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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1881.

graceful. minim and does that not disturb everybody mon_
than thie pr .m
eaching dew. Ah. I BOW saw it
that lif bt bafavv-* tin they rode ott with the same, when
the woman said "God Mese you, sir, 1,11 pray fOr 7051
DOW, to the gentleman and went in awi told her husband
„wh.," a victory she had' won for the Lint Mr. Wrialit
.."" °over.' ether Interesting arc 'unto et how Primitive
mei hodiem first got • looting, which was listened to with
treat earucetnete, and which added much to the enjoy-
ment. _

mr MOW
Wes held at the Board-room at the HOWital. 00 Wednes-
day monde& before Mr. Henry Symoada (Depute COUnt,
Coropert
Mr. Job Short° was foreman of the lurr,whicb was as
follows :—Mewirs. IL W. Antler, J. Solltb, B. Bulmer, A.
Spicer, J. Dibben, J. T. Soundr, T. Rogers, W. O.
RNters, W. T uttell, J. Miles, and C. Lush.
The Jure having viewed the body, the following evidence
was adduced:—
William John Lewis said he was in the emVoy of Lug
and Co. to deliver dials gad take orders. Oa Tuesday
morning he was at the South- Western Rdlway Station
from quarter t) nine up to ten o'clock. He Lad unloaded
some coal and was " trimming" it. When he fir,t
went them hi saw two carters with two wamtoos
belonging to Mrs. Robert Smith, of Stafford. The carters
were loading a truck in frost of the passenger station.
The deceased was in charge of on+ of the wageons. They
bad just completed the loading of a truck about quarter
to tem Thsre were three full trucks at the end of the
line, and tho other side of the truck which the deceased
was assisting to losiA there were others, but he could not
Ui if they were attach.d to en engine. The truck was
not attached to the others. The c.a ttre had bun trying
to fix the door of the truck, and the deceased stepped
between the truck, with one foot over the rail, and said
"1 oar, mate, hare you got • hammer to lend us •
minute?" There was a space of about three feet between
the trucks. He made the inquiry just before he stepped
in. Witness replied "No fri,nd. I have not got one, but
my mate here will lead you ens Witness referred to a
man named Franklin, who was also working there.
Franklin was in the act of taking up the hammer to baud
him when the dermased, while reaching out to take if,
slapped between the buffers, and whilst there the trucks
in I ront closed and crushed him. Deceased bad his lace
towards the waggons which were in front. lie Was struck
in the chest. He remained there only a minute or eo, and
as soon as the trucks opened he fell dawn. Witness got
under the trucks, and, with the help of soother man,
helped him up and carried him on the platform. A
stretcher was then procured, and he was teem to the
h spite'. The deceased was unconscious, and, in his
' epirrion, the We was gone out of him before DO was taken
to the bo'pitrl. Deceased was a married man and had
six children. Witness was well itequaluted w.th him.
Witness di I not eft anyone in charge of the train —in fact,
he did net see the engine. Witness did now know there
was any shunting going on at that time of the d.y. It
was not usual or a porter to superintend loading or
unloading. They only pointed out • truck for men to
load, and sometime., when not busy, they might lend a
hand, but as a rule they had pleuty to do. When they
had traded a truck the men usually fixed the doors of the

Th. Rlr. J. KNIPE then gave the acoaunts of the veer.
which was as follow. dlec ions on Sunday. 12.. lid. ;
milict"ns that 9404. 9.. 4{1.; chairman's donation. 5,.
collected in boxes, .C 1 91 . 8 • .oven Sunday school children
collected by meant of card., £1 Bs. 7.1. Mr. Kelt*
remarked that be believed In teaching children to collect
and Alin to give
Th. CHAIRMAN proposed that the beet thanks of the
mwetlwit he accorded to the worthy deputation for the
kindness In coming, and for the able and interesting
address he had given.
Mr. KNlrs moved that the best thanks of the meeting
be accorded to at that had helped to collect in any slay.
Mr. .1. Watairr seconded.
Mr. KENDALL DTON•1104 • vote of thanks to the chairman,
who bad SO ably fulfilled hie duties.
Mr. H. MILLS suitably responded.

LECTURE BY DR. C RESP I .
"THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TEDIVEHANCE."

