The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-07-04 00:00:00

On the t her down stairs and opened her dress.
length, extending over nearly four hours. lolling
saw 'a
slmgail shot wound in the right side of the neck,
return to Bucldngbam Palace, the Queen, invested in
and I said "Don't be frightened ; it is not much.'
her magnificent State robes, with her sceptre in her She said, "Oh my back, my back." I gave her some
right hand, and wearing her crown, was cheered in a brim:sly and water, and Bent for a
tdoctor. She was
frantic manner by the vast multitude, amid the alively_wtteenCileerlaPhad
but;lt!eadj tarf
alight report, but did
firing of Royal salutes from the Park and Tower
not take any notice of it. I never thought ef such a
guns, the ringing of bells, the sound of trumpet,
thing being in my house. I should not have heard the
and the beat of drum. In the evening there girl scream if the parlour-door hail not been left
we,re general illuminations and the‘places4f amuse- Ten. The boy and. the servant were alone upstairs.
tent wel% thrown open gitatuifstily. Altogether the -He haesahl to me that he took the pistol from the
mantel shelf, and aid not know there was anything in
scene was such as one comes across only once in a life-
it. The pistol does not belong to me, and I did not
time, and is never erased from the recollections of know it was there.
those who were fortunate enough to be its spectators. Inspector C'hapinan said that Dr. Jackman, of Stoke
At the last meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Newington, divnional sur,,;eon, was present, and he
Works, it was decided to draw a cheque for 249,4,000 had other witnesses.
The Magistrate however, decided to remand the
to be handed over to the Duke of Northumberland as ,
case at this Magistrate,
learn the result of the inquest
the purchase-money of his grace's town house at He inquires! if the boy's parents were in court, and
Charing Cross. It stands in the way of cutting a new being answered in the affirmative, ordered that they
street to the Thames Embankment, and the decree should provide bail in £lOO, and surrender him on the
has gone forth that it shall be destroyed. Now, half a daYn'i'ef rehearing.
bail .as furnished.
million of money seems a long price to pay for a single
house, hut it must be remembered that this is no
or Unary dwelling. For ages Northumberland House
has been the residence of the Percy family when
they have been in Lon lon ; it is one of the
few hittoric palaces left to us upon the banks of the
Thames, and its picturesque grounds extend from
Charing Cross to the very fringe of the river. The
grunts are I,f course included in the purchase money,
soil before the work of demolition is proceeded with
arrangements will be made for the public to be ad-
mitted to both house and gardens. Let them make the
most of the view, for soon the angry-looking lion over
the entrance gateway will be dismounted ; no longer will
he defiantly point his tail in the direction of the city ;
the marble staircases of the mansion will disappear,
the elaborate carvings, the chaste ornamentation, the
richlyffinislied ceilings, the decorated halls, the panels
profusely inlaid with choice and precious woods—all
will go down bef.•re the ruthless hammer of the work-
man, and the singing of the birds in the trees will give
way to the busy hum of voices and to the activity of
the marts of men teeming with traffic.

On Monday the Coroner held an inquiry at the
" Elephant" l'avern, High-street, Kingshind, respect-
ing the death of Angelina Hoy.
George Hoy, a member of the London Salvage
Corps, residing at 4, Little Trinity lane, deposed that
the deceased had been his wife since the 11th inst., but
the marriage had been kept secret. He last saw her
alive on Sunday week.
Mr. Louis de Saxe, surgeon dentist, recapitulated
the evidence he gave at Worship-street Police-court
the previous Saturday.
Mr. H. Taylor, clerk on the Great Eastern Rail-
way, residing at 2, White Horse-ylace, Forest gate,
stated that on the night of the fatal occurrence he )vas
at the house of his uncle, Mr. Louis Is Saxe. Shortly
after the deceased took the child up to bed a report of
firearms was heard. Witness went upstairs and
found the deceased bleeding from the threat. He at
' once carried her downstairs, and a doctor was sent for.
Mr. Henry Moxon, assistant to M. Louis de Saxe
(who was much affected in giving his evidence), iden-
tified the pistol produced as being his property. The
reason he assigned for it being loaded was that a few
days since he was left in the house alone, and be was
suddenly awoke in the night by hearing a noise as if
thieves were in the house. He at once got up and
searched the place, but discovered nothing amiss. He
again retired to rest, but was again disturbed by the
same noise, when he took the pistol from off the side-
board and loaded it with two charges. After again
searching the premises, he returned to his bedroom and
placed the pistol behind the chick, where no doubt the
poor lad took it from.
In reply to the Coroner, witness stated that there
were some valuable articles in the house that made
him load the pistol, which was a breech-loader. Ile
could have easily abstracted the charges, but having
no children then in the house, he left the weapon
loaded in case the thieves might come again. No one
more regretted the sad occurrence than he did, for he
had always found the deceased a good, kind-hearted
girl, especially when she waited on him hand and foot
during his late illness. No one could have suffered
more than he had done !mice the melancholy affair.
(The witness here become so affected that he was re-
moved by the police into the garden at the back of the
tavern.) .

Mr. Thomas Jackman, surgeon, High-street, Kings-
land, deposed that he found the deceased dying. She
was lying upon the sofa supported by Mr. de Saxe.
She complained of pain in her back, and died in ten
minutes. By the Coroner's directions he hail made a
post-mortem examination of the body. Death was the
result of internal hzemorrhage caused by a bullet
wound.
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

"THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY v. MAY."
: The above case has been before the House of Lords, and
was a proceeding in error, brought to reverse a decision of
the Court of the Exchequer Chamber,
The action WAIN originally brought by Mr. John May
to recover possession of about four acres of land,
situated in the parish of Basingstoke, as being super-
fluous land not required for the purpose. of the de.
fendant's railway; and the action was resisted by the
pany on the ground that the land had been and was
still required for the purposes of the line. The 12ith
, section of the Lands Clauses Act provides that all such
superfluous lands, if not sold within ten years of the com-
pletion of the works, shall vest in and belong to the
proprietors of the adjoining lands. To this case the ten
years had elapsed, and the land therefore vested in
Mr. May if it were superfluous land within the mean-
ing of the statute. The laud had been used by the
coin; any as a place of deposit for a quantity of soil
re,ulting from an excavation made in order to form a
cutting, but the operation ceased in 18181 ), and since
, 1860 the land had been let for gardening purposes.
! 'lke question, therefore, was whether the land having
' been thus used for a purpose alleged to be merely
, temporary, had since become superfluous land within
: the meaning of the Act. The Curt of Queen's Bench
decided in favour of Mr. May's claim, and that
decision was affirmed by the Court of Exchequer
Chamber.
Their Lordships now affirmed the decision , d the
Court below, and dismissed the appeal, with costs.