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! ROOSE PETTY SESSIONS.
ROOSE PETTY SESSIONS. These sessions were held at the Shire Hall on Saturday, before S. H-irford, Esq, T. Roberts, E-q, J. P. Jones, E-G, and Rev P- Phelps. j ASSAULTING 'HIE POLICE. John Dimes, senior, and John Dories, junior, wore charged with assaulting P.Sergt. Carroll in the execution 01 his dutv. The elder defendant was fined 403 and costs, and the younger defendant was fined 5s and costs. DAMAGING POLICE UNIFOKM. John Davics, senior, wa« further charged with d imagine the uniform clothing of P.Sergt. Carroll. The Bench lined the defendant 14s and co.ts, Fur, IOUS DIIIVIIIG. Thomas Lloyd aid Owen Griffiths. Vm servant*, of Penfoider, wo.ie charged with tuviisv<-> drivins:. Tna defendants were each fined :20.. and costs. STEALING COAL. Surah John was ohare-d with stealing 54 lh" of coal from a pit at Walton West, the property of Mr Pf-ser. The Bench committed the prisoner to Gaol for seven days with hard labour.
M I L F 0 R D.
M I L F 0 R D. LA ON Oil OF THE KA.TfIEI.tINR LIFEBOAT, The launch of the "Katherine Lifeboat. the gift of Titus Salt, juu., Esq, of Bradford, took place on the j premises of Messrs Watson and Wimshurst, at the Old Dockyard, Milford, on Saturday lilsL The occasion drew together a numerous company, among whom were Lady Cawdor, (who had kindly undertaken the duty or naming the boat,) Lord Cawdor; Mr Scourfield, Mrs Scourfield; Admiral Sloke*, Mrs Stokes; Mr M-yriek Mr C. Fisher, Pieton Cas le, Nlrs Fisher Rev John Fownc-s; Mr Pitman; Mr Pattison, Mrs Pattison; Rev Oanon Thoma" Mr Wehnert; Colonel Bunbury; Mr R. Carrow, Johnston Hull; Mr Fisher, Denant; Mr T. Roberts; Mr F. L. Clarke; Mr T. Marriott, and manv naval officers resident in the locality. The ex- cellent band of H. M.S. Revenge occupied a position in the vicinity of the platform on which the ceremony of naming the Boat took place, and played with their their usu d ability a variety of popular music. The Milford Yolunteer Corps, under the command of Capt. Griffiths, lined the approaches to the platform, and their band also performed in the interval preceding the cere- runny, Shortly after the time appointed for the commence- ment of the proceedings, the crew of the Lifeboat put on their cork jackets, and having taken their stations ir. ihe at, Captain Ward, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats for the National Lifeboat Institution, addressing the assembly, said: My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Through the liberality of a gentleman living in the interior of the country, Mr Titus Salt, junior, tbi3 boat has been pre- sented to the town of Milford, that you may be relieved from the responsibility of any lives being lost at any ] time in your locality for the want of a Lifeboat; but in consequence of the inclemency of the present season and the uncertainty of the weather, it has been thought desir- able, in fact, necessary, that the formal presentation to the locality should take place under cover, and that will be done in the Mould Loft of Messrs Watson ani Wimshursf. In order to make tire ceremony as imposing as we can, apart from the sentiment of its being a life boat we are launching, Messrs Watson and Wimshurst have most liberally and kindly made the preparations you see before tB. (He ir, hear.) They have gratui- tously placed their yard at the disposal of the Comm't tee they have also bestowed great pains and tab ur, also gratuitously, on the arrangements, in order that the boat may be launched in the best style and not merel. pushed off into the water. (Hear, hear.) I am sure we all appreciate what they have done. (Hear, hear.) Before placing these boats into the water, the Institution is al-vaya desirous that the blessing of the Almighty should be asked upon them, upon their ftitiire career, and upon their crews who will be caHeft upon to risk their lives in them. (Hear, hear.) Your respected Vicar, Canon Thomas, will therefore offer up a prayer, and invoke the Almighty's blessing upon the boat. I am sure you all highly appreciate the kindness of Lady Cawd r, who lias consented to perform another impor- 1 ant part in the ceremonial by naming the Boat. (Hear, hear.) The Rev Canon Thomas then came forward and said. My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen-Having, as Capt ard has informed you, been invited to request a blessing on theworkinwhich we are this day engaged, and which all mu;t agr .