The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
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nit DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1869.

Mr. Tamer replied on thee:motion of the deed, but His
Honour rid he was with him no that point.
Webber was re-milest by tile Honour. and mid be menUoned
eitherto Loh., or mom about the gto. He believed he told
thaat aanted we north,; and did not attempt to conceal
that the p.m, was • bond. When they dosed it, the paper wsa
not famed op, rag opened it, and Ogned It. Ihit or mese
aan,. him he was not in difficultim. aad had even advanced his
la.-,7ther.te-lew money. Before be went to Luker and Moss
witis the pat ..% he mid he should want two ea-nature, Mt.
Dere had mid it would be better for two members of the club
1., sign the paper, as it would show they were snore In confid-
ence. His brother-in-law never toll him that he had inapmed
upon them.
Mr. Worton war permitted t cromesamine the witneas
SOM. Prior to Ms being out of 44fice, be had no censer/6140s
with Mole or Luker shoat the hoot As soon aa Mr. Bet. bad
written to. them about it, they et.. to WM, and need if be
could not pay • part of it, or they elloold he Kahle thertaselma
They not tell hire be did • tong in getting than to eige it.
. Judge mid in all rases st herea man eta:oleos solemn dead
the law imposes the o meet wines of his act upon hini,unites frond
Were Mown. There Was no esidene .4 such Ilmud, and all that
could be proved mu their Itegikir..o. A man who sham! •
deed cold not be tICWIXi from the oneespienors i his
torn by simply laying " I Woe not read the deed' Judgment
for plaintiff.
Mr. Tanner applied for room. Thom of Mr. Devie and one
witness werce mated.

SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE AT PIDDLE-
TItItNTHIDE.
On Monday evening an inquest was held at Piddle-
trenthick, by Henry Look, Es., deputy coroner, on the
body of • new-born babe, which • single young
woman named Harriet Davis was the mother.
The girl is about 20 years of age, and keeps house for
her father. They live in a lonely cottage between
Fiddlotrenthide acid Genie, on Mr. iiundry s farm. 'A
rumour was current in the village concerning the
paternity of the child, implicating the father (William
Davis) of it. mother, but at the inquest, when
questdocs were put to him by the jnry touching the
matter, he eniphatkelly repudiated the hideous
ausparion. He said that his daughter Harriet lived with
him, and worked on Mr. Oundry's farm On Saturday
she was raking in the Saida up WI hino o'clock at night,
and rode horns at 11 with her two brother. in the
waggon. Ile cot horns at IL On going up to the gate
• he be saw his daughter walking by the end of the house,
and before he could up he heard her fall against the
door. When he got there she was lying in the porch.
He took her hold by the shoulders, and asked her what
was the matter, and if she did moue him. She replied
that she hoard tome one, but she did not know who be
was. He called one of his boys from the house, and
left him in shame of her, while he called Mrs. Donn and
Mrs. Davit, and sent for a dealer. He did not know
what was the matter with her, but from what be bad
beard oreviouly, be suspected she was eiscerale. He
' bad asked her some time before If that was the CR4I,
when she said "She should not say writhing about it,"
and afteswards that " She was not." He never saw
her make any preparation for oonfinement. She had
been walking with navel-al men. •
Mr. Me &eery, surgeon, of Cerno Abbas, was called
to see Harriett Davis about midnight, From what her
father said lie suspected she wan in labour. He found
her on the floor dressed, and, by examination,
ascertained she had recently been delivered of • child.
After giving the necessary attention to her, he asked
her where the child was. She replied " aim. had no
child." He said she had, and that she had bettor tell
him where It was, lie searched the honer, but found
no trimo of it. He pressed her gain to tell him what
she had ilone with the child, and where she had been.
She said "she bad been to no place except the privy."
On going there he found the plue saturated with blood.
Could Oct see the child then. On removing the scat, be
found the child la the vault face downwards. Had it
taken oat sod washed. It was • full-grown female
child and healthy. The chest warn expanded, and the
turd was lacerated in such • way as it would be by •
sudden delivery. With the exemption of a slight bruise
on the right baud Mitre wee no mark of violence on the
body. His luiptesakin was that the girl wu delivered in
the privy, amid that the child was suffocated in the

William Devi', brother of the girl, said that be wine
home with her in the waggon, m 3, after he had pet
away the horses, be went into the house. Harriet was
sitting by the fireplace. His brother asked her what
was the matter, bet she would not tell. He asked and
she said she was very 111. He went to Mn. Dunn's for
some matches, and when be came back she told bin; the
bad been in the privy, but said no more. She appeared
to be in great pain. He 'eked his brother to stay with
her white ho fetched Mrs. Dunn, but she would not let
bins go. She said she would go to bed and then should
be better. He and his brother went to bed, and she
went to her own room. Heard nothing farther 1W his
father woke him up, and he held up his sister ell Mrs;
Dunn name. Harriet said nothing to hint.
Mrs. Davie said that she went to the house with Mrs.
Dunn, Harriet Davi* eppthrod to be asleep, and she
spoke to her Nevethl times before getting any answer.
She appeared very much exhausted. Witness asked
her what was the matter. She replied she did not know.
Witness told her something must taro taken place,and
asked her if she had anything prepared to put the child
in. She answered that "she did not want it, she
wished to be taken to the Union." Telling her of the
marks of blood about her, she said she had fallen down
stairs and so accounted for the blood. Witness said " I
hope you have not been doing anything you should
not," but she made no answer. Subsequently she said
that if she had bad A child it was unknown to her.
The Coroner having summed up the ease, the jury
returned an open verdict that Harriet Davis was
suddenly delivered of a child, and that it wee suffocated
In the privy.

