January 2nd

1880

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

The will, dated March 2, 1861, with two codicils thereto, dated June 14, 1862, and

August 5, 1864, of Mr. Arthur Augustus Basch, late of Lloyd’s, underwriter, of Ewell, in

the county of Surrey, and of Brighton, and who died on November 17 last, was proved on

the 16th

ult. by Mrs. Emma Basch, the widow, and surviving executrix, the personal estate

being sworn under £100,000. The testator bequeaths to his widow all his furniture, plate,

linen, china, and other effects in his dwelling-house, and an immediate legacy of £500;

and he devises and appoints the residue of his real and personal estate to his trustees upon

trust for sale, and as to two-thirds of the same in trust for all his children by his first wife,

Mary Letitia, and as to the remaining one-third, upon trust to raise thereout £10,000, and

pay the same to his widow, and as to the remainder of the one-third part, upon trust to

permit her to receive the income thereof for life, and after her death for his children

equally.

January 14th

1880

On the 9th

inst., at the residence of his son, G.R. Keeling, Epsom, ENOCH

KEELING, formerly of Etruris, Staffordshire, aged 89 years.

January 26th

1880

THE VOLUNTEERS

It is now certain that there will be a review of the metropolitan Volunteer force

and such other regiments as may be desirous of joining it next Easter Monday. The

metropolitan commanding officers, it will be remembered, at their meeting on the 16th

inst., appointed a committee for the purpose of ascertaining and reporting to a future

meeting if a suitable site and the necessary railway facilities could be obtained. The

negotiations have not progressed sufficiently to enable the committee to present their

report, but from what has transpired, it is evident that the difficulties which have for a

succession of years stood in the way of the organization of a field-day on a scale which

would, at any rate, be an adequate representation of the metropolitan force have now, to a

great extent, been removed. Major-General Higginson, C.B., Commanding the Home

District, gave his permission and promised all the aid he could, as also to have a site

which has on many occasions been utilized for brigade field-days – viz., Epsom-downs –

inspected. The committee, through their hon. Secretary (Lieut. Col. Vickers, 2d London)

placed themselves in communication with the Mayors of Brighton, Portsmouth,

Dunstable, and other places, with the result that they have readily acquiesced in the idea,

and promised all the assistance they can render. The Sussex-downs offer the best site for

a sham fight, with the additional advantage of abundant accommodation for the troops at

Brighton, and the decision as to whether the field-day will be held there again is

anticipated with much interest. If the Brighton Company should consent to convey the

Volunteers there is little doubt some 25,000 or 30,000 men would be present; and any

damage done to the land would as in former years be repaid by the fund which it is usual

to raise to compensate the farmers. Should it, however, be impossible to make adequate

arrangements, the commanding officers will probably avail themselves of the offer of the

Mayor and inhabitants of Dunstable, who have again offered the large area of land in the

neighbourhood, to which the Great Northern Railway Company is willing to convey the

troops upon the former rates and general conditions. Another site is open in the

neighbourhood of Royston, where, it is stated, if necessary, the landowners, who placed

their land at the disposal of the Volunteers two years ago would doubtless do so again

this year under the same favourable conditions.

January 30th

1880

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

The will and codicil (both dated November 14 1879) of Mr. William Chamberlain

Hood, M.D., formerly of South Lambeth, Surrey, afterwards of Dublin, but late of the

Berners Hotel, Berners-street, Oxford-street, who died on the 16th

ult., was proved on the

7th

inst. by Samuel Leith Tomkins and Foster Wilfred Procter, the grandson, the

executors, the personal estate being sworn under £45,000. The testator bequeaths £1,000

each to the Middlesex Hospital and the Medical Benevolent College at Epsom, in

memory of his late wife; in each case the bequest is to be denominated “Ann Hood’s

Legacy;” to his executor, Mr. Tomkins…

February 10th

1880

BIRTHS

On the 7th

inst., at The Elms, Banstead-road, Ewell, Surrey, Mrs. CHARLES L

SHAW – a girl.

February 17th

1880

BIRTHS

On the 14th

Feb., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of THOMAS MERCER, of a son.

February 18th

1880

DEATHS

On the 14th

inst., at Randulph-terrace, Springfield-hill, Chelmsford, in her 58th

year, ESTHER BAILEY, formerly of Ewell, Surrey.

March 2nd

1880

DEATHS

On the 29th

Feb., at New Orleans, WILLIAM GEORGE ENTINCK, third son of

the late HENRY DORLING, of Epsom aged 34 years.

March 19th

1880

DEATHS

On Saturday, the 13th

March, 1880, at Epsom, miss EISDELL, aged 92 years.

April 14th

1880

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF

JUSTICE and a Special Jury)

HOWELL V. WEST AND ANOTHER

This is an action brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract or

duty in relation to a son, now deceased, of the plaintiff.

The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bray, and Mr. Gore appeared for the plaintiff; Sir

Henry James, Q.C., and Mr. Forbes were for the defendant Dr. West; Mr. Willis, Q.C.,

and Mr. Tindal Atkinson were for the other defendant, Mr. Jones.

The further hearing of this part-heard case was resumed this morning. It is an

action brought by the plaintiff, who is a medical man, residing at and practising in the

neighbourhood of Wandsworth, against the head master of the Royal Medical Benevolent

College, at Epsom, and Mr. Arthur O’Brien Jones, who is the medical officer of that

school and the medical attendant of Dr. West, who has some 25 boarders in his house.

The complaint of Mr. Howell against Dr. West is that the latter broke an agreement

which he made undertaking that if the plaintiff should in 1877 send his son, Kyrle

Howell, to be a boarder in his house, he would, in the case of his falling ill, nurse him in

his own house and not send him to the school infirmary. Mr. Howell’s complaint against

Mr. Jones is that the latter, having been requested by Dr. West, therein acting as the agent

of the plaintiff, to attend upon the boy in an attack of scarlet fever which he had in 1879,

had failed to use reasonable skill and care in his treatment of the case. The boy went to

the school at Easter, 1877, and in February, 1879, having a sharp attack of scarlet fever,

he was removed on the 6th

of that month to the infectious ward of the school infirmary.

Subsequently pyæmia set in, and he died on the 14th

. Dr. West denies that the agreement

relied upon by Mr. Howell was one which was to be binding on him in the case of the

boy’s having an infectious fever, and the other defendant, Mr. Jones, traverses the

plaintiff’s allegation as to his having failed to use proper care and skill in the case.

[There was detailed coverage of this trial on the following three days until the verdict as

below:]

April 17th

1880

…give a verdict of £5 5s. for his client. In conclusion, his Lordship left, as

regarded the defendant, Dr. West, three questions:- (1) Was there an express contract

entered into by Dr. West, that even in the case of infectious disorder the plaintiff’s son

should remain in defendant’s house? (2) Was there the absence of the exercise of a

reasonable and proper discretion and of due and proper care in removing the boy at all?

(3) Was there absence of due and proper care in the manner of his removal? (4) Or in

the place to which he was removed? (5) Had the removal any injurious effect in

hastening or aggravating the disease? As to the defendant Mr. A. O’Brien Jones, his

Lordship left the following questions:- (1) Was there want of due skill and care in

recommending the removal of the boy? (2) Or in carrying out the removal, including

herein the state of the ward in which he was placed? (3) Or in treating the patient? (4)

Had the removal any injurious effect in hastening or aggravating the disease?

The jury retired to consider their verdict at a quarter-past 12, and, returning into

court after an absence of half an hour, returned a verdict in favour of both the defendants,

answering every one of the questions in their favour.

His LORDSHIP then gave judgment accordingly.

May 19th

1880

On the 15th

inst., at Hessle House, Ewell, the wife of HENRY BROOKS, of a son.

June 9th

1880

SURREY SESSIONS

(Before Mr. HARDMAN, Chairman of the First Court)

John Summers, 50, was indicted for stealing a gold watch value £50 from the

person of Lieutenant W.F.A. Wallace, 53d Regiment, at Epsom, on the Derby day. The

prosecutor was standing near the Grand Stand, when he felt a pull at his watch. He

attempted to seize the prisoner, and called out “Pickpocket.” The case of his watch fell

to the ground, and the watch was found in the hand of another man. The prisoner was

afterwards captured. It was proved that he was well known at racecourses. The jury

found him Guilty. Four former convictions were proved against him. The learned

Chairman sentenced him to seven years’ penal servitude.

June 14th

1880

The subjoined list of the principal sales by auction of landed and other properties

during the past week is taken from the Index to the Estate Exchange Register:-

Duppas-hill – Three freehold building sites, with stabling, £1,615, Ewell, Surrey.

June 30th

1880

At WANDSWORTH, WILLIAM O’GRADY, who gave an address in Harrow-

road, was summoned for travelling on the Brighton Railway beyond the distance for

which he had taken a ticket, with intent to avoid payment. Mr. Winter appeared to

support the summons. On the 29th

ult. the defendant arrived by a Croydon train at

Clapham-junction, and at the barrier gave up a ticket from Leatherhead to Epsom. On

being told that he had come beyond the distance, he said he wished to be passed back.

He was accordingly transferred to the proper platform, but was afterwards found in a

Kensington train. The defendant pleaded “Not guilty” and said he had arranged to meet

a friend who had taken tickets. Mr Sheil called upon him to produce his friend. The

defendant replied that he could not, as his friend had gone to Manchester. Mr. Sheil

fined the defendant 40s., with 2s. costs, and, in default of payment, ordered him to be

imprisoned for one month.

July 7th

1880

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE

HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, July 6

The EARL of EGMONT presented a petition, from guardians of Epsom Union, to

afford facilities to working men for investment of small sums in Government securities

through the Post Office.

July 27th

1880

THE HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUND

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the council of the Hospital Sunday Fund was

held at the Mansion-house for the purpose of receiving and adopting the report of the

committee of distribution as to the amounts awarded to the various hospitals and

dispensaries of the metropolis from the general collection made on Hospital Sunday.

The Lord Mayor (Sir F. Wyatt Truscott) presided, and there were present, among others,

Alderman Sir Sydney Waterlow, M.P., Mr. R. Biddulph Martin, M.P., Sir Francis Lycett,

the Hon. Reginald Capel, the Rev. Canon Nisket, rector of St. Giles; the Rev J.F. Kitto,

rector of Whitechapel; the Rev. Henry Allon, Dr. J.G. Glover, Dr. Jabex Hogg, Mr. J.G.

Pitcairn, the Rev. Dr. Sadler, and Mr. H.N. Custance, the secretary.

The Distribution Committee submitted the awards which they recommended

should be granted to 130 institutions this year, showing an increase of three in the number

to which votes of money were made in 1879. The total sum available for distribution,

after allowing a sufficient amount for outstanding liabilities and next year’s preliminary

expenses, was £29,389 13s. 4d. The committee recommended the payment of £26,646

13s. 4d. to 80 hospitals, and £2,443 to 46 dispensaries. Owing to the larger gross

receipts of Cottage Hospitals – Beckenham, £40 16s. 8d.; Burstead, £23 6s. 8d.; Enfield,

£35; Epsom and Ewell, £35; Hatfield, Broad Oak, £23 6s. 8d.; Reigate, £70; Shedfield,

£12 16s. 8d.; Wimbledon, £40 16s. 8d.

July 30th

1880

On the 29th

inst. at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of Wm. PERKS, of a daughter.

August 16th

1880

EPSOM RACECOURSE – From time to time rumours have lately been current

that there was some probability of the annual race meetings on Epsom Downs no longer

being held there. From a sale which has recently taken place at the Mart, however, it

appears that the famed Derby will, for some years to come at least, continue to be run

over the present course. Within the last few days, Mr. Ellis, of the firm of Messrs.

Farebrother, Ellis, and Co., offered for sale, under a Chancery order in the suit of

“Medwin v. Padwick,” the freehold and manorial estates of Walton-on-the-Hill, including

all the sporting privileges of the manor. The whole occupies an area of about 728 acres,

the lands included in the sale being described as forming the finest training grounds in the

kingdom, both for galloping and steeple-chase training, and comprising the “six mile

hill,” and a portion of the Derby racecourse adjacent to the far-famed Tattenham-corner.

It was stated at the sale that a lease had been granted to Mr. J.W. Monnery and others,

acting on behalf of the Epsom Grand Stand Association, for running races over the

Downs, with certain rights and privileges of use, at a rent of £1,000 per annum, the lessee

to pay £1,250 in prizes. The term is for 21 years, from the 1st of January, 1869,

determinable by the lessee at the end of seven or 14 years by giving 12 months’ previous

notice. It was further stated that a licence had likewise been granted to Mr. John

Nightingale to use the lands for training purposes at a rent of £125 per annum. The

highest sum offered at the sale for the manor and the whole of the lands was £26,000,

being at the rate of little more than £35 an acre, which was considered very far below its

value, and the property was consequently withdrawn, and is now on sale by private

contract.

Citizen.

August 26th

1880

At SOUTHWARK, JOHN ANDREWS, 29, WILLIAM WHITWELL, 32, and

ALBERT HOLLEY, 22, porters in the employment of the Midland Railway Company at

the depot in High-street, Borough, were charged with stealing large quantities of wearing

apparel and other articles from parcels forwarded to the depot for transmission to various

parts of the country. Mr. Besley prosecuted on behalf of the railway company; and the

prisoners were undefended. It appeared from the evidence of John Beard, a detective

sergeant in the company’s police, that for some time complaints had reached the chief

office that goods had been missed from parcels passing through the depot at High-street,

Borough, and in consequence of that he was ordered to watch the offices. Andrews was

head porter there, and the other prisoners were under him. On Saturday afternoon, the

7th

, the witness saw Whitwell leave the office with something bulky under his jacket, and

followed him into a pawnbroker’s close by, when he took a couple of “Cardigans” from

under his jacket and pledged them. The witness gave him into the custody of Samuel

Baker, 89M, and from what he said gave the other prisoners into custody. At the house a

large quantity of wearing apparel and pawnbrokers’ duplicates were found relating to

property which had been stolen from parcels passing through that office. Ella Drew,

wardrobe keeper at Epsom College, said that in the early part of December last she

packed up the portmanteau of a student named Wright. It contained two suits of clothes,

some shirts, and other articles. She identified the shirt and pair of trousers produced by a

pawnbroker as a portion of the property she packed up. The portmanteau was forwarded

by Brighton railway to Hull. Evidence was given as to the reception of the latter at the

office in the Borough, and Mr. Wright said when he received the portmanteau at Hull it

had been opened and he missed a suit of clothes and three shirts. A number of other

cases were proved against the prisoners, and Mr. Slade committed them for trial at the

next Surrey Sessions.

September 29th

1880

On the 1st Sept.., killed in action near Candahar, CAPTAIN ST. JOHN T.

FROME, 72d Highlanders, aged 39, only son of General Frome, Royal Engineers, Ewell,

Surrey.

