The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-12-21 00:00:00

HORRIBLE II URDER, TN BERKSHIRE.

A most cruel ad heartless murder is reported te
have been commit ited in a lonely spot between Shil.
listgford and Be, itoo, villages situated about two
miles from Wallin gfortb The name of the murdered
roan is Richard (been, who by trade was • dealer in
firewood, and wits known to be possessed of a cote
siderahle sum of money. On the slay in question, as
was his custom every Satnelay, he had been to a vil-
lage called Wartvorough with a load of wood. He
was last seen alive at the Ohl Bell, Shillingford, which
be left shortly before eight o'clock on the evening in
question. Abo at ten o'clock his horse and cart was
found going td rough Bensomereet, but Green was
not seen, UPI he was accustomed to sleep in the
bottom of the cart, leaving his horse to take its
chance, this was considered nothing unusual, and
so attrected no particular attentiou. About eight
o'clock on Sunday morning, Janie.. Betteritige, •
titterer, lodging at the Crooke Billet, Stoke Row,
saw the hone and cart in front of that house, the
lease leaning its head over agate of"'"incr into afield
in which it hail been in the halo of Oil 106 k:
ing into the cart Le saw Green, and calling to hint
twice, and receiving no reply, he exami net him someG
what closely, and ascertained that the old man hall
been murdered. His head was covered with blood, and
there were tio fewer than six W. 3111116 either of which
medical evidence went to show would have been gaf-
fe-tem to account for death. Besides which there
was a wound on his nose, tive bridge of ,which was
brek en, as was also his jaw, raid the second anti fourth
lingers of his right land. The distance from the
scene of the murder to the deceased's house, at Stoke
Row, is some seven mile. red the hone found its way
there ulli tt terrupted. lkeeseted was in the habit of
perfurniieg his journeys at night, and eras known in
the neighbourhood as " Viittnight Green." It seems
plunder eats not the obj act of the crime, as the do-
ceased's money and wati:h were both found upon his
person. That • scuttle i issued there can be no doubt,
for a stick known to Ii alfo belonged to the deceased
was found broken in ii event' pieces near the eceue of
the murder, anti it is eupposeti he defended himseif
with it. Chief•const able 0%01 of the Oxfordshire
Constabulary, Su; eri ntentlent Sears, and other mem-
bers of the force Wit re been vigilantly inquiring Miro
the matter, awl we bells ve have obtained some clue
to the murderer. The deceased's son and nephew
have also beets ta' Len into custody for moving title
deeds aud money irom decease I'. Lowe. An inquest
held upon the bi vly has resulted in • verdict of
"Wilful murder" agaitu: some persons unknown.

£24,000, the aniouut of specie recovered from the
Carnatie, was r eturueil on T.les lay to the underwriter%
who had sett'.el on the total loss.
The Earl of Cavan preached before large congre-
gations at Neweastle on *Holey—in the afternoon in
St. Paul's Cte•grezational Chapel, and in the evening
Lii tie Tyne Theatre.
Amonigu: RAID 105 LI it:ELAND.
fhiblin telegram of Tuesday says: This morninz at
nine o'clock, four men entered the shop of Mr. Dow.
lend. gun.im.th, Dame street, Dublin, and fired two
alma at the proprietor. They immeliately ran away,
wi, bout taking any arms. At half-past nine four
men a'so entered the shop of Mr. Parkinson, guns
smith, Arran Quay, Dublin, a...l fired a shut at the
mail in charge and at the proprimor. They took
away two pistols and got away ins cab, supiosed to
11,ve been in waiting for them.
Mr. R. R. W. Lingen' for many years Secretary
to the Committee of Council on Education, will, at
the commehrentent of the ensuing year, succeed the
St Honourable G. A. Hamilton as secretary to
the Treasury.
The Puntslo of Naples states that • mimed statne
In white marble has been foetid in the excavations
which are beinz made at Pozzuoli. This relic of aim.