An ex, re mely
temperate and sensible lecture on the
above subject was given at the Temperance Hall,
Pease.lane, on Tuesday evening he Dr- A. J. H.
Crespi, • Member of the King and Queen's College of
Physic ins, and I ste the editor of the Saturday Review.
The Rev. H. Everett No:tor of Holy Tr nity)
occupied the chair, and, notwithstanding other attrac-
tions in the parish on the same evening, there was a
good attendance.
The Proceedings commenoed with an appropriate
hymn, after which
:I be CNAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting. His
friend,
Mr. Greening, bid persuaded him to take the
chair this reusing, but whenever he occupied that
position at temperance meetings he could - not help
feeling somewhat of an impostor, because it so happened
he was not • teetotaler himself, but Atilt be felt that
though one need not be a teetotaler yet he could have
a very strong and earnest desire to do all one pouibly
, could to aid the temperance cause. (Hear, hear.)
' That warn what V/Pe wantsrl, and from what he had
beard of the lecturer, he would not, hi believed, do
what great many good and earnest teetotal workers
had done, who hail considerably damaged the cense,
for Dr. Creep( would not use any strong language and
Alba* thee° people very much who did not quite agree
with them. There was no really good cause which
had suffered more from the mistaken sod of its
supporters than the temperance cane.. They all
knew that Dorchester was anything but a temperance
town—it was a very hard-drinking place indeed—and
he remembered when he first came here he said te a
friend that he had lived in many big towns, but be
bad never lived in a place where people spent so much
money in drink—money which might be spent in a
very different way. He had been told that in Ford.
ington alone something like £3,000 was annually
9ent in drink, so that the amount of money spent in
the whole town must be very great indeed. What
was wanted in the present day was to place before the
people the [sot that they could work and enjoy
thoroughly good health without taking into their
systems a large amount of alcohol. (Applause.)
Dr. CILISPIN then commenced his lecture by endorsing
what their Chairman had said, viz., that no cause bed
suffered so much from the intemperance of its speakers.
He then gave a beat sketch of the progress of the temper-
ance movement. Referring to the question—ls moderate
drinking dangerous f—he said they could not go direct to
the answer, and assert that it was injurious. They would
have to work in • rather roundabout way, but If they
approached the subject with the delicacy and core
required, they could prove that total abstinence was eafer
than moderate drinking. They would be estoniebed that
it wets not young' to ascertain what was the action of
alcohol on the human body. The human body wail the
most complex organisation on the face of the earth. liven
at the present day the science of therapeutics, the action
of dregs, was ailed the problem of medicine. The action
el drugs on the human organisation was so little under.
Stood that he might say there was no medicine which
would infallibly and generally cure any disease. This
fact was peculiarly true with regard to alcohoL Although
the drug was administered in Po many forms, in such
qn•utities, and in such varieties of circumstances, yet he
could say without fear of contradict on that its action
was no; understood. The British Medical Association,
numbering 8,000 member., or two-fifth of the medical
faculty in the country, and comprising some of the most
illustrious physicians In the country, had paid rich great
attention to its action that at • me tug in 1873 they
unanimously decided to offer the Haating's gold medal
for the beet essay on the action of alcohol on the body in
health and disease. C insidering that this honour was
'Val in the medical profession to a Senior Wriinglership
Oxford, they might ablaut have thought that some
light would here been thrown on the subject; but the
conviction grew that so little was known on the aubject,
that only one gentleman submitted an esaey. This did
not receive the medal, as it coat lined but very little fresh
Information. At the seine time Dr. Richardson
delivered his 1.-ctures on the aubj.!rt, but even in
them, though they were very clever, nothing was
suede very Clear. S that it might he rai4 lane was known
of alcohol than of any other drug. Dr. Richardson
considered that it caused great irritation of the membranes
f the stsroack and wax strongly supported in hia opinion.
Nothing at the present time is known of the anion of
pure alcohol on the body, for this reason, that there does
not appear to have bets any instance of pure alcohol
hoeing hen edro:nistered to any human being. If
inj .cted into the veins of animals, in the space of • very
few minutes they dropped dead, and the eff.ct on the
human body would no doubt be more or less speedy
death. Alcohol catered a rise in the temperature of the
body, and the temperature would fall as ins effects passed
off. That seemed to be due to the petals-ring action of
the drug on 'owe of the great nerve centres. Si important
Is it thit the temperature should not fall, that great
phyeiologlsta had said that if it fells two or three degrees
death almost always results. In the same way a rise of
a few degrees is highly &interim.. In the case of critical
illness • rise of half-a-d see degrees means doom, even
though the patient might no; Ammar to he eorse, and •
falling of two or thre, degrees, even though he might not
