The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

",1, THE EARL OF J)ERBTS RIGHT OF ROAD. In the Court of Exchequer, before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Pigott, the case of Winterbottaln v. -the Earl Derby was tried on Wednesday. This case was tried at the. last Manchester Assizes, when the verdict passed for the plaintiff. It was an action for obstructing a right of way in Pilkington, in Lancashire. Mr. Temple, Q.C. (with whom were Mr. T. Jones, Q.C., and Mr. J. A. Russell), hoiv moved for a rule, pursuant to leave reserved, to eater a nonsuit, also in arrest of judgment and for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. The action was brought in /assertion of a public right of way across certain faira« belonging to the Earl of Derby. It was contended on behalf lot the defendant—1. That an action will not lie by a private individual for the obstruction of a public highway; 2. It was urged that the acts of user which had been proved were during the existence o,f leases fox lives, and there- fore they could not be made -evidence against the reversioner q. It w^s said that, looking at | the fact that a public footpath almost parallel with the I disputed one had been in existence from all time, and | had always been kept in a state of repair by the Earls. | of Derby, or by their tenants and also, that from; the [year. 180.8, when the lease now in force was granted to lone .Luke. Hall, there was, proof that he had frequently j from time to time interrupted and prevented the: enjoy- I ment of the -footpath; and thatrfor the,last 25 years the Jruse of, it as a public highway .had been discontinued I or prevented, coupled with the fact that-the acts of user j. had taken place. during the continuance of leases when [-the reversioner r.had no power to interfere, the verdict [must betaken to be against the weight of evidence. The Court granted a rule for a nonsuit or for an arrest of judgment, and also upon the ground that the,verclict. .was against the weight of evidence, but refused the rule on the ground of misdirection.

t;"i=_-=,J. I)AIIA GEY S'F -lu FALSE IMPRISONMENT. ox At the sittings at Nisi Prius, in Middlesex, on Thurs- day,befoe Mr. Justice Willes and a common jury,-the1 case of Butler v. Aldridge was-heard.. This was an action to recover damages for false iin- prisoniiient. MivCampbell Foster and -Mr. Stretton appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Lewis for the defendant. The plaintiff: was. a fireman working on one pf the'lo- comotives upon the. North London Railway,, atld on. the 221id of November last the engine was to the -,isl,-pit at Camden-town. The driver noticed a piece of coal upon the line, and by his direction theplailltiff got down and threw the coal upon the tender. Messrs. Lee and Jorden had a',coal. store not far off, and tlie.de- fendant, who was in their employ,gave the plaintiff into custody next day for stealing a piece of their coal. He was taken-to the Albany^street police-station and locked UP all -night; ,)nit the -next -morning lie was discharged by a naagi,str-ate. Th,e:plaintifTs case was >that there was no, doubt that the coal had drqpped from one of the; company's tenders, and that there was no pretence for: saying that lie stole the coal, for- he did not appropriate; it to his own use, but threw it upon the tender- For the defence it was said that Messis. Lee and Jorden had repeatedly lost coal,, and one of theirscr- vants saw a pqrson, who .lpoked lUe a railway fireman, take a very large bit "-of 'coal. Hecolllmunicutedthis fact to the defendant, auclthis ledtohisuspecting the' plaintiff and giving him into custody. Sorrow was expressed that the plaintiff .should-have, suffered any inconvenience but it was replied that the defendant .shonid have been more careful, and should ;^ave..taken his informant before, a magistrate to 'see if. -{there was any ground for taking criiiiiiial proceedings against: any one.. The jury found for the plaintiff-^DamageSj £ 25.