POWERSTOCE.
CIIURCEI Ezra'ston. The old chapel-of-ease at
West Milton, whit& is • tithing in the parish of
Poweratock. bee become decayed by ego, and ineore
venient in three respects-1, it Is aitmeried at theextreme
point of the parish nearest Powerstock ; 2, its internal
arraneements are bed—there is no decent acennirnoda•
Non for the children ; the 'tattingn in the gallery are
roost Inconvenient, the pews throughout are and narrow,
and atom' no proper room for kneeling. 3, it is too
small for the congregation. The late Mr. Hicks,
architect, gave a decided opinion that it would be far
bettor to wait until (mid, for an entire new building
could be provideid, than to attempt • nstoratioin and
enlargement of the old one. Acting upon thin advice,
earl with the entire eonourrenee of the Bishop of the
dimese, a new church on • new site is 'Beady begun.
The plans are in a great measure similar to thou from
which the Poorton Church was built, though on
somewhat barter sale. instead of waiting for the
eollectioe of a land sufficient for the oompinticn of the
work, it has been determined to make a tcginnieg, In
the hope that by degrees subrerietions will be added to
the present list. Thn estimated cost is about £1,500,
eiclusive of the Bite, About ball that amount is already
given or promired, and it is intended to complete the
nave, and for the present only put in the foundation of
the shamel and spire. The Yen, archdeacon, u view
of the parish, has taken the initiative in the matter, and,
betides granting tle cite gratuitously, has headed the
list with the munifieent donation of £250. Hi. brother,
Captain Sanctuary, who btu laboured most art loosely
to help forward the good work, enntributer £lOO, and •
like sun, has been promised by Miss F. A. Paterson,
The Diem-sae Church Building Society has granted I:100,
and the Incorporated ('oureh Building Society £5O;
and with • number of sabeeriptions promised a goodly
sena has already been raieed. With this taegible
guarantee, of support it was decided to begin the work
at once, mil in March hat the earavations were corn-
incased. The cite is nearly le the centre of the village
on an eminence that eourrnends an extensive and
IoiIItUrCINUO range of the surrounding neiahbourbood.
It nee formerly part of an (archer" °wool by the Ven.
Archdeacon Sanctuary, the space for the building being 1
at the uppermost end of it, the lowvr portion being in-
tended for the burial ground. The etyle of the now
buddies will be of Early English character, freely
treated. and, until eufficneat funds are raised, only the
body of the church will be proceedid with, leaving the
tower and turret until a "more 0011VOIlleai Mason."
The structure is to censist of a nave with • chancel and
vestry, and an apse end at the west end • porch on the
south side. The east window In to eonsist of three
lights, intrmonnted with labels and ornam-nted
nations The roof and seats are to be of stained deal,
and every appliance has been studied for warming and
ventilation. Ur. Albert Haneford hair prepared the
whole of the designs, under the direction of Archdeacon
Sanctuary, and he bee also been entrusted with the
budding operattoes. The edifice will be of load atene,
a plentifel supply being timely commanded at Nettle-
comb., and Beth stone will be riled for the dressier,.
Isle estimated that the church will accommodate 150
persons, and the whole of the sittings are to be free.
The foundationatone was laid on Tuesday lest, 'mord-
ing to the form used in thin diocese. The service was
read by the Ven. Arehdisecon Sanctuary and the Revs.
R. 8. McDowell and H. Brandt, rind the ceremony of
laying the stone won then performed by Miss Maud
Sanctuary, only darighter of Captain and Mrs.
Sanctuary, of Mangerton House. An address ./ILI
thee delivered by the Arebdeuern on the object
for which they tad been usembled, sad expressive
of his thuatfuleeis for the sympathy and help the
work had elicited. At two o'clock Captain sod
Mre. Seminary weleorned a nemerous party of tic,
clew and laity of the dietrict to ac elegant defamer at
Mangerton Home. The repast WY until under a
spacious marquee, erected in A field adjoining the lawn.
Ott•Min &Lecturer) predded. and among the invited
euests were—Mrs. Sanctuary, Miss Maud Sanctuary,
Admiral Sir Thomas Selmer& and Lady Symonds, the
Ven. Archdeacon Sanctuary, Colonel and Mrs. Con and
family, Rev. H. ft and Mre. Mcl)owell, Rev. .5. P. F.
Davidson (Chipping Sodbury), Rev. James Fisher (Dor-
*heater), the Mimes Fidler (2), tt.Y. H. Brandt, Mr. F.
W. and Mrs. Gundry, Master Gundry, Rey. Prebendary
Broadley (Etredpole), Rev. Prebendary Rooke
sham), Mrs. Roche, Mr. IL Rooke, the Hon. and Rey,
A. R. Spring-Rice (Netherbary). Mrs. Spring.ltias, Miss
Mildew,. Rev. F. T. Salmon (i)ettistock), Mrs. Salmon,
Rey. 0.0. Wheat, Rev. K. Hawkey (Maiden Newton',
Mrs Henke,, Mr. Hankey, Rev. F. B. Stalerforth
(Bradpole), itev. It. C. Austin-Gourlay (Stoke Abbott),
and Mrs. Austin-Gourley, Via Baring, Mrs. and Mini
Clowns, the Mimes Breddeue K:..5. L )(item., Mr.
Peter Cox, Miss Leigh, Rey. 8. C. and Mrs. Malan,
Rev. J. Willis and party, Rev. Lester• Lester, &v. A.
Codd Beeminder), Mrs. sad Klee Codd. Mr. H. B.
and Mies Middleton, 1t... H. B. Williains (Bradfor 1
Peverell), Mrs. and Mier Williams, Mre. and Mies
To/Aimee., 11.-v. Mr. Parham. Mr. H. N. Cox (Bride
pod). we, V. D. Veers., Mrs. Melville le,. Rev. P.
M. and Mrs. Compton, Mrs. Baring, Rev. Mr. ap.l
Mrs. Malmsey, Mr. Maitland and party, Miss Rummell,
Mr. and Jim I. Bamford. Mr. anil Mrs. Alfred
Bamford, Mr. Richert, Mr. and Mrs, Daubeny. Mr.
and Mr& Ralson, Mr. and lire. Newberry, Mr. J.
Collins, Mr. Roaming, Mr. Willett, Mir. J. Brown, Mr.
.1. Manley, Mr. Walbridge, due. A few oomplimentery
epeechns followorl, and the agreeable amenities of the
day were continued till dusk.

TELE CHILD MURDER NEAR H INBORN&
NAGUITIRIAL RIANIRATiOS.--FORTIIRR PARTICULARS.

On Monday last, at the Wimboree polise.eourt,Emma
Pitt, the young woman itharged with the murder of her
illegitimate child, woobroeght in custody. It will
be remembered that the Jury at toe coroher's inquiry
retured • verdict of wilful murder against the ...ed.,
and since lb it time, up to Friday night last, she bag
been under the surveillance of the polish), at her father's
house, not being in a lit condition to be removed. About
ten p.m. on Friday she was quietly brought to the
police-station, and in emasequence of it being generally
thought that the examivation would not take place
till Wednesday. the court room was not over crowded.
—The prisoner is of • rather prepoosessing sppearthee,
and with nothing in her countenance or manner to lesd
anyone to supposes the coed be guilty of so cruel and
fearful a erime. bloc was neatly dressed, and during
the exanimation which lasted about five hours, was
acounimodsted with seat near the doe's, so phthed th
very tow or those present could see her features, and
she bore the trying ordeal with remarkable firmness.
—The magistrates premot were C. J. Parke. Esq.
(ebsirutaa), ROT. J. H. Austen, sal Lieutensn•Coloned
Paget.
Yr. F. Tanner watched the cam on behalf of the
prisoner, and at the commencemeut of the proceedings
applied that the bearing of the charge should be ems.
darted in private on the ground of its painful nature
to the feelings both of the sorused and her friends. He
remarked that the Bench lied the power to grant such
an application. The Chairman inquired if the medical
gentleman who bad attended the prisoner was present,
and considered it would be detrimentsl to her restora-
tion to nntith If the inquiry was public. and on being
informed that he was not, the Bench declined to alter
their usual mode of proceeding.
The first witness examined was Mr. Hammond, who,
after detailing the circumstances of finding the body or
the child as given in evid..nce before the coroner, and
which was reported in Tie Telegrasi at the time
went on to say: I atteridel on inquest on the body, and
on the 2ed July lest! apprk headed the prisoner at her
father's house. I charge" her with the murder. She
replied "1 Lope they will prom that I did it." She
was going to say something else, but I gave her the
usu.' mention. Priseuer hs.l been in the care of a
female from the time if the request till he sprehended
her.
- - -

