The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-08 00:00:00

A REPORTER " SOLD."

We read in the _Birmingham Post :—A practical joke
of a character quite amusing, and somewhat excusable,
has just been perpetrated at the expense of a local paper.
During the assizes at Warwick last week, the represen-
tative of the paper in question, as it is his habit so to do,
annoyed the other reporters considerably by the way in
which he was perpetually poking his head over their
shoulders to ascertain what they were writing, and how
they were treating certain cases. Hints as to the im-
propriety of this proving utterly useless, one of them
determined to " hoist him with his own petard."
Assuming a very mysterious air, and turning his back
upon his inquisitive friend, as if he were engaged on
something important, and which he would not for the
world any one in court should see, he began to indite
an absurd account of a still more absurdly improbable
adventure which had happened on the previous evening
to one of the judges. The bait " took:" In a minute
or two our contemporary's reporter was at his old game,
busily taking an over-the-shoulder short-hand note of
what his imaginative friend was writing. Of course the
latter affected to be utterly unconscious that his valtiable
contribution to history was thought worthy of appro-
priation in this way, and the narrative was begun and
finished with an ease most satisfactory to both. Next
morning the charming little notaelette occupied a pro-
minent position in the " posters" and the pages of our
contemporary. We give it the benefit of a wider publi-
city. The paragraph, headed " A Judge's Ramble,"
was as follows

" The tedium at Warwick Assizes has been relieved
by an amusing incident which happened to Mt. Justice
Williams. His lordship, who delights in solitary tam-
bles, mounted his horse at the close Of business on
Wednesday, and rode in the direction of Guy's Cliff;
but being minded to explore the charming lanes in
that neighbourhood, he turned down a bye-path, and
night coming on, he found that he had lost his way.
Riding on at a venture, he came at last to a pretty
little cottage, in the window of which a light was burn-
ing. A knock at the door was quickly answered by the
tenant, a thin haggard old woman, who, rushlight in
hand, gruffly demanded what her visitor wanted. The
judge courteously explained that he bad conic from
Warwick, and having lost the road, wished to be directed
ho* to get back into it. The old woman, not satisfied
with the explanation, insisted on knowing who he wasp
and in compliance with her demand his lordship told het
that he was Justice Williams, on hearing which the
woman began loudly to express her gratitude to him for
haring saved her son' ten years ago. The son, it ap-
peared, bad been tried for sheep-stealing, and acquitted.
The judge told the woman that her thanks were due not
to him bat to the jury; but the poor old creature, seem-
ingly incapable of understanding the difference, continued
to overwhelm his lordship with thanks, and creeping
towards him, seized upon one of his legs, which she
hugged in a frantic manner. This was too much for
the judge's gravity, and indulging in a hearty laugh, he
extricated himself from the old lady's grip, and rode off
in the direction she had pointed out, ultimately gritting
safe back to his loagings at Warwick, where he excited
much merriment by narrating the adventure."
On Saturday "the tedium of the assizes was relieved,"
indeed, by the "amusing incident." Somehow or other
the mode in which the hoax originated became known,
and great was the fun in court and homeward tr a.

Why does a railway clerk cut a hole in your return
ticket ? To let you pass through.

After an existence of nearly sixty years, Bent's ,Tfonthly
Literary Advertiser has recently expired of inanition.
For many years Bent had found itself unable to compete
with a younger and more vigorous rival, the Publisher's
Circular, which was issued at shorter intervals, an in-
estimable advantage in a railway age like this.

A man named John McNulty, charged with having
been concerned in two atrocious murders in Canada,
was taken from the House of Correction in Worcester on
Saturday, by a Canadian officer, and taken to Montreal.
McNulty and two accomplices murdered a mother and
her daughter near Montreal, last April, because they
would not yield themselves to the desires of the murder-
ers, all of whom are now in custody.

