as revolu- tionary as Burns and Schiller-was, whether he intended it or not, the most revolutionary statesman England ever had. In the year 1769, Soult, Wellington, Napoleon, and Alexander Humboldt were born; Soult on the 29th of March, Wellington on the 1st of May, Napoleon on the 15th August, Humboldt on the 14th of September. Wellington came just between Soult and Napoleon, as being fore-ordained to knock down the first with his left hand, and the second with his right and Humboldt was to be the Napoleon the Great of science. Walter Scott was born on the 15th of August, 1771. As, con- sequently, the 15th of August was the natal day both for Scott and for Napoleon, Scott was fittest to be Napo- leon's biographer. The year 1788 had the honour of welcoming into the world Peel and Byron. Though Peel long survived Byron, yet Both the poet and the statesman were struck down just when the world was looking for what was ripest and richest in them to be unfolded. Bulwer and Disraeli chose to come on the stage in 1805, when Napoleon was thundering his stormiest on the Continent. In their own way, Bulwer and Disraeli have been thunderers too, but the thunder has been somewhat of the theatrical kind. In 1712 Frederick the Great was born 1712 saw Napoleon over- whelmed in Russia but in 1712 ltosseau was also born. French Revolution was the incarnation chiefly of Ro- seau's principles, and Napoleon was the demigod of the Revolution. A hundred years divided the birth of the revolutionary prophet from the downfall of the revolu- tionary hero. -Atticus in the Critic."

BRISTOL STOCK EXCHANGE, June 25. Share Railways. Paid Closing Pric> Stock Bristol and Exeter £ 100 91 — 92 Stock 00.4 p.ct. preference 100 96 Stock Caledonian 100 — Stock Great Northern IQO — Stock Great Western loO 70 — 704 Stock Do. 44 p.ct. preference 100 — Stock Do. 4 p.ct. Do. 100 — Stock Do. Birm. Guaranteed 100 — Stock Do. 4 p.ct. Do. 100 — Stock Do. Birm. Guaranteed 100 — Stock London & North Western Kju — Stock Midland 100 1'27 —1274 Stock Do. 6 p.ct. Brs. & Birm. 10O 139 —141 Stock Mon. Hail. 6t Canal joo 103 —107 100 Do. Sperct. preference 10O —107 Do. do 314— 31f 10 Do. do. New 30 — 0 Do. do 314— 31f 10 Do. do. New. 30 0 0 Stock North Eastern—Berwick 100 — Stock Do. York 100 20 Somerset Central 20 50 South Devon 50 Stock South Wales 10 65 — 67 50 (Severn & Wye C. R 59 3d — 39 Stock jTaff Vale loo —147 Stock Do. Preference No. 1#. IQO 148 —150 10 Do. Waggon, Class A 10 — 10 Do. do. do. B 6 50 Do. Aberaare 50 —108 Stock Vale of Neath 100 uO 90 Local and Miscellaneous. 