The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory

ARRIVALS. Bayley, Rev C J and family, Christ Church Rectory, Heaten Norris 1 St Catherine's terrace Lloyd-Philipps, Mrs and family, Dale Castle 1 Rockville Lloyd, Colonel and Mrs Morgan, Camolin House, co. Wexford Hallsville house. Thursby Pelham, Rev A, Mrs and family, Cound Rectory, Shrewsbury. 6 Esplanade Walker, Mr, Mrs and family, Ceylon 2 St Catherine's terrace Amphlett, Mr and Mrs John and family, Clent, near Stourbridge 3 Rock houses Trebitz, Fraulein, Clent, Stourbridge 3 Rock houses David, F. W. Esq and Mrs, Swansea Scarborough house Delmar, the Misses, London 1 Gunfort Eddison, O. Esq and Miss, Leeds St Agatha's house Tabor, Miss, Cheam St Agatha's house Gibson, Mrs, Birmingham 2 St Julian terrace Williams, Mrs, Moseley, 2 St Julian terrace Wlison, W. Esq and Mrs Birmingham.2 St Julian terr Whitfield, James Esq, Mrs and family, Moseley 2 St Julian terrace Jones, Mrs T M, Brecon 1 Castle square Jones, H T C Esq, Brecon 1 Castle square Story, Mrs and family, Clifton, Bristol.2 Rock houses Sellick, Mrs and Miss, Haverfordwest.Cambrian house Royal Gate House Hotel.-Mr and Mrs H. T. Barry, London; Mr and Mrs R. W. Forbes, London;- Mr and Mrs Sydney Fussell, Weston, Bath Miss Crichton, Richmond, Surrey Rev H. Newman, Bournemouth; R. E. Blakey, Esq., Slst L.N.L. Regiment, Pembroke-Dock; Thompson, Esq., 81st L.N.L. Regiment, Pembroke-Dock. Royal Lion- Hotel.T. E. Negus, Esq. and Mrs Negus, South Norwood; George Thomas. Esq., Carmarthen B. Birchall, Esq., Oxford; Mr Mar- grave, Llanelly.

TENBY CYCLE CLUB. Head Quarters, Royal Gate House Hotel. FIXTURES—APRIL AND MAY. Date. Start Hd. Qrs. Destination. Hotel. April 27th.4.30 p.m.Opening run. Saundersfoot j 2nd annual Head "I dinner J Quarters May 4th.4.30 .Carew .Carew Arms 11th.3.0 .Narberth .Rutzen 18th.3.0 .Pembroke .King's Arms 25th—4.30 .Circular run Unattached cyclists are invited to attend any of the above runs. GEO. E. J. ACE, Capt. and Hon, Sec.

In another part of our paper will be found a report of the case Parkinson v. Bonville, which came before the Sheriff's court on Saturday, at Narberth, for the purpose of assessing damages. The jury found for Mr Parkinson, damages 10s. Costs follow the verdict. Lord Salisbury having been written to by a leading Welsh national organisation upon the subject of intermediate education for Wales, has replied that he will give the matter every attention. The closing lecture in connection with the Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Society will be delivered in the Wesleyan School-room on Wednes- day next, April 27th at 8 o'clock by Mr Jonas Trayler of Pembroke. Subject: Cortez and the invasion of Mexico." It has been decided to hold the annual regatta at Milford Haven during the early part of the forth- coming summer. Mr W. R. Roberts is appointed chairman, Mr James Vaughan, vice-chairman, Colonel Esmonde-White hon. secretary, and Mr W. P. Carter, of the London and Provincial Bank, treasurer. The Rev. T. M. Jones, vicar of Eglwyswrw with Llanfair-Nantgwyn, has accepted the rectory of Meline, Pembrokeshire. The appointment on this occasion was in the gift of the freeholders of the parish, and is of the gross value of jE170, without residence. The rev. gentleman will retain the living of Eglwyswrw and resign that of Llanfair- Nantgwyn.

