The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory

TENBY LIBERAL CLUB. On Thursday evening a meeting was held in the Liberal Club for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr Hugh Bevan on Temperance work. Mr W. de G. Warren occupied the chair. At the conclusion the following resolutions were passed :— I.-That this public meeting at the Liberal Club, Tenby, held for the purpose of discussing the subject of Temperance Work and Legislation, this 28th March, 1889, first expresses its satisfaction at the second reading of the Sunday Closing (England) Bill and next its conviction that the "Welsh Sunday Closing Act" has produced great and satisfactory results, and ought to be more strictly enforced. Further, that the Sun- day trade in liquor in Clubs of all classes ought to be prohibited. 2._—Whilst desirous of promoting all legislation having for its object the prevention of drunkenness, is strongly of opinion that such legislation can only succeed when it gives effect to. and is in accordance with, the popular conscience and will; and that more is to be hoped from moral suasion and the practice of total abstinence, than from any legislation however wise and beneficent,

THE VACANCY AT ST. PETER'S, CAR- MARTHEN. The Rev. J. Lloyd, Vicar of Penboyr, Llandyssul, has been offered and has accepted the vicarage of St. Peter's, Carmarthen, vacant by the elevation of the Rev. A. G. Edwards to the bishopric of St. Asaph. Mr Lloyd is (according to Crockford) Late Exhibitioner and Foundation Scholar of S. John's College, Cambridge. B.A. (Sen. Opt.), 1876. Deacon, 1876, London. Priest, 1877, St. David's. Rector of Penboyr, Diocese St. David's, 1884; formerly curate of Roehampton, 1876; Storrington, Sussex, 1877 Vicar of Llanfihangel-Aberbythyck, 1877-84. The living of St. Peter's has an income from the tithe rent charge of £7; other sources, £ 263 gross income, £ 270 and house population, *>'98. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. On this occasion the appointment was made by the Crown, the vacancy having been created by a Crown aPpointment. The vacant living being uuder. a certain value the Crown right was exercised by the r°rd Chancellor. The living of Penboyr thus made has a tithe rent-charge of £ 292, average £ 255, «h 162 acres of glebe, value £ 125; common tment, 15 acres, value £ 3: fees, £ 2; gross "»come,. £ 385; net, £ 293; 5,600 acres; Church comodation, 400; population, 1,284. Patron, the of Cawdor.