November 4th

1880

BIRTHS

On the 3d Nov., at Park Hill House, Ewell, the wife of MARTIN R. COBBETT,

of a son.

December 29th

1880

DEATHS

On the 27th

inst., SARAH COOK, the valued nurse and friend of Mr. Harvey, the

Clock House, Epsom.

January 4th

1881

DEATHS

On the 1st Jan., at Canterbury Cottage, Epsom, MARY ALLEN, late of Ewell,

aged 73.

January 18th

1881

On the 14th

, at Epsom, after a long illness, H.H. CRUCKNELL, M.D., Fellow of

Oriel, Oxford, aged 50.

January 19th

1881

BIRTHS

On the 17th

Jan., at Avenue House, Ewell, the wife of JOHN HENRY BRIDGES,

of a son.

January 20th

1881

THE PUBLIC HEALTH

In the Outer Ring a fatal case of smallpox was recorded in Edmonton, and 4

deaths were referred to diphtheria, of which 2 occurred in Croydon, 1 in Epsom, and 1 in

Kingston sub-districts.

February 14th

1881

DEATHS

On the 4th

Jan., 1881, at Dacca, Eastern Bengal, of typhoid fever, in his 41st year,

the REV. BERNHARD MARTIN BEHR, senior Chaplain H.M. E.I.S., only son of Dr.

Behr, late of Ewell, Surrey.

February 18th

1881

OBITUARY

The death, at an early age, of Henry Constable, the jockey, occurred yesterday at

his residence at Epsom. He had been ailing for some time, but it was only within the last

fortnight that a serious termination of his illness was thought probable, and Lord

Rosebery, to whom he was first jockey, called in Sir William Gull, whose efforts to save

his patient’s life unfortunately proved fruitless. Constable commenced his racing career

as far back as 1870. In that year he had a fair number of mounts, but was only successful

twice, though in 1871 he scored 34 wins. In 1872 he won 67 races, among which were

the Visitors’ Plate at Ascot June meeting on Fervacques, and at Goodwood, the

Chesterfield Cup on Napolitain. At the Brighton August Meeting he secured the

Brighton Stakes on Proto-Martyr, and a few days later he won the Grand Handicap at

Lewes with the same animal. In 1873 he won 109 races, his chief victories being the

Ebor Handicap on Louise Victoria, and at the Newmarket First October Meeting a

Triennial Produce Stakes for two-year-olds on George Frederick, while at the Shrewsbury

Autumn Meeting he won the Shrewsbury Cup on King Lud. In 1874 he won 89 races,

and among them, at the Ascot Summer Meeting, the Royal Hunt Cup on Lowlander, in a

canter by six lengths, and the Windsor Handicap and Ascot Plate, on the same horse. At

the Doncaster Meeting he carried off the Great Yorkshire Handicap on Louise, and later

in the season the Liverpool Autumn Cup on Louise Victoria. In 1875 he won 71 races,

but mostly unimportant ones. The next year was a very successful season for Constable,

as he commenced the year by winning the Bathyany Stakes on Ursula, and the next day

won the Lincolnshire Handicap for Lord Rosebery on Conspiracy. At Northampton he

won the Althorp-park Stakes on Rosy Cross, and at Epsom Spring Meeting the Hyde

Park Plate on Rosbach. At Ascot he rode Controversy in her match with Lowlander, and

won easily by two lengths, but the last-named was conceding 16lb., and on Palm Flower

he won the valuable Hurstbourne Stakes at Stockbridge. He also won the Liverpool

Summer Cup on Controversy, and the Cambridgeshire on Rosebery. In 1877 he was not

successful in important races, but in 1878 he carried off 96 races out of 419 mounts, and

won his first and only Derby for Mr. Crawfurd on Sefton, but was afterwards

unsuccessful in important races until he rode Touchet in a Triennial race at Ascot, beating

Rylstone and Norwich. He subsequently won the July Cup at Newmarket July Meeting

on Trappist, the Mersey Stakes at Liverpool on Caxtonian, and the Nassau Stakes at

Liverpool on Eau de Vie. In 1879 he won 45 races out of 195, and commenced the

season by winning the Lincolnshire Handicap for Lord Rosebery on Touchet. At Ascot

he won the Stakes on Ridotto, and the Ascot Derby on Chippendale. He wound up the

season by winning his second Cambridgeshire on La Merveille. Last year he won the

Lincoln Cup on Erlkœnig, and was third on Rhidorroch in the Metropolitan and in the

Chester Cup. He won a small race on Chevronel at Epsom Summer Meeting, and the

Seventeenth Ascot Biennial Stakes on Cipolata, on which mare he beat Robert the Devil

in the Midsummer Stakes at the Newmarket July Meeting. He was on her back also

when she ran second to Robert the Devil for the St Leger. When Lord Rosebery’s horses

left Peck’s stable for Newmarket they were placed under the care of Constable and

Gosling but, as the former did not find himself strong enough for the task, Lord Rosebery

engaged Joseph Cannon as his trainer.

March 8th

1881

MARRIAGES

On Saturday, the 5th

March, at St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London, THOMAS

SHERWOOD, of The Downs, Epsom, to HELEN ADELAIDE, eldest daughter of Mrs.

MERRICK, of Down Cottage, Epsom

March 11th

1881

DEATHS

On the 5th

inst., at her residence, in Dorking-road, Epsom, Mrs. ANN BYFORD,

in her 89th

year.

March 22nd

1881

THE DOG-TAX – At the Epsom Petty Sessions yesterday, before the Earl of

Egmont and a full Bench, Sir Garnet Wolseley was summoned by the police for keeping

two dogs at his residence, the Grange, Great Bookham, without having taken out

licences. The police proved the case, and it was stated that licences were procured two

hours after a policeman visited the house to inquire into the matter. Sir Garnet Wolseley

did not appear, nor was he represented, but the clerk to the magistrates said he had

received a letter stating that Sir Garnet Wolseley was prevented from attending by

important business at the War Office. Lord Egmont said that, as Sir Garnet Wolseley

had not put in an appearance or sent any one to represent him, he would have to pay a

fine of 5s.

April 2nd

1881

DEATHS

On the 5th

March, at Tuticorin, South India, R.W. ALLEN, eldest son of the late

Rev. Jas. Allen, of Colombo, Ceylon, and Mrs. Allen, Canterbury Cottage, Epsom.

April 4th

1881

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

The will, dated February 16th,

1881, of Mr. Henry Constable (the jockey), late of

Epsom, who died on February 17 last, was proved on the 12th

ult. by the Earl of

Rosebery, the sole executor, the personal estate being sworn under £8,000. The testator

leaves the whole of his property, subject to the payment of his debts, funeral and

testamentary expenses, upon trust for his mother, Mrs. Mary Constable, for life, and then

as to one moiety as she shall by will appoint, and as to the other moiety for his sister

Helen. – Illustrated London News.

April 22nd

1881

DEATHS

On the 15th

inst.., at Epsom, BENJAMIN GOOCH CUBITT, youngest son of the

late Rev. John Cubitt, of Southrepps, Norfolk, in his 68th

year.

May 2nd

1881

BIRTHS

On the 26th

April, at Endrick, Epsom, the wife of LAIDLEY MORT, of a

daughter.

May 7th

1881

DEATHS

On the 3d May, at 53, Studley-road, Clapham, ELIZABETH, the beloved wife of

WILLIAM HORMAN, late of Park Farm, Ewell. Friends will please to accept this (the

only) intimation.

May 13th

1881

TYLER v. SMYTH

This was an action for breach of warranty of a horse. The plaintiff is the landlord

of the Bear, at Maidenhead, and the defendant is a cattle dealer at Epsom. In July last

the defendant drove to the Sandown Races with a friend named Wright. On the 25th

of

that month, Wright having spoken of the horse to the plaintiff, the plaintiff offered to buy

it of the defendant. The case for the plaintiff was that the defendant asked at first 50

guineas for the horse, and that eventually he agreed to take £40 for it, and warranted it to

be sound. Wright was driven back to Epsom from Sandown by the defendant, and on the

way home the horse showed signs of lameness. On the 27th

the plaintiff sent for the

horse, forwarding a cheque for £40 for it. On examining the horse the same evening and

on the following day, and finding it was lame, on account of some strain in the off hind

hock, the plaintiff sent it back to the defendant by railway. The defendant then put it out

at livery, and it was ultimately sold to pay the expenses. The case for the defendant was

that he at first asked 50 guineas for the horse and offered to warrant it. This the plaintiff

declined. The defendant then offered his horse for £40 “for life.” This seems to be an

expression well understood by dealers in horses, and was described by the witnesses to

mean that the buyer takes the horse as a man does a wife – for better or for worse. This

offer, the defendant said, the plaintiff accepted, and the defendant stated that he said,

“Now that the horse is sold I may tell you that I believe he is sound.”

The jury found, in answer to questions put to them by his Lordship, that there was

no warranty, and that the horse was sound when sold.

Judgment was entered for the defendant, with costs, but it was arranged that the

balance received by the defendant on the sale of the horse over and above the expense of

his keep should be deducted from the costs.

Mr. Lopes appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Lewis Glyn and Mr. Dickens for the

defendant.

May 18th

1881

BIRTHS

On the 12th

May, at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of FRANK STONE, of a daughter.

June 2nd

1881

TO THE DERBY IN A BALLOON – Mr. Josceline Bagot and Mr. Drummond,

of the Grenadier Guards, accompanied by Mr. T. Wright, the winner of the International

Balloon Contest, went up in a balloon from the Crystal Palace yesterday, at 1p.m. When

the ropes were loosed they ascended to the height of 5,000ft., and travelled slowly in a

south-westerly direction for the distance of about eight miles. The balloon then suddenly

sank, but ballast being thrown out, it rose again to 8,000ft., and traversed in the direction

of Epsom. The aeronauts then descended in a field about a quarter of a mile from the

Grand Stand, which they reached in time to witness the race for the Derby.

June 3rd

1881

Mr. GLADSTONE – The Prime Minister and Mrs. Gladstone intend to pass the

short holidays of the Whitsun recess with the Earl and Countess of Rosebery at the

Durdans, Epsom. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone leave Downing-street on Saturday, and return

to town on Wednesday or Thursday in the ensuing week.

June 13th

1881

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Monday, June 13

Questions.

Sir W. Lawson – to ask whether attention has been called to the report of a prize

fight on Epsom Downs on the Oaks Day, and whether the police have taken, or intend to

take, any steps for bringing to justice the principals of these proceedings, as well as their

influential and aristocratic supporters.

June 24th

1881

BIRTHS

On the 22d inst., at The Clock House, Epsom, the wife of WILLIAM JAMES

HARVEY, of a son.

June 27th

1881

INQUESTS – Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Marlborough Arms Tavern,

South-street, Havel-road, Camberwell, on Saturday, on the body of William Hodgson

Platt, 35. The deceased was in the service of the London, Brighton, and South Coast

Railway Company. Last Wednesday night he had charge of a passenger train leaving

Epsom Downs at 8 20p.m. As the train passed the Champion-hill Station at the rate of

20 miles an hour William Dennison, a railway porter, noticed an object fall from the

engine near the foot-bridge. Thinking that it was a coat that had fallen, he proceeded

along the line, and at a distance of 150 yards he discovered the deceased lying across the

line with his face battered in and his skull lacerated. He was quite dead. Walter James

Smith, the fireman, said that the deceased took charge of the passenger train at Epsom

Downs. After passing Peckham-rye Station the deceased disappeared. The jury

returned a verdict of “Accidental death.”

July 29th

1881

DEATHS

On Tuesday, the 26th

July, at Ewell Castle, Surrey, after 12 hours’ illness,

EMMA, the dearly-loved wife of A.W. Gadesden.

August 3rd

1881

DEATHS

On the 30th

July, at Epsom, ELIZABETH LANGLANDS, wife of Charles John

Langlands, of Epsom, Surrey, aged 52 years.

On the 30th

July at Guilford-street, Russell-square, HENRY ALEXANDER, only

son of the late HENRY RICHARDS, Esq., of Epsom, Surrey, aged 29 years.

August 9th

1881

HOSPITAL SUNDAY AWARDS

On Friday, at a meeting of the Council of the Hospital Sunday Fund, at which the

Lord Mayor presided, the distribution committee submitted their reports of the awards

which they recommended should be paid this year to 140 institutions, showing an

increase of ten since 1880. The total sum available for distribution was £30,526. The

committee suggested the payment of £27,402 to 90 hospitals and four institutions which

might be classed as hospitals, £2,513 to 50 dispensaries, and £610 for the purchase of

surgical appliances.

Epsom and Ewell, £34 17s. 6d.

August 13th

1881

BIRTHS

On the 11th

Aug., at Kingston Lodge, Ewell, Surrey, the wife of FREDK. W.

BOWRING, of a daughter.

September 1st 1881

MARRIAGES

On the 30th

Aug., at Ewell, by the Rev. Canon Brock, M.A., Vicar of Christ

Church, Doncaster, assisted by the Rev. Canon Scott, M.A., Vicar of West Ham,

RADCLYFFE WALTERS, Esq., of Lincoln’s-inn and Ewell, to MARY JANE, eldest

daughter of J.F. MAINGAY, Esq., Ewell.

September 2nd

1881

MARRIAGES

On the 31st Aug., at Ewell, Surrey, by the Rev. E. Northey, WEDDERBURN

CONWAY HALKETT, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, son of Sir Arthur Halkett,

Bart., of Pitfirrane, to JESSIE ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of COLONEL

LEMPRIERE, R.E.

September 3rd

1881

MARRIAGES

On the 1st Sept., at St. Saviour’s Brixton-rise, NOEL CHANDLER, of

Hednesford, Staffordshire, fourth son of James Chandler, of Epsom, to LUCY JANE,

younger daughter of the late JOHN CRUMPE GILES, Tithe Commission Office,

London.

September 12th

1881

The interest shown by the public in the recent exposures of the blundering and

bad faith of railway companies continues undiminished, and we are overwhelmed with

letters which repeat what is substantially the same tale, with slight variations attributable

to the influence of local circumstances. It would be impossible to find room for more

than a very small portion of these communications, and it is difficult to select from their

superabundance the most typical examples of just and well-founded complaint…

It may be conceded at once, with regard to the suburban lines, that the conduct of

the traffic is beset with difficulties which depend upon its having outgrown the space

available for conducting it. At Victoria, for example, the entrance to the station is

extremely narrow, and the platform accommodation is insufficient. One result of this is

that passengers who reach Sutton by the branch line from Epsom Downs at 9 25 in the

morning have to wait there 35 minutes for a train to Victoria, and are an hour and

seventeen minutes in performing a journey of sixteen miles. The explanation of the

management is that it would be impossible to bring another train into Victoria between

nine and eleven, and this is perhaps true. Moreover, there is no false pretence, that

which is advertised being approximately done, and the true times of departure and arrival

being stated in the advertisements. But on some of the suburban lines the management

refuse to recognize physical impediments such as this, and continue to announce that they

will do that which is impossible…

October 20th

1881

DEATHS

On the 14th

inst., at Walton Oaks, Epsom, Surrey, JANE, widow of the late I.P.