JfORE GAROTTING, At the Southwark Police-court, on Thursday, Michael Collins, a tail, powerful-looking man, was-placed at the bar,-before Mr. Burcham, charged with being-concerrieid with another, not in custody, in ,ga,-ottiiig,M. Louis de St. Jean, a Frenchman, and robbing him of 12s. The prosecutor said that he lived at 5, Great Union-street, Borough-road, and was a drawing master. On the pre- vious night, a little before 12, he was passing up a street leading from the Blackfriars-road towards the Borough- road, when the prisoner and another man accosted him. They told him they were hard up, and wanted some- money. Witness gave them Is. 6d' saying "that it was all he could spare, as he was hot a rich man." At the same time he asked them the nearest way to get home. The prisoner said, "Oh, all right; we'll show you." They took him down a by-street and then they sud- denly turned upon him and knocked him down. As he. was getting up the prisoner struck him on the right eye and then seized him by the throat, when they rifled his pocket of 12s., all the money he had. Mr. Burcham asked him in what pocket he had his money in, to which the witness replied it was in his right hand trousers pocket, which was torn in the struggle with the prisoner. He called out Murder and "Police! and as soon as a constable approached the other man ran off, but he held the prisoner and gave him into custody. In reply to Mr. Burcham, the pro- secutor said he was sober, and that he had only been from France six months. Police-constable 54 M said, he was on duty in Friar-street, Blackfriars-road, a little before one o'clock in the morning, when he heard cries of "Murder!" and Police a short distance ofl'. He proceeded towards King-street, and as he was turning the corner of the street he saw a. man running away, but- still hearing the cry of." Murder!" he did not pursue him,, but went on and saw the prosecutor and prisoner strug-, gling on the ground.. The witness seized the prisoner and pulled him off, when the prosecutor gave hini into, custody for being concerned with the other man in robbing him. The prisoner then became very violent, and he had some difficulty in getting him to the station- house. In answer to Mr. Burcham, the constable said when he came up the prosecutor was on his back, and the prisoner was above him and striking him, but he left off as soon as he approached, and turned upon the witness. The prosecutor was perfectly sober, and bleed- ing profusely from-a cut on the right eye. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he was .passing up King- street towards home, when he saw a man knocking the prisoner about. He went up to his assistance, when the constable came up and took him into custody. Sergeant Baldry, M division, here asked for a remand, as he believed he should be able; to apprehend the prisoner's companion. They were both well-known desperate thieves, Mr. Burcham remanded him for a .week.

I ( THE MGWN-DRIRETISY STRIKE: Up to Good Friday there was little change in the relative positions. of the officials of the North-Eastern Company and the m,en on strike. The officials were doing all they could to find new drivers to take the places of those who stay away from their engines, but they have not yet entirely succeeded. The men adhered ,to their resolution of remaining .out until all their de- mands were conceded. It was; significant of the altered state of things that few engines left a station without four persons were seen in the places usually occupied by two. The two additional hands were supposed to be amateurs, to whom the sight of a little actual work on a line will be sufficient to fit them for the management of an engine. Mr. Reed, the secretary of the Drivers' Association, visited the Board of Trade in London the other day, aud -had au interview with the Vice-President, and one-of the-secretaries on the subject of the strike. To these •officials formal notice was .given that unless the men-out on strike from the North-Eastern system could be dealt with on the same terms as were the -men on other .-railways in the kingdom, there would be an unanimous strike on. the part of the whole of the engine-drivers and firemen on every line of railway in the kiugom" The answer which Mr. Reed received from the Vice- President was, that he regretted very much that such a thing could possibly lteppen,.iaiid hoped that by some means of arbitration it lHigJ¡t d.Jeavoided. but, so far as-the Board :of Trade was concerned, they were quite .powerless to interfere and prevent such a calamity. De- parting thence, Mr. Reed had; :an interview with 1v!r. Hughes, M.P., to Avhom lie stated the ease of the men. Mr,. Hughes gave it as his opinion that some .stein- of arbitration, between the, directors' and met Gagkt.io;%« accepted.. In reply,; Mr. Reed w«nt so -far as tp say that the men were quite willing t-o, submit to such an arbitration. The: men-on |trike have issued an appeal to those who -are fill.-their plajces. They .say We-are certain thartyou are;not refle0ting«u-ffieieHtly in seeking oracc-eptnftg work on the North-Eastern >R&il- way during the; .present crisis. There ate -1,-50$af '&s who have turned out on tlla-t- line because we couM Rot. rgct our grieva-nces redressed because ?the refusal; ten 3!07 dress them waS conveyeto us "with such fe-ea-rtlefeSnesR and insult that any longer subffiMsiaa intolerable.. In doing.this we have interests as wel as our own. We are striving to :ge-t 'the iperijeas -btssinefcs ,and heavy responsibilities; of engitre d-iiv-ij}g fairly remunerated, and we have asked for:no even ,somuch-thaa other companies have graat-fed. We 1 appeal to you, .therefore, as one. wo.rking man ought to appeal to another Is it right that you should seek to supply our places upon conditions Which we found to be no longer bearable ? For, rest assured, whatever inducement. may be offered to you, it is only to serve their purpose in conquering us, and your lot will be- come as hard as ours has been. Believe us, therefore, fellow-workmen, by accepting employment 'under, such circumstances you are inflicting a deep and permanent injury upon yourselves as well as upon us for if the company would not yield to the moderate claims of men who have served them faithfully for many years, is it likely they will be more considerate to a number of strangers who have come in'to take their plides ? We feel very strongly upon'this subject, and we feel sadly about it too. It is sad tb find that when an effort is being made to get a better recognition' of the rights of labour, the chief obstacles to success should come from working men. We ask you, then, to consider 'wisely what you are doing in this matter, and, instead of opposing us, lend your assistance to get prpper hours of labour and fairer pay for the English engine-driver."

