Weekly Mail

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM. On Tuesday, at Birmingham police-court, Robert BainbrHge, publican, was brougkt up on remand charged with attempting to marder his wife by cutting her throat. The wotaau ia still ia a dangerous conditioa, and prisoner was re- manded.

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE TEA DUTIES. There ie a report afcrrenrt that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will endeavour to readjust the national finances by raising the duty on tea fro,m 6d. toioa. We hardly think, however, that Sir Stafford will venture on so daring an interference with the price of the moat popular of all beverages. —Echo.

THE CASE OF WILLIAM EABRON. 1 A strong fptliig still exists in Manchester asainst the Icoal pclioe for taeir action ia the tiase of Babron. A memorial to the Home Secre- tary demanding an inquiry is being got up, and has received many signatures. It is now believed that in addition to money compensation Govern. ment will find Habron a situation as gardener in Picenix Park, Dublin, or soma other pablio park in Ireland.

SNOWSTORM IN SCOTLAND. A telegram received om Tuesday afternoon saya —Snow ia again falling to-day over the North of Scotland, and the weather is bitterly cold. Tha eaaterly gale haa not abated. Some damage has been done to the fUhing fleet at Arbroata, the waves having swept over the piers at the harbour. No less than three hundred steamers and sailing vessels are now lying wind-bound in the Firth of Forth, and many vessels are also weather-bound in the Tay.

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AGAINST A ROYAL ARTILLERYMAN. At Blackwood divisional petty sessions, on Friday week, William Thomas Hanover, a Royal Artilleryman, was charged with attempting to break into the offices of the Ehymney Iron Com- pany in June of last year, and also with stealing a hatchet. He was committed for trial at the nfcxt Mai mouthshire quarter sessions.

TBE CHARGE OF UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN AT ABEBD ARE On Monday, at Merthyr polica-court ('oefora 'Mr. Bifchoy, stipendiary) Honry Jones, plasterer, of: Aberflare, his wife, and two daughters, ware charged on remand with uttering counterfeit coin, beme further charges were preferred, and pri. aotiere were remanded till Saturday.

THE CARDIFF DEEP SEA FISHING SCHEME. RESULT OF THE"F1RST TRIP. The ateam tug Vanguard, owned by Messrs. S. and W. H. Strong, which left Cardiff on Thurs- day morning for her trial at deep sea fishing, re- turned on Saturday night with a small cargo of different sorts of fish, which were readily disposed of at the Pier Head. The captain reports having experienced verr heavy weather, but is confident of having large catches when the weather permits. She will leave again to-diy (Monday) for her second trip.

EXECUTION AT NEWGATE. James Simms, an American seaman, who was found guilty at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of a woman, whose throat he cut in a public house in Shadwell, was executed at Newgate Gaol at eicht o'clock on Monday morning. The prisoner had no friends in England, but a petition asking for a commutation of his sentence on the ground that ihe waa drunk when he committed the crime waa sent to Mr. Cross, who, however, expressed himself unable to comply with it.

WIFE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT BRISTOL. A shocking case of wife murder, through jealousy, occurred in Bristol on Tuesday night. A painier, named Tilly, eut the throat of his wife so savagely as almost to sever her head from har body, and then eut his own throat ia auoh a dread ful manner ih^c no hope is entertained of hia recovery. When the tragedy was discovered he told the pclioeisan that hia wife had coafesssd to having been untaithful. Tilly was remarkable for jealonsy of his wife, the neighbours decUre without cause. There are fire caiiirenj the eldest mre years, and the two youngest, twins, 18 rcontha old.

THE RHAYADER YOLUNTEERS. The monthly Churoh parage of tha 2ad Radnor- shire Rifla Volunteer Corps (Hhayador), took place on Sunday last, when divine Bervica was attended at Llanwithiol Church. There waa a gcod muster, and the men gave an attentive bearing to the sermon, which was proact d by the vicar, the J?ev- D. P. Pierce. We understand that in connEction with the corps a sub-ditlsion ia to be formed at Newbridge-on-Wye, and that 20 names have already been sent to the command- ing officer for enrolment, rhia will raise the maximum strength of the oomDany to 100.

THE COLLIERY WAGES DIS- PUTE IN DURHAM. The rapture between the Durham colliery owners and their workmen threatens to result in a general strike. On Saturday, 15,000 miners were served with notice for a reduction of 15 per cent. The men have offered to refer the question to arbitration, but the redtiation is inaisted on by the masters. In view of the impending straggle, the Conaett Iron Company have given a fort- night's notice to 5,000 ironworkers, it being their intention to cloce the works if their minera, who are also under notice, do not submit to a reduction on the present wages.

THE EARLY CLOSING MOVE- MENT AT NEATH. The Mayor has, in compliance with a numer- ously signed requisition, convened a public meet- ing at the Guildhall for fhursdaynext, tooonaider the above important question. The deepest interest appears to be taken in the matter by the inhabitants generally, and there cam be no doubt that the result of the meeting will be one of extreme gratification and benefit to the public generally, as well as to those on whose behalf the movement has been so warmly taken up.

RICHARDS AND CO., LIMITED. In theHighCtmrt of Justice, Chancery Divi- sion, on Saturday (before Mr. Justice Fry), Mr. J. Pearson, Q.C., moved ess parte, on behalf of Richards and Co., Limited, for an injunction over next motion day restraining Mr. Crawshay a judg- ment creditor, from selling the property of the oopipsny to satisfy his claim of £1 280 Mr. Jnstice Fry made the order asked for on the com- mittee of creditors of the company, represented by Mr. Pearson. giving the usual undertaking as to damages. Speaking extra-judioiaUv, his lord. ship said that it appeared to him on Friday, when the petition re the company was opened, that it was desirable in this case that all the parties should come to some arrangement.

ALLEGED BIGAMY BY A NEW- PORT TRADESMAN. At the Chepstow police-court, on Tuesday, Albert George Wood, a baker, of Newport, w..as again brought up on a charge of intermarrying with one Emma Bewdall, at the English Kaptiat Chapel, Newport, his wife, Jane Wood, who formerly lived at Aylburton, near Lydney, being alive. In addition to the evidence of the inspector, who apprehended the prisoner, and produced certificates of the two marriages, the former of which was celebrated at Woodchester, near btroua, George Arthur Smith, a tailor, living at Stroud, was called, and identined the prisoner as the man who had married his first wife at Woodchester, whose maiden name waa Hancock, in 1868. He was present at the marriage, and gave the bride away, and signed the register. Charles Coopet, a gentleman's servant at Cheltenham, proved Si Sng present at Newport, when the prisonsr married his second wife, who was a sister to his (witness's) wife, in December, 1878. The prisoner said his first wife had been unfaithful, and had gone away and left him, robbing him of nearly all he pos- sessed. She had driven him to do ^hat he had Gone, and he had taken the second wife to look suiter the three children which had been left with m' waa committed for trial, but bail was accepted.

SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A SHIP'S CAPTAIN. A Board of Trade inquiry waa held on Saturday, at the offices of the Bristol Local Marine Board, to inqnire into two charges against William McGregor, late master of the ahip Raynor. Mr. E. E. Salmon prosecuted on behalf of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Clifton defended. The charges were that the defendant, being master of the ship Raynor, did permit in his presence assaults to be committed by his first and second mates on mam. hers of the crew, and also that ho did negleat to m»ke entries ofsuoh assaults in the official loj. 1 Th: oharge arose ou:, of tho r-nsnt convicli >a, by I the Bristol rcngistrates, of Messrs. Murphy and Fittaraurice, the mates of tl-9 Raynor, for cruelty to seamen ou the voyaee from Neiv York to Bristol. Witbont caSHag i:p'»n the witnesses for the retVr:c6, the B -erd deui-jed that the defendant was net guilty of the acts of grjSB misconduct changed, fcnt at the eaa.e time they thought, hciod I'e esP' Pieer; j.,rnper (,0nt1."ol ",710 authority over tae ship. he might have prevented the aasaulsa. His certificate was returned.

MEETING OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. I The National Rifla Association held their annual meeting, cn Tuesday, at the Royal United Serr.oe Institution, London, the Duke of Cambridge in rbe chair. His iioval Highness read tha report of the association, congratulating the council on 'he excellent charaater of the last Wimbledon meat- irg. There had teen no sickness; no accident; and no cheating. He stated ths., the Wimbledon rceetirg opened this yea? on Monday, the lith of JuJy, but that veoluntctira would go into camp on thec-iatcrday previous. A long discussion took I--lsce on the finances of the aesooiation. Lard Vv harnclifff) stated that there would beao athletic fports in future. The Duke of Cambridge was re-elected chairman. It waa reported that the Port Elizabeth and N ..ta.! Rillemen have jii ied the Rational Aseocia-tion.

