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THE REPRESENTATION OF MELLTIIYK TYDFIL. Mr H. A. Erne, one of the three Liberal candidatct for Merthyr Tydfii, seems likely to experience the dis- advantage of not being thorough.' The right honourahl. gentleman is one of those offkial Liberals who, withiv the last eight months, have become penetrated with tin conviction that the abolition of the Irish Establishment is the proper ar.d natural remedy for Irish discon ent. He never saw it before, hut he set's it now, anil distinctly. Nevertheless, he has not yet been educated up to the point of accepting the corollary of his new bolief. He cannot allow that, if the Irish Church is to he disestab- lished because it is the Church of a minority the same law mny be applied to the Church in England to-morrow, and ought to be applied to the Church in Wales this very day. He approves of the degradation of Protestantism, and the confiscation of endowments for religious pur- poses in one particular ease, but he declines to carry it any farther. He draws the line at the Irish Church, and holds, with IV!r Gladstone, that the En:ti-h Church is safe because it is throned in the hearts of millions.' In fact, he prefers to deal with the disestablishment principle on the rule of one at a time. The sacrifice of fhe Irish Establishment will answer the needs of the Liberal party for the moment, and he has no intention of compromising himself for the future. It may be necessiry to pull down the English Church some day, but for the present he prefers »o Keen silent upon that point. Unhappily for Mr Bruce and his chance.* :,t Merthyr Tydfil, there is a Mr Richard, a Welsh rli-senting minister, who holds 31 r Bruce's Lith and a iittie more. He fully approves of the disestablishment and di-endowrnent of the Irish Church, but Laving no motive for being reticent and diplomatic he na-erts that the case of the Church in j Wales is identical with that of the Church in Ireland, and that it must be submitted to a similar judgment. It is upon the strength ot the logical completeness of his programme that Mr Richard has come forward to contest .Merthyr Tydfil, and, as in such a Radical borough, the man who is most thorough has the best chance, we are Dot purprised to hear that, while Mr Richard's return is considered absolutely certain, the ex-Vice President of toe Council stands ft change of coming in a bad third for the second scat with Air Fothergill. Mr Bruce, hitherto undisturbed in his seat, has taught the anti-Church party in Wales the excellency of disestablishment and disen- dowment in the case of Ireland, and they have bettered his instruction by exhibiting the case of the Welsh Church as a subject for similar treatment. Unless he can malle up his mind to swallow the entire dose Mr Bruce may expect to lose his seat. The worst of it is that the bitter draught is, in the main, his own brewing.

THE i lUSH CHURCH IN 1675. The following letter appeared recently in the Standard: Sir,—On the 17;li instant Mr Gladstone, in his speech at Newton, referred to Sir W. Petty's statement that, in 1672 f.ere were in Ireland 700,000 Komau Catholics, 200,000 Protestant dissenters, and only 100,000 members of the Irish Church. The real cause of their being only 200,000 of the latter at the time has rarely been mentioned by writers on the Irisfi Church, and Mr Gladstone took care, for the sake of the cause of those whose battle he is fighting, net to allude to it. The cause of there being but 100,000 members of the Church of Ireland in 1C72 was that that Church had passed through no little perse- cution on the 21st October, 1641. A general massacre of Protestants was commenced, in which, according to three historians, 3MJ,000 perished; the Pope's legate Writing at this time in his dispatch, estimated the number killed at above 150,000, and added, It remains for you to kill the rest-to restore and establish in I re Kind "the exercise of the Catholic religion, to reduce the people to be, if not tributary, at laasi*ubj»ct to the gentle yoke of the Papal power in things spiritual, and at least to gain over innumerable souls to the bliss of heaven.' It has been stated that both Churchmen and Dissenters perished in this massacre, but Sir J. Temple mentions, in his able work, that orders had been given to kill the Church people, rather than the Protestant Dissenters (even in that day the Irish Church was felt to be a ibulwark against the power of the Romieli Church). Again, from 1685 to 10'89 the Irish Church's clergy were imprisoned; her churches shut up; her laity forbidden to assemble; her own Trinity College was made a prison for Churchmen —amongst the prisoners were the whole of the fellows of that university; Churchmen were murdered in open daylight, and for security many fled to waited cities, which the King's army afterwards besieged In one besieged city, scarce one English mile in