otherwise appear better, meant recovery. The idea that
alcohol is an important medicine has I. ng been given up
by scientific men, although they might not he temperance
supporters. The nutritious pacchorine matter mixed with
alcohol is extremely smolt, and the netritious matter in
alcohol Obeli was so email, if it existed at all, that it
hardly deserved mention. They found that alcohol
Increased the liability to c•vtain &use., and had •
tendency to injure in mane ratite cap. Moreover it
seemed to he quite-clear th. toot only were t •etotalers as
strong as in derate drinkers but eere etonger, lived
longer were less liable to disease, were more vigorous,
did with lees sleep, and with lees food. The lecturer
rinoted statistics relating to the Oiler of Recbabites, the
Uoilted Kioedom Temperance Assurance Consular. and
the Lesion Temperance Hospital in support of this state-
went The conclusion to which medical men bad arrived in
favour of total abstinence was now being strongly urged
by temperance aopportera. He emoted from a lending
article in the Lamest in which the writer said "The
claims of alcohos to be rscogniz srl as a drug, were being
more and more severely criticised, and those were the
wisest phyeicioue who took very little alcohol themselves,
and did their hest to prevent other persons taking It.
This ouzlit to carry great weight with it It hart not been
prove 4 that the small amount of alcohol War illitiriol2ll, or
that moderats riche-. might 11,4 live too crat age, but
there must le an uneasy conviction in their minis as to
Woo were on the We tlle. The torture in the course of
his very able address gave some inter sting etstemente.
Referring to the question as to • hetber it was dangerous
for a man addicted to drink to became • teetotale
suddenly. He contended it was not dangerous, and In
pupped of this he instanced men sent to goals, and the
treatment, followed in temperance hospitals. He did
meant to say small quantities would do harm, but he could
not do good. (Applause)
The lecturer invited any perms to ask questions on any
point on which they might not be clear.
The Onaramos then made • few remake and congrstur
toted Dr. Creep., on his able and temperate lecture. He
was quite certain If this good cause waste proper it must
be done in this way, not by strong language and &whims-
tioa, and not by violently abusing brewers and public tits.
Let the cause he helped on by fairness and moderation.
It was a good sign that the medical men bad taken up the
matter. He hoped the lecturer would bear with him when
he said that • gnat deal of temperance of the country could
he traced to the doctors, for they hsd prescribed alcoholic
drinks for their patients, and when they recurred they
((seed it very difficult indeed to leave it off, and the copse-
queue. was many of them became confirmed drunkards.
(Applause.) He could support the lecturer in his refer-
ence to the Temperance Hospital, In London. He knew
the institution very well, and a good work was being done
there. (Hear, hear.) He then called on Dr. Day to
address the meeting.
Dr. Day. being the only medical mast in Use audience,
said he supposed he would be expected to say • few word",
although be had not come there to mute • speech. As
regarded the Temperance Hospital in London, he might
sag he knew Dr. Elmnonds as a personal friend, arid,
having been house surgeon there, he knew bow the
patients were {rested. Although there were no stimulants
given, still the curse were as rapid and as numerous as in
an ordinary hospital, hear,) Referring to Dor-
chuter itself, taking the past mg,
_there bad been only
two coroner's inquests, and they had been canted almost
directly by drink, so that if it had not been foe this drink
there would have been no coroner's inquests led year,
(Hear, hear.) He expressed his sincere regret at the
Meese of their esteemed friend, Mrs. Bineham. who did
so much in this cause, and he treated she would soon be
able once more to work amongst them. (Hear, beer.)
In response to the lecturer's invitation, one of the
audience asked if it was true, as frequently asserted, that
teetotalers site more than moderate drinkers.
Dr. Cantu replied it was difficult to ausrtein anything
definite on this subject. As a whole, he might say the
amount of food which teetotalers took was certainly not
materially larger than that taken by moderate drinkers—
ft might be smaller. At any rate the food taken by the
former would be better digested, and wield do them more
good. (Applause.)
In support of the theory that teetotalers ate less, a
Ltbouring Km In the audience said he had been •
teetotaler nearly four yew, and when at work In the
field men who took drink ate nearly_ double as much as
be did. (Laughter, and applause.) He did not think he
looked much the worse for bailie • teetotaler. Ha was
now £3 years old, and weighed heavier than he did when
he took drink. (Applause.) "
Ilse CHAIIIILAN proposed • TON Or wanks to the lecturer.
Temperance was Increasing very rapidly all over the
country; he could speak feelingly, as he had • strong
teetotaler at home in his own wife. (Applause.) There-
fore he heard a gold deal about the benefits of total
abstinence. (Laughter.)
Dr. DAT seconded the motion, whirls was carried unani.
Mr. Ommum proposed a cordial vote of thanks to the
chairman. They had got the" better halt" on their side, and
he hoped it would not be long before they had the other
boll. (Laughter, and &opium)
Mr. WoLry seconded the motion, which was carried.
The hymn, "God Bless our Youthful Band," concluded
the proceedings.

