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CARMARTHENSHIRE ELECTION. The nomination of two knights of the shire to repre- sent the county of Carmarthen took place at the Town Sal!, Llandilo, on Saturdiy. The Hiil was era aimed by an enthusiastic audience. Mr Charles Neville, the r:Iio!.h Sheriff, called upon the to propose a candidate. Mr W. R. II. Powell, of Maesgvvnne, in a neat speech, proposed Mr David Pugh. He said it was a matter of great regret that the peace and tranquility of the district was about to be disturbed, hilt he hoped the contest would leave no acrimony, or ill-feeling be- hind \K Major Lewis seconded the nomination, and in the course of his remarks announced himself opposed to the disestablishment of the Irish Church. Colonel Stepney. M P., for the C .r.aartcen Boroughs, propoaed Mr Edward John Sartoris. Mr Johns, of Dolaucoihy, mwirro1:1 of, t' c Qurtrter Sessions, in a lengthy speech, seconded the nomination of Mr Sartoris. Sir James Hamilton, in proposing Mr H. L. Puxley, coromeneed by expressing his regret at the long ccn- tinusd indisposition of their kte. member, Mr David Jones, who had won the esteem even of those who differed from him in polities. He would now submit the name of one who, like their late member, would keep such an honourable and straightfor ward course as to justify their choice. He had great pi ature in nomina!mg Mr H. L. Puxley. He would enlist their sympathy as he read a letter whioh interdicted Mr Puxley to be preseTit. They were ail liable to be strur-k down by illness, ar.d when ill it was gratifying to receive such a practical exprtssion of sympathy as they were manifesting f.-r Mr Puxley. He concluded by proposing Mr H. L. Puxley. Mr Herbert Evans, of Highmeacl, briefly seconded the nomination. Mr Campbell Davies proposed Mr John Jones, of B1 •enos, as a fit and proper person to represent the county. Captain Lloyd, of Glansevin, seconded the nomina tion. Sir PJgh, Mr Sartoris, Mr Jones, and Mr Puxley, brother of Mr H. L. Puxley, then addressed the meeting. A show of hands was th'cn taken, which was declared to be in favour of Sartoris and Pugh. A poll was de- manded on behalf of Puxley and Jono-. A vote of thanks to the High Sheriff concluded the business. The election for the county took place on Tuesday. All parties worked with a will, and did their utmost to return their favourite candidate. There was a large number of strangers in Carmarthen, some of whom came to exercise their vote", and others to watch the contest. There was a great, deal of excitement in nil the polling districts, but the utmost good order prevailed. Everything passed off in the most quiet and orderly manner—.that is, of course, considering the excitement which had been caused. There was an immense nnmber of vehicles engaged for the different polling districts throughout the county. Mr Sartoris's committee were rather backward in engaging conveyances, and when they gave attention to the. matter, they found that Mr Paxlej's committee had engaged the vehicles in Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, and Tenby some weeks ago. Mr Sartoris's committee at once telegrapred t,) Swansea, and also obtained assistance from gentlemen of Liberal views, who placed their car- riages at the dispesU ot the eomini tee. At Carmarthen, Mr Sartoris, about half-past nine o'clock, was about 40 in advance of Mr Puxley, and about ten o'clock a large number of farmers, including Mr William Moriis's tenants, marched in three and four abreast, the leaders Of whom were on horseback, aud Mr Morris and Mr Parnall (Llanstephan), being at their head. Those all plumped for Mr Sartoris, and did much to give the Liberal' Candidate a majority at Carmarthen. Mr Puxley's party worked hard to make up for this, and partially succeeded by about two o'clock. The number of persons entitled to vote in the respective polling districts were as followsCarmsr hen, 944; Llandilo, 1,528; Llandovery, 1,086; Llanelly, 1,201 Llangen'deirne, 611 Llansawel, 9G1 Newcastle Emlyn, 753 St. Clears, 941—making a total of 8,028. In Carmarthen, a3 in most of the polling places, the shops were closed, business suspended, and there was a general holiday. The following was the result of the poll Satoris 3,277 Jone3 2,024 Puxley 2,815 Pugh 1,341 Majority for Sartoris, 343 for Jones, 119

