The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-16 00:00:00

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Tag young man named Watkins was eattenced at tior
Oentral Criminal Court, on Weeneeday, to twenty
years' penal sarvitada for attempting to murder a
young woman, whom be was courting, M Buckharat.
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Ws have mum to believe that Sir Jolla Rohl will
Goateed the late Lord iodise Turner, end that Sir
John Yarsiske will take the plea* of Attorney GetersL
Mr. Selwyn, u T. for Cambric's* University, will
be the mew &Ado' Geriaral, and Mr. Etsliol Brett, 13. C,
mt. for Hebdon, will moored Dr. Luhington at the
Admiralty Court.

THZ Arritmer TO 81131 • 11•01ITLATZ.—The man
Gurney. who was emaciated at the last session of the
Central Criminal Court of a misdenimmour in having
attempted to comipt the chairman of the Kensi,gtou
bench of magistrates by a bribe of £4O to grant him a
spirit lioen e Tor his beershop, was brought up on Wed-
ntelay for judgment H. wee ordered to be imprimned
four days, to pay aline of 1.20, mid to be further im-
prisoned until such One wen plaid.
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A SWICPSISIIII TOS A VEILDICf.— A jury ens
panelled at the Busks Quarter Sessions held at Lyle.-
, bury last week signalieed themselves by the novel but
I very equivooal mode (after being locked up for four
! hours and a half) of arriving at • verdict by lottere.
i Twelve slips of paper were placed in a bad, on one of
, which was written the word "Guilty,' and oe another
"Not Guilty," the remainder bang bleak,. The
' "Guilty" being first drawn, the jury went into Assert
and gave their verdiet to that effect. The ease wet
I that of a man mused Dixon, charged with steadies ten
I surgical trusses.— Beek. Herold.
ITHE on.. of Pitt v. Lord Dam* was heard by Vivre
IChancellor Stems" oe Tuesday. The important.
question decided was between Lord Rivers' creditors
I and his daughters, By Lord Rivers' marriage settle-
' meet. Lsdy River:fortune of £16,000 was settled upon
I the daughters, and Lord Rivers undertook to pay the
I Trustees premiums on Insurances for £30,000 on hie
1 life, to be effected in their name. He did insure bin
life for £3OOOO in his own name. The £30,000 was to
be held by trio Trustees for his daughter. The Learned
, Judge decided that the whole £30,000 insurance monies
Ibelonged to the ladies; who thus take under the
settlement 1'46,000.

Datugo Ronnear or itIFILIZIY.—On Thursday
evening, about balf.past eight o'clock, an (extensive
robbery of jewellery was committed under circumstances
of great andeeity, at the shop of Mr. Vaughan, of Bath-
street, a leading thoroughfare to the Railway termi.:3,
in Bristol. Mr. Vaughan was in his shop sloe*, when
some man or men must have entered and attacked hire
with a blunt instrument, indicting four or five serious
wounds upon his heed and fees. Having rendered him
insensible, the shop was then plundered of the diamond
pins and ring', gold chains, and jewellery amounting
In valise to between £3OO and £4OO. The persons
living in the upper part of the house, heeds' Mr.
Veughens groans mote down and found him lying in
a pool of blood, with his bead and Ism fearfully
oontumcL Mr. Frendiok, cameos, was called, and
having dressed the wounds, Mr. Vaughan was removed
to his private residence In Wellington-place. no Bun-
, day afternoon Mr. Vaughan was progressing favourably.
; but he is unable to state whether snore than one
man was concerned in this andeetense smelt and
robbery.

SITI•ONDINAIT RSTILATIONS or • "Iltun."--
A siamillar mai of reeovering stolen property, wee bassi
at Bowmtrest poliereourt, on Tuesday. A sheet time
ago the promentor, Kr. E. °arrows'', bed hie wands
snatched from his hand while looking at Um tine by
the light of a "hop window in Holborn. He now pme
particulars of the " Mame which &bested him-
to the shop of a dealer named Parker, to Long-sere, to
look for the stolen property. He mid: I aisi •
spiritualist. I believe in spàiteol agessies. A pre-
sentiment came to me whlle I was in bed, at shoot
three &gook in the morning after the robbery, sad it
pointed oat to me the shop of the defeedisat in Long'
say, which I had often notieed, as ths plass where my
watch would be sold. I did sot lee the form of any
pa:l4o%lm spirit, bat the presestinsaat was " spiritual."
I accordingly went with my Woad, the Rev. Mr.
Web, to the defendant's shop, and had scarcely made
my statement as to the robbery, before I saw UN sine
of my watch on thi ocineter. I identified it Mom-
diately, and the defendant said he had bought it only
Lelfmerbour ago from a man who gave tb• TOMO Of
"John Roberta." I said to my Mead, Mr. Nigh, that
the name of "John Roberts" was ineotimed to me by
the spirits mentally. I was nabirally startled, them-
fore, when I beard diefeadant attar Mat mom. I bed
said in the night, as I lay meth= sod sleepless in bed,
"I wonder if this spirits can assist me in this matte,.
I call them up, so to speak, and I said mestally,
"Come, now, roe what you ean do for a."—(rears of
laughter). The spirits impnrseed me with the answer,
"Yes." I said, " cm do itr Theo it was that
the name at "Jolla was lashed 11M01111 say
Maio. I was so strongly harming with the belief
that the spirits would give me further informatiern that
I might have said I felt eertain I should find him. The
watch was lying es the defeedent's monter, open to the
view of any person who might be looking for segi
thing, as I woe, bot was pissed inside, cm a pert cf the
'canter railed at by iron bare, about an inch apart, and
ready, as I thought, for the melting-pot. Wltoocea on
leaving the boa, handed in a eopy of the Spiritual
Afilensism, and begged his worship to read the report Of
• mos precisely similar to his own, when a watch bad
been recovered by spiritual again). TM Rem. Hr.
Web confirmed the statement of promeator as to the
iatorview with defendant ia the shop in Long-
We and whisk his irked hod notmasthead the
"spiritual promeatinsat" to liim till then. As the
spirits had onaltled to mention the address when
, wing the named Join Roberta, that worthy is still at
Mrge. Hr. Panel= ornamdtted Parker for trig os a
charge of fekmiomily receiving.

