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DEATH OF A TEIL-IFOll OLD…
DEATH OF A TEIL-IFOll OLD lUBiBlTiST AT PEMTGBAIG. "Moritn" wiites:— On Saturday Mr Thomas "Bowlaid ("Sbnrpwr") died at the above place, in the 67ib year of his age. Mr Thomaa Rowland was cbe d tiar brothers cf the Dame of Rowland, 'who for half a century occupied a prominent poai- tion in the neighbourhood of Dinaa in all intellec- tual pursuits. The father, Mr MOMS Rowland—a man of great intelligenoe-was a member of the same family as that of the celebrated Vicar Row. land, of Llangeitho, and was a native of Carmar- thmsbixe. He settled as a schoolmaster at deryn, and while there he married from the bouse of Air Owain Morgan, Vstradfelhe, Mary, daughter of the late Mr Moigun Thomas, T«n Farm, Yatrad- yfodwg. They then removed to Dints, and be was the first schoolmaster in the Rbondda Valley. The dt-cubbeu W bS the tbiid &on cf the said marriage. He was biidowed with exceptional natural abilities, ,and. iu hi* own circle, they were always reeagnised. Be was, too, fond of a kind of mirth derived from very Bpitt-fulceus. An amusing instance occurs to nivtuury. "Sbarpwr" had travelled to Llanhar- tau many years .0, and was "taking his ease at .Hiis inn" lucre—Sigh Corner Souse- There sat at ibe corner ot posite to him an old farmer from the lills, who bad imbibed rather too freely. "Sharp- en," nfcofCMUtedty. as it appeared, began to repeat in Wwlsh the words "A flitch of bacon." "Well," <nkf<itbwfMmerat last, vhat about it?" "A flitch of bacon," repeated "Sharpwr" in slow -eadeuces over and over again. At last, terribly amioyed, the da farmer jumped up, and in a tow- oridg iape, tbundared forth the question, "Do you UM-an to insinuate that I have stolen a flitch of bacon P" After sending the honest old farmer into hysterics, he quietly remarked that he had i»ot Miig to insinuate agausst bit fair fame. His inn is over now, and many will regret to know that -fee is no more.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT POHTTPBIDD
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT POHTTPBIDD On Thursday Emily Roberts, wife "f Thomas Rf berta, carpenter, Rafod-Ftxaot, Cilfynydd, Ponty- pridd. attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. When called upon by the police sht Paid she bad felt queer for two days, and had thought of doing away with herself many times, but •«jald not do it. She was. when spoken to, sitting by tbe fire nursing her baby, the wound in her neck having been attended to by Dr. Little. The razor wo then on tb.. mantelpiece. It is stated that after inflicting the wonod the poor woman knocked at$hg --rtition between her house and the next to attract a f neighbour's attention, and when that neighbour < irit-red fitir. Huberts was lying on the floor in a pool blood. ri."Ci
Eli OF AIEIDER OF THE LLABWOMO…
Eli OF AIEIDER OF THE LLABWOMO SCHOOL BOARD. MISTAKING LINIMENT FOR MEDICINB. Mr. F. W. Ralfe, a gentleman canying on business as a colliery store merchaBt at 84, West Btite-street, Cardiff, died at bie residence at Llanoaiach early on Vhurvda-y morning under most distressing cireum- stance*. For MWS time Mr. Bilfe had been a wMttMe mattyr to Thevsiatun m his arms. and bands, and, besides taking a coarse of medicine, rarutarly applied a liniment to bis eaBering limbs. Otherwise bis general health was excellent. He left Xlaneaiach for Cardiff as anal on Wednesday morn- rr*. after business, returned home by the six V-fa-V train. At tbe usual hour he retired to bed, that abont two o'clock on Thursday morning rose in the dsik to partake of his medicine. Unhappily however, he mistook the bottle containing the poison- 088 liniment for that containing the medicine, and I jpartook of a somewhat large dose. Help was im- mediately summoned, but before Dr. W. W. Leigh, his medical attendant, anived Mr. Ralfe expired. Tbe deceased gentleman, who was about 50 years of mgm, wss a Widower, and leaves a family of two sons IIIICI four daughters, the youngest of whom is about 13 years of age. Deceased was a member of the XlanwonnoHrhool Board. Mr. Ralfe was a gentleman of tbe most cental and kindly disposition, and his loss will be keenly felt by a large eircle of friends, both at JUaneaiaeh and at Cardiff. He was a Manxman by birth, and. after travelling almcst all over the world, took up hit residence St Llancaiach as manager of tbe Powell Gelligaer Cerapany's enllieries, which position he maintained until the works clar-ed, a f«w jrears ago, when be con)nieneed business at Cardiff, ati',I. b-,wever, onf inking his resi enoeatlilaHctiaeh. On hatnrday, in the tliniag room at Llaucaiach House, Iilancaiacb, an inquest ww held before Mr. B. J. Wnra.' district comwr, and a jnry of whom Mr. W. Knapmaa was ioiemau, on the body of Jkjr. Frederick "Wbittieid Ralfe. Mr. Rob«rt Whitfield Ralfe. who occupied the same bedroom as hi<« father, w»> the Srst witness called. He said Ai)" father was Jorty-uir.e years of age last llidbda). Co Thursday morning, about two o clock, I was awakened by hciriiin my father coughiug in the room. He "ppctfed to be in great pain. He told me io go for my aunt, «.)«* WIto. in bed in another rooJ01, as be did II' t feel well. Mia* Henriettt JnLna' n »• id the deeeaird was hee vitrotber in law. From v.butt she was told by bar, nephew, she went to Mr. Ralfe's room at two o'clock on Thursday momius. From what IJhct observed in 4fce room, she s*aid, "What have yoa done ?_ Ha v» Sm taken thu liiiinrsnt instead, oy the inedjoitia ? e r»-pli< d, I >n sadly afraid I have. In a few aliuntew-i--e, MM)k into* stapor, and never recoverod jafterwards Di. W. W. Leigh .gwid; 1 was, nalW to see Mr. Bolfe on Tbnr-day moruiog. I reached here aBirtrt <tttfta o'clock un Tijurs^ay^ iitljriiijig. Mr. Ralfe was -d." when I rfaolud the house. He appeared to be i&latiuhed uiid if un about the mouth. J-had attend- vd him far rhei.tii«vi^tu,.and had tmpplied hint with -Onudiciiie -lid itAiiemt. Irbe" liniot-ut contained aconite, and aa sn^H^d three year* ai»o. on March 325th, Tbe v>:mit rm»lt strongly of liniment. ^Aocnite is a deadly uoiMn. I saw Mr. Kalfa three sraeks ago la»t Mu^aay sx. tiioa- He called un me on Iwiinisi Thete .u nothisg in his manner to lead -4oe to suspect b? bad any intention of doiuJt away with himself. Both bottles were on the cheat of drawers, and the culotir of their content* was some- what similar. The liniment visa labelled Poison The bottle is an t it:bt oonce one, and was supplied when the linimec; v\a/pi; cured. The Coroner remaiked that it was a great pity that ttat ribbed bottles wete not need for poisons, as that -.OG1d prevent aad mistakes of this kind. A verdict of "Death throng u misadventure through Making poison in mistake for medicine" was returned.
