Weekly Mail

THE BIRMINGHAM MURDER. Th" inquest in thf Binu'ag'.am shooting case .cd on Monday in & verdict of Wilful ma.dtr itgainatKimberiey, who shot hia pMttjnoour tn:i au'tther woman.

THE SUPPOSED MURDER OF A HUSBAND. A man tMawt Peter Maclacltlan, COWC;\¡J,it>n, i Glasgow, found unconacious on Tuesday morn- in.: t)fat<<e & splintered paramn lamp, which his wife hM been charged with throwing at him. MlIclacblM died tn the afternoon, and it is probable that the wife witt now be charged with murder.

DEATH OF AN OCTOGENARIAN DRUNKARD. MORE THAN 200 CONVICTIONS. On Saturday Jane Johnson. of Leeds. who ob- notoriety from the number of her incarcera- tioof for drunkenness, which exceeded 200, died im the Leeda Workhouse at the age of 85.

FIRE AT A RAILWAY STATION. A fire broke out on Tuesday at Bishop's-road Raitway Station, London. It was discovered at hve *'clock in the booking-omcc. und the Paddington Brigade were soon on the spot and got the fire under before it had reached serious dimensions. The booking-omce and c)oak room were burnt out. The nre originated in the booking-om<;e, and it ia betievd waa occasioned by the stove.

ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN BY COLLEGE STUDENTS. At Cambridge on Monday two Trinity Coltege were charged with assaulting a potice- <)' *ne of them was blowing a hornin Trinity- IIlret.and on being asked for hia name ho assaulted t.h" officer, whereupon he was taken into custody. The other defendant then interfered, dnd said his friend ought to be taken rather to the Proctor to the pohce-station. The magistrates innicted hoes of .65 and lOa. respecttveiy

A LADY THK"\VN WHILE HUNTING. Lady Wickham, sister of the of Huntly, white hunting on Tuesday with ))M Fitz- wiiiiinn Hounds, near Wa.nsford, was vio!er.t,iy thrown and her horse rotted upon her. She W8 removed to Orton HatI in an unconscious con- dition. and upon the arriva! of medical assistance it waa found that her Indyship had three ribs broken and was suffering from concussion of the brain.

ACCIDENT ON THK GREAT WHSTKRN RAILWAY. An accident occurred on the Great Western Railway on Monday to the up express from Weymouth. When near Dorchester the side tod of the engine snapped whi)st the train waa at full apeed, destroying part of the frame work of the engine and smashing the axle box of the tender. The train was quickly puDed up. Fortunately, none of the passengers were injured, but. considernbte de)ay was caused. Baron Pollock was among the passengers waiting at Dorchester.

FOURTEEN PERSONS FROZEN TO DEATH. There hM been terribly cold weather during the put few weeks in some of the mountain districts !)f the United States, and in Nebraska no iewer than fourteen men have been frozen to death. The victims, it seems, were settlers, and were prospec- tingin the district, whera a railway was being con- structed. The bodies of the men were found at. different places near the railway track. It, wM conjectured that they had settled upon sites, and were returning to the nearest town to obtain sup- plies when they were overcome by the intense frost and perished.

NOVEL MODH OF SUICIDE. An inquest ws hold at the Napiet Arms, Wood- 'ord, on Mond;\y, by Mr. C. C. Lewi! on the body of Wi!!iam Henry Oats, aged 33. & decorator, of Tottenham, who was found dead on Mi)l P!ain, F..ppinc Foreat, shortly before noon on Saturday. !t waa atated that the man, who was marned, with no f..mil" loft his homo about half past nve o'ctock on !a.<t Wednesday evening, and nothing ntorw w<M aeen of him unti) his ded body wat found in the forest by Atfred Lee, a chair mender. Death had evidentty been caused by severing the Mtenea between the thumb and forennger of each b<mdw!th a penknife. It wa stated that since < Chriattnaa Oata had been very depressed. A ver- <Het of dettth whitst ia )t state of temporary insanity wta retMrned.

EXECUTION AT GALWAY Another execution for murder took place M Galway on Tuesday within the precincts of the gaoi. The culprit was Thomas sentenced to death for the murder of hia aweetheart, the crime being committed through jeatouay. The execu- tion waa nxed for last week, but prisoner was re- apitfd for further inquiry, urgent representations being made on hia behalf. Parry made no confes- aion, but went through the ordeal in silence, walking Brmly to the scaffold between two warders. Parry had during th< time of hia incarceration, paid care- ful attention to the ministrations of the chaplain. the unfortunate man made sure of being reprieved taring bit week's respite, and, when undeceived, waa ao much agitated that he became partly paralysed for twelve hours. He afterwards re- covered calmness, and showed great nrmneM on the acttnold. Berry was the executioner. There were many peraons outside tha gaol.

FIGHT AMONGST INFIRMARY PATIENTS. At C!erkenwen Police Court on Monday Richard Camoon. aged 30, an inmate of the Holborn Union laBtmary, was charged on remand with assault- ing John Graham and Simon Hyamaon, in- matea of the tame ward with himseif.— Mr. Ricketta prosecuted on behalf of the guardltaa. He called in evidence Graham. HyafMOB, Md a nurse, from whom it appeared that, while the patienta were at breakfast on Wedneeday tMt, an altercation arose between QMBOoa and Graham. After threatening once or tview CamooB struck Graham upon the eye, and MMhed him off hia bed head foremost. Hyamson interfered, and waa knocked down by Camoon, catting hia head aeverely upon a table leg as he fell. Hia noae and head bled profusely.—The prisoner, a vigoroua-Iooking man, pleaded that he had been insulted beyond bearing.—Mr. Hosack sentenced him to six month<' imprisonment with hard labour.

SAD DEATH OF A WELSH COM- MERCIAL TRAVELLER. Mr. Charlee Hawlov, commercial trtveHer, living at 2, Leopold ViltM, Otdnefd Park, Bath, on Friday travelled on the Great Western Railway from Bristol to Bath, and arrived there at 6.18. Mf. Hawtey waa so HI that he had to be assisted into a waiting-room. When he was able to speak he aajked that Mr. T. B. Gosa, hia medica.1 attendant, ahoutd be sent for. Inspector Ogburne. how. ewer, aent for Mr. F. W. Hanham, who livea close by the atatton, and Mr. Hanham was quickly in attendance, and advised the removal of the patient to the Royal Station Hotel, or to hia boma. Mr. Hawley, however, refused to be renaoved, and hia wife was then sent for, who aaked that Mr. Goaa might be called in. Inspector Ogbarne deapatched a messenger in a cab for Mr. Go3«, Md on hir arrival the patient was taken ho<)ae, bat died on the way. Mr. J. Knight, South- gate-atreet, and two railway porters accompanied the deceMed in the cab. Mr. Hawley, it appeared, c.nne from South Wales. He waa well-known in commercial circles and highly respected. His age wa< 50, and he leaves a widow and family. Mr. Uoae gave it aa his opinion that death was due to heart d<MMe.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT SALFORD. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN AGED COUPLE. A MARRIED DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH MURDEK. EVIDENCES OF FOUL PLAY. A BMnied woman, named Hannah Hi! is in the .tu8tody of the afford police charged with causing the deathe o< her father and mother. She was aep)M*ttd trom her huaband and lived with the old peopte, Md ea Friday evening she told the neigh- thtt her father and mother had died suddenly. peU« were communicated with, and to them ahe at*t<d that on the previoua evening all three went to bed about eleven o'clock all right, and that a coke nra was burning in the room in which they all atept. About nve o'clock in the morning ahe<twoke,aod found her father dead, while her mothM, who ahe aaid was suffocating, expired im- mediatel1 afterwards. She. however, raised no *ad did aot mention the matter until o'ctoehia the evening. The police were naturaHy auapicMMM, *"d they found that no nre had been burnt in the grate. A post-mortem examination wae fBtde. aad the doctor atated that suffocation wae not the Ctmae of death, but that violence had been used. The breaat.bone of the man was broh*«, <Md the woman bad a wound on her head, from which Mood nowed.

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DEATH OF A P 'H10L.C B On Tuesday morn' 'i!c, :¡'CAbe t'el"eivp' telegramfromDr. of Maitland,nn,, d,fHh 'f f.)" Qq. Ro:uari Catholic 1'<'18

THE UNEMI'Lu N A UNIQUE CHA. Auniquecontributionis about ind.> to Frencithterature. The greater writer fFrancHJ are e.*ch to contribute an unnubtished wok t a. tittle volume which is to b? soid to:' tim relief of the unetnp)oye<J of P.nis.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL OYSTER-FISHING A JERSEY CUTTP,R CAPTURED. The Jersey cutter Fitvourito, white n.-iting within the French limits on Sunday, wag captured by the French Government sloop The FàVOU- rite is said to have dredged six thou-td oysters before being discovered.

A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. LOSS OF NINETEEN LIVES. Hoyd's agent at Aideburgh telegraph" that n. bottle Itas been picked up on the strand containing the Captain Cook. of screw Speedwell, struck on rocks and went down before they had time to tower boats. All her crew were drowned, nineteen in number, on the 27th Decem- ber.1384."

ACTION FOU LIBEL BY THE CLAIMANT. The proprietors of the Bl'aclfoi'd Obse)-ver have received a letter from Mr. Edmund Kimber, of London, stating that he has been instructed by Sir Tichborlle to bold that paper for a libel committed upon him in theisslle of the 10th iDst., in which it is stated or insinuàted that he has been proved to be Arthur Orton, and states that in due time proceedings wilt be taken.

SERIOUS BREACH OF COLLIERY RULES AT GELLI. At Ystrad Police Court on Monday (before Mr. Ignatius Williams. stipendiary magistrate, and the Rev. D. W. WiUmms) Wi)H:tm Anthony, col- tier. was charged with persisting in coming up in the cage into which ten men had already entered. —The case was proved by Henry Vaughan, who told defendant to get out, but he sa.id he would not. Serious accidents had happened by more than the regulated number entering the cage.— Fined 20s. and costs.

THE REVIVAL OF PRIZE FIGHTING. PRIZE FIGHT NEAR ST. ALBAN'S. Particulars have just transpired of a prize fight which occurred at a lonely place near St. Aibun's on Thursday. The combatants and friends came some distance, one of the pugilists baiting from Bradford, and so well were matters arranged that the nght, which lasted for one hour and fortv minuter, was concluded without any interruption from the city and county police. It appears that the constables stationed in the 'district were en- gaged at the time in preventing a trotting match on the highway, and so had their attention drawn from a worse breach of the law.

