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LITERARY NOTICES. I TIT FOR TAT; OR, AMERICAN FIXINGS OF ENGLISII HUMANITY. By a LADY, from New Orleans, U.S. Clarke and Beeton, 148, Fleet-street, Loudon. On opening this book we were prepared for an expose very different from that which it really is. At first we felt sadly disappointed, but as we proceeded through its pages that feeling was changed into disgust at the low and vulgar style in which it is written. Its ostensible author is Julia T- a lady from New Orleans. We have heard much of woman's mission and Woman's Right Convention on the other side of the Atlantic, but it is scarce- ly credible that this work was written even by an American lady, blooming with collegiate honors. It bears internal evidence of English origin still there are mistakes in it so palpable that no resident in Great Britain could igno- rantly make. The incidents on the whole are unnatural and extremely absurd, while the abuse and lampoon- ing of the aristocracy and magistrates are weak and point- less. And is this the threatened retaliation for the hearty reception given to Uncle Tom's Cabin by the population of England? Is this the vaunted exposure of the mock humanity of the Britishers" ? Mrs. Stowe's thrilling story of the cruelties of slavery bore the mark of genius, and was admired for its truthful simplicity. Tit for Tat" has no merit, not even that of producing a parallel to slavery. Surely the Climbing Boys of the Chimney Sweeps are not comparable with American Slaves. The writer must have been conscious of the difference. Slavery is upheld by cruel and sanguinary laws in the United States, while the Use of climbing boys in England is prohibited by severe legal penalties. The tale is briefly this-The son of a villager named Mills is detected with a party of poachers, who had decoyed him in search of game into the pre- serves of the Marquis of Hardheart. He is apprehended, tried, and condemned to penal servitude. This is at- tended by the death of the convict's wife, the ruin of his only sister, and the desolation of his father's hearth. The Marquis is an advocate of the continuance of the "climbing boy system," and devotedly attached to his only son and heir the Earl of Hopemore, a child of four years. Old Mills meets with the Marquis, they quarrel, and the father of the poacher threatens the irate noble- man. Soon afterwards the young Earl is kidnapped, and sold to a sweep, who follows his trade in Manchester, with whom he remains for some time in the most abject misery, and subjected to the most heartless treatment. The cruel- ties of the condemned system of chimney sweeping by boys are here shewn in no measured terms, and the most harrowing incidents are recited with a want of feeling which must be apparent to every reader, however insen- sible. The kidnapped lord is released from his slavery by the prosecution of his master, and is adopted in a most singular and unlikely manner by Lady Charlotte D'Auber- ville, whose only daughter Gwinnethlyn is heiress to the estate of the Marquis of Hardheart, in default of issue. Of course her Ladyship is unconscious of the rank of her foster child. An attachment soon manifests itself between the young people, and to prevent a mal-alliance the young Earl, who is known as Henry Smith, is sent to sea as a midshipman on board one of Mr. Monteith's vessels During the whole of this time the Marquis uses every means, except by advertisement, from which his pride re- coils, to recover his child, but to no purpose. The loss so operates upon the nobleman as temporarily to deprive him of reason, and it has also wrought marvellous phy- sical changes in his personal appearance. The middy" succeeds at sea, and is promoted-is seized with illness at Cronstadt, and is left there to recover, while the vessel sails to St. Petersburg. On account of an unlooked for circumstance the Captain could not put in to Cronstadt, and the hero applies to a Scotch engineer to assist him in obtaining a passage to England. He is employed on the fortifications at Cronstadt, and stealthily makes plans of them. Has an interview with the Czar in. cog. at the commencement of the War-speaks his sentiments plainly -and refuses to become a Russian subject. He returns to England through the magnanimity of the Emperor of Russia-furnishes the Government with important infor- mation—meets with Lady Charlotte and her daughter-the young lady exhibits an attachment, and is removed to Paris to prevent an explanation. Old M ills on his death bed confesses to having planned the stealing of the young Earl, and gives information which leads in a peculiar man- ner to the recognition of the heir, who arrives at the pa- ternal mansion in time to witness the death of the Mar- quis. It is scarcely requisite to add that Lady Charlotte is now reconciled to the match," and Gwinnethlyn is mar- ried to the hero. THE UNSPEAKABLE; on THE ADVENTURES OF A STAM- MERER. Clark and Beeton, 148, Fleet-street, Lon- don. This is a very pleasing volume, written in an easy and animating style. It is calculated to afford comfort to those inflicted with an impediment of speech, and to amuse al who read it. THE STEP-MOTHER. By G. P. R. James, Esq. Thomas Hodgson, 13, Paternoster Row, London. This is the last issue of the Parlour Library, and is by no means the least interesting volume of the series. This j, Action is 10 well known to our readers as to render any [| cn?etam perfectly superSaous.but they will be glad to find 1 ?"? '? now published at so low a price and in such t e'M'-Mwn?etype.

RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE IN CHINA. n_ x>ui although they have thus made a tabula rasa of their a religious creeds, the ancient denominations have remained, and the Chinese still like to make use of them; but they are now only the memorials of a feeling long since dead. N "thing so clearly indicates this desolating scepticism, 1 than a formula of politeness exchanged between unknown I persons on their first meeting. It is customary to ask to what sublime religion" you belong. One, perhaps, will j I call himself a Confucian, another a Buddhist, a third a I disciple of Lao-tze, a fourth a Mahomet, of whom there are many in China; and then every one begins to pass a panegyric on the religion to which he does not belong, as politeness requires after which they all repeat in chorus, ¡ POu-toun -ki. toun-ly, Religions are many reason I is one we are all brothers." This phrase is on the lips f of every Chinese, and they bandy it about from one to S another with the most exquisite urbanity. It is indeed a ) clear and concise expression of their feelings on religious questions. In their eyes, a worship is merely an affair of taste and fashion, to which no more importance is to be attached than to the colour of your garment. The go- vernment, the literary classes, the whole nation, in fact, X regard all religions u things futile and of no interest; nd 1t May) therefore, easily be supposed that there reigns IIf" Ciim an incomparable toleration for every kind of orahl. The Chinese enjoy, in fact, the most perfect I liberty m this respect, provided always that the authorities can be coliviuced that under the pretence of a religious 1 association you are not concealing a political object in- jurious to the state. For this reason only, as we have said before, the Christians are reproached and persecuted by tbe Chinese Empire. LITERATURE FOR CHILDHOOD. I Facts cannot civilise; but imagination, which sets all the generous feelings of the young into motion, and which commences its work at the mother's knee, is the first humaniser. Heroism of the best kind has grown out of children's old tales, such as, in the earliest stage, Jack the Giant Killer," and the Seven Companions of Christendom." I can believe that these fabulous heroes have been fighting for glorious battles. I entertain a temporary Pythagorean creed. Cinderella and the damsels rescued by the champions have tamed many a young savage. The boy who, in his dreams, has never fought a giant, nor saved a lovely maiden from a dragon, never will make a true man. The well developed man has borrowed from the tenderness of a motherly instructed childhood. The chivalric spirit is the worker of civilisa- tion. Let facts sink into the earth, or die upon its surface like rotten leaves, if they are to be accumulated and forced into young minds, to the exclusion of generous fictions, that, promoting love and valour, become by-and-by noble truths No, Eusebius. "Once upon a time," at a mother's knee, and afterwards under the flickering light and shade of a secret place in a greenwood, is the real talisman, the Open Sesame" by which excellent virtues enter young minds; the rock of the heart opens to the words. Let not facts smother the age of heroism.-Black-- wood. I WASTE LANDS. Public opinion, which, after much hesitation at last C approved of the expulsion of the Highlanders, has, for a 1 long time, sanctioned the Scotch deer-forests, as the t valuable remains of a former state of things now properly abolished. People, however, are beginning to murmur against these last vestiges of ancient feudalism, contend- ing that the deer are too few in number profitably to occupy these vast tracks set apart for them, and that it would be better to use them for feeding sheep. I can understand such an argument when the question concerns England, where certain wealthy proprietors still: persist in keeping waste for their shooting large tracts of land in the middle of populous districts, that might otherwise bear crops-such, for example, as Cannock Chase in Stafford- shire-which contains nearly 15,000 acres; but in the Highlands of Scotland, I can scarcely believe that the loss is very great. A few thousand sheep, more or less, would be no great addition to the national food and then, again, the last remains of savage nature in Great Britain would be gone. Nothing but sheep is rather monotonous nor are we called upon to give way to a mania. To rob country life of all its poetry is going rather too far, even in the interest of farming; and should we not hesitate before destroying the greatest charm which entices the wealthy out of the town ?—De Lavergne's Rural Economy of Great Britain. I I" HINTS TO YOUNG LADIES. I A great deal of time is wasted in winter, in hovering over the fire and talking of the cold, in delaying to see about a piece of work, because it requires one to leave a warm room. But a little resolution will remedy all this. You can make yourself as comfortable by taking your work or book, and sitting at a moderate distance from the fire, as by hanging idly over it; and if you run off briskly after what you need, the exercise will warm you better than the parlour fire. There is time enough in a well- ordered day, for everything that a young lady ought to do. Time enough for her morning and evening consulta- tion with her conscience, and seeking for communion with God; time enough for a careful and exact toilet, for household duties, for study; time enough for exercise in the open air, for visits of ceremony, and visits to the poor; for family intercourse, for serious and light reading, for needlework and accomplishments; nothing need be left undone for want of time if you only know how to economise that most precious possession, and are resolute to perform all that you can. The habit of setting yourself to work quietly, promptly, and resolutely, helps on the business of the day wonderfully. I have seen one sister half through a task that was not agreeable to either, whilst the other was lamenting the necessity of doing it, and considering how to get through it with the least trouble. Those who talk much of what they do, or are going to do, are not those who accomplish the most.— Young Lady's Friend. I MAHOMET. A reformer, a statesman, a general, a conqueror, an orator, Mahomet compiled and adapted to the use of his countrymen the Judsean, Grecian, and Christian ideas he had collected during his travels with his caravan, or from the pilgrims to Mecca, and his Christian acquaintance Bahira, the Arabian monk, and Djaber, the Greek gold- smith. For ten years, from the age of 40 to 50, he tried to accomplish his reforms by preaching in Mecca and its neighbourhood. After being nearly stoned to death, his spirit or his plans changed; he resolved to enforce his ideas by the sword, and fled to join the enemies of his tribe and city at Medhina. Negotiations opened with him by Christians were closed by his emphatic rejection of the divinity of Jesus Christ. Although publishing the Koran verse by verse, according to circumstances, he never afterwards swerved from his gospel nor his apostle and his gospel was Deism, and his apostle the sabre Mahomet was pitifully weak in regard to the fair sex. Up to the age of 50 he was the irreproachable husband of one wife, who was older than himself; but during the last sixteen years of his life he was continually marrying young wives, and spent the intervals between fainting fits, in quarrels in his harem, declamations in the temple, and contlicts in the battle-field. Possibly a great man may be a hero to his valet but after 50, or indeed at any age, it is impossible to be anything but a fool in a harem of young wives. Ayesha was his favourite. Mahomet pretended to receive guidance from angels in his domestic affairs yet he appears to have been treated like an ordinary man by the blind god and a cunning beauty.-Electric Review. I OUR MISMANAGED CATHEDRALS. When we look back three centuries for the church-work done by the cathedral bodies, and consider which of these offices we have suggested above they have even nominally discharged, are we not reminded rather of their drowsy felicities," than even of the steady performance of such kind-s of duties as can be regulated by the cathedral clock?" Even in their first and easiest duty—the at- tendance of the services—how utterly heartless and formal (to speak generally, and allowing for many righteous exceptions) has its performance been How slovenly and irreverent the conduct of the choir how unrubrical and irregular the model form! As to educational or social benefits dispensed, it were best to repress the strong language which such a review might call forth. For education, we will not take Rochester as the exemplar; but, for social good, let the almost universal alienation of the people from the Church in cathedral cities tell its own tale. Nowhere is church feeling so stagnant and dead nowhere dissent so rife nowhere less love of art nowhere less appreciation of the glory of the Church's services. And these cathedrals which, if for anything, were rarely expressly built for the people, have been, and many to this day are, locked against neighbours as well as strangers, and their doors tardily opened even for Divine service, lest worshippers should take advantage of the opportunity, and by a lingering stroll of preparatory medi- tation, or too curious observance of the founder's work. manship, rob the verger of his expected fee. Socially, the chapter are generally at war with the parochial clergy and the citizens; and, jealous of privileges which they do not really appreciate, throw every obstacle in the way of the people enjoying what, with deference to capitular dignity, we beg to call the people's cathedral.