The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1874-07-24 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MUSDEN.OUS ATTACK UPON A PRISON, WAIIDEB. —Lord Leigh and Lord Domer, taws Warwickshire magistrates, have been investigating a murderous outrage committed upon a warder in Warwick County Gaol, by a prisoner named Thomas Mannion. On the 13th instant, Mr. Ander-on, the governor, went to the prisoner, who flung a cup out of the cell and slammed to the door. Upon that, Thomas Martin, a warder, was ordered to remove the prisoner to what is called the light punishment cell. Mannion, however, armed himself with a pair of long Olean, which he had for the purpose of oakum picking, and with these he defied the officers to remove him. -For upwards of half an hour he kept possession of the cell, when it was decided to remove him by force, if necessary. Martin led the way into the cell protected with a thick bed rug, and supports I by two other warders with staves. As soon as Martin entered the cell the prisoner leaped forward and aimed a blow at his body. The blade of he shears penetrated Martin's arm above the elbow, and the surgeon expressed his belief that the blow would have been fatal if it had struck the body. The prisoner was cemraitted for trial at the next quarter sessions.  MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A FATHER AT Pasaros, —On Monday, at the Preston police-court, Sarah Jane Halton, about twenty yeara of age, Margaret Ross, and Mary Lodge were oh ,rged with having assaulted Edward Halton, the father of the firitnamed prisoner. Ross and Lodge are sisters of the girl's moth r.—James Barton stated that on Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, he was in German street, and saw the prisoner Ross beating the man Halton about the head and temples with a chair spindle, drawing blood at almost every stroke. lodge pulled off one of her iron-shod clogs, and struck the man several savage blows on the head with it. His daughter, Sarah Halton, called out to the woman, "Kill the —," and ' accompanied the words with a fearful blow behind tie head with half a brick. Halton then fell down in the street insensible, crying, "They have killed me" Witness intceered to prevent the outrage as well as he could, and took the spindle horn Ross, who threatened to do the same for him. he girl's mother also threw bricks at her husband. The police then came up, and the man was taken to the Infirmary.—Dr. Blair, house-surgeon, at that institution, stated tht Halton was insensible shen admitted, and had several severe wounds on the head, espetially on the forehead and on the b ick of the head. He would not be alie to appear rat least a week, even if be should do well. It waq stated that ltalton had several times broken up his wit's home, and was carrying goods away when attack..d.--The prisoners were remanded for w week.  Mdlle. de Beloccts, the new Russian contralt,., who was so successful at the Italian Opera VI, in Paris during the last season, has iettun.-d Petersburg. bat will go soon to Milan to cm., . her studies, and to be heard probably in the lyric stage. SignerVerdi,who visited London, and was pros. nt at the perfos mance of "Israel in Egypt." on he lust day of the Crystal Palace Handel Festival, has returned to his residence at Russet* (Italy), accompanied by Madame Verdi, and theprimo donna, Madame Stolz.  -.. St From a brie: memoir, just issued, of the late Mr. John Gough Nichols, the Herald sad Geueo _ . _ _