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,^e articles produoed. Mra Ayling also identified flatter articles! ffle prisoner said Mrs Ayling gave her all the articles Committed to take her trial at the Quarter Sessions. J- SPECIAL BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS. ENIOZ,dav, October 14th, before W. Trewent, mayor, ~jS(l> W". Hulm, Esq, T. Mansel, Esq, J. Dawkins, ■yq, and D. A. Reid, Esq.] Elizabeth Llewhellin, who was committed for trial on tt urday ^as';» was again brought up charged by Gapt. ^enry Edward Glass, with that about six weeks ago, did steal, take, and carry away, four diaper towels, other diaper cloth, one pillow oase, one pocket- lndkercbief, and one sheet of the value of 103, the Pttpwty of Gapt. Glass. Mr W. o. Hulm, of Pembroke, appeared for the pro- bation. Ilenry Edward Glass deposed I am Capt. of the 37th <7e§k> 13th depot battalion, at Pembroke Dock. I know e prisoner Elizabeth Llewhellin. She has been nurse. ^7 house till some day last week. She had been ere a month or six weeks. We miased articles out of j.Ur house. On Friday last Mrs Glass looked over her ell and found ten towels missing. Some marked A. and some not marked. Tha pillow ease marked *• Bridgeman (being Mrs Glass's maiden name) is property of my father-in-law. The nominal value is log. William Banks deposed: 1 am private in the 37th e8t.i I am Captain Glass's servant. X know the pri- cier Hrs Llewhellin. She was at Captain Glass's °Use from 3rd of August. I identify the towel as 4Pt. Glass's property. I believe the others to be bis j!toperty, and a pocket-handkerohief: the pillow case p Baidgeman I believe to be my master's property. # S. Robert Irving deposed to finding the articles Oduced at the prisoner's house during the search on tfiday. ,tarrhen charged by the Bench, prisoner said I did not take the sheet. 8 The prisoner was committed for trial at the Quarter Ossions on this charge also.

PEMBROKE-DO OK. £ ^IDO"WS OF DOCKYARD Al EN".—We, United Service ^aye ver^ 8reat pleasure in stating that an order a" been received at Woolwich Dockyard from the Lords the Admiralty, desiring that the names of all widows j)eftllea employed in the services of the yard who died ^,ore serving the full term of ten years accessary to en- eia a pension should be sent in, as their lordships 0j e totimated their intention of considering the merits |0 case. This announcement on the part of their W ^ave g'ven great satisfaction, a3 it is well y that many who have died just before the expira- Pen ,0^ ^erm service entitling their widows to a *'ieTf k&Ve that fatality left them wholly unpro-

CARDIGAN. 9 ITG?TRV.GTIVB EIRKNKAR CARDIGAN.—On Sunday week 've ^re occurretl at 3 farm house called PQH- Dear ^is town, when all the grain in the bayguard destroyed. The cause of the fire remains a mystery. QJJSNY READINGS.—On Tuesday evening week a public the Was at tlie Guild iu connection with fj„ ab°ve Readings, when a committee, chairman, trca- 9p er: honorary secretary, and officiating secretary were Pointed, and other business transacted. COUNTY GAOL.—-On Friday week, a great g„ l of the magistrates of the County met at the «0hM if PUTPoa0 °f ascertaining whether this gaol altered, so as to meet the requirements of the W*°nera' "^Ct' an(^ s"gJ>esti°ns of the Government 'lent °r' W^° reported that there were no suffi- tL.« a?comm^dations and that the building was de- ve in ventilation. We are informed that the nriagis- v° °P'n*on that the gaol can be properly altered, Wl^- COunty saV6^ the immense expense *ike\-1 nS a now 8an^' whieh Bt one time appeared the 0fdered. It is not yet known what will be that thp 86 t',e re1u^ite alterations, and considering ^0Ped ft °°Unty is at Present heavily taxed, it is to be as econ the magistrates at Quarter Sessions will be O"OMical as possible with the public money.