ACTION AGAINST A SOLICLTOH FOR PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE. HEAVY DAMAGES. At Cumberland Aaxizea on Saturday Miss Arm- strong, a lady residing at Workington.suedMr. Tom Milourn, a solicitor of that town, for damages for professional negligence. The plaintiff had some property near Workington, which wasc m- puJsorily taken by a local railway company, and the valu.' was fixed at between £600 and JE700 by arbitrati' n. The company, however, disputed their liability to take the whole of the property, and the plaintiff has never received any money, This she attributed to the negligence of the defen- dant in not prosecuting her chim before it was barred by the Statute of Limitations. The jury found for plaintiff, and awarded damages at Y.608.

LOCAL DIVORCE SUIT-. In the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice on Saturday Mr. Justice Butt had before him the caae of Jones v. Jonps.—Mr. Barnard, who appeared for the petitioner, Mrs. Elizabeth Jonea, said that she was married to the respondent, Mr. John Jones, on the 1st of October, 1875, at the Salem Independent Chapel, Llandilo, Carmarthen- shire. They afterwards lived together at LIandDo- fawr, where the respondent kept the Hope Inn. In 1880 the petitioner commenced a suit for a divorce, but the evidence of adultery was not sufficient. The cruelty, however, was established, and a de- cree of judicial separation was granted. Lust September the respondent was s'-en by William GrifHths and Thomaa Davies at Llandudno with a woman, with whom he adiiiterv, in a field near a stone quarry. There was m de- fence, and the learned judge granted a decree nisi, wi(.hcosts.

SEQUEL TO A ROMANTIC MAHRIAGE. In Dublin Court of Append on .Saturday there was heard an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Ro))s, who had decided the will of a gentle- man named Miller in favour of hia grand- niece, Miss Montgomery. The testator's niece married Captain Henry Kerr, and after his death "he and hfr five children were supported by her uncle. She subsequently fell in love with her named Alontgomery, and married him, Miss Montgomery being tha one child born of this second marriage. Mr. Miller, greatly irritated at the marriage, refused to recognise hia niece, but took charge of the children by Captain Kerr. He subsequently died, leaving property worth j6130,000. Captain Kerr's children maintained that Miss Montgomery waa not entitled to a share of the property bequeathed by testator to his niece's children. The court amrmed the decision of the Master of the Rolls.

SERtOUS CHARGE AGAINST YOUNG WOMEN AT PONTYPOOL. At Pontypoo! Police Court on Saturday E)!en WUtiams, aged 17 years, a domestic servant in the employ of Mr. John Morgan, of the Post-omce, was brought up on remand and pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a necktaco of the value of lOa., the property of prosecutor's daughter. Prisoner's mother was dead, and her father deserted her some time ago, and went to America. She entered Mr. Morgan's service a short time since. without a character except that she was recommended by a former servant of prosecutor's. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard )abour— Ann Thomas, a respectabty connected and fashion. abiy dressed assistant in the employ of Messrs. Fowler and Son, drapers, was charged with stealing three piecea of dress material, the property of her employers. She admitted that she took the artic!es, but she said she intended to pay for them. She aiso said she knew it was wrong on her part not to have entered the material against herself in a book, for which she was very aorry. Having assented to the magistrates dealing with the case, she asked that a fine might be imposed. She was aeotenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.

A SWANSEA PAWNBROKER AND HIS CUSTOMERS. SEVERE COMMENTS OF THE MAGISTRATE At Swansea Police Court on Monday (before Messrs. W. Wi))iams, mayor, J. r< "owler, sti pen- diary, J. Buse, L. r, es, and Thoa. HaH) 'V;Um- facob Romph, James ")). -,nd j.ieo iirra,- were charged with s ? frr'tn tho) !lut-'ttiog shop of Mr. Fr, T)« C(>&i waa ptedged by a la 'toe < t¡" ahn of Mr. Louis Lyons, r, ..or?t. H<a!d )e received it frOtN t! piiaoMMI Parry, <&d M'Murray waa dt ,ar3'i; <.ij gave avd.r! The lads all pte: d gu!)' 'f- t)*?!ng p icjpa.ted in the Ü f.. Th.' lad 1'rr: 'I, ) separately charged ")fohug !< p<" of boots the pro v c'! T. L. P,, d there were several her <*htT i ?r'<r-ed t him. The Stipendi y, fn t')a .-4)t,rae oi t. commented severely -q the .-nd.J:1 t' 'okerL.yona, whose co 'tCt. j' Mtd. ha cour )ndemn too strongly. It wAs tOlll v,"lv I'h;j, 3us in three out 'f fou!' j[ by boys he shoutd be ?uod zo .1 'he r.ceiv. 0' t the stolen articles. 13 wir&pd i,!<. 'd emphftti- caUyagaic s?chcc'n<!uc'?v.'h?c?t'. t furnished evidence c ? ?pth?c" ?c" t'tt' discretion. Romph, ha be<'n cor,-I, r*,] )revipus)y, was sect U 0' ,)r ta-0 "'o' ry for ten d.tys and i'. .r, at a ;and the others fined rd coe*A.

i' CRUE''t J'- .IcRbi'S "HE ;c .¡ El': rt. At Ystrad C',l.ft on "1. [;( (before Mr.Ignatius :i1\s. L4dpur.O¡.7 :c,. fate, and the Rev. D.1 net; r .haulier, Pentre, was c 'se to be seriousty inju ? ? ?? '?"?-"? on the 10th inst. It! of Wil- liam Thomas, day in Question defen the pit. the animat w ? n.' ?U(?. ht the horse back at ti ndput him into the a lything the matter. Ne? animal waa severely cu en the two front legs. \),,1. defen- dant said he did '<' heard him knock him: andtnt brought the ho back siunas," where it as are generally st%ndin t j )y the main road, whi ilzlr el :.<r' H" td no business that wa 'inary surgeon, said th< con?m.? gutar wound on the bre: ?jf .nrh deep, nine inches long, !!a. «.. efen. dant, who was n "'t' and costs, or a month's I Emmanuel Lane, ;11. 'NU' ¡11\r' ting a horse about the t M" 'f:I;'¡", 11'r 'r of Maindy CoUiery. f i'-Hti. 1 ?r.h h!'O', ¡" lard blows being given vh yo¡. 'na horses Ongoiogti ,?(. :'1 rtlll(" en- dant in charge of U 6, 'L; pa lamp in his left Man< "t!\ ,)1" he I head with the Ing of 1" ras asmaHcucMeedins [fJOd"D. -vAa ti 3e. and costs.

SMAt.L-POX AT CARDIFF. f. Rees WM called 'o 43, Christina.-street, .rdirf. on Sunday morning, to attend a Mr. Richfa, .ho was supposed to be suffering from meastt's but on seeing him lie found that the case was one of small-pox. The doctor immediately ordered the remova! of the patient to the Fever Hospita. and the mart Wts accotdingiy removed io tbf after- no"'i.

SMALL-POX IN LONDON. ALARMING SPREAD OF THE DISCS' In consf'quencH of the atarming prev¡\hn'e of smaH-pox in the district, the guardians of t.he 3t. Saviour's Union at their mee'ing resolved o pro- hibit. persons visiting the ii,,ii ttes of thf Ne'A'ing Intirmary for tilO except in urg-p.11 Dr. on f (' ') i' e gti.n'dians, informed the bonrd that the diseast* wa'< frigi,t f'uJly prv.deIJL in the dt.-itrict. 0-ie iug office[- al.)Iit! h.fs i)).J upwards of 40 ca<sj to rctitovu to the hospit.d.

ASSAULTING 'JIIi. \V HO:\G MAN AF PENRHUVCEiBEK. SAVAGE CONDUCT. At Aberdnre Police Court on Tuesday Evan Jon.,>" was sUllllnone<i for WiUi.tm Rfes, another coitifr. Both parties resirte at on the 8th defendant,, it appeared, had a quarrei with some man in ttte Lee Hotel. When pro.securor left the hote) ho was mis- taken by the dt'f''n imt, who struck him down and kicked him. (J.nnpi.t.inunt, it seemed, got hia j nv broken in two places. A fine of 10s., with 25s. coats, was imposed.

SUNDAY DRINKING AT CARDIFF. SEIZURE OF BEER BY THE POLICR. For some consifjembte time the police :turhori- ties at Roath have suspected that ftn illicit ).r(de in intoxicants on Sunday lia.; been carried on in several houses in the nelghb )urhood, and early on Sunday morning Cox, accom- panied by Huriing imd Damm, made a r;ud on several of the suspected "shebeens." Acting under warrants, they nrst entfted the house at 12.25 of a man named Wi!)iam Lewis, iiving at 14, Heten- st reet. they found one 4 goillon cask of beer on tap, about three- parts full, and a !1ollJPr 4 gallon that had not been spill-d. Both man. and wife were intoxicated, but at the time of the visit there were no in the house. The two of were ther. seized, and conveyed to the Roarh Pohce Station. The potice next proceeded to the house of Witham H;irfor(i,of 15, OrdeU-street. At this place also found two 4 gallon casks, one or both of which were on tap. There were severat men in the houe at the titiie, and they had evi- dently been drinking. As in the previous case, the beer was seized.