REMARKABLE BIRTHS AT MSk.TH ra. A most remarkable case of birth of t:; inil has occurred at Werthyr. Last week we roporiad the very tuaoeu death of a woman •s-ho was rear her corfinement. On Friday vrask an inquest vas iield upon tho body, and u. verdict ci" Death from apoplexy" returned. &,ic3 the ii.quest—and the occurrence is alleged io be an it-cSieputable fact—tile dead woman wa3 delivered of ttsins,the'cirlhstaking place nearly twod^ys after the woman's death, iiiis remarkable oooirrenca has been the subject of very considerable conver- sation at Georgetown, where the womaa and har husband lived. The funeral of the woman and the dead twins took place on Sunday afternoon, and attracttd a very large cumber of parsons to witness it.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. KIPON,—At a meeting on Monday, the Ripon Liberals resolved to asic Mr. Robert Williamson, of Sunsy Bank, Ripon, to contest the city at tha next election. CiticKLADB.—Mr. Nield, son of Sir John Niald, will be the Conservative candidate for Crioklade. IPSWICH.—A contemporary states that the KoBconformitta of Ipswiok have obtained the consent of Mr. Neville Goodman, B.A., of Cam- bridge, to become a candidate for the representa- tion at the general election. Thia seleotioa haa become necessary through the retirement of Mr. Grimwade, owing to ill-health. Mr. Goodman waa notmnated for Peterborough at the last general election.

IMMORALITY IN DEAN FOREST. At Littledetm police-court, on Monday (before Major Probyn and other justices), Albert Williams, Harriet Perkins, and ifimma Gardiner, of Cinderford, were charged by Ssrgeant Ford with unlawfully cutting ccrtaia trees, tao property of the Crown, at Birth-hill enclosure. Daring the hearing of the charge it waa stated by a Crown woodman that the female defendants were in the habit of deccyiag youths to the wood for immoral purposes, and hia description of thair procedure with regard to the girl Perkins induced the justices to send her to prison for a month. Tao other defendant? were fined 10a. each and casta. During the recital of the particulars the mothers of the girls were present, and the chairman ad- ministered to them a severe rebuke for permitting the disgraceful conduct set forth in the evidence.

AUDACIOUS ROBBERIES AT LITTLEDEAN. At the Littlsdean pclice-oourt, on Monday, Frederick Cadle, alieua John Smith, of Leckhamp- ton, Cheltenham, was charged with having on the 10th of March feloniously stolen from the Grange Court Railway Station a leather bag, the property of Canon Non-is, of Bristol, with various articles, value JE2. Prisoner was further charged with stealing a book, value la" the property of the Great Westem Eailway Company. In a third charge prisoner pleaded euilty to stealing a duok, the property of Thomas Griffiths, cf Dry brook" A witness named Pearson, station-master, Grange Court.aaid the prisoner was]seen by him to drop the book, and accosting him as to taking this from the railway waiting-room, he found the leather bag wrapped in a check shirt. Prisoner waa given into custody, and soon afterwards it waa dis- covered that the bag belonged to Canon Norris, who had arrived by the noon train, and had left it in the waiting.room while he proceeded to call upon the Rev. C. J. Jones at Weatbury Vicarage. The Bench sent the prisoner to gaol for two nontbs on the firat charge, and one month for the duck stealing.

SHIPWRECK OFF RIMSGATE. A Bamsgate telegram despatched on Tuesday says:—A nabing-boat brought word here yester- day morning that, while in the neighbourhood of of Kentish Knock Lightship, they had boan requested by the master to report a vessel ashore on that sand, and that a shipwrecked crew had taken refuge on the lightship. A fresh gale waa blowing from the east, accompanied by a very head sea, and the weather was very cold at the time. The Kentish Knock Lightship ia about 26 miles distant from Bamsgate, but no time wasloat in despatching the harbour steamer and the lifeboat Bradford to the scene of the wreck. On arriving out, a waterlogged-barque was seen driving over the Long Sand. The liieboat sailed close to her and found she was abandoned. The steamer and lifeboat then proceeded to the lightvesBel, sheered alongside, and took out nine men, part of the crew of the waterlogged ship, which proved to be the barque Lina, 265 tons, of Tona- berg, bound from Portsgrund, Norway, to London with a cargo of deals. One of their number had, unhappily, perished while attempting to get on board the lightship from their boat. Their vessel first struok on the Galloper Sand on Sunday night. The steamer and 'lifeboat safely regained Bamsgate Harbour with the ahipwrecked men at 10 o'clock last night, after an absenoe of about 12 hours.

SHOCKING CASE OF CHILD MURDER AT CARDIFF. An adjourned inquiry was held at Cardiff on Monday (before Mr. E. B. Reeoe) on., the body of a newly-born child; which waa found dead In the Old Canal, on last Sunday week. Dr. Hardyman now gave evidence to the effect that the child had pioperly breathed, and that death must have been due to wilful suffocation. The lungs were healthy and developed. John Croöm, a '-ailing man, also gave additional evidence. # He said that on the Saturday night, previous to the finding of the body, he was stand- ing under a wall near the canal, when he saw a young woman approach tha water's edge with a parcel. She sat down, and put some stones into the parcel, and then pcked it into the canal with her umbrella. He caught hold of her, and aaked her what it was, and she answered, "TOothing." Be repeated the question, and she replied," Oaly something belonging to missus," and she added that she would give him all she had not to say anything about it. She pulled out her purse, but she only had sixpence in it, and ahe promised to meet the witness on the following evening, at oeven o'clock, near Windsor-villa. He attended, but she never put in an appearance. The jury found that the child had been wilfully suffooated, and returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against some person or persons unknown.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SOLICI- TORS CLERK, AT CARDIFF. BILLIARDS-AND WHAT THEY LEAD TO. At Cardiff borough polioe-oourt, on Saturday (before the Mayor and Alderman W. Alexander), Alfred Neville, solicitor's clerk, 22 years of age, was charged with embezzling the sum of 14, the moneys of his employers, Messrs. Morgan and Scott, solicitors, at Cardiff, on the 19th of Novem- ber last. Mr. Morgan addressed the benoh, and referred to the painful duty he had before hioa. The prisoner had been a clerk in his employ for several years, but some weeks sinoe had been discharged on account of misoonduot. After that other defalcations were discovered. George Lloyns, clerk at Mr. Morgan's offioe, Mid he recollected receiving 14s. on the 19th of November from Mrs. Lupini's daughter. That produced was the receipt giveh for the money which was received at the office and during office hours. The prisoner at that time was the senior clerk in the office, and said witness waa to give the money to him, and he would pay it over to Mr. Scott. He said he would take it as he was entitled to a commission on it. If it had not been for this statement witness would have paid the money over to Mr. Scott. Walter Scott, solicitor (of the firm of Morgan a.nd Scott, said the prisoner was employed as a clerk in the office. It was the rule that all moEeya. received in the office should ba paid over to the witness immediately, as he acted aa cashier. He did not receive the sum of 14a. from Alfred Neville. He had asked him about other moneys, and some six weeks since the prisoner was dia. unseed. The prisoner was entitled to no com- mission whatever. The money waa due to a client, which the firm was instructed to collect. Inspector Price apprehended the prisoner at half-paat nine o'clock on Friday morning, on a charge of embezzling various sums of money belonging to his em. j loyers. His attention was called to the 143. among other items, and he replied, Well, I thought it was all settled, and that my masters had forgiven me, whioh they had promised to do," adding that he had also made arrangements to pay the money back. Morgan Morgan, senior partner of the firm of Morgan ard Scott, said that about a week after he had dismissed the prisoner the latter came up to hia house one evening. At that time witness had discovered several of the items. Witness told Neville that some other items had turned up, and he feared it was going to be a serious business. The priaoner suggested that he should make re- payment. Witness said he would not accept of a compromise as he did not know the extent of his defalcations. He had not seen the prisoner since. S'jme veil s«riou4 amgunta uad afterwards tran- spir«d. The prisoner had been With him for 3f I icars. Ii Lad been dismissed ouce or twice tef .rf ^ut i ad been taken back again. The prl« fccer pleaced guilty, and threw himself oa tho mercy of the court. Mr. Morgan, at this point, *said he was very sorry to find the young man in this position, and he alfo recommended him to the mercy of the court on this plea. He had been a vary goca clerk for two years, and hia present position waa probably due to bad company and billiards. I\ r the past twolve months the prisoner had bsen pHjiog more attention to billiards than hid worK. The nr.agiftra.tea committed him to prison for two months, homing that other young men in the town would take warning.