- Quarterly Review. I A CHEERFUL VIEW OF THE WORLD. The Rev. Wm. Jay, the late eminent minister, says in his autobiography—" But you may ask, should I be willing, such as I have found it, to go over life again ? I have j heard many express the sentiment, though not in the poetry of Cowper- Worlds should not bribe me back to tread Again life's dreary waste, To see its future, overspread With all the glory past.' But such language is not for me. I should not shrink from the proposal of repetition. Goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life.' My duties have not been burdening and irksome. My trials have been few compared with my comforts. My pleasures have been cheap and simple, and therefore numerous. I have enjoyed without satiety the seasons and the sceneries of nature. I have relished the beauties of Providence, using them with moderation and thankfulness. I have delighted in the means of grace unutterable have been my delights in studying and persuing the Scripture. How I have verified the words of Young- Retire and read thy Bible to be gay.' Preaching has been the element of my heart and my head. My labours have met with much acceptance, nor have I laboured in vain. I have seldom been without hearing of some instances of usefulness from the pulpit or the press. God has honoured me to call by my ministry not a few individuals even into the ministry. The seat of my residence was of all others the place of my preference. My condition has been the happy medium of neither poverty nor riches. I had a most convenient habitation, with a large and lovely garden a constant source of attraction and improvement. I had a sufficient collection of books of all kinds. My wife was a gentle woman, a saint, and a domestic goddess. My children were fair and healthy, and dutiful. My friends were many, and cordial and steady. Where shall I end ? Call not earth a barren plot, Pass it not unheeded by 'Tis to man a lovely spot, Though a lovelier waits on high.' I do not believe that in this earth misery preponderates over good. I have a better opinion of mankind than I had when I began my public life. I cannot, therefore, ask what is the cause that the former days were better than these. I do not believe in the fact itself. God has not been throwing away duration on the human race. 'rl a it-,te of the world has been improved and improving. Who justifies slavery now ? What noble efforts have been made to break every yoke, and to let the oppressed go free How is the tendency to war on every slight pretence giving way to reference and negotiation ? How delightful it is to think of what is doing abroad among the heathen, and the exertions that are put forth by all I denominations of Christians to make the Saviour's way known upon earth, and his saving health among all nations I" THE PEKIN GAZETTE. I The official gazette of Pekin may be counted among the organs of the administration. It is a real Moniteur Universal, in which nothing can be printed which has not been presented to the Emperor, or which does not proceed from the Emperor himself the editors of it would not dare to change or add anything, but under penalty of the severest punishment. -This Pekin gazette is printed every day, in the form of a pamphlet, and contains 60 or 70 pages. The subscription to it does not amount to more than twelve francs a year and it is a most interesting collection, and very useful in making one acquainted with the Chinese empire. It gives a sketch of public affairs and remarkable events the memorials and petitions pre- sented to the Emperot, and his answers to them; his in- structions to the mandarins and the people the judicial proceedings, with the principal condemnatious and the pardons granted by the Emperor; and also summary of the deliberations of the sovereign courts. The principal articles, and aH the public documents, are reprinted in the official gazettes of the provinces, -Iltic ,s Chinese Em. nire. CHINESE INNS. As it is customary to commence by drinking tea, and I amusing yourself with little trifling dainties, the cooks (or, to give them a more stately and appropriate appella- tion, the mandarins of the kettle") have time for their I-- I culinary operatons. They bring the aisnes urueieu, IU the most ostentatious manner, and when the waiters of the establishment put down the dishes before the guests, they sing out their names in a loud voice, so as to be heard by every one. This plan, as may be supposed, is found very useful in exciting the vanity of the guests, and in- ducing them to ask for expensive things, that perhaps they would willingly have done without if they had been dining in private. When the repast is finished, the head waiter of the hotel comes to the door, and commences a kind of song, of which the subject is the nomenclature of the dishes, and the burden, the sum total of the expenses. When the guests go out-and this, it must be owned, is a critical and solemn moment-those who have dined econo- mically depart with a humble and contrite art, and try to avoid the notice of the company; while the Chinese lords, who have eaten sumptuously, and of liigh-py iced v iatids, march out with their pipes in their mouths, their noses in the air, and casting proud and disdainful glances on all around. If the fashion were adopted in the taverns of Europe, of proclaiming aloud what everybody had taken, it is to be feared that many a guest would give himself an indigestion out of pure vanity.Ibid. CAT CLOCKS. One day when we went to pay a visit to some famines ci Chinese Christian peasants, we met near a farm a young lad, who was taking a buffalo to graze along our path. We asked him carelessly as we passed, whether it was yet noon. The child raised his head to look at the sun, but it was hidden behind thick clouds, and he could read no answer there. "The sky is so cloudy," said he, "but wait a moment;" and with these words he ran towards the farm, and came back a few minutes afterwards with a cat in his arms. Look here," said he, it is not noon yet;" and he showed us the cat's eyes, by pushing up the lids with his hands. We looked at the child with surprise, but he was evidently in earnest; and the cat, though asto- nished, and not much pleased at the experiment made on her eyes, behaved with most exemplary complaisance. Very well," said we, thank you and he then let go the cat, who made her escape pretty quickly, and we con- tinued our route. To say the truth, we had not at all understood the proceeding but we did not wish to ques- tion the little pagan, lest he should find out that we were Europeans by our ignorance. As soon as ever we reached the farm, however, we made haste to ask our Christians whether they could tell the clock by looking into a cat's eyes. They seemed surprised, at the question; but as there was no danger in confessing to them our ignorance of the properties of the ct's eyes, we related what had just taken place. That was all that was necessary; our complaisant neophytes immediately gave chase to all the cats in the neighbourhood. They brought us three or four, and explained in what manner they might be made use of for watches. They pointed out that the pupil of their eyes went on growing narrow until 12 o'clock, when they became like a fine line, as thin as a hair, drawn per- pendicularly across the eye, and that after 12 the dilation recommenced. When he had attentively examined the eyes of all the cats at our disposal, we concluded that it was past noon, as all the eyes perfectly agreed upon the point.