The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-07-20 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1869.

W alien BFratcheamain of MM.& Maiotitur, ins=
with bei.g drum and Mown@ In at. Thornmetreet, ea
abOul IL P.C. Mstneford found passage la
lit. Thomeeetrest, on lir. Williams'. dernreWea On the
Wang to more on, h. threatened to It hie
brains out. Elmsford Med him nr, and pet hilL on the P.M.
on which prisoner turned round end knocked him down. The
Cenenble, however, tookhirt.b.yinto
dciduetudynot,,ln
hat: ofw.rlolenth:
mists/to& The U.& the pogorman
=M amen& MIXON
Si him down Ink md mat his head open ; but this mut
&mkt _yin.' tot, or, in default, ms-en dare imprismment.
—trio„nneged t to allowed to go on hoard to fetch the
Money, but ma tokl he mut pay Ire bout.
WiirManeme.—BefOre J. Ay lirsi. EN., J. Drew,
101., a th,yweids, and 0. Ragiett.
A Dunmore Anuca 00 I roLICIIIAL.— (keep Troika,
prom at florid appearance, and attired as a gentlemen, but
who openSmi rather excited during the bonong of the awe. wee
with aimulting the pulion.--P.C. * onesatre"d eloo-place about • quarter to two and ims dedcadant, going
teeurde BA John's church with aomeehim an hi. arm. Be
So lowed him as far on the opium or the Oacehmter row'. non
knowing who it was. Defendant Men turnod round and struck
him with a long Malacca cane on the heed. knocked .4 his hat,
and asked him, "Now do you knew me r The ....onstable
replied "Ye., and I Mall Mke you into custody for assaulting
mrs.".—Dufentlant, in Limiter to the charge said he struck oh
constable, not .111 the head, but 4..0 the hat ; it am more ,d
Soho then mlthingwolse. Ile did not hit his head hut his hat
and his dignity ; hhe 'rims none hurt. Be had hit many
such • fellow before, and glees LIM • glue of grog after, and
it we. all right. P.N. Bring mw the defendant is. Victoria.
terra., with enmething on bin arm, sod Kam°on
f..llohed the defendant. When (lwy port On/ Waterloo-place,
he heard two very heavy Worm went to Mellahon's asestance,
and found this genthenan in cuebsdy.—Dolaadant : Had he toy
nght to follow one without_your order.?- Servant Brine:
Yei, certainly. —Defendant : Then he teen Independent officer;
the policeconstable Woe command. , and the amplant dins). to
.

RXRTIR BANKRUPTCY COURT.
Ttraantr.—Before Mr. Coultaslona Mumma.
114 Robert Hayward, butcher, and arm, and nary
stentractor, Dorehester. Meeting for last examination
and discharge. Mr. Symonds, of Dorchester, appeared
for the amigam ; Yr. Howard, of Weymouth, forth.
bankrlld Cad Wilts and Dorset Beni ; Mr. Hooper (for
Mr.
r
Thrza‘ D for ceditors.
dal Assignee reported as follows :
rapt owls to creditors unsecured, £1.780 Os Rd. ; Parahl
la full, £6O 15a—total liabilties, £1,840 15a. &L
Asets—Good, bad, and doubtful debts pat down as
worth £250; furniture and stock in trade sold at about
£330; mining shares of no value; total meek, £5BO,
The bankrupt's expenditure for the support of himself
land family for the year preceding his bankraptcy is
stated to have been ElOt ;preriooo year £lO4. Bank-
rupt. debta were °entrusted in 1868 and 1869, excepting
ERR due to Dunning's executor for cm& wed in
1865, and £l7O doe to Wilts and Dorset Bank for
balance of currant amount between 1864 and date of
bankruptcy. There is a sum of £7O balance due for
fifty shares in the Albion Boot. now cancelled. The
other debts are for stock end goods purchased and work
done- The PrinelPal creditor is the assignee, Mr. Giles
Symonds. The bankrupt has, in accordance with the
directions of the 00Urt, filed with his statement of
amounts • goods and cash amount for the mix months
proceeding his bankruptcy. In the goods account he
amounts for stook and effect. in hand in beginning of
November, L 700; stook purchased as ascertained from
books and from amounts furnished by creditors amount-
ing to £2,616 Lia, gd, ; profit and balance account,
£406 14s. 3d.; toted 6e. 24. The credit aide
eboere goo& sold partly shown by book. and amounts
and partly estimated, C 3,303 6s. 24. Hay, OMNI, ha.
consumed by stook estimated at £4O; stook and elects
Siren up_ to seeignees sold for £330 ; estimated loss on
saes £5O; total, £3,723 fil. 2d. The cash amount
commences with cash in hand £'2lo, and shows cash
receipts estimated tree books and amounts
18a ; cut received as ready money
(estimated), £1,235 Ifs. sd. ; total, £3,409 161. 2d. The
cash poymeots, which are mostly shown by the bankers
pais book, amount to the same sum. The house ex-
penses and wages are estimated. The banking Asa:want
was reduced during the six months by the sum of
£339 10s. 64. .