THE LOSS OF A PILOT CUTTER AT DUNGENESS. The official inquiry into the loss, of the pilot cutter Edinburgh, at Dungenesa, on the 14th of March was opened before Mr. H. C. Rothery and hie assessors at the Wreck Commissioners' Court, at Westminster, on Tuesday morning. The auamer Severn came into collision with the cutter, which was suck, and most of her ciew drowned. Mr. Bowen opened the case, and, in the course of hia address, reo marked that about midnight one of the ciew of the Edinburgh (William Laadell; came on deck. It waa a clear starlight night, ai-d he would state that he saw his own starboard light burning biightly, and he observed the B*caEDf r's light about half a mile distant on the b tar hoard bow. The wind was from the weat, but he (Mr. Bower) preferred to pass by the question as to what tack the cutter was on until the wit- nesses bad been heard. He was under mainsail, foresail, and jib, and the mate waa at the side iorkicg at the Bte&mer. Shortly after Lvadell csuie on deck th< y Baw the Bteamer porting her li*m. The mate sent him to get a flare-up light, and directly afterwards they saw the steamer running into them. The mate called out to the Rtn to save their lives. The steamer ran into their starboard bow. The boat of the cutter waa got ont but capsized, and the master, mite, ten pilots, and three of the crew were drowned.

THE ALLEGED ASSAULTS BY BIRMINGHAM OFFICIALS. FURTHEB ADJOURNMENT OF THE CASE. At Birmingham police court, on Monday, the stipendiary gave judgment in the case against the ftiayor, and Mr. J. S. Wright, chairman of the Liberal Association, for an alleged assault at the town's meeting on the 3rd of December, for the purpose of protesting against the Government policy in reference to the Afghan war. The Stipendiary said that aa it was necessary to come to some formal conclusion he had only to say that subject to the opinion of a superior court, if it could be obtained, he must inflict a fine 20s. and costs. The summons against Major Bend, chief of police, for a similar offence, was withdrawn. A consultation was afterwards held between the counsel and the stipendiary, who said: I now wish to state that as I am anxious te give facilities for the statement of a ca^e instead of inflicting a fine of 20s. and costs, I adjourn the case for a week. If it is found impossible to state a case which the court will entertain, I shall then avail myself of a clause in Act of Parliament, W uch enables me to say that on the ground of the trifling nature of the assault I dismiss the oase on payment vi coats.

EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF FOREIGN SEAMEN AT CARDIFF. THIRTY SHOTS FIRED AT A YOUXG MAN. RIFUSAL OF THE POLICE TO INTERFERE. A correspondent writes that on Sunday last Wiliiam Giles, the eon of Mr. Giles, of the Bumney Pottery, near Cardiff, was walking through the fields to his father's house, when he met three foreign sailors, accompanied by a large black dog. When he had passed them they turned, and prompted by some etrange and unaccountable motive, discharged their revolvers, which were loaded with bullets, at him. About 30 shots were fired, and the young man heard the bullets whizzirg past his head, but sustained no injury. Be was both surprised and alarmed at the conduct of hia assailants, and when they ceased firing he, in company with others, followed them to Cardiff, and saw them enter a vessel, which was lying in the docks. He then gave information to the police, but his story was discredited, and they declined to inter. fere. Our correspondent suggests that the affair was intended as "a lark," but such larks are dangerous to life, and the offenders merit the full penalty of the law. We understand that the vessel to which the seamen belonged has since left Cardiff.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT DOWLAIS. ONE MAN KILLED AND SEVEN INJURED. On Sunday morning, about three o'clock, an explosion of gas took place at the Dowlais Com- pany's No. 1 Penydarren Pit, causing the death of one man, and more or less severe injuries to seven others. Only the ten men mentioned below were! in ^he pit at the time, they forming the re- pairing shift. The man who was killed was Matthew Bees, 22, a haulier, who resided at 26, Cwmrhydbedd. Those who were injured Iwere -Benjamin Bowen, haulier; Mtrgan Thomas, timberman John Evans, col. lier; Evan Hughes, collier; John Jones, collier Thos. Thomas, nreman and {Meredith Jenkins, ticabsrman. A horse was alao killed. It is supposed that the death of Matthew Reoa was caused by the horse falling upon him. The men were conveyed to their homes, and medical atten- dance afforded them. They are progressing fairly. But slight damage is said to have been doue to the pit. Explosions of gas are happily of rare occurrence in the Dowlaia pita, where naked lights are used by the colliers, the system of ventilation being extremely perfect. On Monday afternoon, Mr. George Overton, coroner, opened au inquiry at the Dowlais Inn. The proceedings were en- tirely ef a formal nature, and evidence of identification having been obtained, the customary certificate of death was given, and the inquiry was adjourned until the 10th of April.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY AT HEREFORD. The Hereford magistrates were, on Tuesday, occupied for the third time in attempting to un- ravel a mystery. Alfred Hickson, in the employ of Mr. Harding, ironmonger, was charged with having been nnder the bed of Mias Helen Dalton, governess in the family of Mr. Handcock, of Camperdown House, for an unlawful purpose, on the evening of the 9th of March. Miss Dalton, on retiring to re&t, lifted the vallance of the bed, and saw a man under it, upon which she screamed, and ran out, followed by the man, who rushed dowfltairs, through the kitchen, and out of the houee at the rear, and got away. On the follow- ing Tuesday, the nuree was in the town, and on seeing the defendant said he was the man, and caused him to be apprehended. Miss Dalton and the nurse, Sarah Kelly, now positively swore to defendant's face, jacket, eyes, and said he had a light moustache when seen at Camperdown Honse. Oa the other hand de- fendant's employer swore that he never had a moustache, as also did his sweetheart, Helen Lythe, who also deposed that on the evening in question defendant accompanied her on a visit to her sister out of Hereford, and that he never left her presence until some considerable time after the alleged secretion in the governess's bedroom. The magistrates, after a lengthened hearing, pro. nounced the case to be one of the most mysterious cases of mistaken identity that had ever come 'before them, and dismissed it.

SINGULAR SUICIDE. An inquest was held on Monday by theooroner for Bolton touching the death of John Andrew SyMN, aged 25 years, who had committed suicide nnder the following circumstances. The deceased, who worked in the timber yard of Mr. Norris, was thrown out of employment last week, aud this, coupled with the fact that about the same time he was rejected by the objoot of his aJfections-a servant engaged at a publio- house in Bolton-had. most depressing effect upon him. On Friday evening he oalled at the Oliver Cromwell beerhouse, in Bridgeman-street, and expressed hia determination to drown him- self. He alao said that he had a penny, and as that would be the last drop of beer he would have on earth, he would have a penny gill with it. The landlord sympathetically remarked to deceased that if he was going to make such "straight work "of himself he should have a pint of beer for the penny, and at once supplied him with it. Deceased invited the company to drink with him, and as he was about to leave the house he was asked to leave something by way of legacy. He then emptied hia pockets of their contents, which he distributed amongst the company, giving to one a-knife, and to another hia pipe. The landlord expressed a desire to have a lock of hair, but deceased appeared reluctant to grant that request, and gave him a brass button which had come off his trousers. This the landlord nailed up in his taproom as a memento, and then advised Sykes, as the weather was so very cold, to find a warm water lodge in which to drown himself. Deceased left the house, and appears to have gone and thrown himself into the warm water lodge of Messrs. Marsden and Sons, in Cochrane-street, whore hia body was subsequently discovered. The jury returned a verdict of Temporary insanity."

A CLEVER YOUNG SWINDLER COMMITTED FOR. TRIAL AT CARDIFF. Frederick William Davies, a good-looking youth, aged 17, of very prepossessing manners, was committed for trial by the Cardiff magis. trates, on Tuesday, on a charge of stealing .£23 from Mr. Robert Elliott, proprietor of Elliott's Hotel, St. Mary.street; and also of stealing an opera glass, the property of Mr. Foley, of 9, Weatbourne-orescent. Though youthful, the oareer of the prisoner has been of a most eventful character. It has transpired that he was only discharged from gaol last Christmas, after under- going a term of imprisonment for houaebreaking. A few weeka ago he came to Mr. Klliott's hotel, and, representing that he was in the employment of some who!sale provision merchants in the American market at (homester, engaged a room, which he occupied until the 5th inat., when he left soddenly, owing a balance of 19s. to tha pro- jrietor. Immediately after hia departure Mr. Eiliott discovered that his cash-box, which was kept in a chest of drawers in one of the private bedrooms, had been broken open and abaut .£30 abttr&cted, consisting of a..£5 note and the rest in gold. Suspicion immediately fell upon the prisoner, and, the Cardiff police having been com- municated with, lie was traced to London, where he was apprehended a few days ago by Detective Newman. He was brought to Car- diff, and on Monday moming made a confession to Inspector Price, which showed him to be guilty of the hotel robbery. With regard to the Beoond charge, it appears that, while at Elliott's Hotel, he ingratiated himself with a relation of Mr. Foley's, and havine availed himaelf several times of the hospitality of that gentleman, basely took the opportunity of stealing the opera glass. The prisoner, who was formerly well-dressed, appeared in the police dock in but poor attire, having ap- parently suffered some privation in London. He had nothing to say for himself.