-Ibid. I THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MONEY SPENDING. It is impossible to spend the smallest sum of money, for any not absolutely necessary purpose, without a grave responsibily attaching to the manner of spending it. The object we ourselves covet may, indeed, be desirable and harmless, so far as we are concerned, but the providing us with it may, perhaps, be a very prejudicial occupation to I some one else. And then it becomes instantly a moral question, whether we are to indulge ourselves or not. Whatever we wish to buy, we ought first to consider not only if the thing be fit for us, but if the manufacture of it be a wholesome and happy one and if, on the whole, the sum we are going to spend will do as much good in this way as it would if spent in any other way. It may be said that we have not time to consider all this before we make a purchase. But no time could be spent in a more important duty and God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it. Let us, however, only acknowledge the principle; once make up your mind to allow the consideration of the effect of your purchases to regulate the kind of your purchase, and you will soon easily find grounds enough to decide upon. The plea of ignorance will never take away our responsibilities. It is written, If thou sayest, behold we know it not; doth not he that pondereth thy heart consider it ? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth he not know it ?" Now let us remember that every farthing we spend on objects of art has influence over men's minds and spirits, far more than over their bodies. By the purchase of every print which hangs on your walls, of every cup out of which you drink, and every table off which you eat your bread, you are edu. eating a mass of men in one way or another. You are either employing them healthily or unwholesomely you are making them lead happy or unhappy lives; you are leading them to look at Nature and to love her-to think, to feel, to enjoy—or you are blinding them to Nature, and keeping them bound, like beasts of burthen, in mechanical and monotonous employments. We shall all be asked one day, why we did not think more of this.- Ruskin's Edinburgh Lectures on Painting and Architec- ture. LABOUR AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS. I Labour, says the Rev. Newman Hall, as a mighty magician, walks forth into a region unhabited and waste he looks earnestly on the scene, so quiet in its desolation then waving his wonder-working wand, those dreary val- leys smile with golden harvests-those barren mountain slopes are clothed with foliage-the furnace blazes —the anvil rings-the busy wheels whirl round—the town ap- pears the mart of commerce, the hall of science, the tem- ple of religion, rear high their lofty fronts-a forest of masts, gay with varied pennons, rises from the harbour- the quays are crowded with commercial spoils, the peace- ful spoils which enrich both him who receives and him who yields—representatives of far-off regions make it their resort-science enlists the elements of earth and heaven in its service—art, awaking, clothes its strength with beauty—literature, new born, redoubles and perpetuates its praise-civilization smiles—liberty is glad-hunianity rejoices-piety exults, for the voice of industry and glad- I ness is heard on every hand and who, contemplating such results, will deny that there is dignity in labour ? a .V"V,rw

THE CONSCIENCE.—The consciense is the most elastic material in the town. To-day you cannot stretch it over a mole-hill, to-morrow it hides a mountain. — Chinese Maxim. Recruiting ribbons show the colours of the clothing of the particular regiment for which the party is employed. We have red, white, and blue for a Royal regiment—the red cloth, white lace, and blue facings; other corps have yellow, green, buff, black and purple; in such cases no blue is employed in the cockade and its streamers, -.Yotes and Queries. COMPLIMENTARY.—A country carpenter having neglected to make a gallows that had been ordered to be erected by a certain day, the Judge himself went to the man, and said, Fellow, how came you to neglect making the gibbet that I ordered ?" Without intending any sarcasm the man re- plied, "I am very sorry for if I had known it was for your Lordship, it should have been done immediately." It is certainly is not easy to imagine city boys going out birdnesting between Temple-bar, and Charing-cross a country village then, half way to the remote hamlet of Westminster; nor can one readily picture London damsels gathering primroses or violets on the rising ground about the office of Household Words, or hunting for blabkberries on the site of Eveter-hall, or sitting to rest on the green sward where Drury Lane Theatre now stands. Marylebone was then a famous hunting-ground, whither ambassadors and foreigners of distinction were taken to enjoy the finest sport that Middlesex afforded. In those days a few noble- men's mansions alone stood in solitary grandeur westward of Temple-bar, dotted along the banks of the Thames. The City was the whole of London. It seems strange in these later days to read with how much magnificence a Spanish ambassador dwelt in a fine mansion in Petticoat-lane; but Petticoat-lane had sweeter environs at that time than it has now.-Dickeiis's "-[Lo?isehold lVords." Younger sons are constantly doomed to celibacy not because a marrying income is unattainable by them. but because prejudice, custom, pride, or laziness forbid them to toil for its attainment. Their ideas of the style and comfort in which it is necessary to live are formed on a conventional and unreasonable standard. They will not condescend to the fancied indignities, or they cannot endure the trivial privations, of economy—they will not ask the woman of their choice to share with them any home less luxurious than she has been accustomed to, and they con- demn her to live without love rather than expose her to live without a carriage. Uod only knows how many noble creatures have their happiness sacrificed to this miserable blunder-how many pine away existence in desolate and dreary singleness, amid luxuries on which they are not dependent and splendour which confers no joy, who would thankfully have dwelt in the humblest cottage, and been contented with the simplest dress, and have blest the one and embellished the other, if only the men to whom they had given their hearts had possessed less false pride and more true faith in woman's love and sense and capacity of I wlf-abnegatwa.—Worth British gtvkw.

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. I Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., has been prevented from attending to his parliamentary duties by severe indispo- I sition. The venerable gentleman case is hopeless. The treasurer of the Rotterdam fund for the widows and orphans of seamen has decamped, taking with him about E5,000 of the fund. He is somewhere in England. The Hammersmith magistrate has fined an omnib s con- ductor named Edwards, 20s., for tetling a policeman he was one of King's gang," and wanted £75 a year from the young thieves to keep him. A woman, a cockle getter, of about 30 years of age, recently shot five wild ducks, at two shots, on Ulverston sands. Messrs. Keen and Co., warehousemen, a young but respectable firm, suspended payments on Wednesday liabilities, from E50,000 to £ 60,000. cause, losses in the Australian trade. Several publicans have been fined 40s. at Lancaster for selling liquor to lads under 16 years of age. A local bye-law empowers the magistrate to inflict a penalty. Messrs. Lemesurerand C,).: a great firm at Quebeck en- gaged in the timber and general trade, have suspended payment. The Banff and Macduff druggists intimate that they have closedtheir shops on Sunday. They say that the chief medicines asked for on Sunday are hair oil and lozeng s. In consequence of the numerous attacks upon Prussia I in the columns of Punch, it is in serious contemplation to prohibit its being read in the whole of the Prussian Mo- narchy. From the accountant's balance sheet it appears proba- ble that Messrs. Carter and Co., the shipowners, who re- cently stopped, will pay 20s. in the pound to their credi- tors Prince Torlonia's wife, the last of the Collona, after a fruitless union of 15 years, is now daily expecting an heir and the prince, to show his joy, has proclaimed that he will give 1,000 crowns (£215) to every child in Rome, rich or poor, born on the same day as his heir. M. Odillon Barrot has been elected to succeed M. Blon- deau at the Academy of Political and Moral Sciences. We bear that M Graniur de Cassagnac has resigned the editorship of the Constitutionel, in consequence of dif- ferences with the proprietors. The Vienna Lloyd, which has been suspended for two months, will re-appear in a few days under the title of Austrian Gazette. Mr. Warren remains principal edi tor. Mr. Warren's Diary of a Physician has been translated into French by M. Philarete Chasles, under the title of Souvenirs d'un Medecin. Theophile Gautier and Arsene Houssaye are about to publish the posthumous papers of Gerard de Nerval, who lately committed suicide. A subscription has been commenced at Hanover, for the erection of a statue in commemoration of the late King Ernest. Mr. Phillips, the American citizen, who was arrested some time since at Basle in mistake for Mazzini, has obtained an indemnity of 2,000 francs for his five day's detention. M. Foucher de Careil has gone to Italy for the pur- pose of