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Some Selected Reports from The Windsor and Eton Express
21st July 1827
S.M.Baily
Windsor and Eton Carrier,
To and from the New Inn, Old Bailey, London,
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
S.M.Baily returns his most grateful thanks to the Public in general , for the very liberal patronage he has experienced in the above line; and hopes, by strict attention to all orders committed to his charge, to merit a continuance of the favours conferred on him.
Notice to Creditors
It is requested that any person having a claim upon the late Joseph Bott, Esq., will have the goodness to send the same addressed to Mr.John Bott, at his Father's residence, on the Castle Hill, Windsor.
Windsor Annual Carnation and Gooseberry Show.
The above Show will take place at the Star and Garter Inn, on Friday, the 27th instant, at which time will be given a handsome Silver Cup, value five guineas, as the First Prize for Carnations, and several other valuable prizes. Each person to show 12 blooms of different sorts, subscribers on or before the 21st inst., to pay 10s 6d, non-subscribers, double entrance.
Subscribers to the Gooseberry show 5s. each; to show 12 berries, three in each colour.
The flowers and fruits to be in the show room at One o'clock precisely , for the decision of the Censors.
Tickets for Dinner 4s each, to be had of the Stewards, and at the bar of the above inn. Dinner on table at Three o'clock.
Stewards.
Messrs. Gould, Wilmer, Hanson, Lovegrove, Humber, Weedon, Newman, Greenwood.
The flowers and fruits will remain in a commodious room for the inspection of ladies and gentlemen, from Three o'clock till Five.
Windsor Annual Melon Show.
Will be held at Mr.Clark's , the Hope Inn,
Windsor, on Wednesday, August 1, at which time will be given Six Capital Prizes, viz. :-
1st - To the person showing the best flavoured melon, not less than 1lb weight.
2d - Not less than 3lb, ditto.
3d, 4th, 5th, 6th - Not less than 1lb ditto.
Each person showing, to swear to the growth, if required.
Entrance 5s each.
The Melons to be in the Show Room at Two o'clock, at which time the subscriptions will close.
Dinner on Table at Three o'clock.
Tickets 3s 6d each, to be had at the Hope Inn.
Windsor and Eton
After the breaking up of the Council, at four o'clock, his Majesty entered his phaeton, and drove up the Long Walk to Virginia Water, where, on his arrival, dinner was immediately served up in the royal marquee. After dinner his Majesty embarked on board his pleasure boat, and enjoyed some excursions and the amusement of angling. At half-past nine o'clock the King and his attendants returned to the Royal Lodge.
On Sunday last, an elegant and fashionable company assembled on the terrace. The fine bands of the 2d Life Guards and the 21st Royal Fusileers were stationed near each other, and fascinated the company by their masterly play. On Wednesday afternoon the latter band, relieved at intervals by the bugles, delighted the assembled visitors in the Long Walk.
At a sitting of the magistrates at the Town Hall, on Thursday, Wm.Beaver, in the employ of Mr.Burford, carrier, was held on bail to answer for an assault on John Spyron, bugler of the 21st Royal Fusileers, on the 3d instant.
On Thursday last, an inquest was held at Wantage, by Mr.Slade, the coroner, on the body of Robert Roberts, a carver and gilder, about 24 years of age, who was employed at Ardington House, the seat of W.N.Clarke, Esq. The preceding Friday, being in want of some articles for immediate use, he got on horseback for the purpose of procuring them from Wantage. On the road, the horse threw him on a heap of stones, by which accident his head was so much injured that he died on Wednesday afternoon. Verdict - Accidental Death.
The Berkshire Midsummer Assizes will be held at Abingdon, on Monday next, before the Hon.Mr.Justice Littledale and the Hon.Mr.Baron.Vaughan, when the following prisoners will be put upon their trials :-
James Ayris and Edward Reeves, charged with breaking open the shop of Rachael Wise, at Cockpole, on the 23d of December last, and stealing four sides of bacon, and a variety of other articles.
William and Thomas Bryant, charged with assaulting Elizabeth Rowles, and stealing from her person a shawl, the property of William Rowles, at Newbury, on the 6th of June last.
Mark Burgess, charged with stealing twenty sovereigns, or thereabouts, from a drawer, the property of David Burgess, at Marcham.
Charles Dormer, charged with stealing a chestnut gelding, at Woking, Surrey, the property of Isaac Hodd.
Joseph Duckers, charged with stealing a �5 Reading bank note, from the person of William Caudell, at Waltham St.Lawrence.
Samuel Exall, charged with stealing a cow, the property of Edward Dore, of East Woodhay, in the county of Southampton.
John Judd, charged with stealing a round smock frock, the property of James Powney, at Bisham.
John Parsons, charged with breaking open the dwelling house of Thomas Edward Washbourn, at Cholsey, and carrying away a flitch of bacon.
Thomas Poole, charged with stealing two loaves of bread from the shop of James Phillips, at Ardington.
Robert Rodborne, charged with stealing eleven ducks, the property of Edward Miller, at Sutton Wick.
James Slaughter and Joseph White, charged with breaking open the house of Henry Page, in the night time, and carrying away two fliches of bacon, and other articles, at Finchampstead, on the 10th of March last.