16 Bath Gas, Class A 16 > 8 Do. do. do. B 8> 20 Bristol Cemetery 20 22 — 24 147901 Bristol Dock Shares 147.9.0 89 91 Ditto Notes 121.8.9^ — Stock Bristol United Gas 100 178 180 130 HristolSteam Navigation 130 92 — 94 25 Bristol Commercial Room 25 8J— 9J 25 Bristol Water Works. 25 1/1—171 Stock Do. Preference 124 i— 3 2 Bristol Bread Shares 4 1 — 1 £ 25 Bristol Zoological 25 144 154 20 Cardiff Water Works. 20 28 — 30 5 Crystal Palace 5 — 40 ICennet and Avon Canal.. av. 40 6J — 61 50 St. Philip's Bridge 50 30 -• 32 20 W\of E.&S. vV.Ds. Bank 12.10.C 19i— 19| New 12.10 LONDON RAILWAY SHARE LIST. Business Shares. Railways. iPaid. Closin Prices done 13 14 Birm.&StourValley All 8 8J Stock Birken.,Lancashire, &Cbesh. Junction 100 Stock. Bristol and Exeter. 100 91 93 Stock. Caledonian 100 108 108 £ Stock. East Anglian. 100 20J 21t 202 Stock. Eastern Counties 100 55 56 55|$S Stock. Great Northern 100 114 -115 Stock. Great Western 100 70j— 701 70i Stock. London &Blackwall 100 59 61 591 Stock. Lancash.& Yorshire 100 106J -107J 107A i Stock. London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 100 122 -124 122J Stock. London&N.Westrn. 100 94 9 11 94i Stock. Manchester, Shef- field,& Lincolnsh. 100 3S—39 38j' J Stock. Midland 100 126J 127i Stock. Do. Birm.& Derby 100 97 — 99 50 N.-Eastern, Leeds.. All 54J 55i Stock. Do., York..1100 83-i— 84 84 Stock Shropshire Union. 100 45 47 50 South Devon 100 34 — 36-" 35A Stock. South-Eastern 100 82^ 83 82| Stock. South Wales 100 65 67 66j 25 Stockton and Dar- lington A 38J — 39 £ Stock. Vale of Neath 100 88 90 20 West Cornwall All 6j}— 7} Stook. West Mid., Oxford 100 44 46 gtock. Do. Newport 100 39 41 40i Stock. D) Hereford leO 87 89

WEST MIDLAND RAILWAY FROM MUNMUUiM iu PUNTYPOOL-ROAD. FROM PONTYPOOL-ROAD TO MONMOUTH VEEK DAYSo; I SCNDAi-S.I WEEK DAYS. SOVDATS STATIONS. 1,2,3 1,2,3 ^3 1,2,3, 1,2,311,2,3 .1,2,3 STATtoNS. 11,2,3 1,2,3, 1,2,3 1,2,3, 1,2,3 1,2,3(1 2 3 1,2 3 1 2 3 Monmouth 8 40 — 12 20 — — 4o — h2 0 ~8 0 Pontypool Road'lO 0 "IT "ZT Y 35 — Tin "777; Dmgestow 8 31 12 31- 4 51 — 1,2 It 8 II Usk 10 20 30 7 10 Q IA « Raglan Roal 9 8 — 12 43 — 5 9 — |J2 29 8 29 Llandenny 10 30 — 3 10 — — 7 »0 9 tw 2* KrIenny VA 15 z z ^lanRoad-,0f 7,%iVl4<% USK y -0 10 J io IJi 45 8 4J Dinjiestovv 10 53' — —. 7 Q* 7 »A in A Pontypool Road 9 45 1 3j — 5 45 — ■ I isl 9 1.5 Mnnmn.oh j 1 .?| 3 15 ] « ,jj

