The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-30 00:00:00

THE NORWICH WIFE MURDER

The trial of William Sheward, charged on ms own con-
fession with the murder of his wife, at Norwich, in June
1851, commenced on Mt nday before. Mr. Baron Pigott. Mr.
O'Malley, Q.C., opened the case for the prosecution at
great length, calling attention to the inexplicable disap-
pearance of the prisoner's wife, the prisoner's own con-
fession, and the other strange circumstances of the case.
A great deal of evidence was given for the prosecution,
beginning with that of Davis, the police-inspectorin London,
t, whom Sheward made his confession last January. The
labourers and others who found pieces of a human body
at Norwich in 1851, were then questioned, and Mr.
Nicholls and Mr. Dalrymple, the surgeons, who examined
the fragments, gave their evidence. It will be remembered
that the remains were said to belong to a much younger
woman than the prisoner's wife, who was 54 at the time
of her disapearance; but the medical evidence on Monday,
stated that the woman whose remains were found, might
have been 54. The evidence for the prosecution was not
concluded when the court rose. Every place was occupied,
and the prisoner, who has been very ill, remained seated
during the day.

THE COLLIERY INUNDATION.-THAN IS''

GIVING SERVICE.

The twelve miners who were rescued a week ago from
their terrible imrrisonm• nt in Lock's Lane Pit, were so
far improved in health on Sunday as to be able to attend
Divine service at Brierley Hill parish church. The build-
ing was crowded with people. We noticed with regret
that many of these men, whose praise has
been sounded throughout the laud, were suffered to
remain standing during the greater part of the service.
Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Sillitoe, curate, and
appropriate allusions to the occasion were solemnly de-
livered and reverently listened to. This was the case to a
marked degree when the reader arrived at the thanksgiving
prayer. Before this was given the whole of the rescued
miners were announced to be desirous of returning thanks
to Almighty God for their late deliverance, and all
the congregation were requested to join in repeating
the prayer, and after going through this and the remaining
portion of the Church service in an earnest and impressive
manner, a special sermon was preached by the Rev. Josiah
Stone, vicar. He selected for his text the 40th verse of
the 12th chapter of Matthew—" For as Jonas was three
days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the
Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart
of the earth." In the course of a very appropriate
and affecting discourse, the rev, gentleman referred to the
recent miraculous deliverance from the Lock's Lane Pit,
which he said might be regarded almost as of the nature
of a resurrection. In a very earnest peroration, the
rescued men and boys were called upon to acknowlege
their obligations to God, and to devote the lives which
had been spared to His service.—B:mingliam Gazette.

A sad accident occurred at the New Palace Cub-
house, in King-street, St. James's on Monday. Some
workmen engaged in repaieng the house rested their ladder
on a bale ny wide') pava w,y beneath it, and ladder and
workmen fell to the ground. One man was serkusly in-
jured, aLd is in St. George's Hospital. The rest were able
to to sent ho:r.o.

AN ACTION BY A TRADE SOCIETY AGAINST
BANICERS.—At the Leeds Assizes the Barnsley Operative
Brickmakers' Society sued the Barnsley Banking
,pAny for £B7 ls. 11d. upon a deposit note to this effectC ecto
" Barnsley, 24th June, 1868. Received from the Barns-
ley Operative Brickmakers' Society £B7 ls. 11d., for which
we are accountable." The sum originally deposited was
£lO7 ls. lid., and then notice was given to the bank not
to pay to anyone. There had been a quarrel among the
members, and after the quarrel the society applied for the
balance, but the bank refused to pay it unless the original
depositors, some of whom had seceded from the society, came
all together_ for it. Three of those parties, named Cave,
Thompson,. and Bake, insisted upon it that the bank
should not pay. The plaintiffs' case depended upon the
fact teat all the nineteen members of the society as at
pre-ent existing were the plaintiffs, but the defendants
had in court three of the original depositors, who protested
against payment to the plaintiffs. Mr. Seymour argued
that the accountability was to the society, and that the
three dissentients to the payment were no longer mem-
bers, and had no locus stanii. The judge said it was a
pity that the depositors had not appointed two or three
trustees, and agreed that the money should be
paid to them ; but now he was very much afraid the only
persons who could legally sue were the members of the
body at the time the contract wa ; made, and the money
leposited. The society was not a corporation, although
:hey called therrnelves by a particular name, and the
money was deposited by particular parties.—Mr. Overend
;defendant's counsel): We have offered if they will appoint
sew trustees to pay to those trustees.--The Judge : 1
hink the bank should pay, and the plaintiffs give an
;ulemnity.— he judge directed a nonsuit, with liberT to
Ithe_court above. •