Rhondda Police Intelligence.
Rhondda Police Intelligence. MoNmr.—Before the Stipendiary and Mr T. P. Jenkins. DUUMC AT TOK.—Daiiol Ri*b>jrds aad John 31 ur- pby wore charged by P. ,C. Richards witli lighting in Chapel Street oa the 2lth March, and refusing to go home. Both were drank. Fined 10s each. I A TRIO or DKUNKAKPS xx Gbli.i.—Elizabeth Evans As eiiarged by P.C. Riebards with having been drank on the Klit March, and going to people's bouses, from which ah* had to be ejected by force. Fined 5s. —Jeremiah Sullivan and Goinrr Edwards were eb»r>(«d by tbe aamn constable with being drunk on eb»r>(«d by the aamn constable with being drunk on the same date, and fighting with a large orowd round. Sullivan's mouth was bleeding, and he said be had iiea kicked on tho ground., f £ e livedo at Clydack V»le. 'i'ij"r,,w-ire%ovoratproviums ooa vie tions ilgikinat botia. Fined 1ù!I. each. Uoii-js AND CARf USATTMNPHD.— Jahu Arters, blltcbor, was charged with It-aving hi" hprit" aud cart unattended.—P.C. Marcorwbe 9i\id he saw a horse and cars outside the Patidy Hotel with no one in charge. He waited there for half an hour.—De- fendant said a boy was in charge of the trap, and that he was only in the h«nse for ten ujinntiia, both of which statements Marnoinbe douiod-Fiued os. A Fniiirise GA.XCI AT DX:;AS.—James Thomas, Rich »rd D**i«s, CharTp* Hughes, and Jenkin Jones were charged by Weeks with beinit drunk ou the Hrd itist. H" was called to row at the Brythweun- vdd Hotel. They *»-re -1 stripped, with marks of flghtiug on tbem.-Fiaed is: Hø WOi L.n JUTH HIS SOKOIT SpaslI AT HØOLPACK." -Eliaa Bi-fi dill, was che rgid by P.U. Lewis with h..ins: drunk, aud kicking the door of the Commercial Inn for abont ten minutes, demanding beer on Sunday.— Fined 10s. rur.K AI NOHLRVOH.—Evan Evans and John Matthews were eharged by P.C. Lpwis with being drunk and fighting on 31st Mtrcb.—Fmed 108 each. DRUNK AT PAMPT.—Thomas Williams was CHARGED by Sergeant floyie with beitig drank on 81rst Marca. — Kin<>d ä.. A Vt ii.s.xr INDIVR.UAL AT LLWVNPIA.—Edward Siilivan was charged by P.O. Poarca with being drunk on the 3lst March at Trealaw, and making use of wry I:a lan^um*. He wanted to fight the .,oii ssabie, and took off his coat.—Fined 5s. A SUSDAT DALKKIKD AT DIN vs—B*njamin Rogerson was charged by Sergeant H yle with falsely repre .ntinK hiinself so be a traveller on the 1st inllt. at the H.d Lion Inn, L)inas. He gave bis rixht narnol. ont "id no Oftme from Trehsrbert. He said he watt a shoemaker working for Mr. Havard. He slspt the previous night at Tonypandy. about three quarters of a mile from the inn.—Fined ei. BONA. FIDBS tx TAR 11HOND»A — Hnmpbray T),otn, Llwynpit, Thomas CVAIK and Wil.iain Jon-««. fanriy were flb+rged with f»laely repreeent- ing tben-=elvM3 to Se travellers oa Snndar, the 8th itist,, at tue Lisn, D:na». Thomas was lined 15.J the otli-r two 10.. e*«b.—Ri^bert- Da»i.»s i,, d Thom-s Miller, ot Pandy, and Joba Fboatas. i 1-rynpi*, were chargvd w»th the eame offenc" at tb. Cross toy* I.II.-lined 20s. eaeh. AN OBSTI>ATK CIBW AT E*AKNRWONDIJA.— William HobtM, Robert Roberts, John liamer, Th >mas Hill, George Lender, John Kingdom, Thorn an Jones, and James Kingdom were ebargnd w;lh refusing to qait. Mr. Rhys for the defense. — Ernest Wdliams, son of Mrs. Williams, Blaea- rh a>dd» Hi>te said on Easter Monday defendants ¡tIft .t; the h-t-pl. Leader and Jatnn Kingdoei •• t" ti. He r.qs«*t-d them to go one, bat he.- r«f -9 <1, Willi-m fl bhs was Kia^d->na'« 00 I a >d finn hill -60 L.aadar's eeewrd. They Ml o«io^ in ^o^otkwi. fh» aad feWey iad 1 a-r 00' beer be""r, tu.fl.. w.d.. r>isckis.Acd.