circum- ference, 90ii0 died of starvation, and disease in three months. Is it surprising that this State-supported Church '—to use the expression so often heard—stag- gered under the blows she then received? And this last- named persecution probably reduced the number of Church people below 100,000. One word in conclusion. On Friday, the 23d instant, a special service, which exists only in the Irish Prayer- book, is to be used in many churches throughout Ireland. Thift service was drawn up by the Irish convocation in 1662, and is a thanksgiving service for :he general massacre of 1641, not having taken place in that fulintss that was intended,' on account of one conspirator, 'Owen O'Connelly having discovered it to the Lords J astices.Y ours, &c., F. P. o THE EXECUTION OF ADMIRAL BYNG.—-Thus perished Admiral Byng, whose reputation has been cleared by posterity of the blemish which malice and interested hatred were so busy in casing upon it. His body was Dot cold before people began to cry out that be bad been murdered, and the cruel persistency of the king in carrying out the sentence of death caused Byng to be raised in the popular estimation to a height of favour he scarcely deserved. The means by which the Government sought to bide their own defects, by the sacrifice of one man, recoiled on their own heads, and the Ghost of Byng, like of Banquo, haunted them terrifically at their feasts. The sacrifice they offered up did not propitiate the national resentment, but whetted it the rather; and those whose incompetency and mismanagement had brought so many disgraces, including the loss of Minorca, upon the nation, were driven from power. But amid the blaze of glory, Which the genius of Pitt and his friends shed around the later years of George II., people did not forget—and it was well they should not forget-the disgraceful seal which was put to the former years of national disgrace, by the execution, on the 14th of March, 1757, of Admiral Byng, on board the Monarch, in Portsmouth harbour. EARTHQUAKE IN IRELAND.—A telegram from Cork informs us that on Saturday severe shocks of earthquake, followed by a loud rumbling noise, were felt at two E laces near Mallow, in Cork County. It is stated that ouses were tnuch shaken, furniture was broken, and the occupants of the houses were greatly terrified. At the time the shocks were felt it was blowing a hurricane. A despatch dated Sunday states that, although the effects of the extraordinary phenomenon were not felt in the immediate vicinity of Cork, the alarm created by the intelligence which reached that city on Saturday afternoon las been intense. The first shock was felt at a place called Newtown, within a few nules of Mallow, Some gentlemen who were hunting near the place at the time have confirmed the report. They state that the shock was followed by a loud rumbling noise and an oscillation of the earth. In other places between Msllow and Kanturk a distinct shock of earthquake was also felt. Houses were shaken from their foundations, and in some instances the furniture was thrown down and broken. The shock passed from north to south. Reports from other quarters confirm the above.particolars.-E:-prell. DUPBDBT A WIFR-At the Sandwich Quarter Sessions- en Thursday, William Hmoothey, linendraper's assistant' aged 38, was indicted for obtaining jC13, by false pre- tences, from Mr Redgrave Wilson, stationer, of Ramsgate. Mr Bowling appeared for the prosecution, and Mr F. H. Lewis, specially retained by Mr Mourilyan, of Deal, appeared for the defence. It appeared that the prisoner had been married about a year, and on the 20th of June last borrowed £8 from the prosecutor, upon a representa- tion that his wife was entitled to a sum of £8.740, which bad bee* left to her by a relation, and which sum was then in the bands of her father. He promised to repay the amount upon the following Tuesday, but, not being in a position to do so, wrote excusing himself, and making an appointment for another day. Upon the 7th of July lie went over to Ramsgate to Mr Wilson, and, showing him a letter, purporting to come from thie bank at Messrs Cobb, at Margate, borrowed jEa more. Upon inquiry. however, there was no money to the prisoner's credit at Messrs. Cobb's bank, nor was the prisoner's wife entitled to a single farthing. The defence was that the prisoner bad acted in the bona-fide belief that his wife had come into the amount altered, and that bis conduct throughout the whole transaction was sueh as to lead to such a con. clusion. It transpired. in the course of the Inquiry that the wife bad made similar representations to other people, The Recorder, Mr Deedes, summed up the case with great minuteness, and the Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner, for whom great sympathy was exhibited, as it afterwards transpired that the wife had written to him many ieters confessing he fraud UpOIl him, was then discharged.

