The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-02-17 00:00:00

THE ROI; PELL CASE AGAIN-EXTRA-

OEDINAR% IMSCLOSL'IIES.

The Mariana Star publishei a strange story in
relation to the infamous Hovel case, which, it
State!, it has received through a channel of high
respectability, and which may be regarded as
thoroughly reliable. The statement is so
astounding, taken in connection with all that has
Jsitherto occurred, that should it prove correct,
the "Roupell Forgery Case" will fill the most
, extraordinary chapter in the "Romance of
Crime" that has ever oenurred in this or any
other country. It will be In the recollection of
all our readers that in the course of last year,
William Roupell, the ex-M.P. for Lambeth,
came voluntarily forward and delivered himself
into the hands of justice, avowing with his own
lips that he had forged his father's signature to
what purported to be a deed of gift, conveying
to him the Roupell Park Estate. The first
he asserted, was commi Itcd in order that he might
accommodate with a loan a friend who wished ,
to purchase books, and that having once coin- '
mined himself to this downward course, he con-
tinued till his ruin was complete. He knew his
fate; lie had well weighed the consequences; he
knew the ignominy he would have to endure;
he was safe from the hands of Ftrigllth justice in
his bidii,g place, and had he chwen to keep the
secret to himself, none would ever have known
of his misdeeds. But ho came forth ass volun-
tary sacrifice to relieve his guilty conscience of
the load with which it was burdened. Of course
no one believed all the details of the confession;
they seemed so extraordinary—so improbable.
There was some things wanting to make the
affair comprchensihle, although It wet fasportible
to blintl ene'eself to one fact—the broad fact of
Itoupell's criminality. The missing link in the
chain—supposing the facts to be proved—has
now been supplied, entirely altering the aspect
of the whole matter. The extraordinary dis-
closure, given in our contemporary, is as follows:
—" We understand that this case is likely in a
short time to come before the public afresh.
The litigants will be the holders of a large mort-
gage on the Roupell lark Estate. A bill has
been filed for the perpetuation of testimony,
under which both parties have examined an im-
portant witness. Ho swears most positively that
he saw Mr. Roupell, sen., sign the deed of gift
by which he conveyed the estate to his son
VuiLiamn ; that he made use of the words. "I'll
let you see what I am going to do for Willy
that he also saw Mrs. Roupell, whom he had not
before seen. A bill has also been filed to fore-
close the mortgage, and no time is likely to be
lost in bringing the matter to an ilium. A per-
plexing circumstance has given rise to the diE-
cult question as to who are the persons legally
entitled to the property. The children of Mr.
Roupell are placed on the horns of a dilemma.
The heir-at-law cannot take the property because
his father has made a will. It is therefore ne-
cessary to prove the contents of this will before
any claim can be established ; and, as it has been
destroyed, this can only be attempted by the
evidence of Roupell; which, we need scarcely
say, is of the must questionable character. Both
parties are working busily in getting up (stridence ;
and their agents may be seen on the Roupell
Park Estate from morning to industriously
seeking for something that may serve the cause
of their respective principals." If this, then, be
so, we have • nefarious scoundrel, blackening
his own character to the utmost degree imagin-
able. He denounced himself as a forger; yet in
this denunciation he is a perjurer, falsely assert-
lug that he had fabricated false titles by im-
peaching the validity of genuine one.; thus
adding to his other crimes that of robbing the
innocent to place at the disposal of his family a
fortune he had baselessly squandered. Was
ever such villainy before heard of I The Star in
commenting on the affair, says :—" Certainly no
novelist has ever conceived anything more ap-
parently wild in its improbability than that a
man should stain himself with indelible guilt by
drawing up a fraudideut document when its
authentic counterpart had already been executed
for his especial benefit. But it is really doubtful
whether we can any longer safely speak of pro-
bability, or even of possibility, in reference to
guilty actions. Crime is catching the contagion
of the prevalent epidemic, and becoming so sense
tional that we can wonder at none of its extra-
vagances. The public will watch the develop-
ment of this new phase of the Roupell cue with
deep interest; and of course with no other desire
than that the troth should be fully brought to
light and a result arrived at in conformity with
the dictates of justice."