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IN a country of iatmense populate like China, disasters which involve great lo^ of life, such as those reported by the last mail from the East, do not excite the surprise and aympa-- thy they deserve. Earthquake shocks, extended over four days, have reduced the capital of the Wannam district of Yunnan to ruins, in which no less than five thousand persons were buried and killed, the number of wounded being too large for eomputation." lu another part the earth opaufd, and a vapt torrent was ejected. Elsewhere a large tract of land WM swallowed up, the surface was changed into a. lake, and ten thousand persons perished, line these numbers are fUllall compared with the redundant population.of the country, which in China proper is estimated at 383 millions, to which must be added 21 millions for its tive dependencies, Manchuria, Mongolia, Thibet, Jungaria, and Eastern Turkestan—a grand total of 400 millions. One result is a conges- tion of population in the more populous pro- vinces of which we in this overcrowded country, or even in Ireland, have no experience. Thus, in Shantung, Kiangsu, Fukien, and Hupeh there is aa average of population of 500 per square mile, whereas io Ireland the average i* 160 inhabitants per square mile. The proviHce of Yunnan, referred to above as the scene of an appalling catastrophe, has an area of 74,000 square miles, and a population exceeding 21 millions. Of these districts, and of the men and women who in mnltitudea live and suffer all, the miseries which over-population Vatail, little is known. Only slowly is China being opened up to European enterprise. From a ii h point.of view, it is an well that China should remain isolated in its own ignorance. At present it receives European manufactures. But the time will come when it will awake, and will supply its own need*, and perhaps some of those of other nations also.
WHOLESALEPLUNDERING.
WHOLESALEPLUNDERING. Ab the Birkenhead Police Court, a charwoman named Jane Griffiths, living at 40, White Street, was charged with stealing twelve glasses, the pro- perty of William Stewart, Denbigh Castle Hotel, St. Mary's Gate also with stealing three sheets, two blankets, and other articles, the property of Mrs. Weldou, 10, St. Mary's Gate. It appeared that the prisoner had lodged at Mrs. Weldon's house for some time, and the things were missed while she was changing her house. When ques- tioned, the prisoner admitted having pledged the things. She was taken into custody by Detective Potts, who recovered Mrs. Weldon's property. During his inquiries ho also ascertained that the prisoner had been dealing in glasses, which were now identified by Mr. Stewart as his property. During the hearing of the case a woman who was its court steppedfinto the witness-box and informed the magistrate that the prisoner had formerly lodged at her house, where she had stolen every- thing she could lay her hands on.—Mr. Preston remarked that the prisoner appeared to be a whole- sale plunderer, and sent her to gaol for four months with hard labour.
STEALIK6 A CHSItf AND ICNEY…
STEALIK6 A CHSItf AND ICNEY AT T8EF0REST. A DISHONEST LODGER. At Ystrud Police-conrt, on Monrtsy. (before thn ^Stipendnry and Mr. T. P. Jfiikii ^), Thomas Askfield charged with atftthMt; An Albert ch4in and somo auoney, tbe property oi Charles Haynes, of Traforest. Emily Hkyne*, wite ot an em ine driver, said defendant had lodged at their house for eight months. On Easter Wi>ndny she t'.d her husband went out after patting the children to bed. They left about fit sind returned about 9. A little later she heard a sash of an upstairs window tail oo the floor. Next morn- Ting, in couaeqnpuee of what her little lister told her, «be searched and minaed a silver chain from her bed "O'b, loom, also four h*lf-Vcrt'igns, two norius, and some ■mall silver, bbe bad set-n all safe half an hour before Waving the house. Defendant left the honse half past live. He knew he was g, ing to Poaly- yiidd. Went to the lod:.(t r'iI rooni, and told him what she had u,i;t"N.1, and that ber sister bad told her that he had been io-her mom the nigbt before, and had beard the cbait cattle, and IIoho the money. She gave Jpformstioo to Serjeant Hailett. The chain was *orth >3, P.S. Hailett said he went to prosecutor's house, ar Ii thtt low. ->Wi 01. 111:11 oom window out. mit.1 the « tftttm rjr-k n. Tb""rfl were marks of 4." IIdull y Uii.ivri< nr^iie. t'he window coald b. 'areached ir,ito h* cli.nt iui: 01.1 to •* fowl's col. Tliv*re »t fo !iiirk-i !.i(j ..I thr c >t. defendant, 110;,1 <u ixri v V.ar^ed, h»* 1, Wall, I d m'f. RfJ. w f.iytfnug *<»o;.t it." 0.1 S • iv a tli- f>" »<•<• <> •«.>», h* **id, "I II' -ry ;)rry thi<«, it »-♦ thu ti. i,- k that brmvht, me i!lt.. il." Hi tlien be<<ni V-«: > -rf-'r-d t ..h w .I.o:r" hit It;* I iifcl thi? lie & .k i u iu die ii krry Railway. <t iu » -11 t'o-jio iut- '.M'. ,4 were found. ttuuc to ptiesi >or a mouth.
I "ALL NATIONS 1ITNESSES:,…
"ALL NATIONS 1ITNESSES:, Prove all things" seems to be the guiding maxim of the people of this age. This would be all right, were it not for the "know-alls in every community, who are sure that every introducer of a new idea is a crank," and that every new invention is utterly impracticable." The astonishing fact is that in this class educated men and scientists are found. In the days of George Stephenson. the perfector of the locomotive engine, the scientists proved conclusively that a railway train could never be driven by steam power success- fully without peril; but the rushing express trains all over the world Bhow how mistaken they were. Professor \Iorse was ridiculed when he asserted that he would make the lightning of heaven his errand-boy, and be was told by scientific men that such a thing was impossible. Yet the news of the wide, wide world, as it is given us each morning and evening by the electric telegraph, has nuJode all nations witnesses. Rev. Dr. Talmage, in one of his sermons, says: If ten men should come to you when you are sick with appalling sickness, and say they had the same sickness, and tcok a certain medicine, and it cured them, you would probably take it. Now, suppose ten other men should come up and say, I We don't believe that there is anything in that medicine.' Well,' I say, have you tried it ?' No, I never tried it; bat 1 aon t believe there is anything in it. Of course you discredit their testimony. The sceptic may come and say.' There is no power in yonr religion.' Have you ever tried it ? No, no.' Then avaunt!' Let me take the testimony of the millions of souls that have been converted to God, and comforted in trial, and solaced in the same hour. We will take their testimony as they cry,' We are witnesses 1'" The proprietors of Warner's Safe Cure have re- ceived over ten thousand voluntary testimonials to the efficacy of that medicine. They have come from aiciost every civilised country, and they may fairly claim