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Grangetown Bridge Toll Question. A special meeting of the committee appointed by the Cardiff Corporation to carry out the nego- tiations with the Taff Vale Railway Com- pany for the commutation of the tolls on their Grangetown bridge, and for making all the necessary arrangements for obtaining Parliamentary sanction for the construc- tion of a new road and bridges from James-street Lower Grangetown, met on Monday, Mr. Coun- cilor Sanders in the chair. There were also pre- a,nt the Mayor, the ex-Mayor, Aldermen Jones and Faring; Councillors Brain, Burrow, Vaughan, D. •hnes, Stevens, Hurley, Mildon, and P. Price; the to»n-clerk and borough engineer. The TOWN-CLERK read the following letter whicb hahad been directed to write at the last meeting of the Grangetown Bridge Committee to Mr. Ni^olson, secretary of the Taff Vale Railway Coipany, and also Mr. Nicholson's ply GRANSKTOWir TOLL BRIDSK. D'.r 8ir,-Your letter of the 2nd inat. was laid before my o,romittee this mCirnmg. who have instructed me to stne that they exceedingly regret that your company is una^g to see its way clear to accede to their request respeQjng the tolls over the Grangetown Bridge, as it is cau^ guch gerious inconvenience, and a great loss to a larg^jumber of the inhabitants of Cardiff indeed, it almostiepopu)ate9 a large and important district. My cWittee, since tue offer of £2,000 to you in lieu of the oot-passenger tolls, have mlly considered the whole natter, and nave arrived at the conclusion that it is perfecyy impracticable for them to make any arrange- rnent fOI taking over your bridge, seeing that it is ut: edy iryjequaie to the wauts of the district at the presenttiye;besideswhichitisanexceedingiydangerous structure, and, moreover, requires very large sums for its annual Ugtntenance. The committee, therefore, find it impossiljjj lor them to enter into any arrangements, as sujigest^ in your letter, for arbitration. This letter is sent witl\uti prejudice. Dec. 14tb.\GGJJ, J. L. WHEATLBY, Town-Clerk. (REPLY.) Taff Vale Kail way Offices, Cardiff, Deo. 16, 1886. Dear 8ir, have submitteù your letter of the 14th inat. to my b<\rd,aiul they instruct me, with reference to your ailerons that the existing Grangetown Bridge requira*rfpajrs and is inadequate to the exist- ing wants of district, to state that this is the first intimation of ai^ jjgjire on the part of the corporation ( for the repairs oflmpr0Vement of the bridge. My board fully recognises \he statutory obligations of this com- pany, and 1/011 P^pared to execute any repairs which < mav be necessary as well as to consider the best means of improving the Iccolnmodation afforded by thebridge for foot passenger but my board cannot sanction any attempt to destro)the toUs. in consideration of which the statutory obli^tion9 were undertaken. J I am instructed uk that vou will accept this letter < as a notice of this which will be used as far as may be necessary. J. G. NICHWi Secretary T.V.R. Company. The CHAIRMAN taught that the expression con- veyed in the of the town-clerk that the bridge was a dana-rauB ons and required large annual sums for 118 repairs had been converted into a suggestion tl^. the bridge required repairs, but no such intimate was conveyed in the letter. He then asked if it \as the opinion of the com- mittee that any furtb\r steps could be taken by 1 way of negotiating with the Taff Vale Railway Company. Alderman Jones repudiated the suggestion that it was the first time thiy had heard that the bridge was inadequate. The d^trjct was growing rapidly, and the bridge must ol necessity become inade- quate when the traffic \d increased far beyond what was orsginally e*P»cted. = Tho EX-MATOB regu*,jed the bridge as a dangerous one for Rnyon, to drive over with a I horse unaccustomed to it. ( It was then resolved tha\the town-cleric acknow. I ledge the receipt of Mr. N^holson's letter, and that I all further correspondeno8 be blosed. Bills to the; amount of £83 were offeree to be paid, and the proceedings terminatod, (

The Lighting of the Grange- town Bridge Cardiff. i 1 A meeting of the Lighting ^omniittee was held in the Town-hall, Cardiff, on \es(j0y. Councillor Fulton presided, and there ^era present Coun- < cillors W. J. Trounce, E. Beavan(Vv c Hurley, Morel, < Vaughan, Mildon, and Brain.—^ was unanimously < aoreed to call the attention of !-I1e COuncil to the 1 fact that the ferry road and b¡:idge at Grange- town are lighted at the expense "f the corporation, i and for them to consider the durability of dis- i continuing such lighting, seeing that the rate- I payers are denied free access to s^jj road. ]

Serious Damage to Q, Cardiff ] Laden Steamer a c The Austrian barque Dalmazi^ which left c Cardiff on the 3rd inst. with a catto of coals for i Monte Video, returned to dock in jeaky condi- ( Lion on Sunday evening in charge of Matthews, i Cardiff pilot. She appears to have Ioet with the e full force of the recent storm, for about 100 « miles north of Cape Finisterie her bniwarks were r shattered, her galley was disPlaced, and t she sustained other damage the a Fury of the gale. Having sprung a leak, r t was decided to put back to the Bnst0lChan- g leI, and from December 7 until the lOthtJie vessel | was running before the storm. During th)s tilDe the ;rew were continually at the pumps, whi^j jnfact, i were kept going until the vessel arrived. 't Cardiff, c several of the men had very narrow esc^pg9 dur- t ng the hurricane, the fury of which tlv expe- t ■ienced up to the 14th inst. The weat()er then t moderated somewhat, but a snowstorm shortly t ifterwards came on, and when she arrived) in port J he snow and hail were frozen several in<>jies on s ler deck. The cargo will be discharged it). order t hat the necessary repairs may be effected. The a nanaging owners are Messrs. Brailli, of Cat^-i

THE EAH.—Mr. S. E. Smith, the well-know^ Bnd r listinguished Aural Surgeon, of London, now on „r0- I essional visit to Cardiff, has made himself very popular i u this town by the numerous and successful oper*tions Ie is performing, and by the skill with which he Veats me of the most intricate and difficult diseases to 8 he human frame is liable, and in so doing e°"'?ri*»in £ C he high opinion expressed by the medical and scientjgg r ournais that he is the most talented Aurist of the q,y, i nd the best known operator in diseases of the ear. ew weeks since he performed a very delicate and Sr»c_ J :essful operation upon Mr. Griffiths, of the Pine APllle t nn, St. Alary-street, removing a large polypus from t^e I external surface of the membrana tympam. The growtjj j neasured an inch in length and three-quarters of at). ( nch in circumference, and considering its size an^ lituition, the fact of the operation being performed ii* « ess than five minutes speaks highly for Mr. Smit" < 1 ki}l. 878do 1

