The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-07 00:00:00

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Mr. Bishop said with regard to Lyme and Shallot
Local ant DifSttitt Deint bury those plaese came under the ooauty force accord'
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log to the Act, sad he heard fro n a gentleman of
Bridport that that borough was amalgamated with the
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tbe oat-door arreaseuseste would be made. He hoped
in the current year they would work together "
PlreuetlY and harmoniously art they had done forth.
last eleven years, and that at the end they might
tecord increased streeees, greater efficiency, and more
credit in the town and in the bittalron than they had
now—(applause).
After this the oorps. headed by the band under Mr.
Henry Wellspring, paraded the town acoording to the
annual custom, after which they were draininiod.
The balanosesheet showed that the put year wee
begun with a bslanoe in hand of £4 Is. 51 . the annual
cube -riotous amount to CGS 9s, the capitation great
to £99, and otber receipts made up OM 151, 54.
After meeting all expenses there is now a balance of
I IA ls. 4L

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HORCHE,ITICR TOWN COUNCIL county for police purposes, not because the loosl force
could not watch the borough cheaper, but in noose-
.\ quarterly meeting of the Corporation was held on quenoe of difficulties as to "turkey"—by which Mr.
Wcint stay morning. Present: The Mayor (T. Bennett, Vernon at least would understand was meant robberies
Etti.), Alden.. it T. Coombs, J. Gilpin, and EL Lock ; of flex, kc. from the factories of the town and
Couneiilors t:. J. Andrews, W. Vernon, 11., Damon, neighbourboOd.
F. Bennett, J. Bishop, and J. F. Hodges. Mr. Coombs mid he should have plenty to say about
It
that Seal has repudiated the arranger was stated the advantages and disadvantages of a local polio. when
menthe entered into with the Mayor, as to the hurdles . the matter was dismissed.
in the hair field, which it 'armed the Mayor and K. Mr. Verson sa ese of the watch gontmittee, was very
1
Darch valued, the understanding being that they should anxious they should have the information the resolution
ho taken in part payment of his debt to the Council. referred to.
lie. Alderman Geloin called attention to the mantis. 1 Mr, Halpin asked it it was in the power of the
.ion from the agenda paper of a notice of resolution Watch Committee to appoint a Superintendent.
he hni given at a meeting called for arranging the Mr. Lock (who acted as locum teems of the Town
eg.nda p per to the effect that when the monthly CbsebiAleid -be theUelki etriotif speaking it was:
meeting could not be held on the first Wednesday In It. Halpin said he had beard so.
the in 'nth, it should take place 0,, the following or Mr, Coombs then added to his motion, and that the
eolti, succeeding Wednesday, unleas apecial notice be Weigh Committee report to the Council before any
;iron lie did this bemuse the last adjourned meeting steps are taken for filling the vacancy.
544 hid on a Monday, in consequenco of which he and Mr. Andreae said be did not admit the right of the
there del not attend. He was told his resolution was Watch Committee to:appoint a Supointendent ; aid
st out on the paper because it well unneecomy. reminded them that in the county foroo the whole
Mr. Coombs remarked that nobody had aothority to body of magistrates and not the Watch Committee
rite out a resolution of which • member had given appointed The Chief Constable.
Aioe. Mr. Bishop said there had been changes in the salary
It was subsequently explained that the omission arose and duties of the Superintendent, which the Council
irough inadvertence. bad regulated.
Till VOLUlrrills. Mr. Vernon thought the Watch Committee would
A letter was read from Captain Coombs, asking for be glad for the Council to take the responsibility.