CORRESPONDENCE. fPg j 0 not consider ourselves responsible for the opinions and sentiments of our Correspondents I — IlIP4 BUSINESS OF the TOWN AND THE b TOWN COUNCIL. HafAR SIR,-I should like to know by whom and by Only au^.°rity the Market Hall, a public room and the ila8 K room in the place belonging to the town, *M8ee\.lent t0 a hawker *"or the sale by auction of ^te. ^T"'ch directly interferes with the trade of the "II., paymg tradesmen of the town. Some years ago it *^evil,eaj to a strolling vendor of cloth, that is the th '1St or shodd7' specimens of that article, but it ih^ti heQ ^at a real injustice was inflicted on the 50^ Prostituting the use of the Market Hall, and the jt «hou^UnCil oace Passed a resolution to the effect that utJon h not be 30 let a8aic« Has any counter reso- sub'6611 ^a8Se^ since that time ? Now that I am on 8j!ec!' a7 as well say that the tradesmen of this stronSly the conduct of the aristocracy in f^Port'' §°ods from London and elsewhere, instead of trade the town. If I am rightly in- 'Peu^ a. S°°d many of those same tradesmen never ^Hd to j,lxpence in the place if they can help it, but Uo» n^aDd ^or goods for their own consumption, iWl chance offers crowd to tho Market ■» all t l^e^r ready money and spend it profusely. hftg u°V trade °* the town is wretchedly bad, ^taijj een so for a long time past. With dealers in ,^Ute. rare.8' I expect it will be even worse for the .^Utj j a conclude this letter by asking two ques- n*QS thA ^own Council justified in directly in- > 8^le 0f e the town by lending their room for >lkteP*yerf,ag°0d3 to non"resideots, and, of course, non- tk 1 by Bni ?n^. not the tradesmen themselves see a • do n paling with each other for such articles as °'iQg °ot themselves respectively vend, they are ace ia a most unfair and suicidal manner ? Yours, &c, -A- LOOKER-ON. rrordwest, 11th Oct. 1867. trough your paper, to let my friends a«J11'8 Visif^lL kn°f the result of the Bishop of Cape- M tKp Tenby. The collections in Tenby Church feting amounted to £ 7112s 5d. ■ "F- r After the meeting I was promised a donation of £5, t< be paid at Christmas, and one subscription of S10 per annum for five years. I shall be glad to add to my list, and shall be happy to receive the names of any who are wi.l- ing to help the good Bishop by donations, or subscriptions promised for five years. At the Bishop's request I will act as his commissary for this purpose, and will take charge of any money intended for Capetown diocese. I will take this opportunity of thanking all friends, in the Bishop's name, for their kindly welcome and liberality to him. He speaks of Tenby as one of the places where he has been most refreshed and encouraged, and to which he owes a large debt of thanks.—I remain, &c., GEO. CLARK. Robeston Wathen, Oct. 8, 1867. P.S.-It may interest some of your readers to remind them that in in 1858, when the Bishop of Capetown last visited Tenby, the collections in the church were X57 10s 2d, and that the meeting produced X30 10s 4jl, making a total of X,88 Os 6d. The annual subscriptions then promised for five years amounted to £ 1S 10s. I must not forget to add the princely donation by the Ptev. J. M. Traherne of £ 500. Neither must I omit to notice that one of the first to greet the Bishop of Capetown when he reached England in July last, was the widow of Mr Traherne, who assured his Lordship that no one would have welcomed him more warmly than her late husband, and begged his acceptance of another sum of £,;00 for the work of Capetown Diocese."

