The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory

Adlam, Mrs, s«nr., Worcester 2 Lome houses Adlam, Mr, junr. and Mrs, Worcester.2 Lome houses Albright, John M Esq and Mrs, Charlbury, Oxfordshire Woodbine cottage Ault, F B- Esq, Dorking. Cawdor house Bowyer, E Esq, London Bridge house Bowyer, the Misses Bridge house Broughton, J. L. Esq, Mrs and the Misses, 43, Eaton Square Rosemount Bell, Mrs 2 Castle square Bourne, Mr, Mrs and Miss, Bicknor 1 Gunfort Barnett, Mr, Bicknor, Gloucestershire 1 Gunfort Bliss, Arthur, Esq and family, Sydenham 1 St Catherine's terrace Booker, W, Esq 4 Croft Booker, L, Esq 4 Croft Broughton, Miss, Lowdham 2 Glendower Burd, the Misses, Bowdon, Cheshire .Drummond house Babington, Mrs, Belgrave Place, Cork Lorne house Babington, the Misses (2), Belgrave Place, Cork Lorne house Barry, Miss, Clifton 1 Rock houses Bartlett, Miss, Clifton 1 Rock houses Brydon, Mrs and family, Bramhall, Cheshire Belgrave house Beaumont, Mr and Mrs Edward, Cheetham Hill, Man- chester Belgrave house Blandy Jenkins, Mrs and family, Kingston House, near Abingdon 1 Somerset houses Carter, Miss. London 3 South cliff street Coward, Mrs and family, Bath 6 Bellevue Collins, Mr and Mrs John and family, Bath 3 Castle square Cutler, Miss, Brixton Brecknock house Cole, Mr South wales house Crampton Misses F and C, Cotham, Bristol 2 Primrose cottages Cleghorn, the Misses, London Drummond house Chabot, Mr and Mrs, Dorking Cawdor house Chadwick, the Misses, Manchester 1 Rockville Collis, J T Esq and family, Redland, Bristol 31 Victoria street Carr, Mrs and family, Oak Lea, Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire Belgrave house Dewing, Mr and Mrs 16 Norton Driver, Mr, Mrs and Miss, Bath Charlton house Davies, Miss, "Wylde Green, Birmingham. Alma cottage Dew, Mrs E J, and family, Weston-super-mare 3 Rock terrace Davies, Mrs Arthur, Llanelly 19 Norton Davies, Miss W, Llanelly 19 Norton Dobbin, Mrs and family, Cork 6 Bellevue Davies, Mr and Mrs, Cardiff Tudor Square Darlington, Mr and Mrs, Hadnall, Shrewsbury Milford house Dean, Mrs and Miss, Alhampton, Evercreech Trafford house Dangerfield, Mr, Mrs and Miss, Bath.l Marine terrace Diprose, Mr and Mrs, Stroud 4 Picton road Downes, Mrs A C, Shrewsbury 1 Esplanade Edwards, Mr, Cheltenham 7 High street Evans, Miss, Newport 6 Esplanade Eicke, Mr and Mrs R D, London 21 Norton Edwards, Iorwerth W, Rhymney 16 Warren street Edwards, Mabel, Rhymney 16 Warren street Earle, Rev W, Vicar of Templemichael, Youghal Newport house Edwards, Mrs H. Livevpool 8 Bellevue Edwards, Mrs and the Misses, Cheltenham 7 High street Edwards, Mr and Mrs H G and family, Henbury, near Bristol 5 St Julian terrace Edwards, Mr Saunders and Miss, Brampton Vale Cawdor house Fox, Miss B, Leigh Woods, Clifton.Cumberland house Fox, Miss F, Leigh Woods, Clifton.Cumberland house Fairfoot, Mrs, Harrogate 1 Kent house Fawkes, Miss, Stroud St Mary's buildings Green, Major, Mrs and family, Poulton Hall, Cheshire 36 Victoria street Gunton, Mrs, Thorpe, Norwich St Agatha's house Gumbrell, Mrs, Dorking St Agatha's house Graham, Mrs James 4 St Julian terrace George, 0 W Esq, Plascrwn, Narberth 13 Norton Grove, Mr and Mrs Edward K, Clifton .4 Picton road Goodwin, Miss, Tunstall, Staffordshire Kent house Goodwyn, Mrs Alf and family, Bath. 1 Somerset houses Good, Miss and Miss M, Tenbury .2 St Mary's buildings Hague, Major, Mrs and the Misses E and M, London Rebleen house Hooper, W H Esq. London 13 Norton Houghton, Miss, Tnnbridge Wells.St Agatha's house Hibbard, Miss, Bath 3 Castle square Hughes, Miss Maud, London Ellesmere house Hutchinson, Mr and the Misses, Cahir, co. Tipperary 1 Croft terrace Harding, Mr and Mrs Cecil M, Oatford, Kent 2 St Julian terrace Harding, Master Claude, Oatford, Kent 2 St Julian terrace Howell, Major, and family, Solva, South cliff house Howell, Misses, Solva South cliff house Hall, J M Esq and Mrs, The Park, Ashton, Leominster 2 St Mary's buildings Heath, Miss Emily, Norton, Stoke-upon-Trent Kent house Herapath, C K C Esq, Mrs and family, 11, Brunswick Square, Bristol 1 Castle