Widnes Examiner. — 1888-03-17 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

EXECLITION OF A HIGHWAY MIIRDERER.—David Rees, 26, was executed at Oarma.rthen Gaol at eight o'clock yesterday morning for tile murder of Thos. Davies. at Lianally, on the 12th November, when the latter was carrying a bag, containing-the wages of workmen, from Llanelly to the Dafen Tinplate Work,' An accomplice of Rest has not been found. Rees refused to reveal his identity. Berry, the executioner, allowed a drop of six feet, and death resulted immediately. At the inquest subsequently, a statement by the culprit was read, in which he confessed the murder, and said he hid the money which he had stolen in some hedges. He attributed the act to the fact that he had been drinking heavily. FIVE MONTHS ON A DESERT IstAND.:—/VireJanaesi WOhle, of Limerick, one of the survivors of the barque Derry Castle, of Limerick. which, while on a voyage from New Zealand for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, was wrecked on March 26th last on one of the Auckland ' Islands, came home in the Orient Company's steamer Orizaba, which arrived at Plymouth on Friday evening from Australia. Mr. M'Ohie was the only passenger on board, and, with seven of the sailors, succeeded in swimming ashore. The captain, officers, and remainder of the crew, 15 in all, were drowned. The survivors lived on a desolate island for 154 days. their priocipal food being the seals which they caught. Mr. M`Bilde, who proceeded in the ship to London, still feels the effects of his long auffering.and terrible exposure. . .  Tne ARISTOCRATIC Ass Arm. Casa.—Tbe hearing of the charge against Major Kildare Burrows of assaulting Lord Howard tie Walden was resumed, at Middlesex Session.% on Saturday. The Judge refused to allow Mr. Lockwood to call evidence in justification of the assault, or to allow Major Burrows to Tooke a statement before his counsel. 'Mr. LoCktbood then addressed the jury, and Said if Lord lieward. had taken his proper place on re• turning' home' he would have been allowed to do so. ' The jury found the defendant guilty of assault and cßueing actual bodily harm. Upon the other counts they returned a verdict of not guilty.—Mr. Edtin„ Assistant Judge, ordered defendant to pay a fine of £4OO and costs, and to enter into recognisances in the sum of £5OO, and; two sureties in £250 each to keep the peace for twelve inonths.-Major Burrowes was admitted to bail pending payment of the fine. ron.kcco-onowngo IN ENcirANP.—A .deputation from the British Tobacco Growers' Association waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at Whitehall; on Saturday. The object of the deputation, as expressed by Lord Harris, Sir E. Birkbeck, and other gentlemen, was to induce the Chancellor to support •a hundred experiments in tobacco-greeting in different parts of the country, by taxing them at the reduced rate of £25 per acre. Mr. Goschen, in rely, said he thought the proposal was a rather extravagant one if it was intended to place the tobacco raised upon the market. lf, however, it *as for experiment only, and the tobacco was not sold, then perhaps the duty might be waived. Lord Harris bald it certainly was intended to sell, the tobacco if a market could he found. Mr. Goschen said that in that case he could not see his way to assist the deputation, but, he would further consider their views. A