The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-03-24 00:00:00

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Tee 011•1) of Sir Nadu Peto and his partners was
spin before the London Butkruptey Court on Thurs-
day, the bankrupts having owns up for their hat
axemination and order of dissharge. A proof for
00.000 agoinst ths separat• estate, of Sir Xortos, in
refemnoe to a contract for some Ruston railways. wee
tendered. Them Was also a proof tendered on. pro-
missory note for £3,800, being the interest on MOMS
lue to Mr. Brusey'd esecut,rs. The proofs were
or feud to stand over for further consideration, and tit*
sitting vu adjourned till Wednesday.

OBTAINING Six ORANCIIIS vnT MIAILLT :
Bgartiies.—Mary Ann Brown, a little girl,
We. iadieted at Middlesex Sessions for stealing six
omegas. value 6d., the property ot Elisebetb Imam
This was a very oontstoptible mat to be seat for trial,
and partienlarly so as no previonseinviction vs. proved
whist the child. The oranges were stolen from under
a tarpaulin, at Covent-garden Market, the prisoner
sharing the plateler with another little girl, and then
going away The porter panned the prisoner, and
then she threw away the oranges, but he overtook her
and gave her into custodr. The oranges were .Ster-
verdi ep.--The greener mid the did not take
the oranges, but another girl did so.—Tbe porter, who
We. the witness in the owe. was severely eritioised by
the presiding Judge for the diserepancy between the
middense now given by him sad Quobe gaTO before the
magistrate.—Tbe jury found the Weimer gailty, but
strongly recommended her to merey.—Mr. Payne, after
remarking on the monde] eieleeee he wee *beet to
prononnoe, mateaced her to be thaptioosod and kept to
hard labour for six weeks.

Roaming CHOWS' TO • CHILD AT BIUOITTOW.—
At the Lena gaging, Charlotte Wingfield, described as
widow, was charged eith malisionsly wounding a
child weed Tugwoosi, with intent to do hit tevous
bodily harm. Surely, if ever • human
by • devil this destestable woman must have
ra warn
lal=ed red such an infernal glen. The name of her
fiend was Craelty. The appropriate instrument of her
barbarity was Firs. The little boy who, for • long
period. was systematically tortured was her nephew.
He WY about eleven years of age, ad eh. had another
boy living with her, her own son, between fourteen and
fifteen. She lived at Brighton and kept no servant.
The ehild Tugwood bad been ontrusted to Mrs.
Wingfield's etre by his mother. Let us see hoe she
disonaged her trust. First she broke Ida noes. sad
burnt Wen with a red-hot poker on his ears and his
head. When this poor little fellow was examined in
court, his soalphires seen to be spotted withheld pitches,
and • surgeon who attended him deposed that when
Tagerood was first brought to him these potshot were
raw, and that the whole external endue of his head
resembled • saes of soft pulp, or jelly. Mrs. Wing-
field had repeatedly beaten and kicked him—not with
whips and thongs nod knotted cords—Mother
Brownrigg and the Slo•nes were mare tyro' compared
with this mistren of the infernal art—but with wires,
hot irons, and heavy bare. "I've seen this child
whi_pPed with a red-hot poker," says Bt. Clair, speaking
of Topsy to Miss Ophella, in "Uncle Tom." That wai
' ly Ere. Charlotte Wingfield's way. The mildest
roplerneot of ebastinment she employed towards her
helpless little victim was the "bone" of her stay.; but
it turned out on further inquiry that the "bone" wss
made of steeL On one occasion his lags were burnt
with the red-hot poker, and then vinegar was rubbed
! into his wounds. At another time she tied his arms
and legs, and soused hint in a tank fan of water, and
! next she set him before the lirs, and burnt him in the
mire and on the head. Then she scorched his knees,
and dug • piece out of his face with a knife. What a
shame and pity it is that Mrs. Charlotte Wingfield did
not live in the reign of the Emperor Dioeletian Of
what eminent serrke might she not have been is
devising recondite tortures for Chrietian martyrs I tier
repertory of agonies for her poor little nephew seems
positively inexhaustible. She inade marks on his heed
which appeared to have been done by • blunt instru-
ment, such as an oyster knife. When the child was
subjected to surxical examination, his ears and nostrils
were found to be ulcerated; there was a compound
fracture of one of his Ingot.; his nose was broken;
him back, legs, and arms mess covered with soars, and
' there was • hole in ons knee, thr,digh which the bone
of the femur under the patella was discernable. The
principal witness as to this most dismal narrative of
fiendish cruelty was, naturally, the little victim himself.
The she-devil in the cloak vehemently denied that she
had ever ill-treated him • but the shad gave his
testimony in a clear, ;Alms, and straightfor-
ward ; nor was anything he stated
disproved in orose-exaniination. An attempt has already
been mode to shift a portion of the responsibility for
these horrors from the shoulders of Charlotte Wingfield
to those of her son This lad, Indeed, seems to have
occasionally buten little Tugerood with his Its, and oa
one occasion the child swore &hot his °omen had burned
him with the pokey; but, as young Wingfield had
obviously acted under the direction, and possibly the
coercion, of his abominable mother, the prosecution
against him was foregone, and he was Admitted as a
witness. His evidence tended still further to ocinfirm
the statement of little Tagwood. Hs frankly owned
that he had told some falsehoods, hot pleaded that he
had done so through fear of his unnatural parent. If
young Wingfield was a C•liban, it was the fault of
Sycoraz yonder, in the dock. It was elicited that she
had also ill-treated him, although not to the same extent
of outrage which she had practised towards her nephew.
Ste only tied her son to the firegrate when she went
out, threatened him with a pistol, end pursued him with
• hatchet. It mast not, moreover, be forgotten that
the boy was the means of releasing little Tugwood from
the clutches of this horrible hag. He took him away,
and restored him to his mother. No witnesees were
called for the defence ; and Charlotte Wingfield, being
found guilty, was most righteonly sentenced by the Lord
Cblsf Juselo• SO amen years' penal serviaeoc.

