The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-15 00:00:00

BRIDPOZT.

A mamma of. private nature wss held at Rex House,
the meidence of Mr. T. Coliox, to take into cousideration
the necessary it vs to convect the promisee in East-iitmet,
the property of Mr. G. Samson, Into a public c iffee-housa
There were numbers present, but the details of the meet-
ing Sr. not yet public.
F:xtsavaistaxivr —A capital entertainment, entitled
"Broad Grins," was given at the Temp:kr-ball on Tuesday
evening by Mr. Horace tone and Mr. Charles Erase%
Mdlla Mans Forbes presidins at tie pima°. The delinea-
tions of character, change of voice, and costume were truly
excellent, and the entertainment throughout we. eland.
they goo!. An int,resting programme, combining
pleasant wit with iaoffemive humour, delightid the
audience for tbe flpecw of two boor,

Bonocan Pouts, Mooday.—Before Mr. F Good.
Henri de Hu 'vit. • Frenchman, was charged with being
drunk in the borough on the previous morning—Pleeled
guilty. —Sergem.t Gale said the prisoner cam's into the
town on Saturday last, when he applied to him tor relief,
and he gave him a ticket. On the following morning
(Sunday) be was found quite drunk. —Prisoner mid be bad
come front L-esis, and was a moulder. Ile begged hard te
he rebmaed, promising to leave the neighbourhood and not
to orfuld again. —Divniissed with a caution.

Boioou -Per. TY- -Ina" loss: -TUTII4-41:130101,0 Mr. H.
E. H.anpadl, and Mr. S Wbodiam_

Simnel Hosbas. inn.keeper, of Lyme Ragis, was sum-
moned for hving drunk in the borough on the 28th a
Bepternber.—Defendant di I not appear, but P.C. House
proved service of summons.—P.C. Adam. deposed to
seeing defendant in Sauth-stsuet, about 12 at aeon. lie
was helplessly drunk, Lod ha took him to the station. He
smelt WwWW .trooo of broody. and he had • spirit Bask in
his possession. —Sergeant Gale sold he had been summoned
previously at Lyme.—Fined la dd. and costs, or la default
seven days' imprisonment.

AN EXECUTION IN CIVILISED ENGLAND.
Thomas Southern, • cook, aged El. waa executed Tuft-
day morning, within the Wasworth House of Correct-
ion, forth. murder of a woman named Ann Judge, with
whom be had co-Whited at Battersea The deceased was
&boat the same aste as the culprit. She had been married
to a man named Judie, who less sentenced to two years'
hard labour, after several previosu convictions, for selling
Indecent prints. While he woe undergoing his sentence
the deceased became connected with • man named Hunt,
and lived with him for a considerable time, but Hunt
ultimately went to New Zealand, and the deceased
and the prisoner becoming acquainted, they went to
live at Battersea, passing as mart and wife. The
priaoaer WY very much attached to her, and jealousy
was evidently the cause of the desperate deed com-
mitted by him. Shortly before the murder Hunt
returned from New Zealand and met the deceased
accidentally. She took him to her residence at BMW-
sea and introduced him to the priaoser aa "an old
friend." Hunt and the Wowed than went out together,
and did not return until the following day, and
the prisoner was under the impression that they had
pawed the night together. Shortly after the woman had
returned home and the man Hunt had left Smithers
attacked her with • knife, and inflicted • number of
wounds upon her which caused her almost immediate
death. The prisoner has, according to the reportof the her.
Mr. Gilbert, the chaplain of the prison, behaved very well
since his conviction. He admitted the justice of his
sentence, and repeatedly expressed his morrow for the
crime. Ile bag been visited since hie conviction by •
number of hie relations, and on Saturday his mother, kis
sister and brother. and • brother-in-law took their farewell
of him. if slept aoundly during the early portion of
Monday night, and Mr. Gilbert visited him soon after
seven on Tuesday morning, and remained with him till
the !amen ~, eta Shortly before II o'clock a procession,
heeled by the Under-Sheriff, Captain Colvill, the governor
of the priieon, followed by several warders, pro-
ceeded from the cells to the place of execution.
The culprit was pinioned by Marsoal shortly before he
arrived at the scaffold, aa I he walked the whole distance,
which was rather cimeidisrable, with tirianew. The chap-
lain read the Burial Service, and the prisoser responded
audibly. Just as he was uttering the word. "Lord, have
mercy upon me," alter he had pronounced the word
"Lord" the drop fell, and he went down • distance of at
least six feet. He evidently received a fearful shock, and
death appeared to take place within a very abort period.
Although nothing but the black flag could be MOO, at
least • thousand persons were assembled outside the prison
at the moment of the execution.

