The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory

ITEMS OF NEWS. —♦— THE DOME of St. Peter's is to be regilt for the ensuing great Church doings at Rome. THE VINE DISEASE is appearing in some parts of Portugal. SWIMMING PARADES have been instituted at Aldershot. THE STATUE of the Marquis of Westminster was unveiled on Thursday at Chester. Two BOYS (Carter and Cox), after studying a book on swimming, went last week to bathe in the Dee, between Chester and Saltney, and were drowned. POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS against the increase pf taxes, accompanied by serious disturbances, are re- ported from the Azores. AN IRISH SPINNING-WHEEL has been made for her Majesty, by Mr. James M/Creery, a wood-turner in Conn's Water Mill. No COMPETENT and candid judge of eloquence will deny that Mr. Bright is the greatest of living ora- tors.-Saturday Review. EVERY KIND OF SPORT was carried on in Windsor.park, on Saturday, from horsa-stealing to thimble-rigging. A CORRESPONDENT states that he and a friend on Saturday found sufficient snow on Skiddaw to make a plentiful supply of snowballs. THE VICEROY made presents during dis stay in London to the amount of £6,000 in hard cash and precious jewels. AN ANCIENT PRIVILEGE of M.P.'s is to be swept away ruthlessly. The freedom from arrest erijoyed by members of Parliament since 1542 is with- drawn by the new Bankruptcy Bill. IN the reservoir from which the United Service Club is supplied at Calcutta, there has been found an accumulation of sewage, old bones, shoes, empty sardine boxes, and preserved soup tins. SOME VALUABLE ALTERATIONS in the knapsack and accoutrements of the army have been sanctioned. A waterproof valise, without frame and of light weight, is to supersede the present knapsack. "TAM ol SHANTER is being represented in the Southminster Music-hall, Edinburgh. "Tam" goes round the stage on a mare, and is followed at a sur- prising speed by Nannie on a velocipede. THE ATTEMPTS to entice Theresa from her Tusculum at Asnieres are all in vain. She is de- termined to sing no more. Theresa aspires to his- trionic fame. ONE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST in Paris has, during the last two years, made 500,000 portraits of Adelina Patti, and sold them all to dealers in Paris alone. THE-SPANISH CORTES has passed the budget, and authorised the Government to expend whatever sums may be deemed necessary for the public service during the next three months. PHILIP MORRIS, who had been a sporting man and a pawnbroker's assistant, and who had once or twice attempted suicide, threw himself down a pit-shaft near Wolverhampton on Tuesday evening and was killed. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—At a meeting of the Oouit of Aldermen leave of absence for six months was granted Mr. Alderman Allen, who has sustained very severe injuries by slipping on a piece of orange peel. THE PARISIAN BUILDERS are beginning to adopt the lift to all houses they build, so that the lazy may mount up aloft and descend again, thus showing their advantage over the sweet little cherub who is always mast-headed. THE Echo says it is understood that the Govern- ment will take powers to raise the money for the telegraphs in more than one way, so that when the funds are required they may adopt that which is then most expedient. A WHOLESALE PIE MANUFACTURER at Man- chester has been fined X5 for having in his possession the carcases of seven calves which were quite unfit for human food. The meat was dressed, and was quite ready to be made into pies. Two new iron-clad frigates for the Austrian Government were commenced on the 5th instant at Trieste. They will be called the Custozza and the Archduke Albert. When completed, they will raise the number of Austrian iron-clad frigates to ten. AT THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION at Beau- vais, last week, the Emperor Napoleon spake in terms of sympathy with the interests of agriculture, which he trusted would continue to progress, and concluded as follows:—" Don't let your confidence be shaken, tranquillity will not be seriously disturbed." THE FOLLOWING IS THE ORIGIN of nine tailors making one man A poor beggar stopped near a tailor's shop where nine men were at work, and craved charity oach contributed his share, and presented the sum to the beggar, who went upon his knees, blessed them, and said they had made a man of him. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH is gazetted one of the Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Two sub-lieutenants, named respec- tively Clark and Hodgson, are gazetted to the rank of lieutenant, having been specially promoted for gallantry in cutting out an Arab slave dhow at Zanzibar. NATIVE TOBACCO, grown in Metcalfe, has been brought into this city in an unmanufactured state. It baos been pronounced by good judges worth Is. per lb. This tobacco-growing and curing business is worthy of encouragement, for we see no reason why Jamaica cannot be made to produce as good tobacco as any obtainedfrom Cuba.-—Jamaica Morning Journal. A CORRESPONDENCE is now going on between the Government and the Bank, having for its object the arrangement ?or paying the dividends on the Govern- ment quarterly, instead of half-yearly as at present. There is no truth in the report that a joint stock bank is bidding to do the work at a less figure and its pro- posal is being entertained. ALLEGED BANK ROBBERY.