The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-05-25 00:00:00

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AOCIIDIJIT ON TZ2 LONDON AN Socrru.Wicami
liciLwAY.—On Tuesday morning as one of the men,
wbo work on this line was attempting to get Into a
ballast wauon, near Bewley, he slipped and fell,
and the train which was in motion, passed over his
legs, fracturing both of therm The poor fellow was
immediately Gonveyed to the Infirmary, and on his
&Omission his right leg WU amputated. It is feared
that be will hies the other leg also.
DINTIIIIIIIIO SUICIDS.—A peculiarly distressing case
of suicide is reported from Winchester. It will be
remembered that, about a month ago, Fanny, the
youngest daughter of the late Dr. Littlehde, banker, of
that city, committed suicide by strangling herself, and
that she was found deed in bed. There was no doubt
at all that the set was done in a fit of temporary insan-
ity. At the time the inhabitants of Winchester mai-
tested their sympathy with the distressed family, who
were well known and highly esteemed- Now that dis-
tress has been most painfally inereand, for on Wed-
nesday Mies Ann Littlebale deo committed suicide by
cutting her throat. She was found dead in her bed-
room between twelve an one o'clock in the after-
noon. Her head Lad been almost severed from the
body.
Ball! AND WENT OT ENGLAND SOCIITT AT SOUTH.
AMPTOIL—The forthcoming annual exhibition of the
Both and West of England and Southern Counties
Association, to be held for five days in Southampton,
sommensing on the 31st inst., gives promise of being
the most successful ever held by the society. The
entries in every department bars vastly exceeded that
of any former show, and some idea of their magnititude
may be realised from the fast that in the mashinery
department alone there will be upwards of 60 steam
engines at work. This has entailed a large amount of
extra shed asoommodation, which is now all completed.
The local committee have received • large amount of
subscriptions during the past week, the balance of
which, after paying the remainder of tl” guarantee
held to the society, will be applied to the erection of
triumphal arches, deserations, illuminations, and other
ottrwitions for visitors to the town. & grand display
of fireworks is announced by a private firm to take place
In the evening of the second day of the show at the
Antelope grounds, and there is no doubt it will attract
many thousands of spectators.
ColleaCitATloN on • Niw CHIMCII AT ESlLeoasi.
Oa Tuesday there was a very Interesting ceremony in
the well known pariah of Selborne, Banta. Sir
Boundell Palmer his purchased in that pariah the
Blackmer* Estate, on which, before building his own
house, he has first built entirely at his own
• beautiful church, parsonage, schools,
es:Sent:bourses' cottages, and has Procured the
formation of a new district, for the benefit of those
who live at an inconvenient distance from the parish
church. This church was consecrated on Wednesday
by Bishop Ryan, acting for the Bishop al Winelweter. j
The Bishop of Rochester preached the sermon. A large I
number ef friends and neighbours were present at the
ceremony, among whom were Sir William Erle, Mr.
Cardwell, Canon Thomas, and others. On the motion.
day Sir Roundell gave a dinner to every labourer who
had been employed on the buildings, and the tenants
and cottager' on the estate, with their families. The
The building of his own mansion will now be proceeded
with, amidst the good wishes of the Inhabitants, to
whom he has become endeared by his simple, unostenta-
tious manner of life and princely liberality.
Swoon Acting= AT ANDOVII.—An socident,
attended with serious Gonssqueoece, Gestured on Wed-
nesday last, shortly before two o'dock, at the building
now going on at Mr. Shaw's, grocer. For some little
two workmen have been employed In erecting a scaffold
In front of the house for the bricklayers to work on.
