The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-09 00:00:00

lab/ at* grime.

IT is said that on the North Wales circuit there i'l an
avenge of one criminal am to every four barristers in
court, and one muse to every dz.
COMICTATION OF SENTINCIL —flan& Porter, son.
t need ta death at the laNt Cambridge assizes for child
murder, bus had her sentence commuted to penal
servitide for life.
Co '''''' FOS Isamu.— At the Liverpool
maims a solicitor named Williamson obtained ClB,OOO
from the lianehratcr, South Junction, and Shrincham
Railway Company ascompenastion for injuries sustained
on their line.

A POLICE BURGLAR.— JIM!. 0.1/11, police officer.
was convieted at the Liverpool melees, of having broken
into the house of Mr. Holum), near Everton, and
sentenced to seven years' penal wervitode. It &potters
be entered the home, robbed it, and thou knocked Mr.
Hobeon up and told him that hi. house had been broker
into. The property was foetid in the prisoner's
postomion.

Emitter° A WIFE TO DiATIL—At the Leeds Assists,
Joseph Jobb was rho-Red with the manslaughter of
his wife Elisabeth, at Tharstene, near Barnsley. The
deceased was far advanced in pregnancy, and on the
night of the 31st of January. the prisoner kicked bee
about the body, berou.o his supper was not ta his likinz.
She died ,ot the 7th of if e following month, from
internal itAl•mmation awed by the kicks. The prisoner
WAS found guilty, and sentenced to 20 years' penal
servitude.
earrnite TO CAT KILL/U.—Wore the Agmbaster
Bench on Tuesday, John Parsons, of Kilmington. was
summoned for killing • eat bringing to Mr. Green, of
the saute place. The eat got in • snare net to catch
vermiii, and defendant, under the instructions of the
gamekeeper for Mr. Tucker, who had employed bins.
killed it. Complainant value/ the cat at LI, and
defendant was toed El Is. and the price of the cat, or
one mantles hard labour.

ASSAULTING • JUDOS IN COURT.-11T. B. C. Lloyd•
the chairman of the county Waterford, on Monday had
sentenood to 18 too Hos imprisonment, with hard
labour, • young ruffian named William C,hoinopher for
haying wounded his sister with a now, when the
prisoner aublenly drew • atone, which he had concealed
about urn, and hurled it with great violence at hfr.
Llogol's bead. Fortunately he had observed the motion,
end, by • sod:en change in the position of his head,
escaped the noissile, which shattered the wood-work at
the back of the bench.
A Eloxbout SHOT AT t I.DERSUOT.—Joeeph Coleman,
• rrivate of the tat Ixottalion 18th Royal Irish Regiment,
was idiot by a comrade on Wednesday while at target
practice at the rifle ranges, Aldershot. Edward Halpin,
the man who shot Coleman, was seen to load his piece
aril deliberately fire at the poor fellow. The ball took
effect in the right arm, which had to be amputated at
he shoulder. Halpin is in confinenient, although it is
believed that Le did not design to injure Coleman, but
that the shocking occurrence was the result of a foolish
jest.
RZSPOARIDILITIES OF LOCAL BoAHDA.—At the Leeds
Awns, Mr. Dyson, a partner in the Hepworth Pon
Company, brought all action against Mr. Booth, the
clerk to the IVooldele Board of Health, to recover com-
pensation for injuries he had sustained from the
negligence of the yor to the Bawd in leaving •
heap of rough stones on the Greenfidd and Shepley-
lane-roe-I. The plaintiff, returning home in his trap
late at night, drove over the heap in question, and was
tt rown out and much inj 'red. The defenee wan that
the trap was nput, not by driving over the heap of
stones, but by driving on to the raised causeway. This
leas not, however, made good, and the jury found for
the plairitiff damages 1:50.
FATAL S Row. At the Bristol finites Henry
Ware was indicted for the manslaughter of Samuel
Kinnott, on the 22nd of January. It appeared that the
deceased carried on the business of a hawker, and had
apartments at the Balmoral Coale, in Bristol. A
woman named Lucy Trim roused no his wife and lived
with him. On the 22nd of January the deceased and I
Trim were out very late, and on their return they found
the Balmoral Castle shut or. They knocked at the
door very loudly, and disturbed the neighbour.. The
poisoner canto up and nothing upon the deceased
knocked him down by repeated blows on the head with
• gun, and aft. rwards Incited him on the bead while
down. Ile died while be lig removed to the hoepital.
A verdict of guilty wee returned, awl the prisoner was
sentenced to seven yews' penal unitade.
THE MURDER OF LORD TRIO/GAB'S KZETEIL —At
the Monmouth Arises Abraham Brimble and Charles
801 l were indicted for the murder of George Kelly, at
Bassaleg, on the 20th of November last. The deceased
was one of Lord Tredegar's gamekeepers. The two
plisoners were colliers working in the neighbouring
mines. A dying statement had been made by the
deceased, in which he said that one of the two poachers
whom he encountered in the woods of Coed Mawr on
the night in question fired at him and gave him his
death wound. He e,uld not identify the men who
fired at him, and as the two keepers who accompanied
him ran away when the shot was fired, they also were
unable positively to say who the men were. Various
little ciecumnanees seemed to render it highly probable
that the prisoners were the two poachers in question,
but the evidence was so weak that the jury returned •
verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoners were
discharged.
I SINGULAR VERIFICATION OF • FRISSENTININT.—At
the Leeds Anises, Matthias Carr, waa indicted for the
manslauehter of Esther Robinson, at Ingleton, on the
Rai of February last. The deceased woman, Esther
Robinson, was about 70 years of age, and appears
' frequently to have expressed • presentiment that she
should come to her death by firearms. The prisoner is
• lad of about 17, who was on friendly term, with the
deceased, although he end other huh of the village were
fond of practising upon her well-known and often
expressed fears. On the evening of the day in question
the prisoner took up an old gun, and presenting it to
the deceased said, " shoot thee." The deceased, in
greet alarm, caught bold of the gun, and in the struggle
which ensued it incidentally went off and killed her on
the spot, thus verifying the singular presentiment in •
most unexpected menus% The facts of the case baying
been made clear to the jury • verdict of Not Guilty
wan returned.