DOMINATION OF SHERIFFS.-NORTH AND SOUTH WALES PEMBROKESHIRE.—Mr Robert P. Davias, of Ridg;way; Mr Thomas Meyrick of Bush and Mr Morris Williams Lloyd Owen, of Cymgloyne^ ANGLESEY.Mr Henry Jenner Holden Hogg, of Land- gaws, Holyhead; Mr Edward Octavius Pearce, of Bryncolyn, and Mr Thomas Lewis Hampton, of Henllys. BBECONSHIRE.—Mr William Powell, of Chapelhouse; Altanor; Mr Hugh Powell Price, ot Castle Madoc; and Mr Thomas John Evans, of Tamawr-yn-y-Glyn. CARDIGANSHIRE.—Mr Gaulfihld Tynte Lloyd Wil- liams, of Gwernaul park Mr Herbert Davies Evans, of High Mead, near Carmarthen; and Mr William Buck, of Stradmore, near Llandiesil.. CARMARTHENSHIRE. —Mr John Lewis Thomas, of Caeglas, Llandilo; Mr Henry James Bath, of Allty- ferim'; and Mr William Henry Foley, of Abermarlais park. CARNARVONSHIRE.—Mr Rice William Thomas, of Coed Helen Mr Hugh John Ellis-Nannev, of Plashen and Mr Robert Lloyd Parry, of Abordunant. DENBIGHSHIRE, —Mr Charles Wynn Finch, of Yoclas Mr John Richard Heaton, of Plas Heaton; Major General Henry Dive Townshend, of Trevalyn. FLINTSHIRE.—Mr Scott Bantz, of Loughton-hall; Mr Edwin William Phillips, of Rhual; and Mr Edmund Peel, of Bryn-y-pys. GLAMORGANSHIRE -Mr Richard Bassett, of Bonvil- stone; Mr Edward Romilly, of Portkerry; and Mr George William Griffiths Thomas, of Coedriglan. MERIONETHSHIRE.—Mr Henry Robertson, of Cro- genan Mr Hugh John Ellisa Waney, of Cefngoed; and Mr Clement Arthur Thurston, of Rual Towers, MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—Mr John Price Davies, of Fronlelen Mr Offley Malcolm Crewe Read, LIan- dinemhall; and Mr John Robertson Jones, of Brither Hall. RADNORSHIRE.—Mr James Bevan, of Preteggign: Mr Edward Jenkins, of the Grove, Presteign and Sir John James Garbet Walsham, of Kaill Court, near Walton. t

CORRESPONDENCE. We do not. considerourselvesrespotigible far the opinions and sentiments of our Correspondents Si'.t,—Will yon oblige me by correcting a statement which appeared in your paper of what I said at the nomination of a niemher for Haverfordwest? What I did sav was that —" A Parliamentary return ,chows-among oÚHJr instances of was'e, ttiat 25 ship* were so d by the Admiralty for £ 23,600, the purchasers of which were repaid jg82,000 for stores on boA^I, tlnl" reci-iving the ships for nothing, and a bonus of £ 8,400 tor taking them. This is the way our money goes." Your obedient ,-ervant, WILLIAM OWEN. Nov. 22, 1S68. Sin,—Now that the strife of party is, or onsrhf- to be ended, may I bs-g spaoe in your widely circulate.I paper for a word or two ? We were lately alarmed we feared that a revolutionary spirit prevailed in the nation. On that pome our fears ma' cease. The late election- have proved that, whether Mr Gladstone or Air Disraeli leads the New Parliament, the p°ople wili have the o! 1 families, the old torn-fnn). bred gentry to represent them, and have plainly said,— "Oxford intellectuals need not apply 11 men need not apply;" '• Our old masters, the Liberal let live landlords, they are the men for us." Bllt, th,,¡gh s:,{e -tor the present, (lancer, is in the future, IV hat materials have deraa^.Oxues and dissenting priests in the new electors to work upon? The obscure School-less provinces in Wales are now as priest-ridden as any part of Ireland: the tyranny they have shown in the late, elections c<«uid hardly tie equalled in Ireland, for we believe the llomish priests are a more gentlemanly ••lass <>f men than our locals and "students,even than some of our popular U >ctors. There is danger in these (jitter, envious persons—they foster a spirit of disaffection to the upper cla-ses, to the National Institutions, and, I fully believe, to England and English Government generally. What is the remedy and safeguard ? Education. Let the Electors now tell their mciatie's—We will have it: Wales must be edu- cated the people mn-t he ,¡VCÙ from the dissenting' pr ests. We iyiuit have -chools, and good o:ies, every- where. I leave the rest to others, on'y adding that none can dispute the tact., that ignnr nice is the stronghold of the baptists,'and other iucenaia-iep. Y au: S obediently TRUTII.