On Saturday the crew of the steamship Wester- gate, grain laden, for Bristol, previously reported ashore off Breaksea, arrived in Cardiff by breaks, and proceeded to the office of the agents for the vessel, Messrs. Hacquoil Brothers, Bute Docks. The Westergate now lies in a damaged condition, and as her bottom is nearly all gone there is very little hope of saving the steamer, and she will now probably become a total wreck. Giving judgment in a betting case this week, Mr Justice Manisty said that "gambling was carried on now to an extent perfectly appalling, whether as to betting on races or transactions in stock. There was no greater evil in society, and none which caused more ruin and misery in families." A mass meeting of miners held at Silksworth Colliery, Sunderland, on Saturday, unanimously decided to demand the abolition of the sliding-scale and a rise of 20 per oent, in wages. There are about thirty distraint sales for tithes pending in Carmarthenshire. It is expected that troops will be sent into the district for, the sales in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, and that they will take Carmarthenshire on their way back. The death is announced of the Hon. and Rev. William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle, in his 81st year. He is succeeded by his nephew, Mr George James Howard, of Naworth Castle, who re- presented East Cumberland from 1879 to 1885. At Letterkenny on Saturday the magisterial in- quiry was resumed into the death of Inspector Martin. The magistrates committed Father McFadden, 17 other men, and two women for trial on the charge of complicity in the murder. In the Queen's Bench Division, London, on Satur- day, Mr H. Stephenson, a Birmingham spirit mer- chant, was ordered to pay JE4600 for having an illicit still. Polling for the election of a Parliamentary repre- sentative for the Enfield Division of Middlesex took place on Saturday, and resulted as follows :—Capt. Bowles (C.), 5124; Mr Fairbairns (G.L.), 3612.— Conservative majority, 1512. At Newport County petty sessions on Saturday Thomas Williams and John Trotman, Cardiff clerks, for riding bicycles without lights on the highway at St. Mellon's on Wednesday last, were fined 5s. each, and the bench expressed their intention to be more severe in any future cases. From Monday last the whole of the turnpike gates in South Wales were abolished. On Saturday the remains of the late Mr John Bright were interred, in the presence of a great concourse of mourners. Four men were killed and one was injured by the fall of a wall of a burnt building at Messrs. Stirling's Works at Renton on Monday. A high wind was blowing at the time. At London Bankruptcy Court on Monday, a summary of accounts was issued under the failure of Captain Hon. Spencer Hanbury showing gross liabilities f63,000, of which £13,000 is unsecured, and available for assets £300. He values his rever- sion in the family estates in Hereford, Norfolk and Suffolk at jE45,000, and attributes his failure, amongst other causes, to betting. The effect of the abolition of turnpikes at Swan- sea is seen by the fact that the Swansea Tram-.vav Company, which has hitherto been .compelled to pay jE500 a year to the County Roads' Board for permission to pass the Hafod gate, has reduced its fare by one-third. Attached to the reports of the inspectors of mines which are now in the press there is a table showing the relative safety of the coal-yielding districts. It appears from this that whilst in 1887 there was one life lost by accident in the mines under th-v Coal Mines Regulation Act for every 173,919 ton of coal produced, last year was much less fatal, the loss of life being one for every 205,698 tons of mineral raised. There has just died, at Tavistock Workhouse, a person 85 years of age, who was known to the authorities as Mary Mudge, and who, until some few years ago, kept a small dairy in that town. On the body being prepared for burial it was dis- covered to be that of a man, although previously no suspicion had been entertained as to the sex. Miss Mudge, as deceased had long been called, had all the outward appearance of a woman, and no cause had been assigned for the disguise. Richard Price Jones, a publican, residing in Waterloo Road, Liverpool, was on Monday taken into custody on suspicion of causing the death of his wife. On Sunday they were heard quarrelling in the bedroom, and on the woman screaming "Murder" a lodger entered and found the pris-. oner on the bed beating his wife. The lodger got the woman out of the room, but she died in half an hour. Her neck was very much discoloured. The man who was killed in the Penistone railway accident was interred at the Penistone Cemetery on Monday afternoon. It turns out that his name is James Thomas Barnes. This was only discovered after the name of Frederick Jones was affixed to the coffin, and a fresh name plate had to be pro- cured. He assumed the name of Jones when work- ing in Wales some years ago. The injured are all progressing favourably. Cambridge on Monday won the University racquet match by four games to one. Mr John Albert Bright has consented to become a candidate for the representation of the Central Division of Birmingham. A letter from Mr H. M. Stanley reached Edin- burgh on Monday, via Rotterdam. The letter, which is dated September 4, 1888, says that the writer and Emin Pasha were well. Mr Campbell Rae-Brown, journalist and author, suddenly disappeared at Rouen on Saturday whilst returning to England with a friend, and has not since been heard of. The Llanelly football team played their first match on their Yorkshire tour on Monday at York, where they suffered defeat by a goal and a try to nil. Lord Salisbury attended the first statutory meeting, held at Hertford on Monday, of the Hert- fordshire County Council, of which he is an Alder- man. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has intimated his pleasure at learning the success which attended the London Professional Welsh Choir at the Welsh Festival in the Albert Hall. He has directed his secretary to "make a note" of the circumstance, and it is expected that the choir will be shortly invited to sing at Marlborough House. Lieutenant-Colonel George Harris, commanding the Plymouth Sub-district Royal Engineers, died on Monday at his residence. Deceased, who was in his fiftieth year, suffered from quinsey a week ago, and on Tuesday last underwent tracheotomy, which was successfully performed; but inflam- mation of lungs supervened, and ultimately proved .fatal.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT HAVERFORD- WEST. On Friday morning an old man named Peter Morgan, residing in Holloway, who as a master stonecutter was until some few years ago a con- siderable employer of labour, was found by a neighbour to have made a determined attempt to cut his throat with a razor, blood flowing from his wounds profusely. Dr. Williams was soon in attendance and stitched the wounds, and the man seems in a fair way to recovery. His wife having died the night before, it is presumed that the shock temporarily affected Morgan's reason.