THE CHARGE OF UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN AT ABERDARE. On Saturday, at the Merthyr police-court, (before Mr. J. Bishop, stipendiary), Margaret Joiies, wife of a plasterer living at 22, Penydarren-street, Foundry Town, Aberdare, and Elizabeth Jones, single woman, and Mary Jane Boee, wife of a fireman, both daughters of the former prisoner, were charged with having uttered a number of counterfeit ooins—half- crowns, florinB and sixpences—in the town of Aberdare. Henry Jones, plasterer, the husband I slid father of the above prisoners, waa oharged with aiding and abetting in the uttering of the counterfeit coins. fhe prisoners were defended by Mr. J. Plews. The case, whioh was fully re- ported in the Western Mail on Thursday last, was now gone into at great length, and several fresh charges were brought against the female priaonera. The charge against Henry Jones was that he had upon his premises a quantity of metal tools, and a plaster cf Paris mould of a sixpence, some of which he managed to secrete when the officers paid a visit to his house, and which it was pre- sumed were used in the manufacture of the spurious coin, which were stated by Mr. Williams, aeBUtantto Mr. Jenkins, Jeweller, to be very bad specimens. The mother, Margaret Jones, waa committed for trial; the other prisoners were remanded till Tuesday. At the same time and place, Henry Jones Waa charged with stealing a fishing rod from Aberdare Viearage, the property of the Rev. J. W. W. Jones, some time between Jane and December, 1877. The Vicar of Aberdare stated that the pri. soner was- working for some months at the vicarage, and during that period the rod was frequently used by his (Mr. Jones's) brother. It was sometimes left in the haU and sometimes in the study. The rod and reel were worth £1. He could swear to the rod by some marks he had made upon it, although it had been re-varnished. He could not exactly say when it was missed from the house. Inspector Tharney proved finding the rod in the prisoner's house when he went to search the premises ia respect to the counterfeit ooin. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial.

SEQUEL TO HTHE SAD STORY." Mrs. Emily Collett, who was charged last week with attempting to commit suicide by throwing heraelf into the Thames, attended on Monday at the Lftffibetfi poliee-ccurfc, Loadoa, on her reoog. meance. She stated that her husband was in India, where he was connected with the publio press, and had been manager of the Punjaub Bank. Mr. Chanoe told her 'that her case had elicited a good deal of sympathy, and a number of benevolent persona had sent money for her assistance. He had made inquiries, and had no doubt she was a person addicted to drinking habits. Mrs. Collett asked for the names of the pereona, that she might contradict their state- ments. Mr. Chance said every opportunity should be given to her, and there was a gentleman (Mr. Turnbull) in court, connected with the Benevolent I und, who would make searching inquiry before the money was given to her. Mcs. Collett, in an ei cited manner, complained of her husband and other persons, and denied that she was given to drkk. Mr. Chance told her when he called last Friday on the landlady where she lived, she was in a different state, and the landlady said she took a drop. A young woman came forward, at the re- quest of Mrs. Collett, and said she occasionally took a drop when in trouble. Mrs. Collett asked the magistrate whether he would disoharge the debt of the landlady, who was ia court, as ahe did not intend to return to her house. Mr. Chanoe said he should certainly not order the amount to be paid at present. The Magistrate asked Mrs. Collett several questions as to her former residence. She denied that she had ever lived with any man but her husband, who had only sent her JB100 for three years. She addressed tke court in an ex- cited manner, and said, aa a lady, she had ap- peared on her recognisance, and aaked to be dis- charged, declaring that she would not return to Mrs. Pike's house. Mr. Chanoe aaked her whether she would go with Mr. Turnbull, who was present, and would take charge of her, and institute a serohing investigation, and every opportunity would be given to her to show that she was not addicted to drinking habits. Mra. Collet said she would go, and that gentleman assured the magistrate that a thorough inquiry would be made into the case. Mr. Chance inti- mated that no portion of the money sent to the court would be handed over until a searching inquiry bed been made, and the publio would be intormed of the result.—-Mrs. CoUett, who jwas discharged from her recognisance, left the court with Mr. Turnbull. Pending the inquiry the money sent by the pnblio to the court, which has now reached a large sum, wil remain in charge of the officials.

THE ALLEGED FRAUDS BY A SHAM VISCOUNT. On Friday week Vernon Montgomery, alias Vis. count de Montgomery," Sir James Hatchman," &c., and Ethel Montgomery (who again Burren- aered to har baii), were further examined before Mr. Flowers, at Bow-street, on various chargea of obtaining money by false pretences, in the form of charitable contributions. Mr. St. John Wontner conducted the prosecution for the Treasury, Mr. Bimma appearing for the male, and Mr. Eicketts for the female defendant. The altered aspect of the female priaoner, a young girl of 20, as ehe stepped into the dock, oauaed some surprise in court. She had been liberated on bail, and when first charged waa very plainly and modestly attired. She now appeared in a light silk dreBs of fashionable make, and her dark hair transformed to a blonde hue. She was accompanied to the court by one or two young girls, her comnanions, and the solicitor's box was besieged, as usual on suoh ocoaaiona, by the young candidates for civil service abroad, who claim admiaaion on the ground that they are Bent by the Civil Service Commission to acquire a capacity tor taking notes of judioial proceedings. Complaints were made by the solicitors in the case, who were thus inconvenienced, and one or two of the young gentlemen had reluctantly to retire. Mr. Wontner said he would only call two additional witnesses, one of them being a gentle- man at Oxford, who, from pure sympathy with the supposed distress of E. V. sent .£5. Mr. Wontner drew attention to what he called the war paint" of the young female prisoner, and handed to Mr. flowers a "photograph" of her which was found among her papers. Mr. Eicketts said she had not altered her style with his aanotioa. Several additional witnesses having been ex. amined, Mr. Wontner stated that he had a history of the female prisoner, whioh he should have liked to submit to the court, and upon which he should have felt it his duty to oppose her read. mission to bail. Mr. Simms urged that the female prisoner had surrendered punctually on each pre- vious occasion, and was, therefore, entitled to the same privilege. After some further discussion, Mr. Flowers said he would accept increased bail- two sureties of .£50 instead of ^40—with twenty, four hours' notice of bail to the Treasury. Mr. Barnes, a draper, in Lupus-street, Pimlico, ten. dered himaelf as one surety in JCIOO, and thia bail, subject to the notice, was eventually accepted. The prisoners were remanded for a week.