the War—Daseghterk le hi. defers», Hr. Walks; said tbilact
we,. the mergeant was beery -(laughter). Ile continued that
he had been liv Mg at EPrinlifaniens, but • young lady who
in wee now occupying rooms, and he v.. lodging elm-
where. In the evening he bethought himself he had • letter to
write, and went off to the On the way he me •
nom and ....man bing drunk on the bridge. Afterwards be
went for • walk on the Esplanade, end if we, a bobbtifui
He was in that condition tiled he conld have walked on a chalk
I=lader). Defend en Defendant wt on to glee • !graphic deacrip-
6Min walk, and mid the policeman most have known him
as ha had applied to him to Mop the boys front throwing stones.
—, he begged their pardon, what was the use of • police
that could not stop the boys front throwing stones? Ile con-
tinued "I am quite willing to pm whatever is oeceem7, you
undentand.'—lir. Ay ling midis* would be fined tO.. with meta
Defendant: You are quite right. I was quite •-fung. It we.
setting • bad example. I know. I am very worry you should
have had the trouble of hearing the case.—The One wee mid.
AllaArLT On CUILDIMI or TIOIDIUt ilAlti4—A great deal of
time was taken up by hearing two charges of criminal mann
against • 114... M. I named Henry Austin Primmer made certain
overtures to • wirl named Ilatikla Jacket, according to her
account, and ran after her and followed her upstairs. It we,,
however, Mown that on each side ,4 the Main are rooms
occupied by dAierent partke with only a wooden partition
between, and that the girl did not cry out witness named
William Legg swore an alibi for the prheovr, saying he era. In
Mr. Hart'. from 'quarter to '413 to halliard now. The
Bench Manfred the rem
Prisoner we, then charged with • similar asmult ori Elton
Illtfinvyhi in • child mid seven. According to the evidence of
11to little tdand • boy named John beak, prisoner enticed the
child on by • promise to show her 110.00 pioteton. •ml
cenualttod the offence in the &dn.—The Superintendent asked
for, remand in this mac and it was granted till Friday, prisoner
to be Isomd over, himself In LSO, and two sureties in 1.25 each.
The .uretios could not be found, and he we, locked up in
default.