THC EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AT LIVADIA.
(Prom Celarities at Home in "TAI World")

A steamer from Odeon and Sebastopil touches at
Fab:A now overcrowded with Imperial couriers, place-
hunters, and t thrists. A few Circassian. in their brilliant
uniforms perambulate the street. with the consequential
air which the members of the Imperial Imdyguird anunie,
mach better satisfied, apparently, than their brothers on
the opposite side of the Black Sea, whom we left at
Trebisond dispo.ing of their ft intuition and Bulgarian
plunder for bread. Behind Yalta the high bills rise round
▪ wooded plateau, like the sides of an amphitheatre, the
centre covered with gardens and palace. nestling among
the tree.. One of the tumt thatefol, hot by no means the
graadest, of these country houses is Livadis, the Bal-
moral or Babelsberg of the Emperor and Empress of All
the Russia., a very unpret :riding but picturesque rosel-
ike*: three toilets from the port, and farther off, Orland,.
where Vie Emperor's suite and the minister in 'Goodman,
are gemerally I.l,ted while their sovereiro is taking his
holiday. Yet it Is not much of a holiday af tar all, and
she thin, gaunt, 'axiom-eye I owner of Livadia hardly
look. se if be ware enjoying it. The telegraph counsetia
tb. . t. .• E trope mod Hoed. :sot 30
fl ii., the .Irl4. .:•!..e.t. .1, .1 (miter
Memorie, tor the preamt Itijietas a ivereign, with ito
grave. contsimug MAW soldiers, who fell while, keeping
the French, English, sof Sardinian analog waiting so long
In the cold. The Emperor occasionally makes an excursion
there thom Livados to inspect • sthr•vemal, to receive a
..sort:on of his army arriving from Turkey, or to attend
a service for the repose of the brave in the appropriate
ga, mortal chapel which has been erected at Sebastopol
moo to their remain.. Thu very appearance of this city,
Which is like snottier Pompeii, and tha wild dreary music
of the Nussian Fiesta in the chant of -the Everlasting
Raweimsorance. must send back the pale and moody
Emperor ,th il,ivadis ins still more gloomy frame of mind
than when colt It; Shoe anvil recollection of the closing
scenes of that celebrated slogs, and from the northern
aboth of the, barboior he insposted the southern half of the
fortress shortly gaiter its capture in 1855. On these
occasions he rot res into his private apartments directly hi
return., and is seen DO more that day, not even at the
whist-table, to which Count Adharbers frequently tries to
draw him, the Lams being often termed the statesman.
narrilic, from its power of ,Innishing unpleasant
memories, and producing n good night's sleep. Al other
times ministers end asides-de-can* come for audiences,
and the work of governing the Empire lON on much as If
Its Imperial head was at Turco-Selo or the Winter Allure;
fora ton load of boxes brought the peers/eery pspers by the
same train which carried the Emperor, who is more than
usually equal to his work at Livadia, a. the estate is
shaded from the north wind, and therefore suits his
asthma better than any place but the Four Towers in the
mammy valley of Em., where for three years pmt be has
been prevented from sojourning by the Eastern war.
Tim. was when any Englishman who could obtain so
introduction, which was not difficult, was always welcome
at the Court of Bt. Petersburg, and the every-day lit, of
:the Czar Nicholas has been described by at least a doses
Who were either entertained by him, or met him at
various Russian noblemen's houses, for ha almost lived in
,vobbc. But that ha. never been the ciao since Manmade,
I began to retire, for hie palacedoor has been rigidly
etMed against all foreigners but diplomatist, by
baeloh. Ithading quiet wherever it could be obtained, by
w. And by the political troubles which have in:
aothea !ke imply* several times durins the that twenty-
Avg years. He sem partakes of the hospitality of his
subject., and to•isttll to Berlin Jaliweis lodges at the
Raajatia w.bamy, for his recreation has been 'solitude
rather than the pleases*o of society. The rooms at
Lydia are not Urge menet in entertain, but are
smiaintly fitted for the quiet pursuit of business. On the
walls are family pictures, with, among them, our Qumn
sad the Emperor of Germany; but Clothing very new Of
sipmasive ; for since the Initialling of the war all pathos
expanses have been curtailed, and the Emperor let the
ertriekee at the Enssian Emhart's* know informally that
their participation in balls end 'slaty would not be seemly
while their countrymen were bleeding in Bulgaria
Alexander IL dem early, and walks out at sight o'clock
ta the moraine after • cup of codes sad • thsgmit Ho
used to drink tee, but now takes codes instestion account
of kis serves, which are shattered. neither drinking
