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G 11 E A T W E STERN RAIL W A Y. '"ffic Return for the week ending June 2, 1SU7 :— ,.al, £77,4:25 Corresponding week, 18(i6, £ 77,209. F. CLUTSOM, Chief Accotintarit.

DUTY OF VOLUNTEERS IN CASE OF RIOT. The following memorandum in regard to the employment oi volunteers in aid ot the civil power has just been issued from the War Oflice:- 1. Questions having arisen as to the power of the civil authority to call upon the volunteer force to act in aid of the civil power in the suppression of riot or public commotion, and doubts having been expressed as to the duty of the members of the volunteer force if so called upon, the following circular is issued for the general information of the volunteer force, in accordance with the opinion of the law officers of the Crown :—. 2. Her Majesty's subjects are bound, in case of the existence of riots, to use all reasonable endea- vours, according to the necessity of the occasion, to suppress and quell such riots, and members of the volunteer force are not exempted from the general cl obligation, 3. The civil authority is not in any case entitled to can upon or order volunteers to act as a military body with or without arms iu the preservation of the peace. 4. Members of the volunteer force may, in com- mon with all her Majesty's subjects, be called upon and required by the civil authority to act as special constables for the purpose of suppressing and quelling riots. 5th. In case of riots and disturbances not amoun- ting to insurrection, and not having for its objects the commission of felonious acts or the subversion of the civil government, special constable, whether volunteer or other, should not be armed with or use any weapon other than the ordinary constable's staff, and in such cases no volunteer should, when acting as a special constable, appear in his military dress. In cases of serious and dangerous riots and disturbances—for instance, in case of insurrections or of riots having for their object the commission of feloniaus acts or the subversion of the civil government—the civil authority may call upon them, and require her Majesty's subject generally, including volunteers, to arm themselves with and use such other weapons of defence or attack as may he in their power and may be suitable for the occasion and such other weapons may be used accordingly by her Majesty's subjects, including volunteers, according to the necessity of the oc- casion. 7. Firearms should be the last weapons so to be called into action, and should be resorted to only ill cases where without their use it would be practically impossible to quell disturbances. 8. All her Majesty's subjects, including volun- teers, in acting either as special constables or otherwise for suppressing and quelling riots, are entitled to use and put in action such knowledge and practice of military discipline and organisation as they may possess for the purpose of making combined strength and the use of such weapons as the occasion may justify more effectual. 9. Her Majesty's subjects, including volunteers, in cases in which it is proper for them to act for the suppression of riots, shou!d;act, if it be prac- ticable, under the direction of the civil authority but they will not be released from the obligation to us their reasonable endeavours for the suppres- sion of riots and disturbances, according to the necessities of the occasion, if magistrates should not be present or not within reach of immediate communication, when any such occasion arises. 10. In the event of an attack upon their town houses or armouries, members of the volunteer corps may combine and avail themselves of their military discipline to repel such attacks and to defend such storehouse and armouries, and for such purpose may, if the necessity of the occasion re- quire it, use arms. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The wheats are looking a little rusty from the frosts in Norfolk, but, on the whole, promise well. Barleys on the light soils are luxuriant, but on the heavy lands they have rulfered from wire-worm. All sorts of bay promise an abundant yield. The wheats have not suffered so much in Essex from the sudden changes in the weather as might have been ex- pected. Upon the whole they have improved in appearance, although in some localities they will be thin. Barley has suffered in Essex from the cold frosty nights, and looks pale and sickly, more especially upon the cold clays and the poor gravelly lands. Oats, peas, and beans are looking pretty well in Essex. The hay crop in the same county will be a heavy one. SHEEP STRUCK BY LIGHTNrr\G.