Mr. Hooper tendered • proof of Mr. Manfield's for
Mr. Symonds objected to it. On • former occasion a
proof of Mr. Manifold's was put In in the same form.
Be then objected to the proof on the ground that Mr.
Mandeld was not only not &creditor, but in reality •
debtor to the estate. He enbeequentlytrave him notice that
his claim was objected to, sod would be contested, and
gave him notice to produce his books and appear here.
He, however, was not present, but had sent down an
affidavit saying £316 we. die to him, and "found to
be due on account stated footmen them." There were
no particolars showing whet the money was doe for.
His Honour said it could net be admitted in its
present form. You have given him notice?
Mr. Symonds: I have.
His Honour: Does bankrupt deny that anything is
due?
Mr. Symonds : He doe', your Honour.
His Honour said it must be further enquired into.
Mr. Hooper said he wee instructed that if hie Honour
thought it neoemary Mr. *infield would appear at the
next meeting.
His Honour thought it would be very deeirabla
A question of rent was also ordered to stand over to
the next meeting.
Bankrupt, examined by Mr. Symonds, said William
Creed was • journetnan butcher in his employ at 24e.
per week: • month's wages were due to him on the
day after the ediudiestion. All previous acoounts had
beets settled up, and Mae» was nothing more than the
month's wages doe to bite.
Hie Honour directed the Di Ble. to be allowed on
this proof psyable in fell.
Bankrupt examined by Mr. Howard relative to his
transaction with tbe Wilts and Bonet Bank. said he
sold two ricks and an engine to the Bank for El2o. He
was to thrash the wheat and deliver it to Mr. Lovelace,. '
Thrashed the wheat with the engine and delivered the
samples to Mr. Lovelace for Mr. Short°, and Le sold it,
and witness afterwards delivered it to the buyers. Mr.
Short* came to him • few days before the Wok-
ruptey and insisted upon having the engine directly.
Witness told him he shneld have it the next day, but
he did not wed Ito. be had no hones, and it remained
there until he became bankrupt. It wee sold with the
other things.
Examined by Mr. Symonds Agreed to sell the °ern
to the bank in the early part of this year ; sonic of the
thrashing took place directly.
Some conversation took place relative to this matter
between the Commissioner and the legal gentlemen,
oiler which an agreement was come to that the Bank
should be allowed the money realised by the sale of the
engine, and that their proof should be reduoed by that
amount . . _

Tama—re men Eftee. —Eliza Haw yaw charged with coming
to the station for relief in • state of intoliotion. Prisoner
celled In with three children about • quarter past nine. It was
too kto• to pt relied at the Union, and Supt. Vickery ads bed
her to ga end look for loshetnun. She left her three children at
the statem, end went out n the town ; but the seems to hate
hammed the opportunity In a eat that showed she ought to
he,,. been rather lush of mak for the returned more drunk
than before.—Prhow aid the W• 11 • lacemaker, and was on
bee was to Devonshire—Pined 10.1, and being unable to pay,she
Ina rent far sem dap to prison.
FILIPAY.—Before J. Arline. Seq., J. Drew, Req., H.
&molt, Esq., and 0. Reynolds, Esq.
&lapsed Drsalbsrd. Rem:4lll, has been fined for
drunkenneas, mold not pay, expiated he °lsom with six hours
ill the stocks on Toteday. when hew.. the butt of the popuhce,
and crept away with raking Ruda when let out. On Thursday
night he soma to hare expanded all his subaanee If order to
drown dull we, and found forget/ ulnea in one of the
Esplanade chitin, about two ~'ciock P.C. Delarnotte nutted
him and led him odf to Superintendent Vickery's hotel, the
station. Ile I. now to try Ii dayls hard labour, but will that
cure?

The A &mutt one Young Girl.- 11, rain In. brought up
on remand hoot Wednesday last. chairW withal, attempt, h.c., on
Miss Hone) bun.-John Jacket deposed to nding the little
girl min. and to going on board the Waterford and telling
poisoner he bad been enticing the girls, and ought to be
punishod. -Mr. Horan] mode, long and powerful address for
prisoner, and called Dr. Nathan, who deposed that he had
examinel the child, and found not the slightest lambic, mark
on her per...in.-Mr. Charles Reale gave Austin an excellent
character, in fact he was proud of him, he was a pensioner In
(ho nary, after twenty year .ervieo. -Mr. H. Warland spoke
in in, our of prisoner's character.- The Bench retired for con-
sultatioos. and after wane time, returned. and mid much as
they regretted seeing such • man .1 such an advanced age
standing before then. on .uch a charge. he Must be committed
for trial at the madam - Prisoner was allowed out on bell--two

