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Sin T —• — J^elf »< -p^e writer in your last week's paper who terms sigueid real name, the n>a_Ch induced him to make such mis-represen- ^ynious ve been arrived at. Under the mask, h 7 ProEanf .?to's may assame any character ingenuity be iAV • t0 serve t £ ,eir Purposes. Probably he 4 es to n„te 1!Verest °f Liverpool, or other places he ue *<> ieLv?i°Size' evesia it is evident he does o Fieb enfjit. Milford Haven. v>°n a ILK LA,N APPears to forgst that on a former ith°aov in t.W for -Pembroke, gate his powerful ad- Pep>°8^Q6 a tas8^0^ the" Fjshguard Harbour Bill," V» on ]?„ v Per ton °n every Foreign Ship, 2d Wo6'8' t^at if and Id. per to» for all Welsh PUhttHPnaS,Sed through St, George's Channel be- Soi leadin° T *,ai Wexford. Bin i** thus ?n„on Journal in a leading article de- ya. ^as read as ■^ast night the Fishguard Harbour Yh ?^0r"y time by 181 to 20. Thus by a ^st .UStJ Commons has undone that )o»v Passed unn63-8'011 unanimously. Being a private !>«v 18 folly 0tl?e^* James Graham's destined aa if ev'dence'd by his vote on this Bill, he Aa!3 its f 4Ve stated, not. only spoken, but iSalty eLfavour- For an ex-First Lord of the VlftoSl,oKan.e1x*Meaiber of the Cabinet to bind in, ^Oijo f„ J0 ,an^ to be solicitous to levy an ft '<; n if ,0n ) Btoppipg of the County to put pelf # e*ernl C?L ° Private Company ia very degrading." Mjg "'I of the representatives of the Shipping interests gly on tbe subject> staging that Fishguard, i( Jj~ represented as a Harbour, was only a roadstead. Vfi i hardly, therefore, be reasonable to ask Mr '^n ? *° represent'' Fishguard as the finest place in taa tblli." But if he bad stated that Milford Haven 6 finest Harbour in Europe he would only have 0f ol,j tha^ which hydrographers und naval authorities »t fujin<i recent times have demonstrated. y Rdmit that we have no claims on Mr Scouifleld Stbj^wyi but any prosperity that accrues by it fi0rt^articipated in by the Town he represents on tarks h'llern extremity of Milford Haven. The re- h aVe°> relative to the depth of water in Milford of been t mern^er f°r Liverpool appeared to « 8,ioh e^Di° a^y ignorant of, is a proof of the necessity or otherwise probably 600 out of le'ed er8 of the House of Commons msy have .0red in j. ^8*statement8, in addition to many others L. c°fiti0Ua..ePt'eciation. to ? ^tei'estssuck advocacy wiH benefit not only na^ona^ ones> aui^ for which wo ought sj^ZEL JTJI, „ WM. ROBERTSON. ^^3 2nd, April, 1868.

MAREIAaESr& DEATHS7" ■^ari!K1i't;.hs> Marriages, and Deaths, should be sent to tyfifto sear^PPt'Properlyauthentieated. We cannot under- to' e9Upn ti °^er papers for these announcements, whicn B incorrectly printed, or turr out A t, BIRTHS. SOM ."1st ult, at Dark-street, the wife of Mr S. R. 1,16 flrm of Edmond & fiee8, auctioneers), A th er* °'ltrje 25th ult, at Cresswell-street, Tenby, tbe wife h On °«n Thomas, painter, of a son. P444 the 2.5th ult, at Tenby, the wife of Edward N. > Esq, of a daughter. ,A MARRIAGES. i| 4Pel v inst, at the Taberaccle Independent, ^Hsv^'berth, in the presence of the Registrar, and ». M. Jone3, Mr David Jones, Sarngoch, Lan- ° ^8a Elizabeth Lewis, PishtelgWynne, Lan- s% >e 25th of February, at Christ Church, Bankepore, A J ll«e Rev Alfred Norrish, William Burns Beat- Aporl p' of H.M. Indian Army, Civil Surgeon of |^iivtral India, to Anne, eldest daughter of the 'Kama, rector of Llangwm, Pembrokeshire, t'h a s« Jan«3ry, at Sydney, by the Rev Adam the residence of William Harper, Upper 'i!>W»v-eet South, Mr Thomas Lloyd, shipwright, of °hti w-fv Wales, to Mary, sixth daughter of J th l^tams, farmer, of Yass. itt»y^iaim,i'i.n8tan^ at Langum Church, by the Rev W to Jan' I1011189! eldest son of Mr Benjamin Hitch- f°Mrth daughter of Mr William Evans, of 3l«f u DEAlflS. } at ^am^riao Place, in this town, Vjfc8' clerk fe\i ttie ^e^ove(i wife of Mr John 68<- ° Henry Davies, auctioneer, Haver- liltleas Ult,, at Clnmney Park, Tenby, after i3 "Ot tI the r 4ames Evans. J^Jlr>ful m^8t> at Cartlett in this town, after a short o Vt[ailf)r, &o ^y' reliCt ofthe late Mr David KV^6 2lst » years* Her was peace. l'lfuMltifa<n dau«K^ MlF?rd' a^ed 8 months, Susannah Hi* ter of Mr James Johns, Globe Inn, ^ckvaid pH^in' Mr William Cole, formerly fe^ojs^agea 77 years,