Tag ATIIOOIOOII MOIIIIIICI AT Wrissoonag. —The
young man, Alesander Holmes, who was taken into
eurtody, on his own admission, oa murdering the lad
John Wilkins. at Woodborough, has been brought up
on remand before the Arbridge magistrates. Thomism
Wheeler, who last sew the deceased alive on Friday
afternoon, having given evidenee, Either Rnynor, the
landlady of the house where the police constable
lodged. Meted that the prisooer came to her home at
San—ell on Friday evening last, soon after five o'clock,
stating that he had just killed a hump being. She
inquired who it was that he had killed, and be replied,
'A little boy in tbe corn-field, keeping birds." She
then asked him how hedid it, when he said, "I knocked
him on the heed with • dick, and then eat his throit
I felt that I wag obliged to do it, as I could searoely
prevent myself from killing other persons I met on the
road." He afterwards Mated that he had thrown
his knife and Wok into • ditch close by to where be
had left the body.—Thoinsa Sheldon, parish constable,
said the prisoner remarked, when taken into custody. "I
had • St and felt orasy, so that I imeld not help killing
some one." Edwin Godfrey. of Edington, stated that
the prisoner was placed under his Imre just before his
father left the Manor House at Puritan, near Bridg-
water, in May, 1565. On the 21M Jolly he ran away,
but returned stain in the following December. Daring
his absence he (witness) wrote to his father concerning
him, and had received two letters in reply. When
prisoner Int emit to his hoes* his parents did not say
that their eon wee of an unsound misd, bet spited to
pay is. per week towards his maintenance, and that he
should be employed in the garden, ea Is• was so fond
of studying Seriptere that he got into • melancholy
mood. On Friday morning last prisoner went into the
garden to work, se usual, aficir which no more was men
of him, Sarah Godfrey, wife of the last witness, pro-
dosed two bitten that she bad received from the father
at the time that the prisoner ran away in DMA. The
following were the letters :

