New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-01

hold II become. because II Is not deep inlet
like Sebastorol Milford fMven but mere open BAY
here Is no shelter place where docks formed
When northery wind rises, men-ofwar would have t.
get up steam and ont to Just the steamers do
now So far from being possible Portsmouth II could
at most be made somewhat more spacious Dover
The harb0r affords better anchorage than any other spot
on inns Dod ana dangerous coast and has erefOreaa
certain commercial value II "a road or railway were
maze connecting II with the railway from Poti to Tiis
considerable impulse would he given to the II AIDE
the countries which now langushes for
te wan OF any toeraDle harbor on their Euxine coast
since al Pot there ii bar with only four feet Of water
ON H. While Soukhoum Kaleb is open roadstead
Inc widow has won her point in the great
irish Will case. Christopher Neville Bagot executed
about eight months before his death will by which the
buk OF his immense estate left his brothers. while
his wife was cut off with $1,000 a year and her
child was practically disnhcritcd The validity of his
marriage WIFE Miss Werner not contested, and had
lie died intostae she would have ob aimed large snare
as widow, OF the fortune he had left. But did
will, and the question whether il was. as the
brothers c0ntended, disposal OF his estates naturally
flowing from his disgust at his wcs persistent friyo
ity ana hcartes ness, or WIung from helpless
cripple and invalid by designing relatives who slandered
her and deceived him. Upon this point the evidence
was conflicting. Doctors and solicitors to his
mental yicor at the time of the execution the other
hand, II was proved that The wife expelled, while
ono night indicated that lie rcpcntod OF diSnhcriinS
child the evidence was also conflicting. The widow
tended that ms brothers had induced him to believe HAT
she wicked woman and THAI her child not his.
The jury in deciding TIE MAY 20 ou nearly
three h"uis and several times mtimated That there
10 chance OF their agreeing: but they invariably
sent back. Al last they were able To agree unanimously
that MI BaSot was lahorlug under insane deluSion
10 me maternity Of the chd, Though OihclWlsc o sound
miud In word. he did NOT approve Of The contents Of
the will. and. therefore. 1t Was 10 lie set aside
Mrs. BeSant, who has recently been asSo-
catcd with Charles Bradlaugh in publishing work
which has been condemned by English tribunal ~
immoral branded ny the Master Of the Rolls, MAJ
Is improper person TO have the care and educa
lion a child is the wife Of a clergyman. and the
band have lived apart since 1873. The mother
allowed TO take away her daughter then an infant three
years old Little Mattel spent month every year with
her father. and 1875 hc discovered that she did not
how say her prayers. SAID that her mother
had told her there God pray 10, and Therefore
she shOUl uot say her prayers hut she added that sho
used TO get ont OF ncr bed after her mamma had left her
and say her prayers alone. MIS- Bc>dnt denied having
talked 10 her cad At al about these matters, though
she did request the scloom,rcss To refrain from giving
her any religious education The father allg claucl
tho custody Il the chill, and thc case was argued III
court S George Jc,s1 decided thd; tie 9lIl mu-t j."
taken from the mother. He ItIuah that Mrs. Ers1nt
aNOWct disbelief ia God. BY her own acts the mother
had herself on from the great mdluitE OF her sex,
ana he felt compelled - consider what cu'c ibS Womb
have the uIc OF the Cid There was, inIrCoNtf,
another charge IN addition 10 her opinion upon the
Deity. sac had been gully OF publishing an oh~c"n.
aud mineral book. He had looked al many passage ~
The passagra he SAID. not couched IN decent
OF cAaste auSuagp, but were asciyOus and indecent