•« is of a most interesting nature, I have great pleasure in complying with the request ad- dressed to m3. I have always felt that whenever a ship is launched, it is an appropriate thing that the launch should be preceded by something like a religious service, imploring God's blessing upon the work. (Hear, hear.) For whether the ship be a vessel of war, or a ve;:sd destined for commercial purposes, we all know that the duties of the men who man these vessels must be per- formed in the face of appaling dangers; and therefore I think cn no occasion is some religious service more appro- priate than when a ship is launched f)r the first time. (tiear, hear.) But if it be appropriate at any time that this should be done, it is surely when a boat is laulrched for the first time, the duties of which must always be per- formed in the face of appaling dangers. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, I think nothing can be more appropriate than that the blessing of God should be supplicated upon such a work as this is. I will not detain you any longer, and I feel quite sure that you will all cordially unite with me in offering up a prayer. The rev gentleman then offered up an appropriate prayer, after which Lady Cawdor, seizing the bottle wine which was sus- pended over the stern of the Lifeboat, dashed it against the side of the boat, saying I name this Lifeboat the Katherine, and may God prosper her." The wedges, which secured the boat, were knocked away, and she glided rapidly into the water, amid the ringing cheers of the multitude, and the firing of cannun. The boat, after making a circuit in the view of the people on shore, was pulled in beneath a lifting apparatus, and overturned under the direction of Capt Ward. It immediately righted itself, and in a few seconds ejected the water with which it was filled to the depth of several inches. Alter witnessing..this experiment, the greater part of the company went into the Mould Loft, where it was arranged that the formal presentation of the boat should be made. The room had been neatly decorated for the occasion by the spirited proprietors, Messrs Watson and Wimshurst, and a luncheon had also been provided for the visitors by the local committee. Capt Ward, in introducing the proceedings, said: My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen-l have been deputed by the National Life Boat Institution, on behalf of Mr Titus Salt, junior, to present the Life Boat we have this day launched, to the Town of Milford. Mr Titus Salt, senior, bad previously given the Institution a new Life- Boat establithnent, which cost £ 0o0; and Mr Titus Salt, junior, now presents this boat and its equipment, and it has been left to the locality to provide the house I to receive it. The Institution, as you are aware, is sup- ported by voluntary contributions, and has now the finest fleet of life-bjats that exists. The one now launched here makes the 190th placed on our coasts—(applause) -and the fleet saves a large number of lives every year. The average for many years past has been between 400 and 500. (Applause.) The Institution is under the control of a body of management in London, and at every place where a boat is stationed there is a local body of management; so that the Institution is not to be considered a London Institution, but a thoroughly British Institution, one for English, Scotch, and Irish. (Hear, hear.) Every local subscriber is con- sidered t) be a member of the Institution: and the wrr< is truly a national work, and one which tha B i ish nation have every reason to be prou l of. (Applaase.) The boats of the Institution have been placed in the hands of local committees: we have no organised boat-crews: we look to the fishermen, the teachmen, local boatmen, pilots, and others to man them. (Hear, hear.) The crew you have seen in the boat to day were brought over from Angle Point, where the boat will be stationed. The boat having been placed in the hands of the committee here, we shall look to the Il{)calif- 11 T1 d not sim p'y '0 t 1.P, 10ro.l':y, 11u' t,) t he public 'õ the surrounding part, of the country, iO take some interest in the work. (Hear, hear.) Admiral Stokes—The institution presents this boat to the town of Milford, through yoa, as Chairman of the local committee, and I feel satisfied it could not be placed in better hands. (Hear, hear ) I feol convinced that you will do vour or most to maintiin an efficient establishment; and I am sure your boatmen will lr°re, as they do in every other part of the United Khfrdom, do full justice to the qna'ities of the boat, which is all ib-at, science and skilL • an attain to. We feel, in placing the boat in your hands, that, we are calling upon those who will man the boat, to risk their live? to the smallest extent; but st.il! we know that lives n>u<t be ri.