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Woe art represents • man in a sitting posture, and over byra noted En' •la '' • -gw mathenutUcian, who deliv..2.
Is supposed by some to be Seraphs, ied himself in this fashion :—" Gentlemen, a morbid
Miss Nightingale is still Ore regret to learn from desire for orizinality prevents me from saying, ' This
the Lasseet), as she has been fur yew, , ~,,,,,,,,t, is the proudest moment of my life,' and it does not
prisoner in her room from ill health; although she occur to me to say anything else."
keeps up, by correspondence, the management of her I The Majesty of the law was fearfully sustained bY
Nursing Institution and other important matters. 1 Ler I Eskgrove, who, it is related, °nee iientenceil a
at I tailor for murdering a soldier, in these words :
The first two men in the Moral Science Tripoli 'And not only did you murder him, whereby he was
Cambridge are bracketed, wiz. Gardner, of Christ'.; I
bereaved of his life, but you .lid thrust, or push, or
awl West, of Trinity. The former comes from the i
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City 0f Londont csvetham College,ool, Bo
the isitth are N
hesonoto tulie. , pierce, or propel tie lethal weapon through his regi-
oriipai amental breeches, which were his majesty's."
formisda. AN UNOONTRADICTED ASSERTION. The late
The Daily News throws discredit on tho stale- Puke of Gloucester, being in conversation with Lord
ment made by the Bread Arrow, that a reduction of Brougham on the subject of Reform, grew so warm
five millions aterling is expected in the estimates:— in their argument that he observed hastily that the
"It is hardly probable, however, that the estimates
To-
are .0 far aa"..d that tha actual chancellor was "very near a fool." His lordship
aal a..." of u,,, pli”d that he could not think of contradicting the
duke, and that he fully saw the form of his royal
sn.luction oan beoorrectly quoted."
tixtai.un Smell:its LituAsTet.e.—A large French i highness's position.
ship, am:m.4 Commerce de Paris, of awl to Havre, I KNOTTY PnlNT.—Suppeee a man owns • skiff; he
from Hi.; Janeiro, Las gone ashore at Bigbury Bay, fad.ens the airlift° the shore with a rope made of
new I",ymoutli. The cargo, composed of cotton and straw; along comes a cow; cow gets into the bout;
coffee, was saved. Efforts to get her uff were made all turns around and eata the rope; the skiff thin let
throv.git Sunday un•uccessfully. It is feared that she loose, with the cow on board, starts down stream,
must become • total wreck. and on its passage is upset; the row is drowned.
Now, has the man that owns the cow got to pay for