- The heavy thunder- storm which passed over the neighbourhood of Chelms- ford on Tuesday appears to have caused some con- siderable damage, and at the residence of Mr Bott. Broomfield Hall, two sheep and five lambs were killed by lightning under rather mysterious circumstances. A fine old oak tree, standing in a meadow near the hall, was struck by the electric fluid and shivered to pieces, and one of the labourers, who had been a witness ot this disaster, saw a sheep run from the tree at the moment it was struck, and after running a short distance fall down apparently dead. He at once ran to Mr Bott, who hastened to the spot and found that the sheep in question was dead, and that a number of other sheep and lambs were lying huddled together near the tree, having all apparently been struck by lightning. Of these two sheep and five lambs were dead, the others being only siightly injured, and strange to say beyond a few small bHck spots on the head none of those killed were discoloured or marked in any way. BURSTING OF AM EMBANKMENT NEAR FLEETWOOD -Mr Bowie, of Limerick, who had undertaken the filling up of a large aperture in Kirk Scar Bay, near Fleetwood, commenced active operations a few weeks ago there. A number of navvies made their appearance, and earthworks were thrown up in a circular form, extending a considerable distance in- land from the aperture to be enclosed. Openings were at first left to allow free ingress and egress for the tide, but one by one these openings were subse- quently closed, until all except one was shut, that being at the point nearest the railway bank, along the base of which the tidal current was strongest. To meet the difficulty of this last inclosure a double row of piles had been driven, at about twelve feet apart, and all the force of joiners which could be mus- tered were got together to nail fast to these piles planks of deal three inches thick to resist the action and pressure of the tide. A base of earthwork had also been made several feet deep to bank up and support the wooden fencing thus 'made, and in the addition of about 50 navvies from Barrow, making about 200 in all, it was hoped the resistance would be made successful. The men all worked energeti- cally, and before the reflux of the tide the boarding was finished, and the spectators, of whom there was a large number, believed that the victory was cer- tain. But half-an-hour before the tide had reached its height the water began to percolate the bank in rear of the boards, and in a very short time, in spite of the determined efforts made to stem the current, the piles were lifted from their places, the deals rent I asunder, and the water rushed back to it old domi- nion. £ eyeral of the men had very narrow escapes. k

EXCITING SCENES AT A FIRE. At an early hour on Saturday morning a scene of an exciting character was enacted in one of th? streets of Birmingham. Smoke was slowly filling in Nevvtown-row, the residence of Mr James Ede, draper. A fire had broken out in his shop, and the smoke and fumes were gradually filling his house, which adjoined the shop. Mrs Ede was awake she roused her husband, who looked about anxiously for a way of escape. He had got out through a window, and in going along the roof he slipped through a sky light, and his fee: were very badly wounded. Recovering bis self- possession, he assisted his wife out of the window with her baby, and crossing the roof of his own and of an adjoining shop he & his charges gained access to a neighbouring house, the inmates of which were aroused, and admitted the party who so sud- denly claimed hospitality. But there still remained three persons sleeping in Mr Ede's house, and the fire was every moment gaining ground. The persons imperilled were Mr William Ede, his wife, and a female servant. By vigorous cries of 'Fire' the alarm was happily communicated to them. Mr William Ede being roused, jumped out through a window in the rear ot the house, and ran for a ladder with which to rescue the other inmates. He got the ladder, placed it to the window, and was making his way up it when it broke. A wall van close to the window. Mrs William Ede could not jump on to it, nor could the servant. To attempt it would have been to incur the imminent risk of being killed. by a fall. But Mr Wm. Ede could bridge the chasm with his body, and he did it. He rested his feet on the window sill and clung with his hands to the wall, and his wife passed over him and the servant followed. The fire engines arrived, and seeing no prospect of being able to save the shop or anything in it, the firemen directed their attention to the preservation of the premises on either side. While they were at work, Mr William Ede remem- bered that a £ 20 note lay in the pocket of his over- coat inside the burning building, and offered a sove- reign for the recovery of the coat. A young man ventured to entered the house, and groping about in corners where he could not see, was thrilled bv tha touch of a coat. It was the senseless body of Mr James Ede, who had gone to alarm his brother and his brother's wife and servant, and in the attempt was almost suffocated. In the hurry and confusiuti nobody knew that he was missing and in danger. As soon as he regained consciousness he was sent in a cab to the General Hospital. The fire unrooted. the shop and consumed all the goods. The damage- is roughly estimated at from £300 to Xl,)Oo. It is partially covered by insurance with the Royal Firs- Insurance Company.