The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-31 00:00:00

THAMES.

CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER.—Timothy Howard,
an Irish labourer, surrendered on bail to answer a
charge of killing and slaying James Hart, a
fellow labourer, at a charcoal factory in New
Gravel-lane, Shadwell, on Thursday night last.
Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor for the prisoner,
said a coroner's jury had returned a verdict of man-
slaughter, and at the same time reco:nmended the
prisoner to mercy. That recommendation could not
be carried out until the trial, but it ought to justify
the magistrate in taking bail. In a quarrel
the prisoner struck the deceased on a stage
where they were both at work. The deceate.l
rolled off the stage and was killed on the spot.
The prisoner deeply regretted the calamity, and did
not strike a blow until he was provoked beyond
endurance. The prisoner was committed for trial,
bail to be accepted.

George Moss, a young man, was brought up on
remand, charged with stealing a watch, value £5,
from Mr. Travers, a seafaring man, dwelling at
Pemberton-cottage, Gurney's road, Leytonsione.
On Thursday last the prosecutor was looking at
a conjutor in the Mile-end-road, and the prisoner
came behind him and adroitly slipped his watch
from a black riblion to which it was attached, and
made off with it. The prosecutor's brother went
in pursuit of the prisoner, took him into custody,
and recovered the watch. The prisoner then offered
the pi osecutor money to release hail, which was re-
fused.

The j risoner was not known to the police, and
the magistrate suumatily couricttd him :,tud sen-
tenced him to four mouths' imptisontneut and hard
labour.

THE IZILCEAT /MATT (LiLE.

CAISTER, near Great Yarmouth, Dec. 29.

While the wind was blowing very hard yester-
day evening, several lights and rockets were seen
in the direction of the West Scorby Sand by the
beachmeu (writes the Rev. G. W. Steward.) The
large lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution
at this station, went off and found the br.g• Bllbra
of Seaham, bound from London to the north in bal-
last, striking very heavily in a most dangeroui
way, so that if the wind and weather continued
bad she must soon go to pieces. The sea was ter-
rible, and the vessel could not be approached very
closely. The crew, however (six in number), were
fortunately saved by means of ropes from the life-
boat. After rescuing the men, and while the boat
was on its way to the shore, signals were seen from
a vessel on the South Scorby Sands, and the lifeboat
proceeded in that direction. A Gorleston boat,
however, was seen approaching the wreck, and the
Caister lifeboat therefore returned to its station.

FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

WIGAN', Dec. 31.

A terrible explosion occurred at noon yesterday
at the ihydock Colliery, in the Qieen-pit, belong-
iug to Richard Evans and Co., Lear St. Helen's,
seven miles from IVigan.
Twenty-tw, lives were lost, and several Inca
severely injured.

Mr. Higson, the Government Inspector, says the
mine was excellently man tged.

Tne cause of the explosion is not known, although
it is rumoured that there had been an illegal re-
moval of the brattica cloth.

The shock was very violent, shattering the rails
and the tubs into splinters.

THE ROBBERY ON THE LONDON AND
NORTH WEsTERN RAILWAY.

At the Policc-office, Birmingham, yesterday,
Thomas Bagnall, late in the service of the London
and North Western Railway, was again brought up
on the charge of assaulting Thomas Carte, a rail-
way guard, under circumstances which have already
been described in The Sun. Mr. Motteram, of the
Oxford Circuit (instructed by Mr. Soars, for the
London and North Western Company), appeared
for the prosecution. Mr. Godson, also of the Oxford
Circuit, appeared for the defence. A number of wit-
nesses were examined, including guards and other
officials in the service of the company. Evidence was
adduced proving that on the day of the robbery the
prisoner purchased a shilling's worth of creosote at
a chemist's shop in Northampton. The assistant
who served him remembered that the man wore
a fur cap and carried a breakfast can in his
hand. Articles of the same description, it will
be remembered, were found at the prisoner's
house, and the lid of the can in the guard's
van. The assistant further deposed in reference
to a cork produced and found in the prisoner's
possession tbat it was one of a peculiar sort used by
his master. Mr. Oliver Pemberton, surgeon, stated
that the blindness of the guard had been caused
by creosote, and his assistant gave evidence that the
clothes worn by the prisoner at the time of his ap-
prehension smelt strongly of creosote, as did also
the prisoner's hands. A peculiarly damaged six-
pence found among the money taken from the pri-
soner formed another link in the chain. A station-
master said he remembered taking a sixpence re-
sembling the one in question a few days before the
robbery, and he believed the coin produced to be
the same one. The whole of the money bags, it
was shown, were ripped open with the exception of
one, which was in the cash bux when found. The
prisoner was again remanded till this day, when he
will be committed to the assizes for trial.

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mas)

TROTTING MATCH FOIL £5O THIS DAY.—A trotting
match for £25 asidecame off this morning at Henley, on the
Brighton road. r.i!be ponies b..lougad respectively to Messrs
Mason, of Br4;laton, and Jaques, of Lewes, and were
both about 13 hands, And were driven by their owners.
The ground w,,as in bad condition, and Mr. Jaques's pony
had the eh&
ce in the butting at 6to 5. The course was
two miles,
ono out and home. The favourite won by 20
yards.
5 min. 56 secs.