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PEMBROKE-DOCK. WEFF^OKE-DOCK A RTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.—We ex- atoh 3 j°"0wing fron* ^be Jjondon Gazette of Tuesday, i6ll8,lt. Qfj. 1868Comro /ssion signed by the Lord Lieu- irtil). county of PetTihroke.—2nd Pembrokeshire l?b8 As °luDteer Corps.* ^Howard D. Reynolds, M.D.. «8.taDt Surgeon, vice Otiarles Vaughan Summons re8jgned. DateJ 26th February, 1868. •Og^a^NMENT.—On Friday evening a penny read- °f thQ in the Primitive Metho dist Chapel, in aid }5 of wll pe» f<»nd. A great many persons were present, «hadh 8ee°ied pleased with the ^rood programme Pa8f.nneea elected for their entertainment. The Rev. Presided. Thursday evening last, the Rev E. R. V^er' ? .Tenby, delivered a lecture on 'Martin Th Wesley chapel in aid of the Building V*blv fnC^a^r (aa bad been announced by placard) h *8re 14 by Dr Gwynne Harries, cf this place. ?'.] to that the merits of the rev. gentle- fOod lIu;.lecturer, were so well known as to attract a If61506" The lecture was extempore and the Jlf'e»cefe^ "P t'le excitement and interest of the in6 the'p near^ two bours. As certain incidents in the k'^lect re*1 ^e^ormer were brought on and reviewed forth'fet 8 own beautiful language, great applause Jjf Verv *1? auc*ien(Je« The rev gentleman wound L^llent e, an^ e^0(luent lecture by making some fr i- on the lessona which ought to be Sih-10 the ID ° creat bero of the Reformation. rennfc J6 vaa concluded the rev. lecturer retired to appiause. After a few brief and appro- 6o ? Rbb9 tl ^een ma^e by the chairman, as well teo&t^6 muok n Harding, the audience retired ap- pleased with this highly intellect lal TA^ 4V6RAL °F thi0IiTHE ^*ATE WM* BURDWOOD, ESQ.—The Vja^ternoon ente<i gentleman took place on Satur- fon °°d, althat ^°UF ^'TQ" un^ers^an^ that Mr v five, 'Was "ugb comparatively a young man, viz ■^ock.vn '^e 0^est officer with oue exception, now L "le ^habitants. 0D^ was bigbly respected by also held t'le town an(* neighbourhood, but men of t»,A in t'le highest esteem by the officers ^olieJjujejjj. "°Pal Dock-yard. The whole of the L°lor,:al rpm 6Slre^ to pay the last tribu'e of respect to W^ore madn a,n3 following it to the tomb • they (n a respectful request to the sorrowing re- ^ole nf .ua 8u't;able hour for the funeral, to enable tk at0rio ataWishment t0 attend. This request ). Ni>T 0QJplled with,and the men cheerfully worked H l?et hour t0 enafal0 them to leave the yard one etHU re the usual time* Tbis arrangement gave ol 6 to re^re t0 'beir homes, and prepare to attend 1)1 lie 6411 an^ ProPer manner. The corpse was interred Qe* military cemetery, in a very nicely prepared n wboriie thereto under a pall by workmen Ve/6^ 'n {be yard, the senior officers acting as p9.ll- C\fr8' ^'Je wk°*e o^be Dock-yard and Customs' offi- the superintendent down without one exception, "°t Jbe funeral. The inhabitants of this town have a 8reater ^°88 ^or year's by the death of any °od} than they have by the death of Wm. Burd- ^6Qiy 31: be was really the friend of all and to all and N^fnone.