BLANDFORD COUNTY COURT. JULY 13.
(Before T. L P. LITIOT, Esq., Judge,)
Upwards of 60 cases were entered. Only ZS owe
0411110 before his Hower, and the business wee very
light.
Robert Hewlett v. George Aver.— Claim Os. 6d. for
boors, being balance of acaount.—Order 4s. per month.
Maria Pope v. Merles Baker.—Clsim £lo.—Mr.
Atkinson appeared for the defendant, • contractor for
repairing the rondo, and said the claim was for • quantity
of lint. 'or blab were not to be paid for till September or
October. In reply to defendane's solicitor, the plaintiff
said he did not remember when he uked for payment,
the defendant saying be eould not pay then, as he did
not get his money till the end of the year; but pro-
mised that after he bad ball the stones he would pay
him £5 in a short time. That was four months ma—
Mr. Atkinson said that the rule had always been for
the flints to be paid for either in September or October,
when the defendant received bis money from the
surveyor,—Judgment for the wholv amount to be paid
15th October neat.
. .

Mymoods maid be lest not instructed to offer any
opposition to the bankrupt, though the accounts had
not been kept so well a. they might have been. But be
did not think any benefit would accrue to the creditors
from oppoeition, and therefore the creditors would not
offer any.
. . . . .

Mr. Howerd applied that come allowance /night he
mad* to bankrupt for preparing the goods and cub
account. He bad had to make flirc journeys to Exeter
sail there were other special features in tho cue.
His Honour allowed one week's extra allowance.
Bankrupt then ancwered the usual questions, and
received his order of discharr.

Edward Clarke, coal merchant, Ethuldfonl, v. Wlliasa
rooka, farmer, Monckton. Claim 1,2 a. for out Mr.
Atkinson for the defendant. —Plaintiff said that a man
named Warehtun, • carter in defendant's employ,
ordered the coals, and that he had repeatedly supplied
Goals in the same way to the defendant. The last 'cement
settled wee pith January, 1867. Nothing was had from
31st December, 1866, till the 12 cwt. now claimed. The
coal was Forest cost Ind at the time the garter same
he had for himself two mall quantities. Wareham
told him the 12 cwt. were for Mr. Fookea —By the
Judge : Never had any unpleuantoese with Mr.
Fookea—Tbe defense was that Mr. Tooke, did not have
the coal as ordered, nor had any dealings with the
plaintiff after 1866. Mr. Fookes said he ceased to deal
with the plaintiff at the end of 1866, and be gave strict
chug, to bier men never to go to Mr. Clarke's for coals
without paying ready money for it. He never had
Forest of NIKO coals for his own use, and when the bill
was sent in seven months after he repudiated it. - Cure
Wareham. carter for Mr. Fooket said he had been in
his service 20 years or more, and had been in the habit
of getting coal for his master from Mr. Clarke's. Had
cheap coal for the labourers, bet not for his master. He
denied that on the 6th December, 1867, or sines Mr.
Tooke. left off dealing with Mr. Clarice, he had any
coal for his master.—Mr. Clarke's foreman von then
called, and said he remembered Wareham coming to
his master's store, and having three lots of coal. Be
came with some manure, and altar he had unloaded it
he said he wanted 12 cwt. silo, oral for his master,
and also 5 cwt, of hest, and another 6 cwt, for himself.
—Mr. Clarke said it wee not for the money he sued,
buttes wished to show Mr. Foolces that he had the
out —rtse carter wag then re-celled, and again denied
that since Mr. Foch*e loft off dealing with Mr. Clarke
he had any coal from him in his ouster's name, with-
out paying ready money for it —ln reply to the Judge
Mr. Clarke said he never had any word from Mr. Fookes
that he was not to supply him with eoel.—Mr. Fookee
said that the reason he left off dealing with Mr.
Clarke was becalm he found his coils short in weight.
Mr Clarke : Can you prove they were short weight
when they left my yard. It is • most unfounded
charge.—John Barter said that be remembered going
' with Wareham with two waggons belonging to his
' muter. He had • ton of the best from Mr. Amity and
Wareham went to Mr. Clack.. yard.—His Honour
said he believed there bad been a mistake made, and
the plaintiff Gould have a non-suit if he wished to bring
on the mu again.—Mr. Clarke said he certainly should
as soon as his sleek, Mr. Pitney, was able to be present,
as he wished the matter to be cleared up.
Edward Clarks v. John Ssifinnis.-10a. 10d. Dofent
dent did not appear and the case was adjourned.
The Lord Perim% v. John Pike—This was an action
I to recover the pomession of a tonement.—Mr. Forester,
his lordship's steward, supported the application.—The
only denote wag that no other house could be procured.
Mr. Forester stated that several nettles had signed an
sereement to leave last Ladyday.—Hie Honour ordered
him to sire up pceseiwion in • fortnight.
The Same v. George Twrker.—Defendant did not ap-
pear, cod Mr. Forraier produced an agreement whereby
the defendant held poecesaion for • quarter ending
Ledy-day.—Order to give up poseemion Monday fort-
night.
The Sane v. Milian Conway.—The same order wee
made in this cue.
_