ACTION FOR RETURN OF PRESENTS. At Nantwieh County-court this week (before Judge Thomas Hughes) Edward Woolley sued Edith Madeley. both of Nantwich, to recover E6 odd, the value of certain presents given her, which she refused to return. Plaintiff said he had kept Miss Madeley company for five years and there was an engagement between them. At different times he gave her a gold brooch, earrings, ring, and watch and chain, and she gave him hankerchiefs, photo- graphs, and a tobacco pipe, which he had returned. She wanted him to go to chapel, and he wanted to go to church. He made an appointment to meet her, but failed, and next time he went to see her he found her with another young man. Of course that ended the engagement. (Laughter.) The young lady was called, and said the gifts were made without any condition. One day, when they were quarrelling, she offered to return them, but plaintiff would not take them. The judge said the parties got into a quarrel about going to church or chapel, and broke off a very suitable engagement. There had also been a little quarrel on another occasion, and defendant offered to give back his presents. Plaintiff would not have them then, and he could not have them now. Judgment for the defendant, with costs.

LOCAL LAW CASE. On Monday the Court of Appeal, consisting of the Master of the Rolls (Lord Esher) and Lords Justices Fry and Lopes, had before them the appeal of the plaintiff from the decision of Mr Justice Stephen, at a trial with a jury in Middlesex, setting aside the verdict of the jury and giving judgment for the defendant.—The action was brought to recover damages for alleged illegal seizure of the plaintiff's goods by the Sheriff of Cardiganshire. Mr Griffith Morris was a farmer, residing at a place called Sanor Park, Cardigan- shire, and he had a son, named Mr G. M. Morris, who resided about a mile. clist :t at a place knov as Pwlglas. The writ upon which the sheriff seized the plaintiff's goods was against the son but it had been shown that he at times resided at his father's house, where the seizure was made. The jury found for the plaintiff £100 damages, but the learned judge set aside the verdict and entered judgment on a point of law for the defendant, hence the present appeal.-The Master of the Rolls, in giving judgment, said that on the authority of the case of Jarmaine and Hooper he must hold that the judgment ought to have followed the verdict of the jury, and the appeal would be allowed with costs. -Lords Justices Fry and Lopes concurred.

ALL THROUGH A SOAP BUBBLE. Giles was one day blowing soap bubbles in the garden. The village pastor, accompanied by his little dog Toby, was coming up the walk to call on Giles's mother. A bubble lighted on the pastoi d nose. He, startled, stepped back, and in doing so trod on Toby's foot. Toby, screaming with pain, rushed about the garden. The old mare in the paddock took fright, and jumped the gate into the highway, knocking over old Betty, who was going to market with a basket of new-laid eggs and butter. Farmer John, who happened to be passing at the time. ran to her assistance, but, in doing so, slipped in the broken eggs and butter, and fell prone on his back. A donkey looking over the opposite hedge brayed loudly with delight and sur- prise for many were the whacks he had received from Farmer John. He was answered by every donkey for miles round. The villagers, startled by the unusual hubbub, left their work. and spent the remainder of the day in running hither and thither to find out the cause of all this disturbance. Small incidents are the cause of great disasters. The villagers lost their day's work. Farmer John spoiled his coat and was a great deal shaken with his fall. Old Betty lost her eggs and butter. The old mare was found grazing at the roadside by the village pinder, and put in the pound. Giles's father had to pay fourpence to get her out again. Toby had a sore foot, and limped for over a week. The pastor received a nervous shock, and was unable to fulfil his clerical duties the following Sunday. The only person who got off scot-free and enjoyed the fun was the cause of all the disturbance —that boy Giles