Robert Smith alias James Smith, charged with breaking open the dwelling house of James Critcher, at Shinfield, and stealing a tea caddy, a table cloth, and other articles, on the 29th of June last.
Edward Welsh, charged with cutting and maiming Charles Wiltshire, with a sword, on the 23rd of April last, in the parish of Clewer.
Aylesbury
A Committee appointed by the Select Vestry of Aylesbury, made a report on Monday last, from which it appears that the parish-officers have lately held a correspondence with the Duke of Buckingham regarding the plan suggested by his Grace for the employment of the poor; they offered to rent a piece of ground of his Grace , for the purpose of employing those labourers not otherwise occupied, in spade husbandry. The answer to the application was polite, but in effect that if his Grace allotted any other land for the use of the poor, it would be under the inspection of his steward, and for such purposes as he should direct. - The plan recommended by his Grace, at the Quarter Sessions, it will be recollected, was, that the parish officers should let to each poor man a quantity of land as would with proper management produce a sufficiency of corn, vegetables, &c., for the consumption of himself and his family, and leave a surplus for sale to enable him to pay the rent. Regarding the plan suggested by his Grace as a remedy for the increasing burden of the poor's rates - an opinion in which we so not stand alone - we cannot but express an earnest hope that it may be carried into execution in this parish.
During the late hay-making season four aged persons were employed in hay-making in a field at Bletchley, near Fenny Stratford, whose ages added together give a total of 337 years. Their respective names are E.Inwood, aged 90; Elias James, aged 88; Ann Jackson, aged 82; and John Jackson, aged 77. Jackson mowed the grass and built the hay-stack.
Our readers probably recollect our relating, last year, a curious circumstance of a male hawk, the garden of Mr.May, Chequers Inn, Uxbridge, hatching two chickens, which were taken away and put to a hen. This year he has resumed his curious occupation, and hatched two more, which, astonishing to say, are thriving amazingly under his own care.
The two following inquests were held at Aylesbury yesterday, before Mr.Burnham, one of the coroners for this county :-
The first was on view of the body of Wm.Roadnight, a lad aged 10 years, son of one of the turnkeys of the gaol, who was drowned in the canal the preceding day.
- James Parsons, a lad about 11 years old, said I went to Mr.Fountain's field (by the side of the canal) on Thursday, for the purpose of gathering cow clods. Three other young lads, named Joseph , George, and Isaac Roadnight went with me, and William Roadnight (the deceased) joined us in the field. We filled two baskets with clods, which we place on a barrow and began to wheel them home on the towing-path by the side of the canal. Rain coming on we stopped under the second bridge, and the deceased seated himself on one handle of the barrow and I on the other with my face from the water. The barrow tilted, and I and the deceased fell into the water. I got out of the water by swiming. I saw William Roadnight rise in the water once, and have not seen him since. [A Juryman who had viewed the body, observed, thet from the bruises on it it was probable the deceased was struck by the handle of the barrow in its overturning, and thereby rendered incapable of struggling.] - Thomas Collins, a mason, examined - I was at work on Mr.Payne's building, on Thursday, on the New Road, and saw James Parsons coming along very wet, Mr.Winfield asked him what was the matter with him. He said, he had fallen into the water, and another boy was then in the water under the second arch. Mr.Winfield, I, and some of the men at the building then set off and ran to the canal. When I got to the canal I saw two hats and a wheelbarrow swimming on the water between the two gates. I undressed myself and got into the lock and went down two or three times to the bottom. I saw Mr.Winfield take out the deceased. He bled very much, but I think he was dead when taken out of the water. Mr.Franklin, who was passing, desired Wm.Welch to take his horse and ride for a doctor. - The Coroner asked the Jury if they required further evidence; they replied in the negative, and returned a verdict of Accidental death.
The second inquest was held on the body of James Pullen, a young man about 22 years of age, a labourer in the employ of Mr.Richard Terry, of Aylesbury, who died on Thursday in consequence of injury sustained by a cart passing over his chest on Tuesday last. - Wm.Davies, a labourer of Fleet Marston, deposed as follows :- As I was setting out to go to Aylesbury on Tuesday, the deceased passed my door with a horse and cart , and I asked him to let me ride. He said, "No, my friend, I can't, for I have no room." I was coming along the road to Aylesbury and saw the horse and cart coming back, and Pullen was hanging to the horse's head by a hempen halter; the winking halter was hanging down, the rein being across the horses neck. The horse at length threw Pullen, and the near wheel of the cart passed over his body. I went up to him, and Dr.Terry came up in the God-speed in his gig, and got down and examined him. Pullen but his hand in his bosom, and , looking at Mr.Terry's face, said, "For God's sake give me ease if you can." Mr.Terry said, "My friend, I can nothing for you here." Mr.Terry desired me and others who were standing by to take the deceased home, and I assisted him to Aylesbury. Pullen told me he must die when I was assisting to remove him. - Davies was the only witness examined by the Jury, expressing themselves perfectly satisfied with his testimony, and, after some deliberation, they returned a verdict of Accidental death, with a deodand of �5 on the horse and cart, in consequence, as it was intimated by the foreman, of their considering the horse a vicious animal, it having ran away on the day previous to the accident which was fatal to the deceased.