The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-08 00:00:00

LINCOLNS.

Class 33—Fat wether sheep, of the Lincoln breed, 1 year
old (under 22 months) ; pens of three—£2o, to Mr. Francis
Jordan, of Eastburn, Driffield, York, 20 months. Bred by
exhibitor.

KENTISII OR ROMNEY MARSH OR OTHER LONG-WOOLLED
BREEDS-NOT BEING LEICESTERS, COTSWOLDS, OR LIN-

COLNS.
Class 34---Fat wether sheep, of the Kentish or Romney
Marsh or'any other distinct long-woolled breed (not Leices-
ters, Cotswolds, or Lincolns), 1 year old (under 22 months);
pen of three. No entry.

SOUTHDOWNS,
Class 35—Fat wether sheep, of the Southdown breed, 1
year old (under 22 months ; pens of three—£2o to Mr Wil-
liam Rigden, of Hove, Brighten, Sussex, 20 months and 2
W°ekS• Bred by exhibitor.
jiaBB 36—Fat wether atop, of the Southdown, breed, 1

ewe.

To the exhibitor, for the best heifer or cow in any of the
classes, to Robert Tennant, of Scareroft Lodge, Leeds,
Yorkshire, Rosa, 3 years 6 months 10 days; ted on oil
cake, bean meal, Thorley's food, turnips, hay, &e.
To the exhibitor, for the best pen of long-woolled sheep
in any of the classes, to G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton-hall,
Worksop, Nottingham, 20 months.
To tho exhibitor, for the best pen of one year old short-
woolled sheep in any of the classes, to William Rigden, of
Hove, Brighton, Sussex, 20 months 2 weeks.
To the exhibitor, for the best pen of any other breed of
sheep not specified in the classes, to Zachariah W. Stilgoe,
of Adderbury-grounds, Banbury, Oxford, 20 months 3
weeks, Sussex and Cotswold.
GOLD MEDAL.

To the exhibitor, for the best pen of pigs in any of the
classes, to \Vm. Baker, of Purewell-house, Christchurch,
Hants, 15 months 3 weeks 6 days improved Hampshire;
fed on barley, oats, bean, and pea meal, with mangel sea-
soned with Thorley's food.
EXTRA STOCK.

Silver medal and £5 to the exhibitor, for the best steer or
ox in extra stock, to Harry Frampton, of Blandford, 2
years 10 months 1 week,Devon. Bred by Lord Portman, of
Bi yanstone, Blandford, Dorset; fed on hay, swedes, mangel,
cabbaage, oil cake, barley, oats, bean and pea meal.
Silver medal and £5 to the exhibitor, for the best heifer
or cow in extra stock, to William Fletcher of Redman-
thwaite, Mansfield, Nottingham, 6 years, 1 month, short-
horn ; fed on hay, grass, swedes, and linseed cake.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best long-woolled
wether in extra stock, to G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton-hall,
Worksop, Notts, 20 months, Leicester.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best long-woolled
ewe in extra stock, to Christopher James Bradshaw, of
Alstoe-house, Burley-on-the-Hill, Oakham, Rutland, 7
years 8 months, Leicester. Bred by R. L. Bradshaw, sen.,
of Tinwell, Stamford, Lincoln.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best long-woolled
sheep (not Leicesters) in extra stock, to Thomas West, of
Green-hill Farm, Bletchington, Oxford, 20 months 1 week.
Cotswold wether.

Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best short-woolled
wether sheep in extra stock, to G. S. Foljambe, of Osberton
Hall, Worksop, Notts, 20 months, Southdown.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best short-woolled
ewe in extra stock, to Lord Walsingham, of Merton Hall,
Thetford, Norfolk, 44 months, Southdown.
Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best short-woolled
sheep (not Southdown) in extra stock, to William King, of
New Hayward, Hungerford, Berks, 21 months, Wiltshire-
down wether.

Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best crossbred sheep
in extra stock, to John White, of Parsonage Farm, Rick-
manworth, Herts, 21 months 2 weeks, Cotswold and Down

Silver medal to the exhibitor, for the best pig in extra
stock, to Thomas Crisp, of Butley Abbey, Wickham Mar-
ket, Suffolk, 20 months 7 days, Suffolk ; fed on corn, meal,
and roots.

In the journal d' Alleanza of Milan, Kossuth
advises the Italian Government to turn its efforts toward
Venice and Hungary.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—We can afford to
wait for the introduction of a decimal coinage, but we can-
not delay to introduce uniformity in our weights and mea-
sures. As many as ten different systems are actually in
use in this country. There is, first, the grain, com-
puted decimally, which is used for scientific purposes ;
second, the troy weight, under 5 George IV. c. 74, and 18
and 19 Vio. c. 72; third, the troy ounce, with decimal
multiples and divisions, called bullion weight, under
16 and 17 Vict. c. 29; fourth, bankers' weight, to weigh
10, 20, 30, 50, 100, and 200 sovereigns ; fifth, apothecary
weight ; sixth, diamond weight and peril weight, inclu-
ding carats; seventh, avoirdupois weight, under 5 Geo. IV.
c. 74, and 18 and 19 Vic., c, 72; eighth, weights for hay and
straw ; ninth, wool weight, using at factors, 2,3, 7, 13, and
their multiples; tenth, coal weight, decimal, under 1 and 2
Will. IV. c. 7C, and 8 and 9 Vic c. 101. We have in occa-
sional use the weights of the meteric system. For measures of
length we have the ordinary inch, foot, and yard. In cloth
measure, we have yards, nails, and ells. There are four dif-
ferent sorts of ells. For nautical purposes we have fathoms,
knots, leagues, and geographical miles, differing from the
common mile. The fathom of a man cf war is 6 feet; of
a merchant vessel, 51 feet ; of a fishing-smack, 5 feet. We
have also the Scotch and Irish mile, and the Scotch and
Irish acre. There are several sorts of acres in the United
Kingdom, and there are a great variety of roods. We have
in almost every trade measures of length specially used in
those trades. For the measurement of horses, we have the
hand ; shoemakers use sizes ; and .*e are compelled
to adopt gauges where the French use the millimetres
The gauges are entirely arbitrary. The custom of the trade
is the only thing which would decide the question in case
of dispute. For measures of capacity, we have twenty
different bushels; we can scarcely tell what the hogshead
means. For ale, it is 54 gallons ; for wine, 63. Pipes of
wino vary in many ways; each sort of wine seems to claim
the privilege of a different sort of pipe. For measures of
weight, we have about ten different stones; a stone of
wool at Darlington is 181 b, a stone of flax at DownPatnck
is 241 b, a stone of flax at Belfast is 16t1b, but it is also
at Belfast 2411 b., having in one place two values. The cwt.
may mean 100 lb., 1121 b., or 1201 b. If you buy an ounce
or pound of anything, you must inquire if it belongs to
Dutch, troy, or avoirdupois weight. Such are only a few
of the many anomalies exhibited by our
Exchange,
and mea-
sureo.—The Exch

