The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-09-18 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 18T7.
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caught hold of her, made use of moat indecent "That subscription lists be opened and placed In the ,
language, and attempted to throw her down and various bank/. and that • committee be appointed to
asmult her. She struggled bravely with him and !lereit contributions front house to house."
appealed to him to let her go, offering him money to He pressed a hope that any. gentleman who might
do so. At last, looking in the direction to which the undertake to serve would do his utmost to ind i uce hs
neighbours or those whom he might employ on his
prisoner's back was turned, she adopted the ruse of
e- I iming that she saw her brother George coming. mitablishment, to practice an act of self-denial, and to
ItlesnAmded, and the cowardly fellow let her go, and subscribe liberally to the fund.
she made her escape. She eubsequently met a couple ,
of carters, to whom she told what had l'he Rev. H. EVEHrIT ekecon.led.
occurred, and ; Mr. J. F. llonocc stated the sum in hand an elf*
—that would not be a bad subscription to add to the
they went in pursuit of him. On her return home she :
at once communicated what had occurred to her , list of that day.
mother, and the services of the police were on the i The Rey. Triom.xx NEAVE propmeil the following
foll, wing morning called into requisition. Mr. Supt. reimbition
Batty having apprehended him drove him to Bock- c„,ii,T,l;s.tnas.there.is at this time a balance in banal from
wade in all of a then ensstint ,luntreou
hampton, when Alias Hardy at once identified him as in twnle.'4,:i'n't,nrtrilif the opinion nf thin
her eminent, —He now had nothing to say for himself, balance „mil be well iinnenpei dl by ob t. titc;r: it to the
and his advocate only put a few questions to test Mists amount of any subscription to be now made for the relief
}lardy as to the identification of the man. She wan of our Indian fellow subjects "
extremely punitive; anal the Bench said it was mon- After objecting upon tho old adage of Ilk ,fat qsi cite
strous that • woman c, add not walk across the fields dal to any Imam that might be raised being sent up in
without being molested by such fellows as him. If he instalments—a suggestion to that effect having been
could not control his feeling, they must control him, thrown out— the rev. gentleman Bahl it appeared to
anal he would have to go to gaol for six m 'tithe with him their great object should now be immediate
hard labour. action. What the Government would do would be to
nave liven; but what they should look to would be the
evils, an Colonel Oldfield had told them, that would
exist when immadiate necessities had passed away.
He believed a great number of people would be found
who would rather die than take Government aid, but
who did not object to private charity. Moved by
those feelings he wan happy to tell them he had had
collections among his congregation tan the previous
Sunday. (Cheers.) The response had been most
gratifying- on fact he hardly remembered when an
appeal from him had been so well responded to
And he believed that when the clergy of other denomi-
nations made similar appeals they would find the
same benevolent feeling existing in other communities
as he had in his own. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Councillor Grieco'sx secondesl the motion, as
he believed now WM the proper time to apply the
surplus fund.
The NIATOR, the resolution having been put and
carried, sail he would take upon himself to convene
the committee.
A vote of thanks to his Worehip was then moved
by the Rev. Mr. Osnoaxe, and seconded by Mr. M.
Ihrvensfi, and the meeting concluded.
At its close. among other subscriptions. Mr. W.
E. Brymer, 11LP., put his flame down for I:30.

WSW Burridge for the kind and efficient way in
which they carried out the arrangements.'

STALBE/DGII.

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Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P.,lhas joined the Com-
mittee of the Russian sick and Wounded Fund, and
sent a contribution of 00.

BLANDIPORD.
THE PENGE STARVATION CASE.
The SeptemN r session of the Central Criminal
Court commenced Monday, and it appears by the
calendar that there are 5S male and 12 female prisoners
for trial. The calendar contains four charged of
wilful murder, the fourth is the case of the Stanntons ;
and the young wont in Mice Rhodes. of the murder of
the wife of one of the Stalintomi by starvation anti
neglect. This case, it will he remembered, was post-
ideied from the last seddon, and it would in the
ordinary course be placed on the judges lidt for trial
on Wednesday, the finst day on which the Queen's
judges attend the court, NA as it will probably occupy
several days, and there is always an objection to
having the jury locket up over Sunday, it is very pro-
bable that the Wel may commence on Tuesday, so
that it may be finished on Saturday. It is expected
that this case will be taken by Mr. Justice Hawkins,
but nothing definite has vet been arranged upon the
matter, and the I. n. 4 Chief Justice will very pro-
bably come down specially to try this case ; he has had
the aep.fsitions and id well acquainted with the facts.
It is certain, however, that the C will be disposed
of at the approaching session.

3RD D.R.V. COMPANY SHOOTTNG.
MAIDEN CASTLE" To-DT.
°FEWER'S PRIZE, riven by Captain Hodges—Piece
of plate, value £5, Corporal Guy.
MAYOR'S COP—QMIELSEIIIastAFSEITSAIII, CEOS!.
FIVE Ponane, Sergeant Itfutford.
AGGRESSES/I—Mr. G. Pouncy's prize, Quarter.
master-Sergeant Cro.s ; Mr. Steele's prize, la,
Sergeant Rogers.
Rececrre—Mr. Saunders prize, Private Hayward;
Mr. Tilley's prize, Private C. Rogers.
CONSOLATION Plaza—Private Crocker.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM A
LUNATIC ASYLUM.

A Bristol man named Levi was recently committed
by the Weymouth county magistrates for a watch
robbery at Portland. On being handed over to the
prison authorities at Dorchester—he being committed
for trial—he began to exhibit symptoms of insanity.
Whether thve were real may be a question; but at
all events the medical officer made out an order for his
removal to the Charrninster Asylum, where he was
accordingly taken. On Thursday his wife paid him a
I visit With misplaced confidence they were left alone,
and in the interval which elaped he changed his
Asylum dress fora suit of clothes which it was evident
the woman had brought with her—his castoffs being
thrust up the chimney. They then quietly left the
waiting.roorn, and with the greatest nonchalence
walked out any officials that may have been
about not seeming to understand but that all was
quite right. His absence was discovered in about 10
minutes; but in spite of the most vigorous search he is
still at large.