The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1876-02-11 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE WIIITECRAPEL MIIRDPR.—CITRIOUS Q1'881101! ow Law.—A London correspondent writes :—The Whitechapel murder gave rise to a rather curious question of law. Henry Wainwright had insured his life, but had allowed the last annual payment due upon his policy to Iremain unpaid. After his conviction and sentence to death, his b. other, who had paid the costa of his trial, went to the insurance office and demanded that the policy should to renewed upon the conditions for the renewal of lapsed policies named in the company's regulations. The brother produced a proper medical certificate. declaring that Henry was in good health. The inautance officials were not a little puzzled, inasmuch as they have no pros ision. as conic offices have, that policies are voided by suicide and by , death at the hands of the executioner. So counsel's opinion was taken, and it was decided that a man under sentence of death could not be considered an insurable life. Thus fortified, the company refused to renew the murderer's policy, and the £.500 WY not forthcoming. ALFR:I3 STOKES ANTI Tug WHITINITAPEL At the meeting of the Psychological Society on the 4th mat.—Mr. Serjeant Cox presiding—the secretary, Mr. F. K. Menton, read the report of an interview which he had ball with the man Stokes, for the purpose of sifting the evidence as to the voices which Stokes paid had informed him of the murder of Harriet Lane. He found the witness to be intelligent, and by no means so illiterate as the public reports of his evidence wou.d indicate. He stated that he himself was the author of his published letter, which was thought to be beyond his powers of 'diction—he intended it to be ptivate, and I did not know how or why the gaol antheritiee ' permitted its publication. From Stokes' narrative it appeared that he fancied himself possessed of a kind of "recond sight," as the Scotch call it: he imagined that whenever dreamed of his deceased mother, trouble of some kind followed. On the night before the eventful Saturday when Wainwright was taken into eust,dy, he had a vivid dieam of concerning with his mother; he was consequently depressed, and in the course of the day told his wife that he was out of see ts, had no appetite,aud was sure that something unpleasant was goieg to happen. Later in the day, when lie looked at the horrible parcel, he seemed to hear a distinct voice by his side say three t mee, "Open that parcel!' Ile could have sworn that somebody behind him uttered the words, and he turned round to look, but could see no one, and tried t dismiss the thing as absurd. The voice startled him again with the same words. He opened the parcel, and could never forget the horrible feeling that crept over him when he saw its contents. He closed it up. and Wainwright noticed his confusion, saying, "What's the matter? You haven't touched that parcel, have you?" To this he replied, "I don't f.rl a ell. and have had no tea" Wainwri ht said," Why, it isn't time yet," and be (Stokes) rejoined, " Ah, but I didn't get my dinner either.' Stoke, adds that be did not attempt to explain to the Cow t several things, becau.e if be made the slightest mistake the lax yers badgered him so that he was afraid to say anything.  SorTll Diaait.ta Li areal, Associsvtox.— Colonel Scourfieid presided a few days since at the annual mee:ing of the Smelt Durham Liberal Association, held at %Vest Hartlepool. A deputation of shipowners we Mr. Pease and Mein' Beaumont, members for the Idivision, and submitted various matters for their con:eiders' ion. Mr. Isaac Lowthian Bell, M.P., took the chuir at the dinner. Major Beantount, speaking of anny reiartn, said conscription was repugnant to the feelings of Englishmen, and he thought a system avoiding that principle would be generally support° /. ' Some reecjons had recently been made upon the administration of the navy, and be did not think them altogether undeserved. Mr. J. W. Penile believed the , first desirable reform of the Home of Lords would be the removal of the ecclesiastical element. He advo!eated. more strongly than ever the extension of the county franchise and re-distribution of seats. Mr. I Bell also was favourable to the elimination of bishops from the House of Lords and the re-distribution of stout  nnitivag Zhu abitz.  lIVADAY DOWN  11,1,3 1,2,3 sm. a.m., .d3OB 10 3 4012 60 4 4411 40 • 30,3 13 O 02 30 ... • 1b... 23 sa 47 • 03 U 7 14 ... 7 283 40 7 101 7 403 U 7 461 ... a 3;4 4 12 ,7 66  1,