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PEMBROKE PEMBROKE FARMERS' CLUB.—The Forty-sixth Anni- versary of the above society, will be held at the Dragon Hotel, on Saturday, the 1st of August, 1863. The Pre- miums for Live Stock will be awarded on that day. The entries for the Stock, must be lodged with the Secre- tary, not later than the 15th July and the Stock must be stalled in the Yard at ten o'clock, a.m. The dinner will be on the table at three o'clock. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL.- Weare happy to inform our readers that the above school is progressing very satisfactorily, the average number of scholars being very much increased, so much so that the Committee deem it necessary to have the schoolroom enlarged. Plans are now being prepared for that object. When the con- templated alterations are carried out, (judging from the rough sketch) it will be a very compact schoolroom with offices, &c., attached. It is hoped that the friends of education will feel it a duty to evince their practical sympathy with the Committee in their laudable under- taking.

PEMBROKE-DOCK. PEMBROKE ARCHERY CLUB.—A prize meeting of this Club will be held on Tuesday, the 21st instant, and an archery ball will take place at the Dragon Hotel on the following Thursday. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETy.-On Sunday, June 28th, the Rev. C. Price, M.A., Incumbent of St. Augus- tine's, Bristol, preached a sermon in aid of the funds of the above Society, in St. Mary's Church, Pembroke, when upwards of £ 6 was collected. We hear that an order was received at the Dock-yard on the 6th instant to commence building a line-of- battle ship, much larger than the Prince Consort to be called the Lord Warden. Her frame will be wood, and will be cased in iron. She is of a new design, and will possess all the qualities necessary for armour- plating. Great exertions are being made to complete the Research, so as to launch her, if possible, in about a fortnight's time, in order that she might be placed in the dock for the purpose of being iron-plated previous to the launch of the Zealous. Any persons desirous of seeing 300 men exerting themselves to the utmost of their ability to complete a vessel, we would recommend them to visit the Research, between the hours of bell ringing. It is expected that a vessel, wholly of iron, is to be shortly built in this yard.

N ARB E R T H. NARBERTH LIVING.-On Friday last, the Rev. H. C. D. Chandler was instituted to the above living, by com- mission, by the Rev. J. Thomas, of Haverfordwest, and inducted by the Rev, J. H. A. Philipps, of Picton Castle. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—An inquest was held at Jeffreston on Wednesday, the let instant, before W. V. James, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Rebecca Rees, a single woman, whose death, it was stated, had been caused by starvation. The following evidence was ad- duced :-Emily Hall: I live in Jeffreston, in the county of Pembroke. I knew the deceased: she resided in the village of Jeffreston. On Sunday last, about half past nine in the evening, I went to the deceased's residence. She was dead, with her head just over the bedside. Some people were there. Two children lived with her, one about nine years and the other about six years. I went there because the children said she was dead.—Thomas Henry Newsam; I am a surgeon residing at Saundersfoot. I am the medical officer of the Begelly District of the Narberth Union. I knew the deceased for the last four years or so. I was called in about three months ago. I found her suffering from no particular disease, save from debility. I entered it as such in my book, and presented it to the Board or Guardians. I have treated her for such, and gave her tonics. I prescribed animal food for her. She had it for some time. It was then stopped. I know of no cause of mine that it was stopped for. I recommended the food being continued. She was a single woman, with two bastard children. Her pay has been stopped for some time, I believe. In the last fort- night before her death, she was not able to be removed. She was suffering from extreme debility, and dropsy of the feet and legs. I consider her death was caused by exhaustion. I am of opinion that her death was accele- rated for want of necessary food. The deceased required keeping up. On the 14th of June, 1863, 1 wrote a report that she Will too ill to be removed,—William Joaes Rowe; I am the relieving officer of the Slebech District of the Narberth Union. That includes Jeffreston parish. I knew Rebecca Rees. She was receiving relief up to about a month ago. It was stopped by order of the Board. It was temporary relief given from fortnight to fortnight. A ticket was given her for the Workhouse. I did not report the case further. She was in bed. She said she was ill. I did not state she was in bed to the Board. She bad out relief because she was unable to come in. I offered to take the children in. I did not tell the Board that I thought her health was good enough for her to go in. I offered a conveyance for her to go in. The doctor did not certify for her to go in. I live at Kilgetty. I was in the village one or twice a week.-The Coroner, in summing up the evidence, expressed his strong dis I approbation of the conduct of the relieving officer, who should have informed the Board of the state of the de- ceased's health when the order for her removal ta the Workhouse was obtained. The jury returned the fol- lowing verdict:—' That the deceased died from the want of care and necessary food.'

