Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1877-09-15 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

THE SEA SERPENT.  --A. Greenock correspondent telegraphs last night—lt is asserted on what appears to be undoubted authority that a specimen of the sea serpent is careering about Channel of Clyde. Several excursionists on board Lord Glasgow's screw yacht Valetta declare they have sighted the monster no less than four times. The vessel steered close to it, when it dived into deep water with great agility. On another occasion 20 feet of its tail was distinctly visible beneath the surface ot the water. The body is described as of a greenish colour, and the dorsal fin appeared to form an equilateral triangle, each side four feet long. The serpent is said to be causing great damage to fishermen's nets.  The American papers announce the death of Admiral Semmes, the commander of the celebrated Confederate cruiser Alabama. . . .  Dr. Kenealy attended a meeting,at Stoke On Friday night. It was the most uproarious of the meetings he has held this weeic. There were frequent fights. Fireworks well. let off, and the proceedings throughout were most tumultuous. Several persons were hurt. Only a few hands were held up for the vote of confidence. The doctor wee hooted all the way  to the railway station. CURIOUS DfSCOVERY OF Siosurroole,—Five human skeletons have been discovered by some workmen at Dembristle, near Dunfermline. They were only eighteen inches beneath the surface of the ground. The spot where they were found was the scene of the murder of the Earl of Moray by the Earl of Huntly, in the  year 1591. ROMAN CATHOLICISM IN Youmumns.—Cardix Manning has promised to visit Goole on e occasion of the 'opening of the new Roman Catholic Church at Goole, and to preach. The Cardinal will be the guest of the Bight non. Lord Beaumont, Carlton Towers. A coilvent is about to be built at Goole, the plans for the buildings having been sanctioned by the local board at their meeting a few days ago. It ia rumoured that Cardinal Manning will be accompanied in his visit to Goole by several members of well-known Catholic families connected with Yorkshire.  --Commander William Henry Symons, R.N., secretary of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, died at Wilson-road, Camberwell, on the 7th inst., in his fifty-ninth year. The deceased officer entered the navy in November, 1882, and served at the capture of the Bogue Forts and in the attack upon Canton. He was appointed to the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth in 1842, and from 1843 until 1844 was employed in the Mediterranean. ' He became retired commander in July, 1864. A Carries TO Boys.—A dreadful accident happened to a boy named Henry Field on Friday night in the Western-road, Brighton. He was riding on the back of a cab, when by some means he got his leg caught in the wheel. He was flung round and jammed between the body of the vehicle and the wheel in such a manner that his head protruded from between the-spokes of the other wheel. The cab was stopped almost instantaneously, and if it had not been stopped immediately the boy's head must almost inevitably have been wrenched from his body. With sueh difficfilty -he was rescued from his position and taken fit, the hospital, where it was found that besides an Injury to his side and some serious cuts on his face his leg was broken.: SOUTH Russu.—COnsul 'General Steil' -ey, in Isle report to the Foreign Office on the trade of Odessa and South Russia, observes : Financially speaking, the affairs of this country were bad enough before the denlarafion of war, but the position of the landowners, farmeri, and peasants will be deplorable if they cannot- sell their agricultural produce next autumn, ;as , seems probable, the price not being high enough to pay for the freight by railway to Konigsberg. They no longer consider it a disgrace to allow their bills to be dishonoured, and if the war continues it is hinted that payments in southern Russia will be suspended by law. Complaints reach us from the north that the cotton, cloth, and other mills have no work, and that everybody is (hitting to bankruptcy.