The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-07-13 00:00:00

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this particular case had BODO the length of brutal
assassination, asked whether Mr. Biggar was in order I
in suggesting that the same measure might be dealt
out to other landlords whorl. be alleged to be like Lord
Leitrim? Some conversation followed, in the course
of which Mr. Big;ar and Mr. Parnell alternately
dictated to the Chairman, and rebuked the Committee,
and in the end Mr. Biggar concluded his speech with-
out either withdntwing the offen.ive words, apologis-
ing for them, or attempting to minimise their 'Heating.
Progress was reported after four hours' debate, with-
out the slightest approach blade towards advancing
the bill. At thelevening sitting, on the motion to go
Into Committee of Supply, Mr. Roundell moved an
amendment declaring the inexpediency of clerical
restrictions remaining attached to any headships or
fellowships in any college in the Universities of
Oxford or carobridge, with the exception of the
Deanery of Christchurch. The amendment was
seconded by Mr. Maekelyne : but eventually it was
withdrawn, and the remaining business' disposed of.

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THE LIVADIA.
The Cases new yacht may best be described as a
turbot ship Her dimensions in length and breadth are as
nearly as possible three to two, and she has an extra-
ordinarily shallow draught of water (sot much more than
six feet), though she rises out of it to a considerable
height. In fact, this remarkable vessel consists of •
brood flat-fish shaped raft covered by a superstructure
which shrinks to some distance from the edge of the
turbot, and crowned finally by a yet third superstructure
of the deck-house character. These upper works recede
further in proportion from the beam of the vessel than
from the ends, and thus draw nearer in shape to the
accepted figure. The turbot itself is entirely devoted to
securing the buoyancy and stability of the structure, and
to the reception of the machinery, and particular pains
seem to have been taken in regard to all these points.
The intermediate structure serves for the abode of officers
and crew, while the deck-house, or the palace as it is
more mavificently termed. is reserved for the Imperial
family. The yacht, which is. as the dimensions given will
show, of enormous size, Is propelled by engines the power
of which amounts altogether to the vast total of 10,500
horses,
.or 11101.0 than the Propsls4 force of the larked
war ships Speaking roughty, taw Livadia must be
imsened u a broad and Aalbw oval, half submerged,
and carrying on its surface extensive lofty and sumptuous
saloons and other apartments. It resembles a vessel of
the ordinary kind, reposing upon a white air cushion. Its
wWapal dimimsions are :—Length, 930 ft. • breadth,
150 ft ; depth, 50(t.; tonnage, 11,600 ; and )ft-
ad
5,000. The vantaes gof the mode of its construction are
thoroughly evident In the first place the hull is capable
of carrying on its back s great palace that would sink any
other vessel. In the second place the peculiar shape of
the hull has a double merit , its enormous beam is
certain to render the ship SI stasal as any vessel can
possibly be, and its lower fines insure a very considerable
I rate of speed. _ The only question is how far that speed
' will be diminished by the action of the wind.

Till BILTHNAL-GREEN
At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday. before
Kr. Justice Hawkins, John Key, 69. • labouring man,
described as a smith, was indicted, and also charged on
the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of his
wife Martha Kay, by violence inflicted upon her with a
Prisoner was by trade • blacksmith, and on the 4th of
June last be and his wife occupied one room at No. 5,
Patriot-Nunn, H•thnalsgreen, There was DO dOll,
fi
that they lived very unhappily together, and that the
principal *suss of this was that the demand woman was
of very Intemperate habits, and was oonstently in a etat•
of intoxication. On the evening of the 4th of June the
prisoner and the deceawd bed supper with • woman
sawed Boller, who lived in the neighbourhood, and about
half-past nine o'clock the prisoner went home and went to
bed. The deceased, who wee drunk when she left KM
Soller's house, went to a public-house, and she was them
dancing and drinking till ball-past ten, when Abe also
went hoops and went to bed, and nothing particular
took place until an early hour on the following morn-
ing, when • sound as of knocking was heard. About
bill-past six o'clock the Kapper met his stepson in the
street, and, after shaking hands with him, be at once
said, "it is all over; I am afraid I have killed Martha
by striking her with • flat-iron. *He afterwards made •
further statement that it was done in ash-defence. and
said that about ball-past five o'clock in the morning his
wife got out of bed and flourished • poker over him, and,
in sell-defence, he struck her with a fist-iron, and he was
afraid it WY • fatal blow. Oaths police going to the room
they found the deceased lying in bed in her nightdress
quite dead, sad underneath the bed wee found • latiron
weighing four pounds and • half, and on this MID marks
of blood. Then were no appearances In the room of any
violent struggle having taken plan, and upon the surgeon
examining the body it was found that most frightful in-
juries had been inflicted on the unhappy woman. There
were six fearful wounds on the bead, the skull was
fractured, the heart was ruptured, and • number of ribs
were fractured. Al these injuries might bare been
Indicted by such an instrument as • fiat-iron, arid it was
' perfoctly clear that them fearful injuries could not have
bees occasioned by one blow, bat were the result of
I Masted blows inflicted with the resteat possible
violence by • strong man like the yrisoner, end the
' suggestion on the part of the prosecutien was that the
deadly violence was inil cted by the prisoner while the un-
happy woman was lying in bed, srd probably asleep.
On these facts it was of course impossible to doubt that
ebe prisoner killed his wife. His own statement is that
eke fleet attacked him, and that be struck her in self-
defence; but unhappily the medical testimony was to the
effect that some at least of the blows were indicted after
Mrs. Key became insensible. All de witnese.a ageeed
about the character and conduct of Mrs. Key. She wee •
drucken, dissolute woman, and sho was the worse for
liquor on the last night of ber life. She hai, during the
eight years of her married life, made the prisoner's
existence • burden. She had rquandered his money,
pawned his furniture, sod had got him and herself turned
out of 13 homes. Key has always teen • sober. industrious,
respectable person, and to his firet wife he was a particu-
larly kind husband. Ile was led to commit • horrible
crime by the constant, unremitting, galling bond which
united him toe wretched drunken shrew. The jury found
him guilty of murder, but strongly recommended biro to
mercy.
Ur. Justice Hawkins said that recommendation woul I,
certainly, receive the in( st careful attention, but at
present he must plea Lipari him the sentence of the low Fr
the crime of which he bad been cenvicted. Th •re was
no doubt that fcr years ha had led • roost miserable and
wretched life in consequence of the drunken and violent
habits of the unhappy woman whiles life he had taken,
and there was no doubt that be had received great provo-
cation; but it was right that it should be known by all
who heard him, the the low of England did not regard
even such provocation as he had received as any justifica-
tion for such • brutal act of violence as he had been guilty
of. The Jury had felt themselves compelled to find bins
guilty of the crime of wilful murder, and the evidence
made it impossible for them to come to any other ClO-
elusion. There could be no doubt that in • moment of
pennon and anger be had attacked the wretched woman
while she was asleep and had destroyed bee life for the
purpose of ridding himself from her and relieving himself
from the miserable position in which he found himself.
The jury, under these circumstance., had no alternative
but to IM him guilty of the crime of wilful murder, and
all that remained for him to do was to pass the sentence
of the law for that offence. —The learned Judge then
passed the usual formal sentence of death ; and the pd.
sorter. who did not exhibit the slightest emotion, was
, removed from the Mir,
nature