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VISITORS TO HAVERFORDWEST, 'I AND OTHERS WHO WISH TO EXPEND THEIR MONEY. T3 TEE BEST ADVANTAGE ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO CALL AT P. P. ELLIS'S GROCERY' ESTABLISHMENT, HIGH-STREET, HAVERFORDWEST, XV7 HERE they can select goods of choice quality, at suitable prices to me £ t their requirements. The Teas YY aud Coffees now ori sale are unusually good. Reduced Prices charged on quantities. Orders by letter have particular attention TLEASE OBSERVE-LOWER DOOR FOR RETAIL DEPARTMENT.

PBENDERGAST CHURCH REBUILDING FUND ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. £ F. d Right Hon. Lord Dynevor ,5 0 0 Mrs Atkinson, London, per Mr Joshua Harvey 5 0 0 Mr Whitehead, Saddlewortb, per Mr Joshua Harvey 2 2 0 Mr Harford, Haverfordwest, 100 Mr ftleares, Bath 1 0 0 Rev S. R. Roe, Elstrce 2 2 0 Mr Insall, Brisiol, per Mr Staunard. 0 5 0 Mrs Evans, London, per Mrs Harries. 1 0 0 Rev A. Richardson, per Mr Harries 1 0 0 Miss Bowen, Newport, per Mr Harries 0 5 0 Miss Cartow, Goat Street 1 0 0 Mr Wood, Bristol 5 0 0 Mr Wil son. Bristol, third subscription 1 ] 0 Mr A. Phillips, Bristol 110 Collected by Mr Birch, junior, High Street. 6 6 0 Total amount collected in weekly pence 56 0 0 Toralamount collected at School Room Service by weekly offeriorv 14 4 6 Mr Pitman, Pn-ton Castle 5 0 0 Collected by Mrs Rose, Springfield 1 10 0 Mr J. Da vies, New Quay 10 0 Mrs Foster, Clifton 5 0 0 Mr Campbell. Mount Pleasant ] 0 0 Mr and Mrs Randle, Avallenau 2 2 0 A Friend—(Maidenhead). j 0 0 Clericus. 0 10 0 Mrs Rowlands, Old Bridge 0 5 0 Mrs Peters, Park eottage. n 5 0 Mr Gibbon, Roger's Hook 0 10 0 The following articles have also bee" presented;— Carved Oak Lectern, by Mr Wilson, Bristol; Brass Pulpit Lights, by Rev DrHardman, Brockley Court, Brisiol. hev D. Barrlay Bevan. 2 2 6 Mr Skoue, Harroldston Hall 110 lit Leby, Framinghall Hall, Norwich 2 2 o Air C. Pavin Phillips, Haverfordwest 110 Miss Mirehouse, Angle Hall 1 1 0 Mr Short, Bristol, per Mr Rose. 0 10 0 Mr Phillips, Ulanafon Farm. d' 0 10 0 Mr H. Evans, High-street 0 2 0 Mj Allen, High-street. O 10 0 Mr George Lewis, Picion Place 10 0 Mr Griffiths, Manorowen 1 0 I) Mr Joshua Harvey, Miil Bank (1st subscription) 50 0 0 2nd ;!uto.. 50 0 0 Mr Cozens, solicitor. Haverfosdvvest. 1 0 0 Rev Canon Thomas, Steynton 2 0 0 Miss Pitman, Steynton 1 0 0 Mr Llewellyn, Corner Piece 0 10 6 Also, the following articles:- Mr Edmond, Milford, the Communion Table. Altar Cloth-Mr and Mrs Short, Bristol, per Mr Rose Worked Pede Mats—Mrs Rogers, Chippenham, per Mr Rose Worked Cushion for Altar Rails—Mr and Mrs Edwards, the Grove, near Bristol ■Embroidered Velvet Alms Bags—Miss Owen, Witbybush A Polished Brass Alms Dish, and a Silver Flagon, value £14145, have also been kindly provided

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ME. EDWARD RIBBON, PIAXO-FORTE, VIOLIN, \ND VIOLONCELLO TEACHER, I PI A NO-FORTES TUX ED, | OlIGANS and HARMONIUMS tuned and repaired by ex- per'cnced workmen. RESIDENCE —6, Mbrltn's Tsac&c*, EAVSIIFOEDWRST A very neat COTTAGE PIANO FOR SA.L&; hISO, a Seco,id Hand by Broadwood, May be had a Bargain. BILIOUS and Liver Complaints, Indigestion, Sick 1 Headache, Loss of Appetite, Drowsiness, Giddi- j ness, Spssms, and all Disorders of the Stomach and Howe's, are quickly r- moved by that weli known remedy i FilAMPi'ON'S PILL OF HEALTH. They unite the ^recommendation of a mild operation with tiie most suc- jcessful effect; and wheie an apperient is required nothing can be better adapted. Soid by all Medicine Venders, price Is 1^1 and 2s 9d u;r box. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. T~[NTTL Michselrcm, a House and Parlour MAID. None but a thoroughly efficient Servant neod apply. Letters to be addressed to Mrs Potte! Bibh Sweet, Haverfordwest. TO THE ELECTORS 1 05? THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. GENTLEMEN, I beg to return you my sincere thanks for the honor you have conferred cn me in electing me as your Representative in Parliament, and to assure you that it will be the object of my earnest endeavours to justify your generous confidence. I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, J. H. SCOURFIELD. Williamston, Dec. 1st, 1868. DENTIS T R Y. MR E. L. JONES (of the Firm H. M. Jones & Son, Surgeon-Dentists, M.C.D.E., 1.9, Northampton Place, Swgnsea-Estaulisbed 1809) attends TENB-Y—The last consocutive Tuesday and Wednesday in each monib, at Mr J. M. Henton's, 5& 6, Hig-h-street, from Ten to Five o'clock. Next visits November 24 h and 25 h; December 29th and 30th, &c. HAVEKFOKDWEST—1The last Thursday, at Mr Wm. Griffith's, Bootmaker, High Street, from Ten to Five o'clock. Next visits November 26th; December Slst, &c, &c. PEMBROKE DocK-The last Friday, at Mr Wm. Cook's, Bush Street, from Ten to Five o'clock. Next visits November 27tb; December 24th &c. 0 Artificial Teeth upon the newest and most approved principles. Children's Teeth simply, but successfully regulated. Operations performed without pa;n, by a New and Sale System. One of the Firm Daily in attendance. 19, Northampton Place, Swansea. A V A G A-N. C Y F OS. A R D. P t L. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE SOUTH OF IRELAND. fl^HE New Milford (Milford Haven) and Waterford JL Daily Service (Sundays excepted). The Milford Havets and Waterford Steam Ship-Oom. pany's Royal Mail Steamers will sail, weather §er- mitting- FROK NEW MILFORD, At 7.45 p..m, on arrival of tHe 9 L) a.m Express, andtf.O a.m. third class trains, so as to enable passengers to proceed by the 6.0 a.m. triiin to Limerick, Cork, &c. FROM: WATKRFORB, At 4 p.m, on arrival of the train from Cork, Limerick, &c so as to enable passengers to proceed by the 8.35 a.ni, first and second class Express train, reaching London about 6.0 p.m, and third class, arriving in London at 9.45 p.m. For further particulars apply to any of the Railway. Stations, or to Messrs Jackson & Co, New Milford, South Wales. See Bradshaw's and Irish Guides, and Railway Time Tables. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL, MILFORD, SWANSEA, & BRISTOL For the Month of DECEMBER, 1868. The Liverpooland Bristol Channel Steam Navigaiion Company's Steam Ships seVER. EIGN, Capt, Gibbs I WIXDKIRMERE, Capt. J. Barrett MONTAGU, Capt Speakman ANNIBVERNON,Capt.Roulston JANK BACON, Capt. Old. J. KENNEDY, Capt. Welsh ARTIZAN, Capt. Tallan. AGNES JACK, Capt. Monis LLEWELLYN, Capt. Beckett The above, or some other suitable vessel, is intended to so with Goods and Passengers., (unless pre vent eel by any unforesee Mcurrenee) as follows, with or without pilots, and liberty to tow vessels:- From Liverpool to Milford and Bristol. Saturday Dec. 5 1 after Saturday 19 .12inoon Saturday 12 8 mom. I Saturday 23 7 even From Milford for Bristol. fcunday, Dec. _6 7 morn Sunday. 20 6 morn Sunday 13 2 morn Sunday 27 1 after From Milford for Liverpool. Wednesday Dec 2 I2J noon I- Wednesday 16 12 noon Wednesday. 9 6 after (Wednesday 23 4 after Weanesday, December 30, at 11.^ o'clock, morninp. The Steam Barge GIPSEY is intended to ply on the Milford Haven, in connection with, the above Steamers, carrying- goods to and from Pembroke Dock, Haverfordwest, and the adjacent towns. -) FARES:— T. Cabin. Deck. Set-urn Milford to or from Liverpool 18s Od 6s od 18s Milfrrdt* or from Bristol 8s 6d 6s Cd 13s Milford to or from Swansea (Mumbles) 51 Od 3s Od — NOTICE—The landing and Mibarcation of Goods or Passen gers at Milford, by whatever conveyance, whether at the ex- pence of the Steamer, or otherwise, is at the risk of the Passen- gers and the Owners of the'Goods respectively. For further particulars see smaH bill, or apply to John Bacon md Co., Managing Owners, 14, Water-street, Liverpool; G. H Evans, Bristol; Charles Lamb, Swansea; John Kenworthy and >0., Manchetter, B, D, H0H £ Age«t Mxioross, I

NOTICE. EVERY Person having any claim cn J. H. Scourfielcl Esq, M.P., ia respect of the last Election for the County of Pembroke, is required to transmit the same forthwith to me, WM. VAUGEIAN JAMES, Election Agent. Haverfordwest, Dec. 2nd, 1868.