soTYX SUICIDE.-An inquest was held on Monday week at Solva by O. T. Edwardes, Esq, coroner, on the body of Elizabeth Griffiths, who committed suicide by throwing herself over Llanunwas Cliff into the sea. The deceased lived with her daughter at Upper Solva. and bad been for a con- siderable time low spirited, but no idea was entertained that her state of mind was of such a nature as to lead her to the committal of self-destruction. She was missing from her bedroom on Friday morning, and a search being made, her body was found on Saturday about noon in a pool under Llanunwas Cliff, at a place called Gefni. The jury returned a \erdict:—'That the deceased threw her- self over the rock into the sea, while in an unsound state of mind.'

CARDIGANSHIRE. ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE.—REPORT OF STUDENTS' PLACES. JUNE 25. 1863.-Final Certificate :-Class 1— G. V. Gollison; Class 2-William Rees and W. H. Har- rison; Class 3-John Williams, W. A. Thomas, John Jones, Joshua Jones, E. J. Davies, and John Hughes; Class 4-David Davies, Morgan Jones, G. S. Llewellin, Daniel Lewis, John Hopkins, and J. S. Williams. Biennial Class :-Class I-Thomas Johns, D. H. Davies, David Griffiths, D. O. Davies, and E. W. Davies; Class 2 -Thomas Richardson and David Jones, jun. Final Classics :-Thomas Theophilus, Thomas Mathias, and Pryce Wilson Jones; Class 2—W. Seys Phillips, W. J. Williams, John Davies (Bettws), and Edward Edwards; Class 3-Samuel Evans and David Rees. Responsions:- Class I-David Jones, senior, and H. W. Davies Class 2 -R. Berriman and J. Parry Morgan (equal), I. J. Har- ries, W. H. Bruce, and John Rees; Class 3-J. David Jones, G. E. Lewis, John Davies, Erasmus Evans, and J. Hill Harries and David Williams (equal). Prizes:- Hebrew, G. Y. Collison Theology, G. V. Collison; Bates, David Jones (senior); Logic, J. W. Williams; Mathe- matics, David Pugh; History, Jaires Griffiths; Classics, T. Theophilus. Commended-In Hebrew, William Rees; in Classics, Thomas Mathias and P. Wilson Jones. The Creation Essay Prize for 1862 is adjudged to David Jones, Senior Scholar. Graduates.—B.D.: Rev. Joseph Hughes, rector of Llanwddyn, St. Asaph, and the Rev. David R. Jenkins, vicar of Llanllwch, Carmarthen. The Examiners were the Rev. Thomas T. Perowne, B.D., Fellow of C.C.C. Cambridge, and the Rev. George Raw- linson, M,A., Lord Camden's Professor of Ancient His- tory, late Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

GENERAL INTEIJJaENCEr ARMY AND MILITIA SERVICES (1862-62).—A parlia- mentary paper baa been issued presenting a detailed account of the army and militia expenses for the year ending March 31, 1862. From this document it appears that the total of the original grants for 1861-2 was X15,273,751 supplemental grants in aid of expenditnre for army services for the year ending 31st of March, 1862 £ 609,409, and there was received out of the vote of credit granted towards defraying the additional expenses con- sequent on (tbe China war, beyond the ordinary grants for the year 1861-62, £ 266,490; together £ 16,150,100. In addition to this, there is an amount of £ 44,105 applicable to army grants for years prior to the 31st of March, 1861, making a total of £ 16,194,206. The expenditure for wages, supply, services, and works, was C6,221,787 and for all other army services, £9,710,883, making the total expenditure, £ 15,952,670. The balance unappropriated, applicable to 1861-62 is stated to be £217 429 and the balance of 1860-1 and prior yg(krg .1;44,105, bai4rtqiug the account At £ 16,194,206, SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE ClTy.