THE COLIN CAMPBELL DIVORCE SUIT. Seventeenth Day. Mr. Justice Butt and a special jury on Saturday resumed the trial of the Colin Campbell divorce cases. Sir Charles Russel's Address. Sir Charles Russell replied on the whole case on behalf of Lady Colin. He said it was with relief that he approached his task in that trying case. He knew Lord Colin's counsel would allege perjury, but he did not anticipate that against Lady Colin would be added allegations of conspiracv to produce false evidence, and the still more strange evidence of Mrs. Wright, suggesting an impure life on the part of Lady Colin. Dealing with the allegation of adultery against Lord Colin, Sir Charles said he accepted the medical evidence and the cross-examination as to Amelia Watson's condition, but it was important to bear in mind that men had been convicted time after time of felonious assault when the woman was shown to be virgo intacta. In cases in that very court it had been held that the same condi- tion should not be accepted as proof positive that adultery had not been committed, and yet his friend flapped his wings and crowed loudly and harshly that Lady Miles's evidence was condemned as false by the medical evidence. That, unfortunately for Lord Coliu, did not follow as a matter of course. Analysing the evidence in the Amelia Watson story, Sir Charles claimed that Lord Colin's solicitor had thoroughly corroborated Lady Miles' evidence as to the interview in which she inti- mated her intention to disclose her knowledge to Mr. Lewis, and in a vigorous manner he scathingly denounced Lord Colin for producing correspon- dence into which he claimed to have entered in order to entrap a lady who had taken him into her house when his own kith and kin bad, apparently, declined to turn their residences into hospitals, He assorted that a man of honour would sooner have burned off his hand than have preserved the letters. He claimed that the conduct of Lord Colin himself added corroboration to the truth of Lady Miles';evidence. Coming next to the allegations of adultery against Lady Colin, he complained that in the particulars only three specific dates were given, but very general charges were made. It was not a case of sudden yielding to passion that was alleged; it was not a case in which, if the charges were proved, her conduct could be miti- gated by sentiment-it was a case, rudely revolt- ing, nakedly put before them, of a woman grossly sensuous, guilty of indecencies as to time, place, and circumstance, not touched by sentiment or mis- guided affection. It was a case alleged of a woman ready to prostitute her person on every occasion to almost the first comer. What was Lady Colin's real character ? A ladv well educated, accom- plished, gifted in an exceptional degree, much in society without the company of her husband—a fact of which she had complained to her mother, and for which she was not to blame. Was she the sort of woman likelv to be guilty of indecencies which could scarcely be imputed to the veriest professional ? Were there not rooms in London where guilty men and women hid their guilt; and, had Lady Colin wished to gratify her passions, would she not have gone there rather than commit herself under the roof which covered her husband? Of Lord Colin he could only speak in terms of pity. He would not attack him. His character he believed to have been kind by nature. He was married to a beautiful woman whom he desired to possess, but he was not allowed to do so. He became consequently morbid, sensitive, and suspicious. His disposition construed natural incidents into suspicious circumstances. Mr. Finlay had asked the jury not to depend on particular proofs, but to take the general tenour. He, on his part, would not accept that. He would examine the evidence bit by bit, tear it to pieces shred by shred, and would demonstrate to them that the charges were based solely on morbid imaginings. He asked the jury to approach the case not as cynical, sneering, sceptical men of the world, but as men who had faith in their kind and in the existence of goodness and purity. He pointed out to the jury that they must accept the verdict of the last trial. which proved that Lord Colin had been guilty of cruelty by communicating disease to his wife. He claimed that the evidence completely negatived the asser- tions that Lord Colin was coerced into marry- ing Miss Blood, and that he made a full disclosure of the state of his health to the Blood family prior to the marriage. The immediately succeeding portion of Sir Charles Russell's speech dealt with the unkindly manner in which the Campbell family shunned Lady Colin after she entered on her marriage life, under excep- tionally trying circumstances. He then combatted the idea that Lady Colin had in any way neg- lected her husband, and next he entered at length into details as to Lord Colin's illness. At this stage the court adjourned for luncheon. After luncheon it was arranged that the court should sit till half-past four, and that Sir Charles Russell should on Monday resume his address, and conclude by luncheon-time, after which his lord- ship will proceed to sum up. The court will sit at 10.30 on Monday. Sir Charles then resumed his speech, and con- tended that Rose Baer's gossip was responsible for the origin of the scandal. After her departure, as well as that of O'Neill, the suspicions died out: but then they were revived by Mrs. Duffy. Deal- ing with the Purfleet incident, he admitted that if Lady Colin was at Purfleet there was an end to the case so far as Lord Blandford and Lady Colin were concerned, and let righteous condemnation fall on them. But was she there ? He submitted that the evidence conclusively proved she was not. If James O'Neill's evidence as to the keyhole incident was true, then there was an end to the case so far as Captain Shaw was concerned. But the question was, not what it was possible to see, but what the man really did see. Sir Charles contended that the last trial was the keynote of these proceedings. It levelled Lord Colin Campbell's pride, and since then he had left nothing undone that effort, money, and ingenuity could suggest to try and track guilt home to his wife. He thought it becoming to try and expel her from his house he stopped her power to draw on a banking account, and ever since he had had her watched by detectives. And there were the proceedings at Paris. Overborne by the desire which predominated his every action to drag his wife's name into the dust, to bring her into that court from St. Lazare with a stain upon ""1' character, with some shadow of judicial sane iwn he instituted those proceedings, knowing uid.1, up to that time there was nothing upon which he could base a petition against her. Apart from the Purfleet incident, the case, he said, really dependod on the credibility of Rose Baer, D'N em, Deroche, and Mrs. Duffy, and their evidence, he submitted, consisted of construing innocent acts of every-day life into suspicious cir- cumstances it consisted of exaggerations and fabrications, and the only possible reply to such testimony was explanation and denial such as they had had. After commenting on the terrible facility with which slander took root in people's minds if once properly started, as it was done by Rose Baer, Sir Charles proceeded to analyse the evidence of Amelia Watson, who was not a witness likely to keep back anything detrimental to Lady Colin. The court then adjourned till Monday.

Eighteenth Day. On Monday, Sir Charles Russell resumed his speech on behalf )f Lady Colin Campbell, and dealt in the first place with the evidence of Rose Baer, suggesting that there was something grievously wrong in the manner in which it had been put forward. One fact was that in her original statement 9he fixed certain events at Leigh Court to have taken place at Christmas, 1881, while she was so examined as to sug- gest that they occurred at the succeeding Easter visit. Then, again, her original statement -eferred to having seen certain appliances and injections in Lady Colin's room, but there was no effort in the examination-in-chief to bring that )ut, because it must have beeu felt either that the suggestion was too grossly improbable or that it tfforded proof that at that time Lady Colin was suffering from disease. But, more than that. Rose Baer's evidence contained palpable inven- tions—such, for instance, as the extra- jrdinaiy love scene at Paddington Station, which had been completely negatived. He :ould not avoid denouncing Rose Baer as an idverse and lying witness, for although Mr. Finlay lad tried to minimise the blots in it by suggesting lad tried to minimise the blots in it by suggesting ;hat if her testimony were applied to the Easter visit to Leigh Court it gave a true history, still he would show it was Mil of inconsistencies and jould not be relied on. Indeed, the life of a dog )ught not to be determined by such tainted and corrupt testimony. Yet she it was who set the jal) of catumny rolling, and he would only dismiss ier evidence by stating that she had deliberately nvented a number of incidents and had ivilfuily placed a false construction on )early everything her mistress had done. Dealing with the Purfleet incident, Sir Charles sub- nitted that there was an overwhelming concensus )f evidence on both sides to show that Lady Colin vas not the lady who was with Lord Blandford at 'urfleet in August, 1882, and he asked the jury to :ay that that part of the case had been fullv, ade- [uately, and satisfactorily met, for the evidence :onclusively proved that Lady Colin spent the day n London. Coming to the keyhole incident, Sir Charles said it was strange that only from a man ransported from across the Atlantic did they get ividence which, if proved, left no doubt as to the ;uilt of some of the parties accused. But the wit- less was like an artist who put his colour oo thick. He made suggestions palpably false, md which only emanated from a gross mind. He eached the climax when, drawing possibly on his ;ross experience of an American brothel, he sug- [ested an act ot adultery under circumstances vhich would be repellant, not merely to a lady by nstiact and education, but to one of those poor ireatures who earned her bread by the prostitu- ion of her body. In passing, Sir Charles took he opportunity to contradict a rumour hat had gained circulation, to the effect hat O'Neill was once in his'- own service. Ls to Mrs, Duffy, Sir Charles said that if ever he aw in the witness-box a woman on whose face here remained a fixed expression of malevolence ,nd ill-will towards Lady Colin, on whom she kept ier eyes fixed, it was that woman. It was she vho had poisoned Lord Colin's mind and had e-kindled the suspicions engendered by Rose Jaer's gossip. No grosser calumny was ever nvented for the purpose of blasting a voman's reputation than this witness's mggestion of a miscarriage, which had been :ompleteIy disproved by the medical evidence, tips. Duffy had, unfortunately, exercised a malign nfluence over Lord Colin's mind, and he asked the ury to say that, except as to the charge of mis- :arriage, every incident she had spoken to was jerfectly consistent with Lady Colin's most entire nnocence, and the superstructure of guilt placed ,n it was a superstructure of her own imagina- ;jon. Commenting on the evidence of Eliza jVright relative to Lady Colin's condition before the consummation of the marriage, Sir Charles said the careful disclaimer of Mr. Finlay was suggestive of the utter worthlessness of the testi- mony of all the witnesses of that class; and, after referring to the other witnesses, he claimed that the process of testing demonstrated the utter rottenness of Lord Colin's case. Dealing next with the cases of the co-respondents, Sir Charles pointed out how in all grades of society men were not ostracised because previous acts had made them unfit companions for young and middle-aged ladies, and he thought they should not have too much Pecksniffian morality, which did not lie well in the mouth of Lord Colin's counsel. As to Captain Shaw, let them put his great public services against the uncorroborated evidence of the man O'Neill. He submitted that the case against him had utterly broken down. Coming next to the case of Sir Wm. Butler, he endorsed his lordship's remarks as to his absence. But the effect of that absence should not recoil on Lady Colin's head. Had there been any case against him his absence would have been material; but there was not, and the very circumstances of his visit con- clusively proved that tnere could be no guilt. The last of the co-respondents was Dr. Bird, and he was not joined with the others until after he had had to institute legal proceedings against Lord Colin. Why, bis knowledge, surely, wa3 sufficient to Colin. Why, bis knowledge, surely, was sufficient to prevent him indulging in adulterous intercourse. Sir Charles, in conclusion, said his only danger was that out of mistaken sympathy for Lady Colin they would think it desirable to break the chain which bound her to Lord Colin. Let them dismiss such an idea from their minds, for by so acting they would blast her future. But he asked them to say that the evidence gathered against her had been completely scattered. Lord Colin's counsel had proved too much in that case. If their minds were forced to a conclusion of guilt, let them say so, but if they believed the case was made up of exaggeration and invention, then let tneiu not take away a woman's reputation upon it. Let them weigh the evidence carefully, calmly, and fully. Lady Colin's life, and more, was in their hands, and with an earnest heart he prayed that their minds would be inclined to give a true, just, and honest decision.

