The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-11-13 00:00:00

MR. SIMS REEVES.

In an article of the series " Ce'ebrities at Horne " in
the World, the following story is related : -Some two.
an.l.thirty years ago there was a 5011.1ti.,11 In Milan -
heavily.taxed, Tederchi.patrolle.l Milan-not yet rid
of the hated white coats. At the renowned theatre of
La Scala a young Englishman had for some time been
carrying off the highest op.ratic honours. A irreign.r
and a tenor, he wan singing in Italian, and making
native tenors appear to sing small indeed. his
teacher, the famous Alberto Mazzocato. was in
rapture.. The great Italian tenor Rubiiii, male
much .1 the young Englishman -told him how often
he had occupied his Ilre.in4.n.in at La *zcala, and
',lowed him a curious eerie. .1 notches in the door,
which recorded the number ..f nights he lutd appeared
rAs. The Northern tenor was the lion of the hour.
Jll4 11.4 he was at the height of his popularity he wasi
unfortunate enough to take c Nature, which had
given him a larynx of perfect construction and lungs
.1 magnificent capacity, having lined the former organ
with a mucous membrane of extraordinary thinness,
he found himself suddenly unable to sing, or at least
to sing an perfectly no he wished. Ito begged the
indulgence of the manager, and received a visit from
the .I..ctor, who refused him a certificate on the ground
that there was "no fever," an.l that therefore he
could sing. He remonstrated. but the medico was
obdurate. In the Italy of that day no Mom. short of
'fever" was acknowledged, and the forriticet: could not
be navie an exception to the good ~II rule. The singer
argued awl implored, but. nieeting with a deaf ear,
finally declared-his native Englidi obstinacy b dug
aroused- that he could not, and would not appear, at
the Scala that night. Th, doctor departed, and
presently came a message c aninanding the tenor
to appear at the usual time. Now thoroughly exits.
perated be returned no reply, but did not gn.. This
would never do; Ludo could not very well be played
without Edgard°, and the carriage in which the
principal singer was conducted to the Scala every
night came back again for him -this time with a
couple of gendarme. with orders to bring the obstinate
ten a- dead or alive-for all tide happened in the good
old times. The gendarmes performed their mission,
and delivered the holy -happily alive-of Edgard° to
the manager. Alive unquestionably, hut also kicking
(mentally) more fur ~,,, -lly than ever against the high-
handed proceedings taken against him. Brought face
to face with his tyrant he bethought him of a homely
English proverb ; and calling into requisition hi/
utmost power of translation gave a rendering, in
'very chohas Italian,- of "You may take iv horse to
the water, but you cannot make him drink." Com
vinced at last, the autoc at of the particular evening,
curse people and appeal to the tombs of his fathern, as
wee he wont.
This true story gives a fair Melia the alricst morbid
artistic conscientiousness which has, diming his long
and brilliant career, cost Mr. Sims Reeves a very large
sum of money, and at times almost endangered his
popularity. ':ievertheless he has stood firmly by his
opinion that to sing with a sore throat is unfair to the
composer and the public, and destructive to the
singer, but be may now be heard to admit that
perhaps he has at times been too sensitive.

testes, remembered I;e:kyer being sworn, and
was a witness against him on August 11th.
Butler was recalled, awl said Lock went to his
house that day to see Lockyer. The latter said "If
it bad not been for that—Bishop he wiudil not have
been here." lie atliled he would give him something
if be till not look oUS In the yard he wiled "I will
In for the —, if not yet." lie was the worse for
drink, and got excited. Crow-exainined Ile made
no report id it till after Bishop was killed, AS he
attached no its,portance to it previously.
Witneeees were then put into the lox to chow the
feeling entertained between prisoner and Bishop.
.John House, a labourer, sail on the 20th of !