making researches on the relations existing be- tween the universities of Italy and France during the mid- dle ages. A pamphlet on the Crimea, which will shortly appear at Brussels, is understood to have been written by the Emper- or of the French, assisted by M. Emile Girardin. The Baron de Bazancourt has been commissioned by the French Government to write the history of the campaign in the Crimea, to which he has proceeded. Last year a shipowner at Aberdeen named, by per- mission, a new clipper vessel L'Imperatice Eugenie. The Empress of the French acknowledged the compli- ment at the time, and has just presented the owner, through the Vice-consul of France at Aberdeen,, with a very beautiful clock, to be placed in the saloon of the vessel. Amongst the English Catholics who bore tapers be- fore his Holiness at St. Peters on Candlemas-day, were Lord Lovat, Sir James Fitzgerald, and Mr. Stourton. Sir James's sister took the veil, at the Convent of the Sagro Cuore the same morning. The legislature of South Australia has passed an act establishing a volunteer military force, or failing that a militia, the full quota of volunteers have come forward. Messrs. Kirk and Furniss, Liverpool merchants, who ¡ were largely engaged in trading with Nova Scotia, have failed, through the stoppage of other houses. A new bullet, the invention of Mr. N. G. Sauntoun, C.E., was tested at one of the police stations, Liverpool, last week. When fired, it expands from 21 inches to 30 inches, and acts as a sword, cutting horrizontally through- out the whole of its course. These bullets are made of brass, and resemble, in some respects, the Minie rifle ball; they require no change of the firearms now in use. Major-General James Simpson, the present Deputy Ad- judant-General, is selected to proceed to the Crimea to take the command of one of the divisions of the British army. General Simpson was named Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, and is a Waterloo officer. Of this appoint- ment the Times says, General Simpson is 64 years of age, of feeble health and constitution, and, in a word, a perfectly fit comrade for the two other Generals of Divi- sion we have just despatched to the Crimea." Mr.Lindsay M.P. for Tynemouth, has contracted with the French Government to despatch every week from Marseilles a steamer capable of carrying 800 troops, and a clipper to carry stores. The engagement to last during the contin- uance of the war in the Crimea. While making the ar- rangement Mr. Lindsay suggested that the ships, instead of returning empty, might be made available for the trans- port of sick and wounded troops from the Crimea to Mar- seilles, it being correctly supposed that the climate of France would be more favourable to the recovery of the men than the climate of Scutari or Constantinople. The suggestion was considered by the Minister of the Marine so good, that he at once entered into a supplementary con tract to this effect. It appears that transports are not so scarce as is generally imagined, as Mr. Lindsay has offered to provide the French Government with any quantity that may be wished. Her Majesty's Government, in appreciation of Mr Peto's services, and more especially of his recent dis- interested and patriotic conduct, in retiring from the representation of Norwich, to carry out the construction of the railway from Balaklava, originated by the Duke of Newcastle, has recommended him to the Queen for a baronetcy, which honour will be immediately conferred upon him. The Russian major taken in the act of stabbing wound ed men has disappointed public vengeance. When cap- tured he had a severe wound in his shoulder, and was sent to the hospital of Kulalee, near Scutari, which is set apart for wounded Russian prisoners, where he died a short time ago. Dr. Greig, of Edinburgh, who attend ed him, has preserved the wounded joint" as a memorial of the monster." The Rajah of Putteala, one of the protected Sikh chiefs, is about to visit England. He wanted to bring a retinue of 500 people and eighty elephants but the British autho- rities reasoned him out of that natural desire. He will be well supplied with cash he is a notable money-lender. At a state ball at Calcutta he was asked how he liked the English ladies he answered—" My heart does not incline to them." A female pauper died recently at the Kilkenny work- house, and when preparing for her interment one of her hands was observed to be shut closely on her breast, which when opened was found to have clutched 22s. in silver, a hoard which no one had known her to be posses- sed of. Almost a generation has passed away since that great law suit- Attwood and Small"—was in every- body's mouth it went through half the law courts in this country, and ended by making Mr. Attwood the re- cipient of a magnificient fortune, something like half a million sterling. He is now a bankrupt, paying a shil- ling in the pound. In the event of a dissolution of Parliament, the Right Hon. John Parker, ex-M.P. for Sheffield, will be requested by a numerous and influential body of electors to offer himself as one of the representatives of the West Riding, in the room of Mr. Cobden, whose views on the question of the war have rendered him unpopular amongst a very large portion of the coin tnun ity. -Sheffi,,lcl Times. A trial of a newly-invented self breech-loading and priming carbine has been made at the school of Musketry at Hythe. Sixty shots can be fired from this weapon in seven minutes; out of that number, at a range of 100 yards, 47 struck the bull's-eye. Total immersion in water of the carbine, loaded, did not effect its explosive power, the fusee being readily discharged. The rapidity of the firing did not produce the slightest derangement, the piece neither requiring oiling nor cleaning. The poor" clergy of the Established Church are about to petition the Queen and the two Houses of Parlia- ment for an increase of income. In their petition to the Lords is the following paragraph :—" That your petitioners have learnt from parliamentary returns, that the yearly in- comes of 10,000 parochial clergymen does not exceed £200; that the yearly incomes of 7,800 are under £ 150, and 600 under E50 and that of these ill-paid clergymen many are incumbents of newly-created districts, dissevered from well-endowed parishes as to work and labour, but to which has been attached no portion of those endowments originally given for the spiritual advantage of the whole of such parishes IIOLLOWAY'S PILLS.-An Infallible Remedy for Coughs, Colds, and Asthmatic Complaints.—Mr. David Morris, a re- spectable farmer, residing at Capel Evan, near Llanelly, had been a sufferer for many years from Chronic Cough and asth- ma, for which he had tried remedies innumerable without ob- taining the least alleviation of his sufferings. At length he was recommended by Mr. Hughes, Druggist, of Llanelly, to try Holloway's Pills, and this invaluable medicine has had such a wonderful effect on the disease that he is now com- pletely cured and able to follow his ayocatioa on the form, Sir John Burgoyne's friends declare that he is not res- ponsible for the engineering works before Sebastopol, inasmuch as he has not the management or control of them, and that he is in a very anomalous position in the army. The JOllrnal de St. Petersburg of the 8th inst. publish- es a number of opinions collated from notorious reac- tionary newspapers respecting Lord John Russell's se- cession from the Aberdeen ministry. The noble lord, according to the Russian editor, is found to have covered himself with disgrace, while the conduct of Lord Aberdeen is dignified, loyal, and firm, The ancient subterranean church of St. Peter witnes- sed on the Gth instant the unwonted spectacle of a mar- riage, and that marriage an English one. Miss Heaton, daughter of the authoress of Rome in the Nineteenth Century," was the bride; and in consideration of her re- cent conversion to Catholicism it was that Pio Nono granted the special dispensation by which she and fifteen other young ladies were authorised to penetrate into the venerable crypt for so joyous a purpose. Mr. Lamb was the bridegroom. Captain Lamb of the Seventh Dra- goons, had left Rome just before, being unable to wait for his brother's marriage, on account of his being or- dered to the Crimea. Monsignor Talbot performed the nuptial ceremony. The French soldier carries, by way of water-flask, a light, fiat, tin vessel, like a shallow canister, about six inches long by two deep, slightly curved longtudinally to suit the shape of his body, and suspended to his neck by a strap. There are two orifices in the top, one is stop- ped by a cork and is surmounted by a short fixed funnel, to admit of being conveniently placed to the lips for drink- ing, or of passing liquid into the flask without waste. In remarkable contrast with it, is the blue keg, or canteen, with which the Englishman is afflicted. First, it is made of