P.C. Adam. to his etaminetion sail ; On 15th June
I aimompankil the fleputy.Chief-Constable Hammond
to the reheat house at Park Homer. On going upstairs,
on the fourth stair from the top. in a corner of the etair
I found a etnne, whieh I now produce.. It was wet
with blood. I then went into the bed room. and saw
19 a drawer the body of a full grown male child. I saw
bruise. and a cut in the child's mouth on the right site.
Geoid nut see any tongue., (Prisoner, who held an
handkerchief to her face, hero sail in a faint whisper,
Oh, oh I). I left the child Si the drawer, returned to
the poiice-station, end received orders from Mr.
Hammond to fetch the body. I planed the
body in one of the cells at the station, and lucked
the door. The look is a spring lock. I hung up
the key in the usual place. Toe next morning I opened
the door of the cell, and or minutely examined the
body to see if the tongue woo really gone. I could find
no tongue. I then went for Mr. Druitt and met him
corning to the pollee station, and returned with him to
the eel!, where in my pretence he mule an examination
of the body. By Mr. loot wool'. direction I tetsrued
to the school houer, and made a further seer**. !opened
the drawer, where I found the body of the child, and
took it out of the chut. There were several things in
the drawer, and among them a small sloth end s me
rags, which were rolled tap. I put the cloth on the Boor
chile to the bed, and tiwok it. arid a piece of rag fell
out. Two men, camel Samuel smith and Joseph
Parsons were in the room with me. Smith pet down
hie greeerdriver and turnol over the rag, and said
"There's the tongue." He then put the tag Into my
hand, end I then saw the tcngue *high had fall..n out
of the rag. There were three plena round it, just an
outaide atotti, next a piece of rag, and then a piece of
blue ribbon, which woo next the tongue. The ribbon
stuck to the tongue with blood. I brought He
tongue to the station and produced it at the coroner's
inquest. Mr. J./rola saw it in my presence. The smell
parcel in which the t .ngue woo wrapped was in the canoe
drawer am the body, in the right hand corner. —Cross-
examined by Mr. Tanner I went to the who alms.
with Mr. Hammond about helfliast eight, us! left about
half-pant nine. I was there roue little tome. I did not
then make any etramination of the premises. Mr. Ham-
mered wi IA lint into the mow. The child au lying on
its heck in the drawer with its mouth wide open. The
'puttee of the chill's &mil wore drawn up towards its
breast, and so were the muscles of its legs. There woos
cut on the lip on the right site. Thecut appeared to haws
been done with a knife or elolile ,harp instrument. When
Mr. Ilainmond and I left, wel. It the child as we found
it. I csnnot soy who open,' the drawer, but I believe
it was Mrs. Parson's daughter, Mrs. Newman. Parsons
locked up Coe door and kept th: key. t cannot say who
shut the drawer. bot it was that when I went the ieoond
time. It au on the third occasion of my going to the
bowie that Parsons and Smith were with me in the be i
ram. I did not see the tongue till Smith put the parcel
in
.rny hand. . .

Elilitheth Parsons was then exantin.id. Her eel-
gave before the
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rw. sth
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oo
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r she saw the amused she seid she thread like some arrow-
fe'ildwithrebi tintk
e .thheat at the lest time
root, acid witness fetched mem from her own hauee.
When .he went in Miss Pitt was coming down stairs,
and went before her into the Attlee-room. Tee horse
and cart was brought to the school gate by witness's
husband, between half-past five and six o'clock.
Witnem than described the appearanee of the clothes
r wore by ilia, Pitt when sbe helped her into the cert.
She sent for Mrs. Birch, Colonel raget's housekeeper,
r but before she came, *Bre Clarke, Hiss NW* sister,
I came. She inquired for Ilise Pitt, and witness told her
, her husband bail taken her tome in the cart. She then
raid "Is she ill," and whew.* said "Yes." Urn.
Clarke and witness went upstaiss before Mrs. Birch
• came. Mrs. Clark seemed 'locked at what she new,
, but made no examination, and tome down stain with
witness and left the Limo. /It,. Lerch came in b.fore
Mrs. Clarke went away ; and witness mid her daughter
Mrs. Biech, and another woman named Sarah Bug I,n,
, went upstairs, and marls a reareb in tbe bed:imam
Witness then proceeded te de.cribe the finding of the
body, which sht said was veered over with a pie* of
pateherotk and laid in the drawer. She put her hand
on the child's legs and thouelit it warn alive, beitanee
of their warmth. On unemerinx the head they BOW the
month was wide open, and a quantity of black blood
was running fr on the left vireo- of the mouth, and at
the opposite corner there leas a cut. There Woo also
a bruise ea the head. Ti,., skin was not broken.
Could not see anything ii the room by which the ,
injuries coeld be indicted, but trend • stone which had
blood on it. The blood we, quite wet, The stone IMO
put back where her delight- r found it. They left the
body as they found it, and e either! down stahl. Her
husband bad then returned, and the told him what
they had men, and he went to give information to the
police. -Crosseexamiried ry lfr. Tanner: When you
, went to the back do ir del pis find it feetened at all, 84
you said yon rushed it !—lt was net festened in any
way. The back door loam ium a little kitchen, and
am I stood in the' kitchen I le reel • sound like • knock
upstairs, sad a haat moan. I did not hear the cry of
an infant. It WAS • short mole, not the moan of an
Infant. I did not go into 1t,,. Pitt's room then. I
went on the stairs. The door WM pushed to, The
door WOO not shut during tee time I was costuming
with Mist Fitt on the Moira When I gave ilia ritt
the tea at five o'clock she sees drered le • jacket and
had her hat on. and Co she *OA when I gave her the
arrowroot. When I new the body it was as limp as
possible. looked to see if the nails were perfect, no
an to know if it had corm to Is full time. They were
quite perfect both on the band. end Nat.—Recalled hi
the Bench at the request ‘.l" the Superintendent :
When I last went into the mom Miss Pitt Jerked me
H•gt did you rine: in I replied by the back door.
She then said "I did nos think it was unlocked." This
eionurestion took plus while. she was eating the arrow
root. When she was settler; into the cart Min Pit-
said "Try the deer again, Mrs. Pumas, and sell if it it
locked," and I did so.
Sarah Newman. daughter of the preceding wane..,
said on the 1:Bli Juno Miss Pitt came out ot the house
without assistance ti the cart. She asked mother to
lock the dour. The cart gral, about 10 yards from the
school-demur. Ber'wewe helped her into the cart she
asked mother if the door WM locked, and said it was
all right when ionther told her it was. When the was
gone mother an!! went to the back door. It was ;imbed
to, but not locked. Witness then "proceeded to
describe the finding of the holy, and said it was very
warm, and she thought at first that it most be alive.
She had on severed octesions ilressei new-born babes not
to warm. She then detailed the finding of • stone on
the stain, an given in her evidence before the coroner,
and continued : I covered the child up with the etiilt
•nrl shut the drawer. My (steer returned from
Wimborne about quarter before seven and when we told
him what we had men he went busk for • policemen.
Crommxamined : The blood from the mouth was very
black blood, and that On Mil, Pitt when I aesi•ted her
let, the cart wale wet. There were splashes of blood on
her dram.
Hr. Hammond informed the bench that the nest
witness was not examined by the coroner.
Hrs. Birch, wife of James Birch, and it, eoL Paget's
employ as housekeeper, nail on the Irith June I
received a message from Hrs. Parecrus, arid soon after
six o'clock I went to the schmeroom. I went with her
and her danghter into a bedroom occupied by Mae Pitt,
It was in a dreadful state. Urn. pampa end lere,
Newman opened • drawer, and I than saw a patchwork
quilt. lira Newman removed it and rolled it back, and
1 then now a child. It was lying on its back. I did
not touch it. Mrs. Newsmen then rolled off the quilt
from the face, and I new the child we. bleeding very
easels from the an ruth. It had &cm on its mouth on the
right side, and blood was runnine oat from the other
corner. A stone wee brought and shown to me by lire.
Newman. It bad blood on it.
After an adjournment for a short tins., Mr. W.
Druitt, surgeon, of Wimborne, we. examined. He
said : On Wednesday, the ifeh, in one of the cells, I
saw the body of a full-growninale child. I ecsmined it,
and the first thing that struck me eras a Gut on the right
angle of , the child's mouth, from a half to a inch long.
I passed .1 finger into tee child's mouth, and found
thet the tongue was gone. The cut WAS &gaping wound,
about half an inch whir-, and threeeiumteri of an inch
lung. "nth everted edges, and appeared to me to have
boon made from the itmele. The tongue warn reiniereel
entirely from the door f thu mouth. It must have
been cut out by a sharp iutrument. When I alter'
wards examined the tongue, I found that the cot was
from the left Ode, miming through to the right. The
gum was torn through. The injuries
lower jaw was broken in four place into the mouth.
Te
intsteobezenri,, ngbeeonf the gun,
by
I°rce• It might have been
done by direct violence of the finger, bat I should hardly
think it sossible- It would be an meant tor fire.,
tutally armee-emery earl most extexerilinere, I esre
never seen anything of tho kinil even loan inetrumental
deliver,. It is a very difficult iiiimtion to anewer ax to
what is possible. The jaw was broken in four pluses -
in the centre and twice on the right and once on tin,
left side. rus h think it is hardly puesible that wea done
during delivery. I directed that search should be made
for the tongue, and on the same evening • tongue rue
shown me in the state I have deacrtheiL There was
broken off *boot two inches from the body. There &p-
-oet much blood on the child. The umbilical cord was
'Melto have been no hemorrhage from it. -
m The
; From your examination of the child slid you
eceekler it. wee born alive.— I believe it was born alive,
wad that the tel mouth war mead, ag,., it