This platform is erected about 20 feet from the pavement
and is supported by what are technially sailed putlors,
or fir poles, the ends of which rid in the holes made in
the brickwork of the building on one side, and on the
other are tied to the scaffold poles. Just beim two
e'elock three men were at work on the platform, and
had loaded it with a quantity of bricks which they had
taken from the building. The patieg, which appeared,
rotten, was unable to sustain the weight, and broke off
close against the wall. Two of the men, with the
platform and bricks, fell on the pavement In one

ondsteed heap, whilst the third man, more Wiry,
jumped on to that portion which wee Ina, and them
saved himself. The two unfortunate ass were imme-
diately extricated from their remake, sad Mr. Latham
and Mr. Goodinge were seat fororho, on examining
them, found that no bones were broken the injuries
oonsistier only of some severe outs and bruises.
Asalocrtrusat &WORT ens HANNIEUILL-84100 Oar
hitt report the weather on the whole has been favour •
able for epic:altered °pastime generally the crops of
gram, both of meadow and arable proJu.S. are very
abundant, except in those cases where the seeds have
Cry failed, and many such fields would have paid
to have been ploughed ap and seeded to peas or
betas according to the nature of the *oil. Many parties
object to the pulse crop on light land, but this objection
doss not hold good if the land is cropped with barley
Instead of wheat after pulse. . All the fodder crops are
unusually abuedent end early, whether of trifoliam or
vetches, sod these crops being so very succalsot
best used oat into chaff in admixture with straw, both
as a matter of economy and the well doing of the
animals, store particularly or cart horses. In our last
report • groat all of lambs was somewhat anticipated,
but now it is realised, and generally acknowledged to
be the healthiest and most numerous fall of lambs ever
known in this county; In eonsequenee, the pries of
store sheep will probably rule at moderate figure
although we may get an abundant root crop. limited
cattle, also, are reported healthy throughout the
eounty, the fall of salves being good, and although
cow dock were generally badly kept during the
cruder, they ere now selling at prices satis-
factory to the breeder • in fact, we never new so few
well-bred steers and betters offering at this time of the
year. We trust the measures now before Parliament
for the protection of our settle and sheep against disease
will be arranged upon such • basis as to prevent the
introdustion of disease without interfering with the
foreign supply, and it is worthy of note that the
Chambers of Agriculture and Farmers' Clubs appear to
be fully alive to the gravity of the atria, and are pass-
ing resolutions calculated to favourably influence the
Government upon the most important points. The
earn crops upon the whole ere promising, and the his ,
fine rains have been of immense service to tb• Lest '
corn, sad came most opportunely both as regards time
and quantity. The plant of the wheat is unusually
and thick, but yet it does not promise like it
regular and
period last year. It is generally thought
that the month of throb was not sufficiently dry tor
the Wheat plant, and we have notated in bygonezraz
it has often eharacterised the season; so that if
Is dry end favourable to the wheat crop the rummer
follows suit, even unto the harvest. The prior of ears
baring now receeded to a rather low point, taking trio
consideration the weight and quality of the grain mid
the chariest of the quality and quantity of our salt
crop being much below the past year, and the =say
circumstances which may occur to affect prime, lee
induced the opinion that wheat of our own growth
now in hand will not touch a lover pointbefore harm*
We have, then, to consider the chances of the weather;
and, if the past is any guide to the future, •
difficult harvest is due, and will not for long
be deterred, for in looking book to the harvest
weather of the past forty years wheat has '
been sprouted in the field about onoe in eight years in
this climate and twenty. The present may justly be
tolled • favourable mason for preparing land for the
various root crops, and a hell root mop may fairly be
anticipated. A very n
r2rbszbreadth of mangel be
sow thia year, and p thaa has ever been
seeded before. The reason or:ris obvious. Parties
now know better how to use the crop than formerly,
end also that Lent earn suoreeds better than wheat as
the succeeding crop. Cabbage for the cattle, end also
kohlrabi, are commanding increased attention, and
larger breadth is being cultivated this year, as they
ars found to rimmed and alternate well with swede; or
turnips. The "curled Scotch kale," too, is beginning to
command some attention, being used as a substitute for
rape, and.' found to be good for sheep and not so
dangerous as rape ; at the same time it is equally pro-
ductive, and retains its leaf better, as rape is em shor-
lived, and drops the leaf so quiokly, that it is rarely the
crop of a whole Sold is oonsunted in good season. The
Bath and West of Farmland and Southern Counties
Association Meeting, to be held at Southampton nest
month, may be looked forward to by the farmers as an
excellent opportunity for continuing their edsoation in
agricultural matters, enabling them to make up their
minds as to the lies stook best adapted for their soil
and elimate, and also the implemeoto best calealated to
use in tilling the the soil and effecting the various
operations of the farm, now so much carried out by
machinery. A visit to the trial ground at Testwood for
the reapers and mowing Melekinee and steam oaken
will prom especially interesting—and it is within sway
distance of the town.—Jusgtti BLUNDELL, South.