A CLERGYMAN FINED FOR DRUNK- ENNESS.. .A bench of nine magistrates, Mr. E. Gulson in the u chair, were engaged six hours on Thursday in hearing an extraordinary charge of drunkenness preferred against the Ret. 'Th6m'Ks"Burne (generally known as Father") Simpson, incumbent of East Teignmouth parish church. The case had been previously heard before six magistrates, and as they were equally divided in opinion, it was adjourned to this day. The court and its approaches were crowded to excess, itlie general feel- ing prevailing that the defendant was being prosecuted on account of his ritualistic practices, which have re- cently been brought before the Privy Council, and defended -by the English Church Union. Mr. Collins, barrister, of the liome Circuit; prosecuted 'Mr. MJ Fryer, of Exeter, defended. The alleged offence took place as far back as Novem- ber 3rd, and the iiiforaiation was not laid until three months afterwards; the "Parties who 'had taken up 'the case promising'not to jwöceed with it if Mr. Simpson would cease displaying his ritualistic tendencies; but the reappearance of Mr. Simpson bearing a gilt cross in the church caused them to take out a summons. The principal evidence was that of Sergeant Coles, who had been ten years in' the force. He' said that on' the evening-of November 8, d.boiitlialf-past eight, as he, was standing at the e&ftier of Wellington-street, 'the defendant approached him fromthédirectionof the Market-house Hotel; he 'was rambling and unable to walk-straight, being under the influence of dii-rik." His voice was thicker than usual, his face was unusually red, and he could not-stand still. He offered-a florin to witness, who would not take it, and he .made a Tumbling story about the 5th of November, expressing a fear that his effigy would be burnt in public on that day, and a desire that extra police -should be put on duty. William Born, a retired smith, of East Teignmouth, who had first laid. the information, said he saw the defendant in the company of the sergeant; defen- dant was so drunk that he could not walk in as,traight line. In cross-examination witness. strongly denied that the expenses of the prosecution had been guaranteed to him. The Chairman: Why, he is worth five or six hundred a year. Mr. Fryer I am very glad to hear it (laughter). Alfred..Hanilyn, a gardener, in the employ of the chairman, deposed to the defendant staggering about in a tipsy condition. For the defence several ladies were called who attended Divine service at the church on the evening in question. According to custom they delivered flowers to the defen- dant at the end of the church, and he carried them in each hand to the super-altar at the other end. He was perfectly sober. The bench took objection to the term super-altar, as it was not recognised in the Articles of the Church of England. The witnesses explained that they meant the commu- nion table. Defendant was convicted, and fined 5s. and costs, in all £ l 12s. in default of payment seven days', imprison- ment. The Chairman having given the decision, the three magistrates who were against a conviction each expressed; in strong language his opinion that it was lÎOt justified by the evidence. Mr. Giilqon As chairman I adjourn the court. Three of the magistrates' had been subpoenaed as wit- nesses, and on the opening of the case application was made that they should retire from the beiich but they had taken the opinion of the Lord Chancellor on the question, and on his authority adjudicated on the case.