STRANGE PRELUDE TO MARRIAGE. — When an Indian girl has been wooed and won, a curious scene ensues between the lover and the cruel parent of his beloved. I think of taking your daughter for my wife," says the lover. She is an ugly thing, lazy as a bear, does not know how to cook or to work, and is of no sort of account; but as I am sure you must want to get rid of her, I came to tell you that, as a favour to you, I will take her off your hands." Oh," says the father, you want my darling girl, the best and most loving daughter man ever had the best cook and dresser of buffalo skins, the finest bead maker, and the hardest and most willing worker in the whole tribe. I cannot spare my darling. I will not part with her to any- one, much less to you, who are young, who have only taken one scalp, and who have stolen not over two ponies. You indeed! No, you cannot have my daughter unless you give me 20 ponies for her." "Twenty ponies cries the lover with contempt; twenty ponies for an ugly girl not worth one buffalo robe I can buy a dozen better girls at the price." With many hard words and much vitupe- ration the war goes on the father praising, the lover disparaging the girl, until after a stormy altercation, extending sometimes into weeks, a bargain is struck at something like a fair market value of the girl, which is usually from one to four ponies. There is no marriage ceremony. The price being paid, the man conducts his new pur- chase to the lodge of his father, there to remain until the increase in his family, or hia wealth and consequence in the tribe, force or enable him to set up a lodge for himself.