ampton, May 13, 1869.

Siontnittsbirt.
A YOUIIO GIETI.IIIB/1/ term BY 101 Annen. —On
Wednesday • young gentleman, named Perry, who is
visiting at Brookley Combo, was bitten by an adder. A
companion and himself saw & rabbit run across the road,
and pursued it, Perry putting his hand Into a bole Into
which he thought the rabbit had gone. He felt his
forefinger bitten, and, thinking that this had been done
by a reishit, they removed • stone to get at the little
animal, when they atm an slider there and were son•
visaed that the bite hed been inflicted 1;:y the poisoous
reptile. Perry, whose arm speedily became much
wollen, hu been placed under the cere of Dr. Hari, of
Tattoo.
Kansans Or Tay Rev. BENJAMIN aegis —The
marriage of the Rev. B. !Spoke, rector of Dowlish Rake
near llmineter, with Miss Fuller, eldest daughter of Mr.
John Bird Fuller, J.P., of Roston Pork, Wilts, was
celebrated on Wednesday at the New Church at Restos.
Mr. Spoke, whose "mysterious diaappearanee" ceased
such a sensation throughout the country some Rau ego
is the son of Kr. Spoke, of Jordan', near Ilmirstor,
and brother of the late Capt. Bpeke. Mlle Falls was
a hardworking and coortant Sunday-school testher,
established and maintained the efficiency of the their,
and prodded at the harmonium. The church was taste-
fully decorated by the members of the choir. At half.
past eleven the bridal party arrived, arid on their entines
to the church thechoir sang from" Hymns Ancient and
Modern,"
The robe that breathed o'er Eden."
The marriage eeremony was performed by the Rev. El,
Ileathoote, Vicar of Wanton, and cousin to the bride.
assisted by the Rev. W. Bolster Vicar of Reston the
service being choral. The bride wore • white Atha
dress, wreath of orange blossoms, and Honiton lace veil,
and was attended by six bridesinalds—blisses If. Filler,
Kiss A. and S. Heatheote, of Willitoa, Miss Fobs, and
two little girls of about six years of age, Mimes Carson
and Murdock. They were all dressed alike in white
tarlatan trimmed with blue, and wore bonnets with Mae
flowers. The shank was crowded in every pert and
long before the service commenced the door MN sur-
rounded by • crowd of anxious spectators, a Urge
number of whom were unable to gam admittance. An
'Missy of evergreens was erected at the entraace to
the churchyard, and • tempqgary floral corridor led up I
to the church door. The vaagere also displayed floral
devices and decorations The bridal presents were both
numerous and costly, and amongst them were • hand-
some diver candelabra, given to the bride by the
tenants on the Reston estate; • silver eardoese, from
the teachers and children of the school; and several
tokens of regard from the poor of Roston. The bride-
was goo presented with a silver inketand, trim
groom ather's tenants in the pariah of bewails ; a brood
'!
garden not and silver dessert spoons, from the rev,
gentleman's own parishioners and school children; and
a marqsaterie table, from the 'eremite at Jordarui.

Winch Tearrtay, s mostuag asi
of the proposed redo:ratios of the west frost sad!
