The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-06-19 00:00:00

SWANAGS.

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WIZBOZNE.
Brit D.R.V.—The monthly challenge cup was shot for on
Wednesday, the 13th, at the range. Bradbury, and was
won by Lieut. Rawlins. The second cup was not shot for
owing to. sufficient number ot the second team not being

present.
Courrrr COMM Tuesday.—Before Mr. T. E. P. Lefroe.
judge.
W. Losig v. Robert Redhead —The plaintiff is a shoe-
maker living at Leigh, and the claim was LI 7a. for goods
supplied and money lent to the defendent whilst he was
working for plaintiff in 1073.—Defendant said he had
already paid the plaintiff, but he did not prove thin—His
Honour gave judgment for plaintiff—h. in a fortnightand
Se, a month.
BRUCK OF COIFTRACF.—JAsepI! Atkin., T. JariVS rot ter,
—The plaintiff, a farmer, living at Horton. claimed
Xi 104. (Id. damages for breach of contract from the
defendant, a pig dealer, of Woodlands.—Mr. 11. T. Tres
VZllliOll appeared for plaintiff; Mr. F. H. Tanner for
defendant—Thin case was adjourned from the last Court
for defendant to furnish plaintiff with particulars; of the
claim, and as this had not been done Mr. Tanner objected
to the ease tieing proceeded with, but Mr. Trevanion
furnished the required particular', and amended, the
claim to £3 94. ad., and the care was then gone into.—
Plaintiff's case was that in January last he bad 13 pigs for
sale, for which he was offered lb. Ild, a score, but a man
named Willcox, who usually killed pigs for him, oat be
thought he could get a better price, and was authorieeol to
sell the pig. Willcox went to defendant on the 13th of
January and sold him the 13 pigs at lls. a wore, and
defendant fetched four of the pigs and paid plaintiff for
them at the rate of lls, a more. Defendant promised to
fetch some more of the pigs the following week, but prices
went back, and he did not come near the place. After
giving notice of what he was about to do to defendant the
plaintiff sold seven of the pigs to Mr. Notton on the 7th of
February. Their weight was .19 score 10100, and as they
realised only 10,. a score instead of 11,. thin involved a
less of £2 9s. ed. The remaining two pigs were sold with
two others to Mr. Notton on the 9th of March. They
realised only Os, per score, and, putting the weight of the
two pia at 111 ;wore, this represented a further loss of
£2 2e, but plaintiff now only charged .C 1 —Jacob
Willcox, who appeared entice • subpoena. and was evi-
dently a hostile witness. WM called by Mr. Trevanion and
seethe took *message from plaintiff to defendant in January
that the pigs were for sale at lie, • re-ore, sad defendant
mid he would have them if plaintiff would let him take
them as he wanted them. —Defo ndant was sworn and said
he agreed with Willcox to bey the 13 pigs if he was
allowed to take them as be wanted them, lie saw plaintiff
the day before the four pigs be had paid for were killed,
and plaintiff said "Willcox has bought the pies, arel
you're pang to take them, aint you." Ile replied
" Yea. The agreement was that he was to
take away the pigs as quickly as he could.
and he used his best endeavours to get them away.
Plaintiff's son came to him some days after he took the °
four Pigs, and asked him when be could take some more A PENGE MYSTERY ROMANCE.
of the pigs. Ile said he could not take them vet, as they
were rather too heavy for him, and plaintiff's son then The following interesting particulars have been
said he thought Mr. Notton could take the pigs. Ile published relative to this affair s—ln the evidence pro-
told him he should be glad if Mr. Notton could, but if be duce," before the Coroner at tne inquest helot at Penee on
could not he would. Plaintiffs son promised to let him the emaciated body of Mrs. Staunton, the 1111111 CA of Lady
know if Mr. Notton took the pigs, but be did not have any Rivers, the Rev. Mr. Butterfield, and Nosily Holmes are
communication for a fortnight and that was ordering him mentioned. These isoosies, taken in connection with a
to take the pigs away. He did all he could to get the pigs statement made en the authority of an eminent Dublin
off his hands, and even took Mr. Bartlett to see them, lout solicitor, prove that the story of His. Staunton and her
found that all of them but two had then been sold.—The family constitutes a most extraerolinary and romantic
Judge ruled that the pigs were sold by Willcox as the mystery. The story, as narrated by the Dublin solicitor.
agent of plaintiff, and that defendant was allowed a jA somewhat confused and comptirated. The Litt evn.4
reasonable time to take them away. There appeared to be Couritr endeavour: to place this strange narrative clearly
someSioubt shout the weight of two of the pigs, and his before ite readers. —There lived at Brighton many yea*
verdict would be for plaintiff with Li damagee. ago a fisherman named Suter or Sister. The chief
Joseph Davie v. Richard Pita—The Plaintiff is a butcher attraction of his cottage was the presence of two very
living at Heathery Brian, and the defendant • carpenter handsome piens girls —one a stepoleughter, which mean's.
at Sturminster Marshall. The claim was £1 7'., the value nobody's daughter, called familiarly " Nelly lichees," and
of • hogshead of cider, which plaintiff alleged defendant's his own denghter.loanig, of course, his own name, Suter.
sister ordered by letter on her brethees behalf. Defen- Nelly, the eloler of the two, posseeseol a wonderful power
dent denied having anything to do with the transaction, in attracting the attentions of the other sex. She is said
and the case was adjourned till the next Court for Miss to have been vivacious, and she became noted very soon.