IMPORTANT COAI.oWNEH' MEETING AT CARDIFF. THE RAILWAY RATES' QUESTION. A short time ngo it was announced that. a coalition among r.titwxy directors aU over thf c ,untry had taken place with I view to the present rates on merchandise, and especially coal, conveyed by them over their respecti ve mil- ways. As this was a matter of vital importance to the coniery proprietors of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire, the focal associated coalowners at their last meeting the proposal at con- sider.tb!e length, and it was then proposed to invite the coat t,ntde of the district to a conference. On Saturday a committee meeting was held at the An'et Hotet, Cardiff, to discuss the question, and to make, if it was thought d&sirabte, the necessary arrangements for the proposed conference. Mr. A. Hood presided, and amongst those pre'<fnt were Mr. E. James, Varteg; Mr. Simons (solicitor of the association), and Mr. (jascoyne Dalziel (secretary). Atter considerable discussion it was generally con- ceded that as the alterations proposed by the rai). way companies had not been made known it was premature to take any immediate action in the matter. The consideration of the question was, therefore, deferred, but Mr. Simons, the solicitor to the association, was instructed in the interim to take the necessary steps to protect their interests

ALLEGED FRAUDULENT PHOCEED- INGS IN CARMARTHENSHIRE. PRISON EK BEFORE THE CARDIFF MAGISTRATES. At Cardiff Police Court on Tuesday (before Atderman McConnochie and Mr. John Cory), a re- spectable-looking man, named David Thomas, nged 34, was charged on remand with obtaining two tons of patent manure and two tons of superphosphate from J. Williams and others by means of false pre- tences. Mr. Be)cher, who prosecuted, explained that the prisoner had a!ready been remanded two or three times to procure formal evidence. His clients were manure manufacturers at Liverpool and Widnes. and prisoner,who represented them for some time in this neighbourhood, appeared to have pract ised a of fratds from the ment of his connection with the firm. The pri- mod!> was to obtain of in fictitious the money it realised on sa)e. Toe nrst case that he would go into was one in which the prisoner had ordered four tons of manure in the name of John Williams, the E)ephant and Cast)e Inn, Car- marthen. No such man as this existed, and on prisoner's directions, bilcked ur by a tictitious letter purporting to come from John WiHiams; the was to David Tilomtg, at Crymmych. At the latter pfaco the prisoner got hoid of the manure and ?o]d it, applying the proceeds to his own purposes. First of all, there was a nc- titious order, and then appropriation. There were also other cases where prisoner got manure in his own name at different addresses, and he might mention that prisoner had previously been convicted and sentenced to tweive months' imprisonment for forgery.—.WiHiam Evans, station-master at Carmarthen, sii(i he had sent to him four tons of artificial manure consigned from the prosecutors to John WiHiams, the Elephant and Ct<st)e Inn, Carmarthen. The public-house named had never been occupied by a man of that name. He did not deliver the manure then, but subsequenUy received a communicat ion from the prisoner requesting him to re-consign it. to David Thomas, Crymmych. He replied to that communication, stating that he could not re-con- sign the manure unless he received a request from John Wiltiams, the consignee, to that effect. He received a post-card purporting to come from John Williams soon afterwards, authorising him to send on the manure to Crymmyeh, and he did so. —James Jones, station-master at Crymmych, gave evidence as to the delivery of the manure to the prisoner at that place and Wm. Bradley, auctioneer, depo«ed to the sate of certain quantities of manure by him for the prisoner.— Prisoner was committed for triat at the assizes.

MR. HENRY GEOKGH AND THE LAND LAWS. OPEN.AIR MEETING IN LONDON. An open-:ur meeting of unemployed workmen was held on Saturday afternoon in front of the Royal London, to considei- the que8tion of the labour depression. The meeting waa con- vened by the Land Restoration League, who applied some time ago to the Lord Mayor for the u?e of the Guiid-halt and were refused. Mr. W. Saunders presided, and Mr. Henry (jreorge was present. There w(M a largo attendance, and the proceedings opened in an orderly manner. A few police were present.—The Ch'urmftn referred to the causes of industrial depi-ession, and said that the Land were unjust to the poor.—Re.soiutiona were passed affirining that the depression of trade and the poverty of the industrial classes could not be longer ignored, and pledging the meeting to de- mand the restitution to the whole of the people of their birthright in the hnd.—Mr. Henry George then addressed the meeting, urging that, in order to raise wages and end pauperism, they must de- mand their rights.—The meeting, which was orderly, then terminated.

THE <' LAND FOR THE PEOPLE CRY. MR. CHAMBERLAIN TAKEN TO TASK. HOW THE PEOPLE WOULD SUFFER UNDER In the Times of Saturday appears over the signa- ture of Rut'icota a letter suppled to have been written by Lord Carnarvon, in which the writer deats very forcihiy with Mr. Henrv George and other disciples of the and restitution school. The writer says:— Mr. Chamberlain is anxious to go back to the old-time freeholds in the land, and re-establish the peasants and yeomen;' he wishes, further, to gratify the land hunger in the breast of every labourer,' consequently he supports Mr. J. Coi- lings's Restitution Hi)). Perhaps it may surprise these town-bred gentlemen to learn that the effect of this Hill would va the wholesale and ruin of, not hundreds, but thousands of small freeholders, and that Naboth would be a far greater sufferer under it than Aha.b. The Bill proposes, according to Mr. Chamberlain, that all land ittegalty absorbed from commons or from road- sides during the last 50 years phoutd be restored to the community, or that compensation shoutd be made. It is impossible to guess, even appnxi- mateiy.to what extent thia measure would operate, but it may well be that a ctear majority of the smaH freeholders in our country districts would be directly attacked by it. I know of one common in the South of Kngtand upon which no less than 100 separ&to encroachments have been made, by the poorest of the poor, during the last seventeen years only. They are, with few exceptions, much under one acre each in area. and upon most of them squatters have built cottages. In Wates. encroach- ments upon the vast wastes there by the poor cul- tivators adjoining have been conet&ntand universal, and theae men, or those who have inherited or pur- chased from them, most, if not aU of them,as honest and industrious as Mr. Chamberlain himself, are now toiling and spinning upon these lands in perfect contentment and ignorance of their impending doom. As to hovels and cottages erected bv squatters upoh reside wastes their number mu:t be great, and Mr. Couings'a measure must neces- I sarily give employment to a very )a.rge crowbar I brigade.' It would appear, therefore, that the Bi)), as describpd by Mr. Chamberlain, wilt scarcely carry out his wish to greatly add to the number of smaH freeholders in this country, and that to effect this Mr. Collings will have to insert a c)ause limit- ing its application to encroachera rated above a certain small value. But how is he to do this with ft due respect for Mr. Chamberlain's emis- sion that' robbery is robbery,' to which I suppose he would aiiow us to ftdd* by whomsoever com- mitted ?'"

JoTHAM A?o So?a' Indigo B)ue Serge and Dun- t?M'ee J(M;keta«nd Trou<fr< <M warranted fMt Cotourt <tnd to tmnd h<M? )M<t?-26 ?nd 27, St. Mtry-ttreet, CarttHt. 62014

ACCIDENTS ON THE BRECON AND MERFHYR RAILWAY. TWO PERSONS INJURED. As the last down passenger train from Brecom to Newport on the Brecon and Merthyr Rai)way, and which is due at Newport at 7.45 p.m., was proceed- ing on Saturday from Pengam to Maesycwmmer, a Uttte before seven o'clock, one of the third-class carriages came in contact with a wagon on a siding at Fleur-de-lis which was rather near the tine. The side of the carriage was smashed. There were only two passengers in it at the time. \!r. Samuel Thomas, of Gelli Haf Fawr, was much and also injured about. the les. He was removed to his hone and attended to. Thu other gentfeman, whose name did not transpire. was a cotn'nerciat traveHer, and he had his tegs badly fructured, the bones of one ieg protruding through Dr. Reed, i\dstant to Dr. Llewellyn, attended to him, and 111:' the 1Mme evening by train to the In his was found the n.me "W. E. Cotston." the line was sl>on cieared and )n working order under the supervision of George Rees, the company's omcials. The accident, created a deai of excitement in the village at the time. A SIGNALMAN KfLLED. On Saturday a second accident occurred on the Brecon and Merthyr Railway in close proximity to the Garth signa)-box. near Bassatteg. resuming in the death of a aignai!na.t) named William Edwards, w)i0 had been in the employ of the company for The who was 45 years of age. was in charge of the above box, and about lie the sillal clf-ar for an iiiinei-al train, forgetting tlhlt another train on the same hne had not cieared. He immediately ran from the box for the purpose of to prevent an accident; but,, .¡nfortunately, as lie tnLvelsing towards the farmer train in the centre of the line the latter, being in cioso proximity. coHided. smashing the poor fellow in a frightfu) manner several trucks comploteiy covering him. His groans were pitiful to iiear, but no time was lost in exti-i- eating him from the Assistance, however, wat) found to be of no avai), death enduing within a few minutes of his extri- cation. The deceased was a widower, and resided next door to the Fisherman's Rest Inn, at Bed was. He was a of the Loval St. Cenydd Lodge of Oddfellows held at the Cast)e Hotoi, Caerphihy. The .iceident is attributed sole)y to the negtigence of the deceased.

S I'HANGE EP1SODI'; IN A LANE NEAR PEMBROKE. A SERVANT GIRL'S ALLEGATION AGAINST A CONS FABLE. THE CASE DISMISSED. On Saturday, at the Town-haH, Pembroke (before the following county justices Messrs. N. A. Roch, chairman, A.J.Morison,andW.Hu)m), Witham Cozens, a constable in the county police force, was charged with having committed a common assault upon the person of Ehzabeth Thomas, a farm servant in the emptoy of Mr. J"hn Rossiter, Upper Nash, near Pembroke. From what could be gieaned of the case beforehand it seem"d probabte that the charge would develop into one of indecent Mr. D. H Brown prosecuted, and Mr. R. D. Gibert- son defended. From the opening statements and the evidence vf complainant it appeared that on the 19tii of December last the defendant served some sum- monses upon Mr. Rossiter, and in returning, as it was a dark, wet night, he was in doubt as to the way home, and inquired at a cottage near which was the way to Pembroke. The complainant was at this cottage, and volunteered to go out and show him the way. She went, and, she alleged, before they got very far defendant threw her down and attempted to commit an assault upon her. She resisted him successfully, and got up. She then went further up the lane with him, and defendant again threw her down, She got away from him and ran towards home. He followed her, but fell down. In cross-examination the complainant said she wns with the constable for about an hour and a quarter—from hatf-past eight unfit a quarter to ten, and was within two minutes of her master's house the whote time. She admitted that she did not take out a summons against defendant until she was served with a writ for slander. Before the cross-examination of complainant was completed the Bench intimated that they thought that was done was done with the consent of the comptainant. She lind in her evidence in chief told them, without any prompting, that after having been assaulted she went a little further up the i.tne with defendant. After some further remarks the case was dismissed.