The Dew-park, Oloughjordan, Boscres,
July 11010, link
Mr. Edwin Godfrey, Edlngton.hlll,
Bridgwater. Sornerest, England.
Dear am much oblird to you for your letter, and
sorry for the trouble and annoymtor eaund to Mr.. o^dlmf
and you by my son. Your communication In no way eurmiees
me. On • former occasion my .on reparated Mined! from hit
family and boon in • similar manner. You must be well
aware he Indere from weak intellect. Knowing bina
to be perfectly harmless, I did not like to have him
placed under 'entrant, and wee truly glad to find •
most reipeciable home for him. I know he ens mod
kirlars,treated, and very grateful to you and Mrs. Ocdfriry.
me when I tell you most sincerely I acquit too
@Mindy of giving any reasons for my sou's strange condocto
He le of age ; his on. muter ; if be does not choose to rennin
I. the bona I have provided for Mot, and one most adtabl•
for him, let him follow hie own course. One of Lbws deys be
will be • rupplant at your door for madmon, and I
earneetly hope you will the. forgive him for his Ingratitude,
and take him tack. . _

boold ;ay nrierence lie made to me by the entboritim. I
dull at once take steps to bare my ma placed under eosin.
meat se alumina lunatic. I bag you edit bawl no inquiries
made, mid that ell rellerenos to Übe public may be &mono.
tenanned. Mien tired and hungry, and without clothes to
bit beck, be will return to you penitent; pray then take him
in and reed We letter to him. When thin takes piece, es it
soon will, pray write me • line. I vial) to have no cme.
muniattion with my ion. I shall be very much guided by
your opinion. .

Very truly yours,
J. G. U. Boum

I writa mry hurriedly cm my return from temporary
aionsce. On ray aou's return to you pray read this to him,
and melte Wm clearly undentand he tiaras= himself to be
treated as a lunatic, and will b• so If be pent= in his folly.
The Deer Part, Cionghlordan, Roteren, Ireland
F.dwin Godfrey. 28t1. July, has.
Der=toll, Bridgwater, linglend.
wrote to you vary hurriedly ;Intraday. I ham
oohddersd much about my unfortunate inn, and my Axed
font,, is trot I have no right to interfere with hit move-
menu. or In any way throw Impolimenra in his way, should he
take Into his bead to .at, a. I may consider, foolishly.
There is no doubt too young man Is radicient to Mallon, and
had to °somata= opinion of Noma He the may one of
my sone whom education bee coot me oetudiberable *am
batman the,os of Am and eighteen not lens than .CIO
annually—and he literally Mint nothing. He then tyra to
prdening, and when I brought his. home to Puritan he would
not even endonvour to min me In the games ; and bemoan he
was spoken to for his general condo* rea away
ham no oontrot over Alexaeder ; all len 4. f
or bUn ee be
will do nothing for himself, is to =Mt him to. rrapeotabie
home. 11.... &no en, and I know' in addition to the re-
spectability of your bows be has matsrith much kindnom.
Alexanden mimed to Uwe and &neonate with bin tunny. I
canoot bring him bees to his Aden alter the way he bas
=hared. lit rashes to minsta, ma it is my intention at
the end of the prom= year to min him In doing en ;In the
Dianthus, if be doss not Mims to avail blatant of the bonne
I have presided for Mix let him. IS be prams pwrids itheeeu
with another; only. I
ptgal Pm, if he Maras =min and
without clothes, as be y will do, and asks your MOM.
Dan, take him beck Apra.
Should he not ham returned on mosipt of this planes mod
me any letters of his or papers, you may find. I have written
to Hr. rather, iißrrasol.
Oblige me by taking no scram part whatever In tracing lay I
me.; helm of age, and, If he aboaess, ha.. right to leave you.
If you have &reedy monminimied with the potion I requital
ral inquiry my be stopped.
If Alexander can provide tompraTmrt for himself, ento and
Vxsi 4.11 him I°r it • bu in nu opinion, than 1.
nothing he in fit for ; sod no one could conannotiounly rive
him the work to do be hlnansU thin= be is =4.4 for.
Pie.' ramp thin WM sod the me I wrote y44,44.y.
Truly man,
JAN= O. H. Haulm
Witn also irtaed that tho prisoner had alms
oomplainsd of pains in the bead, and that she did Sot
madder him liko other parsons in many respects. Yr.
George Smith, surgeon, of Axbridgs, proved having had
on intarriow with the prieetter QC the Greaten of the
murder. and, Gilboa& he Weaved 01 weeldaielleet.
be tkosght he was parboil, legalist sod assoontobta
let Ids undoes. Primer mods ao reply to the
sod was sonosquontly ocolunittod to IWhi Walt=
'Wel wits al Jolla Waldo*