EXECUTION OF WEATHER1LL AND FAHERTY. The two murderers, Weatherhill and Faherty, were executed at Manchester on Saturday. Miles Weatherhill suffered for one of the most notable of the many crimes which have been recently committed. He was 23 years of age, and was a weaver of Todmorden, a town which stands upon the line which parts the two counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It is said that traces of In- sanity have appeared in more than one member of the Weatherhill family during the past four generations, but no evidence of this was presented at the trial. Miles was rather more intelligent than most of the young men of his class, and appears to have been of a very lively and cheerful disposition. He was a regular attendant at the Todmorden church, of which the Rev J. A. Plow was incumbent, and was afao noticed as an assiduous student in the night school. He became acquainted with a girl named Sarah Bell, who was engaged as cook at Mr Plow's, and that acquaintance rapidly ripened into a regular courtship. To this Mr Plow was opposed, and prohibited Weatherhill visiting the girl at the parsonage. This roused a revengeful feeling in Miles, especially toward's a fellow servant of Sarah Bell's, named Smith, who, it was believed, had injured the lovers by telling tales. For some time Weathertiill annoyed Mr Plow by going to the parsonage at night, and, it is alleged, by firing pistols about the house. On the night of Monday, the 2nd of March, he went to the parsonage fully pre- pared for the accomplishment of his 'revenge,' as he called it. The story is, of course, familiar to our readers. He was armed with a hatchet, and in a belt, in which he had cut holes for the purpose, he carried four loaded pistols. The first person he attacked was Mr Plow. Having struck him a severe blow with the hatchet, he dragged him into the lobby of the house, and struck him again and again. Whilst he was thus occupied the women servants of the house rushed upon him, and, seizing his hair, dragged him away from his victim. Mr Plow, injured as he was, managed to rise and stagger into the garden, and then went away from the house alto- gether. Weatherhill, shaking the women from him, singled out one. Smith, the 'toll.tate,'as be called her, for epeeial attack. Smith ran from him, and had time to enter the dining room, but not to close the door, before Weatherhill reached her. She pressed against the door, and so far baulked her assailant that he could not reach her with the hatchet. Finding that to be so, he dropped the hatchet and drew one of his pistols. and passing it between the door and the doorjamb, fired, instantly killing the girl. After this he paused an instant, then began ascending the stairs.' But be turned back, looked for the hatchet, and, not at once seeing it, he went into the kitchen; where he picked up the poker, and then again ascended the stairs. Mrs Plow, who had only recently been confined, lay in bed, and the murderer was met at the doorway of her room by her nurse, who strove to keep him cut. But he pushed her away, and entered. First he tried to tear away the clothes from the bed, but, failing to do so, he lifted them up at the foot, and fired one of his pistols, fortunately missing the lady. She leaped from the bed, and tried to escape, but Miles had taken the precaution to fasten the door. In order to avoid him she crossed the bed, and cowered in a small closet that was on the other side. There she was attacked, Weatherhill literally smashing her face with the poker, ijnd, continuing his blows, be would, no doubt, have soon billed her if help bad not arrived. Some men to whom Mrfow had escaped had run to the house, and were just in time to prevent the immediate death of Mrs Plow. Since then Mr Plow has du>d, and so has the infant child which lay in the bed with Mrs Plow. The oilier convict executed at Manchester on Saturday was a man named Faherty. He was an Irish labourer, and had been twelve years a private in the 40th Regi- ment. For some time past he was employed at the Man- chester Gasworks. He courted a factory opi rative, named Mary Hammer. The girl, learning that he was not so steady as she had believed him to be, resolved to give himnp. This rejection enraged Faherty, and on Christ- mas &ve he went to the girl's lodgings at Droylsden. He beat her to death with a poker. Faherty was visited on Friday by his mother, two aunts, and an uncle. The parting with his mother, to whom he seems to have been warmly attached, although he had not seen her before they met in prison for thir- teen years, was extremely affecting. The fortitude which he had to that time maintained completely gave wav; and he wept and sobbed upon the t'reast of his mother in a manner that was terrible to witness. The interview which took place on Thursday between Weatherhill and Sarah Bell seems to have bad the effect which those who had watched the culprit's manner ex- pected—namely, that of bringing about a marked change for the better. In the course of