—Birmingham Post. A GOOD LITTLE BTLL.-The Lord Chancellor has brought iu a bill to enable the widows and children of poor persons dying intestate to recover small sums of money due from savings banks, friendly societies, and such like, without incur- ring the cost of taking out letters of administra- tion, which often exceed the value of the pro- perty recovered by them. This boors is to ba given to them by the simple process of making an affidavit of the facts before a registrar of a county court after the lapse of it month from the death, who is to grant a certificate that shall en- title the bolder to receive debts not exceeding £ 100 in the whole, and payment to such persons is to be valid. The registrar is to be empowered to make necessary inquires into identity and the facts, and to exercise his judgment as to granting the certificate. It is a small measure, but it re- moves a great grievance affecting many persons.— Law Times. A REASONABLE STRIKE.—The whole of the pit- men usually employed in Washington Colliery, oa the Wear, have struck work, and have refused to go into the pit until proper keps' are put into the shaft, to prevent, if possible, the recurrence of an accident to the cage, such as that which hap- pened at the pit last week, by which ten men and lads were killed. The masters promise to get the keps put in as soon as possible, but the men refuse to resume work until these safeguards are completed. The men also complain that their lives are endangered by a locomotive bein^ allowed to run between the engine house and the shaft mouth, by which, if the men are being drawn to bank at the time the engine is passing, the engineman is likely to be prevented from seeing the cage arrive at the bank. The men have determined to seek legal advice, to see if it is possible to get some legal compensation for the families of the men who were killed on Friday week. Two of them only were members of the Miners' Permanent Benefit Society. DEARTH OF SURGEONS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY.— The dearth of naval surgeons is much murmured at on the sickly station of Jamaica, where, we are sorry to learn, that the yellow fever is adding more victims to the list of those who fall in per- forming their duties to the sick. Several ships are without their full complement, and it is said that: one ship-of-war, the Minstrel, has been sent to cruise off Jamaica without a medical officer. The frigate Phcebe, about to sail from Plymouth for the West India station, had not, by last advice. received her proper number of assistant surgeons. It is to be inferred that the confidence of the pro- fession in the will of the naval authorities to act liberally towards it is not yet completely restored. The terms and conditions of retirement after long- service seem to weigh heavily on the judgment of young medical men, who have far brighter pros, pects open to them in civil life and in other depart- ments of public life.-British Medical Journal. CRUELTY TO CALVES.—A Liverpool physician— we believe Dr Skinner—and another correspondent of the Liverpool Daily Post call attention to the horrible cruelties involved in the prevalent practice of whitening' veal for the market. The miserable calf is bled to fainting by a stab in the jugular vein the wound is stuffed with tow; a little gruel is administered to restore the action of the heart, and presently the wound is re-opened 'if the blood does not flow readily, the tail is twisted hard up, and the animal tortured with blows and kicks.' This specie. of torture is kept up till death is imminent. The poor animal is then tied together neck and heels and slung head downwards. The skin *f tne neck is then partially removed and the congeries of veins cut; across with- the knife. 'An occasional blow with the poleaxe is given as it flaps to and fro in the air and'the last remnant of vitality is roused to the perception of pain by the process of dressing, which consists in skinning the animal at certain parts and. blowing in air while the body is sedulously beaten with rods.' All this refined torture is "inflicted because people will have their veal bleached' till it: is as white and as tasteless as a kid glove, instead of possessing a rosy tint and a wholesome flavour. This is evidently a matter in which public opinion should be biought to bear in aid of humanity and if the accounts thus given by the correspondents of the Liverpool Daily Post be correct, the sooner the bleaching' calves is numbered among the things of the past, such as the whipping of pigs to death, the better for our consciences and our reputation.- British Medical Journal,

11 A V E n F 0 R D WE S T M A R IC E T. Saturday, June 8, 1867. ?d"'p to Mutton, 7d to Sd Lamb, 7d to 9d Veal 4d Po^lJ to 7d; Butter, 0» lOdto Is Od Kg<js, 18 for Is, ^9ese'pVc' t0 I"31' couple; Ducks, 3s fid to os Od ditto pa,! ,s l)(l to Os Od, Turkeys, Os rd to 0s Od each; Chees>\ 3d T'er H) °i Old Potatoes, 20 lbs. for Is Od; New Potatoes, 4d •> ■i»acon Pigs, 0s Od to Os Od per score.