Tai VOLIIITINIS.-89 at s festival on /la
Patrick's Day, the Priam of Wiles said the voliusteer
form is • most important earrion The volunteers have
cliapleyed the most eMoss aad Makable apirit. I am
happy to see that, so for from retrogressing, the fora,
is progressing is the most eatiefeelory manlier. What
5500000 called a " national movement," we may now
justly call • "national institution."--(lostd sheers).
SAYAGS ATTACK ON • BOY IT AN Allo.—Os Moeday
evening Archibald Harper, bets's= seven sod eight
Soars of Itga was palming aloof* the road between
Grumble and Eceleadeld, when was attacked by an
ass which was grazing on the highway, and the anima
bid li. head, arms, and other 'pats of his body, and
trampled upon bins. Had nos timely amistanoe ai rived,
It is warmly likely that the poor littto fellow would haat
eseaped with his life.

The Times and other of our London oontemport ries, are
teaming with • so-called "new Wm,' though In Not it
I. only "history repeating Hewn" but rendered
unusually interesting for its notimately concerning the
ltdim We refer to economy in tea, and other cow-
moditiee by " 000peretion ;" this mode of supply bail in
(act been long exemplified by the well-known firm of
gorniina. and Co., London, who se tea importers,
have for thirty years past, availed themselves of their
direct eoeneetion with the growers, to co-operate
through agents in all parts of the kiogdore, to supply
the public on more advantageous terms than the
ordinary channel that require the tea to pass through
many heeds before resoling the public. nominee's
pure tea is always obtained by the consumer is the
some unsophisticated state salt leaves the grower, as it
is securely sealed and the pries printed on each packet
it eannot-b• changed or sold at an increased rate. The
great social iuiportanoe of this mode of supply is
evident from the magnitude of Ileum Horoimans
connection, being enparalled In the wags of the tea
trade.

