The Poole Telegram. — 1882-04-21 (Poole, Dorset, England)

LAMBON.—The ultimate fate of the wretched Lamson naturally excites a considerable s' interest in Poole and its neighbourhoe'' -eotint of there is much to be said both fo- No doubt Ma against the convict, who if—and there is P" tr, in most cases—he WWI responsible for his righteously found ..etiOns at the thee, has been guilty of one of the most dastaral‘e deecia *ale' annals of criminal literature can whew. on the one hand, the damning facts that Lai:P.:eon was driven to the verge of despair for rtior..ey, and the death of the poor lad, Malcolm John, *Would ultimately bring him in a sum—paltry to a man who had been in the habit of keeping four servants, and mixing in the best society that Bournemouth could afford—of about £1,500. On the other, there is the outrageously imbecile administration of the poison—for that iis not now disputed. Had Lamson called in the schoolmaster and said—" I am about to give your pupil two grains of a I, indent drug—the one-sixteenth of a grain of which is sufficient to cause death—in order that after a deal of legal delay and expense, my wife may become possessed of the £1,500, which at present stand to his credit at the bank," he would not have acted in a more brainless, irreconcilable with ordinary common sense, manner than he did when he paid that fatal visit to Wimbledon.  aiso.  The only fear that all tight-think ng or reflective persons must experience is that perhaps the Home ocretary may allow himself to be badgered into a decision which, if no outside " Jingo " pressure were brought to bear upon him, he would not arrive at. The two respites of the criminal are made canital of by Tory newspapers, as evidencing a timid desire on Sir William Harcouit's part to be on good terms with America. This, of course, is preposter, ons. All that has been done in this matter of life and death is what is done every day by magistrates in adjudicating upon the most trumpery of assault cases. The decision has been adjourned to enable the accused to call that et idence in his behalf, which ho was unable to produoe at the time of trial.  That such a fear does exists we know, but, I believe, it is groundless. The Home Secretary is a man of too 4nach stamina to be led to do an act which, perhaps, he might regret to the end of his life. That Lamson will have fair treatment at his hands I am perfectly convinced, in spite of the blood-thirsty howls of those who would strangle the semi-idiot in order to show cousin Jonathan that we are not to be dictated to. Believing that, I shall be terribly surpileed lithe services of the paid murderer of the State—the Hull shoemaker—are called into requisition. It would be the height of cruelty if they were, and in no civilised country could such a result be achieved save in— Christ. on England.  Tux Burn RIBAND Anmx.—l see the London l'ipro has been throwing Rut as a suggestion to the Blue Riband Army that a society should be formed, the members of which should" swear never to drink more than one glass at once." Perhaps the editor of my contemporary, who is so fond of picking holes in the English of his provincial brethren, will explain, if he is capable of doing so, how one can drink the contents of two, th-e, or more glasses at once. If he can accomplish the feat himself, he had better join Jumbo and Barnum.