DOR C H ESTER. —CANDL(3IIB FAIL—The sup-
ply of stock was about as large as usual, but gene-
rally of an inferior quality. Bin era were very
active, and prices ruled high. Heifers and calves
fetched from £l2 to £l. Barreners and other store
stock was fully as dear es at late fairs, and very few
remained unsold. The horse fair was well supplied
with animals of a good average quality.--Trade was
dull, and very few were disposed of. There was a
large number of pigs on offer, but were only sale-
able at declining prices. In the luring fair there
was • large number of labourers of an inferior de.
scription—being of little or no account, who with
their wives and families consumed large liantities
of beer, and in the evening amine were aimed home
ins stata of "drunk." while others were knocked
down by horses, and one unfortunate woman warn
seriously injured, and was conveyed to the Dorset
County Hospital; and although thus "Mops" are
generally acknowledged to lies disgrace to England,
Ce revret to add that many of the Dorsetabire
farmers were present countenancing these dirgraceful
hiringil by making selection of those present. In the
C. ra Exchange there was • large attendance, and
prices, generally, were v• firm. There was a good
inquiry for seed barley and oats, and almost every
sample on offer met a ready sale, at an advance of
born Is. So 2a per quarter. The price of wheat re-
mained the same u the week previous. Seed clovers
I Willi p. esslifut, quality inferior—price about 61,
per lb.
Tire BRIDZOIT CANVASS Rollalire CASI.—In
accords Ice with the judge's order, Job tlrabb was
on Thui sday last liberated from Dorchester gaol on
hail to ippear at the ensuing March aseizen—himsalf
in the sua of 4300, and two sureties iw £230
each.

AMWINT. —OR Yricioy late II BOY named Callus,
in the chyle, of Mr. tlanfield, while riding ad ot,
was throin over its bead and pierced in the eye by
one of the animal's horns. He was inimediately
taken to the Dorset County RoaPilal• when it was
found that the eye was so seriously injured that its
sight is t.r cver lost; otherwise he ja doing well.
Tueld4 (WI dayl is aopohifed for the adjoureed
Court of Woarter fieedobi, to approve the provisional
order fur the lutruduction of the New Highways
Act.
The office of Treasurer of the County Courts,
vacant by the lamented death of „Mr. Edwin
Nieholetts, lite been e„,r (erred en the Doe,
.Eveleyn
Ashley, son of the find ef Abalkahury, and prirAte
stereterw to Lord Palmerston. The emolument'
are worth about £7OO per annum.
BOROVGH PETTY SRAIIIONR, Monday, February
l6.—Before, the Moor and R. Davis. Esq.—Alice
Collins? of Charniinstar, rise of Ete's fallen dattsh-
tr,Mi was charged with drunkenness and also with
assaulting P.C. Salisbury whilst in the execution of
his duty, on the evening of Dorchester Candlemas
Fair-day.—Fined 20s, including costa, or to be 'in'
Primned fur fourteen doe. —Allowed a week tepay.
--.Johh Dullivee, an itititentalrntoller• from 'ailmr-
field; *4 charged by P.C. Wolff with tieing drink
WM disorderly in North Alan. at 2 .P.m- the day
previous. —Fined Be. 6d., including coats, or seven
days' imprisonment. —Allowed • week to pay. .
Gems*
.Whisidoo, Pao., of Wnks Hall. Gillisg-.
ham, the newly appointed sheriff of the county of
Dorset, has appointed Mr. Thomas Coombs, of Dor-
chester, his undersheriff, and Mr. George James
Andrews, of the same pie" county clerk ; whilst
the Rev. Prebendary Deane, RC. 1..., Vital. of Oil.
[lngham,. will fill the offioe of sheriff's chaplain.
The noted royal carriage establishment of Mr.
Lower, A Dprehester, will fitrnieh the State eolith ;
Ufa lirrfriws for the javelin Men being supplied by
Mr. W. T. Ayleibury, of Weymotith ; and the other
equipment. by Mr. .Richaecl Parniiter end Mr.