FISCHER, Esq., in her 85th

year.

November 7th

1881

THE TURNPIKE ROAD BETWEEN LONDON AND BRIGHTON – The

Surrey Advertiser states that on Monday last the Reigate Turnpike Trust came to an end

as a public body after an existence of 126 years, and the various toll-gates, seven in

number, disappeared at midnight, from which time the high road from London to

Brighton became free and open throughout the whole distance. This road, so long under

the control of the trustees, 12 in number, exclusive of the ex officio members, extends

from Sutton to Povey Cross, where the two counties of Surrey and Sussex meet, a

distance of 30½ miles. The management of the road will henceforth devolve upon the

Epsom, Reigate, and other Highway Boards through whose districts it passes.

November 10th

1881

ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS – The Archbishop of Canterbury has

appointed the Rev. James Haslewood Carr, M.A., incumbent of Broadstairs since 1866,

formerly Fellow of University College, Durham, to be rector of Adisham, near

Canterbury. The following appointments are announced by the Guardian:- … Rev. G.E.

Willes, vicar of Christ Church, Epsom, domestic chaplain to the Earl of Egmont, rector of

Calverton, Bucks – patron, the Earl of Egmont.

November 11th

1881

BIRTHS

On the 8th

inst., at Woodcote House, Epsom, the wife of the Rev. EDWARD W.

NORTHEY, of a son.

November 14th

, 1881

NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS

Saturday being the morrow of St. Martin, the nomination of sheriffs for the

several counties of England and wales, except for those of Cornwall, Lancaster, and

Middlesex, took place at 2 o’clock. This important ceremony has always hitherto been

performed in the Exchequer, but that division having been abolished since the last

nomination, the proceedings were conducted in a court of the Queen’s Bench Division of

the High Court of Justice at Westminster.

The high officials and Judges who took part in the proceedings were – the Right

Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P., who wore his gold robe as Chancellor of the

Exchequer; the Right Hon. Lord Coleridge, President of the Queen’s Bench Division of

the High Court of Justice; the Right Hon. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, M.P., Home

Secretary; the Right Hon. Lord Justice Baggallay, and Justices Denman, Field, Manisty,

Hawkins, Stephen, Matthew, and North. The Council was attended by Mr. Charles

Lennox Peel, Clerk of the council, and Sir Edmund S. Harrison, C.B., Deputy Clerk of

the Council, assisted by Mr. Herbert M. Suft, Chief Clerk. The Queen’s Remembrancer

was assisted by Mr. Richard Hankins the Senior Clerk of his department. The mode of

proceeding upon the nomination of sheriffs is as follows:- After the Privy Councillors

and Judges have taken their places upon the Bench, the Queen’s Remembrancer reads,

county by county, in alphabetical order, the names of those who were nominated and

placed upon the roll for service on the morrow of St. Martin in the preceding year.

SURREY – George Lyall, of Headley, Epsom, Esq.,; Henry John Tritton of

Tadworth-court, Epsom, Esq.,; James Steward Hodgson, of Lythe-hill, Haslemere, Esq.

November 29th

1881

BIRTHS

On the 25th

inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of THOMAS MERCER, of a son.

December 14th

1881

DEATHS

On the 4th

inst., at Epsom College, ELIZABETH SMITH, widow of Josiah South,

Surgeon.

December 22nd

1881

ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS – Rev. Thomas Bliss, BA., vicar of Ewell,

patron, Sir G.L. Glyn.

December 27th

1881

MISCELLANEOUS

The first Bill claiming attention is the Metropolitan Markets (Fish, &c.) Bill.

This is promoted by the Corporation and it proposes to convert the central fruit,

vegetable, and flower market into an inland fish market, and to continue Farringdon

market. The Corporation also ask for powers to erect a new City of London Court. A

company seeks to construct a river-side fish-market at Shadwell, and to form a new street

and widen the existing streets. It is also proposed to erect a South London market, near

the Elephant and Castle, and there to sell fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, and fruit.

Another proposal is to supply Epsom, Carshalton, Putney, Barnes, Richmond, and the

adjoining districts with water from the Surrey hills. There are several Bills promoted by

electric lighting companies, who ask for powers to erect wires for public or private

lighting. These promoters include the Electric Light and Power Generator Company,

Siemens Brothers and Company, the British Electric Light Company, Edison’s Electric

Light Company, and the Anglo-American Brush Company.

December 28th

1881

BIRTHS

On Christmas-Day, at Park-hill House, Ewell, Surrey, the wife of MARTIN R.

COBBETT, of a son.

January 2nd

1882

MARRIAGES

On the 29th

Dec., at the parish church, Ewell, Surrey, by the Rev. F. Johnson,

WILLIAM PERKS, only son of William Wereat Perks, of Winnall, near Winchester,

Hants, to LOUISA, only daughter of JOHN BROWNJOHN PERKS, of Staneway House,

Ewell.

February 6th

1882

BIRTHS

At Mospey, Epsom, the wife of WILLIAM J. HOPE-JOHNSTONE, of a

daughter.

February 28th

1882

SHERIFFS FOR 1882

A Supplement to the London Gazette, published last night, gives the following list

of Sheriffs for the year 1882 appointed by Her Majesty in yesterday’s Council:-

ENGLAND (excepting Cornwell, Lancashire, and Middlesex)

SURREY – Henry John Tritton, of Ewell-house, Ewell, Esq.

April 13th

1882

BIRTHS

On the 12th

inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of JOHN H. BRIDGES, Esq., of a son.

April 26th

1882

DEATHS

On the 21st April, at The Parade, Epsom, after a long illness, SARAH, wife of

JAMES JEFFERY.

May 27th

1882

THE DERBY DAY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES

Sir, – We are all inexpressibly shocked when we hear of outrages in Ireland or

Russia, but do not realize how near our own doors equally atrocious deeds are sometimes

performed.

A young and inoffensive foreigner, a member of an honourable and influential

family, a volunteer in our office, where he has come to learn English business and the

ways of Englishmen generally, had yesterday a lesson in these ways which is not

calculated to elevate us, or our institutions, very much in the minds of those with whom

he will hereafter associate in his own country and elsewhere.

Without the slightest cause of provocation on his part, he was yesterday attacked

by a crowd of roughs while descending the stairs of the stand adjoining the Grand Stand

at Epsom, pulled about, knocked down, kicked till insensible, and almost to death, robbed

of his gold watch, £5 in money, and a valuable ring and pin, and stripped absolutely

naked, with the exception of his trousers – and all this in the presence of hundreds of

Englishmen dressed like gentlemen. This was his condition when he recovered his

senses and was taken to his cab (in which he had driven quietly to Epsom a few hours

before), with eyes closed up and head and body covered with bruises and abrasions,

which give him to-day the appearance of a prizefighter who had been severely handled.

We have said he was inoffensive. He had never betted on a race in his life, and

never before been present at an important one. The outrage commenced by an attack,

without provocation, on the friend and companion (also an inoffensive foreigner and not

a betting man) with whom he had left London and remained all day, and whom the crowd

took for a “welcher,”

Whatever that may mean. Our young friend, who remonstrated and denied this on his

friend’s behalf, received a severe blow, followed by a general attack, in which a large

number of men joined, with the results stated. Two policemen interfered, but seemingly

could do nothing against the crowd; and if they had supports, they did not call them.

We put it to you, Sir, cannot the life, person, and property of “the intelligent

foreigner” be better protected while in this country, even if he takes a look at our sports,

or, for that matter, the lives of our own sons? If such a thing happens to the Englishman

abroad much is heard of it. If it be among savages, or even in one of the less civilized

countries, we sometimes bombard a fort or village if the culprits be not given up, and in

any case exact heavy damages. Has the victim of such outrages no redress among

ourselves? We have advised him to seek it through the Minister of his country, but we

think the public should be informed of the risks they run, and the police should be called

to account.

We are, Sir, your obedient servants,

Fenchurch-street, London, May 25 A MERCANTILE

FIRM

June 3rd

1882

At WORSHIP-STREET, ROBERT SWAIN, 16, described as a cabinetmaker,

was charged, on remand, with having in his possession a pair of field-glasses and not

satisfactorily accounting fort the same. Police-constable Stemp, G Division, showed that

on the morning of Friday, the 25th

ult., he saw the prisoner with something rather bulky in

his pockets. He found in his possession a pair of race-glasses, and these, it was now

proved, had been stolen from Mr. John Kent, on the racecourse at Epsom on the Derby

day. The prosecutor, a journalist, was walking along the course when he found himself

surrounded by a mob and carried along for some distance. His race-glasses were slung

over his shoulder, and when, having got clear of the mob, he recovered himself, he found

that they had been stolen from the case. Mr. Bushby sent the prisoner for trial.

June 6th

1882

OBITUARY

Mr. Robert Brooks, of Woodcote-park, Epsom, Surrey, formerly M.P. for

Weymouth, died yesterday, in his 93d year. The deceased was the son of the late Mr.

William Brooks, of Laceby-house, Lincolnshire, and was born in 1790. He was a

magistrate for Surrey and sat in the House of Commons in the Conservative interest as

member for Weymouth from 1859 to 1868. Mr. Brooks married, in 1833, Hannah,

daughter of the late Mr. Joshua Penny.

June 8th

1882

MARRIAGES

On the 7th

inst., at the Congregational Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. A.J.

Griffith, brother-in-law of the bride, WILLIAM DALE, F.G.S., of Epsom, to JANE

BARRINGER, youngest daughter of THOMAS FRANCIS SHAW, of Pittville,

Cheltenham.

June 24th

1882

BIRTHS

On the 21st inst., at Epsom, the wife of HORACE HICKLING, of a daughter.

July 8th

1882

BIRTHS

On the 6th

inst., at down Hall, Epsom, the wife of COLONEL JAMES HORNBY

BULLER, of a daughter.

July 25 1882

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE

HOUSE OF LORDS, Monday, July 24

PETITIONS

LORD MOUNT-TEMPLE presented petitions from Richmond and Epsom in

favour of the total abolition of vivisection.

August 3rd

1882

DISTRIBUTION OF THE HOSPITAL

SUNDAY FUND

Yesterday a meeting of the Council of the Hospital Sunday Fund was held at the

Mansion-house. The Lord Mayor p resided, and there were present, among others,

Bishop Beckles, Alderman Sir Sydney H. Waterlow, M.P., Mr. Alderman M’Arthur,

M.P., Sir E.H. Currie, Mr. Thomson Hankey, Rev. Canon Nisbet, Mr. Coope, M.P., Dr.

Wakley, Dr. Glover, Mr. J.H. Buxton, Mr. R. Moreland, Mr. J.G. Pitcairn, Rev. Dr.

Finch, Rev. A.A. Harland, Rev. R.S. Simpson, and Mr. H.N. Custance, the secretary.

The committee of distribution – namely the Lord Mayor, Sir S.H. Waterlow, Lord

Ashley, Mr. Morley, M.P., Mr. J.D. Allcroft, Dr. Sedgwick Saunders, Mr. T. Hankey,

Mr. Jervoise Smith, Mr. Alderman M’Arthur, M.P., and Mr. A. Willett, submitted their

report of the several awards they recommended for payment this year to 145 institutions,

showing an increase of five since last year, and of 40 since the establishment of the fund

in 1873. Four per cent. of the total amount of the collections (£1,380) was ordered to be

set aside this year for the purchase of surgical appliances. The cash received to July 18

amounted to £34,424 12s. 2d. After payment of the sum of £1,380 for surgical

appliances, and allowing sufficiently for liabilities and for the usual current expenses, the

amount available for distribution was £32,415 13s. 9d. Of that £28,446 15s. was now

recommended to 93 hospitals, including four institutions which may be classed as

hospitals; and £2,588 18s. 9d. to 52 dispensaries. They also recommended that all

payments…

Seven Cottage Hospitals – Beckenham, £50 12s. 6d.; Burstead, £22 10s.;

Enfield, £33 15s.; Epsom and Ewell, £33 15s.; Reigate, £70 17s. 6d.; Shedfield, £13

10s.;…

August 24th

1882

FATAL ACCIDENT – Yesterday morning the Earl of Rosebery was out riding in

the neighbourhood of his residence, the Durdans, Epsom, accompanied by his groom, a

young man named Harding, when the horse ridden by the latter took fright, bolted, and

threw him. He fell on his head, became insensible, and died soon afterwards.

August 28th

1882

INQUESTS

Mr. G.H Hull, the coroner for West Surrey, held an inquest at Cherkley-court, the

residence of Mr. A. Dixon, on Saturday, with respect to the death of Sidney John

Harding, aged 23. The deceased was identified by his brother, a coachman at

Weybridge. Lord Rosebery, of the Durdans, Epsom, was the principal witness. The

Coroner – “Will you be sworn, Lord Rosebery?” – “Certainly I will.” The Coroner – “I

thought perhaps you would give your word of honour.” His Lordship was then sworn in

the usual way, and stated that the deceased was his groom. On Wednesday morning,

between 10 and 11 o’clock they were out riding. The horse which the deceased rode was

one that had often been ridden. They had been riding somewhat fast and were coming

down the hill leading to Cherkley-court at an easy pace, and when about 40 yards from

the gate, which was closed, deceased suddenly shot past him at a rate which showed that

he had entirely lost control of the horse. Witness, seeing that there must be an accident,

rode forward and saw the horse catch its fore feet in the top bar of the gate, and deceased

was thrown off, literally turning a somersault. Deceased was taken to Cherkley-court and

Dr. Wood, of Leatherhead, sent for, who attended him until his death, which took place in

an hour. By the Coroner – The horse was one with which the deceased was especially

acquainted, and had not been known to run away before. By a juror – His idea of the

cause of the accident was that the deceased saw the gate suddenly, and, being

unacquainted with the district, was anxious to get forward and open it, and touched the

horse with a spur, when it shot down the incline and he was unable to stop it. The jury

returned a verdict of “Accidental Death.”

September 29th

1882

MARRIAGES

On the 27th

inst., at St. Luke’s, Chelsea, by the Rev. John de Soyres,

FREDERICK JACKSON, of Ewell, to JANE, daughter of the late JAMES HARRIS, of

Farnham. No Cards.

October 5th

1882

MARRIAGES

On the 3d Oct., at the parish church, Croydon, by the Rev. J.M. Braithwaite,

Vicar, CHARLES DAGNALL, of Remington, Worple Road, Epsom, to JESSIE, second

daughter of THOMAS BROWN, of Crown-hill, Croydon.

October 10th

1882

BIRTHS

On the 5th

inst., at Endrick, Epsom, the wife of LAIDLEY MORT, of a daughter.