-ked in such a work as this, and, thrrrforp, full credit mu"t be given to those brave fellows who vol'in'eer to man our Life Boats, and ri-k their lives in thAm (Loud applause.) On b -h ilt of the Institution, I beg. throus-'h von. to present this Life Boat to the Town pf Milford. (Applause.) Admiral Stokf-s: \1\' Lord, Lad-y Cawdor, La lies and Gentlemen,—Captain Ward—As Chairman of the Milford Brine,!) or the Royal National Life Boat Institution, I receive, with heartfelt thank*, Mr Salt's generous gift of a boat for the of life in this neighbourhood; "and I hog to observe thar if it is with Teeling* of gratitude we hear of n noble generosity which tends towards the saving of li'e, which tends to promote the safety of that verv treacherous high road of life-the sea, how much, m-ist oiir feeli-igs of satisfaction be increased when we r,npet' bpro, to witness the reception of Mr Titus S >:|,s munificent gift of a boat, specially destined for the ■iftvin-? of life on our own immediate coa"t. (Applause.) And, ladies and srentlemen, if the launch we have wit- nessed to-dav' may appear insignificant when compared with that hose iron specimen of art that, a tew days ago we saw glide at the made touch of Lady Muriel Campbell into her native element from the Dockyard at Pembroke, yet there is attached to a life. hoat, especiitlly at this ,eiJ"on of storm and tempest, a VI ry deep feeling- of interest ;—(h»ar, ))par.)-and I think: am borne ou* in this reran' k t,y our having been honoured not only with the presence but. with the assistance of the first lady in illi,; co,in,y. (App'ause ) 1 may ask where can we have a better arid more hopeful guarantee for the success of the Katherine in her perilous career than in her being sent forth on her mission of mercy by Lady Cawdor. (Ap- p'ause.) The constantly hazardous, and often perilous services of iife-boats are brought very vividly and at time-! painfii'lv. home to the hearts of an of U", and especially to ihe In arts of thos-* who reside on th8 seaboard. We have now nearly 200 sister boats of tha Katherine dot ted along the shore* of our sea-girt isle? these boats and their gallant erelVs fnee the heaviest storms and the w<>rstof r, and up to the present time they have been the means of saving neariv 20,003 of our fellow- creatir e'. (Applause.) I will now refer to what Capt Ward has stated, that the expense of these boats is chiefly homo by the parent institution. That of the Milford Boat I amounts to £ 200 for building a tlou-e, and L25 a year for the pavment of the coxswain and erew. Contributions towards this funi will he cheerfully and thankfully received bv Mr Patfison, Collet-tor of Customs, whoso c'xertions on behalf of this branch of the Institution have been most indefatigable. (Applause.) It only remains for me to ask voir to join in drinking the heaUh of Mr Titus Sat, the liberal donor of the Milford Haven Life- boat, and if he could hear the ringing cheers which I am snre this toast will evoke, I am sure he would be fully convinced of our gratefulness for his great munificence. (Applause ) [The toast was pledged with three times three, and one checr more.] Admiral Stoke:, then, in complimentary terms, proposed the health of Lady Cawdor, and the ladies who hid honoured the committee with their presence on the occasion. f The toast was pledged with great heartiness.] Lord Cawdor: On behalf of Lady Cawdor, 1 heg to thank yon for the kind manner in which voir have received the to as'. If. also hasgi ven her the rreat-st pleasure to be allowed to name the" Kathprine" to-day. We all know that the sympathies of the ladies are always with the gallant and the brave, and I can conceive nothing more- likely to excite their sympithies than the services of those men who risk their livi-3 in savins those of our fellow-creature*. (Hear, hear ) I am quite sure that their sympathies will not ba confined to their presence here to-dav: but when they leave here they will advocate the claims of the Institution, and through theirexertions in their own localities, obtam contributions to the funds. (H"IH. hear ) Tha committee must be supported in order to ktcp the boat in the most efficient sta'e: a large sum of money is not required, and if everybody yrves a small sum, t.he boat will be kept, in the best order. (Hear, hear.) I am quite sure that the ladies and every inhabi- tant of this district, are deeply crateiul to Mr Salt for hia handsome and generous present. (Applause.) Admiral Stokes then pr oposed the health of Ife-srs Wa'son and Wimshurst, who had rendered the committee so much assistance. The gallant admiral spoke in the highest terms of Messrs Watson and Wimshurst, and referring to the port of Milford. said that repairs to shipping could be effected as cheaply at Milford as in any part of the kingdom One reason why repairs could be