Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1881-08-10 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

COUL,10:1. fortune teller Its in a tent at the entrance. tu reveal the future, whilst upn.ll over the the det lace en us o iees 1 for extrating moncv from the visitor, All the ladles were deemed in apppropriam costumes, and Gag, Magog, mid other well-known historical personagea may be seen making the round of the ; [ hue, the centre of whieh is occupied by. large may. pole, he. he is well known, the fair was opened on Wedite.day afternoon by the High Sheriff. who attended in state. with Lis chaplain, trumpeters, ho. Business was innindiately oommeneed, and carried cm briskly until the hour of closing. Towards evening the fair became very en.w.lcd, arid from the large attendance we shoula. recommend the committee to keep it open a day or two longer. On Thurelay it ro-opened at 2. p.m. A good liminess was dote.. Wednesday afternoon. and we hove no doubt that when the accounts are made up, the results will be mtisfactory to all tom:erne&  The "Daily Telegraph sari it is It. melanchely duty to record the death by suicide eta King. An • inqueet was held no ,aturlay, at the St Panora I Coroner's Court, on too body of Samuel Slack, aged forty-two, late of Herm-stock-hill, and known in the I northern districts of London • the Kam of the Denby I Dri. or, ' who drowned himself to a pond at Highgate. I on Tueedaylntl it wits dated ni evidence that the luckleas Monarch, about a fortuight ago. me • flehtaws llltO big hand, which became sweLed awl caused hini so mach ammiish m to neceeitatt his removal to • St. Bartholomew's li.epital, where the case was trteted 00000 of blood poisonino. ito reeeday mc.ning, although strongly advised to remain in the bre. I piMI, Slack instated on tabu, bit discharge. trying the pam which he no. enduring was ei Intense that d would drive him mad. He went home, md he appealed to he 'very stringe in hi- wind,' and wheys he left ' his house he was foli, wed unobserved by a friend ' across the !BIM: bet, owing to the darkoese of the , eyeume he was toot sight of. Shortly aftewrards a loud splash was audible from one of the Seven Pend, , Milateld-lane. Highgate, and it was found that the dmeseed, otter banng Mug he coat over lame tail.,i had cast himseif needle water. Several hoes, it is stated. elapsed before his body could be recovered. ' The jure returned a verdict to the effect that &seal Slack hid drowned himself while of unsound mind from em,savellse case, ite very expect, is en estremely wretched oue. The hospitel authorities at St. Bartholomew's of comes did their utmost to' , tomuadc Olack to remain under medical treatuesti I hat they had not obviously the power to detain. , pituut'who in the morning eoeld warmly be regarded ' m absolutely dehrious, inasmuch as be remarked that , he was in such agony that he was afraid he should mad A man may be enduring the most omelette torments. and,,' preserve all Me mental Moults,. in. tart. Many of th • Merim martyr. Litt so at the Make mid numbers of thee mellitus of !modicum construct- I ively committed suicide' since, with the humane , counives, of the exectitimere, they were suffered to' toe bar of gunpowder to their waists, the explode& I of e bleb, when the Nuns ',shed high, enough et once put an end to their eufferinm. Alt may ham Been mentally comageom, but few had tent physical fortitude ae that dupleyed by Cranmer wnen he thrust ° the Mod which had offended" into the fin, mad , kept it them uutd the member which had sigued hie recantation was comunied. The unhappy keag of the Donkey Drivers may taa,• been quite is his eight wits when he flung hinse.4l iuto the pond at Ilighget. only he found Buttoninge which he oat undergoing tot. intolerable, and he proceeded to ',put himself oat of his interry.'. Hercules, with the awl of Hem. , upon ban and the poison of the Lenman hydra Oat*, ' tato his bones, took in autique fable a roses saloons to that adopted in fart by Samuel Slack, only the I demi-god chose fire instead at outer es a menus of from uobeerable torment. • humble grave dos,, over this inifortuaste Hemmed Slack. but Mahouts of social economy may ask in what manner, and by what exploit, the do aimed bad uousired iu thews, 1 Mere region rd London the title of King of the Donkey Driven.- A. each, his realm mosprieed IL, resat), Horn.... Highgate. end the confines of It. !slop, to say walling of Holloway end= It'to zton molttr. hy more important m I detail, of population and abundance of doolreys thou tbe hs; saLtry kingdom of Beentford. Bet Isere the important .tuesttotts atlas: Wm the deceased Suomi ! the Cr.t of the SLY: •tynuty !- Was he so hereditary 0,- uo ..hetsi King I By whom wae he emegideed a. Sovereign of all the donkey driven hs the pariehee of hdisigtos St. Pancras, and Hempstead, and how far did kiepowers sups's* he exerrised—extead?  The "Wester. Mail" !ay. :—Before the Master of the Roth.. on Friday, the hs-al ruse of Freedman v. Phillips came ott by way of motion. TM, wa.i a f0114•10ALM tofiot. and the plaintiff moved to rescind an order of Judge Falconer adding George who was alleged to he in Anieries a party to the action after decree. and alao to etlitinrge from the fih. certain allegations &pawed an oath by Mr. t odine, nolieitor, Swansea, fo upn,n then-round that to -note were wandals and irrelevant. Mr. l'hitty. Mr. Romer, Q.C., ' and Mr. Warrineon inntrueled by Mr. /elbow. ! nolhitor, Swann, A' app, area ill support of the motion and Mr. Ince, Q. 0., and Mr. Ten, II for Mr. Glaseodine. Mr. Chitty, in tile eourne of opening the midi., stated that Mr. Glinangline hial made ntablic to it. an afli.lavit that idle of the defendants }1.3.1 ..44511 , 'hot the moms:ire txannartion nciend letween the istortgagie and Mr. Joilicee. hi, -elicitor . that the latter gentlentan'n bill of in.t, oott altar, of plunder.andother alatiderousexprennionn These were alleguti ~,, n, Mr. Chitty aiid. which ererewholly unjustifiable, an tlie evidence proved, mid were twonuiend detrimental to the high jumition Mr. Jellieoe Fold at Swannea. and the only excuse which he thought could In• put forwa,i,l by the other tide wa. that the allegioiehn wen made by a gentleman in Wale,. Mr hoe, lf .C., for the respondent, admitted Oro to could ora o *int the motion and. on behalf of hi, client, he ithdn.w all imputation. outnilsined ..f. If loni,lop eoneidereet that the rinpond. eenionl had prei• rly eservia,l their rction. and inne‘lini to tic ;iioi ion, and reiwinded the ...toy eon. jud, "0