The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-03-13 00:00:00

Ccittrat Nt1335.

RZIWLIII OF REVIVALIS3I.—A few days ago Sarah
Alderson, a servant girl with Mrs. Dale. of Newport,
below Stockton-on-Tees, was taken away to the York
Lunatic Asylum. It appears that the girl had gone
pretty regularly to church with her mistress, but was
requested by two of her companions to go with them
on Sunday night week to the Primitive Methodist
Chapel at Middlesborough. Her mistress consented.
A revival service was held that night, and the girl came
home from the meeting in a fearful state of mind. Her
very features were affected. She said she had been
converted. Her companions and she had been so
frightened by the influence of the service that tfey had
to be accompanied home. The preacher had said some-
thing about the girl taking care of herself or the devil
would get her. The whole thing had so affected her
that she became delirious, and was sent home. Her
friends had no control over her. She had escaped from
them during the night, and was found Lest morning in
the cow-byre, holding two of the cows by the tail,
singing hymns and songs, and shouting and praying.
They tried all means to restore her ratiouahty, but
failed. She was in a moi desperate condition, and has
been sent to York raving mad. We fear that the noble
plea of an apostle of Christianity, "God hath not given
unto us the spirit of fear, but of power and love and of
a sound mind," can scarcely hi set up for these services.
—.Newcastle Chronicle.

BLixugix PALACI.—This palace is again shown to
visitors. The present Duke has made arrangements for
the admission of the public which can hardly fail to be
satisfactory to all classes. After the 15th of February,
and through the summer months, Blenheim is open to
visitors by tickets, which are sold at the entrance gate at
the fixed charge of Is each person. During the residence
of the family in winter the house is strictly closed.
There is • separate charge of Is. for the gardens, and all
proceeds from these admissions are appropriated to chari-
table purposes.
Tut EXPLOSION IN BUIRADON PlT.—During the
whole of Saturday night week parties of viewers and
miners pursued their labours in search of the bodies of
the unfortunate men destroyed in Burradon Pit on
Friday afternoon week. Two bodies were sent to bank
on Sunday morning, making about 50 altogether
that had been recovered; aid six more, apparently badly
burnt, were lying at the bottom of the pit, ready to be
sent up after dark. There are more bodies to be re-
covered; they are probably among the works in the
"broken," and the exertions of the men below will be
sustained without intermission until all are found. Mr.
Carr, the viewer of the colliery, has scarcely been out
of the pit since the explosion; and be and the Govern-
ment inspectors and the neighbouring viewers have been
most assiduous in their labours to get the bodies out.
It is stated that the pit is not very much injured by the
explosion, most of the deaths having been occasioned by
the after-damp. The dead bodies of the horses will have
to be sent to ban: immediately, else the stench from
them will be almost unbearable. The joiners in the
neighbourhood and Mime belonging to the pit were en-
gaged all Friday night and Saturday in making
coffins, • large pile of which were lying ou the pit bank
on Saturday. Two bodies were interred on Sunday,
and the bodies of all the other untortunate sufferers
brought to bank would be buried on Tuesday last. The
village had a woeful appearance on Sunday, as large
crowds flocked inth it from the neighbouring towns and
villages. The doors of the cottages where the dead were
laid were mostly optn ; the cottages were scrupulously
clean, the bets being hung with white linen, and the
coleus were covered with linen of a similar quality.
Each home, of course, where the dead were laid, told its
own tale of sorrow. Numbers of the friends of the
bereaved reached the village on Sunday, and the day was
one of the most melancholy that could be conceived.
Measures have been adopted in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
to commence a subscription for the bereaved families,
and, no doubt, from the well-known liberality of the
northern people in seasons of bereavement such as the
present, a large sum will be collected. The colliery
has now been thoroughly explored, the last bodies found
being in the " broken ;" the bodies that were missing
when the last despatch was sent off from the colliery
being, it was suspected, unde.r the extensiee falls of coal
and stone that occurred in the pit at the time of the ex-
plosion. There has been a 000 A iderable amount of confu-
sion as to the exact number oi victims by the fearful
catastrophe. The number, it I.,as been ascertained by
careful comparison of lists, is 76. From the fact that
many of the lads fled to the 'hat: before the second and
most terrible explosion occurred , and so escaped, the
larger proportion of those killed are men ; and the greater
number of them have left widows and children, or aged
mothers and sisters, who were dept nding on their labour.
The subscription on behalf of the bereaved promises to
be moat munificent. The coal trade has subscribed 13,000,
and money is flowing in from all piirt• of Northumber-
land and Durham.
Tnc TELKORAPIi TO INDIA.—MS following is an
extract of a letter from the agent of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company at Aden, dated the 18th of February,
11480:—" The telegraphic line between this and
Kurrachee is in first-rate order. Mr. Gordon had
offered to send any message I had to send to India. A
message left this at 2.12 p.m., and at 2.22 p.m. We had
an answer back from Kurrachee acknowledging the
receipt, thus only taking 10 minutes from here to
Kurrachee and back. This was the day after the junc-
tion was made."

