The Poole Telegram. — 1881-09-09 (Poole, Dorset, England)

MERDER.—We Ward horn Lowe° that Lefray has been visited lay a friend. The interview Issteid about half ttn hour. Thu. pvsoner states that he has no complaint rr make sinionil the prieon authorities. Qn the other *mind, every one within the prison treata hiut kiWily, its attends he prison chapel daily, and a thews ie Wowed to walk in the prison ground., hut *way from the other prisoners, lie has been visited by the visiting Justices of Sussex this week, and at nine o'clock on Friday morning Captain Cricket paid a visit to him in Lis cell. H 6 is rep.rrted to sleep well, and his health is good. With regard to his trial there se. fur every probability that it will take place at I%aidstous next month. Up Li the present no atter:dna haye been made to get it removed to the enteral Csviininel Court. The prisoner has been busy witkhis, pen since his confinement. Tug Fool). 4unirerair.—,We have been paying for our fine ;juilt by 41 stormy 'August. S:nister predictions era everywhere heard as to the wheat Cro9B, which a month ago e ere full of such stold,n hop.. oit annual demand for wheat is from 24,030,000 to 25,000,000 quarters. Our imports for the last three yeara have averaged 6,200,000 tons of common dour, while our exports have been only 31.000 tone. Or own ;eh 'it crop this year is eatirniated at 9.500,000 quarters by J tame Caird,witi adrli that if we can reckon on a foreign it r old y equal to that of last year, and at not much ovel, t. 4.3 gaine'price, we shall be safe. Our paymen for th 4 three years for imported corn and flour were—f..s9 000,000 sterling in 1878; .£61,250,000 sterling in 1869; rinl Li; .riy .£63.ooo,ooosteclin6 in 1880.— Sniffler, "  A long inquiry was held on Friday last at the Running Horse Inn, Gerrard'e-cross, Oxford, respecting the death of Henry James Spracilbury, 19, a clerk, who committed feticide on Monday night last.—Mr. Robert James Spa ibury, a retired gentleman, of Blenheim-tei race, Gerrard'-cross, s tat d that the deceased was his son. and had been residing with him. He was a clerk, but lately had been uwable to attend to his bueines4 owing to illness. On Sunday he left home to visit a young lady to whom he was shortly to be married. When he returned in the evening, about o'cl,mk, he appeared greatly depre stied in spirits. In answer to witness, he said he had laad a quarrel with the young lady. Witness tried to cheer him lip, but he became very melancholy, and shortly afterwards retired to his bedroom. Before leaving %rituals he shook hands with him, wishin; him good night, and saying that if his young lady called to see hit a to say he waa dead. Witness, however, never thought that he would commit suicide. On the following morning he did not make his appearance as usual, and, in consequence, witness went upstairs to his room, but finding the door locked, and being unable to get any answer, he obtained assistance, and the door wise forced open. Deceased was then found lying on the floor on his back. near the end of the bedstead, covered in blood, and his throat fearfully cut. Medical assistance was gent for, and Dr. Murphy soon arrived, and pronounced life to be quite extinct. On the dressing-table was a note, written by deceasid, which was as follows :—"Dear Father—l have done this with the raz ,r you will find near me. The cause is the quarrel with Elizabeth, whom I loved much. Tell her if you see her that I forgive her, and hope to meet her above Borne day. Good-bye, darling father ! Pray for me, and forgive me for what I have done.—Yours,