Re Mellish. —ln this cage Mr. Atkinaon applied for
an adjournment for a month, on the ground that there
were certain properties about to be sold by which they
hoped torealme enough UlOOO7, 40 so to offer a compoa•
tlon with the creditors, and take the cue out of smart
altogetlair. pplicatlou granted.

STALBRIDGE.
Inca:sr.—On Saturday last an Binned was held at
the hones of Albert Crew, beerhoem keeper, St,%ridge
Common, before W. H. N. Bennett, Esq., Coroner for
the Shaftesbury district, on the body of Emily Gamier,
• wido• woman, residing in that pariah, who died on
the previous Wednesday. A post-mortem examination
a( the deoeased was made by H. G. Long, Fag., and in
accordance with his evidence the jury returned a verdict
that deceased died from "Natural Epilepsy."

GUNVILLII.
SUDDEN DIATEL—We have to record another OW of
sudden death. Mrs. Harding. a widow, reeidlog in this
village, was found dead in her bed on Wednesday
morning by a little girl who aelpt in an adjoining room.
r.he had been in declining health for some time, and
attended by Mr. Bsoot, 'of Blandford. It was not,
therefore, considered necessary to bold an inquest
AN Unwau•ona Ourar.—Tbomas Newport. umbrella
maker, wail br.iught up in custody at the Magistrates'
Clerk's other, 131soilford, before G. Miuwel and H. A.
H. C.ustlernan, Kers., charged with assaulting Mr.
James Harding, landlord of the Bugle Horn, Gluteille.
The evidence was to the effect that Newport had been
drinking, and on the landlord refusing to let him baire
any more beer, he berme amain, and attack him two
memo blow.. He was then given into custody of the
poliera—Committed for 10 day.' bard labour.