Henry Stirlen& of Dorchester....
The miles will coniumence on Friday, the nth day
of March, and a very considerable amount of busi-
ness has to be got through. There is but little pro-
bability of the hennaed of the assizes baing GOO-
Eluded before the 10th March, ths day tiled for the
royal wedding, en thst we fur the loyal iribibitente
of this ancient borough will unavoidably be pre-
vented from celebrating the day as a holiday, though
no doubt the worthy Mayor will do all in his power
to promote the rejoicings which would have taken
place on this day on some later day, as Dorchester
what not be behind-hand in testifying her loyalty,
gpeciapy as the town is so surrounded by the
Priem spore...lona.
Sub Deurr Virtu Votudysans. —The members
of this burps have all given tip their rifles, in order
that they may be thorodphly etimineff and repaired
It the Government small-arm establiehment it
Pimlico. The next parade is oa Thursday, at Spit.
By an Act of Parliament passed during the late
Session, all jurors may be summoned to attend by
ootMe tent through the poet-oflioe. We believe the '
jurynieh for the approaehing Assizes have thus been
warned for the first time in tide comity. The same ,
penalties for non-attendance can be inflicted;
although the mode of service is different. ,
HOLY TRINITY CHVHCH. —On Sunday evening, •
sermon on behalf of the organist and choir of the l'
above church was preached by the respected rector, 1
the Rev. James Fisher. As usual there was • large
congregation. Prayers were teed by the Rev. J. 1
Gerard Davis. The rev, gentleman took his tole I
from Colossians 2 chap. 5 verse—lie first noticed I
the earnest interest and sympathy which existed 1
between the Apostles and the churches they had I
planted, which was an dimple to Christian minis• I
tors and people of the love and interest they should
ever bear toward each other. There was no greater
cause fir joy than the couversion of a sinner, and
the evidences of the stedfaettieid of the Christian
in their faith of Christ. The cause of the Apbetlei
Joy war two-fold—first, the order in which they
umlauted the worship of God; and secondly, stint-
fastness of the faith in Christ. lit. —Their order.
This was very important. The Apostle had occasion
to condemn other churches for the light and halt
berated any they conducted God's worship. There
must be solemnity, eerimuinese. end doothm. The
eye must nut wander about when confeir7on of sin
is made, nor the tongue be silent when God's praiseu
are sung. The services of the Church of England,
by theii simplicity and their order, were emi•
nently calculated to keep alive in the mind of the
worshipper this devout feeling, but they may be
bronght into contempt by the congregation not
taking part In them; and degenerate into • cold,
formal, and barren service. Put if the priest and
the people with one heart blend their voiczni in top.
plioation, the effect would be that the thoughtless
listener, as in the times of the Apostle, would fall
down on his knees, and confess t. t God was with
those worshippers of • trtilli. H. thanked God,
that at he looked around him goods, after Sunday,
he could not but be gladdened in seeing this apparent
devotion; but yet there were some parts of the
service--;such as the responses— in which be should
like to observe a more hearty feeling evinced.
After dwelling on the second part of hia subject—
the principle which gave efficacy to the outward
forma of devotion, namely, stedfastneas in the
faith, without which all our apparent devotion was
worse than useless —the rev. gentleman proceeded to
poilt cet the importance of all joining in singing
the praises of God, and made to earnest ap ,eel to
the liberality of his bearers, (as there were no
parochial funds to bear the expenses of a choir), not
grudgingly, but heartily to assist in supporting the
same. As ministers of Christ they grudged not
their labours for the evening service, which were
given gratuitously, and as they (the hearers) valued
thiair services, he trusted they would feel it a pri-
vilege to mantain their efficiency. Nothing can be
more foreigu to the Intention of the Church of F:ngland
than anything like exhibition and display ; the only
use of an organ is to lead and guide the voices of
the people, not to surpersede them. And when
anything further is attempted, or accomplished, the
object uf public worship is defeated, and • most
soleein part ef God's services is sinfully perverted
to the gratification of merely human tastes and
feelings. He condemned the hypercritical obser-
vations often made about various tunes used in
the service of the sanctuary, for what might be
pleasing to the ear at one time might be the very
reveres at another through bodily infirmity or other
causes, and exhorted his hearers not only to join
in all parte of God's worship, but to see to it that
they did it from the right motive, namely, faith in
and love to Christ. Al the conclusion of the service
the " Hallelujah Chorus" was performed by the
organist, which only required the living voice to
render it everything that could be desired. The
collection amounted to £5 7s. Bd.