STRANDING OF THE EMPRESS, i OF SWANSEA. ACTION AGAINST AN UNDER- WRITER. In the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice, the case of Tucker v. Silva was, on Tuesday, before Baron Pollock and a special jary, sitting at Westminster. The action was brought by Mr. W. H. Tucker, the managing owmer of the brig EmpreBS, belonging to the port of Swan- sea, against Mr. John Silva, an underwriter at Lloyd's. He claimed a sum of .£50 in respect of one share, valued at £ 150, ef the brig Empress, for which amount a polioy ef insurance had been effected between the plaintiff and defendant. After the execution of the polioy, and while it waa in full force, the ship, in the course of a voyage from Swansea to Antigua, and thence to Minatitlan on the coast of Mexico, struck on the bar at Antigua, and by the action of the swell sustained such severe injuries below the waterline that the crew refused to proceed any further on board of her. An inspection of the vessel was held by a Welsh carpenter, a Portuguese captain, and a Brazilian auctioneer; and owing chiefly to the fact that the water in- creased 31 inches in the well during 24 hours, and that one pump was perfectly useless, they ad. vised that the vessel should be sold for the benefit of all concerned. They also signed a certificate absolving the master from all blame in the matter. The vessel and stores were sold for 1,050 dole., and the question now arose whether the defendant became liable to the insurances upon the policy, on the principle of total loss or of general average. Mr. Webster, Q-C., and Mr. J. C. Matthew appeared foi the plaintiff; and Mr. Butt,Q C., and Mr. English Harrison represented the defendant. Evidence was given in support r.f the plaintiff's case, the first witness called boing Edmund Edmunds, the master of the brig Empress. He rfaid the vessel was on the bar for abbnt two hourB and a half, bumping upon it by the action of a north-west swell. When he got off tie considered she had not received any injury, as she was a strong vessel; but when he after- wards got outside in heavy weather she began to leak, and the crew were kept at the pumps during the night and day, although they had all been down from fever a short time pravioualy. When the vessel reached Minatitlan Gulf the crew refused to proceed any further, and, under the advice of a surveyor, the ship was sold by an authorised Government auctioneer. Mr. Butt (in croBB-examination): What steps did you take to discover the leak P Witaess I consulted the surveyor. Mr. Butt: But did you take any steps to discover the leak yonraelf ? Witness I cer- tftiuly did not shovel about th? YfiVU ft spade. I took no steps to discover the leak myself. Mr. Butt: Whit did the surveyors do to discover the leak ? Witness: They walked about on the top of the ballast and round the ship. Mr. Butt: And then they condemned her ? Wimpaa No, not quite so quick as that; they took aome time about it. You must remember that I had a wife and children besides myself to support, and I would not have abandoned the ship without being forced to do it. It ia against common sense. Mr. Butt: You say, I understand, that there was a judge in thebe ports? Witness Well, he told me he was a judge. (Laughter.) Mr. Butt: Would it surprise you to hear that the Fmpresa had been employed in carrying oargo since you were at Minatitlan?—Witneaa Yea, either with or without repaira. Mr. Butt: Did you ask the master of the ship Pearl, of Swansea, whioh waa then at Minatitlan, to surrey the Empress P—WitneBS: Ne, but I told him of my trouble. The case having been opened for the de- fence, evidenoe which had been taken on commis- sion was read, and contained statements to the effect that it was possible to repair the ship and pumps at Minatitlan; that by grounding the vessel on a mud bank the vessel could have been repaired at that place, and that she Bailed with a cargo of mahogany. The jury gave a verdiot for the defendants upon the ground that the ship was not a total loaa.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S MANSION. A disastrous fire occurred on Wednesday morn- ing at Clumber House, Nottingham, the aeat of the Duke of Newcastle. The fire raged from four to eleven a m. Before the flames were subdued, the central part of the building, including the entrance hall, whioh ooa- tained many gems of art, waa entirely destroyed. The pictures in the breakfast room, by Vandyke, Ruysdorl, and other masters, were saved, but two valuable pictures by Schneiders perished. The library alsoesoaped, but the con- tents of the crimson drawing-room are greatly damaged. Later details state that the fire originated 'in a bathroom, where the plumbers had boon at work with a charcoal fire, It waa discovered early by the housekeeper, who heard tke crackling sound, tut as engines had te be aent for from neighbouring seats it got a firm hold, and was not subdued until late in the afternoon. Fifteen valuable paiatinga had been returned from Burlington Houae the previous night, and were in the entranoe-hall. Three, whioh are almost destroyed, are valued at .£25,000.

THE CLOSED PENSHER COLLIERIES. MUNIFICENT OFFER BY SIR GEORGE ELLIOT. Aa interview has takes place betweem the manager of the Pensher Collieries and Sir George Elliot, Bart., M.P., the owner, ia order to ascer- tain what prospect there was of a re-opeaiag of the collieries. Sir George, at the interview ia tuestion, expressed his regret at the neoeisity which compelled hist to resort to that step, hat the losses sustained by the werking of the collieries in the preseat conditioa of trade left no other coarse opea te hia. Before adopting that resolution, however, he had written to the owners from whom he had the royalty ef theoollieriea engaged, aad te whom he had made an offer which was the only method by which the collieries could be kept ia operation. In this scheme he suggested that, the profits accruing from the coal sold should be firat devoted towards paying the wages of the workmen, and after that, if anything was left, it might go to- wards paying the rent of the royalty; whilst he himself øhould atand on one side and allow his large capital to be used without any interest whatever during these depressed times. To this offer, we understand, the landlords of the royalty have not as yet signified their intention to agree. -Newcastle Chronicle.

THE CHARGE OF CATTLE STEALING IN DEAN FOREST. At the Littledean police-court, on Monday (before Major Probyn,' chairman, Mr. Crawahay, and Mr. Kerr), Richard Urch, a young farmer, of Gawlett, Flaxley. on. Severn, waa charged, on remand, with feloniously stealing about 30 head of cattle and a hack mare, value .£400 odd, the property of Edward Low, a money-lender, of Cheltenham, on or about the 5th of February. Mr. Cheeehire, solicitor, of Cheltenham, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Gilbert (of the firm of Messrs. Goold and Gilbert, Newnham) defended. Preliminary to the inquiry, Mr. Cheeehire made a statement to the justices to the effect that Mr. Bezekiah Watts, the father. in-law of Urch, had also been apprehended at Axbridge, Somersetshire, and would be charged also with the same felony. He proposed to apply for a remand of the prisoner Uroh until he was prepared to proceed with the charge conjointly againat both priaonera. From the statement of the solicitor for the prosecution, it appeared that in the month of October. 1877, Mr. Lew advanoed the sum of .£150 to Watts, a farmer of Gawlett, Flaxley, on a bill of sale, under whioh was secured the whole of the live and dead stock. In the early part of the year a distress was levied at the in- stance of the trustees of the late Sir Martin Crawley Boevey for rent, and upon Low making this discovery, he caused the sale announced for the 4th of February to be stopped, having paid .£271 58., the landlord's claim, when the Btock was transferred to the prosecutor by the landlord's agent. On the day preceding the sale, viz., February 3, the hack mare waa missed, and, as alleged, driven away by Watts. On the nights of the 4th, 5th, or 6th the cattle were driven away, and had not since been traced. Mr. Gilbert submitted that it would be a great hardship to his client were a further remand granted. The Chairman, to Mr. Cheeehire, suggested that he had better go aa far as he oould. Mr. Wm. Edward Smith, solicitor, of Cheltenham, who prepared the bill of sale, Mr. Edward Low, the prosecutor, Mr.-Alexander Shirer, auctioneer, of Cheltenham, who was agent for Low in levying the distress on the biil of sale, and who subse- quently sold certain of the stock, Cornelius and Chas. Cook; father and son, of Cheloenhatn, bailiffs in possession, Wm. and Geo. Giblet, local farmers, were called for the prosecution. Mr. Gilbert urged that no evidence had been adduced to associate the prisoner Uroh with the charge, and the Justices eventually discharged him, and acceded to an application to admit the step.father Watts to bail in two sureties of .£400 each, when a special day was fixed for hearing the charge against that prisoner.

SOLUTION OF THE BARNES MYSTERY. A MISTRESS MURDERED BY HER SERVANT. It will be reoollected that a box was a short time since found on the foreshore of the river near BarneB, containing portions of a human body. At the coroner's inquest an open verdiot was re- turned, and the matter both before and since haa been made the sub j set of enquiry by the local detective police, and also by the officers of the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland- yard. It was at first thought the body had been put into the river by medical students after dis- section, but within the last few days information has come to hand leaving little or no doubt that a shocking crime has been com- mitted in the neighbourhood of Rich. mond. It appears that for some years past an elderly woman of eccentrio habita, whose name is for the present kept a secret by the police, had a servant known in the neighbour- hood by the name of Kate Gibbs or Gibbins, both being used. For the last few weeks the old lady was not seen out of the house, although her servant paid bills in her name, and generally transacted matters as if she were there. Some weeks sinoe the servant sold some of the property in the house for the sum of ..£26, and 6he then left the place, taking with her some plate, and any. thing of value on which she could lay her hands. Soon after this inquiries were set on foot to trace the missing woman, and a boy made a ataoement to the detective police that about three weeks or a month Bince a woman uked him to help her carry a box. He agreed to do BO and when they oame to the river bridge she threw it over, gave him sixpence for his trouble, and then went hur- riedly away. It was dark at the time, and no one else was near when the box was thrown over. The police showed the boy the box in which the re- mains were found, and he immediately identiied it all the one he had assisted to carry. He like- wise identified a photograph of the servant Gibbs as a likeness of the woman whom he accompanied. Further inquiries resulted in the fact being ascer- tained that this woman has been seen about Ham. mersmith very recently, but she haa hithefeto avoided apprehension and ia believed to have left the neighbourhood to go to Ireland, accom- panied by a boy about five years of age, atated to be her Bon. She ia a native of that country, and a very tall, powerful woman. The human remains hwe been shown to Dr. Bond, the police Burgeon, who states that there oan be little or no doubt but that the wjmau to tphom they belong was first murdered, and that the body was then boiled whole, so as to facilitate ita being cut up for the purpose of removal. The doctor states his opinion that this boiling of the body accounts for its parchment-like appearance, and the theory is strongly supported by the fact that the copper at the back of the deceased's house is covered with fat, and that there is evidence of recent use. Inspector Shore, of Scotland-yard, and Inspectors Dowdwell, Eobaon, and Lansdowne have the inquiry in hand, and one of these officera will at once proceed to Ire- land to effect the ai rest of the alleged murderess. She is described in the Police luformations of Wednesday as" Wanted for stealing plate, &0.. and cuppr aed murder of her mistreas, Kate aged about 32; 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high; com- plodon sallow; Biightly freckled. Teeth rather pood prominent. Usually dressed in dark dress, jacket rather long, and trimmed with dark far round pockets, light brown fatin bonnet; speaka with an Irith accent, and was accompanied "by a bey aged five, complexion rather dark, dark hair; was last seen at Hammersmith." Sinoe this description waa given she has been traced to a railway station, where she tooktiokete for herself and child to Liverpool. It is believed that robbery wi h a view of obtaining the necessary funds to get back to Ireland was tho motive for the crime. JStandard.

