The North Wales Express

CATTLE. LIVERPOOL, Monday.—The stock on offer con- sisted of 2,913 beasts 13,054 sheep and lambs. A large quantity of American cattle at market; also a large number of American sheep. Buyers from the country numerous.—Quotations Best beasts, 8d to 8}d per lb; second ditto, 7}d to Tfd per lb; 2 .1 4 sheep and lambs, 9d to 9^-d; American cattle, 7ld to 7}d. 4 4 SALFORD, Tuesday. —There was a large supply of beasts at market, and the quality was generally of a good character. Only a slow trade was done, and prices were reduced about :}d per lb all round. Five hundred American beasts were penned, and fetched from 7d to 7d per lb. The number of sheep and lambs was about the same as last week, and prices were easier, but not to any great extend. A fair trade was done in calves, and late rates were pretty well maintained. -Quotations: Beef, 6d to 8d per lb mutton, 7d to 9|d veal, 8d to 9d; lamb, 8 Jd to 10.jd. LONDON, Thursday.—There were at. the market to-day 1360 beasts, including 590 Foreign, made from 4s 6d to 5s lOd 7370 sheep and lambs, 390 Foreign, sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; lambs, 7s to 8s; 190 calves made from 5s 6d to 6s 4d; 10 pigs, from 4s to 4s 8d per 8 fbs.

PROVISION. LONDON, MONDAY.—The arrivals last week from Ireland were 255 firkins of butter and 359 barrels of bacon, and from foreign ports 20,734 packages of butter, and 3541 bales of bacon.

WOOL. LONDO, Monday.—The amount of business doing in Colonial wool is very moderate, and as the public sales commenced on the 20th no further transactions are anticipated. The tone of the market, however, is steady, and former prices are maintained. For English wool the trade is in a very inactive state, and there are no indieations of improvement.

BUTTER. CORK, WEDNESDAY.—Ordinary: Firsts, 107s; seconds, 91s thirds, 82s; fourths, 68s; fifths, 67s; sixths, 43s. Mild cured Superfine, 136s firsts, 117s; seconds,»96s thirds, 82s. There were 3020 firkins in market.

DEAD MEAT. LONDON, MONDAY.—Good supplies on offer, and trade moderately active at about previous rates. Beef, 3s Od to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od; veal, 5s Od to 5s 4d; large pork, 3s 8dto 4s 4d; small ditto, 4s 4d to 4s lOd per stone.

COAL. LONDON, FRIDAY.—Business has been brisk, with a ready sale at an advance of Is. per ton. Hastings Hartley, 15s. 9d.; Wallsend: Hartle- pool. 17s. 9d. South Hetton, 17s. 6d.; Tunstall, 15s. 9d. Hartlepool, 16s. 6d. South Hartlepool, 17s 6d.; Thornley, 17s. 9d.; Ships at market, 20 sold, 18; contracts, gas, &c., 19—61; unsold, 4, at sea, 20.

DISTRICT MARKETS. ABERYSTWYT E, MONDAY. The prices at this market were as follows:— Wheat (new,) 7s 6d to Os Od per bushel; Wheat (old,) 7s Od to 8s Od per bushel; Barley, 4s 9d to 5s 6cl bushel; Oats, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; Beans, Os Od to Os Od Potatoes, 5s Od to Os Od per cwt. Beef, lOd to OOd per Ib; Pork, 8d to Od per lb Mutton, lOd to OOd per lb Lamb, Is Od to Os Od per Ib Ducks, 4s Od to Os Od per couple; Geese, Os Od to Os Od per couple; Fowls, 2s 6d to Os Od per couple Eggs for a shilling, 20; Fresh butter, Is 2d to Is 4d per lb; Chees, 4d per lb. BANGOR, FRIDAY. Prices Wheat, 41s Od to 45s Od per quarter barley, 31s Od to 36s Od; oats, 26s Od to 29s; oats meal, 37s Od to 38s Od per 240 lb. Potatoes, 3s 6d to 4s 0 per ewt. Fresh butter, 16d to 18d per lb Beef, 9d to lid per lb mutton, lOd to lid veal, 7d to 8d; bacon, 7d to 9d; best home-cured hams, lid to 12d. CARNARVON, SATURDAY. The following is a list of to-day's prices :—Beef, 7d to lOd per lb; mutton, lOd to lid; veal, 8d to lOd; pork, 8d to 9d; bacon, 7d to 9d. Cheese, 7d to 9d per lb. Fresh butter, 18d to 22d per lb pot ditto, 14d. Fowls (dead), 2sOd to 0s 0d each; ditto alive, 14d to 15d; ducks, 3s to 3s 6d geese, 0s Od to 0s. Eggs, 18 for Is. Pota- toes, 7s to 7s3dpercwt. Wheat, 40sto 45s0dperqr; barley, 32s to 36s Od; oats, 27s Od to 29s; oatmeal, 35s Od to 38s Od per 240 lbs. CONWAY, SATURDAY. Wheat, 14s Od" to 15s Od per hobbet; barley, lis Od to 13s Od per hobbet; oats, 10s d to lis Od per hobbet; beans, OOs Od to 00s Od per hobbet; oatmeal, 36s Od to 38s Od per 240 lbs. DENBIGH, WEDNESDAY. The quotations at to-day's market were as fol- lows Wheat, 16s Od to 18s 6d per hobbet; bar- ley, lis Odto 14s Od; oats, 7s Od to 8s Od. Fresh buttei, 16d to 18d per lb ditto pot, 13d to 14d. LLANRWST, TUESDAY. The prices at this market were as follows; — Wheat, (old,) 16s Od to 17s 6d per hob; Wheat OOs Od to OOs Od per hob Barley, 13s Od to 148 6d per hob Oats, 8s 6d to 9s Od per hob; Beans, OOs Od to OOs Od per hob Oatmeal, 23s Od to 24s Od per 252 lbs. Potatoes, 14s Od to 15s Od per hob. Fresh butter, 22d to 23d per lb. Beef, 8d to -Ild per lb; Pork, OOs Od to OOs Od per lb Teal, 7d to 8d per lb; Mutton, lOd to Is Od per lb; Lamb, lOd to 12d per lb Ducks, 5s to 5s 6d per couple; Geese, Os Od to Os Od per couple; Fowls, 4a Od to P-r couple Eggs for a shilling, 11. 