UNFOUNDED CIIARGII OF INDECENT ANSAVLT.—At the
Gloueester Assists on Thursday, before Br, Bare.
Pigott, Elisabeth Gay was indicted for committing
wilful and corrupt perjury. The prowcator, Mr. Hunter,
a young man 22 years of age, was in the employ of a Mr.
Wall, at Bristol, and used to travel beets wards and
forwards to and from hie home by an omnibus, plying
between Bristol and Kingswood. The prisoner, a
young married IrMoo3,lrllll also in the habit of travelling
by the same conveyance, And aocording to her statement,
sworn before the nr!gistrak• in rapport of • summons
taken out by her against the pros...suitor for an indecent
&swat, sbe was in the omnibus with him when be
threw her down and grossly assaallnd her. A boy was
now called, who was on the step of the omnibus during
the whole of the time of the alleged assault, and who
corrobated the prosecutor In bin denial that anything
of the kind had taken elate. In the result. the jury
found the prigoner guilty, and she was sentenced to
six months' imprisonment with hard labour.

A FAMILY TRAOLDT.--011 Tuesday evening the wife
of an enginemaker, named Brown, living at Yount
Verges. Liverpool, • district inlisbited generally by the
better clam of animas, murdered her two children,
both girls, aged five years and four months reveitively,
by cutting their throats with a razor, and then com-
mitted suicide In the name manner. Her hasb.d, who
is employed at the Vauxhall Foundry, in Liverpool, I
left his house at the usual time to go to his work. Up I
to that time his wife had shown no peculiarity of
manner, and she was very steady and quiet in her
ordinary work. She was seen by her neighboun two
or three times during the day, and once &hoot three
o'clock she was seen at the window playing with her
children. The husband, who had the reputation of
being • sober and highly respectable man, returned
from his work shortly after eight o'clock at night, and
found the front door fastened, and he then got over the
yard wall and forced the kitchen door. He found all
below stairs in darkners, but on entering the front bed-
room • horrid tight awaited him. On the head of the
bed lay the youngest child, aid at its font the eldest,
both with their throats eut, and quite dead. On the
door beside them lay the body of the mother, with •
razor in the right hand. Both the children were
dressed. but the mother had stripped and put on •
clean nightgown before cutting her own throat. The
bedclothes and the door were eovered with blood. No
cause beyond • sudden it of temporary insanity can be
assigned for the deed.
IMPORTANT TO FILIRXDAT SOCIRTIIII. At the Liner-
pool County Court, Mr. Serjeant Wheeler, Oa.,
delivered Judgment in a ow of imperials.° to trustees
of friendly moieties. Richard Sinnott and others, the
committee of the Prince Arthur Friendly Society, sued
Wlllmot Reid and others, the trustees of the society,
to recover £162 Oa 3J., which it wan alleged bed been
lost to the society through neglect of the defendants.
The society held its mestinp at the house of George
Cott, publican, lAverpool. and Cott was for several years
Is January, ISM the society passed • regale-
tics that the funds should be invested as they aacumit-
Inted in the post-dice savings bank, In July, 1866,
Cott, the treasurer, became insane, and was removed to I
an On investigating his affairs, it was found
that bad never invested the society's funds as direetti
by the reeolotion, and the soul sued for was owing by
him. It was alleged that the duty of the defendants
was to sea that he did invest its, directed, and there
was soother allegation that the trustees had been in
collusion with Oott to apply the funds of the friendly
moiety in carrying on • loan nociet,. which failed.
&dame Wheeler held that the plaintiffs (the committer)
were equally responsible for the disposal of the funds,
and he therefore gave a verdict for defendants, with
▪ saying that the seoond allegation bad totally
failed.