:itiitember he was in the publichouse that night. Ho j
saw Lock with some beer when Bishop went in, and
drank beer with Lock. He then left and went down I
the street. They appeared to be good friends. Just
before closing the lam( Anne Lock went into the
street and came back again with Nishop. SAW Bishop
pushing Lock into the publichouse Lock was singing
whilst walking with Binh,qi. Did not see the police-
man with his staff out. He heard a scuffle inside the
door. Ile was within three yaele of the door, and
when the waffle began it was close to the door. It eeTiiheeratere,siuol thirty-sixthF
~r d 1430 i thd ay of the Prince of. Wales was
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of
might have lasted ten minutes. Heard no blow nor Edinburgh University was declared on Saturday morning
anybody speak. By Mr. Saunders : Did not see any —the Marquis of liartingtin having itkl votes, and Mr.
other police officer in the publichuuse. Could not Ray Cross INS Majority for Lord Ilartington, 248.
how long Bishop stopped. Tax VICAR OF WARSICISTER, • week or two since.
Dr. Lys described the injuries of the deceased. Preached a sermon on the duty of making restitution to
When he first saw him both his eyes were ',lack. He those whom we may have wronged. That the sermon
hal several wounds in the face, and he was insensible, was a powerful one
,tnay be inferred from
was
ffacoutii that
i
and died on the 21st of Septetnber. The past warfeatthg iilLftog following nob tte,n
tre,uen jecntot
that it it was an
discovered a clot of blood in the brain aroi a fracture offering by way of restitution from a son who had robbed
of the ekull. That clot was the cause of death and his father.
proceeded from the fracture behind the left ear, at the Epps's C0y...1A.. GRATEFUL AND COMFORTIWI.—
thinnest part of the skull. It might have been caused "By a thorough knowledge of the natural law,
by such a stone as that produced. The Iris suer had which govern the operations ~f digestion and nutrition,
a mark on his nose and a blow on the writ. The ' awl by a careful application Id the fine properties of
former WAS a skin wound, and the latter such as • well-selected cocoa, r. Etipo has provided our break.
staff would cause. It was A severe blow and recently fast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which
inflicted. On some persons bruised would not show may save us many heavy doetere bill. It is by the
themselves for some time after the blow Was inflicted, jsnljejons use ~f such articles of diet that a constitu-
He subsequently found another bruise from a severe , tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to
blow on the left elbow. I resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds ef subtle
Dr. W. Danielle agreed with the but witness In ! maladies are fleeting around US ready to attack
every pent as to the post moriem examination, except I wherever there is a weak hunt. We may escape
that the fracture might have easily occurred by a fall many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified
on the sharp stoned lying about when Bishop fell In. with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."
sensible, and a ntone was found near the
he fell which corresponded with the dimensions of the
Place whore —Ciril &Trice Gasette.—Sold only in Packets labelled
JAMPS EPPS and CO., Homeopathic Chemists,
injury. London."
rho was the case for the prosecution. SUBMIT:ITR pots Mit.u.—The Editor of the Medical
Mr. Matthews, in defence, admitted there had been Mirror has called the notice of the medical prefession
a mo-t serious scuffle, and, referring to the Woodbury- to Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, which he calls, Cadbury's
hill Fair statement, maintained there was nothing to Concentrated Vegetable Milk, and remarks :—" The
show that priw,ner had intended to put the threats excess of fatty matter has been carefully eliminated
into execution, for on the night when they would have and thus a compound remains which conveys in a
been acted upon the prisoner was found at the public- minimum hulk a maximum amount of nutriment. We
heuse drinking, on the best of terms with the company, , strongly recommend it ass diet for children."
as between persons in the class of Hied the policemen I To INceE Youß INCOME.— Any one may
awl the pretoner there was not often the best of , materially effect this by undertaking an Agency for
feeling, and they had a rough way id expressing their I THE DRAPER'S PURR TEA COMPANT. The Tea is pure
opinion one of another. There was nothing to show ' and deficient', ready for immediate distribution in 1-Ib.,
the best of feeling did not exist between them up to Db., and 1-lb. sealed Packets. No LICENCE IS
within an hour of this fatal occurrence. The prisoner, REQUIRED. Once used, always used. For Term 4 apply
ern irting under the fact that a blow had been given to Louisa Offices, 8, Red Lion Court, Cannon-street,
him, which had not been legally used against him, of E.C. Agent in STURXINSTER NEWToN, T. HAWKINS •,
a blow upon his hand, upon his arm, a scratch upon ' in GILLINGHAM, J. Davis; and Drapers in most
his face—smarting under these he seized the first im- Towns and Villages.