trucks themselves.
l'oe Coroner: Are you snowed to do this when there is
shunting going on I
Witmess: A man with any reasonable sense would clear
himself ; still there are times when • man is unloading
when he might not have say warning of any kind. The
trucks corns up flying snOiltlt,4llllll.
Tem Coroner : Ars you supposed to look out for your.
salmi
Wit/1111111: I should say not. Heave been there when
Porters have warned us out of the way. I could wearcely
call this shunting, for it was merely • move.
The Coroner: At what rate where they going I
Witness: The rate was nothing. They were not going
so fast as they do when shunting.
The Coroner: Do you, is & ruts, continue loading when
• train is being shunted I
Witness: It would not be else to day there if you
know shunting Is going on.
The Coroner Or 00unI41 you would me you were not run
over: but do you carry on luding I
Witness: As • rule it is not a safe plan.
The Coroner: Was there any notice given!
Witness: Not that lam aware of. Even if then had
been any whistle or warning given, I should probably not
have beard it,as there was • strong gale of wind blowing
away from me at the taillei
The Coroner: Could the deceased have men the engine
Witness: No, not where he stood.
The Foreman: Do drivers whistle ass rule
Witness: Yes, they generally do. The wind was so
high that it must have screamed • good deal for him to
have heard.
Samuel Seymour said he was in the employ of Yrs.
Robert Smite as caster. Os Tuesday morning he was at
the South-Western Railway Station with the deceased.
They had two waggons loaded with oorn. They were load-
ing a truck. TIPy had been trying to futen the door of
the truck, but they could not get the pin in. He heard the
deceased call for a hemmer, to the man on the opposite
side of the truck. Before the hammer was handed to him
the truck moved. He heard the demised cry out, and
when the trucks in front were backed he fell down on his
face. Witness took him up directly he dropped, but he
was quite nacoeuicions. and he was taken to the hospital.
The truck they were loading was not attached either
before or behind. Both _wargoos were turned round
facing the town, and were clear of the truck. There was
nothing to prevent the deceased seeing the trucks coming.
He bad been told there were 33 trucks, but he did not see
an engine. At the time there wu no porter there, but
Wills was there about • quarter-of.ta-hour before. He
was walking *bolt looking at the trucks. Witness had no
Idea there was any shunting going to take place. He did
not bear any whistle or any shouting of any kind. He had
often been there before, boding and unloading, when t :toy
where tint fly.
The Coroner: What is the practice with regard to
shunting I Are you obliged to look out for yourselves'
Witness: Very of ten they shout out or whistle, but the
wind was so rough that we ehould not have heard it.
The Coroner: Lea rule, is anyone in charge of the train
when shunting is going out
Witoese : Wills is generally there.
The C 'rinse: I. it generally the rule for them to tell
you when ahuntiog is going out
Witiess : I don't know; but byi generally call out.
The Coren,r : If the whistlo tad been sounded would
you have heart that!
Wieners: Yes, we should have heard the.
The Fount .n: Are truck. ever moved e itbout notice!
Witness: Yes, they move them a little s 'teatimes with-
out notice.
Yr. J. B. °Ado eorthv M.setim, House Surgeon at the
Dorset C unty Hospital, said the el c .ased was brought
there on Tuesday nioreiog, about 20 minutes past nine,
1100011260W1 and dying, and he died about half-an-hour
after a imiuis n. He examined him. He saw no external
marks, exceptiur a few rent. ches on the chest, to indicate
what injury be hal Entwined. He did not speak. On
examining him twelve or fourteeu hours afterwards be
found two email excoristions and • slight discolouration.
He had beard of the injuries be had received, and In his
opinion they were quite sufficient to cruse his death.
F.dward Burden said be was an inapector in the employ
of the Loudon ant South-Weste re Retie.), Company at
the D 'repeater ,t.t on. Oa Tuesdey morning he board of
the accident. At the time—aboot 9.ls—he wts. on the
departure pie form of the pusenger station. He err tit
through the i ffice ti the front door. H., saw the deceased
fall down on his bands and knees outside the truck,.
Withers ran to him and picked him up. L !wit and the
other man had bold of him before he got there. They
waisted him on the platform, and witness went end got
some brandy. They save him some brandy, hut he did not
move heed or tOO% and did ait speak. Tory prepared •
stretcher, and t xik him to the hospital. There were about
32 trucks on tie line. Deceased had juit loaded role, and
they h.d taken away their w.ggoue. and the aide was up
and fixed. The pins were in, but he supposed the deceased
thought they were not sufficiently in. Sometimes it was
difficult to pat them in. nod they had to he bammered
Be did not examine them at the time, hut afterwares be
found one was in and the other partly in. The truck was
not atter:died to the other,. There was a Ipso* of about
three feet bet seen it and tares load.' of n,al which were
standing there behind, and there were 28 in front. They
had been put there at different times, were not attache'',
and were not clout together, When the down goods came
in it had to stand till the up passenger train had 1-ft, end
it then cemmeoced to shunt. Tbill was shoot 8,55. He
was there when the shunting was going on. He generally
was. There bad to he five truck, shunted on to the line
where the 23 wore already. He did not see them sheeted.
a. he was looking after the passenger train. William
Billett was in charge of the engine, and the man in charge
of the shunting Samuel Wills.
The Coroner: What is the duty of • shunter!
Witnew : There are no 'social rules for shunting on a
siding.
(Tbe rules were produced, but there were none that
@stained to apply directirt, the duties of • shunter on sid-
le/re.)
The Coroner: Would this be • main line 1
Witness: ; • siding from • main line.
Witness further stated the trucks were not intended to
be moved—only to be closed.
The Coroner: What ere the duties of a shunter.
Witness: If be was going to move the trucks be would
see everything was clear, and to all intents and purposes
It was clear at lifetime.
The Coroner: Could they have shunted the five trucks
on to the siding without moving those already on the aid
-
toe, and pushing them further up the incline!
Witness : No, they could not.
The Coroner: Would it have been Wills' duty tomes that
when trucks were being shunted, to warn persons engaged
In loading or unloading those already on the sidles
Witness: He thould have warned them. SHIM men
unloading a semis truck, five and ax trucks, were warned.
The Coroner: Would it be the duty of the engine-driver to
whistle;
Witness: They do generally.
The Cormier: Ili there any rule to that effect
Witness: No, there is no nil, to that effect. They are
lot bound to dos'.
Tim Coroner: But he would not move without directions
:om the shunter /
Witt:tett: N.,.
The Coroner: Who would be responsible for the shunt-
inO
Witham : The care of the shunting would be under
Walt
The Foremen: Should Wills have hada flu
With.,.: There is no rule except on amain line.
The Foremen: Would the deceased in your opinion hear
• whistle
Witness: No, the wind was blowing so bard.
The Coroner ; Is it usual for men to load or unload with-
out the superintendence of • porter
Witness: Yes ; but they did not expect the men to put
the sides up. Deceased generally put them up when he
was loading or unloading.
William Billet said he was • driver In the employ of
the temp say. He was on the goods train, which arrived
In Dr tee yesterday morning about quarter to nine.
He had to put flee trucks on to the siding a. usual, and
after the passenger had left be commenced to dose. There
were other waggons on the siding. Redid not see =yeas
at work there, as be was about 32 waggons away. He
shunted the five trucks sublet the others, which were at
the time not all closed. The firemen had charge of the
break. They stopped at the signal of the shunter. Wills,
who was in charge. Re had given them the signal to
move up by his hand, and called out as well. He was
about SIX or eight waggons from witness when he gave the
signal to move.
Coroner t Did you whistle /
Witness t I can't say; it is not the rule to whistle in
the yard, there being horses about, and it might frighten
them.
Coroner: Can you say if you whistled or not
Witham: I believe! Aid, hut there was • strong gale
blowing at the time, so that I don't think it could be beard
at the end of the truck,.
In reply to the Coroner, witness said he could not see
the deceased on account of the curve.
The Coroner: The shunter is supposed to see the trucks
are clear!
Witness: Yes; I heard him call out to some men who
were unloading some stone, and they moved away. They
were about 90 trucks from the engine.
The Parente If he had called out could permits have
beard It at Bp end of the trucks
Witness: No ; not on Out morning, on account of t'
wind.
The Gamer : Could Wills have men the end of as
Uncles I
Witness: I should think he might, but I can't say with
certainty.
The Coroner then said the question for the jury sew
was as to the desirability of ceiling Willa, the shunter.
Of course, if he voluntarily offered himself as a witness
they cost not refuse V; hear him, but, no doubt, as it
was very evident to them all, it was a matter that might
have a serious effect so far as regarded Wills himself. Any
evidence given at that inquest might be need against him,
supposing he should be deemed criminally liable. If they
wished it he would at once call hint. Mr. Symonds
explained the lew in regard 10th. question of m melees's-
Ur. If they considered wins did his duty as be should
have done it, and there wee po aerobia neglect oa
his part, there would he not tbe slightest reason
for
howethreerm, they' suggest
the
considered qbusishtioadnanof important duty to
perform, and did not perform that duty in the way be
should have done, and in the way the public and the
unfortunate men had a right VI expect he should have
performed it, it would be their duty to find • verdict of
nwisr&ughter. however unpleasant it might be or
however sorry they might be to do it. They all issue
manaloughter
=ar re:rd from the very highest to the vert s criminality. A was might be SWIM,
. INN no OM Gould Let • gioniat gimg