the day he spoke about the murder with less bitterness than he had previously shown against Mr Plow whom be chose to consider as the cause of the atrocious tragedy, and said that lie (Wea- therhill) was sorry for what be bad done. He added that he did not and could not feel so sorry as he believed he ought to do. On Friday the convict- was visited by his mother, who, it was supposed, had taken her farewell of him on the previous day. His principal anxiety seemed to be as to his sweetheart, and he eagerly inquired how she bore the separation. Upon learning that the poor girl appeared tolerably composed and calm, he seemed relieved. Mr Thomas Wright, the 1 prison phi- lanthropist,' who has attended numbers of men in the condemned cell, says that the convict was a young man of remarkably strong ujind by which be probably meant strong passions. The inhabitants of Manchester do not appear to be proud of the distinction which they have lately obtained, that, namely, of having assises held in their town. Tbe honour has a terrible drawback in the occasional per- formances of Calcraft, and in the gathering ot the vast but unlovely audiences which mostly crowd to the spec- tacle. Within the short time that Manchester has bad the privilege, six men had been executed! there before Saturday Jast, and of these six, three,, the Fenians Allen, Larkin, and Gould, were banged at once. Of course the extreme precautions which were taken on that occasion, and the extraordinary show of military and constabulary force were not needed on Saturday. The police on duty from twelve o'clock (midnight) nuvnl er^d 200, of whom 120 were from tbe Manchester force, under the command of Mr Superintendent Gee, of the A division, and 80 from the Salford borough force, under thecommandot Mr Ribber, the chief constable ofSalford. The precautions which the autaorities had taken to pre- vent the crowd from becoming unmanageable were on an extensive scale. The barriers, beginning at the junction of Gartside and Bridge-streets, were continued up to Chapel-street, and tor some distance in that thol ough fare above and below New Bailey-street. Stanley-street, in which the prison entrance is situated, was closed by a strong barricade ten or twelve feet high. The erection of the scaffold was completed at four o'clock on Friday afternoon. Durirg Friday evening and night great numbers of people visited the front of the gaol to have a look at. the scaffold, and as it seemed to inspect the arrangements made by the police. By midnight the streets were almost, but not quite deserted. Men and women, the latter thinly clothed, miserable-looking creatures, sta- tioned themselves within the pen-like structures, which bad been erected near the gaol, as though they were determined to have the best possible view ot the hanging. Other men, and some women, too, who had evidently walked from distant places, lay, travelled-stained and weary, in doorways, under arches, and wherever else they could obtain an hour's sleep without the risk of being trodden upon. Others lounged about a few stalls at which ready traffickers were offering hot coffee and such eatables as they usually sell to cold and hungry cus- tomers. It was not until after five o'clock that the crowd became at all numerous. When dawn came, and it was possible to see the crowd, its motley character was manifest. Many were still asleep; others were loud in their cries to one another, or to no one in particular; in some of the pens were young women, some of whom were charitable enough to lend part of their shawls. About six o'clock the crowd received a sudden reinforce- ment, the two squares nearest the scaffold being now closely packed. At seven o'clock there were, perhaps, 10,000 present, and before eight the number was nearly doubled. As that time approached, the immense crowd, as if by common consent, stayed then jesting, and ss minute after minute passed by, a feeling which, if not solemn, was at least decorous in its manifestation, took possession of the multitude. Inside the prison the two convicts were undistiirbed during the night by the noises of the people without. Weatherill went to bed at about ten o'clock, but be was very restless, and the noise of the fast gathering crowd In New Bailey-street, which penetrated into his cell, prevented him Irom sleeping more than a few minutes at i time. At one o'clock, however, the noise abated con- siderably, and the convict was enabled to obtain more than an hour's sleep. The roar of the crowd awoke him it half-past two o'clock, and he got up, determining to sleep no more. The Rev. W. Caine, the prison chaplain pro tern., and Mr Thomas Wright