PARTING COMPANY.When the children are growing into young men and young women, even though you do all you can to retain their confidence, and though yon listen with unfieigned interest to all they tell you about their concerns-and companions, still their life has in great measure parted company with yours, and you would do no better than weary ,them by trying to ket'p the old ivay. You strive vainly with the estranging power of time, and with the isolation that comes of being an individual being. You know mainly all your little boy is thinking of, unless you be a selfish brute all that he is afraid of and anxious about. But the rift soon comes, and it will grow into a wide separation. The young nature is transparent at the first, and you see through it. But the water, shallovv and transparent at its rise, deepens fast and darkens; and you cannot see through it any more. And when the sad and perplexing day comes, that the hopeful lacl must leave you for some distant place which you will never see, you know that though he is sorry to leave you, he would be still more sorry to stay with you and you discover that the manifest intention of Providence is that hum?!' beings should each stand on his own feet and go each his separate way. In earlier days one could not imagine how the aging parents managed to live at all, with their children scattered over the wide world. When a man, returning from India, told you it was ten years since he saw his children last, you gazed at him with wonder, and with a pity which you subse- quently discovered to have been needless. The parting had been bitter at the first, but it is the rule that people shall get over things.-A. K. H. B. ( Our Little Life.) STAR OF TENBY LODGE, No. 8, I.O.G.T.—The usual weekly session of this lodge was held at the Tudor Coffee Tavern on Monday, March 25th, and and was attended by an exceptional large number of members. The lodge was opened at eight p.m. by Bro. A. Hitchman, W.C.T. The minutes of previous session having been read and confirmed, seven candidates were proposed as fit persons for membership; three of whom were initiated forth- with, together with one candidate proposed at pre- vious session. Committees were then appointed to visit the remaining four. Resolved that the books of the lodge library be collected and the library re- started. A discussion then arose as to the forma- tion of a fife and drum band in connection with the lodge. The members were unanimous on this matter, and decided to start a baud immediately. Bro. T. Gibbs kindly offered his services as con- ductor, which was readily accepted, and a com- mittee appointed t" carry crb ;;L necessary ar- rangements. Bro. n. Lewis (h" IV the attention of the members to the resolution recently passed by the Licensed Victuallers' Association at Aberdare, c:u:c'~muing the .Sunday Ciosiug Act in Walea. The following resolution was thereupon unani- mouslypassed by the Lodge, viz.:—"That this Lodge regards the Welsh Sunday Closing Act as a national boon, and emphatically denies the allegations of those who contend that the Act is a failure, while readily admitting that the stricter administration and the abolition of the bona fide traveller clause would render the Act a greater success, and is prepared to volunteer evidence in this matter." An appropriate recitation on the Sunday Closing Act was then given by Sister L. Noot, Lodge dosed in due form 1w the W.C.T. at 9.45 p.m. DEER PARK BAPTIST SUNDAY-SCHOOL. — The second entertainment, consisting of recitations, readings and singing, took place in the above School-room on Thursday evening, March 28, 1889. The chair was taken by Mr John Sheldon at 7.30, wli-1) the foll,)\v111.f!' througn Solo, Mr Charles Adams; recitation, Miss Evelyn Berno" reading, Mr Edward Ellis; trio, Mr Thomas Rees and "party reading, Mr Thomas Noot; duet, Misses S. Thomas and Da vies; solo, Mr J. G. Evans; recitation, Mr T. Eilis; solo, Miss A. Lewis; reading, Mr T. D. Francis; pianoforte solo, Miss Winnie Williams; recitation, Miss Harriet Hurlow; solo, Mr Hodson; reci- tation, Mr John Hughes solo, Miss L. Edmonds. Miss E. Lewis was the accompanist for the even- ing, and at the close a hearty vote of thanks was unanimously accorded her for the kind manner she had assisted in carrying out the programme. Mr Thomas Evans, pastor, closed with prayer. THE WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING ACT.-Preaching at the Presbyterian Chapel on Sunday evening week, from the words, "His heart trembleth for the ark of God," I Sam., iv., 13, the Rev. B. Lewis in his discourse said the Lord's people were alarmed in these days by the attacks made on sacred insti- tutions of the Church. The Lord's-day is being assailed, and attempts made to repeal the Welsh Sunday Closing Act. Men in high social positions, and in high official positions, who were responsible for the administration of the law, were conspiring with the enemies of sobriety, and supported by the Western Mail, were trying to lift up the floodgates so that our country might be deluged with intem- perance on the Lord's-day. The heart of the nation trembled to-day for the sanctity of God's house, and the right observation of His holy day and he prayed the Lord to deliver the country from such a calamity.

The date of the execution of the condemned man Thomas Allen has been fixed, and that it will pro- bably be next Wednesday week. Under ordinary circumstances the date would be the preceding Monday, but so many sentences of death have been passed lately that it is probable Berry will not have a vacant day before the Wednesday of next week. Many signatures have been obtained for the memo- rial for reprieve, amongst them those of a county official, of some of the jury, and others of high position. Lord Valentia and Mr Chandos Leigh will act as judge and starter in the House of Commons Steeple- chase, which is to be run at Buckingham next Saturday. A special train will leave Eusfcon at ten a.m. for the convenience of members of Parliament desiring to witness the race. A third gentleman, a Liverpool shipowner, has written to Mr T. W. Russell, M.P., offering to contribute £ 1000 in the event of a fund being started for enabling Ulster and Scotch tenants to take evicted farms on Plan of Campaign estates. The annual meeting of the Primrose League will be held this year in the month of May. Lord Salisbury has promised to attend the public demon- stoation which follows the business meeting. the two Dublin bank clerks, Ross Todd and Morgan, recently arrested in Spain, under an extradition warrant, for the alleged embezzlement of money belonging to the Provincial Bank of Ireland, arrived in Dublin on Tuesday in custody, and will be brought before a magistrate.