14,4 L. T. Hyds.
.2nd, It 01,11. Fly; este& W. 04-. near Iroillottotni 10,000 persons
Dazzle Dallaelfue* Vneersasat —Bern collection of vege- There was • great demonstrition at Lae Erne Hotel,
J. lianafurd.—Beet ng ts repro.
ftuucut-4 "1.P444•• 14; ••.11. Pr" seating upwards of 30 Orange lodgiesel.
IL 61,T. Hyde.—Bwit two mutullowere, 14 gs Fry.—Blat
dish ni nem peek 14, 3. T. Hyde; Ind, Et Irry.—Hest to end from the hotel were headed by Sags, bands were
bow* of carrot& 14. 3., H. Fry ; tod, I. T. Ilyda-6e4 Dl:rag and guna bring at interval& There was no U-
inta. bead. of cabbage, let, IL, S. Pg.—Underground outman, te erence by the pollee and no disturbance.
tat, 21. T. Hyde. Deny there wan no demonstration. An armed
Puns Pea iiliortszza's Elsavairea—The mod tutc-ful band of SOO Catholics assembled at Wolfer; Olen in
trrunrcucut of cut 'nut" for t•lilb 3`. J. Hyde ; ambash for Proteatants, but met no opponents. In the
W. Crabb.—The mad tante(ni am.llUlt of wild
flowers, fore., sad glapspip _Tho evening Boma of them attacked some individuals, but no
collection of fruit, Ist, xyd.; Ind, IL Id.. J. Hyde. serious consequenees occamxl. About ten o'clock a
- The bent collection of vegetable.. 14, U., D. Hyde; Ind, MM, took place in Deny, and • Catholic was stabbed,
•• 04. J. W744--131mt oolle4jos, of pout... W. not dangerously.
Crabb ; br. Id, J. Hyde—The best dish pou, let, 2., The meeting at Killymon wag an immense memos ;
W. erabb ; Ind, Is., I). Hyde. upwards of 40,000 printout.
Besides the above there were a large number of eztra
prima. In the sorenbig there were dancing and other At Tauderagee a great demonstration : 12,000 present.
• lICZNI IN COIN rows couscit.
muuccm•4l2. •UT number being present from the The Clerk corporation bag quite superseded the Dublin,
neighbouring town of Bridport. town council mu supplying the prom with "scenes." The
irrepressible ez-mayor loose no opportuoity of appealing
to the sympathies of the " national" mob. The Mayor
having, at • meeting of the body, deprecatoi the play'
lag of party tunes mu • mixed commiinity, the following
characteristic colloquy ensued :
Mr. I). O'Sullivan Now, Kr. Mayor, allow me one
moment
The Mayor: I beg your pardon.
Mr. O'Sullivan : Who should not young men, if they
like, call for tune*? Why should they be handed over
to the polio° for merely calling fur party tunes.—
(hear).
The Mayor: It is more prudent and more wise not to
insult our fellow citizen& We feel displeued at the
foolish way they are going on in the north —(hcar). We
should not allow anything of the kind ourselves.
Mr. O'Sullivan : I wish you had made your speech
In the north. It is there you have a right to go—(oh

oh).
The Mayor: If you do not recall those words, sir—
Mr. O'Sullivan : I think—(oproar). •
The Mayor: I am doing my duty here, and I will not
allow-
-
Mr. Tracey: Really, lir. Mayor, theme lectures—
Mr. O'Sullivan: Al 1 say is—
The Mayor: I will not go to the oorth, sir. I have
no right to go there. I will stay here end do my duty.
Mr. D. O'Sullivan here made some olaervation wh,ch
was not heard by the reporters owing to the clamour.
The Mayor : I beg your pardon; you must sit down.
Alderman O'Sullivan : There is nothing but dictating
here—(mar. hear, and oh, oh).
The Mayor : Sit down, sir.
Mr. O'Brien : I object to party tunes al much as any
one, and anything that would he offensive, to any
portion of the community; but there is a very wide
distinction between party and national tunes -(bmar,
hear).
The Mayor : Father M'Namara told me that the
tune called for for last night Was "The Green above the
lied" That is • party tune.
Mr. 1). O'Sullivan I regret that there should be in
the chair of Cork a gentleman who would (I am sorry
to think) prevent any of the national airs of our land
from being played (tumult). I would not do so.
Mr. a O'Sullivan: None of these airs would give
offenoe. The 12th July, the anniversary of our cooqusat
in this oonotry, will be carried out sa it ha. been
carried out 200 years. Now, as that is to go on, and
&ether, might to be • mayor in the chair who should
represent our feelings, I think that he should allow
some national airs to be played—(bmar) As to boys
calling for tunes—calling for this and that, or for the
"Green above the Orange ''—whieh they have • right to
do (oh, oh)—
The Mayor: It is "The Green above the Red.
Mr. D. O'Sullivan: It must be remembered that in
any country where the national will is carried out
national airs are allowed to be played. In Ireland the
national airs ought to be played, no matter though they
do insult some parties in the country (oh, oh, and
clamour).
The Mayor The next business (hear, hear).
Mr. D. O'Sullivan: If ths mayor sent • letter to Mr.
Johnston of Ballykilbeg, asking him to keep him there
with the Orangemen of the north—(uproar.
The Mayor: I think the ex•mayor ought to draw It
gentler (laughter). He ought to keep his tongue.
The matter then dropped.