RtrORII SrAristirs —On Tuesday we gave the
number of electors in boro•ighs, which appeared
according to one return to be 440,792, and, according to
another, 456,528. We now 6nd that the former return
shows the number of electors on the register in 1858-9,
while the latter shows the number on the register in
1859-60. The difference (18,736) between the two
numbers represents the increase which Las taken place
in the number of electors during the year.

SAVOY AND NICIL-Mr. Monckto- n Nlicnenhasgil OD notice
of the following amendment upon Mr. Kinglake's motion
for au address to Her Majesty on the au bjeetuf the annexe-
tion of Savoy and Nice to France for Monday (yesterday ):
"To leave out all the words after the words annexation
of Savoy and Nice to France,' for the purpose of insert-
ing these words—' humbly expressing to Her Majesty
the deep regret of this House at the agitation of a ques-
tion affecting the frontiers of • great State, defined and
secured by the consent of Europe, on apparently insuffi-
cient ground.; mid humbly assuring her Majesty that
this House will support her Majestjs advisers in ?De-
ducting time negotiations on this question to an issue
compatible with time true interests of Franey, of Switzer-
land, and of Italy, with the faithful observance of trus-
ties, and with the minimums of the peen of Europe.',

Houma Moans& —Owl of Urs a°ll6 "1"1.844
murders wo ever raemober to have beard of 'wee
perpetrated at • place called Wslimnriginas. Stun"
about four miles from Gahmhortiagh and 10 utiles 'TO=
Retford, oft Tuesday wog last. The murdered maa
wan a cathle-jobber named Charles Spencer, wile. mid"
at Walkeringliam, amid was by all who knew lung vex/
greatly respected. He had been to a
market that day, and left Walkerith-ferry, aee r bsiamei:g e
Trent, on his *ay home at 20 minutes to 11 o'clock
p.m. He bad been stopping for a abort nabs at the
ferry-house, liValkerith, and had there been paid £lO ia
two a notes, and it was known that he bed ha kis
possession a considerably larger amount. At the time
the payment took plue two men, named James Vision,
blacksmith, and landlord of the Three Shoes Inn,
Welkeringluon, and James Fenton, labourer, Walker.
ingliain (no relation, however, to the Jain Feakon,
although they were often together), were preesal. In
crossing the Trent the murdered Man was amompsnied
by the two men named, and another perms, • Mr.
Anderson. As noon as the boat reached the Netts side
of the river the two Fenton' walked co towards
Walkeringhani, about one mile distant, leaving Spencer,
the murdered Wan, talking with Mr. .11adsesen, who
lives near the banks of the river. Nothing room ems
ho ascertained as to what took plane proviose to the
commission of the dreadful deed. The body of the
murdered man was discovered about 6 o'clock on
Wednesday morning. in • dike, my shoat 40 yams
from his own residence, and presented • truly horrible
spectacle. The bead was almost completely severed
from the body, there being two terrible wishes in each
side of the neck, only • little of the flesh in front, and
• little of that behind remaining. A pool of blood was
discovered upon the road adjoining the dike, beside
which two discharged pistols were Mid. It is very
evident, from the whole of the circumstances we have
been able to gather, that the murderer bad lent lying
in wait for hie intended victim It appeared as if he
had taken up IliS position against on old barn, which the
murdered man would have to pus to reach his home.
Upon Spencer making his appearance the pletois were
fired, the report of which alarmed the village 'school-
master, who got up and looked out of the window,
when be heard some one exclaim, 'For God's sake
what are you going to do?" The moos was shining
brightly at the time, but he saw nobody in the rood.
and accordingly again went to bed. The shots failed, it
would appear, to take their intended effeet, and the
murderer then seems to hays proceeded to MLitt his
victim with some formidable weapon, with which he
made the two fearful gashes we have described, cutting
right through a thick muffler deceased had round his
neck. John Fenton has been taken into custody on
suspicion of having committed the horrible deed. In
his possemion were found cape corresponding with than
found upon the pistols, and also some bullets, whisk
fitted the barrel meetly. A pair of trousers and • pear
of leggings, which it is alleged the prisoner wore on
Tuesday, were found freshly washed.