square Hammond, Mr, Mrs and family, Clydach Vale 2 Ivy cottages Hine, Mr and Mrs H and daughters, Nottingham Worcester house Hodges, Miss, Fern Bank, Mountain Ash Cheltenham house Inge, Rev F George, and Mrs, Berkswich Vicarage, Staffordshire 2 Glendower Joyce, Mr and Mrs, Hinton, Whitchurch Milford house Jourdan, the Misses, Gloucester road, Regents' Park, Wonford lodge Jones, Mrs, Blackwood. Mon South Wales house James, Miss, Crickhowell South Wales house Jackson, Miss, Bournemouth 1 Somerset houses Kipping, Mrs, Upper Sydenbam St Agatha's house King, Mr and Mrs W H, Stourbridge 1 Rock houses Kiddle, Mrs and Miss, Clifton 33 Victoria street Kiddle, E J Esq, Clifton 33 Victoria street Leigh Morgan, Mrs and family, Chepstow 24 Norton Malcolm, Colonel, M.P., and the Hon Mrs, Hastings Lavallin house Mathias, Mr, Mrs and family, Neath 8 Bellevue' Moxhay, the Misses, Reading 7 Esplanade McAndrew, Mr, Mrs and Miss, Inverness Belgrave house Maude, Cyril, Esq and Mrs, London 6 Bellevue Mathias, Mrs John, and family, London 3 Rock terrace Nunnerly, Mrs and Miss, Belton, Wbitchurch Milford house Nuttall, Mr and Mrs F R, St Helens Cawdor House Nuttall, Mr and Mrs Cawdor house Peel, A J Esq Mrs and family St Julian house Phillipps. Miss, Clevedon 18 Norton Palmer, Mr and Mrs, Haverfordwest Bellevue house Pegler, Miss, Stroud St Mary's buildings Pickering, C E Esq, Sheffield Falmouth house Robertson, Miss, Sutton, Cheshire 8 Bellevue Reynolds, Mr Reginald, Leamington 6 High street Reynolds, the Misses, Leamington 6 High street Reid, Miss Annie, Coppenhall Rectory, Crewe 5 Bellevue Roberts, Mrs Pender and Miss, Cornwall 20 Victoria street Roberts, W E Esq, Ilfracombe 20 Victoria street Robin, Rev Canon and Mrs, Woodchureh, Cheshire J 3 Norton Rae, Rev Edward, Mrs and family, Birkenhead Croft cottage Russell, Mrs and family, Wylde Green, Birmingham I Alma cottage Rookes, Mrs and Miss, Coleford Laurie cottage Swayne, Mr and Mrs J L, Brecon Somerset house Stevenson, Mr and Mrs, Edinburgh 3 Bellpvup Smith, Miss, Haverfordwest 5 Rocky park Stokes, Mrs and maid, London Melrose house Stuart, Miss, Dulwieh St Agatha's house Sttmrt, C Esq, London St Agatha's house Sutton, H Esq, Mrs and family, Reading. 7 Esplanade Smith, Mrs, Arundel House, Wednesbury Laurie cottage Smith, Miss and friend, Arundel House, Wednesbury Laurie cottage Smith, Miss, Sidcot Bellevue house Turner, Mr and Mrs Maynard, Bishopsworth, Somer- setshire Beauforthouse Trpwer, Mrs J C. Brecon Somerset house Thomas, Frank G, Esq, Smithfield, Narberth 13 Norton Turner, Mr and Mrs Robert Maynard and family XWufort house Taylor, Wilfred, Esq, London Drummond house Trafford, Mr and Mrs E G and family, Michaelchurch Court, Herefordshire 2 Croft terrace Thornton, Rev J, Mrs and family, Yockleton Rectory, Shrewsbury 7 High street Webster, Mr and Mrs Baron, 21 Victoria street Whitworth, Miss, Heathfield, Littleborough Vine cottage Walby, Mrs and Miss, London 3 South cliff street Wilkinson, Henry, Esq and Mrs, Bayswater 2 Olive buildings West, Mr and Mrs, London 6 Bellevue Walters, Mrs and child, London.2 Primrose cottages Whatton, Mr and Mrs 6 Bellevue Williams, C J Esq and Mrs, Edgbaston.Cawdor house Williams, W Esq and Miss, Edgbaston.Cawdor house Walker, Mrs Spencer and family, Bishopton, Stratford- on-Avon 4 St Julian terrace Walkinton, Miss Grace, Birmingham.Ellesmere house Whittingham, Geo Wm, Esq, Manchester Vine cottage Willcoeks, Miss, Sydenham 1 St Catherine's terrace Wise, Mr and Mrs, Bristol 6 Bellevue Weall, Mrs, and family, Twickenham Brecknock house Walters, Mrs, Blackwood, Mon South Wales house Walker, Miss, Redland, Bristol 31 Victoria street White, Mrs T H, Liverpool 8 Bellevue Walker, Mrs S R, London Bellevue Whateley, the Misses, Wyddrington House, Chelten- ham 9 Esplanade Whitmore, C H, Esq, Cheltenham 3 Rock terrace Whitmore, Miss H E, Cheltenham 3 Rock terrace Whitmore, Miss A E, Cheltenham 3 Rock terrace Walker, Mrs T R & family, London.Drummond house Westcombe, Thomas, Esq and sisters, Worcester Woodbine cottage Wesley, G W Esq, B.A., Dorking Cawdor house