from

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY
STATION.

A MAN CRUSHED TO DSATH.
A lentestable accident occurred at the South.
Western Station on Tuesday morning I. Whereby •
man named Robert Lee, carter, in the Nat'l°, of Mrs•
Robert Smith, of Stafford, Lan his life. The poor
fellow with another carter had been engaged in laad.
lug a track with corn, and was about to fasten the
door, but he being unable to do so, he called to a man
working close by to lend him a hammer, at the same
time stepping between the buffers of the truck be bad
been loading and others on the line. Whilst in this
position the trucks closed and he was crushed. When
the trucks rebounded befell to the ground, and although
he was picked up at ones and brandy given him, he
did not speak a ward. He was taken to the hospital
and attended by Mr. Iffsseam, the home surgeon, but
his injuries were fatal, and be died' la lees than half an
boar after his sthaliew

Es did it with say intent, or say criminal motive, but
was guilty of slight neelect. still it WSI a crime, end it
was quite right to the public at urge that WWI in charge
of trucks, as in the present cue, should he exported to us*
proper precaution. It waa his duty to see pr.,per warning
was given : 'bey had t'ust in the evidence of Mr. Inenector
Burden. If he did not do that, then he was guilty of 10,110
neglect, but whether criminal or not it would le for
them t ass'. Then they must consider if the deceased
contributed to his o•n death by rareles.nest ; tut be
reminded them even this did not exculpate Wiles in any
criminal negelert, if they considered 'Mu to he no guilty
and, estate, no one could be excused taking proper mea tires
for sell protection.
A Juryman said be wu unable to see where Will. had
neglected his duty or committed himself.
The Coroner asked them not to suprsise for a moment
that he deviled to dirsct thou. to a verdict of 1111111-
slaughter. It was for them to decide on the evidence
which had be placed lieft,re them.
A Jurymen remarked the deceased lied no right
bet 415011 the buffer,

The general opinion of the jury was that it woe not
ueces.ary to cal Wills at all, but the Coroner eLig.4
he should be called, and If be aid:led to rusk., any ~tat,e•
went he could do Co.

With was then called. He said he had veryli7t:e to say.
He was • long way from the accident. He preferred
leaving the m ,ter in Vie bands of the jui y.
The C ironer: We have not the slightest doubt bat that
you are as sorry as anybody that tits accident happened.
Wills: Ye* air, lan wwry—vry • wry indeed.
The Jory wit nout any be,itmtmo retrurned • •erflict
of "Acei,lentsl Death." The jurymen knotty glee their
fees to the widow.

