The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-28 00:00:00

A MAN slim' kr A hot

On Saturday lag; an inquest was held at the Flouch
tun, near 411 the, body, of a respectable
labouripg man;,naMqd
,John A.shtOn, Was Shot on
Thursday iati by a boy named TOM William lYeeiOr,s,
at Swindon Lodge, a shootini
rtO
Lionel Pilkington. From the evidence it aPlJeared that
Mr. Beevors, the father of the lad, is head keeper to
Sir L. Pilkington, and is also an innkeeper at Langsett,
and generally has some one sleeping in the lodge.
On Thursday night, his two eons went to the lodge
Or the nights the father intending to follow on the
inn shutting up. The deceased; who was In the employ
iof n Bee+Orsi had teen Visiting his family at 4 distance
for goiriedayg; and airibing in the e+ening at the inn, it
Was arranged that he should sleeps at gviindon Lodge
tliat night. In company ,with his bidthei,-in-faii, d iflaft
named Bra 17, he started for that place, the two separat-,,
ing asliOtit 00 or ioV yards. distance from it, Abont 20
minutes after he bad lef4:, Hind, Bradley;whilst sitting in
his house, heard the report of a pin, bit ilionghtnothing
of the circumstance, it not being unusual. Abouthaif-past
twelve he was called up, and on going to the lodge at Swin-
don, found Ashton lying dead in the passage leading to the
kitchen. Mr. Beevors stated that about half-past ten
on Thursday night, he was called up by his wife, who
said the the two lads had come from the lodge and said
that some one was breaking into it. He took up a gun
and went to the lodge, where his younger son Benjamin
pointed out the back door as the place where the " do"
had taken place. On going outside the door, be found
deceased on the ground, quite dead, with one knee drawn
under him, and his arms outstretched, The youngest
lad stated that his brother and himself were engaged in
the house, when they heard some one whistle two or
three times at the hack of the house, and afterwards a
voice saying, " do for you young chaps now." His
brother then got a double,barrelled gun out of the clip-
board, found it was loaded, and got two caps and put
them on, He then told witness to open the door lead-
ing to the passage, ,which he did. His brother then
fired the gfin, and they afterwards went clown to the
inn.--:-Mr. Ward, surgeon, of Penstone, liming stated
that the injuries inflicted by the gun were the cause of
death, which must haie been instantaneous, the jury
returned a verdict of manslaughter against Tom William
Beevors, and he was committed to take his trial at the
next York assizes. The lad being only fourteen years
of age, substantial bail was accepted for his appearance.

THE LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP ARCTIC.

RESULT OF THE INQUIRY,

At the Hull Police-court, on Monday, T. H. Travis,
Esq., stipendiary magistrate, announced that he had
received a letter from the Board of Trade, in answer to
the report which he had forwarded in respect to the loss
of the steamship Arctic, and he read the following
eitract :--" Sir,—My lards have intimated to their soli-
citor that they approve of the course he adopted in
applying to yoti for Costs. As regards the master of
the Arctic, I am to inform you that my lords have
suspended his certificate of competency for six
months ; and as regards the Meritorious services
rendered to the survivors, my lords direct me
to inform you that they have already given £5O
as a gratuity to the widow of Mr. Earle, who lost
his life in an attempt to save the shipwrecked passengers
and crew; and they have also given gratuities to the
men who manned the Danish lifeboat. They are also
about to suggest to the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs that medals should also be given by her Majesty's
Government to these latter. (Signed) T. H. FARRER."
—Mr. Travis said that be appealed as strongly as he
could in his report on behalf of the widow of Mr.
Earle.