THE EilRLY HISTORY OF THE IRON TRADE IN SOUTH WALES. THE CRAWSHAY FAMILY. Utilitarianism never bad a better aid than a loco- motive. Over ancient battlefields, through mounds aemorial, by dyke and moat, casting its cherry glare vhere ramparts towered, it has dusbed along, brighten- 109 up antique villages, and 'transforming them into ■;usy towns, and changing heath and marsh into fruitful landscapes. Few towns owe more to it than Norman- um, iu Yorkshire, the home of the Crawshay family. Eaily in the eighteenth century it was an old world village- The student of races might there have read ol'i Norman types in the physiognomy of the people, and he antiquary found a delight in quaint gable buildings worthy of Antwerp or of Rheims. The railways have obliterated most of ttuse old landmarks, and now the place is become a modern thriving town. At the tim< when the Crawahays first came under notice there were two families of the name resident there, one of yeoman and the other of gentle descent. Probably both had a common original atn.) remnte period, but in 1700 this was not conceded. From the yeoman sprang Richard Crawshay, the founder of his own fortunes. From the history 01 xuerthyr and other sources we learn that in his youth he was noted only for his ugliness and bad temper. He was pitted, too, with smallpox, and, as a quaint old Yorkshire lacy remarked, seemed only fit to be puncbcd!" Chiomctershavegiveahaiootromaf.Ct: to his early adventure., but the matter-of-fact "account | oi them is suon and curtly told Like adventurous youths lof our own day, youn(4 Richard Crawshay was seized with the desire to see the world and become a man. A quarrel soon afforded a sufficient cauee, and mounted on a pony he started away early one summer's morning for 'I the goal of saubition and genius, Loudon. As all the world knows, ho prospered, There was the making oi a man in him he neither disdained small nor humble beginnings; for the price of his pony, fifteen guineas, he hired himself to a Mr Bicklwilh for three years, swept his master's office, and was iu fact the jrdinary office boy till his shrewdness became noticeable, and then he was employed behind the counter in the sale of fiat, iron., and in fact general ironmongery. When his master died be inherited the business, and lound himself a man of some little means in the prime of manhood. Wales, and its feeble and somewhat abortive attemp's at ir.,n. mak.ng, were at that time beginning to be known, and our enterprising Crawshay travelled thither, and soon found tLut theil) was a fiue scope if he could onh t(et the necessary capital. Cyi'urti'ifa was then (about 1780) represented by a small iurnace which Bacon Laclstarted and ti,e mineral wao obtained chiefly froin the river bed by the employment of women and children. Tnes" works, feeble in all verity compared with those of the present day, Richard Crawshay purchased but such was the drain caused by the payment of some few scorei oi labourers that the little fortune soon passed away and Richard was obliged to depend on his London &ho0 for a weekly or periodical supply of cash to keep the furnace going, ihis will show how insignificant the whole concern was; but greatness seems to luxuriate in sm-iil beginnings audible by little Cyfarthfa becamo noted, and Rica aid became a wealthy man. He did not disdain leubuin6 himaeli with his own servants. Watkin George, th^nenrd^^h1 d abLlitj", but like himself one of '{ it ar(! given him in the works, and a ey no ei. -Uie connection between Crawshay and ai ey was began in the most remarkable way. The s ory savouia of romance, but it may honestly be accepted as true. Kirkhouse and an agent of Crawshay's used t. iij8 a out-of-the-way conviviality at a place called Maker's Yard, six miles from Merthyr. They were there one Sunday with a horse and trap, and, pretty mellow, started for home. On their journey a barefooted boy came up with them, and seeing they were going to Merthyr asked permission to get behind. The lad's ap- pearance was in such marked contrast to bis polite manners that permission was given, and on the road he told them that he was going to see an uncle of his who had ironworks at Merthyr. When they found this uncle was Mr Crawshay their surprise was intensified, and no time was lost in reaching Cyfarthfa to get the boy an audience. This was easy enough in those days, the barriers of caste had not been put up, and when Richard bad tested the young adventurer's statements, be was olothed and put into a position of trust, l-ike his uncle young Bailey rose to power and greatness; he too had shares in Cyfarthfa, and died not many years ago an old, eccentric man, no other than Sir Joseph Bailey, who for nearly twenty miles could ride through his own free- holds, and whose possessions and wealth were immense Men are apt to exclaim in wonder, and strangers in positive affright, as they gaze down our vast coal and iron pits, and stand thoughtfully by those still more ancient levels whence came the early stores of mineral wealth. There is such a one near Mertbyr Tydvil. The lichens have covered its old front—tall ferns and ivy and rank vegetation have decked the exterior, but not softened the fell darkness of the opening over which .Dante's inscription on 41 Averni might be well