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. FROM PADDINGTON TO NEW MILFORD (MILFORD HAVEN) WEEK DAYS. 8UNDAT IS* ]•«? — — c*ajS-jc'lass.jclass. cla»s. class, class, class.jclassjclass. class, class.jclass class, class eaddington a^m.| A.M.- A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. p.m. j'TTiT. A.M. Z7T. 77^. Swindon Departure ° J* J ? 4 50! 8 10 8 0 — 2 16 Cheltenham Departure for South Wales 6 .J :f 'f* 430 t 5'2i11 7 12 & — 5 18 Gloucester « 10 30 15 Io 3 10 — — 45|12 0 — 7 0 12 50 —am ? 5fl J H JS 7 25 3 0 6 J Lydney ~~1,\ ~J 3 53 f 2 37 — 7 50,3 25 6 25 2 37 Chepstow 7 48 10 10 la 2> s is is'' 0 "fl1 ? •? » 10 3 48 6 45 2 53 .18SJJS 'M n 7«i -i r ?»;» '• >» =|S'J I: r I5;;» ;2I 5s! i 2!! _°j ill «III$9J4i sl° I 929 5,5 I \5 3 4-a Ely for 9 | 2-&j I" 7_ 8_lj, 9«j = m 4 Llantnssant 9 34l 12l3 2 4 — 6 27 — — lo 14; 4 2fi — 10 14 5 '1 ori t 10 0 A'M a 32 2 5J 6 55l — — !0 27j 4 44 10 40 6 28 — 1 A PortTalbol ,0 9 30 3 1 3 13! 7 25 C 50 5 8 9 10 1 ° I !? I 4t 4* Briton Ferry l0 37) 9 38' 3 9 — 7 34 — — 0 s 1*7 7 J — ^eath 1° 47 9 45 3 1M 3 25 7 44 — — 11 4j 5 24 9 22 11 87 7 17 94. ?ra"Sna 0 10 10 s S. 3 35 7 50 u 25 3 3? 9 52 2 0 7 47 5 37 Llanelly il48 4 40; 4 15 8 37 -I — 'eiMos.i 8 24 r Carmartnen Junction >2 34 — 5 27 5 2; 9 24 — — — 7 2 11 16 — o I S Haverfordwest 1 461 — 6 40: 6 o! — — — — 8 11 — — in ,1 — 1,7 Nfew Milford 2 t5 — 7 5; a — — — — S 36 — |,J FROM NEW MILFORD (MILFORD HAVEN) TO PADDINGTON. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. Kxp. 1st 2d lst2d 1st 2d Exp. Ist2d lst2d Mail. Ist2d fst2d lst2d .TtiTTr STATI0NS- &3rdj&3rd!& 3rd l.tSd Is. 2d & 3rd 3rd lSt2d &3rd i .ird;& 3rd & 3d K — — — class, class class.,class, class, class, class, class class, class, class.jclass. class class New Milford A/?5 f; 7^7^. Haverfordwest 7 40 9 2'i 11 27 ± «n i!? 40 4 Carmarthen Junction c 2M 0 10 20 12 50 5 59 Z {2 24 7_o 5 "9 ^lanelIy — 7 6 9 47 10 51 l 4! 6 44 1 1« 7 « fi '.I 86 ? 30 K 20 II 13 2 5 5 0 7 0 8 30 8 55 2 I fj *$ Briton F*eVr v"" 8 28 8 4 10 48 U 40 2 40 5 25 7 31 8 551 9 2« S 3} 81 Port Talbot 8 34 8 11 10 54 » 4* 5 30 9 0 9 25! 2 37 Bridgend: n? i 1«li 3| 33? r? «47 L 8 9 32i2 44 7 « Llantnssant — j ? s y 2o 14 j — 4 5 6 29 8 27 i,2 3 (0 20 3 3fi 18 27 A> » 41 ,2 4 28 6 53j ,m |o 4vl 3 8_f 6 10 7 20 8 50 9 51 12 38 12 49 4 36 7 o| S 49 8 0 10 48! 4 6 — » 4Q Marshfield — 7 32 & 2; 10 3 12 50 — 4 51 7 15! — s li U C 4 21 Newport 6 31 7 45 9 15j 10 23 1 25 I 20 5 13 7 26; q 13 S 20 11 15' 4 Ifi oT. Llanwern — 7 52 9 22 »o 30 1 35 — 521 — o 311 n 9 i s ls Magor 8 2 9 32 10 41 1 45 5 S-i — 8 4ri II S1 1 Portskewet — S 12 9 42 10 51 1 57 — 5 44 — 8 56 I I 4! t 1 <rhePstow 11* 9 52 !