J°K?ttie4th- BIRTH 6. arwar(j inst, at N0. 6, Norton, Tenby, the wife of the „ e 5th .0oPer, Esq, F.R.C S, of a daughter. rv °F Mr n '• at ^°* 4, Frogmore Terrace, Tenty, 11 the isj • ^on3as Griffiths, of a daughter, ifn- Of at Lower Laws-street, Pembroke-dock, J8sty*a HK- "'lr Charles Black, chief steward of her 8lllP Revenge, of a son. MARRIAGES. 'Kn s.j MARRIAGES. T)|, n» (bv .• instant, at Saint Mary's Ghnrch, in this ^la as BP jnce^' by the Rev T. Au'.t, curate, Mr thft 0,,gan«k- watchmaker, &c, of Bridgend, 'ate vr 're, to Miss Katie Bevan, third daughter of r?et> in ,r. aiaes Bevau, jun, jeweller, &e, of High bis. town. f^by .drd inst, at the Tabernacle Chapel, Frog-street, «h9°Phi]„ Tt,le Eev* D* Anthony, minister, Mr John dn "°nes, crocer, Lancaster Buildings, to Eliza, •in11 the^o^ter of Mr W. Gibbs, gardener, Tenby. j,°<e (, ~°th nit, at the Parish Church, Monkton, Pem- teorg Pt..est Morgan, to Mary, eldest daughter of rge Price, of Pembroke. JW DEATHS. jJl'Uuj >nst, at St. Thoijias Green, in this town, Mr ttea k rris> oabinet-maker, aged 74 years. Deep'y fOnj, y bis relatives and friends. AigL 5th inst, to the inexpressible grief of her sor- ^m88! antl bis family, after a long and painful 0( j. Aiar*?rDe with fortitude and resignation to the Divine V Sell' cJ56 beloved wife of Jatnes Mark Child, Esq, *$bbonrh n8e, ace<* 30 year9. By the pjor of the C?^fon her loss will be severely felt, as she was l'>eir ™n<l at the bedside of the afflicted to administer lh> t^ £ /0rts a°d wants. h^6r M • lnst'tlle wife Jame8 Beddoe, iron- Iie thB^aLETstreetJ Pembroke, aged 34 years. hiffei».k inst> at tfae village of Stackpole Elidwr, S!°°1«CBO» e»tIle beloved wife of Mr Ed* ards, National Deeply regretted.

MURDER AT SWANSEA. On Saturday night last the neighbourhood of the Hafod, Swansea, was thrown into a state of con- siderable exeitement by the rumour that a fearful murder bad just been committed. The circum- stances of the case are of a most painful character. It appears that a man named William Lake, resided with his wife and family at Earl-street, Hafod. The wife was of most intemperate habits, which led to constant discord and quarrelling, and which frequently terminated in blows. On Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, it would appear as if one of this kind of disturbances took place between Lake and his wife, which unfortunately proved fatal to the latter for, on the neighbours proceeding to the house, the body of the woman was found in such a condition, and presenting such an ap- pearance, as to leave no doubt that she had been cruelly murdered. It is said that a stool was found with marks of blood upon it. Mr Lewis (assistant to Dr Paddon) was early on the spot, and stated that life had been some time extinct. The husband has been taken into custody. The inquest on the body of Martha Lake was held on Monday at the Police-court. Mr Smith, solicitor, watched the case on behalf of the prisoner. John Lake, a young man about 18 or 20 years of age, on being sworn, deposed I live at Earl-street, Hafod. I am a sawyer. The body just viewed by the jury is that of my mother. My father's name is William Lake, labourer. I last saw my mother alive about half-past seven o'clock on Saturday night. My father and mother, a little brother and myself resided in the house. We were all in the house on Saturday night about half-past seven. My mother and father were rather intoxicated. I heard no quarrelling between them. Then I left the house, and did not see my father again until I saw him in custody of two policemen about half-past eleven o'clock. I attempted to get into the house to see what was the matter, but was prevented. I don't know that my father was in the habit of quarrelling with my mother lately, but he had plenty of need to, for she was not sober a day for the past three weeks. In reply to Mr Smith: My father had not quarrelled with her lately. He had begged her on his knees to drop the drink. When we returned in the evening-from our work, we generally found her drunk, and in bed. When I came home on Saturday night, they were both sitting in the back room on each side of the fire. I heard no quarrelling. By a Juror: I never heard my father threaten her. A post mortem examination having been ordered, the jury adjourned