plement at hand, and hurled it at the man who he , Rtcgree PARIS Bute —The marked superiority of
believed had aggrieved him. There was provocation this Laundry Blue over all others, awl the quick ap-
on the part of the assailant, and the learned judge preciation of its merits by the public, has been
would support him in putting bet ,re them that when a attended by the usual ressults—viz. a flood of imite-
persen uses a weapon to tiefentl himself against an , Bons the merit of the latter mainly consists in the
assailant and kills him they would not find him guilty ingenuity exerted, not simply in imitating the square
of murder. Of express malice in this case there was ; shape, but making the general appearance ,if the
absolutely none; of provocation on the part of the i wrappers resemble that of the genuine article. The
deceased there was much, and when they remembered Manufacturers beg therefore to caution all buyers to
It was by the first blow from the prisoner death ensued see " Reckitt's Paris Blue" on each packet.
could they doubt it was only in the hest of temporary Firs. SpILEpTIC Fos on Faatixo SICKNESS. A
hot blood the missile Was thrown? It was the fracture certain method of cure has been discovered for this Ms
of the skull that caused death, rendered by one or tresuina co.-"ittenbewfMtirProwiteinstidalliousv that
other of the stones that heel been produced, therefore, all
it 11 sufferers
never
the approximate capse of desth being the fracture it case after all other means have been tried. Full particulars
was evident death Was the result from the first blow win be sent bypost te any person free of charge—Address :
anti it Was only for that first blow the prisoner could Mr. Wittosts,lo Oxfora Terrace. ilvde Park. Londo,,.
be held responsible, and then came the question as to Ilmeoweis Om-rarer AND PILLS. —Fistulas, pilN,
the amount of prow 'cation he had received. He excoriationt and strictures are speedily relieved and
appealed to them on behalf of one who was very young, ultimately removed by applying this Ointment after
who was but 22, of their mercy, their impartiality, tfigeo:;:scoun:trngeowsnicotelf: tWth:iarrmhiut mwiit'en
phroied.mir
awl their justice not, to give him his liberty, but to lath inailioiso ant ru
give him his life. ' Fietules, if long allowed to go unchecked, not only weaken
The learned Judge pointed out there were two the nervou.s syStetn, but destroy life. The sooner these
momentous conaderations for the jury ; first, if they inestimable remedies are used the more certain is success,
believed the Prisoner murdered Thomas Bishop, in the yet none need despair; hopeless cases have likewise
interests of justice to the safety of litonsu tie they should yielded, and the sufferer been saved a painful death. In
Say be was guilty; if they uhl not awl had any doubt Of excoriations stew applications of this healing Ointment
it, but on the contrary believed him to he guilty of man. effect a cure, while the Pills, conjointly with it, are
slaughter, then it was eeuelle their duty, which he did especially beneftnal in relaxing and removing strictures,
not doubt they would act MM., to say so. That prisoner whatever th&r situation or duration.
did kill Thomas Bishop was beyond all doubt, and the Dr. LOCOCK'S PULISONIC WAMS.—Mr. Evans,
whole nomition was how was that done: Border, in the Chemist, D trchester. writes —"Pen ins are constantly
eyes of the law, was the killing of any person from malice expressing the great benefit they have receive I (rout the
prepense er aforethought, and that malice might be
either expressed or implied. Malice was when one person tWoanf.erßs."rowTchhietyi..give%iungsh.tan. C ills t.t;b
°A; jonorn....
of Breath,
tßtirlaz
killed another deliberately, with a form of design, that , Phlegm, Pains in the Chest, Rheumatism. To Singers
form of design being in the evidence by threat, or menace, lant pealic.Speakera they are invaluable for clearing_ and
by some =imp and acts. Manslaughter. on the other strengthening the voice, and taste pleasantly. Prise
hand, was num= the death of auoirisr wicked malice Is, lid. • Bs. Bd., Is. 61., and iii. pet box. Sold by all
either *wormed or WNW& *c,, but without legal preggiits.

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