The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-24 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

Mts. Ekon BIDDOWL—This highly accomplished
Lay gave a reading at the Corn Exchange on Monday,
to an enthusiastic audience under the management of
Mr. Wheeler, of Weymouth, and so charmed were his
bearers that an influential party of gentlemen waited
on Mr. Wheeler after the performanoe no ask if he
could arrange for hcr to OVID a second reading at 1111
early date, but this unfortunately he mould not do, am
he had filled up the only vacant dates with Weymouth.
Dorchester, and Bournemouth. Mrs. Bidden,' is great
granddaughter to Tar Mrs. Skidoos, and seems to have
Inherited her abilities.

WHOLESALE ROBBERIES AT BLANDFORD.
For a considerable time past the town of
Blindford has bees very free from the commission
of any crime of a notorious character. but we regret to
say that circumstances have some to light lately which
are certainly not Of a very re-essurinnature. It
appears that within •short time three distinct robberies
have been committed within a short distance of each
other. The last and most daring one took plus either
on the night of Wednesday, the 11th, or early on the
morning of Thursday, the 12th inst., when the shop of
Mr. Stewart, draper and onthtter, was burglarionaly
broken into, and various articles of wearing apparel
stolen. The robbery was first discovered by the men
employed as scavengers, who noticed that the lower
pert of the shop door was open, and a portion placed
near a lanip-post opposite the house. They immediately
called up the inmates, and it was then found that to
preveut the iron roller shatters from properly fastening
• stone had been placed under them. Mr. Stewart at
that time only missed about 19 pairs of trousersothietly
of Bedford and ootton oord, but as the resat has shown
• much more extensive robbery was committed. The
borough police were immediately communicated with,
and on the following Sunday suspicions were aroused
es
to who the puttee were who bad some hand in the
robbery. Oe the following day the pollee gained sash
Information as to lead them to apply for a warrant to
'earth • house in East-streot Lane, where • young man
named Edwin Robert Shepherd, and his step-mother,
Elisabeth Shepherd, resided, and also a lame men
named Ell Muter,, • lodger, and here they found •
considerable amount of property secreted, including
throe refer jackets, 14 pairs of drab oord tremors, four
pairs of speckled ditto, five Fairs of Bedford cord ditto,
five pairs of fustian trousers, one pair of striped doeskin
trimmers, four pairs of bracos and box, and one wool
scarf and box, the whole of which Mr. Stewart idea
-
tided as his property; and in addition other articles
which will form the groundwork of other charges. The
prisoners were brought up before the Mayor on Mon-
day, and remanded till the following Wednesday. On
Wed Imlay morning this three prisoners were brought
up in custody at the Townhall, which was crowded,
the wholesale native of the robbery and the circum-
stances of its committal exciting eonsiderable interest.
The ease was heard before the Mayor and G. W.
Daniell, Req. The evidence given WM in soeurdenee
with the above particulars, and the prisoners were folly
committed for trial at the easises, lo addition the
.articles stolen from Mr. Stewart's shop valued at from
£l5 to E 33, the police found in the hones and on the
r'beloccupied by the prisoners the produce of what
reled to be eight distinct robberies committed
either in Illsedford or the neighbourhood. When the
search was made a large portion of the clothes were
found in a large box in the lower room, and the others
in another box in the woman's bedroom The younger
prisoner Stephens wag digging a large hole o.pable of
owns/dog the two boxes, when the police went there.
The woman has for many years been employed as •
nurse for poor people, and it is stated that One of the
inmates of the almshouses, whom she attended a short
time ego during an illness, has mimed a stun of mown,
which she had managed to save for the purpose of
tozrghersell. The three prisoner. Elwin Robert Sheri-
Elisabeth Shepherd, and EU Wastermen, were
win brought up at seven o'clook in the evening at the
Irownhall, Wore the Mayor and°. W. DeniellEssi., on
the following charges. First with stealing a brown cotton
gLabrella of the value of 41, the property of Charles
, hay and corn dealer, Blaudford. Secondly
with stealing, a quantity of coal, the property of
Charles Best, carrier of Blandford. The prisoners
were committed for trial.

Tice Bishopric of lisuolelu has boon conferred upou
the Rev, Alfred With, M.A.
The hearing of the 'riehborne case will be resumed on
Tuesday, the 7th of next month.
llelapsing•tever is reported to have beeome epidemic
to some of the dirty and impoverished parts of
Liverpool.
Louis Kossuth bee addressed to the Magyar and
Walla/Allan' a manifesto, having for object the organi-
sato of the Danubian provinces 111 free Oonfederation.
The continued
Cr ladizioeition of her Majesty will
y delay the Ro departure from Balmoral for
ater until about 17th November.
The Emperor of Miss is, 107 e the Celsrri(r D•plo-
statique, about to be married. As winch an occasion
certain spesial taxes are levied, considerstde discontent
is felt by the people.
A did= haa been given in the Abingdon Revision
wording to which a married woman living
aeraract hes husband is entitled to vote at theeiethel

ItTe-itatiid that the Hoy. J. S. Watson, who is now
in ficsessoonser-lana Gaol, ebargod with the noatdve of
Ids who. I.lw a stow of nervous exhaustion, and that
kis fah is iit seem danger.
A "Monier" °VILA Guild of Ladies is proposed
to be formed to promote modesty of dress, to du away
with extravagance. and substitute the neatens. and
-.,brlety inhabit to Uhrtstian woman. Mill HAMM,
'.110.61 N Ofiallifer ni the el*