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

A COURAGEOUS CLERGYMAN.

The Rev. Mr. Hughes, C.C., of Dundalk, was
aroused from his meditations by his fireside a few
evenings since by cries of " Murder," which brought
him rapidly, and, as it happened, seasonably, to the
scene of a moat 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. " PTe 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 reeders of Mr. Hughes's gallant
achievement will take exception to this generous
hope.

The Mysterious Death at Brighton.

On Saturday the adjourned inquest as to th
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
this 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 be did not think it had been
in the water 24 hours—certainly not from the 9 Lti
to the 25th.
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 subsequently
her luggage--a large packing-case, a trunk, end
small boxes—was sent for. She knew Capt. Bruce
when she saw him, and said she had that intoning
seen him enter the White Horse Hotel. On the
morning of the day she left deceased she said herd
husband was in the neighbourhood, and
" He will kill me, he will kill me."
iffeixtcoleism exclaimed,
" e.'
plied, " Then don't go with him," and she said, I
must go." A photograph produced Was identified
deceased as that of Capt. Bruce. She had seen Capt. Bruce
three years before, whento be the same man.
was lodgingin
Cambridge-terrace,and knew i
that a person named
' Had heard deceased sal
Lewis, who was something in the City, had posses_
sion of three large boseanlowfah
Deceased
Bruce as her husband,
Bruce, and spok of
and used to go once a week to Forest-hill
to see
her child, which she said was with his fatuity.
Julia Weymouth, of 9, Camden Cottages, had
known deceased for some years, and also Mr. Bruce,
and knew deceased was not married to him. Mr.
Adolphus had also called at her house to see de-
ceased three or four times. Witness also said that
Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Bruce Were not one and the
same 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 Mrs. Bruce.
Mr. Adolphus was recalled, and repeated bis
statement that the last he saw of deceased was 00
the Bth of November, when she left him at London

Bridge terminus for Brighton.
A letter was produced, which deceased had ad-
dressee to Mr. Adolphus on th 9 day before, request-
ing him to spend the night of the ith with the
to comply with,
writer. This, he said, he declined
but met her next morning, speat the dcly with her
at the Great Northern Hotel, and saw her off to
Brighton in the evening.
The jury ultimately returned a verdict, " That
the deceased was found drowned, but there was no
evidence to show bow she got into the water."