The Summing up Just before three o'clock the learned judge com- menced his summing up, and expressed an opinion that the publication of the details of this most painful case had amounted to a scandal, calculated to cause extensive mischief and to confirm the wisdom of the judge who suggested that all divorce cases should be tried in camera. His lordship then dealt at length with the charge of adultery pre- ferred against Lord Colin, and analysed the evidence, making special reference to the corre- spondence between Lord Colin and Lady Miles and to the inference to be drawn whether it suggested a knowledge on Lady Miles's part referring to the Watson incident, or whether it was a proposal that Lord Colin should commit adultery in order to enable his wife to get a divorce. He sug- gested that Lord Colin's share of the corre- spondence certainly did not offer much confirmation of his counsel's views. How much, however, might be said in favour of Lady Miles, he was bound to ask the jury if, in face of the medical evidence, they could say the charge of adultery had been proved. Their ver- dict must be based on proof, not suspicion. His lordship next directed the jury that they mu-it view the case in the light of the verdict in the last trial, and he was bound to say that, perusing the evidence then given, he did not see how a different decision could have been come to. He then com- mented on the unnatural state of married life caused by Lord Colin's illness, and said it was certain to cause gossip in the servants' hall, and, as a result, many of the principal allega- tions were based on servants' testimony, of the value of which the extraordinary evidence of Eliza Wright was a sample. Dealing with the Purfleet incident, his lordship pointed out that it mainly rested on the evidence of the witness Callingham. On the other hand they had an alibi set up, disbelief in which would mean that Mr. Neptune Blood and his wife had wickedly concocted the letter of August 13 in order to back up false evidence. Mr. Finlay had assumed to treat the defence with contempt, and sought to dismiss it as a family alibi, but he felt it incumbent to point out some strong confirmatory evince. The two servants called by Lord Colin in'that portion of the case had admitted that Lady Colin was only away two nights, and they had evidence now above suspicion that she did in that month spend two nights at Mrs. Gordon's. The jury must, therefore, carefully consider before they rejected the alibi. Proceeding to the Paris incident, his lordship described the statement upon which Lord Colin tried to get his wife interned as a common prostitute as an outrage, even if honestly made, while proceedings were pending in this court. But anything more dishonest than Lord Colin's statement to the police on this occasion he could not conceive. Alluding to the case against Captain Shaw, he characterised O'Neill's evidence of the keyhole incident as unlikely to commend itself for credibility. With reference to Sir W. Butler he declared that his absence would not alone justify the charge. His lordship, at the conclusion of his summing up, put the following questions to the jury:—Did Lord Colin Campbell commit adultery with Amelia Watson ? Did Lady Colin Campbell commit adultery with the Duke of Marlborough, Captain Shaw, Dr. Bird, and Sir W. Butler, or either of them ? Did she commit adultery with any person, name unknown ? The judge concluded his summing up just before a quarter to seven, and the jury at once retired to consider their verdict. Shortly before nine the jury sent in a message to the judge asking if they might be supplied with refreshments of some kind, and it was understood that orders were given that they should be supplied with tea and coffee. Some difficulty, however, arose in com- plying with the directions, and in a few minutes another announcement was made that the jury were about to return to the court. Shortly after nine Lord Colin Campbell entered the court, and took his seat beside his counsel, Mr. Finlay. He was immediately followed by Lady Colin Campbell, Lady Miles, and Mrs. Neptune Blood, and then the judge and afterwards the jury entered, in rapid succession, the latter appearing on the scene at thirteen minutes past nine. Mr. Justice Butt at once mentioned that he had received a communication to the effect that there was no possibility of their agreeing. The Foreman said the jury were agreed upon Lady Colin Campbell's petition on the charge of adultery against Lord Colin. The Judge remarked that while they might take their finding on that, it would be a great misfor- tune if there were no verdict given as to Lord Colin's petition against his wife, for it should be remembered that there were four co-respondents. Were they, he would ask, agreed in any case in regard to any one of them? The Foreman said they were differing as to whether Lady Colin Campbell had committed adultery at all or not. It did not seem to himself that there was any chance of their agreeing. The Judge repeated that what he wanted to know was whether they were agreed with regard to any one of the co-respondents. The Foreman replied that they could not find that they had committed adultery with Lady Colin unless they could find that she had com- mitted adultery with one of them. The Judge: Then youjeannot answer as to any one of them. The Foreman replied that that was so, though some of the jury desired him to tell his lordship how they were divided. The Judge said he could not allow any such statement to be made in court. But it would be such a calamity if some decision on both petitions were not arrived at that he appealed to them to retire again, and see if there was no possibility of arriving at a conclusion. This the jury consented to do, but before re- tiring the foreman mentioned to the judge that they had not as yet been served with any refresh- ments. Mr. Justice Butt said he could not understand how there should be any difficulty in supplying them, and directed that they should be served with tea and bread and butter by the officials of the building. Immediately after the jury had left the judge retired from the court, and left it to Mr. Registrar Owun to take the verdict. His example was fol- lowed by all the learned counsel except Mr. Finlay, Mr. Inderwick, and Mr. Lewis Coward, who re- mained till the end. It was generally understood that the division among the jury on retiring was six to six. The ladies interested in the case took advantage of the absence of the jury to again seek relief from the heated atmosphere of the court. Their re-appearance at three minutes to ten, accom- panied by Mr. Lewis Coward, Mr. Neptune Blood, and Dr. Bird was an indication that the return of the jury was immediately at hand. Almost at the same time Lord Colin Campbell and his brother, Lord Archibald Campbell, came into court and took seats on the bench usually reserved for Queen's Counsel alone. It was not, however, until thirteen minutes past ten that the jury returned, and it was amidst intense silence that the registrar read to the jury the formal questions left to them.

The Verdict. The jury found that Lord Colin Campbell had not committed adultery with Amelia Watson, and they likewise found on the husband's petition for divorce, that Lady Colin had not committed adultery with either of the four co-respondents, the Duke of Marlborough, Captain Shaw, General Butler, and Dr. Bird, or any man unknown. Consequent on these findings both petitions stand dismissed. That portion of the verdict of the jury acquitting Lady Colin of the charges brought against her was received with applause, which was immediately suppressed. The Registrar then read the rider which the jury added to their verdict, expressing the opinion that General Butler's behaviour in not coming forward in court was conduct unworthy of an English officer and gentleman, and likewise stating that he was mainly responsible tor the difficulty the jury had had in coming to a decision in the case. Lady Colin Campbell and her friends left the court immediately on the conclusion of the trial by the staircose leading to the private corridor. As LadyColin passed out her face flushed with satis- faction. Her ladyship received congratulations from many of those standing in the well of the court. A large crowd had for a considerable time been collected in front of the principal entrance from the Strand to the Royal Courts of Justice awaiting the result of the trial, and a considerable number of police were stationed there to preserve order. There was some cheering when the verdict became known, and the people soon after dis- persed.