WILFUL MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER.—BeIIjamin
Rich, gamekeeper to Mr. Naish, was shot while engaged
in watching his master's estate, by James Norris, a
working man, residing at Chewton Mendip, Somerset-
shire, on Thursday. While on the look-out on Mr.
Naish's estate, the deceased heard, as he believed, the
discharge of a gun on a part of the demesne. He
hastened to the spot and saw Norris in the act of pre-
paring to discharge his gun at a rabbit. The deceased
made a noise, which had the effect of scaring away the
game, and then called to Norris, who appeared angry,
and demanded to know by what rigbt or by whose per-
mission be was there. As no answer was returned to
this query, he stepped forward for the purpose of wrest-
ing away the gun from Norris, who immediately receded
a short distance, raised the weapon, and fired at him,
striking him on the leg and shattering the bones. The
evidence of the surgeons went to show that although
they amputated the leg carefully their efforts proved
unavailing, and the unfortunate man sank, and ultimately
died from the effects of the injury. The prisoner has
been fully committed for trial, and will be tried at the
approaching assizes.
NEAPOLITAN COURAGE.—The Neapolitans deserted
even the gallant Murat at the first volley, when he led
them against the Austrians at Tolentino, and they
shouted victory or death, till they heard the whistling
of the balls. They can do nothing but run away,
murder from behind a hedge, and lgurn or plunder towns
they are unable to hold. And yet, to look on in the
ranks, they are amongst the finest, the best dressed, and
the most accurately drilled troops in the world. General
Church, an English officer, who obtained credit by
raising and equipping for our service two battalions of
Albanians, something on the old Greek model of cos-
tume, and who, after Ferdinand the Fourth's return to
Naples, became his adjutant-general, urged him perpetu-
ally to come and look at his guards, newly disciplined and
bedizened and frippery, as if they had been carefully
unpacked from bandboxes. The king at length com-
plied, muttering that it was an ineffable seceatura, fell
asleep in his carriage while they were marching past,
and being jogged up at the close, complimented his
indefatigable lieutenant (wbo had ridden up to him for
the purpose), saying, "General Church, I am infinitely
obliged to you ; you have done wonders. They look
and move demigods ; but you'll never make them
fight. Good morning !" The old gentleman knew his
men of old, and was too experienced a sportsman to be
taken in by appearance.—Dublin University ltaga:ine.
A PRACTICAL JOKE.—On one occasion two or three
friends came down for a day's shooting, and, as they
often did, in the evening they rowed out into the middle
of the little lake in an old punt. They were full of
spirits, and had played off one or two practical jokes on
their host, till, on getting out of the boat, leaving him
last, one of them gave it a push, and out went Hood
into the water. Fortunately it was the landing-place,
and the water was not deep, but he was wet through.
It was playing with edged tools to venture on such tricks
with him, and he quietly determined to turn the tables.
Accordingly, he presently began to complain of cramps
and stitches, and at last went indoors. His friends get-
ting rather ashamed of their rough fun, persuaded him
to go to bed, which he immediately did. His groans
and complaints increased so alarmingly that they were
almost at their wits' end what to do. My mother had
received a quiet hint, and was therefore not alarmed,-
though much amused at the terrified efforts and pre-
scriptioms of the repentant jokers. There was no doctor
to be had for miles, and all sorts of queer remedies were
suggested and administered, my father shaking with
laughter, while they supposed he had got ague or fever.
One rushed up with a tea-kettle of boiling water hang-
ing on his arm, another tottered under a tin bath, and a
third brought the mustard. My father at length, as
well as he could speak, gave out in a sepulchral voice
that he was sure he was dying, and detailed some
most
absurd directions of his will, which they were all too
frightened to see the fun of. At last he could stand it
no longer, and after bearing the penitent offenders beg
him to forgive them for their unfortunate joke, and be-
seech him to believe in their remorse, he burst into a
perfect shout of laughing, which they
thought a
was delirious frenzy, but which ultimately
betra yet first
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imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's
imitations are prohibited by the High Court of Chancery wider
a penalty of .0.000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his
agents; and
the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica
Food, and that Du Barrys arc connected with such patent are
utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry
Du Barry & Co., i 7, Regent-street, in lull, on the seal and
c Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article
wrapp
t expect to b' distrusted in all others. Packed in Vas at
mislb. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls ; 121 b. 2,s ; 241 b.
40s.
'rite 12 lb. and 24 lb. canisters are sent- carriage
free on receipt of Post-office Order by Barry Du Barry
and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum Mason
and Co., and through all grocers and chemists. Agents
in this district :---Nixon & Thew, 1, Castle-street ; T. Low ; J.
Kirkus ; Forsyth ; F. G. Jones, 5, Paradise-street • R. Sumner
,z Co; S. Alpass ;E. Pearson & Son; J. Oliver'. W. Cross;
Shart, Higgins, & Co ; Clay & Abraham, 37, 80ld-street; Evans,
Sono & Co., wholesale agents; John Beynon •
Thompson &
Capper; J. Strawson, druggist; G. Bramwell & Son; C.
Bromlow2 1, London-road; Isaac Woodville tea dealer;
Raines Co., wholesale druggists ;F. Stavefey, druggist,
Price-street ; T. D. Walker, Ranelagh-street; J H. Howell,
72, Dale-street; Hingston, druggist, Bold-street; Henry
Middleton; Gilbert Brothers; J. Cruiee • Grace & Kelk ;
G. Barber, 21, Great George-street, Birkenhead • T. Fore,
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druggist; B. J. Candler ;J. Dutton• E aargraves;
Sanders & Co.; C. Jones; J. Green. ,J.
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