Pike to attend as a witness. Plaintiff had to pay defen. She picked up a good bit of money ; W 3", the favourite of
dant's costs of the day, the late Captain Codd, R.N., and attracted the attention
Irounctiol TO CLOAK A BRICK KILY. —Mr. Thomas of Lieutenant River% then one of the hanolsomost fastest
Rawlins, solicitor, of Wimborne, brought an action "men of the time. The lieutenant had many debts.
against Mr. George Dam brick manufacturer, of Nally married him to be made "an holiest woman of," and,
Wimborne, to recover Leo damages for injury done to his having cleared off some of his liabilities, she "took to
dairy and dwellinghouse, apple and other fruit trees, drink," and return.' to her gallant Jack Tar, who died
ornamental shrubs, crops, and dairy produce by smoke, a few years sir.ce, and left how a large fortune. Her
sulphurous vapour*, and other noxious vapours from the husband once a thirty-fourth cousin to peerage—
defendant's brick kilns, at Colehill during the past six succeeded, to the Auraese of everybody; and not approv-
nsonths.—Directly the case war culled on for hearing ing of the Captain or his litlle arrarigeinents, he obtained
his Honour seemed to be one for an arrangement, and • divorce from her hi the Scottish Law ('sorts; but he
eked Mr. Trevanion, plaintiff's solicitor, and Mr. Tanner, should have known that a Scotch decree had no validity
defendant's solicitor, to talk the matter over with him. in England. When Lord Rivers entered the House of
The Judge and the solicitors retired to the ante-room, Lords he found there an appeal to his peers on the part of
where they were shortly after joined by the plaintiff and Nelle Holmes, demanding to be pet in poeessser of
defendant. The consultations lasted about three all rights and privileees as Lady Rivers. She won her
quartere-of-an-hour, and on returning into Court the suit, and, though the allowed mistress, of Captain C
Jude said the plaintiff had consented to forego his claim, she frequently occupied her seat as the lesitimate wife of
as his main object was to get the nuisance abated. By Lord Rivers. At her death she wiled' away between
defendant's consent • verdict WAS to lie entered for .L3,00e0 and ASIO,OIIO. and amongst thesoi bequeste was one
plaintiff, with nonimal damages, defendant to pay costs, of £3,000 to, her "'tel.'," Harriett Richardson. This
which had been agreed on at £ll, and an injunction is the £3,11101 a frequently referred to before the
was to issue forth with restraining the defendant frees coroner. Miss Suter did not in her matrimonial view
burning at the kilns. aspire to enter the peerage. She was courted toy a noble-
-- man's coachman, who had aired a considerable sum of
OLEIFIITONE. money. Nothing is known of her married life with
Extraordinary Attempt to Poi Richar On Richarolson's death Mrs. Richardsen
son marrieddson. the Rev. Mr. Buttertiebl, a clergyman who had
never held a benefice. She brought to hins together with
a Family by a i. Mother. what money Richardson had left her, three daughters—
Jane, and Harriet. The last named, who was
On Monday this pariah and the neighbouring one of supposed to be somewhat weak-minded„ is the Mrs.
Stickland, were painfully moved, on the report of Staunton upon whose body the inquest was held. But
attempted poisoning of a family by a wife. The nolody knows whose otaviehters in particular those three
family is named 'Fivard, the father being shepherd to pretty ladies were. But the romance of the family by
Mr. James Barite There are besides the father and no means ends here. Perhaps our readers will remember
mother, a eon and two daughters all grown up, one the death and attendant circumstances of William George
Howard. then heir-per:tempt', e to the earldoru of
daughter being married. The mother has been a Wicklow. Captain Howard, as he was generally called,
regular attendant at the Wesleyan Chapel, of quiet died under most narlancholy circunetances in a very pmr
habits, a good neighbour, and no one ex that lodging in Kevin-street, one of the arrayed parts of the
anything of this sort would occur. On 111=aly the city of Dublin. Ile died atone, unattended by any one
unmarried daughter was to leave for service the ' except the keeper of the ',dente-house. who did
married one intending to go to BLandford with her, what she could for him, and gave notiee of his illness and
leaving the baby with the grandmother. Dorm, position to the police. At the inquest helot upon his
dinner the daughters drank cocoa which had been made remains, the medical testimony unveil that he had in-
by the mother ; one daughter complained of the nasty dcidgeslorereix,icessm.
anind innoto:,i,ceat.Tpgp,o=ks..ttlumt
.thte grave
taste of the cocoa, but the mother put her off with sive suit would ;weepy the Howe of Lords in connection
;some remark. However, after dinner both daughters with the debilitated heir to an earldom who had perished
fell ill, and one was very sick. Some time after on in a garret in Kevin-street. We have said that Mrs.