'WJe. ^asherwomen of Rouen have struck work to ofbraer,ti>en»elve8.' Tboy get 1 f. 25c. (Is) and a glass Va,1(Jndy (let goutte) per day they want 2f., a glass of b« Us)^' .a cup of coffee, and insist that no other starch in their Laundries but the Glenfield. French paper. U "■ ?;'isI)ls°^v,^Y's OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Cramps—Neuralgia— » their -hese severe nervous affections are happily moderated fafrelN intensity and duration by the soothing and purifying 'iestl ese inestimable prepartions. Whether the cramp be 5?Plica»i, ac^> iegs, or toes, it yields with equal facility to the w 0rde)' '-1 t^le Ointment; and the recurrence of these dis- ri s effectually prevented by a course of Holloway's Pills, 1 ?estirml-e^u^ate the stomach and bowels that perfect and easj I?051. thil^?sui'ed> and spasms avoided. The Ointment gives tinted j 's Seneral relief. Enlargement of the glands, ob- invM "e^e°tive circulation are likewise soon corrected by anri-Ua^c Preparations, which purify and strengthen the impart tone to every organ in the body. 4b2j?S8MAKING rendered EASY, FASHION- A INEXPENSIVE, by obtaining life- paper patterns of the London and Paris gSuPplied post free by Mrs Brown, 16, Christie A a'« «!UTJ -Hackney, London, as follows The new FrillrJ SK',RT» (plain in front), 2s; Crinoline for do., r^0l't Ski t ^ore<^ Petticoat to correspond, 2s. The new ia°lino f (shewin& tlie petticoat) 2s; the Petticoat, 2s; ft ^prisinc,01' san?e' new short walking costume, ^rillcesapS-nPeUicoat' skirt' bo<iice, and paletot 5s 6d. ?aPper o1688' cut one> Morning Peplum >Todices ,6<1, Dressing Gowns, 2s 6d. Dress open Li sleeves> is very elegant do., with the rai8t> Is fideeVoi' ^0■s- Peplum from ,ai»e8oles 1 'eeTes, lOd. Zouaves, Garibaldis and Faiet' 8 6d- Out-door Peplum and other Jackets r0?'8 out nf kittle girl's Dress, 2s 6d. (jj 55 Peplum do, 2s 6d. Knickerbocker styip j. ^"ildren's Jackets, Is 6d; and every ji0tat Patterns h prices charged elsewhere. N.B. s easily Co jGln| given to cut from, the above may yiea, {stamps reeeiyed io payment.

f BIRTHS, MAEEIAQ-E8, & DEATHS. Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, should be sent to us in Manuscript, properly authenticated. W e cannot under- take to search other papers 2or theseannouncements, which are frequently found o be incorrectly printed, or turr out to be untrue. BIRTHS. On the 23rd inst, at City Road, in this town, the wife of Mr Henry Lewis, of a son. On the 26th ult, at Moville, Ireland, the wife of Mr William James, of the Inland Revenue Cutter 'Badger,' of a son. On the 29ch inst, at hia residence, 50, Archer Street, Bayswater, London, the wife of Mr Thomas Mathias, df the firm of Messrs Mathias and Ely, drapers, &c, of the above place, of a son. DEATHS. On the 3rd inst, at Ruther Lane, in this town, the wife of Mr John Rees. On the 3rd inst.. at (Martha Lodge, Merthyr, Mr James Lloyd, formerly of Ciry Ko*d, in this town. On Monday, the 3rd instant, Maria, the beloved wife of T. Elliott, Esq, of Dolhaidd, aged 30 years. On the 3ist ult. at the residence of her brother- in-law, Newport Rectory, Pembrokeshire, Mrs Parry Thomas, of Newoastie-Emlvn, aged 75 years. On the 29th ult, at Gr?at Frederick-street, Cardiff, of bronchitis, Sarah, widow of the late Mr Samuel Evans, editor of the Seren Gomer,' aged 64. On Wednesday, the 29th instant, at Sydenham, Lady Charlotte Greville, sister of the late Henry Richard, second Earl of Warwick, in her 70th year.

EXTRAORJENARY CA fcn BY A FLSHKRMAN. A novel piscatorial incident occurred in Dovedale on Monday afternoon. A gentleman angling on the Staffordshire side of the Dove threw his line across the stream, the bait was taken, and from the force of the pull he anticipated a splendid catch. In an instant the rod was dragged out of the fisherman's hand, and casting his eyes across the stream he saw a cow rushing up the bank on the Derbyshire side of the river with thp rod and line dangling at her tail.—Derbyshire Ad- vertiser. LOST AND FOUND.-Abont five years ago, Mr Robert Starkie, of Higham, in the Forest: of Rosen. dale, having to leave home for the day, as a matter of caution placed a bag containing £6.5 amongst some potatoes stored in one of the rooms. On returning the following day he found the bag had disappeared, though everything else appeared just as when he left, and inquiries having failed to elicit any thing respecting the hidden treasure, he had long ago given it up for lost. A few days ago, however, owing to a marriage celebration, it was decided to have the room white- washed, and while this was being done a string was discovered hanging from a hole in the wall on the string being pulled, out came the missing bag con- taining the money, not a farthing of which was gone. It is supposed that it had been conveyed to the hole by rats. THE NEEDLE Gux.-The Military Journal of Berlin has the folloivj'tj,- The needle gun has not to fear, comparison either with the English Snider or French Chassepot. Here is the result of experiments made on the 19th March last, the temperature at three degrees of cold, the weather sombre, and the soldiers inexperienced 80 men, without knapsacks, but with their ac- coutrements, lying down with their cartouche boxes close to them, fired during 32 seconds, at a distance of 400 paces, 350 shots, and hit the target 75 times in the hundred. Those men who had not been at all prepared, and had been simply told to hit the target as soon as possible in the time given, fired consequently 4 1-6 shots per head, which makes about eight rounds a minute.' THE SEAHCH FOR. DR. LIVINGSTONE.