BIETHs7M^EIAG¥s7^BEATHSr Notices of Births, Marriagea, and Deaths, should be sent to us in Manuscript, properly authenticated. We cannot under- take tc search other papers for these announcements, which are frequently found o be incorrectly printed, or turr out to be untrue. BIRTHS. On the 7th inst, at Quay-street, in this town, the wife of Mr Joseph Thomas, ironmonger and corn-merchant, of a daughter On the 1st inst, the wife ofW. E. George, Esq, solicitor, Newcastle-Emlyn, of a daughter. On the 10th inst, at Spring-gardens, in this town. the wife of Mr Michael White, cashier to William Davies, Esq, of a eon. MARRIAGES. On the 8th instant, at St. James Church, Dover, by the Rev J. C. Murray Ayosley, A.M.. uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev. Horace Wheeler, A.M., Charles Bateman Prust, Esq, 60th Rifles, only eon of Charles Prust. Esq, of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, to Emma. eldest daughter of Major Murray Aynsley, Madras S'.aff Corps. On the 1st inst, at the Tabernacle Chapel, Cardigan, (by license), in the presence of Mr Havard, registrar, Mr David Evans, Troedyrbiw, Llangoedmore, to Miss Jane Williams, Ty'rdolau, Llangoedmore, Cardigan- shire. On the 30th ult, atPenbryn Baptist Chapel, (by license), in the presence of Mr Havard, registrar, Capt David Griffiths, Pilot-street, St. Dogmells, to Miss Hannah Williams, Feidr-fawr, St Dogmelis. On the 8th inst, at St. Michael's Church, Pembroke, by the Rev O. B. Byers, Incumbent of Christ Church, Croydon, assisted by the Rev. Charles Douglas, Vicar of Pembroke, Frederic Lanning, Esq, solicitor, to Georgina Mary, youngest daughter of the late George Bowling, Esq, of Pembroke. On the 8th inst, at Llandilo, in this county, Air David James, Gilfach Ddofn, Liandissiiio, to Miss Meichior, Lhndilo. On the 8th inst, at Rhydwilliam, in this county, Mr Thomas Phillips, of Maesderwem, to Miss Dinah Eynon, Dolfelfet, Llanycefn. On the 12th inst., at St. Mary's church, in this town, by the Rev T. Ault, Mr John Thomas, tailor, of Market- street, to Miss Martha Sayee, of Dew-street. On the 12th inst., at the Registrar's Office, Pembroke, Mr Benjamin Eynon, Police Officer (No. 11) of the Pem- brokeshire Constobulary, (stationed at Pembroke,) to Catherine, daughter of Mr Wm Rowlands, painter, &c, Orange Town, Pembroke. DEATHS. On the 14th insh, at City Road, in this town, after great sufferings, the wife of Mr Thomas Davies, painter. On the 7th inst, at Crandale, in this county, Anne, the beloved wile of Mr Daniel John, aged$6 years. On the 3rd inst, at Mabus, Cardiganshire, John Allen, the deeply loved and only son of John Allen, and Eliza- beth Lloyd Philipps, aged 16 years and 11 months. On the 6th inst., at. No. 4, Rocky Park, Tenby, Mr. John Wariow, aged GO years. On the 5th ult, at Saint Helier, Jersey, Evan Davies, Esq, surgeon, R.N., of the parish of Troedyraur, county of Cardigan, aged 76 years 4 months. On the 6th inst, at Honeyborougb, in the parish of Llanstadwell, in this county, Mary Bilson, aged 89 yeiirl., wife of the late Sergeant Bilson, of the 11th regiment of Foot, and who followed her husband through many cam- paigns, and an eye witness of the storming of Badajos: and had to lament the loss of her husband at the Battle of Salimanca, 1812, after many years of active service for his countrv as a brave soldier. >»I I—TIIWI'IN.IIINLIWORICWIIWIWINWIMIIIIIJMI III'IIHMJ IWW

Hoix OWAY'S OINTMEN'T AND PIIXS.Marvellous cures of sesatica,stiffioints, paralysis of the limbs, and other crippling di eases of the bones, sinews, and muscles, have been accom- plished by Holloway's Ointment. It is the only unguent which produces any impression on these complaints. The Pills also work wonders. The ointment and pills should be both used at the same time, for the action of the one is greatly assisted by that of the other. Why should any human being suffer from the abovementioned maladies, when Holloway's Ointment and Pills are to be found in every city and town in the world? These noble medicaments are "composed of rare balsams, and are as benign and safe as they are powerful and effieacious. Ladies should use only the Glenfield Starch, which never fails to give the most complete satisfaction, The Glenfield Starch is exclusively used in the Royall Lanndry, and Her Majesty's Laundress pronounces it to be the finest starch she ever used. Prize Medals were awarded for its superiority, and the manufacturers have much pleasure in stating that they have been appointed Starch purveyors to the Princess of Wales. The Glen- field Starch is sold in packets only, by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c, &c.