rhE GRAND METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASE CSOYD >N.— "WEDNESDAY. Handicap of 20 sovereigns each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared, with 200 added winners extra second to receive 25 sovereigns. About three miles and a half. Thirty sub-, 15 of whom declared forfeit. Lord Coventry's Steamboat, by Lifeboat — Whitlny, 5 yrs, list. 3ib Wheeler 1 MrT. V. Morgan's Brick, aged, 10"t 91b .G. Holman 2 Mr E. Green's The Nun, aged, 12st lib.. Mr Thomas 3 Mr T. Gough's Meanwood, aged, list 121b W. White 0 Mr W olfitt's Greenland, aged, list 91b ..G. Wud- dinciton 0 Mr Lvnton's Hornet, aged, list 51b GrirSths 0 Mr Moffat's Pedestar, 6 yrs, list 51b .Afurpby 0 Mr C. Guy's Hippolyte, aged, list lib.. Mr IIohaon 0 Duko of Hamilton's Sultan, 6 yrs, list llb.J. Pan-o 0 MrT. P. S'jlden's Taw Vale, aged, 10rt 121 o Mr J. Edwards 0 [Snowstorm was scratched at noon, and Huntsman's Daughter and Globule at two p.m. on thu day of the rac".] Batting.—Two to one against The Nun, 100 to 30 against Brick, 5 to 1 against Steamboat, 100 to 18 against Meanwood, 100 to 8 against P^Iestar, 100 to 7 against Hippolyte, .and 20 to l'against Greenland, Taw Vale, and Sultan. The preliminary canters presented no noteworthy features, ami with as little d-day as pos- s'bic the ten runners were dispatched t the n'st & tempt: The Nun at a good pane cutting o it tlo work. followed by Hippolyte, Greenland, Hornet, Brick, and Steamboat, Meanwood sue eeding some distance in advance of Polestar, Taw Vale, who began badly, bringing np the rear. In this way they nn to the first flight of hurdles, where flippolvte pulled to the front, The Nun and Hornet, however, atending upon him on eitho", Brick following the trio until the line for the water jump, when The Nun r(s,-im,,d the command find took the brook sightly in advance of Meanwood and Hippolyte, Greenland, Steemboa', and Hornet, be:ng next. Sultan coming in front of the others but he slipped up on landing, and befoie Pajje could get him righted, he was ore-sed by Polestar, Brick, and Taw Vale, and p rsiat- ently refusing to take the next obvacle, he was puded up ami took no further part in the chace. After they had gone a mile The Nun increased her lead to at least, three lengths, GreenUnd running into second plac-j at Farm House, while Po'estar and Meanwood w nt on third ?nd fourth, to the fence out of the enclosures when Polestar pulled Murphy into the seoond po-dwou. but in the next quarter of a mile Steamboat ran up to the quarters of the Irish horse, who dropped back at the Beckenham-road turn, leaving Greenland in attendanco upon The Nun and Lord Coventry's horse, Meanwood following in front of Polestar, Hornet, and Hippolyte, who lay in a cluster, Brick following about four lengths in rear of the trio, but some disiame in advance of Taw Vale, As they traversed rlong fie Woodside towards the water for the second time. Steamboat, Meanwood, and Greenland alternately held second and third places, but after clearing the hurdles before the brook Steamboat took a clear second place and gr^dua'ly decreased The Nun's advantage, so that at the stand the mare was not more than a length and a half in front of Steamboat, while Meanwood dropped back into the rear of Brick, who passed Hippolyte before reaching the water, where Steamboat was steadied, and The Nun cleared it a couple of lengths in advance of Greenland, Polestar taking it next, with Steamboat, Hornet, Brick, and Meanwood succeeding, Hippolyte and Taw Vale following, the latter being apparently outpaced from the start. A mile and aqmrter from home Steam boat rehcaded Polestar, Brick, Meanwood, and Hornet succeeding the Irish horse, but the Nun and Greenland raced away In front of their field, and a mile from home Mr Green's .nare was at least three lengths clear of Greenland, and the Se!d was at this point further reduced by Polestar being beaten and gradually retiring to the rear, The only other change worthy of note which occurred in the positions of the leading division was the close order taken by the Nun, Greenland, and Steamboat, who, as they raced towards the Beckenham-road turn-three- quarters of a mile from home—wye half a dozen lengths in aivanco of Brick, the only other horse left in the race with any apparent chance of success Approaching the last flight of hurdles, Steamboat and Nun raced toge'h^r for the lead, but the mare cleared them just in advance of Lord Coventry's horse, Greenland succeeding ab. ut a couple of lengths in rear of the pair; while Brick was gradually closing upon Mr Welfitt's horse. In the bottom the Nun was in trouble, and Steamboat at once took the lead, and Brick, coming with a rush on the hill, passed Greenland and the Nun, but despite Holman's vigorous efforts be could never overhaul Steamboat, who, patiently ridden by Wheeler, won cleveily by half a length. The Nun was third, six lengths in the rear of Brick, while twice that distance off came Greenland fourth, Meanwood, who succeeded, being the only one of the others who passed the post, Hippolyte, Taw Vale, and Hornet walking in, the latter, who had broken down, being walked in by Griffiths. Polestar was pulled up on the far side, and walked in the ab- solute last. A The 3rd Dragoon Guards,, and the 4th, 26, 33rd, and 45th Foot, are to carry the word "Abyssinia" on their colours. A SAVING CLAUSE.