IMPOITANT DISCOVERT ii Peoroeturtit.—Mr. John
Pouncy, of Dorchester, who was awarded a silver
medal and 400 f. for his " carbon proems" by the Photo.
graphie Society of France, has just taken out • patent
for an important improvement, by which be has brought
ordinary printers' ink into tine service of photography.
This ink is mired with certain chemical., and spread
completely oter the paper intitoded to be submitted to
the notion of the rays of light through • " negative
and the secret consists in rendering it so sensitive that
AO indelible photograph may be flied on the paper,
leaving the other portions so Ire... to be easily washed
off. The time required for exposure is comparatively
short, and the advantage is,beeides that of permaniines,
the fact of the subject being fined, developed, and, as it
were, completed WithoOt LIM various manipulations re-
gonad under the old systems. The superfluous ink is
reunited by spirits in ten minute* or a quarter of AO
hour, displayinig a picture for delicacy of tone, beautiful
gradation of light and shade, and minuteness of detail
fully equal to anything heretofore obtained ix photo-
graphic printing.
Tc ittrest or THI Matt Duiv.—On Thursday
evening, • special meeting of the Maidstone Farmers'
Club was bald, to consider the propriety of at once
taking item towards procuring a remission of the malt
duty. Mr. C. 0. Whitaker was in the chair, and the
attendance showed that • large amount of interest was
felt in the subject. The following resolution. proposed
by Mr. P.S. Punoett. and seconded by Mr. J. ii. Hod-
moll, leas unanimouJy adopted—" That it is the
opinion of this meeting that an amociation should be
formed in the county of Kent, with the object of pro.
curing • repeal of the malt duty; and that • provisional
committee be forthwith formed to prepare the ruin
necessary for the regulation of such an maociation.
That the immediate course of action of the amociation,
should he to bring about the organisation of a Central
Society in London, to bring the subject prominently
before the attention of the Home of Coininons in the
present Session of Parliament." The committee was
afterwards formed, and it was further resolved that a
meeting should be called in Louden, at winch depute.
lions from the mveral fanners' clubs in the kingdom
should be invited to attend, in order to take stem for
the strenuous agitation of the question. Mr. M. Body,
of Northiam, Susses, promised the co-operation of that
county in the matter, which there is every reason to
believe will be taken up very warmly.
COMMITTED TO Tit. MUCHA:ATER GAOL.
A seise Benjamin Iloggeridge and George Humt,
stealing a copper at Wyke Regis; John Staples,
stealing cheese at Dorchester; Hobert Hulking,
imatnlt on police at Blanclford ; Charles Paul,
embezzlement at Beaminster ; George Swestappls,
burglary at Longtlest ; Thomas Stuckey, stealing two
sheep skins at Catherston lewston.—Hard L oitr :
Philip Chant, leering family chargeable at Sherbert,';
14 days; Edward lieatinan, leaving family charge-
able at Brackland Newton, 3 oalsedier months;
Harry Davis, vagrancy at I. pway, 1 calendar
month; George Burnes, vagrancy IM Weymouth,
14 days; John Johnson, vagrancy at Broadwinsor,
3 calendar months; George Wellman. poaching at
Thornoombe, I calendar month; Bernard Conway,
stealing cider at Shepton Gorge, 2 calendar months;
Simmumh Honnell, stealing wood at Hawchurch,
1 week; James Hill, stealing tools at Vi eymeeth ;
1 calendar month; Richard Ingram, stealing breed
at Gweage All Saints, 1 calendar month.
