Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1881-07-08 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

CONVICT PATRICK STAUNTON. inquest was hell at the Knaphill convict prison on Weds nesdev, before Mr. Hull, coroner for Surrey, on the body of Patrick Llewellyn Staunton, one of the convicts. Deceased was one of the brothers Staunton, who, with Patrick's wife, Elizabeth Ann, and a young woman named Alice Rhodes, were tried and sentenced to death in September, 1877, for the murder of Harriet Staunton, wife of Eouis Edward Staunton, the now surviving brother. Alice Rhodes was subsequently pardoned, and the sells tence on the other prisonem wascommuted to penal ser. vitude for life. The cana.,:z mar be remembered, excited considerable intereib at cite tktue, under the title of "The Penge Murder." Ouring nee confinement deceased has been in a weak ana dejected state, and he died ultimately of consumption. Br order of the Postmaster-General a number of female clerkships will shortly be filled up by open corns petition.  _ THY: Brighton Railway Company will shortly place on their line a train completely composed of Pullman cars. There will be a general saloon, a diningrcrm, smoking !al no n , ladies' boudoir, and refreshment bar.  AT the funeral of the Baroness de Caters, Labloche's daughter, the Queen Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold sent wreaths, Her Majesty labelling hers with an endorsement in her own handwriting, thalit was as mark of profound respect on the part of a pupil of her father,  Two Italian girl students, the Signorina Carolina Magistrelli, of Mantua, and the Signorina Evangelins Rotten), of Acqui, who had previously passed with great distinction examinations in Greek, Latin, and Italian literature in the Roman University, took doctor's degrees in natural sciences.  THURSDAY being the anniversary of the dispersion of the Jesuits, a profusion of flowers was scattered in front of their empty establishments in Paris. So far from the intended elections being affected by the break-up of the unauthorised religious orders, the reduction of the reactionary minority in the Chamber is a foregone conelusion.  A sEVER E tornado in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay, on Friday, wrecked several sohoonere, drowning nine men.  A MAN named Wadsley has been burnt to death at Spalding through his upsetting a paraffin lamp. AT the Mansion-house, on Saturday, the Lord Mayor was informed that during the 24 hours which had passed since the last sitting, not a single charge or summons had been entered for investigation, and his worship was, according to custom, presented with a pair of white kid gloves.  A YOUTH named James Sproule has been apprehended at Devizes for having shot his sister dead on the previous evening at Lockendge, near Marlborough. THREE men belonging to the 60th Rifles were capsized while on an excursion on the Shannon on Saturday. A YOUTH of IA named William Singleton, was descending a steep thoroughfare at Sheffield on a bicycle when his feet slipped from the treadle and he lost all control over the machine, and was dashed against a stone wall. He was picked up unconscious, and so seriously injured that his life is despaired of. AT the Walsall Guildhall, Edward Padmore, Blue-lane, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour for violently assaulting Sergeant Martin when the officer was about to arrest him and another man for bra.ss stealing. The prisoner is said to be the nephew of the late Mr. Padrnore, member for Worcester, and to be entitled to a legacy of nearly £3,000 under his uncle's will.  AN Italian gardener has discovered a method of imparting a beautiful fragrance to the usually scentless camellia, so that a tree of those superb flowers smells as sweet as a bed of violets. , DAVID ADAM, aged eight years, the son of an Aberdeen merchant, was playing with a loaded gun at Moss-green, Deeside, when the weapon went oil and the content* entered the boy's head, causing instant Leath.  hump:amen bas reached Aberdeen of the death b 3 drowning of Mr. Forbes Morrison the late traffic man ager of the Great North of Svitlsnd Railway. Mr. Morrison, accompanied by his brother, had sailed frog Aberdeen on the pre% ions evening in the City of London, on his way to Aultralia. When off Stonehaven he leaped overi)oarql, and before assistance reached him he was drowned. The deceased was 45 years of age.