VIOLENT OUTRAGE ON A WOMAN. A man, named Hugh Hagan, was charged before the magistrates at Whitehaven, on Monday, with committing an assault of a most violent character upon Mary .Handley, a labourer's wife. The woman suffered so much from the. injuries which she had received that, although the crime was committed on Saturday, the 6th inst., she was not able to give evidence until Monday last. Her statement was to the effect that on the night of Saturday, the 6th inst., she went to Egi'emont to purchase some flour." It was about half- past eight when she started on her return journey. 'She went by the side of the river Eben. When she had walked about half the way home, she saw a man before her in the field through which she was passing. She passed him, and he took care to keep close behind her until they came to the end of that field, when he stepped past her, and, laying some bundles he was carrying on the ground, said he must have a kiss before he went any further. She then saw it was the prisoner, whom she knew by sight, and said, Hagan, leave me alone. She added, If you touch me I'll put this knife into you. That was said to frighten him; as she had no knife. He replied that he would have a kiss if she had twenty knives. He told hold of her by the neck, and kicking her feet from under her threw her violently upon her back. She seized 'his hair with both hands, and shouted "Murder" and "Help." Prisoner told her to hold her noise, and commenced striking her with all his force in the face..She got two of his fingers in her mouth, and bit them as hard as she could. He continued striking, her, and knocked one tooth out. She managed to get on her fee.t, and ran away; prisoner followed, caught her, threw her down; and struck her again. She still screamed out; and he stuffed his cap in her mouth, and after- wards put his hand over her mouth. She did not remember that he attempted to take any liberties with her. He had not the opportunity. He'next got hold of her by the arm, and said lie would put her where she could not'tell any one what had happened, and commenced dragging her towards the river. She got her arm in his kerchief, and some of her fingers :ih "the-button-holes of his jacket, thinking that he should hot throw her in the river without going in himself. He dragged her back Trom the river, as she supposes, to loosen,her hold of hini. Finding he could not' do that, he kicked her savagely over-tlie eye and cut her head. She supposes the prisoner must have heard some one coining,-so he went away .and left her.. She lay awhile, then .got her basket, and tried to gather her things "up. At this-time two neighbours came up, and helped -her home., Some corroborative evidence was given, and the prisoner was committed for trial..

1 (_-F: REVOLTING OFl E \T'R A young man has been committed to- take Iiiv.trial, by the magistrates of Coleford, in the Forest of Dean, for having perpetrated the following sickening barbarity, A stoOrt time-since a child liine years of age, daughter of one Eleanor Hughes;, died at Littledeaa; and her mother, •> be-imgin lVeceipt of parish relief, applied for -and"obtained ,from the relieving offi;car in; coffin ift which the' little: -girl mightbe buried. A man ;ham«d Hook, who corttmtits to inalie the parish coiffns;? "lfftjSjsHed-'one" to the parents; as lie affirmed, "iaccordfegqto 'O-rtef: but the •ctfffin was found to be several inches tao -short. Where- | upon, among those who were present with the mother, a I question appears to have arisen as to how ,the difficulty might be overcome. The corpse could -not be got in ■so James Page, a miner, assisted others';to'dru^h the •breast so as to force the body, in to the 'box Sarah Cooper,-a widow, was one of those-who looked on. But the difficulty still remained and ultimately'the mother —it is not recorded on whose -proposition, or if she initiated the hideous 'resource—consented to feet of her dead- child to be cut i)ff. A young- man named Price,! who was: of the company,'did the filthy and unnatural act with a razor and a hatchet; he hacked off above the knee-joint the legs of the child, and in due time the littlebrllised ,-r.d nintilated corjjse was buried.- But in a short time, these fact's becoming known, the grave was opened, and tlie body was 'ex° amined. The magistrates. at Coleford granted a warrant for the apprehension ofthe man Price, who was brought before them, and comriiitted for trial.

