The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-29 00:00:00

TUMBLING A TUMBLER'

George Du Sowney, who was described as a "tumbler,"
was charged for haying " tumbled " Mary Anne Geary,
by assaulting her in Lawrence-street. The complainant
said that the prisoner went to her house to look for his
apprentice, who was not there. A young lady threw a glass
of water over him, and then he assaulted her. Mr. Block,
for the prisoner, cross-examined the complainant, and caused
some laughter, about tumbling the tumbler, and alleged that
the prisoner was worse treated than the complainant, and that
he was tumbled by a poker, but this was denied. Mr. Block
addressed the court, and called witnesses for the defence; and
according to their evidence the poor tumbler was tumbled by
a poker, and his wife beaten and saturated with water. His
worship thought the prisoner got some provocation, but he
could not get over the assault. He fined the prisoner £2 and
costs, which was paid.

We hear, says the Derbyshire Courier, that it is
highly probable that the Newatead estate, including the
Abbey, will be purchased by the Duke of Portland.

PISTOLS AND POLITICS.—The New York Tribune
states that no fewer than fifty-six meu, many of whom
were among the oldest of those employed, have been
discharged from Colt's pistol factory, Connecticut, U.S.,
because they are Republicans in politics, Mr. Colt being
a red. Democrat. _ _ _

Lords Derby and Palmerston met in the paddock at
Epsom on Wednesday. After cordially shaking bands,
and passing the ordinary compliments, Lord Palmerston
asked Lord Derby if he expected to win to-day with
Cape Flyaway, to which Lord Derby replied in the
negative, adding that he " had done pretty well lately,
having won five times out of six." To this Lord Pal-
merston rejoined :—" Yes, and you cannot expect to win
on Mondays and Wednesdays too!" Lord Derby—"No,
but I suspect that you would rather win on the Wed-
nesday !"—BeIPs Life.
EXTRAORDINARY CARELESSNESS.—A WHOLE DROVE
OF Pros POISONED.—On Friday a strange case of
poisoning occurred at Habton, in Yorkshire, which will
entail upon a farmer there, Mr. Barker, a serious loss.
It appears that some powdered hellebore, used for killing
lice on stock, had been found by one of the servants,
and, although labelled, was supposed to be "colouring,"
and was mixed with milk. Being a failure, however,
the mixture was most thoughtlessly put into the pigtub,
and the consequence was the poisoning of nearly a dozen
valuable pigs in the fold. Some are dead, and the rest
are expected to share the same fate.
THE Wntrwonru. GUN.--L-On Saturday afternoon, a
series of interesting experiments were carried out at the
Nom, for the purpose of testing the efficiency of one of
Mr. Whitworth's 80-pounder rifled guns, as opposed to
wrought iron plates several inches in thickness. The
gun was placed in position on board the Carnation screw
gun-vessel, tender to the Cumberland, guaid-ehip at
Sheerness, and the firing took place against the steam
floating, battery Trusty, which had been fitted up with
iron plates of extraordinary thickness. The experiments
were witnessed by the Lords of the Admiralty and a
large number of naval and military officers and scientific
gentlemen, and the result clearly demonstrated the
extraordinary power of the elongated shot when dis-
charged from Mr. Whitworth's heavy rifled ordnance.
The plates were riddled, and in some instances des-
troyed, and in all cases the shots struck with telling
effect.