nor disaipaGon, but by long hours in theCounci Chamber,
interrupted lights, and other nilLI hard work whit* the
boning's. of &sovereign sod prime minister combined—as
I. the case with a despot—necessarily details Few can
wish mom that a Houma of Perliament sad responsible
Ministry could be snob implanted in Russia than her
weary autocrat; but be cannot me his way to it without
running the riak of a molution like that of Propos in
1793. After his *ark, morning walk he works till twelve
with his ..cr. . and then comes the dejesuaer & la
.forrehcete or luncheon, Be is extremely moderate ia
eating and drinking: so that • banner cook in the Winter
Palace, now settled in Paris, declares it Wm roost
4iab..4l4ntnit to cater for him, at be was indifferent
to to. choicest viands, The truth is, his health
obliges him to live very strictly, and in all
things by role. After luncheon he walks or rides
with °need his two youngest sons, Serous snit Paul, who
are with him at Livadia, or drivee out with the Empress
if abet' well enough for the exercise. From three toll fire
be retiree again into his study, when he possibly takes the
nests which most Russian* indulge in to enable them to
extend the der at both ends. At Livadia the Court dines sl5
or half-past. It Is the last numl which the Emperor takes in
the day. wad is seldom prolonged beyond an hour. At St.
Petersburg, in dellaithe of medical roles, he often goes to
work directly afterwards till nine o'clock. km*, how-
ever, be generally site or well,. in the garden, or remains
with the Empress till eight g'clork. He thou returns to
lig work till midnight, and sometime, finishes up with
one Mond or whist.
Liv Alia, like the German Babeleassrs, gs surrounded by
the mansions of other members of the Imperial family
and in spits of the Tartar emigration to Turkey after the
Crimean war there are mail ILfithometan inegrowers and
ahephr rdlo In the neigh', ,ur aro remarkable for
their loyalty. To cat* a sight of • tall sane men, in •
whit. list and light lemma suit, with empty grey hair,
▪ a oiona haggard face very much out of harmony with
Ilia comparatively youthful and, except whim heat with
asthma, still upright fthure, is considered by these
pessazata as an ample conspeneaGon for a walk of general
miles and the loss of a day's work spent Is hireling &bolt
the mists Unlike his uncle of Germany, the Czar, who
is • good linguist, carefully studios the principal Euro"
Cas : and his rare smiles are usually caused
seentaw7=ll described as • Bardanapsluss an In.
amend, drunkard, or an abject coward hiding himself
from the public gaze for fear of asmasinstion, as, although I
nervouA he is In truth by no means too careful of hi.j
and any ens who takes a walk at! a.m, in St.
Psteniburg when the Emperor is at the Winter Palace I
may sea him, entirely usattended, taking exercise in the
Summer Garden, nms•tinaes receiviag • petition or giving
a trills t 3 an old goldlor.
Though the air of Levadira may be somewhat sombre,
yet the absence of 'Off •Vquette sad the goodthature of '
th• sovereign, who sObas everybody round him to be
uthiforishla and happy, oaks. it • very ples.aat abode.
His a:fondants certainly has" 04 ',el tine of for brie
considerate to them to excess, :_mt be.• Pool olece,••••'• to
our change in hie tatouruss 'so <kat the lomat of tint.
which many of the ministers an enurt-•diel•I• have
remained ha their post. is • Invourthe yenmlerAevann In
loses, where for • man to lathe been 0 ,_1•11.• cl•
tel lethrthuotess of the Emperor in their boa n• SUor
claim to promotion than 00•111D4 ell rDo talent He 1,111
oA:uneaten reins, toboggans anylamas to amt.,
but, Perhatioasslinset • bad teeth ith a been.:
sovereign,
Boated la Sr. grcmaal"...ften fee th.r:ala ara
putting the Inventor them Into the=rnen'aaamen.:
er U the Lawn is n onsmineed el a men&
a ow ratirigitimisurral="Zr.l.l

noted zailltoo7 Man MUM he cited to Proof of this fact
111. hardly asrmseemey to observe Vast Livadta le Proridod
with Its chapd. Priest and choir, by whom a aerates is
conductial every day, mad duly attended by thi Conn, for
to. Emperor la hi virtu* of kis corosiation—rinascration
as it is called in Russia—a deacon in ths Ramo-Greek
Church. Couriers with dispatches ars liable to arrive at
all its.. Of thi day and night ; and the chapel is to. only
place where they are not convoyed it once to to. Emperor,
who has boon known is remark that, if his country goes
011 ieeelleelle, he cannot conceive bow one man will have
is., or strength to aindoet to. gueffemeet Peadble
this obvious clifaculty affords to. bast guarantee of
RnMin.4 ninnnan nanntiee of a Constitution, or disrup-
tion into small states, which, shims separately, will never
be arms enough to his formidabis menace to &trope.