-Madame de Stael's daughter, the Baroness de Broglie, was an extraordinary beauty. Her charms made such an impression on Prince Talleyrand, that, in contemplating them, he was often deficient in his attentions to her highly gifted mother. One day, being on a party of pleasure on the water, she was determined to confound him, and put this question:—" If our vessel were to be wrecked by a storm, whiclr of us would you strive to save first, me or my daughter? "Madau> instantly replied Talleyrand, with the many talents and acquirements you possess, it would be an affront to you to suppose that 191,1 cannot swim; I should therefore d«sm U my duty the baroaaess."

MR GLADSTONE'S REVEREND FATHERS. THE election riots in England and in Ireland have originated, or have been provoked—for bold men will re- tdiate by the Romish priests, who seem to keep in relay, as other lawless people do, a pack of infatuated i uiSans, ready at the word of command to rush out on innoeent people who never harmed them, and inflict upon them murderous injuries. It seems to bo the policy, in some instances almost avowed, of the pries', party to intimidate the law-respecting English people, and to conquer our country by violence for the Bishop of Rome. They sue -eed too well, and when Mr Glad- stone becomes Prime Minister, depend upon it, this Government will never dare to repress with a strong hend, as did Mr Eyre, any measure of cruelty or revolt, or out goes his Ministry. Mr Gladstone may even con- nive at this violence as the only means by which he can carry out his un-English policy. "Popery will kill us, or we must kil! Poperr/' which will be no ea-ty matter, seeing that so many among us of various parties -the Nonconformists especially, guided by Mr Miall and by the Daily Kews, are in political parnzinshjp with the Papi-ts and the Ritualists, while the philosophers seeth indifferent, so ling as the Protestant religion is pjut. down, what wild fanaticism takes its place. They think all religions equally false, but in their ignorance they also think all religions equally useful, which they are not. Some are very useful, others mischievous, es- pecially that modification of the ancient idolatries called R mani-jm. Blackburn, Drogheda, and Sliao all tell the same sad tale of the .great power of the priests, restrained rather by the resi-tance of the insulted English people, than by the impartial protection of the Government and the police. The moral of nIl this—if there were intelligence and courage to define it—is, that, Pnpis'i priests have alrea. iy a dangerous power, and that they, to servo pro- Papsl ends,Reject tnoial principl", such as other human beings, even savages, are constrained to observe. Right, < jus*ice. truth, foibearance, they demand from all others to themselves, but they own no reciprncal claim. There is a loud and not an unjust outcry when lindlords exer- cise political idluünce over (heir tenants, Out not a word is whispered when priests exercise the severest and u: ost implacable spiritual tyranny over their dupes. Trie priests have been present throughout Ireland, marshal ling their electors, who, under dreadful penalties of the horsewhip and of severer sufferings, are forced to give their wtes for Mr Gladstone's c-,ndidates -really his duces, for dupes, indeed, are a largeJsectior. of the Liberal party, who know not what they do, or whither he intends to drag them. Sligo has been the scene of the ripest and most abun- dant fruits of the teaching of Mr Gladstone's allies, the priests. A few weeks ago, one Father Murphy, at Wexford, referred to a former election when rotten eggi were used as the chief syllogism to convince men of the ri^bt side of polities, and (to copy from the Standard) Lest some of the oon electors should n,;t be Udepta in the particular strategic movements requisite for the complete suceeas of a rotten e^g 'election," the parish priest, solicitous for the education of bis fLck, unfolded to them the treasures of provincial history, whioh contains not merely a baro entry of the famous rotten egg election," but full particulars of that incident. By so doing, he proposed to prepare them for an imitation of its