-At the Mansion- house, George Edward Dickson, 38 years of age, was charged on remand and committed for trial, for stealing upwards of JE500. He had been for nearly sixteen years in the service of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., bankers, and, while occasionally acting as receiving cashier, managed to steal in the aggregate about £ 500. A CARGO OF BIBLIS.—The Melbourne Age says Among the loot found by an expedition up the Waitotara river, New Zealand, the other day, was a canoe-load of Bibles, which showed no indications of having been studied by the natives, who rather, it would seem, had preserved them too carefully. They are supposed to have been distributed 10 or 15 years ago. THE EFFEcr OF EARTHQUAKES.—The Lima Nacional of 13th May says that the most extraordinary and unheard-of phenomenon has been discovered in the road of Locumba, worthy of being studied, and whieh appears to have been caused by the late earthquakes. Every beast that reaches a certain spot immediately falls dead. This has so often taken place that immense num- bers of carcases are heaped on the spot. SEVERAL new inventions in the velocipede line are announced the rocking-chair velocipede, a three wheeled vehicle, whose name is indicative of the requisite propelling motion; a one-wheeled affair, pro- pelled by five men, who occupy comfortable seats on the automatic horse; a four-wheeled machine, which will carry a lady and her carpet bag, in addition to the driver and so on, ad infinitum, MR. WALTER MAGEE, merchant, aged 45, late of New York, but recently staying at the Queen's Hotel, Manchester, on Wednesday evening went to Belle Vue Gardens with a friend, a merchant in Manchester, and when they were returning home in a cab, Mr. Magee, who had previously appeared in good health, uttered a sharp exclamation, sprang forward, and dropped in the cab dead. THE VICEROY OF EGYPT knows England well. He visited us during his father's lifetime, and went about London, as Haroun al Raschid used to go about Eastern cities, unknown and without any state. He hired a commissionaire, and in company with that old soldier he walked about London—nerth, south, east, and west. His Highness speaks English so well as not to need an interpreter in our language. THE TURN OF THE TIDE.—The preacher at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, on Sunday, alluded to the dis- sensions of the present day, and told a story on the authority of John Henry Newman. A naval chaplain, he said. who had long been out of the reach of English theological discussion, was eagerly asked on his return home by a partisan whether his floating chapel was High Church or Low Church. "That," said the chaplain, entirely depends on the tide." Mr. C. REED, M.P., presided over a large meeting of Nonconformist deputies, hald at the Cannon- street Hotel, at which resolutions were passed earnestly protesting against any attempt to contravene the prin- ciples of the Irish Church Disestablishment Bill by concurrent endowment." Presbyterians, Congre- gationalists, Baptists, Wesleyans, Unitarians, and the Society of Friends were represented at the gathering. STANDING BEFORE A TRAIN.—A half-witted woman, named Martha Fox, has been sent to prison for three months from Malton, in default of finding surety to keep the peace towards herself. Prisoner would stand before the North-Eastern trains on the Thirsk Railway in order to be killed. She asked to be sent to prison for twenty years, and was very violent in gesture and language, but on finding she was really going to gaol became penitent enough. A NOVEL POSTAGE-STAMP AFFIXER.—The other day a lady went up to tie post-office at Konigs- berg with a servant behind her, who carried a letter. Having bought a stamp, the lady desired her servant to hold out her tongue, over which she drew the stamp, and having fixed it on the letter, handed the letter to the servant to post. The post-office employes laughed heartily at the scene, but the lady conducted herself throughout with the most irreproachable dignity. THE REWARD OF—ViRTUE?—Everybody re- marked Madame Schneider's diamonds. Her corsage, neck, and hair blazed with them, and on her fingers were costly lings with the same precious stones. They are said to be worth £15.000, and have been contributed by half the imperial, royal, semi-royal, or demi-semi- royal personages of Europe. The drawing-room dress of white satin, embroidered with gold, and the train of blue velvet is most gorgeous. Her management of the train is alone a study. AN EXHIBITION OF POSTAGE STAMPB ia now being held in Paris, at the Hotel des Monnaies. Eng- land makes the best show, as she has 34 colonies, each with a different design. The United States come next, the artistic designs on her stamps having a beautiful appearance. The Turkish stamps centain the year of the flight of Mahomet, the year of the reign of the Sultan, and the value of the stamp in Oriental characters. Finland commenced to issue stamps last year. The ex- hibition is opened daily from eleven to five. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.