TJ-TE, WIC-T < TillE, WIOKEDNESS 0117 L-4, R GE DIVIDENDS. Gas, for instance, if absolutely pure—pure as we have seen it in Yorkshire -mills, where a' burner not three. feet frotn the ceiling will not blacken it in five years-would be universally employed in bedrooms rand nurseries. The demand would increase one-third, "but then what would the companies get for their pains? A great deal of additional trouble, and that is all. That is not enough even to pay inventors who have the temptation of intellectual pride, and to companies which have neither pride nor intellect it Is a simple discouragement. There is not the slightest in- ducement to inventiveness, or experiment, or expansion, and of course the. gas never improves. Companies never invent anything themselves, and why should they purchase .inventions or bother their heads with plans for utilising petroleum, &,c., when they can get nothing out of success? Nevertheless, though it sees this quite clearly, the House of Commons will not give up its prejudice against high interest. Moved at last by the outcry of the public, it is con- sidering a wretched bill, "ivhich proposes to give us 14-candle gas instead of ,12-candle at Ss. 6d. instead of 4s. per 1,000 feet, and which actually restricts divivends to seven percent. That clause will, we imagine, throw put the Bill, for it is a great deal too like connscation to be tolerated by the. House of Coiiiruohs, careless as it y often is ofthe claims of the owners of personal property. It would laugh at the man who proposed that a farmer should earn only. 4 per cent, to keep down the price of bread, but thinks it quite fair that a gas-maker should earn only seven. But supposing the bill to stand why 7- per cent., any more than '70 ? If the company could earn 700 by better and :cheaper gas, why should it not earn that pleasant dividend'? ,'We are no friends to the gas companies. We have always recommenced their total, immediate, and final abolition as public nuisances, and the transfer of their powers and properties to the Metropolitan Board; but if they are to exist why. on earth are their profits to be limited? To secure .cheap gas ? Nonsense. If they make enough to allow of a reduction, their clear interest under this law of the maximum is to discourage demand and so draw their revenue with as little trouble as possible. Does the Hous.e suppose that corporate bodies are more Christian than individuals, and really enjoy trouble and worry" and expense the more because they must be unrewarded ? The duty of the House of Com- mons is not to decide what they shall earn by their monopoly, but what they shall give the public in return for it to insist on high quality, not on low dividends. Suppose the House, for example, to do what it would do if it were not supplied from its own gasometer, to insist on 22-candle gas at 4s. as the condition of the monopoly, bn-t with no limitation on pfefits, what would the companies do ? After a moment's pause of despair, they would raise an extra million or so, concentrate their works, move them out of London to some place where purification would be safe, which it is not in town, and go in at once for pure gas, cheap material, clreap mMiagement, great demand, and a 20 per cent. dividend. How would the public be hurt if they made 100 ? What we want is to 'encourage in- ventiveness in the monopolists, not to say they shall have nothing for inventing. Supposing free trade in gas possible, which we quite admit-it will not be until we discover a gas which can be stored in private houses without danger, and sold in barrels like beer, this is the line the companies would take, and this is the tendency we ought to encourage. If the, profits turn out at the end of the lease to have been excessive, that is alto- gether beyond trade prdfity let the, price be lowered again, but at least let us leave the companies the advan- tage of their own energyand inventiveness and economies, the stimulating possibility of a great success. The maxi- mum would be bad, even if it secured low dividends, for it would still tempt the companies to narrow their operations-as much as possible, but it will not even do that. The singltÙesult will be ithat the companies will accumulate silently great reserve funds, to be divided, if the conditions are ever lib,rcl enbii,-h to tempt them to dissolve. What good is that to anybody, except the people who never can see; great profits made without believing that somebody is being robbed ? We trust we shall not be believed to approve the demands the companies are now making. Our single point is, that they-bught to be ail-owed, if they are to continue to exist, to make any profits; .they cah by sell- ing-absolutely pur6 gas-^M-candle gas is a contemptible compromise not worth havingatthe lowest price the House, can induce them to take. -,Spectato,)'.