it has made all nations witnesses." The evidence comes from all classes. The highest medical authority s, like Dr. Gustav Weber, of Germany, and Richard H. Gvnn, M.D., of New York, and eminent scientists like Dr. Andrew S. Wilson and Dr. George Hand-Smith, of London, are amongst the published witnesses. Hundreds of these testimonials have been and are being published. They can be easily verified. A standing offer of £1,000 for proof that any one of them is not true, so far as the proprietors knuw, is a fair guarantee of their genuineness. If a man is suffering from any one of the ailments, « which there are so many, growing oat of kidney derangement, is it not foolish for him to refuse to try Warner's Safe Care when thousands testify they have been cnred by it ? Think of it. The men who refuse to believe that anything can be valuable because it is in ccnfliet with old ideas, are the men who "get lift in this world, aud go before their time to try another. This great remedy, of whose merits people from all quarters of the globe bear willing testimony, is for sale by chemists at 4s. 6d. per bottle, or can be had direct of H. H. Warner ct Co., 86, Clerkenwell Road, London, E.C. ■—
CBUUCH BAZAAR AT PORTH. -
CBUUCH BAZAAR AT PORTH. A very successful basaar in aid of the ftinds of St. Paul's Church, Porth, in the parish of Llanwonno, was opened on Thursday afternoon at the Porth Girls' School.—'The Yen. Arehdeaeon Griffiths, who Grformed the opening ceremony, dwelt at some igth upon the bazaars of tbe East, and said the Church was awakening and puahing. ahead energeti. ctJiy.—The BttBw. wntenwere loaded with a splendid variety of faney and useful articles, were presided over by Mrs Lewis, Llanwonno Yicarage, Pontypridd, assisted by Mrs R. Jones, St. David's, Gyfeillon, Pontypridd; Mr Braithwaite, Cwmbaoh, aad the Misses Thomas, Blaenllechau; the Misses Daties, Glynrhoadda, Porth, assisted by Mrs. EnD Davies, Psnygraig Mrs Ivor Davies, Porth; Miss Morgan, The Field, and Miss Jones, Maiody; Mrs Evan Ellis, Moant Pleasant, Porth, aeeieted by Mrs Dnkea, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs Bevaa, and Miss Cole (the Members' Stall "); and Mrs Davies, Porth Hotel, assisted by Mrs Jones, Gladstone Hoose; the Misses Davies, Mardy, and the Misses Newton, Washington Hotel, Forth. There is a ine art exhibition in charge of Mr. J. H. Davies, Mr. W. Hatchings, and the Rey. — Jones. The Rev. M. Lewis, Llanwonno Vicarage,- Pontypridd, and Dr H. N. Davies, Glynrhondda, Portb, were the treasurers, and the duties of secre- tary were efficiently discharged by the Rev. E. Ellis, St. Paul's Church, Porth. A musical programme was effectively carried out by Mr. W. H. Mills, pianist; Messrs. T. Williams, J. John (" Alawydd"), D. Gronow,And others. Ameng the clergy present on Thursday afternoon were:—The Revs. M. Lewis, vicar of Llanwonno; E. Ellis, curate of Porth Chureh; W. Lewis, vicar of Ystradyfodwg and rural dean D Francis, vicar of Xnyshir; John ReSs, visar of Ferndale; L. W. Reee, 1 ylorstown; R. Jones, St. David's, Gyfeillon; W. Thomas, Mardy; L. Roderick, i.'reberbfcrt; J. P. Evans, Trahwrbort; J. N. Evans, B.A.; Cymnaer; and J. Rowlands, B.A., Pontypridd. The bazaar continued open on Friday.
ITOPICS OF THE WEEK.
I TOPICS OF THE WEEK. THEPJ, is every reason to believe that a good many people have been grievously disappointed of late in obtaining a gratuitous evening's uinusement. It must be a vexatious experience when a man possessed of what he supposes to be an order for free admission to a theatre Hhks a friend to accompany him and share the privilege, and then discovers that the "order" is a forgery. We learn, from the report of certain proceedings ut the Thames Police Court, that an individual has been distributing wham orders of admission to the respective theatres. Of course, the man just sentenced tu fourteen days' hard labour under the Vagrancy Act iu connection with this proceeding Lad iiu diliieuity in obtaining something iu return for this pleasing attention on his part. In one case lie merely suggested that "adrink," would not k: unacceptable. n'lt the Vagrancy Act had not been studied by him, and he has tailed to escape from the effects apparently of I its provisions.
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A TELEGRAM from St. Petersburg announces that advices received there from Merv report the assassination of the Prime Minister to the Emir of Lokhara. fewii't vengeance, we are further inlormed, has followed the assassin and anoihrr man convicted of being an accomplice. They were put to death by being hurled from the top of a tower a hundred and eighty feet high, iiiis novel method of execution is sug- gestive of the remarkable faculty which the oriental in hid possessed for discovering particu- larly terrible punishmenta. Students of Hero- dotus are familiar with the subtle and atrocious {. ingenuity in this respect displayed by the Eastern poLentates.of antiquity. Even cruci- I fixion was hardly the worst of the lingering cruelties to which these old-world tyrants resorted. The plan uf execution which, it seems, still linds favour in Bokhara is doubt- less a survival of a practice common in Eastern countries iu ancient times. It survives, how- ever, elsewhere than in Bokhara. When the late Protessor Paimer and his companions fell amongst the Bedouins they were given the choice of bei Ilg shot by those scoundrels or of leaping over a precipice. They chose the latter alternative.
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THE report that the Emperor of Morocco has decjiiied to comply with the demands of the United States Government brings within the bounds of possibility the bombardment of Tangier aad also serves to retuind us that this place was once an appanageofthe English Crowu. 10 1662 Tangier, which had been taken from the Moors by the Portnguese, passed into Eng- lish hands as part of the dower which the Infanta of Portugal brought to Charles IL The Earl of Peterborough received the keys from the Portuguese Governor and placed an English garrison in the castle. A superb tuole was constructed, new walls built, the harbour improved, and two English churches of great beauty erected. Tangier was to become the key of the Straits. However, Leonge, a naval chaplain who visited the place in 1675, was not impressed with the couilines" of its streets or the streqg^ l^las&do. and the Moors in 1680 made an attempt to capture it, Cloudesley Shovel being among the defenders of the fort. In 1G83, Parliament being disin- clined to grant money for its repair or preserva- tion, Charles sent Lord Dartmouth with a fleet of twenty sail to demolish the works and forts, and bring home the garrison. The work of destruction, which occupied six months, ap- pears to have been effectually performed; and the walls of the castle and the rubbish of the broken mole were used to choke up the har- bour. The place was then abandoned to the Moors.
