The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-12-06 00:00:00

CONVICTION OF A FORTUNE-MI BR.

An old woman named Jane Marshall was on Wednes-
day °barged at 'he Henley Polom-court with "using
subtle graft, means, or device', by palmistry, or other•
wise, to deesive or impede upon her Majeity's subjects."
On Toseday a girl called at the Henley Police-olive and
laid a charge of robbery egainet soother girl, and when
asked by Mr. Alexander, the superintendent of police,
the ground of her accusation, she said she had consulted
the woman Marahrit. who bad shown her the thiers
Nee with playing cards, end had told her the girl she
dared was the thief. Before, however, Marshall
referred to the cards, she had drawn from bee visitor
the name of the person she suspected to be the thief.
Marshall sorted the card', and the girl "oat" them
until • queen turned up, when the old woman said that
showed who was the thief, and named the suspected
girl. The inquirer paid 3d. for this "revelation."
After heating the story Mr. Ale...ander had the prisoner
apprehended, and at the time of the visit of the police
to her booms a large number of girls were there waiting
to have their [attunes told, The prisoner was sent to
gaol with hard labour for • month, and the Bench
ordered • levy upon her goods to pay for her maintea-
ante in pawn and the whole goats of her prosecution. I

Mr. Btight and Mr. Chichester Fortescae ware the
only Ministers absent from the Cabinet Could held on
Wednesday.

A butcher of Chipping Norton was on Wednesday
sentenced to two mooths? imps isonment for having sent
diseased meat to the London market. A butcher of
R anon, in Linoolnahire, pleaied guilty to a similar
offence, and was fined £lO, with three fruitless costs.
Ti Toss or CRAILIS DICKLIIII.—The inscription
engraved on the tomb of Charles Diekens in Weatusin-
ster Abbey his lately been ezpoted to the view of the
public. It consists only of the few ;dein and simple
words which bed rd in his wi'l to mark fits x
" Charles Dickens, I 44 Februerf 7, 1812; died the 9th
of Jane, 1879." The letters are of brass, and are sank
Into the stone. The In led wreaths and chaplets which
were pieced upon the novelist's grave have been now
removed.
A PARIS revolutionary paper, La Pairie ea Danger,
applies in its numb= of the 18th the foliowitsg epithets
to Gene& Troohn :—" Bonaparte's general, pricee by
right div:ne. Trappist preacher, the Honk of the Orleans
dynact7, Jesuit in boots, knowing Liguori better than
Jomini,lorthodox sabre, condoms of order and standard.
bearer of the Holy 0H.,, military nintoompoop, hero
of St. Ignatius, Caner of the breviary, cilia( ot,intriguss,
hesitating hireling, slave of the soofessional, clerical
and military Caglbstrio."
Tan indeyeadastcs of St. Brien° (Jura) publishes •
letter Imo:, DOl. with a horrible 401101111, (40abiliel an
Invention) of the trestmentr;"naietad on Captain
Larbaletrier, of a carps of Parisian Fracas-Tarsus, who
was made prisoner *few days ego in an engagement in
the neighbourhood of that town. The letter says that
kis *tiptoes hung him up by the heels, ripped up his
belly, and mediates of his body ss • tenet for their
rides. The letter is signed " /redid, surgeon of the
Breton Legion," who says he fought eight days by his
aide.
When "5 cup of good Ten" is desired, it is iedispen-
sable that the 1.1 salon be made with young leaves ;
stash Tea has for the past (wrier of • eentury been
Imported by W. if. and F. .1. Horeb:nen and Co., Lon-
don; the green lass no bluish mineral " bolos." it is a
dark olive hue; the black is not listen sly dark. Sup-
plied in packets only, with the price printed on each,
and eigneg, W. EL and F. J. Hornimum and On.
Landon, Original importers of the Pare Tea. For list
of local Agents, Chemists, kis, see • Ivartisemeat.
PLIIICTUALITY IS MO SOUL OP BOILIMIL —lf persons noun only be brought thoroughly to understand the
importance of eisetatarkt in the orabsary arks of life
how nook they might save themselves and others whoee rellanes is upon them. Certain it is that • number of annoyances arising oat of unpanotaality isoldd be noted if badness men would accept the advantages
whisk modern seisms holds out. Those button:mutt
of precision, the watch aid "
dock, shoald regulate a
appointmeate and sagagementa, especially whea they
eta be obtained let K 2 24. and upwards. Thous who
Intend to purchase •should send to Hr. J. W. Hanson,
Stearn Factory, Ludgate Hill, or Old Bond Street,
London, for one of hie Illysteated Pamphlets iew
Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Chaise, ka.. wild& tre
!Inwards Pad bees inikelsipl al tiro SmoOs.

RINDERPERT ON THII WAY.
Rinderpest, the disease from which this ocia
suffered so such is 11:45.6. now prevails etteas4
in France and North and South Getntsay.

SUOCKING MURDER.

Oa Tamslay night, at Little linaughton, Bedfordski_
MlVogue of " murder " were heard proceedieg froci—"S,
cottage of Sarah Marshall. 51. an "mstrie *vane nre
lived by the side of the highway, and w hi.
gamily raised such &Lam ho n44s without cease. Next
log the poor woman was discovered lifeless, ead
appears that she had been subjected to an mares. of she
most revolting character.