PEMBROKE ATHLETIC SPORTS, PONY AND GALLOWAY RACES. The above annual events came off on Wednes- day in a field near Pembroke, kindly lent for the occasion by Mr Geo. L. Griffiths, under very de- pressing circumstances, as the weather was very wet. Raiu fell incessantly from early morning until five o'clock. The attendance was therefore very small. The town band was under the con ductorship of Mr Stephen James. The arrangements appeared to be all that could be desired, and an excellent working committee, of whom Mr W. O. Hulm and Dr Morison were the principals, carried all out in an admirable maimer. Mr Charles Sweet, the hon. sec., deserves praise for his indefatigable exertions to bring the show to a successful issue. The following is a list of the events :— Open Handicap 220 Yards' Flat Race for boys under 14—1st, 4s., Robert Rudd 2nd, 3s., Arthur Howells; 3rd, 2s., A. Devonald; 4th, Is., A. J. Jones. Open Handicap 440 Yards' Flat Race—1st, jEl 10s., J. Rees (scratch); 2nd, 10s., David Lewis (20 yards). 220 Yards' Flat Race, for boys under 18 (confined to Pembroke Ward)—1st, 10s., O. F. Griffiths (scratch) 2nd, 5s., T. H. Williams (15 yards); 3rd, 2s. 6d., Thomas Morris (25 yards). Open Handicap Half-mile Flat Race—1st, £1, D. Lewis (scratch) and J. Eynon (30 yards) dead heat; 2nd, 7s. 6d., T. Edwards (20 yards). Open Race, for labourers over 50 years of age— Ist, 10s., J. Griffiths 2nd, 5s., W. Prene Davies. Open Handicap 120 Yards' Hurdle Race—1st, jEl, F. Thomas (scratch) 2nd, 5s., Isaac Phillips (6 yards); 3rd, 2s. 6d, O. F. Griffiths (2 yards). Race for Union Children—1st, James Davies; 2nd, William Edwards; 3rd, W. Jones. Open Handicap 440 Yards' Hurdle Race—1st, jEl 5s., J. Eynon (10 yards); 2nd, 10s., F. Thomas (8 yards); 3rd, 5s., D. Lewis (8 yards). 100 Yards' Three-legged Race—1st, 10s., Thomas Bowen and O. F. Griffiths; 2nd, 5s., A. Davies and E. Jones.