wood, and carries, therefore, less liquid in proportion to its size, and is less easily rinsed out than if it were made of tin. Secondly, it is about twice as deep as a bi- don, has no curve to fit the body, is (I should guess) half a dozen times as heavy, and, being round like a tub cut short, takes up more space laterally. Thirdly its orifice being neither more nor less than a bung-hole, it is not well adapted for receiving and conducting liquid into the canteen without the aid of a funnel, and is of course particularly awkward to drink from. Lastly, it must cost twice the sum. There is, in fact, but this to be said of it-it dates from the days of inlalborough A Month in the Camp. We are informed says the Times that the excuse for the appointment of Mr. Frederick Peel to the War Depart- ment is, that according to the statute of Anne, only two Under-Secretaries can sit in the House of Commons, and that therefore the choice of the Cahinet lay between Mr. Frederick Peel and Mr. Fitzroy. Such is the excuse for an appointment acknowledged to be inefficient and un- popular. Now for the reply. Mr. Fitzroy, it is notorious, has long been desirous of retiring from offices; he has within the last few days been sworn of the Privy Council, the object, it is understood, of his legitimate ambition. Where, then, would have been the difficulty in accepting his resignation, and appointing in his stead a member of the other house, who could most appropriately represent the Home-office in the Peers, while his chief, Mr Sidney Herbert, was in the Commons ? Or, if Mr. FitzroyV often-expressed wish to retire vanished when the prospect of retirement ceased to be distant, why not have promoted the new Right Honourable to the Duchy of Lancaster, instead of Sir F. Baring or Lord Carlisle ? If either course had been taken, there would have been an Under-Secre- taryship in the Commons vacant, and the Cabinet would have escaped its self-imposed necessity of appointing Mr. Frederick Peel. LORD RAGLAN OR THE SYSTEM.—If Lord Raglan be as able and vigilant as Lord John says he is, one naturally exclaims, What must the system be which has brought our army to such a pass, in spite of his talents and his care ?" If the system be as good as Lord John asserts, the equally spontaneous question is, Who is the general that, in so short a time, has so nearly ruined such a well- appointed and well-regulating army." Times. A PRIZE.—At a publicsale at Lyons last week, an old picture, in a most filthy state, representing a Venus Bathing," was knocked down to a shoemaker foi 5f. The man, thinking that he saw some merit in it, gave it to a painter of his acquaintance to be cleaned. The painter offered him a day or two afterwards 150f. for it, but, the shoemaker superior, refused to part with it. He after- wards took it to a connoissenr, who declared it to be a Nicholas Poussin. The shoemaker has since refused 3,000f. for i'. ROBESPIERRE'S COOK.-Fabric Lepage died recently in the neighbourhood of Berne in his 85th year. He was cook to Robespierre, and under the reign of Terror took the name of Coriolanus. He retired to Switzerland in 1816, and has remained there ever since. ADMIRAL DUNDAS.-There is a report that Vice.Ad- miral Dundas has called upon Mr. Layard for a retract- tion of the accusation of cowardice made against him in the letter from the maintop of the Agamemnon," and that in the event of the demand not being yielded to, the admiral will proceed by a criminal information. MAURITIUS STEAMER.—Early on Friday morning this magnificent vessel, belonging to the General Screw Com- pany, was destroyed by fire in the graving dock at South- ampton. The flames were first seen near the engine-room, and before it was possible, to bring any water to bear, the whole ship appeared on fire. As there was about 5 cwt. of gunpowder on board,the plugs at the bottom of the ship were drawn out so as to drown the magazine, but without effect, as about half-past ten the powder exploded, fortunately without injuring the surrounding ships. The vessel is so damaged as to be utterly valueless. VALUE OF PRINTING.-In 1274 the price of a small Bible, nearly translated, was E30, a sum equal to at least £ 300 of our money. A good and clear printed Bible may now be had for two or three shillings. It is related that the building the two arches of London Bridge cost only E15, which is E5 less than what a copy of the Bible sold for many years afterwards. These facts afford a curious commentary on the changes and advantages produced by the extraordinary invention of printing, which has done so much to alter all the institutions of the world whereever the press has appeared. RUMOURED CHANGES IN COMMAND.—The Scotsman says.—" Lord Raglan will, we have some reason to believe, return home immediately. Lord Lucan, the commander of the cavalry, and who is supposed to be chiefly blameable for the mad and disastrous charge of the Light Cavalry at Balaklava, will certainly be recalled; and there art grounds for saying that the letter of recall was despatched from London on Tuesday, last week. Several of the supe- rior officers in the departments of the Quartermaster-Gene- ral and the Commissariat have, we think we may state, been also removed from their commands and ordered home. EFFECTS OF HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDYISNf.-In consequence of the dilatoriness of the late Government in sending out supplies and clothing at the proper time, it was found ne. cessary to give some large orders abroad for instance, the purchases made at Vienna consisted of 2-5,570 fur coats, 25,000 fur caps, 64,009 pair of woollen gloves, 52,000 ditto drawers, 52,000 woollen shirts, 52,000 pair of woollen socks, 50,000 gallons of spirits, 67,000 lbs. of cheese, SO wooden houses; all of which might have been supplied from home, but for our higgledy-piggledy system. A WARNING TO DEFAULTERS.—When a bank suspends in Australia, they take the president to a neighbouring tree and serve him in the same manner,—a simple remedy, but very efficacious.—Bangor (United States) Weekly Mercury. A FAMILY OF SIX CHILDREN AT A BIRTII.—The Dayton Gazette, publised in Ohio, states, on the authority of a lady of character who saw and counted the children, and had the mother's word that they were all born at a single birth," that a German woman lately passed through Dayton with six children, born at a birth. The woman was on her way to see her husband, who was sick at another place where he was at work. The children were all carried in a basket, and were all of a size except the youngest, which was smaller than the others.—Notes and Queries. GLASS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MARBLE.—An American, we hear, has invented a process by which glass is made to perfectly resemble and answer all the purposes of marble, at 50 per cent less costs. Centre table, mosaic floors, grave slabs, monuments, and even statuary as per mould, are the alleged fruits of this process. "The quarries of Carrara," say the New York Churchman," can yield no more delicately veined blocks; the sand that lies in the hill side, the open field, or out on the beach yonder, touched by the inventive genius of our age, becomes marble." DEATH OF MR. G. FLETCHER, AGED 108.-This ex- traordinary man, who was born on Feb. 2, 1747, at Clarb- rouf, in Nottinghamshire, died on the oth instant. From six years of age he had been brought up in the tenets of Wesleyism, and remained a member of that body till his death, and was a local preacher." He spent 83 years of his life in active pursuits. He was 21 years a farmer, 26 years he served his Sovereign in the army—was at the battle of Bunker's-hill, and followed Abercrombie into Egypt, where he gained the esteem and respect of his officers. He then entered the West India Dock Company's service, where he continued 36 years, when he retired on their bounty, still preserving up to within six months of his decease that astonishing activity of mind and body for which he was so remarkable, often travelling great dis- tances by rail, and preaching two or three times a day, regardless of persona l inconvenience, for the objects of charity and benevolence. Dr. Johnson said in his time that advertising had arrived at perfection in this country, but he would probably confess himself mistaken could lie see his own name thus made the means of calling the public attention to that famous cough lozenge, Wool ley's Pectoral Candy." The triumphs of this remarkable remedy in throat affections, coughs, hoarse- ness, asthma, and loss of voice, become constantly more and more astonishing; it is almost indispensable for aged persons. There is an advertisement in this paper, in which are given a few of the cures performed. L'hcse cures, se- lected from thousands of cases are stubborn, incontrovertible facts, about which there can be no mistake, and they may be glanced at with advantage by those whom this paragraph concerns.