An inquest was held on Friday afternoon, at the
Prince of Wales, Bishop Stortord, before T. Sworder
Esq., the coroner for Herta, to ascertain the cir-
cumstances connected with the death of a person
named Samuel Curtis, 37 years of age, and who, at
that time was in the employment of Messrs. Hawkes
and Co., the well-known brewers of Bishop Stort-
ford. It appeared from the evidence that on Tues-
day last the deceased was engaged with another
person, named Thurgood, in cleaning out some
liquor vats, and for that purpose, a short time pre-
vious, about ten barrels of boiling water had been
let into each of them. Curtis was mopping out one
of these vessels, and instead of doing so from the out-
side, he imploringly got within it, and stood over the
vat on some cross-pieces of wood that were only used
for the purpose of removing the yeast from off the
beer, when by some means the poor fellow slipped
and fell into the boiling liquor beneath. His com-
panion, whose back was turned at the time,
heard the splash and also screams, and upon
looking round he perceived the uplifted hends of
Curtis issuing from the vat. He, of course, ran to
his assistance, and with the aid of another man ex-
tricated him. A medical man was almost immedi-
ately in attendance, but he at once pronounced the
case a hopeless one; and, after enduring the most
intense agony, he died on the following morning.
The coroner commented on the necessity of em-
ployers seeing that their servants were not engaged
in hazardous work, without securing them proper
protection, and having responsible overlookers, at
the same time, he said, he fully acquitted the Messrs.
Hawkes from any blame in this melancholy accident,
after which the jury returnadas their verdict—That
the death of the deceased had arisen from accidental
causes.

ALLEGED MURDER lIIROUGH TIIE
lIIISCOXDUCT OF A IPIFE.

An inquiry, which lasted several hours, was
opened on Saturday last in the surgeons' consulting
room at St. Thomas's temporary hospital, Surrey
Gardens, by William Carter, Esq., coroner for East
Surrey, relative to the death of Thomas Searle, 50,
a sawyer, whom it was alleged was killed by a man
named Pearce, in consequence of an improper inti-
macy between deceased and the wife of the man
P earce.

Tho learned Coroner, in opening the case, said he
trusted the jury would pay the most particular at-
tention to the evidence; for if the information he
had received was correct, the deceased had diedfrom
some fearful injuries inflicted upon him by another
man. The case would assume a most serious aspect)
but whether it would amount to murder, man-
_ laughter, or justifiable homicide, it was impossible
to judge.
Sarah Cooper, sister of the male accident ward,
deposed that when the deceased was admitted into
the hospital, she noticed that he had two frightful
wounds on the head. Several of his ribs were also
broken, and his left ankle badly sprained. De-
ceased was seen by several medical gentlemen, but
he sank and died on Tuesday night. His dying
deposition was not taken by any magistrate.
Elizlbeth West, the daughter of deceased, said
she went to see him in the hospital, and when he
became sensible he told her he had been dreadfully
used at a house where be had gone to see a person.
He did not say whether it was a man or a woman
he went to see.

Anna Wheatley, a single woman, deposed that
she lived at 12, Wood's-buildings, East-street,
Walworth. A man named Pearce, his wife, and
three children, occupied a room upstairs. The man
constantly lived there, but the woman would stop
away for several days and nights at a time. O❑
Saturday night she noticed oue of the children go
out for some beer, and when the child returned she
heard voices in Pearce's room. The voices were
those of Mrs. Pearce, the deceased, and the woman's
husband. Directly afterwards there was a heavy
fall on the floor above, and a noise as if the table
had been turned over with some crockery on it.
Mrs. Pearce then ran to the top of the stairs, and
called out "For God's sake send for a policeman for
he is chopping his brains out." The woman Pearce
went down in the passage in great alarm. The
next witness heard was as if a heavy body were
being dragged along the landing and down some
stairs, and the next instant the deceased pitched
head foremost down the whole flight. Deceased
seemed as if he was thrown down. She noticed
that the deceased had two wounds on the forehead,
and he was smothered in blood. Witness wont up
into Pearce's room and found a large quantity of
blood on the floor, and the walls were also be-
spattered with blood.

By the Coroner—Did not notice at that time any
chopper or hatchet. When Mrs. Pearce saw deceased
lying in the passage she said "0 ! my poor Tom,"
and went up and held his head. The woman
Pearce afterwards said to witness, " This is all my
fault. I lived with him (deceased) for three months,
and this is the end of it. Pearce was a good hus-
band to me."