Winn MIMI& 111 EMIL - At the Beret/era Police-
man, Jame. Bums, • farm labourer, aged 24, was
eb,,,g14 with the wilful murder of his wife, Sarah 4..
Bopp. The investigation bated some hours. Several
witserser deposed that OD Tillir/Day afteremie the
primmer was much excited iii consequence of discover.

ing that his wife had incnrred. unknown to Lim, debts
amounting to N. tie &twinned that hls furniture had
linen seised for not, although he had given the deceased
the money to pay it. He offvrel several men In the
Mark's•gate publimhome, Chadwell•bealth. Ita to out
his head off. He then saw his wife ooming down the
Mark's•gate-road, and lie said he had a few words to
nay to her. He wet, ed down the road with her, and in
,* qusrter of an hour he returned, saying. "I have
I done it. I have monlered her with. knife." He than
, went to the police and gave himself up, and said he won
',eery for the Oct he had committed. Ilia wife Wilt
found lying dead in a pool of blood en the Ow at the ,
I .
Istile of the Marklamite•road. Mr. Wright depn.d that
the deocaned had died frmn the effete of a wound
three ittehas in epa, which had been inflicted with •
nocket.knife, on the left ids of the neck. All the
witnetaes who were examined berme the nlexistratee
yesterday depotied to the fact that the accused had never
threatened lo murder his wife. Upon this point they
were cross-examined in • meet n.arching menner,
both by the magistretes and by Mr. Griffin, the solicitor
for the defence. Mr. Griffin, said that the absence of
any declaration Co the part of his client to kill or
loonier his wife showed a want of premeditation in the
commission of the fatal act. The Bench committed the
prisoner for trial on the charge of wilful murder.

A JURT IN A DITIVICULTT.—At the Leeds Amine. on
Weineaday Robert Dodd and William Swift were in-
dicted for wounding William Robinson, a ps.lice-cifflear,
at Rotherham, with intent to resist the lawful appre-
hension of the prisoner Swift. The pollee-Ml{oer swore
that on the morning of December 2nd he went down •
p ,asage. hearing • suspicions noise, when Swift ran '
against him, knocked bins down, and made off. He
pursued and cvertook him, when Dodd eame up and
attemptcd to rescue Swift. The prosecutor hit Dodd
with his staff, and the latter thereupon struck the
prosecutor with a lommer, giving him a violent blow on
I the head. Dodd then went off, leaving Swift In the
prosecutor's custody. It was pointed out for the defence
that the case for the prosecution rested entirely on the
testimony of the police-officer. It was alleged that the
prisoners were standing quietly together at the door of
a public-house, when the prosecutor mine opts them,
saying, "I may as well have you as acy floe else," and
had then struck Swift and attempted to lake them both
Ink- custody. That, upon their tesistanee, the prosecutor
had struck Dodd a violent blow with his itaff, which he
had returned with the blow upon the head with the
hammer. After • lonz deliberation the jury returned •
verdict of guilty of unlawfully wounding against Dodd,
and also one of guilty in • lova degree against Swift.
On his lordship's sugges, ion they again retired to consider
their vercist, and after the lapse of another considerable
interval returned • verdict of unlawfolly wounding
against both prisoners, with a recommendation to mercy.
In the course of a conversation with his lordship, the
foreman said be dia not personally believe the statements
of the policeman, but had not been indu,ed to agree to
the verdict of the msjority of the jury. After some
discussion, this verdict was allowed to stand. His
lordship reserved sentence.