SO gratuitous use of the new Corn Exchange, for eke Mr. Hodges coat:erred in the motion.
the co
..structiun of tho rifle carp. in the now drlll with tbe
which the local atithwities would stand as
eider
rift.
it
woe
.deod
for
one
night a
week, on
posinligtria. On altnpin wished mmittoo to got to know the
Aentent for tho a and cleaning. because the present to the oontrolof the 1.4411500 if they amalgamated with tho
t.. 1 r .ten is not torte enough. The Captain sail this county.
ould enable him to Item up the character of the Mr. Hodges said that was very important.
orehester corp. IA the best drilled and most effloicat
i the battalion. they Mr. Coombs said that If they had the county police,
could terminate tho arrangement at three
Mr. G dpin moved that the Council satede to the months' Doti"'
Mr. Hodges laid he asked tho Town Clerk about it,
:Inset of Copt tin Coombs. He thought there could
,ardly Le a diffireneo of opinion on the subject :at the and ho thought onus amalgamated they could not
resent time they ought to do all they wield to help wio.,,thd"„,wo,"in„ w,, n carried nem dis
hose who were willing I. defend the country in case `"e ----- --1 piniterwg Km mud:. •
:were required. They ought especially to grant the A letter was read from the police stating that they
nplisation VI no expense was to be incurred. By
,ing ir, they would be only fulfilling their part toward had collected the tolls for three years without any
ptyment, and " throwing themselves on the merciful
IC preservation of peace in the country. of the Council.'
Mr. Bishop seeon-lesl the motion with a great dead consideration.,.. ~,......,,_ o.,_,ei,tee et. to ~,,,,moner one matter.
. pl....suree. They live.l is. •144.4 4.44 t 1.41. *lmmo, owl PO
am mire the 'Posen Council of Dorchester were • very iIIIAT WASTE 01 WATZIL
wilwietie body. lie thought it was the duty of the The 8511VeyOr reported that during the week ending
Council, seeing that the municipal buildings were con. Jan. 28 there had bees need 830.000 Pitons Of Witter
'traded for the use of the town, to grant them on all per slay.
pet., • • :a-ion.. So doing they would only be acting It seems this is three times as much as the estimated
ly with their duty ; land in this particular consumption, end steps are to he immediately taken
in..' ey were bound to afford every facility for the with a view to disoovering how the enormous waste
in ••1 u of oar citizen soldiers, and enable them to mile&
at • 1 hat discipline and knowledge necessary for
eft te.. C / carrying out their dnties.
1.. i. dges @freeing with the motion suggested it
rt.,o bet dly necessary, LS when the corps was formed
e 1.... .Jar oil granted the ISA of the Corn Exchange for
.1.n.!. and it had never b.en revoked.
Mr. :.tombs said that referred to the old Cora
• "Ji..at. r. edges said the spirit of the resolution would
have embraced the n_ow Corn Exchange.

Mr. Poonibs said it he were only an Alderman or the
Mayor, be should hate considered it uncommonly
cheeky lithe new Corn Exchange bad bean taken
pnaaaanon of under that old resolution ; and ho was
glad to find be hail rather erred on the right side.
The motion was unanimously passed.
Mr. Coombs said he was very much obliged to th-ra,
and ho hoped the corns would reflect snot credit nu
kb* town as would fully justify them in giving this
help.

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1871.

the star, eI the Gunpowder Plot, the struggles between
Merles I. and the Parliament, when appeared the
two great political parties which still divided the nation,
the "Cavaliers" and " Roundheads," and afterwards
changed " Whig" and " TorT," and later still into
"Conservatives" and "Liberals,' the prinoipl.. of the
two parties having remained the baoll3. After the
Lung Parliament, the lecturer rappidly tamed to the
utmost isentury, in 1800, the Irish 4•4 merged with the
jaritials, and the whole has since been called the Imperial
Parliament, consisting of 450 temporal, 26 spiritual,
and 16 representative peers, and 65's members of the
House of Commons. including lf* from Ireland, and
56 from Scotland. The great officers of the housee were
described, and anecdotes respecting those elected
Speakers, including Seymour, who was rejected by the
king, and Trevor, who bad to put a resolution affirming
,Wm to hays tibia a bribe. The Speaker of the present
day it more honourable, in fact the first oommoner in
tie realm; but he only holds his power from the House,
! and even if only two members are present, cannot
"conch out" units+ his notice is called to that fact.