finding they did not die (so rumour stays) the woman Butterfield brought her husband three daughters—Ellen,
went next dew and told what she had done, viz., put Jane, and Harriet, afterwards Mrs. Staunton. There
some poison in the cocoa, Mr. Burtt Gain heard of lived with this family a native of the B ague courtry in
Spoon, whose nameoccurs freque.;tly connectioe with
it and sent for Dr. Daniell, who on arrival made use
of the stomach rmp. Both daughters were out of to be deLl, had lain .ar friend 'or confiormitinaleesgrPant of
danger on yr, but very ill. Rumour says that Nelly Holmes- i.e., Lady Rivers—and hence his great io-
ta* with poison in it had been prepared for the father ' timers, with her niece*. The residence of Nally Holmes
and son, but finding the daughters ill, they did not was known as "The Dell." and hither Bornidam brought
drink it. The only reason given for attempting to kill , young William George (toward. Ellen Richardson had
all the attractions and mach of the alluring grace of her
them, is that the woman is afraid of loritig her eight,
nt. in a ery abort time yount Howard thought he
and thought her fatally au
ily would not be looked after if Id
b not lire without Nelly Ric modems The were
'ed, and in a few mouths came his mieerat>ole end
she were lin d. The hope i that she may be found to e nnommn
be insane, The police have taken her, and she will be But the House of lords woo to hear Of Isaptain Howard,
brought before the magistrate& en. itoward (dice Nelly I ichardsor), and a pseudo heir to
On Tuesday, at the Magistrates Clerk's Gibes, earldom of Wicklow for years. Shortly afterwards,
before (Mr. J. .1. Farquharson), Louisa Tizzard, out o.r.initomrniedeitetlhye perihorief to.olultowinardwlshidcehath.w.a
tehoeußstrgeeure
Cleneton, whose husband has been shepherd for Mr.
Berniolam. to remesenta bought or illegitimate baby as a
Burt, of the same place for 32 yearn, was charged by
posthumous of William Howard, and as heir to the
Mr. Superintendent Cnolerwood with administering titles and estateachild of the Earl of Wicklow. Dari the in-
quantity of arsenic to her two daughters. at Clenston, vestigation before the House of Lord Mrs. Howard at,
on the previous day. It appears her eldest daughter, pared to plead her poverty, and to request the peers to
Elisabeth Tiruzil, has been a servant in a gentleman o defend the rights of her infant son, her grace, and "the
family, in Somerset, for a number of years, and was sweetness of her voice" had a wondrous effect even on the
home on a visit to her mother, and was going to her stern LiVI Lords, and it was ordered that the eats of
advocating the child should be defrayed by the State. Sir
aa he held the baby in his arms at t
situation that day. The mother asked her other ;
daughter, Mary Wiffen, who has two children, Joan Coleridge.
an o of the House, ;netted into a flood of passionate tearhe bar
and
is married to • respectable tradesman, to come called all the gals snot goddesses of heaven to attest its
to her house to dinner before her sister left. identity. He who had denied the Claimant was ready to
She made coma for her daughters, and put risk his life upon the reality of this sham young
some arsenic into it, her husband being a shepherd, Howard. It is well known that the imposture
kept arsenic for drawing the sheep. Soon after taking was discovered and the conspiracy at length
the cocoa, they complained of burning heat in the
revealed. What became of the child then called William
stomach. The mother went at once to a neighbour,
George Howard is unknown. Is the plot of any sensational
and said that she had poisoned her daushters. lir' ove t m novel nre romantic thee the story we have
r's- ab It 'ns with the marriage of a tioher's ririrgtedr
Daniels was; at once feint for, and pumped the pole, n to the heir of an English peerage. Her sister marries a
from their stomachs. They are getting on favourably, coachman, and subsequently an unbepeficed clergyman.
This poor woman has only three children, the two Of the daughters of the latter, one marrdihieseltihbnekahkeg,,trpt:tronionef
daughters and one son, 21 years of age, who is living ocKevtit Ijieseht,l7,egricgiecetcd.
elinel:ophtlibs
home with hie parent., and she is very fond of them. yh"thie
his poor toasting. Au infant boy comes suddenly upon the
She has been to a tinsmith in London twice, and has
arena, and occupies the House of Lords for nearly five
undergone a severe operation, sunder chloroform, each ears ; and now at last the coroner holds an inquest
time in her eyes. She was nearly blind, and her ee- The emaciated carel pof a uno
starved woman eaten up Withn
sight is very bad now. It is thoughtit has affected her vermin, brought to • lodging house at Penge in the dark-
brain. She said @he thought she should not see her nee of night, and yet the were of Lord' and Lsdy Rilers
children much longer sad she thought it would be and the peesessor of £3.00. Verily, truth is sometimes
better for them to be in heaven, Remanded to Dm- tra Dam thinlytion• '

SlASoll.—Spring cleaning, painting, &c. ' appear to
have been complete," here by all who have honied and
apartments to let.
Tut DIAN or CARLISLI, now visiting here, preached
at the parish church on Sunday morning from
I. John I 8. to an attentive and appreciative congre-
gation.