THE Q uE, Ey Y,S EASTER BOUNTIES> 1867;. This ancient and RoyaLcharity, klrown as the Royal Maundy, was distributed on Thursday in Whitehall 'Chapel, with the castomtoy formalities, to 48 aged men and 48 aged women, the number of each-sex correspond- ii-ig with the 'age of1 her Most Gracious Majesty. At a qiitt*er before'two'D'elock a procession, consist- ing of a detachment of the Yeoman of the Guard, -under the cotilmalid of a sergeant-major (one of the yeomen carrying the Royal alms on a gold-salver of the reign of King William and Queen Mary) tlie Rev. Dr. Jelf, D.D., sub-almoner Mr. Joseph Hanby, secretary and yeoman of the almonry and his assistant; accompanied by six childre-n from the of St. Jolin the Evan- gelist aiid of St. Margaret's, Westminster, who had been selected for participation in this privilege fot their good conduct, proceeded frcnS the Almonry'OSice in ScbtlaM- yard. The arrival of tlle})roëesBÎoù:h!tving'bœnsigilified to the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord Pligh Almoner, and to the Rev. Thomas Helmore, acting for the Sub-Dean of the Chapels 'Royal, they, preceded by Mr. L-ingard, 'Sergeant of the Vestry, met it at the entrakce and took their places immediately after the yeoman with the alms. The whole procession then adv-aiiced in the following bitler Bdys of fheChal¡!Yèl Roj^ttl;^GenWenieta the DhitpelRoyril; Pri-estts of the Chapel Rieyal; Sergeant- Major of the- Y^om&n of-the: (Juard the Sergeant-of the Vestry the LorfrBtSge fAlmoner the Srtb-AlMOtt'erund acting Sub-Dean "ftije cMldrefi of the National Schools; thte Yeoraan':of the Alihoiffy titid his assistant:1; the ,Yeonian øf the: ¡d. V The prtJeeeftsihni^Mg 'ffastefed1 tip' !the stêps óflli.B'äI1fal'Ithe dm 'HitthA;¡J¡\HHir,'t1}1e nionefi, A&ftig Rulj-Bean, iind those forming 'the ■'ptoeeSsioii' havi^;fIS$fcen their assigned iplaces on eMi'er ;siSe'of^lfeetfa$ely-the' SJoyal 43M&:toeiBg d^ioeited'infrbnt df ^ft<Mibon;s^rvtee"(a -^peiitil ser- for tlie oCcasidn) "impressively r'fe^d -by the Rev. Dr. i'ë11t iA #a?tSigj <Joi&Jn!Srici £ ig "with ^the'iE^Kotftatidfi, &'fc. 4'l^:PMffi(\Hfe^i^nd'cBaiit)/ MrSt' les^h-, St. "Mat- thew, 25th chapiy'v. lr4 W v; 3>1.. Firrift afftibem (4i'i3t: Psålm)Hrmeá is he 'thif# 'ën:!ndè:eth Jtl'poor and needy '(Si'tGeø'smàcrt). tl, Its. distributed to each woman to eftch man shoes and stockings. Second anthem'(a'prayef), not Thy face from us, "0 T.oril'' (PatraM). Weo-Hen and linen clothes -d'istTi- :bftted. Third Psailm), "O Lord; irrfuft the iPkrses disMbuf-efl. Second St. Matthew, 25th 'Cfeap., -fi-oni't. 31 to the-end. Fourth' alittiblil, Who is this that cotoeth from EC!OYA (Ariibld). Two pNfyërs 'eoiflposed for the occasion were then-read. Then followed the prayer for the Queen, and so on to the end. Each red purse contained the usual gold sovereign and a further sum of ,51'IOs., as a commutation in lieu of provisions:formerly issued by the Lord Steward's Depart- ment of the Queen's Household. Each white purse contained the Maundy coin, consist- illg of 4d.3d., 2d.,and silver pennies, amounting to 4S, the age;of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. The clergymen from her Majesty's Chapel Royal who attended oa!.this occasion were the Revs. Dr. Vivian, I-lelni-e,. And PoN-ali. The anthems were sung by Messrs. Francis, Cummings, and Ltivldr. 1 The gentlemen from herl\íajesty:'s Chapel Royal were Messrs. Francis, Cunimings, Smith, Carter, Lawier, Wynn, Barnby, and Thomas. The verse parts of the anthems were sung by Masters Carmichael.Wood, Coward, andWynn. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ.

J_- STRANGE ,DEATH THROUGH THE FLASHING. OF A POLICE, jiLN-' S BULL'S-EYE. An inquiry was held by Mr. Payne, City Coroner, at Cuy's Hospital, on Wednesday evening, touching the death of Henry Coverley, aged 50 years. Jane Coverley, No. 8, Lund-street, Blackfriars-road, said that deceased was a general dealer. Last Friday evening witness.and another .girl had a row in the street. The deceased came. out into the broadway to see what was the matter,, and two policemen walked up to him and suddenly flashed their bull's-eyes in his face. That frightened him, and his! mouth filled with blood, and he fainted. He was at once carried to the hospital, but he died on the road. Witness -believed that his death had been caused by the fright. Another witness corroborated,the above statement. Mr. Stephen Bushell, house surgeon, said that a post- mortem examination of the deceased's body proved that death had resulted from a rupture of an aneurism of the aorta, a large blood-vessel in the heart. Sudden excite- ment might have produced it. The. coroner said that the flashing of the policemen's lamps had no doubt caused the deceased to become ex- cited.. He would suggest that the jury should merely return a verdict declaring the cause of death. A verdict of" Death from aneurism of the aorta" was then recorded,