Mr. Elwards gave amass of information relating to the
I customs and regulations of the House, and humorously
I described the appearance of the Commons when hearing
the Queen's Spa mail sketched the stirring scenes at great
debai c nand let es Into the mysteries of divisions, when
electric bells wrong by GO miles of wires, call the
members from lobbies, library, dining rooms, and all
parte to join their respective sides. The arrangements
for reporting the speeches were lucidly detailed, and
Mr. Edwards mentioned that so complete is the com-
munisation between the reporter's room and the news-
paper office that part of a speech will be often in type
before the end has dropped from the speaker's mouth,
But it is haresible to follow Mr? Edwards into the
manifold details he gave in so clear and full a manner;
It must -office that his lecture was intently listened
to, applause frequently breaking out, and at the Glow
C. Bishop, E q., evpressed the gratitude of the meeting
to Mr. Ed wards, and proposed the audience should
, give bile three cheers. This was heartily done, every
one rising and cheering with all his might. —Mr.
. Edwards responded.—Mr. lichens proposed a vote of
thanks to the chair:nen, which Mr. J. I%zad seconded,
expressing the pleasure of all that Mr. Bishop remained
in the town.

tskln d sod
ie—vehsn7---Lsebssbyeifn
m Peace, very 5O antletinitejoin in, et- I
pressive, contained blessed promisee an the
leo soft end strong parts disittetnraredeestfe7t
an honest religious plum
ci
• d a hint that
to isear. It conveyed to the mind
we
horrid war times. "Thank God for t Bible."
Is
which the emphasis was dUtinetliry.
in the Tonic Sol-fa singing, with II :Led
d wisdom with w
proportion to the energy an
muse
with the
, secularismw g'
Ch
like;
gratify
wield it. Those who wish to
least possible mind-labour may deigns
likely to
hbeaveetraetaihanve
In "Lisder
Ohne Worte," but for musio with • soul wed_
naderwea4lLnhierres. In
us sweet
music to good word', and if any deal4•o ta."Tißenl*:
tion has • sufficient answer, for H _
little ones come unto me, for of such is the
was about the
kingdoui
of heaven." Kr. Anderson said, es this a
" he would make • few
Sol-fa as only fit for children, the veeryssidpiest
Let
the
middle of the singing,
They did not call this • concert,for it was only to show the esets but
children are mithing, and whether they were able on
his system, the Tonle Sol-Fa western, to master
wahat dem
prersessonstrthitheolts
A large number of the children are this to take the
quarter of an hour's practice they have the tune pet'
They had done this again and again. kl_s
thisd id
e and
not wish to enter at length upon the merits of
sight °reef m ythpel am plain
notes, Pala
andtun afterte sing
n t t
ainat effsres " lu na!
system, but to say a few words on the differenee
between It and the old notation, and he had had •
little experience of both- When he was al sehool, he
had to learn about crotchets and quavers, and thought
it was • very croshetty sink. But the Tonic Sol-Fa
system very much surpassed the other for simplicity
and accuracy, and he would like to have a given um-
ber of children, ad train them one half on the Tonic
Sol-Fa system, and the other half on the old notation.
lie had no doubt that the Tonle Sol.Fa would carry
are able to sing a psalm tune from notes, right away.
children,
hilddareyre. who m very r
o was
tiot hadernatagreakatbihansounthaitits.Y of the
of prac
They might not be exactly wands the firU time, but
in the course of • quarter of an hour's prattles* they
would be perfect. There was another aduetage
in this class, it WM not merely the pleasure
of hearing the children sing, nor the aunties of
their being taught to sing from net.; but the nude
was set to appropriate and beautiful words, sad them
I it becomes an immense quit in t.orlsg lad
utui Masers. OA oeboe/ Aber ONO &mak* 41:174Z
reason; but when they sing these swath othedises they
are taught to feel correctly and to love correctly, the
words meth contribute to educate the fulls( and train
them in the right direction. They (WNW and Kr.