Mr. Henry Green, surgeon, said he was called in
to see the deceased, and found him lying in the
passage of Wood's-buildings, covered with blood.
There were two kievore lacerated wounds on the fore-

head, penetrating to the bone, and one cutting the
right eyebrow in half.
By the Coroner—The wounds hr td beyond doubt
been inflicted by some instrument and not by a fall.
Such wounds would not be caused by a fall. The
instrument, whatever it was, must have been used
with great force. The deceased must have lost a
great deal of blood before witness saw him.

- The Coroner said as there was little doubt the
deceased had died from fearful violence, he would
recommend that the inquiry be adjourned.
The Jury concurred with the suggestion of the
coroner, and the inquiry was accordingly adjourned
for a week.

4SSIZ.E INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DURHAM, DEC. 5.
Mr. Justice Keating arrived in this city yester-
day afternoon and opened the commission ; after
which his lordship attended divine service in the
cathedral.

The calendar contains the names of 18 prisoners.
Of these four are charged with murder, one with
shooting with intent to murder, one with forgery,
and the rest with offences of a minor character. In
some of these serious charges, however, the grand
jury have ignored the bills.
His Lordship sat at 10 o'clock this morning and
charged the grand jury.
James Walton, aged 31, labourer, was indicted
for feloniously shooting at John Beadle and Robert
Butter, with intent to murder, at Bollihope Burn,
in the pariah of Stanhope, on the 13th of August
last.

Mr. Davison, with whom was Mr. Headlam, con-
ducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Campbell
Foster defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the opening of the learned coun-
sel for the prosecution that the prisoner is a miner,
living at Middleton, and having liberty to shoot
on some allotments on a moor called the Rigg, lying
between Middleton and Eccleshope moor, which
was in the liberty of the Duke of Cleveland. On
the day in question, soon after 4 o'clock, the prisoner
was met by a boy named Horn, afterwards by two
men named Graham and Tarn, and subsequently
by another man named Anderson, on different
points of the road leading from Middleton to
Eccleshope moor. To those people he spoke ;
they knew him, and he had conversation with some
of them as to his sport, and he said that game
was scarce. He then carried a double-barrelled
gun up to the place where he was last seen by
Anderson at halt-past 4 o'clock, near Skiers-bridge
and Parkin's lime-kiln, which was about three-
quarters of a mile from Middleton, there could be
no doubt about the prisoner being there. An-
other man was also seen at some distance from the
prisoner, following after him, who appeared to en-
deavour to avoid observation, and both entered
the plantation leading toward the Rigg, but on the
way to Eccleshope moor, one a quarter of an hour
after the other. Soon after this two men were seen
walking together in a direction towards Eccleshope
by a Mrs. Coatsworth, about two miles nearer the
moor in question. From Parkin's lime-kiln to Ec-
cleshope moor was four and three-quarter miles.
For reasons which it was not necessary to state
Mr. Scarth, the Duke's agent, and Mr. Lax, a sur-
veyor, accompanied by the Duke's gamekeeper, a
man named Rutter, and by two watchers named
Beadle and Robinson, met at a place near the moor
soon after 5 o'clock for the purpose of watching the
poachers. At a quarter to 6 o'clock a shot was
heard on the moor, and soon after another shot, and
Mr. Scarth and his party having divided themselves
into two bodies went in different di:ections towards
the shots. There two men were seen, both dis-
guised, one armed with a double gun, the other had
a gun in his hand and another slung across his
shQulders. They advanced on the men, who threa-
tened them with their guns, and three of the party
all spoke with confidence that the prisoner was one
of the men who subsequently on their advancing
fired at Beadle and subsequently at Rutter, wound-
ing Beadle dangerously. On going direct to the
prisoner's house he was found not to be at home,
and on searching his house subsequently a double-
barrelled gun, which appeared to have been recently
discharged, was found, and a pair of boots, which,
when fitted to some impressions of foot marks found
on the moor where the poachers had been, corres-
ponded exactly. Beadle was dangerously ill from
his wounds for some time, having received upwards
of 40 shots in his breast and arms, many of which
could not be extracted.