—————— — RAILWAY T I M:E TABLE [ SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. I DOWN TRAINS. WEEK DAYS. DOWN TRAINS. WEEKDAYS. Starting 1,2,3 1,2,3!2 3, 1,2,3 Exp. 1,2,311 & 11ai. from class class class J class 1 &2 class :I. i 2 a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. am a.m. p.m. p.m. Paddington I 6.50 9.40 10.0 12.50, 8.55 Glo'ster de 6.30 0.20i 3.0 12.40 3.0 5,45! 2.1a Oakley-st 10.35 3.15 3.15 6.0 Newnham 7.5 10.501 3.30 3.30 6.15j 2.30 Gatcomle 7.13 10 55j 3.40 3.40 6.25i Lidney 7.23 11.6 3.52 3.52 6.371 2.40 Woolaston 7,33 11.16 4.2 4.2 6.47 Chepstow 7.48 11.32 4.18 1.25 4.18 7.0 2.55 Portskewet 7.57 11.40 4.30 4.30 7.10 Magor 8.3 11.52 4.41 4.41 7.20 Newport 8.18 12.12 5.2 1.50 5.2 7.40 3.30 Marshfield 8.28112.24 5.17 5.17- Cardiff 8,42,12.3.5 5.32 2.11 5.32 3.35 Ely 8.4112.42 5.40 5.40 St. Fagans 8.53 12.52 5.47 ?7 ? Llantrissant. 9.12 1.3 1 6.4 6.4 4.15 Pencoed 9.27 1.14 6.18 6.18 4,1,5 Bridgend 9.35 1.23 6.29 2.40 6.29' 4.31 Pyle 9.51 1.38,6.48 6.48 Port Talbot. 10.4 1.51 6.59 3.0 6.59 5.3 1 Briton Ferry 10.14 2.1 ?9 7.9 Neath a,, 10.20 2.6 7.17 3.8 7.17 Ditto de 10.25 2.8 7.22 310 7.22 5.13 Llansamlet 10,39 2.20? 7.33 7.33i 5.1.5 Landore 10.57 1.351 7.44 3.30 7.44 Swansea ..ai- 11.10 1.40 8.5 3.45 8.5 -6.40 Ditto .de 8.3010.50 7.38 3.25 7.35 5.45 Landore 8.40 11.5 8.0 3.35 8.0 Gower Rd. 8.5211.25 8.20 8.14 Loughor 8.57 11.30 8.25 3.50 8.19 Llanelly 9.5 11.40 8.35 3.55 8.291 6.20 Pmbrey 9.1 11.1 8.46 4.3 8.40j r Kidwelly 9.27 12.5 90 4.13 8.54 1 r Ferryside 9.3712.17 9.12 4.21 9.6 6.40 Carmarthen.. 9.5212.40 9.27 4.40 9.211. r 7.5 t St. Clears. 1.3 458——— ? 71 ? Whitland 1.44 5?5 J 738 J'J1 Narbertli Rd. 1.55 5.31 17.38 I Narberth Rd. 1.55 5?31 j 740 ? Clarb. Rd 2.17 5.48 ? 8?5 H?vcrfor?wost 2.32 | 6.0 !?'N83 ? £ I ] UP TRAINS. WEEK DAYS. 1 Starting I Kxp. | 1,2,3 | 1,2,3 j Exp. 1,2,31,2,3 Maii [1,2,3 ] from I & 2 class | class 1 & 2 class class 1 & 2jclass^ j a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m p m. p.m. p.m. p.m. i Haverfordwest 9.101 1.20 5 r 4.32 Ctarb. Rd 9.27 1.35 4^47 Narberth Rd. 9.47 5.7 Whitland 9.57 2.10 V 5.22 St. Clears 10.11 2.25 « | > 5.34 Carmarthen 6.20 10.35 2.55 ?(552 8.10 Ferryside 6.35 10.46 3.10 i 8.23 Kidwelly 6.47110.55 3.22 6.17 8.33 Pembrey 7.0 11.4 3.3,1 1 8.4.5 Llanelly 7.13 11.16 3.46 6.37 8.55 Louglior 7.22 i11.27 3.55 6.4 Gower Rd. 7.28 4.0 Landore 7.53 11.45 4'20 9.29 Swansea ..ar 8.1311.55 4.35 1 7.7 9.34 Ditto de 7.45 11.35 4.10 2.4,5i 7.12- Landore 8.3 11.45 4.20 12.52 Llansamlet 8.12 4.371 Ne?t)i.<:r 8.20 12.0 4,45.8 28 Ditto.? 8.25 12.2 4.47 1.1 /.30 BntonFprry 8,32 1 .55 P?rt Talbot 8.43 12.13 5.3 1.25 7.42 P)le 8.59 5.18 1.40? Bridgend 9.17!l2.35 5.31 1.551 8.7 Peilcoed 9.26 5.47 2.5 Llantrissant 9.41 6.3 2.20 8.22 St. Fagans 9.56 6.18 2.35 Ely 10,2 6.23 2.40 Cardiff 6.40 10.12 1.4 6.29 2.45 8.42 Marshrietd.. 6.53 10.25 6.44 2.57 Newport 7.5 7.5210.45 1.25 6.58 3.12 9.22 Magor 8.8 11.2 7.14 3.29 Portskewet. 8.1711.12.. 7.27 3.41 Chepstow 7.30 8.31,1123 1.50 7.38 3^55 9 57 X Woolaston 8.421" 74946 Ly(iney 8..50 ? 11.40 7.564J310.12 ? Gatcombe 8.5611.48 8.3 4.20 .ewnhám 9.9 jl2.3 8?64?3310.32 3?7 1 2el Glo'ster ..de 8.15 9.4512.50 2.351 8.50 5.3 11.4 .l'tddingtnu.n.25 2251 3.1,5 6.0 10.15 4.15 1 SUNDAYS. DOWN TRAINS. SUNDAYS. UP TRAINS. Startg. froii) 1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 Startg. from 1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 a. m. p. m. p. m 8. rn. a. m. P. m. Paddington 2.0 H. West. 9.0 Glo'ster ar 6.33Clarb. Road 9.15 Ditto de 8.20 6.40 Narb. Road. 9.35 Chepstow.. 