Chapter-kosse of this eathedral was held is UN Chapter-
house, under the preddinaq of the Earl of Cork. The
Dean of Wells explained what bad already been doss,
and said that prior to the meeting 0,500 was promised
sod now they had £1,500 more, so that be considered
the success of the undertaking estishi. The question
was how the work wee to be dose, and by whom. It
was proposed to restore the coutollies in certain instances
and inothereto repair them. There we 4,700 lest of
column in the west frost, and each foot root fls , so that
it was a question whether they should be restored in
blue Ilse or marble. Lord Taunton moved that the
meeting resolved it was gsaarally desirable to carry out
the restoration of the west front according to the plan
recommended. He remarked that it had boon proposed
So have coloured glum in the Chapter-house, but be
thought it better to have no coloured windows than to
have paltry ones. Prebendary Scorch aecon led the re-
solution, and hoped they would get the work scoots-
plisbed before they were dioodowed and disastablimsbed.
Kr. E. A. Freeman opposed the present scheme, as he
Conight It was their duty to place the cathedral in its
position as the great mother church of the diocese.
They ought, as at Lichfield and other cathedrals, to
improve and clean the interior, an i alter that talk of
the purely ornamental things; riot, however to leave
the latter undone. lie wished them to take the advise
of Professor Willis on the restoration, as there was no
one in England so well obi@ to given an opinion on the
subject. The rosolutioo having been adopt. Sir E.
Strachey moved that the Chapter-house be restored to
' its origiaal simple beauty. Prebendary Horner secionded
the resolution, which was carried. A eimomittot was
then, on the motion of Prebendary Lake, nominated,
and the mooting terminated with a vote of thanks to
the Earl of Cork for prodding.

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A New Hampshire magistrate has decided that
language which does not embrace the name of God is
not profane swearing punishable by law.
ROYAL AOILICOLTIMUL Socirrr.—The general meet-
ing, of this society was held on Saturday. The 1, port,
which was adopted, .howed that the society now con-
sists of 75 life governors. 73 annual governors, 1,417 life
members, 3,864 annual members, and 17 honorary
members, making • total of 5,446, or a decrease of 15,
as compared with last year. The Pasha of Egypt, IL
Drooyn de Lhuys, and M. Edouard lemouteux have been
sleeted honorary members. The country meeting for
1870 will be held at Oxford, thet for the present year
will be at Manchester, under the presidency of the
Priem of Wales. The schedule of prises amounts to
1:4,120. Arrangements have been made for giving
reports el fanning in various pert' of the country in
the journal of the moiety. The result of the exaaa-
tion of students for this year has been most setisfaceory.
The Due of Devonshire has been elected a vies-
president in the room of the let. Sir J. V. B. Johnstone,
Bart, M.P. ; and Sir Thomas Hesketh and Mr. Thames
Stetter, members of the ooeneil, to fill the vermin
caused by the resignation of Mr. Clare Sewell Read,
M.P., and the election of the Duke of Richmond ass
vice-president The Doke of Devonshire was sleeted
president, and the members of the council and other
°Moors of the society were elected.
8131005 CHARDS •GaINWS • COUSSIT M•olllTakti.
—At the Hereford City Polies Court on Tuesday Mr.