Question of Costs. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Mr. Justice Butt formally gave judgment in the cases of Camp- bell v. Campbell, and Campbell v. Campbell, Marl. borough, Shaw, Butler, and Bird. On the application of Mr. Inderwick, his lord- ship dismissed the petition against Lady Colin. Mr. Inderwick asked that full costs should be allowed her ladyship in reference to both petitions, and some conversation took place, in the course of which Mr. Searle, on behalf of Lord Colin, objected to ¡ costs being granted for the petition against Lord I Colin. B The Judge finally decided to give her ladyship costs up to £ 150 in the first suit. and full costs in the second. On the application of the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Gully respectively, The petitions against the Duke of Marlborough, Dr. Bird, and Captain Shaw were also dismissed with costs. With regard to the petition against General Butler, Mr. Synnott, lr the absence of Mr. Murphy, said he would leave the question of costs to his lordship. Mr. Justice Butt: Then, no application is made ? Mr. Synnott: I make no application. The petitions against Lord Colin and General Butler were dismissed, but no order was made in reference to General Butler's costs. None of the parties to the suits were in court when the applications were made;

Press Opinions. The Times thinks the verdict is decisive in law, and any decision is to be welcomed that rids us of an unsurpassably offensive business. As regards the two persons whose disputes have let loose this flood of filth upon the public, their relative posi- tions are unchanged by the verdict. The conduct of the Duke of Marlborough was sufficiently deplorable and discreditable in more ways than one, but it is at least to his credit that be accepted a humiliating exposure out of regard to the claim to which General Butler showed himself insen- sible. To the public at large, says the Standard, it will be no small satisfaction to know that a deci- sive verdict has been found on the questions which have furnished Mr. Justice Butt with matter for such painful and protracted inquiry in the Colin Campbell suit. To use the words of the presiding judge, it would have been a "calamity" had the proceedings ended in a disagreement of the jury. With regard to the position of the co-respondents, the Standard rom arks :-Whatever differences of opinion may arise upon the merits of the case, men of honest and generous impulses will certainly except Genera! Butler from the sympathy which will be readily accorded to Captain Shaw and the others. If General Butler was guilty, he may con- gratulate himself on his undeserved escape from the legal consequences of his acts. If he were to be tried to-morrow—whether in a mess-room or a village club—he would, we are persuaded, be held to have failed grossly alike in courage and in honour. The Daily Telegraph says:-The Colin Campbell divorce case, which has terminated in the dis- missal of the petitions for dissolution of marriage brought by husband and wife respectively, is pro- bllbly unique in the amount and the character of dirtr linen which, during its course, has been washed, but by no means purified, in public. The Daily Xews. commenting on the Campbell case, says:—Under existing arrangements, the scandal of these proceedings was almost inevitable. For the true remedy, in our judgment, we shall have to go much further than the mere closing the doors of a court. The evil is in the cases them- selves, and in a state of the law which brings together two persons already divorced in heart and body-in the spirit as well as in the flesh-and compels them to pelt each other with the mud of every species of filthv imputation as a condition of legal relief from the yoke of marriage. As a remedy for the miseries of marriage it is worse than the disease. The St.Jairws's Gazette says: The jury were puzzled and confused by the amount of absolutely contra- dictory evidence; as they might well be. Under these circumstances they declined to deliver a verdict. But the judge pointed out that if they dia not the whole miserable matter might, be gone into again. So the jury retired, and probably reasoned with themselves after this fashion :—"We can't agree; and, therefore, in strict justice to the parties we ought not to say that we do. But there is not much to be said for either of the parties, and it is more important that the public should not be exposed to a fresh deluge of filth from the re- opening of these marital differences. To save the nation from this misfortune, we will make a com- promise with our consciences, and arrange to dis- miss the petitions all round and punish both sides by refusing to give them what they want." The Pall Mall Gazette says:—According to the Standard, Lord Colin Campbell goes out of the Divorce Court without being brl\nded with the stigma of an indelible shame." Does he? Let us see what the outcome of the proceedings so far as Lord Colin is concerned amounts to. We state nothing but what has been made matter of judicial comment or judicial decision. First, Lord Colin marries a young and beautiful wife under pecu- liarly disgusting circumstances, and subjects her to treatment which shocks eV'l'Y sense of decency. Secondly, he is found guilty ot having communi- cated to his wife a loathsome disease. This find- ing is supported by two superior courts, but Lord Colin sets himself, nevertheless, to do his wife what further injuries are still possible to him by finding or inventing a case against her. In this ruthless attempt three stages have very properly been made the subject of judicial censure. First, he thought fit to himself scrape together the gossip of the servants' hall against his wife; secondly, in his correspondence with Lady Miles, he seemed willing, said the judge, "to pawn his honour for money, and become a party to what he himself described as a scandalous and infamous proceeding"; lastly, he did all he could to get his wife consigned as a common, prostitute to a Paris prison. The thing would have been bad enough in any case, but it was made infinitely worse by the fact that he had at the time no real evidence against his wife whatever, and that he deliberately suppressed from the police the fact of his judicial separation. Such is the record of the man who is said to leave the court with no inde- lible shame branded upon him. The Birmingham Post says:—" It may be a bard and even a terrible fate for the parties to the suit; but we think that public opinion will go with the verdict of the jury." The Pall Mall Gazette says:-The following is the record of the number of columns devoted by the morning papers to the Campbell ca!le :-Daily Chronicle, 106; Standard, 74; Daily Telegraph, 62; Daily A'eic.i, 61; Morning Post, 50; Morning Advertiser, 48 and the Times, 42.

The Publication of Obscene Reports, Application Against a London Paper. Mr. Bompas, Q.C., and Mr. B. F. C. Castelloe applied in the Queen's Bench Division on Saturday, on behalf of the National Vigilance Association, for a rule nisi to file a criminal information against the publishers of the Evening Neics on the ground that the detailed publication of the proceedings in the Colin Campbell cases constituted an obscene libel, and were not, according to the doctrines laid down by the court in the case of Steel v. Bren- nan, protected by the ordinary privilege attach. ing to reports of legal proceedings. Before the merits of the cose were opened Mr. Justice Haw- kins suggested that there was much inconvenience attaching to the present mode of procedure, inas- much as the matter might have to be discussed three times before it came to trial, and suggested that in the circumstances it would be mere suit- able to proceed by indictment or to obtain the fiat of the Attorney-General. Mr. Justice Penman stated that, while not inti- mating the slightest doubt as to the powers of the court to grant what was asked in the present application, he did intimate great doubt whether au indictment would not do equally well, and he was, therefore, reluctant to exercise his discretion in such a way, when on more than one occasion the court would have to enter upon researches into that which was necessarily filthy. Mr. Bompas said that the present mode of pro- ceeding was precisely with the view of avoiding the necessity of reading tl"i matter complained of in court, and in the hope that by merely handing up marked passages to the court it would be pos. sible to get a preliminary decision as to the law of the subject, which would no doubt guide those responsible for conducting newspapers in future; whereas if it were necessary to proceed by indict- ment it would be difficult to obtain a discussion of points of law before the whole matter had been read and commented on before the jury. He added that what was desired was principally to obtain an immediate decision of law. Mr. Justice Denman said that it was a very serious question, upon which the decision of the courts would probably have to be taken, whether persons were entitled to publish parts of legal pro- ceedings which were obscene, but inasmuch as the legal argument could not now be taken before the next sittings, and as there would be no advantage in the way of stopping publication, the Campbell cases being now over, he agreed with Mr. Justice Hawkins that it would be better to leave the parties to proceed otherwise. Truth saysThough publicity has its evils, we must not jump to the conclusion that secrecy has none. There is, however, publicity and publicity. A nauseous case may be reported with the aim of divesticg it as much as possible of what is offen- sive. and presenting as nearly as possible only what substantially bears upon the issue. That is the course which we have endeavoured to pursue. But a case may also be reported less with a view to giving its substantial merits than with a desire to make the most of its most filthy and sensational features. For examples of this kind of reporting our readers have only to turn to certain evening papers, which have probably reaped a rich harvest of pence by sensational placards and copious details appealing to the most debased tastes. An attempt has been made to punish one of the worst offenders (Lhe Even- ing Wews) in this way by means of a criminal information, which the court refused, on the ground that it would re-open the whole filthy story, and that other measures are open to the prosecutor. The public, of course has its protection very much in its own hands, ft need not read any report of which it disapprove" and it need not buy any paper that habitually accentuates all that is worst in a disgustin» case If any legal means can be found of discriminating between reports thatadmit offensive matter because it cannot be helped, and reports that revel in offensive matter because it sells, bv all means let them be put in force. But the wholesale suppres- sion of reports because reporting is abused is a measure too sweeping and too far-reaching in its results to be lightly adopted without much more careful consideration than the question has yet received.

Blackmaling Lord Colin Campbell. At Westminster Police-court on Tuesday the charge was resumed against Thomas John Dollar for attempting to extort money from Lord Colin Campbell under circumstances already published. His lordship was in court, and said he regarded the matter as a deliberate attempt to extort money, He knew perfectly well nothing anybody oould' have communicated to Sir Charles Kussell would havo injured his interests in the divorce suit.- Prisoner's solicitor reserved the defence, and the magistrate committed prisoner to the Old Bailey, refusing bail.