Squibb) were very particular indeed as to the pleas
they put before the children to be sang—kepplause).
Yet at the end of Use programme it would be nes the
! children had been taught two war songs. He was out
' and oat opposed to war, perhaps no one more so, for he
thought it one of the greatest miseries of mankind.
But thinking he should like the children to learn the
music of these songs, be had them taught. It was •
I long time before he gave them the words, and he tried
to impress upon them the hatefulness of war.
Iwould sing the Scottish song, and also that song wikha
, poor France is trying to cheer herself up by singing,
although she wu sinking deeper and deeper in the
'p mire, lie then pasted to Luther subjoin- They were
aware that classes similar to this had been carried on
by Herr Behnke who has since gone to Birminghem.
No charge was Made for the children, aor is any made
now, and the choir is made sped chderca of aU denond•
nations in the town. Whatever others may think of
that feature in the slags, it was • very pleasing feature
, to him, and so long as he carried on the slum, it would
be conducted on that principle—(bear. hear). Ave
, well-behaved child having a taste for music niight
! attend, and they would never be asked whet school
the, went to. The object was first to teach them
music, and eecondly end principally, to try to do them
good by training and elevating the feeling, by connect-
, big the music with all that was lovely, beautiful and
happy. Since Mr. Behnke went to Birmingham, where
, he is educating large classes, this class had
! been diligently carried on by Kr. Squibb the
, conductor this evening Hood applause). The
other week some of the children asked him if
, they should not present Mr. Squibb with something
, for his trouble, and be said oertsiely, and be should
be glad to help. He would now on their behalf, and
very heartily on his own, present Mr. Squibb with their
, present. Mr. Anderson then handed Mr. Squibb •
I handsome silver watch and chain, uthearibed for by the
class: Loud applause followed, and as soon as be could
got a bearing. Mr. Anderso• remarked that people in
general had no idea of the enthusiasm with which the
class entered into the practice of singing on this system.
They wished to go on and hardly wanted to stop at
all, and during the late cold winter nights, when be
read over the roll, he only found three or four absent—
(applause).—Mr. Squibb's reply was to the following
effect • —ln acknowledging the 'mindful and handeome
preeent, I wish to say a few words. I trust I am
sincerely thankful for the Undoes= now shown to one,
by those who have so kindly presented me with this ;
but I cannot help expressing my conviction that my
services hive scarcely merited • present so valuable.
, The services I have rendered have been eery ptomaine
, and interesting to myself as well as to the young people
and it is a source of great pleasure to me that I age
able to teach them these little melodic.' hut it most
be remembered that it is through the kindnees of •
; gentleman who has left the town that we are enabled
I to teach the children to sing these little songs and
, hymns. It was Mr. Behnke who first Sought u this
new sad much easier method of singing by sight, and
! therefore to him is the chief praise dam I need not
say mash as to the mirth' of the Tonic 13.11-fs method
of teaching to sine; but I will make one or two
' remarks. We judge of a thing by what we hear and
see of Its effects. Judging of this by the same principle
what you lieu heard and teen this evening, and
on other occasions cannot fail to leave the
impreuion that these emcee people do really sing
I by note, nod that that notation mast be within their
I pup is very plain. Now the old notation is too sem-
i ' 'ilex' too diffioult, for children's minds to comprehend
without a great deal of instruotioe. flat is ropes.
meted by signs; bet this is the thing itself, sad there-
, fore easier. I once beard the remark that the Tonic
• Solei system of music was only invented for children
I and for those who knew nothing about music. That
• was not strictly true; but in a sense it was true. It
was invented for children, and you who are present em
; the enjoyment tbe children get by it. But its highest
aim is iii teaching them to sing the praises of God,
which I sinoerely trust will be our thief objects But
I mast not forget to mention that it is through the
i kindness of Mr. Anderson that we Meet week by week,
and therefore to him sincere Lod hearty thanks are
• due applause). The next piece was "No tears
• in heaven" (Boot); the solo part was well sung, and
, the chorus especially so. "oh ! What has Jeans done
! for me !" Thew beautiful words were suite with •
loving expression of suitable joy. " Sweetly come those
strains" (Root); this was soft and pleasing, and the
I sound of distant singing was well Imitated. "The
Welcome Home," given with true feeling of hope and
confidence; this too, was %piece likely to be benefigial.