November 4th

1882

MARRIAGES

On the 2d Nov., at St. Martin’s Church, Epsom, by the Rev. J.D. Dyke, M.A.,

Vicar of St. James’s, Camberwell, assisted by the Rev. F.W. Morris, ALFRED JOHN

EARNSHAW, sixth son of the late William Earnshaw, to HENRIETTA ALTHAM

WEBB, youngest daughter of the late Major Robert Webb, R.M.L.I., of Chatham.

On the 2d inst., at the parish church, Ewell, Surrey, by the Rev. Canon Scott,

Vicar of West Ham (uncle of the bride), assisted by the Rev. J.H. Hodgson, Minor Canon

of Winchester, THOMAS, eldest son of the late JAMES DU BUISSON, Esq., of

Wandsworth-common, to EDITH MARIAN, eldest daughter of W. MELMOTH

WATLERS, Esq., of Ewell and Lincoln’s-inn.

November 28th

1882

DEATHS

On the 24th

inst., at Woodcote Lodge, Epsom, THOMAS EDWARD CASE-

WALKER, Esq., late Royal Horse Guards, elder son of the late John Ashton Case, Esq.,

of Ince Hall, Lancashire, aged 34 years.

December 6th

1882

DEATHS

On the 21st Nov., at Normandy Villas, Laburnham-road, Epsom, ADELAIDE

SOPHIA, the wife of NICHOLAS PONCON, aged 54

December 7th

1882

DEATHS

On the 3d Dec., at Parade-road, Epsom, ELIZABETH COMPTON, widow of

Anthony Compton, late of Melkington House, Northumberland, aged 72. Foreign

papers, please copy.

December 21st 1882

DEATHS

On Sunday, the 17th

Dec., at Cairo, EDWARD DE LANCY WEST, M.B.C.M.

Edin., the dearly-loved and only son of the Rev. Dr. West, of Epsom College, aged 26

years.

January 25th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 23d Jan., at the parish church, Ewell, by the Rev. Henry F. Brock, Canon

of York, uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev. T. Bliss, Vicar of Ewell, FREDERICK

ESTCOURT POULTER, Lieutenant R.N., eldest son of Brownlow Poulter, Esq., of

Blackheath, J.P. for Kent, to EMILY FRANCES, second daughter of J.F. Maingay, Esq.,

of Ewell.

February 24th

1883

BIRTHS

On the 23d Feb., at Woodcote, Epsom, the wife of CHARLES BISCHOFF, Jun.,

of a daughter.

March 2nd

1883

DEATHS

On the 28th

Feb., at Cairo, at the residence of Mr. Ebsworth, HOLLAND

BIRKETT, of The Hermitage, Epsom, Surrey, aged 45.

March 13th

1883

DEATHS

On the 10th

inst., at Reigate, at the residence of his son, Dr. Walters, JOHN

ELDAD WALTERS, Esq., of Ewell, and late of Lincoln’s-inn, in his 85th

year.

March 14th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 12th

March, at Christ Church, Highbury, by the Rev. W.J. Chapman,

JAMES JEFFERY, of Epsom, Surrey, to ELIZABETH, third daughter of the late

WILIAM CHASE MORRISH ANDREWS and Mrs. ANDREWS, of Epsom.

March 16th

1883

DEATHS

On the 11th

inst., at Epsom, SARAH, widow of the late JOHN CHURCH, Esq.,

Surgeon, of March, Cambs., aged 77, deeply lamented.

April 14th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 12th

inst., at Cringleford, Norwich, by the Rev. H.E. Trotter, Vicar of

Northam, Southampton, brother of the bridegroom, ERNEST BALFOUR, youngest son

of WM. TROTTER, Esq., of Horton Manor, Epsom, Surrey, to KATHARINE

ISABELLA, eldest daughter of HENRY STANIFORTH PATTESON, Esq., of

Cringleford and Norwich.

April 14th

1883

HOUSE OF COMMONS

KENNAWAY, from Torquay, for abolition of vivisection; also by Sir E.

WILMOT, from Clevedon; and by Mr. R. T. Reid, from Epsom, Clevedon,

Twickenham, and other places, to the same effect; by Mr. RAMSAY, from the…

April 17th

1883

BIRTHS

On the 14th

inst., at Westlands, Epsom, the wife of WILLIAM MAUNSELL

REEVES, of a daughter.

April 17th

1883

DEATHS

On the 11th

inst., at Guernsey, rather suddenly, GEORGE COULTHARD, only

son of JOHN COULTHARD, of Epsom, aged 27.

May 1st 1883

BIRTHS

On the 27th

April, at Epsom, Mrs. SPENCER GORE, of a daughter.

May 2nd

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 30th

April in the Chapel Royal, Savoy, by the Rev. Henry White, M.A.,

Chaplain of the Savoy and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, EDWARD SYMES, of

Fitznells, Ewell, Surrey, to CATHERINE, eldest daughter of JAMES

ATTENBOROUGH, of Milton Ernest, Beds.

May 5th

1883

DEATHS

On the 29th

April, at Hylands House, Epsom, SOPHIA CHARLOTTE, widow of

the late NATHANIEL ALEXANDER, aged 82.

May 7th

1883

At WESTMINSTER, PHILIP DAVIES, a cabman in the employ of Mr. Edward

Newman, of Goodson-road Fulham, was charged by Mr. H.J. Wilde, on behalf of the

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for over-driving, a mare intrusted

to his charge on the 17th

ult., whereby death ultimately ensued. It appeared that on the

evening of that day prisoner took the cab and horse from his employer’s yard. He did

not return, but worked his way to the Epsom Spring Meeting, and, although remonstrated

with by a cabman named Brooks at Epsom for working the mare in an exhausted

condition, took no notice, and did half-a-dozen journeys to the course and back. Mr.

Bignold, veterinary surgeon, pronounced the mare to be suffering from sympathetic fever

and congestion of the lungs, caused by exposure, from which she died a few days later.

Mr. D’Eyncourt said that great credit was due to Brooks, the cabdriver at Epsom, for the

humane view he had taken of the matter. As to the prisoner, his conduct was atrocious

and abominable, and he would mark his sense of his conduct by sending him to

Wandsworth Gaol for two months, with hard labour, without the option of a fine.

May 10th

1883

BIRTHS

On the 6th

May, 1883, at Christ Church Vicarage, Epsom, the wife of the REV.

ARCHER G. HUNTER, of a son.

May 15th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 12th

inst., at West Croydon Baptist Chapel, by the Rev. J.A. Spurgeon,

WILLIAM PARNELL HAYCRAFT, of Epsom to MARGARET SCOTT, daughter of

R.J. MAC RITCHIE, Waddon Bridge, Croydon. Indian papers, please copy.

May 19th

1883

DEATHS

On the 15th

inst., at Epsom, aged 75, MICHAEL JERDEIN, Esq.

My 25th

1883

RECAPTURE OF A PRISONER – At the Epsom Petty Sessions yesterday,

William Mills was charged with unlawfully escaping from the custody of Police-

constable 56 W while being conveyed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol on June 2, 1874, having

been previously apprehended on a warrant charging him with assaulting William Nicholls

with intent to rob him and demanding money from him with menaces. The facts of the

case were of a remarkable character. The prisoner had been committed for trial with

another man on the charge above-mentioned, and they had travelled by rail to the

London-bridge Terminus, each being handcuffed and in charge of a policeman. No

sooner had Mills quitted the barrier than he took to his heels and made off in the direction

of the Borough with the handcuffs on. He was soon lost sight of, and was not seen again

until Wednesday last, when a detective met him at the Derby. His companion was

sentenced to five years penal servitude. Mr. Nicholls, the prosecutor, was now in

attendance. Addressing the Bench, he said it was now many years ago since the affair

happened, and he hoped the prisoner had had a severe lesson. The other trial had put

him to a great deal of expense, and he would, with the permission of the magistrates,

withdraw from the charge. The chairman allowed this course to be adopted, and told the

prisoner to go away. The prisoner, who appeared very grateful said, “Thank you, Sir;

allow me to tender you my sincere thanks.”

May 23rd

1883

THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

The great flower show of the Royal Horticultural Society was held yesterday at

South Kensington in so much of the garden space as is left by the Fisheries Exhibition.

It was a choice rather than a large show; the orchids, the roses, the azaleas, and the early

fruit and vegetables were of the highest quality The edible vegetables formed a small

but.…

Sir Trevor Lawrence, M.P., who has done much practically to acclimatize

beautiful orchids, offered a special prize for the encouragement of other growers. It was

taken by Mr. Bell, of Ewell, Surrey (gardener to Mr. J. Child), who also took the prize of

the Veitch trustees, adjudged to the best orchid, with “Vanda suavis.” …

May 25th

1883

CHARGE OF SHOOTING – At the Epsom Police Court yesterday John Talbot

Ashenhurst, was charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Elizabeth Borer, by

shooting her in the thigh with a revolver on Epsom Downs. The prosecutrix did not

appear. It was stated that she was seriously injured, and had been conveyed to Guy’s

Hospital. It appeared that the prisoner was shooting at a bottle on the Downs, but instead

of using the comparatively harmless rifles, which the booth or stall keeper kept, he took a

revolver out of his pocket and used that. The bullet missed the bottle and struck

Elizabeth Borer. The prisoner, who admitted firing the shot, was remanded.

June 5th

1883

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Monday, June 4

PETITIONS

Petitions in favour of Sunday Closing were presented by Mr. WHITLEY, from

parish of All Saints’, Liverpool; by Sir J. W. PEASE, from Society of Friends, Barnard

Castle, and Redcar; by Mr. CROPPER, from Kendal; by Mr. DAWNAY, from West

Burton; by Mr. CUBITT, from Ewell and Epsom; and by Mr. A. PEASE, from the

Society of Friends at Castle Donnington.

July 6th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 4th

inst., at All Saints’ Church, Walton-on-Naze, by the Rev. J.T. Cooke,

M.A., EDWARD DORLING, only surviving son of the late William Dorling, of Epsom,

Surrey, to HENRIETTA ANNE, relict of CHARLES FRANCIS PENROSE KING, Esq.,

of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire.

July 13th

1883

DEATHS

On the 7th

inst., at her mother’s residence, at Ewell, Surrey, ELIZABETH,

daughter of the late JOHN BOYS, Esq., aged 64.

July 26th

1883

BIRTHS

On the 25th

inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of JOHN HENRY BRIDGES, of a

son.

July 31st 1883

BIRTHS

On the 27th

inst., at Garbrand Hall, Ewell, Surrey, the wife of WILLIAM J.

BELL, Barrister, of a daughter.

August 1st 1883

BIRTHS

On the 30th

July, at Rose Cottage, West-hill, Epsom, the wife of F. LEVER, of a

daughter.

August 4th

1883

THE PUBLIC HEALTH – The Registrar-General’s return for the week ending

July 28 shows that the annual rate of mortality that week in twenty-eight great towns of

England and Wales averaged 20.1 per 1,000 of their aggregate population, which is

estimated at 8,620,975 persons in the middle of this year. The six healthiest places

were…In Greater London 3,236 births and 1,916 deaths were registered, equal to annual

rates of 33.8 and 20.0 per 1,000 of the population. In the Outer Ring 30 fatal cases of

diarrhœa (including 11 in the West Ham district and five in Richmond sub-district), 12 of

scarlet fever, and 11 of measles were recorded; scarlet fever caused four deaths in Epsom

and three in Willesden sub-districts, and four of the 11 fatal cases of measles were

returned in West Ham district.

August 16th

1993

POLICE

At BOW-STREET, yesterday, before Mr. Vaughan, EDWARD VAN

BRABANT, a manufacturer of textile goods giving an address in High Holborn, was

charged with stealing a Sussex spaniel dog, value £50, the property of Mr. Thomas

Holley of Basingstoke, and 125, Ebury-street. Mr. S.B. Abrahams prosecuted; Mr.

Doveton Smyth defended. On June 20 last the prosecutor went to Epsom, and took a

dog with him. Having some business to transact at the Post-office he left the dog outside,

but on returning found that it was missing. Advertisements were inserted in several

papers, and a reward was offered for the recovery of the animal. Nothing was heard or

seen of it until the 7th

inst., when the prosecutor went to the Hertford Dog Show for the

purpose of entering another dog for exhibition. To his surprise he identified a dog in the

neighbouring kennel as the one he had lost at Epsom. It had been entered in the show in

the defendant’s name, and was described in the catalogues as “breeder, age, and pedigree

unknown.” The defendant, who was present, was spoken to by Mr. Lloyd, the secretary

of the show, and, in reply to questions, represented that he had purchased the dog about

four months previously, but had not ascertained its pedigree. He expressed his

willingness to accept £50 for it. The dog was awarded the second prize of £20 by the

judges, but before it was exhibited the prosecutor claimed it, and in consequence the

defendant was telegraphed to and requested to attend. He did not do so, but replied by

letter. The result was that the dog was handed to the prosecutor. Subsequent inquiries

were made in the neighbourhood of Epsom, and, although evidence could not be

forthcoming on the present occasion, it was proposed subsequently to prove the

allegation that the defendant had decoyed the dog away by means of some meat he had

previously purchased at a butcher’s shop. The defendant was arrested upon this

allegation, but, in reply to the charge, he declared that the animal had followed him and

would not leave him, and he had consequently taken it home. Mr. Doveton Smyth said

he should be prepared to prove that the defendant bore an unimpeachable character, and

would be able to entirely disprove the allegations made. He was remanded for a week,

bail being accepted.

August 23rd

1883

At BOW-STREET, before Mr. Vaughan, EDWARD VAN BRANANT,

manufacturer, of 122, High Holborn, appeared to further answer the charge of stealing a

Sussex spaniel dog, value £50. Mr. S.B. Abrahams prosecuted; Mr. Montagu Williams

defended. The dog belongs to Mr. Hotley, of Basingstoke, and was lost at Epsom in

June last during the owner’s temporary absence in the post-office of that town. Evidence

was adduced on the present occasion to show that the defendant obtained some meat from

Mr. Cope, a butcher, and decoyed the dog away. It was not seen or heard of until August

last, when it was found at the Hertford Dog Show, where it was exhibited in the

defendant’s name. He was questioned, and subsequently resigned all claim to the dog in

favour of the prosecutor, but the subsequent inquiries led to the institution of the present

proceedings. For the defence it was urged that the defendant had no felonious intention,

and witnesses were called to show that the dog had been straying about the town some

considerable time before defendant had seen it. Mr. Vaughan, however, considered that

this allegation had been entirely disproved by the prosecution, and he could only

conclude that defendant had stolen the dog, and he would have been exceedingly glad if

he could have sent the case for trial. He was, however, precluded from doing so by the

terms of the Act, but looking at all the circumstances of the case, and the apparent

respectability of the accused, he could not refrain from imposing a substantial penalty,

which would be £50, the value of the animal stolen, and a further penalty of £20, making

a total of £70.