11 OSWESTRY, WEDNESDAY. The following were the quotations: Wheat, 6s 6d to 6s lOd per bushel; barley (malting), 6s 6dto 6s 9d; oats, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; butter, 15d to 17d per Ib; eggs, 12 to 13 for a shilling; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s Od per couple ducks, 4s 6d to 5s Od per couple geese, Os Od to Os Od each turkeys, 10s Od to OOs Od each potatoes, 12 lbs to 13 lbs for a shilling. PW LLHELI.—WEDNESDAY. The following were the quotations :-Barley, 20s per 220 lbs; oats, 28s per 315 lbs; oatmeal, 33s per 240 lbs; Indian corn, 17s per 240 lbs.. Fresh butter, Is lid per lb; pot «ditto, Is 4d to Is 5d per lb. Beef, 9d to Is 2d per lb mutton, lid to Is 2d per lb veal, 8dto lid per lb; ducks, 2s each fowls, Is 9d each, eggs, 6s Od per 120 potatoes, 16s per hobbet. WREXHAM, THURSDAY. The prices at this market were as follows:— 'White wheat, 6s 9dto 7s 3d per measure red do, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per bushel of 75 lbs. Potatoes, 7s Od to 8s Od per 120 lbs. Fresh butter, 16d to 18d per Ib Beef, 9d to lOd per lb; mutton, lOd to lid veal, 7d to Sd. Fowls, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per couple.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The royal assent was given by commission to a large number of public and private bills. Several bills were advanced a stage, the Highways Bill (Amendments) being read a third time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. A new writ was ordered to be issued for Argyle- shire. With reference to musical instruction in elementary schools, Lord G. Hamilton informed Sir C. Dilke that Mr Hullah would be sent abroad to inquire into and report upon the system adopted in other countries, and the whole question would be then considered. Captain Pim, on the motion for going into committee of supply, moved for a declaration of the opinion of the house that the royal naval reserve should be at once superseded, or at lease supplemented, by increased royal naval volunteers, who should be trained in sea-going gunboats stationed round the coast. After a few remarks from Mr W. H. Smith—who maintained that the naval reserve as at present constituted was reliable-and from Mr Jenkins, the motion was negatived. Mr Macdonald called attention to the verdict of the jury in the coroner's inquiry as to the death of the victims of the Haydock explosion, attri- buting the explosion to defective ventilation. He concluded by urging on the Government the desir- ability of instituting an inquiry through the law officers of the crown, with a view of ensuring the prosecution of the persons who should be found responsible for the disaster. Mr Cross explained that he had appointed two gentlemen connected with the legal profession to inquire as to whether any person was legally to blame for the explosion, and until they reported he could not express any opinion on the subject. Several other members addressed the house on the subject, which was then allowed to drop. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Commons' amendments to the Cattle Diseases Bill were considered and agreed to. In answer to Lord Sidmouth, Lord Elphinstone stated that in a few days the Eui y dice was expected to be in Portsmouth harbour, and as soon as possible a court-martial to inquire into the whole of the cir- cumstances would be held. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr Stanhope stated that the Government of India had ceded to the Maharajah Holkar about 350 square miles of territory, as "an act of grace.M Mr stanhope added that the land in question was a tract of unhealthy territory. In answer to Mr Egerton Hubbard, the Attorney-General stated that he could devise no means for restraining the publication of the evidence in divorce and criminal trials without interfering with the liberty of the Press. With reference to the Irish Sunday Clos- ing Bill, during the consideration of which the House on a former occasion was counted out, the Speaker explained that although the measure had become a dropped order, it could be revived at the pleasure of the House, its position on the paper would depend upon the will of the Government. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the House would sit to-day for the Exchequer Bonds Bill, but he was not prepared to say whether any other measures would be set down. The Bishoprics Bill was proceeded with. Mr Cowen's amendment declaring that it was undesirable to increase the number of bishops so long as the Church of Eng- land was established by law was rejected on a division by 75 to 38 votes. The House then went into committee on the bill. A proposal to reduce the minimum Endowment Fund from £ 3,500 to £1,500 was defeated on a division by 71 to 22 votes. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MoNDAY. The Lord Chancellor laid on the table for con- sideration during the recess a Bill for Consolid- ating and Amending the Acts relating to English Corporations. The Irish Sunday; Closing Bill was read a first time. Lord Truro, in making some observations in regard to the Metropolitan police force, added that next session he would move for a commission to consider the best means of organising the several systems of police through out the kingdom, with a view of focussing the whole criminal population from Scotland-yard, tlte Metropolian centre. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Mr Bourke, replying to Sir Charles Dilke, said no official information had been received of the Russians having crossed the Oxus or of their ad- vance in the direction of Merv. Mr Bourke further stated that the Government was not aware that it was the intention of the Porte to refuse to arrange with Greece the rectification of the frontier in accordance with the suggestion of the congress. In reply to Mr Forster, as to whether a conference could not be arranged with the House of Lords on the subject of the Poor Law Amendment Bill, the Speaker explained that as the honourable mem- ber who had charge of the bill had twice moved, and the house had assented, to insisted upon disagree- ing with the Lord's amendments, and as he did not ask for a conference between the two houses, the bill had become a dropped order. It was, therefore, now too late to take any further step. In reply to a complaint from Sir Charles Dilke that the Government had not fulfilled its promise that the question of corrupt practices at elections should be dealt with this year, the Attorney- General said that unavoidable circumstances had prevented the fulfilment of this engagement, and he promised to do his best next session to secure an early discussion of the subject.—Sir W. Har- court and other members of the Opposition having urged that Government should give a definite pro- mise that the corrupt Practices Bill should be placed in the first rank of the ministerial bills for the next session, the Chancellor of the Exchequer promised that it should be one of the first measures considered next year.—The Expiring Laws Con- tinuance Bill was read a second time. The house was subsequently occupied in the consideration of the Irish Intermediate Education Bill as amended, which was read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Royal assent was given by commission to seven public and private Acts, including the Admiralty and War Office Regulation, Debtors, British Museum, Commons (Expenses), and Statute Law Revision (Ireland) Bill.—The Com- mons' amendments to the Foreign Jurisdiction Bill, the Statute Law Revision and the Education (Scotland) Bill were considered and agreed to.- Lord O'Hagan moved the second reading of the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday (Ireland) Bill, and, referring to the remarkable unanimity of the support it had received from clergymen, magistrates, traders, and people of all creeds in Ireland, appealed with confidence to their lord- ships to agree with the other house in permitting an experiment to be tried which, it was confidently believed, would advance the morality and happi- ness of the country.—The Duke of Richmond ob- served that the Government, after consideration, had come to the conclusion that, with the modifi- cations which the promoters of the measures had accepted, they would not offer any opposition to its progress.