Portrotae. —On Saturday last a large porpoise, nearly
nine feet long, apparently mistaking his route and
coming too near the coast, was shot off the point by
some fishermen. The fish was skinned, and the flesh
will probably be used as bait for fishing.
Taureaasca —On Tuesday evening, the travelling
agent of the Dorset Temperance Association, Mr.
Hallett, with his harmosium in • van, addressed • large
number of persons in Church-hill on the temperance
cause, giving some temperance melodies with music
between his remarks. '
Bairn OT Horr.."--On Wednesday evening the Rev.
W. Start, secretary to the local branch of the Church
of England Temperance Society, assembled the
children In the National Schoolroom, gave them an
interesting and sqitable address, and then distributed
amongst them the monthly papers and tracts.
Ms. G. BURT about three months ago, with the two
Misses Burt, took a tour to the Mediterranean. Egypt,
and Palestine. We are now pleased to mention his
Safe return last week in a better state of health. On
Saturday when he was expected the bells rang merry
peals, and flags and bunting were displayed on the
church tower and flagstaff of Purbeck House and other
parts.

fighting with • fish monger named Tilaed. and •limes r
large cheater prison for a week. The whole family are AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
crowd was eollecead. The man nisei got away, but hilby espected
was locked up. —The magistrates fined the prisoner 10s ~,i C niockstTga ° elitseaNY PlUtsaltarga.
m and ihbohood and it has cad a gloom over the
and costs. 4, ed neg , ur .
~ and allowed a week for payment. ' The traffic in live game hag been a deadly blow to
true sport, and his offered the greatest temptation to ;
BLATIDFORD. 1 BRIDPOBT. teaching and general dishonesty ever known. What :
Vittratrr )(ATM.—Brio/or House Scho4 V. Bridled teaching
is somethiug like this: first the eggs disappear 1
Couverr Count', Monday.—Before Judge Lefroy. General &Isnot C. C.--On gattirtlay last a cricket match was
Mary Lasereno, dairywoman, Shillingatone, v. !Teary (but not too fast), this i f course the idle loafers. of
played leetween thew dein en the ground generally •
C•untge, carpentrr. Shillingstone.—A claim of £1 3s. 11.. occupied by the Rev. .J. Davis's eleven, and which was the village, &e. ; next the fox* play havoc with the .
for butter.—The goods were supplied to defendant's wife. kindly knt fey the occasion. The game was keenly on young birds, or some mysterious disease affects them, '
and defendant'. defence was that he was not liable for tested all through ; but the representatives of Bridge and they die by scores. Of this the owner is duly hi- •
the debt, he brine "advertised" his wife. es he could net
trust her, nor believe a word that she ill him —Mrs. mouse eveetiseny proved the stroogeet, and wen by a run formed by letter, and finds that if he wishes to have I
o. and two wickete. On behalf of the General School. If. any shooting at all he must buy his pheasants, and '
Lawrence *id defendant had, since the pettlic nottre, paid floppy
her for good° ordered by the wife ; anti his Honour decided did cool service. with the bat, and 11. Follett turn them 'it. Eerhe •tl• ka
"caught ont" no len than wren. The Brides House los e. keeper recommends
that defendant had recognised his wife's authority, and team gelded well. Thie end H. Griffin's bowling mainly dealer, and he ham the ideawire of buying his ogin
ordered him to pay the claim sod plaintiff's coats out of birds, bred at his own cost, and so paying for them
helped to their victory. P. Mintern and T. Norman,
pocket, in in inetalinents of 4i. a mouth, the first in if ort-twice over. The " idle b.afen.," the foxin, and the
ever. mole a very gond ware 0w1... The totals are.s nuder: ,
night. It-it Gen port eral S-heol, lot innings, lel ; wand, :g& ,' mysteroun diwase, were sitnply a blind to cover the
William Henry Ward. farmer, Mandford St. Mary, v.
Charles Panneer, also farmer of th :same arish. A Bridge one Sr hoe!, Lit innings, 75 : second, 24. I ilisapiwarance of eggs, itte., which went to London, or
a e
.10ROUnlI PoLE. iris. Wielneeday. —Before the Mayor (Mr. 1 elsewhere, and nailed to the keeper's perquisites. Any
claim of Al la 61., and defendant had a setoff pnf 19s. 6d. lf 1.
Howell) and Mr. W. Whetharn. one who ran believe that " idle loafers can get into
—Mr. W. 11. Atkinson appeared for plaintiff—Thin case, A Merl Spmkt. t 11) and Meows Cover (110) were brought 1.,
which had been twice aft tturned, was a trumpery dispute well wet:ides,' oreee ve must he strangely her 'rant of
up in euetody charged with stealing a quantity of duck's t ' - . " ' r
between neighbours. PlaiutifTs claim was LI lent and human nature. Where the keepers are honest an
eggs, the property of Mr. T. Legg, Allington Villa. On
es. 6d., for butter. and defendant
witadited having attempt id' that kind invariably regults in the said
the application of Sergeant Gate they were remanded till
borrowed the sovereign, but said there an arrange- the next dlr. loafers getting a diriht th Y
meet under which be was to have the butter for nothing. GeArge ffol,m, mi mn g rashing. oil may
ll hand, was brought up in custody judge of a keeper's honesty by the very test. If he
The set-off warn la. 6d., for damage done by plaintiff's Pigs charged with being drunk and incapable in the Harbour- never or rarely complains iif poachers, depend upon it
trespessing in defendant'. yard, and 12a. for their keep road on the previona night, being brought tr. the station lie is almuys on the look-eut, and in earneet to dis-
whilst impounded on defendant's premises for • week. by the Harbour r.oliceman at two deleck in the inerning.