August 25th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 21st Aug., at the parish church, Pettistree, Suffolk, by the Rev. W.

Manning, cousin of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev. C. Wood, JOHN, second son of

SAMUEL GARRATT, of Wandsworth-common, to SARAH ELLEN, only daughter of

the late WILLIAM PAGE, of Epsom.

August 25th

1883

THE PUBLIC HEALTH – The Registrar-General’s return for the week ending

August 18 shows that the…The fatal cases of scarlet fever included 3 in Epsom and 2 in

Croydon sub-districts, and 2 more deaths from diphtheria were returned in Tottenham

sub-district.

September 5th

1883

THE PUBLIC HEALTH – The Registrar-General’s return for the week ending

September 1 shows that the …Two more fatal cases of scarlet fever were recorded in

Epsom sub-district, making 20 since the beginning of July.

September 7th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 4th

Inst, at Ewell Parish Church, ROBERT PARKER TAYLOR, of

Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Ewell, Surrey, to JANET ELIZA (JENNIE)

PRICHARD, niece and adopted daughter of W. Gilson, Esq., of Torquay, and New

Bond-street, London. No cards.

September 11th

1883

MARRIAGES

On the 10th

Sept., at St. Saviour’s Pimlico, by the Rev. John Walker, Vicar,

ROBERT RANDALL, eldest son of WILLIAM ROBERT MONGER, Esq., of Ewell,

Surrey, to SARAH ADA, fourth daughter of JOHN SAMUEL KIRTLAND, of

Leatherhead, Surrey.

October 4th

1883

THE PUBLIC HEALTH – The Registrar-General’s return for the week ending

September 29,…Of the 8 fatal cases of scarlet fever 2 were returned in Epsom, 2 in

Tottenham, and 2 in Leyton sub-districts.

October 9th

1883

THE RAID ON A BETTING-HOUSE AT EPSOM

Yesterday, at the Epsom Petty Sessions before the Earl of Egmont and other

magistrates, Herbert James Clark and Thomas Smith, jun., were charged, on remand with

being concerned with one Timothy John Smith, alias W.C. Peel, alias Justice, for whose

apprehension a warrant has been issued, in keeping a betting-house at Epsom known as

“Truth’s Epsom Express Office,” contrary to the statute. They pleaded “Not Guilty.”

Mr. Mead was counsel for the prosecution; and Mr. Fryer, of Exeter, appeared for

the defendants.

In opening the case for the prosecution, Mr. Mead said he was instructed by the

Solicitor to the Treasury and on behalf of the Public Prosecutor to appear against the two

defendants then before the Court. The proceedings were taken under the Act 16 and 17

Victoria, chapter 119, sections 1 and 3, against the two persons in the dock, in

conjunction with the third man who, unfortunately, was not before them. It seemed that

previous to July of the present year information came to the ears of the police that a

betting office was being carried on at Epsom under the style of Truth’s Epsom Express

Office and that a newspaper was being published known as Truth’s Epsom Express. A

copy of the paper would be put before the Bench, and they would at once see that a

person calling himself “W.C. Peel” advertised that he could give information by

telegraph with reference to horse-racing, and saying he would invest any money that

might be sent by persons wishing to make bets on forthcoming events. Detective Jarvis

wrote from his private address at Clapham, in the name of Fred Smythe, to the effect that

he was desirous of taking advantage of the Express in racing matters and would be glad

to receive a telegram and circular with regard to the Newmarket races, for which he

enclosed 12s. 6d. That was in July. In the course of a day or two Jarvis received a

telegram naming certain horses which were likely to win certain races at Newmarket.

On the following day Jarvis sent another letter, enclosing 7s. 6d., and asking that a

telegram might be sent in regard to Kempton Park, and on the 12th

he received a telegram

in reference to a race that was to be run there on the 18th. Upon that the officer enclosed

a sovereign, giving Peel instructions to put 10s. on Shrewsbury to win the Goodwood

Stakes and 10s. for a place, and saying he did not care about backing anything at

Kempton. Receiving no acknowledgment of the remittance, the office wrote and asked

him whether he had received it, and, in reply, Peel forwarded a voucher. Subsequently,

Shrewsbury was scratched and did not run, so no money was due. On July 30 Jarvis

forwarded another pound, requesting it should be put on Border Minstrel, a horse that

was to run for the Goodwood Cup. That horse happened to prove the winner, and Jarvis

naturally expected to receive the amount he had won; but, not receiving it, he wrote

demanding an explanation, and after some delay a letter was received acknowledging that

the money was due, and requesting that it might be put on “another good thing.” Jarvis

wrote saying he did not want any other good things, but his money, and up to the present

time the amount had not been paid. Counsel’s contention was that if he established this

case it would show that the betting-house was carried on in a fraudulent manner.

Information was laid against Peel, and a warrant was issued to search the premises and to

arrest the defendants. The warrant for searching the house was then put in force, and

1,200 letters or more were found from different persons who had answered the

advertisement in the paper, all of them referring to horse-racing, while 1,200 telegrams

and 200 circulars of a similar nature were also discovered. There were also copies of the

Newmarket Racing Times and other papers, and nine address-books. Clark’s house was

also searched, and the police found 1,400 letters, 1,500 telegrams, 500 copies of Truth’s

Epsom Express, three betting-books, 27 addressed newspapers – 18 in the handwriting of

Justice, sen., and nine in the handwriting of Clark – and 50 letters from Timothy Smith,

all relating to horse-racing. It seemed to him (the learned counsel) that Thomas Smith

was the travelling partner in the concern, and it was he who went to the races and

supplied his father with the latest news by telegraph. As he had shown the Bench the

way the business was carried on, he would now mention that he would be able to prove

that the letters and telegrams sent to Jarvis were in the handwriting of the defendants.

He would call the postmaster to prove that the post-office orders were cashed by Timothy

Smith, and one of the overseers of parish to prove that he was the occupier of Ely Villa

and the owner of a house at Woodcote, while one of the letter-carriers of the district

would depose to all three of the defendants having taken letters in from him. The learned

counsel then proceeded to call witnesses in support of his opening.

The magistrates retired to consider their decision, and on returning into court

announced that they had decided to convict in both cases. A sentence was imposed upon

each of the defendants of six months’ imprisonment, with hard labour.

November 7th

1883

Mr. W. Carter held an inquest, at the Board-room of Lambeth Infirmary, on the

body of William Martin, aged 40, a retired jeweller, residing at Kiln-house, London-road,

Ewell, Surrey. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had until a short time ago

been in business in the Wandsworth-road with a Mr. Balsham, another jeweller, and that

since his retirement he had been much worried in his mind on account of losses which he

had sustained. At 6 o’clock on Monday evening, the 29th

ult., he hired a four-wheeled

cab at Streatham-hill, and directed the driver to go to Brixton Church. Upon arriving

there he desired to be driven to the nearest police-station, whereupon the driver took him

to the station in the Brixton-road. The deceased got out, gave the driver half-a-crown,

and walked into the station. Inspector Nicholas J. Maffey, seeing that the deceased was

bleeding profusely from the throat, caused the divisional surgeon to be summoned, and

the wound in the throat - deep, incised, and 3in. in length – was dressed. Deceased, who

was able to speak, had in his right hand a pocket-knife smeared with blood, and in his

waistcoat pocket was found an empty bottle, labelled chlorodyne, while another bottle

which had contained the same drug was found in the cab. In answer to questions, the

deceased, who was removed to St. Thomas’s Hospital, said, “I have trouble.” He

remained in the hospital till the 1st inst., when he was removed to the Lambeth Infirmary,

where he died a few hours after admission. Dr. Robert H. Lloyd, medical superintendent

at the infirmary, deposed that when the deceased was brought in he was suffering from

shock, and was in a state of extreme exhaustion. The witness had no doubt that the

wound in the deceased’s throat was self-inflicted in the opinion of witness death was

due to the injury, but had been accelerated by removal from the hospital. In reply to the

jury, the witness said that the deceased was in a dying condition when he was brought to

the infirmary. Mr. Makins, the house surgeon at St. Thomas’s Hospital, in whose care

the deceased was first placed, said that he was very violent and suffering from acute

mania and the effects of opium poisoning. There being no accommodation in the

institution for such a case, it was deemed expedient to have the deceased removed. The

witness thought that the removal might have been injurious, but he could not say

positively that it was. After a protracted inquiry, the jury returned a verdict that the

deceased committed suicide while of unsound mind, and that the removal from the

hospital in question accelerated his death.

December 6th

1883

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. JUSTICE CAVE

And a Common Jury)

LEE V. WEST

This was an action for breach of promise of marriage, brought by Miss Agnes

Alice Lee, the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Lee, formerly of the Congregational Church,

Epsom, against Mr. Edmund West, a clerk at Somerset-house.

Mr. Waddy, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Lofthouse were for the plaintiff; Mr. Grain and

Mr. Newson were for the defendant.

It appeared that the defendant met the plaintiff in the year 1879. The defendant

acted as organist of the Epsom Parish Church, and the lady was at school at Epsom. He

was 36 years of age, and she was 18. A correspondence commenced between them on

musical matters, and soon became of a more tender character, and eventually, in August

or September of 1880, resulted in an engagement. The defendant appeared to be very

fond of the plaintiff, and after the engagement an enormous number of love-letters were

written by him to her. For some time he wrote two or three times a day letters which,

when copied, covered four or five pages of foolscap each. Mr. WADDY, in opening the

case, characterized them as letters of great warmth, and of a manly and honourable

character. In September, 1882, the defendant’s affection appeared to cool, and on the

18th

of that month he wrote her a letter breaking off the engagement. The defendant had

pleaded that the plaintiff had exonerated him from his promise; but in the opening of the

case Mr. GRAIN stated that he admitted the promise and the breach, and that the question

for the jury was one of damages only.

Miss Lee, a young lady of attractive appearance, was called, and proved the facts

shortly.

She was cross-examined by Mr. GRAIN with a view to show that the action had

been brought entirely against her wish and without her knowledge; and a letter was put

in from the plaintiff to the defendant’s sister, in which in effect she said that her father

had brought the action against her wish, and would not let her discontinue it.

At this point the young lady completely broke down, and had to be carried out of

court.

After a pause, Mr. GRAIN, in answer to his LORDSHIP, said that he did not wish

to pursue the cross-examination, and proceeded to address the jury for the defendant. He

said that no doubt his client had broken off the contract, but submitted to the jury that this

was no genuine action by Miss Lee; that it was brought against her will; and that it was

entirely her father’s doings, who wanted to make damages out of it.

Mr. WADDY replied

His LORDSHIP summed up,

A juryman asked whether there was any reason given by the defendant for

breaking off the engagement.

His LORDSHIP answered that, so far as he could see, no reason was given except

that he had ceased to love her. In answer to another juryman, his Lordship said that there

was no evidence that the defendant had any private property except his salary.

The jury, after ten minutes’ deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff for £700

damages, and

His LORDSHIP gave judgment accordingly.

December 29th

1883

FREE MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIPS – The late Dr. William Carr, of Lee, Kent,

who was medical advisor to the Duke of Connaught when the Prince was a cadet at the

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich-common, conceived the idea of founding four free

medical scholarships in the Royal Medical Benevolent College, at Epsom intended for

the benefit of orphans of medical men. For this purpose Dr. Carr contributed largely

himself, and obtained subscriptions to a considerable amount, but his death in March,

1877, prevented his seeing his project carried out, a portion of the necessary sum being

then deficient. Mrs. Carr, his widow, set herself resolutely to accomplish her husband’s

purpose, and has at length collected a sum sufficient to do even more than Dr. Carr

contemplated. The original intention was to give each of the scholars £50 per annum,

but Mrs. Carr finds herself enabled to increase the allowance to £60, and in addition to

this she will have it in her power to present to each of the scholars on the completion of

his studies £60 with which to commence the world. In this work Mrs. Carr has been

liberally assisted by the Duke of Connaught and other eminent persons, and it was but a

week before his Royal Highness started on his Indian journey that he addressed a letter to

Mrs. Carr, congratulating her upon the success of her efforts.

January 8th

1884

LAW REPORT, Jan. 7

SURREY SESSIONS

The Court sat to-day for the purpose of hearing appeals, Mr. Hardman president,

supported by Mr. Penrhyn, Mr. Somes, Mr. Yool, and a numerous bench of magistrates.

The Court was occupied during the greater part of the day in hearing an appeal from the

Epsom and Ewell Gas Company against the amount of the local assessment for poor rate.

The details were of no public interest, and in the result the appeal was dismissed.

February 6th

1884

Births

On the 2d Feb., at the Medical College Preparatory School, Epsom, the wife of

JAMES JEFFERY, of a son.

February 29th

1884

MARRIAGES

On the 23d inst., at Christ Church, Epsom, by the Rev. Archer Hunter, Vicar,

HERBERT GUY, son of the late CHARLES MOBERLY, of St. Petersburgh, to

MARIQUITA JENNY, only daughter of the late JOHN PHILLIPS, of Mounthill, Epsom.

At home on Thursdays, after the 12th

March, at 1, Cheniston-gardens Studios,

Kensington.

On the 26th

inst., at the parish church, Epsom, by the Rev. Edward Northey,

assisted by the Rev. John Samuel, Vicar of Epsom, EDGAR GIBERNE, Esq., only son of

the late George Gilberne, Esq., of Epsom, and of the Indian Civil Service, to CAROLINE

ALEXANDRA, second daughter of COLONEL HURNBY BULLER, H.M. Body Guard,

of Down Hall, Epsom.

March 12th 1884

BIRTHS

On the 8th

inst., at Fitznells, Ewell, the wife of EDWARD SYMES, of a son.

March 15th

1884

BIRTHS

On the 10 inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of EDWARD F. COATES, Esq., of a

daughter.

April 9th

1884

BIRTHS

On the 3d April, at Kingston Lodge, Ewell, the wife of FREDK. W. BOWRING,

a daughter.

April 14th

1884

MR. GLADSTONE

Up to Friday Mr. Gladstone’s health showed the most promising improvement.

But on that day, after attending a two hours’ church service at Common Church, on

Epsom Downs, he walked back to The Durdans, a distance of over two miles, in a cold

north-east wind. In the afternoon he went out on the Downs for a long walk, and, it is

believed fatigued himself. On Saturday he did not feel so well as on the preceding day,

and confined his exercise to a short stroll in the morning in the gardens attached to Lord

Rosebery’s country seat. That night the right hon. Gentleman showed symptoms of

having increased his cold, and yesterday morning no improvement was apparent. He

therefore remained in bed until late in the evening, when he rose, and was enabled to join

the family at dinner. He remained downstairs a couple of hours looking well, but still

suffering from over-exertion and the sudden change in the weather. As the Premier has

important business to transact, it is most likely that he will, if well enough, come to

London to-day, leaving town again to-morrow for Holmbury on a visit to the Hon. E.