A MOUNTAIN ASH ELOPEMENT. THE WRONGED HUSBANDS STORY. HEARTLESS CONDUCT OF A WIFE AND MOTHER. We have been asked to pubtish the following statement, made and signed by Thomas Williams, Quarry Cottage, Miskin, Mountain Ash, with refe- rence to an eiopement which took place from that town last week. and the parties to which are the wife of the writer of the statement and their lodger. Our correspondent says I am 41 years of age, nnd & native of Pyle, near Bridgend, Seventeen years ago I and my wife, whose maiden name was Ann Maria THey, now 36 yeara of age, a native of Hedminster, Bristo), were married at Cardiff. We have had etoven chi)dren born to us. nvo of whom are alive. Our mar- ried life up to the present has been a most happy one, never a cross word taking place between me and my wife. The eldest of my nve daughters is thirteen years of age, and the youngest )t little over a.yearandaha)f. Three months ago John VoweDs, commoniy cailed Bristol Jack (a)so a native of Bedminster), came to lodge with me. I never before had oc- casion to doubt my wife's ndehty. Last week she informed me that she intended going to Aberdare on the following Tues- day but before I proceeded to work that morning she addressed me thus, I Come, my dear, let us have a cup of tea together once more.' When I came home that evening I ascertained that she had left that morning with the 910 train from Mountain Ash. I have since found out that Bristol Jack' met her at Quaker's Yard Junction, and that both went away together in the same train. Before she left home that, morning she told my eldest daughter that she was going to Aberdare, and perhaps would never return. My daughter asked her to take the baby with her, but she refused. Although I have been a total abstainer for thirteen years, and have always earned good wages, every penny of which I gave my wife, yet I have found out since she left that I am heavily in debt all round. I was per- fectiy ignorant of this, as I depended entirely upon my wife. No workman's family appeared better dressed than mine in the streets, but my wife took with her nearly all the children's clothing. She took away even the baby's swathe, and all the under-tinen of the others. She also took away a great quantity of bedclothes."

EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT IN GLAMORGANSHIRE. FLIGHT OF A MAN WITS HIS SON'S WIFE. AN OCTOGENARIAN LOVER. An incident that bids fair to prove more than a nine wonder amongst the inhabitants of a locality not a hundred miles from Cardiff occurred on Monday evening, when an amorous octogenarian eloped with the young wife of his son. The scene of the intrigues which have led to this amusing episode is a small shop, the occupants of which were a crippled face-improver, his buxom wife of thirty-three summers, and his father, a wen-preserved old joker of eighty. The trio had lived together in domestic fe!icity for some time, but latterly this happy state of affairs -had been broken in upon by the green-eyed monger. As the story goes, the lord and master of the domicite had discovered that his aged parent was monopolising the felicity ot the circle. and that the wife of his bosom Was rapidty transfer- ring her conjugal affection to his aged progenitor. On many occasions the lady had, in the presence of her husband, reciprocated the en- dearments of her father-in-taw with more thanahHat affection. Agaicst this arrangement the husband had naturaOy protested. Unfortu- nately his physical infirmity prevented his doing more, and he was consequently compelled to grin and boar it. And so things went on, until a short white ago, when an unexpected windfall from a relative of the husband came as balm to the jilted one's bosom. Eiated by his good fortune, and led on by promises of refor- mation which it had naturaUy induced on the part of his wife, he forgave old wrongs, and decided to start Hte anew in a more exalted branch of business. The legacy had at nrst been invested in a building society, but in order to make it more easily available whenever it shoutd be re- quired for the new speculation the lady prevailed upon her husband to withdraw it, and had it de- posited in her own name at a bank, from which it coutd be taken at the shortest possible notice. This matter having been arranged to her satisfaction, it was decided to sell most of the household effects preparatory to leav- ing the town for the new sphere of labour. In this movement the lady again took the initiative, and pocketed the proceeds of a very satisfactory sale. On Monday evening the husband went to the rait- way station to book the remaining articles to thetr intended destination, teaving his wife and father at homo together, and on his return the climax was attained. Apparentfy as the result of a pre- concerted scheme, the lovers sprung a quarrel upon him, and after a wordy altercation, in which the husband got considerably worsted, the wife said, Pack up, father, we'" go and leave him, and give him a hiding if he follows us." The ancient RQmeo g)adly comptied, and by nine o'clock in the evening the unfaithful pair had departed, leaving behind them a heart-broken husband with nothing to console him but a few worthless remnants of the household effects and 10s. pocket-money.

SENDING PATIKNTS TO AN INFIR- MARY IN A MANURE CART. A HUMANE NUISANCE INSPECTOR. At Berwick, on Friday, two young women, re- siding in the West End, Tweedmouth, were attacked with typhoid fever. Information was given to the medical omcer of health, and they were ordered to be removed to the Innrmary. This was effected by the inspector of nuisances obtaining one of thecarta which is used for remov- ing the a"he9 and refuse from the streets, covering it with straw, and having the young women p'aced in it and taken to the Innrmary. There were a number of people witnesses of the aSair, and they gave very &ujiMt tott<e 40 their disgust at the procesdiso

THE IRREGULARITIES AT A "LIBERAL CLUB. IMPORTANT POLICE PROSECUTION AT PENARTH. At Penarth PoHce Court on Monday (before Mr. Jamps Warp and Colone) Lee) Sampson Blackmoro and Jane Blackmore. his wifè, wel'e cllll.rged with setling intoxicating liquors without a licence. Mr. A. W. Morris prosecuted on behaif of the po)ice, and Mr. Butcher defended. The case had been hefore the court on the previous Monday. when it was ad- journed for a week. It appeared from the evi- dence given on that occasion that WHtiam Dotman, a sailor, hving at Penarth, went to the Libera) Ciui-), wttich was the house kept by the defendants. near the Penarth Dock, on the 30th of December. He entered the c)ub between eight and nine o'clock in the evening and cai!ed for beer, with which he, as we)! as a man named Middieton, who accom- panied him, was suppHed by the femrde defendant. The tatter, however, previously informed them that they coutd not be supplied untess they signed a bnok. which they did. Two gentlemen prest-nt pr"po;;ed him a.s :t mArDUer. pl)lice-Sert. Pickwi,'k had givn evidence to the effect. that he waa out- side the club about, one o'clock on the morning of the 31st of December. About hatf-past twelve he saw the last witness and David Middlfton enter thechtb. the Jitter carrying ajar. Later on they came out with the j tr, and he took them back and asked the female defendant why she allowed beer to be taken out at that time of night.' She replied that the man brought it there with him. He then asked why she had suppHed the men, and "he re- pficd because they were members. For the defence it was now contended by Mr. Be!cher that there was no ease against the ma!e defendant, because he was not present when the alleged vioht\ion of the Licensing LIlWS oc- curred. And as for the other defendant, she was only tile manageress of the club and cou]d not be convicted for the offence. He then quoted a minute of the club proceedings, showing that Mrs. Hiackmore had been appointed mana- geress at a sata.ry of jE2 a. week. She was merciy a servant, and was no more responsib)e than a servant in an hotel. He contended that it was necessary that the police should prove a aa)e, but in this case it had not been done. He then caned the female defenda.nt, who stated that no Ill(Jnt.y whatever was taken from the two men for drink. but they paid 2s. for their tieketa of membership. According to the rules of the club they were per- mitted to entertain visitors whose names had been duty entered in the visitors' book. Cross-examined by Mr. Morris, however, she ad- mitted that there was no such book on the premisP8, r'red.Freeguard said he was a member of this c!ub. He remembered going there on Uece'oher 30. He saw Dohnao and Middieton go in and then he t'oltowed them. He put their names down on the cards, and they paid 2- for them. They asked for something to drink, but Mrs. maekmore said she coutd not serve them because they were not mem- bers. Thereupon he (the witness) ca))ed for two slasses of beer for them and paid for them himsetf. '!e was there the whole of the time these men and they paid no money to anyone. Whf" the m n came back the second time with a jar they i)a) another drink, which was paid for by another Ill,nbel' of the club. The retired for a. short time, and on returning into court Mr. Ware said they had given this matter their serious consideration, and they found that. these cluba were—and this one eapf- ciaffy — a deJusion and a snare, and a. place tor enticing men to go in and drink when they had no necessity to do so. If they wanted to keep a beer- shop they should appty for a licence in the proper way, and not go in this underhanded way and evade the )aw. The affairs of the club were in a most irregular condition. They pretended to put down men as members when they only went into thec)ub for a few moments, and did everything they could to evade the law. The magistrates had made up their minds to fine the female defendant £5 and costs, and they hoped if she was determined to carry on thia club she <fou)d do so in a proper manner. He was always giad to forward the interests of the working men, and if they wanted clubs let them have them by ail means, but they must conduct them in a proper manner. The case against the mate defendant would be dis- misxed.

A ROW ABOUT A CLOTHES LINE AT WHITCHURCH. SOME HARD SWEARIXG. At Llannaff Police Court on Monday (before Colonel Page and Mr. Graham Dornford) Edmund Lewis, a builder, iiving at Whitehureh, was charged with violently assaulting Emma Davies on the 7th inst. Mr Jones appeared for the com- plainant and Mr. Hit! tor the defendant. After the hearing of this Cf\se, a cross-summons was heard, in which .Edmund Lewis charged Emma Davies with assaulting him. In the nrst case comp!ainant stated that on the after noon of the 7th inst. defendant came to her sister's house at Whitehureh, and told her to take in some ctothes from off a line belong- ing t.) him. Her sister refused to do so, and he then cut the line, and the clothes fell to the ground. tn about twenty minutes afterwards defendant and three others were carrying a staircase, when AHce Morgan asked defendant's brother, "How do you feel after cutting down the line." He then stl'Uck complainant a back-handed blow in the face, and she picked up a broken dish and threw it at him. The defendant thereupon dropped thestaircase,and came forward, and struck her three times, the iast b)ow knocking her hand through the window. A)ice Morgan corroborated the evidence given by the complainant. In cross-examination, however, she admitted that was in a passion, and that after she was knocked down she became hysterical for a. considerable time. This concluded the evidence in the hrst case. The comptainant and defendant having changed places, Edmund Lewis stated that his wife and himself had previousty asked Emma Davies and her sister to remove their clothes, but they .had refused to do so. He admitted cutting down the line, but ho denied positively that he had struck Emma Davies. He had only used the necessary force to put her into the house after she had kicked his brother and thrown a. dish at him. —WtHiam Lewis, the brother of the last witness, was then catted. He stated that Emma Daviea kicked him on the leg, and that she used most abusive language.—Sarah Webber atso gave corroborative evidence. — The Bench, after a short consultation, said the evidence was most connieting, but it was c)ear that the quarrel in the Srst instance arose through Lewis cutting down the line and by such act a)lowing the clothes to fall to the ground. They also betieved that the gi'I had been roughly handled by Edmund Lewis. A iine of 20s. and costs was innicted.

