Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1865-01-18 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MODEL CONGREGATION IN SCOTLAND.—The Aber deen correspmdent of the Bonfaare Journal writss " For a long, long period there has been regular Sunday evening service in the East Church, the nix city peon% or thcir assistants and substitutes, performing the duties. This was last week brought to an end, and certainly, as , things were conducted, not before time. It is not too much to say that the scenea enacted and the behavour of certain of' those who went to these evening services were a scandal to any body of Christian worshippers. The majority of the attenders were young men and young women, who made the church a pace of recut for the sole purpose, apparently, of having ' a lark' and meeting afterwards Izrughing aloud paper-pellet throwing  locifer-inatch light-log...and whole. ecats.ful of lids ad lasses, from opposite sides of the church, walkinz Oat in dozens by preconcerted signals, were common (ices-rences. So bad, in fact, did things become latterly that the male and female portions of the gathering were kept separate, by the one sal bsiug only albwed to the galleries of the church, while the other were confined below. Even this did not cure the evil, and so one Sabbath night the church wee, by resolution of the city clergymen, shut; and very probably the services will be diacoritinied altogether. Of °ours you taw tinders and that the assemblages whose con not has compelled this measure are in no way to be identified with the very Inge and respectable congregation proper of the East Church." Tna SHIRLIST MtlaDY.R.—The prisoner George Broomfield, who it will be remembered murdered a young I woman, named C,iroline Sophia Colborne, at Shirley, : near Southampton, on the evening of Saturday, the 3rd of December last, and then fired a shot at himself with another barrel of the same revolver which took the life of his unfortunate victim, has at length sufficiently recovered from the effects of his wound to enable the magisterial inquiry to take place. It was deemed advisable, however, in consequence of his continued weak state, t bare the examination conducted as quietly as possible aid, therefore, two of the county magistrates, Messrs. J. Bernard and S. Macnaughten, have this week held a court at the Royal South Hants Infirmary for that purpose. The investigation occupied two sittings, the prisoner being removed from his ward in an easy . . . .  chai; used for in;alids and placed on a bed smote* provided in the room devoted to the inquiry. The evidonee was the same as that given at th,• coroner's inquest, and reported in the Herald. The prisoner's wife was in close attendance upon him during the inquiry, and he declined to put any questions to either of the witnesses, with the sole exception of Frederick Colborne, the husband of the young womm who was murdered, whom he asked if he had ever been bewitched by his wife and laid i by for three weeks or three months before they were ' married, for "Carry had told him (the prisoner) so." Colborne replied, " No, neither before I.r after marriage," an.? :rinser then said it would make no differenee to him whr...o..ru. It was. At the close of the inquiry, being cautioned in the '.al way by the magistrates, and asked if he wished to mak,, • - ztatement, Broomfield replieed very feebly and indisti ely," No, lean only say lam • dying man,—a dying Is, 1" Re was then committed for trial at the next assizes at W•,..l.estc: on the charge of wilful murder. The prisoner sat Wll.:s nit during the proceedings, and with his hand and it erchief to his forehead, attended by his unfortunate wife and Dr Short, C Louse-surgeon at the infirmary. His countenance was deathly pale, and several time he seemed scarcely to understand what was going on, erying out, ‘' Where are we now? Where are we now r Oa the second day he was rather more quiet and collected although in a very weak state.  . 1  1  1 1  s P , ' I / 'l4 i, i i A , I! , i I . , •i opt . 1., , 1 t 1 ~ 1 ; 1y , r 0 J ( , I 1 . , . , 4 ' 1 , \ , • k r r 1 - 1, . . 1 ' i * ! wrimirs' 1 1 4