WEYMOUTH—Ma. WINDHAM AGAUI.—At
Me Court of Common Pleas, on Friday, thilkSentle-
man again appeared before the public, ie tb• saes of
Llewellyn v. WinsUiant. The plaintiff, it will be
recollected, Mu/ one of the witnesses on behalf of
the promoters of the celebrated Loamy Commission
against Mr. Windham. He now sought to
recover £lO9 14} Ild., for use and occu-
pation, and for goods sold and delivered,
and money due on an account stated. The
defendant pleaded payment of ,c 25 into court, and
infancy as to the remainder. Mr. Montague
Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Russell warred for the
veined.; and Mr. Keretake, Q.C., sad Mr. D. D.

Keene for the defendant —The ease ultimaisite
terminated tria verdict being taken by COlll,Olll fur
, the f4e4teffr; let His full amount claimed,
!LlO9 16s. ld., Ltd ;Ad into court
DIATII OF TUE Rill. Dr. Colif.r. tegret
. to have to aisainume the death of the Heir. Ames,
Cottle, LLD., incumbent of Triaily Chureb, Way-
mouth, which took plaits at bid residence 06 Wed-
: needs, left The detailed was highly respected
by all aleasea in the town; gild so satisfiable were,
his ministrations, that 3 large ride:ter qf the rosi•
! dente in blelcombe Regis held sit huge iff his
church. Ilia illness was of short duration, he being
conned, to his bowie out more than eight or teu
dAys. The earlier symptoms were ingammation of
the chest but eiliet malridirg followed, and
the frail tenement was brought et intn to the
dust. To the poor hi. Ines will be seietely
felt, for although his income was hut limited,
• perein in distress never crossed his path
itithedt re•-etyloil relief. Hie mistrial visits were
frequent, and in time poor he !Au a welcome
visitor—his hand being ever as open ge his heart
The benefits be has in various ways conferred ot
the inhabitants are incsloulable, and the conversion
of the old wastes on the Chapelry to sites of the
large and sommodions schools that have been
erected, and playgrotind, will remain • lasting
monument to his memory. Had his health and
strength been prClonged, it ras his purpose, on
amount Of hill largply increasing cofigregaticro' to
have enlarged his church, sad thus have got rid ef
those dilapidated buildings on the right of that
sacred edifice. A tower and peal of bells, the
absence of which are an greatly felt on occasions of
public rejoicing, were also in contemplation. The
Rev. Dr. wee in the 66th year of his age.

PORTLAND.—MaaIro Co/Vic-re Wona.—Why
should convicts be ptovided for in all reepecta merely
beeadse they dry eriMinals? Why might they not work
for their living, and stiffer all the hardships that
honest men ender in the daily struggle for subsistence?
Supyrom that on his introduction to Ilsrtinoor or Fat.
land the Muyiat "era addressed thus :—"There is the
paltry, end there is the pick-aio. The terms are so
much for every ton of move ' • pad if you work un-
commonly hard, you will tie able to urn say St a
week. liming labourers have to support a' fernify on
9s. or 10s. Out of that you must And yourself. The
tent of your cell is Po touch, and will be stopped out of
your isejes ; and there will also be a weekly stoppage
to psy for your clotheri Everything elm you Dan boy
at stated prices at shops in the pheon. Now, work or
be idle, just as you please ; but otwerer. you do not
get one penny beyond what you earn. If you ore ill,.
you may go into hospital, but you will ham to pay so
iamb a week, and you must work out your debts be-
fore you leave the prison. If you refuels to work, you
may settle the question with your own stomach ; but
if you rebel, or steal from tbe other convicts, or are
disobedient to, or insult the warden, there is • court
in the,natu're of a droiii.lieed mart-marnal, eonetently
sitting which will du Itutioe open you with surprising
promptitude, and ii, the same, wa H, Obi* soldiers
and Milo.'" are punished." If this kind of remedy
were applied, w, should heir little of either limn-ions
lining or idleness. The e,nvicts would have little or
no right to complain. Ihey itosdil be merely under-
going the common lot—working for their living like
honest men —subject only to such special reettaints as
their own misconduct h,ad rendered necessary. In (Ma
way soot ded bld fortune would apportion Reel( in
prison pretty MUCH is It does in the rest of this world.