) "See the rain is falling, • simple and short
• with a good loran. and dearly and sweetly rendered.
I "Sunday school Volunteer Sone(Bradbury), a stirring
piece, with something of a martial ring; but calling to
the victories of holiness and pease. The echo by the
bass had a good effect. The programme had been seen
• to be too long to admit of as many enures as were
. deserved; but the emblem wetaid not he denied three ,
•! repetitions, and this Peas we, one. The programme
concluded with the two war soup, "fleets, who ham"
I and the " Maneilleise." Kay the day quiekly come
when such songs shall be out of date and when hymns
r of peace, such as those so delightfully rendered by the
class, be .11 that civilised beings will tolerate Mr.
r Anderson in conclusion anamtued that it is intended
I to give similar demonstrations now and again, and the
- audience departed very mush delighted with the great
suecoss of the Tonic Sol-fa undetionseMoosi free-taught
class.

A SAILOR Ditowini,7—:Last.—fassday atieroooo, sa
was returning to the made, alter being out
for tom practwo, William Priatd, emend captain of the for..
mak, +ma sultim; up vVer the forecaotte, whim be dipped and
foil oserboani,.and.swas no more man.

PAllliti—The Rev. K. Forbes, deputation of the
Colonial awl Continental Church Society, gave • lecture on
Pori% at &tome. wIlool•roonk on Tum&y morning. There
MIA e good attendanix.
TES WIMUITO.IIIII.—The January too of this vigorous
body wax held on Monday at Wakehun, accompanied by a
no of work and • pulic meeting, and the results were very
gratifying.
Till Bible Christian's fifth anniversary has beta
celebrated tins week. There were sermons on Sunday by Mr.
C. Bunten, of Weyinouth, and the Rev. .1. Maynard, and • tee
ood nicotine oil Wudnowday. Thu collections Will good oon•
idering ttw state of trade.

THLTILICAUi ON BOall:1 Raul Acifioooirr.—The
company of this fine man-of-war eosin to have exceillest
friends in their °Keen, who encourage them by such
entertainments as serve to relieve the tedium of guard.
ship duty. The theatre was maimed on Friday evening,
with a " New and laughable farm" so says the notle
entitled "Catch a Weasel." Kr. Napkins was played
very well by Kr. W. Callam ; Kr. Pickles WU im-
mense as Dr. Wasehatt, and Mr, Banyan was welcomed
with shouts of appisuae, for his rspesseusasjs, of lb
T. Tipthorpe, and well he deserved the approbation dr
the audience, Mita Lydia was well supported by Kr.
White, and Dobson. in spite of the Snoteh brogae,
wood a good alstre of applause, her part being played
to perfecitios by Keane W. Butch.,; Mr. H. Bennett
supported the part of Harris with doe aornietems.
Then came a mug, "Pat Malone," by Kr. G. Bunyaa.
who was enthusiastically received. and (moored, when
Ihe responded with "The Family Man," and was
I squally successfaL Next was give. by the Akers of
the ship, a farce entitled " B. 8.," Lint, Beogelly,
RU- A., as Squire Greenfield acted well, and rule.
Lieutenant Deacon. as Joe supported his wart so ad•
mirably that it wee plain this was not his debut. The
chir.cter of "The Chicken" could not have been
placed in better hands than those of Lisat. Boyd*.
and his get•up was partieularly good, Lieut.