PLEDGING GIRLS.—Girls are pledged in certain parts of Rajpootana by way of security for money. A case of this description lately transpired at Kishenburgh. It was brought to the notice of the governor general's agent, who remonstrated with the maharajah, and his highness in reply informed him that although in inferior castes, such as that to which the plaintiff belonged, the impledgment of children was a common occurrence, still at the agent's desire he had had the girl restored to her parents, and the tbakwar censured. We trust this de- testable practice will be at once done away with.— Hindoo Patriot. DASTAKDLY OUTRAGE.—On "Wednesday morning, about eight o'clock, as Mr John Heywood, stationer, of Deansgate, was driving into town from his residence at Stretford, in company with a friend, he was shot at when near the Northumberland Arms. The horse attached to the conveyance, which was rather a spirited one, started at the report of the pistol, and Mr Heywood's attention was directed to checking its speed. On looking round, however, he saw his assailant running off. Mr Heywood describes him as wearing a velveteen coat and corduroy trousers, and in general appearance as resembling a bricklayer's labourer. Several persons near the spot heard the report of the weapon. Mr Heywood is not aware of anything which could have made him the sub- ( ject of such an attack, but there is reason to believe that he was mistaken for some one against whom the would-be assassin had some animosity. The fellow es- caped, but Mr Heywood is confident he could identify him.—Manchester Courier. FEMININE GAMESTERS AT SARATOGA. — Feminine gamesters, it is said, have grown quite common here. The most fashionable women play against each other, and enter into games of hazard with fierce excitement. Cards are their weakness, and they have lately adopted poker' as their favourite. They bet their jewellery and articles of dress when they have no money, ana have been known to pawn their watches, diamonds, and bracelets to obtain means to regain their losses. Some of the private rooms of the hotels have been tbe scenes of such determined and desperate encounters between women as no one who saw them under the circumstances would deem possible. They have sat at the table, pale and haggard with excitement, unsexed and deformed by the passion of avarice, and have started with affright When the garish daslight revealed the ghaetliaesa of their unaatural occupation*—Saratoga Letter.

f MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERT. A most extraordinary story is reported from an out of f the way part of Staffordshire. The point at which that county abuts upon Shropshire and Worcestershire is a wild district, covered to a great extent with thickly grown underwood, and, where clear, containing only one or two small farms, and a few cottages occapied chiefly by charcoal burners. Arely Castle, now the property of a Liverpool merchant, by whom part of the district is owned, is not far off. The other part belongs to the Earl of Dudley. The place has been long noted for the wild and lawless character of its few inhabitants. It was formerly a mimhig district; but so long a time has passed since any pits were worked there that almost all know- ledge of them was lost. The underwood was so thick as to hide the mouths of the old pits, and it was only now and then that parlies of charcoal burners came upon them. One day recently some of these men were at work, and, wanting water, they made? a search, and soon found' what they supposed to be an old well. They drew water from it as they needed, and one of the men was astonished one day to find the sleeve of a woman's nigbi dress in his bucket. He called Siia fellow workmen to him, and in making further search they pulled up a guano bay, which was found to contain the corpse of a child. As soon as the hag was op-ened the body fell to pieces. It had been wrapped in a nightgown and placed in the haa:, to which a brick had been tied by a string. The police were communicated with,, and an iaqrsest opened. No evidence of importance was obtained beyond the statement of a surgeon to the effeet that the body must eave lain in tha pit for art least eighteen months. The coroner adjourned the inqiuest in order that a further search might be made. Men were ordered to drain the pit. The task was far from pleasant The water was found to be so strongly impregnated with putrescent animal matter that it was necessary to supply the men with stimulants to enable them to continue at work. After having drawn up a considerable quantity of filth they reached what they supposed to be the bottom; but innenxl of being that, it was a quantity of tree branches which had been I tumbled into the pit. Resting among these branches they found the bones of a second child, which had lain in the pit a much longer time than the body which was first found. All trace of flesh and of clothing had dis- appeared. Searching still further, and still raising quantities of filthy animal and earthy matter, the remains of a third body were found. These also were flesh- less. and an examination of the bones proved them to be those of a lad at least six years old. It seemed quite certain that the lad had been brutally murdered, A cord was found tied tightly round the-ankles. It is noticeable that the skull was the only part of the third body which could not be found. The men at work were soon made aware that the place they were draining was of extraordinary depth. They had found already what, proved to be two false bottoms, made chiefly of branches of trees, of underwood, and earthy matter, which had sdted in with surface drainage. The inhabitants of Upper Arely, a village about a mile and a half away, and of other places about, were of course greatly excited as the reports of the several disooveries were made, Then all sorts of traditional stories wero learned; among others one in which it was stated that the pit was at least 100 yards deep, and was the shatt of a mine which had not been worked within the memory of the oldest inhabi- tant. The process of draining it has now been stopped. The police have not yet succeeded in obtaining any evidence as to whom the children were, or by whom they were murdered.