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THE ANTI-RENT WAR IN IRELAND. The Plan of Campaign" Declared Illegal. A supplement to the Dublin Gazette of Saturday evening contains the following By the Lords Justices General and General Governors of Ire- land. A Proclamation. Kdward Saxe-Weimar, General Ashbourne, eke. Whereas certain persons have for some time past in promotion of a most commonly called Plan of Campaign combined and conspired together for the purpose of interfering with the Queen's subjects in the free exercise of their lawful right, and especially controlling the relations of landlords and tenants in Ireland, and whereas the persons aforesaid have sought to effect their designs by soliciting and inciting tenants to refuse to pay the rent to which the land- lords are entitled, and to pty the same into the hands of strangers and others who have no right thereto, now we hereby warn all persons that the said movement, by whatever name it may be known, or by whatever means it may be carried out, is an unlawful and criminal conspiracy, and everyone who promotes and joins therein will expose himself to prosecution, and all money, receipts, books, and documents given or received for the purpose of the said conspiracy are liable to be seized, and the persons found in possession of the same to be arrested and brought to trial. Dated at Dublin Castle this 18th day of December 1888, by their Excellencies' command.—M. E. HICKS-BEACH." The Prosecution of Mr. Dillon. On Tuesday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin (before Mr. Justice O'Brien and Mr. Justice Johnson), Mr. Timothy Healy asked that the order made in the case of the prosecution of Mr. Dillon be stayed pending the hearing of an appeal, or that the time mentioned within which he was to enter into recognisance be extended pending the appeal. Mr. Justice O'Brien sai,l there was no possibility of the case being argued. There- fore the court would refuse the application. Defiant Speeches by Messrs. Dillon and Healy. Mr. John Dillon, M.P., speaking at a National League meeting at Dublin on Tuesday, said he wished, at this moment of critical importance both to the people of Ireland and England, and especially English Liberals, to direct their atten- tion to what he considered their duty in that struggle, and to consider the events which had happened since Parliament rose. The Irish Executive had brought pressure to bear on land- lords in a county where Moonlighters were abroad, but in Connaught, where people were peaceable, they had brought no pressure. The representatives of the Irish people, therefore, felt bound in honour to protect them from want and from extermina- tion, and the result was the Plan of Campaign." He urged its perfect legality, and declared that the Government, after allowing it to go on unchecked for two months, had employed a judge to deliver a platform oration from the Queen's Bench to make some show of decency for their action at Loughrea. He accused the Irish Executive of entering into a criminal and shameles" conspiracy with courts in Dublin, and maintained that their policy was not illegal. The Plan of Campaign had stopped evictions, and it would be carried on, if necussary, until it entirely destroyed the power of evictors and rack-renters in Ireland. Mr. T. M. Healy also spoke, and characterised the action of the Government as impudent and insulting. The proclamation was a mere threat, which could and would be derided by the people, and he advised that if any eviction fund were interfered with by any person, in uniform or not, the taking of that money was brigandage and brigands should be resisted like burglars. There were only 10.000 policemen in Ireland, and half a million tenant far- mers, and if the latter were not mice, but men, they should resort to means to keep their property in their own possession irrespective of such procla- mations. Meeting at Killarney. A National League meeting was held at Kil- larney on Sunday, at which Messrs. Deasy, Har- rington, and Sheehan, M.P.'s, were present. Mr. Dillon, although invited, was unable to attend. Resolutions were passed expressing confidence in the Plan of Campaign, which has not, however, taken any great hold in the neighbourhood. Many tenants have paid their rents on a reduction of 20 per cent.—Mr. Deasy, M.P., said the Irish party dM not urge any tenants to adopt the Plan of Ca.mpaign," but when tenants decided that they would do nothing but adopt it they would have the assistance of the leaders of the Irish party. —Mr. Harrington, M.P., said that he would tell ail the tenants in Kerry to pay no rent until the evicted tenantry were reinstated. He urged the people in Kerry to stop all outrages. Rumoured Suppression of the National League. It is considered in Dublin that the object of call- ing Parliament together so early next month is with a view of introducing a Bill for suppressing the National League. All documents have been removed in view of a seizure of United Ireland Office. Whether the Government attempt to sup- press it or not,the publication will be continued as it was before at the time of the suppression of the Land League. Mr. Parnell and the Plan of Campaign." The Central News says that Mr; Parnell and his mother have arrived in London. Mr. Parnell has been seriously ill from a sharp gastric attack with complications, but is now much better. He has been regaining strength rapidly during the last few weeks, and his medical adviser is confident that, with care, he will be able to take part in the work of the session by the opening of Parliament. Mr. Parnell does not propose to express any opinion as to the "Plan of Campaign'' at present, as he is desirous first of going to Ireland and consulting with the gentlemen responsible for its organisation and working, whom he has not seen since the close of last session. He also wishes fuller information than that at present in his possession with regard to various matters before he speaks publicly on the subject. Mr. Parnell was not aware that the Plan of Campaign" had been devised or was going to be proposed until after its publication. He hopes to be in Ireland in a few days. Letter from Lord Salisbury. Mr. W. Barton, of Birmingham, has received the following letter from Lord Salisbury:— Dear Bir,-Lord Salisbury has received the copy of resolution* passed at a meeting of the Grand Council of the Birmingham Conservative Association on the 13th instant which you have been good enough to forward him. Hit lordsbip is much gratified at this expression of feeling by your association with regard to the course now being followed by her Majesty's Government, towards Irish affairs, especially as touching the deter- mination of the Executive to uphold and enforce the Jaw of the country. Lord Salisbury cannot but oordialiy agree with the wording of the latter part ot the resolu- tion in question, in which allusion i. made to the patriotic and honourable part that hu been played by the Liberal-Unionists in so hruily resisting all attempts that have been made, and wnich still continue, to effect the disintegration of the Empire. Moonlighters' attack Near Tralee. On Saturday night Mr. James Goggin. farmer, and head gamekeeper to Mr. Crosbie, of Ardtest Abbey, on reaching his home at Ballinfriat, twelve miles from Tralee, found the house in possession of a gang of Moonlighters. One man, armed with a gun, ran forward to meet him, but Goggin, who was accompanied by his wife, drove off in his gig and escaped unhurt, although two abots were fired after him. Three policemen, who wtre on patrol duty, subsequently encountered the gang, who sought shelter in a ditch, and from this position discharged about twenty shots at the police. A constable, named Fitzgerald, fell wounded in the leg, and it is feared that the limb will have to be amputated. The Moonlighters then made off, but during the night several arreats were made. Sentences at Cork Assizes. At Cork Assizes on Saturday three men were convicted and two acquitted on a charge of com- mitting a Whiteboy offence. The judge passed sentences upon several prisoners already convicted. The Castleisland Moonlighters were sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment each, with the ex- ception of a man named buckiey, who received I twelve months. The prisoners were ordered to enter into oail at the ternraation of their sentences. M'Griffin and Richard Mahoney, the Ftillbridge Moonlighters, were sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Thomas M'Carthy, a young lad charged with posting a threatening letter at Castleisland, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Timothy Cannon and seven others, for being assembled in arms, near Castleisland, and assaulting the police, were sentenced to eighteen months. M.P.'s Charged with Assaulting the Police. The hearing of the charge against Dr. Tanner, M.P., and Mr. John O'Connor, M P., of assaulting District-Inspector Milling, was resumed at Cork on Monday. The case arose out of the dispersion of a meeting held in the city on the night of the arrival of Tim Hurley. The magistrates dis- agreed, three being in favour of a conviction ana three against, while one refused to vote. Daring Murder at Armagh. At Armagh on Tuesday afternoon a man named John Proctor, aged 25 wars, was stabbed whilst standing at his own door, and died almost imme- diately. Two men, named Gartland and M'Kenna, fowl pluckers by trade, have been arrested 0:1 suspicion of being the murderers. The "Press Association" Armagh correspon-! dent, telegraphing later, says:-A shocking I murder was committed in Dawson-street, in this town, this afternoon. From the particulars at present obtainable it appears that about half- past two some parties went to the house of a man named John Proctor, in that street, and called out the son John, aged about 22. Immediately he was I caught and stabbed to death on the doorstep. The cause is not yet known, but some light may be thrown on the affair at the inquest on Wednes- day. There is little doubt but that it is the outcome of a party quarrel. Drs. Palmer and Heron were on the spot soon after the occurrence, but they could do nothing, as the young man died without being able to speak. The only wound was a stab under the left shoulder blade, penetrating, it is supposed. to the region of the heart. Two men named I Gartland and M'Kinney have been arrested on I suspicion. Gartland has a alight cut on the Anger, which is believed to have been caused by the instrument with which the deceased was stabbed. A Bailiff Stoned. In King's County on Saturday a bailiff named Quin, who was the only man who would consent to perform the duty, was engaged in the Bally. cumber district serving civil bills for shop debts. j' When his mission became known the chapel bell was rung. a mob collected, and his return j journey was blocked with some barricades built across the road, and he himself furiously attacked with stones. The carmaD who drove Quin endeavoured to clear a passage for his- car, and Quin meanwhile had to take shelter under the car. Quia, who is a feeble old man, sustained several severe wounds, but ultimately escaped with his life. A Farmhouse Set on Fire. At BaUydouaiioe, County Kerry, on Saturday "'rn night, a farmhouse in the custody of two care- takers protect ed by a police p.trry was set fire to in their absence at Listowel, and they returned to find it consumed. Murder of an Old Woman. Sentence of Twenty Years' Penal Servitude. On Tuesday, at Dublin Winter Assizes, a tramp named Thomas Brady was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude for having murdered an old woman named Anne Konis, at Mainham Cross, Clongowes, County Kildare, on the 8th of June last, by splitting her head open with a blow of a stool. The deceased kept a little shup, and no motive save that of robbery can be assigned for the crime. Police Interference Evaded. A telegram from Kilrusls states that Messrs. Cox. Jordan, and Kennv, who visited that town for the purpose of carrying out the" Plan of Campaign on the Vnndeleur est.att., evaded the vigilance ot the police by issuing instructions to the tenants to assemble la're at night at places named, which were several miles outside the town. The hon. gentle- men left the town on foot surreptitiously, singly, and were afterwards taken on cars which wete waiting for them. They did not get back until near breakfast time on Sunday morning. They had to go by a circuitous route to avoid the police barracks in different parts of the country. It is stated the tenants showed the greatest enthu- siasm, and there was keen competition for the honour of paying first. The total sum received was f200. Messrs. Kenny and Cox, assisted bv the Rev. Mr..>canlan, P.P., and the Rev. Mr. O'Meara, J.P., visited Goonaclara. near Kilrush. on Monday, and collected the rents of Mr. Barton's tenants, whohnd demandea 25 per cent, reduction. It is stated that not only were the cu. rent gales lodged, but some outstanding rents were paid to the'trustees I who were appointed to take charge of the money. The police dr. not appear to hive been able to dis- cover the whereabouts nf the League Rent-office, as there was no interference with it. Trial of the Woodford Prisoners. At Connaught Assizes or, Tuesday ten young men were again put forward, charged with assaulting policemen and bailiffs at Woodford on the 27t.h of August last, and with obstructing the sheriff in tho execution of his du;y. Three attempts had been made to dispossess a man named Saunders, against whom the Marquess of Clanri- carde had obtainpd a decree. The first two attempts were repulsed, though supported bv 200 constables. The third attempt was supported by 250 constables and a number of emergencv bailiffs. While they were forcing an entrance a crowd of two or three thousand people assembled, the chapel bell was rung, and showers of boiling water and lime were thrown. After the police had effected an entrance Inspector Murphy was thrown off a scaling ladder, but not seriously injured. The Rev. James Egan was examined for the defence to show that the people were under the impression that the emergency men undpr Captain Hamilton were carrying out the eviction. The jury, after some hours' detibe- ration, announced that there was no chance of their agreeing. Near midnight they returned a verdict of "Justification," which the judge re- fused to ree-ive. Subsequently they found a verdict of guilty on the charge of obstructing the sheriff. Sentence was deferred. A Roman Catholic Bishop on His Mission. The Mayor and Corporation of Limerick on Tues- day presented an address to Dr. O'Dwyer, Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese, congratulating him on his elevation to the Episcopacy, claiming him as a Home Ruler, and expressing the hope tuat the Nationalists would receive his support. In reply, however, he stated that, while sympathising with the national aspirations, he considered his mission was to legulate and restrain, and not stimulate, the ardour of a naturally impu!sive people for reform. The greater the grievance the greater was the danger of excess, and he preferred acting as a brake on the machine rather than as a boiler to supply steam. Extension of the Plan of Campaign." The" Pian of Campaign has been put into operation on the estate of Mr. Valentin* Ryan, Glenties, County Donegal. A rent office was opened and rents handed over to trustees. Two military officers, both local gentlemen, assisted in the collection of rents. The police were present, but did not interfere. At Omagh, in County Tyrone, on Tuesday the tenants of Colonel Preston, on being refused 30 per cent. reduction, left in a body without paying any rent. Release of Father Fahy, The Rev. Father Fahy was released, it is stated unconditionally, from Galway Gaol on Monday afternoon by special order of the Lord-Lieutenant. It will be remembered that the rev. gentleman was charged with making a threatening speech, end went to gaol rather than find sureties for his good behaviour. He will proceed to Sligo to give evidence in the Woodford agrarian cases at the assizes. Nationalists Collecting Rents. In addition to the remsou the Vandeieur estate which were collected on Saturday under the Plan of Campaign by Messrs. Cox, Jordan, and Kenny, M.P.'s, so as to prevent any interruption by the police over 200 tenants paid on Sunday, the amount being lodged with private trustees, and by to-day it is expected that nearly all the rents will have been secured, despite the vigilance of the police authorities. Order Upon Recalcitrant Tenants. At Dublin on Monday Judge Boyd, sitting as Receiver Judge, made a conditional order of attachment against a number of tenants on the Crofton Estate, near Macroom, County Cork who had resolved to pay no rent unless a specified abatement was granted. Mr. Parnell's Indisposition. The "Press Association" learneJ upon inquiry at the Kuston Hotel, London, on Monday that Mr. Parneh.aithoughnotconnned to bed, cannot yet leave his apartments or receive visitors. He is obliged to avoid all business or political discussion as much as possible, but is making good progress towards recovery. The hon. member's future movements have not yet been decided upon, although it is understood that an early visit to Ireland is contemplated.