—The Bishop of London expressed the great satisfaction with which the episcopal bench had watched the progress of the bill in the other hsiise, and trusted the experiment would prove so successful that at no distant period the example would be followed by the rest of the kingdom.— The bill was then read a second time. The Marriages (Fiji) Bill, the Turnpike Acts, Continu- ance, &c., Bill, and the Prison (Officers' Super- annuation) Bill were read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Mr E. Stanhope made, to a very thin House, the annual statement on Indian finance. The revenue for 1876-77 was £ 55,995,000, and the expenditure £ 58.178,000, leaving a deficit of £ 2,183,000. For 1877-78 the regular estimates were: revenues £ 58,635,000, and expenditure £ 62,018,00Q. The latter figures include, however, the extraordinary charges arising from the famine, the mortality re- sulting from which is estimated at 1,350,000. Mr Stanhope explained and defended Sir J. Strachey's j scheme for the creation of a special famine fund. An obnoxious feature in it is the imposition of a new licence act, which will fall almost exclusively on traders, and which is objected to because it will have the effect of largely exempting Anglo-Indian officials and the wealthier classes from their share of the burden. Mr Stanhope seems to have rested his vindication of this tax on the ground that the necessity for it could not be met by decreased ex- penditure. The hon. gentleman spoke hopefully of the financial state of the productive public works, and dwelt especially on the progress of the guaranteed railways, the utility of which, he said, had been proved during the famine.—Mr Fawcett, as an amendment to the formal resolution confirm- ing the accounts as presented, brought forward a motion declaring that the House regarded with apprehension the present state of Indian finance, and in view of the claim of the Crown to employ any number of Indian troops in all parts of the Empire except the United Kingdom, was of opinion that there was no security against the military outlay being unduly increased. Mr Fawcett pointed out that the expenditure was increasing out of all proportion to the revenue, and appealed to Parliament to insist upon a more just and economical administration of the finances of India. —Mr Dillwyn seconded the amendment, which was opposed by Mr Maclver. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY. A number of bills were advanced, among which was the Irish Sunday Closing Bill, which passe I through the committee without opposition. Mr Isaac gave notice in the House of Commons that next Session he should call attention to the neces- sity of giving the public increased protection against railway accidents, and he should move a resolution. Mr E. Jenkins gave notice that, in the absence of Government legislation, he should bring in a bill next Session to amend and consoli- date the law of copyright. Mr Cross informed Mr E. Jenkins, in reply to a question, that, if the materials were in existence, he saw no objection to furnishing a report of the proceedings under the Public Worship Act. In reply to Mr Monk, Colonel Stanley said that latest information on the shape of telegram from Sir Garnet Wolseley stated that the health of the troops at Cyprus was good. Six per cent. were in hospital from the mild fever of the country, but the patients were doing well. He was in hopes the cases were not so severe as some people supposed. The House would remember that a soldier could only be in two con ditions-on duty or on the sick list. He would be on the latter if disabled by a cold or a sprained finger. That would possibly account for the ap- parently large numbers stated by some of the papers to be on the sick list. Mr Bourka, answer- ing a question, said the Government knew that a Russian Minister had arrived at Cabul, but they did not know what negotiations had taken place between the Ameer and the Government of the Czar. Mr H. Samuelson called attention to the failure of Mr Consul-General Fawcett to ascertain the circumstances under which Mr Ogle was murdered in Thessaly, and moved the appoint- ment of a fresh commission of inquiry, composed of Englishmen only. Mr W. Forster warmly sup- ported the motion, which was withdrawn on the Chancellor of the Exchequer promising a fresh in- vestigation. A number of bills were advanced, and the House adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock.