THE BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY AT CARDIFF. THE MASTER'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED. The Board of Trade inquiry, opened at the Cardiff Town-hall on Friday, into the circumstances attending the loss of the steamship Sapphire, of London, on the North Haaks, Hotland, on the l4th of December, was resumed on Monday before Mr. R. 0. Jones, stipendiary, assisted by Captains Hyde and Davies. nautical assessors. Mr. Watdron represented the Board of Trade, and Mr. Ingiedew the master. Alfred WiHiam Love. The Master, re-caned by Mr. Waldron, said that he veri&ed Ins compasses by the usual means of the sun and stars. — John Davies and Thomas Berron, ordinary seamen on the Sapphire, having given evidence. Mr. WaJdron sub- mitted a series of questions to the court on behalf of the Board of Trade, Mr. Ingiedew afterwards addressing the court for the master. Mr. John Christie, managing owner of the Sapphire, said that Captain Love had been in his employ fur nine or ten yeal's, and had al ways borne the character of being a. very steady and trust- worthy man. After adjourning for consideration, the Court found, in answer to the questions, that the cause of the stranding was imprudent navigation on the part of the master that improper measures were taken to ascertain and verify the position of the vessel; that a safe and proper course was not steered from Dover; that the boy on the look-out, who had never been to sea before, was inemcient that every effort was not made to save the vessel, and that she was prematureiy abandoned and that she was not navigated with proper and seamanhke care, for which the Court adjudged the master to be in default and sus- pended his certincate for six months.

BOARD OF TRADE PROSECUTION AT NEWPORT. CHARGE OF DEFRAUDING A BOATSWAIN'S WIFE. At Newport Police Court on Monday Catherine Kearns, a young woman, living in Courtybena- terraee. was charged with issuing a forged order for jE2. Mr. R. P. Williams appeared for the pro- secution, and Mr. W. L. Moore for the defence. Mr. Porteous, superintendent of the MercantHo Marine Department, Newport, said he received the order in question from the superintendent at Liverpool. It was an order for JE2, drawn in favour of Susan Lechai. On the 15th inst. the prisoner went to the Board of Trade omcea and pros' nied the order for payment. She was asked if the signature on the order was hers, and she said it was. About an hour after the money was paid to the prisoner Mrs. Lechai catted at the onices and asked if anyone had been for her money, and he told her the order had been paid. Mrs. Lechai then said, t have been told that a woman named Kate Kearns has bfen for my money."—Susan Lechai, wife of Joseph Lechai, boatswain on board the King Cenric. who saited from Newport in April, 1883, now said her husband teft an altotment no'e in her favour for jE2 a month. The signature upon the order in question was not in her hand writing. For three months she had been living in the same house as the prisoner. On the 9th inst. she wrote to the owners, asking for her usual remittance, putting an un- stamped envelope inside, addressed to hersetf at 12, CourtybeHa-terrace, and teft the letter in her bedroom. It was there on the morning of the 10th. On that morning she had words with the prisoner, and left the house. She owed the prisoner 8s. for board. The clothes she left behind were more than sumcient to cover the debt. She did not authorise the prisoner to sign the order or receive the money. Prisoner did the same thing in November )ast, and witness forgave her.—The defence was that the prisoner had futt authority for signing the order belonging to the woman Lechai. and that it was done &MM fide and honestly.—Prisoner was com- mitted for trial at the assizes, the Bench intima- ting they would accept bail, herself in jE50 and two sureties of J625 each.

REMARJCANM DISAPPEARANCE: Very Remarkable Disapipearailce of all Dit b from every- thtni; ttv u'i"t H?D8UN'8 DRY SOAP. REWARD!! Purity, Ketlth, Perfect BtttMftctien by it regular d<dly use.

TERRIBLE CRUELTY BY LYKUHKR3. VENGEANCE ON TRAIN WRECKERS. BURNING A BOY'S HANDS OFF. KILLING AND MUTILATING A MAN. A terrible tragedy, says the New Orleans TYMtM .D<MO<*ya<, occurred at a point on ths New Orte.'ns and North Eastern Road, about five mites north of Hightand Station, Miss., which resulted in a man named Pti-ket- bei ng tied to R. tree and shot to death by an irifut-iited moh, It from information which reached New Orteans in regard to the shooting of Jordan that he is the man whi wrecked the north-bound passenger train on the recently, and who caused the instant death of Robert Turner, the engiiieer, and a negro fit-einan named The wreck occurred at a point a few miles north of Purvis Station. Heavy spikes !)ad been drive" in a cress-tie and tapped over the rait in such a. manner as to cause the fore- It ucks of the engine to etimb the rai!. When the engine st ruck the obs! ruction It jumped t,he and went down into the (iiteli, where it turned over on its aide. Turner and his fli-etnan had no chance to wirh their fives, but werejum'ned by the tender against the boiler head of the engine and scatded and roasted to death. The train was the limited Atalanta and running at the i-ate of abnut tliii-ty-tive miles an hour when the accident occurred, and, had it not been for the admirab)e manner in which the air-brakes worked, it is more than prob'tbie that sootC of the passengers wou)d huve been kithd; as it was, however, all the passengers escaped without rpcpiving injudps inot-e than II. jolt- ing. despite the fact that the smoking and Cars went down the bank, At the tim of the tenible wreck sUpicion at once point ed to Jot-dan Parker and his son as the guilty and were arrested by the of th" near Poplar- vitte.Miss. The rage of the raifwayempfoyesover poor Turllr caused tlii n, in company with ¡ of to forrl1 themselves into a mob of about 100 strung, and to t.:tke the prisoners out of the hand" of the officei-s, and to administer just ice wit hout the aid of II. 01' jury, JOl'ihlll and his son, who is a m -re youth, were brought to Highland Stttion. The -v were asked if they com- mittedtheerime.butbothof them doggedly denied that they were in any way connected with the wrecking of the train. The refusal of the prisoners to make a confession seemed to enrage the still nlOid a volltèY of ,yell,. and oaths, the two were dr,'gged to a near by, wliet-c one of the mob, aeting as SIJOkpsm>t.n, informed young Parker t ,;it if he wouhi tmake a con- fession his hfe woufd be spared. He refused to anything, and the mob, mad with rae and )"st to all pity, determined to torture him into a confession. In the liou-e was a hot stove. -<nd, gathering around it, they held young Parker as tirmiy as if he was in a vice, and l hru"t both of his hands into the names. The fearful screams of the prisoner as his hands sltrlvel1..ti inlo lumps rent the silence of the gloomy winter niolit, and were heard by per- ""IO: livl!1¡.( long- (iisttnee away. The screams foi- tiiei-ey and the Ilppeals to God for hdp Were not heeded by the men, who, through anger and excitement, had been transformed into demons; but thuy he)'! the :)rms and hands of the writhing boy in the &'mes unti) they were burned to a crisp. The boy at tast, being unable to stand the fiendish torture, and with heads of cold perspiration on his forehead, and bl"od dripping from his tips, which he had gnawed in his terrib!e agony, gasped out a eonfes ion that his fatlit-r had wrecked the train through matice to the ro'd. When he had finished his statement his hands were withdrawn from the stove, and, with a low moan of anguish, he fell fainting to the noor. His hands were so parched and shriveHed by t)ie fire that when the torture ended the red- hot slipped from his wrists, and dropped c)attering to the noor. The vengeance of the mob been SOIDew lifit appeased, and realising I hat the boy was maimed for Hfe, and that he had suffered the agonies of a thousand deaths, decided to spare his hfe. Thy then took Jordan Parker, tied him 8ecurdly to II tree, and in the presence of his son shot him titeraUy to pieces. It appears, from information furnished the 2Y)MM De1nocl'at reporter, that Jordan Parker had made certain threats against the road, and that circumstantia) evidence pointed directly to the fact that he wrecked the train, and was prompted to do so by the hatred he had for the raih'oad company. When the mob had tired of perforating the body of Parker with buHets, they left the limp and bloody body tied to the tree. and the ghastiy corpse was seen next morning by the passengers who arrived on the south-bound train over the North- Eastern road. -==-

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A CHURCH. PULLING DOWN THE CONFESSIONAL CURTAINS. At Worship-street Police Court on Monday Georsre Spackman Ryder, 39, described as a school keeper of the Board Schoo), Hammond's-square, H-)xton; and Robert Thomas Draper, 30, ware- ttou-'eman, of Ivy-lane, Hoxton, were charged with having been guilty of riotous behaviour at St. Anne's Church, Hoxton. From the statement made on behalf of the complainant, the vicar, the Rev. Wittiam Puttoek, by himself, his euratp, an') others, it appeared that Ryder was a churchwarden and Draper a sexton at the church Since the month of Novem- ber last there had been a dispute between the churchwarden and the clergy of the church con- cerning the presence of some curtains which had beon hxt'd up in the church near the chancel. The vicar had once been catted upor by Ryder to pull them down, but this was n')t (tone. Mr. Puttoek said that, at 6 40 on Sunday evening, before the service, he wen<, into the church and saw the two defendants struggling together on the choir side. Ryder hit the other, who wts SRXtor'. There had been a struggle, and the cur- tains near the choir had been torn, the amount of damage being .E2. Mrs. Maria Cranneld. who was in the church at the time and saw the curtains putted down by Ryder and others, said that Draper tried to prevent it, and was knocked down by Ryder. She bA- iieved the curtains were used to make a confes- sional." Ryder pu!!ed aside the curtains to expose the box, and Draper tried to pult them back. The witness could not say if Draper putted Ryder off the chair; but the witness saw him pus!) Ryder, and he hit Draper in seif-defence. The chair was in the confessional," and R\ der sat on it. There was a disturbance and scummg which lasted ten minutes, and there was much excitement. Mr. Richard Apps, vicar's warden, and Mr. Oliphant, curate of the church, gave simitar evidence. The latter witness was cross-examined as to the use of the "confessional," and admitted that the vicar had seen persons in it privatety. The vicar was re-catted, and admitted that there had been disputes about the "confessi""at." The curate was re-catted, and said that in the morning two or three persons were in the habit of going into the "confessiona! Ryder, he added. threatened to remove a crucinx winch tie objected to. Mr. Bushby said that there wa9 no evidence that whatever damage had resulted was witfu). He thought there was evidence as to the miscon. duct which, under the Act, was termed indecent" in a church. The counsel for Mr. Ryder submitted that in throwing open the curtain his client was within his rights as people's churchwarden, and contended that he did not create a disturbance, but only acted in sett-defence. Mr. Bushby observed that t churchwarden would ve'y much overrate his authority if he supposed that when his view of what was proper and decent was in cotiision with that of the vicar he was at hbertyto force his views. The taw on the point was clear. If a clergyman was gmtty of in- ducing any irregularity, a churchwarden had no authority to interfere. He could only appeal to the bishop. Mr. Bushby then suggested that if Mr. Ryder should promise not to interfere further, and pursue his appeal to the proper quarter, the charge should be withdrawn. The vicar agreed to withdraw, and Mr. Ryder gave the suggested undertaking. The charge was withdrawn, and both defen- dants set at liberty. John Kfnsitt. bootmaker, was then charged wit)) brawting on the same occasion, and was fined 40s. Cross-summonsea between Ryder aud Draper were withdrawn.