the inquiry until Thursday morning at ten o'clock. The description given of the state of the deceased is very sad. Her head, face, and arms presented fearful marks of violence, and the door and the walls of the room were smeared in several places with blood. Traces of blood were also visible on the stone floor of the kitchen, and in one place it was evident that an attempt had been made to obliterate one mark on the floor, but the pan containing bloody water and the rug used in wiping the floor, remained as witnesses to prove that such an at- tempt had been made. Blood marks were also found on the stairs and the floor of a room upstairs appeared as if the body bad been laid there. The floor was spotted with blood ir, several places, and in one part evident signs remained as if it had been recently wiped with a floorcloth. There are finger marks on the mantelpiece in the kitchen, and a severe cut on the palm of deceased's left hand near the little finger, showing that she must have leaned there, or taken hold of the mantejpiece to support herself whilst the fearful struggle was going on, as the marks exactly correspond with the injuries on deceased's hand. It will be seen from the evidence of deceased's son, given before the coroner, that she was a person of very intemperate habits, and therefore frequent quarrels occurred between her and her husband. When given into custody the accused denied having iiiflicted the awful injuries that the body presented. He said that she bad injured herself by falling about whilst in a drunken state, and that when he came home on Saturday night, and not finding her in the house, he went to look for her in the yard and found that she bad fallen down into a cutting which is being made through the yard for drain- age purposes. When he pulled her out, be dis- covered she had injured herself in the manner she was afterwards found. We may state that the cutting referred to at the back of the prisoner's house is not more than two feet deep, and the bottom consists of loose earth. The hole certainly does not present the appearance of any person having fallen into it, neither are there any footmarks about it. The interior of the house presents a most miser- able aspect. Some of the rooms are entirely with- out furniture, whilst those that contain a few articles for domestic use indicate the wretched improvidence of those that inhabit it. At the Police Court, on Monday, before Mr Brock, mayor, Mr Bagshawe, Q.C., Major Francis, and Mr Sydney Hall, William Lake, labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife on Sa- turday night. Mr Allison applied for a remand. Mr Smith offered no objection, and accused was remanded until Thursday. Since the 31st of December last 1,600 private per- sons have given notice that they intend to discon- tinue keeping their carriages, and claim, therefore, to be exempt from duty in the financial year 1868-9. The loss to the levenue by these withdrawals will not be less than £10,000 per annum. In an old paper printed nearly a century ago, we find the following on matrimony :— Oh, Matrimony thou art like To Jeremiah's figs The good is very good—the bad Too sour to give the pigs. I never dreamed of such a fate, When I a-lass was courted- Wife, mother, nurse, seamstress, cook, housekeeper, chambermaid, laundress, dairywoman, and scrub generally, doing the work of six For the sake of being supported. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP DUNDEE BARRACKS.—An attempt has been made to blow up the powder ma gazine at the barracks, presently containing three tons of gunpowder. The magazine was entered on. Thursday by the keeper to give out gunpowder to a merchant, when he found at the foot of the inner door a quantity of flax and a piece of woollen cloth partly burnt. Part of the floor on which the flax lay was burnt, and also a small portion of the door but the flames had not taken secure hold before they had gone out. How the burning material had been placed inside the magazine is a mystery, and it is impossible to say whether the attempt is connected with Fenianism; but an investigation is being made, and a communication has been made to the Lord Advocate. The magazine is enclosed by a high paling and high wall, and is regularly guarded by the police and soldiers.