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THE CASWELL MUTINY. TRIAL OF PISTORIA. At Oueenstown potty sessions, on Wednesday, JoFeph Pistoria. otherwise Francesoo Moachera, a Sicilian by birth, waa put forward on a charge of being concerned in the Caswell mutiny and the murder of Captain Best and others on the high ceas, oa the 4th of January, 1876. Mr. Gregg, Crown solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Crown to prosecute, and the prisoner was represented by Mr. J. T. O'Connell, solioitor, instructed by £ ignor George Miloro, Italian oonsuL It was Mr. O'Connell defended Bimbos on the previous trial, and a large printed book, containing the evidence on that trial, waa uaed by the legal gentleman. It was stated at the outset that the prisoner understood English, and there was no necessity for an interpreter. His manner during the examination showed he underateod English very well. Be paid great attention to the evidence, and made gestures of disapproval when eome passages of the painful story were being recited. The firat witness examined waa James Carriok, the able Seaman, ,who. it will be remembered, navigated the Caswell into Queens town in May, 1876. He stated that he was an able seaman on board the Caswell in 1875. He now held a mate's certificate, and waa residing in Liverpool. He joined the ehip Caswell at BuenoB Ayrea on the 28th of September, 1875, and went on her to Valparaiso. He afterwards proceeded to Anto- fogasta, and having taken in cargo there set aail on the 1st of January, 11:17.. The names of those who were murdered were Gaorge E. Beat, captain William Wilson, ohief mate Allen M'Lein, second mate and E. Griffiths, steward. The crew numbered 14, all told, and consisted of three Greeks, two Maltese (che prisoner and' his brother), and fire t ngliehmen, besides the four that were murdered. Carrick proceeded to say: "About eight o'clock on the morning of the 4th of January, four days after leaving Antofogasta, my attention was directed to a shout aft. I looked around and saw Big George, one of the Greeks, entangled with the captain. He had one of his arms around the captain's body. I saw the other hand upraised, but at the time I did not observe anything in his hand. I ran to the other tide of the deck. Joseph Pistoria, the prisoner, was at the wheel corner of the house. I saw prisoner running from the wheel down the poop. The captain was then in the act If falling ia Big George's hands. I then saw in Pistoria's hand a revolver, and heard the report of a shot, and the prisoner was on the quarterdeck, about three yards from where the captain was. Mr. O'Connell objected at this stage to the- Crown solicitor putting leading questions from the former depositions of the witness, and said hia object was that there should be no ooafliot between the former evidence and the present. Captain Seymour: I have the former evidenoe of this witness before me, and I think there is a great deal of discrepancy in it. Mr. Gregg: I will ask him, did he fire at axy- one? Mr. O'Connell: I consider that a most objec- tionable question. Bxaminatioa continued: In what state was the oaptain at the time P-He was in the act of falling, but I did not see the state of the body. I saw the oaptain shortly after, and there was a small blue mark at the butt of the ear, and the bowels were protruding. Shortly afterwards I saw the second mate getting stabbed and shot. George Pentoa (Big George) stabbed bim. The seooxd mate had just before he was stabbed run aft aad cried eut, Put her ha<5k"—that is, put the vessel back. He had reached the break of the poop when Chriatos Boiabos stabbsd him on the shoulder, There were several shots fired at the second mate. I could not say who fired the firat shot, but Gasper Pistoria, a brother of the prisoner, fired at him. Saw Gecrge Penton, eommonly called BIg George, put hia arm round the second mate's neck and stab him in several parts of the body. He died shortly after. The steward came up the companion way from the cabin on the poop, and I saw the Greeks run at him with their knives and stab him. Previous to that I heard tha re- pert of a shot. I cannot swear who fired the shot. Did yon hear any further shots fired after that ? —I htard no other shots fired at £ that man. Big George, Nicholas Moreles, and Chriatos Bombos stabbed him. I saw something lying on the deck, and we (the English) saw it was a piece of hia heart. Just before the steward was stabbed was there anything said P—The foreigners oalled 'out Negro, negro." I concealed myaelf in a bunker in the galley. While there Nicholas Moreles came into the galley. I aaked him was he going to kill ns all. Nicholas said, "No, no, oaly the oaptain; you, Dunne, and the boys are all right," Dunne was an articled seaman. I oame out of the bunker then and stepped to the door of the galley. Gasper Pistoria then came to the galley door and kiased me. Nioholas Moreles also kissed me. Big George came over shortly after, and went towards the fereoastle. He called ns to come forward, and we did so. I saw a revolver in the prisoner's hand. At that time were any orders given P—Yes; the prisoner, speaking ia English, said, Get that kedge anchor along." The aaohor was brought down to the place where the bodies of the second mate and oaptain lay the watoh tackle fall was out, I think, by Joseph, who lashed the bodies with the rope while the others assisted. What became of the first mate all thia time ?— I heard the first mate say before that, No me, Joseph; no me." I heard the first mate say before that, No me, Joseph; no me." Yon gid not see anything done to him P—Yes, I heard Joseph Pistoria say to the mite, Yes, you, you Bon of a sea. cook." I saw the body of Mr. Wilson. The mate asked him if he were dead, and got no reply. Did you see the dead body afterwards brought anywhere?—I saw the dead body of the mate brought to the starboard aide, where the bodies of the captain and second mate lay. Who were the principal men tying the bodies? —Joseph Putoria; he put a close atitoh of a rope round eich of their legs. Joseph then roared for that "Nigger to be fetched along here." They brought the body of the nigger to the same place, aLd he was made fast also. The four bodies were then tied together, and the end of the rope made fut to the ring of the anchor, and all were thrown overboard. What did Joseph say before the bodies were put over?—The carpenter came over, and Joseph taid to him, "Come here, will you help us? The carpenter said" Yes." Joaephtold the carpenter to go down on his knees, and swear to his God that he would help, and the carpenter did so. The carpenter helped, and the bodies were thrown overboard. Werp they all dead?—The captain was moving his fingers as it he were nervons. After that the Maltese proposed in English that I was to be the captain, for them, and it was proposed that Nicholas should be the captain for the Greeks. Ordera were given to wash the decks, and it was done. but I don't recollect who gave the orders, it is so long ago. Thedeoka were covered with blood. Joseph was one of those who gave orders. When I went into the cabin Big George and Joseph went into the captain's state room. Joseph got a small hatchet, and I heard some hammering in the state room, but I did not go down there. I saw them come out of the state room, and they were speaking between themselves, and I really forget now what they said. Did you see them do anything after that ? I don't remember. When they came on deck next Nicholas had the mate's trousers on and the captain's jacket. After the 4th of January do you recollect who occupied the captain's state room?—Nioholas Moreles, and Joseph Pistoria occupied the room next to Moreles, and Big George occupied the room on the other aide. All these apartments were off the cabin saloon. When we arrived off the River Plate the prisoner and his brother left the vessej in a boat which was taken from the starboard side. They took with them Beveral bags, which were full, but what they contained I cannot say. They took their own oheat as well, and they also took a com- pass and a small chart from the cabin, and a double barrelled musket. I don't recollect any- thing else, but the prisoner and his brother bid us good bye. The land was in sight then about five miles off. Do you recollect having given the prisoner and hiff brother a paper ?—Yes, a letter signed by all the English. Mr. Gregg handed in a letter, whioh the witness identified as having been signed by him and the other members of the crew. It is as follows This is to certify that on the 14th of January, 1875, there has been a heavy mutiny on board. The captain, George Best, the first mate, W. Wihon, the second mate, Allen M'Lean, aDd the steward, E. Griffiths, were murdered on deak. we then being three days' sail from Antofogasta, in Bolivia. We are led to believe that George Pano, a Greek, intends to go ashore at Cape San Antonia, he being the ringleader inlthe mutiny. He has been trying to get the rest of the men to sink the ship and the rest of the Englishmen on board. Joseph and Gaaper Pistoria, have prevented him, and preserved the ahip from being sunk and the rost of us murdered off Cape Horn. We think when these two men go ashore he will persuade the rest to murder us, and sink the ship, we not being able to overpower them, they being armed day and night, and never off their guard. The said G. Pane has ^all the meney and jewellery that is on board, which he intends to take with h'm. We all hope that whoever receives this will think it expedient to send us assistance to save the ship and our lives. —Signed, James Carriok, able bodied; Peter M'Grcgor, carpenter John Dunne, able bodied; Charles M'Donnell,^ apprentice; Walter E. lerguson, apprentice." The witcesB continued to say that they gave the Maltese the letter that they might give it to a man. of. WtoJ" ship, in order to have assistance sent to them. They promised to do so, but they did not. Mr. O'Connell ? You don't know that. Did the prisoner and his brother endeavour to prevent the Greeks from murdering ycu?—I could not say. I did not understand their language. The Crown solicitor said that as the prisoner was not present at what subsequently occurred on board the Caswell, he would not enter into the details of it, but would aek whether, for the safety of their own lives and the preservation of the ship, Carrick and the other Englishmen were not obliged to resort to force and violence, and in the struggle kill two of the mutineers. The witness replied in the affirmative. Cross-examined by Mr. O'Connell: I believe you were warned by the Maltese that the Greeks in. tended to kill you—The carpenter told me so.-They told you, You had better be on your guard, as the Greeks intended to sink the ship and murder you?''—What the carpenter said was this-he told me that one day Joseph (the prisoner) waa in the galley, and he asked the carpenter, Have you a hatchet ?" that was all. Did he not say you had better look out r- I did not hear that from anybody. The Chairman: Had the prisoner Bnd hia brother arm a at all times ?—Witness: They had revolvers, and from what I was told Big George also had a revolver. liLtfee application o £ tha ^rowc. solictor, tha r prisoner was remanded for a week. He expected that the witness Peter MrGregor, tha carpanter, would be here by that time, but it would beim possible to get auy of the other witnesses ai they were away at sea. The priaoner was then formally remanded.

THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL IN THE RH0SDDA VALLEY. PAINFUL INCIDENT AT PENTRE. DEATH OF A LADY CONVERT IN CHAPEL. Our Pentre correspondent writes that, for the last week or two, revival esrvioea have been con- ducted nightly in the Wesleyan Chapel, at that place, by the Bev. Mr. Trayn, circuit minister, with great success, a large number of membera having been added to the churoh. He alao nar- rates a solemn and startling incident whioh occurred in the chapel on Tuesday night. About nine o'clock, just before the cloae of the service, Mrs. Burnell, wife of one of the leaders of the chapel, who waa not a member heraelf, was asked by her husband whether she would giva her heart to God. In a little while she exclaimed "I will. Praise the Lord," and, leaving her seat, knelt in front of the penitent rail, still exhorting and praying. The congregation were singing, "Praise God from Whom all blessings flow," when the minister advanced towards Mrs. Burnell, and asked her whether she could praise God from Whom all blessings flowed. She replied, Oh, yes, I can; I have laid my all on Jesus," and alao made use of other pious ejaculations. Then, being apparently overcome, she rose from her kneeling posture, and after an attempt to loose her dress at the throat, walked to the veetry door, still praying aloud. Some of tha ladiea in the congregation went to her and laid her down, the still being earnestly engaged in prayer, and the died within ten miautea from the time when she announced her cenversion, and before a medical man could be nrooured. Members of the Salvation Army are now en- gaged at the Ton, preaching and exhorting to overflowing congregations. The revival move- ment continues to excite the greatest interest among all classes of the community, and the Bov. W. Booth, the General of the Army, is making arrangements for holding all-night prayer meet- iogs.

THE FATAL COLLISION OFF DUNGBNESS. A MATE'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED. The inquiry before the Wreck Commissioners into the loss of the pilot cutter Edinburgh, aad 15 lives, off Dungeneas, oa March the 13th, after a collision with the steamer Severn, temiaated on Wednesday. The Court fouttd that the colli- sion was dae to thuleglect of the second mate of the Severn, whose certificate was suspended for aix months.

CHINESE MASSACRE IN CASHGARIA. We learn from St. Petersburg that intelligence haa been received from Vernol that the Chinese troops have massacred 1,000 people at Taah-Balik, near the Kulia frontier, aad at Oofali, three miles from Kashf&r, for assisting the insurgents during the recent raid of Khakim Khan. Three thousand Mussulman re- fugees have arrived at tha Basaian lines along the Atbasha, seeking protection from the Chinese. An intermittent war between the Chinese and the Kirghiz still continues.

SHOCKING DEATH AT LONGTON. A horrible death ooourred at Longton early en Tuesday morning. An old woman, named Mary Limer, nearly 80 years of age, retired to rest for the night, and apparently knelt down by the bedside to engage in prayer. The candle must have fallen from off the chair by her side and ignited the bedclothes, suffocating her aad literally roasting her body. Information waa given- to the fire-brigade in the moraing, aud when the house waa entered the bed was still smouldering, and the old lady in her attitude of devotion presented a shocking sight.

TRIAL TRIP OF H.M.S MERCURY. The preliminary trial trip of the steel despatoh thip Meroury, which was launched from Pembroke Dockyard on April 17, 1878, toek plaoe 011. Taes- day, and was in every respect moat satisfactory. The ship steamed some distaaoe omt t* aea beyond St. Ann's Head, and notwithstanding a brisk wind •»d a choppy aea, the vessel, without working up to fall boiler power, easily accomplished 16 knots. The Mercury is a sister ship te the Iris, also launched from the yard at Pembroke Deck, and both of them are undoubtedly two of the fastest armed ships in the world. The Mercury is 300ft. long, having a draft of water forward of 17ft. 6ia., and aft 22ft., the mean draft being 19ft. 9in. Her displacement in tons is 3,739, and her indioated horsepower 7,000. When completed she will have an armament of eight 64.pounder aide guns, and two 64 peuuder revolving guns—one on the forecaatle, the other on the poop. When teady for commiaaion the total weight of equipment on board will amount to 2,427 tons. It is anticipated that the Meroury will leave Pembroke Dook for Portsmouth to-day (Thursday), where she will be completed for sea. The official trial of the ship's speed will be made at Portsmouth.

A PEMBROKE DOCK DIVORCE CASE. On Wednesday afternoon, in the Divorce Divi- eion of the High Court of Justice, Sir James Hannen, the president, and a jury, had before them the case of Sohott v. Sohott and Baeoe, which waa a petition of the husband for a dissolu- tion of his marriage, on the ground of hia wife's adultery with the co respondent. It appeared that the parties were married iu London, and t^e petitioner was not eucceaaful in his busiaeaa of an ale-house keeper. He therefore went abroad, and his wife went to reside with her parents at Pembroke Dock. and, according to the evidence of Mrs. Pack, of Pembroke Dock, the mother of the respondent, she had occasion to complain of her daughter's intimacy with Reooe, the co-respondent. They went away, and retarned, it being under. stood that they had been married at Cardiff. The jury at once found for the petitioner, and the learned judge granted a decree nisi for a dissolu- tion of the marriage with costs.

MRS. DYSON IMPRISONED FOR DRUNKENNESS. A despatch from Clevelend, Ohio, to the New York Times, is as follows: Mrs. Arthur Dyson, whose husband was murdered by the notorious English criminal, Charles Peace, returned on Saturday to her home in this city from Eagland, where she had been to testify in the trial of Peace. She has been in the habit of drinking to excess since the murder of her husband, and her friends have kept a cloae watoh upon her on that account. To day being pleasant, she desired to walk abroad, and was accompanied by her niece, 12 years old. As soon as she was fairly away from home she began visiting saloons, where sDe treated every- body with whom she came in oontaot, and was having a good time generally until she became drunk and quarrelsome, when she was arrested, and looked up in the nearest police-station. She had nearly 100 dole, in her pocket, and was elegantly dressed. During the afternoon she became sober, and was remanded on bail. She is a fine-looking woman, and evidently well edll- cated."