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MR. W. H. PALIXG, of Sydney, New South Wales, hli.04 come forward iu a most substantial and patriotic manner to mark the completion of the Australian centenary as a British colony. He has signified his intention to place in trust j for the benefit of the cii; if Sydney, (4 which i he has for many years been a resident, the 11 •-state he has created and owns at Camden. Tins estate, which consists of four hundred and fifty acres, and a capital sum of ten thou- sand pounds, he has offered to hand oTer to the < commonalty of the city for the purpose of I establishing thereon and endowing a hospital j for convalescents. The of-r \Y;h made by 1\1 r. j Paling to the Governor of tlm Colony with the I modest request that, in order to identify the hospital with the era of the centenary, it might I eir the name of the governor of the period. Till" gilt has, as a matter of cour"l", be MI provi- sionally airoepted, and Lord Carrington has summoned a rommitte»of well-known residents to assist in giving effect to the wMie* of Mr Paling. The situation of the intended hospital is most suitable and convenient, leing on the outskirts of the city, and being ensily accessible liithrir by railway or tramway. Besides being • memorial of the centenary, it is, we b»lieve, the first building of the kind established in the province. The remarkable growth and expan- aion of Sydney during the last twenty-fite years renders the creation of a retreat for convales- cents a valuable acceseiou to the hospital accom- I modation it possesses. There can therefore be no doabt that Syduey will gr«>Mtfully respoud to Mr. Paling's handsome olfer, and will en- deavour to make the coutatuplated bnildiug worthy alike of the propose for which it is designed and of the epoch tu Australian history it is iat-eudcM to commemorate. IH this inan- uor Syduey can senuibly contribute to ths 4t-ti«n faltianeHt of Mr. Paling's desire aud iattnfcieas.
EXTENSIVE THEFTS BY A SEAMSTRESS.
EXTENSIVE THEFTS BY A SEAMSTRESS. At Lancaster Castle, Sarah Chamberlain, the young woman who stood remanded on charges of stealing from ladies at Bolton and Skerton, was again brought up, and two other charges were gone into. One related to the theft of a pearl and dia- mond breastpin, value X2 12s. from Messrs. Hogg and Shaw, jewellers, of Market-street, Manchester, and the other charge was for obtaining by false pretences at Lancaster, from the shop of Mark Standing, twelve dozen blue navy buttons, value 4s. tld. by representing that they were for the wife of Colonel Whalley, King-streeb, Lancaster.— In applying for a further remand, Superintendent Moss told the bench that lie thought he could oc- cupy the court for another month with cases against the prisoner. She was then remanded.
THE MATRfMONIAlTDIFFlcULTIES…
THE MATRfMONIAlTDIFFlcULTIES OF A MUSICIAN. The case of Mrs. Selina Hatton, wife of a well- known musician, again came before Mr. Cooke. She was originally charged with stealing a clock and some earrings belonging to Mrs. Bessie Ed- wards, a widow, of 13, Kelley Street, Kentish Town, who was acting as housekeeper to Mr. Hatton, who was living apart from his wife. That charge was withdrawn, and a summons was taken out against Mrs. Hatton for assaulting and threatening Mrs. Edwards. The evidence was that Mrs. Hatton went to Kelley Street on the 19th ulb., and on seeing Mrs. Edwards she called out, "Come here, Mother Edwards, I will murder you to-day. I mean to do for you," and then beat her with au umbrella. In cross-examination Mrs. Edwards emphatically denied that she had been unduly intimate with Mr. HaLton, although she admitted that she had passed as his sister. For the defence Mrs. Bull, an elderly Jady, living in Barusbury, gave evidence that Mr. Hat- tou, his children, and Mrs. Edwards occupied apartments in her house, and from what cauie under her notice she ordered Mrs. Edwards out of her house. Edwards had spoken of her love for Hatton, and of her expectations of becoming his wife. Mr. Cooke suggested whether this was not a sase in which some arrangement should be come to between the parties. Mr. Marcus Lewis, solicitor,' who was for the complainant, said he had been in communication with Mr. Hatton, the defendant's husband, and his client, and was prepared to come to a settle- ment. Mr. Hatton would consent to a deed of separation between himself and his wife, and make (lis wife a suitable allowance. Mr. St. Bernard Wilson, solicitor, who defended, declined the overtures, ahd said the case must go on. He called Inspector Anderson, Y division, and a number of witnesses in supporb of the de- fence, and Mr. Cooke eventually interposed and dismissed the summons, ordering Mrs. Edwards to pay jE2 2,. costs.
SERIOUS CHARGE AG AIWST CLERGYIFAN,
SERIOUS CHARGE AG AIWST CLERGYIFAN, At the Moumouth Petty Sossions, Evau Evans, a blacksmith, was charged with deserting his wife and family. The woman alleged that sho went to her parents to be confined of her third child by arrangement with her husband, and when she re- turned homo he would not allow her into the house. Fur the defence it was alleged the complainant had forfeited her claims on her husband on account of tter adultery with the Rev. John James, a Church of England minister roeiding at Penalt, near Mon- mouth. Both the Rev. John James and the com- plainant) denied all'the charges against them. After lies ring the evidence, the bench said it wan jlear that complainant 111111 committed adultery, and refused to make an order on her husband.
TTIE, SUNDAY QUESTION AT SALFORD.
TTIE, SUNDAY QUESTION AT SALFORD. Considerable interest has been excited through- out l^iiicashire for some time past by an actively- Waged controversy as ho whother or not free libraries should be opened on Sunday, and espo- cially as to thoso in Salford. Tho party favourable t<t o{<ott:!)g number among their chief supporters the Biihop of Manchester, the Do." oi Manchester, and tho Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford but I the nou-openers were able to induce a majority of the Town Council to reject a projvosal brought for- ward somo weeks ago to tho effect that the prayer of a larger number of memorialists in favour of Sunday opening should be ncceded to. The amendment, carried by this nmjority sub forth the andesirability nt consenting^) the proposal, unless there was fira of all clear evidence that it was re- garded with approval by the ratepayers. The organisers ef the movement at once resolved upon a poll of the ratepayers, «ml Mr. Benjamin Armi- tage, of CfctMKilea, has smce handed to the Mayora shequo for £ '<;0(> t,o nuvf the expenses, there being ao authority for paying the cost out of the borough fund. This poll came off with the following re- sult For oftening, 3,445; against, 3,162. Majority for oiwning, 283.