were with him and hey have informed us that the convict was in a much uore becomidg state of mind than he had ever previously manifested, li was not, however, deemed proper to administer the Holy Sacrament to him. He referred to the circumstances of the murder, and said he felt sorry for the dreadful ruin which be had wrought in the family of Mr Plow. He spent the remainder of his time in tb" cell in prayer, and was found praying when the execu- tioner was brought into his presence. During the operation of pinioning his arms the convict's fortitude never forsook him; he even manifested a sort of cheer- fulness, and conversed with tho chaplain and Mr Wright without tb* least tremour or hesitation. Faherty was attended during the night by the Rev Father Gadd. The convict had been a changed man since he parted from his mother. He expressed the deepest, and apparently the most sincere repentance for the dreadful crime be had committed, and his spiritual adviser administered the sacrament to him. Faherty slept during several hours of the night and when h'¡' awoke engaged in prayer. 'He seemed prepared to meet his fate with calmness, but the appearance of Calcrali shook him very much, and he gave way for a few moments to the deepest dejection. From this state, however, he soon rallied, and when the signal was given for the setting out of the procession he had recovered his wonted firmness. Calcraft was introduced to the convicts at precisely a quarter to eight o'clock, and at eight o'clock whilst the prison bell was sounding the hour, the procession came in view of the approach to the scaffuld. Faherty walked first, with Father Gadd on his right hand, and Calcraft on his left. The unhappy man was very pale, but re- markably firm. As he approached the foot of the stair- case he gave one upward glance, as if measuring the height which he had to ascend, and then he commenced the ascent with a firm military step, which never faltered as he neared the summit. He repeated the responses to the service which Father Gadd was reading in a clear and audible voice. Weatherill came next, and he seemed not in the least dismayed at his terrible position. He mounted the steps without hesitation, repeating a prayer as ho ascended. His firmness underwent a dreadful test, hut it did not fail him. When Calcraft got to the top of the steps Weatherill was ordered to stand below the ¡ platform whilst Faherty was prepared for death. Weatherill instantly stopped, and gazed steadily at the executioner whilst he was hurrying Faherty forward to the drop. To those who were gazing upon the scene from below the interval which elapsed before the signal was given to move on seemed interminable. All eyes were directed towards Weatherill, but he stood within three steps of the drop, firm and undaunted. One of the warders held him by the arm, but the convict shook him off, and said, "You need not hold me; I can stand by myself." Almost at the same moment Calcraft came back and beckoned Weatherill to ascend. His appear- ) ance upon the drop was the signal for an outburst of cries from the mob. To those watching the scene from the street, it was not a minute past eight o'clock when Faherty appeared upon the scaffold, wearing upon his breast a brass cross, and followed by Father Gadd. He walked with a firm step, and was apparently fervently engaged in prayer. Calcraft, the executioner, who fol- lowed immediately behind the priest, at once placed the white cap over the culprit's head, and adjusted the fatal I noose. The other convict, Weatherill, then appeared upon the drop, with a Prayer book in his hand, followed by Mr Caine. He walked with the greatest firmness, and, like his follow-culprit, the few moments which he had to spare were occupied by him in prayer. Only once he looked towards the crowd. He underwent the same process as that to which Faherty had been subjected, and during the whole time Father Gadd and the chaplain were engaged in religious ministrations. After the dreadful preparations of death had been completed, Calcraft shook hands with each of the unhappy young men, and then, stepping from the platform, he withdrew the bolt. Weatherill seemed to those who were upon the scaffold to die almost instantaneously, but Faherty struggled slightly. In half a minute, however, there was no sign of life in either. Weatherill's last words were, God have mercy upon my soul." Faherty did not speak after Weatherill was placed beside him upon the trap. The Rev. Mr Caine and Mr Wright were in attendance upon Weatherill to the last moment. After the bodies had hung an hour they were out down and conveyed into the prison, where they