-On Saturday morning, at eleven o'clock, a shocking accident happened at No. 19, Broad Street Buildings, Broad Street, City, by which a man named Thomas Freeman lost his life. It appears that the premises were being pulled down to make room for the works of the North London Railway. Deceased was standing on the top of a wall when, by some means, he fell headlong down, and was within a few inches of crushing police-constable 121, of the City police, in his fall. As it was he came on his head on the pavement, his brains were dashed out, and his ribs broken. He was removed, horribly mangled, to the hospital, when life was of course found to be extinct. The escape of the police-constable was most miraculous, the body of deceased almost grazing him in the descent. A POLICEMAN GORED BY A Cow.-On Monday morn- ing, shortly after two o'clock, an infuriated cow belonging to a butcher named Nash, in Three Colt Street, Lime- house, was released from a stable in Denmark Street, Ratcliffe Highway, and ran wildly through the streets. After knocking down and injuring several persons, a police-constable named Beer, No. 106 K, made an effort to stop the animal in Broad Street, Radcliffe. The cow made a rush at him, and one of it horns pierced his skull, and he was raised from the ground in an apparently life- less state and conveyed to the London Hospital. He has received such fearful injuries that it is not expected he will long survive. The animal pursued its mad career in the streets of Shadwell, Radcliffe, Mile End Old Town, and Bethnal Green, for upwards of an hour. Various attempts were made to secure the cow by dairymen, drovers, and butchers. It was in a timber yard for some time, and a halter was thrown over its bead. Consider- able mischief was done by the cow, the halter was broken, and a timber carriage heavily laden was placed across the Bethnal Green road to intercept the progress of the cow. This barrier was overturned by the animal, which then proceeded to the towing path of the Regent's Canal and gored one of the horses. The cow was eventually driven into the water, a poleaxe obtained, and the animal was killed, and the carcass hauled out of the canal with ropes. FATAL FIGHT.-An inquiry was held at Hammer- smith, on Wednesday night, by Mr Bird, coroner, regard- ing the death of Richard Philip Collir.s, thirty-six years old. Mr G. Lewis, jun., represented Joseph West, who was charged with the manslaughter of the deceased. Joseph DorsettsaLd that on the evening of the 6th June deceased and a man named West were at a public-house in the New-road, Hammersmith. Deceased was tipsy, and West only partially so. West threw down a sovereign and said, I will fight you now.' Deceased said that he would fight if any one would back him up. John Simp- son, a brickmaker, said that he would do so. A man named Newell stopped the fight at that- moment; but when he left for a few minutes they pulled off their coats and fought outside the house. West knocked deceased down nearly every time, and fell on and over him. Simp- son picked West up, although he bad promised to pick up deceased. Before the last round deceased said he would give in; but West knocked him down. After that they both went into the house. West then wanted to renew the fight, but deceased refused. Maria Collins said that deceased was a brickmaker. He worked until lately for West, but had left him and went to work for Messrs. Bird. West was angry at that. He was dreadfully injured when he returned home after the fight. A doctor was sent for, but be never rallied, and died on the follow- ing Tuesday. Dr Tomlinson said that there were open wounds on deceased's head, resulting from blows. From the appearance presented, he was of opinion that some- thing hard was in the hand when the blow was inflicted. The post-mortem examination showed death to have re- sulted from abscess on the brain frJm the blows. After a short deliberation the jury returned a verdict of Man- slaughter against West. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS ERSKINE NAPIER. KC.B.