The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-13 00:00:00

WRECK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.

Before daylight on Thursday morning, while the wind
was blowing strong from the northeast, the Ramsgate
lifeboat Bradford, in tow of the steamer Aid, proceeded out
in response to signals from the Gull Light-ship. On nearing.
the Goodwin Sands a vessel was seen ashore on the north-
west spit, with a tar barrel burning as a signal of distress.
The lifeboat was then towed to windward of her, and
slipped. Sail was made on the boat, but when about fifty
fathoms off the ship, the lifeboat struck the sand heavily.
The Broadstairs' lifeboat—Samuel Morrison Collins—
had also come out and grounded, the sea breaking
fearfully over both boats. The falling tide fixed the Brad-
ford hard and fast on the sand. The crew of the stranded
ship, meanwhile, shouted for assistance, and after some
difficulty a line was got from the vessel to the lifeboat, and
a hawser hauled into the latter. A number of the
lifeboat men plunged into the sea, and wading through the
heavy surf, boarded the ship. The master requested
them to do their best to save the lives of his crew and the
vessel. After great labour and risk the ship came afloat,
when she was taken in tow by a steamer into Ramsgate
harbour. She was the schooner Pride of the West, of
Penzance, bound from Yarmouth to Hayles with a cargo
of flour.

The crime of horse stealing has for some time past
prevailed to a great extent in the upper parts of the county
of Essex. But the most daring raid of this kind was
made at Ilford on Wednesday night. Six fine agri-
cultural horses, valued at the sum of £240, belong-
ing to Mr. Lake, farmer of Aldborough Hatch, were
bedded up for the night at seven o'clock. At nine it was
found that the stable had been opened, the horses unhar-
nessed, and all taken away. They were traced in the direc-
tion of London, and over Bow Bridge, but there the clue
failed. The horses have not been found, but some gypsies,
who were in camp near, aro in custody.
Mr. Justice Keogh, in sentencing prisoners con-
victed of rioting at the Limerick election, said that it was
perfectly useless to talk of freedom of election if mobs
were to be allowed to go abroad, as in that city, carrying
sticks, life-preservers, pieces of rope, and handkerchiefs
with stones in them. If mobsmen were to be al-
lowed to go out into the streets and flourish weapons over
the heads of every elector who was oppos, dto them, it
would be far better that Limerick should have no represen-
tative at all. Judge Keogh sentenced the prisoners to six
months' confinement each, with hard labour. •

The sixteenth report of the Charity Commissioners
for England and Wales has been issued. They have made,
during the year 1868, 2,047 orders authorising sales of charity
estates, building or other leases,transfers of stock,establishing
now schemes,and application to tbolaw courts. The amount of
stock transferred in the year was £458,692. At the close of
1868 the total amount of the various stocks and shares
vested in the official trustees was £3,413,029, held by
them upon 4,9 M accounts. The only scheme the com-
missioners had prepared during the past year with the
view to its being submitted to Parliament, is for the Tre-
vilson clarity, affecting the parish of East Newlyn, iu Corn-
wall.

'.l'4 strike and lock-out of South Lancashire miners
still continues, with no signs of abatement. The proprietors
of the Denaby Main Colliery have within the last fow days
made an effort to stock the pit with men from Stafford-
shire. On Wednesday evening last a number of the men
locked out saw the new corners and managed to persuade them
to return to their homes. Tho men expressed a willing-
ness to do so, and a fow of them rettAned to their comrades
at the pit and persuaded them to go borne also. The
result was that about 60 of the "black sheep" left.
The majority left Mexbro', hea.ded by those locked out
with a large flag. They were repeatedly choered.o.o the way
by some thousands of people. Thoso locked out received
their first pay yesterday at Mexbro', at a cost qf about RN.