written. But let us think for a moment of the part that hole in the mountain has played. Millions of money, title*, distinctions, honours, the smiles of beauty, and the friendship of the great have been won from there, and eastern fable stands outshone by modern fact. Out of such a hole Richard had his coal and mine. He had a canal so constructed that it fliwed just into the level, so that transport to the works was easily done by the use of small barges, drawn by men. During the war with France, in the time of the first Napoleon, French prisoners in their progress through the valley would gaze with wonderment at the procession of coal barges drawn by men, and exclaim at free labours that excelled in hardship even their forced galley work. The early Welsh iron workers laboured hard human back labour and mules were all that could be depended on. One Will Rhyd Helig used to take quantities of iron to Cardiff in a wheelbarrow twice or thrice a week. The strength of many was colossal. His load often weighed half a ton Another son of Anak could lift seven hun- dred weight; still another toyed with beams which men of ordinary strength could not move. The first locomotives tried at Cyfartha were so light that they pranced about like spirited horses—of the next the wheePwould revolve, that was all. Still even with simple manual labour, and without the aid of steam, which was adopted by Richard's descendants, he throve so wonderfully that extra furnaces were built, a palatial castle begun, church or chapel of ease erected, and Cyfarthfa began to make a noise in the world. There has been considerable dispute as to the etymo- logy of the name. Mr Stephens derives it from the place of barking dogs,' the historian of Merthyr from Cyfgartbfa—the meeting place of bills. This appears the most natural derivation, and accords with the L charse,ter,of the place, but as on the site of the old fur. naces there was formally a quarry which gave forth a strong echo, the derivation of the author of the Literature of the Gyniru," is entitled to attention. With immense riches came a desire to make them of benefit to the people. Richard Crawshay was no miser, and he felt that he had no right to attraot thousands of men to bis works and treat them simply as machines for winning him gold. So he Induced Raikes, the founder of Sunday schools, to ',fait him and start one of those useful institutions; he built a chapel of ease, and en- dowed it, and in a variety of ways benefitted the neigh- bouthood. He was on terms ot intimacy with Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, the famous opponent of Thoma. Paine, and offered him £10.000 to put out to good and useful purposes. Yet, though so rich, he had an unam- bitious mind. Nothing pleased him better than to go down to the village of Merthyr and smoke a pipe, and chat *ith an old villager, or to ride his horse Jack into the market and see him eat the savoury vegetables ex- hibited there, paying the Relighted vendors heavily for the liberty. He resided near the works for many years. A huge hammer then did the work of the squeeaers, creating a terrible din, but the great ironmaster con- tended that It only lulled him to sleep, and in London oe coyld not sleep half so well. .1, Nelson, the naval hero, was a friend of Richard's, and not lo^g before fatal Trafalgar he vitited Merthyr, and, (ccompanied by Lady JFIamilton. called at Cyfarthfa. L'oere ineier was such a crowd assembled to see the hero. Richard brought him out to the steps, and moved to teat's qried out, «• D-—-n It, boys, here's Nelson^. Shout, you beggars {" And the beggars" did shout, madly, Crawshay was not only the maker of his own fortunes I Sr Joseph "Hailer owed his advancement to him. as we "iave shown. IS or was he the only one. A Mr Hall, a >arrtBter, son of Dr Hall, afterwards Dean of Llandaff, linked his fortunes with Crawshay, married one of his daughters, and received with her as her dowry Rhymney Works, valued at £ 100,000, which Crawshay had bought of a company of Bristol traders This Mr Hall was the rather of Benjamin Hall, afterwards Lord Llanover. Unambitious himself, Crawshay lifted many to wealth, Ind fame, and distinction. The character of the man is 'hus clearly to be understood. Dogged in this perseve- rance, with a readv tact for huniness; quaint in his humour, possessed of a good store of native wit, unosten- tatious in his habits—and, in brief, an uopolished gem —he lived to a good old nge, and sunk down in harness •IIIDO, 1810, leaving a fine fortune of one million and a quarter. The contrast between his early boyish adventures and his funeral was remarkable The poor friendless lad journeying alone to London— a lapse of hnlf a century, ind, amidst a thousand mourners, the whole district in lamentation, he was borne to his grave in L'nndiiff Cathedral, and buried with all the pomp and splendour of a king