NARROW ESCAPE OF ADMIRAL KEPPEL AND A BOAT'S CREW. AN AMERICAN ADMIRAL AND NINE MEN DROWNED. The Shanghae Recorder, of the 23rd of January, has the following :— 'The Sylvia crossed over from Hiogo on the 7th January, with Admiral Keppel and Capt. Stanhope of the Ocean on board, and the whole party, including Captain Brooker, and nearly all the officers of the Sylvia, went up to the Legation. The day following (8th), it set in a heavy gale, and they were unable to cross the bar. On the evening of the 9th the admiral determined to try the bar, towing the Sylvia's steam cutter out. They were obliged to separate the two boats as there was a tremendous sea running and they were both nearly swamped. The admiral's boat, deeply laden, with Captain Stanhope, Com- mander Brooker, Leiut. Bullock, Mr Mitsord, of the legation, and some officers of the 9th, just succeeded in getting hold of the Laplace, French man-of-war, where for five bours they held on astern, up to their middles in water, and expecting to go down every minute. The sea was heavy and the wind so furious that, though hanging on astern of the ship, no one could be got out of the boat. At last, in a lull, they made a dash for the Sylvia. The officer commanding her had in the meanwhile been obliged to get the ship under weigh and steam farther out, as she was too close to the shore. Providentially they succeeded in reaching the ropes veered astern for them from the Sylvia the life boat was.then lowered, and with great risk the whole party was got on board, nearly paralysed with cold and hunger. The admiral showed the greatest pluck the whole time. Next morning the other boat was soon inside the bar. On Saturday, the 11th, American Admiral Bell determined to cross the bar, and started with his flag lieutenant and a boat's crew of eleven. The boat was upset on the bar, and the admiral, his flag lieu- tenant, and eight men were drowned.' MupDER.—A dreadful quarrel between two men took place on Monday night in Grove-street, South- ampton. They accidentally met in a public house, when high words ensued, and one followed the other into the street, when the quarrel was resumed, and one beat the other so dreadfully that he lay until Friday, when he died. A coroner's inquest has re- sulted in a verdict of wilful murder against John Westlake, who was thereupon formally committed for trial at the next Hampshire assizes. DPJDEMIC AMONG HORSES. -An epidemic similar to that which prevailed in nearly all French racing stables last year has broken out within the last month in H. Jennings's establishment, Bac de la Croix-Saint-Ouen. Those most severelv attacked at first were Normandie, Bogue Homa, and Ange- lino, while some twenty others were infected. All of those are now out of danger, and the disease appeared to be departing, when Six Mai and M. Andre's three-year-old Miss Thunderbolt were seized very suddenly, and the latter (a very pro- minent Derby favourite) wnfortanately died.-Tlte Sporting Gsszette. A LAC TORN TO PIECES BY MACHINERY.—Mr Coroner Heath held an inquiry, on Saturday, at Bulwell, near Nottingham, on the body of a lad named Titus Smith, aged 13, who was killed by machinery on the morning previous. The deceased and two others were at work in the room together. There were three machines ia the room, one of which was standing, and the belting by which it is driven was thrown off the wheels and left hanging loose from the revolving shafting. The deceased, while going to his work, passed the belting and caught his foot in it, causing him to be carried round the shaft. He was dash with great force against the roof, and his body passed seven times round the shafting before the engine could be stopped., and was frightfully mutilated. Verdict, Acciden- tally Killed. t, TWELVE ANIMAES ROASTED AuvB.—On Thurs- day, a disastrous farmyard fire occurred at Sneaton, on Sneaton Thorpe Farm, occupied by Mr Parker. The fire seemed to have originated from a defective lanthorn having been hung up in a hay loft. Every effort was made to save the premises, but to no pur- pose. The most heartrending scenes occurred, as the horses and beasts were burnt alive. In the stable where the fire broke out were four horses, only one of which was saved. In the adjoining buildings two milch cows, a heifer in calf, three steers, and three yearlings were all roasted alive. The other buildings in the farm yard, with the oat stack, and some lots of straw were all burnt. The farmbuildings and stock were insured. A PANTHER FIGHT.