The defence to the set-off was that no damage was done. Fined 2s. I. anti Ils. costa Allowed a week for.pay meat, . "
lee .int then. So it happens that where there is the
and that the pigs were improperly impounded.— in default seven days hard labour. 'fewest
greatest head of game there are theprose-
After listening to the conflicting statements of the parties cutions ; because the keepers are honest, the "loaf-
the Judge disallowed the set-off and ordered defendant to lIIHERBOBNB. are" know they would get a warm reception, and pre-
pay the amount of the claim. i fer to remain out of reach a " ground-aoh " saplings.
Thomas Keefe, Blandford, v. Man hew Dehell, now of the • Ti!?, Church of England Young Men.a Society' hwl their • • • e •e . 1
1 If a keeper is complaining aI vermin, nepeni upon
same town.—A, claim of £lO, and defendant pleaded a set- annual excirs inn to London on Friday. They left here ty
off of .C 9 lb., end paid 1.4 a, the balance, into Court .—Mr. ' it, he is either incompetent or dishonest. A good
special train early in the morning, spent 1.0 houre. in . .
noon
W. 11. Atkinson appearwl for pi:Untie ; Mr. F. If. Tanner " town," and arrived home Lute in the we g, .
enin having keeper is always a naturalist, more or less, a d
for defendant. —The claim war • quarter's rent ttf a house spent a pleasant day. notes the halite of the particular vermin which infest
and premises at Corsenethe, and tbe set-off was for repairs as. the police-court on Friday, George Udall, a bailiff. an estate. In same plane., for instance, he quickly
defendant had done by the plaintiff's instructions. The of PoYnting". wss charged in ru'te4Y with being drunk finite that crows are the cause of the mischief, and
claim was n-tt. disputed, and at the outset the salicitors and using akeive lanenaee in the public street the speolily destroys them. Different Idaces are liable to
tried to arrange the matter. Mr. Tanner offered to forego previous evening. —Fined 7, including costs, corone week's
be overrun with different kinds of " vermin ; " and if
43 ss. Cl. of the set-off kit Mr. Atkinson would not imprisonment
accept less than Li, and the case was then proceeded Crucenr.—A match was played on the King.. School
a men is up to his business he very soon marks and ea-
t • t h rt. Ir is cies most injurious. —Front
with.—From Mr. Tanner'. opening it appeare I that Cricket cround on Saturdae afternoon, between the 1 ermine nit epa fen ape
defendant left the house, which is a thatched one, in
• King's School schelars and a team from Sidmouth. There the " Lire Stock Joarnal."
March last, in consequence of its having become unin- was time for only one innings each. and at the close the
habitable after the rainy season. The items in the set-off scores stood no follows :—Sidmouth. 150 : Sherborne, k 9.
f the King's
, were Is. for repairing a gap in -u bank, £210... for a new A CRICKET MATCH between 11 o _. School.
' pair of double gates. and Le lb., for a new kitchen Sherborne, and It of Trinity College, OxfonL ems plated
range—Mr. Dobell was called to prove his setoff, and in the lielltl in Horseeastles on M.,nilay and Tuesday, with
said he entered into an agreement with plaigoiff the following result :—Trinitv College, two innings, 97
in Detember, 1875, to rent a houses and premises and IIII: Sherlarne, 117 and tki; only four went in in the
of him for a term of three years. There was SeConri inninge, and left the scholars with eight wickets to
a clause in the agreement that plaintiff w* to keep the spare.
house and premisea in tenantable repair. The premises His. Iltaros's band commence,' its weekly entertain'
were in very bad repair when he entered, and by plaintiff • s ments in the field contiguous In the Digby lintel on
orders he did repairs amnenting to Ce Is. 11., which the Thursday evening last A number of people conererated
plaintiff ellewed him eiit I,f ia4 halLyear's rent in July. in the roads adjacent and listened to the music, which
At that time plaintiff authorised him to put new gates was of a high-elaes character, rendered the more effective
in the back yard. Ile ordered the gates last summer, by the reed instrurn . . ents Subsequently the members of
but they were only painted juet before he left. The grate ' the band were presided with an excellent simper by Mr.
in the house when he first went there was dilapidated and John Sherwood, of the 1114 f Moo Iletel, awl afterwards
the bottom was out. He told plaintiff he must have a new en ioywl "a weed."