most valuable features. A hundred Tory electors on that' occasion, were going to vote for an obnoxious candidate; "but" —for here we must allow the pious paatdr to be himself the narrator—" they were met by the power of the people, who sho vered upon the agent a liberal shower of rotten eggs. He was dressed up primly in a white vest, but the shower of rotten eggs completely di-figured him. What was done then ? Why, in order to put him in g-ood condition again by a g lial washing, Tom and Jim Neill from the Black Cow, and a couple of boys from Bill^'s-alley, by way of compassion, after his clothes beiug destroyed, s -pped him in the river. He lost his shoes in the ducking, so they sent for a pair of brogues by way of compensation. The brogues were well paved with hobnails, and had irona,on the heels like as-es' shoes. They put the hob nailed brogues or. him and said, "henceforth you will bo known as Bill Hobba," and Bill Hobbs he was called e?cr after. There's an example of the poa'er of rotten eg £ 3" At tho same town, Sligo, so notorious for its violence, At tho same town, Sligo, so notorious for its violence, an English gentleman of Intclligen-ia and undoubted veracity, was present at a large gathering of Irish people, men, women, and children, when thev were addressed for election purposes by a Catholic priest. T.oe.publis speech of this tClwher of roligion-thh prison ehapbin-this secret, corrector of morals, was so objec- tionable that it cannot be printed. Its character may be judged from the fact, that it was as obscene as some of the passages objected to -by the Chief Justice of the Queen'a Bench in the Confessional Unmasked. It too was specially coercive of husbands by their wives. The readers of the daily newspapers must have read of the recent public cele- brations of the Martyrdom of the murderers of .Sergeant Brett. All such evidence seems lost on Mr Gladstone he rounds his periods, and sits down amidst the applause of multitudes, when he talks of civil and natural justice to the injured Irish people, where priests are their leaders, and whose weapons are maim- ing, wounding, aIM assassinating political opponents. -J. H. E. A WOMAN S VOTE IN DUBLIN.-Durinz the polling in the North City Ward, a woman, named Jessie Bruce, presented herself to record her vote for Pirn and Corrigan. It was found thaj, her name was on the register, and after going through the form of voting she was borne away in, triumph by an enthusiastic crowd of matrons and spinsters. ANOTHER TIDAL PHENOMENON.—A Canadian paper states that on the 1st of November, at Cobourg (on the north shore of Lake Ontario), the waters of the lake receded from 5Oft. to 100ft. from the usual water mark, returning again rapidly, with a loud rushing sound, similar to that heard when the tide is coming in on the sea coast. The ebbing and. flowing were repeated a number of times, for the space of three quarters of an hour. THE YORKSHIRE STATUTE F AIRS.- ThA last of the great annual fairs for the hiring of farm and domestic servants was held at Malton on Saturday, after having lasted three weeks. During the whole of the period the hirings have been slack, mainly owing to the forward state of agriculture, from the fine season, and the reduced number of live stock kept, the meat supplies having suffered so severely from the last summer's drought. Farmers also make a dead set at the high wages, and most engagements, except for female servants, have been on lower terms. A large proportion of farm ser- vants are not hired, and probably will cot be till spring. FIRE IN CARIBOO.—It becomes our painful duty to announce a firii in .comparison with which all that have previously happened in this colony are as a drop to the bucket. Ou Wednesday, the 16th instant (September), about two p.m., a fire broke out in Barry's Saloon, Barkerviile, and before five o'clock the entire town was one mass of smouldering ashes. When it is understood that Bakerville was the principal town in Cariboo, the depot, in fact, for that entire region, some idea may be formed as to the extent of the disaster. The loss is variously estimated from one to two millions of dollars and if the cost, or, indeed, the market value, of the buildings be taken into the account, we fear that the higher figure would not be found out of the way. Owing to interruption of the telegraph, we are still without details, but it appears that so great was the rapidity with which the fire spread that, in most in- stances, little or nothing could be saved, even books, valuable papers, and bank notes them- selves failing a prey to the devouring element. Of all the merchants, we are told that but one, Mr Strouss, had taken the precaution to insure, and he only to the extent of 40,000 dollars, upon a stock of something like 120,000 dollars. The Hudson's Bay Company's warehouse, situated beyond reach of the flames, and the saloon of John T. Scott, saved by cutting a water flume over itf were the only buildings saved.Sritish Columbian,