done cheaply at Milford, was that the port was free from the serfdom and slavery of Traded Unions,— (hear, hear,)—and he (the gallant admiral) hoped it would ever continue to be free from such influences. He called upon the assembly to pledge the health of Messrs Watson and Wimshurst*with three times three. (Ap- plause.) Mr Wimshurst: My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen,- I can assure you I feel that a great honmr has been conferred upon our firm by being allowed to have the Life Boat launched from our premises. I think it is the duty of every true Englishman to look after the brave men who plough the deep, and particularly it is the duty of men like myself for whom our sailors do so much. (Applause.) I felt it my duty that I should do what I could for those who do so much for me for were it not for our sailors who take our ships across the seas we should not be hero to build any for them. (Hear, hear.) I consider it an honour to have been permitted to do what I could on this occasion, for I feel certain that all we possibly could do would be amply repaid in the end by the services of this Lifeboat. (Hear, hear) It is also a great gratification to me to see such an illustrious company here on this occasion, and I do trust it may not be the last. (Hear, hear.) We drink success to our lifeboat, and are truly glad to see her here but I am sure there are none present who wish to see her used. (Hear, hear.) Those who go in her imperil their I;vem but if there should be any occasion when her services may be reqmred, I am sure that peril will bs bravely encountered (Applause.) It is not long since, a wreck occurred, when twenty eight lives were lost. 1 have no doubt that fearful loss of life would not have taken I lace had we possessed a lifeboat. (Hear, hear.) We are glad to have been able to render what assistance we could on this occasion, and on behalf of my partner and myself, I thank you for the honour you have done us in drinking our healths. (Applause.) Mr Scourfiald proposed the health of the Rev Canoa Thomas, who responded in a neat speech. Mr Meyrick proposed the health of the Secretary, Mr Pattison, which was drunk with three times three. Other toasts were given, amongst which were the health of Capt Ward, the Inspector of Life Boats" (pro- posed by L)rd Cawdor); "the health of Mr Scourfield," (proposed by Mr Meyrick); the health of the Strangers, associated with the name of Mr Pitman," (proposed by the Re.v Canon Thomas). During the proceedings, Mr S. Williams, of Saint David's, mentioned that efforts were being made to obtain a Life Boat for the district of Saint David's, and that Mr Soourfield had subscribed the sum of £ 10 to the fund. Ia the evening, the Life 13oat was rowed over to Angle Point, where it will be stationed. It is 33 feet long, H feet wide, and rows 10 oars, double banked. There is a sub-comrnitee composed of gentlemen who reside in the neighbourhood of Angle, u the head of whom is Mr George James Young, the gallant farmer, who has been the means of saving many persons wrecked on the coast. Mr Young was present at the launch and presentation of the Life Boat, and had with him no less than three silver medals, rewards for his gallant services in saying life. One of the decorations was the gift of the French Government, and the two others were the gift of the Royal Humane Society and the Board of Trade respectively. We may add that contributions towards the cost of the Life Boat establishment and of its future mainten- ance will be received by Mr Pattison, Collector of Cus- toms, who has kindly consented to disoharge the duties of Treasurer and Hon. Secretary of the Milf. rd Branch fit the National Institution.
THE liEPKESENTATION OF THE…
rke ferocify in defending the consolidated fund. (Applause.) One cannot help feeling from a sad experience that the mission of members of parliament seems to be of rather a contradictory nature: they are sent to parliament to enforce economy in general, and always expenditure in particular. (Laughter.) Popularity, on which so much rests in this country, is acquired—and very naturally-hy attracting to ihe locality with which we are connected, great advan- tages, which can only be compensated for by the exoenditure of large sums of money. If you were to ask anv member for a maritime place,—"What do you think would be of the mojt advantage to the country V he would say-" The construction of a hirbourof refuge in the county with which I am cinnected" (Great laughter.) The practical bearing of this in the House of Commons is to increase rather than to diminish the expenditure; »for although the p invsry reason for sending members to parliament i i supposed to be, to act as a