—Not long ago IN one of our large departments a junior clerk was moursa ing over the probability of injured prospects arising from a proposed reorganisation of the establishment, when he received this censolation from a senior: -'t My young friend," said the aged clerk, "I have carefully studied the records of this office, and find that during the last century it has been 'reorganised' on an average once in every five years, and is now in precisely the same condition as it was a hundred years ago." A PRINCESS OF MUSCOVITE BLOOD—a rare beauty-was recently arrested on the frontiers when coming from Spa.. The stupid gendarme insisted that she was merely a soldier dressed as a woman, and a deserter he had orders to look after. She was being conveyed to prison, neither her beauty nor her chignon prevailing to prove her sex, when she was compelled to be heroic to escape the affront. Those only who have seen the pretty portrait of Agnes Sorel, the gentle mistress of Charles VII., will ever divine how she achieved her victory over the gendarme, and sent him home a better and a wiser man. THE SWISS TIR-NATIONAL.—The following notice has been issued from the War-office :-Any volunteers who wish to Obtain special privileges in passing through France to attend the Tir-National in Switzerland must forward, without delay, to this office, through their respective commanding officers, a state- ment containing—1. Name and rank. 2. Port at which they propose to land. 3. Date at which they propose to enter France. 4. Whether they propose to make any stay at Paris or elsewhere in France. 5. By what frontier town they propose to quit France. E. W. C. WRIGHT, Colonel. War-office, July 3, 1869. TELEGRAPHIC OPERATORS occasionally have some rather singular messages brought to them for trans- mission. The following is a copy of one handed into a telegraph office in London the other day To-. Third Epistle of John, 13 and 14 verses. Signed, By referring to the text, it will be seen there is quite a repectable letter contained in the verses designated, and a small amount of money saved—viz I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write to thee. Bat trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Greet the friends by name." 3rd John, 13th and 14th. A CLERGYMAN'S THANKS.—Last Sunday even- ing the Rev. Mr. Brooke, curate of Taunton St. James', Somerset, prior to giving out his text, publicly thanked two members of the congregation, who courageously waited upon him to protest-one against the rapid ut- terances of the rev. gentleman, and the other against his long sermons. Mr. Brooke, so far from being offended at these friendly remonstrances, expressed his desire to endeavour to profit by them. How far the preacher did so may be inferred from the fact that his "finally, my brethren," was not reached until the sermon had been spaa out some 20 minutes beyond its wonted length. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—Mr. John Bates, of Umberleigh House, near Barnstable, went out on Friday rabbit shooting near his Marwood estate, known as Whitefield Barton, and returned to his house about noon. The noise of a gun going off was heard, and on persons proceeding to his room they found Mr. Bates lying on his face, with his gun by his side, quite dead. It was found that the charge from the gun had entered his heart. There is no doubt that the occurrence was quite accidental. Mr. Bates was formerly chief manager and director of the West of England Bank at Bristol, and at the time of the accident registered public officer of that bank. THE TOWER-SUBWAY.—One of the most re- markable works now going on in London is the con- struction of a second Thames Tunnel. But so great is the advance which has been made in engineering since the days of Sir Isambard Brunei that no one takes much interest in this work. Hitherto it has progressed most satisfactorily. The ground has turned out to be firm clay, and so impermeable is it, so dry is -the tunnel, that the water used by the masons in erecting the brickwork has to be brought to them. The "Tower-subway," as it is called, is being completed at the rate of nine feet a day, and will be an immense convenience when it iff open. HEALTH OF THE QUEEN.The public will have seen with satisfaction that her Majesty has been able of late to take a greater share in public ceremonial than has been her wont since the lamented Prince Con- sort's decease. We are not revealing medical secrets, but simply stating what is well known to all her Majesty's inner circle, that the presence of a crowd or the succession of persons who are presented at Court produces on her nervous system the giddiness and other symptoms common to landsmen at sea. Considering her Majesty's habits of punctuality, and the hard labour and anxiety she has undergone during her happily pro. tracted reign, it cannot be matter of surprise that the nervous system should become fatigued.—Medical Times and Gazette. ELECTRIC ART.—At the Trappist monastery of Scourmont, near Chimay, Belgium, the monks were oc- cupied, some days back, in the, fields when a violent thunderstorm came on. Brother Aloysius, who was managing a hay-making machine drawn by two horses, led it to the boundary fence which was formed of iron wire, and knelt down beside it. Suddenly a violent clap was heard, and the electric fluid struck the monk, the horses taking fright, and starting off. The Trap- pists seeing their companion fall hastened to his assist- ance, but found him dead, with his legs still bent in the attitude which he had assumed. On his body were found two large and deep burns, one on each side of the chest, and under the right arm-pit a white spot, with ft very distinct representation of a tree in full foliage,