The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

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BRIDPORT.
At Her Mejesty's levee on Thursdsy an address
of congratulation on the marriage of the Princess
Royal was presented to the Queen from the Town
Council of Bridport by Mr. H. A. Templer, Mayor,
who was presented by Earl Granville.

POOLE.
On Thursday at the Queen's levee an address of
congratulation on the resent Royal marriage, was
presented to the Queen, from the Corporation of
Poole. by Mr. William Pearce, Mayor; Mr. William
Cooke, and Mr. H. Denby Seymour, M.P.,
Mr. Pearce was presented b 7 Sir G. Grey; Mr.
Cooke was presented, on appointment as Recorder
of Poole, by Sir G. Grey.
A lecture was delivered at the Townhall on Friday
last, by Mr. J. Harding, who afforded a great
deal of information of an interesting and important
character as to the causes of female vice, and dedailed
the efforts of the Associate Institution for improv.
ing and enforcing the laws for the protection of

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;i:keon On.nd..sy evening EfOdgee,74lll4ltei:
Chief Justice of e Cape Hope, and late
Recorder of Poole, on the subject of" Our colo-
nies." W. Pearce, Req., Mayor, occupied the chair,
and a very large audience was assembled to hear the
remarks of the learned gentleman, who commenced
his lecture by speaking of the vast extent of our
colonial possessions, and the duties which they
entailed upon the mother oountry, and pro-
ceeded to describe more fully the pest history, pre-
sent condition, and future prospects of the Cape
colony. Of the climate of that locality Sir William
Hodges spoke in high terms, and gave an interesting
account of the different races by which it was peo-
pled, and the constitution under which it was now
governed, recommending the Cape of Good Hope
as one of the most desirable 'pots for emigration.
POOLE LITERARY lIIIIITTTJTE.-012 TUSIIdARII-
ing a highly interesting lecture was given Mr.
W. Kidd, of Hammersmith on the "Marvelsand
mysteries of the animal kingdom." The lecturer
took a rapid survey of the many wonders that are
to be met with in animated nature, and which so
well repay the diligent seeker in nature's treasury,
finishing up with a description of the universe, as
showing the might, power, and majesty of the great
Creator. Afterwar& he most humourowdy related
numerous anecdotes of birds, dogs, and fishes,
which he had Completely tamed and brought to mani-
fest great fondness for him by simply treating them
with kindness. The audience which was large and
influential, appeared highly delighted with their
evening's instruction and amusement.
Pomos.—Afory Pope, the keeper of • brothel in this
town, was brought before the magistrates at the Polies
Office on Wednesday, charged with being drunk and
creating • disturbance, also with resisting the police.
When taken into custody she bad En 10s. in her pos-
session. The ease was proved, and the prisoner being
an old offender, was sentenced to one month's im-
prisonment in Dorchester gaol, and fined El for resisting
the police.— —T. Galavan, Thomas Brwile, and
Richard Pope were charged with disorderly conduct in
the street. It appeared that several persons had lost a
number of pans, and in the eourse of the evening P.C.
Beaken saw the prisoners throwing pieces of broken
pans against the doors of houses in SkMner-street. The
prisoners who had been ' previously convicted, were
fined £1 and coats, or one month's imprisonment.
THORSDAY.—Thomas Barnes was Charged with being
in the fowl house of Mr. Down, of St. Clement's Inn,
for an unlawful purpose, and was committed to the
Borough gaol for one week.—Henry Russell was charged
with being drunk and disorderly in the Strand, and
fined ss. and costs, or to be placed in the stocks for
three hours. The prisoner chose the latter.
COUNTY COORT.—The usual monthly sitting of this
court was held in the Townhall on Tuesday, before
the Judge E. Everett, Esq. There was no case of pub-
lic interest. During the sitting his Honour stated that
the Treasury was about to make fresh arrangements
with regard to the issue of warrants. It was fre-
quently the ease that when a defendant was ordered
r to be imprisoned the commitment did not go out,
whereby an expense was incurred to the government.
The treasury had, therefore, resolved that the warrant
should be paid for by the persons applying for them
I, when granted.