-Captain Cumberledge, De- puty-Commissioner of Sumhulpore, in writing to his sister, under date the 24th of January last, says:- Do not be horrified when I tell yout that I have been in bed ten days with wounds received from a panther. I was very roughly handled, but am now quite out of danger. It happened thus:—I had wounded the brute and was tracking it up by its blood, wen all of a sudden it rushed out of a patch of long grass and charged a coolie. I rushed forward and fired to save the man, though I could scarcely see for the grass, and in another second, before I knew where I was, I received a smashing blow on the face, which nearly stunned me and knocked me backwards. I managed to turn on my face, and the brute then seized me by the shoulder and shook me like a rat. He then left me and attacked a policeman, who was the only man standing near. He pulled him down, and hearing his shrieks I revived, and as they were rolling over and over together, I felt about for my rifle it had still one barrel loaded, and, on recovering it, I dragged myself up and shot the panther while he was still knawing at the poor, wretched policeman. I have three nasty scratches under my eye, and some eight tooth-holes in the back. The poor policeman died last night; he completely lost heart, had de- lirium, and saw tigers in his sleep.' MR SPEKE AND TI-IE 'QUACI<s.The letter pub- lished by the medical advisers of Mr Speke to the papers has already made known that his disappear- ance was due to the pernicious influence upon his health and mind of some advertising quacks.' We learn that Mr Speke has, in fact, been the sport of a hypochondriacal delusion, due to the vilknous arts which these scoundrels practise, and which have brought many a man before to the verge of insanity. The death of his elder brother threw upon him the apparent duty of marriage. Under the influence of the mental disease and groundless fears which these persons had instilled into his mind, he determined to escape from all cognizance, and hence his plans for disappearance. Mr Speke is a calm-tempered man, of exemplary life, simple in manner, and, as this distressing incident shows, easily imposed upon. We venture to hope that from this most distressing incident will be evolved one permanent good, that the Rome Secretary will be induced to press forward the Medical Acts Amendment Bill, which will rob these quacks of their power to assume medical titles. It has been lying in the Home-office for three years; and Sir George Grey, Mr Walpole, and Mr Hardy have, in turn, expressed a general approval of its main provisions, but pressure of public business' has prevented the measure from being introduced hitherto.-Britislt Medical Journal.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The special correspondent of The Times with the Abyssinian expedition telegraphs, under date Ada- baga (?), Feb. 22 m .The bead-quarters are here to-day with 1,000 men, about 50 miles from Antalo, and are likely to remain for several days, awaiting the advance of more troops, and supplies, which are delayed by the deficiency of the Transport Corps. The British forces have occupied Antalo with 1,000 men. It. is doubtful whether Kassai can leave Adowa to meet Sir Robert Napier. The captives were in good health up to the 30th of January. King Theodore has not yet entered Magdala.' [The above dispatch was forwarded from Alex- andria, March 4th, eleven a.m., by the new route, via Norderney, Hanover.] ADEN, FEB. 26. Letters received from Magdala to January 17th state that King Theoderus was with one day's march from that place. The King had sent a friendly message to Mr Rass im, and an assurance that he was only keep- ing him until he should meet his countrymen. Letters from Senafe to the 21st February state that Sir Robert Napier was two marches beyond Attegerat. It was again asserted that M enelek had advanced on Magdala. SUEZ, MARCH 2. No Egyptian troops have yet returned from lVlassowah. A reinforcement, consisting of 200 black troops, left this place a few days ago, and over 200 more leave in three or four days. • WHAT OUR GUNS CAN Do.—The accuracy and mobility of our English big guns have been lately demonstrated to perfection by an experiment at Shoeburyness. The running deer target is five c Z5 feet square, and travels upon wheels. At a range of 1,000 yards the apparent size of the deer is very small, and seems almost nothing compared with the sights of a heavy piece of ordnance and when the nine-inch gun was placed in position to shoot at this mark flying-i.e., dragged rapidly along by a team of horses—there seemed little probability th ht even one out of the ten rounds could possibly strike it. I should like to ask for guesses aa to the time required to fire ten projectiles weighing 250 pounds each from a twelve-ton gun. The actual case was this Ten rounds were fired at the moving target in eight and a half minutes, two of the tea struck it, and the rest dropped close by. The range was known but so would the range of any ship be known if it passed near one of our sea forts, because all sorts of, scientific appliances would be employed to ascertain it with certainty. In eight minutes and a half, therefore, or let us say ten minutes-, a small gunboat would have been. hit ten times by a single gun. A battery of ten guns would have struck the gunfooat a hundred times in ten mirrates. When the evidence laid before a late military committee is published we shall learn what naval men say of their chances of striking a bat- tery. The captain of the Miasntonomoh was asked, when in England, what he thought would be the result if his ship was lying opposite Gibraltar, ex- changing shots with the shore. I'll tell you what it is,. sir/ he replied; 'if I thought for a moment that they meant to fire at me, I guess ITd soon show trhera a clean pair of Once a Week. THE LIMITATION OF CONTUSION.