were buried during the forenoon. It will be remembered that, when Calcraft arrived at the New Bailey in November, on the' occasion of the execution of the Fenian convicts, be received a letter warning him that if he hanged" any of the gentlemen" then lying under sentence he would not live long after it." On Friday Calcraft received another letter, of which the following is a copy Mr. Calcraft -Sir-I write to tell you to take care of yourself, for as sure as I have a pen in my hand you will be shot at to-morrow morning, about eight o'clook. I suppose you think you got home very well when you hung the Fenians last November, but you won't get home alive again. Is that phin English ? There will be about 100 Fenians in the morning with loaded re- volvers ready to bang off at you. So give this up as a bad job so look out, nothing can save you this time; so my parting advice is that you pray God before you go on the scaffold. Good-bye. Mr Calcraft. FROM A FENIAN. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE n"AT RACE. — The great annual boat race between the Universities of Ox- ford and Cambridge, on Saturday, furnished another victory to Oxford, which has now been the winner for eight years in succession. On this occasion Cambridge did not appear to have a chance from the first, and was beaten most easily. Vast crowds congregated on the banks and bridges between Putney and Mortlake, and the weather, although somewhat hazy on th& river, being warm and pleasant, formed an agreeable contrast to the downpouring rain which prevailed last year on the race day. We are glad to bear that no accidents occured beyond the swamping of two or three boats in the swell occasioned by the steamers following the race, bat the voyagers escaped with a simple ducking. SCORPION EATERS IN ALGIERS^—After a long walk through the old town of Algiers, we were shown iato a Moorish house, in the quadrangle of which open to the sky were a quantity of Arabs seated on the floor in the centre, singing, as is their nature,, a most monotonous chant to the accompaniment of a big drum. In a balsony above and looking down into the court, were the Moorish women, most of them entirely veiled, with the exception of their lustrous black eyes, which flashed into unusual brilliancy in the light of the numerous flambeaux with which the court was illuminated- The effect was re- markable and not easily to be forgotten. The faces of the Arabs, some of them magnificent looking men and ex- eittid by the music, the lights, the delicately carved marble pilasters supporting the gallery, and overall the star-studded dark blue sky, forming an impressive con- trast to the noise and tumult beneath, made an extra- ordinary picture, which no canvas could accurately convey to the mind. Presently with the bowl like a wild beast, a man rushed forward, and standing over a pot of incense, commenced to sway his body in unison with the music. Gradually to all appearance becoming mote and more excited, he at last rushed at one of his companions and seizing about half a window-pane of glass from him, proceeded to eat it with great relish, crushing it between his teeth, and evidently swallowing the whole. Then another rushed forward gesticulating furiously and insisted on shallowing a dozen good-sized pebbles. But perhaps the most extraordinary perform- ance was that cf a man who held for nearly a minute between his teeth, a bar of red-hot iron—so hot that one felt its heat at a considerable distance. He afterwards cooled his mouth by eating some prickly cactus, which as it grows out into pins and needles of approved pattern, must be a very delicious food. Another Arab, after allowing a scorpion to hang by its tail to his hand and face, ate it distinctlv and positively, and appeared in no way the worse. The sting mry probably have been extracted. I examined for myei if the stones, glass, and scorpions, and there is no doubt in my mind that they were all actually swallowed, as I was within a foot or two of the performers. The Arab outsiders looked on deeply impressed by the heavily religious nature of the ceremony. Dancing and howling dervishes I have seen frequently, but no entertainment of the sort ever im- pressed me less with the idea of religion or more with that of fanaticism than the St Vitus-like dance and demoniac howls of these true professors of Mahomedan- ism.