check upon the Govern- ment in the gneml expenditure, yet I think the practical operation is to increase and not to diminish it. But we must consider what are the circumstances of the times. With regard to many expenses incurred, it is eas:er to complain of them than to see one's way exactly to a remedy. Our country is rich, and a rich country must pay for its insurance very much in the same way that every person who insures his house has to pay according to the property contained in it. Lst us just consider the question of insurances as an illustration It is perfectly obvious that if you made a strict calculation, it would he found that those who insure throughout the country must be losers hut nobody can say that people are unwise in insuring, because they buy that which contributes to their happiness and comfort. (Loud applause.) They buy a sense of security ;—(hear, hear,)—every man who has insured his house or himself for a long period—say forty years—Aust know that he would have been much better off if he had not done so but he has purchased for himself a sense of security which has conduced to his comfort. Well, th-e thing we do in private life, the country is obliged to do in its public capacity: we are obliged to keep up our army in proportion to the wealth of the country, and in proportion to the armaments of adjoining countries — (hear, hear,)—and no minister for the time being will dare to leave the country in a state which exposes it to be suddenly overwhelmed. (Applause.) There is another great source of expen- diture very difficult to deal with; and that is con- nected with the improvements and ingenuity of the age. The extraordinary improvements which are daily being made in everything increases the expenses to a most fearful extent. The fight between defence and offence is like the contest in a game in which I take an interest—the game of cricket-the contest between howling and batting; as fast as one imple- ment of offence is discovered, the means of defence against it are found out, and there is additional expense both on the one side and the other. (Hear, hear.) We have had to rebuild our Navy we have really spent vast sums of money in building turret ships and they possibly in their turn may have to give way to another system. Capt. Moncrei'hs system, which approaches the well system more than the turret, has been tried and as improvements are from time to time effected, a great deal of the expense incurred is found to be useless. Still, at the same time, no Minister can dare do otherwise than keep .'the country in the best possible state for practical defence. (Hear, hear.) I do not doubt that the NeedltJ-gun. which the Prussians used in the conflict with Austria, was not theoretically the best imple- ment that could be devised but it was the best at the time, and it sulliced to give them a superiority over their enemies-(hear, hear); and I think the Government must be driven to employ the most effective means of warfare which exists at the time, (Applause ) 1, for one, being a tax payer, and never having had the good fortune to receive Gd from the- taxes, have ever wished, not only for the sake of the constituency, but also for my own sake, to reduce the expenditure in every possible degree; but I would never, for the sake of a little temporary popularity, try to inflame the minds of the people by expecta- tions of great reductions which, when you come to the practical question, will not be made (applause);-for then people,—& not unjustly,-turn round upon those who held out those promises and say,—"What dd you toean by saying you are an economist 1—why we are How paying more than before." (Applause.) Ihere is one very great agricultural question which was agitated in parliament, and which I think must yet receive the attention of parliament and this county is particularly interested in that question, because it bears upon its chief production—I mean cattle. In parliament a great question was raised as to providing a Foreign Cattle Market, the object of which was to prevent contagion coming into the country from the Continent, where I think it is now pretty well ascertained contagion comes in. On the other side, the doctrines of free trade were well used, and it was asked—" How can we feed our towns if these restric- tions are imposed V' We felt the force of that argument: but still, we thought, on broad grounds, -if we show you there are means of diminishing the chances of contagion coming into the country, you are bound to adopt them. I had a controversy with a gentleman who said how unjust it was to restrict the supply of cattle. What did you do," he said, with the Coventry weavers: you allowed France to undersell them." My