The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-30 00:00:00

A NEW ENOCH. A.RDEN CASE.

At the Swansea Police-court, on Saturday, a middle-
aged woman made application for a summons against a
person under somewhat peculiar circumstences. She
stated that thirteen years ago she married one John
O'Connell, who, soon after the birth of their second
child, left - her, and remained away. After seven
years' absence she married one William Beard, with
whom she lived up to within a few weeks ago, when her
first husband returned to Swansea and claimed her.
With the consent of her second husband she took the first
back to her home, and lived with him, it being an under-
standing between them that, the first husband being of a
jealous disposition, the name of the second was not to be
mentioned in his hearing under any circumstances what-
ever. OLe evening, however, in gentle remonstrance with
her husband for some exuberant manifestation of endear-
ment, and forgetful at the moment of the change, she
uttered the words, "Be quiet, William." Immediat'3ly
on this inadvertent mention of the Christian name of the
second husband, O'Connell told her to make her peace with
everybody, for he would surely murder her. She subse-
quently found a razor secreted under his pillow, and,
being afraid for her life, she sought refuge under the roof
of the second husband, with whom she was now living.
The conduct of O'Connell had become so violent at this
that she now prayed for a summons to bind him over to
keep the peace towards her, she being afraid of her life at
his hands. The summons was granted, and O'Connell
bound over to keep the peace for six months.

Mr. Baron Pigott is announced to preside at the
soirée of the London Auxiliary of the United Kingdom
Alliance, to be held in Exeter Hall on Wednesday even-
ing next.
RAILWAY COUPLINGS.—A. mishap occurred on the
Great Western line at Churchill, near Kidderminster, on
Monday morning, which might have resulted in a disaster
similar to that at Harrow but for the precautions which
it is stated the Great Western servants are always directed
to take under the circumstances. A luggage train was
running on the up line at high speed when the
couplings of one of the trucks snapped, and the
engine and fore part of the train dashed on
without them. There were two guards at the rear of the
detached trucks, and one of them jumped off and ran back
to prevent the approach of the next train, an express pas-
senger for South Wales, till the line was known to be
clear. On the Great Western men are liable to fine if
they neglect to run back, as the guard in question did, to
prevent other trains approach;.ng. As it happened, the
trucks of the train referred to ran on into Kidderminster
station, a distance of three miles, by their own momentum,
and the break had to be applied even then to pull them
up. The line was therefore left clear for the express, but
singular to say, when the luggage again started the coup-
linKs broke a second time.
RESTIVCCTION OF TWO VESSELS BY FIRE..-.•
Particulars have been received in Liverpool of the destruc-
tion by fire of the ship Louisa Jowett and the fortunate
escape of the crew. Captain Pearson, of that vessel, states
that the vessel left Ardrossan for Matanzas on the 20th
July, and everything proceeded satisfactorily until the
4th September, when about 10 o'clock p.m. a tremendous
sea pooped the vessel, which carried away the galley, after
hatch-house, and bulwarks, staving the cabin skylight
and flooding the cabin. On the 10th of September the
weather being fine and the wind light and variable, Cape
Cabraon being distant about twenty miles south to south-
west, the captain observed smoke issuing from the fore-
hatch. A search was made to discover the seat of tae fire
but it was impossible to remain in the hold, owing to
the intense heat. The hatches were at once battened down
and on the 17th, when the vessel was about twenty
miles north-west of Mater Millos Point, in conse-
quence of the fire continuing to increase in the hold,
the barque was abandoned. At about four in the after-
noon the flames burst out, and at half-past five o'clock
the mainmast went by the board. The crew were after-
wards picked up by a Spanish gunboat, and taken to
Nueritos Port. The captain of the Henrietta, who has
arrived from Callao, reports that on the sth ultimo in lat.
. 6 S., lon. 28 W., he fell in with an iron vessel of about
800 tons dismasted. The hold was on fire, and the decks
burnt through completely. No mine could be made out,
nor were there any traces of the crew.
FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.—The latest accouute from
Victoria state that the disastrous floods of September had
not subsided, and a few days continuous rain would ren-
der the rivers and creeks as dangerous as ever. The ex-
ceptional nature of the wet season may be seen from the
statement that up to the end of September the total raid-
fall since the beginning of. the year was 2580 in., as coin-
di nu
during
the r
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saexperiencedin e p eri o d
2poa!•6sedivinithB63l,4;3nle
years. The damage done to Melbourne and
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supposed,y the fi floods s was
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the
precautionsserious than
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were adopted by the manufacturers on the banks of the
Yarra. In the country there was a greater loss both of
life and property. Bridges were swept away, crops
wasted, and all kinds of damage done in various places
At Ballarat many houses were inundated, but the mines
in and around the city were not seriously injured. The
Bendigo district suffered considerably, and thousands of
pounds will be required to repair the mischief that has
been done. At one time the Murray rose to within four
feet of the railway wharf, or a height of thirty-six feet
above the ordinary leveL So high a flood has not been
seen at Echuca since it was first settled twenty-three
years ago. A. conference of local governing bodies has
been held at Melbourne, to request the Government t)
make a special grant to repair the damage of the floods,
which amount to forty thousand pounds, but their demand
was not acceded to.