Leveson-Gower. He will remain there until the 21st inst. Last evening the Premier was

somewhat better, and had improved since the morning.

April 15th

1884

THE COACHING SEASON

It may be said that the coaching season commences at Easter, for, whether that

festival falls early or late, one or two of the stage coaches which ply between London and

towns in the home counties are put upon the road during or before the Easter week.

Some seven or eight years ago the number of coaches making their first journey in Easter

week would have been much greater, for there seems to be no doubt that the revival as a

pastime of this ancient mode of travel has seen its best days. The revival dates from the

year 1866, just four years after the “Age,” which was the last of the old stage coaches,

stopped running between London and Brighton. In 1866 several gentlemen started a

coach which they called the “Old Times,” and which plied between London and Brighton

three days a week…

The Dorking and Box Hill coach “Perseverance,” which has been running for

many years, is another which seems to have made both ends meet, and it came upon the

road as usual yesterday, starting at a quarter-past 11 from Piccadilly and arriving at

Dorking at 2 o’clock, via Clapham, Tooting, Merton, Ewell, Epsom, Ashtead,

Leatherhead, Mickleham, and Box Hill. A pleasant drive this in fine weather, though a

trifle cold in the early spring, for the wind blows keenly at several points in the journey.

Merton and Epsom are the only places at which horses are changed, and the fares are

rather cheaper than by the Virginia Water coach, being 7s. for the single and 12s. for the

double journey. The return journey, commenced at 3 30, is completed in the same two

hours and three quarters which suffice for the drive out of London, and the whole coach

can be secured by a party of friends for £7.

May 15th

1884

DEATHS

On the 13th

May at Ebbisham House, Epsom, HEATHFIELD SMITH, Esq.,

youngest son of the late Edward Grose Smith, Esq., of The Priory, Isle of Wight, aged 80.

May 29th

1884

For the first time for fifty-six years the Derby has resulted in a dead heat, and

18334 will be memorable in the annals of the Turf as that which witnesses the divided

victory of St. Gatien and Harvester.

June 7th 1884

INQUESTS – Mr. G.F. Roumieu held an inquest at the Cottage Hospital, Epsom,

yesterday afternoon, on the body of Ann Best, 6½ years of age, who was killed by a

bullet on Epsom Downs on Monday afternoon. A party of the 1st Volunteer Battalion

Royal Fusiliers were firing at the Epsom Rifle butts, and about 5 o’clock heard that the

child, who was out with her sister gathering wood, had been shot. She was taken to the

Cottage Hospital, and died there the same evening. Sergeant-Major Lewis, who had

charge of the firing party, stated that she place where the child was shot was 80 yards

beyond the distant danger flag and about 100 yards to the left. They were firing from

200 yards, and the distant flag was 500 yards behind the butts. He believed a shot had

hit the ground, which was very hard, and ricocheted. The jury returned a verdict of

“Accidental death,” and recommended that steps should be taken to make the place safer.

July 8th

1884

SURREY SESSIONS

The Court sat to-day for the purpose of hearing appeals against

Summary convictions. Mr. Hardman presided.

THE RATING OF EPSOM GRAND STAND

Mr. Jelf, Q.C., with whom were Mr. Castle and Mr. Abbey Williams, appeared to

support an order of the General Assessment Sessions of Epsom Union, raising the poor-

rate assessment of the Grand Stand on Epsom Racecourse from £4,100 to £10,200 per

annum. Against this order the Epsom Grand Stand Association appealed. Mr.

M’Intyre, Q.C., and Mr. Ernest Baggallay were counsel for the appellants. Evidence was

called in support of the order, from which it appeared that the gross receipts of the

appellants for 1883 exceeded £26,000, and it was contended that the rating authorities

had made a liberal reduction in fixing the net annual rateable value at £10,200. On the

other hand, witnesses were called by the appellants who stated that the income from the

Grand Stand was precarious and uncertain, and that the net value, after making due

allowance for ground-rent, interest on capital outlay, and other expenses, was £5,000 odd.

After hearing counsel in support of the appeal, the Bench affirmed the order of the

Assessment Sessions, and dismissed the appeal, with costs.

July 14th

1884

BIRTHS

On the 11th inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of JAMES H.S. HANNING, of a son.

August 9th

1884

DEATH OF SIR ERASMUS WILSON

A widespread feeling of regret will be caused by the death of Sir Erasmus Wilson,

late President of the Royal College of Surgeons, which occurred yesterday at his

residence, the Bungalow, Westgate-on-Sea. Sir Erasmus Wilson had been out of health

for some time, but on July 23 he was present at the consecration of St. Saviour’s Church,

Westgate-on-Sea, of which he had laid the first stone 11 months previously. Three days

after this he was seized with internal inflammation, and the illness was soon seen to be

beyond cure. It terminated fatally yesterday evening at a quarter past six…Sincerely

religious, his purse was always open to the requirements of the Church. He erected a

chapel and new wing to the Sea-bathing Infirmary at Margate; he built the Master’s

house at the Epsom Medical College in 1872; and restored the Church at Swanscombe,

Kent, in 1873…

August 19th

1884

James Fitz-Herbert, Baron de Teissier, late lieutenant colonel, unattached, whose

death at Brighton on Sunday was announced in The Times of yesterday, was the eldest

son of James, Baron de Teissier, by his marriage with Henrietta, daughter of Mr. Henry

Poyntz Lane, of Alresford, Hants. His father, Mr. Lewis de Teissier, of Woodcote-park,

Epsom, Surrey, received the title of Baron de Teissier from Louis XVIII in 1819, “in

consideration of the kindness shown by him during the French Revolution to French

subjects, and also in acknowledgement of the loyalty of the French branch of the Teissier

family, the head of which, Jean Antoine de Teissier, Baron de Marguerittes, Baron des

Etats de Languedoc, was guillotined during the Revolution for having defended the cause

of Louis XVI.” The late baron served formerly in the 17th

Regiment of Foot, and was

present at the siege of Guznee and Khelat. He succeeded his father in the title in May,

1868, and married, in 1869, Horatia Caroline youngest daughter of the late Mr. Nicholas

Westby, of the county Clare, and granddaughter of Admiral Lord Radstock.

August 26th

1884

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Arrangements have been made by Major Thrupp, inspector of Army Signalling, to

place London and Wimbledon in communication with the Spithead forts by day and

night, for three days this week; the general idea on which the experiments are to be to be

carried out being that an enemy having landed on the south coast and intercepted

telegraphic communication between Portsmouth, London, and Aldershot, communication

has to be maintained by signalling by means of flags and the heliograph by day, and by

night with the flashing lamp and a system of rockets.

The stations will be Wimbledon to Epsom Downs, eight miles; Epsom Downs to

Merrow Downs, near Guildford, 13 miles; Merrow Downs to Hungry-hill, 12 miles;

Hungry-hill to Hind-head, 10 miles; Hind-head to Butser-hill, near Petersfield, 14 miles;

and Butser-hill to the Spithead forts, 14 miles.

The Portsmouth and Butser-hill stations will be worked by the signallers of the

Southern District, under Major Browell, R.A.; Wimbledon station by the signallers of the

Home District, under Lieut.-Col. Bonham, Grenadier Guards; and the remaining stations

by the officers and non-commissioned officers of the 50th

Army Signalling Class now

under instruction.

The following officers will proceed to the various stations:-

Richmond or Wimbledon – Lieut. L. D’Aginlar, 1st Grenadier Guards, and Lieut.

G.R.C. Paul, 1st Gloucester Regiment.

Epsom – Major M. Thrupp, Inspector of Army Signalling; Lieut. E.A. Ogle, 1st

East Yorkshire Regiment; Lieut. C.R. Sainsbury, 1st Dorset; and Lieut. E.B. Eagar, 1

st

Northumberland Fusiliers.

August 28th

1884

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Though, unfortunately, the weather has been unfavourable for the signalling

experiments between London and Portsmouth, which were commenced on Tuesday and

resumed yesterday, yet their progress up to the present has demonstrated the great

advances which are being made in this important branch of military training. The

operations commenced on Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock, at Epsom, Merrow Downs,

Hungry-hill, Hind Head, Butser-hill, and the Portsmouth forts, when the officers and men

were all in position with their flags and heliographs, and continued till half-past 8. At

Richmond-park they opened an hour later, simultaneously with the second trial at the

other stations, under Capt. Anderson, 1st Royal Fusiliers and were repeated again from 3

to 9 30 in the afternoon. As there was but little sunlight during the day nearly all the

work was performed with the flags. Major Thrupp, who is superintending the operations,

was at Epsom. Yesterday morning, when the party at Richmond resumed work, a thick

mist hung over the country, and as a result operations had to be postponed till about 10,

by which time it had cleared off, but was followed by a cloudy sky, which effectually

dispelled all chance of using the instruments. The signalling, however, went on at all the

stations, with, it is understood, satisfactory results, and was continued last night, when

darkness had set in with the new lime pattern light, coloured rockets, and the flashing

lamp. The length of country over which the messages were signalled – viz., from

Richmond-park to the Spithead Forts – was 71 miles – Viz., eight from Richmond to

Epsom, 13 thence to the Merrow Downs, near Guildford, 12 miles to Hungry-hill, 10

thence to Hind Head, 14 thence to Butser-hill, and as many again to Portsmouth. The

signalling will recommence this morning at 6 o’clock and go on till 11 at night, when the

experiments close. It is understood that further experiments will be carried out shortly.

October 11th

1884

GAMBLING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES

Sir – As possibly forming a portion of the “Gigantic Gooseberry,” which Mr. C.F.

Dowsett has unearthed, permit me to reply to his letter before the close of the “Gigantic

Gooseberry” season.

Mr. Dowsett may be assumed to make his complaints solely in the interests of

morality, for, according to his own statement he does not appear to have been personally

inconvenienced by the gambling on the South-Western Railway on the evening of the 6th

instant. But then it may be asked, how did Mr. Dowsett know that gambling did take

place? Why, because he heard the “money rattling” as usual. Well, it is only just to

assume that Mr. Dowsett is ignorant that there is a game of cards called “Whist,” and that

money is frequently used at the game for the purpose of markers. Bishops, priests, and

deacons of often play at whist, and would be horrified to be told by Mr. Dowsett that they

“gambled/”

Can it be that Mr. Dowsett is wrongfully accusing four sober, respectable persons

of gambling, who were only engaged in a harmless rubber for nominal stakes?

Again, supposing that other games of chance, such as Napoleon or poker, are

played on the South-Western Railway, and, supposing the players prefer to have the

cushions over their knees, and to sit upon wire springs (provided always that no one in

the compartment offers an objection), how can the directors of the company, or their

officials, prevent them from so doing?

But then Mr. Dowsett objects to this “gambling” being done “openly.” Well, Sir,

I should have imagined that the fact of it being done openly would rather tend to prove

that the gambling could not be of a very serious nature, but apart from that, it would

surely be childish for the officials to attempt to stop card-playing five minutes before the

train started, knowing full well that as soon as the train was in motion they would be

perfectly powerless to prevent it. perhaps Mr. Dowsett would have an official told off to

travel in each compartment to see that there was no gambling. Perhaps – but no, I will

not occupy your valuable space with conjectures. One part of Mr. Dowsett’s letter is

extremely flattering. He stigmatizes gambling in the railway carriage as bad for the

young. Now, on the night in question the four “gamblers” (yes, Sir, I was one, I confess

it, for on reference to my diary, I find that I lost 2s. 3d. sterling between Waterloo and

Epsom), were aged respectively, 63, 58, 51, and 49, and may, therefore, be reasonably

supposed to be capable of managing their own business without the grand maternal

intervention of Mr. Dowsett.

I am, Sir, yours obediently,

Epsom, Oct. 8. G. SIMPSON

November 12th

1884

BIRTHS

On the 10th

inst., at Highridge, Epsom, the wife of P. ROBERTSON RODGER, a

son.

November 28th

1884

BIRTHS

On the 22n inst., the wife of CHARLES DAGNALL, of Epsom – a son.

December 11th

1884

DEATHS

On the 9th

Dec., at Merrow View, Jenner-road, Guildford, of consumption

CAROLINE ELIZABETH (LIZ), the beloved wife of EDWARD WRIGLEY VICKERS,

and youngest daughter of the late C.S. Hunt, of Epsom, aged 30. Friends, please accept

this (the only) intimation.

December 15th

1884

DEATHS

On the 11th

inst., at 3, Grove-villas, Ewell, Surrey, HENRY WILLIS, Sen., in his

84th

year.

January 9th

1885

DEATHS

On the 3d Jan., at Epsom, ANNIE MAGDALEN, the beloved wife of the REV.

S.J. ROWTON, deeply mourned. R.I.P.

January 12th

1885

THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION

SURREY

The Hon. T.H.W. Pelham attended at the Town-hall, Croydon, on Saturday, for

the purpose of hearing objections and suggestions with regard to the constitution of the

several electoral divisions of the county of Surrey, as proposed by the Boundary

Commissioners. Among those present were Lord Onslow, Mr. Onslow, M.P., and the

six members for the county – Mr. Grantham, Mr. Watney, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Sir J.W.

Ellis, Mr. Cubitt, and Mr. Broderick.

The COMMISIONERS stated that the population of the county, exclusive of the

metropolitan Parliamentary boroughs and the Parliamentary borough of Croydon, which

were within it, was 341,719. That population would give an average of a little over

56,000 to each of the six divisions into which the Redistribution Bill divided the area.

The Commissioners proposed that the first division should be called Chertsey. It would

have a population of 54,297, and would consist of the petty sessional division of Chertsey

(29,867); the parish of Frimley, in the petty sessional division of Farnham (4,012); and

such part of the petty sessional division of Guildford as was included in Woking Hundred

(20,418). The other divisions were as follows:- Guildford division (population 54,619).

– The petty sessional divisions of Guildford (except the parishes in Woking Hundred)

(28,993) and Farnham (except the parish of Frimley) (14,768), and the municipal

borough of Guildford (10,853). Reigate division (population 56,348). – The petty

sessional divisions of Reigate (11,081), Dorking (except the parishes of Effingham and

Mickleham) (14,068), and Godstone (except the parishes of Farley, Chelsham,

Warlingham, and Caterham) (12,537), and the municipal borough of Reigate (18,662).

Epsom division (population 56,991). – The petty sessional divisions of Epsom (34,155)

and Kingston (except the parishes of Kingston and Ham-with-Hatch) (21,452), and the

parishes of Effingham (585) and Mickleham (799). Kingston division (population

69,043). – The petty sessional division of Richmond (33,633), the parishes of Kingston

(part of) (12,912) and Ham-with-Hatch, in the petty sessional division of Kingston

(1,855), and the municipal borough of Kingston-upon-Thames (20,648). Wimbledon

division (population 50,416). – The petty sessional division of Croydon (except the parish

of Penge, which goes into the metropolis) (102,884), the parishes of Wimbledon

(15,930), Merton, in the petty sessional division of Wandsworth (2,480), and Caterham,

Warlingham, Chelsham, and Farley, in the petty sessional division of Godstone (7,942).

