The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-09-16 00:00:00

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VERAX RAMPANT.
To the Editor df the Dorset County Expre.“ and
Agricultural &WU&

StEt,—l am afraid " Vents's" account of himself
proves but too true. He must write something
abont somebody, be it right or wrong, true or false.
One vmuld really imagine his aobriquet might with
prnprietri be changed to " Idendax." Moreover, in
point di fairness and good feeling, he seems defi-
cient. According to im, the Versicles were not
intoned as usual; for, t "keynote having been
given, the singers departed sadly frail It.'l Pro.
behly the singers at St. James's, Poole, are not the
only ones who occasionally miss their intonation
in the ordinary sense of the tem. But in the event
of the charge proving true, why should the ener-
itatie tegtor-be blamed for it If all the mistakes in
life made by " Verax,"—of a more grave kind than
intonation—were to be recorded against him, he
migltt cut out a sorry figure. Indeed, I doubt very
much his mtusioal perception, and think it likely he
might have to gtope ovet the key board for the key
of G, and not find it then I ie had better stick to
his own btisinsis in haute; mindful of the old pro-
verb beginning with

Poole, September 6th, 1862 /irt SfITOR.
[We must decline to insert any more commtnica.
tiollB on this subject unless paid for as advertisments
—En. D.C.E.]

Tug ARGENTINE PLAYE.—"in an economical age like
the present, when there is a growing tendirticy among
all classes of society to make the greatest display telth the
smallest outlay of capital, the introduction to public
ootio• of Mr. Benson's Argentine cannot fail to be
ioccptiihie. This material, possessing and retaining
a perfect resemblance to silver, can be manufactured,
at • trifling cost, into articles of plate, for ordinary
household use as well as ornaments of • more preten-
tious sharacter."—Piehl, April 20th, 1861. J. W.
tiensort, Prine Medalist, No. 6605, International
Eathibition 1862, has just published a most elaborate
and complete Catalogue qf his manufactures, both in
Argentine and Silver Plate. It oonsiste of 130 pp.
Imperial Bvo., and includes a full and carefully arranged
price list, and upwards of 300 Angering% of artioles of
various kinds. It will be sent poet-free ky enclosing
six stamps to J. W. Benson, 46 iuid 47, Cornhill,
London, E.C.
" YESTERDAY, Bensotits GREAT CLOCK, which has
taken ouch a time to complete, was at lust finished and
at work. As a sample of English clockwork on a large
scale' the works of this are probably the finest finished
that have ever been seen in the country. No chrono-
meter could be fitted with more perfect or carefully
adjusted mechanism. The most curious fad connected
with this clock is that in addition to the four dials over
the case, it also moves the great dial over the entrance
in tte Cromwell Road, which is 300 feet distant, and
90 feet above the works themselves,. Altogether this
is the most important specimen of English elookvrork
in the building."—Times, 11th June, 1862, article on
the International Exhibition. In the manufacture of
the above clock new steam machinery was brought Into
action, and the very great accuracy and truth with
which every part is made is in great measure attribu-
table to this fact. The same machinery is employed by
J. W. Benson in the manufacture of his turret and
house' clocks, and thus the expense of manufacture is
considerably reduced, se that he is enabled to supply
these articles at much lower prices than usually charged.
Another advantage is the greater truth and precision
which are attained by this means than when the pieces
are oast or cut by hand, He proclaims not only tbe
large and elaborately finished church or cathedral clock
at 2,oooguineas, but also the simpler but almost equally
accurate timepiece for the village church or school at
15 guineas. A reference to hie catalogue will supply
the reader with much interesting information regard-
ing the rite and progress of the art of clock-making,
and of the various descriptions of time-keepers now
made. It also contains a full list of prima of clocks
suitable for drawing and 'dining 'rooms, the library, the
halt, staircase, office, or counting-house, with the more
I elaborate and expensive musical and chime *Locke, and
the highly-finished time.pieses for railways, poet-offices,
&c., Sic. It can be had on application, or it will be
heat poet-free by enclosing 2 stamps to J. W. Benson,
33 and 34, Ludgate Hill, Landon, EM, Established
1749.

THE WAY OF DEATH.