grate but he said he should not pay for it. Plaintiff, The ceopeiee- on the estate of Mr. G. D. Winefiel.l
howeier, agreed to take oil the grate at a valuation Dighy, were given a ledeley on Therelay last to the Rath
when 'he left end did not sae anything anti West of England Show, at It oh. About 190 of the
about the end of the three years. He hail a new leen availed thent.elves of the privilege, and their worthy
kitchen range put in, which Mr. Cox, of Rnaminster, had bem.factor not only rave them the liolet.y, and a railway
valued at kfi Ili. At the time the range was put in, ticket to II tth, but also pail for their ailinisf ion into the
plaintiff wrote and *eked him to lum
pthe old grate in a show-field. The day was ~ m . _lorusly fine, an- the company
dry place, and he did so. Afterwards he handed over the seemed to thoroughly enioy thenniei yes, and to appreciate
old grate to pleintiff's brother. of Italstock, by plaintiff's the kindness of their master.
authority.—Mr. Reed) was sworn, and said be did not
order the new getealtuton thecontrary defendant said the 1 TfIE BURIALS BILL.
others were very good. When he allowed the ,C 9 ii. Ist., I The Burials Bill comes on again in the House of
for repairs out of the first half year's rent he told defen-
dant not to lay out any more money. The present tenant s''
I rds this evening 1 I.t 1 Ito
, ani 1 appears certain o eei .
wan perfectly satisfied with the house, although nothing one or two sharp battles while on its way through
had been done to it. He did not agree to take off the committee. A London enrrespondent Pays that Lord
grate at • valuation, but told defendant that he would Harrowby ie going to make another endeavour to
very likely do* at the end of the three years.—The juke settle the queslion, and that latth Arehltiehopte will
allowed the whole ot the set-off and judgement was now support him. If Lord Harrowby mimeols. as is
entered for plaintiff for the Its. pai dmnto Court— Defen- not unlikely, the Govenunent will drop the Bill. If
dant did not sok for his costs.
Jetsoisaasrr fferrossks. —George Sellos. 111andford, v. t
he fails then Mr. Osborne Morgan's hands will be nn-
Artitur Rios, of the same place—Adjourned—J. ,I, tied. At present, out of -deference to Earl Granville,
Alen-a, BLenitfont, v. William Parrots, Shapwreck— Mr. Morgan does not propose to place any re:solution
Adjoustna,l Same v. Charles Bennett now. of Andover— upon the order httek of the Hon* of Commons, but
Adjourned. . the moment the Peers have finally decided their course
--- he will resume his activity.
DEAD OR ALIVE?
In the House of Lonls on Friday the appeal
Prudential Awurance Counpany r. Edmonds was
heard. This was originally an action by Mr. Edmund
}Muliende to recover from the above company the
amount of a policy of Amur:ince iin the life ef a per-
won named Nutt. In proof of death it was shown
that Nutt, who hail been in business in Cheltenham.
became drunken in his habits, and left that place in
14;7 ; that he afterwank worked :is a tailor at Alder-
shot, but was die:mimed for diesipation, and that hie
relations hail receis eil no remmunication from him
since ht disappeared from ( lieltenhani. On the I other
hand there was the evidence of a Mrs. Chrieman. a
niece of Notre, that either late in 1,72 or early in
1873 she had seen a well-dive:eft man, whom she
rec.:ignited as her uncle, in a crowded street in Mel-
bourne, Australin ; but that before she could attire*
him he WA.4 hest in the crowul. 'lime Lord Chief Baron
held that there was no evidence on which the pre-
sumption of death could be bawd, but the Court of
Appeal, on a bill of exceptions, decide,' in favour of
F.llmools, the applicant 'The Company appealed.
Their lainialiiim were equally divided tit opinion. The
result ie. that the judgment la the Court below stands.
The appeal was dismneeit without costa.
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TOE PRIMITIVE METHODIST
CONFERENCE.
The delegates met on Thurtelay ninruing and
resumed businese at nine 'i'd's-k; the Rev. Thomas
Smith. g,evernor of York College, presided. The
General Committee was recominended to prepare
legislation upon the ailinieeion Idf persons who hail
been bankrupt. The 'school report was represented' by
the Bev. Th ~. Wowol, M.A., the Sunday School
Union secretary. From this report it appeared that
the number of schools in the Connexion wita 3,195.
inerease 93 ; teacher% 51,646. inereMe 9,697 ; scludars
347,961.1increa5e,12,970. There has been rut ins-reuse
in the number of teachers who are members ttf the
society 01 2,097, and an increase of 1,211 scholars,
member of the church. The aggregate income was
reimrtedl at 131,133 and the expenditure C12,1107G5. 41.
There were 3,101 schools in the union, and 1,2111 not
in the union. There is en increnee of 92 for the year
in the number of !wheels which have formed the
union. Now reading hisuks awl leseion tisk had been
prepared, and the hymn book. was in course of revision.
The committee requested the reappointment of Mr.
Wood as secretary. and that he should be editor of the
Sandal, School &ram!.

THE WRECK OF THE FRUIT CROP OF 1877.