DONKEY RAGE. The Balaam Stakes—1st, 10s., J. Williams' Jack 2nd, 5s., E. Williams' The Mite; 3rd, 2s. 6d., J. Williams' Jill.

PONY, GALLOWAY AND CART HORSE RACES. The Castlemartin Stakes, Open Hurdle Race for Ponies not exceeding 14 hands distance, about two miles—1st, jE5, A, S. Hall's Nancy; 2nd, £1, V. Roberts' Nora. The Ladies' Plate, Open Hurdle Race for Gallo- ways not exceeding 15 hands distance, about two miles—1st, jE6, F. J. Roberts' Verona; 2nd, jE2, W. H. Llewellyn's Puff; 3rd, W. Davies's Lucy. The Town Plate, for bona fide Cart Horses—1st, jEl, W. B. Hire's Doll; 2nd, 10s., W. Williams' Jack. Four ran. Consolation Flat Race for Ponies and Galloways —1st, f,2, Lucy 2nd, Puff; 3rd, Jenny Lind.

BRUTAL OUTRAGE IN PEMBROKESHIRE. On Friday last, at the Town-hall, Pembroke- before Dr Morison and Mr Barker-Charles Thomas, of Pembroke Dock, was charged with assaulting Mary Ann Jones, a servant at Bush Lodge. The complainant went to a field to milk the cows on a preceding evening when prisoner met her, threw her down, and attempted to assault her. He stuffed a handkerchief in her mouth, aud told her he was Jack the Ripper," that he had done for five, and, would do for her." She managed to scream, and some boys came up. Prisoner then ran away, The Bench sent prisoner to goal for two months, and ordered him to pay 23s, or serve an additional month.

The Bishop of Worcester presided on Saturday at a private meeting of clergy and laity, and submitted a scheme for the establishment of a Bishopric of Birmingham, to embrace the archdeaconry of Coventry and the suburbs of Birmingham, the area having a population of 800,000. It is proposed that the income shall be JE3500, towards which the Bishop of Worcester is prepared to surrender £ 800. The Queen in Council is to determine what Church is to be the Cathedral.

HORRIBLE AFFAIR AT CARMARTHEN. On the arrival of the 11.10 goods train, which runs from Carmarthen Junction to the town station, on Saturday evening, the driver reported that when about 290 yards from the Carmarthen signal-box he felt the tender of his engine jerk, and he believed it had passed over something. The wheels of the engine were examined, without anything unusual being discovered, and then a fireman was placed on the front of another engine which was going to the junction, with instructions to keep a good look-out. After proceeding about 200 yards, the look-out man beheld a horrible spectacle. On the eastern side of the line lay the headless body of a man, and a few yards from it between the rails was the severed bead. Information was at once given to the police, and also to Mr J. Hughes, who is the official surgeon to the railway company. Both these functionaries were quickly on the spot, and the doctor ordered the body to he conveyed to the town mortuary, where it now lies pending an inquest. The body has not yet been identified. It is that of a man about sixty years of age. On the deceased were found some papers, including receipted bills and a memorandum for a Cardiff firm named Downing, bearing the words "To James Ward. Ivy House, Canton, Cardiff." Whether this is the name and address of the deceased is not yet known, but it is stated that evidence of his identity is forthcoming. How the deceased came by his death is also a mystery.