HORIIIIILI FRATRICIDE Iti• CARIIARTHENSHIRE.—
LLANELLY, Tuesday.—On Sundity afternoon the village
of Llauou WM thrown into a state of considerable ex-,
einilenmie,enuit,edeauuseedwellbyinthlde an.losu,noesoutneonft
atbiretspazot.ubnlge
farmer at Dwrelawdd•fach, had shot his brother, Sons-
utersley Edwards. The ',oboe immediately went in
search, and succeeded the same afternoon in apprehend-
ing the alleged murderer at, plaice called Pontardidais ;
and, having conveyed him to the lock-up of this town,
he wei brought up and examined before Mr.
G. 11. Rees ad Mr. R. 0. Thomas. jun., two of the
magistrates for Carmarthenshire. The Townball was
densely crowded when the prisoner, a gentlemanly-
looking young man, dressed in navel unifotro, was
charged with the crime of wilful murder. His age
was stated to hetwenty-one. The magistrates having
first considered it expedient to retire into • private
room, proceeded to eaamine the witnesses in the pri-
soner's presence.—Police•Constable James John de-
posed that he apprehended the prisoner. On informing
him that he was charged with having shot his brother
he replied, "It is true. I have shot my brother." On
the way to fAanelly he said lie had been commanded to
do it by the Lord. On searching him nothing was
found except a pocket handkerchief and a tobacco-
pouch.—David Price, another police-constable' also
stationed at Pontardulais, stated that on going to the
farmhouse where the murder had been committed, on
Sunday evening, be found the door looked, and
that until he mentioned who he was he was unable
to obtain admittance. When he went in he asked
to see the decessod, and the body was shown to him.
It was in the front room, lying on • board, The de-
ceaaed had been shot in the head. There were cute On
the upper part of the forehead. The whole of the
brains were gone, and the scalp had been cut off. He
inquired how the murder had been committed, when a
hook was brought by some person in the house, and on
it was part of toe brains. It was a farmer of the name
of Michael who brought him the hook, and who told
him at the same time that lie had found it in the
deceased's hand. Witness was of opinion that the
wounds upon the deceased could not have been self-
inflicted, and that they could not have been produced
by falling upon any sharp substance. On examining
the yard he found a good deal of blood and brains, and
also a part of the scalp. More of the brain, were scat-
tered about the walk. Witness made inmiry as to
whether any gun had been discovered, but was unable
to obtain any intelligence on that subject. The prisoner
having been duly cautioned, made the following state-
nient : father is a solicitor, at Daventry, in North-
amptonshire, and is now livieg there He took a farm
In Llanon, caUed Dwrelawdr-fach, in November lest,
where my mother and brother resided. My diskr is
married to a clergyman named Edward Ifontford, of
Foremark Hall, near Derby. My father is now at
Daventry. On the 2/th of July last I was getting up
at seven in the morning, to join some young men, when
two angels appeared to me, and asked me if I knew
what day of the week it was/ It was Sunday. I then
remained in my bedchamber for six weeks. Yesterday
I received a cometunleation from the Lord to shoot my
brother, who had broken every commandment. I found
the gun loaded in the kitchen' prepared for me. It was'
• double-barrelled igun. I found my brother in the
yard with the sickle m his bend. I raised the gun. He
said he was my only brother. I obeyed the Lord's emu-
mend. I did not tell hint that! was going to shoot
hint. I was about six feet from him. He put his hand
to his head. I -fired, and he fell dead., I did not touch
him with the sickle. Nobody but the Lord was pre-
sent when I shot him. I have been • master's assis-
tant in the navy. lam twenty-one years of age, and
retired from the navy about three year* ago. I had
been wounded in 1859 by the eon of a clergyman,named
Nicholas Dewys, in South America. I was on board
the ship Wasp, sloop of war. He (Dewy's) fired • re-
volver pistol at me, thinking it was not loaded. The
ball entered my right groin. I had an attack of epilepsy
from the effects of the wound, and was invslided In
consaquenee, and left the navy.—This statement the
prisoner signed with a firm hand. He afterwards wrote
• letter to his mother to lend him some clothing, and
he expressed • wish to be released from custody. The
examination was adjourned until a future day, when
Dr. Thomas. of Llauelly. and other medical gentlemen
will give evidence as to the prisoner's state of mind.
Meanwhile he has been committed to Carmarthen
gaol, on his ownconfession, on the charge of murder.
FATAL RESULT PROM THRUM'S° STONY& —On Mon-
day Mr. Webster held an inquest at the Townhell,
Sheffield, on the view of the body of John Dalton, who
died Trom injuries received on Sunday the 24th ult.
John Walker, of Mill-sands, a youths of 11, Wel in
custody on a charge of inflicting the injuries, and
appeared before the jaryt On the 24th of August last
the prisoner was driving some chickens into a yard at
fdillsands, and the deceased and two other children,
being in the way of the chickens, caused them to run
baolc. This irritated Walker, and, though the children
stones went out of the way, be threw stones at the`m,
one of which /Amok the deceased, who was severely'
injured on the forehead. On the 3rd inst. he was,
then found by a medical man who was
called in suffering from Minnie convulsions, such as
arching of time beck, difficulty in opening the mouth,
general rigidity of the limbs, and other symptoms ;
he WM unable to take any food, and the symptom
gradually increased until death. From a posh ntortem
examination it appeared that there was under the
the external wound a hectare of the skull,
the fracture extending to both plates of the
skull cap. The fractured part themselves premed upon
the brain and caused effusion of blood thereon. Death
had resulted from injury to the brain caused by the
fracture of the skull. Great violence would be required
to cause the fracture-.--greater violence than would be
required had the deceased been an adult, the softness
of the brain increasing the power of resistance. The
prisoner's defence win that he was throwing the stone'
at the chickens. Ths jury (mind a verdict of "Man-
slaughter," and the coroiter dominated the prisoner for
trial, but admitted hint to hail,

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