Thomas Leolimers, of Fownhope Court, HerefonLikiire,
a magistrate for the county, • lauded proprietor, and
heed of one of the oldest county families, was charged
with being drunk, with assaulting his wife, and with
refusing to leave the residence of Mr. J. Cleave when
required to do so. Mr. J. Gwillim, solicitor, appeared
in support of the charge. Mr. Cleave, who is • solicitor,
and clerk of the piece for the empty, stated that the
defendant called at his residenee. Bridge-street,
Hereford, between flee and six o'clock on the preceding
evening, and asked to me his wife—who was in the
house at the time—insisting that he would take her
home with him, and that he would not leave the house
without her. He wet extremely drunk—so drunk,
indeed, as to be quite mad, and both his minden end
his language were excessively coarse. While talking
with the defendant, Mrs. Lechinere came Into the room,
and her husband sought to persuade her to leave with
him and go home. She urged, however, that the ought
not and could not go home with him under the ciscum-
stenos, and, finally, wholly declined to go. The
di inland, upon he wife's ref usal to accompany him,
suddenly dulled at her and struck her • violent blow
on the side of the head, the sound of the blow being
heard in a room • considerable distance off. The witness
added that he had reason to fear that this fault was pot
an isolated instance of the defendant's treatment of his
wife, but that Mrs. Lechniere had from time to time
been beaten by her husband; it was, indeed, for this
reason that she had come to witness's house en the day
in question. He (witeses) was the solicitor to the
faintly, and had known Mrs. Lechmare as a friend for
many yews. At this stage of the proceedinp Mr.
Gwillim applied for a remand till Thursday, in the
hops that some arrangement might be arrived at. The
defendant made no objection to bengremanded, saying,
evidently with great feeling, that what had been stated
by Mr. Cleave as to this charge was unfortunately too
tree. He was then remanded.
SHOCKING Canatrr to • CHILD.—SaraA Amos. alias
Amittr, was charged at Thames police court on Friday
with assaulting Anna Mom, aged sigh t, her stepdaughter,
and breaking her left arm. Defendant had been married
to the child's father two yeas, and had continually
beaten the little creature. Mr. J. Horton, surgeon of
Stepney, stated that he had examined the body of the
girl The ulna of the left arm was broken. That
soul not have been done with an ordinary sane. A
brush or broomstick would have effected the injury.
The weals and marks on the girls person *Waned him
that she had been repeatedly and improperly caned.
There were fresh bruises on the right shoulder and
left side, old bruimes on the right side and fresh ones on
the top of the left arm, across the stionsieb and side, and
also on the loft thigh. The defendant found fault
with the child for not washing herself, and beat her
with • brush. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said
the girl was a liar, • thief, very mischievous, and she
hurt herself by tumbling about. Her own health was
very had, and she had been lately slanted with
neuralgia whisk had caused her to be more severe with
the thatethen she intended. The father of the girl sad
a woman named Emma Wagborn, living in the MU.
house, gave • 'toiler itharaster of the girl, and said she
was a very bed child, who wanted frequent eorrection.
Lucy Puri:wane, • schoolmistress, said the defendant
brought the girl to her six weeks ego for instruction,
and said she was a liar, • thief, very mischievous, sulky,
acid full of had qualities, and that she must correct
her very severely and keep • tight hand upon her. She
s on discovered that she had been greenly deceived. The
shad was very intelligent, lively, good natured, and
remarkably docile. The girl wasted no sorreetion at
all. The defendant: Yes • I wanted the schoolmistress
to chastise her. Mrs. Purchase: Chastise children,
indeed! I told you little boys sad girls vented DO
chastisement, but kindness. Nose but fools and bar-
barians beat children. I subdue my scholars with kind-
ness and good advise. I never met with • better-
behaved and better-disposed little girl. Mr. Paget
expressed his great dissatisfaction at the evidence of
the father, and said he had made up his mind that
neither father nor stepmother should have the oars of
the child again. He sentenced defendant to three
months' Imprisonment with hard labour, and ordered
her at the expiration of that term to find ball for good
behaviour for three months leapt. Kra. purcloaee
made as offer to take care of the little girl and bring
her up prarly. Mx. Papt said the offer was highly
erediteha to the ethoolmistrear, who was • poor woman,
and he bed no doubt some Institution or benevolent
person would assist her in the maintenance of the child.

A Neu YOltd beide recently HMO • 1607—1
10,000 dollars. Tim WAR
fiIIIONT has Weed an order prohibiting eraehing
daring aloe bean at the Board of Pm&
ite wader., says the Globe, talk ef reetablishing
dersominstional hall at Oxford.