9.35 7.55 Whitland 9,50 Newport 10.13 4.23 8.33 St. Clears 10^5 Cardiff. 4.48 8.58 Carmarthen 10.35 6.35 Bridgend 5.39 9.49 Ferryside 10.50 6.50 Neath ..ar 6.25 10.33 Kidwelly 11.2 7.2 Ditto ..? 6.50 10.35 Pembrey 11.15 7.15 Landore 7.15 11.0 Llanelly 11.26 7.26 Swansea ar a. m. 7.2011.5 Landore 12.0 8.0 Ditto ..de 7.15 7.30 Swansea ar 12.5 8.5 Landore i.2 57.40Ditto de 8.301 1.1.5 8.10 Llanelly J.50 8.5 Landore ..8.35! 1.23 8.18 Pembrey 8.0 8.15 Neath ..a 8.53 1.33 8.33 iiidwelly 8.12 8.27 Ditto ..? 9.0 1.35 8.35 Perryside.. 8.22 8.37 Bhd?end.. 9.44 2.17 3.18 Carmarthen 8.27 8.52 Cardiff. 10.42 3.3 10.16 St. Clears.. 9.12 Newport 11.11 3.2610.45 Whitland 9.29 Chepstow.. 11.51 4.10 Narb. Rd. 9.44 Glo'ster ar 1.4 5.16 Clarb. Road .10.4 Ditto de 5.25 H. West 10.19 Paddington ?10.0 I NOTK.—A train also leaves Newport on Sundays at 7.38 a.m. for Swansea, arriving at 10.15 a.m.-fhe Mail train runs the same as on week days.

LLANELLY AND LLANDILO RAILWAY. UP TRAINS. SUNDAYS Starting From 1,2,3 1,2,3 A-M< P M- A-M- *.M. A.M. P M. A.M. P.M. n Llanel11 ly (« S. nWr Rr. So t.v )' 9 10 4 10 8 25 8 15 Dock 9 151 4 15 8 30 8 20 Bynea 9 25( 4 25 8 40, 8 30 Llangennech 9 35 4 35 850 8 40 Portardulais 9 50 4 50 9 5855 Cross Inn to?! 5 10 9 25 915 Omnibus to Llandilo 11 40! 6 2510 5510 45 Cross Keys 10 30J 5 30 945 9 35 Gelly Ceidrim 10 31 5 31 9 46 9 36 Garnant. 10 35 5 35 950 9 40 DOWN TRAINS. SUNDAYS Starting From 1,2,3 1,2,3 Class Class A.M P.M. A.M. P.M. Garnant 9 45 4 50 9 55 45 (jet)yCeidrtm 949 454 9 9 549 Cross Keys. 9 50 4 55 910 5 50 H?ndilo.byOmnibus. 8 55 4 08 04 40 Cross lnn. 10 10 5 loj 930 6 10 Pontardutitis. 10 30 5 35 9 50 6 30 Llangennech 10 45 5 50 10 5 6 45 Dock 11 5 6 10,10 25 7 5 Llanelly (S. W. R. St.) 11 10 6 15110 30 7 10 Express to London from Swansea.. 11 55 VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. UP TRAINS. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. j i Starting From L2 3 L2 Sh2 ?1 2 ;) 1 2 3 Starting From Class Class Cla jClass Class Class i  1- SOUTH WALES. AM. P.M. p.M? P.M AM PM. Swansea dep. 7 34 12 45 4 10; 7 5830 735 Llansamlet 8 1 04 371 8 40 7 50 ?Neatli arr. 8 15 5 ? 1 8 445 721 853 758 YALE OF NEATH. Neath dep. 8 40 1 30 7 45 9 0 8 15 Aberdylais 8 45i 1 35 7509 5 8 20 Rcsohen 8 57? 1 45 8 C 9 15830 Gl'yn-eath. 9 7?153 8 8923 8 38 Hirwain arr. 9 27 2 13 8 28 9 43 8 58 Hirwaind. for Abedrare 9 33 2 20 6 30 8 35 9 50 9 5 Aberdare Arrival 9 45 2 30 6 45 8 4.5 10 0 9 15 Hirwaind. forMerthyr 9 30 2 16 8 31 9 46 9 1 L)wydcoed 9 37 2 23 8 3 9 53 9 8 Merthyr Arriva]. 10 0) 2 45 1 9 0 10 15 9 30 DOWN TRAINS. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS t 3 3'1 :l 3;1 2 31 2 31?31?3 Startmg From Class Class Class Class Class Class YAL;;F-; A.M. P.M. I- P.M. A. M Merthyr dep. 9 0 1 50 6 0 8 30 5 40 Llwydcoed 9 17 2 7 6 17! 847 557 Hirwain arr 9 23 2 13 6 23 85?6 3 Aberdare Depirture 9 5155?6 5 8 I 8 35 5 45 Hirwain Arrival 9 18 2 81 6 18 8 23 8 48 5 58 Hirwain ..dcp. 9 26 2 15, 6 25 855 6 5 Glyn-Neath 9 46 2 3*1 6 44 9 U 6 24 Resolven 9 56 2 43 fi 53 9 23 6 33 Aberdylais 10 10 2 55 7 5 9 35 6 40 Neath. arr. 10 15 3 0 7 10 9 40 6 55 1 & 2 SOUTH WALES. GXP Neath dep. 10 25 3 10 7 22 9 50 7 0 ???m?.????lOM3?733 10 r 10 Swansea arr.Ill 10 3 3 4250. ? 8 7 33 10 07 10 5 .10 15 1 7 3 0

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