—There is a. highly important clause in an Act passed last ses- sion, entitled An Act to make the Poor Law Board permanent, and to provide sundry amend- ments,' ate., whose purport is, we believe, but little known either to the profession or to the public. Yet, in connection with the present movement in reference to certain' contagious diseases,' it is full of significance. Many of our readers will, we are z: sure, be s-urprised if we tell them that under this Act boards of guardians can, on a certificate of their medical officer, retain in the workhouse under treatment any poor person suffering from enthetic diseases, so long as he is I not in a proper state to leave the workhouse without danger to himself or others." This Act is applicable to the country as well as to London. This clause was, we be. lieve, inserted in the Act at the instance of a board of guardians, for the very purpose of enabling them to take measures in this way for preventing the spread oi venereal diseases. The power which this Act places in the hands of guardians, if gene- rally applied throughout the country,, would go far towards effecting one of the objects of the society, which is now being formed with a view to endea- vouring to reform our present management of the social evil. The number of persons, and especially of women, affected with enthetic diseases, who take refuge in workhouses, is very large. All these may, if the guardians so please, be now legally de- tained there, until, in the opinion of the medical officer, they may be permitted to depart without danger to the community. The words of this very important clause in the Act are worthy of being quoted at length When there shall be in any workhouse a poor person suffering from mental disease, or from bodily disease of an infectious or contagious character, and the medical officer of z, such workhouse shall upon examination report in writing that such person is not in a proper state to leave the workhouse without danger to himself or others, the guardians may direct-the master to de- tain such therein, or, if the guardians be not sitting, the master of the workhouse may, until the next meeting of the guardians, detain him therein, and such person snail not be discharged from such workhouse until the medical officer shall in m-itino- certify that such discharge may take place; pro- vided, however, that this said enactment shall not prevent the removal of a lunatic to a lunatic asy- lum, registered hospital, or licensed house, when such removal is otherwise required by law, nor the removal of any poor person after the parent or next of kin of such person shall have given to the guardians such an undertaking as they shall deem satisfactory to provide for the removal, charge, and maintenance of such person with due care and attention while the malady continues; and this provision shall apply to every district school and every district asylum, and to the managers, board of management, medical officer, superintendent, or master thereof respectively.' We believe that even few of the boards of guardians themselves are aware of the existence of this clause, or of its meaning and intention. We trust that the poor- law board, who have thus so wisely provided for the effectual treatment and management of enthe- tic diseases, as they exist in workhouses, will call the especial attention of the guardians to this Act of Parliament; pointing out to them not onlv the powers which they possess under the Act, but also what is the evident meaning of the Act, viz. that it should be a kind of civil supplement to the military Contagious Diseases Act; and that it im. poses a distinct duty on the guardians, in perform- ing which they may greatly assist in arresting the ravages of a great source of degeneracy of the population,—British Medical Journal.

b4r) I o'nu?ll*le..PVeninK of the 93rd of February, stolen ^ischaVj' Ter (ttoa"y) from ,lie t'll in the bar. 'onvki lllere not being sufficient evidence to ^ttDAY.—Before Dr H. P. Jones, Dr Mansel, and Tbm tt Hulna.] JearF^^m' aSe<i years, and James Davies, aged "oleti a'' • ^roiil ^ater> were charged with having chiQf P*1? °f boots, spectacles, and a pocket handker- 11 inst. The articles were stolen from a ^ia„ George Thomas, who was dressing stone at he left 0Jjr quarry, and had put the articles aside until &Utj0n°? Work' when he missed them, and gave infor- ^enH uhe P°^ce- The prisoner Davies, who was the y the scapegoat, sold the boots to Thomas Upton, ''ty res u °v ^*ne Priaoner Upton, for 6 J, who the same '°*3s6d t1 t0 a shiPw"8ht' named Thomas Hill, Be t case was conc'u9ive against Davies., who w ence^ to fourteen days' hard labour, and to be iv&tely whipped. Upton was discharged. Th PEMBROKE STEEPLECHASES. are tbe entries for the Hunters' Stakes, I 8ge c a3e °f 4 sovs each, with £ 40 added; weight; Lewis's Spaniel, 5 yrs. -'<■ fir M. Owen's Pope, aged. Mr Russell's Whip, aged. Mr Powell's Bounceaway, aged. "L" Thomas's Fidget, 5 yrs. Hitchings'a Tregantle, 4 yrs. -t r "I