A PAINFUL CASE.—In answer to our appeal we have received the following additional subscrip- tions :—Miss Chater, 2s 6d Miss Price Jordan. 2s 6d; Mrs Bellairs-Aevenson, 5s; Mr Williams, Haverfordwest, 2s; Mrs K. 2s 6d; H. T. Smyth, Esq., 10s Mrs Ebenezer Sales, 5s; A, K., 7s 6d. W. S., 3s. Henry Allen, Esq., il R. Lock, Esq., 5s. T. W., 5s.; T. Howells, Is.

BLOEMFONTEIN MISSION. On Thursday afternoon a Sale of Work and Fancy Articles was held in the Royal Assembly Rooms in aid of the Bloemfontein Mission. Six stalls were provided, presided over by the following ladies :—The Misses Statham, South Cliff Street, (assisted by the Misses Jones, Velindre); the Misses Hawtrey, Rocky Park; Miss James, (assisted by Miss Woodhouse) Etnam House; The Misses May, Cheltennam Houses; The Misses Gordon, Bellevue. The Refreshment Stall was under the charge of Mrs and the Misses Swinburn, (3); and Mrs Cousens. At three p.m. the Sale was opened by the Rev. Sir George Ralph Fetherston, Bart., curate of St. Mary's, who in a brief speech, alluded to the work accomplished in South Africa under the auspices of the Bishop of Bloemfontein, and to the assistance rendered by this and similar associations in Eng- land. He reminded them that the work could not be carried on without money, and that explained their presence there that afternoon. He hoped a large sum would be realised from the Sale, and then declared the Sale open. During the afternoon and evening Messrs Akid, (violin); Lyon, (flute); and Withington (piano- forte), performed the following choice selection of music, thereby adding much to the pleasure and success of the Sale. Valse, Pesther; Selection, Der Pirat; Gavotte, Stephanie; Valse, Hoffnung Strahlen Quadrille, Martha; Selection, La Favorite; Polka, Mathunka; Valse, Ref Ball Tanze; Gavotte, Bewitching; Selection, Der Caliph Von Bagdod; Valse, Abendstern Garvotte; Valse, Die Romantiker; Selection, Die Vestaleu; Polka, Anneu; March, Wedding March; Valse, Marian; Selection, La Gazza Ladra; Piccolo Solo, Bohemian Dance; Galop, Venetianer. In the evening Mr J. A. Jenkins kindly gave his services at the auction at 9 p.m. We understand that the number of Associates of the Tenby Branch is about 60, of whom nearly 40 are residing in Tenby.

CONCERT AT MANORBIER. On Thursday evening, April 14th, the Rev J. Thomas and family of Manorbier, assisted by a few friends, gave a musical entertainment in the school- room, Manorbier, in aid of the Tenby Cottage Hos- pital. The room was well filled by an appreciative audience, several lovers of music from Tenby being among them. The Thomas' family show remarkable talent for music and skill in its execution. Each one did exceedingly well, from the father with the concertina to the youngest daughter with the violin. Perhaps the gem of the concert was the quartett- "Selection of airs "-by the four juniors of this family. The various songs were well rendered, but the instrumentation throughout surpassed the sing- ing, except in one or two instances where a wind instrument was not in complete accord with the other instruments. The flute solo by the Rev D. P. Williams, and the mastery of the violin dis- played by Mr Hancock of Pembroke-Dock, were excellent. It would be well if Mr Thomas would bring his interesting. band over to Tenby. The following is the programme of music performed :— Grand march Song, "The Gauntlet," Mr J. R. Rowlands; Quintett, allegretto and finale from Haydn's celebrated Military Symphony; Recitative and Aria, Comfort ye" and Every valley shall be exalted," Rev J. Thomas; Flute Solo, "Recollec- tions of Mozart," Rev D. P. Williams; Song, "I am waiting," Mr O. W. Rowland; Song, "The better land," Miss Thomas Quintett, "Selection from Mendelssohn;" Aria, "He shall feed His flgck," Miss Williams (St. Florence); Grand March (composed expressly for the Queen's Jubilee); War March, "Athalie;" Song, "The Goat-herd's Song," Miss Williams (Manorbier); Song, "The old brigade," Mr J. R. Rowlands; Quartett, "Selec- tion of airs," the Four Junior Performers Song, The children's home," Miss Thomas Duet (Con- certina and Piano) "Hypatia;" Song, "Mollie Darling," Mr O. W. Rowland; Quintett,v "The British Isles;" Song, "Alice, where art thou," Rev J. Thomas; Chorus (Instrumental) "Halle- lujah God save the Queen."