} 4 2 2<* 2 *3 fi 9 47 9 51 5 16 9 4r Lydney 7 11 8 4i — 11 24 2 t A 6 is — 10 5 9 23 12 7 e »/: >n r Newnham 7 26 9 4 — 11 45 2 47j — 6 40 — 19 21 9 43ji2 27! 5 56 rn 91 Gloucester S 0 9 40 — |l- 3 55: 2 4.0 7 20 — 12 40 10 7 1 lo 6 25 — in 4T Cheltenham Arrival from South Wales 8 45 11 30 — 1 5 4 50, 3 5 7 30 — 12 35 — 2 10' 6 40 gwindon ..Departure 9 30 ll 50 — 2 45 6 Oj 4 15 9 5 — 2 20 — 3 101 8 15 Paddington 1 15 2 10 — 3 5! 8 50 6 0 li 0 — 4 35 — fi Id 11 0

WEST MIDLAND RAILWAY, (NEWPORT SECT ION.) FROM HEREFORD TO NEWPORT. WPEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 1,2,3, 1,2,3 1,2, 1,2, 1,2, 1 2 1,2,3, 1.2,3.' VO-:J,5 3. I *> 3 8TATION8. class, class, class, class, class.(class, class, class, class! class, class a. m. a. m. a. m a. m. p. m.ip, m. p. m a. m. p. m. a. m n m a. m. a. m. a. m a. m. p. m.ip, m. p. m a. m. p. m. a. m n m Hereford 8 15 10 0 11 25 12 25 3 15 — 7 30 11 40 — 7 40 Tram Inn. 8 26jl0 10 — — 3 25 — 7 41 i 1 53 — 7 52 St Devereux.••••••••« 8 33j 10 18 — — 3 331 — 7 48 12 2 — ft 0 — Pontrilas 8 43' 10 28 11 60 12 50 3 43; — 7 58 12 12 — 8 10 Pandy 8 55J10 3S — — 3 5o — 8 10 12 ?5 — 8 22 — Llanfihangel 9 2 10 46 — — 4 2 — 8 17 12 3v — 8 30 — Abergavenny 9 I5ill 0 12 13 1 13 4 15 — 8 30 12 45 — 8 43 Penpergwm 9 23 11 10 — — 4 25j — 8 38 12 53 8 Nantyderry 9 30 11 20 — — 4 35; — — 1 0 — 9 n Little Mill — — — — — — — — — t'ontypool road Arrival 9 45 11 35 12 35 1 35 4 50; 5 451 9 0 1 18 9 15 Pontypool road ••••••Departure 10 10 — — 2 5 5 6] — — 1 23 g oq 3" Pontypool 10 VP — — 2 10 5 10: — 1 28 — 9 25 — Crumlin 10 30 — — 2 2-5 5 221 — — j 4(1 9 37 Tredegar Junction 43 — — 2 35 5 32J — — l 50 — 9 46 Rhymney Junction •••••• 10 48 — — 2 40 5 37: — — ] 65 — 9 ei Llancaich 10 56 — — 2 48 5 45| — 2 3 — 9 «,o Quaker's Yard — 2 58 5 55 — — 2 12 — 10 9 — I'roedyrhiew V* ft I. o i! f — 2 25 — 10 20 — Merthyr Arrival 11 24 — 3 20 6 10[ — — 2 33 — 10 30 —- Pontnewvdd .•• •••• 9 f>5 il 4o — o 0j 6 ft 9 10 1 28 — q 95 Newport 10 10 11 55 12 50 1 50 5 10 6 15 9 20 1 40 9 35 ————————— FROM NEWPORT TO HEREFORD WEEK DA YS. 1 SUNDAYS. 1,2, 1,2, 1,2, 1,2, 1,2 3,| 1,2, 1 & z 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3 STATIONS. class, class, class, class, jelass.,class, class, class, class, class, class a, m. a m. a. m a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. 