Ti. Tomsonnar Viontte.—ka extraordinary funeral
sermon was preached by the father of the murdered
clergyman. &main, bereaved, and forlorn, the Rey.
H. A. Plow, senior, merits the estremiest condolence;
and we should shrink from otniding en his privacy, or
lallieting on bin the slightest pefe; but it strikes us
that the reverend gunman, MEM haw Meow nerves
to preach a sermon loyalty-five minntes long, in MAU
the "keens" one hears at Irish funerals, and the
odium assologriassa, were most lanpiensualy mingled.
He used his eon's sheath and the seesaw serving for his
ou.torleel display. There was • weeded
The pewees selected for his text • pusage.iroreZ
Wes, and "warned his Wawa against depending on
the efficam of whet were canal death-bed repent-
amen" Be did not, indeed, "promos to limit the
mercies of the Eternal," sad be prayed that God would
pardon the amber who had deprived him of oos of
the best emu that haler seer had ; seen drawing
• parallel between Mika Wsetherill sod the
penitent thief. Nor shall we dwell on Mr. Plow's
allusions to the private life of his eon--• life
which appears to have been most virtuous and ex-
emplary ; but we are bound to call attention to • most
astounding purge in hie discourse —"He: weld not
dwell on the horrible tut that a ruminator of the Lord
had been stricken down in suet a manner in the midst
of his work, but he thought that the antlawitise of the
town would surely do well to appoints day of humilia-
tion for that event, the news of which Mid been sent
to the farthest limits of the kingdom, and would go
forth to all the world—to which the infidel abroad
might point triamphamtly, and say, 'The.. is year
rand Christianity; there is your propagation of the
Gospel; there I, your Protestantism. You have com-
mitted, there, on • priest of tbe Lord, ow of the most
diabolical murders over known to be committed.' God
would visit the crime upon them in some way or other,
unless some public manifestation were shown—cod none
hod yet Wee shown—of the foal deed that had happened
in the town." The Rev. H. A. Plow, senior, did not
suggest that a solemn day of henna and humiliation
should also be Warned to page Tedmorden of the
stain left by the blood of Jane Smith, the first victim
of Weatherill's vengeance. Grief is naturally selfish,
sad given to incobersose ; and it is probable that, in
the absorption of mince for his great lame, Mr. Plow
forgot all about the murdered servant girl; but be
recovered his intelleetual faculties when be informed
his bearers that "the cluessed had prayed for his
murderer and for thus who lied opposed him in his
work in the parish. Those whit bad so opposed him,"
continued the Christian preacher. "had ummitted •
great and dire sin. The deeeased had often written to
him to eomplain of the difficulty and the opposition be
met with under the garb of religion. Let net his sue.
oessor, whoever be might be, mot with each opposi-
tion." It is impossible to censure too strongly the im-
propriety, the bad taste, the positive indecency of mixing
sp with • palisade on. good Wan departed dark in.
Macedon' and darker throats against the dead man's
opponents; coupling with • mrrdsmir on the brink of
the scaffold some unnamed people who nay Dot have
been of the same miod as the late Mr. Plow with regard
to pew-rents, Foster offerings, or Sunday schools. We
are told that during the delivery of this extraordinary
harangue the Rev. H. A. Plow, sinior, only broke down
once, when he wee speaking of the death-bed he had no
lately attended. It u a pity that the reverend gentle-
man's friends allowed him to break down at &IL By
strong persuasion they should have prevented such an
exhibition in the pulpit, as calculated to cast • painful
shulow of discredit equally on the sacred office
and on the sanctity of sorrow. On Sunday
and Monday numbers called at the vicarage
to take • last look at the corpse of Mr. Plnw,
which was lying °alined in , • bed-room. The
room presented an appearance somewhet unusual.
The deceased was dressed in black trousees and the full
robes which he wore on high tiny, in the church. A
splendid stole, which had beeu recently presented to
him, was the most conspicuous part of the display, the
envot or ewe, was beightobed by • number of lighted
wax tapers. The oollio was also of a remarkable shape
—very wide at the head and narrow at the foot. Upon
the lid was • Groom, and the con.plate bore en Masao-
tion in memory of " Antooy John Plow, priest, who
had "fallen asleep in Jeans." Neer to the body tam •
coffin containing the remains of the baby, which, it will
be remembered, died at Littleboronghi within • few
hours of it, parent. The shape and decorations of its
coffin were similar to those of the late vicar. Tbe
funeral took place on Tuesday. There wee a consider.
able amount of ceremony on the (oration, but the
proceedings were marred by • terrific hailstorm.

roe A grutrinsal Tong WaLL.—A erase( intereetiag
sad suoceedul experiments have just beat made with
the patient tube-well, which bee proved so invaluable an
adjunct to the operstions of our advancing army is
Abyssinia, in the preemies of a arra number of orientate
men. It had beet twanged by Hr. J. 1... Norton, toe
holder of the pant, and the eggineering gentleman
&acceded with him, that the were:mute should lie
made in a field in the arinity of Hampton Court, bat
from some cirerinstanes which did not transpire the sae
of the experiments was transferred to • field in close
•Pproximetion to the Thema Dittos' action of the
London and South Western Railway. Here some forty
or fiftr gentlemen connected with the engineering and
scientific professions auembled. There were tubes of
serious sizes brought into operation, with s view of
afiording • complete test of the relative powers of the
pumps and the supply of water width sea be given.
Commencing, therfore, with the sm.ller, or that whisk
is need for ordinary domestic purposes, the tubes which
Is one inch end • quarter in diameter, we. driven into
the ground, by meths of • small monkey, some fifteen
or sixteen feet, end the pumping apparatus being affixed
water was produced at the rate of hose ten to twelve
gallons per minute in the epees of nineteen minutes from
the commencement of the °pastas .when at the depth
. .