LOCAL IITTETLIGENOE! HAVERFORDWEST PETTY SESSIONS. These sessions were held at the Shire Hall, on Thurs- day, .before J. W. Phillips, Esq, (Mayor), ITRule Owen, Esq, and S. Harford, Esq. CHARGE OF ROBBERY. William Thomas, draper's assis'ant, was charged with stealing the sum of JE92 lis, and several articles, the property of Messrs Harries & Evans, drapers, of Market Street. Mr Price appeared for the prisoner. On the case being called-cn, the prosecutor did not appear. Superintendent Cecil said he had sent a message to the prosecutor, informing him that the case would come on that day. The Bench consulted and The Mayor said that the Bench were unanimously of Dpinion that they could not allow a case Jike the one he. 're them to fall to the ground. They felt they would not be doing their duty if they did not direct a prosecu- tion bv the police, and the case must go on. It was a very painful case, but it would be a great scandal tlf public justice if any robbery of the kind were alluwed to pass unnoticed. Mr T. Rule.Owen and Mr Harford expressed their Bntire concurrence in the remarks that had fallen from ihe.May or. The prisoner was then remanded for a week bail, himself in jEi.00, and two sureties in 1.50 each, was Accepted for his appearance. DRUNKENNESS. Several persons were proceeded against for drunken- ness, and were severally fined fts and costs.

N 'A IRFTTRRT H R NARBKRTH COUNTY COUNTY. The monthly sitting of this Court was held before f. H. Terrell, E-q on the 16th instant. David Lewis appeared at the suit of James Phillip., on i claim for goods sold at a shop at Glandwfr. Mr Hullll Ippearetl for the plaintiff, acd Mr A. H. Laceeile.s .for he defendant. A'ter a lengthened hearing, judgment ■viis given for the defence. Joseph Cadman v.- William Thomas.—Mr Hulm ap- peared for the plaintiff; Mr Lascelles, instructed by Mr H. Lascelles for the defence. The plaintiff sued for ;oai supplied to the defendant, who replied that the plaintiff had agreed to supply the coal and take in pay- nent four shares in the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, which he since refused to do. After the defendant being )bliged to pay 911 to stamp his agreement with the plaintiff, judgment was given for the defendant. John PhiUips t). Q&'trry Comp my (limited).— Mr k. H. Jasceltes appeared for the plaintiff, Mr Kent for he defendants. The claim was for £ 10 damage done by :he Company to land at Llangolman. Mr Kent offered to agree to a judgment for ze:35 and costs. Mr Lascelles consented, and judgment wa3 entered accordingly. Richard Davies v. Martha Williams was an action for money due for wages. Mr A. H. Lascelles appeared for Lhe defence. Judgment for the defendant. Hughes v. Henton.-This was a dispu'e about a cow. Mr R. Lascelles f;r the plaintiff, Mr A. H. Lascelles lot :lie defendant. Judgment for the plaintiff. BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr Commissioner Hill.) Re3. Davies, Narterth, corn merchant.—Mr H.Brittan, for the assignees, said that when this case was last before the court he applied for an order to prosecute the bank- rupt for concealing part of his property, for which he gave a false 1 O U. His Honour then said that although be felt some difficulty in the matter, be would direct a prosecution if it should be applied for. He (Mr Brittan) was now instructed, as agent, to apply for such an order, and therefore he supposed the sitting which had been fixed for that day would stand over till the prosecution 6ad been disposed of. Mr Edlin (instructed by Mr J. G. Trenerry) for ths bankrupt, without imputing any fault to Mr Brittun. was certainly taken by surprise that such an application should be made, especially after what had fallen from his Honour on the last occasion. His Honour said he certainly then said that if the assignees called on him to act he felt that he ought not to refuse to give them an opportunity of prosecuting, although he certainly also said that the prospects of a conviction were not promising. Mr H. Briltan said he was not a principal in the matter; he had submitted all that took place on the last occasion, together with his Honour's judgment to the gentlemen by whom he was instructed, and they, upon mature deliberation, had determined to apply for an order to prosecute. t: His Honour did not ask Mr H. Brittan whether he agreed with him in opinion or not when he said he thought this was a most ungracious application after what had taken place. If Mr Brittan, however, asked for an order to prosecute he should have it. Mr U. Brittan did not say what his opinion was, but his instructions were positive to make the application. Mr Edlin said if the order were made, he should on. hesitatingly advise the bankrupt to be tried before his Honour. His Honour said he was afraid, after what he had stated, the case had better go before another tribunal. Mr Edlin said it was for the bankrupt to elect. His Honour said the case must be taken before the magistrates where the venue would be. It was possible, however, after the order was drawn, and the attention of gentlemen instructing Mr Brittan was called to what had fallen from the court, that they might look at the matter in a different light. Mr H. Brittan asked his Honour to commit the bankrupt. His Honour said It was not well for the court to be asked to commit in a case where it had already expressed a doubt as to the failure of the prosecution. He should let it alone as far as he was concerned. In reply to Mr J. Miller, who appeared for a creditor Mr H. Bi ittan 8uid be was about to make an appointment with the official assignee for an audit and dividend meeting.. The case was then adjourned till the 29th of December.