orm I bees tits* opinion on the rigidity of the Ilmbe.
The riyour-mortic would some on about ten bouts after
death, and I believe that the child was alive when it
was piaool in that position. If a still-born child the
limbo would not hare been iu the saute state as in the
one I ersmined ; and also from the appesranco of the
mat in the lip, I am of opinion that the shild was born
ally,. I did not consider it necessary to make a pest
stOrfelt examination of the body, as it did not lire more
than an hour and a half, and the external injuries were
quite sufficient to cause death. Tbe question of the
floating of the lungs could not be considered of any
weight in such a case.

Julia Otty, he pupil teacher, teas then milled. She
merely reapted her former atatement that /11.. Pitt did
not come into the schoolroom on the 15th Juno, and
mmeared Yety ill, and that she told her to go home soon
atter four o'clock and not to take the key 4.

Eater Cook deposed al to convereation which tang
place between her end Mite Pitt ah.iut • month previona
to the 15th June, in whioh lbw Pitt denied being in the
tam' .y•may.

Jonep,s Parsocs deposed to the finding of the tongue.—
By the Bench : About half-past 11. before the polio,nan
mune for the body, two women, whose names I do not
know, bat I should know them if I saw them, came and
said they wished to bane the child's body. I told them
I .hould nut give it up. It was left in my charge by the
policeman, and they should not have it. They said they
wore sent by Mr. Drnitt for it.

Karumil Smith, earpeeter, testding at Pmk Homer,
was called by Mr. Tanntr's request, but his evidence
only tended to confirm that of the previous vitalism as
to the finding of the child's tongue.
Tt.i. was the whole of the evidenee, and on the Bench
inmitating to prisoner'. advocate !hitt they should mod
her for trial, she, by hi. instructions, after the usual
caution had been read, mid "1 have nothing to say
now." liha was then fully committed to take her trial
on the charge of "Wilful Murder" at the Assize., which
commeooo at Dorchester on the 21st lost, and wee
removed into the magistrates' retiring room in charge°,
the female who had attended her, until the public left
the court.

On Tuesday she Wig taken to the Dorset County
Gaol.

CDO101:18 F21.111C8 Or NATUIL —NI% Ward, tallow
chandler, of this town, has had one of him cows drop a
boll calf, which hms three bind leg. and two tails. The
ealf is now about nine weeks old sad very healthy. It
supporta itself upon on. hind leg only, and jump. ..bout
very playfully. Mr. Chissell. of the White Hart Inn,
hes in his possession twin lambs joined together at the
chest, haviag perfect heads, Iles, tails. /cc. They did
not long survive their birth, sad AP. Chinon hu had
them very cleverly stuffed.
COTINTI COURT. Jul, 9h.—There were a large nom-
1r o,f 1.4 ntervtl of a Null alittlit ttere tit tvittitttl.
'Mete acre

Ere.ettv. Mor.A. Itoth partim n-ided at Sturmlnkier Mar.
than •11.1 art. near might...tn.. Ih'leim eo,f,damage Mese
to 3 heti,. and lank la a uutotter pitta rooting
up the clad. of earth and la. ow hare the t00t..4 • thont
thy •111111.1.1111011 being 41 Ti. 44. Mr. tickle. n appeared for
the defendant. and nr.t objeoml that the Imlay in nominal.
being the boundary •if a want., rented b) another pereet.4
the p datuf, the tenant wae the only permit ale. ...old
howe.er rat gut., that though the tChaut rente4l
the warden. the plaintiff.. landlonl. repatrutl WO kept tip the
bank and hedge. The next polnt an. that the hedge and lank
were deermyed by nese ben. belonging to the tenant. Even-
tually hie Honour gave. verdict of h. for the idaintllt.
. -

•
mnsatmel Brethere, tailor, and outfitter., Southampton, v.
Jone-e Cidke. issiner and tudnhanan at Italley-gate
Claim tic 11d. fore pair of troment. Plaintiffs istatement wae
that the tntwer• were Ordered on 12th December. DOA at the
Itlandford alatium and went h)r rail to the dsderelarit, re•
turu,,,d theni elth • note that they did not Knit. met he
cri.slutilf)Alterssans brought illtrainod det mutant trial them on
111 One of the waiting nsoms, and that he left the trouncec on
his person. --me defendant, Irho n.e tupported hr two wit.
names, mid that the trouserc were not made to order. Oust they
were WO tight in the waist and los, bing in the leg., that when
idaintiff mum he trial thew on In the prase:n*44 witness.
and ref wed to hI,C than, anti that the, were throw bv the
pinititlff into the 'molting °Toe at Dlansfford Aation, coca had
remained In charge of the hooking clerk ever Auer. Fralerick
Itarrett, the hooking clerk kith ambrined deferwlent*, state-
ment, and NadAtt, of Illandford, mid he wrote the letter for
Cullen, complaining of their bein:t to.. tight, t.s. I,Occ, Mill Illti
made ordes. The Judge onlored defendant to go Aukt try
them on, ansl or. hLs awning hack into court, • tailor. tamed
Debut., wm called to exansitie them. noel pointed out the same
dulcet, Ilit Honour mid it would lave Wen much Letter if
the plaintiff had taken them hack. and ware Jtishrnient for the
defendant. with antsg for hitusclf and two wittiesss.n.

liriaandh and Clem v. Warland. Thi an action to
recr the inlet f A year.% • I the Trade Protection
Sarin, Journal.. Mr. iticklei.on appearod for the dcfenitant.
and the 3 wear flail who reprowtitiii thy Ann being unalik to
pro*, tha. the boot, nine to hand, a 3 enlict %MA even for
lb.: defendant.