answer to that was this—I quite admit free-trade is established, and not likely to be disestablished in this country but what farmers say is this We admit free-trade: we adopt it: we ( don't complain of anything being brought in to Undersell us: we don't complain of that: we must take our chance if cheap food can be got; but we have a r;gbt to complain of things being allowed to come in to infect us. (Hear, hear.) If in the case of the Coventry weavers and French ribbons, you Cl>uid have proved that the introduction of foreign ribbons had not merely led to underselling and ruin to their trade but had led also to the total destruc- tion of their ribbons by some infectious process, your cise would have been made out. (Applause.) I don't think the cases are parallel: I think the country has a right to be defended against contagion 5a every possible way; and we quite admit your right to any lower prices that may be obtained in consequence of the introduction of articles necessary for human subsistence." (Applause.) This bill for the purpose of establishing a Foreign Cattle Market ^[as introduced at a late period, and carried in its different stages by large majorities. I own I v°ted *°r it but it being so late an hour, the dilatory process, w hich is a very successful one, was irre- sistible, and it was impossible to go on with it. It Was a question which was ably debated, and it was IIUpported not only by Mr Lowe, but by a gentleman once connected with this county, and who is em- PWdcally what iscalled a Tenant Farmers' Member, a ^an of great ability—I refer to Mr Reed, the member Norfolk, who lived for three or four years in (Hear, hear.) That is a question "'hich must again come before us: it is one which ?resents extraordinary difficulty, and is one to which win pledge my best attention, and as an earnest that attention, I will refer to the votes I have ?,Ven before, which I don't think I am at all likely l° Averse.- (Applause.) Gentlemen—I feel that I j *ve occupied your attention, perhaps, for an undue ength of.time, but as the speakers have not been ( numerous on this occasion, f feel I may trespass with less imputation upon yon. I have not a great deal more to say to you but I cannot avoid referring to that great change which has recently taken place -1 mean the extension of the political franchise in this country. Now, T, for one, fairly admit that! think the present state of things has been brought about more by the actiou and reaction of parties-- and more possibly by the action of that curious prin- ciple—and a very curious one it is—the wish to do something ml settle the question. (Hear, hear.) It does not ssem a very rational way of settling matters, but still it is an undoubted fact that measures are carried on this principle-" For God's sake do some- thing, and settle the question." (Great laughter.) I think it was said of the late Lord Melbourne that he never left a Cabinet Council in a state of alarm except when they had come to the conclusion thai something ?-ust be done. (Laughter.) This bill must be included among those due to the act on and reaction of political parties, and to the aciim of the principle—" Something must he done, for God's sake settle the question." (Laughter.) I don't. pretend to say that I am an admirer of the system — (I will not say who are the original authors of it)- which has been introduced into England with very great effect,—that of parties carrying measures to which they were originally opposed. (Hear, hear.) I am only saying what I have stated in the [louse of Commons, and I prefer that whatever measure is introduced into parliament, it should be carried by I the persons who originally proposed it. Ithinkthat. •he i the House of Commons is in ifs natural posi- ilion; its mechanism acts consistently. Those who are in favour of the measure can denl with it more temperately and with less suspicion than those who were originally opposed to it while those who are opposed to it are in their proper vocation in check- ing the measure. (Applause.) It has happened of i,ale years that measures have been proposed and carried by parties who were originally opposed to them; and I think even in the present time we have seen some- thing of the sort. (Hear, hear.) f regret very much that it has fallen upon .VJr Gladstone, for whose abili- ties I have the highest possible respect-I regret that he should be the person to introduce this measure for the disestablishment of the Irish Church, to which all his previous speeches and writings are op- posed. (Hear, hear.) I regret that circumstance: hut whatever happens, whatever legislative changes take place, whatever the disposition of political power in this country, I for one do