111. a. m. n. m. m Newport 6 40 9 15 10 1 30 2 15 3 30 5 30 6 30 8 50 3 45 — Pontnewydd — 9 29 — 2 20 3 40 0 40 6 40 9 0 3 55 — Merthyr Departure — 9 40 — 1 10 — 4 25 IT "8~~0 *3 C Troedyrhiew — — 9 49j — — — 4 34 — 8 8 3 10 — Quaker's Yard — — 9 58 1 25 — 4 45 — 8 18 3 18 — Llancaich .» — 10 fi 1 33 4 55 — 8 27 3 26 — Rliy rn iic j J uttoW»* — — 10181 140 — 56 9 35 3 33 Tredegar Junction,. — — 10 23j — 1 4-5, — 5 12 8 40 3 38 Crumlin — — 50 33: — 2 Gj — 5 22 — 8 4& 3 43 Pontypool — — 10 45 — 2 13i, — 5 37 — 9 6 4 0 —. Pontypool road Arrival — 9 45 iO 50 — 2 18 5 45 6 50 9 10 4 5 — Pontypool road Departure 6 55 — 11 3 1 48 2 3-5; 3 50 5 50 — "9*15 4 To Little Mill — — — — — Nantyderry 7 7 — 2 47 6 3 9 32 4 22 Penpergwm 7 11 10 « 55 «■— 6 il — 9 40 4 ^9 Abergavenny 7 25 11 28 2 10 3 5, 4 10 6 21 9 60 4 40 Z Llanfihangel 35] — — — 3 15; — 6 31 10 (1 4 50 — Pandy ••••• 7 42j 3 6 38 10 7457 Pontrilas 7 531 — 11 52 1. 32j 3 3'2 4 35 6 50 — 10 20 5 S St.Devereux 8 21 10 28 5 17 — Tram Inn 8 12 — 12 7 — 3 47 — 7 8 — 10 35 5 25 Hereford 8 2«' 12 17 2 55] 3 57 5 0 7 20 ,045 ,5 35

RHYMNEY RAILWAY, FROM CARDIFF TO RHYMNEY. FROM RflYMNEY TO CARDIFF. STATtoMS. Week Days. Sundays. STATIONS. Week Days Sundays. a. m. p. m.|p. m. a. m.ip. m. la. m.ip. m. p.m. a.m. p m Cardiff (Adam-st. Station) 9 1512 50 6 15 7- 55 3 30 Rhymney 9 35! 1 55 5 39! 9 30 4 55 Walnut Tree Bridge 9 33 1 8 6 33 8 13 3 48 Pontlottyn 9 39] 1 59 5 341 9 34 4 kq Daerphilly 9 45 1 16 6 45 8 21 3 56 Tyr Phil 9 48 2 8 5 43 9 42 5 7 Jfstrad 10 0 1 30 7 0 8 31 4 6 Bargoed 9 56 2 16 5 51: 9 50 5 15 Hengoed Arr. 10 5 1 35 — — — Pengam 110 3 2 23 5 5810 0 5 25 Dep. 10 25 1 45 7 5 8 35 4 10 Hengoed Arr. ,10 10 2 30 Pengam 10 32 1 52 7 12; 8 40 4 15 Dep. 10 25 2 45 6 5|10 5 5 Bargoed 10 39 1 59 7 19i 8 50; 4 25 V'strad :10 29 2 49 6 9 10 9 k 34 Tyr Phil 10 48 2 8 7 2S 8 58, 4 33 Jaerpliilly 10 43( 3 3 6 23il0 19 5 44 Pontlottyn 10 56 2 16 7 36 9 6i 4 41 VVa'uut Tree Bridge 10 521 3 12 6 32|10 27 5 52 Rhymney 11 0 2 20 7 40[ 9 10| 4 45 Jardiff (Adam-at. station) ill 10|3 30j 6 50 10 45 6 10 SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD, MANCHESTER, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAYS FROM MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL FROM HEREFORD TO MANCHESTER TO HEREFORD. AND LIVERPOOL EK DAYS. SUNDAYS. WEEK VAYS. KIINDAT6. 1,2,3 lst2d 1,2 lst2d 1,2,3 |i, 2,3 lst2d:lst'2d 1,2,3 lst2d 1,2,3 lst2 STATIONS. Mail, class| class class class Mail, class STATIONS. jelass class class class class class class a. m. a. m.[a. m. a. m. p. m. a. m. a. m. a. m.a. m-jp m —^ — ——- Manchester departure 6 55 — 12 55 Hereford departure — 9 0 2 55 5 10 8 0 11 0 8 0 Warrington — 7 50 14? Leominster — 9 40} 3 0. 