WIMBORNE.
MASONIC BALL —On Monday night a grand
masonic ball, which has been looked forward to
with much interest, came off at the Crown Hotel.
The Freemasons of the town and neighbourhood, as
well as some from a distance, assembled, in addition
to a respectable gathering of the inhabitants of the
town-120 persons being present. The arrange.
menta of the committee seemed to give complete
satisfaction, and Mr. Bowie's liberal catering was
highly commended. Indeed nothing could be more
gratifying and praisewotthy than this attempt of the
brethren • of the Lodge of St. Cuthberga to enliven
the town. Among the stewards were the following
names :—Sir E. Baker, hart., H. K. Seymer, Esq.,
M.P., Capt C. N. Sturt, M.P., T. Merthyr Guest,
Esq., and R. Hare, Esq., P.G.M., Dorset. The M.C.
was Charles Reynolds Rowe, Esq., whose gentlemanly
bearing augmented in no small degree the eat
of the proceedings. Eyera' fine quadrille band from
Bltuidford was present, and dancing commenced at
half past nine. The toot ensemble was most brilliant.
The majority of the gentlemen present being mem-
bers of the Lodge of St. Cuthberga, and others in the
district, were attired in full masonic regalia.
The brilliantly lighted room was tastefully deco.
rated with evergreens, flags, festoons of flowers,
while on various parts of the walla were masonic
devices of artificial flowers. A transparency of
masonic arms, executed by W. Taylor, Esq., of
Wimborne, had a very pleasing effect. The walls
were likewise hung with flags, which had been
borrowed for the oocasion ; and from different parts
of the ceiling were suspended festoons and wreaths
of artificial flowers, the tasteful manner of which
evinced that hands fairer than those of masons had
been engaged therein. On the centre of the supper
table was placed a handsome cake—the present of
Mr. Ward, pastrycook, of this town. The whole of
the cake was decked with masonic devices, exqui-
sitely wrought, and at the top was a temple bearing
the banner of the Lodge of St. Cuthberga. Dancing
was kept up with unabated spirit for many hours,
and the joyous reunion will long be in pleasant re-
membrance. _ _

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening BA
Mr. Charles Moore, innkeeper, and Mr. Henry
Habgood, auctioneer, were returning from the Nag's
Head Inn, near Poole, the latter having taken a
valuation on behalf of an incoming tenant, the horse
became unmanageable and ran away at a terrific rate
just at White House hill. Mr. Habgood, with great
presence of mind, and after warning the driver, Mr.
Moore, of the evident danger, got out at the back
part of the car, and, from the rapidity with which
the horse was going fell, receiving severe contusions
near the skull and in other parts of the body, render-
ing him insensible. He remained on the ground for
' some time, until picked up by two men, who brought
him into Wimborne. He has since suffered much
from the accident, but is, we are glad to say, recover-
ing, though gradually. Mr. Moore, unfortunately,
kept his position for a time, and continued unhurt
until arriving near the Greyhound Inn, where he
was thrown from the car with fearful violence, his
head coming in contact with a curbstone. He was
picked up by that excellent officer P.C. Grant, and
conveyed into the Greyhound Inn. We lament to
state that Mr. Moore died the same evening at eleven.
A jury was summoned on Friday morning, and gave
a verdict of "accidental death."

BRISTOL. —Ship on Fire. —On Wednesday, the
William and Mary, trader, the property of Mr.
Charles H. Riches, was discovered to be on lire
while passing the mouth of the Rumney river, on
her voyage from Bristol to Cardiff. The flames,
which appeared to have originated in the after-cabin,
spread with extraordinary rapidity, under the in-
fluence of a brisk easterly breeze, and it was with
some difficulty that the crew made their escape in a
small boat. The vessel burnt to the water's edge,
and sunk with all her carp.
THE LEVIATHAN AT BRISTOL. —We understand
that subcommittees have been formed of the members
of the Town Council, Society of Merchant Venturers,
and Chamber of Commerce, to consider the beat
course to be pursued with reference to the provision
of accommodation for the Leviathan at this port, and
that the three committees met on f'riday to discuss
the subject.
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THZ Ell-
' PEROR OF THE FRINCH.—The SaMB week that SA
attempt was made on the life of Louis Napoleon, it
was stated that a police-officer, armed with a Secre-
tary of State's warrant, had visited Glastonbury, in
search of a gentleman residing there, and who was
said to be mixed tip with Orsini, who had been on a
vent to him a few months before. The gentleman
alluded to is Mr. Thomas Darrell Hodge, a young
man of good property, and connected with several
families in Glastonbury. Mr. Hodge appears to have
been fortunate enough to escape the messenger on that
occasion, for he is advertised in the Hue and Cry
of the Duchy of Nassau as impacted of having been
accessory before the fact to the late attempt on the
life of the Emperor Napoleon. The original inventor
of the hand grenades used on that occasion, a native
of Stuttgart, after having in vain offered his invention
for de successively to the representatives of Prussia
and England at Stuttgart, sold it in the summer of
1856 to a stranger at an hotel in Carlaruhe, believing
that stranger to be an Tmglionuan.