The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-24 00:00:00

—Punch.

A GAMEKEEPER SHOT.—A few nights since a
murderous attempt was made upon a gamekeeper in the
employ of Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith-park, Here-
fordshire, by a navvie employed on the "Worcester and Herat-
fk,;(l IlAway, and known to his companions by the sou.irr-
qua of " Lank." It appears that Nutt was out upon his
beat when he came upon a man beating a field of turnips on
a farm called Freetown, in the occupation of a gentleman
named Pitt. He observed that the paacher had a gun and
was watching the operations of the dog, and ho therefore
advanced towards him without attempting to warnhim off,
but the fellow, on seeing Nutt, called upon him to "stand
back," or he would blow his brains out. The keeper was
about to close with his antagonist, when the fellow raised
the piece to his shoulder and deliberately shot him. Provi-
dentially the man partially avoided the charge by a dex-
terous movement of the body, but several of the shots
struck him in the face, and one of his eyes is injured and
discoloured, though it is thought ho will not lose his sight.
As soon as Nutt recovered himself he made another attempt
to capture the fellow, who had in the meantime taken the
precaution to reload his gun, and who swore that he would
either shoot him dead or beat his brains out with the stock
before he would allow himself to be made a prisoner. As
discretion in such a crisis was certainly the better part of
valour, the keeper hastened home to have his injuries
attended to, and to inform the head keeper of the formidable
opponent he had met with. The fellow, too, at once de-
camped, and, although the police have been very active in
endeavouring to effect a capture, they have not succeeded in
their object.
DEATH OF A CRIMINAL LUNATIC IN BETHLEHEM
Hosr 'TILL .—Yesterday afterneor Mr. Sergeant Ptyne, co-
roner for London and Southwark, held an inquest in the
Board-room of Bethlehem Hospital, St. Georges's, South-
wark, on the body of Anne Cuffarn, aged 38 years, who diet
in that institution, where she was confined during her
Majesty's pleasure, for the murder of her child. The de-
ceased woman was tried at Stafford, in 1847, for the wilful
murder of her illegitimate child at Walsall, where she was
employed as domestic servant. She was acquitted on the
ground of insanity, and ordered to be confined during her
Majesty's pleasure. She was detained in the county gaol
at Stafford for three years, when she was removed to Beth-
lehem Hospital, where she remained up to the period of her
death. Dr. Hood said the conduct of deceased was quiet,
excepting on occasions. A short time since she was taken
unwell, and died on Tuesday morning, at five o'clock, from
chronic bronchitis. After hearing evidence on these points,
the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical
testimony.

THE LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH.—About
two years ago a company was formed for a complete tele-
graphic ramification of London and its rapidly extending
suburbs. The idea was based upon the very reasonable ee
conclusion that, with the enormous population comprised
within a radius of ten or twelve miles from Charing-
cross, a sufficiently remunerative traffic might be en-
sured by the adoption of a moderate and uniform
tariff, whereby the undertaking would be made both
remunerative to the shareholders and an almost neces-
sary convenience to the general public. From time
to time, as the works have proceeded, posts and wires
may have been noticed erected upon the tops of the
most commanding buildings in the various thorough-
fares, and the novelty of the works has led many
to take some interest in the undertaking and its pro -
bable future success. It is stated that the company
have now opened upwards of 50 stations in the various
parts of London and the suburbs for the transmission of
messages, and have recently opened their new central
station in Cannon-street. For the necessary working of
their system, somewhat similar to the arrangements of the
General Post-office, the greater part of the messages are
telegraphed to this station, where they aro sorted, and
thence transmitted to their various destinations. Messages
for the provinces and the continent are also received by the
company at their various branch stations, so that all parts
of London are, or shortly will be, in direct telegraphic
communication with the general telegraph system of
Europe, and messages from the provinces or continent can
also be sent to their destination by the company's wires,
whereby the present unavoidable charge for foot messen-
gers will be saved, and a more rapid delivery ensured.
Tho intention of the company is to employ principally
female clerks, and they now have 150 on at their
central and various branch offices. The expeii
meat has thus far been successful, and as female tele-
graphists are also employed by the other companies, it is
hoped that a large and fairly remunerative field for lakoenr
s.
is thus :opened to well Peducated and intelligent fe:talin.
The number of applications for appointments is
credible, and the names and addresses of
erecting tele-
clerks are required. The company are
appli-
cants are registered for future •referenaieeassiloase additional
firms who transact a
graphs for private purposes, and manyugraph have had wires
large portion of their busiuessdby
care into the company's
put up for their private uso.an
messages can be telegraphed
—At the Tribunal of Cor-
rectionala coarse-looking middle-aged
'destination..
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A FRENCH SWIND
Saturday for swindling. " What
asked the President. " Julie de Meilhae,"
is your
answered the woman. "Do not say that," said the Presi-
dent, woman
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"for we know that your name is not Do Meilhae."
dent,
never had any other." " You.have had many others ;
you have, for example, called yourself not only De Meilhae,
but Countess de Montignac, but ix reality your name is
Florel ; you were born in 1818 in the Maternity Hospital at
Bordeaux, and were brought up in the Foundling Hospital
of that city. You are now 42 years of age, and yet you re-
presented yourself as only 28. Tell me what you did in
the early part of your life." " I decline to give explana-
tions." " You must tell." " I was brought up in the
convent of the Sacre-Coeur at Bordeaux, and
afterwards
lived for seven years with the sister of M. Mocquard, the
Emperor's secretary." " You mean that you were in a
convent for the reception of frail women ?" A detail of the
acts alleged against the woman was then given. She had
gone to the lodgings of several poor people, introducing
herself as a da,ho-dc-charite, and after inquiring with great
apparent interest into their situation, and promising them
relief, had sent them out on some errand, and then stolen
different articles ; she had run up bills at hotels and lodg•
ing-houses, and gone away without paying ; had got goods
on credit from wine dealers, and others, and not paid for
them ; and she had, either by fraudulent representations or
downright robbery, obtained 700 f. from one person, 480 f.
from another, 114 f. from a third, 218 f. from a fourth, and
so on. The woman, on being questioned about these diffe-
rent cases, replied with great insolence, and pretended not
to know several of the persons whom she had defrauded.
At last the President was so disgusted with her that he
cried out, " You are an impudent creature!" She then
jumped up in a rage, shook her fist, and was about to _
The
an-
swer, when a gendarme compelled her to sit dor. Th
Tribunal condemned her to five years' unppro3o2 ,INA" an
10 years' interdiction of civil rights.