PORT SANITARY CLMIIIIIP.—The Local Govern
-
went Board having decidedly expressed their opinion
that the won-confirmation of the minutes of the Port
&snit try Aw.hority in no way affectei the validity of
Mr. Ilanne appointment aa clerk, the siothority, at
• late mot ting confirmed their minutes of the 19th
October, and therefore Mr. Hanne is not only the
clerk, but is recognised as such by the P.S.
Authority OA well as by the Local Government Board.
LAD STLALING • 01111.'S Degas --On Monday
George House, • young man or lad, was brought up
for stealing a dew..., the property of Mary Frampton,
who named as her residence No. 1, Nicholawstreet, or
Chapelhav-street. About seven o'clock on Saturday
night the pronecutrix hest the black dron produced
hanging on her bedroom door' she went out, awl about
eleven ricbck, when rho bad returned, it was gone.
That afternoon prison.r wag at the house, without any
money: he said he had half-a-sovereign. but it Was a
P. 0.0., which, of course, he could not get changed
late at tight. About half-p tat nine that night prisoner
met • little girl named Mary Rice near the pawn shop,
awl sake! her to pawn for him a dress in the name of
Mrs. Rotel, of Chapelhay, who was hard up. The
child would not go for fesr of being beaten by its
mother, and prisoner then asked her if there were
many people in the pawn office, to which she replied—
" Not many." Between nine and ten the prisoner
himself pawned the dress for six shillings, in the name
of livid, according to the statement of Mr. Sargeant,
the pawnbroker. On Sunday night the prisoner was
given into the custody of P.C. Carter for stealing the
dress, when he denied having done so. The constable
went to tho Poet-OR.le, and found no order had been
malted there; yet he found that prisoner hal bought a
hat in St. Mory-street, also paid a shilling for his bed,
and Is. 1.1 was found on him.—Prisoner pleaded not
guilty, butt asked the Bench to deal with the case.—
The maxidrotee found him guilty, and sentenced him
to 28 days' hard labour.
A DAIINK6:4 AND TNILSISH COUPLI. -- At the
B trough Petty Sessions on Monday. bettors B.
Hopkins, Isq.. and J. B. Robens, Esq., George
Bunion, A clever but drunken pointer, was brought up
on a warrant for having illegally pawned a dusting
brush and come if graining tools, the property of lois
employer, Mr. John !noes, builder an I c ontractor,
near the Dam.—Mr. lanes having confirtned his
evidence given on S durday, spoke to his h tying sent
• letter to pris .ner demanding the tool., hot Bunion
hod said he knew nothing about them.—The painter
now pleaded guilty, and asked that the case might be
disposed of at once by the Bench.—He was told there
were other charges against him; but he persisted in
pleading guilty.—He was then, with his wife, Clara
Blandon, charged with stealing a qu tntity of bed-
clothes. lte., from their furnished lodgings in the Pork.
—Mrs. Mary Fisher said that in consequence of an
application from some ladies, she let the prisoners
furnished rooms in the Park in November last. This
morning, as Mrs. Bunion was going out of the
lodgings, witness went into the bedroom to see if the
things remained there; but she missed a pair of
blanket., two pillow., two sheets. • quilt and a
bolster, and after she had been to Mr. Vickery about
It, the female pris oner gave her the pawn tickets. She
had no name on the article', but identified them by
her own work. The pillows were worth a good deal
more than iii., being feather pillows; but as she did
not wish to hen the prison. rs more than she could
help, she put the value of the whole at between be. and
10s. The rooms were let at 51 a week; Wit prisoners
owed her 14s. 61.—1 t appeared from the tickets that
some of the art•cles were pawned as far back as last
December—Francis Powell, assistant to Mr. Sargent,
pawnbroker, said the female had called on several
occasions and pawned goods, from December 9th to a
late date in February, when she pawned the blankets
in December, first giving the name of Bunion, of
Park-dreet ; but lately in the name of Ann King.—
Mr. Robens questioned the witness if he made
enquiries of the prisoner as to her first giving the name
of Burdon, and afterwards of King; but the witness
did not think he could remember, cm the 31st January,
the prisoner as being the same woman who pawned in
another name on the 9th December—As to the ease
of tools and brush marked "J.I ," and pawned by the
male prisoner, witness said he asked Burrion if the
things were his own; but it was a very common thing
for people to pledge articles marked with initials
different from their own ; a watch, for instance,
often marked differently from the name of the person
who pawned it —Mr. Butt: But a watch is a very
different kind of thing from • case of tools awl •
brusb.—The Bunions both pleaded guilty, and left
their case with the Bench, and the man said he was in
drink when he pledged the tools, which were not worth
so much AA was stated, the s.t of graining combs was
only 31. 6.1. in the trade. He asked the Bench to deal
leniently with the case, more on his wife's account
than his own, for he was the stronger vessel and couli
bear M. 70 than she could. He hat a poor old mother,
whose htar would be broken if they were both put
away, therefore be asked the Bench to deal with the
case in an ther way, besides imprisoning them, if they
c oul.l.—ln answer to the Bench, Mrs. Fisher said the
prisoners were both very quiet people ; but they stayed
a' ilonle drinking,. sometimes all day. Further ques-
tioned. she di I not know which was the worse of the
t h .th were as bad as one another.—The Chairman
said the Botch regretted very much to find them in
he [twain they were In that day; their course was
one that, if persevered in, would bring them to • worse
end. 't hey must expect rather a revere nittenc., and
they were fined £1 each, the value of the things
stolen, sod wets, total—r 2 10s. 6d.—ln default,
Geor.;e Bunion would be imprisoned for 28 days, and
Clara Bandon for seven days.—The man asked for
true to get the money, and was told he might have
time if be o ',ill find bail. Burdon thought "Mac"
would be hail for Lim, and he was sent below to see if
he would, but 'lll not make his appearance again.
lie was sent to prison.