of 14 feet shines of-ihe—plizor-Co7dic'et-ed—t-h; Zan iias
about Ish fest of water prior to commesoing the
pumping in the tube. The next tube tested wss a larger
one, two inches in diameter inside the babe, and 2t out.
side. This was driven late the earth to about the mom
distance ea Um former one, with • monkey of correspond-
ing weight, in about twenty Ininatia, and gases supply
so copious that it was Gorr pined that even by band-
pumping something like 1,000 gallops of water Srp hour
could be produced. A third tube upon a much lorlfw
male was also tested, being about four inches in
diameter. This, as • matter of wane, took a loagar
tinle to drive into the earth, and, of course, • greater
amount of power is reiuired to effect that object.
rounding the tube, worked by 01•1148, •'•• • Inouhriii,
weighing 60003., every fall of which in the earlier stages
drove the tube into the earth several inch..; as this
depth iporeased, however, so the driving powers of the
monkey became less, until arriving at • depth of abash
13 feet, each fall of the weight only drove the tube
deeper half aa inch ; bet by means of aa ingenious
apperatas it was shown that the poser of the sneaker
could be increased ; the next blow, therefore, drove the
tube into the crowed three-quarters of en inah, molter an
inch, and soot. At the depth of 141ee4 the plumb wee
applied, it was the* found that there wss a deptk of 54
feet of water in the tube. The pumping apparels' was
wowed on, and in a few seconds water was iiiroaloodi
abundantly pouring out ate rate animated to be equal
to 150 gallons per minute. The soil into 'hie the
adios or point of the tube had penetrated tram • bright
sand,'. ins indieated from the colour of the water,
and which had ranked through the perforator's* the
bottom of the tube. Extremely thick at first, the
water by continual pumping uedeamy atom ire&
until ultimately it is produced pare as rerwei,
without the slightest passible impurity. A variety of
gammons were asked as to ebether it Pas not pomible
for tbe tribes to become Molted, or stopped up by the
mad or smith, and the patentees assured the emptily
that snob • thing woe of rare occurrenee, but is the
event of its occurring there was au immediate remedy
by imerting a smeller tabs throegh the centre of that
already in the ground, and using the pump, when the
form of the water was so great that it would lead the
said or meth up the loner tube like a fountain, sad
eompletely near it in • few minutes. The next quantal
was the facilities for moving, or withdrawing the tubes
from their beds in the earth, for, news, pointed out, it
would be next to useless, add an expensive affair, were
ciernloldninf army oninPaind, an they advanced, and
on every °cession as they moved their camp, to leave
their tubes behind them. This wan • question at one.
solved by means of a large wooden lever, the end being
and with iron, and a sort of clip, which fitted to the I
tube, be brought and plead over tie, ot the I
metes,. The foot of the smaller tube was raised from 11
ila bed la the earth to its surface in the spice of one 1
miners and a quarter. Another principle, that of
booking nOwnfda with the monkey, warn applied to the
bino, wow, and oetapied eight minutee The fact was,
therefore, at once established that the carrying of them
tithe-wells as apart and parcel of the equipment of an
army are an indispensable Deseirery, as it render. thew
in every country where water is at all obtainable from
the bosom of the earth entirely independent upon the
more of a at.pVIL of that commodity. Domeetbally
speaking, • s
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of water companies. But there are other advantages
beside' the question of supply; Its purity Ia guaranteed
by wing 'midway free from surfers. dr„,,,,,,,e; in feet,
the water produced in ace only pare out cool and filtered,
end it never beam. We believe the invention is
American, but Übe fortunate poesmeor of lie patent is
Mr. J. L Norton. of antht Swinge-Yard, Ludgate-hill.
With such an limed= la aid of tb,, yr....t metro.
polite& water riappll,.penvidini proof OLO be even Of its
pounder aaaamash la•i• nand be no more thought of
01 bowsaw water to Locales by MO M of •
visdth I l
e= the lainviet Cumheriaad er elm bills of
Walla, Willa 1111 41111 116,613 Moor awn asee.—Tha
C.wwn