This is now complete. T.o the loss of peaches,
nectarines, apricots, pears, plums, have now been
added that of apples, the last, heaviest. and worst loss
of all. It is rather difficult also to account for the
later. The fact has already been noticed that the
apple blossom was much later and also much paler
than usuaL The former was a hopeful sign; lateness
as a rule, denotes safety, and it was earnestly hoped it
might have proved so this aeasm. The paleness was
no doubt a symbol of weakness, and the paleness
nimdered the lateness —perhaps that is the hest way .of
potting it. At all events, the most serious matter is
that the apple crop has faded. The failure could hardly
be the result .of (rest during the blooming period, for
since about the middle of May we have had no frost
of sufficient severity to destroy apple blossoms. Was
the bloom thus destroyed in an embryotic or unopened
state? This is unusual. Closed blossoms of apples,
pears, peaches. apricots, kc., are generally held to be
frost-proof. The blooms also, though pale, seemed
perfect. On examination they showed no flaw revealed
no sign of imperfection, they simply have not set, and
are now fallen and withered by handfuls, Why? Is
it the fault in the bloom or in the climatal conditions
to which the bloom has been exposed? There are not
it few who contend that it is in the former. The wood,
and consequently the bloom-buds, were immature and
unripe last antutn, they assert, and consequently there
is no fruit this spring o or summer-tide. This is a short,
sitnple, explanation of a most serious fact, but it seems
to have little solid basis to rest upon. 'The fruits of
immaturity are mostly imperfect, a scant bloom or
setting of fruit. Now this spring was characterised
by a profusion of bloom and a good set of all fruits
but apples and peaches. Nectarines, apricots, pears
set exceptionally well. Plums also flowered most pro-
fusely, but set not at all, or fell off immediately after-
wards. Apples, again, did not flower so profusely or
robustly as usual. The pale colour, however, was
proloably for more owing to the climate of the May of
1877 than to any immaturity handed down from the
autumn .of 1876. We have been accustomed to think
the closed blossoms of fruit-buds safe, perhaps the
experience of this year will induce us to modify this
opinion. It is more than probable that the severe
frosts during the early part of May cripples! the apple
blossoms in land. }fence probably the pale colour and
the failure of the crop. If not, we must look for the
cause of failure in the harsh, cold, and dry air that
prevailed through May and the early part of June.
No rain, no genial attnosphere, sharp, keen, dry winds,
and the whole of the apple crop has withered up and
perished. Would over-head syringing have saved it,
or the creation by artificial means of a genial atmo.
sphere by surface waterings? Court-pendn Plat and
the Bed Beefing are now (June 12) in full flower.
Burely these will escape. Also Walnnts and Hollies
are only now in full thwer. These will surely set and
crop, especially as we were favoured from the west
with a thunderstonn and a heavy shower about :i a.tn.
this morning. But, broadly stated, the fruit crop of
the year is utterly wrecked and ruined, and the apples,
which hardly flowered until the beginning of June,
have followed peaches. nectarines, apricots, plums,
pears, to utter destruction. This, in fact, will be one
of the worst fruit crops we have had for years.-1-). T.
Fish, in Gardeners' Chroei,4e.

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Up to within the last few days the condition of the
hop grounds was such as to causeserions apprehensions
but the gardens have since the warm whether set in
consi,lerahly improved, flop plants are now growing
vigorously, and are comparatively free from blight and
of good colour,

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Two monster turtlec weighing, over 5001 b. each, have
been presented to the Brighton Aquarium.
MISS ELI Z. %RFT I I iIIOMPSON. the plaintiff of the celebrated
but much over-rated " Roll-call" has been married to
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Nla.k; Butler.
AT Dargate, near 'Whitstable, the other night the light
fling struck some farm buildings, and 11 horses, vsluod at
one thou,inil pounds, were burnt to death.
Tue wirg of the Rev. Bassett. of St. Ken, in Corn-
wall, has been committed for trial for thrashing her
ladies-maid. The girl lied to the roof of the house to
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se-41-ise- her violence:
HENRY CHRISTIAN and his wife have been fined £lO
the Barrow-in Furness magistrates for selling ale and
wicker without a license. Several other °Renders were

lined £5 .L;Cli:
-There were six competitors for the Ascot Gold Cup on
Thursday. Tetrarch, the winuer of the St. Leger, coining
in first, Lord Falmouth's Skylark second, and Mr. Actions'
Coomaesie third.
C .lonel Carr Lloyd died at Lancing. Sussex, on Thursday
morning, from the elfeets of a self-inflicted gunshot
wound. Ile was the only son of the late Rev. Robert
ILIIICA Carr, Lord Bishop of Worcester.
sondem is threatened with an invasion of mosquitoes.
The felvance-guard of the army of these objection-
able insects made its appearance some days age,
when the midden rise of temperature occurred.
A SERIOUS fire occurred in Old Market- street, Bristol,
on Tuesday evening, whereby three business premlste
were more or less damaged, and property estimated at
£1,11151 was destroyed. Some children in an adjacent house
' narrowly escaped suffocation. All the sufferer,' are
insured.