BAZAR AT THE _ COLLEGIATE

SCHOOL

_
In ail of ton fund for relieving the poor sufferers by the
Penygraig ooplosion in December, Mrs. Gilbert, wile of
the bialmaster of the Collegiate School, or Weymouth
Ordure, la'ely irivited contributions of work for • draw-
iog sale, ant the followbig ladies alao kindle agreed to
receive such :—Mrs. Moorhersi, Mrs. B stt, Mn
Mrs. acliffe, Mrs. Shuttle worth, Mr,. Parr,
Mies F. E ior, sod Miss Emit. Tho sate Wll held at the
Collogo To-slat, when the dining-room had As en
decoreted wirh flue, d levers, and lest ion'. Oit • banner
behind Bre. Mo,rhead's stall was the appropiate legend
—'' lie relieve h the fatberlets and wi lows," en another .
" His honusr cresr thee was love." The stalls seer,
minutial wtrh a large variety of work, from the artistic
pie•ures, which reminded one of the South
Kensington School, to.the old—tyle but still beautiful sofa
curhion:, slipper.. satin and lace caps, and haby's clothes.
A • rriety of water-solour painting was to be mll3, while
the stalls were lordei with the usual medley of **useful
and ornamsntol," rainy articles combining the two
gristtier. The etill-keepers included—Mrs. Moorhead,
Miss Jones, Mrs. Pepin, Miss Eliot. Mrs. Canard Cog, who
rliorrensed rh .ice refreshment.., Mire. Barrett, and Mrs.
firth-v. fts. Mr. Gilbert and his students sided greatly,
Mt H. G. A.,.pt 1,,,,ne most persevesing in selling button-
h b bouquers, and Mr. Ilawson getting visitors to try
their fortune an • bran pie. The distinctive originality of
this brawls. WIN a nrol, oldrfashioned well, deeply mowed,
fronted with rustic work of virgin cork. and fringed with
ferns. This had been fitted up by the Rev. H. O. Moult%
the wellshoeket drawing up refreshing rupplies of
I-mosaic. The well wu started and managed by Mr.
Francis Gig. The room was well filled with viors as the
aft moon advanced ; but among the earlier arrivals were
—Mrs. Turner, lire. Hetehard, Miss Frampton, Mrs.
Colonel S.-raillery Scott, Mrs. Gum; Mrs. Gollop, Mrs.,
Motile. Mrs. Biker, Miss Lewin, Dr. Moorhead. Miss Parr
Miss Soott, the Miss ?ewe, ec. The sale was renamed
on We bleeder. The saloon Tuesday was most successful,
more than £1.5 haying been token.

_
The Sarwefer aMe said the Iron people had gives asear• WHARFAGE SAD 11.41101111 DC=
amm it would be here before the 104.
Alderman TROIKAS had beard the Iron-work would be The MAYOR elated, from the analysis produced, tut
here before the Toth; but that it probably would not be 41.531 had helm received from the Cherbourg steamers foe
done for ,ix week*. They ought to oompol the contractor whatfaie due.. end £773 ot. U. for harbour does, so that,
to work night and day when the iron-work arrivea He Inaliolsed number., £7,3® had ben received trom this
had asked Mr. Matheson how long it would take, sad he ar
said only about a fortnbast. 111 OLD TOWN HALL.
Mr. Dame asked lb ,t the whole of Mr. Illathesen's Mr. Bemire moved that the Town Clerk take thw
neetuary step. respecting the Corporation's title la the
reports and any correspindence phonic' be laid before the
Old Town Hall, and report at a future meeting.
Council, and that Mr. Whetturn be asked to attend to
answer any q11,•ti01111. Mr. Damen smondect.
The )(Argil fully agreed with this, and sent for Mr. Carried.
Whethue ; but he did not ar:ive.
lORTISTORI REPORT.
The surface near the entrant's to the Pier has been
mach dowered by the late severe weather. The old paw-
ing will require • considerable usenet of repair, and the
footpath nesr the R.planade Quay Wall to be re-lamed.
The stone landing steno near the entrabce to the Poe
have been nearly washed down.
A portion of the North Q say wall neve the bottom at
Riot-lone has foundered.
I recomm-nd that the old paving to the eatranoe of the
P.r tue removed and ttur endue concreted. That. ea the
lauding steps at the per ar of little use except to evade
the Pier toll, thee be rsrnoverl. The old attn. to be used
in repairing the Nort't Quay well
The works neceeury to los executed are principally of
labour can be done by the men in the employ of the
Referred also to the Sweet Committer..
THIS STEMOUIR LANDING STAOL.
A letter wax read from Cyan, and CO., urging the
Immediate repair of the .teaLser landing stage, that all
tuateriala may be removed blfore the summer.
The Harbourmaster suggested the purchase of some
ere ted-band chain for moo • logs, and mentioned some at
Portlaed, which was fit ; but the price was 1t... which the
Ginned thought wax to much, and directed him to get it
for lug money if p •.
The staging in Hoye Oev • having been &manned in the
storm, the Harbourmaster recommended • strong jetty in
its pla_
Mr. LOVELL re,onsinended a jetty longer and narrower
than the nresio IS one, ant suggested dredging a little
mote to the eastward, so u to give more room for the
b,,,s to swing.
R delved to the Hart:war Committe..
RILLS.