—On Saturday the expedition which is to penetrate the interior of Africa in search of Dr. Livingstone left England by the African mail steamer which sailed from South- ampton. It consisted of only four persons: Mr E. D. Young, who has been entrusted with the command Mr Henry Faulkner, a volunteer, who accompanies the expedition at his own expense; and two men, named John Read and John Buckley, one a mechanic, who travelled with Dr. Livingstone for two years and a half in Zambesi, and the other a seaman accli- matised on the East Coast of Miica, and thoroughly acquainted with the nature of the country. The steel cutter which has been furnished to the expe- dition to enable them to navigate the rivers and lakes in Central Africa through which they will have to pass was taken out in the same vessel, and the African Steamship Company has undertaken to carry it to the Cape of Good hope free of cost. It is expected that the expedition will arrive at Lake Nyassa, at the northern end of which Dr. Livingstone is said to have been murdered, by the end of September next. A PPVKDICH X.—The People's Magazine predicts that the coding summer will be one of the hottest on record; the deduction being made from the following axioms established by Dr. Kirwan First: That when there has been no storm before or after the spring equinox, the ensuing summer is gene- rally dry. fit least five times out of six. Secondly That when a storm happens from any easterly point, either on the 19th, 20th, or 21st of March (the equinox), the succeeding summer is generally dry four times in five. Thirdly That when a storm arises on the 25th, 26th, or 27th oi March, and not before, in any point, the suc- ceeding summer is generally dry four times in five. F. urthly That if there be a storm frnm S.W. or W.S.W on the Hhh, 20th, or 22nd of March, the suc- ceeding summer is generally wet five times in six. Some other arguments are used, but the principal is that the mouth of March began with N.E. or N.N.E. winds, continuing with scarcely a change to the 17th, when the wind advanced to a point or so tothe S. of E., but returned to E.N.E. on the 10th, and so continued to the 21st. On the 22nd there was a 121b pressure of the wind from the in fact, the weather was stormy from the S.E. from the 20th to the 22nd. It follows, according to Dr Kirwan's second axiom, that the ensuing summer will be dry. t A MADMAN IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.-The Salu Public relates a fearful scene which took place a few days back between the stations of Blaisy and Dijon, in a third-class carriage of a train on its way from Paris to Lyons. Among the passengers were three foreigners, supposed to be natives of Flanders, who had been conversing exclusively among themselves in their own language during the earlier part of their journey. About eleven at night the majority of the travellers were dozing, when suddenly the silence was broken by one of the strangers, who, waking up in a state of raving madness, broke out in the most horrible cries, and, falling upon his fellow-passengers, commenced striking and biting them right and left. A panic ensued, in which the travellers blimbed over the partition into the adjoining compartment, followed by the madman, still striking and biting those whom he could reach. Some persons, in their terror, opened the door and took refuge on the ledge outside, although the train was going at full speed. At length 'a Zouave, more courageous than the rest, closed with the lunatic, and after a struggle in which his hand was bitten severely, succeeded in pushing him out of the door and on to the line. The passengers arrived at Dijon in a state of mind which may be easily imagined, and had their wounds dressed by the sur- geon of the station, who had some difficulty in convincing them that the bites were those of a madman, and not from a person suffering from hydrophobia,

bowling of Messrs Williams and Allin, on the Mil- ,°ra Slc^e> ar"J Messrs Buckland and Ree*, on the Haver- ordwest side, was very good, and the batting generally Was very meritorious. Mr H. M. Williams's score of 12 Wall "ell obtained, and was composed of one 3, one 2, 1°"J'nK'e3. Messrs Backland, Kees, C. Saunders, »nd • 'ylliams batted very steadily: the last named gen th- an s wicket fell for 37, obtained by some very Sue play, iie ground was not rery favourable, and being sur- ounded .by long grass, the players failed to get the vatie their hits which they would otherwise have obtained, etween the innings the players partook oi luncheon at too Lord Nelson Hotel, LAUNCH.—On Wednesday evening last, a very hand. some clipper smack of 50 tons burthen was successfully Punched from thebuilding yard of Mr John Rees>. The Wremony of christening was performed by Miss Garrett, Milford, after which the dog-shores were knocked -own, when the elegant little craft glided into the water, alllld the cheers of a number of persons who had congre- gated to witness the event.