—Mr h D. Murray in Land and Water. DEAD WEIGHT IN RAILWAY TRAINS-The Royal Commission en Railways, which reported last year, took the evidence of Mr Stewart, so long secretary to the Lon- don and North-Western Railway Company; and this ientleman stated that. four or five years previously he iscertained that on two days which rriijjht be taken as a lair average, and at a period of the year when the up and town traffic balanced as nearly as possible, 4,482 passen- gers were book from Euston Station, and were sent away in trains containing seats for 13,512 passengers. That arose, partly at least, from sending "through carriages" to so many towns. 4,337 passengers arrived at Euston, '1011 there was accommodation provided in the trains for 13,333 passengers Sir R. Hill recommended that where the number of passengers transferred at a junction is small, passengers leaving or joining main lines should be required to change carriages, as it would not only economizo time, but also tend to a reduction of lares; and with a view further to lessen the amount of waste room, he sug- gested that a great reduction in fares would warrant a reduction in the number of classes of carriage to two. THE WILL OF MR CHARLES KEAN.-The will of Charles John Kean, Esq. formerly of George Street, Hanover Square, and late of Queensborough Terrace, Bayswater, was proved In the London Court, on the 25th. ult, by James R. Fergusson, Eso. of Gloucester Place, Portman Squarp, barrister-at-law. and Charles W.Young, E<q, of Essex Street, Strand. The personalty was sworn under £ 35,000. The will is dated June 30th, 1866 and this distinguished actor died at his residence, Queens- borough Terrace, Jan. 22nd last. at the age of fiity-seven. He bequeaths to his wife (formerly Miss Ellen IVe) a life interest in the sum of £25000: owhich, after her de- cease, he leaves to his daughter, Mary Maria Kean he also appoints his wife residuary legatee. To his daughter Mary Maria he leaves an annuity of 9100 during the life of her mother. He has left to his wife all the presenta- tion plate, jewelry, and other specific articles given to him, whether by private individuals or as public testi- monials, to be held by her during her life, and then to pass to her daughter. He leaves to Martha Elizabeth, daughter of John Kemble Chapman, brother-in-law to his wife, and who was residing with him, a legacy of £ 1,000 and an annuity ofXI50, free of duty.-Illustrated London News. MURDER BY A GIPSy.-On Thursday an adjourned inquest whas held at the Dartford Workhouse respecting the death of the gipsy woman, Elizabeth Taylor. Several gipsies were produced as witnesses, and the story they told was to the following effect. They all belonged to a tribe which was encamped upon LessnessHeath, and they had among them a family named Eastwood. The de- ceased cohabited with one member of that family, named James. He was the terror of the whole tribe, and there was no man in the camp who would seek a quarrel with. him. On the morning of the 16th ult Eastwood went into a tent near his own and picked up a heavy hammer, one like those used in breaking stones, and re-entering his tent, he was seen to strike the deceased a fierce blow upon, the head. She fell moaning to the ground. There had been no previous quarrel. While she lay on the ground Eastwood struck her again, and then threw the-hainmer back towards the place from which he had taken it. The woman died in a short time, and the report of the murder reaching the police, a constable was sent to make en- quiries. All the gipsies declared that nothing bad hap- pened, and the constable had to return without further information. He was, however, sent agiin, and, being more persistent in his enquiries, he heard the truth. Eastwood had gone away, and has not since been arrested. Thfi police, however, hope to be able to find him in a day or two. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against him. EXECUTION OP MRS KIDDER.—1The woman Frances Kidder, who was convicted of murdering h r step-dausrbter by drowning her in a ditch, was executed on Thursday in front of the gaol at Maidstone. Tile little girl whom she murdered was thirteen years old, an illegitimate child of her hnsband by another woman, born before his mar- riage. The convict was an ignorant creature, and while in prison exhibited occasionally much excitement. She admitted the crime, but averred she had not premeditated it. Some persons forwarded a memorial to the Homo Secretary prayinsr that her sentence might he remitted; but the law was left to take its course. After her con- demnation the convict sent several letters to her husband, begging him to come and see her, hut he paid littla attention to them apparently until Tuesday, when ho appeared at the prison. Their interview was very pain- ful to witness. The murderess bitterly reproached and taunted him, and accused him of living with her sister. When be left the cell she bnrst into tears, and in a fearful 'fit of excitement screamed terribly. Her husband seemed to be affected hv the piercing shrieks, and soon fled to escape them. When the time for the execution arrived her strength failed Frances Kidder; she went into hys- terics, and two warders were obliged to support her to the drop, when she was hanged without delay. The crowd was small and orderly. THE EDUCATION GKANT.