Mrs. liawson, the widow f the late George Dawson,
has just reeeceived a handsome gift of rather over two
thousand guineas. The money was mainly subscribed
by members of the congiegation id the Church of the
Saviour. Birmingham, of which Mr. Dawson was ',odor
at the time of his death. The donors nneebered about
200.
Thousands are unable to take Coma because the
varieties commonly sold are mixed with Starch, under
he plea of rendering them soluble; while really making.
them thick, Ivory, and indigretihie. This may be easily
detected, for if Cocos thickeoe ia the cop isprows Ike
addition of starch. CADBURY'S Cocoa Essence is genuine
it is therefore three times the strength of them Cocoas,
sail a refreshing Deverme like Tea or Coffee.
IF there be any truth in a statement made by the
London correspondent of a contemporary, the doom of
the Burials Bill is sealed for the present season. The
writer says the Government hare determined to abandon
the measure; and that their determination Is supported
by a memorial which will in due time be presented to the
Premier, signed by 12,000 clergymen, objecting to Earl
Ilarrowby's amendment SA inconsistent with their rights.
Is the Common Pleas division on Wednesday the judges
ordered that the name of Mr. 11. 3. Grueber should be
struck off the roll of solicitors. He had received a sum of
keel left by a Miss Hesketh wherewith to purchase an
annunity for her female servant, and after paying some
instalments he became bankrupt, when it was found that
he had not invested the money. The servant has been
reduced to almost beggary.
A special telegram from Rome states that a shocking
murder was committed there early on Wednesday morning,
A Delegate of Public Security while entering his house
was assailed from behind, and when assistance came he
was found dead with twenty-three wounds upon his body. '
A nyin was seen to rush bareheaded from the house, but
; he had not been arrested, and the police had been bathed
in their scorch for the murderer.
; In the Court of tsueen's Bench, -Dublin, an action was
commenced in which Mr. \V. Ilawkes, commission agent,
' seeks to recover 1:5,0051 damages from Mr. Ancketill,
justice of the peace and deputy-lieutenant for co.
Monaghan, for assault. Mr. Ancketill is the gentleman
who was mentioned in Parliament for cruelty to dogs,
whose throats he cut. The plaintiff's leg was broken by
the defendant, and the injury confined him to his bed for
'hi weeks. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
damages £OlO.l
A Sheffield paper draws attention to some startling dis-
closures made in a recent report of Dr. Griffiths, the
healthedficer of that town. Dr. Griffiths points that in
leiti the mortality among it legitimate infante ranged from
IV per thousand in one district to 1154 in another; and
that enema legitimate infants the death-rate varied from
fiel to ltil per thnosand. This extraordinary mortality
showed that of I,ooe illegitimate infants born, 55e2 would
die during the first year of life.
Last week a y g woman named Elisabeth Thompson,
inmate of the Magdalen Asylum, at Birmingham confessed
to the matron of the institution, and afterwards to the
police, that she had nauniered her two illegitimate
children by drowning them mu the canal. She signed her
name on Tuesday ton circumstantial account of 10w the
murders were committed, and since then the polies have
been investigating the affair. Their inquiries show that
there is no truth whatever in the statententa and that in
fact the woman never hart Achill!.
A sleeking cme of chilibnenlecting ferniest the subject
of us moagisteri4iovestihatim, at the Bristol Council-house
nu 'lleire,ay. The child ass a motherless little boy of six
years obi, who had been placed in the care of a woman
named Amelia Cox, living in Great Anmetreet, St. Philip's
The poor little fellow, who was exhibited in court,
appeared in an advanced stage of emaciation; and it was
stated that lie weighed only 191 b., the weight of an ordi-
nary child of that age being about 311 b. The evidence
against the woman Cox disclosed shocking neglect and
cruelty. The case stands adjourned.
The condemned "Molly Magnires"—the trade union
conspirators and murderers in Pennaylvannia, United
States—are to be executed shortly, If a compassionate law
does not" in the meantime step in between them and the
gallows. There are fifteen" Mollies" awaiting for death,
and it is said that six will be hanged at Potteville and four
at Stanch Chunk on the 21st of June, while five others are
to he hanged on the eth August. Powerful efforts have
been made to secure delay or commutation—for the
murderers have influential friends—but the Governor is so
Mr 419 xorable.
Mr. Sneuel Morley, M.l'., addressed a number of work-
ing men at Nottingham the other night, at the opening of ,
a coffee tavern. Ile said that although he hut an I
impression that there had been a great deal of '
intemperance on the part of temperance advocates, yet he
would frankly tell them that he took the ground of total
abstinence. He had tried it himself for 20 years with
excellent results, and therefore he wished to point out to
working-inen the extreme folly of wasting their means in
intoxicating drink. There was no denying the fact that
the working-men of England were getting into power.
The destinies of the oountry would henceforth be, to a
great extent, in their hands; therefore he was deeply
anxious they should he in a condition to decide with
meson and judernent what that government shohld
Self -indulgence was the rest feature of the prfAent any
and he regretted to thitil that the rtinber 'of larnilieli
among' the wolking-clas,/es which hid been benefited
I,y the re:nut enteral advance in wive was fractionally
anal.