A FAITIMISS BRIDIGILOUN. —A yonng man, named
Woodwards, wee Li have been married at SL Columb,
Cornwall, on Fnday, to • Mus Trebiloook. The young
lady and her friends, however, waited in vain for the
attendance of Woodward., and it soon became evident
that there weld be no marriage, ma the faithless young
man bad not only left the town, but the country. The
friends invited to tbe feast made the best of s
bed job by having • day's excursion. On the day
appointed for the wedding Woodward, we, en route fur
America. _ .

SCOTLAND.—About five o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon a smart shock of earthquake was
felt in the village of Connie and neighbourhood. The
tremor of the earth was scarcely perceptible, and, as
usual, the shock apparently came from the southwest
and proceeded to the north-cwt. Several slight shocks
during the night have been felt sines Wednesday, and
on all foccuions the shocks were accompanied with •
noise resembling a railway train or distant thunder. It
is • remarkable face that for a series of years shocks of
earthquake have been felt in the mouth of July, but
the strange phenomenon occurs frequently at other
seasons.—.Seotainan.

A CoaP'ii lArr IN AN EMPTY 11:1000L —A singular
dbmovery wan made on :Saturday, in Liverpool. Sanitary
Inspector Erskine, on viaiting an unoccupied bout,
found the dead body of a man, in a state of deoomposi.
lion. It was found that the body was that of Michael
Foley, who died on the previous Wednesday night. It
is said that his widow bad been drinking MOB her
husband's death, arid had taken no steps towards his
interment. After the man's death, the woman with
whom the couple lived quitted the house, leaving the
corpse, to which no attention sppeared to have been
substquently paid, tudd it wsefound by the officer of
health.
813. WILING TRAGEDY: A CHILD THROWN OVER TIUS
CLI PFS. —Oa Monday, at the Lewes police nowt, a
young woman named Luny Miles was charged with the
murder of her nephew, Harry Miles Sherlock, two and
• half years old, under the following shocking eirend
dittoes. On Sunday morning the deceased was out
walking with his aunt, his mother's sister, near Itot:
titter's...a. Although the aunt bad at one time been an
inmate of &lunatic asylum it was supposed that she bad
been completely cured of her Insanity, and could be
trusted to the same degree as an ralinary sane persoo.
She always appeared to be fond of the child. After
being out walking near the cliffs with the child fos some
time she was met alone by a coastguardsman, whom she
horrified by telling him she had thrown the boy over
the cliffs. "On down," she added, apparently almmt
frantic, "Go down underneath the cliff, cud you'll find
it there I" At this part of the cliff, it is estimated to be
about 1(h) feet high. Some ooseiguardsenen decended by
the neared of the narrow and devious tracks running
down the face of the cliff, and there founl the illfated
boy, all but lifeless, and he died on Sunday evening.
Lucy Mills was taken under the unroof her mother, but
removed by the police at four o'clock on Monday morn.
ing. A medical man who was called in gave it as hit
opinion that she was not scrountable for her actions.
The leading facts having been deposed to before the
magistrates, the prisoner was &emended.