nar.foof. high bailiff of C.nint3 Court. Wimborne. vOgeb,
tkiurnentouth.—Claire Is, for tiaras:re t, • Mimi sande kr
delendant Inv Mg against It. It apptared frota the igatemeta
the Juno. Name, that a trap In which he no.
vittinir am Mending time to the wall at Mr. Itawihr.' "them.
when the defendant drool:tip at the rate id 10 lor milm an
hour. and though he had 'oft.-lent since to jam he drove Ida
carriage dim av the nom of the • heel to strike that
of the planitifre. breaking the hearing piere. %tired !Mailing,
a lad in Mr. Marline office confirm"! hhi Makment,and a e-nliet
for the amount to be laid forthwith tram onlered.
It. Barren v.Jahis --Clain, CIO 14.. 44. forgaids. The
partici. nmide at Matinington, near Wintlionie. Ilefenibuit
divputed the whole .1111,1:11111txt. Plaintiff dempied mto 1,41•
termtion a heth took place lictueen her and the this:mica.
when he "Bared to pay tt. nal. per reek. Thin am aim dettivvi
19 the defendant. and hi. Ifonour adjourned the Ca. (or the
production of wildemm. rewarkitag that If they einellrmod
It .nuki Ise a ftetlOU• glledi.,ll with him if
he did not mud dalendant for trial on • charge 411
• • •

-•-- •
Warta wait • claim of 1:10 4, Id. for a
, quantity .4 theme. -In this we Mr. Iviekitemn appeared for
the p'auttlif. and mid that he believed the defence would he
that the debt wan met be a crimp... Mon deed. and that DK. in
: pound had been !mid Into court on It, but he went further than
thi. Ilia the debt wa& contracted by fraud. Ile then callod the
'ff. Mr. IT Wartanot,lesion Winoloorne. ho laid that
the defendant wan formerly a grocer In the town. In the
mouth of January, Ist&t, di fabolant bought wlllle ell1.11.11•1w
of him and ...me Lanni annainthig in due to
..ver i;10. The tlidetulant was ninon in hit wile's Iname...l
he had in. Intimation that he wan going to eup
hugineno. The riot., were fetched 11) a wan named Jomiat
iekhowl,on ..214 Januar, Within n week Mt, 1 e bette.4.l that
1..c450t ..j.1)(V110..ti.%141 wit lit. lounittemand he went overt.
41, tom. About a fortnight after the checoe Were ...Id tmun
:ay tauti came down front Loudon b. take an 1111 ellttley .4
the .4 ek, and on I,,th rehritary lie navii-ed a notice front
1,41.1.. n, that a Meeting would be itehl
at an hotel In Imndon .4 Hkk.' ereditori, but pnwhiuvly to that
.at the 2nd relireary he (Mr. %Fatima) received a letter front
.1.4, mind date] from Itirmw....l, a•king I it, ',ld
hint w ord what he owed him for the thei... 84/111.• of the
creditor. &molted lithe affair Ile afterwanl. fought 'vane of
the ch.,. at lUil. per lb.. which he hail han,lv,i over to hi..
.I.4endant'a mummer. and for which he wan [mid. -Plaintiff
agreed to we !mule innate for the chilaw. I ilid not fleece t..
the comp.:nate..n amal. and Mirk.. mid he Anew he otuild to la)
for Moo Ilefendant, when he pitrehmed the chem., via. in a
lonic was of lottoolote, but he thil net toe toOhien: of et% log it
up %then he inougiot the et.e,c. lieleintatot went to rintide at
t .interliury. Ile raid, an he believed. 10.. In the s. helen'
Ilant admitted he bought the obegoe for twth, and mid that he
wie, not timmelatlim for the ilimmval of hi. 14111111 e. till tiro or
three day. after. Ile did tot know when he all hi. lamina,,
lad that he thould have been able to try in full. Ile took moi.t.
in Alleil. 141t11, and had then I:000 to the innni. tint from Inul
Ilel4. Ile 11114 not aide to eo en Kohl hi+ toughie .41 hit
April, an.l mw Mr. %Variant' and hit wife unin after and told hint
that ...Id hot mar him lit full tci he would then nuke Itim a
imjeceotial ereditor ; lust that if he would aot..e to take 100.
In the & with the nod of dm tor”litoorgom Mr.. Warlagill osed hint
for oonte repaint he woukl not tank for their ialue. In November
he found that he wan lovlne 4.11 e). out MI 1.4 February
he oll.pownd of hi. husimmi. 10 flay, after he bought the uhue.e..
My thy Judge: I brought into the lavanua and mkt
ia 4. el for 4,400 Slid the ginidwill for £lOO. DM n0t..., some
Iti• creditoro at the end if Inn& or belrinning .4 1.1,01, —Fint
took active Metc to dill°e.e '.l 1,1. Iltelitlee/ after he hott;:ht the
chef., In January. Knew that it wan a hating 14141tbel“. and
that no. the rra,..on lie Ihi%lival It. dlepow .40 -Hit llottotor
mid that he did not think Mr. Flicking'n, tondoi go on with the
caat n.,. .0,41.111 .4 fraud. but lomat go on with it nt the corn.
pooition deed lout the whole condition.. inteot IV proved. The
At reopoinal that the mgentn of the creditor. rept...venting three.
quarter, of the value .iglu.' the deed obotoloi be produced. Such
unbenta not loving forthcoming. hi. If ~,,,, that the pier, „1
deed could not be taken, and therefore Judgment
moe4 ta f. 4 the plaintiff.

Roach... v. nit** - -Claim CI lie. ow.. for iweparinir • leme
nf • -Mr. Harlin., elllllllllf4l atift: I an •
a,licitor at Wimhorno and received inotructiona to prepare a
lame for the defendant. The lemc am to ho drawn for Vt and
he charged him for the saloon( leet the aloe 4 the etanin
Mr. Warlasid mid that he me defeielant In NM and hdd bhu ht.
111 not believe Mut the lame am.' any aduette Ida wife had
not agreed to It, and the wan the ,nruer. In lain defendant
told him that he had onlered • leaae of Marling and Whitehead
Mr. Itaarllne mid that they trete excluded the comte.ition
decd. and therefore he lirouirht the mtion, he h., nal,rad to
take to.. In the C, but the defendant'. nolieitor WOlll4ll not mem.
Ile now offered to Lake 10a in !the a:, and defendant amid it
lith. court.

J. 144 Wellr v. Georx Curtii. —Claim LI S., for repairing.
timber c-Arriage and for other articles and labour. Defendant
Manna] Cl 11. of the amount, and his Honour gale indglilent
for LC