FISHGUARD. CONSERVATIVE MEETIXG AT FISHGUARD. Mr Pitman, accompanied by Sir James Hamilton, Col. Peel, Mr Seonrfield, M.P.; Mr. Bo wen, M.P; Rev J. H. ,k. Pt 'ti!ipps, of Pictoi) Castle C. Fisht,r, E q, and other met. his supporters at Fishguard on Thursday last. There was a very numerous attendance of electors and others of the neighbourhood, amongst whom we noticed M. Griffith, Efq, of Manorowen; D Francis, Esq, Trebrethyn C. E. Bowen, Esq, Llanatinan ■Rev. W. Rowlands, V;car of the parish; Rifv. li. Daniel, Rev. D. 0. James, R v W. Davies, Rev T. Tho nas, Newport; Rev T.John, Rev O. A. Nares, Letferstone; Rev W. C. Bowen, Lhui-tinan House. After a hearty welcome from his frienos and supporters at the Committee Room, Mr Pitman canvassed the town with very great success. Subsequently a public meeting or the electors was con- vened at the Town Hall, which was numerously and r< spectably attended. The chair was ably filled by Mr Bowen, ot Lhvyngwair. Addresses on the great political questions of the day were delivered by the Chairman, Mr Pitman, Sir Jarues Hamilton, Mr Scourfield, and the Rev. J. H. A. Pbilipps, of Picton Castle. The proceed- ings were conduct, d with great propriety, if we except an interruption by a Blue" who was immediately in- vited to the platform, and asked to address the meeting- This invitation he did not avail himself of, but the argu- ments of the Conservative gentlemen seemed to have made an impression upon him, for he subsequently made a declaration not at all unfriendly to the caus- of the Conservative Candidate. On leaving the Borough, Mr Pitman, and the gentlemen who accompanied him, were loudly cheered.

T E N B Y. NEW PAROCHIAL Sc!iooLS.—Several liberal donations have already been promised in aid of the Building Fund. 4 On Sunday last, collections were mad at the Church of St. Issells, in aid of the Haverfordwest Infirmary. \0 are sorry to say that tbe weather was most unpropitious, and consequently the collections were not eqilallo the importance of the object. CHUHCII BUILDING SOCIETY.—On Sunday last, ser- mons were preached morning and evening in the parish church of St Mary, Tenby, in aid of the Church Build- ing Society. The sermon in the morning was preached by the Ven. Archdeacon of St. David's, and in the even- by the Rector, the Rev George Huntington. The col- lections made after both services amounted to £ 21-2s 2 £ d. MUNICIPAL ELEOTI IN. -The following burgesses have already been nominated for the uffiee of Town Councillors W. H. Richards, Esq, nominated by Mr J. M. Henton; Messrs G. White" and J..Gregory, nominated by C. Allen and G. Chater, Esqrs; Mr Gifford, by Mr W. Gibbs; Mr M. P. Davies, by Mr W. W. Rees and Mr J. M. Hentoc, by Mr Saies. PoLtCH COURT. —Monday, October 26th.—Before the Mayor, II. Sanders and C. C. Wells, Esqrs. Thomas How ells, omnibus, driver, was charged by Joseph Jones, employed on the Pembroke and Tenby Railway, with assaulting him at the Railway Station, on Tuesday, the 20th inst. The case had been adjourned fr.im the 22od, complainant being unable to appear. Fined 10s, with 10s cosls, or fourteen days' imprisonment. Money paid. Joseph Jones was then charged by Thomas Ho wells, with an assault at.the same time and place. This was a cross summons, and arose out of the previous case. Finad 2s 61, with 131 6,1 costs, or fourteen days' im- prisonment. Money paid. ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. —On Monday the 26th inst the annual inspection of the 1st Pembrokeshire Artillery Volunteers, took place. The Inspecting Officer was Colonel Lennox, C.B. At four p.m. the men assembled at the stores, South Parade, where they were put through the manual and platoon exercises by Lieut W. O. Hulm. the officer in command, after which they were marched to the Battery, on the South Cliff, for practice with the 24-pounder guns. Three shots were fired frjm No. 1 gun, at a target moored off Giltar Point, abput eighteen hundred yards' range, the result of which showed that, with more practice, the Battery might be expected to do some very good work. Colonel Lennox then addressed the men, urging upon them the necessity of more regular attendance at drill, and hoped that next year be would find them more efficient. The corps was then marched back to the armoury, and dismissed.