I VISCOUNTESS BEACONSFIELD. The announcement that Her Majesty the Queen has conferred a Peerage on Mrs Disraeli will hi' received with unqualified satisfaction by all sections of the community. Mr Disraeli's genius is admitted by tho most determined of his politi-al opponents as unreservedly as it is asserted by his warmest supporters. The brilliant, reputation which he has achieved is too solid and alto ,-ether too indisputable a fact to form the subject of question in any unprejudiced mind. There are, ot course, multitudes who hold opinions directly opposed to those which hi has so ably expressed and so zealously advocated through his long and active life, but even those who dlfLr the most, widely from his views and policy must, and do, yield the homage of profound respect., and acknowledge that the service which he has rendered to the State is neither poor nor perishable. If Mr Disraeli would enter ths Chamber of Peers he would take his seat with a better right to honour than any man who has been elevated during the last'half century. If, is, however, clearly impossible that, at the present juncture at least, the head of the Constitutional party should consent to be relegated to the luxurious paradise of virtuous statesmen, Mr Disraeli is not the man to "rest and be thankful" when once the highest distinction to which a suiJôct måJ aspire is wirhin his g^sp. Ti-e mature faculty of judgment wsth which Ion* and extensive experience in public business has endowed him may be more usefully employed in the House of Commons than in the Assem- bly ot the i'eers. In the ttreat debating forum of the people, where questions are proposed and matters of popular foment are discussed in a practical term and surrounded as they arise with all the social and 'cox- nvrcial circumstance of the busy workl, the vast nov er ami acute tact which Mr Disraeli possesses be brought into play with the greatest benefit to the nation. It is therefore expedient, on public grounds, that the Premier should not yet retire in the dignified shade i f t lie Upper Chamber. That the sense of doty has impelled Mr Disraeli to decline the oiler of a Peerage, which ha-, of course, been m tde to him. is sufficiently obvious, ami his decision Jut» the nation under a fresh obligation. The acceptance of a coronet for Mrs Disraeli would seem to indicate a liwd resolve on the part of the Premier to complete his public career as he commenced it Mr Disraeli. However that tnay be, tho bestowal of a Peeiage on the lady who has been the companion of tLa Premier through all his struggles, and chared- alike Irs erne" and triumphs, is an act of mtin te grace on the pi-I t of the Sovereign, and reflects honourably on Mr Disraeli, In his memorable speech at Edinburgh the then Chan- cellor of the Kxchequer paid a high tribute of praise to the loyal support which had been given him bv his wi s through many years of arduous andanxiolls s.^viee. He has now placed the seal on that, acknowledgment, a d wiiilu the nation applauds his loyal love, it will not fail to recognize the modesty and disinterested character of this act, and his great respect for the exigencies of the public good.— Globe. NEW OATH FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.—Tbe folloWIng 11; the new oath of allegiance provided by ths- Act of last Session—31st and 32nd of Victoria, cap. Jo to be taken by the members of the new Parliament :—" I (giving the name) do swear that I will be faiibfutand year true slh-inance to her Majesty Q <een Victoria, her he.is and successors, according to law} so help mo God." ELECTION EXPEXSSS.—Thdr* is a provision in the Act •i'i.ii :et., e. 29, that all bills and claims on anv candi- datemu',t. ue ,.ellt in to the election agents "withinone month of the declaration of the election," or the right to recover 10 be barred. MR GLAD TONE AT THE POLL.-A correspondent of the Standard telegraph- from Liverpool as follows: Mr William Ew,¡I't'GladsI.OIIO voted-/or himself and Mr GrenfeH a' eleven o'clock this (Tuesday) morninu. I was in the polling compartment, and saw him. I guarantee this as a fact." THE QUT.EN AND THE CAM.—The Queen has con- tributed eloO towards the fund which is now being rased for the parpose of improving the river Cam ftr fcoatmg purposes. This most generous and gracious act on the part of her Majesty toward.) the University will be haLed with lively satisfaction by all its members. Her Majesty has been pleased to intimate to the members of the Cam Improvement Committee that she believes she is only carying into effect the wishes of the Prince Consort, the late Chancellor, who wa< always ready to promote every improvement Conueoted With the Uni- versity. MR GLAD-.TONE WAITING THE VERDICT.