EXTRAORDINARY MISREPRESENTATION.
EXTRAORDINARY MISREPRESENTATION. At icierketswelt police Court, Alfred Fountain, (4'.)). Scribed u a carpenter and joiner, of 7, Golden Square, Hampstead, was charged on a warrant with having obtained JE40 by fraudulent. misrepresentations from Albert Hudson, landlord of ike lingby Tavern, Chapel Street, Bedford Row. —'Rie prosecutor said the prisoner called II pOll1\im ON <J.an. IH and tasked for assistance. He represen- too! that by the will of the Duke of Bedford he was entitled to rucoive JC7,<XX) but the "deeds" were boMtg improporty detained by a stockbroker and a swheitor. He said lie was the yon of an illegiti- m«<<3 daughter of the duke. The prosecutor was induced to fend Foiiiittiti X.I. On subsequent occasions holsnt the prisoner other sums, amount- 111 1.11 L,) X40. He also represented that he was safcitled to stme money left by Lord Leonards." —Mr. Burstrw exploded surprise that Lhe prose- rnitor could iiavo believed such absurd stories, prisoner «vas remanded without bail.
A BRUTAL SON."
A BRUTAL SON. At Ornyrtow Potty Sessions, George Weston ha? been sen tow ced to six 1110111.11"" hard labour for feiviciously assaulting his mother, at Carshalton. H« had knocked her down, kicked her while down, and kneeling 011 her, had further punched her on the head, illlilil Dr. Muger, who lives close by, rwttlted to txr assistance, attracted by the woman's cries, when the fellow expressed his regret that ho j had not killed his mother, a.^ he would sooner be on the scaflbld than in the dock. It was stated that IJKJ prisoner-had been imprisoned three times for assaults on t he police, and once for fowl slealin<r,
ITHE SOUTHPORT LIFEBOAT DISASTER.
THE SOUTHPORT LIFEBOAT DISASTER. The other afternoon, Me--r«. Robert Biekor- Pt-tt"o iiii(i J. Grimes, of Blackpool, IIllcllded in the Mayor's pnrlour nt the South port Town Hall for the purjxme of distributing among widows and dependullt,8 of the Soiithport lifeboatmen who perished in tho terriblo disaster of 18M tho bltlllnce of the fund collected by the Mayor of Hinck pool. The amount dis|wnsed was XI 13. Tho widows and' defendants of t.he St. Anne's lifeboat crew who: perished in the same disaster have had the suty of ^'155 distributed amongst them. The distribution WHS ma le by Mr. bickerstafle, tho chairman of the Black|>ool committee, who for a iteriod of eighteen years was the captain of tho lifeboat staTiowed there. | JIPI It is reported that nearly eighty men employed! at Acton Grange on the Ship Canal works have, struck work owing to an increase of wages beings refused. Instructions have been issued by the Admiraltr for a reduction in the Chief Contractor's Depart- ment at Sheerness Dockyard, owing to slackness- of work in the repairing department. A meeting of Salvationists has been held in Sb" James's Hall, Piccadilly, in celebration of the mar- riage of Commissioner F. Delatour Tucker with. Miss E. M. Booth. The steamship Chateau Margaux has arrived at) New York towing the steamer California, which. was found 275 mfles off Sandy Hook with her enr- gines disabled. j It is stated that much disappointment is felb inf Wales because no Welsh town is included in the list of boroughs to be created counties under tha new Local Government Bill. At Manchester, Arthur Howell, workhouse master at Patricroft, was sentenced to threo months' imprisonment for embezzling various sums,, the property of the Guardians. C., The court-martial on Major Templer has beet*, concluded at Chatham. The court hold that tha charges preferred against the defendant had nob. been proved, and honourably acquitted him. Mr. Thomas Brooklebank, of The Roscote, Hes. wall, and Liverpool, and Mr. S. Harmood Bauner., of Paddingtou Hall, have been placed on tho com- mission of the peace for the county of Chester. There has been A destructive conflagration at)., the farm of Mr. James Allen, Stonehill, near Dartford, in which a number of live stock periahod. tuul a large quantity of farm produce destroyed. The Empress and Princess Victoria have re- turned from Poseu. There is no doubb that the visit to the flooded districts has greatly pleased, the Poles, and ib may have important politicat results. The Canadian Government has decided to extend the present contracb for carrying the Atlantic.. mails for one year, in order that tho fullest inquiry- may be made with a view to securing the fastest service possible. i At Salford Sessions, Robert Topham, manager of the Ramsbottom branch of the Bury Banking Company, was sentenced to fiva years' penal servf* tude for appropriating funds to the amount (&r £ 4,815. T Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., is much better., but his medical advisers enjoin great care on aa. count of the weather, and have advised him to take. the Bath waters before resuming his Parliamentary- duties. A publican named Nutton, of the Eagle public- house, Chatham, has died from the effects of a blovr- received accidentally from a soldier while ejecting: some soldiers who were fighting. Nutton received,, a blow intended for one of the combatants. Reliable reporbs from bhe southern provinces, state that the people are not in any way disturbed by the rumours as to the movements of the der- vishes. The crops are better than they have been- for the put twonty years, owing to the high Nilev of last autumn. Tho Government have decided to withdraw thtt plain clothes constables and detectives who havor been engaged for the last three years iu the protect tiou of Government offices, there being no informa- tion at present of outrages contemplated by th4, American dynamite faction. An Odessa telegram says the trial of the CMar against the owners of the British steamer which came into collision and sank tho Russian gunboab Elborus, near Nicolaietf, will be heard shortly. The accident resulted iu the drowning of severe Russian soaiuen. Damages £ 18,000. At the Wicklow Assizes, Patrick Courane, aged- aevonteen, has been indicted for sharing witlv Kirby, who was previously sentenced, in the mar- dur of Patrick Quirke. Buckley will not be putt, on his trial, the Crown believing he is not in w mental condition to plead. The Admiralty have issued instructions for the- building of the new ironclad Blake, which is in- tended to be tho largest, fastest,, and most power- ful cruiser in bhe Navy. The Admiralty1- propose to invite tenders for a vessel of 'simitar typo to bo- named the Blenheim. A