Darlington & Richmond Herald. — 1874-09-26 (Darlington, Durham, England)

GREAT CAPTURE OF SLAVES.  The capture of a stave dhow by Her Majesty's ship Vulture, Commander A. T. Brooke, is ieported. The Vulture was cruising off the northwest coast of Madagascar on the morning of the 11th of August, when a is,dl to the southward was reported by the masthead-man. Chase was given, .and nearly five hours afterwards the dhow was come up with and boarded. It was full of slaves —forty-one men, fifty-nine women, ant 137 children. The slaves were suffering acutely from weakness and cramp; having had to remain in one position for a long time. Several of the dhildren were unable to straighten their legs for three or four days after they were received on board. One •-woman was found buried up to her neck in damp sand at the bottom of the slave dhow, under the lower slave deck. The owners were thirty-five armed Arabs, and the captain determined to take them to Zauzibar and have them summarily dealt with. The TruFture sailed for the Seychelles after burning , the dhow and picking up four boats that had been sent away cruising a few days previously. The Dassa,go was mate in ten days, and during that time L-eventeen liberated slaves died of dysentery and extreme debility. This is the largest capture which has been made for a very long time.  At Shrewsbury, on Tuesday, Henry Dovecott was committed for trial fOr the murder of a woman named Marston, by kicking, her to death. The Grand Jury at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, found a true bill against, Hartmont and Heyneman directora of the Ruby Mining Company. The case will be tried in the Queen's Bench. Messrs Hodder and Stoughton's forthcoming works include the following : 'Children reclaimed for Life,' the story of Dr Barnado's work in London, by the author of The Romance of the Streets,' 'Strivings for the Faith,' a new volume the Christian Evidence Society's lectures.—'From Jerusalem to Antioch, Sketches of Primitive Church Life,' by the Rev. J. 0. Dykes, D.D.,— ' James Everett, a Biography,' by Richard Chew, —and Professcr .Roynolds's Congregational Lecture on John the Baptist. The steam yatch Columba, with the Marquis of Lorue and the Princess Louise on board,,lnts been enFaged in a search With grappling irons for the ship Florida, of the Spanish Armada which was wrecked in Tobermory Harbour in 1588. Something heavy was hooked on Monday, and a diver • proceeded to see whether the veritable hulk had been discovered. In making the descent the airpipe of the macbide burst, and the man was at Once drawn up, not, however, until he was much exhausted. It is intended to resume the search in a few days. -A Chart of novel and ingenious character has been published by Mr 'Woodfield Hardinge, with which merchant seaman and yachtsmen ought to be acquainted. It is styled "The , British Lighthouse Chart," and represents at a coup &ail all the coast beacons with their characteristic lights of ret4, green, and white; the manner of their illumination; and the area in clear weather within which each is visible. The idea is an excellent one, calculated, we think, to prove singularly useful, and the low price of five shillings at ehich each Chart and lit,y are published ought to bring it to a eery general trial. They are to be procured at Mr Potter's, Admiralty Chart Agent, Poultry. A