CORRESPOND E N C E. We do not consider ourselves responsible for the opinions and sentiments of our Correspondents MILFORD AND HAXIN. SIR, -During last week the above towns, were liberally posted with placards stating that the Friends and Sup- porters of Sir Hugh Owen, purposed holding a public meeting on Saturday evening, the 24th inst, in the stores, at Hakin Quay, which were beautifully deoorated- by the employes of Messrs Jackson, & Co. But judge my disappointment; after waiting in the cold for some time, (and knowing that Sir Hugh had arrived), by being informed that the meeting could not be held, in consequence of Sir Hugh's friends from Pembroke Dock, not having arrived. Surely, Sir, this tact speaks volumes in favour of the Conservative cause here, in consequence of the Liberals being unable to get together sufficient to hold a meeting, unless assisted by their few supporters from the other side of the Haven. I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, ONE WHO WAITRD IN THE COLD. Hakin, Milford, 27th October, 1868. PICTON CASTLE AND THE TRADE. SIR,-As one of the Trade fraternity of this town, certainly did not imagine that we had in our midst such a sapient indvidual as he who signed himself by the mis- nomerof Trades man, in a recent issue of your contemporary. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," and madly put into print their pent-up feelings of disappointment,) coupled with ideas incompatible with common sense. Doubtless the astute trading community of this town must have been amused at the idiotic and suicidal ad vice contained in Tradesman's literary effusion, to connive in closirfg tbeir doors against the proprietor of Picton Castle. because an intimation was made to a tradesman, who had been favoured with business to a large amount, to support the Picton interest—and he, with more fervour than díS. cretion, made a letter public which should, in honour, have been treated as strictly a business affair. And I may ask should not obligations be mutoal r. Indeed, what would it matter were Tradesman's wishes to be realised; cfertainly the trade would be the only losers, for we all know that the rail has annihilated distance ittid time: and we are. surrounded by towns only too glad to get such a customer. I very much doubt if this political economist, and thoroughly conversant person (for Trades- man he cannot be) with tne common rules Of commerc?, over bad the pleasure of an order fr»m Picton, or that he has the most chimerical views of anticipation of one-con- sequently he has nothing to lose-and Is so conservative in hit) views that he cannot possibly he a liberal. He speaks of the Liberal nag floating over the battle- ments of tho ancient Castle for times long past: certainly it did—but when liberalism ceases to be what is understood by the term, surely it is time, and iprudent too, for aM lovers of our glorious constitution to ehange blue for rod. Then with reference to the antecedents of Mr and Mf" Pbilipps and Mr Fisher: it shows what bitter disappoiHt^ ment, unalloyed by hope, will prompt a man to say"9\ those who ignore his very existence: it is evident he cannot boast of any good breedi^p or he never would challenge any one of ^Tad cast, with the callings of their ancesters. It may be 0 who amongst us can claim immunity from ple^el blood. When Tradesman again feels aggrieved, let htm P1"* his manuscript in the hands of a sensible frieno » revision, so as not to expose his mental aberrant u advising bis fellow-townsmen to do what no "aDO INALL would entertain for an instant. Q»« OF THB TRADESMEN or HAvBarQBy^^T^ Printed and Published by the Proprietors. LLKWKLI.IN and THOMAS V?H;ICHB.B DAVIES, 8T Office in High-street, in the Parish of gaint.May in the County of the Town of Haverfordweat. Wednesday, November 1868..