meeting of the executive of the joint commit*- tees of the Liverjwol City Council, Dock Board.. uiul trades associations has been hold ab the Townm Hall, and after the clauses of the Railway atttb Canal Traffic Bill had been considered general satisfaction with the measure was expressed.. Tho death is announced of Mr. J. Stoneham, a" leading member of bhe Corporation of London, who was the Liberal Unionist candidate for Lliw,- Noruli east division of Bethnal Green at the lasb. genei-id election. Mr. Stoueham carried on the business of a booksellor at several places ÎIh Loudon. Four railors from Iter Majesty's ship Dolphiuv wert; surprised the other day by a (tarty of rebels cavalry outside the fortification works. The rebels were driven olf by tire from the forts, after wound- ing one of the sailors in nine places. They subse- quenlly reassembled in some force, but again re- tired when fired upon by tho ships and forts. Chemical analysis has jusb established the f:vc(h that the world-renowned Karlsbad water litiowtv as the "Spriidel" conbains gold. Geologists be- lieve that tho spring from which the Sprudel is drawn muxbin its courso have become combined with a sublorraoean well which has passed bliroti, a gold bearing stratum. « »• An unusually largo number of foreign represen- tatives will attend the University anniversary cele- brations at Bologna. The University of Oxford*, will be represented by Messrs. Vernon, Erskine, Addington, and Symouds, and the University of Edinburgh by Mr. Herbert Stanley and Professor Reby. A meeting of colliery proprietors and other owners of carts and drays has been held'ab Sheffield J to consider Mr. Goschen's proposal to put » iax upon carts. Resolutions were passed strongly condemning the proposal as one seriously affecting trade. A town's meeting is to be called to pcoteatL against the imposition of the tax. The chivalry of New Albany, Indiana, )ka& taken* a pract ical form. An organisation of citizens has been formed there whoso objecb is to punish wifo- beaters and drunken husbands. They give warning.- to delinquents by leaving a bunch of willow* switches on their doorsteps. Their aUibccaXive^ title is the Willow Wielders." Mr. T. Harrington, M.P., haS" puMisf^f A- pamphlet entitled "A Diary of Coercion" in whicb he gives » list of the cases tried under tho Criminal Law :h.< 1 Procedure Act from 17th August, 1887 to I* Iii March, I8S\ with brief explanations of tho otVimees charged, and extracts from the newspaper- i »■;[ •< of the tritds.. A (/</ 'IHyr.Jt-h Paris telegram saysLanrale the ai List who drew a disgraceful caricatureo» thee funeral of the late Emperor William, whitrfu wa* promptly-seized by order of the authorities, ha* com HI ill IM I suicide. His body has been found h., t he Seine, near the Trocadero. He is described aa I having in destitute circumstances. .AL C()Ilr.t, a coafiiinfin eiu, ployed nt Carleton Hall, Drigg, named Willmm- Irving, was remanded withoufc Uail on a charge o<~ shooting through a hud room window at Carletou. Hall with intent lit do grievous bodily harm t*- i.lizabeth Nicholson and others. Jealousy iS as- signed as tho motive of prisoner's act. Tho marriage between Prince Henry, 4econdsott of the Emperor, and I'riiicess Irene of HesHe. who Were betrothed will t:tke place on May 24, the Queen of England's seventieth bii lliday. Her Majesty hojkes to be in Germany about thab time, and to be present ab the wed-, din g. The Postmaster General has written |o thi- Nottinghain Town Council notifying that Nottinc- ham has been selected, with other l»rg„ manufac- turing towns, wherein to try oxfxo i men tally the recommendation of a selecb committee on postal communications, thab dospabch and delivery of books, circulars, and other printed matter other than news|>apers, on Sundays he discontinued. At the Livcrpool City Policr; Court, au insurance agent named Wm. D. O'Reilly, reeling in Beau- lnont gardens, Seacombe, was remanded on a charge of obtaining 2*.4d. hy mean* of a trick from Mrs. Kilbuin, of Soho-strowt,, Liverpool. It waa alleged that the prisoner had obtained large suiua by receiving money on account of policies which h« had not renewed. Two Illinois farmers, living wear Tascalo, went to law over a 8-doN. piy urnr* thaw lit roe years and tho case **•*« Np|tenl«d Mobil ik peached th# ■< Circuit. Conrk. Thab eoark has j. decided thaft one of the litigant* shall pay for the ptg <Mid t.Ite othor pay tho costs. Altogether, ttt cosbe and rifiOdSI. *• P*8 Mm
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The Duko of Argyll has been confined to his room at Inverary Castle for the past few days owing to slight indisposition. A Sahati telegram slates that the Negus is still retreating. The lluliuu troops have not goue in pursuit. A Vienna telegram states that Russia has offered an alliance to Boumaniaon the condition titat Rus- sian troops are allowed a passage through Rou- mania. All the Berlin papers prominently discuss the rumours that Prince Bismarck threatens to resign, and all agree in treating the rumours very scepti- cally. A telegram received from the American Consul at Tangier seems to indicate that the difficulty bo- tween the United States and Morocco will soon be settled. lu answer to inquiries made at 17. Upper Gros- venor-street, it was stated that the Earl of Gallo- way is progressing most favourably towards re- covery. fe Timothy Murray, newsvendor, has been sen- tencod to fourteen days' imprisonment at Middle- ton, county Cork, for exhibiting a Plan of Cam- paign in his window. At the Liverpool City Police Court, a fireman on board the steamship Roman, named James Devereux, was fined £33 ICs. for being concerned in the smuggling of 52 lbs. weight of tobacco. j At Preston, a seaman named Peter M 'Gough and his wife Ada were each sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour for cruelly ill-treating the son of the latter aged eleven years. The Moscow Gazette attributes the recent events in Bucharest to the Austrophile policy of the King and M. Bratiuo, which, it declares, was revolting U> the instincts of the orthodox Roumanian people, The Senate has finally passed the resolution in favour of the appropriation of a sum of 200.000 dollars for the proper representation of the United States at the Barcelona Exhibition. The Italian Government have decided to recall the greater part of the troops sent on the Abys- sinian expedition, and to leave only a