—The colonelcy of the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot has become vacant by the death, on the 5th in- stant, at his seat in Scotland, of Sir Thomas Erskine Napier, K.C.B. He was second and youngest son of the Hon. Charles Napier, second son of the 6th Lord Napier of Merchistoun, and brother of the late Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and was born May the lOth, 1790. The late general entered upon his military career, just after he had attained his fifteenth year, in the 52nd Regiment, and served with thatregiwent at the siege of Copenhagen and battle of Kiogo, in 1807, and in the following year acted as aide-de-camp to General Sir John Hope in the expedi- tion to Sweden. Sir Thomas served subsequently in General Sir John Moore's campaign in Spain, including the retreat to and battle of Corunna. He served in Sicily with the 52nd until the autumn of 1810; and afterwards served on the staff in the Peninsula, including the defence of Cadiz, battle of Fuentes d'Onor, second siege of Bada- jos, battles ot Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, and the Nive, including the various engagements near the mayor's house, slightly wounded on the luth of December, and severely on the lltli, when he lost his left arm. In 1838 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and in May, 1860, made a Knight Commander of that most honourable order' of knighthood. In January, 1854, he was appointed colonel of the 16th Regiment of Foot, and, on the death, in the summer of 1857, of General Sir Sir James Macdonnell, G.C.B., he was transferred to the 71st Regiment. The late general was for some years assistant-adjutant-general in the northern district of Ire- land, and had held several other staff appointments. His commissions bore dale as follows: —Ensign, July 3, 1805; lieutenant, May!. 1806; captain, Oct. 27, 1808; brevet major, Dec. 26, 1813; brevet lieutenant colonel, June 21, 1817; colonel, January 10, 1837; major genera), Novem- ber 9, 1846; lieutenant general, June 26, 1854; and gene- ral, September 20, 1861. For his distinguished services in Spain and Portugal he received the silver war medal with seven clasps.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS. Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, should be sent to us in Manuscript, properly authenticated. We cannot under- take to search other papers for these announcements, which are frequently found to be incorrectly printed, or turn out to be untrue. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., at No. 12, Cambrian Place, in this town, the wife of Mr James Thomas, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Swansea, the wife of Mr. B. B. Pratt, jeweller, &c., of this town, of a daughter (still- born.) On the 1st inst., at Ruther Lane, in this town, the wife of Mr William Oliver, shoemaker, of a daughter. On the lIth inst., at Trevethyn Parsonage, Mon- mouthshire, the wife of John D. Roberts, Esq, of a daughter. On the 5th instant, the wife of Mr S. S. David, chemist, Laugharne, of a son. On the 8th instant, the wife of Mr John Davies, Kings- bridge, near Pembroke, of a son. On the 6th instant, Hill Street, in this town, the wife of Mr William Lewis, of the firm of Lewis and Reynolds, Cabinet-makers, of a daughter. MARRIAGES On the 11th inst., at the Register Office, in this town, Mr Henry Williams, Ruther Lane, to Miss Mary Collins, Merlin's Bridge. On the 14th inst., at the Register Office, in this town, Mr H. Wiloock, Siekal, Brawdy, to Miss Ruth Adams, Llether, in this county. On the 10th instant, at Harroldstone St. Issell", in this county, by the Rev. James Thomas. Mr Thomas Jones, of Merlin's Bridge, near this town, to Miss Dorothy Davies, of the same place. DEATHS. On the ISth instant, at Dale Castle, Pembrokeshire, Charlotte Caroline, the beloved wife of John P. A. Lloyd Philipps, Esq., aged 61 years. On the 7th instant, at the residence of his soa, Mr John James, Barn-street, in this town, Mr James James, carpenter, highly respected by all who knew him. On the 9th inst., at Solva, Mr William Jones, late police officer, aged 82 years.