ALLEGED CRUELTY'I* CARDIGAN- SHIRE. A WOMAN CHAINED TO A BED POST. On Friday afternoon a woman, named Margaret Lewis, aged 28, wife of Edward Lewis, Nantyr- uthur, was brought before Major Phelp and Alderman Jones, at Aberystwith, to be disposed of as a lunatic. Superintendent Lloyd(said that from information he had received he went, on Monday last, to the house of Edward Lewis, and there found the woman lying on a bed in one comer of the room chained by her left wrist to the bed post. She was shamefully neglected, and in a dirty state. He laid an information before Mr Lewis Pughe, Abermaide, who directed Dr. Hughes, of Llanilar, to proceed, in the company of Superintendent Lloyd, to the place. Dr. Hughes, having been sworn, said he went to the house on Tuesday to examine the woman, and found her to be a lunatic dangerous to be at large, and cruelly treated by having her left wrist chained to the bed-post. The chain was produced, and was about a foot and a half long, with about one and a half inch links, very heavy, which was locked with a padlock on to her wrist by bars of a thinner chain. The doctor said he had no doubt that this chain would help to make the woman much worse. She was in a very dirty state. The master of the workhouse stated that the woman was a pauper, having being dis- charged, as all traces of imbecility had apparently vanished. The husband admitted that he had been in the habit of keeping the woman chained up for about two years, when he went out, as she was dangerous. Several doctors have been attend- ing, but none of them had seen her chained up. It transpired that this woman is a cousin to another woman who was some time ago treated in a similar way. The bench strongly commented on the inhuman manner in which the woman had been treated, and ordered her removal to the

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A MOTHER IN SEARCH OF A SON. A poor woman named Mary O'Brien, who had travelled from America to see for a missing child, made an earnest appeal to Mr Flowers, at the Bow- street Police Court, London, on Thursday, to advise and assist her. She stated that she emi- grated from Ireland to America when a young woman, and for thirty-six years had resided at New Orleans, which was still her home. Her missing son was a boy of fifteen, named Gedfge O'Brien, with red hair and dark eyes, and being in delicate health, was sent to Europe by the Richmond in October last, in accordance with advice given by their medical adviser. He was sent to a Catholic school at Birmingham, but he soon left it, and obtained a situation at some manufacturing estab- lishment in the town, where a companion of his was also employed. In April last she heard from the Birmingham Consul that he had left Birmingham, and had run away to London, having change a cheque which had been given to him for his maintenance. Nothing had since been heard of him, although the magistrates and police of Birming- ham had done their best to help her. She came to England with a return ticket to hunt for her boy, and had been four weeks in Liverpool, two in Birmingham, and since in London, in the vain hope of hearing of what had become of him. His passage money back home was in the hands of the agent of Inman's line, 22, Water-street, Liverpool. Mr Flowers said he knew of no way of assisting her unless the Picss would kindly notice her application.

SUICIDE OF A GOVERNMENT CLERK.—On Satur- day, a painful feeling was created at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, by the determined suicide of one of the principal clerks of theCharity Commissioners, a gentleman highly esteemed by all the members of that Government establishment. It appears that Mr A. C. Toller, a first-class clerk of the com- mission, came to his duties at the office as usual at ten o'clock, there being nothing to denote that his mind was unsettled. About a quarter to twelve a loud report was heard. Those near Mr Toller's room were alarmed, and on entering the apart- ment it was found that the unfortunate gentleman had, by means of an old flintlock pistol, almost blown his head off. An inquest was held on Monday, when it was stated that the deceased was in receipt of a salary of about £150 a year. It was believed that there was a deficiency in his accounts, and that this was the reason of his com- mitting suicide. He was called upon for his ac- counts and cash on Saturday morning somewhat unexpectedly, after which the report of a pistol was heard. The jury returned a verdict of Tem- porary insanity."

