The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-08-14 00:00:00

THE TYNEWYDD MINE DISASTER.

The trial of Mr. Junes Thomas, the manager of
the Tywnewdd Mine, for the miumlaughter of
William Jones, one of the men drowned in the !
terrible accident of last April. took plass at Swansea !
on Wednesday, and ended in the discharge of the jury
without a verdict being given; Mr. Thomas entering
into his own reognisances for r2OO to appear at the
next seizes if called upon. The Tynewydd Mine was
situated in the Rhondda Valley, and closely adjoined
another mine, called the Cramer Mine, both mines
having been worked for many years. In the Cymmer
Mine was a disused pit, which had gradually filled
with water; and this pit was at the end where the two
vineries met. On the Iltb of last April one of the
miners named Oatridge was working in that part of
the Tynewydd Mine which adjoined the Cymmer ;
and, by cutting too near the wall which divided the
two, so weakened the partition that the water in the
pit broke through and five men were drowned. The
charge against Mr. Thomas was that he had caused,
or contributed to, the death of these men by disre-
garding the provisions of the Mines Regulation Act,
requiring certain precautions to be taken which in this
instance was neglected.

THE SUICIDE OF A BLUECOAT BOY.
The report of the parliamentary commitee to inquire into
the circumetanese attending the tucide of the blincoat
boy named William Arthur Gibbs, and to report upon the
general management of Christ's Hospital, was issued last
evening. After taking the evidence of the masters and
othersat Christ's Hospital and at the two schools at which
be had previously been, the committee mine to the con-
clusion that Gibbs, when putout, was obstinate, self-willed,
and very determined; that he liked the school : and, so far
as relatc- s to his death, they cannot attribute any blame to
the authorities or monitors, nor rely upon Gible's
unsupported statement for the charges which he made
against the latter. The committee stated that, as for no
can be judged, the bullying and petty tyranny which was
notoriously prevalent in the school in former times,
generally by the older boys as well as the monitors, has in
the course of the last ten years been very greatly
diminished, and in fact reduced to a Tuininnan;
sad that the present state of the discipline in the
ward Is not lad. The report continues to state that
the punishment cannot at the present day be said to be
severe "Only a single rod is used, and the instrument,
which we have seen, is very far less formidable
than that used in some of our great public schools. We
are nevertheless, of opinion that closer supervision should
be exercised as to caning. In conclusion, it is due to the
authorities of the school to state that we think the de.
frets in management are dun not to shortcomings of the
Individuals, but ts faults inherent in the system, which
cannot he effectually cured in it. present cramped situa-
tion."'

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Honoree PETIT SESSIONS, yesterday thlondayl—Be.
fore Mr. Alderman Galpin, and Councillor Hodges.
George Clarke. • elal merchant, of Fordington, was
summoned by Mr. Supervisor Atkins, for keeping a dog
without a licence. Defendant admitted it. but said he
was merely keeping it at the time ior his brother. He LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.
took out the license the next day Fined lathe mitigated The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this
penalty of '2.se.—one-fourth. Mr. Atkins did not ask for j railway was held on Thursday in the great hall at the
costs.
The well-known Flora GO." prostitute, Fordington. I terminus, Waterloo-road. The Hon. Ralph H.
who appeared most gorgeously attired, was summoned 1 Dutton, chairman of the board, presided.
under the following circumstances. An aged labourer The notice calling the meeting having been read, the
named George Lester, was on the 4th of August, standing report, recommemhng a dividend at the rate of 41 per
in the road &taut 11 at night talking to • friend, when the ' gent, was taken as read.
defendant came up, and putting her arm round his waist The CHAIRMAN said that the report differed but
said that was her man, but as to the defendant, she had a little from those presented for the two previous half.
very good mind to give. him a=r of black eyes. She
e years. The company had passed through six months
then gave him a herle thlmowrrh in the on
thesifchae".black result 1 of most satisfactory trade, which had been unaccom-
i Piti:gett'betienmelptedo to strike him in the face. Nlise ' panied by any untoward accident, and the board were
I Gomm had since endeavoured to settle the matter, offer- I able to propose the sane amount of dividend, and
' hag him half • sovereign, and 2a. to Pay for the summon., carry forward something like the same balance as
In re-0y to Mr. Weston, who was for the defence. the 'hitherto to new account. Fortunately, the line was
coloßb•in..t mid he was perfectly sober, and Dever d°ws ! not dependent for its prosperity upon any great
"on the bridge by the mill" He never attempted to mineral or manufacturing centres, but fairly Nerve
force himself into Comma house—Mr. Weston contended
to the Bench, that the woman was perfectly justified in the district through which it ran; and, on the one
a doing all she did, and celled Matilda Glover another hand, whilst the company did not participate with
I flasher member of the sisterhood, who said Lester wanted such other great railway companies in a great increase
, '.ggess' s.
on ....i tops into the house—es it belonged to him, and he had •of traffic conaequent on a sudden inflation in prices, on
A, was resdeetsd, and 1 right to. He wanted to lie on the scia. and as he would the one hand it did not Proffer with them when the im Oseited the House of I not gros.= " Mrs." Gomm took him by the shoulders evitable reaction came and times of adversity set in.
his amt. 1 and him away. She did not strike him.—Case Dealing with the traffic, he said that it would be
Astememor, is having dism
~,, observable that there had been a large falling off in
tib:::1 icii'diegieeit jamesc,..l .I.l°ll .C.:l4.4adY• 111°1,yF °lrdita.k.a.illgtm'afreftbeerrad...apiameharge.-M7 : the first-class
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traffic, both in the number of passengers
the judge, Mr. Webb, i Weston was for the defendant, —On Saturday week last mimeo i and n e receipts. There had been an in.
the prosecution, upon ' the detetadant came to his home and wanted to borrow a crease in the number of second-clean pwasengers carried
of set guilty, and the shilliag. tie sad his wife had not one to spank as they to the extent of 1616, and s decrease of 1:195 in the
.I. She lad brnd too much to drink, and she went outside receipts. Hut he was happy to say that the increase
Vey* at the central and began to call bias names; and on his going to the door in the third ages, both in the number of passengersgansaagrak Bell, to mabsormawnideihinshis limhaViligf.".". 14 th..hi" r. t.
.. . y7„l e ' must and h akeP,.t serried and in the receipts, was more than sufficient to
,Inalre• to • liked it i—Weli, 1 Pat up with it Re had mat to her that compensate for both the "he"' There had bean a
morning to tell her he 414 sot wish to pat bar to any greet diminution in the live stock carried, owing to