latieffre, in the Maid moo lo to be rhos on Wu-
-457 next.
Sr. PATRICK'S DAT =with unusual quietism
both in London end in '
TH. Brand Cross of the Bath has been offered to Lord
Cluilmanrd, and has been deemed upon the pound
that "Ii is a distinction wholly unsalted to an Si.
Chaneellor."

•-•••••••••••••••••
Tns QOZIN AID MU. PLOW.—Mrs. Plow still con.
Moues to improve. She is now able to leave her bed
dilly. Her Majesty has, through Lord Sbmlrq, written
• letter of oondolence to Mn. Plow, and moo. kis,*
Inquiries as to her health.
Al Indasutial deputation of volunteer °Seers waited
upon flirJ. Pakinatoo last week to nrge that Closinsumat
should increase the capitation grant, but Sir John told
them the Ministry hoped the form would flourish, bet,
looking to general duty to the oountry, and its enancial
Position, he could not oonsent M any immediate increase
to the grant. He would, however, confer with his
colleagues io the Cabinet, and inform times of this
important deputation. and the views it had represented,
and if any modificatioa of what he had said should be
, resolved on, be should only be too happy to obrf7 it °.i"
TURIBLI NAPTH• EIPLOSTOIL —A etreadfuleaeoion
of noFibs, by which • whole family woo gully
Injured. and • mother and her son were killed, took
place on Tuesday night, at • bonne In Lambeth. The
poor woman had put • OLP containing about half a
gallon of the spirit upon the hob while she trimmed •
lamp. thinking the fire had gene out. One of her ohildren
was kneeling by her side, and the rest were playing in
the room, when the naptha in the ow exploded. The
jury returned • rerdiatin eecordenee with the evident&
A mond of the injured children has since died.

THI Perim or Waal Or lairrni.—Raferrind to
Rh Royal Highness's forthcoming visit to Ireland. when
speaking at the festival on St. Patrick's Day, the Prince
of Wales said :—I look forward with pleasure to that
visit, because I have on all ;merlons ocamioas received
vast amount of kinfeem—(aheers). I am glad to bear
that my visit will afford the people of Ireland some
satisfaction, and that • looser visit of mine would give
greater plasmas—flood oheering). We have had during
the past year much that is no doubt gridirons to the true
and loyal portion of the people, bat I think it has been
satisfactorily shown that the disaffection whieb has
appeared has not been engrafted on the Irish people by
the people themselves —(mar, hear). Notwithstanding
the diseatiefaatory slate of affairs whisk have 'listed in
Ireland, I MX am eenvlnoed that the country is true and
loyal to the dere.—(hear, bear, and sheers).
A. ThROLT Wllll.—A omen' Elsa last week went
Into the Wandsworth pollee mart with. child, and said
be hod an unruly wit*, sod be wished to have the meek-
trate's advice. —Mx. Daman said be scald not (IVO any
Moist what to do with an unruly wife. It was a matter
&Wisest moat settle himself. —Applicant: She left in..
Am I obliged to take her beck 1-14. napes& : Oh,
yea, unless she miaeonduct benelf.—Applioant : She is
always agitating me. fib* wants, to get away, and for
MO to turn her out As she boa gone away, can I get
rid of bar? I ani willing to support the children.—
Mr. Darman: No, you cannot get rid of her in that
way.—Tbe Applicant: Supposing if she agrees to swept
money for her support?—Mr. Daman (interrupt*
him) : She may °hangs her mind any day. Yon might
change your mind also. Stan, the bertha.' rests upon
you to support your wife. You eannot enter into any
agreement with your wife. You may make a private
arrangement, which would hold good so long as you are
both satisfied, unless there is a deed of separation drawn
op, but then it would be very doubtful whether she
might not some back again. —The Applicant then retired
with his child, evidently disappointed at the melt of
his interview with the magistrate.