Corr OF Till SNOW.

The Surveyor reported Lill Ss. 114. bad b:ea the God
et removing the snow.

VIIOa 1101ITAIT AUtIIOIITY.

Among the bills objected tl wss a charge of £9 foe
lettering the names oft ie streets, and, this being over the
.C. 5 allowed to be expended he the Mayor without order
of the Council. the committee did not pass the bill.
Mr. ZUOT explained this amount was incurred during
two years, and the bill was passed.

8 ,veral bile had not being altos]. In con toottence of no I
orders being attached to theta ; a numb, of hills were also
owing on account of the SWAMI, Mr. Tutuila stating that
when be moved that tie bills for th, swans ahotild he
paid, he did not understand they were of so lute a%
amount. Among them was an account fore pair if pea
boota for Brewer, a bill fir balance of aceount, bill, for
hurdles for making nests, 4c., and Mr. Thomas did not
know who had given the orders.
Mr. Lovett said the same rule would apply to these as
to the others—no or era, no payment. Let them have
one rule for th• whole.
Mr. Wins, when he ohiseted to the swannery bills,
knew there were alot of cutatuding account;; he knew
the swans would cost £l6O a year—one way and another.
Mr. THOMAS : No, the whole amount of these bills is
stoat /27.
Mr. WEER: That it only one batch.
Mr. G. ELIOT Nall it we every unplearoot matter—this
of the swan.. It wee agreed, he Understood, that bills for
Permanent improvementa for the swans should be paid
for out of the re.d adverti,ement fund, which stool in the
tl3lllO oi Mr. it Ic VIOn. Ile could not let these poor dumb
animals starve, and bed done the best be could.
The MAYOR hoped that, before lone, the dredger would
an up the Backwater. and that the scheme of Mr. Harrison
—to have 'nationr little stands In the Backweter—should
be carried out, and O. Barkwater be made more attrac-
tive. He upheld the Isti Mayor in all he bad done, and
hoped they would strain an. ye to keep the swans. He
handed the bills to Mr. It bertaon, to see what the adver-
tisement rominittee would pay.
Mr. Drams nnder.t sod th•t when a subscription waa
made by the 0 nandi to pay the bills, the intention was
ant to he retrupective.
The MATO& said the hills were handed to the advertise-
ment c iminittee ; perhape they would pay the whole.
Mr. DK:ISIS: Then they w,ll &guilder our money.
The hills w. re left with Ur. It dews in.
Mr. ltoseSs coesidered that the tradumen should not
cuser.ly send the orders they had received ; but supply
the number, so that the order might be Twilled from the
counterfoil.
Mr. CURTIS agreed. but the HATO* pointed out the rule
at present in th at the order, eaten he sent
A bill of Vie late Town Clerk for 13. id., to which
was added Gyula an I CC/. L and the coats of taxa-
tion. £l2 0.. 6 was menti mod by Mr. Wass and other
member., who would not situ it, in order that it might
hroucht Wm, the B cord.
The Tows CLERK f xpisined that the bill had bun taxed
by the tsmnit roset-r of the House of Lords, and sancConed
by the Lou Governm rut Board.
Mr. Lovett understood that any bill, even though it
hat putted the committee, might be objected to by the
Council ; hut
The MATOR explained It was understood that when bills
are passed by the committee they are not objected to IV
the Council, unless for amulet reasons. He asked was the
bill objected to
Mr. Baowx said they wished the bill to come before the
Council.
The hfaTOR : WAS it a fair and legitimate bill?
Mr. THOMAS : I should like the Mayor to say that.
(Laughter.)
The hill was passed, it having been previously passed by
the taxing muter.

Friday i
Saturday i

Sunday i
Monday {

Tuesday i
Wedosday 1
Thursday 1

8.30 w.
887 p.m.
028 &RI
9.61 9.01
10 28 • in
10 56 p.m.
55.28 a.m
11.49 o.m.
12.15 pm
12 41 a.m.
1. 6 pm.
1.81 •An
1.56 p.m.
2.21 a m

4 30 a.m.
457 p.m.
4.16 a.m
5.51 pm
658 a.m
6.66 p.m
7.22 a.m.
7 40 p.m
815 t.m.,
8.41 p.m.
9. 6 a in
0.31 pm
0.46 om.
10.21 p.m.

6 30 a.m.
6.67 pm
7.26 a.m.
761 p.m.
8.28 I m.
8.66 p.m.
9.12
9.49 p.m.
10.15 a m.
110.41 p.m
11. 6 om.
111.31
11 66 a.m.
:12.21 a.m

j Strome

157 p.m 11
3 25 am ,1
a 51 Dail
4 28 44
4 fill pm. I
5 ft a m.
5.40 p.m
6 16 .0.
6 41 p.m.
7. 6 urn.
7.85 pm.
754 a.m.
8.21 pm
$44 a in.

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3 20.6620 40 29.64 40 fa 40 8 I
42930 fa 33.10.38 46 GO 47 ' W
6 assoucsifits.so 46 144 40 NW
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