WAREHAM.
Confer Pram, July la—Before M. Rodgett, Esq,
—George Forward wee brought up in custody of P.ll
Forrest, charged with hawking without a license, at
Church Knewle, on the previous day. Mr. Rowell, of
Wareham, appeared for the defendant, who was fined
ia the mitigated penalty of E 2 10•
DRAT. UT DNOWNIIIO.-011 ThIMAI) ISM 1111 inquest
was held at the Town-hall, before T. Phippard, Req.,
COreller, touching the death of George Valence, saner
in the employ of Yr J. ll.Begp, who met with hie
death on the previous day. It appears that Valance
had been attending a mowing machine Inc meadow near
the river Frome, and that whilst he and others were at
lunch one of the horses ran away and went into the
water. Valance went to the Rasta:me of the hone,
and in his endeavour to owe him, accidentally fell into
the river. A man named Orchard inimediately ran to I
his insistence, but could not snowed in rescuing him.
Valance being unable to swim. and the water being I
very deep,he sank, and was drowned. The body 'nu '
afterwards recovered, but life was nite extinct. Th
taz:urned • verdict " tally drowne4,e
Ina • very steady, sober, and well-condo. Aed
man, and he has left a widow and three young chi]
who were entirely dependent on him for support.

1111YN8TON.
KITILWRIIINART 01101,11.1 OP WOOL .40(r. James
Fonl, of Keyneton Farm, had shorn on the , gth of July,
• ewe (30 months and 3 days old), with 'orb, lamb. by
her rids, whose fleece weighed 15ilba. Th. e,„
descended from the celebrated flock
T.
Martin, of Sdaperiek.

BLAHDFA',,r‘
Dermiernrum ` std shesic
of no regular oocupation, Pier „i„ea t.my
the parish of Blaa,iford drunk in
July thh.—Fined ss. se A b,,,hat
1141 t. 'norms Ss-Aaverva
.—Ve understand that on
Sunda,' Int ifith, sermons on behalf of this
institutionhe preached in Blandford Church by
the Rev- t-'6•., Mont By • recent decision of the
nentliere, 'weetritottions of three guinea. entitle to one
nominnt'...in, and as many in this neighbourhood have
rec* iv el benefit by haying for • thee at Bourne
r•".etorium we earnestly hope that the appeal about to
et made on behalf of Its funds will be most liberally
responded to.
BCI [Nell CLASS Exmirresmon.—The remit of this
examination, in connection with the Scienoe and Art
Department, South Kensington Museum, ha. just been
announced; and it appears that eight of the candidates
have acquitted themselves satisfactorily. The follow.
ing are the successful ones: Fourth clam, Henry
Dudderidge and Thomas Adams; fifth clam, John
Alaforti, Henry Hadgood, Richard Percy, John
Charles Meader, and George Shetland. The sub
ject
in which they were examined was "Ph
GentraPhY."
At the petty sessions on Saturday last, a lad named
Solomon Hiaaook, of Blandforck who at the last court
was 111(1111111011144 on • charge of obstructing the high-
way between Blandford and Stourprine, and who was
one of the lade who took_part in • fight, was fined
9e. 6d. including costa. Warrants of committal were
signed against George Vince, Alfred Pitman, and John
Smith, of Blandford ; also against Cuff, of Hilton,
Jeremiah 17pvrard, of Stourpaine, and John Chown, of
Farnham, they having not paid the fines imposed upon
?hem last court day.
Wire Dmintmon.—At the magistrates' clerk's °Mee,
on Monday last, before J. J. Farquharson, Req., James
Barker, shoemaker. of Etlastlford, was charged with
deserting his wife and family, whereby they bosoms
chargeable to the Wes from the let of June last.
Defendant pleaded guilty. The amount of relief
granted was £1 2e. IL, and Mr. Atkinson, on babel( of ,
the Board, sesseded to the defendants' offer to pay
is, per week. The magistrate ordered that in
ease of default in hinnies up his payments, defend-
ant should be committed for three months hard
labour.

AN 1ff0021101111.1.-011 Wednesday last, a young
man named Ashley Ballast, who has been emninittM
to prima several times for various offenses, was again
brought up in custody before the Mayor and W. C.
Finalise, Rs., at this Townhall, charged with vagraney.
It appears that during the previous day be had visited
several partite in the town and obtsined money, and
about 11 p.m. was found by P.C. Moore trying the
fastenings of the abutters of Mr. Derden's shop. When
mked by the constable what he was doing, he mid be
was trying to see if be *mild get in. He had previously
stated that as he had been imprisoned so many times he
would do something to be transported, and it would
mom that had it not been for the oomtable coining up
too soon, he would have suesesded in accomplishing his
intention. The maitre-atm einteneed him to one
month's imprisonment with bard labour.