A GIRL, five years of age, has jest died at Birmingham,
from swallowing a cherry-stale • week previously,
TfIII Queenstown town commissioners adopted on
Friday • memorial praying her the release of the Feta=
priaoriera
Tin barque Josephine, of Liverpool, with • cargo of
sugar, was wrecked on Friday off Wexford. The crow
were a•veil.
Tux Argskoury Ga.wtte states that a fire broke out
lin the mine of liarwiu. and caused the death of 199
I persons.
AN Anti., party of its persons left New York on June
15. provioed with • coloplete assortment of matheinst-
philoeophical and utronomieal lustruments.
BRRIGIOWSKI, who fired at the Emperor of Kunnas in
Patio. died • foie daye sinew in Siberia.
Tile Julia /hill say. one of the sins of the Viper°, of
Egypt is about to be entered as • atndent at Oxford.
thingnah II ARIBA Lill has intimated to • friend in the
North. if events alloull enalrle him to do pe, he will
visit Frisian& this year.
Man. Ghaostuathi convalescent home boa been
honoured by Her Itajeaty's approval. and aided by a
Royal donation of CUM towards it. funds.
NEARLY EIGHTY Mecoess CoßslrTrD BT Ofllt
MAIL, —A desperado bus been arrested in Missouri who
is chat gel with the murder of 7th person'.
Tar lion. Charles Spring Ripe will, it is said, enacted
Mr. James Murray as Assistant llndordtecretary of
State at the Foreign (iffice.
Tut Liberation Society is arranging for • great
metropolitan meeting in sup)ort of the Government
measure, sod also for no ihduential deputation to Mr.
Gladstone.
Two children have been poisoned in Liverpool by eat- ,
big muhsels, one of the deissased, who expired in three
hours after partaking of the isuase:•, was thirteen ,
years of sea
Tait Canadian papers announee that Miss Rye arrived
In Toronto on the 23rd ult., accompanied by upwardo of
younr women, whom she had Drought with her
te be engaged as ilome,tic servant..
AT the Drogheda easizes, on Monday, Emma Biciley,
aiming machine worker. Macklenburgoareer, Dublin,
obtained a verdict, with Ei) damages, againvt a
Limerick master bootmaker, named JlllllOl Murray, for
breath of promise of marriage.
Os the utilisation of sewage am a manure, the Hon.
Hentry Petra writes that tit farm (Lodge Farm,
Barking) has for the last two years been aultirated with
London sewage alone am • manure. Theta are now
upwards of 100 aoreabearingeorn, root, and other crops,
',retuned solely by sewage.
OS Thursday evening as two gentlemen were proceed-
ing in oppodte dieections along the Clapham.road on
velocipedes, the machines conic into violent collision,
and both riders were thlown to the ground with great
form Ore of them had his head cut in • dreadful
manner, and the other WWI conveyed borne in an
insensible condition.
liohhowar'a PILIA. Weak stomach, -The v ki.,t cannot
enumerate OM quarter the ilidno—oiav ooynoptoonno arhoing
from eisloclohal Athol' which might he natality ollopelled
lot tloto-oe admirable Ti 11... They remote all inipleaant taodea
from the mouth. flatulency. and nentipatlom.
rilto mew the ttoassmoh, liter, and mem other organ, helping
difleistion to that houltht tom which folly meld, It to nutter%
all eta eat snot drink t o.the nourhihmmot of our hodlnt. Ileum
thme Pllloo on: the otinet ootrettifthencn and the imlcoot rettorao
titea to nertonen,e, statethou. WA clan mho debility. Holloway'.
14114 are infallible renoedie, tor inopaired appetite, rovehstiona.
and • multitude "Sur oltomfromable olatiptunt., which render
ni!airalile the live.. of thouvands. TIMM filL no. approved by
all elaavui.

MOWER AT CX13111:001.—At Uxbr Idee on Tuesday two
young men, named Itedrup, about 27 years of age. the
son of a respectable newsagent in the town. ADA Mutray,
a bricklayer's labourer, about 24 years of age, had been
out drieking together the greater part of the days and
baying partaking very freely, it was suggested that
they ohould go to Murray's hones anal rest themselves.
Thither they proceeded, but they had soaroely been in
the house ten minute* wha n lire. Manny, observing her
eon rash out, asked bin what he had done with TOO,
when he exclaimed, "I have done it I' and left the
house. She then went into the room Where they bad
been, and found Redruo with his head Bing against
the door and his throat cut in the movt horrible manner.
Ile was quite dead. On Thursday Murray was coots
mitred for trial for wilful murder.
An COTTAGE LoAWIL, FAN(' T lietan?—The learned
jedges of hsr Majesty's Court ef Queen's Bench having
had the qusetion formally put to them, "Tell us what
is fancy bread r—have, after hearing the arguments
pro and rm., given deeftion. The old of form loaf has
gradually eerie out of fashion, and the new form has
broom._ popular. Then the question arose wether
cottage loaves having come generally into use, (multi be
ltroueht within the meaning of the phew.° "fancy
bread," and being exempt from the requirement of
being sold by weight. The Lord (hid Juatice and Mr.
Ju.htee Ludt have decided that they eculd not,
inaetnuch as at the date of the act cottage loaves
were uncommou. and being more expensive to produce
wen. comerele nclad in the phrase "fancy bread," but
having become quite common, they are no longer
ipclutled in the term, and cannot mope weight as a
fancy article. Mr. Justice Batmen has not beet] able to
agree aith his learned bftdhern on the bench, but tb
judgemeet of the Court is that cottageloayss are not
fancy bread within the meaning of the art.
I.:centime CrteCrle or A Woll.LX.—Jano Mortimer,
the wife of • soldier who astride.. at Marton, has been
missed front that village since Monday, June 19. Sh.
hae been known to go away into the woods and la main
for days hidden. One October she was found in • we al,
having been out ten days and nine night., with only
her under-clothee on. The woods around Merton.
_

•
ormesby, and adjacent places have been searched night
and day. The lab.urvra of Mr. Bolekow, M.P., and
Mr. Vaughan, have cent out boners on all sides, and a
reward has been offered. It is now 15 day, sine* her
disappearanee. It i, Pared she must have hnlden her-
self and wrishecL lobe wu about 17 years of age, and
had been keeping her hrother•hplaw's house at Marton.
Fier husband is a sapper and minor, and we ,mployed
in the Ordnance survey.—Northera Expreso.
. .

