The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-07 00:00:00

A COURAGEOUS CLERGYMAN.

The Rev. Mr. Hughes, C.C., of Dundalk, was
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him rapidly, and, as it happened, seasonably, to the
scene of a most brutal outrage close to his dwelling.
Two ruffians, named Shevlin and Keenan, had
beaten a young man named Cunningham most
mercilessly. They had him by the legs and shoul-
ders battering him against a stone wall, over which
they flung him, with the evident intention of fol-
lowing him, perhaps to complete their work by de-
priving him of life, when the approach of the priest
induced them to abandon their intention, and take
to their heels ; but the courageous curate was not
to be baffled by the flight of the culprits. He
gave chase, and, being an active, powerful man,
began to gain upon the flying miscreants, which, on
perceiving, brought them to a halt, resolved, irre-
spective of the good man's cloth and character, to
preserve the liberty which they knew he designed
to imperil and to evade justice; but Father Hughes
held his own against the odds opposed to him till
the arrival of aid, when he succeeded in securing
the criminals, who are, thanks to his intrepidity, in
the hands of justice, the full benefits of which they
are sure to experience. "We hope," says the
Dundalk correspondent of the Irish Tones, " Mr.
Hughes will receive the just reward of his gallant
and philanthropic capture, and from his diocesan a
rich parish, where no doubt his talent, piety, and
gentlemanlike demeanour would make him a general
favourite. Few readers of Mr. Hughes's gallant
achieveuaent will take, exception to this generous
hope.

The Mysterious Death at Brighton.

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Ott Saturday the adjourned inquest as to this
mysterious case was resumed at the White Horse,
Rottingdean, before Mr. F. H. Gill, coroner for
East Sussex. The object of the adjournment was
to ascertain what had become of deceased between
the Bth of November, when Mr. Louis Adolphus,
with whom she was connected, stated that he bid
her good bye at the London-bridge station, and the
25th, when her body was found in the sea. The
inspector of police had no evidence to produce on

,his point.
Dr. Noakes said he had made a further exami

nation of the body, and found no fractures or
extensive marks of violence, but there were bruises
occasioned by contact with the rocks, which he
believed to have been occasioned after death. The
body was so fresh that he did not think it had been
in the water 24 hours—certainly not from the 9th
to the 25th.

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Elizabeth Young, of 2, Queen's-road, Camden
town, said deceased lodged with her three years
ago, and recently one month, up to the day in
question, Nov. 8. A Captain Bruce, whom she
passed off as her husband, called for her in a cab,
.
and she left the house with him, and subsequentnlY:
her luggage--a large packing-case, a trunk,
small boxes—was sent for. She knew
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must go." A photograph prOb.ad
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as that of Capt. Bruce.
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three years before,
when
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property.
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which she said was with his family.
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her child,
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and knew deceased.
sole person, and on seeing the same photograph
which the previous witness had sworn was that of
Mr. Bruce, she declared the likeness was that of
Mr. Adolphus, and not of Capt. Bruce. She saw
deceased on the morning of
the Bth instant in her
usual cheerful spirits.

Maria Pratt, deceased's sister, who lives at York,
said that in a letter she received from deceased,
dated the Bth of November, she stated that " Mr.
Adolphus had taken her away from her lodgings,
and she had nowhere to go to, but to stay with him."
It was dated from the Great Northern Hotel. Her
sister always spoke kindly of Mr. Adolphus. She
had seen both Mr. Bruce and Mr. Adolphus. They
Were two distinct persons. Deceased always went
by the name of Mr:=. Weep.
Mr. Adolphus was recalled, and repeated his
statement that the last ho saw of &ceased was on
the Bth of November, when she left him at London
Bridge terminus for Brighton.
A letter was produced, which deceased bad ad-
dressed to Mr. Adolphus on the day before, request-
ingthe
him to spend the night of the 7th
withly with,
writer. This, he said, he declined to cotuPith her
but met her next morning, spent the day w
at the Great Northern Hotel, and saw her off to
Brighton
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ult evening.
ea a verdict, " That
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the deceased was found drowned but there was no
evidence to show how sbe got into the water."