STRANGE CON DUCT IN A POLICE- COURT. THRASHING A SERVANT GIRL. On Monday a wett-dressed woman, in a ftate of excitement, who her name 01' address, was charged at Westminster with assault- ing Etiz-tbeth brown, at Denbigh-street, Pimtico.— The evidence of the complainant showed that she had been entrusted to take out her master's St. Bernard dog, and not to let it go by any means. White in Denbigh-street the defendant attacked her, trying to take away the anima), and in the colini-, with which thrashed her as far as Churton-street, and after- wards, in the presfnce of a eonstabfe. again assaulted her. On the left eye comp¡"dmmt b"re traces of severe violence—,Reptyirg to ttu' magis- trate, comptainant said she had given no provoca- tion. and she coutd not tell whether the defendant. was the worse fur drink —Mr. Partridge, obser- ving the excited manner of the accused, asked, did she still refuse to give her name?— Defendant (vehemently): Yes, 1 do.—She refused to ask any questions "f the witness, s'ating she did not know why shf was there.—The a-"<isLant-gaot''r, in repty to t,40 iriligl"- ti-itte, sllid lie he waS 80lJer.-Defendl\nt: No; dead drunk.—Mr. Partridge: Is she in her tight mind:'—Defendant: No; very wrong.—A porson in court said she appeared of unsound mind, and had been so for some time.—Arthur Bur- gess, soticitor's cterk, said that afternoon he wit- nesed the assault in Denbigii-st reet, and also that in Churton-street. The defendant taid hold of the savant by the cottar, and thrashed her with a dog- whip into Mr. Dutton's omce, after which she assaulted the servant in the presence of the con- stable. He did not betieve she was of sound mmd, having been very violent f01' some potice-constabte corroborated. Defendant: I gave the servant a good shaking, and shaH again if I have the chance. I struck no blow in the face.—Mr. Partridge remanded her, as a wandering iunatic, to the workhouse.—Defendant: I wtah ive me seven days.

