THE BALHAM MYSTERY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 2452, 7 October 1876, Page 3

THE BALHAM MYSTERY.

fTiiR English paporfl aro filled with an inquiry !on tho mysterious death oC Mr. Bravo, who il is supposed was poisonod. Mr. Clma. Uravo Kvas a young barrlfltor of !W years of ng(s, a *oau of much ability and eomo accomplish'monte, popular with his friends, and apparently of all mon bno of tho most unllkoly to commit 'suicide. Ho had not been many monthn marVlod, and was living at tho Priory," 'Halham, a pleasant suburban rotreftt some miles to the iiouth of London. Hin wifo wan also an aoIbompHflherf' lady, tho widow of Mr.; Ricardo, bno of a family, and with jicr was living a Mm. Cox, n West Indinn lady, a« companion and friend. On the ilßth' of April lttßt,Mr. and Mrs. ' fcravojjof t homo in, thoir oarringo nntl drovo to town in iho morning. On thoir return Mr; Hravo wont out riding. After dlnnqr on that day ho wao takon Buddonly i\\ aod two or throe days later he died, without qu«nMon from pisoning, for tartar omctio was dtftootod in tf>o matter ho vomited. Bnt how waa ho poisoned? Tho first inquest was unsatisfactory, and, on application to tho Court of ' Queen's, Bench, the ooronor was directed to opon it frdnh inquiry. This second , Investigation bad dooupicd 18 a«.ys whon thb mall loft, and waa not then con. eluded. AmoW< tlio moat important facts which influenced tho judges on re-opening tho inquiry was a elttttoniont mado by Mrs. Cox, in whioh she admitted not having told tho full truth. Sho had told tho modical men that Mr, ttravo Jmd taken poison, but omitted these words/which now she altcgcs that ho u«od, "For Dr. Gully." This Mrs. Cox was lour day« under examination, and oho added Rovoral important statements to hor ovidftneo, her ovident dcslro being to shield Mre. tlravo's repufaiion, Mm. Bravo, it in now proved; was in intlmntc, if not ndultorouß, rolatlons with Dr. Gully boforo her marriage. Ho had followed her from place to place, travelled with her, and visited constantly at hey houso, but Alr,(? t) I!rRVO/hn<l brpkqn off »H communioationfl with him at the time of her engagement to Mr. Bravo. ,Tho question arises whether there waR any return' of tho older RffecUon' that might prompt tho wioh to got Hd of her husband, any quarrel, any, jealousy, , pf'infhitlm oil tho 1 tydrt of l)r. Onlljr to ox.' plain tho mysterious death.' Antimony has boon traced W <ho possession of Dr. Gully'a coachma^ who 'Viifi he nscd it for tho horse*. This is another clement in tho tragedy which is bow ntivrliig popular, curiosity. , ,

Lkj-T OVljlt^Owing to our spneo being othcrwlflo occupied wo aro compelled to Icavo over till our next" tho corrcspondonco of tho r»ov. M-S.BrcttohandMr.O^onnoll. , Aanicui/ruRAL Sooikty'« CoilMrrrßß .Mri/iifNoi—Ti^'t'omWittcc of iho nbdve Society nro requested to meet in tho Tnranakl Institute on. f Wcdnoßdny evening npxt at 4 'o'clock, for" tho, purpose of preparing the, prjac lllat for the forthcoming chow, and other imipovtantbusincen., „.,,.-•; , 1 Thk New Guinka Kxpbditxon.— A telegraro.fetntJflth>tioafboHi^'cxpe(liticmlto,Njpw Guinea has returned, baying asconded 350 milenaljovo where Scott reached last year, They, wcro uoabto.to land. ,Thp natiyo^wcro numerous and hostile. » p TtrcflOMJMON.~~;TlilB thoroughbred horao, which hrt« purchased front" Mf . I'owdroll, of Knkhramon, by iti.' : Vf. lU.l U. Gcorgo, of Owftta, arrlvedi>n Thursday night. Tho Patoa people, j udginj?by tho local pap'or, rpgrct that suoh a finis animal m lleflolutlon Bhould. npfc, have boon kept in that district, A prottjr/ lotlg^flgiirO k believed to havo boon given, nnd there is little doubfr but that tho ontcrpriso of tho present proprietor will bo duly rciwa'rddd< Tho pcdlgred oi the animal wlllflr/pottrdn Wcdnewlay. ! Atf fimium Hot Mf&Afliten A remarkable instance of tho occasional intelligence displayed by Inanimate object* to afforded by tho coao of tho ilro alarm bollfl on ;»oftW' ti'aderrt'' » prcml«w in Vii'gin'ui-Btnfoft Glasgow. On , Sunday last, theso bo)ls, mistaking tbo heat of tho weather for an outbreak iof flre, took to ringing with such hearty good' will that' thoy brbnght thrco flremon tb the nw^io,' finding no trnccfl of flro.rcUirnedto r^ado'fltation, but^had hardly edraposca themMolvea when they, wore again aroused by I tho loud-ringing of tho fire alarm boll, in conI nectioi»jwitl» spmp otjher prcmiflCß in Gprdoti- . Btrect;., This time a company of flromen burr led ito ihe goono oi tho supposed eonfl»i?ratlori,,but 'found that thorowns nothing tho mnttci beydnd thooxtrcino miltrinow of tho woathor, whiob had so affected tbo boll that it coul<| not help - wounding an alarm. It would be impolitic to criticiHO too oloßoly tho conduct of bollH that nro evidently only f too anxious to do their duty, an/1 are, over on tho watoh foi tho slightest indication of dnngcr. At the same time, much inconvonienco and nnxloty may bo caused by an cxtromo Honsltlvoncw on their part and an over-readiness to jumj n$ cjQnolufllpn».--i^^,^/a^ Oazetto, J^y^Oth; ■ *lrl> l 'i4^r~~^r I~<-~1 ~<-~ *; " i-*^» ■'■"'■! Amusomont.