The active wan would be marrately comfortable, the
idle one would wretched; and the adorritiee and per'
ennui advantages which do not depend upon morality
would MI, as it pleased Providence, as they do on the
rest of mankind. This suggestion might be applied to
'fey ROO of punishment ; to persons subjected to de-
terrent or dreabling, imprisonment, as well as to those
who bane to undergo Oat which is more directly re•
fone•torr. It would subitinite for an artifLial disci.
pine, which it is hardly possible in reirelate in • satis-
factory manner, a natural discipline, which would re-
gulate it-ielf with no trouble at all.
BLANDFORD.—We rearet to state that att
accident of • very serious kind happened OD Thurs.
, thy evening last to Mr. G. Allen, in the employ of
Mr. E. Barrett, silversmith, of Salisbury-street. It
appear/ that on ntmaing from Ranaton-house,
Jost after Starting they found that the blind-halter
was loose. In his afteMpt to alight to make the
necessary alteration, Idr. Allen naught his foot in
the chaise, or from some other mire fell on his
head and side, breaking three of his ~be, his collar
bone, and fracturing his skull. But little hope' me
entertained of his recovery.
C•btNTS To Tin MDICHIZTOUS.—Francis Pike,
of Blandford, charged before W. C. Fincham, Esq.,
with malicioualy breaking an image, the property
of an Italian moulder, was geed h. and 70, meta,
or committed fir 14 days' imprisonment.
Lecruag or AblieltlCA.—A very intereeting
and alile lecture on "America" was given at the
Townhall on Monday before the members of the
Working Mane' Club. by the Rev. .1. W. Mantel.
The chair wee taken by the Rev. It. Farquharson,
and there was a large and respectable audience.
The rev. gentleman 'need the history of the
Ameriesu people from the colonsation of the country
by the Portions, and the history of the War of lode-
pendence. The Untie of paper money, and its repudia-
tion, a paper dollar not being worth more than a
cent. As they had repudiated a debt to merry on
war with England, it was most likely they would also
repudiate that they were now 'contracting to carry
on war with their own countrymen. —The part the
Americans took during the Crimean was then
adverted to,aa showing they bad no cams to complain
of the Alabama being fitted out in a British port.
They built ships for Russia., and sympathised with
her, and opposed enlistment in Canada by dismiaeing
Mr. Crampton. The cause of the war, he considered,
was slavery. The peculiar domestic institutions and
manner of life in America were then touched on,
and again adverting to the slavery question, the
lecturer pointed out that if the slaves were as happy
as some represented them to be. how was it that
they endeavoured to run away. He, however, ridi-
culed the late proclamation of the President, as the
Northern states had done nothing previous to obtain
the abolition of slavery. He trusted the war would
soon degas for want of money to carry it on with,
or rather the worthlessness of paper money, and
would be glad to see the North separate from the
South, as they would then be freed from the stigma
of slavery. The lecturer concluded his observations
by reading the Rev. Sidney Smith's prophecy of the
taxation which would be certainly mused by the
war. Votes of thanks to the chairman and lecturer
were then awarded, and the meeting separated.
Ratiotoce Ta•cr Bourn'. —A public meeting
on behalf of the above society was held on Tuesday,
in On Tournhall, presided over by the Rev. W.
Hart*. The Rev. J. P. Saffrey, the deputation,
gave some interesting details of the operation of the
society, and at, the close upwards of .Cl 2 was col-
'acted.
Lite Sintwore. The list of the Demons to be
preached daring Lent, on Wednesday evening., is jest
published. The following Are the subjects and the
names of the oreschen,—

Feb. 18—The clean heart sod the right spirit," Rev.
Hr Whiteway, X. •., COittOrd. Somerset.
Feb. 25.—" The anchor of the soul," Rev. C. W.
Bingham, M.A., Rector of Meleombe.
March "The wish and invitation of the Holy Chin,"
Roe. W. H. Davies, Cerise Abbas.
Muth 11.—" The argent call and the blessed promise,"
1t... Alfred Wilkinson, N.A. St. James's, Poole.