5 50i 8 33 11 40 fl 33 Chester arrival — — 8 45 — 2 25 — — Ludlow 7 40 lo 10; 3 50 6 20, 8 55 12 15 8 55 Iiivernool departure 6 50 7 50 9 30 1 35 8 30 Shrewsbury arrival; 8 55; 11 JSC 4 50 7 35.50 0 1 ? £ ) 10 0 BirkPiihead — 7 10 8 10 9 50 1 55 — 8 50 T 1'2'3 lst2d Chester 8 5 8 55 10 45 2 35 9 50 ^irews.^ulT ••••departurejlO 20 12 3o 5 15 8 50 11 13 4 45 Wn'xham* 8 47 9 18 11 1G 3 10 10 29 Llangollen Road 11 2, 1 ?2 6 15 9 38 5 48 iiario-nU^ri Road — 9 8 — U 39 3 29 — 10 55 Wrexham |ll 23 1 4j 6 40 10 0 12 9 6 13 — ^hrpwsburv w'ivai 10 10 10 20 12 35 4 20 U 50 "j arrival 11 48, 2 5 7 0 10 20 12 45 6 50 — Shrewsbury arrival Birkenhead 12 50 2 45 7 45 10 55 3 5 7 50 — Shrewsbury .departure 3 15 7 10 10 30 12 IS 4 50 3 15 4 0 Livelp°°l arrival J_K)^5 j^5 11 10 8 5 Tmiiow 4 45 8 28 11 25 1 37 6 16 4 tot 5 20 Chester departure; 11 55 2 15 7 10 Leominster 5 15] 9 0] 11 50 2 5 6 45 5 15j 5 50 Warrington 12 45 3 5] 8 0 — — — Hereford arrival 5 45 9 45|12 20 3 Oj 7 40 5 451 6 35 Manchester arrival! 1 45' 3 55] 8 40 — —

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. LONDON TO BRISTOL. WEEK DAYS. | 8UNDATS I & 2 1,2,3 |1 & *1 & 2 1 & 2 1 & 2 ,1 & 2 1,2,3 1 &~2 STATIONS. class, class. Bxpjclass. class. class class, EXP. [class.'class. class a. m.'a. m ;a. i> a mJa. m. p. m p. m. p. m p. m.'aTm r> m London(Paddington Departure 6 0] 7 30! 9 15 10 45 11 45 2 0 2 45 4 50 8 10' 8 0 2 is Reading 7 18! 9 101C 3 11 43 — 3 0 4 10 5 40, 9 15! 9 40 q qs Didcot 8 0 10 35; 10 28 12 15 12 45 3 35 4 50 6 5| 9 45 10 40 4 12 Qwinfion f Arrival 9 O il 30 11 5,1 5 1 15 4 1(1 5 40 6 40 10 35 U 50 4 55 & inU 1 Departure 9 15 11 40,11 15, 1 30 1 25; 4 20 5 50 (j Co, 10 45 12 0 a 5 Chippenham 9 55(12 20,11 42 1 58 — 4 48 6 25 7 15 11 13 12 45 5 39 Bath 10 30! 1 5| 12 5 2 25; 2 5' 5 15 7 0 7 35,11 45 1 25 6 15 Bristol 11 Oj 1 45j 12 25j 2 55, 2 25j 5 40 7 30 7 5512 15 2 0 6 40 BRISTOL TO LONDON. WEEK DAYS. f SUNDAYS. |l,2,3ilst2dt 1,2,3 lst2d lst2d l,2,3lst2d STATIONS. |EXP. MAIL EXP. class! class EXP. class class class class class ja. m. a. m.'a. 111. p. m.ip. nr. p. m. p. 111. p. m. p. m. p. m. Bristol Departure 8 10 10 20 12 15'i2 30' 1 15 2 55j 4 15 7 40 12 50 1 15 6 30 Bath 8 30:10 40,12 35j 1 5i 1 35 3 15] 4 41 8 0 1 13 1 50 7 0 Chippenham 8 55 11 10,12 55 1 45 2 5, 3 40, 5 15 8 25 1 40 2 30 7 55 o „ ) Arrival 9 20 11 40 1 20 2 20 2 35: 4 6 5 50 8 55 2 10 3 0 8 5 Departure 9 30:11 50 1 30 3 20 2 45 4 15; 6 0 9 5 2 20 3 10 8 15 Didcot 10 2J12 40 2 0 5 15 3 22 4 50; 7 0 9 43 3 O1 4 10 9 7 Reading 10 28 1 10 — 6 0 3 5al — 7 5o 10 12 3 35 4 40 9 50 L ndon (Paddington) 11 15 2 10 3 0 7 45j J 0 G 0 8 50 11 0 4 35 6 10 11 0