CAREER UF A MURDERER. A TERRIBLE RECITAL. The Inter Ocean reports that for the first time in the history of Georgia, a white man has been hung for the murder of a Negro, Augustus John- son having been executed for the murder of Daniel Alford. In many respects Johnson was the most remarkable criminal that ever suffered on the gallows. He openly confessed to having killed eight persons, and his lawyers and relatives, admitting the trnth. of the charges against him, made the sole defence upon the plea that 110 was insane upon the subject of killing, and was not responsible for his acts. Most of his victims were negroes. The murder for which he was hung was as t, ID causeless a crime a man ever committed. Johnson had just returned from the lower part of the State, having escaped from the lunatic asylum at Mill- edgeville. He had been sent there upon a verdict of a jury, his relatives having insisted that he was insane. He pent his time after his escape in riding about the districts of Chatooga County, his home, armed to the teeth, bullying the citizens, threatening the lives of his relatives, a general object of aversion and terror. On the morning of the murder he was on one of his usual raids, having his gun slung across his back, and the contents of a whisky Hask in his stomach. He committed several minor acts of violence, and at last pulled up at the river, which he was desirous of crossing. The ferryboat happened to be upon the opposite side of the river. He found a white man or two and a number of negro school children waiting to cross the river. He at once called to the ferryman (Daniel Alford), who iviis talking to a friend, to hurry over with the boat. Alford walked leisurely to the boat, when Johnson cried out, D-n you, hurry up." Alford replied, If you want this boat brought over any faster you must come and bring it over yourself." At this Johnson lowered his gun and said he would shoot him if he gave him any more jaw. The negro replied, Don't fool me with that gun." At this word Johnson, who had been deliberately aiming, fired. The gun was loaded with buckshot, two or three of which penetrated Alford's breast. He iell dead across the ropes of the boat. Johnson did not leave the country, but for some time defied arrest, saying that it was certain death" for any man to touch him. At length he was arrested at a huge camp-meeting, whither, in reckless dis- regard of the law, he had gone for a frolic. He was tried and convicted, and closed the trial by cursing the judge and solicitor in a most violent manner. He committed a murder some time before this under the most remarkable circumstances. A Mr Wheeler, living now where Johnson's mother lived, had a valuable horse stolen. He offered a reward of 25 dollars for the recovery of the horse, adding that he would give that much additional if the thief could be captured. A day or two after the offer was made Gus Johnson came riding up to his house, leading the stolen horse. He demanded the reward of 50 dollars. Of course Mr Wheeler de- clined to pay it, as Johnson had only returned the horse and not the thief. Having made this known to Johnson, the latter replied, "I caught the thief, but he was too heavy to bring." Wheeler still re- fused to pay the additional reward, when Johnson carelessly ran his hand in his pocket, and pulled out a human ear. "Here is the fellow's ear," he said; "I couldn't bring him after I had killed him, so I just slit off his ear and brought it with me as proof." It was just as he had said. He had killed a man named Hunt, who he claimed to have caught with the stolen horse in his possession. The body of the murdered man, mutilated about the head as described, was found shortly after- wards. He had cut it open and sunk it in the river. A witness swore that, before he reachcd Wheeler, Johnson had told him the whole story of the death of Hunt. There-is a murder accredited to Johnson almost too fiendish for belief, although he himself con- fessed to having committed it. At a camp meet- ing in Chattooga County, he says, some young ladies persuaded a little negro baby, two or three years old, to call him "daddy." This teased Johnson a good deal, who, however, held his rage until about dark. He then "tolled" the baby into the woods, and, once getting it in his grasp, cut his throat. He had some fish lines set out in the river near by, and, being out of bait, cut the child into pieces and b&'ted his hooks with it. He told this story to several persons, but denied it to others. It was very currently published about a year ago, shortly after the sentence of Johnson, and has never met any public denial that we know of; certainly, no denial has been printed. Johnson's life in gaol was a hard and unrepen- tant one. He never softened a moment during his whole career. He was flippant, careless, and full of bravado. He effected a daring