Shocking Affair in Ireland. A Whole Family Suffocated. At Carrick-on-Suir on Sunday morning gas was found to De escaping from a main which had burst. This was remedied, and nothing more was thought of it until about ten o'clock, when it was observed that the bouse of a labourer named Hearn, who was known to be generally astir early, was still closed. The neighbours knocked, and called upon the inmates. Getting no reply, tbey forced their way in, and found the whole family eight in number, apparently dead. On examina- tion, it was discovered that life was not extinct, and all-includin. father, mother, three boys, two girk, and an infant two months old—wer» re- I moved to tbohospir-at. Soon after adwission the three boys and one of the gii Is died. The others survive, but their death was houily expected. It I appears the gas from the main, which was but pight feet from the house, entered through a broken window, and the inmates were overcome with the fumes before they were able to escape. P A later teiegram states that five of the children had died, and that Hearn, his wife, and the remaining child continued in a precarious con- dition.

Suicide of a Surgeon. Kins Himself after an Unsuccess-i ful Operation. A remarkable suicide has recently been com- mitted in St. Petersburg. A short time ago a woman, aged 23, came to consult Dr. Botkine. who found that siie wa< suffering from a tuberculous j ulcer. An operation heirit; deemed necessary, Dr. Botkine sent her to M. Kolouiinne, a surgeon of I considerable repute. He administered to her a slight dose of saline acid of cocaine, and finding this did not take effect he increased the dose and performed the operation with complete success, but a few hours afterwards he received a message to say that his palieut I seemed to be dying, and he found, upon hurrying to her, that, judging by the feebleness of the pulse and the bluish appearance of the face, I I she was suffering from the effects of poison. All the efforts made to save her were of no effect, and she died the same evening. M. Kolominne was so overcome that he denounced himself as her mur- derer, though all his colleagues assured him that he was in no way to blame. But be would not listen to them, and a few days afterwards he blew his brains out, leaving a note in which he said, I must have been the victim of some temporary aberration, and this has caused I he cataatrophe II which drives me to despair. I am not guilty, for my intentions were good; but I cannot live." =

The44 Central News" learns that Mr. Forrest I Fulton, M.P., barrister-at-law, of the South Eastern Circuit, will receive the appointment of Junior Counsel to the Treasury, vacated by Mr. Montagu Williams, who has been appointed a Metropolitan police magistrate.