—MR Glad- stone is stat-'d to have caught so severe a eoid on rhe hustings during the bleak damp weather of Saturday that he was obliged to remain in bed all Sunday. On after recording his vote in favour of himself and his colleague, Mr Grenfell, ha remained at the office of Messrs Gladstone and Co where the hourly returns C'f: the polling were forwarded to him. Consequently he did not mako any public appearance in the evening, and be is probably reserving himself for an expression of his opinion on the contest until the official declaration of the poll -Livapoot Courier. FLOGGING GAROTfERS-Two young men, named William Furze and Charles Pain, who were convicted at; the October sessions at the Central Criminal Court, of what is generally known as a garotte robbery, and who were sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and to receive 40 stripes from a cat-o"nine taii", underwent the last portIon of their sentence on Friday morning. Mr Sheriff Hutton and Mr Under-Sheritf Crosley were present, and the punishment was inflicted by Calcraft. The sentence was carried out in one of the old wards of the paol of Newgate, so that ifthecutprits had shrieked or made any noise, it would not have been heard outside the prison They, however, here the punishmeut with great firmness and did not utter a single cry, although the executioner, who is a powerful man, seemed to strike the blows with very good will — Express, THE BRITISH AND THE AUSTRIAN ARMIES,—Within the last few days the Army Estimates of Austria have arrested the attention of Europe by what was believed to be the prodigious provision they contained for war. The facts, as we explained at the time, were greatly misapprehended, but, nevertheless, the hind focces of the Empire, active and passive together, are actually set at 800,000 men. What then, does the reader suppose this enormous establishment is expected to cost? it is to cost « £ 3,000,000, or pri cisely £10 a man Perhaps it will be In the memory of the public that the late Sir George Comewail Lewis-one of the soundest of financiers- availed himself of his official opportunies to estimate the total charge of the British Army by the same standard, and he found that every soldier cost precisely £100. It tolJowi?, therefore, that the British Army it-ju.at ten times as expensive as the Austiian Army. If the Austrian establishments were ns costly as ours, their Army E,ti- mates would be £ 80,000,000, instead of £ 8,000,000; if our!! were as cheap as theirs, our Estimates might be £ 1,500,000, Instead of £ 15,000,000.— Times. A MENAGERIE ON FIRK.—An American contemporary g'ves the particulars of a fire which occurred at Philadel- phia in a saw and planing mill, almost contiguous to a building in which were lions, tigers, monkeys, Hnd other animals, in cages or boxes constructed for temporary use. When the fire was discovered Mr Forepaugh, the proprietor, com menced tilth bling the cages or boxes-froin the building into the street, while those outside removed I them from the vicinity of the fire. While thus engaged a Bengal and a Brazilian tiger made tbeir escape. ThO former made his way to Mr Bryan's stables, in the vicinity, the crowd in tho street giving way with grcfti promptness, where he was secured. The Brazilian tiget ran along Jefferson-street until he reached the house Dr. Gebler, near Twenty-second-street. Hero sever»J ladies were standing at the door, but the tiger passed hY them, and through the hall into the kitchen, where 110 IIs remained until recaptured by one of Mr Forepaugh men. The box containing the lion was so much that it was with great difficulty that the animal could b kept until another box was obtained and the lion secured* A large white Florida o!f got out of the box, ar:d ()} his way through the crowd without attracting "iUf 3 attention, and about nine o'clock in the evening he met by a gentleman who took the wolf for a dog, and t wolf no doubt took the gentleman for one of those nected with the menagerie, lor, as the gentleman °Pco0n his front door, the wolf entered the house; hut as s as he came under lhe gaslight in tbe hall his and standing in the animal creation was knowD. gentleman, not feeling disposed to use force t0Ifr!LSgei the intruder, opened tho parlour door, and tbe w«|■ in the door was closed, and the animal ^f.-rward#- pass the night upon the soft Brussels, beWS delivered over to his owner. — Priuted and Published by the Tropiietors, V\ LLEWELLIN and THOMAS WHIOIIKB DAVIES, a Office in High-streef, in the Pa"3*1 of Sain > in the County of the Town of Haverfordwest. Wednesday, December 2, 1868,