THE INQUEST. An inquest was held at the Guildhall, Carmar- then, on Monday night, before J. Hughes, F.R.C.S., on the body of the man found decapitated on the Great Western Railway between Carmarthen town and the Junction late on Saturday night. Mary Ward, who identified the body of the deceased as that of her husband, said he was 69 years old, and had resided up to Friday week at Swansea. He was first a schoolmaster, then a clerk, and latterly was a licensed victualler, and kept the "Caledonian Inn," Weston-street, Swan- sea. She last saw him on Friday week, about eight o'clock in the morning. He had been strange in manner since he came to Swansea from Cardiff about two months ago, but there was no reason for it except that he lent money and could not get it back. They were in comfortable circumstances. He had no occupation to take him from home, and had not left home before Friday week. Just after breakfast he said he was going for a walk, and left the house. She received a note which was posted at Swansea from him on Saturday morning, and expected him back, but he did not come. In the note he said he had taken some of his own money to help him on the way to he did not know where, adding, And you may not see me again." Witness could not tell how much money her husband took, as he had the management of the money during the last fortnight. She heard no more of him till she was informed he was dead. She did not make actual inquiries about him for fear of offending him if he heard of them. She went to Cardiff to look for him, but heard nothing. There was no insanity in the family. Mary Ann Williams, waitress at Mrs Dawe's Temperance Hotel, Carmarthen, identified the de- ceased as James Ward, whom she knew. He lodged at Dawes's Hotel during the last week, and left on Saturday morning, after breakfast, about seven o'clock. About the same time that evening she saw him near Carmarthen Gaol. He was quite sober, and said nothing else but "Good evening, waitress," and walked off in the direction of the town station. He was quite cheerful. There was nothing depressed about him at all. Alfred Tucker, Davidstown, Pensarn, engine- driver, said he was bringing a goods train of 17 trucks from the Junction to the town station about 11.5 p.m. on Saturday night. Midway between the stations the tender of the engine jerked in an unusual way. He reported the fact at Carmarthen Town Station. There was no lifeguards on the train. William Bright, another engine-driver, said he took an engine from Carmarthen to the Junction on Saturday evening after the goods train came in, and in consequence of what Tucker told him he held a light in front. About 300 yards from the town station he saw something like a news- paper, and getting down from his engine, he found a man lying on his back with -his head cut off and lying between the rails. There was no public cross- ing at the place where the body was found. P.C.'s Josiah Rees and Edward Edmund Burn- hill spoke to 41d. in money, a watch key, tobacco pouch, and other small articles being found on the deceased. One of his arms was nearly torn off the body. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death, caused by trespassing on the railway."

TENBY POLICE COURT. MONDAY, JULY 29th. [Before the Mayor (N. A. Roch, Esq.), Dr J. G. Lock, E. Laws and W. H. Richards, Esqrs.] Martha Flynn was summoned for not sending her four children to school. Defendant did not appear and the case was adjourned for a fortnight. Christopher Claxton was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Coach and Horses on the 12th ult. Pleaded guilty. Fined 5s. and costs 5s. George Thomas was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Upper Erog Street on the 13th ult. Pleaded guilty. He said it was the first time he had ever been summoned. Fined 5s., and 5s. costs. Lewis Davies was charged by George Richards with assaulting him on the 26th ult. Defendant did not appear. Complainant said that about 9.30 he was called into the bar of his house, as there was a man making a disturbance.- Went in and asked what was the matter. Defendant said the barmaid re- fused to serve him with beer. He told him to go away; went to the door, and was taking a cask of spirits in, when defendant came behind and knocked him three or four times on the back of the Fined 13s. with costs, or in default 14 days hard labour. A charge of drunk and disorderly against the same defendant was adjourned for a week.

There is no truth in the rumour that Mr Baron Huddleston had communicated to the Lord Chan- cellor his intention to resign his seat on the Bench immediately, owing to the precarious state of his health.