.r> I' The Alleged Libel on the Late Mr. Batchelor. Refusal to Permit a Change of Venue. ¡ The Case to be Tried at Cardiff Before Mr. Justice Wills. In the High Court of Jusace, Queen's Bench Division, on Saturday (before Mr. Justice Denman and Mr. Justice Hawkins, sitting as a Divisional Court), the easo of the Queen 11. Carr and Ensor was brought forward. | Mr. Houghton £ .pid This is a criminal iiidict- meet for an alleged libel on a deceased poison. A true bill was found by the grand jurr at Swansea, and the defendants have now pleaded to the indictment, one of them pleading not guilty to the indictment, one of them pleading not guilty and the other justification. Upon these pleas is^ue has been joined,t be joinder of issue having been filed yesterday afternoon. I now come to your lord- f-hips at the earliest possible moment to move agliin-I will explain why I say again-an d the reason is that an order has already been made, although it has not yet been drawn up, that the defendants, for both of whom I appear, should be allowed to enter a suggestion that this is a proper case to he tried in Middlesex and not in Glamorgan or any part of W,<!es. An applica- tion was made by the defendants in Chambers during the vacation, before a true bill had been found, for a change of renu9. Mi Justice Bawkins: Do you want to remove the indictment to the Old Bailey under Palmer's Act ? Mr. Boughton: No; we want to remove it to Middieaex. An orrior was made in Chambers to rerunve it into the Queen's Bench Division, and to try it in the county of Middlesex, but the Master in the Crown Office pointed out when the order was drawn up that upon our invitation the learned judge had gone rather bevond the powers which he possessed—that h» bad, in fact, granted an order changing the venue before joinder of issue. Mr. Justice Denman: Was there noL a prior j application ? Mr. Houghton: Yes, to quash the indictment, but that was refused, and we have adopted now the course which was suggested then, that tbe defendants should plead and take their chance on the law here. We have pleaded, and I now renew my application. On the last occasion we applied to Mr. Baron Pollock, who, after hearing the prose- cutors, on the 25th of August, made the order For trial in Middlesex." Mr. Justice Denman: For what reason do you wish to have the case removed from so large a county as Glamorgan, where you would have a well-chosen jury to try it? Mr. Hougnton The libei was certainly of poli- tical origin, and though it ought not to be repre- sented as wholly of a political character, it is somewhat political in its nature, and political influences ought, therefore, to ba prevented from affecting the result. Mr. Justice Hawkins: If I recollect aright, Hie libel commenced by saying that the deceased gentleman, whose sous are prosecuting the indict- went, laft his country for his country's good, insinuating that he had been transported, and concluded with a guod deal of scurrilous abuse, and suggosting that the erection of a monument to his memorv would be an eternal disgrace. If you published a. libei in respect of which not a panicle of public duty was cast upon you, why should ycu bring the case up to London to be tried when you have jurymen who cat be summoned from so large a coucty & Glamorgan: Mr. Houghton The prosecutors tliemsf''res no not oppose the application, because both side» are satisfied that party feeling is 81" high on rriÏs ques- f tion, and there hah been so mucii public d scorsioa upon it. that there would be serious rises of an abortive trial in Glamorgan. Mr. Justice flawirins: That is rather a strong I thing to say. because you have the whole county of Glamorgan to choose from, and you have the power to have yocr jury summoned under the old system—that is to say, you might atrikt off from the list of the 48 Dominated all thoqe who you think would be in the least degree objectionable, and you could have a selected jury, eo to speak, to try the case. Mr. Houghton: I am afraid it would result in try the case. Mr. Houghton: I am afraid it would result in this, that the prosecution would strike off ail the Conservatives, and the defendants would certainly strike off all the Liberals. (Laughter.; The affidavits go to5]iat. They are very strong. They are affidavits from magistrates, aldermen, and similar person*, and are fourteen in number. Mr. Justice Hawkins: If you cannot strike a jury that would be a very good reason indeed for coming to this court afterwards; but what I want to know is this-Why should we have this indict- ment, which will probably involve a very long hearing, tried in Middlesex unless it is absolutely necessary to do so ? We have plenty of business in Middlesex. Mr. Houghton: Absolute necessity would be placing it too high. Is it not sufficient to say that there would not be a fair trial in Glamorgan ? Mr. Justice Hawkins: That would be difficult to establish. Mr. Houghton: My affidavits make it out. Mr. Justice Hawkins: Whv sbould it not be tried somewhere not in Middlesex nor in Glamor- gan-at Gloucester, or at Bristol? Mr. Houghton: We have considered that alter- native. Mr. Justice Hawkins: Well, why not adopt it ? Mr. Houghton: The defendants would unhesi- tatingly accept Gloucester or Bristol in preference to anywhere in Wales. Mr. Justice Hawkins: Well, why not accept one of those places ? Mr. Houghton: The parties think Middlesex more desirable. Mr. Justice Hawkins I think Bristol would be a very good venue for it. Mr. Houghton: Except on personal grounds, I see no objection to Bristol. (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Denman That objection could easily be got rid of. (Laughter.) Mr. Houghton: I ought to tell your lordships that when 1 moved in the Divisional Court for a rule for a certiorari to bring any indictment that might be found into the Queen's Bench I expressly stated to the judges then on the bench that ttie object was to bring it up to London for trial, and the Divisional Court made the rule absolute in the first instance, although the ordinary practice is to grant a rule nisi only. I cannot, of course, say that the rule was expressly granted on that ground, but I stated that that was the object. Mr. Justice Denman: It need be neither in Middlesex nor Wales. Bristol, perhaps, would be more convenient than Gloucester, because this time Gloucester is in the middle of the circuit and Bristol at the end. Mr. Houghton: One reason why the parties prefer London is that they would like to have the benefit of leading counsel. Mr. Justice Denman: Which would make it an expensive trial. Ilr. Justice Hawkins: There are very good leading counsel on the Western Circuit. That is really no reason for bringing the case all the way to London. And if the parties insist upon having leading counsel there is nothing easier than to get them. There will be no objection on the part of leading counsel to go to Bristol, I daresay. (Laughter.) Again, an indictment of this sort, which charges and justifies the most cruel imputations, if they are unfounded, against a deceased man, ought to be tried with all expedi- tion. If the case were brought to London, in the ordinary cour3e of things it would probably not be tried for a year; whereas if the venue were changed to Bristol it would assuredly be tried at the next assizes-before the end of the month of February. It is exactly one of those cases the removal of which to London would create delay, and delay ought to be avoided. The relatives have the right to have the character of the dead man cleared, and the defendants punished, if they are guilty of the offence imputed to them. Mr. Houghton: I may say at once that I feel the force of your lordship's observations on the ques- tion of time, and that it would not be right to hang up a matter of this kind. I Mr. Justice Denman: We should refuse a rule unless there was consent on both sides to have the venue changed to Bristol. I Mr. Houghton The solicitor who represents the prosecution here does not authorise me to consent to Bristol. I Mr. Justice Denman: Then the matter must stand over unt.;j Monday, when, it the parties decline to consent to Bristol, w« ghxll refuse ihe rule. Mr. Houghton: 1 should ask your lordships to read in the meantime the affidavits which have been filed. There are fourteen altogether. four were used in the original motion to change the venue, and we have given notice to the Crowu Office to produce them now and there are ter. others. Perhaps I ought to mention that in the affidavits vour lordship will find allusion made to the Cardiff riots. One of tbe defendants is part proprietor and editor of the newspaper, and a j judge went down to inquire into the riots. Mr. Justice Hawkins: No; it was Mr. Bridge, the police magistrate. Mr. Iloughton: Then, I beg the judges' pardon. (Laughter.) One of the defendants was the person whose office was attacked, and which required a j large force of police for the purpose of protection, i Mr. Justice Hawkins Is there anything in that j to justify the statement that the dead man had I been transported Mr. Houghton: No, but it is a reason why the case should not be tried at Cardiff. Mr. Justice Hawkins: We do not suggest Cardiff. Mr. Houghton: I unhesitatingly accept Bristol if your lordships so order. Mr. Justice Denman: What seems to us most undesirable is the adoption of a course whicr. would invotve a year's delay. Mr. Houghton: Any place whicb your lordship- would think a reasonable distance from what I 01" call the inflamed district I, on behalf of the def •) dants, should unhesitatingly accept. Mr. Justice Hawkins: And Bristol is oat of inflamed district ? Mr. Houghton I repeat that I am perfectly Lent with Bristol. Mr. Justice Denman: Then, if the other consent also on Monday, there will be a rule i, change the venue to Bristol. Mr. Houghton: I am afraid that they w ill not consent. Mr. Justice Den man: They will never get an unanimous verdict near Cardiff, if you are right in what you say. Mr. Houghton: I do not think they will. Mr. Justice Denman It would be desirable that your motion should be considered as asking for a change to Middlesex or Bristol. Mr. Houghton: If your lordships please. Mr. Justice Denman Let it stand over until I Monday, and in the meantime my brother Hawkins will read the affidavits which have been put in. Mr. Houghton: If your lordships please. The motion was ordered to stand over accord- ingly. In the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division on Monday (before Mr. Justice Denman, and Mr. Justice Hawkins, sitting as a Divisional Court), the case of the Queen v. C&rr and Ensor which was before the court on Saturday, was again brought forward. It will be rememberofl that Mr. Houghton, m behalf of the and with the approval of the prosequii• n. apo'ied that the venue for the tri») of the indictment should be changed from the Glamorgan Ass.z-s to Middlesex, it buiog state that the grand jurr at Sv.!in«sea had found a true hili ag'iir^t t'-f d-fen- u-mts for libel, and that one of tiuvn had pieaoed ,'t guilty and the ether justification. The c."urt absolutely rcfu«ed the av;-iicii;ion tar as Middlesex was concerned, but intimated that if both parties would agree to the tna, tafcir -j pi«oe | at the Bristol Assizes they wo,d sane ion the urrangement. Counsel fo! the defendant* expr>>s>.?d ] their readiness at the time to assent, ann the pro- secutors were given up to Mc.ndav m^rnus- to make up their minds. Mi. Hought. n mw stated that Mr. David an- I phased for the prosecu'ion. and was. he under- stood. willing, subject to their iord#h:ps' appri-vsU, to consent to the indict men; he;o" tried at Glou- cester, as being more convenient and let,? expen- sive than Bristol u .der all the circumstHno*. Mr. Justice. Denman said the onlr yhieclion to Gloucester was that the duration of tit? aps'-nes there had already been settled, it being ati inter- mediate fixture. swhereHS liristo' \\¡UI at the cp'1 of tkie circuit. £ » thought the court intimated or, Saturday thnt if Bristo! were not flgrel>ri uj'on no change at ail would be imde He iid not they wouid be jus"ned ir. consent in^ to G ;C,l1- center, where lie believed both entnina! and civil business would be taken, and there would only lie a single judge. Under sue!, circumstance H would not be right to send a case of that sort there. Hr. Justice Hawkins: Have you got the plea uf justification ? Mr Houghton: I am rtfraid not. What un- doubtedly constitutes ti-e serious part of the libel are words which come from -at. old play, and", tuch may possibly be Uken by the jury in their literal sense. Mr. Justice Denman: All the affidavits are before us, and we adher» to the view which we expressed oc Saturday. We consider that :heru is not sufficient ground for removing the case to Middlesex. Tnere is no' sufficient ^rouiid fi r taking it away from the count r or GIHmorgao but. as both parties rather desired it should be tried elsewhere, we gave them iht on: ion of taking Bristol As, however, they do not consent, we must exercise our discretion. Mr. Houghton: The defendants accepted Bristol, my lord. ¡I Mr. Justice Denman The onlr real reason, in my mind, for removing the case at al! is that it is to some extent a political euse, and that there is consequently a chance of tue jury disagreeing But we cannot assume that the jury wiu not GO their duty Mr. Houghton: We say that the very origin 01 the line! is calculated to excite public fueling io the locality. 1 am told there is v. rv little busi^ I ness ai Gloucester, my lord. Mr. Justice t'enmnn: We cannot go into that. The parties not agreeing upon Bristol, the case must remnin where it is. The application was accordingly dismissed. The application having been dismissed, the ca will now come OD for trial HI the ensuing Glamor- ganshire Assizes, which open at Cardiff on Thurs- day, Fr-bruary 3, before Mr. Justice Wilis, whose comments upon the case whu; it was heard at Swansea recently will be fresh in the memoi r 0 our readers.

