The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-07 00:00:00

SPEEPLECHASING

lIXTURES FOR 1863.

FEBRUARY.
Carmarthenshire Hunt .. 2 1 Aberystwith Hunt 16
Scarborough 11 Birmingham • . ..23
Reading l2 Lincoln 26

Grand National HuntMARCH
(Market Harborougb....26
IRISH—A.rnm.

Kildare Hunt 15

The late Mr. John Jolly, farmer, of Enstone,
Oxford, has left a legacy of 200 guineas to the National
Lifeboat Institution.

FATAL FALL FROM THE MARGATE CLIFF.—On
Saturday last, about noon, the body of Robert Prid-
ham, a fly-driver, was found under the cliff near the Fort
steps. The deceased was observed about the town during
the morning, but nothing strange was noticed in his man-
ners. He went into the Crown publichouse about 12 o'clock,
and there had a pint of beer and a pennyworth of bread and
cheese,land afterwards up on the Fort, at the Britannia
Inn, he was treated with a pint of beer by Mr. John Solly,
and shortly after partaking of which he proceeded along
the cliff, and, on arriving at a spot between the Sebastopol
gun and the Fort steps to the sands, he fell over—the fence
and a portion of the cliff at the spot having been carried
away during the late gale. Deceased's father and brother
committed suicide, the latter about 15 years ago. An in-
quest was held at the Town-hall, on Monday, before W.
H. Payn, Esq., coroner, and, the above facts having been
deposed to, the jury returned the following verdict :
That deceased came by his death by a fall from the cliff;
but there is no evidence to show how he came there ; and the
authorities are censurable for not taking steps to defend or
protect anyone from falling over the cliff.—Kentish Gazette.
:OARING GAROTTE ROBBERY NEAR NOTTINGHAM.
--A daring highway robbery, accompanied with
violence, took place at the village of Basford, three miles
from Nottingham, on Saturday night last. Mr. Charles
Brown, of Basford, left an Odd Fellows' lodge in the vil-
lage about half-past nine, and when within 150 yards of his
own house three men suddenly rushed upon him. The fore-
most of the men knocked him down with a bludgeon, and
the others fell upon him, seized him by the throat, and
strangled him. They then dragged him from the highway,
into a narrow lane, and rifled his pockets of nearly £4. Be-
fore leaving him the robbers kicked him violently in the side
and other parts of the body, rendering him insensible. A
person named Pendleton passing by soon after heard groans,
and soon discovered Mr. Brown. Assistance was imme-
diately procured, and the unfortunate man conveyed home.
No clue has yet been obtained to the perpetrators of the
outrage. A bag which contained the money was found in a
neighbouring field on Sunday morning.
FULHAM AND HAMMERSMITH RAILWAY.—This
line, as per Parliamentary plans, will start from a
junction with the West London Extension, near the western
abutment of the bridge that carries the existing railway
over the Thames, and terminate near the Broadway, in
Hammersmith, at about 40 yards in a south-westerly direc-
tion from the District Post-office. There will also be a
continuation line running out of the former at a point on
the parish boundary, between Fulham and Hammersmith,
about 12 chains from the Fulham-road, in a north-easterly
direction, and terminating in junction with the Hammer
smith and City Railway, now constructing, about 20 chains
from Hammersmith Broadway, The engineering estimate
of cold is £120,000.