Nisi 18011 i POISONID.— Au eir-trao— rdinary ease of
poisoning, in which nine persons have Lad • very
narrow escape from death, is reported from West Corn.
wall. Mr. /faddy, fanner of Trielinniek, was fir.t
taken suddenly ill soon after he bad drugged himself in
the morning. He appeared to be wandering in his
mind. The symptoms rapidly grew more sliming. and
Mr. Bennett. surgeon, 'Tregony, was sent for. By the
time he arrived Miss Muddy was also seized in •
similar manner. Another sister, who was at Tregony,
went to wait upon her brother and sister, but bad not
been long in the boute when she also became 111, and
the same happened to • Mrs. Crago, who is also • sister
to Mrs. Buddy. Mrs. Elliott, a neighbouring farmer's
wife, then same to assistance of the prostrare family,
but soon shared the like fate, and the servant man and
three other persons who came to nurse the family
making nine in all, were speedily seized In • similar
manner. From the rapidity of the attaiks and the
symptoms manifested Mr. Bennett considered that it
was an outbreak of Asiatic cholera, but on the arrival
of Ur. Barham, of Truro, that gentleman at ones
pronounced it to be • decided ease of poisoning. Upon
inquiry, it was found that all the sufferers bad par.
taken of a batch of bread, assisted by the servant Pill,
who brought her the flour, los. The girl Pill was under
notioe to leave. D. /Wham, hiving satisfied
himself that his patients bed been poisoned, sent for
the girl and told her to bring him the reaming loaf of
bread, but she returned end stated that she amid not
find it. The loaf has entirely disappeared, the police
who have been investigating the matter being unable
to discover it. A striking circumstance oonneeted with
the iiffair is that every person who partook of food in
the house, except the servant Pill, was seized with
Blom.. It was at first feared that some of them would
suseumb to the effects of the poison, but all are now in
a fair way of recovery, and the friends of the family
have been removed to their homes.
_

A Bane Snow.—lt is twenty years rinse the
great Baninm's monstrous violation of the proprieties
—he violated them • great deal, but never so
much as in thia instance was feebly copied in
England. and babies were publicly shown like pigs
and pelargoniums, at the disastrous Surrey Music
Hall, in the Kennington-reed, London. There have
gillee been at the most, three baby shows—very minor
affairs, in obscure parts of the country; till the Yankee
showman's idea was practically revived on what he and
his followers would Gall a "big scale" on Monday at
the North Woolwich Gardens. The day was signally
fine, and many e ere present. In long rows, penned
off from the stream of observers, the children were
ranged in their mothers' arms. How many entries
there may have been we cannot say; but it seem. that
as many as a thousand applications were rejected,
hecau.eolfallureto oomply vrith the rules. Indeed,
the place of exhibition wan surrounded with disappointed
mothers, clamorous for the reiren of their supposed
wrongs. One had come from Manchester, others from
places almost or quite as far off. ,The absented babes,
a were,
much vbeynt r next
wheioompl of in"
complaining
the
eree
jlecawyewd.rs
taj, as
the
most part they were wonderfully quiet themielves ; bet
the mammas had a few words to my when "refresh-
hmaenvet'be,' Lid
wnoistheoed. m
porter continually from cans of re-amaring sire. There
ethornugunlideqtrouiteng anmepn"mwpetlrey as could
were, no we have intimated, plenty of fine children ; one
of sight months and another of eighteen bidding bard
for the chief prise, were adjudged on Tuesday.
The youngest mother in the show waa fifteen and • few
month.; and the youngeet child was six wooks, except
in the notable case of • triplet of babes who were but
eighteen day. old, and whose mother held one at a time
while a friend held the other t•o. In wretched contrast
to • boy giant, who looked like • living copy of the
Infant Samuel Johnson, so Hercules strangling the
I snake% in Sir Joshua's famous canvas, those pone
I three called forth pity more than curious interest. They
were very old-looking ; one in particular resembling •
homely piece of antique ugliness in no picture of tiolbein'a
They were also very small, their poor little arms and
legs being no bigger than a man's finger. I. fine, they
were decidedly not fit objects of exhibition, if it can be
allowed that any of the best.grown babies were.
Nearly 44X) infante were on view, amongst them being
some extremely fine specimens both of size, form, and
feature. There is " • triplet" from Fsith—two boy.
and one girl—nineteen days oh!, actmmpaMod by their
mother, Mrs. Booth, the wife of a fitter, who has
received the Queee's bounty. Twins are numerous.
There Are AOlllO veritable Daniel Lambert, in little—one
ivo months old, weighing:Zilb.; a girl, ten months
old, weighing 301lk, gre,„