The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-16 00:00:00

TOTAL THAVES YACHT ("LCD.

As we have already announced, the Luna, y, tons Mr. R. A.
Dartiel, and the Queen, 15 tons Captain Wnitbread', were
entered respectively last Wednesday night for the and and 3rd
classes in the cutter-raca round the More on Monday next, and
as these dames did not fill,tthe sailing committee, with a laudable
view to encourage sport, have allowed the Luna and Queen to
sail for a £3O prize over the same course as the Id clam cutters,
viz., Erith, round the Nure, and return to Gravesend, to start a
qaarter of an hour earlier, the Luna to allow 6 minute/ to the
Queen. This handicap is expected to produce an exciting
match. The yachts must be measured at Gravesend this day
Sattfrday . The prizes, we hear, are very handsome, consisting
of a richly-chased silver gilt vase, valuelloo guineas, for the Ist
class—the Lana and Queen prise being a handsome Cellini silver
claret jug and goblets.

THE FATAL CASE OP SHOOTING AT OXFORD.

A coroner's inquest on the body of Mr. James
Watson Barne, commoner of Exeter College, Oxford,
whose melancholy death was announced in our columns
'Yesterday, was held in the afternoon at Exeter College
by one of the university coroners. Mr. David Edward
Williams, commoner of Exeter College, deposed that, as
he was going down to the river between 2 and 3 o'clock in
the afternoon of the previous day, he saw Mr. Berne and
Mr. Gordon together, and walked with them as far as
Market-street, when they left him, but Gordon cubes-
quently told him he went back for the pistoL He
went on, and did not return. The deceased and Gordon
were on the best of terms, as they always bad been.
Re produced a pistol the exact pattern of one he saw
Gordon buy at 'Webbs. (The pistol was a well-finished
breech-leader, about a foot in length.) Mr. A. M. Gor-
don, commoner of Exeter College, after being warned by
the coroner that what he said in evidence ought be used
against him, was now examined. The witness appeared
very pale and dejected, and gave his evidence in a painful
manner. He said he went out yesterday with deceased
at • quarter-past 2 o'clock, to the Isis, and proceeded up
the Cherwell in • punt, as far as the New Bridge, near
which they anchored for some time. At about a quarter
past 4 they turned round. He was punting, and gave
deceased his coat containing the pistol to bold. De-
ceased asked him where the bullets where, and he told
him they were in one of the pockets of has coat. After
that they changed places, the deceased taking the punt-
pole, sad he sitting down. He did sot We if dammed had
taken one of the bullets out as his beak was turned towards
him. He had fired the pistol off before they started beck.
They had been playing in the boat. He pointed the pistol
towards deceased, thinking it was not loaded, and it went
off. Deceased said the bullet had taken effect, and he
afterwards laid down in the boat, and be (witness) called
out to some men on the shore to come to them. He had
been accustomed to nee • pistol of the kind. After he had
struck deceased he threw the pistol away in the river.
He could not tell from the appearance of the pistol that it
had beta loaded. The pistol did not go off from the jerk
of the boat, but he might have pulled the trig,er. He
had had no dispute with deceased. The list time he
fired the pistol he put it down in the bo it. He did not
think the deposed had fired the pistol at all. He was
certain he did not load it after shooting it off the lad
time. He bad been firing at birds. They had been
throwing things at one another just before the accident,
and be thought they were talking at the time it occurred.
The witness gave his evidence is a Tel", disjointed manner,
and Deemed to feel deeply the poaition in which he was
placed.
Mr. Reginald Black Rothe, Queen's College said he was
with some friends in a punt, in the Cherwell, about 100
yards above Magdalen-bridge, on the afternoon of
the accident, when be heard the report of •
pistol, and • try afterwards. He thought nothing of
it at first, but Mr. Gordon called to him for
his assistance, and he jumped on shore and was
requested by Gordon to fetch a doctor as soon as possible.
He fetched Elr. Giles. He sedated to carry deceased into
Magdalen Caw. It was about • quarter past four. De-
ceased did not say anything to him j , but eaculated "My
God !" sad ones or tithes said, " I shall die. Deceased did
not say how the accident happened. He did not see the
pistol, but if it was one like that produced, he could only
say it was a very dangerous article, as there was no guard
to the trigger. Some further evidence, including that of
Dr. Oils. as to the cause of death was taken. The jury
found the following verdict :—" That the death of the
deceased, James Walnca Beane, was the result of • wound
from the accidental discharge of a pistol," adding the
following remonstrance, "We wish to express our
disapproval of the prevailing indiscriminate use
saloon pietas by the undergraduate members of the Uni.
malty and desire to call the attention of the authorities
to this dangerous practice." The following statement was
then put in by the Rev. H. Barns, dammed', guardian :
the Rev. H. Berne, vicar of Farringdon, and uncle of the
deceased, desired to express to the coroner and the jury
his entire sonvietion am to the purely aectidental character
of **manner in which deceased had led his life, and
amid the deep grief of himself sad his family, his true
sympathy with Mr. Gordon under the distressing cir-
ewastaness of this most sad catastr e.' The tragic
event, coupled with the calamity at Christchurch, has cast
agloorc thoughout the university, and most of the cricket
matehea4and other spa which would have been going on,
have been