A NATURALISTS NOTES A ROUNDJT ENB Y. THE BIRDS OF THE STACK ROCKS. PART III. The Herring Gull (Larus Argentatus) is the next to the Kittiwake, the commonest of the gulls on this coast. Not many however choose the Stack Rocks as a breeding place, generally pre- ferring some part of the coast where the cliffs abound with grassy ledges, upon which their scanty nest of dry grass is placed. The plumage of the adult Herring Gull is very similar to that of the Kittiwake, but the bird is much larger and the beak is yellow, with a red mark on the under mandible, the feet and legs being flesh colour. In the first year's plumage the Herring Gull is brown. The second year the back and wings become grey; head, neck and tail white, but the feathers of the latter are barred with brownish black and those of the head and neck more or le^s marked with the same colour. The third year these markings disappear, leaving the whole pure white. This species is the earliest to nest, eggs in mild seasons, being obtainable early in May. Usually three are deposited, the ground colour of which are different shades of buff or olive brown, blotched or spotted with dark brown. Perhaps the commonest of all sea birds on our coasts is the Puffin (Fratercula arctica) which locally goes by the name of Sea Parrot or Welsh Parrot, so-called from their peculiar shaped beaks, which are very broad and compressed and divided with transverse bars of orange and lead colour, ar- ranged at intervals. The feet and legs are also bright orange breast and under parts white; top of the head, back and wings black; a ring of the same colour passing round the neck: the checks are white, shaded with smoky grey around the eye is a star shaped horny formation branching out in three angles, this combined with the curious shaped bill, gives the Puffin a very comical appearance. Occasionally pure white birds are met with, a fine example of this variety being in the possession of Capt. Davies, of Skomer, on which island it was killed. Though ooly a few nests on and in the immediate vicinity of the Stacks, yet further down the coast on Skokholm, Skomer, Ramsay and Grasholm Islands they occur in myriads. On approaching these haunts the sea is literally covered with these birds, while wherever the soil is sufficiently soft it is honeycombed with their burrows, before the en- trance of which in their quaint upright position stands Mr Puffin looking at a distance not unlike pygmy military sentinels in black and white uniform. Unlike the gulls or guillemots the Puffin deposits its single egg underground for which pur- pose where the ground is soft and easily werked it excavates burrows often to a length of three feet -the male bird is the principal worker though he is assisted by the female—however, the puffin does not always take the trouble to make a house for himself as if the chance offers he takes possession of rabbit burrows driving out-though often not without a fierce conflict-its rightful owner. On Skomer Island of late years the Puffins have in- creased to an alarming extent and have greatly lessened the number of rabbits on that island not only by driving them from their burrows, but by destroying the young or dragging them out of their nests, causing them to perish from exposure or to be devoured by the Herring or Black-backed Gulls. The single egg which the Puffin lays is at first quite white internally (sometimes externally), marked with dark blotches and spots, but from the fact that no nest is made and the egg being laid on the bare earth it soon becomes so deeply stained that it can seldom be restored to its primitive purity. The young Puffin differs from its parents in having for the first year a small narrow beak, quite different from that of adult birds, it as well as the feet and legs are black, while the cheeks are also smoky black. The eyes too of the young Puffin are black though whitish grey in the old birds. Early in August all the Puffins leave our coasts, any late hatched young birds which are not old enough to join in the general departure being left to perish. AMPHIBIAN.

The Lord Mayor and Mrs. F. A. Bevan yesterday placed memorial stones in the Entrance-hall of the New Mission premises, facing Billingsgate Market, thereby marking an era in the work in which the Billingsgate Christian Mission have been engaged for the last 14 years. The new building, which was designed by Mr. G. Baines, stands upon the site of rooms in which the mission was located when the work was entered upon. An appeal led to f 1,200 of the sum which was wanted being raised. Mr. T. Vicary is the missionary. Lord Fife has taken the title of Duke of Fife. The Queen offered his lordship the choice of any title he liked to adopt, including the semi-royal one of Inverness, but Lord Fife has preferred to keep the name by which he has hitherto been known. We believe that his full title will be Duke of Fife, Marquis of Macduff.