Ceeroat HousE Fe.eliThe IN NEW Yoidt.—The
the host, or the man that owns the bait got tO pay
Fen, York Dow. states that a merchant in that rit y fur the COW?
named John S. Barton, has been arrested one elairle
of having b7iberil Custom House ufficens to recur° fate's. A Maryland negro, now more than 80 year• of age.
weights of import. I men-hanilise by luau., of which who manifests very much interest in the freedmen's
the reveille of the Cuited State. was defrauded. It schools of that state, was recently asked if he had
is especial that inure arrests will be made. learned himself, to which he replied, "Only what I
led bealikir:lttho,itiiloowugh-tailt—st tole it lik.e." When be
TUE Serie CaN•L.—The Admiralty hesitance' the ,
official report made to em on the Suez Canal, with "Why, when ch " ildren i
nm
that,
to school,
uncle rwol, I " he retina I,
them
direction. fur its pilotage, It is stated fence' gets little lesson from
that in the m go up to de
dam de book--giva
corn. total of 861 miles, 65 may on regarded as totally co. chile hen egg for it, you see."
pletod ; through the remaining 211 miles dredging
THY PItoBLEM OW THE DAY.—A judge at a cheese
or embanking is still going on. Tlw largest •liip that.
passed through at the opening drew 16 feet. show in Ayrshire announced the other day his solutiou
th.tadriErgth OrERTUrdiED IN TUE GALL—An of what he called "the problem of the day." He ad-
vised that the young adios who are in want of work,
extraordinary eordrelemps occurred On Monday even.
big, upon the premises of the Cambridge University mid likely to drift in the overstocked governess mar.
ant Town Gas Works. The whet, whirl, had li. en ket, should instantly apply thenuelver to the permit
very strong all day, had increased in violence to such . of cheeomaking, or in other words turn dairymaids.
' Then they would be able to earn from 220 to an a.
a degree that the largest gasometer attached to the
works was completely capsizal, and many thousands year, whirl, is the present rate of payment ; they would
of cabic feet of gas eseaped iustantaneoilely. Although find the °dream Wn "very healthy, pleasant, and pieta-
there was no light of any kind Iselin thirty yards re-pie," and, moreover, "there would be panty of
of the gasometer, the nearest light instantly illumined young men after them."
the gas, and an immeioe finine of fire roe' to the HALF A CI:OHE APIECE.—In the early display of
heavens, lighting up the sky in the most vivid Man. Garrick's poweritat Drury-lane, &tragedy was brought
nor. The utmoot alarm was felt in Cambridge whets forward, in which he sustained the principal character
thi• became apparent, but, happily, nue:plosion took of an aged king. Though there wa. nothing remark-
place. The name, however, mused a fire on the pre. ably brilliant in the play, it proceeded without oppo.
=IMP% and it waa at One time fransd that it would "item till the fifth art, when the dying monarch be-
catch thesomaiiiing gasometers. This, however, was quaathas his kingdom to his two sons in this line—
fortunately prevented by the exertions of a tame "And now, between you, I bequeath my crown." A
windier of the-inhabitants, who went up from Cam. wit in the pit exclaimed, "Ye gods! he's given them
bri lire to Baruwell, where the works are situated, hnif'a-csown apiece!" The h°°•° was imm.diatelY
directly the illumination eummoired. Mr. Clarice tha own into curbs comic convulsion that not another
Balls, the mai or, who is one of the directors of the word of the Piece could be hensd-
cumiany, repaired to the place, and at his suggestion NAUTICAL TElkse.—An old "tar" has recently
aii or ler was at °moment for the public dreet lamps prepared • handbook of nautical terms, for the nes
to he put out all over the town. The gasometer which of persons who intend to follow the sea. In order to
was blown over was only recently erected at • cast correct popular belief, our author gravely asserts
of 1:6.illel, niel a heavy one will fall upon the rompany that the berths on board *hip du not necessarily add
in vonsiqueneeof the above aneitleut. The dame a. It to the moms. The hatchway• are not hens' needs.
ascended we. seen for many miles round the fens. 'The way of tile chip is not tie extent of her lITOiI,
A Ghoul Name IN • POLICE COURT.—On Tues. 1 dupois. The boatswain does not pipe all hands with
day, at the Lee Is Burwell Court, before Mr. Bruce a meerschaum. The ship deed not have a wake over
the Alp wintry magietrate, throe uperatives, named • dead calm. The swell of a ship's Ride in net caused
Luke May, Alfred Worsham, and James Gregory, by dropsy, nor is the taper of a bowsprit a tallow
were chance I with having on the 234 November, aa. candle. The hold is not the vessel's grip. The trough
saulv d John Dickitison. From the statement jibe of the yea is not dug out of the ithip's log. The anise
complainant, it appeared that on the 23n1 ultimo he a • wave snot an indication of its rank. The buoy
went to work for the first time at the mill of llama. is not the captain's eon. The Men are not beat to
Croy...dale and %Whiteley, in tiehool Clew, Leeds. 'rhos 1 quarters with a club. Ships are never boarded at
defendants were nho , ngsuel by the name firm. , hotels. The bow of • ship is unit evidence of polite.
Diekinson was set to work alone in a long room, M nem A sailor's stockings are never manufastumd
the end of which was • smaller room. In this latter from • Info of his own spinning. The mil' of • 'l4
place Dickinson saw a rope danglieg from the ceiling, are not made bye. auctiourcu, nor are the stare
and on inquiry he was told that a workman once constructed by • inlihnos.
bung hi,,,,aly there, and that the apiutnient had since ,
been haunted. Towards dusk Dickimein heard rem. . News from the Australian diggings states that more
tam o 00.. e., in the room, and, upon ht, mentioning diamonds and minerals have been discovered.
the on.nnimitanoe, the alefen.lants said the noises I Tlie Earl of Derby has accepted an invitation tol
were mado by a ghost. On the following day Gm- . epen.l a few days with Mr. Disraeli at liagianden.
,who is an old man, called Dirkinsen out of the
The popular French historian, M. Michelet, ham
noon', and ;hiring his absence May entered the little
ainsw, had no „ao„og returned to kii. pnblished • work one location, entitled" Nos Pill*"
V.Onle compl
work in the place than he encoun. tared_
hatchet. anh'' app Montana ars. . A Monta girl rode sixty-five miles on horsebac
with k
tiort"—in white, and armed tli a He la toe night to wed against the wishes of her parent*.
rushed out of the room, and as soon as lie had cleared At Berlin Hibbard Wurst's "Star of Thrace" has
It e door Gregory lauded a pitch., at him. The fright
fem. ntlY Inir:n played with Pauline LIVX• in the prin.
til eleven ("el "Ln*
caused the romplainant to fall senseless to the ground,
and lie did not recover mw.ci°usue.' until
A Dublin rorresmsdeet theorem*, :--The stewerf
olelock at night. On the following day i .
went to his home. and Worsnop teld him that it was 0_ f !6lta been tired id. and severely wounded.
Cao.letown Westmeath, is reported
I. who dressed up May se the ghost- Since the 'beck "-..
to his nerves the complainant had been liStended. 41 A German papor Mates that the Swedish law which
two
medics,
men,
who now nowtiond as to the twr!Y punished peoeelrthen from the pure Lutheran Evange-
ho had received. iris memory had halt him, and be hoidin Church with fin. .
nee' Just been repealed.
was rapidly getting from bad to worm D.,t 1"1"4,„,„„,„„o Colonel Robert Myddelton Biddalph, Royal Dee-
." if complainant had been anoted wl6" ..
_."—= bighshire Militia, has been eppointed one ot Her Ma-
ui the heart he would doubtless have died an tau 7.77
from the fright lie rereived.—Mr. Bruce commereeisi orm
severely on the conduct of the defendants,
The annual obeervance of Founder's Day took plows
that of oteKol7, Whet he "ad* th°6gb a Fey-
man had been guilty of a my childish action, he Charter Me at t Chr Idouredh ieool on Monday. The Premier
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ordered each of the defendant' to pay • fine of rm.. o"-1 i° Lord C
. .h•ncello.r were amongst the fPests et
sad tad.; or in default they 1312.4 go to Pith" far
the
bilaqurn
M this evening.
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