The population of the Parliamentary borough of Croydon (78,840) was, of course,

deducted, leaving a population for the Wimbledon division of 50,416. That was a

smaller population than any of the other divisions, but there were the Parliamentary

boroughs to be considered. The Parliamentary borough of Croydon for the sessional

division; the following parishes in the Epsom petty sessional division – Banstead,

Cheam, Cuddington, Ewell, Headley, Sutton, and Walton-on-Hill; the petty …

A deputation from the Beddington, Carshalton, and Wallington Conservative

Association objected to the constitution of the Wimbledon division as proposed by the

Commissioners on the ground that the parishes were too remote, and that the occupations,

industries, and interests in them were dissimilar to and dissociated from one another.

They presented a scheme similar to that put forward by Mr. Saffron, in which they placed

Wimbledon in the Richmond division, and formed a Sutton or Epsom division, which

included the villages of Beddington, Carshalton, Mitcham, and Ewell. It was stated that

there would be an advantage in keeping these villages together in one division because

they possessed a large working class population. Neither Carshalton nor Sutton had any

common interest with either Wimbledon or Caterham, and they ought properly to be

included with Epsom.

January 13th

1885

BIRTHS

On the 10th

inst., at Westlands, Epsom, the wife of WILIAM MAUNSELL

REEVES, Esq., of a daughter.

January 13th

1885

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES

Sir – Mr. A.O. Bruce Pryce deserves the thanks of all suburban railway travellers

for his letter in The Times of the 8th

. On the South-Western Railway, which is, as a

matter of course, the slowest to make any move in the direction of convenience to its

regular passengers, a foot-warmer is never seen, save in what are ironically termed the

express trains, and then are not put into the compartments unless specially asked for by a

purse-jingling passenger. I suppose, however, that there is no line in the kingdom where

foot-warmers are so much needed as on the London and South-Western Railway, as the

carriages are rarely air-tight, and have a damp, mouldy feeling peculiar to this celebrated

line. On the London, Brighton, and South Coast, the alternative route from this place, on

the contrary, the carriages are supplied with foot-warmers as a matter of course, to the

great comfort of passengers. I trust, Sir, that you may exert your influence in bringing

the delinquent railway companies to a sense of their duty, and you will for ever earn the

thanks of

Yours obediently,

CONDEMNED TO TRAVEL ON THE

Epsom SOUTH-WESTERN

February 10th

1885

LORD ROSEBERY AT EPSOM

Last evening the Earl of Rosebery addressed a large Liberal meeting in the

Public-hall, Epsom. The chair was taken by Mr. Robertson Rodger.

The EARL of ROSEBERY, who was, on rising, received with loud cheers, said, -

Mr. Chairman and Gentleman, - the resolution that I have to lay before you at this

meeting is – “That this meeting, while fully sharing the national anxiety as to the

situation in the Soudan and the fate of General Gordon, urges on the Government the

necessity of perseverance in the cause of domestic reform, and the desirability of drawing

closer the ties which unite Great Britain with her colonies.” Well, gentlemen, I do not

deny that I come before this meeting to-night with very mixed feelings. It is always

disagreeable to me to resist any opportunity that occurs of coming to Epsom. But, on the

other hand, I have always endeavoured to keep Epsom as clear from the intrusion of

politics as possible. I do not know what your feelings are, gentlemen, but mine are very

strongly to the effect that if you wish to enjoy repose or seclusion in any given spot you

ought not to have anything to do with politics. Your secretary will tell you how long but

unsuccessfully, or rather successfully, I have battled to keep aloof from politics at

Epsom; and I have always thought that the true sphere of Epsom, which is health and

sport, was a much pleasanter sphere than the disagreeable elations of politics. When I

say health you know that I refer to your neglected mineral well (laughter) which I hope

somebody will bring into fashion, and it only requires a London doctor to do it

(Laughter.) As regards sport I need not explain what I mean. But, gentlemen, two

circumstances have occurred which have made it impossible for me to keep to my

resolution. In the first place Epsom is, as I understand, to have a member of its own.

(Cheers.) That is to say, it is locked in a life-and-death struggle with Sutton (laughter) as

to which shall give its name to the new electoral district. Well, I will not say with which

side my sympathies are. But, in any case, it is highly probable that Epsom will have a

member of its own in the next House of Commons (cheers), and if he takes the healthy

view of politics which one would expect from the traditions of this locality, and if he has

that large sympathy with the real life of the people which might be expected from the

sporting character of the locality, the member for Epsom will be a considerable addition

to the House of Commons. There is another reason which has compelled me to abandon

my seclusion from politics, and that is that we always understood that Epsom is a home

of Conservatism. (Cheers.) We always understood that Epsom was the chosen refuge of

those bucolic politics with which many of us sympathise (cheers), but which few of us

understand (Laughter.) it was not till I received a requisition signed by, I may say,

hundreds of the most respected names in Epsom calling upon me to take the chair at this

meeting that I felt that the game was up and that I must give up the idea of keeping my

residence at Epsom entirely free from politics. I cannot disguise from you that Epsom in

these circumstances has lost a great attraction. I have only one house now, which is in

the county of Buckinghamshire, from which my friend Lord Carrington comes…

February 17th

1885

DEATHS

On the 15th

inst., at Horton Manor, Epsom, MARY ELIZABETH, wife of

WILLIAM TROTTER, Esq.,, in her 73d year.

February 18th

1885

BIRTHS

On Tuesday, the 17th

Feb., at Ewell Grove, Surrey, the wife of Mr. ALDERMAN

EVANS, of a son.

February 26th 1885

DEATHS

On the 20th

inst., at Villa Madrid, Epsom, JAMES STEVEN, aged 73.

March 14th

1885

BIRTHS

On the 12th

inst., at St. Briave’s, Epsom, the wife of J. HORSLEY PALMER,

Esq., of a son.

March 30th

1885

BIRTHS

On the 27th

inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the wife of J.H. BRIDGES, Esq., of a daughter.

April 2nd

1885

BIRTHS

On the 29th

March, at Fitznells, Ewell, Surrey, the wife of EDWARD BYMES, of

a son.

April 3rd

1885

DEATHS

On the 2d April, at St. Briavels, Epsom, JOHN HORSLEY, the infant son of

AGNES LILLIAN and JOHN HORSLEY PALMER.

April 16th

1885

BIRTHS

On the 15th

inst., at Eagle Cottage, Epsom, the wife of WM. LYLE LEA, of a son.

April 18th

1885

BIRTHS

On the 14th

inst., at The Retreat, Epsom, the wife of SYDNEY BARNARD, of a

son.

April 25th

1885

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of

ENGLAND and a Special Jury)

PIERSON V. HARVEY

This was an action brought to recover possession of a house, called The Elms, at

Epsom, on the ground that the defendant had forfeited his lease by having broken his

covenant not to part with the possession of it without the consent in writing of the

plaintiff.

Mr. Bosanquet, Q.C., and Mr. H.D. Greene appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. R.T.

Reid, Q.C., for the defendant.

The plaintiff resides at St. Leonards, near Hastings, and the defendant is a tea

merchant carrying on business in Mincing-lane. In 1872 the defendant had had

possession of the house in question, and a new lease of it for 21 years at a yearly rent of

£250 was then granted to him by the plaintiff. The defendant covenanted to keep the

house in proper repair, and that he would not assign, or underlet, or part with the

possession of it, or any part thereof, without the consent in writing of the plaintiff, his

heirs, or assigns had been first received. But there was this proviso to that clause:-

“Provided always that in the event of the said W.J. Harvey, his executors, administrators,

or assigns wishing to assign or underlet the said messuage, buildings, and premises, and

the proposed assignee or under-lessee being a responsible person such consent shall not

be withheld.” The plaintiff having, in 1884, discovered that the defendant had underlet

to a Mr. Morley White, and that the premises were then, as he alleged, in a bad state of

repair, brought the present action to recover possession of the premises. The plaintiff

had been in the habit for many years of receiving the rent direct from the defendant, the

latter paying it to his (plaintiff’s) bankers in London. On June 17, 1884, the plaintiff,

without giving any notice of it to the defendant, instructed his bankers not to receive any

further cheques from him (defendant), and though he was informed that this would be

done they had, in fact, allowed one to be paid in on July 9 by the defendant for the rent

due at the end of June, 1884. The plaintiff had not been aware of this fact until the 21st

of the following October, but it did not appear that he had taken any steps then to return

the money. It was contended on the part of the defendant that this had amounted to a

waiver by the defendant of his right to put an end to the lease on the ground that the

defendant had broken his covenant not to part with possession of the house without the

lessor’s consent in writing. It was not contended that the gentleman to whom the

plaintiff had underlet was a perfectly responsible tenant, and, on the plaintiff admitting

this to be the case in the box,

LORD COLERIDGE then asked whether this action was not, therefore, one

brought by one gentleman against another because the latter had not asked for a

permission which the former had had no power to refuse.

The plaintiff said that that was no doubt the case.

It appeared from the evidence that Mr. White had occupied the house for a year

from June, 1883, and had then taken it on for another year. The question of liability

under the covenant to keep the house in proper repair, and the amount of damages, if any,

for which the defendant was liable in respect thereof were, by agreement, to be referred.

Mr. R.T. REID submitted at the close of the plaintiff’s case that there was no

cause to go to the jury, as (1) there had been a waiver of the forfeiture by the receipt of

rent by the plaintiff after he had commenced his action; (2) though the rent had been

taken under protest by the plaintiff, there had still been a waiver – “Davenport v. the

Queen” (3 “App. Cases” 115); and (3) that the case came within the provisions of the

Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881 (44 and 45 Vict., c.41). By sub-section 6

of section 14 of that statute relief against forfeiture of leases was not to extend to a

covenant or condition against the assigning, underletting, parting with possession or

disposing of the land leased. This restriction did not apply to the present case, as the

covenant here was not to assign without consent, and that consent could not be withheld

by the lessor. The statute was a beneficial one, and therefore the Court was bound to put

the most liberal construction on its provisions. The learned counsel cited also the case of

“the North London Freehold Land and House Company v. Jacques” (”Weekly Notes,”

Dec. 1. 1883).

Mr. BOSANQUET, for the plaintiff, contended that the Conveyancing Act of

1881 did not apply to the present case, as the defendant had entered into a covenant not to

assign without the lessor’s written consent. “Greenwood v. Moss” (L.R. 7, C.P. 360)

decided that where a landlord made his election and brought an action of ejectment the

term ipso facto was determined. The learned counsel admitted that he knew of no

decision that a landlord by accepting the rent had not waived his right of action for breach

of the covenants of the lease. In the present case the plaintiff had not known that the

defendant was going to pay the rent in July, or the fact that he had so paid it then was not

known to the plaintiff until he saw his passbook on October 21. No doubt the defendant

had in his statement of defence, filed on August 4, set up a waiver by the receipt by the

plaintiff of rent, but he had not specified what rent this was until on November 4 he gave

the particulars of the waiver, on which he relied, as ordered by the Court.

LORD COLERIDGE, in giving judgment for the defendant on the question of the

forfeiture for assigning without the lessor’s consent, said that there was no question on

this point to go to the jury. If the plaintiff had received the rent, though under protest, it

would not make any difference. It was a material fact in the case that he had given the

defendant no notice that he intended not to receive it. It was proved that he had received

it, and he had therefore waived the forfeiture. The true meaning of the covenant in the

lease by the plaintiff to the defendant against under-letting without consent was to

prevent the landlord from having an underlessee who was not a responsible person thrust

upon him, and to give the tenant the right to claim that consent for an assignment to any

person who was responsible. There would, therefore, be judgment for the defendant with

such costs of the action as applied to the forfeiture and a certificate for special jury.

May 25th

1885

BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL – The governors of this school have elected the Rev.

Henry Bernard Hodgson, M.A., to the headmastership, vacant by the election of the Rev.

W. Cecil Wood, M.A., to the headmastership of Epsom College.

June 8th

1885

EPSOM WEEK – A correspondent writes:- “Loud complaints were made of the

scant protection afforded to the public on the course at Epsom both inside and outside the

various stands, and robberies were more frequent than ever, while the number of

pickpockets and thieves who were taken into custody appears to have been less than

usual. These statistics are soon made public, but they are no index to the robberies

perpetrated, and it is high time that some serious steps should be taken by the Epsom

authorities to prevent a recurrence of the scenes of the past week. Now that Ascot is

before us the attention of the Grand Stand proprietors may be called to the probability of

similar occurrences on the Royal Heath, in order that they may take steps to prevent

them, and I trust also that some better method of selling tickets for the paddock will be

found than the small wooden pay box at the gate of the paddock, where there is a daily

fight for the necessary cards. They might easily be sold at the pay-boxes at the entrances

to the Grand Stand and elsewhere, and ingress as well as egress to the paddock might be

by the iron gate in the back wall of the enclosure, where visitors have hitherto been able

to make their exit only, and so reach the stand by the road.”

July 2nd

1885

SURREY SESSIONS

(Before Mr. HARDMAN)

Thomas Callaghan, 25, and Thomas Parker, 26, both described as labourers, were

indicted for maliciously wounding Arthur Parfitt. They were also charged with common

assault. Mr. Baggallay prosecuted, and Mr. Porter defended. On the evening of the 4th

of June, during the Epsom races, the prosecutor, a farm labourer, was on his way to the

Downs when he was attacked by the prisoners, one of whom struck him on the head with

a stick and other stabbed him on the right hip with a knife, inflicting a wound which

caused him to faint from loss of blood. After the assault the prisoners tried to escape, but

they were followed by the prosecutor’s brother and given in to custody. The jury found

the prisoners Guilty, and, previous convictions having been proved, Mr. Hardman

sentenced each of them to 12 months’ imprisonment, with hard labour.

July 8th

1885

HOSPITAL SUNDAY – Down to last evening the Hospital Sunday Fund had

reached a total of £30,350. The following were among the later collections paid in:

Epsom parish church, £31 2s. 1d.

July 14th

1885

DEATHS

On the 9th

inst. At Oakleigh, Epsom, GWENDOLINE ETHEL, infant daughter of

GEORGE A. MASSINGHAM, aged nine weeks.

July 15th

1885

MARRIAGES

On the 9th

inst., at Christ Church, Epsom-common, by the Rev. Archer Hunter,

vicar, assisted by the Rev. W. Hay, Curate, FREDRICK GEORGE, third son of

THOMAS WYLDE, Esq., of The Bartons, Stockwell-road, S.W., to ADA EMILY, eldest

daughter of HARRY T. CARR, Esq., of Epsom, Surrey.

