The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-14 00:00:00

RECO7RLY o_l7 MRS. LEWIS PRICE.

For nearly nine months the Rev. Lewis Price,
the discarded of the Agapemonites, has been endea-
vouring to regain possession of his wife, and his
Persevering exertions to free her from the Agape-
mone have been noised abroad. Last Tuesday
success crowned his un wearying efforts. Ile and
his wife are now living
i together, happily . trust,
at It appears that while he has bPen,
storming the Agapemezie, and searching the houses
of Henry li.eies Prince and his adherents, the lady-"
has been away from the district. At the lattr
end of last week Mr. Price received information that
his lady had been at Plymouth, and that she was
then at Excter. To Exeter he accordingly hastened,
accompanied by his agent; and discovered- the
lodging his wife had occupied, but not his wife
, herself. He ascertained that her companion was a
lady, Mrs. Starkey, whose husband, the former
rector of Charlinch, occupies one of the chief posts
in " The Abode of Love." The result of inquiries
was that the pair had proceeded to Salisbury, and
thither Mr. Price despatched his assi▪
stant, himself
returning to Bridgwater on Sunday night, ready to
leave for wherever his agent might advise. Mrs.
Starkey has a cast in her eye, and thi▪ s peculiar and
noticeable distinction enabled the agent to track
the couple with greater ease. He found that they
had been to Salisbury, and had gone in a cah
from that place to a neighbouring village called
Wilton. At Wilton he had difficulty in tracing
them, for after reaching that place the wily Mrs.
Starkey purchased new bonnets for herself and
her friend, and returned in a different cab to
Salisbury, where they took apar rn nst £2 r
week. To these apartments Mr. Price's represen-
tative at last tia,2ked the pair, and so well managed
matters as to get the landlady on his side. When
this had been done, he telegraphed for his prin-
cipal, and Mr. Price left Bridgwater on Monday
afternoon for the scene of operations. It was ar-
ranged that same evening that when Mrs. Price
came down to breakfast on Tuesday morning her
husband should be introduced to her. This ar-
rangement was carried out; and great was the
astonishment of the two ladies when the man they
imagined to be watching the Princeites' esta-
blishment, and from whom they had take!" such
pains to get clear away, stood before them. There
being no Mr. Hodder, nor any of the male de-
votees of Prince in attendance, very little resist-
ance wstb made. Mr. Price determined to take
sis wife with him to. his place of abode at Glas-
tonbury forthwith, and offered to allow Mrs. Star-
key to go with them if she pleased. The female
custodian :availed herself of the offer, hoping,
perhaps to retain her influence over Mrs. Price,
the loss of whose .£6,500 will prove a serious one
to the Agapemone at the present juncture. They
reached Glastonbury between eight and nine
o'clock on Tuesday night. In Bridgwater the
news created much excitement and gratification,
where the wish is general that the Welsh curate
may be able to convince his lady of the monstrous
errors of Princeism, and induce her to heartily aid
him in compelling Prince to restore her fortune.

THE HELMSHORE RAIL)} AY ACCI-

DENT.

Yesterday morning Colonel -Yolland, accom-
panied by Mr. George Wilson, the deputy chair-
man of the Lancashire and York Railway; Mr.
M. Fenton, the secretary ; Mr. Shaw, Mr. Lees,
and Mr. Newall, went to the scene of the late acci-
dent on this line and made several experiments as

to the speed with which 17 carriages would recede
down the incline from Helmshore. The carriages,
before leaving Bury, were weighted and made
about the same in respect as they would have been
had they been filled with passengers. The 17 car-
riages and their weights weighed on the average
5 tons 10 cwt. each, or together nearly 94 tons.
From the centre of Helmshore station platform
to the first bridge towards which the run-
away carriages receded (ar d it will be remem-
bered that the excursion train separated exactly
opposite to the centre of the station) is 1451 yards ;
to the second bridge, 721 yard 3 further; and to the
third bridge, 3021 yards from the centre of the
station; From this (the third) bridge to the point
of collision is 1431 yards, and from the paint of
collision to the fourth bridge is 43 yards. The total
distance from the centre of the station to the point
of collision is 6971 yards, but the end or tail car-
riage of the excursion train was 119 yards nearer
Ramsbottom (towards which the carriages ran) as.
compared with the centre of the carriage which
separated at the Helmshore station.
When the experiments were made, the weighted
train was first run back by its own gravity,
and by the time it reached the scene of the
accident it had acquired a speed of about 15
miles au hour. This train was stopped by Newall's
break in three-quarters of a ;minute. Next the
guard was allowed to run from the Helmshore
platform, get on to his break, and apply it, and he
succeeded in stopping the train before it reached the
scene of accident. (But we should here say that
Colonel Yolland said he could not have done this
had the rails been wet, as the speed would have
been in that case about double.) It took about two
minutes to run from the Ifehnshore etation to the
scene of the accident. Several other experiments
were tried, and they were of such a nature that
Colonel Yolland stated his evidence given the day
before was not in fault, and he was perfectly satis-
fied.

We should add that Colonel Yolland, as usual,
gave every facility to the reporters who were pre-
sent.