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. FROM BRISTOL TO EXETER WEEK BAYS. SUNDAY. lst2d 1,2,3 1st 2d Tst2d~ Ist2djlst2djlst2d l3t2d 1,2^3. STATIONS. Ui^il MAIL class class class exi\ class class class 'class EXP. class mail,class clasp la. m. a. m. a. m- a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. p. m. p. m.'p. m. p. m. p. m. a. ni.'p. in. p. m Bristol Departure] 12 40 6 45 8 0 9 5C 11 20 12 35 1 50 3 5] 4 40 5 50 8 0 8 15 6 45j — 6 50 Nailsea — 7 0 8 22 10 5 11 45; — 2 5 3 2l! 4 57 — — 8 32 7 0] — 7 8 Yatton, Clevedon Junction — 7 10 8 33 10 15ll2 0i — 2 15 3 30| 5 7 6 10 — 8 43 7 10, — 7 22 Banwell — 7 18 8 40 10 23! 12 7 — 2 23 — 5 15 — — 8 49 7 18: — 7 36 Weston Junction 1 15 7 25 8 52 10 30^12 15 — 2 30 3 41 5 25 6 21 8 30 8 5o 7 25, — 7 46 Highbridge — 7 40 — 10 45il2 37 — 2 45 4 0 6 37 S 45 7 40, — 8 5 Bridgwater 1 40 7 55 — U 0,12 50 1 20] — 4 12 — 6 50 8 o5 — 7 551 8 28 Durston Arrival — 8 5 — 1112|l35| — — -124 — — — — 8 5! — 8 38 Taunton 2 5 8 19 — 11 25 1 50, 1 37 — 4 35 4 50 7 12, 9 15 7 20 8 19 — 8 53 Wellington 2 2C 8 33 11 39 2 8 — — 5 8 7 40 8 33 9 10 Tiverton Junction 2 45 8 55 — 12 ll 2 38 — — — 5 32, — — 8 5 8 55 — 9 35 ■Jveter Arrival 3 20 9 35 — 12 45 3 20 2 25 — 5 30 6 15 8 10 10 5 8 50 9 35 — 10 20 FROM EXETER TO BRISTOL WEEK DAYS. BPNDAYg. Ist2d lst2d lst2dTst2dTst2d lst2d lst2d 1,2,3 .st2d 1,2,3 lst2d~ STATIONS. class class class class class EXP. mail class classiclasslclass MAIL elass,class MAIL a. m. a. m. a. m. a. ni. a. tn. p■ m.ip. m. p. ni. p. m.;p. m. p- m. p. m. a. m. p. m..m. Exete Departure 7 5 — 7 40 9 45 12 20 12 53! 3 30 4 45 5 30I — 8 20 9 45 <) 30 3 30 9 45 Tiverton Junction 7 36 — — 10 20 1 15 — 4 2 5 17 — — 8 52 10 12 10 10] 4 210 12 Wellington 7 56 — — 10 36 1 40 — 4 IS 5 40 — — 9 15 10 33 10 30 4 *810 33 Taunton 8 15 — 8 26 10 50 1 55 1 331 4 33 6 0 6 12 — 9 30 10 50 10 45' 4 33 10 50 Durston Departure — 8 38 11 23 2 9 — 4 45 — — — 10 55, 4 45 — Bridgwater — 8 50 11 34 2 26 1 52j 4 59 — 6 32j — 9 57 11 15 11 10, 4 59 11 15 Highbridge — — 9 5 11 49 2 44 — 5 10 — 6 45; 8 40 10 10 — ll 34 5 10 — Weston Junction — — 9 23 12 9 3 7 — 5 25 — 7 0] 8 55] — 11 40 11 58] 5 25 11 40 Banwell 7 7 9 35 — 12 17 3 15 — — 6 12 — 9 2; — — 12 61 — — Yatton, Clevedon Junction 7 15 9 45 — 12 2S 3 27 —■ 5 40 G 22 — 9 12]10 45 — 12 20 5 40 Nailsea 7 24 9 56 — — 3 37 — 5 55 6 32 — 9 22 — 12 34: 5 55 — Bristol Arrival j 7 40 10 18 10 5 1 0 4 Oj 2 45 6 15j 7 0 7 30j 9 45 11 15/12 25 1 Oj 6 15 12 25