Ramsey, It ILL.L. as Kr. Benjamin Bobbin
Wed to perfection; but me Jonso• hod
allowed his whiskers to remain while be anted the pert
of Mrs Puneheon. This is the first time we have
ever seen • Man act • lady's part without removing '
his whiskers, and the odd weaning sassed • great
deal of laughter, whin made Mr. Jaime:on ember
bashful. Sub-lieuienant Kneel send Dorothy, th•
maid•of-all•work, and did credit to the part. An
accident happened to his chignon which enerd • great
deal of fun; but Mr. Kansel, with the
presence of mind repined it without the sUtlisell
notice, and treat on with his performans. Them
followed a song, " The Boman Fall," by Kr.W,
which was encored. and Mr. Jelin responded with
" Any Ornameate for your Firestorm," and was
received with renewed applause. The evenlArS enter-
tainment ooncladed with " Doing the Basting." Master
Hutchins as Patty supported his pert exesethagli
and Mr. Bunyan, who is an immense (eremite, mas
" all there." as the Professor. "Alderman Padre was
eassussug supported by Mr. B!tutett, Mr. Pickles
as Doctor Lavender. in love with the Alderman's
daughter showed that he wee quite the Wes men:
the last butler was played to perfection by Mr. A.
Annah, and polioemaa A, *Doman B, and Min
!Pasqua Podge, were ably rendered b Kr. Plilloolk
Kr. W. Callao, and Mr. A. White. The band of tbe
ship in caticanion played "God Bare KM guess. end
the e entertainment thus man to •
everybody et highly delighted. We ahead sa
like to see the empay ea the betide mime.

lattotailfttintemaythrgsve
any
A CHILD SMOTHERED IN BED. AGRICULTURAL OPERATIon
&virago, generally speaking, but mach corn waa
On Sunday afternoon an Illibeitira&te idimig died a Sufi Cour, of the best quality, will this he la suffocation at WOO. It was born on the 13th January, re„,,est, mg, from the
neklener of the nii of Sarah Ann Parrett, • single woman, who lives with '
should be in readiness for immediate sowing, so se 'col
her parents at a lodging house there. P.C. Hyde to loco the brat opportunity.
turd, ripened in our southern counties, and, therefore,
heard of the death and reported it to Sergeant Biles, Tug VITALITY OP tiEID will, perhaps, be ahoye th
however well selected
liandawdremedays
4,,,,ti.heb1001d;
isafore.rolle:
'test in • flower-pot" is advimble, In order to .
ohielladtgaii:nonegaatoribladDouirafr.Nosiirieimam.tlerrtimnoards'ntoilmito rahhueehipot nlnilFreekeataphonaitaFiladtaciaahlal''-thuddi
may turn the pecuniary b*llinoe In his favour.
Min the q "sadly of seed requirad per sere.
htwwhaohehuse.ointwhi
uielFbehromwitrktwhileueonlasstatafimarytetteh.cl et
ryetiriedzi,madt°uwilt,toohtehhten:ayelte:ba2
Lasumsperhiso ova
,se lbw%
welllttlebemmorequiriendo.netyhiithalittiffwerehanteeh: :a.
the
mayotethrer.oo, IV it
botoubedt
teanbomutinautqeita,
orterll
Citanin or Sun.—lf • farmer Can buy better seed
Lint
was dead; but he need not come till next day, when CHALK AND CLAY, should the frost tiontinue, cart os
if he was naming that way, he could inn. of eouvas,the to land requiring them. Either will pay the
sarj
matter WM made the subject of investigation. H. Lock, of • longer distance than is generally imagined.
Bog, deputy coroner, held an Inquest at the New Lire HTOcK INANACIKKIINT continues to betiesengrosa
tdhjewacTubileealuginpot.o: andhthbe eer 1 breedcre prefer Mu lattw• adding °atweal gruel aag
NO. 00 Monday afternoon before • respectable furl. hog subject. Cows are now very generally tuned to
of whom Mr. Abel Whittle was foreman,
oplllwarayunFldautcyh. iwhaings deposed
y.putthat healthyttirtieeinchilthdewasdress e it; Vistvrieets,ab°iuntotrdheerearthlayt Puonetcoofw maygi'
r"hringnib Op two eats
a calves, two the first, and one the second. Sores
cows will nurse two both times, others only dee
i calf at • time. Calves generally thrive better when
, suckled than when brought up by the pail, but nmay
impel:, pessituttoisiliftithatehtheembmsmutothbed.theerug'soshrartemits
took
krebeat d.
other mixtures to the milk to supply • greater member
mother's dinner, and brought
aad nut op when she found the mother had I
laytmother
Aroeryie own hoelimir arita anagerfwared
(12 erselviimeasf, and
hweLness. , a
ashes.