THE LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.-—At a special meeting of the Tenby Liberal Association held in their Club Room on Friday, April 15th, while the heartiest confidence in Mr Gladstone and his faithful sup- porters and as hearty, condemnation of the aims and methods of the Tories and their strange Liberal allies was freely expressed, the following resolution on the subject of the day was passed unanimously, and that a copy of it should be sent to Mr Glad- stone:—"That this meeting earnestly protests against the Coercion Bill of the Government as un- just and unwise in depriving Ireland of her civil rights and endangering the strength of the Union." —(Signed) Henry Goward, Chairman. ROCKET APPARATUS.—The usual quarterly in- spection of the rocket apparatus was held on Satur- day, under the direction of Chief Officer Hyslop, Lieutenant Miller, R.N., Divisional Officer, being also present. The rocket was as usual fired over St. Catherine's Rock, and the hawser made fast to the post on the top. From the firing of the rocket to the landing of the,first man 8 minutes 45 seconds elapsed, which on the whole was fair practice. POLICE COURT, MONDAY.—Before the Mayor, W. H. Richards, Esq.—P.C. Dolan charged John Clarke with begging at East Williamson on the 16th inst. Committed for seven days with hard labour. IVe(Inesday. --Before the Mayor and Colonel Saurin.—Thomas Raily, a peddler, was charged by Sergeant James Watts with hawking without a license at Saundersfoot. Fined 5s.

