Blandford Weekly News. — 1889-06-15 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

APPEALING TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND. At the Marlborough-street Police-court, on Saturday, Agnes Phillips, a tall young woman, described as a musician, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Piccadilly-circus the previous night. A police-constable said that a gentleman complained to him of the accused have "interfered " with him and "pulled him about." Witness spoke to her about it, and recommended her not to molest the men, when she turned and with a contemptuous look called him "an old fool,"at the same time using • strong adjective. Seeing that she was drunk, and was determined not to leave the locality, he took her into custody.—The prisoner: Now, Mr. Policemen, can you bring any gentleman forward who will say that I accosted him '—Constable: I think not. —Prisoner : Did any gentleman give me into custody?— Constable: Certainly not. Prisoner: Then let me say that I was not drunk or incapable. I entreated you to let go my arm, but you held it tightly and bruised it. You ought to have let me walk like a respectable woman to the station, but, instead of that, you dragged me there.—The constable (to the magistrate) : There was a large crowd, and she called upon several persons to rescue her. Finding that no one came forward, she threw herself down, and was very violent —Mr. Hannay (the magistrate) (to the prisoner): If you had been wise you would have gone quietly with the officer, and then your arm would not have been bruised.—Prisoner (with a self-conceited air) : I addressed the crowd as follows: "Gentlemen, do you allow this man to drag me in this manner to the station? Men of England, why don't you help me?" (Laughter.) The men of England, however, did not respond.—Mr. Hannay: Is she known ?—The Polio.-constable: I see her in Regent-street every night, gallivanting just the same.—Prisoner (contemptuously): I am not there, for I am a musician, and have to " play " elsewhere.—Mr. Hannay: It's a bad thing to call upon a crowd when anyone is in custody. Your conduct has been disgraceful; 10e., or seven days.—Prisoner (to the gaoler) : Here, give us that umbrella. And, having obtained her gingham, the bounced out of the Court.  The Royal Commission into the working of the Sunday Closing Act in Wales was opened at Cardiff on Saturday by Lord Balfour of Burleigh, who intimated that the Commissioners would at once visit Merthyr and Swansea, and would then relinquish the investigation until after the middle of September, when they would again visit South Wales. Mr. Edward Hamerton,one of the English masters at the Lycee Lakanal, at Secant, in the environs of Paris, has committed suicide. He occupied an appartement in the Boulevard Montparnasse, and was found by the woman who looked after the place lying on his bed quite dead, having blown out his brains with a revolver. Mr. Ilamerton, who was 29 years of age, was in comfortable circumstances, and Pie real act is attributed to a love affair.  in The course of an in e,- yinto tile aeatn m a child of four months, it transpired that the poor mother was deserted by her I band 12 months ago. He had been out of employment for many months, and left home and never returned. She had no idea whether he was alive or dead. She had since then ' managed to exist by finishing trousers. She had to put on nine buttons, make tune buttonholes, and line each pair of trousers for 3d. On an average she earned 1 3s. 3d. a week, and to get that sum she had to sit up the half of each night. From that sumshe had to pay Is. rent, leaving is. 6d. to keep herself and three ' children.