TAN FORTOOOIIIIIO VOLDITITZ Rimy.— The
Emits refcgropA reports, with reference to the Easter
Monday volunteer review at Portsmouth, that there is •
prospect of the necessary accommodation and other
arfuleauseets as to details being all that cao pornibly
be desired to render the review suocenateL The amount
already subseribed in the berme' is 'dome upon £7OO.
and there is reasonable 'round for believing that this
will be more than doobled in tior storms of • few days.
It has been determined It barricade a portion of South-
sew summon to facilitate the march past of the various
corps, and to avoid the pressure which would be other-
wise experienced from the • owd. Then is reason to
believe that a grand pyrotechnic display will take phase
in the evening, and the oothoritie. will be solicited to
grant a supply of fireworks from Woolwieh Amami.
Another object of the committee will be to obtain the
sereiose of the Naval Brigade to take part In the review
by occupying positions on Pon:thirster Lake and attacking
to the right of the enemy on Portadown Hill, the effect
of which, if carried out, will be one of the most interest-
ing In the programme of the day. The Honoureble
Artillery Company will be entertained to breakfast on
the morning of the review by Mr. Alderman Emanuel.
I. addition to the church parade, which is fixed to
enable volunteers to attend Divine service at St. John's
On Easter Sunday, arrangements hare also been made
for the Honourable Artillery Company to attend at St.
Thome. Church, Porrnmouth, the same day, arrnom•
parried by the mayor and corporation.
Series AT TRII FONTIAL OT LADY TIOWBOUR
According to • London daily newspaper there fa/ a
"scene" at the funeral of Lady Pichborne, which took
place on Thursday, at the family vault in the Lady
Chapel attashed to Trnhborne parish church. "The
Australian claimant to the title and estates of that
family," says the writer, "had obtained posesesion of
the body of the deceased, and, in spite of the protest
al her relation*, had arranged the preparations for her
funeral. At 10 a.m. on Friday morning Lord Arundel
of Wardour, her nephew (the uncle of the Infant at
present in possession of the title and estates), and Mr.
Alfred Seymour, M.P., her brother, accompanied by the
Hon. Hubert Dormer, Colonel William Greenwood,
sal 01. 11A n0r".... Ur marriage. ...41
by Colonel George Greenwood and Mr. Stourton,
entered the chapel at lichborne HOWIII, to which
the body had been removed from London. Shortly
afterwards the Australian eloimant arrived. asnorn.
panted by his solicitor, Mr. Holmes, by Messrs.
Guilford Onslow, M.P., Scott, Marx, and Henson, and
by a number of profeesioaal men and tradesmen from
Alresford and Winchester. As soon as the porno. for
the dead had been performed and • short serums
preached, the bearers raked the coffin, and proceeded
to carry it t. the parish church, distant about • cornier
of a mile, and Lord Arundel and Mr. Seymour assumed
their position as chief mourner., from which, however,
they were summarily extruded by the Australian
claimant, a large and corpulent man, supported by •
Jamaica negro named Bogle, whose jet black bead and
fans and snow white goatee imparted to his interference
a startling character. Lord Arundel and Mr. Seymour
instantly gave war, and withdrew from the procession,
se did all the other relatives and connections of the
family, and walked on to Tichborne Church, where,
throtieb the courtesy' of the rector, the Rev Mr.
Hubbard, they were provided with seats, from whence
they could witness the conclusion of the ceremony
secure from molestation.