July 22nd

1885

DEATHS

On the 19th

inst., at her residence, The Hollies, Worthing, ELIZABETH, widow

of the late WILLIAM BUTCHER, Esq., of Ewell, Surrey, in the 65th

year of her age.

August 1st 1885

HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUND

A general meeting of the council of this fund was held yesterday afternoon at the

Mansion-house. In the absence of the Lord Mayor, Sir. S.H. Waterlow, M.P., presided.

The committee of distribution reported that the total amount available for distribution,

after allowing sufficiently for liabilities and the usual current expenses, was £33,444. Of

this total they now recommended £32,084 to 101 hospitals and 53 dispensaries,

particularized as follows:-

NINE COTTAGE HOSPITALS

Beckenham 43 2 6

Blackheath and Charlton 28 13 0

Burstead 19 3 4

Eltham 28 15 0

Enfield 28 15 0

Epsom and Ewell 32 12 6

Reigate and Redhill 63 5 9

Shedfield 9 11 8

Wimbledon 28 15 0

August 18th

1885

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Yesterday afternoon the parties told off to conduct the experiments in long-

distance signalling between Epsom and Aldershot on the one hand, and Leith-hill, near

Guildford, and Aldershot on the other, left the latter town for the seven different stations

allotted to them. Each party was duly provided with tents and the necessary camp

equipment, while the signalling apparatus was stowed in stout wicker baskets about 2ft.

long by 18in. deep, covered with waterproof cloth. These baskets which can either be

carried by hand or on transport animals as panniers, contain heliographs, in addition to

flashing lamps both for oil and the lime-light. Small bags to hold the gases used in

producing the latter are also included, the oxygen being generated in small iron retorts

upon the field, a mixture of chlorate of potash and oxide of manganese being carried for

the purpose. The baskets are also supplied with the telescopes and other requisites for

the ordinary signalling now so familiar to the spectators of our great military field-days.

The fact, however, that under certain easily-imagined circumstances it might either be

impossible or injudicious to light a fire in the open for the purpose of making the gas has

led to a still further development of ingenuity in the invention of small portable iron gas-

holders, which hold sufficient highly-condensed oxygen and hydrogen to carry on

operations for some little time under any circumstances. Immediately on arrival at their

various destinations the officers in command at once had the tents pitched and the

necessary trenches dug, while fire-places suitable for manufacturing the gas were

constructed. These preliminaries being arranged, the time between 5 and 6 o’clock was

occupied by the different parties in ascertaining the bearings of the stations with which

they would have to communicate during the operations, the directions when found being

marked out by pickets. The difficulty of speedily getting these bearings can be best

estimated from the fact that there is a distance between stations of 14 miles in one case

and 12 miles in another, the other intervals being one of 11 and two of nine miles.

About 9 o’clock a beginning of work was made by sending a few trial messages over the

circuit; but the real work of the week begins to-day. For the purposes of the

experiments it has been decided that no single message shall exceed 30 words, and that

only such messages as are of a serviceable nature shall be transmitted; in fact, as far as

possible the whole of the operations are to be carried on under conditions identical with

the requirements of active service. The work each day will be done in three periods –

from 9 a.m. to 12 20 p.m., 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and from 8 30 to 11 p.m.; and each officer

will be required to keep a complete record of all the messages passing through his station,

and, further, to make a report upon each spell of work done, indicating any

meteorological or other difficulties which may affect the proper reading of the signals.

In short, nothing has been left undone to obtain some distinct advance in this all-

important branch of an army’s establishment.

August 19th

1885

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Yesterday morning the officers and men detailed to the seven selected points for

the experiments in long distance army signalling were at their posts with everything

prepared for the first day’s work of the week. On Monday afternoon and evening,

messages having been successfully passed between the different stations, the bearing of

each had been marked with an extended line of pickets in order to facilitate the renewal

of operations each day. Yesterday, unfortunately, the conditions of weather were

anything but favourable at four of the points. At the time for the commencement of

work Major Thrupp, the Inspector-General of Army Signalling, visited the base of the

operations, which is situated at Hungry-hill, Aldershot. There he found that

communications by means of the heliograph were being readily carried on with Hind

Head, distant about nine miles, and Merrow Downs, distant about 11 miles, the average

time of the transmission of a message of 30 words with an address being about two and a

half minutes. As beyond these stations no results could be obtained, Major Thrupp

proceeded to Epsom, the farthest point from the base, but there found that Lieut.

Beauclerk, 15th

Hussars, the officer in command of the station, had scarcely been able to

locate the Merrow Downs point even with the powerful telescopes provided. All

attempts at sending messages were useless. During a transient improvement of weather,

however, it was seen that a gleam of sunshine had fallen upon the Merrow Downs, of

which immediate advantage was taken to “call” the Epsom detachment.

Notwithstanding the general thickness of the atmosphere the flash of the heliograph could

be distinctly seen, but the utter absence of sun light at Epsom rendered it impossible to

reply, so that as far as regards these stations one day has been lost. Should such a

difficulty as above occur on active service, a party would be despatched to form, if

possible, a halfway point between the two stations to retransfer the messages by means of

flagging. The distance, however, at which flag signals can be distinguished, even with

the largest flags that can be readily manipulated, being only about seven miles in the

finest weather, Major Thrupp has decided to confine the experiments as much as possible

to those methods discernible at much greater distances. The experiments will be

continued throughout the week…

August 22nd

1885

BIRTHS

On the 19th

Aug., at The College-road, Epsom, the wife of W.F. MORLEY, of a

daughter.

August 22nd

1885

Last night the parties engaged in the experimental course of long-distance

signalling during the week finished their work, and will proceed by march route this

morning to Aldershot. The programme laid down was that a series of short messages

should be transmitted over a circuit of nearly 50 miles in extent, reaching from Leith-hill,

near Guildford, at the one end, to Epsom Downs at the other. The work, as planned out

by Major Thrupp, the Chief Inspector of Army Signalling, embraced every known

method of communication in the field, each of the seven chosen stations being supplied

with all the latest scientific appliances for the purpose. Unfortunately, the work of the

most remote point, that stationed on the Epsom Downs, about 200 yards from the grand

stand, was almost entirely nullified during each day by the drift of the smoke from

London, which made it impossible to discern more than the barest outline of the Merrow

Downs, about 15 miles distant, upon which the nearest point of observation was situated.

It was, however, from Epsom that the most remarkable result of the week was obtained,

in the fact that, notwithstanding the adverse conditions of light, the officer in command,

Lieut. C.W.D. Beauclerk, 15th

Hussars, was able on one occasion to read messages from

the Merrow Downs station signalled by the ordinary flags. During the week, with the

exception of Epsom, the other stations at Hinds-head, near Haslemere, St Martha’s near

Guildford, Merrow Downs, and Leith-hill, near Dorking, have been working well during

the day, with only occasional interruption, while at night there has not been the slightest

interruption in communicating with the powerful lime-light lamps employed. The

officers in charge of each station have to give in a detailed report of the week’s

experimental work, which will be published in due course.

August 31st 1885

CHRIST’S HOSPITAL

The subject of the income of the hospital is then entered upon very fully, and it is

stated that “the metropolitan estates of the charity are situated in various parts of the City

of London, in Westminster, Southwark, and the neighbouring parishes, extending to

Park-street, property overlooking St. James’s Park in the west, Old Ford in the east,

Holloway-road on the north, and Deptford on the south-east. This metropolitan property

comprises about 750 houses and several acres of uncovered land. The country estates

are in the counties of Lincoln, Northampton, Norfolk, Buckingham, Bedford, Cambridge,

Hertford, and Hereford, and consist of about 70 farms and farm-houses, and other

buildings, besides many tenements or cottages, and 14,000 acres of land. These estates

include also about 80 houses of an urban or semi-urban character in or near the towns of

Rochester, Reading, Ware, Romford, and Epsom, and in the parishes of Hornsey and

Erith…

September 1st 1885

THE REGISTRATION COURTS

The following arrangements have been made with respect to the forthcoming

Parliamentary revision:-

MID SURREY, or EPSOM DIVISION – The lists for this district will be dealt

with by Mr. Robert George Arbuthnot in the following order:- At the Bear Hotel, Esher,

on Thursday, September 24, for Cobham, Esher, Hook, Long Ditton, Moulsey East,

Moulsey West, Stoke d’Abernon, Thames Ditton, and Walton-on-Thames. At the Station

Hotel, Sutton, on the 25th

, for Sutton and Cheam. At the Spread Eagle, Epsom, on the

following Monday, for Ashtead, Banstead, Chessington, Cuddington, Effingham, Epsom,

Ewell, Fetcham, Great Bookham, Little Bookham, Headley, Leatherhead, Malden,

Mickleham, and Walton-on-the-Hill.

September 5th

1885

MARRIAGES

On the 5th

Feb., 1885, at St. Andrew’s Church, Thornhill-square, Islington, by the

Rev. C.M. Ames, EDWARD BARNARD, Jun., of Epsom, to CHARLOTTE KATE

JEFFREY NEAVE, also of Epsom.

September 9th

1885

BIRTHS

On the 4th

Sept, at Roslyn, Epsom, the wife of WILLIAM ALLEN NASH, of a

daughter.

September 28th

1885

SURREY – Mr. Richard Harris, barrister-at-law, of the Midland Circuit, and

president of the West Surrey Working Men’s Liberal Association, has been unanimously

selected as the Liberal candidate for the Epsom Division of Surrey at the ensuing general

election. Mr. Cubitt, M.P., for West Surrey, is the Conservative candidate.

November 2nd

1885

THE HUNTING SEASON

During the past month cub-hunting has been vigorously pursued, and the young

hounds are generally stated to have entered well. The change in the Government has, of

course, brought with it the usual change in the mastership of Her Majesty’s Stag-hounds,

and the Earl of Cork and Orrery is succeeded by the Marquis of Waterford, Mr. Frank

Goodall still remaining huntsman. Forest hunting began on the 6th

ult., but the health of

the new master has been so indifferent that he has been unable to participate in it. In

most countries the coverts are reported to be well stocked with foxes, and should there be

anything approaching a fair scent a successful season may be confidently anticipated.

Since last year the death of one well-known sportsman, in particular, has to be lamented –

Sir. W. Watkin Wynn, for so many years master of the celebrated Welsh pack.

Particulars of the various hunts, giving names of masters, days on which the hunt meets,

and nearest towns of access in the order mentioned are appended:-

FOXHOUNDS – ENGLISH

SURREY UNION – Colonel Blake – Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday; Epsom

and Leatherhead.

November 11th

1885

DEATHS

On the 7th

inst., at Ewell, Surrey, the REV. SIR GEORGE LEWEN GLYN, Bart.,

in his 82 year.

November 12th

1885

DEATHS

On the 10th

Nov., after a prolonged illness, ROBERT LAURENCE FRASER, of

Longdown Cottage, Epsom, and Jeffry’s-square, St. Mary-axe, in the 90th

year of his age.

Friends will kindly accept this intimation.

November 12th

1885

OBITUARY

One of the oldest of “Old Westminsters” has passed away in the person of the

Rev. Sir George Lewen Glyn, many years vicar of Ewell, who died at the close of last

week, at his residence near Epsom. The deceased baronet, who was in his 82d year, was

the younger son of the late Sir George Glyn (who died in 1814) by his marriage with

Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Gervas Powell, of Llanharran, Glamorganshire, and he

was born at Ewell in September, 1804. He succeeded to the title as fourth baronet on the

death of his brother in 1840. Sir George Glyn was educated at Westminster School, and

graduated at Christ Church, Oxford, taking his Bachelor’s degree in 1824, and

proceeding M.A. in due course. He was ordained deacon and also admitted to priest’s

orders by the Bishop of Winchester (Dr. Sumner) in 1831. He held the family living of

Ewell from that date down to 1881, when he resigned. The late baronet had been twice

married – first, in 1838, to Emily Jane, daughter of Mr. Josiah Birch, of St. Petersburg,

which lady died in 1854; and, secondly, in 1859, to Henrietta Amelia, elder daughter of

Mr. Richard Carr Glyn, late of the Bengal Civil Service. He is succeeded, as fifth

baronet, by his eldest son, George Turbervill, who was born in 1841. The baronetcy,

which dates from 1759, was conferred on Mr. Richard Glyn, a banker and alderman of

London, who represented in Parliament the cities of London and Coventry, and who was

Lord Mayor of London in 1758. He was father (by a second wife) of Sir Richard Carr

Glyn, of Gaunt’s-house, Dorset, who also was Lord Mayor in 1798.

November 12th

1885

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE

SURREY

…The numbers of voters on the old and new registers for the six divisions of

Surrey are as follows:- Chertsey, on old register, 3,099; new, 9,204; Guildford, on old

register, 2,610; new, 9,951; Reigate, on old register, 3,290; new, 9,170; Epsom, on old

register, 3,799; new, 8,960; Kingston, on old register, 5,998; new, 11,086; Wimbledon,

on old register, 43,659; new, 13,190. Out-voters – on old register, 1,369; new, 1,334.

Total – on old register, 63,824; new, 62,895. The apparent diminution of the numbers

of the county voters is caused by the creation of new boroughs, comprising the greater

part of the voters in the Wimbledon Division. The High Sheriff has intimated that,

assuming that the writs will be received on the 19th

inst., the nomination for the Kingston

and Richmond Divisions will take place on the 28th

inst., and the polling on December 5.

December 2nd

1885

THE NEW PARLIAMENT

The following is a list of members already returned up to date. An asterisk (*)

signifies that the member sat in the last Parliament:-

Cubitt, G. Surrey, Epsom

…The metropolitan and eastern counties, so far as they have gone, remain firmly

Conservative, Brentford, in Middlesex, sending back Mr. Coope by a majority of, in

round numbers, 1,200, Epsom, in Surrey, giving Mr. Cubitt a majority of 2,300, and

Chelmsford, in Essex, giving Mr. Beadel a majority of 1200…

December 24th

1885

THE TREATMENT OF TRAVELLERS BY RAILWAYS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES

Sir, – During the Epsom race week I desired to go to Epsom from Clapham

Junction Station, and applied there for a third-class ticket, when I was informed that a

first-class ticket only could be purchased. I therefore paid for a first-class ticket. When

the train arrived I was told there was no room in the first and second class carriages, and

therefore I had to travel third class. On arriving at Epsom I called the attention of the

stationmaster to the fact, who shrugged his shoulders and said he was sorry, but could

give me no relief.

I believe, Sir, the only way to obtain relief is by publishing the facts in The Times,

soon after which a general inquiry takes place by a director or two, and then reform

follows.

Yours obediently,

Bath, Dec. 17 FRANCIS BAGHLEY

December 25th

1885

DEATHS

On the 21st inst., at Brighton, ROBERT ALEXANDER, eldest son of the late

ROBERT BROOKS, Esq., of Woodcote Park, Epsom, in the 51st year of his age.