escape at one time, but was so full of desire to kill the gaoler that he hung about the city until he was recap- tured. He made no sign of repentance or of regret at what he had done. He was married, and had one child. His wife was at one time forced to get a divorce upon fear of his taking her life, but upon his being put in gaol she went back to him and did all that she could do to help him. She belonged to an excellent family, and married him in a run- away match. His father was assassinated, and his brother was killed in Arkansas by a mob after a bloody resistance. He left Georgia because of having killed a man named Collins at Kingston. His father was once tried for murder, and had been engaged in several desperate affrays. He was a brave soldier. Johnson held his nerve to the last. He spent his last evening carousing and joking with a crowd, having driven his weeping wife from the cell. When the crowd left for supper he told them to come back and bring whisky and have a heap of fun all night. He slept well, but not easily. The gaol was heavily guarded. A priest spent the morning praying with him. He demanded mor- phine before he would leave the cell, and smoke a cigar on the way to the scaffold. His last request was for whisky, and the priest gave him holy water. He tasted it, cursed the priest, and threw him off the scaffold. He said he thought the holy water was gin. He examined the coffin critically, tied the noose with his own hands, and died with a cross in hand. A street preacher tried to talk, but the priest protested, and the evangelist left. Johnson complained that the drop of five feet wouldn't break his neck, and demanded more rope. He asked the doctor if it would dislocate, and then, satisfied, made a speech. He confessed to four murders, and closed asking if some one would count the ciowd for him. He asked that the black cap be left off. He asked the Sheriff, "Will you hang me?" The Sheriff answered Yes." All right," said Johnson, and the drop fell. He died in seventeen minutes, strangled.' Thus ended the career of a human monster. In the course of his speech Johnson said he knew of friends in the crowd who could rescue him, but he asked them not to attempt it. ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLIO TRAINING-SHIP. The first anniversary of the Clio training-ship was held on Friday on board that vessel, when the Duches of Westminster presented the prizes gained by the boys during the year for progress in various occupations, studies, &c. The attendance on board included the Duke and Duchess of West- minster, Lord and Lady Penrhyn, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., Mr Henry Richard, M.P., Mr S. Morley, M.P., Mr R. Davies, M.P., and Mrs Davies, Mr Lewis Morris (author of "Epic of Hades"), Capt. and Mrs Verney, the Dean of Bangor, the Maypr of Beaumaris, Major Platt, High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, Archdeacon Evans, Mr Whalley, jun., and others. The boys, numbering 201, headed by their band, marched around the vessel, after which the Duke of West- minster delivered an address. He regretted the absence, owing to severe illness, of Mr Whalley, who had taken such an interest in the movement. When they were there last year there was not a single boy on board ship. Now they had 201 boys r onboard. Siu-h ship* a< th^sy on the coasts of England had done an infinitv bf irood by giving b°ys a fair start in life. Boys had be..u thoroughly well disciplined, aud sent avvav with n training whico would carry them, at ali events through tne beginning of life, and enable iu their after career to conduct themselves honourably and creditably. No training-ship had been commenced without having ior *ome time, at least, a eon,Ar- able amount of debt, and the Clio, unfort^atelv was no exception to the rule. Although the ch™ pressing on the committee had been very rS ot, Wiuch IIO I,J asted W.JUH soon o,- wir.ed off om the the morchaMtso.-vii ?po„ hta tie S/l)ea "TB™.8ra'!rtn-SS'311' S' -Wle* ««"' Pmes» wmc;! comprised valuable boo

Monday from The sentence of l1eitth passed on Tj¡'}Jllas Prloe, life.^116' commuted topcual seiWde fo? lifü. fcvm.er laid ih-= founda- tion stone of a new institute it •. 1 • of Birmingham. A waspresented to him by the committee. 1 Iai? AlnoId> j "in ior, of NuneaJon, who met with a shocking avoidant last week ,he d £ aeoKfnm h{sown TV,; rV 1 i w!le tw" young children Tne directors of the Perry Colliery ompany have determined not to proceed furthc-with t £ X £ >00,000 to rc.,cl, the tary' » Bvorawicit „.ral Kni. „-i Monday, it was reported that firll^PneUm?*^ hacl br"keu oufc '^d had existed baiop. 1 he diseased cattle had been taken ind s augntered m a certain house iu the district the carcases being removed and sold for human 'food' to butchers in Birmingham and surrounding dis- tncts The medical officer reported that the infectious diseases at had not spn>ad to the rural sanitary district. THE GREAT STKIKE IN XHB NAIL THADI-—A mass XMo11^™efr!ng0f7aiIfrWaSheld iifc 0,(1 on Moi.