The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-11-13 00:00:00

ELECTRO-BIOLOG Y EXTRAORDINARY.

AN UNREHEARSED INCIDENT IN • LECTURE.

BOROI'6II Segs s, Tuesday, Noveniber 6.—(Before
Robrrt Tucker, Leg. Mayor, W. Bole. and Frederick
°mobs's', &qrs., Justices4—ZherY Amite, Esq.. of
°demob., barrister-at-lsw, and Lieutenant in the Yeo-
vil Rig. Corp', appeared to a 111111/11101111 which charged
him with .e.taulting a Mr. Whitworth, styling himself
" Profeasor tl Biology," under the following extract-
diaryeireamstawees Parham, al Bridgwater,

wins appeared for Mr. Whitwortlm. exl.laint4 that there
were eru.:-.->niewn., es. and it would be votivenk".tll
th • wook thew 1....1.
tned,;l:: the eddl.: •d" j-1 Vega be 1.
Iss."••.::..• so' .0 the order is, wh.els
thvy ara twp1,..1 (or. roe Juit.eesi' Clerk
w.. 1 be cow:, prorAure: ant Mr. 1.." 'la
tl•en ope.:e I e H said the • •ri.su•ll
ha.• bee,. e I ire hi. rtie.s., Mr. Cl.Whir-se... .100
tile Mr. Dom. ,siimilemed ea, 0 .1.; A
Co'l tree:, vp0r,.... contolmin of
as . •lonissi,.. NI by Mr. Dwane On Mr. WI, :earth
s. hi, 1 .1-I;vw.n.:, lentera oil • lisetro-bioliegv, •••••1 it ct
All C-rt Of r. Very ikelo..ll WO! V,olellB 4.113
ratter, and 1141.-:. cool/ hemg br. it'd
111100 • or:. jiwilicatiou of Lb it a-, It (which be wa..
Atti los 111 C ........... te Wel IV y lie could ....env., at
ca. an a laidc wldeh iii.thod of extlon ulilll be
jw.tiiieil in the ii&ieii Stataa -nsi;l:. some appro
eel there. hilt certainly would not le, hlu.. ed iii the
borough of Ye°, il. In order to lirlog th • ease properly
before the B mall. it would be nee-wary th•. lie ahould
go somewhat dl ii. ri W. 4 not llie Lime or
plare for a lectere im lectro-b:olo-v. how-
ever, free to couife.se hit 'lOl Mr..wirhiti.•eh cenie to
him and a-hed him to °ethic the ere, ho haii not Loy
sort oi ide• what elen; ro-hiology 'fhe I: mob, may
he, inns in the same poeiloo, Viii sorra.,,, lie will
jest emit' that el..eteo-biolowy an wed by Mr. Whit-
worth, profe to he ;axe ......... e he Won ell date for
the AMA .CIIICIit and entert-iiiim• it of a•• sn.l
was not put Lin any ,ciectifie gromels, hot he certainly
did ',radium +-Lull- which, if all Is. he rd was
to be cr Died. wne of a surpri lio; character.
Still they hero for tlv. pu .01. e oi itoh esitent.
and it was clear if etery nerain who -.Benda,
goei there for the pnrpoie* of awl own;
self o.le ..it the Celtlp my. he iontlielLy It to take
hi. 'hare of the ..... xdrem:..l tiit. o1.:11 it in.
Mr. WlllllOOlll5. method of operat• ea:
(kin kioil. He eel.•cts any pe;- who laippemi to be
in the andienre. and agree. to he opera:el Mr
lie require+ them .i.. their hawk 011.1 *hell he
ha, got them into a certain state of in. ad. be sithjirt.it,
them to his will for a time, ami they benne- the seras•ds
of him, doing all that he Owes. i.• CI into them.
They my there i: nothio•:•11,10 ws.l.•r th • .011, CIII Ile
thought they would probably think tint' lie tlOng
was liow called elettriebai:ogy mI ;Iv le, v•• been known
under a different +rine, Niel pens .0. some :110 or 409
years age Mr. Wll7.tioirtil 111.4111. I. re r.teild in ...Al,
danger of being brought up for witelor 'it. However
that in;glit be, it xppeared on the evening in opiesdion
Mr. Whitworth WAS giving a lecture -not the first he
hail given, but one of a serie., s• every 042 of which lie
;Ad performed an v..perimert 'Milder to the one
performed on this partieuler evening. 'Cheep wen- shout
lOU penonia in :lie room, and among tlemi Me. Donor,