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Windows of the north wall.-New open seats will occupy I the places of the old-fashioned, high-backed pews- drowsy and sleepy looking, where the good church-goers ooald take their weekly nap with the strickest privacy. 'Sleep no more; the open seat has murdered sleep.' Great f-Ve has been paid in the formation of the seats to their comfortable appearance, and when stained and varnished they will be a great improvement. At the expense of the town council the corporation seat will be erected taiform in design with the ether seats in the nave. The stone work of the arches is being cleaned, the ceiling of the nave stained and varnished, and a moulding added as afinish between the wall and the panelling. Screw doors Will be placed at the principal entrances to prevent Naughts. Doctor Sutton, our late mayor, present a new fading desk, of substantial and elegant construction, *orthy of the church in which it will be placed. Such are the improvements done and being done, towards Which there is in band about £340. We are glad to hear it is the intention at another time to make still further to Sroceed with the alterations, the rector and parish wisely etermining to count the cost and to have the where- withal to pay, before making more changes. Alter a While the noble old edifice will look as it ought—one of, it not the finest parish church in the Principality. One thing should be attended to before the winter season. The warming of the church as formerly was a mere Spology: the little heat diffused through the church was entirely carried off by the draught of open doors during the beli ringing; besides, the heating apparatus was not Sufficiently powerful to render any appreciable benefit to the congregation, the large area of the church being t#ken into consideration. When the old buildings to the west of the church, and for the purchase of which deposit money has been paid, shall have been pulled down, and their place occupied by a west wall with rail- tags, the church will be a still more pleasing object than *t present.-While thinking of the look of the church, it Beeras almost a pity that the outside should have been Whitewashed some years since: however pretty and pic- turesque a thatched cottage may look under such treat- ment, we much doubt the propriety of applying white- wash to SaiRt Mary's Church. Happily the present style is decidedly an anti-whitewash one, and we may live to see the abominable stuff scraped off and the walls painted. THE SHAKSPERE TER-CENTENARY MONUMENT COM- AlITTEE.- W e have been favoured with a circular, issued by a provisional committee, embracing among its mem- hers celebrities in every walk of literature, who have In view the proper and becoming celebration of the ap- proaching three-hundredth anniversary of Shakspere's birth, and which they believe will be most fitly accom- Plished by the 'erection of a lasting national monument,' an idea which presents itself prominently to the minds of the millions who speak the language, and acknowledge the humanizing genias of the great dramatist.' Ger- many has raised statues to Goethe and Schiller; France to Corneille and Molierc; Scotland to Burns and Scott; Inland to Goldsmith and Moore. England honours the Memory of her illustrious warriors, statesmen, and savans V public monuments; yet has no national memorial Of her greatest poet.' No national memorial of Shak- Jpere? Certainly! no hard, tangible memorial of founded hrass, or sculptured marble; but a memorial existing in j^e minds of the ten thousand times ten thousand, who have drunk deep of his eternal pages, whose thoughts, Whose lives have been imbued with his excellence. But there, we live in a matter of fact age, the monument of the mind' is too fine, too indistinct. So, then, not for Ourselves, but for generations yet unborn, let us have a Illbstantial and national memorial that our descendants 4ead not be ashamed of when they say to their children's Children, 'This is Shakspere.' It we remember right Mathews (ihe Mathews at Home) Theodore Hook, and 80rae others interested in literature and the drama, com- lIteoced in their time a similar undertaking; but owing tO a diversity of opinions as to what form the memorial Should take, or some other antagonistic causes, nothing of it, though for some time the two gentlemen we have mentioned took a great interest in it. Another of failure we believe to be, was the exclusiveness of Jh# affair. We think we are right in saying that donors not to be sought for, except in the circles of litera- and rank; the undertaking wanted, therefore, the National character with which it is the ocbject of the Present committee to invest it. 