"?IM DROTTTNED IN THE TILn[ES An inquest was held at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Southwarkj respecting the death of Ellen Robinson, aged '24. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased and her sister were standing at the Tooley- street end of Bermondsey-street, at about one o'clock in the morning of the 6th March. A lighterman named Williams stood with them, and the deceased, instead of going home With her sister, went off with the lighter- man. He had to go to a barge which was moored at Beale's Wharf but as the watchman would not let him take the woman through the gate, he left her at the Battle Bridge stairs whilst he went round to the yard. As it was high water at that time, it was impossible fer any one to walk from the Bridge-stairs to the wharf. Williams was admitted to the wharf by the Watchman. There were two barges moored close to each other, and it was one of these of which Williams had charge. After going on board, he took the small boat which lay by and pulled to the stairs, where he took the deceased in^ and rowed back with her to tliexbarge. After they had been there about an hour, Williams came on shore and asked the watchman to open the gate for him. The watchman then saw 'the woman standing near the end of the barge, and at the other end was a man named Hurley, who afterwards stated that he had been sleeping there until a few minutes before. The watchman asked Williams what lie meant by having a woman on the barge like that," and Williams replied that lie had not taken her there. Whilst the watchman was opening the gate to allow Williams to pass through, he heard a scream, and looking towards the barge he saw Hurley, who had shouted She is gone bent over the side as if looking for the woman. How she had fallen into the water he could not say nor did he know how Hurley had got to the barge. A few hours after, the bonnet which the deceased had worn was found, but the body was not recovered until Tuesday last. On the morning of that day a waterman caught it, as it was floating by the Old Stairs at Horselydown. The sister of deceased said that when they parted at one o'clock on the morning of the 6th of March the deceased had the portrait of a gentleman in her pocket. That portrait was missing when the body was found on Tuesday. After some consideration the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death."

BORROWED SERMONS? A correspondent of a London contemporary under the signature of Ruri Decanus," writes This morning, in one of the principal West-end churches, I heard the incumbent deliver a very beautiful sermon which I re- cognised immediately as one of Dr. Arnold's early school sermons. There may have been some addition in the shape of mane and tail, but I am quite sure that all, or the greater part, was reproduced, word for word, from the printed volume. A few years ago I heard, also in one of these West-end churches, a sermon on Whit-Sun- day which I also recognised as a printed sermon pub- lished by me not long before. Now, I know, from many years' experience in London, in the country, and abroad, that it is, on the whole, more edifying to a congregation to listen to the wholesome doctrine of some Master in Israel than to the original, perhaps, but, necessarily mediocre thoughts of average minds. If these recitations of many of the best passages in which our theological literature is so rich were more frequent, there would be less of the now increasing outcry against sermons^ people would then sit to listen as they sit to listen to readings or recitations from Milton and Shakespeare. We should remember, however, that whenever Macready or KealI, or any celebrated master of eloquence, makes us sighuor Weep by the mighty force of the words which he utters, he does not give us to understand at the same time, or even to allow it to be implied, that these 'words of power' are the result of the speaker's own labour or thought or imagination. I would say by all means let us have good recitations or readings of religious prose or poetry in the churches, but let the congregation be told what it is that they are about to receive."

DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN WHILE Hunting.— Sir Clifford Constable's stag-hounds met a few days ago at Skidby Mills, near Hull, and the meet attracted a large party of huntsmen, the day being very fine. Amongst those present was Mr. Thompson, a gentleman residing at Anlaby, and who is well known throughout the district. It was noticed when Mr. Thompson joined the hunt that he was looking rather ill, but this circumstance was speedily forgotten amid the excite- meat, of the chase. About ten minutes after the stag had been uncarted, one of the gentlemen of the hunt saw a. riderless horse pass closs by him but he was unable to stop it. Shortly afterwards other gentlemen passed through a field in which they found Mr. Thomp- son lying quite insensible. They at first concluded that he had been stunned by a fall from his horse, but a ■ momentary examination sufficed to show that death had -already taken place. Medical assistance was sought for, Z, but the only service that science could render was to confirm the conclusion previously arrived at as to the fatal result.

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