I A CLeacTal‘e Ail) HIS Datarv.inif aN.—At the
Bonitos Petty Sessions WI Wednesday, Eleanor Locke,
the wife ef a labourer living of I.uppit, ws summaned
by the Rev. G. W. Granger, vicar of Lupplit, for having
stolen a quantity of milk. It appeared that • polio,-
man Olen, ed in the cowhouse saw the woman, as she
was milking, take outs bottle, fill it, and put it back
in her pocket. The reverend vicar swore the milk was
of the value of 41, while • milkman of the same pines,
said it was only worth a penny. After • long hearing,
the chairman of the bench (Charles Gordon, EN.)
ad !mated Eleanor le,cke. saying the Bench thought it
neees•ary to protect the property of employes,, and
they should therefore sentence her to 'weep days' im-
priaonusent. 'rho defendant bears a good character, is
alvanced in life, • and his lived many years in the
parish. It transpired daring the bearing that the
defendant was rtquired to assiet in field labour, and to
milk the elm., and no additional remuneration was
given for milking. tier wages were 81. a day.
A Pantretne UNDIMV,KER.— On Tuesday • young
man, named John Herbert, in the employ of • Mr.
Francis, Great White Lion-street. London, undertaker,
wan charged at Baw-strect police court, with being
druuk. end having a coffin arid dead body in his posses-
sion of which he could render no satisfactory account.
Poliveonstable Brooks. 105 It, denoted to finding the
defendant at midnight in Ifeeklenburetesquare, evi-
dently the worse for drink, and wholly incapable of
taking care of the coffin, which he was continually
Rattler down on the pavement. He said he had brought
the body from the German Hnepital, and was going to
take it to hit master's. Witness took him into custody,
and the coffin was conveyed to St. Pasterns Workhouse.
He applied afterwards at the hospital, but was told
that no information could be supplied at that unreason.
able hour, although it warn admitted that the body of •
dead child had been taken away. The coffin was about
lire feet long, and appeared to be rather heavy. The
father of the deceased, who appeared to suffsr from
much painful emotion, said the ouffin oontained the
body of his poor daughter, who was taken to the
hospital only on Saturday last. Mr. Francis tad under-
taken to send for the coffin; and the real fast was that
it was too much for one man to carry so great • distance.
Mr. Vaughan seid it was a great pity that more disere. !
lion bad not been exereiled by the police, who should !
have Nought out the undertaker and the father of the
child. No doubt the defendant had become thoroughly
exhausted, and had probably taken more drink than
was good for him ; but some allowance might have been
male, considering that he had carried the coffin five
miles. lie directed the defendant to be discharged, and
the coffin restored to the father.
lIIILLANCHOLT DEATH OE A YOUNG LADY. —On Toes •
day the daughter of the Rev. J. R. Colston, was
drowned while bathing in !Inland Bay. About twelve
o'clock in the day many were bathing. and by and bye
Miss Malty Colston WAS seen to be floating seaward,
at least 403 yards from the beach. Three gintlemen
immediately swam out, find one., a very powerful
swimmer, but she went down, when almost within his
grasp. He dined instantly, and continued his search,
bat without avail, and had barely strength left to reach
the shore, where be arrived in an exhausted state, with
his body bruised and bleeding all over from c intract
! with the rooks in striviag to recover the hapless girl. !
Subsequelitly her body was recovered. At the inquest
Mtn Minnie Marian Clayfield Colston said : I wept
down to Langland Bay to bathe, with my sister,
between eleven and twelve o'clock. The tide was corn.
lug in. and the water was very rough, there being a
good deal of set. We went into the water, having
been in the habit of bathing in the same place. We
remained in about sic or eight minutes, and then Miss
Wilson came out. We w. re trying to follow Miss
Wilson out of the water, being about up to our waist,
when a large wave came and took us both off our feet
out of our depth, and we were obliged to swim. My
sister was then by my side, and we were trying to
make our way in. She cried out. "I'm drowing." I
took hold of her band, and the waves came and parted
us. I then swam in and touched the ground, when my
sister called to use egain. There were • number of
people in sight who were bathing. We screamed to
them, but the waves were so rongl. I suppose they did
not hear us. I again gut bold of my sister's hand, but
the waves again parted no, and I then swam ashore and
told the bathers that say sister was drowning. Throe
gentlemen immediately swam out, two of them tamed
back, hut the other swan, towards my sister, and was
much injured by the rocks. He did not reach her is
sentare,' beyond our depth. We were taken away by
! the current. I fancy I saw my sister two or three
I times after I reached the shore. she was
J:heher ee
b7n. h
atleftt Miso :Il her
:▪ Ittedni de
hi a e o
had strivingen ...tao deposedrerereach
bringing
that 1.:;) °lt‘
ktemhb,;!::e a r
e to save her. and eli.
tu'll'hi:ol:ituy.uutiwioihniltn,o,fe4":"thauutliwnknedienn.toerbao, kilgtr,abLb when
.n tenlnta:dpv utt t tw'sviks:r tchhnii,:niatroil: 1.1 Y:
pin the tiny for the third
live foot of
• ie ho,lv soil
I I,nrt of the bay where the body was
▪ hii• tet:l
rel.;
jel:in:nW:tite,d..,wosillii,t7e,nliv,e,tl:::
were
• the
omletnhTwehei t.ht"rohanaii.unewt e,vieein),:realnr"luydmigkiinaootn: kt
time, awl they
while
in
b a
of
returnedar
1 el
f .ttehthohki::ei ghy,,n", with
cnntiz• t1:01‘ AhM:cirr." ivelenflrt a I• 1 eki les I:l.f:wan edi
en
further, to mark their sense of
stwhtzhe:h;errion.insimitern!ffido"rieta, and :tt'hbelaittl:,wtitrehree
.bodithisadyTiensofb.ytttbruh°e.gdeeectißtrileit'in:ainw,:•:
DeViZOS. who swain out to the deceased, at the imminent
hi' oh his own hie, and okortt.l httuaull st wsufully
! t hog hut

Ai outbreak of senelbeez is reported at Romalow.
ss
Brtiet:BllmTL°:?...?.Tcdair::,
jov:"Fflipmewakellaw.D.7l.7:..ldesPaiAD'ess:lii:Tigar.bersh:TruiinsanaTb:laitemial,:inidthd.ytlea.eilinagaticia,U4ii.4l4::
apoolcetio fit on Wednesday night at Learning',
THE Conway guardians have resolved to give no relied
to paupers wlso keep dogs.
TIMM:RAMS from Russia and the United States report
favourably reepecting the growing crop.
MOnDAT, the Zird of August, has been fixed for the
opening of the Coinininion on the Bridgwater election.
Tun amount eabenibed to wiredraw an annuity for
git.itajiway King" Hudson has :embed the sum of
t 4 500.
LT is stated that • Tenney will probably aria. in the
representation of East Devon by the resignaties of
Lord Courtenay.
A BEEVICE of carriages drawn by locomotives has just
been organised in Paris. The prim of mean is
lowest, and 71. the highest.
A TILMAUt dwarf, named the Princess Felicio, aged
six years, and only one foot eight Man hi,, is an.
nouneed to appear very shortly at the
l'lmperatrice, Paris.
A Roe air correspondent notices an onsaceemlul
attempt by Menotti Garibaldi, on the 2od int, to get
upon insurrection in the Papal States. He woo nar-
rowly watched on his arrival, and ail his movement.
skilfully checkmated.
HoREIDEI DISCOVERY. —On Wednesday a boy nein
a wheat field in Wimbledon, the body of a [OllOO lying
by tier side of • tree with lon throat nut. It was (stoma
the roan had been dead about two montha. ll pm
taken MI his neckerchief and coat, and as a razor waa
fount lying by his sii,, no doubt remained that it had
hen a deliberate act of luau 4..
ATTEMPTED WIPE Meepga,—On Tuesday evening •
publican, named William Smith. living at the Bat and
Inn, Southampton, attempted to murder his wife,
and immediately after gave himself up to the police.
The poor woman was found lying on tier door bleeding
from a wound in her throat. She was conveyed to the
infirmary. Smith, • abort time ago on being servedciliaa sublime& to attend at the trial of the election
petition attempted to hang hinnelf.
A "Lady of the Lake," who line in a fine mansion
in the Chaim a, SlyMea, Paris, gave • flit on Wednes-
day night. Everything paned od well tall about one in
the morning, when, in eionsequeace of an insult from •
jealous admirer, she ran upstairs and throw herself
from the balcony on the fifth storey into the street,
Roth legs were broken, and her head fractured; she is
not likely to recover.
We read that Doctor Brehm, a celebrated German
surgeon, km just performed the operation of separating
two female+ children, five years of age, who were joined
together in the same Manner 00 the Siamese twins. The
German papers describe the operation as "a perfect
soccer." Cnfertunately, however, 000 of the children
happened to die a few bourn afterwards. With that
alight taceptinn we can, of worse, join in congratulating
the clever doctor on hi. great " success."
Is the Murmi.g Star a prophet? Hitherto it has
occosionally twinkied an oneertain light; but we hessr
that it is 000, under now editonbip, and perhaps may
now and then get a "tip' from certain high anal mighty
personages. We quote with pleasure the following
from one of its leaalers of Tuesday, and only hope it inay
prove true :—" It is, perhaps, no exaggeration to ..,
that the next Budget will proclaim the remission of a
round five millions in the general taxation of the country."
THE CETICA AT PROME.—During the recent def
Mon of the From, pariah church, a bell was rung at the
, consecration of the elements in the communion service,
the Host WU elevated, and the Fannin bell wis• struck
thee tarots at each elevation. The Rev, Mr. Bement
communicated alone. The preacher, Mr. Neville, of
Sistine), thanked God that "never during the past
300 years had the blessed dentists of holy baptism,
priestly absolution, and the Heal Freseose in the Holy
Eucharist been so widely taught and so g Ily ac
cepted in the Enirlieh Church scat the pretend time."
ATTEMPTED tincinc—On WedimAny nioraCia
'retired Madesman, named Latford, living at Horfield,
, made a determined attempt intake his life by ceiling
, his throat. At 'seven o'clock in the morning P.C.
Matthews was informed Mist Lettere' was chasing his
, wile about his garden with an open razor in his hand.
, Matthew's went to the house, and was told he had gene
, upstairs. He hurried op, and found Latford with an
• apron an and kneeling over a pan, into which blood
, wee running from a serious wound. He had • reser it
• his hand, and was in the act of indicting further
, injuries quit hinmelf when P.C. Matthews prevented
him. On being asked why he committed so rash an
act, Lctford said that three score years and ten was the
alloted time of man, and that as he waa 72 he had
, lived two years longer than he ought to have done