FLOGGING IN THE NAVY. I do not bdieve I shall ever forget the first exhibition of this sort I attended on boardjjmv own ship; not that ihe spectacle was in any way more revolting than scores I have since witnessed, but because the si-ht was new to me. I remember it wanted fully twenty minutes of seven in the morning, when my servant aroused me. Why so early to daj ?" I inquired as I turned out. "A flaying match, you know, sir," said Jones. My heart gave an anxious* "thud" against my ribs, a if I myself were to form the ram for the sacrifice." I hurried through with my bath, and dressing myself us if for a holiday, in cocked hat, sword, and undress coat, I went on deck. We were at anchor in Simon's Bay. All the of the scene I remember as though it were but yesterday. The morning was cool andcleMr. the hills clad in lilac and green, seabirds floating high in air, and the waters of the bay reflecting the blue of the sky and the lofty mountain- sides, forming a picture almost dreamlike in its quietness and serenity. The men were standing ahout in groups, dressed in their whitest of pantaloons, bluest of smoeks and neatest of black silk neckerchiefs. By-and-bye the culprit was led alt by a (iie of marines, and I went below with him to make the preiitninary examination, in order to repoit whether or not he might be fit for the punish- ment. He was as good a specimen of the British marine as one could wish to look upon, hardy, bold, and wiry. Mis crime had been smu«?liug spirits on board. Needn't examine me, Doctor," said he; I ain't aleard of their f, ur dozen* they c m't hurt me, sir—leastways my back you know—my breast though ham m1" and he shook his head. rather sadly I thought, as he bent down his eyes. "What," said I, "have you' anything the matter with your chest?" ni Nay, Doctor, nay; its my feetiris they'll hurt. I've alitlle girl at ho.ne that loves me, and —Idesg you, sir, I won't look her in the face again no- how." I f-it his pulse. No lack of strength there, no nervousness; the aiterv had the firm beat of health, the tendons felt like rods of iron beneath the finger, and his biceps stood out hard and round as the mainstay of an old seventy-four. I pisied the brave fellow, and—very wrong of me it was. but I coutd net help it—filled on', and offered him large glaJs of rum. "Ah, sir," he said, with a wistful eye on the ruby liquid, den't tempt me, sir. can bear the bit o'flaying athout tte-at.; I wouldn't have ray messmates smelt Dutch courage on my breath, sir thankee all the same, Doctor." And he walked on deckaiHl surrendered himself. All,bands had already assembied, the men and boys on ore side, and the officers, in ceeked hats and swords on the other. A grating had been lashed against the bulwark, and another placed on deck beside it. The culprit's shouidersand back were bared, and a strong belt fastened around Lhe lower part of the loins for protection he was then firmly tied by the hands to the upper, and by the feet to the lower grating; a tittle basiu of cold water was placed at his feet.. and all was now prepared. The sentence was ready, and orders given to proceed with the punishment. The cat is a ter- rible instrument of torture; I would net use it on a bull unless >n self defence the shaft is about a foot aud a half long and covered with green or vei baize according to taste; the Miotgs are nine, about twenty-eight inches in length, of the thickness o' a goose-quill, and with two ktijsts tit d on oach. Mi n Se rije the first blow as like a shower of moiten lead. out thongs w th his five lingers before each blow, firmly and determinedly, was the first dozen delivered by the bo'swa^i's mate and as unflinchingly received, then, "One dozen, sir' pk :se, he reported, saluting the coinmauder, "Con- tinue the was the calm reply. A new man and a new cat. Another dozen reported; again t&e same reply. Three dozen. The flesh burning like steel, had changed from red to purple, and blue and white; and between the third and fourth dozen, the suffering wretch, pale enough now, and in all probability sick, begged a comrade to give him a mouthful of water. There was a tear in the eye of the hardy