not hesitate to avow my confidence in the good sense and modera- tion of the people of England. (Loud applause.) I have greater confidence in the benefit to be derived from the possession of these qualities than from the exact words in the clauses of any acts of parliament. (Renewed applause.) I cannot help recalling to my mind some lines written very nearly two hundred years ago by a great poet at that time—Dryden, who in a poem now very little known, called the "Medal," speaking of this country, applied the word "tem- perate to our island. The lines he used, if they were applicable to the country then, are even more applicable at the present time. He wrote Our temperate isle will no extremes sustain, Of popular sway or arbitrary reigrn, But slides between them both into the best, Secure in freedom, in a monarch blest." (Loud applause ) The concluding line, if it was applicable then, is doubly applicable now. (Applause.) Nobody, I think can feel any apprehension with regard to the security of freedom in this country. (Applause.) I think no one who has watched the whole career of that illustrious lady who presides over this country, can doubt that we have been blest in having such a monarch. (Renewed applause.) I trust that the other epithet—the word "temperate" -may still continue applicable to the character and general feeling of the people of England. (Great applause.) Then I can feel a confidence and express my hope that the current of improvement and progress may not be checked in this country for though it may run fast, yet it runs between the boundaiieiof order and justice, which prevent that current from becoming a devastating torrent. (Great cheering.) I also feel convinced that the people of England will in the exercise of these views of mode- ration and justice, not be disposed to test-to measure the amount of our nation's happiness by some false and imaginary standard of perfection, but by the practical test of comparison between their own and other countries of the world, and the reasonable chance of obtaining anything better in. the place of what they now enjoy. (Loud applause.) These are my hopes: I have never professed, I hope, any violent feelings on the subject of politics. (Hear, hear.) I believe that moderation and justice are our best guides in this as in every other matter, and in the exercise of those feelings of justice and moderation, I hope I shall give expression to, and be sustained hy. the sympathy of the electors of this county. [The hon. gentleman sat down amid loud cheers.] After a pause, Mr Scourfield again rose and said: 'Gentlemen, -Although I have no right to conclude that in so numerous an assembly as this is, the remarks I made in the speech lately addressed to you ob- tained the concurrence of all who heard me, yet I feel perfectly convinced that I shall obtain the sympathy and concurrence of every person in this Hall when I propose a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for his able and impartial conduct in the chair in the Hall to-day. (Applause.) Mr Colby seconded the motion. At the suggestion of Mr Scourfield, the assembly signified their assent to the proposition by giving three hearty cheers for the High Sheriff. C Z, The High Sheriff: Gentlemen-I beg to thank yc u for the kind manner in which you have responded to the proposition made by Mr Scourfield. My duties have been so light, that I feel I deserve no thanks: but I thank you for the expression of your approval of what I have done. (Applause.) The assembly here gave three cheers for the late member, Mr Bowen, of Llwyngwair. A similar compliment was paid to Mr Fisher, of Pic to n. Mr Bowen, Llwyngwair: Gentlemen—I return you my sincere thanks for the compliment you have paid me and I assure you that no one in the county is more highly pleased and satisfied with what has been done to-day than I am. (Ap- plause.) I do hope that for many years Mr Scourfield may be our member, and that as long as life lasts he may be the representative of the County of Pembroke. (loud applause,) The proceedings in the Hall then terminated. The newly elected member observed the old-custorn of riding round the town, and was accompanied b) Mr Saurin and Mr Colby on horseback, and a numerous procession of his friends and supporters, preceded by a band of music. From many of the houses in the principal streets banners were hung out, and the member for the county was several times, during the procession, loudly cheered by his old constituents. ARMT CONTRAcTs-We are glad to find that our neighbours, Mr William Gibby and Co., of Waterston, have obtaiued the army contract for meat for the Pem- broke Dock district. We: have no doubt they Wi] give perfeot satisfaction.