THE ALLEGED FENIAN OUTRAGE IN LONDON. LONDON, Monday. The inquest on the body of Edwin M'Donnell, a bandsman in the 2nd Life Guards, who was shot in a street turning out of Holborn, on the 27th of September last, was resumed this day before Dr. Lankester, coroner. Mr Poland watched the case on behalf of the Crown; and Mr Warner Sleigh attended on behalf of John Groves, who is in custody charged with the murder. The coroner, on taking his seat, said that be had made no application on this occasion for Groves to be present. There was no Jaw by which the coroner could insist upon the accused being brought before him. He would leave it to the jury to take their own course. He thought it would be better to take what evidence they could on the present occasion, and then they could again adjourn. Mr Warnei1 Sleigh said be had no wish that Groves should be brought up. He had no wish either way. A juror said that the majority of them thought that if any evidence were brought forward which would tend to criminate Groves they were of opinion that he should be present. j The coroner said that the only witnesses yet examined bad not been able to identify bim. He thought they had 1 better proceed with the inquiry. fIenry Furber, who was with the deceased the night he was shot, repeated the evidence which he had already given at Bow-street. In answer to Mr Poland, witness said he had received since the occurrence the following letterf LONDON. Dear Friend,-Forgive me taking the liberty of writing to you, but I am a young woman who can swear to the man that committed the murder. I am going to bury my mother to-day in the country, so I shall not be able to see you till Tuesday, then I will tell you all about it. I will call to see you in William. street, then I will tell you all about it.—Yours truly, 4 HARKIET WILLIAMS.' Anna Maria Jenman, the writer of the letter, was then called. She said she signed it with a false name because her husband bad strictly forbidden her to say anything about the affair for fear that it might bring disgrace to him. On the night in question she went with her husband to the play at the Holborn Theatre. After she came out she had words with her husband, and parted from him at the Turk's Head. While standing at the Turk's Head, she saw two men, one with a long, fair beard, and the other a dark man, go into it. Soon after three young men went into the house, but came out directly and went up Southampton-row, followed by the two men before alluded to. Missed sight of the latter, and shortly after heard the report of firearms, and feeling timid she ran to New Ozford- street, there met the same three men, who came up Hart Street. Heard the man with the long beard say that he had shot one but not the right one. They went across Oxford-street and joined a female, and then she lost sight of them. Witness had not seen Groves. In- spector Thompson was called in, and instructed to take witness to the House of Detention, for the purpose of identifying Groves. Thomas Hitching, one of the bandsmen who were with the deceased, and Mrs Byrne, the keeper of the Turk's Head,' also gave evidence, the latter as to Groves and a man named Healey, who was with him on ths night in question, and who had since disappeared. man The woman Jenman was recalled, and stated that she ¡, had been to the House of Detention, had gone into four cells, and had identified the prisoner in the fifth, who was stated to be Groves. She now stated that she saw Groves and another come out of the Bull and Anchor and go up a narrow street,, and Groves put on a be aid and moustache, and then went to the Turk's Head. She followed them, heard Groves swear that he would shoot the b-, and he then went into the Turk's Head. She was severely cross-examined by Mr Sleigh, and stated that her husband had been out of work for five weeks, and got a guinea a week when in work. She had heard of no reward, and had never read the reports of the case through. The inquest was adjourned to Tuesday the 22nd. OUR BLACK DESCENDANTS.- At a meeting of anthro- pologists, which had also an international character, at Paris lately, M. Q11atrefages, one of the most eminent French savans^ raised the question, whether the first in- habitants of Europe were white or black. M. Quatre- fages thinks that whites preceded every where the negroes, who descend from them. The principal argument which he invokes in favour of that opinion is the following :— All travellers who have lived in countries where only the negro race dwelt have remarked that sometimes children were born of paler colour, less distant from the white type. This, says M. Qaatrefages, is to be ex- plained by the influence of white ancestors, whose type reappears exceptionally amongst their negro descendants. This reappearance of the ancestral type is what is called atavism; 'and, as black children are never found among the white races, it must be inferred that, if the negroes descend from the whites, the whites do not descend from the negro^r-MrUkh Medml Journal, [ T BOMB SHELL FOUND.