< a,, to consider the question of the nro- thf men1 Mel00 °fTm,ilstS>r3 representatives of 1 Me*s;rs. John Price and Joseph H:k-kett aldiessea the meeting, and a resolution expre- -ive reihrim J t'1 abid0 b>' siasnj adopteu with the utmost euthu- heid LreSfrM0N?™TmN^A Li; erai was near evonmS Lambridge Meadows, pe^oS 'D^lrtla 6nded by severul ^ousand Mr Foxc-oV f P a ^s held, MP w r i V\,pref,ld"lg- }lr Grant Duff, mMtiC »<1drMscil the ISfiVal'SVWt-"Wl0 the ot the saltan a A,„aLc dominions had thrust unon the country costly and tremendous responsibility it would not assist the defence of India. A rSoh CoforWfr1^112^ meetin? to snioSt Colonel Havter and Lord Juhu liervoy. Colonel Hayter and Lord Juhu liervoy. SINGULAR LIBEL CASE.—The charge of libel nre- erred against the printer and publisher of Truth bj M. Lambn was under further investigation on Monday, at the Guildhall, London. M. Lambri m cross-examination, stated he never went by the name of pasha on the continent, lie plaved cards oW Loldon ?C Caff Kiche' Pade' lwcame 25 0( 0 W^ gentleman from whom he won art?c^wXT1, a"ed(t0 Pay him beca,ls^ article wiitten against prosecutor in Truth. His income was about £ 2(»00.— Lady Sebright was t^en calledI and examined by Mr I.ewi,. SLv^tlfcS that M. Lambn was introduced at her house in Lmrades-square, London, a8 a foreigner of dis tmction. She addressed him as Lambri Pasha, and introduced him as such to several persons' He wa, treated a, a pe«.M of dfetinLfo" In cross-examination, witness said that the prose- cutor never signed his name as pasha. One of her fnenus told her Midhat PasLa e,ih d Lambri by the title pasha. Mr La Where acted as bankeV Savfd meiw lGt+te her h°Use wheu Lambri played. The counters were a shilling, and thev played only half an hour.—The cafe W,s hIH mately adjourned till Friday. was ulti- DIABOLICAL^ OUTRAGE IN DUBLIN.-At the southern divisional police court, Dubliu on Mon- dav JohnFarreH, Daniel Neill, Thomas M'Clu*e Michael Byrne, and John Murray, were charge! with the murder of Charlotte Lodge. The dyim? depositions of the woman were read. Vshe said that on the night of,the 9th instant four" chaps" broke into her room. They illused her. IWU was one of them. Bridget Masterson deposed that she was sleeping with the deceased woman on the night in question. About ten o'clock the five prisoners and a sixth broke into the room, the door of which was bolted. They dragged Charlotte Lod „ out of bed, and two of tnem. Farrcll and Neill, treated her m a frightful maimer. Thev kicked and dragged her about the apaiciiicnt The x other four assisted them. When she ait, mnted to cry out, one of them tried to put his hand on her mouth. Witness then gave an account of the transaction, which is of too horrid a nature ior publication, but from her evideiiec it would appear that Neill and Farrell were the most culpable of the prisoners Witness was told not t, ivc any alarm, or ner brains would be d.v-hed out AU thl prisoners were quite sober. The woman died a day afterwards. The case was then adjourned prst^deXammatl°n °f Master-on beirtg THE BISHOP EXHTOK oy v.: V AM, f ™ I'i--hf,p of Exeter lias g:ven a decisfcn ijij depute at St. Paul's, Devonport, which had been referred to him. His lordship savs—"1 °ne Slde a carPtog spirit of criticism, ready to suspect, prone to find fault, disposed Jo magnity trifles into serious office,. I ^VoniS other side a very culpable and seliish indiffereuoe to the pain and alarm which are causvfi by needless innovations. The changes that have ittme- duced, however harmless iii ou^ht ix>t to have been introduced without first isc-ertainiug that they would not give offence to any narislnWr attending the church and those who couiolamed of those changes ought to have shown, while com- plaining, a much more tolerant, more reverent, more enaritable spmt. U is clear that the only decision that can be given in such a dispute is th £ legal at eiMon. Tne cancLcs miu-t not be lighU-d- exccpt for the purpose of giving chalice must not be mixed. The gate of the com- mumon rails removed without authority must be leplaced As the court would in all probabilitv £ applied to grant a confirmatory far mtv for candJ-. the vases, anc. the brass cross, it would be absurd to order such small matters to be taken away b«- fa'V '"f" acccpting them from the donors h°T °bta:ncd. But I entreat both sides to consider how very lowering a spectacle is pw- sented by such disputes as these before the eves ot all the enemies of the church. I entreat the laity not to be so ready to treat these trifles as mattew of serious concern and I entreat the clergr not to Wilic]l far more than undo the good of their best and most demoted work." I