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THE COLLISION OFF HOLY- HEAD. A STRAMEH. SUNK. SIXTEEN LIVES LOST. DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. NARRATIVES OF SURVIVORS. ? Al) doubt as to the fate of the steamer A d- miral Moorsom, which left Dublin for Holy- head on Thursday, and whose non-arriva! at the latter port up till Friday night had given rise to much anxiety, was set at roaton Satur- day morning by the arrival at Holyhead of the American ship Santa Oara, with twelve of the crew and two of the passengers of the missing steamer, which bad sunk after coHi- sion with the rescuing vessel. NARRADVR OF THE DISASTER. It was not unti) Hand ty afternoon that all doubts we-e set nt ret as to the fate of the teanlPr Ad- mira) Mnorsom and of those who remained on board after the coition with the American ship Santa Ctara. In the coucfe of yesterday and up to noon to-day there were altet-nat ions of hope "nd fear at Holyhead as to what had become of the unfortunate steamer. Those of the crew who were rescued expressed their conviction that she must gone down almost imtiie(littiely after they )eft. her, but thit proves not to have bpe the case, although the ve<set has since sunk. The coOfion occurred during the night of and about tiii-ee next the schooner Pfter J" mes sighted the steamer in a dlabled condition ahout two Hn)yhead, but owing to the strong gate btowing at the time could rpnder no assistince, Although the cuphun of the schooner, after passing the Admuat Moorsol11, ent up dist I'I:S THE FATE OF THE DtSABLRD St!)P. This news was telegraphed on Saturday night from to where it reviver] hones that the steamer might after all be saved. These hopes were strengthened by another me;¡q"g" from Cork to the effect thut the steamer Peticm) had the Adlll ra Moorsom in tow in x di'"<b!ed con- ditir'n at rune o'clock on Friday morning, and was apparently making for Hoiyhcad. This news was re- ported to the Cork Steamship Company by the cap- tain of the steamer Xema.which arrived at Liverpool on Friday night,, but it woutd appear either th,it the PelicLn was obliged to abandon her charge or more probably that it was not the Petican but another steamer which was seen. The next inteHi- gence of t!'e missing and damaged steamer came in a tetegram from the captain of the Fatcon, at Cork, to Admira) Dent, marine superintend''nt for the London and North Western RaHway,at Holy- head, to the effect that his vessel had met the Ad- mi'at Nior)z-soiii at eight o'ciockon Friday tnorning, and had rescued three men. one woman, and a child on board, which, happity, reduces the num- ber of lives lost from 21, as at 6rst reported, to 16. The telegram from the master of the Falcon added that—no doubt owing to stress of weather he had left the Admira) Moorsom at noon on Saturday six miles off Bh'ckwater. near Wexford. From this it woutd appear that it must have been the Fatcon, and not the Petican,' which was seen by the Xona, a mis- take which might easily occur, as the two vessets are exactly alike, and betong to the same pro- prietors. The latest news of the unfortunate steamer was received by Admiral Dent this after- neon in a telegram from one of his company's agents at Dublin, who represented that Captain Gi)), of the British and Irish steamer Lady Wood- house, took the Admiral Moorsom in tow at a quarter to 6vo o'ctock on Saturday evening for two hours at a point from which the Biackwater Lightship showed south-west at a distance of about five miiea, when the disabled steamer went down stern foremoat, breaking her own tow-rope and also that of the Lady Woodhouse. A DXAD MAN ON BOARD. At the time she foundered one man was seen lyi-ng dead near the captain's room, but there was no other person on board, and the cattle and pig" on board were still alive. FACTS OF THE COLLISION. The circumstances of the coDision, which were at nrst involved in some doubt and confusion, have now been ascertained with apparent conclusive- ness. It seems that the Admiral Moorsom, which was an old and somewhat stow steamer, little used by passengers, but mostly for the conveyance of live stock and cargo, left North Wa)t, Dublin, at mid-day on Thursday, and encountered somewhat rough weather, which delayed her passage. There were on board at the time eleven passenger-' and a crew numbering 24, with a general cargo. including 80 tons of goods, 678 pigs, 34 head of cattle, and one horse. Late on Thursday night, when she reached a point seven mites off west known as the South Stack Lighthouse, one of the seamen, named H;tt-t, who was on look-out duty, reported seeing the lights of a largo British vessel. which was close ahead, sailing down Channe). Captain VVeckes, the master of the Admiral Moorsom, at once gave orlers to port the he!m, and his steamer got under the stern of the other vessel, but as soon as she got clear an American sailing ship, the Santa Oara, of New YorTc, whose lights had not been seen, suddenly bore down upon them and ran violently against the steamer. The Santa Clara, which was under the command of Captain Dunn, of Liverpool, was sailing down Channel with the wind, in company with or closely following the British vesse), both going athwart the course ot the Admiral Moorsom. The collision, which caused a loud crash, did serious damage, and naturaily excited the utmost alarm on board both the steamer and the American ship. THE MtSSING BOAT LOAD. The funnel, mainmast, and rigging of the Ad- miral Mooraom were all swept away by the force of the shock, which also smashed the two boats on her starboard side and did other damage. The smaller of the two boats on the other side was at once launched, and must have been "vertoaded by the thirteen persons who are believed to have crowded into it. Whether on account of over- crowding or the roughness of the sea, there is reason to fear that it was Jost with all on board, not having since been heard of. In some sanguine minds there is still a hope, although but a faint. one, that this boat may have survived, and that its terrined load of human beings may have teen afterwards picked up at sea. Meantime the absence of any news of them gives ground fur the worst fears as to their fate. A HORR'BLB DEATH. In addition to the thirteen persona who are believed in this way to have perished, the sixteen fives lost included the case of the man. not yet dentiiied, who was seen dead on board the steamer when «he afterwards foundered; also the second mate (Abbott) and a cattle dealer from Stoke-on- Trent, named Woolridge, both of whom were )e-.t in their attempt to get on board the American ship. In the caQe of Abbott, he fell into the sea. when leaping from the steamer towards the Santa Clara., whilst Wooh'idge was cut in two by a <<u )den lurch of the s'uati boat into which he was getting just as it was about to be put off. The circumstance& are more fully explained in the narratives of two eye-witnesses of their sudden death. TH:I, RfscuRD. The second and larger boat was lf<nnch"d with some difficulty, and by its means twelve persona. including two of the passengers, were gotiMeiy on board the Santa Clara, in which they ,w!,e subsequently conveyed to Hotyhead. The chiet "mcer, Mr. B. Jones, and the look-out seaman, Hart, were nl''o saved, having contrived to jump on board the ship from the steamer with no more bodily hurt than a few bruises. Among those faved, in addition to the chief officer and Hart, are the chief engineer, fending stoker, quartermaster. four nremen, carpenter, several seamen, and the deck boy. THE FATE OF CAPTAIN WKKKRS. The master "f tht) steamer (Gapt&i" Weekes) is am.'ng those lost. Several witnesses sttte that when the c"Hi''i')n occurred he gave three toud shticks.und some of them add that he then jumped overboard, but as he was on the bridge at that time it is considered quite as iikefy that he was suddenly swept overboard by some of the flying chains or dislodged gear which so quickly cleared his decks upon the onset of the Santa Clara. Captain Weekes hnft been in the employment of the London and North-Western Company for about six years, four and a half years of that time Ps chief mllte, and one and a hair itS lie was fo)'ner!y in the service of the Guion Line, and was still ea' her in the employ-nunt of the Cunard Con- puny ts second ofncer. There was no reason, therefore, for any mtsgivings as to the competency and experience of the deceased maste. who wns wel!-known "nd much respected in Hotyhcad. In token of regard for his memory the B.tgs of the veaaets in the harbour here were to-day hf'isted h.df-masthigh. It is a noteworthy circumstance that Captatn Wefkes and the ssme ere III as manned the Admiral MoorM'n were on board the steamer Stantey wheotht-rnndownthfRieanoronf Holyhead Harbour at three o'ctock on Wednesday last. Upon hat occasion both of these vesseta were cono'te- rably damage, but, fortunately, no lives were !ost. t3)t Niondey the crew in question were trttn-tfetred <? the Admiral Mooraom. tad at six o'clock on Wfdnpsday evning they left for Dublin. After discharging cllrgo there they started at mid-day on ) nursday for the return voyage, which ended in such fatai disaster. THE SEARCH. When the steamer was overdue, and there was some reason to fear that an accident had hap- pened, Admiral Dent sent out the Rose, one of the express steamers of the company, in search of the Admiral Moomom. Two trips were made with this view. The first was from Friday morning unfit nine o'eiock at night, during which time the Rose cruised about Carnarvon bay and crossed over to i refund, but found no trace of the missing steamer, although her master sighted the Santa Clara, whose master signalled no informa- tion that he had part of the shipwrecked crew on board. On returning, the Rose took in as much c"nta«she could ho)d, and again started off at tiii-i-e o'etock on Saturday morning for the coast uf Ire)tnd. crui-'ing fro'n the Talker right up (Ji'anne!, but S)tw not))ing of the Admiral Muotsom. NMWS FKOM IRELAND. Upon hea'in? fi-otii Cork that the sur- vivors left on board that stfamer had been rescued, Admirn! Dent wired for further particn- lal's, and in received this a tele- g-ram from the master of the Fatcon. He inti- mated that the men saved are—Joyce, of Tytdes- tny,and Witty, of Colchester, b'thsotdiers; and Mr. Lawtor, ef K,lkellny, who ha.d been sent to the h""pit.;¡), mind having dra.nl<red. 'I'lie otily feiiiale passenger, and she atfO has been rescued with her chitd. is Mrs. Hardwick, of Prt-ston. It instated that there werehvesotdiers .011 board I h.. ii)-fnted sterner, all privates in the 1st R'<yai Dr,)goons. In addition to Joyce and wo !oldiers were saved in tho boat whicnrt-aci.p.ttheSanta Ctara. viz.,Thoma:< SI..el/lndJe..rge Hill, both of whom proceeded to Norwich last night. ASOLMRR'SSTOBY. The following narrative was related by one of the aotdiera who were saved:—'Iwas a. passen- ger on board the Admiral Moorsom, which left North Wat), Duhiin, at 12.30 noon on Thursday fast. There were four other sotdiers on board, two cattle dcaters, a woman, a tittle gir), and two civihun passengers. The number of the crew I ))t')ievetoba24. Everythingwent weft on board unfit ab"ut 820 p.m we were then abreast of tile 8.,utli 6ttek light. I was sitting on the btit.-o of the tunnet on the starboard side to keep mrself wariii. All of II. suffden I heard the second matt (Abbutt) shouting out excite tty,' My <Jr')d, there is a ship running into us.' He stood on the bridge a iut)e behind me. I jumped up at once, anil, as I did so, the bowsprit of the Santa (!)nra pilsed ctean over my ttead. At the same time I heard a crush, and saw the paddie-box broken up into matchwood. As each part of it be- c'me diplRced it curied over on the top of the preceding one tike shavings. Our steamer must have veered round with the shock, or, had she remained tteady, she would have been quite safe. T!)eship l'emed to s!ide atong the side of the Adiiiii-Hi Moorsom, and took off one of the boats from abaft the paddte-box. There was a terrible c..t<)m"t'on onboard. The ship went away For wme time the crew of the Admiral Mo )rsom ran about pinic-stricken, and a!i I remember is run. iiitig at) round the ship and having to return once on account of the steam from the waste pipe. I 'IlW the )ifeboat being towered, and the crew getting into it, and I stood on the fender on the '-ponson and endeavoured to get in. The llIate in by walking over an oar which wng used to keep the boat a distance from the ship. I tried to fcHow, but the oar broke under me, and I was dropped into the sea, where t remained f,.r about hatf an hour, clinging to the stump of the oar, which a seaman held for me. I subsequently got hold of the gunwale of the boat and wns drugged in. Our boat shoved off, and we saw the steamer heeHng over and lurching, but she was not sunk when we left her. The Santa Clara then came and picked us up, .tnd we were treated well by the captain and crew. The captain furnished me with dry ctothing, and deserves credit. There was another boat lowered from the Admiral Moorsum; it was a small boat, but I can't say who was in it. In a short time after we parted we heard some loud shrieking twice, and saw no more of that boat. They must have been swamped. The capta'n jumped over- board with a loud shriek just after the coitiaion, andthehrstomcerand a saHor saved themselves by jumping into the rigging of the Santa Oara. The Sanm Chtra had no rockets on board, so our nrst omcer had to burn blue lights, but they were not answered. I was considerably injured by my aU." INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE STEAMER. The chief omcer of the Admiral Moorsom (Mr. Hrodwen Jones) when interviewed this morning said --I was asieep in my berth at the moment when the Santa Clara got near to our steamer. What awoke me was hearing the captain's voice in the speaking tube near my birth," Stop her." I at once started up, and there followed instantly the crash of the collision. When I rushed to the dfckl found it a scene of indescribable confusion "nd a)nrm, with the bowsprit and saits of a large ship moving over us, whilst our own steamer waf heeifd over very much as if about to sink. All around me in the darkness there were broken or bt'fitking funneta. maats, ropea, apttM, &c., with >te;Lln, !'m,)ke, and tbme coming t know not from WIHre. Hearing the voice of the second mate (Abhott)-for I could not then see him—I advised hit<itoM.ve himself atocceif he could. I then groped my way atong from the bridge to the after part of the steamer, and on the way saw a soldier who was tugging his box a)ong, and he said he wanted to save it too. I advised him to took after his own life. and not to min< the box. At this time the ship (the Santa Clara) being still under the pressure of full sait. seemed to be chopping into rhe sides of the Admiral Moorsom, so I wntched my chance and contrived, but I scarcety knew how, to throw mysetf on board the American ve"se). Poor Ahbott, who has six children, tried to follow my exampte, and I threw him a rope from the Santu Clara hyway of help; but in at. te'npt.ing the leap he fell between the two vessels and waatost.Ifoundthaton board the American ship, ts in our own, there was quite a panic, and it was no doubt increased by the noise caused by the tact.which I afterwards ascertained, that one of the duvits ''f the old Admiral had ripped out 80 or 90 fathoms of the anchor chain of the Yankee vesse). I should certainly not have left my steamer if I hud not nrmty believed that she was at once going down, and the other- were all of the same opinion. We had a threefold danger to face, viz., the possi- bility ot the vesse) sinking beneath our feet. the risk of nre.and the danger of a boiter explosion. The nerves of some of our crew may have been ftHected by the fact that we had all experienced a very serious c.'Ui.sion on board the Stanley the pt'Hvious morning, when we futty preserved our presence of mind and stood to our posts, although one of the watertight bulkheads of the steamer was stove in and although some of us "offered long exposure in an open boat during tho ltle for the xake of saving life after. After getting of) board the S,mla Ctara I asked its master, Capt. Dunn, fo'' a rocket, but he gave me instead a blue iight, aithough I toid him ir would be of little or no u''0t being a pitot signal and not one for danger. H.,wever, I fired the blue light. It was nearly ten o'ctock when I got on board the Santa Clara, but neither myself nor any of our crew got any refresh- ment from the omcersof that vessel umil breakfast time next morning. A SfAMAN'S STORY. H. \t'Grath,able seaman of the Admiral Moor?om. "tates:—I was in my burth at the time of the col- lision. It was the second mate'a watch, and the l'flptain himself was in charge on the bridge, when there was a crash. I rushed up undressed on deck, and heard the captain scream nut, after which he disappeared. I hurried on some clothing, M a !x) f?e ship seemed to be grinding at the sponson of t?u? stf.'mer, and to have already caused very serious damage. The bowsprit of the strange ship was right acrnss our deck; both our funnels had been swept away, as wet! as the mainmast and the paddle-box, and two boats on one side had been gnashed. One of the boats, the smaller one, on the other aide had been lowered, and filled wirh pfopte, but I don't know what ttcc.'me of it, as I did not see it ag.'in. ,tit,liougil we al) heard a cry from it. With great diHicuity and no little danger we towered the other boat, and took on board as many as possible of those who were eagerly struggling to be saved. We had altogt.ther tweive on bo'<rd. The nreman (Wi)ham W'Oiums) and I were the two last to go into 'he smuH boat, which four of us rowed in a witd sea to the Santa Clara, which took us on board. I intended to be the last to go on board, but Williams made a desperate leap atterus and landed in the smalt boat. We shoved off from the aide of the Admiral Mooraom. I was trying to save the passenger Woutridge when a sudden lurch of the boat caused hy the waves crushed him between it and the hull of the steamer. This nearly cut -join 'n two and he fell away from my hotd tntothe wnter. When we )eft our steamer she certainty looked as if she was about to sink. Amongst )h"se saved in our boat were the four nremfn. c n penter. fading stoker, quartermaster, dock boy. two se-tint-n, and two of the soldiers, who were paaaengurs. WHAT THE LOOK OUT SAW. The seaman H"rt, who waa on look-out duty on the Admira) Moorsom at the time of the collision states that he did not see the tighta of the Santa Chn'a. He crossed over to his home in Dubtin on Saturday night. It was expected that the Santa C'"ra, which sustained some damage to her fr"nt ,uld huve remained in Hotyhead pending theofnc'a) inq'm-y which will be fhortty he)d into the circumstances of the case. To the surprise, however, of many pe"pte, the America.n vessel sailed at a very early hour this morning, and it is s'ud her destination is Liverpool. Captain Dunn has been interrogated as to the circumstances of the cohisi'm, and states that the Admiral Moorsom ran into his ship, but beyond this assertion he is not communicative. STATKMKXT BY A PILOT. Captain James M'NamaM, a coasting' pilot, be- longing to Queenatown, who wad & passenger by the Cork Steamship Company's boat Fa.!con, from Liverpool, which fell in with the missing steamer Admiral Mooraom, and who landed at Queena- town this morning, gives the following narra- tive of their falting in with the Admiral Moorsom:—We left Liverpool on Thursday night at ten for Cork, and had flne weather during the night. Next morning, the wind being fresh from north.ea.ac, we sighted at 7.30 a steamer lying on her beam ends, with a list to starboard. We bore down on her, and came under her starboard quarter. She proved to be the London and North- Wpstern Company's steamer Admiral Moorsom trading between Dublin and Holyhead. At the time we fell in with her Holy head bore twenty milea eouth-WMt by weat. Tbw grefHer portion of her two funnels were broken off. Her mat'* mast was also ?onf, her port, whee) and box W* comp!ete!y carried away, as were a)so the bo*M on the port side. Three men/one woman. and het chi)d were on deck, and as we approached tb< steamer one of the men. whn proved to be a so!' dier shouted, A wreck. a wreck." The captat" of the Fa!eon immediately ordered a bout to M iowered and manned, with a view to takIng oS those aboard. The nrst boat that waa got inM the water was stove in, and another was got out aftertomeconsir)ernb)e delay.This boat was manned by the chief mate and four of the crew. By thi* time the breeze, which was fresh in the morning ? was blowing strong, with a pretty heavy sea o0t ? go that it was deemed idvisabienotto go atongside { the disabted steamer lest the boat shoutd tX smashed, but the mate passed a tine to the soidiet on the Admiral Moorsom, and gave him instruc- tions as to the manner of fastening thost Q.'loard, in order that, they might be safely drawn through the surf. This waa done and the nve were rescued all safety trana* furred to the Faicon. A t this tune another steamer hore down un us; she proverl to the li;irrowinoi-P., b,,un,i fi-oin f,iverp,)l t'' Ba.)timore. The crew of the Fatcon's boat sefina' thl returned to the Admiral Moorxom, and after exposing them* setves to very considernhte risk one of the c'fw got aboard the itt-fated craft. Captain M'Namara said he presumed t!'i< was done in orrter to prevent the Harrowmore from bein? able to put in a claim on the disabled steamer. She did not remain long but proceeded oa her voyage; but the object in standing by tht Admira) M.'orsom a)I this time was to await an opportunity to get out a hawser. Ahogftht-r w< tay beside the diSJlblerl vesse) for 26 hours. W< nnaUy )efr. her at half-past eleven yesterday. She w.ts then drifting towards tl,, BfackwaterJight- "hip, which was nine mites distant, bearing east by south The sai)or who boarded the Ad,i,ital Moor- som said that a man, evidently a nrfman, was lying dfad under a portion of the funnet, which had fatten upon the deck. The hatches wore off, and a valuable race horse was dead in the after hold. My opinion is that the steamer was struck on the ? "knuck)e''of the sponsor. Those taken away by 1 our boat were a soldier, a groom, a cattte drover. a woman and her chiid. the latter being five yeara otd. t LIST OF THE SAVED, t The following is a list of the saved:— B. Jones, chi<-f nmcer. John Hushes, chief engineer. Jrthn Jones. tending' .'<toker. Lwi Salmon. qU'Lrtel'master. Witham Parry, earpenter. H M'Grnth, Bemnan. William Hat, !\lt.mRn. W)!!inm Jone", ft'eman. W. William, ifrl-iiiiin. Owen Robet-ta, Hrpmitn. W =li-im Owens, fii-einan. John ThonM! d<*ck bov. Thnmas Steel, George HiH, Joyc< and Whit? ? the four soldiet'a who were pttssengera. Mr. Lawtor, of Kitkenny. Mrs. Bardwick, of Preeton, aad her youa? t daughter. THE MISSING. The missing, all of whom are believed to have been lost, inc)ude— Captain Weekes. Thotnas Abbot, second mate. Jumes Owen, third mate. Lotac Price, seaman. 0. GrifHths, seaman. Robert Daviea, second engineer. Thomas Owen, seaman. Richard Owe", seaman. 0. Roberta, seaman. Owen Richards, seaman. Lewis Jones, cook. Mr. Woolridge, of Stoke. Mr. Woodward, said to be a catt!e dealer, of the Mme town. ¡ As may be judged from the names. most of the J! crew are Wet'<htnen and reside in Holyhead, where much sympathy is felt for the bereaved families. LATEST PARTICULARS. A rumour was current in Dublin on Sunday night that several more of the pa"sengers and crew of the Admire Moorsom had been picked up, and that the number of those lost has thus been re* duced to three. The most diligent inquiries, ho, ever. have failed to elicit any confirmation of thIS report.