-On Thursday evening, th-.men who were engaged in laying the new gas pipes in Sbip- quay-street, Derry. dug up a bomb which had done duty at the siege. It was broken, and was at first supposed to be ore, but on examination it was proved to be a verita- ble piece of war material, about two inches thick, and as large as the one that is preserved in the Cathedra!. ALL FOR LOVE.—A young Russian Prinoo of fourteen, at school at Neufehatel, ran away with a troupe of mountebanks to Soeure. Being brought back by the police he again escaped, but was arrested at Vienne (Isaure) by the gendarmery and taken back to Neuf- ehatel. Lore for a danseuse was the exciting cause. The Dundee Advertiser relates the following anecdote: -gI suppose the want of the Frenchman's language would be the greatest ditnculty ?' said a townsman the other day to a neighbour recently returned from the Paris Exhibition. I Oh, a dinna ken,T replied the tuuriat^ tin y were just as bad w:' us.' A contemporary tells a funny storv of a rifle corps ia the Yale of Chvyd who were exercising in a field, when a cow charged them, and thev all ran off-that is, save one man, who, obedient to rule, dropped on one knee and 1 prepared to receive cavalry.' At the first prick of the bayonet the cavalry retreated.— Oswestry Advertiser. A CURIOUS PostT IN THE SAME L.VWS—In a case recently before the Keswick County Court, to recover the value of a gun taken from a poacher, the point was raised whether the gamekesper of the lord of a manor can seize and take a gun from a poacher on the manor. Ti^e judga (Air f. H. Ingham) delivered the following judgment. He said it appeared to bim that in all cases where the Legislature intended to include 'gun,' that word has always been introduced. Here it wss not so introduced. But the most conclusive fact of 11!1 to his mind that the Legislature purposely left out the word 'gun,' in the 13th section was the language of a subsequent section, tlia-t if aay person shail ase any dog, gun, net, or other engine, or instrument, for the purpose of searching for, or killing or asking gamf,' &-c. Here every word of the 13th. sec. was used, bllt adding the word ,un.' If tba word.? of the 13th sec. included g-un, would net the Legislature have used the same language in the 23rd see.? He had come clearly to the opinion that the Legislature never meant to give the power of seizing a gun,, and therefore his verdict would be for tho plaintiff. EFFICACY OF DR. DE JSMGH'S LIGHT-BROWN Coa LIVER OIL IN CONSUMPTION AND DiSKASKS OF THE CHEST.—It is universally admitted by the most emi- nent medical practitioners that Dr de Jonah's Cod Liver Oil is beyond all question the most valuable remedy for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest. No remedy so rapidly restores the exhausted strength, improves the nutritive functions, stops or diminishes emaciation, checks the perspiration, quiets the cough and expectoration, or produces a more marked and favourable influence on the local malady. Dr Waudby, Physician to the Hereford Infirmary, bears the fol- lowing high testimony to its efficacy from his own personal experience: 'I can take Dr de Jongh's Oil without difficulty or dislike, and with as little incon- venience as water alome. Not only in my own case, but in many others I have seen, it has caused an improvement of ehest symptoms, and an increase of weight, so soon and so lastingly, as to be quite re- markable. r believe Dr. de Jongh's Oil to be the most valuable remedy we possess for chronic and constitutional disease.' Dr de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in capsuled imperial half- pints, 2s 6d pints, 4s 9d quarts, 9s; labelled with. his stamp and signature, without which none can. possibly be genuine, by his sole consignees, Ansar. Harford, and Co, 77, Strand, London and respecta- ble chemists. HIGHWAY ROBBERY NO I LkrK.At the Castle, York, on Saturday, three men, named Charles- Shctiv, George Burton, and Cyrus Pearson, were brought before a West Riding bench of magistrates, on the charge of highway robbery. The prisoners, it appeared, were all working C. as farm labourers with Mr Holliday, of Snap ton, and in. the same employ was a more aged labourers named Francis Metcalf. The latter was the prosecutor. He on Friday had received his wages, which he was taking home