A MONMOUTHSHIRE APPEAL CASE. In the High Court of Justice, jQneen's Bench Division, Westminster, on Wednesday (before Justices Mellor and Lush), the cauae of Roberts T. Lewis was heerd. This was a case on appeal from the justices of Monmouthshire, and the question was whether the justioes were right in dismissing an information against a toll-keeper for charging an excessive toll. Appellant is haulier, and the defendant lessee of a toll on the Abergavenny road. The contention arose as to what should be charged in respect of a load of laroh poles. It waa found as a fact that at the toll-gate it has always been usual to charge extra. toll on horses drawing carts or other vehicles loaded with similar larch poles between the 1st of November and the 1st of March. The magia. trates decided that the larch poles were timOer within the meaning of the Abergavenny Highway Act, and that the toll.keeper was justified m de. manding extra toll. The respondent contended that as the larch poles were not rateable as wood, therefore they were not timber. The poles were nnder 20 years' growth, and were found to be fit for hurdles, and there was no custom, said the appellant, by which they ooula be designated aa timber. The Court was of opinion that the defi- nition of what ia timber is variable aooording to the locality, and aa the magistrates had found aa a fact that thia waa timber, their lordshipa did not see why they should interfere. Appeil dis- missed.

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THE SOUTH WAUS COAL TRÃl THE SOUTH WALES COAL MEETING OF THE SLLD^JLJ SCALE COMMITTEE. 1 <H CONCILIATORY PRGCEEDLI^ j ry, An important conference tookplMa at the. Hotel, Cardiff, on Saturday, between the owners and miners' delegates of the South *J: district, eoriBtitutixg the sliding scale Mr. David Daviea took tbe chair, and ther* |e also present MeBars. W. jilenelaua, CartwOE ta T. Lewis, Bowbotham, W. Abrahams, S., T. Halliday, J. Proseer, and John Lewis, eb joint secretaries, Messrs. A. Dalziel and 1'ire Andrews. After the minutes of the P lgoy meeting had been confirmed, the represøJ1 £ explained to the employers th#' J had been empowered to make arrangement* regard to a reduction of wages in a f similar to that adopted when the 5 per of duction was conceded to the employers beginning of last year. In faot they "eft pared to arrange for a 7* per cent, re? for steam coal, and a 5 per cent, redaof house coal. The employers stated, in repM nothing less than a 10 per cent. reduction satisfy them. After a long diacuaBion question the workmen's delegates withdd consider what was beat to be done, all ultimately agreed to submit to a 7, per duction all round, on oondition the employers would recoup them. they got a better price for ooal. communicated thia determination to employers, the latter said they could not < of any offer for leas than a 10 per oent. red as some of those outside the asaociatif already got that, but in the event of the 1 tbe Associated Collieries agreeing to a 10 pd reduction from the let of April next, til return, would enter into an agreement, on of the associated masters, that no further tion of wages should be made to the end of the year, notwithatanding that might be a further reduction in the prioe The notice to terminate the soale should tended over the six months commencioK June next, and it was further suggested the men agreed to this proposition they employers might meet again in the oourse next six months to confer npon arrange a scale, having no IXli or maximum, to come into 0 at the beginning of the year 1830. The men's delegates, feeling that they could n the responsibility of agreeing to the pro again withdrew, and, upon again meeti employers, expressed an opinion that as the: not agree te the proposed terms it would be to lay the question of modifying the eo* suggested by the employers) before a delegates, who should assemble at an e.rl1 The meeting separated with this ..aderl after several hours' discussion, which waI of conciliatory character throughout. 1'. ployers explained to a considerable extf « °f the coal trade of the district, and. of the sen's delegates aaid that if the er»P agreed to their proposition they should 1 their duty to try aad get 2i per cent. paid to them. It was also impressed upon t*1 ployers that even 7* per oent. would be eiderable reduetion from the workmen'a meagre wages.

Oe'8 THE CARDIFF BUILDLTF1 *« TRADKS. N M The master builders of Cardiff have had » ing relative to the present decreased atato trade, and they have forwarded a commu" "Uti to the secretaries of the different aecti' workmen—carpenters, joiners, and f), g urderstand that thia communication eØlb Jli^ suggestion in favour of we men colr. a reduction in wages, but that no application is made on the subject. masters cannot by the prevailing ment between them and the employed e £ M j, alteration in the rate of the masons' wages w 1- giving Bix months' notice, and they would y1' wait until the 1st of next November bef*' could give thia notice to tho carpentef A$0J jOinere. Under theBe circumstances, fore, it appeara they have issu trade statement to the men, the object of fll.1 is ro doubt to lessen wagea. But every Pj is being kept in the matter, and the real J ihe masters' communication is not ailo bl!or transpire. Several lodge meetings were Monday night, and incidental reference W y.' to the matter, but the question has ye' k, officially settled by a full representative TO*$j*1

CjY* WINDING-UP OF A COLLIERY COMPANY. A petition for the oompulsory winding- Ty Pica Colliery Company was presented to Chancellor Baoon on Saturday morniirf' > Ford appeared in support of the petite 'I stated that on behalf of a creditor he ginally instructed to aak for a compulsory The company had on the 3rd of March agr*| voluntary winding-up, and he was willing ( should be continued under the lupervisiotJ court. A Mr. Breckles had been appoÏ11 visional liquidator, but it was agreed. b) would be more convenient that Mr. Jen Ii resided at Bristol, Bhould be appointed". Homer, on behalf of the West of England were creditors to the extent of .63,000 suP the petition. Mr. Rund appeared for K paryand Mr. Breckles, and consented; Order. His lordship made an order v appointment of Mr. Jenkins as liquida^ tinuing the voluntary winding-up under ™ l-t vision of the court. 7^1

IMPORTANT MEETING OF ht PLATE MAKERS AT OWATFS* ^rtj On Monday a special meeting of the '1' Trade Association was hald at the Arms Hotel, Mr. Gsorge B. Strick in tb6 Important matters bearing upon thf were generally discussed, to the 1 Qd of the manufacturers, and perfect pj. neity prevailed aa to what coarse, ghy be adopted for their future protects ^y< was decided to maintain the present price, for I. C. cokes in Liverpool, and the mar the makers agreed to further restrict the 0 should a necessity for doing so arise. Tk^ man and his colleagues received the un^ *0|j, vote of the meeting for so promptly ca$y 1« representatives of the trade together. It U' A* thht it is a question if ever such an in»F *»< meeting has been held in oonneotio^ the trade, and aa it was discues matters of vital imports^ attendance is very satisfactory. We arB to understand that during the day a rep* tive of the largest buyer in the world was "M, j, and that he was gleaning all the informs^ w&'r] eible respecting the matters discussed at th° ft&e, ing. It is stated that at the quarterly the trade, to be held at the Bell Hotel, Glotl early next month, matters which also h' important bearing will, in all probabw' Jji very minutely diacuSBed. u

—— > 1 THE FAILURE OF LTVPLI MR. J. C. REES, BUILDER *A<1 CONTRACTOR, ISEATH. A second meeting of the creditors of named debtor was held on Monday, at £ 1; Fisher-street, Swansea, the offices of the j* v Mr. J. F. Harvey, to conBider an offer of, the £ made by^the debtor, and to give discharge. The meeting was numerously at* Mr. W. B. Smith stated tha.t the estate wf pay 8s. The trustee reported to the meeti" 11 the debtor, nevertheless, waa prepared tjj an offer of 8s. in the £ payable in four, ei £ twelvemonths respectively, from the 15t* Buch payments to be aeoured by a. de 1 deeds relating to freehold property below .^iji^ the debtor's father, and notes thereto*, signed by the debtor, hia father, Mr. EnoOS j> and his brother, Mr. Benjamin Rees. J! solution, on being put to the meeting, was Al .(, (there being only nvediaaontiente) subjeo' li. proposed security being approved by the and committee of inspection, that being condition precedent to the granting to the. his discharge* The creditors directed the' I 1] to make a valuation of the property prop il!^ security.

V, THE STEAM TRAMWAYS q i'w )q e SWANSEA: L^THT i 1W So Mr. Graham Vivian has testified steam tramway between Swansea "Xl r"3'k Mnmbles. If the engine ia obliged by the 0 IIl,i j time tables to occupy 30 minutes in a jolJ Gi¡.u five miles, it is quite conoeivnble that it t(} i>n now and then lose patience and urge on J II e! ei oareer at the fearful speed of 17 miles a1J j;"1'' Mr. Graham Vivian forgeta that horses sob "usgo run away as well all tramway engines, "1 !&(( testimony is presumably disinterested, Vf 1.>4 of Mr. Frederick Gamble, representng the jjt of 10,000 London cabs, must be thonght to jaundiced view of trams. It is quite wall., tr" a that—partly because drivers will gat on tll when they have a chance—trams in the, increase the wear and tear of caba a»J. carriages, but this can be easily <?ot higher scale of cab hire. The present r^ absurdly low. How can two personB reflj expect a carriage, horse, and man to cat* A two miles for a shilling ? But this is no »" against tramways, which are vastly co^ after the inhuman jolting of cabs and omn'" ty 1; Iron. j?1'^

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