corps of observation to watch the proceedings of the Negus. Mr. Hxiworth proposes to move for a committee to inquire" how far there has grown up a practice among, the officials and corporations and public companies of receiving bribes in the foruiof commis- sions, and to formulate a remedy." The steamship Quetta has left Gravesend for various Queensland ports, with the following emi- grants on board 204 single men, 79 single women, and 135 married couples and children, making a total of 118 souls. The restoration, of the portion of Hampton Court destroyed by fire two wintera ago is now completed. Ib has cost £;,500. It appears that Hampton Court Palace is lIób insured, and the loss accord- ingly falls upon the public purse. A Calcutta telegram states that Sir Andrew Clarke has concluded an agrcemenb with the Siamese Government for the construction of a rail- way from Bangkok to Dianghsen, via the Mehuatu Valley. A new church has been consecrated by the Bishop of Bangor at Valley. The site was given by Sit Richard Bulkeley, and the cost of erection was chiefly borne by Lord Stanley of Alderley, who supplied the designs. Superintendenb Boyd, of the Central division, Glasgow, has been appointed Chief-Constable of the City in room of Captain M*Call, who dial last week. Mr. Boyd will have 1,100 men under his command, liie appointinent is popular. A train on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St.Paul Railway has beau precipitated into a creek near Newlnunptou, Iowa, owing to tho washing-away of the bridgo. Twel vo of the passengers were killed and 15 injured. > The Bulgarian Government has entered into negotiations with the Purte for the working of the section of the junction railway between Vacarel and Bellova, with a view to tho opening of the whole line next month. .0 Mrs. Bandmann Palmer will re-appear aa Lady Macbeth ab the Otympic Theatre OIl tho afternoon of May 3. She will be supported by Mr. E. S. Willard as Macbeth and Mi.F.H.Macklin as Mac- duff. A horse attached to a milkman's cart suddenly clipped it» bridle;: near St, George's CHnjiel,. Wind- sor, and rushing down the hill in Luwer Ward, dashed violently against the stone but,tore. of Henry the Eighth's Gateway, and was nearly killed. The Duke of Cambridge has visited Hounslow in icfrder to inspect the 10th Hussars prior to their departure for York. Before leaving hit Royal Highness expressed his satisfaction at the stale of the corps. The Rev. and Hon. Edward Victor Powys has been presented by Lord Lilfurd (his brot her) to the rectorship of Warrington, rendered vacant by the death of tlio P.cv. Wm. Qucketb. Tho living is worth at leant £ i ,200 a year. The uu\v roctor was unboncfioed. IXnring sinking operation* at tho Douglas Bank Colliety, Wigan, throe men who wore Injing lowored down in a V hopjwt" weru thrown out and killed, Two men who were Waiting at the bottom of the shaft were struck by the falling nieu and alio killed. In the Dominion IIouso of Commons an animated dobato baot taken place on tho question of recipro- city of trade between Canada and the United States. Air. Laurier, the leader of the Opposition, made a vigorous s^teeclt in favour of commercial union. A Paria correspondent fays that a young Rou- manian lady medical student named Do Balsche has just died at the Hopilal Neckor from blood ]K>i*oning produced by virus applied inadvertently to an abrasion apon her chm while dissecting at the School of Medicine. A widow hamed. Emma Elizabeth Smith, ag«d forty-live, of S|Mtalfieldi<, was returning honte uno night, and whon in Whitcchajiei-road she was let upon and brutally maltreated by some men aft present unknown. She was tnkwn to the Lowltm Hospital, where fho died from the injuries reoeiret. Not every chrld of six Year* can earn £ 10* week. This, however, is the salary which is to be patf to Mis* Minnie Terry at the Royalty, where 4i« is to "Ot-eate" the part of MigwcMt in drnuiatieeA rer- sion of *4 Bootie s Baby," She is a uieco oaf Miss El lea Terry. It is not the fact that iSse promoters <»!r tlie Ion. Aim C«*l and Wine Dnes'Jont iniianco UiiiUiJltellll to wtHK!) aw the measwre'; >on the contrary., :tJi»cy are eagerly watching for aw of iporlunily to brttigil for. ■w-aMl, w-o that the judgment of the House aaay be taken upon it. Tbiniias Peek, a jv.ibKean, of 11, »?<Miiar€-mews Padi'lMgUm, has bo<-M summoned by the Inland Revea-ue authorities for, diluting ale ta^lie extent -of one gallon in 18g>ilhwis.—Mr. Taew.w, eodieitor, -%vlio,th,ofoti#.Ied, urgirl "tltat the anioiewC of adultera- tion iwas very smali, bafc Mr. Cooke liaoci -(,I&o defen- idaifb .£ Iii. VNmitei Rich (20$, of Norman-row^Greenwich, iias keen charged w*tk feeing drunk an<5 al/tempting -to commit suicide by cutting his tWomt.— Pro. mishrg nob again t« ruske an attempt «ponl»ia li{\ lie given over to 'in* mother, wlm wvid be was depressed because he 'kad been long outAi ul work, 4iiul eoiueono liati gi-rem him beer. A t Exeter, a terriWy sudden death 1vns 3ia,-p)j>enefl, Mr. Gray, the secretary of the West «f luigland Insurance Company, falling dead as he wan walk- ing his home. Mr. Gray entered frhe comgHuiy's servioe as office boywrol rose to the h.o/'l <»f the shall.—Mr. John Milford, senior partner-of £ 1m Cifey &ulk. has also died at the ago of '.Jii. At the Clerkonwell Police Court;, Prank Henrnc, a cattle deatcr, has been cliargeif with assaulting Henry Cole, a ticket ooJioutor 011 tJie .M»-troj«»ULau Railway, hy striking him on the faoo with a walk- ing "tick at King's-ci-oss Station. It appeared thab prisoner refused to pay all excess faro of 1;,1. which was demanded.—A penalty of 50a. or a month was intlict<vl. Arthur Orton, alias TItnmnfCnstt-o. the original claimnut to the Tichborne title and C",I.al,e. xft.ortwo years' absence, returned from tho United ytotes. lie has arrived at Quoenstown in the Wyoming from New York, travelling under the IImne nr Sir Roger Tichborne, with Lady Tichborne. IUKI slates that he has now evidence which will prove his identity. A man named JtufheH, formerly otio of the lead- ing tradesmen of Sandwich, has been found lying Head under a straw stack at Staple, near Wingliatn. five years ago he was ill good circumstances, bub baking bohoart t,listleatli of his daughter ho became melauoboly and neglected his business, which about • inw mouths tinee failed. Bushell has since beeu. laddering abont living on charity. His death is »UribuUd to slarvabiuu.