'They appeal for aid and co-operation to all who love the large and liberal Mature of the poet, to remedy the hitherto national neg- j*ot.' We rejoice at this catholicity. The lovers of "hakespere are everywhere bounded by no imaginary circles of rank or profession—there is one point where all {hay meet, agree, and admire; the rich, the poor, the 'earned, and ignorant, the poet, or 'the man of time: "-it is where they view his great mind, from the Watform of nature—and though the delicate finishing riches of the master handv are to be observed and en- JOYed by the cultured intellect alone, yet the cartoon-like °Utline of each beauteous creation, true to nature in ;ter1 feature, calls (through the nature that is within) Or the admiration of the veriest' mental pauper' among Who does nor sympathise with Constance when with sorrow sits enthroned, whose request is— 0, if thou teach me to balieve this sorrow, Teach thou this sorrow how to make me die ? felt the pitiless helplessness of guilt with Macbeth's 111-struck wife— All the perfumes of Arabia will not Sweeten this little hand.' Who has not felt the contagious fun of Falstaff and Launce Of shuddered at the legal cruelty of Shylock-or shed tears I PIty with young Arthur—who has not detested the vil- 4hy of Iago-trembled for Antonio's pound of desh. r°urned the blighted troth of 'Hero,'—orwth 'Orlando,' verses on trees in praise of Rosalind.' All honour .j80 to our great, our own Shakspere, the perfecter of our ^ama> t|je poet 0f nature, the versatile painter, filling V Cental horizon, with myriads of personified beauties Jiving morals, adorning life-like tales—inspired author sorjgj whose words breathe music—from the tripping Øasure that places us face to face with summer. 1 When daisies pied, and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver white.' to the azure-tipped, fairy-winged songs of Ariel, and the jj.?'r<l-like verses sung round the witches' caludron, that is with the electricity of excitement,' and make us— 9 St David in legendary lore-to 'Hear the sound of rushing angels' wings, j». And harpers harping upon golden strings.' writings were the efforts of an intensely fertile, orous mind, or to quote Dryden Shakespere was the who* of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had ^largest and most comprehensive soul;' here we will The Provisional Committee anxiously awaits the ^Portunity of merging itself into a more permanent which shall generally represent the literature ftrs of the day, they therefore solicit the aid of all Is rested in the movement. The progress already made satisfactory,—the Dramatic Author's Society' has uj^'sed its cordial co-operation, and other important 'Mr 008 are dai'y received. Communications on the §,°Ject may be addressed for the present to the Honorary Of tbtary, pro. tem., of the Committee, or the Secretary (Vtb* Dramatic Author's Society, at 28, King-street, Garden. VVe take leave of our subject with the Ilk'8 own words (appropriately selected as a motto by Committee) and which we Know all will agree with— 'I have some rights of memory in this kingdom, Which now to claim my vantage doth invite me.' L.P.B. VESTRY MEETING. lkwVestry meeting was held on Friday week for the pur- °f auditing the Churchwardens' accounts, and other fen Rector in the chair. They accounts gave *al satisfaction. It appeared that the gross receipts been as follows:— RECEIPTS. £ 8. d. £ eW-rents, 1862—3 138 1 6 ffnts of Church lands 83 10 1 balance from the previous year 18117 *hterest of Capt. Cook's charity. 1 12 6 X405 1 21 » EXPENDITURE. 44zoutit of Captain Cook's charity invested the hands of the official trustees 100 0 0 the Church tower, including ,Dew lead gutters 55 0 0 t* scellaneoua expenses 147 10 7 a'anceinhand 102 10 7% Jhe«K • £ m fcte^uftiroaan stated that the expense of completing vthoiii,ation of the Church would be about £ 800, which ^jflght might be raised by means of subscriptions, a *1^ year, and by taking £ 200 from the Churoh .