The Cotton Factory Times. — 1893-07-28 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

TOPICS OF THE TIMES.  As the result of his country's laws, an old Crimean veteran, long since past work, sought to end his days in St. James's Park last week. Beirrg caught in the act, the old man was brought before the Bow-street Court, which in its wisdom instituted an enquiry. Sergeant Ford, E division, reported to Sir John Bridge that he had made inquiries at the War Office into the case of the old soldier named Tyrell, who was charged with attempting to commit suicide in St. James's Park. There was no reason to doubt the story the man told when before the magistrates, but owing to the short time he was it the army no record of his service had been kept. Having only served eight years in the regular army, he was not entitled even to the campaign pension granted to men of ten years' service who had been through the Crimea. On account of his age (64) no employment could be found for him. Sir John Bridge asked if it was true that the man had been discharged when the regiment into which he volunteered from the 12th Lancers was disbanded, and the officer said that this was so, and that he was one of upwards of 10,000 men who declined to join the regular force when the Bengal Cavalry was disbanded. - Sir John Bridge observed that there could be no doubt that the man had been through tho Crimean War and Indian Mutiny, and now appeared to be in destitute circumstances. It was clearly a case for the charitable.  The White Star Liner Majestic, which arrived on Friday morning at Queenstown from New York, brought particulars of the disablement in the Atlantic for four days of the Anchor Liner Olympia, with 250 passengers aboard, bound to New Yore, and the timely aid and gallant assistance rendered by the Bristol steamer Llandaff City in towing her into port in the face of furious gales. The Olympia, Captain Sawyer, was on a voyage from Gibraltar to New York, and during the violent storm on July 2nd had the tail of her main shaft carried away. This caused the vessel to leak, and the 250 passengers got into a state of panic, fearing the ship would founder, as enormous waves were breaking aboard her. This state of affairs continued for four days and nights, and on the fifth day a Bristol City Liner, the Llandaff City, hove in sight, and bore on the disabled liner, which had distress signals flying. Captain Barclay asked if assistance were required, and the answer went back, "Yes." The sea at the time was running mountains high, and broke violently upon the decks of the Llandaff City when she hove to, and it was with fearful peril to the crew that a hawser was passed between the steamers. During the voyage owing to the gale, the wire cables parted three times, and fresh dancer, risk, and difficulty were experienced in taking the disabled liner in tow each time. However, at the eud of the second day Halifax was sighted, and into that port the Llandaff City safely brought the Olympia, where she now remains. Albert E. Terry was a guileless young commercial . traveller, only 28 years of age, who evidently did not know it was wrong to strap to his own luggage a luncheon basket belonging to the Midland Railway Company, and so he was brought before the Rectditch Sessions charged with theft. When the case came on, however, Mr. Turner applied, on behalf of the company, for the bench to dismiss the charge. He said defendant was a passenger front Sheffield to Redditch, and changed carriages at Birmingham. A luncheon basket was in the carriage, which had been left by someone, and when begot out he thought he had a right to take it, and spoke to a porter at New-street about it. but not getting a satisfactory answer, he strapped the basket to his case, and directed a porter to place his luggage in a van. In the meantime a detective hat beard of the affair, and followed defendant te hii residence in Peakman-street, when, not satisfied with his explanation, he locked him up. Of course the detective only did his duty in protecting the property of his employers. As soon as defendant was bailed out he consulted with his father and friends, and the result was that the company's manager received 16 letters from influential gentlemen in the town, speaking highly for his honesty and integrity of character. The manager, under the circumstances, considered that they would be fully justified in withdrawing the charge. After a brief consultation, the Chairman said the Bench were pleased that they were able to consent, and the charge would be dismissed.—Mr. Hobson said he wished it distinctly understood that his client had a complete answer to the charge. The company were satisfied that defendant had no felonions intent, although he had acted, unfortunately, um wisely, and imprudently. The difficulty of keeping every wheel in its own rut at the World's Fair (Chicago) is very great. The foreign exhibitors have now another grievance. An order was issued a few days ago allowing them to sell duplicates of the articles they had on exhibition, but the Custom House officials, becoming alarmed lest the exhibits themselves should be sold, watched the sales very closely. M. Lonkontine, one of the Russian exhibitors, looked up his exhibit, leaving the key with M. Pier, a subordinate. A clerk of the Commissioner of Customs, with some N.., Custom House officers, demanded the keys. Pier at first refused, but when threatened with arrest yielded. It was represented to the Commissioner of Customs that he had no right to interfere with a representative of the Russian Minister of War, but the protest was unheeded, and a complaint of the treatment accorded to a Russian subject here in a semi-official capacity will be forwarded to the Russian Government. The result of this quarrel is that the Russian exhibit at the World's Fair is closed, and the French threaten to follow the I example of the Russians, and say 'hey do not rare to expose themseives to be insulted as the Ruseians were. In addition to this difficulty, the dangers arrising from the structural arranganieuts of so vast a plan of buildings are very great, and the responsibility arising therefrom even greater. As a result of the investigations of the jury who sat upon the I enquiry into the causes of the recent fire, whereat 17 lives were lost the jury add to their verdict: "We find from the evidence that McDonald, Skinner, Burnham, and Murphy be held to the grand jury for criminal negligence." Mr. Burnham is director of the works at the World's Fair. Mr. Murphy is fire marshal of the Fair fire department Mr. Skinner is president, and Mr. McDonald secretary and treasurer of the Hercules Iron Corn. palsy.  ,A. Lucia.