—The vote proposed for public education in Great Britain for the year ending with March, 1869, is jER42,554, an increase of £ 13G,689 over the vote for the fiscal year just expired. The cal- culation based upon the numper of scholars in average attendance in schools inspected in the last school year ia England, with the percentage added for the ordinary increase, gives 985,200 as the estimate average attend- ance in 1868 but an addition of 45,000 is made for half-timers under the Workshops Act, and of 16,('00 for scholars in congregational and other schools newly admitted to aid, raising the estimated number of day scholars to I, C 46,200. The rate of grant is estimated to be raised, under the Minute of February, 1867, to 93 10!d per scholar. Hence the education vote of this 2 Session will make provision for 1.046,200 day scholars at 9s 10|d in elementary schools fulfilling the article ri quir- ing certificated teachers, the amount reaching £ o 16,561, instead of the £ 427,345 of last Session's vote, and 56,340 evening scholars at 6; Gd, requiring £ 18,310. To. this has to be added an estimate for the present year for scholars, under the now system, in schools not fulniling the article requiring certificated teachers. It is calculated that if, on an annual average, a million scholars be attending aided schools, there remain 500,000 attending unaided schools of the same class, and that 100,000 of them are in schools with an average attendance not exceeding 6,5,-the limit proposed; of the 100,000 a cer- tain number were inspected last year, and adding to these one-half of the remainder as the number likely to be at once brought under inspection by the offer of the 88 grant, the total increase to be provided for in the financial year 1868-9 will be 52,500 day scholars. The grant for these, taken at 5a 5d, will be £ 14,218, and for 3,000 more evening scholars at 3s 8d, £ 550. The total of annual grants for scholars in England, therefore, which was £ 443,?45 in the year 1867 8, will be £ 549,639 for the year 1868 9. The vote of this Session will also provide for ten more inspectors than the vote of last year, making 78, -and for three new assistants, making 23 inspectors' assistants. This is caused by the anticipated increase in the number of schools and children to ba visited and examined. Two of the additional ten in- spectors represent temporary appointments only-viv, substitutes for two of the senior inspectors withdrawn to serve on the commission of inquiry into education ia Ireland. Briefly, the education vote for Groat Britaia to be proposed this Session stand.? thus :—Office in Lon- don, £ 29,482; inspection, £ 64,103; normal schools, £ 74,250; building grants, £ 45,000; annual grants, England and Yvralos, £ 549,639; grants to teachers ia Scotland, £ 79,500; unexpired pensions, dEoSO. Total, £84:¿,554. — BRF.AIU"AST.-Epps's COCOA.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. Invigorating and sustaining, with a rehned and grateful flivour developed by the special mode of preparation applied, this Cocoa is used as the habitual beverage for breakfast by thousand who never before used Cocoa. Cocoi stands very much higher than coffee or tea,' Dr. Hassall says, and 'contains every inger- dient neceesary to the growth and sustenance of the body.' It is made simply by pouring boiling water of milk on the preparation as sold, in jib., ^Ib., and lib. packets.

HAVERFORDWEST MARKET. Saturday. Ap il 4, \868. Beef, M to 8d Mutton, 6d to Sd; Lamb, Sd to lOll; Veal 4M to 6Jd, Pork 5d to 6d; Butter, Is 2d to is 4d Eggs, 2i for Is Fowls, 3s Od to 4s Od per couple; Ducks, 0s Od to 0s Od ditto; Geese, Os Od to Os Od, Turkeys, Os Cd to Os Od each; Cheese, 3d to 5d per lb; Bacon P; gs, Ss Od to 9s d per score; Potatoes 15 lbs for Is.

qaojs °./ Eatt WiUiamtUM, for non-piymi'nt ofj cettifif.o*aTr tl0,nas being sworn, stated: I produce the 2l)i-h 'A,' stating that the call due on Alters T? February last has not been paid to "W, V thfi of the the said board of guardian?, iieers '8 still rteerS 0f tbe Hamlpt of East Williamson, and ^Bed -pi06' an<* °"winsr to the said board of guardians, ferent* an<* .C09ts 13s 4d. The overseers of the dif- ii«h»„ails'108 w*thin the Narberth Division passed their accounts.