Men* 18.—" A warning with regard to our state before
God," Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury.
Mann 25.—"Pritits meet for Repentance." Rev. J. S.
Rudseb, Jo.. Woolen!).
•pril let.—" The Saviour's weeping over Jerusalem,"
Rev. W. Bury, M. L. rector of Pimperne.
WIMBORNE. Wednesday neat, being Ash
Wednesday, Divine Service will be bud at 8 o'clock
pin., instead of 6.15 as usual; so that those who
have the inclination may avail themselves of the
leisure hour, after the claw of business, to note
specially this fastiveL
Till POLICE I—IL II our painful
duty to relate a most vile practice which is now ,
being carried on in the quiet streets of Wimborne.
It appears that a number of fellows collect together
and tie pieces of stnng, rope, to., from the lamp-
posts to any projecting object opposite, so as to I
catch the passer plat above the foot, thereby en.
dangsring people's legs, if not lives We would
advise the vile perpetrators of this horrid practice '
to diaoontinue such games and find better employ•
went for their idle hands. At the mime time
we would advise the police to be on the qui nee and
try (which no doubt could be easily done) and
capture such evil-disposed villains and bring them
nailer the strong arm of our country—the law.
Wissoass Ittoistsersos.—A meeting of the share-
holders of the Wanborne coal, coke, and pa works was
held iin Tuesday lad, for the purpoie of illuminating
the state of their pa &fairs, which hove long beta
ietering. Not having been able to se* their way to
any interest oil their capital for many years, they deter-
mined to grope no longer amongst the retorts of the
eoneenere, but to examine the maim, in order to ewer-
tain the pain/ and canoes of the annual escapee. They
were not desirous, however, of having them celled by
strangers, and, therefore. thry cautiously excluded that
light their neighbours might have supplied, by closing
the doors egoista them. Having shnt themselves up, as
it were. in their own gasometer, we are unable to state
whether the defects were discovered or not; or whether
the pa is likely td.be more pare or Jo/ensile!, more cheap
or profitable ; but we would advise the parties when
they tarot again,to try some new meters, and to measure
the brilliancy sad purity of their deliberations by the
eteadned of public opinion.
OLD lattn."—We can emirs this good old
lady that the writer of a letter subscribed "A
Churchman," and inserted in the Telegram of
February 12, was neither written or sent by any
gentleman who wears a surplice at the Minster.

DETIZIIB.—Tbe suiaidal ecateet between two (tette-
moo of Liberal principles *octanes to district the
borough of Deviate, cad grieves all who desire to see
Om Liberal element I. tbs House al COOMOMI atavism&
Mr. Abrahams appear, to be the mom popular of lb.
Iwo Liberal candidates, Lod at • arowded meeting, bold
on Thursday night, • resolution was unanimously poem,
to support that putlenian, and to strive to secure his
'lmam. Mr. Akahatus declared that, having received
mob t motion, ho would light to the last, bet at the
mme time expreseed his readiome to adopt the ballot
as a means of deciding whether Mr. Probyn or bawd
should withdraw from the conduit. It is understood
that Mr. Probys le willing to retire, bet iii, said that.
although be does Ito, hie supporters will not .015 for Mr.
Abrahams. We treet that no seetion of the Devises
Libetels axe.. childish.. to take the pet because they
cazinoti get the perm.. they want, sod imperil
the stomas. et their principles either by abstaining
from •ritieg or by voting for the wrap' men,
The friends of Mr. Probye should gooks s omit of
oosoomity, osier their woo to go, sad oosibilto with
, their fellow Laicals ageless the *masa wasey.

itfustian roaoteade on Friday to celebrate the
of tdi• Yrime 4W. by a seiserat
luncheon at tlie T. enhall, to which (expellent and
lo ...able Devise% tb• ladies of the town and neighlionr-
hood sire to be invited, 1.13 fsairuis t the poor end the
echool children, and a public' trtftesehni conipuseJ of
!the Ceiporation, th• ministers of oft deebasinations. the
Corti, aid an forth.
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