"diZman of the District—W. Ford.
Financial Secretary—R. M. Spoor.

Cross-examined : He could not say of course what state
the man was in 3 days before.
By the Bench : His opinion was that these scratches
were caused by thorns or brambles.
James Bendel) (recalled by the Bench.) When he saw
Cox by the side of the pond he believed he had on his shirt
and trousers, lie had his other clothes in his hand and
dropped them just before they caught him.
This was the case for the prosecution and the court
adjourned for half-an-hour. On its resumption,
Mr. Andrews spoke for the defence. When his friend
opened the cane he certainly thought that he was about to
prove one of a much more serious nature than the evidence
had shown it to be. Mr. Weston'. talk about blood-
hounds and so forth he thought might have been left out.
To his mind it had resolved itself almost into a dry
question of law. It had been shown by the prosecution
that the man Cox was seen by the side of a pond by •
shepherd of the defendant'., who was then in charge of •
number of sheep. Defendant, it was also proved, avked
him afterwards in the first place, civilly, to go. The man
said no, he could not do that, for he had not the power,
and then be proceeded to conduct himself in a way which
led Mr. Dunning to believe he was drunk. What followed,
he should call the shepherd to prove. When Dr. Symes
was called, he expected they would have heard something
of the man haying been bitten by the doge, but they were
told nothing of the kind, and none of the witnesses had
dared to state it. With regard to the law of the ease he
would only suggest his interpretation of it in this case --
that was that even if it was shown that Mr. Dunning did
ride after the man it was not until after he had used
every lawful means to induce him to go away. It had
been ruled in Talley V. Read (1. C and I') that if anyone
entered forcibly upon your land you were entitled to
remove him by force, but if he entered upon your lands
quietly you must first request hits to leave before you
took any active measupss. Now this had been dune in
this case. Further, Mr.. Andrews contended, the very
fact of the man picking up his clothes was sufficient to
lead Mr. Dunning to believe that he was responsible for
his actions, although drunk—and here he was speaking
from the view of humanity. Mr. Dunning deeply regret-
ted the man should have turned out • lunatic, but it had
never been brougLt to his knowledge that it seas so and
in spite of what other people might say, he hoped they
would give the defendant the benefit of any doubts upon
the law.
James Read, shepherd in the employ of the defendant,
on the day in question was driving his master's flock, and
on the way which he had to go from Littledown, there
wee • pond. Near it, he saw a man with trousers and
shirt. His hat, slop and a pair of leggings, were about four
or five yards off. When he (witness) got within four or
five yards, he said if he came any nearer he would knock
him down and he (Cox) then collared him. Upon that he
held up his crook to him, and said be would knock him
, down. lie had with him two dogs, and one a little dog
I about the size of rabbit. Afterwards his master came
up and told him to go on, he said he could not as he
"could not touch of himself." The sheep went all round
aha man, and the dog barked at the sheep. Upon that
the man took up his clothes and ran off, Mr. Dunning
riding after him, about bl) yards off. The dogs did not
bite or go near the man. He told his master the man was
drunk.—Cross-examined: When he toll him he would
knock him down, the man kneeled down. He did not
think his conduct strange and extraordinary. only drunk
' The place from where he was kneeling down to the
I boundary hedge, was three or four hundred yards. The
• dogs did not go after him at all. Mr. Dunning
went perhaps to within 20 or 39 yards of the hedge.
Yr. Dunning said he didn't think it was a proper place
• seaman to be in, or he might fall into the pond. He
(tango) didn't laugh at it—he didn't laugh at nothing.

Tore fastly-rising and much resorted to watering place
is becouing more and more popular, and in order to meet
the requirements of visitors, increased facilities of getting
to Swanage have been proVilleti by Mr. C. Summers,
whose omnibus leaves Wareham station daily at:I.E3 p.m..
oo the arrival of the London train, and leaves the Royal
Victoria Hotel, Swanage, at ii am. This arrangement
will, however, be discontinued en the completion of the
Swanage and Isle of Purbeck Railway.
WHILE the Ereatta was proceeding on Thursday of
the committee for the proposed Railway Extension
met, under the presidency of Mr. J. C. Robinson, at the
!Rowlett' institute. Mr. Walrrnpl Smith, U.K. of the
firm of Walrond Smith and Denis, explained the plan and
section, and some very important resoltitions were carried,
and other business transacted, which will cause to be
speedily settled any doubts lingering in the district as to
the possibility of such a work being successfully carried
through. If the landowners (and especially one noble
lord) would earn the gasl opinion of Purbeck, they may
do so by heartily enteting into the proposal and proving
that they have the real jot :rests of this isolated neigh-
bourhood at heart. We hope to put before our readers
very soon seine interesting statistics establishing out
claim, bsgether with an aceritint i 4 really important
advances in the desired direction of railway contmunical
tion.