LOND KATO has, at his own expense, lent an elephant
to the Dublin Zoeller's' Gardens.
Tin Goldsmiths Company have contributed 100
times to east in the emigration of children under
guineas to
Os another body was recovered from the
oahe challery, and although it had been entombed for
nearly two years and • half, it was identified as that of
William Boothroyd.
WITHIN the last few weeks there have been six my".
terioue oases of fire in cotton mills at Stockport,
Three of the six ompured on Saturday night and
Monday morning.
CONSIDNIABLI excitement has been occasioned at
Oathed by the sudden flight of the chief pc octori4
Aker Of the University, a man named donna, who
charged with forgery of a very serious eharacter.
Tim well.keown thoroughbred racehorse De Coor„,
who won the Jersey St. Leger in 1867, while ex re-4
to Colorado on the night of the 24th hit., was burnt
to death through the hay in the box tolling fire.
MIL GEORGIC CRUIXIIH•XIeS well known posting
"The Worship of Bacielms," having been presented to
the nation by the National Temperance League, is now
being exhibited at Booth Kensington.
1r is proposed to place a memorial 0••• Window to
the late Arthur Young, the well-known writer on 04p.j.
culture, in the reonatly restored church of his nehas
village, Bradfield, near Bury St. Erimueds.
ON Sunday while Wise Porter, sister.in.law of the
Rev. C. J Bushell, viola of Barkbiland. was crouing
the line at the Bowerby railway station, Yorkshire, her
dread was caught by an express train which OEM up at
the time. She was knocked down by the engine, acd
killed on the spot.
Ar the cattle show, at Breslau, Lord Walainglianie
South Downs have attracted much attention. On the
evening before the opening of the exhibition all the
animals sent for exhibition had been *old and in a few
days sheep to the value of 5,200 dialers were purchased
Irons the same Sock. Rams fetched £5O a bead.
CHILD-MITIDXIL—An inquest was held on Wedses-
day night, in the Holloway-road, by Dr. Lankester,
respecting the death of • newly-bore child which was
found wrapped up in • handkerehief near the cemetery
station of the Great Northern Railway. The medical
evidence showed that the child had been born alive, but
bad been allowed to bleed to death. The jury returned
• verdict of wilful murder errand some person or
primes unknown.
Tun DIVOLIONI ON Tax IRISH CHURCH HILL
The Irish Church Bill has been under discussion
during seventeen sittings, five of which have been
devoted to the scroad reading, and twelve to the con.
'Marsden of the measure in committee. Twenty-two
di•isiono have taken plane, and it is worth while to
record them, with their different subjects and majorities.
They have been am follows :

Majority.
Marsh 23-Second reading
April 15-Going into Cometittee.....
„ 15 -Diseetabliabsnest
„ 16-Date of ditto
„ 19-Ditto
„ 19-Corepensetios „. . 98
„ 22-Ditto 'orates
„ 22 -Ditto ditto
„ 22-Ditto Organists 11.5
„ 22-Motion for Proper .. .......
„ 23-Compensation Ley Palms.— 11.1
„ 23--Corporationa
„ 23--Commutatios lOO
„ 26 Monumental Marches lOO
„ 29-Glebe lioness. .. ........... . - 9 l 9l
„ 29-Deis of Private islemsessts
29 -Ulster Glebe
May 3-Ba3e of lithos l4B
sa 4-Maynooth l2B
11, 6-14synooth .... . ............. ... ...
II 6-Motion for Progress
„ 6 -Individual Compensation ......
The highest mnjority, of 146, upon any subject dealt
with by the bill was obtained in opposition to Mr.
Faweett's amendment on May led ; the lowed, 811,
upon Mr. Disraeli's amendment relating to the date of
private endowmenrg. The average majority ha. bees
113. No motion that has been submitted to the English
Donee of Commons has been carried with inch great
numerical majorities, or with such general agreement
of opinion amongst the members who have contributed
to those majorities-Nosconformist.