ISCASLAL is tie Selllatiols of the week. Lord Car-
inirton, enraged. and very justly so, that • scutrilous
attack on his baker should have been published in
The Queers's .Ilessewyrr assaulted Mr. Grenville Murray
who he supposerLto be the editor or author of the at.
tank, and for that sassult appeared as defendant at
Marlborough-street poliee-court. A same endued, the
like of which the oldest reporter hae cern before.
There wall • free fight. Lakes and noble lords, selieitorc,
and, in fact. almost everybody in the court, went t•
'Fmk in Donnybrook fashion. Heads were punched,
Imts enoishe.l, sticks flourished, and inkstands over-
turned, while the magistrate, clerks, and ushers stood
spi ailed, ne whole affair is disgraceful.
(.01,11/SHIP 11l A Piiinom •ISD Eumemest—)o little
interest has been aroused in Morpeth froze the feet thgt
Miss Finiit. only daughter of Mr. Finch, governor of the
county gaol, blorpeth, bad eloped, the object of her
choice being no other than a convict recently imprieoned
In the gaol under the surveillance of her father. At the
time of the elopement Mr. Finch was attending the
Northumberland ljuarter Sessions at flexhanr. A
conveyance° was obtained, and the lair runaway was seen
driving towards Regrowth,. As soon as she wan mimed
a hue and cry was raised, and a march set on foot. A
telegram wine sent to her father, who immediately earns
to Neerc3stle, where he learnt that the parties had been
mart led on Thursday morning. The bridegroom's name
I. Jelin George Smith, and he is an engine-litter; and,
as already stated, he ban been in prison at Morpeth—
having been tried at the Newcaidle assizes, and senteoced
to nine months' hard labour for cutting and wounding.
There is no doubt that the intimacy which culminated
In marrime began while Smith was undergoing his
'enemies of imprisonment in Morpeth Gaol.—No,fAcra
E.rpre”.
AN ATITMPTID SICRDItIi at St. Trenis has broeght to
light en extraordinary example of domestic immorality
in Paris. At the corner of the Rue des Carmelite. is
• small wine-shop kept by • man and woman, named
respectively Sennery and Muret. The latter had a
daughter aged Wan, and Scenery took it into his
heal to marry her. The woman gave her oonsent, but
the girl, who was at boarding school, refused, knowing
that t`ie man cohabited with her mother ; being, hoe.
ever, importuned by her parent, sheet length conseoted,
but on condition ,that she should remain at the school,
and complete her education. The marriage took place,
and on the evening, as arranged, the bride retuined to
her school, and the bridegroom with her mother to the
wine-shop. 'I hat state of things lasted about three
weeks, but Sennery at length got tired of his equivocal
situation, anal exercised tris marital authority to
foree his wife to return to the conjugal domicile, and
she wan obliged to submit. As may he imagined,
peace diet not reign long in this polygamns household. -
quarrels arose daily between the nom, the mother, and
tee daughter, and one evening, after a fresh dispute,
the husband fired a pistol at bit wife, lodging • ball in
her chest. She was re el to en hospital, and id at
present in • sstiatsctoly *late, while her husband war
arrested.

A Gliofir Erroar.—On Saturday evening, a company
of young men were in conversation about the man
Crooke', who bad committed suicide • few days before
by hanging himself, and • bet was made with one of the
pirty that he dared not go and touch the tree whirs the
total act had taken place any time between eleven and
twelve o'clock at night, At the time appointed he made
his way to the spot, inspired with all the worn°
necessary for his errand, care being taken that • second
person had been despatched before him in the character
of a ghost. On his arrival the youth found the
mysterious citizen of another world there guarding the
sacred tree, dressed in white, and having on his bead a
'lumen skull, inside which a lighted andlo was burning.
Nothing daunted, the valorous hero marched boldly up
to the tree, and on attempting to touch it, itei spiritual
guard pushed him tack and dealt him • blow with a
stick and threw him down. Upon this his courage
began somewhat to give way, and, on rising in • state
of great trepidation, he assumed • devotional attitude,
and, raising his hands, he exclaimed, "Oh spirit I
conjure thee, harm me not; although thy body is dead
I know thy soul still broth." Having partially rallied
from the first encounter, he made • second attempt to
touch the tree; he as again repulsed, and another
blow was dealt him scrag the arm. The second round
seemed to have the effect of renewing his courage, and
determined to teat his antagnoist as to whether be was
• spiritual or • corporeal visitor, the plucky adventurer
nia.e to the fence near, and, while in the act of drawing
bedgestake, the ghost appeared close behind him and
thr,.. him amongst the thorns and briars. Having
extricated himself he was again thrown on the ground
and kept down until midnight was turned, and so bait
the wager. When released he scampered down the
fielda to Droufield at • furious rate, stiirieking and
screaming until he reached home.—MaiscAater Times.
Dagagguo' Exritiffiness.--Another meeting of the
committee of the Dialectical Society, which is invecti•
gating" spiritual menifertations," took place on Tuesday
evening for the purpose of receiving evidence on the
aubjeet of apparitions, dreams, and other phenomena of
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Rome.l
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and reengnised the feature. La those he had wen the
l'oigphileyproneritobuireit, hra.°artehelEYmevbeadienCiMinwl. ballat a
declined. His friend said belied dreamed those numbers
would win, and played for • small sum on those numbers.
, and wort A Mr. Howerat stated that be attended •
! 161111 X last autumn, and among other ratraordinary
' phenomena ho bad seen a spirit hand moving the keys
of an accordion, and beard "most brilliant moan,
produced,, no human hand being near the instrument
that the family commenced a hymn tune, "but the hey
bring too low, the instrument, iu a gentle tooe' gave
the true pitch. The family then sang three 11.4101, the
spirit Oaring in perfect tinie and tune on the accordion."
Jones, of Komori. Pork, said that he bad aeons
of "'et's, in the presence of many persona, been touche,l
by iiiiritual I " that the eeneateel was like that
which would lit 7 felt by the prewar. of • glove fille.l
with
and 1'fl:to
occasionllo at
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the clout thot tie bail .h-it
vigorously
ftdriehr
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l grutleflian stated that
of bit in the sane profeauou cilled on a lady patient,
wit. said, "Do you believe in dreams? If so, last night
at
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oblisie;loth.st:hi:itil,:r
wectire
ri:ihoreied rlz.l'io:uri.h;re, ail):thotothe,bir:rlmrgbY.ailnairtnlocsiumutilaniluiry, foucol
said that
when his late wife was ill, tarty In March, he heard a
voice, es if in the centre of his head, repeating at short
intervals, 'The 7th. the 7th. The sound was clear, like
h. 41." Considering it a prediction as to the
" fatal crisis day" of his wife, he told the three
attendants that the crisis ihay would be on the 7th of
April, and taint-14.d them to rime Tiber the date. On
the in erring of that day, when his ad° was leaning
th banal t 4 one ul hat sew, elm dial.