trite wan sitting ill the front row of re ersed reads. In
the cotters of the evening Mr. 'Whitworth performed a
nomber of exponinente, and he twice perform -d the
I .111 e experiment which, when sutose.piently applied io
Mr. lilnue, gave offence to that gentleman. Having
brought some lads under hit influents., he inetils into
their mind the deludon that a member oi the male •iet.
in dead of being a man, i+ a ywing wren ; and under
the influence Ilse lecturer, the object wan Colllpelle.l
t 1.70 110 and ray Adc:re:- es t V.I. ir ti.
lh 1 .. .1..•
.la • c 71Ct . od s :.•
V. Its II IL purild ..:r .1, it pri....lleed a great deal of
nierriineut, Mr. 1) ..... 10 sitting there and enjoying the
amosement an well its the rest of the audience. it
however lieppened that the subject ne%t pitched o.t
wan Mr. Dwane, and he botanic for a time the object of
admiration. (Lou :liter). One comb' not help being
'truck with the :ingular eoineidence which was fonod in
tie of Shakespeare'.. plays ; in the .!!In' am Aer Nigla's
/lemma. they would remember that ler the influence
of fascination a donkey became the oh+eet of admiration.
(This daring piece of impertinence was very promptly
end properly stopped by the Magistrate's Clerk, who
remarked that ench lalignage was out of Place, and that
he Meat confine Isienaelf to eeidee.e. Whemopon the
learned adeueate made • very limping attempt at excuse
aml apolu,:y, and prueeedesl.l-However, to come bark
to the cane. Mr. Donne had been preaent at two per
forinances without ilowpproliation ; end if he clone there
to day, to say the perform:nee wan of a di-igusting and
imotiral els:wetter, he said be hail no re;lit to Collie
there and c 1114.1 of it. It VMS bin dotty at once to
have re stinted end left the rOO.ll ; to hare sai.l,
" Your experiment. Are of a charier!. which I an a
gentleinao won't stile.llo." 6.1.1 lit ...a theft, &WI ell.
joyeli them when Or Ly were performed rio other persona,
Still only when he I self wan ovule the butt of :he
room, dal Mr. Donne tiod thee tlii.igs objeciimiable.
Mr. Donne m iat have gone Churn' expecting what it til
h•plien..ll. or m went AA A perfect str.lll'..er knowing not
what electrieloology w&I, and be hail 110 right tO turn
round and be angry. Mr. Donne finding the subject
hail taken a ;veil. liking to him. held omit hi. *irk And
kept I at arm'a leogth. There wan nothing iobjectliiii•
..ble in 1141; arid Mr. Whitworth no owner saw Dint
he hail given offence than he re ..... ved, the .sihject, Itimli
it was no'. wird at'r a 1...! removal had tLiken place that
Ir. Donne struck Mr. Whitworth three or four heavy
blows over the back with 3 stick .ts that tine
perforinance IVAI of a tli4lostit.f: suimi it, al kind, it
elan clear lie wan not juat;fled an stri!:ing Mr Whitworth
after the eau v Wan re ..... ve.l. On that poohl the case of
the Qnerie v. Dei.reell was conclusive. Because, if after
all, th• w.; a mere :ham between Whitworth and his
subject. there might by something /Aid hi the way of its
beiiis disgusting ; hut if Cl,. subject is entirely ignorant
of what he i. doing, the mere di play he made to amuse
limit eeeteltly be considered as only ludirrow,.
Hoeing reiterated that Mr. Donne had no right to feel
offended, Mr. Parham Waited that even now if Mr.
Donee would apologise and pay all the expen..es, be
would not press the matter.
Lhonse maid hi,, he'd ehould drop from his holy
rather; he would do nothirg to justify such a beastly
assault.

