The Poole Telegram. — 1883-10-26 (Poole, Dorset, England)

WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, the American Millionaire, while driving a pair of fast horses in Fleetwood Park, New York, on Wednesday afternoon, ran into a passing waggon, was thrown violently out, and picked up inmerimi• bin. He afterwards recovered, and was reported to be Feeling quite well. • • •  THE Citizen says that Bartholomew BinnP, public executioner for London and Middlesex, visited Newgate Gaol on Saturday last for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the arrangements for executions at that prison, and spent over an hour in practice at the gallows. lie returned to Dewsbury the same day. AT Keighley, George Holmes, laborer, Haworth, charged with being in possession of game-nets on the 14th inst., was fined ss. and costs, when he said, " I will go there and do that again; see if I don't." The Chairman called him back, and said, "We will not take any impudence from you or anybody else. We will make the fine 20s. and costa."—Prisoner: Thank you, sir.  THE directors of the Midland Railway Company have just completed the purchase of all the Pnlman drawingroom cars running on their line from London to Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow. and Edinburgh. A scheme Ii under consideration by which these cars will ho teed as Brat-class carriages without any extra charge. MR. HUBBLE, the headmaster of the Board School at Dartford, has reported to the School Board tha:. a child has been sent to school with a large chain and padloc‘c attached to his ankles, ostensibly for the pm pogo of preventing him from running away after school-hours and staying out all night. The mother of the boy had been requested to remove the manacles, but she had refused to do so: Mr. Hubble added that he had declined to admit the boy while wearing the chain and padlock, as a was calculated to throw the school into uproar. The Board approved of the master's action. ON Saturday, at Omagh, Ireland, a woman attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself in front of a train. The gatekeeper ran to her rescue, and endeavoured to pull her off the rails, but at that moment a train rushed past and both were killed.  NOTWITHSTANDING the order of the Archdeacou that st. Jude's Church, Liverpool, should remain closed, the Rev. E. J. Fitzroy entered it on Sunday morning, at halt past 6 o'clock, and administered the Sacrament to seven persons. The people's warden endeavoured to gain admission, but could not do so, ae the doors were locked on the inside. When the verger entered the church in the afternoon it was found that the cross and vase. on the altar had been overturned and smashed, the drapery of the pulpit torn to shreds, and other minor daniago done. Mr. Fitzroy visited St. Jude's in the afternoon, and on leaving had to claim police protection.  AT the Huntingdonshire Quarter Session a iand stirveyor, named Joseph Ward, was charged with stal•bing g. man named Papworth, with whom it was alleged he had quarrelled.—The jury returned a verdict that the prisoner used the knife only in self•defence, and the counsel for the defence claimed this as a verdict of acquittal—The Chairman ; Do you say the prisoner was justified in using the knife ?—The Foreman: Yes. —The Chairman What, Use a knife in England ?—A Juror: Yea; because he had no other weapon to defend himself with.—The Chairman : Then you decide that Englishmen may use knives in quarrels.—The Juror: Yes, in emergency.—The Chairman : lam afraid this is a verdict of not guilty. It is a serious thing in Huntingdonshire if people are permitted to use the knife.--Another juror rose and said that he did not agree with the verdict.—The Chairman discharged the jury, and said he could not congratulate them on the way in which they had performed their duties.  THE will of the Ven. William Clive, Archdeacon of Montgomery, was proved to upwards of £94,000; of Mr.. Susanna Imbert-Terry, of Regent's-park and of Strawberry-hill. Lympstone, Devon, to over £71,000; Mr. George Hodgekin, late of No. 67. Redcliffe-gardens, upwards of £69,000 Mr. James Buckley, late of Penyfai Llanelly, Carmarthensbire, brewer, over £63,000; and Mr. George Francis Marx, late of Arlebury, near Airesford, in the county of Southampton, over £31,000. ON Saturday morning, at Hartlepool, a lighter, heavily laden with slag from the Melleable Ironworks, was being towed to the head of the old harbour when the lighter shipped a quantity of water and sank. At the time of the accident 7 men were on board. One of them, named Thompson, was so severely crushed between the side of the barge and the tug as one of the crew of the latter was endeavouring to haul him up the side, that both his legs were torn off above the knees, and he survived an hour only. George Leng, the man in charge of the barge, was taken out of the water dead, as also was another man, named William Harrison, the others being rescued. ONCE more the condition of the Bishop of Peterborough gives cause for the greatest anxiety. MR.