THE TENBY TOWN WALLS. PARKINSON V. BONVILLE. ACTION FOR LIBEL. On Saturday the under-sheriff for Pembrokeshire, Mr Thomas Lewis, solicitor, Narberth, held a court at the Rutzen Arms Hotel, Narberth, for the pur- pose of assessing damages in the libel action Par- kinson v. Bonville (which arose out of a letter published in the Western Mail), the defendant having allowed judgment to go by default. Mr Arthur Lewis, instructed by Mr Robert Lock, soli- citor, Tenby, appeared for the plaintiff; the defen- dant conducted his own case. Mr R. H. Buckby, of Grove, was foreman of the jury. Mr Arthur Lewis, in opening the proceedings, said that the plaintiff in this case was Mr Robert J. H. Parkinson, a gentleman residing at Tenby, a barrister-at-law and a Justice of the Peace for Lincolnshire; and the defendant was Mr John Bonville, also of Tenby, and described as carrying on business there as a House and Estate Agent. The action was brought by Mr Parkinson against Mr Bonville for a libel contained in a letter pub- lished in the Western Mail on Dec. 23rd last, and of which Mr Bonville, by not putting in an appearance to the action, had acknowledged the correctness. What the jury had to consider was merely what amount of damages Mr Parkinson was entitled to. The learned counsel then pointed out what con- stituted a libel, which he described as publishing anything calculated to bring a person into contempt, When the jury heard the letter read, which they would before he concluded his address, he thought they would agree with him that not only had a gross libel been committed, but that Mr Parkinson was entitled to damages at their hands. The cir- cumstances out of which the libel arose were these: Towards the end of last year defendant, who owned some land bounded on one side by the town walls of Tenby, proceeded to make two openings through them from his property on to the property of some one else outside the wall, for the purpose of putting in two doorways. These walls were of great antiquity and formed an interesting feature in the town, and the conduct of the defendant in so doing gave rise to much comment and not a little ill- feeling. The gentleman owning the land outside obtained an injunction against Mr Bonville re- straining him from doing further damage. There- upon Mr Bonville proceeded to put up two doorways, and this gave great offence to Mr Parkinson and other gentlemen who admired the walls, and they proceeded to the place in question, and without. going upon Mr Bonville's property or in any way interfering with him, knocked the doors down for the purpose of having them removed. It might be contended in mitigation of the defen- dant's conduct, that he wrote this letter under very great provocation, and upon the spur of the moment. Nothing of the kind: What occurred? He allowed a week or ten days to elapse before he did anything, and then sat down in his study, or his office, and calmly, deliberately, and in cold blood wrote the following:— TENBY TOWN WALL. To the Editor of the Western Mail. Siu,-In reply to the charges brought against me in the Western Mail of December 18,1 beg you will allow the following uncontrovertible facts to appear in your next paper in vindication of my own rights touching the two doors opened in the town wall at the back of my freehold building ground. In the first place I wish it to be well known that the said wall is absolutely my own property, conveyed to my predecessors in title by an exchange deed from the mayor, freemen, bailiff, and burgesses of Tenby to the late Sir William Paxton, of Middleton Hall, and his heirs for ever, in exchange for other land and house property belonging to that gen- tleman in the borough of Tenby. The same exchange ground and wall I bought from the trustees of the party that bought the same from the heirs-at-law of the late Sir William Paxton. Now in order that the public may become acquainted with the facts of this disgraceful case of persecution against,, myself, it is necessary that I should give some details, namely:— Last summer a gentleman from near London, visiting Tenby, wanted to buy a part of my freehold for build- ing houses, and was anxious to get permission to have a private door at the back, through the wall, and also the very narrow plantation—provided, first, that per- mission could be got to go through such—which leads to the public road the other side. I first spoke to the town-clerk, and his reply was quite favourable. I then, out of courtesy, laid the matter before the Town Council, and I had permission by that body to make two doorways in the wall, only by a majority of nine against four, leaving the permission to go through the little plantation between Mr Webster, of London, Mr Stokes, town-clerk, his agent, and myself; Notwith- standing such plain and simple undertaking, the town- clerk sent a wrong resolution of the council to Mr Webster, stating that they also granted me permission to go through the plantation, which was untrue. Hence the under-handed Chancery injunction, not against the wall, but against some imaginary intended trespass on the plantation, which has never been touched by myself. Now, as Mr Webster stated in his own letter that he had nothing to do with the wall, therefore there was no injunction against the wall. That, also, is untrue. But last Friday the plantation was broken into by the two outlaws," namely, R. J. Parkinson—they say, a Lincolnshire J.P., but a lodger in Tenby; and 0. B. Prust, J.P., of Tenby, also a lodger, who wilfully and maliciously broke in my two doors, thereby setting an example by such degrading actions to incite the crowd drawn by them to riot. Amongst such inciters to violate the law of our country was Dr. Reid, also a specimen of some of the J.P.'s of Tenby, and Williams, druggist, one of the opposing four in the council. Whilst in the act of demolishing my doors, Parkinson and Prust looked more like savages full of rage than human beings, and Parkinson there and then, irrespective of life or property, threatened with his wooden bludgeon, to smash Mrs Bonville and myself, which threat he carried out by injuring Mrs Bonville's arm. In conclusion, I may say, for the information of the public, there are many doors and windows in the same south wall, and there are several windows in one of the towers and the same wall which is now part of the house in which Parkinson is lodging. If I cannot get protection and justice from Tenby magistrates I can get it elsewhere.—I am, &c., JOHN BONVILLE. Palestine House, Frogmore-street, Tenby, Dec. 20. This letter gentlemen appeared in the Western Mail on the 23rd December, and he would ask them whether they thought the imputations therein con- tained were not calculated to bring Mr Parkinson into contempt. It was quite true Mr. Parkinson is a Lincolnshire J. P. it is not true that he is a lodger in Tenby, for he has rented a house there for some years it is not true that Mr Parkinson injured Mra Bonville's arm. The other imputations in the letter are not trne. If they were true they would for ever brand him as not fit to be admitted into the fellowship of bis fellow-men. What would the jury think if such imputations were made against one of themselves? Let them for one