StiocairlG Muangit.—On Wednesday morning a
smart, solslier.like man, named Joseph Wood, aged MI,
and recently a letter-carrier at the Manchester Post- '
office, was brought before the magistrates charged with
the murder of his wife, Elisabeth Ann Wood, aged 33
years. The mnrder was supposed to have been
oorninitted about 7 o'clock on the previous evening, but
no notice was given till about three o'clock on Wednes-
day morning, when the policeman on the beat was
aorunioned to the house, and found the unfortunate
woman lying in the corner of • bedroom, with her bead
resting upon • pillow. She was almost covered with
blood. Thera was scut on the upper lip and • deep cat
under the right !arm. She was lying in a pool of blood,
laud • knife smeared with blood was lying near her. ,
4 rigor with blood on the blade was also lying on the '
floor. Three children of the prisoner and the decreed
were lying on a bed asleep in the same room. The
prisoner entered the room about 50 minutes after the
policeman arrived, and was found to have his hands
stained with blood. He was drunk, and stated that be
knew nothing about it. Ho had been drawing his
months pension that morning, which was 231.,
and he had about its, left, A long brush handle we.
was found in the room, and it is gathered from the
statements of the children that the husband and wife,
about 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening, had been quarrel-
ing and had fooght,—the husband with the knife, the
wife defending herself with the brush handle. The
brush handle had a great number of cut, upon it.. The
wife had had some rum with her husband during the
day, and It Is thought possible that In her helplessness
from that cause she may have laid down and bled to
death from wounds which might not have proved fatal
but for neglect. The eldest boy is ten years old and is
named Inkerman, the second child (also a boy) is named
Alma, the prisoner having a fancy that led him to name
all his children after battles in which be bad fought.
The prisoner had been a a Idser, and had served with
some distinction in the Crimea. He wore a medal, and.
besides • pension of 91. per day, he was in receipt of L 5
a year for meritorious services.

ottrp.
LOWLY THOU'RT LYING.
Lowly thou'rt lying, my dearest ! my beautiful I
Bright smiling vision of gladness departed.
Grief's gloomy banner is folied around thee,
Pride of thy father's heart, silent for ever!
Sun, In the arms of von rose-cloud reclining,
Soft fell thy golden looks o'er my beloed.
(I..ntiv. we rrimson snows, re.t on her bosom,
Shrouded and °old in the grave's lowly stillness.
Come, queenly moon, from thy pale, voieeleu chambers;
Shine in the pride of thy silvery radiance.
Murmur, ye star., from you far depths of azure,
Low dulcet moaning@ of pity sad love.
The waters of kfarah are sighing in sorrow,
Their voices well hint 'mid the soft dreamy silence.
Yeil'd in the gloom of her dark purple glory,
Lone Hesper weeps 'mid the shadows of even.
Fair was my lore, as the June's rosy dawning;
Sweet was her smile as the blue-bells in summer;
Airy her tread, as the roe on the mountains ;
Sparkling her eye, es • starlet divine.
Daughter of earth, throned in glory Immortal I
Lamb of the Saviour's fold, sheltered for ever !
Warbling His praise on the green gleaming pasterns,
Isle shining angels recalling thy song.
Oh, ean'st thou see, o'er the dark rolling river,
Surging afar through the mists of the vall..y,
One heart that loved thee with fondest affection—
One heart that knew thee, bet knows thee no more!
Ah me ! thou art silent, my own, my beloved!
The wintry winds moan, "Never here, here;
In the groves of the angels thy child 4141 behold thee,
Where the pale lilies sigh to the soft summer skies."
Come, golden real), from the throne of the Father;
Come, balmy Pease, with thy mild rosy radiance;
Still this wild tempest of sorrow and anguish—
Shine, sweetest moon, o'er a calm silver sea.
Lowly thon'rt lying, my dearest, my beautiful!
Bright smiling vision of gladness departed.
Grief's gloomy banner is folded around thee,
Pride of thy father's heart, silent for ever I