^solved that £ 50 of the balance in hand should cn» towards purchasing the houses on the south- of the Church-yard. "H5 to the lapse of many life sittings, it was desirable that they should be inquired into, and an arrangement made, so that the members of the same family should, in all cases, have all their life sittings together. The fol- lowing committee was appointed to assist the Church- wardens in carrying out this resolution:—The Rector, Mayor, Town Clerk, C. Allen, Esq., and Mr T. Morgan. The meeting then broke up. TENBY NEW LIFEBOAT. I A fine new lifeboat has just been forwarded by the National Lifeboat Institution to Tenby. This lifeboat is to replace a smaller one which was deemed unsuitable for the locality. The boat is thirty-three feet long, eight feet wide, and rows ten oars double-banked. Her self-righting qualities were fully and satisfactorily tested on Monday last, in the Regent's Canal Dock. Limehouse. The water she shipped was self-ejected, through patent valves, in twenty seconds. The following are some of the valuable qualities of the boat:—1. Great lateral stability. 2. Speed against a heavy sea. 3. Facility for launching and taking the shore. 4. Rapid self-discharge of any water breaking into her. 5. The important advantage of self-righting, if upset. 6. Strength. 7. Stowage-room for a large number of passengers. The boat was built by the Messrs Forrestt, of Limehouse. The cost of the lifeboat, which amounted to 9262 10s, was presented to the Institution by Frederick Magenis, Esq., of London. The Great Western and South Wales Railway Companies liberally gave a free conveyance to the old and new lifeboats over their lines between London and the Ferryside. The National Lifeboat Institution has now two hundred and twenty-five lifeboats in connection with it. Of these twenty-eight are stationed on the shores of the Bristol Channel and on the Welsh Coast, namely: -Penarth, Porthcawl, Swansea, Llanelly, Carmarthen Bay, Tenby, Fishguard, Penzance, Sennen Cove, St. Ives, Newquay, Padstow, Bude Haven, Appledore, Braunton, Cardigan, Aberyswyth, Aberdovey, Barmouth, Portmadoc, Llan- ddwyn, Rhoscolyn, Holyhead, Cemlyn, Moelfre, Penmon, Orme's Head, and Rhyl (Tubular). Some of the fore- going lifeboats have during the past winter been instru- mental in stormy weather in rescuing many a shipwrecked crew from an inevitable death. It may be interesting to recapitlate briefly the operations of the National Lifeboat Institution. During the past year, in addition to saving twenty-one vessels from destruction, three hundred and fifty-eight lives were rescued by the lifeboats of the Society. For these services rewards amounting to X915 18s 6d were voted. The number of lives saved by the lifeboats of the Society, or by special exertions for which it has granted rewards, since its formation, is 13,166. For these services eighty-twogold medals, seven hundred and thirty-two silver medals, £17,110 in cash, have been granted as rewards. The Institution has also expended upwards of £72,000 on lifeboats, lifeboat transporting carriages, and boathouses. Surely a Society which has thus been productive of the greatest service in the cause of humanity, will not have to appeal in vain to the public for help, to enable it to continue its merciful work on our dangerous seaboard. We may add, that contributions for the National Lifeboat Institution are received by all the Bankers in London and in every town in the United Kingdom; and at its house, 14, John Street, Adelphi, London. THE LIFEBOAT. 'The blessing of Him that was ready to perish came upon me.' Hark! an awful tempest breaks upon the night. Winds and waves are roaring; 'tis a fearful sight! See the noble vessel, wrecked upon the deep. Many a heart is failing; many an eye doth weep. Helpless men and women—Hark! that anguish-cry! Shall we see them perish, all unaided die? No! a shout of succour ringeth through the air; Hope again shall waken, 'mid the dark despair. See, the glorious lifeboat bursts upon the view: Hasten to the rescue, noble-hearted crew I Leave the sinking vessel; dash the billows o'er, With your precious burden—they are safe on shore! Heaven shall speed the lifeboat o'er the stormy wave, Human lives to rescue from the sailor's grave. Christian men and women, shall we plead in vain For the helpless victims on the fearful main? Give of your abundance, valued lives to save, From the sinking vessel-from the ocean grave. I S. S. B.