The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-10-26 00:00:00

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bury I; .W says We ate softy to
works on the Salisbury and Yeovil k
lately been oontinued either wholly or on
the Lord's Day. We understand that it memorial
from the clergy residing in the parishes through
which the line passe' is about to be presented to the
directors, calling their attention to the subject. And
when we consider who these directors are, and the
position they occupy, we cannot doubt that this evil,
which all decent people residing near the works feel
to be Annie/nee, and which materially interferes with
the endeavours of those who have the interest of the
labourers at heart, will at once be discontinued."

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DEVIZISB.—A ccident to S. Watson Taylor, Beg.,
M.P.—We regret to announce than an accident of a
very serious character occurred on Friday to Mr.
Watson Taylor, M. P., for this borough. It appears
that this gentleman and the Rev. M. W. Mayow, of
Market Lavington, were shooting hares together on
Erchfont Down, when they went into a small planta-
tion, Mr. Watson Taylor, taking the upper and Mr.
Mayow the lower side. The latter gentleman seeing
something mistook it for a hare and tired, when, un-
fortunately, several of the shots struck Mr. Taylor
in one of his eyes, and several other shots entered his
head. Assistance was forthwith obtained, and the
unfortunate gentleman was conveyed to Erchfont,
when a medical gentleman was soon in attendance.
We regret to be compelled to add, that Mr. Watson
Taylor will lose entirely the sight of his eye; but
it is hoped that the other wounds are not of a dan-
gerous character.

RAILWAY EXTENSION. —The Great Western Corn.
pan', are working their Barks and Hants Extension
project, and the meeting at Devizes has been followed
up by one at Pewsey. There are lines from Hunger.
ford to Reading, eastward, and from Devizes into the
Wilts and Somerset, westward; and the only link re.
quired is a line of 24 miles between Devizes and
Hungerford. This was originally designed as • com-
peting line to the Direct Central line; and supposing
the Bristol and Exeter and Great Western people
could arrange for running through at Yeovil, and
could overcome the delays at the several junctions,
the Hungerford line might become a competitor for
the Exeter traffic. The local gentry are the prinoi.
pal shareholders in the undertaking, which receives
very warm support.

CALNIL —The usually quiet neighbourhood of
Quemerford was placed ins state of great excitement
on Sunday morning, in oonsequenoe of a rather alarm.
ing ease of stabbing. It appear' that a young man
named Eli Aland, a blacksmith working in Caine,
stabbed a man named Lane in the neck, causing. a
deep and dangerous wound, under the following cur.
oumetanoss :—Aland, who seems to be paying his
addressee to the sister cf Lane, was in oompany with
her at her own home on Saturday evening, as late as
12 o'clock, when Lane came out, and requested his
sister to leave Aland and oome in doom Some words
weed between Lane and Aland, when the latter
threatened to give Lane the cold steel if he touched
him. Lane then left him, but after some time—
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