THE ADVENTURES OF AN IMPOSTOR.
George Hall Beaton, a " geotbrman" already an.
pleasantly known to several hotel.keepen at Brighton,
and who has been convicted by the borough magistrates
of vagran,y, ke., has been "doing" the good people of
Lewes in a similar manner. He was brought up at the
County-hall on Monday, and charged with obtaining
goods by false pretences from Mrs. Stennis', of the
White Hart Hotel. He has several times been in
custody, and is well known to the police as an hotel thief
and begging letter impostor. About a fortnight ago the
Brighton borough magistrates sent him to prison for
vagrancy, and on his release he mems to have at once
re-commenced the dishonest course which he is alleged
to have practised previous to his committal. Coming
from the gaol at about 9 o'clock in the morning, he is
said to have first visited the Black Horn Inn, where,
however, he did not long remain, le•ving the house
because he could not be accommodated with • fire.
Then he made his way to the White Hart Hotel. and
ordered breakfast, which was supplied, and which he
seemed very much to enjoy. The "gentleman" then
suited for the Thera newspaper, and appeared to be
annoyed because Turner, the waiter, could not lend him
a pair of spectacles. Then he did a good deal of writing,
and anxiously inquired of the attendant 1-wracking the
state of the funds that morning. About I o'clock, •
elergyonan and another gentleman came in and ordered
luncheon, to which prisoner invited himself, and, it is
said, talked to his companions quite familiarly, telling
them he was going tolHastings, as they were, by the two
o'clock train. The "customer," shout whom snapioions
were already entertained, next called for some of the
"best beer in the miler," but the waiter brought him.
Instead, • pint of the sourest he could find. "because."
he said, "I had taken stock of him, and didn't believe
he meant to pay." Having partaken of some whisky
and cigars, the prisoner naively inquired the amount of
his bill, and was told it was se. 64., upon which be said
he had left his purse at Hastings and could not pay.
He was then given into the handy of the polies, who
were somewhat puzzled as to what to charge him with,
but ultimately decided to bring the accusation stated
above. He told the eonetables he knew ho had not
brought himself within the law, with which be was as
well and perhaps better acquainted than they, and that
he would bring an action against them for false im.
prisonment. On his person were found • number of
memoranda, which contained • list of several London
firms who owed him money, principally for interest on
gash ; several names of persons to be proceeded against
criminally or In the County Court; • list of the closing
prices of railway shares on a certain day; name, of
places which he intended to visit, including "New. I
haven, Lewes, Eastbourne, Malinke, Rye, Maidstone
and, what afforded • great deal of amusement, • diary,
in which, among other things, hooey., under date Marsh
9 "I smoked my pipe and drank my grog until 11
o;cloek ; then to bed, very nice, comfortable bed, and a
good long sleep, but the girl did not bring my hot water
till 9 o'clock. At 10 o'clock read the Saws Advertiser."
Again, "Owing to me, by Duke of Cumberland, 12a"
lea list of" persons to Gall upon" appears the names of
" Lord Llanover„ Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Thomas
Chambers, and John Bright." His papers also con.
tained a begging letter addreened to the " Lady of the
House," with the words, "The hearer waits," in the
corner of the envelope. The letter seta forth that the
writer is a lay preacher of the Rotablished (marsh, who,
through unforeseen circumstances, has fallen into
poverty. He wishes to raise E3O to enable him to pro-
ceed to New York, and whatever you may, in the spirit
of Cb,lstlanity, he pleased to eontribute towards this
object to a poor forlorn and decayed member of the
Church of Christ will be most thankfully received. Two
lists of subscriptions, containing the names of some well.
known London firms as sabecribere, were also found.
Subjoined are two extracts from the "Diary :"—"Mareb
3rd.-6.3o—tespot washings, no tea, ssgar, bread,
butter, or herring. 11 p.m.—Saint Martin's Church.
Gladstone—mnotified, hypercritical, and wrinkled,
though not more than M. Sits in pew No. 14, middle
aisle. Wicked seals, many of them no doubt will
receive 'the greater damnation. Oat upon ye, hypo-
crites! I.3o—Communios finished. Left chart=
after William 'Stewart' Gladstone and his two
Ho departed from throe at the Crimean Slags'. The two
women want to 11, Cartton-honmetemsse. He went to
PM. dllb. Pall Nall, probably the Morin Club. 'pap.