sailor who obeyed him, whis- pering as he did so—Keep up, Bill; it'll soon be over now." Five, six," the corporal slowly-counted—" seven, eight." It's the last dozen, and how acute must be the torture! "Nine, ten;" The blood comes new fast enough, and—yes, gentle reader, I will spare your feelings. The man was loose at last and put on the sick-list; he had borne his punishment withoutc. groan and without moving a rrvuscle. A large pet monkey sat crunching uuts in the rigging, and grinning all the time; I havs no dcubt he enjoyed the spectacle immensely, for he was only an ape. Tommy G wr.s a pretty,* fair- skinner), blue-eyed boy, some etixteei; -sun iters old' "Tie r. was .on-e.iOi ivelftss o+iiy cojuiinyn itti-t'he-acrvio« become enamoured of the sea, he had run away horn his home and joined thesetwice; and, poor little man! he found out when too late, that the stern realities Of a sailot's life did not at allitécord with the golden net 011s he had formed of it. Being fond of stowinf: himself away in corners with a book, instead of keeping his watch, Tommy very often got into disgrace, spent- rnueh of his time atthe mast-head and bad many unpleasant palmar recounters with the corporal's cane. One day, his watch being ofer. be bad retired to a corner with his little "ditty-teox." Nobody ever knewonHhaifthe beloved knicknacks and valued nothings he kept. in that wee box; it was, -in fact, his private-cabin, his sanctum sanctorum, to which he could retreat when anything vexed him:; a wrt of portable home, in which he could forget the toils of iiis wenry watch, the giddy mast-head, or even the corporal's cane. He had extracted, and was dreamily gazing on, the portrait of a very young iady, when the (Oi poral teame up and rudely seized it, and made a very rough and inelegant remark concerning the fair virgin. I "That is my sister." cried Tommie, with tears in his eye-. Your sister!" sneered the corporal; "she is &-—" and he added a word that cannot be named. There was. the spirit of young England,, however, in Tommie's breast; and the word had scarcely crossed 'the corporal's when those lip;, and his nose too were dyed in the blood the boy's fist had drawn. For thai blow Tommy was condemned to receive four dozen lashes. And the execution of the sentence was carried out with all pomp fwd show usual on such occasions. Arrayed in cocked hats, epaulettes, and swords, we all assembled to witness that helpless child in his agony. Ooe would have thought-that even the bo'swain's mate would have hesitated to disfigure skin so white and tender, or that the frightened and imploring glance Tomtuie cast upward on the first descending lash would have unnerved his arm. Did it? No, reader; pity there doubtless was among us, but mercy—none. Oh we were a brave band. And the poor boy writhed in his agony; his screams and cries were heartrending; and, God forgive us! we knew not till then he was an orphan, till we heard him beseech h's mother in heaven to look down on her son, to pity and support him. Ah! well, perhaps she did, for scarcely had the third dozen commenced when Tommie's cries were hushed, his head drooped on his shoulder like a dead bird's, and for a while his sufferings were at an end. I gladly took the opportunity to report further proceedings as dangerous, and he was taken away to his hammock, 1 will not shock the nerves and feelings of the readers by any further relation of the horrors of flogging, merely adding, that I consider corporal punishment, as applied to men, cowardly, cruel, aud debasing to human nature; and as applied to boys, brutal, and sometimes fiendish. There is only one question I wish to ask of every true- hearted English lady who may read these lines—be you sister, wife, or mother, could you in your heart have respected the commander who, with folded arms and grim smile replied to poor Tommie's Iraotic appeals for m rcy, "Continue the punishment?"—Medical life in the Naty, by W, Stables. 4 Lord Edward Howard, one of the Liberal can- I didates for Preston, has declared himself a. convert to the ballot. This change has been brought about • by his experience in Preston, aud what he ha beard." |