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meeting of a somewhat novel character wee held in Willies
Rooms on Thursday afternoon in connexion with an asso-
elation under this title. The Rev. Dr. Schwartz pre-
sided, supported by the Rev. A. &whir' , Rev. Mr. Isaacs,
Rev. A. D. Hersoliell, and several other ministers, all
belonging to the Jewish rag, but now engaged in teaching
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THE POLICE COURTS.

MAN.BIO-ROI7BE.

A question of ooLFdertrisliTratZianee wag brought
under the notice of the Lord Mayor yesterday. George
Clarke, a journeyman cabinet maker, appeared to answer
• summons taken out by his employer, Edward Josiah
Norton, No. 40, Dulling's-allay, alleging that be had
failed to tarry out a contract of service entered into by
him, and praying that he might be adjudicated upon
wider section 4 of the Master and Servant Act, 1607.
Mr. Beard, solicitor, appeared in behalf of the com-
plainant, and stated that the defendant had been em-
ployed to make a wardrobe by the complainant, which
be left unfinished, and as it was part of a large order,
Kr. Norton bad sustained considerable loss in consequence
of the delay that had ensued. Be had therefore Insti-
tuted the present promedinp,andunder the statute of last
year the defendant was liable for any loss he had caused.
Mr. Norton, on being sworn, said be was a cabinet
maker, and that the defendant was a journeyman in his
service, paid by the piece. A few weeks ago the de-
fendant agreed to make a wardrobe, for which he was to
bepaid 61. It ought to have been done in three weeks,
but he worked on it for nearly a month, and witness com-
plained that the work was not done as it ought to be.
Defendant cursed and swore, and said be would not do it
any better. lie (complainant) also pointed out that the
work was not done in a proper manner, and the defendant
then left, and he was put to the cost of 1/. toget it finished.
While the work was going on, he had advanced to the
defendant the sum of al. Bs. He no v asked for compensa-
tion for breech of contract, and said he believed he bad
lost a 501. order in consequence of the gentleman coming
in and seeing the wardrobe unfinished.
Defendant said be bad not finished the work because
Mr. Norton refused to give him any more material, and
tore away part of the mouldings.
Complainant said he pulled off the moulding because
it was not properly put on. During the last week that
the defendant was engaged on the work he was contintally
at thapublic•house, and got very careless.
The Lord Mayor remarked that when the complainant
pulled off the mouldings be destroyed his own material,
and he had a perfect right to do so, seeing that the
work was not properly done. His lordship then ordered
the defendant to pay Ws. compensation, and 2s. costs, or
be imprisoned for 14 days.