Itnnillekkiedigior ber, and she way just in time to see the I
Last gasp of the shild. She sent to Dr. Simeon that
the shild was dead, and he need not come that day, 1
but If he came that was In the morning, he was to 11.
The witness was questioned as to eartain discrepancies
between whet she had stated to Sergeant Bibs and
what was said,before the jury, when she denied having
told Sergeant Bites and the oonstablo what they had
stated.

The police were, however, certain as to the eorreet-
-11014 of their report, as Sergeant Bibs, had taken notes,
which were produeed to the eoroaer.
Dr. Simpson was called, and said he had examined
the child, but could not come to any conclusion as to
the muse of death, without& post-morlem examination.
He also proved that the mother bed told him that she
supposed she had dropped off to sleep after having her
dinner.
The Coroner asked Dr. anthem U the mother was
able to give evidence, and the doctor replied that he
had instructed her to be ready.
ulareh Ai SLY Parrett, the mother. was than hashed
sad duly motlesed. She deposed to the birth, lsc., of
the child, It was dredged on Sunday about ball-peat
12, and pat on her left arm in bed. She gave it the
breast, and witeess thought she then dropped asleep.
After some time she woke up again' sad her aunt
brought her dialler about five minutes miter. Slll ate
her dinner, and her aunt fetched the dinner things.
Flee minutes afterwards she noticed the child lookieg
pale, and knocked for her aunt, who ran unitairs. She
asked her aunt what was the matter with the baby;
but she could not tell, and it died almost as soon as the
mint got there. She could not say whether she held
the child too close to her bosom, and so suffocated it.
She had • head flannel over its head, and the clothes
being to heavy, it might have hem stifled.
Mn. Parrett, mother of the girl, was called, and
asked by the coroner, whether her daughter hail
arranged for any one to maintain tte child, or whether
she had received anything to pay the expenses. and she
replied that she bad not. All the expenses would fall
upon her husband and herself. She oorroborat,il the
evidence of the aunt and mother, and said that all that
waa necessary was done for the child and mother, and
Lb. family wets all very fond of the child. tars.
Hutchings had very kindly assisted her daughter. She
with the child's mother' had most to do with it, for
witnesc herself had only to do the house work
By this time Dr. Simpson had made • post mortem
eximination, and described the appearancen. From
tee results of his examination he concluded that the
child was suffocated by mechanical interference with
the admiesion et air into the lungs. In answer to
several gestations of the Coroner he • iid it was im-
possible for him to say what that was, or by what the
suffocation was produeed. He, however, believed that.
taking into consideration the position in which the I
woman ate her dinner, semi-recumbent in the bed, I
feeding herself with the right hand from the plate in
front of her, having to support herself, and nursing '
the babe with the left arm, be thought lignite possible
that the child should have been aosidoutally hold too
does to the body, and, the bead being covered with the I
lanned garment, suffocation might have been acei• I
dental', produced. He was asked how he could
amount for the aunt hearing the "last gasp." lie I
believed that the body might have given forth a sound, I
as is frequently the ease, and he (Dr. Samson) had I
frequeutly heard in the dissecting room, an that the I
dropping°, the jaw, on the mother showing the child
to the aunt, on her entrance, might account for her
stating that she saw the last gasp. The child was very
healthy, fat, and bad in its stomach food in the process j
of digestion.
The Coroner having summed up, the jury consulted
for about • quarter of an hoar, and returned • verdict
that the deoeasel was accidentally suffocated,