The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-22 00:00:00

WHAT THE WORLD 8A I'B.

I have heard Mr. Gladstone speak some dozen times,
and never yet heard him make what could be called a
great speech I On Wednesday last, at the Guildhsdl
Banquet, he was I thou4ht, with sae exceptioo, very
po,r ladeeti ; tame and fl icci I, with no tire, no humour,
ii at..euipl. at graceful i lustration or %i4orout enun.
ci.tion. As an after-dinner speaker, lie is Dot to na
compared to half-a- loser' men whose names are io mu!
rated. His accent, too, is horiibly provincial, aul he
says " iutrod eice" and "conatitouthun" in a way ta
sat yeti! teeth on edge.

I ,%1 not think Mr. G tedetone's reception was very
b-sity, certasnly nothing like th.t given to Lord
Be mensfield some four pars ago. The men who were
most cite oed were Mr. ',oder, the late Lord Mayor,
rim Garnet Wolseley, and :lir Robert °Attlee. the last
betog a pantorniusie-looking old personage, generally
seen on B.ixing•night.

The Prince of Waiee's foitieth birthday was kept
with all the prestige possible. Kvery one stsynig at
Sandringham provent-d a gift, These gift. wore
arrange., on small tables in the hall, and caused as
to.tisy surprises and at much amusement as the bit lb-
day presents of the mast juvenile members of the

"Tell that to the Matinee!" is • tinselonoured
sayint. and le need with reference to titer suppooei
credulity. But '•laty Lord," of the Admiralty have
lately toid the officers and men of that "noble corp."
serving tile in Coaunel Fleet what even they find it
difficult to believe—viz., that unless it *hold 1 so
happen by chance, after Caving e impleted their two
yews' service all cat, that the squadron is in England
on the :AA co any September, they are t remain
embarked for the red t of their "amphibious existence."
LiPst teepterober th, ships c napriAng the Lhauuel
Fleet only left Plymouth four dye before the much
wished-f .r 30M, the unfortuim.e officers and men
have to tv.,it another weary year, when precisely the
same thiug mty happen over again, and so on ad
infiii it ILIA.

It im currently repoee 1 that a noblo duke who has
beam I ito,y left . widower le about to be married to
the loveliest ditogaitte of feat Berson.

The 14 Battalion 4th King's Own will henceforth
le kuown, xnor hi sorrow than in auger, as the
Yvhow Guineas from BarbaJoes. Their mule. WOl.l
fearfully thinned in that ptsuleotial bp it by fever,
and after they had emb irked for home seventy casva
br,dro nut on b but happily only six proved fatal.
Tim Orontes, ',Web 1 inded Vierst at Davenport, had
to be kept iu quer+ stioe for a timm.

STRANGE SUICIDE OF A YoLING LADY.

An inquiry terminated in London on klonday, as to the
death of Miss Caroline Elise Perry, aged 19, daughter
of Mr. Perry, of Christow, near Exeter, which had
taken place at the residence of her suet, Edgware-
ro under such peculiar ci rcumsta nces that the coroner
had felt it is duty to direct an ana:ysis of the contents
.if tee stomach by the medical °dicer of health (Dr.
NVynter Myth). Mrs. Julia Perry, mother of the de-
ceased. stat sl that deceased, after leaving school. had
been a g vernoorr s sine 15 or 16 months. She went to
I.indon on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Caroline Hudson,
MI the r2n lof September. Decease I was of a most
cheerful disissiition. well behave!. of rob .r habits, and
sp to if her h %miness when a-kin to be perinitted
to stay I in :er. aline Hudson sod deceased
ha I a cough, but WAS othereive in good health up to
Sunday last. Ou that day they went together to the
Zoo:ogical Gardens. On Monday morning she went
out, and on returning about 11 o'clock. she fouad
deceased lying on the couch seemingly very iIL
Deceaned did not object to a doctor, but begged her
sot to send for her mother. Witness sent If r. Miles,
a friend if h rs, a dealer in jewelery, in Sale street,
Paddiegton. who came in, for Dr. itsynor. After
Dr. Rapier had seen deceased, a c iemist came, and
then Dr. Raynor asked witness to leave the re im
while her servant remained. She believed that death
.k place about an hour after, but she did mit know
exact y. she was in s ich a fright. She could in no
way ..ccount for the death of deceased, who was of a
ni at cheerful di-position. She was not ups 4 by any-
thing. She did not know ii deceased had any male
acquaintance, but it was her custom to take a walk
every morning by hermit in the park. Emily Loader,
servant to Mrs. Muds di, said us Monday morning
deceased, who seems I perfectly well, got up about
seven, anti had her breakf.ait at eight o'clock. Mrs.
Hudson went out about a quarter to nine, and the
deoeas d C3[llo and sake i her what she was t do about
her cloth-s. as Captain Day, who had engaged rooms
was cowing in that morning. She told her what to do,
and rresently deceased asked for a cup of tea, whicn
she made her. About half-past nine. wantmg some
map, she called to deceased to give her toe key of the
store cupboard, but receiving no answer, she went
into ths sitting.room, sod found her lying on the coo it
on her back, stretched out as if in an hysterical fit.
She was quite sensible' and witness begged her to cry.
SA it would relieve her, and she reviled she could
not. She roused deceased with some water, and
she then said, " t/h, don't leave me? don't lease
me 1 " and asked for another cup of tea, which
she gave her, she observed that her face be-
came alternately white and red, while at times
it twitched aud she appeared convulsed. The
deceased said she had done something wrong, re-
peating it twice; but on being asked what she had
done, she said she would not tell. Mrs. Hudson.
returned home about hatf-ra.st ten with Miss Bartlett
She told her about de,eased, and advisor( a doctor to
be seat for; and Mr. Miles, who came in at the
moment, went for one, and returned wile Dr. I:aynor.
When he came deceased expressed a wish lobe alone with
thedoctor. The coroner, as Dr. Myth had not ha ; time
to make the n.,alysis, h-re suggested an adjournment,
but some of the jurors desired before doing so to hear
what evidence Mr. Miles had to give. James Miles
was then examined, and said he resided at Paddington,
aud Ma's val ier an i dealer in jewellery. his business
being private. He had nit ben out with deco iced at
any time, and never paid attentions to her, as he did
not like her. He had never heard her threaten to take her
life in any way. He believed she was jealous because her
aunt used to walk out with him in the evening without
taking her. Soinetim-si her aunt use Ito tell her that
all her money and property was left to her, and at
other times to hums; but he looked epee it as idle talk.
'there was imthing wrong on Mrs. Hudson's parts. far
as he knew. The medical evidence showed that the
dec-ased died from the effect•of strs chnineand brucine
oiso.ing ; and the jury found that death was ceased
Cy strychnine poi.osing ; self sthanistered while in a
state of mental c.citemeat.