THREE TIMES ROUND THE RING.—Howe and
Cushing's American Circus visited Dumfries on Monday,
and something like a riot arose out of the refusal by the
manager to pay a sovereign promised to anyone who should
ride a mule three times round the ring without being
thrown off. A lad, named Quin, who is in the employment
of a horse-dealer, undertook the feat, and insisted that he
had ridden the mule three times round the ring and kept
his seat, notwithstanding that the reins had been cut by one
of the circus people, and everything had been done to pre-
vent him succeeding in the trial. The manager on tb e other
hand averred that Quin had not ridden in jockey fashion,
had nearly choked the animal by clutching it round the
neck, and had only ridden round the ring twice, a portion
of the spectators having interfered. Quin's claims were
loudly backed by a large number of the audience, and a
mighty uproar was the result, in which some of the benches
were smashed. Quin stuck to the mule, and proceeded to
take it away home with him, followed by an immense
crowd, cheering and yelling in a state of great excitement,
and evidently anxious to ascertain the whereabouts of the
manager, who had left the circus for his lodgings. Baffled
and unsuccessful in their search, a portion of the crowd
went back to the circus, seized one. of the carriages, and
threw it into the Nith, from which, however, it was re-
covered, only slightly damaged. The money was ultimately
paid to Quin, an 1 the mule was restored. At the last visit
of this circus to Dumfries a similar occurrence took place,
Quin on that occasion having also claimed to have won the
money, which he did net get.--Dumfries Courier.

FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS.—WORCESTER,
WEDNESDAY. The musical performances have left
very little to be desired or to be carped at, while the atten-
dance and the sums realised for the Charity for the Relief of
Clergymen's Widows and Orphans have been large beyond
precedent. The amount received at the doors of the cathe-
dral yesterday was £335, besides £l4. Bs. after the early
morning service. This shows a material increase on the
first day's proceeds last year, the amount then collected
having been £259105. The attendance at last night's con-
txtrt at the College Hall was equally good that of the
indrning. Another fine morning brought new accessions of
company to the " faithful" city today, to hear
,Spoli.," Ss
" Last Judgment" and the selection from Handers Juott
Maccabeus." The seats were not so well filled as yestfr-
he
day, nevertheless the attendance was decidedly good.
oratorio " Judas Maccabous," which concluded about half-
past three o'clock, afforded the greatest gratification.
bells of the old cathedral rang merrily at
the
performance. The collection at the door o t the close
cathedral
e The
hfe dtrhael
to -day for the charity amounted to £229 2s. 6d., which in.
eluded a donation from the Ron. and l'ev. Fortescue
(canon), t2O, and £22 17s. 4d. handed over' from the Glou-
cester Festivals.
NEW 'CHURCH IN G s-INN-LANE.—A
RAYf a wealthy city merchant,new
4sanine,Ltohnedowne,l—l.
church, built at the solo expense
ohb h
is rising in one of the worst nog cursfion
namely, sotßd wins-gardens, Gray'
Kitchen
Mformerlyr. Butterfield, et ood
thTehearechhuirteecht,
known rer of the lowest class,, of thieves, and the place
where the "Thieves'
ai,sthteoshbeaftbauoilftthoef
which is from the designmoafr
Church,
different aret- et-street,
of All Saints
common brick,. d
bandedearthnenw The walls will be carried
a cousidierraeble height before the windows are reached,
pillars being.o
up to
and the greater portion of light will be obtained from the
clerestory. At the west-end is a narthex or Galilee porch,
supported by an arch of imposing span and height, and
lighted by a noble west window. Here, according to the
custom of the early churches, are the north and south doors.
To the south are the parsonage and sexton's house. An
ecclesiastical district will be assigned to the new church-out
of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in which it is situate.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—A grand
fete was given yesterday at the Crystal Palace, in aid of the
endowment fund of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum.
The summer has been so unpropitious to all kinds of
outdoor festivity that such fetes "in aid" have been rather
disasters than benefits. But the weather yesterday was
'that of summer at its best, and gave to many thousands
of pleasure-seekers several hours crowded with amuse •
ments that brought into play all the resources of the
establishment. There was a cricket match, balloon ascent,
vocal and instrumental music, assisted by Distin's levia-
than drum, and four comic singers. The best feature of
the day was the dinner, given by Mr. Strange, to 150 in-
mates of the asylum ; but the sight that attracted most at-
tention was the performance of a M. Blondin, who, while
the fountains were playing, crossed the central basin on a
tight-rope, with his feet in baskets to increase the difficulty.
The great basin is not quite a Gulf of Niagara, noris the
fountain so tremendous a piece of aquatics as the Fall. But
the rope was high enough from the ground to make the
spectators nervous, and the appearance of a human figure
walking in mid air above the spray was an effect altogether
novel. M. Blondin is announced as an American ; the last
mail left the Blondin, of Niagara celebrity, in Ohio. But
if this Blondin is not the original he has an approximate
degree of skill. There was some dancing in the grounds in
the evening, and long after dark the grand transept as
Crowded with prehaehmlere, li§tepin ty the pertermance w
on
OM) organ,