The Lancashire Lifeboat Disaster. Inquest aud Verdict. Mr. Brighouse, coroner of the Southport district concluded the ino'iests on Saturday on lie bodie ot the 16 f the 27 .uen low by the capsizing o th* S: Anne's ami Southport lifeboats. Theb.dv ot Ja .¡¡,f Byrmv. of St. Anne's, having beer, idea- tifirtf Henry h ibinson, one of the S\H\'jvc" of tilt SoutnporL crew, was examine^ as to lit: circuin- stances of me d'St-ter. Thr-ir coxswain, lie said- wout(3 ireep the boat broadside to the sea, wanting to get more quickly to the Mexico. The crew wafitad him to head the 8ea and drop down towftrds the wreck, but he did not. They Wfre capsized in 17ft. of water The boat never offered to right herself. He did n.t think their coxswair was too old for service. There wou.d be nine tuen under the boat when she capsized—The captsin of the Mexico was also examined, and spoke to their rescue. They only saw the Lyttiam boat.—Thomas C arksor. su:d that on the 9th inst, ht was captHiu of the Lyttiam life- boat. The boa: was launched nb 'ut 10 15, with a crew of tifteen. TheT had seen vessel SLKIWING signals of distress about 9.30. and their boat was launched and o5inabcu! 35 rmciKes. Tney tiad an organised crew of ftiteei ar. Lytham, and if all the crew eould not go they fiiiec up w;th volunteers. They bad three volur'oers. When they first saw the vessel h way twelve cr fourteen miles south-west from their station. They rrwed down the shore for about one and a quarter nvie to opposite Ansdell, then set sai:, and 0-re for the vessel. There was plenty of water, and ther naC: a favourable wind. When they hac gnt over tirf miles they lost sight of the vessel, and. showed a light, which was answered. They then went on. and afterwards saw the ship to leeward They took the sails down. Just as they had done this a heavy sea struck their boat, filled her, partly out her on her side, took all her oars out. and broke three of them. They pul.ed with what oars th«y had, and after difficult} got to the shij: and rescued the crew. One man dropped into Jie water, but was pulled out by the lifeboat crew. Thty never saw Southport or St. Anne's.—The jury returned t verdict of Death from misadventure." Donation from the Queen. A telegram from General Sir H. <nsot.bv haf been received by the Mayor ot Southport. stating that the Queen will give jE103 to the fund for th1 relief cf the sufferers from the lifeboat calamities. The mayor replied, gratefully thanking ber Majestv" for her gift.

Meeting of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. A special genera! meeting of the committee o2 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was heid on Monday afternoon at its house. John-street Adelphi, London, Sir Edward Birkbe<-k, Burt. M.P., in the chair. There was a large attendance The following resolution was unanimously carried:— That this committee desires to take this tue earliest opportunity 01 placing on record its b gh appreciation of the service ot Lbe crews ot the 6>t>uth|,oit and St. Anne's lifeboats and iu deep and i,e»rti<-ii symiMihy with the widows and tauii.ies of the brave iuo nobis men who lost their lives in the gxiiai.i ann l er ae attempt to rescue the crrw of th*- ti«.raue MtrXk. all the night of Ihursday, the &th of VeoerTJ The report presented to the Board of Trade b, the Commissioners apuointed to hold an inquirv into the circumstances attending the terrible disasters to these lifeboats was read at the meet- ing, and great satisfaciion was expressed at the result, no blame having been aitached in it to the institution in connection with those ca'a.«tropiies. After hearing reports from the chief inspector and three district inspectors of lifeboats to the insti- tution on their special visits to the localitv, the committee decided to grant special rewaids for their service, to the surv ivors of the Souchport lifeboat crew and the crews nf the Lyt'mui *nd Blackpool lifeboats, as weil as the silver medat of the institution and a copy of the vote insciibed on vellum to the coxswain oi the Lythati. l;(Mt. It was also resolved to send to Southport and St. Anne's without delav new water-baiiast lifeboats, possessing all tiie latent improvements. to take the place ot those now there, ana io place at Southport in addition, as soon as possible, a large sailing lifeboat, to be kept mooi eu at, -at at the end of the pier. The institution has nLri- buted £2.000 to the fund now being raised at Southport and St. Anne's tor the benetu of tue life boat men's widows and orphans. Official Report. The "Pres" Association*' received or. Monda' night a copy of the official report made by Air. Digby Murray and Caption Oiieiwynd the President of the Board of Trade on the lifeboat disasters at Southport and St. Anne's, bv which 27 lives were lost. With reference to the S5ou:iif>ort boat, the inspectors are of opinion 'hat the loss of life was attributable to the boat never righting after cupMzing. which w;: s occasioned by the anchor having b-oen let go and to a number of men holding on and iind»?r. Respecting the St. Anr.e's lifeboat, regiot is expressed that the coxt\vft)tt was physically anfit for so arduous and difficult a service, as he ill with consumption, and not expected to last Iwyoud the spring. Two or three 01 the otoars were not- strong men, and one wa* siat«u to narr eiinujd himself fooc fur the sake of his children In enD- clusion testimony is borne to !l.e gallantry f the lishermnn of the neirhtiourhood, ther* being never the slightest difficulty in obtaining lileboat- crews, nu matter what w-eaiher. A committee, consisting of Lords Derby, Sefton, Lathmn, and Stanley of Preston, t-lis Mavor oi Southport, and a number o' coun'j gentlemen, has been formed to administer thl" Southpo' Lifeboat Disaster Fund, which aheadv excee £ 20,000.

Cardiff Bound Steam Ashore. At one o'clock on Friday afternoon the sle w ugs Moss Roae and Whke Rose again left C-xn.'i ill search of the missing steamship Siorm At three o'clock thev found her '.n Shurtou Ih rs io the westward of the Gore SanJ. She wa iying on a mud bottom between two reefs o :ocks, and the tugs had to go up tins uarrow assage in order to pass their lines aboard. Wtie'j I :It flood tide made there was a heavy ,cmunu on. and at nearly high water some of the waier ballast was pumped out of the steamer, arid the tugs towel her off about midnight. Tln-v assisti-d her into Penarth Roads, where she anchored, "ud on Saturday the vessel was taken into Cardiff, where she was placed in the Mount Stuart Dry Dock for survey.

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