at night, when be was met by three men, one of whom—George Burton—was disguised in the habit of a woman. The party seized him, and Burton, whilst he was being thus held by the other two, rifled his pocket of a purse containing three halfcrowns, three halfpence, and twelve farthings, They then left him, and he gave information to the police, who apprehended the prisoners that (Saturday) morning. In reply to the charge they told the police it was but a 'laik,' to which the officer replied that for birds of that description ho had a cage at York, and took them into custody. On Burton was found the purse and the whole of the money. Before the bench. at York they all confessed to the robbery,, and again re- pea'ed that it was a lark.' Burton (who had been an engine-driver for a number of years, but in consequence of the strike among that body, having descended from the footplate to the position of a labourer), stated that he bor- rowed the woman's clothes from a servant girl, and that all they did it for was to frighten the prosecutor, to whom they should have returned the money. The prisoners were informed that thtir 'Ink' was a very dangerous one, and that they must be committed to prison to hard labour for six weeks. THE COMMENCEMENT OF OLD AOE.- What are the signs of natural decay ? When does old aga commence ? The natural history of individual death, without disease, is one of the subjects which it remains for modern physi- cians to study. \Vhen does the vital machine begin to wear out in the typically healthy man, and what are the ways by which normal decay, inevitable dzath, invades the aged man ? With our modern means of precise ob- servation and minute pathological research we should be able naw to lay the foundation for the answer to this im- portant question. The subject is suggested to us by a most thoughtful, able, and well-written thesis on death, considered from the etiological points of view, by Dr. Acosta, of Paris, which will repay the perusal of reflect- ive men. Discussing the difficulty of determing the com- mencement of old age, Dr. Acosta reminds us that, while the Greeks regarded the age of 49 (seven times seven, their climacteric number) as the culminating points of human strength, and, at the same time, as the commence- ment of decadence, M. Flourens holds that decadence does not commence until the 70th year-an age which the Chinese, according to Sir John Bowring, regard as a meta- phorical one, calling those who have attained to it 'rare birds' and men of 90 years old loiterers.* The two climacteric ages of the Azabs were 63 and 81, being the multiplication of nine (their magic number) by seven aad nine. The age of 03 was considered so critical that it was called the grand climacteric, and tbe ancients were accustomed to mutually congratulate each other when they had passed it. Quetzal, to a certain extent, admita the danger of this critical period, for he says, From 60 to 66 years of age vitality loses mueh of its energy—that is to say, the probability of continuing to live diminishes greatly.' M. Eeveille-P&rise, while, in common with. some other physiologists, allowing the existence of two sources of strength in the constitution, which he names force in reserve and force in use, believes that the phy- siological fact which reveals old age is the progressiva diminution of reserved force so super-abundant in youth. There certainly exists some organizations which are proof against the ravages of time and the attacks of sick- ness and death. Some men at the age of 80, 90, even 100 years, have preserved their sensorial and intellectual faculties, and great mental energy, even to the last day a. of their life. A complete hat of them would be too long. WB will, therefore, only mention a few names. Plato died at the age of 81, pea in hand. Gorgias coniinutdhia literary labours to the aee of 107. Socratas wrote his famous Panegyric of in his 91th year; Theo- phrastus his Characters at 99 Cato learnt Greek after his 60th year; Cicero composed his charming work, De Se~ nectute, one year before his violent death ^Voltaire wrote 11 a great number of tragedies, Tancrede and L'Orphelinde la Chine, among others worthy of his beat time, at the age of 65, and be came to Paris in his 84th year to giva himself an intellectual treat, the representation of his tradegy of Irene. There are also still living members of our profession, as well as, the literary, scientific, and po- litical world, who would illustrate the list of Nestors, remarkable both for their longevity and for the intel., lectual labours to which they continne to devote them- selves. Diaraeli has said, Old age has been a thing un- kaowu io many mea of