The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-03-01 00:00:00

IeIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION AT THE STABLE
PIT, NANTIIOLO.
MONT MEN BUKNT.

A Are-damp explosion rig. very serious palm* osecmq
at the Stable Pit, Nantyglo, on Thursday morning Ti.
gas exploded in the feeling, Or gob. tbroeib a lad mum
Sims taking a naked light there as a matter of eunosity
A man named Rem Morgan, haulier, IMO lOW tie spnt
at the time, and such was the force a the eoneassoo
that It kosekvid two trams over, which fell upon the
poor fellow and broke his Magi:, and cat him badly on,,
the scalp; the injuries he received from Me &t em
not serious. The three men who suffoYed niat elm
the haulier Morgan, and another man emend Watery,
who was very severely burnt about the abAerens. sad
another of the name of Hunt. The five oth us did not
coffer so much. end there is every probability of tkvu
woody recovery.

DATR AND WEST OR ENGLAND SOCIETr

-AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES AS4OCIATIOX

The usual meeting of the Council of tbie Society wi.
held no Tee.day, February 22nd, at Bristol, under the
presideocry of the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Id. Northcutt
Bart., C. 8., H.P. _ .

The Conned sonar-mad the resolution of the Specis
Nesting held in November last, offering • sum it
presiding £l5 to be givreo in pris•• for derott• I t
Hodtom Lace. They also granted a slam of kV/0 f,
tbs purpose of giving encsouragsmeot to srtaltr to
ezhibit • higher class of pictures than usual at ttt
Society's Meetings, it being understood that the mode
of applying the greet shall not be determined until &fru'
consultation with the Board of Trade on certain mstt-n
of detail.

Col. Leonard was appointed a Steward of Stock. ind
Mr. J H. Holly, of Oaklands. near Okehampts,. .11
sleeted • member of Council in the plane of Mr. Fry
dammed.

Amongst the new membere elected were Mr. Jobs
Brook, Preeton Farm, Yeovil, £1: and Mr. James
Fellowes, Begeton Hones, near Dorchester, El.

WATERFORD EL ECTION.

The nomination evoked extraordinary virulence au'
scurrility. Mr. Bernal Osborne (Liberall, sod
Smyth (Nationalist) having been proposed, Sir dreary
Barron nominated Mr. !Cebu' Cretin. He sa 4I e
came forward to denounee traitors, and to leer slis
mask from that hypocrite (pointing to Mr. o..bomej.
He was pot out of the seat by perjury and tresclury
combined; and Mr. Osborn* bad usociated himself
with the perjurers and the traitor', and wu as bad aio
any of them. " I brand you," be said, turning to
Mr. Osborne, "Alan abettor of perjury and treachery."'
This produeed the greatest upros,. "You are," Bit
Fleury continued, "la sumnd edition of Jeremy
(tiddler." (Mr. Osborne ejaculated " Poor old msa
He oalled upon the electors not to return the cast-
off of five English oonatitnekcies.

Alderman Redmond seconded Mr. Crean's nomina
tion. Mr. Osborne repaid them. Mr. Redmond had
spoken of him as a "donkey." and he replied by
calling Mr. Redmond "the old oridinal donkey." Sr
Ff. Barron he described u "an old woman." He
charged Sir Henry with having been bribing for forty
years. When he darns to asperse me (*optioned Mr.
Osborne) I hurl back his slander with contempt in
his teeth, it he hu any. The following altercation
then ensued:—

Mr. Osborne: You were
and TOO never will be.

Sir H. Huron :---1(-o-r; are a Jeremy Diddler.
Mr. Osborne: My friend lure (Alderman itedmod)
is the old original donkey.
Alderman Redmond : You are the real one.
Mr. Osborne was next heard describing Mr. Redm,d'
as being like vermin thrown up by the tide and
strangled on the shore. He then attacked another .!
his opponeets. a Mr. Clampett, formerly a sett
who he said opposed him in revenge for his bert
annihilated the °Sloe with the Church establishmen,
ft. was more than Clampett could bear, sod he
threatened to knock Mr. Osborne down if he did not
retract. When the confesimi which followed this sub-
sided' Mr. Osborne was beard &via attacking Mr..
Redmond, who replied that the candidate was DO
gentleman, and was answered with the retort "If you
said that outside, sir. I would horsewhip you.
Finally Mr. Osborne brought • long scolding speech to
• eonclusion without having said a word about a single
public topic. .
Mr. Smyth sought the suffrages of the electors as a
"repealer.' He denounced Mr. Osborne'. language u
an outrage upon morality.
The show of hands was altocetber in favour of Mr.
Smith; but Mr. Osborne's friends demanded a poll,
which was fixed for Thursday. On that day mobs
armed with slicks, and profeasing Nationalist urn-
pathies, surrounded the polling places. The electors
were yelled at as they went to the booths. Several who
voted for Mr. Osborne were straightersy rewarded by
having their windows broken, tiOn3e of the streets
appeared like wrecks, not • whole pane of glom bent(
left in many houses. Mr. Magratb, the proprietor of
she Ca 4410, was atteeked by a mob and batten. The
windows which remained infest were carefully soil" and not demolished. , Three of Osborne's committee
were attacked by the mob, sad drew revolvers in their
defence. Captain Brandon was knocked down earl trampled on by the people ; but Q. ea,41.7 cam. 10
the rescue and esoorted biza to his hotsl, where he lies
dangerously ill. The sumbere at the dose were—
Osborne .............................. 483
5myth................................... 475
Majority for Osborne ............... 8
After the poll closed the mob became quit* in'
furiated, pelted the soldiers and pollee with stoner,
threw several ears over Ike quay into the river, broil@
the windows of an hotel, and after being Ind at
burnt a store to the Ireland. ,The Riot Aet was reed
three times.
At the official declaration of the poll at Waterford,
, Mr. Osborne did not appear. The rejemed candidate,
Mr. Smyth, complained of intimidation, and threteeef
to petition against the return of Mr. Osborne on the
ground of bribery. The mob were violent, and Mr
Slake, ex•II.F., bad to See for misty. The Roma
Catholic Bishop has ireed • proclamation, &shut has
fellow religionists to assist in preserving peace.