SAFETY OF THE MISSING BOAT. Intelligence was received a.t Holyhead on MoB* day afternoon, from Point Lynas, that the missing boat of the steamer Admiral Moorsom had bee" picked up by the schooner Stanley, bound fot Liverpool, with eleven persons on board, what were taken on in the Stanley to Liverpool. Tbeiti names are:— ¡ Robert Davioa, second engineer. Woodward, cattle deiLler,SLoke-on-Trent. J. Jones. Wm. Parry, seaman. Owen Grinittts, seaman. Isaac Price, aeaman. Richard Owen, fireman. Thomas Bagnall, Areman. Lewis Jones, cook. Jas. Owen. quartermaiter., Owen Prichard, trimmer. The total number of the crew and v¡t!oge now accounted for is 29, so that there have bee" cn!y five lives lost by the col1i"ion. t Our Liverpool reporter telegraphed on Mo"* da.y:—Yesterday afternoon, about three o'cioc? the very gratifying inteHigence rea.che<* Liverpool that the schooner Stanley w? then off the Mersey, and had on boar? e)even other survivor:) ot the London and Norf ? Western Railway Company's steamer dmif" Moorsom. which was sunk off Holvhcad by cot"" sion with the American ship Santa Clara. TIlI informaticn was contained in a telegram fro"* the signal station at Point Lynas, off whiC** place the Stanley was taken in tow by a steam tug. She arrived in the Merssf shortly before six o'clock yesterday evening, af the survivors were at once brought to the Landi"? Stage by the steam tug. They consisted of ten o' the crew of theiil-fated steamer and one of tbe, passengers, the latter being by name W oodward, On arrival some of them were but scantily clothe"' as, owing to their sudden departure from the vessel, they had only what they stood in at tl'* time of the collision. They were met on arrival Liverpool by a representative of the railway cof* pany, who took them at once to Lime-stre?' Station, where they were provided with refresh ments, and. where necessary, with some clothe one of the poor foHows being actuate without trousers. The passenger, who belonged to Staffordshire, was able to leave for home by 00 early train, and the crew, all of whom belongéd to Holyhead. left by the 8.45 train for their native place. The appearance of the men on arrival ? Liverpoo), except, perhaps, in the matter ?' ctothing, did not bear any indication of the try'M experience they had so recently undergone, I This was probably due to the kind care and atte"" tion they had received on board the rescuing vessel. As has already been reported a portion of the. Ctew and two of the passengers were rescued ? the Santa Clara, and landed at Holy head, whi?* several were taken off the sinking steamer by the Cork steamer Falcon before xho sank, and taken 00 to Queenstown, where they were landed, but was feared that the remainder of those who h? been on board the iH-fated steamer, sixteen so?' in al), had been drowned. The arrival of elev<" more of the survivors this evening reduces t"? number of drowned to nve sou)sin alt, thesn?'* hoatin which the eleven men hadputoff fromt? sinking steamer having remained snout until t'? other occupants were rescued by the school Stanley, and, as is stated above, brought safely ? this port. The names of the eleven rescued tB? ? are:—Robert Davies, second engineer; Josep"? Owen. quartermaster; Wittiam Parry, 0?' Grimths, Isaac Price, and John Jones, seame" Thomas Bagna.)) and Richard Owen, nreme" Lewis Jones, cook; Owen Pritchard, coal trimmer. and Edward Woodward, of Htnley, Staffci-dshil"I i passengMr. When the Stanley was off Point L, an intimation was sent on shr<re through a pll belonging to one of the Liverpool pilot boats to the rescued men buing on board the Stanley They were also met by several represcntativea? the pres to whom statements were made J'esPec!. ing. the collision and the men's subsequent e1-' periences.

SHIPPING DISA'J'gl{S AT SUNDE LAND. TWO SCHOONERS WRECKED. THE CAPTAIN AND HIS MATE DROWNED. The" Central News'' telegraphed on Satu,jot- that two wrecks had occurred at Sundertand. Friday night the schooner Otivia, fn'm Macdn- ran ashore, and went to pieces; the crew, P" On Saturday morning the schoonfr Lady ?!?? Duff, frfonN'tirn.waa seen burning signals of 0'? t'ess off the south omtet.Sht; drift ed against the Pl- ¡ h?ad, and two of U)o crow jumped ashore. 'J ? )ife brigade was soon at work. but the v?? went to pieces i'?m?di?tely, and Captain Main ? ? tt)e mute were drowned. ?

HEAVY GALM AT PENAKTH. SERIOUS ACCIDKNT TO THE PENARTH FKRRY BOAT.. A heavy gate t)oui the eastward bie?? P?narth on Fri?a.y night, b? the ship?'? ta a rule, rode it out wetl. The "? arth steam ferry boat across the Ely R''? however, met with a serious mishap, the sea bl ing completely over twei-m,tsliitig in her entire e'jf demolishing engine doors, and clearing her o ? ofeverything, the men in charge having to sp'.? ashore for their lives, not having time to take t?t effects, such as boots, clothes, &c., with tiielot these are accordingly lost.

A SHIP'S CHEW RESCUED AT SE' The steamer ChHton, of West Hartlepoo!? Tuesday landed at Dover Captain Owen ?""ht? ( men, of the brigantineCoitt, of Dumfries, ??? foundered off Porttand oo Monday night, p: crew took to their boat, and were picked ? ? the steamer. t

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