—Wrote to Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, 11, Carlton.
house -terrace. 4 p.m.—Wrote Igl_lll6 5.45 p.m.—Bent
messenger with letter. 6 p.m.—Not in ;S answer will
be sent when he comes in. 6.3o—Bent to Gladstone
again. 'Not in.' Where is he? At the Reform Club?
Wrote to Wm f w 20s. My bill at the iicateraant,
Orecadier Hotel, Haymarket is lla 74. How shall I
pay it without Gladstone'. help? 9 o'clock —No answer
from Gladstone. Greet the blackguard support
Derby end the Tories against the thievish Whip I"
"March 30, I B 22, same number as the con-
valescent ward at M. It. W. (some other prison); down
b low, got my own clothes, which have been well goaded.
8 sin.—Two Mavis. 9—Governor gave me my dis-
cliare. 9.3o—White Hart Hotel, opposite the County
Hall. 10.—Breakfast; Tosses; no spectacles to be had;
tea, bread and butter, two eggs, natter of bacon, two
rounds of toast. 1 o'clock—honcho°n cold roast beef,
lac. Detained at this inn till a quarter pest throe
o'clock. Bobby No. 34 eame. Polies station till
Go to Barleymow lan, Balmeston." The evidence of
the waiter at the White Hart baying been taken, Mr.
Goodies said although it was evident prisoner's conduct
was most dishonest and disgusting, there was not suffi-
cient evidence of false pretence to enable hint to send
the csie for trial. He was then discharged. —BmpArcsi
Grardian.

NEWSPAPER LIBEL AT CHELTENHAM.
At the Gloucester assizes, on Wednesday, before Mr.
Justice Blackburn, Mr. fieenuel Onley, an architect, and
the proprietor of the theatre there, brought an action
against Mr. Harper, the proprietor of the Che/treAast
Afercery and Oloosetaterthire Express. One Hodrion was
the lessee under the plaintiff of the theatre, and there
had been prooeedinss in the County Court taken by
name °redder, of Hodson against him and reported in
the Aremery. The plaintiff wrote to another paper
abusing the Mercers, for what it had said, and •
testimonial eta published in favour of Hodson. and
signed by the plaintiff. The defendant commented
upon this in an article in the Mercury. and in the course
of it published the libel in question, which runs, follows:
—" And now for a few words on the Clielteeham
Baronet. Why oratorical Sammy, we should as soon
have expected tows your name announced as • lecturer
on morality and • censurer of falsehood as a voluntary
witness to character." It was maid by the plaintiff that
these words were meant to apply to him, and to impute
that he bore no untruthful and immoral character.
The defendant denied that they bore any such construelion. The plaintiff and the defendant belonged to
different political parties. The paper eras published OD
• Setruday in February last, end the writ in tie se.ion
bared on the Monday following. To show malice it was
said that some tine back when Os defendant was •
candidate for the post of relieving officer to the Union
the feeling was engendered because the plaintiff would
not vote for him ; nest, that after shall had been given
at the theatre, at which onumberof immoral characters
had met, and the Rev. Dr. Walker bad made that cir-
cumstance the foundation of a sermon spinet theatres
generellr, the defendant in an artiele upon the subject
on the nod of December bad defended theatres, but in
so doing levelled remarks at the proprietorship of the
Cheltenham Theatre, insinuating that it was conducted
by theee who did not respect married life, and whose
Parents had not conducted themerilves with propriety.
Tbe plaintiff took those remarks to himeelf, and it
appeared before he had married his present wife 20
years ago she had lived with him as his mistress. His
father bed also left Cheltenham to • ea rtaln extent
under • cloud. This latter aireumstanee the defendant
bed made the subject of • placard which had been
distributed in Cheltenhara since the present action hal
commenced. The defendant had also personally served
a notice on the plaintiff's wife to prodeoe a marriage
eertlfleste.—Mr. Cooke made an able speech for the
defendant, urging that the alleged libel was the result of
party political feeling, and not intended to bring the
defendsnt into serious ridicule and contempt, and that
the article, produced to show malice were nothing more
than general observations. He said that to be called
Barnum was to have • compliment conferred upon a
man, and recounted some of Barnum's exploits and
successes. —His Lordship summed upend said that to
publiah a writing without a lawful soave upon the
character of another which tended to bring him into
hatred, eontempt, or ridicule, was • libel, and the jury
must determine wbether the remarks made were
stronger than was reasonable upon the plaintiff, and
threw more ridicule upon him than the occasion
justilled.—Tho jury found a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages RA