The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-06-28 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER ST. COLUMBA.  Some additional Wrirculais have been received in Liverpool of the wreck of the City of Dublin Company's 'steamer St. Columba ((iaptain Johnson), which left Dublin on Friday evening for Liverpool, with a large number of passengers, cattle and sheep —the passengers being principally Irish labourers, and numbering about 300, who were coming over to the English harvest. When the steamer left Dubla the weather was rather thick, but she had not proceeded far out to sea when a thick fog set in, and at last it became 60 dense that the boat proceeded under slow steata, and every precaution was taken on board to prevent any mishap. The ship forged slowly ahead, and there was nothing to indicate the iipproach of danger until about two o'clock on Saturday morning, when the steamer struck on the rocks near the western side of the Sherries—a dangerous group of islands situate to the north of Holyhead harbour, on which is the well-known Skerries Light. The shock was so severe that a few minutes after the steamer struck she parted amidships, and at once began to fill with water. The vessel, however, did not sink, and to this circumstance is no doubt attributable the comparatively small loss of life. The greatest alarm prevailed at the time amongst the passengers, but steps were quickly taken, and the whole of the passengers were saved with the exception of four, and a fireman named Ryan. who are reported missing. Some of the live stock was saved, but the greater portion perished. Several steamtugs have proceeded to the scene of the wreck, as has also the company's steamer Mullingar. The St. Columba was built at Birkenhead in 1847, and was an iron paddle steamer of 735 tons' burden and 350 horse power.  The Prince of Wales will give a garden party at Chiavrick in July, in addition to the one on the 28th instant.  An important case. involving the claim of Bishop Colenso to deal with the property of the see of Nat'l, was before the Privy Council on MontLy, and will last some time.  At the inquest on Monday on the victims of the fire at the Alexandra Palace London, the evidence showed that there was a good supply of water, but no means of carrying it to the spot where the fire originated. Three of the Dublin rioters have been each sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour; six to eighteen months' imprisonment; three to twelve months' imprisonmeat ; and one to three months' imprisonment. A most alarming collision took place on the Caledonian Railway, a day or two ago, between a , mineral train and an express train, at the junction at the Carnbroe Iron Works. The two engines I were smashed together, and a number of the carriages damaged, besides the metals being torn up ; but, fortunately, none of the passengers sustained any very serious injuries. At the Mansion House, London, on Monday, Henry Jacobs, who recently brought an action against Mr. Justice Mellor, was ordered to find surities, having threatened to shoot Baron Pillock. Edward Kelly, indicted on the charge of firing a revolver at David Murphy, at Dublin, on the 4th October last was on Monday put on his trial and tentenc2d to penal servitude for life. . _  It is now arwell-known fact (says a Birmingham paper) that some parts of the town on Sundays are monopolised by roughs, who amuse themselves with gambling, throwing brick-ends at houses, assaulting peacefully-disposed foot passengers, rescuing prisoners faom the custody of the police when an opportunity presents itself. On Monday the inquest on the bodies of the two persons killed by the accident to an excursion train on the M inland Railway, on Saturday, wss opened, and adjourned till Thursday. Four of the twelve injured persons are severely hurt. In the new act to amend the law relating to juries in Ireland it is enacted that any person who cannot read and write the English lan -page or who is mentally afflicted shall be absolutely freed from being returned or serving on any jury. rho bronze medals of the Royal Humane Society have been presented to Mr. March Phillips, a county magistrate residing at Torquay, and Mr. Huntley Cooper, for bravery in rescuing a child from drowning in the sea on the 12th of April. The circumstances excited much interest at the time, as Mr. Phillips, who was the first to plunge into the sea, is 82 years of age. The gentleman who committed suicide at St. Ives, Cornwall, three weeke ago, has been identified as the Rev. Thomas Oswald Cockayne, a clergyman, residing near Bristol, and formerly master of King's College School, London. The deceased was of high literary attainments, and has recently shown signs of melancholy.