Several witnesses having been e:,ansivied,
The Iteneh retired. and re: ormil in ationt ininutes,
and the Mayor -aid they were clearly of of that
the assents had 13.-eii tnionnitted. nod thee hail come to
the iletermine.ion of iiitlietio+ a five of 10%, he mie.
coat,; and AS re;ard, Sew iril7 tuey 4.0 Lib y 044 e.
" All I will say myna, Steward." adile.l the Mayor, "Is,
don't subject yourm-lf to be in ole ar. Ali if again."
ItuINSTISIt. —Some sacrilegious miscreant has
lately been inilidging his mischievous propensities
by throwing stsintn and breaking the windows at
the cemetery. It appears this malicious act setts
perpetrated a two different time:, 'and AA the
offender retwiitis for the present undiscovered, it
may be that he will repeq the olfence again ; we
hope, therefore, that a vigilant watch will be set,
awl every means inwil to detect the perpetrrdor, in
order that he may be brought to jtt:tice and sulfar
the punishment he Cu richly.ileserve.

TAUNTO.N.—TheTaunton Itules.nntlerthecommand
of En ign Easton. attended Divine service at St.
Nlary'sChurell on Slimily, the 2stli
_Vidsoia. Markt, oflagdou, (familiarly known as
"'Torney Marks." from his frequently appearing in
a litigious character in law courts), was tined 155.
including costs, for beating an old horse used by bin,
for drawing stones, but which, from the evidence,
was quite unlit for the work.
On Wednesday evenin7„ the 31st ult.. Mr. Samuel
!lowly, of Gloucester. delivered an sAldreas in aid of
the Temperance cause, at the Assembly-roman. on
which occasion Sir John H. I.etlibridge presided.
The Hey. Mr. Gale, rector of Treeborough, was also
present, and shortly addressed the meeting, as did
also John Young, Esq.
At a meeting of the trustees of the Taunton mar.
kets. on Friday, it was reported that the committee
appointed to repair and improve the market-house
and assembly-rooms, had expended £filsl for those
purposes. As evidence of the place hi tying become
much more attractive than formerly, it was stated
that .C.so had been taken for the Use of the aasendily-
rooms during the last three mouths. Complaint
was made that some travelling drapers then hail the
use of the romns, and a resolution was passed that
they should not be lot again fur trade purposes. The
tue of the Castle-green was granted, n the applies-
taint of Mr. J. S. Bait, for holding the Agricultural
Show, on the I.3rd inst. .

A meetinj of the Board of Health len held on
Thursday. Mr. W. (lois:laud gave notice of his in-
tention to move a resoluLion at the next meeting, to
rescinds resolution passed at a previous meeting of
the Board, fir borrowing money for drainage and
paving works. Ultimately. however, the question
came before the Board in the form of a motion, made
for forwarding plans, drawings, and intimates "(the
requirell works to the Secretary of State, preparatory
to obtaining his sanction for the proposed advance.
The total eatimate oh the required works was £6,399
Lis. 6.1. The motion for forwarding the plans was
carried by a majority of ID to 5.
ELLN. is in contemplation to
present the Rev. Henry Everett Ravinhill, M.A.,
Curate of St. Cuthbert's, with a handsome testimo-
nial before his departure, as a testimony of his
urbanity and kindness during be. live years' real.
dunce in this city.
MUNICIPAL EtairrioNs. —On Thursday Messrs.
Livett, Maggs, Fry, and Kelway, the four retiring
members, were re-elected without opposition. It is
rumoured that Henry William Livett, Esq., M.D.,
will be the newly elected Mayor for the ensuing
year in the place of William Chester Berryman,
Esq., who has tilW the When for two years SUCCUS •
Si Vely .
Bic pant. —Escape of a Deserter.—A man, named
Frederick Lester, having deserted from the 7th. Regi-
ment, and having been arrested in Cardiff. an escort
was despatched to that place to bring him to this
city. He was placed on board the Jenny Jones, raid
was being brought up the river on Monday night
week, when, watching his opportumity, he, as the
packet was mar Pill. jumped overboard, swain
ashore, and escaped by the Souiersetshire side of the
Avon.

CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDOIL —lt appears from
the report .4 the directors of this great ntidertaking.
that siz.seventlui of the capital, £15,000, Ims been
takei . up, and that Sir Greville Smyth agrees to
take .C 2,500 in shares, and to give £25,000 011 the
completion of the bridge, which is now to be thirty
feet wide. The directors, judging from the terms in
the report, appear to know where the remaining
shares will be taken, but in this. as in all they have
done, they have given the preference to the original
subscribers.